Agronomy Centre

Know more. Grow more.

Maizex Seeds will be offering its popular in-person agronomy meetings this January and February with five in-person sessions across Ontario, providing farmers with a day of access to agronomy experts at no cost to them.

Each day is scheduled to begin at 9:00am and run to approximately 2:30pm, and guests will be treated to a complimentary lunch. Guests are asked to register for each session no later than five business days in advance.

Kemptville Agenda | January 23

9:00 am	Registration and Refreshments
9:30 am	Welcome Steve Denys, Maizex Director of Market and Product Development
9:45 am	Fine Tuning Your Silage Production Needs Adam Parker, Maizex Market Development Agronomist
10:15 am	Record-breaking Soybean Yields in 2023: How Do We Do it Again? Horst Bohner, OMAFRA
11:00 am	Hybrid Characterization Henry Prinzen, Maizex Market Development Agronomist
11:45 am	Managing White Mould Pascal Larose, Maizex Market Development Agronomist
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Tackling the Insect Invasion in the East! Julien Saguez, CEROME
2:00 pm	Nutrianalytics: Reading Your Crop in Season Chad Mangan, NutriAg
2:30 pm	Adjourn

Cobourg Agenda | January 24

9:00 am	Registration and Refreshments
9:30 am	Welcome Steve Denys, Maizex Director of Market and Product Development
9:45 am	Fine Tuning Your Silage Production Needs Adam Parker, Maizex Market Development Agronomist
10:15 am	Nutrianalytics: Reading your Crop in Season Chad Mangan, NutriAg Ltd.
10:50 am	Understanding the Non-GMO Market Tom Lynch, Ingredion
11:30 am	Farms.com Market Update Moe Agostino
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Planter Fundamentals Cullen Tinline, Kearney Planters
1:45 pm	Hybrid Characterizing Henry Prinzen, Maizex Market Development Agronomist
2:30 pm	Adjourn

Listowel Agenda | February 6

9:00 am	Registration and refreshments
9:30 am	Welcome Steve Denys, Maizex Director of Market and Product Development
9:45 am	Fine Tuning Your Silage Production Needs Adam Parker, Maizex Market Development Agronomist
10:15 am	Corn Rootworm Resistance Management Chase Phillips, Bayer Crop Science
10:45 am	2023’s Big Crops, and What’s Ahead for 2024! Michelle Durnin, Prosperity Ag Consulting
11:30 am	Managing Soybeans in Eastern Ontario Paul Sullivan, Sullivan AGRO
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Hybrid Characterization Henry Prinzen, Maizex Market Development Agronomist
2:00 pm	It’s a Whole New World! Greg Stewart, Syngenta Biologicals
2:30 pm	Adjourn

Woodstock Agenda | February 7

9:00 am	Registration and refreshments
9:30 am	Welcome Steve Denys, Maizex Director of Market and Product Development
9:45 am	Corn Rootworm Resistance Management Chase Phillips, Bayer Crop Science
10:15 am	It’s a Whole New World! Greg Stewart, Syngenta Biologicals
10:45 am	2023’s Big Crops, and What’s Ahead for 2024! Michelle Durnin, Prosperity Ag Consulting
11:30 am	Managing Soybeans in Eastern Ontario Paul Sullivan, Sullivan AGRO
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	2023 Disease Review: Tar spot, DON Peter Johnson
2:00 pm	Hybrid Characterisation Henry Prinzen, Maizex Market Development Agronomist
2:30 pm	Adjourn

Chatham Agenda | February 29

9:00 am	Registration and refreshments
9:30 am	Welcome Steve Denys, Maizex Director of Market and Product Development
9:45 am	Big Yields in 2023: Considerations for 2024 Peter Johnson
10:30 am	The World of Biologicals Greg Stewart, Syngenta Biologicals
11:15 am	2023 in the Southwest: What did We Learn? Chuck Belanger, Maizex Territory Manager
11:30 am	Hybrid Characterisation Henry Prinzen, Maizex Market Development Agronomist
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Disease Disaster Albert Tenuta, OMAFRA
1:45 pm	Planter Prep Cullen Tinline, Kearney Planters
2:30 pm	Adjourn