Reflections from AMC’s Board Chair

Spring is the time of year when we as agricultural manufacturers start to see the products we make out in fields across Canada! It is a busy season for our customers and it is also packed with activity for AMC as we continue to cultivate, advocate and collaborate on behalf of our industry.

Cor Lodder Chair | Board of Directors Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada

With a successful AMC Expo 2023: INSPIRE now behind us, I am personally looking forward to seeing many of you at our golf tournaments. Please join us to network, enjoy some fresh air and good food. We have events planned in Manitoba in late June, Saskatchewan in July and Ontario in September. I am also already anticipating our Annual Convention and Tradeshow November 22 and 23 in Regina. Our team is busy planning all the details, so save the date and look for more information soon in AMC Connection and on our website.

The public launch of our Careers in Ag initiative is also on my list of events to attend this summer, taking place in Regina at Canada’s Farm Show on June 22nd. As a manufacturer, I know first-hand that career opportunities abound in our industry. AMC is excited to see this initiative growing and raising awareness of the many possibilities for successful and rewarding careers in our industry. From production floor positions to quality assurance, management, and logistics roles through to sales and marketing, the agricultural manufacturing sector presents a diverse range of career pathways. Our industry also values professional growth, with many individuals advancing from entry-level positions to higher responsibilities within their companies.

Our members are successful and our industry is growing, therefore it comes as no surprise to me that our membership is also continuing to grow! It is exciting to see AMC building our brain trust and continuing to attract the best minds in our industry to join us. A special thank you to our membership committee for their efforts to spread the word about AMC as well. The ongoing increase in our ranks continues to build our reputation and our influence as an industry.

I want to personally welcome the 20 most recent new members since our last issue of Implement Success. It is an impressive list: Agrimatics, Canimex, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), Comer industries (formerly Walterscheid), Datomor Labs Inc., Decision Works, Dodge Industrial Inc., Edge Agro, Free Form Plastic Products, Indigenous Manufacturing and Contracting (IMCN), MC Machinery Systems Inc., MNP, mode 40, neuroStrategy, Sherwin-Williams, the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP), Toshont Power Products, Verevco, Vogelsang Fastener Solutions and Westbrand. I look forward to seeing you at AMC events!

Donna Boyd President

204-666-3518 donnaboyd@a-m-c.ca

Thank you to our Corporate Partners

With a growing number of members, AMC collaborates with corporate partners to provide ongoing support, services and programs that help members’ businesses grow.

Lori Derksen Director of Member Development

204-666-3518 lori@a-m-c.ca shopsupreme.ca

Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada | Board of Directors

Cherrille Price Member Services & Administration Co-ordinator

204-666-3518 cherrille@a-m-c.ca

Chair | Cor Lodder Walinga Inc.

Director

PO Box 1790, 70 - 3rd Ave NE

Carman, MB R0G 0J0

204-745-2951

Executive Directors

Vice Chair | Bob Cochran

Highline Manufacturing

General Manager

PO Box 307, Hwy 27 Vonda, SK S0K 4N0 306-258-2233

Treasurer | Linda Turta RAM Industries

Chief Executive Officer PO Box 5007, 33 York Rd E. Yorkton, SK S3N 3Z4 306-786-2678

Director | Kristal Allen

Dentons Canada LLP

Partner

15th Floor, Bankers Court, 850 - 2nd Street SW

Calgary, AB T2P OR8

403-268-3065

Director | Randy Bauman

Bauman Manufacturing/ Eldale Machine & Tool President

3 Industrial Drive Elmira, ON N3B 2S1

519-669-5195

Director | Glenn Buurma

Penta Equipment President

73 Main Street Glencoe, ON N0L 1M0 519-882-3350

Director | Torey Hadland

CLAAS of America

Region Director

313A-415 Hunter Road Saskatoon, SK S7T 0J7 306-717-3225

Director | Mark Hildebrand

Monarch Industries Ltd.

Vice President, Sales

PO Box 429, 51 Burmac Rd.

Winnipeg, MB R3C 3E4

204-786-7921

Director | Paul Horst

TubeLine Mfg/Horst Welding

General Manager

6455 Reidwoods Drive

Elmira, ON N3B 2Z3

519-669-9488

Director | Kiera Young MacDon Industries Ltd.

Senior Vice President, Customers, Products & Services

680 Moray St.

Winnipeg, MB R3J 3S3

204-885-5590