Nevin - Sustainability and Government Relations

As a scientist, I spent a lot of time doing small plot research. There is much valuable information to be learned when we have the ability to apply treatments in a controlled manner. Sometimes, however, there are translational challenges between research plots and on-farm realities. There are limitations to field-scale trials to be sure (confounding variables lurk everywhere) BUT within appropriate protocols and hypothesis they can provide an important link in the continuum between theory and practice. #science #research #farming #agronomy #CdnAg #pulses #fababeans #fava #IPM #disease #healthycrops #Fungicide

Real world data generated for farmers by farmers under the guidance of scientific protocols. Proud to be a part of the team making this happen. #faba #fava #fungicide #yield #harvest26 #research #farming #agriculture #sustainability #nutritionalsecurity @RDARAlberta thanks for your support and understanding the importance of the final mile. Dr. Jagroop Gill Kahlon and Dr. Mahnoor Asif; they are the superstar teammates.

As a farmer I am FOCUSED on the yield, and working through its justification... 63bu/acre. That's field average across 128 acres - BUT there were sig areas that drowned out so my ACTUAL yield was 85. That feels better. What I often (always) fail to recognize is that this bag of beans feeds people - real people, a lot of people. Maybe we need to start focusing on that, and communicating that (and writing it large on the side of our grain bags). I am a farmer. I grow pulses. I am a CRITICAL contributor to nutritional security. And that concludes todays Grain Bag School, you are dismissed :) #farmer #perspective #Cdnag #sustainability #faba #fava #pulses #nutrition