2021 Ontario Virtual Crop Diagnostic Days
This post contains information on how to participate in the 2021 Ontario Virtual Crop Diagnostic Days. […]
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Precision Ag Advancement for Ontario
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 […]
2019 Summer Jobs – Student Field Crop Assistant – Corn Agronomy and Nutrient Management
Job Term: Temporary for 16 weeks, beginning spring 2019 Salary: $14.85 / hour, based on a 36.25 hour work week Job Ad Closing Date: Friday, March 29, 2019 Available Positions/Locations: Position Focus Location Contact Person Corn Agronomy and Nutrient Management Guelph Ben Rosser and Christine Brown Are you serious about making […]
OMAFRA Soil Management Event – August 22
Join the OMAFRA Soil Team and Upper Thames River Conservation Authority for a hands-on day of learning about soil management on August 22nd. Six in-field sessions will explore a range of topics, including: Soil pits: exploring what’s under our feet Measuring soil health: in-field methods to evaluate soil structure, infiltration, and much more. “Soil your […]
Guide to Weed Control in Field Crops
OMAFRA has digitized all of their former print versions of crop protection resources (such as the Guide to Weed Control) into the Crop Protection Hub. A main driver of this change was to ensure that Ontario Agriculture had access to the most accurate and current information on pest management. The process required to create print […]
ONTARIO FIELD CROP REPORT – May 3, 2018
April exits without a single day over 20°C and wet conditions that mostly prevented wheels from turning in the fields. We enter May with good temperatures and lots of pent up energy to get on the land. April 30th marks the day the “Starters Pistol Cracked” and the Mad Dash has begun to get all […]
Ontario Field Crop Report – Week of April 16th, 2018
The 2018 season is obviously off to a slow start following a significant storm system that brought freezing rain, ice pellets and snow to much of the province on the April 14th weekend. As of April 18th, it’s easy to find fields that are still snow covered (Figure 1). The weather and soil conditions will […]
Installing a Continuous Rinse System
Author: Jason Deveau, Application Technology Specialist (OMAFRA) Cleaning, flushing, triple-rinsing… whatever you call it, sprayer sanitation is a time-consuming and distasteful task. Methods vary, but they generally span from the classic triple rinse (30-45 minutes) to a full tear-down and decontamination (many hours and likely an overnight soak). The operator decides how much time […]
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 […]
Do you want to increase crop yields and reduce soil erosion?
Windbreaks can increase crop yields up to 15 per cent, more than making up for the amount of land they use. How? Windbreaks improve a field’s microclimate by reducing wind speeds, increasing temperatures and reducing the amount of moisture loss. Have you considered planting a windbreak? Windbreaks can also: reduce soil erosion decrease odour and […]