Our Role

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.

Organization 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).

Our Executive Team

Our Directors

Name	Company	Email Address
Joe Dickinson	Beef Farmers of Ontario	joe@dickensonfarms.com
Mark Hammel	Dairy Farmers of Ontario	Mark.hamel@milk.org
Jennifer McTavish	Ontario Sheep Farmers	general@ontariosheep.org
Terry Nuhn	Nuhn Forage	nuhnforage@quaro.net
Ashley Knapton	Corteva Agrisicence™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont	Ashley.Knapton@corteva.com
Ray MacDonald	Can Grow Crop Solutions Inc.	ray@cangrow.com
Brigit Martin	OSCIA	bmartin@ontariosoilcrop.org
Ari Ekstein	Quality Seeds	ari@qualityseeds.ca
Fred Brown	Quality Seeds	fred@qualityseeds.ca
Scott Bowman	Speare Seeds	sbowman@speareseeds.ca
Bill Brown	GROWMARK	bbrown@growmark.com
Scott Fisher	Mapleseed	scott.fisher@mapleseed.ca
Ron Piett	A & L Canada Laboratories	rpiett@alcanada.com
Dean Shantz	Pestell Minerals & Ingredients	dshantz@pestell.com
Donna Hancock	University of Guelph	dhancock@uofguelph.ca
Tom Faulkner	Prorich Seeds	deb_prorich@hotmail.com
Travis Grubb	Kubota Canada	travis.grubb@kubota.com
Bob Kerr	Individual Member	bobpatkerr@gmail.com
Jon Gough	DLF PICKSEED	jgough@dlfpickseed.com
Jack Legg	SGS Agrifood Laboratories	Jack.legg@sgs.com
Andrew Graham	OSCIA	agraham@ontariosoilcrop.org
Doug Yungblut	Yungblut and Associates	doug.yungblut@sympatico.ca
Scott Thompson	International Stock Foods	s.thomson@quadro.net
Neil Wideman	Maxx Equine; Silo King	neilwideman@yahoo.ca
Carol Horst	Marcrest Manufacturing, Inc.	carol@balebaron.com
Christine O’Reilly (ex-officio)	OMAFRA Forage & Grazier Specialist	Christine.OReilly@ontario.ca

Our Staff