Middlesex SCIA Annual Meeting is scheduled for February 23 at the Caradoc Community Centre, Mt Brydges. Draft agenda here (times subject to change):
The MSCIA Summer Tour – 4:30 pm August 16th
Ryan Kennes 3617 Elginfield Rd, Parkhill 519-709-6171
Click HERE to pre-register (required to reserve your boxed lunch at $15.00)
Topics to include:
–Red clover by seeding date at Kennes’: March Seeding, an April seeding, perhaps a split application (half March half April) and leave a bare check to potentially do some post harvest seeding.
–Anne Verhallen’s soil cores with different cover crop root systems at Kennes’ to have alongside the clover trial/as a back up if clover trial doesn’t work out.
–Delta Yield at Roelands’s (Chris Roelands – potential co-presenter and protocols)
–Tar Spot Ben Rosser at Roelands’s
-Peter Johnson Driveshed Theatre to wrap up the evening
Middlesex SCIA Crops Update and Annual Meeting
2022 Joint Middlesex/Elgin/Oxford Annual meetings- Virtual Event
Proposed Constitution Amendments to be discussed during annual meeting
If anyone has data on any project (see list below) please send results to the contact responsible in order to compile for the meeting.
Middlesex SCIA Summer Tour is set for Tuesday August 17th at 6:27 pm in the Denfield area. Pre-registration is required. For more information see: https://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/middlesex-scia-summer-tour/
Middlesex Crop Projects for 2021 – if you are interested in participating, please contact the director in charge for full details.
| Project | Contact |
| Strip-Till Starter | Ben Rosser 519-400-2522 ben.rosser@ontario.ca |
| Plant into Tracks / Pinch Rows | Ben Rosser 519-400-2522 ben.rosser@ontario.ca |
| Sulphur on Corn, Soys, Wheat | Joanna Follings 519-400-7124 joanna.follings@ontario.ca |
| Boron on Corn, Soys, Wheat | Paul Dietrich 519-227-4150 paulvdietrich@gmail.com |
| N-Fixing Corn | Mathew Aerts 519-666-0811 aerts@execulink.com |
| Spoon Feeding N Corn | Jeff Cook 519-808-9505 jeff@mapleviewfarms.ca |
| 60” Corn | Patrick Verkley 519-200-8327 kleijdale@gmail.com |
| SCN (Soybean Cyst Nematode) | Kevin Robson 519-318-1484 growingpowerseed@gmail.com |
| Starter on Soys | Eric Dietrich 519-871-4830 ed_dietrich@hotmail.com |
| Tile Spacing | Eric Dietrich 519-871-4830 ed_dietrich@hotmail.com |
| Desiccants in White Beans | Mathew Aerts 519-666-0811 aerts@execulink.com |
| “Seeder Force” Drill vs Planter | Shane McClure 519-274-3414 shane.mcclure@hotmail.com |
| High Yield Production Methods | Jeff Cook 519-808-9505 jeff@mapleviewfarms.ca |
| High Management Corn & Soys | Jeff Cook 519-808-9505 jeff@mapleviewfarms.ca |
Click Here for Joint Virtual Annual Meeting Info ~ Feb 18, 2021
Middlesex & Elgin Soil & Crop Improvement Associations
Virtual Summer Tour
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Zoom Meeting Starting 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Follow this link to see the recorded session! “https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=A6D346B94981FB4D&resid=A6D346B94981FB4D%2199472&authkey=AGrGbvgk369Nm5s”
Please note it is a large file and may take a minute to open up, try to refresh the page if it starts blank!
Sessions Include:
- 2020 Replant Strategies – Should I have replanted?
- Honeyland Ag Services Virtual Tour – Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis
- MSCIA Seederforce Drill – Drill Overview and Plot Results
- 2020 Bullpen Session – Peter Johnson Q & A
You can also listen in by phone using one of these numbers:
- 1-547-328-1099
- 1-647-374-4685
- 1-204-272-7920
For more information, contact Chris Roelands 226-377-8485
CROPS UPDATE & Annual Meeting
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Caradoc Community Centre, Mt. Brydges
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speakers & Topics:
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Registration, Coffee & Donuts
9:30 – 10:15 a.m. Compaction Data – Ian McDonald & Alex Barrie, OMAFRA
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break – Visit with Sponsors
10:30 – 10:50 a.m. 2019 Weather Review – Nick Stokman
10:50 – 11:15 a.m. Crop Project Results – Peter Johnson & Grower Co-operators
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. OSCIA Update – Phil Oegema, OSCIA Regional Director
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. OSCIA Program Update – Margaret May, OSCIA Regional Program Lead
11:45 – 12:00 noon MSCIA Annual Meeting
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Resistant Weeds – Dr. Peter Sikkema, U. of G, Ridgetown Campus
2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Break – Visit with Sponsors
2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Strip-Till & Fertility – Ben Rosser, Corn Industry Program Lead, OMAFRA
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Agronomy Q & A – Peter Johnson, Agronomist, Real Agriculture
Cost: $20.00
“Please be prepared to renew your membership”
1 Year – $20.00, 3 Year – $50.00
For more information, contact Kevin Robson @ (519) 318-1484
2019 Rainfall
| NAME | ADDRESS | APR | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUG | Sept | Oct |
| (mm) | (mm) | (mm) | (mm) | (mm) | (mm) | (mm) | ||
| N. Stokman | 3320 Mullifarry Dr., Strathroy | 92.6 | 71.6 | 115.2 | 59.4 | 159 | 101.4 | |
| L. Whiting | 717 Thomas St., Mt. Brydges | 84 | 54 | 42 | 96 | 146 | 61 | 120 |
| J. Robinson | 8773 Reily Dr., Mt. Brydges | 83.8 | 75.1 | 49.3 | 68.4 | 136.1 | 52.2 | 112.3 |
| G. Richards | 6879 Longwoods Rd., Melbourne | 76 | 54 | 67 | 104 | 149 | 52 | |
| G. Cornelis | 11659 Petty St., Ailsa Craig | 95.5 | 59 | 68.2 | 103.5 | 158 | 60 | 93.5 |
| E. Fox | 31846 Centre Rd., Parkhill | 108 | 57 | 66.5 | 95 | 184 | 32 | |
| L. Duynisveld | 22732 Prospect Hill Rd., Ilderton | 92 | 35.5 | 142 | 140 | 198 | 87 | |
| Denys Farms | 3003 McGillivray Dr., Parkhill | 95 | 36.1 | 75.4 | 93.6 | 200.5 | 87 | 105 |
| H. MacKellar | 24022 Dundonald Rd., Glencoe | 57 | 36 | 75 | 67 | 147 | 82 | 105 |
| C. McVicar | 2434 Argyll Dr., Newbury | 101 | 51.5 | 74.5 | 76.5 | 129 | 92 | 125 |
| A. Brown | 4684 Westchester Bourne, Belmont | 86.3 | 74.6 | 79.4 | 92.8 | 94.1 | 49.9 | |
| S. Willemse | 1761 Parkhill Dr., Parkhill | 116 | 48 | 110 | 125 | 186 | 89 | 115.1 |
2019 Heat units
| Before May 10 | After | JUNE | JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | |
| N. Stokman | 179.5 | 583.2 | 687 | 787 | 835 | 642 | |
| J. Robinson | 193 | 426 | 723 | 828 | 873 | 679 | 241 |
| G. Cornelis | 191 | 437 | 715 | 794 | 865 | 688 | 271 |
| E. Fox | 161 | 404 | 587 | 842 | 866 | 685 | |
| L. Duynisveld | 185 | 429 | 720 | 841 | 852 | 688 | |
| Denys Farms | 150 | 390 | 671 | 786 | 855 | 632 | 201 |
| H. Dodge | 182 | 420 | 750 | 821 | 838 | 656 | 240 |
| H. MacKellar | 201 | 438 | 712 | 845 | 948 | 659 | 244 |
| C. McVicar | 204 | 421 | 717 | 794 | 816 | 642 | 251 |
| A. Brown | 172 | 402 | 683 | 781 | 810 | 640 | |
| S. Willemse | 189 | 411 | 706 | 815 | 855 | 647 | 257 |
2018 MSCIA Crop Tour Flyer
MIDDLESEX RAINFALL SUMMARY April May 2018
2018 Crops Update Flyer
MIDDLESEX RAINFALL SUMMARY 2017
2017 MSCIA Tour Photos
MSCIA 2017 Crops Update
Middlesex 2016 Crop Tour Flyer
2016 Crops Update Flyer
2015 Middlesex Crop Tour Flyer
MIDDLESEX RAINFALL SUMMARY April May 2015
2015 Crops Update Agenda
MIDDLESEX RAINFALL SUMMARY 2014
2014 Cover Crop Tour Flyer
2014 Crop Tour Flyer
2014 MSCIA Crops Update – Photos Here
2013 MSCIA Tour flyer ~ Photos Here
MIDDLESEX RAINFALL SUMMARY 2013
MSCIA Major Grant Proposal 2013 – Sulphur on Corn
2013 Crops Update Flyer
2012 Conservation Tour Photos
MIDDLESEX RAINFALL SUMMARY to Oct 31 2012
Photos From Crops Update Meeting
2012 Crops Update Flyer
MIDDLESEX RAINFALL SUMMARY 2011
Photos from Conservation Tour 2011
Strathmere Lodge Walking Path Official Opening
Summmer Conservation Tour photos 2010
Thames Valley Regional Soil & Crop Improvement Association 