ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER COVER STORY 9 SIZE MATTERS. Pioneer® brand corn delivers unmatched yield, performance, and standability, powered by advanced genetics, rigorous local testing, and local experts who know your fields like their own. Canada’s #1 corn brand. We set the bar. Pioneer.com/BestInCorn ™ ® Trademarks of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., and its affiliated companies. © 2026 Pioneer Hi-Bred. 26PHBC5895 Canadian businesses should not be importing food ingredients made from Canadian-grown crops. It is not a friend-or-foe issue, but a matter of common sense: if we can grow it here, why not process it and keep the jobs and the value, particularly by shipping the finished products abroad instead of buying them back from other countries? “Our commercialization efforts have identified opportunities across domestic and international markets, including North America, Europe, and Asia,” adds Markham. “The key message is that Ontario farmers are producing some of the best food-grade soybeans in the world. And we have an opportunity to capture much more of the value associated with those crops, right here in Ontario.” • Grain Farmers of Ontario toured New Protein International’s pilot-scale facility in Benmiller. Photo: New Protein International
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