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

Author: Amy Petherick

Farmers hit the virtual books

July 2012 - ONLINE CLASSROOMS HELP FARMERS RE-EDUCATE it’s not unusual for farmers to spend some time attending winter seminars and conferences. But some have started upgrading their knowledge base year round, thanks to some new ‘schools’ popping…
Cool tools increase efficiency

May 2012 - FARM BETTER AND DIVERSIFY WITH IMPROVED EQUIPMENT without the right tools, even a simple job becomes more difficult. To make the job of farming easier, equipment manufacturers are offering technology that can not only improve…
Smart ways to staff up

April 2012 - BECOMING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE staff is only for politicians, bureaucrats, and other well-to-do city slickers. Wrong, say ag human resource experts, but they also add that farmers would do well to consider adopting some…
Farmers needed in fight to save hives

March 2012 - BEES DYING DESPITE BEST EFFORTS farmers are generally pretty knowledgeable about the birds and the bees. But before you pull the sprayer out this spring, experts want to remind everyone to keep communication a key…
Making the case for more fencerows

March 2012 - HOW TO MAXIMIZE NATURAL GREENWAYS FOR WILDLIFE equipment keeps getting larger and when crop prices are good, there’s more incentive for farmers to clear overgrown pastures and cut down fencerows. Although this makes sense from…
The quest for nitrogen fixing corn

February 2012 - RESEARCHERS TESTING POTENTIALLY CRITICAL ELEMENT a bacterium that may be capable of actively fixing nitrogen in corn has been studied and tested in Ontario. Although research is still very preliminary, the study may provide an…
Getting creative with nutrient sourcing

February 2012 - NASM REDUCE COSTS, IMPROVE SOIL LONGEVITY non Agricultural source Materials (NASM) are cost effective alternatives to commercial fertilizer say some Certified Crop Advisors (CCA). For some, saving cash is enough incentive to try new things,…
Green chemistry opening new markets

January 2012 - ADVANCES MEAN MORE DEMAND FOR GRAINS AND OILSEEDS scientists are imagining a future with more agriculture in it. While some of these green chemists have already landed here in Ontario, many others are still out…
When carbon practices pay cash

December 2011 - GOOD STEWARDS AND SECRETARIES WILL WIN carbon is sold by farmers worldwide in the form of food, fuel and fibre. But in some places, farmers are also marketing the environmental benefits their carbon conscious practices…
Soy presses marry well with dairy

November 2011 - ON FARM PRESSES LET DAIRY OPERATIONS GET BETTER, NOT BIGGER HIGH PRICES ARE a welcome change for grain farmers but a challenge for feed purchasers like dairy farmers. Although many choose to get bigger to…