How could precision planting technology impact Ontario winter wheat yields? Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs cereals specialist Joanna Follings and RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson are back with a final report on precision planting trials Follings conducted on her home farm at Ayr, Ont. RealAgriculture first visited the site in September 202o when… Read More

Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. On today’s show you’ll hear: Leighton Blashko, senior technical service specialist at BASF, talks canola storage considerations on a recent Canola School episode; A clip from last week’s episode of The Agronomists, featuring Dr. Merrin Macrae of the University of Waterloo, and Dr. Jeff Schoenau of… Read More

Crop tours earlier this growing season predicted record corn yields in Ontario, and yield monitors and truck traffic confirm the rumour. Across much of the province, farmers are reporting solid to record-breaking yields — even Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson is having to split-weigh his research plots! Commercial growers are harvesting huge volumes of grain and… Read More

Welcome to a new week of RealAg Radio! On this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio, you’ll hear from: Anne Verhallen, OMAFRA soil specialist, on what makes soil healthy; Your host Shaun Haney has some questions for the audience about decision making; and, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson joins the show to chat all things agronomy,… Read More

It’s time for a fun — ok, they are all fun, but even more fun than usual — episode of The Agronomists. It’s time for a free-for-all, featuring questions from you, the audience! Tonight’s episode is fuelled by host Lyndsey Smith, and guests Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist, and Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy research… Read More

On this first of the month Agronomic Monday, you’ll hear: Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy research extension specialist at Alberta Wheat and Barley, chatting about a few issues in the west; Sean McKnight joins the show for a BASF PODcast spotlight; and, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, chats issues in the east. Thoughts on something we talked about… Read More

Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. On today’s show you’ll hear: Karl Hoppe, beef cattle nutritionist and extension specialist at North Dakota State University, talks about weed seeds and how they can travel with feed; Doug Moisey of Pioneer Seeds Canada talks herbicide carryover, flea beetles, cutworms, soil testing, and more; Peter… Read More

It’s Monday! Which means an agronomic Monday here on RealAg Radio. You’ll hear from: Warren Ward of the Canola Council of Canada, talking about the value of soil testing and residual fertilizer; Jeff Schoenau of the University of Saskatchewan, talking about anhydrous ammonia applications in dry conditions; and, Peter Johnson chats wet conditions in the… Read More

 

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