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Spring harvest and seeding on chore list
tumn. There were a number of reasons several producers postponed reaping their corn last fall, notes Quesnel. Because of high yields, producers ran out of storage space. “Plus, because of high moisture, many farm- ers decided to leave it,” he says. The early ar- rival of snow also quashed many producers’ thoughts of an early winter harvest. “There was a small window of opportunity be- fore the snow came,” recalls Quesnel. “And when it came, the snow never disappeared.” Frozen land meant that fall tillage was also set aside in many sectors, he observes. The corn that had been left standing has
weathered winter well, reports Quesnel, de- spite freezing rain and winds that had dam- aged stalks. This will result in a five per cent reduction in yields. However, the quality is good and the moisture level has dropped to 15 per cent. Once the land firms up, combines will re- turn. In most cases, soybeans will be plant- ed where corn grew last year.
Farmers ought to be pleased with what they see when they begin working their land. Snow coverage usually means that fields of alfalfa and winter wheat will emerge in good shape. “There may have been some low spots where ice accumulated,” notes the ministry official. “But by and large, the fields are in good shape.”
RICHARD MAHONEY richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
Harvesting and seeding are on the chore list for many area farmers this Spring. “This will be a very busy season. A lot of farmers will be combining when they are also trying to plant,” says Gilles Quesnel, a field crops specialist with the Ontario Minis- try of Agriculture and Food. For a number of reasons, large acreages of corn in the district were not cut last au-
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Many farmers will begin a postponed corn harvest before they begin seeding this Spring.
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