Leave all the residues (including falling leaves, stover after threshing, roots, etc.) in the field. Make sure to spread the residues uniformly across the field. These will decompose and add nitrogen to the soil to improve the fertility to enhance the yield of crops like maize that will succeed the soyabean in rotation.
How to harvest soyabean?
Always harvest soyabean under dry weather conditions for better grain quality. Harvesting is commonly done by uprooting the whole soyabean plants, heaping and allowing them to further dry before threshing ¨C manual or mechanical. Soyabean can also be harvested by using hoes, sickle or machete, etc. to cut the plants at soil level.
What is Yara Ghana fertilizer?
Increased economic returns. This is a legume fertilizer produced and marketed by Yara Ghana. There are two types: This fertilizer blend has phosphorus (18% P2O5) and potassium (13% K2O) as the main active ingredients. It also contains 6% calcium, 2% sulphur, 3% magnesium and some boron to support the growth of the plants.
How many plants can a soyabean plant grow per acre?
These are targeted at achieving the optimum population of 400,000 plants per hectare and about 162,000 plants per acre. soyabean seeds tend to lose their viability and vigor when poorly stored leading to poor germination and low yields.