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Trade mission to Japan

June 2014 - STRONG MARKET DEMAND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE Canadian soybean industry are fostering the important trade relationship we have with Japan. A week-long international trade mission to the country earlier this year focused on: further enhancing Canada’s…
Understanding the Chinese market

June 2014 - FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CANADIAN SOYBEANS GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO has partnered with the Ivey Business School at Western University to provide mentorship to an Executive MBA project team to explore market opportunities for Canadian soybean…
GFO Newsletter for June/July 2014

June 2014 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Good in Every Grain Whether in our food, fuel, or furniture, every grain brings a natural and sustainable solution to our everyday lives. From the farmers…
Future of Grain

June 2014 - 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…
Business side: Farm business vision

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

June 2014 - WHY SHOULD FARMERS SEE THEMSELVES AS BUSINESS PEOPLE? For so many years, farm businesses were family businesses and many just considered themselves a family farm. Now that farms are getting so much bigger, so much…
Growth in the west

June 2014 - CORN, SOYBEAN ACRES INCREASING ACROSS THE PRAIRIES HISTORICALLY, WESTERN CANADA has been a major producer of wheat and canola, growing 90 percent of all wheat in Canada and 99 percent of Canada’s canola. The success…
Continuous learning

June 2014 - A PROFILE OF AN AME ALUMNI EXPERIENCE TODAY, DALE AND Carlene Mountjoy successfully manage the family farm with their daughter Holly and her husband Owen Boucher. Together, they cash crop 1,750 acres, run a 35…
Engaging youth in agriculture

June 2014 - THE CHALLENGE IN AFRICA ACCORDING TO THE World Bank, growth in the agricultural sector is absolutely essential to sub-Saharan Africa’s ability to both support its growth and reduce poverty. African nations, though, face diverse challenges,…
One Seed

June 2014 - MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN ZAMBIA AN ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL company is taking the knowledge and skills they provide to local farmers in southwestern Ontario and sharing it with farmers over 12,000 kilometres away in the African…
International Year of Family Farming

June 2014 - ENSURING FUTURE GROWTH A NORTH AMERICAN DIALOGUE WHAT DO YOU consider a family farm? Chances are, you consider your operation a family farm – even if you hire some outside help. In Canada, 97 percent…