"New" Insect: Canola Flower Midge
As you are walking through flowering/podding canola you may notice some plants looking like the photo to the right. These unopened flower ga
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Jun 19, 20202 min read
Field of Excellence Project Illustrates Data-Driven Management
Before the 180-acre Field of Excellence was seeded this spring, the site was mapped by project partner CropPro Consulting and delineated int
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Jun 18, 20202 min read
Managing Variability In-Season with TOP MAPS
While we focus mostly on soil variability with SWAT MAPS, we know that crop variability doesn’t end there. There are lots of opportunities
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Jun 9, 20202 min read
Variable Rate Seed and Plant Stand Counts
We are often asked: "Why do we variable rate seed?" Our answer is to try to achieve a more even plant stand by increasing the seeding...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
CropPro becomes a Crop Intelligence Agronomy Partner
CropPro Consulting has become a Crop Intelligence agronomy partner and is installing, maintaining, and providing agronomic support for weath
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Jun 2, 20202 min read
Manipulator Application and Timing
Manipulator is a plant growth regulator with the active ingredient chlormequat. It is registered on wheat (durum, spring and winter). It doe
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May 26, 20202 min read
Cutworms: Scouting and Management
Cutworms are a pest in many crops. Although they are most often found in canola, peas and lentils, they will also feed on cereals and other
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May 19, 20202 min read
Flea Beetles: Scouting and Management
Flea beetles were a major concern last spring in most areas of Western Canada. The combination of dry and cold weather slowed canola growth
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May 12, 20202 min read
What is a Fertility Zone?
A while ago I met with a group of agronomists and asked them this question: “From a fertility standpoint, please describe… what is a zone?”
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May 6, 20202 min read
Early Season Weed Control in Canola
Research has shown that one weed emerging with the crop has the same effect on yield as 100 weeds emerging 3 weeks later. Pre-seed/pre-emerg
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Sep 10, 20193 min read
Are We Underestimating Risk Management Potential With Precision Ag?
“How will I make more money with SWAT MAPS?” is a question I fully expect to be asked every time I speak with a new client. In fact, I hope
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Aug 9, 20193 min read
Yield Stability and Investment Risk
Yield stability… what does that mean? To me, it means the probability of getting a target yield in a specific area of the field. It also mea
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Jun 20, 20193 min read
Benefits of Variable Rate: Achieving Target Plant Populations
Every year there is more and more focus on calculating seeding rates properly based on target population, TKW, and gemination %. An even (a
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Jun 5, 20193 min read
Benefits of Variable Rate: The Link Between Soil, Weeds, and Herbicides
This is the time of year where you are scouting or spraying a crop and may find yourself wondering, “Why is the foxtail barley so bad here?”
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May 29, 20193 min read
Benefits of Variable Rate: Water, Nitrogen, and Technology
In the last post I discussed some thoughts about nitrogen dynamics by landscape position mainly focused around the effects of organic matter
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May 23, 20193 min read
Benefits of Variable Rate: Managing Lodging and Delayed Maturity
Picture this: you just got home from a family vacation at the lake in late July and you’re excited to go look at that wheat field that was l
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May 16, 20192 min read
Benefits of Variable Rate: Managing Salinity
What is the benefit of using variable-rate technology? This is first question most farms have before investing in VR capability, and for g
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