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Rural priorities

JOHN VANTHOF, NDP DEPUTY LEADER AND AG CRITIC

November 2018 - An Ontario Grain Farmer Q&A (OGF) WHAT ISSUES ARE YOU FOCUSING ON TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF RURAL ONTARIO, AND SPECIFICALLY FARMERS? (J.V.) Infrastructure in rural Ontario. Modern farms need as much technology as businesses…
Political action

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

November 2018 - NOW THAT THE dust has settled from the provincial election this spring, it’s time to look ahead to the next federal election which is just about a year away. The cabinet of Ontario’s newly elected…
Web Special

Cropside: Disease protection

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

October 2018 - REMEMBER DISEASE PROTECTION when selecting corn hybrids and soybean varieties this fall! I know “yield is king” but each year diseases play an important role in whether you meet your corn and soybean production targets.…
A Nuffield experience

BRANDING GRAINS AS LOCAL

October 2018 - Nicole Mackellar is Grain Farmers of Ontario’s market development manager. She recently completed a Nuffield Canada Agriculture Scholarship which studied the possibilities for the branding of commodities that are further processed into ingredients. Here, she…
Netherlands’ soybean production

PART OF THEIR CIRCULAR ECONOMY

October 2018 - THE NEW AND nasty trade war upon us has nations taking another look at domestic food and feed production, with an eye towards import replacements. They wonder: can traditional suppliers still be trusted? Will volatile…
An international dialogue

GLOBAL CONFERENCE OFFERS OILSEED INSIGHTS

October 2018 - THE ANNUAL MEETING of the world’s leading oilseed producing nations, the International Oilseed Producers Dialogue (IOPD), had an air of uncertainty this year due to political talks of trade disruptions. Grain Farmers of Ontario chair…
Nutrient-rich foods

RESEARCHING WHOLE AND ENRICHED GRAINS

October 2018 - EVERY TWO YEARS the Canadian government surveys citizens on health — from general health and demographics, to mental health, to nutrition. The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) has been active in one form or another…
A spotlight on sustainability

CONNECTING SOURCES

October 2018 - THE SAI PLATFORM is a major food and drink industry initiative which supports the development of sustainable agriculture worldwide. The organization was founded in 2002, when three multi-national companies (Group Danone, Nestle, and Unilever) created…
GrainTALK for October 2018

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

October 2018 - FROM THE CHAIR A Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. Grain Farmers of Ontario recently joined Grain Growers of Canada. Why did we do so, and why is it important for us to…
Cropside: Sulphur deficiency?

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

October 2018 - SULPHUR (S) IS an essential nutrient necessary for plant growth. It’s required for chlorophyll formation and involved in nitrogen fixation. It’s also required to make protein and is important in the formation of oil. In…