Ethanol-ready corn
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NEW VARIETY OF CORN DEDICATED TO ETHANOL INDUSTRY CORN DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY to meet the needs of the ethanol industry has been released in the United States. The corn variety, created by Syngenta and sold under…
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Cropside: What’s STRAW worth?
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- THERE ARE NOT many wheat acres, and April weather hammered any hopes we had for big straw yields. The crop is SHORT! (Photo 1). All those cold nights not only frosted off leaves, but limited… -
Mid-season field update
- CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES ACROSS THE PROVINCE as planting neared completion in most areas of Ontario, we asked a few Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) from across the province to comment on what they were seeing in… -
Marketing mission
- EXPORTING SOYBEANS TO THE EUROPEAN UNION the european union imports approximately 13 to 14 million metric tonnes of soybeans every year – and there is still a demand for more. Canadian farmers could help to… -
GFO Newsletter for July/August 2012
- GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Insects and Diseases Research Insert Included in the magazine you will find the Grain Farmers of Ontario research insert on Insects and Diseases. This year, we… -
Innovative ideas
- MAINTAINING WATERWAYS AND RESIDUE MANAGEMENT after years of battling soil erosion, Marion Calmer, farmer, researcher and CEO of Calmer Corn Heads, decided something needed to be done. “I guess I felt a personal need at… -
Science before speculation
- INVESTIGATION INTO BEE DEATHS STILL UNDERWAY thousands of bees died in southern Ontario this spring, and scientists are still trying to figure out why. The Ontario Beekeepers’ Association reports about 100 incidents where honey bees… -
In the news
- NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Enhanced WeatherCentral.ca launched Farmers now have access to a new online tool kit available at WeatherCentral.ca. Weather Innovations has teamed with Pride Seeds and Bayer CropScience to deliver weather-based online agronomic… -
Looking ahead at Iogen Corporation
- THE FUTURE OF CELLULOSIC ETHANOL a strategic team at Iogen Corporation, based in Ottawa, Ontario, is engaged in discussions to explore a commercial solution for producing advanced biofuels on an industrial scale. “The technology for… -
What’s bugging you?
- WEATHER PATTERNS COULD BE IMPACTING INSECTS in most canadian homes and municipalities a mild winter is a welcome savings from the added heating costs and labour needs usually associated with the cold season. But for…
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Tar spot prevention
TIPS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO’S AGRONOMY TEAM
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Original article: Tar spot in Ontario MANY ACROSS THE province have heard about tar spot – southwestern Ontario and the Greater Toronto area have seen pressure. The disease was first detected in 2020; however, in…
From the CEO’s desk – March 2025
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
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There’s an old saying that ‘the only constant is change,’ and that has definitely been the reality in the first couple of months of 2025. A new U.S. administration in January brought cross-border tariff threats;…