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Category: Ag Business Minutes

A collective summary of information gleaned from the weekly breakfast meeting minutes with local crop consultants in Ontario

Mt Forest Crop Advisors Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 24th, 2018

Posted on April 27, 2018 (April 27, 2018) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Trying to get away from the landscape above. As late as Wednesday night it was snowing heavily in Bruce and Grey! General The consensus is that not a lot has been happening to date. Rivers and streams are high to overflowing and tile outlets are running full with lots of water still in the fields. […]

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Simcoe Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 25, 2018

Posted on April 27, 2018 (April 27, 2018) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

There was an excellent turnout and good discussion this week. Thank you to Brian Woolley (Syngenta) for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 9th at 7:30am. Wheat There was significant discussion of frost heaving damage to winter wheat, particularly in heavy clay soils. Wheat that was seeded late is most […]

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Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 24, 2018

Posted on April 25, 2018 (April 27, 2018) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

  Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to “Stephanie Divitaris – Syngenta” Quote of the week  – “Start clean and stay clean” – Dr. Peter Sikkema “Be Safe! Double check – look twice when at a stop sign” – Bob Thirlwall Synopsis: Compared to two weeks ago, it was nice not to arrive to freshly […]

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Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 17, 2018

Posted on April 24, 2018 by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Winter Wheat Acreage increased about 10% in 2018. Too early to % winter survival. Some areas winter wheat was seeded late into mid-October appears to be struggling. Definite winter kill in low lying pockets in the fields due to flooding damage. Some of the nitrogen intended for the split-nitrogen programs, has been applied. There has […]

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Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes (April 17, 2018)

Posted on April 19, 2018 (April 19, 2018) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Thank you to Joanna Follings who chaired the first breakfast meeting and to Steve Johns (Syngenta) who sponsored breakfast. The next meeting will be on May 1 starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30).  Huston De Brabandere will be the chairman.  The meetings will finish no later than 9:00 am. There was […]

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Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 10, 2018

Posted on April 16, 2018 (April 16, 2018) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to “Richard Anderson – BASF Canada“ Quote of the week – If you need anything other than glyphosate up front – you haven’t been doing a good job.” Roger Bourassa And a couple more: “Resistant Weeds Cost More Money” and “Not hard finding a tillage resistant weed” Synopsis:  There […]

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Mt. Forest Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 13, 2017

Posted on June 21, 2017 (August 18, 2020) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

2017 Mt Forest Ag Breakfast Meeting Notes 2017-jun-13  General While still dealing with some impacts of wet and cooler conditions, almost all the crops are planted. Some areas may not get planted as persistent rains prevent that heavier ground from drying out. Consensus was that things looked way better than the previous meeting two weeks […]

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Winchester Breakfast Meeting – June 20, 2017

Posted on June 20, 2017 by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Weather Overnight rainfall ranged from 1 to 10 ml in the region. From the 1st of May, the area has accumulated about 825 Crop Heat Units (CHU), which is only about 25 CHU behind normal. Heat this last week has brought us closer to normal. Long range forecast is for cooler temperatures, so less CHU […]

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Simcoe Ag Breakfast Meeting – June 14, 2017 – Final Meeting

Posted on June 19, 2017 (August 18, 2020) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Winter Wheat Winter wheat has headed, however some areas are behind in terms of growth stage. On the south shore of Lake Ontario where cool winds are more frequent, wheat is up to 2 weeks behind other areas of the region. A comment was made that while a lot of wheat is quite variable, tiled […]

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2017 Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 13, 2017

Posted on June 15, 2017 by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to “Michigan Sugar – Wayne Martin” Quotes of the week – It was a stellar morning for great quotes.  Here is a selection of some of the ones we can remember! “The coffee shop should only be drive-thru in the spring – Al McCallum “Good thing about mistakes is […]

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Exeter Agribusiness Minutes – June 6, 2017

Posted on June 8, 2017 by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Thanks to Robert Maloney, for chairing the meeting and to Jack Legg (SGS Labs) for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be Tuesday, June 20th starting at 7:00am for breakfast and 7:30 for the meeting at the Malibu Restaurant. Synopsis: Corn in most of the area has emerged with few replants reported to date. About […]

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2017 Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 30, 2017

Posted on June 7, 2017 by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to “C & M Seeds – Alex Zelem” Quote of the week – “We don’t want to create a sense of panic but create a sense of urgency” from Roger Bourassa in reference to the need to control weeds in planted fields. Synopsis: The wet weather continues to keep […]

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Winchester Ag Breakfast Meeting Notes – June 6, 2017

Posted on June 7, 2017 (June 8, 2017) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

General conditions Weather conditions have been cooler and wetter than normal. The amount of rain has varied greatly across eastern Ontario. No-till ground has been slow and in some cases too wet to dry out beneath the crop residue and/or cereal rye and other cover crop material. Since the first of May to June 5th […]

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Mount Forest Ag Breakfast Meeting – May 30th, 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 by OMAFA Field Crop Team

General As with previous Breakfast Meeting Notes from Mt Forest, wet weather and its impact on planting progress continues to be the main story. With the persistent rains, even when of small amount, the frequency of them means planting is impacted and the actual planting windows have been narrow and infrequent this spring. Some areas […]

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Simcoe Ag Breakfast Meeting Notes – May 17, 2017

Posted on May 30, 2017 (August 18, 2020) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

WINTER WHEAT: Wheat crop continues to look good. Some manganese and sulphur deficiency noted, as well as some incidence of septoria, powdery mildew and the beginnings of stripe rust on a few fields. Most of the region is at flag leaf stage, with heading out anticipated within the next week or so. A few wheat fields […]

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