Meet two students from the University of Manitoba’s agriculture program who have passion and commitment to the future of their families’ farming operations. They’re enthused about applying the skills they’ve learned, and exploring new opportunities for on-farm improvements.
Both point to the value of building relationships throughout the industry to share knowledge and increase personal fulfillment.
Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.
