Wheat Pete's Word
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Sinopsis
Every Wednesday, Peter Johnson gives you the agronomic word on all the crops growing in Canada.
Episodios
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 13: Empty stalks, armyworm alert, gibberella, and drying costs
13/10/2021 Duración: 19minGoooood day. In this episode of the Wheat Pete’s Word, your host Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson gives updates on all things ag related in Ontario, and beyond. Also in this week’s episode, Johnson has advice for scouting for fall armyworm in winter canola, when to harvest beans, corn stability, and much more. Listen on! Have... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 6: Slugs! Checkered seed coats, tile run triticale, and re-seeding
06/10/2021 Duración: 19minSometimes it’s not what happens this year that really gets you, it’s what happened a year or more before. That’s at least part of the answer to one farmer’s problem discussed in this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word. From silage removal and slugs, to confusing discussions on test weights, and on to making that... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 29: Stalk rot, mushy beans, cloud cover, and soil tests
29/09/2021 Duración: 19minIt’s time to get pushy with your corn crop, Ontario! Wet fall weather is testing farmers’ patience and the standability of the Ontario corn crop. In this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson encourages farmers to check on stalk integrity and prioritize fields with less than stellar stalk strength. Also this week, there are... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 22: Perfect residue spread, rye vs triticale, and a carryover alert
22/09/2021 Duración: 18minIt’s the first official day of fall, and for Ontario, it appears that means all-day rain. What’s top of mind for late September? Wheat, of course! In this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson covers a few of the depth, rate, and weed control questions he fielded this week. Plus, on this episode hear... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 15: Black layer corn, tar spot, heavy beans, and the push test
15/09/2021 Duración: 19minThe warnings about tar spot that started several years ago were, unfortunately, bang on. In this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson shares some scouting stories from several counties where tar spot has been found in corn, and what farmers will likely have to plan for in 2022. Also in this episode,... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 8: Ugly worms, silo gas risks, hail, and P & K in the fall
08/09/2021 Duración: 19minHave you checked your corn cobs lately? On this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson laments the state of some corn in the Ottawa Valley that is quite heavily infested with western bean cutworm. What happens with WBC and corn? Why, gibberella and DON production, of course. It’s all bad! Johnson also... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 1: Welcome fall, heat unit math, gibberella, and an armyworm alert
01/09/2021 Duración: 19minSeptember first marks the beginning of meteorological fall, but that doesn’t mean that summer is over. The growing season is still chugging along, and this week’s agronomy update even includes an insect outbreak alert (just when you thought it was safe to put the sprayer away!). In this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 25: Broadcast risk, pre-harvest intervals, and record barley crops
25/08/2021 Duración: 19minSummer is winding down and many farmers are gearing up for the next stage of harvest. For some, that means swathing or timing a pre-harvest pass, and for others it means getting the cover crop seed down. For this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson has a few cautions for late-summer pesticide applications,... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 18: Final yields, revenge spraying, cereal on cereal options, and sold out winter canola
18/08/2021 Duración: 18minThe host of Wheat Pete’s Word, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, is urging Ontario wheat growers to get those final yields reported so we can say once and for all if the province set a new record average wheat yield. There’s that in this week’s Word, plus a frank discussion on revenge spraying fungicide, why the... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 11: Pickled corn, gib risks, ultra early spring wheat, vexing vetch, and baling oats
11/08/2021 Duración: 19minWhat’s the difference between weeds and a cover crop? You’ll have to listen on to this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word for the punchline. Listen below or download for later and hear host Peter Johnson who can’t believe the beans are turning already, wants to make Hay West happen, and talks clover success and weed... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 4: Oats after wheat, super sunny sunflowers, and white mould mayhem
04/08/2021 Duración: 19minThe agronomic impacts of what has been a wild year for the Ontario growing season are beginning to accumulate, in the form of rock hard soil, fuzzy white plants, and double cobs. For this early August episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson tackles the big question of making oat hay after wheat, if... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 28: Falling number answers, double cobs, lush beans, and oats for the west
28/07/2021 Duración: 19minIt’s possible Ontario could set a new wheat record for 2021, and that’s saying something, as reports are that many fields are yielding smaller than average seeds. Also this week on Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson tackles if corn will yield double cobs, why you need to be out scouting the soybean canopy, and... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 21: Green snap, Diagnostic Days, lodged wheat yields, and swarms of WBC
21/07/2021 Duración: 19minA few key things are lining up for the corn crop — but they are not necessarily all good. The western bean cutworm flight and pollination are lining up nearly perfectly, and that means an increased risk of gibberella ear rot infection. For this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson discusses another hit... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 14: Purple stems, burnt up wheat, tasseling corn, and aphids at threshold
14/07/2021 Duración: 18minWhat’s the weirdest colour you’ve ever seen a crop turn? This week in Ontario, at least one farmer is reporting very dark straw where the wheat crop was touched by frost in late May. An agronomist also reports purple stems in another area. What the heck is happening here? Never fear, as Peter “Wheat Pete”... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 7: Clean air, converging harvests, soybean aphids, and the carbon penalty
07/07/2021 Duración: 18minNormally a week or so behind the winter barley crop, Ontario farmers are nosing into the wheat harvest a little early as the two crops are ready at about the same time. From an aphid alert on soybeans, to sneaky root rots, and potash deficiency showing up in corn, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson has the... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 30: Residual N, lodged wheat, flooded fields, and fungicide decisions
30/06/2021 Duración: 18minLodged crops, flooded crops, and burning crops — there’s no shortage of crops under stress this week in Canada. Of course, there are also some tall, fast-growing corn crops, and in this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson is covering the top agronomy questions of the week. From available nitrogen causing some issues to... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 23: Fusarium, stunted crops, muck soils, and listening to your crop
23/06/2021 Duración: 18minThe weather continues to deliver some real disappointment but also hope for farmers across Canada. In Ontario, a late May frost was bad enough, but mid-week saw night time temps dip low enough again to hurt crop on muck soils. Other areas hard up for moisture got perhaps too much rain all at once. For... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 16: Too dry, too wet, too late, plus manganese deficiencies and an aphid reminder
16/06/2021 Duración: 18minWheat in Ontario is in grain fill, and that means scouting for cereal leaf beetle. There’s also been plenty of rain in certain parched parts of the west, but it’s too much, way too late to save the crop. In this week’s edition of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson discusses some insect alerts, reports... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 9: Potato leafhopper, wild weather, and side-dress nitrate results
09/06/2021 Duración: 19minAnother insect alert, this time for potato leafhopper, weather whammies and the effect on corn, as well as corn nitrogen side-dress timing, and weed science research results all headline this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word. Will host Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson get through all his chosen topics before he runs out of time? Listen... Read More
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 2: Frost, drought, replants, and more than one insect alert
02/06/2021 Duración: 18minHuge areas of Ontario saw frost over the weekend, in some cases as low as -7 degrees C. The full impact of the lighter frost in other areas is still being assessed, but there are replants already happening on plenty of soybean acres. Wheat Pete’s Word host Peter Johnson talks about that this week, and... Read More