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CSC Asian program a success
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Seed corn production
Jeanine Moyer
A hybrid of two farming cultures
Kim Waalderbos
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The largest section of the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine, the production section features important information on best management practices and innovative farming efforts for corn, soybean and wheat growers.


Cool tools increase efficiency
By: Amy Petherick
May/June 2012

WITHOUT THE RIGHT tools, even a simple job becomes more difficult. To make the job of farming easier, equipment manufacturers are offering Read More
A hybrid of two farming cultures
By: Kim Waalderbos
May/June 2012

WHEN BERT VON westerholt set foot on Canadian soil in July 1977, he was 18 years old, fresh out of high school, and with the ambition to farm. Read More
Seed corn production
By: Jeanine Moyer
May/June 2012

SIGNS OF SPRING weather have Ontario corn farmers eager to get out into the fields and take advantage of an early planting season. But when it comes Read More
Take a tablet for more mobile power
By: The AgNerds, Shaun Haney and Peter Gredig
April 2012

THE SMARTPHONE BRINGS mobile management power to farmers of all description. But an internet-enabled tablet device is a perfect complement and more Read More
Beyond standard soil sampling
By: Treena Hein
April 2012

ODETTE MENARD IS ard is a firm believer that growers need to take a much closer look at their soil. “We need to see it more as a living creature, and not Read More
The necessity of grain segregation
By: Jeanine Moyer
April 2012

ONTARIO PRODUCES A very diverse mix of grain crops – and each year new traits, technologies and varieties are added to the complex lineup of Read More
Early nitrogen
By: Peter Johnson, Cereal Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Kim Ratz
April 2012

THERE ARE LOTS of questions this spring with regard to nitrogen application on wheat.  How early should we go? Does split nitrogen make sense? Read More
Smart ways to staff up
By: Amy Petherick
April 2012

STAFF IS ONLY for politicians, bureaucrats, and other well-to-do city slickers. Wrong, say ag human resource experts, but they also add that farmers Read More
Getting the dirt on corn nematodes
By: Kim Waalderbos
April 2012

DO YOU HAVE fields or pockets of land that seem to have chronic yield and health problems no matter what strategy you use for crop rotation, weeds, Read More
Making the case for more fencerows
By: Amy Petherick
March 2012

EQUIPMENT KEEPS GETTING larger and when crop prices are good, there’s more incentive for farmers to clear overgrown pastures and cut down fencerows. Read More
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