A man in a yellow golf shirt holds a soybean plant upside down, highlighting its root, while speaking to farmers during a farm tour.

Soybeans, peas flag under drought conditions

Manitoba’s lack of rain is stressing crops, fuelling pest pressure and slicing yield potential in soybean and pea fields

Manitoba’s pea and soybean acres are suffering in drought-stricken regions like the Interlake. Dry conditions are stressing crops, fuelling pest pressure and slicing yield potential.

Ducks Unlimited winter wheat specialist Alex Griffiths recently spoke at the Prairies East Sustainable Agriculture Initiative’s Crop Diversification Day near Arborg, Man.  |  Don Norman photo

Treatments cut N2O emissions in winter wheat

Research shows that urease inhibitors can quickly reduce nitrous oxide emissions by 30 per cent when growing the crop

UPDATED – 1730 CST – August 23, 2024 – Glacier FarmMedia – Ducks Unlimited Canada trials have shown that nitrification and urease inhibitors are effective at reducing nitrous oxide emissions in winter wheat. “The cool thing about it is, as soon as you add any form of inhibitor, you’re pretty much reaching that 30 per […] Read more