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Cropside: A neighbourhood plan

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

January 2018 - WHEN IT COSTS more to apply manure to high fertility fields than the manure is worth, a neighbourhood nutrient management plan may be an economical alternative. The cost of handling manure is associated with the…
Profit hunting closer to home

THE POWER OF LOCAL MARKETS

January 2018 - ONE OF THE most valuable lessons Ontario grain farmers might take away from marketing grain in 2017 is not to underestimate the influence of local markets. This was where some marketers found some of their…
The managed money effect

HOW IT'S INFLUENCING YOUR GRAIN PRICES

January 2018 - GRAIN FUTURES ARE and always will be affected by outside investments such as managed money funds. With the sheer size of the portfolios managed money funds carry, they have the ability to swing a big…
Uncertainty

U.S. AGRICULTURE IN 2018

January 2018 - A NEW PRESIDENTIAL administration always means adjustments for U.S. agriculture, but the first year of the Trump presidency has been uniquely unsettling. The resulting uncertainty may produce exceptional challenges in 2018 affecting infrastructure, trade, and…
Managing phosphorus loss

ARE COVER CROPS A SOLUTION?

December 2017 - THE RE-OCCURRENCE OF harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie has once again raised questions around how we manage phosphorus (P) on farmland and ways to control or limit the sources of P entering surface…
GFO Newsletter for December 2017

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

December 2017 - SPECIALTY CRUSH FACILITY Over the past several months work has been conducted on a feasibility study looking at the opportunities available for the development of a small scale soybean processing facility in Ontario. With soybean…
Inter-seeding cover crops in corn

ESTABLISHING AGRONOMIC BENEFITS

December 2017 - THERE HAS BEEN considerable research conducted on the use of cover crops after wheat. The relatively short growing season of wheat makes it the ideal crop in the rotation to include cover crops after harvest.…
Business side: A great farm employer

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

December 2017 - (J.M.) WHAT MAKES A GOOD FARM EMPLOYER? (H.W.) It doesn’t matter what type of business you are hiring employees for, a good employer provides clarity. On the farm, I recommend employers focus on clarity of…
Monitoring groundwater pollution

FOCUS ON NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS

December 2017 - GROUNDWATER IN ONTARIO is considered the most significant source of water for people in rural communities, their crops, and their livestock. And although groundwater is below the surface, it is still prone to pollution. But…
Growing Canada’s food university

December 2017 - A FLURRY OF faculty hiring activity is underway at the University of Guelph, as the institution continues to stake its claim as “Canada’s food university.” The university has cast its recruitment net far and wide.…