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

June 2018

In this issue:

Reliability, innovation, and trust

2018 CANADIAN GLOBAL CROPS SYMPOSIUM

June 2018 - AGRICULTURE IS A driver of economic prosperity in Canada and grain exports have the potential for enormous growth over the next decade. Farmers are positioned to benefit from the expected increase in demand for raw…
Compaction action

June 2018 - ARE YOU TRYING to choose between tracks or tires on your farm equipment? Each has specific advantages but the best all round solution may be difficult to determine for individual operations. It is important to…
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Trust in agriculture: the next generation

FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MILLENNIALS

June 2018 - WHILE CANADA CURRENTLY has a strong reputation for agriculture, the perception of agriculture is changing as we see a shift in the consumer demographic. “The millennial generation is huge and some of the countries that…
Selling Canadian soybeans in Asia

A SOY CANADA TRADE MISSION

June 2018 - DURING SOY CANADA’S trade mission to Japan and Taiwan earlier this year, buyers said they wanted a consistent supply of high-quality, non-genetically modified (non-GM) soybeans and they wanted to see Canadian industry marketers more often.…
Leadership for tomorrow

THE 2018 MARCH CLASSIC

June 2018 - TO ACHIEVE LONGEVITY in business, strong leadership is needed not only during a crisis but in times of prosperity as well. Grain Farmers of Ontario’s 2018 March Classic theme “Leadership for tomorrow” featured a line-up…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 37: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

June 2018 - CANDLESTICK CHARTING STAR PATTERNS Star patterns are trend reversal patterns that consist of three candlesticks. The middle of these candles forms the star. The star is similar in appearance to a doji or a spinning…
Business side: AgriStability update

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

June 2018 - (J.M.) WHAT IS AGRISTABILITY? (J.J.) AgriStability is affordable coverage for the unexpected. The program provides coverage for large declines in your income that can be caused by any combination of unexpected increase in costs, hostile…
Advances in oat breeding

YIELD RESEARCH

June 2018 - HERE IS A little quiz. The picture below shows an oat harvest in Quebec in 1949. Now, what has changed since that time, and what has stayed the same? Obvious changes include the machinery and…
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RURAL AMERICA'S STRUGGLE TO INSTALL BROADBAND

June 2018 - A 2016 FEDERAL Communications Commission (FCC) report found that while 10 per cent of all Americans lacked broadband service, 39 per cent of rural residents were without access. Almost 40 per cent of rural Americans…
Building healthy soils

A NUFFIELD SCHOLAR'S LIFELONG LESSON

June 2018 - NUFFIELD SCHOLAR AND French farmer Sarah Singla doesn’t believe farmers inherit the soil from their parents so much as they borrow it from their children. In fact, she believes the success of any given civilization…
Cropside: Delayed N applications

June 2018 - WITH GREATER PREVALENCE of high clearance applicators and technology for applying nitrogen (N) beyond the traditional side-dress stage, there are lots of questions about the advantages of late N applications. In many cases, these applications…
Sustainable relationships

HURON - A FAMILY BUSINESS

June 2018 - STARTING YOUR OWN business is something that takes a financial commitment, time commitments, and sacrifices. There are a number of businesses across rural Ontario that have taken an idea and transformed that vision into something…
Protecting the Canadian brand

June 2018 - CANADA HAS A strong reputation for consistently delivering safe, high-quality grain to our customers both here at home and other countries. High-quality, safe food is a key component of the Canadian brand. These brand elements…
Managing successful field research

ON-FARM APPLICATIONS

June 2018 - ACCORDING TO MIKE Demeyre, “no data is better than bad data.” That’s why he makes sure that everything is uniform in his research fields — from seed bed, to fertilizer application, to the uniformity of…
Western Bean Cutworm

MANAGING RESISTANCE

June 2018 - WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM (WBC) is a significant threat to corn fields in Ontario. WBC feeding reduces yield and can cause contamination of grain with mycotoxins. Rotating methods of WBC control is important to mitigate the…
From glass to grain

HIRAM WALKER AND SONS' ONTARIO SUCCESS

June 2018 - SINCE SETTING UP shop on the banks of the Detroit River back in 1858, the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery has used locally-sourced Ontario grains as the backbone of their whiskies. It’s what they…
Trading observations

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

June 2018 - WHILE I’M NOT a trade expert, trade decisions are interesting to me because we rely so much on trade for our living. I’m sure many of you take an interest for the same reason. About…