Annual General Meeting
AGM/Special Meeting/Storage Clinic
February 28, 2012
Keystone Center, UCT Pavilion
Brandon, MB
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Agenda
8:00 - 8:55 am: Registration
8:55 am: Welcome and Introductions - Rob Pettinger (President, MCGA); Jim Bessel (CCC)
9:05 am: Conditioning of Grain and Implications for Canola - Joy Agnew (PAMI)
10:15 am: Coffee Break
10:30 am: MCGA Annual General Meeting
12:00 pm: Lunch and a Farm Safety Live Demonstration
12:45 pm: Bagged Storage Research Update - Dr. Digvir Jayas (U of M)
1:15 pm: Remarks and instructions for the afternoon sessions- Jim Bessel (CCC)
Audience will break into 3 groups and rotate through sessions on the following topics:
- Demonstration of the filling and the extraction of canola from a storage bag
- Bins and monitoring systems
- Floors, Ducts and Vents; Fans, Aeration Systems and Rockets
1:30 to 2:30 pm: First concurrent session
2:45 to 3:45 pm: Second concurrent session
4:00 to 5:00 pm: Final concurrent session
5:00 to 6:00 pm: Closing reception – Chat with speakers, manufacturers and MCGA
Hotel Reservations
We have secured a group rate for any producers wishing to come into Brandon the night before.
Canan Inns Brandon - 1125 18th Street
Rate: $105 plus taxes/night
Deluxe Queen rooms (two queen size beds)
Check in :February 27th
Check out: February 28th, 2012.
To reserve a room phone the Canad Inns at (204) 727-1422 and quote the group name "Manitoba Canola Growers" or the group number "223466". Rooms will be held until February 20th only.
- 2011 AGM Minutes
(116 KB) - Resolutions passed at 2011 AGM (23 KB)
Annual Reports
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