Nuffield scholarship applications open
April 30 is the deadline for applying for a 2016 Canadian Nuffield farming scholarship.
Three $15,000 scholarships are available. They are awarded to individuals with a desire to expand their agricultural knowledge, pursue new ideas and share findings with others.
Applicants should be in mid-career, between the ages of 30 and 45, although exceptions are made, and must have at least five years agricultural business or farming experience.
Recipients can come from any field of agriculture and be owners, managers, employees, administrators or bureaucrats.
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Successful applicants will be chosen and notified by Aug. 15.
A key part of the scholarship is the opportunity for winners to study a topic of interest to themselves by travelling. The scholar must travel for at least 10 weeks, with a minimum leg of six consecutive weeks.
For more information, visit www.nuffield.ca.
National Wildlife Week
The Saskatchewan government joined the Canadian Wildlife Federation and the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation to recognize National Wildlife Week April 5-11.
The theme focused on wild migrations in honour of the late Jack Miner, one the founders of Canada’s conservation movement.
Miner is recognized for saving the Canada goose from extinction.
The Canadian Wildlife Federation used the week to highlight the migratory journeys of Canada’s wildlife, including 20 currently at-risk species.
According to the 2012 Canadian Nature Survey, more than 80 percent of Canadians annually participate in nature-based activities and spend more than $40 billion annually on those activities.
SaskPower appoints new president
M.J. (Mike) Marsh is the new president of SaskPower. He has been acting president since October.
Marsh’s 24 years of experience in the company spans business and financial planning to responsibility for all operational issues.
He was appointed vice-president of transmission and distribution in March 2007.
Marsh graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in mechanical engineering and earned a master’s degree in business administration from Queen’s School of Business.
Aggie Days exhibit focused on food production
New exhibits were showcased during this year’s Aggie Days at the Calgary Stampede in a continued long-term effort to bridge the urban and rural divide.
This year’s focus was on how food gets from the farm to the table and emphasizes the relationship between agriculture and energy.
New initiatives included interactive displays that focused on growing food in a sustainable yet delicious way, a modern tractor simulator that allowed people to take the wheel and the launch of a new educational graphic novel in the Chase Duffy series.
Aggie Days ran April 8-12.
Apiary developing energy drink with honey
Ash Apiaries, the second largest processor of liquid and creamed honey in Manitoba, is working with the Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie to develop a line of natural honey-sweetened energy beverages.
Brent Ash, manager and co- owner of Ash Apiaries, said the new drink will be made with fruit juice and sweetened with honey, while containing low levels of caffeine.
Ash Apiaries is a family operated honey producer and processor located in Gilbert Plains, Man. It was founded in 1972 by Floyd and Peggy Ash with 200 bee colonies, and has grown to more than 8,000 colonies now run by the couple and their three sons: Brent, Grant and Bryan.
The drink project is supported through Growing Forward 2.
