Grape grower Bill George Jr. will serve a second one-year term as Chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA).
The Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) is pleased to announce Paul De Jong, owner and operator of Charlton Angus Cattle Company located in Charlton, Ontario, is the 2020 recipient of The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA), sponsored by the RBC Royal Bank.
The Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO), Mapleseed and the Ontario Forage Council, sponsors of the Ontario Mapleseed Pasture Award, announced Jeff Pollard of Pollard Farms located in Stratton, Ontario, as the recipient of the 2020 award for his environmental improvements and exceptional pasture management.
Growers in Eastern Canada have another convenient option for early season control of broadleaf weeds in soybeans, wheat and corn. ValteraTM EZ is a pre-emergent herbicide from Nufarm Agriculture Inc. that is now available in a liquid formulation.
Maintaining healthy sugar beet plants is always a top priority for farmers. Cercospora leaf spot (Cercospora beticola) is the most serious foliar disease of sugar beets in our growing area.
