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Breeding a better soybean

PROMISING VARIETIES EMERGING

February 2019 - DEVELOPING SOYBEAN VARIETIES that perform better in terms of yield, protein content, and resistance to disease is a complicated, time-consuming, but ultimately rewarding job. Just ask assistant professor Dr. Milad Eskandari, who works in the…
Business side: Fire risks

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

February 2019 - (J.M) WHAT TYPE OF FIRE RISKS DO TRACTORS AND EQUIPMENT POSE ON THE FARM? (J.Z.) Motorized equipment, especially tractors, produce a significant amount of heat even after being powered off and stored. As farms grow…
Water’s influence

CORN NITROGEN FERTILIZER REQUIREMENTS

February 2019 - WHAT RATE OF nitrogen to apply? This is a common question asked by Ontario corn farmers and their advisors. Apply too little and corn yield may be limited. Apply too much then the nitrogen fertilizer…
Mapping the soybean genome

A CANADIAN GENOTYPING PLATFORM

February 2019 - AS YOU MAY already know, mapping the genome of livestock animals and crops — and identifying specific genetic markers linked to specific traits of interest within those genomes — is starting to enable breeders to…
Cropside: Specialty control

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

February 2019 - TEN YEARS OF public research trials evaluating weed control in non-GMO soybeans at the University of Guelph have demonstrated that the key to success is to start with a soil applied herbicide program that has…
Improving precision ag effectiveness

NEW ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT GUELPH

February 2019 - JOHN SULIK, GEOGRAPHER by trade, joined the University of Guelph’s Department of Plant Agriculture in June 2018. His mission — to use a wide range of biological data to make precision agriculture actually pay for…
Fighting phytophthora

NEW GENE DISCOVERY BY AAFC SCIENTIST

February 2019 - PHYTOPHTHORA SOJAE (P. SOJAE) isn’t a new nemesis to soybean farmers. Every year, the root and stem rot disease results in significant damage around the world, forcing farmers to replant or face costly crop losses.…
New research investments

CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP

February 2019 - EIGHT NEW RESEARCH projects will be funded by Grain Farmers of Ontario with support from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership). The Partnership will provide funding up to $590,454. “Through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, our…
Web Special

An ambassador’s journey

GRAIN DISCOVERY ZONE SEASON 2018

January 2019 - AFTER 20,000 KM, more than 25 fairs, and seven educational days, the 2018 Grain Discovery zone season wrapped-up at the end of September. This season Grain Farmers of Ontario successfully communicated about grain farming to…
The value of corn

UNDERSTANDING MARKET INFLUENCES

January 2019 - CORN CAN BE a great crop to grow. In Ontario, our corn yields have been consistently increasing on an annual basis. According to Statistics Canada, in 2018 Canadian farmers planted approximately 3.6 million acres, which…