Amalgamation, new reports, fees effective on July 1
The amalgamation of the Ontario Bean Producers’ Marketing Board and the Ontario Coloured Bean Growers Association to become Ontario Bean Growers is well underway, with the announcement of a general manager and the setting of 2013 license fees.
Erin Morgan (formerly Fletcher) has been hired as the general manager of Ontario Bean Growers, working from the new office at 59 Lorne Avenue East in Stratford.
As of July 1 all producers of beans in the province will report production and pay license fees to the new Ontario Bean Growers organization. License fees for all beans for the 2013 production year have been set at $6.60 per tonne ($0.30 per cwt).
“We are excited for this new chapter in bean production in Ontario with the creation of this new board,” says Marinus Bakker, chair of the Ontario Bean Producers’ Marketing Board.
“More information about the board of directors and the new regulations will be available to producers after July 1.”
As the July 1 commencement date approaches, Morgan will be providing regular updates to producers on the Ontario Bean Growers website as details become available at http://www.ontariobeans.on.ca/producers/News/.
“Our commitment to our members as this process continues is transparency,” says Gary Fluttert, chair of the Ontario Coloured Bean Growers Association.
“Our new general manager has gone through this process of amalgamation as a manager at Grain Farmers of Ontario, and we are anticipating a productive and exciting next few months as we get the new organization up and running.”
Ontario Bean Growers is a not for profit organization that represents the interests of farmers in Ontario that grow beans.
Founded in 2013, the organization is an amalgamation of the Ontario Bean Producers’ Marketing Board and the Ontario Coloured Bean Growers Association.
The farmer members of Ontario Bean Growers produce fifteen different types of beans on 130,000 acres annually.
