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“We wouldn’t be here without them...It’s sort of like we’re paying homage to them.” – Lawrence Knockaert.
Farmit Manitoba, News

Three more for MFGA wall of fame

Regen ag advocates, former leaders and government researchers make up this year’s round of inductees

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The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association has three more names to hang on its wall of honour. Michael Thiele, Mae Elsinger and Henry Nelson are the newest faces on the association’s wall of fame, the MFGA announced during its Nov. 14-15 regenerative agriculture conference in Brandon. Board chair Lawrence Knockaert said the three were chosen
Voucher winner Grace Glover, of Boissevain.
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Glover awarded Angus voucher

The funds will support expanding herds for randomly selected members of Canadian Junior Angus

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A young Manitoban is among the winners of three $2,000 vouchers to fund the purchase of an Angus heifer. Grace Glover, of Boissevain, was one of the Canadian Junior Angus members selected in a random draw. Layne Chantler, of Egbert, Ontario and Karsen Van Sickle, of Red Deer County, Alberta were also recipients. The vouchers
Geralyn Wichers (left) and Allan Dawson (right).
News

Co-operator reporters honoured

Wichers and Dawson acknowledged by national organization

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The Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation has granted two Co-operator reporters a total of three awards. Geralyn Wichers earned a gold award in the current affairs feature category for her article “Quarry battle raises fears over municipal autonomy” from the July 23, 2020 issue. In the same category Allan Dawson earned a bronze award for his article “The great grain
Andre and Katie Steppler of Miami receive this year’s Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmer award from Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pedersen (right) in Brandon March 7, 2020.
Beef cattle, News

Stepplers named Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers 2020

Andre and Katie Steppler will be the next Manitoba farmers bound for a chance at the national competition after taking the regional award this month

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Ag advocacy helped launch Andre and Katie Steppler of Miami into the limelight last week after the pair was named to this year’s Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmer award. Why it matters: Andre and Katie Steppler have won the regional Outstanding Young Farmer Award and will now make their bid for the national title against winners
Local news

Manitoba Beef Producers awards 2017 bursaries

One of the goals of the annual awards is to encourage students to study agriculture-related fields or trades

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The Manitoba Beef Producers has announced the recipients of its annual $500 educational bursaries to members of the organization or their children. The awards are made to individuals attending university, college or other post-secondary training, including students pursuing a trade. Preference is given to those students pursuing a field of study related to agriculture, or those acquiring a
Dr. Rob Duncan (l) is the first Canadian to be given the Early Career Scientist Award from the National Association of Plant Breeders.
Local news, Oilseeds

U of M plant breeder earns international accolades

The University of Manitoba’s Rob Duncan is a rising star in the world of plant breeding 
and just earned a prestigious U.S. award

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A Manitoban is the first Canadian to earn a major international plant-breeding award. Rob Duncan, a brassica breeder with the University of Manitoba, has been named winner of the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) Early Career Scientist Award. Duncan, who grew up in rural Manitoba, was given the award in early August during the
Jamie Moran of Shale Creek Bison Ranch near Russell, Man., poses with the 2017 Bill Lenton Memorial Award.
Livestock, Local news

Manitoba Bison Association awards industry leader honour

Jamie Moran has been named this year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award winner by the Manitoba Bison Association

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Jamie “Malone” Moran is the latest recipient of the Bill Lenton Memorial Award from the Manitoba Bison Association. The Russell-area bison producer, fittingly, entered the business 20 years ago by purchasing his first animal from Lenton himself. He currently keeps 60 breeding cows and 50 yearling heifers on his ranch, and he says the tough
Manitoba Women’s Institute president-elect Ann Mandziuk (l) and president Donna Young celebrate being presented a first-ever Nellie McClung award presented to their organization during the Centennial Gala marking 100 years since women in Manitoba were given the right to vote.
Local news

Women’s Institute earns a ‘Nellie’ award

The rural women’s group is one of 10 recipients of the award presented in honour of the influential Manitoba feminist

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The Manitoba Women’s Institute is one of 10 recipients of the first-ever Nellie Awards presented by the Nellie McClung Foundation at its Centennial Gala late last month. The awards made in honour of one of this province’s most influential feminists were given out January 28, the centennial of women in Manitoba earning the right to
John Morriss
Local news

John Morriss receives lifetime achievement award

FBC writers score big in annual awards competition

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John Morriss, associate publisher of Farm Business Communications, was hon­oured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Canadian Farm Writers Fed­eration meeting here Sept. 27. Morriss was recognized for his commitment to agricultural journalism over the past four decades, as publisher and editor of the Manitoba Co-operator, and Farmers’ Independent Weekly, and as editorial director

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