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Chin Ridge Seeds celebrating 75 years in business. |
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011 13:58 |
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Article from: "100 Years of Ink", a supplement in the October 5th 2011 issue of The Taber Times:
Celebrating their 75th year in the farming business it’s safe to say Chin Ridge Seeds Ltd. is a Taber success story.
Started in 1936 by Nick Barany, Chin Ridge began as a farming business. It has grown into a multi-generational business comprised of a various companies that encompass farming, seed growing and processing, and birdseed manufacturing. The farm end of the business is celebrating its 75th year this year. Seed production began in 1965 when Nick’s son, Lawrence, planted his first pedigreed seed crop. Seed production has been continuous ever since.
Seed growing evolved further in 1984 when the seed processing plant was started by Lawrence and his wife Wilma. Wilma, with her interest in bird feeding, soon expanded the seed processing business to include birdseed production. Now third generation daughter, Kelly Barany and her husband, Don Hubble, run the seed business and birdseed enterprise.
“The birdseed business has grown significantly in recent years with the company’s trademarked Mother Nature’s and Bird’s Choice products now available throughout Western Canada. In Southern Alberta, both UFA and Green Haven Garden Centre carry Chin Ridge’s Mother Nature’s line,” said Kelly.
Throughout the years there have been many changes in the business. “The farming equipment is bigger and more efficient, allowing us to cover more acres with a single piece of equipment,” she said.
Awarded the 2007 Small Business of the Year award by the Taber and Municipal District Chamber of Commerce, Chin Ridge has developed a great relationship with the community sponsoring local charities and organizations.
“Many of our seed customers are from the local Taber community and our employees all live in or around the Taber area. We sure appreciate the support that our customers and our employees have given our business. We are truly grateful,” Kelly said. |
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Cornfest starts this weekend! |
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Friday, 26 August 2011 13:58 |
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Cornfest is an outdoor folk festival, midway and carnival, homecoming for southern Albertans and a weekend of fun for kids and adults alike. Running from August 25 to August 27th 2011, Cornfest has been dubbed one of the few truly FREE family activities in Alberta.
Kelly Barany, co-owner of Chin Ridge Seeds, says Chin Ridge has been a Gold Sponsor for Cornfest for many years now. "We sponsor Cornfest because we believe in giving back to the community", says Kelly, "and Cornfest is a wonderful way of bringing our local southern Alberta community together and celebrating the contribution that agriculture makes to our community".
Some say that Taber is a town "that water built" and it is very true. The warm southern Alberta climate provides the heat units and with the comprehensive irrigation systems in the area, Taber has the ideal climate for growing many agricultural commodities from corn to potatoes to sugar beets to excellent quality bird seed ingredients.
Consider visiting Taber this year for Cornfest, sample some of Taber's famous locally grown corn and enjoy all the entertainment that Cornfest provides. For more information on Cornfest see this website for more information: http://www.aroundtaber.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.aroundtaber.com/tabcf. |
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Chin Ridge Urges Farmers To Check Germination Rates on Farm Saved Seed |
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 08:20 |
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Chin Ridge Seeds urges farmers to check the germination on farm saved seed.
"There are definitely going to be some issues with seed germination this year", says Kelly Barany of Chin Ridge Seeds. "We are hearing stories of some low germination levels on seed this year particularly in Central Alberta." Barany urges any farmers planning to plant their own seed to do a germination test on it. This can be done by sending a seed sample to a seed lab like 20/20 Seed Labs or Biovision for about $25 or $30. You can also do a home germination test. Barany says that this is fairly straight forward to do. Here are her instructions: Take a paper towel and soak it in some water. It should be well damp but not dripping. Now place the towel on a plastic or styrofoam plate and lay out 100 seeds on it. Then take a second paper towel and wet it. Put this overtop of the seeds in the plate. Put the plate in a large size ziplock and seal it tight. Then put the plate in drawer or dark spot with a temperature of about 20 degrees celcius. After 8 to 12 days, count the seeds that have not sprouted. For example if you have 10 seeds out of the total that have not sprouted then you know you have a germination rate of 90 out of 100 seeds or 90%. |
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Chin Ridge Seeds Joins Forces With SeedNet Inc. |
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Monday, 29 November 2010 08:18 |
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Chin Ridge Seeds is proud to join forces with 14 other independent family operated seed growers to form SeedNet Inc.
SeedNet Inc. will collectively have in excess of over 350 years experience in growing, processing and retailing seed. Our membership in SeedNet will help our customers access the best varieties of pedigreed seed grain for Southern Alberta and Southern Saskatchewan at competitive prices while still providing our customers with true farmer growing experience and advice. The other members of SeedNet include: Benci Seed Farms, Fabian Seed Farms, Foremost Seeds, Huvenaars Seed Farms, Markert Seeds, Mercer Seeds, Sleepy Hollow Seeds, Witdouck Farms, Tony Crooymans & Sons, Specialty Seeds, Wheatcrest Farms, T.W. Farms, and Stamp Select Seeds. |
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Chin Ridge proud to support the Taber Grains Food Bank again in 2010 |
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Friday, 04 June 2010 07:42 |
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Chin Ridge Seeds is proud to support the Taber Food Grains Bank Project again in 2010:
Chin Ridge Seeds has supported the Taber Food Grains Bank Project for a number of years by supplying the barley seed for the project. The 2010 crop was seeded on May 20th on 130 acres of irrigated land. Harvest is planned for mid to late August. All the proceeds from the project is matched on a 4:1 basis by Canada's International Development Agency and are used to feed hungry people throughout the world. For more information on the Canadian Food Grains Bank please visit its website at www.foodgrainsbank.ca. |
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