There are more than a few seeding, fertilizing, and scouting questions to wade through in this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word podcast, and that’s exactly how host Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson likes it.
Before answering the top agronomy questions, though, Johnson has two reminders for all of us on being courteous and on taking care of our physical health (none of us are immortal!). Once we’re through that, learn more on winter canola establishment, cover crop success, record soybean yields and more!
Have a question you’d like Wheat Pete to address or some field results to send in? Agree/disagree with something he’s said? Leave him a message at 1-888-746-3311, send him a tweet (@wheatpete), or email him at [email protected].
Summary
- Incredible soybeans! Alex Harrell’s crop hit 218.3 bu per acre, beating his own record from last year
- Pete is convinced Ontario can grow more beans per acre than we do
- Report your wheat yields, please, to Agricorp. Deadline is Aug 31
- Road safety! Be courteous, be kind — we have no right to block roads. Take the header off, find better places to load
- Most road accidents that are farm related happen in the fall. Check lights!
- Harvest might be closer than we think for edible beans
- Health note: take care of your physical health. Don’t ignore those nagging health issues (or spend 2 months in the hospital, like Mark)
- Tornado at Ayr last week
- 225 mm of rain fell in a short amount of time in some areas. Ouch
- Average rainfall for Ontario? 35″ average for the year. 31″ for some already. Will we dry out?
- New wheat varieties — where’s the data? Some new lines aren’t registered yet
- Soybean aphid alert! Small alert, just one, but aphids above threshold
- Tar spot — is it worth a second spray? Depends on crop stage and when was it sprayed (fungicide only lasts 14 days ish). A second spray may be worthwhile on less mature corn
- Good clover stands out there, but there are some weed issues out there. Pigweed, ragweed, clip it!
- Root growth matters
- Cover crops and yield drag. Oats in the fall plus N = less yield drag. Plus 20 pound N credit!
- Extra water prevented planting in ’24. Can you go back to wheat? Clean it up first, but yes, you can
- Winter canola: 3/4″ is the aim (shallow!), 2 weeks before the wheat optimum window is ideal (late August, early September). You need some sulphur, phos is good too
- Start clean. Winter wheat volunteers can be an issue
- Broadcast MAP vs with seed: 4x more
- ATS plus 32 per cent and storing it? It will salt out in cold temps, so you need to have a plan to address it. Have a plan B
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