Strip tillage has gained a foothold in corn and soybean fields across Ontario but few growers employ the tillage practice in edible beans. Thamesford, Ont., grower Matt Langford is trying strip tillage for the first time on his farm in 2025. He's looking to reduce tillage to combat erosion and manage corn residue on his... Read More
Category: Agronomy
It’s time for another edition of Wheat Pete’s Word! This week, host Peter Johnson reminds us to take stock of how fortunate we are, even as challenging weather and commodity prices weigh heavy. From frost in soybeans in northern Ontario, to four-foot-tall corn, 2025 continues to throw curveballs at growers. Johnson also emphasizes the importance... Read More
Understanding soil starts with getting your hands dirty, and that’s exactly what Alberta Grains’ Lara de Moissac encourages growers to do. In this Soil School episode, de Moissac joins RealAgriculture from Lacombe, Alta., to demonstrate how farmers can assess soil texture on their own farms. While it’s easy to focus on what’s happening above ground,... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Drs. Amelie Gaudin of University of California-Davis and Jordon Wade of Syngenta to discuss the complex, integrated world of soil and how organic matter is formed, broken down, utilized, and leveraged. They'll touch on livestock grazing and manure implications, rotation, the role of... Read More
The rise of drone technology use on the farm has fuelled a rapid ascent for Drone Spray Canada. The business took flight five years ago in an outbuilding on Adrian Rivard's Blenheim, Ont., farm and has grown to include a 6,000 sq. ft. facility, a growing staff, branches across eastern Canada, and a ballooning fleet... Read More
Koch Agronomic Services is rolling out a new, higher-concentration formulation of its nitrogen stabilizer, CENTURO, designed to make fall ammonia applications more efficient and better protected against losses, the company says. CENTURO A-PRO builds on the company’s existing CENTURO technology but delivers more active ingredient per application, meaning lower rates per metric tonne and greater... Read More
Sky Drones is aiming to make drone use on the farm more efficient and user-friendly with its SkyDeck Hauler system. Speaking at AgSmart in Olds, Alta., Sky Drone’s Loren Ginn explains that the unit was designed after extensive research into what farmers need most from drone support equipment. “We want everything to be as efficient... Read More
In this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson shares crop observations from a dry and stressful growing season, celebrates the benefits of family time for mental health, and digs into listener questions on everything from rooting depth to disease trials. He also flags the growing concern around spider mites—and highlights the urgent need... Read More
As the 2025 growing season pushes through dry and drought conditions across much of Ontario, understanding how key crops cope with drought could influence more than yield—it may also impact decisions on rotation and soil management going forward. Resident agronomist Peter Johnson explains that soybeans may hold up better than corn during late-season dry spells,... Read More
Optical spraying systems are finding a foothold in farm fields across Canada. Agrimetrix spraying guru Tom Wolf says green-on-brown systems like Trimble's WeedSeeker and John Deere's See & Spray Select are gaining traction; so are green-on-green systems including Deere's See & Spray Ultimate and Agrifac's AiCPlus that use optical cameras and AI to target weeds.... Read More