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: Owen Roberts

Go fast, go green

ETHANOL-BASED FUEL AT THE HONDA INDY TORONTO

September 2019 - THE TINIEST TWEAK to an ethanol-burning Indy car, one of auto racing’s best examples of finely tuned technology, can have a huge impact on performance. Racing crews spend untold resources seeking an edge in the…
Brazil’s case for sustainability

June 2019 - GLOBALLY, YOU CAN’T talk about soybeans and corn without talking about Brazil. Soybean exports from this vibrant South American country of 210 million people were virtually nothing 40 years ago. But now it’s the world’s…
Genetically modified wheat?

BREAKTHROUGH DEVELOPMENT FOR CELIACS

June 2019 - ONE OF THE public’s long-time raps against genetically modified crops is that their main benefits have accrued to farmers, not consumers. But an international breakthrough in wheat breeding aimed at helping celiac disease sufferers could…
The next frontier

SOIL SCIENCE.

February 2019 - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN agriculture and food is a natural one — at least for producers, who nurture it daily. But the agri-food connection is increasingly becoming a “eureka moment” for the public, too. People are…
A new Bayer

HIGHER EXPECTATIONS AFTER MONSANTO ACQUISITION

December 2018 - CLIMATE CHANGE, AND its effect on farming, troubles many producers and others in the agri-food system. Individuals can make management decisions so their own farms are more environmentally friendly, but sometimes there’s a feeling of…
Netherlands’ soybean production

PART OF THEIR CIRCULAR ECONOMY

October 2018 - THE NEW AND nasty trade war upon us has nations taking another look at domestic food and feed production, with an eye towards import replacements. They wonder: can traditional suppliers still be trusted? Will volatile…
Growing Canada’s food university

December 2017 - A FLURRY OF faculty hiring activity is underway at the University of Guelph, as the institution continues to stake its claim as “Canada’s food university.” The university has cast its recruitment net far and wide.…
Developing local barley

NEW HIGH QUALITY, HIGH YIELDING BREEDING PROGRAM

February 2017 - MOST PEOPLE DRIVEN to buy local food and beverages have clear expectations. They figure the ingredients in the products they’re purchasing will be grown or raised within a certain distance of their homes — say,…
A garden full of weeds

September 2016 - PROMOTING WEED IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL WHEN IT COMES to weeds, Dave Bilyea strongly believes in the adage keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. PHOTO: WEED IDENTIFICATION GARDEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH RIDGETOWN…
Web Special

Weed poll

August 2016 - RESULTS SHOW NEW – AND WORRISOME – TRENDS YOU DON’T NEED to have glyphosate-resistant Canada fleabane in your fields to know it’s one of Ontario’s worst weeds. The fact is, its reputation precedes it. PHOTO: LAMBSQUARTERS…