A collective summary of information gleaned from the weekly breakfast meeting minutes with local crop consultants in Ontario
Quotes of the week: “Zero weed seed return is the GOAL!” – Dr. Peter Sikkema “Rotation is the 1st R, not the 5th.” – Peter Johnson The first agribusiness breakfast meeting of the season and first in-person since 2019, was held in Ridgetown on April 4, 2023. The Ridgetown Ag breakfast meetings will alternate between […]
Conditions Regions of Eastern Ontario saw heavy rainfall throughout the evening of June 21. Reports of anywhere from half an inch (15 mm) in the Eastern Lanark area to close to 5” (127 mm) of rain in parts of Renfrew were the kickoff to the last breakfast meeting for the region for the 2022 growing […]
Cooler than normal conditions marked the last week, with ideal temperatures for grain fill of winter wheat. A heat wave takes effect this week, with temperatures over 30 C in store for Tuesday and Wednesday. Soybeans Soybean growth has been slower than normal due to recent cooler temperatures. Late April planted soybeans are at the […]
Wednesday, June 15th was the fourth and final northern agribusiness breakfast meeting for the 2022 planting season. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend these meetings and share what is happening on the ground across the north. Ben Rosser, OMAFRA Corn Specialist, shared some research results on optimizing nitrogen application rates, and the […]
Weather Rainfall amounts ranged from 18 to 35 mm over Sunday-Tuesday. For the first time in a long time, the rainfall fell more evenly over a wide area. In the east central area this was welcome as things were getting dry. To the south and east where more rainfall has occurred over the spring, it […]
The morning of the meeting, rain was still falling and had been since the previous evening. Reported rainfall amounts at the time ranged from 0.5- 1.25 inches, with some in southern counties (Lambton, Middlesex, Bruce and Grey counties) reporting over 2 inches. Cereals Herbicide applications are underway in spring cereals and reports indicate these crops […]
Wednesday June 1st was the third virtual Northern Breakfast Meeting. The last meeting will be held on Wednesday June 15th at 8:30am EDT and we will be joined by Ben Rosser, OMAFRA Corn Specialist. This week we heard from Horst Bohner, OMAFRA Soybean Specialist. Horst touched on a few soybeans topics, as follows: Seeding Depth […]
Synopsis: The majority of the crop has been planted, with most of the remaining acres in the heavy clay soils of Lambton, Essex, Haldimand and Niagara. Growing conditions are good resulting in rapid crop growth. Sporadic rains over the region have left many area soils dry with hopes of rain later this week. Fields of […]
Conditions While power has been restored to most areas that lost it as a result of the storm, cleanup and assessment continues in some places. It was intense wind (tornado or not) that caused the most damage. Most of our region was affected in some way, but the worst impacts are localized in concentrated areas […]
The week of May 17-24 saw a dip in temperatures, followed by the return of high heat and humidity late in the week, culminating in a derecho (a widespread, long-lived windstorm) on Saturday, May 21st that caused widespread downed trees and power outages across southern Ontario. Rainfall from Saturday’s storm was not significant (1-15 mm […]
Wednesday May 18th was the second virtual Northern Breakfast Meeting of the season. Thanks to Chloe Langlois, OMAFRA Agriculture Development Advisor – Timiskaming, for chairing the meeting. There will be 2 more meetings, according to the schedule below. After short updates from the OMAFRA specialist listed, the group will discuss any current cropping questions and give […]
Synopsis: The week of May 9 to 14, with sudden summer temperatures and good drying conditions, saw a flurry of field activity that came to an end with sporadic rain events over the weekend. Rainfall amounts ranged from less than 8 mm to 90 mm (NW of London) with thunderstorms also generating some localized hail. […]
Unseasonably warm and dry conditions across the region this past week have resulted in ideal growing and planting conditions. Forages and winter cereals are progressing quickly and planting is well underway. A light frost across much of the region Sunday night was not cold enough to damage cereals or forages and there were no reported […]
Synopsis: A forecast of prolonged dry and warmer conditions have allowed spring planting to begin in earnest as soil conditions become fit. Soil conditions look dry on the surface, but some worked fields are coming up clumpy. Heavier soils have a 2-inch surface crust but still quite wet below the crust. Challenging conditions are a […]
Wednesday May 5th was the first virtual Northern Breakfast Meeting of the season. There will be 3 more meetings, according to the schedule below. After short updates from the OMAFRA specialists listed, the group will discuss any current cropping questions and give updates on cropping conditions and progress across the northern regions. Contact meghan.moran@ontario.ca to […]