Corn growers across Ontario and beyond are seeing more residue left in their fields after harvest, and it’s becoming a management challenge. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, University of Guelph researcher Dr. Dave Hooker explains why corn residue levels have grown so substantially over the past four decades and what factors are... Read More
Category: Agronomy
In this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, Peter Johnson celebrates a slightly belated Canada’s Agriculture Day with a heartfelt "hats off" to the producers navigating the tough realities of weather and livestock. With the polar vortex finally breaking in the East, Pete shifts from shivering at minus 20 to digging into some truly staggering yield... Read More
For farmers, managing nutrient efficiency can come down to a matter of inches. While the speed of broadcasting is practical for some nutrients, the agronomic benefits of placing nutrients, especially N and P, deep in the soil profile helps reduce losses. On this episode of Farming Forward, Dr. Rigas Karamanos joins RealAgriculture’s Amber Bell to... Read More
Western Canada growers will have access to a new cereal seed treatment in 2026 to help control wireworm, as well as a broad range of seed- and soil-borne diseases. Equento Cereals seed treatment from Syngenta Canada is the first seed treatment to offer both contact and systemic activity on wireworms. At the heart of the... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Ian Epp of Sask Oilseeds and Jeanette Gaultier of BASF to talk about the spectre of blackleg and verticillium disease of canola. These early-infection diseases can look like each other, and can happen at the same time. What are the best management practices... Read More
Faster drones like the new DJI T100 don’t just add speed and capacity — they change the physics of how aerial spray patterns behave, potentially unlocking more uniform coverage at speeds and scales that could make drone pesticide application far more efficient and cost effective. That’s Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness application specialist... Read More
Nytro's Green Lightning machine claims to produce nitrogen directly on the farm by converting atmospheric nitrogen into a plant-soluble form within water. Speaking with RealAgriculture at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, Chris Nykolaishen of Nytro explains how the system is used to generate a nitrogen source and use it alongside conventional fertility... Read More
As soybean growers head into the 2026 season with tight margins and continued low crop prices, watching every dollar spent on inputs matters. Phosphorus and potassium remain key nutrients for soybeans, but soil fertility research shows there’s a clear economic threshold where spending returns real value. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Soybean School, University... Read More
What's the best way to manage crop residue? Most agronomists would answer this question with: “It depends.” But this week at Residue Smart — the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s deep dive meeting into residue management — the leading response from growers attending was no-till. The support for no-till as the top residue management... Read More
February is rolling and Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson is ready for more agronomic curveballs! This week’s Wheat Pete's Word podcast topics range from global grain logistics and soil biology to practical fertility math and a strong defence of tile drainage. Pete also digs into listener questions on sulphur, phosphorus, starter fertilizer, and lodging risk, while... Read More