A collective summary of information gleaned from the weekly breakfast meeting minutes with local crop consultants in Ontario
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 17, 2018 1208 Comments Off on Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 15, 2018General The weather in the past week has being great for planting. Crop heat unit accumulation from the 1st of May are about 200 as of the 15th of May as compared to the normal of 150 (Ottawa airport). Some areas had a light frosts this past Friday and Saturday. Where the fields were left uneven last fall, the soils…
Exeter Agribusiness Minutes May 15, 2018 Malibu Restaurant, Exeter Chair for this meeting was David Townsend. Thank you to BASF for sponsoring breakfast. Chair for the next meeting will be Joanna Wallace. Synopsis: A tremendous amount of field work was possible late last week and over the weekend in this region. Rain last night has stopped work for…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 10, 2018 1272 Comments Off on Ridgetown Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – May 8, 2018Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to “Bob Thirlwall” – Monsanto Quotes of the week – “Why does my neighbours wheat look better – Neighbour says “why does his wheat look better than mine?” – Alan McCallum “Absolutely Fascinating” – Peter Sikkema in reference to how herbicide resistance develops Synopsis: May 1st to May 7th there has been 121 CHU…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 10, 2018 988 Comments Off on Simcoe Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 9, 2018Thank you to Ken Currah of BASF for chairing the meeting and sponsoring breakfast. Synopsis: Planting progress from London area through to Niagara and Hamilton-Wentworth is variable depending on soil type and rainfall in the past week. Warm weather is quickly bringing on broadleaf weeds, and winter wheat and alfalfa have been growing more rapidly over the past week. There…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 10, 2018 1236 Comments Off on East Central Crop Advisors Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 9, 2018Picture of Quinte SCIA Relay Cropping Trial Site @ Cobourg. Equipment has really started to move in the fields since Monday. Prior to that, only sandy soils had seen planters. Some manure is going out, although those with enough storage are waiting to apply in the summer instead. This decision needs to balance timeliness of planting, compaction avoidance, and best…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 10, 2018 1103 Comments Off on Mt. Forest Crop Advisors Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 8While to the west in Huron and along the lake, equipment is rolling hard, to the central and eastern parts of the area, little if anything has been done. Significant acerage that as of Tuesday had not seen a tractor tire turn yet this spring. Winter Wheat Late planted wheat (October 15-20) has been slow to green up and grow….
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 2, 2018 1239 Comments Off on Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 1, 2018Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 1, 2018 General discussion Big turnout at the breakfast meeting is a good indication that there’s not much happening in the fields. As in most of the province, wet conditions and additional rain in the forecast is keeping most equipment off the field. Some growers are beginning to feel impatient, but the consensus…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 2, 2018 1080 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 1, 2018Thank you to Huston De Brabandere who chaired the breakfast meeting and to Greg Stopps (DuPont Pioneer) who sponsored breakfast. There was an excellent turnout and discussion. The next meeting will be on May 15 starting at 7:00 am for breakfast (meeting starts at 7:30). David Townsend will be the chairman. Synopsis: The sun is shining today and growers are…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 27, 2018 1163 Comments Off on East Central Crop Advisors Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 25th, 2018General 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. Combinations of late snow, cool conditions and lack of drying weather have kept equipment in the yard. Even the cool wet weather has delayed guys getting…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 27, 2018 1022 Comments Off on Mt Forest Crop Advisors Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 24th, 2018Trying 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. Combinations of late snow, cool…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 27, 2018 861 Comments Off on Simcoe Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 25, 2018There 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 susceptible to frost heaving. It…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 25, 2018 1307 Comments Off on Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 24, 2018Breakfast 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 fallen snow! The winter wheat…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 24, 2018 1015 Comments Off on Winchester Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 17, 2018Winter 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 been some geese feeding on…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 19, 2018 1390 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes (April 17, 2018)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 an excellent turn out with…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 16, 2018 1766 Comments Off on Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 10, 2018Breakfast 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 is snow on the ground…