Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine is the flagship publication of Grain Farmers of Ontario and a source of information for our province’s grain farmers.

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Topic: identification

The SCN crisis

FINDING SOLUTIONS

March 2022 - SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE (SCN), a devastating root-attacking field pest, is estimated to have cost farmers in Ontario and the United States $1 billion (USD) annually between 2010 and 2019. While Ontario farmers have access to…
Tar spot

HOW TO MANAGE THE NEW DISEASE THREAT

December 2020 - THE INEVITABLE HAS happened with tar spot — the disease has now been confirmed in Ontario. Researchers and agronomists have been keeping a close eye out for signs of tar spot ever since it was…
Cropside: Insect resistance

AGRONOMIC INFORMATION FROM ONTARIO'S CROP SPECIALISTS

August 2020 - WITH VERY FEW new insecticides coming to market soon, we need to preserve the products we currently have. Climate change research also predicts an increased risk of certain pests expanding into Ontario and the potential…