Preventing herbicide injury
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FIVE MISTAKES TO AVOID WITH SOYBEANS HERBICIDES ARE GREAT tools for growers, but when used incorrectly there is always the risk that they will not work at all — or worse, that they will injure…
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Controlling giant ragweed
- CORN AND SOYBEAN PRODUCTION PRACTICES WHY IS THE prevalence of Giant ragweed in soybeans higher than it ever has been in Ontario? That has been the research focus of Dr. Eric Page, a scientist with… -
GFO Newsletter for March 2015
- GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Visit the Grain Farmers of Ontario booth at these events London Farm Show – March 4,5,6; The Agriplex, booth 728X. Ottawa Valley Farm Show – March… -
Western bean cutworm and mycotoxins
- THE POTENTIAL LINK A GROWING CONCERN for corn producers in Ontario is the increasing infestation of western bean cutworms (WBC). Their numbers have been gradually rising and the insect has been spreading across the province… -
Business side: Financial ratios
CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS
- (R.H.) HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE BE ANALYZED? (B.R.) The process of completing year-end reporting should not stop once the annual financial statements are finalized with an accountant. Good statements — including a balance… -
Sprout resistant wheat
- THE RIGHT GENES WITH A FULLY sequenced wheat genome still another two years away, wheat breeders don’t yet have a full picture of all the genomes they are dealing with — and until recently, the… -
The waiting game
- WINTER WHEAT 2015 WINTER WHEAT PRODUCERS who dealt with the effects of last winter’s thaw-and- freeze challenges are finding a new set of problems to worry about for 2015’s crop. The late harvest of soybean… -
In the news
- NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Faces of Farming calendar contest Farm & Food Care Ontario is holding its annual Faces of Farming calendar contest. The calendar features the stories of farmers and farm families from all… -
Understanding precision agriculture.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTI-YEAR YIELD DATA
- THIS ARTICLE IS the second 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… -
Market side: Futures trading basics
LESSON 6: THE LONG HEDGE
- 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. TO MANY EQUITY investors, the futures markets are…