Features

Under pressure

HOW FARMERS CAN RELIEve MENTAL STRESS

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FINDING MENTAL HEALTH services when you’re feeling overwhelmed can be very difficult, especially if you’re a grain farmer in a rural part of the province. There are, however, strategies for getting help, according to Jenni [Read more]

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Soil sampling

a FOUNDATION OF THE 4RS

August 2019 0

HAVE YOU EVER made a large financial decision without examining your bank balance? Have you ever looked at your soil like a bank account? Your soil acts as an account for your current nutrient levels. [Read more]

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Detoxifying DON

NEW SOIL BACTERIA RESEARCH

August 2019 0

IN 2018, ONTARIO farmers battled one of the most severe DON outbreaks in corn. Crops with vomitoxin levels above the accepted threshold can’t be sold into feed markets, which means growers get stuck shouldering big [Read more]

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Flooded fields

RAIN DEVASTATES U.S. CORN BELT

August 2019 0

AS 2019 TURNED to spring, U.S. farmers were poised to plant 92.8 million acres of corn, 84.6 million acres of soybeans, and 45.8 million acres of wheat, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s March [Read more]

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Grain grading

UNDERSTANDING HOW YOUR GRAIN IS INSPECTED

August 2019 0

GRAIN GRADING AFFECTS the price of your grain; and when you don’t get the price you were expecting, you might wonder what factors were at play. Every grain has its own set of inspection guidelines [Read more]

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Brazil’s case for sustainability

June 2019 Comments Off on Brazil’s case for sustainability

GLOBALLY, YOU CAN’T talk about soybeans and corn without talking about Brazil. Soybean exports from this vibrant South American country of 210 million people were virtually nothing 40 years ago. But now it’s the world’s [Read more]

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Making fertilizer work in strip-till

A PROFILE OF TWO RESEARCH PROJECTS

August 2019 0

AS MORE FARMERS investigate the potential of strip-tillage, and as nutrient runoff issues continue to be a major environmental concern, more effort is being invested in understanding nutrient management between conventional and no-till systems. Since [Read more]

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Controlling weeds before wheat

MULTIPLE FACTORS TO CONSIDER

August 2019 0

THERE IS NO universal method of weed control. This is particularly true when managing the growth and spread of problem weeds on fallow land, and in a compressed growing season. According to ministry and academic [Read more]

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Survey results

2018 FARMER-MEMBER SURVEY

August 2019 0

Grain Farmers of Ontario conducted a farmer-member survey from September 2018 to January 2019. The 25-question survey included questions on demographics, member services, and the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine. The survey was completed by 1,140 [Read more]

Flipbook

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Web special

Avoiding mistakes with cover crops

Production
July 2019 0
“Don’t mess up an opportunity to do some soil maintenance […] put a cover crop on. It doesn’t have to be expensive.” This sentiment was expressed by Anne Verhallen, soil management specialist, horticulture, for the [Read more]

Field observations

Agronomy
July 2019 0
Update for August 16, 2019 WINTER WHEAT IS harvested, spring grains have started, the corn is pollinated, and what happened to the soybeans? CORN The corn crop has nicely pollinated over the past two weeks [Read more]

From the CEO’s desk

  • Trade War Fund

    June 2019 Comments Off on Trade War Fund
    ACCORDING TO THE analysts, futures, input costs, land prices, and market unpredictability are all lining up to create what could be a perfect storm for Ontario grain farmers; and unlike our neighbours to the south [Read more]

GrainTALK Update

  • GrainTALK for August 2019

    August 2019 0
    FROM THE CHAIR A Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. In continuation of the last two issues’ Ask The Chair, Grain Farmers of Ontario Chair Markus Haerle will focus on a third federal [Read more]

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