Photo essay | More than 700 lambs are expected over the next two months at the Lomond Hutterite Colony near Lomond, Alta. These photos were taken Jan. 14. | Mike Sturk photos
More than 700 lambs are expected over the next two months at the Lomond Hutterite Colony near Lomond, Alta. These photos were taken Jan. 14. | Mike Sturk photosStories by Mike Sturk
Winter move – photo essay
Photo essay | The Vanderploeg family recently moved cattle from a pasture near Vulcan, Alta., to the home ranch east of Brant. | Mike Sturk photos
The Vanderploeg family recently moved cattle from a pasture near Vulcan, Alta., to the home ranch east of Brant. | Mike Sturk photos
Racing the clock – photo essay
Photo Essay | Workers rushed to put together two grain bins on Charlie and Justin Flowers’ farm near High River, Alta., as a snowstorm approached on Dec. 21. They barely completed the job before the storm blew in. | Mike Sturk photos
Workers rushed to put together two grain bins on Charlie and Justin Flowers’ farm near High River, Alta., as a snowstorm approached on Dec. 21. They barely completed the job before the storm blew in. | Mike Sturk photos
Mating season – photo essay
Photo essay | Freelance photographer Mike Sturk spent time last month with a flock of bighorn sheep in the Sheep Sanctuary near Turner Valley, Alta. The rut or mating season takes place during November and December. | Mike Sturk photos
Freelance photographer Mike Sturk spent time last month with a flock of bighorn sheep in the Sheep Sanctuary near Turner Valley, Alta. The rut or mating season takes place during November and December. | Mike Sturk photos
Fall roundup – photo essay
Photo essay | The Meadows family of Aldersyde, Alta., recently moved 230 cow-calf pairs from a grazing lease in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country to their home range. | Mike Sturk photos
The Meadows family of Aldersyde, Alta., recently moved 230 cow-calf pairs from a grazing lease in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country to their home range. | Mike Sturk photos
High school rodeo
Photo essay | The first Alberta High School Rodeo Association junior event of the 2020-21 season was held in Nanton, Alta., earlier this month. | Mike Sturk photos
The first Alberta High School Rodeo Association junior event of the 2020-21 season was held in Nanton, Alta., earlier this month. | Mike Sturk photos
Hay day mixes old with new – photo essay
Photo essay | It was a mix of old-time haying with some mechanization thrown in at the Vanderploeg farm east of Brant, Alta., Aug. 22. Two heavy horse teams with hay wagons joined two bale trucks as the family loaded and stacked a field of 200 bales. Logan and Caslo Vanderploeg handled loading bales with two tractors while the rest of the Vanderploeg family pitched in, including Carl, Haley, Ryan and Logan’s wife Alex, plus Cam and Debbie Ostercamp. The hay crop in various locations doubled this year. | Mike Sturk photos
It was a mix of old-time haying with some mechanization thrown in at the Vanderploeg farm east of Brant, Alta., Aug. 22. Two heavy horse teams with hay wagons joined two bale trucks as the family loaded and stacked a field of 200 bales. Logan and Caslo Vanderploeg handled loading bales with two tractors while […] Read more
Threshing bee – photo essay
Photo essay | Friends of Leo Gooch participated in a threshing bee at the Gooch farm south of Arrowwood, Alta., Aug. 23. | Mike Sturk photos
Friends of Leo Gooch participated in a threshing bee at the Gooch farm south of Arrowwood, Alta., Aug. 23. | Mike Sturk photos
Bringing in the crop
Members of the Parkland Hutterite colony are harvesting the bounty of their vegetable crops. From garlic and cucumbers to corn, they store and sell their garden produce. | Mike Sturk photos
Better late than never
Friends and neighbours helped the Longson ranch move 140 cows and calves to a grazing lease near Fitzsimmons Creek in the Alberta Foothills July 9. The cattle were herded across the Highwood River and then seven kilometres to the base of Mount Armstrong. The animals’ arrival at the summer pasture had been delayed by a […] Read more
