Field Observations
SUMMER 2024
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September 5, 2024 As the calendar turns to another month in the year, soybeans are also beginning to turn and advance toward maturity. Now is a great time to assess the areas of variability in…
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Field Observations
SPRING 2024
- June 13, 2024 This spring is starting to sound like “the song that never ends.” If you can remember it from childhood, it’s a song that just goes on and on and never ends. While… -
Field Observations
FALL 2023
- December 7, 2023 Another season has come and (mostly) gone. Corn harvest is roughly 90 to 100 per cent complete, and with another few good days of harvest, it should be nearing the finish line.… -
Field observations
Summer 2023
- September 21, 2023 This week, there is some good and bad news. The good is that soybean harvest has begun or is not that far around the corner (be sure that combines, planters, and winter… -
GrainTALK for June/July 2023
AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS
- With summer approaching and planting well underway, it is a high-stress time for farmer-members. What would you say to someone struggling this season? This spring has been difficult for me and my District (District 1,… -
Field observations
SPRING 2023
- June 15, 2023 The rain gauge was arguably the least used piece of equipment on the farm this spring. That is until the start of this week when a very welcomed (gentle) rain was received… -
GrainTALK for April/May 2023
AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS
- FROM THE CHAIRYou recently represented Grain Farmers of Ontario during a trade mission to the Asia-Pacific region. What did you learn from that experience? Crosby (Devitt, CEO) and I were invited by the Ontario Ministry… -
Field observations
FALL 2022
- November 17, 2022 Many regions in Ontario have received their first snowfall as winter creeps closer, which has hampered any remaining corn and soybean harvest. However, spectacular fall weather has allowed many acres to be… -
GrainTALK for August 2022
AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS
- ASA CORTEVA YOUNG LEADER PROGRAM – APPLICANTS WANTED Grain Farmers of Ontario seeks a soybean farming couple or individual to represent Ontario in the 2023 Class of the American Soybean Association Corteva Young Leader Program.… -
Field observations
SUMMER 2022
- September 20, 2022 A busy week is ahead for soybean harvesting, as weather allows across the province. Winter wheat planting will follow. Roughly 5 to 10 per cent of the soybean harvest has been completed…