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Forage Expo (West) will be held
July 9th at Pendora Dairy Ltd., 6447 County Road 164, Monkton (Perth
County) from 10am-3pm. For more info see Ontario
Forage Council’s website.
**DATE CHANGE** Forage Expo
(East) will be held July 23rd at Vosbrae Farms, 140 Skyline Road,
Oakwood (Kawartha Lakes) from 10am-3pm. For more info see Ontario
Forage Council’s website.
Southwestern
First cut began the first week of June. Reports
indicate yields are average or below-average.
According to AAFC, areas of Huron, Perth,
Wellington, and Waterloo received 60-85% of average precipitation for June.
Parts of Bruce, Grey, Essex, Chatham-Kent, Norfolk, Haldimand, and Niagara had
115-150% of average rainfall this past month. The rest of southwestern Ontario
received average amounts of rainfall for June. Without long windows of dry
weather, most of first cut has been put up as silage or in wrapped bales.
Continued scouting for alfalfa weevil is recommended,
especially in fields not to be harvested soon. Scouting information can
be found on pages 339 and 340 of OMAFRA
Pub. 811: Agronomy Guide for Field Crops.
Grey leaf spot is being found in older alfalfa stands.
Fungicide applications can be made 10 days after cutting to provide protection
from any inoculant left in the field. PHI is 14 days.
Central and Eastern
First
cut began the second week of June. Reports indicate yields are average or below
average.
According
to AAFC, areas in Durham and York received 115-150% of average rainfall; parts
of Prescott & Russell, Leeds & Grenville, and Stormont, Dundas &
Glengarry had 60-85% of average precipitation. The rest of the region had
average rainfall for June. Without long windows of dry weather, most of
first cut has been put up as silage or in wrapped bales.
First
cut began about a week later than normal across the region. Yield is variable.
Grass
development is ahead of legumes, with alfalfa just budding in Temiskaming
District.
According
to AAFC, areas of Algoma, Manitoulin, Temiskaming, Cochrane, and Muskoka
received 115-150% of average rainfall. Part of Nipissing District had 60-85% of
average precipitation. The rest of the northeast received average rainfall for
June.
Northwestern
First cut started the second week of June, about one week later than normal.
Grass development is ahead of legumes, with alfalfa entering early bloom in Rainy River District.
According to AAFC, part of Thunder Bay District received average rainfall for June, while the rest of the region had below-average levels of precipitation.
Percentage of average rainfall received in the 30 days prior to June 24, 2019
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