Gerrid Gust

Biography

Gerrid Gust joined the SPG Board of Directors in 2016. Together with family, Gerrid manages and operates a fourth generation farm, in Davidson, SK. They run a straight grain operation, where the focus is on producing high quality crops including peas, red lentils, durum, canola, and winter wheat, with pulses making up approximately 30‐50 per cent of their rotation. Gerrid has been involved in farm policy for the past 10 years starting with the Western Canadian Wheat Growers, chairing from 2009‐2013. He also served on the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) from 2007‐ 2015. In 2012, he was asked by the provincial government to help set up the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission. Gerrid serves on SPG’s Research and Development Committee and is Chair of the Nominations Committee. He is also SPG’s representative on the Board of Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan. 

Research Interest

Agriculture, food science, food technology, crop science