John Deere 7720 Titan II Combining Soybeans

I took some photos of my dad and brothers combining soybeans.  My older brother unloaded the wagons into the grainery and my younger brother was riding in the combine with my dad.  The beans farther away from the grainery are double-crop soybeans that were planted after wheat.

Check out this video of my dad and brothers combining soybeans:

2011 Double Crop Soybeans

Double-crop soybeans refer to soybeans that are planted in the same growing season as another crop, usually wheat.   In part due to high commodity prices for soybeans this year, a farmer decided to take a chance and plant soybeans on July 10, 2011 after wheat was harvested and straw was baled.  

Here a farmer discbines a newly-harvested wheat field in order to both bale straw and then drill in soybeans.  The discbine cuts the remaining wheat stubble and places it in windrows to be baled into small straw bales.

Farmer disbining wheat stubble in order to bale the straw

Here is a close-up shot of both the disbined wheat stubble and a small section that was not discbined, for comparision:

Wheat stubble

Next, the wheat stubble is baled into straw bales:

Baling wheat straw

In this photo, almost all of the wheat stubble is baled and the field is almost ready for planting soybeans.

Baling wheat straw

Next, a no-till drill plants the soybeans:

Planting double-crop soybeans in a wheat field

Here is a closer view of the field after the drill planted the soybeans:

Soybeans planted after wheat harvest and straw baling