1998 HiStick® Black Bean Inoculation Trial

 

Saginaw Valley Dry Bean and Sugar Beet Research Farm

Saginaw, Michigan

                                               

 

                        Mr. Gregory Varner                                                                                    Dr. James D. Kelly

                        Research Director                                                                            Associate Professor

                        Michigan Dry Edible Bean Production                                          Crop and Soil Science Dept.

                        Reasearch Advisory Board                                                              Michigan State University

                        Saginaw, MI                                                                                      East Lansing, MI

 

 

Trial conducted on old, rotated bean land

 

 

Treatment

Yield (lbs/A)

Gross Value $

Inoculant

Cost/A  $

N Fertilizer

Cost/A  $

Net Return

$/A

Net Cost  Benefit /A

HiStick + 20 lbs N/A

1622

389.28

3.15

5.00

381.13

$13.37

HiStick N/T + 20 lbs N/A

1653

396.72

3.15

5.00

388.57

$20.81

No Inoculant + 40 lbs N/A

1574

377.76

-

10.00

367.76

-

 

 

Black Bean var. Black Jack

N calculated at 25˘/lb.  Seeding rate calculated at 45lbs/acre. Black beans valued at $24.00/cwt.

 

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