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Understanding precision agriculture

THE CHALLENGES OF ON-FARM PRECISION AG RESEARCH

August 2017 - YOU CAN BUY the equipment and software, bring on a consultant and start banking yield data, but what can you do once you’re up and running to ensure you’re getting useful information from your on-farm precision ag…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 29: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

August 2017 - SHORT TERM AND INTERMEDIATE TERM TRENDS THIS LESSON WE will look at intermediate term trend (ITT) and short term trends (STT) and how to trade them. Once we have established the primary or long term…
Leading the soy industry

2018 ASA DUPONT YOUNG LEADER APPLICANTS WANTED

August 2017 - SOYBEAN PRODUCERS LOOKING for an opportunity to develop their leadership ability, better their communication skills, and shape the future direction of the soybean industry are encouraged to apply for the 2018 American Soybean Association (ASA)…
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…