Maizex Seeds announced its partnering with Clark Agri Service to help service grower needs in parts of Haldimand-Norfolk, Niagara, Hamilton-Wentworth, and Brant counties. As part of the agreement, Maizex said in a release it will be supplying key soybean varieties and corn hybrids to Clark Agri Service. The agreement between the two companies is based […] Read more
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Maizex Seeds partners with Clark Agri Service
Identifying the farmer factor with YEN network
Lessons from four years of farmer-generated data show that growers who closely monitor crops through each growth stage get better results
With another winter wheat season complete, participants in the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) continue learning how the farmer factor — what a grower does, and when — can make or break top yields.
MNP to launch agronomy practice
Company to consolidate six agronomy firms under MNP umbrella
MNP will consolidate six Prairie agronomy firms into its own practice, the accounting and professional services company announced today.
Flax production lowest since 1967, StatCan predicts
Returns on effort invested 'not attractive right now'
MarketsFarm — After going into its least acres seeded since 1950, the 2023-24 Canadian flax crop is projected to be at its smallest in decades. Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported in its principal field crop estimates on Thursday that 267,900 tonnes of flaxseed are expected to be produced in this year’s harvest. The total not only […] Read more
Collaborating for higher corn yields
Honeyland Ag Services runs second corn yield enhancement group
Ontario corn growers interested in benchmarking and improving their crop can participate in a grassroots corn yield enhancement initiative. Reminiscent of the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) wheat competition, the corn enhancement group was started last year by Chris Roelands, agronomist and operator of Honeyland Ag Services in Ailsa Craig. Sixty-five test sites scattered […] Read more
Pushing soybean yields a constant refrain
Trends and research indicate maturity and season length are most important
As the cash price on soybeans holds just under $20 per bushel, growers want to know how to push yields higher. That was the message they wanted to hear as the Ontario Agricultural Conference began Jan.4. The event began with “Sizzlin’ Soybeans!” with Horst Bohner, soybean specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and […] Read more
Agronomy lessons learned in 2021
Production specialists discuss hail and frost, impact of a light winter, and other challenges
Last year brought many surprises, including a few agronomic ones. Agronomists and presenters Patrick O’Neill, Carrie Davenport and Hanna Petrovsky recently shared some of the challenges, wins and lessons observed during a year of extremes during the virtual Ontario Agricultural Conference. The 2021 growing season started early for O’Neill, his colleagues and farmers in the […] Read more
Agronomy research grows on local, international level
Veritas Farm Management takes a multi-faceted approach to farm profitability, environmental study
Ontario agricultural service provider Veritas Farm Management continues to grow from its Chatham-Kent roots and now has projects in data-based agronomy across North America. Established in 2010 and acquired by Deveron in 2015, the company’s role as an independent, data-based agronomy consultant has expanded to include projects with Michigan State University, American agricultural retail companies, […] Read more
Getting answers directly from your plants
More growers investigate exactly what their plants absorb from the field through tissue samples
Growers of high-value crops have long used plant tissue sampling to improve fertility and other agronomic factors. In recent years, however, the popularity of tissue sampling among grain and oilseed producers has sharply increased. According to those offering tissue analysis services, the driving factors have been a growing interest in more specific reasons for variations […] Read more
Stepping up soybean yields
Agronomic improvement and genetics have built improved soybean production
Soybeans yields have continued to increase decade over decade, including a jump of 23 per cent in average yield in Ontario from 2010 to 2020 compared to the previous decade. A good part of that increase is from genetics, but it’s also agronomic management. Dr. Dave Hooker, an associate professor at the University of Guelph’s […] Read more
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