What would you do if someone told you the economic model of your business could be changed and you could earn $20,000 per unit instead of $2,000? It would be […] Read more
Editorial: Shipping container conundrum
Researchers expand tillage options related to dry beans
There are few weed control options for dry bean in conservation tillage
More than half of the dry bean trials at the Centralia Research Station are now done using strip tillage equipment. “We want to go strip till, because that’s what we’re […] Read more
Editorial: Local counts during election campaigns
An uninspiring election could be an opportunity for agriculture inroads
The federal election has been a bit of a snoozer so far, with no defining issues and little widespread attachment to any of the parties and leaders. Movement in the […] Read moreEditorial: The need for more efficient nitrogen
Reducing use of nitrogen fertilizer is a big potential win for farmers and critics of farm practices. The discovery of the Haber-Bosch process and its ability to pull molecular nitrogen […] Read more
Editorial: Time for another Hay West?
Ontario farmers have many reasons to be thankful
People look at me strangely sometimes when I make the case that Ontario is one of the best places in the world to farm. There are always struggles in farming […] Read more
Editorial: The two routes to agriculture minister
Lisa Thompson was recently named the new minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for Ontario, another in a line of female agriculture ministers from Huron-Bruce. I’ve known Thompson for […] Read more
Corteva at two
Company manages through pandemic while building old and new brands
The emergence of Corteva two years ago from the merger of Dow Agrosciences and DuPont put a new player on the agriculture stage — a company focused on agriculture that […] Read more
Creating smiles with wheat field sharks
Fins emerging from a Dublin-area wheat field a popular photo attraction
Wheat field sharks have caused much curiosity outside Dublin, Ont. this summer. The fins were the idea of Anne Melady, who sharecrops the field with a farmer. “I was up […] Read more
Editorial: Farmers have a YEN for more useful data
I was sitting in the livestock pavilion at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus during the SouthWest Agricultural Conference when I first heard about yield enhancement networks and thought they […] Read more
Controlled drainage showcased on new demo farm
The farm near Thorndale has numerous drainage and soil health practices to see
Drainage contractors were hard at work at a farm just west of Thorndale in early June, creating a showcase tile drainage project. Numerous drainage systems and cropping best practices will […] Read more