Denise Hockaday of Breslau has been appointed to a three-year term on the Agriculture Research Institute of Ontario.
She was born and raised on a dairy farm, graduated from the University of Guelph, spent summers working for Monsanto on YieldGuard and now is the Climate Business Director for The Climate Corporation Canada.
There she is responsible for the entire national business - from commercial sales to operations, to making sure the product that’s being developed by the science teams feature the tools Canadian farmers want and need to maximize the efficiency of their operation.
The ARIO advises the provincial government on agriculture research priorities and policies.