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Estimating yield

September 2011 - GREAT LAKES GRAIN PREDICTS 157 BUSHEL CORN AND 45 BUSHEL SOYBEANS The results are in and according to Great Lakes Grain, farmers can expect corn to come in at 157 bushels per acre and soybeans…
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Hard or soft – know your options

September 2011 - WINTER WHEAT MARKET SIGNALS MAY INFLUENCE PLANTING Winter wheat planting season is almost upon us and big decisions need to be made about what wheat to plant. Often, this decision is determined by what wheat…
GFO Newsletter for September 2011

September 2011 - GET THELATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO grain farmers of ontario Welcomes new vp Grain Farmers of Ontario is pleased to announce that John Cowan will become the new Vice President of Strategic Development.…
Cropside: Bugs in bins

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

September 2011 - QUALITY MANAGEMENT DOESN’T STOP AT HARVEST with wheat already in the bin and corn and soybeans coming in soon, managing grain in bins to maintain quality should be top of mind for farmers. Here are…
The Big Picture: Farmers Feed Cities – making the connection

September 2011 - FRESH FROM THE FIELD DINNER A HUGE SUCCESS we need food to live. We grow it, we cook it, we eat it, we enjoy it, and we entertain with it. The local food movement has…
Future of Grain

September 2011 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION New seed applied fungicide available Researchers at Syngenta say the recently developed seed treatment known as Sedaxane appears to be a particularly effective tool against the…
Research Roundup

September 2011 - — New advances in winter wheat breeding Samantha Beattie The wait for the perfect wheat has been substantially shortened. Dr. Duane Falk from the University of Guelph has developed a winter wheat type that does…
In the news

September 2011 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Harvest survey well underway Grain Farmers of Ontario’s annual wheat harvest survey is up and running and so far, the results seem to indicate good general test weights. This survey provides…
Developing markets at home and abroad

September 2011 - as we begin the month of September it makes me think of new beginnings and opportunity as the school year starts for the kids and farmers begin harvest and planning for the upcoming crop year.…
DON developments

September 2011 - NEW GRADING TECHNOLOGY AND NEW GENETICS BEING DEVELOPED IN ONTARIO visual inspection of corn and wheat for Fusarium infection at the point of grain delivery is not accurate for determining actual levels of DON, so…