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YOU ARE LIKELY seeing lots of signs of spring — the days are getting longer, daffodils are blooming, trees are budding, and tractors are starting to make their way to the field for the 2022…
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Reducing compaction
TRACKED TRACTORS AND TIRE DEFLATION
- DEPENDING ON A particular farm’s soil profile, compaction is a bigger issue for some grain farmers in Ontario than others. However, all are aware it must be minimized. As Dr. Richard Heck, professor in the… -
Getting the most from your nitrogen
REDUCING ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
- THE PRICE OF nitrogen fertilizer has risen to double, if not triple, the standard multi-year average. With costs so high, ensuring the nutrient is applied as efficiently and effectively as possible is critical. In a… -
Free online course
CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS
- (J.M.) TELL US ABOUT THE NEW FOUNDATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (J.C.) The new Foundations in Agricultural Management online course (www.guelphagriculturalmanagement.com) is free, and available to any Canadian farmer interested in learning and developing new… -
Gathering data in Ausable Bayfield
WATERSHED REPORT CARDS PRESENT BASELINE DATA
- IT’S TOUGH TO make good agronomic decisions without baseline data. The same is true for environmental improvements. Indeed, it’s the reason the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) continues to invest in its Watershed Report Card… -
GrainTALK for April/May 2022
AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS
- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTED At the Grain Farmers of Ontario inaugural board meeting, held in February, the Executive Committee was voted into office for the year. Brendan Byrne, director for District 1 (Essex) has been re-elected… -
Early and late season planting
RESEARCHING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
- EVERY PLANTING SEASON is slightly different. Sometimes you can get into the fields in early April, and sometimes it is well into June before it is ‘go’ time. The very late planting dates for 2019… -
Managing waterhemp
EARLY RESULTS SHOW SOLUTIONS
- ONLY A DECADE ago, waterhemp was a sporadic problem in a handful of fields in southwestern Ontario. Today, it’s Ontario’s fastest-growing problem weed. A prolific seed-producer with significant genetic diversity, waterhemp is the first weed… -
Oats to oatmeal
A LOOK AT BREEDING AND PRODUCING OATS
- WHEN THINKING OF oats, oatmeal, feed, and cover crops come to mind. Weikai Yan, oat breeder at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, works to develop oat varieties that can be used in both feed… -
Vetch control in corn
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- HISTORICALLY, POST-EMERGENT applications of Callisto + Aatrex 480, dicamba (e.g. Engenia/Xtendimax) or Distinct have provided the best top-growth control of tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) in corn. A trial was conducted in 2021 to evaluate tufted…