On Wednesday May 25, The Blood Tribe hosted a delegation from the Canadian Forage Growers Association and representatives from Al Dahra, an Abu Dhabi-based conglomerate that specialises in agribusiness. Al Dahra’s mission in visiting Canada was to begin sourcing potential long-term providers of forage for export to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Al Dahra is a global operator who both grow and export, and source, hundreds of thousands of tonnes (MT) per year of forage. Chief Fox provided the history of the Blood Tribe in Agriculture, Levi Blackwater, GM of BTAP showed the significant infrastructure and recent irrigation expansion, and Kainai Forage showed them the considerable progress since 2019 that KF had made in its expansion with current capacity at over 50,000 MT and growing to over 100,000 MT. Following the presentations, the group toured the newly built production facility and forage shed additions at Kainai Forage and met with the staff who walked them through the in-depth inventory and quality control systems in place as well as the workings of the newly added forage press. The group was suitably impressed with the Blood Tribe’s expanding international Timothy Hay operation and Kainai Forage look forward to hosting them again this summer when the 2022 harvest is complete.
(Sources: Story: Christine Roberston President, Indigena Capital, Pictures: Todd Eagle Child Communications Officer, Blood Tribe Communications & Community Engagement)
(LtoR) Clayton Blood General Manager, Kainai Resources Inc., Blair Wright, Olds Ag Tech, Kirby Many Fingers Trustee, BTAP, Eric Boot Vice Chair, CFGA, Mohamad Saker Chief Corporate Services Officer, Al Dahra, Makiinima Chief Roy Fox Chairman, BTAP, Siju Varghese Director, Global Sourcing – Al Dahra Holding LLC, Duane Vandenberg Board Member, CFGA, Christine Roberston President, Indigena Capital, Chris Martens Chair, CFGA, Levi Black Water General Manager, BTAP, Cedric MacLeod Executive Director, CFGA at BTAP May 25, 2022.
(LtoR) Tyson Black Water Inventory Control Specialist, Kainai Forage, Chris Martens Chair, CFGA, Makiinima Chief Roy Fox Chairman, BTAP, Mohamad Saker Chief Corporate Services Officer, Al Dahra, Duane Vandenberg Board Member, CFGA, Siju Varghese Director, Global Sourcing – Al Dahra Holding LLC, Tammy Oka Logistics Manager, Kainai Forage, Christine Roberston President, Indigena Capital, Albert Big Swallow Quality Control, Kainai Forage, Cedric MacLeod Executive Director, CFGA, Eric Boot Vice Chair, CFGA, Blair Wright, Olds Ag Tech, Kirby Many Fingers Trustee, BTAP at a forage shed at Kainai Forage, May 25, 2022.
(LtoR) Tyson Black Water Inventory Control Specialist, Tammy Oka Logistics Manager, Kainai Forage, Sabrina Spear Chief Lead Foreman, Kainai Forage, Makiinima Chief Roy Fox Chairman, BTAP, Mohamad Saker Chief Corporate Services Officer, Al Dahra, Siju Varghese Director, Global Sourcing – Al Dahra Holding LLC, Christine Roberston President, Indigena Capital at the new forage press at Kainai Forage on May 25, 2022.
