The Bean Report: Pest Priorities for 2021
Keeping track of pests in pulse and soybean crops is something we prioritize at MPSG.
Category: Pulse Beat Individual Articles
A Career of Heart and Collaboration: Dr. Debra McLaren
Toban Dyck, Director of Communications, MPSG – Spring 2021 Pulse Beat Dr. Debra McLaren lives in south-western Manitoba on a…
Wireworms in Manitoba and a Guide to Scouting your Fields
Ivan Drahun and Dr. Bryan Cassone, Brandon University – Spring 2020 Pulse Beat What are wireworms and why is it…
2020 Update on the Status of Root Rots in Soybeans, Dry Beans and Peas
In 2020, 63 soybean fields, 40 dry bean fields and 46 pea fields were surveyed in Manitoba for root diseases.
Soybean Seeding Rate Trials: Optimizing the Bottom Line
Update from the On-Farm Network Megan Bourns, MSc, Agronomist – On-Farm Network, MPSG – Spring 2021 Pulse Beat Yield development…
On-Farm Network Soybean Row Spacing Trials
Tighten the row and watch yield grow? Megan Bourns, MSc, Agronomist – On-Farm Network, MPSG and Baljeet Singh, PhD, Assiniboine…
Soil Health in Soybeans
The common definition of soil health is “the capacity of soil to function.” Personally, I find this definition a little confusing — while soil is complex, soil health doesn’t need to be complicated.
The Prairie Plant Protein Project
Results and industry opportunities Laina Hughes, Research Communications Officer, Red River College – Spring 2021 Pulse Beat A cursory glance…
Update on Pea Intercropping Research in Manitoba
Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization – Spring 2021 Pulse Beat Intercropping is nothing new in agriculture. It’s been around for hundreds of…
Managing Kochia in Pulses and Soybeans
Laura Schmidt, PAg, MSc, Production Specialist – West, MPSG – Spring 2021 Pulse Beat Pulse and soybean farmers are no…
Insect Issues in Pulse and Soybean Crops in 2020 and Outlook for 2021
John Gavloski, Entomologist, Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development – Spring 2021 Pulse Beat Insect issues in pulse and soybean crops…
Early-Season Management of Soybeans
Dr. Ramona Mohr, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Brandon – Spring 2021 Pulse Beat Effective early-season management practices are key…
Applying the 5% Rule to Soybean Production
An update from the soybean and pulse agronomy research program Kristen P. MacMillan, MSc, PAg, Agronomist-in-Residence, Department of Plant Science,…
2021 Research and Production Outlook
The start of 2021 found us starting to set objectives for the next five-year federal-provincial ag policy framework scheduled to begin in 2023.
Managing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
This past July, MPSG hosted a webinar featuring Dr. Charles Geddes, Research Scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge.…
Collaborating Together While Being Apart
A behind-the-scenes look at interdisciplinary soybean crop-rotation research during the 2020 pandemic Dr. Yvonne Lawley, Assistant Professor of Agronomy and…
Introducing the Prairie Plant Protein Project
Laina Hughes, Communications Officer, Red River College Here in Manitoba, agri-food innovation is in our roots. The keystone province…
Overcoming Low Protein Discounts on Manitoba Soybeans
Da Shi and Dr. James House, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University…