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Factsheets, Infosheets and Publications

| General |Business Management | Crop Management | Pest Management | Nutrition |Irrigation |
| Weather & Climate | Harvest & Storage | Apricots | Cherries | Nuts | Peaches | Pears | Plums |

General

• Foodland Ontario Produce Facts - fruits
• Introduction To Organic Farming (Order No. 06-103)
• MTO Guide to Farm Equipment on the Highway
• Nutrient Management -Best Management Practices Series
• Nutrient Management Information - OMAFRA Index Page
• Nutrient Management Planning - Best Management Practices Series
• Nutrient Management Workbook (Pub. 818)
• On-Farm Food Safety Information - OMAFRA Index Page
• Organic Food and Farming Certification
• Protecting Farm Streams Near Horticultural Crops
• Water Management - Best Management Practices (Order No. BMP07)

Crop Management

• Care for New Plantings
  
• Choosing the Right Cover Crop
  
• Cold Hardiness and Fruit Trees
• Cover Crop Seed Suppliers
• Cover Crops
• Fruit Production Recommendations, Publication 360
• Fruit Trees in the Home Garden
• Mechanical Blossom Thinning - Dream or Reality
• Monitoring Soil Moisture
• Orchard Grafting Methods (Order No. 98-005)
• Orchard Renovation - Rebuild and Rejuvenate with Cover Crops!

• Partial List of Fruit Tree Nurseries in Ontario
• Pruning Fruit Trees (Order No. 00-005)
• Ready for the Spring?
  
• Repair Grafting (Order No. 98-003)
• Tender Fruit Photo Gallery
• Tips for Successful Planting
• Using Reflective Mulch for Light Management in Orchards
• What You Should Know About Fruit Production In Ontario (Order No.04-045)
• Zinc - o - Facts

Nutrition

• A Quick Primer on Soils - Part A
• A Better Farmer: Understand the Living Soil:
  • Part 1 - Introduction
  • Part 2 - Good Bug or Bad?
  • Part 3 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Part 4 - Those Wonderful Worms
• Aluminum soil test foils growers
  
• Building Your Soil's Production Capacity with Cover Crops
• Fertilizing Stone Fruit and Pears
• Helping Graminicides Work
• How well is your nitrogen managed?
• Late Fall Applications Of Manure Can Do Wonders For Your Soil And Your Pocketbook!
• Leaf Analyses for Fruit Crop Nutrition (Order No. 91-012)
• Leaf Analysis - What's the Story?
• Monitoring Soil Moisture
• Phosphorus (P) And Potassium (K) Soil Testing And Fertilizer Recommendation System in Ontario (Order No. 97-005)
• Soil + Weather + Fertilizer = Leaf Analysis
  
• Soil Management for Orchards and Vineyards (Order No. 92-120)
• Soil Fertility & Crop Nutrition - OMAFRA Index Page
• Soil Fertility Handbook (Pub. 611)
• Soil Management - Best Management Practices Series
• Soil Management - OMAFRA Index Page
• Soil Moisture Monitoring Tools: A Comparison
• Soil pH - when is high too high?
• Soil properties affect banded phosphorus
• Spent Mushroom Substrate
  
• What do Zebra Mussels have to do with Phosphorus?
• What About Micronutrients?

Irrigation

• Energy Conservation in Irrigation
• How to Prepare for Irrigation During Water Shortages (Order No. 99-023)
• Improving On-Farm Food Safety Through Good Irrigation Practices, Order no. 05-059
• Irrigation Management - Best Management Practices Series
• Irrigation Scheduling For Fruit Crops (Order No. 90-029)
• Irrigation - Why, When, And How Much ?
• Reservoirs - Construction Tips

Pest Management

|General| Insects | Diseases | Weeds |

General

• Airblast Sprayer Calibration
• Attention Herbicide Applicators - Use Caution when Spraying in Close Proximity to Horticulture Crops
• Bird Control on Grape and Tender Fruit Farms (Order No. 98-035)
• Bird Control Options (and non-options)
• Defining degrees of control on pesticide labels
• Guide for Spraying Fruit Trees (Order No. 00-035)
• Managing Problem Deer Populations
• Minor Use Program (progress on pesticide registration for minor use crops)
• Of mice and men: Managing mice in apple orchards
• Pest management guidelines for hailed and frosted orchards
• Pesticide Information
• Pesticide Safety Training Requirements for Agricultural Assistants
• Phytotoxicity in Tender Fruit and Grapes
• Precautions With All Pesticides
• Rodent and Deer Control in Orchards (Order No. 98-023)
• Rotating Pesticides to Delay the Development of Resistance
• Six Elements of Effective Spraying in Orchards and Vineyards (Order No. 09-039)
• Sprayer Calibration Calculator
• The Hidden Cost of Damaged Nozzles
• We Catch Your Drift
  

Insects

• Attack of the Clones: Aphids in Your Peach Orchard
• Beneficial Insects in Tree Fruit Orchards in Southern Ontario (Order No. 96-029)
• Check Pheromone Traps - Twice Weekly!
• Codling moth programs
• Effects of New Insecticides on Adult Codling Moth
• Identifying "worms" in plums and peaches
• Insect Factsheets & Infosheets
• Mating Disruption for Management of Oriental Fruit Moth in Stone and Pome Fruit (Order No.04-029)
• Mating Disruption for Management of Insect Pests (Order No. 03-079)
• Mite Pests and their Predators in Ontario Orchards (Order No. 95-057)
• Notes on Tender Fruit Diseases and Insects (stone fruit and pears)
• Oil Sprays for Early Season Management of Scale, Mites, & Psylla
• Options for Oriental Fruit Moth Management in Ontario Tender Fruit Orchards
• Oriental Fruit Moth Flagging - Old or New?
• Pear Psylla in Ontario Pear Orchards (Order No. 90-101)
• Pear Psylla Requires Season-long Management
• Pest Complex in Ontario Peach Orchards
  • European Red Mite (ERM)
  • Green Peach Aphid (GPA)
  • Lesser Peach Tree Borer (LPTB) / Peach Tree Borer
  • Mealy Bug (MB)
  • Oblique-banded leafroller (OBLR)
  • Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM)
  • Plum Curculio (PC)
  • San Jose Scale (SJS)
  • Silver Mite
  • Tarnished Plant Bug
  • Twig Borer
  • Two-Spotted Spider Mite
• Pest Monitoring: Proper use of Pheromone Traps
• Plant Bug, Leafhopper or Aphid?
• Plum Curculio and Peaches
• When There's a History of Spring Insect Pests….
• Wildly Fluctuating Temperatures Affect Insect Flight Patterns

Diseases

• Bacterial Canker of Sweet Cherry (Order No. 88-086)
• Black Knot of Plums (Order No. 05-017)
• Copper for managing fire blight
• Disease Factsheets & Infosheets
• Exploring Fire Blight Management, Part I: Models
• Exploring Fire Blight Management, Part 2: Infection Sources
• Exploring Fire Blight Management, Part 3: Antagonists of Erwinia amylovora
• Exploring Fire Blight Management, Part 4: Antibiotics
  
• Fire Blight of Apple and Pear in Ontario (Order No. 02-011) PDF (PDF file - 4.6MB)
• Increasing Incidence of X-Disease in Ontario
• Keep on Top of Cherry Leaf Spot and Black Knot Regardless of Crop Load
• Make Mildew on Tart Cherry Take a Powder!
• Notes on Tender Fruit Diseases and Insects (stone fruit and pears)
• Pathological Problems in Peach (and other stone fruit)
  
• Peach Leaf-Curl (Order No. 83-071)
• Pest Complex in Ontario Peach Orchards
  • Bacterial Spot
  • Brown Rot
  • Peach Canker
  • Peach Leaf Curl
• Plum Curculio and Peaches
• Remove Fire Blight Cankers in the Winter
• Scale Insect Pests of Tree Fruit (Order No. 90-120)
• Sharka (Plum Pox Virus) of Stone Fruit and Ornamental Prunus Species (Order No. 02-001) (PDF Version - 7384K)

Weeds

• Herbicide Injury in Fruit Trees and Grapevines
• Herbicide Injury - What Should I Do Now?
• Helping Graminicides Work
• New Year's Resolutions for Managing Weeds
• Ontario Weeds - Weed Gallery
• Pesticide Safety Training Requirements for Agricultural Assistants
• Problem Weed of the Month: Common Mallow
• Problem Weed Series for Orchard & Vineyards - Quackgrass
• Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control
• Removing Orchards or Vineyards? Be Aware of Herbicide Residues
• Selecting a Weed Management Strategy for Tree Fruit and Grapes
• Time to Spot Treat Perennial Weeds
• Weed Factsheets & Infosheets
• Weed Quiz
• Part 1: Why Improve Weed Management in Young Trees and Vines?
• Part 2: Improving Weed Management in Young Trees (Preplant/early spring)
• Part 3: Improving Weed Management in Young Trees (Spring/early summer)
• Part 4: Improving Weed Management in Young Trees (Late Summer/Fall)
  
  

Harvest & Storage

• Grower's Worst Nightmare - fire in a cold storage
• Pick Your Own Fruit & Vegetables Guide
• Sizing and Laying Out a Short-Term (Summer) Refrigerated Storage for Fruits and Vegetables (Order No. 92-124)
• Tunnel Forced Air Cooler for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (Order No. 98-031)
• Ontario Marking Requirements for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables at Retail

Weather & Climate

• Adverse Weather Information - OMAFRA Index Page
• Chilling Injury of Horticultural Crops (Order No. 98-021)
• Cold Hardiness and Fruit Trees
• Critical Spring Temperatures for Fruit Bud Development
• Effects of Air Pollution on Agricultural Crops (Order No. 01-015)
• Freeze Protection Methods for Crops (Order No. 85-116)
• How to Prepare for Irrigation During Water Shortages (Order No. 99-023)
• Irrigation Management - Best Management Practices Series
• Ontario Climate Information - OMAFRA Index Page
• Water Management - Best Management Practices (Order No. BMP07)
• Weather Information on the Internet

Business Management

• Agricultural Business Management Information - OMAFRA Index Page
• Bioproducts
• Business Planning for Nutrient Management
• Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) Program
• Creating and Implementing a Human Resource Management Plan (Order No. 07-005)
• Customers First! -- Leading Edge Principles and Trends (Order No. 99-013)
• Diagnosing and Managing Cash Flow Problems (Order No. 06-085)
• Energy - OMAFRA Index Page (conservation, renewable energy, bioenergy, emergency power)
• Establishment and Production Costs for Tender Fruit in Ontario - 2006 Economic Report
• Evaluating the Feasibility of Business Opportunities (Order No. 03-051)
• Farm Business Insurance (Order No. 00-041)
• Guide to Tracking Program Payments to Ontario Farmers
• Guide To Custom Farmwork and Short-Term Equipment Rental Order No. 07-019
• Improving or Expanding Your Food Business
• Money for on-farm Environmental Improvements
• Nutrient Management
• Orchards and Vineyards Transition Program - Agricorp
• Options For Farmers Dealing With Financial Difficulties (Order No. 08-033)
• Paying Wages to Farm Family Members (Order No. 07-003)
• Preparing business Plans (Order No. 08-051)
• Premier's Award for Agri-Food Excellence
• Programs and Services for Ontario Farmers (Order No. 07-021)
• Start, Manage and Grow A Business: Food Processing
• What You Should Know About Fruit Production In Ontario, (Order No. 04-045)
• Your Guide to Food Processing in Ontario (HTML plain text) (pdf)

Apricots

• 2008 Apricot Cultivar Evaluations - Niagara
• Apricot Cultivars (Order No. 02-035) PDF Version (394KB)
• Apricot Photo Gallery
• Foodland Ontario Produce Facts - Apricots
• Publication 360 - Apricot calendar

Cherries

• Cherry Cultivars- Sweet and Tart (Order No. 02-037) PDF Version (271KB)
• Cherry Photo Gallery
• Dwarf Sweet Cherries - Managing Crop Load
• Foodland Ontario Product Facts - Cherries
• Publication 360 - Sour Cherry Calendar
• Publication 360 - Sweet Cherry Calendar

Peaches

• 2008 Cultivar Evaluations
• Publication 360 - Peach Calendar for Ontario
• Central Leader Pruning of Peach Trees
• Foodland Ontario Produce Facts - Peaches
• History of Peach Production in Ontario
• "New" Fresh Market Peaches - What's Hot?
  
• Peach and Nectarine Cultivars (Order No. 07-041)
• Peach and Nectarine Production
• Peach Photo Gallery

Pears

• Foodland Ontario Produce Facts - Pears
• Growing Pears - Change or Perish!
  
• Publication 360 - Pear Calendar for Ontario
• Pear Cultivars (Order No. 02-039)
• Pear Photo Gallery

Plums

• 2008 Cultivar Evaluations
• Publication 360 - Plum Calendar for Ontario
• Foodland Ontario Produce Facts - Plums
• Plum Cultivars (Order No. 07-039)
• Plum Photo Gallery

Newsletters

• Orchard Network
• The Tender Fruit Grapevine
• Hort Matters
• ON Organic
• OMAFRA Newsletters
• Online Newsletters for Growers (external link list)
• Crop & Pest Updates (including Vegetable Crop Updates)
• Sound Advice - Audio Crop Updates Subscribe
• National Crop News Reports (External link - Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada)

Resources and Services

• Agriculture Development Branch Staff
• Accredited Soil Testing Laboratories in Ontario
• Crop Links - Tender fruit(External link list)
• Crop Publications (online & print)
• Leaf & Petiole Tissue Analysis Program
• Local Food Plus
• Ontario Minor Use Program (progress on pesticide registration for minor use crops)
• Pest Diagnostic Clinic
• Pesticide Information 
• Sources of Crop Inputs
  • Cover Crop Seed Suppliers
  • Fruit Tree Nurseries in Ontario
  • Sources of Agricultural Limestone For Ontario

   

Stats and Facts

• Ontario Horticulture Crop Statistics
• 2002-2003 Canadian Fruit Situation and Trends
• 2002-2003 Overview of Canadian Horticultural Industry
• National Crop News Report

Crop Updates

• What's Hot? - Fruit
• Crop and Pest Updates
• Subscribe to OMAFRA Podcasts
• Subscribe to Agriphone Messages
• Sound Advice - Audio Crop Updates

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