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: Jeanine Moyer

Today’s labour market

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

February 2022 - (J.M.) WHAT DOES THE CURRENT LABOUR MARKET LOOK LIKE? (I.M.) The current labour market is tightening and employees have more choices. Before COVID-19, the agriculture industry was competing with all employers. The competition for that…
U.S. industry outlook

INSIGHTS ON CORN, SOYBEANS, AND WHEAT

December 2021 - GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO has a good working relationship with our U.S. counterpart organizations — American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, and the National Association of Wheat Growers. We inquired about the 2021 growing…
Equitable workplaces

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

December 2021 - (J.M.) WHY DO WE NEED EQUITABLE WORKPLACES? (J.R.) We spend the majority of our time at work. So, to quote my Bloom colleague Vinciane De Pape, “work is where we spend so much of our…
Bringing robots to field crops

EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL

November 2021 - THE LATEST IN cutting-edge robotics is coming to a field near you — sooner than you think. A new team of in-field innovation enthusiasts have been working diligently over the past year to test, demonstrate,…
Cybersecurity on the farm

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

November 2021 - (J.M.) WHAT IS CYBERSECURITY AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO FARM BUSINESSES? (R.D.) Cybersecurity is used to describe the protection of data, systems, devices, and networks from damage, attacks, and unauthorized access. In other words,…
New transport option for grains

CONTAINER SHIPPING FROM HAMILTON

October 2021 - A NEW SHORT sea shipping service launched this year by Hamilton Container Terminal, offering city-to-city container shipments. The company will use the Great Lakes as a marine-highway alternative to road-based transportation. The new container shipping…
Trespassing regulations

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

October 2021 - (J.M.) WHAT REGULATIONS PROTECT ONTARIO FARMS FROM TRESPASSERS? (D.G.) There are two main pieces of legislation that govern trespassing in Ontario – Trespass to Property Act, 1990 and Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety…
FARM 911

PROGRAM BUILDS CROSS-PROVINCE SUCCESS

September 2021 - WHEN THE IDEA for FARM 911 was first conceived five years ago, a small volunteer group set their sights on servicing the four counties of Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland, and Prince Edward with civic…
Farm equipment rentals

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

September 2021 - (J.M.) IS THERE A MARKET FOR RENTING FARM EQUIPMENT IN CANADA? (J.M.) When it comes to machinery management, renting equipment is becoming popular in agriculture. Already an increasing trend, the U.S. market for farm equipment…
Canada’s crop protection market

MORE CHANGES EXPECTED

August 2021 - CHANGES TO THE Canadian crop protection market are still trending these days. Hot on the heels of recent company mergers and product acquisitions, industry experts are forecasting continued growth and a shift in the marketplace…