News & Announcements
North of 60 Event
The North of 60 Reception, Conference, and Banquet is hosted this February 9th & 10th, 2024 by the Yukon Agriculture Association! Please click on the pdf. link to receive more details on the event.
Travel Incentive for 2024 North of 60
Please click on the pdf. link above for more information.
NOVEMBER 2020
YAA held its 2020 Annual General Meeting on Friday, November 6th All materials associated with the AGM are posted in the ABOUT (Governance and AGMs) section of this website, including: draft minutes: AGM reports, materials and presentations; resolution to amend the...
OCTOBER 2020
Meetings always start with conflict of interest statements, approval of agendas and minutes. The board approved that two old laptops would be given away to a needy farm family. Please send a note to the office about how your children could use the computer for online...
SEPTEMBER 2020
The YAA Board did not meet in July. In August, there was an informal evening gathering out at the fairgrounds. Thank you to Yukon's NGO Training Fund for their generous funding of a project related to budgeting and human resource planning. Thank you to Mammoth Agency...
NOTICES ABOUT THE 2020 AGM
September 8 - Call for Nominations. This year the president, the secretary-treasurer and three director positions are open for nominations. October 7 - Deadline for Nominations. Nominees who would like to stand for election for one of these positions must have...
JUNE 2020
THANK YOU! to Graham Lang (Lamarche, Lang and Barrett) who helped YAA with our new online equipment rental contracts THANK YOU! to Cathy Grasholm for completing a conceptual design sketch for the fairgrounds THANK YOU! Economic Development and Community Development...
COVID-19 INFORMATION
City of Whitehorse - Resources for businesses Government of Yukon - Economic and social supports Yukon Chamber of Commerce - Territorial and federal funding announcements Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board - COVID-19 and your workplace Agriculture...
YUKON FARMERS ARE IN THE NEWS!
In June, Yukon farmers made the front cover and headline story of COUNTRY GUIDE, Canada's oldest farming magazine. https://www.country-guide.ca/guide-business/yukon-gold/ July 7, 2020
MAY 2020
Through a competitive process, the two construction projects on YAA's agricultural fairground property were awarded to Eldorado Logbuilders. By the end of the summer, arena bleachers as well a community use building will be ready for use. In addition, the board and...
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Equipment Custodian
YAA has managed an equipment rental program for over 10 years. The equipment was initially housed on individual farms and each piece of equipment had a Caretaker. In 2016, the equipment was moved to a central location on the North Klondike Highway. YAA signed a...
CALL-OUT: Equipment Committee Members
The YAA Board has updated the terms of reference for YAA's Equipment Committee and is putting a call out for more committee members. If you are interested in joining this committee, please click on this link ToR_Equipment Committee_2020 to review the terms of...
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