By Diego Flammini Staff Writer Farms.com Two levels of government announced how they will help Ontario producers with high levels of DON in their corn. Today, the federal and provincial governments outlined three measures through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. They will open an application process to help farmers recover some costs associated with DON testing. The Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association will handle the … Read More

By Alexs Sagan The Canadian Press Grocery stores have pulled romaine lettuce off their shelves and many restaurants have stopped serving caesar salads after the leafy green has been linked to an E. coli outbreak for the third time in about a year. The lettuce is more susceptible to E. coli contamination partly because of how it’s grown, experts say, … Read More

By Paul Jasa No-till November, a national campaign of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and others, encourages farmers to park their tillage implements each fall. It all started, says Neil Sass, an NRCS agronomist, when “I thought ‘Hey, No-Shave November is a good way to highlight men’s health, why not promote No-Till November as a way to highlight soil health?’ … Read More

Scott Miller, CTV London November 13, 2018 Farmers are calling it ‘catastrophic.’ A potentially poisonous mould called vomitoxin is threatening a large portion of Southwestern Ontario’s corn crop. Inconsistent testing has corn producers pulling out their hair, as to whether their corn is “passable” or “worthless.” Some farmers are having their corn turned away at grain elevators due to excessive … Read More

Grain Farmers of Ontario, the province‘s largest commodity organization, representing Ontario‘s 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean and wheat farmers, today expressed its disappointment with the Canadian government‘s mandated carbon tax on fuels and urged the government to stop implementation. Changes in the land, water and air have been noted by farmers for decades and new practices such as cover crop … Read More

Lauren Arva Staff Writer Farms.com Grain corn ear mould, such as Gibberella, is on the rise in Ontario this year, a Friday OMAFRA field crop report said. Industry representatives tested corn ear samples, collected from Sept. 21 to 28, for the survey. Overall, 60 per cent of tested samples ranked low (<2.00 ppm) for Vomitoxin (DON), a type of mycotoxin. Signs of … Read More

By Diego Flammini Staff Writer Farms.com The sun may be shining in Ontario today, but cash crop producers still find themselves looking for a window to harvest their crops. A recent stretch of rain and cooler temperatures forced some farmers to come up with concrete plans to harvest, regardless of field conditions. “My soybeans were ready to come off about … Read More

Diego Flammini Staff Writer Farms.com As farmers harvest their cash crops, they may be thinking about the next planting season. Thorough soil and residue management in the fall can help producers get a head start for the spring season, said Justin Render, a product specialist with Kinze Manufacturing. “It helps set the stage for next year’s crop,” he told Farms.com. … Read More