Moisture Stress and the Role of Phytoglobins
Phytoglobins could be used as a tool to predict plant behaviour to excessive moisture, and their manipulation can alter plant performance and increase tolerance during both flooding and drought.
Category: Pulse Beat Individual Articles
Enhancing Soybean Storage Starts with Harvest Moisture
A moisture content of about 13 percent at harvest is optimal for mitigating mechanical damage.
Developing Safe Storage Guidelines for Manitoba-Grown Soybeans
Soybean kernels need to be dried to a safe moisture level (13%) to avoid spoilage and to ensure safe storage.
Recent Dry Bean Variety Developments Improve Disease Resistance in Manitoba
Developing improved varieties with a particular focus on disease resistance.
In Search of the Soybean Cyst Nematode
The Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) is among the top, if not number one, damaging diseases of soybean in North America.
Prairie Fava’s Hailey Jefferies
This story begins with a car accident and gets more interesting from there. Arlene Dickinson from Dragon’s Den is involved, and at some point the movie Silence of the Lambs is mentioned in reference to fava beans.
Decisions About Soybean Residue Management
Dr. Yvonne Lawley, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba With the increase in harvested acres of soybean in Manitoba,…
2017 Soybean Foliar Disease Survey
Holly Derksen, Manitoba Agriculture and Dr. Bryan Cassone, Brandon University The annual soybean disease survey provides important information on disease…
Are Foliar Fungicide Applications Necessary in Dry Beans to Control White Mould in a Dry Year?
Greg Bartley, On-Farm Specialist, MPSG The decision to spray foliar fungicide weighed heavily on some dry bean farmers in 2017.…
Intercropping After Harvest
Interest in the practice of planting two different crops on the same land, or intercropping, is growing exponentially. Despite more complications during seeding, separation and storage producers are looking at intercropping to improve soil health, ease crop harvesting and to diversify risk.
Water Limitations in Pulse and Soybean Crops
Laura Schmidt, Extension Coordinator, MPSG Annual crop water use is low at the beginning of the growing season and increases…
Yield Impact of Yellow Soybeans and Management Strategies
The yellowing over of soybean fields, caused by iron deficiency chlorosis, during June in Manitoba is a mystery that continues to be investigated.
SOYLAB – Inoculation and Nodulation
Laura Schmidt, Extension Coordinator, MPSG Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers joined the Manitoba Canola Growers Association for an interactive, two-day…
The Next Era of MPSG Research
MPSG’s research priorities for 2018 – 2019 and the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP).
2017 Survey of Soybean Root Rot in Manitoba
Soybeans are a relatively new crop to western Canada, and many of the root diseases that are prevalent in the well-established soybean growing areas of the country are just starting to appear here in Manitoba.
Message from Executive Director
Spring is coming and planning for the year ahead is in full swing, on your farms as well as here at Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, your organization.
Message from Board Chair
The future of commodity groups; flax council; the importance of commodity groups; crop insurance; and much much more – there is a lot happening right now.
Meet On-Farm Network Participants Jeff and Sheila Elder
Sitting around the dining room table at Jeff and Sheila Elder’s house, the definition of value was as clear as the home-cooked food on my plate.
