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Business side: Explaining the exchange rate

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

September 2013 - 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

September 2013 - 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

September 2013 - 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

September 2013 - 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

September 2013 - 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

September 2013 - 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…
Web Special

Managing resistance

WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM

August 2013 - 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…
Web Special

Minimizing Fusarium

July 2013 - 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,”…
Agricultural community milestones

July 2013 - MANY CELEBRATIONS IN 2013 in the profession of farming, nobody can become truly skilled by reading books alone. In the days before the internet, smart phones and social media, farmers would get together to share…
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…