Today’s Farmer

September 2020 Today’s Farmer

Drone enthusiast heads up Lambton County Federation of agriculture. Gary Martin brings some diverse talents to the role.

Harry and Shirley Buurma presented with 2015 Outstanding Farmer Award

Shirley and Harry Buurma are this year’s recipients of the Lambton County Outstanding Farmer of the Year Award. The annual award, which is hosted jointly by the Lambton County Soil and Crop Improvement Association, Parkland Farms and the St. Clair

LFA Donates $15,000 to Proposed Children’s Safety Village

The Lambton Federation of Agriculture (LFA) has made a significant donation to a proposed Lambton County Children’s Safety Village. At its recent annual general meeting, LFA director and its representative on the Lambton County Children’s Safety Village committee, Debbie Gilliard

Lambton Ag Hall of Fame Inducts Two Members

The Lambton Agricultural Hall of Fame committee recently honoured two well-known Lambton County farmers by adding their names to their growing roster of outstanding agriculturalists.

Enniskillen Student Receives Women’s Institute Scholarship

Emily Opthof, 19, of Enniskillen Township was the recipient of this year’s Women’s Institute of Lambton County Scholarship. Making the presentation at the annual meeting of the Lambton Federation of Agriculture, Women’s Institute member Ann McGugan noted that to be

For Martien Kusters, getting into the dairy goat business was a matter of pleasure and practicality. The 24-year-old Lambton County resident has kept goats, the dwarf type, for about as long as he can remember. They have also provided a

Warwick Farmer Presented with Life-time Conservation Achievement Award

Warwick farmer George Cornelisson has been singled out for a life-time achievement award from the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA). OSCIA provincial director Chad Anderson noted that in recognition of the OSCIA’s 75th anniversary, the organization’s executive decided

Don and Irene VanGorkum named 2014 Outstanding Farmer of the Year

Brooke-Alvinston farmers Don and Irene VanGorkum were chosen as recipients of the 2014 Outstanding Farmer of the Year Award in recognition of the long commitment to implementing conservation practices on their farm. Making the presentation at the annual meeting of

Plowing Tradition in Lambton Alive and Well

“Pride in plowing is alive and well in Lambton County.“ Those were the words Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MP Bev Shipley used in a letter to Lambton County Plowmen’s Association chair Dennis Bryson praising the association’s efforts at maintaining the plowing tradition in

Goodison Inducted into Lambton Ag Hall of Fame

The late John Goodison, the man known throughout North America as the manufacturer of Goodison Threshing Machines, was formally inducted into the Lambton County Agricultural Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in conjunction with the Lambton County Plowing Match in Forest on Sept 3 2011.

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