Top pulse promoter; Mustard chair; Jersey scholarship;
Top pulse promoter
Ray McVicar has been selected by the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers as the 2008 BASF Pulse Promoter of the Year.
McVicar, manager of crop production technology with Saskatchewan Agriculture, was raised on a livestock and grain farm near Colonsay, Sask., and obtained a bachelor of science in agriculture from the University of Saskatchewan.
After university, he worked for Hoechst Canada, and later became sales manager for Cyanamid Canada.
McVicar has been committed to developing the Canadian pulse and special crops industry. He has served on various pulse committees and has submitted more than 20 minor or emergency use registration requests for pulses and other crops. He now serves as the provincial minor use co-ordinator and is director of the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists.
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The annual pulse promoter award is sponsored by BASF Canada, and is presented to a candidate who has made outstanding contributions to the Canadian pulse industry.
Mustard chair
Baine Fritzler of Govan, Sask., has been re-elected chair of the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission.
Fitzler, entering his second year as president, will be joined on the commission executive by vice-chair Patrick Ackerman of Chamberlain, Sask., and treasurer David Pederson of Hawarden, Sask. Other board members include Rene de Moissac, Tom Burwell of Saskatoon and Errol Simington of Kincaid, Sask.
Jersey scholarship
Jersey Canada’s youth committee has awarded a $500 scholarship to Katelyn Graye of St.Pierre-Jolys, Man.
It is awarded to deserving students who are involved in the Jersey industry and are pursuing post-secondary education. Graye is a second year student at the University of Manitoba, pursuing a degree in agribusiness.
Her family has raised Jersey cattle for many years and parents Matthew and Debbie Graye moved their herd from New Brunswick to Manitoba four years ago.
Graye has had Jerseys as 4-H project animals on several occasions. She has attended the Youth Classic show at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto four times and represented Manitoba at the 2006 National 4-H Members Conference in Toronto.
This year, she will represent Manitoba on the provincial judging team at the National 4-H Judging Competition at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina in November. She plans to pursue a career in the dairy industry after completing her degree.
