New leader at Sask. trade organization
Chad Fleck has been named president and chief executive officer of the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership.
Fleck grew up on a family farm and earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Saskatchewan’s Edwards School of Business.
He later studied at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Schulich School of Business at York University and holds a certificate from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
He most recently served as the commercial counsellor and senior trade commissioner with the Canadian embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
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ALMA gets new directors
Two new directors have joined the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency board.
Leighton Kolk and David Andrews have extensive commodity risk, agri-business management and leadership expertise. Both are involved in numerous industry-associated boards, committees and councils.
Kolk, co-owner of Kolk Farms Ltd., brings experience in beef cattle feeding and grain farming. He is a board member with the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association, Alberta Beef Producers, Immanuel Christian Schools and Gateway Livestock Exchange.
Andrews runs a mixed farming and cow-calf operation. He has leadership experience as chair of the Canadian Cattlemen Market Development Council (Legacy Fund), president of the Bow City Landholders Protection Committee, and as a previous member of boards for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Alberta Beef Producers and Bow River Water Quality Council.
For further information, visit www.alma.alberta.ca.
2014 forage innovation award presented
The Saskatchewan Forage Council recently presented the 2014 Forage Industry Innovation Award to Bruce Coulman.
The award recognizes innovation, leadership, service and stewardship in Saskatchewan’s forage industry.
As a forage breeder, Coulman’s research program at the University of Saskatchewan and the Agriculture Canada research centre in Saskatoon has resulted in the development and registration of 22 forage crop cultivars.
Coulman was integral in the development of hybrid bromegrass and was involved in the development of AC Grazeland, a bloat reduced alfalfa that has provided productivity and economic benefits to livestock producers.
During his time as a professor, Coulman has supervised the research of 28 graduate students and has taught courses on plant genetics, plant breeding, forage crops and industrial crops at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Swine improvement committee selected
Rod de Wolde has been re-elected chair of the Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement’s board of directors for a second one-year term.
De Wolde has more than 25 years of experience in the pork industry and is the owner of BMR Genetics in Millbrook, Ont. He has also served as a director and is chair of Ontario Swine Improvement’s board of directors.
Other members of the executive committee include first vice-chair Wim Van Berkel (Western Swine Testing Association), second vice-chair Keith Rasmuson (Western Swine Testing Association), David Duval (Centre de développement du porc du Québec) and Donald MacDonald (Atlantic Swine Centre).
The Canadian pork industry created the centre to provide leadership, co-ordination and services for swine genetic improvement.
