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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…
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…