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Department of Agriculture. In an op-ed piece on 20 May 2011, then Agriculture Minister John MacDonell announced that the
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that had a specific mandate to offer agricultural education. Throughout its history it offered specialized training at the
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and the first students graduated with the new degree in 1985. An agreement was later signed with
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