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Ottawa Valley Farm Show Champion Seed, Feed and Forage Show Trophies and Awards Ottawa Valley Farm Show Champion Seed, Feed and Forage Show Trophies and Awards Barclay Dick Challenge Trophy Nation Valley Potato Growers’ Association Trophy For the best entry of Red Clover For the champion exhibit of Potatoes in the open and 4-H classes 2019 – Murray & Gordon Wilson, Prescott County 2019 – Gary Gordon, Frontenac County 2018 – Murray & Gordon Wilson, Prescott County 2018 – Bruce & Brian Hudson, Ottawa-Carleton 2017 – Wesley Thom, Lanark County 2017 – Gary Gordon, Frontenac County 2016 – Bill Duncan, Lanark County 2016 – Gary Gordon, Frontenac County 2015 – Harold & Shelley McPhail, Lanark County 2015 – Bruce & Brian Hudson, Ottawa-Carleton Speare Seeds Plaque Embrun Agricultural Co-op Trophy For the best entry of Barley For the champion exhibit of Shelled Corn 2019 – Gary Gordon, Frontenac County 2019 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County 2018 – Doug & Wayne Conboy, Lanark County 2018 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County 2017 – Rick Hess, Dundas County 2017 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County 2016 – Bill Duncan, Lanark County 2016 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County 2015 – Gary Gordon, Frontenac County 2015 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County NK Brand, Syngenta Seeds Award E.H. Wallace Memorial Trophy – presented by the United For the best exhibit of Corn Silage Co-operatives of Ontario for the champion exhibit of Soybeans 2019 – Robinson Farms, Grenville County 2019 – Bruce & Brian Hudson, Ottawa-Carleton 2018 – John Nanne, Lanark County 2018 – Rejean LeClerc, Russell County 2017 – Ron Toonders, Dundas County 2017 – Bruce Porteous, Dundas County 2016 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County 2016 – Rejean LeClerc, Russell County 2015 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County 2015 – Lilliville Farms Ltd, Dundas County Ed & Isaac Wallace Challenge Trophy C&M Trophy For the champion Hay exhibit For the grand champion Wheat in the open classes 2019 – Gary Gordon, Frontenac County 2019 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County 2018 – Caroline Taylor, Ottawa-Carleton 2018 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County 2017 – Mike Dwyre, Leeds County 2017 – Tibben Farms Inc., Dundas County 2016 – Nandale Farms Inc., Lanark County 2016 – Harold & Shelley McPhail, Lanark County 2015 – Olivia Mudde, Dundas County 2015 – Marc Bercier, Prescott County Hal Botham Memorial Trophy Bennie Vance Memorial Trophy For the champion exhibitor of Forage Seeds For the champion Sheaf of Grain in the 4-H and open section 2019 – Murray & Gordon Wilson, Prescott County 2019 – Bruce & Brian Hudson, Ottawa-Carleton 2018 – Murray & Gordon Wilson, Prescott County 2018 – Jim & Connie McDiarmid, Ottawa-Carleton 2017 – Wilsonia Farms, Prescott County 2017 – no entries 2016 – Bill Duncan, Lanark County 2016 – Kerin Hudson, Ottawa-Carleton 2015 – Wilsonia Farms, Prescott County 2015 – no entries OVSGA Challenge Trophy Hudson Family 4-H Award For the champion exhibit of Haylage For the most points in the 4-H Field Crop section 2019 – Gary Gordon, Frontenac County 2019 – Addison Dwyre, Leeds County 2018 – John, Martin & Pam Westervelt, Dundas County 2018 – Ben Gordon, Frontenac County 2017 – Denis Leger, Prescott County 2017 – Bruce Porteous, Dundas County 2016 – Gary Gordon, Frontenac County 2016 – Ben Gordon, Frontenac County 2015 – Ferme Gascon, Russell County 2015 – Olivia Mudde, Dundas County SynAgri Award John Posthumus 4-H Award For the champion Ear Corn in the open and 4-H classes For the most points in the 4-H Life Skills section 2019 – Quinn Dickson, Ottawa-Carleton 2019 – Terry Ennis, Stormont County 2018 – Gary Brugmans, Dundas County 2018 – Terry Ennis, Stormont County 2017 – Robert Campbell, Lanark County 2017 – Terry Ennis, Stormont County 2016 – David Chambers, Dundas County 2016 – Lauryn Rochon-Kaiser, Ottawa-Carleton 2015 – Chantland Farms, Leeds County 2015 – Lauryn Rochon-Kaiser, Ottawa-Carleton Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group Award OVSGA Past Presidents’ Award For the best entry in the Pedigreed Seed Auction For the County with the most points in the open field crop classes 2019 – Sevita International Pro Seeds – Genesis Soy 2019 – Lanark County 2018 – Dekalb 2018 – Dundas County 2017 – Reaburn Seed Supply, Westmeath 2017 – Dundas County 2016 – Sevita International 2016 – Lanark County 2015 – R.D. Legault Seeds, St Albert 2015 – Dundas County New-Life Mills Award (new in 2017) Ken Paul Memorial 4-H Award (new in 2018) For the champion exhibit in the Ottawa Valley Hay Quality Class For the champion 4-H Field Crop exhibit 2019 – Russell Sortberg, Leeds County 2019 – Hugh Nixon, Ottawa-Carleton 2018 – Doug & Wayne Conboy, Lanark County 2018 – Caroline Nixon, Ottawa-Carleton 2017 – Dave Berry, Leeds County .
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