Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

3 weeks ago

Many areas in SW Ontario could use a soaker. Photo: currently in my long-term tillage-rotation-N trial. Measuring tape goes down 50 cm in the wheat. Cc: @WheatPete

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

7 months ago

Would anyone in research have any leads on a used Lee Spider sprayer? USA friends? Cc: @Gur_sahib_singh

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2 months ago

@farmerschneck @AdamJPfeffer

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2 months ago

Still looking for one

Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

7 months ago

Would anyone in research have any leads on a used Lee Spider sprayer? USA friends? Cc: @Gur_sahib_singh

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Andrew McGuire @agronomistag

3 months ago

To whom it may concern: stop applying Jena experiment results to crop production. -Farmers use managed, intelligent species selection; mixtures must beat the best monocultures, not the average of all monocultures as ecology measures it. -Biodiversity benefits in ecological research take 3–5+ years to emerge in perennial systems; this tells us nothing about annual crops or cover crops. -Ecological research finds that biodiversity correlates with benefits, not what causes them, and without knowing the mechanism, farmers have no basis for action.

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

4 months ago

@TerryDaynard @GlenneyAg Thanks for posting! The variability in P has been observed elsewhere as well, thus VR doesn't make much sense. You're correct. The K is more variable than expected; what does the relationship look like without the 2 "outliers"? @cropdetective

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

4 months ago

No one likes DON. The mycotoxin, that is. Hot off the press: the 2025 corn hybrid screening trial report. corn.gocrops.ca Use as one tool to manage the risk of DON mycotoxin in corn. Seed company volunteer entries. A collaborative effort that no one has ever seen. 😀 Download a pdf-or NEW this year-- sortable spreadsheets. Thank you to all sponsors: participating seed companies (@maizex, @CortevaCA, @DEKALB_Canada, @CROPLANseed, @NKSeedsCanada, @DeDellSeeds, @PRIDESeeds) @GrainFarmers @OMAFAinnovates @uofg Greenfield Ethanol @Ingredion @AlcoEnergyCA @OntarioPorkNews @ONAgBusAssoc @Seeds_Canada cc: @AlbertTenuta @Gur_sahib_singh @WheatPete

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

5 months ago

@Agridome Thanks Philip!

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5 months ago

@gwiesefarms Make it a fix'er upper !

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5 months ago

@TerryDaynard @karidunfield I will likely steal that phrase "misguided strategy". :)

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5 months ago

@TerryDaynard @karidunfield cc: @WheatPete

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

5 months ago

Thanks for sharing Terry! This paper treats the entire native soil microbiome as a single functional unit. "Instead of unreliable inoculants that often fail under real-world field conditions, focus on a paradigm shift toward managing the whole native soil microbiome for long-term phosphorus availability."#ItsaMythBust I'm anxious to know @karidunfield 's thoughts.

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

7 months ago

@kowalsk11 @SullivanAgro Maybe a drought effect from 2025? Some defoliators are certainly favored by drought as you know (grasshoppers, many beetles) and soybean tolerance to defoliators (and aphids) plummets in a drought.

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

7 months ago

Soybean photosynthesizes efficiently through to maturity even with 30–40% defoliation before flowering: no yield loss. Leaves lost early are rapidly replaced by early R-stages. Canopy compensation in soybean can be enormous (Board & Harville, Agron J., 1996; Kropff et al., 2017). #CropPhysiology #AgronomyAha Photo: Pioneer Seeds

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

7 months ago

Yes. The main reason yields are usually higher with early planting is that development starts early, which results in greater resilience to a stress like defoliation. Early planting yields are often higher than late planting because of higher node numbers and a long seed fill period. Bottomline: delayed or slow early development is not the same as defoliation.

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Dave Hooker @cropdoc2

7 months ago

Which is brighter: a cloudy day in the summer at solar noon or bright classroom? ANSWER: on a cloudy day at summer noon, 100–300 W/m2 vs 3-7 W/m2 in a well-lit classroom. #CropPhysiology #AgronomyAhas