Prepare for #Plant25 by Catching Up on Agronomy Content!

Our website has new content for you to explore before the mad rush of #Plant25 is in full swing!

The latest edition of the Farming Smarter Magazine was mailed out to more than 15,000 households across southern Alberta and Saskatchewan alongside the Prairie Post on March 28. With the Spring 2025 magazine officially releasing to our subscribers, the Spring 2024 edition is now live to the public!

This means you can catch up on the exciting updates and innovative research from last year from any device! For our subscribers, the Spring 2025 magazine is just a click (and possibly a login) away.

Continuing with the exciting updates, meet the first of the guest speakers for the Farming Smarter 2025 Field School:

	Robyne Davidson, Considering Lupins for Southern Alberta Lakeland College’s Pulse and Specialty Crops Research Scientist, Robyne Davidson, joins us for a discussion on the buzz around lupin production in the region. Her expertise in pulses stretches across the Prairies, and she’s no stranger to lupins. She’s excited to highlight potential challenges and opportunities growers may face and help you gauge if it’s a fit for your farm!
	Ken Wall, Salinity Management & Drainage Ken is a Grow Team Advisor and Forage Specialist with Federated Co-operative LTD and has spent his career researching all things related to salinity. He brings his knowledge to the field to share how you can improve the management and drainage in your saline land!
	Dr. Monika Gorzelak, Mycorrhizal Ecology Dr. Gorzelak brings a lesson on all things mycorrhizas to Field School and is eager to share her knowledge on the symbiotic relationship these fungi share with your crop! Dr. Gorzelak is a soil microbial ecologist and Research Scientist at Lethbridge RDC. She completed her PhD at University of British Columbia where she studied the communication through mycorrhizal networks. She invites you to come discover the benefits they can bring your field and crops!

In addition to these three experts, we’ll also be joined by Dr. Mike Harding for a conversation on bacterial & viral diseases in cereals and Dr. Henry Chau for a discussion on soil physical health at #FSFS25.

Farming Smarter staff will showcase their new projects at the June 25 & 26 Field School. Carlo Van Herk will present on the “FerCanStrip” study that explores the potential of strip tilled fertilizer in canola production. Ashley Wagenaar will speak on our project exploring intercropping options for crop & soil quality. And Lewis Baarda will show off our recent endeavour into potato agronomy research in southern Alberta. Along with much more – keep an eye out for more speaker profiles to go up on the page!

Check out the 2025 Field School event page to see our agenda and full list of speakers and topics! Now is the perfect time to get your tickets to this 2-day opportunity for networking and learning – Early Bird Prices are available until May 25. Click here to learn more and register today!

In the spirit of events, we held the 2025 Pesticide Applicator Workshop on March 21. More than 80 Pesticide Applicators learned about the latest updates in application technology, strategies, and policies from six speakers at the day-long virtual event.

Subscribers have received access to the event playlist, which means the 2024 event playlist is public on our website. You can find it on the Videos page, beneath the Careers in Agriculture section. Which, if you haven’t seen yet we encourage you to watch!

If you want access to cutting-edge research updates hot from the field, it's the perfect time to become a subscriber today! Agronomy Smarts subscribers unlock access to exclusive opportunities including all our latest content, access to gifts & discounts from partners, and free registration to all Farming Smarter events – even meetings to help shape our research.

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