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GFO Newsletter for February 2015

February 2015 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Grain Farmers of Ontario celebrates fifth anniversary Grain Farmers of Ontario celebrated its fifth anniversary this January. The organization officially formed in 2010 with the amalgamation…
Defining natural

February 2015 - HOW GM TECHNOLOGY STACKS UP THE IDEA THAT GMO-free foods are more natural than those with genetically modified ingredients is a misconception, says a plant biologist and advocate for genetic modification from the University of…
In the news

January 2015 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER New IntakeTM Adjuvant for Liquid AchieveTM Dow AgroSciences Canada has announced that Intake™ Adjuvant is the new surfactant for use with Liquid Achieve herbicide for reliable grass weed control in wheat…
GFO Newsletter for January 2015

January 2015 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Grain farming under attack by government Grain Farmers of Ontario believes new pesticide regulations announced by the Ontario government at the end of November are impractical…
Research roundup

January 2015 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Using thermodynamics to determine plant health Melissa Micu A novel way of assessing plant health is being investigated by a multi-disciplinary research team from the universities…
Future of grain

January 2015 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Ontario farm tire deflation technology goes global Lilian Schaer, AgInnovation Ontario An automatic air inflation deflation system (AAID), developed by a southwestern Ontario hog farmer, is…
Soil health

January 2015 - DO WE NEED A CHECKUP? HAVE YOU FELT a need in recent years to do a little more tillage? Do you sometimes feel the market determines your crop rotation? The late 80’s and through the…
Web Special

2015 FarmSmart

December 2014 - FOCUS ON SOIL HEALTH AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY A FULL LINE-UP of presenters has been confirmed for the 2015 FarmSmart and SoilSmart agricultural conferences. For a third year, a full-day event will precede the main FarmSmart…
Media attention

December 2014 - POSITIVE RESPONSE TO OTTAWA TOUR FARM &?FOOD Care Ontario partnered with Foodland Ontario and Grain Farmers of Ontario to host another successful food writers’ tour this past October. Fifty Ottawa-area journalists, authors, culinary instructors, chefs,…
2015 Faces of Farming calendar

December 2014 - MIDDLESEX GRAIN FARMER IS ‘OCTOBER’ WHEN YOU COMPARE her to the age of the average farmer in Ontario, Krista Patterson is decades younger, but she already has a wealth of experience under her belt. Krista…