Two top seeding tools ‘duked’ it out on this Manitoba seed farm, putting in 320 acres of soybeans in 2016. The winner…? By John Dietz Which seeding tool is best for soybeans and best for your farm? Manitoba seed grower Brian Nadeau, at Fannystelle, asked this question and had the tools to do the testing… Read more

By Shari Narine A wet spring brought about by heavy snow pack melt could result in higher acres of soybean in 2017. And if winter to date in the Prairie provinces is any indication, wet, wet, wet is what producers are looking at. “Soybean is a crop that does like moisture. It doesn’t like flooding… Read more

By Geoff Geddes Weather forecasts are free of charge, and often you get what you pay for. Soybean market forecasts are also free, but the results can be priceless. As they reflect on 2016 and look forward to the New Year, soybean analysts are serving up some guarded optimism with a sprinkling of caution. That’s… Read more

You know soybeans need inoculant. Some research indicates they also need a calcium-molybdenum dressing for early days in the seed bed. Will seed dressing benefit the 2017 crop in Western Canada? By John Dietz Seed inoculant is on the radar, or should be, for virtually every soybean grower in Manitoba in 2017. Just about as… Read more

By John Dietz Looking back on the crops he harvested, Brian Nadeau says it was a year to remember with the weather and the arrival of Xtend soybeans. It was early November. Day and night temps were setting records. Fields were saturated, or close to it, but not frozen. It was “great” weather for September,… Read more

By John Dietz Precision placement, emergence, trash clearance, efficiency, cost – these words were swirling like dust over a dry field this spring for Sintaluta, Saskatchewan, farm manager Darren Luscombe. Luscombe had a decision to make. He wanted to trade in two well-used Bourgault 5710 air seed drills for one new, wider, more efficient precision… Read more

By Geoff Geddes Back when genetic engineering was in its infancy, the mention of GM (genetically modified) soybeans may have prompted a simple question: “What the heck are they?” Today, GM soybeans comprise a substantial share of the market, but non-GMO varieties also have a large following among producers. And instead of asking what GMO… Read more

By Shari Narine A grower and a research scientist both hold that there is great potential for soybeans in Alberta. And Patrick Fabian, who operates Fabian Seed Farms near Tilley in southern Alberta, believes acreage will increase north of the Trans-Canada Highway once early maturing soybean varieties are more readily available. “There’s great interest throughout… Read more

By Geoff Geddes For some people, the idea of buying local is like recycling: a good thing to do as long as THEY don’t have to do it. Increasingly though, shoppers are buying into the concept of supporting local products and services. It’s an idea that’s also catching on with some soybean farmers as they… Read more