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The Quill Lakes area is farming country and some of the larger
towns have a significant industrial base in addition to their agricultural services.
This is mixed farmland, fertile prairie with plenty of variety.
Farms range in size from over 5000 acres to 10 acres and grow almost every kind of grain,
fruit, animal and bird that you can imagine.
Common field crops are spring wheat, winter wheat, barley,
oats, canola, flax, peas, lentils, canary seed. There are smaller fields of herbs &
spices, strawberries and Saskatoon berries.
Livestock most commonly seen are beef cattle, but look closely
and you will find horses, llama, bison, elk, ostrich, emu, goats, sheep, dairy cows,
chicken, turkey.
Most of the industry here is ag based; farm equipment dealers
and manufacturers, repair shops for tractors and trucks, grain and livestock trucking
companies, custom field sprayers and combiners.
Some of the more unusual industries include:
- A poultry processing plant in Wynyard which processes all the
Kentucky Fried Chicken sold in Saskatchewan.
- A potassium sulfate plant near Kandahar which makes most of the
hardener needed for drywall board manufacture in Canada.
- A factory near Watson that produces playground
equipment.
This is an interesting and varied area. Any product or service
which you need is probably available here. Find the Map of the Quill Lakes
Area, click on a town name and look for the business or
service which you need. |
