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Improving precision ag effectiveness

NEW ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT GUELPH

February 2019 - JOHN SULIK, GEOGRAPHER by trade, joined the University of Guelph’s Department of Plant Agriculture in June 2018. His mission — to use a wide range of biological data to make precision agriculture actually pay for…
Fighting phytophthora

NEW GENE DISCOVERY BY AAFC SCIENTIST

February 2019 - PHYTOPHTHORA SOJAE (P. SOJAE) isn’t a new nemesis to soybean farmers. Every year, the root and stem rot disease results in significant damage around the world, forcing farmers to replant or face costly crop losses.…
New research investments

CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP

February 2019 - EIGHT NEW RESEARCH projects will be funded by Grain Farmers of Ontario with support from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership). The Partnership will provide funding up to $590,454. “Through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, our…
Web Special

An ambassador’s journey

GRAIN DISCOVERY ZONE SEASON 2018

January 2019 - AFTER 20,000 KM, more than 25 fairs, and seven educational days, the 2018 Grain Discovery zone season wrapped-up at the end of September. This season Grain Farmers of Ontario successfully communicated about grain farming to…
The value of corn

UNDERSTANDING MARKET INFLUENCES

January 2019 - CORN CAN BE a great crop to grow. In Ontario, our corn yields have been consistently increasing on an annual basis. According to Statistics Canada, in 2018 Canadian farmers planted approximately 3.6 million acres, which…
Ontario wheat

MARKET ASSESSMENT

January 2019 - THE 2018 WHEAT crop was a high quality crop that met the needs of end users in terms of strong falling numbers, decent test weight, and good protein levels. For a full indication of wheat…
We listen, and we act

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

January 2019 - I’M SURE EVERYONE has had one of those restless nights where you lie awake at 3 a.m. worrying about how you are going to get through the day or week; worrying about loan payments, the…
Inspiring to lead

2018 WOMEN’S GRAIN SYMPOSIUM

January 2019 - LEADERSHIP, STORYTELLING, AND mental health were among the key topics discussed at Grain Farmers of Ontario’s second Women’s Grain Symposium. The event brought together 30 female farmers and grain industry representatives, along with female staff…
Marketing plans

ADAPTING TO MARKET CHALLENGES

January 2019 - OBTAINING PREMIUM PRICES right at harvest time has been a given in recent years, but not during the bumper crop of 2018. In the past, producers could be relatively comfortable that they’d get a better…
Targeted sales

MARKETING DON INFECTED CORN

January 2019 - MY FIRST HARVEST in the commercial grain elevator business was 1992. For the farmers who are too young to remember it, 1992 was an extremely cool summer and much of Ontario’s corn crop simply failed…