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Field Crop News for Week of August 3, 2026
The forage production year starts in the fall, not the spring. How perennial forage crops are managed now helps set them up for 2027. Fall fertilizer applications assist persistence Perennial plants “harden off” to survive the winter. The process changes how water is regulated in the plant, to prevent ice crystals from forming inside cells…
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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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