Wheat Pete’s Word(let), August 26: Winter canola, winter wheat, and a look at fertility

A wordlet. What a bizarre phrase, says RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist, Peter Johnson.

Right now’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Phrase is simply that — a wordlet — as a result of it’s not a full episode. (And likewise, it’s Friday, not Wednesday, so how about that!)

For those who haven’t had an opportunity to take a look at this weeks’ full episode, accomplish that, by clicking right here. Within the meantime, get pleasure from this particular version!

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SUMMARY:

• Pete ran out of time within the newest episode of The Phrase, so alas, right here we’re.
• Going to deal with three issues: winter canola, winter wheat, and a have a look at fertility.
• Winter canola — when is the most effective time to plant it? Is earlier, the higher? Effectively…depends upon the yr.
• Take into account what soil varieties you could have, as nicely.
• Tune in to August twenty ninth episode of The Agronomists — we’re going to take a deep dive on winter canola.
• In southern Ontario, it appears prefer it may very well be a really early harvest with soybeans.
• When can we plant winter wheat? And when is the best seeding price?
• Plan, plan, plan, these winter crops. It is going to pay you dividends.
• Too many stems per sq. foot, can equal lodging.
• Ontario — go to gocereals.ca for the correct seeding date on your space.
• Simply because it’s a winter crop, doesn’t imply selection choice isn’t nonetheless necessary.
• We can’t predict what sort of October we’re going to have (as a lot as we might attempt). Know what the optimum seeding date is the place you might be at.
• Fertility with hog manure. How a lot phos do I want?
• What about potash? Wheat doesn’t want potash, says Pete.
• The extra we scale back tillage in corn, the extra we have to be listening to how a lot potash we’re placing down.

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