The Ontario Sheep Farmers recognized industry leaders during its 2024 annual general meeting in Cambridge on Oct 25.
The GenOvis awards recognize a breeder’s selection process using a combination of data collection and the application of recommendations by a geneticist to improve genetic progress between Aug. 1 and July 31 each year.
Earl Brubacher of Brubacher Ovine won the commercial group with Todd Payne, Asphodel Sheep Co. and Mark and Betty Bearinger, Fare Vewe Acres, taking second and third, respectively.
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Bill and Lynne Duffield of Codon Suffolks took the top spot for the terminal category with Dwayne Bazinet and Colleen Acres of Maple Meadow Farms, in second, with Ted and Joanne Skinner, of Cedar Creek Charollais awarded third.
The maternal breed was awarded to Laura Mosley of Rising Oak Dorsets, with Kim Schneider, 4s Maple Lane Farm, placing second and Century Lane Farm’s Robert and Shirley Graves and Sons taking third.
Lamb Lady Farm’s Shelagh Finn took first in prolific breed, with second and third place awarded to Tulach Ard Farm’s Sean McKenzie and Dwayne Bazinet and Colleen Acres of Maple Meadow Farms, respectively.
Wayne Kreklewich of Craigmore Farm was the hybridizer category winner and the only farm that qualified.
Jessalyn Hendriks, an agricultural business student at Fanshawe College, received the $500 Ontario Sheep Farmer’s undergraduate scholarship for first or second-year post-secondary students under 21.
Master Shepherd’s course graduates Angela Simpson and Heather Kerr, from the 2020 cohort, and Ontario’s Ryan Klapwyk, James Buckley, Katie Stewart, Joe Hunter, Cynthia Kretschmann, Kristie McAinsh, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island’s Curtis Penny from the 2022 cohort were also recognized.
