Managing risk, mastering markets speakers

Making AgriStability and the Risk Management Program work for you
Ellen Blenkiron, Senior Industry Specialist
Agricorp

Ellen Blenkiron is a Senior Industry Specialist with Agricorp with a focus on Production Insurance and the Risk Management Program for livestock. She has been with Agricorp for 20+ years and is actively involved in the agricultural community outside of work as well. Ellen and her family run a small herd of beef cattle with a focus on high quality genetics and they enjoy showing their livestock throughout Canada and the US.

Jeff Janssen, Research Analyst
Agricorp

Jeff is an Ontario Agricultural College ‘99 grad who completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Agricultural Business at the University of Guelph. Jeff joined the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) and subsequently Agricorp in 2004 after a few years working in the grain industry.

Market dynamics: What’s next for Ontario’s veal industry?
Steve Duff, Chief Economist
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness

Coming from a dairy and beef background in Ontario’s Northumberland County, Steve is an Ontario Agricultural College ‘94 grad who completed a Masters in Ag Economics from the Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics (FARE) department at the University of Guelph in 1996. Steve joined the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) in late 1997 after a year as a policy researcher within FARE for the Dairy Farmers of Ontario.

During this time Steve chaired several federal-provincial-territorial committees including the Business Risk Management (BRM) advisory committee, the BRM administrators committee, and is currently the co-chair of the Farm Income Forecasting Committee. Steve is currently OMAF’s Chief Economist. Since 2011, Steve has been an Adjunct Professor in the FARE department teaching 4th year Agricultural Policy analysis. In 2016, Steve was the recipient of the first FARE distinguished alumnus award. Steve and his wife Robyn operate a beef and cash crop farm near Colborne, Ontario.

ACC: Operating finance programs
Scott Clark, Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Agricultural Credit Corporation

Scott Clark is VP, Marketing & Communications for Agricultural Credit Corporation (ACC). He has more than 25 years’ marketing experience in several industries, predominantly Agriculture and Financial Services. Scott enjoys talking to producers and the ag sector at large to help make farm financing more affordable. Scott holds two undergraduate degrees and an MBA. He lives with his family in Burlington, Ontario.