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CFWF 2025 awards

Celebrating Canadian Excellence in Agricultural Journalism

(WINNIPEG, MB – September 22, 2025) Canada’s top agricultural writers, photographers, and communications professionals were celebrated at the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF) Awards Banquet on September 20th at Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Hotel.

A highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Laura Rance, Executive Editor with Glacier FarmMedia. The award recognized her extraordinary contributions to agricultural journalism and her lasting impact on the industry over many years of dedicated service, mentoring and leadership.

The annual ceremony recognized excellence across 14 award categories, with gold, silver, and bronze honors determined by a distinguished panel of 17 judges representing diverse backgrounds in journalism, agriculture, and communications from across Canada and the United States.

Notable award recipients included Trevor Bacque, who received Farm Writer of the Year and Story of the Year for “Just Do It” in GrainsWest magazine, and Janelle Rudolph, who received The David Schmidt Award for New Writer of the Year.

The three-day conference and awards celebration brought together agricultural communicators from CFWF’s six regional associations spanning Atlantic Canada, Eastern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

Winners received monetary awards along with recognition for their outstanding work in advancing agricultural reporting and communications across Canada. The awards categories, winners and sponsors for 2025 can be found below.

ABOUT CFWF:

The Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF) serves the common interests of agricultural journalists, including reporters, editors and broadcasters as well as those in business and government whose primary responsibility is agricultural communications.

CFWF 2025 brochure