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Wheat Pete’s Word, March 28: Monitoring stored grain, seeding alfalfa and timing nitrogen applications
Wheat Pete’s Word, March 28: Monitoring stored grain, seeding alfalfa and timing nitrogen applications
Today’s show comes to us all the way from Salina, Kansas, and sees host Peter Johnson starting off the show with a corre... Read more
28 Mar 2018
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 24: SOS, spring ruts, dandelion control, salvaging beans, and P and K in straw
Wheat Pete’s Word, April 24: SOS, spring ruts, dandelion control, salvaging beans, and P and K in straw
Every week should be soil week, but this week especially as we mark National Soil Conservation week. Wheat Pete’s Word h... Read more
24 Apr 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 17: Straw-sanity, whacky wheat, winter canola, and crab grass control
Wheat Pete’s Word, April 17: Straw-sanity, whacky wheat, winter canola, and crab grass control
What’s yellow, baled, and wanted all over? Straw of course! The pretty sad wheat crop in Ontario has many farmers asking... Read more
17 Apr 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb. 6: Dissolved phosphorus risks, starter fert on soys, and a soil test reminder
Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb. 6: Dissolved phosphorus risks, starter fert on soys, and a soil test reminder
As we march in to February, Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson is busy making the rounds at the winter conferences: from FarmTec... Read more
6 Feb 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 8: Wet Ontario, a sulphur update, and nitrogen-starved wheat
Wheat Pete’s Word, May 8: Wet Ontario, a sulphur update, and nitrogen-starved wheat
Chances are, if you live in Ontario, it’s wet, cold, or a combination of both in your neck of the woods and farmers are ... Read more
9 May 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 3: PGRs and more N, clover inoculant, sad Oct. wheat, and the black hole
Wheat Pete’s Word, April 3: PGRs and more N, clover inoculant, sad Oct. wheat, and the black hole
It must be April — farmers in Alberta are starting to roll out and farmers in Ontario are ready to pull the plug on whea... Read more
3 Apr 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec. 18: Cornsicle bins, performance trials, N tie up, and a Merry Christmas
Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec. 18: Cornsicle bins, performance trials, N tie up, and a Merry Christmas
It’s December 18th, have you checked your corn bins lately? Host of Wheat Pete’s Word, Peter Johnson has more than a few... Read more
18 Dec 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb. 13: Ancient genes, wheat removal rates, corn starter, and row width decisions
Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb. 13: Ancient genes, wheat removal rates, corn starter, and row width decisions
On this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, learn about making the call on not just starter fertilizer rates for corn (... Read more
13 Feb 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb. 27: Tissue test limits, chloride vs. chlorine, wheat records, and reviving rented land
Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb. 27: Tissue test limits, chloride vs. chlorine, wheat records, and reviving rented land
What does your swimming pool and seedbed have in common? Very little! So why is one farmer worried about potassium chlor... Read more
27 Feb 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 20: Tillering strategies, keeping soil covered, and help for sandy knolls
Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 20: Tillering strategies, keeping soil covered, and help for sandy knolls
The first day of spring has brought with it a flood of calls and questions on managing the wheat crop as it wakes up — a... Read more
20 Mar 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct. 23: Cob drop, scouting shifts, manure on wheat, and bean yield variability
Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct. 23: Cob drop, scouting shifts, manure on wheat, and bean yield variability
There are some surprising yields being reported across much of Ontario — some shockingly good, others disastrously bad. ... Read more
23 Oct 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 12: Straw options, plant sunburns, and helping your neighbour
Wheat Pete’s Word, June 12: Straw options, plant sunburns, and helping your neighbour
What a difference a week makes! While there are still areas struggling to get acres in, many parts of Ontario got enough... Read more
12 Jun 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 20: Rotation kickbacks, iced wheat fields, and warm fertilizer for soybeans
Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 20: Rotation kickbacks, iced wheat fields, and warm fertilizer for soybeans
We’re talking rotation trade-offs in this edition of Wheat Pete’s Word — and, no, not just because your host Peter Johns... Read more
21 Feb 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 14: Weather woes, wheat after corn silage, and corn insect ALERT
Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 14: Weather woes, wheat after corn silage, and corn insect ALERT
Another week, another important reminder: get out there and scout! On this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Pet... Read more
15 Aug 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 11: The clover cut choice, N decisions on wheat, and establishing alfalfa
Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 11: The clover cut choice, N decisions on wheat, and establishing alfalfa
Wheat Pete’s Word host Peter Johnson is a lot of things — dynamic and opinionated for starters — but he’s also rather hu... Read more
11 Mar 2020
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 10: Slugs, community, canopy micro-climates, and maximum wind!
Wheat Pete’s Word, July 10: Slugs, community, canopy micro-climates, and maximum wind!
Is 2019 the year of the weird? Maybe, says host Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson in this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word. From pl... Read more
10 Jul 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 30: Wet corn, wetter corn, chickweed, and soil health dividends
Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 30: Wet corn, wetter corn, chickweed, and soil health dividends
There are a few treats out there in among the tricks of this harvest season. Surprisingly, mature corn and decent soybea... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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Ranked #18
Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 13: Snow, test weight and temperature, yield monitor data, and farm stress
Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 13: Snow, test weight and temperature, yield monitor data, and farm stress
No one wants to see crop under snow, especially when that crop is either a) not really ready to harvest or b) most of yo... Read more
14 Nov 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 20: The economics of leaving corn out, propane shortages, and performance trial delays
Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 20: The economics of leaving corn out, propane shortages, and performance trial delays
There was a time when most hoped that 2019 would turn out better than past challenging years, but the term “being 2019’d... Read more
20 Nov 2019
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar. 27: Worms! Big soybean yields, cover crops and N tie-up, and resistant corn borers
Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar. 27: Worms! Big soybean yields, cover crops and N tie-up, and resistant corn borers
It’s too bad we can’t go a week or so without some troubling news, and this week is no exception after reports of Europe... Read more
28 Mar 2019
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