Brendan Byrne has been chosen chair of the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Council, taking over immediately from Amy Cronin.

The council is one of the most powerful political positions in Ontario agriculture because it supervises all of the 51 marketing boards. Article content

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He has been a member of the council, chairman of Grain Farmers of Ontario, vice-chair of the Presidents Council and former chair of the Essex County Soil and Crop Improvement Association.

He is a graduate of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program (AALP) and currently manages a cash crop farm operation that has been in his family for more than 100 years. Article content Article content

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