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Soil School: Understanding field potential and setting yield goals

Real Agriculture

Knowing your soil is critical to understanding a fields potential and setting realistic yield goals that make economic sense for the 2025 growing season.

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Corn School: Tissue testing for higher yield

Real Agriculture

And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? Those are questions PRIDE Seeds agronomist Stephanie Myslik tackles on this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School. And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? How do corn hybrids respond to foliar feeding?

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 21: Winter canola tips, an aphid alert, tar spot risks, and incredible soybean yield

Real Agriculture

There are more than a few seeding, fertilizing, and scouting questions to wade through in this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word podcast, and that’s exactly how host Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson likes it.

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Wheat School: Winter wheat packs potential for 2025

Real Agriculture

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

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Corn School: Fertility and nutrient management from soil to stalk

Real Agriculture

Like most crops, a strong, high yielding corn crop depends on what nutrients are in the soil. With corn being a such a big, high-yielding plant, this crop is particularly reliant on a high amount of nitrogen, Read More Like most crops, a strong, high yielding corn crop depends on what nutrients are in the soil.

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Soil School: Unlocking soil’s full yield potential

Real Agriculture

Understanding each field’s soil is key to maximizing yield potential. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Soil School, host Bernard Tobin catches up with Zettler at Luymes Farms at Moorefield, Read More Understanding each field’s soil is key to maximizing yield potential.

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Brainfood: Food insecurity drivers, Agroecology & fertilizers, Overselling GMOs, Genomic prediction, Striga breeding, Farmers’ preferences, Farmers’ WtP, Diversity metrics

Agricultural Biodiversity

The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa. Genetic modification can improve crop yields — but stop overselling it. Farmer Risk Preferences and Willingness to Pay for African Rice Landrace Seed: An Experimental Choice Analysis. So, diversify your mind?