2025 Muck Grower Information Days

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