Crop Report – June 1, 2017
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 […]
Ridgetown AgBreakfast Meeting Minutes – May 19, 2015
Ag Breakfast Meeting Ridgetown – May 19, 2015 Willson Hall, University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, 120 Main St. East. Ridgetown. This week’s Breakfast courtesy of DuPont Pioneer while last meeting breakfast sponsored by Dekalb Brand Seeds. Synopsis: Dry conditions continue throughout most of the area with the exception being western Essex. Rainfall around area continues […]
Corn Soil Insect Primer
Early season corn insect pests can significantly impact stand establishment. Below are the main corn seedling pests along with scouting technique, action thresholds and management strategies. (OMAFRA Publication 811, Agronomy Guide, Chapter 13 and Publication 812, Field Crop Protection Guide) Wireworm Description: Wireworms are 7 – 35 mm (1/4 to 1-1/3 inches) long, cylindrical, copper-brown […]
Exeter Agbiz Breakfast Minutes, May 14th, 2013
Synopsis: Corn planting is 85% complete, with 10% of soys planted. Wheat has progressed rapidly, with earliest wheat pushing the flag leaf stage: soon beyond herbicide applications. A great deal of sulphur deficiency is showing in wheat. Fortunately frost was a near miss with little damage. Glyphosate resistant weeds have been positively identified in Huron […]
Winchester Ag Breakfast Meeting Notes, May 29, 2012
From May 1st to 27, eastern Ontario accumulated about 400 CHUs, which is close to the 30 year average. Precipitation was also close to average for the month of May. Forages: There was concern that hay/haylage would be in short supply this spring due to reduced number of acres in forages and the amount of […]
Simcoe Ag Breakfast Minutes, May 9th 2012
Highlights: Planting progress on clay soils, crop germination and emergence, forage management, cutworm scouting, wheat staging and herbicide/fungicide application, problem weeds, While corn planting is essentially completed in many areas north of 401, to the south and into the Niagara area corn progress well over half to finishing up on the lighter soils and emergence […]