Respect the dangers
SAFETY REMINDERS FOR HARVEST
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WHEN THE FARM is both a home and a place of business, farmers need to be vigilant to keep their families and workers safe. During the rush of harvest time, it is important to take…
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Strobilurin fungicides
RESISTANCE A GROWING PROBLEM
- MANY IMPORTANT FOLIAR fungal diseases — gray leaf spot and northern leaf blight in corn, for example, and frogeye leaf spot in soybeans — are controlled by foliar fungicides that contain strobilurin active ingredients. These… -
GrainTALK for September 2022
AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS
- WOMEN’S GRAIN SYMPOSIUM Grain Farmers of Ontario’s Women’s Grain Symposium returns as an in-person event this fall, to be held at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre in Guelph November 28-29, 2022. Focused on developing… -
Investing in oats
SUPPORT FOR AAFC BREEDING PROGRAMS
- BRINGING A NEW seed variety to market is a long process — it can take 10 years or more of laboratory and field testing before a new variety is ready to be licensed and available… -
Agricultural climate solutions
NEW COST-SHARE PROGRAM FOR ONTARIO PRODUCERS
- AGRICULTURE IS A leading sector in employing practices and measures to manage our air, soil and water — and now, growers can tap into the new On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) cost-share program to enhance… -
No-till soybeans
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- NO-TILL SOYBEAN production has been standard practice for many Ontario growers for decades. It’s a system that lowers production and labour costs, improves soil health, and significantly reduces soil erosion. Past Ontario research has compared… -
Sandhill cranes
ONTARIO FARMS HIT HARD WITH CROP DAMAGE
- WILDLIFE DAMAGE COSTS crop farmers an estimated $41 million each year. In some parts of Ontario, the number one culprit is the sandhill crane — and the problem continues to grow. As the population and… -
Drought conditions
IMPACT ON CORN AND SOYBEANS
- THERE WAS LITTLE moisture to spare through June and the first half of July. How prolonged dry conditions will affect corn and soybean yields this fall will vary based on drought tolerance, the severity of… -
Tar spot prevention
TIPS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO’S AGRONOMY TEAM
- Original article: Tar spot in Ontario MANY ACROSS THE province have heard about tar spot – southwestern Ontario and the Greater Toronto area have seen pressure. The disease was first detected in 2020; however, in… -
Tar spot in Ontario
HERE TO STAY
- TWO STRAINS OF tar spot — Mexican and Caribbean — are here to stay in Ontario, and growers need to take active steps to achieve good control of this corn disease this summer and in…