Attention to detail
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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…
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After wheat harvest
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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… -
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Managing resistance
WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM
- Ontario does not yet have any confirmed cases of western corn rootworm resistance to Bt corn; however, researchers say that the potential is there, therefore Ontario corn producers need to reconsider their management of this… -
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Minimizing Fusarium
- BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR HARVEST AND STORAGE Peter Johnson didn’t beat around the bush last week when he faced his first group of the day at FarmSmart Expo in Elora. “This is a Fusarium year,”…
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Weed control tips
FALL MANAGEMENT
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Many farmers have witnessed the value of applying herbicides in the fall for the management of winter annual and biennial/perennial weeds (Figure 1). Often, they will see both a reduction in density and a delay…
From the CEO’s desk – November 2025
From the CEO's desk
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As I write this, I’m en route to Mexico City, joining Grain Farmers of Ontario chair Jeff Harrison and Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness Trevor Jones, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Minister Heath…