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Business side: Tools for new farmers

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

November 2015 - (R.H.) WHAT RESOURCES DOES OMAFRA OFFER NEW FARMERS? (A. D.) The Business Resource Guide for New Farmers is the key resource for this group. Funded under Growing Forward 2 (GF2), it is a resource guide…
Understanding precision agriculture

INTEGRATING SOIL, LANDSCAPE, AND YIELD MAPS

November 2015 - THIS ARTICLE IS the eighth in a series intended to introduce and explain the concept of management zones, to provide a process to define, delineate, and characterize management zones, and to outline the kinds of…
GFO Newsletter for November 2015

November 2015 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO CREATING A STRONGER WORKFORCE Canada’s agriculture and agri-food industry offers high-quality career options with competitive wages, but agriculture employers still find it challenging to attract and…
Field and site specific crop advisories

November 2015 - AN INTEGRATED KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM REAMS OF SCIENTIFIC research are readily available on crop physiology, management, pest biology, agronomy, and soil fertility, but very little of that information has been translated into addressing specific concerns within…
Fuelling your fleet

THE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS OPTION

November 2015 - ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY have increased the availability of alternative fuel sources, such as compressed natural gas, and at a competitive price they are becoming a more attractive option for farmers. Murray Logan, manager of renewable…
3D printing for agriculture

November 2015 - HELPING INNOVATIVE IDEAS TAKE SHAPE PRODUCERS HAVE ALWAYS been known for their inventiveness. If there is a quicker and easier way to complete a task, they will find it — as long as it doesn’t…
In the news

November 2015 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER DuPont Pioneer supports nutrition programs DuPont Pioneer announced the launch of its ‘Full Belly! Full Mind!’ grant program that will provide support to qualified school and community-based breakfast and nutrition programs…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 12: CALCULATING CONTRACT VALUES

November 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. THIS MONTH WE will cover a simple calculation…
New equipment spotlight

November 2015 - LATEST FIELD OFFERINGS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER and fall, equipment manufacturers launched their latest offerings at farm shows and special events across North America. For grain farmers, there are several new tractor, combine, and technology offerings…
Field data

November 2015 - NEW SOIL ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY “IN THE UNITED STATES, when you go to meetings, farmers talk about their farms by their soil types,” explains Greg Kitching, integrated solutions consultant at Premier Equipment in Elmira, ON. Kitching,…