Research roundup
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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…
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Cropside: Where did all those beans come from?
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- 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
- 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… -
GFO Newsletter for 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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…
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Weed control tips
FALL MANAGEMENT
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Many farmers have witnessed the value of applying herbicides in the fall for the management of winter annual and biennial/perennial weeds (Figure 1). Often, they will see both a reduction in density and a delay…
From the CEO’s desk – April/May 2026
From the CEO's desk
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In an uncertain world, reliability matters. Global agriculture is increasingly shaped by geopolitics, supply chain disruptions, and shifting trade policies. In recent years, input costs, particularly fertilizer costs, have been affected by export restrictions, shipping…