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Understanding precision agriculture

STARTING TO MAP YIELD AND ELEVATION DATA

November 2016 - EVERY SINGLE FIELD has its own story to tell. And this story can be about the highly productive, organic matter-rich areas that supply high yields — and the droughty knolls that perform poorly every season.…
Knowledge transfer

November 2016 - CREATING A RESEARCH DATABASE EVERY YEAR, GRAIN Farmers of Ontario invests nearly $2 million in research. This investment is targeted towards four priority areas — agronomy and production, weeds, diseases, and insect pests, breeding and…
Cropside: Corn hybrid selection

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

November 2016 - ONTARIO CORN YIELDS have increased approximately 2.3 bushels per acre per year over the past 30 years. As yields increase over time, staying current with new and competitive yielding hybrids is among the most important…
Soil technology

November 2016 - IDENTIFYING MICROBES WITH DNA BARCODING AT CANADA’S OUTDOOR Farm Show, one can’t help but notice machinery getting bigger each year. But when it comes to new technology in the agriculture industry, the biggest developments are…
Regulatory changes and impacts

ONTARIO'S NEONICOTINOID RESTRICTIONS

November 2016 - IN SEPTEMBER, A private members bill to change parts of the Pesticides Act (ON Reg. 63/09) was tabled by Conservative MPP Lisa Thompson (Huron-Bruce) in the Ontario legislature. Bill 4, known as the Supporting Agricultural…
Managing residue for best results

November 2016 - THE ART OF TILLAGE STRONGER, TOUGHER HYBRIDS don’t only mean more productive, higher-yielding crops — they also mean an increase in residue left post-harvest that growers need to manage. PHOTO: FARMERS PARTICIPATE IN A RESIDUE…
Advancing seed technology

SYNGENTA CANADA'S SEEDCARE INSTITUTE

November 2016 - “A CANADIAN MADE solution” was the theme of Syngenta Canada Inc.’s Seedcare Institute grand opening at the Honeywood research facility in Plattsville, Ontario in mid-September. This opening marks the first Canadian Seedcare Institute that joins…
The “future” of glyphosate

POTENTIAL RESTRICTION AFFECTS EU FARMERS

November 2016 - AS OF AUGUST 22, 2016, new restrictions around the use of glyphosate came into force in the European Union (EU). The restrictions came on the tail of two months worth of failed talks where a…
GFO Newsletter for November 2016

November 2016 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO CELEBRATING 30 YEARS Brenda Miller-Sanford, Project Manager IN SEPTEMBER, BRENDA Miller-Sanford celebrated 30 years with Grain Farmers of Ontario, having started her career with one of…
Proper herbicide application

November 2016 - LESSONS AND GUIDELINES MONSANTO’S DICAMBA-TOLERANT soybeans, marketed under the trade name Roundup Ready 2 Xtend, are at the center of a dispute over damaged bean fields in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Monsanto launched commercial…