Ice, energy, and food
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AN UNLIKELY TRIANGLE “EVERY NATION NOW lives in what I call an ice-dependent world,” says Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, “where the mass of the arctic sea ice in my neighborhood causes extreme weather…
Author: Melanie Epp
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The ‘kitchen sink’ method
- A WINNING STRATEGY FOR SOYBEANS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN you throw everything but the kitchen sink on your soybean crop? Can you buy yield by applying additional inputs? And is it economically viable to do so?… -
Sustainable farming
- A FARMING STORY FROM PORTUGAL GABRIELA CRUZ IS a fourth generation Portuguese farmer – one of four daughters to parents with no sons – who has been managing the family farm for the past 24… -
Understanding CETA
- AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONTARIO GRAIN FARMERS A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union (EU), known as CETA, could provide more access for Ontario wheat producers, and more secure access for… -
Northern leaf blight
- MAINTAINING RESISTANCE NORTHERN LEAF BLIGHT is one of the most common and economically important fungal leaf diseases in Ontario. In fact, for as long as corn has been grown in the province there have been… -
Tax planning
- TIPS FOR REDUCING YOUR TAX PAYMENTS STEVE VAN DEN HENGELl is a chartered accountant and one of eleven partners at Famme & Company Professional Corporation. They have three offices: one in Stratford, one in London,… -
Understanding biotechnology
- A TOUR OF A DUPONT PIONEER PLANT BREEDING FACILITY FOR A GENETICALLY modified (GM)?plant, the road to commercialization is long and tedious, but extremely interesting. From discovery to launch, it takes GM products anywhere from… -
Top 10 precision ag mistakes
- ADVICE FROM THE FIELD MEET TIM NORRIS. He is the CEO of Ag Info Tech LLC, a precision technology and consulting business in Gambier, Ohio. Norris has been working with clients for 17 years, and… -
Winter wheat performance
- COMPARING GENETICS, SEED RATES AND PLANTING DATES what happens when you compare two varieties of winter wheat, one older and one newer? How have genetics changed over the last 40 years? And what happens when… -
Safe harvest
- THE DANGERS OF FLOWING GRAIN AND GRAIN BINS in the autumn of 2011, hog farmer and cash cropper Todd Brady and his 14-year-old son were unloading 600-bushel gravity wagons in Merlin, Ontario. While he went…
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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 – April/May 2026
From the CEO's desk
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In an uncertain world, reliability matters. Global agriculture is increasingly shaped by geopolitics, supply chain disruptions, and shifting trade policies. In recent years, input costs, particularly fertilizer costs, have been affected by export restrictions, shipping…