kaunda Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Last weekend Countryfile (of which I am no great admirer ) had an interesting piece on the increasing growth of soya beans in this country,you may have seen it. As it is a late harvest crop,and not often written about,I wonder if it migh provide some post-grain-harvest shootiing.Anyone know of its' potential.Do they/will they like it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Yes pigeons love Soya beans by all accounts. Not grown on any of my patch as yet but I believe Andy Crow had one of his biggest bags over soya beans. http://jamesmarchington.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/526-cartridges-477-pigeons.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 A farmer I know has grown Soya Beans for the first time this year, after the failure of some Oilseed Rape. They have to be drilled late, (end of April), as the young plants are frost susceptible. This particular crop got off to a bad start as it was pretty dry straight after drilling, but the plants picked up when the weather turned wet later in the Summer. The farmer was forewarned about pigeon damage and as soon as the first birds started to hit the young plants, bangers ropes and gas guns were used to keep the birds off, I never got any sport there..! They were cut around mid September, well after all other cereal crops had been cut. Apparently there was very little bean spillage as the beans tend to remain in the pod as the combine header touches them and do not easily get shaken out, unlike the tic beans that most farmers grow in these parts, I have not seen any birds on the stubble since. The farmer reckons that they were a good crop, yield wise, and not a disaster, and he has already set another field aside to try again next year. All of the beans were sold back to the seed merchant as they were guaranteed GM free, unlike the Soya that is produced in the USA, which is predominantly GM. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 A farmer I know has grown Soya Beans for the first time this year, after the failure of some Oilseed Rape. They have to be drilled late, (end of April), as the young plants are frost susceptible. This particular crop got off to a bad start as it was pretty dry straight after drilling, but the plants picked up when the weather turned wet later in the Summer. The farmer was forewarned about pigeon damage and as soon as the first birds started to hit the young plants, bangers ropes and gas guns were used to keep the birds off, I never got any sport there..! They were cut around mid September, well after all other cereal crops had been cut. Apparently there was very little bean spillage as the beans tend to remain in the pod as the combine header touches them and do not easily get shaken out, unlike the tic beans that most farmers grow in these parts, I have not seen any birds on the stubble since. The farmer reckons that they were a good crop, yield wise, and not a disaster, and he has already set another field aside to try again next year. All of the beans were sold back to the seed merchant as they were guaranteed GM free, unlike the Soya that is produced in the USA, which is predominantly GM. Cat. interesting .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Yes pigeons love Soya beans by all accounts. Not grown on any of my patch as yet but I believe Andy Crow had one of his biggest bags over soya beans. http://jamesmarchington.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/526-cartridges-477-pigeons.html I remember seeing that write up in sporting gun at the time, but reading the comment section on that link made me laugh that one guy who commented soon changed his tune when james marchington responed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 I remember seeing that write up in sporting gun at the time, but reading the comment section on that link made me laugh that one guy who commented soon changed his tune when james marchington responed haha yes never noticed that. He does have a point about people calling Woodpigeons flying rats though, winds me up that! They certainly are not flying rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 one of my perms grew it one year he said never again, the pigeons came from miles around he kept ringing me saying where are you , sadly I said earning a crust, but I did have some good days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 Is it grown rowcrop style here or just the same as OSR ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 It's drilled in rows, but once it's up then you'd never know it, it just one mass of leaves, doesn't grow as tall as tic beans, it looks a bit like a good crop of sugar beat. An interesting article here: http://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/harvest/growers-enjoy-soya-success-as-crop-yields-impress.htm Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Ah,thankyou . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 on the farm in michigan,we grow 20.000 acres of this, but no wood pigeons out there,so no sport for me when im out there, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Very interesting. It's drilled in rows, but once it's up then you'd never know it, it just one mass of leaves, doesn't grow as tall as tic beans, it looks a bit like a good crop of sugar beat. An interesting article here: http://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/harvest/growers-enjoy-soya-success-as-crop-yields-impress.htm Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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