Spring wheat challenge winners announced Monday, January 16, 2012 by SUSAN MANNThis year’s Grain Farmers of Ontario spring wheat challenge featured some phenomenal wheat growers.Crosby Devitt, Grain Farmers manager of research and market development, says the average yield among the nine entrants for the second annual competition was 85.4 bushels per acre. That’s far higher than the provincial average of about 52 bushels per acre.The first prize of $1,500 went to Schouten Corner View Farms Ltd. of Richmond with 98.42 bushels per acre growing Sable wheat.Second prize of $750 was won by John Schiestel of Tesswater with 92.08 bushels per acre growing Wilken wheat.R&J Fraser Farms of Ottawa won the third prize of $500 with 91.71 bushels per acre growing Sable wheat.The winners were announced Jan. 11 at the district 13 meeting in Elgin. Devitt says this year’s competition was tight with the top three entrants having yields in bushels per acre in the 90s while the other competitors had yields in the bushels per acre reaching the 80s.The spring wheat challenge was supported by platinum sponsor, Bayer CropScience, and gold sponsors, C&M Seeds and Hyland Seeds. BF Canada's producers express confidence about the future Ontario's dairy producers eye market growth
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AgriStability Program Updated to Include Pasture-Related Feed Costs Beginning in 2026 Monday, March 2, 2026 In case you missed it last week, the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced that pasture-related feed costs will be added as an allowable expense under AgriStability starting with the 2026 program year. The update addresses rising operational... Read this article online
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