February 2025 - For more than 15 years, Grain Farmers of Ontario has been leading the way, funding valuable research that address the most pressing challenges faced by Ontario farmers. The Ontario Grain Farmer magazine has been a…

February 2025 - Many farmers in Ontario are already reaping the benefits of growing winter wheat. These range from reduced soil erosion and compaction to weed suppression and spreading out the yearly planting workload. “The crop itself can…

October 2024 - LIKE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A KEEN INTEREST IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, Dr. Gursahib Singh, a pathologist recently appointed to fill the Grain Farmers of Ontario Professorship in Research Pathology at the University of Guelph Ridgetown…

August 2024 - ADOPTING A ‘SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM’ MAY SOUND DAUNTING, but many of you reading this are already implementing some of the practices — and a new study encompassing Canadian and U.S. farmers shows the economic…

June 2024 - DR. ADRIAN CORRENDO, WHO RECENTLY BEGAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND RESEARCH CHAIR for The Pick Family Chair in Sustainable Cropping Systems, was definitely born into the right time. “I…

June 2024 - UP TO THIS POINT, PHENOTYPING (RATING DISEASE INFECTION SEVERITY) OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (FHB) IN WHEAT HAS BEEN VERY INEFFECTIVE. There’s quite a bit of inaccuracy, making breeding efforts based on the ratings not as…