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

December 2021

In this issue:

Cereal rye

REPRESENTATION UNDER CONSIDERATION

December 2021 - IN MARCH 2021, at Grain Farmers of Ontario’s Semi-Annual Meeting of Delegates, a resolution was passed to look at adding cereal rye to the crop represented by our organization. The Board of Directors agreed to…
Farm management and mental health

A CLEAR CONNECTION

December 2021 - RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS have confirmed what we already knew — many farmers suffer from depression and anxiety in the face of ongoing stress. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW • Farm business planning starts with assessing…
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Opportunities ahead

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

December 2021 - THIS FALL, SUPPLY chain uncertainty, disruptions in fertilizer deliveries, and increased prices for inputs and everything else in our daily lives added an extra layer of stress for grain farmers. As business operators, we took…
Equitable workplaces

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

December 2021 - (J.M.) WHY DO WE NEED EQUITABLE WORKPLACES? (J.R.) We spend the majority of our time at work. So, to quote my Bloom colleague Vinciane De Pape, “work is where we spend so much of our…
The 2021 corn markets

VOLATILE PRICES

December 2021 - 2021 was a good year for corn prices. It was also a tumultuous year. A year ago, we were heading into the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in a world where vaccines were only…
Soybean market recap

A YEAR IN REVIEW

December 2021 - SOYBEANS WERE MAKING headlines one year ago, and not just in the farm papers. Prices surged in late fall and continued to rally after the calendar turned to 2021. Now, the market has seen a…
Plant growth regulators

REDUCE LODGING IN INTENSIVELY MANAGED WHEAT

December 2021 - PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR (PGR) use on intensively managed wheat has become an avidly discussed topic over the past few years; and during many conversations, there are more questions than answers. Dr. Dave Hooker, University of…
Fertilizer pricing

POLITICS, HIGH DEMAND, AND SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS ONGOING

December 2021 - IF A TIME traveler appeared last summer to reveal what would happen to fertilizer costs over the ensuing 18 months, would we have believed them? Likely not. Indeed, the traveler might have been laughed out…
GrainTALK for December 2021/January 2022

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

December 2021 - DECEMBER/JANUARY MAGAZINE Grain Farmers of Ontario has made a change to the publication schedule of the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine. This magazine is the December/January issue. The next new magazine will be distributed in February…
U.S. industry outlook

INSIGHTS ON CORN, SOYBEANS, AND WHEAT

December 2021 - GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO has a good working relationship with our U.S. counterpart organizations — American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, and the National Association of Wheat Growers. We inquired about the 2021 growing…
Strip till residue

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

December 2021 - STRIP TILL Strip till requires a no-till residue management mindset. Strip till is promoted for the ability to achieve the productivity and soil condition benefits of conventional tillage while realizing conservation benefits of no-till. While…
Building resilience

2022 ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE

December 2021 - PLANNING A CONFERENCE during a pandemic isn’t easy; but as the steering committee gears up for the second virtual Ontario Agricultural Conference, they are confident in their ability to produce a high-calibre agenda presented through…
Seed development: soybeans

THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE BEST VARIETY

December 2021 - WHEN SOYBEANS ARE planted, most farmers, thoughts revolve around current weather patterns, upcoming herbicide applications, what the soybean market is doing, or a host of other pertinent considerations. But does the thought cross many farmers’…
Rising quality, falling numbers

NEW STANDARDS

December 2021 - IN THIS DAY and age, consumers are demanding higher quality products and it is having a ripple effect right down to the farm gate. As a grain merchant who works with both farmers and buyers,…
FSA 3.0 – strengthening sustainability

THE FUTURE OF ASSESSMENT

December 2021 - THE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Initiative (SAI) Platform is a food and drink industry initiative that supports the development of sustainable agriculture worldwide. The initiative is truly a member-driven, member-run organization focused on advancing agricultural sustainability collaboratively.…