Side by sides

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Are soybeans worth a look for people currently growing fababeans in the northern fringe/swamp?

The very earliest ones maybe

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Canola trial , Horsch and SM SR

Horsch at 2.2 lbs


Seed Master at 3.5 lbs

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Seed Master at 4 lbs



Seed Mater at 4.5 lbs



As seeding rate goes up , stalks get smaller . That’s normal

Wish we did a 3 and 2.5 with SM SR now but thought the seed was too big for that low of rate without a planter . Seed size was 6.7 TKW

[Hamloc]

Furrow the Seedmaster 15 inch looks pretty good, yields will be interesting to see on the wheat.

The germ on the canola looks pretty good on the Seedmaster as well. The biggest advantage I see with the Seedmaster over the Horsch is one pass vs two. Thanks for the pictures.

[blackpowder]

Are soybeans worth a look for people currently growing fababeans in the northern fringe/swamp?

I'm in East Central Ab east of Camrose a bit.
I tried soybeans once.
Not only is it the growing season, it's the moisture seasons. We traditionally dry out just when they need peak water. And don't even bother not seeding them with a planter.
More to it than heat units. Pioneer even had a program to buy them one year. Not one acre since.
Fun to grow and harvest but no money.

[WiltonRanch]

I'm in East Central Ab east of Camrose a bit.
I tried soybeans once.
Not only is it the growing season, it's the moisture seasons. We traditionally dry out just when they need peak water. And don't even bother not seeding them with a planter.
More to it than heat units. Pioneer even had a program to buy them one year. Not one acre since.
Fun to grow and harvest but no money.

Don’t forget protein plummets further north they’re grown.

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I'm in East Central Ab east of Camrose a bit.
I tried soybeans once.
Not only is it the growing season, it's the moisture seasons. We traditionally dry out just when they need peak water. And don't even bother not seeding them with a planter.
More to it than heat units. Pioneer even had a program to buy them one year. Not one acre since.
Fun to grow and harvest but no money.

Agree , and not easy to sell . Very few willing buyers in this part of the world
Better off with Fabas in black soil zone
Market is much more available for fabas

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Just doing the side by side with bourgault and Seedmaster in wheat
12 in paired row to 15 in single

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Should read 12 in paired row for bourgault

This was very dry field

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Should read 12 in paired row for bourgault

This was very dry field

Was this hard red or cps? Very good info! Have had a 10” paired row flexicoil 5000 for quite a few years, and bought a seedhawk 12” space with single row openers. Debating putting paired row on. Looks like it will pay to do so.