Canary seed officials; SAGA gives honours
Canary seed officials
Directors at the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan have re-elected Andreas Schaefer of Riceton, Sask., as commission chair and Glenn Byrnes as vice-chair.
Larry Frisky of Aborfield, Sask., was named a new board member. He will join existing directors Vince Walker of Tisdale, Sask., Jack Carlson of Kyle, Sask., and Kurtis Nunweiler of Elrose, Sask.
The commission is focusing its effort on gaining approval for human consumption and developing related markets. Right now, the crop is used solely for bird feed.
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SAGA gives honours
The Saskatchewan Agriculture Graduates Association (SAGA) has presented honorary life memberships to Don Tait and Ken Kirkland.
Tait, who farms at Elrose, Sask., graduated from the School of Agriculture in 1955 and is recognized as a supporter of the pulse crop industry.
He was a key organizer of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Association and the Pulse Crop Development Board, organizations which led to the formation of the Western Canada Pulse Growers Association.
He was also involved with the Canada-Saskatchewan Agri-Food Innovation Fund and the Saskatchewan Food Council and served as an adviser to the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan and as a member of the Standards Committee of the Canadian Grain Commission.
Tait received an honorary life membership from the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists and was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Kirkland, originally from Star City, Sask., obtained his bachelor degree in agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan in 1971 and his Master’s degree in continuing education in 1972.
He worked at the U of S as an associate professor of crop science and later moved to the Agriculture Canada Research Farm at Scott, Sask., where he served as weed scientist and superintendent.
In 1996, he became research manager of both the Scott and Melfort, Sask., research farms until his retirement in 2000.
Kirkland’s research had implications in the areas of herbicide efficacy, surface application of herbicides without soil incorporation and pre-harvest control of perennial weeds.
Kirkland has received the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists Distinguished Agrologist Award and the Canadian Weed Science Society Excellence in Weed Science.
He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2002 and lives near Vegreville, Alta.
