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

Keywords

• cold soils
• slow burndowns
• split nitrogen timing
• wheat disease pressure
• planting debate

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ontario

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