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Bill 6 controversy flares again The province plans to hand-pick who it will consult with By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff

coalition of Alberta farm groups wants the provincial government to put the brakes on its proposed Bill 6 consultation model. In mid-February, the province held a two-week nomination process to gather names for six separate working groups to consult on Bill 6, the controversial Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act.

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EXCLUSIVE: GM alfalfa may already be in Alberta Accidental contamination of foundation seed heightens fears that forage and hay markets worth hundreds of millions are in peril By ALEXIS KIENLEN AND GLENN CHEATER AF STAFF

enetically modified alfalfa has somehow made its way into Alberta — raising fears that western Canadian forage seed growers and hay exporters could be shut out of markets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Alberta Farmer recently learned that a batch of foundation seed contaminated with Roundup Ready alfalfa was sent to a forage seed grower in southern Alberta four years ago. And that almost certainly means the hugely controversial GM variety is present in the province, said the grower. “I should have made a big scene, but I didn’t want to and it’s four years later,” said the grower, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Although this is the only confirmed case, the contamination was only discovered by accident and more farms likely grew GM alfalfa and never realized it, he said. “It’s in the system — if it’s in one, it’s in more than one,” he

Alberta is the largest producer of alfalfa seed, but growers’ overseas customers have a zero-GM tolerance policy. PHOTO: andrea toman said. “I should have been more vocal right at the start.” If so, it could be the start of the nightmare scenario long feared by many forage growers in Western Canada, which accounts for nearly all of the country’s 327,000 acres of forage seed. (Alberta has 40 per cent of those acres.) Canada exports $280 million of forage seed annually and another $100

million worth of alfalfa and timothy hay, meal, and pellets. But most of the world’s major buyers — including Europe, China, Japan, and the Middle East — have a zero-GM tolerance policy for both forage seed and hay, and test on a partsper-million level. Although the southern Alberta grower took extensive measures to wipe out the GM

alfalfa on his farm, any other growers who received other batches of the contaminated foundation seed would not have known it was present. And if allowed to flower, its transgenic traits could be easily spread, said Heather Kerschbaumer, a forage seed grower from Fairview and

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ilf Keller isn’t a household name, even in farm circles, but his work has helped pay a lot of mortgages across the Prairies. The Saskatchewan native was the key player in the development of the first genetically modified, herbicide-resistant canola — the most profitable crop Canadian farmers have ever grown. Since 2012, Keller has been with AgWest Bio, a non-profit that advocates for science in the agri-food sector. He recently spoke at an Alberta Seed Processors meeting, and Alberta Farmer caught up with him later to ask him a few questions.

What should change so Canada can have the strongest research possible?

To start with, we need to take a long-term view. Canada is a significant player in agriculture and food. We’re the fifth-biggest exporter. Nine per cent of everyone who works in Canada works in agriculture. We should have a vision of doubling those numbers. This $100-billion industry should become a $200-billion industry. But to do that, you need a 20-year plan. We need to do more long-term discovery research and make investments in how to make plants more efficient. We could make improvements on how plants use fertilizer and how they use water. All of those areas lead to increased yield and productivity. We could improve the quality and the components of the seed so there is more oil in canola, and so there is better protein quality in peas. All of those things require discovery research. If we make the right investments there, we need to connect with users. It could be small or large companies, but we need to make sure we have the right kind of investment environment for these small companies to grow. You have to connect all the dots from discovery to development to commercialization.

Now is the time to do it, because we in Western Canada have been very heavily dependent on energy and that doesn’t look good for the next few years. Let’s put the energy superpower on the side and let’s become a food superpower.

What are some of the new agricultural technologies that producers can expect to see?

Longer term, we’re going to see significant improvements in the area of nitrogen and fertilizer use. Manufacturing nitrogen fertilizer is energy intensive and creates quite a bit of carbon dioxide. If you then produce that fertilizer and put it in the soil, if you’re not careful, it can be released as nitrous oxide, which is 300 times more potent as a greenhouse gas. You have to make sure a plant is very efficient at capturing the nitrogen in the soil. It needs to recognize those molecules, capture them quickly, and use them to produce protein. There is other work going on now that I think will bear fruit in 10 years, such as intelligent fertilizer. You put the fertilizer pellet in the soil, you have a coat around it, and it doesn’t react at all until it receives a molecular signal from a root that has approached that fertilizer pellet. Only then will that fertilizer pellet release its fertilizer. Producers are going to be able to seed plants that have a much bigger genetic yield potential. We’re going to see inroads on disease and insect tolerance through genetic improvement in the plants. There could also be the use of biological agents to counteract the pathogens and insect pests, as well as novel methods of controlling insects. For example, genetically engineering insects so they are sterile. There’s also RNA high interference. That’s something you can provide on the surface of a plant, like a spray. It’s not a chemical, it’s a genetic information molecule that prevents certain things from happening

“Let’s put the energy superpower on the side and let’s become a food superpower.” Wilf Keller

in the plant… If you figure out that there is an insect that may have some genes associated with the way it injects a pathogen into the plant, and can find those genes, then you could use the RNA for those genes to block the message. The insect is no longer capable of injecting the pathogen in the plant and the plant would be disease free. That is highly interesting, because it would only affect a pest when it tries to attack a plant that has been treated topically with RNA. The beneficial insects wouldn’t even recognize that molecule. You are actually using a degradable biological molecule to interfere with a target organism. It could be a weed, an insect, or a fungal disease.

What do you see as some of the opportunities for agriculture, especially in carbon sequestration?

Prairie farmers, because they use continuous cropping, are cultivating stubble back into the land every year and that stubble contains carbon. You sequester carbon from the air and put it back in the soil. Maybe we can make better plants for capturing carbon to begin with. In other words, you’ve got a better stubble for putting carbon back. Right now, Canada is trapping 11 million tonnes of carbon in the soil annually. Maybe we can get that closer to 20 if we try to produce stubble that is more amenable to that process. We need to make plants photosynthetically active because plants actually use carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a

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Be bold and dream big, says legendary plant scientist By ALEXIS KIENLEN

Wilf Keller Photo: supplied greenhouse gas, but it’s not a pollutant. Plants need it. So if we can make plants photosynthetically more efficient, that means they’ll use more carbon dioxide out of the air and they’ll produce more carbon in the seeds and the stems. Research and producers can contribute to anti-climate change. Agriculture is indeed a provider of solutions of climate change, not a causal agent of greenhouse gas.

How can agriculture improve its situation?

I’m a big fan of thinking on a larger basis than thinking on a provincial basis. On the Prairies, we have about 85 per cent of Canada’s arable land. You have 100 mil-

lion acres of land and less than 10 million people. That is a breadbasket for the world. We have to think about how we can co-operate with each other to do things like make plants with more efficient photosynthesis. That’s the equivalent of putting a man on the moon. We shouldn’t think of our province first because once you develop these new products and crops, we’ll all benefit. There is room for thinking on a global level rather than a provincial level. We shouldn’t go individually to Ottawa; we should go collectively. This interview has been edited and condensed. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Use your head — not your hard drive — when making farming decisions Technology is critical on any farm — but don’t rely too heavily on it By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / calgary

griculture is changing faster than it ever has before — and producers are scrambling to keep up. “When I talk to farmers, they have so many balls in the air, and they tell me that it feels like they’re dropping some of these balls,” said Raj Khosla, a Colorado State University professor who specializes in precision ag. “Last time I checked, agriculture is very complex. We’ve got soil, water, crop management, pests, fertilizer, machinery, neighbours watching you, laws, genetics, variability — it’s a very complex phenomenon.” As a result, farmers are increasingly turning to technology to capture data and software to sort through it all, but too many are going overboard, Kholsa told attendees at the Tactical Farming conference earlier this month. “We’re trying to capture and understand soil, water, and other relationships and use the data that’s out there, process it, make use of the available technology, and manage our crops — we don’t use our simple processing unit right up here to come to a decision,” he said while pointing to his head. “Why do we need complex solutions when we have been farming for thousands of years — and when we’ve done it really well?” And technology is only as good as the information it captures, Khosla warned. “There’s so many ways to present the same data that it can fool you. The good news is that the computer will do what you tell it to do. The bad news is that the computer will do what you tell it to do. “You can’t rely on computers to make your agronomic decisions. You have to keep the agronomist in the room.” Producers want to put all their data in a “black box” that analyzes every detail of the operation and spits out solutions, said Khosla. But agriculture isn’t there yet. “Farmers and practitioners are looking for an ‘easy button,’ like the one at Staples, to help them translate years of data into something that they can make a decision with,” he said. “The reality is there’s no such button out there. In fact, we want to stay as far away from that button as possible.” So what’s the alternative? Combine technology with common sense, said Khosla. He used the example of average yields. Farmers have been averaging per-acre yields for fields for generations, but it’s a terribly inexact method. “Average doesn’t exist. Today, we shouldn’t be farming the average,” he said, adding less than two per cent of yield matches the mathematical average. “If you choose to do that, 40 per cent of your field is underfertilized and about a quarter is overfertilized. You don’t want that.”

Sensible investments

Being picky about technology sums up Daryl Tuck’s approach on his grain farm near Vegreville. In the old days, he could see overlap on fertilizer and herbicide applications reach 10 or 15 per cent.

Even with all the technology available to farmers, there’s no ‘easy button’ when it comes to making agronomic decisions, cautions Professor Raj Khosla. PHOTOs: SUPPLIED “We’ve adapted GPS throughout our operation, giving us improved accuracy and efficiency,” said Tuck, who attended the conference. “By adopting that technology, we’ve minimized overapplication of the products, and when you think about 10 per cent, that could have some big impacts. “The additional electronic controls allow us additional refinement, like sectional control. We can start to shut off different parts of the application equipment, whether it’s a sprayer or the seeding equipment.” Yield monitors were another nobrainer, but Tuck said he’s careful when it comes to other purchases of equipment or input technology. “If I don’t think I see that value, I take a little longer to assess it than if I can immediately see the value,” he said. “With the cost of some of these inputs, if I don’t see a five-bushel advantage on a treatment, it’s not worth my time and investment of resources. In my mind, one- to twobushel increases are a break-even scenario.” For that reason, variable rate technology is one tool he isn’t sold on quite yet. “I haven’t looked at variable-rate on my farm yet. I’ve been watching people play with the idea, but I see too much year-to-year variability on our farm and in our soils,” said Tuck. “I see people try it out and then back out because they’re not seeing the benefits that they were hoping to. When there’s that kind of variability in results, I’m not that interested in investing a bunch of money in equipment to get to that particular stage in utilizing technology.” In a lot of cases, said Tuck, producers are forgetting about basic agronomy in the face of flashy new technology. “People are focusing on the new technology and forgetting about watching what’s happening,” said Tuck. “It’s not as exciting to talk about fertilizer as it is about drones and aerial imagery.”

That was exactly the message Khosla was delivering to other conference attendees. Producers are becoming accustomed to “looking at agriculture through the lens of a computer,” but sometimes they need to step back and look at the big picture, he said. “Who would you rely on: A com-

Vegreville farmer Daryl Tuck says that there’s no substitute for getting out there and walking your fields. puter with a green thumb or somebody walking your fields?” he asked. Tuck agrees. “I know that there’s 600 acres that I rent that doesn’t get the same rainfall two miles away from another 400 acres I rent. You can’t use the same blanket technology there. It just doesn’t pay,” said Tuck.

“There’s that local knowledge and history that helps you out. You know your fields, you know the environment that you’re working in, and you have to apply those basic concepts to everything you do.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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s American agriculture grinds through February’s dull weather and even duller commodity markets, two Chinese firms have used the month to make inroads into the American farm and food colossus. On Feb. 3, China National Chemical Corp., known as ChemChina, announced its purchase of Syngenta for the equivalent of $43 billion. While that’s a 22 per cent premium to Syngenta’s total share price, it’s 10 per cent less than Monsanto Co. offered to pay for the firm just last summer. Two days later, Nebraska’s unicameral legislature voted 34-14 to end the state’s 18-year ban on meat packers owning livestock for more than five days prior to slaughter. The move allows meat processors such as Chinese-owned Smithfield to contract directly with farmers to raise pigs. Smithfield Foods, owned by China-based WH Foods since 2013, raises and slaughters millions of hogs throughout the U.S. Its record $15 billion in sales last year easily makes it the world’s largest pork producer. WH Foods and ChemChina are not independent, shareholder-owned firms like the

companies they bought. Both are state owned, both are almost entirely state financed, and both are driven by national interests as much as by economics. As such, these companies and their acquisitions are less about geopolitics and international finance and more about owning — or at least controlling — the means to supply China’s 1.4 billion eaters with safe, abundant, and cheap food. In fact, noted a Feb. 3 New York Times story dissecting the Syngenta deal, China is “very sensitive” to its reliance on foreign food. Three years ago, “30 million Chinese were eating western-style foods,” and now, according to market estimates, “… by 2018, 300 million Chinese (will) be consuming western-style foods.” That “western-style” food, however, doesn’t mean western companies or western farmers will be in charge. They may grow the food, but they won’t own it. Indeed, China’s recent moves to lock up key elements of the West’s food chain is what “feeding the world” will look like in rural America tomorrow: China either owning or controlling the technology used to grow food with American soil, water, and labour. You thought you’d be the one feeding China.

While that remains partly true, it’s now quite clear that China is buying technology to boost domestic production. Equally clear is that it hopes to make a profit selling you the technology you need to grow the food it will import. Those clever Reds; the Long March never ended. China’s growing investment in offshore food production is not, however, manifest destiny. It’s just the latest example of how globalization, the freer, legal movement of money and ideas around the world, will shape our collective and individual futures. It also is a clear signal that American agriculture’s ironclad belief in a “feed the world” future is no longer the future. Oh, we may still feed part of the world, but it’s more likely we’ll do it to honour a contract, not our conscience. This should not be news to anyone who has been paying attention. American farmers and ranchers played an outsized role in creating this future. The world changed. Not long ago China bought our production; now it’s buying our means of production. The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada www. farmandfoodfile.com.

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he market responsiveness of the supply of agricultural commodities — here we are talking primarily about the total production of grains, oilseeds and fibres — depends upon how quickly planting decisions by farmers respond to price signals calling for more or less production of major crops. High prices should result in additional planted acres, while low prices should result in fewer planted acres. On the top side, we have seen that agriculture can respond fairly quickly to higher prices by bringing in additional planted acres. As China’s demand for soybean imports has increased, we have seen farmers in the U.S., Brazil, and Argentina increase their production of soybeans. Some of that increase has come about through higher yields, but the bulk of it has come about through the planting of additional acres. Likewise, when the corn for ethanol industry’s demand for corn grew from one billion bushels to five billion bushels, we saw an increase in planted acres by U.S. farmers as well as increases by our export competitors who wanted to capture some of the export market that could not be filled by U.S. production. On the low price side we see a different story. When prices fall, farmers may make adjustments to their cropping pattern, but the overall acreage dedicated to crop production tends to remain the same from year to year. If the price of one crop is relatively more profitable than another, farmers will switch some acreage to that crop. As a result, if the price of a major crop such as corn or soybeans declines, the prices of other crops tend to fall as well as they can only

Dead sunflowers stand in a field in Dickinson, North Dakota January 21, 2016. The collapse of U.S. oil and gas investment could have further to fall and Americans are showing signs they spend less of their windfall from lower gasoline prices than in the past, darkening the outlook for the U.S. economy. PHOTO: REUTERS/Andrew Cullen utilize a limited number of additional acres before they, too, are in oversupply. Farmers know that crop production is not as predictable as the factory production of cars, computers, and most other consumer goods and all it takes is a significant drought in some other part of the country, or even the world, and the price can increase very quickly. No farmer wants to have made the decision to reduce planted acreage and miss out on selling their crop at a higher price, the operating assumption being that the drought will happen to farmers somewhere else. In addition, low prices provide a perverse incentive for farmers to maximize their production. The fixed costs for farmers are a relatively high portion of the total cost of production. If farmers were to reduce their planted acreage, then the fixed costs would have to be spread among fewer acres, resulting in higher production costs for the remaining acres.

For farmers, as long as the price is above the variable cost of production, every bushel produced contributes to covering the fixed costs and reducing total economic losses. A significant portion of agricultural land is rented. It makes little economic sense for farmers to pay the rent on that ground and not produce a crop or deliberately produce a smaller crop. And even if they did that, the landlord might begin asking questions about why they left some of the land idle. With farmers scrambling to farm as many acres as possible, they are not likely to tell the landlord to rent it out to someone else this year because if they did they would never get to farm that ground again. Farmers who own a significant portion of their land outright can ignore the land costs and thus retain a positive cash flow at lower prices than those who are purchasing or renting the ground they farm. As a result they will continue to plant all of their land when prices are low. No one farmer has the ability to affect a crop’s price by reducing her planted acreage. Each farmer makes his decision based not on the macroeconomics of aggregate crop production but on the microeconomics of his or her own farm. That means if they can sell the crop for more than the variable cost of production, their intent is to plant all of their acres. To the extent that farmers do not reduce their production in the short to medium run, they face long periods of low prices punctuated by short periods of higher prices. Harwood D. Schaffer is a research assistant professor in the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee. Daryll E. Ray is emeritus professor, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, and is the former director of the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC). http://www.agpolicy.org.

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Hope is not a strategy for farm management in 2016 Economist says ‘normal’ is always a few good years, but several bad ones in between By Laura Rance Editorial director

peaking at a recent Manitoba farm meeting, Purdue University’s Michael D. Boehlje offered a stern reality check about the tightening financial situation in farming. You might even say he was a bit grumpy about it. After all, he’s seen it all before. The 73-year-old Boehlje would have been in his 40s during the 1980s farm crisis, when prices fell and cash-strapped banks drove overextended farmers into bankruptcy, dumping the land they seized back on to the market, which pushed more farmers over the edge. The good news this time round is that land prices are expected to soften 15 to 20 per cent, not fall nearly 50 per cent like they did in the 1980s. Interest rates are much lower today too. There aren’t as many farmers who are highly leveraged, but servicing debt will be an issue, he predicted. Farm programs in the 21st century are less generous

than they were in the 1980s — a lot less generous. That’s something Canadian farmers are perhaps more attuned to than their U.S. counterparts. While there’s lots of things about farming that have changed since then, two things haven’t: commodity markets and farmers’ attitudes towards them. The farm economist stressed the current scenario is normal for commodity markets — a few good years followed by a period of low prices that lasts about twice as long. Even with the rising global population and a growing middle class in developing economies, clearing $200-peracre profit is the exception in commodity grains, not the rule. In his view, those good times are unlikely to return any time soon. Yet many farmers are managing as though they might. That was the point in his presentation when Boehlje started to pace, his face got a little red and his voice rose a few decibels. “Get a piece of paper and write across the top of it — ‘actions!’” he thundered as though the 400 or so farmers in the room were a

group of sleepy first-year university students. Point No. 1: “If there IS some recovery in the market, what should you do? SELL!” he said. “What do most farmers do? SIT! Cuz it’s going to go higher.” Nervous laugher rippled through the crowd. Boehlje stressed farmers must be nimble if they are to capture any upticks in the market. It’s fine to hope that bad weather hits, and it hits someplace other than your farm. But hope is not a strategy. “Cost reductions are going to be pivotal. We should not expect to see us get back to profitability primarily through price increases,” he said. Canadian farmers are being cushioned from the drop in global grain and oilseed prices because of the strong U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian loonie. To add insult to injury, U.S. farmers have not only seen market prices drop, they are having to sit on their low-priced commodities while their export competitors with weaker currencies snap up their markets.

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However, the Manitoba crop production budgets released last month show that while margins aren’t in the negative zone, they are marginal or break-even. That means if farmers aren’t careful, a business-as-usual scenario could wind up eroding their working capital. Boehlje identifies the farm’s working capital as its key financial vulnerability. Working capital is the farm’s current assets less current liabilities. The ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities. He wants farmers to set their sights on maintaining a 30 per cent ratio to their gross revenue. “That is your first line of defence against financial stress,” he said. U.S. farmers entered 2016 with working capital of about 57 per cent. By 2018, it is projected to be 25 per cent. “Is a lender going to loan them money to offset these losses? That’s not what lenders do,” he noted. Farmland rental rates are way out of line with current profitability projections in farming, Boehlje said. He cited recent

examples in the U.S. in which farmland was rented for two years for $500 per acre paid up front. Based on current margins, the farmer who now has that land — prepaid and locked in for two years — has spent $3 per bushel of corn just for the land. Corn is currently selling for $3.28. In these times, farmers who own their land are in better shape than farmers who don’t, as long as they haven’t gone in too deep acquiring it. As well, farmers still practising cash accounting instead of accrual could face hefty tax bills in a year when they are least able to pay them. There could be some good deals on used farm machinery, but he cautioned against farmers destroying their financial resiliency chasing a good deal on shiny paint. It’s sound advice. From the looks on their faces, he got his farm audience’s attention last week. Here’s hoping they heed it. laura@fbcpublishing.com

The TPP attacks democracy and supply management Increasing imports of U.S. milk would be blended with Canadian product BY JAN SLOMP

he Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is designed to entrench the interests of foreign corporations at the expense of our sovereignty and democratic processes. Its Investor State Dispute Settlement mechanism gives foreign corporations the right to sue our government if they believe future profits will be reduced as a result of democratically enacted measures. This puts a chill on public interest regulation, easing foreign corporations’ access to resources and commodities. The TPP also has more insidious ways of overturning democratic decision-making and imposing a corporate-friendly agenda. One is its attacks on our supply management system. Supply management is a Canadian innovation that ensures subsidies are not needed to keep farmers in business and ensures the population has enough dairy, eggs and poultry. It is built upon three pillars: import controls, cost-of-production pricing to farmers and producer discipline to ensure enough, but not too much, is always produced. If the TPP is ratified, the border will be opened wider, increasing imports, primarily from the U.S. The implications for the dairy sector are severe. The TPP would immediately allow imports equal to 3.25 per cent of Canada’s current fresh milk supply, with increases of one per cent (compounding) per year for the next 18 years. Eighty per cent of these milk imports must be processed in Canada, and would likely be mixed with Canadian supplies.

Differences

Imported U.S. milk may contain synthetic bovine growth hormone (rBGH). This drug was not approved for use on Canadian dairy herds in the late 1990s, the outcome of a democratic process involving citizens, scientists, dairy farmers, and the Senate. This was based on clear evidence that the drug increases disease and suffering of cows. It is more difficult to assess human health effects of consuming milk from rBGH-induced cows. However, many consumers remain wary and avoid it. The TPP includes a commitment for Canada and the U.S. to discuss their food safety rules for dairy with a view to harmonization. If the TPP is adopted, the difference between Canadian and U.S. milk will be diluted, and potentially disappear.

High-protein components

NAFTA opened Canada’s doors to highprotein milk components produced in the U.S. The TPP would remove all tariffs on U.S. whey after 10 years. It would also allow New Zealand to increase dairy exports to the U.S. In turn, even more of the U.S.’s excess milk protein would be dumped into Canada. This causes a number of problems. Butter is popular again after decades of being blamed for high cholesterol. In the 1970s, the dairy sector had to adjust production to avoid creating butterfat surpluses. Margarine with trans fats is now seen as the unhealthy choice, and consumers are switching back to butter and whole milk. Today, dairy faces a structural milk protein surplus. The cost of removing surplus protein components eats into farmers’ returns for milk.

Processors have new ways to separate proteins from fluid milk which they market as milk protein isolates (MPIs). MPIs are added to certain dairy products to increase yields. Separating milk components, then processing, storing and transporting them to reintroduce them in other foods is a drastic departure from fairly simple fermenting or cultivating whole milk into butter, cheese, yogurts and quark — and a practice that may ultimately undermine consumers’ confidence.

Tariff-free MPIs

Processors can import MPIs tariff free, and due to the worldwide structural surplus, they are very cheap. This leaves dairy farmers in Canada with even more surplus skim milk powder and higher costs to get rid of it, putting pressure on the farm gate price. Thus, the TPP reduces dairy farmer incomes by exacerbating the butter-protein imbalance, in addition to taking away a portion of our domestic fluid milk market. Our system ensures milk is produced and processed in every province, within a reasonable distance from both farmers and consumers. More intense, capital-intensive processing to make protein components with longer shelf life would promote larger, centralized plants and eliminate dairy farming in less populated regions, namely the Maritimes, northern Ontario, interior British Columbia and Vancouver Island. A vicious circle would ensue, eroding supply management and concentrating production and processing. Centralization would also impair climate change mitigation. Supply management minimizes GHG emissions by keeping production and processing close to where products are consumed.

TPP may undermine society’s move back to butter. Photo: Thinkstock Supply management is a treasure of Canada’s agriculture policy and the envy of dairy farmers around the world who suffer with price volatility, debt, uncertain markets and unfair contracts. The TPP is a direct assault that cannot be cheered because it might have been even worse. Jan Slomp is the president of the National Farmers Union. He farms near Courtenay, B.C.

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“The concern is that the pollen would contaminate wild alfalfa, which would then contaminate the crops. It would slowly move and become a pest. It would contaminate over the years and slowly spread.”

president of Forage Seed Canada. “The concern is that pollen would contaminate wild alfalfa, which would then contaminate the crops — it would slowly move and become a pest,” said Kerschbaumer. “The problem is because alfalfa is pollinated by bees and the pollen moves from the fields of hay where it is blooming. The concern is that the pollen and nectar would be transferred to wild alfalfa in ditches. “It’s hard to find a fenceline or the edge of a pipeline or a ditch where there isn’t some alfalfa growing. There is wild alfalfa everywhere.”

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Roundup Ready alfalfa was developed a decade ago by an Idaho alfalfa-breeding company, Forage Genetics International, using Monsanto technology. It has been approved for Canada, but Forage Genetics International needs to develop a stewardship agreement — also known as a “coexistence” plan — before it can be marketed here. The company has developed a coexistence plan for Eastern Can-

ada — which only has about 10,000 forage seed acres — but last year announced it wanted to create a national coexistence plan, since forage alfalfa has been approved for sale by CFIA. That move has been strongly opposed by Forage Seed Canada, which argues coexistence is not possible because pollen cannot be confined to one field. The case in southern Alberta is a

had a 10-inch drill and we upped the rate and it canopied in and choked all the alfalfa out. The stand was really thin. We had allrisk insurance and there wasn’t enough plant density to insure so we took it out.” That was when he got the surprise of a lifetime. After spraying the field with Roundup, the grower said he was stunned to see that about 100 plants across the entire field had survived. He sprayed the survivors with a broadleaf herbicide, and summerfallowed the field for a year to ensure any subsequent survivors were plowed down, before putting it back into alfalfa seed.

stark example of how difficult it is to keep the GM genie in the bottle. Foundation seed is created from breeder’s seed and, in theory, should be a pure variety. The southern Alberta grower said it was only a fluke that he learned his batch of seed contained trace amounts of Roundup Ready alfalfa. “We put in a field and we seeded too much,” said the farmer. “We

Although he immediately contacted Forage Genetics International and company officials inspected the field, he said he neither asked nor was told if other batches of contaminated foundation seed were sold to other growers. An official with Forage Genetics International said he wasn’t familiar with details of the Alberta incident but said contamination can happen. “If someone buys seed from the U.S., they can end up with

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Roundup alfalfa,” said Mike Peterson, the company’s lead for Global Traits. “If a seed company doesn’t have good, correct quality controls, anything can happen. It’s the same thing where you could have a conventional soybean in Ontario and it could be loaded up with traits. It does happen and someone has screwed up. “There are controls in place. This is a breakdown in quality control.” The contaminated seed would have to have come in illegally from the U.S., he said. “Companies can be lousy companies, and not have formal, rigid quality controls and test their seed,” said Peterson. “That’s one way it can happen. It’s not approved for sale or use in Western Canada but it is in the U.S., so you could bring it across from Idaho or Montana or whatever. “We take those things very seriously, so we don’t think there is any GE alfalfa in Western Canada right now.” There is a “very easy” test for genetically modified alfalfa and if a commercial seed producer follows proper protocols, there should not be a problem, he added. “It’s really just a breakdown in process,” said Peterson. “We all know what needs to be done to prevent it. It’s not hard. It’s just companies being lazy, is what it is.” (It is also possible to bring seed across the border without a licence — which allegedly happened in 2011 in Saskatchewan — but that was not the case in the Alberta incident.) But Kerschbaumer said she fears the accidental release of Roundup Ready alfalfa is a forerunner of what’s to come. Forage Genetics International, which established a coexistence plan for Eastern Canada several years ago, is now doing the same in Western Canada, she said. “We’re hoping that that means that they’re not going to start selling it in Canada this spring,” said Kerschbaumer. “They keep pushing to get this (the coexistence plan) in place, and saying they want it in place before the beginning of March. It’s a rush to try to get something this serious figured out.” But Peterson said the coexistence plan is only for production of GM hay — not alfalfa seed — and that’s a critical difference. “We’re not going to have GE seed production,” he said. “That’s where the greatest risks occur, from pollen flow. The coexistence planning that we’ve been working on is if we have GE hay next to a conventional hayfield. “I don’t want to say never, but FGI does not have short-, medium-, or long-term plans to see GE alfalfa seed in Canada. That’s not on the table right now. (Western Canada) is a valuable conventional seed production area, so we don’t want to change that at this time.” Contamination is unlikely in hay production because a field of GM alfalfa would have to flower at the same time as a nearby conventional field, and then the conventional field would then have to be left unharvested for another 60 to 70 days before it went to seed, Peterson said. Moreover, his company has not said it will start selling Roundup Ready alfalfa for hay production in Canada, he added. “If we did sell GE alfalfa for hay production, the intent would be initially, that it would only be done from Ontario east because there’s no seed production there,” said Peterson. “But we have not even announced that we’re selling traits in Canada yet.”

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BILL 6 } from page 1 The problem is twofold, said Kent Erickson, co-chair of the Alberta Agriculture Farm and Ranch Safety Coalition, or AgCoalition. First, appointments to the working groups will be done by the agriculture and labour ministries —which “isn’t transparent,” said the Irma producer. “We see that it’s an avenue for the government to get the feedback that it’s looking for, but ultimately, it’s picking who’s at the table, without any input from the ag industry as a whole,” he said. “We don’t really have control of that process, and I think that’s the biggest frustration for agriculture in general.” After the government’s initial mishandling of Bill 6, transparency is critical to building trust on developing workplace safety regulations, said Erickson. “This is directly affecting us, and as farmer employees and employers in the industry, we want to have some say in how that process is going along. We don’t feel we have that with the government’s process.” The AgCoalition is also pushing for a change to the proposed working group model. “The government process is very fragmented, and it doesn’t

align with a good outcome for the ag sector in general,” he said. “There’s so many things that interconnect that you really need to have an entire look at the whole bill to come up with a good recommendation for agriculture.”

“We don’t really have control of that process, and I think that’s the biggest frustration for agriculture in general.” Kent Erickson

At the coalition’s inaugural meeting on Jan. 22, participants tested the six-table approach and found that it had “significant crossover of information” within the six working groups. A much more sensible approach is a producer-led consultation process that “tackles each separate issue independently as a group,” said Erickson, adding the coalition will hold its

own consultation process to provide recommendations. “At the end of it all, if our recommendations don’t line up with the government’s recommendations, I think there will be some very good, strong voice on our side that the government’s going to have to answer to publicly as to why it’s different,” said Erickson. The government’s consultations are expected to start in March, with a break during spring seeding and calving season. While AgCoalition has nominated industry members to sit on the working groups, the group will be “forging ahead” with its own consultations, said Erickson. “We want to bring a solution to its process that will better suit the needs of our industry,” he said. “We’re going to continue on as a producer-led — by producers, for producers — consultation process that we hope will have a good, accurate reflection of where our industry is looking to go with this bill.” The AgCoalition was formed in January to offer a unified voice on Bill 6 consultations. It includes 30 major farm groups representing 95 per cent of Alberta farmers. jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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But the incident four years ago shows the challenge of preventing contamination entirely, said Kerschbaumer. Most forage seed growers aren’t opponents of genetic modification, but are fearful of the prospect of losing profitable overseas customers. “Alberta is the biggest seed production area,” she said. “This is risking all of our seed markets. That’s why there are people worried about it.” A newly released USDA study on “transgenic feral alfalfa” will only fan those fears. The study surveyed 4,580 fields in California, Idaho, and Washington state where conventional alfalfa seed was being grown. About 10 per cent of fields had feral or rogue varieties, and in 27 per cent of those cases, the rogue varieties were transgenic. The study didn’t look for causes — both seed spillage and pollinators are possible causes — but its author said it “confirms that genetically engineered alfalfa has dispersed into the environment.” The USDA study also put some numbers on a problem that has been evident for years. Roundup Ready alfalfa has been widely grown in the U.S., but not in California’s Imperial Valley. Growers there produce more than $100 million of hay annually, much of it for export, and successfully fought to make the valley a “GM-free” zone. Nevertheless, several loads of hay from the Imperial Valley exported to China have tested positive and three major growers have reportedly been “blacklisted” by Chinese buyers.

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Both the Imperial Valley situation and the incident in southern Alberta prove that contamination is inevitable, said Kerschbaumer. She added that her exports have been tested and although none had transgenic alfalfa contamination, one container load

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Alberta’s on-farm income seen slipping this year The federal Agriculture Ministry’s outlook calls for declining cash receipts STAFF

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acroeconomic” factors such as low fuel costs and a depreciating loonie are expected to support Canada’s and Alberta’s net farm incomes this year — but not at last year’s levels. In its Canadian Agricultural Outlook, published Feb. 19, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says such factors have “insulated Canadian producers from weakness in global commodity markets, which has led to declines in U.S. dollar prices for key agricultural commodities.” That weakness in global commodity markets is expected to persist, the report said. Global stocks of crops will continue to place downward pressure on grain prices. Expansion in the U.S. livestock sector will also put pressure on prices for cattle and hogs —

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within the elements of the FarmSafe plan that make most sense for their operation. They can also choose to complete the FarmSafe modules at their own pace, beyond the one-day workshop. “The advantage of the FarmSafe course we are co-ordinating is that producers can design the experience that they want. A producer can show up to the workshop and decide

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The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, has seen a rare rise on improved rates for smaller vessels. The overall Baltic Dry Index, which gauges the cost of shipping resources including iron ore, cement, grain, coal and fertilizer, rose modestly in late February after hitting an all-time low earlier in the month. The dry bulk market is expected to remain under pressure as a gloomy outlook for global demand persists. Low shipping rates have been a boon for Canadian grain exports. — Reuters

The signs are not good for wheat, thanks to massive global supplies. Underscoring ample world supplies, farm office FranceAgriMer raised its forecast for French soft wheat ending stocks for 201516 to six million tonnes, up from 5.8 million in January and the most in 17 years. In a sign of further headwinds for U.S. wheat exports, consultancy Strategie Grains raised its forecast for European Union 2016-17 soft wheat exports to 30.6 million tonnes, up 1.7 million from its previous estimate. “Low-priced EU and Black Sea wheat continues to pressure U.S. wheat and corn export prospects,” said Dan Cekander, president of DC Analysis. — Reuters

Expect currency to remain the major driver for canola Concerns for soybeans and palm oil provide some support By Dave Sims

CE Futures Canada canola contracts fell lower for the week ended Feb. 22, as the ever-strengthening Canadian dollar put pressure on prices amid a sea of volatility. The Winnipeg-based ICE market was closed on Feb. 15 for Louis Riel Day, while U.S. markets were also shuttered due to President’s Day. When trading did resume, canola began to climb out of the lows suffered the previous week. A potential shortage of Malaysian palm oil put some strength into the vegetable oil market, into which canola tapped throughout the week. Rain showers in Brazil also caused some slight disruption to the soy-

bean harvest, which helped support canola futures. Commercial buying was also fairly steady, which was a stabilizing factor. However, the strength of the Canadian dollar remained the biggest factor influencing canola through the week, as the loonie fought to climb above the 73 U.S. cents mark. Traders began rolling out of the soon-toexpire March contract into the most-active May one. Going forward, currency issues look to remain the major story, with some strength in the vegetable oil market lending support. CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) corn futures were higher for the week. Weakness in the U.S. dollar mixed with rising crude oil prices to underpin the corn market. Weather issues were lacking, while investors covered shorts off of nearby lows.

Cheap corn supplies from South America and the Black Sea region continue to make life difficult for U.S. exports. CBOT soybeans were also higher due to short-covering and rainfall which hampered harvest efforts in Brazil. Speculators covered positions in the early going after ideas emerged that the net short position held by large funds had become extremely large. CBOT wheat futures posted gains largely on the back of a softer U.S. dollar and other technical issues. Speculation swirled that warm temperatures in the U.S. southern Plains could cause some plants to emerge prematurely and lose yield potential.

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Drought watch kept on Alberta, early spring expected The window may be narrow for adequate soil moisture for seeding BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

bove-average temperatures and limited precipitation could mean parts of the Prairies will struggle with soil moisture heading into the spring, according to one specialist. “The soil moisture that we have in the ground right now is similar to what we went into the winter with,” said Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Drought Watch program in Regina. Regions in Alberta are most likely to be affected by dry soil, especially the central and northwest parts of the province, he said. “It’s been fairly dry throughout last year, and they haven’t received the amount of precipitation that they’re used to. That’s an area of concern.” Aside from Alberta, many regions south of the Trans-Canada Highway also face the risk of below-normal soil moisture. Dryness in those areas will become a bigger concern in the spring, Hadwen said, but noted the Prairies often get a lot of moisture at the end of February and into March. “We could end up with a nor-

mal winter period, according to snowfall records, so we’re certainly not in a desperate situation right now.” Soil moisture conditions can recover quickly, especially with spring rainfall, he added. The current forecast from Environment Canada shows a trend of below-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures for the month ahead. Hadwen expects a quick melt and start to spring, which means producers will need to find a sweet spot between spring frost and adequate soil moisture. “The concern right now is if you wait to be free of frost, some of the soil moisture isn’t going to be there to germinate.” Producers saw similar conditions last year, and in Manitoba reseeding claims were above the five-year average, as a late frost swept parts of the province. Farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan had similar problems, Hadwen said. “Some of them got hit by a frost and they had to reseed, and when they went to reseed, soil moisture was very poor.” There’s only so much producers can do to combat weather conditions, he said, but advised farmers to look at the hardiness of their seed varieties and plan accordingly.

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Heavy producer selling pressures durum Production expectations for this year are also dragging on prices BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

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

Buyers eating up Lethbridge feed barley Cheaper prices are luring buyers BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

Lethbridge feed barley prices have strengthened on bargain buying, according to one market watcher, while demand for feed wheat is steady at best. Lethbridge barley prices have increased from $200-$205 in January to $205-$215 in February, as the grain becomes more difficult to source, said Jim Beusekom, president at Market Place Commodities. “It’s not an issue, but it becomes a market factor,” he said. Demand for feed barley has increased, he said, as buyers have been swayed by cheaper prices. “I think the feed wheat situation is a little different.” The amount of feed wheat being used is limited, but constant, Beusekom said. “It’s steady at best, and buyers just pick away at the supply that’s out there.” Despite fluctuations within the market, feed grain prices in Lethbridge are stronger than those seen a year ago. Producers saw increased amounts of export-quality wheat and barley this year, which take away from the amount of feed available. “A lot of it is milling grade, so we have less push-back into the feed market with wheat.” Producers are favouring malting barley, and have seen higher-quality yields this year, he said. Product rejected by malt companies becomes feed.

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Despite heightened farmer selling, Canadian durum exports are 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. Looking forward, analysts are watching North African tenders for price indications. Dryness in North Africa is providing some psychological support, Klassen said, but that could be limited. While the region will likely put out tenders for more durum throughout February, the idea is that they will be weaker than in January. “Over the last four tenders each one is a bit lower. It seems like companies are getting a bit more aggressive on each subsequent tender.” Delivered elevator durum in Saskatchewan will bring producers about $7.88$8.82 per bushel, and about $8.34-$8.83 in Alberta, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire.

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Feedlot numbers slip in January

Global dairy sector is in ‘crisis’

The number of cattle moved into U.S. feedlots in January slipped 1.0 per cent from last year. Feedlots were cautious about buying calves or feeder cattle while struggling to recoup 14 straight months of lost profits, partly blamed on those once-expensive feeder cattle, said analysts. January 2016’s placements compared to much-smaller placements a year earlier, when fewer animals were available as the cattle herd continued to recover from severe several years of drought. The report showed January placements at 1.779 million head. The USDA put the feedlot cattle supply as of Feb. 1 at 10.709 million head. — Reuters

Arla Foods, one of Europe’s biggest dairy companies, says the global milk market is in crisis due to oversupply, but it expects demand, particularly from China, to pick up at the end of the year. “There is more milk supply in the market than demand can absorb,” said Peder Tuborgh, CEO of the world’s seventh-largest dairy company. Rising European milk production following the scrapping of EU milk quotas combined with China’s slowdown in demand and a Russian embargo on European foods have put downward pressure on milk prices and prompted protests by farmers. But Tuborgh predicted China will start increasing exports by year’s end. — Reuters

Cattle producers warned to avoid transport violations ‘Out of sight and out of mind’ is the wrong attitude when shipping animals BY JENNIFER PAIGE

“If a cow is lame or doesn’t want to move, she’s got pain and is unfit for transport. Do not move them anywhere other than the vet.”

Staff / Brandon, Manitoba

attle producers should keep an extra-close eye on their animals’ condition before loading for transport, says a Canadian Food Inspection Agency veterinarian. “Cattle hide their pain so that they don’t look vulnerable to predators. Keep that in mind when monitoring your herd,” said Max Popp, CFIA animal health district veterinarian, western area operations. “The primary focus of our work is import, export, disease control, disease reporting and one thing that is really critically important is transportation.” Popp spoke to the Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting on Feb. 4 in Brandon. “When these animals leave you they are not out of sight, out of mind. You have to think about where this animal is going, who is going to see this and you never know who will. The public image of our industry is a key thing, as you all know,” Popp said. He stressed the importance of monitoring the herd and knowing the status of your animals in order to detect any possible issues that may cause them to struggle in the transport trailer. “Cattle use their head for balance and will bob their heads to gain momentum to make a better step. If you see funny head movements, it is a sign of lameness,” Popp said. “If a cow is lame or doesn’t want to move, she’s got pain and is unfit for transport. Do not move them anywhere other than the vet.” Slight lameness can be difficult to detect, especially in a crowd. Popp recommends separating the animal in question and observing it, as you may be better able to see signs of lameness once its stress levels are reduced.

Special provisions

Popp, who is also the humane transportation co-lead for Manitoba and a member of the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association’s animal welfare committee, says compromised animals are categorized into two categories: unfit for transport, and animals that can be shipped with special provisions. “Anything that has a reduced capacity to withstand transport because of injury, fatigue, poor health, distress, very young or old age, or any other cause,” said Popp. “Any animal that is non-ambulatory or downer is unfit for transport and shouldn’t be going anywhere.” He warns producers should never

Max Popp CFIA

CFIA veterinarian Max Popp says the public is watching how animals are treated during transportation. Photo: Jennifer Paige attempt to transport animals with fractures, dehydration, shock, suspected nervous system disorders or fever. “Anything that you suspect may calve should not go in the truck. One month before calving is a no-shipping time,” Popp said. The only exception in transporting an unfit animal would be to acquire veterinary treatment in hopes of a successful outcome. In these cases, Popp recommends making special previsions to ensure not only animal safety but producer safety as well, as animals in pain can be difficult and even dangerous. “In this process, to provide the best possible environment for transport you need to make a segregation so that they are separate from all other animals. Load it in the

back compartment, only travel locally and as little distance as possible.” Producers should also be on the lookout for emaciated body condition, as animals with less body and muscle mass have a hard time standing in the trailer. “These animals have less muscle mass, less stability. If you do load an animal that is on the skinny side, give it extra room or bed it down more and ensure that they have a better level of comfort than an animal that is more sturdy.” Cattle showing signs of emaciated body condition or slight lameness should also be checked throughout transport as they can deteriorate very quickly.

Avoiding violations

Shipping unfit cattle can be subject to costly penalties.

In most cases, these are applied when an unfit animal is delivered to an auction mart, problems are visible to others or CFIA performs a routine inspection. Any animal that is transported by any device at any time is subject to inspection. “We have a spectrum on how we deal with violations. We will issue a warning letter, which describes the injunction or administrative monetary penalty or prosecution,” said Popp. “Monetary penalties are gauged. There are minor, serious or very serious infractions. For example, an animal that wasn’t standing in its natural position would be a minor violation. A very serious violation would be beating an animal, which is also subject to prosecution under the criminal code and a fine of up to $10,000.” According to Popp, penalties for anything related to livestock transportation start at $3,000 and fines are applied per animal, which he warns can become very costly if someone were to try and transport several unfit animals.

Bedding is key

When shipping an animal that you suspect is compromised, Popp strongly recommends ensuring it has proper bedding on the trailer so it can maintain proper footing. “Absorption of urine is an issue. Improper bedding can cause the back of a trailer to turn into a skating rink. Cattle need to have good footing when they are on the road and so bedding is a key item,” said Popp. When transporting animals that are in a weaker state, producers should try to arrange the shortest travel time possible and load the animals of concern last and unload them first and avoid trailer standing time as much as possible. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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The secret life of your cow’s reproductive system Becoming adept at artificial insemination takes time and a lot of practice — here’s what you need to know By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF

any people are nervous about artificially inseminating their

cattle. But knowing a few of the basics about a cow’s reproductive system can help get you on the way to creating an artificial insemination program, said Colin Palmer, associate professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. “The ultimate goal is to put semen at the right place and the right time. There’s nothing more complicated than that,” Palmer said during a recent webinar hosted by the Beef Cattle Research Council. Many people have technical problems involving liquid nitrogen tanks or other equipment for thawing semen. It also takes a lot of practice to learn how to put the semen through the cervix into the uterine body. “Lots of people are daunted by that and take AI courses to try and figure out what is going on,” he said. Start with cows rather than heifers, and accept it will take a bit of practice before becoming good at inseminating, he said, adding the alternative is to hire an insemination technician. Cows only display estrus for a short time during their heat cycles. Heat cycles average about 21 days, and estrus only lasts between 12 and 18 hours (although it can be as brief as two hours or as much as 50 hours). “The only true sign that a cow is in estrus or heat is that she stands to be mounted,” said Palmer.

Many animals won’t even show this, or only display this sign for a short period of time. Secondary signs of estrus include chin resting, mounting other animals, bellowing, restlessness or clear mucous discharge coming from the vulva. “If you see a red mucous discharge coming from the vulva, it is too late, and you have missed the ovulation window by at least a day,” said Palmer. “We need to get that semen into the uterus at least four to six hours before ovulation.” In order to detect heat, you should observe your cattle at least twice daily at 12-hour intervals for about 20 to 30 minutes. It’s best to observe the cattle in a paddock where they have good footing. On windy, cold or rainy days, cattle will huddle up under trees to get out of the wind, and may not be inclined to show the symptoms of estrus. Another way to tell if cattle are in heat is to keep records. Cows come into heat about every three weeks. “Write it down if you think there’s some behaviour, and if you see the same behaviour about three weeks after, that’s a pretty good assurance that that’s the type of heat she displays,” he said. Estrus detection aids or teaser bulls that have been surgically altered can also be a good way to detect estrus. “No matter how you’re doing it, heat detection is a time-consuming activity,” he said. “We learned in all our studies that 10 to 15 per cent of cattle don’t display any behaviour that is obvious to the human eye.” Variability in the heat cycle is based on follicular waves. Follicles develop on the ovaries. The eggs are inside these

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he Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) is seeking the public’s comments on the first draft of its sustainability “indicators” for beef operations. The indicators are part of the verified sustainable beef framework the organization is developing, and reflect what will be measured in terms of sustainability on individual operations. “The CRSB has developed indicators that are relevant for cowcalf, backgrounding, feedlot and dairy beef operations. We encourage people and organizations to review the work we’ve done and give us constructive feedback,” says Cherie Copithorne-Barnes, chair of the CRSB and a producer west of Calgary. “We realize that the sustainability of the Canadian beef industry reaches many stakeholders and we want to ensure all perspectives are taken into account.” All comments will be reviewed, and a written response to each comment will be posted on the

organization’s website following the consultation. The second draft of the indicators will be released for a 30-day public comment period in mid-2016. Page Stuart, a cattle feeder and the past chair of the Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association, and Tim Hardman, beef director with the World Wildlife Fund, co-chaired the committee that developed the indicators. “The committee members brought a wide range of perspectives to the table. We had very productive discussions and unanimously reached consensus. Our goal was to identify draft indicators that are robust and outcome based, which I believe we have done,” says Hardman. “We wanted to have a balance — something realistic for producers that also meets the needs of retailers, foodservice providers and consumers. I think we have achieved that. I look forward to the feedback we receive over the next 60 days,” adds Stuart. The consultation will take place from Feb. 9 to April 10, 2016. Materials and instructions for comment can be found at www.csrb.ca.

Colin Palmer photo: supplied follicles, and they will eventually be released and ultimately, fertilized. A large percentage of cattle have either two or three waves of follicular development. Cows with two waves of follicular development will ovulate during the second wave, while cows with three waves of follicular development ovulate during the third. “With our programs, we are able to not only focus on the second and third wave, but we can focus in on some of these other waves through the use of hormones that we employ,” said Palmer. Two-wave cows have heat cycles that are about 18 to 20 days, while cows that have three follicular waves have a 20- to 23-day heat cycle. “It isn’t really important whether they are two- or three-

wavers. It’s important to understand that there are follicles that we are trying to focus in on and the reason for this estrus cycle length,” said Palmer. Ovulation occurs about 22 to 27 hours after the onset of heat. “You can inseminate her in that time, but she ovulates after she goes into heat,” said Palmer. “Because the length of heat is variable, it is good to measure the time of ovulation from the onset of heat rather than after she goes out of heat. “If you were to be able to breed a cow when you really should, to optimize pregnancy rates, it would be in the latter half of when she is in standing heat.” This gives the sperm time to get into the uterus, and move through the fallopian tubes to the egg. If the semen is deposited too far in advance before

ovulation, the semen won’t be viable. Semen from naturalservice sires will survive longer in the reproductive tract than semen that has been frozen and thawed. Semen doses can be as low as $10 and up to $100 a dose for purebred animals. Artificial insemination should be timed for mid-estrus. “The old rule used to be if you saw a female in heat in the morning, you should breed her in the afternoon around 5. If you saw her in heat in the evening, you should breed her the next day.” Palmer recommends that producers talk to their veterinarian or an artificial inseminator to pick an insemination program. Vaccinations should be completed at least two weeks before insemination. Producers need to have adequate facilities, including good cow-handling chutes and adequate labour to handle the insemination process. “AI is time sensitive, and you have to have adequate help to move them through the chute,” he said. Cows should also have good nutrition, and a good bedding area. “Wet, sloppy, dirty areas can be stressful for animals. Stress on them can influence ovulation rates.” Once the insemination program has been determined, all protocols should be written down. Cows that are all inseminated in one day will not all calve in one day, but over a 14-day period. “There will be a peak, and you need to be able to handle a large number of calves over a short period of time, particularly if you are cold-weather calving,” he said. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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AI could be a big bang for your buck for beef The bull doesn’t charge for service, but he costs quite a bit to keep around when he isn’t working By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF

t could make sense to skip the bull in a beef cattle operation, says an economist with the Western Beef Development Centre. “Natural-service breeding is still the most common. Probably some of the hesitancy is the feeling that it is more expensive to use fixed-time artificial insemination,” Kathy Larson said during a webinar hosted by the Beef Cattle Research Council. According to the western Canadian cow-calf survey last year, only 10 per cent of Alberta producers, 13 per cent of Manitoba producers and 14 per cent of Saskatchewan producers use artificial insemination in their beef herds. The national beef strategy has called for a production efficiency increase of 15 per cent by 2020. “Increased uptake of AI among commercial producers was mentioned as one way to reach that target. That’s why it’s important to chat about it,” Larson said. Most people don’t think about the actual costs of maintaining a herd sire, Larson said. “The cost of fixed-time AI is not that much higher than natural service. If you are paying $7,500 or more for a bull, it’s only really about $10 more,” she said.

Bull prices can range widely, from $4,000 to about $10,000 and bulls are generally good for about four years. For every year that a bull is in a herd, it depreciates by about $725. General maintenance costs for one bull, including feed, labour and semen tests are about $750 a year. There’s also a risk of loss, which increases based on a purchase price. Larson calculated that a bull that costs about $7,560 costs about $3,000 a year to maintain. If that bull is servicing 25 females, the cost is about $120 per female serviced. In 2013, Bart Lardner, senior research scientist with the Western Beef Development Centre, conducted a comparison between 40 cows bred using natural service, and 40 cows bred using fixed-time artificial insemination. Calves were born and weaned in 2014. The natural-service cows were bred in a 60-day breeding season. The artificially inseminated cows were bred using a controlled internal drug release (CIDR) and a co-sync program. Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH), Cisterellin, Prostaglan, and Estrumate were administered, and a technician performed the AI. Total costs for the artificial insemination worked out to about $130 per cow. The artificially inseminated cows had pregnancy rates of 97.5 per cent, compared with 92.5

Western Beef Development Centre economist Kathy Larson says AI could be one way of achieving the national beef strategy’s goal of increasing production efficiency by 15 per cent by 2020. per cent pregnancy rates for the natural-service cows. The AI cows had a shorter calving span of 64 days compared to 69 days for the natural service.

The comparison

Artificially inseminated cows had higher birth weights. There was high calf loss on the natural-service side, and

90 per cent of the AI calves weaned a calf, while only 77.5 per cent of the natural-service cows weaned calves. While there were more weaned calves on the artificially inseminated side, they ended up a little lighter. “This is not what you’re looking for,” said Larson. “We would tout that you’re

using AI to get better genetics and higher weaning rates, but for this one-year demonstration, we did see slightly lower adjusted lower weaning weights. Given all the other improvements with the conception and wean rates, we had an additional 4,100 pounds of weaning weight or pounds of calf weaned when we weaned those calves at the start of October 2014,” she said. That additional overall weaning weight was worth about $11,250. Larson also conducted a partial budget analysis for the implementation of fixedtime AI. The costs of AI were about $3,300, and the revenues about $11,250. Reduced revenues included a reduced amount of cull bull sales, and fewer opens to sell. There were reduced costs because fewer bulls needed to be sold or purchased. Improved conception also meant that fewer replacements needed to be purchased, resulting in a reduced cost of $4,925. When Larson crunched the numbers, she found a net profit of $2,070 for the one-year example. This number would change depending on the year and operation. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Lice and ticks and horses Horses that have stressed immune systems are more vulnerable BY CAROL SHWETZ DVM

ice and ticks are unwelcome guests on horses and donkeys, taking up residence in the warmth of their thick winter coats with peak infestations occurring during the late winter and early spring. Horses infested with lice are intensely itchy, and often the first sign of trouble is a tattered hair coat — or perhaps extra dandruff or “scurfy” stuff noticed during grooming. As infestation progresses the hair coat becomes increasingly matted, unkempt, and “moth eaten.” Horses become anxious and irritable, scratching, rubbing, and biting at the skin. This behaviour quickly leads to hair loss/alopecia, scarring and inflammation of the skin, and self-mutilation. With severe infestations horses may lose condition and become depressed and lethargic. Generally horses that have immune systems depleted from stressors such as overcrowding, underlying health issues, poor feed quality or age are the most susceptible to infestations. However, even healthy well-cared-for animals can become infested as the little parasite is not too terribly choosey as to who it infests. Lice are predominantly found under and around a horse’s forelock, mane, tail, and the feathering of the lower limb. If present, the lice can be found by parting the hair of the horse and examining the skin and coat with the aid of a light source and, if available, a hand-held magnifying glass. Fully grown, the louse will be only two to four millimetres in length, making them slightly difficult to detect with the naked eye. Two types of lice infest both horses and donkeys — the sucking louse and the chewing/biting louse. The sucking louse is the larger of the two lice with a dark nutmeg to dirty grey-coloured broad body and a long pointy narrow head. Their mouthparts are adapted to piercing the horse’s skin and sucking blood. With

severe infestations, blood loss can be substantial, causing the horse to become anemic and weak. The smaller chewing/biting louse is yellow brownish in colour with a wide body, marked with dark cross-bands. Its head is broad and rounded with a snubbed nose. These lice feed on the dander, scales, and scurf of the horse’s skin. In contrast to the stationary sucking louse the chewing louse is active, crawling around on the horse’s skin. Both species of lice have a simple life cycle. They glue their tiny cream-coloured eggs, called nits, near the base of the horse’s hair shafts. The young hatchlings, called nymphs, mature into the adults within two to four weeks. Lice are easily spread from one animal to the next through direct contact. They can also be easily transferred between horses by things the horses have direct contact with such as shared grooming tools, tack, and/or a favourite scratching post. Lice need the warmth and food supply of their host and are unable to survive off the host for much longer than two to three days. Therefore severe cleaning of the environment with infestation is not necessary however, a thorough cleaning of those things in close contact with the horse, such as grooming tools and blankets is advisable. Fortunately lice are host species specific, which means horse lice prefer horses and will not infect humans, dogs, cats, etc. The only approved product for the treatment of horses with lice is a pesticide dusting powder; it is the treatment of choice under winter conditions. All other products are used in an off-label or extra-label manner and veterinary supervision is advised, if chosen. Control of lice is challenging because pesticides kill the lice but not the eggs. Therefore re-treatment will be necessary two to three weeks later to successfully kill the hatchlings. Be generous with the dusting powders, taking precautions not to inhale the dust and using gloves to work the dust thoroughly into the thick winter coats. All horses

Photo: Thinkstock in contact with the infested horse may need to be checked and treated if necessary. For reasons not completely understood, a few animals remain as a reservoir for a small population of surviving lice, despite treatment. These animals can then reinfest larger numbers of animals when conditions become opportune. Horses in Alberta can also occasionally get winter ticks. The preferred habitat of the winter tick are members of the deer family such as deer, elk and moose. Horses

are marginal habitat for the winter tick so numbers of individual ticks generally remain low. The adult female tick lays eggs in the vegetation and the infective larvae gather on plants in hopes of catching a ride on a suitable host as it passes by in the brush. Once on the host, the larvae engorge on blood meals and mature into the adult form around March and April. The females become grossly engorged with blood before dropping off onto the ground to lay eggs and begin their cycle

over once more. Engorged female ticks can swell to two cm in size, and look similar to a purple grape with eight legs. When present, these ticks can be found under the mane, near the withers or in the ear. The winter ticks pose no major threat to horse or human health and can easily be removed with a pair of tweezers, ensuring to remove all of the embedded mouthparts. Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian focusing on equine practice in Millarville, Alta.

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Drought hammering South Africa

Water levels at the main reservoir in Brazil’s largest city of Sao Paulo have more than doubled since the El Niño climate phenomenon ended a two-year drought, although industrialists and activists warn fresh shortages may be just a matter of time. Sufficient rains since late last year have eliminated fears of imminent water rationing but companies and activists say Brazil’s most populous region missed an opportunity to shield the population from future droughts by curbing consumption and improving efficiency. The epic drought caused panic in South America’s largest city, crimped farm and factory output, and prompted residents to hoard rainwater. — Reuters

South Africa’s worst drought on record risks tipping an already weak economy into recession as rising agricultural imports feed into rising inflation, says ratings firm Moody’s. “The worst drought on record in South Africa is aggravating the ongoing economic slowdown, threatening near-zero growth if not a recession in 2016,” said Moody’s analyst Kristin Lindow. A severe drought caused by an El Niño weather system has swept across southern Africa since mid-2015, threatening the maize crop, which serves as a staple in the region, forcing countries like South Africa to up imports to plug the shortfall. — Reuters

Could this be one of the warmest springs on record? AccuWeather is forecasting an exceptionally warm and dry spring — and it has good reasons for making such a bold prediction

BY DANIEL BEZTE

ccuWeather came out early in February with its spring weather prediction, so I figured that maybe I should join in and take a look at what the different forecasters are calling for this spring. After all, meteorological spring starts on the first day of March (March-April-May). In what I think is a pretty bold move, AccuWeather predicted not just a warmerthan-average spring across Canada, but one that might be in the Top 10 or even Top 5 warmest springs on record. Now, if you want to make a name for yourself in long-range weather forecasting you need to go out on a limb now and then, because if and when you get those forecasts correct, everybody is impressed — at least for a little while. Looking at its overall spring forecast AccuWeather is calling for above-average temperatures for nearly all of Canada (1.0 to 2.0 C above average). Alberta sits right smack in the middle of the region that is expected to have the best chance of seeing well-above-average temperatures (more than 2.0 C above average). Interestingly, this prediction is pretty much mirroring what we are currently seeing across Canada temperature-wise. As far as precipitation goes, AccuWeather is calling for below-average amounts over Alberta, with amounts increasing to near average as you head east to Manitoba. The only wet areas forecasted are in the Atlantic provinces, much of northeastern Canada, and southwestern Yukon. Why are AccuWeather forecasters confident enough to predict possibly one of the warmest springs on record? I think it is the same reason that I am leaning towards a warmer-than-average spring forecast. The first point is that El Niño, while weakening, will still be influencing our weather this spring leading to a greater-than-average chance of milder weather. Secondly, so far this winter, snow cover across Western Canada has been fairly light, which means it won’t take much to melt off the existing snowpack. Once the snow is gone, solar energy normally used to melt snow can now go into heating the air, resulting in warmerthan-average temperatures. This is the wild card as it only takes one big storm to change this. Currently, the weather pattern we’ve been stuck in for a while now doesn’t lend itself to big storms. Kind of going along with the low snow cover is record-low sea ice coverage in the Arctic and low levels of ice cover across the Great Lakes. January’s Arctic ice coverage was just over one million square kilometres below the long-term average and was

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90,000 square kilometres lower than the previous record low. So far in February this trend is continuing, with ice coverage running more than two standard deviations below the norm. What does this mean for our spring temperatures? Well, just like with snow, ice cover cools the air by both reflecting sunlight and acting as a natural air conditioner. Low ice levels usually lead to earlier and quicker melts, resulting in a weaker and smaller pool of cold air sitting to our north. As for the Great Lakes, while they don’t directly influence our weather, less ice usually results in milder weather for that region which can influence the large-scale weather patterns across North America. Now that we have an understanding of what is going on with our weather leading into spring, here’s what some of the other long-range forecasters are calling for. First, our two almanacs. The Old Farmer’s Almanac is calling for a cool, wet March fol-

lowed by near- to slightly above-average temperatures in April and May. Precipitation will be near average in April and below average in May. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac, which is always tough to figure out, looks to be calling for near-average conditions in March as it calls for fair conditions several times. April also looks to be “fair” with possibly a warm end to the month. May looks to be a little more unsettled, with hot weather moving in during the last week of the month. Over at Environment Canada, forecasters are calling for above-average temperatures all spring long with near-average amounts of precipitation for most regions. Extreme western regions may see below-average amounts of precipitation, with northeastern regions of Alberta having the best chance of seeing above-average amounts this spring. Environment Canada’s American counterparts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is calling for

above-average temperatures and belowaverage amounts of precipitation for all three spring months. Last, but not least, my spring forecast. As I already stated above, I am leaning towards AccuWeather’s forecast. All the pieces are in place so far for a really warm spring, but the big question is whether or not the mild air will win out over the colder air that is forecasted to be in place over northeastern regions of Canada. So far this winter Alberta has missed out, or only caught glancing blows from any of this cold air and I don’t see any change in this pattern. I’ll also go with its call for belowaverage precipitation. As usual, only time will tell. 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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Stick to deep banding — not shallow banding — when applying nitrogen In order to reduce nitrogen losses, producers need to deep band their fertilizer, use enhanced-efficiency products, and follow the 4R nutrient stewardship principles By JENNIFER BLAIR

“Nitrogen is the most important nutrient when it comes to providing yield responses.”

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hen it comes to getting maximum yields, nitrogen is still king. “Nitrogen is the most important nutrient when it comes to providing yield responses,” said agronomist Rigas Karamanos. In a study conducted in 2000 that looked at how barley yields responded to various nutrients, nitrogen increased yields by almost 60 bushels per acre — over six times more than any other nutrient, said Karamanos, who spoke at FarmTech in late January. “You can see why we always focus on nitrogen, because it does provide the maximum yield.” But like any other nutrient, the availability of nitrogen in the soil depends on the potential losses, which can occur through volatilization (or loss from the soil surface), denitrification (or loss from the root zone), and leaching (which is movement below the root zone). Typical nitrogen loss in the soil is about 50 per cent, said federal bioeconomist Elwin Smith. “Essentially, half the nitrogen you apply could be accounted for in the plant and the yield, but 50 per cent either goes back into gaseous nitrogen or some of it leaches,” he said. And reducing that nitrogen loss will give you more bang for your buck when it comes time to purchase inputs. “If the nitrogen isn’t being lost, it’s available for your plants to use,” said Smith. “So the biggest impact is you

Rigas Karamanos

Nitrogen remains the most important nutrient for maximum crop yield, says agronomist Rigas Karamanos. PHOTO: SUPPLIED could get away with purchasing less nitrogen if you have less losses.” Producers apply a high rate of nitrogen knowing that the plant won’t be able to use it all, he said. “You have to apply that extra, but with more efficient use, you could apply less and save on your input costs,” said Smith. “If you could increase the efficiency — even to 60 per cent — at a typical nitrogen application rate, you could be looking at saving $7 to $10 an acre without impacting your crop yield.”

Reducing nitrogen loss

But how can producers prevent these nitrogen losses in the soil? The first step is to deep band the nitrogen — or place the nitrogen at least three inches deep. “Deep banding fertilizer still remains the golden standard,” said Karamanos.

“But now what happens is we have people who want to go faster, so they shallow band. People are looking for operational efficiencies versus agronomic efficiencies.” Many farmers assume they’re home free as long as the nitrogen is in the soil — but that’s not always the case. “Although we still put fertilizer in the soil, shallow banding is not the same thing as deep banding,” he said. “Because it’s shallow banded, there’s not enough soil to prevent gaseous losses. Shallow banding does result in higher losses.” Secondly, if you’re going to shallow band or broadcast your nitrogen, consider using an enhancedefficiency product, like products with polymer coatings or nitrification inhibitors, Karamanos suggested. “It allows for increased uptake. That’s the key. And increased uptake means getting the same yield with less fertilizer or getting less losses,” he said. “If you have the means of reduc-

ing the conversion of ammonia to nitrate, you can also minimize the gaseous losses as well as the leaching losses. “That’s what nitrification inhibitors do.” And finally, producers need to adhere to the 4R nutrient stewardship principles — applying the right rate of the right nutrient source at the right time and the right place. “There’s not very much nutrient uptake at the early stages of the crop, so the crops need to have the nutrients at the right time — the time they require maximum uptake,” said Karamanos. “During the first two or three weeks, there is hardly any uptake happening, and that’s where most of the losses occur.” For wheat, about 75 per cent of nitrogen is taken in during the first quarter of the plant’s life, while maximum uptake in canola happens at the six-leaf stage, he said. “If the early supplies are not adequate, we run into issues, and the crops may not realize their maximum yield potential.” That starts with “knowing what’s in the soil beforehand,” said Smith. “If you already have quite a bit of nitrogen available in the soil, you may not need as much applied nitrogen, and if you continue to apply high amounts, you’re likely to have higher losses,” he said. “Targeting your nitrogen application to what the plants need and considering what’s available in the soil would be a good starting point, but there’s no silver bullet out there.”

Still watching the markets before finalizing your seeding plans? There are a number of factors affecting markets, and the challenge is filtering all the information, says provincial crop market analyst Neil Blue. “Rather than being caught up in day-to-day market chatter, most producers deal with the cropping decisions by considering some basics in addition to their own estimates of comparative margins above direct-cropping expenses,” said Blue. He recommends using a tool like AgriProfit$, which provides comparative cost and return forecasts for crops by Alberta soil zone. The online tool can be found at www.agriculture.alberta.ca (search for ‘crop economics.) — AAF

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Precision agriculture for your marketing plan As part of their marketing program for Canadian grain, Agriprocity targets food processors in emerging markets where they can’t grow their own grain By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Calgary

Agriprocity’s marketing model connects grain farmers directly with food processors around the world, said CEO Nicole Rogers. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

ou’ve heard of precision agriculture for growing your crop — but what about for selling it? “We like to think of our little company as precision ag from the marketing side,” said Nicole Rogers, CEO of Agriprocity. “We’re marketing more precisely and allowing those buyers to be more integrated.” Agriprocity was founded 18 months ago out of a desire to address food insecurity in places like the Middle East, said Rogers, who spoke at the Tactical Farming Conference in mid-February. “A really important part of these emerging markets is that they don’t grow anything. Being a Canadian living in Dubai, I got

a different perspective on food security,” said Rogers, who grew up on a farm in Canada. “I started Agriprocity with a view to commercialize strategies for food security and incorporate people who do good production and understand how to grow food into the supply chain in a better way.” Agriprocity does that by allowing farmers to produce “purposefully” for buyers. “It’s not a trading model. It’s not really about flipping a crop multiple times,” said Rogers. “Essentially, we go out into the world and find buyers. Our buyers are somebody who takes crop and transforms it into food. Our buyers are processors — somebody who cares deeply about that crop. “And then we go out into the world and find farms that want to produce purposefully.”

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This gives farmers a long-term buyer that “exists outside their own geography” — usually in countries that can’t grow their own crops. “We price based on a model that circumvents the commodity market and allow that farm to market-make — effectively uncommoditizing a portion of the farm by growing purposefully and strategically and with a view of some of the issues around food insecurity,” said Rogers. “A buyer who’s captive — who cares more and has less choice — is a better long-term partner for your overall marketing plan.” Agriprocity also finds partners to co-ordinate the logistics of transporting the grain. “You guys are farmers. You don’t want to deal with the headache of logistics,” she said. “So they work along the supply chain to get crop from here to there in a more strategic, wellthought-out way.” But the real benefit to producers is in the long-term security a marketing model like this offers, she said.

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“The main goal of our farms is that they want to have a steady buyer and a steady revenue stream,” she said. “The value to a farm is it has consistency — consistent revenue, consistent communication with a buyer, and consistent planning.” Many farmers believe that they can develop their own direct-marketing program, “and sometimes they can,” she said. “But it’s easier with a group. “Farmers need to market themselves really well, and we’re a vehicle to do that,” said Rogers. But in an increasingly competitive global market, it can be hard to differentiate Canadian grain that’s usually been blended by traders “to position it globally against all other grain,” she said. “Internationally, we think we have this unbelievable reputation — that people want our grain and people want to buy Canadian. Trust me, that is not always the case,” said Rogers. So Agriprocity shows buyers that blended grain “isn’t really what comes off a farm,” she said. “The buyers we go after are the buyers who care about that, and the buyer who cares about that actually has a customer who directly buys that output of what they’re processing,” she said. “For them, when they have an issue with supply, it’s devastating. They lose a customer. They lose a portion of their business. “That’s a better buyer for a Canadian farm.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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The low dollar won’t necessarily make this a banner year for local produce Cash-strapped produce consumers may go for ‘most bang for their buck’ in beleaguered Albertan economy

ome might think the low Canadian dollar might make 2016 a good year for local produce growers. Not necessarily, say two experts in the field. “The talk I’ve heard is that high food costs will normalize farmers’ markets or direct-market sales. These might have cost a little bit more before. Our cost of production is higher. That’s the reality of it,” said Rob Spencer, commercial horticultural specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Stettler. If the price of food is higher in the grocery store, consumers might decide to spend their money on local produce, since that money can have more of a direct impact in the local economy. “It’s not going to be the big difference between the low cost in the supermarket versus the high cost at the farmers’ market. It will be more comparable,” said Spencer. The profile of local food continues to rise. In a couple of months, Spencer will conduct a price survey for fruit and vegetable growers, and will get a read on what producers will be charging in the province. He’s curious to see whether producers will lower prices, keep them steady or raise them. “I’m not 100 per cent sure what will happen and I’m curious to see how that goes,” he said. Imports will continue to play a big role in Alberta, just because there is such a short growing season and a lot of produce can only be grown seasonally.

Exchange works both ways

Rod Bradshaw, a vegetable grower from Innisfail, has weathered the low Canadian dollar before. “On the sales side, it does make your potential gross a lot higher, but realistically, a lot of the stuff we do is based on U.S. pricing. So your inputs, your chemical, your fertilizers have a U.S.-based price in it,” said Bradshaw. “A lot of the food in our grocery stores is based on the U.S. price because lots of our food is coming through there and from there. There is always a U.S. dollar component to our food industry, but we have to remember that that is not the biggest component of what we are doing either,” he said. Bradshaw, who co-owns Beck Farms, knows a machinery representative who is charging $1.41 exchange rate because all the equipment is based in the United States.

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Input costs will be higher. Fuel costs are less of a component of vegetable growing, since many growers have moved to a reduced-till system. The only cost thing that might not be affected is in labour. Bradshaw, whose farm is one of five farms that co-operatively markets with the Innisfail Growers Co-op, isn’t sure if consumers will be willing to support local food if it ends up costing more. “In our group alone, we have talked about pricing and we’re very concerned about pricing, given the current economy in Alberta. Right now, from what I’m seeing in the news and a little bit of press that I’ve been reading, restaurants are suffering. But people seem to be buying food and treating themselves to a good meal at home,” he said. In tough times, consumers may try to get the most bang for their buck and choose not to support a higher-priced local grower. Certain items that were once popular may be considered luxury items, and people may choose to go without.

“It’s not going to be the big difference between the low cost in the supermarket versus the high cost at the farmers’ market. It will be more comparable.”

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Resistant flax could be on the market by 2020 The prospect of glyphosate-resistant flax has some producers fearing a second Day of the Triffids Raising the spectre of CDC Triffid — a transgenic variety that saw Canadian flax shut out of the European market — Rourke said introducing a new modified crop could again risk Canada’s access to overseas markets.

BY SHANNON VANRAES Staff / Winnipeg

ome Manitoba flax growers are expressing concern after learning a glyphosate-resistant flax variety is only a few years away from being market ready. Eric Fridfinnson of the Manitoba Flax Growers Association said the move towards herbicide-tolerant flax began several years ago and stemmed from a desire to increase yields, which hover around 22 bushels per acre in Manitoba. “We really feel that it would be a great benefit to flax to be able to use this technology,” said Fridfinnson. “We see a number of areas where it would be useful for breeders to be able to move their program more quickly and raise the genetic potential of flax.” In the spring of 2010, the Flax Council of Canada signed on with U.S. crop trait development firm Cibus to work on non-transgenic flax traits, providing significant funding for the company’s work. The Manitoba Flax Growers Association also contributed to the project, providing approximately $200,000 to the San Diegobased company over about four years. But after Cibus failed to meet various milestones, the council ended its arrangement with the company. “A year and a half ago it was not meeting the goals or steps that were set,” Fridfinnson said. “We felt we had to suspend the program, but it continued to work on it after that and we still have an agreement with it and have some ownership of the process.”

“The European Union has not decided yet whether or not it is going to consider this technology GMO.”

GMO or non-GMO?

Triffid flax was unfortunately named after a genetically modified outer-space creature that strikes people blind with its stinger. According to the Cibus website, glyphosate-resistant flax will be launched in the U.S. in 2019 and in Canada in 2020. Don Rourke raised the issue during Manitoba Flax Growers’ annual general meeting in Winnipeg earlier this month, which was held in conjunction with the annual Crop Connect conference. “Personally, I don’t want it,” he said. “I don’t think resistant flax is something we need.”

Fridfinnson was quick to point out that in the technical sense, he doesn’t believe the process used by Cibus is considered a genetic modification. “It is not a GMO technology, it’s gene editing, it’s mutagenisis,” he said. How the European Union defines the trait has yet to be ascertained. “The European Union has not decided yet, whether or not it is going to consider this technology GMO or not, however, it is the direction the industry is going,” said Rachel Evans, extension agronomist for the Flax Council of Canada. “In the traditional definition of a GMO you have a new trait going into a plant, what they are calling this technology is a ‘rewriting,’ and so it is highly technical in terms of the difference, but there is a difference.” Fridfinnson is optimistic that the public will understand the difference between the variety development techniques and accept herbicide-resistant flax. “I hope that consumers will give it a fair hearing and look at the benefits that it could provide.” Others were less confident. “We’re splitting hairs,” said Rourke. “It’s still glyphosate resistant.” In the future, Fridfinnson said the hope is that Cibus’s “Rapid Trait Development System” will allow for the development of other novel traits and new flax varieties.

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Glyphosate resistance was chosen as a starting point because the herbicide is well understood, widely available and inexpensive. “In terms of glyphosate, you get 12 farmers in a room and you will get 12 different opinions,” said Paul Dribnenki, a consultant who has worked with the flax council on yield improvement strategies. “I think glyphosate was a reasonable choice… the good thing about glyphosate right now is that the cost of glyphosate is really pretty low per acre, so it is certainly cost effective.” But whatever happens in the future, Evans said that market access will be at the forefront of the decision-making process. “I think I can probably speak for the flax council… to say that we are first and foremost interested in market acceptance, so we are continuing conversation with Cibus,” she said. “No one wants a repeat.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Controlled traffic farming system can improve soil moisture levels Once it’s in, a controlled traffic farming system can save time and money, improve yields, and reduce soil compaction By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Calgary

n dry years, every little bit of water in the soil helps — and that’s tough to find in heavily compacted soils. That’s where controlled traffic farming comes in. “The idea was to address the detrimental effects of compaction. We know our equipment keeps getting heavier and heavier, and we know we cover a fair amount of our field,” said Peter Gamache, project leader with Controlled Traffic Farming Alberta. “Depending on soil moisture conditions, about 80 per cent of the

damage from compaction occurs in the first pass.” With controlled traffic farming, farmers can “permanently separate crop and traffic zones,” said Gamache, who spoke at the Tactical Farming conference in midFebruary. “There’s places where we drive, and we don’t drive on the rest of the field,” he said. “And it’s permanent. We’re always going back to the same tracks with every implement we go into the field with.” Controlled traffic farming launched in 2011 with five farmers who wanted to “improve growing conditions and ultimately soil health,” said Gamache. Using

machinery with matching axle widths, farmers run their equipment on permanent “tramlines” that keep soil compaction to the traffic zones and away from the crops. The idea is to reduce compaction and solve the problems that come with it, like delayed emergence and maturity of the crop in wheel tracks, said Gamache. “Once you start looking, it’s pretty easy to see the damage from wheel tracks,” he said. “It’s one of those random things that may impact yield.” In Australia, where controlled traffic farming is more common, farmers have seen yield increases of between 10 to 15 per cent, as well as reduced fuel consumption, T:10.25”

improved water infiltration, and increased water use efficiency. And so far in Alberta, controlled traffic farming has opened up “a lot of opportunities” for the eight farmers across Alberta who are now working with it. “We’ve certainly seen a trend. Infiltration has been better almost all the time on the controlled traffic sites,” said Gamache. But despite some of the benefits Gamache has seen with controlled traffic farming in Alberta, the practice hasn’t caught on among producers, largely due to the amount of work it takes to set the system up. “Initially, the guys had a lot of work in terms of management and development of controlled traffic

farming. It was a pile of work,” said Gamache. “But once they got rolling, the system works great.” And though controlled traffic farming is “a fairly rigid system,” it’s also “very resilient,” he said. “It reduces randomness. We don’t often have a lot of random things that happen. So it’s given us a way to sort of manage risks,” said Gamache. “We’re not saying you can’t do that in a random traffic system. What we’re saying is that controlled traffic makes it that much easier and more accurate to do for best crop management.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Why Canola Growers Association books are closed Rick White says the books can be seen by the association’s farmer directors BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff / Winnipeg

dministering cash advances is a competitive business, which is why farmers can’t take a look at the Canadian Canola Growers Association’s (CCGA) books, the organization’s CEO says. Rick White told the recent Manitoba Canola Growers Association annual meeting that the CCGA handles more than a billion dollars a year, but unlike other producer groups, only farmer-elected board members can review its financial statements. “We have significant commercial and competitive business sensitivities,” White said, noting he had heard “through the grapevine,” farmers were asking questions about the lack of transparency. “When you’re talking that big of a (cash advance) program there are tre-

CCGA CEO Rick White says lenders don’t want their terms shared with their competition. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

mendous business sensitivities. And that is why we don’t disclose our full financial statements to the public.” Farmers from the Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia canola associations make up its 10-member board. “There is full disclosure and full discussion,” White said, “so there is a lot of internal transparency.” The CCGA was formed in 1984 by the western Canadian canola grower associations to give canola farmers access to cash advances under the Advanced Payment Program operated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). Today the CCGA is one of 50 organizations in the cash advance business for canola as well as a long list of other crops and livestock. The CCGA issues about 11,000 advances of up to $400,000, totalling as much as $1.6 billion annually. Farmers pay back the advances when they sell their produce. The first $100,000 is interest free and the rest at a low interest rate.

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While the federal government guarantees the advances, it doesn’t provide the money; the CCGA borrows it from commercial lenders. White said because CCGA is lending more than a billion dollars a year it borrows from three banks — CIBC, Rabobank and BMO. Neither the lenders nor the CCGA want the terms of the loans, including interest rates, disclosed for competitive reasons.

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“We do compete with other administrators of the program, but probably more importantly we compete with the banks, credit unions, FCC (Farm Credit Canada) and input supply dealers,” White said. However, White did share some financial information about the CCGA, which also develops policy on behalf of canola growers and lobbies for them nationally and internationally. The CCGA, which represents 43,000 canola growers, has 60 employees, many of whom work on cash advances. The CCGA’s annual payroll is $3 million, with an operating budget of $15 million and a net worth as of $20.3 million March 31, 2015. The CCGA charges farmers $150 per cash advance application, which “is below the cost,” White said. “We extract earnings from discounts on borrowing rates we negotiate with the banks and these earnings are created by the value of CCGA operations and it is this newly created value that is captured by CCGA on behalf of you the farmers we represent,” he added. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Prevention is the best cure when managing greenhouse pests Greenhouse crop growers need to start with clean cuttings, prevent infestations, and monitor pest levels to guarantee a successful biocontrol program BY JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Lacombe

or greenhouse crop growers, moving away from chemical pest control to biological controls can be a big investment — but one that’s worth it, if done right. “You have to change your mindset from pesticides to biocontrol,” said Veronica Cervantes, technical adviser at Biobest USA. “The first year you start your biocontrol program is the toughest one. It’s what we call the transition year. It’s the most expensive year and the most challenging one.” But growers can make the first year easier by building a successful biocontrol program — one that uses beneficial bugs, or ‘bios’ — right from the get-go, Cervantes said at a recent Integrated Pest Management Day hosted by Biobest.

thing you can do. It’s like buying insurance.” And one of the easiest ways to do that is by hanging sticky cards or rolls before an infestation occurs. “Mass trapping is something we normally do at the very end, when things are out of control and we have a high infestation,” she said. “But I think it’s worth it to start right away with mass trapping, especially if you’re at propagation. That’s a time when we don’t have a lot of beneficials running around.” In the case of fungus gnat — “which isn’t a very prolific bug” — females can lay about 150 eggs, a relatively low number compared to other insect pests. “If we hang up sticky rolls and catch 100 fungus gnat females —

preventing those females from laying eggs — and multiply 100 by 150, we would be preventing 15,000 new individuals in your crop. That’s just the first generation,” said Cervantes. In the second generation, that number could climb to over one million fungus gnats — “in just six weeks.” “And all you needed to do to prevent that was collect the first fungus gnats that were there,” she said. If growers are proactive at the beginning of their crop cycle and introduce beneficial insects then, “you’re going to give the bios a chance to establish in your crop” within those two generations. “Even if there are some escapees, they’re going to have a warrior giving battle in your crop. But you’re

not going to have that at the very beginning.” And finally, producers need to monitor their traps to make sure their biocontrol measures are working. “Monitoring should be a key part of any pest control program, whether it’s biological or conventional,” said Cervantes. Growers should be using their traps as “sentinels,” she said. “Monitoring encompasses two things — what you can trap on the traps and what you will have to do visually.” Normally, Cervantes recommends 10 traps for every acre as a minimum, but growers can get away with fewer if they commit to monitoring more.

“I’d rather have you putting fewer traps and monitoring them and having a ton and not doing anything with them,” she said. And if you’re going to be using traps to count pest populations, it’s good to keep a record. “Once you’ve got a record for a couple of years, you know roughly that your aphids pop up around March or that your thrips will come out in February. Year after year, you’ll know which are your most susceptible crops,” said Cervantes. “It will allow you to anticipate the pest pressure and do something about it.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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The first step is to “start clean.” “Clean propagated material is key,” she said. “This is a very difficult thing because a lot of the stuff that you bring into your greenhouses is propagated by someone else. You don’t have a lot of control over what’s going on there.” Many plant propagators say they have “zero tolerance” for pests in their cuttings — but “how realistic is that?” Not very, as it turns out. In a study conducted at the University of Guelph, researchers found that thrips were coming into the greenhouse with chrysanthemum cuttings — even though the cuttings looked clean during a visual inspection. “They’re hitchhikers,” said Cervantes. “They come in with the cuttings, and they’ll start to reinfest your greenhouse. It doesn’t matter how much you clean up your greenhouse, the pests will be coming from somewhere else.” So in most cases, a clean cutting is one that comes with “low pest pressure.” “We know it’s going to be coming with something,” she said. “If your cuttings come with some pests but no residues, we can still continue to move forward with a bioprogram, because what we’re going to be releasing afterwards is not going to be dying due to those chemical residues.”

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Prairie wheat growers wanted to assist in gluten strength study Farmers can get some valuable data about their wheat, and potentially help boost returns for the whole class BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

cientists investigating the effect weather, agronomics and genotype have on milling wheat quality are appealing to farmers across the Prairies to participate in their study. The goal is to improve the quantity, quality and consistency of Canada Western Canadian Red Spring (CWRS) wheat and in so doing increase returns to farmers. In return participating farmers will get a report on the quality of the wheat samples they submit, plus a summary of all the results. To start, all farmers have to do is fill out a questionnaire at https:// gallery.mailchimp.com/27cae5 e519b4ca3a17694555e/files/SP5_ Questionnaire_for_Farmers.pdf and email it to glutenstrength@ umanitoba.ca. University of Manitoba cereal chemist Harry Sapirstein and agro-meteorologist Paul Bullock are investigating nine CWRS wheats: Glenn, Stanley, Utmost, Carberry, Brandon, Cardale, Stettler, Unity and Harvest. “What we are hoping to see is about 100 farmers for each variety respond so we can pick the 50 that are most widely distributed for each variety,” Sapirstein said in an interview. Selected farmers will receive a package containing background information about the project, an information sheet to fill out and a pre-labelled sample container for shipping at no cost. Farmers will submit two kilograms of wheat representative of the field on which it was grown.

“I think that part of the brand (consistency) continues to be tainted a bit.” Harry Sapirstein University of Manitoba

“That will tell an interesting story in how much variation grain companies see when farmers deliver to their elevators,” Sapirstein said.

Customer concerns

The research was sparked by Canadian wheat customers who complained several years ago some shipments of Canada’s top-quality CWRS class wheat had weaker and more variable dough strength than normal. “From what I hear (now) from my miller colleagues they are seeing quite a lot of variability shipment to shipment from Western Canada whether their mills are in Eastern Canada or in Western Canada,” Sapirstein said. “This variability aspect of quality is not going away any time soon. “I think that part of the brand continues to be tainted a bit.” Researchers have already identified that some CWRS wheats are on the low end of the acceptable range for gluten strength and some years weather conditions make it even worse.

Prairie farmers are being urged to help researchers understand how weather and genotype affect the quality and consistency of Canada’s premier Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS). pHOTO: thINKSTOCK Weather has a big impact on wheat quality, Bullock said. The grading and handling system can smooth quality variations but the trend to fewer, bigger elevators has resulted in less blending. “The whole grain-handling system has moved to larger centralized points,” Bullock said. “The level of blending logistically has dropped. Now there is greater opportunity where regional difference in environment can actually cause greater variation in things like bread-making quality between shipments.” In addition, wheat enters the handling system differently since the Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk ended in 2012. Then wheats of varying grades and protein were contracted and delivered throughout the year. Now farmers can deliver all their wheat at once if they choose to. “Now it could all go into a 100car train… and shipment to shipment you have a lot more variability now in principle than what was happening under a delivery quota system,” Sapirstein said. “It’s very different grain-handling logistics now than in the past.” Sapirstein and Bullock suspect some wheat varieties produce more consistent quality than others, despite variable growing conditions. For example, does Glenn, known for its strong gluten strength, retain that strength better when the weather is poor compared to Harvest, which has weaker strength? “This will be information that is valid in the short term and the long term moving forward,” he said. The project is funded through a combination of public and farmer funds. Farmer money comes through the Western Grains Research Foundation, Alberta Wheat Commission, Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association. For more information email Sapirstein at Harry.Sapirstein@ umanitoba.ca or Bullock at Paul. Bullock@umanitoba.ca.

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PBR breach cost seed grower $150,000 It’s a record settlement for SeCan stemming from a breach of its plant breeders’ rights BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

Saskatchewan seed grower will pay $150,000 to SeCan — the largest penalty in the seed company’s history — for breaching SeCan’s plant breeders’ rights (PBR). In addition, Harvey Marcil of Pasqua Farms near Moose Jaw, Sask., has agreed to stop making unauthorized seed sales and was expelled from SeCan’s membership, Todd Hyra, SeCan’s business manager for Western Canada said in an interview. The previous highest settlement for unauthorized seed sales of SeCan varieties was $120,000 in 2013. “By enforcing (PBR) and letting people know that we’re enforcing we’re sending two messages,” Hyra said. “One is that if they are going to infringe we’ll do our best to catch them. But more importantly we want to let our plant breeders know that if they are willing to invest in Canada that we will do our best to support their

efforts and ensure they get paid for their innovation. “Whether they are university scientists or a private breeder from another part of the world we want to make sure that they feel their intellectual property is protected.” The settlement relates to unauthorized sales of SeCan’s PBR protected varieties of CDC Bethune flax and AC Strongfield durum. What makes the breach even more troublesome is Marcil is a seed grower and was a SeCan member, Hyra said. “When someone has demonstrated they know the rules and is willing to break them then we need to make sure we show we are willing to enforce and protect our plant breeders’ rights seriously,” he said. Moreover, Marcil’s unauthorized sales of flaxseed could have compromised efforts to flush Triffid-contaminated flaxseed from the system, Hyra said. In 2012 reconstituted Triffid-free flaxseed was released. “All SeCan members agreed to switch over to the new seed stocks

“The big change under PBR ’91 (all varieties granted PBR protection after February 27, 2015) is that everyone associated with an illegal sale is potentially liable. This includes the seller, processor, and the individual who buys the seed.” Todd Hyra SeCan

and get rid of all past seed stocks,” Hyra said. “Someone selling old stock could’ve caused harm and prolonged the issue for us.” When SeCan’s rights are breached it seeks to get what it’s owed in royalties, plus other costs, including legal fees, Hyra said. SeCan started its investigation into Marcil’s activities in January 2014. Hyra said he couldn’t recall how SeCan learned of the breaches. Sometimes it follows up on tips or comes across advertisements for seed sales.

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In this case both varieties were protected under the previous UPOV ’78 international protection protocol. However, new rules apply to varieties protected under UPOV ’91, which took effect last year. “Previously only the seller was liable for an illegal sale,” Hyra said in a news release. “The big change under PBR ’91 (all varieties granted PBR protection after February 27, 2015) is that everyone associated with an illegal sale is potentially

liable. This includes the seller, processor, and the individual who buys the seed. Grain handlers can also be held responsible, as rights extend to the harvested material.” When farmers legally buy certified seed protected under plant breeders’ rights they are allowed to save seed grown from the crop produced from that original seed purchase to grow again on their farm. However, they aren’t allowed to sell that seed to other farmers to grow. SeCan expects to announce settlements involving about 20 other breeders’ rights breaches in the next week or two, Hyra said. In the meantime, as many cases again are still under investigation. “We’re not out to trap people,” he said. “We always want to ensure they know the rules. One of our first steps is to ensure that those who look like they are breaking the rules have an understanding. So when a second occurrence comes around we take a very different tact in terms of how we pursue them.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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China’s state grain reserves are closely monitored by the world market as large sales could dent demand for imports of corn as well as corn substitutes. China is the largest buyer of such products. “Prices could be very low given the quality of the corn from as early as the 2011-12 harvest,” said one of the sources, who all declined to be identified. “The quality may not be suitable for animal feed production,” added the source, saying the price could be below 1,500 yuan (US$229.89) per tonne. Beijing is holding about 10 million tonnes of aging corn that has been stored for more than three years, according to an estimate by Shanghai JC Intelligence Co. Ltd.

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Protein-rich Dow canola to be adapted for France French oilseed firm Avril will develop the Canadian product for winter seeding Paris/Reuters

rench oilseed producer Avril is partnering with Dow AgroSciences to develop protein-rich rapeseed. The deal will be based on non-genetically modified seed technology developed by Dow AgroSciences in Canada, which boosts protein content by 20 per cent, said Avril’s deputy director general Michel Boucly.

“Dow has developed a canola with the same level of oil but enriched with protein and it is launching it on the Canadian market in 2016. We are not pleased at all because it is our competitor so we negotiated (…) an exclusive licence deal to develop this technology for French producers,” he said. Dow’s canola will be adapted to be cultivated in the winter as virtually all other rapeseed in France. It will then be made available for seed makers. The

new seeds will not be available until 2025. Boucly noted the protein would be non-GMO as opposed to imported soybean. GMOs are controversial in Europe, notably in France. Avril, which is owned by oilseed crop growers, declined to give financial details of the partnership, but said it would contribute to Dow’s research through its financial arm Sofiproteol. “The idea is that there be

more protein from France and less imported,” Avril director general Jean-Philippe Puig said. Avril produces biodiesel, vegetable oil, oleochemical solutions, animal feed and other food products such as eggs. It sees the protein market as the one with the most potential with a deficit estimated at 58 million tonnes in 2030. “By 2030, vegetable protein demand will be 15 per cent

higher than offer,” Boucly said, pointing to people in emerging economies eating more meat as well as higher demand in developed countries. Avril had sales of 6.1 billion euros (C$9.4 billion) in 2015, down five per cent from 2014, due mainly to a slump in crude oil prices which affected its biofuels activities, lower feed demand from a declining livestock sector and difficulties in passing on higher vegetable oil prices to supermarkets.

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Sinking prices, soaring inventories plague U.S. ethanol Unusually, ethanol has been trading at a premium to gasoline for months BY CHRIS PRENTICE New Orleans/Reuters

.S. ethanol producers and traders are bracing for a bleak spring as sinking prices and record inventories punish margins, forcing some companies to suspend loss-making output and extend maintenance. One of the only glimmers of hope is the export market, but conditions will get worse before the summer driving season starts, boosting demand and helping to erode stockpiles and bolster razor-thin margins. “We need the exports to balance this market,” Mark Fisler, managing director at Ocean Park Advisors, said at the recent Renewable Fuels Association conference. He noted that if ethanol producers keep pumping out fuel at the same levels seen in January, production will swell to over 15 billion gallons, about 800 million gallons more than needed. One trader said the market’s “in trouble” without demand from China. Stocks are likely to hit fresh records, executives said, pushing margins to, or below, break-even costs for many producers and forcing some of the majors such as Green Plains Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland to slow output. Inventories reached a record 23 million

barrels in the week ended Feb. 5, but could go even higher before plants began to shut down in late March for maintenance and warm weather draws drivers back to the road. A second trader said conditions are worse than last year and predicted producers will extend maintenance this year in order to slow down fresh supplies. Ethanol prices have been under pressure from a plunge in crude oil and gasoline prices, while corn prices remain relatively stable. The biofuel has been trading at a rare premium to gasoline for months, sparking worry that fuel companies will only use the volumes of ethanol and other renewable fuels required to meet government mandates. One producer said that domestic sales of E85, a fuel comprised mostly of ethanol, have slowed due to cheap gas prices. That puts increasing pressure on producers to move excess supplies offshore. The U.S. Department of Commerce will lead a trade mission to Mexico in a few months. Demand has also been growing in countries in Asia, such as the Philippines. Traders said exports to China jumped last month, but since then, business has A pump shows the prices for various ethanol blends at a gas station in Nevada, Iowa in May slowed. Hopes of a jump in exports is 2015. Rising inventories of ethanol are now likely to push margins to, or below, break-even costs for many U.S. producers. Photo: “grasping at straws,” said anSEC-CAR-16-T_AFEx_SEC-CAR-16-T_AFEx.qxd analyst. 2016-01-06 8:01 PMReuters/Jim Page 1 Young

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U.S. farmers kick tires but hang on to cheques Tough times for farmers mean tough times for farm machinery manufacturers BY MEREDITH DAVIS Louisville / Reuters

People look at Deere equipment as they attend the National Farm Machinery show in Louisville, Kentucky, February 11, 2016. With U.S. farmers bracing for a third year of declining incomes, many have said they cannot afford upgrades. Photo: Reuters

athan Applebee’s family in Seneca, Illinois has farmed using John Deere equipment since the 1930s. The family still owns his greatgrandfather’s 1938 Model A, one of the first row-crop tractors. All the equipment down to the lawn mower on the Applebee farm comes in Deere & Co.’s signature green. This year, though, he said his loyalty will not translate into any purchases of new Deere equipment. “I have what I need,” Applebee, 32, said after checking out a $355,000 Deere 8345 R tractor, with a 34-horsepower engine, and the latest in digital connectivity to enable precision planting. Features include connections to Internet cloud servers, additional display monitors for tractor functions and auto steer.

With U.S. farmers bracing for a third year of declining incomes, many have said they cannot afford those upgrades. The Department of Agriculture has estimated U.S. net farm income will be $54.8 billion in 2016, down nearly 55 per cent from 2013. That means tough times for Deere & Co. and rivals AGCO Corp., CNH Industrial NV and Claas KGaA mbH. Deere & Co. cut its fiscal-year sales and profit outlook and reported lower quarterly earnings on Feb. 19. It said it now expected farming and construction equipment sales to fall 10 per cent in the year ending in October, compared with an earlier forecast of a seven per cent decline.

It is not worth it to me. I don’t think John Deere knows the price of corn is $3.”

Jon Soeller farmer

The reasons for the slump were evident last week among farmers at the recent National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Deere’s new tractors are marvels compared to the 1938 Model A that Applebee’s greatgrandfather rode, with its 25-horsepower engine, fourspeed transmission and 14-gallon fuel tank. Deere’s new tractors have inputs for iPads and can be outfitted with receivers to guide global positioning systems (GPS) aiding precise placement of seeds, fertilizers or pesticides. The GPS receivers cost from $3,000 to $12,000 or more. Deere and rivals have kept technology investments a priority even as revenue and net income have fallen. But some farmers said the high-tech gear is out of reach. Jon Soeller, 40, bought a new John Deere planter in 2014 for his family farm in Ripon, Wisconsin. He estimates it would cost him $90,000 to $100,000 to upgrade with a John Deere ExactEmerge retrofit kit that would allow him to plant faster and more precisely. “It is not worth it to me. I don’t think John Deere knows the price of corn is $3,” Soeller said. His father will instead buy a new grain bin to store crops in hopes that prices rise.

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AIR TANK/CART Bourgault 3225, ............................. $13,500 2013 Bourgault 3320/L6550, ...... $289,000 2001 Bourgault 5440, ................... $39,900 2012 Bourgault 6450, ................. $125,000 2010 Bourgault 6450, ................. $108,000 2009 Bourgault L6550, ............... $105,000 2011 Bourgault L6550, ............... $105,000 2009 Bourgault L6550, ............... $105,000 2007 CIHATX700/3430, ................ $79,000 1995 Flexi-Coil 2320, ................... $13,500

BALER/ROUND 2004 CIHRBX562, 12,600 Bales ... $13,800 2009 NH BR7090, ........................ $29,800 2003 NH BR780, ............................ $7,900 2005 NH BR780, .......................... $13,500 2003 NH BR780, .......................... $11,800 2006 NH BR780A, ........................ $14,500 2011 NH BR7090, ......................... $26,000

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2003 Flexi-Coil S67, ..................... $19,500 2011 Bourgault 7200, , 84’ ............ $47,000 2008 NH SF115, ........................... $24,900 Bourgault 7200, 72’, 2500 acres .... $44,000 SPRAYER/HIGH CLEARANCE 1995 Degelman 7000, 70’ ............. $24,800 2008 CIHPatriot 3320, Eng Hrs: 2010 Riteway 8100, 78’ ................. $33,000 3030 ........................................ $148,000

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Water management seen halving global food deficit Scientists see potential to boost crop yields through improved water systems BY ASTRID ZWEYNERT

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nvesting in agricultural water management could substantially reduce hunger while limiting some of the harmful effects of climate change on crop yields, says a new study. Scientists investigated the potential for producing more food with the same amount of water by optimizing rain use and irrigation. As global warming is expected to worsen droughts and change rainfall patterns, water availability becomes even more crucial in reducing threats to the global food supply. “Smart water use can boost agricultural production — we’ve in fact been surprised to see such sizable effects at the global level,” said Jonas Jägermeyr from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the study’s lead author. “It turns out that crop water management is a largely underrated approach to reduce undernourishment and increase climate resilience of smallholders,” he said. In the most ambitious scenario, global calorie production could rise by 40 per cent, halving the global food deficit by 2050, even though the world’s population is forecast to reach 9.7 billion people by then, up from 7.3 billion now. Even in less ambitious scenarios, the results show that integrated crop water management could make a crucial contribution to filling the plates of the poor, Jägermeyr said. Using computer simulations, the scientists investigated different water management options, from low-tech solutions such as collecting rainwater in cisterns to mulching and industrial-scale drip irrigation. The potential for yield increases through crop water management is particularly large in waterscarce regions in China, Australia, the western U.S., Mexico and South Africa, the study found. “Water management is key for tackling the urgent global sustainability challenge,” said Johan Rockström, co-author of the study and director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre. But in a business-as-usual scenario — if greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels are not reduced at all — water management will clearly not suffice to outweigh the negative effects of climate change, the study said.

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Fertilizer too risky for grain traders Cargill, Dreyfus, Bunge and ADM are getting out of the business in some areas BY TOM POLANSEK / REUTERS

sharp drop in crop prices has the world’s biggest grain traders further distancing themselves from the global fertilizer business to reduce risk. Cargill Inc. on Feb. 18 said it will stop selling fertilizer, along with crop chemicals and seeds, to farmers in Central and Eastern Europe by the end of May, its latest cutback after beginning a restructuring last year. Rival Louis Dreyfus Commodities, which is one of the largest fertilizer distributors in West Africa and works extensively in South America, has already sought buyers for its crop nutrients unit. The retreat comes as traders have been squeezed by falling crop prices linked to large global harvests and faltering growth in major commodity markets including Brazil and China. The fertilizer sector is offering thin margins as nutrient prices also have dropped, and holding inventories is risky. “I think most of the commodity merchandising companies will get out of this, just because of the price exposure,” John Rogers, a senior vice-president for Moody’s Investors Service in New York, said about the fertilizer business. An index of U.S. fertilizer prices tracked by industry publication Green Markets has dropped by about 45 per cent from three years ago, while prices for corn futures are down by half over that time.

Volatility in the fertilizer market has made it harder for companies whose main business is buying and selling grain to manage inventories and risk, analysts said.

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“It’s a tough business,” said Glen Buckley, partner for U.S.based NPK Fertilizer Advisory Service. “Why would they want to be in it?” he said about grain companies. “It’s not their area of expertise.” Global traders have already pared their holdings. In 2011, Cargill spun off its $24-billion majority stake in Mosaic Co., the world’s largest producer of finished phosphate products. In 2013, Bunge Ltd. sold its stake in a Moroccan fertilizer company to OCP Group, which already owned half the company. Bunge also sold Brazilian fertilization operations to Yara International for $750 million. In 2014, Mosaic bought Archer Daniels Midland Co.’s South American fertilizer business.

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A series of upcoming workshops will provide fresh market potato growers with information on current and up-and-coming diseases and pests in the province. “Participants will receive information on the importance, impact and management of a number of disease/pest issues in Alberta, including late blight, potato psyllid/zebra chip, fusarium dry rot and blackleg and several skin diseases,” said provincial horticulture specialist Rob Spencer. Each farm operation will receive a free copy of the manual Potato Field Guide. To register for one of the three free workshops — in Lethbridge (March 1), Lacombe (March 2) or Leduc (March 3) — call 1-800-387-6030. — AAF

The province is putting on four beginner beekeeping workshops, two intermediate ones, and two on farm food safety and biosecurity workshops. “These workshops are designed for new entrants as well as experienced beekeepers by providing up-to-date information on better management practices from start to setup,” he says. Workshop speakers include provincial apiculturist Medhat Nasr, apiculture technologist Samantha Muirhead, apiculture technologist at Alberta Agriculture, farm food safety specialist Pramod Kumar, and beekeepers Tom Hegan and Tracey Smith. For more info, visit www.albertabeekeepers.org. — AAF

HEARTLAND Reducing agriculture’s carbon footprint by focusing on soil Storing water where it falls is another area where agriculture should do a better job BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff / Brandon, Man.

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as shown great improvement, but needs to do better.” That’s David Rourke’s report card on progress to improve soil health on the Prairies. “We will need to look at minimizing soil disturbance, more plant diversity and keeping something growing on our land from snow to snow,” the Manitoba producer said at a recent conference here. Improving soil health will reduce dependence on chemical applications, and improve fertility and water retention, he said. As well as farming, Rourke operates AgQuest, a company that provides research in product and fertilizer efficiency, variety development and environmental trials. Rourke’s presentation addressed climate change, agriculture’s contribution to the national carbon footprint and the need to prevent the 2 C rise in global temperatures that has been predicted by climate scientists. “Climate change is a serious global problem and it is getting worse,” said Rourke. “We are in a country where we have the opportunity to try and salvage what we can or we can continue as status quo and we will run into major problems.” He said he’s seen the agriculture industry come a long way in reducing its environmental impact during the 36 years he’s been farming, and believes it can continue to be at the forefront of environmental stewardship. “We have reduced tillage, implemented continuous cropping, diverse rotations; we have made energy-efficiency gains in tractors, trucks and combines, we use the four Rs in fertilizer practice to make those as efficient as we can, we have superior genetics, and a lot of our farms use precision placement,” Rourke said. But despite the improvements there are still salinity problems, a decline in organic matter and many water-management problems. “Regardless of the global climate change, I think we have issues we aren’t addressing. We are not storing enough water where it falls and that is causing erosion issues, flooding, and road wipeouts.”

Zero till not the answer

Rourke did his master’s degree on zero-till practices, but said after years of farming he has seen that zero till doesn’t hold all of the answers. “We all scratch our heads because we thought that organic matter would increase as soon as we started zero tilling and problem solved,” said Rourke. “But, I believe this isn’t happening as quickly as we thought because we are not using enough of the growing season compared to what Mother Nature would have.” Along with zero-till practices, Rourke says there is a need to have complete soil cover at all times of the year to promote microbial bacteria growth.

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“Any time you don’t have plant growth, the soil goes backwards. We have a huge challenge and a huge opportunity to figure out how to use that entire growing season, from snow to snow.” David Rourke

“In our system we are probably only using about 80 to 90 days of actual active growth and that doesn’t feed the soil microbes as long as it needs to. We are cutting the food supply off by about half,” he said. Cover crops, companion crops, longer-season crops, and perennial crops, are the things

that are what is going to make the difference in terms of soil organic matter, he suggested. “Any time you don’t have plant growth, the soil goes backwards. We have a huge challenge and a huge opportunity to figure out how to use that entire growing season, from snow to snow.” Rourke said pasturing livestock is an ideal way to increase soil’s organic matter because you can grow a cover crop for the full season, then graze until spring, never leaving the ground uncovered. “We as producers have a choice right now. We can either go on this route that is not going to be good for our great-greatgrandchildren, or we can make some changes,” Rourke said. “As we move down this road, I think it offers us a new focus on soil health and I think that we need to keep our minds open and use every tool that we can. We will innovate with the best and I think there is opportunity to turn this around.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

Zero till has been a big step forward, but it doesn’t address every soil health issue, says David Rourke. Photo: JENNIFER PAIGE

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Income support programs not working for farmers

Credit demand rises in U.S. farm economy as incomes fall

But they are being helped by the low Canadian dollar By Alex Binkley AF contributor

griStability and AgriInvest, two key government programs to support farmers during periods of low prices, don’t do the job and many producers have dropped out of them, say Ontario and Quebec farm leaders. “Canadian farmers are asking governments to revisit our risk management programs,” Markus Haerle, vice-chair, Grain Farmers of Ontario, told the Senate agriculture committee, which is studying international market access priorities for the Canadian agriculture and food sector. “At this time, those programs do not work for grain and oilseed farmers.” The programs are needed for the years when market prices drop to or below the cost of production, he added. “In the past, we had good programs. They were eliminated because there weren’t enough dollars to cover them off.

“However, now we are basically like program where the farmer at the point where we really have to and governments make annual take a look at them closely because contributions. The money should it is hurting all aspects of agricul- be readily accessible during bad ture, not just grain and oilseeds. years. The current programs It’s flowing down the line. Even require farmers to prove “such a animal production is being hurt huge loss that you will never touch by this.” it because then it becomes a nuiWilliam Van Tassel, first vice- sance. president of Quebec Grain Pro“We have seen multiple farmers ducers, said farmers were pro- in Ontario dropping out of AgriStatected by high grain prices over the bility because they never touched past three years so the programs any dollars, and they paid into weren’t needed. it, because the trigger points are While farmers are currently not where they should be. Make benefiting from low value of the it worthwhile for someone to be Canadian dollar in terms of sales, in it.” “our inputs are going up, such as Van Tassel also called for a the costs of fertilizer and imported reverse of the cuts to public agriproducts,” he said. culture research. “We have really “All we ask for, and what I would good public researchers in Ottawa ask for here, is that we can be a bit but they are fewer than there used more competitive with our neigh- to be.” Better crop varieties would bours; and AgriStability does not go a long way to keeping Canadian make us competitive,” he said. farmers internationally competiAgriInvest “helps more when the tive. prices are good,” he said. “I don’t Haerle said, “It’s important that B:8.125” believe it’s a good program.” Canada recommit to having an Haerle called for an insuranceactive and significant role in plant T:8.125”

breeding. As regards exports, many countries have, for example, very low tolerances for certain toxins that are products of fungi that infest crops, especially corn and wheat. We need to develop plantbreeding programs of grain varieties that are much more resistant to these fungi.” Van Tassel also urged the federal government to improve its program of countervailing duties on products being dumped in Canada. Ontario and Quebec farm groups launched a case against American corn in the past. “It cost our two organizations a fortune and didn’t last any time. The legal bill was $3 million. He also wants governments to make science the priority in regulatory decisions. “Not like what they have in Ontario, cutting out the neonics pesticides, which is coming in my province, also. You have to have decisions based on science, not based on the Sierra Club placing social pressure on them.”

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The outlook for 2016: not good, but not a disaster FCC’s chief economist sees things improving for feedlot operators by the end of the year BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff / Brandon, Man.

harpen your pencils for the coming year, says the chief economist for Farm Credit Canada. “We all know that we are in a sluggish economic environment. It is not going to be a good year but it won’t be a disastrous year,” J.P. Gervais told FCC’s Ag Outlook 2016 event here Feb. 9. “In a world of tight profit margins, farm management skills are going to become even more important.” A continued oil slump, the low Canadian dollar and consumer debt levels will all affect producers’ bottom line in the coming year. “We are starting to see the low Canadian dollar having an effect,” Gervais said. “I don’t think that the sky is falling for us but overall I think it is important to know that the economy is not doing that well. We have seen downward pressure on the Canadian dollar. I do believe that we will see the dollar above 70 cents by the end of the year, but not above 75 cents.” Gervais said that while Canadian farmers may be struggling with

Feedlots will have the tightest margins but Gervais notes feedlot operators should see some improvement near the end of the year. “There is a tough start to the year for the feedlot but the outlook turns more positive as we move into 2017,” he said. “We are not looking at significant losses but it will certainly be a difficult time at the beginning of the year.”

Management skill essential

In order to maintain revenue, Gervais advises producers to focus on tight management practices and aim for small improvements. “If you are able to make small improvements in different areas throughout your farm you can make great impacts on your bottom line,” said Gervais.

“Foreign demand is absolutely important and the landscape of the global market is actually very good for us.”

He said that rather than shooting for large improvements in specific areas, farmers should aim to implement the five per cent rule, which involves making consistent incremental improvements in different areas. “For example, say canola is at $10, you yield 40 bushels an acre and have $350 input costs. You will be profiting $50,” said Gervais. “If you are able to improve your marketing by five per cent, increase yields by five per cent and cut costs by just five per cent, you would be looking at $10.50 for canola, yielding 42 bushels an acre and have lowered your costs to $333, giving you a profit of $108 per acre.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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debt, Canadian households are even worse off. “Consumers are carrying a lot of debt. On average if you look at debt, it is growing at a faster pace than disposable income,” said Gervais. However, the coming year could still hold a profit for some as the Canadian agriculture industry is well positioned globally and foreign demand is healthy. “Foreign demand is absolutely important and the landscape of the global market is actually very good for us,” said Gervais.

Sector specifics

Gervais said the commodity sector should see consistent revenues but he warned producers to keep a close eye on the cost of inputs purchased in the U.S. In the hog industry, Gervais expects a positive outlook for 2016, saying this year may even be the year for expansion in Manitoba. “I think that the outlook is much better in 2016 than it was in 2015 for hog producers. Because of China exports and the U.S. is slowing its expansion, if you look at margins, you are looking at some good profitability,” he said. Cow-calf producers won’t see a year as good as the past few, but Gervais expects revenues will remain at or above the break-even mark. “But the cost of labour for the operator is included in those margins so breaking even is not necessarily a bad thing.”

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Oilpatch slowdown steers up couple back to farming Kelly Hansen thought he had put farming behind him, but he and wife Jocelyn have been drawn back to the land AF STAFF

March 1: FCC Ag Outlook 2016, Pomeroy Hotel & Convention Centre, Grande Prairie (also March 3 in Edmonton). Contact: Farm Credit Canada 1-888-332-3301 March 1: Potato Health Management for Fresh Potatoes, Coast Lethbridge Hotel, Lethbridge (also March 2 in Lacombe and March 3 in Leduc). Contact: Ag-Info Centre 1-800-387-6030 March 1-3: Grain Grading Standards & Processes Workshop, Olds College, Olds. Contact: Olds College Continuing Education 1-800-661-6537

It’s been a steep learning curve, but Kelly and Jocelyn Hansen will plant their first wheat crop this spring. PHOTO: HANSEN FAMILY

“They are successful farmers and are really good at it, and they’ve been giving me their input.” He also kept his day job as an oilfield consultant, although that work has slowed down in the past year. “We’re integrating farming into life as we know it now, and hopefully he can phase out the oil and gas and become a fulltime farmer,” said Jocelyn. Kelly has been slowly buying and repairing used farming equipment, refurbishing some old grain bins, and seeking advice from community members. “I have a neighbour beside me who’s been really helpful and who still farms,” said Kelly.

“I’ve just been going around and talking to a few neighbours and have talked to the grain elevators to help figure out the prices.” So this spring, he will take the plunge by planting his first crop — 150 acres of hard red spring wheat. He is both excited and nervous, he said. The goal is to have a mixed farm. The couple will also plant a large vegetable garden this year and intends to build a cold cellar to store their harvest. They also want to offer community gardens for people in their church. “It’s been quite a community effort,” said Jocelyn. “There’s a lot of relationship building and that’s good.”

Kelly has also been learning about livestock production by helping his neighbour with his cattle. He’s learned how to bale hay and has built a dugout in anticipation of having some cattle (along with a few chickens) one day. The goal isn’t just to make their living from farming, but to give back to a community that has helped them pursue their dream, said Jocelyn. “We want to be a family- and community-sustainable place, and share our resources with the community around us, for people who are going to be struggling in these economic times,” she said. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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March 1: Improving Soil Health Workshop, Flat Lake Hall, St. Paul. Contact: Kellie 780-826-7260 March 1: Soil Fertility & Fertilizer (with Ross McKenzie), MNP Office, Lethbridge (also March 3 in Lethbridge). Contact: Brenda Martin 403-380-1657

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hile many are suffering because of the downturn in the oilpatch, the Hansen family is using the slowdown as an opportunity to get into farming. Kelly Hansen grew up on a farm near Dapp, but left when he was 16 and was happy to put farming behind him. “But as things changed, I wanted to get back into farming. I want to be more self-sufficient and be more like a farmer, so I don’t have to worry about other jobs working out,” said the 53-year-old. “The oilpatch slowdown has really pushed us in the last year or two, but I’ve been feeling this way for the last five to seven years.” Kelly and wife Jocelyn, 52, raised their six children on an acreage near St. Albert but moved to Morinville two years ago after one of their daughters bought property there. Kelly started helping one of the neighbours, who was nearing retirement. When the farmer offered to sell the 160-acre farm to the Hansens, they jumped at the chance. But after more than three decades away from farming, Kelly knew he had a lot to learn. So he put the land into hay and started a crash course in crop production. “You can pull it up on the Internet, but I have called back to the place where I grew up, because a lot of people I went to school with all farm, and they are big farmers,” said Kelly.

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he Agriculture & Food Council (AFC) is conducting a research project called Success for Women in Agri-Food (#S4WAg) to identify and assess barriers rural Alberta women entrepreneurs face and to develop a pilot program that will support the engagement of women in the growing regional food economy and policy discussions. “Women play key roles in the diversification and value-added businesses in the regional food system in rural Alberta. 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 longterm sustainability of their business,” says Bryanna Kumpula, AFC executive director. “AFC is seeking to examine a pilot project model that enables today’s high-growth agriculture-based women entrepreneurs the ability to seek out the expertise they need, providing them with the resources, skills and networks to optimize opportunities for success.” The project involves a comprehensive assessment of the current situation facing women involved in agriculture, food entrepreneurism and policy development. It will engage stakeholders through survey

responses, interviews, and focus groups, assisting in the development of a pilot program to help more rural Alberta women become successfully engaged in the regional food and agriculture economy and policy discussions. “This project, focused on rural Alberta women entrepreneurs, will be carried out in five areas across the province,” explains Heather Broughton, S4Wag community animator for AFC. “We encourage women to contribute their input by participating in the survey available on our website.” For more information on the Success for Women in Agri-Food project visit www. agfoodcouncil.com/s4wag.

March 2: Getting your Agriculture & Food Products to Market: Trade and Logistics Workshop, J.G. O’Donoghue Building, Edmonton. Contact: Shelly Nguyen 780-4227103 March 2: Water in an Agricultural Environment — Policy and Profitability, Wheatland County Office, Wheatland County. Contact: Alyssa 403-361-2027 March 2: Working Well Workshop, Rollyview (also March 3 in Delia, March 8 in Blue Ridge, March 9 in Grimshaw, and March 16 in Wainwright). Website: www. workingwell.alberta.ca March 3: 2016 Clubroot Information Session, Sand Hills Community League (53032 Range Road 270), Parkland County. Contact: Tanya 780-968-8467 March 3: Farmland Rental and Leasing Seminar, Lacombe Memorial Centre, Lacombe. Contact: Krista Pannenbecker 403782-8959 March 3: Industrial Help Workshop, 210 2nd Avenue South, Marwayne. Contact: Suzanne Prevost 780-573-4516 March 7: Alberta FarmSafe Workplan, Sheraton Hotel, Red Deer (also March 9 in Grande Prairie and March 10 in Lethbridge). Contact: Alberta Crop Commission 403-717-3711 March 8: Farm Succession Planning, Eagle Hill Memorial Community Centre, Eagle Hill. Contact: Carrie 403-335-3311 March 8: Battle River Research Group 2016 AGM, Stettler Agriplex, Stettler. Contact: Eric 587-876-3121 March 8: Pre-Seeding Market Updates, MNP Office, Lethbridge. Contact: Brenda Martin 403-3801657

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Getting into the mobile mindset If you’re not sure what your smartphone can do, a 14-year-old can help BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff/Brandon, Man.

ech expert Peter Gredig recommends re-examining the power of your mobile device, as it may be one of the most valuable tools you own. “For the money, that $500 phone that you carry in your pocket probably has the highest rate of return of anything you have on the farm,” said Gredig, a partner in AgNition, a company that specializes in emerging technologies and mobile applications. “I think the biggest challenge is to try and understand all of the things your phone can do. Most of us are using eight, 10, or 12 per cent of what our phones can actually do,” Gredig told Farm Credit Canada’s Ag Outlook here Feb. 7. Gredig says being open minded and willing to try is the first step in harnessing the value that lies in today’s tech devices. “Attitude is everything. It is really about identifying what the problems are that you are trying to solve and then looking for the technology to solve it,” he said. He suggests looking to the younger generation for inspiration when exploring your device. “If there is a 14-year-old kid or

grandkid in the family, they are the experts and they can teach us. When you go to buy a phone, I really advocate that you buy them the exact same one,” said Gredig. “They are amazing on these things.” He pointed out a number of basic mobile device features go underutilized on today’s farms and explained that producers could specifically benefit from transitioning from phone calls to video calling. “Something breaks in the field on the cultivator or you have an employee that is encountering something, what do we do? — we call,” he said. “A 14-year-old kid doesn’t call. They Facetime or Skype, where you can hear and see and it’s free. So why aren’t we using this? Why aren’t we doing that with our mechanics, agronomist, veterinarians?”

Try non-ag apps

When exploring the app world, Gredig advises keeping in mind that there are a number that would be useful on the farm that aren’t ag specific. “A lot of the technologies that will work for us were not designed for us. I have an app that I use called Sign Easy, and it is a big deal for me when I found it. Every time I sell grain, the elevator sends me

an email with a PDF file. Before, I would go home, print off the PDF, sign it, scan it and email it back,” said Gredig. “Now I have this Sign Easy app and I can do all of that on my phone in 15 seconds.” He also suggests looking at Field Manager Pro, which allows you to do field record-keeping, and Ag Expert for tracking spending. “If you are in Canadian Tire and you make a purchase, you can take a picture of the receipt and it will go to your cloud and to your desktop. No more spending time in the office doing those tasks,” said Gredig.

Data collection

Gredig cautions producers of getting involved in too many devices and creating a data avalanche. “I won’t discourage you from gathering data but I would say, know why you are collecting it and make sure there is a benefit.” He warns of getting caught up in the hype of a product without finding real value in what it provides. “It isn’t about buying something that is cool. It is more about identifying problems and finding what can help solve them,” said Gredig. “It is easy to get caught up in the hype. But, we need to be thinking about where the value is.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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2016 FEATHERLITE 8127, Stock #41288, 7’x24’ all aluminum stock trailer with 2 gates, 3 compartments. One only in Red Deer, $26,400. Shop online 24/7 at: www.allandale.com or 1-866-346-3148. SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING. We do welding, patching, repairs, re-wiring of trucks, trailers, heavy equipment, etc. We use Epoxy primers and Endura topcoats. Competitive rates. Contact Agrimex at 306-432-4444, Dysart, SK.

LOW PRICES AT DESERT SALES! Most stock priced at better USD exchange! Come get your trailer before prices go up! We have Wilson, Sundowner and Norbert stock and horse trailers. Call us for more info: 1-888-641-4508, Bassano, AB. GRASSLAND TRAILERS has added Duralite aluminum stock trailer line, as well as Krogmann bale beds for 3/4 and one tons to our list of quality products for your farm/ranch. Glen Peutert 306-640-8034 or email: gm93@sasktel.net Assiniboia, SK.

2015 SUBARU IMPREZA. Best compact car. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP WANTED: USED STOCK TRAILER, 15 to from $19,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or 17’ hitch pull. Call 306-375-2910, ext. 711, Kyle, SK. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

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2015 SUBARU LEGACY, $1500 cash purchase discount MSRP from $23,495. Call 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca 53’ AND 48’ tridem, tandem stepdecks, w/wo sprayer cradles; 53’, 48’ and 28’ DL #914077. tridem, tandem highboys, all steel and combos. Super B Highboys, will split; Tandem and S/A converter w/drop hitch; tandem aluminum tankers; 53’-28’ van trailers. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca NEW 2015 WILSON Super B, also tridem 2 hopper; 2- new CASTLETONS: one 44’ ADveRTiSiNg iNfORmATiON tridem and 36’ tandem; 2013 Wilson Super B; 2012 Doepker Super Bs; 2005 Lode-King Super B; 2002 alum. open end Lode-King Super B; 2010 Castleton tandem 36’ w/Michel’s augers; 2004 Doepker tandem; New Michel’s hopper augers and chute openers. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393 (2 weeks prior) www.rbisk.ca DL #905231. WINNIPEG OFFICE IN STOCK NOW! 2016 Emerald 36’ tandem Alberta Farmer Express axle grain trailer, 11-24-5 tires, powder 1666 Dublin Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3H 0H1 coat wheels, dual cranks and more, Toll-Free in Canada 1-800-665-1362 $37,900. We need your trades, no one will FAX 204-954-1422 pay you more for your trade than we will. Mailing Address: Call Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK. Box 9800, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3K7

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1999 TENDER TRAILER: 30 MT ConveyAll trailer, tri-axle, 5 SS hoppers, vibrators, self-contained hydraulic drive powered by: Subaru gas motor, 40 HP, fair cond., $60,000. Call 780-365-2020, Andrew, AB. 24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 14,000 lbs., $4450; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, 7000 lbs., $2975. Factory direct. 888-792-6283. www.monarchtrailers.com

TOPGUN TRAILER SALES “For those who demand the best.” PRECISION AND AGASSIZ TRAILERS (flatdecks, end dumps, enclosed cargo). 1-855-255-0199, Moose Jaw, SK. www.topguntrailersales.ca 80 MISC. FLATDECK semi trailers. Pictures and prices at www.trailerguy.ca 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. STEPDECK: 2000 MANAC, TA air ride, 48’, combo, new safety, $16,500; SS tankers available. 306-961-8070, Prince Albert, SK. PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailer.com 1993 DOEPKER MACHINERY TRAILER, tri-axle, beavertails, extensions, new AB. safety, good cond, $35,000. 403-823-9976 Drumheller, AB.

3- HEIL 407 alum. tridem tank trailers, round barrels, epoxy lined, front manifolds. 2012: 2 comp., Titan gauges, 38 cu. meters, $45,000 as is, $50,000 w/barrel and safety inspections. 2006: 2 comp., 38 cu. meters, Titan gauges, $35,000 as is, $40,000 w/barrel and safety inspections. 2009: single comp., 38 cu. meters, light rollover, good for water, fert., or manure, $15,000. Call Randy at 306-460-7100, Coleville, SK. 2015 RGN ETNYRE Blackhawk equipment trailer, 10’ wide, tridem lift axles, alum. wheels, alum. pullouts, 40 ton, $115,000 replacement cost is $150,000. Call 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB. Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call. 1-800-665-1362.

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MECHANICS SPECIAL: 2006 IHC 4400, DT 466 tandem, Allison auto, C&C, low mileage, runs and drives, but needs engine work, will take a 20’ box. Was $44,900, now reduced $29,900. K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885 Email: ladimer@sasktel.net

2006 STERLING TRI-DRIVE spreader truck w/2007 roto-mix spreader box, 444,340 kms, 4536 hrs, floater tires. Auto. powered by Cat eng. Well maintained, looked after. REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND Used to spread manure and wood chips, hoist systems can save you time, energy $90,000. Jeff 403-371-6362, Brant, AB. and keep you safe this seeding season. Give Kramble Industries a call at 2011 TENDER TRAILER: 22 MT Convey- 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us All trailer on lowboy trailer, tandem axle, 3 online at: www.kramble.net SS hoppers, power roll tarp, hydraulic gates, self-contained hydraulic drive powered by: Kuler gas motor, 38 HP, fair 1989 GMC TANDEM auto, 15’ box and cond., $45,000. 780-365-2020 Andrew, AB hoist, Cummins, very clean, rust free, $19,900. K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna SK DL#910885 ladimer@sasktel.net 2007 INTERNATIONAL 9200i Eagle gravel truck, 242,000 kms, 410 HP Cummins, 18 spd., air ride, 16’ Renn box, roll tarp, fresh 2013 CHEV SILVERADO, reg. cab, long- SK. inspection, $49,900. 1-800-667-4515, box, 4x4, 4.8L engine, auto, 16,500 kms, www.combineworld.com asking $19,900.780-679-7793 Rosalind AB 2008 MACK, 261,000 orig. kms, 16’ steel 1998 TOYOTA FORERUNNER Unlimited, box; 2002 Western Star, like new 16’ box; 260,000 kms, very good shape, $2800 1998 IHC, 16’ alum. box. Yellowhead Sales 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK. OBO. Call 306-717-3864, Muenster, SK.

2006 STERLING TRI-DRIVE spreader truck w/2007 roto-mix spreader box, 444,340 kms, 4536 hrs, floater tires. Auto. powered by Cat eng. Well maintained, looked after. Used to spread manure and wood chips, $90,000. Jeff 403-371-6362, Brant, AB. CIM TRUCK BODIES, grain, silage, gravel, decks, service and installation. For factory direct pricing and options, call Humboldt, SK., 306-682-2505 or www.cim-ltd.ca

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1997 FREIGHTLINER, 327,668 kms., fresh Safety, new tires, AC, welder-generator, continuous air compressor, crane w/out riggers, 3- 60 gal. oil tanks w/pump and hose reel, rear bumper work bench and vise. Email: trent@tseoperating.com 306-421-3865, Estevan, SK.

2004 FREIGHTLINER CONDOR, very low miles, cab and chasis, long wheel base, C10 CAT, Allison auto, complete hyd. system, including hyd. side arm lift, suitable for conversion to a bale hauler, $19,900. 1996 378 PETERBILT, N14, 13 spd., wet 2005 DODGE 2500 crew cab, S/B, 5.9 Call K & L Equipment, Ituna, SK. Ladimer Cummins, auto, 189,000 kms., excellent kit, headache rack, new steering tires, 306-795-7779. DL #910885. good back tires, $10,000 OBO. cond., $18,500. 780-385-8008, Viking, AB. 780-663-3929, 780-603-1747, Ryley, AB. 2009 CHEVY DURAMAX 2500 HD, SLT Z71, 2005 KENWORTH W900L, 72” sleeper, heated leather, rear camera, sunroof, rebuilt engine, trans, and front diff., all 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. 29,900 kms., w/$3500. Chrome access., new brakes, new tires in Nov., $48,000. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from only pulled camper trailer, no tax. 780-819-3200, Chipman, AB. $25,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or 306-245-3754, or 306-536-0201, Tyvan SK www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. 2005 PETERBILT 378, Cummins 500 HP, 2014 RAM 3500 SLT Dually crew, PST 18 spd; 2006 Peterbilt 379, Cummins 475 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. Best new paid, $49,950; 2012 Ram SLT Dually crew, HP, 13 spd; 2009 IH Prostar, Cummins SUV/CUV, MSRP starting from $27,995. $39,950. 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. 500 HP, 18 spd; 2003 Freightliner Colum- 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca www.thoens.com DL #909250. bia, Detroit 500HP (rebuilt), 18 spd., 46 DL #914077. rears, lockers; 2004 Kenworth W900L, Cat 2016 RAM 1500, Quad cab, 4x4, Eco dsl., 475 HP, 13 spd. Daycabs: 2005 IH 9400, $38,750. 0% 72 mos. financing. Wynyard, Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, wet kit; 2005 Ken- CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK, worth T800, Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, 46 rears, 1-800-938-3323. 2002 Kenworth T800, 60 1-800-667-4414 www.thoens.com 909250 4-way locks. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. Detroit, 13-40, $28,000; 1994 Freightliner www.hodginshtc.com DL #312974. daycab, 60 Detroit, 13-40, $14,000; 1990 PETERBILT 379, C15, 18 spd., Super Ford L8000, 7.8 dsl, Allison auto, equipped 1987 GMC TANDEM dsl. truck for tender. 2005 4-way locks, 70” bunk, $50,000. Own- w/Vactor 2100 hydrovac, only 250,000 Truck runs, c/w 20’ B&H. Roll tarp in poor 40, kms, $25,000; 1997 Doepker Super B flatcond. Deadline March 15, 2016. Minimum er/operator. Ph: 780-914-7861, Viking, AB deck trailer, air ride susp., $9500; 1998 10% deposit with offer. Send offers to: 2009 INT. PROSTAR T/A, 340,000 kms, Freightliner FL112, M11 Cummins, auto, Crop Production Services, Box 34, Colon- day cab, 485 HP, Cummins, 8 spd, air ride, 40 rears, with new 20’ ultracel BH&T, say SK, S0K 0Z0. Contact Kevin wet kit, aluminum budds, $44,900. $58,000; 2006 Freightliner M2, Mercedes, 306-255-7580 for inquiries and viewing. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com auto, 15’ Midland gravel box, 10’ hyd. belly plow, 155,000 kms, $58,000; 2001 Freigh2007 IH 9400, with Cummins 435 HP 10 2015 367 PETERBILT, 91,000 kms, 500 HP tliner FL80, Cat 3126, auto, 15’ Midland, spd. AutoShift, 20’ box, alum. wheels and Cummins, 22” tires, Super 40’s, 36” bunk, $45,000; 1999 GMC 8500 fuel truck, 2500 tanks, exc. cond., certified, $67,500; 2006 $139,000 OBO.780-888-1258 Lougheed AB gal., 3126 Cat auto, $32,000; 2003 Pete Peterbilt, 475 HP, Detroit 18 spd., A/T/C, 378, 6NZ Cat, 18-46 locks, 48’ flat-top alum. wheels, tanks, chrome bumper, like DISMANTLING FOR PARTS 2007 IHC sleeper, $47,000; 2005 Hino 238 W 24 new tires, new paint, 20’ BH&T, exc. shape, 9900i w/cab damage, 475 ISX rebuilt eng. van, auto, 195,000 kms, $23,000; 1997 CH show truck, $69,500; 2007 Mack CH613, EGR delete, 18 spd. Sexsmith Used Farm Mack daycab, 350 Mack, 10 spd. 40 rears, 460 Mack eng., 13 spd., AutoShift, alum. Parts, 1-800-340-1192, Sexsmith, AB. $12,000. Gensets avail. Financing avail., wheels, new tires, A/T/C, new paint, 20’ HORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Call OAC. www.can-amtruck.com DL#910420. BH&T, very nice, $67,500; 2007 Mack, Smoke ‘Em Diesel to safely add both on 460 Mack eng., 12 spd. auto. trans., 3-way your Big Rig! (DPF & Emissions Removal). lockers, alum. wheels, good tires, 20’ 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. BH&T, rear controls, pintle plate, $69,500; 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA LEA, V6, FWD, 2 1990 Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy sets tires like new, 1 winter set, 1 summer, spd., alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call $2700 OBO. 780-352-8858 Bittern Lake AB good w/1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., trailer- nice shape, $35,000; 2000 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. Freightliner Century Classic M11 Cummins, 375 HP, Super 10 speed, exc. tires, T800 KENWORTHS ALL HEAVY SPECS 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, $47,500; 2007 IH 18 spd., full lockers, 2008, 2007 w/bunks. 9400, 430 HP Cummins, new 20’ BH&T, Also daycab 2009, new trans. and clutch; new paint, good tires, alum. wheels and 2007 Kenworth and 2007 379 Pete daycab; tanks, 10 spd. AutoShift, $67,500. Trades 2013 IH 5900I, 42” bunk, 46 diff, 4-way accepted. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, lock, 18 spd., 390,000 kms; 2009 Western STEEL STORAGE CONTAINERS, Star, rebuilt Detroit eng., 18 spd., 46s, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768 4-way lock; 2006 378 Pete, Cat 18 spd., 46 20-ft & 40-ft. Wind, water & rodent proof. 2007 MACK CXN613, MACK 385 HP, 10 diff, 4-way locks w/roo-bar bumper; 2007 1-866-517-8335, (403)540-4164, spd. Eaton Ultrashift; 2007 IH 8600, Cat IH 9200 daycab, ISX 435, 13 spd; 2006 IH (403)226-1722 435 HP, 10 spd. All trucks c/w 20’ grain 9200, 475 Cummins, 18 spd., 46 diff; 2004 box, air controls, windows, SK. Certified. IH 8600, S/A, daycab, Cat C10, 10 spd.; magnate@telus.net 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. DL #312974 1996 T800 Kenworth, 475 Cat, 13 spd. Ron Brown Imp. Delisle, 306-493-9393 www.hodginshtc.com www.rbisk.ca DL #905231. ALLISON AUTOMATICS: 2004 IHC 4400, C&C, DT466, 6 spd, $39,900; 2004 IHC 7400, new 20’ B&H w/silage gate, rebuilt motor, $69,900; 1989 GMC tandem 1976 GMC 6500, c/w 19’ deck and hoist, HOTELS FOR SALE: Bassano, AB. 24 grain/gravel truck, Cummins diesel auto, good running truck, 64,000 original miles, renovated rooms, bar, 6 VLT’s, new liquor 15’ B&H $19,900. K&L Equipment, $6500. 403-321-2105, Blackie, AB. store, Will train. 2 adjacent lots for sale. 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. 1999 FORD F250, 7.3 dsl., 305,000 kms, 1 Nanton, AB: Tavern, 5 VLT’s, restaurant, 6 ladimer@sasktel.net ton springs, new trans, new rad, Ali Arc rooms, liquor store on Hwy. Will train. bumper, clean, Courtney Berg Hyda-Deck, Gravel Pit: Crossfield, AB. Priced to sell. ATTENTION FARMERS: 30 TANDEMS all new plumbing/wiring, new pump under Bruce McIntosh, Re/Max Landan, Calgary, with Cancade boxes, autos and standards. hood, new motor mounts, elec. over hyd. 403-256-3888, bruce_bmac@yahoo.ca Yellowhead Sales 306-783-2899, Yorkton. controls, hyd. rams all have new seals, LOOKING FOR INVESTOR or investors for $16,500. 403-888-9630, Crossfield, AB. profitable business. Call 306-382-0785, AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David WANTED: TANDEM MANURE TRUCKS, Saskatoon, SK. w/wo manure spreaders. Must be in good 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, PROVINCIALLY INSPECTED ABBATOIR condition. 780-842-2909 or 780-842-7812, for sale. Located in East Central Alberta. SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com Wainwright, AB. Fully equipped. Call Art 780-806-3175.

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LIONEL’S TRUCKING. Haul farm equip., construction equipment. Scissor neck trailer for oilfield, truck recovery, winch truck service. Drumheller, AB. 403-820-1235. MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd., Mortlach, has for hire ground load 53’ cattleliner, 2-53’ stepdeck hay trailers. We haul equipment. 306-891-1380, 306-631-2023.

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.

MACKIE EQUIPMENT LTD. New, used and surplus parts including attachments. Using our worldwide locating system, let us help you locate Caterpillar, various others and even hard to find parts. Contact us today at 306-352-3070, Regina, SK. or visit our website at: www.mackieltd.com

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RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham 3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 pt. hitch WANTED: JD 710 BACKHOE, later modParatills in stock; parts for Bigham and Tye el preferred, must be very good. Paratills. Call Kelloughs: 1-888-500-2646. 306-478-2456, Mankota, SK. 5000 BU. BEHLEN hopper bottom bin, ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS triple skid, $10,600. FOB. Regina, SK., Call BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new and used sea containers, all sizes. for construction equipment. Attachments Peterson Construction, 306-789-2444. for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. CHIEF WESTLAND AND CARADON BIN 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equip- extensions, sheets, stiffeners, etc. Now ment parts and major components. Call available. Call Bill, 780-986-5548, Leduc, Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, AB. www.starlinesales.com Prince Albert, SK. CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some older Cats, IH and Allis Chalmers. 780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. 1978 CAT 950 loader, c/w Weldco QA, general purpose bucket, 48” forks, 20.5x25 tires- 50% remaining, ROPS cab w/heater, disc brakes, hour meter reads 7986 hrs, which is the hours since the machine had major eng. and trans. work. Total frame hours is approx. 22,000 hrs. Articulation and loader linkage are tight, brakes work good, machine starts, runs and shifts good, bucket good cond, $36,500. Located in Calgary, AB. Call 403-571-5515. VOLVO G990 GRADER, 2007, 20.5 tires, ripper, 6700 hours, $110,000. Call 403-291-1010, Calgary, AB.

FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call Regina, SK. 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK. DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call us to develop a professional mediation TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. MULCHINGCall today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. www.maverickconstruction.ca REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, 1960’s TOLEDO MEAT SLICER, 1/4 HP, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants Model 5401, $200. Call 306-567-3128, available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK. Bladworth, SK. NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. 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. malfunction. Ph. Back-Track Investigations 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and compensation. backtrackcanada.com

ELRUS 2442 JAW crusher new in 2007, $165,000; FIatt Allis FR160-2 wheel loader, new rubber $39,500; 1993 FORD F700 tow truck, fully equipped, 280,000 kms, Cummins, 10 spd, $24,900. Pro Ag Sales, 306-441-2030 anytime North Battleford SK

2011 HITACHI ZX270 LC-3 hyd. excavator, brand new UC, hyd. thumb, 2 buckets, catwalks, positive air shutoff. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB.

FECON MULCHER RENTAL, Kubota excavator (operating weight of 20,000 lbs) c/w a Fecon mulcher. Mulch fence lines, willows, smaller poplar stands, up to 8” dia. Rate of $95/hr. based on a 2 week rental. Western Heavy Equipment, Prince Albert, SK., 306-981-3475.

HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. POLY GRAIN BINS, 40 to 150 bu. for grain cleaning, feed, fertilizer and left over treatHYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 ed seed. Ph. 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, www.buffervallley.com custom conversions available. Looking for LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stockCat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., ing dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull 2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. behind large 4WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK 2015 CIM BIN Cranes (Westeel design), 8000 lb. capacity. For factory direct pricing Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, 1973 CAT 930 loader, 3 yard bucket, new SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca pins and bushings, $17,000. GRAIN BIN ERECTION. Concrete, turnkey 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. installation, remodel and repair. Booking 2008 JD 270D LC hyd. excavator, Q/C, 2 specials for farmers and dealers for Spring buckets, hyd. thumb, AC, forestry package, 2016 now. Call Quadra Development Corp, catwalks, pro-heat, positive air shut-off, 1-800-249-2708 or d.lonseth@sasktel.net 8240 hrs. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB. TOP QUALITY MERIDIAN BINS. Book HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, now for best prices. Example: all prices in80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt clude skid, ladders to ground, manhole, for years of trouble-free service. Lever set-up and delivery within set radius. MeHoldings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. ridian 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.

KELLO DISC BLADES and bearings: 22” to 42” notched. Parts: oilbath and greaseable bearings to service heavy construction discs. Call: 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com 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. Call Larry 306-563-8765, Canora, 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

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346. KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell: 306-868-7738.

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.

2015 CIM BIN TRANSPORT TRAILER 17,000 lb. cap., 32’ bed accommodates up to 21’ dia. bin. For factory direct pricing 11,000 U.S. GALLON tank, 10 year limited competitive pricing. Call and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, warranty, 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS and accessories available at Rosler Construction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. 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 WESTEEL, GOEBEL, grain and fertilizer bins. Grain Bin Direct, 306-373-4919.

GRADER: JD 872G, 6 wheel drive, 2009, 7000 hrs., ripper, new tips, new tires 17.5x25, push block, 14’ moulboard w/new blades, AC, heated seat, mirrors and back window, fire ext., new batteries, custom made winter package, $175,000. Eugene 780-835-0601, Grande Prairie, AB. LARRY HIEBERT TRUCKING: equipment BRUSH RAKE to fit D8, D7 or Komatsu, 13’, hauling, farm machinery. Serving western arms, long teeth, excellent shape, $6500 Canada. 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB. OBO. 780-841-1496, Fort Vermilion, AB. LOWDERMILK TRANSPORT IS providing one call service for all Equipment/Hay hauling. Very experienced, multiple trucks serving AB., SK., and MB. 780-872-0107, 306-252-1001, Kenaston, SK.

LANDMASTER DOZERS. PD14(Ft), $38,500; PD18(Ft), $42,500. Can deliver. FROST RIPPER/STUMP puller attachment Man.- Ray, 204-761-9522, Sask.- Neil, for excavators, available with QA or pin-on 306-231-8300, Alta.- Gord, 780-913-7353, option. Western Heavy Equipment, www.landmaster.ca 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK.

CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount. Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK. FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper cone and steel floor requirements contact: Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free: 1-888-304-2837.

2005 CAT D6N LGP, cab, air, heat, bush ready, 6-Way, 3 shank ripper, 85% UC, $90,000. 306-921-9462, Melfort, SK. 290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks. 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, U-WELD HOPPER BOTTOMS, sizes from 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. 12’ - 24’, Middle Lake Steel, 306-367-4306, 306-367-2408, Middle Lake, SK. DIESEL ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts and Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: 20’ AND 40’ SEA CONTAINERS, for sale 306-543-2111, Regina, SK. in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, USED, REBUILT or NEW engines. Spe- 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com cializing in Cummins, have all makes, large 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and inventory of parts, repowering is our spe- modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina cialty. 1-877-557-3797, Ponoka, AB. and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 306-933-0436. Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323. sizes. Now in stock: 50 used, 53’ steel and insulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK.

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1995 TERRA-GATOR 1844, 4 wheel floater, 3208 Cat, 18 spd., liquid, Autorate, AutoSteer, 2318 hrs., $18,225. Consider tractor on trade. 306-946-7923, Young, SK. NH3 WAGON WITH twin 1000 gal tanks, cert. until April 2018, $8,000. Wainwright, AB. 780-806-3439, 780-842-4088. WANTED: LIQUID CART caddy, 1500 to 2500 US gal. Jamie 306-259-1212, Young, SK 306-946-9864 jamie640@hotmail.com

SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’delivery/ rental/ storage available. For LOOKING FOR A floater or tender? Call me FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL 53’, and prices call: 306-262-2899, first. 36 years experience. Loral parts, new motor sales, service and parts. Also sale inventory and used. Call 403-650-7967, Calgary, AB. Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com

BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, convex and rigid frame straight walls, grain tanks, metal cladding, farm - commercial. Construction and concrete crews. Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saskatoon and northwest Behlen Distributor, Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, Osler, SK.

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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., $78,000; 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; 2002 Wrangler w/cab, $22,000; 2008 Komatasu WA70-5, 2200 hrs., $27,500; 8 ton Doyle blender w/scale, $17,000. All prices in USD. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. View www.fertilizerequipment.net

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. AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. For the customer that prefers quality. 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. DIAMOND CANVAS SHELTERS, sizes ranging from 15’ wide to 120’ wide, any length. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com 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. ARM RIVER POLE BUILDINGS, 40’x60’ to 80’x300’, Sask. only. Call 306-731-2066, Lumsden, SK., metalarc@live.ca

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2012 BRENT 1282 grain cart, duals, PTO, scale, tarp, monitor and camera, $75,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

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2013 JD S690 combine, 1120 eng. hrs., REM 2500, well maintained, $9,000. Call 900 sep. hrs., duals, Auto Steer ready, 780-806-3439, 780-842-4088 Wainwright, pwr. fold, $349,000. Canada West Harvest AB. Centre, Saskatoon, SK. 306-978-2300. 2009 CASE/IH 7120, 900 tires, 2016 PU header, field ready, $200,000; 2013 FD75 MacDon 30’ flex header with pea auger, $85,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. JD 566 BALER, Mega-tooth PU, 14,500 bales, good, $10,000 OBO. 780-632-9846, 780-768-2163 evenings, Willingdon, AB. 2015 NH CX8090, $459,000. Raymore 2- NH BIG SQUARE balers, BB960 w/roto New Holland 306-746-2911 or view cut electric greasers, bale ejection, field www.raymorenewholland.com ready. Ph. 250-567-8456, Vanderhoof, BC 2003 NH CR970, 1158 hrs., duals, MAV WANTED: JD 7810 c/w FEL & 3-PTH; SP chopper, yield and moisture, ready to go, available, $99,800. or PTO bale wagon; JD or IHC end wheel pickups 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com drills. Small square baler. 403-394-4401.

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2009 NH CX8080, 790 sep. hrs, reverser, HHC, rocktrap, long auger, grain tank ext. FCC, Y&M, IntelliView II Display, Outback and JD auto ready, c/w 76C hyd. header, Swathmaster pickup, always shedded, $145,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB.

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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 2008 ROGATOR 1286C HC sprayer, 1200 gal. SS tank, 120’, 3989 hours, HID lights, Viper Pro, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, SmarTrax, Cat eng, 380-90R46 tire set, 24.5R32 tire set, $140,900. Phone 780-632-2514, Vegreville, AB. roly_dennill@dennill.com 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. 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 2006 CASE 3310, 2717 hrs., 2 sets of tires, all of the toys except for AIM Command, $135,000. 780-753-0982, Provost, AB. 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 CASE PATRIOT SPX 3200B, 2200 hrs., 80’ boom, 800 US gallon tank, field ready, $80,000. Call 403-896-4673, Clive, AB. 2007 SPRA-COUPE 4655 80’, 1080 hrs., 400 gallon, mechanical drive, AutoSteer ready, $64,800. 1-800-667-4515 or www.combineworld.com 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. 2009 JD 4830 High Clearance sprayer, radar, stainless steel booms, AutoHeight, 100’, duals, 2443 hrs. 306-648-2418, 306-312-9000, Gravelbourg, SK. 2010 APACHE 1210 AS, 100’ booms, factory AutoSteer, 1250 gal. tank, duals, one owner, non-smoker, shedded, asking $149,000. 306-831-8550, Rosetown, SK.

COMBINE WORLD NOW carries Atom Jet openers! We want your old ones on trade! 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com BEST VALUE AND quality for your dollar with our carbide air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. JD 787 AIR CART, TBH, 170 bushel, 3rd tank, 4 run, $5,000 OBO. Phone 306-925-2245, Glen Ewen, SK. 2008 JD 1910, 430 bu. tow behind, 8 run, vari-rate, DS, $49,000; 1998 JD 1900 3 compartment, 430 bu., 8 run, $24,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2012 SEEDMASTER 8012 CT TXB w/300 Onboard tank and JD 1910, $295,000. Watrous New Holland 306-946-3301 or view www.watrousnewholland.com BOURGAULT 5710 64’, 9.8” space, steel packers, MRB’S, 2005 Bourgault 6350 air cart, DS, in-cab controls. Will separate. Best offers. 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. 2014 BOURGAULT 3320-76, 7700 tank, 10” space, liquid, loaded, sectional control, high float option, very low acres, $460,000. Call 306-483-7829, Oxbow, SK. TECHNOTILL 2015 62’ on TBH Case 600 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. 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. 2003 JD 1820, 60’, c/w 350 bu. 1910 cart, 10” space, single shoot w/Stealth boots, 1515 Dutch openers, 4” capped steel packers, $51,000. 403-575-1417, Veteran, AB.

2010 SEEDMASTER TXB 44’-14” c/w SC230 TBH, $79,000. Call Raymore New Holland 306-746-2911 or view website: www.raymorenewholland.com 2009 SEEDMASTER TXB 66’x12” c/w P1060, TBH, $160,000. Call Raymore New Holland 306-746-2911 or view website: www.raymorenewholland.com 2009 MORRIS CONTOUR 61’, 12” spacing, 450 bu, TBT cart, single fan, 10” auger, mechanical metering, Dutch sideband, double shoot dry, Agtron 262 blockage, 4.8” pneumatic packers, very clean, $125,000. 306-268-7793, Bengough, SK.

2009 BOURGAULT 3310 65’ drill #B22180A, mid-row banders, easily con- BOURGAULT 8800 5 row floating hitch, 32’, verted to DS, $139,000. 306-864-3667, with 7130 Morris air seeder, granular 3rd Kinistino, SK. www.farmworld.ca tank. 306-275-4446, St. Brieux, SK. 1998 BOURGAULT 5710 air drill, 54’, DS, HIGH QUALITY AND value for money. Car4” packers, carbide openers, Series II bide drill points and openers. Find out MRB’s like new, 4340 triple tank, all good more at: www.vwmfg.com or tires, low acre drill, exc. condition, field 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. ready. Asking $55,000. 403-578-2487, 403-575-4101 cell, Brownfield, AB. FLEXI-COIL 5000 HD air drill, 40’, 12” spacing, double shoot, 4350 tank; 1996 NH 9482, 2823 hrs., shedded. All in good condition. 403-901-4431, Strathmore, AB.

2013 CHALLENGER MT965C 4 WD, 602 hrs., 525 HP, Cat C18 eng., 800-70R38 Goodyear duals, PTO, HID lights, diff. lock, hi-flow hyd. pump, GPS ready, deluxe cab, $324,500. 780-632-2514, Vegreville, AB. roly_dennill@dennill.com 2006 CHALLENGER MT835B, 350 HP, 3455 hours, powershift, 30” tracks with powertrain warranty, $134,900. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

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1999 SEED HAWK 357, on-board tank, 40’, 12” spacing, good condition, $40,000. 2- USED JD 1895 air seeders w/1910 306-482-7749, Carnduff, SK. carts, 43’, 10” spacing, TBH, double shoot, 2007 SEEDMASTER 50’, 12” space, 2013 430 bu., warning system for seed and fert. JD 1910 550 bu. tank, shut-off ready, DS 2008, is $115,000; 2003, is $90,000. w/anhydrous with shut-off, 2nd onboard 403-625-6195, 403-625-2541, Claresholm, tank w/alpine attach liquid fert., $195,000 AB. paul@romfarm.com Call Graham, 306-963-7651, Imperial, SK. BOURGAULT AIR CARTS: 2003 5440, DS, 2011 JD 1870 Conserva Pak 40’, double $49,800; 1999 3225, $13,000. Both 1 ownshoot, primary blockage monitors, newer er, shedded units. 306-563-8482, Yorkton. seed and fertilizer knives, 430 bu. JD 1910 air cart, 10” auger, excellent condition, $155,000 OBO. 306-221-2190, Perdue, SK. 2009 70’ FLEXI-COIL 5500 fold back, 12” 2015 BRANDT 8200, 82’, chrome wear respace, 4350 TBT var. tank, 4.5” boots, sistant tines, hyd. tine adj., low acres. done approx. 20,000 acres, nice shape, 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. $98,000 USD OBO. 780-386-3979, 2015 DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster, 82’, 780-385-6449, Lougheed, AB. Endura tip tines, hyd. tine adj. w/Valmar 1997 39’ MORRIS Maxim air drill, 10” spac- 3255, low acres. 306-231-8060, Englefeld ing, Atom Jet boot with Morris 180 cart, DEGELMAN HEAVY HARROWS: 2008 70’, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, hyd. angle, $29,800; 1998 50’, manual an306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. gle, $18,000. 306-563-8482, Rama, SK. 2008 BOURGAULT 3310 65’-10” c/w 6550 TBH, $215,000. Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511. yorktonnewholland.com HAYBUSTER 107, 1000 DRILLS, rebuilt; 2002 JD 1820, 41’, 270 bu. 1900 cart, 12” Haybuster 1206’s for parts. WANTED: well spacing, blockage monitors, double shoot used Haybuster drills and discs from 1000 dry with Dickey John NH3, $35,000 OBO. drill. 403-627-5429, Pincher Creek, AB. 306-452-3233, Antler, SK. PRASCO 75-55 AIR CART with plumbing, 1998 MORRIS MAXIM 35’ air drill, DS, offers. 306-825-2661, Lloydminster, SK. Morris paired row openers, 7240 air cart, many new parts, nice shape, $25,000. 8- MF 360 NEW discer bearings, manufactured in Japan. Call Ken 306-586-0109, 306-997-4930, Borden, SK. Regina, SK. 1997 CONCORD 4812 air drill, double shoot dry with NH3, Dutch openers, 2000 HIGH QUALITY AND value for money. CarJD 1900 seed cart, 270 bu, $35,000 OBO. bide drill points and openers. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or 306-452-3233 Antler, SK. 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2015 PILLAR, MODEL 6012, approx. 5500 acres, excellent shape, drill only, BEST VALUE AND quality for your dollar $225,000 OBO. 306-741-1634, Hazlet, SK. with our carbide air drills. Find out more info@mustangsol.com at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, 2009 JD 1830, 10” spacing, Poirier open- Dunmore, AB. ers, Pattison liquid kit, JD 2600 monitor, 1910 430 bu. cart, duals, conveyor, bag lift, exc. cond., $98,000 OBO. Can deliver. SUNFLOWER DISC 38’, 19” front blades, 306-445-5602, North Battleford, SK. 22” rear blades, $26,000. 780-821-9385, 2009 NH P2070 70’x12”, $65,000. Call High Level, AB. Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511 or 1999 FLEXI-COIL S85 70’ heavy harrow, view www.yorktonnewholland.com $19,900. Call 1-800-667-4515 or view 2011 MORRIS CONTOUR C1 drill; 2002 www.combineworld.com Flexi-Coil 3450 TBH cart, 51’, 12” spacing, single shoot drill, $110,000. 306-922-2525 KELLO-BILT SERIES 176 10’ tandem disc, 24” notched blades, clean unit, some new Prince Albert, SK. www.farmworld.ca bearings, $9,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, 2013 P1060 NH air cart, 430 bu., var. rate, www.combineworld.com 10” auger, Intelliview 4 monitor, $74,500 OBO. Kent 306-799-4784, 306-684-9693, 2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500 TM vertical tillage #PS3147. New, 36’ 3 section Cat V Moose Jaw, SK. hitch, $101,000. Phone: 306-922-2525, MOON HEAVY HAUL pulling air drills/ air Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask. 30 years experience. Call Bob Davidson, 2013 7450 LANDOLL vertical tillage #N22357. New! 39’ wide, 22” disc, 7” Drumheller, AB. 403-823-0746. blade spacing, $105,000. 306-864-3667, 72’ OF BOURGAULT 3.5” steel packers on Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 9.8” spacing, for 5710 or 5810, in gangs, done 3000 acres. Phone: 204-648-7085, KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” Grandview, MB. to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ 2014 SEED HAWK 8412, $205,000. Call tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511 or blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646. view www.yorktonnewholland.com

2001 JD 4400, FWA, 35 HP, hydro, FEL, 72” belly mount grooming mower, mid PTO, mid hyds., 4 and 5 hyds., extra weights, extra lights, able to run grain auger, $21,500 OBO. 306-648-2418, 306-312-9000, Gravelbourg, SK.

2011 BOURGAULT 66’ air drill #B22480A, 12” spacing, mid-row shanks, double shoot, $143,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view online at www.farmworld.ca 1998 MORRIS MAXIM drill and 7180 trail2009 FLEXI-COIL 5000 HD 40’ w/3350 ing tank #B21999C, 7.5” spacing, 3.5” TBT CART, 10” spacing, 5” rubber packer, steel packers, $25,000. Ph 306-864-3667, variable rate, double shoot, cart shedded. Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca Call 403-556-7257, Olds, AB. 2014 SEEDMASTER 70’, 12”, 20 bu. canola 2003 BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, c/w 4300 tank w/ultra Pro, 800 rears, 12,000 acres tank, DS, paired row openers, good shape, $218,500 OBO. 403-505-9524, Ponoka, AB. $48,000. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. 2008 BOURGAULT 5710, DS, AtomJet HIGH QUALITY AND value for money. Car- openers, 74’, w/2008 Bourgault 6550 tank, bide drill points and openers. Find out c/w deluxe 10” auger, dual rear wheels, more at: www.vwmfg.com or exc. cond. 306-441-1648, Battleford, SK. 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 1993 BOURGAULT 3225 air tank 2006 NH SD440 50’, 10” paired row, 430 #PB2965D, 2 tank metering, 225 bu. TBH, bushel, variable rate tank, double shoot, new 820 monitor, $9,700. 306-922-2525, blockage monitor, steel press wheels, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca $80,000. 780-210-0280, Andrew, AB. 2004 NH SD440 51’-12”, $35,000. Call 2008 BG 6450 air tank #HS34820, 3 tank Watrous New Holland 306-946-3301 or metering, double shoot, 591 Monitor, view www.watrousnewholland.com always shedded, $83,500. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca JD 1820, 270 bu. tank, TBT, 10” spacing, 2007 37’ EZEE-ON, under 4000 acres, 10” steel packers, good condition, $25,000. space, single shoot, w/Morris 7180 tank, 306-429-2702, Glenavon, SK. $39,500. 306-475-2856, Crane Valley, SK.

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BEST VALUE AND quality for your dollar 2005 STX 450, quad, high cap. hyds., 4500 with our carbide air drills. Find out more hrs., newer tracks, no PTO, $160,000. at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, 306-442-7512, 306-454-2402, Ceylon, SK. Dunmore, AB. 1987 IH 9150 4 WD, 280 HP, 520/85R38 54’ 5710 BOURGAULT, 9.8” spacing, Firestone radials 80% vg, 8000 hrs, nice double shoot, MRBs, new boots, tips and solid tractor, $39,800. 1-800-667-4515 or discs ($16,000), field ready, 4300 tank, view www.combineworld.com dual fans, $60,000. 1997 9682 FORD, 5903 hrs, almost new 20.8x42 tires, 4 hyds, $75,000. 306-481-4740, Battleford. 2011 485HD QUAD TRACK, loaded 2013 BOURGAULT 6700 ST air tank, all w/leather, no PTO, no Def, 30” tracks, high options, dual high speed fan, bag lift, con- flow dual pumps, 5 remotes, mint condiveyor, 4-tank meter, X20 monitor, rear tion, only 1470 hours, asking $315,000. hitch, dual tires, shedded, low acres. 306-823-7204, Neilburg, SK. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB.

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1983 VERSATILE 875, 4 WD, 3400 original hrs., always shedded, vg cond. $42,000. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. 1984 VERSATILE 895, Rainbow Edition, Firestone 20.8x38 duals- exc. cond., 855 Big Cam Cummins, 7900 hrs, 12 spd. std. trans, plumbed for air drill, asking $29,000. 306-714-7810, 306-714-0121, Shellbrook, SK. 2013 BUHLER 2375, 997 hrs., 710/38 Goodyear duals, 50 GPM, weight pkg, JD auto ready, always shedded. Mint cond., $140,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. 875 VERSATILE, complete with dozer, very well maintained, asking $26,500 OBO. Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 936 FORD VERSATILE tractor, 6870 hrs, 100 hrs. on engine rebuild, AutoSteer, return line, 20.8x38 duals, $45,000. Phone 306-293-2809, Climax, SK.

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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, $42,000. 306-276-2080, Nipawin, SK. 1998 JD 9400, powershift, 7000 hrs., new inside rubber, $90,000. Call 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK.

1992 4960 JD, MFWD, power shift, 3 PTH, 3 remotes, duals, excellent rubber, 3859 40’ BOURGAULT COMMANDER deep till- hrs., always shedded, immaculate condiage, 8” spacing, offers. 306-825-2661, tion. 306-748-2817, Killaly, SK. Lloydminster, SK. JD 8450, 18.4x34 rubber brand new all 8, 1900 hrs, $30,000 firm. 306-463-3480, 306-460-9027, Flaxcombe, SK. 1981 4240, QUAD, 9000 hrs, 3 hyds., very sharp. 403-740-5197, Big Valley, AB. JD 4640, low hours, premium condition, tires, $33,000 OB0. 2009 KELLO-BILT 225 HD breaking disc, in 24.5x32 good condition, $46,000 OBO. Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 403-588-8960, Rimbey, AB.

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2015 CASE/IH 600, 60’ cultivator, 12” spacing, 4-bar harrows, NH3 hitch, 600 lb. 2005 TJ450, 3150 hours, powershift, AutoSteer, 800 duals, high capacity pump, no trips. Call 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. PTO, shedded, exc. cond., $130,000 OBO. 2014 MORRIS FIELD PRO 70’ harrow. New Call or text 306-684-5425, Moose Jaw, SK. 9.16” tines, #HR3447, $36,500. Call: 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view us 2014 NH T7190, FWA, deluxe cab, 4 hyds., plumbed, loader ready, 349 hrs. online at: www.farmworld.ca Call Dave 403-556-3992, Olds, AB. SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call WANTED: LEFT CENTRE rock shaft for 1998 NH 9882, N14 Cummins, 450 HP, for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., Flexi-Coil 800 cultivator 62’. Call 306-642-5716, Assiniboia, SK. 710R38 metrics, pump(injector) and pivot, www.luckemanufacturing.com pins done recently, 6171 hrs., exc. cond., HIGH QUALITY AND value for money. Car- $85,000. 306-442-4222, Pangman, SK. bide drill points and openers. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2007 NH TD95, FWA, 1850 hours, open BEST VALUE AND quality for your dollar station, loader, bail forks, bucket with with our carbide air drills. Find out more grapple, 540/1000 PTO, $33,000 OBO. at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, 780-674-0463, Westlock, AB. Dunmore, AB. 1997 9682 FORD, 5903 hrs, almost new 20.8x42 tires, 4 hyds, $75,000. 54’ 5710 BOURGAULT, 9.8” spacing, double shoot, MRBs, new boots, tips and discs ($16,000), field ready, 4300 tank, dual fans, $60,000. 306-481-4740, Battleford, SK. WANTED ENGINE FOR 7206 Deutz or complete tractor. Call evenings: 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK.

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VERMILION 30TH ANNUAL CHAROLAIS Group Bull Sale, Saturday, April 2, 1:00 PM, at North Central Livestock Exchange, Vermilion. 100 two year olds and 10 yearlings. Don Good 780-853-2220, Brian Chrisp, 780-853-3315. Catalogue/sale online at www.dlms.ca

BOURGAULT AIR DRILL or air seeder, 30’-36’, in good condition. 306-768-3729, 306-401-7510, Carrot River, SK. LANDSCAPING LANDROLLER, 12’ wide, 24” diameter, water fallible with hitch. 306-825-2661, Lloydminster, SK. MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK.

GRAYCHAR CHAROLAIS Bull Sale days March 21 to 24th, at the farm 3.5 miles West of Mortlach, SK. Call 306-355-2229.

WANTED: ATOM JET 1” openers, with front or rear delivery, to fit Morris Maxim EdgeOn shank. 306-849-2013, Theodore, SK.

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 60% sale day, 40% interest fee, due Dec. 1, 2016. Dennis and David Johnston 306-856-4726, or T Bar C Cattle Co 306-933-4200. Call for a catalogue or view at www.johnstonfertilevalley.com

WANTED: NH BALE WAGONS and retrievers, any condition. Farm Equipment Finding Service, P.O. Box 1363, Polson, MT 59860 406-883-2118. WANTED: 2 TRACTOR TIRES, 20.8x34. Want: elec. cranking motor and bracket for 830 JD tractor. 780-850-9755, Edmonton.

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. GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. MULCHINGTREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

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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 deliver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring bookings while supplies last. Phone HOLLINGER LAND & CATTLE 4th Annual 403-586-8733 or check out our website at Bull and Female Sale, 1:00 PM, Monday, www.didsburysprucefarms.com March 21 at the ranch Neudorf, SK. Offering 36 Black Angus yearling bulls as well as 9 purebred females and groups of commercial heifers. For more info. or a catalogue ph Chad at 306-331-0302 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com Watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca PL #116061.

24TH TOP CUT BLACK ANGUS BULL SALE. Friday, March 25, 1:00 PM CST at Cowtown Livestock Exchange, Maple Creek, SK. 60 virgin 2 yr. olds and 20 yearling Black Angus bulls. For info. contact Craig Angus, Jason 306-622-2021, Hawkeye Ranching, Leif 306-622-2632, Forbes Ranching, Colin 306-558-2063, Bear Creek Angus Chad 306-558-0011. Featured herd sires: Soo Line Kodiak 1057, LNS Titan 5Y, SSA Density 26T, Cresent Creek Pacesetter 78Z, Wiwa Creek Rush Lake 71, 12, SAV BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison Harvestor 0338, Merit 2015, Youngdale is looking to contract grain finished bison, Xon 34X. Catalogue online: BuyAgro.com as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at DURALTA FARMS 11TH Annual Angus Bull Sale, Friday, March 18, 1:30 PM at the 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com farm, Vegreville, AB. Selling 70 Red and NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison Black Angus and Simmental bulls as well on the rail at Lacombe, AB. for winter de- as a select group of open heifers. Winterlivery and beyond. Smaller groups wel- ing and delivery available. For catalogues come. Fair, competitive and assured pay- of info. call Dave Durie 780-208-4888 or T ment. Call Richard Bintner 306-873-3184. Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue at: www.buyagro.com PL #116061. BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, yearlings and calves. Phone Elk Valley 10 REG. IRON MOUNTAIN replacement Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. heifers. Call Kim Paysen, 306-796-4888, QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for fin- Central Butte, SK. ished, and all other types of bison. COD, 15th ANNUAL COMMON Sense Bull & paying market prices. “Producers working Female Sale on Monday, March 28, 2016 with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and at 2:00 PM at Vermilion, AB. Consigners: MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. Everblack Angus & Allandale Angus. “Just 2015 HEIFER CALVES, 50% Wood to pure sit back and relax, our cattle do the work Wood, tagged separately, offers. Contact for you.” Offering: 107 lots, 71 two yr. old Angus bulls, 21 yearling Angus bulls, 15 Viking Bison, 306-874-7590, Naicam, SK. open Angus heifers. Contact: Ernie Gibson WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from year- 780-853-2422, Jordon Gibson 780-581lings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph 1159, Wayne Stetson 780-853-7523, Rob Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. Holowaychuk OBI 780-916-2628. Online bidding with DLMS. View catalogue online 10 BRED PLAINS and Woods cross bison at: www.cattlemanagement.ca cows, preg tested, $3900 each. 306-948-2808, Rosetown, SK. DISPERSAL OF 61 two yr. old cow/calf TOP QUALITY SEMEN tested 2 and 3 year pairs at the 20th Annual KBJ Bull & Female old Pure Plains breeding bulls. Call MFL Sale, 2016 on March 14, 2016 at 1:00 PM, at the farm near Clyde, AB. “Where the Ranches 403-747-2500, Alix, AB. sale is never final.” Offering: 135 lots: 47 MFL RANCHES: four semen tested 2 yr old Angus yearling bulls, 27 Red Angus yearPlains bulls at Kramer’s Bison Sale, March ling bulls, 50 Black Angus two yr. old cow/calf pairs, 11 Red Angus two yr. old 09, North Battleford, SK. 403-747-2500. cow/calf pairs. Contact: Jim Round 780-307-1657, Barry Round 780-3485794, Rob Holowaychuk OBI 780-9162628. Video Sale. Bid online: DLMS. View catalogue: www.cattlemanagement.ca BISON AUCTION: Cloverleaf Bison Auction, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Plan to attend with approx. 400 head consigned. Back to the Grass Bison Auction, May 11, 2016, last chance to sell at auction until fall, consign now. For more details visit www.kramerauction.com 1-800-529-9958. Kramer Auction Ltd. PL #914618.

BIRD WATCHERS CALL To The Far North! Bird stands and natural locations available. Year round bird and wildlife watching. Tree stands, ground blinds, and natural locations available. North Western Sas- IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION BULL katchewan. Ron Kisslinger 306-822-2256 SALE, March 10, 1:00 PM, at Spring Creek or email: p.r.service@sasktel.net Ranch, Moosomin, SK. Offering 100 Red & Black Simmental, Red & Black Angus, and Black Best of Beef bulls. Volume and loyalty customer discounts. For more info or a catalogue contact Brian McCarthy at 306-435-3590 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. Watch and bid online at www.liveauctions.tv View catalogue online at www.buyagro.com. PL #116061.

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BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump and used mainline new Bauer travelers dealer. 22 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca WESTERN IRRIGATION: Cadman travelling gun dealer. Used travelling big guns; Used alum pipe; Used diesel pumping unit. We buy and sell used irrigation equipment. Full list of newer used equipment available. If we don’t have it, we will get it for you! 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK.

THE SOUTH SASK Simmental Annual Bull Sale, Monday, March 14, 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Selling: 70 full Fleck, fullblood, Red and Black Simmental and Black Angus bulls. Payment plan, wintering and delivery available. For more info or catalogue, call T Bar C Cattle Co. at: 306-220-5006, View catalogue: www.buyagro.com PL#116061

DOUBLE ‘F’ CATTLE CO. 7th Annual Bull Sale, March 30th, 2:00 PM at Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, SK. Selling 50 rugged Black Angus bulls and an elite group of Black PB and commercial replacement heifers. Kelly Feige 306-747-2376, 306-747-7498, www.doublefcattle.com YEARLING BLACK ANGUS bulls, AI sires and dams, moderate frame, good hair, quiet disposition, full EPD available, semen test included. 4 Musgrave Boulder sons, would make excellent heifer bull battery. Gord Roger, 306-771-2305, 306-570-8454, Valley Lodge Cattle Co., Balgonie, SK. PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. 35th ANNUAL Early Sunset Bull & Female Sale on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 1:00 PM CST at the farm near Edam, SK. “Only the good ones sell.” Offering: 65 lots, 25 Angus yearling bulls, 20 Simmental yearling bulls, 15 Angus open heifers, 5 Simm. open heifers. Contacts: Jim Grant 306-441-3590, Rob Holowaychuk OBI 780-916-2628. Online bidding with DLMS and Video Sale. View catalogue online at: www.cattlemanagement.ca

MOVE WATER OR IRRIGATE? 4” to 12” al- SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside um. pipe, pumps and motors. 50 yrs. expe- Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, rience. Dennis 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK.

BURNETT ANGUS 32ND Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 PM, Heartland, Swift Current, SK. 60 Black Angus yearling bulls, deep, thick, muscular bulls. Many low birthweight, short gestation, genetically 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: www.bryceburnett.com 19th ANNUAL MINBURN ANGUS Bull Sale on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the farm near Minburn, AB. “Outcross Genetics at its best at Minburn Angus.” Offering: 75 lots: 50 Black Angus yearling bulls, 15 Red Angus yearling bulls, 10 Angus two yr. old bulls. Contact: Danny Warrilow 780-853-0427, Devin Warrilow 780-581-4329, Rob Holowaychuk OBI 780-916-2628. Online bidding with DLMS and Video Sale. View catalogue online at: www.cattlemanagement.ca DURALTA FARMS 11TH Annual Angus Bull Sale, Friday, March 18, 1:30 PM at the farm, Vegreville, AB. Selling 70 Red and Black Angus and Simmental bulls as well as a select group of open heifers. Wintering and delivery available. For catalogues of info. call Dave Durie 780-208-4888 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue at: www.buyagro.com PL #116061.

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RANCH READY HORNED Hereford Bull Sale, March 11, 1:00 PM, at the ranch, GALLOWAY BULL SALE at LiveAuctions.TV Simmie, SK. 18 two year old bulls; 25 March 4 - 9th, 2016. Contact Russel at yearling bulls and 6 purebred open heifers. 403-749-2780, Delburne, AB. Selling 8 PB open heifers and 25 commercial open heifers. View catalogue and sale videos online at: www.braunranch.com Contact Craig Braun at: 306-297-2132. WINDERS GELBVIEH are selling by private treaty registered 2 year old and year- ANL POLLED HEREFORDS SPRING ling Gelbvieh bulls from our 38 year breed- BULL SALE with guest Brooks Farms, ing program. 780-672-9950, Camrose AB. Sunday, March 20th, 2:00 PM at the farm gwinder@syban.net at Steelman, SK. Selling 35 yearling and 2 year old bulls and a select group of open TWIN BRIDGE FARMS 5th Gelbvieh Bull baldy heifers. Wintering and delivery And Female Sale, Monday, March 14, available. For a catalogue or info contact 2016, 1 PM at the Silver Sage Community Karl 306-487-2670, Jeremy 306-485-8003 Corral, Brooks, AB. Selling 50 yearling or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View Gelbvieh bulls and a select group of open catalogue or videos at www.buyagro.com purebred heifers. Red and black genetics on offer. Guest Consignors Carlson Cattle POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, high perforCompany and Keriness Cattle Co. For info. mance yearling bulls w/moderate BW. contact: Ron and Carol Birch and Family Pick your bull early to get the right bull! 403-792-2123 or 403-485-5518 or Don We deliver your bull at pasture time. Jay Savage Auctions 403-948-3520 Catalogue 306-746-7170, 306-524-2762, Semans, SK online at: www.donsavageauctions.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.

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. DOVE RANCH, 27th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 5, 2016, 1:00 PM at their bull yards. Complimentary lunch, 11 AM. Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, March 4th. Selling 100+ purebred yearling Gelbvieh bulls, Red or Black. Performance and semen tested. View catalog and video at: www.davidsongelbvieh.com or www.lonesomedoveranch.ca Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, 306-625-7863; Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, 306-625-7045, Ponteix, 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. GELBVIEH STOCK EXCHANGE BULL AND FEMALE SALE, March 8, 2016 at www.southviewranch.com 1:00 PM, at Medicine Hat Feeding Co., REG. RED ANGUS BULLS: calving ease, Medicine Hat, AB. For more info. or for a quiet, good growth, will be semen tested. catalogue call Don at Jen-Ty Gelbviehs, jentygelbviehs.com 403-378-4898; Nolan, Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford Towerview Ranch, towerviewranch.com 17- YEARLING and 4- two yr. old Reg. Red 403-977-2057. 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. DKF RED AND BLACK ANGUS Bulls for sale at DKF Ranch, Gladmar, Sask. Great selection, superior quality. Contact Dwayne or Scott Fettes, 306-969-4506. Videos at: www.dkfredangus.ca RED ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing ration, performance info. available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Call 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF frozen genetics for top end genetics, Millet, AB. Semen and embryos from high profile Red and Black Angus bulls. For list: 780-216-0220.

18TH ANNUAL 49TH Parallel Black Angus Bull Sale, Monday, March 28th, 1:00 PM, Mankota, SK. On offer: 65 yearling bulls, POLLED YEARLING BLONDE BULLS for 10 PB open replacement heifers, 55 com- sale, Estevan, SK. area. Phone mercial open replacement heifers. For 306-634-2174 or cell 306-421-6987. more info or catalogue contact Glendar Angus 306-478-7722 or Ross River Ranch 306-741-6251. 45 TWO YEAR old Charolais bulls, 25 BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate yearling Charolais bulls sell April 6th, growing ration, performance info. 1:00 PM CST, Whitecap/ Rosso Charolais available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. bull sale. Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles South on #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 East on Baildon grid. 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com Darwin Rosso 306-690-8916, Mike Howe 10th ANNUAL JOHNSON Livestock Bull 306-631-8779, Dale Howe 306-693-2127. Sale on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the farm near Peebles, SK. “One of CREEK’S EDGE LAND & Cattle purebred the best seedstock sources for Angus bulls Charolais bulls for sale. Over 60 yearlings in the land.” Offering: 170 lots: 156 Angus to choose from. View our bulls online yearling bulls, 14 Angus long yearling www.creeksedgecharolais.ca. Call Stephen bulls. Contact: Andrew Johnson 306-736- 306-279-7709, Yellow Creek, SK. Located 7393, David Johnson 306-736-8631, Rob 120 kms NE of Saskatoon. Holowaychuk OBI 780-916-2628. Bid on- JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE line: DLMS. www.cattlemanagement.ca to on the farm, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 view catalogue. PM. 6 two year olds and 30 yearlings, and tans. Can keep until May 1. 16th ANNUAL ON Target Bull Sale on whites on a bun 12:00. Info. call Jerome and Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Beef Cindy Tremblay 306-394-4406, Courval SK Barrhead Ag Barn, Barrhead, AB. “One of the best sales for Angus and Simmental CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and two Bulls in Northern Alberta.” Offering: 107 year olds. Wintering available. LVV Ranch, lots: 45 Angus yearling bulls, 32 Red An- 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. gus yearling bulls, 30 Simmental yearling bulls. Contact: Dwayne Enery 780-305- RED WHITE AND TAN Charolais yearling 4209, Brad Yoder 780-674-1196, Mark bulls Solid and Time Out bloodlines. Call Jones 780-349-1353, Barclay Smith Wheatheart Charolais, Rosetown, SK., D. 780-305-6716. Bid online: DLMS. View Simpson, 306-882-6444 or 306-831-9369. catalogue at: www.cattlemanagement.ca NEILSON CATTLE COMPANY Charolais BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- bull sale. Friday, March 11, 1:00 PM, at men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery the ranch, Hwy #47 South of Willowbrook. available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Offering 30 coming 2 yr old Charolais bulls all semen tested and vet inspected. WinEnglefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com tering and delivery available. For more info BULL CENTRAL. SELLING two proven herd contact Mike at: 306-783-0331, or T Bar C sires. Classy three year old used on heifers Cattle Co. at: 306-220-5006, PL#116061 2 yrs. Powerful four year old siring top View catalogue online: www.buyagro.com performing calves. Also 8- top quality two year olds. Glennie Bros. 306-482-3813 POLLED PUREBRED COMING 2 year old Charolais bulls, Red Factor and white. Easy evenings or 403-862-7578, Carnduff, SK. calving. Call Kings Polled Charolais, 5 PUREBRED ANGUS heifer calves, aver- 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. age weight 650 lbs., excellent blood lines. HORSESHOE E CHAROLAIS 18th Annual Call 306-345-2046, Pense, SK. Bull Sale, Saturday March 12th, 2:00 PM, Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. YEARLING BLACK ANGUS Bulls for sale: Johnstone offer 60 bulls, yearlings and 2 yr. olds. Sired by Windrower (Harvester’s son) Bril- On All bulls semen Delivery available. liance, Priority, Resource and Hesston. Layne and Paula tested. at 306-252-2246, Several bulls are from imported embryos. Kenaston, SK. Bid Evans online with DLMS. View EPDs are: WW plus 73, YW plus 125 lbs. catalogue: www.horseshoeecharolais.com View online at: RavineDriveCattleCo.com Ph: 780-367-2483, Willingdon, AB. MACMILLAN CHAROLAIS. PB registered yearling bulls available, bred for growth, The Black Pearl Angus Bull & Female easy keeping and market demand, thick Sale, Sunday March 13, 2:00 PM, Edwards bulls w/good feet, lots of hair and very Livestock Center, Tisdale, SK. Selling year- quiet, will be semen tested and can be ling and 2 year old bulls and select open kept until spring. Call 306-931-2893 or heifers. Females sell with a youth incentive 306-227-2774, Tim or Lorna Saskatoon, SK program. Payment plan, wintering and delivery available. For catalogues or info call YEARLING AND 2 YEAR old Charolais T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View bulls, tan and white. Call Ervin Zayak, catalogue online at www.buyagro.com Creedence Charolais Ranch, Derwent, AB., 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708. Watch and bid online at www.dlms.ca

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 1ST ANNUAL FLADELAND LIVESTOCK Bull Sale, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 1:30 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Selling 35 Red and Black yearling Gelbvieh bulls and 1 Elite Proven herdsire. Del 306-869-8123 or Clint 306-861-5654. Catalogue www.fladelandlivestock.com

BAR 3R LIMOUSIN 21st Annual Bull Sale, Thursday, March 17, 2016, 1:00 PM (MST) at the Crossroads Center, Oyen, AB. Selling 40 Red Black polled yearlings and 2 year olds. Sight unseen purchasing available. Boarding available Free delivery. View catalogue at: www.bohrson.com For info. contact Kevin Rea, 306-463-7950 or Ken Rea, 306-463-7454, Marengo, SK. SPRINGER LIMOUSIN, Foam Lake, SK, offers good black and red yearling bulls. For more info. call Merv at 306-272-4817 or 306-272-0144.

BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. Selling custom designed packages. Name your price and we will put a package together for you. Fullblood/percentage Lowline, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB.

MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS, since 1970. We offer the real Maine bulls, all fullblood breeding, low birthweight with good performance. Off farm sales only. Gary and Sandy Graham, 306-823-3432, Marsden, SK. grahamgs@sasktel.net Website www.manitoumaineanjou.ca

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44 NEW TREND SALERS BULL SALE, Thurs., March 17, 2:00 PM, Cow Palace, Olds, AB. Offering 50 yearling Red and Black polled Saler bulls. For catalogues or info. contact Pete 403-650-8362, Wayne 403-876-2241, Gerry 403-936-5393, or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-933-4200. PL #116061. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com 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. They have been selected for soundness, fleshing ability and performance. Sale will be broadcast live at: www.dvauction.com Check out our websites for more info. Contact any of the owners to get on catalog mailing list: Horseshoe Creek Farms Ltd. Weyburn, SK. call 306-456-2500 or website: www.horseshoecreekfarms.com Anwender Cattle Company, Radville, SK. call 306-442-2090 or visit website: www.anwendercattlecompany.com Rocking L Cattle Company, Wawota, SK. 306-739-2598, www.rockinglcattleco.com

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COMPLETE DISPERSAL ONLY. Bred 1998 BALE KING 880 shredder, new tires, cows: black, tans, reds, bred Black Angus. 2 new cylinder kits, good condition, $6000. Call 306-487-7525, Lampman, SK. 306-782-5909, Yorkton, SK. 30 TOP QUALITY black and black brockle- RANCHHAND CALF CATCHER, Canadian face open heifers from very good commer- made, time tested and proven. Put safety Call cial cows. No exotic in these heifers. Brit- back in calf processing. ish for 38 years. Will make excellent cows, 306-762-2125. www.fuchs.ca lots of milk, hair, broodiness and depth. GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar Rene Cadrain, Cadrain Ranching, panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, 306-342-4918, Glaslyn, SK. $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 5160 BLACK and BWF bred heifers, also 30 1” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” Red and RWF. One iron, full herd health, pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar bred Black Angus, calving out April 15. windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting 403-740-5197, Big Valley, AB. troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. 80 ANGUS COW/CALF pairs, fall calving. Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. 2nd and 3rd calvers. Calves vaccinated with Bovi-shield Gold, Tasvax-4 and Ivo- 2005 LUCKNOW 475 mixer wagon, 1 mec. Cows exposed to Angus bulls. owner, 4 auger, digital scale, planetary drive, vg, $27,500. Blaine 306-621-9751 or 204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB. Steven 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK. 120 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS, ONE IRON, bred to low BW Black bulls, STOP WASTING GRAIN! Try our grain exposed July 4, 2015, vaccinated with VL5 troughs: 30’ c/w skids, made of conveyor plus 7 Som, Safeguard/Ivomec, $2400 belting and pipe, $750 ea. 306-538-4685, 306-736-7146, Kennedy, SK. you pick. 306-476-7996, Rockglen, SK. 2008 HIGHLINE BALE Pro 8100, feed 90 BWF F1 replacement heifer calves from chopper series, EZ Feed II grain tank, very top quality Hereford cows, ranch raised, good condition, used 4 years, $18,800. full vaccine program, not keeping because 780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB. of herd dispersal, quite cattle, $1950/ea. Little Gem Ranches Ltd., Veteran, AB. CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on 403-575-1146. site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd., Mortlach, www.warmanhomecentre.com has for hire ground load 53’ cattleliner, 2-53’ stepdeck hay trailers. We haul NEW HOLLAND 357 MIXMILL, good condition, ready to work, $3850. 306-796-2178, equipment. 306-891-1380, 306-631-2023. Chaplin, SK. FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For book- panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feed306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. ers; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK.

NEW FIRST ON the Farm Bid Off Bull Sale. Bidding starts March 12, 1:00 PM CST. 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 GATEWAY COUNTRY SPRING HORSE Bender, Neudorf, SK. 306-728-8613, And Longhorn Auction, Saturday, May 306-748-2876 or Rayleen 306-231-3933. 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

2016 WILD ROSE DRAFT HORSE SALE, May 6 and 7 at Olds, AB. Draft horses, tack, harness, collars and horse drawn equipment are welcomed consignments. Call Barb Stephenson 403-933-5765, 8 AM to 8 PM, or visit www.wrdha.com WINTER WATERING: FREEZE proof, motion eye, 24”/36” drain back bowl. Call REGISTERED FJORD 6 year old stallion for toll free 1-888-731-8882, Lumsden, SK. sale. For more info. call 403-347-4859, Or visit: www.kellnsolar.com SUNNY VALLEY SIMMENTALS 26th An- 403-357-7305, Red Deer, AB. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- Cattle nual Bull and Female Sale, Wednesday, shelter and barn packages. Call March 9, 2016, 1:00 PM at Saskatoon Live306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com stock Sales, Saskatoon. 45 red, black and to request a farm building quote today! NEW BUGGY, WAGON, sleigh, cutterwood fullblood beef bulls. Semen tested, delivered and fully guaranteed. View catalogue and metal parts. Wooden wheel manufacat www.sunnyvalleysimmentals.com or ture and restoration. Wolfe Wagons, Saskatoon, SK. Phone 306-221-1017 after 6 call 306-544-7633 for more info. PM weekdays. 12th ANNUAL WHEATLAND CATTLE HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluCO. Bull Sale, Thursday, March 24, 2 PM, minum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. held on the farm at Bienfait, SK. Offering Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com Black and Red Simmental, SimmAngus and Angus bulls. Also selling customer com- VISaVIS CARRIAGE, $7000; Democrat re- WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? mercial heifers. For a catalogue or infor- built; Cutter plus harness. All in good con- Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: prosmation contact Vernon at 306-634-7765 or dition. 780-914-7861, Viking, AB. pects, transition, barriers, benefits, certifiT Bar C Cattle Co at 306-220-5006. View cation & marketing. Call 306-382-1299, the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com Saskatoon, SK. or at info@pro-cert.org PL#116061.

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.

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: for terms and pricing. KUNTZ SIMMENTAL FARM, Stoughton 1-800-363-6602 Farms, McIntosh Livestock and SAJ www.sungoldmeats.com Simmentals 17th Annual Bull Sale, Tues., March 15, 1:00 PM CST, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds. 65 yearling red, black, fullblood and full Fleckvieh Simmental bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole disinfo: Trevor Kuntz 306-441-1308, Keith tributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers Stoughton 306-893-7546, Blair McIntosh programs, marketing services and sheep/ 306-441-7755, Stuart Jamieson 306-397- goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, 2708 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. SK. www.sksheep.com Watch & bid online: DLMS.ca PL#116061. View catalogue: www.buyagro.com PHEASANTDALE CATTLE COMPANY 12th Annual Bull and Female Sale Thurs., March 3rd, 1:00 PM at the farm, Balcarres, SK. Offering 70 polled Simmen- BUY ALL: Pigs/swine/wild boar, raised tal bulls. 58 yearling red, black and full- outside, all sizes. Most $. 1-877-226-1395. bloods and 12 coming 2 year old red and www.canadianheritagemeats.com 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 RED FACTOR SIMMENTAL and Simm/ Angus yearling and 2 yr. old bulls. Also 3 yr. old proven herdsire off Identity. Green Spruce Simmental 306-467-4975, 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK.

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PROUDLY WESTERN BULL Sale, Saturday March 19th, 1:00 PM at the Whitewood Auction Barn, Whitewood, SK. Selling 70 yearling and 2 year old, Red, Black and fullblood Simmental bulls. Wintering and WANTED: ELK, WHITE-TAILED Deer and delivery available. For a catalogue or more Bison. Rob at 780-871-1056, Lloydminster info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061. 2001 GMC 2500 crew cab, 4x4, 6L, auto, with new Hydra-Dec bale handler, $17,500. Phone 780-385-8008, Viking, AB. SPECKLE PARK YEARLING heifers and bulls for sale. Contact Darrell at BALE KING 3000 processor, LH discharge, very good condition, asking $8000. 306-877-4402, 306-728-7677, Dubuc, SK. 306-642-8111, Assiniboia, SK. ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. www.albertatexaslonghorn.com WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372. 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.

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AQUA THERM A pasture proven trough. Winter water problems? Solved! No electricity required. 3 sizes - 100, 200 and 525 gallon. Kelln Solar, Lumsden, SK. 1-888-731-8882, www.kellnsolar.com

CERT. ORGANIC ROUND alfalfa bales, 1st cut, $55, 2nd cut $85, approx. 1400 lbs. 306-874-9221, 306-874-8032 Naicam, SK. ORGANIC ALFALFA, SWEET Clover, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, Oxley Cicer Milk Vetch. Grasses. Free delivery. Call 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net ORGANIC GROWERS WANTED. Grow quinoa! Total production contracts available for 2016. Premium returns, guaranteed markets and delivery. Call 306-933-9525 or view www.quinoa.com ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. Call DMI 306-515-3500, Regina, SK.

BUYING HRSW AND HRS winter wheat. Old crop and contract for new crop. R.W. Organic Ltd., 306-354-2660 Mossbank, SK. BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples of organic and conventional pulses for 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, Rowatt, SK. TRADE AND EXPORT CANADA BUYING all grades of organic grains. Fast payment and pick up. Call 306-433-4700.

FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully sustainable livestock watering. No power required to heat or pump. Prevents contami- WANTED: CERTIFIED ORGANIC feeder nation. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. cattle. Call Peter Lundgard, Nature’s Way Farm at 780-338-2934, Grimshaw, AB. www.frostfreenosepumps.com

RETIRING NEAR SASKATOON? Sunterra Ridge, Saskatoon’s lakeside community at Shields on Blackstrap Lake, with yearround activities, golf and small town feel, will soon have you forgetting you are only minutes away from all Saskatoon has to offer. Walkout lots and finished homes available now! 306-260-3299, Saskatoon, SK. www.SunterraRidge.co

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS, ready to go. Phone Ed 306-269-7745, leave message if not in, Foam Lake, SK.

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. TRADE OR SELL mobile trailer (older stylecompletely rebuilt) exc. shape in town of Smoky Lake, AB., on own lot, 2 new decks valued at $175,000 Cdn for heavy equip. or farmland in AB. Stan at 780-903-3617. 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.

PYRENEES PUPS, born Oct./15, 1st shots, vet checked, dewormed, $300/ea 306-656-4445 or 306-230-2499, Harris, SK TRUE BLUE HEELERS has 2 male pups off of JeniFur and Jaxon available. First shots and dewormed. Like their parents, they have good drive and great work ethic. Ready April 7th. $400 each. References and delivery available. Call 306-492-2447, 306-290-3339, Clavet, SK. RECENTLY REDUCED. 1800 sq. ft. home to be moved off lot. 3 bdrm, 1 bath, large porch, office, 2 family rooms, $50,000. Must see! Jason 306-642-3315, Assiniboia. RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca RETIRE TO THE SUNSHINE COAST. Ocean view development acreage, Sechelt, CUSTOM RTM’S AND SHOWHOMES all on BC., 34 acres, $2,950,000. Lifestyle/ sale until March 31st. JH Homes, lnvestment Project. Data, photos, video 306-652-5322, www.jhhomes.com tour at: www.realtor.ca MLS R2026927. ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom bmcgreg@hotmail.com Bill McGregor built- every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com 604-531-8000. www.whiterockestates.com or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 to help design your new home.

TRADE OR SELL 20+ acres residential developable land in Presidio, TX valued at $75,000 USD for heavy equipment or farmland in AB. Call Stan 780-903-3617. TRADE OR SELL Office building in Onoway, AB, c/w extra empty lot, exc. shape value at $275,000 Cdn for heavy equipment or farmland in AB. Call Stan 780-903-3617.

YEAR ROUND LAKEVIEW cottage located at Palliser Regional Park, Riverhurst, SK. 816 sq. ft. main floor completely redone, 3 bedrooms, 300 sq. ft. lower level guest suite, fully furnished, carport, wrap around deck, two sheds, asking $267,000. Call 403-548-7337 or cell 403-581-0948.

LAND OPPORTUNITY: 1) 6800 acre ranch north of Smoky Lake, 2 modern homes, $30,000 surface lease revenue. 2) Great quarter section starter farm with modular home, SW of Wildwood, $379,000. 3) 960 acre rolling pasture, great hunting, will carry approx. 180 cow/calf pairs, $37,850 surface lease revenue, west of Leduc. 4) 70 acres development property west of Lloydminster. 5) Deluxe recreational quarter west of Caroline. Fronts on Clearwater River. Don Jarrett, Realty Executives Leading, 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB. CENTRAL ALBERTA FARMS, acreages, businesses (all sizes). Information avail. on request! Central Agencies Camrose Ltd. 4870-51 St., Camrose, AB. 780-672-4491. 3000 ACRES DEEDED farmland for sale in 1 block. Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 18, all 22-2-W4, Bindloss, AB. Excellent service revenue. Call 403-528-5425 or 403-548-1299. Email: h.field@shaw.ca

LOG POST AND BEAM shell package for sale. 26’x34’ with loft 1220 sq. ft. total. Douglas fir logs. Call 306-222-6558 cell, email jeff@backcountryloghomes.ca or visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK, just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: LAND FOR RENT. Phone 306-253-4580, Box 111, Aberdeen, SK. S0K 0A0. www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288.

LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: Three quarters in the RM of McCraney #282, SK. SW-30-28-01-W3, SE-30-28-01-W3 and NW-30-28-01-W3. Please submit tenders in writing, with a certified cheque for 5% of the tendered offer to: Dellene Church Law Office, Box 724, 200 Garfield St., Davidson, SK. S0G 1A0. Tenders will be accepted until 4 PM on March 11, 2016. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For more detail: 306-567-5554 or email: dsclaw@sasktel.net SELLING FARMLAND BY TENDER, RM Great Bend #405, SW-12-42-08-W3, E-1/2-11-42-08-W3, 340 acres, 2015 crop canola. Tenders close March 22, 2016. Submit to: P. Woytiuk, Box 366, Hafford, SK., S0J 1A0. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 204-348-3779. LAND AUCTION: 1 well assessed quarter of farmland located 1.5 miles off Hwy #16 in the Denholm area (20 mins. east of North Battleford). SE-34-42-14-W3, 155 total acres, 140 cult. acres, 76,500 assess. March 23, 2016 at Kramer Auction Ltd, North Battleford. www.kramerauction.com or call 1-800-529-9958.

BIG RIVER, SASK AREA. This gorgeous home/lodge is approx. 3100 sq. ft. on 3 levels including attached garage. Very tastefully done. Heated with propane plus does have solar panels and windmill. Most furniture is included, c/w 154 acres of bush type land with 140 acres fenced with a 8” high game fence plus 1 elec. wire. 89 head of deer/elk w/high genetic breeding. Major equip. included to operate this turnkey hunt/production farm. MLS®561901. More info. or to view call Lloyd Ledinski at Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK. 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512. 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. DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC., St. Benedict south, 325 acres of 32-40-24-W2 with grain storage, very good 2 storey house just complete with $100,000 renos! Barn and extensive corrals. New price $699,900! Ph Dwein Trask 306-221-1035. LAND AUCTION: 2 quarters of cultivated land in RM Meeting Lake, close to Mayfair, SK. Will be sold together as one parcel. NE-30-46-10-W3, 159 total acres, 105 cult acres, 65,600 assess; SE 30-46-10 W3-158 total acres, 115 cult. acres, 77,200 assess. March 23, 2016 at Kramer Auction Ltd, North Battleford. www.kramerauction.com or call 1-800-529-9958. FOR RENT: RM OF #214 Cana. SE-15-22-04-W2, SW-05-22-02-W2. Can be rented with long or short term contract. Melville, SK. Call 306-231-5611.

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LAND AUCTION: 1 quarter of farmland east of North Battleford on Hwy# 40. SE-24-44-13-W3, 160 total acres, 127 cult. acres, 79,200 assess. March 23, 2016 at Kramer’s Auction Ltd, North Battleford www.kramerauction.com 1-800-529-9958. RM VISCOUNT: 1500 acres with two houses, quonsets and 60,000 bu grain storage. MLS 553191; RM MEETING LAKE- Pasture quarter with more quarters avail. MLS 554269. Mike Janostin, Realty Executives Battlefords, 306-481-5574. email at mikejanostin@sasktel.net 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.

RM OF FRENCHMAN BUTTE #501. This 322 acres of natural bush land is hilly and rolly with trails throughout. Ideal for quading, ski-dooing and skiing. Great big game hunting. Located approx. 5 miles NW and 1.5 miles W of St. Walburg on Hwy 26 and only a half hour from Turtle Lake. The property is fenced with a four wire fence and treated post, and has an 18x22 trappers cabin. MLS®561991. For further info. or to view call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford at 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

HAMMOND REALTY. Excellent mixed farming opportunity within 60 minutes of Saskatoon, SK. Features 3,184 acres deeded with 320 acres Crown Lease. Includes: 630 cropped acres, 889 hay acres and 1,965 native pasture/wetland acres. 1,384 sq. ft. home, machine shed, quonset, heated shop and efficient livestock facilities. Call Kevin Jarrett 306-441-4152. If you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-665-1362 GOOD FARMLAND For Sale By Tender. Ideal starter place. Yardsite has power and good water supply. RM of Kingsley #124, NE-20-14-05-W2, NW-20-14-05-W2, SE-30-14-05-W2, Kipling, SK. All tenders must be received by March 15, 2016 and will be responded to by March 20, 2016. Submit inquiries or tenders to: gnh_szakacs@hotmail.com or for more info call 306-745-9135.

LAND AUCTION: 2 quarters of pastureland in RM the Rosemount (Cando/Landis area). NW-5-38-16-W3, 160 total acres, 49,000 assess; NE-5-38-16-W2, 158 total acres, 45400 assess. March 23, 2016 at Kramer’s Big Bid Barn, North Battleford www.kramerauction.com 1-800-529-9958.

Unreserved Public Real Estate Auction

Birch Hills Farmland & Acreage

Birch Hills, SK | Mar 21, 2016 *Selling at the Saskatoon Auction Site

17 Parcels of Real Estate Proposed Country Residential Acreage & 16 Parcels of Farmland 2460± Title Acres Property Features Parcel 1– 2971 sq ft two story home, yard is well graveled with excellent drainage, mature tree line & beautiful landscaping, 2015 FVA $405,900. Well located— 1.75 miles to Hwy 3, 46 km to Prince Albert & 53 kms to Melfort.

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Home built in 1944: 3 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom

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Major renovations, addition & electrical wiring redone in 2002 NG infloor Veissman boiler heat

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New ICF basement 2015

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50 ft x 66 ft quonset

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26 ft x 30 ft shop

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32 ft x 50 ft heated shop w/overhead door

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Auction Location Plunkett

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Kelvington Lintlaw Kuroki

Open House Date: March 12 – 1 to 5 pm

Visit our website for auction and property details:

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Parcel 1— 2971 sq ft home

Parcel 1— Proposed Country Residential Acreage

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AUCTION LOCATION: From BIRCH HILLS, SK, go 6.5 km West on Hwy 3, then go 2 km North on Winton Park Rd. GPS: 53.0047194, -105.3182056 For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Kelly Braaten: 306.960.1478 For info on Parcels 10,12 & 16: Archie Tilford: 306.749.3560 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Darren Teale: 306.278.7373 800.491.4494

WANTED FARMLAND TO RENT in the LAND AUCTION: Great opportunity to bid Raymore/ Semans area, North of Hwy. 15. on 6 quarters of farmland located east of Call 306-528-7875 or benrhb@gmail.com Mayfair and north of Hafford, SK. On offer will be 3 quarters of cultivated farmland with good access and 3 quarters of pasture 12 QUARTERS FOR RENT north of Griffin, adjoining the Meeting Lake PFRA commuSK. SEC-23-09-12-W2, NW-15-09-12-W2, nity pasture. SW-24-47-10-W3, 160 total W1/2-17-09-11-W2, N1/2-16-09-11-W2, acres, 77 cult. acres, 39,700 assess; S1/2-10-09-11-W2, SW-26-09-11-W2. SE-24-47-10-W3, 160 total acres, 80 cult. Can be rent all together or in different par- acres, 27,000 assess; NW-24-47-10-W3, cels. 306-861-4592. 160 total acres, 110 cult. acres, 35,800 assess; NW-15-47-10-W3, 160 total acres, 300 ACRES, BORDERS town of Bengough, 155 cult. acres, 71,400 assess; SW-21-47SK. Hwy. #34, 275 cult. acres. Near new 10-W3, 160 total acres, 130 cult. acres, machinery shed, 48’x60’x16’ w/20’ lean-to, 60,400 assess; NW-16-47-10-W3, 160 to2 near new Behlen 3500 bu. aeration bins, tal acres, 145 cult acres, 54,800 assess. plus 2 small steel bins, 2 bdrm. house, big March 23, 2016 at Kramer Auction Ltd, barn, garage, deep pressurized well, lots of North Battleford for more information visit water, all newly wired with underground www.kramerauction.com 1-800-529-9958. copper wiring, 220 wire. Nice farm. Asking AFE classifieds, 1-800-665-1362. $395,000. Call 403-901-1161.

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. RM 225: IRRIGATION potential! Approx. 800 acres of grainland which can be irrigated from the South Sask. River according to the owner. Excellent opportunity to own irrigated land. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net

46 FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Antelope Park #322, SE-36-31-29-W3, assess 84,300, 151 cultivated acres; NE-36-3129-W3, assess 90,200, 155 cult. acres; SW-36-31-29-W3, assess 62,800, 120 cult. acres; NW-36-31-29-W3, assess 60,200, 129 cultivated acres. Conditions of Offers: 1) Highest or any offers not necessarily accepted. 2) Offers acceptable on any or all parcels. 3) Persons submitting offers must rely on their own research, inspection of land and improvements as to conditions and no. of acres. 4) Deposit cheque for 5% of the offered amount must accompany the offer. Cheque made payable to Edge Realty Ltd. (cheques will be returned to unsuccessful bidders). 5) No offers will be considered which are subject to financing. 6) Tenders close at 3:00 PM on March 16, 2016. 7) There is one year lease left on the land for $14,250. 8) Please forward all bids and inquiries to: Brad Edgerton, Edge Realty Ltd., Box 1324, Kindersley, SK. S0L 1S0. Call 306-463-4515, fax 306-463-4516. Email: brad@edgerealty.ca

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Land Auction for the Estate of Ron Carriere, Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:00 PM at the Days Inn, Estevan, SK. Up for Unreserved Auction are 8 quarter sections of farmland in the RM of Benson #35. Some of the land will sell with surface lease oil revenue. View www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

PASTURE FOR RENT, 4 quarters, good fence and good water. Contact Ross or Pam at 306-427-4923, Shell Lake, SK. MULCHINGTREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca SUPERVISED PASTURES for small or large herds, 2016 grazing season. References available. 306-937-3503, Cando, SK. FOR RENT: RM of 256, half section of pasture, SE and SW 05-25-12-W3. All fenced. With 125 acres could be broke. Can be rented with long or short term contract. Beechy, SK. Call 306-231-5611.

RM OF CORMAN PARK: 80 acres suitable for acreage or pasture, power and water. N 1/2-36-38-09-W3, $160,000. or rent for pasture. 306-222-0991 or 306-466-4442.

2003 TRIPLE E TOPAZ, Model FS306RLXL, Touring Edition, LR and BR slides, $14,500. 306-245-3754, or 306-536-0201, Tyvan SK

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CERT. CARBERRY, STETTLER, Sadash, high germ., low to no fuzz. Dutton Farms, 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. CERTIFIED CARDALE HRSW, 98% germ., 0.0% fusarium. 403-633-9999, Tilley, AB. www.fabianseedfarms.com

AC CARBERRY. Excellent straw strength! Cert., 100% germination, 0% Fus. gram. Excellent quality! Book early. Nakonechny REG., CERT. CDC MEREDITH #1, CDC Aus- Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. tenson #1, Cert. CDC Medcalfe #1. Phone CERTIFIED NEW CDC PLENTIFUL, good Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. FHB resistance; CDC Utmost VB, midge CERT. #1 METCALFE, KINDERSLEY tolerant; AC Enchant VB; AC Conquer VB; barley. Pratchler Seeds, 306-682-3317 or CPS red; AC Andrew. High germination. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca 306-231-5145, Muenster, SK.

REG. CDC LIMERICK green pea seed, 98% germ. Phone Richard at Hallett’s Hay & Seed, 403-586-3769, Carstairs, AB.

REG., CERT. CDC AUSTENSON, 0% fusari- CARBERRY CERT. #1, 99% germ., good for um/Graminearum, 99% germ. Tilley, AB., fusarium and very good for lodging. Stoll’s Seed Barn, 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. 403-633-9999, fabianseedfarms.com WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC CERT. CDC PLENTIFUL HRSW, good germ. Austenson, highest yielding feed barley on and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. market. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK.

FDN. REG. CERT. #1 CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater. Also CDC Marble (french green lentil). Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415.

CERT. #1 AAC Synergy (2-row malt), CDC NEW WHEAT KING! AAC Brandon, Austenson, CDC Maverick. Exc. quality. Ph Cert., 99% germ., 0% Fusarium gram. Book Ardell Seeds Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. early. Limited supply. Nakonechny Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC Metcalfe. Call Trawin Seeds, REG., CERT. CDC Utmost VB, AC Unity VB, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Lillian, Waskada, Goodeve. Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. REG. CDC AUSTENSON. Palmier Seed moe.anita@sasktel.net Farms, Lafleche, SK. 306-472-7824. moe.anita@sasktel.net CERTIFIED, REG. AND FOUNDATION AAC AC Shaw (VB), 0 fusarium. CERTIFIED #1 LEGACY (6R). Call Fenton Redwater, Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERT. CDC COPELAND, Meredith, CERTIFIED BRANDON WHEAT. Call Grant, Seeds, 306-746-7336, AUSTENSON. Dutton Farms, Greenshields 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. CERTIFIED, REG. AND FOUNDATION CDC AC VESPER VB. Excellent Quality! Fdn. Maverick, Gadsby, AC Rosser, Amisk. and Cert., 99% germination, 0% Fus. gram. Ready for pick up! Nakonechny Seeds, Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, CDC Meredith. Northland Seeds Inc., CERT. SHAW-AC DOMAIN, midge tolerant #1, Cert. Vesper-Waskada #1; Reg. Cert. 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. Carberry #1, CPS AC4A-Penhold, midge tolerant #1. Call Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. $28/ACRE, CATT CORN, open pollinated corn seed. Lower cost alternative for graz- CERTIFIED CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, ing and silage. 7-9’ tall leafy plants, 8-10” Lillian. Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, cobs, early maturing 2150 CHUs. Seed SK., 306-725-3236. produced in MB. Selling into SK. AB., and MB. for over 10 yrs. High nutritional value CERTIFIED AC SHAW wheat. Pratchler and palatability. Delivery available. Seeds, 306-682-3317 or 306-231-5145, Muenster, SK. 204-723-2831, Austin, MB. CERT. CARDALE WHEAT. Midge tolerant Shaw-AC Domain VB wheat; Faller high new class wheat. Call for large CERT. AAC RAYMORE, Canada’s first yielding early order discounts. Treating sawfly tolerant durum wheat. Hickseed and available. Visa, MC. 306-530-8433, LumsLtd., 306-354-7998, 306-229-9517, Moss- den, SK. www.llseeds.ca bank, SK. CERT., REG. AAC Marchwell VB durum. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA New-CPS AAC Foray VB, Penhold, Conquer VB. Call Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED TRANSCEND DURUM. Call Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236.

CERT. TRANSCEND DURUM, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola Rosetown, SK. varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Dekalb, Rugby, Cafe. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

2016 PALAZZO 36.1, Stock #K4419, 340 HP, 2 slides, fully loaded. $292,022. MSRP, cash price $224,000. Save $68,022. Shop online 24/7 at: www.allandale.com or 1-844-488-3142.

GOLDEN GHOST 20” track, Arctic Cat Panther snowmobile, shedded, good shape. 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395 Langham SK

ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different ways to weigh bales and livestock; Platform scales for industrial use as well, nonelectric, no balances or cables (no weigh like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com

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CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK

CERT. #1 AC SHAW- AC Domain VB, AC CERT. CDC CHERIE, CDC Dazil, and CDC Unity VB, Cardale and CDC Plentiful. Yauck Proclaim red lentil seed, good germ. and Seed Farm 306-484-4555, Govan, SK. vigor. Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA CWRS AAC CERT. CDC GREENSTAR large green lentil, Brandon, CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun Shaw VB. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL CL Red lentil. Goodeve VB, Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB. Germination 98%, 0% on all diseases. HanFenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. sen Seeds. Phone: 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679 (cell), Yellow Grass, SK. CERT. AAC BRANDON, good threshing and Email: jsh2@sasktel.net resistance to lodging and Fus. Also, Cert. AAC Foray VB, CPS Red. G & R Seeds, Os- CERT. #1 CDC MARBLE, CDC Peridot, CDC ler, SK., 306-222-2967. Lemay french green lentils. Yauck Seed Farm 306-484-4555, Govan, SK. CERT. #1 AAC BRANDON, 0% Graminearum fusarium, 97% vigor, 99% germ. Cert. #1 Carberry, Waskada, AC Barrie, Shaw VB, Unity VB, Vesper VB. All wheat CERTIFIED PATRICK, HIGH germ. Early 0% fusarium, 96-99% germ. Call Murray at booking discount. Terre Bonne Seed Farm Lepp Seeds Ltd 306-254-4243 Hepburn SK 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK.

MIDGE TOLERANT DURUM now available. Cert. AAC MARCHWELL. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass 306-648-3511. seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse REG., CERT. TRANSCEND, AAC Marchwell 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. VB, Kyle, good germ. and disease. Palmier CERT. #1 ALGONQUIN alfalfa seed, 98% Seed Farms 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. germ., inoculated. Maurice Wildeman, moe.anita@sasktel.net 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK. 2015 MIRAMAR 33.5, Stock #03496, $218,950 MSRP, sale $144,000. Save CERT. DURUM SEED, AAC Current, AAC $74,950! Call 1-844-488-3142 or shop on- Raymore, AAC Marchwell, Transcend. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., line 24/7 at www.allandale.com 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511.

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, $70,000. More photos on our website www.can-amtruck.com Can-Am Truck Export Ltd 1-800-938-3323. DL #910420.

CERT. CDC GREENLAND, green; Cert. CDC Impala, CDC Maxim reds. Call Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., 306-472-7824.

CERT. CDC AMARILLO and CDC Hornet yellow peas, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERT. CDC GREENWATER and CDC Limerick green peas, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

CERT. CDC DAKOTA, dunn pea; CDC Raeser, Limerick, green peas. Dutton Farms, 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK.

WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-7325, Unity, SK. WANTED FEED BARLEY- Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK.

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PASKAL CATTLE in Iron Springs area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $$$ in your pocket and sell direct to us with no FEED GRAIN WANTED! ALSO buying brokerage fee. Please call 403-317-1365. light, tough or offgrade grains. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, 1-877-250-5252. peas, green or damaged canola. Phone BUYING HEATED/DAMAGED PEAS, Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. FLAX & GRAIN “On Farm Pickup”. Westcan WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. and cereals. All organic cereals and specialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, BUYING SPRING THRASHED CANOLA and grain “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. 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, 5,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warVera Buziak or Matt Beusekom at Market ranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Call Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. Check Email info@marketplacecommodities.com our website: www.hold-onindustries.com or phone 1-866-512-1711. POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gal.; Bladder 3X4 WINTER WHEAT GREEN feed for tanks from 220 to 88,000 gallon; Water and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and sale. Phone 403-793-5891. double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl. LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buy- Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK. ers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Call 306-862-2723, 6,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Best pricing! Nipawin, SK. Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. www.hold-onindustries.com

3,600 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warCERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO and Limerick LARGE ROUND HAY and large round alfalfa ranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Call peas. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, bales. Delivery available. Call or text: 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com 306-408-0038, Moosomin, SK. 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERT. CDC PATRICK green, CDC Armello ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small 11,000 U.S. GALLON tank, 10 year limited yellow. Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay warranty. Best pricing! Call 306-253-4343 306-472-7824, moe.anita@sasktel.net or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! for sale. 306-382-0785, Vanscoy, SK. www.hold-onindustries.com 2ND AND 3RD cut alfalfa 3x4x8 square bales. Dairy test available. Delivery available in southern AB. 403-633-3777, 403-363-3318, Tilley, AB. SHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement CERTIFIED CANTATE, 97% germination, CEREAL SILAGE, located in Rockglen, SK. tarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, highest yielding variety. Hansen Seeds, area. Will deliver. 306-642-8111. 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK. Yellow Grass, SK., 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net LARGE SQUARE ALFALFA crested wheat TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, bales for sale. Phone service, installations, repairs. Canadian CDC BASTIA CANARY GRASS, Cert. #1, brome company. We carry aeration socks. We itchless, glabrous variety. Call Andrew 306-630-3078, Moose Jaw, SK. now carry electric chute openers for grain 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. BARLEY AND TRITICALE greenfeed and trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000. hard wheat greenfeed. Also 2nd cut alfalfa, green, high protein. Feed tests available. MUSTARD SEED! We can supply you with 403-501-4115, 403-501-9307, Tilley, AB. new cert. treated or untreated seed. We can upgrade your low grade mustard. LARGE ROUND GREENFEED oat bales, soft 14% INCREASE COMING! Act now! FloAckerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, core, approx. 1300 lbs., no rain, $65 ea., tation wheels 42”x23” (710/70R42), reg. $1375, now $995; JD 4930, 710/70R42, Chamberlain, SK. loaded at yardsite. 306-563-6251, Canora BKT $3098, Michelin $3798; 380/90R46 DAIRY AND FEEDER HAY, 3x4 square Firestone R9000 $1995. For all your wheel bales for sale. Tests available. Call and tire needs call AG Line International 1-844-519-0362. Limited quantities! 403-633-8835, Brooks, AB. ANCIENT GRAIN, NON-GMO Western TIRE CORP. For all your semi and Hard Red wheat seed. Start the trend on GREENFEED ROUND BALES, average 1580 MR. netwrapped, $70/bale. Phone half ton tire needs call Mylo 306-921-6555 your farm! Limited supply. Phone for de- lbs., Serving all of Saskatchewan. 306-230-0040, Major, SK. tails. 306-823-7204, Neilburg, SK. DIVERSIFY WITH A frost tolerant specialty crop. Grow quinoa! Total production contracts available for 2016. Premium returns, guaranteed markets and delivery. View www.quinoa.com or call 306-933-9525.

COMMON #1 OATS, cleaned to certified standards, 99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK. OATS, TOP YIELDING and milling variety, grown from certified, 94% germ, no off types. 780-387-6399, Wetaskiwin, AB.

LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay. GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. HAY FOR SALE, brome alfalfa, approx. 1500 lb. bales, 5x6, no rain. Phone Ladimer at: 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. 306-752-4447, Melfort, SK. CUSTOM BALE HAULING. Will haul large squares or round. Phone 306-567-7199, Kenaston, SK. HYD-MECH BANDSAW, CUTS 13” by 18”, 12” by 12” at 45 degrees, blade 13.6’, c/w ROUND SOLID CORE hay and straw bales, extra blade. Everything works. 6x5 delivered. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, 306-622-2069, Gull Lake, SK. SK. MAXIMAT 7 METAL LATHE with milling SMALL SQUARE HAY bales, horse quality, attachment and manual gear change for grass or alfalfa. Contact 306-290-8806, SAE and metric threading, $2,900. Call Lou Dundurn, SK. 306-374-8628, Saskatoon, SK.

LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses SK. and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. ROUND STRAW BALES for sale: wheat, oats, barley. Call 306-947-4603 or cell #1 ALFALFA SEED, 98% germ., inoculated, 306-947-7550, Hepburn, SK. Maurice Wildeman, Lanigan, SK., call 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK. ROUND ALFALFA BALES, 2nd cut, dry, no YB SWEET CLOVER, Red Clover, Alsike rain, netwrapped, approx. 1800 lbs., loadclover, Alfalfa (tap/creeper), Meadow/ ed. 306-332-6221, 306-332-7861, Fort Smooth, various grasses. (Organic/con- Qu’Appelle, SK. ventional), Pasture blends. Free shipping. 306-863-2900, ivanaudrey@sasktel.net LARGE ROUND ALFALFA hay bales, 1st cut, $55, 2nd cut $85, approx. 1400 lbs. Star City, SK. 306-874-9221, 306-874-8032, Naicam, SK. WANT TO CASH RENT: standing alfalfa fields for spring 2016. Want: sweet clover LARGE ROUND HAY bales, net wrapped. fields for pollination. Want: cleaned and Phone 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395, bagged buckwheat seed. 306-281-8097, Langham, SK. Tisdale/Saskatoon, SK. SAINFOIN SEED. Nutritious, bloat-free, 250 ROUND WHEAT straw bales (2015). perennial forage loved by all animals and Special price on 2014 bales. Also have honeybees.Research from Utah University small sq. straw bales and 100 round hay 306-291-9395, 306-283-4747, indicates better meat flavor and nutrition bales. from sainfoin supplemented forage. Prime Langham, SK. Sainfoin is cert. organic. 306-739-2900, 2ND CUT ALFALFA, 1750 lbs., 136 RFV, net Email jhusband@primegrains.com wrapped, full analysis avail. from Dairyland Labs. 306-716-3409, Humboldt, SK.

CDC BOYER CERT. #1, 96% germ., early maturity, plump seed. Stoll’s Seed Barn, 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. CERTIFIED #1 BETHUNE Flax, 93% germ, 92% vigor, reconstituted. Sandercock Seed CERTIFIED, REG. AND FDN. NO. 1 AC Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. Morgan, large volume discounts, also forage varieties Murphy and CDC Haymaker. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. Sorrel, CDC Bethune, Glas. Call Trawin CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris. Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Call Northland Seeds Inc., CERTIFIED AAC BRAVO, CDC Sorrel. Yauck 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. Seed Farm 306-484-4555, Govan, SK. CERT. #1 SUMMIT, Souris, Leggett, CDC CERTIFIED CDC BETHUNE flax. Call Grant, Haymaker (forage) excellent quality. Ardell Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. FND., REG., CERT. New CDC Ruffian, AC Morgan, Summit, excellent quality. Terre CERT. AAC BRAVO brown flax, good germ. Bonne Seed Farm, Melfort, SK. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC REG., CERT. CDC Glas. Dutton Farms, Morgan, Souris, Triactor, CS Camden oats. 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERT. CDC SORREL flax seed, Triffid free. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett, CDC Call for large and early order discounts. Ruffian. Call Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Visa or M/C. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. SMOOTH BROME, MEADOW Brome, Crestwww.llseeds.ca ed Wheat grass, Timothy, Saline tolerant Tisdale, SK. grasses, fescues, Cicer Milk vetch, sainCERT. #1 AC MORGAN, 99% germ. Call CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. foin, lawn grasses, Alfalfa: tap/creeper, YB Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Sweet Clover, Red Clover, pasture/hay Hepburn, SK. CERT. CDC GLAS (reconst), 93% germ. blends. Free blending and delivery! Ph. 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star City, SK. Email us today for a price list! Tilley, AB. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified #1 CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Eskdale ivanaudrey@sasktel.net Gazelle Spring Rye. Call Trawin Seeds Acres Inc., Leross, SK. 306-795-7493, SAVE NOW! COMMON #1 SMOOTH 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. BROME, $6/lb.; Common #1 Meadow 306-795-7208, 306-795-7747. Brome, $6.10/lb.; Coated Common #1 REG., CERT. CDC Sanctuary, AAC Bravo. Smooth Brome and Meadow Brome, $5/lb. Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, til March 31, 2016. Also Alfalfa, Timothy, CERT. SUNRAY TRITICALE, 99% germ. Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net Cicer Milkvetch, Yellow Clover, Crested 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com Wheat, Creeping Red Fescue. Siklenka Tilley, AB. Seeds, 306-342-4290, 306-342-7688, Glaslyn, SK. CERTIFIED #1 BREVIS. Eskdale Acres Inc., Leross, SK. 306-795-7493, 306-795-7208, 306-795-7747. CERTIFIED BREVIS, good for greenfeed FABA BEANS, CERTIFIED CDC Snowdrop, CLEANED RED LENTIL SEED, .65¢/lb. silage. Call Hickseed Ltd., 306-354-7998, new smaller seed, zero tannin. Phone 306-353-4830, Riverhurst, SK. 306-229-9517, Mossbank, SK. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca RED LENTIL- 2 varieties, excellent germ. CERTIFIED McLEOD R2Y soybeans from and vigor, 0% disease. Ph. Byron Blackwell, SeCan; 33003R2Y soybeans from Thunder. 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK. REG., CERT. #1 CDC Utmost, CDC Plenti- Call for large and early order discounts. ful, Cardale, AAC Brandon, Conquer. Ardell Visa/MC. www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, COMMON YELLOW PEA seed, grown from certified seed. 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. Lumsden, SK.

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ASSISTANT CROP FARM MANAGER wanted for a southern AB. farm, full-time permanent position on our irrigated mixed crop potato farm. Wages $23-$25/hr. plus benefits. Potato farm experience planting, growing, harvesting and maintaining crops is an asset. Post secondary education and agricultural certificate(s) an asset. Driver’s EXPERIENCED LIVE-IN CAREGIVER license Class 3 or better. Excellent people, looking for work to care for senior lady. organizational and technical skills. Please fax resume to 403-654-4420 or email Phone 306-551-7300. kanegawa@telusplanet.net EXPERIENCED FARM LABOURER/EQUIP. operators wanted for large grain farm near Regina, SK. Seasonal/full-time employment avail. Call: 306-543-5052, or fax resume with references to: 306-543-4861.

FULL-TIME OR SEASONAL help required for modern grain farm. Farming background would be preferred and Class 1A license. Will consider retired farmer for part-time. Wages based on experience. Call Greg: 306-436-4426, Milestone, SK.

HELP NEEDED TO calve 100 cows, starting March 1st. Room and board provided. 403-652-7253, High River, AB. GENERAL FARM WORKERS with post-secondary diploma or university equivalent (NOC Code 8431). 3 full-time permanent positions on larger grain farm, Terrador Farms Inc., near Oxbow, SK. Duties include: planting, fertilizing, spraying and harvesting crops as well operating and maintaining all farm machinery. Wages $3700/mos. Fax resumes: 306-483-2776. Mail: Box 368, Oxbow, SK. S0C 2B0. Email: terrador.farms@sasktel.net Call Gerry at 306-483-7829 for more info. Go public with an ad in the Alberta Farmer Express classifieds.

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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

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WANTED: DIRECTOR OF Business Dev., full-time. Sask. and MB area. Call Canadian Angus Association, 1-888-571-3580. APIARY POSITIONS. Hilbert Honey Co. Ltd now is accepting applications for 2016 season, April to October. The following positions are required: 4- Apiary Workers (NOC 8431): Minimum of 1 yr. commercial beekeeping experience is required. Duties include: hive manipulations, locating queens, re-queening, making nucs, harvesting and processing of honey, moving colonies. Starting at $11.64/hr. 8-Apiary Labourers (NOC 8431). No previous experience is necessary but must be able to work in the presence of honey bees. Duties include: cleaning of brood chambers, cleanup of bee yards, feeding, supering, harvesting and processing of honey. Starting at $10.61/hr. All positions are full time. Apply to: Hilbert Honey Co. Ltd., fax 306-682-3096, hilberthoney@ gmail.com We are located 8 miles south of Humboldt, SK. along #20 Hwy.

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glenn and mel sisson Box 22 RR 1, Ridgedale, sK s0E 1l0 Ph: 306.873.4882 (glenn) Ph/Fax: 306.873.4890 (mel) located 18 miles north of Tisdale, 2 miles West and 2 miles north

View the Catalogue online at: www.sissonbros.com or www.buyagro.com

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March 2016 RED LWNBRG HARVESTOR 103C

TED 103C

BW: +0.4 WW: +71 YW: +120 MILK: +15 TM: +50 REA: +.31 CW: +42 MARB: +.52

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SAV Harvestor 0338

TED HARVESTOR 154A RED CARRIER

BW: 85 205D: 810 365D: 1386

25TH ANNUAL BULL SALE March 15, 2016 1:00 p.m.

BIEBER ROLLIN DEEP Y118 2 SONS SELL

Balog Auction, Lethbridge, AB 3 RESOURCE SONS SELL

10 FUSION SONS SELL

5 UNANIMOUS SONS SELL MRLA FLEX 49Z 6 SONS SELL

RED LWNBRG FUSION 122C Castlerock Marketing Shane Castle 306-741-7485 Devin Warrilow 780-581-4329

RED LWNBRG FUSION 128C

LWNBRG RESOURCE 63C

LWNBRG UNANIMOUS 94C

Contacts: Dennis: 403-308-3003 | Johnny: 403-382-1794 | Jack:403-330-6123 | lbgangus@gmail.com

www.leeuwenburghangus.com

31ST ANNUAL

SELLING 52 LIMOUSIN BULLS

BULL SALE

SEMEN TESTED & GUARANTEED YEARLINGS | 2 YEAR OLDS | RED & BLACK | POLLED

MARCH 19, 2016 2:30PM LUNCH 12:30PM WESTLOCK AG BARN WESTLOCK, AB

WATCH & BID ONLINE AT

WWW.DLMS.CA

LOT 6 DC BRUNO 2B

LOT 8 EXCELS CAPTAIN CANADA 42C

LOT 13 EXCEL POLLED COWBOY CUT 2C

LOT 22 EXCEL POLLED CROSS TOWN 43C

LOT 29 FL PLD PLYMPUS BOND

LOT 37 HILLVIEW CARSON

LOT 41 HILLVIEW CONDUCTOR

LOT 48 HILLVIEW BIG HEART

CATALOG ONLINE 2016 January www.limousinbulls.ca

DC FARMS

Doug & Carolyn Johnson 780-674-4098

EXCEL RANCHES

Ron & Barb Miller 780-349-2135 Cody & Amy Miller 780-349-0644

HILLVIEW FARMS Raymond & Corine Verbeek 780-939-2173

FOUILLARD LIMOUSIN Ed & Debbie Fouillard 780-789-2103 Dan & Pam Fouillard 587-987-8734

HANSEN’S LIMOUSIN Scott & Lesley Hansen 780-727-4557

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Annual Sons sell:

2nd High Selling Yearling at Brooking 2014 Sale

BW 0.8 WW 47 YW 84 MILK 29 TM 53

Spady Bull Sale Wednesday, April 13 th, 2016

Sire: Connealy Stimulus 8419 MGS: SAC 004 Density 4336

Peak dot eliminator 780z

BW 5.6 WW 59 YW 100 MILK 24 TM 54

2nd High Selling Yearling at Peak Dot 2013 Sale

Sire: SAV Eliminator 9105 MGS: SAV 004 Predominant 4438

KBJ PREDO 105A

R ivercrest Valleymere

BW 2.5 WW 38 YW 74 MILK 22 TM 41

Sire: Atlasta Predominacnt 31W MGS: FRL Traveler 416

FV Mandate Man 146y

BW -1.9 WW 60 YW 112 MILK 23 TM 53

High Selling Yearling at Fertile Valley 2012 Sale

Sire: Sydgen Mandate 6079

MGS: FV 20K King 308M

duralta 307r updraft 45a

BW 3.1 WW 73 YW 123 MILK 31 TM 68

Sire: SITZ Upward 307R MGS: KMK Alliance 6595 187

January 2016

Visit our websites for more details and online catalogue @ www.rivercrestangus.com and www.valleymereangus.com or give us a call.

On Offer:

120 Black Angus Bulls Sale 1:30pm at the Ranch near Alliance, AB

* All Bulls Semen Tested * Sight Unseen Purchase Guarantee * Volume Buyer Incentive * Delivery or Credit * Pioneers in the Angus business spanning four generations since 1937 * Premium ranch-raised cattle bred for performance and longevity

Craig Spady 403-740-4978 Travis Spady 780-879-2298 Tom Spady 780-879-2180 Brian Spady 780-879-2110

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March 2016 Western Canada’s Comprehensive BullTH Buyers Guide Lunch 12 Noon - Sale 1 PM

APRIL 13 , 2016

at the farm, Swan River MB

50 TWO YEAR OLD & YEARLING RED AND BLACK ANGUS BULLS

BULLS SIRED BY: WPRA Legacy 314A Red D Bar Dynamo 67Y Red McRaes Mohican 40X Red Geis Premier Plus 72’96 ACC Tiger 3Z ACC Upward 99A Crescent Creek Pacesetter 128Z Crescent Creek Chisum 16Z DMM Creed 75W Kembar Kodiak 10Y Young Dale NoZeka 2Z

View the catalog at

www.andersoncattle.ca or www.buyagro.com

Anderson Cattle Co: 204-734-2073 T Bar C Cattle Co: 306-220-5006

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DIAMOND W CHAROLAIS & RED ANGUS

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14th Annual Thursday, March 17, 2016 • 1:30 PM Bull Sale VALLEY LIVESTOCK SALES, MINITONAS, MB

spaRRows Chitek 930w Ivan, Ethel & Orland Walker Box 235, Hudson Bay, SK S0E 0Y0 T 306-865-3953 C 306-865-6539 diamondw@sasktel.net

BULLS

45 CHAROLAIS Two Year Olds & Yearlings 15 RED & BLACK ANGUS Two Year Olds & Yearlings Our bulls will work for you: • Big, Solid Bulls that can Cover Pastures • Lots of Hair – Full of Meat • More Bull for Your Dollar • Semen Tested and Ready to Work! • Performance Tested • Good Feet, Structurally Sound, Easy Fleshing

MeRit RoUnd-Up 9508w Commercial Consultants: Clayton Hawreluik, Heartland Livestock, Yorkton, SK, 306-621-3824; Ron Reed Livestock, Lethbridge, AB, 403-625-0233 Valley Livestock Sales: Randy Hart, 204-734-8624

Red CRowfoot Moonshine 8081U SALE MANAGER:

306-584-7937 Helge By 306-536-4261 Candace By 306-536-3374 charolaisbanner@gmail.com

Stop by the farm anytime and have a look • View the bulls online at www.bylivestock.com

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March 2016 Sealin Creek Eric 5Y Tattoo# PAK 5Y Western Canada’s Comprehensive Bull Buyers Guide

Sealin Creek Bar Lad 129A Tattoo# PAK 129A

Remington Heads Up 44Y Tattoo # RCC 44Y

YEARLING BULLS FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY OUT OF THESE SIRES

PRIDE OF THE PRAIRIES BULL SHOW & SALE

S H O W & S A L E D AT E I S M A R C H 6 – 7 • L LO Y D M I N S T E R E X H I B I T I O N G R O U N D S Z-Bar Eric 111B ZBR 111B

Z-Bar Eric 95B ZBR 95B

Dave and Carol Gray Marsden, Sk.

Phone or text: 306-823-3954 email: zbar@mcsnet.ca

www.zbarangus.com • We are a source of the Original Straight Canadian Genetics • We are selling 6 black and 2 red two year olds at the Pride of the Praires Bull Show and Sale in Lloydminster in March

2 YEAR OLD SIMMENTAL BULLS REICH ANGUS & K3 RANCH 2 YEAR OLD BULL SALE

1 PM - MARCH 16, 2016 - CALNASH AG CENTRE - PONOKA AB

25 ANGUS BULLS

12 SIMMENTAL BULLS

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HAROLD AND DOROTHY REICH (780-372-2175) CELL(403-783-0207) • KOLTON KASUR (780-387-8376)

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LLB Angus

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at the farm Erskine AB

Offering over 700 head of Quality Black & Red Angus Cattle

• 100 yearling heifers • 300 commercial heifers • 60 purebred & commercial bred heifers • 150 yearling bulls • 100 two year old bulls

Black & Red two year old Bulls

Black & Red Yearling Bulls

Lee, Laura & Jackie Brown Trish & Tim henderson Phone: 403-742-4226 Fax: 403-742-2962

Box 217, erskine, alberta T0c 1G0 catalogue online www.llbangus.com

South OffView Ranch ering 90+ Red and Black Angus Yearlings

Red SVR Hitch 19C

Red SVR Hitch 21C

Red SVR Hitch 7C

BW: -1.7 WW: 58 YW: 86 Milk: 14

Red SVR Tornado 167C

SVR Top Secret 385C

BW: -2.4 WW: 64 YW: 94 Milk: 12

BW: -1.1 WW: 63 YW: 90 Milk: 10

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Red SVR Ribeye 54C

BW: -1.5 WW: 57 YW: 85 Milk: 13

BW: -1.5 WW: 56 YW: 79 Milk: 15

Keith & Linda Kaufmann Box 130, Ceylon, SK S0C 0T0 306-454-2730 Fax 454-2643 svr@sasktel.net

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 20 16

BW: 1.5 WW: 42 YW: 75 Milk: 21 Shane & Alexis Kaufmann & Family Box 40, Ceylon, SK S0C 0T0 306-454-2688 sakaufmann.svr@sasktel.net

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New First on the Farm BID OFF BULL SALE

Bidding starts March 12, 2016 – 1:00 PM CST Closes Tuesday March 15, 2016 – 2:00 PM CST

40 yearling and 2 yr old bulls, mostly red Details and updates on our websites

43rd Performance Bull Sale

www.bendershorthorns.com • www.starpfarms.com

50+ Yearling Bulls

April 12th, 2016 | 1pm Perlich Bros. Auction Market Lethbridge, Alberta

XZY-69C

Featuring: Open heifers from Matt Slingerland & Hicken Ranches

Shawn: 403.642.2041 (bandkr@live.ca) Mike: 1.877.888.BULL (www.rodgersredangus.com) Perlich Brothers: 403.329.3101 • COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH

• $250 BULL CREDIT

BENDER SHORTHORNS

XZY-66C

Neudorf, SK S0A 2T0 Call Glenn or Ryan 306-728-8613 or 306-748-2876 or Rayleen 306-231-3933

• FREE DELIVERY

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March 2016 SIMMENTAL FOCUS-75

On Offer:  80 Bulls Breeding Bulls For Grass Farmers 3rd AnnualWestern  12 FB & PB heifers Canada’s Comprehensive Bull Buyers Guide Plus 25-30 commercial heifers

MARCH 12, 2016 LLOYDMINSTER EXHIBITION GROUNDS 1:00 P.M. MST

9YR OLD WALKING HERDSIRE

MH TITAN 752

O C C GREATPLAINS X O C C HOMER

BLACK & RED ANGUS

RUGGED 2YR OLD BULLS SALE MARCH 12TH - ASHERN MB

RWR Boss Hawg 30C

Red Willow Ranch Ltd.

The Tyler Family Box 542 Cut Knife, SK S0M 0N0 Josh Tyler C: (306) 390-7745 jtyler_14@hotmail.com Darren Tyler Ph: (306) 398-2811 C: (306) 398-7554 dttyler@yourlink.ca

Black Gold Crankitup 24C

Westgold Standout 42Z x Romano

Black Gold Simmentals TheNoble Noble Family The Family Randy, Vanessa, Randy, Vanessa, Ryley & Toby 306-825-9465 Ryley & Toby 306-825-9465 Randy cell: 306-821-0113 Randy cell: 306-821-0113 Lyle: 306-825-2164 Lyle: 306-825-2164 Neil & Gail: 780-808-9082 Owen: 780-872-4029 Neil & Gail: 780-808-9082 info@blackgoldsimmental.com Owen: 780-872-4029 www.blackgoldsimmental.com

Springcreek Power 55A x Wheatland Bull 564R

Moderate - Maternal - Easy Calving - Easy Fleshing

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LWC Spartacus 12C

Little Willow Creek Ranch

The Harlands Box 38 Frenchman Butte, SK S0M 0W0 Ervin & Pat (306) 344-4807 Scott & Bev (306) 344-2027 C: (780) 214-1198 Blaine & Shelly (306) 344-4962 C: (306) 821-0112 Ted & Adele (306) 825-6109 C: (780) 872-0903

Jonathan Bouw: 204-471-4696 Stefan Bouw: 204-232-1620 Twitter: @ediecreekangus w w w. e d i e c re e k a n g u s . c o m

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Sibelle Spartacus 8A x BHR Three Sixes L666E