Researcher and agrologist Guy Lafond will be inducted into the Sask-atchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame Aug. 2., along with with David Sefton, Alex Kennedy, Gary Jones, Elvin Haupstein and Dale Montgomery.
The annual induction ceremony will take place at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon Aug. 2 at 7 p.m.
Lafond, an Agriculture Canada researcher, who died last year, is being recognized for his impact on soil conservation and improvements to prairie agricultural practices.
The direct seeding and reduced tillage pioneer delivered his findings and production strategies to producers for more than 30 years.
The benefits of Lafond’s work, based at Indian Head, Sask., spread beyond the region, becoming the practices that are now the norm in dryland agriculture around the world.
