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Gluten-free oats

BIG DEMAND AND PREMIUM PRICES

October 2017 - A NEW POTENTIALLY profitable gluten-free oat industry in Northern Ontario could be a reality soon. “All the crops we’re looking at growing will go into high quality, gluten-free, allergen-free foods,” says Jamie Draves, president and…
Exporting grain with a stronger dollar

DEMAND OVERCOMING CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS

October 2017 - A STRONG CANADIAN dollar relative to its American counterpart is no friend to Ontario grain farmers in many ways. But experts are not nearly as dismayed by the impact of a soaring loonie on grain…
Belt and Road Initiative

CHINA`S DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

October 2017 - CHINA`S BELT AND Road Initiative is a development strategy with a focus on connecting Eurasian countries through a land-based road as well as a maritime route. The ‘belt’ is the Silk Road Economic Belt and…
New nutrient management association

ONTARIO PROFESSIONAL AGRI-CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

October 2017 - ON SEPTEMBER 13, the Ontario Professional Agri Contractors Association (OPACA) held its first AGM. It is hoped that the existence of the OPACA will herald in a new era where custom farming businesses will have…
Sustainable solutions

COVER CROPPING

October 2017 - GOING BACK TO the 1900s, cover cropping was a management practice that was widely used in agriculture. It provided a primary means for weed control and was a way to introduce nitrogen into the cropping…
G3 at Port of Hamilton

NEW GRAIN HANDLING FACILITY

October 2017 - AT PIER 26 on Eastport Boulevard in the Port of Hamilton sits G3’s newest 50,000 metric tonne grain handling facility. In the planning stages for a number of years, the facility was completed in April…
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…