A collective summary of information gleaned from the weekly breakfast meeting minutes with local crop consultants in Ontario
More rain again. Currently at 250 heat units from the 1st of May. 30 year average is about 350 for this time of the year. Rainfall since May 1st is 85 mm, compared to 68 mm is the norm at this time of year. Forages Agricorp has received more damage report calls; about 55% of […]
Thanks to Jeremy O’Shea (Pioneer) for chairing the meeting and to Alex Zelem (C&M) for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be Tuesday, June 11th starting at 7:00am for breakfast and 7:30 for the meeting. Synopsis: There was widespread rainfall over the weekend with most areas receiving 1 to 6 inches of rain on Saturday. […]
Thank you to BASF for sponsoring breakfast. The next meeting will be June 4th at 7:30 am. If there are any suggestions on edits required to the minutes herein, how to improve the meeting, or topics to discuss if you cannot attend, please let Ian McDonald know. Cool temperatures are continuing the slow growth in overwintering […]
It was a small group in attendance at the Simcoe breakfast meeting this week. Some may have been busy with field work, but overall things are still moving slowly across the region and may not be moving at all on heavy soils that remain wet. Those in attendance reported that producers are optimistic planting will […]
Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks, from the group to Stephanie Divitaris, Syngenta Quote of the week: “It is bizarre that winter wheat is at the flag leaf stage and emerging at the same time.” Peter Johnson Synopsis: The rains eased up a bit in the last week or so allowing some field activity, mainly on the sandier […]
Thank 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. […]
Thank 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 […]
Weather 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 […]
The 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 […]
Breakfast 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 […]
Thanks 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 […]
Image: 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 […]
Thanks 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 […]
Quote 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 […]
The 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 […]