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Volume 43 · number 17 November 7, 2017 · $4.25 Practical production tips for the prairie farmer www.grainews.ca

By Leeann Minogue

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Farm Management

Adding an agronomist to your farm team

s farming gets more complicated a growing number of companies are offering to help out. Some farmers get advice from their local independent retailer, or an agronomist employed by a company like CPS. But more and more farmers are choosing to pay for agronomic advice. Based on the logo-covered trucks parked at farm shows, the number of farm advisor-led conferences springing up and the increasing demands of modern agriculture, these services will only become more common.

A growing business There are at leave five reasons these agronomy advice providers are thriving in today’s farm environment.

What can agronomy companies do for you? We profile six companies, to help you find out See agronomist on Page 5 

Photo: croppro consulting

Cory Willness of CropPro Consulting says that if you’re not doing your own crop scouting, “someone else has to do it.”

1. Farmers like unbiased advice. While most farmers think highly of their local retail agronomists, there is an underlying concern that they might be pushing the product their company sells. When farmers are paying for advice from an unaffiliated agronomist, they may have more faith that their agronomist is giving them advice that’s fully focused on the farm’s bottom line. Companies that are mainly in the advice business take concern about bias seriously, with many having their representatives sign contracts stating that they won’t sell farm inputs to clients, or at least that they will disclose their biases clearly.

See agronomist on Page 5 

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