Category: On-Farm Network

July 22, 2026 The On-Farm Network (OFN) has finally established all 2026 field-scale trials with just over 70 in total! We would like to thank all farmer participants, Tone Ag Consulting and New Era Ag for their massive help in establishing trials. The last trial established occurred on Tuesday, July 21 and it was a…

July 8, 2026 The On-Farm Network (OFN) is now working on establishing in-crop trials with foliar applied biostimulants, fertilizers and fungicides. All biostimulant trials are now established either at seeding or with the first pass of herbicide. We are testing various popular biostimulant products like WAVE and HeadsUp. All three-soybean foliar applied boron fertilizer trials…

The On-Farm Network (OFN) has now established all seeding-timed trials. One dry bean seeding rate trial near MacGregor was re-seeded due to hail damage and at least five trials have been cancelled due to extreme weather events, but overall we have kept most trials. With seeding timed trials out of the way, in-crop trials (rolling…

The On-Farm Network (OFN) has established all but one seeding timed trials as of June 5, 2026. The following seeding-timed trials have been established with many more in-crop trials (crop inputs) to come later in the season: Soybean Dry bean Field pea Faba bean Recently, like much of the province, farmers who are OFN participants…

The On-Farm Network, together with our contractors Tone Ag Consulting Ltd. (St. Pierre-Jolys) and New Era Ag Technologies (Swan River), have been busy establishing seeding-timed on-farm field scale research trials. These trials test different crop production practices and inputs. The following seeding-timed trials are booked for 2026: Soybean Field pea Dry bean Faba bean On-Farm…

The On-Farm Network (OFN) trial establishment has been relatively slow this spring with cool and in some parts, wet soil conditions across agro-Manitoba. Normally, we can count on at least a few field pea, and if we are lucky, a few soybean trialsestablished by late April. This year, the first trials of faba bean seeding…

Most of the On-Farm Network trials are in the ground, with just a few more soybean and dry bean trials to plant. We have quite a diverse program lined up this season, with more trial types in peas and dry beans than ever before. Whether you have questions about soybean row spacing, dry bean fertility,…

Pea seeding rate trials are a new addition to the On-Farm Network lineup for 2021. We recommend a target plant stand of 80-90 plants/m2 (8-9 plants/ft2), but plant stand assessments from our pea fungicide trials over the last couple of years suggest stands may be consistently lower than this recommendation. The average plant stand across…

Last spring, a soybean field ravaged by wireworms had to be reseeded with an insecticide seed treatment. I went out to scout that field when the farmer made the decision to reseed and boy, oh boy, were there wireworms galore. Pretty much every time I put my trowel in the ground, I would bring up…