Fraser Valley Spring
What a beautiful spring day here in the Fraser Valley! Blooming trees & flowers, bright blue skies and gorgeous snow-capped Mt Cheam. We are blessed to have lots of early spring work, and it’s sure enjoyable on a day like today!
Congratulations to the B.C. Young Farmers of the Year
We would like to congratulate our clients, Brian & Jewel Pauls and Frank Pauls!
“A Chilliwack couple as become the first second-generation winners of the BC Yukon Outstanding Young Farmer program.
Brian and Jewel Pauls, who operate a poultry and egg farm in Chilliwack, won the honour in Abbotsford on Jan. 13.
Brian’s parents, Frank and Elma Pauls, earned the same award in 1990.
Although Pauls claims to own “only one farm,” with 17,000 broilers and 55,000 caged white and free range brown layers, he also manages the family’s “multiple” egg, broiler and turkey farms in BC and Saskatchewan. The holdings include Canada’s first certified humane turkey farm.
“We raise broilers, pullets, layers and turkeys and grow a multitude of crops which use a lot of chicken manure,” the Pauls say.
The Pauls holdings may rival some of the mega-farms in the US, but their operational model is completely different.
“We buy family farms and hire families to live on and manage them,” Pauls says, noting this gives opportunities to people who may not have the capital to own their own farm. It also helps spread the risk of a potentially-devastating avian influenza or other poultry disease outbreak. The value of that was demonstrated last year as they only had to depopulate one barn during the most recent AI outbreak. “Our birds were not infected,” Pauls stresses, “but our farm was within the restricted zone.”
Pauls has had a life-long interest in farming. When he was still a toddler, his father welded a carseat onto the tractor so Brian could accompany him around the farm. Although he went to study agriculture at the University of BC on a scholarship in the mid-1990s, he jumped at the chance to return home after just a year when his father offered him the opportunity to become the farm manager.
To be eligible for the Outstanding Young Farmer award, farmers must be between 19 and 39 years and derive at least two-thirds of their income from farming. Nominees are judged on conservation practices, production history, financial and management practices, and community contributions.
Brian and Jewel Pauls will represent BC at the national OYF competition in Niagara Falls, ON, in November.
The BCOYF program is sponsored by the BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission, Clearbrook Grain & Milling, Farm Credit Canada and Insure Wealth. The national competition is supported by AdFarm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Annex Business Media, Bayer Crop Science, BDO, CIBC, Farm Management Canada and John Deere.”
Source: The Chilliwack Progress
We’re looking for two good people…
… to join our staff. We have two positions open: Class 1 Trailer Driver and an Installer working with our blower trucks. Please help us spread the word!
Details and applications forms are on our Careers page.
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Still Smiling
One of our crews is working on a very steep slope today in the cold and rain – and they’re still smiling! #DenbowSelfie #ourcrewisthebest
Thank you Tuesday
Tanya’s done it again – gone above and beyond in Dispatch to make a client happy! We are thankful for her, and so are our clients. She’s looking forward to opening this bottle received from a happy farmer! 🙂
Drive Out Addiction Golf Tourney
Congratulations to Joshua House on raising $9000 at the Drive Out Addiction Golf Tourney!!
Some interesting details from the organizers:
• We had 55 paid golfers and a total of 62 people who stayed for dinner
• We had 21 corporate sponsors and 10 additional companies donate prizes
• We raised over $9000 for the Joshua House for this, our first ever event!
• We heard one incredible testimony from a former client who spent 10 years homeless in Abbotsford and is now clean and working for the Joshua House
• Everyone had a great time, we enjoyed the fellowship, it didn’t rain, the golf was, well, adequate :), and the cause very worthwhile.
Our goal was to have 100% enthusiasm to do it all over again next year and raise the bar even further for support for the Joshua House, and we believe we are well set up for that to happen.
POSITION OPEN: Labourer, we’re looking for you!
We have a great team and we are expanding. With our summer labourers back in school and some labourers growing into driver positions – we are looking to hire!
Please visit our Careers page for the job posting information and to apply!
WANTED: Class 1 truck operator
Our fun team is looking for a new team member!
Join our growing company! We offer a casual fun working atmosphere with an enthusiastic team. Most of our team members have been with Denbow for many years, growing into new opportunities over their employment.
Denbow is hiring a Class 1 Blower Truck Operator
Job Summary:
Driving & operating a Blower truck through the Fraser Valley/Lower Mainland. Start & finish from Chilliwack daily, home every evening. The work consists of a mix of driving/loading the truck, with a good portion of the day spent on various sites installing materials for landscape and environmental applications. Materials include mulches, soils, compost, rock, PlayChips and occasionally sawdust installed into residential & commercial landscaping, greenroofs, slopes, playgrounds, barns, etc. The materials are blown through a hose from the truck, by remote control.
The successful applicant must enjoy working in a team environment and be willing to work long hours as required.
Core Competencies
Backing up, turning, getting into tight spaces, etc
Wheel loader operation
Physically fit – able to climb ladders & slopes, etc
Clean drug test upon hire & random testing
Able to read maps/follow GPS and a good understanding of the Fraser Valley truck routes.
Various benefits include annual employee activities/events for families, company uniform, employee incentive program, etc. Following six months of employment, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including extended health, short & long term disability, critical illness, life insurance, etc.
To apply, please go to https://denbow.com/careers/ and complete the Application Form (with field to attach resume and drivers abstract) and also answer the Pre-Interview questionaires.
