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: Treena Hein

Getting at the heart of the matter

December 2011 - MEASURING AND BUILDING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IS IMPORTANT ON EVERY FARM crop farmers have many tasks, but chief among them is looking after their soil. Maintaining soil organic matter, especially if you have no access…
Farming technology goes state-of-the-art

November 2011 - WHAT’S NEW AND WHAT’S NEXT IN FARM EQUIPMENT – ALTERNATIVE FUELS, AUTOMATION AND MUCH MORE like technology in other sectors, agricultural technology is evolving fast. Cleaner-burning and more energy-efficient engines are on the way, as…
Taking the pressure off

November 2011 - AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM THAT ADJUSTS TRACTOR TIRE PRESSURE PROTECTS THE SOIL AND THE BOTTOM LINE growers are clocking more time on the road than ever, driving their equipment from farm to farm over large geographical…
Enjoying a glass of Ontario corn

October 2011 - PROMOTION OF NEW CANADIAN WHISKY IS FOCUSED ON THE USE OF LOCAL INGREDIENTS grain is going into some interesting products these days – from wheat straw bio-plastics to soybean-based asphalt sealant. New markets for Ontario…
Young farmers help diversify the family farm

September 2011 - WANNA MAKE IT FARM’ OF MOOSE CREEK MAKES RUNNING A FAMILY BUSINESS LOOK EASY at wanna make it farm near Moose Creek in eastern Ontario, everyone wears many hats – and the same hats are…
DON developments

September 2011 - NEW GRADING TECHNOLOGY AND NEW GENETICS BEING DEVELOPED IN ONTARIO visual inspection of corn and wheat for Fusarium infection at the point of grain delivery is not accurate for determining actual levels of DON, so…
Huge wheat yields by eliminating weak links

May 2011 - ONTARIO FARMERS MAY LEARN FROM ENGLISH AND NEW ZEALANDER PRODUCTION PRACTICES want substantially better wheat yields without significantly increasing your production costs? Ontario farmers, help is here – in the form of intensive wheat production…
Trait approval process

April 2011 - THE LONG ROAD TO REGISTER NEW VARIETIES ENSURE AUTHENTICATED CLAIMS AND SAFETY FOR ALL everyone directly or indirectly involved in grain farming knows that it’s a long process to create and release new crop varieties…
Hiring it out or doing yourself?

April 2011 - CUSTOM SPRAYING AND MANURE MANAGEMENT CAN MAKE SENSE due to economic benefits, convenience and other reasons, more and more Ontario farmers are choosing to hire custom spraying services instead of doing it themselves. It’s an…
Debt on the farm

March 2011 - The current state of agricultural debt in Canada canadian farm debt is a whopping $62.7 billion at present, and has been steadily increasing since 1995. “Before that, the outcome of the farming crisis in the…