Charting the path forward FROM THE CEO'S DESK December 2024 - GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO LAST UPDATED ITS STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2020. As I reflect on the past four years, it has been a period of tremendous change and upheaval but also a time of growth…
Tradition meets innovation FROM THE CEO'S DESK November 2024 - IN EARLY OCTOBER, GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO HOSTED A VIP RECEPTION on opening day following the parade at the International Plowing Match (IPM) held near Lindsay, Ontario. The IPM is one of those traditional activities…
Your voice, heard FROM THE CEO'S DESK October 2024 - FARMER-MEMBERS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO – 28,000 of you are doing your part to grow safe, healthy, and sustainable grains and oilseeds that drive our $27 billion industry. That’s why it…
Summer fades to fall FROM THE CEO'S DESK September 2024 - IT’S GO-TIME FOR ONTARIO’S FARMERS – WE’RE NOW INTO THE HOME STRETCH OF THE 2024 CROP SEASON. As summerfades to fall – marked by kids back in school, shorter days, and cooler nights – farmers…
Global insights FROM THE CEO'S DESK August 2024 - IN JUNE, JEFF HARRISON AND I TRAVELLED TO WISMAR, GERMANY, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 26TH INTERNATIONAL OILSEED PRODUCERSDIALOGUE (IOPD). Hosted by Germany’s Union for the Protection of Oil and Protein Crops, the IOPD included representatives…
Looking back, moving forward FROM THE CEO'S DESK June 2024 - MAY 1 MARKED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE in Ontario agriculture – the 150th anniversary of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) at the University of Guelph. On this day, Aggies from across Canada (and the world!) celebrated…
The shows go on FROM THE CEO'S DESK April 2024 - THIS WINTER, GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO DIRECTORS, DELEGATES, AND STAFF WERE ON THE ROAD, attending someof the biggest and best winter agricultural shows Ontario has to offer. Our Grain Farmers of Ontario booth was set…
Growing our reputation FROM THE CEO'S DESK March 2024 - ONTARIO’S REPUTATION FOR GROWING HIGH-QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE GRAINS continues to drive demand for the products that Grain Farmers of Ontario’s farmer-members grow — and this was evident on a recent trade mission to Mexico that…
Investment nets results FROM THE CEO’S DESK February 2024 - GRAIN AND OILSEED PRODUCTION makes a huge contribution to Ontario’s economy. With the recent release of a new report by MNP, an Economic Impact Analysis of Grain Farming in Ontario, we can share the great…
Feeding the world FROM THE CEO'S DESK December 2023 - IT IS DECEMBER — THE end of another year, another season, and hopefully, another harvest. For Ontario’s farmers, it has been a challenging year — we have experienced wild weather, from early-season drought to record…