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Evaluating Ontario’s farmland policies

August 2014 - PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR UPCOMING REVIEWS 2015 MARKS A significant year for provincial land policy in Ontario. Three of the key plans that impact farmland are expected to undergo a formal review process, giving farm groups…
In the news

August 2014 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Premier Equipment celebrates new store On Saturday, June 21, a grand opening event was held to celebrate the new Premier Equipment Ltd. Store in Elmira, Ontario. The event drew large crowds…
Business side: Lease financing

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

August 2014 - WHAT FINANCING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE WHEN PURCHASING EQUIPMENT? The traditional train of thought is that when buying equipment, you can either pay cash or utilize loan financing. But farm business owners often have the additional…
GFO Newsletter for August 2014

August 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…
Wanted: pesticide use data

August 2014 - GROWERS ASKED TO COMPLETE CONFIDENTIAL SURVEY IF YOU ARE going to claim it, you have to be able to prove it. That is what Nick Betts, Grain Farmers of Ontario’s market development coordinator for environment…
Launching new technology

August 2014 - PROMOTING THE BASICS MONSANTO CANADA IS gearing up for the launch of its Roundup Ready® X-tend Crop System for soybeans. The system, expected to launch in 2016, will consist of Roundup Ready 2 Xtend® soybeans,…
Weed resistance

August 2014 - PAST LESSONS LEADING TO FUTURE SOLUTIONS THE DEVELOPMENT OF glyphosate resistance has created a challenging obstacle for farmers to tackle at all stages of growth across all crops. Each stage of a crop’s development can…
Investment in research

August 2014 - BASF’S OUTLOOK FOR AGRICULTURE CONTINUOUS INNOVATION IS what BASF executives claim is the key to the century of success the company’s Crop Protection division has seen with its inoculants, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. Globally, they…
Making tracks

August 2014 - HANDLING HEAVIER LOADS AND REDUCING SOIL COMPACTION WHILE WHEELED TRACTORS continue to be the vehicle of choice for farmers in North America, tracked tractors have been gaining more of a foothold in the high horsepower…
Soil Compaction

August 2014 - STILL THE NUMBER ONE YIELD KILLER SOIL COMPACTION IS still the number one factor that impacts negatively on crop production. It is the unexpected or unwanted outcome of a series of normal field operations. The…