2015 Faces of Farming calendar
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MIDDLESEX GRAIN FARMER IS ‘OCTOBER’ WHEN YOU COMPARE her to the age of the average farmer in Ontario, Krista Patterson is decades younger, but she already has a wealth of experience under her belt. Krista…
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Media attention
- POSITIVE RESPONSE TO OTTAWA TOUR FARM &?FOOD Care Ontario partnered with Foodland Ontario and Grain Farmers of Ontario to host another successful food writers’ tour this past October. Fifty Ottawa-area journalists, authors, culinary instructors, chefs,… -
Future of grain
- HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION AGCO upgrades Minnesota facility AGCO Corporation is in the midst of a multi- year, $42 million upgrade and expansion to its engineering and manufacturing facility in Jackson,… -
Innovation in agriculture
- PERCEPTION IS NOT REALITY THERE ARE A lot of misconceptions about Canadian agriculture. According to a 2013 study from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadians think that agriculture lacks innovation, is shrinking, unsustainable, potentially environmentally… -
Cropside: Aerial or broadcast?
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- FALL 2014: THERE was no doubt that wheat seeding would be late. What about aerial seeding or broadcasting wheat into standing soybeans? After all, this had been done in the past and there were some… -
The white mould problem
- ANALYZING 2014’S YIELD ISSUES WHITE MOULD IS among the many plant disease problems foisted on Ontario farmers in wet, cool years. In 2014, soybean producers experienced more than their share of the disease, cutting yields… -
Weight and dimension guidelines
- UNDERSTANDING ONTARIO’S NEW VEHICLE REGULATIONS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2010, Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation introduced a four-phase overhaul of the vehicle weight and dimensions regulations. The changes, now included in the amended Ontario Regulation 413/05 of… -
Technology yields results
- 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
- 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
- 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…