Plantind beans

Anonymous-0 · Nov 12, 2013

I was wondering how many farmers use a grain drill or bean planter to sow their soybeans.Most farmers use a drill in this area,but some are going to a planter with good results.Was wondering what the general thought was.Interested in your reply Lloyd

nickg · Nov 12, 2013

We use both but primarily only use the drill if were behind plantin double crop in hard ground and for wheat. The drill is heavier and cuts threw hard ground and trash better but I think the planter does a better job placing the seed more consistantly and precisly and we usually get a better stand out of our planted versus our drilled beans I think from the drill bein so much heaver. takes longer and a little more difficult to fill the planter up than it does to fill up the drill but I think its easier quiker and easier to change the setting on a planter.

cumminspuller · Nov 12, 2013

Here it is almost all planters being used to put beans in the ground 15, 19, 30 and 38 inch rows. About the only time a drill gets out now is to plant wheat.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 13, 2013

Been discussed several times. In this area there is an advantage to drilled beans on the poorer ground or if sown late or double cropped. Similar yields in good ground with planted thirty inch beans. A split planter works good in either case but is costly/heavy and for these reasons has fallen out of favor in this area. Drilled beans in poorer ground and thirty inch in good ground. If you are using very low populations to save money, this favors a planter because you will likely lose more seed germination percent when using a drill unless conditions are very good. We drill at 140,000/acre or one bag an acre. If we tried to push it lower than 120,000, would likely opt for a planter. Also a little easier to get really big planters to cover big acres.

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