Features

Preventing DON in corn

BEST MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR 2019

March 2019 0

MORE THAN TWO million acres of corn were planted in Ontario in 2018 and yields were reported to be above average at 181 bushels/acre. But it wasn’t a profitable crop for many farmers. High levels [Read more]

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Features

Tar spot of corn

A NEW DISEASE THREAT

March 2019 0

CORN PRODUCERS IN southwestern Ontario have a new disease threat to look out for this growing season. Tar spot of corn rapidly developed in Michigan in 2018 after first being spotted in a couple of [Read more]

Features

Growing resistance

March 2019 0

HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IS defined by the Weed Science Society of America as ‘the inherited ability of a plant to survive and reproduce following exposure to a dose of herbicide that was previously lethal’. Herbicide resistance [Read more]

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Value creation

CEREALS INDUSTRY CONSIDERS RESEARCH FUNDING OPTIONS

March 2019 0

CANADA IS FALLING behind the world in funding cereals plant breeding research and the models being proposed to fix the situation have prompted sometimes heated discussion among producers across the country. TWO PROPOSALS One of [Read more]

Features

Agricorp update

KEEPING FARMERS INFORMED

March 2019 0

2018 SAW HIGHS and lows for many producers, from record high yields for some crops to difficult planting and growing conditions and widespread DON in others. Through it all, Agricorp’s goal has been to ensure [Read more]

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The next frontier

SOIL SCIENCE.

February 2019 0

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN agriculture and food is a natural one — at least for producers, who nurture it daily. But the agri-food connection is increasingly becoming a “eureka moment” for the public, too. People are [Read more]

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Also in this issue

Regenerative agriculture

A FULL SYSTEM APPROACH

March 2019 0

OVER THE LAST 10 years there has been an increase in the number of conversations about the use of cover crops and an emphasis on soil health as ways to revolutionize agricultural production practices. It [Read more]

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Precision Ag Advancement for Ontario

NEW TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH

March 2019 0

RESULTS FROM THE 2016 and 2017 growing seasons in the Precision Agriculture Advancement for Ontario project can now be found through an interactive story map available online at http://bit.ly/2wIVgGq. The story map can show multiple [Read more]

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Public trust

ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME

March 2019 0

AGRICULTURE WANTS THE public to trust in its practices, to support how it produces food, and to allow farmers to continue to do the great work they are doing without constant scrutiny. When people talk [Read more]

Flipbook

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Retirement Announcement
Grain Farmers of Ontario congratulates Don Carruthers, advertising sales representative, on his retirement. Don has spent more than 30 years working in the media sales business and has handled advertising for the Ontario Grain Farmer and sponsorships for the March Classic since the inception of our organization. We thank Don for his service and wish him much enjoyment in his retirement.Read more…

 

Web special

An ambassador’s journey

Public Outreach
January 2019 Comments Off on An ambassador’s journey
AFTER 20,000 KM, more than 25 fairs, and seven educational days, the 2018 Grain Discovery zone season wrapped-up at the end of September. This season Grain Farmers of Ontario successfully communicated about grain farming to [Read more]

From the CEO’s desk

  • Alliances

    March 2019 0
    YOU LIKELY READ last fall that Grain Farmers of Ontario has rejoined Grain Growers of Canada (GGC). Our chair, Markus Haerle, has taken an important role as vice-chair of the GGC. The news may have [Read more]

GrainTALK Update

  • GrainTALK for March 2019

    March 2019 0
    FROM THE CHAIR A Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. What are the strategies you use to get ready for upcoming planting seasons? We all have to be very diligent planners. The very [Read more]

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