News & Updates from the CFGA Team

Craig MacEachern is a postdoctoral researcher and McCain Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Agriculture where he leads initiatives in precision and digital agriculture. His research focuses on auto

The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) is accepting nominations for its 2026 Leadership Award. Established in 2012 to recognize and encourage leadership in the forage and grassland sector, this award recognizes indiv

Bryan Nugent is an international trade finance specialist with Export Development Canada (EDC), which helps Canadian exporters with their sales all over the world. He provided an overview of the organization and its benefits at th

The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) has extended its early bird registration for its 2026 annual conference to Tuesday, Sept. 8, giving producers, researchers, industry partners and conservation leaders a little e

Josh Callen publishes The Hoyt Report, a narrative-style newsletter which tracks forage prices and market trends across the seven Western states. He presented on current trends shaping the U.S alfalfa and grass hay sectors at the

As the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) continues to celebrate the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP), the August and September themes highlight the essential role that people, knowledge and c

The CFGA is strengthening producer support this fall by pairing its national grazing mentorship training with its growing Advanced Grazing Systems (AGS) program. Together, these supports give prod

Conference 2025 recap: A producer’s perspective on turning yield data into decisions Wietze Dykstra is a dairy farmer in western New Brunswick and chair of Dairy Farmer’s New Brunswick. He shared how he uses yield data to make dec

Early bird registration is now open for the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association’s (CFGA) 17th Annual Conference, taking place Nov. 9 to 12, 2026, at the Best Western Calgary Plaza Hotel in partnership with the Agriculture Re