Who do you consider to be the best agronomist

[shaney]

I am looking to do some more agronomy videos in the future and I was wondering if any of you could recommend some very good agronomists in the field to talk to. Farmers would be great to.

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Shaney,

For: Canola, Phil Thomas.

Pulses, Ken Lopetinsky, Mark Olson

Denise Maurice, Emile deMilliano; for general questions

[rookie]

There is a fellow in Northeast AB who is the go to guy, all the time. Customers have followed him from one ag retailer to the other .

The competitions customers phone him. He has there trust and puts his money where his mouth is as he farms too.

John Wozniak , St.Paul Ab.

[Partners]

Glenda Jeffrey..Archerwill Coop..

Really knows her stuff..Also farms..

[furrowtickler]

Sherrilin Phelps - Sask ag and Food, and Eric Johnson. Also David Vanthine who was with the Canola Council for 15 years and now with Pioneer Hi- Bred.
And myself - kinda, maybe, sorta for general farmers stuff and on farm real on hands results - as well as many others on here!!
Phil Thomas knows as much or more than anyone along with Doug Moisy as far as canola.
Tim Nerbus for winter wheat.
Basicaly anyone but line company field reps/experts - most only promote there own garbage.
Martin Detillieux, Greg Fry, and Cubbin from (Cavalier Agro) are good but very biased as to what they sell/promote -they are very quick to bash anything that does not pass through their doors/hands.

[freewheat]

Anything an agronomist has knowledge of, a farmer who can read and is half literate can find out about. I have never had a problem I needed an agronomist for. The one time I hired one, he lasted about ten minutes into the visit because he knew less than me about canola diseases, pests, and nutrition.

[ado089]

I not sure I've run into a good agronomist in the last 10 years. There are lots of good specialist, but most of those aren't capable of out of the box thinking/concepts, or aren't very good at tying recomendations to the real world in a practical and economical way. There's no one out there willing to tell you anything that isn't on the lable. Don't be fooled by fancy letters behind peoples names either, CCA and P.Ag mean squat. You guys spending your own money, running your own machines and paying attention to the results will know more than any "expert" you talk to. Most "agronomists" these days are just clorified crop scouts and anyone with a weed, insect and disease guide can do that. If you're lucky enough to know a farmer that had 5-10 years of chem rep/retail experience those guys know alot.