Recognizing those who have come before in any field is a practice that reminds an industry how it got where it is today. The number of agricultural graduates is growing. As the field’s demands rise and the current crop of practitioners ages, the opportunities expand. Every year the University of Saskatchewan’s ag grads recognize some […] Read more
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Part-time rancher wins Stampede carcass prize
Ryan Gilchrist’s sideline business of raising and showing steers has earned him a dandy paycheque. His Shorthorn influenced steer won the grand champion carcass award at the Calgary Stampede steer show. While the red roan stood middle of the class during the live show, once the hide was off, graders gave it the top quality […] Read more
Officials who helped shape industry enter Ag Hall of Fame
Maurice Delage, Thelma Howard, Carol Teichrob and Graham Simpson were inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon, Aug. 5. Maurice Delage was an industry leader in the crop protection business, serving as chief executive officer of Hoechst Canada, AgrEvo and Aventis CropScience, now Bayer CropScience. In 1982, […] Read more
Professor taught real life agriculture
Linking classroom to field | Ed Tyrchniewicz shared real world experiences with his students
Growing up on a farm on the outskirts of Winnipeg in the 1940s and 1950s, Ed Tyrchniewicz knew he wanted to have a career in agriculture. But like most people in their late teens, Tyrchniewicz had no idea what he would do for a career or how agriculture would fit into his life. That is, […] Read moreHall of Fame inductees’ work recognized
Other inductees of the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2012: Wilf Chegwin of Shoal Lake, Man., who died in 2010, was one of the first people in Manitoba to import Simmental cattle from France. He served as director for the Canadian and Manitoba Simmental associations and showed Simmental and Limousin cattle at shows from […] Read more
