OCPA executive named
The Ontario Corn Producers’ Association has named its 2008 executive: Dale Mountjoy, president for a second term;
Don Kenny, first vice-president and chair of the grain trade and market development policy committee; Jean-Marc Beneteau, vice-president and chair of the safety nets policy committee; Lloyd Crowe, vice-president and chair of the environment, technology and research policy committee; and Doug Eadie, past-president.
As well, Scott Persall joins the board as a new director from the Brant-Norfolk region.
Funding rural projects
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Anecdotal reports from agronomists, crop production advisors, landowners and grain industry reps, combined with provincial reports, indicates that canola yields could break the yield record set in 2016
Fifty-eight rural community groups will receive a total of $500,000 for local capital projects from Farm Credit Canada’s 2007 AgriSpirit fund.
The fund was established in 2004 and has funded projects in 130 Canadian communities with populations of fewer than 100,000.
Applications for this year will be accepted from May 1 to June 16.
For more information, visit www.AgriSpirit.ca.
Holstein Canada president
Holstein Canada’s board of directors has elected Brian Leach of Cobden, Ont., as president for 2008.
First elected to the board in 1999, Leach has served on numerous committees and was vice-president and board chair last year.
After graduating from Ontario’s University of Guelph in 1973, he joined his father, Russell, on the family’s five generation farm in the Ottawa Valley.
Leach’s goal is to continue his extensive work with animal health. He also said policies relating to all-breeds classification, retention of established members and enrolment of new, young members are fundamental to the breed’s healthy progress.
Elm pruning ban
The Saskatchewan government is urging residents to refrain from pruning elm trees between April 1 and Aug. 31.
Fresh cuts from pruning can attract the beetles that spread Dutch elm disease.
The annual pruning ban is in effect during the time of year when elm bark beetles are most active.
Pruning remains an important part of regular elm tree care and is encouraged before and after the annual ban.
Proper pruning helps keep trees healthy and better able to resist disease. The removal of dead and dying elm wood through pruning also helps reduce beetle breeding habitat and control the beetle population.
Prompt and proper disposal of the pruned wood is also essential.
For more information, phone 800-727-5356 or contact a local municipal authority.
NAEDA chair
Steve Kayton has been elected chair of the board of directors of the North American Equipment Dealers Association.
Kayton is a partner and manager of Nebraska Equipment, a Case IH dealership, in Seward, Neb.
Kayton became a member of NAEDA’s board in 2003. He represents the Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association, one of 18 North American dealer associations affiliated with NAEDA.
