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

September 2021

In this issue:

Field observations

Fall 2021

September 2021 - November 19, 2021 Snow, ice pellets and rain were experienced across the province early in the week, with some regions receiving 15 plus centimeters of the white stuff, putting harvest on hold again. However, last…
Coping with seasonal stress

HOW TO IMPROVE HEALTH AT HARVEST

September 2021 - HARVEST IS THE most stressful time of the year on many farms. Pressure mounts as months of planning and hard work come to fruition and mature crops await the combine. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW…
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Harvest decisions

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

September 2021 - GRAIN FARMERS ARE faced with daily decisions that affect the quality of their crop and the profitability of their farm. The decisions made at harvest time can be the most difficult to make — and…
FARM 911

PROGRAM BUILDS CROSS-PROVINCE SUCCESS

September 2021 - WHEN THE IDEA for FARM 911 was first conceived five years ago, a small volunteer group set their sights on servicing the four counties of Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland, and Prince Edward with civic…
Farm equipment rentals

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

September 2021 - (J.M.) IS THERE A MARKET FOR RENTING FARM EQUIPMENT IN CANADA? (J.M.) When it comes to machinery management, renting equipment is becoming popular in agriculture. Already an increasing trend, the U.S. market for farm equipment…
Creative persuasion

THE NEXT APPROACH FOR PROMOTING FARM SAFETY

September 2021 - THE MAIN REASON to practice farm safety closely parallels the incentive to get vaccinated against COVID-19… basically, the alternative to either can be deadly. Yet some people’s belief that the cure is worse than the…
Combine ready

CORN AND SOYBEAN HARVEST

September 2021 - “don’t get yourself in a yank,” says Alex Barrie, soil management engineer with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). “One of the first things that people do when it comes to…
Research for a better bottom line

HEALTHIER SOIL AND BETTER WEED MANAGEMENT

September 2021 - A TEAM OF researchers from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), and the University of Guelph are collaborating to determine how winter canola can be intercropped…
GrainTALK for September 2021

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

September 2021 - 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING All farmer-members are invited to attend the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) being held online via Zoom on Tuesday, September 14. The AGM will provide an update on recent activities of…
Pre-harvest herbicides for soybeans

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

September 2021 - HERBICIDES APPLIED TO soybeans pre-harvest are not a weed control cure-all, but they can help ensure a more efficient end to the growing season when weed pressure is high. Mike Cowbrough and Horst Bohner —…
Grain storage prep

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

September 2021 - ACROSS ONTARIO, FARMERS have been building grain storages by the millions… of tonnes, that is. In 1999, Ontario had an estimated 2.75 million tonnes of grain storage capacity on farms. Twenty years later, in 2019,…
The price of corn

HANDLING A YEAR OF MARKET VOLATILITY

September 2021 - WHEN HIS FAMILY is figuring out how much of their corn crop they are selling and when to sell it, Alain Goubau says their golden rule is to sell in increments. “We lead with having…
Promoting consistent, fair practices

INTERNATIONAL OILSEED PRODUCERS DIALOGUE

September 2021 - EACH YEAR THE International Oilseed Producers Dialogue (IOPD) XXIII brings together oilseed producer groups from across the globe to discuss current events and issues impacting the global oilseed industry, and to foster collaboration and relationships…
Quality check

A NEW CHIEF GRAIN INSPECTOR FOR CANADA

September 2021 - THOSE WHO FOLLOW successive appointments of Chief Grain Inspector for Canada should be well pleased with the recent appointment of Derek Bunkowsky. He was appointed to the position in late June, after Gino Castonguay, who…
Barley in space

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH RESEARCH STUDY

September 2021 - ON A PLATFORM outside the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) sits a container holding a few hundred barley seeds that are part of a unique study led by University of Guelph researchers. The research seeks…
New leadership at Seeds Canada

BARRY SENFT HEADS NEWLY AMALGAMATED ORGANIZATION

September 2021 - FROM THE TRACTOR seat to the boardroom, Barry Senft is rejoining the corporate world as executive director of Seeds Canada. After ending his years-long career with Grain Farmers of Ontario in 2020, Senft said he…