Two siblings from the Osage area in the southeast corner of the province were named the 2026 Saskatchewan's Outstanding Young Farmers at Canada's Farm Show on Thursday.
Jordan Lynch and Chansi Bourke are with Lynch Farm Partnership and have about 15,000 acres of owned and rented farmland, growing large green lentils, canola, durum, flax and wheat.
"We've grown over the years, not out of, kind of out of necessity. We naturally grown in the last couple of years. As the partners came on, we had the capabilities to take on a little bit more. We kind of pride ourselves on trying not to poach land from anyone; everything that's come to us has come to us naturally from being landlords and friends asking us if we wanted to take over operations," said Lynch. "It's not all about land-based, it's all about ROI in the end.”
To cover those acres, Lynch said they have four CLAAS combines with 45-foot FD245 headers, Vaderstad drills, Agrifac sprayer, and a variety of tractors such as John Deere, CLAAS Xerion, Versatile, and Case. For new or cutting-edge technology, they utilize crop intelligence probes, NDVI imagery, SWAT cams through Croptimistic, among other things.
In addition to family members, two full-time and three seasonal workers assist in the day-to-day operation, Bourke said.
"We also, as we said in our presentation, we're really trying to develop the HR side of our farm and trying to keep that employer retention and build that culture of teamwork and all that. We want to be able to do the golf simulation days and have fun with our staff too, and bring the fun back to the farm," she said. "We did have a couple of years where it seemed to just become the business, driving the business, driving the business, and so we realized, like, it's time to bring back that family farm feeling."
Lynch and Bourke will represent the province at the National Outstanding Young Farmer event in November.
Bourke said she is excited for the networking and opportunity for growth, while Lynch said it will be a humbling experience.
The runners-up, in what judges called a very close competition, were Beau and Cashe Stevenson, brothers involved in Hi-Lite Feedlot at Melfort.
