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Business side: Understanding Agristability

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

July 2013 - WHAT IS AGRISTABILITY? AgriStability is an affordable way to protect your farm income. It has been in place since 2007 and has provided over $670 million in program payments. Think of the program as you…
Marketing the Pool

July 2013 - A GREAT OPTION FOR YOUR WHEAT over the next few months, the Wheat Marketing Team at Grain Farmers of Ontario has plans to make the Wheat Pool a more visible marketing option to farmers. At…
Future of Grain

July 2013 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Scouting from the sky Farmers in Ontario now have access to a new scouting tool that will help them monitor crop stress, weeds, insects, diseases, and…
Revealing the cost of recycling

July 2013 - THE STORY BEHIND TIRE STEWARDSHIP FEE CHANGES farmers who purchased new tires this spring saw a hike in recycling fees on their receipt as part of a permanent change introduced by Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS).…
Understanding the Weed Control Act

July 2013 - FACING TODAY’S CHALLENGES WITH TECHNOLOGY every year, weed inspectors from across the province gather for the Annual Weed Inspector’s Conference. Weed Specialist Mike Cowbrough, from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) hosted this…
Getting the lay of the land

July 2013 - MAKING THE BEST USE OF PRECISION AG TOOLS most farmers would be hard pressed to find a piece of equipment rolling off the assembly lines without the latest and greatest tools for precision agriculture —…
Cropside: Frosted wheat?!

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

July 2013 - TIMING IS EVERYTHING! In 2012, repeated hard frosts, down to -7C and colder throughout April had me scrambling, looking at field after field for frozen wheat. The research suggested that -4C for two hours could…
Field tested

July 2013 - JOHN DEERE S660 S-SERIES COMBINE A review by farmers for farmers david fraser jeremy nixon robert parks ottawa, ON north gower, ON kanata,…
GFO Newsletter for July/August 2013

July 2013 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Agronomy Research Insert Attached on the opposite page you will find the latest update on research being funded by Grain Farmers of Ontario. This insert focuses…
The importance of infrastructure

July 2013 - MOVING CANADA’S RECORD CORN AND SOYBEAN CROPS “ontario just had its biggest corn crop in history, and the US has shifted from being our biggest competitor to one of our biggest customers. If you are…