Date posted: March 15, 2006

Profile of new PGDC

An overview of structure and mandate for the new Prairie Grain Development Committee.

The PRRCG is currently in a transition period during which the recommending function has shifted formally to the traditional PRRCG subcommittees. At next year's 2007 meeting, this shift will see the PRRCG name change to the Prairie Grain Development Committee (PGDC), which will continue an umbrella function for meetings and some collective initiatives.

The new committees are:

• Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale
• Prairie Recommending Committee for Oat and Barley
• Prairie Recommending Committee Pulse & Special Crops
• Prairie Recommending Committee for Oilseeds

The full membership of the PGDC consists of these members of the former four PRRCG subcommittees, along with the Western Canadian Canola/Rapeseed Recommending Committee.

The new Chair of the full PGDC is Dr. Kelly Turkington, a pathologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. New PGDC secretary is Bill Champan, a cereal specialist with Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

Mandates

The PGDC has the following mandates:

1. To act as a forum for exchange of information relevant to the development of improved cultivars of grain crops for the western Canadian prairies.
2. To advise regulatory agencies regarding legislation and regulations governing grain breeding, cultivar production, and sector development.
3. To facilitate scientific discussion and communication of research priorities for the improvement of the prairie grain sector.
4. To facilitate and organize an annual meeting of the prairie grain recommending committees at a common place and time.

Structure

PGDC membership will be comprised of people who have an interest and expertise in one or more of the recommending committees and the grain commodities involved.

The PGDC Board of Directors will be comprised of the Executive, two representatives from each of the registration recommending committees recognized by the CFIA plus one member at large. The "at large" member would be a reoccurring guest of the committees. Term would be three years.

The PGDC Executive is comprised of a Chair and a Secretary/Treasurer elected from the PGDC membership with three year terms of office with Chair and Secretary terms expiring in different years.

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