July 1-3: Rocky Mountain dairy goat show, Okotoks, Alta. (Danin Brown, 403-553-4565, Daniel Lawton, 403-693-0201, Leila Cranswick, 403-938-9249)
July 1-Aug. 2: Cowboys for Wishes Inc. Wish Trek Trail Ride, starting from Calgary and arriving in Prince Albert,Sask., 306-763-5939 or 306-763-1906
July 2-3: Olde Tyme Fiddle Festival, Govan, Sask., 800-585-2115
July 2-4: Focus on 4-H goat show, North-lands Park, Edmonton (Cindy Walker, 780-942-2757)
July 2-9: Fibre Week, Olds College, Olds, Alta. (Glennis Tober, 780-963-4336)
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July 3-4: Saskatchewan Combined Driving Club two-day driving trial, Ebon Stables, Saskatoon (Deb Kelln, 306-492-2447)
July 4: Saskatchewan Peruvian Horse Club demonstration day, Muskoday rodeo grounds, 20 kilometres southeast of Prince Albert, Sask. (Marion, 306-764-1780 days, PJ Soles, 306- 929-2350)
July 4: Wood Mountain wagon train gathers at Fife Lake, Sask., and arrives at Wood Mountain July 9, 306-642-5236, evenings
July 4: West National Angora goat show, Olds College, Olds, Alta. (Glennis Tober, 780-963-4336)
July 7-8: Dairy and Boer goat show, Yorkton, Sask. (Nola Rossow, 306-925-4509)
July 7-9: Summer rodeo school, bull, bareback, barrel racing, rodeo grounds, Nanton, Alta. (Keith Pickerill, 403-646-0021)
July 8: Canola Day, Seager Wheeler National Historic Farm, Rosthern, Sask., 306-232-5959
July 9-12: Prairieland Junior Ag Showcase, Prairieland Park, Saskatoon (Donna Bohrson, 306-931-7149)
July 10: Sanctioned dairy goat show, Virden, Man. (Susan Frazer, 204-568-4516)
July 10-11: Alberta Sheep and Wool Commission sheep shearing course, Ponoka, Alta. (ASWC, 403-948-8533 or 310-0000)
July 10-11: Pion-Era 2004, Western Development Museum, Saskatoon (WDM, 306-931-1910)
July 13: Treasure Valley Markets field day, Cadillac, Sask. (Linda Metke, 306-785-4602)
July 14-15: Trade show, recreational centre and curling rink, St. Paul, Alta., 780-645-6800
July 14-17: Colonial Days Fair, exhibition grounds, Lloydminster (Mike Sidoryk, 306-825-5571)
July 15: Saskatchewan Alfalfa Seed Producers Association field day, Hudson Bay, Sask. (Wayne Goerzen, 306-651-7275)
July 16-17: Saskatchewan Elk Velvet Classic, Melfort, Sask. (Maria Bartok, 306-782-6500)
July 16-18: Manitoba Ranch Rodeo Competition, Arborg, Man. (Betty Comberbach, 204-376-2401 or Roxanne Nordal, 204-376-2137)
July 17: Sanctioned dairy goat show, Selkirk,Man. (Ken Hutton, 204-738-4436)
Food processors directory
The Saskatchewan Food Processors Association has issued its 2004-05 membership directory.
The 16-page booklet lists 200 Saskatchewan food companies that have SFPA memberships or associate memberships. The list contains contact information for each member and describes each company’s products.
More information on SFPA programs can be obtained by visiting www.sfpa.sk.ca. For copies of the directory, phone the SFPA at 306-683-2410.
Communication award
Farm Credit Canada chief executive officer John Ryan has won the 2004 EXCEL Excellence in Communication Leadership award.
Sponsored by the International Association of Business Communicators, the award recognizes CEOs who champion effective communication throughout their organizations.
Ryan, originally from Mulgrave, N.S., joined FCC in 1997. He is an active leader of the corporation’s external communications programs, speaking at key agricultural events and meeting with industry partners, customers and producer groups across Canada.
He received the award at the IABC’s international conference in Los Angeles on June 7, where he addressed more than 1,400 delegates.
Fertilizer institute award
Richard Lussier has won the Canadian Fertilizer Institute’s 2003 Prairie Provinces Certified Crop Adviser of the Year award.
The Agricore United agronomist provides agronomic consulting to company staff and clients in the Peace River region. His areas of interest include improving forage seed production, developing now-standard techniques that better predict and manage potential problems with herbicide residues, and maintaining a strong network among researchers, agronomist and growers.
Lussier studied at the University of Alberta and has been a certified crop adviser, or CCA, since 1997. He is based in Grande Prairie, Alta.
The CCA program is a professional certification that is designed to improve the skills of individuals working in the crop production, fertilizer, soil conservation and pest management industries.
