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Technology yields results

December 2014 - A LOOK AT PRECISION PLANTING’S NEW TOOLS PRECISION PLANTING IS perhaps best known for their 20/20 SeedSense planting monitors, but the Tremont, Illinois-based agricultural technology company also produces a full line of mechanical planting equipment.…
Research roundup

December 2014 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH A bottom-up approach to dealing with drought Mallory Kohn The Sand Plains region in Ontario is one of the most productive areas for corn. But because of…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 3: EXCHANGES AND CLEARING HOUSES

December 2014 - 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 AND options are traded in what…
Commodity outlook

December 2014 - THE U.S. PERSPECTIVE ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETS REPRESENTING CORN, SOYBEANS, and wheat, analysts from three American non-profit market development organizations offer their thoughts on what the coming year may offer. KURT SHULTZ U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL DIRECTOR…
In the news

December 2014 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Ridgetown Alumni Mentorship Program This fall, the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus is offering a pilot Student Mentorship Program. This new program will see sixteen alumni mentors matched with sixteen students…
GFO Newsletter for December 2014

December 2014 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO THANK A GRAIN FARM FAMILY During the month of October, Grain Farmers of Ontario held its third Thank a Grain Farm Family contest. The contest was…
Business side: Structure matters

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

December 2014 - (R.H.) WHAT BUSINESS STRUCTURE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO FARMERS? (C.F.) There are three main types of businesses structures — sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation. Sole proprietorships can be thought of as an extension of oneself…
Wetland restoration

December 2014 - THE FARMER’S ROLE KEN ROSIN HASN’T actively farmed for years, but at 73 years of age he still can’t bring himself to let go of farming completely. The 230 acre farm he owns in Amaranth…
A new use for residue

December 2014 - HARVESTING CORN STOVER FOR BIOFUEL THERE ARE A multitude of uses for corn as an ingredient in a wide variety of foods and household products, livestock feed, and fuel. Much of the time, however, only…
Roots not iron

December 2014 - PUTTING SOIL HEALTH FIRST AT 42 YEARS of age, it’s hard to believe that Blake Vince has never touched a mouldboard plow in his life. But he hasn’t. His farming philosophy, as he puts it,…