Cool, wet springs are often the perfect recipe for soybean root rots, and with much of Ontario experiencing those conditions this season, growers should be keeping a close eye on their crop. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Soybean School, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness plant pathologist Albert Tenuta discusses the root diseases he's... Read More
Category: Agronomy
Early-season cold, wet conditions can leave corn looking rough, but appearance alone does not tell the whole story. Before making management decisions, growers should evaluate stand establishment, crop staging, and root development to determine whether the crop is likely to recover. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, Aidan Filipchuk, sales agronomist with PRIDE Seeds,... Read More
Wheat harvest is underway in Ontario, with excellent wheat quality, but winter barley is putting up disappointing yields. What's the issue? Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson tackles that, plus plenty of questions about nitrogen, soybeans, and fungicide decisions in this week's Wheat Pete's Word episode! Have a question you'd like Wheat Pete to address or some... Read More
For this episode of The Agronomists, Joseph Ikley of North Dakota State University, Mike Cowbrough of OMAFA and Aaron Hager of the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign join host Lyndsey Smith to discuss the rising threat of Palmer amaranth and the problem that is waterhemp, what we know (and don't) about control and control costs,... Read More
A dense, healthy-looking canola crop may signal strong yield potential, but it can also create ideal conditions for one of the crop's most significant diseases: sclerotinia stem rot. In this episode of Canola School, RealAgriculture's Amber Bell speaks with Rongrong Xiang, technical marketing manager for fungicides with BASF Canada, about how growers can assess disease... Read More
Cover crops can reduce erosion, improve soil health, recycle nutrients, and help suppress weeds, but achieving those benefits depends on one critical factor: biomass. While growers often focus on selecting the right species or cover crop mix, Washington State University extension agronomist Andrew McGuire, who is also senior extension fellow at WSU's Center for Sustaining... Read More
As soybean fields move into flowering, protecting yield potential shifts from weed control to disease management. Timing fungicide applications correctly is critical for managing white mould and other yield-robbing diseases, particularly in fields with dense canopies and a history of disease. In this episode of Soybean School, RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin visits the BASF Maryhill Research... Read More
By Darcy Pawlik, Executive Director, Wheat Growers Association Every conversation about the future of Canadian wheat breeding seems to begin with budget cuts. While understandable, focusing only on funding risks missing the much larger issue. The challenge isn't simply that government has less money. It's that Canada continues to rely on a delivery model that... Read More
By Elisabeta Lika Few issues in Canadian agriculture are as emotionally charged as the closure of federal research sites. These are not just buildings on a federal asset list. They hold long-term experiments, invaluable datasets, breeding material, scientific expertise, and relationships that have been built over decades. The familiar narrative is easy: research good, cuts... Read More
Interest in targeted spraying continues to grow as the technology expands beyond green-on-brown applications into green-on-green systems capable of identifying weeds within standing crops. In this demonstration, Christian Hansen, agronomy research lead with John Deere, walks through the company's See & Spray technology on a 412R sprayer, showing how operators can configure crop models, adjust... Read More