The science supporting what we know and don’t know about soil health, nutrient cycling, and soil microbes builds every year. Not long ago, much of the soil management narrative focused on keeping soil covered (don’t farm naked!) to minimize erosion risk and build soil. Now we know that while preventing or at least decreasing erosion… Read More
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Welcome to another Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show you’ll hear: Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, RealAg’s resident agronomist; Fred Below, professor in the Crop Science department at the University of Illinois; Justin Funk, market researcher and managing partner at AgriStudies Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Connect with host… Read More
Maybe it’s just us, but this month is flying by. On this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio, you’ll hear from Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy research extension specialist at Alberta Wheat and Barley Commission, and our resident agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson. They’ll both be talking about considerations for the upcoming growing season including barley on… Read More
It’s always amazing to see how much can transpire in just one week. Since Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson returned from Montana last week, much of Ontario and the Prairies got a foot of snow or more, someone fell asleep on the listener line, and Pete owes someone a steak dinner over Ontario’s average corn yields…. Read More
Today’s agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio is brought to you by NuFarm Canada! You’ll hear the latest agronomic news from our resident agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, including soil pH, autonomous tractors, and the difference between carbon cycling and sequestration. Plus, Mike Bender joins the show for a NuFarm product spotlight. Then, your host… Read More
What’s in that snoil? That’s snow and soil, in case you’re wondering (AKA snirt). That’s that “little” skiff of brown or black snow in ditches and in fact, there’s a heck of a lot of good stuff in that snoil. From nutrients to organic matter, top soil moved by wind erosion is some of the… Read More
Welcome to another week of RealAg Radio! We’re kicking off the week with an Agronomic Monday edition, where you’ll hear an update from Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson as well as a Smart Nutrition MAP + MST product spotlight with Dr. Alan Blaylock, senior agronomist at Nutrien. You’ll also hear the top ag news stories of… Read More
Happy New Year, everyone! We’re back to the regular routine and kicking off 2022 with an agronomic Monday, featuring resident agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson and Ontario soybean specialist Horst Bohner. On the show, hear about: Inter-row cultivation; N-fixation for non-legume crops; Where big bean yields came from; Our latest poll on ’22 resolutions; and,… Read More
Farmers across the country are getting creative in trying to find the answer to high fertilizer prices and tight supply for 2022. Including manure can be a part of the plan to decrease the fertilizer bill, but there are some considerations when including it as part of the overall fertility plan, says Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson…. Read More
We can be fooled by a plot demonstration side-by-side comparison when we use a visual response to evaluate products. Whether it’s an in-crop fertilizer application, a fungicide application, or something else, a visual response in a crop doesn’t necessarily translate to a yield bump. Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson gives the example of fusarium trials in… Read More
It’s time to wrap up the 2021 growing season, with a discussion on the most challenging agronomic topics of the year: from soil management, to determining yield capacity, to managing plant growth regulators. For this special year-end edition of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Jeremy Boychyn with the Alberta Wheat and Barley… Read More
It’s time for another Agronomic Monday on RealAg Radio! On today’s show, you’ll hear from Peter “Wheat Peter” Johnson on the Ontario corn harvest, winter wheat survivability, and the importance of leaving a check strip or taking plots to yield (not just using observation as a decision-driver). Also on the show, you’ll hear from Pioneer… Read More
As the holiday season approaches, it’s important to take the time to reflect on just how lucky we are to live in this part of Canada. This last week of wild weather in the U.S. is a reminder of that. And let’s not forget the hundreds of livestock producers may not be back home after… Read More
Welcome to another Monday edition of RealAg Radio! We’re excited to bring you a jam-packed agronomy show to start out your week. You’ll hear from: Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist, with an agronomy update from the east; Matt Chapple of PRIDE Seeds, on corn and soybean agronomy; Russell Trischuk of BASF, with an… Read More
Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio, where you’ll hear from: Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, for an Ontario ag update. Also catch more of that soybean discussion in last week’s Wheat Pete’s Word; Tanis Sirski, agronomist with Corteva Agriscience and Pioneer Seeds Canada; and, Aaron Stevanus of Mosaic Company, for a clip from… Read More