Wheat Pete's Word, Sept 2: more wonky weather, grain in storage, and allelopathy

Published 2020년 9월 2일

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This article highlights the weather conditions in Ontario, noting both the hot temperatures and varying rainfall amounts across the region. Agriculturally, it discusses the potential for early bean combining, concerns of dry bean burn-dots, and issues with Indian mealmoth in stored wheat. It also provides recommendations for planting and managing winter crops, including adjusting seeding rates and being aware of allelopathic effects from previous cover crops, particularly from rye. Additionally, it mentions research on the allelopathic properties of rye, triticale, and wheat, noting rye as the most allelopathic.

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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 a quick breakdown of research out of the Denmark, Norway, and Sweden area that addresses why a crop after rye might not look so hot. Have a question you’d like Johnson to address or some yield results to send in? Disagree with something he’s said? Leave him a message at 1-844-540-2014, send him a tweet (@wheatpete), or email him at [email protected] SUMMARY It’s been hot! In 2020, there’s been 28 days recorded at Nature Nut Nick’s weather station, at over 30 degrees celsius. Not the record though. It’s an average year in total heat unit accumulation. May was pretty cool, July was well above normal for heat. Is it early to be combining edible beans? Not that ...

Source: Real Ag