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A former Mossbank resident has been inducted into the Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame.

Laurie Tollefson, retired director of the Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Crop Diversification Centre at Outlook, was one of five inducted in mid-April.

Raised on a third generation farm near Mossbank and graduating from Mossbank schools, Tollefson graduated from the University of Saskatchewan, and was employed at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada until he joined the centre.

His nomination was for leadership in advancing irrigation research and technology and promotion of irrigation locally and internationally.

“As a grandson of original homesteaders, a Saskatchewan farm boy, an ag grad, and a lifelong resident of this province, it truly is an honour of a lifetime to receive this,” he told the induction event.

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