Field observations
2020 IN REVIEW
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January 8, 2020 As harvest has wrapped up, we will be sharing a summary of the crop highlights by commodity over the coming weeks. This final week we look at soybeans. In general, 2020 soybean…
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Effective leadership
MORE PROFITABLE BUSINESSES
- IF YOU ARE thinking about investing in training or business skills development for your farm this winter, Kelly Dobson has a simple message – invest in yourself. Dobson is a certified executive coach, fourth generation… -
Investing in the future
FROM THE CEO'S DESK
- FARMING IS A long-term investment. Many of us live and work on the same land that was tended by multiple generations before us. It makes agriculture a unique business. The decisions we make to buy… -
Moving off the farm
FIVE THINGS FOR FARM FOUNDERS TO CONSIDER
- A DISTRAUGHT MIDDLE-AGED farm woman asks for advice on buying her daughter a farmhouse just down the road. This is a loaded question. When farm founders are considering how long they want to stay on… -
Looking back
10 YEARS OF ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER
- In recognition of Grain Farmers of Ontario’s 10th anniversary, Ontario Grain Farmer is talking to staff about the impact that the organization has made. This month we took a look back at the Ontario Grain… -
Corteva’s sustainability goals
RECOGNITION
- THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) understands the pivotal role that agriculture must play in ensuring a sustainable global food supply. Five years ago, the UN established 17 sustainable development goals; second from the top was a… -
Managing risk
THE HUMAN RESOURCES LINK
- RISK IS CONSTANT in the business of farming. Production, marketing, financial, legal, and human rank as the top five types of agricultural risks. Management strategies for the first four types are common, but does your… -
Tar spot
HOW TO MANAGE THE NEW DISEASE THREAT
- THE INEVITABLE HAS happened with tar spot — the disease has now been confirmed in Ontario. Researchers and agronomists have been keeping a close eye out for signs of tar spot ever since it was… -
A collaborative effort
RESEARCHING WATER’S FLOW
- FARMERS UNDERSTAND THE integral role water plays in farming; but the impact our farming practices have on water — the water cycle and water flow — still isn’t fully understood. Dr. Genevieve Ali, an associate… -
GrainTALK for December 2020
AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS
- FROM THE CHAIRA Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. What was the most difficult part of 2020 as chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario? Being the chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario, and…