December 2011

In this issue:

Web Special

A detailed look at soil organic matter services

December 2011 - INFORMATION ON THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF COMMONLY USED SOIL ORGANIC MATTER ADDITIVES Product Benefits Challenges Livestock manure Available on-farm, manure provides many of the required macro and micro nutrients for year of application and…
Web Special

Solutions to the challenges facing the global food system

December 2011 - RECENT REPORT TACKLES THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND FARMING Read a more in-depth article on The Future of Food and Farming from the December issue of the Ontario Grain Farmer. The Global Food and Farming Futures Report,…
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The Big Picture: Ontarians understand the importance of farming

December 2011 - RECENT SURVEY SHOWS ONTARIANS BELIEVE FARMING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROVINCE’S STRENGTH it’s amazing what you can find out if you just ask. Farmers Feed Cities did just that during Ontario Agriculture week…
Future of Grain

December 2011 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION New feed mill in Maxville operational The MacEwan Grain Inc. feed mill in Maxville became operational last month. According to the company, the new mill has…
Getting at the heart of the matter

December 2011 - MEASURING AND BUILDING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IS IMPORTANT ON EVERY FARM crop farmers have many tasks, but chief among them is looking after their soil. Maintaining soil organic matter, especially if you have no access…
Research roundup

December 2011 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Mind the herbicides for safer replanting Joey Sabljic Planting earlier maturing corn hybrids or soybeans in response to wet weather could help producers salvage soggy growing…
Cropside: Where did all those beans come from?

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

December 2011 - A RECAP OF THE 2011 SOYBEAN SEASON THE 2011 GROWING season started out painfully slow. Many fields were not planted until late May or even June. This is usually a bad sign for yields. Photo…
Marketing freedom for the West

December 2011 - THE IMPACT OF AN OPEN WHEAT MARKET IN THE PRAIRIES ON EASTERN FARMERS as every canadian grain farmer is aware, the Government of Canada has initiated the transition plan to remove the Canadian Wheat Board’s…
GFO Newsletter for December 2011

December 2011 - GET THELATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO GFO ANNUAL DISTRICT MEETINGS Details for the district meetings in association with Grain Farmers of?Ontario are listed on the next page. If your district meeting time and place…
Digging into phosphorous recommendations for corn

December 2011 - RECENT ANALYSIS BRINGS CLARITY sifting through the best fertility management plans for the farm can be an overwhelming task. There are a multitude of articles and recommendations that can be challenging to distill into practical…
When carbon practices pay cash

December 2011 - GOOD STEWARDS AND SECRETARIES WILL WIN carbon is sold by farmers worldwide in the form of food, fuel and fibre. But in some places, farmers are also marketing the environmental benefits their carbon conscious practices…
In the news

December 2011 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show gets new owners Glacier Media Inc. has acquired Canada’s Outdoor Shows Limited which runs Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show and Canada’s Outdoor Equine Expo. The Vancouver-based company is…
High prices boost competition

December 2011 - UKRAINE AND ARGENTINA BENEFIT FROM INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE as worries mounted early this year about tight supplies of corn, wheat, and soybeans, prices mounted, sending a clear signal: “Produce more!” Canadian growers weren’t the only…
The future of food and farming

December 2011 - NEW REPORT OUTLINES SOLUTIONS TO THE MYRIAD OF CHALLENGES FACING GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION the need to produce more food sustainably has become a major issue around the globe. A UK report published earlier this year…
GFO comments on low level presence policy

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

December 2011 - IN THE MONTH of November Grain Farmers of Ontario was asked to comment on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s public consultation document on policy approaches to managing the low level presence of genetically modified (GM) crops…

December 2011

A detailed look at soil organic matter services

Solutions to the challenges facing the global food system

The Big Picture: Ontarians understand the importance of farming

Future of Grain

Getting at the heart of the matter

Research roundup

Cropside: Where did all those beans come from?

Marketing freedom for the West

Digging into phosphorous recommendations for corn

When carbon practices pay cash

In the news

High prices boost competition

The future of food and farming

GFO comments on low level presence policy

Recommended:

Tar spot prevention

Tradition meets innovation

GrainTALK Newsletter

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December 2011

A detailed look at soil organic matter services

Solutions to the challenges facing the global food system

The Big Picture: Ontarians understand the importance of farming

Future of Grain

Getting at the heart of the matter

Research roundup

Cropside: Where did all those beans come from?

Marketing freedom for the West

GFO Newsletter for December 2011

Digging into phosphorous recommendations for corn

When carbon practices pay cash

In the news

High prices boost competition

The future of food and farming

GFO comments on low level presence policy

Recommended:

Tar spot prevention

Tradition meets innovation