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Compromise

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

April 2015 - A COMPROMISE IS defined as the settlement of differences reached by each side making concessions. This is an important definition to remember when you are trying to resolve a sensitive issue that is heightened by…
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2015 ASA DuPont Young Leader Program

March 2015 - STRONG ADVOCATES FOR AGRICULTURE WEB SPECIAL GLENCOE FARMER DAVE McEachren was selected to represent Canadian soybean growers in the 2015 American Soybean Association (ASA) DuPont Young Leader Program. He provided us with a first-hand account…
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Farm safety

March 2015 - EDUCATION AND AWARENESS Canadian Agricultural Safety Week Be a safety champion The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) are encouraging all Canadians to become farm safety champions as a…
Future of grain

March 2015 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Bees Matter Grain Farmers of Ontario has joined other farm organizations and agricultural industry members in support of an initiative called ‘Bees Matter’. The goal of…
A costly lesson

March 2015 - LEASING LAND IT’S THE MIDDLE of November 2014. At the edge of a soybean field on the outskirts of Temiskaming Shores, a wood post has just been hammered into the ground. On it is nailed…
Research roundup

March 2015 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Select the best control for volunteer Enlist corn Kyra Lightburn Not all herbicides are equal when it comes to controlling volunteer Enlist herbicide-resistant corn, according to…
Crop rotation pays off

March 2015 - IOWA RESEARCH CONFIRMS NET RETURNS A TEN-YEAR FIELD study in central Iowa shows three- and four-year crop rotations achieving better net returns per acre than a two-year corn-soybean rotation, according to Dr. Matt Liebman, an…
Soil improvement

March 2015 - RECOMMENATIONS FROM RESEARCHERS HOW TO RAMP-UP soil health and maintain good ground has been the focus of field studies for several years. Researchers are revisiting basic soil health concepts and reminding producers of their importance…
Cropside: And the survey says!

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

March 2015 - CORN LEAF DISEASES occur every year across the province. A survey conducted in 2014 by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Ottawa and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs found northern corn leaf…
Keeping weeds in the dark

March 2015 - UTILIZING COVER CROPS SEEING EVEN THE tiniest sliver of sunlight is all most weed seeds need to germinate — but if they sense that there is a thick plant canopy above them, they won’t emerge.…