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Market side: Futures trading basics

GRAIN MARKETING LESSONS

October 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. THE MCCORMICK REAPER started a revolution in wheat…
Beyond ethanol

October 2014 - A PROFILE OF GREENFIELD NATURALS FUEL ETHANOL IS an overproduced commodity which keeps prices relatively low. To maintain long-term stability in the fuel ethanol business, GreenField Specialty Alcohols (formerly GreenField Ethanol) is hard at work…
Diversifying the market

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

October 2014 - IT’S NO SECRET that Ontario is not the lowest cost producer of grain; however, we do produce consistent, high quality grain and we are in close proximity to a large market. There is value in that. Ontario…
Leading by example

September 2014 - 2015 ASA DUPONT YOUNG LEADERS A COMMITMENT TO the environment, their community, and agvocacy are just some of the reasons Dave and Rhonda McEachren were selected as the participants for the 2015 American Soybean Association…
The future of Ontario winter wheat

September 2014 - PROFESSORSHIP IN WHEAT BREEDING DR. ALI NAVABI has been on the job for less than six months and his plans to develop new varieties of wheat that will directly benefit farmers are already underway. Navabi…
Grains in Action Summit

September 2014 - HARVESTING GROWTH WITH ALUMNI OVER THE PAST four years, the Grains in Action program has provided valuable opportunities for young farmers across the province to network with one another, make industry contacts, and learn more…
Common ground at IOPD conference

September 2014 - A MEETING OF OILSEED EXPORT COUNTRIES ONCE A YEAR, oilseed exporting countries get together to discuss common concerns and challenges. And while they are export competitors, representatives at the 17th annual International Oilseed Producers Dialogue…
Representation for oat and barley

September 2014 - UPCOMING VOTE AN INTERVIEW WITH Craig Martin, Chair, Oat and Barley Representation Committee. CRAIG, CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE WITH OAT AND BARLEY AS CASH CROPS IN ONTARIO? This year…
Research roundup

September 2014 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Balancing SCN resistance and high isoflavone traits Alexandra Sawatzky If soybean isoflavone levels can be increased without jeopardizing traits for yield and soybean cyst nematode (SCN) resistance,…
Soybean prices

September 2014 - A LOOK AT HISTORIC TRENDS AND TODAY’S FACTORS OTHER THAN A brief price spike in the summer of 2004, soybean prices have held mostly steady for the last several decades. “Between 1974 and 2007, Chicago…