What's Current in Field Crops

Crop and Pest Updates

• Ontario Field Crop Reports:
  • October 1, 2009
    
• Crop Line - Episode 273 - 18, November 2009 - Tillage, Fertilizer and much more on this episode.

• Downloadable Audio File - 3.5 MB
• Subscribe to Cropline Podcast

Newsletters

• CropPest Ontario - Volume 15, Issue 19, 16 November 2009 - PDF format
  • Dr. Ron Pitblado, Ridgetown Campus Loses Dedicated Scientist, Leader and Friend
  • Herculex and Western Bean Cutworm - No Silver Bullet
  • Corn Harvesting Progress - Nov. 16/09
  • Agricorp Update on 2009 Corn Crop
  • Get the Fines ouf of 2009 Corn
  • The Uncommon Becomes Common - Cladosporium Ear Rot
    
    
• Crop Talk -Volume 9, Issue 4, November 2009 - PDF Format - (172 Kb)
  • Cold Temperatures Delay Nodulation and Reduce Nitrogen Fixation
  • Potash Basics Revisited
  • Soybean Aphids and Yield Response In the Late R Stages
  • Increasing Accuracy of DON Measurement In Grain Corn
  • Rotational Grazing
  • Simple Ways to Check the Health of Your Soil
  • Wheat Stubble Weeds and Red Clover
  • Frost Damaged Corn Silage
    
    
• ON Organic - November, 2009 (November pdf version - 397 kb)
  • Welcome to "ON Organic"
  • Considerations for Free Farrowing Systems
  • Growing Forward - Best Practices Suite
  • Attention Organic Farmers: Don't Miss Your Local Quest for New Farm Value - Value Plus™ Workshop this Fall/Winter
  • Survey Results of Good Agricultural Practices
  • Taiwan Recognizes COR
  • Darwin Mechanical Blossom Thinning Update
  • Preliminary Study on the Effect on Horseradish Extract on Potato Common Scab
  • Events
  • Southern Ontario Development Program - Food and Beverage Processing
  • Food Bulletin
  • Food Industry Events
  • Training
    • New Partnership for Food Safety Education
      

Links to Other Information for Field Crops

• Frost and Immature Corn Silage
• Forages: Harvest and Storage
• Forages: Other Crop Problems
• 2009 Performance Trials for Winter Wheat
• Hybrids Can Make a Difference When it Comes to Corn Leaf Diseases!
• Identifying Corn Ear Molds
• Corn Stalk Rots and Leaf Diseases
• Edible Bean Harvest and Storage
• On-Farm Stored Grain Management: Stored-Grain Insects
• Fall Pasture Management Tips
• Wheat Coming off "Dry"?
  
• Harvest and Storage Strategies to Minimize Fusarium
• Available Nutrients and Values for Manure from Various Livestock types
• Agricorp
• Baute Bug Blog
• Field crop budgets
• ontarioweeds.com
• Weed Pro 75

Events

• Diagnosis, Visual Assessment and Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes of Vegetables and Small Fruit in the Northeast: November 19, 2009
• Permit to Take Water Workshop - Agricultural Irrigation: November 19, 2009
• Essex County Associated Growers - Bounty of The County Tradeshow: November 24 - 25, 2009
• Great Lakes Fruit Vegetable and Farm Market Expo: December 8 - 10, 2009
• Greenhouse Vegetable Course: December 7 - 11, 2009
• Permit to Take Water Workshop - Agricultural Irrigation: December 17, 2009
• 17 Annual Southwest Agricultural Conference: January 6 and 7, 2010
• Southwest Agricultural Web Conference: January 7, 2010
• North American Farm Marketers' Direct Marketing Association: February 5 - 12, 2010
• Eastern Ontario Crop Conference - February 18, 2010
• North American Raspberry & Blackberry Conference: February 24 - 26, 2010
• Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention: February 24 - 25, 2009
• Eastern Ontario Crop Diagnostic Day - July 20, 2010

Publications

• Publication 75 - Guide to Weed Control
• Publication 611 - Soil Fertility Handbook
• Publication 811 - Agronomy Guide for Field Crops
• Pub 812 - Field Crop Protection Guide
• Other OMAFRA Publications