Laureates of the Ministry of Agriculture's "Sower 2020" competition awarded

On Wednesday, October 7, at the National Library of Latvia in Riga, Minister of Agriculture Kaspars Gerhards and President of the Republic Egils Levits congratulated the laureates of the Ministry of Agriculture's "Sower 2020" competition - farmers, including young farmers, food producers, and small farmers.

This year, the winners of the "Sower" competition were congratulated and awards were given in eight competition nominations, as well as the award "For Lifetime Contribution to Agriculture".

Winners of the "Sower 2020" competition

Prize “For a lifetime of service to agriculture” – Member of the Board of the Latvian Society of Agronomists, farmer Valdis Dzenis and Dr.habil.agr., professor emeritus Anton Ruz

Nomination “Farm of the Year”

Tukums region SIA “Lestene”, manager Egīls Seņkāns

Nomination “Food Production Company of the Year”

SIA “Daugulis & partners”, Livani

Nomination “Family on a farm”

The Sīmanson family, Burtnieki municipality SIA “Svenne”

Nomination “The Young Successful Farmer”

Aleksejs Danilins, Rezekne County Agricultural Society “Liepkalns”

Nomination “The most successful collaboration of the year”

LPKS “Baltic Berry Company”, Salaspils, Chairman of the Board Pauls Kantāns

Nomination “Organic Farm”

Nīca County Agricultural Cooperative “Meldri EB”, owner Eglons Brūns

Nomination “Tomorrow’s Sower – a member of the small group”

Oto Lūsis, Daugmale small regiment “Dzirkstelīte”, Ķekava region, small regiment leaders Zinaida Matisone and Zane Miķelsone

Nomination “Science in practice and innovation”

(in the group “Science for Innovation”)

Dr.biol. Edīte Kaufmane and leading co-authors Dr.sc.ing. Dalija Segliņa, PhD. Pawel Gornas, Dr.agr. Silvija Ruisa, Dr.sc.ing. Inta Krasnova, Mg.agr. Regīna Rancāne – project “Prospective commercial fruit crops – bush quince (Chaenomeles japonica) environmentally friendly cultivation and residue-free processing technologies" research results summary

This year, the “Sower” competition was held for the 27th time, with 45 participants. The winners of the competition received the “Sower” Award of the Year (bronze statue), a diploma and a cash prize.

The presentation of the awards of the “Sower” competition has become one of the most important events for farmers, and the title of the laureate “Sower” – a sign of exemplary work. More information about the competition is available on the website www.sejejs.lv.

On Saturday, October 17, at 3:55 PM, a program about the winners of the "Sower 2020" competition will be shown on the television channel "TV3".