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Factsheets and Infosheets

• The Online Gardener's Handbook 2010
• Transition to Organic Crop Production (Order no. 10-001) PDF (322 KB)
• Permits To Take Water, March 2010

Field Crops

• Agronomy Guide, Publication 811, Order this publication
• Alternative Field Crops Manual
• Checklist for Spring Cereal Success, December 2009
• Combine Cleaning Procedure, August 2008
• Farming Organically, March 2009
• Growing High Yielding Organic Soybeans, April 2009
• Harvest and Storage Strategies to Minimize Fusarium 2010, July 2010
• New Organic Options for Production Insurance Feb 2011
  
• Organic Crop Production, Penn State Agronomy Guide
• Organic Soybeans, March 2006
• 2011 Field Crop Budgets (Publication 60)
  • organic soybeans, corn, wheat, spelt, oats, barley
• Ontario Enterprise Budgets 2011
  • Organic Corn ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Soybeans ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Spelt ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Winter Wheat ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Barley ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Oats ( xls ) ( html )
• Organic Grain Production - Should I Expand or Get Out? Feb 2011
• Historical Organic Grain Prices Feb 2011
  
• Seed for 2010, December 2009
• 2011 Forage Crop Variety Performance Trials
  
• 2010 Hybrid Corn Performance Trials
  
• 2010 Report for Ontario Soybean Variety Trials
  
• 2010 Performance Trials for Spring Cereal Crops
• 2010 Ontario Winter Wheat Performance Trials
• Strategies to Minimize Risks of GMO Contamination, June 2004
• What is Spelt? Sept 2003
• What Will It Cost To Grow A Tonne Of Switchgrass? December 2009
  

Hay and Pasture

• Adding Legumes to Pasture, March 2009
• Budgeting and Measuring Pasture Production, October 2010
• GMO Alfalfa Feb 2011
  
• Livestock Grazing (OACC)
• Pasture Management
• Pasture: The Green Gold, August 2009
  
• Pasture Management Tips For The Coming Season, Feb 2008
• Plan Now for Annual Pasture, May 2009
• Rotational Grazing, October 2009
• Rotational Grazing Primer, June 2010
• Selecting A Pasture Mix, April 2010
• The Key to Top Pasture Performance, April 2011
• What Makes A Successful Grazing Program? July 2010
  
  

Fruit Crops

• Orchard Management
  • Site Selection for New Plantings, March 2011
  • Nursery Trees for the New Orchard, March 2011
  • Preparing for planting the new apple orchard, March 2011
  • Orchard design for the new apple orchard June 2011
  • Training the new apple tree, June 2011
    
• Mite Pests and Their Predators
• Organic Fruit Guides (Cornell)
• Organic Fruit Production (ATTRA)
• Organic Horticulture Expands Globally
• Organic & Integrated Fruit Production (Washington)
• Predatory Mite Biology

Berries

• Extending the Storage Life of Ontario Berries, March 2011
  
• Growing Organic Strawberries, May 2006
• Irrigation For Frost Protection Of Strawberries, May 2010
• New series of strawberry cultivars from University of Guelph, Mar 2011
  
• Organic Cultivation of Bush Berries FiBL (PDF 3MB)
• Organic Wild Lowbush Blueberry Guide (NS) (PDF 1.3 MB)
• Production de fraises biologiques QC (in French only)
  
• Production de framboises biologiques QC (in French only)
  
• Production de bleuets biologiques QC (in French only)
• Review of June-bearing strawberry varieties, February 2010

Grapes

• Fungal Trunk diseases: a threat to aging vineyards? March 2009
• Production de raisins biologiques QC (in French only)

Tree Fruits

• Beneficial Insects and Mites for Apples
• Beneficial Insects in Tree Fruit Orchards in Southern Ontario (Order No. 96-029)
• Cold Hardiness and Fruit Trees, March 2009
• Disease Resistant Apple Cultivars (Order No. 98-013)
• Distinguishing Friends From Enemies: Four Fabulous Insects You Want Visiting Your Orchards, August 2005
• Darwin Mechanical Blossom Thinning Update, November 2009
  
• Dwarf Tree Orchard Maintenance FiBL (PDF 950 KB)
• 4th International Organic Tree Fruit Research Symposium
• Harvesting and Handling Apples (Order No. 00-003)
• New Puppies and New Trees, June 2010
  
• Notes for Organic Apple Producers, Feb 2010,
• OrganicA - a resource for organic apple production
• Organic Apple Production Guide for Atlantic Canada 2008 (PDF, 7 MB)
• Organic Cultivation of Standard Orchards FiBL (PDF 1.58 MB)
• Organic Tree Fruit Management (publication from BC)
• Scab-Resistant Apple Cultivars
• Upper Midwest Organic Tree Fruit Growers Network
• Organic Orcharding

Vegetable Crops

• Chilling injury and sweet potatoes, October 2009
• Good Agricultural Practices for the Production of Leafy Greens, Sept 2006
• Greenhouse
  • Low Temperatures and Pest Populations, December 2009
  • Cleanup Reminders, October 2009
    
  • Optimal Placements of Biocontrol Agents for Optimal Results, April 2006
  • Sanitation Recommendations for Management of Insect and Mite Pests of Greenhouse Vegetables (Order No. 94-029)
• Herbs
  • Herbs - It's All in the Family, November 2009
    
  • Herb Profiles
  • Lavender: A crop without pests? July 2010
  • Emerging Pests of Basil in Ontario March 2011
    
• Hoop houses for season extension: Are they right for you? Aug 2008
• High Tunnel Webinars Online Dec 2010
• Mulches
  • Biodegradable Plastic Mulches, October 2009
  • Mulch your tomatoes to fight weeds, retain soil moisture and save money , Aug 2008
    
• Options for Emergency Wind Control, April 2008
• Organic Vegetable Guides (Cornell)
  
• Organic Sweet Corn Production
• Organic Greenhouse Production (ATTRA)
• Organic Vegetable Production Cornell IPM Chapter 11
• Organic Vegetable Production (PA)
• Organic Vegetable Production: Managing Nutrients and Pests
• Postharvest Handling and Storage of Cole Crops, July 2010
• So where in Ontario can you grow sweet pototoes, anyways? March 2010
  
• Symptoms of Chilling Injury in Vegetables, July 2004
• Underground Farm Storage of Root Vegetables, September 2009
• Weed Control
  • Cultivation Tools for Mechanical Weed Control in Vegetables
  • Use of mechanical cultivators for market vegetable crops
  • Weed Control in Organic Vegetable Production FiBL (PDF 867 KB)

Seed Sources

• Organic Seeds, February 2009
  
• Organic Seed Sources (COG) (PDF 2 MB)
• Seed Directory (EFO)
• Organic Seed Vendors (CSI)
• OMRI Organic Seed Database
• Suppliers of Seed for Certified Organic Production (ATTRA)

Gardens, Lawns, and Landscapes

• Master Gardeners of Ontario
• Organic Landscape Alliance

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