PRFSA - Turf and Forage Seed Industry in the Peace Region

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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Seed Synergy Collaboration - Survey
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. We, the Seed Synergy Collaboration group, would like your input on our vision for the future of the seed system via this survey.

Feedback due March 10, 2017.

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.

Events & News

Beaverlodge Centennial & PRFSA Summer Tour - July 14

The Beaverlodge Research Station reached it's centennial and it was time to celebrate! The festivities occured on July 14th, 2017 as the station showcased all the amazing resources it has available and accomplishments over the years. See some pictures from the PRFSA tour in the afternoon.

PRFSA Marketing & Production Seminar

Learnt about research being conducted at AAFC Beaverlodge Research Station as well as in the fields around the AB & BC Peace Region! The Board of Directors donated an exceptional door prize!

Date: March 22nd, 2017- 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Location: Pomeroy Sports Center, 9324 96th street in Fort St. John
Check out the full agenda here.

GE Alfalfa Free Peace Zone
Our association is actively working to develop a GE alfalfa free Peace Region zone before spring 2017. Bill and Jane Farney have been contracted to work with the AB municipalities and BC regional district to reach this goal. View the position statements of PRFSA, Forage Seed Canada's and several other Canadian forage and forage seed associations on GE alfalfa here.

To find out more information contact the PRFSA office at 1 877 630 2198 or email coordinator@peaceforageseed.ca.

New Spring 2017 Market Updates!
Dave Wong, retired Market Specialist with Alberta Agriculture, compiles market updates for grass and legume seed prices. These can be found at the left hand side of the Markets page under the heading Current Market Prices. The PRFSA has contracted Dave to compile another round of market updates in 2017. See the most recent updates added:

Historical Prices to 2016
Spring 2017 Grass & Lugume Seed Market Update

Pest Monitoring Updates
During the growing season, consider accessing two resources supported by grower associations and commissions on the prairies:

The BC Pest Monitoring Project has been extended until 2019! This cross commodity project (Grain Producers, Forage Seed and Cattlemen) is coordinated by Keith Uloth who will be producing Pest Updates derived from in-field monitoring performed in BC Peace each growing season. Contact Keith at 250-219-3284 or via email at pest@bcgrain.com. You can check out the updates on the research page (scroll to the middle).
The Prairie Pest Monitoring Network also produces the Weekly Update e-bulletins during the growing season that summarize emerging prairie-wide pest issues, and includes monitoring tips, risk warnings, and forecasts in order to support in-field monitoring and sound pest management decisions for growers across the Canadian prairies. Contact Jennifer Otani at 780-354-5132 or via email at Jennifer.Otani@agr.gc.ca. Check out the PPMN blog to stay current!

New Research Publications & Links!
Posters and publications that were presented at the 2017 Annual Summer Tour by researchers & advisors have been added to the research page.

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