The Soy Quality program provides information on quality and performance of Canadian soybeans so international buyers are confident the beans will work for their soy food manufacturing.
Soybean Guide 2023
An archive of articles for Ontario soybean growers assisting them with growing soybeans and managing production issues related to growing soybeans.
Canadian Grain Commission is Soy Canada’s new partner on Soy Quality program
Program builds buyer trust and confidence
Soy trial results drive value-chain decisions
Growers, seed companies, exporters and international buyers use valuable information from variety trials to decide what soybeans to grow, commercialize, market to buyers and purchase to process into soy foods.
Waterhemp is the new “oh-no” weed
Ontario biotypes are resistant to up to five different herbicide groups
It’s no longer a matter of ‘if’ waterhemp comes to your farm, it’s ‘when.’ Those were the words of Richard Anderson, a business representative with BASF, speaking last month at the Southwest Agricultural Conference at University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus. It was probably the most pertinent take-home message from a panel discussion on tackling waterhemp, […] Read more
Soybean production heading north
A combination of climate and enhanced genetics makes it possible
A silver lining to climate change is that a warming trend would favour a northern migration for crop production. That could spell everything from more acres of corn in the West to the development of more diverse crop rotations in Ontario’s Northern Clay Belt, the Thunder Bay region and possibly the Fort Frances/Rainy River area. […] Read more
A different cover option for soybeans
Broadcasting rye offers more harvest management options, improved soil health
Growers often fall into two categories: those who follow convention and those who set their own pace amid questions from others. Meet Reuben Stone. Operating a value-added farm business near Cobden, Ont., Stone grows several specialty crops including peas and hemp, while servicing a growing cover crop market. In the latter discipline he’s made […] Read more
Challenging soybean season shows management lessons learned
Two agronomists say soybean yields are better than expected due to genetic improvements and better knowledge among growers
Soybeans have a reputation for being able to overcome stresses while yielding a decent crop. The 2023 growing season tested this reputation, from late planting in parts of Ontario, a short dry spell immediately after that, and a wetter-than normal summer. Growers across much of the province expected to see yield losses compounded by a […] Read more
White mould mapping project underway
The current goal is to amass a large database for in-depth research on the disease
Until this past growing season, sclerotinia or white mould was third behind soybean cyst nematode and sudden death syndrome as the biggest soybean threats for most of Ontario. It likely ranks higher in eastern areas of the province, where white mould is a near perennial threat to manage, but there are scattered hot spots in […] Read more
Don’t dismiss charcoal rot in soybeans
The disease isn't widespread, but can reduce profits in soybeans
Mistaken identity can be a problem with diseases in soybeans. How often is soybean cyst nematode dismissed as a nutrient deficiency or a planter issue? Like other root rot diseases, charcoal rot in soybeans is similar in above-ground appearance and the conditions in which it can infect plants. Why it matters: Charcoal root rot can […] Read more
New tool can reveal cost of soybean cyst nematode
A profit calculator from the U.S. that works for Ontario fields determines the field-by-field impact
A new and free online tool can help growers estimate profit loss from soybean cyst nematode. The SCN Profit Checker calculator was developed by the SCN Coalition, a collective of researchers from colleges in nearly 30 U.S. states and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. It’s designed to provide a clearer picture […] Read more
Plant breeding picks up the pace
The pace of plant breeding has quickened by leaps and bounds, from selective breeding to the use of transgenics. Yet the process of breeding seeds with desired traits, rechecking for trait and yield performance and increasing those numbers for commercial availability takes more than 10 years. Or does it? With the use of continuous nursery […] Read more
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