by BERNARD TOBIN
Agronomist and certified crop advisor Paul Sullivan spends a lot of time walking fields. In late June, you can find him out in wheat fields trying to determine the best application timing for fungicides. He knows what he’s looking for – a field that has even heading with 75 per cent of the heads on the main stem fully emerged.
But that’s not what he always finds. Last June, while evaluating a field for Larry, one of his grower clients, Sullivan spotted a curious looking area in the middle of the field. “There was this block that was not as advanced as the rest of the field,” recalls Sullivan. “It almost looked like a different variety. The plants were shorter and the heads were not out as complete as the rest of the field.”