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 (2nd Vice)	joe@dickensonfarms.com
Roger Boersen	Dairy Farmers of Ontario	roger.boersen@milk.org
Erin Morgan	Ontario Sheep Farmers	emorgan@ontariosheep.org
Patricia Ellingwood	OFC Staff	support@ontarioforagecouncil.com
Terry Nuhn	Nuhn Forage (Past Chair)	nuhnforage@quaro.net
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
Dave Schraa	OSCIA	dschraa@ontariosoilcrop.org
Birgit Martin	Independent (CHAIR)	birgit@pureislandbeef.com
Fred Brown	Quality Seeds	fred@qualityseeds.ca
Scott Bowman	Speare Seeds (Vice Chair)	sbowman@speareseeds.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
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
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
Christine O’Reilly (ex-officio)	OMAFRA Forage & Grazier Specialist	Christine.OReilly@ontario.ca

Our Staff

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