Resist the urge to splurge on nitrogen, says Wheat Pete, at least this fall on wheat. But why? The answer to that is in this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word.
Also in this edition: double crop beans yields, foggy mornings and farm safety, pet peeves, fungicide ROI, and more!
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Summary
- Wheat Pete’s Pete Peeves
- “I don’t disagree.” What the heck?
- The weather for Ontario has been beautiful. Beautiful!
- June 17th beans and still got wheat in after. That’s pretty amazing
- Keep planting that wheat
- 40 per cent increase of wheat in Eastern Ontario if using seed sales as the guide
- Big ol’ corn yields out there. Stout yields, like 1991. 1992 was not good, though, y’all
- Could corn harvest be done by Halloween?
- 3-rep test, 68 bushel yield “gain” for fungicide (tar spot)
- Wheat Pete is not Carl Corn
- DON survey results through OMAFRA
- 94% under 2 ppm, DON is not on
- Dry corn causing some issues with harvest
- Tar sped up dry-down
- For those with 30 per cent corn, it’s likely genetics
- Safety messages are getting through, maybe. Use your earbuds while you drive. NO driving and texting
- But the fog! Get those lights on
- Ontario Soil Network challenge is on for 2025! More details here
- Alert! Aphids in winter wheat at high levels
- They spread Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus and warm nights keeps them going
- A few days difference makes a large difference on wheat emergence timing once the weather cools
- Purple wheat (early planted only)? It’s got a lot of photosynthate but restricted root growth because of low rainfall, and soybeans don’t leave the soil structure in good shape. Sorry not sorry. Anthocyanin makes it purple!
- Slow growth doesn’t need N, y’all. Save your money and save the environment, too
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