2006 News Releases

CanWest DHI Elects Board Chair and Vice-Chair

Guelph, ON (Janaury 17, 2006)

Ray Laing was re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors and John Bongers was elected Vice-Chairman at a regularly scheduled Board Meeting of CanWest DHI held January 10, 2006 in Toronto, following the 25th Annual Dairy Herd Improvement General Meeting.

A dairy producer from Steinbach Manitoba, Ray Laing begins his third year on the CanWest DHI Board and served previously on the Western Canadian DHI Board.

John Bongers, a milk producer from Leeds County, in eastern Ontario also starts his third year with the CanWest DHI Board and served previously on the Ontario DHI Board.

Joining Ray Laing and John Bongers on the CanWest Executive Committee are Directors Gordon Ell of Kronau, Saskatchewan and Michael Hall of Mountain, Ontario.

Elections were also held for Ontario Zone Directors in Zones 1and 4.

Lyle Martin was re-elected by acclamation to a three-year term as Director, Zone 1, which encompasses the counties of Lambton, Middlesex, Elgin, Huron, Perth, Kent and Essex .

John Bongers was re-elected by acclamation to a three-year term as Director, Zone 4, which encompasses Victoria, Peterborough, Hastings, Northumberland, Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington, Frontenac, Renfrew, Lanark and Leeds Counties.

CanWest DHI was formed in March 2004 as a partnership of Western Canadian DHI and Ontario DHI and provides herd management services to 5,000 dairy producers from Ontario through British Columbia .

For further information, please contact:

Neil Petreny, General Manager
(519) 824-2320, ext. 236
npetreny@canwestdhi.com