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

November 2022

In this issue:

Crop management from above

DRONES ON THE FARM

November 2022 - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• Drone technology is not new, but its on-farm use continues to grow as industry, agronomists, and farmers test and adopt new ways of integrating them into the cropping plan.• At…
Decisions, decisions

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

November 2022 - FARMERS ARE ALWAYS making decisions – each year, they set goals and expectations and plan what to plant, when to plant, where to plant, when to spray or fertilize, when to harvest, and when to…
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Farm debt management

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

November 2022 - (J.M.) WHAT DO RISING INTEREST RATES MEAN FOR FARM DEBT IN CANADA? (C.K.) Until recently, interest rates had declined since the late 1980s and early 1990s. So, most Canadian farmers in business today have been…
Autonomous equipment roundup

WHAT'S NEW – AND WHAT DO FARMERS THINK?

November 2022 - AUTONOMY AND ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) are advancing in leaps and bounds, and farm machinery manufacturers of all sizes are trying to seize the opportunity. However, approaches differ, bringing different capabilities and physical characteristics to stand-alone…
Testing for SCN

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

November 2022 - THE CORNERSTONE OF managing soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is planting SCN resistance varieties, but effective SCN management does not end when you have selected your soybean varieties. It is imperative to know not only your…
There’s an app for that

AGRONOMIC EXPERTISE IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND

November 2022 - GROWING A CROP can be a challenge in many ways for both farmers and agronomists — their goals are to grow a high-yielding and good-quality crop that can recoup the cost of production but also…
GrainTALK for November 2022

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

November 2022 - FROM THE CHAIRDid you see any intriguing new technology at the Canadian Outdoor Farm Show in September?The Outdoor Farm Show this year was outstanding, with record attendee numbers and one of our busiest years at…
Electric pickups

COMING TO A FARM NEAR YOU?

November 2022 - LAST YEAR, 1.6 MILLION new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) hit Canadian roadways, accounting for 5.2 per cent of all new motor vehicles registered. And between new federal government incentives and the release of new ZEV models,…
Ontario Agricultural Conference

PROVINCIAL CONFERENCES COLLABORATE AGAIN IN 2023

November 2022 - THE COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we live, work, play — and learn. And in the agriculture sector, that has definitely been the case for agricultural conferences and knowledge transfer events. In 2023, the Southwest…
Harvest Genomics

November 2022 - IT HAS BEEN two years since Harvest Genomics took top prize at a University of Guelph pitch competition, and the company continues to expand its DNA sequencing services to the agricultural community, with laboratories in…
Funding innovation

TRANSFORMING CANADA'S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

November 2022 - SINCE ITS INCEPTION in 2019, the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) has launched a number of agri-food projects, several of which are grain-related, thanks in part to funding from a Strategic Innovation Fund…
Alternative weed control

ELECTRICITY AND ABRASIVE TECHNOLOGIES

November 2022 - THE RISE OF glyphosate restrictions and herbicide resistance issues are driving researchers to take a closer look at alternative weed control solutions. Rob Nurse, a research scientist in the science and technology branch of Agriculture…
Weed Olympics

ANNUAL COLLEGIATE EVENT HOSTED IN ONTARIO

November 2022 - FOR THE FIRST time in more than 20 years, the “Weed Olympics” was held in Canada — with more than 60 students from seven universities participating in a competition that has its roots going back…