Scott Gillespie Email & Phone Number

Taber, AB, CA

Taber, Alberta, Canada

I provide agronomy advise based on two decades of experience working with farmers in the Western Canadian Prairies. I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t. I’ve spent the time critically reviewing the science behind the claims of regenerative agriculture. I only sell advice. I do not sell the products that go along with regenerative practices. I will still.

Taber, AB, Canada

• Independent advice to farmers that was not tied to the sale of crop inputs, software, or systems of management. This was delivered through:
• Creating soil sampling plans and arrangement of soil collection and testing
• Planning crop rotations, nutrient applications, and control of pests
• Visiting fields weekly to check crop growth and pest presence

Vauxhall, AB, Canada

• Overview
• Created partial budgets for agronomy inputs to aid crop input decisions
• Planned crop & chemical rotations
• Oversaw annual purchase of crop protection products & fertilizers
• Used crop scouting to verify plan and make adjustments in-season
• Organized application of products through crop input retailer, farm employees, and custom operatorsAccomplishments

Taber, AB

• Provided potato agronomy scouting to customers
• No sales of crop inputs. All work billed on fee for service model.
• Weekly crop tissue sampling
• Moisture measurements and irrigation advice
• Pest monitoring and control product recommendations
• Crop progress and crop yield & quality measurements

Winnipeg, MB

• Supervised 3 shifts of 2 people who ran a new self-propelled swather on a test track 24 hrs/day 5 days a week
• Kept engineers up to date with testing progress through live Excel document and weekly meetings

Guelph, ON

• Operated the combine to harvest breeding plots in fall and help to clean andsort in the winter

Elmira, On

• Promoted crop inputs to customers within the farm supply store

M.Sc, Plant Science

Thesis available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/278

B.Sc.(Agr.), Agronomy

High School