A collective summary of information gleaned from the weekly breakfast meeting minutes with local crop consultants in Ontario
27 March 2020, 9:00 am EDT (8:00 am CDT) A virtual agricultural advisers’ breakfast meeting was held to test the “Zoom” platform as a means of continuing these valuable spring meetings under the current restrictions for face–to–face meetings. Based on results of the survey sent to attendees, breakfast meetings for 2020 will continue as consolidated regional meetings. Start dates and groupings as follows: Tuesday, April 7th: Ridgetown + Simcoe Tuesday, April 14th: Exeter +…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team August 15, 2019 809 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes –August 13, 2019Thank you to Martin Harry for chairing the mid-summer meeting and to Bill Norman (Belchim Crop Protection) for sponsoring breakfast. Thank you to those who came out to all the meetings this season. Synopsis: The status of crops varies in the region with some areas not looking too bad while others are showing signs of moisture stress with growers…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team July 8, 2019 1016 Comments Off on Mt. Forest Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – July 2nd, 2019Thanks to Snobelen Grain for picking up breakfast for the crowd. As always, if changes or clarifications to these minutes are required please contact Ian McDonald. This meeting concludes the spring series for Mt. Forest Ag Breakfasts. Thanks to all who participated in the various discussion and to those who read and commented on the meeting minutes. The group discussed…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 28, 2019 877 Comments Off on Mt. Forest Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 18th, 2019As always, if there are any points included here that need clarification or amendment or addition, please contact Ian. For annual crops seeded this spring, we recognize that many went into less than ideal ground conditions in terms of soil moisture, fitenes of seedbed, no burndown, etc. To date things have looked okay because of continued wet/damp conditions that have…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 27, 2019 880 Comments Off on East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 26th, 2019This is the last meeting for the East Central group until a season wrap-up in December. Thanks to everyone who made time to come out and participate in the discussions and those that take time to read and comment on the minutes! As always, if there are any points included here that need clarification or amendment or addition, please contact…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 26, 2019 738 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 25, 2019Thank you to Alex Zelem (C&M Seeds) who chaired the meeting and to Chris Meier (A&L Labs) for sponsoring breakfast. This was the last spring meeting for 2019. This year’s meetings have been the best attended since these meetings started over 20 years ago so thanks to everyone who attended. Since this has been such an unprecedented spring, a follow…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 22, 2019 809 Comments Off on Simcoe AgriBusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 19, 2019This was the last meeting of the Simcoe Breakfast group. We have analysed the spring to death and we can’t just keep talking about planting! Typically by now we have had fulsome discussions on fertilizer, herbicide and fungicide programs but that has not been the case this year. The general story for the region continues to be that there are…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 13, 2019 745 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 11, 2019Thank you to Ken Currah (BASF) for chairing the meeting. The final meeting for this spring will be on June 25th starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30) at the Malibu. Alex Zelem will be chair. Synopsis: Significant progress was made in the area the end of last week and through the weekend. Estimates are that 90-95%…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 13, 2019 1850 Comments Off on East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 12, 2019Thank you to Chad Garrod and Corteva for sponsoring breakfast. With such variable conditions, some producers are finishing planting, while others have not yet started. Even though yield potential has likely suffered, it’s important to recognize the need to manage good and bad crops to get the most out of each. Rural communities are made up of people who are…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 7, 2019 802 Comments Off on Simcoe Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 5, 2019The group agreed the breakfast meetings are starting to feel like the movie Groundhog Day, because we don’t seem to have anything new to talk about since meeting 2 weeks ago, or even 4 weeks ago. Some general notes on conditions are that crop rotations are going out the window. Producers are planting what they can, where they can, and…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 7, 2019 957 Comments Off on Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 4, 2019Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks, from the group to Chuck Belanger and Greg Stewart, Maizex Quote of the week: “Unprecedented” – everybody! Synopsis: As has been the case this spring, planting progress has been impacted by the frequent rain events and planting in most cases has been concentrated on the lighter textured soils in the area. Growers who can plant have been…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 6, 2019 757 Comments Off on Mt. Forest Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – June 4, 2019Only one retail outlet was represented at the meeting indicating that field work was still at full speed ahead of forecasted rain for late Tuesday into Wednesday. There has been considerable progress across the area in the last few days. Some areas of the province continue to struggle such as south Huron and Perth and further southwest into the heavier…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 31, 2019 868 Comments Off on East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – May 29, 2019Image: corn is being planted in the region, but field conditions are variable. Thank you to Nicole Beechey from BASF for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be June 12th at 7:30 am. If there are any suggestions on how to improve the meeting, or topics to discuss if you cannot attend, please let Ian McDonald or Christine O’Reilly know. On…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 30, 2019 944 Comments Off on Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – May 28, 2019More rain again. Currently at 250 heat units from the 1st of May. 30 year average is about 350 for this time of the year. Rainfall since May 1st is 85 mm, compared to 68 mm is the norm at this time of year. Forages Agricorp has received more damage report calls; about 55% of new 2018 forage seeding have…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 29, 2019 937 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 28, 2019Thanks to Jeremy O’Shea (Pioneer) for chairing the meeting and to Alex Zelem (C&M) for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be Tuesday, June 11th starting at 7:00am for breakfast and 7:30 for the meeting. Synopsis: There was widespread rainfall over the weekend with most areas receiving 1 to 6 inches of rain on Saturday. It’s raining again today. Heavy…