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Ontario, Sask. couples named outstanding farmers

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Ontario, Sask. couples named outstanding farmers
A market gardening family from Ontario and a grain farming
couple from Saskatchewan have been named Canada’s newest Outstanding Young
Farmers (OYF) for 2010.

November 29, 2010,
Victoria, BC – A market gardening family from Ontario and a grain farming
couple from Saskatchewan have been named Canada’s newest Outstanding Young
Farmers (OYF) for 2010.

Steve and Lisa Cooper, who
along with their family, grow vegetables and involve the community in their
farming operation at Zephyr, just north of Toronto, and Ryan and Lauren Maurer,
who crop 11,300 acres with their family at Grenfell, Saskatchewan, were
selected the two national winners in a competition that involved several days
of interviews and presentations before a panel of three judges.

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