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Our Industry Find information on the Forage Seed industry the Peace Region including a Seed Trade directory and Growing Areas.
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Vintage Forage Information Historical information and documentation on crops and varieties in the region.
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BC Emergency Management Workshops
After a grueling summer dealing with fires that scorched nearly 3 million acres and displaced roughly 65,000 evacuees, BC Cattlemen’s, has partnered with AgSafe and created an Emergency Management Workshop series that will be travelling the province starting February 2018. These workshops could not take place without the generous contributions from Imperial Oil & the Horse Council of BC.
These workshops will cover topics including:

• how to safeguard your property.
• creating a safety plan for your property and your community.
• community planning and delegation.
• what to do in the midst of an emergency.
• resources and best practices.

This workshop will be open to all commodities in the area, as well as non-status farms. It is of the utmost importance to make sure everyone in the community has an opportunity to learn and safeguard their property, creating a proactive approach to emergency management. The workshops are designed to allow participants the opportunity to gain valuable information, without having to leave the ranch for more than a day.

Please join us for hands on learning, delicious food and an opportunity to network with your neighbours and create a proactive approach to natural disaster emergency management.

Tuesday, February 27: Fort St. John 4pm (dinner and coffee) - Northern Grande Hotel 100 Avenue, Fort St. John

BC Ministry of Ag: Forage Action Plan
Your feedback and assistance is requested! The BC Ministry of Agriculture has initiated a project to develop a Forage Action Plan and has contracted Ference and Company, an independent consulting company, to conduct the process. To that end, it is vital that forage and forage-related stakeholders are able to provide their thoughts and feedback in terms of the priorities, challenges, and recommended actions regarding forage and forage-related issues in their sector and region. Please consider completing the Forage Action Plan Provincial Survey to ensure that your views are heard and the needs and priorities of the sector are conveyed to the Ministry of Agriculture.

The survey is available at the following link: https://interceptum.com/s/en/ForageActionPlan

The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete and you may save your progress and complete it over multiple sessions . Participation is requested but is voluntary. All information collected in the survey will be administered in accordance of privacy legislation and will only be reported in summary format. No participant will be identified. If you have any question about the survey or project, please contact Brian Brauer, Senior Consultant, Ference & Company at brian.brauer@ferenceandco.com or 604-688-2424 ext. 303.

Seed Synergy Collaboration
The Seed Synergy Collaboration, which is made up of six seed sector organizations, is working on designing a proposal for an industry-led and government enabled seed system, in which competition encourages choice for producers and supports seed quality, while maintaining the commitment to safety that has always been inherent to the seed system in Canada. In order to design the best possible next generation seed system it’s important to have input from all members of the sector.

Engage online in the as they work towards developing a final paper in the spring of 2018. Feedback due February 2018.

Non Payment of Rent by Terra Energy Corp
A fund has been established from the Court approved sale of some of Terra Energy’s BC assets. Landowners may make a claim for unpaid rent for surface leases. The Fund is held by the Ministry of Natural Gas Development on behalf of the Surface Rights Board. The Fund is limited and will be paid out on a first come first serve basis.

Find more information here:
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New Pesticide Labels Mobile App
Check out Health Canada's new app that allows individuals to access pesticide labels that have been registered for use in Canada!
"Users will be able to save their searches as well as download product labels to their ‘Favorites’ for access, even when they are offline. 'Favorites' will also auto-update whenever users access them when online. Pesticide labels can be searched based on various factors including product name and active ingredient."

Download the app onto your smartphone or tablet here.

New AB Director
We would like to welcome our new AB director Danny Limoges to the PRFSA board of director's. Thank you to our outgoing board member, Heather Kerschbaummer, for your support and committment to the association.

Peace Forage Seeding Tool
Based off of the BC Rangeland Seeding Manual published in 2013, this new online tool goes through an interactive decision making process to help users select forage species to seed, create seed mixtures with a seed mix calculator and even connect with seed suppliers! The development of the tool is spearheaded by the Peace River Forage Association of BC but AB & BC levy grower dollars were put towards creating links between users and seed suppliers!
Check out the tool and it's progress here.

Forage Seed Canada Update
Forage Seed Canada has recently released a position statement regarding GE Alfalfa and GE Forage Seeds. See their official statement here.