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Martin Scanlon, dean of the faculty of agriculture and food science, Delaney Ross Burtnack, professor emeritus Don Flaten on May 29, 2024.
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Pumpkin promoter, ag communicator recognized at U of M

Delaney Ross Burtnack and Arthur Cameron receive certificates of merit

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A long-time agriculture communicator and leader and one of Roland’s premier pumpkin promoters have been recognized for their contribution to agriculture. Delaney Ross Burtnack and Arthur Cameron received certificates of merit from the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agriculture and food sciences and school of agriculture May 29. The university hands out the award in
Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers program president Danny Penner (left) poses with Marcus and Paige Dueck and their children Sutton (lower right) and Brielle (being held by her mother).
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Kleefeld couple named Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers

Dairy, grain and forage farmers, Paige and Marcus Dueck, named Manitoba 2024 Outstanding Young Farmers

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Marcus and Paige Dueck of Four Oak Farms near Kleefeld are Manitoba’s newest Outstanding Young Farmers. The eastern Manitoba couple was named the 2024 recipients of the award in March. “It is a great honour. You get into a spot in life where you just focus on what you want to do and what’s coming
Dr. Dan Undersander, middle, is the 2023 winner of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association Leadership Award. He is joined by Cedric MacLeod, executive director of CFGA, left and Eric Boot, right, chair, international exporters of CFGA. Photo: Catherine Brown
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Forage association presents 2023 Leadership Award

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The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) presented its Leadership Award at its 14th Annual Conference on Nov. 29, in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, to Dr. Dan Undersander of Wisconsin – the first non-Canadian to win this award. As well as being the keynote speaker at the conference, Undersander has worked as a forage
John McGregor (left) and Larry Wegner are this year’s MFGA wall of fame inductees.
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Two names added to MFGA wall of fame

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

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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
Allan Dawson’s award-winning photo of spring flooding in southeastern Manitoba in 2022.
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Co-operator reporters take home national awards

Geralyn Wichers and retired reporter Allan Dawson got accolades from the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation

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Three awards handed out by the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation this year had a Manitoba Co-operator name attached. Geralyn Wichers added two CFWF awards to her accomplishments. She took third place in the current affairs feature category for her Nov. 3, 2022, article, “Left out: Officials told First Nations farmers they weren’t eligible for BSE
Retired Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson gave a shout-out to his “long-suffering” editor, Laura Rance-Unger of Glacier FarmMedia, who nominated him to the hall.
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Dawson, Eskin enter farm hall of fame 

An agri-food scientist and former Co-operator reporter are the Manitoba hall’s newest inductees

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Nobody gets into the Manitoba agriculture sector for the fame, but occasionally, fame comes to those who’ve earned it. The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame came calling for two such people July 17. University of Manitoba canola scientist and researcher Michael Eskin and long-time farm journalist Allan Dawson stood up for their induction ceremony at
Geralyn Wichers.
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Co-operator reporter makes international honour list

Geralyn Wichers was named by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists

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A Manitoba Co-operator reporter is one of 10 ag writers to win the 2023 Young Leaders award, given out by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. Geralyn Wichers was chosen from a global list of nominees spanning the IFAJ’s 60 participating nations. The prestigious award is judged by an international jury and “recognizes the individuals’
Geralyn Wichers.
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Co-operator reporter earns online honours

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A Manitoba Co-operator feature on the past, present, and future of Indigenous agriculture in the province has earned a gold medal at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The Sept. 29, 2022 feature “Back to the land: ‘We used to plant hay here’” by reporter Geralyn Wichers was one of five finalists for Best multicultural story

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