Day: March 22, 2013

Wheat Growers Welcome Levi Wood as New President

CALGARY, AB: The board of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is pleased to announce that it has elected Levi Wood as its new President. Levi farms with his father on a fifth-generation farm at Pense, SK. Levi replaces Kevin Bender who announced he was stepping down as President at the Wheat Grower convention in January. Kevin served […]

Wheat Growers Propose Wheat Classification Model

CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is proposing a new wheat classification model to give prairie farmers greater and faster access to new wheat varieties. The new model would preserve the very best of today’s wheat class system, and yet give seed developers greater opportunity to bring new wheat varieties to market. The model is […]