Tilbury, Ontario, Canada
Janury 7, 2011

Maizex Seeds Inc. is celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary as Canada’s largest Canadian-owned hybrid seed corn company. As part of their celebration at the Southwest Agricultural Conference in Ridgetown, ON, Maizex Seeds announced a gift of $150,000 to Ridgetown Campus. This gift will go towards constructing a new east wing for the Reek Building - a $2.5 million capital project. The new wing will serve as a student services and recruitment centre, as well as provide additional classroom space.

L-R: Art Schaafsma (Director, Ridgetown Campus), Dave Baute (President, Maizex Seeds Inc.), Rob Gordon (Dean, Ontario Agriculture College), Gary Paling (Vice-Chair, Ridgetown Agri-Food Foundation)

Ridgetown Campus is one of four campuses of the University’s Ontario Agricultural College. Ridgetown is dedicated to being a leader in applied agriculture and environmental research and is currently celebrating their largest student enrolment in history. “We have a passion for innovation in serving the farmers of Canada and on behalf of the entire team at Maizex I’m very pleased to support this important project at the Ridgetown Campus. This gift is made possible thanks to the support of Canadian growers from coast to coast,” stated Dave Baute, President of Maizex. Baute, a class of 1977 graduate is current chair of the campus’ Ridgetown Agri-Food Foundation.

With an eye on the future challenges that face the agricultural industry in meeting global demands for food, Baute believes it’s critically important to invest in and cultivate our future producers and agribusiness leaders. A proven combination of innovation, globally sourced genetics and homegrown agronomic leadership is the assurance of future success for Canadian farmers.

Website: http://www.maizex.com

Published: January 7, 2011