Soya bean worth considering

GOOD Morning Bohol , How are you all today, good I hope, we talk a lot about love, but, what is love, we should love our neighbor as ourselves, but more important we should love God with all our heart, mind and soul. I heard an amusing story last week. The diners in “Jollibee” watched an elderly couple enter and sit at a table, the gentleman went to the counter and ordered one large cheese burger, one large sprite, after his order was given he proceeded to cut the burger in half, he then handed the plate to his wife. The diners were amazed. One of them could not resist asking” why wasn't he eating his half,” wait for it! You see” the old gentleman said” we love each other so much we share everything, when my wife is finished eating she will give me the false teeth so that I can eat my lunch”, Now that is what I call true love friends, God has truly blessed them. Lets pause for a moment: a marriage that's neglected brings pain and bitterness but one that daily nurtures brings peace and happiness. Nurture your marriage and you'll nourish your soul.

Our topic: This week we will again look at Soya bean as viable crop to be planted here in Bohol . The financial returns can be quite feasible if the operation is done correctly. But again the soil fertility must be considered of good results are required. The root nodule bacteria normally prefers a neutral soil, but rhizobia of tropical legumes can fix nitrogen in an acid soil as in the case of soya beans which can fix nitrogen at P4.

Tropical legumes can grow on soils more acid than temperate legumes. But they can and often do suffer from iron deficiency. Another factor that is often overlooked is that soya beans are very sensitive to small changes in day length, others, like groundnuts are not so affected. Day length may determine the optimum planting date of a photo sensitive crop variety. It is of course important when introducing a new variety of a crop, to make certain that the variety will flower in the day length of the new environment.

Soya bean can stand hot damp summers, but cannot stand excessive heat. Another factor to be considered is that it dislikes shade, particularly after flowering. It's a plant that needs plenty of water for germination. Would suggest planting is carries out prior to the start of the rainy season. It's a plant that is not very tolerate to water stress, but has quite a tolerance to water logging with in reason. Because of its short growing period, 2 ½ up to seven months. It fits well into a crop rotation programme, with maize, sorgman, millet or rice. On a well tended crop. The average yield that can be expected id around 600 to 1500 kg/hectare. Soya beans are one of the worlds most important sources of oil and protein. It's a crop, that if grown on large areas can be serviced easily with mechanization. I think it's a crop that should be considered in the programme of the governor.

The need for soya bean in the food industry, to me, out weight all arguments against it. Producing 1000 kg/hectare what a boost to the farmers income. The fertility of the soil is the most important factor because it must be understood that during its growing period it will remove from the soil 45 kg/HA nitrogen, 15 kg/HA phosphate and 25 kg/hectare of potash, and it must also be remembered that this must be replaced for the following crop.

In trials it was found that the nodulation of soya bean and groundnuts roots were confined to the surface soil and it was also found that by drilling super-phosphate to a depth of 30 cm there was a considerable yield increase. Broadcasting of placing the phosphate in the top 15 cm had no effect on yield at all. The most important source of nitrogen in most tropical soil is probably rhizobium bacteria growing symbiotically in the root nodules of leguminous plants. These bacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen into a compound which the legume can use.

Tropical legumes under favorable conditions may be equal to or superior to temperate legumes for nitrogen fixation. Tropical legumes will generally modulate without inoculation but the amount of nitrogen fixed by the legume may be considerably greater if inoculated with the correct strin of rhizobium, which should be obtained from a reliable source. Well grower, soya bean is a crop I think you should consider growing, it is very profitable and easy to grow.