With this warm weather, alfalfa is rocking … lots of fertilizer getting spread around the country side to feed this super hungry crop … Gotta feed the crops that feed the cows! 🐄 🐄🐄🐄 #foragefriday #cowchow #ontag

As alfalfa fields have broken dormancy and are greening up, it is time to check your fields for winterkill or winter injury. “Check Alfalfa Stands For Winterkill & Winter Injury“ is posted on the Quality Seeds Blog at qualityseeds.ca/post/check-alf…. Let us know what you are seeing!

XTR vs common triticale seed. Thanks to the growers who agreed to spend the extra $ on seed and take off plots. Excited to see these results!

Frontarock Farmer @TCOnapanee Thanks for the update, it is looking good!

Happy birthday to Canada and happy Canada Day to you all!🇨🇦🍁

Alfalfa - just scouted a number of fields across East ON (east of Brockville/south of Renfrew) for potato leafhoppers. Every field had populations averaging 4 to 5 hoppers per sweeps, including 6-inch 3rd cut regrowth - well above control threshold. Hopperburn not visible yet.

An incredible field of 2nd cut pure HAYMAX grass mix in Napanee, Ontario.

Farmtario Not everywhere in On. We’ve had only showers - 1-4 mm - since 12 June

This pasture, although now full of silt had well over 3 feet of water yesterday after the huge rainfall Friday night. Lots of sticks and grass to clean out of the electric fencing before powering back up. You can see the watermarks in the bushes. Cows had a piece of high ground .

co-pilot kinda quiet as we knock down some 2nd cut

After almost 11 months since #Fiona our barn is rebuilt and retro fitted. We welcome back the herd tonight/tomorrow and start milking with 3 DeLaval Canada #vms milking robots

Alfalfa: fortunate to have large forage inventories in East ON. We have lots of “ok” 4 to 5 yrs old alfalfa stands and few young stands. These older stands are at greater risk of winterkill. They are prime candidates for rotation and would provide lots of N to a 2024 corn crop!

We will be at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show next Monday March 12–14 showcasing our agricultural products and services! Booth 2000 at the EY Centre.

Starting off our Spring Grower Information Day in Napanee is Justin Shepherd from Farm Credit Canada, speaking about Macroeconomic uncertainty and how it effects Ontario Agriculture

Scouting some hay fields in north Stormont county it looks promising so far

Some Quality Seeds Ltd forage seed just landed. Still time to get forage, turf or cover crop seed. Contact me if interested.

Alfalfa weevil population is building in East Ontario, but the first cut harvest will destroy most of the larvae. The remaining larvae will usually starve and die. In East-ON, weevils are seldom a problem after the first cut. Field Crop News article: rb.gy/sicn2x

Winter wheat harvest is starting earlier than normal this year, providing us with more double crop forage options, as well as other cover crop options. This situation asks the question, “do I need more forage, or are my forage inventories more than adequate?”

We're thrilled to announce that Art Groenewegen is joining the Quality Seeds team as Head of Retail Sales and Business Development! We can't wait to see the incredible impact he'll make—exciting times ahead!

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new website! Whether you’re a landscaper, property manager, turf or forage specialist, our updated website has everything you need to make informed decisions and manage your projects effectively.