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Better future for subsistence farmers

EMPOWERING NEPALI FARMERS

June 2017 - LIFE AS A subsistence farmer in the remote, mountainous communities of Nepal comes with unique challenges, such as seed shortages, sloped fields, and labour deficits. That’s why University of Guelph researchers have found a way…
The sustainability supply chain

PUTTING THE TERM INTO PRACTICE

June 2017 - OVER THE LAST several years, sustainability has become a word that governments, non-governmental organizations (NGO’s), corporations, and consumers are all using. But what does it mean to be sustainable? The definition of the word greatly varies depending…
Market opportunities in China

INCREASED TRADE POTENTIAL EXAMINED IN NEW REPORT

June 2017 - BOTH THE CANADIAN and Ontario grain industries rely heavily on trade. According to the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA), approximately 65% of Canadian soybeans are exported. According to national estimates 70% of wheat production, 25%…
Agricultural growth

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

June 2017 - IN A RECENT report by the federal Advisory Council on Economic Growth, chaired by Dominic Barton, agriculture was highlighted as one of the industries that are poised for real significant growth and it was identified…
Web Special

Stripe rust samples needed!

NEW RESEARCH UNDERWAY

May 2017 - FOLLOWING THE HIGH severity of stripe rust in wheat fields in southwestern Ontario in 2016, the University of Guelph Wheat Breeding Program is undertaking a new research project to study the distribution of different races of rust diseases, and stripe rust in particular, in Ontario. For this purpose, they require the collection of as many rust samples as possible from across Ontario. Your assistance in collecting samples is very important to this research and is much appreciated.
Web Special

Reducing the impact of high DON levels

PROPER STORAGE KEY

April 2017 - WITH THE HIGHER concentrations of vomitoxin (better known as deoxynivalenol (or DON)) being reported in corn, it is important to understand the effects of storage on DON.
Celebrating plant science

CROPLIFE CANADA'S FOCUS ON CONSUMER OUTREACH

April 2017 - THERE’S A TRICK to selling real, good news in the ‘fake news’ and the ‘if it’s on the internet it must be true’ world we are living in. Not that long ago, it seemed like no one in the agricultural industry could figure out what that trick was.
Understanding precision agriculture

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T?

April 2017 - YOU’VE CRUNCHED THE data, identified your management zones and created nutrient and seed population prescription maps. Now, how can you be sure that you’re actually making a measureable, positive impact on your fields? This, according…
Cropside: Spring cereals planning

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

April 2017 - AS WE GET into the busy planting season and think about our spring cereals, it is important to keep a few things in mind to help get that cereal crop started off right!
Preventing vomitoxin

TIPS FOR A HEALTHY CORN CROP

April 2017 - VOMITOXIN (ALSO KNOWN as deoxynivalenol (DON)) can severely compromise the quality of a corn crop, limiting both its use and value. In 2016, the annual vomitoxin survey to assess the presence of corn ear mould and grain vomitoxin, conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) field crops team, confirmed the concerns being raised by many farmers.