From left: Geertje Doornbos, Carlene Dmytriw and James Carriere.

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers staffs up for summer

Three temporary additions to the staff roster will give MPSG the 
ability to deliver more services over the summer

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) has hired three summer students to deliver agronomy research and services throughout the province. The team will focus exclusively on conducting independent research, implementing the association’s comprehensive research and production program, and engaging with industry partners, stakeholders, and farmers. Geertje Doornbos, an agrononomy research intern from Carman, will assist

Brandon Clayton (l) shows Tyffany Wentoniw, Abraham Lemus and Elvis Mingano how to make crepes using chickpea flour at Elmwood High School.

Bean Team spreads word on pulse crops

The Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers is bringing nutritional information into the province’s schools

“It tastes just the same as any other crepe I’ve had,” said a slightly surprised Gage Anderson. “It tastes good.” Anderson and two dozen other students at Winnipeg’s Elmwood High School made the crepes using chickpea flour last week, as part of a new outreach initiative launched by Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. In recognition


The Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers Association is investing a lot of money in research, including a study on the impact of hail on soybeans.

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers approve bylaw changes at AGM

Directors can no longer be nominated from the floor and resolutions
need to be submitted by Dec. 1 to be debated at the annual meeting

Nominations for director can no longer be made from the floor of the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers Association’s annual meeting. And resolutions to the annual meeting must be made by Dec. 1 — more than two months before the association’s annual meeting held during Crop Connect in February. The changes were included in a

U.N. declares 2016 as the International Year of Pulses

U.N. declares 2016 as the International Year of Pulses

Legumes have agronomic and health benefits

Move over quinoa and look out soil, pulses have claimed the podium. Last week the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization announced that 2016 has been christened the International Year of Pulses, a title that will lead to co-ordinated efforts among growers, scientists, health experts and nations in an effort to encourage the consumption of

June planted soybeans slightly behind, dry beans entering bloom period

June planted soybeans slightly behind, dry beans entering bloom period

The Bean Report for July 10, 2015

Soybeans The soybean crop is in bloom (R-1 to R-2) and have 3 to 6 fully developed trifoliate leaves. June planted soybeans are slightly behind and have not started flowering yet. Environmental and field conditions favourable for white mould should be assessed on a field by field basis for potential fungicide applications. The earliest planted