If your wheat looks tough but the neighbour’s doesn’t, it’s time to sit down and try and figure out what impact your own management is having on your fields. That’s just one take-home message from this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word. Host Peter Johnson explains what the likely culprits are of purple, red, and yellow wheat,... Read More

Wheat Pete's Word

Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 11: What your wheat is telling you, hard-to-dry corn, and paying our respects

Planting early isn’t just the mantra for wheat in the fall, it usually applies to corn in the spring, too. But as farmers submit data on final yields vs planting date, the full story of planting into cold or cold, wet soils is told. In this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson shares some... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 4: A gift from Mother Nature, thin wheat stands, and cold soil impacts on corn

Yield results are trickling in, and regional differences sure do tell the tale of spring conditions and summer rain (or lack thereof) for the 2020 growing season. In this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, we take a look at crop yields across Ontario, but also into Quebec, and as far as the east coast. Also in... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 28: Colourful wheat, resistant rootworm, green dust, and the Goldilocks zone

Corn in Ontario is finally drying down, just as the cold, wet, fall weather kicks into gear this week. But, hey, it’s not snow (sorry, Western Canada). In this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson is asking plenty of your questions on soil fertility, fertilizer rates, and residue management considerations in conjunction with fertility... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 21: Damp husks, variable rate lime, chopping stalks, and too much phos

When the combine is running through those soybeans, how good of job is it doing at spreading the residue? Getting the wheat in right after the beans isn’t always just about timing — excellent field conditions and residue management matter too, says Peter Johnson, host of Wheat Pete’s Word. In this week’s episode, Johnson shares... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, October 14: Dusty phos, more wheat, and the importance of residue management

Did September feel a little cool? Well, that’s because it was. Not that the month was that cold, but it was cool enough, and cool enough on consecutive days that the Ontario corn crop is taking for-ev-er to dry down. In this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson tackles some recent questions, offers encouragement,... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 7: Slow-to-dry corn, target prices, checking in, and living roots

It might be very dry in Ontario, but that means the crop can come off quickly, and that means we can get the 2021 wheat crop locked and loaded. In this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson has answers to seeding pinch points on meeting soil fertility needs, a few scouting tips on new... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 30: Stink bugs, pink corn, early wheat, and broadcast P

The last week hasn’t been kind to the Ontario grain crop as a light frost caused heavy damage to many edible beans, some soybeans, and corn. More than that, we’re in the heart of optimal winter wheat planting timing and conditions are dry — what’s a farmer to do? To answer that question, plus so... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 23: Frost impacts, super-dry beans, tar spot, and rock hard ground

Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson talks a mile a minute in this one folks, buckle up! In this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson answers all the agronomy questions about wheat seeding, cover crops, and weed control, in a Farmer Rapid Fire style. We see what you did there, Johnson, trying to be... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 16: Too good to be true yields, wheat fertility, and some disease questions

They don’t call him Wheat Pete for nothing. It’s September and that means it’s time to talk about wheat, wheat, wheat. In this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson is answering the most timely questions regarding the winter wheat crop, choosing seeding rates, the importance of seed treatments, and so much more.... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 9: Broadcast risks, upping seeding rates, and tickling 200 bushels per acre

In agronomy — as with most things in life — it can be important to put things into perspective and to always ask if you’re not sure of the answer. In this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist Peter Johnson gives us an overview of Ontario’s precipitation, some wheat problem solving (of course), and... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 2: Wonky weather, grain in storage, and allelopathy

In agronomy, sometimes it’s what you don’t do that adds value. At this time of year, that could mean not going in too early with a pre-harvest burn-down product, or parking the plow. In this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson tallies up the early results on the Ontario wheat crop, why edible bean... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 26: Bean dry-down, the power of the plow, and the magic of manure

When there’s good wheat in abundance, those loads with sub-250 falling number are going to get dinged — and so begins some of the tougher lessons of this harvest season, says Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson. On this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, you’ll get a harvest season update, more on the cover crop survey for Ontario,... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 19: Low falling number, nitrate poisoning risk, SDS, and green oat tillers

Who wants to learn a new weather term? Get on in here for this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word where — unfortunately — we learn there is a specific term for an inland hurricane. Also in this week’s episode, host Peter Johnson is talking cover crop adoption and cover crop options well into the fall, where... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 12: Flat crops, yield records, cover crop shifts, and triticale seeding rates

There comes a time when the questions, comments, and follow ups become so numerous, you’ve simply got to dive in and start handing out answers. For this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson is taking the “Farmer Rapid Fire” approach and answering as many listener questions as possible in 16 short minutes. In this... Read More

Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 5: Post-anthesis N, oats vs rye for cover, and glorious rain

Every Wednesday, Peter Johnson gives you the agronomic word on all the crops growing in Canada.

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