Members of Grain Farmers of Ontario sport a banner outside a provincial cabinet minister’s office in 2015. (File photo by Ralph Pearce)

GFO quits Grain Growers of Canada

Grain Farmers of Ontario flags national group's 'governance' and structure

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 […] Read more


Dominic Barton, left, asks a question of a panel of agri-food policy influencers during a recent discussion on creating policy to build on agri-food momentum.

Breaking down barriers to export success

Bringing more small and medium-sized businesses to where they are comfortable exporting can help drive agri-food growth

Canadian agriculture has huge opportunity, but the heavy lifting to meet a federal government goal of increasing exports to $75 billion by 2025, has barely begun. A recent gathering of […] Read more