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Cropside: What’s infecting soybeans?

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

September 2014 - PHOMOPSIS SEED MOULD is Ontario’s most important soybean seed disease. It is most problematic when the weather conditions at harvest are warm and wet causing delays in harvest. The fungus overwinters in seed and crop…
Future of Grain

September 2014 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION The Most Profitable Acre Challenge Ontario corn and soybean farmers are invited to enter The Most Profitable Acre Challenge, a contest that tests business savvy, celebrates…
Spring versus fall strip tillage

September 2014 - A CORN GROWER’S ADVANTAGE IN ONTARIO, STRIP tillage had its origins mainly as a fall practice, but that is slowly changing. Those who have switched from fall to spring have cited a number of advantages,…
In the news

September 2014 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Cribit Seeds hosts 25th anniversary celebrations In July, Cribit Seeds celebrated its 25th anniversary alongside the Waterloo Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s (WSCIA) first anniversary by hosting an open house. Nearly…
Business side: Measuring instincts

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

September 2014 - WHAT IS THE KOLBE SYSTEMTM? Kolbe Corp is a publishing and consulting company that provides materials to help people identify their instinctive talents. I am a Kolbe Certified™ Consultant which means that I am trained…
GFO Newsletter for September 2014

September 2014 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Grain Farmers of Ontario’s 2014 Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 9 at Craigowan Golf Club in Woodstock. The…
Palmer Amaranth

September 2014 - A GROWING THREAT IN THE U.S. CORN BELT FARMERS IN THE U.S. Corn Belt are facing a growing wave of glyphosate resistant weeds, including Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), an alarming import from the desert Southwest.…
Similar but not the same

September 2014 - IDENTIFYING WEEDS WHEN IT COMES to scouting fields, weed technician Dave Bilyea says misidentifying a weed is a missed opportunity. It’s a message the researcher at the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus often delivers to…
Tragedy results in education

September 2014 - LOCKIE FARMS HOSTS GRAIN SAFETY DAY A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY in one family prompted an education day for farmers, grain elevator operators, and anyone working with or storing grain. In July, Lockie Farms Grain Elevator in…
Proper grain storage

September 2014 - A COMPONENT OF FARM SAFETY “HOW MANY OF you have been in a bin and walked on grain?” asks Dr. Carol Jones. She raises her hand as she looks around the chair-filled equipment shed at…