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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.…
Preventing herbicide injury

March 2015 - 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…
Controlling giant ragweed

March 2015 - 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

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

March 2015 - 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

March 2015 - (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

March 2015 - 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…