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Grain Farmers of Ontario

Author: Greg Stewart

Cropside: Rain makes grain

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

January 2013 - IN 2012, MANY producers were surprised how much corn was produced with modest rainfall. Truly big yields, however, came from the extra timely water if you were fortunate enough to get it. • PHOTO 1:…
Cropside: Bug Wars 2012

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

October 2012 - A CLOSER LOOK AT FIELD INVADERS LOW RAINFALL WAS not the only challenge in 2012 – insects came at us from new angles as well. Here are a few images to store away in preparation…
Cropside: High yields: cause for a closer look at corn

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

January 2012 - A BREAKDOWN OF CORN PLANT WEIGHT The tassel and leaf sheaths (the part that attaches the leaf blade to the stalk) make up about six percent of the total corn plant final dry weight. Corn…
Digging into phosphorous recommendations for corn

December 2011 - RECENT ANALYSIS BRINGS CLARITY sifting through the best fertility management plans for the farm can be an overwhelming task. There are a multitude of articles and recommendations that can be challenging to distill into practical…
Cropside: Aiming for 30 percent in 2012, good tillage practices for the year ahead

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

October 2011 - CONSERVATION TILLAGE AIMS to achieve the benefits of tillage without compromising the benefits of residue cover. Maintenance of 30 percent residue ground cover has been identified as the critical level which still provides significant protection…
Cropside: Staying on top of NPK

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

March 2011 - N CALCULATOR RECOMMENDATION for Corn Factor Input N Rate (lb/acre) Base N Requirement (select soil texture) Loam + 28 Yield Adjustment (enter proven yield) 175 + 135 Heat Unit Adjustment (enter CHU rating) 3000 + 7 Previous Crop Adjustment…
Looking back at the 2010 corn crop

February 2011 - EXAMINING THE VICTORIES AND CHALLENGES OF 2010 bask in the high yields, adjust for the lessons learned or agonize over the unresolved questions – the 2010 corn season provides some excellent grist for the mill.…
Valuing crop residue

December 2010 - QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT IT’S WORTH IT TO HARVEST YOUR RESIDUE there is lots of talk these days about crop residue removal for bioenergy purposes. Although the agricultural industry works hard…
Cropside: When corn looks dead

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

November 2010 - IDENTIFYING THE CULPRIT behind dead-looking corn can be challenging. Use the following information and photos to help remove the mystery surrounding physiological and disease causing reasons for dead-looking corn. Not all top die back is…
Rethinking nitrogen losses

October 2010 - NEW RESEARCH ANALYSES WHICH PRACTICES RESULT IN THE MOST LOSSES even with nitrogen (n) prices that have fallen considerably over the last two years there are good reasons to continue to fine tune your N…