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Bean Report - 6 Jul 2022

Soybeans in Manitoba are progressing quickly.

Laura Schmidt is a Production Specialist with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers.

"Soybeans range from V1 to V3 and will be starting to flower soon with the change in day length. IDC symptoms have started to show up in some fields, but many fields do remain symptom free. Field peas range from 6 to 12 true leaf nodes, with some at R1 or flower bud, with a few open blooms scattered throughout the field."

She says dry beans range from V1 to V3.

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Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

Video: Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

When was the last time you read the label on your honey?

We spent a day at Molenkamp Honey Farms with Michael Molenkamp, who has been keeping bees for 17 seasons and runs three to four thousand hives. In mid-September, he was finishing treatments and getting his bees ready for winter, and he walked us through how Alberta honey gets made.

Alberta has just 150 commercial beekeepers running 300,000 colonies, and together they produce 40% of Canada’s honey. Long summer days and golden canola fields give Alberta honey a light flavour that’s hard to match anywhere else.

Molenkamp calls Alberta beekeepers some of the most resilient farmers he knows. There’s plenty of Alberta honey to go around, but a lot on our shelves isn’t from here, so his ask is simple. Give the label a second look and choose honey made by Alberta beekeepers, or buy straight from a beekeeper near you.