Carrot Events Onions Research

2025 Muck Grower Information Days

vegetables growing in the muck soils of the Holland Marsh

The 2025 Muck Grower Information Days will be held at the Ontario Crops Research Centre – Bradford (Muck Station) on April 2 & 3, 2025.

The carrot session will be on Wednesday and the onion session will be on Thursday.

Coffee and lunch will be provided and there is no registration required. A virtual option is also available for those who cannot attend in person. You can find the link in this attached Agenda.

A summary of the talks can be found below or on the Ontario Crops Research Centre – Bradford (Muck Station) website.

  • Carrot Day (Wednesday, April 2)
    • Carrot Weed Management – Tyler Blauel
    • Integrated Approaches for Cavity Spot Management and Risk Assessment for Carrot Growers – Umbrin Ilyas and M.R. McDonald
    • Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority – Lori McLean
    • Yield and Quality: Finding the Right Fertilizer Rates for Onions and Carrots – Mary Ruth McDonald
    • OFVGA Industry Update – OFVGA staff
    • Industry update – BASF – Chelsea Steenbergen
    • Highlights of the carrot cultivar trials – Shawn Janse
    • Thoughts for weed control in carrots and onion on mineral soil – Wendy Zhang
    • Industry Update – Bayer Crop Science – Margaret Alexiou
    • Agricultural robots for vegetable production – Geoff Farintosh, K. Vander Kooi and M.R. McDonald
    • Minor Use update – Josh Mosiondz
    • Industry Update – FMC – Denis Rodet
    • Highlights of carrot research trials – Kevin Vander Kooi, G. Farintosh and M.R. McDonald
  • Onions (Thursday, April 3)
    • Tools for managing Stemphylium on onions – Julia Scicluna and M.R. McDonald
    • Advancements in Maggot Management in Onion – Brian Nault
    • Industry update – Syngenta –Eric Phillips
    • Vegetable Seed Treatments in Ontario: The Commercial Perspective – Bridget Visser
    • Potential of 4R Nutrient Stewardship to reduce phosphorus losses from organic soils of the Holland Marsh – Charles Lalonde
    • New technology for tissue testing: – Ifesinachi Ezeh, Mary Ruth McDonald, G. Farintosh and K. Vander Kooi
    • Onion research update – Mary Ruth McDonald, G. Farintosh and K. Vander Kooi
    • Industry Update – Corteva – Alana Respondek
    • IPM Update- the year in review and plans for 2025 – Tyler Blauel
    • Highlights of the onion cultivar trials – Shawn Janse

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