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 2018

In this issue:

GFO Newsletter for August 2018

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

August 2018 - GrainTALK Grain Farmers of Ontario has developed a new way to communicate with our farmer-members — GrainTALK. We want to share the best information and we want that information to be easy to find and…
GFO Newsletter for June/July 2018

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

August 2018 - GRAIN DISCOVERY ZONE The Grain Discovery Zone educational trailer is off to an early start this fair season with a trip to the Earlton Farm Show, April 12 – 14. The trailer features a corn…
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Web Special

New U.S. Farm Bill

ISSUES STILL TO BE RESOLVED

August 2018 - AS THE U.S. Congress went into recess for the month of August, the Senate and the House of Representatives had each passed a 2018 farm bill, but the versions differed on key provisions and will…
Extreme weather

THUNDERSTORM SAFETY IN THE FIELD

August 2018 - FARMING IS ALMOST synonymous with the weather. Good or bad weather can make or break a growing season for a farmer — so it’s important to be very in-tune with current and forecasted weather to…
Cropside: A good wheat crop

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

August 2018 - THE 2017 SEASON had its challenges with a cool growing season pushing soybean harvest well into late October. This delay in soybean harvest, combined with some wet weather, resulted in two winter wheat crops in…
Understanding tax changes

KEY NOTES FOR INCORPORATED BUSINESSES

August 2018 - TAXATION IS COMPLEX at the best of times. But recent changes to the taxation of incorporated businesses, which includes many farms, has made it even more complicated. In July last year, the federal government released…
A new rotation?

THE OPTION OF WINTER CANOLA

August 2018 - AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD Canada (AAFC) researchers say winter canola can add a lot of value to standard crop rotations. Indeed, they say it can help build soil organic matter, suppress weeds, increase biodiversity, and potentially…
Focusing on the business

ADVANCED FARM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

August 2018 - WHEN TWO FARMERS get married, the business implications can seem just as complicated as the big mergers happening within the agricultural industry. Newlyweds Eric Dietrich and Katherina Walch both work on their family cash crop…
Compaction action

PULLED ELEMENTS

August 2018 - THERE HAS BEEN a lot of talk lately about compaction. We have dealt in recent articles with power units. This time we will consider two very common scenarios with pulled implements. The one may be…
What’s in it for me?

4R NUTRIENT STEWARDSHIP CERTIFICATION FOR AG RETAILS

August 2018 - THE ONTARIO 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification is coming to Ontario. This program originally started in Ohio as a collaborative effort to increase the Great Lakes water quality and to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Erie.…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 38: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

August 2018 - LONG TERM ANALYSIS ON SOYS In June we witnessed the beginning of a bottoming formation which changed our outlook on soybeans for the first time in two years. The pattern that was displayed on the…
Researching disease

IN-FIELD GUIDELINES FOR FARMERS

August 2018 - STUDYING THE INCIDENCE and severity of diseases in your field can help farmers better understand which crop varieties to grow and the best management techniques to use to ensure a profitable crop. When researchers conduct…
Business side: Energy conservation

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

August 2018 - (J.M.) WHAT IS THE AGRIPUMP PROGRAM? (W.L.) The AgriPump Rebate program is a new, instant rebate program to help farmers reduce their electricity use with a high-efficiency, constant pressure agricultural pump kit. The first of…
Turning the page

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

August 2018 - A NEW PARTY now leads our provincial government. Premier Doug Ford and members of his Progressive Conservative party won a strong majority in June. It was no secret that grain farmers had a few issues…
A leadership experience

2019 YOUNG LEADER PROGRAM

August 2018 - WITH VOLATILE COMMODITY markets, the uncertainty of future trade agreements, and a changing political landscape, strong leaders are needed to take an active role in championing agriculture. Grain Farmers of Ontario is looking for a…
Biodiversity on the farm

TAKING CARE OF THE LAND

August 2018 - THE WORD BIODIVERSITY can be confusing to a lot of people, especially when discussed in an agricultural context. Broadly defined, biodiversity is the variety of life on earth. When you break it down, this can…