Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

ONTARIO SOYBEAN GROWERS / FRED BRANDENBURG, INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: ONTARIO SOYBEAN GROWERS
Responsible Officer Name: FRED BRANDENBURG, INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER 
Initial registration start date: 2004-05-28
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 778841-4667

Version 2 of 2 (2004-12-10 to 2005-06-10)

Version 2 of 2 (2004-12-10 to 2005-06-10) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.

A. Organization Information

Organization: ONTARIO SOYBEAN GROWERS
205 - 150 RESEARCH LANE
GUELPH, ON  N1G 4T2
Canada
Telephone number: 519-767-1949
Fax number: 519-767-2466  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: FRED A BRANDENBURG, INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER  
 
Description of the organization's activities: ONTARIO SOYBEAN GROWERS IS A MARKETING BOARD UNDER ONTARIO'S FARM PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT. OSG ACTIVITIES INCLUDE MARKET DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT ON BEHALF OF ONTARIO'S 20,000 SOYBEAN GROWERS.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: ANYONE WHO GROWS AND MARKETS SOYBEANS IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO IS DEEMED TO BE A MEMBER.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? Yes
End date of the organization's last completed financial year: 2004-08-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA $18,000.00
AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA $166,795.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: FRED BRANDENBURG
Position title: INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: WENDY JAHN
Position title: GENERAL MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: LISA MCLEAN
Position title: COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MATT MCLEAN
Position title: RESEARCH & BIOPRODUCTS MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: WILLIAM RILEY
Position title: MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Meetings, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Internal Trade, International Trade, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: AGRICULTURE POLICY FRAMEWORKPESTICIDE REGISTRATIONSEEDS ACTWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION NEGOTIATIONSADVANCE PAYMENT PROGRAMEXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENTBIOFUELS
Subject Matter: Prospective: AGRICULTURE POLICY FRAMEWORKPESTICIDE REGISTRATIONSEEDS ACTWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION NEGOTIATIONSADVANCE PAYMENT PROGRAMEXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENTBIOFUELS




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