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Goodbye Mr. Murray

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

October 2017 - THEY SAY GOOD news travels fast. When Glen Murray, the now former Ontario minister of environment and climate change, announced his resignation from Cabinet and the legislature this summer it came as a surprise to…
Understanding precision agriculture

SUSTAINABLE FARMING CONTRIBUTIONS

October 2017 - SUSTAINABILITY IS BECOMING an important selling point, not only with a socially-conscious public, but with a growing number of end-users around the world. Take Unilever, for example, and their pledge to source 100 per cent…
Web Special

World wheat outlook

SURPLUS AND SHORTAGE

September 2017 - WORLD WHEAT PRODUCTION topped 754 million metric tons and the world wheat supply neared 980 million tons in August estimates. Economists had raised their projections for the former Soviet Union by 8.6 million tons. With…
The Port of Johnstown

A CRUCIAL LINK FOR EASTERN ONTARIO FARMERS

September 2017 - AS THE HARVEST season moves into high gear, the Port of Johnstown is already bustling with activity — receiving mega-tonnes of grain and sending it down the St. Lawrence Seaway, just as it has done…
Preparing for harvest

MITIGATING CHALLENGES

September 2017 - HARVEST IS JUST around the corner and with it comes long days of stress and fatigue. The easiest way to mitigate that stress is by preparing as much as possible ahead of time. Ontario grain…
Cropside: Dicamba application

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

September 2017 - CIRCUMSTANCES APPLICATORS CAN AND CANNOT CONTROL At the time of this article, social media and farm reporting is solidly focussed on the Southern U.S. as they weather an unprecedented number of dicamba-related off-target pesticide incidents.…
GFO Newsletter for September 2017

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

September 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…
Grain safety

THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR PREVENTION AND PROTECTION

September 2017 - IN AGRICULTURE, THERE are six to seven times more safety incidents than in the general public. Often in agriculture the family, home, and workplace are one place, which can create a laid back attitude around…
Soil Health Interpretive Centre

UNEARTHING THE SECRETS TO SOIL HEALTH

September 2017 - SOILS ARE LIVING ecosystems. And like any living thing, soils need a supply of organic matter to thrive. This message is at the heart of the University of Guelph’s Soil Health Interpretive Centre (SHIC), located…
Understanding precision agriculture

ARE YOU AND YOUR EQUIPMENT IN SYNC?

September 2017 - YOU CAN’T MANAGE what you don’t measure. The more accurate, useful yield data a grower can collect from their precision equipment each season, the better equipped they will be to make more informed management decisions…