Wheat Pete's Word
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Every Wednesday, Peter Johnson gives you the agronomic word on all the crops growing in Canada.
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 15: The corn swap-out question, road safety and stripe rust rumblings
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May 15, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 8: Theoretical yield potential, sulphur on wheat, rainfastness and weed control, and being patient
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May 08, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 1: Watching for the flag leaf, insect feeding, frost damage, and go-time
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May 01, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 24: Talking tillage, N management in wet conditions, and extreme weather
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 17: Nitrogen Q & A, resistant lamb’s quarters, and leadership in action
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 10: Overwintering wins, early harvest planning, PGR timing, and rust warnings
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 3: Solutions to early spring weeds, sulphur lessons, and nine years of the Word
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word: Provincial record corn yields, learning from others, and all about P
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 20: Managing stem counts, phosphorus questions, rolling alfalfa, and sweet gifts
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 13: Managing tiller potential, manure nutrient sources, and early insect trouble
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 6: Lions and lambs, spring sulphur, drying conditions, and northern expansion
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 28: Weather swings, winter kill, help for thin wheat, and too many bushels left in the bin
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 21: Product residue, carbon to nitrogen ratio, split-app N, and powerful ground
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 14: Living oats, renovating hay stands, mild winter considerations, and supporting corn yield
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 7: Teamwork, carbon capture, protecting early N, plant pops, and yield monitor hiccups
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 31: Carbon cycling, winter opportunities, volcanos, and encouraging words
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 24: Clover growth, dormancy in wheat, picking P, and mental health
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 17: Cold temps and dead plants, crowded seedlings, and most limiting factors for yield
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 10: Tissue testing corn, earthworm spotting, and giving a hoot about soil health
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 3: A historic start, goals for agronomy, PGRs, corn harvest, and cooling those bins
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 20: Lowering inputs, N from manure, blended N, and the 4Rs of the holidays
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 13: Late tillers, loaves per acre, surface-applied N, and a rough voice
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 6: Mindset matters, fungicide ROI, and investing in soil organic matter
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 29: Streamers, volunteering, the trouble with yield monitors, and digging in to organic matter
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 22: Corn on corn risks, dormant seeding wheat, and fungicide payback in a wet year
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 15: Iced-up corn, mushy seeds, salt considerations, and winter plans
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 8: Importing organic matter, broadcast wheat, ugly beans, and the value of a dryer
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 1: Managing fines, flat soys, snapping stalks, and the importance of calibrating
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 25: Gibberella risk, milky kernels, ladybug swarms, and GEMs
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 18: Hand-picked sample problems, deep ripping, farm safety, and residue results
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 11: Brown layer corn, road safety, broadcast wheat, and the difference a day makes
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 4: A late heat wave, long-season headaches, gib, and high-selling pies
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 27: Seeding down to moisture, early canola, silage yields, and frozen corn
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 20: Chasing the combine, wheat for the UK, and an alert on gibberella
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 13: Carbon cycling, cutting heights, P tests, and the Diefenbunker
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 6: Revenge tillage, #plant24, weed seeds, and winter canola
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 30: Ongoing training, aphids attack, and a funny looking pigweed
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 23: Broadcasting wheat in to beans, cover crop timelines, and critical thinking exercises
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 16: Hail, tar spot spores, removal rates, and incremental change
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 9: A YEN reminder, compacting sand, weed competition, and when binning is winning
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 2: Corn fungicide timing, leafhopper trouble, and N in dairy manure
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 26: Wild parsnip control, adding N to ugly beans, fire risks, and nodulation woes
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 19: Quality losses in wheat, pigweed patrol, corn diseases, and aphid thresholds
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 12: Dormant seeding spring wheat, soybean aphids, tar spot, and targeting dead zones
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 5: Lodging crops, white mould, and the first quart of raspberries
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 28: Late rain and grain gains, insect alerts, the green bridge, and a sad loss
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 21: Potash deficiency, the summer solstice, and an aphid alert
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 14: Corn loves wheat, hot hay, hail impacts, and nitrate soil test results
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 7: Increased resistance, smoke and smog, drift concerns, and an alert on cereal leaf beetle
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 31: Stranded K, T3 fungicide decisions, first-cut hay, and slow soybeans and corn
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May 31, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 24: Controlling alfalfa weevils, a lingering haze, and slugging through cover crops
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May 24, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 17: Frost impacts, planting soybeans to moisture, slugs, and tillage as a system
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May 17, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 10: Powdery mildew, road manners, and mighty triticale
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May 10, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 3: Fungicide questions, short canola, WAMLEGS, and a second shot of N
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May 03, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 26: Pretty wheat, germinating corn, patience, weevil watch, and trampling crops
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 19: Ragweed problems, warm soil, chilly corn, and clumpy fertilizer
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 12: To go or not to go? Consider compaction, temperature, and upcoming forecast
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 5: Erosion control, sulphur clarification, N timing, and pretty heads
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 29: Green up, setting up on-farm tests, melting urea and sulphur decisions
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 22: Tillering, row widths, insect overwintering, and manure stewardship
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 15: What field patterns tell us, banding vs. broadcast fertilizer, and a bright future
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 8: Rock phosphate, base saturation, and beautiful buckwheat
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, March 1: Learn and burn, hybrid wheat, cuddling corn, and iced over crops
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Ep 400: A milestone, wheat breaking dormancy, and ultra early N and early clover decisions
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 15: The power of potash, undead oats, rotation, and Canada’s Ag day
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 8: Shady covers, fungicide use and straw yield, Snickerdoodles, and what top producers do
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 1: Record wheat, speedy raindrops, drought-resistant crops, and feeding corn
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 25: Soil water holding capacity, critical thinking, S on wheat, and the fifth R
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 18: Very early weed growth, fertilizer in strip-tillage, and finding good data
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 11: ‘Tis the season…to get out the door for a meeting!
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 4: Building base fertility, wheat and dormancy, and running tiles
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 21: Reflect, recharge, reconnect, and reach out
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 14: Constant improvement, driving on winter wheat, N decisions, and Pete’s wish
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 7: Cooperation, compaction, winter wheat acres, and the value of zero
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 30: Pennycress, broadcasting wheat, fungicide on beans, and online learning
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 23: Cycling nutrients, delicate corn, YEN results, and N losses
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 16: Fall manure losses, terminating clover, corn smut, and how we spend our days
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 9: Plugged elevators, persistent droughts, fall armyworm, and the season of giving
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 2: Raking corn, header wagons, really ultra early wheat, and maturity versus yield
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 26: Spooky yield loss, clean cobs, fall rosettes, and quick-drying corn
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 19: Wheat records, next gen agronomists, and gauging winter survival odds
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 12: Slipping the clutch, clover commitment, and slow-to-black layer corn
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 5: Fresh strawberries, road safety, frost, and Ontario Agriculture Week
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 28: Holy Peter, where did that yield come from?!
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 21: Early DON levels, lofty bean prices, and weed control for wheat
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 14: Wide rows and fleabane, deep wheat, gray corn and random green plants
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 7: Check strips, washing drills, adding seeds and filling bunks
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 31: Ontario yields, cool nights, and fall weed control
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word(let), August 26: Winter canola, winter wheat, and a look at fertility
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 24: Yield estimates, consistency, water movement, and mighty rye
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 17: Late tar spot, biomass, performance trials, and bean leaf beetles
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 10: Falling pods, insect feeding, wheat premiums, and torrential downpours
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, August 3: Ongoing insect problems, surprise diseases, rotation and potash deficiencies
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 27: Drought-induced deficiencies, an aphid alert, and big biomass
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 20: Building OM, lodged wheat, hail in the west, and a great grain fill
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 13: Tar spot spotting, up-front N, aborted canola, and a seat belt reminder
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 6: The king of crops in England, rapid growth in dry weather, and white mould checks
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 29: Curled-up corn, slow wheat, happy beans, and an alert on aphids
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 22: Green stripes, smeared sidewalls, eroded knolls, tall wheat, and an early harvest
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 15: Drought to flood, counting florets, corn after hay, and hay after soys
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 8: Too many insects, T3 timing, rolling soys, and fencerow finds
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 1: Heads per square foot, bitter rye, weevils, and the Palouse
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 25: Wild weather, talking to the public, and weed control
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May 25, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 18: Zooming wheat, fleabane risks, planting depth, and planting progress
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May 18, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 11: Slow down, speed up, stay shallow, and an alfalfa alert
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May 11, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 4: Soil temp hold backs, tank-mix no-nos, and growth stage decisions
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May 04, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 27: Swapping grass for alfalfa, early fleabane control, overwintering barley, and big wheat seed
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 20: Checking in, a stalled spring, lowering N losses, and electric chopsticks
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 13: A giant blizzard, green up, split applied N, and an alert about bees
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 6: Slot closure, dormant seeding, testing manure, and encouraging tillering
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 30: Manure management, food scarcity, tile-run wheat, and N stabilizers
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 23: Early green up, syrup, soybean nutrition, and the snow-to-melt ratio
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 16: Wheat decisions, extracting potash, prioritizing N, and digging out the drill
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 9: Stay green impacts, drainage, pollinator patches, and spraying on red clover
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, March 2: Wheat exports, Group 1 resistant wheat, and gaining more minutes of sunshine
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 23: Sowthistle trouble, market madness, dormant seeding, and waste potatoes
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 16: All the ways for K, understanding delta yield, and making the right call
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 9: Going for gold, volcanoes, cracking clays, and building P
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 2: Nitrogen and hydrogen, filling in wheat gaps, and changing minds
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 26: Living off soil interest, bread dough, Canadian phos, and fertilizer uniformity
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 19: How soil carbon and flight are linked, wireworm whoopsies, changes, and water quality
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 12: Top soil loss, N tie-up and rye, rising corn prices, and being resilient
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 5: Nutrient bank account, healthy skepticism, and kicking off ’22
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 22: Phosphorus math, static electricity, and time to rest and recharge
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 15: Wicked weather, tile run wheat, soybean yields, and years of soil cores
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 8: More magical manure, corn bets, N credits, and wrapping up harvest
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 1: Corn height, sticky snow, stuck plows, and not so magical manure
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 24: Prizes, big yields and big prices, fall mapping, and foliar K
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 17: Tillage talk, increasing DON levels, lost beans, and liquid manure
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 10: Rusty wheat, double crop bean yields, tracking N, and variety plot wins
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 3: Yellow wheat, profit margins, warm nights, and bumper stickers
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 27: Tile-run wheat, road safety, straw planning, and plot results
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 20: Yellow wheat, volunteer beans, shaggy barley, and clean corn
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 13: Empty stalks, armyworm alert, gibberella, and drying costs
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 6: Slugs! Checkered seed coats, tile run triticale, and re-seeding
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 29: Stalk rot, mushy beans, cloud cover, and soil tests
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 22: Perfect residue spread, rye vs triticale, and a carryover alert
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 15: Black layer corn, tar spot, heavy beans, and the push test
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 8: Ugly worms, silo gas risks, hail, and P & K in the fall
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 1: Welcome fall, heat unit math, gibberella, and an armyworm alert
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 25: Broadcast risk, pre-harvest intervals, and record barley crops
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 18: Final yields, revenge spraying, cereal on cereal options, and sold out winter canola
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 11: Pickled corn, gib risks, ultra early spring wheat, vexing vetch, and baling oats
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 4: Oats after wheat, super sunny sunflowers, and white mould mayhem
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 28: Falling number answers, double cobs, lush beans, and oats for the west
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 21: Green snap, Diagnostic Days, lodged wheat yields, and swarms of WBC
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 14: Purple stems, burnt up wheat, tasseling corn, and aphids at threshold
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 7: Clean air, converging harvests, soybean aphids, and the carbon penalty
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 30: Residual N, lodged wheat, flooded fields, and fungicide decisions
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 23: Fusarium, stunted crops, muck soils, and listening to your crop
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 16: Too dry, too wet, too late, plus manganese deficiencies and an aphid reminder
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 9: Potato leafhopper, wild weather, and side-dress nitrate results
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 2: Frost, drought, replants, and more than one insect alert
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 26: Awesome hay, cold imbibition in corn, and T3 fungicide timing
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May 26, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 19: Wheat as forage, the value of protected N, yellow bands, and mildew risk
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May 19, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 12: Cold temps, the rule of three, and mixing instructions
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May 12, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 5: N in the corn row, double crop beans, and wrangling rye
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May 05, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 28: Drought risks, burnt wheat, starter for beans, and planting intentions
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 21: Plant growth regulators, deep planting, snow and frost damage on wheat
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 14: Zooming wheat, slow release rain, and the rule of three
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 7: Is it time to plant, spray, or apply all the N?
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 31: Rainfall amounts, physiological fleck, and too many tillers
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 24: Organic matter under cover crops, snow mold, and stale seed beds
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 17: Waiting on green-up, frost seeding out west, and the right rate of N on wheat
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 10: Punching through the frost, clover choices, and early N
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 3: Alternating crops, new sayings, a new number, and episode 300
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 24: Attention to detail, getting wheat in the ground, and more clover questions
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 17: Extreme cold, the view from above, and how to scare away birds
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 10: Added growing season, vaccines, and all about brown gold
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 3: Biologicals, gypsy moths, potash on soy, and the importance of replicated trials
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 27: Clover magic, spring potash, base hits, and birthday songs
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 20: Soybean yields, boron, ice on The Lakes, and attention to detail
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 13: Respectful disagreements, sulphur availability, and sky-high crop prices
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 6: The little harvest, plotting the year ahead, and a bin check
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 23: Some thank-yous, test plots, some feedback, and a free 15 minutes
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 16: Market rallies, doing things different, and matching removal rates
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 9: Winter erosion, residue, and alternating rows of corn and soybeans
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 2: Soil crumbles, bio-strips, and a Word from the West
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 25: DON in DDGs, right-day corn, and a reminder to work in pairs
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 18: Road safety during harvest, late-planted corn, and tillage for wheat
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 11: What your wheat is telling you, hard-to-dry corn, and paying our respects
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 4: A gift from Mother Nature, thin wheat stands, and cold soil impacts on corn
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 28: Colourful wheat, resistant rootworm, green dust, and the Goldilocks zone
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 21: Damp husks, variable rate lime, chopping stalks, and too much phos
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, October 14: Dusty phos, more wheat, and the importance of residue management
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 7: Slow-to-dry corn, target prices, checking in, and living roots
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 30: Stink bugs, pink corn, early wheat, and broadcast P
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 23: Frost impacts, super-dry beans, tar spot, and rock hard ground
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 16: Too good to be true yields, wheat fertility, and some disease questions
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 9: Broadcast risks, upping seeding rates, and tickling 200 bushels per acre
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 2: Wonky weather, grain in storage, and allelopathy
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 26: Bean dry-down, the power of the plow, and the magic of manure
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 19: Low falling number, nitrate poisoning risk, SDS, and green oat tillers
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 12: Flat crops, yield records, cover crop shifts, and triticale seeding rates
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 5: Post-anthesis N, oats vs rye for cover, and glorious rain
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 29: Leafhoppers, peak flight of WBC, and managed wheat results
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 22: Egg masses, green silk, and big wheat yields
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 15: Western bean cutworm, glorious rain, better cover crops, and record wheat
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 8: Grassy wheat fields, ’88 weather, and working in teams
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 1 — Pest pressure, rapid growth syndrome, and Happy 153rd, Canada!
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 24: Dissolved urea, clover credits, leaf burn, and a carryover alert
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 17: Nitrogen needs, herbicide injury, hitting the target, and insect invasions
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 10: Soil structure and emergence, heat and pollinating wheat, and digging for moisture
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 3: T3 timing, flea beetle pressure, millipede feeding, and crusting relief
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 27: Aphid alerts, soil sorrows, and eyes on nitrogen loss
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May 27, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 20: Yellow wheat, hardy plants, revenge spraying, and a slow return to “normal”
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May 20, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 13: Cold soil, sulphur deficiency, and assessing freeze damage on wheat
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May 13, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 6: The big chill, two-pass fungicide timing, and protecting your face
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May 06, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 29: Dastardly dandelions, rotten rotation, and terrible, terrible timothy
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s World, April 22: Weather disparity, market spikes, cold soil, and herbicide in cold weather
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 17: Minding the P and K questions
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 15: Staying connected, N trials on wheat, and cool spring temps
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 8: Ultra early soybean planting, split N apps, and a “red” alert
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 1: Nitrogen losses explained, the Word time warp, and staying social
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, March 25: Isolation, market moves, and your fertilizer questions answered
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, March 18: Corn row syndrome, dry soil in March, and stocking up ahead of planting
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 11: The clover cut choice, N decisions on wheat, and establishing alfalfa
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, March 4: Red clover, soil health, and dipping in to the fertility bank
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 26: Traveling corn stalks, coffee shop talk, and a photo caption ask
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 19: Applied research applause, the trouble with too-big plots, and a friendly nematode
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 12: Frost seeding cereals, row-width trade-offs, and #plant20 begins
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 5: Phos responses, new products, ice levels, and headland management
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 29: Fill times, phosphorus movement, and where in the world is Wheat Pete?
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 22: Proper pressure, ice, dismal yields, and packing in starch
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 15: Rain and extreme cold, the cost of resistance, and manure on snow
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 8: A corn toxin alert, tiles vs. earthworms, temperature updates, and a final look at 2019
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec. 18: Cornsicle bins, performance trials, N tie up, and a Merry Christmas
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 11: Soil sampling strategies, the importance of weed ID, and road safety
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec. 4: Kernel shrinkage and test weight trouble, full elevators, and iced over soybeans
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 27: Corn fines, snow fences, soy performance, and pushback
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 20: The economics of leaving corn out, propane shortages, and performance trial delays
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 13: Snow, test weight and temperature, yield monitor data, and farm stress
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 6: Open husks, lodged corn, colourful wheat, and green beans
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 30: Wet corn, wetter corn, chickweed, and soil health dividends
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct. 23: Cob drop, scouting shifts, manure on wheat, and bean yield variability
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct. 9: Corn shanks, terminating cover crops, and maxed out seeding rates
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct. 2: Snowed-on harvests, high moisture corn, chicken manure, and fall herbicide options
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 25: Cereal rye yield drag, the grain dryer’s real value, and worm wars
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept. 18: Wheat planting, the critical harvest period, and dreaded fleabane
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept. 11: Corn and wheat markets, field margin fleabane, and wheat after silage
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept. 4: Broadcast vs. seed-placed fert, speckled stalks, and unavailable N
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 28: Relay wheat in canola, potash power, sulphur release, and weedy field help
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 21: Manure on grain land, spider mites, cool weather, and vexing vetch
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 14: Weather woes, wheat after corn silage, and corn insect ALERT
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 7: Mid-rib worries, surprising wheat yields, and when a day is not a day in corn
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 31: Silk channels, yield results, egg masses, and pesky field margin weeds
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 24: Heavy rainfall, leafhopper frenzy, and yield-robbing wind
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 17: Aphid sightings, the first WBC moth, and a little cover crop help
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 10: Slugs, community, canopy micro-climates, and maximum wind!
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 3: Bushels lost per inch of weeds, fusarium risks, and no bare acres
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 26: Laryngitis, N on soybeans, heating hay, and unseeded acre options
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 19: N top ups, sunshine, controlling big weeds, and BYDV
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 12: Straw options, plant sunburns, and helping your neighbour
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, June 5: Weevils, weather woes, rootworm strategies and tank-time no-nos
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 29: Weather rallies, soil consolidation and increasing seeding rates
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May 29, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 22: Reappearing wheat, cold corn, a fleabane warning, and a rust alert
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May 22, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 15: Spring stover baling, starter fertilizer bumps, leaf burn risk, and stems per foot of row
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May 16, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 8: Wet Ontario, a sulphur update, and nitrogen-starved wheat
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May 09, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, May 1: Patience in wet conditions, emergency hay, and lovely frost-seeded cereals
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May 01, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 24: SOS, spring ruts, dandelion control, salvaging beans, and P and K in straw
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 17: Straw-sanity, whacky wheat, winter canola, and crab grass control
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 10: Help for patchy wheat, maple syrup season, and pasture rejuvenation
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, April 3: PGRs and more N, clover inoculant, sad Oct. wheat, and the black hole
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar. 27: Worms! Big soybean yields, cover crops and N tie-up, and resistant corn borers
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 20: Tillering strategies, keeping soil covered, and help for sandy knolls
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 13: Dig that wheat, clover tips, fat soys, and questions from NoDak, Ohio, PEI and the Prairies
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word: Episode 200! We’re celebrating with a re-cap of nutrient BMPs
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb. 27: Tissue test limits, chloride vs. chlorine, wheat records, and reviving rented land
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 20: Rotation kickbacks, iced wheat fields, and warm fertilizer for soybeans
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb. 13: Ancient genes, wheat removal rates, corn starter, and row width decisions
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb. 6: Dissolved phosphorus risks, starter fert on soys, and a soil test reminder
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 30: Plugged tile, exposed wheat, wide rows, and soaring fertilizer prices
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, January 23: DDG risks, profits by soil zone, and building yield through genome tweaks
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 16: Hybrid evaluations, ideal organic matter, and latest and earliest wheat seeding
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 9: Life-long learning, talking plants, compaction trade-offs, and seed-placed P
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 2: Soil testing philosophies, seeding in January, smearing soil, and sulphur strips
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 19: Budgeting for bins, manure no-gos, and phosphorus dynamics
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 12: Waiting on clover, cereal rye timing, phosphorus no-nos, and $12 beans
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Dec 5: Corn wintering strategy, wet wheat, potato shortages, and the theatre
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov. 28: Released corn acres, snow plough downs, and DDGs as fertilizer
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 21: Clover credits, long-term corn storage, and recipes for wheat success
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 14: Winter wheat acres, salvage values, and rut repairs
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 7: Combine mods, cereal rye, and soy storage tips
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Nov 08, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 31: What do you do with a problem like this corn crop?
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 24: Chilly weed control, witch’s hat corn, and mycotoxin mayhem
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 17: Horsetail control, cleaning corn, and new answers for cereal rye
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 10: Harvest woes, late planting for wheat, and big buggy decisions
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Oct 10, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 3: Soybean standstill, toxin problems, and strip till answers
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept. 26: Banner soybean yields, slow dry down, and one-cut miracle hay
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 19: Surprising soy yields, sprouting corn, plus hay and more hay
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Sep 19, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 12: Dicamba drift, sticky wheat, adzuki beans, and hemp in rotation
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Sep 12, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 5: Big yield predictions, gibberella risks, and selling potash
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Sep 05, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 29: Fall fertility, wheat seeds per acre, and the California RoundUp case
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug. 22: Late season rain, counting rows per cob, & the year of foxtail
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 15: Corn disease risks, a sudden potash deficiency, and cloudy conditions
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 8: An early end to flowering, water volumes, and weed control fails
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Aug 08, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, Aug 1: Hail injury, corn salvage, cover crop seeding, and organic matter maps
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 25: Glorious rain, worms, short corn, and grain sales
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 18: Fungicide in a dry year, the price of straw, and protecting fresh silk
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 11: Peduncles, double crops, and chewing vs. sucking insects
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Jul 12, 2018 |