Ontario grain companies form strategic alliance

Ontario grain companies form strategic alliance

Great Lakes Grain, Bacres Grain Inc., and Wanstead Farmers Co-operative have joined forces in what the companies are calling a “strategic partnership aimed at providing enhanced services to the agricultural community.” Why it matters: Great Lakes Grain already supplies grain marketing expertise to cooperatives and other elevators across the province. The collaboration “leverages the unique […] Read more

The annual Great Lakes Grain tour assessment showed above-average yields for corn at 199.9 bu./acre.

Ontario corn yield estimates above average, soybeans below

Corn needs heat units to optimize projected yields

Mother Nature needs to turn on the heat for Ontario corn to reach its yield potential before harvest. “We’re behind” in corn, Jim Irvine, of FS Partners/Great Lakes Grain, told Farmtario at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. “The weather has slowed things down. We need a warm, frost-free September.” The 2023 Great Lakes Grain (GLG) crop […] Read more