Category: Features

This week on The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Derwyn Hammond of Pioneer Seed and Derek Flad of Winfield United to talk about where the canola season is at, how it has unfolded and how to manage harvest in variable or stagey fields. From field selection, to the swath vs. let-it-stand decision and... Read More

This week on The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Lyle Cowell of Nutrien and Kim Schneider of the University of Guelph to discuss phosphorus fertilizer sources, forms, and uses. Where do certain products fit best? What about time of year? What do we need to know/think about with phosphorus cycling, especially in the... Read More

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI), in partnership with RealAgriculture, this week hosted an Ag Policy Exchange webinar analyzing the directional impact of the Halifax Statement coming out of the federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) agricultural ministers' meeting. The session features an interview between Kelvin Heppner and federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald. Minister MacDonald emphasizes... Read More

This week on The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Joanna Follings of OMAFA and Phil Needham of Needham Ag Technologies to talk about winter wheat harvest management, and what to do between now and wheat seeding to get the best stand possible, including residue management, weed control, and choosing the right planting date!... Read More

This week on The Agronomists, guest host Peter Johnson is joined by Adrian Rivard of Drone Spray Canada and Adam Pfeffer of Bayer to discuss spraying by drone — what the new rules say, the impact of spray height, water volume, and speed on efficacy. The Agronomists is brought to you by the Edible Bean... 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

On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Reuben Stone of Valley Bio and Jim McComb of The Farmer's Edge Agri-Coaching to talk about establishing cover crops — largely by drone, but also other options, the role of covers and the opportunity of double cropping applying by drone provides. The... Read More

Wading through water has been the reality for much of Alberta this growing season and this is especially true for the Edmonton area, parts of which have received upwards of 17 inches of rain in June according to some farmer's rain gauges. Environment Canada has reported 10 inches of precipitation for the month of June... Read More

As corn and soybean crops move into a critical stage of development, grain markets appear remarkably unconcerned about production risk despite excessive moisture in parts of the U.S. Midwest. According to Chip Flory, market analyst and host of AgriTalk, the market has become conditioned to expect resilient crops, even when early-season weather creates visible stress... Read More

On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Simon North of Fertilizer Canada and Deb Campbell of Agronomy Advantage to discuss the new guidance on 4R nutrient stewardship, N management principles in a tight year, and managing N in a cool, wet, hot, variable season. The Agronomists is brought to... Read More