frost damage on a soybean seedling

Look to more than calendar for best time to plant soybeans

Soybeans don’t like cold and they are very susceptible to spring frost

Now is the time to plant soybeans in Manitoba according to the calendar, but date is just one of four factors to consider, says Terry Buss, a farm production advisor with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) based in Beausejour. The others are soil temperature, the weather forecast for 24 hours before and after


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Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 1

Conditions as of May 3, 2015

Weekly Provincial Summary Favourable weather and field conditions have resulted in an early start to the 2015 growing season. Producers across the province have started to seed, with the most progress in the Central and Eastern regions. Localized areas that had excess moisture in past growing seasons are still experiencing wet conditions and need continued

soybean plant

Bringing soybeans in from the cold

A Brandon research scientist is studying the effects of cool temperatures during the Manitoba growing season

A Brandon research scientist is studying how cold temperatures during the growing season can put a chill on soybean production. Ramona Mohr, who works at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Brandon Research Centre, says it starts with a “chilling effect” at planting. Mohr presented preliminary results from her studies at North Star Genetics’ annual soybean








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Good yields still possible with crops seeded soon

MAFRD's tips to mitigate the impact of delayed seeding

Seeding has been late from the gate across the province, but there is still time for yields to finish with the front-runners, provincial extension agronomists said last week. Crops planted the third week of May can still achieve close to their full yield potential, although that potential will decline from now on, say crop experts

2014 spring seeding off to a slow start

The first above normal temperature day this season sees farmers take to the fields

Miami farmer Wes Hill was seeding spring wheat May 10 trying to get as much done ahead of the rain and cool weather that arrived May 11. Hill has been planting for a week, but lots of other Manitoba farmers haven’t been as lucky. Some south-central Manitoba farmers were taking the fields for the first