Herbicide resistant weeds lurk on millions of acres of Canadian farm land. There's no one way to manage resistant weeds or to delay resistance, but there are plenty of little hammers to use. That's the subject of this episode of The Agronomists! Join host Shaun Haney in discussion with Breanne Tidemann, research scientist at AAFC... Read More
Category: Agronomy
Claire Coombs' first agronomy love might be soil, but teaching and extension work are likely a close second. Coombs is currently teaching at Algonquin College at Perth, Ont., in the Business Agriculture diploma program. Since March, it's been an adventure in adaptability, as programs shifted from in-person to online nearly overnight. That change alone would... Read More
Farmers work hard to maximize fertilizer applications, both for economic and environmental reasons. Making sure all that money spent in fertilizer gets turned into crop — not lost as greenhouse gas emissions — is a key concept in today's farming practices. "We want to make sure a producer is realizing value from every gram of... Read More
When it comes to gauging the success of management decisions, it's important to run more than one replication in a trial -- observing differences is a great way to decide on what might deserve a closer look next year. In this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson shares some of the plot results that... Read More
If you feel that not yet being on the precision farming or big data wagon means you're too late, today's LIVE! guest has two words for you: just begin. Denise Hockaday, with Climate Fieldview, says that the platform can be as simple or as complex as you need, and that there's no wrong time to... Read More
Sixty-inch spacing for corn is sure not for everyone, but the math and soil conservation rewards can work for farmers who have limited rotations and can benefit from extended grazing for livestock on well-established cover crops. That's Sunderland, Ontario, farmer Ed Hanson's takeaway from the first year of growing corn in 60-inch rows on his... Read More
Adjusting management or adopting new products or varieties carries some risk, but that risk can be managed with an on-farm evaluation. Setting up on-farm trials, however, can be simple and straight forward — or so complicated it's hard to know if you really learned anything at all. To navigate on-farm trial pitfalls and successes, this... Read More
Testing wheat seed for fungal disease is important for a few reasons. A basic seed test for germination and vigour will tell you how viable that seed is, but if your germination rate is down, a basic test won't tell you why it's down. With low germ, you may have to increase the seeding rate,... Read More
Team Alberta — which consists of Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions, Alberta Canola, Alberta Pulse Growers, and the Alberta Wheat Commission — have launched the new website for Alberta's Crop Protection Guide. While the commissions are currently working to produce the 2021 "Blue Book" (paper copies will be available in March of 2021), they felt... Read More
Today is World Soil Day, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has dedicated this year's celebration to soil biodiversity. The slogan for this year: "Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity." Closer to home, the Canadian Society of Soil Science's goals for today's celebrations are to draw attention to the importance of... Read More