Corn breeding is a key area of corn research in Ontario. In recent years, the public corn breeding programs in Ontario have been based at the Crop Science Department, University of Guelph and at the Central Experimental Farm (CEF) of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa. This is a transitional year for these programs as they come under new leadership – Dr. Elizabeth Lee, at Guelph, and Dr. Lana Reid at Ottawa. Since these two “new” people will have a major influence on the course of research in corn breeding in Ontario, it seems fitting to profile them in this issue of Ontario Corn Producer.

Dr. Lee is truly a newcomer to Ontario – very new, in fact, having started at Guelph on April 13. Elizabeth -- or Liz as she is more accustomed to being called -- is a native of Minnesota. She grew up on a seed farm, where her family grew, cleaned and sold pedigreed seed of several crops, including wheat, barley, oats, rye, flax, soybeans and grasses for conservation seedings.  (Full Story)

Other Features in the June 1998 Ontario Corn Producer

1998 OCPA Research Sponsorships

Getting the Crop to Market - Transportation Issues

Resistant Pigweed Hits Seven Counties in Southwestern Ontario