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Place in Rotation
Dry beans are a short season crop and will fit well into a variety of crop rotation plans. Important considerations for a place within a rotation in North Dakota include disease and weed control (refer to the sections on weed and disease control). Since available and recommended herbicides change, a prime consideration in a rotation is the ability to control volunteers from the previous crop as well as common weeds. If weeds can be controlled, dry beans may, under some situations, be a good replacement for summerfallow in a rotation. Dry beans mellow the soil, and plowing for the next year's crop is often not necessary.
Because of a number of potential disease problems, dry beans should not follow dry edible beans, soybeans, sunflower or mustard in a rotation. It is recommended that a three to four-year crop rotation be followed.
Fall plowing for seedbed preparation is preferable for production on heavy soils unless they follow a row crop. A firm seedbed free of clods an coarse debris is essential for establishment of good stands.
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