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How Would You Rate Your Crops? Looks like a building drought in the Midwest USA. Southwestern Ontario seems to be getting some moisture this week. How are the crops in your area? Started by OntAG Admin	0	Jul 5, 2012
Planting Soybeans on May 18th pictures - How is your planting progressing?    Started by Joe Dales	0	May 18, 2012
How bad was the frost? I saw lots of reports on twitter about frost. How do the crops look after that? Good luck...hope it was not that bad. Started by Roadrunner	3	May 17, 2012 Reply by OntAG Admin
How is your Spring planting progressing? Participate in the POLL ... Are you ahead or behind on your planting schedule? OMARFA Field Crop Report last week had a 10 to 60% of corn was planted http://www.farm… Started by OntAG Admin	1	May 2, 2012 Reply by OntAG Admin
Does ethanol production hurt livestock farmers? The latest report seems to think so... The latest report by the George Morris Centre released yesterday states that ethanol production has hurt livestock farmers by boosting the… Started by Joe Dales	2	Feb 2, 2012 Reply by John Schwartzentruber
Is vomatoxin in corn becoming an issue? I am hearing that the end users are concerned about the amount of corn with high levels of vomatoxin. Is this a widespread issue or just l… Started by Roadrunner	2	Feb 1, 2012 Reply by charlie brown
Can we grow 300 Bushel per acre corn crops in Ontario? What do we need to accomplish this? Do you think we have the potential to grow 300 Bushel/ac yielding corn crops in Ontario. What are you opinions and thoughts on what is ho… Started by Joe Dales	1	Jan 25, 2012 Reply by OntAG Admin
How is your corn harvesting progressing? Better than expected, worse, etc? Results and yields posted here. How is your corn harvest progressing? How much do you still have to finish? Please post your progress and yield information here to share w… Started by OntAG Admin	44	Dec 13, 2011 Reply by OntAG Admin
Soybean harvest in Ontario, some have started, have you? When will your fields be ready? Check out the results ... There have been a few post on Twitter today - see below - on soybeans being harvested. Have you started? When will your fields be ready? Started by OntAG Admin	53	Nov 4, 2011 Reply by OntAG Admin
Getting Started in Farming I have helped my father operate a cash crop farm for years, and this fall I am purchasing my own farm. If anyone has any advice on starti… Started by Noswad Acres	2	Sep 5, 2011 Reply by Joe Dales

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