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Who will be Manitoba's Outstanding Young Farmers for 2024? Nominations now open

Nominations are now open for the 2024 Manitoba's Outstanding Young Farmer program.

Kristy-Layne Carr and her husband Richard run Rich Lane Farms, a dairy operation at Marchand, and were the Provincial OYF winners for 2022.

"It was amazing experience.  I think the best things about the program are the alumni that you get to meet, and that's why we have such a huge number of alumni that come back every year. They're very invested in the program, whether at the regional or national level. It's an amazing group of people that you get to meet with and network, get inspired by and you know, bounce ideas back and forth. "

Carr is now co-chair of the nominations committee for the Manitoba OYF program :

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