By law, wages of provincial employees earning more than $100,000 must be made public.

There were 143 employess with Ministry of Natural Resources earning more than $100,000 last year, compared with 85 in 2007. There were 161 with the Ministry of Environment, compared with 62 in 2007.

Among agricultural-related agencies funded by the province, there were 14 employees of Agricorp earning more than $100,000 last year and 27 employees with the Ontario Clean Water Agency.

In case you are wondering, there are 53,712 provincial employees earning more than $100,000 a year. While that includes politicians, physicians and principals, it also includes some police officers, firefighters and nurses. There are almost as many employees earning more than $100,000 as there are farms in the province. Ontario has 57,300 farms.

Here's the list of employees at OMAFRA earning more than $100,000 a year:

1. GEORGE ZEGARAC Deputy Minister $184,616.65

2. BONNIE WINCHESTER Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development $184,042.62

3. DAVID ANTLE Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division $182,752.45

4.DEBORAH STARK Assistant Deputy Minister, Food Safety & Environment $182,439.12

5. DAVID HOPE Assistant Deputy Minister, Regulated Marketing $180,852.86

6. KAREN CHAN Assist.Deputy Minister, Research & Corporate Services $153,909.04

7. MADELEINE DAVIDSON Director, Financial Management $137,608.97

8. MICHAEL TOOMBS Director, Regulatory Modernization $134,903.12

9. THOMAS BAKER Director Animal Health-Welfare/Office of Chief Vet $133,645.62

9. JIM FELKER Director, Strategic Human Resources Business Unit $133,645.62

9. THOMAS HAGERTY Director, Economic Development Policy $133,645.62

9. WILLIAM INGRATTA Director, Transition $133,645.62

9. PETER MEERVELD Director, Food Safety & Environment Policy $133,645.62

14. GWEN MCBRIDE Director, Sand Plains Regional Economic Development $133,023.17

15. GWEN ZELLEN Director, Research & Innovation $127,964.37

16. LING MARK Director, Food Safety & Environment Policy $126,857.60

17. GEORGE MCCAW Director, Growing Forward $126,448.78

18. TOM REKSTIS Director, Communications Branch $125,639.97

19. AILEEN MACNEIL Director, Agriculture Development Branch $125,210.60

20. SHELLEY GIBSON Director, Service Management $124,785.00

21. J. DOUG CHAPMAN Director, External Relations $124,639.37

22. PHILIP MALCOLMSON Director, Strategic Policy Branch $123,472.08

23. BRIAN CARDY Director, Rural Community Development Branch $118,558.25

24. RENA HUBERS Director, Food Inspection Branch $117,769.41

25. GEORGE BOROVILOS Director, Business Development Branch $117,408.40

26. JAMES RICHARDSON Director, Environmental Management $114,976.43

27. SHELLEY POTTER Chief of Staff $113,905.79

28. FINBAR DESIR Farm Implements Coordinator $111,118.26

29. PAMELA YOUNG Manager, Foods of Plant Origin $109,654.19

30. SID VANDER VEEN Drainage Coordinator $108,937.27

31. DINO RADOCCHIA Manager, Rural Investments $107,812.71

32. MARY SULLIVAN Manager, Planning & Analysis $107,812.71

33. ARVA MACHAN Secretary to the Commission $106,772.24

34. ANNA ILNYCKYJ Manager, Agriculture Development Policy $106,083.32

35. CHRISTINE KUEPFER Director, Farm Finance Branch $105,808.79

36. NIGEL WOOD Manager, Strategic Policy Coordination $105,547.28

37. LESLIE WOODCOCK Provincial Liaison, Meat Inspection Review $105,546.29

38. DAVID ALVES Manager, veterinary science & policy $105,546.28

39. NORMAN MATSUMOTO Manager, Agriculture-Food Innovation $105,418.97

40. DERMOND MARK Manager, Food Safety Client Services $105,029.47

41. ANDY RANKINE Manager, Domestic Marketing $105,029.47

42. DOROTHY MILLER Manager, Business Risk Management $103,887.13

43. JEAN-PIERRE FORGET Human Resources Business Advisor $103,703.23

44. BARRY SINCLAIR Manager, Property Tax & Farm Finance $103,478.86

45. MARTIN BOHL Director, food safety programs $102,734.59

46. BRENT KENNEDY Director, Client Services Branch $102,411.10

47. DENNIS FLAMING Manager, Client Accounts $102,160.06

48. ARTHUR LAWSON Manager, Regional Economic Development West $102,159.81

49. ALAN CRAWLEY Manager, Branding & Marketing Ontario Foods $102,132.06

50. IRENE SULLIVAN Manager, Rural Development Policy $102,090.59

51. CHRISTIAN HORBASZ Manager, Business Development Policy $101,146.45

52. KEVIN LAIDLEY Manager, Client Programs & Services $100,771.63