Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine is the flagship publication of Grain Farmers of Ontario and a source of information for our province’s grain farmers.

Grain Farmers of Ontario

April 2010

In this issue:

The Big Picture: Balancing bias

April 2010 - UNDERSTANDING A BASIC HUMAN CONDITION MAY BETTER PREPARE YOU FOR HOT TOPIC DISCUSSIONS agriculture is full of scientific certainty and research-driven results. Decisions on how much fertilizer to apply, what crop protection product to use…
Cropside: What’s the best herbicide for you?

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

April 2010 - A GROWER WALKED into my office about five years ago, frustrated having just come from a soybean field with inadequate weed control. We talked about options for next year and I pulled several University of…
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Research Roundup

April 2010 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Treatment for long-spine sandbur control in corn Carolynn Seaton Post-emergence herbicides are more effective than pre-emergence herbicides for controlling long-spine sandbur, a problem weed in corn…
Future of Grain

April 2010 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION BASF introduces two new herbicides Two new herbicides, one for early-season weed control in corn and another for burndown in soybeans is being offered by BASF for…
In the news

April 2010 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Hensall to get bean processing facility The Eastern Canadian division of grain company Parrish and Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) recently announced plans to invest in a new, state-of-the-art, dry edible bean processing…
Weetabix wheat art competition

April 2010 - BUILD A STRAW BALE SCULPTURE FOR CASH grain farmers of ontario (GFO) and Weetabix Canada invite Ontario wheat farmers to participate in a straw bale sculpture competition. Participants are encouraged to express their artistic side…
Replanting Roundup Ready

April 2010 - WITH THE PATENT EXPIRING ON RR SOYBEANS IN 2011. FARMERS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO SAVE AND REPLANT SEED WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW as the first company to patent and commercialize a genetic trait in…
To be or not to be a soybean

April 2010 - EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF AN ONTARIO EDAMAME CROP it’s grown like a soybean crop but harvested like a vegetable crop. Industry experts say a niche market for Ontario-grown edamame could be one with potential, but…
Site-specific disease forecasting

April 2010 - USING WEB-BASED TOOLS CAN HELP MANAGE WEATHER-RELATED RISK despite your best efforts to grow profitable, high quality, disease-free cereal crops, the biggest challenge remains the weather. While we still can’t control it, science and technology…
Estimating nitrogen requirements based on yield response

April 2010 - NEW TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP MAKE NITROGEN MANAGEMENT DECISIONS in the past, most of the information regarding nitrogen rates for corn has focused on estimating or predicting how much you need to apply as…
Weeds in winter wheat

April 2010 - SCOUT EARLY, CONTROL WEEDS EARLY AND AVOID DANGEROUS MIXES THAT MAY CAUSE INJURY although not as commonly talked about, wheat may have a critical weed free period just like corn and soybeans. “Recent research coming…
Soybean studies

April 2010 - OAC BREEDS BETTER BEANS soybean oil is highly versatile and new applications for it are rapidly emerging. The Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) research team at the University of Guelph, led by Drs. Istvan Rajcan and…
Careful Rotation

April 2010 - HOW TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WITH BOTH AGRONOMICS AND ECONOMICS IN MIND choosing the right rotation – or even deciding to break rotation – can be a difficult decision for growers, who must balance…
Refuge compliance slipping

April 2010 - a recent survey reveals that refuge requirement compliance has slipped to 61 percent in 2009, down from a high of 80 percent in 2005. This is of serious concern for the entire corn industry. When…