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

August 2017

In this issue:

Web Special

Global 4-H Network Summit

THE INTERNATIONAL REACH OF 4-H

August 2017 - FOR FOUR DAYS in July, participants from over 70 countries descended in Ottawa to attend the event-filled 2017 Global 4-H Network Summit. It is described by 4-H as “an opportunity for 4-H youth, volunteer leaders…
Web Special

Crop responses to management

Are accurate predictions possible?

August 2017 - With Doria Ali & Lauren Deshaw There is much interest in varying crop management strategies across farm fields – the essence of precision agriculture. The main driver of this has been advances in variable rate…
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Reflections

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

August 2017 - CANADA HAS A rich farming history. Whether it was the first French settlers along the St. Lawrence or the homesteaders who populated the Western Prairies, farmers have been instrumental to the development of our country.…
How to be a cover cropper

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

August 2017 - MORE FARMERS ARE seeing the value of having a cover crop in the field, and as a result, more are incorporating them into their row-crop systems. Cover crops offer a wide array of benefits. They…
Canada 150

CELEBRATING ONTARIO’S FARMING HISTORY

August 2017 - On July 1, Canadians celebrated the 150th birthday of our country. Farmers were instrumental in building the communities that have shaped our nation. While there are now fewer farms and fewer farmers than there were…
GFO Newsletter for August 2017

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

August 2017 - CANADA’S OUTDOOR FARM SHOW Grain Farmers of Ontario will be at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show from September 12 – 14. You can find us on 1st Lane (Seed Alley). Stop in for a coffee and…
Business side: Retirement planning

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

August 2017 - WHAT IS A RETIREMENT PLAN? For some, it’s a list of travel destinations. But a real retirement plan means having an accurate financial plan that will give you financial freedom in retirement. Making a plan…
Soil sampling

A LITTLE INVESTMENT FOR A LOT OF INFORMATION

August 2017 - WITH WHEAT HARVEST beginning to wrap up around the province and farmers now looking ahead to the approaching fall harvest season, we are in the so called “dog days of summer” and now is an…
Understanding precision agriculture

THE CHALLENGES OF ON-FARM PRECISION AG RESEARCH

August 2017 - YOU CAN BUY the equipment and software, bring on a consultant and start banking yield data, but what can you do once you’re up and running to ensure you’re getting useful information from your on-farm precision ag…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 29: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

August 2017 - SHORT TERM AND INTERMEDIATE TERM TRENDS THIS LESSON WE will look at intermediate term trend (ITT) and short term trends (STT) and how to trade them. Once we have established the primary or long term…
Leading the soy industry

2018 ASA DUPONT YOUNG LEADER APPLICANTS WANTED

August 2017 - SOYBEAN PRODUCERS LOOKING for an opportunity to develop their leadership ability, better their communication skills, and shape the future direction of the soybean industry are encouraged to apply for the 2018 American Soybean Association (ASA)…
More than stress

FARMERS STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH

August 2017 - FOR MANY FARMERS, recent crop years haven’t been easy ones — and while many will first worry about the impact weather, markets, and regulations may have on their crops and how they can be managed…
Cropside: Scout for diseases now

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

August 2017 - IT IS THAT time of year when late season soybean diseases are most noticeable, and therefore, now is an excellent time to scout for disease problems. Make note of which diseases are present and how…
By the numbers: then and now

WHAT WE LEARN FROM THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

August 2017 - IN THE LATE 1800s, an Ontario farmer planted the fields with oats and wheat, used horses to pull their plows, reapers and mowers, and had more sheep than dairy cows and swine combined. This picture…
4R progress report

MEASURING PROGRAM SUCCESS

August 2017 - IN MID-MAY, Fertilizer Canada released the first-ever 4R Nutrient Stewardship Sustainability Report outlining what is being done by Canadian growers to adopt sustainable farming practices. “Sustainability has always been an integral part of our activities…
Rain delay

EASTERN ONTARIO’S CHALLENGING SPRING

August 2017 - THE EXTENT OF the flooding in eastern Ontario this spring prompted Agricorp to do something it rarely does — extend the spring cereals planting deadline for production insurance. Agricorp senior industry specialist Geoff Smith notes…