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Maintaining markets

2019 OUTGOING PROGRAM TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

October 2019 - WITH INCREASES IN production occurring year over year and domestic markets becoming fairly saturated, international trade is becoming even more important for Ontario grains. If there is anything this past year has taught us though,…
European journalists tour

A SUSTAINABLE FARMING SHOWCASE

October 2019 - ONTARIO GRAIN FARMERS use farming methods that ensure the economic, social, and environmental fundamentals of sustainable agriculture. It’s an important story to tell, particularly to those in key export markets where sustainability is tracked across…
GM food decisions

UNDERSTANDING THE CANADIAN CONSUMER

October 2019 - WITH GROWING URBANIZATION and fewer than two per cent of the Canadian population working in agriculture, Canadian consumers are generally removed from agriculture and this distance is hard to bridge. There is a gap in…
Port of Goderich

A GRAIN GATEWAY TO THE WORLD

October 2019 - GRAIN ELEVATORS HAVE towered over the town of Goderich for more than 150 years, taking in the local harvest, employing local citizens, and contributing to the local economy. “The elevators are part of the fabric…
The great divide

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

October 2019 - THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has caused a rift within the agriculture community. In August, a compensation package was announced for dairy farmers that provided them with a subsidy to counter the negative market effects of the…
Cropside: Pre-harvest assessment

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

October 2019 - UNFORTUNATELY, AS MANY of you found in 2018, Gibberella ear rot and of course the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) can significantly impact not only producers but the entire corn value chain. As you plan to harvest…
Managing a late corn crop

HARVEST CONSIDERATIONS THIS FALL

October 2019 - SPRING 2019 WAS the latest corn planting for a large volume of the Ontario corn crop to date. We may have heard of a few corn fields that were planted in June over our career,…
Business side: Broadband basics

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

October 2019 - (J.M) WHAT’S THE BROADBAND CONNECTION LIKE IN RURAL ONTARIO TODAY? (B.F.) That depends on where you live in the province. Broadband options in rural Ontario are a mixed bag right now. Some areas have decent…
Web Special

Field observations

FALL 2019 UPDATES

September 2019 - November 29, 2019 Corn The calm before the storm this week allowed Ontario corn farmers a couple of open days to work away at corn harvest. Pulsating winds on Wednesday caused havoc to the remaining…
Harvest technology

CALIBRATING COMBINE SENSORS

September 2019 - WHEN PERFORMING PRE-HARVEST combine maintenance checks, the bolts, belts, bearings, and other mechanical parts shouldn’t be a farmer’s only focus. Today’s combines come with an arsenal of sophisticated sensors that require their own TLC to…