Field observations
FALL 2020 UPDATES
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Frost, tar spot, and soybean harvest – fall has begun. Frost this past weekend caught many of us off guard. The forecast given last week was for a cooler weekend, with a warmer, and drier…
Agronomy
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Soil Test Manager
UNDERSTAND YOUR RESULTS
- CONDUCTING REGULAR SOIL tests is an important management tool in a farmer’s toolbox. Soil tests can provide a wide range of information to monitor soil fertility, identify potential nutrient deficiencies, and to make fertilizer decisions.… -
Water management
PRODUCING THE BEST GRAIN CROP POSSIBLE
- WATER AND SUNLIGHT are the ultimate crop inputs — even the efficiency of all other inputs is directly impacted by them. We can’t manage the amount of sunlight over our fields, but we can manage… -
Cropside: Twin fans
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- WHEN WHEAT REARS its head, sprayer operators consider dual fan nozzle arrangements to improve vertical coverage. Which design, or nozzle arrangement, is best? In 2013, we ran vertical coverage demonstrations using a series of dual…
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Protect your hearing
UNDERSTAND OCCUPATIONAL NOISE ON THE FARM
- KIDS THINK THEIR parents exercise selective hearing — that is, choosing what they want to hear, and ignoring the rest. For their part, parents think their kids do the same. But when Emery Huszka’s son… -
Harvest safety
PLAN AHEAD TO PREVENT INCIDENTS
- HARVEST 2020 WILL be much different than other years, given the need to remain vigilant about COVID-19. “We’ve developed a lot of specific guidance documents to help agricultural workers, supervisors, and employers,” says Jay Remsik,… -
Storing grain safely
HOW TO KEEP GRAIN IN GOOD CONDITION LONG-TERM
- in these uncertain times, farmers putting grain into a bin may be considering storing that grain a bit longer than they had originally expected. If you are in that situation, there are a few steps… -
Corn harvest
STRATEGIES TO MAINTAIN QUALITY
- WEATHER DICTATES THE harvest season. But while hard to predict, it’s not all-powerful. When it comes to maintaining corn quality, prioritizing fields, monitoring potential fungus issues, and calibrating equipment can all help prepare for changing… -
Soybean harvest
STRATEGIES TO MAINTAIN QUALITY
- WHEN PREPPING AND carrying out this year’s soybean harvest, experts say careful attention should be paid to the setup of machinery — as well as wider agronomic issues and planning. SPEED KILLS SOYBEAN YIELDS Machinery… -
Cropside: Insect resistance
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- WITH VERY FEW new insecticides coming to market soon, we need to preserve the products we currently have. Climate change research also predicts an increased risk of certain pests expanding into Ontario and the potential…