General farming (3 years+) - Operating a small bison herd (20-30 head - cow/calf) in the Alberta Foothills since 2021, managing our 15 acre homestead the past 16 years (various animals over the years such as layers, broiler, turkeys, ducks, goats, horses, 2-3 head of cattle for personal consumption)
Other experience/agricultural/business training - Land Reclamation & Remediation, Manager for Forage & Grazing Association (1 yr mat leave cover), Large & Small animal veterinary assistant
Do you have a business plan?
Yes - In Progress
Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
Yes
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes
Project
Farm Name
1907 Bison
Farm Project Description
Our young family of six is looking for land to rent/lease in the Longview/High River Area, to continue running our herd of pure plains bison (20 head as of 2025) and grow our bison business venture. We are currently running our bison on land that is limited in size and we are unable to grow. Additionally, the long term arrangement is uncertain as the current landowner may sell his land in the near future and we want to be prepared so we can continue to run one of the few bison operations in the Alberta Foothills (Foothills County). We have built up a comfortable clientele base thru our relationship with Hartell Homestead. As word gets out, we find we have more and more interest in our product from folks in the area as well as Okotoks and Calgary.
Preferred Arrangement
Registered Lease on Title -
Lease -
License -
MOU -
Transfer / Succession -
Business Partnership -
Sale of Land -
Duration of the desired agreement
Long term
Ideal date to obtain land by
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
Wooded Area (acres)
No
Cultivable Area (acres)
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
No
Zoning
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
Open to landowner residing on property
Yes
Need farm buildings
No
Need fenced land
Yes
Need farm machinery and tools
No
Need established water source and infrastructure
We own our own tractor and flat bed, which we use for winter feeding. A minimum of one automatic waterer is needed, however, two or more would be preferred so we could run two herds and grow our operations.
