Cereal rye
IN MARCH 2021, at Grain Farmers of Ontario’s Semi-Annual Meeting of Delegates, a resolution was passed to look at adding cereal rye to the crop represented by our organization. The Board of Directors...
View ArticleSeed development: wheat
BREEDERS TAKE SEVERAL factors into consideration when developing a new wheat variety, such as yield, quality, standability, and disease tolerance. Each class of wheat grown has its own characteristics...
View ArticleSudden Death Syndrome
SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME (SDS) is set to follow the progress of Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN), becoming a severe and consistent problem for Ontario soybean farmers in the coming decade. Researchers at the...
View ArticleGrainTALK for February 2022
MAGAZINE UPDATE Over the past few months, we have encountered supply chain issues with the paper used to print the Ontario Grain Farmer. You will have noticed a different paper was used for the...
View ArticleCover Crops in Ontario
THE ONTARIO COVER Crop Steering Committee recently set out to learn more about how and why Ontario farmers are using cover crops in their fields. The 2020 Ontario Cover Crop Feedback Report was...
View ArticleThe cover crop difference
WE KNOW THE benefits of planting cover crops, but what exactly are those benefits and how are they measured? Results of a five-year Ontario-based cover crop research project are rolling in and are...
View ArticleWinter wheat benefits
RESEARCHERS HAVE PROVEN that adding winter wheat to a corn-soybean rotation not only increases yields, it also builds resilience against drought, helps reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizer, and...
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Today’s labour market
Ian McGinty, owner, Ian McGinty and Associates (J.M.) WHAT DOES THE CURRENT LABOUR MARKET LOOK LIKE? (I.M.) The current labour market is tightening and employees have more choices. Before COVID-19,...
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Priority investments
Crosby Devitt, CEO, Grain Farmers of Ontario GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO is investing close to $2 million of your check-off fees into research during the 2022 fiscal year. That money is being leveraged...
View ArticleIncreasing wheat yields
THE GREAT LAKES Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) is focused on improving wheat yields for Ontario farmers. The research program recently completed its inaugural season with the 2021 pilot project. The...
View ArticleControlling wild oats
WILD OAT IS an annual grassy weed generally associated with Western Canada. Until recently, it wasn’t even on the radar in Ontario. But as the province’s farmers adopt rotations that include spring...
View ArticleThe SCN crisis
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...
View ArticleLeadership and legacy
FOR MORE THAN a decade, three names have been a constant on Grain Farmers of Ontario’s Board of Directors — Markus Haerle, Mark Huston, and Henry Van Ankum. 2022 marks the first year their names will...
View ArticleGrainTALK for March 2022
NEW MANAGING EDITOR Grain Farmers of Ontario is pleased to announce Mary Feldskov has been hired as the new managing editor for the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine. Feldskov joined the team at the...
View ArticleDisruptive technologies
IN THE NEXT five to 10 years, smaller, automated machinery will take over from huge, soil compacting equipment and farming as a service will be a new business model for agriculture, according to...
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Split apply nitrogen?
Joanna Follings, Cereal Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs SHOULD i SPLIT apply nitrogen in winter wheat? SOME THOUGHT PROCESSES TO CONSIDER …. SINGLE APPLICATIONS...
View ArticleMental health plan
BUSINESS PLANS ARE a smart move on the part of any individual who decides to take the leap into entrepreneurship. However, one plan that is not as common in regular business management books is a...
View ArticleThe value of soil health
ESTABLISHING A DIVERSE crop rotation is thought to be a strategy that farmers can use to improve soil health. But what are the environmental and economic benefits of the ecosystem services provided by...
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Employee retention
Ian McGinty, owner, Ian McGinty and Associates (J.M.) HOW CAN I BUILD AND RETAIN THE RIGHT TEAM OF EMPLOYEES FOR MY FARM BUSINESS? (I.M.) It’s tough to be an employer in today’s tight labour market....
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Changes
Crosby Devitt, CEO, Grain Farmers of Ontario OVER THE PAST two years we have become used to change — changing work environments, changing public health protocols, changing markets and supply chains....
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