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FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Name your nemesis Which weed makes you see red? What pesky plant can you not get rid of or is spreading faster than you can say…
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Caring for rented land
SHOULD SOIL HEALTH BE A PART OF RENTAL AGREEMENTS
- IN ONTARIO, MORE than four million acres of farmland is rented, leased, or share-cropped, representing 35 per cent of total provincial farmland. This number has been steadily increasing, up from 23 per cent in 1975.… -
A plan for resistant fleabane
- CANADA FLEABANE REQUIRES MULTI-YEAR MANAGEMENT GLYPHOSATE-RESISTANT Canada fleabane first appeared in Ontario in Essex County in 2010. At that time only a few fields were affected. Over a five-year period, however, the number of affected… -
Cropside: Assessing winter wheat
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- THIS YEAR’S WINTER wheat crop got off to a great start thanks to excellent weather conditions last fall which gave many growers the opportunity to get the crop in early. Many fields had excellent stands… -
Save the starter N
- FEW CONDITIONS WARRANT STARTER NITROGEN ON SOYBEANS A LOT OF nitrogen goes into producing a bumper soybean crop but researchers still seem to agree there’s no economic advantage to applying a nitrogen (N) starter in… -
Interseeding cover crops in corn
- PRESERVING CORN YIELD WHILE IMPROVING SOIL ADDING NUTRIENTS, PREVENTING erosion, and increasing microbial activity are just some of the goals when adding cover crops to a rotation. Interseeding cover crops in corn is gaining popularity… -
In the news
- NEWS BITES THAT MATTER China Approves XTend Soybean trait for 2016 After several false starts, Canadian farmers will finally have access to Roundup Ready 2 XTend soybeans for the 2016 planting season, after the much-sought-after… -
GFO Newsletter for April/May 2016
- GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO GROWING ONTARIO CALLS FOR PROVINCIAL SUPPORT FOR ROAD TAX EXEMPTIONGrain Farmers of Ontario is spearheading a new coalition, named Growing Ontario, with the Federation of Northern… -
Diving into drones
- LATEST TECH ADDS INFRARED AND SOIL MAPPING ELEMENT DRONES ARE THE latest hot-ticket high tech item, with the U.S Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) estimating more than a million Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) given as Christmas… -
Business side: Managing stress
CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS
- (R.H.) WHAT IMPACT DOES STRESS HAVE ON OUR BODIES AND MINDS? (S.D.A.) Stress often comes with an experience of tension which leads to frustration and ultimately results in erupting situations with those around us. Visible…