The Manitoba Forage Council Needs Your Support!

Register for a Membership now to receive a discounted Conference Rate. (If you were a member in the 2008/2009 year and paid via cheque a password was automatically generated for you. Please complete the Forgotten your password? section and your password will be emailed to you). Or call: Corie Arbuckle at (204) 254-4192.

Over the years, the Manitoba Forage Council (MFC) has fostered partnerships with many industry members, provincial and federal government representatives, producers, and scientific researchers. These relationships have encouraged the initiation of multiple research and marketing activities, demonstrations, seminars and publications that are beneficial not only for producers, but for the industry as a whole.

When you join the MFC you show support for everyone in the forage industry. Your contribution helps the council participate in these activities:

• Fostering relationships with groups to implement projects;
• Marketing Manitoba forage through trade missions to the U.S. and abroad;
• Administering research projects and communication of the results;
• Promoting the forage industry by hosting conferences, demonstrations and;
• Transferring technology to producers via meetings, publications and the website.

In the past, membership fees have been collected when a person registered for an MFC sponsored conference such as Manitoba Grazing School and the Manitoba Forage Symposium. Since they were a part of the conference budgeting process, MFC received funds only if there was a surplus. In an effort to be sustainable and continue to provide you with the newsletter, website, trade missions and many MFC sponsored events and projects, the Forage Council will be changing the membership collection process. Anyone may attend MFC sponsored events, however, those with memberships will receive a substantial discount on the conference fees.

The membership is $40 and the membership period is August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010. Only one membership is required per family. All those living in the same household may register for events at the reduced conference rate.

Register for a Membership now to receive a discounted Conference Rate. (If you were a member in the 2008/2009 year and paid via cheque a password was automatically generated for you. Please complete the “Forgotten your password?” section and your password will be emailed to you). Or call: Corie Arbuckle at (204) 254-4192.

Member’s Area Link (for changing info)

or re-mit your $40 cheque to:

Manitoba Forage Council

125 Patterson Crescent

Brandon, MB R7A 6T7

Thank you!

As a member you receive:

• quarterly newsletters (16 pages jam-packed with updates on recent forage & livestock research projects, industry information, hay markets, upcoming events & more);
• invitations to attend and participate in forage, hay, & dairy marketing events such as World Dairy Expo and the MidWest Horse Fair;
• invitations to attend the Manitoba Grazing School in Brandon & The Manitoba Forage Symposium in Winnipeg;
• invitations to attend forage & livestock research demonstrations around the province;
• opportunity to express views on forage and livestock policy and have the Council lobby on your behalf and;
• opportunity to identify and suggest research projects that are of benefit to you and other Manitobans.