A collective summary of information gleaned from the weekly breakfast meeting minutes with local crop consultants in Ontario
Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 23, 2019 Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks, from the group to Lisa Powers, Corteva Synopsis: This is National Soil Conservation Week. Not a lot has been happening in the field in terms of field crops to date and with the heavy rains over the weekend most areas received from 1 […]
Who was in attendance? 26 agricultural professionals working in the counties of Waterloo, Wellington, Huron, Grey, Bruce, Dufferin and Simcoe counties. The past week’s weather summary: 40-50 mm of rainfall fell over the Easter weekend and understandably, field conditions are extremely wet with essentially no field activity. This will put additional pressure on livestock producers who […]
Image: It’s still too early to tell how forages have overwintered in central Ontario. The first East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting of 2019 had a large turnout. With good yields in 2018, there is a lot of optimism among farmers in the region. The next meeting will be May 1st at 7:30 am. If there are any […]
To date, next to no field activity due to cool, wet spring so far this season. Areas around the region received over 50 mm of rain this past weekend, resulting in saturated soils and ponding in fields and in a few spots some soil erosion. Overall temperatures have been too cold to stimulate new growth […]
Thank you to Mike Verhoef who chaired the first breakfast meeting and to Steve Johns who sponsored breakfast. The next meeting will be on April 30 starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30). Dave Townsend will be the chairman. The meetings will finish no later than 9:00 am. There was an excellent […]
It was nice to catch up with everyone at the first Simcoe breakfast meeting of the season on Wednesday, April 10th. John Hussack chaired the meeting, which focused on the condition of the winter wheat crop. At John’s suggestion, learnings from winter meetings were also discussed. Winter Wheat The big question right now is […]
Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 9, 2019 Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to Richard Anderson, BASF Synopsis: The recent warm temperatures have helped to green up the wheat especially in the southwestern part of the province. Field work has been limited to some nitrogen and red clover applications, with a few acres […]
Notable Quotable: “Corn will tassel on July 17th at 2:35pm.” – Gilles Quesnel General conditions Rain blessed parts of the region in the past week but often not enough to be effective, and many areas are still drier than desired. Some wilting has been observed on lighter-textured ground, but many heavier soils are still […]
Thank you to Mike Verhoef who chaired the meeting and to Alex Zelem (C&M Seeds) for sponsoring breakfast. There was an excellent turnout and discussion. Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s meetings. This was the last meeting for this year so welook forward to seeing you all again next year! Synopsis: The weekend […]
Thank you to Brian Wooley and Syngenta for sponsoring breakfast. This was the last meeting for the season. Thank you to all participants for your input. General High winds, hail and pounding rain in some of the area over the past week has added frustration to an already difficult spring seeding season. A category F2 […]
Feature Image Above: Wheat fields maturing rapidly especially in dry or stressed areas. Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to Greg Stewart – Maizex Quote of the Week: “The corn crop looks SO GOOD today, we are on track to set another new yield record!” Greg Stewart. “You can draw an organic matter map based […]
Generally crop conditions are good and most field work is on schedule. Forages For the most part, a lot is now being cut. Good quality with lots of protein and most growers are pleasantly surprised with the yield. Some range in yields, where alfalfa without grasses is low yielding in thin stands. Fescue and ryegrass […]
Chair for this meeting was Ken Currah (BASF) Thank you to Maizex (Kirk Van Will) for sponsoring breakfast. The final meeting for this spring will be on June 26th starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30) at the Malibu. Frank Flanagan will be the chair. Synopsis: Conditions are getting extremely dry in […]
Thank you to Ken Currah and BASF for sponsoring breakfast. There will be one more breakfast meeting in Simcoe on June 20th. General There was significant rainfall on Friday, June 1st in many areas, and even more rain on Sunday and Monday. Some areas had as much as 3 or 4” on Friday. The amount […]
Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to Chris Robson – DuPont/Pioneer (Corteva) Quote of the Week: Heat! – Kills Yield in Peas – Ed Tomecek Synopsis: Some areas received minimal rain (0.1-0.3”) while other parts received a wonderful 6/10” rain over the weekend was a huge help to the crop. Soybeans struggling to emerge, or […]