Farm Management Canada would like to thank everyone who participated in this year's Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM was held via video conference June 27th and was a great success, welcoming members and stakeholders from across Canada to celebrate FMC's 2017-18 accomplishments and hear the results of Director elections.
"The Annual Meeting is an occasion for FMC to share its accomplishments with members and stakeholders and mark the path forward to continue to meet the ever-changing demands of the industry with farm business excellence," says Heather Watson, Executive Director.
FMC's 2017-18 Annual Report is available from the website at www.fmc-gac.com.
This year, FMC sought nominations for 3 open positions and a representative from the Provincial/Territorial (P/T) Ministries of Agriculture. 13 nominations were received for the 3 open positions. The P/T representative is elected from amongst and by the P/T Ministry Members.
Dr. Larry Martin and Joerg Zimmermann were re-elected to the Board, while FMC welcomed Terry Aberhart, a grain farmer from Saskatchewan as a new farmer representative and Bradley Barton, agricultural research technician with the Yukon Government Agricultural Branch as the P/T Ministry representative.
FMC, its members and Board extended a sincere thank you to its outgoing Board members Patrice Carle and Anne Marie Ker. Patrice served on the FMC Board for 6 years, representing the Centre d'expertise en gestion agricole, while Anne Marie served for 3 years representing the P/T Ministry network with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
Following the Annual Meeting, Joerg Zimmermann, a farm business consultant from Manitoba was elected Chair. Merv Wiseman, a silver fox farmer from Newfoundland and Labrador was elected Vice-Chair, and Jeannette Mongeon-Dignard, a rabbit and crops farmer from Eastern Ontario was elected Secretary/Treasurer.
"I would like to welcome the new Board members as well as extend thanks to our out-going Directors. With their help, FMC will continue to champion farm business management, enabling Canadian farmers to remain on the leading edge in this globally-connected world of agriculture," says Joerg Zimmermann, newly-appointed Chair.
For a full listing of FMC's Board of Directors, visit https://fmc-gac.com/who-we-are/
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