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Agriculture-Wildlife Conflict Working Group

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

April 2012 - GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO has been participating on an Agriculture-Wildlife Conflict Working Group for quite some time. Due to recent resolutions to the GFO?Board of Directors and a new plan by Agricorp to track wildlife…
The Big Picture: The future of the global food landscape

March 2012 - UNIFIED AND BALANCED NATIONAL FOOD STRATEGY NEEDED with challenges like climate change, a growing population, food safety concerns and resource availability it may seem like an uncertain time to be in the food industry. However,…
Future of Grain

March 2012 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION PRO Seeds merger PRO Seeds Marketing, Hendrick Seeds, Hendrick AgriFoods and Agworks recently announced that they have merged and formed Sevita International. The new company will operate as Sevita…
Research roundup

March 2012 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Sustainable car parts from soy Matt McIntosh Soybean oil could be a green alternative to synthetic based auto parts. University of Guelph plant scientists Drs. Manju…
Making the case for more fencerows

March 2012 - HOW TO MAXIMIZE NATURAL GREENWAYS FOR WILDLIFE equipment keeps getting larger and when crop prices are good, there’s more incentive for farmers to clear overgrown pastures and cut down fencerows. Although this makes sense from…
Cropside: Everything but the kitchen sink

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

March 2012 - With Dan Docking DOES THROWING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AT SOYBEANS WORK? ARE YOU LOOKING to incorporate some winning strategies into your soybean production system? With high commodity prices does it make sense to simply buy…
Big booming Brazil

March 2012 - BRAZIL’S SIZE AND RATE OF GROWTH MAKE IT A GLOBAL LEADER north american farmers, no strangers to large-scale farming, can come back from Brazil in a state of shock. “Big,” they report. “You can’t believe…
Celebrate the food we eat today

March 2012 - BUT DON’T FORGET ABOUT TOMORROW it’s not a national holiday, but Food Freedom Day is something Canadians should be aware of. February 12 marks the day when the average Canadian will have earned enough income…
Groundwater protection

March 2012 - FRAMEWORKS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CLEAN WATER ACT BEING DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE since the tragic water-related events in Walkerton in 2000, much has changed. A full inquiry was held to scrutinize exactly what occurred and…
Nematicides yield promising results

March 2012 - FINDING MORE MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR NEMATODES IS THE FOCUS OF ONGOING RESEARCH using nematicide seed treatments could improve yields and help crop growers get a handle on cyst populations says an extension specialist with the…