Farm lightly
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PREVENTING OR MITIGATING COMPACTION COMPACTION IS A topic that every farmer must take seriously. Soil compaction causes damage to the soil structure and makes it much more difficult for plants to grow because it reduces…
Author: Treena Hein
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Fall burndown
- TIPS FOR A WEED FREE 2017 “BE READY TO pounce.” That’s the advice of Mike Cowbrough, weed management lead at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, on fitting in a fall application… -
On track
- IP PRODUCTION OF GMO SOYBEANS IS GROWING INTEREST IS GROWING in the added traceability of genetically modified (GMO) high-quality food grade soybeans. But as with any emerging market, there are complex forces at work and… -
Rural rejuvenation
SUPPORTING RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH AN EYE TO GROWTH
- WHEN THE FEDERAL budget of 2016 was announced in late March, the focus was on infrastructure spending — a lot of so-called ‘unsexy’ projects that would be funded in order to stimulate the economy. There… -
Protecting Lake Erie
PREPARING FOR NUTRIENT REDUCTION TARGETS
- IT WAS FORTY-FOUR years ago in 1972 when the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) came into being. It was all about the Great Lakes — a commitment by the governments of Canada and the… -
Building a 4R strategy
FOLLOWING THE 4RS REDUCES NUTRIENT LOSSES
- TWO YEARS AGO, in 2014, Grain Farmers of Ontario, the Ontario Agri-Business Association, and Fertilizer Canada began work on a 4R Nutrient Stewardship Demonstration Farm program. “Through this program we recruited fifteen crop farmers to… -
An integrated approach
- TIPS FOR MANAGEMENT OF SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME THE NAME SOUNDS serious, and it should — sudden death syndrome (SDS) of soybeans is a fungal disease that can have swift and serious consequences. PHOTO: CLOSE UP… -
Tracking northern corn leaf blight
- MEASURING INCIDENCE, SEVERITY, AND RESISTANCE IF YOU’VE NOTICED a higher incidence of northern corn leaf blight (NCLB), or higher incidence in certain hybrid lines, you’re not imagining things — genetic resistance to NCLB is being… -
Niche wheat market development
- A TANGIBLE BENEFIT OF PBR IT’S BEEN LESS than a year since the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act (PBR91) was updated at the end of February 2015. This move, long awaited by Canadian and international seed… -
Farmland price update
- FACTORS AT PLAY AND THE OUTLOOK FOR 2016 WHILE FARMLAND PRICES increased substantially in 2014, the market cooled this year and that trend is expected to carry into 2016. The ‘Farmland Values Report,’ published by…