There are over 1,300 acres of saskatoon berry bushes in production in commercial orchards in Saskatchewan.
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2012
The What:
Ten scholarships worth $1,000 each.
The Who:
Grade 12 students and recent graduates (the past two years) in Saskatchewan planning to take agriculture-related post-secondary education beginning in the fall of 2012.
The How:
Applicants need to:
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Write a 750-word essay or produce a three-minute video essay; and
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Provide a letter of recommendation from a teacher, agricultural industry or community leader.
Essays need to address one of two topics:
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The future information and technological needs of agricultural producers; or
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One or more common myths about agriculture. Essays must dispel the myth(s) through research, facts and statistics.
For more information, contact: 2011 Scholarship Winners
The 2011 scholarship winners are listed below. To read their essays follow the link in each winner's name.
- Taylor Bohay, Regina, SK
- Chelsea Hebert, Moosomin, SK
- Traci Henderson, Gainsborough, SK
- Jessica Hextall, Grenfell, SK
- Jennifer Klaassen, Rosthern, SK
- Danica Lucyshyn, Saskatoon, SK
- Kelsey Richardson, Delisle, SK
- Blake Tebbutt, Nipawin, SK
- Melissa Turner, Springside, SK
- Erica Yaskowich, Wynyard, SK
Saskatchewan by the numbers:
Land Mass: 651,035 sq km
Population: 1.05 million
Farms: 44,329
Forest: 311,000 sq km
Lakes and rivers: 81,000 sq km
Saskatchewan boasts 64,000,000 agricultural acres.
(That's 259,000 sq km.)
We are Canada's backbone of production....
- Over 40 per cent of the entire cultivated crop land in Canada.
- Diversified markets: more than $100 M of product to 19 different countries.
- Increasingly big player as world population grows.
Saskatchewan Produces:
- 95 per cent of Canada's lentils.
- 70 per cent of Canada's mustard.
- 98 per cent of Canada's chickpea.
- 65 per cent of Canada's dry peas.
- 85 per cent of Canada's durum.
- 75 per cent of Canada's flaxseed.
- 40 per cent of Canada's canola.
- World's Largest Flax Seed Exporter.
- World's Largest Lentil Exporter.
- World's Largest Mustard Seed Exporter.
- World's Largest Durum Exporter.
- World's Largest Pea Exporter.
- World's Largest Canary Seed Exporter.
- World's Largest Canola Seed Exporter.
- World's Largest Oat Exporter.
- World's Largest Canola Oil Exporter.
Today, Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud announced the 10 recipients of the 2011 Saskatchewan Agriculture Student Scholarship.
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