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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…
Future of Grain

December 2010 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION New partnership explores plant root systems Plant Bioscience Limited and Dow AgroSciences recently announced an exclusive commercial license agreement for technology that enhances the root systems…
In the news

December 2010 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER New Industrial Research Chair in Biomaterials The creation of a new $3 million Senior Industrial Research Chair focusing on Biomaterials was recently announced. Over $1.5 million in new Natural Sciences and…
Opening minds to agriculture

December 2010 - PILOT PROGRAM EXPOSES RURAL KIDS TO LOCAL AGRICULTURAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES there are very few issues in agriculture where all members of the industry are unified in one belief, but nearly everyone associated with farming today…
One big elk problem

December 2010 - FARMERS MOBILIZING TO ADDRESS ELK DAMAGES it’s been a decade old problem—elk causing thousands of dollars in crop damages to farmers in the Bancroft region. A grassroots group has emerged to address this issue dubbed…
Understanding US farm policy

December 2010 - HARD FOR AMERICANS, WORSE FOR EVERYONE ELSE it’s a mistake to think of the US farm bill as a logical, consistent plan for agriculture. Imagine it instead as a strange, rambling mansion where owner after…