Planning ahead
KEEP CALM IN TURBULENT TIMES
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IN THESE DAYS of volatile markets, the best thing Ontario grain growers can do for the foreseeable future is to keep calm and have a plan. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• Having a plan for…
Author: Jeff Robinson
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Rising quality, falling numbers
NEW STANDARDS
- IN THIS DAY and age, consumers are demanding higher quality products and it is having a ripple effect right down to the farm gate. As a grain merchant who works with both farmers and buyers,… -
Are you a bull or a bear?
UNDERSTANDING YOUR MARKETING STYLE
- WITH THE MARKETS shifting from a bear to a bull market in the last few months, I thought I’d provide some practical advice on how you, as grain farmers, can navigate the current choppy waters.… -
Marketing plans
ADAPTING TO MARKET CHALLENGES
- OBTAINING PREMIUM PRICES right at harvest time has been a given in recent years, but not during the bumper crop of 2018. In the past, producers could be relatively comfortable that they’d get a better… -
Profit hunting closer to home
THE POWER OF LOCAL MARKETS
- ONE OF THE most valuable lessons Ontario grain farmers might take away from marketing grain in 2017 is not to underestimate the influence of local markets. This was where some marketers found some of their… -
Barley intensification
CLOSE COST ANALYSIS REQUIRED
- AT THE 2016 harvest, we saw much less barley come to market in the Guelph area. Many Ontario barley growers were down on average yields, but there were still a lot that were above average.… -
A market for Ontario barley
MAKE STORAGE PART OF YOUR PLAN
- THERE IS A place for growing barley in Ontario. The hard part, as a cash crop farmer, is knowing how to work with it when there is no guaranteed market. The amount of barley used…