A Farmer's Work is Never Done.

It's May 16th. The corn is up, the soys are in the ground, the wheat herbicide is down. Edibles will go soon, then what? You might actually be able to take week off! Not quite.

There are reports of wheat in the Chatham Kent area receiving their fusarium control. Below is a pic of the most advanced wheat I could find in the area. It is almost in the boot stage and with the warm weather forecasted for the weekend, it will be in head next week and due for some Caramba or Prosaro. Either or, the choice is yours. Efficacy is the same for both, price and programs will make the difference. More importantly are the nozzles you are using. Front and back facing is a must for good head coverage. Anything else for nozzles and you are wasting your money.

The other thing to keep you busy are some early weed escapes.  We are in a pocket of some drier ground than most of Ontario.  With the dry weather, soil applied chemistry has not been activated in all fields.  Even with a setup residual application on RR corn,  you need to be keeping and eye out for annuals that will need control before the corn gets to 6-8 leaf.