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VIDEO: A new day begins for Manitoba wheat and barley growers

"It was a longer process I think than we expected," says Don Dewar on the formation of the MWBGA

By Allan Dawson
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Published: March 2, 2015
Crops, Local news

The Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association held its first annual meeting Feb. 18 at CropConnect in Winnipeg. Manitoba Co-operator reporter Alan Dawson interviewed outgoing association chair Don Dewar following the meeting.

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Allan Dawson

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Allan Dawson is a reporter with the Manitoba Co-operator based near Miami, Man. Covering agriculture since 1980, Dawson has spent most of his career with the Co-operator except for several years with Farmers’ Independent Weekly and before that a Morden-Winkler area radio station.

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