Insects aren’t the only threat to Ontario crops this year: weeds are likely to grow larger and diseases such as tar spot could explode from the U.S. much earlier than last year.
But that’s not the only agricultural knowledge you’ll get from this episode of “Wheat Pete’s Word,” as host Peter Johnson shares safety tips, numbers on late-planted crops, and why even older people need a pep talk sometimes.
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summary:
- Encouragement is important! Positive feedback keeps Wheat Pete going
- Bad weather in Ontario’s growing regions weighs on farmers
- Another 30mm of rain in 15 minutes? Forceful water
- Safety tip: Turn off your beacon before turning (especially when turning left)
- Please drive courteously and safely (do not drive on gravel roads)
- June 15th is the deadline for unseeded area.
- It’s soaking wet and you still need corn? Plant corn in unseeded land.
- Nitrate level testing begins
- Maybe the early warm-up consumed nitrates?
- The sample without added nitrogen had a value of 6.8 ppm, which is low.
- Moisture probably advanced (disappeared?) the nitrogen mineralization curve.
- Until June 15th, corn yields will still be decent, but will be reduced by 300 heat units, about 10 days.
- Dr. Dave’s tweet: here
- Think about what will grow, not what would have grown if planting conditions had been right in early May.
- For soybeans, don’t change maturity unless you want to plant wheat earlier.
- Earnings potential is reduced at this point, but still worthwhile
- Tar spot appeared in Indiana three weeks earlier than last year
- Late planted corn really needs attention because tar spot may be small when it appears.
- Tar sports explode from the south
- Armyworms have appeared in Niagara! Be careful!
- Several species of armyworms have appeared in northern Ontario
- The wheat harvest seems to be bountiful.
- There is great potential, but the grain development period and temperature will be the final deciding factors.
- Why are phosphorus bands appearing in zero-till fields?
- Have you dug up any old weed seeds?
- 5 leaf corn and pigweed on starter strips. It is eating up the fertilizer. Should I spray earlier? Yes
- While ragweed eats fertilizer and competes for resources, corn produces $11 a day.
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