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

October 2017

In this issue:

Web Special

Pelee Island Farming

FACING CHALLENGES

October 2017 - GRANT CRAWFORD SAYS he can relate to the September 2017 Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine article about the challenges grower Jason Pyke faces farming on an Island compared to mainland farmers. In fact, he believes farming…
Wallenstein Feed & Supply

GROWING A FAMILY BUSINESS

October 2017 - THEY ARE A family that does not boast about their accomplishments and a short chat with them makes it clear they are humble. For the Martin family, owners of Wallenstein Feed & Supply (WFS), customers…
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Cropside: Rolling soybeans

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

October 2017 - FIELD ROLLING WITH a smooth land roller just after seeding is common in parts of Ontario. Rolling helps level the soil and pushes small rocks into the ground. Small yield gains are possible due to…
Business side: Retaining farm employees

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

October 2017 - (J.M.) MANY FARMERS ARE ALSO EMPLOYERS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF HIRING FARM WORKERS? (H.W.) Farming is unique in many ways. Typically, farmers don’t get involved in farming to become farm employers or…
GFO Newsletter for October 2017

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

October 2017 - PROPOSED TAX CHANGES IMPEDE GROWTH Grain Farmers of Ontario is raising farmers’ concerns about the proposed tax changes to private corporations. While the government’s concerns appear to be focused on professional corporations, the proposed legislation…
Gluten-free oats

BIG DEMAND AND PREMIUM PRICES

October 2017 - A NEW POTENTIALLY profitable gluten-free oat industry in Northern Ontario could be a reality soon. “All the crops we’re looking at growing will go into high quality, gluten-free, allergen-free foods,” says Jamie Draves, president and…
Exporting grain with a stronger dollar

DEMAND OVERCOMING CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS

October 2017 - A STRONG CANADIAN dollar relative to its American counterpart is no friend to Ontario grain farmers in many ways. But experts are not nearly as dismayed by the impact of a soaring loonie on grain…
Belt and Road Initiative

CHINA`S DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

October 2017 - CHINA`S BELT AND Road Initiative is a development strategy with a focus on connecting Eurasian countries through a land-based road as well as a maritime route. The ‘belt’ is the Silk Road Economic Belt and…
New nutrient management association

ONTARIO PROFESSIONAL AGRI-CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

October 2017 - ON SEPTEMBER 13, the Ontario Professional Agri Contractors Association (OPACA) held its first AGM. It is hoped that the existence of the OPACA will herald in a new era where custom farming businesses will have…
Sustainable solutions

COVER CROPPING

October 2017 - GOING BACK TO the 1900s, cover cropping was a management practice that was widely used in agriculture. It provided a primary means for weed control and was a way to introduce nitrogen into the cropping…
G3 at Port of Hamilton

NEW GRAIN HANDLING FACILITY

October 2017 - AT PIER 26 on Eastport Boulevard in the Port of Hamilton sits G3’s newest 50,000 metric tonne grain handling facility. In the planning stages for a number of years, the facility was completed in April…
Goodbye Mr. Murray

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

October 2017 - THEY SAY GOOD news travels fast. When Glen Murray, the now former Ontario minister of environment and climate change, announced his resignation from Cabinet and the legislature this summer it came as a surprise to…
Understanding precision agriculture

SUSTAINABLE FARMING CONTRIBUTIONS

October 2017 - SUSTAINABILITY IS BECOMING an important selling point, not only with a socially-conscious public, but with a growing number of end-users around the world. Take Unilever, for example, and their pledge to source 100 per cent…