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Market review 2019-2020

COVID-19 AND CHINESE DEMAND CREATE VOLATILITY

January 2021 - THE IMPACT OF the COVID-19 pandemic came fast and furious, causing sharp losses across all markets. Although grain and oilseed prices rebounded after the initial shock in mid-March 2020, the lingering effects of the pandemic…
Ontario wheat holds strong

2020 EXTREMES

January 2021 - WHEAT IS HARVESTED somewhere in the world every month except February. The constant global supply makes it challenging to keep tabs on the dynamics of wheat marketing. Todd Austin, marketing manager for Grain Farmers of…
A new era

USING TECHNOLOGY TO MARKET YOUR CROP

January 2021 - THE GOAL OF Grain Discovery’s new buy-sell app is to provide a reliable way to save time and costs and create greater transparency for farmers, buyers, and the entire grain value chain. The app, launched…
GrainTALK for December 2020

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

January 2021 - FROM THE CHAIRA Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. You have now served the maximum three-year term as chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario. What are the highlights from your time as chair?…
How fields dry

AND WHY THEY CAN BE SLOW TO DRY

December 2020 - This article is a supplement to the Water Management series article ‘A second look at farm drainage’ that appears in the January issue of the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine print edition. It is a case…
Web Special

Accepting GM foods

THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN CONSUMER DECISIONS

December 2020 - HOW DO EMOTIONS impact our perception of food and purchasing decisions? When it comes to genetically modified (GM) products, that’s a question University of Guelph researchers can now answer with more clarity than ever before.…
Web Special

2020 grains, oilseeds, and pulse outlook update

PRICES EXPECTED TO IMPROVE OVER NEXT 6 MONTHS

December 2020 - This Grains and Oilseeds Outlook was released on November 3, 2020. The next Grains and Oilseeds Industry Outlook will be available January 2021. FCC Ag Economics will update its projections about profitability across three Canadian…
Field observations

2020 IN REVIEW

December 2020 - January 8, 2020 As harvest has wrapped up, we will be sharing a summary of the crop highlights by commodity over the coming weeks. This final week we look at soybeans. In general, 2020 soybean…
Effective leadership

MORE PROFITABLE BUSINESSES

December 2020 - IF YOU ARE thinking about investing in training or business skills development for your farm this winter, Kelly Dobson has a simple message – invest in yourself. Dobson is a certified executive coach, fourth generation…
Investing in the future

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

December 2020 - FARMING IS A long-term investment. Many of us live and work on the same land that was tended by multiple generations before us. It makes agriculture a unique business. The decisions we make to buy…