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Working through stress and frustration

FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH

December 2019 - PSYCHOTHERAPIST DEBORAH VANBERKEL’S job would be much easier if farm succession was simply a legal matter. Her Napanee-based company, Cultivate Counselling Services, would have a minor role at best. But parent-to-child farm ownership transactions are…
Choosing family first

A SUCCESSION STORY: DARCY SMITH

December 2019 - THERE WAS A time when Darcy Smith was adamant he would never farm. As a young teenager, he didn’t like that they worked every day after school and through the weekend and there always seemed…
Succession matters

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

December 2019 - WITH AN AGING farm population, it isn’t surprising that so many farm families are having the same conversation at the supper table. At least — the ones who are willing to talk about it. I…
Cropside: Avoiding the burn

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

December 2019 - AS THE OMAFRA corn specialist, I am often called to the field to figure out what has gone wrong when there are signs of injury in the crop. This summer, one such visit diagnosed fertilizer…
GrainTALK for November 2019

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

November 2019 - FROM THE CHAIRA Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. Q. What are some of the most important innovations in agriculture technology that you have seen or anticipate? A. There are a number of…
Autonomous technology

IN THE FIELD WITH DOT

November 2019 - IF YOU WENT to Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) in September, you likely met DOT — the autonomous tractor making a name for itself. There is a lot of hype and excitement about DOT which could…
Plant tattoos

IOWA RESEARCH TARGETS LOW-COST SENSORS

November 2019 - RESEARCHERS AT IOWA State University (ISU) are developing low-cost sensors, called “tattoos,” which can be attached to plants to measure key agronomic conditions such as moisture and nitrogen levels. The technology can measure how corn…
Safe grain handling

TIPS TO KEEP DUST DOWN

November 2019 - ACROSS ONTARIO, FARMERS have built over 11 million worth of grain storage capacity. On-farm grain handling systems can give farmers more ability to store and market grain themselves. However, these facilities can also create nuisances…
A skills revolution

RBC REPORT SHOWCASES AGRICULTURE’S POTENTIAL

November 2019 - A REPORT RECENTLY published by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) emphasizes the potential for the Canadian agriculture industry to be an economic powerhouse — but only if it pushes the envelope on innovation and…
Growing eastern Ontario research

WINCHESTER AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION

November 2019 - AFTER THE UNIVERSITY of Guelph closed its campus in Kemptville in 2016, the future of the plots at the Winchester Agricultural Research Station was called into question. The research statin relied on the campus to…