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Building healthy soils

A NUFFIELD SCHOLAR'S LIFELONG LESSON

June 2018 - 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

June 2018 - 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

June 2018 - 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

June 2018 - 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

June 2018 - 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

June 2018 - 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

June 2018 - 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

June 2018 - 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…
Web Special

Political change

VOTER ENGAGEMENT IN THE 2018 PROVINCIAL ELECTION

May 2018 - CHANGES IN OUR society, how we see ourselves in the world, and the expectations we have for the future will all play a role in the outcome of the 2018 provincial election. “This is an…
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Technology and the perfect acre

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE

May 2018 - USING TECHNOLOGY TO aid farmers in getting the most efficient farm is being pioneered by companies, agronomists, and farmers all over the world. And now, researchers are experimenting with taking precision agriculture, in particular data…