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

April 2022

In this issue:

Field observations

SPRING 2022

April 2022 - June 16, 2022 Heat and adequate soil moisture has fueled the growth and development of all crops this week. Some areas are seeing variable field conditions depending on how much rain has recently been received.…
4Rs in Ontario

THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE

April 2022 - THE UNITED NATIONS’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals have identified clean water and sanitation as one of their 17 goals to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation. Clean water is a top priority…
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Turning the friendly skies green

THE FUTURE OF BIOFUEL IN AVIATION

April 2022 - IF HIGH-PERFORMANCE Indy cars can run on soy-based fuels, why can’t jet planes? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW • Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is made from non-petroleum, renewable feedstocks including corn and soybeans.• The first…
Make your voice heard

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

April 2022 - YOU ARE LIKELY seeing lots of signs of spring — the days are getting longer, daffodils are blooming, trees are budding, and tractors are starting to make their way to the field for the 2022…
Reducing compaction

TRACKED TRACTORS AND TIRE DEFLATION

April 2022 - DEPENDING ON A particular farm’s soil profile, compaction is a bigger issue for some grain farmers in Ontario than others. However, all are aware it must be minimized. As Dr. Richard Heck, professor in the…
Getting the most from your nitrogen

REDUCING ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS

April 2022 - THE PRICE OF nitrogen fertilizer has risen to double, if not triple, the standard multi-year average. With costs so high, ensuring the nutrient is applied as efficiently and effectively as possible is critical. In a…
Free online course

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

April 2022 - (J.M.) TELL US ABOUT THE NEW FOUNDATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (J.C.) The new Foundations in Agricultural Management online course (www.guelphagriculturalmanagement.com) is free, and available to any Canadian farmer interested in learning and developing new…
Gathering data in Ausable Bayfield

WATERSHED REPORT CARDS PRESENT BASELINE DATA

April 2022 - IT’S TOUGH TO make good agronomic decisions without baseline data. The same is true for environmental improvements. Indeed, it’s the reason the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) continues to invest in its Watershed Report Card…
GrainTALK for April/May 2022

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

April 2022 - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTED At the Grain Farmers of Ontario inaugural board meeting, held in February, the Executive Committee was voted into office for the year. Brendan Byrne, director for District 1 (Essex) has been re-elected…
Early and late season planting

RESEARCHING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS

April 2022 - EVERY PLANTING SEASON is slightly different. Sometimes you can get into the fields in early April, and sometimes it is well into June before it is ‘go’ time. The very late planting dates for 2019…
Managing waterhemp

EARLY RESULTS SHOW SOLUTIONS

April 2022 - ONLY A DECADE ago, waterhemp was a sporadic problem in a handful of fields in southwestern Ontario. Today, it’s Ontario’s fastest-growing problem weed. A prolific seed-producer with significant genetic diversity, waterhemp is the first weed…
Oats to oatmeal

A LOOK AT BREEDING AND PRODUCING OATS

April 2022 - WHEN THINKING OF oats, oatmeal, feed, and cover crops come to mind. Weikai Yan, oat breeder at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, works to develop oat varieties that can be used in both feed…
Vetch control in corn

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

April 2022 - HISTORICALLY, POST-EMERGENT applications of Callisto + Aatrex 480, dicamba (e.g. Engenia/Xtendimax) or Distinct have provided the best top-growth control of tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) in corn. A trial was conducted in 2021 to evaluate tufted…
Writing Canada’s sustainability story

CANADA’S SUSTAINABILITY SCORECARD

April 2022 - THE 2021 FOOD Sustainability Index, developed by Economist Impact with the support of the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN), ranked Canada third globally in terms of sustainable food production. While the score…