Ontario farm show gets permanent site
The 100-acre site for Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont., will become its permanent home next year.
Glacier FarmMedia, parent company to the annual farm show, will work with the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario to buy the site and lease some adjacent lands.
The sale is expected to be finalized in 2021.
Securing the land will ensure the show remains at the present location.
Glacier FarmMedia also plans to establish Discovery Farm Woodstock, an applied research facility.
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It will focus on applied research on sustainability and soil health using an in-field and classroom framework.
Future plans for the outdoor show and demonstration site include establishing a sustainability and soil health centre.
More information is at discoveryfarm.ca and outdoorfarmshow.com.
John Deere scholarships announced
Twelve 4-H members from across Canada are the recipients of the 2020 John Deere Canada 4-H Scholarship.
Each recipient receives $1,000 toward their post-secondary education in a degree, certificate, or trade-based program for the upcoming academic year.
- Amanda McGillivray of British Columbia — bachelor of arts, psychology at the University of Victoria
- Kaylie Krys of Alberta — bachelor of science, agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan
- Julie Sharp of Alberta — bachelor of science, agriculture at the U of S
- Morgan Lehman of Saskatchewan — bachelor of science, agriculture at the U of S
- Oksana Iwanchysko of Manitoba — bachelor of science, agriculture at the University of Manitoba
- Maggie-Jo Hickson of Ontario — bachelor of science, agriculture at the University of Guelph
- Matthew Sterling from Ontario — mechanical engineering technology, robotics and automation at Conestoga College
- Ryley Keenan of Quebec — health science at Champlain Regional College
- Brianna Forbes of New Brunswick — bachelor of science at the University of New Brunswick
- Morgan Hussey of Nova Scotia — bachelor of business administration at Crandall University
- Kirsten Kouwenberg from Prince Edward Island — bachelor of science, agriculture at Dalhousie University
- Kate Pelley from Newfoundland and Labrador — bachelor of arts at Memorial University
