WIN! Enter the August contest of the month at OntarioGrainFarmer.ca. In August, enter to win 1 of 5 pairs of tickets to the 2025 International Plowing Match, courtesy of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association (valued at $40/pair). The contest is open to all farmer-members and is online only. ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER GRAIN TALK 19 Save the date! March Classic 2026 Mark your calendars for March 24, 2026, for Grain Farmers of Ontario’s annual March Classic. Grain Farmers of Ontario is excited to announce that the 2026 March Classic will be held at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre. The new venue provides an opportunity to grow Ontario’s premier agricultural event. Find out more at gfo.ca/marchclassic. YEN annual networking tour visits the UK In June, 28 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network participants and staff from Ontario and the U.S. participated in a networking tour in the UK. Grain Farmers of Ontario participants included Marty Vermey, senior agronomist; Alexandra Dacey, agronomy project coordinator; and Jason Seed, director of District 15 (Northern Ontario), along with Joanna Follings, cereals specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness. They visited research facilities, UK YEN participant farms, and the annual Cereals conference. Watch upcoming issues of the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine for in-depth coverage of the tour. Market Commentary By Philip Shaw Is the crop made in the United States? It certainly feels that way toward the end of June, with lower futures prices reflecting a big crop in the United States. The June United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) report maintained the new crop corn forecast of 15.82 billion bushels, based on a yield forecast of 181 bushels per acre, which remains unchanged. The USDA reported a soybean production status quo of 4.34 billion bushels, based on a planted acreage estimate of 83.5 million acres. This is based on the U.S. national yield of 52.5 bushels per acre. In Ontario, the wheat crop in June was moving quickly toward harvest, enhanced by hot weather, pointing to a certainty of combines rolling through the wheat fields of southwestern Ontario in early July. The Canadian dollar, which has been fluttering upward toward the 73cent U.S. mark, continues to affect Ontario cash grain basis levels.
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