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Hang on, market turbulence ahead Currency wars, actual wars, China, ocean freight, Russia, and oil are just a few of the things roiling grain markets these days

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he new federal jobs minister simply doesn’t understand the labour crisis faced by the country’s meat-packing industry, says the co-chair of an industry labour task force.

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ough times are here to stay.

This was the message that Errol Anderson delivered to a silent, sombre room during a session at FarmTech.

“There is no sense kidding ourselves about what is going on,” said Anderson, a market analyst and president of ProMarket Communications. “What we’re going through right now is a correction.

There’s no doubt about it.”

It was the same message from John DePutter, who also drew standing-room-only crowds of producers looking for some tips for the coming year.

“We’re operating in a tougher period here,” said the president of DePutter Publishing, who has been analyzing markets for more than three decades.

“Now what we’ve got is cheap prices curing cheap prices, but

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The dilemma of transferring land The successor needs land to farm, but the parents need money for retirement and a way to keep everyone happy

By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Edmonton

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here’s a perfectly good reason why so many farmers are reluctant to hand the reins to the younger generation.

“With land, you need it for the farm and you need it to run the business, but it’s also your largest contributor to the family wealth,” said Greg Gartner, a partner at Moodys Gartner Tax Law LLP. “How do you deal with that in terms of providing for the landowner now and talking about succession down to the next generation?”

Land is only a farm’s main asset, but generates a relatively low cash flow, Gartner told FarmTech attendees.

“When we pass this down to the next generation, it pretty much can’t support more than one family,” he said. “We’re not going to be paying somebody out for their retirement and trying to keep the farm going.”

As a result, the older generation is understandably afraid of transitioning the land to the younger generation.

For the most part, the older generation is scared of the three Ds — death of the child (“How do I get the land back?”), divorce (or the “dreaded daughter-in-law”), and debt if the child mortgages the land.

A good succession plan should deal with four key criteria, said Gartner.

The first thing producers will want to do is keep the land in the family for a period of time.

“You want to be able to prevent a sale down the road by the kids.

You don’t want the quick flip.”

Second, there should be consideration for “a change in parental circumstances.”

“This is Mom and Dad saying, ‘I don’t know how long I’m going to live. I may need access to that capital to keep me in the lifestyle to which I’ve become accustomed.’ That’s a perfectly valid reason for hanging on to it.”

Producers will also want to protect the land from matrimonial property claims in the event of a divorce. “You may love her like a daughter, but she’ll take half the land.”

And finally, the son or daughter who takes over the farm business needs to have access to the land.

“If I take a look at the business of farming, what do I need? Do I need land — or do I need access to land?” said Gartner.

“I know a lot of really big operators who operate with a very

They grow up fast and that’s why farm families need to start planning early for succession and the tricky problem of how to transfer land. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK small land base. Everything else is rented. If I want to make the business run, what I need is the access, not the land itself.”

Different options

But the real “gorilla in the room” is how to provide access for the child who farms while keeping peace in the family.

“I don’t know how many times I’ve heard it across the table when I’m talking to operators who say, ‘I want to be fair to all my children, but I know the operation won’t make it unless my operating child has the entire land base,’” said Gartner.

“But there’s a big tool box available to meet whatever the family’s circumstances are.”

The first option — “and a real simple one” — is a direct transfer of the land.

“But the big con here is that you’ve got rid of it — you no longer own the land, so you’ve lost control of it,” he said. “And

“There’s a big tool box available to meet whatever the family’s circumstances are.”

Greg Gartner

there’s no ability for the operating child to use all of the land without consent of the other (siblings).”

The older generation can also provide access to the land through a lease.

“To me, this is one of the big tools that people don’t appreciate how flexible and useful they can be in transferring the land between non-farming and operating children,” said Gartner.

“The upside is it gives control.

You still have ownership of that land, but you’re giving its use to somebody else.”

And by registering a caveat against the land before it’s transferred, the son or daughter who is farming can retain access to the land.

“Dad can then transfer it to the kids, but it’s going to be subject to the lease,” he said. “I’ve been able to create a mechanism that gives the operating child access to the land during some sort of transition period. He doesn’t have to own it, but he has access to it in terms of his business operations.”

But one of the best ways to create a win-win for everyone involved in a land transfer is by developing a partnership.

“They serve a really useful purpose in transferring land down to the next generation, especially if you have operating and nonoperating children,” said Gartner.

“The thing I like about partnerships is that a parent can retain control. It’s just a contract, and I can write anything in that I want.”

A partnership agreement can provide access to the land, stipulate that the land must be kept within the family, protect against matrimonial claims, and ensure an income for the older generation — all four of the key criteria producers need to think about when transferring land.

“I like using these partnerships to transfer to the non-farming children. The parents can keep control during their lifetime, and then we can have the partnership agreement almost act like a will.”

But ultimately, every operation is different, and producers need to think long and hard about how to make a land transition work for them, said Gartner.

“There’s no golden bullet.

There’s no simple answer.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Accentuate the positive Look past farming — you’re in the in modern farming food business Croplife CEO says farmers ‘will never win’ the debate about farming practices if their message is all about science

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atch your language.

That’s the advice of Ted Menzies for dealing with people who are fearful of modern farming practices.

“We all face this challenge, it’s very complicated to explain,” said the president and CEO of CropLife Canada, an organization which represents the plant biotech sector.

“We lead a very scientific life on the farm, but the one message we tell people is don’t push back with science.

You will never win.”

Instead, producers can appeal to consumers by explaining what they do on the farm, and how they are going to leave the farm to their children and grandchildren.

“Tell them what you do is sustainable,” Menzies told FarmTech attendees. “That is the key buzzword right now. Tell them that what you’re doing now, you will continue doing, and your children will continue doing. Tell them you can produce more with the methods you are using now.”

While most people know very little about farming practices, pointing out their lack of knowledge shouldn’t be the opening line in the conversation.

“We have a good-news story to tell about how our farms have improved, how they’re productive, and how we are protecting the environment,” said Menzies.

Start by sharing your story with non-farming family and friends, he said.

“Show them why farmers do what they do. Show them a bit of investment. Show them the family.”

Social media has been a powerful tool to teach people about farms.

CropLife members are also reaching out to food retailers and wholesalers and bringing them onto farms, so they can see how working farms operate.

While they shouldn’t rely on the science, producers might want to know some of the facts about agriculture’s good-news story, said Menzies.

Among them: • C anada is one of the top 10 food exporters and exports food to more than 150 countries.

• Plant biotechnology has reduced the cost for groceries, saving a family of four about $4,000 a year.

• Technology has increased productive land, allowing more space for wildlife and wetland conservation.

• Canada has been working to develop drought- and salt-tolerant crops, which could have an impact on countries all over the world.

• Many new crops have consumer benefits.

“We lead a very scientific life on the farm, but the one message we tell people is don’t push back with science.

You will never win.”

Ted Menzies

“The non-browning apple, which has a consumer benefit, will be released with little push-back from the public,” he said. “My first observation is that it’s a benefit to the consumer, with nothing to gain for the farmer or the orchard.

It’s the same apple, but there will be less waste.”

But even Menzies couldn’t resist playing the science card, saying the World Health Organization has catalogued 1,783 studies about genetically modified organisms and none found any negative environmental or health effects.

But his main message was to change the conversation.

How? By being positive, sharing your beliefs, and being proud of what you do.

“Work together as farmers and as farm groups. The more people saying the same thing, the more likely it is that the message will get through. Be proactive and encourage people to come out to your farm.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Pulse leader says improving health and the nutrition of people who eat your food should be a top priority

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ocus on food, not farming.

Health is both a huge global issue and a deeply personal matter, and farmers should be focusing on that and nutrition, said Pulse Canada CEO Gordon Bacon.

“The variety registration program covers 50 tests to have a variety registered for production — none has to do with nutrition, let alone health,” Bacon told FarmTech attendees.

Farmers need to start caring more about the products made from their crops, and how they can make them more nutritious, he said.

“Global health is an important issue these days. In a country like Canada where we have public funded health care, this is a huge issue for provincial and federal governments.”

And that’s true around the world, he added.

U.S. studies are finding the average American is getting heavier, and the incidence of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease is rising. In India, they are facing a twin battle — rising rates of obesity and diabetes, but also high levels of malnutrition among children.

Bacon challenged his audience to step back and ask a big question.

“What we should be doing and asking is, ‘Are we doing the right things as an industry?’”

Each part of agriculture has something to contribute, he said. The pulse sector, for example, is working to improve the bioavailability of iron and selenium, while the oats and barley sectors are working to substantiate beta-glucan health claims.

A focus on nutrition and health benefits should be part of breeding efforts and be factored into agronomic practices, he said.

“These challenges could become opportunities (for farmers).”

Another thing that consumers want to come with their food is environmental benefits. Global food companies like General Mills are making sustainability part of their brand, and requesting everyone in their supply chain to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions or environmental footprint.

So how does that translate down to the farm?

Bacon used Kellogg’s as an example.

The company has said it wants to see a 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from its suppliers by 2030.

Not surprisingly, Bacon favours growing more pulses.

Using pulses to go to a one-in-fouryear rotation ups sustainability. And some of that extra pulse production can be made into flour — lentil and durum flour makes great pasta and 20/80 split of pea and wheat flour makes very nice bread, he said.

But the key is to think about these and other specific benefits when growing crops, said Bacon.

“We need to be more efficient in what we do, but also transform our thinking in how we look at food.”

Gordon Bacon

“How do we move the bar in health, nutrition, and sustainability?” he asked.

“We need to be more efficient in what we do, but also transform our thinking in how we look at food. Instead of thinking of farming systems, we think about food.

“We need to think about the outcome which is the food product and how do we make food more nutritious, more sustainable, and through food change health outcomes.”

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henever the subject of organic agriculture surfaces in a discussion about modern farming, the “yabuts” start flowing fast and sometimes, furiously.

Ya but organic farmers don’t produce as much as “conventional” farmers do, so if everyone went organic, there would be shortages, more pressure on land and higher food prices. And so it goes.

Those “yabuts‚” are rooted in a certain ideology about agriculture that is deeply entrenched in practice, policy, and even our language — a view that organic agriculture is an outdated and inefficient farming system that romanticizes the good old days.

John P. Reganold and Jonathon M. Wachter, authors of a newly released report from the University of Washington, trace it back to former U.S. agriculture secretary Earl Butz — the same guy who encouraged farmers in the early 1970s to grow fencerow to fencerow.

“Before we go back to organic agriculture in this country, somebody must decide which 50 million Americans we are going to let starve or go hungry,” Butz reportedly said in 1971.

This latest study, “Organic Agriculture in the 21st Century,” appears in the February issue of the journal Nature Plants. Reganold, a University of Washington professor of soil science and agro-ecology, and doctoral candidate Jonathan Wachter, analyzed 40 years of science comparing organic and conventional agriculture against four metrics of sustainability as identified by the National Academy of Sciences: productivity, economics, environment, and community well-being.

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American ag groups preach the merits of free trade, but U.S. farmers don’t see the benefits

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less energy, and emits fewer greenhouse gases. The study cites “some evidence” it produces more nutritious food too, although that remains hotly debated.

As for the argument,“ya but organic foods cost more,” that’s absolutely true. Where it gets ideological is debating whether that’s a good or bad thing.

Consumers vote with their dollars. The study noted sales of organic foods and beverages increased fivefold to US$72 billion between 1999 and 2013 and they are expected to double again by 2018. Demand continues to grow faster than the available supply.

The fact that there is a growing subset of the consuming public that is willing to pay more to eat should be celebrated in agriculture, not scorned.

That’s not to say organic is for everyone.

Nor should this editorial be misconstrued as promoting this system over others.

There are barriers to entry into organic farming, beginning with the three years of transition before a person can collect those premiums. It requires a different mindset and is more labour intensive. Existing farm policy tends to support the status quo.

But as a business proposition, it’s a legitimate one, especially in an era when society is looking for agriculture to be part of a sustainable solution, instead of being part of the problem.

Farm organizations have been lobbying governments for more than a decade for policies that reward farmers for delivering environmental goods and services. Organic farmers are already being rewarded — through the marketplace.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch — or free trade

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Organic production systems compare favourably on three out of the four.

The analysis challenges conventional thinking in the ongoing debate over how agriculture can best meet the needs of the world’s growing population without destroying the planet.

It’s not ideological to say that organic farming systems yield fewer bushels per acre.

That’s a fact.

The Washington University report found organic farming systems yield on average eight to 25 per cent less than chemically based systems. But it is a fact of diminishing significance as that gap closes thanks to better seed, growing conditions and management.

The ideology lies in the assumptions that the pursuit of high-yield agriculture will “feed the world” and will reduce the pressure on the world’s remaining undeveloped lands. In reality, that pressure continues at a relentless pace through high prices and low.

There is also a certain ideology in the language describing conventional farming as “modern” and organic as about “going back.”

While organic production systems don’t use the chemical production aids developed over the past 50 years or so, today’s organic farmers know far more about managing biological systems than their grandparents did.

There are environmental costs to crop inputs such as nitrogen that aren’t fully accounted for in the price of food. Cash-strapped governments looking for ways to mitigate and adapt to climate change are starting to notice.

The research into organic and perennial cropping systems could provide answers to conventional farmers, too. The evidence shows the organic model delivers healthier soil with better water-holding capacity, uses

BY ALAN GUEBERT

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e in U.S. agriculture talk about free trade agreements as if they are the international equivalent of a free lunch. All we need is a trade deal, we preach, and a full belly and easy profit are an almost certainty.

This lovely belief, of course, overlooks the absolute certainty that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Someone somewhere always pays.

More often than not, that someone over the last 25 years has been the United States and its farmers, claims new research from the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center at the University of Tennessee.

In the lead-up to the Obama administration bringing the TransPacific Partnership to Congress, Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer penned a series of columns that examined the effects of seven recent American “free” trade deals on U.S. farm and food exports and imports before and after implementation.

For example, when Ray and Schaffer squared the books on U.S.

farm and food exports and imports to and from Canada under the North American Free Trade Agreement, they found that the “cumulative balance of trade” for the U.S. goods from 1997 to 2014 “was -$30.4 billion.”

That means Canada sent $30.4 billion more in ag goods — grains, meat, animals, fish, wood, and fur — south than America sent north under NAFTA once the 1994 deal was fully implemented.

Likewise, Mexico sold the U.S. $9.6 billion more in food and farm goods over the same 18-year period than the U.S. sold Mexico.

In total, they noted, NAFTA brought nearly $40 billion more Canadian and Mexican farm and food goods into the U.S. between 1997 and 2014 than the U.S. shipped to Canada and Mexico.

This isn’t breaking news; anyone who can read knows that NAFTA has been far more beneficial to international agbiz that works both sides of the border than farmers and ranchers who work on either side. What continues to be news, however, is that American farm and commodity groups stubbornly refuse to accept

that NAFTA — like all trade deals — is a two-way street.

Ray and Schaffer explain this paved, nearly flat roadway in and out of the U.S. this way: “As the NAFTA results suggest, high expectations that trade deals will accelerate growth in the value of total U.S. agricultural exports don’t always materialize.”

Now there’s a phrase U.S trade negotiators might tattoo on their, well, persons because when Ray and Schaffer examined other trade pacts signed by the U.S. since NAFTA what they found wasn’t that “high expectations” for trade “don’t always materialize” but rather that any expectations, high, low or in between, almost never materialize.

For example, overall the 2001 U.S.Jordan pact is $224 million under water, the 2004 U.S.-Australia deal has netted U.S. farmers a piddling $175 million over 10 years, and the 2006 trade pacts with Bahrain and Morocco collectively are about $90 million in the hole.

The big loser, though, is the 2004 U.S.-Chile pact. In 10 years, Chile has sent the U.S. $24.7 billion in farm goods more than the U.S. sent there.

Overall, these post-NAFTA trade deals have, cumulatively, brought $1.6 billion more of imported food and farm goods here than we exported there.

“While that number is relatively small,” suggest the Tennessee coauthors, “it is likely not the size or direction of the net change that trade agreement proponents would have had farmers believe at the time these agreements were put into place.”

Shorn of its academic niceties, what Ray and Schaffer mean is that American farmers and ranchers resemble sheep running toward often-promised greener pastures every time politicians and farm leaders ring the free trade bell. Those greener pastures, like the proverbial free lunch, however, rarely “materialize.” The proof is in the quiet numbers, not the clanging bell.

Sheep may not know the difference but, after decades of buying lunch for our “free trade” partners, we should.

Alan Guebert is a syndicated columnist from Delavan, Illinois.

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

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Tech companies charting a new food trend Amazon, Uber, and Google are hoping to make billions by becoming middlemen in the food business

By BRENDA SCHOEPP AF columnist

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ber Eats is not a giant meal that you serve your teenager.

It is a service to deliver food to urban dwellers in a hurry through the Uber system of loosely collected, non-taxi drivers. It is just one of the companies, along with Amazon and Google, that are in the food business.

Google in food?

You bet. Google claims that its real competition does not come from another search engine, it comes from Amazon because when anyone wants to buy an item, they go to Amazon first. As a result, Amazon was challenged by Google Food on the delivery front.

Both companies started with dry goods and now will be stretching into fresh food delivery. Google has captured the likes of Costco and Whole Foods for product.

Both Costco and Whole Foods are on the list of the Top 10 retailers in North America.

If it is partnerships that bring about massive change, then Uber Eats has that captured. In

Toronto, it carries a full menu of 100 restaurants for delivery within the hour and has a quick food delivery system of 10 minutes or less. How do folks use it?

Well with an Uber App, of course, that puts meals at your fingertips faster than you can make KD (and without the mess).

So just how much is the e-commerce food area worth?

In the U.S., that is a neat US$10.9 billion and growing by more than nine per cent annually.

Uber, between its taxi service and other add-ons such as health care, is worth US$62.5 billion. This year Uber partnered with pharmaceutical companies and delivered flu shot kits to American doorsteps.

Company officials are so confident in the future generations demanding instant everything that they are invested heavily in the development of driverless cars.

Between the drones at Amazon, the driverless cars at Uber, and the data collected by Google, one has to wonder what the future meaning of a home-cooked meal might be. Add to this the shift in eating habits and you have a quagmire of food bits to chew through.

Food delivery isn’t the only trend changing to meet consumer demands.

Ancient foods such as chickpeas, lentils, and beans are all the rage, and in 2016 they are getting a power boost by the United Nations International Year of Pulses. As the price of meat protein went up over the past couple of years, the idea of plant-based protein took hold — even in the most carnivorous places. Look for proteins on the plate that challenge the meat counter.

In Canada, 81 per cent of our fruits and veggies come from the U.S. With the loonie now mirroring the peso, we can expect to pay more for food at the counter. Even food hubs, which are springing up in urban centres to feed the working public, will not be cheap.

Meals starting at $10 for delivered lunch add up. All in all, the cost to Canadians will be steeper and as the dollar falls, food inflation will be our handicap.

Fuel is cheap and maybe that idea of food delivery isn’t such a bad one, but the hidden cost may be more damaging. It is another gap between the consumer and the producer.

To put it frankly, I’m confused.

The consumer wants a closer relationship with the grower and more transparency in food, no additives and sustainable systems while we also develop a cure for climate change. As farmers, we are used to being able to walk on water, and fortunately have the tools and technologies to do this.

On the other hand is the demand for cheap food both fresh and processed. We do not know the high cost of cheap processed food in terms of human health and wellness. Also, there is a demand for fast food and for quick delivery.

What is the environmental cost of millions of delivered meals compared to one shopping event and cooking at home? What are the societal consequences of always staying in and not creating a family memory or never adding a dish to a social event because you can’t cook? There are new apartments in Toronto without kitchens and there are families, even in our community, who have food delivered every night.

How will consumers respond to the added cost of improved animal welfare, and where will they choose to save on the grocery bill?

There is a chance that the move toward a higher vegetable diet will evolve but that being said, veggies are not always easy to deliver or prepare. Is the combination of all of these changes, delivery with drones and driverless cars; easy access to prepared foods; and increased processing of foods for shelf stability and flavour going to benefit a narrow demographic of the food map — namely high-sugar and high-additive food-processing companies?

Meanwhile, it is lunch time at Google and its chefs are busy preparing free gourmet food for the employees in the 30 cafeterias at headquarters. The tab of over US$80 million a year is not of consequence as there are bigger nets in the food delivery arena to cast that translate into billions.

Tech companies have discovered which side their bread is buttered on.

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 2015

Analysis: Grain commission chief stood up for quality Suspicion greeted Elwin Hermanson’s arrival, but he stepped up enforcement and defended the importance of grain quality control

BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

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fter eight years at the helm of the Canadian Grain Commission, Elwin Hermanson is as convinced as ever it plays a vital role in Canada’s success as a grain exporter.

“This is a great organization,” Hermanson said on his last day of work at the commission’s downtown Winnipeg headquarters last month.

“I think it’s critical to Canada’s success in the international grain marketplace. It provides tremendous service and protection to producers. It has been around since 1912. It’s over 100 years old and there’s a reason why it has stuck around that long — it’s needed.”

And while not all farmers agree with some of the changes Stephen Harper’s former Conservative government made to the grain commission, only the most churlish would question Hermanson’s commitment to the institution charged with regulating Canada’s grain industry and assuring grain quality.

Some people were initially suspicious.

Hermanson, a farmer from

Beechy, Sask., was a Reform Party MP in the mid-’90s, then helped form and lead the Saskatchewan Party. The Conservative government appointed him and Harper was openly anti-government and anti-regulation.

The House of Commons agriculture committee, consisting of a majority of opposition MPs, rejected his appointment, accusing him of being too partisan and too close to then agriculture minister Gerry Ritz, who was Hermanson’s campaign manager in 1993.

But the government prevailed and so did Hermanson.

He spoke at many farm meetings, handling questions with ease. He knew his stuff and was obviously well prepared. He was friendly and confident, but never came across as arrogant.

And under his watch, the commission developed a backbone.

In 2010, it started requiring some licensed grain dealers to become licensed primary elevators. The latter can store grain, but the former isn’t supposed to. For years, the commission turned a blind eye, not wanting to discourage entrepreneurs. But it was unfair to companies that followed the rules — and put farmers at risk.

Under Hermanson, it also stepped

Elwin Hermanson up grain company monitoring to ensure they posted enough security to cover what they owed farmers. (It is now proposing to improve on that by having grain companies pay into a fund to cover defaults.)

It also scrapped inward inspection — weighing and grading grain at export terminals — to cut costs in what is now a user-pay system.

In 2008, Ritz ended kernel visual distinguishability — a wheat quality control tool — two years sooner than the industry wanted. Still, Hermanson defended quality control, often against farmers who argued the market should decide.

“Every major grain exporter has some kind of infrastructure in place to provide grain quality assurance,” he said. “Canada has the reputation for providing the most consistent product, pleasing the customer. So I think we should take some pride in that. It’s not just the commission but the commission plays a significant role in achieving that outcome.”

Grain buyers want consistency, he added.

“The Canadian system assures them that they get that product they want to a better degree than anywhere else in the world and we’re very proud of that.”

Hermanson defended the wheat variety registration system, which assists in quality control, even when Ritz seemed intent on destroying it.

The commission also worked hard to address customers’ complaints about weaker gluten strength. Its review of the wheat class system culminated in tighter standards for Canada’s premier wheat class, Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS), and the creation of the new Canada Northern Hard Red class starting Aug. 1. It came after almost a year of consultations resulting in industry consensus — a practical move protecting and enhancing the CWRS quality brand, while allowing the industry to pursue the potential of

higher-yielding wheats. Shrinkage regulations were also revamped, resulting in farmers getting paid for more of their grain.

As a farmer he knew a lot about what the commission did, but gained a greater appreciation of its “complexity and the importance” after becoming its head.

“I didn’t understand fully what we were doing on outward inspection, the Certificate Final and how that all worked,” he said. “And most farmers have no idea of the terrific role the Grain Research Laboratory plays in the whole scheme of things.”

The last two governments proposed ending commissioner governance and replacing it with a fulltime president and chief executive along with a board of directors.

Whatever happens, Hermanson hopes it is led by people close to the grain sector and especially farmers.

As for highlights, Hermanson pointed to the resiliency of employees after downsizing.

“I think that speaks to the quality of people here, the value of what we provide the industry and the recognition within the CGC that we’re important and needed. If you feel you are needed and important what more could you ask?” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Anderson, a FarmTech regular, described a world where all sorts of conflicts are playing out and roiling markets.

Ocean freight rates are at alltime lows, commodity prices have plunged, and the red-hot American dollar — coupled with the collapse of currencies such as the Russian ruble and the Brazilian real — is skewing prices around the world.

“Everybody is buying the U.S. dollar,” said Anderson. “Everybody wants to be the lowest currency in the world, except for the Americans. They want to increase their rates.”

But that’s just the start of Anderson’s list.

He fingers Russian exports for keeping wheat prices down and war in Syria for creating global economic uncertainty.

Then there’s China, burdened by debt and no longer buying commodities like there’s no tomorrow.

“China consumes half of the global commodities, which will affect everyone, and the U.S. economy is already slowing over what is happening in China,” said Anderson.

It all adds up to a mountain of uncertainty, and it’s going to continue for a while, he said, using oil as an example.

“We can go up to 40 or 50 bucks (a barrel), but we probably won’t go higher than that. Could we go back to $25? Sure, why not? That’s the pattern that I am sensing in the next three years.”

His forecast is that oil will settle out somewhere in the “the high 30s.”

Or maybe not.

“To go higher, it would take geopolitical tensions, something in Syria, and we could have quite a rally. If that occurs, the Canadian

“There is no sense kidding ourselves about what is going on. What we’re going through right now is a correction.

There’s no doubt about it.”

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Errol Anderson predicts that the tough economic times will last for several years at least. Photo: Alexis Kienlen dollar is on its way up. At the same time, the U.S. economy shifts into crude oil and into precious metals, we’ve got a reversal coming.

It’s something we should see in the next few weeks.”

What’s ahead

DePutter touched on many of the same points, but said if producers want to know what the future holds, they need only look to the past.

The London, Ont. market watcher walked his audience through a series of price graphs for a host of commodities from grains to oil. All showed nearidentical peaks and valleys, with a big surge following the 2008 financial crisis.

“We’ve seen the (once-in-) 30-year explosion, the highs, and now we’re into the levelling-off process and within this process there will be bull markets, but not like the one from 2008 to 2012,” said DePutter. “We need to look at these graphs once or twice a year and remind ourselves of the cyclicality of agriculture, remind ourselves that there are these great swings that some of us see once or twice in a career. And three times if we are fortunate enough to have an extra-long career.”

So the plan for the coming year, and the next few ones, should be to watch for price jumps and sell some production before the little spikes disappear, he said.

But also take advantage of what DePutter calls “the great Canadian dollar bonus program.”

The loonie’s fall — it was well above par in 2011 — has shielded Canadian farmers from the pain suffered by their American counterparts, he said. But even if the dollar stays near current levels, part of that advantage is largely gone, he added.

“The great Canadian dollar bonus program is on its last legs,” he said. “You won’t get the same bonus you’ve got for the last four years. The last few years you’ve been, in general, buying your inputs (prior to seeding) with a stronger Canadian dollar than you’ve been selling your crops (after harvest).”

DePutter likes the prospects for canola and yellow peas, although when it comes to red lentils, he urged his audience to remember that the “higher they rise, the harder they fall.”

Grains outlook

For Anderson, corn is king in the grain world, and should be monitored if you want to know where markets are heading.

“Three fifty a bushel is the Rock of Gibraltar on corn,” he said. “If it breaks $3.50, we’re heading

to $3.20. I’m not convinced this will happen because commodity funds are out of fire power and they can’t short corn anymore because there’s nothing left.

“I’m low-grade bullish on corn.”

Barley prices will bounce and move up to $2.15 or $2.20. But there won’t be a shortage of barley because of Black Sea exports.

“Just like corn, we’re seeing stability and a bit of upward movement, but without weather it will be stalled,” said Anderson, who also isn’t expecting big changes in wheat prices.

Yellow peas are a good-news story because India is short due to drought.

“Book it, book it,” Anderson implored his audience. “Don’t say that is not enough and I can’t make money on $10.50 peas.”

As soon as India backs off, peas will fall by $3 a bushel, he predicted.

He also expects canola crush and exports to set records this year — although China (because of debt) and the U.S. are wild cards.

“If outside markets interfere, the canola markets could go sideways. So far, the low Canadian dollar has saved profits, but other things in the market still need to be corrected.”

But the watchword for all farmers is caution.

DePutter’s advice is to “bulletproof the operation and get it ready for some tougher times ahead.”

That means becoming more efficient, he said.

“Gone are the times when it pays to go out and buy stuff — whether that be land, bins, machinery or whatever — because it will be worth more the next day or next year.

Any capital purchase has to bring results, has to improve efficiency, not because you think they’re going to go up in value tomorrow.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com glenn.cheater@fbcpublishing.com

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AG LABOUR } from page 1 packers don’t need temporary foreign workers because there are tens of thousands of laid-off workers who could be recruited.

“In the present circumstance, where we are seeing such economic hard times across the Prairies, it would be a very unusual circumstance where we had to resort to temporary foreign workers to fill a position,” Mihychuk told the Canadian Press last month.

Not so, said Mark Chambers, production manager at Sunterra Farms.

“It’s an uninformed comment coming from someone who thinks the solution to labour shortages is to pay more and that will fix the problem,” said Chambers, who is also co-chair of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Labour Task Force.

“It’s not about how much you pay. It’s the type of job.”

Layoffs in Alberta haven’t lessened the labour shortage at the province’s packing plants and there are “still lots and lots of jobs that are available.”

workforce,” she said. “The priority of everybody in the agriculture industry is to hire Canadians first, and a lot of effort is expended on that.

“But when there aren’t available Canadians for those jobs, then we need other avenues to fill positions, like the temporary foreign worker program.”

But changes to that program in 2014 have “really impacted the industry,” said MacDonaldDewhirst.

“Although agriculture was exempted from some of the changes, it didn’t extend far enough,” she said.

The meat-packing sector in particular is struggling as a result of a new cap on foreign workers, said Chambers.

“In our meat plant in Trochu, we’ve got 20 to 25 empty positions there today, and we can’t hire any more foreign workers because of the cap,” he said.

“They imposed a 30 per cent cap three years ago and a 20 per cent cap last year, and as of July 1, you can only have 10 per cent foreign workers in your meat plant.

“So if you can’t fill those positions with Canadians, those positions stay vacant.”

As a result, plants aren’t able to expand to take advantage of new international trade deals or niche markets, like offal in Asia.

“It’s frustrating to think we can’t fully staff it just because of some red tape and that we can’t take advantage of these great trade deals that the government’s gone out and worked so hard to get,” said Chambers.

“It’s crazy. We’re throwing food out just because we can’t get enough people to work in the plant.”

But despite pre-election assurances from the Liberal government that it would “fix” the program, the industry hasn’t made any headway yet.

“We are working with the department to help them to clarify what’s happening in agriculture and what some of the barriers are — why Canadians aren’t interested in ag jobs to the extent that we need them to be,” said MacDonaldDewhirst.

“We’re trying to sort that out with them so that they can then understand the situation and perhaps make some changes that would be meaningful for the industry.”

Any long-term solution will need to address the “unique” nature of

The Canadian Meat Council says there are about 1,000 vacancies in meatpacking plants across the country. PHOTO: CANADA BEEF the agriculture industry, added Chambers.

“The meat industry will continue to go above and beyond on recruiting efforts right across Canada,” he said. “We’re not going to give up on that stuff, because it’s easier for us if we can get Canadians.

“But if we can’t, I don’t think we can allow businesses to suffer just

because the government thinks if we pay more money, we’ll get people into these plants.

“I’m hoping we can work with the government to help them understand why we’re unique and create some pathways for plants and farmers to get a stable supply of foreign workers.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

“It’s crazy. We’re throwing food out just because we can’t get enough people to work in the plant.”

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Mihychuk suggested packing plants focus on new Canadians, but that’s already being done, she said.

“They’re doing all sorts of great things in order to attract new Canadians and the Canadian

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“I think some plants may have got a few more resumés from folks who are desperate, but it’s going to take them being on unemployment for a long time before they decide they need to do this,” said Chambers.

“They will fall into hardships before they decide they’ll do this type of job.”

It’s not surprising, he added.

“I work on a farm — but I don’t want to work in a slaughterhouse,” said Chambers. “It’s not something I would choose to do, even if I got paid $5 an hour more.

“We produce meat, and that involves the slaughter of animals.

It’s not for everybody. It’s hard to find people to do that.”

Another “big hurdle” is that most urban residents don’t want to move to rural locations, said Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, executive director of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council.

“Typically people aren’t interested in moving from where they live in order to take a job,” said MacDonald-Dewhirst. “As urban population rates grow, our rural population rates don’t. As we look at our Canadian workforce, so many of us are that much more removed from agriculture than we used to be 50 or 60 years ago.

“Because of that, ag careers are not top of mind. Certain segments of the agriculture industry are really, really struggling.”

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Good workplaces attract good workers Farms can’t afford oilfield wages — but they can offer lots of ‘intangible’ benefits that really matter to people

By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Edmonton

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evin Serfas had to change his way of thinking when he decided to expand his farm near Lethbridge.

“One thing we’ve learned along the way is that we can’t run the farm by ourselves anymore,” said Serfas, who runs a 56,000-acre grain operation and 6,000-head feedlot with his father and brother.

“We had to realize and accept that if we wanted to move forward, we had to let other peo-

ple do things we really enjoyed doing. The sooner we were able to grasp that concept, the better off we were.”

At any given time , S erfa s Farms has a mix of more than 40 seasonal, part-time, and full-time staff on the operation — and building a workforce like that is “not for the faint of heart.”

“It takes discipline not to lose your mind at everything that doesn’t go to plan,” said Serfas, who spoke at FarmTech in late January.

“Everybody knows how expensive farm machinery is. It’s a

huge change in thought process to let other people run this stuff when generally the largest piece of machinery they’ve run to that point is a lawn mower.

“Stuff is going to get broken and people are going to do stupid things.”

But how has the Serfas family managed to build such a robust workforce in an industry that routinely struggles to attract workers?

Easy: “Make your farm somewhere people want to come.”

“You’ve got to make your farm a great place to work,” said Serfas, adding he can’t remember

the last time he had to actively recruit a full-time employee.

“It really isn’t about money because — let’s be honest — if it was, we wouldn’t have anybody working for us.”

Most farm employers have more to offer prospective employees than money — but they don’t sell their “total compensation package,” said human resources consultant Margot Ross Graham.

“Often people are worried about recruiting from the perspective that they can’t pay as much — that they can’t give them what their competitor can

give them,” said Ross Graham, who also spoke at the conference.

“You can’t always compete on money, but you can compete on experience, flexibility, bonus structures. You can actually create a different environment for your workers that may outweigh the money.”

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are your flexibilities? What can you offer — later start times, condensed work weeks, things that might suit the needs of the individual?” she said.

“If you’ve got a small operation, customize it to the needs of your workforce. You need to think about what is fair, not necessarily equal. Employees are not all the same, so why treat them all the same if you don’t have to?”

One way the Serfas family has done that is by putting some long-term employees on a salary.

“It’s a win-win proposition,” said Serfas. “It gives them more of a sense of security financially, and for us, it’s great because when we don’t have work, we just tell them to go home.

They’re getting the same pay no matter what.

“When you find the right people — the loyal people, the guys who always are looking for more work — they really do appreciate it.”

Little things like that go a long way in creating employee engagement, which can reduce turnover and increase productivity, said Ross Graham.

“Engaged employees create profitable organizations,” she said. “It does not matter what business you’re in. Engaged employees are those employees who have a connection with

Kevin Serfas

their organization. It’s really built on the relationship that they’ve built.”

Serfas has seen that first hand in his own operation. The day before harvest, for example, the family takes all of their employees to the lake for a barbecue.

“People want to feel like they’re valued, like they’re part of something. It really makes them feel like they’re not just coming to work, getting a cheque, and going home.

They’re actually involved in something.”

It’s about “capturing the heart and soul of your employees,” added Ross Graham.

“You are in a tough industry.

It’s going to be hard for you to get people. But if you can create an experience, you will keep your people, versus giving them something hoping that they’ll stay.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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People want to feel like they’re valued, like they’re part of something. It really makes them feel like they’re not just coming to work, getting a cheque, and going home. They’re actually involved in something.”

ver heard of the International Experience Canada program?

It’s been a winner for Serfas Farms.

The program grants visas — typically for one year — for students aged 18 to 29 who want to work, study, and travel in Canada.

Kevin Serfas doesn’t use the Temporary Foreign Worker program but has had about 40 international students work at his family’s grain and beef operation over the last five years.

The big advantage is that there’s no paperwork for the employer. And because the students are here to see Canada, Serfas insists they take all of July off as it’s a great time to travel and things are slow on the farm then.

The drawback is that the program has become so popular in the last couple of years that Ottawa now uses a lottery system to select students. That means if you recruit students — through your contacts, social media or other means — there’s no guarantee they’ll get a visa.

To attract foreign students, make your farm “stand out,” said Serfas.

That should include decent living quarters and pay — “beer isn’t as cheap here as it is in many of the places they are coming from.” But giving the students a chance to run all of the machinery and do a variety of things is also key, he said. — Staff

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A quick and easy crystal ball?

Morocco loves our durum

Ever wonder if there’s a way to predict what’s going to happen in commodity markets?

John DePutter has a quick and easy method that won’t cost you a cent. “Look at when oil was over $100 (a barrel),” the president of DePutter Publishing told attendees at FarmTech. “Books were on the shelves in Chapters saying the world was going to run out of oil and the market would never stop going up. Find out what the most popular books are and then go against that trend.” He urged his audience to periodically look at graphs of commodity prices charted over several decades to remind themselves that commodities move in cycles. — Staff

If you grow durum, some of it probably ends up in Morocco, which is why provincial agriculture officials recently visited the North Africa country for the first time. The mission’s primary goal was to assess potential for grains and pulse sales, said Aarij Bashir, a trade and relations officer. The country subsidizes flour for lower-income Moroccans, who consume up to 200 kilograms of cereals, mostly wheat, annually. Between 80 and 96 per cent of durum wheat comes from Canada, with major couscous and pasta manufacturers exclusively using Canadian durum, said Bashir. Canada has been negotiating a free trade deal for several years to lower Moroccan tariffs. — AAF release

StatsCan data seen confirming a big 2015-16 canola crop The loonie’s gains have dragged on canola export demand

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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CE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Feb. 5, hitting some of their worst levels in months as the rising Canadian dollar, losses in Chicago soybeans and the large supply situation in Western Canada all weighed on prices.

The Canadian dollar posted big gains relative to its U.S. counterpart during the week, climbing above the 73 U.S. cents mark at one point before eventually backing away to settle at around 72 U.S. cents on Friday. The currency was below 68 U.S. cents not that long ago, and the improvement on that front should cut into crush margins and export demand.

The other big canola-related news during the week was the release of Statistics Canada’s report on stocks as of Dec. 31. The December stocks report is not really a marquee event in the canola calendar, but market participants were paying it a bit more attention than normal this year, as it was expected to answer some persistent questions about production.

Heading into the stocks report, opinions were divided over the size of the 2015-16 canola crop, with some in the industry thinking StatsCan’s current 17.2-million-tonne estimate was overstated and others of the opinion that the actual crop was bigger still. Canola stocks came in at the high end of average trade guesses, at 12.1 million tonnes, which was seen as confirming the big crop number.

From a chart standpoint, canola was flirting with major support levels during the week. The March contract fell below the psychological $470-per-tonne level, and touched a low of $465. The contract has tested that point on three separate occasions over the past six months and past activity would imply a corrective bounce is coming. However, this may also be the time when the downside support is finally breached.

South America’s soybean harvest is in its early stages, and attention in the oilseed markets is focused on the shifting production estimates out of the region. While there are still some areas of concern, crops in Brazil and Argentina are generally expected to be large overall, and will soon displace North American oilseed supplies on the global market.

CBOT soybeans moved down during the week, while corn and wheat futures were also trending lower.

The Canadian stocks report was also behind some of the activity in the U.S. wheat market during the week. StatsCan pegged Canadian wheat stocks, as of Dec. 31, at 20.7 million tonnes, down by six million from the same point the previous year. The tighter supplies were seen as a sign of the good international demand for Canadian wheat, as the weakness in the loonie has helped Canadian exporters make sales while U.S. wheat remains relatively expensive.

Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

For three-times-daily markets reports and more from Commodity News Service Canada, visit the Markets section at www. albertafarmexpress.ca.

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Potential for fewer flax acres seen this year Pulse crops are getting attractive and flax remains expensive to grow

BY DAVE SIMS CNS Canada

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hile area seeded to flax in Canada has been increasing over the past four years, that upward momentum may halt in 2016-17.

Flax’s cost of production is higher than many of its rivals and the growing lustre of pulse crops could cut into some acres, according to one industry watcher.

“It’s too early to really throw a number at it, but right now my

instincts are it’s going to be down 10 per cent,” said Grant Fehr, a senior merchandiser for Scoular Special Crops at Morden, Man. This contrasts with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s recent prediction that 1.73 million acres will go in the ground during 201617.

Last year, 1.64 million acres were seeded to flax in Canada, a slight increase from the previous year’s total of 1.59 million.

Another reason acres could be down is the growing speculation that peas and lentils are going

to be planted “big time” in Saskatchewan,” said Fehr.

Acres of canola and wheat to be seeded will also dictate flax acres, but at this point, he said, it’s too early to say how much wheat and canola there will be.

“Our cost of production shows (for flax) it’s pretty much a wash, so it’s hard to say where it’s going to be at,” said Fehr.

In flax’s favour right now, however, is its price. “We’ve got a $12 new-crop contract out there, which is an attractive contract for flax.”

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Understanding the warring forces at play in oil’s plunge Producers who 18 months ago recognized the impending downturn in the crude oil market, were able to position themselves

Support

Support is a term used to describe a price level where the buying of futures contracts is expected to noticeably increase and at least temporarily halt the current direction of the market.

On bar charts, these areas will appear as well-defined price ranges within which the market previously traded essentially sideways or higher prior to making a decisive move down.

The greater the amount of time the line of support persists, the greater will be the potential for support or resistance in the future.

To illustrate; crude oil prices were supported by line (A) for five years. Once prices fell below $96, thus breaking the line of support, then $96 became resistance on the following upward reaction.

Another characteristic which helps to gauge the relative support of a price area is the vertical distance the market must fall prior to reaching the area in question. The greater the market decline, prior to reaching a support level, the greater should be the support at that area.

To exemplify this characteristic; after the crude oil market broke down below support at $96 per barrel, the market plummeted $60 before bouncing off a major line of support (B), which had persisted for 16 years.

Lines of support, once identified, prove to be reliable indicators of future price direction.

Support areas evolve because the market attracts buying around the bottom of a range.

If prices break down through the line of support, shown as (A) in the accompanying chart, then all recent buyers are holding losing positions. Any return move back to this area subsequently represents an area in which to liquidate a long position at break-even or with a reduced loss. Therefore, the area where contracts are offered for sale increases and becomes resistance. Also, those who sold at higher levels, now have profits and may use the bounce to add to their short position.

The concept of support and resistance and the market’s reaction when it moves into a support or resistance area are among the most interesting facets of chart study. Where a classic formation may not appear on a chart for several months, one can be reasonably sure that there is always a support or resistance area, even if minor, not very far from the market.

This is important because it can help one formulate expectations of future price action.

Support or resistance areas are commonplace on futures charts, but are extremely important as they illustrate where future rallies and declines are likely to fail. Support and resistance levels define the parameters of the major trend.

It is important for producers to recognize the trend in the crude oil market and to understand its significant influence on the Canadian dollar and subsequent impact on agriculture. Producers who, 18 months ago, recognized the impending downturn in the crude oil market, were able to position themselves for the anticipated decline of not only crude oil, but the Canadian dollar as well.

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In July 2014, a two-month reversal materialized in the accompanying long-term chart indicating the crude oil market was about to turn down from $106 per barrel. Once prices fell below an important line of support in the $96-per-barrel area (shown as A), sell stops were triggered, causing prices to plummet to a long-term line of support in the $46-per-barrel area (shown as B).

Then, after having a “dead cat bounce” (minor bounce) to $62 per barrel, the market resumed the downtrend, dropped below the major long-term line of support (B), and collapsed to $26.16 per barrel on January 20, 2016 before encountering another reaction.

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More eligible for livestock tax deferral

Ongoing BSE testing key

Ottawa has announced additional regions where livestock producers are eligible for tax deferrals.

This allows producers who faced feed shortages to defer a portion of their 2015 sale proceeds of breeding livestock until the following year. The cost of replacing the animals in the next year offsets the deferred income, which reduces the producer’s taxes. The tax deferral needs to be claimed on your 2015 income tax return. The drought last spring and summer affected more than 27,000 farms and 5.8 million head of cattle, forcing some producers to sell off breeding animals. For the full list of designated regions, go to www.agr.gc.ca and search for ‘2015 livestock tax deferral.’ — AFA release

Cattle producers are being reminded of the importance of participating in the BSE surveillance program. “I can’t see why anyone would not participate in it,” said Darrel Rutt, a longtime cattle rancher in the Valleyview area. “A lot of people went through a lot of work in the following years to create access back into the markets that had closed to us because of the outbreak. Without this ongoing surveillance program, I feel we are in danger of losing or being severely restricted to the markets we’ve reopened.” Any animals suspected of having BSE should be reported to a veterinarian. The program offers free veterinary visits for sample collection and free testing. — AFA release

High-tech feed monitoring can forecast BRD

By JILL BURKHARDT AF contributor

Bovine fitness trackers aren’t the only attempt to use technology to spot early signs of illness in feedlot cattle.

Most efforts are focused on detecting bovine respiratory disease (BRD), the most common (and costly) illness affecting beef cattle and they’re borrowing a page from your mom’s handbook by asking, ‘Why are you poking at your dinner? Aren’t you feeling well?’

There are systems on the market that can monitor how much each animal in a feedlot is eating and can identify BRD up to a week before there are visible signs of the disease.

The systems use RFID tags, individual feeding stalls, and scales to measure how much feed is consumed.

So is it worth that extra expense?

That was the question that a team of researchers from the University of Calgary and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research Centre tried to answer in a study a few years ago.

They evaluated two automated recording systems to see what kind of job they did for the first 61 days when new cattle were in a feedlot.

Typically, about 16 per cent of cattle coming into a feedlot will develop BRD and the study found early detection can save significant dollars — but not enough.

In a typical situation, the automated systems worked out to be more expensive by $9.61 per steer. That gap grew even wider when lowrisk cattle were involved and even if the incidence of BRD exceeded 47 per cent, the automated system was still $4 per steer more costly.

Of course, that could change as systems come down in price or if feedlots figure out other ways to leverage the feeding system data to improve productivity.

Will the cows of tomorrow all be wearing fitness trackers?

Devices that measure activity levels can be used to tell if cattle are feeling poorly — but there are still some kinks to be worked out

Pen checkers use their experience and instinct to spot cattle that may be ill, but fitness activity monitors may one day aid them in that task. photo: canada beef

By JILL BURKHARDT AF contributor

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itness trackers are all the rage among people these days — but they could catch on with cows, too.

But the idea isn’t to start counting cow steps or to up bovine fitness levels. Rather, the goal is to use fitness monitors as a way to detect illness in beef cattle early on.

Cattle producers have traditionally relied on experience and instinct to tell if any of their animals are feeling ‘under the weather.’ But tech companies are taking a very different approach by using accelerometers — devices commonly used in industrial situations to measure things such as vibrations in rotating machinery.

“I work a lot with technology and one day we will have good technology for cattle, too,” said Dr. Edouard Timsit, assistant professor of cattle health at the University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine.

But it appears we’re not quite there yet.

In 2013, Timsit along with Dr. Karin Orsel and student Barbara Wolfger tested the SensOor, a Dutch device that has an accelerometer embedded in a tag-

Like a ‘fitbit,’ the SensOor relies on motion to measure activity — in this case rumination, feeding time, and how much a cow is moving. PHOTOs: COURTESY Edouard Timsit shaped piece of moulded plastic that attaches to an RFID tag. It measures rumination, feeding time, and activity level of the cow and feeds that data to a computer via a router. A software program called CowManager then analyses the data for each cow and singles out those ones that aren’t eating normally or moving as often as usual.

The theory sounds good, but Timsit wanted proof.

“Is this tool accurate and how can we use this tool?” he said.

In the study, two observers monitored feeding times and rumination in 18 steers fitted with the SensOor. They watched the cattle two or three times a week

over the course of a month to see if their observations jibed with the device.

What they found was the SensOor was accurate 95 per cent of the time at telling when the animal was feeding. However, when it came to detecting rumination of the animal, the accuracy level fell to 49 per cent.

“This technology seems to be accurate, although it needs to be improved concerning the time at rumination,” said Timsit.

“We have also found that this tool may not be valid in all situations. For example if you have a lot of flies, and cattle are moving their heads a lot, it will reduce the accuracy of the tool.”

And what about the device’s ability to predict when a cow isn’t feeling well?

Unfortunately, only two or three cattle fell ill during the trial — not enough for a meaningful assessment.

“We wanted to use the SensOor to see if by monitoring the feeding and ruminating of the cattle if we can detect respiratory disorders, but we ran out of time on the project,” Timsit said.

But the promise is there.

“The SensOor could be a great tool to detect acidosis, for example, as they are ruminating less, and that in turn could help detect BRD (bovine respiratory disease).”

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Save on winter feeding costs Feeding oats or barley along with straw can be much cheaper than hay Alberta Agriculture and Forestry release

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witching from hay to a combination of straw and grain prior to calving can save about $350 a head during the winter, says provincial beef and forage specialist Barry Yaremcio.

“The question then becomes: Is it cheaper to feed oats or barley to the cows?”

The answer to that question depends on the price and nutrient content of each grain.

“On average, barley contains seven to 10 per cent more protein and seven to 10 per cent more energy on a pound-for-pound basis compared to oats,” said Yaremcio.

“So if there is six pounds of barley in the ration, it would be necessary to feed 6.6 pounds of oats to get the same amount of nutrients into the animal.”

That means oats need to be $1.50 per bushel cheaper than barley to be cost effective.

But that’s not the whole equation.

“If feeding whole grains to calves under 700 pounds, there’s no need to process the grain,” he said. “The calves will do a good job of chewing and breaking the kernels so they are digested. For animals over 700 pounds (including cows), the animals tend to ‘gulp’ their food and don’t chew as much. Whole oats to larger animals results in a five to seven per cent reduction in digestive efficiency. Barley on the other hand has a 10 to 15 per cent reduction in digestive efficiency when fed whole.”

So the next step is to factor in the processing cost.

“If it is costing more than 15 per cent of the price for barley or seven per cent of the price of oats to process the grain, it may be beneficial to feed extra grain and be money ahead in the long run, said Yaremcio.

And if you change from oats to barley in a ration, do it gradually, he said.

“Start with 25 per cent barley in the mix for three to four days, and then increase the barley by 25 per cent every three to four days. If all goes well, in 16 days the animals can be on 100 per cent barley.”

Changing to feed wheat has different limitations.

“Wheat must be cracked into two pieces (but no finer than this) when fed to larger cattle. If it is fed whole, digestive efficiency is reduced by 25 per cent.”

Wheat also ups the risk of bloat or acidosis as it is digested faster.

“Maximum feeding limits for wheat is three pounds per head per day for calves under 700 pounds and six pounds a day for mature cows,” said Yaremcio.

“If switching to wheat, a gradual introduction into the ration is necessary. It’s advisable to include an ionophore into the ration when feeding wheat.”

When changing from one grain to another, there are two things to watch for: • F eed refusal. If feed consumption declines after a change, the rumen may not be functioning properly.

• Consistency of the manure. Loose and watery manure is another indicator there are digestive problems.

“If either of these two problems occur, reduce the total amount of grain fed or go back to the previous mix of grain until the problems dissipate,” said Yaremcio.

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Calving problems are decreasing Vets aren’t called out during calving as often as they used to be, but producers need to know when to call for backup By roy lewis, dvm

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ith genetic selection of lower birth weights and easy calving bulls, calving problems due to fetal oversize are becoming rarer and rarer.

But there are still common problems, which are worth reviewing to help producers recognize and assist these deliveries to save more calves as calving season is upon us.

Fetal malpresentations today are the most common calving difficulties we see. The simple front leg(s) back are often corrected by the producer. Gently repelling the body and head back will give enough room to bring the leg around. This places the calf in the normal position to be pulled. Occasionally a cow can deliver a calf with one foot back depending on the size of her pelvic opening versus the size of the calf. Always try and assist a backwards calving.

Twinning is in the range of up to five to six per cent in some herds and this poses a much greater risk of malpresentation because of the eight legs and two heads.

The various combinations these body parts can be presented in can really be a puzzle to sort out. Most common one is backwards (usually the first one) and one is forwards. They can both be trying to come together.

A few tricks producers can do to sort things out is to first remember the top calf must be the one to come out first. Sec-

ondly, follow the leg back to the body and make sure you are pulling on two legs from the same calf. To determine between back and front legs there are one of two things, which must be felt. If you can follow the legs back the neck and head should be found if front legs or the tail found if back legs. That is the obvious. If you can’t reach that far if you check the first two joints they bend the same way in the front legs and the opposite way if the back legs. If both calves are coming forward, four front legs need to be sorted out. If a cow had twins in the previous year or two, watch her extra closely as they often repeat.

My rule of thumb for any of these malpresentations is if no progress is being made after 20 minutes, call your veterinarian. The vaginal vault will be drying out and time running out as well. Keep in mind you are generally behind with malpresentations since the uterine contractions may be delayed or the water bag or feet showing may not happen as with normal calvings.

As a result there is an increased percentage of stillborn.

The most common malpresentation veterinarians are called to are complete breech births where the calf is presented tail first into the birth chamber. It takes skill and experience to bring the back legs around without damaging the cow’s uterus. Again, there is a higher incidence of this with twin births. And with just the butt end presented, often the cow delays pushing. Whether this is because nothing is presented into the pelvis one can only

speculate. I do know over half of these presented to us are stillborn. The cow will often look uneasy and start making a bed but won’t get down to the act of calving.

With many, the entire placenta is presented when the calf is delivered. The navel cord may be wrapped around the legs and veterinarians must be careful to not rip this during the delivery.

Torsion of the uterus is rare, but it is important for the producer to recognize this situation right away and call for help.

Upon doing your vaginal exam, you get the impression your hand and arm are going through a corkscrew with apparent tight tissue crossing your path. When you do reach the calf, it may appear upside down and the opening is not uniform like a partially dilated cervix.

Call for help right away, as a few options are available. The calf may be able to be rolled by an experienced veterinarian, the cow rolled and the calf held or if both these are unsuccessful a caesarean section performed.

Veterinarians generally become involved when there are fetal monsters, fetal hydrops (excessive fluid in the calf’s abdomen), schistosomas reflexus (an inside-out calf), and other rare conditions. The calves are usually non-viable and are delivered by C-section or, in many cases, a fetotomy.

This is where the veterinarian will cut the fetus apart using obstetrical wire and an instrument called a fetotome. All are undesirable options, but the life of the cow is spared.

We also see the cases where there is something wrong with the pelvis of the cow. The tail head and spine may have dropped down making the pelvic opening very small or there may be a mass or some obstruction in the pelvis. The solution is again a caesarean section even though the calf is normal size. These cows are obviously culled out in subsequent years.

The days of lots of C-sections and hard pulls are over. With good bull and female selection, calving problems from fetal oversize are very rare. Another problem worth mentioning is our heifers are maturing early and the older calves can be bred at only a few months of age. These of course commonly have dystocias (calving problems) due to small pelvic openings but by pulling bulls or pregnancy checking our yearling heifers, we can eliminate these unwanted pregnancies in young heifers.

Overall, veterinarians are called a lot less than they formerly were — which is a good thing. The important thing is still being diligent at calving and to recognize when there is a problem and act on it quickly.

If you don’t make progress yourself in 20 minutes, call in backup. If a calving isn’t proceeding in the normal time, intervene as most often you may detect a malpresentation or torsion early in time to save the calf. Here’s to a fruitful and problem-free calving season.

Roy Lewis practised large-animal veterinary medicine for more than 30 years and now works part time as a technical services veterinarian for Merck Animal Health.

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U.S. producers glad that COOL is gone The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is also strongly behind the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal Staff merican cattle producers are just as happy about the demise of the country-of-origin labelling law and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal as their Canadian counterparts.

That’s the take of Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) after its executive and executive director attended the annual convention of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in California last month.

“We were happy to see that the U.S. producers are just as enthused about the repeal of COOL and the signing of the TPP agreement as we are in Canada,” ABP said in a recent Grass Routes e-newsletter.

“There have been times in the past when Canadian and U.S. producers were not always on the same side of important issues and it was gratifying for

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Canadian producers to be recognized as allies on COOL and TPP.” One presenter at the conference said complying with the labelling law, which was repealed by Congress in December, would have cost the U.S. cattle sector $10 to $12 per cwt.

American cattle producers are already suffering from a “supply shock” caused by major increases in beef, pork, and poultry production last year coupled with the high U.S. dollar.

“The U.S. cow herd expansion is in full swing and this will keep protein supplies growing and prices declining,” said Grass Routes.

“The price predictions for cattle this year are much lower than the record levels in 2014 and 2015, but are still higher than the strong prices in 2013 and much higher than the prices in the 2000-09 decade.

Most American producers are glad that Canadian cattle are no longer subject to a labelling law. PHOTO: CANADA BEEF

New sheep parasite medication available this spring Alberta Lamb Producers is welcoming the imminent arrival of a medication to treat a parasite that infects sheep.

“Barber pole worm infection is a significant health issue in many Alberta flocks,” Alberta Lamb Producers (ALP) said in a release.

“The parasite can cause heavy mortality and production losses, due to anemia in infected sheep.

As with many other internal parasites, the barber pole worm is showing increased resistance to existing deworming medications, making it difficult to control.”

The new Elanco medication Flukiver will be available to producers in late spring with a prescription from a veterinarian.

“The Canadian Sheep Federation has pushed for the development and approval of this product,” the release said. “Through checkoff support of ALP, Alberta producers have contributed to the work CSF has done for this advancement.”

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Drought undoing farm investments

Cold weather on the way?

Abnormally dry weather across North Africa is threatening to derail investments to boost food production. Morocco plans nearly $600 million of measures to support farming, including assistance for small farmers, feed subsidies, and crop insurance. With drought looming, the Moroccan cereal harvest is expected to fall sharply from a record 2015 crop of 11 million tonnes. “(The) rainfall deficit has reached around 61 per cent until now. If the spring cultivation is also affected, this year’s cereal harvest would reach hardly 2.5 millions tonnes,” said the head of Morocco’s planning agency. — Reuters

Recent signs suggest that we may face an unusually cold March. December was particularly warm thanks to El Niño, but its influence is fading. Now a near-record Sudden Stratospheric Warming event currently in the works will create more opportunity for cold outbreaks in the long run. Strong, rapid warming in the stratosphere is highly linked to subsequent dives in the Arctic Oscillation, which if sufficiently negative, can bring frigid weather. The timing of a cold outbreak stemming from this effect is very difficult to pinpoint, but the broad time frame would be late February into early March. Impacts could also be prolonged based on the intensity of the event. — Reuters

Readers’ question: What caused the warming in the 1940s?

The factors behind global warming are quite simple, but the way they play out can be complex

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BY DANIEL BEZTE

always enjoy getting emails from readers. Most of the time they’re looking for clarification about previous articles and once in a while questions arise from the graphics I pull from various sources.

Usually, I try to reply directly back with an answer, but sometimes an article or graphic generates the same question from a number of people. Taking what I have learnt about teaching, if one person asks a question, a few more probably have that same question; if several people are asking a question then many people are probably asking themselves that same question.

This was the case with the graph of global temperatures over the modern record (1880s to the present). The question from several readers was: What caused the warming temperatures during the first part of the last century and in particular, the significant warming that occurred during the 1940s?

If you go back and look at the global temperature anomaly graph that showed yearly average global temperatures as a departure from the 20th-century average you would see that from 1880 to about 1910 global temperatures were steady or declined slightly. Then starting around 1912, global temperatures started to increase slowly but steadily until the late 1930s, when there was a rapid increase starting around 1937 and lasting until about 1946. Global temperatures were then fairly steady until the mid-1970s when they resumed their steady increase.

If you look at the graph and place a best fit line starting around 1910 to the present you would see that global temperatures, for the most part, have been steadily increasing with a bit of a warm blip or jump during the late 1930s and early 1940s. This ‘blip’ makes it look like there was a significant cooling period following this rapid warming until about 1975, when in reality, the overall trend was a slow but steady increase with only a bit of a steady state period during the 1950s and early 1960s.

This overall warming trend fits the timeline of the influence of humans on atmospheric levels of different gases that are known to increase the amount of heat the atmosphere is able to trap. Yes, humans were producing these gases before this time as the industrial revolution revved

up, but it took time for atmospheric levels to increase to a point where they could begin affecting global temperatures. As these levels of gases continued to increase in the atmosphere, the amount of heat being trapped increased, resulting in warmer and warmer global temperatures. This is pretty simple science and no one really disputes this fact. What people dispute is whether the values we are seeing are able to cause the temperature increases we are seeing.

While this part is fairly straightforward, the rest of the picture is very complex. There are several different things that influence atmospheric temperatures. Solar output, water vapour, cloud cover, pollution — either natural (volcanoes) or human made — and ocean temperatures are a few of the big ones. Add to this the various naturally occurring longer-term weather patterns or cycles such as El Niño-ENSO, Madden-Julian Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation, and Arctic Oscillation. These all interact together to influence global temperatures over periods of several years up to a decade or so. This is why we don’t see a steady year-to-year rise in global temperatures, but rather, a pattern of fluctuations between warmer and cooler years that are slowly increasing towards warmer and warmer conditions.

Back to the main question: Why the big increase during the 1940s and the steady temperatures that followed this period?

It seems fairly apparent that the warming leading up to and including this period was, in part, brought on by atmospheric changes tied to human activity. One train of thought on why the rapid increase in the 1940s is that this was simply the response of the atmosphere to the increase in humanproduced atmospheric gases — that the period following this warming would have continued to warm at or near this pace, like it has over the last 35 years, if it wasn’t for atmospheric pollution. The period after the Second World War saw massive industrialization and a large jump in atmospheric pollution levels. Just think back to images of the giant smokestacks belching out pollution. This pollution didn’t help much to trap extra heat in the atmosphere but rather, helped to reflect solar radiation or sunshine back into space, resulting in cooler temperatures. Looking back at the temperature records this becomes evident when looking at daily high and low temperatures for this period. Dur-

This map shows the total amount of precipitation across Alberta so far this winter (Nov. 1 to Jan. 31). It has been a dry winter, with most regions seeing below- to well-below-average amounts (orange and red). There are several small scattered areas with near-average amounts (green) and only a few above-average areas (dark green and blue).

ing the day, when solar radiation was being partially blocked, temperatures declined. At night, when this pollution would not influence temperatures (since there was no incoming solar radiation), global temperatures continued to slowly increase.

That’s all the room I have for this

issue, but I’ll continue to expand on this topic in upcoming issues.

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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Water supply looking good Current snowpack conditions are looking pretty good in all of the head works for Alberta irrigation districts except for the southern tributary as the St. Mary’s River is currently tracking below-normal levels. The Oldman and Bow river systems are tracking at normal and higher-than-normal levels, said provincial irrigation water engineer Lloyd Healy. Reservoir levels in the Oldman and Bow systems as well as southern tributaries are tracking at normal levels. However, head works storage for southern tributaries are below normal. St. Mary’s dam is only 42 per cent full and Waterton dam is only 19 per cent full, “but they have been catching run-off throughout the winter, which is good,” said Healy. — AFA release

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lant growth regulators can work, but use with caution.

If the conditions aren’t right, you could have a wreck, said participants in a plant growth regulators panel at FarmTech.

“If you’re going to use a plant growth regulator, focus it on situations where you are pushing yield limits,” said Emile deMilliano, manager of training with Crop Production Services.

“Plant growth regulators should be used when lodging is an issue and where you are pushing yield potential.”

Plant growth regulators (PGRs) are growth hormones that naturally occur in the plant. If applied at the right time, they can stop cell division or stem elongation, reducing the height of the plant and making it easier to harvest.

But if applied at the wrong time, they can have serious effects on plant growth and yield. Manipulator can be applied at growth stage 12 to growth stage 37, while Etherel can be applied between growth stages 37 to 45.

PGRs, which are only registered for spring and winter wheat, can reduce plant height by as much as 40 per cent and lodging by up to 70 per cent when used properly.

But types and varieties of wheat will respond differently. Growing conditions can also affect the way the products affect the plants.

PGRs can be a valuable tool, but use with care, say Alberta producers Tom Eppinga (l) and Greg Stamp. PHOTOS: ALEXIS KIENLEN “When you apply a PGR, you want optimum growing conditions to be occurring. That is really important,” said deMilliano.

Agronomists, growers, and researchers are just starting their work on PGRs and how they work in Western Canada. They’ve been used for years in Europe, but Europe has 200 growing days, while Canada has only 90 to 100 growing days, said Ryan Adams, manager of agronomic services with Crop Production Services.

Grower experience

Tom Eppinga of Triple T Farms near Bon Accord has experimented with PGRs on his farm and has found both positives and negatives.

The biggest pro is increased yield, along with increased standability, and reduced lodging and disease. He loved that he was able to harvest more bushels an hour, and not have to deal with as much straw the following year. Eppinga also saw a heavier bushel weight, which translates into more yield and better quality.

And using plant growth increased morale on his farm because the harvest was so much easier, he added.

On the other hand, if things are dry, PGRs do not offer any benefit, and managing the timing can be difficult. Eppinga said he also worries about consumer push-back to the use of the hormone, and many companies are

not taking Manipulator-treated grain because the product isn’t registered in the States.

“You have to be really careful — every CPS and hard red has different characteristics that will change how it responds to the product,” said Eppinga. “You have to try this on every farm and see how your variety responds.

It’s not for every farm and every area.

“It’s kind of a combination of high fertility, high seeding rate and sufficient timely rains that will give you that lodging problem. If all of those three things come together, then it’s a nice tool to pull out of your tool box.

If the timing is perfect, hit it and your dream will come true.”

Greg Stamp of Stamp Seeds has also used PGRs on his family’s farm near Enchant. Stamp has used Manipulator, Etherel and a Syngenta product called Parlay that works well on perennial ryegrass seed production.

“Where I had a miss in the field, you could actually see that it was lodging quite a bit,” he said. “But we were high fertility in those fields.”

Stamp has also tried Grocel, a gibberellic acid that promotes plant growth. He sprayed it on winter wheat this fall to help the crop overwinter and grow faster.

He saw a benefit from applying it to the winter wheat seed, as it allowed him to plant the winter

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Syngenta welcomes Chinese takeover bid Syngenta hails ChemChina’s ‘attractive’ bid and says regulatory hurdles can be cleared

BY LUDWIG BURGER Basel/Reuters

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hina has made its boldest overseas takeover move with state-owned ChemChina US$43-billion bid for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta.

The largest-ever foreign purchase by a Chinese firm will accelerate a shakeup in global agrochemicals and marks a setback for U.S. firm Monsanto, which failed to buy Syngenta last year.

China is looking to secure food supply for its population. Syngenta’s portfolio of top-tier chemicals and patent-protected seeds will represent a major upgrade of its potential output.

“Only around 10 per cent of Chinese farmland is efficient. This is more than just a company buying another. This is a government attempting to address a real problem,” said a source close to the deal.

Years of intensive farming combined with overuse of chemicals has degraded land and poisoned water supplies, leaving China vulnerable to crop shortages. The deal fits into Beijing’s plans to modernize agriculture over the next five years.

“I was sent to the countryside at the age of 15, so I’m very familiar with what farmers need when they work the land,” said ChemChina chairman Ren Jianxin. “The Chinese have relied mainly on traditional ways of farming. We want to spread Syngenta’s integrated solution among smallholder farmers.”

With growth slowing at home, Chinese companies are increasingly looking abroad for deals that can boost their business and help them diversify. If completed, ChemChina’s Syngenta purchase would be more than double CNOOC’s US$17.7-billion buy of Canadian energy company Nexen in 2012.

“Syngenta has never been val-

ChemChina chairman Ren Jianxin (l) arrives at Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland to announce what could be the largest-ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm. Photo: Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann ued so highly. Over the last few years the company has failed to demonstrate it can generate reasonable earnings on its own,” said Patrick Huber, a fund manager at Mirabaud Asset Management.

“We will definitely tender our

shares at the offered price. I can’t imagine another bidder making a higher offer.”

Syngenta CEO John Ramsay, who described the ChemChina offer as “very appropriate and attractive,” said he saw no major

barriers and noted that ChemChina — short for China National Chemical Corp. — had secure financing in place.

“I think the overall regulatory approvals will not be very challenging,” he said.

Syngenta’s chairman said ChemChina will be on the lookout for more deals as China strives to improve its food supply.

“Obviously (ChemChina) is very interested in securing food supply for 1.5 billion people and as a result knows that only technology can get it there,” Michel Demare said.

Syngenta is already the largest supplier of crop chemicals, excluding seeds, in China with a six per cent share of a fragmented market. Lower grain prices, U.S. farmers’ resulting cutbacks in spending, and pressure from investors to bolster profits have also sent many of the world’s largest agricultural companies scrambling to cut deals.

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There is no benefit from applying a growth regulator on shorter wheat varieties like Gateway, which is only kneehigh.

Manipulator needs to be applied at the five- to six-leaf stage. Stamp used Manipulator on the majority of his cereal acres under irrigation and tank mixed it with herbicides. He used glyphosate and a pre-pass with his burn-down to delay broadleaf weeds in the crop and planted his crop early. He was able to wait until the fiveor six-leaf stage before herbicide application, and applied the Manipulator and herbicide together. He then was able to manage his irrigation and spray again at fusarium timing.

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“This saved us a pass this year, and was really nice.”

The Stamps have used Etherel for the past eight years, and have found that if the head is out a few inches from the top of the stem, the field needs to be sprayed that day or the day after.

“If only 10 per cent of the beards are poking out at the top, I would still spray, but if it’s more than 10 per cent, you’re too late,” he said.

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Expert says too many farmers working without a net Fewer than one in 10 producers use options to set a floor price for their grain

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orget that old farm dog — options are a farmer’s best friend.

“If you don’t have options in place, your tool box is not quite complete,” said David Derwin, an investment adviser with PI Financial.

“If we can add a few more newer, sharper, better tools like options into the tool box, we’ve got a much more complete tool box to work with.”

Unlike other grain-marketing tools, options give producers the opportunity — not the obligation — to sell their crop at a certain price or before a certain date, said Derwin, who spoke at FarmTech in late January.

“Options provide protection on one of your biggest assets out there — your grain,” he said.

“Options are really just like insurance. You pay a premium, and your asset is protected.”

But despite the flexibility that options offer, only five to 10 per cent of farmers use them, said Derwin. He chalks that up to bad experiences with other types of grain-marketing tools, like hedging.

“There’s always been an issue with hedging — rightfully so — because you don’t really know at the end of the crop year what you’re going to have coming off the field,” he said.

“If you’ve priced something and all of a sudden you have hail or you just don’t have the same yields, you don’t have that grain there for delivery. That’s what causes people to be a little more hesitant to hedge properly.”

Not so with options.

“There’s no requirement for you to deliver your cash or physical grain into the contract,” he said.

“You don’t have to worry about delivery risk or production risk.

You can have the ability to contain some downside, but you’re not worried about what’s going to come out of the ground for delivery.”

somewhere — even just a goal to have a process in place for the upcoming crop year — that makes a big difference.

“Have the goals in place. Know what you want to do. Know what your target levels might be.”

When margins are slim, it’s doubly important to spend more time on grain marketing, he added.

“We’re still going to have another couple of tough years in agriculture,” said Derwin.

“It’s not going to go straight down — there’s still going to be lots of opportunities. But I think that makes the idea of capturing more revenue for the farm and taking advantage of a spike in prices all the more important.

“We’ve got to adapt and adjust accordingly. And one way to do it is by being much more progressive and active by spending much more time on the marketing side.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Price is another issue with hedging. Once the grain hits the target price, that’s it — even if the price goes up the next day.

“We’re all human. We all want to sell at the high,” said Derwin.

“But that’s the nice thing about options. You’re not locking in a price. All you’re doing is putting some downside protection in place.

“It gives you that downside protection so you can sleep at night, but it still gives you that upside so you can brag to your neighbour that you got a much higher price.”

But like any grain-marketing tool, options need to be part of an overall marketing plan.

“Everything has its place. It’s all about fitting it in with your marketing decisions,” said Derwin.

“At the end of the day, it’s really about balancing it to put money in your pocket. It’s not just about managing risk. It’s also about protecting revenue.”

And in order to do that, producers need to put measurable marketing goals on paper.

“There’s that saying that ‘what gets measured gets treasured,’ and I think that’s absolutely right,” said Derwin.

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have at their disposal, a compelling story is perhaps the most important — and the most challenging to find.

“That’s one of the things in the modern breeders’ tool kit that needs improvement — our message out to the public and how it’s going to come across,” said geneticist Sean Myles of Dalhousie University. “We’re not good at it right now.”

Scientists have faced an uphill struggle in sharing facts about genetically modified organisms with consumers, partly because of how they were created in those early days, Myles said in a presentation at FarmTech last month.

Traditionally, GMOs were created by putting “a little cassette of DNA” into bacteria and then putting those bacteria into the plant.

“You make a plant with this huge piece of bacterial DNA with all sorts of little pieces in it, and it inserts that into hundreds of thousands of places within the plant genome,” said Myles.

“You don’t really know where it goes, but hey, if the plant grows up and has the trait you’re interested in, bingo — we win. We’ve got ourselves a GMO that works.”

But through that process, geneticists were “significantly altering” the plant’s genome — and consumers didn’t like that. Amid protests over ‘frankenfoods,’ almost 40 countries around the world have banned GMOs, even potentially life-saving ones.

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“We know that there are issues in the world like vitamin A deficiency — it results in one million to two million deaths a year,” said Myles. “It’s a very serious problem, mainly in very poor countries where rice is a staple.

“Since 2000, we’ve actually had a GM rice, called golden rice, that has been available.

But because of regulatory hurdles, it has never really been introduced.

“People still suffer from vitamin A deficiency because they can’t get a hold of golden rice.”

Consumers think that GM crops are made by “big companies” that just want to make a buck — but that’s not the case with golden rice.

“This was developed in an academic lab in Freiburg, Germany, through a grant to develop a solution to vitamin A deficiency in the Third World.

“It’s freely available. There’s no IP (intellectual property rights) associated with this. It’s ready to go. And it can’t move because of regulatory hurdles.”

Tell a story

But the game is changing dramatically, he said. New technologies allow geneticists to edit the genome — or what breeders like to call “precision breeding.”

“The precision with which we can alter the DNA sequence of a plant and animal is orders of magnitude better than it previously was,” said Myles. “It’s not even the same concept. It’s not the same game at all.”

“There’s no off-target modifications to

the genome. We can make single changes to the DNA sequence.”

Even so, “genetics is still a really bad word for some people.”

“The fact is they’re not listening to the details. They don’t want facts,” said Myles.

“You’ve got to be able to tell a story.

You’ve got to be able to touch people’s hearts. You need to tell them something that’s going to connect them emotionally with what you’re talking about.”

And scientists are notoriously terrible at that, said Myles, who described the typical attitude as: ‘I’m confident that everyone can make up their minds for themselves because every human is extraordinarily rational just like me. And if I give them the information, they’re going to decide right.’

“It doesn’t work that way,” he said. “You need to touch their hearts. And when you get that message across, it’s much more effective than saying, ‘Listen, trust me.’”

But the agriculture industry needs to strike a balance between facts and emotion, he said.

“You can’t just leave all the facts out,” said Myles.

“We need to describe that process and make it feel good to them. They need to feel good about that in order for us to make progress.”

And that’s the biggest challenge facing plant breeders right now, said Myles.

“No matter how many of these technological advances that we come up with, we’ll never achieve the goal without connecting with the public and the emotion of the consumer.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Wild bees can boost your yields There’s an estimated 300 species of wild bees in Alberta, and they can’t be beat as pollinators

By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF/EDMONTON

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ild bees buzzing around your field can give you a bigger bang for your buck than honeybees or leafcutter bees.

That’s because they actually do a better job of pollinating, said bee specialist Ralph Cartar.

“Our whole world is built around managed bees and using honeybees as best we can, but in fact, the most reliable thing is native bees — they have a huge impact on yield,” the University of Calgary biology professor told FarmTech attendees “Leafcutters are great individual pollinators. Honeybees are not as good, but you can make up for it by having more (of them).

Collectively, neither is as good as wild bees.”

Honeybees are not great movers of pollen because they are not very hairy and so not as much pollen sticks to them. But the challenge with wild bees is getting the high density that you can get by putting out a group of hives.

Still, the wild guys are so effective at gathering pollen, they can have a big effect on yield. Studies done on canola in Sweden found yield increases of up to 18 per cent when wild pollinators were around.

And the wild freelancers are needed more than ever, said Cartar.

“Worldwide, there are more crops being grown that require pollination, and the ones that require insect pollination are increasing at a higher rate.”

However, the population of honeybees isn’t increasing as fast. So on a global basis, honeybees are doing 20 per cent of crop pollination and wild bees the remainder.

“No one knows if the populations are increasing or decreasing. We barely know what’s there.”

Ralph Cartar

The buzz in Alberta

So what’s the story here?

There are 300 bee species native to Alberta, but little is known about them. A specialist in bumblebees, Cartar gave a rundown on some of the main types, including plasterer bees (small insects that produce and secrete a substance that smooths walls of cells in a nest), sweat bees (a diverse group that actually feed on the salt and liquids in sweat), mining bees (which make holes in the ground to nest), and long-tongued bees (adept at sucking nectar from deep flowers). There are also mason bees, that like leafcutters, nest in tubes, straws or holes.

Unfortunately, no one in Alberta is monitoring what is happening with wild bee species.

“No one knows if the populations are increasing or decreasing.

We barely know what’s there,” said Cartar. “But people who do know what is there can tell you that we live in the centre of a diversity of bees.”

In fact, the Prairies rank with the Okanagan and southern Ontario in having the greatest density of wild bees.

Bumblebees and other wild bees offer significant pollination value compared to honeybees and leafcutter bees.

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Bee threats

The British and the Dutch do monitor wild bee populations and both countries have seen declining numbers, likely due to habitat loss. The same is true for North America bumblebees, although there’s no specific data for Canada.

However, that doesn’t mean that the situation is universally bad.

“Since I came here almost 25 years ago, we’ve lost one or two species that used to be really common,” said Cartar, originally from Vancouver.

“But it doesn’t mean that there aren’t a lot of bumblebees on the flowers. They are just different species. It’s bad to lose species and to lose that diversity, but it doesn’t mean B:10.25”as a whole are that bumblebees going extinct.”

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Studies in Europe have shown livestock density, pesticide use, and loss of habitat can affect the diversity and abundance of wild bees, as can the introduction of alien species like bumblebees or honeybees. But pathogens are a likely culprit, and climate change is also having an impact. One of Cartar’s colleagues found the range of bumblebees is shifting due to changes in temperature.

“The range of the south is shifting up as the range of the north stays the same,” said Cartar. “The regions are squishing. The south is being lost, but the north is not being gained.”

Helping wild bees

Leaving natural habitat around fields boosts wild bee numbers.

Studies done in Lethbridge found populations increase when there’s more flowers and nesting sites, and a strong positive correlation between native pasture land and wild bee numbers.

Cartar recommends keeping

an eye out for wild bees and then determining where they’re nesting.

“If you are trying to explain the abundance of critters in your field, look around 300 metres,” he said.

“If you are looking at diversity, you need to look at 750 metres. Don’t look three kilometres away. Look at what’s in your field and what’s next to your field.

The edges of roads and lanes make for good habitat, along with fence boundaries, shelterbelts, and pivot corners (the corners of fields that pivot irrigation doesn’t reach).

“These are all important for pollinators, so look at these places and try to encourage that,” said Cartar.

Two free publications — Farming for Bees and Native Pollinators and Agriculture in Canada are available from a number of websites and can be found by Googling their titles. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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“As a result, there will be sessions for organic grain producers and all sessions will be appropriate for both conventional and organic producers.”

The school features a range of offerings over two days on horticulture, marketing, transition, livestock, and grains. There’s also a trade show, and a business/conversation room for specific businesses and topics.

“New Venture Coaches will be on hand to have one-on-one discussions about business plans and business expansion ideas,” said Spencer. “There are lots of opportunities to take home information, share ideas, and get insightful tips and advice.”

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Canada aims to pass U.S. in wheat exports A lower loonie and cheap ocean freight are the biggest factors

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heap freight rates and a low dollar may see Canada supplant the U.S. as the Western Hemisphere’s dominant wheat exporter.

Canada overtook the U.S. in 2014-15 in wheat export volumes for the first time, exporting 24.1 million tonnes. It is forecast to fall short of eclipsing U.S. shippers in 2015-16, with both countries trailing top exporter Russia.

A once-large gap is steadily narrowing, however, with U.S. wheat exports forecast this year at a 44-year low, and Canadian shipments up nearly 30 per cent during the past decade.

Favourable dollar exchange currently allows exporters such as Richardson International, Viterra and Cargill to undercut U.S. prices in some markets, traders say. Record-low ocean freight rates have also extended Canada’s reach.

“I do think we will see the current trends in both countries continue, which would result in Canada being the leading exporter more years than not,” said Cam Dahl, president of Cereals Canada.

gill, Richardson and Viterra are upgrading port facilities there to ship more grains and oilseeds to Asia.

By contrast, expansion of grain export terminals in the U .S . P a c i f i c N o r t h w e s t h a s slowed since the 2011 opening of a $200-million Longview, Washington, grain terminal owned by EGT, LLC. It is the only new grain export terminal built in the U.S. in the past 30 years.

The region has seen no grain terminal expansions since 2013.

The end of the Canadian Wheat Board has allowed companies to combine different crops on bigger vessels headed to a common region, adding to freight savings, said Terry James, vice-president of export marketing at Richardson International.

“I think the buyers are becoming more accustomed to this out of Canada, and they are reacting accordingly by putting cargoes to us,” James said.

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The U.S. also faces stiffer competition from Argentina, whose wheat prices tumbled in December after the country devalued its peso and scrapped export taxes.

As currencies weaken against the greenback, some buyers are turning to Canada and other suppliers first, and the U.S. only if necessary, said Rhyl Doyle, director of export trading at Winnipeg-based grain handler Paterson Grain.

“They are gradually becoming the emergency storehouse,” Doyle said.

Mexico, Peru and some Caribbean countries have shifted purchases to favour more lowerquality wheat from the Black Sea region for blending with high-quality Canadian wheat, resulting in a cheaper supply than U.S. hard red winter wheat to produce bread, Doyle said.

But export-focused industry group U.S. Wheat Associates, doubts Canada will consistently outship the U.S., and says a buildup of Canadian stocks may be behind last year’s anomaly.

“Overall, they are not going to exceed us as a wheat exporter,” said Alan Tracy, U.S. Wheat Associates president, adding that the U.S. system is more efficient.

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Canadian pasta makers accuse Turkey of dumping To add insult to injury, much of the offending product is made with Canadian durum

BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

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urkey is buying Canadian durum, using subsidies to make it into pasta and dumping it back into Canada, the Canadian Pasta Manufacturers say.

Pasta imports from Turkey more than doubled in 2015 compared to 2014, while its value tripled, said Don Jarvis, president of the Canadian Pasta Manufacturers Association.

“They (Turkey) are buying Canadian durum, shipping it all the way over there, making it into pasta and shipping it back, according to some of my members, cheaper than what they paid for the semolina (milled durum) here in Canada,” Jarvis said. “You’re shipping this wonderful durum across the ocean and it comes back as the finished product cheaper than you can make it in Canada. That’s the problem.”

His association will seek countervailing duties on Turkish pasta if Canadian firms don’t voluntarily stop importing it, Jarvis said.

“They (Turkey) are buying Canadian durum, shipping it all the way over there, making it into pasta and shipping it back, according to some of my members, cheaper than what they paid for the semolina (milled durum) here in Canada.”

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“We are already doing preliminary research as a prelude with going forward with a substantial case,” he said, noting the first step is getting the message out to Canadian importers.

“If one large retailer determines they want to stock a lot of this, another one will do it to be price competitive and then pretty soon the domestic industry could be in serious trouble.

That’s why we’re trying to reach out and communicate that we see a problem. We’d rather not proceed with a time-consuming and costly case.”

Under domestic and international law, Canadian pasta makers are allowed to seek countervailing duties on imported pasta to even the playing field. However, before duties are applied it must be proven the offending imports are subsidized and/or dumped (sold in Canada below the selling price in Turkey) and injuring Canadian pasta makers. That process takes at least seven months, is costly and the duties, which go to the Canadian government, not pasta makers, aren’t retroactive.

During the first 11 months of 2015, Canada imported 5.25 million kilograms of Turkish

pasta, up from two million in 2014, Jarvis said.

“The value has gone from just under $2 million to $5.5 million for an 11-month period,” he said “With another month it will be around $6 million. It will have tripled (in value).”

The average landed price of Turkish pasta in Canada last year was $1 per kilogram versus $1.5 and $2.20 for pasta from the United States and Italy, respectively.

Turkey is now Canada’s third-largest export pasta supplier after the United States and Italy, Jarvis said. The U.S. slapped countervailing duties on imported Turkish pasta years ago and recently renewed them, he added.

Canada is the world’s largest durum wheat exporter, averaging 3.8 million tonnes a year based on average production of 5.3 million tonnes. Canada exports 80 per cent of its durum turning a little less than one million tonnes annually into pasta.

Four companies produce almost all of Canada’s pasta: Italpasta and Primo in Ontario and Quebec companies Catelli and Grisspasta. Sales total $300 million to $400 million a year.

“There are jobs and investment here,” Jarvis said.

The alleged dumping is also a concern to Canadian durum millers who produce the semolina (durum flour) Canadian pasta makers use, said Gord Harrison, president of the Canadian National Millers Association.

“Canadian market demand for durum semolina and flour has been steady in recent years but still below long-term average, as is the case for other milled wheat products,” he said in an email. “Canada’s durum millers are highly dependent upon the Canadian market. In this context, the surge in imports of pasta is of concern.”

Canadian durum exports to Turkey rose to 105,800 tonnes in 2013-14, versus 82,700 the previous crop year, according to Canadian Grain Commission figures.

“Given Canada’s market share in Turkey, I suspect some of that pasta coming to Canada was made with Canadian durum,” said Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl.

While durum exports to Turkey are important, so are sales to Canadian millers, he added.

“It’s in Canada’s interest, and all of the value chain’s interest, to have that processing in Canada so it is a concern when subsidies from other governments threaten that industry,” he said.

“Yes, we might be exporting some of that durum to Turkey to come back as pasta… but if it’s based on government support then what happens when that government support disappears and we’re left without the export opportunity and the value added here in Canada?

“I am always concerned when foreign subsidies are putting Canadian processing at risk as opposed to genuine market conditions.”

Dahl doubts asking companies to voluntarily stop importing Turkish pasta will work.

“I don’t know of the approach having worked in the past anywhere, put that way.”

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The 10,000-foot take on using drones on the farm Experts say producers looking to use drone technology should keep things simple when starting out

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff/Brandon, Man.

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nterested in diving into the world of drones? Think small.

“I would suggest starting with a small piece of equipment,” said Trevor Thornton, president of Crop Care Consulting. “A lot of guys want something that they can keep in their truck and pull over and launch when they spot something in the field. These guys are looking for quick access and you don’t need to spend a lot of money to do that.”

A basic model costing $1,500 to $2,000 will do the trick, said Thornton, part of a panel at a recent event for potato producers here.

“Don’t spend too much because that won’t give you the value that you need,” said Thornton.

Simpler models don’t produce Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data, but the photos and the aerial perspective is still highly valuable and sometimes all a grower needs.

“Just looking at things from a different perspective is a value in itself,” said Thornton.

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“Drones give us a new resource,” said Ian MacRae, a professor and extension entomologist at the University of Minnesota.

“Any issues that you can visibly spot in your fields from the ground can be seen even better from the air,” added MacRae. But you still have to scout fields on foot, said an agricultural specialist with the province.

“Zooming in on plots can certainly be useful, in terms of seeing how applications are progressing throughout the season, and at the same time, keeping a detailed record,” said Craig Linde. “Flying allows us to see areas of vulnerability but we certainly still need boots on the ground to be able to examine and define these areas.”

More complex drones that produce the NDVI imagery can be expensive and frustrating when trying to keep up with the rapidly advancing technology, the panellists said.

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Data collected can give producers inklings to areas in the field that need further attention.

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“What some of the companies are suggesting is uploading the data to their systems to be processed, which is a great concept,” said Thornton. “The data can upload either remotely from the field or when you get back to the office. But a lot of us are rural so you don’t have great fibre optic lines and to send all of this information somewhere is going to be cumbersome just because of the size of the data we are sending.”

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Cropland conversion program seeing increased uptake Program gives rebates on Proven Seed forages for producers putting cropland into grass Ducks Unlimited Canada release

There’s increased interest in a program that offers producers a price break when converting cropland to forages, says Ducks Unlimited Canada.

“Declining prices for wheat and other cereal crops, as well as a simultaneous increase in beef prices, are leading many landowners to seriously consider the move to increase their cattle herd,” said Craig Bishop, the organization’s regional forage lead. “This, in turn, spurs a demand for increased forage.

The drought of 2015, in particular, resulted in many poor hay crops in several areas and further motivated producers to convert additional land to forages.”

Last year, Prairie producers tapped into a rebate program to put 25,000 acres into grass. The program is a joint effort of Ducks Unlimited and Crop Production Services (CPS) and might be the perfect solution. In Alberta, producers get a rebate of $100 on a 50-pound bag of Proven Seed forage varieties.

“Offering an incentive to producers to convert their cultivation to forage is an extremely cost-effective means for increasing grassland and makes good agronomic sense,” said Bishop.

“Essentially, the program covers approximately 40 to 50 per cent of the producer’s seed investment.”

The program is best suited for producers in the Parkland and Prairie regions. For more information, contact a local CPS retailer or Ducks Unlimited conservation program specialist.

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Farmers pay but have no say However, two of the organization’s three commissioners are usually farmers and ‘close to the industry’

BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff / Brandon, Man.

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armers pay the tab so they should have a bigger say in how the Canadian Grain Commission is run, says the CEO of the Canadian Canola Growers Association.

“It’s one thing to go to full cost recovery, but full cost recovery with absolutely no control and no representation around that government agency is not right,” Rick White said at a farm show here last month.

“We have to do something about that because farmers should not be expected to pay the full shot of a federal government agency. It’s just not right.”

The grain commission gets about $60 million of its $70-million budget from fees (including a $1.80-a-tonne outward inspection fee on grain exports) from grain companies. But it’s widely

Farm leaders fear CP job cuts will cause future headaches

accepted that the companies pass the charges back to farmers.

The problem with the current setup is that the commission is still run as it was when Ottawa was paying most of the bill, White said in an interview.

“There’s tremendous expense running a government agency by the nature of government,” he said.

Instead of a three-person executive — chief commissioner, assistant chief commissioner, and commissioner — it should become a Special Operating Agency with a CEO and a board of directors made up mainly of farmers, he said.

“They do a lot of good work,” White said. “It’s not a criticism, it’s just the model is wrong. It’s not accountable to farmers and it’s the farmers who pay the bill.”

The other option is for the government to cover most of the commission’s operating costs as it once did, he said.

Farmers and grain companies have long, but unsuccessfully, argued that since many of the commission’s services are compulsory and benefit Canada’s economy, the government should pay for them.

The previous Conservative government looked at the CEO/board model but decided to take a pass.

“I’m a firm believer in if it ain’t broke don’t fix it,” then agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said a year ago. “We’ve got a good working relationship across the spectrum with the three commissioners.

Each one brings different expertise to the fore. To limit that to a president and some other people under him doesn’t have the same effect.”

It’s up to the new Liberal government to decide if it wants to change the governance model, said Elwin Hermanson, who was chief commissioner for eight years until stepping down last month after declining another term.

“It’s one thing to go to full cost recovery, but full cost recovery with absolutely no (farmer) control and no representation around that government agency is not right.”

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However, having “leadership is close to the industry and particularly close to the producer” should continue as it’s been a strength of the organization, he said.

“Most commissioners have been farmers or industry-oriented people as opposed to

career public servants,” said Hermanson, adding he has “nothing against career public servants.”

Two of the full-time commissioners have usually been farmers, he noted. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Canadian Pacific Railway’s decision to cut 1,000 jobs has caught the attention of at least two Prairie farm leaders.

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Zimbabwean farmers fear worst as drought hits cattle, crops About 14 million people are facing hunger in southern Africa

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n this dusty village in southern Zimbabwe, farmers have already lost cattle and crops in the severest drought to hit the nation in a quarter of a century.

But the worst may be yet to come.

Midway through the farming season, the fields around the village are normally green at this time of the year but now they lie barren. Local people, who should be looking forward to the harvest in late March, are instead awaiting its failure and wondering how to make do with meagre supplies of food aid.

“It will not take us far so we will have to eat sparingly,” said Jesta Kugarira, 65. Apart from a few showers in mid-January, it hasn’t rained in Mafomoti since September and her maize, millet and sorghum crops have been destroyed.

Kugarira, who has 12 children and grandchildren aged between three and 24, said her family is surviving on one meal a day. She has just six kilograms (13 pounds) of cereal, two kilograms of beans and some vegetable oil that she has received from the United Nations World Food Program to keep them fed for a month.

The drought is likely to damage harvests across southern Africa and about 14 million people are at risk, the agency says.

Where neighbouring South Africa is wealthy enough to tackle the problem of food shortages, the impact is looking particularly serious for Zimbabwe where 70 per cent of the population still survives on farming.

Zimbabwe’s economy has been struggling for five years to recover from a catastrophic recession that was marked by billion per cent hyperinflation and widespread food shortages. Strained relations between President Robert Mugabe and aid donors such as the European Union have complicated matters.

Agriculture is critical to Zimbabwe’s economy, generating 30 per cent of export earnings and contributing 19 per cent to GDP. But a report by the government and international aid agencies last year said 16 per cent of Zimbabwe’s population of 13 million required food up to March 2016.

Prized possessions

In drought-stricken areas, emaciated cows root around the bare earth trying to find something to eat. Some livestock are too weak to stand while birds flock around the carcass of a dead donkey.

Around Mafomoti, 500 kilometres south of the capital Harare, 375 families have received aid which is expected to feed a total of 2,784 people.

Villagers said they were being forced to sell surviving cattle — prized possessions in rural Zimbabwe, kept usually to fund future family expenses such as educating the next generation.

“Livestock was our bank because people expected to sell and raise money for school fees, but they are all dying and there are no pastures. If you look around you, it’s just barren,” said Luxon Mabvongwe, a 50-year-old father of 11.

Whereas food prices usually rise in times of drought, the opposite is true of livestock in Zimbabwe at the moment. With animal feed so scare, farmers are selling cows for as little as $50 compared with at least $400 they would get in better times (all figures US$).

Harare plans to import up to 700,000 tonnes of maize and has secured a $200-million loan to import grain.

The EU has urged Mugabe’s government to declare a food emergency, allowing international donors to raise money quickly to provide more food aid. Vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa has said only that Harare is already providing food imports but is open to assistance.

Relations between Brussels and

Harare remain fraught. The EU, which imposed sanctions in 2002 over electoral fraud and human rights abuses, has renewed measures including a travel ban and asset freeze on Mugabe and his wife until February.

Some villagers in Mafomoti are considering trekking the 100 km to the South African border to look for food. However, the continent’s top maize producer is suffering from the same drought and could reap its smallest maize crop in a decade this year, a Reuters poll showed.

Josphat Ngwenya, the local chief, said the long-term consequences of the drought went well beyond food shortages.

“Most households will collapse and many children will fail to go to school.”

Zimbabwean men attempt to get a malnourished cow on its feet in rural Masvingo last month. Photo: Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

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Report urges Canadian food sector to be the most trusted in the world

U.S. court upholds Enlist Duo registration

Ottawa think-tank says there’s a golden opportunity for Canada, but it must be more transparent and have credible performance standards

The U.S. EPA said its initial study of the herbicide may have underestimated its phytotoxicity

BY ALEX BINKLEY AF contributor

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anadian farmers and food manufacturers should set a goal of becoming the most trusted food system on the planet, says the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.

But the challenge “will be gaining the trust of consumers who rarely have any real knowledge about modern agriculture,” said David McInnes, head of the Ottawa think-tank.

“Reaching out to them will take a concerted cooperative effort by the entire sector.”

The institute’s report points to a number of areas that concern consumers, and need to be a focus for the entire food chain.

“We need to credibly demonstrate the care being taken to enhance food safety, improve food nutri-

tion, address animal care, contribute to the planet’s health, and satisfy other expectations,” the report states. “It is in Canada’s best interest — both economically and for the sake of the well-being of its citizens — that we ensure our agri-food system delivers a strategy that enhances and retains trust.”

That requires being more open about how food is produced and having credible ways to gauge how the entire industry is performing, the report says.

“How we cultivate trust may very well be the key to future competitiveness. Securing trust requires greater transparency about food practices and their impacts, as well as credible national metrics that measure and demonstrate performance.”

Canada’s food sector — from farm through to processors and retailers — generates almost seven per cent of the gross domestic product and provides one in eight jobs in the country.

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n Appeals Court has rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s move to overturn its own registration for Dow AgroSciences’ Enlist Duo herbicide combo.

The agency sought court approval to withdraw its previous registration for the proprietary glyphosate/2,4D combination, saying it wanted to re-examine the product. The company’s Enlist varieties of corn and soybeans are genetically modified to tolerate the herbicide.

The EPA, in its court filing, had said it since learned Dow Agro was claiming Enlist Duo’s two active ingredients work better together.

It said its earlier study assumed the 2,4-D and glyphosate components didn’t have such “synergistic effects” and so it may have understated the product’s phytotoxicity.

Until 2014, the choline salt form of 2,4-D used in Enlist Duo — billed as less prone to drift and volatilization than other forms of 2,4-D — hadn’t been registered for any U.S. herbicide use.

But an Appeals Court denied the EPA’s request to vacate the Enlist Duo registration.

The request to vacate came as a result of related actions against both the agency and Dow by two U.S. groups, the Center for Food Safety and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

“As a result of the decision, the current U.S. registration for Enlist Duo remains fully intact for all labelled uses,” said Dow. The company had previously said Enlist Duo “continues to be available in Canada for its registered uses,” and the Enlist traits in corn and soybeans are still “fully approved for cultivation in Canada.”

Apart from its uses on Enlist crops, Enlist Duo is also registered in Canada for pre-seeding and pre-emergent use on spring, winter and durum wheat, barley, rye and field corn acres.

Heavy producer selling pressures durum Canadian durum prices are being pressured by heavy producer deliveries while demand is lagging last year’s pace, according to one analyst.

Larger-than-expected producer deliveries throughout January are weighing on durum, said Jerry Klassen, manager of the Canadian office for Swiss-based grain trader GAP SA Grains and Produits.

“I think the million-dollar question is, ‘At what price does the farmer start to slow down on his sales?’”

A weaker Canadian dollar “has been supportive to the cash market, but the world market appears to be softening,” Klassen said.

The durum market also has a soft tone due to slightly larger carry-out for major exporters, and similar production expectations for 2016 in the U.S., Canada and Europe, he added.

Despite heightened farmer selling, Canadian durum exports were behind last year’s pace, at 2.1 million tonnes as of Jan. 17 compared with 2.6 million tonnes in the same time frame a year prior, according to Canadian Grain Statistics Weekly.

Delivered elevator durum in Alberta is fetching about $8.34-$8.83, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. — CNS Canada

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Cooked data means big trouble Government officials say harvest data is inflated to keep subsidies flowing

BY BERNADETTE CHRISTINA MUNTHE AND MICHAEL TAYLOR Jakarta/Reuters

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Workers unload imported rice from Vietnam from a ship at Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta, Indonesia in December. Photo: Reuters/Darren Whiteside

ndonesian agriculture officials routinely inflate rice harvest data to present a rosy picture to the government and keep farm subsidies flowing.

But their latest phoney numbers could lead to a severe shortage of the staple in coming months, officials say.

If the data had been correct, Indonesia would be awash with rice supplies and the country’s president would have less to worry about. The number rigging, critics say, flies in the face of food self-sufficiency targets that Joko Widodo has been aggressively pursuing since taking office in 2014.

“These numbers are so exaggerated,” said a senior government official, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity

of the issue. “We’re scrambling right now to build stocks in case there’s a failed harvest in February and March.”

Another government official, who works on agriculture issues, confirmed that the numbers are rigged.

Supply shortages forced the government to hurriedly import rice from Thailand and Vietnam in December to avoid a surge in prices, which in the past has sparked civil unrest and contributed to the downfall of autocratic leader Suharto.

Warehouses should be bulging with tens of millions of tonnes of rice, if harvest data is to be believed, but every January officials reset the numbers to zero and the stock just evaporates from the books, the senior official said.

“There’s actually some very real vested interests behind some of these distortions,” he said, referring to Indonesia’s endemic corruption but giving no details.

Bad data, bad policy

Dwi Andreas Santosa, a professor at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, said his research showed the government’s figures for rice output in 2015 were 17 to 19 per cent higher than estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the global benchmark for crop forecasts.

The government estimated a seven per cent year-on-year rise in production last year, shrugging off crop-damaging dryness linked to the El Niño weather pattern that prompted the region’s leading exporter, Thailand, to slash its rice output forecast. Indonesia is the world’s third-largest producer.

Santosa said he interviewed farmers in 61 Indonesian regions and found that output had actually fallen: in 67 per cent of the area surveyed, he found an average drop of 20 per cent from 2014.

“Production data can’t be trusted,” he said. “Our food policies are in disarray because of disarray in the data.”

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Interested in growing hemp?

Fabas a fit if you’ve got moisture

Canadian hemp acres are up 25 per cent in the last five years, with nearly a third of that grown in Alberta — about 24,500 acres in 2015. Last year’s bumper crop has reduced demand for conventional hemp acres this year but buyers are “exceedingly interested in contracting organic hemp acres,” said Lori-Jo Graham, a provincial specialist in biomaterials. However, hemp demand — including for fibre — is growing and the province is working with farmers and companies to build supply chains, she said. It has just released a new publication on hemp production, which can be found at www.agriculture.alberta.ca (search for ‘industrial hemp’). — AAF release

Fababeans are a great fit for some parts of Alberta, says a producer who has been growing them for nearly a decade. “Fababeans are a moisture-loving crop so grow really well as an irrigation crop in southern Alberta or more of the wetter areas in central Alberta,” said Greg Stamp of Stamp Seeds near Enchant. Most Canadian production goes to Egypt, which prefers tannin varieties. Pea leaf weevil and lygus bugs are pests to watch for; Chocolate spot is the big disease concern; and the large seed size can be a challenge. “If you can get past the seeding stage, everything else is easy about growing fababeans,” said Stamp. — AFA release

HEARTLAND Getting the job done on the farm

Farmers need to know their obligations to the people who work for them

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff/Brandon, Man.

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mployment contracts are a farmer’s best insurance against costly and stressful disputes with workers hired to help out on the farm, says a labour and employment lawyer.

“There are labour issues in every industry,” Winnipeg lawer Shereese Qually said at the recent Ag Days farm show here.

“When you are an employer, engaging employees, things go wrong. That is just the way it is.”

The furor over new farm labour and safety legislation in Alberta raised concerns for many Manitoba farmers, she said.

“I’ve heard a lot of people saying, ‘What if that happens here?’ Everything there is already the standard in Manitoba,” she said, adding Manitoba offers fewer exemptions for agriculture under its law.

The most important thing employers can do to protect themselves from labour grief is to have an employment contract in place for every employee, she said.

“The family farm is changing — there are legal interventions evolving in every aspect of your operation,” she said. “Whether it is leasing land or hiring employees, a handshake and goodwill are not sufficient anymore.”

Contractor versus employee

Qually says the first step to establishing effective employee contracts is to determine how you are engaging workers, as independent contractors or employees.

“If someone is being paid as a contractor, but they should actually be an employee, there is significant risk to the employer,” she said.

To determine if your workers are in the proper roles, Qually suggests thinking about what level of supervision you have

to provide the worker, who is supplying the equipment, and if the worker’s function is integrated into the business.

“When you have someone come and build a fence for you, you’re not in the business of building fences,” she said. “But if you have someone come and run your combine or tractor or assist you with seeding, you are in fact in the business of doing that.

“It is important to ask if their contribution complements your business or is it integrated into your business? If it is a complement they would be considered an independent contractor.”

This often becomes an issue when seasonal workers employed as contractors apply for employment insurance (EI) and are told they don’t qualify because they were employed as a contractor. “The EI representative may begin to look into the situation and see that they should have been an employee. That is generally where that situation begins to snowball,” said Qually.

“If you have treated someone as a contractor and the court discovers that they are an employee, what is the risk associated?”

Among other things, it can mean the farmer ends up retroactively owing Canadian Pension Plan, EI, and other source deductions, as well as fines and interest from Canadian Revenue Agency.

Termination

One of the most common issues she deals with is when workers are terminated and seek recourse, said Qually.

“The most important thing to include in the employment contract is the termination piece,” she said. “Make sure you are clear on the rights and obligations of termination.

The reality is that I can charge you between $500 to $1,500 now for a contract or $30,000 to $50,000 later, when things go bad.”

In most cases, a general employment contract can be used for all employees, she

“Whether it is leasing land or hiring employees, a handshake and goodwill are not sufficient anymore.”

Shereese Qually

ment Standards Code, and the second is the common law.

“But producers should know that this is one of the easiest issues to address,” she said. “Get a contract. If you have a valid, enforceable employment agreement with your employee, you can avoid wrongful dismissal claims. This is the easiest area of risk to mitigate.”

Manitoba labour and employment lawyer Shereese Qually recommends farmers use employee contracts. Photo: Jennifer Paige said. They should have a clear description of duties; workplace health and safety obligations; defined roles as an employee or independent contractor; a list of deliverables and associated time frames, as well as the rights and obligations around termination.

“One of the most misunderstood areas of termination is that employers think their obligations of termination are limited to the Employment Standards Code. But that isn’t right,” said Qually.

There are two sources where an employee can pursue damages if they are fired without just cause, one is under the Employ-

Common pitfalls

Employers should also familiarize themselves with the standard requirements for employee leaves and vacation time.

“For farm employees, the easiest way to manage vacation time and pay, especially if you are seasonally hiring them, is to pay their vacation percentage on their paycheques and schedule their vacation for when the work is complete,” she said.

In terms of leaves, employees are entitled to maternity, bereavement and family leave under the Employment Standards Code.

“An important thing to note is that if you don’t bring workers back after one of these leaves, there is a remedy under the code that they can pursue to be reinstated with back pay,” said Qually. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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AG EXPO FEATURE

Love for Ag Expo never wanes Meeting exhibitor demand is biggest challenge of ever-popular Lethbridge event

BY JEFF MELCHIOR AF contributor

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ebruary holds a special place in the hearts of agricultural producers in southern Alberta, and we’re not talking about Valentine’s Day. It does represent a kind of love, however — in this case, the love farmers have towards the latest, shiniest new farm equipment.

And just as it has for over 100 years, it can be seen at Lethbridge’s Ag Expo, one of Alberta’s oldest and most popular agricultural shows.

Organizers are expecting at least 20,000 people to come through the gates of Lethbridge Exhibition Park during the equipment exhibition and seed fair’s Feb. 24-26 run.

“People come to Ag Expo to see the ‘new cars’ of machinery — the newest innovations in equipment and seed development,” said Doug Kryzanowski, manager of corporate relations, marketing, events and entertainment with Lethbridge Exhibition Park.

“The people coming through — 20,000 strong — know what they’re looking for. That’s how seasoned a show it is.”

Putting on Ag Expo means facing some ongoing challenges, not the least of which is accommodating a growing number of exhibitors in the park’s 200,000 square feet while still maintaining a standard of variety.

“We have a turnover list of anywhere from 30 to 40 every year and a waiting list of 50 to 60 every year,” said Kryzanowski. “That’s a shift of 100 people to get every exhibitor in.”

Ag Expo is an ‘economic barometer’ of the Lethbridge area, says Doug Kryzanowski, a manager at Lethbridge Exhibition Park. PHOTOs: AG EXPO A newer challenge is a softening in the farm equipment market due to the lagging Canadian dollar.

However, Kryzanowski is confident that this will be offset by Americans looking for a deal.

“Being only an hour away from the U.S. border gives us a geographical advantage,” he said. “Northern Montana is very strong in agriculture and we’ve always had good representation from there and parts of Idaho.”

Ag Expo is “kind of like an economic barometer” for the Lethbridge area, he added.

“If people are spending money at the show it’s a good sign the community is in strong economic condition. This area doesn’t get hit as hard as other parts of Alberta when the oil and gas industry is in decline because we’re primarily farm and ranch. I would call it the perfect storm with us having some good

crops here and the dollar being the way it is. It’s probably going to be a pretty good show for most of the exhibitors.”

The seeds of Ag Expo were planted all the way back in 1897 with the North American Seed Fair. The World Farming Congress started in Lethbridge around the same time.

“Both just kind of morphed into one another,” said Kryzanowski.

“It’s had many names over the years but it’s been Ag Expo since at least the mid-1970s.”

Having enough space to accommodate interested exhibitors has been a challenge over the past several years.

“We’re short of space but the show keeps getting bigger,” he said.

“We have probably 100,000 square feet outside where we park grain bins and most of the big equipment but if it’s a cold and miserable

Space limitations mean a lot of equipment must be shown outdoors. day — and it often is in February — that’s not always the most comfortable for visitors and exhibitors.”

Ag Expo attendees have tended to be a hardy lot, however.

“They’ll come from Swift Current or Cranbrook in a blizzard.”

Other Lethbridge attractions also help bring people to the city for the event.

“Because we have a Costco, people from the east side of B.C. often stay in Lethbridge for two or three days to go shopping, maybe conduct some other business, and take in Ag Expo,” said Kryzanowski.

Lethbridge Exhibition Park has a couple of redevelopment plans on the table, including a convention centre which would create more space for Ag Expo and other exhibition events. However, Kryzanowski does not see these getting off the ground in the next few years.

“We’re looking at an indefinite period of time before we make an expansion,” he said.

The North American Seed Fair is one of Western Canada’s oldest seed fairs and one of only a few left in North America. Although the fair typically receives fewer entries than it has in the past, Kryzanowski said the seed fair committee tries to keep it vital by focusing on education.

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“About 20 to 30 per cent of the people who go to Ag Expo are urban, so it’s an education for them to see how people seeded and tilled in the past,” he said.

Although the show typically averages about 50 seed exhibitors every year, it attracted hundreds at its peak. Kryzanowski points to a couple of reasons for this decline. “A lot of corporations are buying out the smaller seed plants and seed fairs are not a priority for them. Also, sometimes producers forget to set aside some of their seed in the fall for the February show. It’s not always the best timing for them.”

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Investors pumping $58 million into Winnipeg’s Farmers Edge The Manitoba company is competing against giants like Deere and DuPont Pioneer in farm data management STAFF

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recision agronomy and farm data management firm Farmers Edge plans to keep taking its services to previously underserved acres around the world, with a major cash infusion from a group of its backers.

Three companies — Japanese commodities trading and investment firm Mitsui, Toronto commercial real estate company Osmington, and investment firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers — are jointly investing $58 million in the Winnipeg company.

The three companies will get equity stakes on top of their previous holdings in Farmers Edge, but Farmers Edge declined to say how much equity, percentagewise, goes to the trio.

Farmers Edge said the investment will go toward expansion of its data science team and its engineering group for new product development, and to finance further expansions.

“We will continue to expand into lucrative markets like the U.S., as well as Russia, Australia and Brazil, where our field-centric approach to predictive modelling is generating high yields even in data-sparse regions,” company CEO Wade Barnes said in a release.

Between software and hardware development, the company has hired about 40 people in the past 12 months and will likely double that in the next year, Barnes said in an interview.

‘Largely untapped’

In Brazil alone, Farmers Edge said “there are nearly one billion acres of arable land that represent a significant and largely untapped market opportunity, primed for increased agricultural productivity.”

Farmers Edge, Barnes said, has shown it can operate not only in “data-rich” environments, but in relatively “data-sparse” environments — and not only overseas.

Jurisdictions such as Saskatchewan and the Dakotas have far smaller troves of publicly generated soil and climate data, he said, compared to states such as Iowa and Minnesota, where the company has also recently opened offices.

The company also plans to expand its services eastward in Canada, he said, noting Ontario’s cropland, for example, is relatively data rich compared to the Prairies but data sparse compared to parts of the U.S. Agribusiness giants such as Deere, DuPont Pioneer and Monsanto, through its takeover of Climate Corp. in 2013, have staked claims in the same space.

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Brief New project supports rural Alberta women entrepreneurs A new initiative aims to identify barriers faced by rural Alberta women entrepreneurs in the regional food economy and then develop a pilot project to help overcome them.

“Participating in regional food systems not only creates economic growth for a region, but also provides entrepreneurs an opportunity to create value-added food adding to the long-term sustainability of their business,” said Bryanna Kumpula, executive director of the Agriculture & Food Council A research project called Success for Women in Agrifood (#S4WAg) will begin by assessing — through surveys, interviews, and focus groups — the current situation facing women involved in agriculture, food entrepreneurship, and policy development.

It will then help develop a pilot project to “help more rural Alberta women become successfully engaged in the regional food and agriculture economy and policy discussions.”

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Consumers seek paradise lost on grocery store shelves Author Alan Levinovitz believes there is a role for storytelling in changing public perceptions of agriculture

BY SHANNON VANRAES Staff

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hat can a scholar of classical Chinese religions add to the agriculture debate? A lot as it turns out.

The fuss over which foods are good for you, and which are not, has been going on for thousands of years, American author Alan Levinovitz said at the recent AGM of Manitoba’s main farm group.

“Even 2,000 years ago you have classical Chinese texts advocating diets — contradictory diets,” the religious scholar told members of Keystone Agricultural Producers.

He points to an order of monks, whose members adhered to a grain-free diet in the belief it would increase their lifespan, improve skin health, allow teleportation and endow the gift of flight.

A couple of centuries later, these same Chinese monks switched to cutting meat, instead of grain, out of their diet. But while the prohibi-

tion changed, the promises stayed the same. Not eating meat would give you the ability to live longer and teleport with glowing skin, they wrote. Later on, mushrooms and golden jade were the ticket to immortality.

“So it never really changes,” he said. “People today are still just as confused about food choices.”

And no wonder, given contradictory messages around eggs and cholesterol; butter and fat; and meat-based versus plant-based diets. Food gurus and experts help make sense of a complicated world — even if the information they provide is untrue and potentially harmful, said Levinovitz.

“This is very frustrating. It creates a public that is extremely scared and it creates a public that is also wondering, ‘Well, if it’s not cholesterol, if it’s not fat, what is it? What is causing all of our problems?’”

For now, he said, the culprit is gluten, the subject of his book, The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat.

Alan Levinovitz Photo: Shannon VanRaes In it, Levinovitz explores many of the themes around fad diets and food taboos, but when it comes to those who produce food there is one, very long-standing narrative that is concerning.

It’s an issue that the author said can be traced back to what is possibly the oldest and most famous story the world has ever known.

“A long time ago, in a beautiful garden — that was probably

organic — there lived a man and a woman, and it was awesome… they lived a wonderful life and they were immortal,” he said.

“Then one day an evil advertiser came along and convinced them to eat the wrong food, and all of a sudden everything went to hell.”

Ever since Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, people have longed to return to paradise, longed to return to a simpler, purer time, free of modernity, when food was natural and safe, said Levinovitz.

“How do we get back to that garden? What are we eating that has cursed us? And who is Satan that has fed it to us?” he said. “This narrative, the idea of paradise past when it comes to food and agriculture is one of the most, if not the most important ways in which people come to understand food.”

It can be seen on most food packaging in the form of the little red barn, the tiny farmhouse with a yard void of machinery, or

a smiling pig in a green pasture, he said.

“The reason these logos command attention, is because they are telling a story, they are telling people that when you buy our product, you are really buying something that belongs in the past, in a beautiful place,” he said.

The problem is those images simply don’t square with the realities of modern farming.

“Then when they see the truth — an actual dairy farm — they feel deceived, they feel like you are lying to them. Then, you become the villain,” said Levinovitz.

There are ways to combat this, however.

One approach is for farmers to work with processors and marketers to create and implement more realistic images for products.

The second is for farmers to present and promote an alternative narrative.

“As much as people want to organize their lives with stories, they also want to know the truth.

And so there is room right now for change,” he said. “You need to tell people about what modern agriculture actually looks like.”

“When people are seeing little red farmhouses in logos, when people see cows in green pastures with sun, talking to each other… an image of an actual farm becomes terrifying, it doesn’t look like reality, it looks like the place we were cast into after paradise was lost.”

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That doesn’t mean attacking other people’s narratives or going after their beliefs, he added. It means offering people another version of events, another story to consider.

“I think people respond to the telling of stories, much better than they do to the deconstruction of their own story,” Levinovitz said.

“At the end of the day, you’re not going to disprove someone’s story by throwing science at them… better to offer people alternative narratives that are appealing and have the added virtue of being true.”

He pointed to the example of the Peterson brothers — the young Kansas farmers who have gained fame with their YouTube parodies of popular songs rejigged to explain modern farming — as storytellers who are non-threatening, fun and most importantly, truthful.

As for Levinovitz, he said he’s learned a lot about agriculture himself over the last few years, but is looking forward to getting back to teaching religion.

“It’s so much less controversial,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Just what are functional foods, anyway?

Here’s a brief primer on the health benefits that functional foods are supposed to deliver Alberta Agriculture and Forestry release

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he term ‘functional foods’ has been around for decades, but what does it mean?

“While there is no legal definition for functional foods, a common definition is that a functional food provides health benefits beyond basic nutrition,” said Ava Duering, an analyst with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

This is because they contain bioactive food compounds or physiologically active nutrients and non-nutrients. Four of the most common are protein, vitamin D, magnesium and omega-3 fatty acids.

“Protein has many functions,” said Duering. “It assists with sustained energy, athletic performance and recovery; staves off loss of muscle mass associated with aging; (and) helps with weight loss and management, curbing appetite and promoting satiety.”

Along with the regular sources of protein — including meat, dairy, nuts, grains, pulses, and leafy green vegetables — is microalgae. Food manufacturers have recently starting adding it to products such as alfredo sauce, while brioche (the French pastry similar to bread) can be made with highlipid whole algal flour instead of the usual butter and eggs.

Vitamin D, found in fish and shellfish, “helps with bone growth, modulates cell growth and has

If you’re not keen on these natural sources of omega-3, you can still include it in your diet by buying functional foods. a role in neuromuscular and immune function and reduces inflammation,” said Duering.

It has been added to milk, yogurt, cheese, orange juice, breakfast cereals, and grain products.

Magnesium is naturally found in nuts, seeds, whole grains and legumes.

“Magnesium works as a cofactor critical to vitamin D activity, to regulate protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose regulation and blood pressure regulation,” said Duering. “It plays a role in bone development and in the transport of calcium and potassium ions across cells which is important for nerve impulse

conduction, muscle contraction, and normal heart rhythm.”

It is sometimes added to food products such as ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, supplement bars, and beverages.

Another functional food that is increasingly found in food products is omega-3 fatty acids, which are naturally found in fish oils.

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Neonics’ approvals criticized as short on data Federal watchdog’s critique follows PMRA’s move to end conditional registrations

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Canada’s environment commissioner says some neonic pesticides have been available under conditional registrations for over a decade, while federal regulators haven’t yet gathered the data required for full registration. photo: Thinkstock

anada’s environmental watchdog says authorities were allowing the longterm use of pesticides linked to bee deaths despite not having enough information about the products.

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) can grant a five-year provisional licence to some products to give manufacturers time to provide more information.

Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand said nine products had remained conditionally registered for more than a decade, even though the agency had not gathered the data it required.

Eight of the nine belong to the neonicotinoid class, which many beekeepers blame for devastating their hives.

“These products continue to be used extensively in Canada despite widespread concern they may

pose a threat to bees, other pollinators and broader ecosystems,” she said.

Last summer, Ontario became the first in North American jurisdiction to curb use of seed treated with neonicotinoids and Quebec is planning similar curbs.

Prolonged use of products with conditional registrations means “users may come to depend on a product that is ultimately shown to be unsafe,” said Gelfand.

In some cases, firms had not provided the required data for neonicotinoid pesticides. Even so, the agency continued to allow the products to be conditionally registered.

In a written response, the PMRA said it would gather the information more quickly in the cases of products which had been granted conditional registrations. Last month, it said it would stop issuing conditional registrations on June 1.

“Conditional registration of commercially available pesticides must be subject to timely and robust review, something the PMRA is simply not doing.”

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Separately, the agency concluded there was no risk to bees from the insecticide imidacloprid when it was used to coat seeds.

But it found bees could be endangered when the pesticide was used to treat soils or applied to plants.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s preliminary risk assessment of imidacloprid found that chemical residues of more than 25 parts per billion would likely harm bees and their hives and result in the bees producing less honey.

Gelfand also found the agency had moved slowly to remove dangerous pesticides. It took the agency up to 11 years to remove some products deemed harmful.

“Conditional registration of commercially available pesticides must be subject to timely and robust review, something the PMRA is simply not doing,” said federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. “That so many neonicotinoids, for example, remain on the market and actively used across Canada having never undergone a proper assessment is simply unacceptable.”

“The audit findings confirm our worst fear, that PMRA delivers on industry interests and not those of people and the environment,” said John Bennett of the environmental lobby group Friends of the Earth.

The group says the federal government should replace the PMRA with a new agency that has “the money and scientists to do the real job to prevent unacceptable risks to people and the environment from the use of pesticides.”

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Having left the stock waterer, this cow moseys through a gate to the neighbouring pasture, near Millarville, Alta. Photo: Wendy Dudley

The biggest cash crop in Scotland is government subsidies In Scotland, EU subsidies account for 74 per cent of total farm income London/Reuters

Scotland’s farming is heavily reliant on subsidies and staying in the European Union is “absolutely crucial,” the country’s Rural Affairs Minister Richard Lochhead said.

New figures say Scottish farmers get 74 per cent of their total income from farming from EU subsidies.

“These figures highlight the importance of EU funding to Scottish agriculture,” said Richard Lochhead, adding Europe is also the No. 1 destination for Scotland’s food and drink exports.

Britain is seeking to renegotiate its relationship with the EU and then planning to hold a referendum on continued membership.

Agriculture was worth an estimated 667 million pounds (C$1.34 billion) to the Scottish economy in 2015, with subsidies accounting for 490 million pounds of the total.

“Farmers would prefer to farm without the financial support they receive from the EU, but the reality is that most farms don’t make enough from the market for this to be possible,” said Andrew McCormick, vice-president for NFU Scotland, which represents farmers, crofters and growers.

McCormick said, however, there were many questions that needed to be answered before farmers could make an informed vote in the referendum, including what the trading arrangements would be with the rest of Europe if Britain opts to leave.

“Access to markets is vital and clarity is required on what this would look like should the vote be to leave the European Union,” he said.

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Cheaper beef ahead as U.S. herd grows The latest USDA data may be bearish on cattle futures in deferred months

BY THEOPOLIS WATERS Chicago / Reuters

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eef prices will keep trending lower, analysts said after the government’s semiannual cattle inventory report found the U.S. cattle herd has hit a five-year high.

Healthy pastures, more affordable grain and record-high cattle prices a year ago encouraged the recovery of the herd that fell to a 63-year low in 2014.

As a result, retail beef prices have declined seven months in a row to $5.97/lb. in December versus $6.31 a year earlier (all figures US$).

The USDA’s twice-yearly cattle inventory report showed the U.S. herd as of Jan. 1 up three per cent from a year earlier at 91.988 million head. That’s the highest number since 2011.

“Clearly the sector has turned,” said Chicago-based Linn Group

analyst John Ginzel. The industry “is waving a red flag” that it is responding to strong economic incentives to expand their breeding herd, he said.

The herd expansion suggests beef prices have likely peaked and will continue to grind lower, said analysts.

“Depending on how fast the feeding sector draws younger cattle into formal feeding programs, those cattle will likely be placed at heavier weights and will likely increase available tonnage,” said Ginzel.

Typically, USDA’s twice-yearly cattle report does not sway Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures traders that tend to focus more on near-term market factors such as late-Friday’s wholesale beef and slaughter cattle prices.

But because of the bearish nature of the data, Ginzel looks for it to possibly pressure late-2016 and early-2017 trading months.

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CME Group plans to resume its listing schedule for live cattle futures and options contracts, effective Feb. 18, the exchange said.

CME said it will post the June 2017 live cattle futures and options contract that was originally scheduled to be listed on Jan. 4.

The exchange said it will not amend CME Rule 10101, which does not allow delivery of nonU.S.-origin cattle, and will continue to require that all cattle delivered against the contract must be born and raised only in the U.S. CME Group temporarily delayed listing new contracts in early December 2015 to evaluate possible delivery changes of nonU.S.-origin cattle in anticipation of a repeal of beef, as a covered commodity, subject to mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) requirements.

Congress repealed the law later that month.

“Upon feedback from market participants, and the lack of publicly available data on discounts or premiums based on the country of origin of slaughter cattle, CME has determined not to amend Rule 10101 regarding country-of-origin delivery at this time,” the exchange said. — Reuters

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Environmental farm plans to cover species at risk A new online tool will include technical tips and best management practices for protecting species at risk and habitat Alberta Environmental Farm Plan release

The Alberta Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) is adding a species-atrisk component.

A $200,000 federal grant will be used to create an online tool to help producers learn about opportunities to conserve species at risk on their farms and find out whether they meet sustainable sourcing standards.

Last summer, the Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta — which now runs the EFP program — did a study to see how it stacked up against interna-

tional standards for sustainably sourced food, said Paul Watson, the program’s director.

“The biggest gap related to species at risk and habitat protection — this project will fill most of that gap,” he said.

A committee drawn from farm groups, conservation associations, and government will oversee the creation of the online tool.

“The producer perspective is uppermost on our agenda,” said Watson. “Having these groups work with us will help identify any potential concerns and find early adopters who support this mandate. We already know that finding time to complete an EFP can be

challenging for producers; Alberta EFP is committed to reducing the time and effort required.”

As well as positioning producers to tap into market demand for sustainably sourced products, the new component will protect habitat and help with pest control as birds of prey, snakes, badgers and weasels eat gophers, mice and other rodents while other species feed on grasshoppers and mosquitoes. It will include technical tips and best management practices related to species at risk and habitat protection. There is cost to doing an environmental farm plan. For more info, see www.

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How’s business? There’s an app for that Free online tool can tell you exactly how your farm is doing financially and create a financial plan for the coming year Alberta Agriculture and Forestry release

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n online tool for analyzing the performance of your farm business has been upgraded, along with some additional user assistance for the software.

The Agricultural Business Analyzer is a set of Excel spreadsheets designed for a farm business. It helps producers prepare the three key financial documents: a balance sheet (that measures net worth), income/ expense statement (or profit/loss statement), and cash flow statement (that measures changes in a business’s financial position).

“The understanding, analysis and interpretation of these financial statements is important for good farm decision-making,” said provincial farm financial specialist Rick Dehod. “The program can help analyze the financial strength of a farm business and provide producers with the information to make informed decisions.”

To help producers use the online tool, there is also

a video tutorial, frequently asked questions, and Excel program user tips. The tool can be found at www. agriculture.alberta.ca (search for ‘business analyzer’).

Using the tool, producers can review up to five years of historical financial data and prepare and analyze a financial plan for the upcoming year. Projections start with an opening net worth statement, and then information on past and projected income and expenses for the coming year can be entered into the program and analyzed. Incomes and expenses for the upcoming year, along with expected monthly cash flows from operations, capital investments, financing and other farm cash flow activities are then entered into the program.

“In addition, the program calculates key ratios in the areas of liquidity, solvency, profitability and efficiency for both the past and projected income and financial statements, and compares them to industry benchmarks,” said Dehod.

Provincial officials are also holding two information sessions on using the analyzer in Leduc on Feb. 17 and Airdrie on Feb. 18. Both sessions run from 1 to 3:30 p.m. To register, call 1-800-387-6030.

The Agricultural Business Analyzer is an easy way to create the three key financial statements that measure the health of a business. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

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See the portfolio in action by completing the online BASF Cereal Experience1 by April 30th, 2016 and you’ll receive a Snap-on® ratcheting magnetic screwdriver for participating. Follow up with a minimum purchase1 of 640 acres of at least 2 of BASF cereal products including Heat LQ® herbicide, Insure® Cereal fungicide seed treatment, Twinline® and/or Caramba® fungicides by September 30, 2016.

Following your purchase, you’ll be entered for the chance to win a Snap-on Giveaway valued at $100,000. Visit agsolutions.ca/cerealexperience/pa for full terms and conditions and to complete the BASF Cereal Experience now.

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Egypt reverses zero-tolerance stand on ergot Egypt has reversed its stance on ergot after its zero-tolerance policy prompted traders to boycott its wheat tender.

Levels of up to 0.05 per cent, a common international standard, will now be allowed.

Traders boycotted a state tender after a 63,000tonne French wheat shipment was rejected for containing traces of ergot, despite the shipment meeting the 0.05 per cent threshold.

Despite a government announcement on the reversal, traders said they would not be reassured until they saw something official to indicate the policy change. — Reuters

Dairy safety courses available online The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association has a new eight-part training series for dairy workers.

The Dairy Worker Safety Orientation Series covers: animal handling and health; chemical safety; feed handling and storage; general safety; machinery safety in the field; milking and chores; personal protective equipment; and robotic safety.

The series is intended for producers, dairy workers, and health and safety professionals. It is available online for a reasonable cost, with each course taking approximately 45 to 60 minutes to complete.

For more information, go to casa-acsa.ca/training or contact safety specialist Glen Blahey, at gblahey@ casa-acsa.ca or 1-877-4522272. — CASA release

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Canada’s egg farmers to phase out cage housing over 20 years The pledge comes the same week as Tim Hortons, Burger King, Swiss Chalet and Harvey’s move toward cage-free eggs

BY ROD NICKEL Winnipeg/Reuters

C Egg Farmers of Alberta has already banned new installations of conventional housing and is moving to enriched-housing systems.

File photo: Shannon VanRaes

anada’s egg farmers plan to replace conventional hen cages with more humane systems over the next 20 years.

The announcement by Egg Farmers of Canada comes as various fastfood and quick-service restaurant chains set targets for only buying eggs that come from cage-free hens.

“This isn’t something we’ve done because of companies making announcements,” said Roger Pelissero, an Ontario producer and first vice-chair for the group. “We

always have in our mind what is best for our hens.”

The organization, which represents over 1,000 egg farms across the country, mapped out a plan that immediately commits egg farmers not to install any new conventional cage housing.

About 90 per cent of egg production in Canada is now in conventional housing, commonly known as battery cages, which are slightly larger than filing cabinet drawers and hold several birds each. About 10 per cent is in enriched housing, free-run, aviary or free-range formats.

The plan, to be overseen by a national working group in col-

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laboration with the entire egg supply chain, calls for a shift to about a 50-50 mix in eight years, moving to about 85 per cent alternative over conventional in 15 years.

“All production would be in enriched housing, free run, aviary or free range by 2036, assuming the current market conditions prevail,” the organization said in a release, adding those projections “represent a realistic forecast of what is achievable.”

Egg Farmers of Alberta, for one, already announced in 2013 it would ban the installation of new conventional cages beyond 2014.

Egg Farmers of Canada said it also hopes to discuss, with stakeholders and consumers, the benefits of the enriched-housing model, “which do not seem to be well or widely understood outside of the industry.”

Enriched housing provides birds with more space per bird than conventional battery cages, along with perches, scratching surfaces and private nesting boxes.

While not free run or free range, the enriched model is meant to maintain food safety; reduce mortalities; limit cannibalism and other aggressive behaviours; and ensure adequate feed and water for all birds.

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“This announcement is a huge shift and we’re confident the market will make it happen before 2036,” said Sayara Thurston, a campaigner with Humane Society International, adding that U.S. farmers have not made a similar pledge.

Mercy for Animals president Nathan Runkle described the Egg Farmers’ timeline as “simply outrageous... If egg producers truly care about animal welfare, they shouldn’t allow animals to languish in crowded, filthy cages for decades on end.”

Egg Farmers of Canada’s announcement follows pledges by a host of restaurant chains to move to 100 per cent cage-free eggs. Tim Hortons and Burger King plan to do that by 2025 while Cara Operations — whose chains include Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s, Milestones, Montana’s, and Kelsey’s — wants to do the same by 2020. Subway, McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Starbucks have made similar commitments in recent months, giving various time frames.

The two-decade target is intended to protect farmers from financial hardship, as non-conventional systems are more expensive, Pelissero said.

The Humane Society is also disappointed Canadian farmers aren’t phasing out cages entirely as the difference in welfare between birds raised in any type of cage compared with other methods is “night and day,” Thurston said.

Pelissero said there are downsides to any system. Chickens that have too much freedom can peck each other to death.

Prices paid to farmers reflect costs of production, meaning that egg buyers and possibly consumers will absorb higher prices, Pelissero said. Most of a farmer’s cost of production is from feed, however.

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Maggie Van Camp in the family’s chicken barn.

Photo: Deb DeVille

HEARTLAND Because I love you Two widows discuss how forward planning helped their families carry on following the farm accidents that claimed their husbands Jay Fox and Brian Van Camp both died in farm accidents involving loaders right before Christmas, leaving their families in shock and still trying to run their farms. Jay and Angie were Outstanding Young farmers in Manitoba and leaders in the cattle industry. Brian and Maggie were also leaders in their community and agriculture. This is an excerpt from a longer article in which these women talk openly about how they’ve kept their farms operating and emerged happy… yes, happy.

Maggie:

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hen my husband died I was 46 years old, had three teenage children and owned a 100-acre farm with a big old farmhouse. We had 23,000 chickens in the barn and shares in my husband’s family’s farm. I also worked part time as an associate editor with Country Guide and had been happily married for 21 years.

Suddenly, I was a widow and all these blessings became overwhelming. Do not underestimate grief and do not overestimate you or your family’s ability to function when someone dies or has an accident on your farm.

All I knew was one thing: I was not going to let that moment define me. But, I needed a way out of it.

Preplanning gave me that road map.

What I found was that if I knew exactly what I had to do on any given day then I could do it and it gave me strength.

In the morning I’d write down a to-do list for the farm and for my family, and included two or three what I called DAs death administration. The funeral home also gave me a list of personal changes, I was executor to my husband’s will and I had to switch over the farm businesses.

There was a mountain of paperwork — like cancelling passports, reading insurance

policies, switching the name on the business accounts — but I found I could only do a couple of things a day. It took me almost a year to get through most of that stuff.

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My sister also helped me write a list of treats that I got to do once I had accomplished the hard stuff on the to-do list — things like reading a book, going for a walk, having lunch with a friend, a nice cup of tea. It was a daily reminder to take care of myself in all of the muck.

I had a private third list. At night I’d write down three things that gave me hope. Simple things like my daughter playing her guitar or the sunrise I saw on the way to the barn.

Things that made me feel alive and grateful. Sometimes it was hard to come up with hope, but that’s when I needed it the most.

Good planning gives you time and choices. That’s a gift you want to leave your family, especially with a farm business.

Angie Fox and I call it “Getting your crap in order,” because both of us had experienced all the crappy paperwork and fallout from the death of our husbands. However, as we started talking and sharing stories, we became more and more grateful to our husbands for being prepared.

Attached is our “Because I love you” list that I hope you begin filling out right away.

Every person and farm is different, but it’s a starting point.

The Van Camps (l-r) Nate, Kate, Maggie, Matthew and Pepper the dog. Photo: Deb DeVille Strangely about five or six years ago I wrote a very similar article for Country Guide called “If you died today.” It was basically a list of things to talk about with your farming spouse in case he/she died. That article was so often requested that for the first time in the long history of the magazine, we republished.

It was also a personal blessing because Brian and I went through that list.

It wasn’t perfect, comprehensive or remotely neat. I scribbled on the back of a document we were reviewing for succession on the way home from the lawyers. It started with a question: “What would you do if your

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dad died?” And then we moved on to, what would you do if your brother, you, or me died? and ended in teasing, laughter and blinking back a few tears.

But I kept that piece of paper and stuck it in the file beside our will.

It was a guideline when I didn’t have any, when I was incredibly vulnerable and broken and when my brain was too muddled with grief to think things through rationally.

More importantly it was a conversation I treasure because it proved to me how much Brian cared for us.

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LOVE YOU } from page 49 Angie:

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hen you lose someone you love, you get lots of advice. Everyone can relate to death, it happens and we can’t avoid it but sometimes it hits a lot closer to home. There’s a big difference between being the executor of Great-Aunt Edna’s estate and planning life after losing your husband.

Farm family businesses are complicated matters because everyone is grieving. For me, it took all the strength I had to get through each day. I had four kids who needed me, and they were grieving too. When Jay passed Devon was 14, Charlee was five, Porter was four and Major was two, so I had all I could handle with trying to keep my family safe and stable. But I also had a ranch: I had cows to feed, waterers to thaw, the feedlot pens were full of calves, the culls needed to be shipped and I needed to take care of the business.

Life has a way of continuing, even if you don’t want it to. So how do you carry on? What do you do to prepare?

The Fox family: (l-r) Charlee, Major, Angie, Porter, Devon (hat). Photo: Loree Photography

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I became a widow at 33 years old but when it came to the matters of a funeral I knew what Jay wanted. After attending a town hall meeting he came home and told me they were selling plots at the Willowgrove Cemetary.

“Really?” I said. “We’re 30 years old and I am having nothing to do with this conversation.” However, later that spring he took me for a drive to the cemetery, so I knew exactly where he wanted to be buried. He also told his parents, which eliminated one family disagreement. We had moved to Manitoba from his childhood home near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan but we knew he wanted to be buried in Eddystone, near our ranch.

I thought these conversations were normal and what married people talk about. Later I learned that it’s not normal; people don’t talk about dying and funerals.

I knew what songs he loved and who he’d want as pallbearers. I knew there would be no hearse for our family. Instead Justamere Unit 412, a 1989 beatup farm truck, would carry him to his final resting spot. I also knew Devon, our 14-year-old son, would make that drive with his dad, me and the other kids as his passengers. I knew our family and friends would ride the horses behind us and our dads, brothers and uncles would drive our farm fleet of trucks.

What I didn’t know was I would look behind us on that final drive as a family and tell the kids to remember this forever, because it was so special. I didn’t know I’d feel relieved to give him one last gift. It was so healing to give him a service he’d love, that honoured him.

Until that day, I never knew how loved we were by so many.

So go home today and talk to your families and think about what you would like. If it’s too hard to write it down at least talk to someone about it. Don’t think about it as a chore; think about it as a gift.

Maggie:

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nlike Jay and Angie, my husband and I didn’t talk about the details of his funeral. All I knew was that he wanted a big party so we rented the local community centre and over 1,000 people came to celebrate his life.

However, we had talked about organ donation when we got the form with our drivers’ licences but you can simply go online at beadonor.ca. It’s a personal choice, but please take the time to sign that card and talk about with a loved one so they know ahead what you want and if you want to be cremated.

Brian did ensure that our business was well prepared.

In my experience, basically two things need to be organized for your farm business — people and paper. And of course, people come first.

Like Angie, I’ve never felt so loved as I did after my husband died. The community, my family, our church and especially my friends carried us.

Although we were overwhelmed with offers to help on the farm, not everyone can easily step in to those roles. It would have taken longer to train them than for us to do the work. And I really couldn’t afford for something to go wrong because someone simply didn’t know.

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Outsourcing

Talk about jobs that can be outsourced with your spouse and write down who could fill that role and their telephone number. My neighbour cleaned out my driveway and continues to do that. Who runs a good custom combining business? I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but I hired a housecleaner. Who would be a good bookkeeper?

We didn’t have Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) but we do now.

It started with Jake writing procedures for shipping — something I had not done alone before.

Then I realized my kids — who had done chores all their lives — really didn’t understand what they were doing. Then I created SOPs for daily chores and placement of birds.

Now we use our SOPs for OFFSAP and animal care audits as proof of diligence. This spring I used them to hire and train someone to manage the barn for me so I could go back to work at the magazine.

At least write down things like where the keys are kept, if they are not in the ignition. Also, write down the passwords for the day-to-day stuff, like scales, debit cards or your cellphone.

To this day I continue to use the contacts from my husband’s cellphone all the time. I’ve got two pages of passwords for the computer.

The spring after Brian died, my son Nate stepped up to do the corn planting. The most stressful part about it was that no one on our farm knew the password to the GPS.

Many people get to this roadblock and it doesn’t go any further. If you do not have a will with The spring after Brian died, my son Nate stepped up to do someone appointed, the courts will appoint someone guardianthe corn planting. The most stressful part about it was ship of your children. that no one on our farm knew the password to the GPS. When my grandma passed away recently she had a little note with her will and it said: “Above all else please don’t fight when I am maggie Van Camp gone!” Every parent hopes their kids will continue as a family without them. By securing proper documentation and distribution, this alleviates the family fights.

Passwords numbers. Mechanic, electrician, In family farm situations, you I’ve learned to accept help and plumber, furnace, septic system, need to document how you wish lean on friends. People needed to barn equipment suppliers, welder, to share with the children who are help almost as much as I needed snow removal. And don’t forget the not involved with the farm. Do you the help. Food poured in and that toys. Who can winterize the snow- have insurance to secure that each continued for four months. I’ve a mobiles, the camper, the pool? child is treated fairly? wonderful group of friends and It’s a time in your life when they picked me up, cried with me, everyone has to work out the Angie: walked with me through this valdirection of our relationships. In ley of death. I made them prommy situation, I knew Jay’s family he single hardest part about would support me, but in what ise to not let me drink alcohol for doing our will was deciding capacity? In later conversations five months. It would have been so easy to go there but whatever who would become the guard- with my mother-in-love I realized you do, don’t use alcohol or illegal ians of our children. Devon was a they struggled to know when to drugs to deal with sadness. It only lot older than the other three and help. When to call? When to leave had said how he’d like the will to me alone? makes it worse.

Also, I went to a counsellor and be written. He wanted to be their We established the three-a-day still do. She has helped me heal, to legal guardian when he turned 18, system: they call me morning, figure out who I am alone and is if something happened to us. Jay noon and night. That might seem my trusted wise personal adviser, and I tossed this around and we a little over the top to some, but disagreed over the guardians, so I am grateful. In calving season my wise woman.

Who could your spouse talk to in the end we decided on some I know that if something went about the farm and money? Some- family friends with the clause that wrong, they would come looking one who could give them good Devon would gain guardianship for me and that my kids wouldn’t he came of age. advice and won’t gossip or take when be alone. It’s what works SEC-REDW15-T_AFE_SEC-REDW15-T_AFE.qxd 2015-10-14 12:55 PM Page 1 for us. advantage. Someone trustworthy who would have your best interests at heart, who knows your farm and loves your family.

I’ve never felt more vulnerable in my life as I did after I lost my husband. I needed someone to trust who I could talk to about the farm business and finances, someone who had my back.

In some cases, family might be too close — they’ll be grieving and you just don’t know how they’ll react to death. Death can really throw people into spirals and selfpreservation suddenly takes over from caring.

Other widows I’ve met say that after they lost their spouses, it was difficult to get a grasp on money values, because money means nothing. Also, they become very impulsive. I found having my assets in the farm grounded me.

In addition, both you and your wife or business partner should have a list of names and numbers for your professionals. Better still, introduce them. Who is the farm’s accountant, lawyer, loaning institution and manager? Who is your financial advisor/broker and write down RRSP’s, TFSA and other investments? Who are your insurance agents and policies?

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Unfinished business

Jay and I were pretty well prepared in some aspects. But we also had a lot of unfinished business. When we took over the ranch from his parents, we purchased all assets of the business but, some assets had remained in his dad’s name to avoid paying the tax on them.

However, in a time of vulnerability these little things seem so big. I felt a huge sense of urgency to get this taken care of and thank goodness I have the greatest “motherand father-in-love” ever because they understood why I needed to do this. Suddenly, I felt like no one’s life was safe and they could be gone tomorrow as well.

In a way I trusted no one, myself included, and dealing with unresolved business matters helped me to feel that my life was in control. During this time I ran the risk of offending others. However, I could not see beyond my need for stability.

Another issue that reared its ugly head quickly was the setup of our bank accounts. Luckily, a few weeks before the accident we had shipped calves and for the most part all the bills had been paid. This also meant the income had been deposited into the ranch account. Our business account had been set up so each of us were required to sign.

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You see, our farms are specialized and we were missing not only a labourer, but a manager and a key decision-maker. Death can put a farm on hold.

So close your eyes. If you died right now who could step in immediately and keep things running?

For many of you, this is a list of temporary workers — for example, relief milkers, or neighbour’s son or a friend who could step in for the short term.

Early in our farming career, Brian and I consciously decided to make sure that both of us could do everything on the chicken farm so that if one was out due to sickness or injury that we could keep operating, instead of buying disability insurance.

So occasionally we’d spend an afternoon together and he’d show me how to fix a waterline or I showed him how to use the new bookkeeping system. In retrospect, I wish I had listened more carefully because I still use wads of duct tape to fix stuff.

Next, is there someone skilled enough who could cover for the longer term?

The day Brian died, I did chores and I did that for a year and a half.

Doing daily chores was normal for me and it was important for me to keep things as normal as possible.

Luckily, my husband’s good friend and fellow chicken farmer, Jake, offered to help me. For the next year he fixed things that I didn’t know how to, helped me ship for the first time and was able to step in if I was away. He was on call and because he was there, I could spend some time visiting with my sister and aunt who both passed within a year of Brian dying.

I paid Jake and we had a written agreement. But both of us knew it wasn’t permanent. Another friend and neighbour helped with the cropping part of our dairy operation and he has mentored my oldest son, Nate.

Support network

I have a little team of what I call “My Power Women” — my accountant, Lisa and my lawyer, Karrisa and our bank loan manager, Michelle.

When I called our bank, Michelle said, “we’ll talk” when we normally review your account, in six months. It was a vote of confidence that I needed.

It made it easier that Brian and I were both on as owners of the business, the land and quota and we had a solid business plan that we had shared with our bank. The bank accounts and mortgages were under Brian and/or Maggie Van Camp. It gives you time to write and receive cheques under the deceased person’s name.

Farm operations will also need to know some key people and they’re different for every farm.

This is not only to operate the farm but to make any changes and sort out valuations and administration.

The reality is, something is going to break. It always does and it’s usually at night, on the weekend and it’s cold, so write down a list of fix-it folks and their

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LOVE YOU } from page 51 most people would have it in a partnership. However, it’s what worked for us… until the day he passed.

On that day, the structure of the business changed from a partnership to a sole proprietorship and that seized all further bank transactions until we got things straightened around. Thankfully our banker was understanding and let me take what I needed to survive for a few months.

Cost of dying

Dying costs a lot and there are a lot of immediate expenses.

Although you might feel secure in having a life insurance policy to cover everything, that money doesn’t always arrive quickly. With an accident, insurers require proper documentation and doctors’ notes prior to dispersal and it takes time.

Plus a grieving person can only handle doing so much at one time.

I cried at the bank, accountant, lawyer, even at the hairdresser. Boy did she get it!

I also ran into another issue at the bank when it was explained to me that we would need to probate the will. I didn’t understand this because we had a will, why would we need

As a woman, sometimes I didn’t value my worth on the ranch nearly enough and consider the important role I played in the day-to-day operations. angie fox

to probate? The banker explained to me it was in the event that Jay had a girlfriend who felt entitled to part.

Definitely, not the greatest thing to tell a grieving widow.

This didn’t sit right with me and I called my sister-in-law, who is a lawyer. It became her mandate to straighten this out and she worked with my lawyer and eventually we signed papers with the bank — eliminating probate.

I learned a couple of things in this process: Don’t mess with a grieving lawyer and if income comes in during this time, do not deposit it into your farm account. Your lawyer can take it in trust so you can access it.

My little old bank account at the Edam Credit Union from when I was a teenager was very valuable, as it allowed me to access money when I needed it. In my opinion, every-

one should have a personal bank account and a personal credit card.

I also firmly believe that if you have children, are part of a family operation or if you have debt (basically if you are still breathing and doing business) you should have a life insurance policy to cover you if something happens.

The children

Family farm businesses are complicated and when you have minor children you need money to take care of them.

Should our situation have been different and it was me who went instead of Jay, he would have had different worries but he still would have needed money. There would have been expenses related to childcare, most definitely he would have needed a housekeeper and

he probably would have needed to hire out some of the book work, and these would all have been unbudgeted expenses. As a woman, sometimes I didn’t value my worth on the ranch nearly enough and consider the important role I played in the day-to-day operations.

I can’t stress enough how important it is to ensure you have all your affairs in order in order to protect yourself. Make sure you know the terms of your loans, the beneficiaries of your estate and insurance policies, and all parties involved in your operation have a working relationship with your operation’s trusted professionals.

It was important I had a working relationship with the bankers, lawyers, accountant and such but it was also important we had a family doctor and I knew our investment broker and had a relationship with the people who we did our marketing through.

When a family is grieving it is not a good time to find out that there is some unfinished business. During the grieving process no one thinks rationally and it’s human nature to cling to what you have left.

Husbands and wives, be sure that you have given the gift of choice to one another. Have you also given your kids the same gift? If you are in

business with your kids, make sure you have taken care of them, and adult children are often overlooked.

Are they set up to be able to manage the operation on their own? Have you given them a choice? Do they really want to farm? Do they feel obligated to the family business?

Maggie:

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he day after Brian died, I sat down at the computer to write his obituary and our newly revised will arrived by email. Although it was too late to use that one, our old one worked fine because it was only one of us.

However, I often think how much more difficult this would have been if my husband had died earlier in our farming career. For the first five years that we farmed our will was from when I was 28, had one child and we lived in Alberta.

Brian and I started farming in 2000 when we were well into our 30s. We bought a five-acre farm with a chicken barn and quota near where his family ran a 120cow dairy operation where he worked as an employee. That year we quit our executive jobs in Winnipeg, packed up our two small boys, a dog, all our belongings and headed back to Ontario.

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Our farm was a sole proprietorship and we had life insurance on both of us at that time. It seems the bank requires it when you have copious amounts of debt.

During that time, almost everything the farm made went to pay down the mortgage.

In 2005, we bought a 100-acre farm near the family dairy farm, moved houses and over the next year built a new broiler barn. After the barn was complete, we invited the whole community in for a barn dance. At least 400 people came and went that evening, we danced, ate, drank and visited; Brian was so proud and happy. Community, family, farming and dancing — everything he loved.

The next year I went back to work, on staff for Country Guide.

Brian continued to build up the cropping portion of the family dairy farm and become an integral part of the management and decision-making there. In the last few years of his life they cropped about 1,200 acres of corn, wheat, soybeans, adzuki beans and hay.

A few years prior to his death, Brian and I officially became part of the family dairy and cropping corporation, after nearly a decade of talking about succession. Once the decision was made, succession went smoothly.

Together with his brother, Lawrence and sister-in-law Jan, we worked out a shareholders’ agreement (SHA). This process took a lot of communication, organization and patience and we talked about how we’d handle the four Ds — disability, divorce, disagreement and death. Our lawyer wrote the SHA addressing all these and the buysell portion was funded by a life insurance policy covering each of the two brothers. We did this mostly to enable us to plan more easily for succession to the next generation.

Write it down

Whatever your business structure, whether it’s a corporation, a partnership or a joint venture have a written agreement that includes what will happen if one of the four Ds happens.

Thank God we had a written pathway to follow after Brian’s death as we’d probably still be meeting at the lawyers and those meetings were extremely difficult for me. And that was with people who cared for us and had signed off on the SHA. We also shared the same lawyer and that made it eas-

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ier and kept it transparent. I knew and trusted her and had a copy of the SHA that I could read through.

Is there anything we should have done better? Yes, of course.

We should have written in a way to deal with the insurance interest in case the process didn’t follow established timelines. We were all so shell-shocked and full of pain that it was hard to sort through the business part of the paperwork and it took longer. Even in that state, within nine months we were able to get through this process.

I cannot imagine how long and miserable this would have been without a funded, well-written buy-sell agreement.

Another thing we should have done was to write down all our insurance policies and the agent and telephone number who sold it to us. When I was going through the Visa statements a few months after Brian died, I called the insurance company to figure out what the pre-arranged payment was for. After a few calls back and forth, they offered to reimburse me the premiums I had paid since his death. During the succession planning, we had bought a disability insurance policy for Brian that I had forgotten about.

Four months later, I ran into the selling agent at a farm show and he didn’t know what had happened to Brian but said that he usually put an accidental death rider on those policies. He followed through with the company and it was worth over $100,000, which is helping to pay for my children’s college education.

Keep lists

The moral of the story is that you should have a list of insurance policies and the name and contact information for the person who sold it to you.

The “Because I love you” list: • The help: Short-term help, longer-term help; • Standard operating procedures; • Passwords, location of keys; • Lists and location of important documents: RRSPs, TSFAs, and other investments, insurance policies, bank accounts, business agreements, lease agreements, mortgages, vehicle ownership; • Names of personal trusted adviser and mentor; • Professional contacts: accountant, lawyer, banker, doctor, dentist, childcare provider, financial adviser, processors, elevator manager, commodity broker, input suppliers, veterinarian, equipment dealers and repair, vendors; • The fix-It folks: mechanic, electrician, plumber, furnace, septic, welder, security systems; • Legal: power of attorney, executor, guardian, organ donation, cremation, funeral arrangements.

They will help you.

All along we had private insurance policies to cover our debt; we did not buy mortgage insurance that the banks were selling. Private insurance was a bit cheaper, it didn’t decrease with our debt and the insurance payout came directly to me instead of the bank.

And it came quickly, within a week of me dropping off a death certificate and filling out the forms, a cheque arrived from the insurance agency. This gave me security and allowed me to choose where I wanted to put the money, instead of it paying off the bank first.

For example, I used some of it to pay off a smaller personal loan we had with a relative. In retrospect, I wish we hadn’t had that loan as we had no agreement on how to pay it back and it was very awkward.

In a recent study, it was proven that all humans have a 100 per cent chance of dying, even the strongest, most successful, optimistic, enthusiastic and even the

most procrastinating of us die. It’s inevitable.

It’s difficult enough for the folks left behind. Don’t make it any harder. Do not let your death define your family’s or farm’s future. Take time to go through our “Because I love you list” and get your farm’s business organized.

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aggie and I were both very fortunate Jay and Brian had done this. I don’t know where our lives will lead us but right now we are content. After losing Jay I had some really hard decisions to make: Would we stay here? I’m originally from Saskatchewan and all my family are still there so it did pose the question: Would we move back? Should we move closer? Are we going to keep the ranch?” I can’t imagine what it would be like to not be able to make these decisions for ourselves. Many women

wouldn’t have stayed and I don’t judge them one bit for that, but the ranch is our home and where our hearts belonged. Our life was in Manitoba, our hopes and dreams are yet to be accomplished and our greatest support system is here.

Our ranch has a significant amount of Crown lands and in our contract we must have cows.

If we were staying, we had to continue with business as usual or we would lose our Crown land leases and that would significantly reduce the value of the ranch for the future. So we were all in or all out. And we were all in.

The kids wanted to stay and so did I. We love our life on the ranch and we see our future here. Is it hard? Absolutely, but this life has provided us joy and healing.

Looking for hope

Jay died on the 23rd of December and I started lambing on January 1.

That new life made me get up in the morning, and gave me something to do when I was awake at night.

Each little lamb was a sign of new life and new hope. But with livestock you have deadstock and every death torpedoed me back but it let me get those tears out.

We must grieve and we either do it now or we do it later but either way we grieve for it. The deaths on my ranch helped me to vent and deal with my loss. That was a gift that I needed because I internalize a lot.

In all honesty I could not have imagined what it would have been like to have packed up and moved.

To me it felt that all that was and is Jay is right here on our ranch. Our business is our life and our home, as well as our business.

Being on the ranch gave me time alone with my thoughts. Chore time was my time and I have probably cried more tears while feeding cows than while doing any other job.

At first the tears came from all the unfinished dreams and the realizing for our hopes to become reality it was going to fall to me. Sometimes the tears came from struggles of not knowing where to turn next and to whom I could trust to turn to for advice. As time went by they were tears of joy for the life that we shared accomplishments.

In my journal on Sunday, November 17, 2013 — I continue to accomplish my goals and carry on because I know that Jay believes in me. I will not let death steal my joy from me.

I will live a life that is accomplished and I will not give up on my passion for agriculture. I love this life!

Being grateful

At this stage in my life I have worked super hard to be grateful and happy. I’ve had hardship but I will not let that hardship be the very thing that defines me. I have had a whole lot of joy in my life as well. I have four beautiful children, I have a husband who blessed me with enough love to last a lifetime and I have the truest of friends and family.

That’s a lot to be grateful for.

Both Maggie and I were blessed with husbands who have a largerthan-life personality. They were funny, and loving and supportive and I know without a moment’s hesitation they continue to be proud of the woman who they left behind: proud of the choices we’ve made, and there isn’t a day that passes they aren’t cheering us on.

Their passing is a harsh reminder to go out there and do good things in the world. Let other people help you and help others.

Maggie and I want to encourage you to be brave. Talk about your wishes, complete your “Because I love you list,” get your business in order. And most importantly, never give up on happiness.

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Community news and events from across the province

Diamond City couple newest Outstanding Young Farmers

BY GLENN CHEATER AF STAFF

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wo city kids and a 32-year-old with nearly two decades of farming under his belt were among the entrants vying to be Alberta’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2016.

In the end, Shane and Kristin Schooten were selected to represent the province in the national event, which will be held in Niagara Falls in November.

Kristin, an Edmonton native, is one of the two entrants raised in a city while Shane is the young veteran. He bought his first batch of cattle at age 13 and started a custom silaging business three years later.

The second enterprise was born of necessity. Shane’s father had ordered a new silage harvester and it arrived just after BSE hit in 2003, which dramatically changed the financial picture at the family’s feedlot and farm. But Shane, 16, did the math and figured he could turn a profit if he could find a couple of silage contracts in addition to his family’s silaging needs.

He ended up with more than double the business he needed to be profitable.

That early start allowed the Diamond City couple, parents

Banff was the site of this year’s Outstanding Young Farmers event.

From left to right are Shane and Kristin Schooten, Marc and Hinke Therrien, and Martin and Gaylene Van de Poi (with children Alex and Emily). PHOTO: GLENN CHEATER of two, and Shane’s brothers Cody and Justin to build a multi-faceted business that now employs 35 people. It includes feedlots able to hold 40,000 head, trucking, custom silage, and manure composting divisions; a 300-head cow herd; and 6,300 acres of crops and forages.

The runners-up for the title were Martin and Gaylene Van de Poi of Lacombe and Marc and Hinke Therrien of Redwater.

The Van de Pois had been in the hog business but the low, often negative returns, in that sector prompted the family

to convert their hog facilities into broiler barns in 2008. The couple, who has four children six and under, now produce 40,000 birds at a time, with 6.5 cycles annually.

Marc Therrien is the other city-raised entrant, in his case St. Albert. But he did help out on his grandfather’s farm and studied agriculture at the University of Alberta, where he met his wife. After graduating, both became feed sales reps and Marc worked at a broiler farm to gain some hands-on farming experience. In 2012, they were asked if they wanted to manage a turkey operation owned by Hinke’s family. The couple, parents of two and expecting a third, took over a second location at Redwater in 2013, consolidated the business there, and has doubled production every year to 1.7 million kilograms in 2015.

The Outstanding Young Farmers program was created to recognize successful young farmers under the age of 40 and promote agriculture both within and beyond the farm community. Last year, Ponoka dairy goat producers Patrick and Cherylynn Bos were chosen to represent the province. They were selected as national co-winners earlier this winter.

Albertans reach out to help American rodeo star

BY JOHNNIE BACHUSKY Innisfail Province

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here is no such thing as a boundary between cowboys.

They always stick together, take care of their own, and share their mighty hearts, especially in times of need.

When famed local cowboy Duane Daines heard that his friend and fellow legendary cowboy Lewis Feild, who hails from Elk Ridge, Utah, was seriously ill and in the battle of his life against cancer, he knew he had to help.

And that so-called dividing line known as the 49th parallel was never ever a factor.

“In the rodeo business there is no border.

We are just all together,” said Daines. “He is just a good friend. He’s got a battle going on right now.”

The 59-year-old Feild is a five-time world champion rodeo cowboy who in 1990 became the first roughstock competitor to earn $1 million in career earnings. When he retired the following year he worked as a pickup man, and coached the rodeo team at Utah Valley State College, his old school.

During his illustrious career he crossed paths with Daines, a former Canadian saddle bronc champion, on the rodeo circuit and while they were fierce competitors they were always friends.

Last New Year’s Eve, there was a fundraiser for Feild back in Utah, but Daines was com-

mitted back home and could not attend. But he knew he just had to find a way to help out his old friend. He made the decision to give up his prized trophy he won in 1978 for best all-around rodeo cowboy at the 50th Annual Mankota Rodeo in Saskatchewan.

“It felt good so I just did it,” said Daines.

And on Jan. 16 at the Innisfail Auction Mart, the saddle was put up for auction during a horse sale. It was sold for $1,900 to Mankota’s Donnie and Brenda Peterson and John and Olga Williamson, trophy saddle partners at Mankota Stockmen’s Weigh Co. As well, Leslieville’s Danny Gibson also made his own generous contribution, said Daines.

“I really want to thank the Peterson family and the Williamson family for buying it, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going down to Lewis Feild. And also Danny Gibson who also made a generous purchase of it, which is going right down to the Feild family,” said Daines, who spoke passionately about the giving spirit of the cowboy community to help others in need, including to himself when he was seriously hurt with a spinal cord injury in 1995.

“It was unbelievable, and everybody does that,” said Daines of the past loving support the community gave him. “It is like everything. Everybody wants to help out each other, whatever the deal is, cowboys, ranchers, friends or whatever. That’s what cowboys do, and everybody around here whenever there is anything.”

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Send agriculture-related meeting and event announcements to: glenn.cheater@fbcpublishing.com Feb. 16-18: Year Round Grazing Systems, Strathmore. Contact: Steve Kenyon 780-307-6500 Feb. 17: canoLAB 2016, Lethbridge College, Lethbridge (also Feb. 18). Contact: Alberta Canola Producers Commission 780-454-0844 Feb. 17: Getting Into Retail, Airdrie Provincial Building, Airdrie. Contact: Delores Serafin 780-427-4611 Feb. 17: Working Well Workshop, Ferrier (also Feb. 24 in Vulcan, March 2 in Rollyview, March 3 in Delia, March 8 in Blue Ridge, March 9 in Grimshaw, and March 16 in Wainwright). Website: www. workingwell.alberta.ca Feb. 17-19: 2016 Alberta Beef Industry Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Red Deer. Contact: Jennifer Brunette 403-250-2509 Feb. 18: Farming for Generations, Hazel Bluff Hall, Westlock County.

Contact: Sheila 780-206-7326 Feb. 18: Presentation of coyote and wolf predation, St. John’s Anglican Church, Stettler.

Contact: Marie Payne 403-7843444 Feb. 23: Cocktail Cover Crop Selection Workshop, Rycroft Ag Society Hall, Rycroft. Contact: Kaitlin 780-835-6799 Feb. 23: AgriTourism and Farm Direct Marketing Workshop, Agriculture Business Centre, Leduc (also Feb. 24 in Airdrie).

Contact: Ag-Info Centre 1-800387-6030 Feb. 24: GRO Annual General Meeting and Spring Fling, Hazel Bluff Hall, Westlock. Contact: Gateway Research Organization 780-249-1440 Feb. 24: Navigating the Road to Retail, Provincial Building, Olds.

Contact: Organic Alberta 587-5212400 Feb. 24: Generating Electricity from the Sun, Ferintosh Community Hall, Ferintosh.

Contact: Eric 587-876-3121 Feb. 24-25: Leading Edge Farm Management Conference, Holiday Inn Gasoline Alley, Red Deer.

Contact: Alberta Canola Producers Commission 780-454-0844 Feb. 25: Beef Information Seminar: Planning for 2016, Viking Legion Hall, Viking.

Contact: Eric 587-876-3121 Feb. 25: Farm Safety Program Planning Workshop, Innisfail Legion, Innisfail. Contact: Dan Trottier 403-347-0005

Duane Daines donated this saddle to raise money for his friend and fellow legendary cowboy Lewis Feild. SUPPLIED PHOTO

Feb. 25-26: Taking Your Farm to the Next Level, Pomeroy Inn & Suites, Olds College Campus, Olds. Contact: Robert Spencer 403-742-7901

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Ottawa extends coverage under Advance Payments Program Some breeding livestock are allowed; more options are available to post security STAFF

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ore types of livestock will be eligible and more types of security will be allowed for Canadian farmers to get federally backed advance payments starting this year.

Amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (AMPA), made last February as part of the former Conservative government’s omnibus Agricultural Growth Act, have made regulatory changes possible for the 2016 Advance Payments Program (APP) year.

The regulatory changes allow new commodities, including “specific classes” of breeding livestock — including cattle, hogs, sheep and goats — to qualify for advances this year if the animals are intended for sale during the production period, the government said.

Except where regulations are made to allow specific types or classes, the AMPA rules out current and former breeding animals as “agricultural products.”

The changes made via the Agricultural Growth Act also allowed for “limited expansion” of the APP into other eligible commodities and products via regulation in the future.

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allow producers seeking advances under the APP to now use more types of security, such as private insurance or other risk management products, to get the maximum available to them.

Previously, APP loans have been limited to the dollar value of a farmer’s coverage under business risk management programs such as AgriStability and AgriInsurance.

The change is meant to help farmers who under that rule couldn’t get their full eligible advance, due to “shortfalls in their pledged security,” but are able to buy other insurance against risks similar to what’s covered by the government risk programs.

The maximum advance available through the APP remains 50 per cent of the average market price for a given product in a farmer’s area, up to $400,000. The federal government pays the interest on the first $100,000.

The government is also pledging “simplified access” to APPs for companies with multiple shareholders. Third-party guarantors, such as individuals or banks, are to be allowed to post guarantees for larger corporations, co-operatives, or subsidiary companies, instead of each individual in the organization having to provide a personal guarantee.

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Weak demand prompts cuts in phosphate production U.S.-based fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. plans to cut output of phosphates by up to 400,000 tonnes with rotating plant shutdowns in the first quarter, due to weak demand.

Fertilizer producers have seen profits hit by falling prices, triggered in part by weak currencies in importing countries such as Brazil.

“The long-term positive outlook for phosphates has not changed, but we are adjusting our production levels to match immediate demand and manage our margins,” Mosaic CEO Joc O’Rourke said in a statement.

Most of Mosaic’s phosphate operations are in Florida.

In October, Mosaic laid off eight per cent of its workforce at a Saskatchewan potash mine and last month PotashCorp of Saskatchewan said it would shut its newest potash mine, in New Brunswick.

Mosaic is the world’s largest producer of finished phosphate products and North America’s second-biggest potash producer. — Reuters

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Used to spread manure and wood chips, CIM TRUCK BODIES, grain, silage, gravel, $90,000. Jeff 403-371-6362, Brant, AB. decks, service and installation. For factory direct pricing and options, call Humboldt, SK., 306-682-2505 or www.cim-ltd.ca 2015 DODGE DURANGO Limited AWD, leather, sunroof, 13,600 kms, $41,995.

Greenlight Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, 2007 INTERNATIONAL 9200I Eagle gravel www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL#311430. truck, 242,000 kms., 410 HP Cummins, 18 2015 JEEP GRAND Cherokee “NEW” SRT8 spd, air ride, 16’ Renn box, $49,900. 4X4 fully loaded, $74,995. Greenlight 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, Saskatoon. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430.

2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. 2005 KENWORTH W900L, 72” sleeper, $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from 1-877-373-2662 or rebuilt engine, trans, and front diff., all $25,995. Call new brakes, new tires in Nov., $48,000. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

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Cummins, 22” tires, Super 40’s, 36” bunk, 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca $139,000 OBO.780-888-1258 Lougheed AB DL #914077.

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Used for banding leaf cutter bee nesting boxes. Wanted to buy plastic leaf cutter bee huts. 306-281-8097, Saskatoon, SK. WILL DO STYROBLOCK cocoon harvesting.

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PROVINCIALLY INSPECTED ABBATOIR EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Reafor sale. Located in East Central Alberta. sonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services Fully equipped. Call Art 780-806-3175. and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. LARRY HIEBERT TRUCKING: equipment hauling, farm machinery. Serving western Canada. 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB.

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

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EQUIPMENT HAULING. Serving Western Canada and Northwest USA. Call Harvey at 1-877-824-3010 or cell 403-795-1872.

Vandenberg Hay Farms Ltd., Nobleford AB. Email: logistics@vandenberghay.ca

BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket attachments. Bury rock and brush piles and fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 306-960-3804.

BOMBARDIER SNOW CAT/ Trail Groomer 2002, BR275 Cummins engine, Mogul Master drag, work ready, $42,000.

Build winter roads, groom ski trails, unhook in the spring and work in the swamp. HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 Call Larry 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions available. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK 1973 CAT 930 loader, 3 yard bucket, new pins and bushings, $17,000.

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ANDRES TRUCKING. Heavy Equipment, combines, bins, hay, grain, Canada/USA. Call/text 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. LANDMASTER DOZERS. PD14(Ft), $38,500; PD18(Ft), $42,500. Can deliver.

LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom Man.- Ray, 204-761-9522, Sask.- Neil, hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, 306-231-8300, Alta.- Gord, 780-913-7353, www.landmaster.ca DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too SK. high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call 2011 HITACHI ZX270 LC-3 hyd. excavator, us to develop a professional mediation brand new UC, hyd. thumb, 2 buckets, catplan, resolution plan or restructuring plan.

JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster walks, positive air shutoff. 587-991-6605, Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call Edmonton, AB. 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK. WANTED: JD 710 BACKHOE, later modFARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. el preferred, must be very good.

Management Group for all your borrowing 306-478-2456, Mankota, SK. and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, KELLO DISC BLADES and bearings: 22” to Regina, SK. $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, 42” notched. Parts: oilbath and greaseable $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants bearings to service heavy construction available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK. discs. Call: 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com MULCHINGTREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS for construction equipment. Attachments 1960’s TOLEDO MEAT SLICER, 1/4 HP, www.maverickconstruction.ca Model 5401, $200. Call 306-567-3128, CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders.

Bladworth, SK. tanks available.

Contact George Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equipment parts and major components. Call 306-227-5757, Hague, SK. Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. 1-866-882-4779. www.backtrackcanada.com

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24’ HOPPER CONE w/triple skids and 24” inverted V cross air, $13,500. Call Middle Lake Steel, 306-367-4306, 306-367-2408, Middle Lake, SK www.middlelakesteel.com

WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website www.warmanhomecentre.com WINTER BOOKING SPECIALS IN Effect Up to 20% off Steel Farm Buildings built in Clavet, SK., by Prairie Steel: 50’x125’x20’ $46,800; 60’x150’x20’ $61,800; 70’x150’x NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, 20’ $71,900; 80’x150’x20’ $83,600. Inpayloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and cludes 26 GA colour walls/galvalume roof. vertical beater spreaders.

Phone Many other sizes available. 888-398-7150 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. buildings@prairiesteel.com STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website www.warmanhomecentre.com FROST RIPPER/STUMP puller attachment for excavators, available with QA or pin-on ARM RIVER POLE BUILDINGS, 40’x60’ to option.

Western Heavy Equipment, 80’x300’, Sask. only. Call 306-731-2066, Lumsden, SK., metalarc@live.ca 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website www.warmanhomecentre.com

CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some older Cats, IH and Allis Chalmers.

780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB.

2008 JD 270D LC hyd. excavator, Q/C, 2 buckets, hyd. thumb, AC, forestry package, catwalks, pro-heat, positive air shut-off, 8240 hrs. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB.

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CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount.

Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK. 2015 CIM BIN TRANSPORT TRAILER 17,000 lb. cap., 32’ bed accommodates up to 21’ dia. bin. For factory direct pricing and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca

TOP QUALITY MERIDIAN BINS. Book now for best prices. Example: all prices include skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up and delivery within set radius. Meridian Hopper combos: 3500 bu., $10,450.

SPECIAL: 5000 bu., $13,990. We manufacture superior quality hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call and find out why our product quality and price well exceeds the competition. We also stock replacement lids for all makes and models of bins.

Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks.

306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. BIN AND TANK MOVING. Call or text 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK.

52 and 48 bu. pallet bin for grain cleaning and treated seed storage. 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. www.buffervalley.com

20’ AND 40’ SEA CONTAINERS, for sale in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com 20’ AND 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS, large SK. inventory. Ph. 1-800-843-3984, 306-781-2600.

EQUIPMENT SALE: Dozers, rock trucks, excavators, compactors. Call Conquest Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. U-WELD HOPPER BOTTOMS, sizes from 12’ - 24’, Middle Lake Steel, 306-367-4306, 306-367-2408, Middle Lake, SK. BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines and accessories available at Rosler Conand parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, struction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. 2015 CIM BIN Cranes (Westeel design), USED, REBUILT or NEW engines. Spe- 8000 lb. capacity. For factory direct pricing cializing in Cummins, have all makes, large and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, inventory of parts, repowering is our spe- SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca cialty. 1-877-557-3797, Ponoka, AB. GRAIN BIN ERECTION. Concrete, turnkey WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 installation, remodel and repair. Booking Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, specials for farmers and dealers for Spring 2016 now. Call Quadra Development Corp, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323.

1-800-249-2708 or d.lonseth@sasktel.net CHIEF WESTLAND AND CARADON BIN extensions, sheets, stiffeners, etc. Now available. Call Bill, 780-986-5548, Leduc, FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL AB. www.starlinesales.com motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of WESTEEL, GOEBEL, grain and fertilizer pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale bins. Grain Bin Direct, 306-373-4919.

Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com

ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull behind large 4WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- featuring 80x160x18’ post buildings for Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca $143,460. 306-225-2288 or go to RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote.

3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 pt. hitch Paratills in stock; parts for Bigham and Tye AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings.

For the customer that prefers quality.

Paratills. Call Kelloughs: 1-888-500-2646.

1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. MACKIE EQUIPMENT LTD. New, used and surplus parts including attachments. POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, Using our worldwide locating system, let hog, chicken, and dairy barns. Construcus help you locate Caterpillar, various oth- tion and concrete crews available. Mel or MR Steel Construction, ers and even hard to find parts. Contact us Scott, today at 306-352-3070, Regina, SK. or visit 306-978-0315, Hague, SK. our website at: www.mackieltd.com ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- featuring 60x120x16’ post buildings for $73,400. Call 306-225-2288 or website: www.zaksbuilding.com request a quote.

PRE-ENGINEERED STEEL BUILDINGS for all your agricultural, equestrian, industrial, shop or storage needs. Call 306-249-2355 for a free quote. Montana Construction www.montanasteelbuilders.ca Saskatoon.

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LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stocking dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction 2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK.

CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All sizes. Now in stock: 50 used, 53’ steel and insulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK. BOND INDUSTRIAL SEA CONTAINERS. The best storage you can buy. New/used and modified sea containers for sale. Secure, portable, weather and rodent proof.

Guaranteed 8’ to 53’ available. Ask a rep. about our modifications. Bond Industrial 306-373-2236, joe@bondind.com or visit our website at www.bondind.com SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436.

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WANTED: OLDER STEEL quonsets, any size, std. steel Behlen of Fairford. Myles 306-745-6140 306-745-7530 Esterhazy SK ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- farm post buildings designed with longevity in mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote.

ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- Stick Frame building designed with longevity in mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote.

DIAMOND CANVAS SHELTERS, sizes ranging from 15’ wide to 120’ wide, any length. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com

AGI’S INNOVATIVE DESIGN, CUSTOM MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE COMBINE TO MAKE OUR BINS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS OF STORAGE AVAILABLE TODAY. 401 HWY #4 SOUTH, PO BOX 879, BIGGAR, SK S0K 0M0 TOLL FREE: 1-800-746-6646 PH: 306-948-5262 FAX: 306-948-5263 www.envirotank.com

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WANTED: SMALL GRAIN deck for Kipp Kel- 2005 CASE/IH SC100 discbine #PN3169B ly model 200 gravity table. Sandercock 16’, 12,300 hrs., hydro swing, rubber cond.

Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Belcarres, SK. rolls, 1000 PTO, $12,300. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, great for pulse crops, best selection in Western Canada. 306-946-7923, Young SK

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell: 306-868-7738.

BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and leasing available. 1-866-746-2666.

BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK.

LIKE NEW 2010 3200 gal. liquid fertilizer wagon, 3” fill, Honda engine, hyd. drive pump, big rubber 30.5LR32, $35,000 OBO. 306-331-0097, 306-331-8305, Lipton, SK.

2009 AG-CHEM 8204, 2-bin with chemical bin, 4570 hours, reduced to $86,000.

USD. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net

MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Contact Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 306-957-2033.

AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, Westfield, Westeel augers; Auger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart post pounders. Good prices, leasing available. Call 1-866-746-2666.

RICHIGER E-180 10’ grain extractor. Akron E-180 9’ grain extractor. $15,000 OBO each. 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK. 2010 CASE 4520, 3-bin, 70’ booms, 3100 hrs., $168,000; 2- 2007 Case 4520s, 3-bin, 70’ booms, 3300 hrs., AutoSteer, $144,000 and $124,000; 2006 Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70’ booms, 7400 hrs., $77,000; 2005 Case 4520 w/70’ flex air, 4000 hrs., $68,000; 2004 Case 4010, 80’ sprayer, 7000 hrs., $68,000; 2- 2004 Loral AirMax 1000s, 70’ booms, immaculate, $76,000 and $93,000; 2004 AgChem Rogator with air bed, $48,000; 2006 2-bin AgChem, 70’ booms, $78,000; 2008 Adams Semi tender, self-contained, $39,500; 2012 Merritt semi belt tender, $44,000; 1992 Wrangler loader, $15,500; 8 ton Doyle blender w/scale, $17,000. All prices in USD. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. View www.fertilizerequipment.net WANTED: LIQUID CART caddy, 1500 to 2500 U.S. gallon. Call Jamie at 306-259-1212, 306-946-9864, Young, SK. or jamie640@hotmail.com PATTISON LIQUID FERT. TANK, 2011, CB 4300, TBH, 4300 Imp. gal. plus 500 gal, 28x26 front tires, 30.5x32 rear duals, John Blue ground drive pump, 3” Honda Banjo pump, $52,000. 306-230-0479, Leask, SK. 1997 FORD TENDER TRUCK, C10 Cat, 10 spd., fresh safety, c/w 2010 16’ Rayman box 3 comp., side fold auger with 2’ extension, stainless flighting, roll tarp, $65,000.

403-994-7754, Olds, AB. 1995 TERRA-GATOR 1844, 4 wheel floater, 3208 Cat, 18 spd., liquid, Autorate, AutoSteer, 2318 hrs., $26,750. Consider tractor on trade. 306-946-7923, Young, SK. LOOKING FOR A floater or tender? Call me first. 36 years experience. Loral parts, new and used. Call 403-650-7967, Calgary, AB. 11,000 U.S. GALLON tank, 10 year limited warranty, competitive pricing. Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com

2014 EASY TRAIL 710 cart, tarp, PTO, 30.5/32 tires, $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks 2012 BRENT 1282 grain cart, duals, PTO, scale, tarp, monitor and camera, $75,000.

Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

2011 BRENT 2096 grain cart, PTO, scale, walking axle, electric tarp.

Call 306-537-9636, Riceton, SK.

Clipper Seed Cleaners Delta Color Sorters Indents, Destoners & Gravity Tables, Universal and Norstar Elevator legs and Seed Tanks Spelt dehullers Roasters, pellets mills, Flour Milling Equipment.

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2012 MD FD70 40’, flex draper, pea auger, transport, HHC, new knife and guards, w/ warranty, $69,800.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com NEW 2014 SCHULTE 2500 rockpicker, #HS3429, large 2.5 cu. yard hopper, NEW SUPERB GRAIN dryers available. Also MD D65-D Unused, 40’, factory $29,600. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, have Moridge parts. Grant Service Ltd. 2008 CASE AFX 8010 combine, 1568 hrs., 2014 duals, GPS, AFS 600 monitor, field ready, transport, auto HHC, hyd tilt, JD, CNH, SK, or view online at: www.farmworld.ca 306-272-4195, Foam Lake, SK. $210,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Lexion completion, $74,800. Phone 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com DRYMOR REDBIRD AUTOMATIC batch dry- Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300. er, 4.5M BTU, 2 HP load and unload motor, 2014 CASE 9230 combine, 680 eng. hrs., 7.5 HP blower motor, single phase, 532 threshing, duals, GPS, leather interior, $15,000 OBO. 306-276-2080, Nipawin, SK. $375,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, 2011 IH 3016 pickup and header, all upSaskatoon, SK. 306-978-2300. done, belts, auger and floor all ex- 2008 JD 3975 c/w PU header, kernel 2009 CASE/IH 7120, 900 tires, 2016 PU dates under 350 hours use, $24,850. processor, 40” vert. ext. Just through shop header, field ready, $200,000; 2013 FD75 cellent, in excellent shape w/new knives and shear MacDon 30’ flex header with pea auger, 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com HANDLE GRAIN bar! $26,400. Call Jordan 403-627-9300, $85,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, Pincher Creek, AB. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. WITH EASE 2012 CASE 9230, 1120 eng. hrs., duals, $275,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK., 306-525-2300.

2011 LEXION 770 combine, 1171 eng. hrs., Turbo chopper, PU head. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

2007 CASE AFX 810 combine, 1707 hrs., duals, GPS, AFS 600 monitor, field ready, $195,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

2014 CASE 8230 combine, 659 eng. hrs., 500 sep. hrs., GPS, duals, big tubes, $360,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK., 306-525-2300.

MF 9790 COMBINE, 2900 eng. hrs., 2000 sep. hrs., singles, $75,000; 30’ MF 8400 rigid header, $12,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, 306-525-2300.

2011 IH 9120, 1005 hrs, duals, deluxe cab, auto steer, sold w/warranty, RIDGEMAR GRAIN SYSTEMS $188,800. Phone: 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 204-372-8769 Cell 204-739-8004 2013 JD S690 combine, 1120 eng. hrs., www.grainlegs.ca 900 sep. hrs., duals, Auto Steer ready, order@ridgemar.ca pwr. fold, $349,000. Canada West Harvest SELLING GRAIN LEGS, distributors, con- Centre, Saskatoon, SK. 306-978-2300. veyors and truck scales. Also other eleva- 2004 CASE/IH 2388, 2015 PU, 1914 sep. tors parts. 403-634-8540, Grassy Lake, AB. hrs., well maintained, extensive WO’s in 2015, $85,000 OBO; 30’ Honeybee header, exc. shape, $25,000 OBO. 306-889-4263, 306-873-7499, Mistatim, SK. WANTED: NEURO GRAIN VAC w/1000 PTO, any condition. Call 306-335-2280, 2010 NEW HOLLAND CX8090 combine, 1400 eng. hrs., 1055 sep. hrs., duals, Lemberg, SK. $195,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, CONVEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, acces- Saskatoon, SK. 306-978-2300. sories. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com make your farm operation more efficient than ever!

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2- NH BIG SQUARE balers, BB960 w/roto cut electric greasers, bale ejection, field ready. Ph. 250-567-8456, Vanderhoof, BC 2003 NH 688 round baler, bale command and monitor, good shape, $11,500 OBO. 306-621-4428 after 5 PM, Stornoway, SK. WANTED: JD 7810 c/w FEL & 3-PTH; SP or PTO bale wagon; JD or IHC end wheel drills. Small square baler. 403-394-4401.

2011 AGCO 4200 16’, auto HHC, reel speed w/16’ Swathmaster, $19,800. Phone 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

2012 MACDON M155 with 30’ D50 header, 236 hours, single reel fore and aft, $123,600. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2013 MACDON M155 #W22645A with 40’ draper header, 442 hours, $137,700. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view us online at: www.farmworld.ca 2007 MASSEY FERGUSON 9430 with 30’ centre delivery header, 1108 hrs., UII PU reel, $59,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK www.farmworld.ca 2011 MF 9430 swather, 36’, $80,000 OBO; 2010 MF 9895 combine, $180,000 OBO; both exc. condition. 306-260-5802, 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK. 2012 NH H8060 w/36’ HoneyBee header, 509 hours, air spring suspension, full cab with AC, $105,000. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. Online: www.farmworld.ca 2011 JD D450 40’, 540 hrs., dbl knife dr., belly mtd. swath roller, Command Center, $68,000 OBO. 306-252-2227, Kenaston SK 2013 CIH WD1203 30’, 600 hrs., factory transport, EZ-Steer, 10’ poly swath roller, $68,000 OBO. 306-252-2227, Kenaston SK

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2007 NH CR9070 #HN2912B w/MacDon PW7 Swathmaster PU, 1770 eng. hrs., 1403 sep. hrs., $128,500. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2003 NH CR970, 1158 hrs., duals, MAV chopper, yield and moisture, ready to go, pickups available, $99,800.

Phone 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2009 NH 9070, 1644/1350 hrs, IntelliView II display, Y&M, remote sieve adjust, elec. stone trap, duals, diff. lock, long auger, PSD, deluxe chopper, chaff spreader, c/w 76-C 14’ Swathmaster PU plus 2003 NH 94-C 36’ draper header, fore/aft, split PU reel, single knife drive, gauge wheels, transport, all stored inside, $220,000 OB0.

Call 780-608-9290, Strome, AB. 2004 CR970, Mav chopper, Michel’s hopper tarp, dual tires, 2300 eng. hrs., 1700 sep. hrs., dealer serviced. 306-961-1538, 306-960-4430, Domremy, SK. 2003 NH CR970, 1158 hrs, duals, Mav chopper, Y&M, ready to go, $99,800.

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Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or online: www.farmworld.ca 2005 NH CR970 #PN32028, with 76C Swathmaster PU, 2156 eng. hrs., 1590 sep. hrs., $89,900. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca

2012 JD S680, c/w 615 PU header, F&A lateral tilt, long auger, GS3 Command Centre, Harvest Smart Pro drive, 500 hrs., $295,000. 2009 936 JD draper header, $25,000 OBO. 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK 2005 JD 9760 STS, 1821 hrs, Greenstar, auto HHC, reel speed, chopper, good tires, really clean combine w/warranty, $99,800.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2004 JD 9760 STS 2062 hrs., Greenstar, auto HHC, reel speed, factory chopper, pickups available, w/warranty, $92,800.

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Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1998 JD 9610, 2653 hrs., Greenstar, auto HHC, reel speed, 2 spd cyl, XL hopper extn, headers avail, w/warrant, $48,800.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2009 JD 9870 STS, 990 hrs., 615 header, AHHC, long auger, FCC, Command Center, $175,000. 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK. 2013 JD 640D 40’, hydra-float, pea auger, hyd tilt, for S series, very good condition, $62,800.

Phone: 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2005 JD 9760 STS Greenstar, reel speed, Auto HHC, chopper, 2317 hrs, extra for PU, $89,800. 1-800-667-4515, or view us online at: www.combineworld.com 2014 JD 615P pickup header, overall excellent condition, trades wanted, $28,400.

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2011 MF 9430 swather, 36’, $80,000 OBO; 2010 MF 9895 combine, $180,000 OBO; Both in excellent condition. 306-260-5802, 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK.

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2004 NH 94C #HW3359A, 39’, integral axle and hitch, single knife drive, UII split reel, $29,900. 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or www.farmworld.ca MD 960 25’ header with 5 batt pickup reel, $6,950. Phone 1-800-667-4515, or check our website: www.combineworld.com RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports.

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2012 JOHN DEERE 4940 high clearance sprayer. 120’ boom, HID lights, 1200 gal tank, 1300 hrs, high flow pump, foam marker, boom trac height control, swath control, spray test, 2630 display, Starfire 3000 receiver, SS educator, radar, fence row nozzles, 5 way nozzle bodies, 620 float tires, 380 skinny tires, 3” fill, $279,000. Call Quenton at: 306-354-7585, Mossbank, SK. Web: www.quarkfarms.net 2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240R, 240 HP, 100 gal. poly tank, tier 3 eng., SmarTrax AutoSteer, $229,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2005 7650 SPRAY-COUPE, 900 hours, 3 way nozzles, fence line end nozzles, rinse tank, Raven SCS4000 rate controller, newer rear tires, stored inside, exc. cond., $78,000 OBO. 306-831-9649, Elrose, SK. 2005 SPRA-COUPE 7650, 90’ booms, 1300 hrs., auto., 2 WD, 3-way nozzle bodies, new tires, JD GPS AutoTrac, 1800 Display, 1 year warranty on WO, exc. cond.

403-578-2487, 403-575-4101, Brownfield 2014 CIH 4430, 120’, 740 hrs., loaded, AIM, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, Viper Pro, single and dual nozzles, end nozzles, clean out valves, 2 sets tires and fenders, Offers.

Call 306-228-7612, Unity, SK. 2013 CASE/IH 3230, 100’, 800 gal. S3 Outback GPS, 1086 hrs., AutoSteer, AutoBoom, lux cab, 2 sets wheels, crop dividers $175,000. 204-734-8201 Swan River, MB. 2012 ROGATOR RG1300, 120’, sharp shooter, Viper Pro, Raven Smart Trax, remote section control, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, BCO, fence rows, chem. eductor, pressure washer, Helix strainer, weather station, 2 sets tires, 1760 hrs., $265,000.

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1993 BOURGAULT 3225 air tank #PB2965D, 2 tank metering, 225 bu. TBH, new 820 monitor, $9,700. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca

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Call: 306-873-4588 JD 787 AIR CART, TBH, 170 bushel, 3rd tank, 4 run, $5,000 OBO. Phone 306-925-2245, Glen Ewen, SK. 2011 70-12 SEEDMASTER, c/w 2012 Nova air tank, includes 300 bu. onboard tank, exc. cond., low acres, $220,000 OBO. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. 2011 MORRIS CONTOUR C1 drill; 2002 Flexi-Coil 3450 TBH cart, 51’, 12” spacing, single shoot drill, $110,000. 306-922-2525 Prince Albert, SK. www.farmworld.ca 2003 BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, c/w 4300 tank, DS, paired row openers, good shape, $48,000. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. 2009 BOURGAULT 3310 65’ drill #B22180A, mid-row banders, easily converted to DS, $139,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. www.farmworld.ca 2009 BOURGAULT 6450 TANK, double shoot dry, cab rate adjust, deluxe 10” auger, bag lift, 591 monitor, 3 tank metering, rubber excellent, shedded, $72,000. Call 306-460-9846, Coleville, SK. 2015 PILLAR, MODEL 6012, approx.

5500 acres, excellent shape, drill only, $225,000 OBO. 306-741-1634, Hazlet, SK. info@mustangsol.com 1998 BOURGAULT 5710 40’, 9.8” space, 3” rubber packers, 1” Atom Jet openers, MRB’s, blockage monitors, 2002 5350 air tank, 3 tank metering, CRA, dual fans, rice tires, bag lift, 3 cameras in tank, 491 monitor $63,000 306-628-7406 Prelate SK NEW UNUSED 2013 40’ Ezee-On 7650 air drill, 9” spacing, 3” steel packers, $39,500.

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2008 CONSERVA PAK 4400, 56’, 12” space paired row, TBT, low acres, hyd. shanks, 54’ 5710 BOURGAULT, 9.8” spacing, $85,000 OBO. 403-588-8960, Rimbey, AB. double shoot, MRBs, new boots, tips and 1998 MORRIS MAXIM 35’ air drill, DS, discs ($16,000), field ready, 4300 tank, Morris paired row openers, 7240 air cart, dual fans, $60,000. 1997 9682 FORD, many new parts, nice shape, $25,000. 5903 hrs, almost new 20.8x42 tires, 4 hyds, $75,000. 306-481-4740, Battleford.

306-997-4930, Borden, SK. 2005 FLEXI-COIL 4350 TBH AIR CART, BOURGAULT 28’ FH 210 Series, single DS, variable rate, good shape, asking shoot with packers, 3/4” carbide openers, w/2115 Special tank, very well maintained $40,000 OBO. 780-385-5064, Killam, AB. $9000. 306-231-6360, Annaheim, SK. 1998 BOURGAULT 5710 air drill, 54’, DS, 4” packers, carbide openers, Series II 2013 BOURGAULT 6700 ST air tank, all MRB’s like new, 4340 triple tank, all good options, dual high speed fan, bag lift, contires, low acre drill, exc. condition, field veyor, 4-tank meter, X20 monitor, rear ready. Asking $55,000. 403-578-2487, hitch, dual tires, shedded, low acres.

204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 403-575-4101 cell, Brownfield, AB. 2008 BG 6450 air tank #HS34820, 3 tank 2007 37’ EZEE-ON, under 4000 acres, 10” metering, double shoot, 591 Monitor, space, single shoot, w/Morris 7180 tank, always shedded, $83,500. 306-864-3667, $39,500. 306-475-2856, Crane Valley, SK. Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the table - create DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the table - create the perfect seed bed. Find out more at: the perfect seed bed. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. Dunmore, AB. HIGHER RETURNS PER acre, great germi2007 BOURGAULT 5725 47’, 10” spacing, nation/uniform emergence. For more inSeries II w/ double shoot, mid-row band- fo.: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, ers, Raven NH3, excellent cond., $54,900. Dunmore, AB. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1997 39’ MORRIS Maxim air drill, 10” spacing, Atom Jet boot with Morris 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2011 JD 4730, low hrs., 100’ booms, fold GPS, JD boom heights, sectional control, 2630 3000 receiver, 2 sets of tires, always shedded, $165,000 306-327-4756, 306-327-8803 cell, Kelvington, SK. COMBINE WORLD NOW carries Atom Jet 2007 SPRA-COUPE 4655 80’, 1080 hrs, openers! We want your old ones on trade!

400 gal., mechanical drive, auto steer 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com ready, $64,800. Phone 1-800-667-4515, 1999 SEED HAWK 357, on-board tank, www.combineworld.com 40’, 12” spacing, good condition, $40,000.

306-482-7749, Carnduff, SK. 2009 MORRIS CONTOUR 61’, 12” spacTRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers. ing, 450 bu, TBT cart, single fan, 10” auReduce trampling losses by 80% to 90%. ger, mechanical metering, Dutch sideband, double shoot dry, Agtron 262 blockage, Call: Great West Agro, 306-398-8000.

4.8” pneumatic packers, very clean, $135,000. 306-268-7793, Bengough, SK. 2002 BOURGAULT 5350 air cart, dual fans, 3 tanks, 3 tank metering, 491 monitor, light pkg., rear rice tires, good condition, $36,000. 306-782-7347, Yorkton, SK. 2014 BOURGAULT 3320-76, 7700 tank, 10” space, liquid, loaded, sectional control, 2008 JD 1910 430 bu., tow behind, 8 run, high float option, very low acres, vari-rate, dbl. shoot, $49,000; 1998 JD 1900 3 comp., 430 bu., 8 run, $24,800. $460,000. Call 306-483-7829, Oxbow, SK. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2010 65’ BOURGAULT 3310 paralink, 12” spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear 2011 JD 1870 Conserva Pak 40’, double hitch, $148,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equip- shoot, primary blockage monitors, newer seed and fertilizer knives, 430 bu. JD 1910 ment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. air cart, 10” auger, excellent condition, $155,000 OBO. 306-221-2190, Perdue, SK. (09) Bourgault 3310 (55ft), w/MRB with (06)6450 tank ........... $194,900 (08) Bourgault 3310 (65ft) w/MRB with TBT (06) L6450 ........ $219,900 (13) Bourgault 3320 (76ft) w/MRB with TBT (13) L6550 ........ $329,900 (13) Bourgault 3320 (76ft) QDA w/3/4” openers, MRB w/Closer wheel, V-packer, w/(10)6550ST tank........................................... $339,900 (13) Bourgault 3320 (76ft) QDA w/3/4” openers, MRB w/Closer wheel, V-packer w/(10) 6550ST tank........................................... $339,900

2009 JD 1830, 10” spacing, Poirier openers, Pattison liquid kit, JD 2600 monitor, 1910 430 bu. cart, duals, conveyor, bag lift, exc. cond., $98,000 OBO. Can deliver.

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2- USED JD 1895 air seeders w/1910 carts, 43’, 10” spacing, TBH, double shoot, 430 bu., warning system for seed and fert.

2008, is $115,000; 2003, is $90,000.

403-625-6195, 403-625-2541, Claresholm, AB. paul@romfarm.com

JD 4640, low hours, premium condition, 24.5x32 tires, $33,000 OB0.

403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 1990 JD 4755, MFWD, rebuilt powershift trans., triple hyds., 180 HP, good rubber, work ready. For pricing call Medicine Hat Tractor Salvage Inc. 1-877-527-7278 or 403-548-1205. www.mhtractor.ca 2002 JD 7710 MFWD, IV trans., 3 PTH, 1999 JD 7410, MFWD, 3 PTH, powrQuad w/LHR, JD 740 loader, grapple, joystick very clean. 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152, Barrhead, AB.

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MICHIGAN 75-A WHEEL LOADER, QA, self levelling, Leon bale grapple bucket, clamshell dirt bucket, 3-71 Detroit, exc. trans, good cattleman’s machine, $12,500.

Ph/text 306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK. 1999 NH LX885 turbo skid steer, cab, heat, 7500 hrs., good tires, steel tracks, recent hydro, well maintained, $13,500. Ph/text 306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK.

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2009 KELLO-BILT 225 HD breaking disc, in good condition, $46,000 OBO. Call 403-588-8960, Rimbey, AB. KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646.

2005 JD 7420, c/w 741 self levelling loader and grapple, Comfort Guard Cab, 6611 hrs, 135 HP, 3 PTH, LHR, power quad plus, 3 SCVs, tires 70%, clean unit, always shedded, ready to work, $82,500 OBO. 403-963-1334, 403-578-8523, Consort, AB 2002 JD 6220, MFWD, 16 spd. PQ, 3 PTH, 2 spd. PTO, LHR, 2500 hours; 2000 JD 6310, 2WD, 16 spd. PQ, 3 PTH, 2 spd. PTO, LHR, c/w 620 loader, 3100 hrs. $42,000 each. 306-276-2080, Nipawin, SK.

2008 NH T9050 HD, PS, 55 gal/min., diff locks, 4 hyds and 1 aux. outlets, GPS, AutoSteer, front weights, 710/70R42s, 3460 DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the table - create hrs. $175,000 OBO. 306-562-8440, Canora the perfect seed bed. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, 1998 NH 9882, 4466 hrs., recent injectors Dunmore, AB. and rebuilt pump, rebuilt std. trans, radial duals- 90%, Outback HIGHER RETURNS PER acre, great germi- 710/70R38 GPS, shedded, $115,000.

306-463-7020, nation/uniform emergence. For more in- Flaxcombe, SK. fo.: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB.

1987 IH 9150 4WD, 280 HP, 520/85R38 Firestone radials 80% very good, 8000 hrs, nice solid tractor, $39,800. Phone: 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1980 IH HYDRO 186, FWA, 3 PTH, dual hyds., c/w 8’ snowblower, new tire chains, $20,000 OBO. 780-220-1950, Lamont, AB. LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have rebuilt tractors and parts for sale.

306-784-7841, Herbert, SK.

2006 CHALLENGER MT835B, 350 HP, 3455 hrs., powershift, 30” tracks w/powertrain warranty, $134,900.

Phone 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

1986 JD 8450, 8800 hrs, tires excellent, PTO, shedded, 2nd owner, exc. cond.

306-533-2114, Pangman, SK. 2009 9530, c/w 800 tires, 4 hyd., 48 GPM, 2500 hrs., shedded, exc. cond., $220,000 OBO. 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. 1982 JD 4640, approx. 7800 hours, very good cond., $21,000 OBO. 306-260-5802, 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK. G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. 1998 JD 9400, powershift, 7000 hrs., new inside rubber, $90,000. Call 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. JD 3140 FWA, with loader 3 pth JD 3150 FWA, with loader 3 pth JD 4250 FWA, with 280 loader JD 4430 comes with loader JD 4440 comes with loader JD 7600, FWA, loader available JD 7710 FWA, loader available Clamp on Duals, 20.8x38-18.4x38

BOURGAULT 5710 64’ air drill; 535 Buhler Versatile tractor; Farm King 70x13 grain auger; 9120 Case/IH combine. Located at Luseland, SK. Call 587-296-0588.

DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the table - create the perfect seed bed. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2004 ROGATER 1264, 1200-GAL., 80’ outback auto steer, Raven auto rate, Raven GPS w/mapping, rear duals, 2 sets of tips, $55,000; 2007 Lexion 570W, 1420 sep. hrs, Swath Master, chaff spreader, Outback autosteer, $80,000; 2006 MacDon 873 adaptor to fit on 500 series combine, $4,300; 2004 Agco RT 150, FWA loader, grapple, joystick, 150 PTO HP, front & rear 3-PT, CVT & front axle suspension, 2339 hrs., $80,000. Call 403-665-2341, Craigmyle, AB.

RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service; Premier 30’ swather; Rite-Way 50’ harrow packer bar; New Holland 1033 automatic bale wagon. 306-638-4550, Findlater, SK. FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levellers.

1997 9682 FORD, 5903 hrs, almost new Building now, taking orders. Don’t delay, 20.8x42 tires, 4 hyds, $75,000. 54’ 5710 call now! 306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. BOURGAULT, 9.8” spacing, double shoot, MRBs, new boots, tips and discs ($16,000), HIGHER RETURNS PER acre, great germifield ready, 4300 tank, dual fans, $60,000. nation/uniform emergence. For more in306-481-4740, Battleford, SK. fo.: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, 2007 NH TD95, FWA, 1850 hours, open Dunmore, AB. station, loader, bail forks, bucket with 1998 BOURGAULT AIR DRILL, 54’, 4” grapple, 540/1000 PTO, $33,000 OBO. packers, carbide openers, DS, newer Series 780-674-0463, Westlock, AB. II MRB’s, like new, 4340 triple tank mechanical drive, all good tires, low acred drill in excellent condition, field ready, asking $55,000; 7650 Spray Coupe, 90’ 936 FORD VERSATILE tractor, 6870 hrs, booms, 1300 hrs., automatic, 3-way nozzle 100 hrs. on engine rebuild, AutoSteer, re- bodies 2WD, new tires, JD-JPS auto track turn line, 20.8x38 duals, $45,000. Phone 1800 disply, 1 year warranty on work or306-293-2809, Climax, SK. der, excellent condition, asking $115,000.

875 VERSATILE, complete with dozer, very Call 403-578-2487 or cell. 403-575-4101. well maintained, asking $26,500 OBO. Call COMPLETE SHANK ASSEMBLIES: JD 1610, 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. Morris Magnum, $135; JD 610, Morris 1983 VERSATILE 875, 4 WD, 3400 original Magnum II, $185; CCIL #204, $90. Can hrs., always shedded, vg cond. $42,000. deliver. 306-946-7923, Young, SK. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. 1999 GMC T8500 DSL tow truck, 20’ tilt & wheel lift, $14,500; MF 2675, cab, dsl., w/Degelman dozer, A1; Sewer pump & for a truck; Ford Major dsl. loader, GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your tank 3pth & bale spear; 1960 Edsel #1 place to purchase late model combine snowblade, for re-building; Marshall & Bull Dog and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. tractors, running.Field Phone 306-236-8023. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767.

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2009 DEGELMAN 6900 14’ blade for mounting on Case STX 275/280/325/330 or 335 4 WD tractor, hyd. angle, silage ext., $20,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

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WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used rollers, all sizes. Leasing and delivery available. 403-580-6889, Bow Island, AB. 2015 DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster, 82’, Endura tip tines, hyd. tine adj. w/Valmar 2008 CASE/IH AIR CART, ADX 3380, 380 3255, low acres. 306-231-8060, Englefeld bushel, 3 tank, $30,000 OBO. Contact 2015 BRANDT 8200, 82’, chrome wear re780-518-5896, Wanham, AB. sistant tines, hyd. tine adj., low acres.

2012 SEED HAWK Series 45, 50-10 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. w/500 bu. TBH tank, quick adjust depth control, dual casters, new seed knives, liq.

Alpine kit, var. rate w/Viper monitor and Raven GPS, dual fans, shedded. Dave at: WANTED: DRILL MARKERS for 510 Int. 306-783-7584, 306-621-1155 Yorkton, SK. seed drill. Ph 780-674-4878, Barrhead, AB. 72’ OF BOURGAULT 3.5” steel packers on 9.8” spacing, for 5710 or 5810, in gangs, HIGHER RETURNS PER acre, great germidone 3000 acres. Phone: 204-648-7085, nation/uniform emergence. For more info.: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Grandview, MB. Dunmore, AB. 1997 CONCORD 4812 air drill, double shoot dry with NH3, Dutch openers, 2000 HAYBUSTER 107, 1000 DRILLS, rebuilt; JD 1900 seed cart, 270 bushel, $35,000 Haybuster 1206’s for parts. WANTED: well used Haybuster drills and discs from 1000 OBO. 306-452-3233 Antler, SK. drill. 403-627-5429, Pincher Creek, AB. HIGHER RETURNS PER acre, great germination/uniform emergence. For more in- DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the table - create fo.: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, the perfect seed bed. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. Dunmore, AB. 1998 MORRIS MAXIM drill and 7180 trailing tank #B21999C, 7.5” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, $25,000. Ph 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2015 CASE/IH 600, 60’ cultivator, 12” 2006 EZEE-ON 7550 air drill, 10” spac- spacing, 4-bar harrows, NH3 hitch, 600 lb. ing, 5” rubber capped packers, 4” carbide trips. Call 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. tip openers with 3115 tank (2005), asking KELLO-BILT SERIES 176 10’ tandem disk, $49,500. 306-452-7004, Parkman, SK. 24” notched blades, clean unit, some new $7,980.

1-800-667-4515, 2013 P1060 NH air cart, 430 bu., var. rate, bearings, 10” auger, Intelliview 4 monitor, $74,500 www.combineworld.com OBO. Kent 306-799-4784, 306-684-9693, 2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500 TM vertical tillMoose Jaw, SK. age #PS3147. New, 36’ 3 section Cat V FLEXI-COIL 5000 HD air drill, 40’, 12” hitch, $101,000. Phone: 306-922-2525, spacing, double shoot, 4350 tank; 1996 Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca NH 9482, 2823 hrs., shedded. All in good 1999 FLEXI-COIL S85 70’ heavy harrow, condition. 403-901-4431, Strathmore, AB. $19,900. Phone 1-800-667-4515 or check 2011 BOURGAULT 66’ air drill #B22480A, online: www.combineworld.com 12” spacing, mid-row shanks, double shoot, $143,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, 2014 MORRIS FIELD PRO 70’ harrow. New 9.16” tines, #HR3447, $36,500. Call: SK. or view online at www.farmworld.ca 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view us 2002 JD 1820, 41’, 270 bu. 1900 cart, 12” online at: www.farmworld.ca spacing, blockage monitors, double shoot dry w/Dickey John NH3, $35,000 OBO. 2013 7450 LANDOLL vertical tillage #N22357. New! 39’ wide, 22” disc, 7” 306-452-3233, Antler, SK. blade spacing, $105,000. 306-864-3667, TECHNOTILL 2015 62’ on TBH Case 600 Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca cultivator (Flexi-Coil), 12” spacing, FlexiCoil air pack, Intelligent blockage monitor, superior setup, ready to go, can hook to Bourgault or Flexi-Coil cart, like new cond.

306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. 2008 BOURGAULT 5710, DS, AtomJet openers, 74’, w/2008 Bourgault 6550 tank, c/w deluxe 10” auger, dual rear wheels, exc. cond. 306-441-1648, Battleford, SK.

JD 8630 TRACTOR, 4 WD, not running, 18x38 tires, PTO, good tin and cab. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. 1980 JD 4440, rebuilt powershift trans., exc. cond., field ready, 10,000 hrs. For pricing call Medicine Hat Tractor Salvage Inc. 1-877-527-7278 or 403-548-1205.

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1999 Agri Fab Great used mixer! This is one of the heaviest mixers we’ve ever seen.

Four augers offering a great mix front to back top to bottom. 3/4-in flighting and heavy side walls. New 48-in conveyor. All parts are common and available at any bearing store. $12,999.99 (306) 971-9006

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

WANTED: 12 OR 14’ #225 Kello built disc. Call 306-839-4438 or 306-839-7792, Pierceland, SK. WANTED: 2 TRACTOR TIRES, 20.8x34.

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BOURGAULT AIR DRILL or air seeder, 30’-36’, in good condition. 306-768-3729, 306-401-7510, Carrot River, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly trac- MOVE WATER OR IRRIGATE? 4” to 12” altors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor um. pipe, pumps and motors. 50 yrs. experience. Dennis 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump and used mainline new Bauer travelers MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar dealer. 22 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. WANTED: NH BALE WAGONS and retrievers, any condition. Farm Equipment Finding Service, P.O. Box 1363, Polson, MT 59860 406-883-2118.

16th ANNUAL ON Target Bull Sale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Barrhead Ag Barn, Barrhead, AB. “One of the best sales for Angus and Simmental Bulls in Northern Alberta.” Offering: 107 lots: 45 Angus yearling bulls, 32 Red Angus yearling bulls, 30 Simmental yearling bulls. Contact: Dwayne Enery 780-3054209, Brad Yoder 780-674-1196, Mark Jones 780-349-1353, Barclay Smith 780-305-6716. Bid online: DLMS. View catalogue at: www.cattlemanagement.ca JOHNSTON/ FERTILE VALLEY Black Angus Bull Sale, Friday, April 8, 1:00 PM CST at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 90 thick, easy fleshing bulls selected from 600 top producing cows. They are sired by the leading AI sires in the industry including: BPF Special Focus; SAV Brilliance, SAV Resource, Triple V Glanworth 57U, Jindra Double Vision, Ten X, Shipwheel Montana, Angus Valley and Impression. Many of these bulls are suitable for heifers. All bulls are semen tested with complete performance and carcass information available. Deferred payment program with BURNETT ANGUS 32ND Annual Bull Sale, 60% sale day, 40% interest fee, due Dec. 1, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 PM, Heart- 2016. Dennis and David Johnston land, Swift Current, SK. 60 Black Angus 306-856-4726, or T Bar C Cattle Co yearling bulls, deep, thick, muscular bulls. 306-933-4200. Call for a catalogue or view Many low birthweight, short gestation, ge- at www.johnstonfertilevalley.com netically produced for breeding heifers.

Semen tested, Leptin tested. Select group of replacement heifers. Contact: Bryce 306-773-7065 or Wyatt 306-750-7822, wburnett@xplornet.ca View website: 85 YEARLING RED ANGUS bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested, and delivered in the www.bryceburnett.com spring. Phone Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, Leader, SK.

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RED ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing ration, performance info. available.

Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Call 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com

17- YEARLING and 4- two yr. old Reg. Red Angus bulls, $3,500-$8,500. Will deliver and semen test. One pkg. of 5 reg. open heifers, $16,000. Five Genetic Gem reg. open heifers, $5,000-$12,000. Sires incl.

Bear Tooth, Tuff Enuf, Arson, and Better Deal. Call Elmer at EKW Red Angus, 306-381-3691, Hague, SK. SOUTH VIEW RANCH Red and Black Angus Bull Sale, Thursday, April 14, 2016, at South View Ranch, Ceylon, SK. Offering 90+ Red and Black Angus yearling bulls, semen tested, scrotal measured, performance records. Also groups of commercial open replacement heifers. Shane 306-869-8074 or Keith 306-454-2730. www.southviewranch.com

DISPERSAL OF 61 two yr. old cow/calf pairs at the 20th Annual KBJ Bull & Female REGISTERED RED ANGUS BULLS Sale, 2016 on March 14, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Quiet, Easy Calving, Low to Moderate at the farm near Clyde, AB. “Where the sale is never final.” Offering: 135 lots: 47 Birth Weights, Good Growth, E.P.D’s available Angus yearling bulls, 27 Red Angus year- Guaranteed Breeders (Vet Checked & Semen ling bulls, 50 Black Angus two yr. old Tested). Excellent Bulls for Heifers or Cows. cow/calf pairs, 11 Red Angus two yr. old Cleveley Cattle Company (780)689-2754. cow/calf pairs. Contact: Jim Round 780-307-1657, Barry Round 780-348REG. 5794, Rob Holowaychuk 780-916Project8_Layout 1 2/7/16OBI 10:32 AM Page 1 RED ANGUS BULLS: calving ease, 2628. Video Sale. Bid online: DLMS. View quiet, good growth, will be semen tested.

Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford catalogue: www.cattlemanagement.ca

WANTED: LEFT CENTRE rock shaft for Flexi-Coil 800 cultivator 62’. Call 306-642-5716, Assiniboia, SK. WANTED: MASSEY discers, Model 36.

Sask., Alberta or Manitoba. Top dollar.

306-625-3369, 306-750-0642, Ponteix, SK.

RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com

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Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK.

SPRUCE FOR SALE! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, get the year round protection you need.

We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or deGUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence liver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner spruce available. Now taking spring bookPhone Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron ings while supplies last.

403-586-8733 or check out our website at 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. www.didsburysprucefarms.com

SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $109, half cord bundles, $72; Blocked and split wood also available.

V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail at Lacombe, AB. for winter delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Call Richard Bintner 306-873-3184.

SELLICK 5000 FORKLIFT, needs engine, KICKIN’ ASH BUFFALO Meat Products is $2800. Call Jamie at 306-259-1212, currently looking for all classes of bison for expanding North American market. Call 306-946-9864, Young, SK. Paul 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. or email to cabi1@telus.net CURRENT PRICES: Bulls $4.35/lb. USD; Heifers $4.20/lb. USD; Culls $5/lb. CAD. NEW AND USED PTO generators. Diesel Call/text: 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. and natural gas sets available as well. Call BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, 1-888-300-3535, Airdrie, AB. yearlings and calves. Phone Elk Valley Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. BISON PRODUCERS! Not export ready?

We can help! Paying up to $4.35 USD HHW. Also paying top dollars for cull INVACARE MOBILE SCOOTER, holds up to cows.

Tara 403-843-2231 or Armin 400 lbs., used very little, exc. cond., $1500 403-318-4616. firm. 306-442-4201, Pangman, SK. QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, paying market prices. “Producers working with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from yearlings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph The Icynene Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. ®

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MFL RANCHES: four semen tested 2 yr old Plains bulls at Kramer’s Bison Sale, March 09, North Battleford, SK. 403-747-2500.

5 PUREBRED ANGUS heifer calves, average weight 650 lbs., excellent blood lines.

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BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing ration, performance info. available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com YEARLING BLACK ANGUS Bulls for sale: Sired by Windrower (Harvester’s son) Brilliance, Priority, Resource and Hesston.

Several bulls are from imported embryos.

EPDs are: WW plus 73, YW plus 125 lbs.

View online at: RavineDriveCattleCo.com Ph: 780-367-2483, Willingdon, AB.

TROPHY ZONE TANNERY. State of the art facility. Hair on tanning for both taxidermy and domestic hides. Quality work with fast turn around. Call anytime 403-892-7904 or 403-330-6325, Cardston, AB. Email: bunnage@shaw.ca PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service.

Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside BIRD WATCHERS CALL To The Far North! Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, Bird stands and natural locations available. 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. Year round bird and wildlife watching.

Tree stands, ground blinds, and natural lo- BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, secations available. North Western Sas- men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery katchewan. Ron Kisslinger 306-822-2256 available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, or email: p.r.service@sasktel.net Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com

Davidson Gelbvieh & Lonesome Dove Ranch

Overby Stock Farm

Vernon & Eileen Davidson 306-625-3755 davidsongelbvieh@sasktel.net www.davidsongelbvieh.com Ross & Tara Davidson & Family 306-625-3513 lonesomedoveranch@sasktel.net www.davidsonlonesomedoveranch.com

Neil Overby 204-447-5552 St. Rose Du Lac, MB neil.overby@gov.mb.ca

Fir River Livestock

Dave Hrebeniuk - 306-865-6603 Darcy, Renee, Colt & Kenzie Hrebeniuk - 306-865-7859 Hudson Bay, SK firriver@xplornet.com www.gelbviehworld.com

CANADIAN GELBVIEH ASSOCIATION

Keriness Cattle Company Ltd. Kert Ness - 403-860-4634 kertness@shaw.ca Joe Ness - 403-852-7332 Airdrie, AB jonus@telus.blackberry.net

Carlson Gelbvieh Farms

Lon Carlson & Lorraine Beaudin 403-894-3413 Magrath, AB rstar91@yahoo.ca www.carlsoncattlecompany.com

5160 Skyline Way NE Calgary, Alberta T2E 6V1 Ph: 403.250.8640 • Fax: 403.291.5624 Email: gelbvieh@gelbvieh.ca

Twin Bridge Farms Ltd.

Ron, Carol, Ross, Gail, Owen & Aaron Birch Ron & Carol 403-792-2123 Aaron 403-485-5518 Lomond, AB aaron@tbfarms.ca www.tbfarms.ca

Royal Western Gelbvieh Rodney & Tanya Hollman 403-754-5499 Rodney 403-588-8620 Red Deer County, AB rodscattle@platinum.ca

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DOUBLE BAR D FARMS Best of Both Worlds Annual Bull Sale on Tuesday, March 1, at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, SK. Offering 175 Simmental and Simm/ Angus bulls as well as a select group of open Simmental and Simm/Angus heifers.

For more info contact Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 403-363-9973. View catalogue online at: www.doublebardfarms.com PL #116061.

REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK CREEK’S EDGE LAND & Cattle purebred Charolais bulls for sale. Over 60 yearlings to choose from. View our bulls online www.creeksedgecharolais.ca. Call Stephen 306-279-7709, Yellow Creek, SK. Located 120 kms NE of Saskatoon.

BECK McCOY BULL SALE Wed., Feb. 24, 2016 at 2:00 PM. Beck Farms, Milestone, SK. 100 Charolais, Hereford and Gelbvieh bulls on offer. Wade: 306-436-7458, Chad: 306-436-7300. Catalogue online www.mccoycattle.com

BECK McCOY BULL SALE Wed., Feb. 24, 2016 at 2:00 PM. Beck Farms, Milestone, SK. 100 Charolais, Hereford and Gelbvieh bulls on offer. Wade: 306-436-7458, Chad: 306-436-7300. Catalogue online www.mccoycattle.com EXCELLENT SELECTION 2 yr. old bulls. Fed for service not for show. Also, several proven 3 yr. olds. Polled Herefords since 1950. Call: Erwin Lehmann, 306-232-4712, Rosthern, SK.

LABATTE SIMMENTALS with Meadow Acres Farms 36th Annual Bull & Female Sale, Friday, March 4, 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. (4 miles West of Moose Jaw on Trans-Canada Hwy). Offering: 95 Simmental Beef Bulls (55 Red Polled PB, 35 Black Polled PB, 4 FB), 20 Red and Black Open PB Heifers.

PL#914447. For catalogues and info: Barry LaBatte 306-815-7900 or 306-969-4820, Dustin Fornwald 306-487-7510, Blair Fornwald 306-487-7662, Scott Johnstone 306-693-4715. www.johnstoneauction.ca

ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- Cattle shelter and barn packages.

Call 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com to request a farm building quote today!

2008 HIGHLINE BALE Pro 8100, feed chopper series, EZ Feed II grain tank, very good condition, used 4 years, $18,800.

780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB.

FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, feed wagons and bale shredders and industry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers.

306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca

RANCHHAND CALF CATCHER, Canadian made, time tested and proven. Put safety back in calf processing.

Call 306-762-2125. www.fuchs.ca

THINNED OUT CATTLE Herd: Vermeer 605M round baler; Ford 700 silage truck; CASE 8750 and JF 1350 forage harvesters; 2- Richardson 700 dump wagons; RENN roller mill w/elec. motor; Supreme 600 vertical mixer and a Norvac 8x10’ cattle scale w/printer. Also, Morris 7180 and Morris 7300 air tanks; Farm King 13”x70’ grain auger. 204-648-4600, Shortdale, MB.

JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE on the farm, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 PM. 6 two year olds and 30 yearlings, whites and tans. Can keep until May 1.

Beef on a bun 12:00. Info. call Jerome and Cindy Tremblay 306-394-4406, Courval SK YEARLING AND 2 YEAR old Charolais bulls, tan and white. Call Ervin Zayak, Creedence Charolais Ranch, Derwent, AB., 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708.

RANCH READY HORNED Hereford Bull Sale, March 11, 1:00 PM, at the ranch, Simmie, SK. 18 two year old bulls; 25 yearling bulls and 6 purebred open heifers.

Selling 8 PB open heifers and 25 commerNEILSON CATTLE COMPANY Charolais cial open heifers. View catalogue and sale bull sale. Friday, March 11, 1:00 PM, at videos online at: www.braunranch.com the ranch, Hwy #47 South of Willowbrook. Contact Craig Braun at: 306-297-2132.

Offering 30 coming 2 yr old Charolais bulls all semen tested and vet inspected. Wintering and delivery available. For more info contact Mike at: 306-783-0331, or T Bar C FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale.

Cattle Co. at: 306-220-5006, PL#116061 Cows and quota needed. We buy all classView catalogue online: www.buyagro.com es of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F BLUE SKY CHAROLAIS offering: 2 year Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. old bulls, February 22nd at Balog Auction Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

Mart, Lethbridge, AB, 1 PM. For EPD’s and pictures www.balogauction.com or John 306-672-6694.

BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder.

BECK McCOY BULL SALE Wed., Feb. 24, Selling custom designed packages. Name 2016 at 2:00 PM. Beck Farms, Milestone, your price and we will put a package toSK. 100 Charolais, Hereford and Gelb- gether for you. Fullblood/percentage Lowvieh bulls on offer. Wade: 306-436-7458, line, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier.

Chad: 306-436-7300. Catalogue online Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB. www.mccoycattle.com CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and two year olds. Wintering available. LVV Ranch, 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. 11TH ANNUAL HEJ CHAROLAIS BULL Sale, Friday, February 26th, 1:00 PM, Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Offering 60 ranch ready Charolais yearling bulls, red, white, black and tan. Wintering, delivery and sight unseen purchase program available. All bulls vet inspected, semen tested. For catalogues or info. contact the Rasmussens 403-227-2824, or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at www.buyagro.com (PL #116061)

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SUNNY VALLEY SIMMENTALS 26th Annual Bull and Female Sale, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 1:00 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon. 45 red, black and fullblood beef bulls. Semen tested, delivered and fully guaranteed. View catalogue at www.sunnyvalleysimmentals.com or call 306-544-7633 for more info.

ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. www.albertatexaslonghorn.com

1000 VERY HIGH quality Black and Red Angus replacement heifers, weighing 800 lbs. March 1st. No implants, complete vaccinations and no brands. These heifers are being fed for the replacement market with high protein and fertility enhancing byproducts. Can be palpated on site and fed until grass time. U pick for $1800 based on 800 lbs. Call Blaine at 306-621-9751 or Steven 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK. 50 BRED 2nd and 3rd calvers for sale.

306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. 150 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS, bred to low birthweight Black bulls, exposed July 4, 2015, vaccinated with VL5 plus 7 Som, Safeguard/Ivomec, $2600.

Call 306-476-7996, Rockglen, SK. 80 ANGUS COW/CALF pairs, fall calving.

2nd and 3rd calvers. Calves vaccinated with Bovi-shield Gold, Tasvax-4 and Ivomec. Cows exposed to Angus bulls.

204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB.

MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS, since 1970. We offer the real Maine bulls, all fullblood breeding, low birthweight with good performance. Off farm sales only.

MACMILLAN CHAROLAIS. PB registered Gary and Sandy Graham, 306-823-3432, yearling bulls available, bred for growth, Marsden, SK. grahamgs@sasktel.net Webeasy keeping and market demand, thick site www.manitoumaineanjou.ca bulls w/good feet, lots of hair and very quiet, will be semen tested and can be kept until spring. Call 306-931-2893 or EASY CALVING REG. PB Red or Black, 2 yr. WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For book306-227-2774, Tim or Lorna Saskatoon, SK old and yearling bulls, also replacement ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, heifers. Elderberry Farm, Parkside, SK. 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. 306-747-3302.

GALLOWAY BULL SALE at LiveAuctions.TV March 4 - 9th, 2016. Contact Russel at 403-749-2780, Delburne, AB.

TWIN BRIDGE FARMS 5th Gelbvieh Bull And Female Sale, Monday, March 14, 2016, 1 PM at the Silver Sage Community Corral, Brooks, AB. Selling 50 yearling Gelbvieh bulls and a select group of open purebred heifers. Red and black genetics on offer. Guest Consignors Carlson Cattle Company and Keriness Cattle Co. For info. contact: Ron and Carol Birch and Family 403-792-2123 or 403-485-5518 or Don NEW FIRST ON the Farm Bid Off Bull Sale.

Savage Auctions 403-948-3520 Catalogue Bidding starts March 12, 1:00 PM CST. online at: www.donsavageauctions.com Closes Tuesday, March 15, 2:00 CST, 2016, Neudorf, SK. 40 yearling and 2 yr. old bulls. Details and updates on our websites: www.bendershorthorns.com www.starpfarms.com Call Glen and Ryan Bender, Neudorf, SK. 306-728-8613, 306-748-2876 or Rayleen 306-231-3933.

9th SUN COUNTRY SHORTHORN SALE, 1 PM, Mar. 8th, 2016 at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer will be 40 polled Shorthorn yearling and two year old bulls and 25 open replacement heifers.

DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME They have been selected for soundness, DOVE RANCH, 27th Annual Bull Sale, fleshing ability and performance. Sale will Saturday, March 5, 2016, 1:00 PM at their be broadcast live at: www.dvauction.com bull yards. Complimentary lunch, 11 AM. Check out our websites for more info.

Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, Contact any of the owners to get on cataMarch 4th. Selling 100+ purebred yearling log mailing list: Horseshoe Creek Farms Gelbvieh bulls, Red or Black. Performance Ltd. Weyburn, SK. call 306-456-2500 or www.horseshoecreekfarms.com and semen tested. View catalog and video website: at: www.davidsongelbvieh.com or Anwender Cattle Company, Radville, SK. www.lonesomedoveranch.ca Vernon and call 306-442-2090 or visit website: RockEileen 306-625-3755, 306-625-7863; Ross www.anwendercattlecompany.com and Tara 306-625-3513, 306-625-7045, ing L Cattle Company, Wawota, SK. 306-739-2598, www.rockinglcattleco.com Ponteix, SK. GELBVIEH STOCK EXCHANGE BULL AND FEMALE SALE, March 8, 2016 at 1:00 PM, at Medicine Hat Feeding Co., Medicine Hat, AB. For more info. or for a catalogue call Don at Jen-Ty Gelbviehs, jentygelbviehs.com 403-378-4898; Nolan, Towerview Ranch, towerviewranch.com 403-977-2057.

16TH ANNUAL SASKATOON Gelbvieh Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, March 19, 2016, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Pre-sale viewing and customer appreciation Friday, March 18, 2016. Gelbvieh bulls add pounds at weaning, feed efficiency, and superior maternal strength. Selling 40 stout polled red and black yearling purebred and balancer Gelbvieh bulls and select females. Sale can be viewed online via DLMS. For more info and catalogue: Darcy 306-865-2929 or 306-865-7859, or Darrell 780-581-0077, Vern 403-548-6678, www.gelbviehworld.com or sales consultant Kirk Hurlburt 306-222-8210, www.stonegatefarms.ca WINDERS GELBVIEH are selling by private treaty registered 2 year old and yearling Gelbvieh bulls from our 38 year breeding program. 780-672-9950, Camrose AB. gwinder@syban.net

DOUBLE BAR D FARMS Best of Both Worlds Annual Bull Sale on Tuesday, March 1, at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, SK. Offering 175 Simmental and Simm/ Angus bulls as well as a select group of open Simmental and Simm/Angus heifers.

For more info contact Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 403-363-9973. View catalogue online at: www.doublebardfarms.com PL #116061.

RED AND BLACK YEARLING SIMMENTAL BULLS, polled, moderate birthweights, good temperaments. All bulls sold Private Treaty.

Bill or Virginia Peters, 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK.

R PLUS SIMMENTALS, 16th Annual Bull Sale, Sunday, March 6, 2016, 1:00 PM at the ranch, 5 miles SE of Estevan, SK. Watch for signs. Selling: 80 multi-generation red and black Simmental bulls, bred for easy calving and performance. Excellent bulls for commercial and purebred operations. Also selling 15 coming 2 year old bulls. Call Marlin LeBlanc, 306-421-2470 or Rob Holowaychuk, 780-916-2628.

PHEASANTDALE CATTLE COMPANY 12th Annual Bull and Female Sale Thurs., March 3rd, 1:00 PM at the farm, Balcarres, SK. Offering 70 polled Simmental bulls. 58 yearling red, black and fullbloods and 12 coming 2 year old red and blacks. 10 open purebred yearling heifers.

For catalogue, DVD or more information call Lee 306-335-7553, 306-335-2828.

View catalogue online: www.bohrson.com

GATEWAY COUNTRY SPRING HORSE And Longhorn Auction, Saturday, May 14, 2016, Silver Sage Community Corral, Brooks, AB. Call Gateway Auction Services Ltd., 1-866-304-4664 to consign and for details or go to: www.gwacountry.com HORSE AND TACK SALE, Heartland, Prince Albert, SK., Friday, March 11 starting at 5:30 PM. Call 306-763-8463.

NEW BUGGY, WAGON, sleigh, cutterwood and metal parts. Wooden wheel manufacture and restoration. Wolfe Wagons, Saskatoon, SK. Phone 306-221-1017 after 6 PM weekdays.

HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluminum horseshoes. We ship anywhere.

Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com

LAST CHANCE SHEEP and Goat Sale, Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, Friday, March 11, 11 AM. Call 306-763-8463.

SELLING LAMBS AND GOATS? Why take one price from one buyer? Expose your lambs and goats to a competitive market. Beaver Hill Auctions, Tofield, AB. Sales every Monday, trucks hauling from SK, BC, AB. www.beaverhillauctions.com Call: 780-662-9384.

SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) lambs or feeder lambs for sale? Call Rick at: 403-894-9449 or Cathy at: 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing. www.sungoldmeats.com

SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole distributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers programs, marketing services and sheep/ goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, SK. www.sksheep.com

BUY ALL: Pigs/swine/wild boar, raised outside, all sizes. Most $. 1-877-226-1395. www.canadianheritagemeats.com

TAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR Chinese Ringneck Pheasants and Eastern Wild Turkeys for fall. 306-465-0001, Yellow Grass, SK.

QUALITY 5 BARS, windbreaks, gates and feeders, plus more. Many satisfied long term customers. 306-485-8559, Oxbow SK

WINTER WATERING: FREEZE proof, motion eye, 24”/36” drain back bowl. Call toll free 1-888-731-8882, Lumsden, SK. Or visit: www.kellnsolar.com PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com

ARROW LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: Port. windbreaks, custom panels. Mossbank, SK. 1-866-354-7655, www.shadowranch.ca FOR SALE: NEW HOLLAND 354 mixmill, taking offers. Phone 306-436-4644, Milestone, SK. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- featuring 32x40x16’ post buildings for $25,700. Call 306-225-2288 or go to www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote.

2001 GMC 2500 crew cab, 4x4, 6L, auto, with new Hydra-Dec bale handler, GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS, ready to go. $17,500. Phone 780-385-8008, Viking, AB. Phone Ed 306-269-7745, leave message if not in, Foam Lake, SK. GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” KUVASZ PUPPIES, 1 male, 5 females, vet pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar checked, first shots, ready, $500 OBO. windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and Call Barb, 403-637-2192, Water Valley, AB. double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. BONAFIDE REGISTERED AUSTRALIAN Kelpie pups, red/tans and black/tans, parents Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. make a living on cow/calf operation at community pasture. Watkinson Working CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on Kelpies, 306-692-2573, Moose Jaw, SK. site.

For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website www.warmanhomecentre.com SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr.

Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com

RETIRE TO THE SUNSHINE COAST. Ocean view development acreage, Sechelt, BC., 34 acres, $2,950,000. Lifestyle/ lnvestment Project. Data, photos, video tour URL at: www.realtor.ca MLS 2026927.

FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully sus- bmcgreg@hotmail.com Bill McGregor tainable livestock watering. No power re- 604-531-8000. www.whiterockestates.com quired to heat or pump. Prevents contamiFREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak nation. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ www.frostfreenosepumps.com and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will ZAK’S COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS- featurcustom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. ing 60x104x16’ post buildings for $63,850.

NEW HOLLAND 357 MIXMILL, good condi306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com tion, ready to work, $3850. 306-796-2178, to request a quote today.

Chaplin, SK. ORGANIC ALFALFA, SWEET Clover, Red ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: FeaBALE KING 3000 processor, LH discharge, Clover, Alsike Clover, Oxley Cicer Milk turing 80x160x18’ post buildings for very good condition, asking $8000. Vetch. Grasses. Free delivery. Call $143,460. Visit: www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star ph 306-225-2288 to request a quote today 306-642-8111, Assiniboia, SK. City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net 2005 LUCKNOW 475 mixer wagon, 1 owner, 4 auger, digital scale, planetary drive, vg condition, $27,500. Call Blaine at YEAR ROUND LAKEVIEW cottage located 306-621-9751 or Steven 306-621-2522, at Palliser Regional Park, (Riverhurst, SK.) Yorkton, SK. ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. Call DMI 816 sq. ft main floor completely redone, 3 bedrooms, 300 sq. ft. lower level guest 306-515-3500, Regina, SK suite, fully furnished, carport, wrap BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples around deck, two sheds. Asking $267,000.

Call 403-548-7337 or cell 403-581-0948. of organic and conventional pulses for 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, Rowatt, SK. OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the TRADE AND EXPORT CANADA BUYING brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK, all grades of organic grains. Fast payment just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: and pick up. Call 306-433-4700. www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288.

AQUA THERM A pasture proven trough.

Winter water problems? Solved! No electricity required. 3 sizes - 100, 200 and 525 WANTED: CERTIFIED ORGANIC feeder gallon. Kelln Solar, Lumsden, SK. cattle. Call Peter Lundgard, Nature’s Way Farm at 780-338-2934, Grimshaw, AB. 1-888-731-8882, www.kellnsolar.com

1440 SQ. FT. mobile home, to be moved. 3 bdrm, 2 baths, open concept, fireplace, 2 walk-in closets, deck and screw piles.

780-307-1222, Westlock, AB.

62 MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ homes. Now available: Lake homes.

Medallion Homes, 306-764-2121, Prince Albert, SK.

TO BE MOVED: 1 1/2 storey house, very structually sound, upstairs redone, styrofoam and new siding 5 years ago. Make a great cabin. $30,000 OBO. 306-883-9230, Leoville, SK. SPECIAL PRICING on all finished ready to move showhomes! Ends Feb 29. JH Homes, 306-652-5322, www.jhhomes.com RTMs AND SITE built homes. Call 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom built- every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 to help design your new home.

RM OF GRANT #372. One cheap quarter, 30 miles east of Saskatoon off Hwy #5.

Has acreage potential. SE-29-37-28-W2, 153 acres, 82 cult., 54,700 assessment.

MLS® 556060. Garry Frie, Royal LePage Saskatoon, SK. 639-480-7254.

EXCELLENT PASTURE FOR sale. W-1/2 20-27-28-W3, 220 grass, 100 summerfallow, spring water, coulees, trees. SW 28-27-28-W3, 160+ grass, flowing well.

Bids considered until June 20. Ken Wood, Drawer 280, Alsask, SK S0L 0A0 306-432-7343.

HAMMOND REALTY For Sale by Tender.

Closing Tuesday, February 23, 2016. RM #216 of Tullymet: SE-34-24-12-W2 and NE-28-24-12-W2. Good starter opportunity or addition to existing farmland pkg.

Incl: 245 cropped acres; 75 wetland acres.

Features: house, detached garage and shop. Good well and power. Phone Alex Morrow for tender package. 306-332-4161 www.tenderRM216.hammondrealty.ca

GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net CASH RENT, RM 397 N 1/2 6 & SW-7-41-14-W2 approx. 250 acres. Offers close Feb. 20, 2016. Call Al 306-545-0983.

RM SHELLBROOK #493. 1550 sq. ft. split level 4 bdrm home with developed basement. Forced air oil and electric heat.

Located on 160 acres of which 100 acres are cultivated. Large dbl. detached garage, 32x42 fully insulated shop with overhead oil furnace, and a 22x30 metal clad storage building, Over 23,000 bu. of steel grain storage. What a property! Located 19.5 miles NE of Shellbrook on #240.

Price reduced to $375,000. MLS® 550536.

Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

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RM BRATT’S LAKE #129- 312 acres of Regina heavy clay located 14 miles SW of Regina. Assessment 195,400. Asking $2200/acre. Keith Bartlett 306-535-5707, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. 160 ACRES with large home, 3 car heated garage, large shop, horse barn, plenty of water, 20 minutes NE of Regina. Beside Regina, SK: 3 acre property/house/greenhouses; Near Pilot Butte, 80 acre development land; RM Edenwold, 160 acre quarter near Regina; 90+ acres, Hwy #11, 7 miles North of Saskatoon, development; RM Edenwold, 160 acres, home and buildings within 1/2 hour from Regina- SOLD; RM Perdue, 2 quarters West of Saskatoon on Hwy #14.

Call Brian Tiefenbach 306-536-3269, Colliers Int., Regina, SK. MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Land Auction for the Estate of Ron Carriere, www.collierscanada.com Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:00 PM at the TENDERS FOR FARMLAND, RM Pleasant Days Inn, Estevan, SK. Up for Unreserved Valley #288, 6 miles North and 3/4 mile Auction are 8 quarter sections of farmland West of Fiske, SK. Marked and Sealed in the RM of Benson #35. Some of the Tenders will be received for the below de- land will sell with surface lease oil revescribed land up to 3:00 PM, March 2, 2016. nue. View www.mackauctioncompany.com Title #117742440, NE-10-30-18-W3 Ex- for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or tension 0, 160 acres, 151 total cult., 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 60,900 assessment; Title 117742855, NE-15-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 150 DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC., St. Benecult. 67,000 assess; Title 117742563, NW dict south, 325 acres of 32-40-24-W2 11-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 154 cult., with grain storage, very good 2 storey 59,800 assessment; Title 117742811, house just complete with $100,000 renos!

NW-14-30-18-W3 Ext. 0. 160 acres, 160 Barn and extensive corrals. New price cult., 77,100 assess; Title 117742833, $699,900! Ph Dwein Trask 306-221-1035.

SW-14-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 140 cult., 74,500 assess; Title 117742877, SE-15-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 160 cult., 63,400 assess; Title 117742888, SW- 15-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 156 TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. cult., 58,200 assess. 1120 total acres, MULCHING1071 total cultivated, 460,900 total as- Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: sessment. Note: 1. SW-14-30-18-W3 pres- www.maverickconstruction.ca ently consists of 160 acres. Approx. 10 acres of the yard site will be subdivided leaving 150 acres for sale with respect to this quarter section out of which 140 acres are cultivated; 2. Your offer should be RM OF CORMAN PARK: 80 acres suitable itemized by legal description and any con- for acreage or pasture, power and water. N ditions of your offer must be clearly stat- 1/2-36-38-09-W3, $160,000. or rent for ed. 3. The highest, or any, offer will not pasture. 306-222-0991 or 306-466-4442. necessarily be accepted. 4. In addition to the top offer for any individual parcel, con- RARE OPPORTUNITY 150 acre building sideration will be given to offers that pro- site, 6 miles SE Marshall, SK. RM of Wilton vide the highest aggregate price for any #472, SE-29-47-26-3-ext3; 100 acres combination of parcels. 5. You must pro- natural prairie pasture, 50 cult., spring wavide a certified cheque or bank draft for ter, view. All utilities adjacent, $395,000 5% of the price being offered payable to OBO. Call Lyle at: 306-947-2190.

Gall Law Office. 6. You must rely on your own research of the property to determine acreage, condition, improvements and assessment. 7. The vendor will be responsible for taxes on the property to Dec. 31, 2015. 8. Title to the land shall be transferred free and clear of all encumbrances and liens. 9. Please outline the owner’s name, title(s) numbers and legal loca- 2003 TRIPLE E TOPAZ, Model FS306RLXL, tion(s) with your offer. Further info. can be Touring Edition, LR and BR slides, $14,500. obtained by phoning Gary at 306-245-3754, or 306-536-0201, Tyvan SK 306-651-2166 after 6 PM. Submit offers to Roderick G. Gall, Gall Law Office, 100, 316 6th Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2S5 RM BRATT’S LAKE #129, 312 acres of Regina heavy clay, located 14 miles SW of Regina. Assessment 195,000. Asking $2200/acre. Keith Bartlett 306-535-5707, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. LAND FOR RENT. Phone 306-253-4580, Box 111, Aberdeen, SK. S0K 0A0.

10,000 ACRES CULTIVATED farmland for sale in the Luseland, SK. area. Call 587-296-0588, Calgary, AB.

MINERAL RIGHTS. We will purchase and or lease your mineral rights. 9 QUARTERS FARMLAND, East central 1-877-269-9990. cndfree@telusplanet.net SK. Good yard, 2 homes, livestock facilities SELLING BY TENDER: RM of Lakeview and grain and machinery storage. Call #337, NW-35-35-15-W2nd, approx. 155 306-795-2702, Ituna, SK. cult. acres, assess. 100,000, Class F soil. RM 225: IRRIGATION potential! Approx.

Farmed organically 25+ years. Mail tend- 800 acres of grainland which can be irriers by Feb. 26, 2016 to: Land Tender, 2508 gated from the South Sask. River accordWoodward Ave., Saskatoon, SK., S7J 2E5. ing to the owner. Excellent opportunity to Highest or any tender not necessarily ac- own irrigated land. John Cave, Edge Realty cepted. Call for info 306-220-6311.

Ltd., 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

2016 TUSCANY 45AT, Stock #H5312, 450 HP, independent front susp., Aqua hot and many more options available. Call for a quote: 1-866-346-3148, or shop online 24/7: www.allandale.com

CERT. AAC RAYMORE, Canada’s first sawfly tolerant durum wheat. Hickseed Ltd., 306-354-7998, 306-229-9517, Mossbank, SK. CERT. TRANSCEND DURUM, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

REG., CERT. CDC Utmost VB, AC Unity VB, Lillian, Waskada, Goodeve. Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net

CERT. DURUM SEED, AAC Current, AAC Raymore, AAC Marchwell, Transcend.

Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511.

CERTIFIED #1 AAC BRANDON, AC Shaw VB, AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB and Conquer VB. Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, Goodeve VB, Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

Call CWRS WHEAT GROWERS: Gregoire SK., Seed Farm Ltd. has Registered, Cert. AAC Brandon, good FHB rating, semi dwarf, very high yielder and test weight. Breeze REG., CERT. TRANSCEND, AAC Marchwell to straight cut. Also good supply of Reg., VB, Kyle, good germ. and disease. Palmier Certified Carberry. Volume discounts.

Seed Farms 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North moe.anita@sasktel.net Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED TRANSCEND DURUM. Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, 306-725-3236.

EXCELLENT QUALITY CERT. No. 1 CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Cardale, MuchCERT. #1 AC MORGAN, 99% germ. Call more, Harvest, Elgin ND, AAC Elie, AC Andrew, Conquer VB. Frederick Seeds, Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, 2015 MIRAMAR 33.5, Stock #03496, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. $218,950 MSRP, sale $144,000. Save Hepburn, SK. $74,950! Call 1-844-488-3142 or shop on- CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett, CDC WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA CWRS AAC line 24/7 at www.allandale.com Ruffian. Call Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Brandon, CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Shaw VB. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED, REG. AND FDN. NO. 1 AC CERT. #1 AAC BRANDON, 0% GraminMorgan, large volume discounts, also for- earum fusarium, 97% vigor, 99% germ. age varieties Murphy and CDC Haymaker. Cert. #1 Carberry, Waskada, AC Barrie, Shaw VB, Unity VB, Vesper VB. All wheat Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. 0% fusarium, 96-99% germ. Call Murray at CDC BOYER CERT. #1, 96% germ., early Lepp Seeds Ltd 306-254-4243 Hepburn SK maturity, plump seed. Stoll’s Seed Barn, CERT. CDC PLENTIFUL HRSW, good germ.

306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, TOP QUALITY CERT. No. 1 CDC Minstrel, Rosetown, SK. Souris, CDC Orrin, Summit, Leggett. CERT., REG. AND FDN. AAC Redwater, AC Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK Shaw (VB), Stettler, 0 fusarium. Haralie 2016 PALAZZO 36.1, Stock #K4419, 340 FND., REG., CERT. New CDC Ruffian, AC Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. HP, 2 slides, fully loaded. $292,022. MSRP, Morgan, Summit, excellent quality. Terre cash price $224,000. Save $68,022. Shop Bonne Seed Farm, Melfort, SK. online 24/7 at: www.allandale.com or 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810.

1-844-488-3142.

WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC Morgan, Souris, Triactor, CS Camden oats.

Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass GOLDEN GHOST 20” track, Arctic Cat Pan- CERTIFIED #1 CS CAMDEN and Triactor. seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse ther snowmobile, shedded, good shape. Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395 Langham SK 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CERTIFIED #1 ALGONQUIN alfalfa seed.

NEW CDC HAYMAKER Cert. oats. Very Call Maurice Wildeman, 306-365-7802, high forage yielding oat. Hickseed Ltd., Lanigan, SK. 306-354-7998 306-229-9517 Mossbank SK CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris.

Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different ways to weigh bales and livestock; PlatHYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola form scales for industrial use as well, nonvarieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), electric, no balances or cables (no weigh WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified #1 Dekalb, Rugby, Cafe. Fenton Seeds, like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, Gazelle Spring Rye. Call Trawin Seeds 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo.

CERTIFIED BREVIS, good for greenfeed Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. silage. Call Hickseed Ltd., 306-354-7998, CERTIFIED #1 BETHUNE Flax, 93% germ, 306-229-9517, Mossbank, SK. 92% vigor, reconstituted. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. REG., CERT. CDC Sanctuary, AAC Bravo.

REG., CERT. AAC Brandon, Cardale, Osler, Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, AC Shaw VB, AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net VB, excellent quality. Terre Bonne Seeds BROWN FLAX GROWERS: Gregoire Seed 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. Farm Ltd. has Reg., Cert. CDC Glas, high WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA New-CPS AAC yielder, easy harvesting. Vol. discounts.

Foray VB, Penhold, Conquer VB. Call 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED #1 BRANDON Wheat, 92% CERT. CDC SANCTUARY flax, #1 variety germ, 91% vigor. Sandercock Seed Farm, in the brown soil zone. Printz Family 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, CERTIFIED AC SHAW wheat. Pratchler 306-648-3511.

Seeds, 306-682-3317 or 306-231-5145, CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Call Hetland Muenster, SK. Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CERT. AAC BRANDON, good threshing and resistance to lodging and Fus. Also, Cert. CERT. AAC BRAVO brown flax, good germ.

AAC Foray VB, CPS Red. G & R Seeds, Os- and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, ler, SK., 306-222-2967.

Rosetown, SK.

2005 MONACO CAYMAN 34PDD, 35’, 5.9 Cummins, 300 HP, 21,500 miles, auto, satellite, air over hyd. brakes, 5.5 KW Onan dsl. gen.- 148 hrs, exc. cond., 2 slides, $75,000. More photos on our website www.can-amtruck.com Can-Am Truck Export Ltd 1-800-938-3323. DL #910420.

CERTIFIED NEW CDC PLENTIFUL, good WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC FHB resistance; CDC Utmost VB, midge Sorrel, CDC Bethune, Glas. Call Trawin tolerant; AC Enchant VB; AC Conquer VB; Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CPS red; AC Andrew. High germination.

306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca CERTIFIED CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, CERTIFIED #1 AAC SYNERGY, AC Met- Lillian. calfe and Legacy. Hetland Seeds, Naicam, SK., 306-725-3236.

SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CARBERRY CERT. #1, 99% germ., good for FABA BEANS, CERTIFIED CDC Snowdrop, smaller seed, zero tannin.

CERTIFIED #1 LEGACY (6R). Call Fenton fusarium and very good for lodging. Stoll’s new Seed Barn, 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. NEW CDC MAVERICK Cert. barley, 2-row smooth-on forage/feed barley with heavy forage yield potential. Hickseed Ltd., 306-354-7998 306-229-9517 Mossbank SK MALT BARLEY GROWERS: Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd. has Cert. CDC Copeland.

May be malters top choice 2016/17. Also Cert. CDC Meredith, CDC Kindersley.

306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERT. #1 METCALFE, KINDERSLEY barley. Pratchler Seeds, 306-682-3317 or 306-231-5145, Muenster, SK. TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, Newdale, CDC Meredith.

Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK REG. CDC AUSTENSON. Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK. 306-472-7824. moe.anita@sasktel.net WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC Metcalfe.

Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Austenson, highest yielding feed barley on market. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, CDC Meredith. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERTIFIED, REG. AND FOUNDATION CDC Maverick, Gadsby, AC Rosser, Amisk.

Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. CERTIFIED #1 COPELAND Barley, 94% germ, 95% vigor. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK.

$28/ACRE, CATT CORN, open pollinated corn seed. Lower cost alternative for grazing and silage. 7-9’ tall leafy plants, 8-10” cobs, early maturing 2150 CHUs. Seed produced in MB. Selling into SK. AB., and MB. for over 10 yrs. High nutritional value and palatability.

Delivery available.

204-723-2831, Austin, MB.

MIDGE TOLERANT DURUM now available.

Cert. AAC MARCHWELL. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511.

CERT., REG. AAC Marchwell VB durum.

Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822.

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CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERT. CDC AMARILLO and CDC Hornet yellow peas, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK green pea seed. Sunset Farms, Pennant, SK. Phone: 306-626-3388, or 306-741-1523 cell, or email: sunset@sasktel.net CERTIFIED #1 CDC LIMERICK and CDC Greenwater. Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com GREEN! GREEN! GREEN! Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., has Fdn., Reg., Certified CDC Greenwater, CDC Limerick, CDC Raezer, CDC Striker. Greens may be the dark horse 2016. Volume discounts. 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516, North Battleford, Sask. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERT. CDC PATRICK green, CDC Armello yellow. Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., 306-472-7824, moe.anita@sasktel.net CERT. CDC GREENWATER and CDC Limerick green peas, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED PATRICK, HIGH germ. Early booking discount. Terre Bonne Seed Farm 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK.

WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. we are buying feed grains. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, David Lea, Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom at Market Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. Email info@marketplacecommodities.com or phone 1-866-512-1711.

6,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Best pricing!

Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. www.hold-onindustries.com 5,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. Check our website: www.hold-onindustries.com 11,000 U.S. GALLON tank, 10 year limited warranty. Best pricing! Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com 3,600 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com

SHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement tarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK. SMALL SQUARE HAY bales, horse quality, grass or alfalfa. Contact 306-290-8806, TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, Dundurn, SK. service, installations, repairs. Canadian 250 ROUND WHEAT straw bales (2015). company. We carry aeration socks. We Special price on 2014 bales. Also have now carry electric chute openers for grain small sq. straw bales and 100 round hay trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000. bales.

306-291-9395, 306-283-4747, Langham, SK. LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay.

Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK.

14% INCREASE COMING! Act now! FloCEREAL SILAGE, located in Rockglen, SK. tation wheels 42”x23” (710/70R42), reg. area. Will deliver. 306-642-8111. $1375, now $995; JD 4930, 710/70R42, CUSTOM BALE HAULING. Will haul large BKT $3098, Michelin $3798; 380/90R46 squares or round. Phone 306-567-7199, Firestone R9000 $1995. For all your wheel and tire needs call AG Line International Kenaston, SK. 1-844-519-0362. Limited quantities!

HAY FOR SALE, brome alfalfa, approx.

1500 lb. bales, 5x6, no rain.

GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 306-752-4447, Melfort, SK. 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; WHEAT GRAIN FEED bales, weed free, 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing beardless, lots of grain, 1400/1600 lb. Del. from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. available. Call 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB. Phone Ladimer at: 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. ROUND SOLID CORE hay and straw bales, CERTIFIED CANTATE, highest yielding 6x5 delivered. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, variety. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, SK., SK. 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679.

Email: HAILED WHEAT BALES, very good feed, jsh2@sasktel.net average weight 1400 lbs. 306-937-2880 or HYD-MECH BANDSAW, CUTS 13” by 18”, 306-441-5010, Battleford, SK. 12” by 12” at 45 degrees, blade 13.6’, c/w LARGE ROUND HAY bales, net wrapped. extra blade.

Everything works.

MUSTARD SEED! We can supply you with Phone 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395, 306-622-2069, Gull Lake, SK. new cert. treated or untreated seed. We Langham, SK. can upgrade your low grade mustard.

Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, 2ND CUT ALFALFA, 1700 lbs., 136 RFV, net MAXIMAT 7 METAL LATHE with milling Chamberlain, SK. wrapped, full analysis avail. from Dairyland attachment and manual gear change for Labs. 306-716-3409, Humboldt, SK. SAE and metric threading, $2,900. Call Lou LARGE ROUND HAY and large round alfalfa 306-374-8628, Saskatoon, SK. bales. Delivery available. Call or text: 306-408-0038, Moosomin, SK. OATS, TOP YIELDING and milling variety, grown from certified, 94% germ, no off types. 780-387-6399, Wetaskiwin, AB. COMMON #1 OATS, cleaned to certified standards, 99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK.

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. YB SWEET CLOVER, Red Clover, Alsike clover, Alfalfa (tap/creeper), Meadow/ Smooth, various grasses. (Organic/conventional), Pasture blends. Free shipping.

306-863-2900, ivanaudrey@sasktel.net Star City, SK. SAINFOIN SEED. Nutritious, bloat-free, perennial forage loved by all animals and honeybees.Research from Utah University indicates better meat flavor and nutrition from sainfoin supplemented forage. Prime Sainfoin is cert. organic. 306-739-2900, Email jhusband@primegrains.com

ROUND STRAW BALES for sale: wheat, oats, barley. Call 306-947-4603 or cell 306-947-7550, Hepburn, SK. GREEN 3RD CUT alfalfa, 25.5% protein, 52 bales, 3x4x8’ big squares. Also 250 big squares, greenfeed, triticale. 122 flax straw bales. 403-501-1837, Tilley, AB. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK.

BOW VALLEY TRADING LTD. WE BUY DAMAGED GRAIN Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas, etc.

Green or Heated Canola/Flax

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1-877-641-2798 RED LENTIL SEED grown on our farm, 98% germ., 0 Asco., 0 Anthracose, cleaned. Lionel 306-567-7929, Elbow, SK. GLY #1 SOYBEAN SEED, early, mid, long season available. Top yields. Bulk or bagged. Keep your own seed with the convenience of Glyphosate. No contracts or TUAs. Dealers wanted. Norcan Seeds, call/text: Matt 204-280-0568 or Nate 204-280-1202, Fisher Branch, MB. COMMON KABULI CHICKPEA seed for sale.

Sean Miller, 306-868-7822, Avonlea, SK. RED LENTIL- 2 varieties, excellent germ. and vigor, 0% disease. Ph. Byron Blackwell, 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK.

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RANCH HAND- Farming Operations, NE of Cochrane, AB. You have a passion for land and agriculture. With 1,000 cows, 18,000 acres incl. 2,000 acres in crops, forage and crop production are a key part of sustaining our commercial cow-calf herd. You love farm work and can implement a crop plan. You have a gentle touch with equipment and are mechanically inclined. You have experience with 2 & 4 WD tractors; seeding, harvest, haying, loaders and feeding equipment. You are also experienced in working cattle in a low stress environment. You will support our cattle operation as needed with calving, herd health, moving and hauling livestock and materials, fencing and ranch maintenance.

You are physically fit, non-smoking, selfstarter, able to work in a team or alone, and hold a valid driver’s license. Class 1A license and mixed farm background ideal.

Competitive salary and benefits, WCB coverage, training opportunities, onsite 3 bdrm home with sep. yard, spousal work opportunities in nearby Cochrane, Airdrie, and Calgary. Please fax/email resume and references to: W. A. Ranches Ltd, 403-932-3169, w.a.ranches@gmail.com Call (Ms.) Wynne 403-932-3173 or Alvin 403-510-1502.

AG. PRODUCTION ASSISTANT required on a larger grain farm located in central Sask. We are looking for a reliable, creative, and hard working individual to join our team. The ideal candidate would have a farm background and a Class 1A driver’s license. Previous farm experience is also an asset. Duties include operation of farm machinery, hauling grain, loading and unloading grain and fertilizer. Other duties include general yard duties, and some construction projects. We offer a comprehensive benefits package and negotiable housing assistance. This position is a fulltime employment opportunity and wages will be very competitive, but also based on experience level of applicant. Please email resume to: hr.wpf@hotmail.com or call: 306-554-7777, or visit us at website: www.windypoplarsfarm.com 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4WD tractor for harrowing.

Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equipment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr.

101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 306-338-3733, phone: 306-338-7561, or email: cfehr9860@hotail.com LARGE GRAIN FARM requires additional employees. Experience in operating tractors, tandem axle trucks, air drills, high clearance sprayers, JD combines, grain cart or general farm work an asset. Class 1A/AZ licence and mechanical experience also assets. Hourly range $18-$27/hr. depending on experience, excellent accommodations available. References required.

Email resume to: quarkfarms@yahoo.com or fax to: 306-354-7758 or call Dan or Quenton at 306-354-7585, Mossbank, SK. Website: www.quarkfarms.net FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY on Grain Operation and Ag Business at Earl Grey, SK. Equipment operating exp. and mechanical ability essential. Remuneration pkg incl. competitive salary, benefits, being located close to city and rec. activities.

Email: info@brewsteragindustries.com 6 FULL-TIME POSITIONS at Pedigree Poultry near Regina Beach, SK. Hiring starts May 2016. Duties include: Egg collection, packing and sorting, cleaning poultry equipment, manure removal and barn checks, $10.76/hr. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and have no allergies to dust or odor. Criminal record (abstract). Email or fax resume to: agrologic@myaccess.ca or 306-731-2399.

4- SEASONAL FULL-TIME General Farm Labourers required on mixed farm in Lampman, SK. (SW-14-5-6-W2). Starting Spring of 2016. Duties: Plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray, harvest crops. Operate and maintain John Deere machinery with JD’s AMS technology. Feed and tend to livestock. Detect disease and health problems in crops/livestock. Other miscellaneous work as assigned. Wages $17/hr. Experience: Would prefer experience in the operation of planting and harvesting equip. with basic Agronomy and Farm Apprenticeship training. Must have driver’s license with clean abstract. Class 1A license an asset. Call 306-487-2702. Please email or mail resume: j.walter@sasktel.net Mark Walter, Box 411, Lampman, SK. S0C 1N0.

EXPERIENCED FARM LABOUR wanted for seeding. Class 1A is a must, experience in operating farm equipment and willing to work long hours.

Call Justin 306-469-0105, Big River, SK.

HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady job for right person. Room and board avail.

403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB.

CLAYTON AIR SERVICE is requiring two Licensed Professional Agricultural Turbine Spray Pilots for the 2016 spray season June 1st thru Sept. 30, 2016. Applicants are expected to have Canadian Commercial Pilots License, MB and SK. Aerial Pesticide Applicators license. Applicants must have a min. 2000 hrs. of aerial applicator experience which 1000 hrs. must be on a turbine air tractor or the equivalent; Updated medical; Proficient in speaking, reading and writing English; Capable of operating SATLOC GPS systems or the equivalence; Perform basic maintenance and servicing on aircraft; Maintain journey logs following Transport Canada guidelines; Clean flight record; Be insurable thru our Insurance Company. Wage/salary: $50/hour based on 40 hr/wk. Please send resume/details: claytonairsk@gmail.com Call 306-497-7401.

FARM EMPLOYEE WANTED for grain farm at Arborfield, SK., near Nipawin. Fulltime or seasonal available. Very latest and largest machinery. Must have experience operating high clearance sprayer and large air drill. Housing provided in modern 2000 sq. ft. house if needed. Competitive wages. Brad McIntosh, 306-769-8553.

CUSTOM WORK FARM MANGER. Manage BOAR STUD WORKER wanted at Alberta custom work part of the farm which proSwine Genetics Corp., Nisku, AB. English vide ag crop services such as: cultivating, speaking Animal Technicians with signifi- spraying and harvesting, hire and train cant barn experience, animal husbandry workers, develop work schedules, negoskills, knowledge of semen collection tiate with farmers and farm managers reand team players who have the ability to garding the services to be provided, mainhandle mechanical and physical work and tain financial and operational records, provide feedback to the Manager may ap- provide maintenance on equipment and ply. The work schedule is Sunday through tractors trouble shoot technical problems Thursday, 7 AM to 2:15 PM. Annual salary with equipment and diagnose and repair $34,000, comprehensive benefits program where possible. At least 3 years experience and excellent work conditions are offered. as Manager and with ag machinery, post Please apply to: Gregory Lebowa, Manag- secondary ag education. Wage $18-$20/hr ing Director, ASGC, 1103 9th Street, Nisku, luckyhill97@gmail.com RR 1, Lacombe, AB., T9E 8L7. Email: gregasgc@gmail.com AB, T4L 2N1. Fax 403-782-1517. or fax: 780-986-6523. No phone calls.

PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT on large grain farm and producer car loading business.

Duties include: farm machinery operation FULL-TIME HD OR AG Journeyman and and maintenance in large, well equipped Apprentice mechanic needed. JD Ag shop; loading of cars and cleaning grain in Equipment experience is an asset. Wages 2 modern grain elevators. Modern, 4 bdrm depending upon experience, year end bohouse in town available as part of wage nus, overtime available. Call Jamie at package. Non smokers. Wages starting at 306-259-1212, 306-946-9864, Young, SK. $20 to $25/hr. Class 1A an asset but will- or jamie640@hotmail.com ing to train. Kincaid, SK. Phone us at: 306-264-7869, or fax: 306-264-5176, or email: gdmfarms@xplornet.com GENERAL FARM WORKERS with post-sec- LEASE OPERATORS WANTED for stepondary diploma or university equivalent deck work running US and back. Call (NOC Code 8431). 3 full-time permanent 306-861-9362 for more info, Weyburn, SK. positions on larger grain farm, Terrador Farms Inc., near Oxbow, SK. Duties include: planting, fertilizing, spraying and harvesting crops as well operating and Stretch your maintaining all farm machinery. Wages ADVERTISING DOLLAR! $3700/mos. Fax resumes: 306-483-2776.

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Slowing Chinese demand for sorghum is set to exacerbate tough market conditions for grain farmers in the United States and Australia, as one of the few bright spots in global markets over the past two years starts to fade. China’s imports more than tripled in 2015 to above 10 million tonnes as Chinese regulatory changes affecting corn boosted demand for sorghum for use in animal feed. But that demand is set to fall, with the USDA forecasting China’s imports slipping to seven million tonnes in 2015-16, while traders expect sales to be well down on even this figure as the country has built up large stocks of other feed grains. — Reuters

HEARTLAND China’s slowdown isn’t bad for ag The economy isn’t growing like it was, but the nation’s demand for food remains strong

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t was bound to happen.

China’s economy is slowing down, but Canada’s agriculture sector shouldn’t be concerned about the impact here, according to Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist.

“We monitor China all the time, but especially a week ago when they released their numbers for GDP growth,” J.P. Gervais said in late January. “It triggered a bunch of stories about how China is slowing down, and this is bad, and overall this is not a good thing.”

But Gervais disagrees with that assessment.

While China’s GDP growth of 6.8 per cent last quarter is lower than recent years and the previous quarter — and far below the 1993 peak of 15 per cent — those figures don’t tell the whole story.

“What does it say really? Not much,” Gervais said. “We should not be focusing on GDP when we’re in the ag sector.”

What’s key for agricultural producers and exporters is how much food Chinese consumers buy, how much they spend on it, and how much food China is actually producing.

“Disposable income is perhaps a sta-

Rising incomes mean Chinese consumers have more buying power than ever when shopping at stores like this one in Beijing. PHOTO: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon tistic I look at more carefully,” he said.

“When you look at disposable income in China — the money that consumers have to spend on food — it’s still growing at a rate of over nine per cent a year. And inflation is low.

“So there is no doubt in my mind that

consumers have more money to spend on food now.”

For years, the diet of Chinese consumers has been improving especially the consumption of meats and proteins.

And while the country has reduced some imports — such as dairy — over the last

couple of years, Gervais is quick to point out that is the result of production issues, not an economic slowdown.

“That’s because of the overproduction of the last couple of years — it’s not a demand issue, it’s a production issue,” he said. “They are also importing fewer feed grains, but again, it’s because of the overproduction of the last few years. And that is going to change, they are still importing a lot of oilseeds and a lot of corn.”

Oilseed and corn imports have actually picked up over the last six months, he added.

The slowing rate of GDP growth merely shows the country’s demand for investment has been reduced.

“The biggest risk for me is to see China not slow down fast enough,” said Gervais, noting much of the growth over the last decade was focused on infrastructure.

“China has sort of picked all of the lowhanging fruit. So if it wants to keep having a good return on the investment, then China needs to pick more risky projects.”

That ups risk and debt, but slower growth means stability that helps allow consumers to retain and grow purchasing power.

“I realize it’s not as positive for other sectors, but for the ag sector I think it’s actually positive,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The story of ‘Mercy the Pig’ is a tale of our times An escaped pig found near Winnipeg quickly became a cause célèbre and then something much more sinister

BY SHANNON VANRAES Staff

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t started with a loose sow and ended with death threats.

“It really got out of control very quickly,” said Andrew Dickson, general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council, recalling how public interest in an escaped pig last May quickly evolved into something more sinister.

Nicknamed “Mercy the Pig,” the sow was found roaming near Winnipeg’s city limits. A passerby stopped and filmed the animal eating grass and receiving pats before police assisted in loading it onto a trailer. Before long, several media outlets had picked up the story and a GoFundMe campaign was set up to purchase the pig and send it to an animal sanctuary.

At the same time, the pork council was working to find the animal’s owner so that it could be returned.

By the time animal rights activists

offered to buy the animal for about $3,000, it had already arrived at its intended destination, a U.S. processing plant.

“That is what the animal was raised for,” said Dickson, adding if there had been any issue with how the animal had been cared for or its physical condition, provincial officials would have been called in to investigate.

“I said the pig has gone to the processing plant, but we have 301,200 other ones and I’m quite happy to offer them all up for $3,000 apiece.”

But the story didn’t end there.

Soon Manitoba Pork’s offices were inundated with phone calls.

Some were polite, but the vast majority was not.

“We had more than 600 calls to our office,” said Dickson. “Two-thirds of them were from the United States; there were death threats; we had to involve the RCMP; it was insane.”

The organization’s Facebook page and Twitter feed were also swamped with crass and threatening comments, so many that both had to be shut down. Nearly nine months later, the council has yet to be able to relaunch its social media accounts.

“So you have to be careful you don’t overreact to it, but on the other hand, if you think there is a clear threat to yourself or to your employees, then you have to get police involved.”

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Dickson said the organization realizes the violent views of the activists who targeted them represent a very small minority of extremists, but he knows future forays into social media will have to take them into account.

“When we relaunch these social media techniques, we’ll make sure that we’ve got some strong controls in place and we will be more careful about restricting the type of material that we’re prepared to talk about,” he said. “And if it gets out of hand, we’ll use the appropriate tools that these systems have in place to maintain civil conduct.”

Given trends in activism over the last decade — which have seen more emphasis put on social media — he’s not entirely surprised by the ordeal. In the United States, these types of tactics have been common for some time, said Dickson.

“These groups are entitled to their opinion, but there are rules about civil conduct,” he said. “So you have to be careful you don’t overreact to it. But on the other hand, if you think there is a clear threat to yourself or to your employees, then you have to get police involved.”

Speaking to producers at the recent Manitoba Swine Seminar, Dickson offered some practical advice.

“You are being watched,” he said.

“This is the crazy nonsense that goes on and we’ve all got to watch what we do, and what I’ve suggested is really check your trailer next time.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Future still bright for cattle producers Expert says cow-calf producers can stay profitable if they keep a close eye on costs

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Times are still good in the cow-calf sector despite the latest drop in prices, says Jim Robb, director of the Livestock Marketing Information Centre. Photo: Jennifer Paige

attle prices will continue to decline until 2018, but will remain profitable, says a livestock marketing expert.

“2016-17 will not be the same as last year and our long-term forecast is that we are in a cyclical decline,” Jim Robb, director of the Livestock Marketing Information Centre, said at the recent Ag Days farm show here.

But the rate of decline should slow, he added.

“The biggest adjustment has happened here in late ’15, early ’16,” said Robb. “The markets will still be cyclically lower through 2018, but we are not going to keep getting this huge decline, the largest portion of fluctuation has already occurred.”

The exchange rate, changes in the chicken and pork indus-

tries, and the slowdown of the U.S. herd growth will all impact the market landscape in 2016, he said.

“We saw a dramatic decline all at once because these factors — the U.S. cattle feeders, the world economy — came together all at once, in the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2015,” said Robb.

The expected decline is normal, he said.

“This is a highly cyclical business. You can see the long-term graphs go up and down, both in Canada and the U.S., that hasn’t changed,” said Robb. “This will just be a different management time for producers.”

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Summer stocker programs are forecast to have the toughest margins in 2016.

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“Those who rely on these programs have to be the best marketers, managers and buyers of cattle.”

Beef demand hasn’t been this high since 1991 due to growth in the restaurant industry and consumers’ willingness to continue to purchase beef, even at premium prices.

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VEGREVILLE, AB

RANDY REICHEL

PETER D. POLISCHUK

LAMONT, AB

KEVIN MARTIN

MIKE SYMES

COLTON DRAVES

VERMILION, AB

1-877-632-6772 1-855-895-2189 1-888-853-5196

✵ RING IN THE NEW YEAR SAVINGS ✵ Stk # 5602-1

NH T7.235 ............ $135,000 CNT Stk # 6767-1

CASE 4420 ........... $239,000 CNT

Stk # 6925-1

Stk # 9323-1

NH TV6070 ........... $119,000 CNT Stk # 8915-1

HAGIE STS-16 ...... $225,000 CNT

Stk # 7475-1

NH SP345F........ DEMO PRICING

NH SP275F........... $279,000 CNT

Stk # 8237-1

Stk # 8256-1

NH T7.250 ............ $158,000 CNT

NH T7.250 ............ $162,000 CNT

USED EQUIPMENT TRACTORS Kubota L3200, 2013 92 hrs, stk # 7964-1, 31HP, Massey FergusonD, Hydro Trans, Canopy, Loader, 84” FK finishing mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,500 Massey Ferguson 6480, 2004 4745 hrs, stk # 5590-1, 115 pto, Massey FergusonWD, 3 remotes, FEL . . $64,000 New Holland TV145, 2005 4000 hrs, stk # 3154, long loader with grapple, C.E. Pto and 3 pt, HID Lights . . . $69,000 New Holland T6050, 2008 4275 hrs, stk # 80622, 105 pto, Massey FergusonWD, ldr & grapple, 3 Rems, 20.8R38 Rear Tires, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $71,500 New Holland T7.250, 2013, 790 hrs, stk # 82361, 165PTO HP, no ldr, P.S. sidewinder, 4 remotes . . . . . . . $138,000 New Holland T8.330, 2012 1261 hrs, stk # 43222, 240 PTO HP, dlx cab, 18 speed, P.S., duals, HID, full GPS, 3 pt hitch, 4 Rems, HD front axle . . . . . . . . . . . $189,000

Flexi Coil 3450, 1998 stk # 4975, TBH, DS, no hitch, Mech cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000

Flexi Coil 4350, 2009 TBT, VR, dual fan, DS, 7 run, camera’s, airseeder hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47,000

Flexi Coil 5000/1720, 1993 stk # 3940-1, 39’, 9”, DS, stealth, 4” steel packers, 1720 cart . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000

Flexi Coil 5000/3450, 1999 stk # 8228-2, 52’x12”, DS, TBH, 5.5” Rub, 5” Stealth prd, Mech tank, very nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,500

Flexi Coil 3450, 2000 stk # 6616-3, TBH, DS, 6 run, VR . $29,000 Flexi Coil 5000, 1992 stk # 2810-1, 45’, , DS, 9”, steel packers, TBH 230 Bush, JD787 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 New Holland SC430, 2007 stk # 4301-2, DS, Mech, TBH, Flex ctrl momnitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,500 Flexi Coil 5000/3450, 1998 stk # 6601-1, 57’, 12”, 3.5” stealth, 4.5” pneumatic, TBH, 340bu, VR, DS . . . $47,000

CHOOSE CASH BACK OR FINANCING AS LOW AS 0% EITHER WAY YOU WIN!

CHALLENGER MT675C, 2009 1420 hrs, stk # 8520-1, 275 PTO HP, Frt & Rear Duals, 4 Rems, 3 point hitch, frt weights, CVT TRANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $210,000

New Holland T9.435, 2015 35 hrs, stk # 8652-1, New 710 duals, Lux cab, 6 REMS, HID, GPS ready . . . . . $333,000

SEEDING EQUIPMENT JD 787, 1993 stk # 2810-2, TBH, 4 run, single shoot, 230 bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000

New Holland P1060, 2014 TBT, VR, dual fan, 5 run, . . . . $92,000 Seedhawk 5212, 2011 18,000 hrs, 52’ x 12”, DS, pneumatic packers, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $92,500 New Holland SD550/P1060, 2007/2009 60’x12”, 5.5” Rub, DS, 3.5” Dutch, VR, TBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $119,000

SPRAYERS

New Holland T9.450HD, 2012 883 hrs, stk # 6388-1, 710 duals, 4 remotes, full GPS, Omnistar . . . . . $249,000

New Holland T9.615, 2011 956 hrs, stk # 67221, 520 Triples, Luxury Cab, 6 remotes, Full GPS, 55 GPM Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,900

New Holland SD440A, 2007 stk # 4209-1, 46’x12”, 550lbs., 5.5” Rubber, single shoot . . . . . . . . . . . $84,000

Seedhawk 6010/600, 2014 60’x10”, 600TBT, SCT, Conveyor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $345,000

VERSATILE 876, 1988 7442 hrs, stk # 7014-2, duals, 4 remotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,500

New Holland T9.450HD, 2014 585 hrs, stk # 9313-1, 710 duals, diff lock, 4 elec rems, hi flow pump, Lux cab, Full GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $295,000

BOURGAULT 5710/5350, 1999 stk # 6571-1, 40’x9.8”, DS, 4.5” steel, midrow banders, TBH, VR, 350 Bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79,000

OFFERS EXPIRE MARCH 31, 2016

Stop by today or learn more at www.newholland.com/na *For commercial use only. Offer subject to credit qualification and approval by CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. See your New Holland dealer for details and eligibility requirements. CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. standard terms and conditions will apply. Depending on model, a down payment may be required.

Offer good through March 31, 2016, at participating New Holland dealers in Canada. Offer subject to change. Taxes, freight, set-up, delivery, additional options or attachments not included in price. © 2016 CNH Industrial Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland Agriculture is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates. CNH Industrial Capital is a trademark in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or afTiliates.

Flexi Coil S65, 1994 stk # 8337-1, 80’, 2 Nozzle Bodies, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 BOURGAULT 850 Centurion II, 1990 stk # 49521, 82’ boom, single nozzle, foam marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,000 New Holland S1070, 2010 stk # 6493-1, 120’ wheel boom, 120 gal, screens, foam, no monitor, boom unfold, double nozzles, ind. Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 New Holland SP275F, 2012 621 hrs, stk # 62801, 100’, 1600 gal, Intelliview IV, 5 way nozzles . . . . . . . . $279,000 New Holland SP.365F, 2013 749 hrs, stk # 60753, 1600gal, SS, 120’ boom, intelliview monitor, ultraglide, accuboom, intellisteer, electric flush, 650 tires $349,000

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Play is serious business in hog barns Not just ‘toys for pigs,’ enrichment makes swine smarter, easier to transport, and reduces injuries and culling

BY SHANNON VANRAES Staff/Winnipeg

T

he time for thinking about enrichment as “toys for pigs” has long passed.

Not only is enrichment mandatory under the current code of practice, it actually provides benefits to both animals and those who handle them, Jennifer Brown said at the recent Manitoba Swine Seminar.

“Of course the other important thing is that enrichment doesn’t have to be expensive,” said the Prairie Swine Centre researcher.

“There are many practical options.”

The economic benefits of enrichment are most evident with finisher pigs, where providing enrichment can significantly reduce tail biting and other forms of aggression, resulting in reduced injuries, culling, and deaths.

However, producers must remember that finisher pigs are also more powerful and more destructive, and require robust items that can take prolonged and intense chewing sessions.

“Sections of chain, wood mounted in a holder or on a chain, and short sections of PVC pipe have been used successfully,” said Brown, adding pigs at this stage prefer items like wood that they can eventually destroy.

Not as much research has been done on enrichment for sows being housed in stalls, she said, but group-housed sows can be treated similarly to finisher pigs.

Even how a barn is designed can result in enrichment, said Brown. Providing “bedroom areas and hallways” is one way to introduce stimulation, as is providing varied types of flooring. Small amounts of straw can be introduced too, enough for animals to explore and root through, although that can be challenging in fully slatted systems.

“Anything that changes up the visual, the auditory environment, is enrichment as well,” Brown added. “You’re presenting the animals with a varied soundscape so that when they are in movement or in transport this is not a shock to them.”

Changing up feed can also provide animals with enrichment.

Sows in particular benefit from being give hay and high-fibre foods, which can reduce aggression by increasing satiety.

Piglets can benefit from a variety of rubber toys, including dog toys, which can be easily cleaned.

However, the novelty does wear off and enrichment items should be rotated with a rest period of about five days before being reintroduced.

Research has even shown that pigs given enrichment from birth are more intelligent, making it easier for them to adapt to change and overcome fear, Brown said.

“That’s especially important if you are planning to develop gilts for an electronic feeding system,” she added. “It also increases an animal’s ability to cope with behavioural and physiological changes, stress at transport, changing pens, moving sows around… so you can definitely see why you would want to implement these sorts of things.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

A barn where piglets are given burlap sacks to play with. Photo: Laura Rance *For commercial use only. Offer subject to credit qualification and approval by CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. See your New Holland dealer for details and eligibility requirements. CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. standard terms and conditions will apply. Depending on model, a down payment may be required. Offer good through March 31, 2016, at participating New Holland dealers in Canada. Offer subject to change. Taxes, freight, set-up, delivery, additional options or attachments not included in price. © 2016 CNH Industrial Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland Agriculture is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates.

CNH Industrial Capital is a trademark in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates.

Norsask

Hwy. 16 East of North Battleford Phone 445-8128 Toll Free 1-888-446-8128

FARM EQUIPMENT LTD. U5397

www.norsaskfarmequipmentltd.com

725013

U3230

725014

U9800

2012 New Holland CR9090

2013 Case IH 9230

2010 New Holland CR9070

1999 Case IH 2388

2012 New Holland TV6070

Guidance, duals, DSP, diff lock, deluxe chopper, 1220 eng hrs, 910 threshing hrs

Combine, loaded, 1035/761 hrs, duals, spreaders

1450/1200 hrs, HID, Duals, Std chopper

Combine, hopper top, 4100/2876 hrs, 1015 PU header, L/A

Long loader, 634hrs, grapple, EE hyds, aux pump

$299,000

USED COMBINES

*0% – 24 month on Select Case IH Combines 2013 Case IH 9230, 847/615 hrs, duals, loaded ...........$299,000 2013 Case IH 9230, duals, loaded, 1035/761 hrs ............... $299,000 2013 Case IH 9230, 1041/746 hrs, Guidance, L/A, duals, PU header .......................................................$299,000 2013 NH CR9090, 520/350 hrs, L/A, duals, guidance ...$350,000 2012 NH 9090, loaded, 670/500 hrs ...............SOLD $310,000 2012 NH CR9090, 1240/910 hrs, Guidance, DSP, diff, duals .............................................................$299,000 2012 Case IH 8230, L/A Duals, 752/578 ......... SOLD $315,000 2011 NH CR9080, Deluxe PSD Chopper, Guidance, Leather, HID, 620 Duals, 1005/730 hrs..............................SOLD $229,000 2011 NH CR9090Z, 1026/724 hrs, L/A, duals, guidance ...................................................................$289,000 2011 Case IH 7120, duals, Guidance, PU, 1100/805 hrs .$249,000 2010 NH CR9090Z, 850/650 HRs., Guidance, L/A, PU header .............................................SOLD $289,000 2010 Case IH 8120, Guidance, 1424/1126 hrs, sm tube RT, fine cut chopper ........................SOLD $249,000 2009 Case IH 6088, YPM, Leather, Ext wear, 950/750 hrs ..............................................................$195,000 2009 Case IH 8120, 1850/1250 hrs, L/A, duals, hopper top ......................................................$210,000 2009 Case IH 8120, duals, L/A 1643/1357 hrs SOLD $210,000 2009 NH CR9070, 1350/1200 hrs, Duals, L/A, SOLD $215,000 2009 NH CX8080, L/A, 1750/1300 hrs .........................$189,000 2008 Case IH 7010, duals, fine cut chopper, L/A, 1661/1249 hrs ...................................................$210,000 2007 Case IH 2588, 2500/1925 hrs, chopper, HID, Duals ...................................................$149,000 2007 NH CR9070, L/A, 1542/1264 hrs .........................$199,000 2006 NH CR960, 2300/1900 hrs, Pickup Header..........$119,000 2006 NH CR960, 2050/1687 hrs ......................SOLD $99,000 2004 Case IH 8010, 2006 2016, L/A, singles, 2663/1968 hrs..............................................$169,000 2004 Case IH 2388, AFX rotor, chopper, AFS, 2357/2028 hrs., L/A, 2015 swathmaster PU ................$99,000 2003 Case IH 2388, 2580/1992 hrs, L/A, PU Header ......$95,000 2000 John Deere 9650, 2796/1987 hrs, 914 PU header, yield, singles ...............................................................$89,000 1999 Case IH 2388, hopper top, 4100/2876 hrs, 1015 PU header, L/A ....................................................$89,000 1992 Case IH 1680, 4033 hrs, L/A, 1015 PU header .............................................SOLD $25,000 1986 Case IH 1680, PU header, 25’,4200 hrs .................$22,900

$299,000

$179,000

$89,000

$149,000

USED WINDROWERS

2007 NH TJ480, 800/38 duals, PTO, 4400 hrs, 2012 Case IH 3330, 100ft, Aim, 2 sets tires, high cap hyd, diff lock ...............................................$220,000 autoboom, accuboom, 1300 hrs ................................$269,000 2013 Case IH WD1903, 36 ft, shears, 1993 Ford 876, 5800 hrs, duals ........................SOLD $49,000 2012 Case IH 4430, 120 ft aim, viper, deluxe cab, 110/60 hrs.................................SOLD $114,000 1991 New Holland 946, triples, atom jet pump, guidance, loaded, 1275 hrs .......................................$279,000 2012 Case IH WD2303, 36 ft, 550 hrs, shears ..............$110,000 6500 hrs, standard ......................................................$69,000 2011 Rogator 1194, 120 ft, sectional, viper, 2250 hrs, 2012 MacDon M155, 35 ft D60, transport, 960 hrs ......$129,000 1981 JD 8440, 9400 hrs, 18.4/38 duals, 4 hyd .SOLD $19,000 2 set tires ..................................................................$205,000 2009 Case IH 4420, 120 ft, Aim, 2 sets tires, 2011 MacDon M205, 30 ft, 950/686 hrs ......................$125,000 viper, 2550 hrs ..........................................................$239,000 2008 MacDon M150, 30 ft, hyd roller, 740 hrs .............$105,000 2009 Case IH 4420, Guidance, 120ft, Aim, auto box, 2008 WD1203, 36ft, hyd roller, 550/403 hrs...................$95,000 2014 Case IH 3162, 45’, auger, transpeed......................$89,000 2 sets tires, 2200 hrs ................................................$239,000 2007 MF 9435, 30 ft, 1007 hrs ......................................$85,000 2 x 2011 MacDon FD70, 35 ft, trans, auger, JD adapter .$69,000 2007 Rogator 874SS, 3100 hrs, 320-50, 800 gal, fenders, 1998 Macdon 4920, 30ft, PU Reel, 1700 hrs .....SOLD $45,000 2011 Case IH 2152, 40 ft, auger, transport .....................$59,000 480/42 tires .................................................SOLD $119,000 2011 Case IH 2152, 40 ft, auger, transport .....................$59,000 2007 JD 4720, 90ft, Guidance, 1490 hrs......................$189,000 2005 Rogator 1074, Auto Boom, 2 sets of tires, 2011 Case IH 2152, 40 ft, auger, single knife, 2014 Case IH Farmall, 140A, Loader, MFD, 830 hrs ........$86,000 no adapter......................................................SOLD $40,000 3700 hrs, 100’ .............................................SOLD $115,000 2012 New Holland TV6070, long loader, 634 hrs, 2010 Case IH 2152, 45 ft, auger, transport .....................$55,000 1998 Tyler Patriot XL, 5147 hrs, 750 gal, 90’ booms, grapple, EE hyds, aux pump.......................................$149,000 2008 MacDon D60, 40 ft, adapter, auger, trans ..............$38,000 12.4/38 tires, 3 way nozzle bodies ..............................$45,900 2012 Case IH Farmall, 140A, Loaded, MFD, 700 hrs .......$89,000 2008 NH 94C, 36 ft, adapter, trans, auger .........SOLD $45,000 2008 Challenger MT565B, MFD, Loader/Grapple, 2005 NH 994-30, 30 ft U2 pickup reel, tx adapter ..........$27,500 2011 Case IH PH800, 60on10, DS, VR,TBT 2010 3430 $200,000 powershift ......................................................SOLD $79,000 2005 NH 94C-30, 30 ft hyd fore/aft.,trans, gauge wheels .$39,500 2010 Case IH P800/3430 Tank, 70ft, 12inch, DS ..........$149,000 1981 John Deere 4640, 11000 hrs, 2WD .......................$26,000 2005 NH 94C - 42 ft., transport, auger, 2009 Morris Contour, 47 ft, 10”, 2008 FC 3350 TBT tank .. $120,000 CR adapter .....................................................SOLD $39,000 2008 Case IH SDX40/ADX3430 tank, VR, 40ft, 3 - 2004 MacDon 973, headers, auger, liquid kit ....................................................................$139,000 2009 NH H7460 discbine, 16 ft, 1000 PTO, rubber/rubber ..............................................................$29,000 transport, CR adapters....................................SOLD $35,000 2008 Seedmaster 50ft, 10”, NH P1060 430 B, tank, 2004 Honeybee, GB36, 36 ft, Split Reel, DS, liquid tank on board ............................................$169,000 1999 NH 1475, 18ft ....................................................... $11,999 1999 NH 1475, 16’, rubber rolls .....................................$16,000 transport ........................................................SOLD $39,000 2007 Seedhawk 66’, 12”, Bourgault DS ..........SOLD $110,000 1994 Macdon 960, 30ft, tr adapter ...............................$10,000 1997 Bourgault 4300 Tank, DS ......................................$35,000

USED HEADERS

USED 2WD TRACTORS

USED AIRDRILLS

USED HAYBINES

BALE PROCESSORS

USED ROUND BALERS

USED 4WD TRACTORS

USED HARROWS

USED DISCS

2006 Highline 8000, 1000 PTO .........................SOLD $12,900 Hesston BR25, tub style ......................................SOLD $3,999 2013 New Holland BR7090, wide PU, net/twine ............. $38,000 2012 New Holland, 16ft, rubber .....................................$34,900 2004 NH BR780, 590 pto, STD PU, Auto Wrap ................ $16,900 2010 Lemken, Rubin 12S/1200, 40ft new blades .........$139,000 *0%/24 months or 4.25 for 84 months 2014 Bourgault 7200, New never used, hyd angle, 84 ft $56,000 3 x 2014 Case IH 600, loaded, 670 hrs, 04/30/16 base warranty ends ...................................................$469,000 2008 Riteway 8168, 68 ft, Hyd. Pressure .......................$35,000 2004 Brandt 7000, 70 ft, Hyd. angle ..............................$28,900 2013 NH T9.615, 1020 hrs, luxury, 36” Tracks, HID, Cab Susp, guidance ..............................SOLD $389,000 1999 Riteway 77 ft, Hyd. angle ......................................$22,000 2013 Case IH 600 Quad, PTO, 1700 hrs ..........SOLD $399,000 2013 Case IH 500, Quad, loaded, 1170 hrs, 04/30/2016 *0% for 24 Months on select Case IH Sprayers base warranty ends ...................................................$399,000 2014 Rogator 700, 90ft, viper, 700 gal, auto boom, 2009 Case IH 485, 800/38 Duals, Diff Lock, 5 Hyds, Guidance, HD Hyd ............................SOLD $239,000 HID lights, 106 hrs .....................................................$229,000 2012 Case IH 4430, 120ft, 1082 hrs, AIM, 2008 Case IH 485 Quad, diff lock, guidance, 30” tracks, 4500 hrs .................................................$229,000 Guidance, Dividers, 2 sets tires ..................................$299,000 * See Dealer for Details, Restrictions May Apply.

USED SPRAYERS

PLANTERS

2012 Case IH, 1240 Pivit Planter 16/31 rows, bulk fill ....$99,000

NEW GRAIN CARTS

2014 Unverferth 1610, U-Harvest, scale, tarp, tracks ................................................................$149,000 2013 Unverferth 9250, scale, tarp ..................................$52,000 2013 Unverferth 1315, scale, tarp ..................................$82,000

USED SKIDSTEER

2013 Case SV250, cab/AC,heat, radio, 2 spd, 2775 hrs, new tires, hyd coupler, H controls ................................$42,900

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NEW RB560 SPECIALTY CROP BALERS New twine wrap 1000 PTO

2008 HIGHLINE 8000 BALE PROCESSOR NEW BUHLER 2450 BALE MOVERS USED 2007 BUHLER BALE WAGON 2500 Clean unit

CALL

Hauls 14 big round!

Hauls 14 round bales

12,900

CALL

NEW HOLLAND T7-210

NEW HOLLAND POWERSTAR T4.75

2015 NEW HOLLAND L225 Heater, air, 2 speed.

10 x 70 Back Saver, Multi- Flight Hopper

IN STOCK

IN STOCK

IN STOCK

DEMO $10,800

$

2015, full power shift, 3pt hitch, c/w 855 New Holland TL loader, bucket, grapple.

4 TO CHOOSE FROM

2015, 75hp, 4WD front end loader, bucket, cab air

17,900

$

2015 BUHLER FARM KING

GOOD SELECTION OF SNOW BLOWERS AND SNOW BUCKETS

NOW IN STOCK

NOW IN STOCK

NEW HOLLAND 1431 DISCBINE

2015 HIGHLINE CFR 650

2004, 13’ hydra-swing

19,500

$

Bale Processor, “Simply the Best!”

WITH 3PT HITCH FOR SKID STEER

IN STOCK

QUALITY USED HAYING EQUIP. FIELD READY CASH PRICES

SOLD

2015 NEW HOLLAND L220, HEATER, AIR, 2 SPEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IN STOCK 2012 CASE DC162 DISCBINE, 15.7 HYDRO SWING, 1000 PTO, AS S NEW OL.D. . $27,900 NEW HOLLAND BC5070 HAYLINER HYDRAULIC TENSIONER, HYDRAULIC TONGUE QUARTER TURN CHUTE, FLOATATION TIRES. . . . . . . . IN STOCK

2011 FP 240 HARVESTER

29P Windrow Pick Up, single Axle, Big Shaft 1000 PTO, new knives and shear bar

2005 NEW HOLLAND 1020 DURAVEE RAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IN STOCK

42,800

$

*For commercial use only. Offer subject to credit qualification and approval by CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. See your New Holland dealer for details and eligibility requirements. CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. standard terms and conditions will apply. Depending on model, a down payment may be required. Offer good through March 31, 2016, at participating New Holland dealers in Canada. Offer subject to change. Taxes, freight, set-up, delivery, additional options or attachments not included in price. © 2016 CNH Industrial Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland Agriculture is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates.

CNH Industrial Capital is a trademark in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates.

5410 - 43 ST. Rimbey AB • Phone: 403.843.3700 • Fax: 403.843.3430

www.rimbeyimplements.ca

Al York

Cell: 403-783-0593 Home: 403-783-5317

alyork@rimbeyimplements.ca

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IT’S INNOVATION. NOT IMITATION. Meet the New John Deere 9RX Series Tractor The New 9RX Series Tractor is no copycat. We kept innovation at the forefront, using your feedback to make it right. The result is a game-changing 4-Track tractor that’s anything but ordinary. Just how unique and innovative? The upswept axle component is the largest cast our foundry pours and allows the 9RX to have a larger drive wheel, putting more power to the ground and increasing reliability. The e18™ Transmission with Effciency Manager helps keep productivity levels high and inputs low. It responds quickly and automatically in intense feld conditions to actively improve the tractor’s performance and your drive experience, while reducing fuel consumption. Under the hood, you’ve got a horsepower range of 470 to 620. Pair that with increased hydraulic fow and the 9RX is ready to cover large acres and pull big implements in less time.

Bring on the sloped, wet, and loose feld conditions too, because the 9RX’s unique track design adds to its superior and agile performance in the feld and on the road. The larger articulated footprint allows for more fotation and better grip resulting in less berming and reduced soil disturbance, improving yield potential. The 9RX also comes JDLink™ Connect and AutoTrac™ ready to boost performance and effciency even more. We could go on, but we’ve run out of room.

Visit your John Deere Dealer today, and test drive our most anticipated tractor yet, the New John Deere 9RX Series Tractor.

Nothing Runs Like a Deere™.

JohnDeere.ca

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