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Director Nominations Open in Four Alberta Canola Regions

Bring your perspective to the table and make a difference. Nominations are open until October 31, 2023 for growers in regions 2, 5, 8 and 11 to serve as a Director on the Board of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission – that means you!

Download a nominations form to let your name stand to work alongside fellow farmers on the Board and to represent canola growers in your region and collaborate with decision makers to drive the industry forward.

Who can become a Director?
Anyone who has paid a service charge on canola to Alberta Canola since August 1, 2021 is an eligible producer and can stand as a Director. Eligible producers can be individuals or represent a corporation, partnership, or organization. In order to be nominated, eligible producers must grow canola within the defined region but do not have to reside within it.

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Adam Dyck is the program manager for Warburton's Canada, a company that produces over two million loaves of bread a day for more than 20,000 retail locations across the UK. He's watched Canadian wheat deliver thirty years of yield gains and quality advancements that make it worth sourcing at scale — and shipping across the Atlantic. But he's also watching the investment conditions that produced those gains come under pressure. Dyck makes the case for a new funding mechanism that brings both public and private dollars into wheat breeding before Canada's competitive window starts to close.