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Category: Wheat Pete's Word

Wheat Pete's Word, Oct 4: A late heat wave, long-season headaches, gib, and high-selling pies

Oct 4, 2023 Oct 4, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

What do you call an early October that feels more like summer than early fall? A lucky break for those with corn that's a fair ways away from black layer, that's what. Ontario's corn growers are counting their blessings this week, as very warm sunny days are helping move the crop to maturity. But all... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word, Sept 27: Seeding down to moisture, early canola, silage yields, and frozen corn

Sep 27, 2023 Sep 29, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

There are some problems you just can't avoid — like ending up with wheat roots in drainage tile after big yields — but every challenge has a solution and it comes down to making hay while the sun shines. No, not actual hay, as we are in the critical harvest period, but if the soil... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word, Sept 20: Chasing the combine, wheat for the UK, and an alert on gibberella

Sep 20, 2023 Sep 20, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

There's some trouble lurking in the Ontario corn crop by the name of gibberella. Farmers are also busy getting what wheat they can get in and are asking some really great questions of the host of Wheat Pete's Word, Peter Johnson. Also in this week's podcast, catch a conversation about straw losses by raking, lowering... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word, Sept 13: Carbon cycling, cutting heights, P tests, and the Diefenbunker

Sep 13, 2023 Sep 14, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

How come the corn plants are so tall this year? It's all about early season temperatures, says Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson in this week's Wheat Pete's Word podcast. Plus, listen on or download for later to learn about maximum nutrient impacts, root issues in disguise, cool weather impacts and more! Have a question you’d like... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word, Sept 6: Revenge tillage, #plant24, weed seeds, and winter canola

Sep 6, 2023 Sep 13, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

Are you ready for an agronomy Q&A? On this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson is ready with some timing questions on #plant24, comparing this year's weather to 1993 (why, though?), answers several questions on cover crop management, taking out a hay stand, and starting off winter wheat. Have a question you’d... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word, Aug 30: Ongoing training, aphids attack, and a funny looking pigweed

Aug 30, 2023 Aug 30, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

Goooooood day, and welcome to this episode of Wheat Pete's Word! On this episode of The Word, host Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson asks about BIG soybeans, bad weeds, and of course, seeing as it's the end of August — it's agronomy, agronomy, agronomy. Have a question you’d like Wheat Pete to address or some field... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word, Aug 23: Broadcasting wheat in to beans, cover crop timelines, and critical thinking exercises

Aug 23, 2023 Sep 13, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

A less than ideal wheat harvest hasn't dampened a lot of excitement over wheat yields in Ontario, as some great averages are trickling in. The biggest question popping up on Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson's radar right now is how to get next year's wheat off to the best start while beans are still standing. The... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word, Aug 16: Hail, tar spot spores, removal rates, and incremental change

Aug 16, 2023 Aug 16, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson is back from a refreshing vacation full of family and fun, and he's ready to share The Word once again. In this week's episode, Johnson discusses tar spot risk, late white mould infection, aphid thresholds, and much more! Have a question you’d like Wheat Pete to address or some field results... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word, Aug 9: A YEN reminder, compacting sand, weed competition, and when binning is winning

Aug 9, 2023 Aug 9, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

We are in for a treat this week as host of Wheat Pete's Word, Peter Johnson, sends us this weekly podcast update while on vacation in Portugal. In the line up for today's discussion: test weight vs. yield, falling number and binning wheat, stored grain pests, struggling beans, and some great discussion on cover crop... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word, Aug 2: Corn fungicide timing, leafhopper trouble, and N in dairy manure

Aug 2, 2023 Sep 13, 2023 by RealAgriculture Agronomy Team

Green silks are slow to show up in some areas of Ontario — what gives? It's early August and most of the corn should be tasseled by now, but July weather just didn't push the crop as far ahead as is expected, explains host Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson in this week's Wheat Pete's Word. Why... Read More

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