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Introducing Ronin Agronomy: A New Venture Founded by Industry Veterans

Ronin Agronomy Inc., a visionary precision agronomy company, is thrilled to announce its official launch in Western Canada. Founded by seasoned industry veterans and led by a renowned business leader, Wade Barnes, Ronin Agronomy brings together more than 20 years of precision agronomy expertise, covering millions of acres across the globe, innovative technologies, and a deep-rooted passion for farming. Western Canada’s agricultural community now has access to a comprehensive suite of precision agronomy services and resources that integrate sustainability, productivity, and profitability, empowering farmers to produce high-yielding, premium-quality, and low-carbon grain.

As the global focus on food security intensifies, and consumer demands shift towards sustainable and ethically sourced products, the agriculture industry faces the pivotal challenge of increasing food production while minimizing environmental impact amid unpredictable weather conditions. Ronin Agronomy recognizes this pressing need and offers practical solutions rooted in precision agronomy, including Variable Rate Technology, enabling farmers and their trusted advisors to strike an optimal balance between productivity and sustainability, paving the way for a prosperous and eco-friendly future.

“As farmers ourselves, we intimately understand the challenges faced in today’s ever-changing agricultural landscape. We have leveraged this knowledge to develop practical, field-tested precision agronomy solutions that make a tangible impact on farming operations. We have learned firsthand what it takes to thrive in agriculture, and we are here to share our knowledge with our farm partners,” said Wade Barnes, Ronin Agronomy founder and CEO.

The company’s mission is to simplify the complexities of modern-day agriculture for its farm partners, supporting them in meeting the expectations of environmentally conscious consumers and enhancing their farm’s financial viability. Ronin Agronomy works closely with its customers and partners to navigate emerging markets, develop value-added products, and seize the opportunities presented by sustainability-driven initiatives.

Ronin Agronomy is more than a company; it serves as a catalyst for change, fostering collaboration among industry stakeholders, researchers, and farmers alike. By facilitating knowledge exchange and encouraging collective efforts to advance the field of agronomy, the company aims to build a sustainable future for agriculture that meets the demands of a rapidly evolving world. 

Source : Financialpost

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From Students to Solutions | On The Brink: Season 2, Episode 14

Video: From Students to Solutions | On The Brink: Season 2, Episode 14

Ask Canada’s most decorated soybean breeder his favourite part of the job and he doesn’t name a single variety. He names the students.

Istvan Rajcan is a professor of soybean breeding and genetics in the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph, where he has run the soybean breeding program for 28 and a half years. In that time he has developed 87 soybean cultivars, published 140 refereed papers and trained 51 graduate students. In 2025 he received the Public Sector Impact Award from the National Association for Plant Breeding.

He is also worried. In this episode he says Canada is at a crossroads, pointing to recent government cuts to plant breeding programs and to the facilities that support them. His prescription is structural. "Plant breeding funding formula has to be a long-term one," he says.

The formula he is defending is the public-private matching arrangement his program runs on. Private seed companies fund the work, provincial or federal money matches it, and the combined pool stretches each dollar further than either source could alone. At the National Association for Plant Breeding annual meeting in June, he says American public breeders were often surprised at how well that collaboration works in Canada.

He also describes how the people entering plant breeding have changed. His early graduate students came mostly from farms. More recently they include, in his words, "city kids who just became excited about genetics."

Topics covered:

Why public-private plant breeding funding in Canada needs a long-term

commitment rather than a larger one

How matching private seed company investment with provincial and federal

dollars multiplies research capacity

How the graduate student pipeline into plant breeding has shifted from

farm kids to city kids