Storage tips for mouldy corn (part 2): Spring edition
APR 14The 2018 corn harvest that many might rather forget is finally past us… yields were high but unfortunately so were DON levels in many parts of the province. Many farmers chose to dry and store their high-DON corn rather th...
Read ArticleWhat’s working on the farm? Practical solutions for problem weeds
MAR 25“Do not be cheap. Weed control is an investment into the current and future crops on every field.” That was parting advice from Norfolk and Oxford County farmer Ann Vermeersch at the 2019 FarmSmart Conference in Guelph. Re...
Read ArticleCommon questions related to dealing with sulphur deficiency symptoms in winter wheat
MAR 23Read questions and answers surrounding ATS and its application to wheat from this Field Crop News article by Joanna Follings, OMAFRA Cereal Specialist and Mike Cowbrough, OMAFRA Weed Specialist-Field Crops.
Read ArticleTo clean or not to clean? Managing DON in grain corn
MAR 22Read ArticleTaking out slugs without more insecticides
FEB 16Farmers using no-till and cover crops have found greater challenges with slugs, so slug management is critical to the continued use of these conservation tillage methods. Read more on a new method from this Farmtario artic...
Read ArticleCorn School: Beat the stock market – invest in weed control
FEB 09Read ArticleSpray experts say knowledge of inversions could prevent drift events
FEB 01Tom Wolf, spray guru at Sprayers 101 and Dr. Jim Wilson join RealAg Radio host, Shaun Haney, to discuss temperature inversions: What they are, and why a producer should be concerned about inversions when they move their sp...
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Less disease = more yield
JAN 18Read ArticleCorn School: Be on alert for tar spot, a new leaf disease
JAN 11It’s not the greatest news to start of the winter learning season — corn growers need to be on alert for a new leaf disease making its way towards Canada. Find out more on tar spot from this Real Agriculture Corn School.
Read ArticleCorn School: DON management strategy for 2019
JAN 11Read ArticleCorn School: Taking the bite out of thrips
DEC 02In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Corn School, Steph Kowalski discusses how high levels of thrips were detected this summer in Bruce County, Ontario. She notes that economic thresholds for thrips in corn have not been e...
Read ArticleCorn School: Destroying mouldy corn & managing volunteers
DEC 02In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Corn School, our resident agronomist Peter Johnson looks at the best management options for growers, and offers tips on how avoid excessive volunteers.
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9 factors that contributed to this mess of a corn crop
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