Marketing wheat
DECISIONS AND STRATEGIES
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ONE OF THE more significant market influencers in the Ontario wheat business is that 2016’s big crop is going to leave a large carry out of old crop wheat inventory as we move into the…
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2015-2016 market review
ALL ABOUT THE BASIS
- WHEN LOOKING BACK at the last marketing year for corn, soybean, and wheat crops, the predictions for large grain supplies to weigh heavily on the markets were realized. But it could have been worse for… -
Business side: Negotiating on the farm
CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS
- (J.M) WHAT ARE NEGOTIATION SKILLS? (M.M.) Negotiations skills are really just effective communications skills. Negotiations are a process where two parties communicate their needs and interests, listen to each other, and try to agree on… -
Global economic factors
WHAT'S AFFECTING YOUR BOTTOM LINE?
- THE RAPIDLY CHANGING peaks and valleys of commodity markets can be difficult to navigate at the best of times. Throw global economic factors (or macro markets) into the mix and analyzing grain markets can appear… -
Another voice
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
- GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO strives to have elected representatives who are reflective of our farmer-membership. We’ve made progress, but we still have work to do. Through our Grains in Action program (which takes place every… -
New alternative?
- AN INSECTICIDE SEED TREATMENT OPTION A NEW INSECTICIDE seed treatment made by DuPont will be used on the vast majority of corn sold by Pioneer in Ontario next season, according to Russ Barker, a Pioneer… -
Viney weeds
FOUR SPECIES YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT
- SCOUTING IN-AND-around your fields is the first defence to protecting them from viney weeds. “Wild buckwheat, field bindweed, tufted vetch, and bur cucumber are definitely weeds that occur in Ontario grain fields,” says Dave Bilyea,… -
Cropside: Sulphur deficiency
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- SULPHUR (S) DEFICIENCY was very prevalent in winter wheat this past spring, including fields with a history of manure applications (Photo 1). The deficiency seen in many fields may have resulted from a cooler than… -
Understanding precision agriculture
DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR DATA
- “I’VE BEEN COLLECTING all of this yield data from my combine… now what do I do with it?” It’s a question Dr. Mike Duncan hears often. But it’s one that he and his research team… -
Business management pays
- STUDY SHOWS HIGHER INCOME AND PROFITABILITY A GROUND-BREAKING study, funded by Growing Forward 2, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative, has identified the top seven habits of Canada’s best farmers. And for the first time, a direct link…