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Bison producers Brooks & Jen White chosen as Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2018
Winnipeg (Mar 7, 2018) – More than 75 people gathered to honour fifth generation farmers, Brooks & Jen White of Borderland Agriculture of Pierson, MB as Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2018. The winners were [...]
Craig & Jinel Ference chosen as Alberta’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2018
Olds, AB (Feb. 12, 2018) – More than 60 people gathered to honour fourth generation farmers Craig & Jinel Ference of Double F Farms located at Kirriemuir as Alberta’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2018. The [...]
Doug & Joan Cranston awarded 2017 W.R. Motherwell Award
For immediate release Churchbridge, SK (December 9, 2017) – Dairy Farmers and Outstanding Young Farmer (OYF) alumni from Ontario, Doug & Joan Cranston were recently honoured as recipients of the 2017 W.R. Motherwell Award [...]
Saskatchewan & Quebec Farm Operations named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2017
PENTICTON, BC (Dec. 3, 2017) – Derek & Tannis Axten of Axten Farms Ltd- Minton, SK and Véronique Bouchard & François Handfield of Ferme aux petits oignons at Mont-Tremblant, QC were chosen as National Winners [...]
Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers of 2017 to be honoured at National Event
Penticton, BC (October 15,2017) - The BC OYF Region is hard at work preparing to host Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers’ National Event in Penticton. The event will take place at the Lakeside Resort from Nov. [...]
2017 OYF Memorial Scholarship winners named
Churchbridge, SK (September 30, 2017) – Danyka Maurer of Saskatchewan and Luc Roy of Quebec have been selected as the Outstanding Young Farmers Memorial Scholarship winners for 2017. Each winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship [...]