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Cereals: Winter wheat growth stages are relatively normal at this point in the season; the crop may have looked a bit ahead in weeks past but conditions have been relatively cool. Wheat is in head throughout Southwestern Ontario and beginning to head in western/central Ontario. Some winter wheat fields are looking yellow, even where nitrogen and sulphur have been applied….
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 30, 2017 1272 Comments Off on Simcoe Ag Breakfast Meeting Notes – May 17, 2017WINTER WHEAT: Wheat crop continues to look good. Some manganese and sulphur deficiency noted, as well as some incidence of septoria, powdery mildew and the beginnings of stripe rust on a few fields. Most of the region is at flag leaf stage, with heading out anticipated within the next week or so. A few wheat fields have yet to receive nitrogen…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 24, 2017 1331 Comments Off on New Food Safety and Traceability Online Courses!Give your company a competitive edge – take free eLearning courses to learn more about industry best practices and to be more competitive in the marketplace! Access the new Food Safety and Traceability eLearning courses online on the Agriculture and Food Education in Ontario online learning system through the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus.
Some field scouts are finding alfalfa weevil above threshold in Niagara and Haldimand counties, though there are likely more fields in other counties at levels of concern. Alfalfa weevil activity usually coincides with first cut but in some years when the crop is slower to develop, the weevil damage gets ahead, causing significant damage before first cut can happen. Alfalfa…
Tracey Baute May 16, 2017 3266 Comments Off on Cereal Leaf Beetle and True Armyworm – the Next Threats for Wheat and Other CropsTwo more pests deserve our attention over the next month. Cereal leaf beetle (CLB) is starting to show up in some fields in Ontario. Levels are still low but both adults, eggs and/or larvae are being found by scouts at various locations during routine scouting trips. A few locations tend to experience a higher frequency of infestations including fields near…
Tracey Baute May 9, 2017 2780 Comments Off on Time to Join the 2017 Western Bean Cutworm Trap NetworkCalling all WBC Trap Participants! The WBC Trap Network website is now up and running and ready for you to add your trap sites and join our trapping network. Anyone wishing to join must login and create a new user account at www.cornpest.ca. Click on the “Login” menu from the top left of the page (on a computer) or from…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 4, 2017 1308 Comments Off on Mt. Forest Ag Breakfast Meeting Notes – May 2, 2017General The weather forecast is an obvious concern for everyone. Not much done and lots to do. Once there is a break its going to be a mad dash to the finish. We know from previous research and experience that the importance of early planting date to yield potential is over ridden by the requirement to seed into “fit” soil….
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 27, 2017 1298 Comments Off on Mt. Forest Ag Breakfast Meeting Notes – April 18, 2017Crop Insurance IMPORTANT NOTE Review your farm renewals! Call in damage report when you first notice it (they will decide if inspection required) To date a few winter wheat claims, but small by comparison to other years and mostly from areas that would be expected. Tends to be low areas in fields especially with the recent heavy rains. The claims…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team March 23, 2017 3467 Comments Off on Did you hear? We’ve made some great improvements to the Agricultural Information Atlas!We’re excited to let you know about the latest updates that we made to the Agricultural Information Atlas (AIA). What is the AIA? It’s OMAFRA’s free, easy-to-use online tool that can help you to: Develop nutrient management strategies and plans Plan tile drainage for your farm Develop a farm sketch for Pest Assessment Reports and Bee Yard Registration and other government…
In the summer of 2016, clubroot disease was found throughout a field of canola in the Verner area of West Nipissing. Clubroot has been established in Brassica vegetable crops in Ontario for a number of years, but this was the first time the disease was confirmed in Ontario canola. Above ground symptoms of clubroot include yellowing, stunting, wilting, premature ripening,…
Christine Brown January 27, 2017 2204 Comments Off on Organic Amendment Options – What’s the best fit?[pdf-embedder url=”https://fieldcropnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Farmsmart-2017-Organic-Amendments-for-fieldcropnews.pdf” title=”Farmsmart 2017 Organic Amendments for fieldcropnews”] This pdf was presented at the FarmSmart Conference at the University of Guelph on January 21, 2017.
Did you know? Faulty electrical systems cause approximately 40 per cent of farm building fires with a determined cause, making it one of the leading known causes of farm fires.
Spring Cool but dry conditions prevailed for the start of the corn growing season as May transitioned from a cooler than average April. May remained dry, with few precipitation events to delay planting. A few localized pockets in Southern Ontario were the exception, which received regular rainfall during the first half of the month. Planting started in earnest in many…
Jennifer Jarvis, Stakeholder Communications and Marketing Advisor, OMAFRA Municipalities are responsible for developing their own by-laws. Your municipality may have passed by-laws that determine if you can remove a tree from your land or woodlot. These by-laws may include conditions that affect how you carry out the work, including the need for a qualified professional and/or a permit to complete the…
There’s a right time for everything. Every year, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) receives calls about winter spreading. Long, cold winters that come after a wet fall and/or late harvest tend to make winter spreading more common. However, spreading on frozen or snow covered ground, on saturated soil or before major rain events is not…
