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: Rachel Telford

A farmer’s trust

April 2013 - RENTING LAND WITHOUT A WRITTEN CONTRACT like many traditional farmers, Ian Greydanus still does business on trust and a handshake; but his trust extends a bit farther than most. The Northumberland County cash cropper farms…
Grower University

March 2013 - THE BUSINESS OF FARMING sitting in a lecture room at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre in London, Ontario, 37 farmers from across the country are talking about the opportunities and challenges of running their operations…
Waste not, want not

March 2013 - A UNIQUE AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP managing resources and protecting the environment are key to the development of a new tomato greenhouse in Chatham, Ontario; so naming the new venture, ‘Truly Green’ is a natural choice. “It’s…
Fence row farming

February 2013 - UNCOVERING THE SECRETS IN THE SOIL DEAN GLENNEY PLANTS his corn and soybeans on exactly the same rows, drives on the same tracks, and never tills his fields. It’s a farming method he has used…
Royal grains

January 2013 - HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL WINTER FAIR grains in your life Several great new additions to the Grains in Your Life exhibit caught the attention of this year’s visitors to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair…
Succession Planning

December 2012 - ENSURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FARM in 1893, two brothers settled across the road from each other on farms near Listowel, Ontario. It was the beginning of a family farming tradition that…
Showcasing Canadian soybeans

November 2012 - GROWING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN japan needs more soybeans than it can grow domestically. Every year, 900,000 tonnes of identity preserved (IP) soybeans are used in food products – half of which are processed into…
Protecting pollinators

November 2012 - REDUCING PESTICIDE EXPOSURE DURING PLANTING seed-applied insecticides are an important tool for farmers. They help to protect the seed during a critical period of growth while using only a small quantity of insecticide. Despite this…
Pristine Gourmet

October 2012 - BUILDING A VALUE-ADDED BUSINESS jason persall doesn’t like to consider his story a success story. “We’re just a small farm family that did something value-added a few years ago,” he claims. However, there’s no denying…
Developing leadership

October 2012 - 2013 ASA/DUPONT YOUNG LEADERS CHOSEN the future of farming will rely on strong leaders like Dave Vandewalle and Lisa Mardlin Vandewalle who have been chosen for the 2013 American Soybean Association /DuPont Young Leader Program.…