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Grain Farmers of Ontario chair Mark Brock speaks with media Friday on the front lawn of MPP Deb Matthews’ riding office in London, Ont. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Pearce: GFO goes informative rather than inflammatory

By GFM Network News June 1, 2015

It’s not that farmers in Ontario aren’t frustrated and angry concerning legislation aimed at curbing the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments. They are. However, during a protest Friday in front of Ontario Deputy Premier Deb Matthews’ riding office in London, executives with the Grain Farmers of Ontario and roughly 35 farmers took a more proactive

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Neonic rules ‘unworkable’ for Ont. corn, soy growers

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 9, 2015

Ontario’s planned regulation to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments might as well be a ban from where the organization sits representing the province’s corn and soy producers. After reviewing the draft regulation, which provincial officials posted March 23 for public comment until May 7, Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday it “strongly opposes

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Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 13, 2015

Ontario corn and soybean growers have secured a meeting with the provincial ag minister on the farmers’ proposed Plan B to balance crop pest control against bee health. Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday its representatives will meet March 26 with Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal to discuss the proposals laid out in GFO’s Ontario Pollinator

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Ont. oat, barley growers approve GFO entry

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 5, 2015

Ontario’s barley and oat growers have voted just over three-quarters in favour of representation by the province’s wheat, corn and soybean growers’ organization. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) confirmed Monday that eligible growers voted 77 per cent in favour of the move in a November vote conducted by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission. GFO

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Soybean industry forms national voice for sector

Soy Canada will drive growth for Canada’s soybean value chain

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 17, 2014

Representatives from across Canada’s soybean industry have united under one organization to promote and advocate for the industry. To date, 27 organizations and companies have signed a letter of intent to support the formation of the organization, the fledgling group says in a release. Soy Canada will act as a unified voice to address industry

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Tag Archives Grain Farmers of Ontario

Pearce: GFO goes informative rather than inflammatory

Neonic rules ‘unworkable’ for Ont. corn, soy growers

Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

Ont. oat, barley growers approve GFO entry

Soybean industry forms national voice for sector

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