Ten years of leadership

January 2020 - WEATHER-WISE, THE past decade has been fraught with extremes and variability. Ontario’s producers have been hit with bouts of excessive rain, untimely frosts, and oppressive heat waves. And while these incidents are normal, their frequency…

January 2020 - THREE COMMODITY BOARDS had to combine strategies, structures, and expertise to create Grain Farmers of Ontario. Now, a decade after the organization’s official launch, the chairs of the Ontario Corn Producers’ Association, Ontario Soybean Growers,…

January 2020 - IN 2010, AS the newly-formed Grain Farmers of Ontario was gaining momentum as the voice of Ontario corn, soybean and wheat farmers, the Oat and Barley Council of Ontario (OBCO) was winding down operations after…