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Exeter and Mt Forest Agribusiness Breakfast Meeting Minutes – June 23, 2020

Posted on June 24, 2020 (June 25, 2020) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

This was the last breakfast meeting for the Exeter and Mt Forest group. Thank you to everyone who has participated this season, and for adapting to the new Zoom format. Corn Crop advisors are getting a lot of questions right now about leaf wrapping and yellow flash on corn leaves. While this may look similar […]

Hot Dry Weather Increasing Risk of Spider Mites, Thrips and Aphids

Posted on July 3, 2018 (August 7, 2020) by Tracey Baute

While many fields have received rain over the last week, some areas are starting to show signs of stress from lack of moisture. A few pests take advantage of this situation. Thrips in Corn and Soybeans: A number of corn fields have had high levels of thrips. Rarely are they worthy of control, except in […]