Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
The VCR (vegetable crop report) is a weekly update which includes crop updates, weather and growing degree summaries for various vegetable growing regions across Ontario. Continue Reading VCR – Vegetable Crop Report – June 6th, 2024
Jennifer Jarvis, OMAFRA In 2016, many areas of the province saw very warm and dry conditions, creating challenges for horticulture… Continue Reading Do you have a water contingency plan?
Jennifer Jarvis, OMAFRA There’s a right time for everything. Every year, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs… Continue Reading Nutrient Application: Timing Matters
Farmers experiencing dry weather challenges can find feed, production and management information at OMAFRA. Visit ontario.ca/agweatherissues or contact the Agricultural… Continue Reading If you’re still looking for rain…
These temperature maps are provided by Weather INnovations Consulting LP. The temperatures are measured at 1.5 m and based on… Continue Reading Overnight temperature maps for those cold nights
To date there have been no confirmed cases of downy mildew in the Great Lakes region. There was an initial… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update – July 09, 2014
By Elaine Roddy, Vegetable Crops Specialist, OMAF-MRA and David Wolyn, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph. There is little… Continue Reading Impact of Winter Temperatures on Asparagus, 2014
Dr. Jason S.T. Deveau, Application Technology Specialist By now, hopefully, everyone knows there are two different kinds of pesticide drift.… Continue Reading Which factors reduce pesticide drift?
Updated link from an ONvegetables.com post made on June 21, 2012. With summer upon us, it may be a good… Continue Reading Humidex Based Heat Response Plan
Last week, a colleague was looking at the Environment Canada daily weather data for Ridgetown for April and May 2013. … Continue Reading The winds of spring 2013