DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS WEBINAR RECORDING AVAILABLE

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DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS WEBINAR RECORDING AVAILABLE

An update from Grain Farmers of Ontario

Thanks to all who joined our webinar on dry weather and drought conditions. The recording is now available for those who missed it or would like to watch it again.

In this webinar:

• Gain insights on how Agricorp business risk management programs can help

• Hear from OMAFA crop specialists on crop management options, including considerations of salvaging dry-weather-damaged crops for livestock feed, and the process to take water for crops and livestock

• Learn more about mental health resources

Watch the dry weather conditions webinar recording

Links shared during webinar:

• OSCIA-Delivered Program Guides

• Ontario Crop Protection Hub

• Using Corn Damaged By Dry Weather For Silage

• Making Soybean Silage

• Publication 19: Pasture Production

• Soil, leaf and petiole tissue, and forages and feed testing labs

• Silo Gas

• Guide to Permit to take water application form

• Permit to take water consultants and technical support

• Ontario Agricultural Irrigation webpage (OMAFA)

• Permits to take water | ontario.ca

Agricorp telephone 1-888-247-4999 (Mon. to Fri., 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST) (TTY: 1-877-275-1380); email contact@agricorp.com, or website.

Call the Agricultural Information Contact Center 1-877-424-1300; (TTY: 1-855-696-2811); email ag.info.omafa@ontario.ca or fax (519-826-3442).

Mental health resources:

• Agriculture Wellness Ontario

• Farmer Wellness Initiative

• Farmer Wellness | Grain Farmers of Ontario

• Wellness on the Farm | Beef Farmers of Ontario

• Farmer Wellness | Ontario Sheep Farmers

• Mental health resources for farmers | ontario.ca

• Making Wellness Matter - Ontario Federation of Agriculture

• Farmer Mental Health | CFFO

• Mental health in agriculture - agriculture.canada.ca

• OMAFA Adverse Weather page for Crop, Livestock, and Mental Health Resources - English and French

Grain Farmers of Ontario farmer-member contact: Rachel Telford, 226-979-5581; rtelford@gfo.ca.

Beef Farmers of Ontario has also recorded a webinar on managing dry weather on livestock farms.

Watch the webinar from Beef Farmers of Ontario 

Grain Farmers of Ontario

Grain Farmers of Ontario is the province’s largest commodity organization, representing Ontario’s 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean, and wheat farmers. The crops they grow cover over 6 million acres of farm land across the province, generate over $4.1 billion in production value, result in over $27 billion in economic output and are responsible for over 90,000 jobs in the province.

Grain Farmers of Ontario

679 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario N1G 4S2

Tel: 1-800-265-0550 • www.gfo.ca