AOGC 2024 AGM – Monday, January 22, 2024
The AOGC 2024 AGM will be held at The Edmonton Westin, 10135 100th Street, Edmonton, AB, on Monday, January 22, 2024. Please join us to hear what your Commission is doing for you, as well as:
- Liming for Crop Production and Soil Health—Dr. Linda Gorim, Assistant Professor, WGRF Chair in cropping systems, University of Alberta
- Breeding Oats for Alberta Producers—Jim Dyck, Breeder and Owner of Oat Advantage
- Oat Market Outlook—Tracy Bush, Sales Manager, MGM Seed and Grain/Bay State Milling
AOGC AGM Archive
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AOGC 2023 AGM – Monday, January 23, 2023
Presentations from the AOGC 2023 AGM, and meeting documents, are below.
What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Oats in Beer
and Why We Chose Oats — Ryan Pearson, Owner and Brewer, Battle
River BreweryNutritional Advantages of Oats and Opportunities for Plant-Based
Milk and Meat Product Development — Dr. Lingyun Chen, University of
AlbertaOat Market Outlook — Brittany Nielsen, Senior Farm Marketing
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PRESENTATION FROM THE 2022 AGM
The Alberta Oat Growers Association held their 2022 AGM at The Edmonton Westin the evening of Monday, January 24, 2022. The group held their business portion, and then the following presentations were made:
- Oat Market Outlook – Shayne Murphy, Senior Grain Merchandiser, Parrish & Heimbecker Limited
- AAFC Oat Varieties: What’s New, on its Way, and Good for Alberta Producers (including information from the Lacombe Testing Centre) – Kirby Nilsen, Oat Breeder, AAFC, Brandon, MB
- Stoked Oats: How We Got Here, What We Do, How Technology is Driving Sales and Why We Chose Oats – Simon Donato, President, Stoked Oats
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PRESENTATION FROM THE 2021 AGM
The Alberta Oat Growers Association held their AGM virtually on Thursday, April 8, 2021. The group held their business portion, and then the following presentation was made:
AGM Meeting Documents:
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PRESENTATION FROM THE 2020 AGM
The Alberta Oat Growers Association held their AGM on Monday, January 27, 2020. The group held their business portion, and then Devin Dreeshen, Alberta Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development brought greetings and took questions from the crowd.
Presentations were made by: Dr. Aaron Beattie, oat breeder at the Crop Development Centre (CDC) in Saskatoon and Randy Strychar, Oat Marketing Analyst for OatInformation.com.
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The Alberta Oat Growers held their annual general meeting on Monday, January 28, 2019 at The Edmonton Westin, during FarmTech. The evening meeting format allowed Alberta oat growers to attend to oat business before checking out the latest in farm technologies and information at the Edmonton Expo Centre.
Following are presentations made at the meeting:
- Results From Three Years of Oat Variety Trials in Westlock and Falher… will New Varieties Beat Morgan 3 Years in a Row??? – Sandeep Nain, General Manager, Gateway Research Organization
- Rail Transportation, What Changes with the Implementation of Bill C-49 and How Might it Impact Producers? – Mark Hemmes, President, Quorum Corporation
- Alberta Oat Markets: What can Alberta Farmers Expect in Terms of Price for 2019? – John Loogman, Rycroft Elevator Manager/Grain Buyer AB/BC, Grain Millers Canada
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The Alberta Oat Growers held their annual general meeting on Monday, January 29, 2018 at The Edmonton Westin, 10135 100th Street, Edmonton, AB.
Following are presentations made at the meeting:
- Results from two years of oat variety trials in Westlock and Falher…spoiler alert: the best variety was not Morgan in year one; see the results from year one and two! – Sandeep Nain, General Manager, Gateway Research Organization
- Ways U of A is developing oats for end uses and utilizing the total oat to get more value for them – Dr. Lingyun Chen, Ph.D., Professor, University of Alberta (U of A)
- Oat Markets: What can Alberta farmers expect in terms of price and seeded acres for 2018? – Chris Newbergher, Buyer, Providence Grain Solutions
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PRESENTATION FROM THE 2021 AGM
The Alberta Oat Growers Association held their AGM virtually on Thursday, April 8, 2021. The group held their business portion, and then the following presentation was made:
AGM Meeting Documents:
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The Alberta Oat Growers held their annual general meeting on Monday, January 28, 2019 at The Edmonton Westin, during FarmTech. The evening meeting format allowed Alberta oat growers to attend to oat business before checking out the latest in farm technologies and information at the Edmonton Expo Centre.
Following are presentations made at the meeting:
- Results From Three Years of Oat Variety Trials in Westlock and Falher… will New Varieties Beat Morgan 3 Years in a Row??? – Sandeep Nain, General Manager, Gateway Research Organization
- Rail Transportation, What Changes with the Implementation of Bill C-49 and How Might it Impact Producers? – Mark Hemmes, President, Quorum Corporation
- Alberta Oat Markets: What can Alberta Farmers Expect in Terms of Price for 2019? – John Loogman, Rycroft Elevator Manager/Grain Buyer AB/BC, Grain Millers Canada
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The Alberta Oat Growers held their annual general meeting on Monday, January 29, 2018 at The Edmonton Westin, 10135 100th Street, Edmonton, AB.
Following are presentations made at the meeting:
- Results from two years of oat variety trials in Westlock and Falher…spoiler alert: the best variety was not Morgan in year one; see the results from year one and two! – Sandeep Nain, General Manager, Gateway Research Organization
- Ways U of A is developing oats for end uses and utilizing the total oat to get more value for them – Dr. Lingyun Chen, Ph.D., Professor, University of Alberta (U of A)
- Oat Markets: What can Alberta farmers expect in terms of price and seeded acres for 2018? – Chris Newbergher, Buyer, Providence Grain Solutions
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The Alberta Oat Growers held their annual general meeting on Monday, January 30, 2017 at The Edmonton Westin, 10135 100th Street, Edmonton, AB.
Following are presentations made at the meeting:
- Optimizing Oat Yield, Quality and Standability in Central Alberta (PDF, 2.1MB) – results from AOGC-funded 3-year research study
Linda Hall, Agronomist, University of Alberta - Domestic and Export Oat Marketing from a Sales Person’s Perspective (PDF, 2.7MB)
Tracy Bush, Grain Buyer, Stony Plain Seed
- Optimizing Oat Yield, Quality and Standability in Central Alberta (PDF, 2.1MB) – results from AOGC-funded 3-year research study
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The Alberta Oat Growers held their annual general meeting on Monday, January 25, 2016 at The Edmonton Westin, 10135 100th Street, Edmonton, AB.
Following are presentations made at the meeting:
- Alexander Fedko, GOA, addressed the question “Can another oat variety out-perform Morgan?”
- Chris Newbergher, Stony Plain Seed Cleaning Plant, reviewed CGC grading guide, weight conversion, what affects pricing, what and where the markets are and the Alberta market for feed and pony oats.
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The Alberta Oat Growers held their Annual General Meeting on March 12th in Grande Prairie, AB during the Peace Country Classic.
Following are presentations made at the meeting:
- Optimizing Oat Yield, Quality and Standability in Central Alberta (PDF, 25MB)
Joseph Aidoo, MSc Student, University of Alberta
Linda Hall, Professor, University of Alberta
Sheri Strydhorst, PhD, Research Scientist, Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development - Oat Transportation Issues (PDF, 282KB)
Connor Rosine, Emerging Ag Inc.
- Optimizing Oat Yield, Quality and Standability in Central Alberta (PDF, 25MB)
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Following are presentations made at the meeting:
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The Alberta Oat Growers Commission’s first Annual General Meeting was held Feb. 28, 2013, at the Ramada Edmonton International Airport, 8340 Sparrow Crescent, Leduc, AB.
Following are presentations made at the meeting:
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