Wheat Pete's Word, Sept 6: Revenge tillage, #plant24, weed seeds, and winter canola

Are you ready for an agronomy Q&A?

On this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson is ready with some timing questions on #plant24, comparing this year’s weather to 1993 (why, though?), answers several questions on cover crop management, taking out a hay stand, and starting off winter wheat.

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SUMMARY:

• Late winter canola? Get the crop in when you can, and early is best. Even August!
• There’s a waiting list for seed!
• Winter canola carries risk. White mould (called sclerotinia) and can lose seed near harvest in summer storms. Plus, winter kill
• All fall seeded crops could feel like they are getting “late”
• Big drills finish big acres in no time
• Next week check out the Ontario Soil and Crop breakfasts at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
• Check out Talking Tile — a new video series
• Need to understand tile
• Take your Wheat Pete’s 15 and reach out to someone today
• Whack a doodle weather. SO hot in Ontario this week
• What about 1992? Silage in November…not even remotely close
• 160 CHU behind average
• In ’92 only about 21 days behind
• September and October are set to be warmer than average, no risk of frost in September, it looks like
• 17 inches of rain in July has made pulling cranberry beans now a pain in the….rear
• Agronomy answers: broadcasting wheat into soybeans but avoiding treated seed is part art part science
• Manage the risk!
• Spinner spreader spread sure does change on the hills
• What about fertilizer? Think on that
• Weed seed return on today’s radio show (Check out RealAgriculture.com/radio)
• Revenge tillage is like revenge spraying
• Seven, 10, 100 years of seeds!
• What about fungicide on covers?
• Manure should go on prior
• Use fertilizer once the crop is going, not manure
• Protected N plus a reducing the rate can spell a shorted crop on N
• Old hay stand, mostly alfalfa, going to wheat — do I worry about slugs? What about the N credit. Demand is so much earlier on wheat, so only maybe 30 lb credit
• Don’t let the green bridge happen!
• Take-all is a risk if there’s grass growing when you put in the wheat. Use treated seed

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