Scholarship created to honour Cam Brown

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Published: August 12, 2010

Cam Brown, a recent inductee into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame, has had a scholarship set up for him by the Red River Exhibition Association.

Brown, a long-time vice-president at Feed-Rite Mills and director at Ridley Inc., wore many hats during his career in agriculture.

He also worked as field supervisor for Manitoba Pool Elevators, was a director of research at the Rapeseed Association of Canada and was director of market development for the Canadian Wheat Board.

Brown, who was raised on a mixed farm in St. Vital, Man. and graduated from the University of Manitoba with a MSc. in 1955, was inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame July 15.

The Cam Brown Agricultural Scholarship will be available to Manitoba students studying agriculture at the undergraduate level.

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Robert Arnason

Robert Arnason

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Robert Arnason is a reporter with The Western Producer and Glacier Farm Media. Since 2008, he has authored nearly 5,000 articles on anything and everything related to Canadian agriculture. He didn’t grow up on a farm, but Robert spent hundreds of days on his uncle’s cattle and grain farm in Manitoba. Robert started his journalism career in Winnipeg as a freelancer, then worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Nipawin, Saskatchewan and Fernie, BC. Robert has a degree in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in LSJF – Long Suffering Jets’ Fan.

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