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Ten years of wild weather

WHAT PRODUCERS ARE DOING ABOUT IT

January 2020 - WEATHER-WISE, THE past decade has been fraught with extremes and variability. Ontario’s producers have been hit with bouts of excessive rain, untimely frosts, and oppressive heat waves. And while these incidents are normal, their frequency…
The merger, one decade later

FOUNDING CHAIRS REFLECT ON THE NEW ORGANIZATION

January 2020 - THREE COMMODITY BOARDS had to combine strategies, structures, and expertise to create Grain Farmers of Ontario. Now, a decade after the organization’s official launch, the chairs of the Ontario Corn Producers’ Association, Ontario Soybean Growers,…
Here we grow again

BARLEY AND OATS JOIN IN 2015

January 2020 - IN 2010, AS the newly-formed Grain Farmers of Ontario was gaining momentum as the voice of Ontario corn, soybean and wheat farmers, the Oat and Barley Council of Ontario (OBCO) was winding down operations after…
GrainTALK for January 2020

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

January 2020 - 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…
Today and tomorrow

THE WORLD NEEDS GRAIN FARMERS

January 2020 - It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. — Danish proverb THE FUTURE IS destined to lead us to the unexpected, let alone to the unknown. After all, when Grain Farmers of Ontario was…
Web Special

Ontario Corn Committee Performance Trials

TRIAL RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE

December 2019 - Just like corn farmers this year, the Ontario Corn Trials had the same struggles of delayed spring planting and a long drawn out harvest. We would like to thank the trial coordinators and their staff…
Protecting the future

USING CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TO PRESERVE FARMLAND

December 2019 - MORE AND MORE farmers in Ontario are choosing to make sure their farmland stays farmland. They’ve been able to do so since 2005, when preserving land for agricultural purposes was added to the Conservation Lands…
GrainTALK for December 2019

AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS

December 2019 - FROM THE CHAIRA Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. Q. What are some of the lessons you have learned through succession planning? A. I will tell you straight off the bat that succession…
Passing on the farm

DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

December 2019 - ABOUT THIS ISSUE Grain Farmers of Ontario staff members often hear from our farmer-members that succession planning is one of their most top-of-mind issues. Our 2018 farmer-member survey reiterated that, with many respondents indicating they…
Setting business goals

AFTER A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION

December 2019 - YOU JUST TOOK over the family farm and want to grow the business. That means you need a business plan. But what do you do? Where do you start? According to financial planning experts, the…