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Fertilizing for optimum economic yield requires less fertilizer than fertilizing for maximum yield.
Columns, Crops

Maximum versus optimum economic yield

Agronomy Management: Often, aiming for maximum yield doesn’t give you the maximum bottom line profit

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Is your farm most profitable when you achieve maximum yield or optimum economic yield? There can be substantial differences in the amount of inputs needed for maximum crop yield compared to the economic optimum yield. Applying a higher level of inputs may give you maximum yield but often won’t provide the greatest profit per acre. […] Read more
Syngenta’s Willy Ruegg in a greenhouse full of canola plants.
Crops, Features

Research, development and discussion

Researchers develop crop 
protection products, regulators 
limit use and consumers worry

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Syngenta is a household name for farmers so I was quite excited at the opportunity to visit its Crop Protection plant in Stein, AG, Switzerland, this January with the Swiss Farm Writers Association. The Stein plant is the third largest globally and concentrates on research and development of fungicide and insecticide products. Less than three […] Read more
Concept of making money agriculture
Crops, Features

Farmers like grower rebate programs

Everyone likes a little free cash from those input rebates. But is it really free?

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Grower programs offer cash rebates or other rewards against purchases of crop inputs such as seed and chemicals. How much producers receive back usually depends on how much product and, in some cases, the combination of products they buy from a specific company. Some could argue that in essence, the farmer has already paid for […] Read more
treated corn seed
Crops

New year, new seed treatment rules

Rules won’t affect on-farm treatment, unless the products you use are “restricted”

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When new rules for commercial and mobile seed treatment operations come into effect on January 1, 2017, farmers won’t notice much change. The standards won’t apply to farmers treating their own seed on-farm, and CropLife Canada, the association that represents the plant science industry, believes having consistent standards will be good for the industry. The […] Read more
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Rocket man seeks rouging work

In the world of ag business, the dollar figures keep getting bigger and bigger

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For anyone a bit reluctant to deal with large (about to get larger) multinational corporations for crop protection products, I am today launching Lee’s Hand Rouging Services — backed by years of experience, I will keep your fields weed free, without chemicals and you just have to deal with me. Of course at the rate […] Read more

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