Better Farming Ontario | November 2023

52 The Business of Ontario Agriculture Better Farming | November 2023 At Discovery Farm, companies can set up research or demonstrations to show their newest technologies. is year there was a wagon tour that stopped to hear about the Great Lakes YEN wheat project, Maizex Seeds’s corn hybrid population nitrogen study and other products and projects. Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show is a great place to network, visit old friends and meet new ones. Being Irish, I couldn’t help but stop to visit the Northern Ireland booth. ey were representing ve agricultural companies that wanted to sell products to Canada. And of course, I spent time at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) building visiting with OFA members, as well as Paul Nolan, publisher of Better Farming magazine, and sta . ose are all my highlights from the show. If you were there you may have seen the same things. If not, now you have a glimpse of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show and Discovery Farm in Woodstock. BF OntarioFarmlandTrust ontariofarmlandtrust Questions? Call: 519-781-3276 Joel Enman, Farmland Conservation Specialist, OFT Visit ontariofarmlandtrust.ca to register for this and other webinars in the series. A donation upon registration is welcome so that we can continue to offer sessions like these. This webinar series will run from October to April. Farmland Forever: An Introduction to Farmland Protection Options for Landowners Join us as we outline methods that can be used to protect your farmland for generations to come. Join the Ontario Farmland Trust in a series of free online webinars to explore pressures on farmland, learn about solutions, and share innovative ideas! Martin Straathof, Executive Director, OFT Megan Mills - facilitator Chair, Land Securement & Stewardship Committee, OFT Tuesday, November 14, 2023 12:00pm-1:00pm crops: the lynch fileS PATRICK LYNCH Patrick writes a weekly crop production newsletter and is a popular speaker at farm meetings. He has been a regular contributor to Better Farming magazine since its launch in 1999. Member of the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame. Opinionated, controversial; formerly with OMAFRA and Cargill. CCA-ON.

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