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