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Orange Wheat Blossom Midge Detected in Ontario Winter Wheat, Raising Yield and Quality Concerns
As winter wheat harvest progresses across south-central Ontario, growers and agronomists have reported a range of yield and quality concerns, including empty heads, partially filled heads, shrunken kernels, premature head death, and lower-than-expected yields. Many affected fields also contained blackened heads and kernels showing symptoms of black point (Figure 1 and 2). While black point…
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2026 Ontario Cereal Crop Committee Winter Barley Preliminary Data is Live!
The Ontario Cereal Crop Committee (OCCC) 2026 winter barley preliminary trial data is now available at GoCrops.ca. The 2026 preliminary data can be found in the tables under “winter barley” in the “performance trial results” tab at GoCrops.ca. The final winter barley and wheat data along with the PDF report will be finalized at the August OCCC…
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Field Crop News for Week of July 27, 2026
Don’t Turn Your On-Farm Trial into an Expensive Guess On-farm trials are one of the best ways to evaluate new products, practices, and management strategies under real farm conditions. The often provide more useful information than testimonials or marketing claims alone. However, a trial only has value if it is designed to produce reliable results.…
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