ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER RURAL LIVING 29 DefendYourN.ca LOW-RATE NITROGEN PROTECTION SKIP IMITATOR PRODUCTS FOR AGRONOMICALLY EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS Trusted solutions like TRIBUNE™ nitrogen stabilizer, ANVOL™ nitrogen stabilizer and SUPERU™ fertilizer deliver higher active ingredient concentrations that low-rate products can’t match. See how other stabilizers stack up to proven solutions that defend your nitrogen and your bottom line. ANVOL, the ANVOL logo, SUPERU, the SUPERU logo, TRIBUNE, and the TRIBUNE logo are trademarks of Koch Agronomic Services, LLC. Koch and the Koch logo are trademarks of Koch IP Holdings, LLC. ©2025 Koch Agronomic Services, LLC. 24-KAS-1874-Low Rates CA_HalfPageHZ_AD_OntarioGrainFarmer_022725_VF.indd 1 2/27/25 4:13 PM “We have some pledging and programming in place where you can donate $85 a month, which will bring you to $5,100 over the course of five years. If we had 1,600 families donate $5,000 over five years, that would be $8 million dollars.” Since receiving its first donation in the summer of 2023, the Foundation has raised over $7.5 million, a remarkable achievement for the community. Franklin says that the MRI facility should be operational in early 2026. A FARMING COMMUNITY There are more than 1,600 farms in the Townships of Mapleton, Minto, and North Wellington, with hundreds more farming families in neighbouring communities in Perth, Grey, and Bruce Counties that will benefit from having a local MRI facility. “The MRI will aid in reducing long wait time, travel to large urban centres, and stress of the cost of people from local communities to navigate the cities,” says committee member Danielle Schill, who, with her husband Pete, farms near Palmerston. “Rural healthcare is crucial in sustaining our communities, and the implementation of MRI technology will help keep the hospital open to provide much-needed healthcare services along with employment in the rural area,” she continues. Schill championed a proposal from District 10 (Wellington, Bruce, Grey) to support the project through Grain Farmers of Ontario’s Community Investment Fund, a new initiative of the association’s Legacy Fund. A contribution of $5,000 from the District was matched with a $15,000 donation from the Legacy Fund. “The Grain Farmers of Ontario Legacy Fund is a result of the success of the industry—when the former wheat marketing program ended in 2021, the funds, which originally came from the three founding organizations (Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board, Ontario Corn Producers’ Association, and Ontario Soybean Growers) was invested with the intention of supporting rural communities across the province,” says Crosby Devitt, Grain Farmers of Ontario’s CEO. “The new Community Investment Fund is one way that we can support the projects that can help rural communities thrive,” he continues. Grain Farmers of Ontario District delegates can bring forward a nomination for a project for funding in their community that they support. For Schill, the Palmerston MRI is a perfect example of such a project. “Let’s keep quality, advanced healthcare close to home and in our rural communities,” she says. •
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