Modern maverick
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EMBRACING NEW TECHNOLOGY WHEN HONG (JENNY) Cui started farming with her father it wasn’t exactly the future she’d had in mind. She had, after all, studied in the United Kingdom to be a chartered accountant.…
Author: Melanie Epp
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Greening through regulation
- FARMERS’ PLACE IN THE EU’S GREEN ECONOMY FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1962, the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a system that implements agricultural subsidies and other programs. Every year, CAP provides some €50–60 of… -
A plan for resistant fleabane
- CANADA FLEABANE REQUIRES MULTI-YEAR MANAGEMENT GLYPHOSATE-RESISTANT Canada fleabane first appeared in Ontario in Essex County in 2010. At that time only a few fields were affected. Over a five-year period, however, the number of affected… -
Next generation biotech
- UNLOCKING CRISPR’S POTENTIAL FOR AGRICULTURE TWO SCIENTISTS, JENNIFER Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, have invented a new technology for editing genomes, a technique called CRISPR-Cas9, which could be used not only to cure human diseases, but… -
Understanding GMO opposition
- EUROPEAN STUDY UNCOVERS A FATAL ATTRACTION DESPITE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE that supports the value and safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), public opposition to them has been, and might always be, strong. Why is that? Scientists… -
3D printing for agriculture
- HELPING INNOVATIVE IDEAS TAKE SHAPE PRODUCERS HAVE ALWAYS been known for their inventiveness. If there is a quicker and easier way to complete a task, they will find it — as long as it doesn’t… -
EU considers national bans on GMOs
- POTENTIAL IMPACT ON CANADIAN EXPORTS IN NOVEMBER 2014, the European parliament went through a six-month review process of the current biotechnology trait approval process within the European Union (EU). The review was suggested by trading… -
Quality Food Products
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN TANZANIA THE UNITED REPUBLIC of Tanzania is home to 91 million acres of arable land, of which only 25 million are under cultivation. An important part of the economy, the agricultural… -
The defender of the farmer
- TANZANIA FARMERS’ UNION WHEN GRAIN FARMER Richard Kipara first joined the local farmers’ union in Arusha, Tanzania he was what is considered ‘food insecure.’ But after participating in training programs focused on post-harvest handling, and… -
Preventing herbicide injury
- FIVE MISTAKES TO AVOID WITH SOYBEANS HERBICIDES ARE GREAT tools for growers, but when used incorrectly there is always the risk that they will not work at all — or worse, that they will injure…
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Weed control tips
FALL MANAGEMENT
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Many farmers have witnessed the value of applying herbicides in the fall for the management of winter annual and biennial/perennial weeds (Figure 1). Often, they will see both a reduction in density and a delay…
From the CEO’s desk – September 2026
From the CEO's desk
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Ontario grain farmers play a major role in Canada’s food export success, but continued growth depends on policies that support risk management, innovation, and market access. As summer winds down and corn and soybean harvest…