Challenging market conditions
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FACTORS AFFECTING CORN PRICES FOR ONTARIO CORN farmers, a changing world is always our challenge. In 2015, we grew 2.035 million acres of corn, an increase from 1.9 million acres the year before. It was…
Year: 2016
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Shifting focus
- A NEW TREND IN THE WINTER WHEAT MARKET THERE IS A fundamental shift coming in Ontario’s winter wheat market. As we transition from 2015’s unusually small crop into 2016’s near record supply, the manner in… -
Market side: Futures trading basics
LESSON 14: LEVERAGE
- 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. THE FUTURES MARKETS are a prime example when discussing… -
Taking advantage of market demand
- ONTARIO’S SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT SUCCESS ACCORDING TO LEGENDARY investor Warren Buffet, “A rising tide lifts all boats. It is not until the tide goes out that you realize who is swimming naked.” For commodity… -
Up the creek
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
- IN NOVEMBER, MONTREAL made international news when city officials decided to let eight billion litres of raw sewage spill into the St. Lawrence River in order to make repairs to the city’s sewer infrastructure. There… -
Future of grain
- HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Authority herbicide now available to eastern Canadian soybean growers FMC of Canada has announced the registration of Authority 480 herbicide for eastern Canadian soybean crops. Previously… -
Business side: Family communication
CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS
- (R.H.) HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND FARM FAMILIES START TALKING ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING? (R.C.) Good decision making requires excellent communication. There are two types of families — one who finds communication easy to do as part… -
Ontario farmers good stewards
- VITUCCI FAMILY WINS CLEANFARMS CHALLENGE CLEANFARMS ISSUED A challenge to all commercial farmers in Ontario this April to share their stories of environmentally friendly farming practices. The winners they announced in the fall represent the… -
Optimizing your production system
- A PREVIEW OF YIELDSMART 2016 EVERYONE WANTS HIGH yields and high profits; however, we don’t always achieve that goal. This can be for a number of reasons but typically we blame it on the weather,… -
Niche wheat market development
- A TANGIBLE BENEFIT OF PBR IT’S BEEN LESS than a year since the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act (PBR91) was updated at the end of February 2015. This move, long awaited by Canadian and international seed…