Agriculture Spells Bright Future for Essay Winners Farming's in the future of Grade 13 student Bryce Jackson of Wyoming, ON, author of the grand-prize winning $2,000 essay on the future of agriculture. “I see a positive future for agriculture and I’d like to farm sometime,” says the 18-year-old student at Lambton Central Collegiate V.I., whose essay on crop production over the next 100 years has won the grand prize in the 2000 PROWL essay competition. As the top essayist in a field of more than 200 entries from high school students across Ontario, Bryce wins a $2,000 scholarship towards post-secondary eduction. He plans to pursue a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Agriculture at the University of Guelph in September, and eventually have a farm of his own. In his essay, he predicts that robotic tractors and polymer-coated seeds will soon become a commonplace part of farming. As part of the prize, his school, Lambton Central, also receives $2,000 towards computer hardware and software. Four other winners in the competition this year each win $1,500 post-secondary scholarships. They are: Rosalyn Yake, attending Grade 11 at I.E. Weldon Secondary School in Lindsay; Mona Moosavian, attending Grade 12 at Earl Haig Secondary School in Willowdale; Adam Cairns, attending Grade 13 at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School and Kemptville College this fall; and Meighan Lung, attending Grade 13 at Wallaceburg District Secondary School and the University of Western Ontario this fall. Other topics included global warming, electronic commerce and communications with the non-farming public. Valued at $10,000, the annual PROWL Essay Competition is co-sponsored by Cyanamid Crop Protection and the Ontario Corn Producers’ Association (OCPA). Take a few minutes to follow the links and read the winning essays.

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