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10 THE RURAL VOICE
Robert Mercer
Heat needed after muck and mud
Everyone in Ontario likes to tell
me that it rains a lot in B.C.
However. having just driven 4.800
km. from Vancouver Island to Elmira
in central
Ontario. I can
say it rains
more in Ontario
this year.
Ontario's
May rainfall
was twice its
average and to
mid-June the
average
monthly
rainfall had
already fallen.
That's worse
than B.C.
I don't think I have ever seen so
many fields, especially in Eastern
Ontario, still brown by mid-June.
Last year's corn stubble was still
unworked in some areas.
On the positive side I saw some
excellent winter wheat, as long as the
weather improves to avoid any
disease. The hay looked thick and tall
and would make a good crop if it can
be brought in without getting soaked.
Although it looks as if the Ontario
corn crop will be less than expected,
the U.S. crop has excellent
production potential. Thus corn
prices reflect U.S. abundance not
Ontario's agony. U.S. corn imports
will keep a lid on any spike in local
prices, although the basis may be
stronger than seasonally normal.
It was good to be able to see
conditions in Ontario as they actually
appeared to me, rather than rely on
only talking to people over the phone.
From discussions and field
evidence it looks as if Ontario's
harvested corn crop acreage will be
down from the expected and lucky to
even makes last year's ik tal. Yield
may also fall below the five-year
average unless there is a long, hot dry
spell to boost late planted crops.
Due to the excessive rain over
much of the corn area. the switch to
shorter season varieties. the late
seeding, crusting and standing water.
the need for heat and an open fall is
essential. Added to the spring
problems of seeding comes the
potential for frost before maturity and
high moisture in the harvest, calling
for above -normal drying.
This is not a happy outlook for
grain producers as summer starts, but
I have enjoyed visiting across the
province again to see spring in
Ontario and the determination of
farmers to prevail over nature, and to
work with whatever opportunities
occur.0
•
Robert Mercer was editor of the
Broadwater Market Letter and a
farm commentator in Ontario for 25
rears.
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