4-H winners
Six senior 4-H members from Saskatchewan emerged as the top overall winners at the 2006 Provincial 4-H Judging Competition, held Aug. 12-13 in Swift Current.
The winning members were Brianna Mager of Saskatoon (Vanscoy Multiple 4-H Club); Helen Hanbidge of Saskatoon (Saskatoon 4-H Beef Club); Mat Vedress of Prince Albert (Spruce Home Multiple 4-H Club); Marcella Hamilton of Semans (Semans Multiple 4-H Club); Nathan Trowell of Saltcoats (Yorkton Multiple 4-H Club) and Chance Rothwell of Shellbrook (Wild Rose 4-H Beef Club).
The winners will form the Saskatchewan 4-H judging team that advances to the International 4-H Judging Seminar at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina in November.
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New Monsanto head
Monsanto Canada has appointed Sean Gardner as vice-president and general manager of its Canadian business operations.
In addition to leading Canada’s business opertions, Gardner will sit on Monsanto’s North American leadership team and play a co-ordinating role with the company’s management group based in St. Louis, Missouri, to reinforce the long-term strategic importance of canola to the overall Canadian business.
Gardner has lived in Winnipeg since 2005, where he served as Monsanto Canada’s trait and seed commercial lead for Western Canada. He previously served as Monsanto’s country lead for the Mediterranean area.
Gardner joined Monsanto as part of the PBI Cambridge acquisition in 1998 and has worked as a Roundup marketing manager in St. Louis; a business team lead for western Kansas and Colorado and as Roundup product director for Europe-Africa.
Forage council website
The Manitoba Forage Council has revamped its website.
The new site, located at www.mb
foragecouncil.mb.ca/default.aspx, contains recent reports on the council’s research and communication projects. Viewers can also download proceedings from the council’s main conferences: the Manitoba Forage Symposium and Manitoba Grazing School.
The website has several pages dedicated to forage and hay marketing activities, including information on provincial hay marketers and processors, hay transport information and hay auction marts. Manitoba grazing clubs are also listed.
Fairs get funding
The federal government will contribute $1.15 million to the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions in support of its Consumer Protection Programs for Farm Animal Contact at Fairs, Exhibitions and Shows program.
The funding will allow the association to deliver training programs aimed at reducing the risk of E. coli outbreaks and protecting consumers at events where humans come in contact with farm animals.
The project’s primary focus is to deliver training workshops to individual fair, exhibition and show operators but will also provide resource materials and follow-up training for program participants.
