Ontario winter wheat producers recently completed their 2018 harvest and are preparing for the 2019 planting season.
This year, winter wheat yields are between 60 to 85 bushels per acre. Despite the variability of weather across the province during the growing season, winter wheat yields are average and moisture, quality, and test weight are acceptable. Agricorp will begin mailing Production Insurance payments in September to producers who had yield losses.
Although crops wintered well in many areas, winter wheat farmers in western Ontario received reseeding payments earlier this year of $1.2 million as heavy rains and extended cool spring conditions reduced stands. The yield map below shows winter wheat yields across Ontario.
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