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Plant Breeders’ Rights explained

December 2013 - HOW THEY WORK AND WHY BREEDERS NEED THEM MORE THAN TWO decades after they came to Canada, Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) still remain unclear to some farmers. But PBR are returning to the spotlight, thanks…
Business side: Human Resources

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

December 2013 - WHAT IS A HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND HOW DO I KNOW IF I NEED ONE? A Human Resources Management Plan is a document that a producer would put together to identify both current and…
Rebates and rewards

December 2013 - PRICING PROGRAMS OFFER SAVINGS TO YOUR BOTTOM LINE TODAY’S MARKETPLACE OF competing products can make crop protection purchase decisions a significant planning task. This planning can also include a strategy to qualify for various grower…
Corn ear mould and vomitoxin survey

December 2013 - 2013 RESULTS THE ONTARIO MINISTRY of Agriculture and Ministry of Rural Affairs (OMAF and MRA) Field Crops team completed a survey of the 2013 Ontario corn crop in October to determine ear mould incidence as…
Tracking pesticide use

December 2013 - FARM & FOOD CARE TO CONDUCT PROVINCIAL SURVEY BEGINNING IN DECEMBER, all Ontario field crop, vegetable, fruit and specialty crop farmers are asked to fill out a confidential survey of pesticide use for the Ontario…
GFO Newsletter for December 2013

December 2013 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Public Relations Insert Included with this issue of the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine you will find the Grain Farmers of Ontario Public Relations insert. This insert…
Tillage choice

December 2013 - THOUGHTS FROM A CERTIFIED CROP ADVISOR DO FARMERS HAVE the right to work land the way they want to? That is a question I have asked many groups that I have spoken to in the…
Farm diversity

December 2013 - NEW CROP IDEAS AND OPTIONS FOR MARGINAL LAND USE “DIVERSIFYING CROPS IS important for grain farmers for a number of reasons,” says John Kelly, Vice President of Erie Innovation and Commercialization, an initiative of the…
High tech answer to red tape

December 2013 - A NEW METHOD TO COLLECT KEY CROP DATA STATISTICS CANADA (Stats Can) is seeking to give farmers a break when it comes to collecting data for some of its agricultural surveys. Stats Can and Agriculture…
In the news

December 2013 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Syngenta announces ‘Market Watch in Canada Canadian growers now have access to timely market analysis and forward-looking commentary direct from the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) trading floor, thanks to the…