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Employee profile : Aurélie Savard - Export Clerk

June 9, 2022
Wondering who are the people working behind the scenes at Prograin? In this article, we’ll introduce you to Aurélie Savard, one of our valued employees.  Hi Aurélie.What do you do at Prograin and how long have you been working here? I currently work as the Export Clerk and have held this position since early February […]

Best conditions for successful seeding

April 28, 2022
For good seeding that in-turn will produce good harvests, every effort must be made to provide the best possible conditions for our seeds. Here are four aspects that must not be overlooked: 1) Soil preparation 2) Planting date 3) Variety selection 4) Seeding depth Adequate soil preparation Soybean culture is especially sensitive to soils in […]

One Hundred Bushels per Acre: Reality or Fiction?

October 16, 2019
Maxime Gratton, Agr. and Alexandre Tessier, Agr., District Sales Managers In 2019, we participated in a field day in Ontario, a researcher at one of the stations was telling us about his goal to achieve a yield target of 100 bushels (about 2.5 tonnes) per acre. To accomplish that, he is promoting intensive management based on an increased use […]

From Lab Yields to Fields

October 16, 2019
Research at Prograin You have probably heard about our research centre located in Saint-Césaire and may even have visited it. On several occasions, we have referred to the state-of-the-art, high-performance tools used in laboratories. This time, we will go a little further and explain how the varieties of the coming years will meet your needs […]