continued from page 7 ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER COVER STORY www.kws.com/ca KWS Hybrid Rye Why Hybrid Rye? Leading yields Best in class winter hardiness Lower pesticide use Early spring growth Lower cost of production vs winter wheat Locate a Retailer NEW FOR 2025 Additional resources are available to participating farmers and their agronomists in 2025, including access to several interactive dashboards. These dashboards allow participants to interact with the four years of collected data in easy-to-understand charts and graphs. Users can customize the data they see, narrowing it down based on geographic region and soil type, so they can focus on specific data relevant to their fields and identify relevant trends over time. The Great Lakes YEN leadership team is also gearing up for the 2025 summer networking tour, taking place in England. Tour participants will have the opportunity to meet several long-standing YEN participants, learn about their environmental conditions and management practices, and attend the U.K.’s largest arable farming event. Thank you to all the participating farmers and agronomists who worked together to make the 2024 season a tremendous success. Thank you also to the sponsors who support this innovative program, without which the Great Lakes YEN could not exist. The 2025 Great Lakes YEN program is now in progress, with 150 fields involved across the Great Lakes region of Ontario and the United States. As the program continues to grow, the collective efforts of the Great Lakes YEN community are paving the way for more resilient and productive cropping systems. Alexandra Dacey, MSc., is Grain Farmers of Ontario's agronomy projects coordinator. The Great Lakes YEN was created in partnership with Grain Farmers of Ontario, Michigan State University, Michigan Wheat Program, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, and the University of Guelph. • Participating farmers and their agronomists collect whole plant grab samples to better understand yield components. Photo: Hensall Co-op
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