Managing a late corn crop
HARVEST CONSIDERATIONS THIS FALL
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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,…
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Business side: Broadband basics
CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS
- (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… -
Field observations
FALL 2019 UPDATES
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.…