Each year, regional variety trials are conducted for soybean, dry bean, field pea, faba bean and lupin crops at locations across Manitoba. Dry beans are tested at both wide-row (>24 inches) and narrow-row (<12 inches) spacings to provide information for both production systems. IDC soybean trials are conducted at a site outside of Winnipeg for new soybean varieties in Manitoba. These varieties are tested for 3 years to determine their IDC rating and grouping.
In recent years the dry bean landscape has been changing with acres expanding westward and northward into areas that are new for this crop. With this change, two new narrow-row dry bean sites are being added in 2025, at Hamiota and Dauphin, to provide data for these expanding growing areas.
Faba beans are being expanded to Souris and Beausejour. Lupins are being expanded to Arborg.
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