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Your LOCAL Media since 1918! VOLUME 108: ISSUE 06
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Local farmers bring in Ryley Pool harvest Kari Janzen Staff Reporter
The Beaver Heritage and Ag Society’s annual Fuel the Pool harvest took place on Saturday, Sept. 27, a warm and sunny fall day this year. The field of wheat was completed in about three hours by four combines and hauled away to be stored in bins by five trucks. “It turned out a little better than we expected. I think I got over 8,000 bushels and it probably yielded at about 10 bushels an acre more than we were anticipating,” Ag Society secretary Lonnie Lauber said. Lauber said the grain is being stored at his place, and the Ag Society will watch the markets to decide when to sell the crop. “We're hoping to maybe catch a little bit of a higher price than what is currently being offered. I’d say we'll sell it sometime mid-winter, depending. I mean, if we need the money, then we might have to sell some of it sooner, but we don't have to sell it all at once either,” he said. Ryley Pool manager Susie Williams said that
they are grateful for all the community support in bringing in the harvest each year. “We are also especially thankful to Claystone Waste, as we couldn’t grow a crop without the land,” she said. Lauber said the same, “Claystone has let us manage that land now for quite a number of years, and we sure hope it continues.” Lauber also pointed out that the harvest that the local farmers bring in by volunteering their equipment and time is truly what makes the pool able to operate. “It's really just a handful of farmers every year who do the work on this. The revenue from the crop is really the difference between the pool being open all the time or having to close for parts of the year. It's a pretty significant contribution that these guys make. I think every one of them would say, well, it's not a major thing, it's an afternoon, a little bit of diesel fuel and a little bit of time, but it's encouraging that guys are willing to do that. “All in all, we are just really pleased with the outcome,” Lauber said.
The Beaver Heritage and Ag Society’s annual Fuel the Pool harvest took place on Saturday, Sept. 27. The field of wheat was completed in about three hours by four combines and hauled away by five trucks. KARI JANZEN PHOTOS