Mike Duguid was installed in the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s Wall of Fame at the organization’s 2025 regenerative agriculture conference in Brandon Nov. 12. Photo: Miranda Leybourne

Duguid named to MFGA Wall of Fame

Outgoing chair Mike Duguid earned a 2025 nomination to the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association Wall of Fame

Interlake farmer Mike Duguid has become the latest to join the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s Wall of Fame. The mixed farmer and long-time board member was named to the honour Nov. 12, during the MFGA’s annual regenerative agriculture conference in Brandon, an event that, as 2025 conference committee chair, he helped bring about. WHY

Philippe Sabourine poses with locals in front of rice terraces in China.

Prairie Roots and Wings: Manitoba agrologist memoir recalls journey of discovery

Philippe Sabourin’s recently published memoir shares tales of formative years on a farm in Manitoba, as well as lessons rooted in world travel and the food and agriculture systems found there

Philippe Sabourin’s memoir shares author’s formative farm years in the Red River Valley, as well as lessons rooted in world travel and the food systems found there.











John McGregor (left) and Larry Wegner are this year’s MFGA wall of fame inductees.

Two names added to MFGA wall of fame

Faces of Ag: Larry Wegner and John McGregor are this year’s inductees

Two people who are institutions at the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association have now been added to the organization’s wall of fame. Long-time board member and past chair Larry Wegner, and John McGregor, probably best known for his years managing the Green Gold alfalfa quality monitoring program, are this year’s inductees for the honour. Why it matters: It is the third

University of Manitoba research scientist Kim Ominski.

Giving beef a good rep

FACES OF AG | University of Manitoba research scientist honoured

A Manitoba research scientist has earned top accolades from the Beef Cattle Research Council for her work on sustainability and the cattle sector. Kim Ominski of the University of Manitoba received the 2023 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Calgary Aug. 16. Why it matters: