For some Prairie farmers, the question of whether to introduce soybeans into the rotation may seem like a no-brainer. They’re good nitrogen fixers and have proven a hit on rain-fed land in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where soybean acreage has increased dramatically over the past decade. But if you’re a producer in Alberta, the answer is[...]
Dry weather weed control in IP soybeans
Good weed control in Eastern Canada’s identity-preserved soybean fields this year appears to be just as patchy as the spring and summer rains, particularly in southern Ontario and parts of Quebec. Even Roundup Ready beans were slow to canopy in between rescue rains and required more in-season attention than usual. Then, as crops headed toward[...]
Watch that IP market
There’s no denying it. Corn has outperformed soybeans for the last two years, both in the field and at the elevator. But at a time when many growers are questioning the overall value of soybeans, and when they’re voting with their planters in favour of corn, there are rumblings that maybe we’re throwing out the[...]
