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Grain Farmers of Ontario

Author: Ontario Grain Farmer

Harvesting data

KNOWING WHAT TO KEEP FROM THE FIELD

September 2018 - COLLECTING ACCURATE HARVEST data begins in the spring. That’s when you get your first indication of how a crop is performing. “What you see in the spring is what you will see in the fall,”…
GFO Newsletter for September 2018

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

September 2018 - GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO ANNUAL REPORT Grain Farmers Of Ontario’s Annual Report is available online at www.gfo.ca or by calling the office at 1-800-265-0550 and requesting a copy be mailed to you. The financial statements…
GFO Newsletter for August 2018

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

August 2018 - GrainTALK Grain Farmers of Ontario has developed a new way to communicate with our farmer-members — GrainTALK. We want to share the best information and we want that information to be easy to find and…
GFO Newsletter for June/July 2018

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

August 2018 - GRAIN DISCOVERY ZONE The Grain Discovery Zone educational trailer is off to an early start this fair season with a trip to the Earlton Farm Show, April 12 – 14. The trailer features a corn…
Researching disease

IN-FIELD GUIDELINES FOR FARMERS

August 2018 - STUDYING THE INCIDENCE and severity of diseases in your field can help farmers better understand which crop varieties to grow and the best management techniques to use to ensure a profitable crop. When researchers conduct…
Web Special

Trust in agriculture: the next generation

FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MILLENNIALS

June 2018 - WHILE CANADA CURRENTLY has a strong reputation for agriculture, the perception of agriculture is changing as we see a shift in the consumer demographic. “The millennial generation is huge and some of the countries that…
Managing successful field research

ON-FARM APPLICATIONS

June 2018 - ACCORDING TO MIKE Demeyre, “no data is better than bad data.” That’s why he makes sure that everything is uniform in his research fields — from seed bed, to fertilizer application, to the uniformity of…
Web Special

Political change

VOTER ENGAGEMENT IN THE 2018 PROVINCIAL ELECTION

May 2018 - CHANGES IN OUR society, how we see ourselves in the world, and the expectations we have for the future will all play a role in the outcome of the 2018 provincial election. “This is an…
GFO Newsletter for April/May 2018

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

April 2018 - COMMODITY CLASSIC Representatives from Grain Farmers of Ontario attended the 2018 Commodity Classic in California in March. The conference and trade show were a great opportunity to meet with our counterparts in the U.S. and…
Field technician training

ON-FARM APPLICATIONS

March 2018 - FIELD TECHNICANS PLAY an important role in private and public research programs. Their work includes executing plans for research plots and gathering data from variety performance trials, field crop research, and breeding programs. Technicians come…