Grain standards committee members

Western Standards Committee

Western Standards Committee

Composition of committee

The committee is made up of:

  • 12 grain producers
  • 3 Canadian Grain Commission staff
    • a commissioner
    • a grain inspector
    • a scientist
  • 2 members nominated by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • 2 grain processors
  • 2 grain exporters
  • up to 4 others appointed by the Canadian Grain Commission

If you have any concerns related to the grading system, contact the member organization that represents you to have your concerns forwarded to the Western Standards Committee.

List of members

This list of members and affiliated organizations (where applicable) is current as of January 2026.

Chair

Representing the Canadian Grain Commission

Representing Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Representing processors of grain

  • Caalen Covey
    Canadian National Millers Association
    713 Redwood Crescent
    Warman, SK S0K 4S2
    Telephone: 306-665-7127
    Email: caalen.covey@ardentmills.com

  • Kevin Sich
    Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute
    67 Landry Close
    Red Deer, AB T4R 0H3
    Telephone: 403-357-9807
    Email: ksich@rahr.com

Representing exporters of grain

  • Brennan Craig
    Canadian Grain and Oilseed Exporters Association
    4630 Curtiss Avenue
    Regina, SK S4W 0A2
    Telephone: 306-570-3775
    Email: bcraig@agtfoods.com

  • Tala Mobayen
    Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Trade Association
    #601-850 West Hastings Street
    Vancouver, BC V6C 1E1
    Telephone: 604-733-1094
    Email: tala@victoriapulse.ca

Representing producers of western grain

  • Vacant
    Canadian Federation of Agriculture

  • Jon Fehr
    Canadian Canola Growers Association
    Box 71
    Herschel, SK S0L 1L0
    Telephone: 306-831-7141
    Email: jfehr@ccga.ca

  • Gregg Fotheringham
    Manitoba Crop Alliance
    Box 368
    Reston, MB R0M 1X0
    Telephone: 204-851-0288
    Email: gfoth74@gmail.com

  • Jean Harrington
    Box 90
    Glenside, SK S0H 1T0
    Telephone: 306-860-7790
    Email: jharrington.pfb@sasktel.net

  • Devin Hartzler
    Alberta Grains
    RR2, Site 1, Box 5
    Carstairs, AB T0M 0N0
    Telephone: 403-874-9434
    Email: dhartzler@albertagrains.com

  • Fiona Jochum
    Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association
    2360 Hwy 26
    St. Francois Xavier, MB R4L 1B4
    Telephone: 204-445-1065
    Email: fionajochum@gmail.com

  • Stuart Lawrence
    Saskatchewan Pulse Growers
    Box 1358
    Rosetown, SK S0L 2V0
    Telephone: 306-831-7843
    Email: s.lawrence@sasktel.net

  • Stewart Oke
    Alberta Grains
    38103 Range Road 240
    Delburne, AB T0M 0V0
    Telephone: 403-391-2406
    Email: soke@albertagrains.com

  • Vacant
    Sask Oilseeds

  • Shanna Stolhandske-Dale
    Box 66
    Swift Current, SK S9H 3V5
    Telephone: 306-741-9309
    Email: shanna@seedsolutionsseedlabs.com

  • Glenn Tait
    Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission
    Box 57
    Meota, SK S0M 1X0
    Telephone: 306-481-4449
    Email: gttait@sasktel.net

  • Beverley Wieben
    Alberta Pulse Growers
    Box 1845
    Fairview, AB T0H 1L0
    Telephone: 780-835-1780
    Email: wiebenbev@gmail.com

Additional members

  • Vacant
    Terminal Elevator Association

  • Robert Chapman
    Inland Terminal Association of Canada
    Box 719
    Gull Lake, SK S0N-1A0
    Telephone: 306-774-6804
    Email: rchapman@swt.ca

  • James Dunlop
    Canola Council of Canada
    Box 977
    Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0
    Telephone: 204-461-8091
    Email: thedunlops@mymts.net

  • Nadia Singh
    Country Elevator Association
    52 Willow Brook Road
    Winnipeg, MB R3Y 0N7
    Telephone: 204-226-2172
    Email: nadia.singh@richardson.ca

Eastern Standards Committee

Eastern Standards Committee

Composition of committee

The committee is made up of:

  • 4 grain producers
  • 3 Canadian Grain Commission staff
    • a commissioner
    • a grain inspector
    • a scientist
  • 1 members nominated by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • 4 processors and exporters
  • 3 others appointed by the Canadian Grain Commission

List of members

This list of members and affiliated organizations (where applicable) is current as of January 2026.

Chair

Representing the Canadian Grain Commission

Derek Bunkowsky
Canadian Grain Commission
Chief Grain Inspector for Canada
900-303 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3G8
Telephone: 204-297-8541
Email: derek.bunkowsky@grainscanada.gc.ca

Esther Salvano
Canadian Grain Commission
Director General Grain Research Laboratory
303 Main Street,
Winnipeg MB R3C 3G8
Telephone: 204-983-2764
Email: esther.salvano@grainscanada.gc.ca

Representing processors and exporters of grain

  • Jay Fretz
    Eastern Elevator Association of Canada
    1411 Point Abino Road North
    Ridgeway, ON L0S 1N0
    Telephone: 289-921-9309
    Email: jfretz@pandh.ca

  • Benjamin Hodgins
    Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Trade Association
    Telephone: 226-262-5009
    Email: bhodgins@hdc.on.ca

  • Bruno Simard
    Association des commerçants de grains du Québec
    430 Chemin de St-Hyacinthe
    Saint-Eugène-de-Grantham, QC J0C 1J0
    Telephone: 450-230-1183
    Email: bruno_simard@g3.ca

  • Peter Worfolk
    Canadian National Millers Association
    1873 Ashwood Avenue
    Innisfil, ON L9S 1W1
    Telephone: (416)-817-3305
    Email: peter.worfolk@ardentmills.com

Representing Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Representing producers of eastern grain

  • Vacant
    Soy Canada

  • Dana Dickerson
    Grain Farmers of Ontario
    54 Laurendale Avenue
    Waterdown, ON L8B 0A9
    Telephone: 519-820-0670
    Email: ddickerson@gfo.ca

  • Julie Maw
    816 Oil Spring Line
    Courtright, ON N0N 1H0
    Telephone: 519-384-2281
    Email: julie@mooremawfarms.ca

  • Ramzy Yelda
    Producteurs de grains du Québec
    552 Ernest Choquette
    Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC J3H 5M3
    Telephone: 450-679-0540
    Email: ryelda@pgq.ca

Additional members

  • Manuela Roduner
    Ontario Agribusiness Association
    91 Queen Street
    Hensall, ON N0M 1X0
    Telephone: 437-518-8751 ext. 5240
    Email: manuela.roduner@intertek.com

  • Linda Roy
    Régie des marchés agricoles et alimentaires du Québec
    40 Berlioz
    Verdun, QC H3E 1L9
    Telephone: 514-873-4024
    Email: linda.roy@rmaaq.gouv.qc.ca

  • Vacant
    Atlantic Grains Council

Related links