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How cold is too cold?

March 2014 - THE SURVIVAL OF WINTER WHEAT COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS the United States have left many American farmers wondering if their winter wheat crop will make it through the season. Estimates from early 2014 were already predicting…
Top 10 corn tips for 2014

March 2014 - IDEAS FOR GROWTH HERE ARE MY top tips for 2014. Number one has the most data and research support, as we move towards Number 10 the data gets thinner and the ideas still need to…
GFO Newsletter for March 2014

March 2014 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO GRAINS ENROUTE Grain Farmers of Ontario has developed a biofuels ad campaign to run at select ONRoute locations along Ontario’s major highways. The goal is to…
Organic crops

March 2014 - AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY A MICHIGAN STATE University educator says his research shows organic farming is full of opportunity and optimism. Dan Rossman, Senior Extension Educator and Product Center Counselor with Michigan State University, talked about…
Research roundup

March 2014 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Light quality illuminates the importance of early season weed control Brittany Hall Light quality – not just quantity – is being altered in farmers’ fields because…
US Clean Water Act

March 2014 - THE IMPACT ON FARMERS THE UNITED STATES’ Clean Water Act (CWA) involves a bewildering array of acronyms for programs that can affect US farm practices in general and, because of its high nitrogen needs, corn…
Partnering for the environment

March 2014 - DISCOVERY FARMS’ COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH MODEL PROTECTING THE FUTURE of both the environment and production agriculture is a challenge proudly accepted by the Wisconsin agricultural community. By strategically working together, farmers and researchers built a program…
Business side: Fraud prevention

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

March 2014 - DO FARMERS REALLY NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD? No matter the type of business, the risk of fraud is always present. While you cannot predict why or when your organization may become a target,…
In the news

March 2014 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER DuPont Pioneer 2013 Ontario Corn Yield Challenge winners DuPont Pioneer has announced the winners of its fourth annual Ontario Corn Yield Challenge (OCYC). The 11 seed growers with top-performing Pioneer® brand…
No-till update

March 2014 - TO GET THE BENEFITS, THERE’S NO GOING BACK HAVE YOU JOINED the growing number of farmers across Ontario who no-till all of their crops? “As you’ve likely heard before, no-till farmers realize greater benefits compared…