Rural Attractions – PFR https://prairiefarmreport.com Prairie Farm Report Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:04:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 63439291 2013 World Plowing Championship https://prairiefarmreport.com/2013-world-plowing-championship/ Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:20:28 +0000 http://prairiefarmreport.com/?p=4050
The 60th World Plowing Championships from Olds, Alberta where 58 competitors from 29 countries competed. This 2nd time the event was staged on the Olds Agricultural College campus with the first being in 1986. Mark Kaun an event organizer and farmer near Penhold, Ab. describes how the competition works. Igor Hrovatic a judge from Slovenia discusses how the competitors are judged. Several competitors are featured including ones from Scotland, Switzerland and Kenya.

Location: Olds, Alberta, Canada

]]> 4050 Restored 1913 Grain Elevator https://prairiefarmreport.com/restored-1913-grain-elevator/ Sat, 09 Nov 2013 16:40:43 +0000 http://prairiefarmreport.com/?p=4107
The Sukanen Museum near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and the restoration of a 1913 wooden prairie grain elevator. According to organizer, Doug Carrick they had to move the elevator about 100 miles from its original location at Mawer, Saskatchewan. They then got the elevator functioning as like it used to, including the 10 horsepower Fairbanks Morse single piston engine that was used to drive the elevator leg. The museum and its volunteers sunk about $100k into the restoration project.

]]> 4107 Amazing Stone Carving https://prairiefarmreport.com/amazing-stone-carving/ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:55:50 +0000 http://prairiefarmreport.com/?p=4360
Stephen Yettaw who lives on a family farm loves to create art work with stones and rocks. He has a very vivid imagination and loves to create unusual sculptures like the anatomy of Dragon. His sculptures cover a wide variety of themes. Since he’s on a farm, animals like horses are often featured. He also likes to create stone sculptures portraying Greek Mythology. He works with everything from granite to limestone to marble. As well as using power tools he also uses the traditional hammer and chisel.

Location: St. Paul, Alberta, Canada

]]> 4360 High School Rodeo https://prairiefarmreport.com/high-school-rodeo/ https://prairiefarmreport.com/high-school-rodeo/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:04:06 +0000 http://prairiefarmreport.com/?p=6415

Spend time watching a profile on a couple of up and coming rodeo athletes. At the time of our visit in the fall of 2011, Meg Mulvena an 11th grader was applying her on-ranch cow hand experience to high pressure sport of barrel racing. Go behind the chutes with Cody Floyd also in the 11th grade to see how he preps himself for bull riding competition in front of a large arena audience. Cody’s Dad, Howard Floyd details how the sport of high school rodeo in fact helps many young men and women strive for better grades academically.

Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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