Farming 101: Combining Soybeans (Part 1) All summer long, the soybean plants were green and full. Now that it’s fall, the plant has turned a goldish-brown. The soybeans were finally dry enough to combine last week. I rode along in the combine for a while with Marty as he was harvesting soybeans. Once the combine cut the stalks down, an auger pushed the stalks and soybeans (separated) through the machine. Soybeans were collected in an open area up top while the shredded stalks were released out b

Farming 101: Combining Soybeans (Part 2) View Part 1 from Tuesday first… Uncle Ray set up a third auger to move the soybeans from the back of the truck into the grain bin. The orange Allis-Chalmers tractor is powering that auger. Those soybeans will be stored in the grain bin until next summer when the stock market price is better for sellng them. This process (Part 1 and 2) was repeated multiple times until the field was completely harvested. Soybeans and field corn are the two grain crops that