Wheat field

Late Planted Winter Wheat

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During years when soybeans are harvested later than expected or environmental conditions delay field work, winter wheat is generally skipped in the rotation or planting is rushed. When planting winter wheat later than the recommended planting dates, even more care should be taken to ensure yield potential is not lost.

Planting date

In general, delaying planting past the recommended planting window can cost a producer from 0.6 to 1.1 bu/day. It is best to strive to plant around these dates (See figure 1).

planting dates map

Figure 1: Optimum Planting Dates in Ontario.

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corn stalks

Corn Maturity and Drydown

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Can I capture an early market premium?

It’s that time of year again when growers look at their corn crop and go through the exercise of deciding when to harvest. They also wonder if they will be able to harvest a bit early to capture an early market premium for their corn. With the overall later planted crop and cool summer temperatures, corn maturity and drydown will likely occur later for most and harvesting to capture this market premium will be more difficult.

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Join the Revolution

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Thompsons is an agri-business partner to our farming customers providing them with customized risk management solutions. Our team of professionals add value by helping customers obtain long term success through the implementation of individualized advanced agronomy solutions, finds global markets for their grain and specialty crops, and the ability to offer extensive grain marketing alternatives.

This statement is the focus of what Thompsons does today and is the standard of excellence we will strive for in reaching our goals of tomorrow. Thompsons Revolution is a campaign that will help us define the needs of our customers and challenge each of us to better understand how we can bring a new standard of quality to meet the needs of an ever complex and changing agricultural industry.

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