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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…
N application in corn

August 2014 - 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

August 2014 - 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

July 2014 - 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)…