43 It’s Farming. And It’s Better. Better Farming | April 2024 OILSEED MARKETS CROP ROTATI IMPROVING AIR QUALITY MARCH 2024 $9.50 PLANNING YOUR GOLDEN YEARS? Retirement 101 MANAGE YOUR FARM BUSINESS Room to Improve A CENTURY OF COLLEGE ROYAL The U of G Tradition BE CAREFUL OUT THERE! Pesticide Safety 54 30 26 38 14 TELL US HOW you’re growing: Paul.Nolan@BetterFarming.com We’re still growing. Still striving. Just like our farming readers. We’ve been bringing you this magazine for some 25 years now, and so far in 2024 we’ve been publishing bigger editions and printing more pages than ever before – going all the way back to 1999. Have we peaked? No way. We’re working as hard as ever, and our commitment to excellence continues – for Ontario’s commercial farmers and the agriculture industry across Canada. This landmark year serves as a perfect moment to express our gratitude to our devoted readers and valued advertisers. Each edition we publish reflects your ambitions and achievements. Your professionalism inspires us, and your spirit drives us. Thank you to our readers and advertisers for being the true essence of this magazine. Your continuing support is what makes our work so rewarding. Paul Nolan Publisher & Editorial Director have emerged later and finished later, perhaps ending up with higher moistures. It could also be related to potassium levels and nitrogen availability. The more observational data layers you have, the more insight might be gained. The relationship will depend on when harvest occurs. If we have a long open fall and everything dries down, then those patterns do not appear. Another value in yield maps is to set up learning opportunities with product strip trials. We have an amazing opportunity with technology to learn how various practices and products behave on soils. My only advice is to try one thing at a time. This is a very rudimentary analysis the insight yield maps can provide when it comes to nutrient needs based on inherent yield variability across the field landscape. If you have yield maps that have not been processed, I encourage you to reach out to your service provider and share your data so you can start the discovery process. BF crops: yield matter$ For the life of your dairy™ Contact Your BouMatic Dealer Today! BUILT AROUND COW COMFORT Better milking starts with cow comfort. The BouMatic Flo-Star Xtreme is designed with an innovative air inlet that decreases claw bouncing providing a gentler milking experience. This inlet also results in a stable, vacuum seal which means the milk can quickly exit the claw, eliminating flooding from even your highest producing cow. Use that saved time to enjoy your life on the dairy. Request a free demonstration at BouMatic.com/Xtreme Dortmans Bros. Strathroy-Salford Jarvis-Wellesley 800-265-3435 Partner Ag Services Tara-Mount Forest 519-934-2343 519-323-2405 DALE COWAN Dale is agronomy strategy manager and senior agronomist for AGRIS Co-operative. CCA-ON, 4R NMS. His popular Yield Matters column has educated Better Farming readers since 1999.
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