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OMAFRA releases latest Field Crop Report

Report was released June 2

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

OMAFRA’s latest Field Crop Report says that corn is somewhere between the spike and five-leaf stage.

According to the June 2 report, the recent warm weather paired with enough rainfall has resulted in good emergence and an acceptable stand.

Dry weather has prevented pre-emergence herbicides from activating on many acres and allowed weeds to grow quickly; OMAFRA suggests being diligent when scouting for weeds at this time.

Soybean planting in Ontario is nearly done and while emergence is acceptable, the lack of rain has resulted in imperfect stands.

Farmer in field

OMAFRA warns against rushing to replant soybeans as they have the ability to adapt to thin stands.

“If there are 100,000 plants per acre, the field should be left alone,” OMAFRA said. “If plant stands are very thin the best approach is to seed right on top of the existing stand.”

According to OMAFRA, the final population shouldn’t be more than 225,000 plants per acre.

With respect to winter wheat, plants may appear bushy with lots of tillers.

There are reports of stripe rust in areas that didn’t receive an application of fungicides; applying fungicides at heading for Fusarium head blight control will also help to control stripe rust.

Without fungicide, stripe rust could cause between 30 and 50 per cent yield loss.


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