Plot2Farm allows farmers to conduct field-scale trials for greater agronomic success.
Research plot trials are an integral part of the knowledge transfer that farmers rely upon to make sound agronomic decisions for their business. However, plot trials are noticeably small and often don’t reflect real world growing conditions. Nonetheless, it’s been what farmers have come to rely upon — until recently.
The Plot2Farm initiative by the Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions gives farmers answers to the agronomic questions they have about how best to improve field practices through a better representation of how a given research trial will translate, or not, at a local farm. According to Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy and research extension manager at the Commissions, Plot2Farm is all about helping farmers with their questions, but also training them to replicate such trials on their own in the future.
“That farmer will carry that on through the years and if they are interested in doing a trial on their own, they now have that that knowledge and experience of implementing that,” he says. “We found that producers who have done these trials are always interested in doing more.”
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