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VITERRA CELEBRATES CANADA’S VITERRA SPONSORS THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
AG DAY HILL JDC WEST TEAM
February 15 was Canada’s Ag Day, an This year, Viterra was the premier sponsor for the University of Regina’s Hill JDC West
initiative created by Agriculture More Than Team. JDC West is an undergraduate business case competition, which hosts over
Ever of which Viterra is a proud partner. 1300 attendees from 12 different business schools across Western Canada each year.
Canada’s Ag Day recognizes all the great Students compete in teams of three in various disciplines to analyze a business case
things happening in our industry and and present their recommendations to a panel of judges.
celebrates the people involved in it. Thank
you to everyone that organized events The Hill team did extremely well at the competition in January, placing 2nd for both
at various locations across our asset School of the Year and Academic School of the Year, and receiving 11 other individual
network. 1st-3rd placements. Chris Beebe, Jordan Tholl, Josh Fink, and Megan Shoemaker
were all involved in coaching the team during the lead up to the competition. Viterra is
proud to support these students in their educational endeavors. We can’t wait to see
where their futures take them!
At our Gull Lake facility, we celebrated by
hosting a producer come and go coffee
break. The team there sourced flour from The U of R Hill JDC West team in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
one of our producers out of Shaunavon that
has a stone mill, Red Iron Mills. The flour was
used by the Grainery Bakery in Gull Lake to CANADA’S FARM SHOW LAUNCH
make cinnamon buns and cheese sticks. On March 14, we celebrated the launch of the 2023 edition of Canada’s Farm Show,
which will take place from June 20-22 in Regina. REAL staff, media, government
officials, and Viterra employees were on hand at the Viterra International Trade Centre
FOLLOW US! to recognize the event and its important role in connecting visitors from across
Canada and over 50 countries worldwide.
We regularly It’s important that we keep telling our story as an industry, and help people
feature community understand just how critical agriculture is in our daily lives. This show is one of the
investments, corporate many ways that we can continue telling that story, and we’re proud to continue
playing a significant role in its continued success.
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VP of Corporate Affairs Jeff Cockwill speaks at the Farm Show launch event.
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