Cereal Production ANTICS!

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1 Cereal Production ANTICS! Peter Johnson Cereal Specialist,

2 Peter Ian

3 Students Collaboration! Agribusiness Dr. David C. Hooker Jonathan Brinkman, MSc Scott Jay/Gerald Backx Shane McClure

4 Provincial Winter Wheat Yields Yield (bu/ac) y = x Trendline yield Years Updated: November, 2013

5 Provincial Spring Wheat Yields Trendline Yield (bu/ac) y = x R² = Years AgriCorp Updated: December, 2013

6 Provincial Oat Yields Yield (bu/ac) y = 0.482x R² = Years Updated: December, 2013

7 Provincial Barley Yields Yield (bu/ac) y = x R² = Years Updated: December, 2013

8 VARIETIES!

9 UGRC C5-116 Emperor TW R34 CFBA0904 CM614 Priesley 25R39 ACS10117 PH55 Brooklyn R045 Emmit HY 300-HRW AC Morley ACF Wave Ava CM249 HY 301-HRW CM Branson HY 116-SRW TW WB425 Benefit Princeton Wentworth UGRC C2-line78 25W43 AC Sampson 25R40 Keldin CM OAC Flight E0028W Venture Whitebear AC Mackinnon (ppm) Cultivar vs DON OCCC 2013 Belmont and Nairn n=4

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11 VARIETIES!

12 Spring Wheat Cultivar Area II-IV Fusarium 5 yr Straw Wilkin S Sable HS AAC Scotia MR HY 124-HRS HS Norwell MS

13 Feed Wheat Cultivar Area II-IV Fusarium 5 yr Straw HY 162-HRF HS

14 Spring Barley Cultivar Area II-IV 4 yr Lodging Straw Bornholm (2R) HY 621-6R Dignity HY 101-6R Cyane HY 481-6R Amberly

15 Oat! Cultivar Area II-IV 2 yr Lodge Straw Rust Riley AAC Bullet AAC Roskens* HY 174-OA Optimum * Tan

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17 WIND SPEED!!!

18 # kernels/sample Infected Kernels rpm

19 Fusarium 7 FDK % rpm

20 DON ppm rpm

21 Test Weight lbs/bu rpm

22 DON (ppm) R40 CM249 Emmit 25R40 CM249 Emmit 25R40 CM249 Emmit Lucan Belmont West Lorne

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24 Planting Date! Bu/Ac Sep Million Seeds/Acre Variety 25R40 Johnson, McClure 2013

25 Planting Date! Bu/Ac Sep 30-Sep Million Seeds/Acre Variety 25R40 Johnson 2013

26 Planting Date! Bu/Ac Sep 30-Sep 11-Nov Million Seeds/Acre Variety 25R40 Johnson 2013

27 SMART II Planting Date Sites Gain Sept 15 - Sept Oct 1 - Oct Nov 1 - Nov Johnson, McClure

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30 Starter Bu/ac Johnson 23 sites

31 Starter bu/ac lbs P2O5 /acre Yield P2O5 A Applied in Starter Johnson, McClure 23 sites

32 95 90 Low Test Soils P 6, K bu/ac Johnson, McClure 2013

33 High Test Soils P 27, K 133 Bu/ac Johnson, McClure 2013

34 Bu/ac Low Potash P 35, K lbs/ac Yield Starter potash Johnson, McClure 2013

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36 Nitrogen!

37 What does it take? 1 12% = 1.2 lb N 1 10% = 1.0 lb N 1 8% = 0.8 lb N Use efficiency 50%?

38 Nitrogen Bu/ac N 30 N 60 N 90 N 120 N 150 N Johnson, McClure

39 Nitrogen and Fungicide Bu/ac With Fungicide W/O Fungicide N lbs/ac Johnson, McClure

40 Synergy! Bu/ac N Rate fung no fung Johnson, McClure

41 Synergy! Treatment 24 sites fung* gain 6 sites no fung** gain * 14/24 150N ** 4/6 90N Johnson, McClure

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43 Split N

44 SMART II Treatment Yield bu/ac Gain Seed Gain N N N N N Split Split sites Johnson, McClure

45 N Timing Effect Normal Early/Late Early/Normal Belmont Lucan West Lorne Lucan RCAT Wallacetown Belmont Lucan West Lorne Note 2011 late application was delayed, and possibly burned heads, partly explaining lower yields. At each site, the high and low are significantly different, while only Belmont 11 and Wallacetown 12 have a third level.

46 45 lbs N applied as 28% using late boot/head emergence Hooker UG (2012)

47 Agrotain Plus? Check Agrotain Plus Iona Station Salford Strathroy St. Thomas Embro Brooksdale Foldens Mitchell Rodney Ave (9 sites)

48 Agrotain Plus? Check Agrotain Plus Iona Station Salford Strathroy St. Thomas Embro Brooksdale Foldens Mitchell Rodney Average (9 sites)

49 Protected Nitrogen? Cool wet soil activity slow Wheat needs N in May Later N app s DO NOT protect Yield advantage rare Protein advantage real

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51 Greenseeker N on Wheat Trial 2013 Peter Johnson & Nicole Rabe Insert some pictures of Greenseeker from Don Good in a wheat field and please send Nicole some of the set-up and the combine Leroy from this year if you have them. RABE & JOHNSON 2013

52 Greenseeker 40% Maplewood Loam (poorly drained / class 2) 30% Bennington Loam (well drained /class 1) 30% Tavistock Loam (imperfectly drained / class 1) Slope: Level to very gentle slopes RABE & JOHNSON 2013

53 Field 4: Yield Summary 2010 Aerial Imagery OMAF/UofG 15ft John Deer Combine Count: 3080 points Average Yield: bu/ac Std Dev: 15.9 bu/ac RABE & JOHNSON 2013

54 Greenseeker N Statistics Pass #1 Don Good Services Greenseeker N Applicator Pass 1 Count: 85 points Average N: 32.5 gal/ac Std Dev: 6.1 gal/ac Focus next slide RABE & JOHNSON 2013

55 GreenSeeker vs Fixed Rate (west) #1 Area VR-N N Rate VR-N Yield (bu/ac) 150 N Yield (bu/ac) 115 N Yield (bu/ac) #2 # # # # #3 #4 RABE & JOHNSON 2013

56 Greenseeker Statistics Pass #2 Pass 2 Count: 120 points Average N: 30.7 gal/ac Std Dev: 6.1 gal/ac Focus next slide RABE & JOHNSON 2013

57 GreenSeeker vs NE Fixed Rate (east) Location VR-N N Rate VR-N Yield (bu/ac) 150 N Yield (bu/ac) Mid NE Mid-East SE SE RABE & JOHNSON 2013

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59 2013 Sulphur 0 5 S 10 S 20 S Average (9 sites) Responsive (6 sites)

60 Sulphur sites Range -4 to +14 bu/ac +5.5 bu/ac average 20/26 economic (77%) Quality???

61 Sulphur sites Range -10 to +20 bu/ac 2.3 bu/ac average 13/29 economic

62 Sulphur sites Range -3 to +10 bu/ac 1.3 bu/ac average 8/15 economic Fall applied 2/8 economic

63 2014 Sulphur? No slam dunk! Weather. Add 10 lbs S 40 lbs AmSO4, 3 gal ATS Spend less than $10.00 Do test strips!

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65 Fungicide! Variety Tmt Belmont Lucan W. Lorne 25R40 CM249 Emmit UTC Fungicide UTC Fungicide UTC Fungicide

66 DON (ppm) a b c a ab 25R40 CM249 Emmit 25R40 CM249 Emmit 25R40 CM249 Emmit Lucan Belmont West Lorne n=8 Mean separation within location (P=0.05) Cultivar vs DON SMART locations 2013 b a b b

67 DON (ppm) *** Fung Fungicide Efficacy vs DON SMART locations 2013 ** F * Fung Lucan Belmont West Lorne *,**,*** statistically different at P=0.05, 0.01, and respectively. n=12

68 You didn't shave very well and your tie is crooked!

69 5.0 Fungicide Efficacy on DON vs. Level OCCC Belmont AND Nairn *** UTC Fungicide *** * 0.0 Highest 25% 25-75% Lowest 25% Cultivar Ranks from Highest to Lowest DON in UTC

70 UGRC C5-116 Emperor TW R34 CFBA0904 CM614 Priesley 25R39 ACS10117 PH55 Brooklyn R045 Emmit HY 300-HRW AC Morley ACF Wave Ava CM249 HY 301-HRW CM Branson HY 116-SRW TW WB425 Benefit Princeton Wentworth UGRC C2-line78 25W43 AC Sampson 25R40 Keldin CM OAC Flight E0028W Venture Whitebear AC Mackinnon Cultivar vs DON OCCC 2013 Belmont and Nairn n=4 0 (ppm)

71 UGRC C5-116 Emperor TW R34 CFBA0904 CM614 Priesley 25R39 ACS10117 PH55 Brooklyn R045 Emmit HY 300-HRW AC Morley ACF Wave Ava CM249 HY 301-HRW CM Branson HY 116-SRW TW WB425 Benefit Princeton Wentworth UGRC C2-line78 25W43 AC Sampson 25R40 Keldin CM OAC Flight E0028W Venture Whitebear AC Mackinnon Fungicide UTC Fungicide Efficacy vs. DON across Cultivars OCCC 2013 Belmont and Nairn n=4 0 (ppm)

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73 Plot Design! Treatment Yield (bu/ac) Check 99.6 Agrotain 99.9 Check 95.8 Agrotain 94.0 Check 91.7 Agrotain 89.2

74 Plot Design! Treatment Yield (bu/ac) Check 99.6 Agrotain Check 95.8 Agrotain Check 91.7 Agrotain

75 Plot Design! Treatment Yield (bu/ac) Check Agrotain 99.9 Check Agrotain 94.0 Check Agrotain 89.2

76 Plot Design! Treatment Yield (bu/ac) Check 99.6 Agrotain 99.9 Check 95.8 Agrotain 94.0 Check 91.7 Agrotain 89.2

77 Plot Design! Treatment Check Agrotain Check Agrotain Check Agrotain Randomized Check Agrotain Agrotain Check Agrotain Check

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