Tag: Peter Johnson

New technology is top of mind in this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, hosted by Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson. Between Green Lightning, a plasma technology that essentially is trying to replicate what happens in the atmosphere as lightning strikes to create nitrogen to create N on-farm, and a biological process coming out of Australia… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney discusses Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s pending resignation as the Liberal Party leader. He is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist to discuss a number of agronomic topics including: Tillage erosion; Weed control; and, Risks and profitability. Don’t miss a spotlight interview… Read More

It’s the very last episode of The Agronomists for the 2024 season and host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson and Ray Dowbenko to discuss the top agronomy stories of the year! On this episode, the trio talk about: Current and future uses of spraying technology in farming production; The mysterious but… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson to take a look at the year in review; discussing the good, the bad, the challenging, and a look ahead to the 2025 season. They discuss a number of topics… Read More

Despite an extremely dry September that played havoc with plant establishment, the winter wheat crop across Ontario appears to be packing plenty of yield potential as it heads into the dormant winter months. RealAgriculture agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson says the crop is not as big as he had hoped — estimates peg it between… Read More

What’s the difference between a natural system and a farming system? The harvest, of course! Does that mean we can go “back to nature”? Oh, what a great question, and one that Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson tackles on this final episode of the 2024 calendar year. In this week’s podcast also hear about using cover… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by Lyndsey Smith of RealAgriculture to discuss upcoming episodes of The Agronomists. Then hear from RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson to discuss a number of agronomic topics including: Sulphur strategies and application; Modern agriculture; and 2025… Read More

How long do you think the impact of tillage erosion lasts? A few years? A decade? Try several decades! Work out of Manitoba is assessing how conservation tillage adds back what tillage erosion takes away, but the preliminary findings are that tillage erosion is very hard to reverse. That’s part of this episode of Wheat… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist Peter Johnson to discuss sulphur on wheat, the safety of glyphosate, cover crops, and more! Also hear from Steven Nicholson with Rabobank to discuss geopolitics and the markets. Thoughts on something we talked about… Read More

Wasn’t that a snowstorm? Well, depending on where you are in Ontario, it was either the most snow in one storm in years, or hardly a flake fell. The onset of winter is the onset of learning season, but it’s always the learning season here on Wheat Pete’s Word. In this week’s podcast, settle in… Read More