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New roles, new faces

BYRNE MOVES ON; PEARSON STEPS UP

September 2024 - IN A MARCH 2024 INTERVIEW WITH ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER, BRENDAN BYRNE, GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 1 (ESSEX), spoke about wrapping up his three-year term as chair of the organization and was asked,…
European Corn Damage in Bt Corn

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

September 2024 - SOME EUROPEAN CORN BORER (ECB) POPULATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA ARE BECOMING LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO BT CORN. This means we need to go back to past practices, including scouting Bt fields for ECB injury and shredding…
Modifications and repairs

‘RIGHT TO REPAIR’ RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

September 2024 - THE RIGHT TO REPAIR MACHINERY LADEN WITH SENSORS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS HAS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME. While advocates say it’s important for farmers to be able to fix their equipment quickly and…
Keep vigilant

SO EVERYONE COMES HOME SAFE

September 2024 - WITH GRAIN HARVEST UNDERWAY ACROSS ONTARIO, NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO REMIND FARMERS TO THINK ABOUT SAFETY PRACTICES. Ryan Dick, health and safety consultant at Workplace Safety and Prevention Service (WSPS), and Andreas Jampen,…
Have you ever considered a giving plan?

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

September 2024 - (J.M.) WHAT IS A GIVING PLAN? (S.G.) Giving back to your community can look different for everyone. A planned approach is one way to incorporate financial, tax, and even estate planning into a person’s charitable…
Leading up to harvest

PREPARATION IS KEY

September 2024 - THE MODERN-DAY REALITY IN AGRICULTURE ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS NO LONGER ONE TIME OF YEAR THAT IS BUSIER THAN ANOTHER. Even winter, long considered the “downtime” for growers, now carries the opportunity for upgrading and learning.…
Summer fades to fall

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

September 2024 - IT’S GO-TIME FOR ONTARIO’S FARMERS – WE’RE NOW INTO THE HOME STRETCH OF THE 2024 CROP SEASON. As summerfades to fall – marked by kids back in school, shorter days, and cooler nights – farmers…
A refugee story

THE CHANGING FACE OF RURAL CANADA

August 2024 - THE TOWN OF ANTIGONISH, NOVA SCOTIA, HAS A HISTORY THAT IS NOT UNLIKE THAT OF OTHER SMALL TOWNS across Canada. With archaeological evidence of Mi’kmaq people dating back more than 9,000 years, the earliest European…
Planting green

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

August 2024 - DOES IT WORK TO PLANT GREEN INTO COVER CROPS FOR CORN? Planting corn directly into a living cover crop before it is killed by herbicide or tillage is not something that would have been considered…
Where do my licence fees go?

GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO’S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

August 2024 - AT ITS JUNE 12, 2024, MEETING, THE GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE LICENCE FEES for grains and oilseeds sold in Ontario in accordance with the Farm Products Marketing Act (Ontario Regulation…