The harvesting objective is to collect the soybeans from plants in the field at or below the safe storage moisture content with minimal damage.
Soybeans are harvested shortly after the bean’s moisture range is 13 percent to 15 percent for maximum weight and minimum field losses.
Most of the soybeans are mechanically harvested. Self-propelled combines used in North American for harvesting soybeans combine cutting the plants near the base, threshing the beans from the pods and separating the beans from other materials. The seeds are threshed out from pods into a hopper and moved into a transport truck. All other parts of the plants are blown back out onto the field.
Soybeans are an easy crop to thresh, separate, and clean. They are easy to rub out of the pod and their size and shape is perfect for cleaning.
Soybeans are harvested over a relatively short period of time. In the United States, Mexico and some other countries, soybeans are harvested in the fall of the year.
Harvesting of soyabeans
