Wheat Pete's Word, Sept 13: How much longer do Ontario crops need?

This episode of Wheat Pete’s Word features snippets of this week’s RealAg Radio show, which was recorded at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. There’s a different vibe to this week’s Word, with a few extra voices, and the occasional sparring partner for resident agronomist and host, Peter Johnson.

In the podcast, Johnson answers questions from the audience, Shaun Haney, and Pride Seeds’ Doug Alderman, covering topics ranging from crop maturity to fertility. Scroll below the video for a summary of all of the discussion points, or just listen for yourself.

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Though we recommend taking the time to listen to the entire show, you can also pick out the topics that most interest you, by using the summary below as a guide.

Summary:

01:00 – An update on Ontario crop conditions – More variability this year than ever in Wheat Pete’s career: some areas with heavy clay soil seeing white mould this year, some with cracks in the ground.

03:11 – Is it better to be too wet or too dry?

05:00 – How much time do we need for crops to mature in Ontario? Most of the crop needs 30 days.

07:50 – How much will the white mould sting soybeans?

08:30 – What does ‘flat pods’ mean for the grower? You need an absolute minimum of 30 days, and realistically, probably 45 days to get a crop. The problem is our daylength is so short that we start giving up yield.

09:20 – Farmers are arguing yields are going to be lower than estimates. Will markets ever believe farmers if estimates are right, after all?

10:50 – Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show audience grills Wheat Pete:

• 10:52 – How can I best utilize finisher manure on my wheat crop?
• 14:15 – How much am I going to get out of biosolids, for how many years?
• 16:10 – Should I apply micros with MAP on wheat?
• 18:10 – What have you been finding on split-fungicides on wheat?
• 22:00 – What’s a good cover crop for grazing?
• 24:30 – Should I apply boron to corn?

27:00 – Alderman joins the duo to give his take on farmer concerns, and how long until harvest.

28:35 – “The weather has been gloomier than the Blue Jays’ and Detroit Tiger’s seasons.”

29:00 – Why might beans fair better than corn in hail?

30:15 – When hail hits corn at flowering, is it beneficial to apply fungicide?

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