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GrainTALK for December 2023 / January 2024
Brendan Byrne, chair, Grain Farmers of Ontario What did 2023 mean to you? This is my final year as chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario, and while the last three years have had their trying moments and...
View ArticleWhat do Canadians think about food?
CANADIAN CONSUMERS ARE growing increasingly concerned about the cost of food and the affordability of healthy food, according to the 2023 Canadian Centre for Food Integrity’s (CCFI) 2023 Public Trust...
View ArticleMarket review 2022 – 2023
WHILE THE CORN, soybean, and wheat prices for the 2022 – 23 crop marketing year retreated from the lofty highs of 2021 – 22, they were still well ahead of the previous five-year average. The...
View ArticleA year in review
LIKE MOST YEARS, it has been a year of ups and downs: temperature, moisture, and, in some cases, disease. Heavy rains and snow across much of the province at the start of spring caused a slight delay...
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Giving from the farm
Keith Agnew, CPA, Team Manager, Bossy Nagy Group bng-cpa.ca (J.M.) HOW IS CHARITABLE GIVING ACCOUNTED FOR IN A FARM BUSINESS? (K.A.) The ability to support your local community or organizations that...
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Feeding the world
Crosby Devitt, CEO, Grain Farmers of Ontari IT IS DECEMBER — THE end of another year, another season, and hopefully, another harvest. For Ontario’s farmers, it has been a challenging year — we have...
View ArticleStormy skies ahead?
THERE ARE MANY challenges on a grain farm, and one that farmers increasingly have to worry about is erratic weather. David Phillips, a senior climatologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada,...
View ArticleBuilding soil health over time
CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH INTO SOIL HEALTH continues in Ontario, led by a University of Guelph team. “Healthy, resilient soil is key to maintaining crop productivity,” notes Dr. Laura Van Eerd, professor...
View ArticleDetermining soybean yield
NOTHING IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ever unfolds quickly, nor are desired results guaranteed. Delving into data and distinguishing between viable recommendations and the anomalies that may arise is...
View ArticleWeed management
ACCORDING TO DR. PETER SIKKEMA, careful weed management in soybeans can increase yields and profits while bringing an astonishing 344 per cent return on investment (ROI). “My goal is to incrementally...
View ArticleNew fertility recommendations
THE YIELD POTENTIAL of modern corn, soybean, and wheat varieties are the highest they’ve ever been. However, recent years have also brought considerable increases in fertilizer input costs. Achieving...
View ArticleCrop rotation diversification
Research shows that diversifying crop rotation can bring a variety of benefits, but it remains a complex practice with many context-specific responses that need more research. Amélie Gaudin, associate...
View ArticleA $27 billion industry
THE NUMBERS ARE IN, AND THEY TELL AN EXCITING STORY about Ontario’s grain and oilseed industry: it is an economic juggernaut, with $27 billion in total economic output — representing a whopping 60 per...
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Nitrogen availability
Christine Brown, Field Crop Sustainability Specialist ADDING PH AND CARBON TO NITROGEN (C:N) ratio to the manure analysis could help fine-tune nitrogen (N) predictions for corn and wheat crops....
View ArticleMarket access update
IN 2024 AND 2025, two critical markets for Ontario grains will be introducing new market access requirements. CANADA’S CLEAN FUEL REGULATIONSBiofuels are a critical market for Ontario corn,...
View ArticleLegacy Scholarship winners
THE ONTARIO GRAIN AND OILSEED INDUSTRY employs more than 90,000 people — but finding qualified people to fill those jobs is becoming increasingly difficult. According to a Canadian Agricultural Human...
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GrainTALK for February 2024
Brendan Byrne, chair, Grain Farmers of Ontario As you approach the end of your three-year term as chair, what accomplishments are you most proud of? When I look back on the work of the last three...
View ArticleWinning with wheat
OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE GREAT LAKES YIELD ENHANCEMENT NETWORK (YEN) participants have posted some pretty impressive results. In 2023, the highest yield award went to Jeff Cook, from London,...
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Young workers’ safety
Sandy Miller, Industry and Partner Relations, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services www.wsps.ca (J.M.) WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES DO FARM EMPLOYERS HAVE WHEN HIRING OR WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE?...
View Article2024 YEN wrap-up
THE ONTARIO GREAT LAKES YIELD ENHANCEMENT NETWORK (YEN) wrap-up meeting, held in January 2024, kicked off with a welcome from Marty Vermey, senior agronomist with Grain Farmers of Ontario and a...
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