Operations
We plant it, harvest it, store it and haul it ourselves.
A colony farm runs like a small town's worth of businesses under one roof: field crews, mechanics, truck drivers and a kitchen that feeds them all.
How the Farm Runs
Our Own Trucking
Lakeside Colony Farming is a registered motor carrier (USDOT 1635616). Hauling our own grain and beets means we decide when the crop moves.
Farm Safety
Lakeside Colony Farming Co. Ltd. works with the Farm Safety Centre, because farm kids grow up around big machinery and keeping them safe comes first.
The Machine Shop
Most repairs and fabrication happen right here. Winter is shop season: every combine, tractor and truck gets gone over before spring.
Grain Storage
Our steel bins and aeration let us store the crop safely on the farm and sell when the timing is right.
Irrigation
Pivots and canal water carry our crops through dry southern Alberta summers, and we keep careful track of how much water we use.
Beet Harvest
October means beets. The harvester lifts them out of the ground, the trucks run them to the piling grounds, and the crews keep going for as long as the weather allows.
Having our own trucks and drivers during harvest means the harvester never sits waiting for a ride.
Fixed at Home
A breakdown in the middle of harvest is expensive, so the shop is one of the busiest places on the colony. Our mechanics and welders keep the fleet running and build a lot of what we need themselves.
Young men learn the trade by working beside the older hands, the same way every job on the colony gets passed down.