By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Jun 4, 2024 | 12:35 PM

Alberta potato growers Nakamura Farms were awarded the 2023 PepsiCo Frito Lay Grower of the Year Award for North America.

PepsiCo Frito Lay recognizes the top grower on the continent, and Nakamura Farms took the honours for an exceptional season. From their home base north of Taber and land west of the Taber, the farm grew 2,200 acres of potatoes. Potato quality is judged by appearance, size, color, frying quality, taste and texture. A solids measurement, referred to as dry matter content, is a component of quality.

The award was presented during the 2024 Potato Expo in Austin, Texas.

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Futurpreneur, an upcoming summit in Brazil, will include two Saskatchewan agriculture businesses as part of its Canadian delegation.

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Jason Cardinal owns Flying Dust Market Garden, a non-profit 170-acre farm dedicated to supporting local agriculture by nurturing the land, fostering growth, and providing sustenance to the Flying Dust First Nation community near Meadow Lake.

Also operating in the agriculture industry is Tayab Soomro, whose company PathoScan Technologies Inc. enables farmers to perform pathogen tests for any crop in any location and without any technical background. The portable device provides fast results without the high costs of existing pathogen detection methods.

A total of 46 young Canadian entrepreneurs have been chosen to represent Canada at the G20 YEA Summit from June 12 to 14.

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Securing the future of the barley industry by supporting students.

SaskBarley is offering four scholarships to graduate and undergraduate students each year.

Graduate students across Canada are eligible for SaskBarley’s graduate scholarships, as long as their research benefits Saskatchewan barley farmers. This year SaskBarley is offering up to three graduate scholarships, awarding $6,000 at the PhD level and $4,000 at the Masters level.

SaskBarley also has an undergraduate scholarship to fourth-year College of Agriculture and Bioresources students at the USask. Eligible students must be writing an undergraduate thesis focused on barley. One $2,000 undergraduate scholarship is available, in addition to the graduate scholarships.

Applications will be accepted until Oct. 9.

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