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Soybean pods starting to fill: Bean Report

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers says soybeans are setting and filling pods.

Production Specialist Laura Schmidt stages them at R3 to R4.

"Soybean aphids have been confirmed in a few fields at low levels," she added. "These aphids are blowing in from the south and overall populations remain quite low here. Natural enemies are able to manage aphid levels."

Schmidt also provided an update on field peas.

"Field peas, they're ranging anywhere from flat pod or R3 to full pod or R4 stages. Even some of the earliest seeded fields are beginning to mature.

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