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GFO Newsletter for December 2011

December 2011 - GET THELATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO GFO ANNUAL DISTRICT MEETINGS Details for the district meetings in association with Grain Farmers of?Ontario are listed on the next page. If your district meeting time and place…
Digging into phosphorous recommendations for corn

December 2011 - RECENT ANALYSIS BRINGS CLARITY sifting through the best fertility management plans for the farm can be an overwhelming task. There are a multitude of articles and recommendations that can be challenging to distill into practical…
When carbon practices pay cash

December 2011 - GOOD STEWARDS AND SECRETARIES WILL WIN carbon is sold by farmers worldwide in the form of food, fuel and fibre. But in some places, farmers are also marketing the environmental benefits their carbon conscious practices…
In the news

December 2011 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show gets new owners Glacier Media Inc. has acquired Canada’s Outdoor Shows Limited which runs Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show and Canada’s Outdoor Equine Expo. The Vancouver-based company is…
High prices boost competition

December 2011 - UKRAINE AND ARGENTINA BENEFIT FROM INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE as worries mounted early this year about tight supplies of corn, wheat, and soybeans, prices mounted, sending a clear signal: “Produce more!” Canadian growers weren’t the only…
The future of food and farming

December 2011 - NEW REPORT OUTLINES SOLUTIONS TO THE MYRIAD OF CHALLENGES FACING GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION the need to produce more food sustainably has become a major issue around the globe. A UK report published earlier this year…
GFO comments on low level presence policy

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

December 2011 - IN THE MONTH of November Grain Farmers of Ontario was asked to comment on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s public consultation document on policy approaches to managing the low level presence of genetically modified (GM) crops…
Web Special

Herbicide resistance takes centre stage at weed conference

November 2011 - SOLUTIONS TO RESISTANCE DISCUSSED AMONG CANADA’S BEST WEED SCIENTISTS Weed scientists from across Canada met this week in Niagara Falls at the Canadian Weed Science Society annual conference. This is a great opportunity for public…
Take five minutes, win free coffee for a year!

November 2011 - . As much as we’d like to, we can’t visit every coffee shop in the province to talk about how we’re doing. Click on the button below to fill out the questionnaire. To thank you…
GFO Newsletter for November 2011

November 2011 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO Your Grain Farmers of Ontario Team Below is our next installment of profiles of your Grain Farmers of Ontario directors and staff to introduce you to…