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Provincial Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – March 27, 2020

Posted on March 31, 2020 (June 30, 2020) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

27 March 2020, 9:00 am EDT (8:00 am CDT) A virtual agricultural advisers’ breakfast meeting was held to test the “Zoom” platform as a means of continuing these valuable spring meetings under the current restrictions for face–to–face meetings. Based on results of the survey sent to attendees, breakfast meetings for 2020 will continue as consolidated regional meetings. Start dates and groupings as follows: Tuesday, April 7th: Ridgetown + […]

Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes –August 13, 2019

Posted on August 15, 2019 (August 15, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Thank you to Martin Harry for chairing the mid-summer meeting and to Bill Norman (Belchim Crop Protection) for sponsoring breakfast. Thank you to those who came out to all the meetings this season. Synopsis: The status of crops varies in the region with some areas not looking too bad while others are showing signs […]

Mt. Forest Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – July 2nd, 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 (August 7, 2020) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Thanks to Snobelen Grain for picking up breakfast for the crowd. As always, if changes or clarifications to these minutes are required please contact Ian McDonald. This meeting concludes the spring series for Mt. Forest Ag Breakfasts. Thanks to all who participated in the various discussion and to those who read and commented on the […]

Mt. Forest Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 18th, 2019

Posted on June 28, 2019 (June 28, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

As always, if there are any points included here that need clarification or amendment or addition, please contact Ian. For annual crops seeded this spring, we recognize that many went into less than ideal ground conditions in terms of soil moisture, fitenes of seedbed, no burndown, etc. To date things have looked okay because of […]

East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 26th, 2019

Posted on June 27, 2019 (June 28, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

This is the last meeting for the East Central group until a season wrap-up in December. Thanks to everyone who made time to come out and participate in the discussions and those that take time to read and comment on the minutes! As always, if there are any points included here that need clarification or […]

Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes June 25th, 2019

Posted on June 26, 2019 (August 7, 2020) by Sebastian Belliard

Quote of the day: “That’s a really hot boom…” – discussing herbicide injury from incompletely cleaned spraying equipment. Sponsor: Thanks to Marc Maisonneuve (Brevant ) and Chris Olbach (Pioneer) for sponsoring the last breakfast meeting of the season! Conditions Crop Heat Unit (CHU) accumulation stands at 775 at the Ottawa Airport since May 1st, or […]

Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 25, 2019

Posted on June 26, 2019 (June 26, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Thank you to Alex Zelem (C&M Seeds) who chaired the meeting and to Chris Meier (A&L Labs) for sponsoring breakfast. This was the last spring meeting for 2019. This year’s meetings have been the best attended since these meetings started over 20 years ago so thanks to everyone who attended. Since this has been such […]

Simcoe AgriBusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 19, 2019

Posted on June 22, 2019 (June 24, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

This was the last meeting of the Simcoe Breakfast group. We have analysed the spring to death and we can’t just keep talking about planting! Typically by now we have had fulsome discussions on fertilizer, herbicide and fungicide programs but that has not been the case this year. The general story for the region continues […]

Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 11, 2019

Posted on June 13, 2019 (June 13, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Thank you to Ken Currah (BASF) for chairing the meeting. The final meeting for this spring will be on June 25th starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30) at the Malibu. Alex Zelem will be chair. Synopsis: Significant progress was made in the area the end of last week and through the […]

East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 12, 2019

Posted on June 13, 2019 (June 14, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Thank you to Chad Garrod and Corteva for sponsoring breakfast. With such variable conditions, some producers are finishing planting, while others have not yet started. Even though yield potential has likely suffered, it’s important to recognize the need to manage good and bad crops to get the most out of each. Rural communities are made […]

Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes June 11th, 2019

Posted on June 12, 2019 (August 7, 2020) by Sebastian Belliard

Quote of the Week: “Lots of sins in the field – we need the rains to hide them.” Conditions Since May 1st the area has accumulated 475 crop heat units (CHU) as of June 11th, 150 less than the 30-year average. Rainfall accumulation is actually 10mm less than average at the Ottawa airport, but patchy […]

Simcoe Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 5, 2019

Posted on June 7, 2019 (June 7, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

The group agreed the breakfast meetings are starting to feel like the movie Groundhog Day, because we don’t seem to have anything new to talk about since meeting 2 weeks ago, or even 4 weeks ago. Some general notes on conditions are that crop rotations are going out the window. Producers are planting what they […]

Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 4, 2019

Posted on June 7, 2019 (June 7, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks, from the group to Chuck Belanger and Greg Stewart, Maizex Quote of the week: “Unprecedented” – everybody! Synopsis: As has been the case this spring, planting progress has been impacted by the frequent rain events and planting in most cases has been concentrated on the lighter textured soils in the area. Growers […]

Mt. Forest Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 4, 2019

Posted on June 6, 2019 (June 6, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Only one retail outlet was represented at the meeting indicating that field work was still at full speed ahead of forecasted rain for late Tuesday into Wednesday. There has been considerable progress across the area in the last few days. Some areas of the province continue to struggle such as south Huron and Perth and […]

East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – May 29, 2019

Posted on May 31, 2019 (May 31, 2019) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Image: corn is being planted in the region, but field conditions are variable. Thank you to Nicole Beechey from BASF for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be June 12th at 7:30 am. If there are any suggestions on how to improve the meeting, or topics to discuss if you cannot attend, please let Ian McDonald […]