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Soybean Production Basics

First thing you need, is to do a soil test at your farm so you know the available nutrients in the soil and the soil pH. As for soybean, it does well within a pH range of 5.5 to 6.5.

Variety Choice

Always plant seed varieties that are high in yielding such as SC Spike (Spike shutters if one delays to harvest and it's early maturity), SC Safari from SeedCo and Dina F1 from Syngenta. These varieties have proven to be performing very well with very good tolerance to diseases and with good potential yields.

Seed rate per Hectare

  • 100kg of seed i.e. 25kg x 4 bags/ha

Cost of Seed/ha

  • K580 x 4 bags/ha

Fertilizer Applications

Based on soil test results. But standard can be 250kg/ha of Soybeans basal or Soy mix.

Cost of Fertilizer

  • k750 x 50kg x 5 bags/ha

Folia Sprays

  • 3 weeks after planting apply Omniaboost 3kg/ha. From Omnia Fertiliser Zambia.
  • Towards flowering apply K Leaf 3 to 5kg/ha. From Omnia or Egt.

Plant Population

Pre-herbicides:

  • Glyphosate 3.0 litres/ha
  • Metalachlor 1.5 litres/ha

Plant Population

  • Inter-row spacing: 40 to 50cm.
  • Intra-row spacing: 5 to 7cm or 14 to 16 plants per meter.

Recommend plant population is between 300, 000 to 360, 000 plants/ha.

Post-Herbicides

  • Chloromirun or (extrem) 17g/ha
  • Quazolofop 3.0 litres/ha
    Soya beans Inoculant

More Tips on Soybean Production

  • Plant between 15th November and 15th December.
  • Basal fertilisers must be applied before or at planting.
  • Inoculate your seed at planting and remember inoculant is not fertiliser and fertiliser is not inoculant. And remember sugar is not an inoculant, it is used if you don't have a sticking agent.
  • Soybeans doesn't do with weeds and pests.
  • Always scout for pest and diseases.

The cost above are estimates.

Let's continue to grow food for mankind!!

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by Martin Munga

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