Sure, yield matters, but there’s more to making yield than just genetic potential, including disease resistance and adaptation. Choosing a soybean variety or canola hybrid requires balancing several demands based on a geographic area, yield potential, management options, and disease pressure. To navigate the decision, this episode of the Agronomists features Allison Bishop with BASF,… Read More

Adam Pfeffer has put a lot of thought into the new shop he’s just finished at his farm at Sparta, Ont. A cash crop farmer who runs a self-described “small to mid-sized” operation in southwestern Ontario, he also works as a market development manager for Bayer Crop Science. Growing up on the farm, Pfeffer’s wish… Read More

There isn’t really any more crop in storage than is average for this time of year, says Steve Kell, grain merchandiser with Kell Grain; however, current prices and price outlooks has many farmers less than enthused about pricing ’24 crop. Kell notes that prices are 25 per cent lower than last year at this time,… Read More