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Wheat Pete's Word

Every Wednesday, Peter Johnson gives you the agronomic word on all the crops growing in Canada.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 26: Wild parsnip control, adding N to ugly beans, fire risks, and nodulation woes

Wheat Pete’s Word, July 26: Wild parsnip control, adding N to ugly beans, fire risks, and nodulation woes

July is winding down and some Ontario crops are having a sad time summer. Wheat that’s still in the field is suffering q... Read more

26 Jul 2023

20mins

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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 19: Quality losses in wheat, pigweed patrol, corn diseases, and aphid thresholds

Wheat Pete’s Word, July 19: Quality losses in wheat, pigweed patrol, corn diseases, and aphid thresholds

Nothing good happens to mature wheat left in the field, and Peter Johnson is pretty thankful that some elevators are tak... Read more

19 Jul 2023

20mins

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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 12: Dormant seeding spring wheat, soybean aphids, tar spot, and targeting dead zones

Wheat Pete’s Word, July 12: Dormant seeding spring wheat, soybean aphids, tar spot, and targeting dead zones

Corn growers who dodged the tar spot bullet last season are unlikely to be nearly so lucky this year, as the disease has... Read more

12 Jul 2023

20mins

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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 5: Lodging crops, white mould, and the first quart of raspberries

Wheat Pete’s Word, July 5: Lodging crops, white mould, and the first quart of raspberries

Unfortunately, when it comes to Mother Nature, there’s no equality in the weather. Regardless, #harvest23 for winter cer... Read more

5 Jul 2023

20mins

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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 28: Late rain and grain gains, insect alerts, the green bridge, and a sad loss

Wheat Pete’s Word, June 28: Late rain and grain gains, insect alerts, the green bridge, and a sad loss

Perhaps Mother Nature heard the call for rain just a little too loudly, as some areas of Ontario experienced violent sto... Read more

28 Jun 2023

19mins

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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 21: Potash deficiency, the summer solstice, and an aphid alert

Wheat Pete’s Word, June 21: Potash deficiency, the summer solstice, and an aphid alert

It certainly isn’t every year that Wheat Pete’s Word AND the longest day of the year fall on the same day, but hey, we’l... Read more

21 Jun 2023

21mins

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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 14: Corn loves wheat, hot hay, hail impacts, and nitrate soil test results

Wheat Pete’s Word, June 14: Corn loves wheat, hot hay, hail impacts, and nitrate soil test results

If some Wheat Pete’s Word is good, then more is better; or at least that’s what the listeners are saying about these som... Read more

14 Jun 2023

20mins

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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 7: Increased resistance, smoke and smog, drift concerns, and an alert on cereal leaf beetle

Wheat Pete’s Word, June 7: Increased resistance, smoke and smog, drift concerns, and an alert on cereal leaf beetle

Pop quiz: do dry conditions automatically mean a dialling back of nitrogen rates on corn? This is a tricky question to a... Read more

7 Jun 2023

22mins

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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 31: Stranded K, T3 fungicide decisions, first-cut hay, and slow soybeans and corn

Wheat Pete’s Word, May 31: Stranded K, T3 fungicide decisions, first-cut hay, and slow soybeans and corn

Sluggish soys and crusted corn has many Ontario farmers wondering what the heck is going on with these crops. Well, when... Read more

31 May 2023

20mins

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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 24: Controlling alfalfa weevils, a lingering haze, and slugging through cover crops

Wheat Pete’s Word, May 24: Controlling alfalfa weevils, a lingering haze, and slugging through cover crops

What do armyworms, alfalfa weevils, physiological fleck, and wooden heads have in common? They are all a part of this we... Read more

24 May 2023

19mins

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