Spray application can seem straightforward—until wind, speed, and droplet size throw your plans off target. In a playful and practical twist, RealAgriculture’s Exploding Sprayer Myths tackles these challenges in the form of a mock game show: Where Will It Land? Hosted by Wink Boomwobbly (Jason Deveau), watch as game show contestant Joe Mama (Tom Wolf)... Read More
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Integrating cover crops into cash crop systems doesn’t have to mean adding livestock or completely reworking existing farm practices. Saskatchewan agronomist Kerry Nell says on this episode of Farming Forward that integrating a cover crop successfully requires a practical, low-disruption approach to balance limited water resources, tight seeding windows, and short growing seasons. He's seeing... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Aaron Daigh of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Ian McDonald of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness to talk about soil water infiltration and the impact of compaction. Up for discussion: soil dynamics, soil aggregates, the role of macropores, infiltration rates,... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Dr. Jocelyn Smith of the University of Guelph-Ridgetown and Greg Stopps with Pioneer Seeds Canada to discuss the rising risk of corn rootworm: where we are at with resistance to Bt traits, the risks of corn-on-corn, rotation solutions, lifecycle of the pest, and... Read More
After a notably mild autumn across much of North America, a powerful shift in the jet stream is ushering in widespread cold and wintry weather — and it may be here to stay for a while. Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien's weather wizard, breaks down the atmospheric setup behind the chilly conditions. “There’s a very, very large... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Jason Voogt of Field 2 Field Agronomy and Horst Bohner of OMAFA to discuss seed-placed and starter fertilizer for soybean and canola. What goes into the decision? What's the role of equipment capability? What's the risk of too much phosphorus, S or N?... Read More
Trying to figure out nitrogen rates can be a real head scratcher but critical thinking and discipline will help growers find the most profitable rate for their farm, says MooseAg agronomist Aaron Breimer. On this episode of Farming Forward, Breimer looks at the rules and tools he applies to determine profitable nitrogen rates and strategies... Read More
Commodity markets often shift between bullish (rising market) and bearish (falling market) trends, driven by supply and demand. Ed Broschinski, commodity risk manager with Cargill, says that there's another market type, one that doesn't get discussed nearly as often — a foundational market. Understanding current market dynamics, he says, comes at a critical time as... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Anne Kirk, cereal specialist for Manitoba Agriculture and Dr. Aaron Mills, researcher with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada PEI, to discuss crop sequence — what do we know about the impact of order crops are grown in? How is crop sequence different from rotation?... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Jonathan Zettler of Fieldwalker Agronomy and Laird Lampertz of Pitura Seeds to discuss choosing and varying seeding rates based on soil limits or possibility, ROI, yield maps and more. What can the software/equipment do? What are the limits? How do we decide how... Read More