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Fine-Tuning Nitrogen Applications
Y-Drop system places nitrogen close to the roots of the corn crop An Ontario crop business is the first in Canada to adopt a unique system for late-season applications of nitrogen for corn and...
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The Best of Both Worlds: Tillage and Soil Conservation
Corn growing after being planted into 30 per cent soybean residue (Source: OMAFRA) A shift in the landscape is occurring as farmers are increasing tillage in the wake of high commodity prices. With the...
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Year-round Greenhouse Tomato Production
Innovative lighting helps Kingsville greenhouse produce tomatoes year-round In an effort to keep pace with fierce competition from producers in sunnier, southern climates, an innovative greenhouse...
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Concerns about crop quality and yield linger after heavy storms
A little more rain in Chatham-Kent overnight (July 27) to go along with the deluge some farms have received this growing season. In a story I wrote a couple of weeks ago for the Chatham Voice, I...
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Why you lost yield
Morris Sagriff When to start the planter, how to operate it properly, and corn stalk rot top the list of concerns for DuPont Pioneer senior agronomist Morris Sagriff as harvest approaches. At the...
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UAV takes scouting to a higher level
Story first published in November 2013 edition of Ontario Grain Farmer By Blair Andrews Thompsons is taking precision agriculture to new heights with an aerial scouting drone that was launched this...
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Finding precision ag paybacks for corn
Story published in November, 2013 Top Crop Manager East By Blair Andrews The growth of precision agriculture with its array of new electronic devices has given farmers some powerful tools to get more...
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Brother act wins farm award
First published in The Chatham Voice, December 2013 By Blair Andrews Bill and Earl Elgie have teamed up to earn the Outstanding Farmer of the Year Award from the Kent Soil and Crop Improvement...
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Improving the odds of double-crop soybeans
Soybeans are planted into wheat stubble immediately after harvest.Photo submitted by Horst Bohner, OMAF Story published in December 2013 Top Crop Manager East By Blair Andrews An empty field after...
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50 Years of Ontario’s Heat Unit System
With the weather (finally) warming up, the Ottawa Citizen has published a timely story on the Crop Heat Unit system that was developed in Ontario 50 years ago by Dr.Murray Brown. It’s good to see...
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