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Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) is giving an update on the soybean crop in this week's bean report.

Cassandra Tkachuk is a production specialist for eastern Manitoba.

"Crops are mainly at the R1 or beginning bloom stage, with anywhere from four to eight trifoliate leaves," she said. "The most advanced soybean crops are reaching the R2 or full bloom stage this week. Manitoba has been facing some very hot and very dry conditions over the past several weeks. Soybeans do not love dry conditions but at this point in the growing season, they remain resilient. We can see that some soybean crops are stressed by the way they're flipping their leaves during the day, but I can say that most soybean crops across the province are looking good, especially those that are growing in soils with greater water holding capacity."

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