Certified pre-owned
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JOHN DEERE ANNOUNCES NEW EQUIPMENT PROGRAM AT THIS VERY moment, beneath a broken- down piece of equipment, there is a farmer dreaming of buying new. But fresh-off-the- line equipment is not for everyone, so John…
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Harvest weed management
- HARRINGTON SEED DESTRUCTOR IT IS COMMON practice for Ontario grain farmers to utilize herbicides to control weed populations in their fields. But as each year passes, common weeds are showing resistance to popular herbicides. This… -
GFO Newsletter for November 2014
- GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO ONTARIO PROVINCIAL PREMISES REGISTRY Established in 2008, the Provincial Premises Registry (PPR) registers unique parcels of land in Ontario associated with agri-food activities. Being able to… -
In the news
- NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Farm Invention Challenge Tinkering, mending, dabbling, modifying, revolutionizing – whatever it is that you do in your workshop, barn, or out in the field, now is your chance for your fix-it… -
Responsible use of neonicotinoids
- RESEARCH TO PROTECT POLLINATORS GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO has received approval for matching funding through Growing Forward 2 for a research project on risks associated with soil pests and strategies to reduce losses of neonicotinoid… -
Protection and performance
- PILOT PROJECT TESTS IMPACT OF PLANTER DEFLECTORS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, such as Europe, dust deflectors installed on air planters have been shown to reduce the amount of off-field dust generated during the planting of neonicotinoid… -
Market side: Futures trading basics
LESSON 2: WHAT IS A FUTURES CONTRACT?
- 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. FOR THE PURPOSE of this lesson, we will… -
Field forecasting
- A LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY THROUGH WEATHER INNOVATIONS MANAGING HIS CLIENTS’ 300,000 acres is no small feat, but certified crop advisor Dale Cowan of AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. does just that. He admits, though, that he wouldn’t… -
Future of Grain
- HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION AFS ConnectTM by Case IH Case IH’s new AFS ConnectTM system uses telematics technology (a combination of global positioning system and cellular) to keep producers up to… -
Sorting through the data
- JOHN DEERE OPERATIONS CENTER IT SEEMS THERE is no end to the amount of data that is being generated on farms through the use of advanced machinery, precision agriculture tools, and GPS systems. The question…