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

Sorting through the data

November 2014 - JOHN DEERE OPERATIONS CENTER IT SEEMS THERE is no end to the amount of data that is being generated on farms through the use of advanced machinery, precision agriculture tools, and GPS systems. The question…
Protection and performance

November 2014 - PILOT PROJECT TESTS IMPACT OF PLANTER DEFLECTORS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, such as Europe, dust deflectors installed on air planters have been shown to reduce the amount of off-field dust generated during the planting of neonicotinoid…
High speed planting

November 2014 - VADERSTAD TEMPO IT MIGHT BE cliché, but the old saying ‘time is money’ still applies in agriculture. PHOTO: FARMERS EXAMINE THE COMPONENTS OF THE TEMPO PLANTER. “Timing is everything,” says Scott Johnston, a grain farmer…
Business side: Farm safety

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

October 2014 - WHAT INFORMATION IS ON THE WSPS WEBSITE? The Workplace Safety and Prevention Services (WSPS) website is full of information on health and safety. There is information on legal compliance issues such as health and safety…
Niche market success

October 2014 - ONTARIO FARM PARTNERS WITH BUNGE NEARLY THREE YEARS ago, a seemingly ordinary order for a few bottles of virgin soy and canola oil was placed through Pristine Gourmet’s online store. The order was sent to…
Proper grain storage

September 2014 - A COMPONENT OF FARM SAFETY “HOW MANY OF you have been in a bin and walked on grain?” asks Dr. Carol Jones. She raises her hand as she looks around the chair-filled equipment shed at…
Business side: Measuring instincts

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

September 2014 - WHAT IS THE KOLBE SYSTEMTM? Kolbe Corp is a publishing and consulting company that provides materials to help people identify their instinctive talents. I am a Kolbe Certified™ Consultant which means that I am trained…
Leading by example

September 2014 - 2015 ASA DUPONT YOUNG LEADERS A COMMITMENT TO the environment, their community, and agvocacy are just some of the reasons Dave and Rhonda McEachren were selected as the participants for the 2015 American Soybean Association…
Launching new technology

August 2014 - PROMOTING THE BASICS MONSANTO CANADA IS gearing up for the launch of its Roundup Ready® X-tend Crop System for soybeans. The system, expected to launch in 2016, will consist of Roundup Ready 2 Xtend® soybeans,…
Business side: Lease financing

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

August 2014 - WHAT FINANCING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE WHEN PURCHASING EQUIPMENT? The traditional train of thought is that when buying equipment, you can either pay cash or utilize loan financing. But farm business owners often have the additional…