New year, new website

Megan Evans, Events Manager | Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions

Following months of work and consultations, the Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions unveiled a new joint website on March 15.

The new website, albertawheatbarley.com delivers an intuitive and user-friendly experience to allow farmers to access information about the commissions and their programs.

There have been many new resources and features developed for highlighting key program areas on the new website.

One of the new website’s key features is the “What Farmers Need to Know Now” space on the home page. This space houses timely news related to agriculture policy, market development initiatives, research investments and other commission-related updates.

The market development pages for both the Alberta Wheat Commission and Alberta Barley feature a world map highlighting key export countries and details such as yearly tonnage, customer end-uses and dominant varieties exported. There is also a daily grain price index chart added to the market development section from the PDQ website.

In the policy section, farmers can find the most important and relevant issues relating to both federal and provincial policy files and access key documents, including policy briefs, and letters that outline the positions taken by the commissions.

To highlight the Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions’ continued efforts as a non-biased agronomy resource, past and future editions of The Growing Point newsletter are available by monthly editions for easy access. Full recaps from our hit In the Field webinar series are available in the video library.

The new research section of the site utilizes a visitor-friendly research project search bar adapted from the original Alberta Wheat Commission website, with new key features that allow for filtering between completed projects and those still in progress.

With this new website, farmers can access more information about the broad portfolio of initiatives the commissions lead on behalf of their membership. The commissions are welcoming feedback from farmers on the newly launched site. Please reach out by email at info@albertawheat.com or barleyinfo@albertabarley.com.