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The quest for nitrogen fixing corn
Amy Petherick
Early planting and longer maturating varieties in soybeans
Dan Docking and Horst Bohner, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs
Re-plant and stress recovery in corn
Treena Hein
Getting creative with nutrient sourcing
Amy Petherick
Shaping young farm leaders
Claire Cowan
Putting a price on plant biotechnology
Rebecca Hannam
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Kim Waalderbos
Winning spring wheat yields
Claire Cowan
Soybeans: performing in fields and your body
Jeanine Moyer
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Soybeans: performing in fields and your body
By: Jeanine Moyer
February 2012
EVERY SEVEN MINUTES inutes in Canada, someone dies from heart disease or stroke. So, what if soybean farmers could help lower that statistic and reduce the
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Meeting of the minds
By: Kim Waalderbos
February 2012
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE researchers are working together in an unprecedented manner to develop what they hope will become the gold standard of corn
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Putting a price on plant biotechnology
By: Rebecca Hannam
February 2012
BIOTECHNOLOGY IS A growing business. Millions of farmers plant genetically enhanced crops every year and the quantity and complexity of available
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Early planting and longer maturating varieties in soybeans
By: Dan Docking and Horst Bohner, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs
February 2012
EXTENSIVE SOYBEAN BREEDING ing in Ontario is continually leading to higher yielding soybean varieties. Unfortunately, these higher yields are not always
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The quest for nitrogen fixing corn
By: Amy Petherick
February 2012
A BACTERIUM THAT may be capable of actively fixing nitrogen in corn has been studied and tested in Ontario. Although research is still very
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Maintaining yields and improving water quality
By: Claire Cowan
January 2012
CLEAN DRINKING WATER is easy to take for granted in a province which is surrounded by the Great Lakes. But, some communities experience alarming
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Herbicide resistance takes centre stage at weed conference
By: Claire Cowan
November 2011
WEED SCIENTISTS FROM across Canada met this week in Niagara Falls at the Canadian Weed Science Society annual conference. This is a great
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Light at the end of the tunnel?
By: Sylviane Duval
October 2011
WITHIN A FEW years, SeCan and Advantage Seed Growers will start selling varieties of hard red and soft white winter wheat developed by Dr. Lily
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DON developments
By: Treena Hein
September 2011
VISUAL INSPECTION OF corn and wheat for Fusarium infection at the point of grain delivery is not accurate for determining actual levels of DON, so
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Do high yielding soybeans need nitrogen fertilizer?
By: Horst Bohner, Soybean Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
September 2011
SOYBEANS REQUIRE A tremendous amount of nitrogen to achieve high yields — a 50 bushel per acre crop will remove 200 pounds per acre of nitrogen.
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