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Take a break and grab some learning Summer’s always busy but getting away from the farm for a day can really pay off

By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF staff

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t’s back-to-school season for farmers with a spate of field schools and workshops coming up following the end of seeding.

Here are three reasons to spend a day away from the farm and at school:

No. 1: It pays

Field days are not just about listening to the experts, they’re also events where farmers are sharing their insights and experiences, said Ken Coles, general manager of Farming Smarter.

And that can be extremely valuable information.

“The people who come are there to learn — and they’re OK with sharing information,” he said.

“The industry has become quite competitive and people are not engaging in that sharing of knowledge like they used to. This is an old-school opportunity to get back to the greater good.”

As well, producers can ask experts about the things they see on their farms, and tap into their knowledge, added Rick Taillieu,

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Top ag politicians pledge to work together Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier says he and Wildrose critic Rick Strankman ‘both have the same goal in mind’

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By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff

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he NDP’s majority win was a big surprise, and now Alberta’s new ag minister and his chief critic have another one — they want to work together.

Oneil Carlier, a rookie politician now in charge of both agriculture and forestry, and Wildrose ag critic, Rick Strankman both told Alberta Farmer they’d rather work together than be adversaries.

“I’m a very collaborative kind of guy, and I’m looking forward to working with him (Strankman),” Carlier said in an interview May 29.

“I think we both have the same goal in mind, and that’s to promote the agriculture industry within the province.”

Strankman echoed those comments in his interview, even though the duo had yet to meet.

“If through the agriculture minister,

I can affect some greater agriculture development, I think that will stabilize people’s fears (of an NDP government),” said Strankman.

“I’m a farmer and an optimist. I’m just going to try to do the best I can and work with people like Minister Carlier to make things better for agriculture in the province of Alberta.”

Learning curve

So what might a co-operative approach mean on the ag file?

Not surprisingly, Carlier wasn’t talking specifics just five days after being sworn into cabinet.

“It’s a cliché — steep learning curves — but I suppose that’s what it was,” said the rookie MLA from Whitecourt-Ste. Anne.

“I’ve been going around to different people in the ministry and listening to what they have to say.”

Premier Rachel Notley has given herself and her team the summer to come up with

a full budget and develop priorities — and “that’s going to take a lot of my time,” he said.

“But it’s going to be interesting and a good time to discuss what agriculture and forestry need in the budget,” said Carlier, who has an ag background but has most recently been a union rep.

“We have a few months to get our heads together and move forward toward what we think Alberta needs.”

But he also promised stability and “no major changes in agriculture” — other than a new name: Agriculture and Rural Development will now go under the handle of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. “(Rural development) is still in the mix within the ministry. There might be a few things shuffled around, but otherwise, I don’t want people involved in rural development to think they’re going to be left out.”

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Ottawa and a group of organic food producers are spending $2.2 million to boost organic production on the Prairies.

“While the Canadian organic food market has tripled since 2006 from $1 billion to $3 billion, organic production has not kept pace,” Organic Alberta executive director Becky Lipton said in a press release.

“This project will support expansion of Canadian organic grain and field crops while simultaneously building resiliency and stability in the sector. By achieving increased quantity and quality we will not only meet the demand but be leaders in continued market expansion.”

The money will go towards the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative, a four-year program being led by Organic Alberta, along with its western Canadian counterparts and several other groups.

The initiative will offer several programs to “entice conventional growers to transition, as well as developing and transferring the knowledge producers need to produce competitive crop yields and build profitability.”

Industry partners — including the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, Grain Millers, Nature’s Path, General Mills, Dave’s Killer Bread, Cliff Bar and others — are contributing just under $1 million to the project.

The federal funding is coming from Western Economic Diversification. Some of the money will go towards supporting organic groups in marketing efforts through participation in trade shows and international missions.

The government described the organic food industry as “the most dynamic and rapidly growing sector of the global food industry, and is estimated to be a $63-billion (U.S.) global industry.”

Certified organic farms now account for 1.8 per cent of all farms in Canada and 400 western Canadian small- and mediumsize enterprises add value to the organic grains sector for further processing, the government said.

“By helping to increase the capacity of western organic growers to compete in the global organic food market, we are ensuring that the western Canadian economy can continue to grow and prosper,” said Michelle Rempel, minister of state for Western Economic Diversification.

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Alberta researchers hot on the trail of deadly bacteria In response to the E. coli contamination at XL Foods, scientists have devised a test that slashes detection time in half

By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF staff

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he time it takes to detect E. coli in a meat-processing plant has been cut in half, thanks to technology developed by researchers from the University of Alberta.

“We have been able to shorten the time and we can go from cold meat to detection of Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli within five to six hours,” said Lynn McMullen, a meat microbiologist, project team member and professor at the University of Alberta. The technology was created in response to the E. coli contamination that saw XL Foods in Brooks temporarily shut in 2012. That incident resulted in 18 people becoming sick — all recovered — from eating contaminated meat. The plant would end up being sold to JBS Foods, which instituted extensive new food safety protocols.

Part of the problem was testing by XL. “If you read the report on what happened at XL, its lab actually didn’t detect when CFIA’s lab was detecting,” said McMullen. “Hopefully, our tool will give the industry a more sensitive and reliable tool for the detection of these pathogens.”

That’s been a tall order in regard to E. coli. While there are lots of kinds of this class of

“We have been able to shorten the time and we can go from cold meat to detection of Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli within five to six hours.”

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bacteria, only a few — 0157:H7 is the most notorious — are pathogenic. And it only takes a few bacteria to make someone ill.

“The numbers of pathogenic E. coli in beef are very, very, very low, so we are literally looking for a needle in a haystack,” said McMullen.

Nevertheless, the new DNAbased technology was developed in 18 months. It uses a polymerase chain reaction test to amplify the presence of pathogenic E. coli so they can be detected.

A faster test means a processor can make a decision about shipping meat during a shift, while decreasing the chance of E. coli-contaminated meat entering the food chain.

McMullen and several other

Meat microbiologist Lynn McMullen is part of a team that has created a test that rapidly detects E. coli in meat. PHOTO: SUPPLIED meat microbiologists combined forces with the University of Alberta’s Linda Pilarski, who had developed a lab on a chip that could be used for medical applications. The next phase is developing new prototypes of the instrument that will be even faster and more convenient.

The team is also working to find a group that can commercialize the technology, which should

take several years.

Pilarski and McMullen want to grow the technology so it can be used in the detection of other foodborne pathogens, like listeria, salmonella and camphylobactor.

“We’re hoping to get the funding to expand the technology,” she said. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

The bottom line on E. coli

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hile the E. coli contamination at XL Foods in Brooks captured national headlines, there are many ways people can become infected.

The Public Health Agency of Canada notes it can be contracted from raw fruits and uncooked vegetables; untreated drinking water; unpasteurized milk and apple juice; and even from animals at petting zoos or farms.

E. coli infections can also spread easily from person to person.

The main line of defence is proper

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hygiene combined with safe food handling and preparation practices, says the agency.

“If you think you are infected with E. coli bacteria or any other foodborne illness, do not prepare food for other people,” the agency’s website states.

“It’s also a good idea to keep pets away from food storage and preparation areas.

Symptoms of E. coli infection usually start within about three to four days after exposure, but the incubation period can be as short as one day or as long as 10 days.

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Do you know what to do in an animal emergency?

It’s all about making it real and keeping rescue efforts simple, American expert says of upcoming Olds workshop

By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF staff

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hen a truck carrying livestock flips, or there’s a need to rescue horses or cattle during a flood, most people don’t know what to do.

That’s where Rebecca Gimenez comes in.

Gimenez, who hails from Macon, Georgia, will be teaching a workshop on animal rescue and emergency preparedness in Olds on June 25 and 26. The course is open to producers, veterinarians, and emergency response personnel, including volunteer firefighters.

“We want people to know what to do so that when responders show up, they can participate in the effort instead of being marginalized,” she said. “We want to make sure that people are a useful part of a rescue.

“What I usually tell people is that they can urinate or puke later. You have to hold yourself together, and be the owner and be sane.”

There’s a lot of misinformation out there about animal rescue, and many people have gleaned their information from watching television and movies, she said.

Part of being prepared for emergencies is paying attention to the things that are happening around you, said Gimenez. In some cases, people end up having to rescue animals from floods or other natural disasters simply because they aren’t paying attention or thinking ahead about what they need to do to take care of their animals.

“People get a little bit of a harsh perspective from me,” she said. “If you have livestock, you’re responsible for it, ethically, morally, and financially. You’re responsible for sheltering that animal, and having a disaster plan is part of sheltering it. It’s your job to figure out what to do if a wildfire is coming across the Prairies or if there’s a blizzard coming and you don’t have enough feed.”

Thinking about the worst-case scenario forces people to consider all the possibilities and they often make changes to their facilities or the way they do things, she said.

So consider emergency situations and what you might do.

“It is the most common thing in the world for horses to go over the bar in the horse trailer,” she said.

“If you call 911, it will be 15 minutes until they get there. But if you have a reciprocating saw inside your horse trailer on a battery pack, you can solve that problem in 30 seconds. These are the kinds of simple things that people haven’t thought through.”

The guiding principle is to keep animal rescue as simple as possible.

“We are not going to bring in helicopters and lift animals from planes.

For the average person, two pieces of 20-metre-long webbing that is about six to 10 centimetres wide, will cut it. With those two pieces of

Training allows owners of large animals to “participate in the effort instead of being marginalized,” says Rebecca Gimenez. PHOTO: WWW.TLAER.ORG webbing, you can do about 80 per cent of your rescues. You can do a sideways drag or a forward assist.

You can do a lot of things with that type of webbing to manipulate the animal out of whatever it is in.”

The workshop in Olds will feature classroom and hands-on components, and will examine both animal behaviour, and “the human factor” – the way humans react in emergency situations. She’ll also tackle what people can do to help co-ordinate emergency rescues, taking into consideration the safety of both animals and humans.

Participants will also learn how to approach a scene as part of a team, and work with firefighters, veterinarians or law enforcement.

“The more people you add to a scene, the more challenging it becomes,” she said. “We give people an idea of how it should run, and how they can plug into what’s called ‘the incident command system.’”

Participants will learn animalhandling skills, flight safety zones and how to rescue animals from water, mud, fire and ice.

For more information or to register, contact Alberta Farm Animal Care at 403-652-5111.

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Don’t bet on COOL fight being over any time soon

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Washington has lost the WTO battle over its meat labelling law, but there are lots of ways to string this out

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he WTO has made its final-final decision on Washington’s countryof-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat and it appears that U.S. legislators in the House of Representatives will vote this month on a bill to repeal it.

But Canada’s COOL fight isn’t over.

Support for repealing the legislation is less secure from the U.S. Senate where the agricultural leadership continues to express support for some sort of consumer information labelling. And the Obama administration has indicated a continued willingness to explore every option but the one vociferously promoted by Canada and Mexico.

So the Canadian government has issued an ultimatum of sorts: Repeal COOL within three months or else. That could lead to an all-out trade war with retaliatory tariffs worth up to $3 billion annually on a long list of America goods that includes everything from meat and orange juice to wooden office furniture and communion wafers.

But first, Canada must show details to the WTO of the type and value of harm it has endured as a result of the offending country’s policies before it can receive approval to go ahead with those tariffs.

And if the offending country disagrees with the complainant’s submission, it can request arbitration, under which the WTO dispute settlement process reviews both parties’ submissions and imposes a binding ruling.

It should be noted that there are conflicting assessments of how much damage has been done to Canadian livestock producers as a result of the U.S. labelling law.

The Canadian meat industry asserts it has reduced demand and increased the

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cost of accessing the U.S. market by at least a billion a year — to which the Americans and the WTO will now be saying ‘prove it.’

Presumably, some of that work at documenting the actual impacts has been done — at least enough for the WTO to determine Canada has a case. And it has ruled in Canada and Mexico’s favour four times since 2009. So that’s promising.

However, a recent economic analysis commissioned by American producer groups that support COOL challenges the notion that Canadian access to the U.S. market has been impaired and that prices have suffered as a result.

After tracking animal movement across the border, the price spreads between U.S.and Canadian-origin cattle and actual prices using Mandatory Price Reporting data, by C. Robert Taylor says the fed cattle basis actually declined post-COOL. “In fact, the price basis is substantially lower in the six years since implementation of COOL than it was the preceding four years by class, grade, and purchase arrangement,” he said.

Taylor also casts doubt on whether the import of slaughter cattle was negatively affected once “the confounding effects of domestic and imported captive supply of slaughter cattle, or macroeconomic and beef demand uncertainty during the time period” are considered.

As for feeder cattle, he said USDA monthly data on imports did not show “COOL having a significant negative effect” on imports relative to placements in U.S. feedlots.

He may or may not be right. But that debate is now just beginning.

Much has been said about a recent USDA-commissioned study of the impact

of COOL on U.S. consumers, producers, and packers. The study found it had little impact on consumer demand, but imposed billions in implementation costs on meat producers, processors and retailers.

However, the economists who did that study cautioned that they didn’t factor in the likelihood that implementation costs would dissipate over time as the industry adjusts, so their evaluations are likely overestimated.

That’s all very interesting. But because it is focused on the domestic impacts, it is irrelevant, except for one point. The USDA analysis found the COOL legislation remained popular with consumers — despite the fact that it likely increased the price of meat.

For the sake of argument, let’s say Canada proves to the WTO that COOL is measurably hurting the meat industry here too, and let’s assume Stephen Harper’s government gets the go-ahead to impose billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs on imported U.S. goods.

Now, when is that federal election happening again? The last time we checked it was Oct. 19.

So, a government that’s already riding low in the polls would have to be pretty committed — or something else — to impose tariffs on goods imported from Canada’s biggest trading partner that increase the price of food and other items just as consumers get ready to vote.

It is unlikely the timing of all this has escaped the U.S. administration’s briefing notes.

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Killing COOL would be a stinging defeat for consumers and transparency More than 60 nations have a World Trade Organization-legal labelling law and the U.S. should have one, too

by Alan Guebert

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n the chaos that surrounded Congress leaving Washington, D.C. for a flag-waving Memorial Day holiday, the House agriculture committee found time May 20 to vote to kill country-of-origin labelling, or COOL, for beef, pork, and chicken sold in the U.S. The ag committee vote was the latest confusing government move to keep, then kill, then keep, then change, then kill one of the most popular, definitive food labelling laws in the world.

In fact, country-of-origin labelling for red meat and poultry is so popular around the world that more than 60 nations have a World Trade Organization-legal version of it, noted Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson prior to the lopsided, 38-6 committee vote to repeal.

Repealing the law will take full House and Senate approval, then

White House consent. While the first step is all but assured, the glacially slow Senate may not even take up the idea and, if it does, approval is not guaranteed.

If Congress does move to kill COOL, the White House would be in a bind. For years it has been a consistent supporter of the inconsistent: It supports both COOL and the WTO. If forced to choose one over the other, however, bet that it picks the WTO — with regret, to be sure, but without pause.

The incredibly fast Ag Committee action 48 hours after the latest WTO ruling was a huge victory for Big Ag and a stinging defeat for consumers and transparency.

Truth is, COOL isn’t about food safety; it never was. COOL is about freedom to choose — your right to know everything you can about what you buy to put in your mouth.

Shameful as it is for Congress to, again, work to deny Americans this valuable right, three so-called farm

groups — the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the National Pork Producers Council, and the National Milk Producers Federation — have more to be ashamed of.

Since COOL’s legislative inception in 2002, these groups have spent millions to buy one-sided, anti-COOL studies they’ve used to condemn it. They’ve also helped finance years-long lawsuits to fights its implementation (the money went down a rat hole; Federal Courts have consistently held the law constitutional) or have it killed.

Their anti-COOL stance is simple to understand. Influential agbiz group members have hundreds of millions, even billions, of dollars riding on unrestricted global trade. That means any law that slows exports of U.S. meat or milk products abroad or the import of foreign animals and food here costs them markets, sales, and profits.

COOL backers get it. What they will never understand, however, is why Big Ag has not used its legal firepower, political influence, and deep pockets to develop a workable county-of-origin labelling policy that is both WTO legal and delivers what more than eight out of 10 Americans say they want to know: whether or not the chicken they’re eating is Chinese or the sirloin on the grill is Sonoran.

Other countries have COOL. What? We not as smart or clever as them? Aren’t we ‘exceptional?’

In fact, if America and its farmers and ranchers are truly exceptional — as Big Ag and these anti-COOL commodity groups unfailingly sing — why then is what U.S. farmers and ranchers grow and sell in their own country not good enough to even be labelled American?

The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada. www.farmandfoodfile.com.

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Communities must say no to the inappropriate use of guns There are far too many reckless gun users in rural Alberta and the best way to stop them is when communities speak out

By BRENDA SCHOEPP AF columnist

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hroughout history there have been lives lost and communities devastated by the use of firearms. In rural Canada, the risk of death or disability by the inappropriate use of guns is increasing.

This is dear to me as I continue to grieve a friend murdered on a rural property; feel for neighbours who have lost children to rural shootings, and visit with friends paralyzed from gunshot wounds. It takes a split second for life to change or end — and the permanence of it is so difficult to accept.

A young farmer called to say they were terrified to go outside because of the neighbour’s use of guns. This was not singleshot target practice or gopher hunting with a .22 calibre. This was the use of assault weapons, rifles, shotguns, multi-round munitions, and handguns. It was like living in a war zone.

When approached, the gunslingers threatened the farmer and his little children, raising their weapons and challenging them to press charges. A com-

plaint was filed but the police called said the culprits could do as they pleased, which they did.

A few dead cows later, the police could not prove the attack even though the “target” was just a few trees separating properties.

Good neighbours use guns responsibly and ensure they are co-operating with the needs and desires of their communities.

And good neighbours take care of one another, knowing that collectively they must protect their families and their farms.

I think of the time a young teenager lost her life during a shooting at a ranch near ours.

She was an innocent passenger in a vehicle that passed over a property line. Neighbours had been too frightened to collectively challenge the risk. What was the sense of that response?

How do you explain to those parents that the law and the constitution do not protect the victim?

To add to the danger, our province has serious problems with gunslingers who come out to the country for shooting parties. Drugs and alcohol may be involved and there is no protection for the neighbouring

properties. The ‘farm’ is used as a shooting range for hours on end without any consideration of the safety or security of the neighbouring families.

It takes very little to be a good neighbour, and most of us are surrounded by good people.

But if you are one of those who is ‘gunning for action’ then consider this: Of the 740 gun deaths in Canada in 2003, three per cent were children who died from ‘accidental’ gun action.

On farms, guns are often handy and in some homes, loaded. Older children can be especially curious about them — those aged 10 to 14 years are most likely to be involved in an accidental shooting. For males, death from a long or short gun climbs again from 15 to 25 years of age when rage, drinking, and drugs become contributing factors.

It is not just farming families that suffer when guns are inappropriately discharged. There is a huge cost to animal life and reproductive performance in animals as well. I recall the investigation of dead beef cattle in a pen near Edmonton where the cattle had been shot during the night for sport. It was dev-

astating and traumatic to view the carcasses of that careless act and the economic impact on that farm was nearly devastating. Guns discharged without warning cause horses to bolt and this may result in serious injury to the rider. It brings breeding to a standstill and is highly disruptive to birthing mothers, wildlife, and for our children playing in the front yard. Farm pets panic, run away, hide or scratch through the front door.

Guns that are not used for the purpose of hunting, protection, or carefully conducted sport are a risk in their community and the law of averages will support the eventual death or injury of someone.

I cannot get our beautiful young friend out of my mind.

He was gunned down on a farm.

The man who shot him was known to boast about his guns.

The gun parties in our communities represent the same risk.

Mad, drunk, stupid, or high — all are an explosive cocktail when combined with a firearm. Bullets do not stop at fencelines.

The societal cost is extraordinary with the average gunshot wound in Canada costing taxpayers $435,000.

Is this what we want our children to know? That they will bear this cost, that they are not safe playing in the front yard when the neighbours get shooting, that they cannot ride their horse or drive the tractor and do so with the confidence that they will be safe? That they are not safe standing on the road waiting for the bus or going for a nature hike? That it is OK for their pets or income animals to die because someone else has the ‘right’ to party with a gun in hand?

I see a different future and a safer rural community for Canadians based on respect.

It starts with communities saying no to the inappropriate use of guns and continuous vigilance in reporting suspicious behaviour to police.

We don’t have to wait until someone dies. Rural communities welcome good neighbours.

Brenda Schoepp is a farmer from Alberta who works as an international mentor and motivational speaker. She can be contacted through her website www.brendaschoepp.com. All rights reserved. Brenda Schoepp 2014

No easy fix for massive waste of food France’s corporate crackdown on food waste is both misguided and wasteful itself — consumers are the real problem

By Sylvain Charlebois

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rance is known for its good food, but also for its political theatrics. And, of course, food can be very political.

The country recently decided to make food waste a priority by forcing food retail stores to give unsold food to charity. The new law obliges food stores to sign contracts with charities by July 2016 or face penalties, including fines of more than $100,000 or two years of incarceration.

Quite spectacular, isn’t it?

Whether or not the new legislation will actually work to benefit food banks and community-based organizations is up for debate.

But France’s move on food waste does raise important questions on governments’ role in curbing food waste in the private sector through legislation.

France’s new law is interesting, but looking at the scope of its influence, it really does not capture much of the food waste problem. The new law only affects big-box stores which contribute about five to six per cent of the food waste generated in the entire food chain. As in Canada, most of France’s unsold products by large chains already find their way to charities. Large retailers already have more than 4,500 signed agreements with

community-based charities, so many are not sure how they are supposed to modify existing practices.

In addition, this new legislation may impact how charities can support food donations.

Many of these organizations may need to find new ways to accommodate food donations requiring fridges and trucks, and many do not have that kind of equipment. Food conservation and preparation capacities are as important as having access to food in the first place.

The biggest concern, of course, is bureaucracy. With new regulations come more reports, monitoring and administrative duties. In food retailing, increased time will now be devoted to generating evidence of compliance which is certainly not welcome news for France’s food distribution industry.

France’s splash on food waste is great for headlines, but it will likely hamper the industry’s efforts to help those in need of affordable foods.

Fortunately, the law has more provisions, beyond trying to install more food waste discipline within the industry. It will also introduce an education program about food waste in schools and businesses. The plan also sets ambitious food waste targets for 2025. Such an approach certainly has merit when looking at the issue of food waste at its core.

Canadian households threw away 2.1 million tonnes of food in one year, enough to fill Toronto’s Rogers Centre three times over.

Food waste is obviously a well-documented challenge for humanity. A report published a few years ago showed that Canadian households threw away 2.1 million tonnes of food in one year, enough to fill Toronto’s Rogers Centre three times over. For each family, that equates to about $1,500 of food a year. This doesn’t include all the energy required to produce the food in the first place. So essentially, consumers are responsible for more than half of all the food wasted on a yearly basis.

In the developing world, where survival is an everyday reality, food waste occurs more

often up the food chain, in farming, processing and distribution. Different problem, but waste is waste, and stakes are the same for everyone.

The most influential food waste manager in the entire food supply chain remains the consumer, not the state. Governments can only do so much, and educational programs can be helpful. As we are increasingly valuing nutrition in our everyday lives, frugalness is a virtue. The art of repurposing leftovers can be exploited by anyone. Frequent taking stock of our pantries and fridges can also go a long way.

And when visiting food stores, sticking to a list and not showing up hungry make a difference — really.

Since food prices are only going to continue to rise, that is enough of an incentive to be more vigilant about the food we buy and consume. And if we slip — which can happen from time to time — we can think of those in need and visit our favourite food bank.

Such an approach is much more meaningful than forcing retailers to do something most are already doing.

Sylvain Charlebois is professor in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph.

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LEARNING } from page 1 extension co-ordinator with the Alberta Canola Producers Commission.

No. 2: It improves research

Questions from farmers help scientists refine their research and better focus on producers’ needs, said Taillieu.

Scientists also enjoy learning from the producers and getting feedback on their research.

“They want to share their information,” he said. “They’re funded to do that research and part of doing the research is making sure people are aware of where they can make more money on their farm.”

“For me, it’s really important because the extension side is what drives our research,” added Coles.

Field schools offer expert advice, but the person standing next to you probably has some great tips, too. FILE PHOTO “When we get all these smart farmers and researchers out in the field together, talking the same language, we can often come up with really insightful thoughts about whether we’re on the right track or what we can do in the future.”

No. 3: It’s stimulating

“The people who come are there to learn — and they’re OK with sharing information.”

Ken Coles

There’s just no substitution for looking at live plants right there in front of you.

“Rather than a winter meeting, where you’re looking at pictures and trying to remember, you’ve got the plants, the bugs, and the disease systems right in front of you,” said Taillieu.

That’s all pretty obvious, but you might not fully appreciate how powerful that is until you’re driving back to the farm.

“In many cases, you may have come with ideas about one thing, but you go home thinking about other things that you should keep an eye on,” said Taillieu.

Ready to head out?

There are a number of field schools being held over the summer (keep an eye on What’s Up — which is on page 32 of this edition — or visit www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app55/ events).

This year, Farming Smarter’s field school in Lethbridge will be sharing results of its hemp research trials, a workshop on plant growth regulators, and CSI (crop scene investigation) where producers have to diagnose a number of agronomic mistakes in three different crops. It will also look at how

to help crops recover from hail damage. The organization built a simulator to mimic the impacts of hail damage on a variety of crops at different stages. The session will examine agronomical solutions that can help crops recover from hail, such as micronutrient blends and fungicide. For more on the event (which runs on three separate days from June 23-25), see www.farmingsmarter.com.

Alberta Canola Producers Commission and the Canola Council of Canada are hosting CanolaPALOOZA at the Lacombe Research Station on June 23 and PeacePALOOZA at the Beaverlodge Research Station on June 25. The event features learning stations staffed by researchers, agronomists, university profes-

sors, and featuring topics such as diagnosing sclerotinia, sprayer technology, drones, insect monitoring, identifying beneficial insects, nutrient management, diagnostics and setting up onfarm research plots. There will also be soil pits, so visitors can study the soil profile and see the effects of compaction. For more, see the Events section of www.albertacanola.com.

The nine forage and applied research associations that make up the Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta also host a number of field days, as well as workshops, during the summer months. See the Events section of www.areca.ab.ca. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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POLITICIANS } from page 1 Economic engine

When Carlier is ready to move into action mode, Strankman will have some advice — and some specific suggestions.

The Altario farmer first stepped into the public spotlight in 2002 when he and 12 other producers were arrested for hauling wheat across the border to protest the CWB monopoly. But these days, his priority is helping agriculture become a bigger economic engine, which would help “take the province off the roller-coaster of the energy development sector.”

“If we can do it in an environmentally sustainable and economic way, it would create jobs and create sustainable income for the province,” said Strankman, the MLA for Drumheller-Stettler since 2012.

“I think it’s something Alberta seriously needs to take a look at.”

That means fostering and investing in domestic processing of agricultural commodities, he said.

One example is the Rahr Malting plant near Alix. The company’s Alberta division is a star in the rapidly expanding world of craft beers thanks to its alliance with Lagunitas Brewing Company. The sixth-biggest U.S. craft beer maker sources all of its malt from Alberta, but Rahr now faces “environmental restrictions” that may hinder its ability to grow, said Strankman.

“I think that it would be a coup if we could get a malt plant of that calibre to double its size within the province,” he said. “The economic driver that something like that creates is marvellous.”

“I’m a farmer and an optimist.”

Who are Oneil Carlier and Rick Strankman?

AF staff

They come from opposite ends of the political spectrum, but Oneil Carlier and Rick Strankman share some common ground.

For starters, both know farming in dry country.

Strankman’s operation is near Altario (roughly halfway between Medicine Hat and Lloydminster) while Carlier grew up on a cattle and grain operation in Val Marie, Sask., 120 kilometres south of Swift Current.

On the day of his interview, Strankman was picking rocks.

That job is a “character builder,” said the 61-year-old, but there was no doubt he was relishing the chance to get out on the tractor.

“I’m still involved in our farm — that’s my first love — but I’m back and forth Oneil regularly to Carlier

Edmonton for meetings,” he said. “With my involvement in politics, it’s really difficult to be on the farm to manage that side of things.”

Meanwhile Carlier, 52, was reminiscing fondly about his days with the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, which he joined at age 19, spending most of his time as a geotechnical technician.

“I was a quality control technician on irrigation projects, some very large ones here in Alberta, including the Bassano Dam rehabilitation, the Crawling Valley irrigation system, and the Blood Tribe irrigation project,” said Carlier.

From there, he took on a labour relations role with the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which has “a lot of members within the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and folks at the research centres for Agriculture Canada.”

The two men are also unlikely politicians.

NDP candidates in Whitecourt-Ste. Anne used to be the definition of ‘lost cause.’ The party barely won five per cent of the vote in 2012, but Carlier rode the Rachel Notley wave to garner 36 per cent support in the May 5 election. And with the Wildrose and Tory candidates roughly halving the rest of the vote, he was suddenly an MLA — and then a cabinet minister.

Strankman’s experience in civil disobedience — he served one week of a 180-day sentence for violating the Customs Act by hauling some wheat across the border in 2002 — prompted him to run for office a decade later.

“I’ve learned in my experience seeking out policy change that you have to be firm, direct, and open in your requests and beliefs,” he said.

Strankman, too, faced long electoral odds — the Tories had captured nearly 70 per cent of the vote in Drumheller-Stettler in 2008.

But like Carlier, Strankman woke up the morning after the vote with a brand new job.

“It was never really my goal to be an MLA,” he said. “I’m just living my heart to the fullest, and it’s important that we as Albertans do that.

“It’s always been with the bent to make things better for my family and my surrounding neighRick bours.”

Strankman

BUILT FOR SOIL PRODUCTIVITY

Rick Strankman

Hot issues

Two other files — the minimum wage and workplace safety regulations — have Strankman on alert.

Notley has pledged to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018 with the first — as yet undecided — increase to take effect in October.

That could hurt Alberta’s meat processors, among others, said Strankman.

“We need to maintain the stability of those industries and process our agricultural products in any way we can efficiently and effectively.”

Potential changes to Occupational Health and Safety regulations are also on his radar.

“It’s important that people be safe in their occupations, but it’s also important not to simply create regulation that may be totally unproductive,” said Strankman.

“If it creates a safety environment, I’m for that. But you cannot legislate intelligence.”

For his part, Carlier is promising to consult, listen, and ensure agriculture has a strong voice at the cabinet table.

So his first order of business during his initial week on the job was to call the chairs of Alberta’s commodity groups.

“I was able to talk to a lot of stakeholders and industry people, and it was great,” he said.

“Though these are leaders and stakeholders, they’re also farmers in the industry, and I really appreciated that I was able to discuss with them as producers, as well as industry leaders. I think we have a start of a good rapport with all of them.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Thinking of starting a new business or adding something new to your existing product line?

“Before you start, you need to do your homework and research what is already available and what is needed,” said Kathy Bosse, new-venture specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

“This may seem like a daunting task, but there is assistance available.”

The new-venture specialists provide assistance to new or existing producers and small processors in Alberta who are looking to develop a new business idea or expand an existing enterprise. They provide information and tools to help make decisions regarding business development and growth. They can also connect them with others in the industry who can help them with their ideas.

“The goal of this team is to coach individuals to develop business wisdom and to understand what it takes to be a successful business,” said Bosse.

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ool, dry conditions across most of Alberta last month slowed forage growth in pastures and hay fields, says a beef and forage specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

“If it stays dry the amount of growth will be limited and it is possible that pastures will run out much earlier than normal,” Barry Yaremcio said in May. “In general, 70 per cent of total forage growth occurs before the 15th of July. If significant amounts of rain do not come soon, total growth could be compromised.”

One strategy for stretching limited forage supplies is to creep feed calves throughout

the summer. Calves that are 45 to 60 days old can digest grains and use the nutrients to improve growth rates. An Ontario Ministry of Agriculture fact sheet indicates that on poor pastures, for every five pounds of creep feed consumed, calf growth rates improve by one pound. A second advantage of creep feeding calves is that more grass is available for the cow.

“Calves weighing less than 700 pounds eat grain slowly and chew the material sufficiently that processing is not required,” said Yaremcio. “Average daily gain and feed conversion efficiency is equal to that of processed grain.”

However, using whole oats or barley as the sole ingredient in a creep ration for small calves does not work. A creep ration

requires 14 to 16 per cent protein to “frame out” the skeleton properly and to develop muscle.

Intakes generally are in the range of two to three pounds a day for 350-pound calves and can get as high as eight pounds a day when the calves are 600 to 700 pounds.

A recipe for a homegrown creep feed is to include split or cracked peas at 35 per cent of the mix with oats or barley (or a combination of the two grains). If wheat is to be part of the creep feed, inclusion rate should not exceed 20 to 25 per cent of the mix to minimize the chance of acidosis. If no additional protein is added to the creep feed, it is possible to have short, fat calves that could be discounted at the auction market come fall.

Another option is a commer-

cially prepared creep ration.

These products should contain a minimum of 75 per cent Total Digestible Nutrients and again, 14 per cent to 16 per cent protein content is required. Screening pellets generally have lower energy content than grain and do not deliver the necessary energy needed to get the additional gains on the calves.

“Creep feeding the calves for the majority of the grazing season can result in 25 to 100 pounds of additional gain compared to animals that are not supplemented,” said Yaremcio. “If 700to 800-pound calf prices stay at the current price of $2.85 a pound for steers, this could increase the value of the calf by $70 to $285 per calf. It’s a good return on investment.”

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Fungicide: optional add-on or necessary yield enhancer? their yields to the next level, growers need to have fungicide as part of their standard management program, just as they would expect to include herbicide.”

When commodity prices are high, it’s easy to justify investing in crop inputs to maximize yield. When commodity prices drop, however, many producers look for ways to save.

Fungicide applications are often among the first inputs to be omitted. But is the decision to drop your fungicide based on good economics and sound science? Not unless you’re growing in near-drought conditions, according to new research from Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD).

ARD researchers planted small plot trials at five locations around Alberta to test the return on investment of a fungicide application. In the second year of a four-year trial, the side-by-side comparisons of wheat grown with and without fungicide showed definitive results: in all but the driest sites, fungicide application offered a net economic benefit, with returns ranging from $14 to $110 per acre.

Throughout the 2014 growing season, the three sites in southern and central Alberta received between 10.4 and 16.7 inches of precipitation—average or above average for the area. This moisture supported both strong crop growth and high disease development.

The two wettest sites—one moistened via precipitation and one via irrigation—saw a yield increase of 22 to 37 per cent from a single application of fungicide versus the untreated control, and 30 to 48 per cent from a dual fungicide application. The trial site in northern Alberta that faced near-drought

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“I think the data from our trials might convince those growers who are still on the fence,” says Dr. Sheri Strydhorst, an agronomy research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development and the lead researcher in the fungicide trials. “If the risk factors for disease development are there and they want to take © 2015 UFA Co-operative Ltd. All rights reserved. 130499

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conditions, on the other hand, had little yield response—not surprising given that conditions were not conducive to disease.

According to the study, a single fungicide application cost $18.41 to $25.59 per acre.

Based on that cost and a wheat price of $4.68 per bushel, ARD’s Production Crops Economist, Rawlin Thangaraj, calculated the net economic benefit of a single fungicide application was between $75 and $77 per acre at the trial site hit hardest by disease.

With two applications of fungicide at the same location, at a total cost of $44 per acre, the net economic benefit was $92 per acre. At the irrigated trial location, net economic benefit was even higher: $103 to $110 per acre for the early and late single fungicide applications respectively.

“When you have warm, moist conditions that suit disease development and you’re growing a variety that doesn’t have really strong disease resistance, you will see a tremendous yield response from the use of fungicide,” says Strydhorst. “In those types of conditions, a fungicide’s return on investment will be huge even at lower commodity prices.”

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Things not going as hoped?

That’s normal, says expert Whether it’s production conditions or markets, producers need to have a Plan B Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

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reparation is key when dealing with the unexpected, says provincial crop specialist Harry Brook.

“There’s always a lot of talk about ‘normal’ when talking about cropping and agriculture,” said Brook. “Advanced planning and adjustments are needed to avoid possible devastating results when ‘normal’ doesn’t occur. Whether it applies to spring weather conditions or markets or even germinating crops, there is always need for a Plan B.” The last four or five springs have been cool and moist, yet

this spring has been earlier than the last few and seeding started early. Parts of the province are dealing with dry conditions and pastures declining from a lack of moisture. Other parts have ideal moisture conditions for seeding and germination.

“It all boils down to identifying risk and how it can be managed,” said Brook. “Crop insurance is a useful tool, giving partial protection from weatherrelated threats. They even have a price endorsement for protection against crop price loss. To replace possible pasture failure due to dryness, some producers are looking at growing annual forages. They are using greenfeed or annual cereal crops for grazing in case of drought. If it

“It all boils down to identifying risk and how it can be managed.”

Harry Brook

rains, then those crops have the flexibility to be harvested for forage or seed.”

Seed treatments can be seen as insurance as well.

“Under ideal conditions of warm soils and plentiful mois-

ture, it’s doubtful that a seed treatment would provide sufficient benefit to be worthwhile.

However, spring seeding conditions are rarely ideal. Where the seed is sitting in cold, damp soils for extended times prior to

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emergence, seed treatments can make a significant difference to yield.”

The same reasoning applies to weeds, insects and diseases and pesticides, said Brook.

“You need knowledge to accurately choose the right product or decision when the issue comes up. This means being informed about economic thresholds, the pest’s life cycle, potential crop losses, and when the crop is most susceptible to the particular pest. That means regular crop scouting with feet in the fields.”

With price risk, there are many tools for reducing the price risk.

“This includes things like delivery contracts, futures contracts, options, and margin contracts,” said Brook. “Some of them support a price while shifting the risk to other areas like a margin or production risk.

There is no way to reduce risk to zero but there are many ways to ameliorate the risk.”

Don’t count on ‘normal,’ he added.

“Normal doesn’t really exist,” said Brook. “You have to use all the tools in your tool box to identify possible threats and challenges to your farming operation and then take the necessary steps to minimize their potential damage to your operation.”

Normal “usually means there are barriers to overcome on the road to profitability,” he said.

“Don’t get bushwhacked by the abnormal. Use the tools available to protect your investment in this year’s crop. Forearmed is forewarned.”

FCC supports STARS Farm Credit Canada is contributing $500,000 over five years to STARS air ambulance, providing life-saving transportation to patients in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

“STARS provides critical care and transportation for rural residents who don’t have quick or easy access to health care in emergency situations,” said Michael Hoffort, FCC president and CEO. “STARS can make a huge difference when it matters most.”

STARS air ambulance has bases in Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Regina, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg. Since 1985, it has flown more than 29,000 missions from the six bases.

The funds will be used to help cover costs associated with medical and communication equipment, helicopter upgrades, and medical training.

STARS air ambulance provides specialized emergency medical care and transportation for critically ill and injured patients. — Staff

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Baffled by the books?

U.S. ranchers holding back heifers

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry has a new online e-learning tutorial called Understanding Farm Financial Statements and their Measurement. The tutorial offers the basics on farm financial statements, their interaction, and measurements, said farm financial specialist Rick Dehod. This e-learning series is set up so that it may be viewed in part or in its entirety. It’s about one hour long. The tutorial can be found at www.agriculture.alberta.ca (search for ‘farm manager’ and then look for the E-Learning Tutorial link on the Farm Manager home page). — AAF

The number of cattle put into U.S. feedlots in April unexpectedly slowed, partly due to healthy grazing pastures. While many ranchers are holding back heifers to rebuild their herds, feed yards are also buying less after expensive feed and pricey calves wore down their margins.

Feedlots have been losing a couple hundred dollars or more per head, said University of Missouri livestock economist Ron Plain. “Plus, we’ve had a lot of rain and pastures are in very good condition. Cattlemen have grass to graze (cattle) on, so there’s no hurry to get them to the feedlot.” — Reuters

Weather concerns put support under canola futures Tight old-crop canola stocks remain a major factor by terryn shiells

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CE Futures Canada’s canola futures stayed strong during the week ended May 29, as weather concerns in parts of Western Canada provided underlying support.

Parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta are experiencing very dry soil conditions, less than ideal for canola germination.

Certain spots in Alberta hadn’t seen any precipitation since their last snowfall in late April, so the first inch or so of topsoil has been very dry.

Some forecasts call for rain across the Prairies over the next few weeks, which would benefit crops if there’s enough precipitation. While light rains would be welcomed, a heavy dose of moisture is needed in many areas.

Whether the dry areas of Western Canada receive a good amount of precipitation throughout early June or not will likely make or break the canola market.

Even more pressure is on the 201516 Canadian canola crop than normal, because old-crop supplies at the end of 2014-15 are projected to come in below one million tonnes, a figure considered tight. Early acreage estimates were lower than normal as well.

The fundamental situation isn’t the only thing at play in canola futures. On May 29, the July contract settled above the $470-per-tonne level, a psychological resistance level. The contract moved above the level throughout the week, but only managed to settle above it on Friday. The move is considered bullish from a chart standpoint and could lead to more strength in the coming weeks — but it will all boil down to weather.

The weather story in U.S. soybeangrowing regions is the opposite of Canada’s Canola Belt, with close-to-ideal conditions seen in many areas. The good conditions for planting and developing kept new-crop soybean futures under pressure during the week, pushing them one to six cents a bushel lower. Old-crop values saw some strength, as a rally in soyoil and continued strong demand for nearby supplies in the U.S. underpinned the market.

Biofuel requirements

Soyoil futures were up sharply, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to raise biodiesel requirements in diesel on Friday. This could lead to increased demand for oils, such as soy and canola.

The news from the EPA wasn’t as friendly for corn, as it will lower requirements for ethanol in the country’s fuel supply, which could lead to reduced demand for the grain. Corn futures were

Photo: Thinkstock also under pressure amid favourable weather conditions in the U.S. Despite the news from the EPA, nearby demand for corn remains fairly strong from the ethanol industry, which limited the downside.

Wheat futures moved sharply lower in the U.S., as recent excess moisture was reported as doing less damage than expected. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly crop progress report showed conditions remained unchanged, while traders expected them to worsen for the U.S. winter wheat crop.

Improving weather conditions for wheat crops in other parts of the world, including Russia and Canada, were also bearish.

The focus in U.S. wheat markets will remain on local weather, as well as grow-

ing conditions in other parts of the world.

Demand news and movements in U.S. currency will also be important, as U.S. wheat still looks too expensive on the world market.

Terryn Shiells writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.albertafarmexpress.ca.

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More rest ups profits on pastures

Growth promotants a no-no

A day spent grazing works out to just half the cost of feeding cattle and adds $1 per head in profit, says forage and livestock business specialist Grant Lastiwka. Allowing for greater rest periods during the growing season will increase its carrying capacity, and allow producers to put cattle out earlier in the spring and reduce drought risk, Lastiwka said in a video of his CowCalfenomics presentation on how linking pasture systems can optimize performance and profit.

The video can be found at the Cow-Calfenomics’ web page (go to www.agriculture.alberta.ca and search for ‘cow-calfenomics’ and click on Presentations). — AARD release

They’re only voluntary, but Wal-Mart’s move to favour suppliers who only use antibiotics to treat and prevent disease — not for promoting growth — is expected to change the livestock industry.

Since Wal-Mart controls a quarter of the U.S. grocery market, the guidelines will likely ripple through the entire food supply chain and prompt rivals to follow suit. Its suppliers are being asked to publicly disclose their use of antibiotics annually. “They’re the first ones who have asked for this sort of data and to make it public,” said Gail Hansen of Pew Charitable Trusts’ antibiotic-resistance project. Wal-Mart said the move is rooted in consumer demand. — Reuters

Cash for your grass?

By JILL BURKHARDT AF contributor

Alberta farmers who practise no-till cropping have been eligible to apply for carbon credits since 2002. We know that grasslands capture and store carbon, so why aren’t landowners with pasture getting paid for their contribution?

That’s the focus of a University of Alberta study on the environmental benefits of things such as wildlife habitat and carbon storage provided by rangelands — so-called ‘ecological goods and services’ that cattle producers have been providing to society for free, up until now.

Previous research has shown rangelands are a superior way to increase carbon storage, and that once perennial grasslands are cultivated anywhere from 20 to 50 per cent of the soil carbon is released.

“When you increase temperature and oxygen in the soil, microbial activity is stimulated, which results in a net breakdown in organic matter, so carbon is released into the atmosphere,” said Edward Bork, an expert in rangeland ecology and management at the university.

Bork and his team are looking at more than 115 study sites to see how large and stable the carbon stores in grasslands across the province are, and whether they are equally distributed across the different eco-regions.

“By looking at the size and stability of carbon inside and outside of longterm livestock exclosures (fenced areas where livestock are not grazing), we can draw conclusions about livestock grazing’s effects on soil carbon,” said Bork.

“We are doing this across broad agroclimatic conditions — from dry mixed grass prairie to montane to parkland environments.”

One of the main research goals is to measure the size of the benefit these grasslands currently provide.

“If we can say, ‘Look this is the benefit to society off these perennial grasslands,’ that gives livestock producers a tool in which they can go to policy-makers to say that these grasslands do more than provide forage.”

Bork is also quick to point out that grasslands provide other benefits, including wildlife and pollinator habitat and water purification.

“Once we are able to characterize the benefit of grasslands, we can then explore the next question of ‘How do we put a mechanism in place to reward producers for existing ecosystem goods and services, including carbon storage?’”

While the dollar value isn’t established yet, it’s likely to be a big number, he added.

“I would argue that in comparison to most of the mainstream alternative land uses in the settled areas of Alberta, grasslands already have the largest carbon reserve. Yet for some reason as a society we are making the decision not to recognize or reward (ranchers) for it — either maintaining or enhancing them. Why is that?”

Saving the environment one legume at a time Condensed tannins reduce bloat and do a whole lot more besides

By JILL BURKHARDT AF contributor

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n the environmental debate, some rank cattle up there with smokestacks and auto emissions.

But Canadian researchers are discovering Mother Nature has developed her own mitigation strategy for bovine burps, flatulence, and excrement — and showing that grazing cattle has major environmental benefits.

In 2000, concerns over cattle and greenhouse gases prompted Allan Iwaasa of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Swift Current research centre to launch a study to see what happens when cropland is seeded to pasture. The fields, which had been cropped since the 1920s (despite having marginal soils) were seeded to two different native perennial mixes. There was a simple mix of seven species of cool-season grasses and a complex one with 14 species of cool- and warm-season grasses.

Both included a legume — purple prairie clover.

The latter eventually caught the attention of Iwaasa and his research colleagues.

“We noticed the animals enjoyed grazing the purple prairie clover,” he said. “So five years ago we looked to see if there were some benefits from the purple prairie clover in regards to having condensed tannins. We then, with the help of (colleague) Yuxi Wang, started looking at how the purple prairie clover condensed tannin levels compared to sainfoin. The purple prairie clover had some of the highest levels of condensed tannins that we were able to find for any of the tame or native species that we were evaluating.”

Sainfoin’s condensed tannins protect against bloat, and many Alberta producers have been anxiously awaiting the commercial availability of AC Mountainview, developed by Ag Canada forage breeder Surya Acharya in Lethbridge and currently being increased for seed sales by Northstar Seed. (It’s expected to be available for sale next year.)

Older sainfoin cultivars, such as Nova and Melrose, were

Cattle love purple prairie clover, and the legume also provides environmental benefits.

PHOTO: COURTESY ALLAN IWAASA

generally single-harvest-type sainfoins; did not persist long in alfalfa mix stands; and didn’t regrow at the same rate as alfalfa after grazing or cutting. However, Mountainview has better regrowth potential and Iwaasa is conducting research comparing the Canadian Mountainview sainfoin to the U.S. Delaney sainfoin which also has traits for multiple cuts.

Other benefits

Like purple prairie clover, sainfoin is high in condensed tannins and Iwaasa’s research should add to the anticipation of graziers wanting a source of condensed tannins in their pastures. That’s because they appear to offer benefits beyond bloat reduction.

“Condensed tannins associated with purple prairie clover result in a reduction in E. coli shedding by the ruminant animal,” said Iwaasa.

This finding could have a huge impact in terms of food safety and also mitigating contamination during runoff, especially when there are large numbers of animals in concentrated areas, such as dairies and feedlots.

“We have been able to show that the pastures have this beneficial effect by reducing E. coli shedding in the animal dung,” said Iwaasa. “We are

Allan Iwaasa trying to quantify the amount of purple prairie clover in the mixture that will give us the most bang for our buck.”

Another potential benefit of condensed tannins being studied is their potential to reduce methane emissions.

The researchers have also looked at carbon sequestration in pastures and are studying a mix of alfalfa — a.k.a. ‘the queen of forages’ — and sainfoin.

“Currently we are looking at the different sainfoin germplasms that were used in the development of AC Mountainview, and some of these sainfoin germplasms and U.S. cultivars may be better suited to grow in southwest Saskatchewan and arid areas of the Prairies,” he said.

Although alfalfa fixes more

nitrogen, sainfoin is very palatable and preferred by grazing cattle. By utilizing the new cultivars there may be opportunities for the animals to select the sainfoin and reap the benefits of the condensed tannins over a long period of time.

But Iwaasa’s ongoing research also has a big-picture focus — not just the performance of the sainfoinalfalfa mixture itself, but also nitrogen fixation and carbon sequestration back into the soil.

“We are measuring the amount of nitrous oxides and other greenhouse gases being emitted by the animals; looking at the benefit of a perennial forage that animals can utilize in the field; and all those nutrients being recycled back into the system and still promoting the production of that forage,” said Iwaasa.

What started as a response to criticism of cattle emissions is leading to discoveries that could boost production and the environment at the same time.

“Looking at grazing management and utilizing our land base with environmentally sustainable practices will benefit not only the producer, but the public as a whole,” said Iwaasa.

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Brief Funds for livestock transport training The federal government allocated $184,000 to the Canadian Animal Health Coalition to support development of an online driver training and verification system.

The system, based on the Canadian Livestock Transport certification program, will simplify, standardize and provide an opportunity for truckers, shippers and receivers to more easily access training for improved handling practices.

The investment is being made through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s AgriMarketing Program.

— Staff

Bird flu epidemic hits 35 countries since 2014 More than 35 countries have been hit in a surge in bird flu outbreaks since early last year, killing tens of millions of poultry, the World Organization for Animal Health said in midMay. U.S. poultry and egg producers have been grappling with a record outbreak of avian flu, mainly the H5N2 strain, that has led to the culling of more than 33 million birds since December last year and is now threatening supplies.

Highly pathogenic H5N8, which like H5N2 has not been found in humans, was also reported in a few U.S. states, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The H5N8 strain was discovered early last year in Korea and China, and reached Japan soon afterwards.

“From there the strain probably spread with migratory wild birds to India, Europe, Canada and later the United States of America,” the World Organization for Animal Health said in a statement.

The Paris-based organization urged its 180 member countries to better apply biosecurity measures in farms, live bird markets and in trade, and step up surveillance to curb the spread of the disease.

Its data shows 28 countries were hit by outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5 and H7 types of bird flu since the start of 2015, up from 19 countries affected in 2014 and 14 countries in 2013.

A global epizootic — an epidemic outbreak in animals — of H5N1 bird flu, which emerged in early 2004, led to several cases in humans, of which more than half proved fatal. It also led to the death of tens of millions of poultry.

Although a pandemic was averted, the H5N1 strain is still present. Several outbreaks have been confirmed in West African countries in recent months, and the epidemic continues in Egypt, in Israel and the Palestinian territories. — Paris/Reuters

3D fencing keeps wildlife at bay Unlike typical fencing, 3D fencing uses different heights, widths, and depths to make it harder for wildlife to navigate and jump

By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff

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fter a long Alberta winter, farmers weren’t the only ones happy to see spring.

“I’ve had a lot of issues with elk and deer going through here,” said Lawrence Andruchiw, who farms near Spirit River.

“When the plants are first coming up in the spring, they pull the whole plant right out. I decided I had to stop them from eating in my pasture and hay land.”

The answer was three-dimensional fencing.

“I had one spot where they were crossing — their game trail — where I put the 3D fencing in, and boy, it really worked well.

As soon as they hit that, they’d get tripped up and they’d quit going.”

As part of a research project with the Peace Country Beef and

Forage Association, Andruchiw installed about a quarter-mile of 3D fencing four years ago.

Unlike typical fencing, which can be jumped by elk and deer, 3D fencing incorporates differing heights, widths, and depths, which can be tricky for wildlife to navigate.

“It’s a single wire three feet out and three feet high on either side of your other fence,” said Andruchiw. The three-dimensional effect prevents the wildlife from breaching the fence, mainly because of poor depth perception.

“When game jumps the fence, they hit that wire because they can’t judge where the wire is.”

Some people electrify the wires, but that’s not necessary, said Andruchiw.

“They recommend to put power on it to make it an electric fence, but I didn’t and it worked just fine.”

Peace Country producer Lawrence Andruchiw has kept wildlife out of his pasture land with a 3D fence like this one. PHOTO: PEACE COUNTRY BEEF AND FORAGE ASSOCIATION So far, the only setback has been with large herds of elk, which can “destroy” 3D fencing when they hit it. But for the most part, it seems to be doing the trick and Andruchiw plans on expanding it to other areas of his operation later this year.

“I’ve stopped them from going across my hay land and pasture,” he said. “I’d rather be feeding my cows than feeding the wild animals, and it does keep the game out.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

BECAUSE HARD WORK IS ABOUT SWEAT, NOT BLOOD AND TEARS. Farming is hard work. And it’s extremely dangerous. All the hard work you put into your operation doesn’t mean much unless you stay safe and able to do it again, day after day.

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Mastering the art of longeing horses horse health } There is more to this form of training than going in circles

by Carol Shwetz DVM

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t its most basic level, longeing (pronounced lunging) is a seemingly simple exercise. It asks a horse to move in circles around a handler.

However, execution of this exercise can be either very beneficial or very detrimental to the horse, depending on “how” it is done. How a horse carries its body as it travels on the circle is of much greater value to developing the horse than is how many times it is circled, how fast it is going or what equipment used.

The design of the circle itself presents the greatest gymnastic challenge for a horse moving around on a circle. The natural tendency of a horse as it moves in a circle is to lean inward and fall onto its inside shoulder. The amount of lean increases as the circle becomes smaller and the horse’s speed increases. As the horse leans, he is placed in an unstable position, a position it would not willingly maintain for many strides under usual circumstances.

Ideally a gentle curvature of the spinal column, mir-

roring the circle, while the horse holds an upright body carriage is sought. When the horse’s body is in this position, its back preferentially becomes rounded, and its posture improves. This proper body carriage is a powerful gymnastic exercise for the horse as it develops new core muscles through correct, nourishing movement.

A horse does not automatically bend at the end of a longe line. Although it might bend the neck under restraint or side reins, it does not follow that it will correctly bend the remainder of its spinal column and back.

Without proper, gentle schooling most horses will lean inward. Another common fault is the horses that drop their croup and turn their body outwards/opposite to the circle’s line, resisting their handler.

Either way, the kinematics of the limbs are no longer aligned symmetrically with the ground surface and as the “leaning” hooves impact the ground surface, they turn flat, inducing compressive and torquing forces on the surfaces of the articular cartilage, soft tissues, and ligaments.

Photo: Supplied Travelling in circles in improper posture for any length of time, especially with speed can cause severe damage to the joints and soft tissue of a horse’s leg. Young horses and larger horses are especially vulnerable to injury from improper techniques. Longeing a horse on a small circle for half an hour or more can place enormous stress and strain on tissues, doing irreparable harm, especially to young horses whose legs are not yet fully developed.

Done properly, longeing is a highly advanced and effective tool for developing and educating a horse. Practising proper alignment, correct form and posture, and rhythmic cadence are key elements critical to capturing the value of this practice.

Safety for both the horse and handler are inherent in such a practice. The horse learns to organize its body in relation to the handler’s position and body language. Although voice commands, hand gestures,

and whips may provide tools to guide the horse, it will ultimately be the human’s body language to which the horse connects and responds.

Since the longeing horse is acquiring physical prowess, much like a dancer, slow movements and careful practice at the horse’s natural cadence are necessary to set muscle patterns and memory.

In the beginning, it is best to move the horse on the straight, and on very gentle curves.

Any system restricting or modifying the normal cycle of head and neck movements is going to modify limbs kinematics and vertebral column mechanism. Horses with restricted head and neck movement contract their backs and heavily weight their forehand.

In doing so the horse overuses tissues ill prepared for such weighting and its more likely to become unsound over time.

When longed correctly horses become more physically and mentally engaged in this simple exercise, actively participating in their own wellbeing.

Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian focusing on equine practice in Millarville, Alberta.

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Fababeans in silage? Give it a shot, says pulse researcher Nutritionally, fababean silage is a good option — but the return on investment is a question mark

By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff

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o one really seems to know for sure how fababeans will work in silage — but Robyne Bowness has a few educated guesses.

“Fababeans should make a fantastic silage crop,” said Bowness, pulse research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“Nutritionally for the animals, fababean is a very good option. It’s high in protein, it has quite a bit of starch, and it has a fair amount of crude fibre. Animals tend to do very, very well on it.”

As fababeans have surged in popularity among crop growers — tripling in acres over the past

two years — cattle feeders are considering its merits as a silage crop.

Those include being able to fix its own nitrogen, standing up through to harvest, and offering good nutritional value as a feed.

“People like the fact that it grows so tall, and there’s so much biomass to it because it’s so leafy,” said Bowness.

“They’re thinking it would make a really good silage crop simply because of the amount that you get from it.”

But research into using the crop in silage hasn’t been done since the 1980s, when fabas “had their first push into the Prairies.”

“Because they’ve only exploded in the past few years, we haven’t had a chance to go in and do any real amount of research,” said Bowness.

“When you’re paying about $15 a bushel for fababean seed, whether or not you’ll get that back economically is one of the questions we don’t know.”

Robyne Bowness

“There’s been a lot of questions about fababeans and silage, but we don’t have a lot of answers.”

The big question is whether cattle feeders will see a good return on feeding fabas in silage.

“The feed costs are pretty high,” said Bowness. “When you’re paying about $15 a bushel for fababean seed, whether or not you’ll get that

Sysco sees U.S. bird flu hurting egg supply up to 18 months

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record U.S. outbreak of avian flu would limit its supply of eggs and chickens that lay them for nine to 18 months, says food distributor Sysco Corp.

Sysco is the biggest U.S. food distributor, whose clients include restaurants, hotels and hospitals. The company is discussing options with its customers, including creating alternative menu items during the period, a Sysco spokesman said in an email.

The U.S. poultry and egg industry is grappling with the country’s biggest outbreak on record of avian influenza, which has proven highly infectious and deadly for poultry.

Cargill said it has implemented increased biosecurity measures at its facilities receiving liquid egg tankers and shell eggs from impacted states and that it is working with egg suppliers to ensure they are employing measures to prevent spread of the flu.

As well, Post Holdings is calling the flu a “force majeure event,” and said it now estimates that 25 per cent of its egg supply has been affected.

Sysco is a major customer for Post’s Michael Foods business, which sells egg products, according to filings.

Post’s contracts require the company to go to the open market and to third parties to replace the lost supply at high prices. “We believe that by declaring force majeure, the company will be able to either pass higher prices on to customers or be relieved from the mandatory supply requirements,” said analyst Christopher Growe.

back economically is one of the questions we don’t know.”

Many farmers are getting around the higher costs by mixing fababeans with oat or barley silage, she said.

“The research showed that fababean alone yielded pretty well and worked well in the silage, but by adding fababean in with the oats

and the barley, they ended up with 30 per cent more protein,” said Bowness.

Farmers who are considering using fababeans in silage should plant them early, she said.

“Fababeans do better the earlier you plant them.”

And using a high-tannin variety is a no-no.

“Make sure you’re working with low-tannin varieties because the animals cannot tolerate tannins.”

Bowness suggests trying fababeans on a small scale first to see how they fit in the rotation.

“If you’re interested in growing fababeans for silage, give it a try,” she said. “The animals do very, very well on it, and it will certainly benefit your farm in the long run.”

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Drought hitting home

It’s going to get worse

An overwhelming majority of U.S. residents expects drought in the West will push up food prices — and most are also in favour of water-use restrictions in affected states. California is enduring its worst drought on record, Washington state has declared a drought emergency, and Nevada, Oregon and other western states are suffering water shortages. In a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 84 per cent of respondents said they strongly agree or somewhat agree drought is going to cause significant food price hikes. A strong majority also favoured limiting the use of water to wash vehicles or water lawns and landscaping. — Reuters

Oregon Governor Kate Brown is warning “one of the worst droughts in the history of our state” is coming. “Snowpack is at historic lows and severe water shortages are nearly a certainty in many areas,” Brown said in a YouTube video. Brown has declared drought emergencies in numerous counties, but the worst is yet to come. “As we move into summer, many areas of the state are going to dry out very quickly, likely leading to a difficult fire season as well as water shortages,” Brown said. While rainfall is below normal this year, the key is snowpack, which is just seven per cent of normal. — Reuters

What’s happening above when it comes down in buckets all day long It’s been a dry spring, but we’re moving into the time of year when heavy rainfall events occur more frequently

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By Daniel Bezte

o far this spring, a good portion of Alberta and Saskatchewan has not seen any heavy rainfall events. If you check out this issue’s map you’ll see the large red and amber areas that represent rainfall amounts that are 60 per cent of average or less.

Hopefully, my writing about heavy rainfall won’t put a jinx on the weather, but we have to remember that we are moving into the time of year when heavy rainfall events occur more frequently.

In the last article about heavy rainfall we looked at conditions that bring shortterm intense rainfall events. In this issue, we are going to look at long-term heavy rainfall events. Just to review, a shortterm rainfall warning is given when 50 millimetres or more rain is expected to fall within a one-hour period. These types of events are almost always associated with severe thunderstorms. Long-term rainfall warnings are issued when 50 millimetres of rain are expected to fall within 24 hours or 75 millimetres within 48 hours.

Unlike short-term rainfall warnings, these long-term warnings may or may not include thunderstorms. Often, when we see these heavy oneor two-day rainfall events, they are associated with one of two things, both being areas of low pressure. Either we see a slow-moving surface low move through, bringing multiple rounds of rain and thunderstorms, or we see a slow-moving upper low that will typically bring a long period of steady rain. The one extra ‘ingredient’ that is brought into the mix, especially over western Alberta, is the upslope winds that can really enhance what would typically not be a heavy rain event.

A classic example of a system that brings heavy rainfall was the storm system that brought the record flooding to parts of southern Alberta back in

2013. There was high pressure sitting off the southeast coast of the United States, and the clockwise circulation around this high was pulling up plenty of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, an upper low was moving into the southwestern U.S., and as these lows cross the Rocky Mountains they typically strengthen. The third ingredient was an area of high pressure over Eastern Canada that was blocking the usual eastward movement of weather systems. These features all worked together to produce a large area of low pressure that stretched from Colorado all the way up into Alberta.

This low, or series of lows, were slow moving or even stationary, and were able to tap into large amounts of moisture, both of which would have brought large amounts of rain on their own. Add the location of the low, which created a strong easterly flow of air that rose up along the mountains, and some regions ended up seeing truly epic amounts of rain and resultant flooding.

Luckily, these perfect conditions don’t come together very often but Alberta has, over the years, seen some big one-day dumps of rain. To try and put things into perspective I looked up some of the one-day rainfall records from across Alberta.

Here’s what I found. (I only STATION

2 Month ( 60 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) March 27, 2015 to May 25, 2015

< 40% 40 - 60% 60 - 85% 85 - 115% 115 - 150% 150 - 200% > 200% Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors.

Copyright © 2015 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 05/27/15 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This map shows total precipitation during the 60-day period ending on May 25 as a per cent of the long-term average. Looking at the map, all of the red really jumps out at you across Alberta and Saskatchewan, indicating well-below-average amounts of precipitation. The only wet areas were in southern Manitoba, small areas of central Saskatchewan, and parts of northern Alberta, where amounts were 115 to 150 per cent of the average range.

looked at stations that had more than 50 years of rainfall data and included stations that recorded more than 100 millimetres of rain in one calendar day.)

In the next issue we’ll take a look back at the spring of 2015, and then look ahead to see what kind of weather we might expect in Alberta this July and August.

Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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MONTH

DAY

YEAR

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255

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19

1903

Edmonton

114

July

31

1953

Stettler

165.1

June

30

1970

Caldwell

113.3

June

24

1911

High River

160.5

June

19

1926

Nordegg

113.3

August

17

1925

110.5

August

9

1957

110

June

11

1990

Mountain View

160

June

6

1995

Campsie

Castle

159.4

June

6

1995

Beaverlodge

Red Deer

154.2

August

7

1938

Taber

109.8

September

10

2005

Beaver Mines

132.9

June

6

1995

Jasper

107.7

August

5

1969

132

July

3

1990

Cardston

106

June

6

1995

Calmar Kananaskis

129.4

June

17

2005

Coronation

105.7

June

15

1973

Pincher Creek

127.5

May

1

1951

Carrot Creek

104.5

July

17

1986

Seven Persons

126.5

August

9

1916

Olds

104.1

August

16

1916

Medicine Hat

121.9

August

14

1927

Lloydminster

103.6

July

3

1913

Stoney Mountain

115.3

August

26

1976

Highwood

102.9

June

29

1963

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Moving past Roundup?

Monsanto says it will divest all of Syngenta Ag’s seeds, traits businesses, and some chemistry assets to get regulatory approval for a takeover. Syngenta has rejected a $45-billion offer, but some sources say Monsanto has a “compelling need” for the acquisition. Monsanto makes most of its money from glyphosate and Roundup Ready seeds, but analysts say growing glyphosate resistance will sap those profits in the years to come. Syngenta has several new agrochemicals in the pipeline, including one that combats rust disease on soybeans and one using a natural soil bacteria in a seed treatment to fight soybean and sugar beet pests. — Reuters

Soil carbon challenge coming to Alberta The Soil Carbon Coalition Challenge is a North American-wide initiative founded on the premise that carbon is key to soil health

By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF staff

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Peter Donovan (left) with Saskatchewan producer Ralph Corcoran, a participant in the Soil Carbon Coalition. Photo: SUPPLIED Data lacking

“There’s a lot of talk about this kind of thing, but not very much data,” said Donovan. “There’s a lot of prediction and modelling, but not a lot of data of change over time.”

Carbon accounts for half or more of organic matter by dry weight. The soil carbon challenge uses small soil-sampling plots (4x4 metres).

Participants measure water infiltration, take photos of the surface, and collect a variety of samples from a sampling pit. Lab tests of those samples measure total carbon and nitrogen percentages (and, in some cases, the amounts of organic and inorganic carbon).

Knowing the amount of carbon is key because it accounts for more than 90 per cent of the soil’s structure and function, said Donovan.

The individuals and groups involved in the challenge are using a variety of techniques — such as stopping all tillage or periodically

grazing cattle on cropland — to build soil health.

“In some cases, these aren’t recipes, but systems approaches,” said Donovan.

But the key is having a scientifically sound method for measuring changes in soil carbon at the same sampling sites over time. All the information collected at sites involved in the Soil Carbon Coalition Challenge is available online so producers can evaluate what is working, or not, for others. (Maps and data can be found at www.soilcarboncoalition.org.)

“We want to localize this as much as possible,” said Donovan. “This isn’t a proprietary thing. It’s about monitoring as a best management practice.”

Long-term process

Sometimes the results can come quickly. One group of six farmers in southeast Saskatchewan has

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easuring your soil carbon is the ticket to improving soil health and can usher in dramatic productivity gains.

That’s the message that Peter Donovan is bringing to Alberta this month — part of the American expert’s efforts to promote the Soil Carbon Coalition Challenge, a North American-wide initiative to show how you can improve your soils, and your bank account.

“There are lots of examples of better-than-average management that has increased soil carbon, profit, the bottom line, and waterholding capacity,” Donovan said prior to his six-stop Alberta tour later this month.

A group of Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta organizations is bringing in the Oregon-based Donovan — with the hope the Soil Carbon Coalition Challenge will take root here. In the past five years, more than 300 sites across North America have started using the soil carbon measurement technique, developed in Saskatchewan in 2002, that Donovan teaches.

“The methods that I use are fairly easy, very detailed, and quite repeatable,” said Donovan, who has a background in livestock management.

“They’re designed for measuring soil carbon change in particular places. It’s a time series measurement, so you can come back to the same place and measure change over time.”

The system goes beyond measuring organic matter, which is the usual (but indirect) method of gauging the amount of soil carbon.

seen significant improvements in just three years by intensively grazing cattle.

But Donovan emphasizes it’s generally a long-term process. Participants must make a 10-year commitment and are asked to resample the test sites at intervals of three, six, and 10 years. For example, it can take years before microbial population and soil aggregates build up for land that has been regularly tilled or is heavily compacted. (See accompanying story on page 18.)

“Sometimes it takes a while for the soil biology to turn around,” he noted.

During his six workshops, Donovan will also discuss methods producers can adopt to try to improve their soil carbon levels, based on general principles for improving soil health.

“It’s not a prescriptive approach because it’s the farmers and ranchers who can choose to be creative,” he said.

For more information on Donovan’s workshops, contact the host organization.

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Fertility is more than nutrients Expert says farmers need to learn more about the physical and biological structures of the soil

By ALEXIS KIENLEN

“Good soil aggregates should act like a sponge, with porous space and more space for air, so there’s room for both roots and water.”

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any farmers tend to focus on the chemical composition of the soil, and ignore its other two key components — and that’s a mistake, says a crop and soil nutrient management specialist.

“Farmers need to understand more about the physical and biological structures of the soil to manage their cropping systems,” said Yamily Zavala of the Chinook Applied Research Association in Oyen.

“You might not be solving anything just by applying soil minerals. The problem could be physical. If you fix the physical, then all of the factors could be integrated to improve soil health.”

Zavala, who studied soil health at Cornell University and hopes to create a soil lab for her association, recently toured the Peace to talk about what makes soil healthy. One of her key messages is that the three components are interrelated, which is why upping fertilizing rates doesn’t guarantee higher yields.

Take for example, aggregates, which are formed when soil particles bind together, but broken apart by tillage and compressed by compaction. Aggregates are full of little holes, and that improves soil’s ability — often dramatically — to soak up and hold water.

Yamily Zavala

If your soil structure is poor and has low levels of micro-organisms, you won’t be getting the full bang for your fertilizer buck, says crop and nutrient management specialist Yamily Zavala. PHOTO: SUPPLIED “Good soil aggregates should act like a sponge, with porous space and more space for air, so there’s room for both roots and water,” said Zavala.

Aggregates can also be affected by a lack of cover. So bare fields are not only more susceptible to erosion, but the soil in those fields may be losing some of its physical structure as aggregates dry out and become less stable.

What’s growing above ground

is also critical to the microbial life below.

The more diverse the plant life being grown, the more diverse the microbial populations, which play an invaluable role in converting nutrients into the forms that crops can utilize. As well, mucilage and wastes released by the microorganisms help the soil to form aggregates.

It is a vast and intricate web, but the bottom line is simple.

“When the (plant) populations are diverse, the soil is improved,” said Zavala.

She pointed to an Australian study that compared two very similar soils save for one difference — the amount of microbes.

The one with the high microorganism population resulted in improved uptake of nitrogen and minerals and, not surprisingly, yields were higher. There was also less nitrogen and mineral leaching.

So what’s Zavala’s advice for growers?

In addition to avoiding tillage and summerfallow, she recommends cover crops as a way to restore soil health. Sometimes the improvements can be quick, she added. She planted cover crops on a compacted field, and in just two months, saw a huge difference in the area that was planted with cover crops compared to the chemfallow portion. Six months later, the same soil contained more aggregates and was significantly less compacted.

She also advises learning more about micro-organisms and the benefits they bring.

“The different microbial populations can even reduce soilborne diseases and plants will be healthier,” she said. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Yorkton oat processor no longer accepting oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate Grain Millers Canada says its research links timing of application to reduced processing quality

BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

S

tarting with the 2015 crop, oat buyer Grain Millers will no longer accept oats or oat products treated with glyphosate because of research showing it can change the processing quality.

“We wouldn’t have taken this step if we didn’t think we had to,” said Terry Tyson, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.

He said his company recognizes glyphosate is a valuable harvest aid for oat growers. Applying glyphosate to oats just before harvest kills weeds in the crop and also dries it down. That usually allows farmers to straight combine the field instead of swathing, which puts the crop at more risk if it rains before harvest.

But several years ago, Grain Millers started to see problems with groat or flake integrity, Tyson said. During processing, some oats acted as if they had been frozen, even though they hadn’t been, he said.

The company traced the cause to applying glyphosate before the oat had fully matured.

“Then we did some plots and applied glyphosate at different timings and examined starch maturity at the University of Minnesota,” Tyson said. “That was the final piece of the puzzle.”

Research also revealed glyphosate reduces the production of beta glucan, a polysaccharide that makes some food products such as oats heart healthy.

Grain Millers’ decision is strictly based on glyphosate’s impact on oats during processing, he said. Glyphosate is deemed safe to apply to oats by regulators in Canada and the U.S. “We have not had any consumer-based or customer-based push-back on (glyphosate) residues,” Tyson said. “And we did not find through the course of this research any samples that exceeded the max limits.”

So far, Grain Millers is the only buyer to adopt the policy, said Prairie Oat Growers Association president Art Enns.

“Maybe Grain Millers has a different process, because we know of no other miller like General Mills or Quaker that have taken this stance,” he said.

Company officials with Richardson Milling (formerly CanOat) and Emerson Milling confirmed they will still buy oats sprayed pre-harvest with glyphosate.

“We are not aware of any findings that would suggest the quality or functionality of oat products is being affected by glyphosate applications,” said Richardson spokesperson Tracey Shelton.

Emerson Milling, which prepares oats for the pet food industry, has not encountered problems but grain buyer Tyler Palmer added Emerson Milling uses a different milling process than Grain Millers.

Some farmers have wondered if the policy change was linked to concerns about glyphosate residues, especially after the World Health Organization stated in March that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic” — a finding many experts disagree with.

The oat growers’ association and Grain Millers are still discussing the purchasing policy change, Enns said.

“We’ve asked Grain Millers to share some of the information with us and I’m sure it will,” he said.

His organization is also funding a study by University of Saskatchewan on the effects of glyphosate on oats, he added.

Canadian maltsters have prohibited pre-harvest glyphosate on malting barley for years. They say it inhibits germination, which is critical to the malt-making process.

Some beer makers have said they don’t want customers worrying about even trace amounts of glyphosate in their suds. allan@fbcpublishing.com

One buyer is no longer accepting oats treated with glyphosate, but says it’s only because it can change processing quality. Photo: Thinkstock

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2011 Bourgault 3310 .................................................................$158,000 2009 Bourgault 3310 .................................................................$148,000 2010 Bourgault 3710 .................................................................$279,000 2013 Bourgault 3710 .................................................................$198,000 2011 Bourgault 3710 .................................................................$184,000 2012 Bourgault 3710-50............................................................$168,000 2002 Bourgault 5710 ...................................................................$55,800 2008 Bourgault 5710 .................................................................$108,000 1998 Bourgault 5710 ...................................................................$59,900 1997 Bourgault 5710 ...................................................................$48,000 2007 Case IH ATX700/3430 ........................................................$79,000 2001 Flexi-Coil 3450 ...................................................................$39,500 2000 Flexi-Coil 3450 ............................................................................$0 2003 Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 ..........................................................$89,000 2002 Flexi-Coil 6000 / 3450 ......................................................$115,000 2010 Flexi-Coil P2060 .................................................................$68,000 2008 New Holland SD550 ...........................................................$59,000

AIR SEEDER

2013 Bourgault 3320/L6550 ......................................................$289,000 2001 Bourgault 5440 ...................................................................$48,000 2010 Bourgault 6450 .................................................................$108,000 2012 Bourgault 6450 .................................................................$125,000 2011 Bourgault L6550 ...............................................................$105,000 2009 Bourgault L6550 ...............................................................$105,000 2009 Bourgault L6550 ..........................................................................$0 Bourgault 3225 .....................................................................................$0 2000 Bourgault LFC2000 .....................................................................$0

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U.S. lobby says Canada discriminates against American wheat U.S. Wheat Associates says Canada’s grading system is like COOL in reverse

BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

T

he American wheat lobby is glad to be rid of Canada’s single-desk wheat seller — but now it wants better access to our wheat markets.

U.S. Wheat Associates sent a letter to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz May 20 saying Canadian wheat grading and varietal registration regulations unfairly discriminate against U.S. imports.

“It is readily apparent to us that Canada’s treatment of imported wheat is less favourable than that of domestic wheat through its grading system,” says the letter, likening it to U.S. country-of-origin labelling rules for meat. It notes the WTO ruled against Washington’s countryof-origin labelling law “because it accords less favourable treatment to imported livestock than to like domestic livestock,” says the letter from the U.S. Wheat Associates and National Association of Wheat Growers.

“U.S. producers are at a direct disadvantage in the Canadian system because Canadian law requires that imported wheat be assigned the lowest official grade established, thereby requiring segregation,” the letter states.

Canadian rules also place “undue burdens on registering U.S.-grown varieties by including irrelevant agronomic factors that are never specified by an end-user and thus add no value to a transaction.”

The U.S. is not on the brink of filing a WTO complaint, but American wheat farmers believe they’ve been more than patient since the Canadian Wheat Board lost its monopoly in 2012, said Dalton Henry, U.S. Wheat Associates director of policy.

In 2013-14, Canadian wheat exports to the U.S. jumped by 66 per cent to three million tonnes, but “because of the hurdles, very small volumes of (American) wheat cross the border,” even when there’s a price advantage to do so, Henry said.

Canada is making changes that should address U.S. concern. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has announced recommending committees will be allowed to use data from American wheat trials, speeding up the registration process. And if passed, Bill C-48 will allow registered American wheats to get the same Canadian grade as if they were grown in Canada.

Unfortunately, C-48 could die on the order paper, Henry said.

U.S. Wheat Associates is not opposed to wheat breeders focusing on agronomic traits, which is a requirement for varietal registration here; it just doesn’t see that it’s relevant to wheat buyers.

U.S. Wheat Associates doesn’t know how much American wheat will come to Canada when Canadian regulations change. North Dakota wheat production averages 9.3 million tonnes a year — almost three times Manitoba’s.

Twenty-five per cent or 2.3 million tonnes of North Dakota’s wheat production are within 50 miles of a Canadian elevator, Henry said.

“That certainly wouldn’t be the amount that would move, but we see that as the potential if that U.S. farmer had the ability to truck across the border,” Henry said. “(T)he Canadian industry has been really good at working on this with us and helping to put forward changes through C-48.”

Ritz is also on board.

“Our government understands the importance of the highly integrated North American agriculture industry to our overall economy,” he said in an email May 22. “That is why we introduced Bill C-48, which will enable the same registered grain grown in the U.S. to be given a Canadian grade. These important changes would have never been possible let alone considered under the old single desk.”

Changes to Canada’s wheat registration system will benefit

“We have had a massive plum given to them (Americans) with the destruction of the single-desk Canada Wheat Board and this is just another signal that they won’t be content until they’ve destroyed every mechanism that we have.”

Terry Boehm

Canadian farmers with more options and also remove an American trade irritant, said Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl.

“And in no way would that compromise Canadian quality,” he added. “Our quality control system remains in place.”

National Farmers Union president Terry Boehm disagrees.

Accommodating American wheats will undermine Canada’s high-quality “brand” benefiting multinational grain companies at farmers’ expense, he said.

“We have had a massive plum given to them (Americans) with

the destruction of the singledesk Canada Wheat Board and this is just another signal that they won’t be content until they’ve destroyed every mechanism that we have,” Boehm said from his farm near Allan, Sask. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The milling wheat will be available to western Canadian farmers in 2016

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lgin-ND, a new high-yielding American Dark Northern Spring wheat, received a three-year interim registration May 20 from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, making commercialization possible in Western Canada next year.

FP Genetics has the Canadian distribution rights so buying Elgin-ND from American suppliers to plant in Western Canada contravenes plant breeders’ rights laws. Producers who buy American-sourced seed face heavy penalties, warns the North Dakota State University Research Foundation.

FP Genetics’ chief executive officer Rod Merryweather said all its Elgin-ND seed will be going to western Canadian seed growers for multiplication.

Pedigreed seed will be available for commercial production next year in Western Canada, he said.

Elgin-ND was released in 2014 for general distribution in North Dakota, and a state university study found that in 2012 trials, it beat five of the most popular varieties grown in the eastern part of the state.

“The average yield in 2012 for Elgin-ND across eastern North Dakota locations was 62.6 bushels per acre, compared with 58.2 bushels for Barlow, the variety with the most acres planted in the state,” said a North Dakota State University press release.

Elgin-ND rivals Glenn for high

“According to North Dakota variety trial results for 2012, ElginND’s yield beat five of the top six most popular varieties for the year in eastern North Dakota.”

North Dakota State University

protein content and is “superior to Faller and Barlow.” It also has excellent disease resistance, NDSU says, and is moderately resistant to fusarium head blight.

Once commercialized, ElginND will be placed in the Canadian Grain Commission’s new ‘interim’ wheat class along with Faller and Prosper.

The commission has proposed creating a new class for these and future red spring milling wheats with weaker gluten strength than most wheats in the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) class. It has also proposed moving some of the weaker CWRS wheats currently to the proposed new class.

A final decision on making the interim class permanent won’t be made until after a review of the class’s market potential. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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New sorting technology fights fusarium The BoMill can identify and remove fusarium-infected grain, while also providing the building blocks for a new biomass fuel

BY SHANNON VANRAES

“We’re selling it to people with coalboilers… so what was once toxic byproduct is going to be turned into a burning pellet that will produce heat.”

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Manitoba feed mill is about to become the first in North America to install infrared grain-sorting technology in a commercial facility.

Thanks in part to $1.1 million in federal funding, Standard Nutrition Canada will integrate two BoMills into its Winnipeg facility over the next four months. The main allure of infrared technology is its ability to identify and remove fusariumdamaged grain kernels, said company president and general manager, Jason McNaughton.

“We do a good job of sourcing clean grain to feed our swine herd here in Manitoba, but it’s the cost which we pay for that clean grain,” said McNaughton, adding the company has been bringing in feed grain from farther west because of high fusarium levels in Manitoba.

“So potentially, this is going to give us a competitive advantage because we’ll be using local grain without the freight.”

When running at full tilt, each of the Swedishdesigned BoMills will be able to process three tonnes of grain per hour.

“We’re going to attempt to run them 24/7, once they’re set up and tested,” said McNaughton.

“So we’ll be doing approximately a million and a half to 1.8 million bushels per year with the two machines.”

Using near-infrared analysis, the BoMill detects the chemical composition of individual grain kernels, which are then sorted into as many as three categories. Because the technology relies on chemical composition and not visual indicators of disease, a wide range of disease damage can be screened out.

Earlier this year the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) also received joint federal and provincial funding to purchase a BoMill as

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part of the Grain Innovation Hub. Prior to that the Winnipeg-based institute had to travel to the University of Saskatchewan to test infrared sorting technology.

McNaughton said it was the research and testing done by Cigi and the University of Saskatchewan that helped Standard Nutrition make the decision to invest in the BoMill. In total, the project is expected to cost Standard Nutrition about $2.2 million.

“This investment by our company and governments is a key step in reclaiming the value of local crops while maintaining the integrity of the food we produce,” he said.

It will also rise to a new type of marketable byproduct. Instead of going to the landfill, grain that is unfit for feed will be mixed with other components to become fuel pellets.

“We’re selling it to people with coal-boilers… so what was once toxic byproduct is going to be turned into a burning pellet that will produce heat,” McNaughton said. “Heat absolutely destroys fusarium.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Tank mixing weed killers helps delay herbicide-resistant weeds But don’t forget to rotate crops, including fall seeded and perennials, advises expert Hugh Beckie

BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

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ank mixing two herbicides with different modes of action targeting the same weed is a good way to delay the development of herbicide weeds, a study by weed scientists at the University of Illinois and United States Department of Agriculture concludes.

“We don’t say that mixing is the end-all solution,” study co-author Pat Tranel of the University of Illinois said in a news release. “What we saw from this study (is) if success for farmers is measured by lack of resistance or lower frequency, then successful farmers use multiple herbicides per application.”

The study, which focused on glyphosate-resistant waterhemp, collected weed management data from 105 central Illinois grain farms, including almost 500 siteyears of herbicide application records. The data from 2004 to 2010 helped the researchers identify relationships between past herbicide use and current glyphosate resistance.

The study’s conclusions are similar to those reached in research papers published by Hugh Beckie, an Agriculture and Agri-Food research scientist in Saskatoon.

However, Beckie notes the University of Illinois study is based on one weed — waterhemp — and one herbicide — glyphosate. One needs to be cautious applying the results to other herbicide-resistant weeds or cropping systems, he said.

The University of Illinois study concludes rotating herbicides annually “actually increased the frequency of resistance.” However, that was in fields where glyphosate had been used in more than 75 per cent of the seasons studied and where fewer, different modes of action (MOA) were used each year.

“When using an average of 2.5 MOAs per application (through a tank mix), you are 83 times less likely

to have resistance compared to if you used only 1.5 MOAs per application,” Tranel said. “That’s pretty amazing that adding one additional mode of action in your tank reduces your chances of resistance by that much.”

Beckie also sees value in rotating modes of actions. Tank mixing different modes of action is harder to do with some weeds such as wild oats and green foxtail because there are fewer options, he said.

“That’s why we encourage farmers to do both (tank mix and rotate herbicide MOAs),” he said. “To delay resistance, both mixing partners need to have activity on that weed and usually when farmers tank mix they want to broaden their spectrum of weed control.”

The Illinois study, like Beckie’s research from 10 years ago, concludes what farmers do in their fields affects how quickly herbicide-resistant weeds multiply.

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Some herbicides, such as those in Group 1 and 2 result in quicker resistance than others. A study Beckie published in 2009 showed 85 per cent of pennycress (stinkweed) developed Group 2 resistance after just four applications.

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Brief IGC raises wheat, corn forecasts The International Grains Council raised its forecasts for the 2015-16 global corn (maize) and wheat crops, although they remained below last year’s levels.

“Despite some market uncertainties in the past month about crop outlooks in certain regions, especially in North America, world total grains output prospects remained generally favourable,” the IGC said in a monthly update on May 28.

The IGC put the 201516 world corn crop at 961 million tonnes, up 10 million from its previous projection but still well below last season’s 997 million.

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“Our crop rotations in Western Canada desperately need fall-seeded crops. All of our studies have found a statistical correlation between diverse crop rotation and less resistance.”

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rotating crops can slow the development of resistant weeds, especially when fall-seeded and perennial crops are included.

“Our crop rotations in Western Canada desperately need fallseeded crops,” he said. “All of our studies have found a statistical cor-

relation between diverse crop rotation and less resistance. That has always come out on top.

“That’s the bottom line I always tell growers: ‘Don’t grow canola year after year or don’t grow soybeans for 10 years in a field.’

“Perennials help to clean up the seed bank, especially wild oats.”

Beckie also found reduced tillage brings on herbicide-resistant weeds quicker than conventional. No till is worse for two reasons — more herbicide use and quicker seed bank replacement.

“When that seed bank is turning over fast, then you get resistance happening quicker than say when they’re buried and they’re dormant and more staggered germination over time,” he said.

Nevertheless, Beckie says farmers shouldn’t abandon no till because it provides so many other benefits. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The five keys to assessing rangeland health The old adage about not being able to manage what you can’t measure applies to rangelands

BY TESSA NYBO AF contributor

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ative rangelands are key assets to livestock producers — and rangeland health assessments allow them to adjust grazing practices to achieve productive, sustainable grazings.

A rangeland assessment system looks at the five key functions of rangelands: integrity and ecological status; community structure; hydrologic function and nutrient cycling; site stability, and noxious weeds.

And in all five areas, the adage ‘If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it,’ rings true.

The first step is to break your rangeland into sites. In a grazing system, this would be your fenced fields. Sites may fall into one of four categories: lightly, moderately, heavily, or very heavily grazed. Rangelands are at their healthiest with light to moderate disturbance caused by grazing or fire.

Lightly grazed sites are characterized by the presence of robust Rough fescue and Parry’s oatgrass, which indicates excellent integrity and ecological status. On a more heavily grazed site you may begin to see a lack of Rough fescue and find non-native species such as Kentucky bluegrass invading.

Like a forest, rangelands should also have layers of vegetation, which is called community structure. Tall-growing grasses (such as Rough fescue), mid-growing grasses (such as Idaho fescue and Parry’s oatgrass), and lowgrowing grasses all work together to create a thriving rangeland.

A healthy, lightly to moderately disturbed rangeland should be lumpy looking due to the varying levels of grasses. However, a heavily disturbed area will appear more even throughout as the tallgrowing grasses are diminished on these sites.

Hydrologic function and nutrient cycling can be evaluated by looking at the amount of litter covering the ground. Litter is important because it protects plants from extreme temperatures, prevents soil erosion, and provides nutrient cycling. Healthy loamy sites contain around 1,200 pounds of litter per acre. On a normal year, production can be reduced by as much as 40 to 60 per cent because there is not adequate litter on a site.

You can assess the amount of litter on your rangeland by selecting a 50x50-centimetre area and collect all of the litter in that area by hand. Compare the litter you have collected to the litter thresholds photo reference to determine the amount of litter on your site.

Performing rangeland health assessments is a way to accurately measure how well they are being managed. PHOTO: TESSA NYBO Site stability, the potential the site has to erode, is the fourth point to focus on when assessing rangeland health. Any obvious sign of erosion is a signal there is a serious problem that must be addressed.

Noxious weeds are the final piece to consider on your rangeland. Weeds such as Canada thistle are a sign of overgrazing on a site, that means productivity has been reduced.

What can you do if you have performed a basic rangeland health assessment and your findings weren’t exactly what you hoped for?

When formulating a long-term rangeland management plan, keep in mind the four basic principles of good management: 1) Balance forage supply with livestock demand. This means knowing how many animal units your rangeland can support at a given time and not overstocking it.

2) Distribute the grazing pressure across the landscape. Producers can situate water, shelter, and mineral away from each other to accomplish this. Animals must then utilize the entire pasture and in doing so

will likely graze a larger area instead of continually gathering and grazing in a single area.

3) Protect each area of the rangeland during its sensitive period.

Rough fescue is particularly sensitive to early-season grazing, so don’t turn livestock out too early in the season.

4) Allow forages to rest after grazing. Rotational grazing can play a key role in allowing an adequate rest period for your rangeland as well as aid in extending your grazing period.

Although these management practices may present initial challenges, the benefits of maintaining healthy rangelands are numerous. Benefits include lower feed costs, a renewable and reliable source of forage production, and stability of forage production during drought.

Healthy rangelands also give producers greater flexibility and efficiency for alternate grazing seasons (fall or winter); reduce maintenance costs for things such as weed control; do not require the input of inorganic fertilizers and other soil amendments or additives; and reduce the threat of noxious weeds.

For producers who see the long-term benefits of maintaining healthy rangelands, the rewards are certain to outweigh the extra management necessary.

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New developments in forage-breeding research One of the more recent offerings is hybrid bromegrass, which offers high first-cut yields and fairly rapid regrowth for grazing

BY TESSA NYBO AF Contributor

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attle producers across Western Canada rely on perennial forage grass species to provide their livestock with ample nutrition during the grazing period and for hay.

Mother Nature provided these grasses with winter hardiness and reasonable drought tolerance needed to prosper in the Prairie climate — but University of Saskatchewan researchers have done their part, too.

Their efforts date back more than 90 years and many of the perennial grass varieties used by producers today came out of work conducted in Saskatoon.

The program first began at the University of Saskatchewan, was moved to Agriculture and AgriFood Canada and, for the last 10 years, has been a collaborative program between the two institutions.

The program allows forage crop breeders across Canada and the U.S. to do genetic studies and testing and exchange breeding lines. It has been under the direction of Bruce Coulman for the past 20 years. Making its debut in 1932, Fairway crested wheatgrass was the first variety the program released.

More recently, the program has

developed hybrid bromegrass. The hybrid was produced by crossing smooth and meadow bromegrass, and then followed by many years of selection for forage and seed yield, uniformity, and resistance to diseases.

Hybrid brome combines many of the characteristics of its two parental species — high first-cut yields for hay production (similar to smooth bromegrass) along with fairly rapid regrowth for grazing (like meadow bromegrass).

The releases of two varieties, AC Knowles and AC Success, have been popular with beef producers on the Canadian Prairies. AC Knowles was named after the late R.P. Knowles who made the original crosses to produce hybrid brome in the late 1970s. Grazing studies at Termuende (Western Beef Development Centre’s research ranch near Lanigan, Sask.) and Swift Current have shown total beef production for animals grazing hybrid bromegrass to be equal or superior to meadow and smooth bromegrass.

Although hybrid brome has been highly productive in most areas of the Canadian Prairies, its performance in irrigated and higherrainfall areas has been somewhat less than smooth. To improve productivity in these areas, Coulman made new hybrids, using more widely adapted “southern ecotype” varieties of smooth bromegrass in

Future work on crested wheatgrass will focus on the development of later-maturing varieties.

A cross between smooth and meadow bromegrass, hybrid bromegrass has been popular with beef producers. PHOTOS: COURTESY BRUCE COULMAN the crosses. Following several years of selection in this new hybrid population, a first line is presently under test in regional performance trials in Western Canada, and is also being evaluated in more humid climates in Eastern Canada and the U.S. Meadow bromegrass and crested wheatgrass are two other major grasses for which new varieties are being developed in the Saskatoon program.

Armada, a high-yielding variety, and Admiral, a variety that stays greener longer into the fall,

are both recent releases. Taller, high-yielding “tetraploid” varieties of crested wheatgrass, AC Goliath and Newkirk, have also been released.

Future work on crested wheatgrass will focus on the development of later-maturing varieties, which will maintain their forage quality longer into the summer period. Other grasses in the program include orchardgrass, timothy, intermediate wheatgrass, and hybrid wheatgrass.

In conjunction with Ducks Unlimited Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Swift Current research centre, the Saskatoon program has released several “ecological varieties” of native bromes and wheatgrass for conservation and reclamation purposes.

There’s also more to come.

The program recently initiated a molecular genetics program for perennial grasses and it is likely that genomics will become increasingly important to improve the efficiency of selection in the program.

The Saskatchewan government has also funded a strategic research program chair in forage breeding at the University of Saskatchewan, with Bill Biligetu becoming chair a year ago. New funding from the Beef Cattle Research Fund, the provincial Agriculture Development Fund, and the Saskatchewan Forage Network will expand this foragebreeding and genetics program.

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The Public Health Agency is investigating after 34 people became sick with salmonella infections after contact with live baby poultry. The agency said it was investigating 17 cases of people becoming sick between April 5 and May 12 in Alberta, 13 cases in B.C., and four cases in Saskatchewan. All of the individuals had contact with live baby poultry, and in most cases from a particular Alberta hatchery, the agency said. Salmonellosis symptoms include fever, cramps and vomiting. It often clears up without treatment in healthy individuals, but some people can become severely ill. — Reuters

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Wild birds resist flu virus HEARTLAND

With bird flu ravaging barns in the U.S. and knocking at Canada’s door, it might be time to reconsider how poultry is raised turkeys tend to be most susceptible to the disease. However, even birds with the potential to recover are culled, primarily to prevent a lowpathogen form of the virus from mutating into a highly virulent, highly pathogenic one.

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or years, poultry producers have been breeding something in their barns other than birds — avian influenza.

Long present in wild bird populations, the low-pathogen version of the virus has entered barns, remaining there until a series of mutations turned into something else — something deadly.

“We have been playing with fire,” said Earl Brown, a professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa, who spent most of his career studying the relationship between birds and viruses.

High-density methods of poultry production have created an ideal environment for the influenza virus to change, mutate and adapt, he said.

“If you uptake a lot of a virus and put it into an animal, and then you take the bit of virus that grows and you put it into a new animal, and you keep doing that over and over again… the virus becomes a killer,” he said.

“The same sort of thing happens in a poultry barn — you get a wild virus, you’ve got a lot of birds housed close together, so the virus doesn’t have to jump very far to the next bird.

Survivors culled

An egg-producing chicken farm run by Sunrise Farm is seen in Harris, Iowa taken this spring. A lethal strain of bird flu was found in millions of hens at the egg-laying farm. PHOTO: REUTERS/Joe Ahlquist “It’s not a natural situation, but it is a situation where you get the evolution of high virulence and so it’s always a bit of a powder keg.”

Not all die

All mammalian influenza viruses originate in birds, but not all birds infected with influenza die, or even get sick, he said. However, many will become carriers of the virus, spreading it as they migrate throughout North America.

“Wild bird populations, particularly water fowl and migratory birds, have acted as a reservoir

for avian influenza for a very long time, which means they’ve had the ability to develop immunity to avian influenza viruses and they’ve adapted,” said Dr. Megan Bergman, Manitoba’s chief veterinarian.

Wild birds that don’t adapt will die, she added, but noted that number of deaths in wild birds is fairly low.

Domestic flocks of birds, whether ducks, chickens or turkeys, also have the ability to recover from low-pathogen forms of the virus in some circumstances, although

The first outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in North America occurred in the 1920s and was unrelated to wild birds. It was caused by the unintended release of a European virus by a laboratory. But the first naturally occurring avian virus to make waves was a low-pathogen influenza in Manitoba in 1953.

“It wasn’t a full-blown high-path bird flu, but it was killing ducklings, which sort of got it on the map,” said Brown.

But by 1966, a highly virulent form of the disease made its debut appearance on an Ontario turkey farm, forcing turkey production into the barn and out of the field.

The year 1997 marked another milestone. That’s when H5N1, or Asian bird flu appeared on the scene. By 2005 the virus had made its way to North America, meaning a highly pathogenic, highly virulent form of bird flu was now present in wild bird populations. An influenza adapted to domestic poultry, it was ready to kill as soon as it entered a barn.

“Up until the Asian situation, the wild bird viruses would move into a poultry barn, become highly pathogenic, you’d clean up, decontaminate and start again — that virus would be eliminated,” said Brown.

“But what happened in Asia, was the virus became highly pathogenic… they were seeing it out killing wild birds and they found it in wild birds. So you had a virus that had gone from wild birds to poultry, killed poultry, had then gone back to wild birds and was able to hang around in wild birds, so that’s very unusual.”

Highly virulent

Today that H5N1 virus has given rise to the H5N8 virus, the same highly virulent strain that has infected many poultry barns in the United States, where more than 38 million birds have been culled at 170 barns.

Yet Canadian producers have only seen a slight impact as a result of the current outbreak, despite being traversed by the same migratory bird paths as the U.S. Two farms in Ontario where infected earlier this year, but so far the virus hasn’t spread significantly north of the border.

Some suggest this has to do with different husbandry practices,

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“Certainly, density is a huge player in this particular type of issue,” said Bergman. “When barns are very close together and you have a high level of virus in circulation, it’s easier to transmit it.”

Another factor is that several barns may be operated and managed by the same staff, creating opportunities to spread the disease through unwitting human intervention.

Canada’s stringent on-farm food safety programs could also be playing a role in keeping influenza out of Canadian barns, said Steve Leech, national program director for Chicken Farmers of Canada.

“I can’t speak to all the differences between the U.S. and Canada, but certainly with the past outbreaks of avian influenza we’ve had we’ve increased our biosecurity and changed some of our biosecurity protocols, it’s been a focus of the Canadian industry,” Leech said.

“So we have biosecurity requirements that are mandatory… that food safety program isn’t just a management tool for farmers, it’s enforced in all 10 provinces and 100 per cent of our farmers are certified on that program.”

Too late?

Others have suggested supply management has spared farmers the intense losses experienced south of the border where operations are often vertically integrated.

Currently, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is preparing a report on the outbreak, as are American counterparts.

Leech said he hopes this will provide more answers to ques-

tions about how the disease is spreading and why U.S. producers have been so hard hit.

In the meantime, all poultry producers are being encouraged to remain focused on biosecurity. There has also been talk of breeding more resistant poultry breeds and incorporating more genetic diversity into commercial flocks.

“I’m a bit flabbergasted at the size of the holding in the United States.”

Beef and pork producers watch home markets as imports grow Both sectors have adopted strategies to increase domestic consumer demand

BY ALEX BINKLEY AF contributor

Earl Brown

But Brown said those measures might just be too late.

“The horse is out of the barn,” he said, adding that changes to husbandry practices might have been more effective prior to the introduction of Asian avian influenza.

“I’m a bit flabbergasted at the size of the holding in the United States, where they have multimillion birds on one farm, even with multiple houses,” he said.

“That’s just such a huge number of susceptible animals, how do you change that?

“There’s no easy answer, not now… for the longest time you could have said, well maybe we should just decrease your barn density, change math, but now when the virus in the wild birds is so nasty, it’s really, really tough.”

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hile they’re major players in overseas markets, Canada’s beef and pork sectors also want to stop losing domestic market share to imports, industry representatives told the Canadian Meat Council annual conference.

“Imports continue to flow into Canada,” said Derrick Ash, director of national marketing for Canada Pork.

Domestic pork consumption dropped by five per cent in 2013 and imports now account for 29 per cent of pork sales in Canada compared to 25 per cent in 2011. More information on the reasons for that growth is needed, he said.

“We’re trying to rebuild Canadian market share by displacing imports, by increasing consumer demand for Canadian pork,” said Ash. “Canada Pork was created last year as a producer and processor initiative

Photo: Thinkstock to build that demand much as Canada Pork International has done for foreign sales. We’re making progress on several fronts.”

A Verified Canadian pork label has been developed along with some new products. Canada Pork also plans to work on educating consumers and look for new ways to promote pork cuts.

Canada beef “is aiming for a sustainable relationship with consumers.”

“We want to promote the Canadian beef advantage and stress the excellence of our meat,” said Robert Serapiglia, the organization’s director of business innovation.

One element of that effort is a video showing how cattle are raised on farms across Canada with producers explaining their approach.

Canada Beef wants to get more farmers involved in promoting the sector and engaging with consumers, he said.

The drop in the value of the loonie versus the U.S. dollar has helped ease the pressure of imports but the beef industry needs to keep working on the home front as well as exports, added Serapiglia. As well, the industry will have to cope with tight cattle supplies through 2015.

Canada Brand will also be looking for global opportunities to build demand for Canadian beef, he said. The industry is using its Centre of Excellence in Calgary to look for ways to build business and connections.

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Community news and events from across the province

‘Winning’ the Silver Shovel is a giving tradition in Bonnyville I

June 8-10: Carcass 101: second edition, Olds College, Olds. Contact: Angus Central 1-888-571-3580 June 9-10: Grazing School for Women, St. Edouard Renewal Centre, St. Paul. Contact: Kelsey 780-384-4100 June 10: Graze for Clean Water, Last West Hall, Rimbey. Contact: Grey Wooded Forage Association 403-844-2645 June 10-11: Alberta Pork Congress, Westerner Park, Red Deer. Contact: Alberta Pork Congress 403-244-7821

Terry Shenher (l to r), Ed Persley and Guy Bonneau with the Northeast Growing Project’s Silver Shovels. PHOTO: CANADIAN FOODGRAINS BANK

“We grow food, and we like that our giving is based on what we do for a living.”

Terry Shenher

The Northeast Growing Project started in 1995 after local farmer Ed Persley heard about the Foodgrains Bank while attending a farm conference in Edmonton.

“I like what I heard, so I came back home and told others about

Nominations sought for pollinator award Canadian Forage and Grassland Association release

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t’s one of the hottest silent auctions in Bonnyville — who will win the Silver Shovel?

Every spring for 20 years, bidders have turned out in the community to win a chance to support the local Canadian Foodgrains Bank Northeast Growing Project.

With a bid of $3,200, this year’s winners are four local churches: The Bonnyville Community Church, Bonnyville Fellowship Alliance Church, Bonnyville Baptist Church, and the Lakeview Gospel Chapel.

The four churches raised the funds through an offering at a joint Good Friday service in March.

For Ken Jagessar, pastor of the Community Church, designating the offering to the Foodgrains Bank was appropriate given the interdenominational nature of the organization.

“We’re well aware of the Foodgrains Bank in Bonnyville,” said Jagessar, adding that people from the various congregations are involved in the local project.

“We appreciate the goal of the Foodgrains Bank to help feed hungry people. We’re thankful for your ministry.”

The shovels — there are now two of them since the project ran out of space to inscribe the winners after 17 years — are put on display each spring in a local business, together with information about the Foodgrains Bank. Bids can be placed until April 30, at which time a winner is announced.

“It’s a fun way for the community to be involved in support of the project,” said Terry Shenher, chair of the project’s organizing committee.

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ominations are being sought for the 2015 Canadian Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Conservation Award.

Individuals or families in Canada currently implementing pollinator protection measures on their farm or ranch are encouraged to apply.

The award recognizes farmers and ranchers who have made significant efforts in conserving natural ecosystems, fostering additional pollinator habitat, and protecting pollinators.

The recipient of the 2015 award will be recognized during an evening reception at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 21, and will also be featured in various industry publications across Canada.

“Pollinator habitat is one of many ecosystem services forage and grasslands provide,” said Chad Anderson, environment committee co-chair for the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association. “CFGA is proud to help recognize the farmers and ranchers showing leadership and innovation in good management of those lands.”

The award is co-sponsored by the CFGA, the Pollinator Partnership, and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.

A link to the nomination form can be found on the CFGA home page at www.canadianfga.ca. Nominations are open until July 24.

it,” he said. “They got excited by the idea, and it just took off.”

Since then, the silent auction has raised more than $365,000 for the Foodgrains Bank from a 120-acre piece of land just outside the city. That doesn’t include matching grants from the federal government, which are typically done on a three-toone basis.

Asked how the project has been able to keep going for so long, Shenher said the reason is simple.

“We grow food, and we like that our giving is based on what we do for a living,” he said.

“We also like that the Foodgrains Bank helps farmers in the developing world, helping them to improve their farms and

grow more food to become selfsufficient,” added Persley.

For Guy Bonneau, a member of the local Catholic Church, the involvement of many different churches is a plus.

“We like that it is interdenominational,” he said.

It all adds up to a successful two decades of community involvement and support.

“We don’t have to ask people more than once for help,” said Shenher. “People are happy to be involved.”

Canadian Foodgrains Bank (www. foodgrainsbank.ca) is a partnership of 15 churches and church agencies working together to end global hunger. In the 2014-15 budget year, it provided $41.6 million of assistance for 1.3 million people in 41 countries.

New foundation to support Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Canadian Cattlemen’s Foundation to back youth, environmental and research initiatives Canadian Cattlemen’s Association release

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anadian beef industry leaders have established the Canadian Cattlemen’s Foundation, a registered charity, to support the sustainable advancement and legacy of the Canadian beef industry.

“If we want to see our industry thrive in the future we need to make sure that we support the next generation, have a healthy land base and the knowledge to be able to do it,” said foundation chairman Bob Lowe.

The foundation has three main focus areas: youth, environment and research.

An initial focus is establishing a fund to support the Cattlemen’s Young Leaders mentorship program.

“Although we have seen phenomenal support for this program, we need to make sure there is a long-term funding strategy in place to support it for years to come,” said Lowe. “The establishment

of a permanent fund that earns interest, dividends and capital gains would do just that.”

An early supporter of the foundation has already donated $10,000 and is challenging others to match or exceed the donation by the end of June.

The creation of the foundation is timely given the increasing competitive pressures for agricultural land and the growing challenge for young producers to succeed in agriculture. It has been reported that between 2006 and 2011, nearly 3,756 acres a day have been taken out of production across Canada. The beef cattle industry will need ongoing financial support to be able to respond to such pressures.

The foundation board includes Brad Wildemen and Stan Eby (past presidents of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association) and well-known industry figures such as Joe Gardner (Douglas Lake Ranch), Stan Carscallen (a Calgary-area rancher and lawyer), and Scott Dickson (director of livestock services with MNP). For more information, visit www.cattle.ca.

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Deadline set for friendly resolution of lengthy labelling dispute Ottawa says Washington ‘must do the right thing’ and repeal COOL or get hit with billions in retaliatory tariffs

BY ALEX BINKLEY with files AF contributor

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he U.S. has three months to repeal its country-of-origin labelling law (COOL) on beef and pork imports before Canada and Mexico will proceed with billions of dollars’ worth of retaliatory tariffs.

In the wake of the World Trade Organization’s final decision May 18 that COOL violates international trade rules, the House of Representatives agriculture committee approved a plan to repeal the labelling law.

A vote on the bill is expected in early June.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says changing the law is the only way to avoid having American food and consumer good exports to its neighbours hit with hefty duties.

“It’s clear that the U.S. must do the right thing and act quickly to repeal COOL or face billions in retaliatory tariffs,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.

Canada and Mexico will proceed with a request to the WTO for authorization to impose the tariffs hoping “just swinging this hammer will be enough to get the administration moving in double quick time in order to repeal COOL,” he said.

“It’s not Washington starting to move, it’s finishing the move to actually repeal COOL,” said Ritz. “So it’s not the starting point, it’s the end point that counts. If they do not come through with the necessary administrative measures to repeal COOL, we have begun the process on retaliatory tariffs, which would take effect, by our best guess under the WTO process, in late summer or early fall.”

Hefty tariffs

The tariffs could amount to between $2.5 billion and $3 billion annually, said Ritz.

Under the WTO rules, a country has to present the trade body with details of the harm done to it by another country’s policies before it can receive approval for imposing retaliatory tariffs. This can be done only after the WTO had completed its lengthy decision process.

Yet to make any comment on COOL changes is the Republican-dominated U.S. Senate agriculture committee, which would also have to approve any amendments.

In 2013, Ottawa released a lengthy list of food and consumer items that could be included in the retaliatory tariffs and has since been discussing the shopping list with food and consumer groups.

COOL was launched in 2008 and included labels on retail packages of meat that say where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered. The extra cost required to segregate animals and produce the label information cut imports of cattle and hogs from Canada by at least $1 billion a year, the Canadian cattle and hog sectors have estimated.

COOL has supporters among northern U.S. ranchers, but has been strongly opposed by the U.S. meat industry — including meat processors who buy animals from abroad — that has been urging its repeal for years.

After the WTO ruled twice that the 2008 version of COOL violated international trade rules, then Washington made changes. Canada and Mexico said the new rules made the impact of the law even worse. The WTO has issued its final rejection of the revised rules and called on the U.S. to act.

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Ritz said COOL was “a wrong-headed political initiative that continues to do serious harm to our integrated beef and pork industries through North America. COOL is a political solution to a problem that never existed.”

The USDA recently reported that COOL “has cost the American beef and pork sectors billions with no benefit to American consumers,” he noted.

“COOL is casting a dark cloud over trade,” said Ritz, who called on Congress to repeal COOL “to prevent the loss of some 16,000 jobs stateside.”

The WTO decision “is comprehensive and compelling,” said Rick Bergman, chairman of the Canadian Pork Council.

“There is no wiggle room,” he said.

“Congress must accept the reality and act as a responsible WTO member and a leading force for trade liberalization.”

Dave Solverson, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, urged Congress to respect the WTO ruling that Canada has the right to fair market access.

But pressure has to continue to ensure “the U.S. meets its international trade obligations,” Solverson added.

The U.S. helped create the WTO trade rules and has a duty to respect them, said Joe Reda, president of the Canadian Meat Council.

“Seven years is much too long for a country to profit from ignoring the law,” he said. “The time when the government of the United States should have brought its rules into conformity with its obligations passed long ago.

The U.S. is out of recourse mechanisms. It must eliminate the discrimination to avoid retaliation. This can be achieved by repealing COOL.” Though COOL remains in place for the moment, Canadian cattle producers should look at this as a step in the right direction, said Manitoba Beef Producers president Heinz Reimer.

“This is certainly a win but we haven’t won,” he said. “I do believe that with this ruling we have a far better chance of COOL going away.

“One thing we need to remember with the cattle industry, we can’t push up our numbers overnight or within a short period. It will take two to three years before we can push up our numbers for marketing.”

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Case IH DCX 161, ‘07, 15’ disc mower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,800 MF 1375, ‘10, 15’ disc mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,900 NH 499, ‘06, 12’ haybine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,000 NH 2300, ‘99, 18’ header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,000 NH 688, ‘00, bale command, 17, 694 bales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 NH 688, ‘00, w/auto tie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000

OFF ROAD UTILITY

Kawasaki 4010, Trans, ‘10, w/winch, windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,800 Kawasaki 4010, ‘14, Mule, 302 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500

MISCELLANEOUS

Renn RGU1214, ‘11, 12’ bag extractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 Rem 2700, ‘08, grain vac, 283 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500

Claresholm, AB 403-625-3321

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

CANADIAN FARM REALTY MANITOBA FARMS FOR SALE

40’ X 60’ X 16’ RIGID FRAME STEEL BUILDING

$29,418 When you go with steel you get the right deals!

Pioneer One Steel Buildings

Call toll free 1 (877) 525-2004 or see us online at www.pioneeronesteel.com ANNOUNCEMENTS JULY 25TH- 26TH 2015, LEDUC, ALBERTA; On the grounds of Leduc West Antique Society; IH Collectors, Ch 38 will be hosting their 9th annual show.

We will be joining Leduc West annual exposition www.leducwestantique.com w/member collectors IH trucks, machinery, household items & anything marketed by IH. Membership annual meeting w/banquet & guest speaker. More information available from show chairman Bernie Yakimyshyn, (780)464-1030. www.ihc38.com

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies ALUMINUM PICKET RAILING SUPPLIED & installed, $30 linear ft., white, black, yd bronze.

Phone (403)330-5673.

We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Alberta Farmer Express classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help.

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BUILDINGS STEEL STORAGE CONTAINERS, 20-ft & 40-ft. Wind, water & rodent proof.

1-866-517-8335, (403)540-4164, (403)226-1722 magnate@telus.net

BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

FARM CHEMICAL / SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: agricultural complaints of any nature; Crop ins. appeals; Spray drift; Chemical failure; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equip. malfunctions.

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For assistance and compensation call

Back-Track InvesTIgaTIons

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CONTRACTING

RON SAUER

MACHINERY LTD. (403) 540-7691 ronsauer@shaw.ca

(3) CIH Late Model High HP Tractors, 1 with pto .......... CALL Wanted - 30’ to 40’ JD 9450 Hoe Drills, complete with mover .................................................................... CALL 40’ Morris 3100 Hoe Drills, mover and hitch ............$10,000 946 Versatile Ford Tractor, 5,000 hrs, 24.5 x 32 D....$50,000 275 MF Tractor & Loader, diesel, multi power, 3 pth, new 18.4 x 30 rears, looks and runs great.................... $13,000 B275 IHC Tractor & Loader .....................................$3,500 New NH 1060 TBT Air Tank, on duals ................... $85,000 (1) NH P1060 TBH Air Tank, as new .................... $69,500 40’ Salford RTS 570 Vertical Till, as new ............ $73,500 35’ 4590 EEZE-ON Double Disc, good condition .... $36,000 44’ 820 F.C. Deep Till Air Seeder, harrows ................. CALL 2320 F.C. TBH Air Tank................................................ CALL 40’ 340 F.C. Chisel Plow & 75 Packer Bar, P30’s... $33,000 62’ F.C. S75 Packer BAR P30’s, good condition .... $11,000 48’ F.C. S75 Packer Bar, P30, as new ....................... $35,000 2003 4300 IHC Service Truck, 466 diesel, 5 speed Allison auto, crane, compressor, welder, nice ................ $50,000 51’ Degelman Landroller, as new.... ...................... $40,000 Degelman Dozer Frame MF 4000 Series 4WD .....$1,000 41’ Flexicoil 300 B Chisel Plow, 3 bar harrows ..... $12,500 Flexicoil 6 Run Seed Treater....................................$1,000 100’ 65XL Flexicoil Sprayer, complete with windguards, elec. end nozzles single tips, auto rate, excellent condition ... $12,500 225 DOW Kello-Bilt Tandem Disc, 28” smooth front & rear blades, 10.5” spacing, oil, bath bearings, as new ........ $62,500 47’ 820 Flexicoil Chisel Plow, 4 bar harrows ......... $67,500 New E-Kay 7”, 8”, 9” Bin Sweeps available ............ Call 8” Wheat Heart Transfer Auger, hydraulic drive .......$1,500 New Outback RTK BASE stn.......................................... Call New Outback MAX & STX Guidance & mapping........In Stock New Outback E-Drive, TC’s......................................In Stock New Outback E-Drive X, c/w free E turns.................In Stock New Outback S-Lite guidance ...........**In Stock** $1250 New Outback VSI Swather Steering Wheel Kit..... In Stock Used Outback E-Drive Hyd. kits .................................. $500 Used Outback S2 Guidance, reconditioned ..................$1,000 **NuVision (Spray Air) & Meridian-Sakundiak Augers, Outback GPS Systems, EK Auger Movers, Belt Tighteners, Bin Sweeps & Crop Dividers, Kohler, Robin Subaru & Generac Engines, Headsight Harvesting Solutions, Greentronics Sprayer Auto Boom Height, Kello-Bilt Discs**

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED: MASSEY 36 DISCER, anywhere, will pick up. Call (306)723-4875 or (306)533-3309 WANTED: NH BALE WAGONS & retrievers, any condition. Farm Equipment Finding Service, P.O. Box 1363, Polson, MT 59860. (406)883-2118

CONTRACTING Custom Work Custom Farming Operation Serving all of Central Alberta. Dairy Farmers, Beef Feedlot Operations, Chicken Farmers & more!

What we offer to our customers: Manure hauling with widespread manure wagons Silaging with 2 Claas self-propelled cutters & hauling Swathing with 30-ft Macdon Mowing with JD pull-types & MORE!!!

Phone:(403)782-9730 Email: ludzeholtrop@aol.com

FARM MACHINERY

ACREAGE EQUIPMENT: 3-PT. CULTIVATORS, Discs, Plows, Blades, Harrows, Etc. (780)892-3092, Wabamun, AB.

HAYING & HARVESTING Baling Equipment

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TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various 6200 IH PRESS DRILL 24-ft, factory transport, rubber packers; 510 IH wheel drill; #10 IH wheel drill; 14-ft deep tillage cultivator; 97 Ford 150 ext. cab truck. (780)919-9985.

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2003 JD 9420, 1,605-HRS, 24spd, 710/70R/42, cast weights front & rear, GreenStar ready, full diff., extra lights, shedded, excellent, $186,000. Olds, AB. Phone Mike:(403)335-9205.

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

The Icynene Insulation System® • Sprayed foam insulation • Ideal for shops, barns or homes • Healthier, Quieter, More Energy Efficient®

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

LIVESTOCK

JD 2130 with loader, 3 pth JD 4255 2 WD, with 158 loader JD 7130 FWA, with loader 3 pth JD 7600 FWA, 740 loader with 3 pth JD 7800 FWA, with 3 pth JD 7810 FWA, 740 loader Clamp on Duals, 20.8x38-18.4x38

REGISTERED RED ANGUS BULLS Quiet, Easy Calving, Low to Moderate Birth Weights, Good Growth, E.P.D’s available Guaranteed Breeders (Vet Checked & Semen Tested). Excellent Bulls for Heifers or Cows.

Cleveley Cattle Company (780)689-2754.

FINANCE, TRADES WELCOME 780-696-3527, BRETON, AB

HEREFORD BULLS, YEARLINGS & two year olds, dehorned, & polled, excellent quality, low birth weights suitable for heifers, catalogue online at couleecrest.ca Coulee Crest Herefords, Bowden, AB. (403)227-2259 or (403)588-6160.

Geared For The Future

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

RED OR GREEN 1. 10-25% savings on new replacement parts for your Steiger drive train.

2. We rebuild axles, transmissions and dropboxes with ONE YEAR WARRANTY. 3. 50% savings on used parts.

www.CanadianFarmRealty.com Royal LePage Riverbend Realty

COMMON SEED Oilseeds We are looking for heated or damaged Canola seed, send quantity and price to: Sheenenergy@gmail.com

SEED/FEED/GRAIN Feed Grain BUYING ALL TYPES OF feed grain. Also have market for light offgrade or heated, picked up on the farm. Eisses Grain Marketing 1-888-882-7803, Lacombe.

FEED GRAIN WANTED! ALSO buying; Light, tough, or offgrade grains. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252

SEED/FEED/GRAIN Grain Wanted BUYING HEATED/DAMAGED PEAS, FLAX & GRAIN “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus

Big Tractor Parts, Inc.

Call Stacey Hiebert 204-371-5930

SEED / FEED / GRAIN

TRACTORS Various

Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call.

1-800-665-1362.

Over 400,000 bushels grain storage and located in Southern Manitoba.

COMMON SEED

TracTors TRACTORS John Deere

FOR SALE: 6500 acre grain farm.

2 yard sites.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford

Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Alberta Farmer Express classified section. It’s a sure thing.

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ORGANIC ORGANIC Organic – Certified WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification & marketing. Call:(306)382-1299, Saskatoon, SK or at info@pro-cert.org

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Land For Sale 18-ACRE LOT FOR SALE. Located in NW Montana. Lincoln County Hwy-56, in the cabinet mountains. Easy access to a private pine wooded paradise with a blue ribbon trout river. 549-ft river frontage, fishing, hunting, kayaking, floating. Build your dream cabin surrounded by mountains! Land is set up for 1 or 2 lots, private financing available. $199,000. Call Mark (507)402-7405.

BUYING SPRING THRASHED CANOLA & GRAIN “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252

BUYING:

HEATED CANOLA & FLAX • Competitive Prices • Prompt Movement • Spring Thrashed

“ON FARM PICK UP”

1-877-250-5252

BOW VALLEY TRADING LTD.

WE BUY DAMAGED GRAIN Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas, etc.

Green or Heated Canola/Flax

1-877-641-2798 TRAVEL

RURAL & CULTURAL TOURS European River Cruises ~ Multiple Dates NWT/Yukon ~ July 2015 Alaska Cruise ~ July 2015 Australia/New Zealand ~ Jan 2016 Costa Rica/Panama Canal ~ Jan 2016 Tanzania/Zimbabwe ~ Jan 2016 South America ~ Feb 2016 India ~ 2016 *Portion of tours may be Tax Deductible

Select Holidays 1-800-661-4326

www.selectholidays.com

anything you need through the

HAYING & HARVESTING

RETIREMENT SALE: NH 575 small square baler overhauled completely in 2008, then stored inside, has hyd tongue & tension, excellent condition, $8,500. Phone (403)932-5522

Tillage & Seeding

OppOrtunity tO GrOw is in ManitOba

Buy and Sell

4640 SPRAY COUPE 2001, 80-ft booms, 400-gal. tank, 2,450-hrs w/front & back crop dividers. Trimble 250 w/Auto steer. $49,900. Ph: (780)662-2220.

$10,000.

GOOD SELECTION OF JD & CASE SP SPRAYERS AND 4WD TRACTORS

“LIKE MANY BEFORE, WE’LL HAVE YOU SAYING THERE’S NO DEAL LIKE A KEN DEAL” • Phone: (403)330-7847 • Cell: (403)504-4929 • Email: kendeal@shaw.ca

www.bigtractorparts.com

1-800-665-1362

MF 820 TANDEM DISC, 33-ft, Call:(403)665-2341, Craigmyle, AB.

S670/680/690 JD Combine low hrs 4730 JD Sprayer, 100 ft.

854 Rogator SP Sprayer, complete with JD auto steer, swath pro Special 450 CIH Quadtrac with big pump 554 Rogator Sprayer SP 4840 JD 2WD, low hours, new tires

1-800-982-1769

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

AGCO FINANCE CANADA LLC will offer the following repossessed equipment for sale to the highest bidder for certified funds, plus applicable sales tax: Equipment: MF 5450 Tractor S/N: C114004; MF946 Loader S/N: JX7361311; Hardee Bale Spear S/N: JLA24366. Date of sale: Jun. 23, 2015.

Time of Sale: 11:00A.M. Place of sale: Agriterra 52nd St. & Highway 13 Lougheed, AB T0B 2V0.

Equipment can be inspected at place of sale. The equipment will be sold AS IS, without warranty. We reserve the right to bid. For further information please contact Kent Torgalson (780)993-1140, Reference Number: 1283706.

JD 9400, 9420, 9520, 8970 JD 9860, 9760, 9750, 9650, 9600 JD 9430, 9530, 9630 Case STX 375, 425, 430, 450, 480, 500, 530 CIH 8010-2388, 2188 combine CIH 435Q, 535Q, 450Q, 550Q, 600Q pto avail.

JD 4710, 4720, 4730, 4830, 4920, 4930 SP sprayers JD 9770 & 9870 w/CM & duals CIH 3185, 3230, 3330, 4430, 4420 sprayers

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1-855-895-2189 1-888-853-5196 MF WR9740, 2013, 325/176 hrs, 36’, SK, Susp Cab & Axle, 21mph speed . . $119,000 VEG NH H8060, 2013, 320 hrs, 190HP, 2 speed Prairie Special, dlx cab, 600/65R28 tires, HB30 header, DK, DS, EZ pilot, & FM750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $135,000 LAM Macdon M150, 2010, 608 hrs, 35’, DK, Dbl draper drive, 6 bat reel, Triple Del,$135,000 LAM MACDON M205, 2012, 900/695 hrs, 30’, DK, stabilizer wheels . . . . . . . . . . $145,000 VER MACDON M205, 2012, 969/267 hrs, 30’, DK, stabilizer wheels . . . . . . . . . . $145,000 VER

0% FINANCING FOR 36 MONTHS ON 4WD TRACTORS CASE 2096, 1984, 12000 hrs, 2wd, 3 remote, loader, grapple. . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,000 VER NH T4040, 2013, 20 hrs, 70 PTO HP, 2WD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 LAM MF 6480, 2004, 4745 hrs, 115 pto, MFWD, 3 remotes, FEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,000 LAM NH TV145, 2004, 3990 hrs, EE pto, EE hyd, long loader and grapple . . . . . . . . $74,000 LAM NH TV145, 2005, 3906 hrs, long loader with grapple, C.E. Pto and 3 pt . . . . . . $80,000 LAM JD 7330, 2010, 4500 hrs, 125PTO HP, 3 remotes, 3pt hitch, 12’ blade . . . . . . $82,000 LAM MF 5475, 2011, 1150 hrs, 110 PTO HP,MFWD, 3 Rems, Loader & Grapple . . . $85,000 VER NH TV6070, 2011, 3300 hrs, LL, directional tires, high flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . $130,000 VER NH T7.235, 2011, 3300 hrs, CVT, 20.8R42, 4 electric remote, 860TL, grapple $135,000 VER NH T7.210, 2013, 450 hrs, 140PTO HP, NEW 855 LOADER AND GRAPPLE . . $142,000 VEG NH T7.250, 2013, 480 hrs, 165PTO HP, no ldr, P.S. sidewinder, 4 remotes . . . $142,000 VEG NH T7.250, 2013, ? hrs, 165PTO HP, no ldr, P.S. sidewinder, 4 remotes . . . . . $142,000 VEG NH T7.250, 2013, 940 hrs, 165PTO HP, 860TL, P.S. sidewinder, 4 remotes . . $158,000 VEG CHALLENGER MT675C, 2009, 1220 hrs, 275 PTO HP, Frt & Rear Duals . . . . $210,000 LAM NH T8.330, 2012, 900 hrs, 240 PTO HP, dlx cab, 18 speed, P.S., duals, HID, full GPS, 3 pt hitch, 4 Rems, HD front axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $215,000 LAM VERSATILE 876, 1988, 7427 hrs, duals, 4 remotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,500 VER VERSATILE 435, 2006, 2500 hrs, Mech Trans, 800 Duals, DLX Cab, 4 Mech Remotes, rear weights, Outback GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,000 VER NH T9.450HD, 2012, 730 hrs, 710 duals, 4 remotes, full GPS, Omnistar, RENTED, NOT AVAILABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $249,000 VEG NH T9.450HD, 2013, 1320 hrs, 710 Mich, PTO, diff lock, 2 pumps, 6 remotes, HP/XP GPS, dlx cab, full HID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $263,000 LAM

SEEDING EQUIPMENT

JD 787, 1993, hrs, TBH, 4 run, single shoot, 230 bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 VER FC 2320, 1993, hrs, TBT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 VER FC 2320, 1996, hrs, TBT, airseeder hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 VEG FC 5000/1720, 1993, hrs, 39’, 9”, DS, stealth, 4” steel packers, 1720 cart . . . $28,000 VER FC 3450, 1998, hrs, TBH, DS, no hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,000 VEG FC SC430, 2007, hrs, DS, Mech, no monitor, TBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,000 VER FC 3450, 2000, hrs, TBH, DS, 6 run, VR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,000 VEG FC 5000, 1992, hrs, 45’,, DS, 9”, steel packers, TBH 230 Bush, JD787 . . . . . . $39,000 VER FC 5000/3450, 1998, hrs, 57’, 12”, 3.5” stealth, 4.5” pneumatic, TBH, 340bu, VR, DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47,000 LAM JD 1820/1900, 2001, hrs, 35’x10”, DS, 4” steel, TBH, 270 bushel tank, Mech, 6 run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 LAM FC 5000/3450, 2003, hrs, 39’, 12”spacing, 3.5” paired row, 4”steel, 3450 TBT cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62,000 VER FC 5000/3450, 1999, hrs, 52’x12”, DS, TBH, 5.5” Rub, 5” Stealth prd, Mech tank, very nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,500 VEG BOURGAULT 5710/5350, 1999, hrs, 40’x9.8”, DS, 4.5” steel, midrow banders, TBH, VR, 350 Bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79,000 VEG NH SD440A/SC380, 2007/2008, hrs, 45’x10”, 4” Stealth, 4.5” Steel, DS, VR, Auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $114,000 VER

COMBINES

NH TX66, 1998, 3160 hrs, chopper, chaff spreader, hopper ext . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,000 LAM JD 8820, 1983, 4032 hrs, 212 pick up, chopper, turbo, dial a speed, chaff spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,000 VEG JD 8820, 1983, 4015 hrs, 212 pick up, chopper, turbo, dial a speed, chaff spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,000 VEG NH TR97, 1994, 2582/1970 hrs, 13’ westward, chopper, hopper cover . . . . . . $34,000 VEG NH TX66, 1997, 3423/2518 hrs, 14’ swathmaster p/u, long auger, chopper, lateral tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000 VER NH TX66, 1997, 2700/2058 hrs, 14’ swathmaster p/u, long auger, chopper, lateral tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 LAM NH TR98, 1997, 3500/2500 hrs, stone trap, chaff spreader, chopper, 13’ sw $55,000 LAM NH TX66, 1999, 3140/2427 hrs, chopper, chaff spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 VER JD 9770STS, 2009, 1623/994 hrs, duals, long auger, chopper, GPS . . . . . . . $240,000 VER NH CR960, 2003, 1905/1475 hrs, 14’ swathmaster, 900 tires . . . . . . . . . . . $122,000 LAM NH CR960, 2003, 2191/1612 hrs, singles, chopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 VER NH CR960, 2005, 1993/1436 hrs, 14’ SW, 900 singles, dlx cab, dlx chopper, 2 speed rotors, beacons, Y&M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,000 VEG NH CR970, 2004, 1885/1361 hrs, 14’SW, dlx cab, clx chopper, Y&M. . . . . . . $148,000 LAM NH CR970, 2005, 2010/1488 hrs, 76C-14, 900 tires, deluxe chopper, moisture sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $148,000 VEG NH CR970, 2005, 1963/1420 hrs, 900 singles, long auger, Y&M, 76C . . . . . . $155,000 VER NH CR970, 2005, 1835/1366 hrs, 14’, rake-up 900 tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $158,000 LAM NH CR9070, 2009, 2280/1820 hrs, 16’SW, 900 singles, dlx chopper, diff lock, long auger, electric mirrors, LCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,000 VEG NH CR9070, 2007, 1490/1105 hrs, 76C-14, Int IV, 900 tires, deluxe chopper, Y&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $175,000 VEG NH CR9070, 2008, 1306/907 hrs, singles, long auger, Y&M, dlx chopper. . . . $212,000 VER NH CR9070, 2011, 904/723 hrs, 16’ swathmaster, dlx chopper, 900 tires, long auger, diff lock, intellisteer ready, Y&M, SCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $255,000 LAM NH CR9080, 2009, 1160/822 hrs, 900 singles, long auger, dlx chopper, diff lock, HID lights, GPS ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $260,000 VER NH CR9080, 2009, 1353/1035 hrs, 20.8R42 duals, dlx chopper, no diff lock, long auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $265,000 VER NH CR9070, 2011, 633/496 hrs, 790CP, singles, diff lock, dlx chopper, electric mirrors, HID, long auger, auto steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $282,000 LAM NH CR9070, 2011, 490/397 hrs, 16’, 76C, singles, diff lock, dlx chopper, electric mirrors, HID, long auger, auto steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $282,000 LAM NH CR9070, 2011, 914/618 hrs, duals, GPS, diff lock, HID, Y&M, Michels cover$295,000 VER NH CR8090, 2013, 850/625 hrs, 900 singles, DSP, diff lock, dlx chopper, HID $305,000 VER NH CR9090, 2011, 950/682 hrs, 14’ swathmaster, dlx chopper, 900 tires, long auger, auto steer, leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $305,000 LAM NH CR9080, 2011, 1046/699 hrs, 790CP, 620 duals, full GPS, HID, deluxe chopper, Michel’s covers, diff lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $309,000 VEG NH CR9090, 2012, 893/686 hrs, 790CP, dlx cab, dlx chopper, full GPS, 900 tires, ASP, elec fold covers, leather seat, HID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $309,000 LAM NH CR8090, 2012, 559/361 hrs, 790CP, 900 tires, dlx chopper, twin pitch rotor, ASP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $315,000 VEG NH CR8090, 2012, 757/542 hrs, DSP, 900 singles, long auger, leather, dlx chopper, GPS ready, HID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $316,000 VER NH CR8090, 2012, 834/595 hrs, duals, diff lock, dlx chopper, HID, leather, DSP w/ kit, GPS complete, incab covers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $328,000 VER NH CR8090, 2013, 452/352 hrs, DSP, duals, covers, HID, leather, deluxe chopper, GPS ready, twin pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $366,000 VER NH CR8090, 2014, 306/242 hrs, 790CP, 900 tires, full GPS, DSP, dlx chopper, HID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $385,000 LAM NH CR8090, 2014, 290/236 hrs, 790CP, 900 tires, twin pitch, DSP, diff lock, GPS ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $385,000 VEG NH CR9080, 2009, 956/742 hrs, 14’ swathmaster, 900 singles, LCTS, dlx chopper, Michel’s hopper top, diff lock, Calmar spout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $260,000 VEG NH CX860, 2006, 2432/1928 hrs, 76C-14, lateral tilt, blowers . . . . . . . . . . . $133,000 VEG NH CX8080, 2007, 2366/1875 hrs, 76C-14, lateral tilt, blowers, LCTS . . . . . $153,000 VEG NH CX8080, 2008, 2146/1699 hrs, 76C-14, lateral tilt, blowers, LCTS . . . . . $173,000 VEG NH CX8080, 2008, 1200/853 hrs, rake up, diff locks, HID, singles, Dlx Chopper$207,000 VER NH CX8080, 2014, 273/203 hrs, No pick-up, full GPS, dlx chopper, HID, cast drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $350,000 LAM

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MF 220AH, 2004, hrs, 16’ hay header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 VEG NH 664, 1996, hrs, autowrap, twine only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,200 LAM MF 220-16, 2001, hrs, 16’ hay header, DK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 VEG HESSTON 856A, 2000, 7818 hrs, auto cycle, bale shape monitor, pick up wheels, bale ejector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 VEG MACDON 5000, 1997, hrs, 16’ pivot, steel rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,000 VER Case IH SCX100, 2008, hrs, Tongue Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,000 VEG NH BR780A, 2006, 12000 hrs, twine only, narrow pick-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500 VER NH 1475, 2000, hrs, pivot, 16’, rubber rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500 VER HESSTON 1275, 2005, hrs, 16’ pivot, steel rolls, clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000 VER MF 9120, 2008, hrs, 16’, S.P. hay header, DK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 VEG NH BR740, 2003, 12500 hrs, BC, Net Wrap, Silage Special, Xtra Sweep, Hyd P.U., Nuhn Biotech Liquid Applicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,500 LAM HESSTON 956A, 2004, hrs, mesh wrap, autocycle, bale kicker . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,000 LAM NH 1475, 2006, hrs, HS16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,500 LAM MACDON R85, 2012, hrs, 16’ discbine hdr, fits a M205, reconditioned . . . . . . $28,000 VER

SWATHERS

NH HB30, 2005, hrs, 30’, SK, Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 VEG HB WS30, 2006, hrs, 30’, DK, HCC reel, transoport, came off of JD 4895 . . . . $21,500 VER MF 220, 1996, 2422 hrs, 22’, SK, DS, UII reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 VER MF 220, 1998, 2500 hrs, 26’, SK, UII p/u reel, roto shears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,000 VEG NH HW320, 2000, 2438 hrs, 30’, SK, guage wheels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,000 VER NH HB30, 2012, hrs, 30’, DK, UII reel, transport, came off of H8060 . . . . . . . . $39,000 VER MACDON 9300, 1997, 2475 hrs, 30’. SK, guage wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,000 VEG HESSTON 8250S, 2002, 1900 hrs, 30’, SK, DS, rotoshears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,500 VER MACDON D60, 2008, hrs, 30’, DK, trip del, transport, split 6 bat reel, poly cutterbar, swather header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,000 LAM MACDON 2940, 2002, 1600 hrs, Non Turbo, 25’, p/u reel, SK, guage wheels $55,000 VEG MACDON 4952i, 2004, 2855 hrs, 25’, pick-up reel, swath roller, SK, 19.5L-24 front tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000 VEG MACDON 4952C, 2003, 2810 hrs, 25’, pick-up reel, swath roller, DK, 500/70R24 front tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000 VEG MACDON 4952C, 2003, 2675 hrs, 25’, pick-up reel, swath roller, SK, 500/70R24 front tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000 VEG MACDON 9352i, 2005, 1684 hrs, 30’, split reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 VER MACDON 9352i, 2006, hrs, 30ft, SK, gauge wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72,000 VER MF 9220, 2008, 360 hrs, 30’, SK, UII reel, roto shears, guage wheels . . . . . . . $79,500 VEG MF 9435, 2009, 1340 hrs, 30’, SK, UII Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $82,500 VER MF 9430, 2007, 930 hrs, 30’, SK, center delivery, 18.4R26, frt tires, roto shears, electric fore & aft, guage wheels, 5200 header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,000 VEG MF 9430, 2010, 1200 hrs, 25’, p/u reel, elec F&A, guage wheels, SK . . . . . . . $93,500 VEG MF 9435, 2011, 617 hrs, 25’, p/u reel, topcon GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $94,500 VER MF 9435, 2010, 320 hrs, 25’, p/u reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95,000 VER CASE WD1203, 2010, 380 hrs, 30’, DK, elec mirrors, cab & rear axle suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,000 VEG MACDON M150, 2009, 1343/1003 hrs, 30, sk, pick-up reel, transport, D60 s/n: 187220-09 (7186-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,000 VEG

FC S65, 1994, hrs, 80’, 2 Nozzle Bodies, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 VER BOURGAULT 850 Centurion II, 1990, hrs, 82’ boom, single nozzle, foam marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,000 VEG NH S1070, 2010, hrs, 120’ wheel boom, 120 gal, screens, foam, no monitor, boom unfold, double nozzles, ind. Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 VEG NH SF115, 2006, hrs, 90’, suspended boom, Raven auto boom, dbl nozzles, auto rate, screens, 1200 Gal tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000 VEG NH SP240R, 2011, 715 hrs, 100’, 1000gal poly, fence nozzles, foam marker, NH GPS, hyd wheel adj, induction tank, boom blow out, ultraglide, duals$219,000 VEG Case IH 4420, 2010, 1780 hrs, 1200 gal, 120’ boom, Aim Command, 650 & 380 tires, foam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $239,000 LAM NH SP275F, 2012, 621 hrs, 100’, 1600 gal, Intelliview IV, 5 way nozzles . . . . $279,000 VEG NH SP.275F, 2012, 574.8 hrs, 1200gal SS, 120’ boom, Norac, FM750 control, 380 tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $279,000 VER NH SP.365F, 2013, 239 hrs, 1600gal, SS, 120’ boom, intelliview monitor, ultraglide, accuboom, intellisteer, electric flush, 650 tires . . . . . SOLD $368,500 LAM

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OUTBACK RTK, 2010, hrs, New complete mobile RTK system with Baseline X $5,725 VEG HAYBUSTER 2650, 2005, hrs, bale processor, right side discharge, 3 chain slat conveyor, adjustable slug bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,900 VEG Phoenix HT140, ?, hrs, 41.2’ rotary harrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 VEG REM 2100, 2005, hrs, Grain vac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 VEG Highline 8000, 2006, hrs, Big Tires, RH Discharge, 3 Remotes . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500 VEG REM 2500, 2005, hrs, grain vac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 VER RITEWAY 8000, 1995, hrs, 55’, 1/2” tines, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,500 VEG REM 2700, 2008, 260 hrs, Grain Vac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000 VEG REM 2700, 2008, 192 hrs, Grain Vac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 VEG Krause 969, 1982, hrs, 30’x8” spacing, 20” discs, smooth discs . . . . . . . . . . $18,000 VEG REM 2700, 2008, 111 hrs, grain vac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 LAM FC S85, 1996, hrs, 70’, 5/8 tines, manual adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,000 VEG REM 2700, 2012, 58 hrs, grain vac, clean up nozzle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,500 VEG DEGELMAN SM7000, 1996, hrs, 70’, 1/2” tines x 20’ long, mechanical adjust $21,500 VER Rem 2700, 2011, 15 hrs, Grain Vac, mint condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,000 VEG Brandt 7000, 2002, hrs, 70’ Heavy Harrow, Hyd Tine Adjust, 5/8” Dia tines . . . $24,500 VEG REM 3700, 2008, 181 hrs, grain vac, clean up nozzle, New Fan installed. . . . . $26,000 VEG RITEWAY 8178, 2010, hrs, 78’, 9/16” tines, Hydraulic Tine Adjust. . . . . . . . . . $35,000 LAM DEGELMAN SM7000, 2012, hrs, 70’ Heavy Harrow, Hyd Tine Adjust, 5/8” Dia tines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $43,500 VEG DEGELMAN SM7000, 2012, hrs, 82’ heavy harrow, hyd fine adjust, 5/8”x26” tines, mint condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,500 VEG NH L230, 2013, 88.6 hrs, 2spd, E-H control, cab, A/C, heat, 84” bucket . . . . . $53,000 VER Salford RTS570, 2011, hrs, 41’ Vertical Tillage, 8 wave blades, 3 bar harrows, 7.5” spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $91,500 VEG Salford 2141, 2014, hrs, 41’ Vertical Tillage, Hydraulic shanks, NH3 ready, approx 2000 acres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $128,000 VER