Adverse Weather

Author:	OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date:	Not Available
Last Reviewed:	06 November 2006

| Excessive Rain | Dry Conditions | Frost | Hail | Ice Storm | Wind | Air Pollution | Business Considerations |
| Diseases | General Links |

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Excessive Rain

| Soil Management | | Agronomics | | Feed Quality | | Business Considerations |

Soil Management

• Business Considerations
• Control of Soil Erosion (Order No. 95-089) 
• Field Crop Production (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP02) order this publication
• Agronomy Guide, Publication 811 Order this Publication
• Gully Erosion Control (Order No. 88-059)
• Soil Erosion - Causes and Effects (Order No. 87-040 )
• Soil Management (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP06) order this publication
• Strip Cropping for Water Erosion Control (Order No. 89-171) order this factsheet
• Tile Drainage Outlets (Order No. 90-233)
• Water and Sediment Control Basins (Order No. 89-167)
• You Pay For Drainage, Whether You Have it or Not

Agronomics

• Business Considerations
• Flooding in Field Corn
• Maintaining Quality in Large Bale Silage
• Spontaneous Combustion and Hay Fires
• Swithching To Earlier Corn Hybrids
• Effects of Flooding On Young Corn
• Rut Recommendations
• Look Out For Pithium In Corn
• Soybean Replant Decisions
• Crust Busting
• Impacts of Heavy Rains, Saturated Soils, or Ponding Water on the 2004 Corn Crop
• Does Heavey Rainfall Affect Herbicide Performance?
• Does Wet Weather Equal Lost Nitrogen?

Feed Quality

• Business Considerations
• Coping With Poor Hay Crop Quality
• Managing Lower Quality Forages
• Current Research on Feeding Low Test Weight Corn to Pigs
• Dealing With Low Test Weight Corn
• Feeding Value of Low Test Weight Corn for Pigs
• Swine Feeding Results Using 1992 Low Test Weight Corn
• Maintaining Quality In Large Bale Silage
• Harvesting & Storing Large Bale Haylage
• Silo & Hay Mow Fires On Your Farm

  Moulds and Mycotoxins

  • 2006 Corn Ear Mould - Key Messages
  • DON Vomitoxin in the 2006 Corn Crop - Agricorp News November 16, 2006
  • Corn Ear Moulds and Mycotoxins - Special Issue of CropPest Ontario
    • Corn Ear Moulds - "Where Are They"?
    • Determine Your Ear Rot Disease and Mycotoxin Risk, Now!
    • A Good Mycotoxin Test Begins with a "Representative" Sample!
    • Mycotoxin Testing and Management
    • Harvest Tips for Mouldy Corn!
    • Rating Disease in the Field May Help in Indicating Mycotoxin (DON) Potential
      
  • CropPest Ontario - October 20, 2006
    • Agricorp Statement on the Corn Mould Issue
    • Consideration for Mouldy Corn - Field to Bin
    • Occupatinal Exposure to Mycotoxins
    • OMAFRA Mycotoxin Survey - Part 2
    • Comparing Bio-oils for Use as Biodiesel Fuel
  • CropPest Ontario - November 7, 2006
    • Corn Ear Moulds and Mycotoxins: Update November 6, 2006
    • Vomitoxin and Zearalenone Distribution “From a Testing Lab Perspective”
    • Corn Hybrid Selection Critical in Minimizing Disease Losses
    • Moulds and Mycotoxins - Effects of Mouldy Feed and Mycotoxins on Cattle
  • Considerations When Feeding Mycotoxin Contaminated Corn to Poultry
  • Molds, Mycotoxins and Their Effect on Horses
  • The Effects of Vomitoxin (DON) on Rabbit Rations
  • Alleviating Mould and Mycotoxin Problems
  • Effects of Mouldy Feed and Mycotoxins On Cattle -
  • Feeding Mould and Mycotoxin Contaminated Wheat to Ruminants
  • Laboratories Offering Mycotoxin Analysis -
  • Mycotoxin Levels and Interpretation
  • Sampling Feed To Test For Mycotixons
  • Dwarf Bunt Infected Wheat for Pigs -
  • Sprouted Wheat for Pigs
  • Effects of Mycotoxins on Swine
  • Feeding Mould and Mycotoxin Contaminated Corn to Swine
  • Feeding Mould and Mycotoxin Contaminated Wheat to Swine -
  • Mycotoxins in Wheat Straw
  • Mouldy Feed and Reproductive Failure in Cows (Alberta Government)
  • Mycotoxins in Pig Feed (Alberta Government)

Corn Ear Rots and Moulds

• Common Diseases of Corn October 2006
• Identifying Corn and Ear Moulds - 04 October 2006
• Diplodia Ear Rot
• Ear Rot or Moulds
• Fusarium Ear Rot
• Gibberella Ear Rot
• Gibberella and Fusarium Ear Moulds, Oct 2005
  
  

Corn Harvest and Storage

• Harvesting and Storage
• Natural Air Corn Drying Systems (Order No. 86-066)
• Storing Grain in Bins

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Dry Conditions and Low Water

| Agronomics | | Feed, Pasture and Livestock | | Water Shortages | | Hort Crops |
| Business Considerations |

Agronomics

• AGRICORP
• Business Considerations
• Drought Injury in Field Corn
• Soybeans And Hot, Dry Weather
• Tips For Sod Farmers For Getting Through The Dry Spell

Feed, Pasture & Livestock

• Avoiding Heat and Cold Stress In Transported Sheep
• Business Considerations
• Chewing Through Forage - Managing Your Feed
• Conserving Pasture Production During a Drought
• Drought Damaged Corn Silage
• Fall Pasture Fertility Management After A Drought
• Forage Sorghum-Sudan Grass - Concerns (Order No. 98-043)
• Harvesting Corn Silage at the Right Moisture
• Let Them Eat Straw - Stretching Feed for Wintering Beef Cows
• Looking for Extra Forage
• Managing Lower Quality Forages
• Pricing Corn Silage in 2003
• Silo Gas
• Soybeans as a Forage Crop
• Turn Corn Stover to Low-cost Pasture

Water Shortages

• Business Considerations
• Private Water Well Owners - Dealing with Water Shortages (Order No. 99-025)
• How To Prepare for Irrigation During Water Shortages (Order No. 99-023)
• Managing Your Water Well In Times of Shortage (from the Ministry of the Environment)
• Ontario Low Water Response Report (from the Ministry of Natural Resources)
• Irrigation Scheduling for Tomatoes - Water Budget Approach (Order No. 90-049)

Hort Crops

• Business Considerations
• Horticultural Crops (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP04) to order publication

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Frost

| Agronomics | | Hort Crops | | Business Considerations |

Agronomics

• Business Consideration
• Canola - Frost Damage
• Cereals - Cold Injury
• Corn - Cold and Frost Injury
  • Early-Season Cold in Corn
  • Late Season Cold in Corn
  • Estimated Risks to Grain Corn Yield and Quality Associated With Late Season Frost Damage - Table 3-28
• Crop Heat Units for Corn & Other Warm Season Crops in Ontario (Order No. 93-119)
• Dry Edible Beans - Frost Injury
• Freeze Protection Methods for Crops (Order No. 85-116) Order this Factsheet
• Frost Damage On Corn
  • Update On Frost Damage
• Soybeans - Early Season Frost Damage
  • Late Season Cold Temperature and Frost Injury
• Soybean Response to Freeze Damage - Table 4-25
• Frost Damaged Soybeans, October 2004
• Risk of Alfalfa Winterkill (Order No. 91-072)

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Hail

• Business Considerations
• Hail Injury in Field Corn
  • Corn: Estimated Grain Yield Loss Due to Defoliation
• Hail Injury in Soybeans
  • Percent Yield Loss of Indeterminate Soybean at Various Levels of Leaf Area Loss and Growth Stages - Table 4-24
  • Stem Damage in Soybeans Caused by Hail
• Hail Injury in Dry Edible Beans
• Hail Damage in Canola
  • Percentage Yield Loss Due to Destruction of Branches During Flowering in Canola - Table 8-4

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Ice Storm

• Ice Storm 1998
  In response to the Ice Storm in January of 1998 OMAF put together this web page of useful information, announcements and tips.

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Wind

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Air Pollution

• Bronzing in Dry Edible Beans

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Business Considerations

• Additional Business Considerations

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General Links

• AGRICORP
• Crop Advisory Staff
• Crop-Pest Ontario
• Field Crop Reports
• Newsletters
• Ontario Climate

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