Pulse Beat 93 – Summer 2021

On the Cover:

• MPSG is a Research Organization – A Policy You Can Count On
• The Pea Report – All Things Ascochyta
• There We Go, Droning On and On About Tech – Drone Tech
• 2020 Foliar Disease Survey and On-Farm Fungicide Trial Results
• On-Stage with Musician/Farmer Bryce Pallister
• Late-Season Weed Scouting. So Many Questions.

MPSG Business:

• Message from Board Chair
• Message from Executive Director

Market and Policy:

• Improving Supply Chain, Increasing Demand
• Foreign Events Impact the Canadian/Manitoba Soybean Sector
• Sharp and Focused on Being Where Farmers Need Us to Be
• Expanding Plant-Based Food Market Leads to Expanding Opportunities
• Clancy’s Stats – Are the global base industrial commodity markets entering a supercycle?

Announcements:

• Notice to Members – AGM Resolutions

Research and Production:

• Keep it Clean – What’s New this Year?
• 2021 Pulse Grower Advisory – Maximum Residue Level Guidelines
• Hot Topics in Commodities Webinar Summaries – Soybean and Dry Bean Agronomy, Field Pea Root Rots
• Agronomists Answer Sessions
• Fine-Tuning Disease Management of Dry Bean Diseases
• Insecticide Resistance in Soybean Aphids
• Tolerance to Iron Deficiency can be Enhanced by Altering the Level of the Phytoglobin Gene
• Oat-Pea Mixed Grain Intercropping on the Canadian and Northern U.S. Prairies
• Winter Rye Preceding Dry Beans and Soybeans

Views from the Field:

• Checking Pea Nodulation
• A Logical Approach to Biologicals
• Phacelia

New Fact Sheets:

• Guide to Conducting On-Farm Trials
• Organic Field Peas – Production Guidelines
• Fungicide Decision Worksheet for Mycosphaerella Blight in Field Peas
• Field Pea Desiccation and Harvest Guide
• Dry Bean Desiccation and Harvest Guide
• 2021 Product Advisory – Be aware of market risks