Category: Communications

Laura Schmidt, MSc, PAg, Production Specialist – West, MPSG 2023 MARKS THE 11th year of on-farm research conducted by MPSG. Over 450 on-farm trails have been conducted in every region of Manitoba (figure 1). More than 200 farmer members have … Continue reading →

Each week, Great Taste of Manitoba profiles a Manitoba farmer in Before the Plate, a video series introducing the farm families and agricultural communities that work tirelessly to produce the local ingredients featured in the Great Taste of Manitoba cooking … Continue reading →

Greater capacity across North America a net positive for oilseed growers Matt McIntosh, farmer and writer IN ANTICIPATION OF continued growth in demand for soybean meal and biofuels, North Dakota has recently expanded its soybean crushing capacity with a facility … Continue reading →

The transformative impact for Manitoba’s pulse and soybean Farmers Toban Dyck, writer and farmer THIS YEAR, THE Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) released updated guidance regarding gene-edited crops. The new guidance arrived to a happy, albeit impatient, audience that anticipated … Continue reading →

SOY CANADA Brian Innes, Executive Director, Soy Canada FOR MANITOBA SOY, we’re living in a time of resilience where strong demand and on-farm performance are nurturing growth and delivering profitability. Coming off record soy yields in 2022, 2023 is showing … Continue reading →

PULSE CANADA Greg Northey, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Pulse Canada AS HARVEST 2023 concludes, pulse growers across Western Canada are putting in the hours necessary to get their crop ready for export to over 140 markets around the world. While … Continue reading →

BOARD MEMBER Building on a family legacy of service in Canada’s agriculture sector Matt McIntosh, farmer and writer SERVICE AND COMMUNITY involvement have long been a feature of Robbie Misko’s family. Joining the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG) board … Continue reading →

MPSG RESEARCHER, BRANDON UNIVERSITY Better yields through early season disease detection Matt McIntosh, farmer and writer DETECTING AND TREATING crops for diseases can be an uphill battle. Bryan Cassone, professor and chair of Brandon University’s Department of Biology, has been … Continue reading →

Mikayla Melnick, B.Sc. On-Farm Network Assistant Meet Mikayla Melnick! Mikayla just finished her second summer season with MPSG and is looking forward to using her experience over the last two summers, along with her degree in biomedical toxicology, to expand … Continue reading →

Daryl Domitruk, PhD. P.Ag, Executive Director, MPSG REPORTING WITH GREATER detail about the research in which MPSG invests growers’ money is one way for us to remain accountable to members. Our publisher, Burr Forest Group, has produced a picture of … Continue reading →

Melvin Rattai, Chair, MPSG IT’S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER for us on the farm. As I’m writing this, it’s October of 2023. officials and customers in priority pulse I’m staring out of my window and the grass markets worldwide, our … Continue reading →

By Toban Dyck, farmer and writer YOU AND I, we’re good at some things. I can perform Walk the Dog with a yo-yo, for example. But I am not good at predicting whether we should focus on soybeans tolerant of … Continue reading →

John Gaudes, Communications Manager, Ag in the Classroom Manitoba WITH A NEW year underway, Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba (AITC-M) is set to bring a number of direct experiences, classroom resources, and teacher training opportunities to school divisions across Manitoba. … Continue reading →