He has spent 34 years with OMAFRA as farm management specialist,
county agricultural representative, swine specialist, and in his current position
as market strategies program lead.
He is a past president of the Ontario Pork Congress, past chairman
of the London Swine Conference, and participated in the planning committees for
the Centralia Swine Research Update, OPC Gold Event, Ag Lenders Conference, and
London Swine Conference.
In addition, John was involved with the Royal Agricultural
Winter Fair Junior Barrow Show and he has been asked to speak at many
agricultural conferences and seminars.
He received the Ontario Pork Congress Industry Leadership Award
(2004) and Ontario Pork’s Award of Recognition.
