Field Scouting
Westgreen agronomists work closely with growers; we are on each farm twice a week and maintain frequent communication with our growers. Agronomists are available by phone 24/7 during the growing season for consultation and advice. In the winter months, agronomists play a large role in planning for the upcoming growing season. Westgreen agronomists are heavily involved in the following tasks:
Early Season
- Flea beetle and cutworm monitoring
- Monitoring weed pressure
- Crop emergence
- Drill performance evaluation
In-Crop
- Crop tissue testing for nutrition & disease identification
- Herbicide timing
- Product recommendations and rates
- Water rates
- Nozzle selection
- Sprayer workload and efficiency
- Post-herbicide efficacy
- Fungicide timing
- Product recommendations and rates
- Water rates
- Disease monitoring
- Physical clubroot scouting
- Late season insect monitoring
Late Season
- Swath timing
- Desiccation timing
- Pre-harvest burndown timing
- Post-harvest weed monitoring
- Post-harvest burn-down timing
- Soil sampling
- Fertility
- Clubroot
- Aphanomyces
Out of Season
- Chemical recommendations and rates
- Seeding rate recommendations
- Seed variety selection
- Fertility recommendations
- Drill configuration
- Fertilizer purchasing plan
- Herbicide resistance plans
- Pesticide selection
- Grower cashback analysis
