Elroy Cober

@soyshadow Merry Christmas to you

The 2025 Ontario soybean trial report is available at soybean.gocrops.ca/wp-content/upl…

@farmerschneck check the 2022 Ontario report soybean.gocrops.ca/wp-content/upl…

Has anyone grown Lindber nattos in eastern ontario for sevita? Approx yield compared to a sub 0.5 soybean?

Final day, yesterday, of field work in 2025. Just finished before the monsoon rain started. Harvesting late planted, "double crop" soybeans for a @Jamie_Larsen project.

Losing soybean seeds and whole pods as the drought continues in Ottawa. Hoping for the forecasted 25mm tomorrow to finish filling what seeds remain.

@GuillemetteRon No dense pubescence types in the trial.

@ElroyCober That’s quite the visual difference. Are the pubescence density similar between the two varieties?

Has anyone seen Japanese beetles showing preference for different soybean cultivars in plots? Photo from Malcolm Morrison AAFC-Ottawa RDC

@LeanderCampbell @waynekblack It is often the case that natto soybeans have narrow leaflets but not all natto soybeans have narrow leaflets and not all narrow leaflet soybeans are natto types.

SOLVED! These are Natto soybeans. Thanks to @waynekblack for pointing me in the right direction.

South of The Soo and spotted this field. Looked like soybeans to me except the leafs seem overly pointed. Then upon closer inspection I’m not sure. A specialty variety perhaps? #cropmap25 #ontag #cdnag

@megnmoran A single recessive gene can cause faciation in soybean

White bean plants with fasciation. I’ve never seen that in beans before, found quite a few in this field.

@soyshadow Nice hail protection

@ElroyCober yet this seems very effective!

It's amazing how vigorous new vegetable/low allergen faba beans are getting closer to market. In the middle of the overview the check variety

🇨🇦 A titan of soybean breeding! Istvan Rajcan of @uofg has won the @NAPlantBreeders Public Sector Impact Award. 69 varieties. 103 papers. 48 grad students trained. His germplasm feeds Canada and Europe. OAC Wallace is his masterpiece. hubs.li/Q03n-kSs0

@TerryDaynard @jzantinge2 It wasn’t great for US sourced soybean cultivars either, with their lack of cold tolerance. It was, however, responsible for the project that funded my postdoc with Harvey Voldeng in Ottawa.

@jzantinge2 1992 was a horrible year for many Ontario corn farmers who faced the prospect of either dealing with 40%-moisture, low-test-weight corn harvested in late autumn/early winter, or dealing with crop insurance staff overseeing the destruction of unharvested fields in that condition.

Average May-September temperature increased by 0.5 C over 30 years, though more so with daily maximums (0.8 C) than minimums (0.3 C). Average 5-month rainfall declined ~6%, 413 mm to 387 mm...

All Ontario soybean performance data is now online at soybean.gocrops.ca/variety-perfor…

The Ontario soybean MG 0 and earlier trial results are on online at soybean.gocrops.ca/variety-perfor…

So proud of you Simon 🍾 #ProudSupervisor #Samanfarlab @CarletonBiology @CarletonScience @AAFC_Canada @Carleton_U

The last of the soybean single plant selections taken on a 22 C afternoon.

First breeders blocks coming off today.

@MiladEskandari_ It is floating around in the program. I have not done any deliberate introductions.

@ElroyCober May I ask about the source(s) of semi-determination genes?

Semi determinate soybean lines looking pretty good

@phhermans Beyond weed control, are you chasing the extra 1/2 bu per acre per day with longer season beans and planning to desiccate?

Hey Ag Twitter looking for your thoughts on using pre harvest desiccants on soybeans? Likes? Dislikes? How fast it works -harvest days compared to none desiccants? Any others tips.. seeing an interest our way and looking for experience views. Thanks in advance ! #ontag