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Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 24: TRIANGLE FORMATIONS

January 2017 - This monthly educational series will feature the basic workings of the futures and options markets and how they can be utilized to help farmers with risk management. THIS LESSON WE will discuss the descending triangle…
Marketing wheat

DECISIONS AND STRATEGIES

January 2017 - 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…
2015-2016 market review

ALL ABOUT THE BASIS

January 2017 - 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

January 2017 - (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?

January 2017 - 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

January 2017 - 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?

December 2016 - 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

December 2016 - 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

December 2016 - 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

December 2016 - “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…