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: Marty Vermey

Field observations

PREPARING FOR SPRING 2021

March 2021 - April 30, 2021 Cold, wet and in some cases snowy weather has stopped spring field work and planting by mid week. Damage inspection from the below zero temperatures experienced midweek had farmers and agronomists checking…
Field observations

WINTER UPDATES

January 2021 - January 22, 2021 GrainTALK Farmers Forum: Corn rootworm resistance Monday, February 8 7 p.m.Grain Farmers of Ontario is hosting a GrainTALK Farmers Forum on corn rootworm resistance. The event speakers are being finalized, but will…
Field observations

2020 IN REVIEW

December 2020 - January 8, 2020 As harvest has wrapped up, we will be sharing a summary of the crop highlights by commodity over the coming weeks. This final week we look at soybeans. In general, 2020 soybean…
Field observations

FALL 2020 UPDATES

September 2020 - November 27, 2020 With less than a month until Christmas, the 2020 harvest is approaching complete. It has been a much more pleasant harvest than in past years, with cooperative weather for most regions. Corn…
Field observations

SUMMER 2020 UPDATES

June 2020 - September 18, 2020 Hazy conditions covered most of southern Ontario this week. Smoke from the west coast forest fires have drifted high into the atmosphere while the jet stream’s air currents have carried the smoke…
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Timing is everything

KNOW YOUR CEREAL GROWTH STAGES

April 2020 - THE IMPORTANCE OF knowing the correct growth stage of your cereal crop cannot be underestimated. To maximize your investment on the crop you will need to time your herbicide and fungicide applications at the correct…
Strategic planting

CONSIDERATIONS FOR 2020

April 2020 - THIS SPRING, MANY farmers across North America will be tackling unfinished business from 2019. How did the year end for you? Is there still crop in the field, tillage work that didn’t get done, fall…
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Take advantage of the growing season

UNDERSTANDING HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHU WORK FOR YOU

March 2020 - AS WE REFLECT on last year and make decisions for this year, we need to learn from the 2019 season, and apply key findings to our future decisions. Many of us will remember 2019 as…
Field observations

SPRING 2020 UPDATES

March 2020 - June 19, 2020 Dry weather this week is forcing the spring planted crops to search for water. Roots are going deeper and in restricted root development areas, evapotranspiration is higher than the moisture uptake of…
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Planter tune-up

ITEMS TO CONSIDER AHEAD OF SPRING PLANTING

March 2020 - BEFORE YOU START in the field, make sure you spend the time needed to thoroughly inspect and fix your planter for the 2020 planting season. Just pulling the planter out of the shed and greasing…