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International Plowing Match

NORTHERN CONNECTIONS

November 2019 - THE INTERNATIONAL PLOWING MATCH (IPM) was held in Verner (West Nipissing) in September. As a sponsor of the VIP Plowing match and VIP tent, Grain Farmers of Ontario directors and staff were in a unique…
Drone work

NEW REGULATIONS SETTLING IN WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS

November 2019 - ON JUNE 1, a new set of Transport Canada rules for flying drones came into effect. From the perspective of service providers, the latest regulations haven’t brought on any major changes to their day-to-day drone…
Business side: Electrical maintenance

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

November 2019 - (J.M) WHAT ARE THE LEADING CAUSES OF ELECTRICAL FIRES ON FARMS? (S.D.) Farm fires resulting from electrical issues can occur anywhere on the farm. Receptacles and monitors on electrical panels are prone to hot spots…
Political attention

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

November 2019 - AT PRESS TIME the results of the October federal election weren’t known. But regardless of who is governing our country, it is important for our leaders to understand the importance of Canadian agriculture and the…
Project Soy: Willow Lake Cheese

THE SUCCESS OF A SOY-BASED CHEESE

November 2019 - NEW FOODS CAN take years to move from the concept stage to consumers’ dinner plates. Refine, refine, refine — that’s what food entrepreneurs do to make sure their product is at the top of its…
An all-seeing agronomic tool?

THE CHANGING CAPABILITIES OF SATELLITES

November 2019 - BETTER RESOLUTION, MORE frequent fly-overs, and more refined data interpretation has made satellite technology more useful for farmers looking to improve their agronomic practices. Limitations still exist, however, though efforts to continually refine the use…
Cropside: BLB damage on the rise

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

November 2019 - BEAN LEAF BEETLE (BLB) damage is on the rise in some parts of Ontario. There has been a decline in the use of insecticide seed treatments on soybeans over the last few years which has…
In high spirits

CRAFT DISTILLERy BOOM IN ONTARIO

October 2019 - FARMERS AND DISTILLERS have a long history in Ontario — as everyone knows, corn makes whisky. But more than just whisky is being produced by today’s Ontario craft distillers. From vodka, to gin and moonshine,…
GrainTALK for October 2019

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

October 2019 - FROM THE CHAIRA Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. Q. What should we as grain farmers expect from the upcoming election? A. It’s difficult to predict what the outcome will be. I think…
Traceability through blockchain

IMPROVING THE GRAINS VALUE CHAIN

October 2019 - BLOCKCHAIN CAN BE described as a secure electronic ledger for keeping track of goods in a given supply chain. A recent pilot project explored the potential of this technology to improve traceability within the grain…