The rain clouds can’t seem to find the fields that would welcome the rain, and that’s just as true in Ontario as it is in large parts of Saskatchewan. The corn crop in Ontario is on-trend for an average finishing date, as are the soybeans, as both crops ran into poor planting conditions, says Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson in this weeks’ episode of the Wheat Pete’s Word podcast.
On this episode, Johnson has some important safety reminders, advice on going too early vs. too late on fall seeded cereals, an why soil testing after a high yield pays dividends.
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Summary
- Don’t have 20 minutes? Listen to the Word at a faster speed!
- Safety, safety, safety — those draw pins break, get the safety chains on correctly, and connected
- Keep learning, keep striving for better
- Heat accumulation in July was average for much of Ontario
- How does the corn look? About on time
- Planting date could be as far behind as a month to six weeks later from earliest to latest
- Soybeans went in late too
- No equity on rainfall. Heavy rainfall where it isn’t needed, and none where it is
- Much of Ohio is too dry, except what’s closest to Ontario
- Saskatchewan needs rain in many areas
- Modern genetics shoulder stress better than past
- Cobs per acre, heads per acre translates to yield
- Late planted wheat (like November, y’all) still pulled off a decent yield. It might be a late soybean harvest, but it can still be worth it
- A week to 10 days of the ideal window for winter wheat. Unless you’re on heavy clay that didn’t get seeded and there’s poor weather coming in early September. Then, pull back the seeding rate and go early
- Spider mites are worst in dry areas
- Fall armyworm likes mild winter
- Corn aphids — spraying won’t be economic
- Don’t let those weeds go to seed in the harvested wheat fields!
- Thinking manure? Soil test
- Massive hay yield = massive nutrient removal
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