Committee Members:

The MCVET committee is made up of producers, plant breeders, government staff, seed industry representatives and commodity association members who work diligently to ensure crop variety data provided to producers is accurate and unbiased.

Jennifer Seward
MCVET Chair  
Executive Directory, Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association 
jennifer.seward@seedmanitoba.ca 

Dennis Lange  
Seed Manitoba Co-Editor 
Provincial Pulse Specialist, Manitoba Agriculture  
dennis.lange@gov.mb.ca 

Sonia Wilson  
Seed Manitoba Co-Editor 
Oilseeds Specialist, Manitoba Agriculture 
sonia.wilson@gov.mb.ca 

Brent McCallum  
Plant Pathologist, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada 
brent.mccallum@agr.gc.ca  

Curt McCartney  
Associate Professor, Department of Plant Science 
University of Manitoba 
Curt.McCartney@umanitoba.ca 

Jody Gerrard  
Provincial Director, Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association 
Gerrard Family Seeds 
gerrardj@mymts.net 

Brad Pinkerton  
Manitoba Marketing Rep, SeCan 
bpinkerton@secan.com 

Paul Gervais 
Senior Research Agronomist, Nutrien 
paul.gervais@nutrien.com 

Jennifer McCombe-Theroux  
Regional Variety Trial Agronomist, Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers 
jennifer@manitobapulse.ca 

Andrew Hector  
Agronomy Extension Specialist – Cereal Crops, Manitoba Crop Alliance 
andrew@mbcropalliance.ca 


Advisors:

Chami Amarasinghe   
Research and Development Specialist, Manitoba Agriculture 
chami.amarasinghe@gov.mb.ca 

Anne Kirk  
Cereal Specialist, Manitoba Agriculture 
anne.kirk@gov.mb.ca 

Shawn Cabak  
Farm Production Extension Specialist – Livestock, Manitoba Agriculture 
Shawn.Cabak@gov.mb.ca