Notice to Dealers
With harvest right around the corner, there are a few changes at Grain Farmers of Ontario that you should be aware of:
  1. Beginning July 1, 2012, the license fees paid for corn, soy and direct marketed wheat are:
 
Corn $0.42/mT    
Soybeans $1.42/mT
Wheat $0.79/mT
 
                                  *Includes GFP Premium
  1. Please continue to include HST in all purchases. This means a charge of 13% will be added onto the total fee payment of each submitted report. The Grain Farmers of Ontario HST number is: 82972 7064 RT0001.
     
  2. Only one form is to be completed per commodity, however, one cheque may be submitted for all three commodities as long as the breakdown for each is specified. These forms are available below.

    Dealers may also continue to submit their own style of printed reports, as long as they contain all the required information from the Grain Farmers of Ontario Check-Off Form.
     
  3. Continue to submit all Monthly Reports in a timely and complete manner. Reports must be submitted the month directly after the purchased month.
Please contact us at any time if you require a hard copy of the Dealer's Manual.


Deferred Payments

When the crop year comes to a conclusion, many grain farmers are considering whether to defer crop payments, GFO has produced an information sheet on the changes to the Grains Act made in December 2010.

Click here for the
full press release and the information sheet.

Deferred payments now permanently allowed under the Grains Act.  View our information sheet here.

Forms

Direct Market Remittance Report (Wheat) Licence Fees must be remitted and received by the 15th of the month following purchase from the producer.  To ensure credit to your account, please complete this form: (2011 Form) (2012 Form)


Direct Market Producer Settlement Form  Dealers can use this form to manually report direct market wheat settlements. Dealers who are computerized may submit computer printouts or copies of producer receipts.  A Quick Reference Guide is available to help explain the process. Download form.

Monthly Report of Fees on Corn / Soybean Purchases
An example of how this form is filled out is available here: Sample Monthly Report.  Blank forms can be downloaded here: (2011-pdf) (2011-xls) (2012-pdf) (2012.xls-03) (2012.xls-10).

  • Ownership
    Grain Farmers of Ontario has the power to negotiate the terms and conditions of sale for corn or soybeans produced in Ontario but does not physically buy or sell the crop. Grain Farmers of Ontario is financed by licence fees, which are deducted from the producer by the dealer at the time that the producer sells his or her commodity.

    Ownership of corn or soybeans remains with the producer while the corn or soybeans are in storage, until the producer sells his/her corn or soybeans to a dealer and obtains payment. A dealer who purchases corn or soybeans may then resell them to a processor, broker, export market, for seed or other purposes.

  • Board Regulations
    Regulations require a Dealer’s Monthly Report to be filed with Grain Farmers of Ontario by the 15th day of each month for the previous month’s producer marketing.

     If no corn or soybeans are marketed during the month, a NIL report must be submitted to the board.

    Dealers who are computerized may submit computer printouts or individual copies of producer receipts, along with the Monthly Report form as a summary page, to be signed by the dealer.

  • Licence Fees
    For the 2012 Crop Year the fee is $0.42/mT for corn, $1.42/mT for soybeans and $0.79/mT for wheat. The licence fee is deducted from the producer by the dealer and remitted to the Grain Farmers of Ontario with the Dealer Monthly Report. The licence fee should be calculated on total tonnes sold by the producer, taken to the third decimal point. A penalty of 2% per month will be assessed against dealers who are late in submitting licence fees to the Board.
     
     
  • Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) 
    Deductions are required at the rate of 13% on the total board fees. Grain Farmers of Ontario HST Registration number is 82972 7064 RT0001.
     
    Example:            40.764 x 1.42 =     $57.88
                   HST  (13% x 57.88) =         7.52
                                         Total        $65.40