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OCTOBER 9, 2024 Contents Growing Season Overview Cool, wet conditions prevailed during May and June in Manitoba, resulting in delayed seeding and slow crop growth at the start of the season. By the end of May, the majority of the province had received more than 150% of normal rainfall. Some areas, like Eden, had even…

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 Contents Crop Update Soybean Harvest Faba Bean Harvest Faba beans mature in 105 – 110 days depending on moisture conditions. The crop matures from the bottom of the plant to the top with the lower leaves darkening and dropping and the bottom pods maturing and turning black from the bottom of the…

AUGUST 28, 2024 Crop Update Soybean Maturity Guide → Successful Desiccation Decisions in Peas and Beans → Harvesting and Drying Faba Beans → Canadian Grain Commissions’ (CGC) Harvest Sample Program →  Post-Harvest and Long-Term Storage of Soybeans and Pulses → Pea Harvest Pea Desiccation and Harvest Guide → Maintaining Pea Seed Quality → Combine Clean-Out:…

AUGUST 14, 2024 Crop and Scouting Update Growth staging guides → Scouting calendars → Successful Desiccation Decisions in Peas and Beans → Dry Bean Desiccation and Harvest Guide → Pea Desiccation and Harvest Guide → Maintaining Pea Seed Quality Combine Clean-Out: How to Reduce the Risk of Soybeans in Your Peas → Soybean Stem Diseases…

JULY 31, 2024 Crop Update Growth staging guides → Scouting calendars → Staging Peas for Desiccation Timing → Symptoms We’re Seeing in the Field Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot in Soybeans Northern Stem Canker in Soybeans Soybean Cyst Nematode Watch for Waterhemp Lygus Bugs in Faba Beans Crop Update  Soybeans range from R3 (beginning pod)…

JULY 17, 2024 Crop Update Soybeans Assess Soybean Nodulation → Evaluating Hail Damage and Recovery in Soybeans → Managing Soybean Aphids → Fungicide Options in Soybeans → Peas Fungicide Options in Field Peas → Scouting for Pea aphids → Foliar Insecticide Options for Pea Aphids → Dry Beans Fungicide Decisions in Dry Beans → Fungicide…

JULY 3, 2024 Crop Update Grasshoppers in Soybeans and Pulses → Scouting for Pea Aphids → Root Disease in Field Peas & Sampling → MPSG Crop Staging Guides → Assess Soybean Nodulation → Assess Field Pea Nodulation → Fungicide Decisions in Peas → Hail Damage in Soybeans Crop Update  Soybeans range from V2 to V3,…

JUNE 19, 2024 Crop Update Soybean Herbicide Options (2024) → Rolling in Soybeans → Preliminary PLW Survey Results → Fungicide Decisions in Peas → Dry Bean Herbicide Options (2024) → Assessing Early-Season Weather Damage 2024 Pea Leaf Weevil Survey Results Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in Soybeans → Scouting for Pea Aphids and their Predators Regional Variety…

JUNE 5, 2024 Crop & Seeding Update Weed Surveillance Herbicide Options for 2024: Soybeans → Options for Managing Volunteer Canola → Peas → Dry Beans → Faba Beans → Scouting for Early Season Diseases Root rots in Pulses and Soybeans → Root Diseases in Field Peas Assessing Plant Stands MPSG Online Plant Stand Assessor →…

MAY 22, 2024 Crop & Seeding Update Dry Bean Seeding Snapshot Manitoba Agriculture’s Seeding Rate & Cost Calculator (Find Dry Beans under ‘Specialty Crops’) → Herbicide Options for Dry Beans in 2024 →  Seed Treatment Options for Dry Beans in 2024 → Dry Bean Research Highlights: Row Spacings and Seeding Rates Dry Bean Research Highlights:…

May 8, 2024 Listen to the Bean Report: Crop & Seeding Update Field pea seeding is underway in Manitoba as field conditions allow, with most fields not reaching emergence yet. Some earlier sown fields are emerging at VE staging, where the epicotyl has reached through the soil surface. Soybean seeding is limited in Manitoba, with…

APRIL 24, 2024 Current Soil Temperatures → Seeding Peas: Establish a Strong Crop Seeding Date Seeding Rates, Target Plant Populations and Row Spacing On-Farm Network Pea Seeding Rate Trial Results (2021-2023) → Seeding Depth Rotational Considerations Testing for Aphanomyces and Other Root Rot Pathogens → Fertility and Inoculation Seed Treatments On-Farm Network Seed Treatment Trial…

APRIL 17, 2024 Current Soil Temperatures → Herbicide Carryover Risk Risk Map (June 1 – Sept 1, 2023 Precipitation) → Risk Map (June 15 – Sept 15, 2023 Precipitation) → Dry Bean Nitrogen: On-Farm Network Results Watch the Recording: Dry Bean Trial Results (N rates, fungicide apps, inoculant products and tillage) → Participate in an…

AUGUST 30, 2023 Crop Update Soybean Maturity Guide → Successful Desiccation Decisions in Peas and Beans → Harvesting and Drying Faba Beans → Canadian Grain Commissions’ (CGC) Harvest Sample Program →  Post-Harvest and Long-Term Storage of Soybeans and Pulses → Pea Harvest Pea Desiccation and Harvest Guide → Maintaining Pea Seed Quality → Combine Clean-Out:…

AUGUST 16, 2023 Crop and Scouting Update Growth staging guides → Scouting calendars → Spider Mites in Soybeans → Scouting and Management of Phytophthora Root Rot → Successful Desiccation Decisions in Peas and Beans → Dry Bean Desiccation and Harvest Guide → Pea Desiccation and Harvest Guide → Maintaining Pea Seed Quality Combine Clean-Out: How…

August 2, 2023 Crop Update Growth staging guides → Scouting calendars → Scouting for Soybean Cyst Nematode Staging Peas for Desiccation Timing → Watch for Waterhemp Lygus Bugs in Faba Beans Listen: Soybean Cyst Nematode Survey Research with Dr. Mario Tenuta Crop Update Soybeans range from R4 (full pod) R5 (beginning seed). Moisture limitations are…

July 19, 2023 Crop Update Water limitations in pulse and soybean crops → Hail damage yield loss estimates → Managing soybean aphids → Two-spotted spider mites → On-farm pea fungicide results poster → Fungicide decisions in dry beans → Lygus bugs in faba beans video (1 min 30 sec) → Chocolate spot in faba beans…

July 5, 2023 Crop Update Grasshoppers in Soybeans and Pulses → Fungicide Decisions in Peas → Scouting for Pea Aphids → Early Pea Leaf Weevil Survey Results → Growth Staging Guides → Scouting Calendars → Hail Damage in Soybeans Assess Soybean Nodulation → Evaluating Dry Bean Nodulation Soybean Fungicide Decisions Dry Bean Fungicide Decisions →…

JUNE 21, 2023 Crop Update IDC in Soybeans → Grasshoppers in Soybeans and Pulses → Early Pea Leaf Weevil Survey Results → Options for Volunteer Canola Control in Soybeans → Scouting Peas at Flowering: Fungicide Decisions, Aphids and Nodulation Foliar Fungicide Decisions → 2023 Pea Fungicide Options → Scouting for Pea Aphids → Pea Nodulation…

June 7, 2023 Crop Update Aphanomyces Root Rot Iron Deficiency Chlorosis Assessing Plant Stands Early-Season Insect and Disease Scouting Pea Leaf Weevil Survey: Call for Participants Herbicide Options for 2023: Soybeans → Peas → Dry Beans → Crop Update Soybeans are emerging (VE) to V1 (first trifoliate). Field peas are at V4 to V7 (4…

MAY 24, 2023 Crop & Seeding Update Late Spring Frosts Dry Bean Seeding Information Dry Bean Fertilization and Inoculant Research in Manitoba Preceding Crop and Residue Management Research in Manitoba For Soybean Seeding Information, Check Out The Bean Report – May 10, 2023  → For Pea Seeding Information, Check Out The Pea Report – April…

May 10, 2023 Optimizing Early-Season Establishment of Soybeans Soybean Seeding Information Alternatives to Lambda-Cyhalothrin for 2023 → For information on pea and faba bean seeding, check out The Pea Report – April 26, 2023  → Save the Date: Diversification Centre Tours this Summer → Results from the Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster (2018-2023) → Results from…

APRIL 26, 2023 Seeding Peas: Tips to Establishing a Strong Crop Seeding Date Seeding Rates, Target Plant Populations and Row Spacing Seeding Depth Residue Management and Preceding Crop Time Between Pea Crops Seed Treatments Fertility and Inoculation Rolling Early-Season Weed Control Seeding Faba Beans Choosing a Soybean Seeding Date Seeding Peas: Establish a Strong Crop…

APRIL 13, 2023 Production Overviews Participate in an On-Farm Network Trial in 2023 Iron Deficiency Chlorosis Pea Leaf Weevils Residue Management Explore On-Farm Network Results Summaries Production Guidelines Review agronomy-focused production guidelines and recommendations that provide an overview of field selection, seeding, crop nutrition, pest management and harvest. Soybeans → Field Peas → Organic Peas → Narrow-Row…