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$2,756,585,894 farmgate value of milk sales

Mark Hamel was first elected to the Board in 2018 and is a graduate of the Advanced Agriculture Leadership Program - Class 8.

$7.7 billion GDP contribution by the Ontario dairy sector 100% of eligible Ontario producers are registered under proAction®, the national quality assurance program

3,092,313,588 L litres of fresh milk shipped

An active industry representative for nearly 20 years, Mark was previously a Director and Past Chair of Gay Lea Foods and the Ontario Co-operative Association, a group focused on helping co-operatives and credit unions contribute to sustainable community growth and development.

99.7% of quota requirements were met by P5 dairy farmers, right-sizing supply with market demands despite continued supply change fluctuations

81 plants received milk from Ontario dairy producers

3,273 dairy farms produced milk in Ontario

Mark is Chair of DFO’s Audit Committee and is a Director on the Board of Dairy Farmers of Canada.

Mark and his wife Cathy are partners with their son Matt (fourth generation) and daughter-in-law Larissa, operating Harmony Holsteins Limited west of Elmwood, Ontario. Together, they milk 150 purebred Holsteins and farm 900 acres.

2,377 initial Grade A inspections were conducted in 2021-22

18.1% of Ontario producers received gold-level Raw Milk Quality certificates, a YOY increase of 1.6%

110 producers have entered the dairy industry through NEQAP since March 2010

11 grants awarded to Start-Up/Scale-Up participants

1,364,910 litres of milk donated by local dairy farmers to Ontario food banks

19 on-farm processors in Ontario

ADAM PETHERICK, 2ND VICE CHAIR

Region 4

Hastings, Lennox & Addington, Northumberland, and Prince Edward

Adam Petherick was first elected to the Board in 2020 and has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Guelph.

He is the chair of the Northumberland County Holstein Club and is previously a Board Member of the Campbellford Seymour Agricultural Society.

10,000+

10,000+ farmers and their families are supported by dairy farming in Ontario farmers and their families are supported by dairy farming in Ontario

Adam is a seventh-generation dairy farmer at Almerson Farms Ltd. and manages the business with his wife Amy and his parents, Evan and Marilyn. They milk 75 Holsteins, and crop 400 acres of scenic land in northern Northumberland County.