Among the greens and reds associated with some of the equipment at Bolt Seed Farms near Wynyard, Sask., one piece of machinery with a unique paint job recently arrived.
With a bid of $65,100, Scott Bolt and the Bolt family had the highest bid for Ag Growth International’s (AGI) pink UCX³ U-trough belt conveyor through the company’s Conveyor for a Cause campaign.
AGI launched the campaign to auction off the pink conveyor in October to raise awareness and support for breast cancer and related research, with all proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society.
For Bolt, participating in the auction came down to two reasons.
“Of course, we wanted to support the Canadian Cancer Society,” he told Farms.com. “Cancer touches not just the people who are sick but the people around them too. We’ve had people in our family and community go through cancer so we know personally how difficult those times can be. We also like having unique things and one offs, so I think we’ll be the only ones with a pink conveyor.”