A collective summary of information gleaned from the weekly breakfast meeting minutes with local crop consultants in Ontario
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 16, 2019 1044 Comments Off on East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 15, 2019Thank you to James D’Auost and Pioneer for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be May 29th 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. Cool temperatures are causing slow growth in overwintering crops. About 90% of the heat…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 16, 2019 1015 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 14, 2019Thank you to Joanna Wallace for chairing the meeting and to Corteva for sponsoring the breakfast. The next meeting will be on May 28th starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30). Synopsis: Very little planting progress has been made in the region with much of the area receiving rainfall over the weekend again keeping things saturated. Some…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 16, 2019 1055 Comments Off on Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – May 14, 2019Weather Conditions Wet, cool weather conditions have continued, with short windows of opportunity to plant in the past two weeks. Most fields are saturated, and several fields have some ponding. A few fields are actually underwater in Renfrew close to the flooding areas. Soils that are semi-dry have had fertilizer applied and will be planted when the field conditions are…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 10, 2019 1020 Comments Off on Simcoe Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – May 8, 2019The crop scene in the Haldimand-Norfolk, Niagara area has not changed much in the 2 weeks since the last meeting. Most of the region had over 2 inches of rainfall since the beginning of May with some precipitation on all but one day. Temperatures have also remained relatively cool, but one day of warmer temperature with sunshine did result in…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 9, 2019 1191 Comments Off on Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 7, 2019Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks, from the group, to Bob Thirwall, Bayer Crop Science / Dekalb Seeds Synopsis: Field work remains limited due to frequent and heavy rainfall. Wheat remains a concern with a high number of Agricorp damage reports in the region. Nitrogen applications on wheat are variable depending on soil conditions. Reports of a few corn and soybean fields planted…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 8, 2019 1225 Comments Off on Mt. Forest Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 07, 2019Thanks to Troy Hamilton and Pioneer for sponsoring breakfast. Not much has happened in the fields since we met two weeks ago. Continued wet conditions, mostly from small rain events and low heat and little sunshine preventing drying, has hampered planting and other spring field activities so far. But the turn around starts now! CHU accumulated the first week of…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 2, 2019 3442 Comments Off on East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – May 1, 2019Image: a healthy wheat field near Cobourg, ON Thank you to Nicole Beechey from BASF for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be May 15th 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. The past two weeks have been…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 2, 2019 1124 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 30, 2019Thanks to David Townsend who chaired the meeting and to BASF for sponsoring breakfast. Joanna Wallace has agreed to be the chairperson for the next meeting that will be on May 14th starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30). Synopsis: Rain, rain, and more rain has been the story for Ontario over the last few weeks. Not…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 30, 2019 1292 Comments Off on Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – April 30th, 2019Quote of the Day: “Forage soybean is a concept, not a variety.” – Sean Cochrane Sponsor: François Mercier, BASF Consistent rains and cooler temperatures have delayed most field operations. Even where fields look dry enough at the surface, temperatures remain cool and most soils measured are averaging only about 5 degrees C. Field activity to date remains minimal,…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 25, 2019 860 Comments Off on Simcoe Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 25, 2019The weather has not improved significantly from the last meeting, and there are still tough decisions to make on whether to keep fields of winter wheat. In the 5 days prior to the meeting, Caledonia had 2” of rain, Delhi had 2.5” and Belmont just shy of 2.5”. Winter Wheat There are fields that have germinated but have not shown…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 25, 2019 1176 Comments Off on Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 23, 2019Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 23, 2019 Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks, from the group to Lisa Powers, Corteva Synopsis: This is National Soil Conservation Week. Not a lot has been happening in the field in terms of field crops to date and with the heavy rains over the weekend most areas received from 1 to over 2.5” of rain….
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 24, 2019 1092 Comments Off on Mount Forest Ag Breakfast Minutes – April 23, 2019Who was in attendance? 26 agricultural professionals working in the counties of Waterloo, Wellington, Huron, Grey, Bruce, Dufferin and Simcoe counties. The past week’s weather summary: 40-50 mm of rainfall fell over the Easter weekend and understandably, field conditions are extremely wet with essentially no field activity. This will put additional pressure on livestock producers who may have significant inventories of…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 24, 2019 946 Comments Off on East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – April 17, 2019Image: It’s still too early to tell how forages have overwintered in central Ontario. The first East Central Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting of 2019 had a large turnout. With good yields in 2018, there is a lot of optimism among farmers in the region. The next meeting will be May 1st at 7:30 am. If there are any suggestions on how to improve…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 17, 2019 1165 Comments Off on Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – April 16th, 2019To date, next to no field activity due to cool, wet spring so far this season. Areas around the region received over 50 mm of rain this past weekend, resulting in saturated soils and ponding in fields and in a few spots some soil erosion. Overall temperatures have been too cold to stimulate new growth on the winter wheat or…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 16, 2019 1201 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 16, 2019Thank you to Mike Verhoef who chaired the first breakfast meeting and to Steve Johns who sponsored breakfast. The next meeting will be on April 30 starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30). Dave Townsend will be the chairman. The meetings will finish no later than 9:00 am. There was an excellent turn out with many good…