Marching Ahead Together
2021 MARCH CLASSIC
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WHEN THE 2020 March Classic was cancelled last minute — a casualty of the first of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns — no one imagined that a year later we wouldn’t be able to hold the…
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Ontario corn fungicide rodeo
EVALUATING SPRAYER OPTIONS
- GIBBERELLA EAR ROT is a significant disease of corn, especially with the accumulation of mycotoxins produced from the causal pathogen(s). With crop management practices providing only modest improvements in disease control, strategies to increase the… -
Cropside: Asiactic garden beetle
AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS
- ASIATIC GARDEN BEETLE (AGB; Maladera castanea) is an invasive pest causing significant stand loss in pockets of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan over the last decade (Figure 1). There have been no reports of AGB injury… -
Improving DON detection in harvested grain
GRINDER-BASED SYSTEM REDUCES VARIABILITY IN TEST RESULTS
- VARIABLE AND INCONSISTENT DON test results from sampled truckloads at the elevator or end user are frustrating and problematic for farmers, elevators, and end users. This issue was particularly problematic during the 2018 harvest season.… -
Field observations
SPRING 2021
- June 18, 2021 Select areas of Ontario have received spotty rains this past week which has caused some farmers to breathe a small sigh of relief, while other areas are still in need of a… -
The carbon tax
SEEKING AN EXEMPTION
- THE FEDERAL CARBON tax on fuels will reach $170 per tonne by 2030. It is an added expense grain farmers can’t afford. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW • The Government of Canada says, “A price… -
A year of results
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
- A YEAR GOES by fast. At this time last year, I took on the role of CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario. And it has been quite the year. No one could have anticipated the… -
Environmental insurance
CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS
- (J.M.) DO GRAIN FARMERS NEED ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE COVERAGE? (M.B.) Absolutely. When it comes to talking about environmental insurance policies, most farmers worry about liability coverage, and what it could cost if there was an environmental… -
Carbon footprints 101
UNDERSTANDING EMISSIONS ON ONTARIO’S GRAIN FARMS
- TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE Gas (GHG) emissions you need to understand where and how you are emitting. Canada’s National Inventory Report, as reported by the Government of Canada, tracks and reports Canada’s GHG emissions across sectors.… -
Clean Fuel Regulations
WHAT IT MEANS FOR GRAIN FARMERS
- OVER THE LAST three decades, grain farmers have increased land use efficiency by 39 per cent and reduced their climate impact by 45 per cent in corn production alone. These are not small numbers. Farmers…