Optimizing your production system
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A PREVIEW OF YIELDSMART 2016 EVERYONE WANTS HIGH yields and high profits; however, we don’t always achieve that goal. This can be for a number of reasons but typically we blame it on the weather,…
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Niche wheat market development
- A TANGIBLE BENEFIT OF PBR IT’S BEEN LESS than a year since the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act (PBR91) was updated at the end of February 2015. This move, long awaited by Canadian and international seed… -
Research roundup
- FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Researchers discover stress response mechanism in plants Kyra Lightburn Plants aren’t psychic, yet they can sense the presence of weeds even before they are out-competed for… -
Women in agriculture
- LEADERSHIP ON THE FARM IF YOU ATTEND virtually any meeting of any agriculture group, or any conference aimed at primary producers, there is one guarantee — there are a lot of men in the room.… -
Cropside: Pest manager app
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- THE PEST MANAGER app, launched in May 2015, is an identification and treatment tool that can be used to manage weeds, insects, and diseases in your corn, soybeans, or cereals. Pests can be searched by… -
2016 Faces of Farming calendar
- FARMER COMBINES AERONAUTICS WITH AGRICULTURE IT’S BEEN NEARLY 112 years since the Wright brothers successfully completed the world’s first heavier-than-air flight, and almost 113 years since Norm Lamothe’s farm was first cultivated by his wife’s… -
Broadening experiences
- GRAINS IN ACTION INDUSTRY PROGRAM WHEN GRAINS IN Action, Grain Farmers of Ontario’s leadership program, was formed, it was geared towards young farmers who would be taking over their family’s farm, with the intent to… -
Understanding GMO opposition
- EUROPEAN STUDY UNCOVERS A FATAL ATTRACTION DESPITE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE that supports the value and safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), public opposition to them has been, and might always be, strong. Why is that? Scientists… -
Farmland price update
- FACTORS AT PLAY AND THE OUTLOOK FOR 2016 WHILE FARMLAND PRICES increased substantially in 2014, the market cooled this year and that trend is expected to carry into 2016. The ‘Farmland Values Report,’ published by… -
Understanding precision agriculture
PRESCRIPTION MAPS AND VALIDATION
- THIS ARTICLE IS the ninth in a series intended to introduce and explain the concept of management zones and to outline the kinds of data and computer tools used to delineate and characterize management zones …
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Weed control tips
FALL MANAGEMENT
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Many farmers have witnessed the value of applying herbicides in the fall for the management of winter annual and biennial/perennial weeds (Figure 1). Often, they will see both a reduction in density and a delay…
From the CEO’s desk – April/May 2026
From the CEO's desk
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In an uncertain world, reliability matters. Global agriculture is increasingly shaped by geopolitics, supply chain disruptions, and shifting trade policies. In recent years, input costs, particularly fertilizer costs, have been affected by export restrictions, shipping…