With the Countryfest Cinema facing losses due to the pandemic, a group of community members have stepped up, taking matters to the field.
The group decided early in the year to start facilitating a project to help a vital part of Dauphin make it through these trying times.
The group decided the best course of action would be to harvest Soybeans to be sold.
Project Coordinator Michelle Mazurkewich reflected on the process of the harvest,
“We started looking into holding this back in January, just to help provide funds to the Cinema because they had been impacted by COVID-19 and so we started organizing the group who took part in it and it all started with securing the land, so Brad and Lori Michaleski were gracious enough to donate the land. Then from there, we just reached out to a number of input providers who were also able to donate towards the cause.”
Michelle says the beans were combined last week and are ready to be contracted for sale in November.
On average, the field of dreams group harvested 30-40 bushels per acre of soybeans.
Mazurkewich noted none of this could have been possible without the following sponsors and individuals:
Brad and Lori Michaleski, Brian and Cindy Michaleski, Eugene Kolida, Pioneer Brand Seeds, Bayer, Cargill, Dauphin CO-OP, Gilbert Plains CO-OP, Love & Persson Group, Johnston and Company, C.L.U. Enterprises, Ryan Mazurkewich and Repromap, Terry And Michael Kolida and Bob Thompson.
