New MANA manager
Jodi Starodub joins Makhteshim Agan of North America (MANA) as the Canada business services manager. Headquartered in Winnipeg, the position involves operations, supply chain management, customer relations and the execution of business plans.
Starodub’s background includes 15 years of strategic management in sales and marketing, including six years with BASF Canada.
Most recently she was Canadian sales manager with an independent casino gaming company, where she managed sales and operations for the company’s Canadian business.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Manitoba, where she studied agribusiness with a focus on business marketing.
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Sask. auctioneer competes in world championship
Brennin Jack from Prince Albert, Sask., will compete in the 2013 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Montgomery, Alabama, June 14-15.
Hundreds of auctioneers competed in the qualifying and championship contests where Jack was named the International Livestock Auctioneer Champion.
Each of the 31 semi-finalists will compete in an interview where they must demonstrate their knowledge of the livestock marketing business, and their ability to express that knowledge.
Contestants auction cattle to actual buyers and are judged on the clarity of their auction chant, vocal quality, their ability to catch bids, conduct the sale, and whether the judge would hire this auctioneer for their own livestock market.
This year’s champion will take home $5,000 in cash, a custom diamond ring, trophy and other prizes, as well as the use of a new pickup for the year.
The reserve and runner-up champions will take home $2,000 and $1,000, respectively.
The event can be watched live on www.lmaauctions.com.
For more information, visit www.lmaweb.com.
New growing guide for winter wheat
The Alberta Wheat Commission has released of the Winter Wheat Production Manual.
The 75 page manual is designed with illustrative tables, charts and photos. It covers production aspects with sections on marketing, seeding management, weed management and diseases.
The manual also includes a calendar detailing key moments throughout the growing cycle and what producers should be aware of at those times, such as the optimum seeding time for different regions.
For more information visit www.albertawheat.com.
