"Sound Advice" Radio Reports - Audio Crop UpdatesTable of Contents
IntroductionListen to the latest crop production news and information direct from OMAFRA crop specialists on "Sound Advice" Radio Reports- Audio Crop Updates. Listen to the report online, sign up for podcasts, or download web-quality files for your mp3 player or high-quality audio files for radio station programming. The reports are also available in text format. ReportsCultural Techniques to Reduce Apple Tree Growthby Leslie Huffman (leslie.huffman@ontario.ca), Apple Specialist/OMAFRA Managing Weeds in an Elongated Springby Kristen Callow, (kristen.callow@ontario.ca) Weed Management Program Lead - Horticulture/OMAFRA Resources for IPM Monitoringby Margaret Appleby, (margaret.appleby@ontario.ca) IPM Systems Specialist/OMAFRA Resources for IPM Monitoring. Full report available below... Spotted Wing Drosophila Updateby Pam Fisher, (pam.fisher@ontario.ca) Berry Crop Specialist/OMAFRA Spotted Wing Drosophila Update. Full report available below... Excessive Fertilizer Can Reduce Crop Qualityby Christoph Kessel, (christoph.kessel@ontario.ca) Horticultural Crop Nutrition Program Lead/OMAFRA Excessive fertilizer can reduce crop quality. Full report available below... Growing Specialty Grains in Ontarioby Evan Elford, (evan.elford@ontario.ca) New Crop Development Specialist/OMAFRA Recently there has been increasing interest in growing specialty grain crops like grain amaranth and quinoa. Full report available below... Soil Sampling for Nematodes - The Importance of Doing It Rightby Janice LeBoeuf, (janice.leboeuf@ontario.ca) Vegetable Crop Specialist/OMAFRA - Ridgetown Spring is a good time to sample horticultural fields for plant parasitic nematodes. Full report available below... Time to Get Your Traps Outby Hannah Fraser, (hannah.fraser@ontario.ca) Entomology Horticulture Program Lead/OMAFRA - Vineland Despite the recent chilly temperatures, those experienced in the preceding ones have been favourable to the development of many pests of horticultural crops. Full report available below... How Much Cold Can We Take?by Leslie Huffman, (leslie.huffman@ontario.ca) Apple Specialist/OMAFRA In the midst of the earliest spring on record, and the cold weather returns - How much cold can we take? Full report available below... Plan Ahead for Your Crop Nutrition Programby Christoph Kessel, (christoph.kessel@ontario.ca) Horticultural Crop Nutrition - Program Lead/OMAFRA Soil Maps and Other Soil Information Resourcesby Adam Hayes (adam.hayes@ontario.ca), Soil Management Specialist, Field Crops/OMAFRA, Ridgetown
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