Raw soybean meal?

Hey gang,

soybean meal isn’t available where I am, but whole raw soybeans are. Apparently soybean meal is the leftover material after oil is extracted from the seeds. Does anyone know what the nutrient values of the oil itself is? I ask because I’m wondering how I should alter recipes that call for soybean meal if I use ground up beans WITHOUT the oils pressed out. Is this advisable or will it cause issues?

thanks!

Check your local farmer feed store. in Canada UFA sells 25kg bags for like $15-20

I buy all my alfalfa,soybean,diatomaceous earth and 99%iso there. Pretty much a one stop shop

WubbaLubbaDubDub said:

I buy all my alfalfa,soybean,diatomaceous earth and 99%iso there. Pretty much a one stop shop

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yeah, i love our local farm shop, they will go to the troublle of ordering bags of whatever i want , it costs me more because they dont have the market for these types of things, most farmers are set in there ways when it comes to feeding there plants, its cow, pig n sheep shit all the way. plus we hsbe a local chemical fertilizer store for those giant white bags of chem ferts by the ton,
but i can buy most stuff from my local farm store

I work for a feed mill in the MidWest US. Most of my amendments (kelp meal, alfa meal, ect) are as cheap as you will find em'. The JADAM chems are being sourced from a pool chem supply house.
Soybean meal is aboot' 24 bucks per 50 lbs (22.4 Kgs) cuz feed is going up up up . . .


A quick list: Re-cleaned Barley, Oats, Cereal Rye, and Wheat, and Popcorn (For cover crops and SSTs), Kelp meal, Alfalfa meal, Linseed meal, Low temp Menhaden meal (fish), Bentonite clay, and DE. All 50# bags the most expensive was the fish and the kelp. Kelp was 60 and menhaden was 50. Got low temp so most of the goodies didn't get baked off. Most others were 20 bucks or less.
I will say If you think you want to stock up on things, do it now!!! Prices on EVERYTHING are going up. Go buy your 50# bag of kelp, or your re-cleaned barley for SST's.
I would be looking at alfalfa meal for a nitro source. It will stay cheaper due to alfalfa not being used in human food products keeping the supply high and demand lower than SBM. If your developing your style, look at costs long term. What's likely to get too expensive to use regularly. This is why insect frass is a no go for me. Also look at closing some loops. Start a worm bin and or compost bin. The more I learn, the more these two things are the foundation of any quality grow.

Make tofu it's easy and use the leftover Okara. The Okara still contains high amounts of nitrogen and potassium. I've tried to find the actual NPK of Okara but haven't had any luck but I'm sure it's pretty close to soybean meal and it's been used as a fertilizer and livestock feed for centuries in the same way that soybean meal is used.

That's if you like tofu. But if you do you can get both food and fertilizer from those soybeans.

I just dry it in the oven after making the soy milk needed for the tofu.


"Okara is sometimes spread on fields as a natural nitrogen fertilizer. It adds tilth to the soil. Likewise, it can be added to compost to add organic nutrients and nitrogen."