2015 FarmSmart
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FOCUS ON SOIL HEALTH AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY A FULL LINE-UP of presenters has been confirmed for the 2015 FarmSmart and SoilSmart agricultural conferences. For a third year, a full-day event will precede the main FarmSmart…
December 2014
In this issue:
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2015 Faces of Farming calendar
- MIDDLESEX GRAIN FARMER IS ‘OCTOBER’ WHEN YOU COMPARE her to the age of the average farmer in Ontario, Krista Patterson is decades younger, but she already has a wealth of experience under her belt. Krista… -
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Media attention
- POSITIVE RESPONSE TO OTTAWA TOUR FARM &?FOOD Care Ontario partnered with Foodland Ontario and Grain Farmers of Ontario to host another successful food writers’ tour this past October. Fifty Ottawa-area journalists, authors, culinary instructors, chefs,… -
Future of grain
- HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION AGCO upgrades Minnesota facility AGCO Corporation is in the midst of a multi- year, $42 million upgrade and expansion to its engineering and manufacturing facility in Jackson,… -
Innovation in agriculture
- PERCEPTION IS NOT REALITY THERE ARE A lot of misconceptions about Canadian agriculture. According to a 2013 study from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadians think that agriculture lacks innovation, is shrinking, unsustainable, potentially environmentally… -
Cropside: Aerial or broadcast?
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- FALL 2014: THERE was no doubt that wheat seeding would be late. What about aerial seeding or broadcasting wheat into standing soybeans? After all, this had been done in the past and there were some… -
The white mould problem
- ANALYZING 2014’S YIELD ISSUES WHITE MOULD IS among the many plant disease problems foisted on Ontario farmers in wet, cool years. In 2014, soybean producers experienced more than their share of the disease, cutting yields… -
Weight and dimension guidelines
- UNDERSTANDING ONTARIO’S NEW VEHICLE REGULATIONS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2010, Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation introduced a four-phase overhaul of the vehicle weight and dimensions regulations. The changes, now included in the amended Ontario Regulation 413/05 of… -
Technology yields results
- A LOOK AT PRECISION PLANTING’S NEW TOOLS PRECISION PLANTING IS perhaps best known for their 20/20 SeedSense planting monitors, but the Tremont, Illinois-based agricultural technology company also produces a full line of mechanical planting equipment.… -
Research roundup
- FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH A bottom-up approach to dealing with drought Mallory Kohn The Sand Plains region in Ontario is one of the most productive areas for corn. But because of… -
Market side: Futures trading basics
LESSON 3: EXCHANGES AND CLEARING HOUSES
- This monthly educational series will feature the basic workings of the futures and options markets and how they can be utilized to help farmers with risk management. FUTURES CONTRACTS AND options are traded in what… -
Commodity outlook
- THE U.S. PERSPECTIVE ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETS REPRESENTING CORN, SOYBEANS, and wheat, analysts from three American non-profit market development organizations offer their thoughts on what the coming year may offer. KURT SHULTZ U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL DIRECTOR… -
In the news
- NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Ridgetown Alumni Mentorship Program This fall, the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus is offering a pilot Student Mentorship Program. This new program will see sixteen alumni mentors matched with sixteen students… -
GFO Newsletter for December 2014
- GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO THANK A GRAIN FARM FAMILY During the month of October, Grain Farmers of Ontario held its third Thank a Grain Farm Family contest. The contest was… -
Business side: Structure matters
CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS
- (R.H.) WHAT BUSINESS STRUCTURE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO FARMERS? (C.F.) There are three main types of businesses structures — sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation. Sole proprietorships can be thought of as an extension of oneself… -
Wetland restoration
- THE FARMER’S ROLE KEN ROSIN HASN’T actively farmed for years, but at 73 years of age he still can’t bring himself to let go of farming completely. The 230 acre farm he owns in Amaranth… -
A new use for residue
- HARVESTING CORN STOVER FOR BIOFUEL THERE ARE A multitude of uses for corn as an ingredient in a wide variety of foods and household products, livestock feed, and fuel. Much of the time, however, only… -
Roots not iron
- PUTTING SOIL HEALTH FIRST AT 42 YEARS of age, it’s hard to believe that Blake Vince has never touched a mouldboard plow in his life. But he hasn’t. His farming philosophy, as he puts it,… -
National sustainability
- CROP ROUNDTABLE LEADS THE DISCUSSION VERIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR sustainable production practices are in place in the global biofuel market and there are sure signs that the food sector will be next to follow suit. Now,… -
Cleaning up
- SEED AND PESTICIDE BAG COLLECTION EXPANDS THE DISPOSAL OF on-farm waste materials is evolving as farmers continue to show their commitment to environmental responsibility and a willingness to adopt new best management practices. PHOTO: TIM… -
Farming without neonicotinoids
- THE UK STORY FARMERS IN EUROPE are learning the realities of farming without neonicotinoids. A two-year restriction on three crop protection products (clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam) went into effect a year ago on December 1,… -
Federal politics
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
- A YEAR FROM now the federal election will be over and we will either have a brand new government or a Conservative government with a new mandate. All parties will be issuing platforms over the…