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Future of Grain

October 2013 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION A different look at food traceability The Value Chain Management Centre (VCMC) and SCS Consulting (SCS) recently released a research paper concerning food traceability, entitled “Traceability…
Deferred payments

October 2013 - COVERAGE UNDER THE GFPP since july 2013, deferred payments have been permanently allowed under the Grains Act. However, there remains some confusion over the coverage provided by the Grain Financial Protection Program (GFPP) in a…
Business side: Advanced Payments Program

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

October 2013 - Why was the Advance Payments Program developed and who is it for? The Advance Payments Program (APP) was established by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to assist producers in managing their cash flow. Currently the program…
Winter wheat performance

October 2013 - COMPARING GENETICS, SEED RATES AND PLANTING DATES what happens when you compare two varieties of winter wheat, one older and one newer? How have genetics changed over the last 40 years? And what happens when…
Research roundup

October 2013 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Herbicide choices affect replant corn Andrea Seccafien Identifying safe herbicides for corn producers can help reduce crop injury and stand loss in replanted corn. Plant Agriculture…
Growing the future of soybeans

October 2013 - 2014 ASA/DUPONT YOUNG LEADERS rob and cindy Foster believe in preserving the land and serving their agricultural community. It is that dedication that prompted a Grain Farmers of Ontario committee to select the Middlesex County…
Cropside: Wide rows gaining popularity

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

October 2013 - WHEN SOYBEANS WERE first introduced to North America they were all grown in wide rows. With the introduction of herbicides and narrow row seeding equipment, it was found that narrow rows yielded better — so…
In defence of wheat

October 2013 - HEALTHY GRAINS INSTITUTE WEIGHS IN wheat has been called out as a ‘Frankengrain’, ‘the perfect chronic poison’, and ‘the root of all evil in the world of nutrition’ for nearly two years now; claims which…
The first draft

October 2013 - BREWING WHEAT BEER AT NIAGARA COLLEGE the niagara region is well known around the world for its tender fruits and wineries; but now the area is also gaining notoriety as the home of Canada’s first…
Field tested: Case IH 1240 Early Riser Planter

October 2013 - CASE IH 1240 EARLY RISER PLANTER A review by farmers for farmers Keith Buckley jim callaghan joe hickson lindsay, ON lindsay, ON Lindsay, ON the…