Your 2020 Annual District Grain Farmers of Ontario Meetings have been called.
The meetings are called to receive reports and elect the District voting delegates and Grain Farmers of Ontario directors for the coming year and also to conduct such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
Please note the date and location of your local meeting and plan to attend.
All barley, corn, oat,soybean, and wheat producers are welcome.
All
current farmer-members that attend their January District Meeting will have a
chance to win one of three getaways:
Grand Prize:
Trip for two to the Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas.
1st Runner up prize:
Weekend for two at Deerhurst in Huntsville.
2nd Runner up prize:
Weekend for two at Hockley Valley Resort near Orangeville.
* Only districts in even-numbered districts held elections for the role of director in 2020
2020 Meeting Schedule
District |
Date |
Time |
Location |
| DISTRICT 1 Essex |
Jan 3 | 9am | St. John’s Parish Hall County Road 46, Woodslee, ON Director: Brendan Byrne |
| DISTRICT 2 Kent |
Jan 14 | 3:30pm | Hidden Hills Golf and Country Club **(formerly Country View Golf Course) 25393 St. Clair Road, Dover Centre, ON Speaker: Megan Walker, Canadian Mental Health, L-K Director: Mark Huston |
| DISTRICT 3 Lambton |
Jan 15 | 4pm | Wyoming Fair Building (dinner provided 6 pm) 595 Main Street, Wyoming, ON Director: Emery Huszka |
| DISTRICT 4 Middlesex |
Jan 13 | 9am | Coldstream Community Centre 10227 Ilderton Road, Ilderton, ON Director: Dave McEachren |
| DISTRICT 5 Elgin/Norfolk |
Jan 15 | 9:30am | Malahide Community Place (hot lunch) 12105 Whittaker Road, Springfield, ON Speaker: Darrell Wade, Farm Life Financial Director: Scott Persall |
| DISTRICT 6 Haldimand, Brant, Hamilton, Niagara |
Jan 10 | 9:30am (9am reg’n) |
Kinsmen Hall, Caledonia Fairgrounds |
| DISTRICT 7 Waterloo/Oxford |
Jan 13 | 9am | Innerkip Community Centre 695566 17th Line, Innerkip, ON Director: Kevin Armstrong |
| DISTRICT 8 Huron |
Jan 9 | 9:00am | Holmesville Community Centre, lunch provided Community Centre Road, Holmesville, ON** Director: Keith Black |
| DISTRICT 9 Perth |
Jan 10 | 7:00pm (6pm reg’n) |
Mitchell Golf and Country Club (appetizers at 6pm) |
| DISTRICT 10 Grey, Bruce, Wellington |
Jan 17 | 9:30am | Clifford Community Hall (lunch provided) 2 William Street, Clifford, ON Director: Henry Van Ankum |
| DISTRICT 11 Dufferin, Simcoe, Halton, Peel, York |
Jan 13 | 10:00am | St. John’s United Church 56 Victoria Street East, Alliston, ON Director: Colin Elliott |
| DISTRICT 12 Durham, Northumberland, Kawartha, Peterborough, Hastings |
Jan 7 | 9:30 am |
The Best Western Plus |
| DISTRICT 13 Prince Edward, Lennox, Addington, Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds, Grenville, Renfrew, Ottawa |
Jan 8 | 10am | The Elgin Lions Club (hot lunch provided) 19 Pineview Drive, Elgin, ON Director: Lloyd Crowe |
| DISTRICT 14 Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry |
Jan 9 | 9:30am | North Stormont Place (hot lunch provided) 16299 Fairview Drive, Avonmore, ON Director: Markus Haerle |
| DISTRICT 15 Northern Ontario |
Jan 16 | 9 am | Earlton Arena Director: Chuck Amyot |
**Meetings in bold are being held at new locations this year