I have lived on the farm in Aylsham all my life, 44 years, and have actively farmed for 27 years now. The last 21 years with my wife and partner, Kim. We have two children, Landon 16 years old and Tara 13 years old.
We are blessed with flat land and no rocks on our farm. We currently farm 4500 cres of a mix of owned, rented and custom worked land which ranges from clay loam to sandy loam. We grow wheat, barley, oats, canola, flax and peas on 3800 acres and have 700 acres in dehy alfalfa each year. We are also Pedigreed Seed Growers and operate a farm based seed cleaning and processing facility on the farm.
Wind and water erosion over the years, as well as the increased machinery and labour costs led us to move from 1/3 summerfallow to continuous cropping and finally to direct seeding which we have done for the past 5 years.
I have been interested in the work the SSCA has done over the years and had expressed to Greg Kane that if an opening came up I would be interested in being involved. As far as what I hope to accomplish as a director, I hope that I can contribute some of my experiences over the years to the association as well as the opportunity to interact and meet with progressive people in the agriculture community.
I currently sit as a director for National Alfalfa Processors, our local dehy plant and am currently the Reeve for the RM of Nipawin #487. In my spare time I enjoy snowmobiling, fishing and boating as well as riding my motorcycle.