Reading Time: < 1 minute Grain Farmers of Ontario has officially joined with national group Grain Growers of Canada.
Grain Farmers of Ontario joins Grain Growers of Canada
Canadian agricultural groups demand no changes to CUSMA
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian agricultural groups urge the government to keep CUSMA unchanged, stressing its vital role in food security and economic stability.
Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the first time, Eastern wheat classes will be included in the annual harvest assessment completed by Cereals Canada.
Provincial associations commit funds to new facility
Reading Time: < 1 minute Four organizations announced funding for the planned Global Agriculture Technology Exchange in Winnipeg Sept. 17.
Seaway strike backs up Ontario grain
Prairie grain may follow suit if strike backs up traffic via Thunder Bay, GFO warns
Reading Time: 2 minutes The nature of eastern Canadian grain logistics, and a strike by St. Lawrence Seaway workers who operate the system’s canals, will see cascading impacts across the system if the situation isn’t resolved quickly, according to Crosby Devitt, CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario. Unifor workers in both Ontario and Quebec walked off the job Sunday […] Read more
Grain Farmers of Ontario to wind down wheat pool
Programs to end after 2020 marketing year
Reading Time: 2 minutes The remnants of Ontario farmers’ former single wheat marketing desk are set to disappear at the end of the 2020 crop marketing year. Grain Farmers of Ontario, which inherited the pooling system from one of its heritage organizations, the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board, announced Tuesday it will wind down its wheat pool and its […] Read more
GFO quits Grain Growers of Canada
Grain Farmers of Ontario flags national group's 'governance' and structure
Reading Time: 3 minutes Grain Farmers of Ontario has dropped out of Grain Growers of Canada. The Ontario organization, which represents about 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean and wheat farmers in the province, cited a lack of representation in the national policy group. GFO publicly announced its withdrawal in a news release on Thursday, days after it informed the […] Read more
Grain Farmers of Ontario seeking new CEO
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ontario’s biggest ag commodity organization is on the hunt for a new CEO as its first chief prepares to exit. Barry Senft announced Tuesday he will step down as CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario in April 2020, a post he’s held since the 2009 merger of the province’s corn, soy and wheat grower groups […] Read more
‘Good in Every Grain’ campaign bridges urban-rural divide
This Grain Farmers of Ontario campaign means consumers meet farmers where they’d never expect to see one
Reading Time: 4 minutes Three tickets for a whisky. Not rye. It’s a downtown Toronto event, the currency is sample tickets, at a buck a piece. Seems reasonable. Besides, there’s a sign that has caught my eye. It announces, “Sample Ontario Corn Whisky: Neat, On the rocks, Whisky sour cocktail.” In a way, it’s the kind of sign I […] Read more
Another cover crop bonus – winter grazing
This Ontario producer lets the cows do the work, meaning benefits for both him and his crop-growing neighbour
Reading Time: 5 minutes Cover crops have caught on like wildfire for corn producers in the U.S. and Eastern Canada, mainly because of their benefits for soil health. But some producers have found another bonus — a source of feed for grazing cattle. Mike Buis has been doing it for about 15 years, seeing the overall benefits in animal […] Read more
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