Mark Your Calendars for September 10, 1998
OCPA Semi-Annual Meeting, Quality Inn, Woodstock, Ontario.

Greg Stewart describes himself as an innovator, so it seems appropriate that in being hired as the “Program Lead” for corn extension in Ontario, he is the first person to be appointed to a position of this type within OMAFRA.

Greg’s appointment is for a two-year term, as a co-operative pilot project of the Ontario Corn Producers’ Association, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and the Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph. OCPA and OMAFRA are jointly funding his salary, benefits and operational costs while the university is providing an office in the Crop Science Building and office support. Part of the uniqueness of this appointment is the co-funding by a farm organization and OMAFRA. The expectation is that the pilot project will be replaced by a more permanent arrangement in the future.

As the lead person for corn extension, Greg will be a liaison among researchers, extension workers and company agronomists, as they collectively work to ensure that the corn growers of Ontario have access to state-of-the-art information.  (Full Story)

Features in the August/September 1998 Ontario Corn Producer

1998 Corn Utilization Conference
E-85 Vehicles - A Natural Progression
1998 PROWL Essay Competition Winner
OCPA Semi-Annual Meeting
Canadian Foodgrains Bank 1998 Tour