How much would 10ft x 900ft of soybeans yield?

in Pittsburgh?

No

$100+/- if my math is right.

Good luck!

10 x 900 = 9,000 sf

9,000 / 43,560 = .20 acres

Typical yield is anywhere from 60-80 bushels per acre

So 12 to 16 bushels for your 9,000 sf chunk of ground

SX24 CBOT closed at $11.72 yesterday

Local basis here was -40 for new crop bean contract delivered to the elevator last I checked

So $11.72 - $0.40 = $11.32

So you could theoretically gross $140 to $181 on your 9,000 sf chunk of ground

9000 square feet is .2 acres. Based on 50 bushels per acre you would end up with 10 bushels. Current price is $11.58, so $115.80.

Of course that is with zero input cost, equipment cost or basis.

Bulldozing a lane down the edge of the field

Not a farmer.  My $.02 as a farm land owner:


That is 100% dependent on the local soils and farming practices.

My farm yields between 55 and 70 bushels per acre depending on the growing conditions from year to year.  But Central IL is a high producing region for soybean yields, no idea if that holds true in PA.

You really need to rely on the yield records of the particular farm you are figuring crop damage on.  You can double check those numbers with the local USDA extension office, either based on records for that farm if available or county wide averages which should be publicly available.

I would also count on paying out a sum for future damage if you are running a bulldozer over crop land you are going to have a major compaction issue that is going to need fixed with machine work, and will probably affect the yields going forward for a period of time.  Just like when you see a two track truck trail through a field and nothing grows in the tire ruts for a few years, and grows shorter for many years.

Not enough to make it worthwhile. Lots of other things are more valuable (LEGAL THINGS GD)

In my part of Ohio 10 acres or less of soybeans won't grow more  than a few inches, the deer keep it trimmed down.

Early beans yield more, late beans do good to yield 45 bush/acre.

I'm going to be building a shooting range and the crops already got planted.

The guy farming the field has been farming it for free for almost 40 years.

They're definitely early.  Real early.  No one has planted beans yet around here except for this guy.

Put in your backstop and shoot over them for this year.
Don't plant crop there next year.

I don't know your relationship with the farmer but maybe start charging rent on the land.

Edit: If the value is too much of a sticking point with the farmer, just tell him to take it out of the rent.

Yeah but unless he can clean out someone's hopper for free when they're done planting, he's gotta buy a bag of soybeans large enough to plant 40 acres.

at least that's how they sell them around here.

You got any more farmland with free rent?

Your in PA, lol, no one has even started planting soybeans down here in TN yet, probably 30 days from planting.

Then he may just get crop insurance then....After a late freeze kills them. That maybe his goal.

43560 sq ft per acre
10 x 900 = 9000
62.4 by per acre central Iowa

About 12.89 bushels max possible provided you fertilize your field and control weeds.

Note soybeans and corn are usually rotated crops
If you want a crop you could shoot over perhaps pumpkins.