Six independent agronomy companies are joining MNP to launch a new agronomy practice in a major shake-up of the Western Canadian crop advisory market. MNP — one of Canada's largest professional services firms — is bringing together 4R Agronomy, Annex Agro, Arrow Crop Management, Elite Ag, Max Ag Consulting, and Sure Growth Solutions to launch... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Each time farmers or agronomists are in the field is a chance to scout for disease symptoms. Unfortunately, fungicide products aren't curative — and not every product can control every disease. Knowing what disease pressure is present or confirming one disease over the other is a key part of a canola disease managment plan. Disease... Read More
The 2024 growing season has been a wet one for much of the edible bean growing region, and that means growers need to get out and scout as crops start to flower in a high-disease risk growing environment. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin and Hensall Co-op field marketer Meghan... Read More
Corteva Agriscience has formally announced plans to introduce a new durum wheat to be used in pasta and baked goods for consumers seeking more dietary fibre. Trusource wheat features a high fibre trait with higher levels of amylose starch, which is tied to numerous health benefits, including improved gut health and blood sugar management, and... Read More
Split application, variable rates, stabilizers and a side-dresser with Y-drops: it all adds up to better nitrogen use for Binbrook, Ont., corn grower Nik Oreskovic. On this episode of The Sharp Edge, Oreskovic tells Maizex agronomist Henry Prinzen how he has parlayed Ontario On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) cost-share funding into an advanced nitrogen management... Read More
Reports of hay shed fires this week in southern Ontario are a stark reminder to continue to monitor hay and straw after it has gone in to storage. This year's wheat harvest is proving challenging due to wet conditions, and that was before the tail end of Hurricane Beryl dumped between 4 and 7 inches... Read More
Plenty of combines were rolling earlier this week before the wall of water that is the remnant of hurricane Beryl hit Ontario. Not only did this weather system bring sheets of rain, but it may also have brought more tar spot spores from the south. Tar spot has already been found in Ontario, says Peter... Read More
Cool, wet conditions, as seen in much of Western Canada during the early part of the 2024 growing season, are favourable for ascochyta, also called mycosphaerella blight, in peas. The first step in taking action is to make sure that an infection is caused by mycosphaerella and not a bacterial blight, for which fungicide is... Read More
Many farmers are excited to not have to worry about soil moisture this growing season, as recent drought conditions have broken for many areas of the Prairies. While rain truly is a good thing, it is also one of the things that is likely to trigger fungal diseases, such as fusarium head blight (FHB). Frequent... Read More
Sulphur is a critical nutrient for maximizing yield potential in canola, and since peak sulphur uptake for canola happens later in the growing season than peak nitrogen uptake, applying sulphate as late as early flowering can rescue yield that's at risk to being lost to a sulphur deficiency. Heavy rains can result in canola not... Read More