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Ontario Field Crop Report – May 14, 2020

Posted on May 14, 2020 (May 19, 2020) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

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Cobourg + Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 13, 2020

Posted on May 14, 2020 by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Below-seasonal temperatures was the underlying issue in this week’s call. Peterborough County and Kawartha Lakes seem to be the most delayed areas in central and eastern Ontario. Retailers have been able to keep up with customer demands. There was talk of fertilizer backlog at the ports, but so far this has not affected the supply […]

Exeter + Mt. Forest AgriBusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 12, 2020

Posted on May 13, 2020 (May 13, 2020) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

The topic of conversation this week is “cold conditions”. Temperatures were well below seasonal for much of the past week due to the presence of an arctic air mass. Night-time temperatures reached as low as -8⁰C in some parts of southern Ontario. Many parts of the province experienced low temperatures between 0 and -4⁰C and snow […]

Why Sprayers Tip

Posted on May 13, 2020 (August 7, 2020) by Jason Deveau

This article is a short reminder for sprayer operators to respect the possibility of tipping a sprayer. Every spring I catch wind of someone tipping over. When I can ask the operator questions I start with “Is everyone alright?” and “Was the sprayer full?“. Hopefully the answers are “Yes” and “No”, but not always. The […]

Ontario Cereal Leaf Beetle Survey

Posted on May 12, 2020 (December 22, 2021) by Joanna Follings

This article was written by Tracey Baute, Entomologist- Field Crops and Joanna Follings, Cereals Specialist Cereal Leaf Beetle (CLB) is an important pest in cereal crop production feeding on wheat, oats, barley, corn, forages and grassy weeds. CLB overwinters as an adult and then emerges early in the spring and females lay their eggs on […]

How will the cold temperatures effect cereal crops?

Posted on May 8, 2020 (May 18, 2023) by Joanna Follings

Updated: May 18, 2023 With temperatures dipping below zero in much of the province last night, many are wondering what effect this will have on cereal crops. What temperatures will cause injury? Figure 1 shows the various wheat growth stages and when injury is likely to occur to the crop after experiencing cold temperatures for […]

OMAFRA Field Crop Report – May 07, 2020

Posted on May 7, 2020 (May 11, 2020) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Air temperatures for the week of May 4th were below the seasonal average. This has slowed soil warming and while not hindering planting, it is delaying germination and emergence of seeded crops. But so far, the 2020 season has offered better planting conditions than the past number of springs. Cereals Most of the winter wheat […]

Northern AgriBusiness Breakfast Meeting – May 6, 2020

Posted on May 7, 2020 by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

The morning of the meeting conditions were sunny across the north, but still cold. Generally, conditions have been sunny and windy so soils have been dry. A rainfall last week provided welcome moisture. There were no major concerns raised regarding grain crop planting and conditions, other than cold temperatures. Some regions are a week or […]

Is it Too Cold to Plant Soybeans?

Posted on May 6, 2020 (May 11, 2020) by Horst Bohner

Prolonged cold weather this spring has led some producers to wonder if soybean planting should be delayed. Over the next few days weather forecasters are even predicting a “polar vortex” with possible daytime highs of 3°C and nighttime temperatures of minus 3. Does this mean soybean planting should be delayed until things warm up? There […]

Ridgetown and Simcoe Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 5th, 2020

Purple dead-nettle (lamium purpureum) flowering at the beginning of May in a winter wheat field.

Posted on May 6, 2020 (May 11, 2020) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

The warm weather in the last week resulted in lots of corn and some soybean planting in the region, though wet soils on heavier ground has not been touched yet, especially in the Norfolk to Niagara region. Planting progress and conditions are much better than 2019. Some March planted sugar beet and carrot fields had […]

April 2020 Forage Report

Posted on May 4, 2020 (December 22, 2021) by Christine O'Reilly

Photo: Orchardgrass accumulates anthocyanins during sunny days and cold soil conditions when photosynthesis outpaces root development. Turning purple is temporary; it will grow through this. Winter Conditions Most of the province had average amounts of precipitation over the winter. Areas of Chatham-Kent, Lambton, Huron, Grey, Bruce, Temiskaming, Cochrane, Rainy River, and Kenora received below-average winter […]

Mixing “ATS” with herbicides: The importance of a “jar test”

An attempted jar test mixing of Liberty 200 SN with ATS as a carrier, resulting in unacceptable mixing.

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Mike Cowbrough

Each year I get more questions about mixing the liquid fertilizer, ammonium thiosulphate (ATS) with herbicides. With reductions in atmospheric Sulphur deposits, Ontario research has shown positive yield responses in some crops when Sulphur fertilizers are applied and so it makes sense that farmers are looking at ways to add Sulphur to their crop in […]

Cobourg and Winchester AgriBusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 29, 2020

Posted on May 1, 2020 (May 1, 2020) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

People have commented that the mood is generally good out there and farmers are eager to plant. Field work started progressing quickly in the middle to end of last week. Manure is going out, fertilizer is going out and ground is being worked. Planting has started under very good conditions. The typical issues associated with […]

OMAFRA Field Crop Report – April 30, 2020

corn planting

Posted on April 30, 2020 (April 29, 2020) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Corn: Planting began at the tail end of the week of April 20 and continued at a good pace until the widespread rain event on Wednesday/Thursday during the week of April 27th. Many agronomists have commented that soil conditions have been exceptional given the calendar date and what recent spring conditions have been like. As […]

Exeter + Mt. Forest AgriBusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 28, 2020

Posted on April 29, 2020 by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

As a reminder, participants can join breakfast meetings by phone without using the Zoom app or logging onto the Zoom website by using the number provided in the breakfast meeting listserv. Corn planting began in earnest on Thursday and continued through Monday. Some producers are nearly done their corn acres, particularly on light ground in […]