On Feb. 16, a national campaign was launched to encourage dairy farmers from across the country to “Have Your Say in Canadian Dairy Research.” Dairy farmers’ research questions are being collected across Canada during 2015 to help set dairy research priorities beyond 2017.

All responses will be tabulated and classified to identify farmers’ priorities for research. The information will be used to help prepare for the application of new research funding under AAFC’s Growing Forward 3 in 2018.

All Canadian dairy farmers participating in the consultation and knowledge transfer activity are eligible for a chance to win a registration to a dairy research conference and extension event nearest them.

While farmers are the main audience targeted to have their say, all individuals working in dairy are invited to fill in the online survey.have your say logo

Here’s how to Have Your Say

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On the web: www.dairyresearch.ca

On your mobile phone: Text the number 76000 and in the message box, write the word Innovation. The link to the survey page will be sent to you for access on your mobile phone.

In person: Live! at the Dairy Research Cluster booth. The booth has already collected ideas at the Dairy Farmers of Ontario Dairy Research Communication and Extension Event on Feb. 17 in Guelph, Ontario, and the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar, March 10-13 in Red Deer, Alberta.

Watch for the booth to appear at the following upcoming events:

July 13-16 Dairy Farmers of Canada – Annual General Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia

Nov. 2015 Symposium sur les Bovins laitiers, (TBD), Quebec

Nov. 25-27 BC Dairy Industry Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia

Lead the herd and help chart the course for innovation in dairy. For more information, email Shelley Crabtree.  PD

Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) is the national policy, lobbying and promotional organization representing Canada’s farmers. DFC works to support sustainable dairy production; facilitate solutions to provincial/national challenges; provide credible research of dairy products on a national basis; and create innovative ways to grow the market.