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Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers heading to Edmonton for 2015 national event

September 17, 2015 - Six entrepreneurial farm couples from across Canada are travelling to Edmonton in November to vie for top recognition as Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) at the organization’s annual national event. 

These regional honourees have been chosen from their home regions, and will present highlights of their operations at the national event. Bringing together OYF alumni and the larger agricultural industry, OYF’s event includes a special forum and concludes with a gala banquet to announce Canada’s 2015 national OYF winners. 

The day-long OYF event is open to the public and includes an information forum entitled “Working with the ones you love” and will be at the Marriott River Cree Resort & Casino at Enoch, Alberta on the outskirts of Edmonton.

Pre-registration is available at www.oyfcanada.com and includes the forum, lunch, honouree presentations and awards gala. Honourees presenting for the 2015 event include: David and Sara Simmons, Little Rapid, NL; Mike and Amy Cronin, Bluevale, ON; Christian Bilodeau and Annie Sirois, St-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, QC; Mark and Cori Pawluk, Birtle, MB; Jeff and Ebony Prosko, Rose Valley, SK and Patrick and Cherylynn Bos, Ponoka, AB. Two of these regional winners will be chosen at the awards gala as Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2015.

Tickets must be purchased to attend the awards gala. Pre-registration is required to attend the OYF event in person – forum/lunch/presentations are $75 per person, awards gala are $100 per person, and forum/lunch/presentations/awards gala are $175 per person.

Ticket prices do not include applicable tax and can be ordered at www.oyfcanada.com. Celebrating 35 years, Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers’ program is an annual competition to recognize farmers that exemplify excellence in their profession and promote the tremendous contribution of agriculture. Open to participants 18 to 39 years of age, making the majority of income from on-farm sources, participants are selected from seven regions across Canada, with two national winners chosen each year.

The program is sponsored nationally by CIBC, John Deere, Bayer CropScience, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The national media sponsor is Annex Business Media, and the program is supported nationally by AdFarm, BDO and Farm Management Canada.

September 17, 2015  By Potatoes in Canada