Winnipeg, MB — Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) has announced its board of directors for 2022. Mike Ammeter, Chair of CCGA, announced the board members during the association's annual general meeting held in Winnipeg on March 3, 2022.
Ammeter thanked Ontario Canola Growers Association's (OCGA) outgoing director and welcomed the association's new representative. “I would like to express my gratitude to Hubert Beaudry for his years of service representing Ontario canola farmers at CCGA," said Ammeter. “I also look forward to working with OCGA's newest representative, Jonathon Sammons who farms near the town of Shelburne in southwestern Ontario."
CCGA's 10 board members represent five provincial canola organizations:
Chair – Mike Ammeter (Alberta Canola)
Vice-Chair – Roger Chevraux (Alberta Canola)
Secretary – Dean Roberts (SaskCanola)
Treasurer – Andre Harpe (Alberta Canola)
Director – Robert Vander Linden (B.C. Grain Producers Association)
Director – Bernie McClean (SaskCanola)
Director – Katelyn Duncan (SaskCanola)
Director – Jack Froese (Manitoba Canola Growers Association)
Director – Clayton Harder (Manitoba Canola Growers Association)
Director – Jonathan Sammons (Ontario Canola Growers Association)
Canadian Canola Growers Association represents canola farmers on national and international issues, policies, and programs that impact farm profitability and has been an administrator of the Government of Canada's Advance Payments Program since 1984. For more information visit www.ccga.ca or follow CCGA on Twitter @ccga_ca.