Tom4CWB Faba Questions.

[Ronski]

how many plants/ft? seeds/pod/plant are just the start.

[freewheat]

About 3.5 plants per square foot.

[farming101]

Hey Freewheat, the seed size you decide to use is really going to influence yield calculations for faba.
Snowdrop seed weight is 335g/1000 according to one source. Perhaps your harvest sample may only be 80 percent of that because of immature seeds.

Anyway, seeds/Sq Ft divided by 1000 X whatever seed size you decide to use X 96.033 will give you pounds per acre.

No harvest loss, dockage, or damage factored in.

[freewheat]

25 pods per x3.5 plants per square foot x 3 seeds per pod/1000 x335 x96.033 =8444.9

8444.9/60= 140 bushels per acre.

That is my problem. All the formulas I try are ridiculous. So I came on here to ask!

Even if I drop the plant stand to 2 per square foot, I still get 80 bushels. In my dreams.

What is the deal??? lol

[farming101]

Be conservative on seed size, factor in a harvest loss.

Maybe you have a winner!

You might really be laughing if you make one pass up and down the field and the grain tank is full!

[ajl]

Who buys the zero tannins like snowdrop other than hog barns? Most faba here are the FB9-4 type that get exported to Egypt mainly. They will do 80-90 under irrigation in S AB. Trouble is if these get downgraded the hogs will not eat them.

[TOM4CWB]

ajl,

AS I said, WA Grain and AGT buy as human consumption. Lagus bites and dark frosted beans are the main downgrades... colour sorters used to upgrade them now sorters are common out west.