A collective summary of information gleaned from the weekly breakfast meeting minutes with local crop consultants in Ontario
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 10, 2018 1237 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 1340 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 1183 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 1315 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 1152 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 967 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 1437 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 1129 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 1549 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 1943 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…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 20, 2017 1858 Comments Off on Winchester Breakfast Meeting – June 20, 2017Weather 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 accumulation in the coming weeks….
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 15, 2017 1658 Comments Off on 2017 Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 13, 2017Breakfast 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 that they only last a…
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 90% of soybeans have been…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 7, 2017 1616 Comments Off on 2017 Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 30, 2017Breakfast 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 farmers out of the fields….
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 7, 2017 1869 Comments Off on Winchester Ag Breakfast Meeting Notes – June 6, 2017General 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 this year the Ottawa weather…