The lifelong contributions of four Canadians were celebrated at a November 2 ceremony, inducting them into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario. The 2024 inductees are Dr. Bruce Coulman, Dr. Michael Eskin, Paul Larmer and Dr. Charles Vincent.
“We are so proud to shine a bright spotlight on the achievements these individuals have made throughout their careers – advancing forage crops, canola, cattle genetics and entomology – for the benefit of Canadian agriculture,” says Phil Boyd, chair of the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. “While their areas of focus cover a wide swath of the agricultural industry, they share a common passion and curiosity to innovate, lead and inspire – qualities that continue to bring opportunity to the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector. We are honoured to count them among the more than 250 inductees in the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame.”
Dr. Bruce Coulman is an award-winning forage crop researcher who developed 24 novel forage crop varieties throughout his 40+ year professional career. Bruce’s forage breeding work shaped the future for the profitable production of forage seed and forage crops for cattle feed as a researcher at McGill University, professor and department head at the University of Saskatchewan, and then at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Saskatoon Research Centre. Many of his forage varieties were industry firsts including bloat-reduced alfalfa, hybrid bromegrass and smooth-awned forage barley. Dr. Bruce Coulman lives in Saskatoon, SK and was nominated by the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan.
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