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Topic: corn

Market review 2022 – 2023

GRAIN PRICES FALL BUT REMAIN HIGH

December 2023 - WHILE THE CORN, soybean, and wheat prices for the 2022 – 23 crop marketing year retreated from the lofty highs of 2021 – 22, they were still well ahead of the previous five-year average. The…
Optimum Corn N Rate

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTSAGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

December 2022 - THERE ARE MANY tools available to guide nitrogen (N) rate decisions, but nothing beats good on-farm N response data. These three methods might assist in determining how close your corn N rates are to the…
Consider your options

GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY WILL IMPACT 2023 CORN MARKETS

December 2022 - IT HAS BEEN a tumultuous year for corn markets around the world and looking into 2023, it looks like more of the same. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022 changed the paradigm…
New markets for DON-infested corn

INNOVATIVE RESEARCH UNDERWAY

October 2022 - ONTARIO FARMERS PRODUCE over eight million metric tonnes of corn every year, but as growers know, some of it unavoidably becomes infested with vomitoxin, also known as deoxynivalenol or DON. DON is a mycotoxin produced…
Drought conditions

IMPACT ON CORN AND SOYBEANS

September 2022 - THERE WAS LITTLE moisture to spare through June and the first half of July. How prolonged dry conditions will affect corn and soybean yields this fall will vary based on drought tolerance, the severity of…
No-till soybeans

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

September 2022 - NO-TILL SOYBEAN production has been standard practice for many Ontario growers for decades. It’s a system that lowers production and labour costs, improves soil health, and significantly reduces soil erosion. Past Ontario research has compared…
Vetch control in corn

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

April 2022 - HISTORICALLY, POST-EMERGENT applications of Callisto + Aatrex 480, dicamba (e.g. Engenia/Xtendimax) or Distinct have provided the best top-growth control of tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) in corn. A trial was conducted in 2021 to evaluate tufted…
The 2021 corn markets

VOLATILE PRICES

December 2021 - 2021 was a good year for corn prices. It was also a tumultuous year. A year ago, we were heading into the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in a world where vaccines were only…
Seed development: corn

BREEDING NEW LINES, TESTING NEW HYBRID CROSSES

November 2021 - FARMERS KNOW WHAT is going on in their fields during the growing season, but are we all aware of what goes on prior to the seed arriving in our sheds? This article is the first…
Testing for DON in four key steps

ACHIEVING A CONSTANT AND ACCURATE DON TEST RESULT

October 2021 - COLLECT A REPRESENTATIVE GRAIN SAMPLE Obtain a representative grain sample of no less than 2 kg. a. For delivered grain, before dumping ensure at least four pneumatic probe samples are taken. Sampling shall be comprised…