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2020 Pulse & Soybean Variety Guide Now Available

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) has released its 2020 Pulse and Soybean Variety Guide.
 
"Right now its only available online but it will be coming out in print to our MPSG membership," explained Production Specialist Cassandra Tkachuk. "You can find the same data in Seed Manitoba magazine as well. Basically the full Pulse and Soybean Variety Guide contains the 2020 variety evaluations of herbicide-tolerant and conventional soybeans, field peas, dry beans, and fava beans."
 
She notes the variety testing has been done for nearly 30 years.
 
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