DEVELOPMENT October 2009 October TLE RIVER ALLIANCE FOR ECONOMIC T BA Agricultural Inventory Project
K. Polturak Management & Consulting Inc. Box 2336 Lac La Biche, Alberta T0A 2C0 (780) 984 2060 Showcasing The Agricultural Diversity of the Battle River Region
K. Polturak Management & KP Consulting Inc.
‘enhancing individual and organizational performance’
October 30, 2009
Battle River Alliance for Economic Development Box 373 5023 – 50 St. Killam, Alberta T0B 2L0
Dear Ms. Beddoes, Mr. Krause and Agriculture Task Team members:
I am pleased to submit this final report ‘Agricultural Inventory Project’ to the Battle River Alliance for Economic Development Agriculture Task Team.
The report showcases the diverse agricultural products produced, processed and manufactured in the geographic region encompassing the Counties of Beaver, Camrose, Flagstaff, Paintearth, the Municipal Districts of Provost and Wainwright, the City of Camrose and the Village of Consort.
Many public sources were used to obtain as much information as possible. This was augmented with telecom contact with the individuals who operated or managed the agricultural operation.
The main body of the report concludes with a series of statistical tables comparing crop and livestock production between the 1996, 2001 and 2006 agricultural censuses.
The information contained herein will assist the task team in the development of a strategic plan to identify markets, promote locally produced products and support the continued growth of the local agricultural community.
Thank you for the opportunity to be of service.
Your truly,
KLPolturak
Kal Polturak Principal and CEO
Table of Contents
Background………………………………………………………………………...... 1
Approach To Research…………………………………………………………...... 1
Organizations and Producer Groups…………………………………………...... 3
Beaver County…...... 5
Camrose, City of…………………………………………...... 13
Camrose County……………………………………………………………...... 14
Flagstaff County………………………………………………………………...... 27
Paintearth County……………………………………………………………...... 36
Provost, Municipal District……………………………………………………...... 41
Wainwright, Municipal District…...... 45 Village of Consort………………………………………………………………...... 52
Business Opportunities for BRAED Producers...... 53
Business Challenges ...... 54
BRAED Summary
Appendix References
Alberta Major Crops Production 1957 – 2008
Alberta Major Crops Unit Values 1957 – 2008
The Following All for 1996, 2001, 2006 Census of Agriculture
Field Crops Reported for Selected Municipalities
Other Livestock Inventory for Selected Municipalities
Pig Inventory of Selected Municipalities
Poultry Inventory for Selected Municipalities
Cattle and Calf Inventory for Selected Municipalities
Sheep and Lamb Inventory for Selected Municipalities
Map
Battle River Alliance for Economic Development Agriculture Inventory Project
Background
The purpose of the agricultural inventory project is to assist the Battle River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED) task team to identify and promote to area residents new economic opportunities in the agriculture, agri-food and agri-products industries. The information provided in the agricultural inventory project will be supplemented with a strategic plan that when implemented will support the agricultural industry in the BRAED region.
Arable land consisting of 2,111,614.6 hectares (5,217,892 acres) allows for a diverse richness in the agricultural products produced and processed. With 4,557 farms of an average size of 516.6 hectares (1,276.3 acres) cattle, other livestock, grain and oilseed production are the dominant agricultural activities within the BRAED region.
Raw products range from grains and pulses to livestock producers, other animal breeders and fish hatcheries. Value added products include seed cleaning plants, feed mills, honey and meat processing to greenhouse operators.
BRAED area producers have good reason to be proud of their commitment to agriculture. With on-going efforts to improve their operations by implementing national and internationally recognized safety programs, quality control measures to ensure compliance for organic products, to winning awards the producers and processors are truly professionals in their fields.
Approach to Research
The approach taken to develop the agriculture inventory was to research each BRAED community on Albertafirst.com, review each community’s business directory, research government and producer association/organization web sites for membership lists.
Government sources include Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Statistics Canada and related web sites such as Alberta Food Processors Association and Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association. Association and organization web sources include livestock breeders’ associations, organic producers and industry business listings.
Statistics Canada 2006 ‘Farms Classified by Industry’ report for Alberta counties and municipal districts reported that there are 36 dairy cattle and milk producers and 1,622 beef cattle ranching and farms including feedlots in the BRAED area. Special Area No. 4 excepted since only the village of Consort within that rural area is a BRAED member. The report does not identify all 1,622 beef cattle ranchers within the geographic scope of the project, rather it
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identifies those producers whom are members of their respective associations which publish a member directory.
Producers and processors who are members of their respective organizations which openly promote their members are fairly represented in this inventory report; non – member producers may be missed due to the vast number of operators who work independently who may not join or register with any organization. Producers not promoted by their respective associations have been identified through their affiliations with organizations promoting organic production or culinary tourism, for example.
Many producer groups such as the poultry, dairy, elk and pork associations do not publish their membership list. Assistance was requested from the association management in providing as much general information relative to the BRAED area as possible. General information and oftentimes the geographical location for these producer groups in these categories was obtained from numerous other sources when cross referenced with a multitude of websites.
Businesses supplying services and retail to the agricultural community are generally not included in this inventory. Examples of these types of services would be custom seeding services, retail sales of feed, fertilizer, and chemicals.
All agricultural societies were contacted to obtain current local information regarding local farmers’ markets and other initiatives. The information provided has been included in the main body of the report. Agricultural field personnel in the counties and municipal districts were contacted as well for specific local information.
The information gathered was then followed up with telecom contact for clarification.
The presentation of the inventory is presented by counties and municipal districts because all of the producers have mailing addresses in a town or village including communities which are not BRAED members but again the operation is actually located within the rural area either in a county or municipal district. Businesses physically located within non BRAED villages and towns have been excluded from this inventory.
The village of Consort presents a unique situation in that it is the only BRAED member within Special Area No 4. The same methodology was used for this community, however, all producers and processors showing Consort as the mailing address were included to indicate that these businesses are members of the Consort business community. Agricultural producers and related businesses in municipalities other than Consort within Special Area No. 4 are not included in the inventory.
Each county or municipal district is further categorized by highlighting the hamlet, village and town in an alphabetical order with each producer and processor in that particular community then recorded in a similar fashion. Producers and processors in the BRAED region are members of numerous organizations and associations and it is only appropriate that these organizations and associations be introduced to the reader prior to the main body of the report.
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Organizations and Producer Groups
Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association – membership is voluntary in this non profit organization representing direct market growers. Most growers market directly to consumers via u-pick farms, farm gate and/or through farmers’ markets. AFFPA is dedicated to supporting the production of farm direct market vegetable crops, berries and fruits, bedding plants, perennials, herbs, flowers, meats, poultry, eggs and other specialty items in Alberta.
‘Verified Beef Producers’ (VBP) – is Canada’s verified on-farm food safety program for beef – a dynamic program to uphold consumer confidence in the products and good practices of this country’s beef producers. The program is grass-roots driven and industry led. It is based on the principles of an international quality control program used widely in many industries, called Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), which has been specifically adapted for VBP. VBP is recognized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Prairie Heritage Beef (PHB) – a partnership of eco-committed ranch families that work together to sustainably produce and market beef; connecting the ranch gates to the consumer plate. These western Canadian cattle producers market ‘natural’ beef produced without antibiotics, growth hormones, or animal-by-products. PHB is currently undergoing the Food Alliance certification process.
Food Alliance – a non profit organization that certifies farms, ranches and food handlers for sustainable agriculture and facility management practices. It creates market incentives for socially and environmentally responsible agricultural practices and educates business leaders and other food system stakeholders on the benefits of sustainable agriculture.
Alberta AgFood Alliance - raises global awareness of Alberta products and services. Members gain access to up-to-date market intelligence, business leads and global contacts by participating in on-line discussion groups. Alberta AgFood Alliance was implemented by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development in conjunction with InfoHarvest Inc.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Federal registration is required for processors wishing to market food products inter provincially. In June 2009 a CFIA enforced standard was introduced for the organic industry. It will be on par with the USDA (NOP) National Organic Program. All organic produce crossing provincial boundaries are required to be certified ISO 65 compliant.
Global Organic Alliance, Inc. – maintains ISO 65 and USDA accreditation and verifies compliance to EEC 2092/91 Regulation. GOA is also authorized to issue TM-11Export Certificates to Japan.
Quality Management International Inc. – QMI is an international accredited organic certifying body. With trained inspectors and a certification committee of experts in the organic industry, they are accredited to certify crop, livestock and handling operations. QMI can certify 3
operations including farm and forage land, forage, livestock, poultry, dairy, horticulture, seed cleaning and transportation & storage facilities.
Organic Crop Improvement Association International (OCIA). OCIA is a non profit, member owned organization committed to providing its members with the highest quality organic certification, research and education services, as well as access to the global organic market. It is the certifying body for AOPA.
Alberta Organic Producers Association (AOPA) certification –– OCIA Alberta Chapter #1
Canadian Seed Institute (CSI) – CSI is accredited by CFIA to deliver the bulk storage facility (BSF) program. BSF’s can handle, store, sell, and label seed with a Canadian pedigreed grade name and the variety name.
Canadian Seed Growers Association – all of the seed producers identified in the following report are members of CSGA. CSGA is ISO 9001:2000 registered.
Alberta Approved Farmers’ Market Association (AAFMA) – this organization is at the heart of the local food movement in Alberta. Members must meet minimum guidelines established by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
Slow Food – is a grassroots response to the expanding fast food industry. Founded in 1998 it’s aim is to build public awareness of local farmers’ products and acknowledging the restaurants and processors who support them. Today there are 100,000 members in 132 countries. Alberta Agriculture’s ‘Dine Alberta’, a program dedicated to connecting restaurant chefs with producers and putting more Alberta grown fare on restaurant plates has partnered with Travel Alberta and Slow Food Calgary in promoting this trend as ‘culinary tourism’. Edmonton also promotes ‘Slow Food’ events.
Alberta Regional Cuisine Sourcing Directory – a directory for products and producers that have partnered with chefs creating the ‘Dine Alberta’ experience.
Keep Edmonton Original – an organization about supporting and sustaining independent business as a fixture of the local culture and community.
Seedy Saturday – is a worldwide celebration of open pollinated seeds. To counter large commercial seed companies that consolidate and only offer hybrids and patented varieties. It is committed to maintaining plant diversity and healthy gardens.
Alberta Rhodiola Rosea Growers Association (ARRGO) – provides its members with a single stop support organization for the production and sale of high quality herbal products based on rhodiola rosea. ARRGO only processes rhodiola rosea from growers who are certified under the Good Agricultural Collection Practices (GACP) certification program and documents the identity and traceablility of plants through their lifecycle. Every crop is laboratory tested prior to processing and delivery to customers.
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Beaver County
Includes the hamlets of Bruce, Kinsella, the towns of Tofield and Viking and the villages of Ryley and Holden.
Seed Growers
Code: (C)ertified, (S)elect, (R)egistered, (F)oundation
Tofield – Appleby, Kenneth A. – Produces pedigreed peas (C).
Tofield – Warkentin, Harold – Haralie Seed Farms – Produces and processes pedigreed seeds including spring barley (R/F), canola (C), oats (C/R/F), peas (S/R), wheat (C) and grass and forage. Medalist at 2009 Northlands Seed Show.
Viking – Andrukow, Allan – Andrukow Farm Sales Ltd. Produces pedigreed spring barley (R), peas (R), wheat (C).
Viking – Kittle, James, William and Andrew – James W. Kittle Farms Ltd. – Select seed growers and processors of pedigreed spring barley (C/S), peas (C/R/F), wheat (C/S).
Viking – Lefsrud, Edmund and Kevin – Lefsrud Seed and Processing Ltd. - Growers of pedigreed spring barley (C/S/F), canola (C), flax (C/S/R/F), peas (C/S/F), wheat (C/S/F/R).
Seed Cleaning Plant
Holden - Beaver County Seed Cleaning Coop. Ltd. Cleaning is done for wheat, peas, barley, oats, flax and triticale for mostly local producers. Annual volume is approximately 300,000 bushels. Does not offer seed treatment.
Viking – Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. - custom seed treatment.
Viking – Lefsrud Seed and Processing Ltd. – foundation seed cleaning and treatment.
Agronomic Services
Ryley and Viking – Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. Services include crop planning, seed testing, soil analysis, tissue analysis, crop scouting and field mapping.
Viking – Crop Production Services Canada. Services include tissue analysis, soil analysis, soil testing, crop planning and field mapping.
Grain Marketers
Ryley – Great Northern Grain Terminal – provides producer car marketing services
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Viking – Cargill limited 3 – capacity is 13,640 tonnes
Viking – Cargill limited B – capacity is 4,650 tonnes. Also a licensed pulse buyer.
Viking – Great Northern Grain Terminal – provides producer car marketing services.
Viking – Providence Grain Solutions Inc. – a Canadian Wheat Board elevator agent. –capacity is 7,850 tonnes. A growing exporter of oats and canola. Also a licensed pulse buyer.
Licensed Barley Dealers
Viking – Providence Grain Solutions Ltd.
Garden Market and Greenhouses
Holden – Holden Hutterite Colony.
Ryley – Olstad, Margaret – Juneberry Acres - Saskatoon u-pick. Cherries in near future.
Ryley - Ovelson, Brenda - The Flower Lady – Grows perennials, annuals, shrubs, trees, herbal roots and rhodiola rosea. Products for sale on site and at Farmers’ Markets in Ryley and Tofield.
Tofield – Rolfes, Cindy and Tony – Cindy’s Berry Patch - produce root vegetables from seed. Produce is sold at farm gate and at Farmers’ Markets.
Tofield – Rude, Ken and Stacy - Maple Park Farm Greenhouses and Garden Centre – Member of Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association. Product line includes annual bedding plants and perennials and trees & shrubs. Vegetables include beans, beats, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, corn, cucumber, garlic, green onions, pok choi, leks, lettuce, onions, kohlrabi, potatoes, pumpkins, peas, spinach, squash, swiss chard and zucchini.
Rhodiola Rosea Growers- ARRGO members
Ryley – three growers. Tofield – four growers. Viking – three growers.
Natural Producers
Viking – Jakubec, Larry and Suzanne – Jakubec Farms Natural Pork – Government inspected. Feed is grown on own land, no medications, growth hormones or animal by-products are used. Custom cutting, wrapping and curing. Member of ‘Keep Edmonton Original’.
Viking – Ruzicka, Dan and Shannon – Natures Green Acres. Raise and sell hormone free, pasture raised, grass fed, pigs, chickens and cattle. All products are available at the farm gate. Has been approved at the Strathcona Farmers’ Market in Edmonton, however, waiting for stall space. Their ‘nouveau beef’ is butchered at six months which in addition to farm gate sales is also available at Madison’s Grill in Edmonton at the Union Bank Inn and d’Lish Meal Assembly Studio both of which are ‘2009 Dine Alberta’ participating restaurants. 6
Organic Producers
Ryley – Blumhagen, Karen and Kalatz, Bernice - B & K Ranch – AOPA certified. Produce organic products including grass hay, mixed hay. Also raise grass fed beef.
Ryley - Pope, Dale and Donna - Pope Family Organic Farm and Supplies – AOPA certified. Crops include: oats, wheat, echinacea, herbs, including lemon balm, mint, oregano, sage, medicinal herbs, vegetables include, beans, corn, cucumber, onions, pumpkins and also apples. They also grow rhodiola rosea. Other crops include organic forage and sweet clover.
Viking – Rosene, Vern – Teamwork Farms – QMI certified for crops. Offers pasture, native grass, meadow brome, park wheat, broiler chickens, laying hens, eggs, turkey. Raise all natural beef, lamb and pork. Sales at Salisbury Farmers’ Market in Sherwood Park. Member of ‘Keep Edmonton Original’.
Dairies
Holden – Holden Hutterite Colony
Ryley – Knudson, Tim N.- Dustylake
Tofield – Roth, Victor – Willowflat
Viking – Hutterian Brethren Church of Viking
Eggs/Poultry including broiler, fryer and roaster chickens
Bruce – Iron Creek Hutterite Colony
Holden – Holden Hutterite Colony
Ryley – Booth, Hughie
Tofield – Green Acre Farms
Tofield – Joel Farms
Tofield – Rietveld Poultry Farms
Tofield – Tofield Hutterite Colony
Tofield – Wiens Agricultural Enterprises Ltd.
Viking – Hutterian Brethren Church of Viking
Viking – Natures Green Acres
Viking – Teamwork Farms. Also listed under ‘Organic Producers’.
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Animal Aquaculture
Ryley – Cobean, Mary - Buzzard Gulch Hatchery – raise various species of trout (brook, brown, rainbow) and steelheads for the edible market. Currently a small operation – may expand in the near future.
Tofield - Alberta Trout Suppliers Ltd. – raise rainbow trout and triploid grass carp.
Honey Producer/Processor
Holden – Holden Hutterite Colony
Kinsella – Basuric, Florani – Can-Phil Bee Keeping Ventures – has 50 hives in total at Viking and Holden areas. Plans to expand the business in the near future. Sells the honey to the Alberta Honey Producers Coopertive Ltd.
Tofield – Thiessen, Sam and Sandra - Verry Berry Honey - Member of Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association. Preservative free products include 12 different flavoured honeys and 5 flavoured glazes. Products are available on site and at several retail locations in Edmonton including the Strathcona Farmers Market, St. Albert and Kitscoty.
Tofield – Aspen Grove Farms. Sell at farm gate and at Old Strathcona and Salisbury farmers’ markets in Edmonton and St. Albert respectively.
Pork Producers
Bruce – Dewart, Kary
Bruce – Iron Creed Hutterite Colony
Ryley - Booth, Hughie
Tofield – Nokonechny, Gerald – also operates a hog feedlot
Tofield – Nickel Livestock Ltd.
Viking – Jakubec Farms Natural Pork. Also listed under ‘Natural Producer’
Viking – Natures Green Acres. Also listed under ‘Natural Producer’
Viking – Teamwork Farms. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’
Horse Breeders
Kinsella – Skori, Ross and Laurie – Skori Farms – Breed registered quarter horses.
Tofield - Morgan Hill Farm – Stud service and sale of Morgans.
Tofield – Renex Arabians – Breed Arabians.
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Tofield – Telford, Bruce and Sharon - Woodlawn Farms – Raise and sells Quarter horses
Viking – Ruzicka, Glen and Lynn – Ruzicka Ranch – Breed and sell quarter horses.
Viking – Safirepaintandquarterhorses – breeders of paints and quarter horses.
Viking - Silver Willow Acres –
Simmental Breeders and Producers
Holden – Fleming, Garth and James – South Holden Simmentals
Holden – Grinde, Reuben and Kent – Grinalta Farms. Also semen sales Fleckvieh cattle.
Holden - Suchy, Tyler and Harry. HSN Simmentals.
Tofield - Nowicki, Eddie
Viking - Maxwell, Glen and Kevin; Maxwell, Gordon and Norm – Maxwell Simmentals.
Viking – Mazankowski, Emil
Viking - Snider, Daryl and Debbie. Snider Cattle Service.
Angus Producers and Breeders
Holden - MacGregor, Marjorie – Sandstorm Angus
Holden - Yarham, Ron – Rover Y
Kinsella – Armitage, T.W. & Hjordis and Mackay, Dwright & Jo-Anne – Angus Acres. On Canadian Angus Association 2009 Elite Sire list.
Tofield - Dodds, Ken and Eva
Tofield - Suchy, Terry – Blackline Angus
Tofield - Voegtlin, Lyle – Gamineae Red Angus
Viking - Leidl, Kevin – Thomas Lake Angus
Holstein Breeders
Holden – Holden Hutterite Colony – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Ryley – Knudson, Tim N. – Dustylake – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Tofield – Roth, Victor – Willowflat – also listed under ‘Dairies’.
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‘Verified Beef Producers’
Holden – Collison, Dale – Cow/calf producer.
Holden – Komarniski, Connie – Cow/calf producer.
Goat Breeder and Producer
Tofield – Taylor, Robert.
Viking – Hafso, Vern and Jan – Tollara Farms. Raise goats for meat. Current herd at 60 head. Call for meat order. Member of ‘Keep Edmonton Original’.
Elk – Direct Marketer and Producer
Tofield – Dunbest Elk Ranch Ltd.
Bison Producers of Alberta
All in Tofield area
Bilan, Bill – Park Lane Holdings.
Carlson, Wayne - Carlson Buffalo Company. Farm direct sales.
Galbraith, Jason and Cheryl – Black Buckle Ranch.
Lamb Producer
Tofield – Kretzul, Birgit. Lamb producer
Tofield – Thiessen, Sam and Sandra. Also listed under ‘Honey Producer’
Viking – Teamwork Farms. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’
Dog Breeders
All in Tofield area with one exception
Birch, Stuart and Sharon – Breed: German Shepard
Jolke and Elly – Bardo Saint Bernard kennel – Breed: St. Bernard
Miller, Donna – Puppy Love kennel – Breed: American Cocker Spaniel, English Spaniel and Bassett Hound
Morgan Hill Farm – Breed: Boxer
Philips, Linda and Kelly – (Gintsuyu registered) Breed: Akita
Ricard, Dean and Tracey – (Sibertahl Perm registered). Breed: Bernese Mtn. Dog 10
Spahr, Linda C. – Breed: Pug
Tarrant Cindy and Cory – Tarrants’ Roudee Bulldogs. Breed: Bulldog
Tessier, Debbie – Deb’s Dogs kennel – Breed: Chihuahua
Wysminity, Lisa – Breed: American Staffordshire Terrier & Manchester Terrier
Viking – Holand, Laura – Sheldaro – Breed: Standard Poodle
Meat Processors
All five of the following meat processors are provincially inspected slaughter facilities for beef, lamb, bison, pork and wild game.
Bruce – Iron Creek Hutterite Colony. Processes sausage and bacon on site for farm gate sales.
Ryley Sausage 1991 Ltd. Products include specialty European Meats under the brand name Ryley Sausage sold throughout retail stores in Alberta.
Tofield Packers Ltd. Custom slaughtering and meat packers. Products include fresh and processed meats, sausages and processing wild game and bison. Products sold provincially.
Tofield - Prairie Pride Meats Ltd. Full service custom slaughter, chill, cutting and wrapping. Specializes in halal and kosher – wholesales meats to Edmonton area retailers and restaurants. Planning on expanding into prepared meat products within the next year. Does not slaughter hogs.
Viking Meats 1994 Ltd. Products include fresh meats, homemade sausage, custom curing, wild game processing, deli meats and BBQ beef roast. Products only available on site.
Feed Lots
Bruce – Iron Creek Hutterite Colony
Kinsella – Armitage, Jason. Also cow/calf operation.
Tofield – Schmidt, George
Tofield – Tofield Hutterite Colony
Viking – Hutterian Brethren Church of Viking
Livestock Auction Markets
Tofield – Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd. – 1,500 horses, 8,000 goats, 28,000 cattle, and 27,000 sheep were sold in 2008.
Viking Auction Market Ltd. –
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Viking – Viking Livestock Marketing – Ruzicka, Fred. Agent for ‘TEAM’ The Electronic Auction Market.
Alberta Licensed Livestock Dealers
Holden – Eberhart, Daniel F.
Tofield – Tofield Packers
Viking – Petras, Joe - Vican Inc.
Viking – Viking Livestock Marketing
Viking – Viking Auction Market Ltd.
Local Feeder Association
Kinsella – Battle River Feeder Association Ltd.
Veterinary Services
Tofield – Beaverhill Veterinary Services
Tofield – Stockyards Veterinary Services
Viking – Viking Veterinary Services
Alberta Approved Farmers’ Markets
Tofield – open Tuesday 1PM – 5PM – Community Hall
Viking – open Thursday 2 PM – 4 PM - Community Hall
Agricultural Societies Within Beaver County
Bruce, Kinsella, Holden, Beaver Heritage (Ryley), Tofield, Viking
Hutterite Colonies
Bruce - Iron Creek Colony – Fresh eggs, beef and pork. The animals are growth hormone/chemical free. The Colony has an on site provincially inspected beef/pork processing facility. They also produce their own bacon and sausage for sale at the farm gate. Eggs (have 2,600 + layers) get shipped to a Calgary area egg grading station. They do not sell any product at farmers’ markets. However, they retail their beef and pork at the Smokin’ Iron Farms meat and deli store in Edmonton.
Holden Hutterite Colony – offers seasonal vegetables, on site greenhouse offers tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers year round), chicken, saskatoons and honey. Value added products include goose down pillows and bedding and leather gloves. Sales on site and at Farmers’
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Market at Salisbury in Sherwood Park, Camrose, Leduc, Devon and Millwood’s in Edmonton. Operate dairy – Quality Milk Winner with Alberta Milk.
Tofield – Hutterian Brethren Church of Tofield – produce chickens which are slaughtered and inspected at Hairy Hill Colony. Chickens are sold/delivered direct to customers; do not sell at retail level or at farmers’ markets.
Viking - Hutterian Brethren Church of Viking – Poultry is marketed to restaurants in Edmonton. Operate dairy – Quality Milk Winner with Alberta Milk.
Other Projects/Initiatives
Bruce – Iron Creek Hutterite Colony – operates a manure generated bio-gas generating station. This colony owns and supplies the ‘Smokin’ Iron Farms retail meat and deli store in Edmonton.
Holden – Grinde, Elgar and Annie – operate a 350 head cow/calf herd. With the Beaver River Research Group participated in a 2006 Agricultural Research & Extension Council of Alberta demonstration of Year Round Grazing System “Using Best Management Practices” project.
Kinsella – University of Alberta Beef Breeding Research Group.
City of Camrose
Food and Feed Processors
Canadian Nurs-ette Distributors Inc. Manufacturers of quality milk replacement and milk pellets for nursing baby animals.
Schroeder Milling Inc. QMI certified for processing and handling. Member of Alberta Food Processors Association. Products include pancake (including buttermilk) and waffle mixes, bleached, unbleached and whole grain flour in both regular and organic and kosher versions. Brand names include Sunny Boy Cereal, Prairie Sun and private label. Raw materials are sourced locally. All products are available at major grocery stores. Major export market is South Korea and USA.
The Lefse House – member of Alberta Food Processors Association. Scandinavian baked goods shipped direct to customer or available at select Sobey’s, Coops and other delis around Alberta. They sell raw material to make your own.
Tiras Dairies 2008 Ltd. - Product is feta cheese sold under the brand names Vlahos and Tiras.
Viterra Specialty Oats Processing Plant – can process a variety of oat products including double and tripled cleaned, Royal oats, crimped/rolled oats and oat groats. It is Western Canada’s only dedicated specialty oat plant with the ability to supply and manufacture this full range of products for the specialty oat marketplace. Key market focus is the North American
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and Asian horse racing industry, but can also service the livestock feed and human consumption market.
Greenhouse
Green Valley Gardens - Laskosky, Cindy and Bryan – a seasonal business specializing in customer container planting. Bedding plants, perennials, water plants trees and shrubs.
Meat Processor
Camrose Packers Ltd. in Camrose. Provincially licensed processor primarily of beef, lamb and pork. Value added products include jerkies and sausages, custom cutting and wrapping. Products available on site.
Farmers’ Market
Camrose and District Farmers’ Market – an Alberta Approved Farmers’ Market - open Saturday 9AM – Noon – Duggan Mall
Rose City Farmers’ Market – open Thursday 4PM – 8:30PM - Duggan Mall.
Veterinary Services
Battle River Veterinary Camrose Animal Clinic
Camrose Veterinary Group Marshall Swine Health Services
Camrose County
Includes the hamlets of Armena, Duhamel, Kelsey, Kingman, Meeting Creek, Ohaton, Pelican Point, Round Hill and Tillicum Beach, Town of Bashaw and villages of Bawlf, Bittern Lake, Edberg, Ferintosh, Rosalind. It also encompasses the villages of Hay Lake and New Norway which are not members of BRAED, however, some of the producers and processors in the county have mailing addresses in these villages and are therefore included in the report.
Seed Growers
Code: (C)ertified, (S)elect, (R)egistered, (F)oundation
Bashaw – Schultz, Jason – Grower of pedigreed spring barley (C).
Hay Lakes – Kupka, Randy – Grower of pedigreed wheat (C).
Kelsey - Thirsk Theo – Thirsk Seed Farm - Grower of pedigreed peas (R), wheat (C/S). Member of Alberta AgFood Alliance. CSI accredited. Produces, purchases, stores, cleans, handles, treats and sells cereals, pulses and canola.
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New Norway – Bright, David - Brights Seeds. Grower of pedigreed wheat (C/R).
New Norway – Lindholm, Craig and Steven – Lindholm Seed Farm – Grower of pedigreed spring barley (C/R), canola (C), faba beans (C), peas (C/S/R), wheat (C/R).
Seed Cleaning Plants
Bashaw Seed Cleaning Cooperative Association Ltd. - Services include seed cleaning, treating and sales. The plant is CSI Quality Assurance Accredited and is a member of the Alberta AgFood Alliance. Will clean approximately 700,000 bushels and treat 65,000 bushels this year.
Camrose County Seed Cleaning Plant – Services include seed cleaning of pedigreed and commercial seeds, separation and conditioning and seed treating. The plant cleans about 550,000 to 600,000 bushels of grain annually and treats 60,000 to 80,000 bushels of seed grain annually.
Agronomic Services
Bashaw – Bashaw Crop Services – services include seed testing, soil testing, crop planning, field mapping, and fertility recommendation
Camrose - Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. – services include seed testing, soil testing, soil analysis, tissue analysis, and crop scouting.
Camrose – Crop Production Services Canada – services include tissue analysis, soil analysis, soil testing, crop planning and field mapping
Edberg – Edberg Crop Management Inc. in partnership with Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. – services include crop planning, soil analysis, crop scouting, tissue analysis, soil testing, field mapping, seed testing and manure management.
Grain Marketers
Bashaw – Bashaw Processors Inc. – agent for Canadian Wheat Board and transfers grain to producer cars. A licensed pulse buyer. Process locally grown peas and other pulse crops for export for human consumption mainly to India, lesser markets include Africa and South America. A smaller market is supplying feed peas to local livestock producers. Annual output including loading producer cars is approaching one million bushels per annum.
Bawlf – Canada Malting Co. Limited – barley elevator - capacity is 6,890 tonnes.
Camrose – Cargill Animal Nutrition Limited – capacity is 16,850 tonnes. Member of Alberta Food Processors Association. Custom feed mill for swine, poultry, beef and dairy herds. Process custom and generic feed products for the Alberta market.
Camrose – Cargill Ag Horizon – all types of wheat, canola, barley, oats – capacity 39,000 tonnes. Also a licensed pulse buyer.
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Camrose – Richardson Pioneer Limited – all types of wheat, canola, barley and flax – capacity 48,000 tonnes.
Garden Market and Greenhouses
Armena – Lyseng, Marg and Doug - Maple Wood Acres Market Garden & Greenhouses. Has four greenhouses growing annuals, perennials, roses and strawberry plants.
Bashaw - Applejack Ranch – Stevenson, Mary Ann and Brunelle, Les - Member of Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association. Fruit, vegetable and protein grower including carrots, cukes, lettuce, peas, dill (herb), raspberries, beef, chicken and eggs. Also listed under ‘Other Cattle’
Bashaw - Birney’s Berries – Member of Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association. Product is Day Neutral Strawberries. Sales via u-pick, pre pick, custom orders and farmers’ market.
Bittern Lake – Johnson, Blaine and Brenda - Westway Gardens – has 5 greenhouses with bedding plants, the specialty is hanging baskets. Open May to June.
Camrose – Diamond Acre Sod Farm.
Camrose - Glen View Organic Greenhouse and Farm – Member of Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association. Specialties include fragrant roses, bedding plants, unusual annuals, perennials, organic heritage vegetables, plants and herb plants, including broccoli, cucumbers, peppers, pumpkins, salad mixes, summer squash, 30 varieties of tomatoes, zucchini, rosemary, summer savoury, scented geraniums. The greenhouse is herbicide and pesticide free. Protein product is lamb. Sales via farm gate, farmers’ markets and delivery.
Camrose – Olsen, Bruce and Muriel - Avonroy Gardens. Specializes in hanging baskets.
Camrose – Schwab, Helen - Eastside Greenhouse – have three greenhouses. Grow and sell bedding plants, annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, trees and shrubs. Sales on site and wholesale to a Red Deer based greenhouse operator.
Edberg - Valley K Greenhouses – Member of Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association. Grow and sell lily bulbs especially suited for the Canadian climate. Sales on site or mail order via internet.
Ferintosh - Roseberry Lane – Member of Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association. Fruit and vegetable grower including beans, beets, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, corn, dill, leek, lettuce, onion (cooking & green), peas, potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, rutabaga, summer squash, tomatoes and zucchini; saskatoons and raspberries. Also have jams, jellies and preserves. Sales via u-pick, farmers’ markets, pre picked, custom orders and farm gate sales and they deliver.
Hay Lakes - Wild West Berry Farm – Member of Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association. Fruit grower including saskatoons and chokecherries. Sale via u-pick, pre picked, custom orders, frozen, farm gate. Jams and jellies also available. 16
New Norway - More Trees Please – Product and services include purchase, sale and moving of trees.
New Norway – Blair Farm – strawberries, mixed vegetable and sweet corn.
New Norway – Krangnes, David - Silver Creek Greenhouses Ltd. Greenhouses, ornamental floriculture and nursery products.
New Norway – U-Pick Saskatoons – u-pick saskatoons and limited we-pick.
Rhodiola Rosea Growers- ARRGO members
Bashaw – one grower. Bittern Lake – two growers. Camose – one grower. New Norway – one grower. Ohaton – one grower
Natural Producers
Edberg – Beekman, Gerrit and Laurie - Beekman’s Bacon Farm – Meat processing and sales of beef and pork products including beef patties, sausage, pork jerky, specialty bacon. All pork is raised. Croquettes, fricadella, roladen, rookwurst and mettwurst is available. All products are MSG free. They deliver. Listed in the Alberta Regional Cuisine Sourcing Directory.
Round Hill – Alan and Nicola Irving – Irving Farm Fresh Ltd. – On site processing. Bedfordshire hogs used for pork and sausages, smoked meats. Others include fresh pork and leek, pork and maple, Olde English Lincolnshire, Olde English Cumberland pork sausages. All products MSG free and all sausages are gluten free. Fresh rosemary and garlic, Italian, sweet chilli zinger and English breakfast sausages. Traditional Dry Cured unsmoked back bacon and British style bacon. The pork is from rare breed Bedfordshire pigs that are raised in a free range pasture system. Product available at the following farmers’ markets, Beaumont, Leduc, Festival Place and Salisbury in Sherwood Park, St. Albert and Strathcona, Downtown and Collingwood in Edmonton. Member of ‘Keep Edmonton Original’ and ‘Dine Alberta’ and listed in the Alberta Regional Cuisine Sourcing Directory.
Organic Producers
Armena - Sun Works Farm – QMI certified for crops. Member of Alberta Food Processors Association and is listed in the Alberta Regional Cuisine Sourcing Directory. Raise, process and market lamb, sheep, goats. The feed is made on the farm in their own CFIA approved feed mill. Have bison yearlings, fowl (chicken, duck, geese and turkey, turkey starters,), eggs, beef, pork (hog grower/finisher). Certified organic, humane, free range poultry, pork, beef, lamb, bison and jerky. Products are gluten and chemical free. Products available at Edmonton Strathcona Farmers’ Market and two locations in Calgary including the Farmers’ Market at Currie Barracks and Blush Lane Organic Market.
This operation is also involved with the Alberta Sustainable Agriculture Apprenticeship Program.
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Bittern Lake - Prairie Roots Organic Farm – QMI certified for crops: pasture, hay and garden. Also produces brood beef cows, chickens (laying hens and broilers), ducks, geese, turkeys, laying hens, brood sows and boar and piglets.
Camrose – McCarthy, Patrick and Kimberly - Wagyu Canada Inc. – corporate offices in Camrose. AOPA, USDA and CFIA certified. Member of Alberta Food Processors Association and Canada Beef Export Federation. Listed in the Alberta Regional Cuisine Sourcing Directory. Producer of hormone free ‘Kobe Classic Beef’. Products include beef, sausage/smoked meats, primal cuts, steaks, roasts, burgers, ground or cooked meatloaf and meatballs. Leduc Processing Centre is studying expansion into HMR, RMC (prepared meats) and portion cuts. Primary market Canada, USA, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia and Dubai. Utilizes e-commerce with internet sales. Also supplies restaurants including forty ‘Milestone’ restaurants – a chain with locations in Alberta, BC and Ontario. Also, supply/sell genetics, semen, embryos, bulls and replacement heifers.
Kingman – Christensen, Roland and Richard - Christensen Organic Gardens – AOPA certified. Crops include oats, triticale, alfalfa, faba beans, hay; produce includes potatoes and carrots. Also, raise beef.
New Norway – Snider, Robert and Rosemary - Little Red Hen Mills – QMI certified for crops. Crops include hay, barley, oats, rye, wheat, faba beans, peas, buckwheat seeds, yellow mustard, pasture and wild lands and silage. Cleaning of organic cereals, pulses, buckwheat and canola/mustard. Clean grain to up to milling grade. Primary market California, Washington and Idaho.
Rosalind – Marshall, John and Dorothy - Campbellton Farms – QMI certified for crops. Livestock include poultry (chicken, broiler chickens, turkey, wild turkey, pheasants, ducks, finished hogs and market lambs, brood sows, boars, ewes and rams. Crops include culinary herbs, hay, forage rape, and winter triticale.
Eggs/Poultry including broilers, fryers and roaster chickens
Armena – Sun Works Farms – see detailed listing under ‘Organic Producers‘
Bashaw – Applejack Ranch – also listed under ‘Market Garden and Greenhouses‘
Bashaw – Hartland Hutterite Colony
Bittern Lake – Prairie Roots Organic Ltd. – see listing under ‘Organic Producers‘
Camrose – Hutterian Brethren Church of Camrose.
Edberg – 357815 Alberta Ltd.
Edberg – Friesen, Rennie
Edberg – Baerg, Bob and Glenda
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Edberg – Lundstrom, Doug
Ferintosh – Goosen, Darcy
Ferintosh – Hutterian Brethren of Silver Creek
Ferintosh – Terad Farms Inc.
Ferintosh – Thiessen, Ralph
New Norway – Goosen, Brad
New Norway – Silver Creek Poultry
New Norway – Toews, Noah – Willowdale Poultry Inc.
Rosalind – Campbellton Farms – also listed under ‘Organic Producers‘
Animal Aqualculture
Camrose – Louden, Lorne and Horace - Ackenberry Trout Farm. Raise rainbow trout and triploid grass carp. Currently have federal department of Fisheries and Oceans disease free certification. Market is pond and dugout owners. Delivery up to 100 km. Grass carp (100% certified) used for a chemical free solution to weed and hair algae problems.
Dairies
Armena – Galli, P and R – Yellow Rose Dairy
Bashaw – Congdon, M A – Mazylake Holsteins
Bashaw – Dubitz, Gabriel and Gail
Bashaw – Hartland Hutterite Colony
Bashaw – Lok, Teun – Lok Dairies
Bashaw – Oosterink, Henk – East Valley Dairy
Bashaw – Palsma, Adri – Barnwird Dairies
Bashaw – Stolk, Matthew – G.E.M. Dairy
Bashaw - Straub & Son Dairies
Camrose – Howe, Steve and Deidra – Rose City Dairy
Camrose – Hutterian Brethren Church of Camrose
Camrose – Johnson, Daniel and Brenda – Lakeview Holsteins Ltd.
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Camrose – Kerr, Bruce – Kerrose Holsteins
Camrose – Lakeview Holstein
Camrose – Schwizer, Daniel – Lakeway Farm
Ferintosh – Hunter, Ken – Hunter Holsteins
Ferintosh – Waldkirch Dairies
Ferintosh – Van Assem, Siem – Vaudet Dairy
Hay Lakes – Schoenknecht, Allan
Hay Lakes – Ted Hansen Farms Ltd.
Hay Lakes – Reist, John – J & W Dairy
Kingman – Mulder, Hendrik and Hetti – Freeslawn Farms Ltd.
New Norway – Cowan, James and Gail
New Norway – Ross, Tom H – Brigend Farm
New Norway – Trautman, Odean – Trautman Dairies
Ohaton – Lindsay, Bob – Heatherbrae Holsteins
Pork Producers
Armena – Sun Works Farm. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’
Bawlf – Frisia Farms Inc.
Bawlf – Jimlin Dairies – Hog Haven
Bittern Lake – Krause, Stanley Farm
Bittern Lake – Prairie Roots Organic Farm. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’
Edberg – Beekmans’ Bacon Farm. Also listed under ‘Natural Producer’
Camrose – Hutterian Brethren Church of Camrose
Camrose - Banack, William and Humphrey
Camrose – Rocky Meadow Farm
Ferintosh – GW Hog Farms Ltd.
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Round Hill – Banack, Humphrey Farm – Gumbo Hill Farm
Round Hill – Irving Farm Fresh Ltd.
Horse Breeders
Bawlf – Bergquist, Merlin and Tanya – Bergquist Farm – Canadian Warm Blood breeder.
Bashaw – Buelow, Walter and Mary – Spotted Valley Ranch – Stud service and sale of quarter horses.
Bashaw – Hunter, Quentin and Natalie Hunter – Breed and sell Hunter Paint and Quarter horses.
Bashaw - Standing Betts Quarter Horses – Breeding and sale of Quarter horses.
Bittern Lake – Johnston, Darrell - Lakeview Ranch. Breeds thoroughbred quarter horses for chuckwagon racing.
Camrose - Destiny Farms – near Breed quality Arabians, ½ Arabians, Saddlebreds and Pintos.
Camrose – Wilson, Nathan and Corinna – C & N Arabians – Breed and sell Arabians.
Hay Lakes - Avonroy Morgans – Breed and sell quality Morgan horses for sport, performance, trail and in-hand.
New Norway – Brinkman, Gerrit and Ute - Equitop Farm – Importer and breeder of quality sport horses. Hanoverian Stallions at stud. Member of Canadian Warm Blood Horse Breeders’ Association.
Simmental Breeders and Producers
Bawlf – Stordahl, Gary
Bittern Lake – Berkholtz, Cecil and Trish – Berwest Farms.
Bittern Lake - Nickel, Ed and (Cam and Andrea Nickel) – Nickel Farms
Camrose - Hovde, Roger – Amrod Simmentals.
Camrose – Kozack, Bradley – BLP Simmentals.
Camrose – Kozack, Myron and Patricia – Kozack Farms.
Camrose – Nesvold, Dale and Joni – Prairie Fire Simmentals.
Camrose – Pattison, Will and Marion.
Camrose – Winder, Roy – North Winds Ranch.
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Camrose –Young, Larry and Cheryl – 5Y Simmentals.
New Norway – Vert, Ron and Roxie – Green Hill Ranch.
Rosalind - Burkard, Morris and Shonna – Burkard Simmentals.
Round Hill – Kushnerik, Steve and Tracy – Spruce View Acres.
Angus Breeders and Producers
Bashaw – Congdon, Dwayne and Sherry – Reata Ranch Co.
Bashaw – Savage, Allan and Mary – Braemar Angus.
Bashaw – Schultz, Russel and Deanna – Schultz Ranch.
Bashaw – Trout, Allan – Allamar Angus.
Bashaw – Weins, Dale and Annette – Corona Creek Angus Cattle Co.
Bashaw – Wilson, Lee and Dawn – Miller Wilson Angus.
Bawlf – Welch, Dustin – Dual Red Angus
Camrose – Grundberg, Kevin and Shelley – Dinant Red Angus
Camrose – Kwell, Richard E. – Miquelon Red Angus.
Camrose – Prestage, Robert and Margaret – Arklow Angus.
Edberg – Buttimer, George and Val – Clonabreem Angus Farm.
Kingman – Voegtlin, Wayne J. On Canadian Angus Association 2009 Elite Sire list.
New Norway – Bulter, Bruce and Karen – Outback Angus.
New Norway – Nichols, Norman and Debbie – Half Dime Red Angus
Ohaton – Sjorgen, Alice – Noble Acres.
Holstein Breeders
Armena – Galli, R and R – Yellow Rose Dairy – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Bashaw – Congdon, Len and Sarah – Mazylake Holsteins – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Bashaw – Lok, Teun – Lok Dairies – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Bashaw – Oosterink, Henk – East Valley Dairy – also listed under ‘Dairies’
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Bashaw – Stolk, Matthew – G.E.M. Dairy – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Camrose – Howe, Steve and Deidra – Rose City Dairy – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Camrose – Johnson, Daniel and Brenda – Lakeview Holsteins Ltd. – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Camrose – Kerr, Bruce – Kerrose Holsteins – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Camrose – Schwizer, Daniel – Lakeway Farm
Ferintosh – Hunter, Ken – Hunter Holsteins – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Ferintosh – Van Assem, Siem – Vaudet Dairy – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Hay Lakes – Reist, John – J & W Dairy – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Kingman – Mulder, Hendrik and Hetti – Freeslawn Farms Ltd. – also listed under ‘Dairies’
New Norway – Cowan, James and Gail – also listed under ‘Dairies’
New Norway – Ross, Tom H – Brigend Farm – also listed under ‘Dairies’
New Norway – Trautman, Odean – Trautman Dairies – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Ohaton – Lindsay, Bob – Heatherbrae Holsteins – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Canadian Blonde d’ Aquitaine Breeders and Producers
Bashaw – Dukva, Dwight.
Ferintosh – Skjaveland, Merv and Donna – Cleveland Farm.
`Verified Beef Producers’
Camrose – Byers, Brett and Lisa - Hills Ranching Co. Ltd. Verified cow/calf producer and backgrounder.
Camrose – Drever, Cliff - Prairie Land & Cattle Co. Inc. – Member of ‘Prairie Heritage Beef’ and ‘Food Alliance’. Verified backgrounder and finisher. Operates 1000 cow/calf pairs.
Kingman – Heiberg, Lyle and Rebecca - Heiberg Farms – Member of ‘Prairie Heritage Beef’ and ‘Food Alliance’. Verified cow/calf producer and finisher. 350 head Saler herd.
New Norway – Butler, Bruce and Karen - Lone Pine Ranching – Verified cow/calf producer.
Other Cattle
Bashaw – Stevenson, Mary Ann and Brunelle, Les – Applejack Ranch – operate one of the largest Dexter cattle herds in Canada; they provide breeding stock and semen sales to other producers. 23
Camrose – Glenrose Polled Herefords.
Goat Producer and Breeders
Armena – Sun Works Farm. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’.
Hay Lakes – Borys, Carol - Thistle Hill Farm - Raises Nigerian dwarf goats and Dorper X Sheep.
Ohaton – Hayslip, Fred – Breeder of North American and Scottish black face sheep.
Elk – Direct Marketers and Producers
Hay Lakes – Sych, Dan - Wildridge Elk Ventures Inc. Herd of 180. Markets through Alberta Wapiti Products Cooperative Limited (AWAPCO), a new generation coop. Membership is voluntary. The market is custom slaughter based with 40% of the meat shipped to Europe, 30% each to Canada and USA. All processing is CFIA and European Union compliant and all elk processed by AWAPCO is naturally raised and hormone free. The elk velvet is brokered through Royal Elk Products based in Sangudo, Alberta.
Bison Producers
Camrose - Red Willow Bison Ranch.
Camrose – Goransrud, James – Spruce Coulee Bison.
Round Hill – Orcheski, Joe – Buffalo Hill Ranch Inc.
Lamb Producers and Breeders
Armena – Sun Works Farm. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’
Bashaw – Beulow, Ted and Linda. Breed Suffolk sheep.
Bashaw – Throop, Kathy and Ben Throop.
Bittern Lake – King, Allan and Jenny King.
Camrose – Archbold, Ted and Wendy.
Kelsey – Gerber, Roger and Terry.
Ohaton – Geertsma, Shauna Geertsma.
Ohaton - Ginther, Reinhard – Rose Kountry Katahdins. Breeds Katahdin sheep.
Rosalind – Helmig. John and Morris.
Rosalind – Marchall, John and Dorothy.
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Rosalind – Campbellton Farms. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’
Dog Breeders
Bashaw - Walter and Mary Buelow – Spotted Valley Ranch – Occasionally raise and train Border Collie stock dogs.
Camrose – Belka, Sandra – Elusive Permanent Registered – Breed: Afghan Hound
Camrose – Blumhagen, Bruce and Cheryl – Blum ‘N’ Harts Dachshunds – Breed: Dachshunds (miniature smooth) and Miniature Dachshunds
Camrose – Bonnar, Heidl – Whisper In The Wind – Breed: Chihuahua short coat and Standard Poodle
Camrose – Brydges, Diane – Blue Country Shiba’s - Breed: Shiba Inu
Camrose – Nilson, Elaine – Alaine Kennel – Breed: Collie
Camrose – Solveron, Laureen – (PomWind Pomeranians) – Breed: Pomeranians
Hay Lakes – Vandecastenyen, Sharol – Mallardsway Kennel – Breed: Chesapeake Bay Retriever
New Norway – Lindholm, Julie – Westholm Kennel – Breed: Labrador Retriever
New Norway – Rott, Travis – Kivis kennel – Breed: Canadian Kennel Club registered Standard Poodle
New Norway – Storeshaw, Lynn – Lynn’s Pride Kennels - Breed: Maltese Mastiff and Mastiff Rescue
Meat Processors
Armena - SunWorks Farm. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’. Product sold under brand name : SunWorks Farm.
Bashaw Meats and Sausage – Daren and Carrie Pearson. Products include homemade sausage, retail and deli meats, mobile on farm butchering, complete processing of beef and pork and complete processing of wild game.
Bashaw - Kikel Meats – near Bashaw. Products include processed meats, pork, lamb, custom slaughter including wild game.
Camrose - Wagyu Canada Inc. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’.
Edberg – Beekman’s Bacon Farm. Also listed under ‘Natural Producer’.
Round Hill - Irving Farm Fresh Ltd. Also listed under ‘Natural Producer’. 25
Feedlots
Camrose – Luz Farms Ltd.
Camrose – Twitchell, Dave – Lamb feedlot.
Ferintosh – 1034569 Alberta Ltd.
Alberta Licensed Livestock Dealers
Camrose – Prairie Heritage Producers Ltd.
Camrose – Twitchell, David A.
Camrose – S4 Livestock Ltd.
Kingman – Wild Deuce Retreats and Outfitting
Rosalind – Cal-Herd Cattle Co. Ltd.
Local Feeder Associations
Bashaw Feeder Association Ltd. – based in Alix, Alberta is closing operations at the close of 2009.
Veterinary Services
Bashaw – Bashaw Veterinary Clinic.
Farmers’ Market
Bashaw Farmers’ Market – an Alberta Approved Farmers’ Market open Tuesday 3 PM – 6 PM – Ag Building
Round Hill – several times throughout the year leading up to holidays and special events
Agricultural Societies Within Camrose County
Bashaw, Camrose Regional Exhibition, Edberg, Hay Lakes, Silver Creek (New Norway), Rosalind, and Round Hill.
Hutterite Colonies
Bashaw – Hartland Colony. In operation for the past three years with a dairy and chickens.
Camrose - Hutterian Brethren Church of Camrose - production consists of beef, hogs, eggs and operates dairy. Quality Milk Winner with Alberta Milk. Steers are shipped to Lakeside Packers, hogs to Olymel in Red Deer, the eggs are shipped to a Calgary area grading station and the milk is delivered to Alberta Milk.
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Ferintosh – Silver Creek Colony – raise chickens and turkeys which are shipped to Lilydale Inc. in Edmonton. They also market at the Camrose and District farmers’ market.
Rosalind – Rosalind Colony – new Colony in start up phase – proposed operations will include a beef feedlot and poultry production in about two years’ time. Licensed for hog and dairy but not certain if they will proceed with these.
Initiatives
Bashaw – Stevenson, Mary and Brunelle, Les – Applejack Ranch serves their own AAA natural grass fed Dexter beef at their ‘Apples’ restaurant in Bashaw. Part of the ‘Slow Food’ movement and listed in the 2009 ‘Dine Alberta Participating Restaurant’ guide and the Alberta Regional Cuisine Sourcing Directory.
Flagstaff County
The county encompasses the towns of Killam, Hardisty, Sedgewick, the villages of Alliance, Forestburg, Galahad, Heisler, Lougheed and Strome,. The town of Daysland is not a member of BRAED.
Seed Growers
Code: (C)ertified, (S)elect, (R)egistered, (F)oundation
Daysland – Zwack, Brian – Zwack Seed Farm Ltd. – Grower of pedigreed oats (R), peas (C), wheat (C).
Daysland – Zwack, Thomas – Zwack Seed Farm Ltd. – Grower of pedigreed spring barley (C/R), oats (R), peas (C/R)
Killam – Holmstrom, Darrel – Holstrom Seed Farms – Grower of pedigreed spring barley (R), peas (S).
Killam – Jackson, Thomas – Jackson Homesteaders Farm Ltd. - Grower of pedigreed spring barley (R), faba beans, (C), flax (C/R), peas (R), wheat (C/R). Medalist at 2009 Northlands Pedigreed Seed Show.
Seed Cleaning Plants
Alliance Seed Cleaning Association Ltd. Member of Alberta AgFood Alliance. Facility is CSI approved. Services are commercial, pedigreed and separation cleaning. Offers a complete line of processing, treating and bagging. Cleans approximately 500,000 bushels and treats 25,000 bushels per annum.
Forestburg Co-op Seed Cleaning Plant Ltd. Member of Alberta AgFood Alliance. Services include cleaning for oilseeds, cereal crops, pulse crops, pedigreed and commercial seeds. Also 27
treatment for cereals, canola and peas. Annual volumes vary, last year 747,917 bushels of seeds were cleaned and 95,071 bushels treated.
Lougheed Coop Seed Cleaning Plant Ltd. Member of Alberta AgFood Alliance. Facility is an ‘Accredited Seed Establishment’ – Canadian Seed Institute. Services include cleaning for oilseeds, cereals, commercial and pedigreed seeds. Sizing for malt barley and cleaning peas for the edible market. Cleans approximately 600,000 bushels per annum. Does not offer seed treatment.
Strome Cooperative Seed Cleaning Plant Ltd. – cleans approximately 250,000 bushels per annum, mainly wheat, barley, oats and peas. Does not offer seed treatment.
Agronomic Services
Galahad – Agro Guys Inc. in partnership with Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. Services include crop planning, soil analysis, crop scouting, tissue analysis, soil testing and seed testing.
Grain Marketers
Alliance – Viterra – recently reopened to handle nexera canola which is shipped to Bunge Canada processing plant in Fort Saskatchewan. Capacity is 4,090 tonnes.
Killam – Viterra - capacity is 39,500 tonnes. Also a licensed pulse buyer.
Killam - Great Northern Grain Terminal Ltd. – capacity is 7,920 tonnes. Plant also cleans canola and edible peas for export market.
Strome – Richardson Pioneer Limited 2 – capacity 3,060 tonnes.
Licensed Barley Dealers
Heilser – Westland Farm & Feedlot Ltd.
Killam – KB Farms.
Feed Mill
Killam – Killam Feed & Farm Supply – produces custom and generic feed for cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry, from locally sourced grains. Produces approximately 5,000 tonnes per annum.
Market Garden and Greenhouses
Alliance- Kozack, Nick and Donna - Niconna’s Greenhouse – Products include bedding plants, perennials, herbs, vegetables including fresh tomatoes and cucumbers.
Alliance – Southbend Hutterian Brethren – annual bedding plants and market garden produce.
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Forestburg – Freadrich, Les and Janice - Sunrich Greenhouse – Bedding plants, flowers. Cut flowers are shipped to wholesalers and retailers in Alberta and Saskatchewan. On site sales during spring months.
Forestburg – Freadrich, Herman and Roseanne - Country Lane Greenhouse – specialty Gerber Daisies, snapdragons, lilies and alstemeria.
Galahad – Blumhagen, Don and Eileen - The Crossing Orchard – near Galahad. Saskatoons, u-pick. Working toward organic certification for this product line. They are certified organic for their crops. Also listed under ‘Organic Producers’
Killam - Blaeser, Joleen - Country Girl Greenhouse – Plants and Christmas trees. ‘Proven Winner Certified Hanging Baskets’.
Lougheed – Niehaus, Doug and Janet – grows and sells vegetables in season. Recently started a rhodelia rosea operation; several years wait for harvest.
Lougheed – Odegard, Terry – Anoca Gardens – grows annual from seed, bedding plants, trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs. Have one greenhouse with all sales on site.
Lougheed – Sutter, Connie - Connies Greenhouse – grows annual bedding plants including tomatoes and peppers, some plants grown from seeds. Sales on site.
Sedgewick – Beck, Roy – Broadview Farm. Participated in Seedy Saturday Calgary, sells vegetable seed that he produces. Grows market garden vegetables with shallots being a specialty. Vegetables are marketed at Sherwood Park and Camrose farmers’ markets.
Sedgewick – Saskatoons and Sagebrush Berry Farm – saskatoons and limited we-pick.
Rhodiola Rosea Grower – ARRGO Member
Hardisty – one grower; Lougheed – one grower; Strome – Feddema , John and Irene
Dairies
Alliance – Southbend Hutterian Brethren
Daysland – Guhle, Brent
Daysland – Stephanishion, Corey, Duane and Jane
Daysland – Zimmer, David and Martha – Damarz Farms Ltd.
Daysland – Zimmer, Duane G – Zimmer Holsteins
Heisler – Smith, Vera - Smithacres
Killam – Child, Allan - Child Farms
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Lougheed – Lougheed Hutterian Brethren
Strome – Wavy Lake Hutterian Brethren
Eggs/Poultry including broilers, fryers and roaster chickens
Alliance – Southbend Hutterian Brethren
Killam – Sunrise Farms. Also listed under ‘Organic Producer’
Natural Producers
Hardisty – Goodrich, Darcy and Candace – Pure Country Stock Farm – natural Galloway (black and red) and Polled Galloway and Highland cattle. The cattle are hormone/growth implant free and antibiotic free. Sell breeding stock and sell grass finished beef off the farm as direct marketers. Does not have organic certification.
Strome – Froehler, Paul and Coleen - Canadian Celtic Cattle Company Ltd. – Hormone free Galloway cattle processed into various cuts, jerkies, pepperoni and smokies. Product is available at ‘Second to None Meats’ at three Calgary locations. Second to None Meats in turn supplies ten Calgary area restaurants and resorts with this producers product. Producer also sells meat to ‘MacEwans Meats’ in Calgary for their meat pies and sausage rolls.
Organic Producers
Galahad – Blumhagen, Don and Eileen – The Crossing – QMI certified for fall rye, oats and hay.
Killam – Ruzicka, Don and Marie – Sunrise Farm – QMI certified for crops. Organic crops include hay and native and tame pasture, livestock including beef (brood beef cows, beef heifers, beef calves), poultry (broiler chickens, laying hens, and turkeys), and pork. Custom graze steers and heifers. Member of ‘Keep Edmonton Original’.
Honey Producers/Processors
Daysland – Kroetsch, Dale.
Sedgewick – Robinson, Karen and Malcolm, Ian – Plymouth Park Farms - jams, jellies and honey and honey products. Mostly farm direct sales however, does market at Hardisty, Killam and at the Castor and Viking farmers’ markets. Has 24 active hives.
Pork Producers
Alliance – Southbend Hutterian Brethren
Daysland – Silverdale Farms Ltd.
Lougheed – Lougheed Hutterian Brethren
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Horse Breeders
Alliance - Ashkes Acres – Breeds: Paints and Thoroughbreds. Bred for all around service.
Alliance - Jensen Quality Paints – Breeds: Paints and Quarter horses.
Daysland – Robbins, Duane – Rafter Diamond R – Quarter horse stud
Daysland – SS Performance Quarterhorses – Breeds: Paints and Quarter horses bred for cutting, reining, penning and working cattle.
Forestburg - Coulthard, Bob, Betty and Colleen - Coulthard Quarter Horses. Inaugural members of AQHA’s Breeder Referral Program.
Galahad – Blumhagen, Robert and Gayle – Appaloosa’s
Galahad – Dietz, Lyle and Cindy – Coulee Bend Morgan Farm. Breed and sell Morgans.
Sedgewick – Claddagh, Emily and Larry – Claddagh Farm – near Sedgewick. Stud services. Breeds Crossbred Pony, Quarter horses, Spotted Saddle, Paint and Welsh Pony.
‘Verified Beef Producers’
Hardisty – Drever, Dale – Velva Valley Farms Ltd. – Member of ‘Prairie Heritage Beef’. Verified cow/calf producer and Verified finisher. Operates 900 cow /calf pairs.
Simmental Breeders and Producers
Bulls, females, semen and embryos are for sale privately on the farm or at select sales each year.
Alliance – Barnes, Nevan
Daysland – Ekelund, Dan – Ekelund Simmentals.
Daysland – Zimmer, Doug – Spring Lake Simmentals.
Daysland – Zimmer, Raymond – Zimmer Simmentals.
Forestburg – Scheler, Gary and Carol.
Killam – Rancier, Garth and Angela – Rancier Farms. Breed black simmentals
Sedgewick - Arntzen, Merlin and Joy – Sun Star Simmentals.
Sedgewick - Cheram Farms.
Sedgewick - Skoretz, Tery and Debbie – Skor Simmentals
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Angus Producers and Breeders
Alliance – Spady, Thomas and Margaret – Rivercrest Angus Ranch.
Daysland – Congdon, Dennis and Carolyn – DC Angus.
Daysland – Spiller, Brian.
Forestburg – Adams, Terry and Sharon – Ter Ron Farms – Semen sales and cattle sales Red Angus.
Forestburg – Dietrich, Bill and Tracy – Redrich Fams.
Heisler – Hihn, David – Hihnalta Angus Farms
Killam – Grant, Wayne – SpruceView Angus Ranch.
Killam – Prichard, Dave W. And Jean – Lakeford Angus.
Killam – Wilson, Fred and Carol – Bar WL.
Sedgewick – Arntzen, Dean – Arntzen Angus.
Charolais Breeders and Producers
Daysland – Lansing, Mervin – Spring Lake Charolais
Forestburg – Henderson, Warren – Little Valley View Ranch
Sedgewick – Tindall, Sheldon – Tindall Charolais.
Strome – Hochhausen, Bill
Strome – Rawe, John and Myrna – Rawes Ranches.
Holstein Breeders
Daysland – Zimmer, David and Martha – Damarz Farms Ltd. – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Daysland – Zimmer, Duane C – Zimmer Holsteins – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Killam – Child, Allan – Child Farms – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Heisler – Smith, Vera – Smithacres – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Other Cattle Producers
Daysland - Szott, Dennis and Lynda – Denlyn Farms – Semen sales Canadian Blonde d’Aquitaine.
Forestburg – Henderson, Gordon – Little Poplar Grove Farms – Horned Herefords 32
Hardisty – Goodrich, Darcy – Pure Country Stock Farm. Also listed under ‘Natural Producers’.
Hardisty - Hudson, Bob and Dorothy – Hudson Limousin.
Strome – Froehler, Paul and Coleen – Canadian Celtic Cattle Company Ltd. Also listed under ‘Natural Producers’
Strome – Robbins, Gordie – Little Village Longhorns. Breeds Texas Longhorns. After off- site taxidermy of skulls, sells them through word of mouth advertising and exhibiting at trade fairs. Most purchasers are Albertans.
Strome - Nauenburg, H and C – Haron Stock Farm – Semen sales Canadian Blonde d’ Aquitaine.
Dog Breeders
Galahad – Wagner, Angel – Pipedream kennel – Breed: German Short-haired Pointer.
Killam – Gordon, Terri-Lee – Da Dog House. Breeds: Rottweiler and Wire Hair Fox Terrier.
Lougheed – Ness, Kirsten – Breed: Basset and Bulldog
Strome – McDougall, Susan – Tekadan – Breed: Shetland Sheep Dog
Meat Processors
Daysland – Sawatzky, Jim and Tracy - Daysland Meat & Sausage. While located in town this business offers mobile butchering along with homemade line of sausage, bacon, ham and jerkies. The mobile butchering service processes up to two hundred cattle per year for local producers.
Forestburg Meat Processing.- Provincially inspected custom processing for all meats except poultry. Makes limited amount of jerkies and sausages for local merchants.
Heisler – Heisler General Store – prepares sausages and jerkies; wild meat must be de-boned.
Killam – Wildrose Coop (Killam) – prepare sausages and jerkies from meat supplied by approved meat packing houses.
Strome - Zimmel, Jerome – Double Z Farms – Member of Alberta Food Processors Association. Provincially inspected facility for beef, lamb, bison. Raise Longhorn cattle which is processed on site. Products include lamb, processed meats, wild game, organic meats, custom cutting. Prepare jerkies and sausages. Brand name ‘Double Z’. Sales are on site.
Goat Producer
Alliance – Bullee, Charles and Maureen - Big Bucks Ranching – Boer, Boer X goats, breeding stock and meat.
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Elk – Direct Marketer and Producer
Hardisty – Davidson, Gary Lee - Treaty Hill Game Farm. Has a herd of eight, antlers are shipped to either to Parkland Processors in Calgary or to Elk Valley Processors in Kitscoty, AB. From this latter processor the producer takes back the elk velvet for their own use. Producer is downsizing the operation.
Bison Producer
Hardisty – Davidson, Gary Lee – Treaty Hill Game Farm. Has 25 herd mainly for own use. Producer is downsizing operation.
Sheep Producers and Breeders
Hardisty – Broughton, Jennifer and Schllosser, Ken – BS Ranch. Breed Dorper sheep.
Killam – Spaulding, Wes
Strome – Marcinkoski, Jim and Irene
Strome – Shield, Howard
Strome – Yarham, Rick and Janet.
Specialty Livestock
Forestburg – McDermott, Jack and Bonne – McDermott Al-pac-a-lot – Alpaca breeder. Herd of 34 mainly for stud service and breeding stock. May be exiting the business.
Galahad – Gamroth, Ernie and Denise - Battle River Alpacas - Chilean, Peruvian, Bolivian and crosses. Double registerd CLRC and ARI. Breeding stock, custom shearing, and sale of fibre to crafters. On site value added products include mitts, hats, and scarves. There are several local knitters employed in this endeavour. There is a distributor for their finished products in Yukon and in BC. Stock is sold to breeders in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and USA. Sales are off the farm, at auctions and via the internet. Has a herd of 50 with 15 breeding females. The fibre is processed at the Canadian Camelid Fibre Cooperative in Innisfail, AB. then returned to the producer.
Feedlot
Heisler – Volk, Robert
Heisler – Westland Farm and Feedlot Ltd.
Heisler – Sommer, Alan – Class Cattle Company
Hardisty – Kendall, Rick and Drever, Cliff – Blue Rock Cattle Company Inc.
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Lougheed – Rogensack, Ron
Veterinary Services
Forestburg – Forestburg Veterinary Clinic
Farmers’ Market
Alliance – third Wednesday of each month
Hardisty – once a month
Agricultural Societies Within Flagstaff County
Alliance, Daysland, Forestburg, Galahad, Hardisty, Killam, Lougheed, Sedgewick, Strome
Livestock Auction Market
Killam – Killam Livestock Ltd. Also, part of Canadian Satellite Auction Market network.
Alberta Licensed Livestock Dealers
Daysland – 775478 Alberta Ltd. – Hoffman, Vern
Killam – 961515 Alberta Ltd. – JRD Cattle Co.
Killam – Anchor Lazy U Cattle Co. Ltd.
Killam – Killam Livestock Ltd.
Local Feeder Association
Flagstaff Feeder Association Ltd.
Hardisty Feeder Association Ltd.
Hutterite Colony
Alliance – Southbend Hutterian Brethren. Dairy with 45 cows; Quality Milk Winner with Alberta Milk. Operate a 200 – 250 sow to finish hog facility with the hogs shipped to Olymel in Red Deer. Have 15,000 layers, eggs shipped to Burnbrae Farms Inc. in Calgary for grading and sold through Safeway. Grow a garden with sales on site and may set up at the Camrose and District Farmers’ Market occasionally. They rent pasture to neighbours.
Lougheed – Lougheed Hutterian Brethren – land owned by the Veteran Colony from Special Area #4. The hog barn is currently in operation at the Lougheed colony with hogs shipped to Olymel in Red Deer. Will expand into dairy and beef in one or two years’ time as the colony is built up.
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Strome – Wavy Lake Hutterian Brethren – land owned by Donalda Colony. The dairy is in operation. The broiler chicken and cattle feedlot is anticipated to be in operation within the next one to two years. May consider a hog operation as well.
Other Initiative
Forestburg - Battle River Research Group – an independent producer driven applied research organization that exists to improve agriculture in a sustainable manner. The organization provides credible unbiased information on management practices through applied research. Two notable projects this year include a regional silage trial with wheat, barley, oat and triticale in the Castor area and near Killam working on a lentil project at three sites. They are also working on Shochu barley field trials.
Battle River Railway New Generation Co-op (formerly known as the Battle River Producer Car Group) organized in 2003 to address the threat of closure of a rail line and began loading producer cars along the line. Effective January 15, 2010 the group will complete the purchase of the 51.5 mile rail line running between Camrose to Alliance. There are 36 hopper bottom bins at six communities on the line.
County of Paintearth
Includes the hamlets of Brownfield and Fleet, the towns of Castor and Coronation and the village of Halkirk.
Seed Grower
Code: (C)ertified, (S)elect, (R)egistered, (F)oundation
Halkirk - Solick, Leonard and Kelsey – Solick Seeds Ltd. – Grower of pedigreed spring barley (C/R), oats (S/R/F), peas (C/R), triticale (R), wheat (C/S/R), wheatgrass (C).
Seed Cleaning Plant
Coronation Seed Cleaning Coop Ltd. Member of Alberta AgFood Alliance. Services include seed cleaning, cereals, oilseeds and pulse crops, sizing malt barley, cleaning peas for the edible market and seed treating on cereals and canola. Will clean approximately 1 million bushels and treat 30,000 bushels this year.
Agronomic Services
Castor – Crop Production Services Canada. Services include tissue analysis, soil analysis, soil testing, crop planning and field mapping.
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Grain Marketers
Halkirk – Koenraadt family elevator used for private grain storage. The scale, however, is available for all producers.
Feed Mill
Coronation – Ramsay’s Stockman Centre and Feed Processing. Primarily custom feed for cattle.
Garden Market and Greenhouses
Castor – Howes, Darell and Joanne – Howes Greenhouse – have 4 greenhouse (8,000 square feet). Seasonal business from February to June. Grow bedding plants, their only product, from seed.
Castor – Don and Donna Thieleman - Thieleman Greenhouse.
Rhodiola Rosea Grower – ARRGO Member
Castor – one grower
Natural Producers
Castor – Griebel, James and Catherine - Prairie Wool Organics – Has pasture, hay, mixed alfalfa/brome, brood beef cows, beef heifers, beef calves, laying hens and pullets. Beef and poultry sold off the farm – delivery can be arranged. Eggs sold year round.
Organic Producers
Castor – Ries, Richard and Glenda – Ries Organic Ranch – QMI certified for crops. Has tame hay, pasture, brood cows, beef cows, steers, heifers and calves. Yearlings sold to organic rancher in Eckville who in turn sells the meat at the Calgary Farmers’ Market. Heifers are sold at auction.
Coronation – Wakefield, Bob and Jean – certified through Global Organic Alliance, Inc. for wheat, alfalfa, native pasture and green pasture.
Dairies
Castor – Lanes Lake Hutterite Colony
Castor – Suncrest Hutterite Colony
Eggs/Poultry including broiler, fryer and roaster chickens
Brownfield – Huber, Marlin – Haystin Enterprises – pasture raised chickens for local sales. Also listed under ‘Goat Producer’.
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Castor – Prairie Wool Organics. Also listed under ‘Natural Farms‘
Castor – Lanes Lake Hutterite Colony
Castor – Suncrest Hutterian Brethren Inc. – Silver Springs Colony
Castor – Weber, Don and Chad
Animal Aquaculture
“Alliance” – Reister, Dan and Grace - Reister’s Trout Farm - Raise and sell rainbow trout, brook trout and triploid grass carp for private dugout and pond owners, also supplies provincial ponds and reservoirs with the fish. (address and phone number are Alliance based but the business is located in Paintearth County).
Pork Producer
Castor – Blume, Daryl - Blume Hill Top Farms Ltd. – operates as a hog feedlot.
Simmental Breeders and Producers
Brownfield – Adair, Bruce.
Coronation – Scheffelmeir, A.H. – D.N. Simmentals.
Coronaton – Vigen, Robert – Trialta Simmentals.
Holstein Breeders
Castor – Lanes Lake Hutterite Colony – also listed under ‘ Dairies’
Castor – Suncrest Colony – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Angus Producers
Castor – Spady, Craig and Jody – Rivercrest Angus Ranch
Coronation – Carfantan, Lea and Leanne – LCL Angus.
Halkirk – Ashbacher, Darrel and Wendy – Red Angus.
Halkirk – Heier, Adolf – Red Angus.
Other Cattle Breeders
Castor – Kirby, Nathan – Kirby Ranch – Canadian South Devon semen sales.
Coronation – Bullick, Ron – Bullick Charolais.
Coronation – Lundy, Ray – Lunalta Farms – Limousin producer.
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Coronation – Stephenson, Don – Limousin producer.
Coronation – Wakefield, Greg and Kathy – Wakefield Murray Greys - Murray Grey producer and breeder.
Halkirk – Turre, Bill – Limousin producer.
Goat Producer
Brownfield – Huber, Marlin – Haystin Enterprises – raises Boer cross goats for the Edmonton market.
Bison Producers
Castor – Griebel, Richard and Chapentier, Kathy – Sun to Earth Farm - Product sold at farm gate. See listing under ‘meat processors’. Nominated to attend Terra Madre in Turin, Italy in October 2008; a Slow Food event.
Coronation – Hampton, Kevin.
Coronation – Watson, Michael - Nose Hill Bison.
Coronation - Schwenk, Stephen and Lori – Alberta Big Country Bison
Lamb Producers
Brownfield – Adair, Ken -
Coronation - Anderson, Philip.
Coronation - Stinson, Rae Ann.
Coronation - Arneson, Kris and Marlene – Birch Creek Farm.
Specialty Livestock
Castor – Fuller, Glenn - 3D Reindeer Ranch – Has a herd of 10 for shows and events. Very business during the Christmas season. The events have taken place in Calgary, Brooks and the Ukrainian Village park east of Edmonton. As show animals the reindeer have been barred from Banff National Park. Occasionally they sell some of the herd for breeding stock. Currently there is no viable market for the antlers.
Castor – Pickles, Kerry and Carmen – Dusty Lane Alpaca’s. Herd of 40 is raised for breeding stock. The fibre is made into clothing such as mitts, scarves, socks which are sold via internet or at Castor Farmers’ Market and at other farmers’ markets on an intermittent basis.
Coronation – McRae, Barry and Taylor, Debbie - New Horizon Alpacas – 40 head herd of alpaca’s. Offers stud service and breeding for resale.
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Halkirk – Mueller, Norbert and Lisa – Summit Whitetails. Raise whitetail deer – herd of 100 – 120. Exports 15 to 25 per year to Saskatchewan for the farm hunting market.
Dog Breeders
Brownfield – Butterwick, Ory and Payton – Butterwick Ranch – Top M’ Scottish Terriers. Breed: Scottish Terrier.
Castor - Heidecker, Gina - DelRae Chihuahua’s – Breed: Chihuahua (long and short coat).
Castor - Listoe, Scott and Coleen – (Vindal bakken). Breed: Brittany Spaniel and Labrador Retriever
Castor - Pitrie, Tamara – Crosswind - Breed: Pembroke Welsh Corgi.
Meat Processors
Castor – Bagshaw Meats – mostly retail but does custom processing such as sausages and jerkies. Only processes beef and pork.
Castor - Griebel, Richard and Charpentier, Kathy - Sun To Earth Farm – Natural bison sold at the farm gate. See listing below under ‘bison producers’.
Castor – Lanes Lake Hutterite Colony.
Coronation – Watson, Michael - Nose Hill Bison – All meat cuts, individually wrapped. Farm gate and delivery. See listing below under ‘bison producers’.
Feedlots
Coronation – Heidecker, Brent, Melvin and Dennis - Coro View Farms Ltd.
Coronation – Schwenk, Peter.
Coronation – Schwenk, Philip – Big View Stock Farms.
Halkirk – Gould, J Farm.
Veterinary Services
Coronation – Coronation Animal Clinic
Alberta Approved Farmers’ Market
Castor Farmers’ Market – open 10 AM - 2 PM – Castor Community Hall
Agricultural Societies Within Paintearth County
Castor, Coronation,
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Alberta Licensed Livestock Dealers
Coronation – Coro View Farms Ltd.
Coronation – KLC Cattle – Cole, Kurt, S.
Local Feeder Association
Paintearth Feeder Association Ltd.
Veteran Feeders Association Ltd.
Hutterite Colonies
Castor – Lanes Lake Colony – slaughter chickens on site for delivery to meat wholesalers in Edmonton and Calgary. They do not sell at farmers’ markets or to restaurants. Produce pork for own consumption.
Castor – Silver Springs Colony – this colony split from Lanes Lake so there is no additional land under production at this time.
Castor - Suncrest Hutterian Brethren Inc. – raise turkeys for own use. Hogs are shipped to Olymel in Red Deer, cattle to various auction marts, eggs produced for Lucerne Foods (division of Safeway). Operate a dairy and a Quality Milk Winner with Alberta Milk. Operate on site feed mill which is licensed to do custom work but prefer for own use. They do not sell product at farmers’ markets.
Other/Value-added
Brownfield – Richardson, Wayne – Pen Ultimates. Specializes in hand crafted corporate and personal gift and promotion items. The mechanical components are purchased, however, the pen barrels are made of farm products such as cow pies, peas, corn cobs and caragana.
Municipal District of Provost
The municipal district includes the hamlets of Bodo, Cadogan, Hayter and Metiskow. The Town of Provost and the village of Hughenden. The villages of Amisk and Czar are not BRAED members.
Seed Growers
Code: (C)ertified, (S)elect, (R)egistered, (F)oundation
Hughenden - Keith, Terry, Kerry Degenhardt Growers of pedigreed spring barley (C), canola (C), flax (C), oats (C), peas (C/R), rye (C/S/F), wheat (C). This grower hires several contract seed growers.
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Seed Cleaning Plant
Provost Co-op Seed Cleaning Plant Ltd. Clean and treat seeds and grain, mostly wheat, barley, oats and peas. Cleans approximately 650,000 bushels and treats 90,000 bushels per annum.
Agronomic Services
Amisk – Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. Services include crop planning, manure management, seed testing, soil testing, soil analysis, tissue analysis, crop scouting, field mapping, and reclamation consulting.
Czar – Crop Production Services Canada - services include tissue analysis, soil analysis, soil testing, crop planning and field mapping
Provost – Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. Services include crop planning, seed testing, tissue analysis, soil testing, soil analysis and crop scouting.
Grain Marketers
Provost – Viterra – capacity is 17,300 tonnes. Also a licensed pulse buyer.
Licensed Barley Dealers
Hughenden – Marnies Feeders.
Garden Market and Greenhouses
Amisk-Hughenden – Cromarty, Arlene - Poplar Hollow Farms - U-pick saskatoons, raspberries, apples, rhubarb, strawberries and prepared preserves and baked goods on site. Baked goods also by order. Markets at the following farmers’s markets: Provost, Wainwright, Hardisty, Stettler, Castor and Alliance.
Provost – Ganser, Jenny and Kostiuk, Shane – operate a 1½ acre Saskatoon u-pick operation.
Provost – Letheiser, Lana – Lana’s Greenhouse. Main greenhouse operation in Macklin, SK., retails annuals, perennials trees, shrubs and vegetables grown from seed through outlet in Provost, Wainwright and Throne.
Eggs/all poultry including broiler, fryer and roaster chickens
Hughenden – Hutterian Brethren of Hughenden
Pork Producer
Hughenden – Hutterian Brethren of Hughenden.
Horse Breeders
Cadogan – Masson, Ed and Connie - Myterra Ranch – Breed, raise and sell Quarter horses. 42
Hughenden – Cooper, Brian and Laurie – C2 Quarter Horses - Raise and sell Quarter horses.
Provost – Ganser, Stephen and Debbie – Dusty Britches Farm – Breed Quarter horses for ranching and performance.
Provost - Symington, Ernie and Heinrich, Kelly - Golden Creek Ranch – Breed, raise and sell Quarter horses.
Simmental Producers
Amisk – Taylor Simmentals.
Cadogan – Prediger, Craig and Deb – Pistol Power Simmentals and Flynn Simmentals.
Czar – Flynn, Darren – Flynn Simmentals
‘Verified Beef Producers’
Hughenden – Macke, Blair and Alicia – Mackie Farms – Verified cow/calf producer and backgrounder.
Other Cattle
Czar – Axley, Eugene – North Slope Farms – Breeds Limousin cattle.
Hughenden – Degenhardt, Kerry – Red and Black Angus.
Hughenden – Mackie, Tom – Maine Anjou breeder.
Hughenden – Wearing, Murray – Maine Anjou breeder.
Provost – Angelvedt, Ron – Horned Hereford.
Provost – Bishop, Darryl – Polled Herefords.
Bison Producers
Hayter – Thunberg, Kevin
Provost – Border Bison
Provost – Great Plains Bison
Lamb/Sheep Producers
Amisk - Nordin Farms – Breeder of north American and registered Scottish blackface and greyface sheep. Meat is available at farm gate, uses a slaughter house several hours distant; does not sell at farmers’ markets. Live animals for slaughter can be sold into the USA, however, not for breeding purposes. Value added products include sales to hand spinners; wool is made
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into purses, carpets and slippers; horns are sold to jewellers and artisans with a large market mostly in the USA. Value added sales are available on site and via the internet.
Czar – Lill, Jean Merry Willow Ranch – Lamb producer.
Dog Breeders
Hayter – Carter, Alice – Ironwill Registered – Breed: Dachshund, standard smooth
Hayter – Markowski, Debbie and Cathy – Caitland kennel – Breed: Australian shepherd
Hayter – Rehmann, Christine – Rehmann Reg’d kennel – Breed: American Cocker Spaniel. Not a commercial breeder but is Canadian Kennel Club registered.
Meat Processors
Hughenden – Hutterian Brethren of Hughenden.
Provost - Bouma Meats - Member of Alberta Food Processors Association. Provincially licensed to prepare and sell fresh/cured lamb, beef, bison and pork, sausage, custom slaughtering. Retail and wholesale sold under brand name of BOUMA Meats.
Provost - Provost Packers Ltd. - Member of Alberta Food Processors Association. Provincially licensed to prepare and sell cured meats, sausage, pork, bison, lamb, beef and sandwich wholesaler. Sold under brand name Provost Packers/Dutch Brothers.
Feedlot
Bodo – Paulgaard, Dan – Coulee Ridge Cattle Company.
Czar – Czar Feedyards Ltd. Can handle up to 25,000 cattle at any one time; turnover 2 – 3 times per annum.
Czar – McQuaid, Sam – Shelter Valley.
Czar – Poplar Lodge Ranch Ltd.
Hayter – Paulgaard, Cliff – C.G. Paulgaard Farms Ltd.
Hughenden – Johnson, Allan R. – Johnson Farms.
Hughenden – Kennedy, Bob – Severn Farms.
Provost – Specht, Bob – Specht Farms.
Most cattle from these facilities go to Lakeside Packers in Brooks or to the Cargill Foods plant in High River.
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Veterinary Services
Provost – Border Veterinary Clinic Ltd.
Alberta Approved Farmers’ Market.
Provost Farmers’ Market – open Friday 10 AM – 2 PM – at AgriPlex. Also, part of the Canadian Satellite Livestock Auction network.
Agricultural Societies Within Municipal District of Provost
Amisk, Cadogan, Czar, Central Sports Garden (Hughenden), Metiskow, Provost
Alberta Licensed Livestock Dealers
Provost – Bouma Meats Ltd.
Provost – Provost Livestock Exchange.
Provost – Provost Packers Ltd.
Local Feeder Association
Provost and District Co-operative Feeders Association
Hutterite Colony
Hughenden - Hutterian Brethern of Hughenden. Chickens which are processed on site and sold wholesale to stores and restaurants in the Edmonton area. Hogs and cattle are shipped live. Grow miscellaneous crops.
Municipal District of Wainwright
The municipal district includes the hamlets of Fabyan, Greenshields and Ribstone, the town of Wainwright and the villages of Chauvin, Edgerton and Irma.
Seed Growers
Code: (C)ertified, (S)elect, (R)egistered, (F)oundation
Edgerton – Chesterman, Grant and Karen – Quinda Seeds – Producers and processors. Members of C.S.G.A. Secan custom cleaning. Cleans own seeds.
Wainwright - Dalton – Dalton Seed Farm – Select grower of pedigreed spring barley (C/R), peas (C/S/R/F), wheat (C/R).
Wainwright - Maurice Pare – Raynda Seeds Ltd. - Grower of pedigreed spring barley (C/F), peas (R/F), wheat (C/S/R/F). Medalist at 2009 Northlands Seed Show. Cleans own seeds. 45
Wainwright - Raymond Pare – Raynda Seeds Ltd. – Grower of pedigreed peas (S), wheat (F).
Seed Cleaning Plant
Edgerton and District Seed Cleaning Co-Op Ltd. Clean seeds and grain. Clean approximately 215,000 bushels and treats 400,000 bushels per annum. Bag and tag pedigreed seeds. Mostly wheat, oats, barley and peas.
Wainwright Seed Cleaning Plant Ltd. Member of Alberta AgFood Alliance. Designated Establishment by Agriculture and Agri Food Canada. Services include cleaning services for cereals, oilseeds, pulse crops, pedigreed and commercial seed. Seed treating for cereals and canola. Cleans approximately 375,000 bushels and treats 16,000 bushels per annum.
Agronomic Services
Wainwright – Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. Service include crop planning, seed testing, soil testing, soil analysis, tissue analysis, crop scouting, field mapping and agritrend consulting.
Licensed Barley Dealers
Wainwright – Roach & Sons Ranching Ltd.
Feed Mill
Irma – Sunhaven Farms Milling LP. Flour and other grain mill products supplied back to the Sunhaven Farms producers for their animal feed requirements.
Wainwright – Greenbelt Farms - Operates a government inspected commercial feed mill manufacturing custom feed for area producers.
Commodity Oil Processor
Wainwright – Bunge Canada – processes ‘crude’ commodity oils such as olive, sunflower, palm and soybean into value added edible oils used as food ingredients for restaurants, bakeries and food processors. The plant does not enter into contracts with primary producers. Canola is shipped from their Fort Saskatchewan plant, when processed finished product is shipped back to their plant in Edmonton or to other bulk packing plants.
Garden Market and Greenhouses
Chauvin - Chauvin Gardens. A new facility owned by Agroponics Industries Ltd. offering leaf type crop production, small tuber crops and herbs along with sale of Alberta grown vine ripened tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers . Bedding plants and nursery stock.
Chauvin – O’Neil, Gerry and Helena – O’neils Greenhouses. Specializes in tomatoes.
Edgerton - Maple Ridge Gardens – Greenhouse offering bedding plants, trees and shrubs.
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Irma – Fran-Sel Enterprises and Greenhouses.
Wainwright - Johnson Seed Production Ltd. Greenhouse, ornamental floriculture and nursery products.
Wainwright – Lee, Margaret – Lee’s Tree Nursery – seasonal one greenhouse operation. Products include annuals, some vegetables from seed, trees and shrubs.
Wainwright – McClennon, Mary - Kountry Klassic Garden Centre. Grow plants from seed, annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, bedding plants, trees, shrubs, vines and roses. Next season the business will concentrate on custom growing and packaging for larger orders and will not be open on a regular business hours basis to the general public.
Wainwright – Spring Ridge Hutterite Colony.
Rhodiola Rosea Grower – ARRGO member
Chauvin – one grower
Organic Producer
Chauvin – Roy, Richard and Anita – R & A Roy Organic Meat and Grain Farm – OCIA /AOPA certified. Operate a 960 acre mixed farm with barley, oats, fall rye and flax. Beef herd of 75 certified organic Angus cross and 59 finishing beef.
Dairies
Irma – Hutterian Brethren of Holt Colony
Wainwright – Murray, Terry – Eastern View Farms
Wainwright – Rajotte, C. and Sons Farm Ltd. – Greenbelt Farms.
Eggs/Poultry including broilers, fryers and roaster chickens
Irma – Ford, Stan Farms
Wainwright – Gilchrist, Graham – Grangedale Pork Farm. Just converted the 4,000 feeder hog operation to an 80,000 broiler chicken operation. Chickens will be shipped to Lilydale Inc. in Edmonton.
Wainwright – Rajotte, C. & Sons Farms Ltd. - Greenbelt Farms
Wainwright – Spring Ridge Hutterite Colony.
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Honey Producers
Wainwright - Lishka, Ron – small apiary supplying local market through word of mouth and to the `Honey Pot Eatery & Pub` in Wainwright. ‘Honey Pot’ is a 2009 ‘Dine Alberta Participating Restaurant’.
Wainwright – Rutledge, Lorraine
Pork Producers
Sunhaven Farms – a group of 150 farm families in pig and grain production – each family maintains independence while belonging to one of 4 local groups working together. These 4 groups make up Sunhaven Farms. The Sunhaven ‘umbrella’ includes ‘farrow to wean’, farrow to finish’ and contract finishing and a breeding stock operation. Grain grown by group members goes to their Venture Feedmill in Irma. The hogs are processed in the lower mainland area of BC as indicated below under the Poundmaker Pork Farm Partnership. The hogs are free of antibiotics and growth promotants and no animal by-products are used. The product is accredited through an international Quality Assurance program. The processing partner in BC, Britco Pork is federally inspected and HACCP certified.
Edgerton – Perkins, Bryan - Perkins Farms Inc. – mixed farm with 1,700 sow farrow to finish operation. hog and grain producer and a member of Sunhaven Farms –
Edgerton – Rosedale Hog Ranch
Irma – Lewisville Pork Farms Inc.
Wainwright – Alberta Pig Co.
Wainwright – Giltedge Pork Farm Inc.
Wainwright – Poundmaker Pork Farm Limited Partnership – operates 1,200 sow unit. Breed to 30 kg. then ships to a local finisher. From there at market weight the hogs are shipped to BC for slaughter. Member of Sunhaven Farms.
Wainwright – Spring Ridge Hutterite Colony
Horse Breeders
Chauvin - Baltic Arabians - Breeds Arabians.
Edgerton – Fries, Albert and Gail – Rafter F Quarter Horses – Foundation bred quarter horses.
Wainwright – Danchuk, Jim and Donna - Alberta Grulla Horse- Breed and sell Grulla and Dun AQHA horses.
Wainwright – Lara, Carlos and Brenda Lara – Cuatro L Andalusian Breeding Centre Ltd. – Breed Spanish bred Andalusians. 48
Simmental Breeders and Producers
Chauvin – White, Doug and Carla.
Edgerton – Arneson, Greg – Sunset Simmentals – Purebred and fullblood Simmentals.
Edgerton – Belik, Tom – Rivertop Simmentals.
Edgerton – Granigan, C & B – Granigan Simmentals.
Edgerton – James, Ben and Lucille.
Edgerton – Scott, Natasha – Rockin NR Ranch
Irma - Champ Simmentals.
Irma – Fleming, Hugh – Flying F Ranch.
Irma – Ford, Brad – Avonglen Simmentals.
Angus Producers and Breeders
Chauvin – R & A Roy Organic Meat and Grain Farm. Also listed under ‘ Organic Producer’.
Chauvin – Schultz, Larry – L & V Red Angus.
Edgerton – Clarks – Aspen View Red Angus
Edgerton – Douglas R. Pawsey & Associates Ltd. - DRP Angus.
Edgerton – Pugh, Jim and Lynn – Jalynn Farms – Red Angus breeder and Polled Herefords.
Edgerton – Trefiak, Mick and Deb – MJT Cattle Company Ltd. Angus breeders and Polled and horned registered Herefords
Irma – MacKay, Dwight and Jo-Anne. Canadian Angus Association 2009 Elite Sire list.
Irma – Prior, Blake and Marylee – Buffalo Coulee Angus.
Holstein Breeders
Wainwright – Murray, Terry – Eastern View Farms – also listed under ‘Dairies’
Wainwright – Rajotte, Charlie and Sons – Greenbelt Farms – also listed under ‘Dairies’.
Other Cattle
Chauvin – Taylor, Harold and Georgina – Poplar Bluff Stock Farm – Charolais cattle.
Edgerton – Foxwell, Bob and Dallas – Silver Willow Salers. Saler cattle.
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Edgerton – Trefiak, Bob and Mary – Trefiak Herefords – Hereford cattle.
Edgerton – Walgren, Dean – Saddle Hill Salers. Saler cattle.
Irma – Fenton Hereford Ranch
Wainwright – Porter, Mark – Plains Limousin.
Goat Breeders and Producers
Edgerton – Fries, Shay and Laurie – SLF Ranch/Dang Goat Gang – Goat breeders, BOER goats, purebred, percentage and commercial breeding stock.
Wainwright – Dennis, Roberta – Hill Billy Hobbies – Breeding stock of BOER cross and dwarf goats. Meat and petting zoo stock.
Bison Producers
Chauvin – Schopfer, Colin and Tracy – Bar Z Farm & Ranch Ltd.
Chauvin – Shady Pines Bison
Edgerton – McBride, Robert - McBride Bison Ranch Ranching Ltd. Provide locals with ground buffalo, steaks, roasts, jerky and delivery.
Irma – Prior, Quinton and Colette – Prior Farm.
Wainwright - Golden View Bison Ranch.
Wainwright – Grunow, Merv and Joanne - Grunow Bison Ranch.
Wainwright – Kaye’s Bison Ranch
Wainwright – Rehmann’s Bison Ranch
Wainwright – Solberg, Craig – Craig Solberg Bison Ranch
Lamb Producer
Wainwright – Harvey, Paul and Christina – Buffalo Coulee Ranch – Lamb producer.
Dog Breeders
Edgerton – Haley, Courtney – Courtney’s Labs – Breed: Labrador Retriever.
Meat Processors
Wainwright - Meatco Sales Ltd. Provincially inspected meat processor for beef, lamb and bison. Both wholesale and retail meat sales, makes sausages and jerkies.
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Feedlot
Wainwright – Eastern View Farms
Wainwright – Engerdahl, Allan W. Farm
Wainwright – Greenbelt Farms
Wainwright – Killoran Farms Ltd.
Wainwright – Mcnary Feed Lot Ltd.
Wainwright – Roach and Sons Ranching Ltd.
Veterinary Services
Wainwright – Wainwright Veterinary Clinic.
Alberta Approved Farmers’ Market
Wainwright - Prairie Rose Mini Mart – third Saturday of each month - open 10 AM – 1 PM – 731 2nd Ave.
Agricultural Societies Within the Municipal District of Wainwright
Chauvin, Edgerton, Irma, Wainwright
Local Feeder Association
Wainwright Feeders Association Co-op Ltd.
Hutterite Colonies
Edgerton - Ribstone Colony – sell saskatoons at farmers’ markets in Edmonton.
Irma – Hutterian Brethren Holt Colony – operate dairy – Quality Milk Winner with Alberta Milk. Grow miscellaneous crops and raise other animals.
Wainwright – Spring Ridge Colony. Hogs are shipped to Olymel in Red Deer, broiler chickens are shipped live to Lilydale Inc. in either Edmonton or Calgary, eggs are shipped to Burnbrae Farms Ltd. in Calgary for grading and sales. Also have a 500 acre grazing lease, the cattle are then sent to an auction market for sale. They do not sell product at any farmers’ market but do have a vegetable garden with on site sales.
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Village of Consort – in Special Area #4
Seed Growers
Gould, Charles Ervin – Gould Ranching Ltd. - Grower of certified (C) crested wheatgrass.
Seed Cleaning Plant
Isaman, Jim - Isaman Seed Cleaning. This is a mobile custom seed cleaning operation. The business is currently for sale.
Organic
Bogen, Donald and Ellen – Hill n’ Vale Farms Ltd. Certified through Global Organic Alliance, Inc. for red fife wheat, rye, oats, fallow and beef. Red fife wheat is associated with the ‘Slow Food’ movement.
Fedick, Brad – Sounding Creek Ranch Ltd. – Certified through Global Organic Alliance, Inc. for hard spring wheat, oats, peas, fall rye, hay, pasture and beef.
Simmental Breeder and Producer
Hadwin, Douglas – Hadwin Cattle Company.
Ference, Brian – Ference Simmentals.
Ference, Rick and Laurie – Mud Butte Simmentals.
Russel, Jean and Jones, Trevor – YT Ranch Inc.
Other Cattle
Deagle, Rick and Marilyn – Deagle Cattle Co. Ltd. – Main Anjou breeders.
Gattey, John – Cross Bar Ranch Ltd. 300 head/1,100 yearlings per year red and black angus operation; also grazes in Castor area. Participated in a 2006 Agricultural Research & Extension Council of Alberta demonstration of Year Round Grazing System “Using Best Management Practices” project.
Meat Processors
Meatco Sales. Provincially inspected. Products include fresh and cured meats, sausages, jerkies and custom slaughter. Lambs, beef and bison.
Feedlot
Hadwin Cattle Company Ltd.
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Veterinary Services
Rangeland Veterinary Clinic
Agricultural Society
Neutral Hills (Consort)
Business Opportunities For BRAED Producers
Several business opportunities have been identified for BRAED agricultural producers. These are only conceptual ideas therefore economic viability has not been determined.
Culinary tourism – promote BRAED products to Slow Food Edmonton and Slow Food Calgary. Support and encourage local producers to supply local dining establishments to list with Alberta Agriculture’s ‘Dine Alberta’ program and encourage area producers to list their products with the ‘Alberta Regional Cuisine Sourcing Directory’.
A ‘culinary circle tour’ could be developed within BRAED or in partnership with Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP) to include producers and value added manufacturers in the respective regions to promote agricultural tourism and increase market share for area producers. The tours could include tours of Camrose processors as well as touring several of the organic and natural producers. The tour may include dining on local cuisine at various locations.
Opportunity for increased revenues may be accomplished by securing additional value chain opportunities for BRAED producers. For example, currently no one in the BRAED area is supplying bison to Carmen Creek Gourmet Meats Inc. based in Calgary. This marketer and distributor of a variety of additive and growth promotant free branded gourmet bison products supplies 218 Safeway stores, and Moxies restaurant chain just this year added Carmen Creek’s product to its menu selection.
Shochu Barley – Applied research during 2008 was undertaken near Killam. The AC Metcalfe is a familiar barley variety with the right kernel hardness, starch content and quality for pearling that makes it an acceptable product for shochu, a popular distilled beverage in Japan. This crop may be an opportunity for 50 – 100 growers province wide. In 2008 Alberta shipped 50,000 tonnes to Japan which could increase to 60,000 tonnes by 2013.
Lupin – are member of the legume family. Newly bred variants of sweet lupin lack any bitter taste and require no soaking in salt solution. The seeds are used for different foods from vegan sausages to lupin-tofu or baking enhancing lupin flour. Given that lupin seeds have the full range of essential amino acids and that, contrary to soy, can be grown in more temperate to cool climates, lupins are becoming increasingly recognized as a cash crop alternative to soy.
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Industrial Hemp - Hemp has many industrial uses. The Alberta Research Council is experimenting on the use of hemp composite for car bodies. There will be a demonstration of such a vehicle at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, BC.
Bio-fuels – the Canadian government has mandated a 5% bio-fuel content in all motor vehicle fuel by 2010. It is estimated to increase demand to 3 billion litres per year. What is not produced in Canada will need to be imported. Besides wheat, which is currently use in Alberta for ethanol production, consideration my be given to industrial hemp.
- Industrial hemp production – As a biofuel cannabis sativa and its related species provide denser cellulose content than does corn, higher sugar content and derives higher ethanol per metric tonne at lower costs. Alberta based ethanol plants are using wheat as a feedstock. Using hemp as the feedstock could mitigate producer fear considering that beef, pork and poultry producers all feed their animals the same grains that is required for ethanol production.
- Manure based power generation – a number of opportunities can also be met when partnering a biomass boiler or anaerobic digester with an existing animal feed operation and an ethanol plant. This could be explored utilizing new generation cooperative funding opportunities.
Business Challenges
Struggling U.S. livestock producers hit hard by the recent economic downturn and the drop in demand for meat in the United States have spurred trade protectionism measures, including country of origin regulations (COOL), that essentially require U.S. meat processors to segregate live Canadian cattle and hogs from U.S. animals. Furthermore, any packaged Canadian meat must be labelled as such – this separate labelling is costly for U.S. processors and are unwilling to accept Canadian animals. COOL has resulted in a tightened, protectionist border. For example, Canadian hog exports to the U.S. for market pigs has dropped to 585,000 pigs from January through June. That compares to 1.4 million for the same period a year earlier, a 60% drop.
Canadian livestock producers have been hit hard by high feed-grain prices driven by U.S. ethanol policy, weak livestock prices, a high Canadian dollar, mad cow disease–related border closures for cattle, and HINI- related border closures for pork to some countries and now COOL.
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B.R.A.E.D Agricultural Inventory - 2009 Communities
Municipal Municipal Village Categories Beaver City of Camrose Flagstaff Paintearth District of District of of County Camrose County County County Provost Wainwright Consort
Vegetation Seed Growers 5 - 5 4 1 1 4 1 Seed Cleaning 3 - 2 4 1 1 2 1 Agronomic Services 2 - 4 1 1 3 1 - Licensed Barley Dealers 1 - - 2 - 1 1 - Grain Marketers 5 - 5 4 1 1 - - Market Garden and Greenhouses 5 1 15 11 2 3 9 - Rhodiola Rosea Growers- 1 - 6 3 1 - 1 - ARRGO Members Commodity Oil Producers ------1 - Municipal Municipal Village Natural and Beaver City of Camrose Flagstaff Paintearth District of District of of County Camrose County County County Organic Provost Wainwright Consort Natural Producers 2 - 2 2 1 - - - Organic Producers 3 - 6 2 2 - 1 2 Municipal Municipal Village Beaver City of Camrose Flagstaff Paintearth District of District of of Livestock County Camrose County County County Provost Wainwright Consort Simmental Producers and Breeders 7 - 13 10 3 3 9 4 Angus Producers and Breeders 7 - 15 10 4 - 8 - Verified Beef Producers 2 - 4 1 - 1 - - Canadian Blonde D'Aquitaine Breeders and - - 2 - - - - - Producers Other Cattle - - 2 7 6 6 6 2 Holstein Breeders 3 - 18 4 2 - 2 - Charolais Breeders and Producers - - - 5 - - - - Municipal Municipal Village Beaver City of Camrose Flagstaff Paintearth District of District of of Livestock Support County Camrose County County County Provost Wainwright Consort Meat Processors 5 1 6 5 4 3 1 1 Livestock Auction Markets 3 - - 1 - - - - Local Feeder Association 1 - 1 2 2 1 1 -
Licensed Livestock Dealer 5 - 5 4 2 3 - - Feedlots 5 - 3 6 4 8 6 1 Feed Mill - - - 1 1 1 2 - Local Feeder Association 1 - 1 2 2 1 1 - Food and Feed Processors - 5 ------Veterinarian 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 Municipal Municipal Village Beaver City of Camrose Flagstaff Paintearth District of District of of Other Livestock County Camrose County County County Provost Wainwright Consort Elk Producers 1 - 1 1 - - - - Bison Producer 3 - 3 1 4 3 9 - Goat Breeder and Producer 2 - 3 1 1 - 2 - Horse Breeders 7 - 9 8 - 4 4 - Lamb/Sheep Producers 3 - 11 5 4 2 1 - Pork Producers 8 - 13 3 1 1 7 - Specialty Livestock - - - 2 4 - - - Other Livestock - - - 2 - - 3 - Municipal Municipal Village Societies/Associati Beaver City of Camrose Flagstaff Paintearth District of District of of County Camrose County County County ons/Colonies Provost Wainwright Consort Agricultural Societies 6 - 7 9 2 6 4 1 Alberta Approved Farmers' Markets 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 - Hutterite Colonies 4 - 4 3 3 1 3 - Municipal Municipal Village Beaver City of Camrose Flagstaff Paintearth District of District of of Other County Camrose County County County Provost Wainwright Consort Eggs and Poultry 11 - 17 2 5 1 4 - Animal Aquaculture 2 - 1 1 1 - - - Dog Breeders 11 - 11 3 3 3 1 - Dairies 4 - 26 9 2 - 3 - Honey Producers 4 - - 2 - - 2 - Other Projects and Initiatives 3 - 1 2 - - - - Miscellaneous - - - - 1 - - - Municipal Municipal Village Beaver City of Camrose Flagstaff Paintearth District of District of of Value Added County Camrose County County County Provost Wainwright Consort Meat Processors 5 1 6 5 3 2 1 1 Food Processors 1 5 3 2 1 1 3 Other 1 2 1
APPENDIX
References
Alberta Major Crops Production 1957 – 2008
Alberta Major Crops Unit Values 1957 – 2008
The Following All For 1996, 2001, 2006 Census of Agriculture
Field Crops Reported for Selected Municipalities
Other Livestock Inventory for Selected Municipalities
Pig Inventory of Selected Municipalities
Poultry Inventory for Selected Municipalities
Cattle and Calf Inventory for Selected Municipalities
Sheep and Lamb Inventory for Selected Municipalities
MAPS
Of BRAED Counties and Municipal Districts
Battle River Alliance for Economic Development
References
Each Battle River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED) members’ website
AlbertaFirst.com for each BRAED member
Alberta Regional Cuisine Sourcing Directory
Alberta Food Processors Association www.afpa.com
Alberta Market Gardens Association www.amga.ca
Hyplains.ca
Edibleprairiejournal.blogspot.com
Alberta Farm and Ranch Directory 2009
Alberta Farmer’ Market Association albertamarkets.com
Alberta Greenhouse Growers’ Association
Alberta Excellence for Seed
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development – Agricultural Processing Industry Directory
Alberta Pulse Growers www.pulse.ab.ca
Slowfoodcalgary.ca
Alberta Community and Cooperative Association 36th Edition 2008 – 2009
dnb.powerprofiles.com
Canadian Grain Commission
Alberta Centre for Excellence in Seed www.seed.ab.ca
Alberta Reindeer Association www.albertareindeer.com
Alberta Whitetail and Mule Deer Association www.albertadeer.com
Alberta Simmental Association www.albertasimmental.com
Alberta Angus Association www.albertaangus.com
Alberta Holstein Association www.albertaholstein.ca
Association of Alberta Agriculture Fieldmen www.aafa.ca
Alberta Cattle Feeders Association www.cattlefeeders.ca
Alberta Lamb Producers www.ablamb.ca
Alberta Goat Breeders’ Association www.albertagoatbreeders.ca
Horse Industry Association of Alberta www.albertahorseindustry.ca
Alberta Dog Breeders www.canadogs.com
Alberta Organic Producers Association www.albertaorganicproducers.org
Statistics Canada www.statcan.gc.ca