Soybean School: Unpacking record high soybean yields in Western Canada
The final tally hasn't been published yet, but 2022 will go down as the new record high year for soybean yields in Western Canada, mainly southern Manitoba. Statistics Canada's latest provincial estimate came in at 43 bushels/acre, up from 27 bu/ac in 2021 (see graph below), but Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture's pulse specialist, says he expects the final number will be higher after producers' crop insurance reports are compiled. "Our biggest year [previously] was 2016 when we had an over-abundance of moisture, but we set a provincial record at 42 bushels an acre. A...