“Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”

John W. Gardner

The Oxford County Federation of Agriculture recognizes excellence in the farming community through our awards of excellence. We once again selected an Oxford County Agricultural Hall of Fame Award recipient, as well as a Family Farm Award recipient for 2025. Awards were presented by The County of Oxford at the OCFA Annual General Meeting on January 22, 2026.

Oxford County Federation of Agriculture
Annual General Meeting

Held on Thursday, January 22, 2026

Congratulations to our winners

Agricultural Hall of Fame Winner

George Gilvesy

Family Farm Winner

The Donald Doan family

Bursaries

Oxford County Federation of Agriculture awards 6 x $500 bursaries to the selected Oxford County Students

Criteria:

  • Is involved in the farming/agribusiness through either a family operation, volunteer work or employment

  • Demonstrates a strong work ethic

  • Is pursuing post-secondary studies in a field or apprenticeship with a career path in the agricultural industry

  • A graduating student who is a resident of Oxford County

The application now being accepeted for the 2026 bursaries. Deadline to apply is May 1, 2026

2025 Bursary Winners

Emma Colcuc,

Keenan Grieve,

Julia Hobbs,

Alexandra Van Zadelhoff and

Racheal Waugh

Congratulations!!


The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is offering six post-secondary bursaries in 2025. Along with offering three bursaries in the amount of $2,000 each to students in an undergraduate program, we are also offering a $2,000 bursary to a person completing an apprenticeship, a $2,000 bursary for a person completing a post-graduate or leadership development program, as well as a $2000 bursary for students completing a veterinary program.

Bursary recipients will be selected from applicants who are OFA members, a child of, or employee of an OFA member and are residents of Ontario. Applicants should be able to demonstrate industry related accomplishments, an interest in agriculture and rural issues, and community involvement.

Deadline for Submission: Closes August 31, 2026 ( More details on OFA website.)

The winners will announced at

OFA’s 2026 Annual General Meeting held November 24- 25, 2026 in Toronto.