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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…
Looking to the future

EXPANSION AT IGPC ETHANOL INC.

January 2018 - AS THE LARGEST corn producer in Canada, it’s not surprising that Ontario is also the country’s leading ethanol producer. Six facilities, operated by Greenfield Ethanol Inc., IGPC Ethanol Inc., Kawartha Ethanol, and Suncor, produce more than…
Political change

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

January 2018 - WITH THE LAST election in Ontario almost four years ago, it’s hard to believe that in the short time since, the Canadian government, the U.S. government, and many of the provincial governments across Canada have…
Soil form and function

A FARMSMART 2018 PREVIEW

January 2018 - DEGRADED SOIL CAN still give you high yields but those yields come at a cost. Those soils are less resilient, less able to handle stress such as drought or heavy rain, and require more inputs.…