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Palm oil: a growing competitor to soy oil

May 2011 - INCREASING PALM PLANTATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA COULD IMPACT WORLD OIL SUPPLY brazil’s huge expansion of soybean acreage – up 43 percent from 1990 to 2000, then up another 74 percent from 2000 to 2010 –…
Breeding better beans

May 2011 - RESEARCHERS ARE USING CHINESE SOYBEAN GENETICS TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY AND YIELD adopting new plant genetics and breeding technology is an important factor in progressing Ontario’s soybean crop. Yield improvement is naturally the most common measure…
Huge wheat yields by eliminating weak links

May 2011 - ONTARIO FARMERS MAY LEARN FROM ENGLISH AND NEW ZEALANDER PRODUCTION PRACTICES want substantially better wheat yields without significantly increasing your production costs? Ontario farmers, help is here – in the form of intensive wheat production…
10 reasons to put your wheat in the pool

May 2011 - . all grain farmers know the importance of spreading out your risk in the markets. When making your marketing plan for wheat this year, consider the following 10 reasons for putting a portion of your…
Global instability and volatile markets

May 2011 - HOW DOES POLITICAL INSTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IMPACT FARM MARKETS AND ONTARIO FARMERS? when it comes to politics in the world, all things are not equal. In Canada we have a certain set of political…
Global Grain

May 2011 - ONTARIO GRAIN – A LOOK AT OUR EXPORT ACTIVITIES ontario corn, soybeans and wheat are well-travelled crops. Explore this map and discover where we ship our grains. All reports on tonnage are estimates. exporting grain…
Provincial RMP commitment secured

May 2011 - Editorial grain farmers of ontario is pleased with the commitment the McGuinty government has made to our members with the inclusion of a permanent Risk Management Program (RMP) in the recent provincial budget. Grain Farmers…
The Big Picture: The “food experience”

April 2011 - WHAT NON-FARMERS ARE SAYING ABOUT FARMING a trip to the grocery store used to be a necessary errand that didn’t exactly bring much pleasure. But, over the years, grocery stores have evolved and many have…
In the news

April 2011 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER 2011 ag census on the way Census of Agriculture questionnaires will be mailed to all farmers in Canada over the first two weeks of May. Alternatively to filling out the paper…
Future of Grain

April 2011 - HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION New Weed Control System – EnlistTM In March, Dow AgroSciences announced the Enlist Weed Control System. This new herbicide tolerant trait offers tolerance to a 2,4-D…