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: Matt McIntosh

Research for a better bottom line

HEALTHIER SOIL AND BETTER WEED MANAGEMENT

September 2021 - A TEAM OF researchers from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), and the University of Guelph are collaborating to determine how winter canola can be intercropped…
Getting ready for winter wheat

THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE PLANTING

August 2021 - FALL HARVEST AND the wheat planting season is approaching. But before seeding the humble winter cereal, taking time to be prepared helps ensure a healthier, more profitable crop. In practice, doing so means looking at…
DON-infected corn

LEARNINGS FROM TWO RESEARCH PROJECTS

August 2021 - The DON outbreak in 2018 had a widespread impact on farmers’ profitability and created challenges throughout the grain supply chain. Grain Farmers of Ontario has funded research to mitigate the impact of the next DON…
Make more, save more

THE ADVANTAGES OF PROFITABILITY MAPPING

June 2021 - PRECISION TOOLS ARE increasingly common across Ontario’s farm landscape — but disorganized and uncleaned data is a common problem limiting the value of such tools. When trying to improve overall profitability, actionable insights are a…
Web Special

Improving DON detection in harvested grain

GRINDER-BASED SYSTEM REDUCES VARIABILITY IN TEST RESULTS

May 2021 - VARIABLE AND INCONSISTENT DON test results from sampled truckloads at the elevator or end user are frustrating and problematic for farmers, elevators, and end users. This issue was particularly problematic during the 2018 harvest season.…
Growing two crops at once

RELAY CROPPING

April 2021 - IS IT POSSIBLE to simultaneously grow two crops in the same field, while also reducing input costs? Jason Mauck, a livestock producer and grain farmer from Indiana, certainly thinks so. In a session during the…
A root-focused mindset

BETTER QUALITY AND HIGHER YIELDS

April 2021 - HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS are an important thing — particularly in the plant world. According to Jill Clapperton, a soil scientist and co-founder of the soil health management company Rhizoterra Inc., practices which support better relationships…
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Storage flexibility in DON-infected corn

GRAIN BAGS OFFER GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO IMMEDIATE SHIPPING

March 2021 - GRAIN BAGS OFFER Ontario farmers another way of reliably storing vomitoxin-infected corn, according to a recently concluded Grain Farmers of Ontario-funded study. Participants in the research project say bag storage is a flexible, practical alternative…
Are broadband investments enough?

BRINGING RELIABLE INTERNET TO RURAL ONTARIO

March 2021 - AS THE EVENTS of 2020 brought the need for reliable internet into ever starker relief, both the public and private sector announced substantial investments to Canada’s rural broadband infrastructure. But will such investments actually solve…
Preventing lodging in milled oats

EARLY RESEARCH OBSERVATIONS

March 2021 - CROP QUALITY, YIELD potential, and susceptibility to lodging can have significant impacts on the profitability of milled oats — a crop common to Northern Ontario, and one to which food processors mandate a high standard.…