Every summer always presents challenges for the crop growing in the field. July weather is usually critical for corn production as we go through the very important pollination process.

Guests: Dylan Sher, producer of Before the Plate; Markus Haerle, Chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario. Hosted by Maegan MacKimmie, Rachel Telford, and guest host Mark Carter.

We are starting into the home stretch with regard to crop development and critical crop weather in July and August. The July 4th weekend has historically been a time, where the trade decides if the crop is made.

June 29, 2018. Topics: Wheat pool interim payments, FCC contributions to mental health, Steamwhistle beer, beer regulations, Ontario agriculture (with Steve McCabe), Grain Farmers of Ontario update (with Barry Senft, CEO).

For more information about upcoming GrainTALK webinars, subscribe to the e-newsletter here. The second GrainTALK webinar, Managing the 2018 Crop, featured OMAFRA entomologist Tracey Baute and soil fertility specialist Jake Munroe.

US and World As we hit mid-June crops are growing actively across the North American corn belt. Crop weather has been benign throughout the American Midwest and Southern Ontario, although there are always pockets that are too dry or too wet.

June 15, 2018. Topics: Ontario election results, carbon tax, changes to passive income taxation, bees and bee health (with Hugh Simpson, Osprey Bluffs Honey Company), Grain Farmers of Ontario board update (with Markus Haerle, Chair).

June 1, 2018. Topics: Ontario general election, Nuffield Canada scholarship (with Nicole Mackellar, Manager, Market Development), Bill C-49 (with Barry Senft, CEO). Hosted by Maegan MacKimmie and Rachel Telford.

US and World It is a time of year when grain farmers can’t get things done fast enough. Planters are rolling across US and Ontario farm country as farmers have hit the ground running. In the United States 29% of the American corn crop has been planted ...

US and World There is activity almost everywhere across the greater North American corn belt. The March 31st USDA report always serves as a starting gun on the crop year. In fact, row crops are up and growing in the American south.