A recent return on investment study commissioned by the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) has estimated that investment in wheat and barley varietal research is providing producers with a very high return on their investment This study calculates that on average every producer check-off… Read More
Alberta Barley Commission gives farmers and buyers another tool to help understand the check-off program
CALGARY, AB, September 24, 2012 – The Alberta Barley Commission (ABC) recently launched a new website to help Western Canadian grain farmers and buyers better understand the new collection… Read More
“75% of producers believe that the wheat and barley check-offs are important to producers for variety research according to a recent survey of western Canadian farmers,” says Garth Patterson, Executive Director of the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF)
Overall, producers surveyed have… Read More
The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) would like to thank the Government of Canada for continuing the voluntary producer wheat and barley check-offs for variety research Presently the check-offs are collected on behalf of WGRF by the CWB Effective August 1, 2012 the Marketing Freedom… Read More
