Membership Benefits

Summary of Membership Benefits:

Membership Benefits	Individual $250	Association $1,000	Corporate $2,500
GMC Newsletter	•	•	•
GMC Annual Report	•	•	•
Notices of GMC Events	•	•	•
Membership Polls	•	•	•
News Releases	•	•	•
Discounted Registration to GMC Events, Workshops, Seminars and Webinars	•	•	•
Early Access to Research & Special Reports (48 Hours)	•	•	•
40% Discount on 1 of 5 Market Analysis Publications	•
1 Year Subscription to a Market Analysis Publication (Choose from 5 Reports)		•	•
10% Discount on Additional Market Analysis Publications	•	•
15% Discount on Additional Market Analysis Reports			•
25% Discount on the Agri-Food Policy Matters Quarterly		•	•
Ready Access Data Requests		•	•
40% off Daily Rate on Extra Data Requests or Custom Market Analysis		•	•
Preferred Rate on Speaker’s Fees		•	•
One $250 Credit on Speaker's Fees		•
One $500 Credit on Speaker's Fees			•
One $1000 Credit on Customized Education Programming			•
A $1000 Credit on each Research Project valued at above $10,000			•

GMC Newsletter – the newsletter gives the GMC the opportunity to keep their membership up to date on current projects, papers and events. The newsletter comes three times a year and highlights current agri-business topics of interest.

GMC Annual Report – This report gives our members a full year review of the projects, papers, conferences and events that the GMC has completed.

Notice of GMC events - The GMC runs a multitude of different events during the year. These range from breakfast meetings, webinars, workshops and forums.
As a member you are first to receive this invitation. This has great value since certain events have limited spaces available.

Membership polls - This feature will be reintroduced as a way of engaging and listening to our members on current agri-business and agri-policy issues.

News Releases - Members will receive all GMC news releases regarding important research and projects that we are currently working on.

Discounted Registration to GMC Events, Workshops, Seminars and Webinars - The GMC wants our members to be a part of all our outreach programs so we offer specialized pricing to our members.

Early Access to Research & Special Reports (48 Hours) - Our members receive great value in receiving cutting edge policy and industry information before it is made public.

Discounts on Market Analysis Reports - These reports provide market and industry outlooks in the cattle, hog, chicken and grocery industries. The author, Kevin Grier is a leading market analyst and editor. Reports and periodicals authored by Kevin Grier are used and depended upon by the most successful companies and farms in the Canadian, livestock, meat and grocery sectors.

25% Discount on the Agri-Food Policy Matters Quarterly - Each Agri-Food Policy Matters Quarterly will cover a range of timely policy topics affecting the whole value chain, providing a description of the policy issue and our analysis of it. This information will help you in your strategic planning regarding current and future opportunities for expansion and growth.

Ready Access Data Requests - this gives our GMC members the opportunity to contact Kevin Grier regarding the data that he uses for his market reports and ask for customized information for their sector.

40% off Daily Rate on Extra Data Requests or Custom Market Analysis - For those members that require more in-depth information or customized market analysis, this is a great cost savings opportunity.

Preferred Rate on Speaker’s Fees - Our members can have the experts from the GMC come and speak at their conferences, workshops, AGM’s and forums for a discounted rate. Our senior researchers and market analysts bring a wealth of knowledge regarding agri-food and agri-business by giving a fresh perspective to policies and concerns that affect your business.

One $250 Credit on Speaker’s Fees - A cost savings for our Association members to take advantage of regarding having GMC staff speak at their event or to their staff.

One $500 Credit on Speaker’s Fees - A large cost savings for our Corporate members to take advantage of regarding having GMC staff speak at their event or to their staff.

One $1000 Credit on Customized Education Programming - The GMC are leaders in Agri-business and Agri-policy education. We create custom courses for businesses, governments and organizations across Canada. Taking advantage of this credit would almost cover half of the original corporate membership fee.

A $1000 Credit on each Research Project valued above $10,000 - GMC research covers the following areas: Market Analysis, Economic Policy, Agribusiness Management, Economics of food, health and sustainability and value chain management. The research projects that we complete for our clients give them accurate independent findings to make strategic business decisions for their organizations.