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: Joey Sabljic

Drone work

NEW REGULATIONS SETTLING IN WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS

November 2019 - ON JUNE 1, a new set of Transport Canada rules for flying drones came into effect. From the perspective of service providers, the latest regulations haven’t brought on any major changes to their day-to-day drone…
Harvest technology

CALIBRATING COMBINE SENSORS

September 2019 - WHEN PERFORMING PRE-HARVEST combine maintenance checks, the bolts, belts, bearings, and other mechanical parts shouldn’t be a farmer’s only focus. Today’s combines come with an arsenal of sophisticated sensors that require their own TLC to…
Detoxifying DON

NEW SOIL BACTERIA RESEARCH

August 2019 - IN 2018, ONTARIO farmers battled one of the most severe DON outbreaks in corn. Crops with vomitoxin levels above the accepted threshold can’t be sold into feed markets, which means growers get stuck shouldering big…
Surviving the flood

WESTERN SOYBEAN RESEARCH APPLICABLE TO ONTARIO

February 2019 - RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THAT common plant proteins could hold the key to developing soybeans that are better equipped to survive — and even thrive — under harsh environmental conditions. The crop insurance data doesn’t lie —…
An ounce of prevention

FIRE SAFETY AT HARVEST TIME

September 2018 - IT STARTED WITH a burning smell while unloading grain, then sparks and flames — all within the span of just a few minutes. A grain farmer, who requested that he not be identified, was harvesting…
From glass to grain

HIRAM WALKER AND SONS' ONTARIO SUCCESS

June 2018 - SINCE SETTING UP shop on the banks of the Detroit River back in 1858, the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery has used locally-sourced Ontario grains as the backbone of their whiskies. It’s what they…
Compaction action

TAKING DEEPER CARE OF THE SOIL

March 2018 - IF YOU’RE CAREFUL about keeping your fully-loaded sprayer out of wet spots and not leaving big ruts, then it’s not doing any real damage, right? Not quite. In fact, the damage and long-term effects caused…
Western bean cutworm

OVERWINTERING BEHAVIOUR AND BIOLOGY

February 2018 - IN THE SPACE of five seasons, the Western bean cutworm (WBC) has spread to become a well-established threat across Ontario. The question is, how? Researchers from the University of Western Ontario (UWO) are trying to…
Understanding precision agriculture

WHY DATA COLLECTION MATTERS TO YOUR FARM

December 2017 - BY THE TIME their equipment gets parked for the season, another kind of harvest is already getting underway when farmers grab their yield data off the combine. Karon Cowan, owner of AgTech GIS, has been involved in…
Understanding precision agriculture

DATA NETWORKS

November 2017 - COLLECTING AND UTILIZING data and imagery from their fields is standard practice for precision farmers when managing their fields. But what more could these farmers do if they had access to a massive network that…