Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson will always get the Word done, even when he’s on vacation, which is exactly what we’re getting this week as the Wheat Pete’s Word: Costa Rica edition hits the airwaves!
In this week’s podcast: A discussion on nitrogen source and yield potential, the impact of ice on over-wintering crops, sulphur suggestions, and so many manure questions!
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Summary
- Happy birthday, big brother Paisley
- DON data is ready! Gibb ratings are there
- Pete is down in Costa Rica on a holiday and found some Ontarians!
- Always say hello when you see him, please
- Winter canola should be OK. We think
- Ice cover on wheat? Time will tell if it ends up OK
- Can’t give money? Give your time!
- More book recommendations: Dr. Timothy Caulfield, The Certainty Illusion
- The accumulation of information doesn’t favour truth
- Manure legacy? Why are the nutrients not always available when the crop needs it
- Microbiology plays a role too
- Yearly credits with manure are harder to predict
- Pre-side dress nitrate tests will pick that up
- Sulphur responses are NOT predictable on non-sandy soils
- Comparing nitrogen sources, on replicated trials there were differences in yield but not profit
- Clover damage with fertilizer with seed — especially sulphur. Get it on early
- Finishing hog manure may provide more N immediately available, top dress with a drag hose
- Make your money in the barn: what’s the wheat recipe for success?
- How much N for a rye forage crop? MORE!
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