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These are the pics of the two quarters of canola that we harvested for our local arena in Donnelly, Alberta, Canada. What we do is we get the seed, fertilizer and chemical donated by different company's, and then we all pitch in. Usually whoever gets done seeding first will head over with their machine. Spray app. is also done by whoever has time, same with swathing. Of course when it comes to harvesting everyone and their dog comes out, it's a blast!! There were a couple of years where the same couple of guys did pretty much all the work, these guys know who they are and they are great people who have gone above and beyond.
We started doing this about 8 yrs. ago and it has enabled us to keep our local arena running smoothly and continue to improve on the facility. With the rising costs of utilities, insurance and wages; it was very difficult to operate in the black even though the rink was busy. The idea was brought up at a board meeting by a member who farms, he suggested finding a quarter of land that someone wanted to rent out and then see if local Ag. businesses would be interested in each donating a portion of the inputs. The rest is history.
It's neat to see, our arena was built 28 yrs. ago through volunteer work when other neighboring towns didn't feel it was necessary to have our own Arena, and now we keep it going strong through the next generation of young farmers and other locals who believe in keeping a facility like this operational for the kids and community togetherness.
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The older fellas talking about the good old days.
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All these guys and many others were involved directly in building our arena 28 yrs. ago.
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My buddy Wayne posing in all his greatness
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READY-SET-GOOOOOOOOOO!!! The guy in the orange shirt was our beautiful middle aged manly race flag girl, haha!!Way to go Clem.
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Lap # 1. Look at the red monsters on the right leading the pack!!
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Phew! Here come the green limper's,haha! Actually, one neighbor had a new 9860 Bullet Rotor, it was impressive. Just getting in shots while I can.
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Me in my 2188 dumping and my neighbor dumping his cart.
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Me and my buddy Russ taking it all in.
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A birds eye view.
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Me, in the blue coveralls inspecting the 9860 and listening to the John Deere salesman list off the goods.
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Look at them poor guys, drooling over my machine.
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What a day, money raised and cold beers with the best people I know.
We started doing this about 8 yrs. ago and it has enabled us to keep our local arena running smoothly and continue to improve on the facility. With the rising costs of utilities, insurance and wages; it was very difficult to operate in the black even though the rink was busy. The idea was brought up at a board meeting by a member who farms, he suggested finding a quarter of land that someone wanted to rent out and then see if local Ag. businesses would be interested in each donating a portion of the inputs. The rest is history.
It's neat to see, our arena was built 28 yrs. ago through volunteer work when other neighboring towns didn't feel it was necessary to have our own Arena, and now we keep it going strong through the next generation of young farmers and other locals who believe in keeping a facility like this operational for the kids and community togetherness.
The older fellas talking about the good old days.
My buddy Wayne posing in all his greatness
READY-SET-GOOOOOOOOOO!!! The guy in the orange shirt was our beautiful middle aged manly race flag girl, haha!!Way to go Clem.
Lap # 1. Look at the red monsters on the right leading the pack!!
Phew! Here come the green limper's,haha! Actually, one neighbor had a new 9860 Bullet Rotor, it was impressive. Just getting in shots while I can.
Me in my 2188 dumping and my neighbor dumping his cart.
Me and my buddy Russ taking it all in.
A birds eye view.
Me, in the blue coveralls inspecting the 9860 and listening to the John Deere salesman list off the goods.
Look at them poor guys, drooling over my machine.
What a day, money raised and cold beers with the best people I know.
Just kidding I drink the stuff, but in bottles. 
