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Corn School — Evaluating Pollination In Norfolk County
The last six weeks have been extremely dry throughout parts of Ontario. Crops across the board have suffered as hopes for bumper yields have been deflated by the stress of prolonged hot and dry...
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Corn School – Dry Conditions Causing Variability In Some Ontario Fields
One of the key components involved in cultivating a 300-plus bushel corn crop is establishing a good, uniform stand. Unfortunately for producers in drought affected regions of Ontario, those conditions...
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Corn School – Good Roots Help Corn Through Tough Times
A little trouble now may help you deal with a lot of trouble down the line. That’s exactly what happened when corn in Ontario went through a dry spell in late May and early June. That dry period caused...
View ArticleCorn School – How to Estimate Your Grain Corn Yield
It was the great Kenny Rogers that said “There’ll be time enough for countin, when the dealin’s done”. Well, Kenny Rogers never grew corn….at least not to my knowledge. The truth is, there is a benefit...
View ArticleCorn School – Genetics Prove Their Worth In Tough Times
The Ontario corn crop isn’t going to break any yield records in 2012, but most producers are going to fare OK once decent prices are factored in to the lower yields. One bright spot in a tough year is...
View ArticleSoybean School – How Did the 2012 Growing Season Shape Up?
August rains make grain. That’s an old saying, but it held true this year in Ontario. The Ontario soybean crop managed to hold on through extreme hot and dry conditions to receive those timely rains...
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What Did 2012 Teach Us About Achieving 300 bu/ac Corn?
As farmers approach the mid-way point of the Ontario corn harvest (and quickly surpass it, we hope), preliminary reports suggest decent yields in spite of challenging conditions. That said, it most...
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Corn School: Fall Application of P & K and Gauging Compaction
Do you know how many pounds per bushel of phosphorus and potassium corn pulls out of the soil? Nitrogen gets all the attention in crop production, but these two nutrients are also very important to...
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Corn School: The Quest for 300 Bushels — A 2-Year Review
Rain or shine, drought or not, nitrogen is king when it comes to targeting the highest yields possible in corn. While it may not be a surprise that even in a dry year corn responds to added nitrogen,...
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Soybean School: Get Set for the 100 Bushel Soybean Initiative
Building off of the success of the 300 Bushel Corn initiative, PRIDE Seeds is rolling out the 100 Bushel initiative for soybeans in 2013. Slated to take place on as many as 40 sites across Ontario, the...
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Corn School: Soil temperature — Why warm may not be warm enough for optimum...
Is it warm enough to plant? It’s a common question these days and one that has many a farmer out checking soil temps often. The tricky part about spring soil warm-up is that the optimal soil temp for...
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Corn School: Top Tips for Planting into Wet Conditions
The drive to get on the field to plant in a timely manner can sometimes overshadow the importance of planting only when the soil is ready. What’s more, if there’s any tillage to be done before...
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Corn School: Watch for Millipedes in Cool Early Growth Conditions
Courtesy of OMAFRA As if a late spring and cold weather weren’t bad enough, current planting conditions in some areas of Ontario are ripe for a millipede feeding frenzy. Millipedes prefer cool soil...
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Corn School: Soil Conditions Matter — Don’t Jump the Gun on Planting
Remember this feeling, it happens every year. It’s that edgy, ready-to-go feeling that shows up every year around early April. The later it gets, the more the feeling gets amplified. Then you read...
View ArticleThe RealAg Crop Update Ontario — The 2 Week Planting Season
Big iron, excellent distribution networks and long hours meant that roughly 80% of the southern Ontartio corn and soybean crop went in the ground between May 6th to 20th. As Ken Currah, with PRIDE...
View ArticleCorn School — The Sins of the Spring: Roller Packer Issues, Compaction &...
Early season field scouting serves many purposes. Not only is early scouting a powerful tool in keeping ahead of weed, disease and insect pests, but early season growth of the crop tells the story of...
View ArticleThe RealAg Crop Update Ontario: Crusted Fields, Frost & Replant Decisions for...
Many soybean fields have taken a beating this year, unlike last year’s straightforward early season. A late May frost, then really hot temps have stressed plants, plus crusting in some areas has...
View ArticleSoybean School: How do you Make the Call to Replant?
It’s not yet do or die for the soybean crop, but farmers’ soybean crops that have suffered population die off from crusting, standing water or frost need to make a decision soon about replanting. In...
View ArticleCorn School: Determining Relative Maturity Between Stands & Estimating Bushels
Even if you were never the type to peek at your Christmas gifts early, there are few farmers who can help themselves from trying to get a bead on the corn crop coming. Luckily, assessing corn cob...
View ArticleRealAg Crop Update Ontario: White Mould, Frost Risk & Stand Counts in Soybeans
The pre-harvest period is a great time to get a handle on what plagued (or is plaguing) the soybean crop this year, how well some of your management practices turned out and filling out the check list...
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