EASTERN ONTARIO: Crop Report
CORN
• Most advanced corn at 8-9 leaf stage.
• 80-90 percent of the crop looks excellent.
• Corn almost filling in rows by mid-June.
• Corn side dress nitrogen applied in mid- to late June.
SOYBEANS
• Switching over to nodulation phase and fixing nitrogen.
• Limited replanting as emergence has been good overall.
• As July approaches fungicide application timing will be advised given adequate moisture so far for potential white mold development.
CEREALS (wheat, oats and barley)
• Winter wheat heading done. Fusarium applications completed. Crop looks promising.
FORAGES (hay)
• Alfalfa yield down due to early harvest based on growth stage. Quality excellent.
• Dry hay challenges this year.
CORN
• Majority of the corn crop is at the 5 to 6 leaf stage as of June 17.
• Early plantings into cold conditions are now well ahead and look excellent. Side dressing is now underway.
SOYBEANS
• Majority of the bean crop is at the 1st and 2nd trifoliate as of June 17.
• Emergence is good in most cases.
• Beans planted early into cold dry soil are ahead of the average.
CEREALS (wheat, oats and barley)
• Spring cereals doing well. Winter wheat is now in full head. Some uneven fields with shorter than normal straw length.
FORAGES (hay)
• Excellent first cut of hay with good regrowth, lots of dry hay acreage still to come off.
CORN
• The crop looked good overall. The most advanced corn was at the 5 to 6-leaf stage and looked fairly uniform across fields, though some cold, wet spots were visible.
• Nitrogen side-dressing was in full swing and nearing completion.
SOYBEANS
• Planting just wrapped up. Early-planted beans were at the first trifoliate stage.
• Field spraying actively underway across the area.
CEREALS (wheat, oats and barley)
• Winter wheat crop was completely sprayed, including a second application of fungicides. Cereal leaf beetles made a rare appearance in some pockets, requiring targeted insecticide spraying.
• The forage rye harvest was finished. Those fields were replanted with double-crop soybeans or corn.
FORAGES (hay)
• First cut underway. The very first fields harvested were shorter than normal due to cool, dry spring, but quality was good.
• Cool weather slowed growth, but incoming moisture meant a late-June second cut might still be possible.
• Many alfalfa fields will need to be re-seeded this year.
CORN
• Corn is anywhere from spiking to 8 leaf. Looks good.
• Later planted corn has a more even stand, earlier planted corn has more of a variable stand with evidence of earlier ponding in areas and the cold start to the season.
• Some corn for silage planted after an early hay cut.
SOYBEANS
• Soybean plantings and edible bean plantings wrapped up by June 17.
• Few reports of replanting soybeans due to thin stands.
CEREALS (wheat, oats and barley)
• Wheat and other fall planted cereals were in full head with fungicide applications in full swing by mid-June.
• Spring cereals kicked into high gear after the heat and sunshine and looked good.
FORAGES (hay)
• Mid-May hay cuts yielded about 60 % of a normal cut, early June cuts yielded slightly less than a normal cut.
• Older stands of hay were showing the effects of last years drought if there was a late cut taken last year.
