Better Beds Mean Better Beans

By Geoff Geddes Whether you’re a baby or a soybean, how you start in life has an impact on how you finish. While soybeans may be slightly less demanding than… Read more

Certified Seed versus Bin-Run

By John Dietz Bin-run soybean seed has one clear advantage compared to certified seed. It’s cheap. However, you don’t know what you are getting and often you get what you… Read more

Why Grow Soybeans?

Soybeans are a great agronomic decision. Soybeans are great in any crop rotation. They don’t follow the same disease cycles as other pulses (peas, lentils, chickpeas), or as oilseed crops… Read more

Seed Treatments

By Ron Friesen Sources: Agronomist from an NSG Dealer If you’re a soybean grower using seed treatment in hopes of getting higher yields, you may be disappointed. But that shouldn’t… Read more

2017 Results

By Cheryl Manness Source: Stats Canada, Published December 6, 2017 (Cansim Table 001-0017) A year ago, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada’s projections for 2017 were that soybeans, a worldwide favourite crop,… Read more

Crop Planning for Soybeans

Fitting soybeans into a rotation takes a lot of planning. Here are some thoughts from the production specialist for Manitoba. By John Dietz First comes plan, then comes plant. In… Read more

Crop Production Show

Join us at the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon to hear top Saskatchewan growers share their experiences about why they grow soybeans on their farm. Wednesday, January 10, 2018 10:30… Read more

Are Farmers Going Back to Aerial Application?

By John Dietz Aerial application can be more than a quick fix. Some farmers are booking aerial application along with crop inputs. Is this establishing new opportunities? Aircraft spraying crops… Read more