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Business side: Vacant buildings

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

April 2018 - (J.M) WHAT DO FARM OWNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INSURING VACANT HOUSES OR BUILDINGS? (C.H.) Insurance considerations still need to be made on houses and outbuildings on any farm property, even if they are left…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 36: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

April 2018 - CANDLESTICK CHARTING Tweezer patterns — The tweezer pattern is a minor trend reversal pattern that consists of two candles that exhibit almost exactly the same high or low depending if it is a downward move…
Herbicide resistance

CHANGING CHEMISTRY FOR A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

April 2018 - GLYPHOSATE HAS TRANSFORMED the agricultural industry allowing farmers to use a simple and effective tool to reduce weed pressure in their fields. As a result of this transformation, there is a generation of farmers who…
Cropside: Crop Protection Network

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

April 2018 - THIS SUMMER FARMERS and agribusiness have a new tool to help them tackle crop management challenges. The Crop Protection Network (CPN), a multi-state and international collaboration of university/provincial extension specialists, has redesigned its website at…
A sweet market for crop residues

EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL CROP FARMERS

April 2018 - MAKING MORE MONEY on the same amount of land — it’s a mantra for today’s farmers, and one that’s increasingly relevant as land prices and production costs continue to rise. A Sarnia refining company is…
Spraying best practices

TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPARENCY

April 2018 - IN THE ERA of social media and keyboard warriors, it’s easy to feel like someone is always watching and ready to force their opinion on the world. The “tweet first, think later” mentality often adds…
Compaction action

April 2018 - THE PICKUP TRUCK has been a vital piece of the equipment inventory on farms for decades, but oh has it changed. Think about the 1960s half ton fleetsides, with two wheel drive, three on the…
Biostimulating soils

A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE OF FARMING

April 2018 - NO ONE CAN be certain if and when it will happen, but the day that phosphorus resources run out will change farming practices forever. Hopefully, by the time that day comes, researchers will have proven…
Test plot design

April 2018 - MOST OF US make hundreds of decisions per day — and we want those decisions to be good. Poor decisions in crop production result in failed economic opportunities, lower production, and risks to the environment.…
Agriculture and the environment

FOREST ONTARIO'S ENVIROTHON

April 2018 - CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS how we grow our crops; whether it’s drought, flooding, or other extremes, farmers have turned to technology to help them be better prepared for the unpredictability of a changing climate. “We now…