On Saturday, we will celebrate the winners of "Call of the Ancestors" at a ball

January 10th The annual Farmers' New Year's Ball of the association "Farmers' Council" will be held at Jelgava Castle, where the winner of the 2014 young farmers' competition "Call of the Ancestors" will be announced.

The competition is being organized for the fifth year by the Member of the European Parliament Sandra Kalniete in cooperation with the association “Farmers’ Council” and the magazine “Agro Tops”. The main task of the competition is to promote the recognition and prestige of the agricultural sector, and to honor young entrepreneurs who have found their calling in agriculture. This year, 33 young farmers from all over Latvia applied for the competition. After a thorough evaluation of the applicants, 16 farmers, representing a very diverse range of farms – floriculture, fruit growing, vegetable growing, grain growing, dairy and meat farming, continued their participation in the second round of the competition.

Competition finalists:

From Latgale:
Solvita Čaunāne and Jānis Božis, IK “Kaso”, Vārkava region;
Aldis Upenieks, “Kvedervecumi” farm, Vārkava region;
Inese and Māris Klodāni, “Mucenieki” holiday home, Preiļi region;
Zigmunds Skutels, farm "Jūzupeņi", Preiļi region;
Martins Bogusch, "Apiņi" farm, Ilūkste region;
Jānis Čaunāns, z/s "Liepas", Riebiņi district.

From Vidzeme:
Edgars Bite, “Baloži” farm, Koknese region;
Kaspars Paegle, z/s "Vējiņi", Alūksne region;
Roberts Ločmelis, farm "Mazdzervites", Kocēni district;
Matīss Grīnbergs, z/s “Atdzelvieši”, Burtnieki district;
Ilona and Normunds Leči, holiday home "Paparžkalni", Limbaži region.

From Zemgale:
Jānis Hercbergs, z/s “Vizbuļi”, Dobele region;
Aleksandrs Medvedevs, z/s "Dzērves", Dobele region;
Marika Grīslīte, SIA “Krīgeri”, Auce municipality;
Gundars Lācis, farm "Dzintarlāči", Tērvete district.

From Kurzeme:

Linda Venckus, SIA "Liepvidi", Saldus region.

The winner of the competition, as every year, will receive a special award made by sculptor Pauls Jaunzems, as well as an all-expenses-paid three-day trip for two to one of the largest European agricultural exhibitions. All finalists of the competition will receive incentive prizes – a visit to the European Parliament in Brussels, a subscription to the magazine “AgroTops” and training at the “School of Young Leaders”.

The competition was first held in 2010, and over the years the winners of the competition have been Inga and Zigmunds Kalniņi from Aizpute region, Valdis Zujs from Rēzekne region, Jānis Vaivars from Skrīveri region, and Aija Šneidere and Jānis Miķelsons from Limbaži region.

We invite the media to attend the event on January 10, at 7:00 PM in the Great Hall of Jelgava Castle, Lielāja Street 2.