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OCPA
wishes to publicly recognize and thank each of the following seed corn
companies for their ongoing partnership in the
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Each
partnering seed company collects from their customers and remits to OCPA
the 50 cents/bag of seed (approx. 17 cents/acre), which OCPA uses solely
to support research of benefit to Ontario corn growers. Details of OCPA-sponsored
research projects are published annually in the July and/or August/September
issues of the Ontario Corn Producer magazine (mailed 10 times/year to all
OCPA members). OCPA provides support to projects that will provide competitive
advantage for Ontario corn. As a rule of thumb, projects are chosen that
provide at least $10 million in collective annual benefit to Ontario corn
growers.
The Research Contribution on Seed program provides approximately $150,000 annually in additional support that OCPA can contribute to public research programs. When combined with OCPA’s support for research from our grain sales checkoff, OCPA’s direct investment in research is about 33 cents/acre. When combined with other external sources of funding*, the total investment in the OCPA-sponsored projects amounts to about $1.33 per acre, a leverage of about 4:1 for every OCPA-directed dollar invested. This total does not include the research scientists and infrastructure provided through the OMAF/University of Guelph Research Contract and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research stations. * These and other seed corn companies often contribute additional, separate funds towards specific projects of particular interest. External contributors include other commodity groups, other input or service suppliers (e.g., machinery, herbicide, fertilizer, soil analysis companies), corn processors, and government programs such as the Canada-Ontario Research and Development (CORD) program; the CanAdapt program funded through the federal CARD (Canadian Agricuture and Rural Development) program, OMAF’s Healthy Futures for Ontario Agriculture and Rural Jobs Strategy programs, and AAFC’s Matching Investment Initiative. Support from each of these sources is gratefully acknowledged. |
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