Grain Farmers of Ontario board elects first executive
GUELPH, ON (February 19, 2010) – The Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) is pleased to announce the executive has been elected from the 2010 Board of Directors.
Don Kenny, the elected representative from District 13 – Prince Edward, Lennox-Addington, Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds, Grenville, Renfrew and Ottawa – will be GFO’s first elected Chair. Don farms 1,300 acres in the Ottawa-Carleton area of the province.
The Vice Chair, from District 10 – Grey, Bruce, Wellington – is Henry Van Ankum, a cash crop farmer in Alma with 1,200 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat. Mark Huston from District 2 in Kent will be the 2nd Vice Chair for 2010. Mark has an 1,100 acre family farm in Thamesville, as well as 1,100 finishing pigs. The Executive Member on our first GFO elected board will be Kevin Marriott from District 3 in Lambton. Kevin farms 1,100 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat in Petrolia.
“The new Grain Farmers of Ontario executive and full board are looking forward to a productive year that will include strategic planning and policy development along with the establishment of each one of our committees,” says GFO’s new Chair, Don Kenny.
The 2010 Elected Grain Farmers of Ontario Board of Directors:
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District 1 – Essex |
Leo Guilbeault |
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District 2 – Kent |
Mark Huston |
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District 3 – Lambton |
Kevin Marriott |
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District 4 – Middlesex |
Joe Thomson |
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District 5 – Elgin, Norfolk |
Jeff Davis |
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District 6 – Haldimand, Brant, Hamilton, Niagara |
Kim Turnbull |
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District 7 – Waterloo, Oxford |
Fred Wagner |
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District 8 – Huron |
Larry Lynn |
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District 9 – Perth |
Mark Brock |
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District 10 – Grey, Bruce, Wellington |
Henry Van Ankum |
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District 11 – Dufferin, Simcoe, Halton, Peel, York |
John Morrison |
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District 12 – Durham, Northumberland, Kawartha, Peterborough, Hastings |
Joe Hickson |
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District 13 – Prince Edward, Lennox Addington, Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds, Grenville, Renfrew, Ottawa |
Don Kenny |
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District 14 – Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry |
Arden Schneckenburger |
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District 15 – Northern Ontario |
Kevin Runnalls |
Grain Farmers of Ontario
Grain Farmers of Ontario is the province’s largest commodity organization, representing Ontario’s 28,000 corn, soybean and wheat farmers. The crops they grow cover 6 million acres of farm land across the province, generate over $2.5 billion in farm gate receipts, result in over $9 billion in economic output and are responsible for over 40,000 jobs in the province.
Contact:
Barry Senft, CEO – 1-800-265-0550; bsenft@gfo.ca
