Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44JULY 2016 21 Canada’s Seed Testing Leaders Make your foresight 20/20, what you can’t see won’t hurt you, or so the saying goes. In the case of seed, nothing could be more wrong. What lurks unseen and unknown can cost you and your customers big money. Find out more at: 2020seedlabs.ca/the2020difference Contact us toll-free at 1-877-420-2099 Join the conversation #the2020difference ISO 9001:2008 certified Fully Accredited for Full Service $100 SERVICE VOUCHER LIMITED TIME OFFER of Saskatchewan. During that period, he and his team developed more than 100 barley and oat varieties. He served as the CDC adviser to the Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association board for 29 years. His research and industry involve- ment gave rise to a number of improve- ments to milling oat varieties, laying the groundwork for Canada to become the major international supplier of oat for food. He also pioneered the develop- ment of specific forage and feed quality oat for cattle produc- ers in Western Canada, as well as hulless barley. Rossnagel retired in 2011, was made a University of Saskatchewan dis- tinguished professor emeritus and continues to assist the CDC barley and oat program on specific breeding projects around food barley, forage oat and barley and specialty feed oat. Honourary Life Award This award is presented to persons who, by distinguished services to CSGA, have contributed to the betterment of Canadian agriculture. This year’s recipi- ents are Glen Green and Harold Rudy and Don Pollock. Green was born in Manitoba in 1964 and raised in Mellonville, a village near Portage la Prairie. He began working at BrettYoung Seeds in 1986 as a seed bagger and in 1994 became an accredited seed analyst there. Green decided to start his own business in 2005 — Green Seed Lab. The company operated for nearly four years until it was bought by SGS Canada. His many roles within the indus- try have included serving as president of the Commercial Seed Analysts Association of Canada in 1995, and as a director of the Canadian Seed Institute, which he had a role in creating. Green is now vice-president of Integrity Seed Lab, part of the Imperial Seed Group. Rudy was born and raised on a mixed farm in Waterloo County, near New Hamburg, Ont. From a family of 10 siblings, he and his partner Sandra own the original homestead bought by his parents in 1929. Contract seed production was part of a crop mix that included potatoes and u-pick straw- berries. After graduating from the University of Guelph in 1971, he worked for several years as field staff for York Farms in Brantford, supervising their vegetable research trials and coordinating commercial production of sweet corn and peas. In the mid-1980s, Rudy joined the Conservation Program staff with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture until he took on the role of program manager with the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association in 1987. He enrolled in part-time studies and completed his master of science degree in 2003. Brian Rossnagel The Environmental Farm Plan and many other programs have been part of Rudy’s career highlights, including administering over $100 million in environmental improvement cost-share to the Ontario farm community over 25 years. He is now heavily involved with the Ontario Seed Growers’ Association. A longtime seedsman, Pollock got his start in the industry growing alfalfa seed in the mid 1970s. In 1982, he and seven other alfalfa seed grow- ers pooled their resources to form Northstar Seed Ltd., based in Neepawa, Man. The company originally focused on alfalfa seed and since that time has expanded to provide forage, turf, lawn and native seed and to include a full-service dealer network in Western Canada. With customers in the United States, Europe, South America and Eastern Canada, Northstar Seed has become a truly global company. As general manager, Pollock oversees the com- pany’s operations and reports to a board of directors. He has provided leadership not only at the company level, but also at the national level, having previously served on the board of directors for the Canadian Seed Trade Association, the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers and SeCan. Marc Zienkiewicz Glen Green Harold Rudy Don Pollock