ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER 35 AGRONOMY continued on page 36 LEAD THE WAY Increase your performance field by field with Maizex Seeds. 100% Canadian-farmer owned and focused. Contact your local Maizex representative today. FIELD by FIELD maizex.com Maizex_OGF_7.125 x 4.875 7_26.indd 1 7/13/26 10:07 AM whatever nitrogen is left in the soil before the cycle starts over with peas again. Login said the decision to grow crops without synthetic fertilizer or manure was driven by economics and logistics. Trucking in enough manure for the entire operation is not feasible, he said. MANAGING WEEDS, DISEASE AND INSECT PRESSURE LoginEKO manages weeds the same way it manages fertility: without inputs. Timely seeding gives the crop a head start, and a fleet of mechanical tools — inter-row cultivators, tine harrows, and a brush cutter used only as a last resort — does the rest. Karagić said the goal is not zero weeds. Some weed pressure, he argued, is fine for biodiversity and soil biology. The crop just needs to stay ahead of it during a defined window early in the season. They had used cover crops to manage weed pressure, but those have mostly been dropped. In Serbia's dry climate, there is no guarantee the crops will germinate, and a failed cover crop is a wasted input that gives weeds a head start. Disease and insect pressure get less input substitution than weeds do. Management relies more on climate and biology. Photos: Melanie Epp Samo Login (left) prefers transparency and traceability over certification. Senior agronomist Ðjura Karagić (right) keeps the farm certified because buyers from Switzerland or Germany prefer it.
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