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Ontario Corn, Soy Crops Still Facing Production Risks

Ontario corn and soybean crops have shown major improvement with better rainfall and cooler temperatures over the past several weeks, but production risks remain. 

Big corn plants and lush soybean fields give the appearance of strong yield potential that may not actually translate at harvest, Real Agriculture agronomist Peter Johnson said Wednesday. 

“Rain in August makes soybeans, and we are getting rain, so the crop should be excellent,” he said. “But many growers would think, ‘record crop,’ and for some reason it doesn’t always turn out that way with extremely lush soybeans.” 

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