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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…
Research roundup

November 2011 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Reducing nitrogen use with red clover Johnny Roberts Cutting down on nitrogen use but still maintaining higher yields — now, that’s a lofty goal. A Guelph…
Future of grain

November 2011 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION Corn School — new online resource A new online resource for Canadian corn growers has been launched by RealAgriculture.com in partnership with PRIDE Seeds and BASF.…
In the news

November 2011 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER Harvest for Hunger a big success On October 5th over 3500 farmers and spectators gathered in Monkton, Ontario to attempt a world record soybean harvest. The goal was to harvest 160…
The Big Picture: Wheat under attack

November 2011 - MACLEAN’S ARTICLE BLASTS WHEAT AS “EVIL” it appears wheat farmers are under attack, or at least that’s what an article in the September 20, 2011 Maclean’s wants Canadians to believe. The recent Maclean’s interview “On…
Sulphur: more than just a secondary nutrient?

November 2011 - RESEARCH SHOWS BENEFITS OF SULPHUR sulphur has been getting a lot of attention this year — some are even calling it the next ‘it’ nutrient. Preliminary in-field research trials are showing promising results with as…
Cropside: Get serious about uniformity

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

November 2011 - POOR NITROGEN APPLICATIONS COST GROWERS DOLLARS EVERY YEAR THERE are calls from growers where the fertilizer spreader wasn’t set right or something went wrong. Even with airflow technology, the number of complaint calls hasn’t gone…