OCCC Member Organizations








The Ontario Cereal Crops Committee (OCCC) acts as the recommending body to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for cereal variety registration in Ontario.
The OCCC also coordinates cereal performance testing, dissemination of the results and reviews cereal-related research to facilitate its coordination. The voting membership of the OCCC consists of one representative of each of the following organizations representing the cereal industry in Ontario: Grain Farmers of Ontario; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; OMAFRA; Ontario Agri Business Association; Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association; Ontario Seed Growers Association; Seeds Canada; Canadian National Millers Association; and the University of Guelph.
The role of the Ontario Cereal Crops Committee (OCCC) is to:
Chair
Joanna Follings
OMAFRA
Vice Chair
Andrew Burt
AAFC
Secretary
Melinda Drummond
University of Guelph
Treasurer
Peter Johnson
Real Agriculture
Past Chair
Matthew Czerwinski
Grain Farmers of Ontario
Winter Wheat Registration Coordinator
Ellen Sparry
C&M Seeds
Spring Wheat Registration Coordinator:
Ellen Sparry
C&M Seeds
Barley Registration Coordinator
Raja Khanal
AAFC
Oat Registration Coordinator
Weikai Yan
AAFC
Performance Testing Coordinator
Ellen Sparry
C&M Seeds
Spring Cereal Disease Coordinator
Lily Tamburic-Ilincic
Ridgetown Campus, UofG
Winter Cereal Disease Coordinator
Lily Tamburic-Ilincic
Ridgetown Campus, UofG