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 2019

In this issue:

Under pressure

HOW FARMERS CAN RELIEve MENTAL STRESS

August 2019 - FINDING MENTAL HEALTH services when you’re feeling overwhelmed can be very difficult, especially if you’re a grain farmer in a rural part of the province. There are, however, strategies for getting help, according to Jenni…
Making fertilizer work in strip-till

A PROFILE OF TWO RESEARCH PROJECTS

August 2019 - AS MORE FARMERS investigate the potential of strip-tillage, and as nutrient runoff issues continue to be a major environmental concern, more effort is being invested in understanding nutrient management between conventional and no-till systems. Since…
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Controlling weeds before wheat

MULTIPLE FACTORS TO CONSIDER

August 2019 - THERE IS NO universal method of weed control. This is particularly true when managing the growth and spread of problem weeds on fallow land, and in a compressed growing season. According to ministry and academic…
Soil sampling

a FOUNDATION OF THE 4RS

August 2019 - HAVE YOU EVER made a large financial decision without examining your bank balance? Have you ever looked at your soil like a bank account? Your soil acts as an account for your current nutrient levels.…
Detoxifying DON

NEW SOIL BACTERIA RESEARCH

August 2019 - IN 2018, ONTARIO farmers battled one of the most severe DON outbreaks in corn. Crops with vomitoxin levels above the accepted threshold can’t be sold into feed markets, which means growers get stuck shouldering big…
Flooded fields

RAIN DEVASTATES U.S. CORN BELT

August 2019 - AS 2019 TURNED to spring, U.S. farmers were poised to plant 92.8 million acres of corn, 84.6 million acres of soybeans, and 45.8 million acres of wheat, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s March…
Survey results

2018 FARMER-MEMBER SURVEY

August 2019 - Grain Farmers of Ontario conducted a farmer-member survey from September 2018 to January 2019. The 25-question survey included questions on demographics, member services, and the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine. The survey was completed by 1,140…
Business side: WSIB premiums changing

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

August 2019 - (J.M) WHAT DO FARMERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WSIB PROGRAM CHANGES? (J.D.) Insurance isn’t always top of mind, but it’s important farm business owners and employers understand that WSIB’s new premium rate-setting model is changing.…
GrainTALK for August 2019

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

August 2019 - FROM THE CHAIR A Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. In continuation of the last two issues’ Ask The Chair, Grain Farmers of Ontario Chair Markus Haerle will focus on a third federal…
Mental health

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

August 2019 - THERE’S NO QUESTION it was a stressful spring planting season. Pessimism amongst farmers hasn’t been this high in more than a decade. Some farmers didn’t have any grain planted well into June and those that…
Cleaner every year

AN UPDATE ON THE CLEANFARMS PROGRAM

August 2019 - NEXT YEAR, CLEANFARMS will celebrate it’s official tenth anniversary — but it’s already celebrating many outstanding accomplishments related to helping farmers minimize their environmental impact, stretching back to its origins as a jug-collection program 30…
Cropside: Planting wheat

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

August 2019 - OPTIMUM PLANTING DATES FOR WINTER WHEAT IN ONTARIO AS WE SAW with the 2019 winter wheat crop, if winter wheat is planted late and if conditions are not fit, there is a greater risk of…
Grain grading

UNDERSTANDING HOW YOUR GRAIN IS INSPECTED

August 2019 - GRAIN GRADING AFFECTS the price of your grain; and when you don’t get the price you were expecting, you might wonder what factors were at play. Every grain has its own set of inspection guidelines…