Ryan and Romy Schill, of Circle R Livestock and Revolution Wool Co., have been named Ontario’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2025. Based near Wallenstein, Ont., Ryan and Romy raise about 700 ewes consisting of purebred Dorset ewes, Dorset-Rideau crosses and maternal crosses in a housed system. The Schills manage the flock through an accelerated lambing… Read More
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Welcome to this special Friday edition of RealAg Radio recorded at the Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer’s program! Brought to you by John Deere, Bayer, CIBC, CN Rail, Sollio Agriculture, and Meridian Manufacturing, host Shaun Haney was on hand to deliver a keynote address focused on the under-40 crowd. For today’s show, Haney speaks with: Steven… Read More
The year’s Outstanding Young Farmers were named this past weekend, in a virtual event December 1st to 3rd, 2021. Winners for the west and east are Raymond and Tracey Bredenhof, of R&T Poultry & Bredenhof Hops in Abbotsford, B.C., and Jenny Butcher and Wes Kuntz, Little Brown Cow Dairy, Brantford, Ont. For the last 41 years, this… Read More
Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers regional nominees have been announced and the national event is set to take place December 2 and 3. The program recognizes farmers between 18 and 39 from any area of agriculture, with a few criteria. Carla Kaeding, COYF program manager, says that outstanding young farmers are people that excel in agriculture,… Read More