By Angela Brown

Stockade Round-Up continues; 2021 Agri Visions event cancelled

Nov 6, 2020 | 3:28 PM

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. – The Stockade Round-Up in Lloydminster continues tomorrow with a talk by Rob O’Connor of Ag in Motion.

His presentation will focus on what employment opportunities are available in agriculture that 4-H members may want to consider for the future.

Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association assistant general manager Jackie Tomayer said youth will benefit from learning more about how they can start to plan their career paths.

“It’s very important for kids to know what their options are in the ag industry – anywhere from marketing to the actual production of the ag industry sectors,” Tomayer said.

Agriculture expert Rob O’Connor is looking forward to participating in the event. He said it will be a good chance for youth interested in working in the industry to learn more.

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“We’ll touch on dozens of different career opportunities. [For] people who want to stay in the agriculture business but maybe not in primary production, we’ll let them see what some of the options are out there,” he said. “I’ll talk a little about post-secondary education too. There are lots of colleges and universities across Canada and the U.S. that offer different programs.”

The Stockade Round-Up event that started Nov. 4 wraps up at about 2 p.m., Nov. 7.

Tomayer said the event is running smoothly, while following COVID-19 restrictions for reduced capacities and social distancing. The show is being held across three large buildings.

The top grand champion steer and reserve champion steer will be crowned Nov. 6 starting at 5 p.m.

“Tonight is the Supreme Show where all of the breeds [winners] compete against each other, and the champions will be named,” Tomayer said.

2021 Agri Visions cancelled

Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association announced the cancellation of its Agri Visions Conference and Tradeshow for 2021 due to COVID-19 precautions.

The two-day event was originally expected to take place in February.

While the organizing committee had many meetings over the past six months in an effort to find a way to hold the show, in the end the committee members decided to be safe it would be better to postpone it. The show will return in 2022 instead.

“We cannot stress enough how important this community is to our operation and look forward to bringing the Lloydminster region together again in the near future,” Sydney Lake, agriculture manager with Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association, said in a release.

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