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AMC NEWS
 It is our pleasure to welcome April Jackman to the AMC team as the Manager, Marketing and Communications. April joins our team effective today with over 10 years of experience in marketing. Having grown up on a dairy/cash crop farm, currently cash crop only, she remains involved with her family farm in Ontario.
Please feel free to send April a note welcoming her to our industry or better yet invite her to your office so she can better understand your business needs. April can be reached at april@a-m-c.ca or by phone: 306.522.2710 ext. 224. To learn more, visit our website at www.a-m-c.ca. As part of our recently approved strategic plan, AMC is engaging in advocacy at the federal and select provincial levels.
REMINDER: AMC is leading a delegation of members to meet with key federal decision makers in Ottawa April 20 and 21. To inform and support our efforts, please ensure you provide us your responses by April 8 to the 6 questions we requested on March 16. If you have not done so, please provide your responses to AMC president, Leah Olson by April 8: leah@a-m-c.ca Upcoming Provincial Elections and Budgets:
NEW AMC MEMBERS
Horst Welding/Tube-Line
6455 Reidwoods Drive Elmira, ON N3B 2Z3 www.horstwelding.com Contact: Steve Horn stevehorn@horstwelding.com 519-669-9488 Learn More... Innovation Saskatchewan
343 -111 Research Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 3R2 http://innovationsask.ca Contact: Scott Adams scott.adams@innovationsask.ca 306-933-7205 Learn More... 
INDUSTRY NEWS
The federal government has made a number of pronouncements related to trade and diplomatic engagement with Russia where some AMC members are doing or hope to do business. At the end of the day, the federal government is committed to putting pressure on Putin but not isolating itself from the international community's actions. We have been working with the federal government on this and appreciate specific examples you can provide regarding business challenges related to trade with Russia. Please send them to AMC's president, Leah Olson at leah@a-m-c.ca
Learn More... S3 Enterprises, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, announces employee education achievements, thanks in part to the Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant. Through S3's Employee Education Allowance and the grant, the company has now been able to remove the burden of payment entirely from the employee, which has fast-tracked education endeavors for several individuals.
Learn More... The Discovery Channel will be airing a segment of How It's Made about tillage machines, featuring Salford Group Inc.
The segment Tillage Machines will be airing on the Discovery Channel in Canada on Monday, April 4th at 8:00pm ET. Please check www.discovery.ca and your local listings for any viewing changes.
The segment will also be airing on the Science Channel in the USA on Thursday, May 5th at 9:00pm ET. Please check http://www.sciencechannel.com/schedule/ for any viewing changes.
AMC President, Leah Olson, attended the Canada Standards Association’s technical committee meeting on agriculture machinery April 30 and 31 in Toronto. The meeting brought together key manufacturers, regulators and farmers to discuss, analyze and develop CSA standards. The committee also evaluated and addressed harmonization with ISO and ASABE standards. CSA is seeking increased engagement from the shortline industry. If you are interested in knowing more about how the committee operates or the issues considered, please contact Ibrahim Saleh, Director of Product Integrity at MacDon: 204.831.4334
If you want to join the committee, please contact Priya Malik at: Priya.malik@csagroup.org U.S. agriculture will be better off with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement than without, a USDA economist told attendees at the 2016 Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit in Denver.
Learn More... Each year, EDC helps more than 7,000 Canadian companies, a majority of them small
businesses, to conduct trade and investment in nearly 170 countries. Learn More... AMC wants to hear your good news, and share it with members! Please forward your media releases and any other announcements to admin@a-m-c.ca so that they can be put in our next newsletter.
COMING EVENTS
Western Economic Diversification (WD) is about to launch the third intake of applications for the Western Innovation (WINN) Initiative and will be accepting online applications from March 14, 2016 to April 13, 2016.
Learn More... Silicon Valley Forum is thrilled to welcome you to the 2016 AgTech Immersion Program. Be
prepared for an informative program where you'll learn about some of the hottest topics in the agriculture industry today, including Big Data, Connected Farm, Precision Agriculture and much more. The activities will be held on April 18 - 21 and include 4 days of inspiring and engaging networking activities with leading technology companies that are pushing the envelope within the agriculture technology space. Learn More... June 13: AMC Golf Tournament - June 13 at the Murray Golf Course in Regina, SK. Registration opens April 13. Fees will be $400 for a team of 4 or $150/individual golfer.
November 30 - December 2 - AMC Annual Convention at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel in Calgary, AB. Please take a moment to vote in our Connection Poll, located above on the right, on what topics you would like to see covered in the speakers sessions at the 46th Annual Convention and Trade Show taking place in Calgary, AB this year. If you have any other topic suggestions, please email them to us at admin@a-m-c.ca.
AMC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Connection POLL What issues, standards or industry topics do you want to know more about? Your answers will help inform the topics and speakers we have at our 2016 Annual Convention in Calgary, AB. Let us know at admin@a-m-c.ca
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