Can I plant hemp grain after soybeans?
Yes. Heartland adds hemp to soybean farms. A soybean field often leaves more nitrogen than corn, and grain still has to fill seed, so test before you spread.
Can I plant hemp grain after soybeans?
Yes. Soybeans are one of the crops Heartland's farmers already grow, and hemp grain is a crop they add. HFGA says a soybean year often leaves more nitrogen than a corn year, which can mean less fertilizer, not none. Grain still has to flower and fill. Soil-test. Soybean herbicides do not become hemp herbicides.
Related reading
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Can I plant hemp fiber after corn?Yes. Heartland adds hemp fiber to corn rotations. HFGA says the nitrogen left after corn is not the nitrogen left after soybeans, so test the field.
A soybean field is a normal place for this crop. Heartland describes hemp on corn, soy, alfalfa, and cotton farms. Grain is the seed crop in that rotation. HFGA says following soybeans often means the next crop needs less added nitrogen, because the legume left some. Less is a soil-test result, not a slogan.
Fiber after a corn year is Can I plant hemp fiber after corn?. The grain test is What soil test does hemp grain need?.
What the soybean year does not give you
A herbicide label. What pesticides can I use to grow hemp grain? is the check. The seedbed is How do I prepare a field for hemp?. HFGA's spring planting guide is the equipment note: the drill you have, then a grain header at harvest.
Nutrition for the seed, as distinct from a fiber stalk, is What nutrition does hemp grain need?.
Planting chemistry
The rechem pass does not replace the soybean credit or the soil test. It is organic chemistry so the stand that has to fill comes up together. Read What planting chemistry does hemp grain need?. The map is Grain.
FAQ
Quick answers about this part of the approach.
Do I skip nitrogen after soybeans?
No. You measure it. HFGA treats the soybean residual as a reason to apply less, not as a reason to skip the test.
Can the grain crop follow corn instead?
It can. Corn is the heavier nitrogen user. Read the fiber-after-corn note for that residual, then still plan grain for seed fill rather than for stalks.
Can I spray the soybean program?
Only products labeled for hemp. The rest of the soybean tank mix stays on soybeans.
Does the grain need a different drill?
No. HFGA's guides use the drills and headers farms already own. Grain comes off with a soybean or wheat header.
What does rechem apply in that rotation?
Organic chemistry on the seed and in the planting pass, so the plants that must set seed emerged evenly.