MARCH 20-21
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Sunday March 21st 9PM – 3:30PM
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watch soybeans grow from a seed to a plant
Kids Activity: Grow your own plant from seeds in your kitchen!
Seeds and Forage 2021 Competition Winners:
Here are the winners for each class of seed and forage for this year’s virtual College Royal Seeds and Forages Competition! It was fantastic to get so much participation. To abide by the guidelines, seed and forage producers submitted their photos with information to back up the photo submission. With this content, we were able to make a reasonable judgement on the on the score of each sample.
Congratulations to Robert McKinley for being the Grand Champion 2 years in a row! Thank you to the contestants, as well as the sponsor and contributors to help make this event run smoothly online: Pioneer Seeds, Honeyland Ag Services, Ashely Knapton, and Dave Hume.
Reasons: This corn is heavy ending with a test weight of 68.11 kg/hl at 15.5% moisture. Sample is clean with deep uniform kernels. Outstanding colour and overall appearance is very appealing.
| Test Weight | Degree of Soundness | Heated% | Total% | Stones% | Excreta% | Total Cracked Corn&Foreign Materials | Other Classes | Overall Grade |
| 68.11 | No.1 CE | 0.3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 5% | |
| 5/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 37/40 |
Reasons: This is a clean sample of hulled oats with minimal weeds and foreign material present. These plump oats will provide excellent feed quality, along with the moisture of 10% will offer beneficial storage capabilities.
| Test Weight | Degree of Soundness% | Hulled and hulless | Total Damaged% | Total Foreign Material | Overall Grade |
| 47kg/hl | No.2 CE | 7% | 5% | 3% | |
| 3/4 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 15/20 |
Reasons: Very clean sample of feed barley. Minimal weed seeds and foreign materials present. These full kernels have a moisture content of 14.8%, an optimal moisture for storage. All great characteristics as a grain for feed.
| Test Weight | Total % Damaged | Total Foreign Material | Degree of Soundness | Overall Grade |
| 56.4 kg/hl | 2.9% | 2.5 | No. 2 CE | |
| 2/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 3/4 | 13/16 |
Reasons: Excellent sample of spring canola, having minimal weed seeds present and minimal foreign material. Very few splits among this sample, holding great integrity at the ideal moisture content of 9.9%.
| Degree of Soundness | Standard of Cleanliness Commercially Pure Seed | Total Damage % | Total Foreign Material % | Overall Grade |
| No 1. Canada | No.2 Canada | 3% | 1.7% | |
| 5/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Reasons: No foreign materials present in this uniform large seed size. Low disease pressure and no discoloured seeds. Very few splits, with a moisture content 14.5%.
| Test Weight | Degree of Soundness | Total Damage % | Discoloured % | Foreign Material % | Splits % | Overall Grade |
| 68.2kg/hl | No. 1 Canada | 3% | 2% | 2% | 10.5% | |
| 4/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 26/30 |
Reasons: Good quality hard red spring wheat, producing a test weight 72.3 kg/hl. This sample has large seeds with good integrity, low disease, minimal weed seeds, with minimal foreign material.
| Test Weight | Degree of Soundness | Foreign Material | Overall Grade |
| 72.2 kg/hl | No. 2 CERS | 1.4% | |
| 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 12/15 |
Reasons: fresh sweet smell, moisture 66%, 34% DM, adequate grain content that is fairly processed, average particle length ¾”, nice tan colour with accents of green.
| Stage of Maturity | Grain Content | Colour | Odour | Impurities | Overall Grade |
| Optimal | High | Excellent | |||
| 27/30 | 23/25 | 18/20 | 19/20 | 5/5 | 92/100 |
Reasons: Third year stand first cut, timothy, brome, fescue, bluegrass, orchard grass. moisture content of 13%, green colour, average leaf to stem ratio, decent fresh smell, low weed numbers. Cut early boot.
| Maturity | Colour, Odour, and Disease | Leaf to Stem Ratio | Moisture and Condition | Legume-Grass Balance | Purity | Overall Grade |
| Early boot | Excellent | Good | ||||
| 38/40 | 19/20 | 17/20 | /0 | 8/15 | 4/5 | 86/100 |
Reasons: Moisture content of 64%. Good colour, mild sweet smell. Very high legume content, some weed presence. Early bud maturity. Consistent chop length – ½”- 1”.
| Maturity | Colour, Odour, and Disease | Leaf to Stem Ratio | Moisture and Condition | Legume- Grass Balance | Purity | Overall Grade |
| Early bud- legume | Excellent | Optimal | 90:10 | Fair | ||
| 28/30 | 33/35 | /0 | 15/15 | 10/10 | 7/10 | 93/100 |
LIVE CHAT
Guelph Plant Ag Department – with Graduate student Tyler Baxby on Herbicidal Control of Invasive Weed Species (Poision Parnsip)
Saturday at 9-9:30am
Meeting ID: 893 0122 3712
Passcode: SEEDS
Ashley Knapton, Pioneer Hi-Bred Livestock Specialist – Improving Corn Silage Digestibility
Sunday at 9am-9:30am
Meeting ID: 848 2422 7170
Passcode: SEEDS
Liam Bracken, 4th year Agriculture Science Student – Fun facts about Ontario Agriculture Crops
Saturday at 1pm-1:30pm
Meeting ID: 815 2890 3447
Passcode: SEEDS
Liam Bracken, 4th year Agriculture Science Student – Fun facts about Ontario Agriculture Crops
Sunday at 1pm-1:30pm
Meeting ID: 891 8411 0186
Passcode: SEEDS
Liam Bracken, 4th year Agriculture Science Student – Talk with Liam about Agriculture or the University of Guelph
Saturday 3pm-3:30pm
Meeting ID: 898 4662 1490
Passcode: SEEDS
Liam Bracken, 4th year Agriculture Science Student – Talk with Liam about Agriculture or the University of Guelph
Sunday 3pm-3:30pm
Meeting ID: 824 4228 3725
Passcode: SEEDS
