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Philipe Laurendeau and Kristinia Roarke, Quebec’s OYF regional finalists, are expanding a well-run dairy operation.

Canada’s OYF: Quebec nominees

Philippe Laurendeau and Kristina Roarke have worked hard to build a dairy farm

By Lee Hart November 21, 2018

They are not the biggest dairy operation in the country, but Philippe Laurendeau and Kristina Roarke from Ferme L’Authentic near Warwick, Quebec have accomplished much in eight short years, going from city life to milking a high producing 75-head dairy herd. Their hard work and success over less than a decade, earned them recognition earlier […] Read more

Jordan and Alex McKay of Port Perry, Ontario and families produce fruit, vegetables and meat for direct-to-consumer sales.

Fruit/Vegetables, News

Canada’s OYF: Ontario nominees

Brothers Jordan and Alex McKay embrace change and diversification

By Angela Lovell November 20, 2018

Diversification has been key to the success of Jordan and Alex McKay’s family farm at Port Perry, Ontario and is a big reason the brothers have been named as Ontario’s 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers (OFY). Willowtree Farm is a third-generation farm that started out as a dairy operation until 1979 when the McKay’s parents grew […] Read more

Craig and Jinel Ference of Kirremuir Alta., have developed a large mixed-farming operation.

Livestock, News

Canada’s OYF: Alberta nominees

Craig and Jinel Ference relied on diversity to overcome challenges

By Geoff Geddes November 19, 2018

If you thought your career had a rocky start, imagine returning home to a cow-calf farm in 2003 and being greeted with the industry-changing BSE crisis. As it turns out, Craig and Jinel Ference, the Alberta winners of the Outstanding Young Farmer (OYF) award, don’t have to imagine it; they lived it. When they met […] Read more

Jordan and Jennifer Lindgren, OYF Saskatchewan regional finalists with family-run large grain farming operation.

Crops, News

Canada’s OYF: Saskatchewan nominees

Saskatchewan farmers Jordan and Jennifer Lindgren make family a priority

By Geoff Geddes November 16, 2018

While some industries are dominated by a few large companies, agriculture in Canada is still planted firmly on the family farm. Nowhere is that more evident than at the home of Jordan and Jennifer Lindgren, the 2018 winners of the Saskatchewan Outstanding Young Farmer (OYF) Award. On their 11,500-acre grain and oilseed farm near Norquay […] Read more

Tyler MacNaughton and Sacha Bentall, OYF B.C. regional finalists, producing pasture-to-plate livestock.

Livestock, News

Canada’s OYF: British Columbia nominees

Tyler McNaughton and Sacha Bentall produce pasture-finished livestock

By Geoff Geddes November 15, 2018

Tyler McNaughton and Sacha Bentall aren’t afraid to try something different as they develop their farming operation in southeastern B.C. The winners of the B.C.’s regional finalists for the 2018 Outstanding Young Farmer (OYF) Award took on some different ag enterprises in an area long established as a beef-cattle ranching region. Despite expected start-up challenges […] Read more

Brooks and Jen White of Pierson, Manitoba fencing near Bison pasture.

News

PHOTOS: Manitoba hosting 2018 OYF celebration

Nominees, alumni and guests to gather in Winnipeg

By Lee Hart November 15, 2018

Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer (OYF) program is again making the point this November in Manitoba — that good farm operators are good farm operators whether it be producing pasture-pigs in B.C., grain, cattle or bison on the Prairies, or seed potatoes in New Brunswick. It’s all about hard work, good management and commitment to the […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Sask. and QC couples earn national OYF honours

Working with natural systems appeals to OYF-winning diversified producers

By Lee Hart January 12, 2018

What’s the world coming to? When it comes to well managed farming operations recognized as Outstanding Young Farmers it appears to be leaning toward a natural field cropping operation in Saskatchewan and an organic market garden operation in Quebec. Derek and Tannis Axten of Axten Farms Ltd. near Minton, Sask., and Véronique Bouchard and François Handfield of Mont-Tremblant, […] Read more

(2nd from left) Derek & Tannis Axten of Axten Farms of Minton, Sask. and François Handfield & Véronique Bouchard of Ferme aux petits oignons at Mont-Tremblant, Que. Photo: Bruce Sargent

Crops

Winners of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2017 celebrated

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 6, 2017

National winners for Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer for 2017 were awarded on Dec. 1 to Derek & Tannis Axten of Axten Farms in Minton, Sask., and Véronique Bouchard & François Handfield of Ferme aux petits oignons at Mont-Tremblant, Que. “Once again, the seven regional finalists exceeded our expectations as innovative, forward thinking, young agricultural leaders. […] Read more

Dusty Zamecnik hopes to lead Canadian greenhouse operators into winter strawberry production.

Features, Fruit/Vegetables

Canada’s OYF: Nominees from Ontario

Dusty Zamecnik puts heart into diversified berries and beer operation

By Lee Hart December 1, 2017

Getting and keeping Canadian greenhouse operators into the winter strawberry production business is a passion for Ontario farmer Dusty Zamecnik. And he’s not just focused on Canadian berry production — that’s already gaining some ground in Ontario, and B.C. with a small start in Alberta. But, some of the 16 million strawberry plants he produces […] Read more

Brent and Kirsty Oswald, along with their children Taylor, 9, and Brenden, 6, run a mixed dairy and grain farm near Steinbeck, Man.

Dairy Cattle, Features

Canada’s OYF: Nominees from Manitoba

Brent and Kirsty Oswald are always looking for dairy efficiencies

By Angela Lovell November 30, 2017

Dairy farmers, Brent and Kirsty Oswald have been chosen as Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2017. Brent, 35 and Kirsty, 31 operate Cottonwood Holsteins Ltd., a third-generation mixed grain and dairy farm near Steinbach. The Oswalds milk 140 cows and seed just under 2,500 acres of grain land. Their focus has always been on getting better […] Read more

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