Category: Communications

  • MPSG October Update

    Toban Dyck, Director of Communications, MPSG When you take your seat at the coffee shop, place your breakfast order and start listening to the latest news your fellow farmers are talking about, do you think to yourself: While these things … Continue reading →

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  • MPSG Job Postings: Agronomy Assistants (2021 Summer Positions)

    Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) is a farmer-owned organization representing growers of pulses and soybeans. MPSG is seeking two qualified seasonal employees, one based in western Manitoba and one based in eastern Manitoba, to assist with field research and … Continue reading →

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    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…

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  • 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 are an invasive species and major pest with the potential to reduce soybean yields up to 40%. The soybean aphid … Continue reading →

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  • 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. Continue reading →

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  • 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, Agronomist – On-Farm Network, MPSG – Summer (June) Pulse Beat 2020 Each year a representative sample of soybean, pea and dry bean … Continue reading →

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  • 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 sources are the best match against bacterial blight. Courtesy of Alberta Pulse Growers – Summer (June) Pulse Beat 2020 If … Continue reading →

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  • Controlling Pea Aphids in Lentils and Faba Beans

    Ningxing Zhou and Sean Prager, University of Saskatchewan and Tyler Wist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Saskatoon – Summer (June) Pulse Beat 2020 Pea aphids Pea aphids are a pest of leguminous crops found anywhere pulses are grown in the world. The … Continue reading →

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  • Pulse Beat 90 – Summer 2020

      On the Cover: Foliar Diseases in Soybeans, Peas and Dry Beans Successful Desiccation Decisions in Peas and Beans How Natural Enemies Respond to Soybean Aphids During High- and Low-Aphid Years Additional Research and Production Articles: Controlling Pea Aphids in … Continue reading →

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  • On-Farm Network Strives to Answer the Why Behind Yield Results

    A more in-depth look into the factors contributing to yield response. Continue reading →

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  • The Science Edition – 2020

    Agronomy highlights in this issue: on-farm fungicide in soybeans and dry beans, soybean storage, minimizing air seeder damage, soybean foliar diseases, soybean frequency in rotation, and more! Continue reading →

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  • Pulse Beat 89 – Spring 2020

    He Revolutionized Manitoba’s Dry Bean Industry – Dr. Robert Conner The Bean Report – Fitting Pulses and Soybeans into your Crop Rotation MPSG 2020 Strategic Plan Review Status of Root Rot Disease in Soybeans, Peas and Dry Beans in 2019 … Continue reading →

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  • What Challenges Will Producers Face This Upcoming Spring?

    There are five important factors that producers will need to consider on a field by field basis as they plan their spring: weather, equipment, soil test levels, residue and unique field characteristics. Continue reading →

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  • Thinking Spring Inputs: Setting soybeans up for success

    Spring input decision-making can be stressful. Decisions about soybean seeding rate, inoculant and seed treatment can all affect yield, and certainly your bottom line. MPSG production knowledge and On-Farm Network (OFN) research offer information to help guide these decisions. Continue reading →

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  • The Bean Report – Fitting Pulses and Soybeans into Your Crop Rotation

    The recommended practice to combat many agronomic issues is to diversify your crop rotation. But what is considered a “good” rotation and how do pulse and soybean crops fit in? Continue reading →

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  • Status of Root Rot Diseases in Soybeans, Peas and Dry Beans in 2019

    Results of the 2019 root disease surveys across Manitoba. Continue reading →

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  • Soybean Cyst Nematode: A potential threat to dry beans

    Even though dry beans have been known as a host of SCN since the 1930s, there was limited research on the effects of SCN on dry bean yield. Continue reading →

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  • A Practical Alliance: University and industry benefit from agronomist-in-residence

    It has been three years since Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG) and the University of Manitoba (U of M) joined together to create the Agronomist-in-Residence program, an applied research position designed to help bridge the gap between classroom and farmers’ fields. Continue reading →

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