Forage award; Colleges receive funding; Ag Foundation executive; FCC funds 4-H
Forage award
The Saskatchewan Forage Council has presented its annual forage industry innovation award to Bazil Fritz.
Fritz, who worked as a provincial forage and livestock specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, believed that perennial forages play an important role in profitable livestock operations and focused on the economics of grazing livestock production.
He has also worked on forage and grazing projects in Ukraine and China and has hosted international delegations to Canada to show how agronomic practices are implemented and how extension is conducted in Canada.
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Colleges receive funding
St. Peter’s College in Muenster, Sask., and Carlton Trail Regional College in Humboldt, Sask., will receive more than $13 million from the federal and Saskatchewan governments to provide new educational and training opportunities.
The provincial government will contribute $3 million to St. Peter’s and $2.1 million to Carlton Trail, while the federal government will contribute $8 million to both colleges. As well, the colleges raised more than $3 million on their own.
The two colleges have set up a transition board to develop a plan for future partnerships, which will consist of representatives from both colleges and an observer from the provincial government.
Ag Foundation executive
The Investment Agriculture Foundation of British Columbia has a new executive.
Stuart Wilson, who returns as chair, represents the post farmgate sector. He was a long-time employee of Agriculture Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and has also worked for food processing companies.
Derek Janzen, who continues as vice-chair, runs a poultry farm and chicken trucking company.
Peter Levelton, who becomes treasurer, is a nursery operator and represents the greenhouse, floriculture and nursery sectors.
Gay Hahn, who becomes secretary, is president of an organic milk dairy farm.
The foundation manages and distributes federal and provincial funding to support innovative projects in the agriculture and food industry.
FCC funds 4-H
Farm Credit Canada has committed $250,000 per year for the next four years to the FCC 4-H 4-Ever program, which it runs with the Canadian 4-H Council.
The program was started in 2006 as a way to raise awareness of 4-H and increase membership.
FCC and the 4-H council have expanded the program this year by developing a new initiative to provide club-level funding and support. Rural 4-H clubs will be able to apply for funding through the council.
For more information, visit www.4-h-canada.ca/forever.
New partnership features grassroots support and increased visibility for 4-H.
