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GFO Newsletter for June/July 2016

June 2016 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO REPRESENTATIVES ATTEND SAI GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN IRELAND Grain Farmers of Ontario District 4 director Dave McEachren and Mike Buttenham, sustainability and environment coordinator, attended the Sustainable…
Busting food myths

June 2016 - TOP TIPS FOR SPOTTING AND DEBUNKING FOOD MYTHS YVETTE D’ENTREMONT, BETTER known as the SciBabe, is a popular science blogger who tackles hoaxes and anti-science fads on the Internet. Last year, her feud with another…
Business side: Conservation authorities

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

June 2016 - A NETWORK OF 36 conservation authorities across the province, Conservation Ontario, is well known in the farm and rural communities for delivering environmental and stewardship cost share programs. The Grand River Conservation Authority’s (GRCA) Louise…
In the news

June 2016 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER New inductees to Ontario’s Ag Hall of Fame The Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame Association will induct five leaders into the Hall of Fame this month. These inductees have demonstrated visionary…
Market moves

June 2016 - GRAIN MARKET WATCHERS WEIGH IN ON GLOBAL TRENDS A BIG BUMP in prospective corn plantings in the U.S., improving transportation routes in South America, a 29-year high in global grain stocks, and the ups and…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 18: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, CHARTING

June 2016 - 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. AS A TECHNICIAN, there are several choices when…
Tariff trouble

June 2016 - CHANGES IN ARGENTINA SHIFT GLOBAL MARKETS ONTARIO’S FARMERS KNOW to keep a watchful eye on our neighbours south of the border for market-impacting events including politics, currency, and weather. But we can’t forget that dealing…
Merging mega-companies

June 2016 - WILL FEWER INPUT SUPPLIERS IMPACT FARMERS? THERE HAS BEEN a great deal of discussion and speculation around recent mergers of chemical giants, like those between ChemChina and Syngenta and Dow and DuPont, and potential mergers,…
Brazil builds up

BRAZIL'S CORN AND SOYBEAN CROPS ARE SOARING

June 2016 - DESPITE A SHRINKING economy, logistical barriers, political upheaval, and uncooperative weather, Brazil is expected to produce a record 100 million tonnes of soybeans and 85 million tonnes of corn in 2015 – 2016. Exports in…
Impact assessment

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

June 2016 - SAYING IT’S BEEN a challenging planting season for grain farmers across the province would be an understatement. I can’t count how many stories we’ve heard across the countryside of farmers struggling with issues with the…