We're not about to let some technical difficulties keep us from having The Agronomists go live! In this episode, storm-stayed Tom Wolf and mall-Santa-ready Jason Deveau join host Shaun Haney for an engaging conversation about new sprayer technology, the rate of commercialization, and strategies for effective product application in the face of possible shortages in-season.... Read More
Category: Agronomy
It's not every year that the weather cooperates and makes a double crop of beans possible, but a nearly perfect alignment of several things has resulted in some impressive soybean yields for farmers from Ontario's southwest all the way to the east, near the Quebec border. This road to successful double crop beans all started... Read More
Where on earth did all this corn yield come from?! Combines in Ontario are rolling through beans and on to corn, and the results are astonishing, says Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson in this episode of the Word. This week's episode asks that question, plus delves into rust on winter wheat, wheat acres in the ground,... Read More
Crop tours earlier this growing season predicted record corn yields in Ontario, and yield monitors and truck traffic confirm the rumour. Across much of the province, farmers are reporting solid to record-breaking yields — even Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson is having to split-weigh his research plots! Commercial growers are harvesting huge volumes of grain and... Read More
With nitrogen prices continuing to soar, many farmers are looking for ways to manage the cost of fertilizer as well as meet crop demands for the key nutrient in 2022. This week, Corteva Agriscience Canada put a new option on the table for farmers to consider with the launch of Utrisha N, the company's first... Read More
Phosphorus is a key nutrient for crop production, and requires careful management to ensure there's enough P to feed a growing crop, but not so much that the nutrient moves off the field in run-off or soil movement. For what makes phosphorus management different versus say, nitrogen, we go to experts Dr. Merrin Macrae, professor... Read More
The numbers are rolling in — from fantastic corn yields, to unbelievable rain amounts in some areas of Ontario. In this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson asks for feedback on a few things, including what some of your favourite Wheat Pete sayings are, if you prefer rain in inches or millimetres (or either,... Read More