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Do many of you plant soybeans on 30" rows, I don't see many around here mostly 7.5" or 15". I usually rent a drill that plants 7.5" rows but was thinking next year might plant a little corn and thought I could buy a corn planter and plant both corn and beans with it. I don't have many acres, 16 ac. of beans this year, maybe 30 ac. of beans and 10 ac. of corn next year. The drill is sometimes hard to get when you want it. I saw a 4 row 30" New Idea planter for sale and just got me thinking. Thanks
 
I plant 15" beans.

Here in NW Iowa I see the gammut. Some drilled, some on 15" rows and some on 30s.

One suggestion if you still want a more narrow spacing and quicker canopy. AANNDD since you are only doing 16 acres. Cut your population setting almost in half, Plant normally, then plant the field again on a angle. Just a thought

jt
 
I plant 30" corn and beans with the same planter. Works just fine, takes about an hour to switch. They say that 30" yields slightly less (few percent) but also you use 50% less seed at 130k/acre. You could also cultivate them if you needed, but more importantly you can get down the rows to spray better if you have a tractor mount sprayer. If you're thinking about getting an older planter you can't go wrong with a 7000 John Deere.
 
I agree with planting twice over the field on 30" rows, one at 30 degree angle. We did that one year on a small field and had really good success.
 
My farmer friend by Red Oak Iowa got a 12 row Kinze with the interplant on it. Used to drill beans, but says he likes this better-he can cover a lot more ground in the same time.
 
Why plant at the angle? Here some plant the 30 inch rows and the go back and offset the hitch to get 15 inch spacing. You can run the sprayer in between the rows then.
 
Why offset the hitch? Just drive 15" to the side of your first pass. You could use the previous row as your marker. No matter if you are driving on top of rows. You don't have to rent a roller to pack them that way.
 
We planted in 38 inch rows from 57 till about 91. Switched to drilled in 7.5" rows. Yields jumped a little. Maybe? The I went to 15 inch rows with a planter to save on seed and better planting depth control. Then the diseases started from lack of air movement.

I needed a new planter about 6 years ago and bought a 30" planter and have not noticed much if any loss of yield. Less white mold as well.

I can spray without running down beans.

I have had them all and will stay with 30".

Gary
 
Very similar story here as what Gary says, we likewise were 38 inch, got myself a 15 inch planter, it needs a little work and when I got the 30 inch planter 2 years ago I just keep planting beans with it now. Need to rebuild that 15 inch planter, think that is the best compromise.

Drilled beans were a fad maybe, lot of folks back to 30 inch beans, lot of 15 inch beans. Drill is the best on paper; in real life when we have to spray late for aphids so often and white mold issues, and drilled beans stay short and don't feed into a combine as well, and emergence issues in our clay ground, and you need to plant thicker to make up for poorer seed emergence, they give up as much as they gain.

Paul
 
Not sure about the "50% less seed" deal. I drill my beans and shoot for around 140,000 population. I use about the same amount of beans as I did when planting 30" rows. No need of putting them on any heavier. Mike
 
I just play with food plots but last year I planted corn on 26" rows and used the same planter for cow peas on 13". This year I drilled cow peas at 7". The deer and rabbits will keep them thinned so we'll see how it works out.

Larry
 
We are small farmers here, so only have a 6 row planter- thirty inch rows both corn and beans. Usually spray the beans with round-up, but with these resistant weeds we may need to cultivate. The bto's with very narrow rows won't have that option. Just another thing to consider--Rand
 
Here is my take on soybean row spacing. If you have good fertile ground then the narrow rows do not show as much yield advantage as in poorer soils. I am currently planting 30 inch beans. I have had a drill on 7.5 inch spacing and a 15 inch interplant planter. In my good ground the yield has been the same. On some of the poorer soils the 30 inch lags some.

I would get a 30 inch planter for your corn and beans. IF your soils are not real good then double plant the beans. I like planting them the second time at a slight angle. It helps with erosion and they feed into the grain table better.

I see some different ideas on populations too. I want a final stand of over 150K so I plant 160-170K. Look at the germination of many varieties of soybeans. Germs in the low 90s and upper 80s are common. So you need to plant more seed to reach your target population.

The fellow that is planting 130K either has real fertile soil or has a yield drag he does not think is there.
 
Thanks guys I knew I could count on lots of good information. May have to go look at the planter, crop is already in the ground for this year but already thinking about next year.
 
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