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$13M investment in new food centre Staff Governments have announced more than $13 million in investment in the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc. The Food Centre is the primary source of food product development, technology transfer and commercialization for the Saskatchewan

food industry.

As Saskatchewan’s agriprocessing industry expands, so does the demand for new product development and commercialization, according to a government press release.

The new 30,000 square foot facility will support the expansion of Saskatchewan’s food ingredient

processing sector, housing product development, specialized laboratory services, extrusion technology, interim processing capacity and more.

“Our government is focused on what matters most to Canadians by creating jobs and opportunities,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.

“Our government is proud to support this new facility that will create jobs and growth in the agricultural industry here in Saskatchewan. This centre will bolster the ability of Canada’s innovative food processors to deliver highquality food products to the marketplace while driving our economy.”

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“Our government is pleased to invest in a modern, one-stop facility to help Saskatchewan’s food industry increase its productivity and competitiveness in domestic and international markets,” Minister of State Lynne Yelich.

“In turn, these excellent Saskatchewan-made products will help create jobs and

economic prosperity in their communities.”

“As Canada’s leading producer and exporter of agricultural products, it only makes sense that we also have the ability to add value to the raw commodities here in Saskatchewan,” Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture Lyle Stewart said.

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NFU report takes aim at corporate farming Staff The National Farmers Union has released a major new report, Losing Our Grip - 2015 Update, which the NF says revisits and expands upon the information and analysis of corporate farmland buy-up, farm debt and input financing published by the NFU in 2010.

According to a press release, the update was undertaken to provide a welldocumented assessment of increasing corporate control of farmland and the acceleration of farm debt, now approaching $80 billion. The NFU says this report will allow farmers, the general public and policy-makers to critically examine the ownership concentration process and the financial mechanisms that facilitate them.

The report concludes with a series of policy recommendations to reclaim farmer autonomy and food sovereignty.

“Young farmers face a double-whammy when it comes to getting started,” said Matt Gehl, NFU Region 6 (Saskatchewan) board member.

“We not only have to compete with pension funds and other huge institutional investors in the land market, we also face huge life-time debt loads to pay for land and equipment. Without laws that seriously control these land-investment companies and agriculture poli-

cy that supports decent farm livelihoods, Canada is going to lose its next generation of farmers and end up with something like the serfdom many of our ancestors tried to escape.”

“We know that land is the foundation of our culture and social fabric, and here in Prince Edward Island we’ve been able to limit the amount of land owned by big Canadian companies and off-shore bargain hunters,” said Reg Phelan, NFU Region 1 (Maritimes) board member.

“We’ve had to push back against the corporations to protect our land, but the fact that we’ve got a good land protection law now shows that it can be done.”

“Canadians want family farmers to produce our food and to have the autonomy to do it in a way that supports their communities and takes care of the land for future generations. Without better farm policy and laws with real teeth, absentee landlords seeking to make the highest possible return for their shareholders will be calling the shots, and the work of farming will be done by low-paid seasonal employees or farmers forced to lease land, making it difficult for them to make long-term investments to care for the land,” said Jan Slomp, NFU president.

“We are calling for policies, programs and laws that will ensure that Canada’s

farmland is under the control of local farmers, which is one of the key elements of food sovereignty.”

Losing Our Grip – 2015 Update profiles several companies that have been buying up farmland since 2010, including Bonnefield Financial, Assiniboia Capital, Agcapita, Walton International and AGInvest Canada, highlighting their financial strategies. The report examines the current situations of Nilsson Bros.

Inc, One Earth Farms and Broadacre, which in 2010 were acquiring large tracts of land as part of their corporate growth strategy.

The report summarizes provincial farmland ownership laws, noting progress (Quebec) and setbacks (British Columbia) and that Saskatchewan is now reviewing its law in light of public concern about investment company purchases.

The NFU says Losing Our Grip – 2015 Update also delves into the relationship between accelerating total farm debt, farmland investment companies, lending by input companies and federal agricultural policy.

Excessive debt levels restrict farmer autonomy and are a significant barrier to young and new farmers.

The report concludes with a set of recommendations to implement a more just system of land ownership and move Canada towards food sovereignty.

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Continued from Front “The Food Centre is key to growing our value-added sector and adding strength to our diversified economy.

This expansion will allow for more development and processing here at home.”

“Saskatchewan’s agriculture sector will achieve long term benefits directly from this investment by increasing our ability to expand global market opportunities in value-added processing,” Food Centre president Dan Prefontaine said.

“The Food Centre’s new agri-food innovation centre will support innovation

and technology through enhanced expertise, training and commercialization resources to assist our industry in accessing markets with new products and services.”

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Auger repairs an ongoing aggravation Here we are half way through March and the weather doesn’t know if it is winter or spring. One day melting, then next day frozen up again. I don’t mind if spring comes slow.

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On the home front, Jaco is busy in the shop fixing.

We made a road trip to North Battleford for the gearbox for the blue auger.

A business there had a new gearbox in stock for $350.

When we went to buy the gearbox the fella holds up two one-litre synthetic oil jugs and informed us they were $40 a piece and there was no warranty on the gearbox unless I used this oil. At $40 a jug, I told him where they could stick that oil. Considering how much work this auger has done, having to fix this auger is a real sore point for me.

When we got home the gearbox got 80/90 gear oil just like any other gearbox on the farm. We also went to Keranda and bought a breather. Maybe if the engineer who designed this auger had a breather on it, the oil would still be in and I would not have had to buy a new gearbox. Overpriced, over-engineered and under-sized, that’s what we get for farm machinery these days.

Jaco now has the gearbox installed. He has a new sprocket and chain on the top. The auger had an oil leak on the motor and it was always dirty. He washed it off and used the air compressor to blow it

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With these motors a person has to be careful as the coil for charging the battery is behind the wheel. Some had the coil that provides spark behind there too. A motor will not run without spark. I told Jaco that, but he already knew all that.

It is nice to be able to hire someone with experience.

The flywheel proved to be difficult to get off, but it finally came. The wires to the coil were all frayed off so that has to be fixed.

Keranda had the seal, so it is just a case of putting it all back together and that auger is done. It can go back out to machinery row.

The little caster wheels for the mover are all flat and off the rim. They need fixing before it goes to machinery row.

On our road trip to North Battleford, we took my 7.3L environmental polluter. It sang to us all the way down and back. It was in two-wheel drive with the hubs turned out so I don’t know what the singing

was all about. Jaco greased the drive line and we need another road trip. We knew we had a universal joint going. Upon investigation, we found the front left universal joint was gone. Jaco now has it in the shop and has been to Keranda for the parts. Hopefully, it will be back together and running by tonight.

In politics, Stephen Harper has caused somewhat of a tempest in a teapot. In speaking in the House of Commons, he stated almost all Canadians were opposed to wearing a niqab during swearing in to become a Canadian citizen.

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Justin Trudeau stated the prime minister is encouraging prejudice against Muslims. Thomas Mulcar stated Stephen Harper’s comments where race rhetoric. The media was right on it, too. Every antiHarper critic came out of the closet and got on social media to criticize Harper’s statements. One wearing a shawl over her head and a Montreal t-shirt asked if

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I like to wear my John Deere hat. I wear it all the time. I do not wear it when I go to church or go to funerals. I do not wear it if I go to court. I do not wear it for my driver’s licence pictures. I do not wear it for my passport photos. Is it too much to ask that new Canadians have the same respect for our traditions that we do? If you want to become a citizen, embrace our culture. Become part of it. Become a real Canadian.

The wheat continues to move slowly, but the price at the coast is $7, $8, $9 per bushel. The people buying it know they either buy that wheat or they will go hungry. Our farmers are getting $5 to $6 per bushel.

Is a dollar a bushel in there for the railroads? Who got the rest of the money? The farmer has spent a lot more money to grow that crop than the elevator companies did to handle it. As many farmers have had to sell their crop to pay bills, the elevator companies have kept the price low and have taken advantage of the farmers. When can we expect fair prices for our good quality grain?

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Sask. wins final oilseed appeal with Quebec Staff

terms like “milk,” “butter” and “cheese” for dairy substitute products.

“We’re very pleased to see the conclusion of our efforts to win market access for Saskatchewan companies in Quebec,” Minister responsible for Trade Jeremy Harrison said. “This is a victory for the internal trade process in Canada, and with this latest ruling, we’re confident Quebec will do the right thing and bring its labelling and marketing rules for dairy substitutes in line with the rest of Canada.”

“Our producers and processors create quality goods that are in demand both in Canada and around the world,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said. “As Canada’s top agriculture exporting province, this was a critical step in ensuring that Saskatchewan products move freely to consumers within our country’s borders as well.”

“We’re delighted with this ruling that creates a nationwide market for a wide range of innovative canola and soybean oil-based alternatives to traditional dairy products,” Vegetable Oil

Mark it down as “case closed” in Saskatchewan’s favour, as the province has now won all aspects of its oilseed internal trade challenge with Quebec.

An appeal panel, established under the pan-Canadian Agreement on Internal Trade, released a final ruling upholding the Saskatchewan government’s successful challenge last spring of the Quebec government’s restrictions against the production, sale and marketing of vegetable oil-based dairy products in its market.

The Quebec government had appealed the original ruling, but in December had made changes to its Food Products Act removing barriers to the production and sale of vegetable-based oil products, thus allowing Saskatchewan producers and processors to now freely sell their products in Quebec. The appeal panel’s final ruling not only confirms that those changes by Quebec were necessary, but also upholds Saskatchewan’s challenge of Quebec labelling laws that prohibit the use of

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Once a farmer has filled out the online form, CASA will review the safety concern and either will forward the issue directly to the appropriate manufacturer or, if the concern is a universal issue, forward it to the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

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The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association has developed a new online tool that gives farmers an opportunity to express their concerns about possible hazards with farm equipment.

The “Speak Up For Safer Equipment” tool is intended to provide a way for farmers, manufacturers and standards organizations to talk about safety concerns with agricultural equipment manufactured within the past five years.

“We decided to develop this online tool after routinely receiving calls from producers who were frustrated that their concerns weren’t being heard,” says Glen Blahey, agricultural health and safety specialist for CASA. The online form handles

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“We appreciate the leadership of the Government of Saskatchewan, supported by the other western provinces, in using the Agreement on Internal Trade to eliminate barriers to the introduction of these products first in Ontario and now in Quebec.”

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“APAS is concerned over the long term viability of the livestock industry in Saskatchewan,” says Hall.

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“The current approach closes the opportunity for young producers to enter the industry. A different approach is needed if we are to build a strong, sustainable Saskatchewan livestock industry.”

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APAS claims pasture patrons are being asked to pay a full Crown land-grazing rate. The agreement calls for producers to provide full public access and manage and report on the ecological, environmental and endangered species on native landscapes.

“A level playing field is required,’ says Ian McCreary, CPPAS chair.

“Preserving a working natural landscape where hunters and naturalists can share the pasture system into the future must be maintained,” says Darrell Crabbe, executive director, SWF. “Pasture patrons cannot be expected to shoulder the costs of sourcing the exper-

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Several organizations are calling for a change to Saskatchewan’s approach to pasture transition.

According to a press release from the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, that organization, Community Pasture Patrons Association of Saskatchewan, Public Pastures – Public Interest and Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation have examined the strategy and have found it would adversely affect the livestock industry in Saskatchewan.

“We are asking the Saskatchewan Government to take a hard look at its current approach to the transition of the 62 PFRA pastures which affects 1.8 million acres or 2,500 ranchers,” says Norm Hall, APAS president.

“The current process is inefficient, short- and longterm costs will rise substantially for patrons and public expectations and regulations for pastures could prove to be unworkable.”

According to APAS, the study commissioned by the four partners is anchored in the following principles:

• Conserving native grassland is critically important; • Land use should reinforce the economic viability of the livestock sector; • Natural working ecosystems must be preserved over the long term; • Business and governance systems must be efficient and effective; • Producers should not be expected to pay for public benefits.

The approach taken by Saskatchewan is to increase revenues at the expense of producers, APAS states in the release, and to offload responsibility for the environment from the public sector to pasture patrons.

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Important Notice: This is only a guide and in no way a guarantee of size, description or year.

Please inspect all equipment to your own satisfaction. Complete terms and conditions are available at bidder registration.

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Farm parents weigh in on kids and quads

An estimated 450 children under the age of 15 are hospitalized each year in Canada for ATV accidents.

In the five years between 2007-11, 54 children under the age of 15 were killed in accidents involving ATVs and other offroad vehicles.

— Canadian Pediatric Society, Statistics Canada

Does an idyllic childhood in the country have to involve quads?

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Most jurisdictions do not restrict children from operating quads or all-terrain vehicles on private land, but many farm families are already making the smart choice to keep their kids off quads until they’re old enough to drive.

For Moose Jaw, Sask., farmer Julie-Anne Howe and other safety-minded parents, the answer is no.

Of allowing her children to ride quads, “it’s just not a smart decision in my world,” Howe says.

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Choose to allow children to ride?

Howe and her husband Kelly have both lost friends to quad accidents, so the family is especially sensitive to the dangers of ATVs. “We were both raised on farms and farm safety is important. We err on the side of caution,” Howe says.

It’s a sentiment echoed

by Southern Alberta farmer and pediatric nurse Sarah Schultz, who operates a grain farm with her husband Jay east of Calgary. In the operating room, Schultz attended to children of all ages seriously injured in ATV accidents. The experience strengthened her resolve to keep her boys, currently five and two years old, away from ATVs until they’re old enough to get a driver’s licence.

In a September 2014 blog post on the subject she writes, “I might not be a ‘cool’ farm mom, but this is something I will not budge on.”

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from ATV accidents, so he lets me ‘win’ on this issue in our home.”

March 14 to 20 is National Farm Safety Week. Why not take some time today to review the facts about ATVs and make sure you and your family are using them safely?

The concern about kids and quads Like bicycles, motorcycles and snowmobiles, ATVs are designed to be controlled in part by the rider’s shifting body weight, both front and back, and side to side. This means that safe operation of an ATV requires a combination of skill, good judge-

ment, physical weight and strength.

While ATVs may seem deceptively stable and easy to operate, before the age of 16, most children and youth are not physically or developmentally ready to ride ATVs safely.

What’s the big deal about passengers?

ATV seats may seem large enough to take on a passenger, but most ATVs are designed for single riders only.

It is not wise to modify your ATV with after-market

passenger seats or other implements which will change the weight distribution and stability of the machine, increasing the likelihood of tip-over and rollover accidents.

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In fact, the family doesn’t even own an ATV. Schultz says, “my husband grew up a farm kid and generally farm kids are allowed to operate motor vehicles earlier than urban kids. But my husband also knows the injuries I’ve seen

Those who choose to allow their children to ride ATVS are offered these tips by the Canada Safety Council: • Train up: Children should take a proper course with a qualified instructor before they’re allowed to operate an ATV. The Canada Safety Council has courses for children as young as six.

• Ride the right size: It is critical children under the age of 16 not ride adult-sized machines.

Follow the manufacturer’s instructions and limit children ages six to 11 to the ATVS that are 70cc or smaller. Those ages 12 to 15 should ride ATVs no larger than 70cc to 90cc.

Children under the age of six should not ride ATVs. • Suit up: Wear a helmet, eye protection, long pants, long sleeves and gloves for every ride.

• Ride only under adult supervision.

• No doubling: Most ATVS are not meant for taking passengers. Do not attach passenger seats to an ATV. • Ride by day: Even on familiar terrain, low light and reduced visibility will increase the chances of a mishap.

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