How It Started: Sourcing High-Quality Equine and Farm Products in Canada
A wise person once said, "No matter how far you travel, you will always return home." They weren't wrong. After growing up on a farm, we couldn't wait to leave it and start our lives as young adults. The smells, the noises, the responsibilities, THE WORK ... All put behind us.
After decades of being away from farm life, it happened. Our children's passion for horses brought us full circle back to farm life, first by co-boarding horses at neighbouring farms, then by owning their own equine friends. This new ownership led us to seek hard-to-find, high-quality equine and farm products. Genuine help and straightforward, honest information were scarce when first owning a horse, or two, or three, or … ????
(If you thought that was funny, you gotta read our blogs!) ...
Our Evolution: Fixing Inferior Livestock Equipment and Lightweight Welds
While the West Coast and central USA have access to high-quality animal-handling products, Eastern Canada faces challenges in acquiring them. Structural integrity, fit, and finish issues are prevalent across many products available here on the East Coast. Lightweight materials and poor welds pose safety hazards to animals, as so many of us know all too well, so we decided out of frustration to do something about it.
The experiences we had led to the development of our core mission statement ... AND A PLAN!
AND A PLAN!
MISSION STATEMENT
"To bridge the gap between global innovation and Canadian farms by providing premium equipment, specialized logistics, and the digital tools to power and reshape the modern agricultural landscape."
The Strategic Expansion Plan: Creating Canada East Supply & Distribution Inc.
As we began contacting the manufacturers of these products, it was clear they had no way to get them to Eastern Canada. Our directive was clear and we went to work to see if there was a solution to the problem. After extensive research and analysis, we developed a system and started building a network of people and like-minded businesses. Things started coming together, and we started getting inventory and "stuff"; however, we had nowhere to put it. Warehousing became a priority, so we expanded our network and partnered with 4 strategically located private facilities across Ontario to meet this need. When this happened, Canada East Supply & Distribution Inc. was officially born and we decided to build a "little website,” which went viral very quickly, confirming what we saw in our research. Who knew so many people were just as tired as we were with the inferior products that have flooded the Canadian marketplace and were looking for alternative, quality items?
The website grew, and our business grew.
Canada East Supply and Distribution Inc. has undergone a significant transformation from an Eastern Canadian distributor only to a Canada-wide distributor, adapting and rebranding itself to "Livestock Equipment Canada."
This rebranding instantly revealed the next big problem ... LOGISTICS! ... There seems to be a million trucks on the road but none of them want to handle the awkward, heavy, oversized items that we carry, when we did find someone to deliver an item it usually was damaged in the delivery process. What is it that they always say? If you want something done right you have to do it yourself !!! CESD Logistics was born.
CESD Logistics was born.
Oversized Agricultural Freight Solutions: The Fleet Power of CESD Logistics
Many of the Livestock Equipment Canada products are oversized and cumbersome and too heavy to handle by hand. Special equipment is often required for efficient delivery. We have invested in logistics solutions to get these items to your door efficiently. From designing special trailers to handle the massive oversize stock tanks to cutting transport trailers in half so we can get into all the tight areas that normal trucks do not dare try to access. We also invested in specialy modified equipment like flatbeds, moffet forklifts, transport trucks and box trucks to get the job done.
See our logistics page for details on our shipping process. We also developed a shipping calculator in the shopping cart section of our website to instantly and effortlessly estimate your delivery costs.
Oh right, the website ...
Digital Solutions for Canadian Agriculture: The Growth of CESDevelopment
Since we can now bring products in from around the world and deliver them to your doorstep, we needed a better way to work with YOU, our valued customer. We put all hands on deck to develop a proper e-commerce website that could handle so many of the basic and not-so-basic needs of the ever-growing business.
After 4 years of struggle and 5 different web platforms, we finally found a platform partner capable of fulfilling our digital needs. Hundreds of hours, Millions of key presses and many bottles of aspirin, we developed the framework and a functioning website that was larger than we ever thought we would do. All this time and effort taught us a thing or two about the internet, websites and all that kind of stuff, and without realizing it at the time, a new division of Canada East Supply & Distribution Inc. was quietly born. Many years later and much more training and knowledge building, we decided to give it a name ...
CESDevelopment ... Cute huh?
Custom Industrial Manufacturing: Laser Plotters, 3D Printers, and Dream Wish Designs
Livestock Equipment Canada's main office is based in Waterford, Ontario and is a Canadian, family-owned business that provides so much more than simple items to use on the farm. Yes, their product's range from small animals like rabbits and chickens to large livestock such as bulls and horses. Yes, the company sources, imports, and manufactures high-quality equipment selected for its utility and durability. Yes, they prioritize product quality over offering cheap items and conduct thorough research and testing to ensure customer satisfaction. ... Wait a sec, go back, MANUFACTURING? Yes, many times a custom project is required where off-the-shelf items just do not work.
Research, design, manufacturing, installation and implementation became a large part of our job as well. This caused us to aquire equipment like plotter printers, 3D printers and CNC machines. These are not cheap units, and we found that they have a lot of idle time where they are not being used to their full potential, so hey, why not do something fun and completely different with them ... you guessed it, another business sprung up with its own e-commerce website that does 3D printing stuff ...
Go check out Dream Wish Designs
How It All Works Together.
With a group of companies that all support and complement each other, we needed a way to tie them all together You will see this trust badge at the top center of every one of our websites.
The group is a collaboration of businesses that all work together. Canada East Supply & Distribution Inc. is the overall umbrella corporation that handles all the boring stuff like taxes and legal jargon but is also integral in keeping everyone focused on working together.
Livestock Equipment Canada. This has become the flagship company that you all know an love.
UPDATE >>> Due to the volume of web traffic to our stock tanks section, we have separated the stock tank products from the main Livestock Equipment Canada website and given them their own space...
Stock Tanks Canada.
https://stocktanks.ca
CESD Logistics, supports the retail websites, customer deliveries and the warehousing shipping.
CESDevelopment is our in-house IT company that maintains all of the companies web needs. Since we technically became a website development company we needed to give it an identity.
Dream Wish Designs is something completely different and supports all of the custom manufacturing prototypes and parts manufacturing, however, in the equipment's downtime, they play with pretty things and decor items.
Custom Farm Equipment Solutions: Need Something We Don't Have?
Not a problem. Just give us a call. Our customer service team has a ton of experience and knowledge about many products, and just because we don't have something on our website doesn't mean we don't have access to it. We also provide custom-made solutions through our research and design team, ensuring that customers' specific needs are met with tailored designs and manufacturing. This comprehensive approach allows for the creation of livestock equipment that aligns precisely with individual requirements, enhancing the overall customer experience. Livestock Equipment Canada's commitment to personalized solutions reflects its dedication to meeting diverse customer needs in the livestock industry.
On-Site Consultations: Leveraging Lifelong Livestock Farming Industry Expertise
Livestock Equipment Canada works with experienced professionals at the store and manufacturer levels, with lifelong expertise in the farming industry. This enables us to leverage hundreds of cumulative years of knowledge and skills across nearly all areas of livestock farming. We also provide in-store and on-site consultation services, offering a fresh perspective on operations to help customers work smarter. Our farming industry expertise enables our customers to run their livestock operations efficiently.
Affiliate Openings: Becoming a Licensed Store Vendor With Us
Becoming a Livestock Equipment Canada affiliate offers a full web-based business management system with CRM, a full e-commerce website and much more. Affiliates can benefit from the company's expansion, bringing quality solutions to areas without nearby stores. This presents a great business opportunity for partners interested in expanding the availability of their products in underserved regions. For more details on this affiliate program, visit their vendor opportunity page.
Contact Our Head Office: Get in Touch with Us in Waterford, Ontario
If you want to reach out and talk with someone at our head office, please call 1-800-962.1606
If you have product inquiries, please contact the store nearest you.