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Business strategy

ADVANCED FARM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

September 2017 - FARMERS ARE BUSINESS operators. Yet farmers have not always been perceived that way and they have not always had the same tools and opportunities as other types of business owners. The Agri-food Management Institute (AMI)…
Web Special

Global 4-H Network Summit

THE INTERNATIONAL REACH OF 4-H

August 2017 - FOR FOUR DAYS in July, participants from over 70 countries descended in Ottawa to attend the event-filled 2017 Global 4-H Network Summit. It is described by 4-H as “an opportunity for 4-H youth, volunteer leaders…
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Crop responses to management

Are accurate predictions possible?

August 2017 - With Doria Ali & Lauren Deshaw There is much interest in varying crop management strategies across farm fields – the essence of precision agriculture. The main driver of this has been advances in variable rate…
Reflections

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

August 2017 - CANADA HAS A rich farming history. Whether it was the first French settlers along the St. Lawrence or the homesteaders who populated the Western Prairies, farmers have been instrumental to the development of our country.…
How to be a cover cropper

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

August 2017 - MORE FARMERS ARE seeing the value of having a cover crop in the field, and as a result, more are incorporating them into their row-crop systems. Cover crops offer a wide array of benefits. They…
Canada 150

CELEBRATING ONTARIO’S FARMING HISTORY

August 2017 - On July 1, Canadians celebrated the 150th birthday of our country. Farmers were instrumental in building the communities that have shaped our nation. While there are now fewer farms and fewer farmers than there were…
GFO Newsletter for August 2017

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

August 2017 - CANADA’S OUTDOOR FARM SHOW Grain Farmers of Ontario will be at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show from September 12 – 14. You can find us on 1st Lane (Seed Alley). Stop in for a coffee and…
Business side: Retirement planning

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

August 2017 - WHAT IS A RETIREMENT PLAN? For some, it’s a list of travel destinations. But a real retirement plan means having an accurate financial plan that will give you financial freedom in retirement. Making a plan…
Soil sampling

A LITTLE INVESTMENT FOR A LOT OF INFORMATION

August 2017 - WITH WHEAT HARVEST beginning to wrap up around the province and farmers now looking ahead to the approaching fall harvest season, we are in the so called “dog days of summer” and now is an…
Understanding precision agriculture

THE CHALLENGES OF ON-FARM PRECISION AG RESEARCH

August 2017 - YOU CAN BUY the equipment and software, bring on a consultant and start banking yield data, but what can you do once you’re up and running to ensure you’re getting useful information from your on-farm precision ag…