Peter Johnson
@WheatPete
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Peter Johnson, Agronomist, Real Agriculture pjohnson @realagriculture .com 519 318 2040
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Very honoured today. Inducted into Middlesex Agricultural Hall of Fame. Huge thanks Mike O’Shea and HOF committee, Libro Credit Union
@vanos_dave
, MFA,
@WesternFair
#humbled
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Just visited the grocery store. They were out of FLOUR!!!! About time people realized the value of
#wheat
!!!!!
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End of an era. 8700 White lost main drive bearing. Too old to fix again. "New" to me 9500. Such a step up! Anybody need/want an 8700 with heads and lots of spare parts, DM me! Lol.
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And with that, first vaccination dose administered. Thanks PharmaSave Ingersoll!
#wewillgetthere
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It doesn't get better than this! Middlesex Soil & Crop new research drill. Decked out!! Precision seederforce, liquid, dry, endless possibilities. AMAZING support.
@dietrich_ed
@paulvdietrich
@FosterFarms_1
@ainleafarms
and more. THANK YOU!!!
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Long term PK trials. Left 100 lbs of 11-52-0, right 80 lbs of 0-0-60, both seed placed last fall. Winter
#wheat
all about phosphorus!
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WOW! This picture from Mt Forest makes our few snow flakes inconsequential!
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Handed in my computer, cell phone and keys. No longer w OMAFRA. Retired! WOOHOO! Contact info peter.johnson
@bell
.net 519 318 2040
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Strip tilling looks good this morning. Next spring will tell.
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Well, I’m a wheat guy. But I have to admit, that’s a pretty sight.
@Ellen_Sparry
@thewheatteam
@megnmoran
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Any guesses what happened here? Gotta love spinner spreaders.
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Surprised at amount of
#corn
still weedy. Lose 4 bu/ac for every 1" weed height. Some weeds here 6" tall.
@psikkema1
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At the risk of sounding like a broken record: the benefit of seed placed P on wheat. Better winter survival, better growth, more uniform, more yield. Long term PK trials Bornholm.
@JoFollings
@cropdoc2
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Think we got the flag wrong by 2'. Streamed some more N+S 6 days ago. Wheat responding AWESOME!!!
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Slow going with tough, green straw, down wheat and lots of plots but making headway finally! :)
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Seeing so much headland compaction this year! Need to figure this out!
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Old White is finally rolling again. 16% moisture but down to 346 g/half litre test weight. Huge drop in quality!!!
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May 30th scouting. Touque, fleece and coveralls. Lake effect misty rain with lots of wind. Doesn't meteorologic summer start in 2 days?
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Grade 8 graduation for our first Granddaughter. Co-Valedictorian! Congratulations Cassidy!
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Need the right tool! Good neighbour Joe, switch one row from coulters to shank, all the difference. Get 'er done!
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Perfect night to frost seed some wheat plots! -3C, just enough frost.
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Last pass up the field w storm clouds rolling in. Can't remember the last time we finished in October!
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Today's focus: interplant soybeans into twin row
#wheat
! Working pretty well. Now to see what the yield is...
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OMGosh!!! CN Tower edgewalk base camp. My Christmas present from sons
@MrJPJ_
and twitterless James.
#soilyourundies
??
@Strait_Thax
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Congratulations
@psikkema1
! Well deserved!
Congrats to Professor Peter Sikkema, a 2019 winner of the Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching. Way to go Peter!
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Well. Not happy with the clover catch, so oats seeded to "thicken it up". Plus a few sunflowers along the road.
#boostpublicperception
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And the beast begins to rear its ugly head. (Fusarium)
@AlbertTenuta
@cropdoc2
@JoFollings
@pennin34
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Potash deficiency in soys. Only between the corn rows. K in corn starter. These fields need more potash!
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And he made it! Just as the rain started. Still have to clean up but plots OFF!!🎉🎉🎉
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And that's a wrap on wheat plot harvest 2021. First ever done in July. Thanks amazing technician Shane, Twitterless Ken Nixon and Middlesex SCIA for keeping us going!
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Tillage erosion. 2' soil loss. Wheat on eroded soil versus wheat 30' away. Huge impact!
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Tracks or tires: which is best? You might be surprised! Compaction Action tomorrow! (Bring your lunch if you didn't preregister)
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Every year HUGE diff w phos fertlizer in
#wheat
. Soil test 8 ppm Olsen, no starter left, 100 MAP w seed right
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Out for a "Gaspe" Murder Mystery for Cassidy's 15th Birthday! Fun!!!
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Corn yield has gone up 70% 1980 to today! But virtually same nitrogen rates. WOW! Keys to BIG Corn, Tony Vyn,
#swac2018
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Grassed waterways only work if they are properly maintained. Many cases where maintenance/placement needs to be addressed.
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Huge honour to speak to the Young Farmers Forum!! The future of agriculture is BRIGHT!!!
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HUGE growth differences long term PK trials Elora. No K applied versus starter K on low test soil, ~50 ppm.
@cropdoc2
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Hard night of making desserts. Raspberry swirl for James, Buckeye's for Linda, white cake n caramel sauce for Joel n Jeremy. Ready for family tomorrow. :)
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Who woulda thought it? Corn needs potash even more than soys! And wheat almost no response. K soil test 55, very low. Elora long term PK trials.
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Early wheat London leaf erect stage! GS30. Magnification can just see head forming. Early! PGR timing begins.
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Planting date SO critical. My guess 30 bu/ac difference. Any others?
@cropdoc2
@pennin34
@JoshNasielski
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A most sincere THANK YOU posted to everyone that attended or was part of
#SWAC18
at Please take a quick moment to read. See you next year!
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WOWZERS Shawn! Good for you. Looks like 4-H Ontario is up $2500. Previous record 1.25 if memory serves. Gotta be a new record, but hard to believe can break 1.3 with "poverty grass". I guess 1.2894. And if I win, I will add $1000 to the 4-H donation!
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If you are in
#ontag
and applying T3 right now, give your head a shake! Wind 38 w gusts to 54. Will anything hit the target?
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Far from perfect but sneaking another wheat plot in before the rain.
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Sunday morning brunch in Toronto with part of our wonderful family!
#awesome
Came From Away this afternoon. ;)
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Takes 7 years before see any benefit to organic matter level from cover crops and Residue return. Shannon Osborne
#SWAC18
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Awesome technician Shane and Leroy (the combine) trying to beat the rain and finish wheat plot harvest. Go Shane GO!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
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WOW! Areas with no moisture until September are especially at risk. BE SAFE!!!
PSA, be safe around silos, we can't always see silo gases this easy! Took 20 minutes to clear with the blower!
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What an AWESOME team at
@realagriculture
. Little gift box sent my way, celebrate
#CWAtop50
. 6 wheat beers and some "all rye" whisky. Thanks guys, too kind!
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Fertilizing more wheat plots today. Technician Shane never stops!
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Drilling the ROI trials
@syngentacanada
research farm today. Shane doing excellent job as always!
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Wow. Annual ryegrass certainly is aggressive. Not many plants but you can sure pick them out!
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Wow. Lots of patterns in
#wheat
. Lots of nitrogen/sulphur issues. Slowly starting to figure out why.
@cropdoc2
@JoFollings
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Corn/Soys may love heat but far too hot for
#wheat
. Lose 1 bu/ac/day every day >25C. Hot nights brutal. Worst if at pollination.
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Lots tweets, emails, comments blowing soil today (Snirt, Snoil). We can do better!! Cover crops, residue. BEST dirt blows away...
#change
!
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Letting weeds set seed in wheat stubble is a recipe for poor weed control for years to come.
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Looks like I’m scouting winter canola this year. Late planted and still fine! 👍👍👍
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We need to get these facts out. Fight the perception with the reality!!
Here what Health Canada concluded in today's decision document on
#glyphosate
. Seems like a very beneficial chemical
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Lol! "PeteFest". Can anyone handle that?
To kick off the New Year right, why not catch up on all the episodes of
@WheatPete
's Word? There are 342 of them!
#petefest
#justmadethatup
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Some unhappy wheat. Lots of head snag, starting leaf roll lack of moisture. Rain sure would be nice!
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Awesome turnout at Lambton SCIA listening to
@psikkema1
. Time of day spraying matters! 48 bu/ac difference yield Liberty at noon versus Liberty at midnight!
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Sulphur deficiency
#wheat
very evident. Sig yield loss. EVERY
#ontag
wheat acre needs S!
@realagriculture
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Only 600 more to go to reach 1000!
Check out the 400th Episode of
@WheatPete
's word!
A milestone, wheat breaking dormancy, and ultra early N and early clover decisions:
#cdnag
#ontag
#westcdnag
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Corn is an amazing crop. So much biomass production during the rapid growth phase! Corn loves this 30C weather (wheat, barley not so much...)
Good news. Crop growth rates have been close to maximum since July 1st in Ontario. Former
@RidgetownCampus
student Jody Aldred
@aldred97
in the same corn on July 1st vs. July 11th. Wow!
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One chickweed plant left uncontrolled. Huge impact on wheat. Fall weed control CRITICAL!!!
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This is AWESOME! Another top producer teaching me how it is done. :)
Shooting a new Real Wheat Growers episode with
@WheatPete
&
@Shawridgefarm
. 154 bushel wheat! Stay tuned.
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And Leroy (the research combine) pounds on thanks to twitterless Ken and
@KevinNixon_
#MOREdata
!!!
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