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

Mapping the soybean genome

A CANADIAN GENOTYPING PLATFORM

February 2019 - AS YOU MAY already know, mapping the genome of livestock animals and crops — and identifying specific genetic markers linked to specific traits of interest within those genomes — is starting to enable breeders to…
Charging up

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ELECTRIC TRACTORS

December 2018 - “IMAGINE A FARM where electric agricultural vehicles, some autonomous, some conventional, are connected to charging points in large solar PV equipped ‘carport-style’ machinery sheds, earning additional income from so-called ‘vehicle-to-grid’ network balancing services while they…
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Trends in Ontario farmland values

STRONG PROFITS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE FUTURE PRICE INCREASES

November 2018 - IT’S WIDELY KNOWN that Ontario farmland values, and values across Canada, have seen strong increases in recent years, but the situation cooled to some extent this year compared to 2017. “It is safe to say,…
Barley and oats

GROWING SUCCESS IN 2018

March 2018 - SIGNIFICANT PRICE MOVEMENT was seen for barley and oats in December and January, which may have some farmers considering spring cereals. Here’s a roundup of best advice on variety choices and crop management for 2018,…
New nutrient management association

ONTARIO PROFESSIONAL AGRI-CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

October 2017 - ON SEPTEMBER 13, the Ontario Professional Agri Contractors Association (OPACA) held its first AGM. It is hoped that the existence of the OPACA will herald in a new era where custom farming businesses will have…
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Global 4-H Network Summit

THE INTERNATIONAL REACH OF 4-H

August 2017 - FOR FOUR DAYS in July, participants from over 70 countries descended in Ottawa to attend the event-filled 2017 Global 4-H Network Summit. It is described by 4-H as “an opportunity for 4-H youth, volunteer leaders…
Rain delay

EASTERN ONTARIO’S CHALLENGING SPRING

August 2017 - THE EXTENT OF the flooding in eastern Ontario this spring prompted Agricorp to do something it rarely does — extend the spring cereals planting deadline for production insurance. Agricorp senior industry specialist Geoff Smith notes…
Hunting on farmland

BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH HUNTERS

April 2017 - IN 2015, 23,000 people took the Ontario Hunter Education Course, according to the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (OMNRF), and a total of 450,000 people currently hold a ‘Hunting’ Outdoors Card.
Bacteria control of disease

CANADIAN SCIENTISTS AT THE FOREFRONT

February 2017 - SEVERAL TYPES OF bacteria are the focus of ground-breaking new Fusarium research here in Ontario. Professor Manish Raizada of the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph, with colleagues Dr. Victor Limay-Rios and…
Ontario’s 2016 winter wheat crop

October 2016 - IMPLICATIONS OF A LARGE HARVEST IT’S A MEGA-YEAR for Ontario wheat acreages. In 1981, harvested acres of winter wheat in the province totalled 504,000, and about 20 years later in 2002, it wasn’t much different…