Air assist
IMPROVED COVERAGE IN CORN
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A FARM OPERATION near Dresden, Ont. bought a used 2010 Miller Condor with a Spray Air boom from Indiana. Their goal was to improve spray coverage in onion and tomatoes with the air-assist feature. On…
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Soybean drying charges
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
- IN AUGUST 2013, the grain industry, including Grain Farmers of Ontario, agreed to change to a system where the cost of drying soybeans was not regulated. Cleaning and handling charges, as well as soybean drying… -
Farm 911: The Emily Project
FASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE FIELD
- IT’S BEEN ONE year since The Emily Project launched, installing 911 signs in field entry ways to identify rural locations in the event of a farm accident. And the response has been overwhelming. Farm 911:… -
Harvesting data
KNOWING WHAT TO KEEP FROM THE FIELD
- COLLECTING ACCURATE HARVEST data begins in the spring. That’s when you get your first indication of how a crop is performing. “What you see in the spring is what you will see in the fall,”… -
GFO Newsletter for September 2018
GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO
- GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO ANNUAL REPORT Grain Farmers Of Ontario’s Annual Report is available online at www.gfo.ca or by calling the office at 1-800-265-0550 and requesting a copy be mailed to you. The financial statements… -
GFO Newsletter for August 2018
GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO
- GrainTALK Grain Farmers of Ontario has developed a new way to communicate with our farmer-members — GrainTALK. We want to share the best information and we want that information to be easy to find and… -
GFO Newsletter for June/July 2018
GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO
- GRAIN DISCOVERY ZONE The Grain Discovery Zone educational trailer is off to an early start this fair season with a trip to the Earlton Farm Show, April 12 – 14. The trailer features a corn… -
New U.S. Farm Bill
ISSUES STILL TO BE RESOLVED
- AS THE U.S. Congress went into recess for the month of August, the Senate and the House of Representatives had each passed a 2018 farm bill, but the versions differed on key provisions and will… -
Extreme weather
THUNDERSTORM SAFETY IN THE FIELD
- FARMING IS ALMOST synonymous with the weather. Good or bad weather can make or break a growing season for a farmer — so it’s important to be very in-tune with current and forecasted weather to… -
Cropside: A good wheat crop
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- THE 2017 SEASON had its challenges with a cool growing season pushing soybean harvest well into late October. This delay in soybean harvest, combined with some wet weather, resulted in two winter wheat crops in…