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Grain Farmers of Ontario

Author: Rebecca Hannam

Grain research around the world

May 2012 - NUFFIELD SCHOLAR BEGINS TWO YEAR INTERNATIONAL STUDY touring eight countries on four continents in six weeks may sound like a whirlwind adventure for even the most seasoned traveller but for Crosby Devitt, it’s only the…
Space research hits close to home

April 2012 - UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS ARE CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN SPACE AGRICULTURE AND EARTH-BASED PRODUCTION advancing food production in space and improving your field management may sound like completely unrelated research topics. But according to experts at the…
Sharing the vision of sustainability

March 2012 - LOBLAW CHAIR IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION LEADS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD when dr. ralph Martin was growing up on his family’s beef and hog farm near Wallenstein, Ontario, the challenge facing agriculture was…
Putting a price on plant biotechnology

February 2012 - NEW RESEARCH STUDY REVEALS COSTS OF GETTING A BIOTECH CROP FROM THE LAB TO THE FIELD biotechnology is a growing business. Millions of farmers plant genetically enhanced crops every year and the quantity and complexity…
Breeding better beans

May 2011 - RESEARCHERS ARE USING CHINESE SOYBEAN GENETICS TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY AND YIELD adopting new plant genetics and breeding technology is an important factor in progressing Ontario’s soybean crop. Yield improvement is naturally the most common measure…
Celebrating a leader in research

April 2011 - AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AWARD RECOGNIZES PROVINCIAL SOYBEAN SPECIALIST the ontario soybean industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few decades. There is no doubt that the sector has benefited from a number of…
The next generation of grain farmers

July 2010 - YOUNG LEADERS SHARE THEIR PASSION AND OUTLOOKS ON THEIR FUTURE IN AGRICULTURE educating future leaders is a tradition that is nearly 140 years old at the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and it’s one that the…