A Harriston area farm family has been named the 2012 Wellington County Farm Family of the Year.
The award was presented by Bank of Montreal (BMO) officials to Keith and Doris Jean Clyne and their children Jennifer, Katherine and Jonathan and was handed out Aug. 16 at the Wellington County Plowing Match.
The award recognizes farm families. The family was selected from names submitted locally by members of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association.
“We are quite proud of being recognized in the association for our family involvement,” Keith Clyne said after the family received the award. “I think it’s neat they recognize the farm family.”
The family operates a 600 acre farm near Harriston with 50 milking cows, pigs, cattle, and crop land. All family members work on the farm.
“We’ve got a little bit of everything and not much of anything,” Keith joked.
“We derive all our income from agriculture and other things that keep the family involved,” Doris Jean Clyne said.
BMO representative Todd Chevalier acknowledged the work done by the association in nominating farm families for an award.
“These awards will provide well deserved recognition to families in our communities,” he told those assembled for the presentation at the county plowing match.
Chevalier said 28 associations across Ontario submitted names of a farm family within each jurisdiction, “based on their contribution to the community and their own farming expertise.”
