michael N123
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But she could of tested a handfull before going in with the combineThe farmer was growing Soya for the first time, so yes, perhaps not that easy to tell?
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DeeGee
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The farmer was growing Soya for the first time, so yes, perhaps not that easy to tell?
Yes okay, maybe need to bear that in mind in fairness.
Normally everything on Countryfile is just perfect!
Not very exciting TV rubbing a handful of beans out to test the moisture. Was all set up for the TV.
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It would be interesting to know what they yielded. If they were anything like our spring beans I would have thought about 5 cwt/acre...which would have just about covered the seed cost.
Simon Chiles
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In all fairness this is probably the truth. I could see from the picture of the crop that it wasn’t quite there yet. Don’t forget it was filmed about a month ago.
PS Soya has a very high oil content so you would have to compensate for the moisture reading on most moisture meters and it would look wet even when it’s dry ( like crushed OSR ).
@Simon Chiles what are you managing to get your soya to yield now?
Grew it once in Cornwall when Robin Appel first pushed it and Edward Willmott was the leading light. Only managed about 10cwt/acre so gave it up as a bad job.
Guess David has picked up the pieces to add to what he did with Lupins.
Credit where credits due and that is that Robin Appel had some smart guys working for him in the late '80's and early '90's
Grew it once in Cornwall when Robin Appel first pushed it and Edward Willmott was the leading light. Only managed about 10cwt/acre so gave it up as a bad job.
Guess David has picked up the pieces to add to what he did with Lupins.
Credit where credits due and that is that Robin Appel had some smart guys working for him in the late '80's and early '90's
Simon Chiles
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- Surrey/ Kent Border, UK
I haven’t grown Soya for a couple of years, not for any other reason other than it didn’t fit my rotation and I decided to streamline things a bit. 11 different crops is pushing it a bit so have cut back to six. As far as I know two of the latest varieties are major game changers with Siverka being the most promising. I think about a tonne per acre would be a normal average yield now.
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ollie989898
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not Kate Moss then
She used to like a sniff!