The Big Picture: Farmers Feed Cities – making the connection
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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…
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Future of Grain
- 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
- — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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… -
Maintaining quality after harvest
- KEEP TREATED SEED FROM CONTAMINATING THIS YEAR’S HARVEST Click here for the complete checklist of standard and enhanced management practices to prevent seed contamination. harvest on the farm is undoubtedly a busy time. Long hours… -
Getting to the bottom of basis
- MARKETING LEADERS EXPLORE WHY ONTARIO’S BASIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE BASIS IN THE NEARBY US basis is a hot topic throughout the entire growing season but discussions usually peak right around harvest when there is… -
Better than tea leaves
- A SNAPSHOT OF WORLD AGRICULTURE’S FUTURE if you ever wished you could read tea leaves to know where fertilizer demand is headed, how long-term soybean prices will trend or how much corn China could be… -
Harvest season safety
- WATCH YOURSELF CLOSER THAN YOUR CROPS relatively speaking, it is quite easy for the modern farmer to weather the hardships Mother Nature drives their way. With improved seed and chemistries to prevent pests and disease,…
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Tar spot prevention
TIPS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO’S AGRONOMY TEAM
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Original article: Tar spot in Ontario MANY ACROSS THE province have heard about tar spot – southwestern Ontario and the Greater Toronto area have seen pressure. The disease was first detected in 2020; however, in…
From the CEO’s desk – April/May 2025
From the CEO's desk
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Spring has sprung, and that means we are all anxious to get out in the fields and get to work. After a cold and snowy winter—more snow than we’ve seen in a long time, in…