FCC named top employer
Farm Credit Canada was recognized as one of Canada’s best employers, which is part of Kincentric’s Best Employers global certification program.
Kincentric annually certifies companies that are said to be leaders in capturing the full potential of their employees. It compares organizations to identify those that strive to continuously inspire people, spark change and accelerate business success.
FCC was assessed on four measures: employee engagement, organization agility, engaging leadership and talent focus.
Jersey sector seeks award nominations
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Nominations close Jan. 17 for the Jersey Canada Individual Awards.
These awards, presented at the 2020 Jersey Canada annual general meeting, recognize outstanding contributions to the Jersey breed from outstanding people.
Several awards will be given:
- youth of distinction
- honourary life member
- distinguished service award
- certificate of appreciation
- Jersey young achievers
Hall of fame names executive members
Five new executive members will join the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame board this year, including newly named president Trish Jordan and vice-president Ted Menzies.
Newly elected members to the board include Peter Clarke of Nova Scotia, Maggie Van Camp from Ontario, Phil Boyd of Ontario, Art Enns from Manitoba and Alanna Koch of Saskatchewan.
The group joins returning members David Thompson of Prince Edward Island, Serge Lefebvre from Quebec, Ron Bolton of Ontario and Ted Haney from Alberta.
Canola group receives employer awards
The Canadian Canola Growers Association received two employer honours last year, including Aon Best Employers and Manitoba’s Top Employers awards.
The Aon Best Employers program measures and recognizes leading employers across Canada and worldwide.
The results are generated from employee opinions about aspects of the organization such as engagement, culture, leadership and brand.
Manitoba’s Top Employer is an annual competition organized by Canada’s Top 100 Employers.
Alberta canola group elects director
Alberta canola growers in Region 4 have elected John Mayko of Mundare to represent them on the board of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission.
This will be Mayko’s second three-year term as director representing Region 4.
All 1,643 eligible canola growers in the region were mailed a ballot last November to allow them to participate in the mail-in election.
The deadline for returning ballots was Jan. 3.
Region 4 is made up of the area that includes Beaver County, Strathcona County, County of Two Hills, County of Minburn, Lamont County and Improvement District No. 13.
Cow-calf benchmarks now available online
The AgriProfit$ program is again helping farmers and ranchers determine their costs to produce weaned calves with the newly released AgriProfit$ 2014-18 benchmark report from Alberta Agriculture.
This cost and return report analyzes the performance of participating Alberta cow-calf operations from 2014-18.
It provides performance indicators for the value of production, itemized variable costs such as feed, veterinary and medicine, trucking, repairs and labour, and capital costs such as rent, taxes, insurance, depreciation and capital interest. It also looks at physical performance indicators relative to breeding and calving length, death losses, feed use, conception rate and calving rates along with pounds weaned per exposed cow and per winter cow.
The program provides customized farm business analysis at no charge to Alberta producers.
It collects annual cost and return data from producers and calculates yearly averages and five-year rolling average benchmarks.
Producers can use these benchmarks to evaluate their own herd’s performance and consider where there may be opportunity to improve.
