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: Melanie Epp

Preventing northern exposure

December 2012 - THE BENEFITS OF GROWING CORN UNDER PLASTIC there are always risks in trying new systems, but sometimes the potential gains outweigh those risks. That was the case for a pair of farm brothers that decided…
Mobile apps for farming

November 2012 - A GROWING TREND in the past few years, people have embraced smartphones and, as a result, smartphone apps with fervor and excitement. Smartphone apps are valuable resources for both business and pleasure, and are now…
The Big Picture: Sustainability and transparency

October 2012 - BUSINESSES TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS sustainability and transparency, two of this year’s biggest buzzwords, aren’t just used by food producers, but also by food suppliers. Tim Faveri of Tim Hortons and David Smith…
Be your own crop doctor

September 2012 - VISUAL TESTING FOR PLANT NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES this year’s farMSmART Expo at the University of Guelph Elora Research Station included hands-on sessions, many of which taught farmers how to identify and, oftentimes, fix problems in their…
Innovative ideas

July 2012 - MAINTAINING WATERWAYS AND RESIDUE MANAGEMENT after years of battling soil erosion, Marion Calmer, farmer, researcher and CEO of Calmer Corn Heads, decided something needed to be done. “I guess I felt a personal need at…
The Big Picture: Building better bridges

July 2012 - TROY AND STACY HADRICK – ADVOCATES FOR AGRICULTURE “for too long now, those of us in agriculture have been letting someone else do the talking,” says fifth generation South Dakotan cattle rancher, Troy Hadrick. He…
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Keys to becoming 100% continuous no-till

May 2012 - . “I’ve heard it said that you never want corn to have a bad day,” says Grant Troop, a Pennsylvania farmer who recently spoke at the Innovative Farmer’s Conference in London, Ontario. But making sure…
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Conservation tillage

May 2012 - Cure-all or problem for phosphorus loss? Most farmers know that conservation tillage has a variety of benefits – economic, agronomic and environmental – but conservation tillage can potentially have some less than positive side effects…