The session will explore real world outcomes, including both successful and less predictable results, and the observations and tracking tools used to evaluate performance. Recognizing the variability that producers and researchers often encounter, this presentation emphasizes learning through process, helping participants move toward more confident, results driven, and ultimately more profitable use of biological inputs.

Scott has been in the Ag industry for over 45 years. He started out in Southern Ontario on an organic farm in 1979, he then went to OAC Guelph and after graduation started managing a conventional apple orchard integrating IPM and biostimulants. In 1995 he joined UAP, and helped develop a nutrient line, which eventually lead him to Manitoba. In 2010 Scott started his own independent R&D company, DSW Enterprises and Consulting. The primary role of his company is to coordinate R&D of biologicals and bio stimulants across broad acres and the fruit and vegetable industry. Scotts passion for soil and plant health is evident, and his quest for research-based information has earned  him the nickname Scotty ‘Data’ Walker.

Scott Walker will offer a clear and practical pathway for evaluating and researching the use of biologicals and biostimulants across fruit, vegetable, and broad acre cropping systems. Drawing on many years of hands on experience and research, he will walk participants through concrete steps to support informed decision making, from product selection to on farm assessment.