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Corn hybrid performance on trial

March 2016 - MEASURING INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT IF YOU KNEW one corn hybrid would respond better to more nitrogen or higher plant populations, would you throw the groceries at it? Would you choose hybrids based on this knowledge? In…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 16: FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS

March 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. WITH REGARD TO using fundamental analysis in your…
World record wheat

March 2016 - HOW A NEW ZEALAND FARMER HITS HUGE YIELDS WHAT DOES IT take to set the world record in wheat production? If you attended the Southwest Ag Conference (SWAC) at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus…
Wireworm 101

March 2016 - HOW AND WHEN TO SCOUT; TIPS FOR MAKING BAIT BALLS ONTARIO’S MAIN CROPS have long been plagued with wireworms, a field crop pest that can live in the soil for up to six years. Sporting…
Get to know us

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

March 2016 - I WAS TRAVELLING across the province to the annual district grain committee meetings when the Environmental Commissioner released comments on coloured diesel. For those who aren’t aware of this issue, in mid-January, Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner,…
Future of grain

February 2016 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Start your engines: a 200,000-acre promise by Lisa McLean, AgInnovation Ontario A California tech company is driving towards a piece of the lucrative motor oil market…
Cropside: Sustaining soil

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

February 2016 - IF THE ORGANIC matter levels of Ontario soils could be somehow magically increased by one percent, the impact would be significant. Beyond healthier soils and increased yields, Ontario farmers would observe better water infiltration and…
Leaf disease hampers corn yield

February 2016 - DISEASE MIX SHIFTS SPUR MANAGEMENT CHANGE IN A FEW short seasons, we’ve seen corn leaf diseases become a bigger part of the high yield management conversation than ever before — and that’s not likely going…
Evaluating late-season N

February 2016 - FIELD TRIALS OF LATE N APPS SHOW PROMISE FARMERS?HAVE?LONG recognized the importance of nitrogen to achieve higher yields, and now, with precision agriculture there are more options to consider when applying this costly and highly…
New food uses for soybean meal

February 2016 - FOOD RESEARCH WILL EXPAND MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES SOYBEANS ARE WELL-KNOWN for their versatility. Whether consumed by people or animals, or used in an industrial setting, the products that can be generated from the soybean are seemingly…