Cover crops are everywhere on Prince Edward Island. In recent years, growers looking to help manage the Island’s light-textured soils have rapidly ramped up cover crop planting to improve soil health and fight erosion. Syngenta Canada agronomist Eric Richter says he noticed a big change since he moved to PEI five years ago. In this… Read More

There are about 85,000 acres of potatoes on Prince Edward Island, and every year an increasing number of those acres are planted to winter wheat after potatoes are harvested in September and October. It’s a nice fit for the Maritime cropping rotation, says PEI-based Syngenta agronomist Eric Richter, because it gives growers the ability to… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Jack Legg with SGS Canada on proactive tissue testing that can help feed soybean yield; Don Henry, CEO of SeedMaster Manufacturing on the evolution of seeding equipment technology; Eric Richter with Syngenta on making winter wheat profitable… Read More

Wheat harvest is 10 days earlier for many Ontario wheat growers, and that opens a window of opportunity to plant double crop soybeans. But that window will close quickly. When it comes to double cropping success, there are plenty of best management practices to consider. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs soybean specialist… Read More

With the winter wheat crop advancing quickly and soybean prices hovering around $18, there’s a lot of chatter in Ontario about double cropping soybeans in 2021. The topic commanded the attention of agronomists, researchers and agribusiness reps for almost 20 minutes at this week’s virtual Ridgetown Agribusiness meeting. With the stars aligning, Ontario Ministry of… Read More

A slow start, high winds, and less-than-ideal harvest conditions have many farmers in the Maritimes working overtime to try to get the crop in before snow flies. “For 2019, we had again a slower start, really things didn’t crank up until well into May,” says Syngenta Canada’s Eric Richter, in this excerpt from RealAg Radio’s… Read More

On today’s episode of the RealAg Radio show, hear from: The top ag news, with news lead, Jessika Guse; Ontario dairy farmer and regular RealAgriculture contributor Andrew Campbell, on his recent opinion piece, If we don’t give a little, nothing changes: a wake-up call for rural Canada; An update on the canola/wheat markets with Terence… Read More

The theoretical yield of soybeans varies depending on who you talk to, but by all accounts the oilseed should be able to top 300 bushels per acre. For growers who deal with the reality of growing the crop in Ontario, a more realistic target is 80 bu/ac, says Syngenta agronomist Eric Richter. With the 2018… Read More