A British Columbia judge says Saskatchewan farming magnate Darrel Monette must pay the $12 million he promised to an adviser in a multimillion-dollar ranching deal in 2021.

David Dutcyvich owns Vancouver Island-based 3L Developments Inc., which advised Monette in the ranching deal, the judgment said.

Born on a farm in Saskatchewan, Dutcyvich moved to B.C. as a teen and started working as a logger. He went on to create Lemare Lake Logging and then, from those profits, form 3L Developments, now par…