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Agency Details

(as on: Monday, November 23, 2009)
Ministry:  AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Agency:  AGRICORP
Agency URL:  www.agricorp.com
Address:  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, LARRY13-MAY-2009 - 12-MAY-2012$221 PER DIEMLISTOWEL
2.VICE-CHAIR (PART-TIME)EPP, DAVID07-FEB-2007 - 24-JUN-2011$184 PER DIEMLEAMINGTON
3.MEMBER (PART-TIME)MILLER, BARBARA J.07-FEB-2007 - 06-FEB-2010$168 PER DIEMTORONTO
4.MEMBER (PART-TIME)BUTTON, CHRISTOPHER05-JUL-2004 - 04-JUL-2010$168 PER DIEMAYLMER
5.MEMBER (PART-TIME)ALLISON, WILLIAM30-APR-2008 - 29-APR-2011$168 PER DIEMGEORGETOWN
6.MEMBER (PART-TIME)BEAUDRY, GERALD14-JUN-2005 - 10-JUN-2011$168 PER DIEMVERNER
7.MEMBER (PART-TIME)VAN TURNHOUT, JOHN14-JUN-2005 - 10-JUN-2011$168 PER DIEMBERWICK
8.MEMBER (PART-TIME)EMERSON, ROBERT25-JUN-2008 - 24-JUN-2011$168 PER DIEMRIPLEY
9.MEMBER (PART-TIME)DAVIS, ROSEMARY O.06-MAY-2009 - 05-MAY-2012$168 PER DIEMCOBOURG