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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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
Farmers pack first MWBGA annual meeting
Three new directors were elected, of whom two favour mail-in ballots for future elections
So many came to the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association’s (MWBGA) first annual meeting at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg that hotel staff had to open an adjoining room to seat the crowd. An estimated 150 people attended, 121 members registered and 117 cast ballots, defeating one interim incumbent director and electing three new
New provincial wheat and barley groups pledge to co-operate
There's agreement collaboration will make farmers' checkoff dollars stretch further
Western Canada’s new provincial wheat and barley organizations agree their best path forward is co-operating to make the best use of farmers’ checkoff dollars — but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some bumps in the road. Some were evident during a panel discussion at the Interprovincial Seed Growers meeting in Winnipeg Nov. 5 when
Immediate priorities identified for new wheat and barley organizations
One is deciding if farmers should own their own plant-breeding company
There are two pressing issues the West’s new provincial wheat and barley organizations need to address soon, a Manitoba consultant working for the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) says. One is prepare for the July 17, 2017 end of the temporary western Canadian wheat and barley checkoff for funding research and market development,
WGRF asking farmers big funding questions
Where do farmers want to go with funding research and how do they want to get there?
The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF), the farmer-run conduit for most of western grain farmers’ investment in agricultural research, wants farmers’ input on future funding and the foundation’s role. “Breeding is a long-term process,” WGRF executive director Garth Patterson told Winter Cereals Manitoba’s annual meeting March 12. “You have to look 10 or 15 years
Farmers swarm first annual CropConnect
More than 1,100 farmers paid to attend over two days
More than 600 farmers attended the first annual CropConnect Conference at Winnipeg’s Victoria Inn Feb. 18 and more than 530 showed up for the second day Feb 19. “Everything I’m hearing about the conference has been pretty positive,” said CropConnect committee chair, Theresa Bergsma, who is also secretary-manager of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association. CropConnect
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