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The mental health advocates

TURNING UP THE VOLUME ON FARMER WELLNESS

June 2024 - MENTAL HEALTH IS THE STATE OF OUR EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING. It impacts how we think, feel, and act and plays a significant role in how we cope with stress. Mental health is receiving…
The 4-Hers

GROWING INTEREST IN CROP PRODUCTION

June 2024 - CULTIVATING AN INTEREST IN AGRICULTURE AT A YOUNG AGE CAN HELP INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF ONTARIO AGRICULTURE — and 4-H clubs are often the first place Ontario youth — farm kids and urban kids alike…
GrainTALK for June/July 2024

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

June 2024 - YOUR GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO TEAM Here is our next installment of profiles of your Grain Farmers of Ontario staff to help introduce you to the team. Jenna Marcone joined the Grain Farmers of Ontario…
The problem solvers: Joanna Follings

A PASSION FOR BUILDING GROWER CONFIDENCE

June 2024 - JOANNA FOLLINGS, CEREALS SPECIALIST AT THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS, IS LIVING HER DREAM. Growing up on a dairy and grain crop farm and working with field crops and farmers during…
The problem solvers: Yajun Peng

IMPROVING AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FUTURE

June 2024 - YOU MIGHT SAY PROBLEM-SOLVING COMES NATURALLY TO YAJUN PENG, who is pursuing her doctorate at the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus under the supervision of Dr. Laura Van Eerd. “Ms. Peng is an exceptionally talented…
The problem solvers: Dr. Inderjot Chahal

LEADING SOIL HEALTH RESEARCH IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD

June 2024 - NITROGEN IS ONE OF THE MOST LIMITING NUTRIENTS FOR CROP PRODUCTION, YET IT’S THE MOST PRONE TO LOSSES FROM THE SOIL TO THE ENVIRONMENT. This is a problem that Dr. Inderjot Chahal, a post- doctoral…
The problem solvers: Kelsey Boucher

BATTLING SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME

June 2024 - AWARD-WINNING, MOTIVATED, OUTSTANDING — THIS IS HOW YOUNG SOYBEAN SCIENTIST KELSEY BOUCHER IS DESCRIBED by people who know her, including her graduate advisor, Dr. Istvan Rajcan, professor and graduate program coordinator for soybean breeding and…
The problem solvers: Riley McConachie

DISRUPTING FUSARIUM GENETIC ANALYSIS

June 2024 - UP TO THIS POINT, PHENOTYPING (RATING DISEASE INFECTION SEVERITY) OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (FHB) IN WHEAT HAS BEEN VERY INEFFECTIVE. There’s quite a bit of inaccuracy, making breeding efforts based on the ratings not as…
The problem solvers: Dr. Adrian Correndo

SERVING AGRICULTURE THROUGH DATA

June 2024 - DR. ADRIAN CORRENDO, WHO RECENTLY BEGAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND RESEARCH CHAIR for The Pick Family Chair in Sustainable Cropping Systems, was definitely born into the right time. “I…
Next-Gen financing

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

June 2024 - (J.M.) WHO WILL BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CANADIAN FARMERS? (P.W.) The next generation of farmers is important to the growth of our industry. We will be relying on young people who come from a…