Wheat Pete's Word Podcast
1) Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 17: Cold temps and dead plants, crowded seedlings, and most limiting factors for yield
Winter is making itself known across all of Canada this week, after a polar vortex descended on Alberta, all the way to Ontario getting hit with snow, wind, and cold temps (for Ontario, mind you). Tha...Show More
2) Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 3: A historic start, goals for agronomy, PGRs, corn harvest, and cooling those bins
Happy New Year! What an incredible start to the year with the launch of the Professional Women’s Hockey League. Toronto lost, but so did Ottawa (in OT) on January 2. Not the greatest start for O...Show More
3) Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 22: Corn on corn risks, dormant seeding wheat, and fungicide payback in a wet year
If you’re looking to be fully entertained, check out Thistle Theatre this week and see host of Wheat Pete’s Word Peter Johnson take to the stage! If you’re looking to learn and get a...Show More
4) Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 27: Seeding down to moisture, early canola, silage yields, and frozen corn
There are some problems you just can’t avoid — like ending up with wheat roots in drainage tile after big yields, but every challenge has a solution and it comes down to making hay while the sun...Show More
5) Wheat Pete’s Word, May 3: Fungicide questions, short canola, WAMLEGS, and a second shot of N
Water, water, water — in this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, the topic of water comes up several times. From ancient lakes, to wet weather, to the erosive power of water, to mixing order for spra...Show More
6) Wheat Pete’s Word, April 19: Ragweed problems, warm soil, chilly corn, and clumpy fertilizer
What the heck, winter? Please see yourself out, says Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, because Canada has a crop to plant! On this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, you’ll h...Show More
7) Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 22: Tillering, row widths, insect overwintering, and manure stewardship
Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson is set to ruffle some feathers this week as he makes the bold claim that it’s been too warm. Too warm!? Spring seems to be taking its time arriving this ye...Show More
8) Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 8: Shady covers, fungicide use and straw yield, Snickerdoodles, and what top producers do
It seems any time is a good time for the Wheat Pete 15 — that’s taking 15 minutes out of your week to call someone you haven’t checked in with in a while. This week, that reminder is especially poigna...Show More
9) Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 18: Very early weed growth, fertilizer in strip-tillage, and finding good data
The gears are turning and so is the question machine for Wheat Pete’s Word! On this week’s episode, host Peter Johnson is tackling plenty of the great agronomy questions that have rolled in over the l...Show More
10) Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 4: Building base fertility, wheat and dormancy, and running tiles
Welcome back to Wheat Pete’s Word! Host Peter Johnson is back in the host seat, even while working hard presenting and coordinating in-person learning opportunities around Ontario. In this first episo...Show More