How to Grow Soybeans

  • Growing Requirements
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  • Seed Drying, Handling, & Storage
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  • Cagayan Valley Soybean Production Handbook
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  • Variety 'Tiwala 6' Factsheet
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  • Variety 'Tiwala 8' Factsheet
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  • Variety 'Tiwala 10' Factsheet
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  • Costs and Returns
  • Download this document on the estimated costs (variable costs only) and returns of soybean production under rainfed upland in Surigao del Sur and after rainfed rice in North Western and Central Luzon.

  • PHilMech Vol. 22 No. 1
  • Link to the Jan-Mar 2015 issue of the official newsletter of the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) of the Philippine Department of Agriculture. It featured soybean production in Surigao del Sur and the local postharvest and processing systems.

  • AVRDC
  • Link to the website of The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC). Learn more about growing vegetable soybean (edamame), insect pests of soybeans, and saving and storing of soybean seeds. In the drop-down menu 'On-farm', select 'How-to Guides'. Select 'Crop Production Guides' and from the list of crops, select 'Soybean'.

  • IRRI
  • Link to the website of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Together with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, it published the book "A farmer's primer on growing soybean on riceland" by R. K. Pandey in 1987. In the 'SEARCH IRRI' menu, you may enter the keywords growing soybean to search for the said book.

  • FAO-INPhO
  • Link to the website of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Information Network on Post-harvest Operations. This site features the best practices for post-harvest operations for several crops. Download the document "SOYBEANS: Post-harvest Operations". In the menu, select 'Crop Compendium', then select 'Cereals & Grains'.