Tori Waugh, principal consultant of Conservation Ag Consulting, steps in as executive director of the Ontario Soil Network as of early January 2021. The Ontario Soil Network is a farmer-led learning and networking organization formed to connect and support farmers across the province through training, access to research, and networking opportunities. Waugh has been involved... Read More
Category: Agronomy
Welcome to the first Wheat Pete's Word of 2021! To kick off the year, host Peter Johnson has some key reminders (check those bins!) and answers to some of the top agronomy questions from the last growing season. He also shares about a successful "extra 15 minutes" and drops a "call your friends" challenge. Listen... Read More
If better seed singulation, metering, and depth control improve uniformity of wheat emergence, growth, and crop canopy, will that add up to more grain in the bin? That's a question that was asked back in September and that Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson and Joanna Follings have been striving to answer. In this Wheat School episode... Read More
Planting a new hybrid that you've never dealt with on your farm before can be a tricky situation, as it sometimes can feel like you are rolling the dice. Farming isn't just a game, it's a livelihood that we need to be able to make profit off of. However, selecting a new hybrid could end... Read More
You sent some soil samples away, whether it was from your own farm or on behalf of a farmer, and now you have the results. How do you begin to fully understand the results? What you do with the results can make or break some (expensive!) decisions. For this episode of The Agronomists, Ryan Benjamins... Read More
Welcome back for this 2021 season of RealAg LIVE! To kick off the New Year, we're talking planning, planning, and more planning when it comes to corn acres in the year ahead. To get the goods on what main areas to focus on — from hybrid selection and trials, to resistance management, overall agronomy, and... Read More
There are several recurring themes among some of the most interesting people I cross paths with in agriculture. One of the most fun is that many of us never set out with a particular role or job in mind, but instead just rolled with the opportunities in front of us. The other is travel; not... Read More
Whether you're an experienced soybean grower, or are looking to get into this interesting leguminous oilseed crop, there's always something to learn. In this episode of Soybean School, we take a look back at the past year's soybean season in Manitoba — what went right, what went wrong, and what kind of knowledge we gleaned... Read More
Corn rootworm, manure, and soybeans — farmers don't often hear those three words in the same sentence but we've come to expect the unexpected in 2020. With growing resistance to corn rootworm traits in Ontario, many farmers who typically plant continuous corn will look to control the pest by expanding rotations to include soybeans. But... Read More
For many, December is a time to reflect, to really sit back and look at what the previous months looked like. What were the highs? What were the lows? Despite 2020 being the year it was — and one I certainly won't forget in my lifetime — it was also a whole lot of fun... Read More