Crop Report – July 24, 2025
Finding and Fixing Soil Compaction| Field Crop News
This article was written by Jonathan Sawicki, a summer research assistant with OMAFA assisting with corn research and extension projects during the summers of 2023 and 2024. Jonathan is now an M.Sc. candidate in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph.| Field Crop News
Swede midge and imported cabbageworm observed in canola| Field Crop News
Soybean aphids (SBA) have been spotted in a few fields in southern Ontario that haven’t seen SBA in quite a few years. As soybeans begin to enter R1, weekly scouting is advised, focusing first on the earlier planted fields close to or in R1, as well as any that have not had much rain and may be moisture stressed. A reminder that SBA start as colonies in a few pockets in the field before becoming overcrowded and spreading themselves out more evenly across the fields. These highly infested pl...| Field Crop News
