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History lessons to advance agriculture

SYMPOSIUM USES PAST TO HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL FUTURE

February 2018 - THE FUTURE OF agriculture will be fueled by lessons from history. This was discussed in depth during the second annual DuPont Pioneer Plant Sciences Symposium held in Guelph. Advertised as the Historical Guide to Modern…
Business side: Business taxes

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

February 2018 - (J.M) CAN YOU SHARE SOME YEAR-ROUND TAX TIPS FOR FARM BUSINESSES? (W.R) The best advice I can give isn’t just to farmers, it’s to anyone filing taxes — get organized. The best way to do…
The consumer conversation

2017 GEORGE MORRIS AGRIFOOD POLICY LECTURE

February 2018 - HOW DOES THE agriculture industry talk to consumers about food? A look through a different lens can reveal answers to this question. This topic was part of the George Morris AgriFood Policy lecture hosted by…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 34: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

February 2018 - CANDLESTICK CHARTING This lesson we will continue to explore basic candles. GRAVESTONE DOJI The doji is one of the most significant candlestick formations and is created when the open and close for a day are…
Collaborative field crop research

IMPROVING GENETICS

February 2018 - THIS YEAR MARKS an important milestone in Canadian field crop genetics research. Results are being finalized for 12 projects in the Canadian Field Crop Genetics Improvement Cluster — a collaboration between the Canadian Field Crop…
Farming for the future

2017-2018 ASA DUPONT YOUNG LEADER PROGRAM

February 2018 - GROWING UP IN North Gower as the seventh generation on her family’s cash crop and beef farm, Ann Vermeersch always knew she wanted to be in agriculture. “It’s never been a doubt; it’s all I’ve…
Defining roots to defy drought

SOYBEAN WATER STRESS RESEARCH

February 2018 - EVEN IN A wet year, if soybeans don’t get rain in a critical week, that water stress shows during harvest. However, some varieties seem to fare better than others, and researchers at the University of…
Fighting off Fusarium head blight

DEVELOPING ONTARIO-ADAPTED VARIETIES

February 2018 - DEVELOPING NEW WINTER wheat varieties that are better able to resist Fusarium head blight (FHB), a complex and stubborn disease that can destroy whole crops, is the goal of the research efforts of Dr. Ali…
Location, location, location

THE COMPETITIVE LAKE ONTARIO EXPORT MARKET

January 2018 - ONE OF THE most encouraging things to watch in the Ontario grain markets through the 2017 harvest period was how strong cash basis levels have remained despite a rather large crop both within Ontario, and…
Higher production and market demands

THE ONTARIO CORN ECONOMY

January 2018 - CORN IS AN incredibly important crop to the Ontario economy. From Windsor in the southwest to the Québec border and north to Earlton, cornfields are a predominant default of the rural landscape. Whether it is…