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Ontario beef checkoff to rise by $1.50

Ontario beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in checkoff per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. Producers at the Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) annual meeting in Mississauga on Wednesday voted 87 per cent in favour of the plan. A similar plan was rejected at last year’s annual […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Greig: Why IBV is such a tough bug

By John Greig, GFM Network News May 17, 2018

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) continues to find ways to keep itself relevant to poultry farmers, researchers and veterinarians across North America — much to their dismay. Why it matters: Despite lots of research and efforts to find ways to manage it, the virus continues to mutate and show up in flocks with different symptoms in […] Read more

Forages, Livestock

Forage testing more complicated, but rations more accurate

Forage testing has evolved significantly in the past three to five years, with more precise tools for livestock ration development

By John Greig April 10, 2018

Forage quality evaluation has moved from rule of thumb to rule of rumen. Mark Bowman, a ruminant nutritionist with Grand Valley Fortifiers in Cambridge, Ont., told the annual meeting of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association in Guelph last November that forage testing has evolved significantly in the past three to five years, with more […] Read more

Crops

Ontario organic grain buyer Homestead closing

By John Greig, GFM Network News April 9, 2018

One of the province’s leading organic retailers and buyers of organic grains will shut its doors Friday. Homestead Organics, founded and still run by organic driving force Tom Manley, will be sold off, likely in parts. The company said its Shakespeare, Ont. mill is in the process of being sold and will continue as an […] Read more

Tom Kilcer recommends triticale as a cover crop with high feed value, and says to manage it as a feed crop, not just a cover, using seed treatment and good seed.

Crops, Forages

Don’t call it ‘cover,’ call it ‘feed’

How sacrificing some silage yield can gain another six to 10 tons of forage per acre

By John Greig March 27, 2018

Tom Kilcer says farmers are missing an opportunity to create greater value from cover crops by using them in a carefully planned winter forage system. He’s promoting a system that gives up some yield in corn silage planted after the winter forage in order to gain overall total yield over a whole growing season. Kilcer, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Industry still looking for new NH3 tank rule break

By John Greig, GFM Network News March 19, 2018

Fertilizer Canada and the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR) say there will be enough anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks available to supply the fertilizer to farmers during this growing season. New Transport Canada regulations came into force Jan. 12, which affect the frequency of hydrostatic testing and visual inspection of ammonia nurse and applicator tanks and […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Southern Ontario median farmland price jumps in 2017

By John Greig, GFM Network News February 22, 2018

The threat of interest rate increases hasn’t dampened the prices southern Ontario farmers are paying for land. The annual Valco study of land values showed an increase in value of 9.76 per cent for farmland sold in 2017 over 2016. This increase is the largest since 2013. The median price for land in the surveyed […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Producers vote down Ontario beef checkoff increase

By John Greig, GFM Network News February 22, 2018

A bid to increase the checkoff paid by Ontario’s beef farmers to Beef Farmers of Ontario was quashed when it failed to get the 66 per cent support it needed for approval. Why it matters: Beef Farmers of Ontario pulled from its reserves to fund at close-to $1 million deficit in 2017 and was planning […] Read more

General

Rural Ontario leader appointed to Senate

By John Greig, GFM Network News February 16, 2018

A leader in Ontario’s agriculture and rural community is one of Canada’s newest senators. Rob Black, executive director of the Rural Ontario Institute and a former president of 4-H Canada, was named Thursday as one of two new senators from Ontario by Governor General Julie Payette. Why is this significant? It has been a long […] Read more

General

Ontario, U of Guelph renew ag research partnership

By John Greig, GFM Network News February 15, 2018

Up to $713 million in agriculture research will be funded at the University of Guelph over the next 10 years through a renewal of the university’s agreement with the provincial ag ministry. The new agreement has been updated to manage digital data and is aimed to provide a base from which to leverage more research […] Read more

Canola fund short position continues to grow

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

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Canola fund short position continues to grow

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

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Ontario beef checkoff to rise by $1.50

Greig: Why IBV is such a tough bug

Forage testing more complicated, but rations more accurate

Ontario organic grain buyer Homestead closing

Don’t call it ‘cover,’ call it ‘feed’

Industry still looking for new NH3 tank rule break

Southern Ontario median farmland price jumps in 2017

Producers vote down Ontario beef checkoff increase

Rural Ontario leader appointed to Senate

Ontario, U of Guelph renew ag research partnership

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