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Cell phones open up possibilities

February 2013 - PART 2 – EXPOSURE-4-DEVELOPMENT TOUR no matter how many research trials you do, or how good the information is, the value is lost if you don’t get it into the hands of farmers and put…
Out-yielding the competition

February 2013 - SPRING AND WINTER WHEAT CHALLENGE WINNERS growers that were outstanding in their field were honoured in the 2012 Yield Challenge created and hosted by Grain Farmers of Ontario. Meghan Burke, who coordinates the program, says…
Research roundup

February 2013 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Stem rust-resistant crops now in field trials Megan Cowie Newly developed Ontario winter wheat varieties that are resistant to stem rust disease are now going through…
Nothing but good grain

February 2013 - CEREAL SORTER TAKES OUT THE BAD KERNELS taking the good with the bad is just a part of life, never mind farming. Except in the new world of small grains, researchers are finding a way…
Cropside: Sulphur solution!

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

February 2013 - SULPHUR WAS THE “buzzword” in the winter of 2012. It was a part of every presentation I gave. So much sulphur was purchased last spring that we “ran out”, or shorted the market. Prices increased…
Talking agriculture with non-farmers

February 2013 - A REVEALING EXPERIENCE AND A CALL TO ACTION farmers feed cities. It’s as simple as that, right? As the communications assistant for Farmers Feed Cities during the summer and fall of 2012, this is a…
Field tested: Poettinger 5000T Terradisc

February 2013 - POETTINGER 5000T TERRADISC A review by farmers for farmers ed tollenaar jeff van loon dave vandewalle MONKTON, ON DUBLIN, ON DUBLIN, ON the poettinger 5000T…
GFO Newsletter for February 2013

February 2013 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Annual District meetings Thank you to all our farmer-members who attended Grain Farmers of Ontario’s Annual District Meetings in January. These meetings are called to receive…
Faces of Farming

February 2013 - THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE former junior hockey player Justin Dorland has learned that, as an eighth generation farmer, working with the land and animals runs too deep in his blood for him to leave…
Future of Grain

February 2013 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION New website connects renters and landowners Grain farmers looking for more land to grow their operation now have a new resource to find rentable acres. The…