A Crop Consultant provides a farmer with information to grow and care for plants and soils. This is a blend of agronomy, in-field crop management and interpretation of new technologies for deployment in the field. By planning for sustainability on the farm we can integrate realistic yield goals with the prevailing soil types on your farm. Soil sampling is the first step in identifying where efficiencies are to be found. A soil sample provides a nutrient inventory of your soil.
Ronan Cummins has recently ventured out on his own as an independent crop consultant in 2012, following 15 years working for retail/ wholesale agricultural supply companies. Cummins is operating under the banner of his new company “Agronomy One, LLC”, an independent provider of crop consulting services to the farmers of the Ohio River Valley.
Until September 2012, Ronan Cummins was the General Manager of Opti-Crop, a full-service crop consulting firm formerly based in Owensboro KY. (acquired by Crop Productions Services in 2010.)
Agronomy One, LLC provides in-filed crop consulting, soil sampling and associated nutrient recommendations and is a Technical Service Provider to U.S.D.A.-N.R.C.S. for nutrient and pest management in Kentucky and Indiana.
Ronana Cummins also provides training services to the agricultural industry and speaks at numerous events annually on the topics of crop production, soil fertility management and adoption of new farm technologies.
Cummins is a native of Drogheda, Ireland. He earned a B.SC. (Hons) degree in Agriculture from Harper Adams University College in Shropshire, England in 1995. During his undergraduate course of study, Cummins gained considerable on-farm work experience pertaining to intensive crop management in both the United Kingdom and Ireland. Upon graduation from Harper Adams, he took a one-year sabbatical in Western Australia to study and be involved with broad acre wheat production.
Following his experience in Australia, Cummins returned home to Ireland and enrolled in University College Dublin. There he earned a M.SC (Hons) degree in Crop Protection in October 1997. His master’s thesis investigated the detection of organophosphate insecticides in foodstuffs by the E.L.I.S.A. (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) method.
Cummins then moved to the United States and joined Miles Farm Supply (recently acquired by Crop Production Services). Initially he worked as an intern, but was soon promoted to serve as the lead Opti-Crop consultant at the former Miles Farm Supply retail store near Patoka, IN. At that location, he had the experience of building a crop consulting customer base from scratch. The major crops he worked with their included wheat, corn and soybeans. His responsibilities at the Patoka store also enabled him to gain substantial insight regarding the numerous ways an in house crop consulting service can drive and benefit clients as well as the associated retail business.
During his fifteen years with Opti-Crop, Cummins visited and worked in Russia on two occasions. In particular, he assisted other Opti-Crop personnel in providing crop consultancy services on a 72,000-acre former state-run farm in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
Within the United States franchising of the Opti-Crop brand has also allowed the business to expand into Missouri, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Georgia and Alabama. During this time, Ronan provided agronomy support to 22 Opti-Crop consultants in 6 states.
Other work related travel has included Brazil, Germany, Poland and the U.K.
Most recently, Ronan Cummins provided wheat production support to farmers in Ukraine during the 2017/2018 winter wheat production season. Ronan traveled extensively across Ukraine and provided training to a team of agronomists at a seminar in Kyiv.
Ronan Cummins is a Certified Crop Adviser. He is a keen advocate of no-till farming and precision agriculture methods (using GPS).
Ronan Cummins
offers his knowledge and professional consultation to today’s farmer. As owner and operator of Agronomy ONE, LLC, Ronan has been serving farmers in the Ohio River Valley and beyond for over 25 years.
CONGRATULATIONS RONAN!
Ronan Cummins was awarded the 2018 Kentucky CCA Consultant of the Year!
This prestigious award recognizes a Kentucky Certified Crop Advisor who delivers exceptional customer service for farmer clients in nutrient management, soil and water management, integrated pest management and crop production, and has contributed substantially to the exchange of ideas and the transfer of agronomic knowledge within the agricultural industry in Kentucky.
PREPARING FOR NEXT YEAR’S CROP BEGINS AT GROUND LEVEL
INDEPENDENT SOIL SAMPLING SERVICE
- Sampling by soil type or production zone
- VERIS soil mapping available
- Samples generate variable rate fertilizer and lime maps
- Software compatible with all application service providers equipment
- Using you yield monitor data to customize fertilizer maps
- YOUR DATA REMAINS YOUR DATA!
