AN INSECTICIDE SEED TREATMENT OPTION A NEW INSECTICIDE seed treatment made by DuPont will be used on the vast majority of corn sold by Pioneer in Ontario next season, according to Russ Barker, a Pioneer [Read more]
SCOUTING IN-AND-around your fields is the first defence to protecting them from viney weeds. “Wild buckwheat, field bindweed, tufted vetch, and bur cucumber are definitely weeds that occur in Ontario grain fields,” says Dave Bilyea, [Read more]
SULPHUR (S) DEFICIENCY was very prevalent in winter wheat this past spring, including fields with a history of manure applications (Photo 1). The deficiency seen in many fields may have resulted from a cooler than [Read more]
“I’VE BEEN COLLECTING all of this yield data from my combine… now what do I do with it?” It’s a question Dr. Mike Duncan hears often. But it’s one that he and his research team [Read more]
STUDY SHOWS HIGHER INCOME AND PROFITABILITY A GROUND-BREAKING study, funded by Growing Forward 2, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative, has identified the top seven habits of Canada’s best farmers. And for the first time, a direct link [Read more]
WOMEN’S INITIATIVES ARE on the rise with more women involved in a wide variety of roles in the agriculture industry than ever before. Over 430 women attended the Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference in Toronto [Read more]
GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEONICOTINOID IMPACT SURVEY All Grain Farmers of Ontario farmer-members are being asked to participate in a three-year study being conducted by BDO on the impact of [Read more]
(J.M.) WHAT MAKES A GOOD FINANCIAL ADVISOR? (D.O.) A good financial advisor and planner will have three traits: education, experience, and the ability to listen. When it comes to farming, financial planning goes well beyond [Read more]
GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO’S Board of Directors sets the direction and focus of the organization. It is then up to staff to ensure that the mission and vision as outlined in the Strategic Plan is [Read more]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION has proposed new evaluations for endocrine disrupting substances which threaten to significantly impact the future import of agricultural products grown in North America. Industry representatives warn that the new legislative process currently [Read more]
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