Grassroots agronomy

Are you involved with a local farmer-directed research group? Have you done projects lately that you think more farmers should know about? Grainews is here to help.

Grainews field editor Lyndsey Smith leads our new effort to give more coverage to these “grassroots agronomy” projects. She will keep regular contact with farmer-directed research groups in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, digging up important discoveries and recommendations and sharing them with the wider Grainews audience. We know that part of the benefit of this regional research is that it’s focused on the conditions in one geographic area, but we believe that farmers all across the Prairies will be interested in results from many of these projects. It may inspire you to do your own tests or open your eyes to new techniques and special crops.