Advances in oat breeding
YIELD RESEARCH
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HERE IS A little quiz. The picture below shows an oat harvest in Quebec in 1949. Now, what has changed since that time, and what has stayed the same? Obvious changes include the machinery and…
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RURAL AMERICA'S STRUGGLE TO INSTALL BROADBAND
- A 2016 FEDERAL Communications Commission (FCC) report found that while 10 per cent of all Americans lacked broadband service, 39 per cent of rural residents were without access. Almost 40 per cent of rural Americans… -
Building healthy soils
A NUFFIELD SCHOLAR'S LIFELONG LESSON
- NUFFIELD SCHOLAR AND French farmer Sarah Singla doesn’t believe farmers inherit the soil from their parents so much as they borrow it from their children. In fact, she believes the success of any given civilization… -
Cropside: Delayed N applications
- WITH GREATER PREVALENCE of high clearance applicators and technology for applying nitrogen (N) beyond the traditional side-dress stage, there are lots of questions about the advantages of late N applications. In many cases, these applications… -
Sustainable relationships
HURON - A FAMILY BUSINESS
- STARTING YOUR OWN business is something that takes a financial commitment, time commitments, and sacrifices. There are a number of businesses across rural Ontario that have taken an idea and transformed that vision into something… -
Protecting the Canadian brand
- CANADA HAS A strong reputation for consistently delivering safe, high-quality grain to our customers both here at home and other countries. High-quality, safe food is a key component of the Canadian brand. These brand elements… -
Managing successful field research
ON-FARM APPLICATIONS
- ACCORDING TO MIKE Demeyre, “no data is better than bad data.” That’s why he makes sure that everything is uniform in his research fields — from seed bed, to fertilizer application, to the uniformity of… -
Western Bean Cutworm
MANAGING RESISTANCE
- WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM (WBC) is a significant threat to corn fields in Ontario. WBC feeding reduces yield and can cause contamination of grain with mycotoxins. Rotating methods of WBC control is important to mitigate the… -
From glass to grain
HIRAM WALKER AND SONS' ONTARIO SUCCESS
- SINCE SETTING UP shop on the banks of the Detroit River back in 1858, the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery has used locally-sourced Ontario grains as the backbone of their whiskies. It’s what they… -
Trading observations
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
- WHILE I’M NOT a trade expert, trade decisions are interesting to me because we rely so much on trade for our living. I’m sure many of you take an interest for the same reason. About…