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Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) president Chuck Fossay says the association plans to include electronic voting, along with traditional mail-in ballots, during the election for directors this fall. MCGA members approved a bylaw allowing electronic voting at their annual meeting Feb. 16.

Electronic voting option for Manitoba Canola Growers Association election this year

During their annual meeting members passed a bylaw allowing for electronic voting but defeated one  to give the board the authority to replace preferential ballots with other voting systems

By Allan Dawson March 6, 2017

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) plans to include electronic voting, as well as a mail-in ballot, during board of directors elections this fall. “We want to make our organization as democratic as possible and we can only do that if we get more people involved,” MCGA president Chuck Fossay said in an interview Feb. 27. MCGA members

Manitoba Canola Growers Association president Chuck Fossay (r) presented Carla Taylor, of the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine at the St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre with the Canola Award of Excellence at the CropConnect banquet in Winnipeg Feb. 15.

Local news, Oilseeds

Canola growers recognize health researcher

Dr. Carla Taylor has been researching the health effects of canola oil

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 28, 2017

A Winnipeg-based nutrition researcher is the latest recipient of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association Canola Award of Excellence. The University of Manitoba’s Carla Taylor has, along with Peter Zahradka and a team of trainees and staff, been researching the health benefits of canola oil for more than a decade. The award was presented last week

It was standing room only for some of the breakout sessions at CropConnect 2017 at the Victoria Inn and Convention Centre in Winnipeg Feb. 15 and 16, including when the University of Minnesota’s Seth Naeve spoke about intensive soybean management Feb. 15. Between 1,500 and 1,600 people attended CropConnect last week, including 100 ‘walk ups’ co-chair Roberta Galbraith of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association said Feb. 17 in an interview.
“And yes it was packed,” she said. That has organizers wondering about the future of the event, which the commodity groups involved — canola, corn, pulse/soybeans, flax, sunflower, oat, seed growers and wheat/barley — will discuss, Galbraith said. The first step will be to cap registrations. “We are at capacity that is for sure,” she said. “We are looking at options, however we have made no decision to move the show as of yet. The Victoria Inn facility and staff are fantastic to work with and so responsive to conference staff requests and this is definitely a plus for the event.” It cost $75 a day to attend CropConnect this year, but the cost would be double without funding from the participating commodity groups, Galbraith said. Sponsors and trade show participants also help fund CropConnect, she said.

Local news

Commodity collaboration, mergers discussed at CropConnect

Commodity group leaders are urging their members to weigh in on how  much groups should collaborate and their thoughts on merging

By Allan Dawson February 23, 2017

Manitoba farmers are being asked if they want their checkoff-funded commodity groups to collaborate more — or even merge. It was one of the main themes at commodity group annual meetings at the fourth annual CropConnect conference in Winnipeg Feb. 15 and 16. And the man credited with planting the seed in 2013 — Halbstadt-farmer

The Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) and Manitoba Corn Growers Association will share a general manager. MWBGA president Fred Greig says it will benefit both organizations.

Cereals, Local news

Manitoba corn, wheat and barley growers to share new general manager

The two organizations will remain independent but say their members  can be better served by co-operating on administration

By Allan Dawson October 3, 2016

Two Manitoba farm commodity groups are putting talk about collaboration into action by sharing a general manager. The Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA) and Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) are looking for a new general manager to administer both associations when corn growers’ general manager Theresa Bergsma retires next June, after almost 29

CanoLAB participants worked through an exercise of extracting the DNA from a strawberry to get a better understanding of how canola diagnostics work.

Crops, Local news, Oilseeds

Canola issues, close up and hands on

CanoLAB participants were given an overview of how different crops are best integrated into canola rotations

By Jennifer Paige March 18, 2016

This year’s canoLAB put a sharp focus on canola rotations and expanded the scope slightly, beyond a single crop. “This year we are not only looking at canola but crops that would be in rotation with canola, so it is intended to be a holistic or systems approach to farming,” said Angela Brackenreed, agronomy specialist

Opinion

Editorial: Commodity voice(s)

By Laura Rance-Unger February 25, 2016

It was encouraging to see the reports emerging from the recent Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) annual meeting about the potential for collaboration among the key commodity groups in the province. The MWBGA, Manitoba Corn Growers Association, Manitoba Canola Growers Association, the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Association and National Sunflower Growers Association have

Crops

Cash advance programs highly competitive, CCGA executive says

Rick White says managing the advance payment program to farmers’ best advantage is a sensitive business

By Allan Dawson February 23, 2016

Administering cash advances is a competitive business, which is why farmers can’t take a look at the Canadian Canola Growers Association’s (CCGA) books, the organization’s CEO says. Rick White told the Manitoba Canola Growers Association annual meeting at Crop Connect Feb. 11, the CCGA handles more than a billion dollars a year, but unlike other

News, Oilseeds

Chuck Fossay new president of MCGA

The 2016 executive was decided Feb. 11

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 22, 2016

Starbuck farmer Chuck Fossay is the new president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) He replaces Ed Rempel, also of Starbuck, who remains on the MCGA’s board but declined to seek re-election as president. The MCGA held its reorganizational meeting to elect a new executive Feb. 11 following its annual meeting in Winnipeg. Clayton

Brent Kosie of Canterra Seeds (r) speaks to Anand Aneja while looking at seed samples at Crop Connect 2016 in Winnipeg. More than 600 farmers attended the annual two-day conference and trade show.

Crops, News

‘Collaboration’ the new buzzword for commodity groups

Fear of checkoff fatigue is driving the discussion about working together

By Allan Dawson February 18, 2016

Manitoba’s major checkoff-funded farm commodity groups are working with a consultant to explore increased collaboration aimed at giving farmers more bang for their levy bucks. “We are excited to see what this may evolve into and we are just at the initial stage,” Reston farmer and Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) chair Fred

Local news, Oilseeds

Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s board election results

More than 8,000 ballots were mailed out and just over 1,000 valid ones were counted for a voter turnout of almost 14 per cent

By Allan Dawson December 31, 2015

Two new farmers and two incumbents have been elected to the Manitoba Canola Growers Board (MCGA) of directors. The newcomers are Ron Krahn of Rivers and Bill Nicholson of Shoal Lake; Jacob (Jack) Froese of Winkler and Clayton Harder of Narol (near Winnipeg) were re-elected. Hugh Drake of Elkhorn, who has served on the board

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