Farm Management Canada has announced that Steve Funk is the 2023 recipient of the Wilson Loree Award. Recently retired, he’s been a leading authority on AgriStability and other business risk management programs in Canada.
Paul Bosc Senior, an early adopter of many production techniques in the Ontario grape industry, has passed at the age of 88. The Grape Growers of Ontario Award of Merit was presented to him in 2017.
Brothers Brad & Travis Hopcott, cranberry growers from Pitt Meadows, BC were one of two national winners from seven regional farmers at Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer national event held November 22-26, 2023.
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board honoured four of its leaders at its fall banquet on November 24. One of them was assistant general manager, Brenda Simmons, who has retired after 25 years of service.
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