March 2015

In this issue:

Web Special

2015 ASA DuPont Young Leader Program

March 2015 - STRONG ADVOCATES FOR AGRICULTURE GLENCOE FARMER DAVE McEachren was selected to represent Canadian soybean growers in the 2015 American Soybean Association (ASA) DuPont Young Leader Program. He provided us with a first-hand account of his…
Web Special

2015 ASA DuPont Young Leader Program

March 2015 - STRONG ADVOCATES FOR AGRICULTURE WEB SPECIAL GLENCOE FARMER DAVE McEachren was selected to represent Canadian soybean growers in the 2015 American Soybean Association (ASA) DuPont Young Leader Program. He provided us with a first-hand account…
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Web Special

Farm safety

March 2015 - EDUCATION AND AWARENESS Canadian Agricultural Safety Week Be a safety champion The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) are encouraging all Canadians to become farm safety champions as a…
Future of grain

March 2015 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Bees Matter Grain Farmers of Ontario has joined other farm organizations and agricultural industry members in support of an initiative called ‘Bees Matter’. The goal of…
A costly lesson

March 2015 - LEASING LAND IT’S THE MIDDLE of November 2014. At the edge of a soybean field on the outskirts of Temiskaming Shores, a wood post has just been hammered into the ground. On it is nailed…
Research roundup

March 2015 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Select the best control for volunteer Enlist corn Kyra Lightburn Not all herbicides are equal when it comes to controlling volunteer Enlist herbicide-resistant corn, according to…
Crop rotation pays off

March 2015 - IOWA RESEARCH CONFIRMS NET RETURNS A TEN-YEAR FIELD study in central Iowa shows three- and four-year crop rotations achieving better net returns per acre than a two-year corn-soybean rotation, according to Dr. Matt Liebman, an…
Soil improvement

March 2015 - RECOMMENATIONS FROM RESEARCHERS HOW TO RAMP-UP soil health and maintain good ground has been the focus of field studies for several years. Researchers are revisiting basic soil health concepts and reminding producers of their importance…
Cropside: And the survey says!

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

March 2015 - CORN LEAF DISEASES occur every year across the province. A survey conducted in 2014 by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Ottawa and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs found northern corn leaf…
Keeping weeds in the dark

March 2015 - UTILIZING COVER CROPS SEEING EVEN THE tiniest sliver of sunlight is all most weed seeds need to germinate — but if they sense that there is a thick plant canopy above them, they won’t emerge.…
Preventing herbicide injury

March 2015 - FIVE MISTAKES TO AVOID WITH SOYBEANS HERBICIDES ARE GREAT tools for growers, but when used incorrectly there is always the risk that they will not work at all — or worse, that they will injure…
Controlling giant ragweed

March 2015 - CORN AND SOYBEAN PRODUCTION PRACTICES WHY IS THE prevalence of Giant ragweed in soybeans higher than it ever has been in Ontario? That has been the research focus of Dr. Eric Page, a scientist with…
GFO Newsletter for March 2015

March 2015 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Visit the Grain Farmers of Ontario booth at these events London Farm Show – March 4,5,6; The Agriplex, booth 728X. Ottawa Valley Farm Show – March…
Western bean cutworm and mycotoxins

March 2015 - THE POTENTIAL LINK A GROWING CONCERN for corn producers in Ontario is the increasing infestation of western bean cutworms (WBC). Their numbers have been gradually rising and the insect has been spreading across the province…
Business side: Financial ratios

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

March 2015 - (R.H.) HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE BE ANALYZED? (B.R.) The process of completing year-end reporting should not stop once the annual financial statements are finalized with an accountant. Good statements — including a balance…
Sprout resistant wheat

March 2015 - THE RIGHT GENES WITH A FULLY sequenced wheat genome still another two years away, wheat breeders don’t yet have a full picture of all the genomes they are dealing with — and until recently, the…
The waiting game

March 2015 - WINTER WHEAT 2015 WINTER WHEAT PRODUCERS who dealt with the effects of last winter’s thaw-and- freeze challenges are finding a new set of problems to worry about for 2015’s crop. The late harvest of soybean…
In the news

March 2015 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Faces of Farming calendar contest Farm & Food Care Ontario is holding its annual Faces of Farming calendar contest. The calendar features the stories of farmers and farm families from all…
Understanding precision agriculture.

THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTI-YEAR YIELD DATA

March 2015 - THIS ARTICLE IS the second in a series intended to introduce and explain the concept of management zones, to provide a process to define, delineate, and characterize management zones, and to outline the kinds of…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 6: THE LONG HEDGE

March 2015 - 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. TO MANY EQUITY investors, the futures markets are…
Efficient use of P, K, and lime

March 2015 - BALANCING INPUT COSTS WITH INCREASED YIELDS AN IOWA STATE University (ISU) soil fertility expert is warning Iowa farmers not to make across-the-board cuts in fertilizer and lime applications to save on farm input costs in…
Improving phosphorus management

March 2015 - SMALL CHANGES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT EVERY GRAM COUNTS when it comes to reducing water pollution. Ontario growers know that phosphorus losses from run-off can contribute to the harm of waterways and now researchers are…
A bit of optimism

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

March 2015 - I DON’T THINK it’s out of line to say farmers are naturally optimistic at the start of every growing season. No matter how difficult the previous year was, we have hope that this year the…

March 2015

2015 ASA DuPont Young Leader Program

2015 ASA DuPont Young Leader Program

Farm safety

Future of grain

A costly lesson

Research roundup

Crop rotation pays off

Soil improvement

Cropside: And the survey says!

Keeping weeds in the dark

Preventing herbicide injury

Controlling giant ragweed

Western bean cutworm and mycotoxins

Business side: Financial ratios

Sprout resistant wheat

The waiting game

In the news

Understanding precision agriculture.

Market side: Futures trading basics

Efficient use of P, K, and lime

Improving phosphorus management

A bit of optimism

Recommended:

Tar spot prevention

Tradition meets innovation

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March 2015

2015 ASA DuPont Young Leader Program

2015 ASA DuPont Young Leader Program

Farm safety

Future of grain

A costly lesson

Research roundup

Crop rotation pays off

Soil improvement

Cropside: And the survey says!

Keeping weeds in the dark

Preventing herbicide injury

Controlling giant ragweed

GFO Newsletter for March 2015

Western bean cutworm and mycotoxins

Business side: Financial ratios

Sprout resistant wheat

The waiting game

In the news

Understanding precision agriculture.

Market side: Futures trading basics

Efficient use of P, K, and lime

Improving phosphorus management

A bit of optimism

Recommended:

Tar spot prevention

Tradition meets innovation