Despite the drought that the province is facing, soybeans are faring better than other crops.
Laura Schmidt, a production specialist with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers says even though there are some signs of drought stress, there's still a lot of potential for this year's soybean crop.
“The yield is really going to be determined in these next couple of weeks here, depending on what kind of precipitation we get. Over the weekend we did get some scattered showers around Westman so things are looking pretty hopeful.”
Laura adds that it’s important to get sizeable amounts of precipitation during pod formation.
“Soybeans in the Dauphin area are setting in filling pod so that’s around R3 to R4, they’re switching from flower to setting those pods.”
Laura says weed control has been challenging this year because weeds under drought stress develop characteristics to combat the drought, but weed control was still achieved.
