News & Updates from the CFGA Team

It’s time to register for the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association’s (CFGA) 16th annual conference! Early bird registration closes on Sunday, Aug. 3.

The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) is pleased to have BrettYoung as an annual partner. This week’s blog shares some information about this great organization.

Brooke McWherter is a natural resource social scientist and research assistant professor at the UofN. Her work examines factors influencing decision-making around adoption and collaboration, program evaluation and network dev.

Aaron Goertzen, BMO’s senior economist and vice president, analyzes performance and risk across a diverse selection of industries and countries.

The CFGA has launched early bird registration for its 16th annual conference. Organized in partnership with the NBSCIA, this year’s conference will take place at the historic Crowne Plaza Hotel in Fredericton, NB, Nov. 18-21.

Three panelists – Tom Wright, Courtney Vriens and Patrick Lynch – took part in the Field to Feed Panel at the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association’s (CFGA) 2025 conference in Guelph, Ontario, in December.

The CFGA is working with the New Brunswick Soil and Crop Improvement Association (NBSCIA) to bring its 16th annual conference to the historic Crowne Plaza Hotel in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Nov. 18 to 21.

Hari Poudel is a forage breeding research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, one of four dynamic forage breeding programs operating across the country.

Based in Eden, New York, John Winchell has been involved in dairy cattle nutrition for over 25 years, with a focus on forage quality through data on harvest analytics and forage harvest timing.