On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Curtis de Gooijer of Bourgault and Horst Bohner of OMAFA to discuss setting up for success with soybeans and canola, including row spacing, target populations, seeder/planter settings for tough conditions (too dry, too wet), minimizing seed damage, and troubleshooting the most common... Read More
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Bridging the gap between research and real-world impact remains one of Canadian agriculture’s most persistent challenges. Now, this crossover episode of Ag Policy Connection and The Final Mile tackles that issue head on. In this episode, hosted by Tyler McCann and Elise Bigley of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI), the conversation brings together Dr.... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Kim Brown of Manitoba Agriculture and Peter Sikkema, professor emeritus of the University of Guelph-Ridgetown, to discuss yield loss, time and effort spent on dealing with herbicide resistant weeds, and, of course, the mounting costs of different or more products required to... Read More
Canada’s approach to agricultural risk management is facing growing pressure as producers navigate a more volatile and complex operating environment. In this Ag Policy Exchange webinar, co-hosts Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture and Tyler McCann with the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) unpack how current business risk management (BRM) tools are struggling to keep pace with... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Edgar Hammermeister of Western Ag Professional Agronomy and Marshall McDaniel of lowa State University to discuss predicting soil release of N — what factors influence the release? What tools help us judge or predict it? How do we build that N reserve... Read More
A staggering share of Canada’s food never gets eaten—and Lori Nikkel says that’s a systems problem, not an accident. In this episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast, Lori Nikkel, CEO of Second Harvest, outlines why a national food waste strategy is critical to strengthening Canada’s food system. Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue organization,... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Norm Sutherland of Syngenta and Warren Bills of MNP to discuss sales relationships, team approaches to agronomy, communication, what the data says and how AI and tech is shaping client/retail/farmer relationships. The Agronomists is brought to you by RealAg on the Weekend,... Read More
Geopolitical drama and policy uncertainty are once again driving volatility across commodity markets, leaving farmers to interpret fast-moving signals that don’t always tell the full story. To unpack how to navigate war-influenced markets Shaun Haney speaks with Arlan Suderman of StoneX to discuss how global conflict, biofuel policy, and trade dynamics are shaping grain and... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Guy Ash of METOS and Jonathan Zettler of Fieldwalker Agronomy to discuss using weather data to drive agronomy decisions. What tools are out there? What can't we predict well? How are farmers and agronomists adapting decision making to include data points? All... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Karl Wyant of Nutrien and Henry Prinzen of Maizex to talk about sulphur, the increasing evidence for sulphur additions in crop rotations, the specific instances where sulphur shines in soybeans and its perhaps surprising impact on SDS. The Agronomists is brought to... Read More