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Advancing wheat research

August 2015 - UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH LEVERAGES RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS IT’S BEEN JUST over a year since Dr. Ali Navabi was selected for the Grain Farmers of Ontario professorship in wheat breeding in the Department of Plant Agriculture at…
Disease risk prevention from the field

August 2015 - ANIMAL BIOSECURITY MEASURES IMPACT GRAIN FARMERS THE INCREASING SPREAD of infectious on-farm diseases means biosecurity has never been more essential. Biosecurity has become an important management focus on livestock and poultry farms, and the potential…
Soybean disease management

August 2015 - NEW FIELD GUIDES AVAILABLE THE CROP PROTECTION Network (CPN) has developed a series of Soybean Disease Management publications to educate growers in the U.S. and Canada about how to combat emerging disease problems in their…
Cropside: The finish line is near!

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

August 2015 - IT IS THAT time of year when late season soybean diseases develop, and although they do occur at other times of the season, they are most apparent when the soybean crop enters the final reproductive…
Frosted corn and soybeans

CROP LOSS AND RECOVERY

August 2015 - SPRING 2015 STARTED off well with little rain and warm temperatures that allowed farmers to get seeds into the ground relatively early and many crops grew quickly. However, this soon changed when temperatures dipped to…
Representation for barley and oats

August 2015 - PRODUCERS WELCOMED TO GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO BARLEY AND OAT producers now have official representation in Ontario. As of July 1, 2015, they have been added to the mandate of Grain Farmers of Ontario. “We…
The federal election

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

August 2015 - ONTARIO HAS A major impact on which party will form the federal government for the next four years. That means every vote will count during the election scheduled for this October. I encourage all of…
Web Special

Managing disease in a wet climate

July 2015 - How farmers in Scotland succeed IN ONTARIO, SOME people blame climate change for what seems to be the ceaseless rain and cool temperatures plaguing farmers here the past few growing seasons. It’s rare for a…
New neonicotinoid regulations

June 2015 - NEW REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2015 NEW REGULATIONS RESTRICTING the sale and use of neonicotinoid treated corn and soybean seeds in Ontario were passed Tuesday, June 9. They come into effect July 1, 2015. Grain…
Web Special

Avian flu raises questions about feed demand

June 2015 - CHALLENGES FACING U.S. FARMERS SINCE MID-DECEMBER, the outbreak of H5N2 avian flu has spread to 15 U.S. states and more than 40 million birds have died or been culled in efforts to halt the disease’s…