January 2020

January 2020 - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• Don Kenny was the first chair of the Grain Farmers of Ontario board following the amalgamation of the three legacy organizations: Ontario Corn Producers’ Association, Ontario Soybean Growers and the…

January 2020 - THE DECISION TO form Grain Farmers of Ontario was the culmination of years of discussion and debate by farmers from across a geographically large and agriculturally diverse province. Ontario Grain Farmer reached out some farmer-members…

January 2020 - THE RECENT TARIFF wars between the U.S. and China may have taken the wind out of grain markets, but over the sweep of the last decade, a whole host of factors have had an influence.…

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…