Growing for a sweet niche
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SPECIALTY CORN PRODUCTS NEED EXTRA MANAGEMENT CONSUMERS DRIVE DEMAND and are increasingly becoming a driver of how food is produced, too. But with so many steps in the value chain it can be difficult for…
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Research roundup
- FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Improving wheat yield and FHB resistance Kyra Lightburn New cultivar development will improve disease resistance and yield for Ontario wheat producers, say researchers at the University… -
Safety straight talk
REFOCUSING THE CONVERSATION
- HOW DO YOU approach safety on your farm? Each year, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) hosts the Canadian Agriculture Safety Week focusing on a particular aspect of reducing farm-related injuries and death. This year,… -
Rural rejuvenation
SUPPORTING RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH AN EYE TO GROWTH
- WHEN THE FEDERAL budget of 2016 was announced in late March, the focus was on infrastructure spending — a lot of so-called ‘unsexy’ projects that would be funded in order to stimulate the economy. There… -
Cropside: Pre-sidedress nitrate sampling
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- THE PRE-SIDEDRESS NITRATE Test, or PSNT, measures the amount of nitrate-nitrogen in the soil just prior to traditional sidedress time and provides an indication of the soil’s nitrogen (N) supplying potential. The PSNT value may… -
Barley for health
- BARLEY IS HOMEGROWN WITH A HOST OF HEALTH BENEFITS BARLEY HAS BEEN a staple in Ontario and western Canadian agriculture since farmers first started breaking land. As Canada’s fourth largest crop, barley is grown across… -
On track
- IP PRODUCTION OF GMO SOYBEANS IS GROWING INTEREST IS GROWING in the added traceability of genetically modified (GMO) high-quality food grade soybeans. But as with any emerging market, there are complex forces at work and… -
Modern maverick
- EMBRACING NEW TECHNOLOGY WHEN HONG (JENNY) Cui started farming with her father it wasn’t exactly the future she’d had in mind. She had, after all, studied in the United Kingdom to be a chartered accountant.… -
GFO Newsletter for June/July 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
- 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…