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).
Exeter Agribusiness Minutes June 7, 2016 Malibu Restaurant, Exeter Thank you to Pioneer for sponsoring breakfast. Robert Moloney chaired this meeting. The final meeting will be on June 24th starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30) at the Malibu. Synopsis: Rainfall varied over the weekend (June 4-5) with most areas receiving between […]
Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 31, 2016 Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to “Chris Robson, DuPont-Pioneer“ Synopsis: The quote of the week comes from Alan McCallum, “How can the clays be so dry and wet at the same time!” Rains have been very sporadic since the last meeting which ranged from none\trace […]
Synopsis: Close to a carbon copy of last spring. Cracks in heavy clay soils resemble August conditions and underline the need for rain. Crops are planted and for most part into good conditions. Some emergence issues on heavy-textured soils. Wheat is starting to head and fungicides are being applied. Dry conditions are resulting in some […]
Thanks to Jack Legg, SGS Labs for chairing the meeting and sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be Tuesday, June 7th starting at 7:00am for breakfast and 7:30 for the meeting. Corn Corn planting is essentially complete in the area with the exception of fields that will go in after an early forage/hay harvest […]
Group consensus is that for the most part everything is excellent, one of the best starts to a crop year in a long time. The only real large concern is the future need for rainfall as fields while in good shape currently, could turn around without some moisture shortly. This is especially true further […]
Weather has been dry allowing for a lot of field work. Most fertilizer and pre-emerge herbicide applications are done. Crop Heat Units (CHUs) are behind about 30 CHU from the 30 year average. Table 2. May 18 – 25, 2016 Weather data Forages: Generally anticipated first cut yields will be lower than normal due to […]
Synopsis: Winter wheat is progressing very well. Corn planting has moved along decently in the area since two weeks ago, though still only 40-50% complete on heavier soils. Soybean planting has begun – biggest issue preventing planting still is cold soils. Warmer temperatures in coming weeks will likely accelerate planting activity. Overall, there is an […]
Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to “Richard Anderson– BASF“ Synopsis: The quote of the week comes from Morris Sagriff, “It is a different ballgame this year!” Corn planting has progressed well on the sands and loams but the clay soils in the southwest have been slow to dry, keeping the planters out of the […]
Tuesday, May 17 The open weather and dry conditions last week allowed producers to plant the majority of corn acres and get a start on soybean acres, until a warm rain hit on Thursday May 12th , followed by cold wet weather through the weekend. Most areas saw at least 2” of rain. There was […]
Conditions: Sunny and dry conditions over the last 2 weeks were ideal for field work. Temperatures were below normal for the period. From May 1st to 9th, the area received less than 10 mm rain and roughly 65 CHU, while the 30 year average is 20 mm for precipitation and 90 for CHU. Forages: Forage […]
May 10, 2016 Malibu Restaurant, Exeter Chair for the meeting was Rob Miller Breakfast sponsor – Chris Roelands, Honeyland Ag Services The next meeting will be Tuesday, May 24th starting at 7:00am for breakfast and 7:30 for the meeting. Synopsis: There has not been much rain in the past two weeks, but there also has […]
Synopsis: Over the past week 12 to 25 mm of rain combined with cool conditions and frequent frosty mornings have slowed field work in the area. Current weather forecast of more seasonal and drier conditions could see a big push in field activity later in the week. Wheat Update: Wheat growth continues to look excellent […]
General Progress The weather has held things back the last two weeks. Surprising to the group was how little has been done on corn planting progress since the last meeting. Everyone has been surprised how patient most farmers have been to let the ground get “fit”, as well as for temperatures to warm for fungicide […]
Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to “Al Spicer/Ray McDonald – CanGrow Crop Solutions“ Synopsis: The quote of the week comes from Jason VanMaanen who stated “The Wheat Looks Too Good!” which had Peter Johnson shaking his head 🙂 Rain over the weekend and Monday ranged from 0.8 to 1.5″. The cool, wet conditions over […]
Conditions: Soil drying up, but below average temperatures are limiting field activity to manure/fertilizer application and forage/spring cereal seeding. Forages: Alfalfa winter survival is good, generally in the 80% plus range. Winterkill is mostly limited to low/poorly drained pockets. The combination of heavy and moisture saturated soils has led to some heaving. Alfalfa fields not […]