Board Structure
The Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board is made up of ten Directors (one from each of the ten wheat growing districts) who are wheat producers and are elected for one-year terms.  Directors are elected by Delegates (members of district wheat producer committees) from the district they represent.  All wheat producers in each county are entitled to vote for their Delegates with the number of Delegates in each county being based on representation of the number of producers (60% weight) and the proportion of provincial wheat production (40% weight). 

The Board of Directors elects an Executive Committee at the inaugural meeting each year made up of a Board Chairman, 1st Vice Chairman, 2nd Vice Chairman, Past Chairman and one Executive Member.  Each member of the executive committee is elected for a one year term.

There are six additional committees of the Board to oversee the various activities of the OWPMB.  The following is a list of the committees, the number of members on each and a brief description of their function.
• Marketing
• Research
• Communications
• Vision & Planning
• Transportation
• Government Programs
• Audit

To see which directors sit on which committees, please see the Contact Us page.

Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission
The Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board is governed by a Board of Directors that is accountable to both producers and the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission, which reports to the Ontario Government through the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.  The Farm Products Marketing Commission is a regulatory body overseeing marketing plans for agricultural products in the province of Ontario.  The Farm Products Marketing Commission is in turn accountable to the Minister of Agriculture and the Management Board (Cabinet or Executive) of the provincial government. 

The Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board has its legislative base in Ontario’s Farm Products Marketing Act.  The Act enables the Farm Products Marketing Commission to delegate marketing powers to local Boards.  These marketing powers are contained in Regulations 442 and 443 of the Farm Products Marketing Act.  Regulation 442 – “Wheat Marketing”, outlines the powers given to the Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board for the marketing of wheat.  Regulation 443 is the “Wheat Plan”, which outlines how the Ontario Wheat Board is to be governed.

For more information about the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission, please see this fact sheet.

Our General Regulations (pdf), Wheat Marketing Regulations and the complete Wheat Plan are also available online.