Corn harvest is underway for most of Ontario and farmers are starting to get a rough estimate of what their corn will yield. For those producers not waiting on the rain, half a day in the combine can give you an idea of the size and quality of your crop. This week on the Corn... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
Now that it looks like the Canadian Wheat Board's single desk is about to be extinguished, it seems that the main stream media has turned its focus to the Canadian Dairy industry. Is the CWB situation the same as the supply mananged dairy industry? Should the Canadian dairy industry be in Gerry Ritz's cross hairs... Read More
The effects of periodic rain during summer harvest can range from inconvenient to extremely disruptive depending on the amount. That effect grows exponentially when rain comes at this time of year. It just takes that much longer for fields to dry out in this cold. It's a fact that is weighing on the minds of... Read More
With harvest 2011 almost complete across the country except for the Eastern corn, everyone is getting ready for winter. Farmers never seem to take enough pictures of their hard work through the growing season. The growing season presents challenges but no time brings a farm more together than harvest. Harvest is harvest is about hard... Read More
Patience is being tested in farmers living in Southern Ontario as the wrap up for soybean harvest for some and the beginning of corn harvest for others has been prolonged by some wet weather. It doesn't look as though relief is going to come in the immediate future either. This week on the RealWeatherWatch we... Read More
The Canadian corn harvest is barely underway and it's time to put some reputations on the line. Back in early September we asked some farmers at the Outdoor Farm Show what they thought corn yields would be like in their area. A great deal of producers got their corn in later than usual because of... Read More
Wheat is grown on more acres than any other crop around the world. There is a wheat harvest happening somewhere in the world every month. Having said all of that If I asked you, "Why do you grow wheat," do you know what your answer would be? Some people want you to believe that farmer's... Read More
If the numbers don't lie, organizations like Farmers Feed Cities and the agricultural community at large have a lot of work to do. According to a recent study by that organization, 97 percent of Ontario residents agree that farming is important to the future of the province yet only 41 percent of 18 to 34... Read More
Soybean harvest is underway and farmers throughout Ontario are geared to go. This time of year gets farmers particularly antsy and edgy as we ride the line between seasons. That line can bring with it all kinds of instability and a host of random weather events that can make harvest a long drawn out process.... Read More
Soybean harvest is about to get revved up in Ontario and farmers get to see firsthand just how well their varieties performed. Now is the time when farmers start to evaluate some of the claims attached to their soybean seed suppliers and maybe do some coffee shop comparisons. Considering the obvious factors like planting date... Read More