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

September 2016

In this issue:

Web Special

Professorship in Wheat Breeding

September 2016 - DEVELOPING NEW VARIETIES FOR ONTARIO Dr. Ali Navabi believes that genetics is an important part of the solutions Ontario wheat farmers are looking for when it comes to improving crop quality and battling diseases. Navabi…
Nuffield scholar

September 2016 - RESEARCH AND LEARNING JUST UNDER A year later, Tony Balkwill continues to embrace the opportunity the Grain Farmers of Ontario Nuffield Scholarship provided him — a chance to develop historical soil-type maps into field-scale management…
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Research roundup

September 2016 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Multi-purpose soybeans Sameer Chhabra Soybeans are already renowned for their many uses. Now, processors might be able to use modified soybeans that are high in linoleic…
A garden full of weeds

September 2016 - PROMOTING WEED IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL WHEN IT COMES to weeds, Dave Bilyea strongly believes in the adage keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. PHOTO: WEED IDENTIFICATION GARDEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH RIDGETOWN…
Poison Ivy

September 2016 - A HEALTH PROBLEM AT HOME AND THE FARM LEAVES OF THREE, leave it be. So went the warning many of us heard from our mothers to keep us safe from poison ivy, the noxious weed…
Future of grain

September 2016 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Boosting soil health The Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA) supports cover crop research through its Soil Health Graduate Scholarship fund. The 2015 recipient, graduate…
Business side: Taxing details

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

September 2016 - (J.M) WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT FARM EQUIPMENT DEPRECIATION FOR TAX PURPOSES? (T.B.) Depreciation for tax purposes is called capital cost allowance (CCA). There are three common CCA classes most farmers use for asset depreciation…
Simplifying seed selection

September 2016 - PLANNING AHEAD ALTHOUGH THIS YEAR’S crop season isn’t over yet, decisions are already being made for next year. Correct seed selection is crucial to a successful and profitable growing season and should be given careful…
Cover up for winter!

September 2016 - FIELD PROTECTION DOES YOUR SOIL look a bit naked? Silage corn, soybeans, and crops such as edible beans leave little residue to protect the soil and prevent soil erosion over the winter and through the…
Cropside: Pesticide drift

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

September 2016 - WHEN IT COMES to information about pesticide drift, it’s easy to find and there’s a lot of it. I have an archive of 29 articles written by staff at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food…
Farm lightly

September 2016 - PREVENTING OR MITIGATING COMPACTION COMPACTION IS A topic that every farmer must take seriously. Soil compaction causes damage to the soil structure and makes it much more difficult for plants to grow because it reduces…
GFO Newsletter for September 2016

September 2016 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO BREEDING AND GENETICS RESEARCH INSERT Grain Farmers of Ontario provides funding for research projects that address the present and future needs of our farmer-members under our…
Brexit fallout

GRAIN MARKETS AND TRADE

September 2016 - THE UNITED KINGDOM (U.K.) held a referendum on its participation in the European Union (EU) on June 23 which resulted in 52 per cent of voters choosing to leave. Commodities everywhere were rocked by the…
Harvest safety

September 2016 - IT’S NOT CHILD’S PLAY FOR PARENTS, IT is gratifying to see children learn and accomplish tasks on the farm. They learn the value of hard work, get exercise in open spaces, work alongside family, and…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 20: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

September 2016 - This monthly educational series features the basic workings of the futures and options markets and how they can be utilized to help farmers with risk management. BASIC CHART PATTERNS This month we will discuss the…
In the news

September 2016 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Strong overwintering numbers reported for Ontario bees Ontario’s bees overwintered well this past year, as losses of only 18% were reported by the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists in July. Nationally,…
Quality assurance

GRAINS ANALYTICAL TESTING LABORATORY OPENS

September 2016 - CONSUMERS WANT MORE information about their food, not less. Food processors want to know the ingredients they are buying will meet consistency standards. And exporters want to sell a quality product that will maintain Ontario’s…
Weathering the forecast

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

September 2016 - IT’S AMAZING HOW much our lives revolve around the weather. What we do, what we wear, how and when we travel is all affected by the weather. Farmers tend to be influenced by the weather…