Reading Time: 2 minutes The newly-formed Alberta Grains has elected an inaugural board of directors consisting of several faces that will be familiar to former Alberta Wheat and Alberta Barley commission members. The new board – elected at Alberta Grains’ annual general meeting January 31 – includes Tara Sawyer of Acme as chair, Scott Jesperson of Spruce Grove as […] Read more
Familiar faces loom large in new Alberta Grains board of directors
Inaugural board announced at organization AGM
Alberta Grains to be post-merger name
Reading Time: < 1 minute Effective Aug. 1, Alberta Barley and the Alberta Wheat Commission is now known as Alberta Grains. The farmer organizations released the new moniker in the run-up to their merger, which will be effective with the start of the 2023-24 crop year. The merger aims to “…build on the strengths of both organizations to create a […] Read more
Silence follows in wake of ouster of farm groups’ senior managers
Tom Steve was highly regarded in the grain sector but was abruptly dismissed with no reasons given
Reading Time: 3 minutes The board directors of Alberta Wheat and Alberta Barley are staying mum on why they abruptly ousted Tom Steve, their highly regarded general manager. Steve, chief operating officer Syeda Khurram and FarmCash program manager Hasan Kazmi were all dismissed on April 26. The two cereal groups didn’t announce the dismissals, and when the news broke […] Read more
Cereal commissions near merger with interim board announcement
‘Board in waiting’ will steer direction of a single provincial wheat and barley organization
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions have announced a new “board of directors in waiting” as the next step in amalgamation of the two organizations. The interim board, which will take over regional governance duties in conjunction with the Aug. 1 amalgamation, features 12 directors: six for wheat and six for barley. “I think the […] Read more
No shuffling of the (director) chairs
Reading Time: < 1 minute The chairs of both Alberta Canola and Alberta Wheat were re-elected at AGMs in January. Roger Chevraux of Killam returns as chair and Ian Chitwood of Airdrie as vice-chair of Alberta Canola but the organization will have four new directors: Christi Friesen (Brownvale) in Region 1, Jeannette Andrashewski (Two Hills) in Region 4, Paula Law […] Read more
Last separate elections for cereal groups
Reading Time: < 1 minute In their last go-round before a full merger, Alberta Wheat and Alberta Barley have largely filled director spots but still need a number of regional reps. Three directors were acclaimed to the board of Alberta Wheat: Dean Hubbard of Claresholm in Region 1 along with Greg Sears of Sexsmith and David Bartlett of Fairview in […] Read more
Plenty of ways to serve cereal groups
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nominations are now open for director and regional rep positions with Alberta Wheat and Alberta Barley. Alberta Wheat needs two directors and three representatives in both Region 1 (southern Alberta) and Region 5 (north-central). Meanwhile Alberta Barley is seeking director candidates for Regions 3 and 4 as well as a director-at-large from either Regions 1, […] Read more
Long-contemplated merger of cereal groups comes to a vote
Voting will be held online during October, plebiscite info and voting PIN should be in your mailbox soon
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cereal growers will have almost the entire month of October to say yay or nay to the proposed merger of Alberta Barley and Alberta Wheat. Those who grow both crops and have paid a checkoff in the last two years will get to cast two votes because each crop commission is required to have its […] Read more
Grain code: After push-back comes a reset
Group behind sustainability initiative is taking a different approach
Reading Time: 4 minutes The pause button has been pushed on a code of practice for grain producers after push-back from farmers across the Prairies. And the group behind the Responsible Grain Code of Practice is pledging to do a better job of consulting farmers before taking any further steps. “We considered all of the feedback we got out […] Read more
End of the wheat and barley merger road in sight
Up next is a plebiscite on merging the boards of the two farm groups, which already share staff and offices
Reading Time: < 1 minute The long anticipated merger of the province’s wheat and barley commissions is now one step away from being a done deal. Delegates at Alberta Wheat’s recent annual general meeting supported a resolution to have a farmer plebiscite on amalgamating with Alberta Barley, whose members took the same step in December. The vote allows the two […] Read more
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