The On-Farm Network, together with our contractors Tone Ag Consulting Ltd. (St. Pierre-Jolys) and New Era Ag Technologies (Swan River), have been busy establishing seeding-timed on-farm field scale research trials. These trials test different crop production practices and inputs.
The following seeding-timed trials are booked for 2026:
Soybean
- Seeding rates
- Seeding speed (slow vs. medium vs. fast)
- Air drill vs. planter
- Row spacing
- Rolled vs unrolled and rolling pre-emergence vs. after emergence
- Starter Phosphate fertilizer
- Biostimulant
- Single vs. double inoculation
Field pea
- Single inoculation vs. untreated
Dry bean
- Single inoculation vs. untreated
- Seeding rates
Faba bean
- Seeding rates
On-Farm Network seeding-timed trial progress report (as of May 27):
- 75% of soybean trials established
- 100% of pea trials established
- 0% of dry bean trials established
- 100% of faba bean trials established