Oxford SCIA

Renew Your Oxford SCIA membership by credit card here using our online store – it’s quick and easy! You can even buy annual meeting admission tickets

Oxford SCIA Annual Meeting 2024

Tuesday, January 9 at the Embro Community Centre. Doors open 9:45 am. Hot lunch and trade show included with $25 admission.

Featured Speakers:

Moe Agostino, Farms.Com – Commodity Outlook
Tatianna Lozier, Upper Thames River CA – Funding opportunities through conservation authorities
Virginia Janssen, Oxford AgroPro – Challenges from 2023 Wild Weather
Ben Rosser, OMAFRA – Delta Yield Project, Research on best management strategies in DON sampling
Speaker TBA, White Mold and Tar Spot scouting and when to “pull the trigger”
Marinda DeGier – Winter Canola Agronomy & Relay Intercropping

Contact President Gerard Pynenburg 519-532-5360 or Cathy 519-878-7664 for more information.

2023 Summer Tour:

Oxford’s Summer Tour will be joining the OSCIA Summer Event Aug 18 & 19 – see the home page for details and registration information. Pre-registration is required by August 8

Oxford SCIA 2023 Annual Meeting

Tuesday, January 10/23 Embro Community Centre

9:00 am Doors open – visit with exhibitors, coffee & cold drinks available

Peter Johnson, RealAgriculture.com Roots not Iron Update
Ben Rosser, OMAFRA – Chair – Producer Panel Oxford County/Thames Valley Trial Work
Rob Miller – BASF Strategies to Manage Problem Weeds
Erik Johnson – Economist BMO Banking and Interest Trends affecting Agriculture
Dean Shantz – CRF AgriTech LP Fertilizer Markets and PurYield Controlled Release Fertilizer
Cathy Dibble – OSCIA Workshop Leader Program Funding Update, Provincial Report

Admission is $25 and includes a hot lunch. . Admission tickets may be purchased in advance by clicking on the above button – bring your receipt please!

CCA CEUs have been approved

PDF of meeting notice: https://tvrscia.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/dec-2022.pdf

Oxford Summer Meeting to be held at the Salford Group equipment manufacturing plant, 20 Phebe Street, Norwich 7 pm August 8th. Featuring Marty Vermey, GFO, on the wheat YEN project, Ben Rosser on Tar Spot

The Oxford SCIA Summer Tour will be a car tour on Thursday, August 18th starting at 9 am. Confirmed stops include Stubbe’s Precast, Titan Trailers, Rambling Road Brewery and Carmeuse Lime. Final stop is Rambling Road at 5 pm for supper – options and prices will be posted on the registration page Deadline to register is August 10

From Field Project Committee Chairman, Nathan Renkema

I am still looking for cooperators for field projects for this year. Many of you have the ability to participate in at least one project and that would be appreciated. The projects we as a committee decided to focus on this year were Delta Yield, and N-fixing biologicals on corn, soybeans and wheat. Below is the link that shows all the projects going on in the region this year along with their protocols. If you plan to participate in one or more of the projects please let me know. Spread the word to others that may also be interested. Feel free to also contact me by phone/text at 519-788-4391.

Oxford SCIA Annual Meeting CANCELLED, GOING VIRTUAL Details Here

Proposed Constitution Amendments to be discussed during Annual Meeting

Oxford Fall Meeting

6:00 pm – Norpac Beef Brisket Supper on West Lane 7:00 pm – Meeting beside Pride Seeds plots

Ryan Parker, Valco Consultants, Factors Affecting Fluctuation in Oxford Land Values
Tyler Durst, RBC, Grains and Oilseeds Outlook
Peter Johnson, RealAgriculture, Hot Topics of the SummerTops
News in Recent Field Trials

Attendees must pre-register here. Space is limited so we would appreciate serious commitment registrations only.

Thanks to our generous meal sponsors:

Click Here for Joint Virtual Annual Meeting Info ~ Feb 18,2021

Results from 2019 Oxford Tier 1 project assessing sulfur effects in corn and soybeans. Due to the year 2019 was, only 2 plots established. We have applied for another Tier 1 grant for 2020 and hope we can get a few more plots this year. If you are interested in participating, please contact Steve Hughes at 519-281-0032 shughesOAC2001@yahoo.ca

Soybeans – Ingersoll				Harvest Data
Treatment	Rate	Unit	Moisture	Test Weight	Yield
			%	lb/bu	bu/ac
Untreated Check	0	Kg/ha	12.47	58.27	51
Sulphur	22.4	Kg/ha	12.33	58.37	54.2

Planted: 1-Jun-2019			Variety: P11A10
Population: 160,000 s/ac			Row Spacing: 15”
Tillage: No-till
Sulphur: Gypsum @ 130 lbs/ac broadcast post in soys at R1
Plot Size: 16 rows @ 15” by 678 feet long replicated 3 times

Corn – Woodstock				Harvest Data
Treatment	Rate	Unit	Moisture		Yield
			%		bu/ac
Untreated Check	0	lb/ac	28.15		207.2
Sulphur	10	lb/ac	27.53		210.1

Planted: 1-Jun-2019			Variety: DKC 45-65
Population: 31,000 s/ac			Tillage: Strip-till
Fertilizer: 100 lbs Urea, 100 lbs MESZ, 50 lbs MAP, 100 lbs Potash, 20 gal/ac 28% all Preplant
Sulphur: ATS @ 10 lbs S/ac on 10-Jul-2019 @ V8-V9 through drop tubes

In light of recent events, Oxford Soil and Crop has cancelled our usual spring producer meeting. We do not want to risk the health and welfare of meeting hosts, speakers, directors or our members. It is hoped that we can get back to “normal” before our summer meeting event. Please stay tuned!

Oxford SCIA has also received Tier 1 funding to purchase some temperature recording weather stations, and we are looking for someone to report data in the south east corner of the county (Norwich area) as well as someone to the west (Thamesford/Kintore). We will send out the weather stations to the first two volunteers—contact Cathy 519-788-0895 to get yours!

2020 Annual Meeting Info

OXFORD SCIA SPRING MEETING
Wednesday, March 27 2019 @ 6:50 pm

Salford Group Production Plant
20 Phebe Street, Norwich
(formerly Holland Hitch)

7:00 pm Plant Tour

7:45 Meeting Start

Tillage Technology and the Lake Erie Bill of Rights
Jim Boak—South Point Equipment

Expectations and Managing the 2019 Winter Wheat Crop
Joanna Follings, OMFARA

Oxford SCIA 2019 Research Project
Greg Wilson, Blackcreek Research

Canadian Agricultural Partnership Funding Update
Cathy Dibble, OSCIA Workshop Leader

Refreshments provided, Everyone Welcome!!

Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2019

2018 Rainfall & Heat Units

(recorded in mm)										May-Oct	May-Oct
NAME	ADDRESS	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Total 2018	2017
David	Arthur	St Marys	84	48	102	159	199	56	100	664	481
Jeff	Dibble	Drumbo		39	42	93	123	59	91	446	619
James	Hammerton	Beachville	71	82	88	122	86	61	82	522	401
Peter	Johnson	Ingersoll		42	103	84	100	60	99	488	476
Gerhard	Magnus	Bright		70	80	73	122	74	89	508	501
Ross	Wilson	Salford	50	103	125	125	77	66	73	569	310
Outdoor Farm Show		Woodstock		70	95	113	157	61	115	611	544
	HEAT UNITS
	Arthur			636	756	836	874	698		3800	3697
	Outdoor Farm Show			576	656	769	763	551	131	3446	3349

Oxford Fall Meeting

OXFORD SCIA SUMMER MEETING

Oxford weather 2018

OXFORD SPRING MEETING 2018

March 27, 7:30 pm

OXFORD AGROPRO, Hwy 59, HICKSON

Tour Agropro’s new Fertilizer Facility

Speakers:

Steph Kowalski Agronomy Group ~ 4R Nutrient Stewardship Dekalb Seeds ~ Xtend Soybeans and Herbicide Mike Kuntz, HJV ~ Sprayer Tips and Cleanout Ideas Cathy Dibble, OSCIA ~ New Funding Programs for 2018 Everyone Welcome, Bring a Friend!

Weather 2017

Oxford summer bus tour photos

OXFORD SUMMER TOUR 2016