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: Edith Munro

Resistant insects

NO LONGER WAITING IN THE WINGS

April 2020 - CONTROLLING CRITICAL INSECT populations is getting harder, not easier, as more cases of pesticide resistance surface in North America. For several years, there have been populations of western corn rootworm in the United States that…
Plant tattoos

IOWA RESEARCH TARGETS LOW-COST SENSORS

November 2019 - RESEARCHERS AT IOWA State University (ISU) are developing low-cost sensors, called “tattoos,” which can be attached to plants to measure key agronomic conditions such as moisture and nitrogen levels. The technology can measure how corn…
Flooded fields

RAIN DEVASTATES U.S. CORN BELT

August 2019 - AS 2019 TURNED to spring, U.S. farmers were poised to plant 92.8 million acres of corn, 84.6 million acres of soybeans, and 45.8 million acres of wheat, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s March…
Expanding E15 sales

U.S. CHANGING THE RULES

June 2019 - A CHANGE IN ethanol regulations proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving the U.S. a step closer to making E15 blended fuels available year-round. The proposal, to lift the ban on E15…
At issue in 2019

CONCERNS FOR AMERICAN FARMERS

January 2019 - HEADING INTO 2019, Ontario Grain Farmer spoke to four U.S. farm leaders to get their thoughts on the big-ticket issues facing America’s farmers. FARM POLICY Farm policy is a top issue as all four leaders…
Changing nitrogen use

RESEARCHING THE POSSIBILITIES IN MEXICAN CORN

December 2018 - AN OPEN-POLLINATED variety of corn bred by Mexican farmers in the state of Oaxaca may be the key to developing commercial corn varieties that can provide their own nitrogen rather than depending on commercial fertilizer.…
Market uncertainty

U.S. - CHINA SOYBEAN TRADE

October 2018 - AS U.S. TRADE policy has grown increasingly combative, concern has grown about the export outlook for a number of commodities, especially soybeans. Economists at the University of Illinois tracking the escalation have also tracked a…
Web Special

New U.S. Farm Bill

ISSUES STILL TO BE RESOLVED

August 2018 - AS THE U.S. Congress went into recess for the month of August, the Senate and the House of Representatives had each passed a 2018 farm bill, but the versions differed on key provisions and will…
Slow to download

RURAL AMERICA'S STRUGGLE TO INSTALL BROADBAND

June 2018 - A 2016 FEDERAL Communications Commission (FCC) report found that while 10 per cent of all Americans lacked broadband service, 39 per cent of rural residents were without access. Almost 40 per cent of rural Americans…
U.S. clean fuel news

INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT CHANGES

April 2018 - THERE HAVE BEEN several developments within the American clean fuels industry in recent months which have the potential to impact its future viability. THE GOOD Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have determined that a…