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Aug 29 |
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From Field Crop News.com By the OMAFRA Field Crop Team Delayed Planting The spring of 2019 was unprecedented in Ontario. Cool temperatures and constant rainfall delayed planting of much of...
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Aug 11 |
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From Field Crop News.com By the OMAFRA Field Crop Team Pesticide Drift Pesticide drift is a complicated subject, and it carries significant financial and emotional baggage. This season...
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Jul 17 |
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By Tracey Baute, OMAFRA Field Crop Entomologist. Posted on Field Crop News.com It was recently confirmed that European corn borer (ECB) had developed resistance to the Cry1F protein in...
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Jul 9 |
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From Field Crop News.com By the OMAFRA Field Crop Team Corn Early planted corn reached the ‘knee-high by the 1st of July’. Crop stages range from 12 leaf stage to still a few acres...
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Jun 27 |
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From a news release Canadian growers have a new tool in the fight against resistance. ManageResistanceNow.ca, a resistance management website, has added fungicide best practice...
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Jun 24 |
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From Field Crop News.com By the OMAFRA Field Crop Team Corn Grain corn planting is complete on intended corn acres except on heavy clays that received more rain this week. Crop stages...
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Jun 13 |
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From Field Crop News.com By Joanna Follings, OMAFRA Cereals Specialist How should one deal with large bare spots in a wheat field that is otherwise in good condition? Unfortunately,...
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Jun 5 |
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04/17/19 By James Dyck, OMAFRA Engineering Specialist, Crop Systems and Environment From Field Crop News.com The 2018 corn harvest that many might rather forget is finally past us....
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May 31 |
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By Horst Bohner, OMAFRA Soybean Specialist From Field Crop News.com Early planting has been adopted as a management strategy to achieve maximum yield in modern soybean production....
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May 27 |
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From Field Crop News.com By the OMAFRA Field Crop Team Planting progress remains slow for all crops, and spray applications have also been significantly delayed by poor weather....
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May 23 |
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From Field Crop News.com Posted by Nicole Rabe, a program analyst in the Environmental Management Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Results from the...
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May 23 |
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By the OMAFRA Field Crop Team For the full report, including photos and tables, go to Field Crop News.com Weather patterns have been variable, leading to regional differences in...
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May 15 |
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By Mike Cowbrough, OMAFRA Weed Management Specialist, Field CropsFrom Field Crop News.com “Do not be cheap. Weed control is an investment into the current and future crops on every...
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May 13 |
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From Field Crop News.com By the OMAFRA Field Crop Team The weather story continues with very little change across the province in terms of field activity, including fertilizer and...
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May 7 |
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From Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association At its meeting on February 14, 2019, the Ontario Corn Committee (OCC) reviewed DON analysis results of samples collected from five...
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May 6 |
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By the OMAFRA Field Crop Team For the full report, including photos and charts, go to Field Crop News.com Weather The continuing thread of the story for this spring is the...
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Apr 29 |
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By the OMAFRA Field Crop Team For the full report, including photos and tables, go to Field Crop News.com. Cool and wet conditions throughout much of the province have prevented any...
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Apr 23 |
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From a news release On Wednesday (March 6) the Chatham-Kent Economic Development and WEtech Alliance are hosting a public event called TeCK Night Chatham-Kent 4: The Future of Connected...
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Apr 3 |
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From the Agricultural Adaptation Council Ontario processing vegetable growers are turning to technology in an effort to better meet their labour needs during planting, a short but very busy...
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Mar 14 |
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From Field Crop News.com By Chris Gillard, University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus Sulphur is an important nutrient in field crops. It is part of the chlorophyll in leaves, two essential...
