b'PLOT2FARMLarger than LifePlot2Farm allows farmers to conduct field-scale trials for greater agronomic success.RESEARCH PLOT TRIALS are an integral part of theThat farmer will carry that on through the years and if they knowledge transfer that farmers rely upon to make soundare interested in doing a trial on their own, they now have that agronomic decisions for their business. However, plot trialsthat knowledge and experience of implementing that, he says. are noticeably small and often dont reflect real world growingWe found that producers who have done these trials are always conditions. Nonetheless, its been what farmers have come tointerested in doing more.rely uponuntil recently.The Plot2Farm initiative by the Alberta Wheat and BarleyHow it WorksCommissions gives farmers answers to the agronomic questionsA farmer visits plot2farm.com and fills out an application form. they have about how best to improve field practices through aThey select from one of 13 different trial types between barley better representation of how a given research trial will translate,or wheat. If none of those are of interest, a farmer may apply for or not, at a local farm. According to Jeremy Boychyn, agronomya customized trial. The applicant then inputs information about and research extension manager at the Commissions, Plot2Farmthe field in questions soil test results, equipment type, crop is all about helping farmers with their questions, but alsorotation and recent herbicide history. Theres even a section training them to replicate such trials on their own in the future.where they can draw field conditions to depict slope direction, In 2022, 11 farmers participated in Plot2Farm representing 12 trials. PHOTO: ALBERTA WHEAT/BARLEY COMMISSIONS12seed.ab.ca'