Bean harvest in Kansas

Just wondering if that is the second of a doublecrop season. Are they harvesting soybeans? They have been done with soybeans here in central Iowa for 3 or 4 weeks, (so I thought, I saw someone in a small patch this noon). I would think they would have planted 2 or 3 weeks earlier in Kansas. Is there a longer season bean for longer growing season areas.

Here in central Michigan we have been done for several weeks and I was down to an auction in southern Illinois and I thought the same thing, that these soys must be double crop beans that they were cutting. Asked a local farmer and he said that they were not, they were planted in July because they had so much rain last spring that they could not get them in. Also said that it had been so wet the fall before that little wheat was planted in that area. I am sure some Kansas farmers will set us straight as to their area.

I just finished harvest today. I had 750 acres of beans, 200 of which were double crop. Some of the double crop were taken by weeds, but the regular beans went in about the time the double crop did. I cut the last of the double crop today and I felt like I was mowing pasture. It was a nice little surprise bonus for the landlord, though. We had a muddy June and I was just in the swing of planting at the June 26 cutoff. Much of what I planted was a 3.9. I planted half Liberty (on resistant ground) and half roundup/STS.

The roundup beans skunked the Liberty I. Areas where there wouldn't have been weed pressure anyway. The Liberty gave a great crop on ground that has been nothing but cab-high ragweed and Palmer for years. I did notice that were were lots of pods on the Liberty, but the roundup had stooled out where the others didn't.

If it wasn't such a pain I would mix and match again because I got good results. I used liquid fertilizer but saw no increase. I had put down granular the fall before not knowing I was adding liquid to that planter. I don't now what to think about that. It was $10K down the drain for the planter add-ons and a bit of liquid. Liquid is so darn expensive. I am still not sure what that looks like for next year. I hate to not use it at all. Maybe it will be for experimental use. Don't know.

There's a cold south wind and a 95% chance of rain overnight and into the next three days. El Ni?o is here. I feel bad for those who still have a crop in. Except that BTO that's shafting everyone out of their rented ground. He can sit in that mess and cry.

Just curious as to why you plant such a late double-crop bean...3.9. Here in E SD we plant 1.4 or 1.7 maturity beans and plant them in early May. Just seems like you would benefit from a earlier bean on double-crop.

I would think that someone with 750 acres of soybeans would qualify as a BTO where I am. Did the pot just call the kettle black?

Where I'm at there are a lot of guys that do 500 acres as their second job. Most guys that farm full time are 1500+ acres and the wife still has a day job for insurance etc.
BTO all depends on where your from.

A week ago I was over a pretty good chunk of east central Kansas and there were 10's of thousands of acres of beans still in the field..The JD combine pictured and another one were working on some huge bean fields just west of Richmond,KS..The wheat picture was taken in mid July 1/4th mile from my house...Needless to say it never got planted to beans..

Here in extreme western Missouri there were only about 8 days fit for planting in all of April,May,and June...Lots of places had 25-30 inches of rain in that period.....Much wheat was still bering cut on July 15th..Both early and double crop beans were planted all thru July in my area with some not quitting until July 25th or later....Some took prevented planting....Thats why bean harvest is running so late in Kansas and Missouri..

late planted beans, need to grow longer in the fall, thus planting long season beans. beans are different then corn, beans go by the length of the day instead of date to maturity. I normally plant 3.3 beans, here in SE nebraska, but if i plant soybeans as a covercrop, i like to get 4.0 beans, so they growth as long as possible!

Can someone explain "double crop" and the numbers 3.3, 3.9 4.0 etc?

We don't do any beans out here on the wet coast. Thanks, Grant

Where Notjustair lives 750 acres of beans is far short of BTO. Kansas farmers need more land to make a living than farmers west of the Missouri River.

Double crop: In some areas the growing season is long enough that two crops can be planted and harvested in one year.

Numbers refer to time to maturity...NW MN may plant a maturity of less than 1.0, here we plant a lot of 1.5-1.8, Southern MN would be over 2.0, etc. Years ago bean varieties had names...RR Valley planted Evans, or we did late in the season. We"d normally plant Hodgeson, Chippewa was a longer season variety.

We had a rainy spell in mid to late May and some of the beans were planted late. Double crop beans usually go in around the middle of June here in the Center of Kansas but I have seen them planted the end of June. My guess is they were late planted and with green stalks is took awhile to dry them down. Bob

(quoted from post at 08:33:37 11/16/15) Where Notjustair lives 750 acres of beans is far short of BTO. Kansas farmers need more land to make a living than farmers west of the Missouri River.

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I need to look at my map.
I thought Kansas was west of the Missouri river

Thanks for the answers. A number of things I didn't think of. I had never heard of the numbering system.

Thanks so much. So double crop would be like wheat and then beans not beans on beans right?

I figured the numbering was a time to mature thing.

Sometimes I wish I planted an annual crop. Im still trying to get the last of my cranberries out...no risk of freezing here yet this year, just cold and wet.
Grant