Category: View From the Field

By: Terry Buss, MPSG Production Agronomist – East Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for Eastern Manitoba for Aug. 19, 2026 Field Peas: Soybeans: Field Observations up to Aug. 19, 2026 Timely Rainfall Comes to Parts of Eastern Manitoba Diseases Severity Remains Moderate Thus Far… Soybean Aphids – Under Scrutiny Until R6 Cumulative Plant Stresses Taking…

By: Wendy McDonald, MPSG Production Agronomist – West Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for Western Manitoba field conditions up to Aug. 14, 2026 Wednesday, Aug. 5 Wendy and Terry enjoyed presenting at one of the morning stops on the Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre (MCDC) tour near Carberry. We talked about how you could think of…

By: Terry Buss – MPSG Production Agronomist – East Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for Eastern Manitoba for August 5, 2026 Field Peas: Soybeans: Field Observations up to August 5, 2026 Field Peas look better than expected but we need to dig into that canopy Busy Season for Field Tour Presentations this year

By: Wendy McDonald – MPSG Production Agronomist – West Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for Western Manitoba field conditions up to August 1, 2026 Wednesday, July 22 I visited a soybean field near Laurier with an agronomist and the farmer. This soybean field had plants that seemed to be at very different heights and shades…

BY: Terry Buss – MPSG Production Agronomist – East Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for Eastern Manitoba for July 22, 2026 Field Peas: Soybeans: Field Observations up to July 22, 2026 Question of the Week – What happens if I spray past label?? Longitudinal Root Splitting/Cracking – a lot more noticeable this year!! Soybean and…

By: Wendy McDonald – MPSG Production Agronomist – West Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for Western Manitoba field conditions up to July 17, 2026 Wednesday, July 8 These peas in a field near Elphinstone were looking great. However, we found a few leaves with surfactant burn from fungicide application. These faba beans in a field…

By: Wendy McDonald – MPSG Production Agronomist – West Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for Western Manitoba field conditions up to July 5, 2026 Monday, June 22 These peas near Dauphin measured about a foot tall and were at the 10 node stage ( not yet flowering). The field had a yellowy green appearance due…

BY: Terry Buss – MPSG Production Agronomist – East Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for Eastern Manitoba for July 8, 2026 Field Peas: Soybeans: Field Observations up to July 8, 2026 A Lot of Buzz About Drones Off Target Herbicide Damage Concerns Again Over the last week or so as growers returned to soybean fields…

BY: Terry Buss – MPSG Production Agronomist – East Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for Eastern Manitoba for June 24, 2026 Field Peas: Soybeans: Field Observations up to June 24, 2026

By: Wendy McDonald – MPSG Production Agronomist – West This update covers field conditions up to June 19, 2026.

By: Wendy McDonald – MPSG Production Agronomist – West This update covers field conditions up to June 5, 2026. Shallow seeded soybeans coming up beautifully on June 2, 2026 near Gilbert Plains. Photo credit: Wendy McDonald We could find plants emerging that had been seeded nice and shallow and had a beautiful long root already.…

By: Wendy McDonald – MPSG Production Agronomist – West This update covers field conditions up to May 20, 2026. We received a call from organizers of the Manitoba Agriculture Weed ID clinic that was to be held in Brandon on May 21. Due to the cool weather and slow weed growth, some of the weeds…