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Stacking the benefits

April 2012 - BIOLOGICALS: THE NEW FRONTIER OF PEST MANAGEMENT there are new pest management options on the horizon, thanks to the potential of biological products that can provide seemingly limitless options for control and suppression of weeds,…
Cropside: Comparing ‘set-up’ residual herbicides for glyphosate tolerant corn

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

April 2012 - With François Tardif, Clarence Swanton, and Peter Sikkema ON AVERAGE THERE is a 4% yield advantage to incorporating a pre-emergent residual herbicide in glyphosate tolerant corn. The yield benefits are much higher when the in-crop…
Precision agriculture

April 2012 - THE NEXT PHASE as a certified Crop Advisor it has been interesting to participate in the evolution of crop management in Ontario and many CCA’s have watched and waited for global positioning systems (GPS) to…
Take a tablet for more mobile power

April 2012 - The AgNerds, Shaun Haney & Peter Gredig THE SMARTPHONE BRINGS mobile management power to farmers of all description. But an internet-enabled tablet device is a perfect complement and more farmers are taking advantage. If you already…
Beyond standard soil sampling

April 2012 - WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW MORE THAN CHEMICAL COMPOSITION odette menard is a firm believer that growers need to take a much closer look at their soil. “We need to see it more as a…
The necessity of grain segregation

April 2012 - IN A POSITION FOR CHANGE ontario produces A very diverse mix of grain crops – and each year new traits, technologies and varieties are added to the complex lineup of products that are grown, stored,…
GFO Newsletter for April 2012

April 2012 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Rural Voices Network launches the ‘Let Your Voice Be Heard’ Survey for Rural Ontario Your Voice is important to rural Ontario! This is the basis for…
Early nitrogen

April 2012 - Peter Johnson, Cereal Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; Kim Ratz, Communications Coordinator, Grain Farmers of Ontario WHEN TO SPRAY OR NOT TO SPRAY there are lots of questions this spring with…
Research roundup

April 2012 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Planting now for high yields later Natalie Osborne and Joey Sabljic Selecting late maturing soybean varieties and planting them earlier in the growing season has been…
Smart ways to staff up

April 2012 - BECOMING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE staff is only for politicians, bureaucrats, and other well-to-do city slickers. Wrong, say ag human resource experts, but they also add that farmers would do well to consider adopting some…