More Frontier Day Highlights : Regional Judging Competition, Showmanship, Purebred Results

4-H Judging Competition:

The  Frontier Days 4-H Regional Judging Competition will see the top eight participants moving on to the Provincial Competition next month.

Congratulations to all the members of this years regional team listed by club in no specific order:  Makaila Peutert, Aspen Blake and Will Rieder from the Mankota 4-H Club, Kelsey Schmitz, Emma Thomason, Rhyker Vangen, and Kashton Giraudier of the Ernfold 4-H Club and Cacey Toner.

AAFC Swift Current Research and Development Centre Field Tour set for July 4

The Swift Current Research and Development Centre is holding a Crops and Soils Field Day on Thursday, July 4.

Dr. Michelle Hubbard says the event is open to producers and will run from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on July 4th.

She says it will feature some of the work being done at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada facility.

"We'll see a number of trials, including one that I'm on, chickpea and flax intercropping. Then there is three trials led by Dr. Kui Liu an agronomist here, and three led by Dr. Mervin St. Luce, also an agronomist specializing in nitrogen."

Cereals Canada is looking at the future: A new building for Gate ( the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange)

Cereals Canada is a key player in promoting Canadian grains to the world, and working with international customers through market support and programming.

Canada's cereal industry is reported to have annual exports valued at over $10.8 billion to over 80 countries.

For over 50 years, Cereals Canada has provided global customers with production information and training, playing a critical role in helping customers understand grain quality and functionality while addressing and expanding market access and opportunities.

Cereals Canada releas Annual Report for 2023

Cereals Canada has released its 2023 Annual Report highlighting the organization's work around market access, market support and development and technical achievements. 

CEO Dean Dias says the release of the report is an exciting time because the staff has done some incredible work in support of the cereals value chain. 

He says Cereals Canada is responsible for work relating to wheat, barley, and oats in a number of areas like market access.

Frontier Days 4-H Steer Show and Sale

The 4-H Steer sale wrapped up the livestock events Saturday night at Frontier Days.

This year 94 steers sold for an average price of $4.41 a pound.

The high-selling steer owned by Cord Williamson of the Mankota 4-H Club sold to Nelson GM at Assiniboia for $6.25 per pound.

The Grand Champion steer in the sale was owned by Jesse Olson from the Wymark 4-H Club to Plewis Automotive for $5.30 per pound.

Frontier Days 4-H Judging Competition

The livestock area was a busy place during Frontier Days. 

4-Her's from around the South West taking over the Bernie Kemick Arena for most of the weekend. 

One of the events featured was the 4-H Judging Competition, where members had the opportunity to use what they learned about raising and showing an animal
and put it to the test by being on the other side as a judge. 

Topping the 4H Judging Competition in the Cloverbud class was Sloane Hanson from the Burnham 4-H Club.

The Junior Champion was Lane Wall from the Grazers 4-H Club

PIC is looking to fill a couple of key vacancies


Protein Industries Canada is looking for someone to take over its top role. 

Bill Greuel, who has been CEO of the organization since it was created in October of 2018, is leaving. He has accepted the position of Deputy Minister of Agriculture with the Government of Saskatchewan. is last day with Protein Industries Canada will be July 31,2024.

The board will announce the appointment of an interim CEO in the coming weeks while the search for a permanent CEO is underway.

Manitoba Crop Alliance is looking for farmers to take an active role

Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) is looking to fill a number of vacancies on its four crop committees.

Nominations are now being accepted for delegates to fill four open positions on each of the corn, flax, and sunflower committees, as well as five open positions on the wheat and barley committees.

CEO Pam de Rocquigny says they take great pride in the collaborative, farmer-driven nature of our organization.