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Conditions in Eastern Ontario were ideal for aphid infestations last year. Effective control was achieved after tank-mixing insecticide with herbicide and fungicide.
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Agronomy lessons learned in 2021

Production specialists discuss hail and frost, impact of a light winter, and other challenges

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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 […] Read more
Agronomy research grows on local, international level
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Agronomy research grows on local, international level

Veritas Farm Management takes a multi-faceted approach to farm profitability, environmental study

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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 […] Read more
Manganese deficiency in soybeans was identified last year by growers taking tissue samples.
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Getting answers directly from your plants

More growers investigate exactly what their plants absorb from the field through tissue samples

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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 […] Read more
Early planting soybeans appears to have little detrimental effect on yield.
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Stepping up soybean yields

Agronomic improvement and genetics have built improved soybean production

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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. […] Read more
Tim Gerrits, centre, with Randy Dowdy, left, and David Hula, both top high-yield growers from the United States.
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Making high-management crops work

Farmer targets top potential fields for highest yield

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What does a 107 bushels per acre soybean crop look like? Tim Gerrits, a farmer from North Middlesex, can tell you. With a high-management production approach, Gerrits achieved huge results […] Read more
Yield, quality and stand persistence are the most important things about forage, an agronomist says.
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A good forage stand requires agronomic base

Keys to success include planting at right time, proper seed bed, seed placement, quality seed and weed control

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Glacier FarmMedia – Farmers seeking to build a strong forage stand need to use proper crop rotations, fertility and water development, a forage agronomist told a recent Canadian Forage and […] Read more