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Below are PFR 11/12 SHOW HIGHLIGHTS for Canadian and Northern Plains States networks
(not RFD-TV) which begins October 2011 & runs through until the spring of 2012.
Each of the episodes will repeat in the order listed in the late winter, spring and early summer of 2012.
To see the new line-up of PFR Episodes playing on RFD-TV which begins in November 2011, scroll to the bottom of the Canadian 11/12 listings.
PFR 11/12 Season Episodes
(Canada and Northern Plain States only)
- Inventions (1):
This episode features a 32 foot V-Wing plow that makes drainage ditches where you can still grow a crop when the water is gone. Also, see a high clearance sprayer mounted on a 4440 John Deere tractor with a lift kit, and a well equipped quarter scale tractor built by university students for a competition between schools from all over North America.
 
CONTACT INFO:
V-Wing Ditcher- Jeff Penner, Swan River Mb.
Phone: 204-734-0303.
E-mail: jrpnnr@hotmail.com
High Clearance Sprayer on a Tractor- Robert Petrukovich. Lloydminster Ab.
Phone: 780-745-2574
University of Saskatchewan Quarter Scale Tractor-
Tyrone Keep
Saskatoon Sk.
Phone: 306-280-1058.
E-mail: tyrone.keep@usask.ca
Graham Stuart
Glaslyn Sk.
Phone: 306-342-7664
- Farmyards:
You’ll see a variety of eye catching yards with features such as fishponds, flower beds of all different shapes and sizes, labyrinths cut right into the lawn and a variety of majestic trees.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Acreage Yard- Sylvia Debaar
Virden Mb.
Phone: 204-748-2549
Pond & Pond Plants- Nigel & Louise Hill, Grandora Aquatics
Grandora Sk.
Phone: 306-933-4225.
E-mail: nigelh@yourlink.ca
Web: www.grandora-aquatics.com
Acreage Yard- Joe & Glenda MacPhee
Neepawa Mb.
Phone: 204-476-2651
- Machinery of the Past (1):
This episode profiles a vintage tractor pull with competitors driving everything from a Co-op E5 to a Case 350. Also featured is a unique self propelled pulling sled in action at the same tractor pull.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Co-op E5 Tractor - Darcy Elliott
Blackie AB.
Phone: 403-333-6395
E-mail: darcyelliott@hotmail.com
1957 Case 350 Tractor - Howard Hildebrand
Camrose, AB
Phone: 780-672-9534
E-mail: hmhil@cable-lynx.net
S.P. Pull Sled - Barrie Jung
Melfort, SK
Phone: 306-752-2075
E-mail: barrie@hodginsauctioneers.com
- Rural Attractions:
Features include a garden center that evolved an historic railway attraction with a dining car restaurant and caboose cabins for overnight visitors. You’ll also see a real life rural zoo with everything from bison to lions to crocodiles, where visitors can actually touch some of the animals.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Aspen Crossing Garden Center, Tree Nursery, Gift Shop, Campground, Rail car Restaurant and Caboose/hotel - Jason Thornhill
Mossleigh AB.
Phone: 403-534-2129
Email: jason@aspencrossing.com
Web: www.aspencrossing.com
Wallace & Boni Sauvé - Border City Petting Zoo
Lloydminster SK.
Phone: 306-825-4472
E-mail: bordercitypettingzoo@sasktel.net
- Crop Profiles:
Profiles include a look at soybeans, which are being grown in more northern locations than ever before due to advances in breeding shorter season varieties with high yields. Other features include a high yielding grass that grows well in soils with salinity problems, and a high yielding forage pea variety that grows up to six feet tall.
 
CONTACT INFO:
A/C Saltlander Grass - Ken Miller
Milk River AB.
Phone: 403-556-2609
E-mail: mkmiller@telusplanet.net
Web: www.millerseeds.com
CDC Horizon Forage Pea
Don Boles
Three Hills AB.
Phone: 403-443-0123
E-mail: don.boles@lincsat.com
Bob Mastin
Sundre AB.
Phone: 403-556-2609
E-mail: info@mastinseeds.com
Web: www.mastinseeds.com
Soybeans - Patrick Fabian
Tilley Ab.
E-mail: fabian@eidnet.org
Web: www.fabianseedfarms.com
- Scaled Down Machinery:
Features include farmers who built scaled down models of the full sized equipment they farmed with, one fifth scale home built model farm equipment ranging from land rollers to a John Deere 105 self-propelled combine that actually runs, and a home built scaled down grain handling system with a working grain leg.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Models of farm's equipment - Larry Small
Central Butte SK.
Phone: 306-796-2253
Mostly 1/5th Scale Models - Bernie Brandt
Kamsack, SK
Phone: 306-542-3987
Model Farm, Field and Grain Handling System - Herb Bergen
Winnipegosis Mb.
Email: bergenc@mts.net
- Specialty Livestock:
Visit a farm that raises Mammoth Donkeys for everything from guard animals to pulling wagons, and a Nubian Goat farm that uses their milk to make soap and also runs scenic tours with the goats as pack animals. Profiles also include a teenager who raises exotic birds for sale, including everything from Cranes to Peacocks to Guinea Fowl.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Goats
Rebecca & Wendy Lange, San Clara, Mb.
Email: wLange@xplornet.com
Mammoth Donkeys
Ron & Suzanne Paddock, Baldur, Mb.
www.bigearsdonkeyranch.ca
Exotic Birds
Ty Marshall, Vulcan, Ab.
www.prairieexotics.com
- Inventions (2):
This episode features a new air seeder cart with 820 bushel capacity equipped for variable rate fertilizer application as well as an industry leading metering system. You’ll also see a high capacity pumping system for moving water out of sloughs when time is so valuable during spring seeding, and a tree trimming attachment that mounts right to your front end loader.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Limbinator Tree Trimmer
Frank Casey,
Stratford, OK.
www.limbinatorsaws.com
Limbinator Canadian Distributor
Ron Wheeler, Assiniboia, Sk.
www.flexxifinger.com
Dyna-Flo Pump
Dana Rosendahl, Oakes, ND
www.dynaflopump.com
Seedmaster Drill Nova XP 820 Smart Cart
Norbert Beaujot & Owen Kinch, Emerald Park, SK.
www.seedmaster.ca
- Rural Enterprise:
Profiles include a farm family that has created a tasty snack from barley, pig farmers who built their own meat shop to market their pasture raised pork, and an apple orchard which also makes products such as dehydrated apple slices and pure apple cider.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Martin Munchies
Garnet Martin, Watrous, SK
www.martinmunchies.ca
Spragg Pastured Pork
Greg and Bonnie Spragg, Rosemary, AB
www.spraggsmeatshop.com
Petrofka Bridge Orchard
Mike Noel, Waldheim, SK
www.petrofkaorchard.com
- Feed Handling:
See clever feed handling innovations including a bucket mounted invention for augering grain into feeders, a double hitch for pulling two balers with one tractor, and a self propelled haybine created by mounting a haybine head on the power unit of a self-propelled swather.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Feed Bucket
Lawrence Delichte, Alphonse, MB
Phone: 204-836-2441
Baler Double Hitch
Richard Hallett, Carstairs, AB
hallettrichard@hotmail.com
S.P. Haybine
Keith Badinski, Melfort, SK
an.badinski@sasktel.net
- Re-Run of 1. Inventions (1)
- Re-Run of 2. Farmyards
- Machinery of the Past (2)
Heritage is a big part of agriculture, and nowhere is it more important than in vintage farm equipment. Features on this program include German built Lanz Bulldog tractors going back as far as 1921, and a self propelled snow blower built by rural residents in the late 1950’s and then restored by some of those same rural residents about 50 years later. You’ll also see a number of familiar classic tractor names in action at a vintage tractor pull including Cockshutt, Minneapolis Moline, John Deere, Massey Harris and Caterpillar.
 
- Inventions (3)
Features include a bulk glyphosate handling system which saves time and money for the retailer as well as the farmer, and the latest innovations in crop lifters to help straight cut headers lift downed crops off the ground and into the header. You’ll also see important and possibly life saving advances in safety, including a winch system for lifting concaves out of combines and an alarm system which warns equipment operators when children are nearby.
 
CONTACT INFO:.
Racketeer Glyphosate Handling System
Dennis Bulani, Biggar Sk.
Phone: 306-948-7905
E-mail: therack@sasktel.net
Web: www.therackonline.com
FlexxiFinger Crop Lifters
Ron Wheeler, Assiniboia SK.
Phone: 306-642-4555
E-mail: sales@flexxifinger.com
Web: www.flexxifinger.com
Electric Concave Hoist
Ryan Bast, Motor Safety Association, Montmartre Sk.
Phone: 306-721-0688
E-mail: rbast@motorsafety.ca
WhereAbouts Safety System
Travis Wiens, Milestone Sk.
Phone: 306-540-5858
E-mail: annex.agro@plantpioneer.com
Web: www.prairietechonline.com
- Cattle Handling
Improved cattle handling efficiency is important for safety and for a healthy bottom line. This program includes a waterer with a built in scale to give an early indication when cattle are sick, identify those animals which are ready to market, and improve herd genetics in the long term by picking out those animals which gain the quickest on the least amount of feed. You’ll also see a Livestock Response Trailer equipped to handle cattle and other livestock in emergency situations on the highway, as well as how high school rodeo is helping young people learn cattle handling skills and at the same time develop leadership capabilities.
 
CONTACT INFO:
GrowSafe Water & Feeding Systems
Alison Sunstrum, Airdrie Ab.
Phone: 403-912-1879
E-mail: als@growsafe.com
Web: www.growsafe.com
Livestock Response Trailer
Art Preachuk, Red Deer Ab
Phone: 403-505-9066
E-mail: apreachuk@rdcounty.ab.ca
Howard Floyd, National Director of High School Rodeo
Kipling Sk.
Phone: 306-736-8011
E-mail: hwaf69@hotmail.com
- Farm Shops
An efficient shop is one of the best ways to ensure a smooth running farm operation. This episode includes a shop where costs are minimized by making handy shop tools out of salvaged materials, including a rugged two ton crane with a folding table. Other features include a new shop tool which does everything from cutting to welding to soldering without the use of potentially harmful gases, and an experimental winter heating system which burns round bales made from willow trees.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Multiplaz Shop Tool
Les Evinger, Dugald Mb.
Phone: 204-878-9014
E-mail: cutweldwaterplasma@gmail.com
Web: www.farmersbuysell.com
Biomass Furnace
Ian Pickering, Melfort Sk.
Phone: 306-752-6401
E-mail: ian.pickering@agr.gc.ca
- Grain Handling
If you’re a grain farmer, a well designed grain handling system can turn a money losing farm into a profitable one. Features include a back saving auger hopper designed to minimize grain spillage and improve auger efficiency, and a highly automated cost effective grain processing system which utilizes hopper cars as identity preserved rolling storage. You’ll also see a money saving portable heating system which can be used for drying grain as well as heating farm buildings.
 
CONTACT INFO:
The Hopper
Keith Putman, Assiniboia Sk.
Phone: 306-642-3460
E-mail: keithp2@xplornet.ca
Web: www.wix.com/thehopper/2011
Mobil Grain
Lavern Affleck, Emerald Park Sk.
Phone: 306-535-9107
E-mail: lavern.affleck@mobilgrain.com
Web: www.mobilgrain.com
Bale Burning Furnace
Ron Horvath, Leross Sk.
Phone: 306-675-4889
E-mail: rdhorvath@hotmail.com
PFR Winter/Spring 11/12 Season Episodes on
RFD-TV Only
- Inventions (1):
This episode features a 64 foot farm built air seeder with angled disc openers,
which allows for seeding in fairly wet conditions and at speeds up to eight
miles per hour. Also, see a self-propelled fencer where one person can quickly
put up posts and string out wire at the same time, as well as a 6,000 gallon tow
between liquid tank for efficient liquid fertilizer application during seeding.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Seed Drill:
Daryl Tiessen, Wilcox, SK
dtiessen@netscape.ca
Custom Fertilizer Tank:
Clayton Wiebe, Langenburg, SK
shop@legacyagro.ca
Fencer:
Scott Miller, Athabasca, AB
jen.miller@live.ca
- Crop Profiles:
Profiles include a farm family that is improving their income by growing
asparagus, in a cool weather climate, and they've even built their own
innovative asparagus harvester. You'll also see how a retired senior who enjoys
gardening created a new potato variety almost completely by accident, and a
family of innovative women who are creating syrups and jellies from edible
flowers such as red clover blossoms and black pansies.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Asparagus Farm:
Doug Edgar, Innisfail, AB
doug@edgarfarms.com
Bedard Creek Acres:
Lyn Brown, Smeaton, SK
www.bedardcreekacres.ca
Altablush Potato:
John Safroniuk, Wetaskiwin, AB
johnsaf@telusplanet.net
- Machinery of the Past (1):
Features include a threshing bee with a total of 10 threshing machines in action
at the same time, a working miniature threshing machine and steam engine modeled
after full sized Case machines, a Mayrath auger mover likely built in the
1950's, and a rare David Bradley tractor with a variety of attachments primarily built for working in backyard and market gardens.
 
 
CONTACT INFO:
David Bradley Tractor:
Carl Knibbs
Regina, SK
dbtritrac@sasktel.net
Threshing Bee:
Ken Mack, Langenburg, SK
Summer - 306-743-5573
Winter - 865-984-4709
Miniature Steam Engine:
Cliff Ayer, Roblin, MB
204-937-8745
Lanz Bulldog Tractor:
Alvin Freier, Binscarth, MB
204-532-2496
Minneapolis 17030B Tractor:
Albert Busch, Calder, SK
306-742-4687
- Farm Shops:
This episode features a shop with a 37 foot farm built bi-fold door and a crane
that covers all four corners of the shop, a self-contained work bench with it's
own power source that can be towed to the field to use anything from air powered
tools to a welder, and a hip roof barn that's been converted into a modern well
equipped farm shop.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Portable Work bench:
Dwayne Bulizuik, Roblin, MB
gaberdst@mts.net
Shop Crane:
Daryl Tiessen, Wilcox, SK
dtiessen@netscape.ca
Barn Shop:
Dave & Scott Kroeker and family of Killarney, Manitoba
204-523-8634
- Farmyards:
You'll see a variety of attractive yards with features including waterfalls,
fishponds, amazing artwork on patios and walls, flower beds of various shapes
and sizes, a playhouse with a zip line, and labyrinth designed to relax and
rejuvenate.
 
- Pasture Management:
Features include a farm bales are fed on the fields where they were made to the
costs of hauling bales and manure, and leave all the nutrients on the field
where they'll do the most good in years to come. You'll also learn about
Winterfat, a forage that maintains a high protein level for winter grazing, and
Cicer Milkvetch, a forage that cattle love to graze and it reseeds itself each
year for long term pasture productivity.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Bales fed on Field:
Leam Craig of Biggar, Saskatchewan
clcraig@sasktel.net
Cicer Milkvetch:
Chad (Left) & Neil Halland of Hanley, Saskatchewan
haalandcattle@yahoo.ca
Experimental Winterfat Plot:
Mike Schellenberg, Swift Current, SK
schellenberg@agri.gc.ca
- Crop Management:
In this program profiles include a farm management service called the Ultimate
Yield Program that combines factors ranging from nutrition to time of seeding
to improve profitability, controlled traffic farming to minimized yield losses
to soil compaction, and a biological herbicide that appears to provide reliable
weed control through the use of a naturally occurring fungus without relying on
chemicals.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Ultimate Yield Program:
Dennis Bulani, Biggar, SK
therack@sasktel.net
Bioherbicide:
Karen Bailey, Saskatoon, SK
Karen.bailey@agri.gc.ca
karen.bailey@agri.gc.ca
Controlled Traffic Farming:
Steve Larocque, Morrin, AB
steve@beyondagronomy.com
- Inventions (2):
This episode includes, a combine mounted screen that effectively shows the level
of grain loss and can be dropped from the cab for improved safety, a self
cleaning screen system that picks up debris out of canal water to help
irrigation systems run more efficiently, and a selective metering system for air
seeders to give you improved crop stands and possibly lowering your seeding
rates at the same time.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Combine Drop Screen:
Norman and Steve VanBrabant, Morinville, AB
780-939-5614
Selective Seed Metering System:
Seedmaster
www.seedmaster.ca
Irrigation Canal Screen:
Craig Hopf, Brooks, AB
chopf@hotmail.com
- Machinery of the Past (2):
Antique machinery always seems to be popular with everyone, especially old
tractors. Classics featured on this program include a fully restored 1926
Minneapolis 17-30 B that has been in the same family since it was new, a 1927
Case 18-32 Cross mount, a 1935 Massey Harris four wheel drive, a 1941 Massey
Harris 202, and a rare 98 Massey Ferguson from the late 1950's that was
essentially identical to the Oliver Super 99 GM.
 
 
CONTACT INFO:
Bob Porth
Antique Case tractor collection
Regina Sk.
Phone: 306-545-2567
E-mail:
Bob+1CASE@imagewireless.ca
Munroe Lehne
Rockol 96 tractor
Amisk, Ab.
Phone: 780-806-3344
Len Oddan
Minneapolis 17-30 B tractor
Medicine Hat, Ab.
Phone: 403-580-8199
Henry Boutin
Antique Massey & Case tractors
Carlyle, Sk.
Phone: 306-453-6730
- Rural Ventures:
Featured in this program are farmers who have come up with ways to produce extra income by creating value. You'll see a livestock operation where animals are grown out on pasture to build demand for the meat among consumers, and a dairy that utilizes all the latest technology to milk their cows and then create an all natural yogurt with no preservatives or artificial flavors.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Tinie Eilers
Bles-Wold Yogurt & Dairy
Lacombe, Ab
Phone: 403-782-3380
E-mail: teilers@bles-wold.com
Web: www.bles-wold.com
Ron & Sheila Hamilton
Sunworks Farm Pastured Livestock
Armena, Ab.
Phone: 780-672-9799
E-mail: Sheila@sunworksfarm.com
Web: www.sunworksfarm.com
Kevin & Melanie Boldt
Pine View Farms, Souleio Foods
Osler, Sk.
Phone: 306-239-4763
E-mail: sales@pineviewfarms.com
Web: www.pineviewfarms.com
Web: www.souleiofoods.com
- Re-Run: Inventions (1)
- Re-Run: Crop Profiles
- Cattle Handling:
This episode profiles ways to make it easier to work on cattle, reducing stress on the handler and probably resulting in more productive cattle. Features include hydraulic gates which allow a single person to work the head gate and at the same time sort cattle into a number of different pens, and a calving system where un-calved cows are separated from calved pairs about once a week to decrease stress on calves and give cows a cleaner calving environment with less disease pressure.
 
CONTACT INFO:
John Beasley
Drop Back Calving
Youngstown, Ab.
Phone: 403-779-2662
E-mail: kelseydawnbeasley@gmail.com
Wayne Forbes
Hydraulic Sorting Gates
Westlock, Ab.
Phone: 780-349-2476
E-mail: wayne@jubileefarms.ca
Duane Thompson
Cheap Winter Cattle Feeding
Kelliher, Sk.
Phone: 306-675-4562
E-mail: teetwo@xplornet.com
- Grain Handling
An efficient grain handling system can mean the difference between a high quality crop that pays you a big profit and a weather damaged crop that barely pays the bills. This program will introduce you to a variety of innovative grain handling ideas, including a swing auger that extends and retracts to make it easier and quicker to drive trailers into position for unloading.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Jim Grose
Xtend Retracting Swing Arm Auger
Clive, Ab.
Phone: 403-784-3864
E-mail: jgrose@rodono.ca
Web: www.rodono.ca
Bob Hawes
Hawes Auger Mover
Semans, Sk.
Phone: 1-888-755-5575
E-mail: bhawes@imagewireless.ca
Web: www.hawesindustries.com
Web: www.hawesagro.com
Wilfred Mollenbeck
Grain Leg
St. Gregor, Sk.
Phone: 306-366-2114
- Rural Attractions:
Creating attractions with agricultural themes can be a lot of fun and also educational for visitors. Features include a reconstructed round barn paying tribute to a farm that covered over 50,000 acres in the 1800's, a Science Center exhibit that shows urban visitors today's high tech modern agriculture ranging from driving a state of the art combine to shipping crops to India, and a farm based miniature golf course where old farm equipment is utilized as obstacles.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Jerry Willerth
Bell Barn Project
Indian Head, Sk.
Phone: 306-695-2086
Lori Toker
Rocky Meadows Country Getaway
Bonnyville, Ab.
Phone: 780-826-6053
E-mail: tgang@mcs.net
Web: www.rockymeadows.net
Collette Parks
Sask Science Centre
Richardson AgGROWland Exhibit
Regina, Sk.
Phone: 306-791-7917
E-mail: cparks@sasksciencecentre.com
Web: www.sasksciencecentre.com
- Feed Handling:
How efficiently you handle your feed can decide whether your livestock operation is making you money or costing you money. Profiles include a labor and money saving toolbar which allows you to pull three mower conditioners behind one tractor to cut up to 54 feet per pass, and a heavy duty round bale shredder that can be mounted on a front end loader for ease of use in a variety of situations.
 
CONTACT INFO:
Len Blatz
Loader Mounted Bale Shredder
Camrose, Ab.
Phone: 780-672-2471
E-mail: lenny@telusplanet.net
Web: www.crawfordswest.com
Phil Friesen
Triple Cutter Toolbar
PhiBer Manufacturing
Crystal City, Mb.
Phone: 204-873-2448
E-mail: phil@phibercanada.com
Web: www.phibercanada.com
Stan Foster
Farm built grain feeder
Benito, Mb.
Phone: 204-539-2345
- Re-Run of Episode #3
- Re-Run of Episode #4
- Re-Run of Episode #5
- Re-Run of Episode #6
- Re-Run of Episode #7
- Re-Run of Episode #8
- Re-Run of Episode #9
- Re-Run of Episode #10
- Re-Run of Episode #11
- Re-Run of Episode #14
- Re-Run of Episode #15
- Re-Run of Episode #16
- Re-Run of Episode #17
- Re-Run of Episode #18
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