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Winning yield is 74 bushels per acre

January 2011 - SOYBEAN YIELD CHALLENGE WINNERS SHARE THEIR SECRETS TO THEIR WINNING YIELDS what some are deeming “the perfect growing season” has yielded an impressive crop of Soybean Yield Challenge winners. The nine winners were announced and…
IP soybean outlook

January 2011 - A LOOK AHEAD TO THE 2011 MARKET; WHAT CAN GROWERS EXPECT TO SEE AND WHAT SHOULD THEY WATCH FOR? as we ring in the New Year most farmers aren’t thinking about making resolutions, but they…
Fertilizer outlook – Spring 2011

January 2011 - FERTILIZER DEMAND EXPECTED TO INCREASE grain market fundamentals will continue to be the main driver for fertilizer price activity between now and the spring, but government food policy shifts in developing economies are expected to…
US market outlook

January 2011 - WILL THERE BE ENOUGH ACRE TO MEET DEMAND IN 2011? Please note that due to the publication schedule, this medium-term outlook of the commodity markets was written based on market intelligence from mid-November, 2010. Efforts…
Industry outlook

January 2011 - INDUSTRY LEADERS PROVIDE INSIGHT ON UPCOMING CHALLENGES FACING ONTARIO AGRICULTURE gfo asked agriculture leaders across Ontario what issues and challenges they foresee for farmers in the next two to five years. This knowledge should help…
Making connections and gaining information

January 2011 - the international association of Operative Millers (IAOM) conference was in Cape Town, South Africa this year and I made the long journey with our Marketing Manager, Todd Austin and our Ontario Wheat Technologist from the…
GFO Newsletter

December 2010 - GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO SWAC Satellite options The Southwest Agricultural Conference (SWAC) is an excellent opportunity for farmers to hear about the latest in agronomic and production research in the…
The Big Picture: Farmers are important! But why?

December 2010 - WHAT NON-FARMERS ARE SAYING ABOUT FARMING farmers feed cities set out to discover what non-farmers think about farming and the results are really positive for Ontario’s farmers. According to their survey of 807 randomly selected…
Cropside: Slug management starts in the fall

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

December 2010 - Slug damage can be one of the biggest challenges to achieving a good soybean stand. In severe cases replanting may be necessary. Feeding can resemble hail damage, but damaged leaves have more of a “skeleton”…
Research Roundup

December 2010 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Cutworm levels require long-term management strategy Alycia Moore The Western bean cutworm, a highly destructive corn and bean pest, first arrived in Ontario in 2008, and…