Palmerston Crop Consultants Meeting Minutes, May 9th, 2012
Synopsis: Rainfall across the region last week ranged from a trace amount to 75-100 mm down pour in Orangeville-Arthur area. Corn planting ranges from over 90% complete in Huron, Perth counties to 20% on heavy clay and poorly drained soils in areas like Niagara,Peel or Dufferin county. Very little herbicide/fungicide has been applied to wheat […]
Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Minutes, May 8th, 2012
Included: Wheat staging and spraying limitations, cover crop selector, alfalfa management strategies, insect update, weed control concerns Synopsis: Rainfall late last week until yesterday ranged from ¾” to 3” (20 to 75mm) slowing planting and putting others out of the field until at least the weekend. Corn planting ranges from 70% to over 95% complete: […]
Cereal Report: May 9, 2012
Winter wheat is advancing rapidly with warmer temperatures. The window for herbicide applications is closing as fields reach flag leaf stage. Flag leaf herbicide applications run a high risk of crop injury. If weeds are a harvest issue, pre-harvest glyphosate is the best option on advanced fields. Early wheat at Harrow is just beginning to […]
Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Minutes, May 1, 2012
Included: Freeze injury, glyphosate resistant weeds, weed control, wheat disease, soybean seeding rates. Synopsis: Extremely cold temperatures over the weekend caused widespread damage to fruit trees, etc. Temperatures as low as -8 C were measured with one report of -10 at ground level (Norfolk county). Weekend low temperature maps are available at http://www.weatherinnovations.com. Wheat, alfalfa […]
Palmerston Crop Consultants Minutes April 24th
Synopsis: The majority of spring cereals crop have been planted. Acres of spring cereals is higher with good planting conditions, potential returns, lower input costs. Acres of seeded forage and nurse crops is 10-15% higher (Bill Brown). Emergence has been excellent. Advanced wheat wheat now pushing GS32-33, but in most fields, 1st node not visible. Corn […]
Ridgetown Ag Breakfast Minutes, April 24th, 2012
Included: Tillage, soil management, cold water imbibition, wheat, double crop soys, wild weeds, insects, other. Synopsis: DRY! Sugar beets planted shallow in late March still have not had enough rain for germination. Wind erosion has been a major issue this spring with more tillage and dry soils. Across this region 5 to 30% of the […]
Cereal Report: Week of April 16th, 2012
Winter cereals responded immediately to warmer temperatures and showers over the weekend, regaining good green colour and growth. A few isolated acres in frost prone areas have been killed by frost (a first in my 27 years). Significant varietal differences in frost injury. Whether this will translate into yield differences remains to be seen. Advanced […]
Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Minutes, April 17, 2012
Synopsis: Field work continues with many areas reporting dry conditions. High winds yesterday moved a tremendous amount of soil. Pictures below are from Bruce county in fields where there was no tillage equipment being operated at the time the pictures were taken. This kind of wind erosion has not been seen in Ontario for many […]
Palmerston Agribusiness Breakfast Minutes – Tues April 10th, 2012
Synopsis: The majority of spring cereals crop have been planted. In eastern Ontario about 60% of spring wheat has been seeded. The early spring has allowed for a lot of field work and manure application to occur in good soil conditions. The majority of winter wheat has received some nitrogen, with many growers opting to split […]
Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Minutes, April 3, 2012
SYNOPSIS: The early spring has given good opportunity for fieldwork operations. Most of the spring cereals and direct seeded alfalfa are planted, and manure applications have been made on excellent soil conditions. Not all soils are dry; growers should be cautioned to watch soil moisture conditions. The hard frost Monday March 30th (as low as -12 […]
Fall is a Great Time to Assess Fields for Slugs
It was a great summer. Even though some fields didn’t see a lot of moisture, many had just enough to keep slugs going for most of the season. I often found slugs on soybean or dry bean plants even during the middle of summer. And now with all of the corn scouting we have been […]
To Spray or Not to Spray the Aphids
A lot of calls are coming in this week from growers and reps who have fields that are hovering around the 250 aphids per plant range. With the poor weather and wheat harvest some are anxious to make the call if they need to spray. In fact, there are some rumours out there that some are spraying […]
Alfalfa Weevil and Armyworm
Alfalfa Weevil – We are starting to see a lot more alfalfa weevil larvae in the fields we are scouting. Many fields in southwestern Ontario are ready or close to being ready to be cut. I know you are busy trying to get everything planted finally, but I encourage guys to get out and cut the hay (if field is […]