The Beef Farmers of Ontario, the Ontario Sheep Farmers, Mapleseed, and the Ontario Forage Council, invite you to nominate a deserving producer for the Mapleseed Pasture Award.
This is an excellent opportunity to recognize individual producers who are doing an outstanding job of pasture management. The Mapleseed Pasture Awards are also a way of encouraging producers to implement pasture management strategies that maximize production per acre.
For each category, Mapleseed contributes a cash award of $250 to the winner. The winner of each category may also be invited to share a presentation about their operation at their respective commodity AGM.
Additional to these prizes and recognition, each winner will receive a 25kg bag of their choice of a Mapleseed Forage Mix.
Nominations are Open for the 2024/25 awards
Send us the name of a deserving sheep or beef producer! Complete this short online form, or email admin@ontarioforagecouncil.com with the producer’s name, their email address (if you have it), and a sentence or two about why you’re nominating them.
Nominations are closed for the sheep producers.
BEEF PRODUCERS APPLICATION – Deadline is November 30, 2024 (you do not need to fill this in, it is an example of what producers will be asked in the interview process)
2024 WINNERS
Walkerton Family Receives 2024 Mapleseed Sheep Pasture Award
October 25, 2024 – Steve and Lisa Ernewein and family of Meadowbook Family Farm in the Brockton/Walkerton area are the recipient of the 2024 Mapleseed Sheep Pasture Award. The award, sponsored by Mapleseed, the Ontario Forage Council, and Ontario Sheep Farmers, was presented today at the Ontario Sheep Farmers Annual General Meeting in Cambridge. For their exceptional pasture management while running a highly involved multi-faceted enterprise, Meadowbrook Family Farm received a cash award of $250 and a bag of forage seed, courtesy of Mapleseed. Read more…
JPD Angus Wins 2024 Mapleseed Pasture Award
February 21, 2024 – The Beef Farmers of Ontario, Mapleseed and the Ontario Forage Council, sponsors of the Ontario Mapleseed Pasture Award, are pleased to announce that the Chalmers family of JPD Angus of Oro-Medonte in Simcoe County are the recipients of the 2024 Mapleseed Pasture Award. The award was presented today at the Beef Farmers of Ontario Annual General Meeting Banquet in Toronto. Read more…
Past Winners
Dufferin County Farmer Receives Mapleseed Pasture Award
October 2023 – Mike Swidersky and family, of Riverview Ranch Meat Co. in Melancthon, Dufferin County are the recipients of the 2023 Ontario Sheep Pasture Award. The award, sponsored by MAPLESEED, the Ontario Forage Council, and the Ontario Sheep Farmers, was presented today. Mike will be awarded $250 and a bag of forage seed for his exceptional pasture management. Read more…
Grey County Bison Farm wins Mapleseed Pasture Award
Mark & Heather Shouldice of Big Rock Bison near Shallow Lake in Grey County are the recipients of the 2021 MAPLESEED Ontario Pasture Award. For their environmental and pasture improvements and management, the recipients will receive $250 and a bag of forage seed. Read more…
Leeds County Farmer Receives Ontario Sheep Pasture Award
October 29, 2021 – Brad and Karen Davis of Black Kreek Ranch in the Lansdowne area of Thousand Islands Township in Leeds County are the recipient of the 2021 Ontario Sheep Pasture Award. Read more…
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