This past week has been below seasonal for North Western Ontario, with temperatures ranging from the low twenties for our daytime highs to the nightly lows in the single digits. In the Dryden area spring grains are starting to ripen and dry down. The heads range from small to average. First cut hay in the area is almost complete and some producers are getting ready for a second cut.
Quality ranges from excellent to poor depending on the weather conditions at the time of cutting.
In the Emo area most people are completing first cut hay and the dairy producers that made haylage earlier in the year are well into second cut. At the research facility one variety of barley has been harvested with others to follow in the next week or so. Hemp varieties are likely to be cut this week. In the Thunder Bay area second cut hay is well under way and some barely is now being harvested. Barely lodging ranges from moderate too severe.