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Grain Farmers of Ontario

Author: Greg Stewart

Late nitrogen insights

ANSWERS TO KEY QUESTIONS

March 2017 - THERE IS UNPRECEDENTED interest and investment in applying nitrogen (N) on corn later in the season. By later, we mean applications that are beyond the traditional planting or sidedress timings and generally between the V10 to VT (tassel emergence) stages. Some key questions and answers have been gradually coming to light as we aim to shift more of the corn crop’s N supply to later in the season.
Understanding precision agriculture.

THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTI-YEAR YIELD DATA

March 2015 - THIS ARTICLE IS the second in a series intended to introduce and explain the concept of management zones, to provide a process to define, delineate, and characterize management zones, and to outline the kinds of…
Understanding precision agriculture

AN INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT ZONES

February 2015 - THIS ARTICLE IS the first of a series intended to introduce and explain the concept of management zones, to provide a process to define, delineate, and characterize management zones, and to outline the kinds of…
Cropside: Strip tillage – trending now!

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

February 2015 - STRIP TILLAGE FOR corn has had appeal for decades as a system that could offer the advantages of a worked seedbed but maintain the soil saving attributes of residue cover on a large percentage of…
Cropside: Corn leaf diseases

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

November 2014 - CONCERN OVER CORN leaf diseases, their identification, and their potential impact on yield has grown over the last two years. Here are the four most prevalent leaf diseases in Ontario. NORTHERN LEAF BLIGHT • Most…
Top 10 corn tips for 2014

March 2014 - IDEAS FOR GROWTH HERE ARE MY top tips for 2014. Number one has the most data and research support, as we move towards Number 10 the data gets thinner and the ideas still need to…
Cropside: UAN, streamer nozzles, leaf burn and corn yield

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

January 2014 - QUESTION Growers seeking high speed N application after the planting window has past are turning increasingly to high capacity sprayers and streamer nozzles to apply UAN “over the top”. One of the biggest concerns is…
Corn ear mould and vomitoxin survey

December 2013 - 2013 RESULTS THE ONTARIO MINISTRY of Agriculture and Ministry of Rural Affairs (OMAF and MRA) Field Crops team completed a survey of the 2013 Ontario corn crop in October to determine ear mould incidence as…
Cropside: Tires and soil compaction

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

November 2013 - THERE ARE SEVERAL main theories on how to avoid or manage soil compaction, these are: 1) confine traffic to lanes within the field to provide traffic-free zones for crop production, 2) avoid wheel traffic on…
Cropside: Putting nitrogen in its place

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

May 2013 - cover the uan Injecting N fertilizer into the soil as a sidedress operation is generally viewed as the most efficient N placement technique. However, recent studies have shown that when UAN is placed in a…