ICIA, Inc. | Puerto Rico Winter Farm Services

Soybean and Dry Bean
ICIA offers a number of soybean programs in Puerto Rico. Soybean quality is good in PR, but yields can be less because of a shorter day length. However, in the case of a generation advance or single seed descent, yield does not matter as much because only one pod is usually picked per plant to go into a following generation. In the case of an increase, two generations can be grown during one winter season, increasing the amount of seed available for seed stock in the summer.

Much of our soybean pricing and row length information is also applicable to crops such as Dry Beans. Let us know of your needs.

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s)

	GMO’s can be planted in Puerto Rico.
	A completed GMO Declaration Form is required for all soybean seed shipped to our Puerto Rico farm. This applies to non-GMO, non-regulated GMO and regulated GMO material.
	Regulated GMO material requires ICIA’s written pre-approval. Please submit a completed GMO Declaration Form along with handling, planting and shipping (to and from) protocols a minimum of 4 weeks prior to the anticipated shipping date. If you anticipate sending Regulated GMO material to our farm, please remember to contact us early enough for pre-approval and farm location so that you may apply to the USDA for your movement and planting permits. All permits must be current and specific for our farm location before shipping this material to Puerto Rico.
	All rows, hills or acreage in a Regulated GMO plot will be assessed a 30% surcharge above row or acreage charges.

All soybean plots are planted on raised beds, drip irrigated and include:

	Land, labor and management.
	All agronomic services.
	Harvest and shelling (all soybeans leaving PR must be shelled).

Hill Plots
F1 soybeans are priced at $9.75 per “hill,” which is actually a hand planted 2’ row (12 seeds or less) with an alleyway. Hills are bulk harvested (as F2 generation) and shelled, unless other harvest arrangements are made in writing. There is a 50 hill minimum charge planted at one time.

Generation Advance Plots
These can be planted in either a 15’ or a 28’ row, depending on the quantity of seed available. Usually 100 seeds or less will go into the shorter row, whereas 100-200 seeds will go into the longer row. We prefer that all of your rows fit into one or the other and not be randomized for different row lengths. Pricing for a 15’ row is $10.85 and a 28’ row is $13.00. A one time pod pick is included as well as a per row bulk shelling of those pods. Other harvest scenarios may incur extra labor charges. All soybeans leaving Puerto Rico must be shelled. There is a 50 row minimum charge planted at one time.

Soybean Increase
Increases are planted on a raised bed at a seeding rate of approximately 90,000 seeds per acre. In addition to the standard services offered in Generation Advance Plots, fields are rogued of obvious off-types and the seed is air screen cleaned and spiraled to remove debris. Bagging is also included, but bagging supplies are extra. Roundup® (glyphosate) resistant lines are sprayed with Roundup® as an additional check. A full acre of soybean increase of the same variety is priced at $3850 per acre. Each additional one-tenth of an acre of this same variety is priced at $385.

Soybean increase acreages of less than one full acre are priced at $470 for the first one-tenth of an acre and $385 for each additional one-tenth of the same variety.

Soybean increase acreages of less than one-tenth of an acre are priced at $470 for each different variety.

Additional Flowering and/or Pubescence Notes
Experimental projects and single plant or extra harvest scenarios can be performed if we are notified ahead in writing. Work will be billed at our standard hourly labor rate of $18.00 per hour, ($30.00 per hour supervisory labor), in addition to our regular row or hill pricing. Please feel free to contact us about your soybean or dry bean requirements.

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