Success in Agriculture was celebrated last night at the 12th annual Ag. Awards of Excellence. Among the big winners were Salford Farm Machinery, who took home the prestigious President's Technology Award. Marketing Coordinator for the company explains what the award win means to them. "This is our second nomination, so it was very exciting to be able to bring back an award for all of our staff and it definitely reflects on our great suppliers here in Oxford County as well." The company with over 100 employees develop innovations in farm machinery go out all over the globe. Another proud winner last night was Dr. Allison McDonald of McDonald Mobile Veterinary Service. "Well, it's quite unexpected actually...the Canadian Biofuel company I was up against has done quite a bit of marketing worldwide...this was quite unexpected." Dr. McDonald's service won the Farm Innovation category for her travelling veterinary service that's focused on preventative maintenance of livestock in Oxford County. Keep tuned to Heart FM for more reaction throughout the day Thursday. Oxford County Agri-News will also be featuring some of the big winners and their operations more in-depth in future segments. Here's the complete list of last night's winners (in bold), and runners-up: Community Service - Nancy Walther Agribusiness - Large Field Gate Organics Inc./ FGO Organic Processing Ltd. - Ingersoll Great Lakes New Holland Inc. Agribusiness - Small D&R Farm Automation Inc. - Salford William Ruck Trucking Ltd. - Princeton Niche Market Gunn's Hill Artisan Cheese - Woodstock Stonecroft Farms - Ingersoll Farm Innovation Canadian Biofuel Inc. - Springford MacDonald Mobile Veterinary Service - Ingersoll Family Farm Lloyd Alyea & Sons Ltd. - Woodstock Grieve Farm ?V James Grieve & family - Embro Youth in Agriculture Gayle Topham - Burgessville Shawn Wilson - Salford President's Technology Salford Farm Machinery Ltd. - Salford Syngenta Canada Inc., Honeywood Research Farm - Plattsville

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