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.
Category: Pulse Beat Individual Articles
Managing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
This past July 2020, MPSG hosted a webinar featuring Dr. Charles Geddes, Research Scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in…
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 – Fall/Winter (December) Pulse Beat 2020 Here in Manitoba, agri-food innovation is…
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…
Protein Discounts for Manitoba-Grown Soybeans
Charles Grant, PhD, PAg – Senior Instructor, Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University…
Aphanomyces Root Rot
Dr. Syama Chatterton, Plant Pathologist, Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Fall/Winter (December) Pulse Beat 2020 Aphanomyces root…
Embracing Change… at Home and in the Field
2019 was our busiest research season with 20 field trials spread across six locations in Manitoba.
MPSG’s Expanding Research Portfolio
Daryl Domitruk, PhD, Executive Director, MPSG – Fall/Winter (December) Pulse Beat 2020 In the spring of 2020, MPSG’s portfolio…
2020 Scouting Notes and Season Overview
Review of pulse and soybean scouting and growing season conditions from 2020.
Field Pea Breeding at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Dengjin Bing, PhD, Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Fall/Winter (December) Pulse Beat 2020 Field pea…
Findings from the On-Farm Network
Do higher soybean seeding rates pay? Megan Bourns, MSc, On-Farm Network Agronomist, MPSG – Fall/Winter (December) Pulse Beat 2020 Soybeans…
Research from Concept to Profitability: Manitoba’s Diversification Centres
Toban Dyck, Director of Communications, MPSG – Fall/Winter (December) Pulse Beat 2020 Research has a value that is difficult to express…
Successful Desiccation Decisions in Peas and Beans
Crop desiccation has become an increasingly hot topic. In part due to consumer demand for pesticide-free products, variable maximum residue limits (MRLs) across export markets and the negative spotlight on glyphosate.
It doesn’t mean desiccation is off-limits. But we need to understand the limitations of late-season herbicide. Especially when it comes to crops destined for human consumption, including field peas and dry edible beans.
How Natural Enemies Respond to Soybean Aphids During High- and Low-Aphid Years
Crystal Almdal and Alejandro C. Costamagna, Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba – Summer (June) Pulse Beat 2020 Soybean aphids…
Harvest Header Losses in Soybeans
Today’s combines are well designed to minimize threshing losses when harvesting soybeans; however, there can still be significant losses at the header (accounting for 80% of the losses), particularly in Manitoba where the pods grow closer to the ground.
Foliar Diseases in Soybeans, Peas and Dry Beans (2019)
Results from the 2019 late-season disease survey and On-Farm Network foliar fungicide trials Laura Schmidt, Production Specialist – West and Megan Bourns,…
Better Tools in Sight for Dry Bean Disease Management
This researcher wants to make it easier to predict when white mould will occur and know which cultivars and seed…