Hot, dry summer cuts into Ontario potato yields

Hot, dry summer cuts into Ontario potato yields

While heat stress and storage issues remain a concern, recent rainfall and cooler nights could improve harvest quality

Ontario’s record-breaking summer heat and drought could cut potato yields by between 20 and 50 per cent in some fields but cooler nights and rainfall may help salvage harvest quality.








Nikolas Marsiglio, UKKO Agro account manager, shows off the ForeSite app at the London Farm Show March 5, 2025. The app provides targeted field-level weather, growth stage and disease pressure data, including tar spot, triggering advanced notice for proactive fungicide application.

ForeSite targets early tar spot prevention

ForeSite is an adaptive, integrated modelling system for managing corn and tar spot that’s specific to Ontario

ForeSite is an Ontario-specific adaptive and integrated modelling system for managing corn and tar spot. It provides disease and aggregated insights, in-field weather, growth stage modelling and engagement reports, allowing agronomists and producers to hone field management, reducing costs and labour.


Rooting for resistance

Rooting for resistance

How soybeans tackle nematode invaders is no secret anymore

Using advanced RNA sequencing, researchers have recently uncovered how varieties of soybean respond to different types of soybean cyst nematodes (SCNs), with potential implications for developing more resilient crops and reducing reliance on chemical treatments.

Tar spot can dry down corn quickly, but yield will be lost.

Tar spot continues on the move in Ontario corn

The disease can be controlled by timely application of fungicides

Tar spot spread across Ontario in 2024, skipping past Toronto and it was also found in Quebec. The fungal disease can have a 20 to 80 bushel impact on corn yields.