Excellence award offered for ag students
The 2015-16 Excellence Award for Agricultural Students is open across Canada until May 6.
Farm Management Canada and the Canadian Association of Diploma in Agriculture Programs launched the national competition, which is designed to help students improve their critical thinking, communication and leadership skills.
Three scholarships will be awarded to further education in agriculture.
Students can submit a multimedia presentation, video, Twitter chat, blog or Wiki responding to the question: “What top three priorities should Canada’s agricultural industry focus on in order to be a leading agricultural body going forward? How will you, as a new graduate, positively contribute to these priorities?”
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For more information, visit www.fmc-gac.com.
Business management award seeks nominations
Farm Management Canada will accept nominations until Oct. 16 for the 2015 Wilson Loree Award.
Individuals or groups can be nominated.
The award honours contributions to developing and promoting new and positive change in agricultural business management practices in Canada.
The winner will be announced at the Agricultural Excellence Conference Nov. 26.
For more information, visit www.fmc-gac.com.
Funding available for work placements
Federated Co-operatives Ltd. will provide $500,000 over the next five years for the Edwards School of Business Co-operative Education Program at the University of Saskatchewan.
The program will give business students at the U of S more opportunities to gain work experience while completing their degree.
Those benefitting from the funding include third-year bachelor of commerce and first-year master of business administration students.
FCL has supported the program by hiring 46 students for eight-month, full-time placements.
The current employment rate for Edwards co-op alumni is 100 percent, with 19 alumni becoming permanent FCL employees.
Fusarium survey underway
Alberta Agriculture has launched a survey to better understand where fusarium graminearum is located.
The pathogen continues to cause problems in cereals and corn throughout the Prairies.
There have been indications that the disease’s distribution might have changed over the past four years.
Agricultural field workers in counties and municipalities have been taking samples of wheat heads across the provinces. Samples are then sent to the Canadian Grain Commission, where the fusarium species is determined.
The samples are also being tested for mycotoxin contamination.
For more information, visit 310-FARM(3276).
Egg Producers Donate To Food Bank
Saskatchewan Egg Producers recently donated 85 boxes of eggs to the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre.
A food bank executive said the fresh eggs were a special donation that they look forward to each year.
Eggs are highly nutritious and can help stretch the contents of a typical food basket.
