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CanadaGAP announces Technical Advisory Committee for 2025

CanadaGAP has announced its 2025 Technical Advisory Committee members. The volunteer committee serves a technical advisory role to the CanAgPlus Board of Directors. The group meets each summer and holds additional meetings as needed. The Committee’s role is to review proposed updates to the CanadaGAP Food Safety manuals, HACCP models and the CanadaGAP Audit Checklist. They also review any other technical matters related to the program.

The Board appointed two new members, Lily Indajati and Nirmal Dhaliwal, and six returning members, Luciana Las Casas Celere, Sara Cook, Adrien Corbiere, Jeff Hall, Stéphanie Levasseur and Quinton Woods, to the Technical Advisory Committee. One other individual, Kylin Han, is a returning member. Beth Pattillo, a director on the CanAgPlus Board, was reappointed as Committee chair.

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"The nitrogen that comes from soil mineralization is the first nitrogen the plant sees, and its role is underestimated."

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Dr. Emerson Nafziger is Professor Emeritus of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with degrees in agronomy from Ohio State, Purdue, and Illinois. His research has focused on nitrogen rate strategies and crop productivity. He co-developed the Maximum Return to Nitrogen (MRTN) model, which is widely used across the Midwest. His research spans N response trials, hybrid interactions, crop rotation effects, and yield stability.