Soil Compaction
-
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…
Posts
-
-
N application in corn
- RESEARCHING PRECISION AGRICULTURE STRATEGIES WHAT’S THE BEST stage to apply nitrogen (N) in corn? What’s the right amount of N to apply? Can variable rate nutrient application increase corn yields? Ontario corn growers would like… -
One Ontario?
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
- AS YOU ARE aware, Ontario now has a new government with a full mandate. Kathleen Wynne and her Ontario Liberal Party won a majority in the June 12 election, with the vast majority of their 58… -
Web Special
Milling education cultural experience for all
- Program participants learn more than technique WHEN SAUDI ARABIA sends milling staff to Winnipeg for intensive training, business starts to mix with culture for everyone involved. PHOTO: AHMED HUSSEIN ALHARTOMY(LEFT) AND MESHARI MULFI ALSHAMMARI (RIGHT)… -
Web Special
Grain farming featured on 2014 food writer tour
- 70 WRITERS VISIT THE BURNETT FARM NEAR ORANGEVILLE SINCE 2005, FARM & FOOD CARE Ontario has organized 22 food writer/media tours for approximately 400 participants in the Toronto and Ottawa areas. Participants have included journalists for media outlets… -
Web Special
Research highlights – UPDATE
- ENHANCING WINTER WHEAT PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY In 2013, Dr. Lily Tamburic-Ilincic, Research Scientist at the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, completed her research project to enhance hard red winter wheat performance and quality by host… -
Making her mark
- RESEARCHER DEVELOPS NEW WHEAT VARIETY A NEW SOFT red winter wheat variety could help growers with their battle against Fusarium. Known as Marker (UGRC C5-116), performance trials have shown it offers the best Fusarium resistance… -
Cropside: Fusarium nozzles!
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- FUSARIUM WAS A nightmare for many wheat growers in 2013. Even with 80% of the crop having a Fusarium fungicide applied, many of us had feed or sample wheat. At almost every winter meeting, someone… -
GMO labelling
- THE AMERICAN DEBATE TWENTY YEARS AFTER the approval of Roundup Ready soybeans, 90 percent of US corn acres and 93 percent of soybean acres rely on genetically modified (GM) seed, and the Grocery Manufacturers of… -
Future of Grain
- HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION New guide available for scouting Pythium root rot in soybean Producing high soybean yields begins with establishing an even stand of vigorous plants. Studies have been…
Recommended:
Weed control tips
FALL MANAGEMENT
-
Many farmers have witnessed the value of applying herbicides in the fall for the management of winter annual and biennial/perennial weeds (Figure 1). Often, they will see both a reduction in density and a delay…
From the CEO’s desk – February 2026
From the CEO's desk
-
The increasingly complex world of food production requires broad participation from all parts of the value chain in research and innovation. Ontario farmers’ partnerships with government, universities, and industry are the foundation for innovative, competitive,…