View From the 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…

BY: Terry Buss – MPSG Production Agronomist – East Pulse and Soybean Crop Update for May 27, 2026 Field Peas: Soybeans: Soybean Emergence I was able to get to some fields in the Beausejour area to dig around to check on the progress of crop emergence. I was particularly interested to visit fields that were…

BY: Terry Buss – MPSG Production Agronomist – East The 15th of May is in sight and there are a lot of acres of soybeans to go into the ground over the next while. A majority of my clients haven’t started yet as they push to finish up wheat, field peas and, in some cases,…

By: Wendy McDonald – MPSG Production Agronomist – West On April 30, 2026 it was a bright and sunny day near Inglis. At 2 inch depth, on a high spot of a field of wheat stubble, the soil temperature showed 7.8°C. Let’s take a look at the current pea situation. The snowbanks in the bush…