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: Ontario Grain Farmer

Choosing family first

A SUCCESSION STORY: DARCY SMITH

December 2019 - THERE WAS A time when Darcy Smith was adamant he would never farm. As a young teenager, he didn’t like that they worked every day after school and through the weekend and there always seemed…
GrainTALK for November 2019

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

November 2019 - FROM THE CHAIRA Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. Q. What are some of the most important innovations in agriculture technology that you have seen or anticipate? A. There are a number of…
GrainTALK for October 2019

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

October 2019 - FROM THE CHAIRA Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. Q. What should we as grain farmers expect from the upcoming election? A. It’s difficult to predict what the outcome will be. I think…
DON testing protocols

September 2019 - DURING THE SEVERE outbreak of DON in corn during the 2018 harvest season, Grain Farmers of Ontario partnered with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Ontario Agri-Business Association, and the University…
GrainTALK for September 2019

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

September 2019 - FROM THE CHAIR A Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. Q. What is the AGM? Why should farmer-members attend? A. The Grain Farmers of Ontario Annual General Meeting is held each September in…
Survey results

2018 FARMER-MEMBER SURVEY

August 2019 - Grain Farmers of Ontario conducted a farmer-member survey from September 2018 to January 2019. The 25-question survey included questions on demographics, member services, and the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine. The survey was completed by 1,140…
GrainTALK for August 2019

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

August 2019 - FROM THE CHAIR A Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. In continuation of the last two issues’ Ask The Chair, Grain Farmers of Ontario Chair Markus Haerle will focus on a third federal…
GrainTALK for June/July 2019

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

June 2019 - FROM THE CHAIR A Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. In continuation of last issue’s Ask The Chair, we focus on Trade, a federal election ask. Trade issues continue to impact our farm…
Preserving the future of farming

A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY

April 2019 - GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO is committed to sustainability. As an organization, we view sustainability as the ability of our farmer-members to be economically viable, while not sacrificing their social and environmental responsibilities. The world population…
GrainTALK for April/May 2019

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

April 2019 - FROM THE CHAIR A Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. What is Grain Farmers of Ontario asking the federal political parties to commit to getting done if they are elected in October to…