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  • Data Management: The 1st and Free Step Forward Towards Precision Ag?

    From a 3D virtual image of your soil profile, to variable rate seeding, we can use these layers of data to adapt our management strategies 'on the go' to help mitigate risk, which aids in the end goal of being more profitable per acre.
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  • Managing Silage Quality - Storage and Feed-Out

    This article is focused on bunker management during storage and feed-out. Following these guidelines will definitely improve feed quality, animal health and ultimately profitability. One of the quickest and easiest ways...
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  • Managing your silage before harvest for optimum silage quality

    As the silage crop moves from pollination and towards the grain filling period, harvest management is something that should be taken into consideration, because harvest could only be about one month away.
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  • Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS)

    Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) is a disease in soybeans that has been prominent in the US Mid-West for many years, but is now becoming more prevalent in Ontario. Learn more...
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  • Corn Maturity - Helpful Tips

    In this article we hope to provide some insight into grain corn progression towards maturity, and an understanding of the growth stages after tasseling/silking and pollination.
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  • You have made your bed - Now your SEED has to lay in it!

    Most farmers only plant a crop about 40 times, give or take, during their lifetime. This is less than half the number of games a hockey team plays through a single season! In other words, we can't afford to make too many mistakes, if we want to have a winning season.
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  • Planter Maintenance: Top Tips

    18 top tips to help improving uniformity of seed placement and deliver better yield.
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  • Goss’s Wilt in Corn

    Yield losses from Goss’s Wilt in corn can be significant with a potential loss upwards of 30-50% if the infection is severe enough and depending on the growth stage the plant is at when disease sets in.
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  • Field Readiness - 5 Considerations for Planting Early Corn

    Many would consider 'early planting' of corn to land on or about April 20 to 27, depending on your area of Ontario. Most of us are aware that planting in this early time frame has both benefits and pitfalls to corn production. So, what management factors do growers need to consider to A) maximize yield potential, and B) minimize production risks associated with early planting?
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