A Kenton-area farmer is the recipient of the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association’s 2016 Outstanding Service award.
Robert Stevenson was recognized last week in Winnipeg at the annual CropConnect conference.
Stevenson served as a Manitoba director on the Canadian Seed Growers Association (CSGA) board for six years from 2003 to 2009. During that time he sat as chair on the CSGA education and promotion and Canadian Seed Institute committees. He was also a key contributor to developing the seed education modules currently available for use at universities and colleges across the country.
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He farms near Kenton, with his wife Ellen and son Sid, on land homesteaded by his great-grandfather in 1882.
The farm was one of the first in Manitoba to incorporate the zero-tillage production system. Reflecting this interest, Stevenson is a former president of both the Manitoba-North Dakota Zero-Till Farmers Association and Manitoba Zero-Till Research Association. He’s also the former president of the Woodworth Conservation Area and the Canadian Seed Institute.
In recent years the farm has begun incorporating cover crop seed production.
The Stevensons’ farm is a registered seed establishment and is recognized as a select grower. Stevenson has been a CSGA member since 1975. He’s also a shareholder in Wheat City Seeds.
