International Year of Family Farming
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ENSURING FUTURE GROWTH A NORTH AMERICAN DIALOGUE WHAT DO YOU consider a family farm? Chances are, you consider your operation a family farm – even if you hire some outside help. In Canada, 97 percent…
Author: Amy Petherick
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Ag Safety Week
- TECHNOLOGY: CAUSE AND SOLUTION TO SAFETY ISSUES THE WEEK OF March 9 — 15 marks this year’s annual Ag Safety Week presented by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. While… -
Making good use of ESN
- SITE SPECIFIC RESULTS THE WHOLE IDEA behind Environmentally Stable Nitrogen (ESN), a polymer coated urea, was to slow down the release of nitrogen into soil and reduce the risk of environmental losses. But as it… -
Wheat industry changes
- EFFECTS OF A NEW CWB CHANGES TO THE Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) provoked dire predictions from some about the future of the industry in this country. Although there have been some hiccups during the transition,… -
Plant Breeders’ Rights explained
- HOW THEY WORK AND WHY BREEDERS NEED THEM MORE THAN TWO decades after they came to Canada, Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) still remain unclear to some farmers. But PBR are returning to the spotlight, thanks… -
For the love of wagon wheels
- HOW ONE MAN’S PASSION CREATED A FAMILY LEGACY FRED WEAGANT WAS a dairy farmer and a grocer before he discovered the work he really wanted to do – and 60 years later, the family business… -
Preparing for (another) disease siege
- CANADIAN RESEARCH INTO UG99 CANADIAN RESEARCHERS CONTINUE to advance global efforts to fight back against the devastating stem rust disease known as Ug99 and their work may offer the key to fortifying farmer’s defenses in… -
Brule Creek Farms grain mill
- A NORTHERN ONTARIO SUCCESS STORY when jeff burke left for university, he believed life on the farm was over for him. One good business plan later and he is not only growing his own grain… -
In defence of wheat
- HEALTHY GRAINS INSTITUTE WEIGHS IN wheat has been called out as a ‘Frankengrain’, ‘the perfect chronic poison’, and ‘the root of all evil in the world of nutrition’ for nearly two years now; claims which… -
Fall reflections
- INDUSTRY REMEMBERS LOST AGRICULTURE MINISTERS The agrarian lifestyle establishes fall as a season where farmers weigh the gains and losses of the year. So it is only natural that the gains and losses to the…
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Tar spot prevention
TIPS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO’S AGRONOMY TEAM
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Original article: Tar spot in Ontario MANY ACROSS THE province have heard about tar spot – southwestern Ontario and the Greater Toronto area have seen pressure. The disease was first detected in 2020; however, in…
From the CEO’s desk – February 2025
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
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It’s a new year, and Grain Farmers of Ontario has lots to celebrate! 2025 marks 15 years since the three legacy associations, the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board, Ontario Corn Producers’ Association, and Ontario Soybean…