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Steve Redmond

Steve Redmond

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Passion for Soil Health and Cattle Ranching

  • Education

    • University of Guelph

      1980 - 1984
      BSc (Agr) Crop Science

      Activities and Societies: President of campus Soil & Crop Club, Member of class executive, Intramural hockey and soccer ("World" champion indoor soccer 1982-1983) Mid-West Crop Tour (actual credit!) changed my outlook on north american agriculture. Great exposure to the mid-west corn and soy belt.

  • Experience

    • DuPont Canada Crop Protection

      Dec 1986 - Jan 1993
      Research & Development Rep

      Herbicide research trials with corn and soybean herbicides - focused on the development of sulfonyl ureas.Fungicide research trials for apple scab.Insecticide trials on apples.

    • Cyanamid Crop Protection

      Jan 1993 - Oct 1995
      Technical Service Rep

      Technical support of sales for Pursuit herbicide in soybeans, Prowl herbicide in corn and Thimet in Potatoes.Technical writing and presentations and training of dealers across ON and PQ

    • Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd.

      Nov 1995 - Jul 2007
      Sales Rep

      Corn, Soybean & Alfalfa sales in the north Middlesex County (Lucan - Ailsa Craig)

    • Redmond Agronomic Services Inc.

      Jan 1997 - Mar 2024
      Owner

      We are "inactivating" our original consulting company. It has been a wild, 30+ year "ride" as a CCA and P.Ag. and as one of the first certified nutrient management consultants in the province of Ontario. As a consultant for both ASM & NASM and the Biosolids Lead in my role as an OMAFRA Environmental Management Specialist interacting with the MOE/MECP , I learned a "ton" about environmental management, especially soil amendments. This seemed to compliment my previous experience in crop protection and seed sales.I have chosen to NOT renew my certification as a Nutrient Management consultant, effective June 2024. It has been a 20-year journey and I am blessed to have worked with so many great farmers, generators of NASM, OMAFRA Environmental Mgmt staff and also with some 'interesting" MOE/MECP staff.I have a passion for 4R Nutrient Management and soil health management but am disappointed in the actual implementation of 4R and this will continue as long as it remains imbedded in the retail fertilizer/crop protection sector were bonuses on sales growth will continue to be the norm. Show less

    • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs

      Jun 2009 - Feb 2012
      Environmental Specialist

      Environmental Specialist with a specialty in Ontario for Non-Agricultural Source Materials (NASM) including sewage biosolids, vegetable processing by-products, abattoir wash water, etc

    • Hensall Co-operative

      Oct 2013 - Oct 2018
      Precision Agriculture Specialist

      Responsible for all aspects of Precision Agriculture including the set-up and implementation of the GreenSeeker / Y-Drop program, VRT seeding of corn, soybeans and edible beans, the development of Ontario's 1st VRT Fungicide program for edible beans using drone imagery and the validation of the Airinov algorithm for VRT nitrogen on winter wheat. Experience included working with Veritas Farm Management to provide an accurate ROI for all VRT projects and the use of SoilOptix technology for high resolution soil mapping. Show less

    • Hometown Ag

      May 2022 - now

      • "Jack" of Many Trades

        Jan 2020 - now

      • Culinary Farm Soil Health Management

        May 2022 - Mar 2024

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Agricultural Operations Strategy & Plan Development Certificate

      OMAFRA
      Jun 2004

    • NASM Plan Developers Certificate

      OMAFRA
      Aug 2012

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Steve Redmond
      Recognized Consultant Program (RCP) Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Environmental Management Branch Aug 2018 OMAF's Environmental Management Branch created a Recognized Consultant Program for 10 of Ontario's best certified Nutrient Management consultants. Applicants were required to be in good standing with the provincial certification and have an error rate of less than one per NM Strategy submission. The designation allows the RCP's work to be reviewed in a separate queue in approximately 50% of the time required for other consultants. This allows a livestock farmer client to obtain building permits… Show more OMAF's Environmental Management Branch created a Recognized Consultant Program for 10 of Ontario's best certified Nutrient Management consultants. Applicants were required to be in good standing with the provincial certification and have an error rate of less than one per NM Strategy submission. The designation allows the RCP's work to be reviewed in a separate queue in approximately 50% of the time required for other consultants. This allows a livestock farmer client to obtain building permits more efficiently. Show less