Wheats delisted; Ironman partnership; Farm group CEO
Wheats delisted
The Canadian Grain Commission has advised that Snowhite 475 and Snowhite 476 Canada Prairie Spring White wheats will be deregistered effective April 28, 2011.
Those varieties will be eligible for the top grade under the CPSW class until that date.
Producers who deliver either wheat variety to a licensed facility after deregistration will obtain only a feed wheat grade.
Wheat varieties that do not appear on the commission’s variety designation lists will be graded at the elevator as feed wheat or the lowest grade of amber durum.
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To find out about listed wheat varieties, producers can check the variety designation lists on the commission’s website at www.grainscanada.gc.ca.
The CGC is the federal agency responsible for establishing and maintaining Canada’s grain quality standards.
Ironman partnership
Ironman 70.3 Calgary has announced a partnership with Viterra Inc. The company will assume the role of title sponsor of the event, now known as Viterra Ironman 70.3 Calgary.
The inaugural event is planned for Aug. 2, and will include nearly 2,000 athletes from more than 20 countries. The race begins with a 1.9 kilometre swim in Ghost Lake.
From there, athletes will ride 90 km from the foothills of the Rockies to Calgary. Then, athletes run 21.1 km along the paths of the Glenmore Reservoir.
Farm group CEO
Barry Senft has been named the chief executive officer of the Grain Farmers of Ontario.
Senft will oversee the merger of the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board, the Ontario Corn Producers Association and the Ontario Soybean Growers into a single organization representing 29,000 grain farmers in Ontario.
The merger of the three organizations has been underway since last December.
Under the plan, the organizations are expected to merge to form Grain Farmers of Ontario on completion of the legislative process in autumn.
Senft was raised on a farm in Lipton, Sask. He has worked in management for more than 25 years in the private and public agri-business sectors.
He was a member of the board of directors of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (now Viterra) from 1984 to 1997, and served as second vice-president from 1993 to 1997.
He has also held executive positions on the boards of Heartland Livestock Services and the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce.
Senft was chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission from 1997 to 2002.
Since 2002, he has been the executive director of the Canadian International Grains Institute.
Senft is expected to begin his new responsibilities in mid-July.
