Tag: Marijke Vanderlaan

After a stretch of cool, wet weather many corn fields across Ontario have turned yellow, and growers are asking whether it's safe to spray the stressed plants. Retired University of Guelph weed scientist Dr. Peter Sikkema says the reason that corn is tolerant to many herbicides is its ability to rapidly metabolize those herbicides. However,... Read More

A plant growth regulator (PGR) can strengthen and sometimes shorten cereal stems, reducing the lodging risk and increasing harvest efficiency, but not every field is a candidate for a PGR application. To navigate the why and when of PGR passes, this episode of The Agronomists features Sheri Strydhorst with RDAR and Marijke Vanderlaan of Syngenta.... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Lyndsey Smith is joined by RealAgriculture's in-house agronomist, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson to cover some agronomic Q&A, including: Fertilizing a forage rye crop; Fixing manganese deficiency; and, Addressing winter kill. Hear a spotlight interview with Marijke Vanderlaan for Syngenta Canada. In the extended... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this episode of RealAg on the Weekend! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by: Michael Harvey with Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance on the trade issues between U.S. and Canada; Hear a spotlight interview with Marijke Vanderlaan for Syngenta on PGR decisions; and, Hear some thoughts about the agriculture... Read More

A plant growth regulator (PGR) can play a key role in helping growers manage the impact of lodging in spring and winter wheat crops. But growers have plenty of management decisions to consider to effectively use a PGR to reduce lodging, increase harvestability and protect and increase grain yield. Reducing lodging starts with selecting a... Read More

There's big yield potential in winter wheat fields across Ontario as the crop advances quickly with help from favourable spring growing conditions. Growers have been busy getting that first shot of nitrogen on the crop and focus now shifts to whether the crop can benefit from a plant growth regulator (PGR) as the wheat advances... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by Syngenta. Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Reg Gurney and Brian Woolley of Syngenta on pushing wheat yield with intensity; Marijke Vanderlaan and Phil Krieg of Syngenta on fungicides' role in battling corn diseases; Kim McConnell on the Canadian and... Read More

Ontario's winter wheat crop has come through the winter in good condition and is packed with yield potential. But there is concern: a crop with big stem- and head-counts carries a much higher risk of lodging. To reduce this risk, growers will be looking to apply a plant growth regulator (PGR) to help the crop... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this special Thursday edition of RealAg Radio, recorded LIVE! at the National Farm Machinery Show, at Louisville, Kentucky, brought to you by Syngenta Canada. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Tyne Morgan, of the U.S. Farm Report, to discuss supply chain issues, and Marijke Vanderlaan, Syngenta Canada is on to... Read More

How can growers push wheat yields to new levels? That's a question we asked many times on RealAgriculture Wheat School during 2022. Throughout the season wheat researchers, agronomists and growers weighed in offering insights from research sites and farms in eastern and western Canada. Here's a look back at what we learned. On our first... Read More