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Author: Ontario Grain Farmer

Research Roundup

March 2011 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH These starches resist digestion Joey Sabljic One way to a healthier population is through its stomach. And for many, that journey starts with starch, an essential…
Farmers involved in Great Lakes basin discussions

March 2011 - The great lakes water quality agreement is being renegotiated the canadian and US governments made a commitment in 2009 to renegotiate and update the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The initial agreement was signed in…
In the news

March 2011 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Woodlot advisory service Promoting efficient and sustainable management of forests is the goal of a new service offered in Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry, Prescott-Russell, Leeds-Grenville and Ottawa regions. Farmers with at least five acres…
In the news

February 2011 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Deferred payments now permitted under the Grains Act The Ontario Agri Business Association (OABA) and Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) are pleased with the recent changes that OMAFRA has made to…
Future of Grain

February 2011 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Savvy Farmer Developed to help farmers save money on pest control, an unbiased web-based information warehouse, called Savvy Farmer, has been launched. Savvy Farmer can help…
Research Roundup

February 2011 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Corn yield ‘lost by the minute’ from weed stress Joey Sabljic Weeds growing near corn plant seedlings permanently rob these future cash crops of their full…
Fertilizer outlook – Spring 2011

January 2011 - FERTILIZER DEMAND EXPECTED TO INCREASE grain market fundamentals will continue to be the main driver for fertilizer price activity between now and the spring, but government food policy shifts in developing economies are expected to…
The uneven recovery

January 2011 - COMMODITIES RUN WHILE ECONOMY WALKS the global financial crisis was not discriminative, all markets were hit. However the economic recovery has been much more uneven. Luckily for producers, it was the commodity markets which were…
The Big Picture: Spotlight on Agriculture

January 2011 - WEEK-LONG SERIES BRINGS AGRICULTURE TO THE DOORSTEP OF CANADIANS it’s common in the agricultural industry to hear discussions and strategy planning centered on finding ways to share information about our industry with non-farmers. Although people…
Future of Grain

January 2011 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Missing corn genes Recent research has revealed that some inbred corn lines have more variations in genes that humans have. Six elite inbred corn lines were…