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Soybean can be successfully grown in many states in Nigeria But am gonna be growing it in benue state

Soybean cultivation in Nigeria has expanded
as a result of its nutritive and economic importance and diverse domestic
usage I for one love the milk drink. It is also a prime source of vegetable oil in the international
market.
The rapid growth in the poultry sector has also
increased demand for soybean meal in Nigeria. It is good also for soil fertility
improvement and Striga control.

First step in planting soybeans is land selection, it's the most important factor to consider followed by seed selection and that's why the whole of last week was used in analysing and viewing potential lands for cultivation, finally a Heactre was selected and paid for at a price for a 1 year farming season..

Pictures will be uploaded tommorow as work starts on site, measuring, clearing and killing of non economic trees

In Agriculture as is in Life you learn daily I ain't no expert as stated earlier it's actually my first time cultivating Soybean so your contributions, criticism, advices etc is all welcome and would be very much appreciated.. let's ride together

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Good evening all, today not much was carried out, land was supposed to be cleared but the labourers had promised another client they would be working for him today, I kinda wanted snatching them but it's all good we all settled so my clearing starts tomorrow instead of today...

Time planned for cultivation is a week and 3 days that's by next weekend our seeds would be in the ground...

Below are pictures of the 1 Heactre land before clearing.. Some non economic trees would be killed also, the land has been farmed on for the past 10 years only once.

And yes the farm is motorable to a certain degree... It's gonna be exciting loading lots of bag of soybean and driving off using this road

NOTICE
Please anyone with info on where I can buy quality improved soybean seeds should do well to halla, I'd really appreciate, actually the person I planned buying from I heard a lil bad news about him and the quality of seeds he sells, so a second option might come in handy..
the seeds can be bought from anywhere and transported to me
Thanks..

Opposite IITA Ibadan

benzion72:
Opposite IITA Ibadan

thanks but sadly I ain't in ibadan

Good evening fam
Update from the farm today... Actually I was shocked today but was later made to understand it's normal, imagine 5 persons clearing a Heactre of land perfectly in a day... I planned for a higher number of days but am very glad cause a little cost has been saved..

Pictures below

More pictures

Sorry couldn't get a picture of the land after clearance has been completed that would be tomorrow.. from the pictures posted I hope you all observed the presence of trees.. soybeans loves the sun so they have to go.. killing of trees with chemical starts tomorrow...

willybaby:
Sorry couldn't get a picture of the land after clearance has been completed that would be tomorrow.. from the pictures posted I hope you all observed the presence of trees.. soybeans loves the sun so they have to go.. killing of trees with chemical starts tomorrow...

yeah...get rid of the tree...soybeans doesn't like sheds....

your land looks fertile...
make sure your Soybeans shouldn't be the one harvested during raining season last year...such is only good for oil production not as seedlings.. it won't germinate well...

I grow soybeans too

halimzytohfresh:


yeah...get rid of the tree...soybeans doesn't like sheds....

your land looks fertile...
make sure your Soybeans shouldn't be the one harvested during raining season last year...such is only good for oil production not as seedlings.. it won't germinate well...

I grow soybeans too

thanks so much your advices are duly noted

A little side story while on my way to the farm to observe the work been done I came across a neighbor harvesting and had to help out with a little bit of happy loading

halimzytohfresh:


yeah...get rid of the tree...soybeans doesn't like sheds....

your land looks fertile...
make sure your Soybeans shouldn't be the one harvested during raining season last year...such is only good for oil production not as seedlings.. it won't germinate well...

I grow soybeans too

Hello Boss. How many tonnes of soybean can one get from an acre of land?

halimzytohfresh:


yeah...get rid of the tree...soybeans doesn't like sheds....

your land looks fertile...
make sure your Soybeans shouldn't be the one harvested during raining season last year...such is only good for oil production not as seedlings.. it won't germinate well...

I grow soybeans too

hello sir please which pre emergent herbicides is best farming soybeans and I just sent you a pm too.. Thanks

willybaby:
hello sir please which pre emergent herbicides is best farming soybeans and I just sent you a pm too.. Thanks

if you are ploughing it,after ploughing, sunphosate,sunsate mixed with little 2,4 D will do.

I believe you know conditions for measurement and applications?

dedons:
Hello Boss. How many tonnes of soybean can one get from an acre of land?

lol.

seriously, I have been having hard time on how best to answer this your question.
it is really dependent on some conditions oo,
like how fertile your land is
weed management
spacing and lots more.

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Good morning house hope you all fine, we about stepping out to manually rake up and gather dead grasses since the sun has refused to shine and heat them up..
More updates coming up..

We make plans as human but nature has its plan too.. anyway our soybean must be in the ground this week...
Update
Today actually wasn't wasted, a senior brother here gave an advice on shade and how soybeans hates it and that advice is been taken seriously. Chemical was used in killing the big trees today

Now see step by step how it's done.
Cut or peel of the back of the tree to it's core round about it

Now using your brush apply your chemical to the exposed insides of the tree

If it's foaming it's dieing

If the rains let up tomorrow, raking of grasses and making of ridges starts simultaneously.. keep viewing,keep dropping ur advices, criticism etc all needed