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As a proud sponsor, Shur-Gro would like

to congratulate all of this year’s

Community Leader Award winners.

You inspire all of us and we thank you

for making Westman a better place. 2018

Anniversary

Message
from Ron

In 2018, Shur-Gro Farm Services will celebrate its 50th year in
business; Munro Farm Supplies celebrates its 60th year; and
South East Seeds its 10th year. We wish to thank our customers
and suppliers for helping us reach these milestone anniversaries More recently, we have built new fertilizer plants at Wawanesa,
and invite all to help us celebrate this year! Waskada, Shoal Lake, MacGregor, Westbourne, Killarney and
Oakville. In addition, two new warehouses have been
We moved to Brandon in 1968 and I became a Shell agent selling constructed at Brandon Terminal and four seed plants have been
fuel, fertilizer and farm supplies. We were Simplot and Elephant constructed at Waskada, Killarney, Westbourne and Oakville.
brand dealers at that time. During the boom years of the 70s, we
were growing and adding plants at Killarney in 1974 and In 2017, we became proud customer owners of Winfield United,
Wawanesa in 1979. We moved to our current location on a large member-owned distribution and service company that
Douglas St. in Brandon in 1976-77. offers crop protection, seed, and crop nutrition products. Our
most recent venture is a partnership with South East Seeds Inc.
We were able to purchase locations at Shoal Lake in 1980 and of Niverville and Dugald.
Waskada in 1984. We also started a brand new dealership at
Strathmore, Alberta in 1980. We became partners with Double We are excited about our future and the future of agriculture.
Diamond Farm Supply in 1988. We are in the enduring business of helping to feed people. We
will continue to take on this challenge by committing ourselves
An anhydrous transloading facility (Brandon Terminal) was built in and the way we do business to the success of our customers and
1986 along with anhydrous sites at Mather and Belmont in the the products they produce for the world.
late 80s. Boundary Fertilizer in Lena was purchased in 1990.

In 1990, we purchased 75% of Munro with Dave Falk as our
partner. Shur-Gro and Munro have operated as on business unit Ron Helwer
since the early 2000s, with eleven locations in southern Manitoba. President, Shur-Gro Farm Services Ltd.

Brandon | Dugald | Elie | Killarney | MacGregor | Neepawa | Niverville | Oakville

Portage La Prairie | Shoal Lake | Waskada | Wawanesa | Westbourne

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