ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER GRAIN TALK 24 Your Grain Farmers of Ontario Team Here is our next installment of profiles of your Grain Farmers of Ontario staff to help introduce you to the team. Susan Blundell Director of Communications Susan Blundell joined Grain Farmers of Ontario in December 2025 as Director, Communications. In this role, she will support clear, effective stakeholder communications, working to strengthen connections across the organization and with farmer-members. Blundell brings a strong background in communications and stakeholder engagement to the organization. She holds a Master’s degree in communication from McMaster University and she brings a best practice solutions-based approach to her work, with a particular interest in building processes that support collaboration, and longterm impact. With firsthand experience in agriculture, Susan has a deep appreciation for the farming community. Having served time on the Dufferin Federation of Agriculture board, she is very rooted in rural life. That connection informs her work and reinforces the importance of strong relationships between the organization and Ontario’s grain farmers. Susan looks forward to advancing Grain Farmers of Ontario’s vision through strong, strategic communications that will support Grain Farmers of Ontario members and contribute to a strong and sustainable grain sector. Annual District meetings Grain Farmers of Ontario held its annual District meetings Jan. 13-23, 2026. Thank you to all of our farmer-members who attended their local meeting. We appreciated hearing your feedback on our proposed governance changes to our regulations and hearing about other issues of concern across the province. Delegates were elected in all districts with directors being elected in even-numbered districts. Congratulations to those elected: Gus Ternoey, re-elected director for District 2 (Kent), Steve Twynstra, re-elected director for District 4 (Middlesex), Jeff Barlow, re-elected director for District 6 (Haldimand, Brant, Hamilton, Niagara), Jeff Klomps, newly elected director for District 8 (Huron), and Steve Lake, re-elected director for District 10 (Grey, Bruce, Wellington). We would like to thank Keith Black for his 12 years of dedication as director for District 8 (Huron). Grain DIRECTOR CONTACT 1 GRACE PEARSON ESSEX GRACE.MULLEN0@GMAIL.COM 2 GUS TERNOEY TILBURY GUS@DASHWHEELFARMS.CA 3 JULIE MAW COURTRIGHT JULIE@MOOREMAWFARMS.CA 4 STEVE TWYNSTRA AILSA CRAIG STEVE@TWILIGHTACREFARMS.CA 5 ANN VERMEERSCH TILLSONBURG ANN@TILLVALLEYFARMS.COM 6 JEFF BARLOW HANNON JEFF@BARLOWFARMS.CA 7 ANGELA ZILKE EMBRO ANGZILKE@GMAIL.COM 8 JEFF KLOMPS BAYFIELD JKLOMPS14@GMAIL.COM 9 JOSH BOERSEN SEBRINGVILLE JBOERSEN@GMAIL.COM 10 STEVE LAKE ELORA LAKE.STEVE@GMAIL.COM 11 LEO BLYDORP AMARANTH LEO.BLYDORP@GMAIL.COM 12 JEFF HARRISON QUINTE WEST JEFFH.GFO@GMAIL.COM 13 LLOYD CROWE PICTON GFOLLOYD@GMAIL.COM 14 ALAN KRUSZEL NEWINGTON ALANK@GREEN-MEADOW-FARMS.ON.CA 15 JASON SEED EARLTON JASONSEED13@GMAIL.COM
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