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The leaders

YOUNG FARMERS MAKING THEIR MARK

June 2024 - CANADA’S FARMERS ARE AGING: according to the 2021 Census of Agriculture, the average age of farmers in Canada is 56 — representing 60.5 per cent of all farm operators in Canada. But what about younger…
The innovators

FINDING THE RIGHT FIT

June 2024 - EVERY WINTER DURING THE MEETING SEASON, THE WORD “INNOVATION” IS MENTIONED — OFTEN WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM. It may result from a previously untried processing opportunity, a seldom- grown cropping alternative, or a transition to something…
Looking back, moving forward

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

June 2024 - MAY 1 MARKED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE in Ontario agriculture – the 150th anniversary of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) at the University of Guelph. On this day, Aggies from across Canada (and the world!) celebrated…
Field Observations

SPRING 2024

April 2024 - June 13, 2024 This spring is starting to sound like “the song that never ends.” If you can remember it from childhood, it’s a song that just goes on and on and never ends. While…
Three Oaks Cabin

FINDING HOPE AND HEALING

April 2024 - FARMER MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN AT THE TOP OF FARM MEETING AGENDAS in the past few years after a landmark 2015 study and a 2022 follow-up study by epidemiologist Dr. Andria Jones Bitton and associates…
New corn hybrid DON screening report

SUPPORTING DISEASE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS

April 2024 - A NEW REPORT WILL HELP ONTARIO CORN GROWERS ASSESS the risks of gibberella ear rot and deoxynivalenol (DON) accumulation in corn hybrids. The Ontario Corn Hybrid DON Screening Trials 2023 Report, released by the Ontario…
Sustainable Canadian Soy program

OPENING DOORS TO INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

April 2024 - “ONTARIO FARMERS HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZING SUSTAINABILITY FOR GENERATIONS; it’s second nature to follow practices that protect and preserve our land and farms,” says Margaret Vincent, who farms in Wingham, Ontario, raising livestock and growing corn,…
Peter Sikkema retires

INTO THE WEEDS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS

April 2024 - EVEN AFTER THREE DECADES OF RESEARCHING WEEDS AND HOW TO CONTROL THEM, Dr. Peter Sikkema is still amazed by the science. “I’m turning 66, and never have I been more fascinated by the intersection between…
Inter-seeding cover crops

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

April 2024 - WITH A NARROW WINDOW TO ESTABLISH COVER CROPS after corn harvest, some farmers have experimented with inter-seeding cover crops when corn is at the 6-8 leaf stage. However, the sensitivity of different cover crops to…
Quantifying GHG emissions

DRIVERS, APPROACHES, AND FARM INSIGHTS

April 2024 - AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IS A SOURCE AND SINK OF GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS. Determining if a farm, region, or even a country’s agricultural sector is a net source or sink of GHG emissions requires data collection…