Cold planting calls, thin wheat stands, and early disease alerts | Wheat Pete's Word, May 6, 2026
About this episode
This episode discusses cold planting conditions, wheat disease pressure, and agronomy insights from Ontario.
Cold soils, slow burndowns, split nitrogen timing, and wheat disease pressure are all on the table in this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word. Host of the weekly podcast, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, digs into the ongoing planting debate around cool conditions, shares observations from across Ontario and beyond, and answers a long list of listener agronomy... Read More
People in this episode
Host: Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson
Topics covered
- cold planting
- wheat disease
- agronomy
- nitrogen timing
- planting debate
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Places: Ontario
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