Wheat Pete's Word, June 18: Residue worries, stranded beans, replant decisions, and rust's evolution

In this week’s episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson tackles a laundry list of agronomic dilemmas as early summer stress ramps up. From crusting and stranded beans, to feeding hybrid rye, to the consequences of residue in soybean stands to serious concerns about stripe rust, Peter Johnson offers practical insight and field-driven advice.

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Here’s what you’ll hear in this episode:

• Mental health reminder & drought extremes: A call to connect with peers amid crop stress and market pressures; dry western Canada vs. soggy Missouri field conditions
• Speak up, don't man up
• Corn is hitting rapid growth stage in some areas of Ontario
• Barley vs. wheat under heat stress: Explains which crop is more vulnerable as temperatures soar past 30°C
• Are we in the clear for wheat?
• Hybrid rye fertility findings: Minnesota research shows spring N beats fall N for yield and lodging control. Read about that here
• Split-N might be the ticket with hybrid rye
• Soybean replant decisions: Beans “stuck” in clay? Peter breaks down when to call it and replant
• Residue challenges in no-till
• Residue can hurt stands and emergence, especially in cooler, wet springs
• Can you play with row spacing to get around it?
• Weed control tips for horsetail: Persistence and proper herbicides needed for long-term suppression
• Alfalfa escapes in spring wheat: Simple 2,4-D solution for effective control
• Alternatively, dicamba kills red clover
• Annual ryegrass trouble: Suspected glyphosate resistance versus growth stage-dependent efficacy explained
• Formulation matters
• Tillage as a resistance tool: UK black grass strategy includes rotational tillage every five years
• Should Pete do a UK-specific episode?
• Stripe rust alert in wheat varieties that should be tolerant: Possible evolution of the disease; two fungicide strategy might be the key for spring wheat