News & Updates from the CFGA Team

The Hoyt Report’s Josh Callen looked at historical forage export prices, saying the big story was the 2023 downturn that continued into 2024.

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.

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.

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.

Dr. Martin Chantigny’s talk at the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association’s (CFGA) 2025 conference in Guelph, Ontario, in December focused on the advantages of introducing perennial crops into annual cropping systems.

Dr. Angela Straathof is the director of research and knowledge transfer at the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA), she presented at the CFGA’s 15th Annual Conference in December 2024.

Monica Hadarits, is the executive director of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB), a multi-stakeholder not-for-profit organization which advances continuous improvement in sustainability of Canadian beef.