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20 years of crop rotation

February 2013 - A LONG-TERM APPROACH TO RESEARCH for decades now, plant researchers like the University of Guelph’s Dave Hooker, Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture (Ridgetown Campus), and Bill Deen, Associate Professor in the Department…
In the news

February 2013 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER New seed treatment technology and equipment for cereal and specialty crops Ag Growth International Inc.(AGI) and Bayer CropScience Inc. have entered into an agreement for the development and distribution of a…
High-yielding research

February 2013 - INVENTIVENESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH IN THE EARLY 1900’s, Charles Zavitz, Ontario Agricultural College professor and father of the first widely successful Canadian soybean variety, believed that it was the researcher’s responsibility to make…
Fence row farming

February 2013 - UNCOVERING THE SECRETS IN THE SOIL DEAN GLENNEY PLANTS his corn and soybeans on exactly the same rows, drives on the same tracks, and never tills his fields. It’s a farming method he has used…
2% Biodiesel

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

February 2013 - THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has mandated that diesel fuel sold in Canada must contain a minimum of 2% renewable diesel (biodiesel). 2% of the Ontario diesel market is 160 million litres annually, which means a potential…
In the news

January 2013 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER New foundation will support students entering agriculture programs A new national foundation is being launched to promote post-secondary agricultural education to Canadian high school students. The Canadian Agri-Business Education Foundation (CABEF)…
Research roundup

January 2013 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH In this special edition of Research Roundup, we profile one of the research organizations Grain Farmers of Ontario is an active member of. Spotlight on the…
Growing beyond subsistence farming

January 2013 - PART 1 – EXPOSURE-4-DEVELOPMENT TOUR my week in Kenya began in a slaughterhouse and ended surrounded by roses. They were fitting bookends for an eye-opening journey, filled with the challenges, frustrations and hopes of farmers…
Royal grains

January 2013 - HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL WINTER FAIR grains in your life Several great new additions to the Grains in Your Life exhibit caught the attention of this year’s visitors to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair…
In the news

January 2013 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Crop Logistics Working Group receives new mandate to help grain sector Agriculture industry experts will work under a new mandate to continue their work on finding efficiencies and driving costs out…