CornFedGreenHead
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We do have a 7.2 maturity Glyphosate Tolerant soybean but they usually sell out pretty quick. USG 7732nGT. I would try them first next year.
Food Plots Roundup Ready Soybean seed from the Co-op
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BSK
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What is the difference between Roundup Ready soybeans and Roundup tolerant and resistant soybeans?
BSK
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And what do the group numbers (4 or 7 etc) mean?
backyardtndeer
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Had been using the rural king gly resistant beans from Indiana producer, Hoosier pride. The 4.7 maturity beans they were selling did very well here, but was unable to get them last year. Won't be able to do any plots this year. I may have to check into the coop beans next year.
backyardtndeer
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Not sure, but the roundup resistant always did just fine for me when sprayed at a 2oz per gallon rate of generic gly.
BSK
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OK, just found out what the maturity groups mean. I would still like to find the fastest early growing forage soybean. As I said earlier, I will only be growing my beans for 3 months (May, June, July).
CornFedGreenHead
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It means the same thing but legally we cannot use the wording Roundup Ready once the RR trait patent expired. SO we call the Glyphosat Tolerant.
RM is Relative Maturity. We grow 4 or 5 RM here in TN best for seed. 0 is for Canada all the way to RM 8 near the gulf.
backyardtndeer
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Are these USGS beans available at all TN coop's?
chart1300
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I have a no till planter and tried it with ok results. The best way I have found is disc and fertilize good and make sure your PH is about 6.5 Broadcast about 1.3 -1.5 bags to the acre and drag back in. I planted Game Keepers and it's amazing. Beans were over 6 ft tall. BSK the deer will come back and eat the beans late season and not to mention the Volunteer beans the next year. I have on several occasions mowed lanes and broadcast winter peas , oats , Turnips and wheat over the top with great success. I will include a few pics. I'm 5' 10 as a reference and standing in the edge , they are taller in the middle. I have also mixed corn in with the beans and had good success.
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CornFedGreenHead
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Co-op Is a USG dealer but each co-op is responsible for ordering the seed. Most will get them for you if you go in or call to order them.
Luckybuck16
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Most co-ops will have the Laredo bean for around 28-30 a bag . They aren't roundup ready but did really good on a prepped area for me
BSK
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Really? I actually wanted Lerado soybeans but couldn't find a bag in all of Middle TN.
BSK
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Only problem is, I turn my summer plots under for fall planting in early to mid-August. My fall plots are "where the money is." My summer plots are just to give the local deer (which aren't exactly the deer I'll be hunting) something extra to eat, and to help keep the plots free of weeds until fall planting. But then my personal property is a unique situation, where most of the deer we will be hunting don't live on the property in the summer. They only move onto the property in mid-Fall.
DoubleRidge
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Very nice plots.....those beans look great!! And your plots are a reminder that seed to soil contact + fertilizer + correct pH = success.....oh and of course timely rain.
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Luckybuck16
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I know the here in East Tennessee they were abundant I went with the eagle beans and real world bean
JCDEERMAN
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Looks great! What no-till planter do you have? And why would you rather broadcast? What was the issue?
Reason I'm asking, we have a no-till drill we bought new 2 years ago and it sure a learning curve when you're used to conventional ag planting. I think this year we have finally figured it out (it's always worked, but only about 70% of what we wanted). Also didn't help had an extreme drought in 2019 and no acorns in 2020 so everything got hammered.
chart1300
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I have an AC I cut down to a 4 row. When I planted them they were not as thick and deer walked the rows and topped em. When you broadcast they get so thick you can't walk through them and it's all but possible for deer to eat them up. The smaller the plot the more that becomes important. I feel like with the deer density most of us experience in TN/ KY/ Alabama etc… it works far better.
JCDEERMAN
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Gotcha. Ours is a 9 row planter that have 7.5" row spacing, so it's planted much closer together.
chart1300
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I can adjust mine and set it on very close rows also but I still had better beans broadcasting. For deer plots I like mine thick. Just my 2 cents
JCDEERMAN
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No doubt. When broadcasting seed, typically at a higher seed rate than with a drill (and scattered everywhere), it seems there was much more growth. It also seems as if we didn't have as much weed competition. I need to get that under control, but with the droughts we've had and lack of acorns the last 2 years, the deer have eaten everything to the ground and that has allowed weeds to take back over. Here's to better weather and higher crop yields on the trees and plots!
