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Canadian wheat in Asian food

October 2015 - OVERSEAS AGREEMENTS AND DOMESTIC INNOVATIONS THERE WAS A lot of media focus on agreements developing in the Pacific Rim this summer but some got less publicity than others and the greatest developments for Ontario growers…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 11: CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

October 2015 - 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. FUTURES CONTRACTS HAVE a few things in common…
Export market update

October 2015 - NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL PERSPECTIVES GRAINS AND OILSEEDS exports are doing well for Ontario and Canadian farmers, and markets are continuing to grow. In general, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) predicts that abundant world grain supplies…
Business side: Farm Management Programs

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

October 2015 - (R.H.) WHAT IS THE ADVANCED FARM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (AFMP)? (R. K.) The program is an intensive five session course focused on the management skills required to lead a farm business. It is considered a next…
U.S. ethanol exports

October 2015 - PRODUCTION INCREASES AS THE U.S. domestic market faces limits on its capacity to absorb more ethanol, the export market is gaining importance, and an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to scale back blending requirements could create…
Atlantic Biodiesel

October 2015 - A POTENTIAL FUTURE FOR ONTARIO SOYBEANS NEW OWNERSHIP AND new management have saved a large-scale biodiesel facility in Welland, Ontario. After turning the lights back on in February, Atlantic Biodiesel established new supplier relationships and…
In the news

October 2015 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Seed and pesticide bag collection program expanding province wide Starting in 2016, farmers in all regions of the province will have access to a permanent seed and pesticide bag collection program…
Rheault Distillery

October 2015 - PRODUCING VODKA FROM NORTHERN ONTARIO WHEAT MANY HARD RED spring wheat buyers clamour for Ontario’s protein-rich Grade #1 — but not artisan spirits distiller Marcel Rheault. PHOTO: THE RHEAULT DISTILLERY ALPHA-VODKA IS DISTILLED FOUR TIMES…
Growing in Ontario

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

October 2015 - ONTARIO AGRICULTURE IS unique — we’re not Western Canada. That might seem like an obvious statement to an Ontario farmer, but it’s a message worth delivering, and repeating, to those seeking election in this month’s…
The St. Lawrence Seaway

September 2015 - INVESTMENTS AND CHANGING REGULATIONS SINCE 1679, COMMERCIAL ships have plied the waters of the St. Lawrence moving goods from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Today, 165 million metric tonnes (MT) of cargo is shipped…