Ag Safety Week
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TECHNOLOGY: CAUSE AND SOLUTION TO SAFETY ISSUES THE WEEK OF March 9 — 15 marks this year’s annual Ag Safety Week presented by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. While…
March 2014
In this issue:
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Future of Grain
- HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Oats and barley Grain Farmers of Ontario has been approached to have a discussion about oat and barley growers joining Grain Farmers of Ontario. If you… -
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Grains in Action
- FUTURE FARM LEADERS CONSUMERS WANT TO know where the food they purchase has come from and how ingredients are used in the manufacturing process of the foods they eat. Farmers, as the primary producers of… -
Ice, energy, and food
- AN UNLIKELY TRIANGLE “EVERY NATION NOW lives in what I call an ice-dependent world,” says Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, “where the mass of the arctic sea ice in my neighborhood causes extreme weather… -
Cropside: Early planting and SDS
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- THE ONTARIO MINISTRY of Agriculture and Food, along with Grain Farmers of Ontario, obtained funding from the Ontario Farm Innovation Program (OFIP) for a joint project with the North Central Soybean Research Program to reduce… -
Ontario sulphur trials
- VARYING RESULTS THERE IS GREAT debate as to whether or not producers should add sulphur in the form of sulphate to their soils, and if so, how much. Unfortunately, there is no clear-cut answer. The… -
How cold is too cold?
- THE SURVIVAL OF WINTER WHEAT COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS the United States have left many American farmers wondering if their winter wheat crop will make it through the season. Estimates from early 2014 were already predicting… -
Top 10 corn tips for 2014
- IDEAS FOR GROWTH HERE ARE MY top tips for 2014. Number one has the most data and research support, as we move towards Number 10 the data gets thinner and the ideas still need to… -
GFO Newsletter for March 2014
- GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO GRAINS ENROUTE Grain Farmers of Ontario has developed a biofuels ad campaign to run at select ONRoute locations along Ontario’s major highways. The goal is to… -
Organic crops
- AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY A MICHIGAN STATE University educator says his research shows organic farming is full of opportunity and optimism. Dan Rossman, Senior Extension Educator and Product Center Counselor with Michigan State University, talked about… -
Research roundup
- FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Light quality illuminates the importance of early season weed control Brittany Hall Light quality – not just quantity – is being altered in farmers’ fields because… -
US Clean Water Act
- THE IMPACT ON FARMERS THE UNITED STATES’ Clean Water Act (CWA) involves a bewildering array of acronyms for programs that can affect US farm practices in general and, because of its high nitrogen needs, corn… -
Partnering for the environment
- DISCOVERY FARMS’ COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH MODEL PROTECTING THE FUTURE of both the environment and production agriculture is a challenge proudly accepted by the Wisconsin agricultural community. By strategically working together, farmers and researchers built a program… -
Business side: Fraud prevention
CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS
- DO FARMERS REALLY NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD? No matter the type of business, the risk of fraud is always present. While you cannot predict why or when your organization may become a target,… -
In the news
- NEWS BITES THAT MATTER DuPont Pioneer 2013 Ontario Corn Yield Challenge winners DuPont Pioneer has announced the winners of its fourth annual Ontario Corn Yield Challenge (OCYC). The 11 seed growers with top-performing Pioneer® brand… -
No-till update
- TO GET THE BENEFITS, THERE’S NO GOING BACK HAVE YOU JOINED the growing number of farmers across Ontario who no-till all of their crops? “As you’ve likely heard before, no-till farmers realize greater benefits compared… -
Three pillars of sustainability
- OUR ROLE AS FARMERS Nick Betts is the Market Development Coordinator, Environment and Sustainability for Grain Farmers of Ontario. In this role, he ensures that our organization has a voice within the broader ag industry… -
Protecting the environment
- GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION AND ENFORCEMENT TILING THE LAND, spreading fertilizer, using pesticides, digging a well, and storing fuel are common practices on Ontario farms; and all of them are governed by environmental legislation. The Ontario Ministry… -
Smart spending
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
- AGRICULTURE IS A major driver of Ontario’s economy. The more crops we produce and process, the better the economic results are for the province. We currently generate $6 billion in revenues and more than 50…