I was a dealer for eagle seed for years and still love those beans they are the best. I just got fed up up with messing with them and I never made any money just enough to plant a pallet every year. Even at dealer cost they are about 60 a bag plus shipping but if I didn't have the equipment I have they would still be the best option. That being said I just wanted to change things up this year and give Tyrone and Derry beans a try and see if I could cut cost and plant a few more acres. I figured if I had to spray something besides gly on my problematic weeds I might as well plant non GMO anyhow. I Just wanted to keep you guys in the loop on what I was up to.

257 what do you think about Matador S or any of the Loveland products the reason I ask is I have a buddy that is a dealer and he can get it cheap. I think the make a mix with metribuzim and metalochlor.

Yep Matador S is S-metoachlor,metribuzim and imazethapyr

I guess S-metoachlor is Dual magnum 2?

What is the deal with the S?

S is the safener part added to Metalochlor.

Updated pics taken Wednesday.

Man that looks good. Makes me really want a planter bad. Those ag beans or forage.

Those are Tyrone's and they are no till drilled on 15 inch rows been doing them that way for probably 15 years.

Yep my drill is a prized possession. I just put new Coulter's and double disk on it. I was thinking about up grading to a brand new one but I have sportfisherman sitting in Orange Beach dreams so I'll save the 20k+. I do have a 4 row planted but I never use it. I keep thinking about planting a few peanuts at the house with it but I get lazy and just plant beans.

I have a 6 acre field of Derry forage beans that I planted about 4 weeks behind the Tyrone's and it is coming on strong also. Bean production is what I'm really interested in. My goal is 40 bushels an acre on about half the acres I planted and the smaller fields and edge need to pull 20 or so. I want a 30 bushel average and I'll consider it a success and worth my time and money. They are forage beans so the green leaf tons will be a by product of a good stand probably a 4 foot average some years 5. I've had eagle beans over 6 before

The pic is from last Wednesday.