The Estevan Farmers’ Appreciation Night is almost all set and ready to roll.
The committee has just a few last tables left to be sold, and the program for the night is arranged.
Howie Mercer of Yellow Grass was announced as the main speaker of the night that will take place on March 26 at the Beefeater Plaza.
Mercer works for the grain marketing company called Farm Link and he will do a talk on grain markets.
“I’ve heard him before and he puts it into normal person’s terms. I really enjoyed the first time I’ve seen him speaking. He really simplifies the grain marketing side of things and explains why things happen,” said Alf Tide, the chairperson for the appreciation evening.
The main speech will be complemented by at least three 4-H Club speakers. Tide also mentioned that they might have another invited speaker to talk on some relevant issues. But no commitment was received as of March 2.
In this manner, the only thing the committee is missing now is a few more nominations for the Farm Family of the Year Award.
“We are going to be presenting a Farm Family of the Year Award. We actually opened up nominations till March 8. We sure would like to have at least a couple more,” said Tide.
It’s a one-page form that can be picked up from the Estevan Chamber of Commerce. To be nominated the family would need to farm within a 100-kilometer radius of Estevan and to be active in the community. There are no restrictions as of the size or type of the operation or age of the nominees.
And with that part accomplished the Farm Appreciation Night will be completely organized.
“Our sponsorships were actually in last year already, and we still got few more coming in. Everything is ready to go,” Tide said.
He pointed out that the committee working on the event is professional, and a lot of members have invaluable experience.
“We had a good committee. It’s our 54th year, and there are three or four committee members that have been there for 25-plus years. The Chamber helps a lot too,” said Tide.
