Production

The largest section of the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine, the production section features important information on best management practices and innovative farming efforts for barley, corn, oats, soybeans, and wheat growers.

Features

Port of Goderich

A GRAIN GATEWAY TO THE WORLD

October 2019 Lois Harris 0

GRAIN ELEVATORS HAVE towered over the town of Goderich for more than 150 years, taking in the local harvest, employing local citizens, and contributing to the local economy. “The elevators are part of the fabric [Read more]

Features

Harvest technology

CALIBRATING COMBINE SENSORS

September 2019 Joey Sabljic 0

WHEN PERFORMING PRE-HARVEST combine maintenance checks, the bolts, belts, bearings, and other mechanical parts shouldn’t be a farmer’s only focus. Today’s combines come with an arsenal of sophisticated sensors that require their own TLC to [Read more]

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Field mitigation

REPAIRING DAMAGED FIELDS

September 2019 Rachel Telford 0

MANY ONTARIO FARMERS planted the 2019 crop in less than ideal conditions. Persistent rain gave fields little chance to dry out and farmers made tough decisions to take advantage of any opportunity they had to [Read more]

Features

The rules of the road

ENSURE SAFETY AT HARVEST

September 2019 Lois Harris 0

WITH HARVEST SEASON getting into full swing, it’s important for farmers to understand what the rules of the road are, and how to keep themselves, their employees, and their children safe. During the fall, the [Read more]

Features

Avoiding tank mix errors

CAUTION AND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

September 2019 Matt McIntosh 0

MIXING MULTIPLE PRODUCTS for a single-spray application has its benefits. Indeed, doing so can take advantage of multiple modes of action, apply fertilizer simultaneously, reduce the risk of drift, save time and money, and more. [Read more]

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A farm debt discussion

FINANCIAL RATIOS

September 2019 Jeanine Moyer 0

CANADIAN HOUSEHOLD DEBT is on the rise. It’s all over the news, as financial consultants speculate about rising interest rates, soaring housing prices, and consumers constantly turning to credit to purchase the latest tech gadget, [Read more]