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More than stress

FARMERS STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH

August 2017 - FOR MANY FARMERS, recent crop years haven’t been easy ones — and while many will first worry about the impact weather, markets, and regulations may have on their crops and how they can be managed…
Cropside: Scout for diseases now

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

August 2017 - IT IS THAT time of year when late season soybean diseases are most noticeable, and therefore, now is an excellent time to scout for disease problems. Make note of which diseases are present and how…
By the numbers: then and now

WHAT WE LEARN FROM THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

August 2017 - IN THE LATE 1800s, an Ontario farmer planted the fields with oats and wheat, used horses to pull their plows, reapers and mowers, and had more sheep than dairy cows and swine combined. This picture…
4R progress report

MEASURING PROGRAM SUCCESS

August 2017 - IN MID-MAY, Fertilizer Canada released the first-ever 4R Nutrient Stewardship Sustainability Report outlining what is being done by Canadian growers to adopt sustainable farming practices. “Sustainability has always been an integral part of our activities…
Rain delay

EASTERN ONTARIO’S CHALLENGING SPRING

August 2017 - THE EXTENT OF the flooding in eastern Ontario this spring prompted Agricorp to do something it rarely does — extend the spring cereals planting deadline for production insurance. Agricorp senior industry specialist Geoff Smith notes…
Web Special

Update: 2017 ASA DuPont Young Leader

DUPONT YOUNG LEADER PROGRAM

June 2017 - This article is a followup to a previous article that ran in the October 2016 issue of Ontario Grain Farmer, entitled A passion for farming. THE 33RD CLASS of American Soybean Association (ASA) DuPont Young Leaders…
Uncertainty for U.S. agriculture

THE EARLY IMPACT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

June 2017 - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S approach to governing and his administration’s issues agenda are producing even more uncertainty for U.S. agriculture this year than is typical during a change of president. There are indications that agriculture is…
Instagram ambassadors

A GOOD IN EVERY GRAIN PROGRAM

June 2017 - GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO’S newest group of Good Grain Farmers will be taking over the Good In Every Grain Instagram account this year. From April 2 to December 2, one of the Good Grain Farmers…
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…