The Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) has elected Ambrely Ralph and Greg Bott as co-presidents, the organization announced today.
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POGA elects Bott, Ralph as co-presidents
Prairie Oat Growers Association announces new president
Enns: It’s time for the younger generation to be the face of the organization
A Manitoban will be the new president of the Prairie Oat Growers Association, the organization announced May 1. Jenneth Johanson of Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, will take over for outgoing president Art Enns. “It has been an incredible ‘run’ as president of POGA and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s now time for the younger
Cereal royalty discussions dominate CropConnect AGMs
There’s increasing agreement among farmers to invest more in variety development, but how?
There’s still no consensus among western grain farmers on how they can contribute more money to boost cereal variety development, but Fred Greig says there’s progress on the contentious issue. “I think there’s a will to move along the path and to protect our interests and protect our rights and do it right,” the Reston
KAP carefully considering seed ‘value creation’
KAP doesn’t have a set plan, but it has set out its principles on the issue
The Keystone Agricultural Producer’s (KAP) policy on how farmers should fund new cereal variety development remains a work in progress. The seed industry has proposed two models — trailing and end point royalties. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has been consulting farmers about them. But KAP delegates attending their 35th annual meeting in Winnipeg Feb.
Royalty shift could equal more costly seed for farmers
Proposal proponents tout farmer access to better varieties because of market incentives
Nobody likes paying more. But it’s also often said you get what you pay for. That’s the dilemma facing Canadian farmers being consulted about new options for paying higher royalties on cereal and pulse seed. It’s said those royalties will encourage foreign and domestic investment in variety development, which supporters of the options say will
Deadline Nov. 2 to register for seed royalty meetings
The proposal is for farmers pay more for seed, but the proponents say the payoff is better varieties
The deadline register to attend meetings to discuss ways for farmers to pay more for cereal and pulse seed so plant breeders have more money to develop superior varieties is Friday Nov. 2. The consultations being led by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) focuses on two options —
Commodity groups exploring merger
For now Manitoba’s canola, winter cereal and oat producer associations have opted to remain on their own
Five Manitoba commodity groups have signed a deal to spend the next year working towards a merger. The Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA), Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers Association (MPSG), Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA), National Sunflower Association of Canada (NSAC) and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Association (MWBGA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)
Manitoba Oat Growers’ Association celebrates success and solvency
The books are in the black and Mexican oat consumption is growing fast, annual meeting told
The Manitoba Oat Growers’ Association is in good financial shape and the industry is targeting more sales to a growing Mexican market. That was the word from the group’s latest annual general meeting last week, in conjunction with the CropConnect event. For the year ended July 31, 2016, MOGA revenue over expenses hit $19,013, a
Oats after breakfast
This healthy dietary choice doesn’t just have to be limited to the breakfast table
Hardly anyone says ‘porridge’ anymore. It’s a plain, old word, like grits or gruel or frumenty. For most of us it means, simply, boiled oats, a rather humble meal. Englishman Samuel Johnson, who had something to say about everything, once called oats “the grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland
Grower groups kick in cash for grain safety
Funds will help launch a mobile unit for farm safety education at farm shows and offering training for first responders
A large cash contribution is going to help the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) warn farmers and their families about the dangers of working in and around stored grain facilities. Four grower organizations including the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA), Alberta Pulse Growers (APG), Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC), and Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) have
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