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Replanting Roundup Ready

April 2010 - WITH THE PATENT EXPIRING ON RR SOYBEANS IN 2011. FARMERS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO SAVE AND REPLANT SEED WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW as the first company to patent and commercialize a genetic trait in…
To be or not to be a soybean

April 2010 - EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF AN ONTARIO EDAMAME CROP it’s grown like a soybean crop but harvested like a vegetable crop. Industry experts say a niche market for Ontario-grown edamame could be one with potential, but…
Site-specific disease forecasting

April 2010 - USING WEB-BASED TOOLS CAN HELP MANAGE WEATHER-RELATED RISK despite your best efforts to grow profitable, high quality, disease-free cereal crops, the biggest challenge remains the weather. While we still can’t control it, science and technology…
Estimating nitrogen requirements based on yield response

April 2010 - NEW TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP MAKE NITROGEN MANAGEMENT DECISIONS in the past, most of the information regarding nitrogen rates for corn has focused on estimating or predicting how much you need to apply as…
Weeds in winter wheat

April 2010 - SCOUT EARLY, CONTROL WEEDS EARLY AND AVOID DANGEROUS MIXES THAT MAY CAUSE INJURY although not as commonly talked about, wheat may have a critical weed free period just like corn and soybeans. “Recent research coming…
Soybean studies

April 2010 - OAC BREEDS BETTER BEANS soybean oil is highly versatile and new applications for it are rapidly emerging. The Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) research team at the University of Guelph, led by Drs. Istvan Rajcan and…
Careful Rotation

April 2010 - HOW TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WITH BOTH AGRONOMICS AND ECONOMICS IN MIND choosing the right rotation – or even deciding to break rotation – can be a difficult decision for growers, who must balance…
Refuge compliance slipping

April 2010 - a recent survey reveals that refuge requirement compliance has slipped to 61 percent in 2009, down from a high of 80 percent in 2005. This is of serious concern for the entire corn industry. When…
The Big Picture: Farmers gain unlikely supporters

March 2010 - NATIONAL AND MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES EMBRACE THE BENEFITS OF LOCAL FOOD there is no denying that the local food movement has swept the nation. People are starting to pay much closer attention to where there food…
Respecting the power of water

March 2010 - SOIL EROSION IS BEST TACKLED SOONER THAN LATER soil erosion by water is an important concern on many farms across Ontario – whether realized or not. “Although most operations have adopted some form of conservation…