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Business side: WSIB premiums changing

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

August 2019 - (J.M) WHAT DO FARMERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WSIB PROGRAM CHANGES? (J.D.) Insurance isn’t always top of mind, but it’s important farm business owners and employers understand that WSIB’s new premium rate-setting model is changing.…
GrainTALK for August 2019

GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO

August 2019 - FROM THE CHAIR A Q&A with Grain Farmers of Ontario chair, Markus Haerle. In continuation of the last two issues’ Ask The Chair, Grain Farmers of Ontario Chair Markus Haerle will focus on a third federal…
Mental health

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

August 2019 - THERE’S NO QUESTION it was a stressful spring planting season. Pessimism amongst farmers hasn’t been this high in more than a decade. Some farmers didn’t have any grain planted well into June and those that…
Cleaner every year

AN UPDATE ON THE CLEANFARMS PROGRAM

August 2019 - NEXT YEAR, CLEANFARMS will celebrate it’s official tenth anniversary — but it’s already celebrating many outstanding accomplishments related to helping farmers minimize their environmental impact, stretching back to its origins as a jug-collection program 30…
Cropside: Planting wheat

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

August 2019 - OPTIMUM PLANTING DATES FOR WINTER WHEAT IN ONTARIO AS WE SAW with the 2019 winter wheat crop, if winter wheat is planted late and if conditions are not fit, there is a greater risk of…
Grain grading

UNDERSTANDING HOW YOUR GRAIN IS INSPECTED

August 2019 - GRAIN GRADING AFFECTS the price of your grain; and when you don’t get the price you were expecting, you might wonder what factors were at play. Every grain has its own set of inspection guidelines…
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Avoiding mistakes with cover crops

UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES LEADS TO MORE EFFECTIVE USE

July 2019 - “Don’t mess up an opportunity to do some soil maintenance […] put a cover crop on. It doesn’t have to be expensive.” This sentiment was expressed by Anne Verhallen, soil management specialist, horticulture, for the…
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Field observations

SUMMER 2019 UPDATES

July 2019 - Update for September 13, 2019 IT WAS A busy week in Ontario for farmers as Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show was held in Woodstock. Soybeans have begun to turn while the corn crop needs some more…
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Biological inputs

THEIR POTENTIAL ROLE IN SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT

July 2019 - CAN BIOLOGICAL INPUTS help increase farm profitability and sustainability? According to academic and ministry experts, the answer is – maybe. More specifically, they say new microbial inputs might play a positive role if used in…
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Winter wheat in challenging years

THINGS TO CONSIDER

July 2019 - THE 2018-2019 winter wheat growing season has not been easy. More challenging conditions during both fall planting and the spring mean producers need to be more mindful of additional production issues. During the Southwest Crop…