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This soybean plant is regrowing after being frozen.
Crops, Oilseeds

Manitoba soybeans OK after hard frost

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Manitoba soybean growers dodged a bullet May 13 and 14 when much of southern Manitoba experienced a hard frost, because so few soybeans were out of the ground, according to Dennis Lange, a pulse crop specialist with the Manitoba Department of Agricuture. “We can see temperatures as low as -2 C and they (soybeans) can
Sclerotinia relies on a very specific set of environmental conditions to thrive in your canola.
Crops, Oilseeds

Consider conditions, margins before spraying for sclerotinia

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Spray for sclerotinia or give it a pass? That’s no simple black or white question, but one thing is certain — by the time you can see it, it’s too late. Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development oilseed specialist, said that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t scout though. If anything it means it’s more
Brandon University student Charlotte Smith works in the lab alongside Bryan Cassone, an assistant professor of biology, analyzing DNA to find and identify soybean diseases as part of a three-year study.
Crops, Oilseeds

Brandon University undertakes soybean disease research

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Through large-scale surveys and analytical work, Brandon University 
hopes to shed more light on soybean diseases

With more soybeans appearing in more places around the province, Brandon University (BU) has set out to learn more about the potential roadblocks for growers. This summer the university, in partnership with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) and Manitoba Agriculture, will begin a three-year study to gain more knowledge of soybean diseases, in particular
Local news, Oilseeds

MPSG adds on-farm technician and communicator to staff

More staff will enable the group to deliver on ongoing commitments and priorities

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An on-farm researcher and a communications professional are the latest additions to the staff roster of the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG). Greg Bartley will be the group’s research technician and will contribute to the growth of the On-Farm Network, a program of farm-level pulse and soybean research fully funded by the MPSG. Bartley, who
Pratisara Bajracharya, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development spoke on clubroot at the Dauphin Agriculture Society’s Farm Outlook 2016 held on March 10.
Crops, Oilseeds

Careful management key to keeping clubroot level low in province

Experts call for soil testing, scouting and diligent rotations to keep clubroot at low levels

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Manitoba canola growers aren’t facing the full mischievousness of clubroot — yet. The soil-borne disease is a major issue for farmers in other locales, where it limits cropping options, stunts plants and hampers yield. Provincial specialists say they hope it remains a mild problem here, and scouting and diligent crop rotation will be the key
Canola growers asked not to use quinclorac herbicide this year
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola growers asked not to use quinclorac herbicide this year

While the weed killer is registered in Canada it hasn’t been approved in China, 
one of Canada’s most important canola customers

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Canadian canola growers are advised not to use the herbicide quinclorac on their canola in 2016 because China, one of Canada’s biggest customers, has not yet approved it. “Until these questions are resolved, growers should use other options to control cleavers on their farms,” the Canola Council of Canada says on its website. “It’s a
CanoLAB participants worked through an exercise of extracting the DNA from a strawberry to get a better understanding of how canola diagnostics work.
Crops, Local news, Oilseeds

Canola issues, close up and hands on

CanoLAB participants were given an overview of how different crops are best integrated into canola rotations

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This year’s canoLAB put a sharp focus on canola rotations and expanded the scope slightly, beyond a single crop. “This year we are not only looking at canola but crops that would be in rotation with canola, so it is intended to be a holistic or systems approach to farming,” said Angela Brackenreed, agronomy specialist
A new system could allow glyphosate-resistant flax to be developed by ‘gene editing’ as opposed to genetic modification, but how will customers react?
Crops, News, Oilseeds

New flax variety sparks debate

It is not transgenic, but some fear glyphosate-resistant flax will produce a second Day of the Triffids

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Some Manitoba flax growers are expressing concern after learning a glyphosate-resistant flax variety is only a few years away from being market ready. Eric Fridfinnson of the Manitoba Flax Growers Association said the move towards herbicide-tolerant flax began several years ago and stemmed from a desire to increase yields, which hover around 22 bushels per
News, Oilseeds

Chuck Fossay new president of MCGA

The 2016 executive was decided Feb. 11

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Starbuck farmer Chuck Fossay is the new president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) He replaces Ed Rempel, also of Starbuck, who remains on the MCGA’s board but declined to seek re-election as president. The MCGA held its reorganizational meeting to elect a new executive Feb. 11 following its annual meeting in Winnipeg. Clayton

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