OSCIA Resolutions
OSCIA members may present one or more resolution(s) at the OSCIA Annual Conference where they are voted on by the delegates and, if carried forward, appropriate action is taken, by the OSCIA Board of Directors, following the conference. Updates and responses are forwarded to the SCIA involved, the delegate who seconded the motion and are posted here. Click here for Resolution Guidelines
2021 Resolutions
2021 Resolutions presented during the OSCIA virtual annual meeting on February 2, 2021.
All resolutions will be sent to the appropriate parties and the document will be updated to reflect this as letters are sent out and responses received.
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Responses Received:
#1 & #5 – Forage seeding programs & cereal rye
#2 – Apprentice-style agricultural programs
#3 – Producer Crisis support program
#4 – Property and Crop damage due to trespassers
#7 & #8 – OSCIA Website and Financial Visioning
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2020 Resolutions
2020 Resolutions presented during the OSCIA annual conference on February 4, 2020.
All resolutions have be sent to the requested parties and we now await responses.
Please visit the site throughout the year for further updates on responses received, as the document(s) will be updated as responses come in:
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Resolution 7: Credit Card payments
Resolution 13: OMAFRA Staffing
Resolution 3: Forage Production Insurance
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2019 Resolutions
2019 Resolutions presented during the OSCIA annual conference on February 5, 2019. All resolutions have be sent to the requested parties and we now await responses.
Resolution #1 – Brant SCIA – Recycle of Biosolids and Reduction to Landfill
Resolution #2-6 – Dundas SCIA (CAP Funding for Continuing Education; CAP Funding for Grain Testing Equipment; Farmer Representation on Drainage Committees; CAP Funding for all Environmental Practices be made Province Wide; & CAP Intake Dates)
Resolution #7 – Glengarry SCIA – Succession Planning as an Eligible Expense Under CAP
Resolution #8 – Golden Horseshoe Regional SCIA – Resource Database to Provide Membership Value
Resolution #9 – Halton SCIA – Agricultural Leases on Development Lands
Resolution #10 – Manitoulin SCIA – Changes to Agricorp’s Forage Insurance Program
Resolution #11-12 – Middlesex SCIA (Variability of DON Testing Results & Agricorp Inconsistency in DON Policy)
Resolution #14 – Parry Sound/East Nipissing SCIA – Slow Moving Vehicle Signs
Resolution #15 – Prescott SCIA – Rating Hybrids for DON
Resolution #16 – Sudbury SCIA – Sandhill Cranes
Resolutions #17-19 – York SCIA (Researching Impacts of DON on Grain Marketability; Variability of DON Testing Results; & Deregistration of Older Pesticides)
2018 Resolutions
Resolution #1, Eastern Valley SCIA – Production Insurance for Fall Rye
– Letter from Doug LaRose, CEO Agricorp on Resolution #1, #2 & #4
Resolution #2, Eastern Valley SCIA – Production Insurance for Fall Rye Cover Crops
Resolution #3, Eastern Valley SCIA – Forage Masters Competition
Resolution #4, Rainy River SCIA -Spot Damage– AGRICORP
Resolution #5, Northumberland County – OSCIA Newsletters
Resolution #6, Elgin SCIA – Soil Health
Resolution #7, Elgin SCIA – Intensively Managed Corn Hybrid Trials (OCC)
Resolution #8, Elgin SCIA – Corn Quality Trials
OCC statement re initiation of DON testing & OCC statement re release of DON results (1)
Resolution #9, North Niagara SCIA – Mental Health Literacy and Training Program for Farmers
Resolution #10, Middlesex Soil & Crop Improvement Association – Neonics
Resolution #11, Middlesex SCIA – Grassroots
Resolution #12, Niagara South SCIA – Add Canada Fleabane to the Noxious Weeds List
Resolution #13, Niagara South SCIA – To Allow Postage as an Eligible Tier One Grant Expense
Resolution #14, Brant SCIA – Use of Biosolids
Resolution #15 – Grey SCIA – Recycling of plastic used on the farm