Conagra scholars named
Three people will receive scholarships of $2,000 each through the sponsorship of ConAgra Grain and Cropmate Retail Centres.
Kara Templeton, of Moose Jaw, Sask., Jennifer Felton, of Semans, Sask., and Audrey Tataryn, of Norquay, Sask., were selected from applicants in the service areas of ConAgra’s new grain terminals in Corinne, Nokomis and Yorkton.
Tataryn is going to the University of Alberta, and Felton and Templeton will attend the University of Saskatchewan. According to a ConAgra news release, each of them “demonstrated a commitment to community, a high level of academic achievement and a vision for the future of the agriculture sector.”
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All three students intend to work in the agriculture field and each submitted an essay on issues in grain production as part of the scholarship application process.
New flood commission
Five people in Manitoba have been appointed to the Manitoba Water Commission, to undertake a review of the 1997 Red River flood.
David Farlinger, a civil engineer, has been appointed commission chair. Other members are Margaret Hodgson, former mayor of Birtle; Florent Beaudette, reeve of the Rural Municipality of Montcalm; Don Burn, head of civil engineering at the University of Manitoba; and Lynn Chambers, formerly of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, Ducks Unlimited and Manitoba Agriculture.
The commission is expected to provide interim reports and then a final report including recommendations for enhancing flood fighting and flood proofing in the Red River Valley.
Cows needed
A four-year beef cow research project at the University of Alberta farm in Ellerslie, Alta., needs 200 cows.
The project is designed to study the differences between cows in winter feed costs. It is estimated that 70 to 75 percent of feed consumed by cows is used for fetal development and lactation, and evidence suggests the amount of feed required by individual cows can differ by as much as 50 percent.
The program will accept four to 10 cows per producer and those producers will pay an average industry daily feeding cost. More information is available from Koberstein by calling 403-361-1240 in Wetaskiwin, Alta.
Seed president
Lorne Johnston, of Eston, Sask., is the new president of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association. His two-year term began in mid-July.
Other members of the executive are first vice-president Jack Fotheringham, of Reston, Man., second vice-president Alex Connell, of Palmerston, Ont., past-president Graydon Bowman, of Thornloe, Ont., executive member Dwane Mellish, of Truro, N.S., and executive director Bill Robertson, of Ottawa, Ont.
