OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 25, 2019 650 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 1036 Comments Off on Ontario Field Crop Report – Week of April 22nd, 2019The snow in the north and wet weather in the rest of the province continues to prevent field work from occurring across the province. Widespread rain over the Easter weekend of 30 to 80 mm will delay field operations for another week. Temperatures are slowly improving with highs in the low double digits up to 20°C in the southwest part…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 25, 2019 890 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 819 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 671 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…
Meghan Moran April 20, 2019 1436 Comments Off on Should I Always Apply Boron to Canola during Early Flower Stages?Boron application at flowering is a common practice for Ontario canola growers. Canola has a higher requirement for boron than crops like wheat and barley, so it make sense to give canola a shot of this micro nutrient. Timing the application during reproductive stages makes sense too, because boron deficient plants have been shown to express slow growth of pollen…
How should one deal with large bare spots in a wheat field that is otherwise in good condition? Unfortunately, there isn’t a one size fits all solution because the size and number of bare spots in fields greatly varies. Here are some options and considerations for filling in those bare spots. Leave the Bare Spots Alone While doing nothing with…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 18, 2019 930 Comments Off on Ontario Field Crop Report – Week of April 15th, 2019To date, very little field activity due to cool, wet spring so far this season. Most areas received significant rain this past weekend, resulting in saturated soils and ponding in fields (Figure 1) and in a few spots some soil erosion. Overall temperatures have been too cold to stimulate new growth on the winter wheat or alfalfa yet. Figure 1….
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 17, 2019 871 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 914 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…
Spring is in the air, and livestock and farmers alike are eager to start the grazing season. Timing that delightful move is critical, as spring grazing management sets up both yield potential of the pasture and the amount of gain achievable for young stock. How early is too early? Livestock should go out on pasture when grasses have fully…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 12, 2019 970 Comments Off on Simcoe Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting – April 10th, 2019It was nice to catch up with everyone at the first Simcoe breakfast meeting of the season on Wednesday, April 10th. John Hussack chaired the meeting, which focused on the condition of the winter wheat crop. At John’s suggestion, learnings from winter meetings were also discussed. Winter Wheat The big question right now is whether to keep poor looking…
The 2018 corn harvest that many might rather forget is finally past us… yields were high but unfortunately so were DON levels in many parts of the province. Many farmers chose to dry and store their high-DON corn rather than sell it at harvest, in hopes that better marketing opportunities might open up. As long as your corn was dry…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team April 10, 2019 1315 Comments Off on 1st of Season – Ridgetown Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 9, 2019Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – April 9, 2019 Breakfast Sponsor: Thanks from the group to Richard Anderson, BASF Synopsis: The recent warm temperatures have helped to green up the wheat especially in the southwestern part of the province. Field work has been limited to some nitrogen and red clover applications, with a few acres of sugar beets, onions, carrots…
NEW TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH RESULTS FROM THE 2016 and 2017 growing seasons in the Precision Agriculture Advancement for Ontario project can now be found through an interactive story map available online at http://bit.ly/2wIVgGq. The story map can show multiple layers of data for each field, including elevation, soil conductivity, yield, target N rate, soil sample, and yield potential index…
