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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…
DON testing protocols

September 2019 - DURING THE SEVERE outbreak of DON in corn during the 2018 harvest season, Grain Farmers of Ontario partnered with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Ontario Agri-Business Association, and the University…
Cropside: Recirculating booms

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

September 2019 - CONVENTIONAL BOOMS Larger sprayers feature booms with five to 13 sections that terminate in caps (or valves for flushing). Pressurized liquid is fed to the middle of each section and must exit at the nozzle…
Climate change is changing weeds

RISING CO2 LEVELS MAKE MANY WEEDS MORE COMPETITIVE

September 2019 - ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE stood at 325 ppm in 1970. In 2015, that number stood at 400 ppm. To humans this is a small, unnoticeable increase – but plants are paying attention. Weeds specifically are finding…
Field mitigation

REPAIRING DAMAGED FIELDS

September 2019 - MANY ONTARIO FARMERS planted the 2019 crop in less than ideal conditions. Persistent rain gave fields little chance to dry out and farmers made tough decisions to take advantage of any opportunity they had to…
The rules of the road

ENSURE SAFETY AT HARVEST

September 2019 - WITH HARVEST SEASON getting into full swing, it’s important for farmers to understand what the rules of the road are, and how to keep themselves, their employees, and their children safe. During the fall, the…
Avoiding tank mix errors

CAUTION AND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

September 2019 - MIXING MULTIPLE PRODUCTS for a single-spray application has its benefits. Indeed, doing so can take advantage of multiple modes of action, apply fertilizer simultaneously, reduce the risk of drift, save time and money, and more.…
A farm debt discussion

FINANCIAL RATIOS

September 2019 - CANADIAN HOUSEHOLD DEBT is on the rise. It’s all over the news, as financial consultants speculate about rising interest rates, soaring housing prices, and consumers constantly turning to credit to purchase the latest tech gadget,…
Go fast, go green

ETHANOL-BASED FUEL AT THE HONDA INDY TORONTO

September 2019 - THE TINIEST TWEAK to an ethanol-burning Indy car, one of auto racing’s best examples of finely tuned technology, can have a huge impact on performance. Racing crews spend untold resources seeking an edge in the…
Lessons learned

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

September 2019 - IT’S BEEN ALMOST a year since we entered one of the most challenging corn harvests in recent memory. As we prepare for harvest 2019, the issue of another DON outbreak in corn is utmost in…