Find your local independent corn plot data in the Ontario Variety Trials at the Ontario Corn Committee website https://corn.gocrops.ca
We would expect the variety trials for soybeans should be out in the next couple weeks too.
Large scale plots can be obtained at seed company websites such as NK Seeds website
Although the contracts are not in place in Canada yet, the value of Enogen is being recognized in the US. Check out the link below to learn about the partnership of Enogen silage corn with McDonalds restaurants.
McDonald’s to pay U.S. farmers for feed efficient Enogen corn use
Learn more about Enogen varieties and feeding Enogen corn on Syngenta’s website below. As a certified retailer, Jackson Seed can also provide sales to beef, sheep and dairy operations.
If you are thinking about growing IP beans, check out New Age Seeds varieties at www.newageseeds.ca
You can also contact us at Jackson Seeds to learn about what this young IP company has to offer
We have received the first few loads of new crop beans. Although these are early, many fields are just a couple weeks away. Variable fall hours are soon approaching, so please stay in contact to ensure we are open to keep your operation running. On that topic, if you feel your e-mail or mobile phone number may not be correct in our system, please contact us to check. With those two pieces accurate we can use e-mail or texts to keep all our customers updated. Wishing everyone a safe and successful harvest!
We will be having our annual customer event Sept 5. This year Jason Deveau from OMAFRA will be talking about drone spraying in Ontario; what works and what doesn’t. Emma Dieleman an agronomist with Syngenta will be discussing wheat agronomy in Ontario. TJ Poehlman a mechanic and instructor with Ridgetown College will be discussing the operation and maintenance of combines. It should be a good event, for full information if you didn’t receive an email with the invite, contact the office. Also contact the office to RSVP before the end of August, we look forward to seeing you and thank you for your business.
The second grain bin is almost erected. A couple large overhead conveyors need to be completed, and lot’s of little details. We all hope it will be ready to roll for soybean harvest. Most of the other supporting updates were complete for the wheat harvest, so many of you would have noticed those already.