Dry Bean Variety Trial Results

Weekly Column by Jeff Stachler

Hello! I hope you are well.

We received about 0.36 inch of rain in the past week and temperatures were just barely below normal in the past week.

Harvest is nearly completed now.

Mark your calendars for the Central Dakota AG Day meeting on December 16, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM at the Carrington Research and Extension Center. Many good topics from grain marketing to weeds, to livestock will be presented. No registration is required. This will be a good meeting.

With dry bean harvested completed a few weeks ago, it is now time to start planning for the 2022 growing season. The best place to start is to look at NDSU Dry Bean Variety Research Trial data. When choosing a dry bean variety, it is a good idea to look at the results of as many locations as possible and to consider the highest yielding varieties over time at a location. I will share the results from three locations, Carrington, Oakes, and Langdon.

The irrigated dry bean trial at Carrington was planted on May 20, 2021 following field pea and was harvested on September 10, 2021. The irrigated pinto trial at Oakes was planted on June 2, 2021 following onions and was harvested September 5 and 6, 2021. The non-irrigated dry bean trial at Langdon was planted on May 25, 2021 and was harvested September 15, 2021.

The highest yielding variety at Carrington was Vibrant, a pinto bean, at 3608 pounds per acre. The following varieties yielded statistically similar to Vibrant: ND Pegasus, a great northern bean, at 3555 pounds per acre; Torreon, a pinto bean, at 3338 pounds per acre; and Cowboy, a pinto bean, at 3333 pounds per acre. The highest yielding variety for a three-year period was ND Pegasus, a great northern bean, at 3692 pounds per acre.

The highest protein content of the dry beans at Carrington was Eclipse, a black bean variety, at 23.7 percent. No other varieties were statistically similar to Eclipse.

The highest yielding pinto bean variety in the irrigated trial at Oakes was ND Palomino at 3273 pounds per acre. Other pinto bean varieties yielding statistically similar to ND Palomino included Monterrey at 3229 pounds per acre, Windbreaker at 3189 pounds per acre, Vibrant at 3173 pounds per acre, Cowboy at 3108 pounds per acre, Lariat at 3083 pounds per acre, and Torreon at 2926 pounds per acre. The highest yielding pinto bean variety for a two-year period was Monterrey at 3040 pounds per acre. The highest yielding pinto bean variety for a three-year period was Windbreaker at 3181 pounds per acre.

The highest yielding dry bean variety at Langdon was Viper, a small red variety, at 2587. No other varieties yielded statistically similar to Viper. The highest yielding pinto variety in the trial was Torreon at 2165 pounds per acre. Other Pinto varieties yielding statistically similar to Torreon were DR Wood at 2127 pounds per acre, Vibrant at 2114 pounds per acre, Monterrey at 2105 pounds per acre, and Stampede at 2028 pounds per acre. The highest yielding two-year and three-year average variety was Vibrant at 3074 pounds per acre and 2947 pounds per acre, respectively. The highest yielding four-year variety is Stampede at 2886 pounds per acre.

To find information about all of the varieties in the trials visit the following website: https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/varietytrials/dry-bean .

Have a great weekend!