Your Hard Red Wheat crop has two jobs, it needs to create KERNELS (= yield) and it needs to create PROTEIN (= grade). Your choice of fertilizer strategy will greatly impact both. Read more to learn how to achieve both!
Wiarton Willie forecasted an early spring, are you ready? For a large portion of the province, the likelihood of having an early start to spring is quite possible. There is very little ice cover on the Great Lakes, the frost layer is not very deep and snow that remains on the fields will likely disappear …
With lots of late planted/small wheat around the country side, The Wheat Team has been getting lots of questions on best management practices for these fields. Late wheat can still have good yield potential but it takes careful scouting and management to get there. Read more to learn what The Wheat Team is recommending!
Is the wheat behind based on calendar date? Yes. Is it behind based on growth staging? No. For those who have not put any N on wheat yet, this is a good reminder of why “It Still Makes $Cents$ to Split N”. Read more on how to maximize N+S applications.
Fall 2017 has once again created some unique challenges for Ontario wheat farmers. Late soybeans, stretches of poor weather and more have created 2 timings in the wheat crop. This article looks at how to manage your crop depending on when it was planted.
As with all crops, proper planting is a crucial step to creating the highest possible yields. Please review these focus areas to ensure your wheat crop gets the “Serious Start” that is needs.. This article focus on Machinery setup, seeding rates, seed source and more!
This article will look at quick growing wheat, Disease Pressure, Sulphur Deficiency, Fungicide Timing, as well as Full shot N at GS32 vs 2nd App N. Lots of things happening very quickly
There is still plenty of debate around adding sulphur to your wheat crop. This article outlines the role that sulphur plays in your wheat crop. Unfortunately, once you see the a problem, you are already losing yield!
This article will look at streamer bars for applying nitrogen. Are they worth the money? What benefit will they provide to your business? If you want to learn more about streamer bars read this article.
There are many different factors that need to be evaluated shooting for BIG wheat yields. Since the fall management strategies such as variety selection, residue management and planting have all been looked after; it is time to start planning the spring management…