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About Us
Veitch Farms is located 7 miles north
west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the "Land of Living Skies".
We have a mixed farming operation, consisting of 950 acres of
land that we farm naturally, with the Land in mind at all
times. Four generations of Veitchs' have lived here
and our family welcomed the beginnings of the 5th generation
in 2003.
We have always understood that to be
successful, you need to be diversified, but we also always
wanted to do things as naturally as possible, because we
believe the animals in our care do better, and we are pleased with the outcome, and our customers
agree. We provide Forage crops to neighboring farmers
for their livestock in addition to raising our own, Sheep,
Cattle, and Llamas.
 Our
Sheep
We raise a hybrid flock of sheep, which is mainly Hampshire
and Dorsett which yields a higher lambing rate. We
also use this combination as well for the vigor and
lean body mass that comes with cross breeding these two
powerful breeds. In keeping with our
philosophies all animals are raised in the fresh air eating
hay cut only from our land, that is fertilized with what
nature supplies from the animals. The summer season is
when everyone stretches their legs and spends time on lush
green pasture, where they grow strong and healthy. All
ewe's and rams are vaccinated annually, and de-wormed to
insure health. We implement an animal selection
process throughout the year and older or unproductive
animals are utilized by our selective market of dog breeders
that prefer to feed there dogs meat from a naturally raised
source that is not ill or filled with medications.
We offer naturally raised lamb or mutton from our farm, cut
and wrapped to our customers specifications, whether is it
for table use or for pets. The lamb or mutton, is
available during the year to our valued clients;
reservations are highly recommended as we have a loyal
clientele list, that comes back year after year. At
no time do we provide a selection of lamb or ewes from
injured or medicated animals for either human consumption or
for our clients four legged canine friends.
Our Llamas
To help in predator control for our
sheep we raise guardian Llamas that assist in protecting our
flock in addition to "Reba" our one and only miniature
donkey and "Zoey" our Great Pyrenees dog. Quality Llamas are available on occasion to
those that can appreciate there value or for those that love
to look at something exotic.
 Quality
Feed
Most of our Land is in production for
Hay. We have various qualities and mixtures that we
produce. We grow alfalfa and alfalfa-brome
mixtures, and bale in both 4' x 5' round bales and square
bales. Our clients utilize our feed for cows, horses,
sheep, llamas, goats and rabbits. We also grow oats
and wheat for the small animal market. These grain
crops provide us with a small quantity of quality straw each
year.
All
feed is assessed for quality and animal requirements.
We only recommend to our clients that they use the
appropriate quality of feed necessary for the specific
species to be fed. This is critical in having a
healthy animal and we have refused to sell lower quality
feeds to animals requiring a higher quality feed to maintain
health. This policy has allowed us to achieve a loyal
clientele base for our feeds. Whereby our clients can
trust that the feed we sell is the quality we say it is.
Quality controls are an important part of having a finished
product that we can be proud of, so hay is taken off the
field at optimum times for quality retention and then is
tarped to insure the quality is preserved.
Diversification
To further diversify our farming operation we
offer custom pasture for cattle.
This service is only available for a small number of cattle,
in order to preserve the growth or our fields and to protect
that land that we cherish.
Life is Interesting
As if all of this activity didn't make life interesting enough we share our
farm yard with a variety of small farmyard animals that
provide us with hours of entertainment. You will see
chickens, ducks and even some rabbits running loose during
the summer, enjoying the 5 acre park like front yard.
We also share our lives with several Boston Terriers which we raise and show
under the Moonlitt Kennel Prefix.
We look forward to years to come on
the land we call home, doing what we love to do.
Ron & Heather Veitch
(306) 934-2233 |
