Business of Farming Seminar

Matt Enns was born into a 3^rd generation mixed farm in the Sask Valley near Rosthern, Saskatchewan.  Often told by his father he was “just not a farmer”, Matt decided to attend post-secondary and was a Division 1 student/athlete at the University of Saskatchewan graduating in 2004.

Matt was a Physical Therapist for 12 years in the nearby city of Saskatoon, all the while retaining a connection to farming by seeding/harvesting with Double E Grain, his Dad’s grain operation.  In 2012 Matt bought out a neighboring farm to join his Dad and two other owner-operators, and in 2014 let his Physio license go to become a full-time farmer. 

Matt found a niche on the farm leading the commodity marketing and secondary to a long-list of interesting factors, stumbled upon the idea of setting up Saskatchewan’s first small-batch malting facility.  In late 2017 Maker’s Malt produced its first batch and the next few years were a whirlwind including the learning curve of a craft malting business, the addition of twin boys and their little brother and a relocation back to living in Rosthern. 

Matt has since bought out another one of the original owner-operators and now farms 8500 acres alongside his Dad – Elmer.