4-H awards scholarships
4-H Canada has awarded its 2023 TD 4-H Agriculture Scholarships to 12 young leaders from across Canada.
Each will receive $3,000 to pursue post-secondary studies in the field of agriculture, agricultural science or agricultural business beginning this fall.
The recipients are:
- Karsten Grabler, Cherhill, Alta., agricultural sustainability, Lakeland College
- Kinley Baier, Compeer, Alta., animal science technology: beef science, Lakeland College
- Lucia Johnston, 150 Mile House, B.C., applied sustainable ranching diploma, Thompson Rivers University
- Grace Van Buekenhout, Dauphin, Man., bachelor of science (food science), University of Manitoba
- Alexander Versloot, Keswick Ridge, N.B., business management-dairy farming, Dalhousie University
- Matthew Bishop, Round Hill, N.S., business management-dairy farming, Dalhousie University
- James Rand, Port Williams, N.S., bachelor of science in animal science, Dalhousie University
- Doug Archer, Mount Pleasant, Ont., bachelor of science in agriculture, University of Guelph
- Kaylee Wells, Jasper, Ont., bachelor of science in agriculture, University of Guelph
- Brooklyn Ziebarth, Pakenham, Ont., bachelor of science in agriculture, University of Guelph
- Devyn Tomolak, Aberdeen, Sask., bachelor of science in agribusiness, University of Saskatchewan
- Caitlyn Spratt, Melfort, Sask., bachelor of science in animal bioscience, University of Saskatchewan.
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The Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA) member companies are investigating more than 630 claims of crop damage from storms that occurred Aug. 14-28.
CCHA chair Scott McQueen, of Palliser Insurance, said Alberta and Manitoba had spotty hailstorms with damage ranging from light to severe, while storm activity in Saskatchewan remained slow.
He said growers should leave adequate sample crops in the field for adjusters to examine.
Regional storm damage
Crops damaged: Canola, wheat, barley, chickpeas, corn, fababeans, lentils, market garden, mustard, oats, peas, potatoes, rye, triticale.
Communities impacted: Wainwright, Vermilion, Coutts, Caroline, Eckville, Bentley, Lacombe, Botha, Forestburg, Sedgewick, Irma, Camrose, Warburg, Gadsby.
Crops damaged: Canola, wheat, barley, oats, soybeans, lentils.
Communities impacted include: Pense, Delisle, Etonia, Herschel, Wilkie, Northbattelford, Macklin, Herschel, Francis, Carlyle, Lampman, Alameda, Oxbow, Tisdale, Gronlid, Moose Jaw, Frontier, Glen Ewen, Frobisher.
Crops damaged: Wheat, canola, soybeans, cereals, grain corn, field peas, canola, sunflowers, flax, edible beans, grain corn.
Communities impacted include: Minitonas, Birch River, Virden, Snowflake, Balmoral, Rosser, Oakbank, Sperling, Carman, Dugald, Crystal City, Roland, Carman, St Andrew, Bowsman, Winkler, Amaranth.
For more information and past reports: cropinsuranceincanada.org.
