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[sumdumguy]

The pulse industry has been and is huge for our province. The R&D design has been bang-on in producing varieties that are marketable. The vision of many like Slinkard, Bert, Farley many more adventurous growers, seed plants and processors have built a mighty fine ship and to them we are eternally grateful. That is not to say that we don't have a resposibilty to hold the Pulse Board accountable and true to its providers.

[MBgrower]

I agree, the pulse groups do a job on r&d new, new affordable varieties, etc. Now compare that to canola. seed costs up up up, more disease, more insects, seed treatments that dont work, varieties with no improvement for excess moisture tolerance. Terrible performance in my opinion

[sawfly1]

i pay them all, even the canola one,( considering the canola council has sold us out on various occasions) and their political stripe is different than mine.

i think they should be all mandatory, think what the pulse levy has done for us.
if i can gag and pay the canola one,
where are the rest of you?

if you want to cheap out now, i am sure the seed co.s will jump in and charge 10 times as much.

[westernvicki]

A Story about lentils: green lentils.

This is the story as I know it:
The idea was the brainchild of Dr. Bert Vandenberg: he visioned that green lentil being should be used as a dall in India. As a result, SPG funds research in India how to cook green lentil dall, well turns out it not only cooks quicker, a lentil is much easier to decorticate than a pigeon peas. Today's growing green lentil demand in India is a driving force in the green lentil market. It is in fact a market for any yellow cotyledon lentil: French, black, Small, medium & large. And given that the lentils are split, this market supports all grades not just top grades as was traditional in this market.

Take an idea of merit, invest and grow the market. Levy dollars let producers see the value and spend the money. Invest in growth, always.


The success story we have is largely due to an invested producer, invested in funding knowledge and growth at home and at large. I voted for a mandatory levy. In turn I support accountability and transparency, as part of the due diligence that keeps producers engaged & supporting the process.

[westernvicki]

Please, find your ballots and vote.

[westernvicki]

Great ideas, like Berts', can only grow if we have the combination of factors that enable the seed to be planted, first selected, then tended, and harvested. Come on this is what we do: we take chances, use resources, analyze, adjust, take risks, and invest.

VOTE.

[Oliver88]

Few more days to vote for canola and pulse groups I see.

Did the wheat commission have a vote this year.....didn't get a letter?