Ukraine: The best soy predecessors

The best precursors for soybeans are winter wheat, winter barley, spring ears of corn, corn for silage, grain and green fodder. Lyudmyla Pohorila (Institute of Feed and Agriculture of NAAS) writes about this in The Ukrainian Farmer magazine. According to her, it is not recommended to sow soybeans after legumes, tomatoes, sunflowers, sugar beets and closer than 500 m from the plantations of white and yellow acacia due to the presence of common diseases and pests. In the field crop rotation, soybeans are returned to the previous place in 3-4 years. "Proper placement of soybeans in crop rotation makes it possible to increase its yield not only by preventing disease and pest damage, reducing weed infestation, but also improving the water-physical regime of the soil, more rational use of nutrients," said Lyudmila Pogorila. She also added that soybeans are demanding of their predecessors and are themselves an excellent precursor for many crops, including cereals, not inferior to alfalfa ...