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Finding the silver lining

January 2012 - OPTIMISM FOR GRAIN FARMERS IN A VOLATILE GLOBAL ECONOMY grain farmers should look to 2012 with optimism. Despite the economic volatility that is expected to continue into the new year buoyed by Europe’s financial crisis,…
National policy discussions

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

January 2012 - THROUGHOUT THE MONTH of November Grain Farmers of Ontario took part in many national policy discussions on broad topics such as the future of crop research funding in Canada, wheat biotechnology, sustainable energy consumption and…
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A detailed look at soil organic matter services

December 2011 - INFORMATION ON THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF COMMONLY USED SOIL ORGANIC MATTER ADDITIVES Product Benefits Challenges Livestock manure Available on-farm, manure provides many of the required macro and micro nutrients for year of application and…
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Solutions to the challenges facing the global food system

December 2011 - RECENT REPORT TACKLES THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND FARMING Read a more in-depth article on The Future of Food and Farming from the December issue of the Ontario Grain Farmer. The Global Food and Farming Futures Report,…
The Big Picture: Ontarians understand the importance of farming

December 2011 - RECENT SURVEY SHOWS ONTARIANS BELIEVE FARMING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROVINCE’S STRENGTH it’s amazing what you can find out if you just ask. Farmers Feed Cities did just that during Ontario Agriculture week…
Future of Grain

December 2011 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION New feed mill in Maxville operational The MacEwan Grain Inc. feed mill in Maxville became operational last month. According to the company, the new mill has…
Getting at the heart of the matter

December 2011 - MEASURING AND BUILDING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IS IMPORTANT ON EVERY FARM crop farmers have many tasks, but chief among them is looking after their soil. Maintaining soil organic matter, especially if you have no access…
Research roundup

December 2011 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Mind the herbicides for safer replanting Joey Sabljic Planting earlier maturing corn hybrids or soybeans in response to wet weather could help producers salvage soggy growing…
Cropside: Where did all those beans come from?

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

December 2011 - A RECAP OF THE 2011 SOYBEAN SEASON THE 2011 GROWING season started out painfully slow. Many fields were not planted until late May or even June. This is usually a bad sign for yields. Photo…
Marketing freedom for the West

December 2011 - THE IMPACT OF AN OPEN WHEAT MARKET IN THE PRAIRIES ON EASTERN FARMERS as every canadian grain farmer is aware, the Government of Canada has initiated the transition plan to remove the Canadian Wheat Board’s…