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Business side: Life insurance

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

June 2017 - (J.M) WHY IS LIFE INSURANCE IMPORTANT? (C.A.) Life insurance can be hard to discuss, but it’s imperative to protecting the financial security of your family and farm business by providing a tax-free lump sum benefit…
WBC 101: ID and control

SCOUTING AND MANAGEMENT IN FIELD CORN

June 2017 - NATIVE TO NORTH America, the Western bean cutworm (WBC), Striacosta albicosta, has been a long-time resident of the U.S. Great Plains region until it began expanding its range eastward and was first detected in Ontario…
The WBC problem

AVOIDING THE DAMAGE OF 2016

June 2017 - LAST SEASON WAS officially the worst year on record in Ontario for Western bean cutworm (WBC) feeding damage. What’s even more troubling is that cutworm feeding damage was also a major contributor to high deoxynivalenol…
Cropside: Corn stand checkup

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

June 2017 - COUNTING LEAVES There are several ways to count corn leaves. While this seems like a mundane detail, ensuring you and your agronomist are communicating the same leaf stage can be important, especially when management practices…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 28: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

June 2017 - This monthly educational series will feature the basic workings of the futures and options markets and how they can be utilized to help farmers with risk management. GAP TYPES (EXHAUSTION AND ISLAND REVERSAL) Our third…
Leading through change

LESSONS FROM THE 2017 MARCH CLASSIC

June 2017 - FARMERS NEED TO adapt to changes in social expectations and political agendas while facing the economic and environmental challenges of maintaining a successful farm business. It’s not always clear what the next big issue will…
Same, same but different

AGRICULTURAL LEADERS COMPARE FARMING PRACTICES

June 2017 - Class 16 of the Advanced Agriculture Leadership Program (AALP) began their journey of professional development in September 2016. Throughout the 19 month executive development program, participants attended eight seminars and two study tours — one…
GFO Newsletter for June/July 2017

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

June 2017 - GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO ANNOUNCE NEW VICE PRESIDENT Grain Farmers of Ontario is pleased to announce that Crosby Devitt will be joining the organization as Vice President. He will start in this role on June…
Breaking new ground in Alaska

OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE FAMILY'S NEXT GENERATION

June 2017 - GROWING UP IN southern Idaho, Bryce Wrigley always knew he wanted to continue the family farm tradition. Unfortunately, there just wasn’t anywhere for him to go, so he took a leap of faith and headed to…
Project Canaan

AN AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE

June 2017 - IN 2016, I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to volunteer with Heart for Africa at Project Canaan. This faith-based, non-profit public charity is developing a place of hope in Swaziland, Africa called Project Canaan. Project Canaan,…