Bees, as pollinators, are essential to food production worldwide. So when solid evidence of a link between corn planting and bee deaths in Ontario and Quebec was found, farmers and industry recognized the need to look into how to manage the risk of bee exposure to a particular insecticide class called neonicotinoids. As Steve Denys,... Read More
Category: Canada's Outdoor Farm Show '13
Few farmers want to hear bearish news, but ignoring the warning signs of an impending price slide may just mean you end up on the wrong side of it. About this time last year, Moe Agostino, of Farms.com Risk Management, was calling for a price slide in both corn and soy, and farmers, begrudgingly, have... Read More
Bin-busting crops are never something to wish away, but the simple laws of supply and demand eventually come in to play when everyone has a lot of crop to sell. While that's oversimplifying grain markets, the overall message is clear — decent quality wheat, corn and other grains are going to be easy to find... Read More
For those who learn best by seeing rather than hearing about, Canada's Outdoor Farm Show is a must-attend. Each year the show not only highlights new corn, soy, wheat and forage genetics and demos cover crop mixes, but it also rolls out the big equipment and, unlike many other farm shows, actually puts it to... Read More
If you've never attended Canada's Outdoor Farm Show, or if it's been years since you last went, the show's 20th anniversary event slated for September 10,11 and 12, 2013, is sure to impress. Each year, the show's organizers work to make the event not just bigger, but also better for the farmers eager to check... Read More
Canada's Outdoor Farm Show is celebrating its 20th show this year, and what better way to explore what the show has to offer than to look back at how the show started many years ago. From humble beginnings at a small site just south of the 401 and only a few hundred exhibitors, the show... Read More