Breakfast meetings bring crop agronomists and industry professionals together during a key time in the growing season to discuss current field conditions. These meetings are a great opportunity to ask questions, work through field challenges, and share clear, consistent messages for growers across the industry. Participants are welcome to purchase their own breakfast and the meetings offer a valuable chance to connect and network with peers.
The meeting locations and meeting dates for all breakfast meetings are listed below. For the 2026 season, the Ridgetown meeting will be live-streamed and in-person. The Northern meeting will continue as a virtual meeting. All other meetings will be held in-person only and cannot be livestreamed because they are held in restaurants.
If you cannot join us for breakfast, you can catch up on the discussion in the summary notes below (posted later that same week).
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thanks to Steve Johns, for chairing the meeting and to Jamie O’Shea (Pioneer) for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be Tuesday, June 6th starting at 7:00am for breakfast and 7:30 for the meeting. Robert Maloney will be the chair. Synopsis: There was widespread rainfall over the Victoria Day long weekend with most areas receiving […]
General conditions The rain over the weekend dropped 3-10 mm across the region. Some fields are now a bit too wet to work, but most farmers are able to spread fertilizer or spray. From the 1st of May, we have now accumulated 220 crop heat units (CHU), about 50 below the 30-year average of 270 […]
General: Despite recent weather conditions (cool, wet), things have turned around and activity has started back in the field with manure application, wheat management and corn planting. Field conditions for the most part are okay and dust is even been flying in some places. Most farmers have been patient in getting back on the land to avoid […]
Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to “Roger Bourassa – Dupont Pioneer” Quote of the week – “Lambton County – The Breadbasket of Ontario” from Chad Anderson in his customary introduction. Synopsis: Not much has happened over most of the past two weeks. Most are patient but some have started to push soil conditions especially […]
Thank you to Joanna Follings who chaired the meeting and to Syngenta for spronsoring breakfast. There was an excellent turnout and discussion. The next meeting will be on May 23rd starting at 7:00 a.m. for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30). Steve Johns will be the chairman. Synopsis: Widespread rainfall last week and over the weekend […]
Correction to Markets section: From Many analysts are expecting soybean prices to continue increasing. Should read: Many market analysts are expecting soybean acres to continue increasing. General Conditions: Wet fields continue to delay field operations. Many farms in the area drain into the Ottawa River, where levels still need to go down before those […]