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).

Kleefeld couple named Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers

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

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

Harley and Brooklyn Siemens with their children, (left to right) Beckett, TaNielle and Sawyer.

A showcase in successful farm succession

Faces of Ag: Rosenort egg farmers earn Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers’ award

[UPDATED: Apr. 6, 2023] For fourth-generation egg farmers Harley and Brooklyn Siemens, the news that they had been named Manitoba’s 2023 Outstanding Young Farmers was met with a mix of thrill and humility. “We were very honoured,” Harley Siemens said. “We’re proud of our accomplishments and all the work that we’ve put into our farm.” The Rosenort-area


The nominee couples at the COYF event in Saskatoon on Dec. 3.

Manitoba couple thankful for friends, knowledge gained at national competition

Innovative dairy, hops farmers honoured as Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers of 2021

Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2020 say ag leaders should encourage young, progressive farmers to highlight their operations through the Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer (COYF) competition. Andre and Katie Steppler represented Manitoba while competing for the title of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers of 2021 at an event held in Saskatoon, Sask., and online, from Dec.

The Steppler family has made a name for themselves from their Charolais operation near Miami.

Steppler family 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

Charolais breeders and 2020 Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers Andre and Katie Steppler run a much different operation than they did in 2007. That’s when they took over the cattle portion of Steppler Farms near Miami. In terms of sheer numbers, the Steppler herd has grown. In 2007, the couple took on less than 100 purebred

Will and Jen Bergmann are Manitoba’s 2019 Outstanding Young Farmers.

Will and Jen Bergmann named 2019 Manitoba OYF winners

The pair has embraced local food and 
social media to promote farming

A Glenlea couple is Manitoba’s 2019 Outstanding Young Farmers. Will and Jen Bergmann of Bergmann Bros. were named the winners of the provincial award earlier this month at an event at the Elkhorn Resort. Will Bergmann grew up on the family operation, south of Winnipeg, and he and Jen returned to the farm about seven


Manitoba’s 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers are Brooks and Jen White of Pierson.

Pierson couple 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers

They’ll move on to the national competition 
this fall in Winnipeg

A Pierson-area farm couple are Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2018. Brooks and Jen White, of Borderland Agriculture, took over the family grain farm and bison ranch in 2012. It’s so named because the southern boundary of the operation nestles along the U.S. border and the western fringe creeps into Saskatchewan. The couple’s vision for

Brent and Kirsty Oswald are presented with the provincial Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmer award March 4 at the Elkhorn Resort in Onanole, Man.

Steinbach dairy is cream of the crop

Brent and Kirsty Oswald have been named Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers

Cottonwood Holsteins, near Steinbach, has been dairying for three generations now. But when Brent and Kirsty Oswald took over the family operation in 2008, big changes were in store — starting with the robots. In 2009, the couple raised a new barn, moving dairy operations from the building used by Brent’s parents to a new