It’s easy to grow and pack your own dry beans. Just let the vines die back and everything, including the pods, dry out. When the pods reach the state of “leather britches”, up root them. Use a big barrel to shake the beans loose by smacking the dried plants upside down in the barrel.
Just make sure the individual beans are completely dry before you package them or they’ll go moldy.
Use the tooth dent test. Bite a bean, and if it makes a dent, it’s still not dry enough.
I’ve got a combine and a moisture tester.i’m thinking about 5 acres or so as a test run.I need to do some research about plant density per acre and row spacing,but mostly it should be like raising soybeans.