2013 WGRF Board of Directors

The producers on the WGRF Board of Directors are at the front-line in the research decision making process. Made up of 14 producers representatives from different agricultural organizations across western Canada and one non-voting representative from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, WGRF makes decisions that are mindful of the economic interests of producers. No other organization investing producer research dollars has this type of broad based representation.

In 2013 WGRF Board and their respective organizations include:

Dave Sefton, WGRF Chair, Broadview, SK  - Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission
Dr. Keith Degenhardt, WGRF Vice-Chair, Hughenden, AB – Wild Rose Agricultural Producers
Dr. Stephen Morgan Jones, Lethbridge, AB - Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (non-voting)
Todd Lewis, Regina, SK – Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan
Kevin Auch, Carmangay, AB – Alberta Wheat Commission
Martin Moore, Fort St John, BC  – BC Grain Producers Association
Jack Froese, Winkler, MB – Canadian Canola Growers Association
Joe Rennick, Milestone, SK – Canadian Seed Growers Association
Don Dewar, Dauphin, MB – Keystone Agricultural Producers
Bill Gehl, Regina, SK – National Farmers Union
Bob Anderson, Dugald, MB – Prairie Oat Growers Association
Mel Stickland, Red Deer, AB – Western Barley Growers Association
Gerrid Gust, Davidson, SK – Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association
D’arcy Hilgartner, Camrose, AB – Western Pulse Growers Association
Garth Butcher, Birtle, MB – Western Winter Cereal Producers