Ministry: AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Agency: AGRICORP
Agency URL: www.agricorp.comAddress: 1 Stone Road West, 3rd Floor NW Box 3660 Station Central Guelph N1H 8M4 ONT
Tel.: 1-888-247-4999
Fax: (519) 826-4118
Background: AGRICORP ACT, S.O. 1996, C. 17, SCHEDULE A, S. 1
Period: 05-JAN-2002 - N/A
Type: OPE
Prerogative: Mandatory Legislation; Minister's OIC
Function: AgriCorp administers crop insurance and market revenue programs to provide farmers with protection against weather disasters to their crops and income protection during times of low prices. Crop insurance is available to Ontario farmers to protect more than 50 commercially grown crops against natural hazards. Agricorp administers the Crop Insurance Act and administers Market Revenue Insurance, which provides financial assistance to grains and oilseed crop producers during periods of low prices. The board of directors, consisting of all the members of AgriCorp, controls the affairs of the corporation.
Membership: The Lieutenant Governor in Council appoints not fewer than five members and designates one of the members as chair and one or more as vice-chair(s).
Term: Members serve for a term of not more than three years.
Meetings: The board of directors meets monthly.
BOARD MEMBERS
| No. |
POSITION |
MEMBER NAME |
TENURE |
REMUNERATION |
LOCATION |
| 1. | CHAIR (PART-TIME) | SKINNER, LARRY | 13-MAY-2009 - 12-MAY-2012 | $221 PER DIEM | LISTOWEL |
| 2. | VICE-CHAIR (PART-TIME) | EPP, DAVID | 07-FEB-2007 - 24-JUN-2011 | $184 PER DIEM | LEAMINGTON |
| 3. | MEMBER (PART-TIME) | MILLER, BARBARA J. | 07-FEB-2007 - 06-FEB-2010 | $168 PER DIEM | TORONTO |
| 4. | MEMBER (PART-TIME) | BUTTON, CHRISTOPHER | 05-JUL-2004 - 04-JUL-2010 | $168 PER DIEM | AYLMER |
| 5. | MEMBER (PART-TIME) | ALLISON, WILLIAM | 30-APR-2008 - 29-APR-2011 | $168 PER DIEM | GEORGETOWN |
| 6. | MEMBER (PART-TIME) | BEAUDRY, GERALD | 14-JUN-2005 - 10-JUN-2011 | $168 PER DIEM | VERNER |
| 7. | MEMBER (PART-TIME) | VAN TURNHOUT, JOHN | 14-JUN-2005 - 10-JUN-2011 | $168 PER DIEM | BERWICK |
| 8. | MEMBER (PART-TIME) | EMERSON, ROBERT | 25-JUN-2008 - 24-JUN-2011 | $168 PER DIEM | RIPLEY |
| 9. | MEMBER (PART-TIME) | DAVIS, ROSEMARY O. | 06-MAY-2009 - 05-MAY-2012 | $168 PER DIEM | COBOURG |