OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 28, 2021 447 Comments Off on Exeter and Mount Forest Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 25, 2021Corn: Overall the area received very little rainfall since last meeting two weeks ago. The most that was reported was 2/10 of an inch in parts of Huron county. Most of the corn in the area is now planted except for some acres intended to go in after ryelage. Although it is still a little premature to evaluate seeding rate…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 27, 2020 691 Comments Off on Exeter + Mt Forest Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 26, 2020Weather: Warmer conditions starting late last week have fast-tracked crop growth. Tracking growing degree day (GDD) accumulation – Base 0 – for April and May in Huron county revealed 159 GGD in April and 244 GDD from May 1-25. Rainfall during the past week was sporadic with isolated thunderstorms resulting in flooded fields in one location and no rainfall…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team August 15, 2019 1335 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes –August 13, 2019Thank you to Martin Harry for chairing the mid-summer meeting and to Bill Norman (Belchim Crop Protection) for sponsoring breakfast. Thank you to those who came out to all the meetings this season. Synopsis: The status of crops varies in the region with some areas not looking too bad while others are showing signs of moisture stress with growers…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 26, 2019 1222 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 25, 2019Thank you to Alex Zelem (C&M Seeds) who chaired the meeting and to Chris Meier (A&L Labs) for sponsoring breakfast. This was the last spring meeting for 2019. This year’s meetings have been the best attended since these meetings started over 20 years ago so thanks to everyone who attended. Since this has been such an unprecedented spring, a follow…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team May 16, 2019 1234 Comments Off on Exeter Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – May 14, 2019Thank 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 again keeping things saturated. Some…
Tracey Baute August 11, 2017 2872 Comments Off on Western Bean Cutworm Still A Concern For Edible Beans & Late CornWe are still seeing WBC trap counts going up in most counties north and east of Perth. That means that WBC moth flight has not yet peaked in those counties. This is important because this also means that we haven’t reached peak egg laying in those counties and that there are a wack of moths flying around looking for somewhere…
OMAFRA Field Crop Team June 17, 2016 2321 Comments Off on Mt Forest Ag Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 14, 2016There is still a lot of field activity happening, but the real busy rush is starting to slow down. Accumulated heat units are shown in the table below. Thanks Bill Brown and FS Partners for sponsoring breakfast. The June 14 meeting was the last of the year at Mt Forest, and we thank everyone for participating. Corn Most corn is at…
The 2016-2017 version of OMAFRA Publication 812, Field Crop Protection Guide, and can be downloaded here or by clicking on the the book cover thumbnail below. Publication 812 is the source of pest control information for field crops. The easy to read tables provide information and comments on insect and disease control products for the major field crops including best control options for…