Posted by Paul on October 09, 2013 at 07:22:24 from (66.60.223.232):
In Reply to: Soybeans posted by Mike M on October 09, 2013 at 07:16:03:
Dad said they came from the south, originally they started as a forage crop, to bale and feed like alfalfa.
Once the oil was figured out and processing built up, they came on strong in just a couple years.
In dads day, 1/2 the farm was grass hay, to feed the cows a d provide fuel for the horsepower. Rest was a little corn for the hogs and chickens, some wheat, oats, and flax.
How things changed in 100 years.
I produce 4-5 times as many bushels of crop as dad did on the same land from 40 years ago, and dad did about the same to his dad because of the drainage and hybreds available to dad.
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