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GFO Newsletter for September 2013

September 2013 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Insects and Diseases Research Insert Attached on the opposite page, you will find the Grain Farmers of Ontario research insert on insects and diseases. This insert…
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September 2013 - THE ADVANTAGE OF SELLSMART AND AGBIDS AT HARVEST how times have changed. Fifteen years ago, when I started writing management articles, the message to farmers was that they needed to think of themselves as the…
Attention to detail

September 2013 - FINE TUNING FOR AN OPTIMUM WINTER WHEAT CROP the key to an optimum winter wheat crop is to pay close attention to the details. That is the word from Barry Gordon, Ontario sales manager for…
After wheat harvest

September 2013 - MAXIMIZING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF FUTURE CROPS after wheat harvest, you have a three to four month period to make use of that land for more production and to prepare for future crops as well. You…
Business side: Explaining the exchange rate

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

September 2013 - Why should an Ontario farmer care about the Canadian dollar exchange rate? Exchange rates reflect the value of different currencies relative to one another. As currency values fluctuate, so too do the prices of a…
Advanced grain storage management

September 2013 - PREVENTING MYCOTOXIN DEVELOPMENT mycotoxins are coming under increasing scrutiny by global trade regulators in grains destined for segments of the food sector. Mycotoxins are chemicals that fungi produce naturally as they invade plants and these…
In the news

September 2013 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Syngenta adds new Agrisure Duracade Trait to expanding corn portfolio Syngenta Canada Inc. is pleased to introduce the Agrisure Duracade™ trait to Canadian growers for the 2014 season. Agrisure Duracade features…
Energy efficient grain drying

September 2013 - TIPS FOR GETTING THE BEST GRAIN DRYER FOR YOUR DOLLAR canada’s grain trade is evolving, affected not only by the end of single-desk sales but by changes in grain production such as last year’s record…
Safe harvest

September 2013 - THE DANGERS OF FLOWING GRAIN AND GRAIN BINS in the autumn of 2011, hog farmer and cash cropper Todd Brady and his 14-year-old son were unloading 600-bushel gravity wagons in Merlin, Ontario. While he went…
Informed decisions

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

September 2013 - AS FARMERS, WE have access to technology that helps us increase the quality and yields of our crops and helps us more accurately plant, fertilize and harvest our fields. It is technology that is ever-evolving…