Application process for Sask Ag Scholarship Program opens

Nov 18, 2021

Saskatchewan students bound for agriculture-related post-secondary studies next year now have a chance to win some coin to help pay their way.

The federal and provincial governments have teamed up to offer the 2022 Saskatchewan Agriculture Student Scholarship Program with the application process open until March 1, 2022.

"It's just an opportunity for young men and women that are looking at post-secondary education in the ag sector," Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit said. "Doesn't matter what side of it, whether it's crop science, livestock science, technology or anything like that. It's just a small appreciation that we can show."

Last year's grand-prize winner was Jesse Patzer, taking home a $4,000 purse, with three runner-up awards being given out at $2,000 apiece.

"We have a team at the ministry that evaluate them all and judge all the entrees," he said. "In the past, I've had a chance to meet and have a chat with the winners and hopefully we can do the same again this year."

Students in grade 12 or recent high school graduates are asked to submit a three-minute video or 1,000-word essay around transparency in agriculture by visiting the province's website.

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Harvest is a week out and the farm picked this week to fall apart. The truck needs a battery, the barn curtain's got a problem, and the corn and beans are telling us we're out of time to get it all fixed.

So it's a full day of wrenching. Tork supervises while I get the truck back running, then we're out at the hog barn where one rusted up part has the whole curtain system hung up. Ladder work, cable work, and a little dad-and-son disagreement about the right way to do it. We close it out walking the fields, shelling beans and checking corn, because whether everything's fixed or not, harvest starts when harvest starts.

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