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 2019

In this issue:

In high spirits

CRAFT DISTILLERy BOOM IN ONTARIO

October 2019 - FARMERS AND DISTILLERS have a long history in Ontario — as everyone knows, corn makes whisky. But more than just whisky is being produced by today’s Ontario craft distillers. From vodka, to gin and moonshine,…
GrainTALK for October 2019

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

October 2019 - FROM THE CHAIRA Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. Q. What should we as grain farmers expect from the upcoming election? A. It’s difficult to predict what the outcome will be. I think…
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Traceability through blockchain

IMPROVING THE GRAINS VALUE CHAIN

October 2019 - BLOCKCHAIN CAN BE described as a secure electronic ledger for keeping track of goods in a given supply chain. A recent pilot project explored the potential of this technology to improve traceability within the grain…
Order of Canada

SOYBEAN BREEDING PIONEER RECOGNIZED

October 2019 - THIS FALL AT Rideau Hall, when Governor General Julie Payette calls on Canadian crop breeding icon Dr. Harvey Voldeng to come forward and accept his Order of Canada officer award, applause will ring out from…
Open market access

A CRUCIAL NEED FOR ONTARIO GRAIN

October 2019 - ONTARIO GRAIN FARMERS rely on various international markets to sell grain that isn’t used domestically. Trade agreements such as the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) that will replace the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Comprehensive…
Ontario Corn Fed Beef

NEW EXPORT MARKETS DRIVE DEMAND

October 2019 - HOW DO YOU like your corn? Well-done, medium, or rare? That’s the question Asian consumers are answering as they enjoy Ontario Corn Fed Beef (OCFB). New doors are opening for the export of this premium…
Maintaining markets

2019 OUTGOING PROGRAM TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

October 2019 - WITH INCREASES IN production occurring year over year and domestic markets becoming fairly saturated, international trade is becoming even more important for Ontario grains. If there is anything this past year has taught us though,…
European journalists tour

A SUSTAINABLE FARMING SHOWCASE

October 2019 - ONTARIO GRAIN FARMERS use farming methods that ensure the economic, social, and environmental fundamentals of sustainable agriculture. It’s an important story to tell, particularly to those in key export markets where sustainability is tracked across…
GM food decisions

UNDERSTANDING THE CANADIAN CONSUMER

October 2019 - WITH GROWING URBANIZATION and fewer than two per cent of the Canadian population working in agriculture, Canadian consumers are generally removed from agriculture and this distance is hard to bridge. There is a gap in…
Port of Goderich

A GRAIN GATEWAY TO THE WORLD

October 2019 - GRAIN ELEVATORS HAVE towered over the town of Goderich for more than 150 years, taking in the local harvest, employing local citizens, and contributing to the local economy. “The elevators are part of the fabric…
The great divide

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

October 2019 - THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has caused a rift within the agriculture community. In August, a compensation package was announced for dairy farmers that provided them with a subsidy to counter the negative market effects of the…
Cropside: Pre-harvest assessment

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

October 2019 - UNFORTUNATELY, AS MANY of you found in 2018, Gibberella ear rot and of course the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) can significantly impact not only producers but the entire corn value chain. As you plan to harvest…
Managing a late corn crop

HARVEST CONSIDERATIONS THIS FALL

October 2019 - SPRING 2019 WAS the latest corn planting for a large volume of the Ontario corn crop to date. We may have heard of a few corn fields that were planted in June over our career,…
Business side: Broadband basics

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

October 2019 - (J.M) WHAT’S THE BROADBAND CONNECTION LIKE IN RURAL ONTARIO TODAY? (B.F.) That depends on where you live in the province. Broadband options in rural Ontario are a mixed bag right now. Some areas have decent…