About the Ontario Forage Council

Mission

The mission of the Ontario Forage Council is to provide leadership to the Ontario forage industry through communication, research, technology transfer, market development, advocacy, policy development and bringing stakeholders together.

Objectives:

to act as the primary forage information source,
to collaborate with other Ontario agricultural organizations for the development of information and educational materials as well as other service related projects for forages,
to assist in the objective development of research priorities, coordination of research projects, and patent registration related to forage production, management and marketing,
to promote the positive environmental impacts of forage and grassland on soil and water conservation, carbon sequestration, reclamation, wildlife habitat and aesthetic value,
to identify, receive and distribute funds to support development of the Ontario forage industry,
to develop and promote market innovations at the local and export levels (i.e. pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products).

Executive

President

Birgit Martin, Individual Member birgit@pureislandbeef.com

1st Vice President

Scott Bowman, Speare Seeds
sbowman@speareseeds.ca

2nd Vice President

Joe Dickenson, Beef Farmers of Ontario joe@dickensonfarms.com

Past President

Terry Nuhn,
Nuhn Forage
terrynuhn@yahoo.ca

Directors

Name	Organization/Company	Email Address
Birgit Martin (President)	Individual Member	birgit@pureislandbeef.com
Scott Bowman (1st VP)	Speare Seeds	sbowman@speareseeds.ca
Joe Dickinson (2nd VP)	Beef Farmers of Ontario	joe@dickensonfarms.com
Terry Nuhn (Past President)	Nuhn Forage	nuhnforage@quadro.net
Roger Boersen	Dairy Farmers of Ontario	roger.boersen@milk.org
Erin Morgan	Ontario Sheep Farmers	emorgan@ontariosheep.org
Dave Schraa	Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association	dschraa@ontariosoilcrop.org
Donna Hancock	University of Guelph	dhancock@uoguelph.ca
Christine O’Reilly (ex-officio)	Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs	christine.oreilly@ontario.ca
Sam Luckhardt	Ontario Hay Marketing Forum	skluckhardt@gmail.com
Fritz Trauttmansdorff	Ontario Hay and Forage Co-op	fritz@dunleafarms.com
Geoff Bedard	Can Grow Crop Solutions Inc.	gbedard@biolinecorp.ca
Fred Brown	Quality Seeds	fred@qualityseeds.ca
Stephen Rongits	GROWMARK	srongits@growmark.com
Barry Robinson	Semican	brobinson@semican.ca
Scott Fisher	Mapleseed	scott.fisher@mapleseed.ca
Chris Meier	A & L Canada Laboratories	cmeier@alcanada.com
Tom Faulkner	Prorich Seeds	deb_prorich@hotmail.com
Travis Grubb	Kubota Canada	travis.grubb@kubota.com
Bob Kerr	Individual Member	bobpatkerr@gmail.com
Ryan Parish	DLF PICKSEED	ryan.parish@dlfpickseed.com
Jack Legg	SGS Agrifood Laboratories	Jack.legg@sgs.com
Scott Thompson	International Stock Foods	s.thomson@quadro.net
Neil Wideman	Silo King	neilwideman@yahoo.ca
Mark Horst	Marcrest Manufacturing, Inc.	carol@balebaron.com