2000 HiStick® Navy 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.

                        Research Advisory Board                                                                 Michigan State University

                        Saginaw, MI                                                                                       East Lansing, MI

 

Planted: 6th June 2000                                                    Harvest: 29th September 2000

 

 

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 + 25lbs N/A

2519

289.69

3.15

5.50

281.04

18.34

No Inoculant + 50lbs N/A

2380

273.70

-

11.00

262.70

-

 

* Lsd at 0.05 alpha = 157.52  (C.V. = 4.2%)

 

Navy Bean var. Vista

N calculated at 22˘/lb.  Seeding rate calculated at 45lbs/acre. Navy beans valued at $11.50/cwt.

 

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