Author: Barry Senft

March 2012 - AS MANY OF our members heard at our January district meetings, there are two issues surfacing in southwestern Ontario with grain bins and dryers that may have broad provincial implications. The Bluewater Chapter of the…

February 2012 - GRAIN FARMERS RECEIVED a letter recently from Pioneer announcing the first variety improvement patents issued in Canada.  Since the October announcement, Grain Farmers of Ontario has been examining the impact these patents will have on…

January 2012 - THROUGHOUT THE MONTH of November Grain Farmers of Ontario took part in many national policy discussions on broad topics such as the future of crop research funding in Canada, wheat biotechnology, sustainable energy consumption and…

December 2011 - IN THE MONTH of November Grain Farmers of Ontario was asked to comment on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s public consultation document on policy approaches to managing the low level presence of genetically modified (GM) crops…

November 2011 - EVERY TWO YEARS, leading experts from around the world working in the field of agriculture meet to actively debate the policy, legal, economic and technical solutions needed to facilitate the coexistence of biotech, conventional, organic…

October 2011 - SEPTEMBER WAS A busy month at Grain Farmers of Ontario with our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and all of the related board and committee meetings adding to an already full schedule of fall events. Preparing…