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Merged Manitoba crop groups qualify for checkoffs

Manitoba Crop Alliance also names top brass

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 8, 2020

The new unit formed from the merger of five Manitoba crop commodity organizations is set to begin collecting checkoffs for its founding groups’ crops, starting Aug. 1. The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) announced Monday it now has its designation under the provincial Agricultural Producers’ Organization Funding Act. The designation allows the new organization to collect

Members of the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association voted 66-16 at CropConnect on Feb. 13, 2020 in favour of their group’s merger into the Manitoba Crop Alliance. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Geralyn Wichers)

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Manitoba growers approve five-way commodity group merger

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff February 14, 2020

Manitoba grain growers represented by five separate commodity organizations have voted to greenlight a merger they now expect to make official by August. A total of 165 ballots were cast Wednesday and Thursday during the groups’ annual general and special meetings at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg, with members at the various events voting between

“It is conceivable that the directors representing corn will not be able to convince the majority of the new board to initiate trade action when these unfair subsidies happen again... “ – Bob Bartley.

Crops, News

Commodity groups prepare to cast deciding vote

Leaders in the five crop groups say merging will make them stronger, but members have the ultimate say

By Geralyn Wichers February 7, 2020

After years of consultation, meetings and webinars, five Manitoba commodity groups are preparing to vote on whether they will merge to form the Manitoba Crop Alliance. As the vote nears, producers have gone “relatively quiet,” said Pam de Rocquigny, general manager of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association. “I think there’s been lots of communication out to our members,”

"We are stronger, together,” says Myron Krahn of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association.

Crops, Local news

Manitoba commodity groups choose name ahead of merger vote

The groups are hosting webinars to educate members of proposed plans

By Geralyn Wichers December 5, 2019

If members vote to amalgamate five Manitoba commodity groups, they’ll go forward under a new name: Manitoba Crop Alliance. “When we looked at the definition of the word alliance, which is an association formed for mutual benefit, we felt that summarized the intent of the amalgamation. We are stronger, together,” said Myron Krahn, Manitoba Corn

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: The crops groups merger vote nears

By Gord Gilmour December 5, 2019

Are you ready for the Manitoba Crop Alliance vote? The MCA is the name a new merger of crops groups is poised to take on if their amalgamation proposal passes votes to be held at this winter’s CropConnect conference. That meeting, slated for February 11-13 in Winnipeg, will see the annual meetings of the Manitoba

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U.S. livestock: Cattle rise, hogs fall as traders watch other commodities

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Merged Manitoba crop groups qualify for checkoffs

Manitoba growers approve five-way commodity group merger

Commodity groups prepare to cast deciding vote

Manitoba commodity groups choose name ahead of merger vote

Editor’s Take: The crops groups merger vote nears

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