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Rachel Telford

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Nicole Mackellar

Soybean export markets

Treena Hein

The best and worst of times

Edith Munro

The farmer's hand to success

Melanie Epp

Production and global demand

Meghan Moran

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Agricultural research drives improved production practices, improved inputs and innovative new uses for grain in Ontario. Check out the Research section of the magazine to learn about the latest agricultural research and how it could impact your farm.

Production and global demand
By: Meghan Moran
May/June 2013

THE NINTH EDITION of the World Soybean Research Conference was held in Durban, South Africa in February. The conference brought together leading Read More

Breaking the genetic law
By: Rebecca Hannam
April 2013

SOYBEAN ROOT ROT is known as one of the most destructive diseases facing Ontario growers. Despite decades of research projects focused on studying Read More

Research roundup
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April 2013

UTILIZING BAYFIELD'S GENES to boost yieldsMaggie RobertsonOAC Bayfield has proven to be one of Ontario’s most successful soybean cultivars. Now, Read More

Better biodiesel - on and off the farm
By: Amy Petherick
March 2013

BIODIESEL HAS BEEN accepted very slowly in Canada but the continued efforts of biodiesel’s supporters are making an impact in this country and Read More

20 years of crop rotation
By: Melanie Epp
February 2013

FOR DECADES NOW, plant researchers like the University of Guelph’s Dave Hooker, Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture Read More

High-yielding research
By: Joey Sabljic
February 2013

IN THE EARLY 1900’s, Charles Zavitz, Ontario Agricultural College professor and father of the first widely successful Canadian soybean variety, Read More

Fence row farming
By: Rachel Telford
February 2013

DEAN GLENNEY PLANTS his corn and soybeans on exactly the same rows, drives on the same tracks, and never tills his fields. It’s a farming method he Read More

Certified seed
By: Treena Hein
December 2012

“GROWERS?IN?ONTARIO ARE MAKING record profits this year, and it’s time to reinvest in genetics,” says Peter Johnson, Ontario Ministry of Read More

Preventing northern exposure
By: Melanie Epp
December 2012

THERE ARE ALWAYS risks in trying new systems, but sometimes the potential gains outweigh those risks. That was the case for a pair of farm brothers Read More

De-stressing soybeans
By: Jeanine Moyer
November 2012

IT’S BEEN A great year to study water stress in soybeans. At least, that’s what a University of Guelph researcher says about the dry 2012 growing Read More

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