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Alberta Wheat chair says rail review misses the mark

BOOM BOOM: A double dose of good news for Alberta’s farm scene

Kevin Auch says lifting the revenue cap would be a mistake and reciprocal penalties are needed

Two new mega elevators boost competition and their cutting-edge loop tracks mean super-fast turnaround times

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panel that spent a year and a half reviewing the Canadian Transportation Act got its key recommendations wrong.

That’s the reaction from farmers, including Alberta Wheat Commission chair Kevin Auch.

“We need to have some measure of a level playing field in the

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ack-to-back announcements that Red Deer County will soon have its first-ever super-sized grain terminals are giving farmers multiple reasons to celebrate.

“It’s more good news when it comes to choice for marketing — not that we ever want to see an overbuild situation — but I’m sure these folks have all done their homework,” said Alberta Barley chair Mike Ammeter.

“They will have an influence on the market, with more delivery options and, hopefully with it, more competition and better prices for farmers.”

On Feb. 16, the county approved a development permit for

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Mike Ammeter pictured at the current Niobe elevator, which will soon have a new neighbour — a super-sized elevator with a cutting-edge loop track. PHOTO: JOHNNIE BACHUSKY

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Brenda Schoepp Teach your daughters to believe in their abilities

AN ENDURING LEGACY Evergreen Farm is a meeting place for family and community

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Alberta wheat growers could lose out if new milling wheats discounted

ALLAN DAWSON How much would you pay for better varieties?

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‘The Revenant’ wins Oscars and the hearts of Alberta cowboys Innisfail’s Ivan Daines and friends proudly did their bits on screen and now celebrate film’s success

BY JOHNNIE BACHUSKY AF contributor

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hen rodeo legend Ivan Daines tuned into the Academy Awards last month, he was as joyous as any cowboy could be when “The Revenant” claimed best actor and director honours. “‘The Revenant’ is such a great movie. I was very proud when Leonardo (DiCaprio) won, and proud Alejandro (González Iñárritu) won,” said Daines. “It’s almost a western movie and I enjoy that kind of stuff, the action and drama of the outdoor Wild West movies, you know.

“There are not a lot of great westerns around.”

Daines’ cheerleading for “The Revenant” is understandable because the retired national saddle bronc champion from Innisfail played a small but important part — a special skilled extra along with 40 other Alberta cowboys.

Before the shooting of the blockbuster film began in the fall of 2014 in the Canadian Rockies, he and his best cowboy pals were recruited by famed Longview wrangler specialist John Scott, whose resumé for adding the special cowboy touch to the silver screen includes work on the Oscarwinning movies of “Legends of the Fall” and “Unforgiven.”

“I have been doing the movie business for over 45 years and I have a core that work with us,” said Scott, a former rodeo man before becoming Hollywood’s leading cowboy production specialist, a role that includes providing the best livestock and cowboys.

“I hired all my retired cowboy friends because it’s important to be able to get away from a horse. It’s one thing to get on a horse but when a horse gets into trouble you have to have skill and knowledge to get away from him so you don’t get hurt or hurt other people.”

Along with Daines, his selection of cowboys included two-time world saddle bronc titlist Mel Hyland from High Prairie, former Canadian calf rope champion Mark Nugent of Water Valley, and renowned Innisfail-area horse trainer Bob Leggette.

“He (Scott) likes to get a big group of rodeo guys. It takes a lot of people to handle those horses, and put all that on,” said Nugent, who was hired by Scott as a wrangler captain. “He’s got everything so organized and has such a great group of horses it makes such a great difference.”

Alberta cowboys made a big difference during the filming of “The Revenant” last year in the Canadian Rockies. From left, Bob Leggette, Ivan Daines and Mark Nugent, who were all special skills extras during the film’s production. PHOTOs: JOHNNIE BACHUSKY The cowboys faced long, arduous days of filming but it did not matter.

They had a job to do.

“It is not the most important thing to see Leonardo. He’s a great star but everyone is working,” said Daines. “It’s continuous, and you want to be prepared because when they say rehearsal they want you there and going. They don’t want you saying, ‘Well, give me 10 minutes or half an hour.’”

The cowboys remain proud of the parts they were asked to do, whether it was just riding along in the background, bringing in the mules, organizing a herd of 100 horses, or just sharing good old cowboy camaraderie by a Rocky Mountain campsite fire.

“You get guys like Mel and Ivan and all the rodeo guys who have been around pressure situations, they know and can spot a wreck before it happens,” said Nugent. “They know how to look after the actors. It was easy.

Everybody just did their job.”

The making of the movie has also

“I was very proud when Leonardo won, and proud Alejandro won.”

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been immortalized by Daines, an avid lover of country music who was inspired while on the set to write a song he’s called “Ivan Daines — Movie Song Track 2015.”

“The movie people really liked the chorus,” said Daines, whose tune, now uploaded on YouTube, honours the cast, crew and film. “They said, ‘Ivan, that chorus will live forever in movies.’”

High Prairie’s Mel Hyland was asked to play a grizzled old trapper — and grow a beard. “I grew it but it was as white as snow. I had to darken it,” he said.

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Running on empty? It’s time to set goals for your farm Working 100 hours a week is ‘a recipe for burnout,’ says American farmer and author who found salvation in scaling back

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Thistlethwaite experienced that first hand while farming with her husband in northern California, where the couple built one of the largest organic pasture and livestock operations in the West, grossing nearly half a million dollars a year.

But the workload to build that business was “entirely unsustainable.”

“We would have stuck it out had there been a proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, which for us was our goal of eventually owning land,” she said.

“But with farmland prices in excess of $50,000 an acre in northern California, there was no possible way for the farm income to cash flow a mortgage such as that.”

So the couple decided to sell the farm.

“A huge weight was lifted from our shoulders when we decided to sell the business and take a break to reflect on what we had learned and what we wanted to try next.”

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t takes guts to be a farmer these days.

“Farming is an extremely complex business to run, and it takes remarkable courage,” said author Rebecca Thistlethwaite, who farms in Oregon.

“It demands an incredible well of passion, a willingness to learn, and ‘stick-to-it-tiveness’ to make it work.”

But more and more, farmers are finding that they can’t stick to it anymore.

“Agriculture appears to be a dying art,” Thistlethwaite said at the Organic Alberta conference in late February.

“Every year, there are fewer farmers, with vast consolidation of the largest ones, and an increasingly aging farming population. One-half of U.S. farmland is set to change hands in the next 20 years, and much of that is going to investment firms and not family farms.”

And the rising cost of farmland is making it increasingly A holistic vision difficult for new farmers to Today, Thistlethwaite and her husband run a small farm in enter the industry, she said.

“Canadian farmland values Oregon, where they raise liveare appreciating by the double stock in a scaled-down version digits. That’s great if you’re try- of their old operation.

And that shift started when ing to sell your land, and not so great if you’re looking to buy they created a holistic vision for their farm and their life. and get into agriculture.”

“Going through that process In Canada, 76 per cent of family farm income comes from really helped us decide which off-farm jobs — “a recipe for enterprises to cut, which ones to focus on, and where we wanted burnout,” said Thistlethwaite.

“Not only do you work your to put our focus and our pastails off growing food for peo- sions,” she said.

A holistic vision looks at the ple, but you also have to work other jobs to make ends meet,” goals you have for your operashe said. “After you put in your tion and the resources needed to 60 hours of farming, now go make them a reality, said Thistlework another 40 hours — plus thwaite.

The first step of creating a holistake care of your families, your health, your homes. It’s not tic vision is setting “quality-oflife2016-03-01 goals for9:09 your realistic and it’s not fair.”

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“It is possible to be a successful and sustainable farmer, but you have to get all the puzzle pieces right. It’s not just hard work, nor is it luck. It’s a little bit of both.”

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“What are the things you guys care about the most? For us, it was having a strong social network, quality time for our children, maybe a couple weeks of vacation a year, and the financial ability to retire at some point,” she said, adding it’s important to include the whole family in setting those goals.

“You’re going to have different quality-of-life goals, and that’s fine. Just come up with that by brainstorming a list of the things that are most important to you.”

Next, you need to decide “what your forms of production are.”

“These are the various ways you’ll make these qualityof-life goals a reality,” said Thistlethwaite.

“For us, it was having a profitable farm enterprise, having work weeks that were no more than 50 hours a week, having trained employees so we could take a couple weeks of vacation a year, and membership in various groups and church to enrich our social networks.”

“A huge weight was lifted from our shoulders” when Rebecca Thistlethwaite and her husband decided to scale down their farm.

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The final component is the resources you need to make the goals and forms of production attainable.

“Those are things like healthy soils, plentiful water, balanced wildlife populations, a community that supports agriculture, et cetera,” she said.

Once you have these three pieces in place — preferably on paper — you can use them to create a vision statement for your family and your business, she said.

“This vision will serve as a touchstone for guiding your path, making solid decisions,

and giving you inspiration when times get tough,” said Thistlethwaite.

Every farm family will need to decide on their own definition of success — and it’s OK if that doesn’t mean having the biggest land base or most cattle, she said.

But “sheer hard work” alone won’t make you successful.

“It is possible to be a success­ful and sustainable farmer, but you have to get all the puzzle pieces right,” said Thistlethwaite.

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long-awaited report by the panel reviewing the Canadian Transportation Act will disappoint those in the grains sector looking for more accountability in the system that moves their crop to market.

The report “Pathways: Connecting Canada’s Transportation System to the World” is the result of an accelerated review of the federal legislation. The scheduled review was pushed ahead by a year in the wake of the grain transportation crisis of 2013-14.

So a lot of people in the grains industry were pinning high hopes that the review panel would recommend changes designed to ensure the railways do their part to get the right grains to the right port at the right time.

It’s important to note that the panel was assigned to look at the entire transportation system. Not surprisingly, the panel found that generally speaking, the transportation network is not in good enough shape to keep Canada competitive into the future.

“Our global infrastructure and related rankings have been declining and Canada continues to compare less favourably to other developed nations on a number of measures — a disturbing trend for a small, open economy in which prosperity depends on success in global trade,” the report says.

It goes further to suggest that when it comes to infrastructure investments, government priorities have been — we’re paraphrasing here — politically expedient and short sighted.

When it gets to the grains section, the conclusions are hardly surprising.

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When countries are testing for parts per billion, we need to be extra careful in following the rules

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The panel refers to, but does not cite, studies that it says “support the notion that Maximum Revenue Entitlement has had adverse effects on the efficient operation of the grain-handling and transportation system.”

Further, that regulation keeps rates higher than necessary by stifling technological and service innovations.

The report does cite a letter dated April 10, 2015 from CN CEO Claude Mongeau that states, “the regulatory framework for Western Canada grain is ill suited to promote sound railway investment through adequate pricing mechanism.”

We’re left wondering if CN also provided those aforementioned “studies.”

Mongeau’s conclusions are contrary to the findings of the Grain Logistics Working Group, which found no evidence to show that the MRE hurts the railways’ ability to invest and innovate. The MRE does not cap how much grain the railways can move, nor does it cap how much they earn. It merely caps the average rate they can charge per tonne, adjusted for railway inflation and the distance travelled. The more grain the railways move, the more they can earn.

That research found that railway profitability was actually higher under the MRE than if there was true competition in rail freight. It also found that while the MRE has little impact on service, the lack of competition does.

It remains to be seen what the Trudeau government will do with a report commissioned by its Harper predecessor. But from this desk, it appears that the CTA review panel has bought into the myth of deregulation as the go-to solution.

Deregulation must go hand in hand with competition. It is no longer a question of whether to implement open running rights, but how.

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adviser to the Canadian Transportation Act review secretariat, strongly hinted at various meetings last year that the review panel would find removing the Maximum Revenue Entitlement (the MRE, also known as the “revenue cap”) conducive to increased investment in improved service. He stated that shippers care more about service than cost — as if the two were linked.

The federally appointed Grains Logistics Working Group found otherwise; evidence shows commodities not covered by the MRE do not receive better service or lower freight costs.

Nevertheless, the CTA review report recommends getting rid of the MRE over the next seven years because “an unfettered commercial framework provides greater assurance that supply chain partners who handle and transport grain will invest in innovative supply chain solutions to move grain efficiently in years to come.”

It also concludes that the MRE stifles innovation and found “no compelling evidence” to suggest grain shippers should merit special protection over other shippers.

It is here that the panel misses the point of the MRE, which is not to protect grain shippers, so much as grain farmers from gouging. Grain producers pay the full cost of shipping their grain, but they are not the ones negotiating the freight. As such, they are captive in a way that coal shippers are not.

As well, coal is coal, whereas grain consists of a multitude of commodities of varying qualities that must be picked up at numerous locations and delivered on a time-sensitive basis to the ships waiting at port. Poor railway service can mean demurrage charges, lost sales and reduced competitiveness.

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t is baffling. Egypt is a country facing food shortages yet it is blocking wheat shipments from around the world. Its quarantine agency has decided to impose a zero tolerance for ergot.

This is despite the fact that the contracts signed by Egypt’s central buying agency recognize the international, science-based tolerance of 0.05 per cent.

Some may think that 0.05 per cent is a pretty small number and not really a whole lot different from zero. “Some” would be wrong. Zero tolerance brings us into the realm of parts per billion and parts per trillion.

Why is this important? For Egyptians it might very well result in bread lines, since countries will simply not be willing to take the risk of arbitrary decisions by regulators and imperfect testing systems that can kick out false positives almost randomly when looking for such minute amounts.

There are implications for Canadian farmers too. This is not just a “one-off” event but a symptom of a larger, and growing problem. As tariff barriers fall,

some countries use non-science-based grain safety excuses to block trade in an attempt to drive down prices or to prop up their own agriculture industry.

Canada has a strong reputation for consistently delivering safe, high-quality grains, oilseeds, and special crops to our domestic and international customers.

The foundation of this reputation is our science-based regulatory system.

Our approach reduces the risk that exports will be blocked by sanitary and phytosanitary regulations.

Maintaining “science based” is not just a job for regulators and chemical companies. Farmers have responsibilities too.

For example, the label on every crop protection product is determined by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency based on in-depth research. Not following the label can result in increased residues. This puts our exports at greater risk from arbitrary decisions like the one we saw in Egypt because residues just might give some government an excuse to keep our grain out. Not following the label may also generate residues and could even bump residue levels above the science-based maximum residue limit, in which case importers have legitimate food safety concerns.

The risk of these incidents is growing. It is not valid to think “they will never test,” or, “grain from my farm won’t make a difference.” They may test and when measurements are in parts per trillion, just a few farmers not following the rules may result in rejected shipments.

Some basic things to ask before applying any crop protection product: • A m I applying at the rate indicated by the label?

• I s the crop covered by the label?

• A re there restrictions on when the product can be applied? (Too green, too late, etc.)

• A m I respecting the “swath to harvest” interval?

• H ave major markets approved this product? (If you don’t know, ask your agri-retailer and grain buyer.)

Following these rules will not eliminate risk. But following the label, knowing if there are market risks from particular products, using best management practices to minimize disease infection all reduce market risk.

Risk comes with a cost and everything we can do to reduce costs improves our international competitiveness.

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Empower your daughters to be great farmers Understanding one’s abilities, becoming financially literate, and gaining experience outside the farm are all critical

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ore women own and operate farms and agribusinesses in Canada than ever before.

What is it that women need to do to be great farmers and how can farms prepare daughters for the ownership of the family farm?

Underlying any business transaction is value. And often, families focus on the value of the capital assets as a priority and as a starting point for discussion. I suggest that people are the most valuable asset to the operation and empowering young folks coming in is just as important as the paper transaction.

For the young woman coming to the farm it is important that she understand and appreciate her OWN value and have no fear in articulating this.

Many women don’t appreciate themselves and in the process sell themselves short. Girls and women should be encouraged to do an honest evaluation of hard and soft skills; education and experience; adaptability and flexibility; knowledge and

passion — and to stand by those qualities.

Girls and women can enhance their value in a farming operation. Experience is an astounding teacher. It could be in extensive education away from home, travel, global work experience on other farms and in other industries (for at least five years), volunteer time, playing on competitive teams or clubs, spending time with the poor, the unlovely, the marginalized or continuous technical training.

Globally I have experienced that the single most important factor in the success of the women who farm is literacy and particularly financial literacy.

There are very few schools that teach commerce and finance from Grade 1 (where it should start), and even fewer families that focus on the financial literacy of their daughters.

This huge gap can be filled at any time in life but before women come back to the farm they should be strongly urged to become financially literate.

When farming with a partner, the daughter or female spouse is encouraged to have operations outside of the farm that are her own. It starts with own-

ing land, investments or a home and having a business that is not tied directly to the farm, but is complementary to the life that you wish to lead there. One can still farm full time while having independent investments. In the interest of equality (social and economic) just as a fellow may solely own a heavy-duty garage so can a female partner.

The beauty of farming is the limitless opportunity and dreaming big is encouraged, but so is starting small. It is the business plan that allows the sole owner to navigate through the grid of farming. When farming falters, one can always return to the business plan as a neutral place to recharge. It is a flexible road map and should be complemented with personal and professional goals.

When women borrow money they have a tendency to ask for “just what they need,” and this has proven to slow the process of access to capital because banks like a decent-size loan, too. Think about the end at the beginning of the project, go back to the plan and mitigate risk within it, be bold, prepare for success, and ask for more.

Women are great farmers and creative marketers. The chal-

lenge then is in finding committed help that is willing to move into management. Preparing for success also means to prepare a human resource plan that allows for mentoring, growth, and empowerment of family and staff.

For all parties, the experience of a mentor will be the greatest gift they give themselves, but this is especially true as women start their independent farming careers. When the going gets tough, a good mentor gets going with empowerment, inspiration, and encouragement.

Choosing to hang with family, friends, groups and clubs that build, educate and challenge keeps the momentum going.

The business of farming is just that — the business of farming.

Farms are to make money and support the family; be a steady source of income for employees; and help build communities. This is not a lifestyle — it is about money with a lifestyle bonus. Keep focused on the financials.

Respect family through the process. Bringing a global approach to the table is important but so is the understanding that the parents or sellers are also in transition. They

may have concerns that are not addressed. Let them know they are appreciated and will be missed.

What can farms do?

Changes in farming are inevitable and because farming is such a creative business, it is an especially good fit for our daughters. As farm families go through the process of change in their daily life, there is great value in asking and discussing with children: What will change?

Who will it affect? How will it be handled?

True equality starts with the respectful engagement of all family members and fostering an environment for girls where they create, problem solve, and execute with confidence.

Having a business plan that is transparent and flexible attracts your daughter’s engagement and ensuring she is financially literate will boost her chance of success.

At all times, stand up for her excellence. She will be amazing!

Brenda Schoepp is a farmer from Alberta who works as an international mentor and motivational speaker. She can be contacted through her website www.brendaschoepp.com. All rights reserved. Brenda Schoepp 2015

Analysis: Rising seed costs on farmer radar When it comes to more expensive canola seed, farmers have been voting with their seeders

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here are no crops without seed. It’s as essential to production as air, soil, water and sunshine.

Seed is also increasingly expensive ranking in the top three operating expenses for crop producers along with fertilizer and pesticides.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) fears seed costs will escalate in the wake of stronger Plant Breeders’ Rights legislation as part of the adoption of UPOV ’91 last year. That’s why the NFU is advocating a new seed act to allow farmers to not only save seed but “select, exchange and sell seed.” It’s quixotic, but the NFU often swings for the cheap seats.

However, it isn’t alone in its concerns.

Farmers sometimes say they don’t want “cereal variety development to go the way of canola.” In other words, they don’t want it dominated by private companies.

The issue is who pays for variety development and how much? It takes about 10 years and a million bucks to create a new cultivar, according to Lorne Hadley, executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency.

Farmers pay companies to develop varieties, so why not own those companies or at least the varieties? You can use that logic

on a lot of products and services farmers buy from equipment to grain companies.

They’ve tried that with mixed results.

If farmers were allowed to save and sell seed, as the NFU proposes, seed companies would earn even less than now and stop developing varieties for Canadian farmers. The NFU’s answer is publicly funded research.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Prairie universities already do cereal development, but the royalties farmers pay don’t come close to covering the costs, says a report prepared for Prairie cereal associations. Agriculture Canada spends $41 million a year on cereal development, but earns just $5 million to $6 million in royalties from certified seed sales of its varieties. Farmers contribute another $7.5 million through checkoffs. Together that’s about $14 million or only a third of the cost. The Australians invest close to $100 million a year in cereal development — most of it from farmers.

UPOV ’91 makes it easier for seed developers, including publicly funded ones, to get paid for their varieties. Canadian farmers can still save seed so long as the original seed was legally purchased, which means having paid a royalty to the seed developer, and the farmer hasn’t signed a contract giving up seed-saving privileges.

It’s illegal for Canadian farmers to sell, trade or even give away seed that’s protected.

Under UPOV ’78, seed developers could only go after the farmer who failed to pay a royalty for their seed, but now seed cleaners and even grain companies that buy grain produced from illegally obtained seed can be sued.

UPOV ’91 doesn’t automatically allow the introduction of end-point royalties when grain is sold at the elevator, but NFU says it clears the way for regulations that could bring them in. It also worries perfectly stilluseful varieties will be deregistered just to force farmers to buy new ones.

These are legitimate concerns.

It’s just good business for companies to use any legal means to extract greater returns. We saw that when the patent on the original Roundup Ready soybeans ended a few years ago. Farmers were told they could start saving that seed, but then there was no seed to save. As one seed retailer confided, selling seed that farmers could save would hurt business.

The seed trade predicted UPOV ’91 would encourage foreign seed developers to bring their varieties to Canada. That’s happening, Mark Forhan of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Variety Registration Office told the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale last month. He said the Plant Breeders’ Rights office received about 80 new applications in the last fiscal year, but that jumped to 87 in the first seven months UPOV ’91 came into effect.

While seed costs are a factor, farmers’ planting decisions are based on potential net returns and rotation. That’s why canola acres for the past few years have exceeded wheat in Manitoba, even though the cost of canola seed per acre is more than double that of wheat.

It would seem farmers are voting with their seeders.

In 2012, western Canadian canola growers spent an estimated $1 billion on canola seed, based on 20 million acres of plantings at an average price of $50 an acre.

That’s a big bill. Was it worth it?

Western farmers produced 13.2 million tonnes of canola that year and prices averaged $628.24 a tonne ($14.24 a bushel) for a gross return of $8.3 billion.

Manitoba’s Agriculture Department estimates this year’s cost to produce canola at $400 an acre. The Manitoba cost-of-production estimates suggest that farmers will pay $52 an acre for seed in 2016. But this year, the return per acre is estimated at $16 an acre as opposed to $228 four years ago.

Every year is different and so are yields, quality and price. But costs, including seed, rarely drop. Farmers have to decide themselves whether what they pay for seed is worth it. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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RAIL REVIEW } from page 1 whole rail transportation thing,” said Auch, who farms near Carmangay.

“We’re basically dealing with two monopolies. If we remove some of the regulations that help level the playing field, we might end up with a monopoly situation where they charge as much as they can, to the point where it’s not economic for shippers.”

The provincial wheat commission, along with other Prairie farm groups, are worried about recommendations to phase out the Maximum Revenue Entitlement (MRE) — also called the revenue cap — over seven years and to shorten interswitching access. But they welcome proposals to improve the MRE in the interim, extend shipper protection to producer cars, and enhance short line railways.

Getting rid of the revenue cap will encourage investment and spur efficiency, the review panel’s report said.

“The eventual elimination of the Maximum Revenue Entitlement will finally place the grain sector on an equal footing with all other commodities transported by rail in Canada,” the report says. “An unfettered commercial framework provides greater assurance that supply chain partners who handle and transport grain will invest in innovative supply chain solutions to move grain efficiently in years to come.”

But phasing out the revenue cap would allow CP Rail and CN Rail to “charge whatever they want,” said Auch.

“What the Maximum Revenue Entitlement does is that it caps per car what the railroad can charge,” he said. “There’s still

“We need to have some measure of a level playing field.”

Kevin Auch

Grain transportation has reached another fork in the track with the release of the Canadian Transportation Act review report. photo: laura rance a good profit in each car and it doesn’t really fit its name. People think that this limits the amount of money they can make, but that’s not true. It’s unlimited.

Basically the more cars they ship, the more money they make.”

Alberta Wheat, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, Western Barley Growers, and Manitoba farm group Keystone Agricultural Producers also oppose the report’s recommendation to allow interswitching distances to go back to 30 kilometres from the current 160.

The review panel, headed by former Liberal and then Conservative cabinet minister David Emerson, said the Canadian Transportation Agency has found that “very few shippers have availed themselves of the extended limits to date, thus it

is expected there will be little impact if they are ‘sun-setted.’”

But the head of the federal rail monitor recently said there has been more interswitching than expected. Reducing it would only further reduce competition between the railways, said Auch.

“You’re still only dealing with two railroads, so the 160-kilometre interswitching is just them going into each other’s territory by 160 kilometres,” he said. “It’s not a free market or an open market, but it leaves something. Getting rid of that, it just strengthens the monopoly situation (and) weakens the position of the shippers.”

While the report acknowledges grain shippers’ complaints about poor rail service, it doesn’t recommend regulatory solutions, including reciprocal penalties for

railways when they fail to live up to service agreements.

“We would like reciprocal penalties,” said Auch. “Right now, if a shipper doesn’t fill the car on time, there are penalties — as there should be.

“On the other hand, there are no penalties on the railroads for not delivering cars. Just this last week, there were about 2,200 hopper cars where the orders weren’t filled between CN and CP. This happens all the time.”

Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau said he wants to consult further before acting on the review panel’s recommendations.

“Collaboration with all key partners will be essential to move forward and ensure Canada’s transportation system is well positioned to capitalize on global opportunities, contribute

to a high-performing economy, and meet the evolving needs of Canadians,” said Garneau.

The promise to consult was welcomed by farm groups.

Many are also hoping veteran Saskatchewan Liberal MP Ralph Goodale (now the minister of public safety) will advocate in cabinet to retain the revenue cap and offer other shipper protections — things he strongly backed while in opposition.

Alberta Wheat “is in favour of anything that increases competition,” said Auch.

“We’re on the open market, and the open market tends to build efficiencies and the efficiencies get passed on in the value chain,” he said. “What we’re not in favour of is allowing the railroads to abuse those monopoly powers.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com allan@fbcpublishing.com

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“I have talked to a few different grain producers in our area, and they all have smiles on their faces for sure.”

Jason Lenz

Cost savings

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“Most producers lost money on not being able to ship their grain when they wanted to,” said Lenz.

The “cutting-edge” loop track technology at the two new terminals could be a game changer, he predicted.

Loop track systems allow terminals to pull a full unit train off the main line without disconnecting any cars.

“It decreases our loading times significantly,” said Shane Paterson, whose company has its own construction arm and began using the technology more than a decade ago.

“We went from facilities where it might take 24 to 48 hours to load a unit train, and with this loop track design and other innovations, we’ve got it down to about eight hours.”

It remains to be seen whether the loop track design will get grain moving faster — most backlogs came from a lack of rail cars, not slow loading — but this will be a “huge boost” to central Alberta grain producers regardless.

“I have talked to a few different grain producers in our area, and they all have smiles on their faces for sure because it just gives us more flexibility and more options to get a good price for our grain,” said Lenz.

But the success of the new terminals is also dependent on the efficiency of railways to move grain to port, noted Alberta Barley vicechair Jason Lenz, who farms north of Sylvan Lake.

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That’s why Paterson Grain is currently building an elevator at Daysland and poised to start construction on another near Innisfail.

“Producers in Alberta are some of the best in the world, and the land in Alberta is very productive,” said Shane Paterson, the company’s corporate development officer.

“There’s a very bright future ahead for Alberta and Canadian agriculture in general.”

And that’s especially so for central Alberta, said Red Deer farmer Trevor Petersen.

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Both terminals are expected to be ready to accept grain next year and will compete against established terminals in Olds, Lacombe, Joffre, or farther east at Equity and Trochu.

They will not only mean more competition, but also shorter hauls for some.

Ammeter has hauled most of his grain 65 kilometres to the Richardson Pioneer terminal in Olds. The run to Niobe is just half that, and he estimates he’ll shave 20 per cent off his annual transportation bill, which can run as high as $40,000.

“It is not insignificant, for sure,” said Ammeter, who farms 2,000 acres just south of Sylvan.

Alberta Wheat board director Trevor Petersen, who farms 1,200 acres just south of Red Deer, figures he’ll shorten his haul from an hour to just 20 minutes.

“It’s become a detriment for guys who have to haul farther,” he said. “It’s either hire it out or expand and buy a tractor-trailer unit so they can haul it themselves.

“Anything that’s close by is always better than further away, in my estimation.”

Paterson Grain and GrainsConnect (a joint venture between Australian-based GrainCorp and Japanese-based Zen-Noh Grain), which is planning on announcing a second Alberta terminal site in early spring, are new players in the central Alberta market.

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Grains­Connect Canada, a newcomer in the western Canadian grain scene, to build a 10-tower facility along Highway 2A at Niobe, just outside Innisfail. The facility, expected to cost $30 million to $40 million, will be able to process up to 35,000 tonnes of grain in 10 hours thanks to a 2,652-metre loop rail track that can hold up to 135 cars.

“We feel we already have a good presence with the local community and the growers in that community,” said Warren Stow, president of GrainsConnect Canada, whose company currently owns the two wooden grain elevators at Niobe operating under the Canada Malting Co. banner.

“There is a strong production base. We felt it was a strong location for us.”

News of GrainsConnect’s plan was followed 13 days later by Paterson Grain’s announcement that it’s building an even bigger and faster facility 15 kilometres to the south, just outside Bowden.

This $25-million terminal will have storage capacity of more than 55,000 tonnes with a 3,955metre track loop able to load up to 150 cars in seven hours, with plans to expand if the market warrants it.

“The last couple of years have been very productive years for agriculture in Canada — we want to be part of that growth and continue our business serving the farmers of Alberta,” said Shane Paterson, corporate development officer for Paterson Grain.

“This is part of our long-term growth plan. We’re looking to grow our footprint in Alberta, and we thought Bowden would be a nice fit. It will add capacity to an area that sometimes has issues with capacity.”

Bowden is currently served by one other elevator, a 1,200-tonnecapacity site operated by grain handler and pulse processor W.A. Grain.

But Ammeter sees that as a positive development.

Producers will welcome any “aggressive” pricing move by the newcomers to attract area farmers, particularly at a time when crop prices are down and margins tight, he said.

“I would expect once these plants get up and running, they have to attract a lot of business,” said Ammeter. “You can put out some premiums real quick to get the ball rolling and get some guys moving.

“If it meant another 20 cents (per bushel) in my pocket, I would be happy with that (but) that is a really tough call at this point. I am sure we will all hear about how they intend to keep these facilities full.”

Increased competition is “a good thing any time,” added Trevor Petersen.

“It will certainly affect a farmer’s bottom line if there’s more companies vying for their grain,” he said.

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Ag minister promises to work with farm groups But coalition of farm organizations still waiting to hear details of its role in shaping new workplace regulations

By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff

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he governmental gears are grinding over who will be at the table for upcoming Bill 6 consultations, but a coalition of farm groups is stuck in “wait and see” mode over what role they’ll play in the shaping of workplace safety regulations.

“We had over 50 nomination forms come to the coalition office to be passed on to the government on the understanding that we were going to be more active participants in the process,” said Kent Erickson, cochair of the Alberta Agriculture Farm and Ranch Safety Coalition, or AgCoalition.

“We now have over 95 per cent of (farm) groups represented, and we really feel that a group like this could give some good value to the government in its process to get something good for agriculture.”

The coalition, which is made up of 30 farm organizations, met with Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier on Feb. 24 to discuss its role in upcoming consultations for theEnhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act regulations.

The outcome of that meeting was a “good one,” said Erickson, despite some initial “push-back” from the government.

Pork prices edging up, futures look promising Canadian pork prices are feeling a modest bump upward as healthy U.S. exports clean up some excess North American pork supplies.

Canadian slaughterweight prices hit their lows in November and December — but have since increased about 30 per cent, said Brad Marceniuk, a livestock economist for Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Ministry in Saskatoon.

“We have had a nice rebound since late December, early January,” he said.

He described pork cut-out values as “reasonable” right now, with an average price of $176/cwt.

Some futures prices are also drawing higher bids than the spot price, which suggests increased demand is slowly approaching, he added.

For instance, he said, the April lean futures contract is $5/cwt higher than the cash price, while the June lean hog futures contract is $15 higher than the cash price.

“So overall numbers look like they should creep higher into spring,” he said.

“This helped clean up some of the supplies that were on hand,” said Marceniuk.

One other encouraging note, he said, is that U.S. pork exports to China have also increased over the past few months relative to last year. — CNS

“We’re coming with some pretty aggressive and assertive options for them to have us be more actively involved,” said Erickson, who farms near Irma.

“But they recognize the coalition as being a go-to organization to have discussions with on ag and on Bill 6.”

The coalition left the meeting with some agreement from the minister on a couple of points, including how the coalition will be involved, he said. The most critical issue is how participants in six working groups — which the province calls “tables” — will be chosen.

“We want them to be more transparent on how their tables are going to be populated,” said Erickson.

“The coalition brought forward a list of names for nomination, and we’d like to know what percentage of those seats at those tables are going to be represented by coalition ag producers.

“We’d like to know that before

“We’re coming with some pretty aggressive and assertive options for them to have us be more actively involved.”

Kent Erickson

the vetting process and before they’re finalized so we can feel a little more comfortable taking that out to our producers as a process that we can work with.”

That will go a long way toward rebuilding trust between the government and producers, he added.

The coalition understands that representatives of workers and employers, as well as technical experts, need to be part of the six working groups, said Erickson.

“But when the majority of the effects of this is going to be felt by producers, we wanted to be sure we were at the table,” he said. “They assured us that was going to be the case — that there’s going to be a large number of the seats held by producers. We just felt that we needed something a little more formal and concrete on that.”

There’s also concern about “who’s making the decisions” on the consultation process.

“We’ve come to a conclusion that it’s at the cabinet level, so (the minister) is going to go back and ratify some of the discussion we had,” said Erickson.

“We’re looking for a response sooner rather than later from the government on the points we were looking for, and then we’ll make a decision on how we’re going to participate in this process for the next little while.”

Regardless of how the government responds, the AgCoalition will still be moving forward with its own consultation process with producers and technical experts, said Erickson.

“Hopefully that feeds into a process that we can be actively involved in with the government. If not, we’re still going to go through the process,” he said.

“At the end of it all, we want to have a report and an outcome that’s good for the whole ag sector.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Don’t let down your guard when it comes to fusarium Provincial crop specialist says seed testing and using seed treatment are critical Alberta Agriculture and Forestry release

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That’s why producers need to be vigilant, even if its rate of infection in Alberta is low, said Bill Chapman, a provincial crop business development specialist.

“It’s important that we continue to be vigilant to try and keep fusarium off the farm and continue to conduct seed testing as that’s what kept Alberta in the situation it’s currently in,” he said. “Fusarium has spread slightly around the province and it’s still in low numbers,

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“It’s really important to maintain seed treatments at recommended rates as well as using the new systemic seed treatments that, though are a little more expensive, can stop a potentially devastating outbreak on the farm.”

Chapman recommends speaking directly with your local seed plant manager or input supplier to find out what treatments they have available and to make sure it’s a product that will go into the seed and control the surface level of FHB on the seed.

Moderately resistant new wheat and barley varieties will be out in two or three years and some new varieties with moderate level of resistance also have lower levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) which is a growth inhibitor in monogastric animals such as chickens and hogs.

“The bottom line is we have to maintain vigilance against it, it’s still under the Pest Act that seed in Alberta must be free from fusarium head blight,” said Chapman. “It’s important to keep that in the back of your mind because we don’t want to see the economic losses we’ve seen in other provinces from it.

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The DNA test produces a ‘yes or no’ result and if it is positive, then another test is done to determine the percentage of the disease in the seed, he noted.

Seed treating is one of the most effective tools to manage FHB, added Chapman.

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Seed Growers has new executive director

Russia expecting a bumper crop

Kelly Chambers is the new executive director of the Alberta Seed Growers’ Association.

Chambers has more than 30 years’ experience in the agriculture industry in Alberta and across Western Canada. “Kelly’s background in agricultural project research, co-ordination and group management will serve ASGA well as we work to drive forward our mandate and be active in Alberta’s ag industry,” says association president Glenn Logan. The association has more than 700 members in the province and is one of seven branches of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association. — ASGA

Russia is likely to harvest a big crop this summer, intensifying competition in an already oversupplied global market which is expected to start the 2016-17 season with record stocks. Russia began this year’s spring grain-sowing campaign two weeks earlier than usual and, if the weather continues to be favourable, its grain crop will top 100 million tonnes. The wheat harvest may total 59 million to 62 million tonnes. Favourable crop prospects in many regions and large stocks have pushed global wheat prices to a 5-1/2-year low. — Reuters

Canola might not bounce through bearish fundamentals Export demand is still solid, but that pace may slow as tightened Chinese dockage regulations take effect

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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CE Futures Canada canola contracts hit some new contract lows during the week ended March 4, but managed to bounce off of those lows to finish right around where they started from a chart standpoint.

The most active May contract fell to a low of $435.50 per tonne on March 2, but finished the week at $452.30, within 50 cents of where it settled a week prior. The sharp rise off of the lows may be seen as somewhat supportive from a chart standpoint, especially as some technical indicators hint at an oversold market. However, most major moving indicators still point lower and the viability of the corrective bounce is questionable.

On the supportive side, demand from both exporters and processors remains relatively solid, with the export pace running nearly a million tonnes ahead of the previous year’s level and domestic usage nearly 900,000 tonnes ahead of what was seen at this time a year ago, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data.

However, end-user demand could start to slow down.

The canola industry is still trying to get a handle on what the impact of tightened Chinese dockage regulations will mean for exports. China is set to lower its allowable dockage on canola imports to one per cent, from 2.5 per cent.

While blackleg concerns are being cited once again, the move may have more to do with a desire to limit imports and free up local stocks.

The Canadian dollar is another bearish influence for canola. The currency climbed above 75 U.S. cents on March 4, the first time it hit that mark since November.

The loonie has climbed sharply since its mid-January lows, which cuts into crush margins and export demand.

In the U.S., soybeans posted solid gains on the week, while corn held closer to unchanged. Wheat was also up overall, with chart-based short-covering the feature there.

Attention in both corn and beans will be focused squarely on harvest reports out of South America over the next number of weeks, with any weather-related delays likely to provide short-lived strength. Meanwhile, the potential for yield reports to beat expectations as the crops come off in Brazil and Argentina will limit any upside potential.

U.S. wheat continues to miss out on export opportunities as ample world supplies cut into demand. However, the potential for nearby strength is there as the country’s crop starts to break dormancy and runs into the risk of frost damage.

While poor export demand remains a consistent refrain in U.S. futures, Canadian wheat is moving relatively smoothly. The latest Canadian Grain Commission data shows Canada has exported 9.5 million tonnes of wheat during the crop year to date.

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

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

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Lower Chinese canola meal stocks expected Demand from fish-farming industry could lead to meal imports Beijing/Reuters

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hina may suffer a shortage of canola meal after Beijing plans to toughen the import standards for the oilseed from major exporters, industry analysts said.

China will allow no more than one per cent of foreign material in canola shipments starting April 1, the country’s quarantine agency said last month. The higher standard may be costly for Canadian exporters, resulting in the country taking a more cautious approach to selling canola to China.

Canada is China’s largest supplier of the oilseed. Industry participants have speculated that the higher standard is part of a plan to reduce China’s large canola oil stockpiles by reducing seed imports, rather than because of concerns about the transmission of the blackleg fungus.

Expectations of low canola oilseed imports, coupled with a big drop in the domestic harvest, mean China may have to increase imports of canola meal this year to meet the needs of the fish-farming sector, the three analysts said.

“There will be a shortage of canola meal at home. Feed mills may have to increase imports

whenever prices are favourable,” said one industry analyst with an official think-tank.

Chinese feed mills consume about 11 million tonnes of canola meal a year and soymeal has already replaced the use of canola meal to a large extent since 2015.

The replacement would continue this year and that would cap the growth of imports, the analysts said.

But for fish farming, canola meal cannot be replaced fully, they said.

China imported a record 1.38 million tonnes of canola meal in 2011 after Beijing banned canola imports from Canada due to fungal disease in 2009.

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Reversal patterns alert cattle producers to market downturn Cattle markets took a sudden downturn in October 2014, catching many producers off guard

By David Drozd

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he live cattle market has been under pressure since the nearby futures market at the CME peaked at $171.975 per hundredweight in October 2014. In the 14 months that followed, prices on the weekly nearby live cattle futures chart plummeted $55/cwt to $116.975/cwt, before recovering $20 per hundredweight.

Although the downturn was sudden, and may have caught some livestock producers off guard, there were reversal patterns at each market reaction that alerted producers to timely selling/hedging opportunities just before the next price decline.

Reversal patterns occur with frequency in the futures market.

Reversal patterns on the daily, weekly and monthly charts are price events forecasting a change in market direction. They generally signify turns of minor or intermediate importance. However, when they appear as part of larger, more important reversal formations, their significance is greatly enhanced as a leading indicator of an impending major change in trend.

I have identified six reversal patterns in the accompanying chart.

The first formation, occurring at the height of the rally, was a two-week reversal. However, this two-week reversal occurred at a new high, arrived after a rather extensive move up in both time and price, and was accompanied by a close lower than the previous week’s low price, so this is known as a key reversal. Thus, the turn in the market took on a more significant meaning than just a minor trend change.

A key reversal is a classic chart formation, often seen at market tops. In this example, the key reversal signalled an end to the five-year bull market rally in the cattle futures, which began from a low of $78.70 in December 2009.

The second reversal pattern, which occurred on the first reaction to the downturn was a twoweek reversal.

Two-week reversal

A two-week reversal develops when a market rallies to a new high and closes higher for the week.

The following week, prices open unchanged to slightly higher, but fail to advance much further before selling appears early in the week to halt the rally and prices begin to erode. By week’s end, the market drops to or below the preceding week’s low and settles lower.

Market psychology

The two-week reversal is a dramatic shift in attitude. On the first week, the longs are confident the market is going higher. The second week is a complete turnaround from the preceding week, as the immediate outlook for prices is abruptly put in question. With confidence shaken and the outlook uncertain, the longs respond to weakening prices by exiting the market; first to lock in profits and then to limit losses.

The third reversal pattern (sell signal) is referred to as an OOPS. This methodology was coined by Larry Williams, a recognized commodity trader of our time. An OOPS occurs when a market opens higher than the previous period, creating a gap, and then turns down and fills the gap. In our illustration, the market gapped higher on the week’s opening and then turned down, filled the gap and thus provided the sell signal (reversal pattern).

The OOPS signal is based on a psychological component. On bullish news, the market gaps higher on the opening, but there is no momentum or follow-through action, so prices reverse. If a trader gets suckered into bullish news and buys, once the market heads lower, they would sell that position. That is the force that drives prices to move lower.

LIVESTOCK CATTLE WEEKLY NEARBY Chart as of February 22, 2016

The fourth reversal pattern was another two-week reversal. The fifth and sixth reversal patterns that alerted producers to a downturn were once again the OOPS. Identifying reversal patterns on the daily, weekly and monthly charts can prove to be advantageous in knowing when to sell or hedge before a market turns down.

Send your questions or comments about this article and chart to info@agchieve.ca.

David Drozd is president and senior market analyst for Winnipeg-based AgChieve Corporation. The opinions expressed are those of the writer and are solely intended to assist readers with a better understanding of technical analysis. Visit AgChieve online at www.agchieve. ca for information about our grain-marketing advisory service and to see our latest grain market analysis. You can call us toll free at 1-888-274-3138 for a free copy of my latest eBook “Technical VS Fundamental Analysis.”

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Growth promotant use can impact tenderness, says study Researcher warns against steroid or beta-agonist use in cattle that won’t be slaughtered until they’re 16 months or older

BY JEFF MELCHIOR AF contributor

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he longer cattle are exposed to steroids and other growth promotants before slaughter, the more likely its beef will pay a penalty in terms of tenderness, said a researcher from the University of Alberta.

Meat scientist Heather Bruce and her team recently conducted a study on the effects of growth promotants on collagen cross-links — the connective tissue or ‘gristle’ of beef cattle.

They found the age of the cattle played a key role: Beef from cattle aged 12 to 14 months had much less gristle and was less heat resistant than that of the older, 16- to 20-month-old population which had been exposed to promotants more times.

“For the cattle industry — and particularly for those producers involved in guaranteed tenderness programs — the take-home message is the effects of steroid or beta-agonist use are not particularly obvious in cattle processed young,” said Bruce.

“So if you are going to use these products, use them in cattle that will be slaughtered when they are young. The effects of these products seem to be more evident in older animals because these animals are more likely to be subject to more than one steroid implant in their lifetimes.”

The study focused on two populations of animals — 12 to 14 months and 16 to 20 months.

Both had a subgroup exposed to prolonged steroid and beta-agonist use, and another subgroup that was not.

“That age range is quite indicative of the age of animals that are slaughtered for beef in this country,” said Bruce. “At various times of the year you’ll either get a product from a very young animal or a product from an older animal.”

The growth promotants used in the study were common, commercially available products administered according to manufacturer instructions.

Cory Van Groningen

“If you are going to use these products, use them in cattle that will be slaughtered when they are young.”

Heather Bruce

Gristle is created when connective tissue molecules form collagen cross-links. A new study found growth promotants increase the number of these cross-links. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK “Nothing special — just off the shelf, everyday production choices producers commonly make,” she said.

The young cattle received one course of steroids while the older cattle received five treatments of steroids. Generally, Canadian cattle do not receive that number of interventions, she said. However, the extreme number of treatments underscored the significance of the findings.

“It’s a worst-case scenario in terms of usage of steroids,” said Bruce. “I’m not sure many producers would use that kind of rigorous intervention schedule.

It essentially said that if you’re going to use these products, five

is the highest number of treatments you could possibly use.”

The study highlights that even a few months makes a significant difference in tenderness when using promotants.

“Sixteen to 20 months of age isn’t particularly old in the grand scheme of things, but we have found even with that small change in age we still see a significant change in the heat stability of the cross-links,” she said.

“We haven’t seen a significant change in the amount of force required to cut the meat, but we did not test it among consumers so that’s hard to measure. However, there is definitely a measurable change in tenderness

and it’s statistically associated with the cross-links.”

The results of the study also speak to the inherent risks of multiple treatments of growth promotants, said Bruce.

“On average, Canadian producers today are aiming for heavier cattle weights. However, we need to be mindful of the production and quality implications of prolonged steroid use.

It might be an option to consider one implant rather than multiple treatments in order to maintain superior tenderness.”

Cory Van Groningen, who operates VG Meats, a farm-tofork operation in Stoney Creek, Ont., said he looks to this type of research to improve the ten-

derness, flavour and juiciness of the beef he produces. Other researchers have tied steroid use to reduced tenderness, he said, but Bruce’s study is unique in that it specifies the best age in which to achieve peak tenderness while using growth promotants.

“She’s identified the populations where it has the most impact,” he said.

Although Van Groningen does not use growth promotants, he said the study still has value for his operation because it shows a relationship between age and collagen cross-links.

“This research reveals more about the many factors that affect beef tenderness.”

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Good grazing Camelina soon to be a management can poultry feed option get you through Camelina ‘cake’ could be a new, attractive poultry feed a drought

By ALEXIS KIENLEN

Having diverse life in and on the soil will help get your cattle through a drought year

By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Olds

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hen drought hits, you can blame Mother Nature — but management practices also come into play.

“I don’t want to say that it doesn’t matter what happens with rain and that all drought is man made because of bad management,” said Vermont grazier Abe Collins.

“That’s a very extreme position. Sometimes it doesn’t rain, and no matter what you’ve done, there isn’t water to grow stuff.”

“I’ve never gone wrong with diversity. Every time I add one species or 10 more, things get better. That’s the beauty of diversity.”

Abe Collins

But there are things you can do to manage soil moisture during a drought year, Collins said at the Organic Alberta conference in late February.

“The things I’ve found that have got me through drought are plant diversity, deep depth on rooting systems, lots of living plants left, residual litter, and adequate fertility in your soil.”

The first step is making sure you have “100 per cent covered soils 100 per cent of the time.”

“Bare soil is a burn victim,” he said. “If we’re maintaining our land like that, we’re maintaining our loved one in a hospital bed with no skin.”

Covered soil helps maintain microclimates for bugs, plants, and root systems, while reducing evaporation from the soil.

“The difference between a bit of duff and bare soil is profound,” said Collins.

“You can have 120° soil on a 90° day that’s just baking the life within it and evaporating moisture.”

Life in and on the soil is the key — but it needs to be diverse, he said.

“We need diverse life in and on the soil almost year round and to really focus too on diversity of rooting structures — sinking as much underground as we can,” said Collins.

“That’s having cool- and warm-season species that can grow through the year and having adequate fertility to give us growth at the time that’s best suited to those plants.”

A study done in the U.S. found a seven-species cover crop mix yielded three times more biomass than a monoculture, he said.

“That’s huge. Why would we plant monocultures when these are some of the outcomes in low rainfall?” said Collins. “I’ve never gone wrong with diversity.

Every time I add one species or 10 more, things get better.

That’s the beauty of diversity.”

Diversity of plants can also help “unlock” fertility in the soil, said Collins.

“It’s amazing how much locked-up minerals there are in soils. Soil tests will come back and say that you need a lot of fertilizer, and yet there’s often 30,000 or 40,000 pounds of potassium, for example, in the top six inches, but it’s all locked up,” he said.

“The more diversity, the more that these nutrients can become available.”

Having adequate fertility in the soil is essential if you hope to get through a drought, he said.

“Soils with low fertility waste tremendous amounts of water,” said Collins.

“If you have crops in the soil without adequate nutrients to grow crops, you will waste water.”

And don’t feel bad if those nutrients come from a bag, he added.

“When I try to turn land around that’s severely depleted, I don’t feel embarrassed about using any kind of fertilizer that is available and allowable to get that system rolling.”

But even in a drought year, you don’t have to compromise your land or your cattle performance to improve soil moisture on your farm.

“When I listened to experts tell me what I could and couldn’t do, they told me I had to make compromises between finishing animals and growing topsoil,” said Collins.

“You’re either going to get animal performance and harvest every bit of grass that grows, or you can take care of the soil.”

But finishing cattle, growing topsoil, and achieving water security are “the same thing.”

“It’s the exact same management for those three things,” said Collins. “That’s liberating for me, because I don’t like to compromise if I don’t have to.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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amelina is one step closer to being a feed source for livestock species.

“Camelina is not a perfect feedstuff, but it does have some advantages that could be an opportunity for layers, broilers and eventually turkeys,” provincial research scientist Eduardo Beltranena said at the recent Western Poultry Conference.

The oilseed is a member of the brassica family and has some characteristics similar to mustard and canola. Best suited to the brown or lightbrown soils of southeastern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, and the southwestern corner of Alberta, it requires less rainfall, matures earlier than canola, and has superior disease and insect resistance. It doesn’t yield as high as canola, but requires less nitrogen, and has high levels of omega-3 fatty acid, linoleic acid and essential fatty acids.

“We see the opportunity not to displace canola, but to add one million to two million acres more of oilseed production (in Western Canada),” said Beltranena.

Camelina seed is one-third oil and finding a use for the remaining meal — known as cake — has been the focus of research by Beltranena

and his Alberta Agriculture and Forestry colleague Matt Oryschak over the past four years.

Camelina’s high level of omega-3s makes it an intriguing feed, he said.

“You could reduce some of the vitamin supplementation in feed if you include some of these cakes in the feed,” said Beltranena.

Part of the duo’s research is to show that camelina is safe for animals to consume and will not have any ill effects on humans who consume those animal products — a necessary step for winning approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allows up to 10 per cent camelina meal in feed for cattle, broilers and layers, and two per cent for pigs.

Oryschak and Beltranena

have submitted paperwork to the CFIA seeking approval for 12 per cent maximums for some poultry.

“We are expecting approval for egg layers this spring,” said Beltranena. “We wanted to come here and tell you that it was approved. Unfortunately, that is not the case, but we are pretty close to that,” said Beltranena.

He anticipates approval for camelina inclusion in the diet of layers will be around 20 per cent.

“Our trials measured high levels of camelina, but this is for CFIA approval,” said Beltranena. “These are not optimal levels. Maximum inclusions are not optimum inclusions. We prefer to see camelina, DDGs, and canola complementing each other.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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When the need arises, fetotomy is the best solution The goal is always to protect the cow from further trauma and hopefully give her many more productive years

By Roy Lewis DVM

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etotomy — a veterinarian’s fancy word for cutting up a dead calf within the cow during the birthing process — still has a valuable place in a competent veterinarian’s bag of tricks.

The whole object with a fetotomy is to minimize trauma or damage to the cow. The calf at this point is a lost cause because it has already died. Veterinarians will never do a fetotomy on a live calf with a couple of exceptions. A schistosomas reflexus (inside-out calf) or any other fetal monsters such as a two-headed calf or a hydrocephalus calf (water on the brain). All of these examples are non-viable calves and had they been born alive by C-section would have died shortly thereafter or been put to sleep humanely.

Fetotomies involve a simple principal. With a specialized instrument (a fetotome) and obstetrical wire the calf is systematically cut into smaller pieces to facilitate delivery out the vagina.

The fetotome is generally a twotubed instrument which protects the wire from damaging the cow.

It can be anchored, so to speak, to the calf using an obstetrical chain. This allows an assistant to perform the cut while the veterinarian makes sure of positioning.

Our goal as a veterinarian is to minimize the number of cuts, but to do the right ones to expedite

delivery. If the health of the cow is maintained, she can often be bred back and go on to further productive years.

The most common usage is for the traditional “hiplocked” calf. As long as the producer has not pulled too hard and the veterinarian can get there quick enough, the calf can be split right down the middle of the pelvis. The two halves can then be pulled out by hand and if the veterinarian is worried about a downer, will probably administer anti-inflammatories.

Another common usage is for a full breech calf with both legs very rigid and manipulation would only lacerate the uterus. Here one must be very confident the calf truly is dead and that can be difficult. The finger in the rectum for sphincter tone is one way but if a cow has been straining a lot, one can be fooled. The only other way is to reach down and feel the umbilical vessels for signs of a pulse. If there isn’t one the procedure is the veterinarian will cut off both hind legs and then pull on the stump with a krey hook (we must make absolutely sure there is no pulse).

The krey hook is another specialized instrument which looks like an ice pick and as you pull on the chain attached to it, it tightens down into the bone. It generally is best to have it bite into boney tissue like the spine.

With dead, head-first presentations where the head is a long way outside the vulval lips, is another

photo: Thinkstock perfect candidate for a fetotomy.

Veterinarians or farmers alike must have to work extremely hard to force the swollen head back inside the now-swollen vagina.

Even if you do, by the time both front legs are brought up there may not be enough room. By doing one cut and removing the head and as much of the neck as possible you gain valuable room and most times get the rest of the calf out. A perfect cut here almost dishes out the area between the shoulders

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making that area smaller as well, so a light pull generally extricates the calf.

I have many times told equine veterinarians, “Who better to handle foalings than bovine veterinarians?” Mares seldom have problems foaling, but if they do it generally is a wreck, and if not found and attended to quickly a dead foal is often the result. I have heard of mares having to be totally anesthetized in order for straining to stop and a head-first presentation pushed back. What better opportunity than to do a fetotomy to minimize damage to the mare. Foals with extremely long legs make head-first presentation much more difficult in this species. This is where expertise from one specialty (bovine obstetrics) in veterinary medicine can definitely help another (equine).

With emphysematous (dead and blown up with air because they are decomposing) fetuses if you get the fetus out the back end even with multiple cuts you most often will save the life of the cow or heifer. Doing a C-section is not only very costly and difficult, it is extremely risky. Any contamination from the uterus of its infected contents into the cow’s abdomen will spell almost certain death to the cow. This is where the skill and experience of the veterinarian really are put to work. With a combination of lots of lubricant to facilitate movement and manipulation, combined with the right cuts, the calf can often be delivered.

If the cuts can expose either the abdomen or thorax this will allow a lot of the internal gas to escape making delivery easier. When a calf dies it swells up and dries out the uterus so we are also dealing with an extreme amount of friction when delivering these calves.

Even though it is something a farmer rarely sees, the performance of a fetotomy can be a valuable tool to return the cow to working form. Care must be taken to not damage the cow so her future reproductive function can hopefully be maintained.

Generally speaking, with emphysematous fetuses rebreeding rarely occurs. We rarely perform fetotomies because of today’s easy-calving breeds but malpresentations, hiplocks, and fetal monsters still happen, and we as veterinarians must be able to properly rectify the situation for our clients.

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

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New Parliament gives dairy farmers a new audience A new government means new interest in the issues facing the dairy sector

BY ALEX BINKLEY AF contributor

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hen Dairy Farmers of Canada released a national poll last summer that showed 70 per cent of consumers want their milk produced in Canada, it didn’t get much notice.

However, with a new government in town, interest in the poll and an accompanying package of facts and figures about the Canadian dairy industry is attracting a lot more attention, says Isabelle Bouchard, director of communications and government relations with DFC. The farm group’s annual winter reception in the Chateau Laurier went about two hours past its usual 9 p.m. shutdown because MPs and Parliament Hill staffers kept arriving.

“We counted 209 MPs from all parties at the reception,” said Bouchard. “So many people showed up we finally had to start putting the displays away so they knew it was time to go home.”

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The survey of 1,707 people by Environics Research found more than 70 per cent agreed the federal government should protect the dairy industry in trade deals, with “89 per cent said it was important or very important that the milk products they use come from Canadian farmers.”

About 80 per cent said they are prepared to pay more for Canadian dairy products because it’s free from the rBST production enhancement hormone allowed in the United States.

The poll also found that almost 75 per cent of Canadians have a positive image of dairy farmers compared to 16 per cent who have a negative one and 10 per cent who had no opinion. Fifty-five per cent said Canadian milk products were the best in the world and another 24 per cent said they are as good as anywhere else. Only three per cent said they were worse.

DFC has been unable to convince the government to block shipments of American milk produced with the hormone. “While we can’t do anything about it, the power is in the hands of consumers to demand their dairy products be free of hormone-produced milk. We’ve put the information out there.”

Bouchard said that a highlight of the poll was the strong support for dairy farmers in urban areas. “We expected rural support, but for urban Canadians, many of whom have never been on a farm, to be behind us shows it’s not a small issue.”

In addition to the poll, DFC presented MPs with copies of its Dairy Sector Issues booklet and proAction Initiative that outlines the shifting world of dairy production and processing.

Bouchard says the hormone issue is already an issue because of the large amount of American dairy ingredients coming into Canada under a technical loophole in the federal duty deferral program. DFC has asked the government to fix this provision.

If the Trans-Pacific Partnership is approved, it will mean even more imported dairy products, she added.

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The new version of the onfarm food safety program will use third-party audits of production practices and include modules for biosecurity, animal care, and environmental stewardship.

The expanded program will allow producers to demonstrate that Canadian beef is being “produced in systems that prioritize animal welfare and the environment, attributes that consumers are increasingly demanding,” the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association said in a release.

“These auditable production indicators will be outcomes based and, as such, producers will continue to control how they implement the practices on their own operations.”

VBP Plus addresses animal health management, responsible use of animal health products, livestock handling, and environmental stewardship, it said.

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Climate change will increase hunger

La Niña delay good for crops

Climate change could cause significant changes to global diets, leading to more than half a million extra deaths in 2050 from illnesses such as stroke, cancer, and heart disease, according to a new study. As extreme weather such as floods and heat waves wreaks havoc with harvests and crop yields, estimated increases in food availability could be cut by a third by 2050, according to the experts’ study published in The Lancet medical journal. Climate change could also lead to a four per cent reduction in the consumption of fruit and vegetables, along with a 0.7 per cent drop in the amount of red meat consumed, the study said. — Reuters

A delay in the onset of the La Niña weather pattern this year is likely to buoy crops across key growing regions in the United States, Australia and India, says a leading weather forecaster.

Another year of bumper production of crops such as corn, wheat and soybeans would boost global inventories that have risen near record levels following successive large harvests.

“Some models were showing La Niña developing by July but they have delayed that by a month or two now,” said Kyle Tapley, senior agricultural meteorologist at U.S.-based MDA Weather Services. — Reuters

Predictions of a warm, dry winter come true across the Prairies And the forecast is for more of the same — warm and dry — as the El Niño weather phenomenon slowly winds down

BY DANIEL BEZTE

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t’s time for the monthly weather roundup for February and since the end of February is also the official end of climatological winter (December, January, and February), I figured we should take a look at that as well.

With the exception of it being a mild winter, there hasn’t been a whole lot going on in the weather department. So, I think we’ll take a look at what the weather has been like across all three Prairie provinces.

Let’s start with February’s weather.

One word can be used to describe last month’s weather no matter where you lived on the Prairies — warm. The coolest readings were in the east, which makes sense as the coldest air across North America was over the Hudson Bay region so that is where we will start our look. Winnipeg, while cooler than all the other locations across the Prairies was still mild, with a mean monthly temperature that was 2.2 C above the long-term average. Moving west we saw a significant jump in temperatures in western Manitoba, with Brandon recording a mean monthly temperature that was 4.6 C above average.

Things really get warm in Saskatchewan, with Regina coming out as the hot spot with a mean monthly temperature that was an incredible 7.3 C above average. Saskatoon was only a little cooler, with a mean monthly temperature that was 5.0 C above average.

These extreme warm temperatures continued on into Alberta with Calgary, Edmonton, and Peace River all reporting mean monthly temperatures that were about 6.0 C above average.

Precipitation-wise it was a dry month, with all of the centres that I use reporting below-average amounts of precipitation.

We all know it has been a warm winter, but what might surprise some of you is which region was the warmest and by how much. I often find when it comes to weather, our most recent memories or experiences tend to override what has happened previously. I think this might be the case when it comes to Alberta.

Most people I have talked to commented on just how warm of a winter it has been across Alberta. When I add up the numbers for December, January, and February, it turns out that Alberta was the coolest of the three Prairie provinces. The mean winter temperature for Alberta ranged from 2.4 C above average in Edmonton to 3.3 C above average in Peace River. It is also important to point out that average winter temperatures in

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This map shows the amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies over the three winter months of December, January, and February, compared to the long-term average. You can see that the only areas that saw near-average amounts were in Alberta and parts of western Saskatchewan, with the wettest region being around Cold Lake.

Alberta are warmer than those in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, so when we say Alberta was the coolest, we are saying that compared to the average temperatures in that region, they were the coolest.

Saskatchewan had the warmest winter compared to average, with Saskatoon reporting a mean winter temperature that was 3.8 C above average and Regina coming in once again as the hot spot, with a mean winter temperature that was 5.3 C above average. Winter temperatures across Manitoba were also very mild with both the Winnipeg and Dauphin regions seeing mean winter temperatures that were about 3.5 C above average. The Brandon region was the Manitoba hot spot, with a mean winter temperature that was 4.5 C above average.

As for winter precipitation, every location reported below-average amounts. The Winnipeg region saw

about 30 millimetres less than average.

That was the driest compared to average, with Edmonton coming in second with about 23 millimetres less than average. This might not sound like a lot, but on average, locations across the Prairies only see about 20 millimetres or less of precipitation each month in the winter.

So the predominant forecast last fall of a warm and dry winter across the Prairies came true. The only long-range forecasts that did not call for a warm and mild winter were the two almanacs, both of which called for a cold, snowy winter.

The million-dollar question on everyone’s mind now is whether or not the mild weather will continue into the spring or will we now have to pay the price for all of this mild weather?

Overall, the spring outlook hasn’t changed, nearly every forecast is calling for a continuation of the warm, dry weather we have seen over the winter. With El Niño only expected to slowly

wind down across the Pacific, the general weather pattern across this region and North America shows no signs of changing any time soon. Couple this with low or no snow cover across much of the Prairies going into March and it’s looking more and more likely that we’ll see at the very least, an early mild start to spring.

Personally, I’m a little up in the air on what will happen come April or May, but if I was to go by my gut feeling I would have to say be prepared for more warm and dry weather.

Now, as usual, we’ll have to sit back and see if good old Mother Nature is going to play nice or decide to make fools out of us like so many times in the past.

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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lberta wheat growers are worried Western Canada’s revamped wheat class system could result in lower prices for farmers growing certain varieties.

Their concerns were raised at the Prairie Grain Development Committee’s (PGDC) annual meeting here Feb. 24.

Two popular wheats in Alberta — Harvest, a Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat and AC Formost, in the Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) class — will move to the new Canada Northern Harvest Red (CNHR) milling class Aug. 1, 2018. “(I)f they (farmers) are still growing AC Formost in 2018 and it’s in the Canada Northern Hard Red class there is really an excellent chance that it will be discounted,” said Tom Steve, general manager of the Alberta Wheat Commission.

Meanwhile, exporters say they can’t get enough CPSR to meet demand, he added.

“If farmers haven’t made the switch over to the newer (CPSR) varieties, we will have a further shortage of CPS red for the marketplace or we’ll have a discounted price or both.”

In 2015, AC Formost, at 364,666 acres, accounted for a little more than 50 per cent of Alberta’s total CPSR acres, according to Alberta crop insurance figures.

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The Canadian Grain Commission’s David Hatcher updated the Prairie Grain Development Committee’s annual meeting in Saskatoon Feb. 24 on coming changes to Western Canada’s wheat class system. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON Harvest, which accounted for 12 per cent of Alberta’s 3.8 million CWRS acres in 2015, will also likely be discounted when moved, Alberta Wheat Commission director Henry Vos said.

Customer complaints

The changes to the CWRS and CPSR classes were sparked by customer complaints that CWRS gluten strength had fallen, said David Hatcher, the Canadian Grain Commission’s program

manager for Asian Products and Wheat Enzymes.

To address the complaints, quality standards for CWRS, Canada’s premier milling wheat class, are being tightened. That means 25 weaker gluten strength CWRS wheats, including Harvest, will move to the CNHR class Aug. 1, 2018.

Four lower milling quality CPSR wheats, including AC Formost, will move to the CNHR class at the same time.

Steve questions whether moving Harvest and 24 other CWRS wheats is necessary, noting their low gluten strength could be due to wetter growing conditions rather than poor genetics.

He added those wheats were originally deemed to meet CWRS quality standards.

But in an interview, Hatcher said gluten strength requirements are being raised to meet

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Wheats moving to Canada Northern Hard Red class The following varieties will be moved from the CWRS and CPSR classes to the CNHR class Aug. 1, 2018.

CWRS: AC Abbey, AC Cora, AC Eatonia, AC Majestic, AC Michael, AC Minto, Alvena, Alikat, CDC Makwa, CDC Osler, Columbus, Conway, Harvest, Kane, Katepwa, Leader, Lillian, McKenzie, Neepawa, Park, Pasqua, Pembina, Thatcher, Unity and 5603HR. CPSR: AC Formost, AC Taber, Conquer and Oslo.

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sion’s plan to tighten CWRS standards.

“As a company we are very supportive of what is happening to improve the varieties because what millers want, like David (Hatcher) said earlier… consistency,” Peterson said. “And without that consistency from my perspective merchandising and exporting wheat becomes far more challenging.

“In terms of cleansing the CWRS class… making sure that it’s consistent — I think that’s a very good initiative and I think we need to strive so that the CWRS class maintains its high class, prestigious standard.”

customer concerns; the wheats being moved out don’t meet the new CWRS standard.

“We’ve heard repeatedly from our international and domestic customers that everybody likes this concept of improving the consistency,” he said. “It’s not that CWRS had any problems with quality. They are very happy with the quality. It’s the consistency and we are tightening up the consistency package and that will make them happier.”

The Grain Commission delayed moving the varieties until 2018 to give farmers and the grain industry time to adjust, Hatcher said.

More market research needed

Quality standards

Steve said he doesn’t know why the CPSR quality standards are being tightened when customers haven’t complained — a point backed up by John Peterson, Richardson International’s assistant vice-president of wheat marketing and hedging.

“I actually had this conversation with our colleagues about two weeks ago,” Peterson told the meeting. “We said we’re not sure where the impetus to remove Formost came from

Alberta Grain Commission general manager Tom Steve raised some concerns about changes to the wheat class system, including moving AC Formost, a Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat popular in Alberta to the new Canada Northern Harvest Red class Aug. 1, 2018. photo: allan dawson because we had not any comments from our customers on CPS quality.”

Hatcher said the grain industry said it wanted to make CPSR a better milling wheat class.

“Water absorption is one of the key aspects,” he said.

AC Formost is popular with farmers because it yields well, Hatcher added.

“The dilemma is making sure that class has the package for the customer.”

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Although Steve expects CNHR will sell for less than CWRS and CPSR, no one will know until sales are made. That’s why there should have been more market research before the changes, he said.

The new CNHR class will have good milling quality and water absorption, but lower gluten than CWRS and CPSR and a wide span of protein, Hatcher said.

The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale’s quality team agreed on the quality standards for the CNHR class here last week.

Among other things it agreed Carberry will be the check for the top end of gluten strength. The Grain Commission will fine tune the standards and announce them before the start of the new crop year Aug. 1, Hatcher said.

CNHR now includes three high-yielding American Dark Northern Spring milling wheats — Faller, Prosper and Elgin ND. CNHR was created to allow farmers to grow high-yielding wheats, while not undermining the quality of the CWRS class, Hatcher said.

Those wheats at times sell for almost as much as CWRS varieties, especially when supplies of high-protein wheat are plentiful.

But the class could change when the rejected CWRS and CPSR wheats are added, Steve noted.

However, in an open market, farmers can negotiate prices with buyers based on specifications making class designation less relevant.

“There could be potential large markets (for CNHR) in places now taking Black Sea wheats or are looking for low-cost wheats,” Hatcher said. “West Africa is a potential area where people are looking for all the extras that Canadian wheat brings to them.

They may not be able to afford a CWRS but this works in their budget. I think there is the potential for a large number of markets.”

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One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to organic crop rotations Three organic producers share their top tips for building a sustainable crop rotation

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rganic crop rotations are “a real ball of wax to deal with,” says veteran organic grower Steven Snider.

“There’s so many options out there. I think people would like for me to just tell them what to put in, and that would be nice and simple,” said Snider, who runs an organic grain operation near Edberg.

“The problem is I don’t know your operation and I don’t know what your resources or your capabilities are.”

Ultimately, producers need to decide for themselves “what works best and what makes them profitable and sustainable.”

What I see continually — and I think it’s dangerous and it happens way too often — is guys rushing in and chasing those high-risk crops and putting all their eggs in one basket.”

Steven Snider

“A lot of it boils down to making good management decisions,” said Snider, part of a panel at Organic Alberta’s conference in late February.

So if there’s no easy answer when it comes to developing an organic crop rotation, what can you do?

Snider — along with two other organic producers — shared their top three tips for building an organic crop rotation that could work for your farm.

Manage marketing risks

Snider’s piece of advice for developing an organic crop rotation is simple.

“Make sure you’ve got your risks covered, he said. “The key going into deciding what your rotation is going to be is knowing what your risks are, and there’s lots of them.”

Topping the list is marketing risk.

“What’s happening in the market? What are the contracts?

What’s the competition both locally and globally? What’s the demand in the market? Who’s buying what?” asked Snider.

“One of the frustrations I hear from growers a lot of times is, ‘I grew this commodity, but I can’t sell it.’ Maybe that was a little homework you should have done before you put it in the ground.”

Many producers grow crops like hemp and flax based solely on their price in the marketplace, but that’s the wrong approach, said Snider.

“It sounds good in the coffee shop to say, ‘If I can raise 30 bushels an acre of flax at those prices…’” he said. “Your head’s spinning. It’s like Christmas on steroids. But it’s not practical.”

“When I look at my soil, I do not want to live on a slowly degrading soil. I want to be doing practices and activities that are building up that soil over time.”

And he’s achieved that by grazing cattle as part of his rotation.

“Cattle have two purposes on our farm. No. 1, they convert grass into dollars, but they also improve our pastures and our soils,” said Hoven.

“The cattle take nutrients in those grasses — which is an unmarketable product — and it comes out their back end as manure and back into the soil. Organic producers Steven Snider (l), Tim Hoven (middle), and Ward That manure feeds the soil life, Middleton (r) spoke about creating an organic crop rotation at the Organic which in turn grows more grass Alberta Conference in Olds. PHOTO: JENNIFER BLAIR — which allows me to grow more beef.” season. We can get off two crops hay and pasture that grass mix up Cattle are part of his “very sim- organically, mainly barley and until we’re not getting a return on ple rotation,” owing to the “medi- oats. We just don’t have time to that grass anymore. ocre” land he farms at the edge of do anything else,” said Hoven.

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“Our rotation is two years of more than a grain farmer.”

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Country music duo Van Zant once sang that “if you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans.” Well, Ward Middleton has found that to be true on his 750-acre organic operation near Morinville.

“I’ve seen some really good sixyear crop rotation plans, but I’d get two years into a plan and something would change,” said Middleton.

So Middleton began intercropping to manage some of those risks.

“Intercropping is something we’ve embraced because we’re a smaller land base,” said Middleton.

“I find that in general, it provides me with a crop insurance strategy.

I’ve never seen a failure of both crops.”

Intercropping has also helped with weed competition and nutrient management in the soil, said Middleton.

“We do an awful lot of intercropping because of our strategy for weed management, which seems to be my biggest consideration in my cropping rotation choices,” he said.

Right now, “a typical combination” of intercrops on Middleton’s farm is wheat intercropped with flax, peas intercropped with Polish canola, and barley intercropped with sweet clover.

“I always let the barley get established, and when it’s about the three-leaf stage, I go out and harrow it and incorporate the sweet clover. That’s nice because it’s cheap legume establishment for the next year.”

Middleton has seen a variety of benefits from introducing intercropping to his operation, including improved weed management, water use efficiency, and additional marketing options.

“Nature has never wanted a monoculture to exist. If I’m going to have something growing and competing with my crop, let it be another crop that I can sell and get an organic premium for,” he said.

“The more species you have growing, the better it is.”

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There’s a reason why crops like hemp and flax sell so high, he added.

“You have to remember those crops are at that price level for one reason and one reason only — they’re tough to grow. They’re high risk.”

“What I see continually — and I think it’s dangerous and it happens way too often — is guys rushing in and chasing those high-risk crops and putting all their eggs in one basket. Sometimes it works, but a lot of times, it doesn’t.”

The key to Snider’s success is diversity and patience.

“We have a variety of crops. Some peak, some fall. And we try to wait for the peaks to sell into,” he said.

“The sliding scale of price can move very quickly, up or down.

These are very volatile markets, and we all know that.

“If you can actually hold that commodity and not have the banker push you over to push it into the market, you’re going to win.”

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Green manure crops can put more green in your pockets If organic producers can look past having a year out of crop production, green manure plow-down crops can pay off

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or organic grain producers, your best investment is the crop you never har-

vest.

“I can never stress green manure plow-down enough.

It is your most valuable crop,” said Steven Snider, who runs an organic grain operation near Edberg.

“Part of your farm should be soil building with a green manure plow-down. Don’t cheat yourself on green manure plow-downs.”

Green manure is a crop grown strictly to boost soil fertility — not to harvest. That can be hard for producers to wrap their heads around, Snider said at the Organic Alberta conference in late February.

“Farmers constantly get caught in the spiral of trying to make money, and they keep pushing their land harder than they should,” he said.

“When they push it hard, it just yields less, and you end up in this downward spiral as your revenue gets lower and lower and you get more and more desperate.

“That’s when we see people exiting the industry.”

Right now, one-quarter of Snider’s productive acres are put into a green manure plowdown crop, but in the past, he was doing a green manure plow-down every other year.

“We’re not doing that any-

more, but we were seeing good quality and low dockage. We were seeing a billable, marketable product that was making us money,” said Snider.

Investing in the soil

But for most producers, the biggest hurdle is having acres that aren’t in production.

“You’ve got to remember that those are the acres that will return the next two years very well for you,” said Snider.

“Your green manure plowdown acres are going to yield the best of all your acres, they’re going to be the cleanest of all your acres, and they’re also the most flexible of all your acres.”

“You’ve got to look for a three-year cropping return, not one.”

Producers can do that by “looking for opportunities in your rotation,” said Joanna MacKenzie, who works with the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada at Dalhousie University.

“You don’t necessarily always need to take a year out of your rotation to include a green manure,” said MacKenzie, who also spoke at the conference.

“There are options that can let you do that without sacrificing a lot of years of production, like relay cropping or underseeding.”

But the key to making the most of that year out of production is “managing your green manures with the same care you would with any cash crop.”

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“They’re basically the fertility engine that’s going to fuel the rest of the rotation, so you want to get the maximum benefit out of them by managing them with as much care as you can.

“That way, you’re offsetting that economic loss you might be having from not having a cash crop in your rotation and really maximizing your return on using these green manures.”

Choosing the right green manure

And that starts with choosing the right type of green manure for your operation.

“You have to think about what fits best with the way you farm,” said MacKenzie.

For cash crop farms, green manures are “one of your main sources of nitrogen fertility.”

“Unless you have a great relationship with a livestock producer, it’s difficult to ship manure around, and it’s expensive,” she

said. “When you have a large acreage, you don’t want to be buying an input if you don’t have to.”

In cash crop rotations, there’s also “a lot more” flexibility when choosing a green manure than there is in a livestock operation.

“You can look at more of the annual green manures and some of the things that aren’t so great for grazing.”

If you are running a mixed farming operation, consider using perennial crops like alfalfa or clover that can also serve as hay or forage for your livestock.

“With this, you’re getting an economic benefit even during your green manure year,” said MacKenzie.

But if you silage the crop, “it’s a crop — not a green manure plowdown,” cautioned Snider.

“I silaged it once, and I’ll never do it again,” he said. “I had a fababean, pea, barley, and oat plow-down that was absolutely tremendous. I was young and I had payments to make, so I went to the neighbour to silage it off. I got a cheque that wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great.

“And I paid for that for the next three years. It cost me far more in production than he paid me for that silage.”

And whatever type of operation you have, leave the dirty work to someone else, said Snider.

“You should always hire someone to plow it under for you. It’s too hard to sit on a tractor and look back at the stuff that’s being turned under.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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China’s new rules on canola could hit farmers Paterson Grain head says companies might have to pay less to cover the risk of China rejecting shipments

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aterson Grain is taking a more cautious approach to selling canola to Chinese buyers, after China said it would toughen its standard on canola shipments from Canada, the chief executive of parent Paterson GlobalFoods said.

China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, told Ottawa late last month it would allow no more than one per cent foreign material in canola shipments starting April 1.

Some say the move is linked to the risk of transmitting the blackleg fungus, while others say China wants to slow imports due to large rapeseed oil stocks.

The higher standard may be costly for Canadian exporters.

“Companies that are placed in this hardship will think twice about supplying any of these individuals again if some of these obstacles are proven false,” said CEO Andrew Paterson.

Canadian farmers will ultimately suffer as grain handlers pay less to cover the risk of China rejecting shipments, although such discounting has not begun, he said.

“That’s why it’s important that Canada and the regulatory bodies fight hard to make sure these things are not accepted without a very good argument and fight.”

Paterson GlobalFoods, a private, family-owned company based in Winnipeg, has C$2 billion in revenues. It competes with larger players Richardson International, Viterra and Cargill.

The company has one grain elevator under construction in Daysland, another in the U.S., and just announced plans to build another new elevator in Bowden.

Paterson typically builds one new facility annually, and expects to own about 32 within two years. The company usually avoids acquisitions, which are more costly, Paterson said.

The company was, however, interested in the former Canadian Wheat Board, after Ottawa listed it for sale. The former Conservative government sold a majority stake last year to G3 Global Grain.

“We were precluded, as were others, from acquiring any of those assets because we were an existing player,” Paterson said.

Conservative Gerry Ritz, the former agriculture minister, said that was not the case.

“No one was ever discounted,” he said.

Paterson GlobalFoods is not interested in partnerships with expanding players Scoular or La Co-op Federee, nor is the company for sale, the CEO said.

Paterson also discounted the nearly released rail transportation review that recommends Ottawa phase out its cap on revenue railways earn transporting grain, and not renew extended limits on transferring cars from one line to another.

“They should throw the report in the garbage,” Paterson said. “It is very railroad friendly.”

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Confusion reigns as Egypt rejects wheat Canadian wheat shipment with traces of ergot had to be re-exported to Europe ABU DHABI/Reuters

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shipment of Canadian wheat rejected in Egypt over concerns it contained traces of the ergot fungus has been re-exported to Europe after Egypt’s agricultural quarantine rejected a petition from the supplier, trade sources said.

Egypt’s quarantine authority has rejected a series of wheat shipments over traces of the common grain fungus ergot causing concerns over the country’s tough new quality rules which have disrupted its massive wheat import program.

“The vessel is already on its way to Europe as the petition was not accepted,” one Cairo-based trader said in early March.

The 8,000-tonne vessel which had been purchased by Egypt’s private sector, was rejected twice by the quarantine.

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they would accept 0.05 per cent, a percentage permissible elsewhere in the world.

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A new high-protein canola meal could reduce hog feed costs

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ProPound is designed to be a cost-effective replacement to soybean meal in hog and poultry feed.

“ProPound represents a step change in the quality of canola meal,” said Dave Hickling, former Canola Council of Canada vicepresident and third-party consultant to Dow AgroSciences. “It will take canola meal from being a moderately used ingredient in swine and poultry feeds, up to an ingredient that is very widely used at high inclusion levels. That’s what’s needed to develop canola meal into a truly competitive substitute to soybean meal.”

Developed through conventional plant breeding, ProPound has been designed to maximize protein content and digestibility.

“ProPound, with the higherprotein and lower-fibre content, gives swine and poultry producers a new, cost-effective alternative to soybean meal without sacrificing animal performance,” Dow AgroSciences official David Dzisiak said in a release. “It really offers immediate cost savings by reducing swine and poultry feed rations for producers.”

High-protein canola seeds have thinner hulls compared to conventional seeds, which produce a meal with lower portions of fibre and greater portions of protein and oil.

A University of Illinois study found increased digestibility of energy in high-protein canola meal. It also found that the standardized ileal digestibility of crude protein and amino acids in highprotein canola meal and conventional canola meal were less than in soybean meal, but the digestibility of crude protein was greater in high-protein canola meal than in conventional canola meal.

Dow says ProPound offers protein content of about 44 per cent, comparable to soybean meal and a significant improvement over conventional canola meal’s protein content of about 37 per cent.

Results from the university research, however, showed the standardized ileal digestible crude protein in high-protein canola meal to be 37.5 per cent, conventional canola meal at 31.7 per cent and soybean meal at 45.8 per cent.

ProPound is expected to be available to swine and turkey on a limited basis this fall.

ProPound will be incorporated into all Nexera canola hybrids in the coming years and a new Roundup Ready and Clearfield Nexera hybrid are expected in 2017. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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New spring wheat has better FHB tolerance, but end-use quality borderline AAFC’s BW980 will go for a fourth year of testing to see if one year of low gluten strength was characteristic or an anomaly

BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff/Saskatoon

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he committee charged with approving new wheat varieties for Prairie farmers is grappling once again with the age-old tension between agronomics and end-use qualities.

This time, the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) was confronted with a new hard red spring wheat with improved tolerance to fusarium head blight, and which produces less deoxynivalenol (DON) when infected.

But its gluten strength, which is important to customers, is borderline, and that could block its commercialization.

BW980 was developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada wheat breeder Richard Cuthbert at Swift Current, Sask. Originally it was among the 26 wheats the PRCWRT — a committee of experts and grain sector participants — was to assess and then decide whether to recommend for registration by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Instead, Cuthbert opted to table the variety, aimed at the Canadian Western Red Spring (class), for a year so more breadmaking data can be collected.

After two years of trials BW980’s dough strength was close to Carberry’s, which is the new check variety for the low end of what’s permitted in the recently revised CWRS class. However, Graham Worden, chair of the PRCWRT’s quality elevation team reported in 2015 BW980’s gluten strength was well below that of Carberry.

Moderately resistant

BW980 was rated by the disease evaluation team as ‘moderately resistant’ (MR) to ‘resistant’ to fusarium head blight (FHB).

“They have said that if it was tested against AAC Tenacious VB (in the Canada Prairie Spring class), which is the only spring wheat currently given an R rating to FHB, then that comparison could be made and that rating could be revised,” Cuthbert said at the committee’s meeting here in late February.

“But it (BW980) does appear to have a very strong MR and is better than Carberry based on three years of testing at multiple FHB nurseries.”

Fusarium head blight can significantly reduce wheat yields and quality. The disease can produce DON, a toxin that in high enough concentrations can prevent wheat from being consumed by humans or even livestock.

When infected with fusarium head blight, BW980 produces less DON than other CWRS wheats.

“We don’t see that very often in our breeding material,” Cuthbert said. “We don’t have a good handle on genetic controls, so breeding for it is difficult.

“But we do know there is genetic control of DON accumulation in grain and that’s an area we are focusing on and breeding for sure.”

Cuthbert is already using BW980 to develop other wheat lines, so even if it doesn’t get registered a lot has been gained.

Strong agronomic package

BW980 has a strong agronomic package, including a four per cent yield advantage over Carberry, making it competitive with some of the new, higheryielding CWRS wheats already on the market.

“It’s about five centimetres taller, but well within the range of Glenn and Carberry in height, which I think producers are looking for and the rest of the disease package has been excellent,” Cuthbert said.

As one PRCWRT committee member observed, BW980 pits a clear agronomic advantage against what could be poor enduse quality.

“Both issues are relevant,” said David Hatcher, a PRCWRT member and the Canadian Grain Commission’s program manager for Asian products and wheat enzymes.

But he also noted Canada has tightened the quality standards for CWRS wheats because of complaints from domestic and foreign customers that gluten strength is not as consistent as it used to be. The grain commission blames that on the dominance of three low-gluten-strength varieties — Harvest, Unity and Lillian — in the CWRS class. The three will be moved to the new Canada Northern Harvest Red class Aug. 1, 2018.

Given BW980’s improved tolerance to head blight, reduced DON levels and other attributes, it probably would be widely grown by western Canadian farmers, Hatcher said. And if its gluten strength is substandard it could undermine the whole CWRS class, he said.

“I don’t have a definitive answer for you, but this is the dilemma we face,” Hatcher said.

Cuthbert stressed he doesn’t want to jeopardize Canadian wheat markets.

“We definitely want to work within the procedures… of the revised CWRS,” he said. “We don’t want to cause harm to the class. We respect the branding of CWRS and what it means to customers. We want to confirm whether the one (year) out of three is an anomaly or if it is in fact true that it is weaker extensibility than Carberry.”

for the Canada Special Purpose class. The voting panel voted in favour of recommending BW488 and BW986 for full registration and Alderon VB and Charing 2014-2 VB for three-year interim registrations.

The discussion and voting took just over an hour.

Three high-yielding American Dark Northern Spring wheats — Faller, Prosper and Elgin ND — which had interim registrations, were recommended for full registration in the new Canada Northern Harvest Red class (see page 17).

Two cultivars were tabled — BW980 and Sparrow.

The wheats by class are as follows: CWRS: eight, Canada Prairie Spring red: three, Canada Northern Harvest Red: three, Canada Western Amber durum: three, Canada Western Red Winter: two and Canada Western Special Purpose: seven. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Agriculture and Agri-Food plant breeder Richard Cuthbert has developed a new hard red spring milling wheat with superior tolerance to fusarium head blight and reduced DON levels. But in 2015 it showed substandard gluten strength so the variety will be tested a fourth year to find out if last year was an anomaly. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

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If BW980’s gluten strength doesn’t meet the CWRS standard, it probably would fit in the new Canada Northern Harvest Red (CNHR) class, which allows for lower gluten strength. However, Cuthbert said it’s unlikely he’d try to register BW980 for the CNHR class because it yields lower than other wheats in the class.

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he late John Smith has left a lasting legacy for Prairie farmers.

The Manitoba farmer and president of Seed Depot until his death in September began the process of registering the high-yielding U.S. dark northern spring wheat variety Faller in 2012.

On Feb. 25 the variety, along with Prosper and Elgin ND, was recommended for full registration, following interim registration and their addition to the new Canada Northern Harvest Red (CNHR) wheat class last year.

While Smith never lived to bask in the satisfaction of seeing the varieties registered, his son Walter, who now heads up the company, is certainly pleased with the development.

“We’re happy it’s no longer an interim thing and that farmers have the guarantee that this will be registered for the foreseeable future rather than for a short time,” said Smith. “You can build a marketing program around it.”

Since these varieties were approved by the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale’s (PRCWRT) evaluation teams late last month, committee support for full registration was automatic, and somewhat anticlimactic.

The lack of fanfare belies the significance of what has transpired and the big shift it represents. For more than 30 years Manitoba farmers have dabbled with unregistered American wheats, attracted to their potentially higher yield. The concern was they’d be misrepresented and delivered into the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) class, undermining its consistency and quality reputation.

John Smith was very happy when Faller and Prosper were recommended for interim registration a year ago.

“If a farmer from Pilot Mound (Man.) can make this happen, other seed companies can too,” he said in an interview last year.

“We figured we’d take a stab at it in the freedom created by the wheat board not being there anymore.”

In December 2014, the Canadian Grain Commission announced a review of the West’s wheat class system, partly in response to customer complaints about low gluten strength in the CWRS class.

But it was also driven by farmers wanting to grow higher-yielding, slightly lower-protein American milling wheats. The outcome is tighter gluten strength standards for the CWRS class and the new CNHR class.

John Smith kicked off the process in 2012 getting Faller into the registration trials that generate the data the PRCWRT uses to assess new varieties before recommending whether they should be registered.

Registration is a prerequisite to commercialization. Smith believed Faller might fit the Canada Prairie Spring class, which has lower protein and gluten strength standards than CWRS. By 2013, Faller was being contracted by Richardson International in a closed-loop, identitypreserved program for British bread maker Warburtons. The program expanded in 2014.

When Walter Smith and his father started work on Faller, they never expected there would be a new class developed for it. He predicted the changes will “help our farmers make some more money.”

It’s anyone’s guess where this might lead. The Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat class — home to Canada’s best and highestpriced milling wheat — accounts for most of the acres on the Prairies. But it’s possible over time CNHR could challenge CWRS’s hegemony. While Faller, Prosper and Elgin usually sell at a discount to CWRS wheats, they yield 20 per cent more, which often results in more revenue per acre.

It’s widely believed that Western Canada produces more high-quality milling wheat than world markets demand.

The new CNHR class isn’t exclusively for Faller, Prosper and Elgin ND. Twenty-five CNHR and four CPS wheats that no longer meet the class standard will move to the CNHR class Aug. 1, 2018.

“Right now in Manitoba Faller and Prosper are at a 20-cent (a bushel) discount and sometimes it’s at par with CWRS. To say the CNHR will be at a discount to CPS I think would be a bit of a stretch.”

Walter Smith

Formost, a CPS wheat popular in Alberta, is one of them. Alberta Wheat Commission general manager Tom Steve fears wheats in the CNHR class will be discounted relative to CPS wheats.

Smith doesn’t.

“Right now in Manitoba, Faller and Prosper are at a 20-cent (a bushel) discount and sometimes it’s at par with CWRS (Canada’s highest-priced wheat),” he said.

“To say the CNHR will be at a discount to CPS I think would be a bit of a stretch.”

Rod Merryweather, FP Genetic’s chief executive officer, also expects prices for wheats in the two classes will be similar. Moving the lower gluten strength CWRS wheats to CNHR will boost protein in the class, Merryweather added.

Both Merryweather and Smith noted that since Faller, Prosper and Elgin ND yield consistently 20 per cent more than CWRS varieties, it more than offsets the price discount to CWRS. “It (CNHR) is another class of wheat that allows us to compete in another market segment, so I think that’s ultimately going to be positive for our growers in Canada because it will give them other markets. And hopefully, that makes wheat a more attractive crop,” he said.

In 2014, even without being registered, Faller was Manitoba’s sixth most popular wheat, at 127,773 acres, according to crop insurance data. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Farmers headed for ‘big trouble?’

Rising equipment, fertilizer and chemical costs offset lower fuel bills Agriculture Canada’s outlook noted farmers’ net incomes have recently benefited from lower fuel expenses, but Slomp cited higher input costs for equipment, fertilizer and chemicals as causes of financial stress for farmers.

In Alberta, a combine that cost about $380,600 in January 2015 is now about $451,000, as of January this year, according to research from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

A tractor that cost $120,000 in 2015 will now run farmers about $139,000, the same research shows.

“Our equipment is very costly, and it has been handling more acres,” said Slomp, a dairy producer who recently moved from Alberta to farm at Courtenay on Vancouver Island.

While losses in the Canadian dollar against its U.S. counterpart have benefited farmers in some aspects, such as boosting the competitiveness of Canadian commodities, those losses also increase the cost of fertilizer produced in the U.S. “It’s going to be very hard because the input costs have shot up,” Slomp said. “Fertilizer costs, chemical costs, and we have become way more dependent on doing way more acres with the same manhours.”

Phosphorus-based fertilizer and herbicides are marginally more expensive now than they were in January 2015, according to Alberta provincial research.

Prices for phosphorus- and nitrogen-based fertilizers tend to increase into the spring.

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n anticipated downturn in farm income and higher input costs mean Canadian producers will be in a tough financial position this year, the head of the National Farmers Union (NFU) predicts.

Farmers’ net cash income is expected to move lower in 2016, declining nine per cent to $13.6 billion in 2016, according to the 2016 outlook from Agriculture and AgriFood Canada.

It’s lower than the record-high net income seen last year, but the anticipated income for 2016 is still 14 per cent higher than the 2010-14 average.

Despite the relatively strong income projection, NFU president Jan Slomp said 2016 will be a hard year for producers.

“I really expect big trouble,” he said. “We are really in a tougher position than ever before.”

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Continuing with the Alberta example, Agriculture Canada’s 2016 outlook calls for the province’s total farm cash receipts to shrink by about four per cent from 2015 levels.

Alberta farms’ net operating expenses, however, are expected to remain at about the same level overall, leading to a seven per cent drop in the province’s total net farm income.

On average, net operating income per Alberta farm is expected to drop 18 per cent, to $65,548, on farm cash receipts of $458,902.

On the other hand, farmers this year may be in a better position to deal with volatility in commodity prices, and the associated income fluctuation, as the debt-to-asset ratio of farmers has narrowed in recent years.

As of Dec. 31, 2014 — the end date for the most recently reported data from Statistics Canada on farm debt — farmers had taken on $5 billion more in liabilities, but also narrowed the debt-to-asset ratio to 15.2 per cent, the lowest recorded since 1997.

However, as analysts have pointed out, a large amount of farmers’ assets are land, which is not a liquid asset.

“If you look at land appreciation, we’ve done very well, but you can’t live off that,” Slomp said. “A lot of farmers have bought extensive land, and we’ll be in a crunch.”

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Income decline makes farm management skills key But farm balance sheets are generally strong, the president of FCC says

BY ALEX BINKLEY AF contributor

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he analogy may be outdated, but the old advice to farmers to sharpen their pencils applies to the financial conditions they will likely face during the next few years, says the president of Farm Credit Canada.

“We’ve gone through a rising cycle of farm incomes and now we’re entering a period when good management will be crucial for farmers,” Mike Hoffort told the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting.

Farm cash income hit a record $15 billion in 2015, up six per cent over 2014. It’s projected by Agriculture Canada to decline by nine per cent to $13.6 billion in 2016, which would still be 14 per cent higher than the 2010-14 average.

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higher input costs. The currency drop added $100,000 to the cost of the 350-horsepower, four-wheeldrive tractor.

The rise in farmland value has slowed, holding the increase in farm debt to four per cent and it will continue to rise at lower rates than in recent years, he said.

Many farms made major equipment investments in recent years and are generally in good shape.

While weather is a major issue in food-producing parts of the world, it looks like Canada should be in for a normal growing season, he said. Among FCC’s 100,000 customers, “just under 99 per cent have healthy balance sheets.”

The 2014 farm debt-to-asset ratio is 15.2 per cent and the farms have $445.2 billion in equity.”

One troubling number is the growth in Canada’s agri-food trade deficit. Hoffort said it rose to $3.5 billion in 2014 compared to $1.9 billion in 2010. “We’re bringing in a lot more imported foods.”

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The 2015 result was on track to match 2014 until the last quarter when pulse exports shot up and the loonie declined, making all Canadian exports more attractive, which boosted cash income of farmers, said Hoffort.

The lower income this year will put pressure on producers this year. He cited the advice of Kristjan Hebert, a Saskatchewan farmer and financial adviser, who urges producers to adopt the five per cent rule to improve the financial performance of their farms through better agronomy, improved marketing, and by cutting expenses.

While lots of good ideas are available through farm advisers, provincial agriculture extension services and other farmers online, this year would be a good occasion to hire professional advice to improve the farm, he said in an interview.

The most important step is “to be honest with yourself about what your strengths are,” he urged. Marketing is one area where knowledgeable advice could make a big difference.

For crop growers, improved agronomy might be the best route, while dairy and poultry farmers will have to focus on cost cutting, he said.

Among the positives for farmers is low interest rates, which should last through 2017 and even longer, he said.

“The rates are remarkably low; it’s a good-news story for farmers.”

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The trickle-down effect of slumping crude oil prices is being felt in the Canadian biofuel market and softening demand for corn and soybeans.

Traditionally, ethanol is cheaper than gasoline, which encouraged processors to blend more than the mandated amount, according to Andrea Kent, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA).

“When you look at low gasoline prices now, that price advantage for ethanol really, really shrinks,” she said.

That means blenders will meet the mandated five per cent ethanol requirement, but have less incentive to blend at seven or 7.5 per cent, which they normally do when it’s financially advantageous, Kent said.

Biofuel production is a demand driver in the agricultural market, as corn is an ingredient in ethanol production, while soybeans are used in biodiesel, so reduced demand for biofuel trickles down to the agricultural sector.

“Biofuel production is obviously a big driver for corn, soybean and other grain markets,” Kent said.

“Amid lower oil prices you see that kind of low biofuel use can kind of trickle down and have an impact on the farm level as well.”

The impact of reduced opportunistic blending has been mitigated somewhat by policies that mandate a certain amount of biofuel use in Canadian fuels — five per cent for ethanol, and two per cent for biodiesel.

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No LibertyLink/Roundup Ready canola this year Concerns over seed quality and acceptance in Europe drag on the variety’s launch STAFF

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he first canola hybrid to stack Genuity Roundup Ready and LibertyLink traits in one seed won’t be on the market for this growing season.

Just weeks after its January announcement of a limited launch for InVigor Choice LR250 for the 2016 season, Bayer CropScience Canada now says concerns over seed quality and export market access have led it to push the launch back to an as-yet undecided date.

“Through our regular seedmonitoring measures we have discovered that the quality of the new hybrid seed is not meeting our high-quality standards,” said Bayer’s manager for oilseed crop traits, James Humphris.

He called the move “disappointing.”

Bayer began working on a LibertyLink/Roundup Ready hybrid in 2009, when the company signed a cross-licensing agreement with Monsanto for access to each other’s herbicide-tolerant traits.

Given the complexity of the science involved, the company said, it’s “in the very early stage of understanding the quality issue and how to solve it. It is our intent to correct the issue and introduce the new InVigor hybrid as soon as possible.”

However, the European Parliament last fall rejected a similar law that proposed to allow member states to opt out from allowing sale and use, other than cultivation, of EU-approved GMO foods or feeds.

Crops with glyphosate-tolerant Roundup Ready traits and/or glufosinate-tolerant LibertyLink traits are considered GMOs for export purposes.

Bayer’s new LR250 hybrid was touted as giving growers “the ability to control the toughest weeds on their farm without sacrificing yield.”

The medium-height variety was billed as having strong lodging resistance, an “R” rating against blackleg, and maturity one day later than the average for check varieties.

While InVigor hybrid canola breeding would remain focused on LibertyLink-only hybrids, Humphris said at the time the new variety would give growers “another valuable tool for weed management.”

Bayer says it has postponed a launch for its first LibertyLink/Genuity Roundup Ready hybrid canola while it works to sort out a seed quality problem. Photo: Istock

“It is our intent to correct the issue and introduce the new InVigor hybrid as soon as possible.”

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Seed quality issues aside, Humphris also noted a recent shift in export projections for Canadian canola to Europe over the next two years — exports he said “are now expected to significantly exceed historic export levels.”

Given the change in Europe’s canola import projections, the company said Tuesday, “we also need to fully assess what this means to the canola industry in Canada.

Therefore, it could have ramifications on the launch of the InVigor Choice hybrid.”

Thus, Humphris said, Bayer “will work with our industry partners to fully assess and evaluate this unprecedented market dynamic, helping ensure Canadian growers have access to new and growing markets.”

The company said it plans to provide growers with an InVigor hybrid canola with the flexibility to use Genuity Roundup Ready technology “as soon as we understand our quality issue and comprehend the market dynamics better.”

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Glass pitcher of maple syrup and words ‘maple sugar’ on packaging cause confusion, suit alleges

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Quaker Oats has been accused in a new lawsuit of fraudulently misleading consumers into believing its maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal contains real maple syrup.

In a complaint filed in Los Angeles Federal Court, lead plaintiff Darren Eisenlord said Quaker Oats causes confusion by including a glass pitcher of maple syrup and the words “maple sugar” on packaging for six instant oatmeal products.

Real maple syrup and maple sugar are “premium ingredients,” Eisenlord said, and the PepsiCo unit knows that shoppers would pay more for oatmeal containing them.

He seeks class-action status for shoppers nationwide and in California who, like him, in the last four years bought the “classic” version of the oatmeal, or any of the organic, high-fibre, gluten-free, low-sugar and “weight-control” versions.

The lawsuit seeks damages as well as new packaging.

The lawsuit followed a recent letter from the North American Maple Syrup Council and other trade groups urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to crack down on food companies whose labels incorrectly suggest the presence of maple syrup.

These groups say “maple” is understood to refer to “maple syrup,” much as “mayo” is understood to refer to “mayonnaise.” They pointed to an FDA warning letter last August to the maker of “Just Mayo,” which unlike mayonnaise contained no eggs.

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Plant breeders’ rights enforcement numbers soar

PotashCorp to curb two mines’ production

There were hundreds of investigations and SeCan alone had 40 cases that resulted in legal action Staff

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his past year was the busiest on record for plant breeders’ rights education and enforcement.

There were over 400 advertisements for seed sales that required investigation industry-wide through the Canadian Plant Technology Agency (CPTA), the body established to protect intellectual property rights, said Todd Hyra, western Canadian business manager for SeCan. “SeCan alone had 40 cases

that resulted in legal action and to date 20 of these cases have been completed,” Hyra says.

Financial penalties can range from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands, depending on the level of illegal sales. The largest case to date was settled for $150,000.

Infringers are required to sign a declaration disclosing all sales, and stating they will not make illegal sales in the future.

Part of the education process is to let the industry know seed companies take

the enforcement seriously.

Awareness is the important first step and SeCan talks about the importance of PBR whenever possible, Hyra said.

To stay on side Hyra says there are a few key points to keep in mind: • M ost new varieties have some form of protection — don’t assume a variety is not protected.

• I f a variety is protected under PBR, it is illegal to sell common seed, even if you don’t use the variety name.

• Under PBR, it is OK to keep seed on your farm — as long

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as the farm-saved rights are not pre-empted by another agreement or contract.

• Under the new PBR ’91 rules, both the buyer and seller are responsible for the infringement.

In a media release SeCan noted that the goal of PBR is to encourage investment in plant breeding in Canada, which will help ensure Canadian growers have access to the best available varieties by rewarding breeders’ time and investment.

More information is available at www.PBRFacts.ca.

PotashCorp will curtail production at two Saskatchewan potash mines as excessive supplies pressure prices.

The company said it would curtail output at its Allan and Lanigan mines for four weeks starting March 20.

The move is expected to reduce 2016 production by 400,000 tonnes, the company said.

Saskatoon-based PotashCorp expects to sell 8.3 million to 9.1 million tonnes of potash this year.

The shutdowns involve time for maintenance and do not require layoffs, the company said in a statement.

The move comes after PotashCorp recently closed its newest potash mine, the Picadilly site near Sussex, N.B., citing weak market conditions.

Prices of the crop nutrient have fallen as crop prices soften and demand slackens in key buying countries such as Brazil and India.

It’s unlikely the latest curtailments will stabilize potash prices, and PotashCorp’s decision may not be material if the company is simply advancing its usual summer maintenance period, said BMO analyst Joel Jackson in a note. — Reuters

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Hemp how-to book now available

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The national acreage of industrial hemp has grown about 25 per cent annually since 2009 and now Alberta Agriculture has released a handbook Industrial Hemp Enterprise on what’s involved in growing hemp. “If you’re new to hemp and interested in growing it, the publication walks you through the steps you need to know such as how to grow it, where to grow it, where to access seeds, what are the markets like and pretty much anything one needs to know,” said Connie Kehler, program manager of the Good Agriculture and Collection Practices program. Industrial Hemp Enterprise is available online at www.agriculture.alberta.ca (search for ‘industrial hemp’) or by calling 780-427-0391. — AAF

A March 23 workshop will address how biocontrols can fit into an integrated pest management plan to help in greenhouse growing operations. “Biologicals are huge right now in greenhouse production and we’re seeing people introduce them and monitor them carefully for pests but at the same time aren’t quite sure where to take it from there,” said provincial horticulture specialist Dustin Morton. The hands-on workshop will be held at Thiel’s Greenhouses in Bruderheim. Suzanne Wainwright-Evans of Buglady Consulting will look at methods of applying them, and how best to treat incoming plants and hot spots. To register, call 1-800-387-6030. — AAF

HEARTLAND Tighter credit heralds more pain in U.S. farming downturn Adjusted for inflation, U.S. farm debt is at its highest levels since the 1980s

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teve Irish used to farm 450 acres of rich crop fields in east-central Illinois, but that 15-year chapter of his life ended with a recent conversation with his banker.

The banker was blunt. Irish was deep in debt from the farm equipment he bought, and needed to pay back the money he owed. So now Irish’s tractor, combine and other machinery needed to run a grain farm is up for sale in an online auction.

“We had no choice,” said Irish, who also lost the lease on most of his rented 450 acres. Without land and equipment, he said, he could not farm.

As the U.S. farming sector enters the third year of a downturn caused by a global glut of grains and slumping commodity prices, bankers across the Midwest are starting to tighten lending conditions and even cutting some clients off.

Many corn and soybean farmers already are trying to adjust by selling off grain stockpiles, begging landlords to reduce rents and pleading with bankers to restructure debt and give them more time to pay it back.

But bankers are worried about the potential of loan defaults as incomes fall, prompting farmers to take on more debt. U.S. farm debt, adjusted for inflation, is now at the highest levels since the nation’s agricultural crisis in the 1980s, when scores of rural banks failed.

Tightening credit sends a clear message: the hard times are here to stay, and sacrifices are in order to avoid a future of forced land sales, farm equipment repossession and bankruptcies.

In that vein, banker Jim Knuth had some brusque advice for those attending a major farmland investment event in West Des Moines, Iowa, last month.

Those vacation homes? Spare tractors? Sell them. Landowners will not lower the rents? If you can’t make a profit off the ground, stop farming it.

“You need to accept this new normal,” Knuth, senior vicepresident of Farm Credit Services of America, the largest production agriculture lender in the upper Midwest, told more than 300 farmers and landowners. “Cash is king.”

Credit squeeze

How many farmers have had their credit lines cut off in recent months is not known. At least for now, say bankers, they do not expect a repeat of the 1980s.

Current interest rates are far lower, as are debt-to-equity ratios.

Farm assets, too, are valued at about one-third higher, according to federal data.

But bankers now are saying no to clients they may have backed during the recent boom times, according to farmers, economists and interviews with nearly three dozen lenders.

Some are requiring customers to put more cash down for land or equipment purchases; others have suggested farmers update their resumés.

Customers with grain in their bins are being steered toward government-backed loans where the taxpayer would shoulder some of the risk. The number of these marketing assistance loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture — short-term credit backed by crops — rose to over 47,500 with $5.7 billion dispersed in 2015, up over 50 per cent from when the downturn began in 2013, according to USDA data (all figures US$).

“It’s cheap money at a favourable interest rate,” said Bob Allen, a vice-president at Iowa-based Home State Bank, who recommended such loans.

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The squeeze comes as most farmland rent payments — which can run into millions of dollars — are due March 1. Seasonal payment deadlines also loom for seeds, chemicals and equipment.

The crunch could also deepen the pain felt by input suppliers, grain buyers and equipment manufacturers. Deere and Co. recently further cut its sales and profit outlook and said it now expected farming and construction equipment sales to fall 10 per cent for the year ending in October.

Other signs of financial stress are also mounting.

Farm sector debt soared past $364 billion last year and is forecast at over $372 billion in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — levels not seen since 1984. USDA also predicts net farm incomes will fall for a third year in a row to $54.8 billion, down 56 per cent from 2013’s peak.

U.S. farmers are still kicking tires at farm machinery shows, but they are slamming the brakes on more spending as the commodity slump enters its third year. Photo: REUTERS/Meredith Davis Demand for loans has been rising for 11 consecutive quarters but repayment rates are falling.

A survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago showed repayment rates at the end of 2015 at their lowest since early 1999.

The volume of the farm loan portfolio with “major” or “severe” repayment problems was five per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from 2.9 per cent a year earlier.

Funds available for non-real estate agricultural loans shrank for two consecutive quarters in the second half of 2015, according to data from the Federal

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“There’s only so much patience out there,” said Eric Hardmeyer, president of the Bank of North Dakota. “It’s not the banker’s fault and it’s not the supplier’s fault that commodity prices are what they are. They all need to get paid.”

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Business forum brings world to Winnipeg in May Small to mid-size businesses will have a speed-dating opportunity with other businesses

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innipeg will be reaching out to the rest of the world May 25-27 as it hosts a business-to-business forum that will allow participants to travel the globe for opportunities.

That forum, to be held at the RBC Convention Centre, is just one component of an event called Centrallia, which will see more than 700 participants from Canada and more than 30 countries assemble to seek new opportunities in international markets.

Described as the equivalent of a “speed-dating opportunity” for smaller and mid-size businesses, it’s the fourth such event held in Winnipeg.

Mariette Mulaire, president and CEO of the World Trade Centre Winnipeg, the organizer

of the mammoth event, says Centrallia has a proven track record, with each edition generating gross direct economic benefits for the city’s economy adding up to about $5 million.

“And that’s not counting the economic opportunities for the companies themselves that are involved in the event,” she said.

While many of those opportunities flow to Manitobabased businesses, he said there are also many companies and trade groups from other parts of Canada, from the U.S. and from Latin America involved.

Centrallia participants are allowed beforehand to “shortlist” the business leaders they want to meet with, which usually leads to followup meetings and new opportunities geographically or in sectors they might not have considered.

“It’s extremely beneficial for companies based here in Manitoba,” said Mulaire. “But

it’s also a great opportunity for companies from outside the province. For instance, a success story from a past Centrallia event featured a U.S. company partnered with a company from Senegal.”

This year’s event is geared for firms seeking opportunities in manufacturing, transportation and logistics, agribusiness, information and communications technologies, environmental industries, energy, resources and mining, construction and infrastructure, innovation and research and development.

This year’s Centrallia includes two “breakout” sessions dealing with The Arctic and The Americas. Officials from Alaska to Lapland, Finland will attend.

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in those communities — particularly in such areas as energy, communications, waste management, transportation and logistics, food security, housing and new technologies, and remote service delivery.

The Americas’ theme is focused on north-south trade strategies. Trade officials from the Mercosur and Pacific Alliance blocs will speak, focusing on the business opportunities in South American countries, including Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Venezuela; all part of the Mercosur pact.

Pacific Alliance participants include Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico.

In addition to hearing from members of those blocs, participants can hear presentations from Canadian companies that have been active in those markets.

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that a product or service they have developed has application to markets they have never before considered.

“Or it’s possible someone from Brazil may see an opportunity in their market for a product or service offered by a Canadian company that is participating,” she said.

In the past, the biggest beneficiaries have been manufacturing companies, IT companies, firms involved in environmental services and energy- and mining-related firms, she said.

“We prepare people (business leaders) before their meetings and we provide our services on an ongoing basis, assisting with followups,” said Mulaire.

While that service is mostly open to Manitoba-based businesses (the WTC Winnipeg receives funding from the Manitoba and federal government), Mulaire said companies from outside the province are referred to contacts within their market.

The event is supported by a global network of trade support organizations that work with participants, and remain available after the event. More than 50 such delegation leaders have committed to the event to date.

For its part, the WTC Winnipeg is part of the World Trade Centres Association, the largest trade organization in the world with more than 300 World Trade Centres globally.

“If a Manitoba company wants to do trade with Mexico or Brazil or Asia, we can pick up the phone and call our counterparts in those countries and get all the information we need right away,” said Mulaire.

Centrallia has steadily grown since it was first held in 2010, when 400 companies and trade organizations and 600 people from 20 countries were involved.

Fact Box • More than 50 business delegations from 30 countries will be converging in Winnipeg for Centrallia on May 25-27.

• Registration is $1,350 per person. Firms seeking to set up exhibits at Centrallia pay $3,200 (includes two event registrations and a trade show booth).

• Keynote speaker is Dr. Gerald L. Durley, a leader in the U.S. civil rights movement, as well as championing the rights of other minority groups. Durley has held senior positions in the U.S. Office of Education and now heads Perspectives International Inc., which aims at producing constructing programming for minorities and others.

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But if you devote the majority of your time to farming by investing in buildings, machinery, and inventories to run the operation, you’re likely the owner of a farming business (although farming income does not include money earned from working as an employee on a farm).

For more information on farming, including the types of farming income and deductions and tax credits available to farmers, go to www.cra.gc.ca/farming.

Generally, farmers can deduct any reasonable current expense incurred to earn farming income, including interest on loans and losses, and the cost of fertilizer, feed, veterinary fees, and materials to pack and ship goods.

Other expenses that may be eligible include machinery rental, electricity, insurance, and motor vehicle expenses. And if you decide to farm out some of your accounting duties, you can also deduct the fees you paid to your accountant.

If you had a farm loss for the year, you may be able to deduct up to the full amount of your loss.

A farm loss can be carried back from the current year to any of the previous three years or carried forward up to 20 years. For more information on farm losses and how to calculate and apply them, see Chapter 6 of Guide T4003, Farming Income (available at the above website).

Eligible farmers who dispose of breeding livestock in a tax year because of drought or flood can exclude a portion of the sale proceeds from their incomes until the following tax year, under the Livestock Tax Deferral Provision.

The rule also extends to bees and all types of horses that are over 12 months of age that are kept for breeding.

Do you hire seasonal farm workers? If you hire a qualified Red Seal trade apprentice, such as an agricultural equipment technician, you may be able to claim your employee’s salary as an expense. You may also be able to claim the apprenticeship job creation tax credit. This non-refundable investment tax credit is equal to 10 per cent of the apprentice’s salary or wages (to a maximum of $2,000 per year for each eligible apprentice).

For more information on the Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit, go to www.cra. gc.ca/smallbusiness and select investment tax credit.

If you are caught evading taxes, you may face fines, penalties, or even jail time. However, if you made an error or omission, you can correct the mistake through

the Voluntary Disclosures Program. If you make a valid disclosure before you become aware of any compliance action taken against you by the Canada Revenue Agency, you may only have to pay the taxes owing plus interest. For more info, go to www.cra. gc.ca/voluntarydisclosures.

You need to keep complete records of your business-related expenses to support your claims.

To learn more, go to www.cra. gc.ca/records.

The deadline to file most Canadian income tax and benefit returns for 2015 is April 30. However, since this date is a Saturday, returns and payments will be considered to be made on time if received or postmarked by midnight on May 2. Self-employed individuals and their spouses or common-law partners have until June 15, to file their income tax and benefit returns, but any balance owing is still due no later than May 2.

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Choosing the best procedures for soil testing An Alberta Agriculture and Forestry specialist outlines the basics of the important annual procedure Alberta Agriculture and Forestry release

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here are ways to maximize your investment in soil testing, says Harry Brook, crop specialist at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

“Most producers test their soils routinely every fall, after harvest or early in the spring. Information from these tests gives you the knowledge to plan the following crop’s fertilizer plan,” he says.

Though there are several ways to test soil, the most common is the zero- to six-inch representative sample.

“You take 15 to 20-plus samples in a field, selecting various slope positions, to try and get a good average sample. From those mixed samples the field sample is taken and sent away, hopefully giving you a good average for the field,” Brook says.

Another approach is benchmarking, where you pick one or a few spots in the field, have it located on GPS and come back to that same location for samples every year. It doesn’t give you an average but it can give an idea as to how the field changes in nutrient levels, as long as a location is chosen that is average — it isn’t located at the bottom of the slope or right at the top but somewhere in the middle.

Brook says that with GPS technology, harvest records and precision agriculture, variable-rate fertilizing has been gaining popularity. This is where one tries to

correlate the harvest yields to detailed soil tests.

“This can give a more detailed picture of the ultimate productivity of the soil but requires several years of data to filter out the extremes from weather and vagaries of the crop year,” he says.

There is also a lot of hype promoting boron in canola. If you feel it might help, try a few test strips in the field and measure the results at harvest.

Different procedures

Different test labs have different procedures and you need to know what applies to your area and soils.

An example of this is the phosphorus test. The accepted, accurate test for phosphorus in the Canadian West is the modified Kelowna test. If your soil test lab is using some other test, it might be better suited to soils in Eastern Canada and may give a misleading result.

“Macronutrients are the first thing you focus on from the tests.

These are nitrogen (nitrate), phosphorus (phosphate), potassium (potash), and sulphur (sulphate). There can be differences in how it is reported as it is often stated in pounds per acre or parts per million (ppm). If using ppm on a zero- to six-inch sample, double the ppm to get your pounds per acre,” Brook says.

Micronutrients

Micronutrients to look at are mostly just copper (Cu). Amounts below 0.6 ppm may show symptoms of deficiency. Ergot in cereals is linked to copper deficiency but the majority of the time ergot also occurs due to moist, cool conditions at head emergence.

Though there are several ways to test soil, the most common is the zeroto six-inch representative sample. Photo: Thinkstock There is also a lot of hype promoting boron in canola. If you feel it might help, try a few test strips in the field and measure the results at harvest. Other than copper, most fields in Alberta do not show any symptoms of micronutrient deficiency and will not provide a yield boost if micronutrients are applied.

Organic matter (OM) is an important gauge of the nutrient bank account. High-organicmatter soils are much more forgiving if you cut your fertilizer rates for a year. It can compensate by providing more nutrients if the year is wetter than expected.

Conversely, low organic matter in soil leaves it more susceptible to nutrient deficiencies. Very low

organic matter leads to structural problems in soil with crusting and poor moisture penetration.

OM increases as moisture regime gets wetter so black soils contain more OM than the brown or dark-brown soils.

Soil pH is a measure of acidity or alkalinity. It is best at neutral, 7.0 but most crops grow well from a pH of 5.6 – 8.0. Once soils become more alkaline (higher) than 8.0 or more acid (lower) than 5.5 you start having limited choices for crop type. You can adjust pH with the addition of some bulk fertilizer products but volume needed to change pH usually makes it uneconomic.

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in the soil. Too saline and you limit what crops will grow and thrive. High salt content in the soil prevents the normal operation of osmosis which is how the plant roots obtain water. An EC of 1.0 or less is good. More than 1.0 and some crops do not grow well.

There are other tests and measures provided on some tests but they have limited value for the average producer. Cationexchange capacity (CEC) lets you know how many cations the soil particles can have adhering to it.

It is linked to the amount of clay in the soil. High CEC just means there is a lot of clay in the soil.

“Focus on the information you can use to manage the fertility plan for the coming year’s crops.

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The value behind USDA’s early U.S. crop predictions Yields can vary greatly on summer weather, making planted acreage estimates the most reliable at this time

BY KAREN BRAUN

Reuters market analyst

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redicting the future with precision is tough unless you are a psychic, a trait that most grain analysts, including the USDA, do not possess.

Early insight on yield is desirable, but yields are highly vulnerable to summer weather. In its latest preliminary projections for 2016-17 U.S. crops, USDA’s average deviation from February to final is five per cent on corn and soybeans, and six per cent on wheat.

While five per cent does not seem a lot, this is the difference between a 162- and 170-bushelper-acre corn yield.

The general rule of thumb is that items towards the top of USDA’s preliminary 2016-17 balance sheets are more predictable than those towards the bottom. With this in mind, plug the ending stocks into your balance sheets at your own risk.

Acreage: Steady tendencies

Due to large inventories and low global prices, USDA expects total planted acreage for wheat, corn, and soybeans to decrease slightly for the second year in a row. However, it expects corn will be the big winner of the three, gaining two million acres over last year, based on lower fertilizer and fuel prices.

Predictions for the 2016-17 U.S. wheat crop were already somewhat revealed in mid-January’s Winter Wheat Seedings, in which winter wheat area was expected to decline nearly 2.9 million acres on the year. The USDA now has all wheat area down 3.7 million acres, meaning that spring wheat is not expected to pick up any of that slack.

For corn and soybean acreage, the two major reports the market looks to during the year are Prospective Plantings, released at the end of March, and June Acreage, at the end of June. Both reports incorporate data from farmer surveys on intentions in March and reality in June.

bean acreage estimates made considerable gains in the March and June reports, though this ultimately backfired last year.

Current soil moisture is generally well above the last two years and if this continues, soybeans could receive a boost.

If the soils become too wet by spring, corn acreage is likely to lose ground to soybeans as the planting window for corn closes earlier. This will have to be something to watch over the next couple of months as planting approaches, but at this point, drought-impacted planting seems a less likely scenario.

U.S. corn-planted area: comparison of major reports

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This is not surprising though, since it relies on everything that happened during and after the actual harvest, and is therefore the furthest prediction into the future.

Carry-out is prone to swing wildly from initial to final estimates, sometimes more than doubling (or halving) over the whole time frame. In terms of the actual percentage change from February to final since 1998, corn has been the most volatile and wheat the least, but neither of them have a particular bias toward the high or low side.

USDA has had a remarkable tendency to overestimate soybean carry-out in February, as this was true in 13 of the last 18 years. However, the predictions seem to get better following years with larger carry-out, meaning 2016’s estimation of 440 million bushels after 2015’s 450 is likely not overestimated, barring a significant supply disruption this summer.

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USDA’s largest miss in this regard came in 2004, when corn carry-out was initially estimated 1,293 million bushels below final, or a corn volume similar to that produced by Minnesota last year.

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However, USDA had initially underpredicted wheat carryout the last two seasons, during which global supply ballooned and prices subsequently fell, a pattern that we are very much still in heading into 2016-17.

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1996 Bourgault 5710/3225 . . . . $39,000 SH 1994 Flexi-Coil 5000/1720 . . . . $25,000 MJ 1995 Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 . . . . $49,000 SH 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 . . . . $39,000 SC 2000 Flexi-Coil 5000/2340 . . .$49,000 MH 1998 Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 . . . . $59,000 SC 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000/SC380 . . $55,000 SC 2008 Flexi-Coil 5500/4350 . . .$139,000 MJ 2004 Misc 7550/4350 . . . . . . . . $35,000 SC 2009 Morris C1/8370 . . . . . . . . . $210,000 SC 2010 Morris CONTOUR/8650 . . . $225,000 SC 2009 NH P2060/P1060 . . . . . . .$149,000 SC 2010 NH P2070/P1060 . . . . . . . $185,000 MJ 2011 NH P2070/P1060 . . . . . . . $185,000 SC

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CETA deal reaches key milepost The Canada-EU agreement could soon be ratified after agreement on legal text

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fter almost 17 months, Canada and the European Union have finally agreed on a legal text for a proposed free trade deal, raising hopes it will be ratified by the end of this year and in effect in 2017.

The conclusion of the legal text was announced by Chrystia Freeland, minister of international trade and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna.

The key change since former Prime minister Stephen Harper announced the deal in September 2013 is “strengthened rules allowing governments to regulate to protect the environment,” said Freeland. “We have responded to Canadians, EU citizens, and businesses with a fairer, more transparent system.”

In addition, the changes will establish a dispute-settlement tribunal and an appeal system.

Cargill backing new grain terminal in Ukraine

Once the original wording of the deal became public, German politicians and groups have publicly criticized the investor state protection provisions in the deal for giving corporations too much power to sue governments over laws and regulations that interfered with their business. There was a genuine concern the Germans wouldn’t ratify the deal, which would kill it.

The next steps are approval of legal texts in French and the language of the EU. “Once finalized, we will focus on the swift ratification of CETA so that individuals and businesses, both large and small, are able to benefit from the opportunities offered by this gold-standard agreement,” Freeland said. We are confident that CETA will be signed in 2016 and will enter into force in 2017.”

She said it is “a gold-plated trade deal. It will have benefits in all sectors across the country.”

McKenna said the deal will give Canadian exporters better access

to a market of 500 million consumers. It fits well with the Trudeau government’s goal of combating climate change and encouraging economic growth at the same time.

Freeland said the government hopes the changes on investor state protection and dispute resolution will encourage talks with other trading partners “to pursue the establishment of a multilateral investment tribunal, a project to which the EU and Canada are firmly committed.”

In 2013, the 28 countries of the EU imported agricultural products valued at $139 billion. However, many agricultural goods, including meat products, continue to confront significant tariff and nontariff trade barriers.

The trade deal will provide for duty-free exports of 81,011 tonnes of Canadian pork; dutyfree exports of 64,950 tonnes of Canadian beef and veal; dutyfree exports of 3,000 tonnes of Canadian bison meat; unlimited duty-free exports of Canadian

horsemeat; and, unlimited dutyfree exports of Canadian prepared meats. In return, the EU will: retain duty-free access to the Canadian market for pork; obtain duty-free access for beef; and, receive reciprocal unlimited duty-free access for prepared meats.

While the trade deal could be a challenge for dairy producers in Eastern Canada, overall it should benefit farmers in export commodities. Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, has welcomed “the increased market access secured for Canada’s agricultural exporters. The deal will also eliminate approximately 95 per cent of EU agricultural tariffs, previously a huge barrier for trade, which averaged 13.9 per cent.”

He said he’s confident the government will live up to promises made by the Harper government to compensate the dairy industry if the full 32,000-tonne increase in European cheese shipments occurs.

Chris Kyte, president of Food Processors of Canada, said his members also support the deal, but said “in some categories, we need policy and program improvements which will allow us to compete in the EU and to defend our home markets.”

Canada doesn’t subsidize farm production as Europe does and that means Canadian processors have higher input costs that will prevent them from expanding into Europe, he said. Ottawa needs to find a way to level the playing field or Canada’s deficit in the trade of manufactured food products will grow worse than the nearly $7 billion a year.

Cam Dahl, executive director of Cereals Canada said increased access to Europe will help the entire Canadian food supply chain. “We are also strongly in favour of the inclusion of dispute resolution mechanisms for sanitary and phytosanitary issues. These may prove to be as important to our industry in the future as the elimination of tariff barriers.”

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The terminal, near Ukraine’s biggest port city of Odessa, will have an annual loading capacity of five million tonnes, said Andriy Pivovarsky, Ukrainian infrastructure minister.

Ukraine, which is set to export a record amount of grain this year, has said it wants to double loading capacity for grain exports from its ports over the next few years.

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CFA wants changes to support programs Farmers have lost confidence that the programs will provide adequate support

BY ALEX BINKLEY AF contributor

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armers have been dropping out of government business risk management programs because they’ve lost confidence they will provide the support they need, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture says.

The CFA has conducted research that finds farmer participation in the overall suite of programs has dropped from 119,121 producers in 2007 to 73,607 in 2013. The 2014 and 2015 numbers aren’t complete.

“The decline will be worse in 2015,” said Scott Ross, the CFA’s director of business risk management and farm policy.

“Our concern is that people are dropping out because the program lacks credibility.” When funds are available, they are too often inadequate to the financial challenge facing farmers.

Participation in AgriStability, which shores up incomes in peri-

ods of low market prices, dropped from 57 per cent in 2007 to 42 per cent in 2012 and has continued to fall since. AgriInvest and AgriRecovery have seen similar drops.

The CFA is preparing proposals to present to federal and provincial officials as part of the negotiations to start this year on Growing Forward 3 to replace the expiring Growing Forward 2 program.They envisage AgriInvest as a strategic investment fund that farmers and governments would contribute with annual contribution limits of $100,000. Farmers could make tax-free withdrawals from it in poor years.

In recent months, Ross has been making presentations on the issue to the provincial organizations that make up much of CFA’s membership. He says it’s vital for farm groups to present a united front on changes to the support programs at the start of talks before government officials start making decisions that become difficult to alter.

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“The decline will be worse in 2015.”

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of producers from across Canada and from all commodities to initiate the discussion.

The federation is also crafting a new policy on what should be the key features of GF3. It hopes to gain the support of other farm organizations for its proposals.

With climate change expected to impair future farm production, it’s important to make sure AgriRecovery can cover multi-year disaster costs, the CFA briefing document says. “Climate change will bring more extreme weather events and AgriRecovery is not designed for long-term problems,” Ross noted.

The next iteration of business risk management programs needs to provide additional assistance to beginning farmers, who face the greatest expense burden, CFA says.

As well, it needs to change rules that reduce the support for diversified farms producing a variety of commodities compared to a farm that produces fewer. “Diversified farms, producing and marketing non-supply-managed commodities, have been found to more likely cease AgriStability program participation compared to more specialized non-supply-managed farms.

“The decline in AgriStability participation, on the part of diversified farms, is troubling. Inadequate program coverage may lead industry to call for more commodity specific programming. From a trade dispute potential perspective, whole-farm programming is preferred over commodity specific programming,” the CFA document says.

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A “scientific disagreement” between Canada and China over the risk of transmitting the blackleg fungus is behind China’s move to raise its standard for Canadian canola imports, said an industry official involved in the discussions.

But some traders say the real reason for a higher standard that may slow Chinese imports is the country’s large rapeseed oil stockpiles.

China’s quarantine authority told the Canadian Food Inspection Agency it would allow dockage of no more than one per cent foreign material in Canadian canola shipments as of April 1.

The current allowable dockage range is two to 2.5 per cent. Foreign material can include seeds of other plants or straw.

“We’re at a stage of scientific disagreement — that really is the issue at its heart,” said Patti Miller, president of the Canola Council of Canada. “We’re not aligned on the results of the last scientific study that we did.”

The countries have collaborated for years on research around blackleg, after China raised concerns in 2009. They have disagreed in the past year about potential blackleg transmission risk to Chinese farms through foreign material in canola shipments, Miller said.

The Canadian industry sees no significant risk, Miller said, adding that she could not release research results that are in dispute.

The tougher standard will be difficult to meet, and make seed cleaning more expensive, possibly discouraging future sales, exporters say.

China is the world’s largest consumer of edible oils.

The stricter dockage standard allows China to work through high rapeseed oil stocks for the next year or two, an executive with a major Chinese buyer said.

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A ‘very, very old’ cheese is something new for Canadians After she came to Canada from Belarus, Galina Beilis was surprised she couldn’t find this popular cheese

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Staff

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alina Beilis’s cheese might be new to Manitoba, but as she’ll tell you, there’s really nothing new about it.

The recipe is as simple as it is old. Farmers and villagers have been making it for centuries and it dates back to the discovery of milk going sour when you left it at a warm temperature.

“The truth is, this cheese is nothing new. It’s a very, very old product,” said Beilis, who grew up in Belarus, but emigrated to Canada in 2008 and now lives with her family in Winnipeg. “In the country and villages, people made it at home.”

That’s why some call this style of fresh cheese a ‘farmers’ cheese.’ Beilis, who grew up speaking Russian calls it tvorog, which translates to mean “curd.”

She started her Dairy Fairy company to produce it, after discovering she couldn’t find it in Manitoba stores, something that amazed her. Where she grew up, mothers begin to feed this soft, mild cheese to infants and it is a staple on dinner tables.

“It’s very popular in Europe and especially our countries, like Belarus, Ukraine and Poland,” she said. “For us it’s like a second bread.”

She began making inquiries about how to start, approaching Dairy Farmers of Manitoba where they explained the provincial quota system for startup processors, and how a new processor like herself could purchase milk through DFM from local dairy farmers.

“They said, ‘We don’t have this cheese in Manitoba. Nobody makes it, so let’s try,’ and they started to help with everything,” she said.

The dairy organization also directed her to the University of Manitoba’s dairy plant where, in summer of 2013, she began renting the site’s pasteurizers, cheesemaking vats and other industrial equipment to scale up her traditional recipe.

As simple as tvorog is to make the old-fashioned way, it’s another matter to scale it up commercially.

Beilis also got help with matters such as nutrition labelling for this small-batch cheese made with only milk and culture.

“She’s started out on the right foot,” says University of Manitoba dairy plant manager John Thoroski. “The dairy plant is where these ideas take shape.”

Beilis now puts in long hours, making about 100 kilograms of cheese a day, which she then sells in 250- and 500-gram packages at farmers’ markets as well as to several restaurants and some grocery stores.

Gaining store shelf access is “a huge story,” she said. “They didn’t know if people would buy it. I said, ‘You’re not losing anything. If you have space on your shelf try it.’”

It proved popular, and not only among customers who recognize the traditional cheese.

“Now they (stores) call me saying,‘Galina, where is your cheese? People are asking for it.’”

She distributes her product herself right now, but hopes to grow the business so she can work with a distributor.

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German beer purity in question over herbicide tests But the brewers’ association questions the test results’ scientific integrity

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German environmental group says it has found traces of glyphosate in Germany’s 14 most popular beers, a potential blow to the country’s reputation for “pure” brewing.

Industry and government immediately sought to play down the report from the Munich Environmental Institute.

The Brauer-Bund beer association said the findings, which were based on a small number of samples, were not credible.

Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk assessment said the levels did not pose a risk to consumers’ health.

“An adult would have to drink around 1,000 litres of beer a day to ingest enough quantities to be harmful for health,” it said in a statement.

Under the “Reinheitsgebot,” or German purity law — one of the world’s oldest food safety laws and celebrating its 500th anniversary this year — brewers have to produce beer using only malt, hops, yeast, and water.

The environmental group, an investigative body, said it had tested Germany’s

14 top-selling beer brands and said all showed traces above the 0.1-microgram limit allowed in drinking water. It added that no general conclusions about the contamination of certain brands of beer could be made.

Brauer-Bund said there were government controls in place in breweries to ensure that no harmful substances made their way into the production process. Its own monitoring system for malt has never detected levels of glyphosate that were above the permitted maximum limits, it added.

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Anheuser-Busch InBev said it questioned the scientific integrity of the tests due to the small number of samples. It rejected the institute’s allegation that brewers were not adequately monitoring raw ingredients as “absurd and completely unfounded.”

Germany is Europe’s biggest producer of beer and is home to more than 1,300 breweries which produce about 5,000 different beers.

Bottles of various sorts of German beer are displayed on a stand to mark 500 years of the so-called Reinheitsgebot (purity law), during the Green Week international food, agriculture and horticulture fair in Berlin in January. The Reinheitsgebot was introduced in Bavaria in 1516 to limit ingredients used in beer production to hops, barley and water. Photo: Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

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2012 New Holland CR9090

2013 Case IH 9230

2010 New Holland CR9070

1999 Case IH 2388

2012 New Holland TV6070

Guidance, duals, DSP, diff lock, deluxe chopper, 1220 eng hrs, 910 threshing hrs

Combine, loaded, 1035/761 hrs, duals, spreaders

1450/1200 hrs, HID, Duals, Std chopper

Combine, hopper top, 4100/2876 hrs, 1015 PU header, L/A

Long loader, 634hrs, grapple, EE hyds, aux pump

$299,000

USED COMBINES

*0% – 24 month on Select Case IH Combines

2013 Case IH 9230, 847/615 hrs, duals, loaded .................................................$299,000 2013 Case IH 9230, duals, loaded, 1035/761 hrs .. $299,000 2013 Case IH 9230, 1041/746 hrs, Guidance, L/A, duals, PU header ....................$299,000 2013 NH CR9090, 520/350 hrs, L/A, duals, guidance ......................................$350,000 2012 NH CR9090, 1240/910 hrs, Guidance DSP, diff, duals ...............................................$299,000 2011 NH CR9090Z, 1026/724 hrs, L/A, duals, guidance ......................................$289,000 2011 Case IH 7120, duals, Guidance, PU, 1100/805 hrs .............................................$249,000 2009 Case IH 6088, YPM, Leather, Ext wear, 950/750 hrs ..................................................$195,000 2009 Case IH 8120, 1850/1250 hrs, L/A, duals, hopper top ...........................................$210,000 2009 NH CX8080, L/A, 1750/1300 hrs .............$189,000 2008 Case IH 7010, duals, fine cut chopper, L/A, 1661/1249 hrs........................................$210,000 2007 Case IH 2588, 2500/1925 hrs, chopper, HID, Duals........................................$149,000 2007 NH CR9070, L/A, 1542/1264 hrs .............$199,000 2006 NH CR960, 2300/1900 hrs, PU Header ....$119,000 2004 Case IH 8010, 2006 2016, L/A, singles, 2663/1968 hrs ..................................$169,000 2004 Case IH 2388, AFX rotor, chopper, AFS, 2357/2028 hrs., L/A, 2015 swathmaster PU ....$99,000 2003 Case IH 2388, 2580/1992 hrs, L/A, PU Header ................................................$95,000 2000 John Deere 9650, 2796/1987 hrs, 914 PU header, yield, singles ...........................$89,000 1999 Case IH 2388, hopper top, 4100/2876 hrs, 1015 PU header, L/A ...............$89,000

$299,000

$179,000

1992 Case IH 1680, 4033 hrs, L/A, 1986 Case IH 1680, PU header, 25’,4200 hrs ...$22,900

USED WINDROWERS

2012 Case IH WD2303, 36 ft, 550 hrs, shears ..$110,000 2012 MacDon M155, 35 ft D60, transport, 960 hrs..........................................................$129,000 2011 MacDon M205, 30 ft, 950/686 hrs ..........$125,000 2008 MacDon M150, 30 ft, hyd roller, 740 hrs .$105,000 2008 WD1203, 36ft, hyd roller, 550/403 hrs.......$95,000 2007 MF 9435, 30 ft, 1007 hrs ..........................$85,000

USED 2WD TRACTORS

2014 Case IH Farmall, 140A, Loader, MFD, 830 hrs............................................................$86,000 2012 New Holland TV6070, long loader, 634 hrs, grapple, EE hyds, aux pump ...........................$149,000 2012 Case IH Farmall, 140A, Loaded, MFD, 700 hrs............................................................$89,000 1981 John Deere 4640, 11000 hrs, 2WD ............................... SOLD $26,000

USED HAYBINES

2009 NH H7460 discbine, 16 ft, 1000 PTO, rubber/rubber .................................$29,000 1999 NH 1475, 18ft ...........................................$11,999 1999 NH 1475, 16’, rubber rolls .........................$16,000

USED 4WD TRACTORS *0%/24 months or 4.25 for 84 months

3 x 2014 Case IH 600, loaded, 670 hrs ............$469,000 2013 Case IH 500, Quad, loaded, 1170 hrs ......$399,000 2008 Case IH 485 Quad, diff lock, guidance, 30” tracks, 4500 hrs ......................................$229,000 2007 NH TJ480, 800/38 duals, PTO, 4400 hrs, high cap hyd, diff lock....................................$220,000 1991 New Holland 946, triples, atom jet pump, 6500 hrs, standard ..........................................$69,000

$89,000

USED HEADERS

$149,000

2009 Case IH 4420, 120 ft, Aim, 2 sets tires, viper, 2550 hrs...............................................$239,000 2009 Case IH 4420, Guidance, 120ft, Aim, auto box, 2 sets tires, 2200 hrs .....................................$239,000 2007 JD 4720, 90ft, Guidance, 1490 hrs..........$189,000 1998 Tyler Patriot XL, 5147 hrs, 750 gal, 90’ booms, 12.4/38 tires, 3 way nozzle bodies ...................$45,900

2014 Case IH 3162, 45’, auger, transpeed..........$89,000 2 x 2011 MacDon FD70, 35 ft, trans, auger, JD adapter ............................................$69,000 2011 Case IH 2152, 40 ft, auger, transport .........$59,000 2011 Case IH 2152, 40 ft, auger, transport .........$59,000 2010 Case IH 2152, 45 ft, auger, transport .........$55,000 2008 MacDon D60, 40 ft, adapter, auger, trans ..$38,000 2005 NH 994-30, 30 ft U2 pickup reel, tx adapter ........................................................$27,500 2011 Case IH PH800, 60on10, DS, VR, TBT 2010 3430 ............................................$200,000 2005 NH 94C-30, 30 ft hyd fore/aft.,trans, gauge wheels ...................................................$39,500 2010 Case IH P800/3430 Tank, 1994 Macdon 960, 30ft, tr adapter ...................$10,000 70ft, 12inch, DS .............................................$149,000 2009 Morris Contour, 47 ft, 10”, 2013 New Holland BR7090, wide PU, net/twine .$38,000 2008 FC 3350 TBT tank ..................................... $120,000 2004 NH BR780, 590 pto, STD PU, Auto Wrap ....$16,900 2008 Case IH SDX40/ADX3430 tank, VR, 40ft, liquid kit ..........................................$139,000 1997 Bourgault 4300 Tank, DS ..........................$35,000 2014 Bourgault 7200, New never used, hyd angle, 84 ft................................................$56,000 2008 Riteway 8168, 68 ft, Hyd. Pressure ...........$35,000 2010 Lemken, Rubin 12S/1200, 2004 Brandt 7000, 70 ft, Hyd. angle ..................$28,900 40ft new blades .............................................$139,000 1999 Riteway 77 ft, Hyd. angle ..........................$22,000

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USED DISCS

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2014 Rogator 700, 90ft, viper, 700 gal, auto boom, HID lights, 106 hrs .........................................$229,000 2012 Case IH 4430, 120ft, 1082 hrs, AIM, Guidance, Dividers, 2 sets tires ......................$299,000 2012 Case IH 3330, 100ft, Aim, 2 sets tires, autoboom, accuboom, 1300 hrs.....................$269,000 2012 Case IH 4430, 120 ft aim, viper, guidance, loaded, 1275 hrs............................$279,000 2011 Rogator 1194, 120 ft, sectional, viper, 2250 hrs, 2 set tires ......................................................$205,000

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PLANTERS

2012 Case IH, 1240 Pivit Planter 16/31 rows, bulk fill .........................................$99,000

NEW GRAIN CARTS 2014 Unverferth 1610, U-Harvest, scale, tarp, tracks ....................................................$149,000 2013 Unverferth 9250, scale, tarp ......................$52,000 2013 Unverferth 1315, scale, tarp ......................$82,000

USED SKIDSTEER 2013 Case SV250, cab/AC,heat, radio, 2 spd, 2775 hrs, new tires, hyd coupler, H controls ....................$42,900

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Drive Green Demo Days.

Comparing products online works great for toaster ovens and bird feeders … but if you’re in the market for a tractor, riding mower, or utility vehicle … nothing beats getting behind the wheel.

From February through the end of October, John Deere dealers all across the country are hosting Drive Green events where customers can test drive tractors and turf equipment and talk to product experts.

Attendees will receive coupons good for $500 off a 1 – 6 Family Tractor*, $250 off Turf and Utility Equipment**, and hundreds off attachments***. And if you register at the event, you will be entered to win a brand new 2R Series Tractor package.† Get online and fnd your local event at www.JohnDeere.ca/DriveGreen Be there!

Win this 2R Series Tractor package with loader and mid-mower deck.

* Coupon valid for $500 off the agreed upon purchase price of any new 1 Series through 6 Series tractor (up to 155 hp) from an authorized John Deere Dealer made between February 1, 2016 and December 1, 2016. Other restrictions may apply. See your dealer for complete details and other fnancing options. Valid only at participating US and Canadian John Deere dealers. Subject to availability and may be discontinued or modifed at any time. Customer must complete and submit a registration card at the time of the event for this coupon to be valid. Original coupon must be surrendered at time of purchase. No reproductions will be accepted. Limit of one coupon per person per purchase. Savings applied to the total before applicable sales tax and provincial environmental fees and shipping/delivery charges. **Coupon valid for $250 off the agreed upon purchase price of any new ZTrak, or EZtrak mower; Select or Signature Series tractor; or XUV or RSX Series GATOR Utility Vehicle made from an authorized John Deere Dealer between February 1, 2016 and December 1, 2016. Other restrictions may apply. See your dealer for complete details. Valid only at participating US and Canadian John Deere dealers. Subject to availability and may be discontinued or modifed at any time. Customer must complete and submit a registration card at the time of the event for this coupon to be valid. Original coupon must be surrendered at time of purchase. No reproductions will be accepted. Limit of one coupon per person per purchase. Savings applied to the total before applicable sales tax and provincial environmental fees and shipping/delivery charges. ***Coupon valid for $150 off the total purchase of $750; $350 off the total purchase of $1,500 worth of any new John Deere attachments for Riding Lawn Equipment, Commercial Mowing Equipment, Gator™ Utility Vehicles and 1-6 Family Tractors purchased from a participating John Deere Dealer between February 1, 2016 and December 1, 2016.

Not valid on attachments ordered as an option code, John Deere Merchandise or Licensed Product, self-propelled or pull-type equipment ordered as a base code; John Deere, A&I, Sunbelt or any private label parts and hardware. Customer must complete and submit a registration card at the time of the event for this coupon to be valid.

Original coupon must be surrendered at time of purchase. No reproductions will be accepted. Limit of one coupon per person per purchase. Savings applied to the total before applicable sales tax and provincial environmental fees and shipping/delivery charges. Cannot be combined with any other attachments offers. Subject to availability and may be discontinued or modifed without notice at any time. Other exclusions and restrictions may apply. See participating dealer for complete details. Dollar amounts referenced are in currency of country of residence. †NO PURCHASE NECESSARY: Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and Canada who have reached the age of majority in their state or province of residence as of start of Giveaway. Void where prohibited or restricted. Limit 1 entry/registration per person. Giveaway subject to Offcial Rules available at JohnDeere.com/DriveGreen (US) or JohnDeere.ca/DriveGreen (Canada), beginning February 1, 2016 at 12:01 AM CT and ending December 1, 2016 at 11:59 PM CT. Available to be won: 1 Grand Prize of a John Deere 2025R Tractor, equipped with John Deere H130 Loader and 62D Mid-Mower Deck (total ARV of prize: US $22,792); Limit one prize per person. To enter, attend a 2016 Drive Green Challenge event listed at JohnDeere.com/DriveGreen (US) or JohnDeere.ca/DriveGreen (Canada), fll out a registration form and place in registration/signup box located at the event. Odds of winning depend upon the total number of entries received. Grand Prize winner will be selected by random draw on December 19, 2016. In Canada, mathematical, skill-testing question required. See participating dealerships for more details.

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Fertilizer maker cutting costs

Road bans arrived early this year

Norwegian fertilizer maker Yara plans to cut operating costs and raise investments to become more competitive and grow its business. The company raised its estimate for 2016 capital expenditure to 17.9 billion Norwegian crowns (C$2.8 billion) but then cut it to 10 billion in 2017 and seven billion the following year. In 2015, Yara’s capital expenditure was 14.4 billion. Yara’s Canadian holdings include Yara Belle Plaine — the former Saskferco nitrogen fertilizer plant at Belle Plaine, Sask., east of Moose Jaw — and a deepwater dry fertilizer terminal northeast of Montreal at Contrecoeur, Que. — Reuters

Spring road bans ranging from 75 to 90 per cent of normal axle weights were put into place in Alberta on Feb. 11 for numerous roads. The implementation was two weeks earlier than the previous year. The duration of the restrictions will depend on local weather conditions, but typically last through April and into May. In Saskatchewan, weight restrictions started in the southwest on Feb. 22, and were being expanded as temperatures warmed up. In Manitoba, spring road bans were set to come into effect on March 11 and remain in place until May 31. The full list of road bans can be found at www.transportation.alberta.ca (search for ‘road bans’). — CNS

livestock handling equipment

Tips to reduce stress and up safety when handling cattle It starts with keeping cattle calm and identifying hazards in your current handling facilities, say experts

By JILL BURKHARDT AF contributor

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eep calm when handling cattle — especially if you want safe working condi-

tions.

Attitude, confidence, as well as the general mood sets the tone when handling cattle, says veterinarian Dr. Cody Creelman.

“I can barely count the number of times I’ve seen situations where things are nice and calm, steady, quiet, and proper,” said Creelman.

But you also have to have the right setup for handling facilities, added the Airdrie vet.

He said he witnesses two or three injuries a year, such as broken noses and jaws after animals slammed into gates as well as broken hands and fingers caught in latches.

Here is some advice on cattleprocessing and -handling systems from Creelman and Dr. Elizabeth Homerosky, a veterinarian and the Simpson Ranch Fellow in Beef Cattle Health at the University of Calgary.

Watch your cattle

Training people in low-stress handling techniques is a necessary first step, said Homerosky.

“Another good rule to follow concerning safe low-stress handling is to always take time to understand what the cattle are telling you.”

If cattle are continually balking or stalling at a particular spot, they are probably scared of that area, so take some time to investigate the underlying issue of why they may not want to go through that area.

Her third major tip is to prepare for the unexpected.

“The majority of situations where I have witnessed people getting injured is when they are trying to free an animal from a dangerous situation,” said Homerosky.

“Always have an exit planned. This applies to both the cattle and the handlers.”

Before handlers get into a stall or corral with an animal, an exit route should always be identified.

Side doors on chutes or removable panels on alleyways are helpful if an animal goes down or becomes stuck.

“These could potentially save the animal’s life,” said Homerosky.

And always remember that cattle are prey animals and what’s normal for a handler can be anything but for cattle.

For example, “being worked from above by someone on the catwalk is a very stressful situation and may prompt behaviour that is potentially dangerous to themselves or the handler.”

Is it really safe?

Creelman points to another commonly used practice — using a post to keep an animal from backing up in an alley.

The post — a metal or wooden pole inserted horizontally in chutes with open slat sides — is “basically a baseball bat on the end of a cow,” he said.

He calls the practice “very, very dangerous.”

“Guys and gals take a lot of risk when there is a 2,000-pound bull backing up at high speed and throwing in a post and getting it wedged into a 4x4-inch hole on the other side is a little disconcerting. Even when the animal isn’t moving, there is the risk of catching a hock, bringing the post up, (or) kicking.”

When cattle balk while being processed, they are trying to tell you something, says Dr. Elizabeth Homerosky. PHOTO: COURTESY ELIZABETH HOMEROSKY The situation is getting better with more robust chutes and alleyways, as well as increased use of hydraulic squeezes, and Creelman prefers systems with sliding gates in the alleys and extra hydraulic gates.

Gates, latches and moving parts on the handling system are another danger area.

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“I’ve seen a large number of injuries,” he said. “Any time the animals are on the other side of you, the potential for that gate or latch to pop open, is a dangerous spot, as well.”

But again, it’s the combination of good equipment and good handling practices that works best.

Low-stress handling techniques

encourage things like a steady momentum down the alley, so cattle are less likely to stop and try to back up. If animals are calm, they won’t be crashing into or trying to climb up over gates. (Common-sense design — like not having a gate latch located where an

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Livestock handling equipment

Is it time to think about new livestock facilities?

Building new can get very pricey and complicated, but a free provincial guide could save you money and headaches Staff

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ast fall, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry released its new Relocation of Livestock Facilities Planning Guide.

A major focus of the guide is the environmental risks at many farms, where access to water was the guiding consideration when the farmstead was established.

The brief guide helps livestock producers identify those environmental risks, looks at potential mitigation measures, and outlines steps to consider when relocating facilities.

“It takes them through a process of looking at the site, assessing it and looking at ways to improve it, such as mitigation,” confined feeding operation extension specialist Chris Ullmann said when the guide was released last fall.

“Sometimes, these options just aren’t viable, and for those cases, the guide has information to help the producer pick a new site.”

The assessment section looks at obvious factors such as proximity to water, slope, and the frequency of flooding, but also ones such as soil texture and how berms, ditches, and vegetative buffers can be used to alleviate problems.

Relocation of Livestock Facilities Planning Guide

Keeping things nice and relaxed is key for safe handling, says Dr. Cody Creelman. PHOTOs: COURTESY CODY CREELMAN

“It takes them through a process of looking at the site, assessing it and looking at ways to improve it, such as mitigation.”

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This guide is available for free from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

If relocation is the best option, the guide outlines the broad steps in that process. This includes what provincial and federal legislation may come into play, and factors to consider when doing a preliminary project design. There are also lists of design and drainage tips.

The guide also has advice for what to do with cattle during construction, and how to create a detailed budget.

“Relocation project costs vary significantly depending on the scope of the project (they can range anywhere from $15 to $2,000 per head),” the guide states. “Costs will depend on the amount of infrastructure

involved in the move, how much work can be done in house, how much of the existing building materials can be recycled, the availability of utilities, et cetera.”

The guide was adapted from a Manitoba publication with input from provincial agriculture officials in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The Relocation of Livestock Facilities Planning Guide can be downloaded by going to www.agriculture.alberta.ca and searching for ‘livestock facilities’ or by contacting Alberta Agriculture’s publications office at 780-427-0391 or publications. office@gov.ab.ca.

Because this bull was too large to round a bend in the alley and be put in a squeeze chute, Dr. Cody Creelman says he had little choice but to use posts (one in front and two behind) to do semen testing. But he describes a post as “basically a baseball bat on the end of a cow.” handling cattle } from page 49 animal could catch a horn or hoof — and proper equipment maintenance also play key roles here.)

Although there is no perfect system or design, when it comes to safety, Creelman said, hydraulic handling systems “changed my life.” Although cost prohibitive for most operations, having animals properly restrained in a hydraulic chute is a safety bonus as each catch is tailored for that individual animal.

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By honing your animal-handling skills, and becoming a better cattle handler, safety is improved upon.

“Being able to read the animals and read the system, and moving the animals appropriately — you can do a lot with the bare necessities as long as you are using them correctly,” said Creelman.

“Always take time to understand what the cattle are telling you.”

Dr. Elizabeth Homerosky

“Safe and efficient handling systems don’t have to be expensive,” added Homerosky. “Some of the most effective systems I’ve worked cattle through were homemade corrals and alleys welded out of repurposed oilfield pipe leading to either a simple head gate or manual chute.

“Ask your veterinarian for their input before you build or buy. We travel the countryside daily and have seen hundreds of different handling facilities and would be more than happy to help design a system that works best for your operation’s needs.”

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Livestock handling equipment

Making the flight zone instincts of cattle work for you Vermilion rancher Sean McGrath says a Bud Box makes the job of processing cattle much faster

By JILL BURKHARDT AF contributor

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hinking inside the box — a Bud Box, that is — can help cattle flow better when working them in a handling system.

Being able to work the animals’ flight zones from outside, and having them see you, helps make them flow through the system faster, said rancher Sean McGrath.

“We have a portable system with a (crowding) tub, and the speed difference between the two of them when processing cattle is night and day,” said the Vermilion-area cattle producer.

His system might seem a bit simplistic, but the Bud Box makes use of the instinct of cattle to return from where they came when they encounter an obstacle.

In McGrath’s handling system, cattle enter a long laneway and make a turn to enter the Bud Box. “As they enter the box, they can see out the corner of the box,” said McGrath. “As they turn in there, we shut the gate on them, and they turn around and head down the long straight alley. They head right back (down the alley) in the same direction that they came.”

McGrath might be a bit biased when it comes to using a Bud Box, invented by well-known cattlehandling expert Bud Williams. The handling system that he inherited had one, and he upgraded it about five years ago.

“We’ve always used a variation of a Bud Box, we just didn’t know that’s what it was.”

The boxes that McGrath has worked with in the past have all been made out of lumber. However, his current Bud Box is a bit more formal.

“We sat down and took some measurements, ideas off the Internet and Bud Williams’ website to get the measurements right,” he said.

His version is 20x14 feet. According to Williams’ website, the minimum size of a box going to a chute should be 12 feet wide with a rectangular pen. Square openings are a must, if you want cattle to enter the alley in a single-file line. ‘V’-style openings encourage two cattle to try and enter the alleyway at the same time — then they can get stuck and both want to back out. (Rather than narrow the alley, Williams recommends the handler stand to one side to effectively reduce the size of the entranceway.)

If a Bud Box is made from lumber, a five- to six-inch gap in the boards is recommended and if metal is preferred, cattle panels work best, as the gaps between pipe may be too open. The principle behind the Bud Box is when the cattle hit the dead end, they naturally want to turn and go back in the direction they came from — sending them either down the alleyway to the chute or into an alley to be loaded onto a liner or trailer.

Safety tips

Safety considerations were top of mind when McGrath built his new Bud Box. First he upgraded from an old wooden system to one constructed out of heavy-duty, six-foot-high metal cattle panels. The gates that lead into the box are also heavy duty, and are sheeted and have slam latches.

“Part of me looks at (the slam latches) as a bit of a splurge, but the

The entrance of Sean McGrath’s Bud Box, with one big gate on the left and a man gate on the right. PHOTOs: COURTESY SEAN MCGRATH

With the big gate open, cattle can see out the far corner as they enter the box.

With both the big and man gates closed, the cattle head up the chute. other part of me says it’s way safer,” said McGrath. “You can slam that gate and know it’s closed.”

There is also a man exit on one end of the box, allowing for a quick exit if needed although “we almost never go in,” he said.

If they need to go in the box, for example with calves, McGrath said they rarely get close enough to the animals to be in danger of being kicked.

“They usually just need something to turn around. So they turn around you and they are gone (down the alley).”

There are still some situations where a crowding tub trumps a Bud Box. “In a tub, you can force things a little more,” said McGrath.

Stubborn animals can be persuaded to move down the alleyway with the crowding tub gate.

“A crowding tub is not rocket science. The cattle are in the tub and you shut the gate.”

A slight drawback with the Bud Box is the need for outside help if you’re in it working cattle.

There’s a bit of a learning curve when outside help is present.

“A lot depends on where you are standing. When you have open sides on your Bud Box you have to make sure your help understands that you have to be aware of your position to get the animals down the alley to the chute.”

Once people understand the principle behind a Bud Box they are straightforward to use, he added.

“Even if you have a crowding tub system in your yard, but if you are out on pasture and need to process animals and have four to six panels, you can basically build a Bud Box, and process your animals just as fast as the tub system,” McGrath said.

But knowing the theory behind a Bud Box is helpful for producers, even if it is being applied in just a pasture situation, he added.

When cattle reach the end of the box and turn around, the gate is closed but there is an exit through the chute right next to the man gate.

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Community news and events from across the province

The roots of family and community what’s run deep on Evergreen Farm up Send agriculture-related meeting and event announcements to: glenn.cheater@fbcpublishing.com

By CHEYENNE STAPLEY AF contributor

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n 1 9 2 4 , C . C. T o e w s , h i s young bride Anna, and toddler Henry fled communist Russia for Canada, eventually homesteading north of Linden, northeast of Calgary.

Evergreen Farm was born — and the land remains in the family today, drawing people together and giving back to the community.

“The C.C. Toews farm is a cornerstone in our community for bringing people together,” says teacher and community member Cathy Price. “We’re so fortunate to have an open, welcoming place to invite conversations and experiences between all members of an ag community — producers, consumers, families, friends, and neighbours alike.”

It is a place with a ‘storybook’ feel from another age. There’s a large, red hip-roof barn, towering trees, and a welcoming two-storey home, built in 1931 and the first in the area to have indoor plumbing and electricity.

March 15: FarmSafe Alberta, AFSC Conference Room, Falher.

Second session of two-day workshop is on April 5 (also March 16/April 6 in Valleyview and March 17/April 7 in Clairmont).

Contact: SARDA 780-837-2900 March 16: Crop Talk 2016, Partridge Hill Community Hall, Strathcona County. Contact: Brenda 780-239-3140 March 16: Working Well Workshop, Wainwright Communiplex in Hall 1, Wainwright. Contact: Tanis Ponath 780-842-4454 March 18: Hemp — It’s Growing!, Heritage Inn, Taber (also April 6 in Vegreville). Contact: Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance 403-5564244

C.C. (left) and Anna Toews, with their children and ‘Uncle Corny.’ In front (left to right) Gerry, Eleanor, Allen, and Erma. In the rear, Gladys, Henry, Fred, Wes, and Ruth. PHOTO: COURTESY TOEWS FAMILY

March 22: Clubroot and Crop Health Update, Chipman Drop-In Centre, Chipman. Contact: Bonnie Chudyk 780-895-2585

“My grandparents said, ‘We have plenty — so let’s give.’”

March 22: HortSnacks in the Weeds: Invasive Species Identification Workshop, Crop Diversification Centre North, Edmonton. Contact: Dustin Morton 403-740-6539

Blayne Meek

When he first arrived in Alberta, Toews took a job on a farm in a neighbouring community before partnering with Cornelius W. Toews (no relation) to purchase land and start building Evergreen Farm. ‘Uncle Corny,’ as C.C.’s children called him, lived with the family and became simply that — family.

Eight more children would arrive and they watched their parents live with open hands, sharing all they worked for in Alberta.

The couple was known for giving back to the community and often housed passing travellers.

“Invite everyone,” Anna often said. “You can always add more water to the soup.”

That sharing spirit remains at Evergreen Farm.

“I believe their sense of generosity came from their faith and having lost everything in Russia,” said granddaughter Blayne Meek. “They believed in sharing what they had, whether that was to help a neighbour build a barn, open their home to provide a bed for the night, or offer a meal.

“My grandparents said, ‘We have plenty — so let’s give.’

They truly created a home where everyone was welcome, and they were active and giving members of the community.”

And so they kept the farm, which is jointly owned by several family members. They say they’ve never thought of selling

March 19: Celebrating Agriculture: Past, Present & Future, Smoky Lake Agricultural Complex, Smoky Lake. Contact: Evonne 780-656-3730

March 23: Land Stewardship — Promoting Possibilities, Canalta Hotel, Camrose. Contact: William Davies 780-672-4765 March 23: What’s Eating You? Taking Biocontrols and Integrated Pest Management to the Next Level, Thiel’s Greenhouse, Bruderhein. Contact: Dustin 780-679-1314 March 24: Land Stewardship — Promoting Possibilities, Ramada Inn, Stettler. Contact: William Davies 780-672-4765

C.C. and Anna’s descendants still regularly gather at Evergreen Farm. From left to right are sisters Eleanor Dueck, Erma Klassen, great-granddaughter Ashlyn Meek, granddaughter Blayne Meek, and sisters Gladys Isaac and Ruth Ratzlaff. pHOTO: CHEYENNE STAPLEY because it’s so important for the family, both for their own use and to share it with the community.

Its picturesque farmyard has hosted weddings, family reunions, Sunday School picnics, and youth group events. Community schools hold Farm Safety Days on the farm, and at the Christmas bazaars held in the barn, non-profit groups such as Ten Thousand Villages have tables of goods. The Acme/Linden Growing Project grows grain on the farm’s 287 cropable acres for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and also hosts an annual

harvest supper. Last year, about 500 people came to the supper, raising an additional $15,480 for the Foodgrains Bank.

Meek helps organize annual family work bees every May to maintain the many outbuildings and the yard. When they all gather to repair buildings, paint fences, and clean flower beds, the old adage, ‘many hands make light work’ is clearly demonstrated.

It also draws the family together.

“I have great memories of going to the farm as a kid and playing with my cousins,” said

Meek. “We played on the bales, had wiener roasts, and even crawled through the ‘secret passage’ in the house (a crawl space over the stairs that connects two storage rooms in the upstairs).

“I now enjoy making memories with my kids at the farm. I believe that the family enjoys using the farm as a gathering place.”

Today, it is the great-grandchildren who are creating memories. When the family draws back together, they know the children are learning the value of family, working together, and giving back — all in the same giving spirit of C.C. and Anna Toews.

March 29: Hortsnacks at Night — Greenhouse Energy and Material Efficiency, Provincial Building, Grande Prairie (also March 30 in Bruderheim and March 31 in Redcliff). Contact: Dustin Morton 403-740-6539 March 30: Succession Planning Workshop with Merle Good, Debolt Community Center, Debolt. Contact: Kaitlin 780-8356799 April 1: Transition to Organic Grains Workshop, La Crete Heritage Centre, La Crete.

Contact: Melisa Zapisocky 1-855521-2400 April 2: Organic Grain and Field Crops Conference, La Crete Heritage Centre, La Crete.

Contact: Melisa Zapisocky 1-855521-2400

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Pesticide Veterinary association award winners collection program a success again Alberta Veterinary Medical Association release

CleanFARMS release

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lberta farmers returned 70,737 kilograms of obsolete and unwanted pesticides and 2,162 kilograms of livestock and equine medications during CleanFARMS’ obsolete collection campaign last fall.

The program, which took place at 20 participating ag-retail locations in southern Alberta in October, was the third CleanFARMS collection in the province, but the first to accept both pesticides and livestock medications.

“It demonstrates our industry’s commitment to safely managing animal medications throughout their life cycle,” said Jean Szkotnicki, president of the Canadian Animal Health Institute, which partnered with CleanFARMS for the dual collection.

In the last southern Alberta collection in 2012 more than 66,000 kilograms of product were collected and safely disposed of.

The program is generally delivered in each province or region of the country every three years and comes at no cost to farmers. The program will be delivered in the northern half of Alberta in the fall of 2016. In between collections, farmers are encouraged to safely store unwanted pesticides and livestock medications until they can properly dispose of them through the program.

For more information, visit www. cleanfarms.ca.

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r. Jennifer Willans is the recipient of the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association’s Meritorious Service Award. This award is presented to an association member who has demonstrated outstanding service to the organization. Service may be over the past year or several years.

Dr. Alastair Cribb is the recipient of this year’s Veterinarian of the Year Award. This award recognizes an association member who has made outstanding contributions to veteri-

nary medicine or veterinary science as a registered veterinarian. The contribution may be over a lifetime, not just the past year.

Dr. Trevor Hook is the recipient of the Young Veterinarian of the Year Award. This award is presented to a new association member who has shown enthusiasm for veterinary medicine and demonstrated emerging leadership in the veterinary profession. This award is normally presented to a veterinarian who has graduated within the last five years.

Dr. Ted Purcell is the recipient of this year’s Communications Award.

This award is presented to a member or group of members in recognition

of efforts to enhance the image of the veterinary profession.

Jackie Lind is the recipient of this year’s Veterinary Technologist of the Year Award.

The Alberta Veterinary Medical Association also announced Dr. Kevin MacAulay as its new president. He is a companion animal practitioner and owner of Glamorgan Animal Clinic in Calgary.

The Alberta Association of Animal Health Technologists also presented two awards at a ceremony last month.

Andrea Edwards was presented with the organization’s Appreciation Award and Nichole Boutilier was the recipient of the Meritorious Service Award.

Foodgrains Bank launches African Drought Appeal Canadian Foodgrains Bank release

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ith millions of people in southern Africa and Ethiopia facing extreme drought this year, Canadian Foodgrains Bank is asking Canadians to donate to its African Drought Appeal.

The prolonged drought, which affects about 14 million people in southern Africa, and another 10 million in Ethiopia, is a consequence of the most powerful El Niño event in recent history.

As well, about one million children are in need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition in eastern and southern Africa.

“People are suffering,” said Foodgrains Bank executive director Jim Cornelius. “They are watching as the time to plant comes and goes with no rainfall, or watching the crops they did manage to plant wither and die.”

So far, the Foodgrains Bank and its members — World Renew, World Relief Canada, Mennonite Central Committee Canada and Evangelical Missionary

Church of Canada — have committed over $2.5 million for relief projects, but more help is needed.

“The time to provide assistance is now, before photos of hungry children begin appearing on our screens,” said Cornelius, noting that African countries are doing what they can to mitigate the crisis.

“But if we wait until then, for many it will be too late.”

Donations can be made at www. foodgrainsbank.ca or by calling 1-800665-0377.

Marketplace March Update FoR moRe InFoRmATIon 165, 6815 – 8 Street ne Calgary, AB Canada T2e 7H7 tel 403.275.4400 fax 403.274.0007 www.albertabeef.org famoustaste.albertabeef.org

13 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RESEARCH ABP FUNDS

also ensured the continuation and expansion of this program, which was in danger of shifting its focus to ethanol production at the time the investment was made.

1. ABP funds research in the areas of beef quality, food safety, feed grains and feed efficiency, animal health and welfare, forage and grassland productivity and management, genetics and breeding, and economics and trade.

5. Since 2009, ABP has invested $1 million in the Beef Cattle Industry Science Clusters as stand-alone contributions, thereby indirectly funding 58 completed and ongoing projects.

2. ABP funds both individual projects and larger initiatives, such as the feed grains and annual forage breeding program at the Field Crop Development Centre in Lacombe, and the Beef Cattle Industry Science Clusters I and II. 3. Since 2007, ABP has funded or is currently funding 46 individual projects.

4. The $1.7 million dollar investment in feed grains and annual forage breeding program at Lacombe, which began in 2008, has aided in the development of 10 new barley and three new triticale varieties to date. This investment

6. From 2007-2010 ABP was able to invest $3.88 million in research activities (roughly $1 million/year).

From 2011-2015 ABP was able to invest $1.08 million (roughly $200,000 per year). In 2011 and 2012, ABP had a reserve fund to draw upon for research funding.

The ABP research budget in 2014 and 2015 has been $50,000 per year.

7. ABP has been able to maintain its commitment to research by leveraging outside (largely government) funds. However, heavy reliance on outside funds leaves beef research increasingly susceptible to government policy and budget decisions.

8. From 2007-2010, each dollar invested by ABP in individual projects was matched by $5.66 from other funding sources. From 2011- 2015, each dollar invested

by ABP was matched by $8.09 from other funding sources.

However, total research funding from all sources has been steadily declining during that time frame, so even though we are able to stretch our limited dollars further, the overall pool of dollars available for research is shrinking.

9. By investing in both individual projects and larger program funding, ABP is able to extend the benefits from shorter-term project funding results to producers, and able to support longer term, incremental research under a wider portfolio of research areas.

10. Research funded by ABP has led to a new forage oat variety, a more accurate diagnostic test for vibrio, demonstrated that 99.9% of animals transported arrive at their destination safely, determined that every dollar generated by the beef industry generates $4.20 elsewhere in the Canadian

economy, developed best management practices for Johne’s disease in beef cattle, found that certain forages can suppress the growth of foxtail barley and downy brome on saline soils, increased the understanding of residual feed intake (feed efficiency) in pasture situations, provided field data to suggest that antimicrobial drugs most commonly used in human medicine are rarely used in beef production, and much more.

11. ABP has also financially supported the Rangeland Research Institute, and the Alberta Beef, Forage and Grazing Centre.

12. In 2015, ABP partnered with the Alberta Livestock and meat Agency to deliver a $1 million research call on forages, which will be funding seven confirmed projects in the areas of breeding, quantification of varietal and species differences in different eco-zones, and pasture management.

13. more information can be found at www.albertabeef.org/ page/research and www.beefresearch.ca.

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JD BR, hand start, 1944, runs good. 21026 tractor tires, $100 each. 1949 COCKSHUTT 30 tractor, rebuilt. Call 403-226-1275, Calgary, AB. 306-645-4541, Rocanville, SK. 1960? MINNEAPOLIS MOLINE G705, apWANTED: WIDE FRONT axle parts for lat- prox. 85 HP, PS, dual hyd., 12V, 18.4x34 er model Styled JD B tractor. singles, cab, runs exc, clean, always shed306-658-2098, Landis, SK. ded, no dents, easy for restoration, $3200 OBO. 306-238-4590, Goodsoil, SK. WANTED: JD GARDEN tractors Model 60, 70, 110, 112, etc.; Potato picker and older WANTED: TD15 Series 150 or 151 crawlrestored 1950’s GM 1/2 ton, running. er tractor w/wo hyds., any condition.

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JD 70D, needs some work, have all the parts; JD 60 gas; Farmall Super A w/some accessories. 403-625-9152, Stavely, AB.

2012 Case IH 8230 & 8120, 2011 Case IH 7120

1980 CADILLAC SEDAN 4 dr, 1 owner, all original including the tires; 1963 Corvair Monza 2 door. 403-226-1275, Calgary, AB. PROJECT VEHICLES: 1953 Ford, 1 ton, C&C; 1966 Ford Mustang, 6&3, runs and drives, w/typical rust, etc; 1979 Cadillac Eldorado. Offers on above. 306-825-2661, Lloydminster, SK.

2— 2012 John Deere S680

2012 John Deere 9460R

2010 Challenger MT875C

2005 New Holland TJ500

Unused - 1 of 3— 2013-2011 Case IH PH800 70 Ft

2011 Seedmaster 8010 & 2010 Bourgault 6700ST

2010 John Deere 4830 100 Ft

2012 Massey Ferguson WR9740 36 Ft

WANTED: NORTON 750, 1968 to 1971, any condition. Will travel and pay cash.

403-936-5572 anytime, Calgary, AB.

COUPONS: 1930-1960 Blue Ribbon, Pearl soap & Eaton’s; Old maps; 3 Planters jars; 2 Libby’s; 3 Heinz ketchup glasses; PepsiCola bottles. 306-654-4802, Prud’Homme WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales brochures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, Saskatoon, SK. CANADA’S LARGEST & Finest Antique And Modern Gun Show, Calgary, AB, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, 1410 Olympic Way SE, March 25 and 26, Friday: 9:30-5:00 PM, Saturday: 9:30-4:00 PM. Admission $10; 2 day pass, $15. Women and children under 12 free. 403-771-8348.

Email: aacca.arms.show@gmail.com QUALITY BOOKS IN all categories. Mass market and literary fiction, childrens’ books, history, Religion, cookbooks, needle arts, community histories and more.

Westgate Books, 1022A Louise Ave., 306-382-5252, Saskatoon, SK. Buying, selling, exchanging books since 1972.

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1200393 Alberta Ltd. Ernest Baedke

Medicine Hat, AB | March 17, 2016 · 10 am

2013 Mack CXU614 &2013 Tremcar 42000L & 2013 Mack CXU613 & 2007 Heli 37850 L 1 of 2— 2010 Case IH 8120

2011 Case IH 500

3 of 5 —2011 Peterbilt 386 2009 Case IH 4420 120 Ft

2010 Case IH Magnum 335 & 2014 Claas Quadrant 3300 Big Square

2011 Case IH 2303 25 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From MEDICINE HAT, AB, go 2.6 km (1.6 miles) West on Hwy 3, then go 9.3 km (5.8 miles) West on Holsom Rd, then North 0.8 km (0.5 miles) on Rge Rd 72. GPS: 50.0263, -110.8809 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2011 Case IH 500 Quadtrac · 2010 Case IH STX535HD 4WD · (2) 2009 Case IH MX210 MFWD · 2010 Case IH Magnum 335 MFWD · 2009 Case IH Magnum 180 MFWD · (2) 2010 Case IH 8120 Combine · 2013 Case IH 35 Ft Flex · 2012 Case IH 3020 35 Ft Flex · 2010 Case IH 2142 35 Ft Draper · 2011 Case IH 2303WD Swather · 2010 Case IH WDX2302 Swather · 2009 Load Trail 14 Ft T/A Full Frame End

Dump Trailer · 2009 Royal Mirage 8 Ft x 6 Ft S/A Van Trailer · 2008 Case 721E High Lift Wheel Loader · 2009 Case 440CT Series 3 Multi Terrain Loader · 2010 Case CX50B Mini Excavator · 2010 Case IH 24 Row Planter · 2009 Case IH 4420 120 Ft 4x4 High Clearance Sprayer · 2010 & 2011 Kuhn Knight PS150 Manure Spreaders · 2014 Claas Quadrant 3300 Big Square ...AND MUCH MORE!

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Hwy 12 North & Cory Road Phone: 306.933.9333

Over 950 items in this sale Combines Tractors Seeding Equipment Truck Tractors ...And Much More!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Ernest Baedke: 403.502.1544 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Jordan Lightbown: 403.502.4691 800.491.4494 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kyle Nielson: 403.894.5548 800.491.4494

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Horn Ridge Ranch Ltd.

Spruce Grove, AB | March 22, 2016 · 10 am

2– 2014 John Deere S680

2014 John Deere 9510R, 2014 Degelman 7900 & 2013 Brendt 2096

2– 2013 John Deere W150 30 Ft

2013 John Deere 7480

2013 John Deere 4730 100 Ft

2014 John Deere 8295R

2005 John Deere 230C

AUCTION LOCATION: From DEVON, AB go 4 km (2.5 miles) North on Hwy 60 to Twp Rd 511 (Graminia Rd), then go 6.4 km (4 miles) West to Range Rd 271, then go 1/4 mile South. Yard on East side. GPS: 53.37651, -113.8614 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2014 John Deere 9510R 4WD Tractor · 2012 John Deere 9510R 4WD Tractor · 2014 John Deere 8295R MFWD Tractor · 2013 John Deere 6150R MFWD Tractor · (2) 2014 John Deere S680 Combines · Unused– 2013 John Deere 686B Kemper Header · (2) 2013 John Deere W150 30 Ft Swather · 2013 John Deere 4730 100 Ft 4x4 High Clearance Sprayer · 2013 John Deere 7480 Forage Harvester · 2012 Peterbilt 389 T/A Truck Tractor · 2010 International Prostar Premium T/A Grain Truck · (2) 2010 Doepker Super B-Train Grain Trailers ·

2015 Doepker 53 Ft Tri/A Step Deck Trailer · 1981 Caterpillar D6D Crawler Tractor · 2006 Komatsu WA250-5L Wheel Loader · 2002 Volvo L70C Wheel Loader · 1996 John Deere 772BH AWD Motor Grader · 2005 John Deere 230C Hydraulic Excavator · 2012 John Deere 1830 61 Ft Air Drill · 2010 John Deere 1830 61 Ft Air Drill · Flexi-Coil 800 40 Ft Air Seeder · 2014 John Deere 569 Premium Round Baler · 2013 Brent 2096 T/A Grain Cart · (12) Hopper Bins · (6) Grain Augers ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Herb Horn: 780.818.0125 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Cody Rude: 780.722.9777 800.491.4494

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Chudleigh Holdings Ltd. & the Estate of Stewart Chudleigh Empress, AB | March 15, 2016 · 10 am

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Premium Farm Equipment Auction for Fortner Farms, Ken and Kathy Fortner, 306-861-1006, Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM. Directions from McTaggart, SK: go 1 mile East on Hwy 39 and 1 mile North on RR 2154. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com JD 9630 4WD tractor w/Michelin triples, with only 766 hrs, GreenStar ready; JD 4640 2WD tractor with 5450 hrs, with duals; 2004 Kenworth T800 tandem grain truck with AutoShift and 78,600 kms; 2003 Wilson 34’ alum. grain trailer; shop built tandem dolly convertor; 66’ 2010 Bourgault 3310 PHD drill w/blockage and Atom Jet openers; 2010 Bourgault 6550ST air tank 4 comp. 3 meter; 1990 GMC Topkick grain truck w/3208 Cat engine; JD AR antique tractor; 2- Case DC-4 tractors; Case C antique tractor w/steel wheels; JD 9760 SP combine with 1725 sep. hrs, Greenstar ready; 30’ Premier 2950 Turbo SP swather with 1311 hours; 36’ MacDon 963 Harvest header; Harmon steel drum swath roller; 100’ JD 4830 sprayer with only 1018 hrs, GreenStar ready; 4- Goodyear 380/90R-46 sprayer tires and rims; Tridekon crop dividers, 4- JD Starfire receivers; 4- JD 2600 displays; Outback light bar; 80’ Degelman 7000 Strawmaster heavy harrow; Degelman 7645 land roller; JD 1610 cultivator w/Degelman harrows; MF 360 18’ discer; Haukaas side arm disc markers; Crown 6 yard scraper; 5000 gal. ground fuel tank; 300 & 500 gal. fuel tank and stands; Crary 30’ air reel; 4 Behlen 12’x14’ quonset doors; 2010- 9’ Mainero 2230 grain bagger; Westfield MK 130-91 swing auger big 1000 PTO; Westfield MK 130-91 swing auger, 540 PTO; Sakundiak HD 8-1400 auger with mover and Wisconsin diesel engine; Sakundiak HD 8-1400 auger with Wheatheart mover and Kohler 27 HP engine; Wooden 100 bu. grain box w/rubber tires; 13- Behlin 3200 bu. hopper bottom bins w/air and OPI; Twister 11,000 bushel flat bottom bin with floor sweep and unload auger; 2- Twister 5500 bu. hopper bottom bins; 7- Friesen 105, 72 and 50 ton fert. bins; 14,000 bushel condo storage at P&H Weyburn, SK; 4- Westeel 1650 hopper bottom bins; 2- Westeel Rosco 1900 bushel hopper bottom bins; 2- Behlin 2911 bu. on cement; Westeel Rosco 3300 bu. bin on wood; Westeel 1350 bushel bin on wood; 2- Westeel 1650 bushel bins on cement.

Quantity of 3 HP and 5 HP aeration fans.

Daryl Campbell Consignment, 306-861-3141. Kubota B-2410 FWA yard tractor and Kubota LA-352 FEL, with 350 hours; Kubota 3 PTH rototiller; Kubota B-2550C front mount snowblower; Landpride 3 PTH yard leveller; 40’ sea container; Kubota F2560 SP diesel front mount 72” lawnmower, with 760 hours; Yamaha Kodiak quad; Polaris Scrambler 90 quad; Zero Drift yard sprayer; Yamaha EF5200DE generator. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

MORE AND MORE FARMERS are choosing Mack Auction Co. to conduct their farm equipment auctions!! Book your 2016 auction today! Call 306-634-9512 today! www.mackauctioncompany.com PL311962

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John J. Willms Farm Ltd. Kevin & Penney Willms Farms Ltd. Grassy Lake, AB | March 19, 2016 · 10 am 2008 Case IH 8010

2010 Case IH 485HD

2011 Case IH 4420 100 Ft

Ezee-On 7550 48 Ft w/4000

1995 Western Star 4694F

2— 2013 John Deere 9460R

2— 2014 John Deere S680

2014 John Deere 4940 120 Ft

2012 New Holland P2060 70 Ft w/P1060

AUCTION LOCATION: From OYEN, AB, go 73 km (45.3 miles) South on Hwy 41 to Twp Rd 21-4, then 3.6 km (2.23 miles) West to Rge Rd 2-1, then 0.8 km (0.5 mile) South. GPS: 50.797778, -110.165 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2010 Case IH 485HD 4WD · 1982 Case 4490 4WD · (2) 1982 Case 2390 2WD · 1983 Case 2290 2WD · 1963 Ford 4000 2WD · 2008 Case IH 8010 Combine · 2013 Case IH 3020 36 Ft Terra Flex · Honey Bee SP42 42 Ft Draper · Case IH 736 36 Ft Pull Type Swather · Prairie Star 4600 35 Ft Pull Type Swather · 2011 Case IH 4420 Patriot 100 Ft High Clearance · Case IH 160 90 Ft High Clearance

· 1995 International 9400 Sleeper T/A · 1988 White Integral Sleeper T/A Truck · 1995 Western Star 4694F T/A Grain Truck · 1983 Ford F700 S/A Grain Truck · Ezee-On 7550 48 Ft Air Drill · Ezee-On 6550 48 Ft Double Disc Seed Drill · International 620 36 Ft Double Disc Seed Drill · Massey Ferguson 360 12 Ft Seed Drill · Flexi-Coil 300 48 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator · Assie HB1600 16 Ft Land Leveler · Qty of Grain Bins ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Jordan Lightbown: 403.502.4691 800.491.4494 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kyle Nielson: 403.894.5548 800.491.4494

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AUCTION LOCATION: From TABER, AB, go 31 km (19 miles) East on Hwy 3, then go 17.1 km (10.6 miles) South on Hwy 877, then go 3.2 km (1.9 miles) South on Range Rd 13-3, then go 0.8 km (0.5 miles) East on Twp Rd 8-2. GPS: 49.6334, -111.6873 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2013 John Deere 9460R 4WD · 2013 John Deere 9460R 4WD · 2012 John Deere 7230R MFWD · 2009 John Deere 5085M MFWD · 1985 John Deere 4450 2WD · (2) 2014 John Deere S680 Combine · (2) 2014 John Deere 635D 35 Ft Draper · 2014 John Deere 4940 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 1990 Westward 3000 25 Ft Pull Type Swather · 2011 International DuraStar Grain

Truck · (2) 2011 International DuraStar T/A Grain Truck · 2007 International 9400i T/A Grain Truck · 1980 International S1700 S/A Grain Truck · 2005 Chevrolet 3500HD Service Truck · 2012 New Holland P2060 70 Ft Air Drill · (2) International 7200 Hoe Seed Drill · (2) 2009 John Deere 2410 62 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator · 1988 John Deere 610 41 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator · 2013 J&M 810 810± Bushel Grain Cart ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Kevin Willms: 403.330.5761, kwillmsfarms@gmail.com Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Jordan Lightbown: 403.502.4691 800.491.4494 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kyle Nielson: 403.894.5548 800.491.4494

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Grande Prairie Auction Site March 14 & 15

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4 of 22—Late Model Komatsu PC290LC-10 & 1 of 4— Late Model Komatsu PC210LC-10

73 of 100+ Upcoming Agricultural Auctions Chudleigh Holdings Ltd.

2010 Case IH 485HD Empress, AB – March 15

Marvin & Karen Baerg

1200393 Alberta Ltd.

Keller and Sons Farming Ltd.

2011 Case IH 500 Medicine Hat, AB – March 17

Florian & Sharon Hagmann

2013 John Deere 4940 120 Ft Brandon, MB – March 17

Rick & Joanne Gardner

Over 2265 Items Consigned – Includes Excavators, Wheel Loaders, Tractors, Combines, Pipe Laying Equipment and more!

John J. Willms Farm Ltd.

2— 2013 John Deere 9460R Grassy Lake, AB – March 19

Glen & Tanya Pidsadowski

Birch Hills Acreage & Farmland

Over Tract Grain

Hor

Proposed Country Residential Acreage & 16 Parcels of Farmland near Birch Hills 665 Saskatoon Auction Site – March 21

Pridev Investors Group Inc

Den Sky 665

Home Quarter & 6 Parcels of Farmland Dawson Creek, BC – April 1

Home Quarter & 26 Parcels of Farmland Raymore, SK – April 2

Country Residential Acreage, 7 Parcels of Farmland & 2 Grazing Leases Valleyview, AB – April 2

Windhaven Farms Inc.

Tableland Grain Farm Ltd.

Murray McIntyre Holding Ltd.

2009 John Deere 9870STS Gravelbourg, SK – April 9

Kevin & Doreen Dumont

2009 John Deere T670 Girouxville, AB – April 13

LJB Farms Ltd.

1998 John Deere CTS II Killdeer, SK – April 16

Barry & Donna MacPherson

2009 New Holland CR9070 Montmartre, SK – April 21

Alan & Jennifer Tunke

2 Country Residential Acreages & 5 Parcels of Certifiable Organic Farmland Peace River, AB – April 23

2003 Case IH STX375 Estevan, SK – April 9

Dennis & Julie Hilling

2009 John Deere 9770 STS Crystal City, MB – April 11

Brian & Patti Northeast

2007 John Deere 9220 & 2008 John Deere 9430 Oxbow, SK – April 13

2012 Case IH 7230 Moose Jaw, SK – April 13

Chris & Laurie Wittig

Stanrick Ranch Ltd.

2014 Versatile 550 Quill Lake, SK – April 16

Christensen Farms Ltd.

2013 John Deere S690 St Paul, AB – April 16

Harvey & Estrella Thornton

2009 Massey Ferguson 9695 & 2006 Massey Ferguson 9690 Ste Rose du Lac, MB – April 21

Darryl & Helen Siwak

2000 John Deere 7810 Fawcett, AB – April 21

795262 Alberta Ltd.

Home Quarter & 7 Parcels of Farmland Porcupine Plain, SK – April 25

Call for a FREE Spring Auction Guide Auction Company License 309645 & 303043

2237.94± Acres Grazing Lease near MacKay, AB Edmonton Auction Site – April 27

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2013 New Holland CX8090 Westlock, AB – April 4

Anchor Farm & Ranch Ltd.

2 Parcels of Real Estate near Wadena, SK & Moose Jaw, SK Regina Auction Site – April 5 5

Wayne Knoblauch

2011 Case IH 450 Rosebud, AB – April 11

Allan Andrukow

Kylemore

Pet

1992 John Deere 8760 Griffin, SK – April 11

Valerie Sebastian

Dea

2009 Challenger MT865C Country Residential Acreage & Farmland Viking, AB – April 13 Grande Prairie Auction Site – April 14

Edward & Cathy Dureault

2005 John Deere 9760STS Wolseley, SK – April 16

Eltham Farm Ltd.

2005 New Holland CR970 Peace River, AB – April 21

J.B. Water Hauling Ltd.

1 Parcel of Real Estate, Industrial Shop & Office Complex near Millet, AB Edmonton Auction Site – April 27

Zerr Farms

Bill

2004 John Deere 9760STS Qu’Appelle, SK – April 18

Doud’s Repair Ltd.

Mis

2007 Case IH SPX4420 100 Ft Radville, SK – April 22

Jesse & Lynn Smith

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3 Parcels of Real Estate near High Prairie, AB Edmonton Auction Site – April 27

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Saskatoon Auction Site March 21

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Lethbridge Auction Site March 24

2012 John Deere 9460R

Over 900 Items Consigned – Includes Tractors, Combines, Sprayers, Swathers, Grain Handling Equipment and more!

Horn Ridge Ranch Ltd.

2– 2014 John Deere S680 Spruce Grove, AB – March 22

Denis DeChamplain & Skyhawk Farms Ltd.

Regina Auction Site April 5

2013 & 2012 Case IH 600

Over 600 Items Consigned – Includes Tractors, Combines, Air Drills, Headers, Swathers and much more!

1017796 Alberta Ltd.

17 Parcels of Real Estate near Brant, AB Lethbridge Auction Site – March 24

Emerald Ventures Inc.

Grande Prairie Auction Site April 14

2012 John Deere 4940 120 Ft

Over 425 Items Consigned – Includes Tractors, Sprayers, Truck Tractors, Combines, Air Drills and more!

Danny & Denise Nobbs

2015 Case IH 4440 120 Ft & 2014 Case IH 4430 120 Ft Bonanza, AB – March 30

Lisa-Ag Farms Ltd.

Unused– 2014 Apache AS1220 Plus II 100 Ft

Over 140 Items Consigned – Includes Combines, Tractors, Air Drills, Swathers and more! Consign your equipment Today!

Mel & Gwen Marshall

1 Home Quarter & 3 Parcels of Farmland Bonanza, AB – March 30

Brian & Janet Schulz

J&C Robinson Farms Ltd.

2011 Case IH 8120 Weyburn, SK – March 31

Bossert Sandy Ridge Farms Ltd.

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2010 John Deere 9870STS & 2005 John Deere 9860STS Legal, AB – April 5

Peter Van Everdink

e 8760 April 11

mland pril 14

60STS pril 18

100 Ft pril 22

Estate ie, AB pril 27

2007 Lexion 590R Wembley, AB – April 11

Dean & Holly Marchand

2011 John Deere 9770STS Shaunavon, SK – April 14

Bill & Jill Stelmaschuk

1998 John Deere 9610 Maximizer Fairview, AB – April 19

Mischa Klug

2002 Caterpillar Lexion 470 Killarney, MB – April 22

No Name Resources Inc.

104 Placer Gold Claims South of Dawson City, YT Edmonton Auction Site – April 27

2004 New Holland TJ375 Winkler, MB – April 7

Sterling Brothers

2013 John Deere S680 Pilot Mound, MB – April 12

Herb & Marian Ransome

2005 New Holland CX840 Crystal City, MB – April 14

Mervin Stotski

2012 John Deere S690 Gilbert Plains, MB – April 19

Albert Pelletier

1998 New Holland 9482 Eaglesham, AB – April 22

Ruthles Bison Ltd.

2009 New Holland CR9070 & 2005 New Holland CR970 Neilburg, SK – April 27

2009 John Deere 4730 100 Ft Lampman, SK – April 8

Kraft Cattle Co

2015 John Deere W150 35 Ft Provost, AB – April 12

Mike & Shelly Daniel

2009 Case IH 6088 Vanguard, SK – April 15

Dennis & Estelle Kuhn

2009 John Deere T670 Wetaskiwin, AB – April 19

Larry & Linda Taschuk

2002 New Holland CR960 Two Hills, AB – April 22

2010 John Deere 9770STS Herbert, SK – April 8

Andy & Wonona Makranoff

2003 John Deere 9650STS Hanna, AB – April 9

Kingsland Farm Ltd.

5 Parcels of Real Estate Altario, AB – April 12

W&D Papp Grain Farms Ltd.

2— 2015 New Holland CX8080 Swan River, MB – April 15

Estate of Leon Aubrey

1989 Freightliner FLC12064ST Mayerthorpe, AB – April 20

Dennis & Donna Holt

1997 John Deere 9600 Regina, SK – April 23

2012 Case IH 7120 Birsay, SK – April 12

Warren Griffin

1999 Valtra 6850 Athabasca, AB – April 15

Ryz Farms Ltd.

2013 New Holland SP240R 100 Ft Dauphin, MB – April 20

North Peace Consignment Sale

2004 John Deere 9760STS Peace River, AB – April 23

Ted & Julie Mansuy

2009 John Deere 7330 & 1997 MacDon 5000 16 Ft Parkman, SK – April 29

Over 9800± agricultural equipment items & counting!

For complete and up-to-date listings visit rbauction.com or contact us at 800.491.4494.

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ALLISON TRANSMISSIONS Service, Sales and Parts. Exchange or custom rebuilds available. Competitive warranty.

Spectrum Industrial Automatics Ltd., 1-877-321-7732. www.siautomatics.com

NEW 2015 WILSON Super B, also tridem 2 hopper; 2- new CASTLETONS: one 44’ 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 www.rbisk.ca DL #905231.

VS TRUCK WORKS Inc. Parting out GM 1/2 and 1 ton trucks. Call 403-972-3879, Alsask, SK. www.vstruckworks.com

2013 GMC 1 ton Crew, 4X4, SLT, dually 6.6L, loaded, heated leather, 82,495 kms., $51,995. 1-800-667-0490, Watrous, SK. www.watrousmainline.com DL#907173 2013 GMC 1/2 ton Crew cab AWD, Denali 6.2L V8, loaded, sunroof, white, $42,395.

Stock# G1207A. Phone: 1-800-667-0490, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 2013 GMC 1/2 ton crew cab, 4X4 SLT 5.3L V8, loaded, 97,671 kms., Stock# F2034B, $34,395. Phone: 1-800-667-0490, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 2013 GMC 1/2 ton Crew cab, 4X4 SLT, 5.3L V8, loaded, sunroof, 71,839 kms., $33,395.

Phone: 1-800-667-0490, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173

ONE OF SASK’s largest inventory of used heavy truck parts. 3 ton tandem diesel motors and transmissions and differentials for all makes! Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323.

20 TON TRUCK hoist, 15’ sills, twin scissor, Williams double valve pump; 1984 IHC LOW PRICES AT DESERT SALES! Most 1600 parts. 306-825-2661 Lloydminster SK stock priced at better USD exchange!

WRECKING LATE MODEL TRUCKS: 1/2, Come get your trailer before prices go up!

3/4, 1 tons, 4x4’s, vans, SUV’s. Cummins, We have Wilson, Sundowner and Norbert Chev and Ford diesel motors. Jasper Auto stock and horse trailers. Call us for more info: 1-888-641-4508, Bassano, AB. Parts, 1-800-294-4784 or 1-800-294-0687.

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 WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles email: gm93@sasktel.net Assiniboia, SK. and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension axles. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals.

WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts.

Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. DIESEL, GAS, TRUCK, car, big rig, we do it all! Ph. Smoke ‘Em Diesel for the best pricing on parts & services! (DPF & Emissions Removal). 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton. We ship 2016 FEATHERLITE 8127, Stock #41288, anywhere. Phoenix Auto, 1-877-585-2300, 7’x24’ all aluminum stock trailer with 2 gates, 3 compartments. One only in Red Lucky Lake, SK. Deer, $26,400. Shop online 24/7 at: TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in www.allandale.com or 1-866-346-3148. obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. ALUMINUM TANDEM, tri-axle, Super B tankers for fuel, water or fertilizer. Call for more info 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK.

SCHOOL BUSES: 19 to 66 pass.; 1986 to 2007. $3400 and up. Phoenix Auto, Lucky 2015 RGN ETNYRE Blackhawk equipment trailer, 10’ wide, tridem lift axles, alum.

Lake, SK. 1-877-585-2300. DL #320074. wheels, alum. pullouts, 40 ton, $115,000 replacement cost is $150,000. Call 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB. 53’ AND 48’ tridem, tandem stepdecks, w/wo sprayer cradles; 53’, 48’ and 28’ 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

2013 GMC 1/2 ton Crew cab, 4X4 SLT, 4.8L V8, loaded, cloth, grey, 95,181 kms., 2009 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA day$23,995.

Phone: 1-800-667-0490, cab, 505 Detroit, 18 spd., 46 rears, fresh www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 Sask. safety, $36,500. Call Richard 2013 CHEVROLET 3/4 ton Ext cab, 4X4, 306-547-7680, Okla, SK. DL #304675.

LT, 6.6L, V8, loaded, cloth, white, 72,663 2009 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR T/A kms., $44,995. Call: 1-800-667-0490, tractor, 340,000 kms, daycab, 485 HP, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 Cummins, 8 spd., air-ride, wet kit, aluminum buds, $44,900. Call 1-800-667-4515.

2013 CHEVROLET 3/4 ton Crew cab, 4X4, www.combineworld.com Lbox, 6.0L V8, vinyl floor, cloth, white, 91,534 kms. $33,395. 1-800-667-0490, 2011 KENWORTH T800, 475, 18 spd., Super 40’s, 813,000 kms, vg condition, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 $69,500. 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK. 2012 GMC 1 ton, 4x4, long box, SLT, dually, 6.6L D/Max, loaded, sunroof, leather, , 2015 367 PETERBILT, 91,000 kms, 500 HP 68,120 kms. $47,995. 1-800-667-0490, Cummins, 22” tires, Super 40’s, 36” bunk, $139,000 OBO.780-888-1258 Lougheed AB www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 2012 DODGE 1/2 ton Crew cab 4x4, Sport HORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Call 5.7L V8 Hemi, loaded, 96,589 kms., Smoke ‘Em Diesel to safely add both on Stock# F1963A, $29,395. 1-800-667-0490 your Big Rig! (DPF & Emissions Removal).

306-545-5911, Regina, SK. www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 2012 CHEVY 3/4 ton Crew cab, 4x4 LTZ, T800 KENWORTHS ALL HEAVY SPECS 6.0L gas, loaded, NAV, heated, leather, 18 spd., full lockers, 2008, 2007 w/bunks.

120,667 kms., $34,395. 1-800-667-0490, Also daycab 2009, new trans. and clutch; 2007 Kenworth and 2007 379 Pete daycab; www.watrousmainline.com DL#907173 2013 IH 5900I, 42” bunk, 46 diff, 4-way 2012 CHEVY 3/4 ton Crew cab, 4x4, LT, lock, 18 spd., 390,000 kms; 2009 Western 6.6L V8, loaded, cloth, brown, 93,060 kms. Star, rebuilt Detroit eng., 18 spd., 46s, $41,995.

Phone: 1-800-667-0490, 4-way lock; 2006 378 Pete, Cat 18 spd., 46 www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 diff, 4-way locks w/roo-bar bumper; 2007 9200 daycab, ISX 435, 13 spd; 2006 IH 2012 CHEVROLET 1/2 ton Crew cab, 4x4 IH 475 Cummins, 18 spd., 46 diff; 2004 LT 5.3L V8, loaded, cloth, white, 97,470 9200, IH S/A, daycab, Cat C10, 10 spd.; kms., $26,395. Phone: 1-800-667-0490, 19968600, T800 Kenworth, 475 Cat, 13 spd. Ron www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 Brown Imp. Delisle, 306-493-9393 2011 DODGE RAM 1 ton Crew cab, SLT, www.rbisk.ca DL #905231.

SRW, 6.7L diesel, loaded, cloth, brown, 122,198 kms., $38,995. 1-800-667-0490, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 2011 CHEVY 3/4 ton Crew cab, 4X4 LTZ, 6.6L D/Max V8, loaded, heated leather, 118,274 kms., $42,995. 1-800-667-0490, www.watrousmainline.com DL#907173 2008 GMC 3500 cab and chassis, 6.0L V8, A/C, vinyl floor, wide load mirrors, white, 110,665 kms., $24,395. 1-800-667-0490, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 2003 GMC DURAMAX 2500, 6” lift, new 18” rubber, 5” MBRP turbo back exhaust, gooseneck hitch, loaded, leather, Kenwood GPS, exc. cond. 306-250-8855, Osler, SK.

PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now 2008 DODGE D2500, 4x4, ext. cab, 6.7L own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. Cummins, 6 spd. manual trans, Yukon full 2003 CROWN VICTORIA, 142,000 kms, V8 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailer.com locker rear end w/air ride, Bostrum air ride auto, rear-wheel drive, well cared for, $4300. Larry, 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and seat, fully loaded. Last 12 months: new pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, clutch, flywheel, brakes, A/C workorder.

2015 SUBARU CROSSTREK, most fuel effi- tandem and tridems. Contact SK: Truxedo box cover and chrome box rails.

Excellent rubber, 269,000 kms, $19,500. cient AWD crossover in North America, 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

Call Bill at 306-726-7977, Southey, SK. MSRP from $24,995. 1-877-373-2662 or STEPDECK: 2000 MANAC, TA air ride, 48’, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL#914077. combo, new safety, $16,500; SS tankers 2015 SUBARU IMPREZA. Best compact available. 306-961-8070, Prince Albert, SK. 2004 KENWORTH T800 tandem grain truck car. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from $19,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or TOPGUN TRAILER SALES “For those who with AutoShift, 78,600 kms; also a 1990 demand the best.”

PRECISION AND GMC Topkick grain truck w/3208 Cat eng. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL#914077.

AGASSIZ TRAILERS (flatdecks, end Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment 2015 SUBARU IMPREZA. Best compact dumps, enclosed cargo). 1-855-255-0199, Auction, Sat., April 9, 2016, McTaggart, car. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP Moose Jaw, SK. www.topguntrailersales.ca SK. area. www.mackauctioncompany.com from $19,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or 24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 14,000 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 lbs., $4450; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, 2015 SUBARU LEGACY, $1500 cash pur- 7000 lbs., $2975. Factory direct. 2007 IH 9400, with Cummins 435 HP 10 spd. AutoShift, 20’ box, alum. wheels and chase discount MSRP from $23,495. Call 888-792-6283. www.monarchtrailers.com tanks, exc. cond., certified, $67,500; 2006 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca Peterbilt, 475 HP, Detroit 18 spd., A/T/C, DL#914077. alum. wheels, tanks, chrome bumper, like new tires, new paint, 20’ BH&T, exc. shape, 2015 SUBARU LEGACY, $1500 cash purshow truck, $69,500; 2007 Mack CH613, chase discount MSRP from $23,495. Call 460 Mack eng., 13 spd., AutoShift, alum.

1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca wheels, new tires, A/T/C, new paint, 20’ DL #914077.

2016 DODGE RAM 2500 Laramie 4 WD, 4 BH&T, very nice, $67,500; 2007 Mack, dr, 6.4, SB, sunroof, TouchScreen GPS, au- 460 Mack eng., 12 spd. auto. trans., 3-way to, many extras, like new, 2500 kms, ext. lockers, alum. wheels, good tires, 20’ warranty. New $69,500. Asking $62,500 BH&T, rear controls, pintle plate, $69,500; OBO no GST. 780-446-0402 Edmonton, AB 1990 Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 spd., alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls 2015 GMC SLT, 6’’ lift Duramax. Blowout good w/1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING AND PAINT- price, was $98,960, now $77,520. Stk. trailer- nice shape, $35,000; 2000 Freightliner Century Classic M11 CumING. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. #15364. Buist Motor, 1-888-693-4218. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance 2015 GMC SLE Duramax 2500 HD, blow- mins, 375 HP, Super 10 speed, exc. tires, claims, and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agri- out price, was $70,780, now $54,475. Stk. 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, $47,500; 2007 IH 9400, 430 HP Cummins, new 20’ BH&T, culture and commercial. Satisfaction guar- #15236. Buist Motor, 1-888-693-4218. new paint, good tires, alum. wheels and anteed. 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. 2015 CHEVROLET LT 1500, 4x4 at blow- tanks, 10 spd. AutoShift, $67,500. Trades EISSES GRAIN TRAILER Rental & Sales. out price, was $50,400, now $38,995. Stk. accepted. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, Super B grain trailers for rent by the day, #15393. Buist Motor, 1-888-693-4218.

306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768 week or month. Contact Henry at 2015 CHEVROLET LT 1500, 4x4. Blowout 2007 INTERNATIONAL 9200I Eagle 403-782-3333, Lacombe, AB. price, was $59,190, now $43,320. Stk gravel truck, 242,000 kms, 410 HP Cummins, 18 spd., air ride, 16’ Renn box, roll 2015 AHV LODE-KING aluminum Super B #15328. 1-888-693-4218, Buist Motor, AB tarp, fresh SK. inspection, $49,900. Call hoppers, extra light pkg., round stainless fenders, current Safety, exc. 11Rx22.5 2015 CHEVROLET LS 1500, 4x4. Blowout 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com price, was $45,500, now $34,960.

Stk tires w/alum. wheels, exc. cond., no air 2007 MACK CXN613, MACK 385 HP, 10 lift or elec. tarps. Two sets available #15408. 1-888-693-4218, Buist Motor, AB spd. Eaton Ultrashift; 2007 IH 8600, Cat $104,000 ea. OBO. 866-236-4028, Calgary 2015 CHEVROLET 1 ton Crew cab, 4X4, 435 HP, 10 spd. All trucks c/w 20’ grain box, air controls, windows, SK. Certified.

LWB, SRW, 6.0L, V8, gas, loaded, grey, 1996 MIDLAND 24’ tandem pup, stiff pole, 20,270 kms., $42,395. 1-800-667-0490, 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. DL #312974 completely rebuilt, new paint and brakes, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 www.hodginshtc.com like new, $18,500. Merv 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, leave message, Arborfield, 2014 CHEVY 3/4 ton Crew cab, 4x4, LTZ, ALLISON AUTOMATICS: 2004 IHC 4400, SK. DL #906768.

6.6L diesel, loaded, black, 64,181 kms. C&C, DT466, 6 spd, $39,900; 2004 IHC $57,995. 1-800-667-0490 Watrous, SK 7400, new 20’ B&H w/silage gate, rebuilt IN STOCK NOW! 2016 Emerald 36’ tandem www.watrousmainline.com DL#907173 motor, $69,900; 1989 GMC tandem axle grain trailer, 11-24-5 tires, powder grain/gravel truck, Cummins diesel auto, coat wheels, dual cranks and more, 2013 GMC 1 ton Crew cab, 4X4, SLT, dual- 15’ B&H $19,900. K&L Equipment, $37,900. We need your trades, no one will ly 6.6L D/Max, loaded, heated leather, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. pay you more for your trade than we will. 82,495 kms., $51,995. 1-800-667-0490, ladimer@sasktel.net www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 Call Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK. ATTENTION FARMERS: 30 TANDEMS with Cancade boxes, autos and standards.

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1996 378 PETERBILT, N14, 13 spd., wet kit, headache rack, new steering tires, good back tires, $10,000 OBO. 780-663-3929, 780-603-1747, Ryley, AB. 2005 PETERBILT 378, Cummins 500 HP, 18 spd; 2006 Peterbilt 379, Cummins 475 HP, 13 spd; 2009 IH Prostar, Cummins 500 HP, 18 spd; 2003 Freightliner Columbia, Detroit 500HP (rebuilt), 18 spd., 46 rears, lockers; 2004 Kenworth W900L, Cat 475 HP, 13 spd. Daycabs: 2005 IH 9400, Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, wet kit; 2005 Kenworth T800, Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, 46 rears, 4-way locks. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. www.hodginshtc.com DL #312974.

2005 PETERBILT 379, C15, 18 spd., Super 40, 4-way locks, 70” bunk, $50,000. Owner/operator. Ph: 780-914-7861, Viking, AB

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M ED IUM D UTY 2007 GM C K 5500 6.6L D/M ax,A/C/T, Po w e rW in d o w s & Lo cks ,Bo s tru m s , 8’x1 1 ’x4 w 2” Bo x,Tarp,Ho is t,Hitch, 24 5x70r1 .5” Alu m . W he e ls ,AirDrive Se at, M an u alFro n tHu b s ,W hite ,24 5,04 0 K m s Sa le P ric e $34 ,995

P R E-O W N ED 1997 FORD TENDER TRUCK, C10 Cat, 10 spd., fresh safety, c/w 2010 16’ Rayman box 3 comp., side fold auger with 2’ extension, stainless flighting, roll tarp, $65,000.

Call 403-994-7754, Olds, AB. 1999 IH 4700, SA, flatdeck w/17’ steel flatdeck, 11x22.5 tires, 230,000 kms, 444 IH dsl., 10 spd., safetied, real good shape, $19,500. 1994 GMC Topkick tandem with 24’ flatdeck, 563,000 kms, 3116 Cat diesel, 10 spd., 11x22.5 tires, real good shape, $21,500.

Call Merv at 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK. DL #906768.

WANTED: BULK FEED TRUCK. Phone 403-650-8369, Longview, AB. FLATDECK w/HOIST 20’, 2007 C7500, 7.8L diesel, 6 spd., 12/23 axles, 280K, hyd. brakes, SK. truck, $28,000. 306-563-8765.

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.

Call K & L Equipment, Ituna, SK. Ladimer 306-795-7779. DL #910885.

FUEL TRUCK: 1996 T450 Kenworth, 3600 gal. fuel capacity, dual pumps and meters, coded. Call 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. 1999 FORD F250, 7.3 dsl., 305,000 kms, 1 ton springs, new trans, new rad, Ali Arc bumper, clean, Courtney Berg Hyda-Deck, all new plumbing/wiring, new pump under hood, new motor mounts, elec. over hyd. controls, hyd. rams all have new seals, $16,500. 403-888-9630, Crossfield, AB.

2009 GMC ACADIA AWD SLE1 V6, loaded, cloth, brown, 136,891 kms., $18,995. You can reach us at: 1-800-667-0490, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 2012 BUICK ENCLAVE CXL, AWD, 3.6L 6 speed, loaded, heated leather, 42,210 kms., $31,995. Phone: 1-800-667-0490, www.watrousmainline.com DL# 907173 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from $25,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL#914077.

2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from $25,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. Best new SUV/CUV, MSRP starting from $27,995.

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HOCKEY MOM LIMOUSINE, seats 8 players/parents and still hauls 3 hockey bags. 2008 Dodge Durango, w/3rd row seats, 318, auto trans, leather int., fully loaded, trailer tow pkg., exc. rubber, 267,000 kms, very well maintained, $9,800. Bill 306-726-7977, Southey, SK.

AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK, 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, 1-800-938-3323. 2005 IHC 4400, DT 466, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com 6 spd., 12,000 front, 23,000 rear, $25,000; 2002 Kenworth T800, 60 Detroit, 13-40, $28,000; 1994 Freightliner daycab, 60 Detroit, 13-40, $14,000; 1990 Ford L8000, 7.8 dsl, Allison auto, equipped w/Vactor 2100 hydrovac, only 250,000 kms, $25,000; 1997 Doepker Super B flatdeck trailer, air ride susp., $9500; 1998 Freightliner FL112, M11 Cummins, auto, 40 rears, with new 20’ ultracel BH&T, CIM TRUCK BODIES, grain, silage, gravel, $58,000; 2006 Freightliner M2, Mercedes, decks, service and installation. For factory auto, 15’ Midland gravel box, 10’ hyd. belly direct pricing and options, call Humboldt, plow, 155,000 kms, $58,000; 2001 FreighSK., 306-682-2505 or www.cim-ltd.ca tliner FL80, Cat 3126, auto, 15’ Midland, $45,000; 1999 GMC 8500 fuel truck, 2500 gal., 3126 Cat auto, $32,000; 2003 Pete 378, 6NZ Cat, 18-46 locks, 48’ flat-top 2008 MACK, 261,000 orig. kms, 16’ steel sleeper, $47,000; 2005 Hino 238 W 24 box; 2002 Western Star, like new 16’ box; van, auto, 195,000 kms, $23,000. Gensets Financing available, OAC. 1998 IHC, 16’ alum. box. Yellowhead Sales avail.

DL#910420. www.can-amtruck.com 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK.

2009 WELLS Cargo food concession trailer, fully self-contained, 19 cu. ft. fridge, 19 cu. ft. freezer, 2 fryers, 42” grill with oven, 7500 KW General power plant, hot and cold water system, fire suppression system. More info. please call 204-546-3109 home, or 204-572-1654, Grandview, MB.

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NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says no? If yes to above three, call 1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB. FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, Regina, SK.

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CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no exposed screws to leak or metal overlaps.

Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, churches, pig barns, commercial, arch rib building and residential roofing; also available in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK.

EQUIPMENT HAULING. Serving Western Canada and Northwest USA. Call Harvey at 1-877-824-3010 or cell 403-795-1872.

Vandenberg Hay Farms Ltd., Nobleford AB. Email: logistics@vandenberghay.ca LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. LARRY HIEBERT TRUCKING: equipment hauling, farm machinery. Serving western Canada. 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB. EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Reasonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. ANDRES TRUCKING. Heavy Equipment, combines, bins, hay, grain, Canada/USA. Call/text 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK.

JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK.

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NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders.

Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 tanks available.

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REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK. for construction equipment. Attachments BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. way to clear land. Four season service, Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equipcompetitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. ment parts and major components. Call trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket at- Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, tachments. Bury rock and brush piles and Prince Albert, SK. fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 2008 JD 270D LC hyd. excavator, Q/C, 2 buckets, hyd. thumb, AC, forestry package, 306-960-3804. catwalks, pro-heat, positive air shut-off, 8240 hrs. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB.

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

13- BEHLIN 3200 bu. hopper bottom bins w/air and OPI, Twister 11,000 bu. flat bottom bin w/floor sweep and unload auger, 2- Twister 5500 bu. hopper bottom bins, 7- Freisen 105, 72 and 50 ton fertilizer bins, 14,000 bu. condo storage at P&H Weyburn, SK., 4- Westeel 1650 hopper bottom bins, 2- Westeel Rosco 1900 bu. hopper bottom bins, 2- Behlin 2911 bu. on cement, Westeel Rosco 3300 bu. bin on wood, Westeel 1350 bu. bin on wood, 23406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines Westeel 1650 bu. bins on cement, quantity and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, of 3 HP and 5 HP aeration fans. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL motor sales, service and parts. Also sale 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 USED, REBUILT or NEW engines. Specializing in Cummins, have all makes, large inventory of parts, repowering is our specialty. 1-877-557-3797, Ponoka, AB. 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: 306-543-2111, Regina, SK.

HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions available. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Stick 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK Frame building designed with longevity in WANTED: JD 710 BACKHOE, later mod- mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to el preferred, must be very good. www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote.

306-478-2456, Mankota, SK. ARM RIVER POLE BUILDINGS, 40’x60’ to 80’x300’, Sask. only. Call 306-731-2066, FECON MULCHER RENTAL, Kubota excavaLumsden, SK., metalarc@live.ca tor (operating weight of 20,000 lbs) c/w a Fecon mulcher. Mulch fence lines, willows, ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Farm smaller poplar stands, up to 8” dia. Rate post buildings designed with longevity in of $95/hr. based on a 2 week rental. mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to Western Heavy Equipment, Prince Albert, www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote.

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TS14 TEREX PARTS, engines, transmisFor the customer that prefers quality. sions, cylinders, PTO, air cleaners, and 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. many more parts. Contact Austin, 306-741-2200 or Harlick Earthmoving POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, 306-773-7614, aj.harlick@sasktel.net 1978 CAT 950 loader, c/w Weldco QA, hog, chicken, and dairy barns. Construcgeneral purpose bucket, 48” forks, 20.5x25 Swift Current, SK. tires- 50% remaining, ROPS cab w/heater, tion and concrete crews available. Mel or MR Steel Construction, 2006 JD 850J, WLT, 6-way dozer, ripper, disc brakes, hour meter reads 7986 hrs, Scott, 9400 hrs., sold w/new rails and sprockets, which is the hours since the machine had 306-978-0315, Hague, SK. $88,500 OBO. 2006 JD 240D trackhoe, major eng. and trans. work. Total frame STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or 7400 hrs., 2 buckets, $77,500 OBO. hours is approx. 22,000 hrs. Articulation built on site. For early booking call 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB. and loader linkage are tight, brakes work 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: good, machine starts, runs and shifts www.warmanhomecentre.com good, bucket good cond, $36,500. Located WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built in Calgary, AB. Call 403-571-5515. on site. For early booking call 2005 CAT D6N LGP, cab, air, heat, bush 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: ready, 6-Way, 3 shank ripper, 85% UC, www.warmanhomecentre.com $90,000. 306-921-9462, Melfort, SK. DIAMOND CANVAS SHELTERS, sizes 1973 CAT 930 loader, 3 yard bucket, new ranging from 15’ wide to 120’ wide, any pins, bushings, $17,000. May take cattle length. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com or old Cat in trade. 306-524-4960, Semans RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham 3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 pt. hitch Paratills in stock; parts for Bigham and Tye Paratills. Call Kelloughs: 1-888-500-2646.

INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com

FROST RIPPER/STUMP puller attachment DOZER’S FOR SALE OR RENT: CAT D6T, for excavators, available with QA or pin-on Cat D6N, JD 700J, LGP, 6-way. Conquest option.

Western Heavy Equipment, Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount.

Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK. 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt for years of trouble-free service. Lever LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stockHoldings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. ing dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction WANTED: TD15 Series 150 or 151 crawl2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. er tractor w/wo hyds., any condition.

403-783-1277, Ponoka, AB. BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks.

KELLO DISC BLADES and bearings: 22” to DOZERS. PD14(Ft), 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. 42” notched. Parts: oilbath and greaseable LANDMASTER bearings to service heavy construction $38,500; PD18(Ft), $42,500. Can deliver. discs. Call: 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. Man.- Ray, 204-761-9522, Sask.- Neil, WESTEEL, GOEBEL, grain and fertilizer 306-231-8300, Alta.- Gord, 780-913-7353, bins. Grain Bin Direct, 306-373-4919. www.kelloughs.com www.landmaster.ca 5000 BU. BEHLEN hopper bottom bin, 2012 CASE/IH TV380 #HN3497A, new triple skid, $10,600. FOB. Regina, SK., Call tracks and completely serviced, 980 hrs, Peterson Construction, 306-789-2444. $59,000. 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca CHIEF WESTLAND AND CARADON BIN CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 extensions, sheets, stiffeners, etc. Now older Cats, IH and Allis Chalmers. Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, available. Call Bill, 780-986-5548, Leduc, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323.

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11,000 U.S. GALLON tank, 10 year limited warranty, competitive pricing. Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com

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 POLY GRAIN BINS, 40 to 150 bu. for grain w/scale, $17,000. All prices in USD. cleaning, feed, fertilizer and left over treat- 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. View ed seed. Ph. 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. www.fertilizerequipment.net www.buffervallley.com JOHN BLUE NH3 kit w/hyd. shut off for TOP QUALITY MERIDIAN BINS. Book 50-60’ cultivator, $1500 OBO. Wainwright, now for best prices. Example: all prices in- AB. Call 780-806-3439 or 780-842-4088. clude skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up and delivery within set radius. Me- IH 2000-C floater, auto trans. truck w/Lorridian Hopper combos: 3500 bu., $10,450. ral 7-ton fert. spreader c/w Dicky John SPECIAL: 5000 bu., $13,990. We manu- guidance and 70’ Benson booms. Will confacture superior quality hoppers and steel sider trade/feed grain or $30,000. floors for all makes and sizes. Know what 306-432-4803, Lipton, SK. you are investing in. Call and find out why our product quality and price well exceeds LIKE NEW 2010 3200 gal. liquid fertilizer the competition. We also stock replace- wagon, 3” fill, Honda eng., hyd. drive ment lids for all makes and models of bins. pump, big 30.5LR32, priced reasonably.

Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., 306-331-0097, 306-331-8305, Lipton, SK. 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. 2015 CIM BIN Cranes (Westeel design), 8000 lb. capacity. For factory direct pricing and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS and accessories available at Rosler Construction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. GRAIN BIN ERECTION. Concrete, turnkey installation, remodel and repair. Booking specials for farmers and dealers for Spring 2009 AG-CHEM 8204, 2-bin with chemical 2016 now. Call Quadra Development Corp, bin, 4570 hours, reduced to $86,000.

1-800-249-2708 or d.lonseth@sasktel.net USD. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net 2015 CIM BIN TRANSPORT TRAILER 17,000 lb. cap., 32’ bed accommodates up LOOKING FOR A floater or tender? Call me to 21’ dia. bin. For factory direct pricing first. 36 years experience. Loral parts, new and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, and used. Call 403-650-7967, Calgary, AB. SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca TERRA-GATOR 1844, 4 wheel floater, U-WELD HOPPER BOTTOMS, sizes from 1995 Cat, 18 spd., liquid, Autorate, Auto12’ - 24’, Middle Lake Steel, 306-367-4306, 3208 Steer, 2318 hrs., $18,225. Consider tractor 306-367-2408, Middle Lake, SK. on trade. 306-946-7923, Young, 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.

AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, Westfield, Westeel augers; Auger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart post pounders. Good prices, leasing available. Call 20’ AND 40’ SEA CONTAINERS, for sale 1-866-746-2666. in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com truck loading, Meridian SP movers. ConCONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All tact Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., sizes. Now in stock: 50 used, 53’ steel and 306-957-2033. insulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK. 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and SAKUNDIAK GRAIN AUGERS available modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina with self-propelled mover kits and bin and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca sweeps. Contact Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837.

306-933-0436.

SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca 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 20’ AND 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS, large SK. inventory. Ph. 1-800-843-3984, 306-781-2600.

BRANDT 35x7 GRAIN auger, 13 HP Honda motor and Wheatheart bin sweep, $1750.

306-739-2894, Moosomin, SK. 2012 WHEATHEART X130-74 swing auger, electric swing, hyd. winch, $17,500; Brandt 8x51 supercharged, SP kit, Kawasaki liquid cooled engine, $4,500; Brandt 8x35 auger c/w Wheatheart binsweep, $2,500. 306-493-7871, Harris, SK.

2010 9’ MAINERO 2230 grain bagger.

Fortner Farms Prem. Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. Mack Auction Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. PL 311962.

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 2011 BRENT 2096 grain cart, PTO, scale, 306-868-2199 or cell: 306-868-7738. walking axle, electric tarp.

Call 306-537-9636, Riceton, SK. BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and leasing available. 1-866-746-2666.

BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK.

2012 BRENT 1282 grain cart, duals, PTO, scale, tarp, monitor and camera, $75,000.

Contact Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, great for pulse crops, best selection in Western Canada. 306-946-7923, Young SK

BFC4000 NH3 Unit • Two 2000 gallon hi flow tanks, 2” fill 1.5” withdrawal • 10x6x.250 steel frame with fully triangulated gooseneck style hitch • 5” ball and coupler pivot point • 23.1x26 front tires • 20.8x38 rear dual tires • 12000lb front hubs • 25000lb rear hubs • Full steel and stainless steel plumbing package with 2” fill and 1.5” withdrawal

Clipper Seed Cleaners Delta Color Sorters Indents, Destoners & Gravity Tables, Universal and Norstar Elevator legs and Seed Tanks Spelt dehullers Roasters, pellets mills, Flour Milling Equipment.

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DRYMOR REDBIRD AUTOMATIC batch dryer, 4.5M BTU, 2 HP load and unload motor, 7.5 HP blower motor, single phase, $15,000 OBO. 306-276-2080, Nipawin, SK. NEW SUPERB GRAIN dryers available. Also have Moridge parts. Grant Service Ltd. 306-272-4195, Foam Lake, SK.

WANTED: NEURO GRAIN VAC w/1000 PTO, any condition. Call 306-335-2280, Lemberg, SK. CONVEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, accessories. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com

JD 566 BALER, Mega-tooth PU, 14,500 bales, good, $10,000 OBO. 780-632-9846, 780-768-2163 evenings, Willingdon, AB. 283 NH SQUARE BALER, hyd. tension, $1500. Call 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. WANTED: JD 7810 c/w FEL & 3-PTH; SP or PTO bale wagon; JD or IHC end wheel drills. Small square baler. 403-394-4401.

2007 NH 1441 discbine, 15’.5” cut width, excellent condition, well maintained. Call 780-808-1592, Kitscoty, AB.

2014 CASE 9230 combine, 680 eng. hrs., 532 threshing, duals, GPS, leather interior, $375,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Saskatoon, SK. 306-978-2300.

2012 CASE/IH 8230, loaded w/leather, light pkg., custom cutter pkg., duals, AFS factory GPS, mint, field ready, only 773 hours, asking $315,000. 306-823-7204.

2011 IH 3016 pickup and header, all updates done, belts, auger and floor all excellent, under 350 hrs. use, $24,850. Call 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2007 CASE AFX 810 combine, 1707 hrs., duals, GPS, AFS 600 monitor, field ready, $195,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

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. 2006 CIH 8010 SP axial-flow w/2015 header, 1644 eng. hrs, 1238 sep. hrs., exc. condition; 2009 2020 flex header (done 500 acres) sold separately. 204-648-3042, 204-546-2789, Grandview, MB. 2014 CASE 8230 combine, 659 eng. hrs., 500 sep. hrs., GPS, duals, big tubes, $360,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

2011 LEXION 770 combine, 1171 eng. hrs., Turbo chopper, PU head. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

2012 CASE 9230, 1120 eng. hrs., duals, $275,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

2010 NEW HOLLAND CX8090 combine, 1400 eng. hrs., 1055 sep. hrs., duals, $195,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Saskatoon, SK. 306-978-2300.

MF 9790 COMBINE, 2900 eng. hrs., 2000 sep. hrs., singles, $75,000; 30’ MF 8400 rigid header, $12,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, 306-525-2300.

2013 JD S690 combine, 1120 eng. hrs., 900 sep. hrs., duals, Auto Steer ready, pwr. fold, $349,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Saskatoon, SK. 306-978-2300.

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2011 IH 9120, 1005 hrs, duals, deluxe cab, AutoSteer, sold w/warranty, $188,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or view www.combineworld.com 2008 CASE AFX 8010 combine, 1568 hrs., duals, GPS, AFS 600 monitor, field ready, $210,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

2003 NH CR970, 1158 hrs, duals, MAV chopper, Y&M, ready to go, pickup’s available, $99,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or view www.combineworld.com 2009 NH 9070, 1644/1350 hrs, IntelliView II display, Y&M, remote sieve adjust, elec. stone trap, duals, diff. lock, long auger, PSD, deluxe chopper, chaff spreader, c/w 76-C 14’ Swathmaster PU plus 2003 NH 94-C 36’ draper header, fore/aft, split PU reel, single knife drive, gauge wheels, transport, all stored inside, $220,000 OB0.

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2009 JD 9870, 1700/1100 hrs., c/w JD 615 PU, 520/42 duals, shedded, Greenlighted, $200,000 OBO. Call 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. JD 9760 SP combine, 1725 separator hrs, Greenstar ready. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016.

McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2005 JD 9760 STS, 1821 hrs., Greenstar, auto HHC, reel speed, chopper, good tires, really clean combine w/warranty, $99,800.

1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2005 JD 9760 STS, Greenstar, reel spd., auto HHC, chopper, 2317 hrs., extra for PU, $89,800. Contact 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2014 JD 615P pickup header, overall exc. condition, trades wanted, $28,400.

1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2008 MACDON PW7 16’ PU head, exc. cond., for STS combines w/16’ Swathmaster, $19,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or view www.combineworld.com 1997 JD 9400, 2114 eng. hrs., 1626 sep. hrs., ext. range cyl. drive, Y&M, long auger, new: PU belts, feeder chain, rub bars and concave, straw chopper, spreader, 914 PU, exc. cond., $60,000. Call Dave Klein, 306-957-4312, 306-695-7794, Odessa, SK. 1998 JD 9610, 2653 hrs., Greenstar, auto HHC, reel speed, 2 spd. cyl, XL hopper ext., headers avail., w/warrant, $48,800.

1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2004 JD 9760 STS, 2062 hrs., Greenstar, auto HHC, reel speed, factory chopper, pickups available, w/warranty, $92,800.

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MACDON CA20/CA25 and HoneyBee flex or rigid adapters and completion kits, plenty in stock, we want your trade! Call 1-800-667-4515 for pricing and availability www.combineworld.com 2009 JD 635D 35’ draper, transport, pea auger, 8/10 cond., field ready, $39,800.

1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2011 AGCO 4200 16’, auto HHC, reel speed w/16’ Swathmaster, $19,800. Call 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2013 JD 640D 40’, hydra-float, pea auger, hyd. tilt, for S series, vg, $62,800.

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Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK www.straightcutheaders.com 2012 MACDON FD70 40’ flex draper, pea auger, transport, HHC, new knife and guards, with warranty, $69,800.

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WANTED: WILLMAR 8400 sprayer for parts or parts. Phone 306-648-7848, Gravelbourg, SK. 100’ JD 4830 sprayer with only 1018 hours, GreenStar ready. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit for sale PUMPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, Honda/Ko- www.mackauctioncompany.com and photos. 306-421-2928 or shin pumps, 1-1/2” to 4”, Landa pressure bill 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 washers, steam washers, parts washers.

M&M Equip. Ltd. Parts & Service, Regina, 2005 SPRA-COUPE 7650, 90’ booms, SK. 306-543-8377, fax 306-543-2111.

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 MEDICINE HAT TRACTOR Salvage Inc. Specializing in new, used, and rebuilt agri- 2007 SPRA-COUPE 4655 80’, 1080 hrs, cultural and construction parts. Buying ag 400 gal, mechanical drive, AutoSteer and construction equipment for disman- ready, $64,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or tling.

Call today 1-877-527-7278, view www.combineworld.com www.mhtractor.ca Medicine Hat, AB. 2014 NH SP.240R #N22357, 4 year warTRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, ranty, 240 HP, 1000 gal. poly tank, tie 3 combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. eng. 100’ boom, $229,000. 306-864-3667, etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, Kinistino, SK. or view: www.farmworld.ca 306-441-0655, Richard, SK. 2006 CASE 3310, 2717 hrs., 2 sets of tires, LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE all of the toys except for AIM Command, Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. $135,000. 780-753-0982, Provost, AB. We sell new, used and remanufactured 2014 NH SP.240F #N22358, 4 year warparts for most farm tractors and combines. ranty, 120’ front boom, $339,000. Call SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view at: inventory new and used tractor parts. www.farmworld.ca 1-888-676-4847.

AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tractors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/other Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battleford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769.

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2012 NH P2060 drill and P1060 tank #PB3380A, 70’ fold back, 10” spacing, $110,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 2002 BOURGAULT 5350 air cart, dual fans, 3 tanks, 3 tank metering, 491 monitor, light pkg., rear rice tires, good condition, $34,000. 306-782-7347, Yorkton, 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. 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. 2000 BOURGAULT 5710 drill and 5350 tank #B22859A, 54’, 9.8” spacing, $66,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 2009 JD 1830, 10” spacing, Poirier openers, Pattison liquid kit, JD 2600 monitor, 1910 430 bu. cart, duals, conveyor, bag lift, exc. cond., $98,000 OBO. Can deliver.

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1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2013 P1060 NH air cart, 430 bu., var. rate, 10” auger, Intelliview 4 monitor, $74,500 OBO. Kent 306-799-4784, 306-684-9693, Moose Jaw, SK. 1997 39’ MORRIS Maxim air drill, 10” spacing, Atom Jet boot with Morris 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. MOON HEAVY HAUL pulling air drills/ air seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask. 30 years experience. Call Bob Davidson, Drumheller, AB. 403-823-0746.

2010 JD 1830 drill and 1910 tank #PS3428A 40’, 12” spacing, single shoot, $105,600. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 2003 BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, c/w 4300 tank, DS, paired row openers, good shape, $48,000. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB.

30’ PREMIER 2950 Turbo SP swather with 1311 hours. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, SK. area. For sale bill/photos 806 IH WITH 8’ Dakota angle dozer and 9’ visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or V snowplow. 306-825-2661, Lloydminster, call 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, Mack SK. Auction Co. PL 311962.

BOURGAULT 5710 64’, 9.8” space, steel packers, MRB’S, 2005 Bourgault 6350 air 2009 JD 4830 High Clearance sprayer, cart, DS, in-cab controls. Will separate. radar, stainless steel booms, AutoHeight, Best offers. 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. 100’, duals, 2443 hrs. 306-648-2418, 2014 NH P1070 Tank #PB3379A, mint 306-312-9000, Gravelbourg, SK. condition, 580 bushel, $110,000. Call 2014 NH SP.335F #N22362, 4 year war- 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view 2008 JD 3975 c/w PU header, kernel ranty, 120’ boom, 1600 gal, SS tank, 4WD, processor, 40” vert. ext. Just through shop $389,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or at: www.farmworld.ca in excellent shape w/new knives and shear view at: www.farmworld.ca 2006 EZEE-ON 7550 air drill, 10” spacbar! $26,400. Call Jordan 403-627-9300, ing, 5” rubber capped packers, 4” carbide 2014 NH SP.240F #N22358, 4 year war- tip openers with 3115 tank (2005), asking Pincher Creek, AB. ranty, 120’ front boom, $339,000. Call $49,500. 306-452-7004, Parkman, SK. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK, or view 2009 BOURGAULT 3310, 65’, drill www.farmworld.ca #B22180A, MRBs can be converted to 2013 CASE/IH 3230, 100’, 800 gal. S3 double shoot, $139,000. 306-864-3667, Outback GPS, 1086 hrs., AutoSteer, Auto- Kinistino, SK. or view at www.farmworld.ca Boom, lux cab, 2 sets wheels, crop dividers 2002 FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 55 sprayer, 72’ $175,000. 204-734-8201 Swan River, MB. 1999 SEED HAWK 357, on-board tank, boom, 550 Imp. gal. tank, bottom fill kit 40’, 12” spacing, good condition, $40,000. and chem. fill, disc markers, $4,500 OBO. 2011 JD 4730, low hrs., 100’ booms, fold 306-482-7749, Carnduff, SK. GPS, JD boom heights, sectional control, 306-484-4621, Govan, SK. 2630 3000 receiver, 2 sets of tires, always 2005 FLEXI-COIL 4350 TBH AIR CART, FLEXI-COIL 67 SUSPENDED boom sprayer, shedded, $165,000 306-327-4756, DS, variable rate, good shape, asking 100’, 1 new tire, 1 set new nozzles, new 306-327-8803 cell, Kelvington, SK. $40,000 OBO. 780-385-5064, Killam, AB. variable rate valve (2015), good condition, shedded, $10,500. Call 306-873-0077, 2011 JD 4830 with only 1050 hours, full 2006 JD 1820 air drill 41’, 10” spacing, 306-873-1446, Tisdale, SK. AutoSteer, all options, both sets tires, double shoot, low acres, $29,000.

306-726-7716, Southey, SK. $229,000. Biggar, SK., 306-948-7223.

2010 NH, 80’, 800 gallon, wind screens, fenders, autorate, mint condition, $28,000. 2013 NH SP.240F #HN3175, 100’ front 2002 JD 1820, 41’, 270 bu. 1900 cart, 12” Call 306-648-7618, Gravelbourg, SK. boom, 3 year power train warranty, spacing, blockage monitors, double shoot $310,000. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, dry with Dickey John NH3, $33,000 OBO. 2010 NH 1070 100’ wheel boom, foam SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 306-452-3233, Antler, SK. marker, $28,000 OBO. 780-632-9846, 2008 BOURGAULT 5710, DS, AtomJet 780-768-2163 evenings, Willingdon, AB. openers, 74’, w/2008 Bourgault 6550 tank, NEW HOLLAND SF115 sprayer, 90’ boom, c/w deluxe 10” auger, dual rear wheels, 1250 Imp. tank, 18.4x26 tires inc. Trimble FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: exc. cond. 306-441-1648, Battleford, SK. JD 4930/4940, R4045; 800/55R46 GoodGPS, $25,000. 306-493-7871, Harris, SK. year tire & rim, $20,500/set; 710/60R46 66’ 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 PHD drill with HARDI COMMANDER TWIN 6600i 2012, Goodyear LSW, $19,500/set; Case and JD blockage and Atom Jet openers; Also sell36 meters, loaded, $75,000. sprayers: 800/70R38 Michelin for Case ing separate 2010 Bourgault 6550ST air 780-954-2005, 780-283-2005 Westlock AB 4420/4430, $19,500; 710/70R38 Titan tank 4 compartment with 3 meter. Fortner rim and tire for JD 4720/4730, $14,500. Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, Case 650/65R38 Michelins, $15,000. Saturday April 9, 2016, McTaggart, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 2010 APACHE 1210 AS, 100’ booms, factory AutoSteer, 1250 gal. tank, duals, one TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Reduce trampling losses by 80% to 90%. owner, non-smoker, shedded, asking 72’ BOURGAULT 3.5” steel packers on 9.8” Call: Great West Agro, 306-398-8000. $149,000. 306-831-8550, Rosetown, SK. spacing for 5710 or 5810, in gangs, done 3000 acres. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB 2010 SPRA-COUPE 4660, 80’ booms, Outback GPS, AutoBoom shut-off, foam 2008 JD 1910 430 bu, TBH, 8 run, marker, new rubber, 1400 hrs., vg, variable rate, DS, $49,000; 1998 JD 1900 $88,000. 780-203-9593, Stony Plain, AB. 3 comp, 430 bu, 8 run, $24,800. Call 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com MELROE SPRA-COUPE #218, 52’, foam marker, VW eng., 4 spd. trans, good cond. 2002 MORRIS 7300 tank #HR3095A, 300 bushel, 8 run, $18,000. Call 306-682-9920, TECHNOTILL 2015 62’ on TBH Case 600 Retiring. 306-625-3871, Ponteix, SK. cultivator (Flexi-Coil), 12” spacing, FlexiHumboldt, SK. or view: www.farmworld.ca Coil air pack, Intelligent blockage monitor, 2014 MORRIS 9550 tank #HR3338, new, superior setup, ready to go, can hook to tow behind, dual tires, $7,425 S/A pmt Bourgault or Flexi-Coil cart, like new cond.

O.A.C. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. view at: www.farmworld.ca 1997 40-12 CONCORD, w/3.5 Dutch JD 1820, 270 bu. tank, TBT, 10” spacing, paired row, double shoot dry, Flexi-Coil air steel packers, good condition, $25,000. pkg., exc. shape, $15,000 OBO. 306-429-2702, Glenavon, SK. 306-530-9224, Montmartre, SK. 2004 BOURGAULT 5710 40’ air drill, 9.8” HIGH QUALITY AND VALUE for money. spacing, steel packers, MRBs, w/NH3, Carbide drill points and openers. Find out 1994 3225 air tank, single fan, $35,000. more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 306-327-7198, 306-327-7032, Kelvington.

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Carbide drill points and openers. Find out 2014 7450 LANDOLL vertical tillage more at: www.vwmfg.com or call #S22382, 39’ wide, 22” disc, 7” blade, $105,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca BEST VALUE FOR YOUR dollar with our advanced carbide air drills. Find out more EZEE ON/VERSATILE 1600 tandem disc, at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, HD, 25’, $7500. 306-452-3233, Antler, SK. Dunmore, AB. 40’ BOURGAULT COMMANDER deep till2005 BOURGAULT 5710 40’ air seeder, age, 8” spacing, offers. 306-825-2661, MRB’s, Micro-Trak anhydrous control, and Lloydminster, SK. 5350 air tank controlled by 591 monitor. 1999 FLEXI-COIL S85 70’ heavy harrow, Asking $80,000. Call 306-768-3442, Carrot $19,900. For more information contact River, SK. Email: jclcfarm@gmail.com 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2013 BOURGAULT 6700 ST air tank, all KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” options, dual high speed fan, bag lift, con- to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ veyor, 4-tank meter, X20 monitor, rear tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched hitch, dual tires, shedded, low acres. blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646.

1996 BOURGAULT 8800 54’, knock-on tips, 2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500TM vertical tillw/3225 tank, low acres, $22,500 OBO. age #PS3147, 35’, 3 section Cat V hitch, 306-634-7416, 306-421-0083, Estevan, SK $101,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, BOURGAULT AIR CARTS: 2003 5440, DS, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca $49,800; 1999 3225, $13,000. Both 1 ownJD 610 37’ CULTIVATOR, Degelman harer, shedded units. 306-563-8482, Yorkton. rows, extra weight on frame for vertical TENDER SALE: 1993 BOURGAULT 8800, tillage, c/w Gaber discs and 4” spikes, 36’, 3 bar harrows, air kit, c/w Bourgault $8,000. 306-925-2245, Glen Ewen, SK. 2155 tank. Tenders to be submitted by March 18, 2016, to: Wheatbelt Sales at: Box 40, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0 or call 306-338-2588.

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2003 JD 1895 air seeder w/1910 cart, 43’, 10” spacing, TBH, double shoot, 430 bu., warning system for seed and fert., $90,000. 403-625-6195, 403-625-2541, Claresholm, AB. paul@romfarm.com 1998 BOURGAULT 8810, 28’, single shoot, knock-on sweeps, 230 trips, 8” spacing, c/w chemical kit, 2130 Special tank, hyd. drive, shedded, $20,000 OBO. 306-554-3218, Wishart, SK. JD 735 41’ AIR SEEDER c/w 787 tank, always shedded, Agtron blockage monitor, $25,000. 306-493-7871, Harris, SK.

60’ HIGHLINE STUBBLE BUSTER, 9/16” tines, hyd. tine angle, $6,000. Phone 306-925-2245, Glen Ewen, SK. 1998 BOURGAULT 4000 wing packer, 32’, 1-3/4” packers, hitch ext., low acres, one owner, shedded, excellent, $11,000. Call 780-984-0668, Calmar, AB.

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306-563-7505, Canora, SK. BEST VALUE FOR YOUR dollar with our DEGELMAN 7645 LAND ROLLER. Fortner advanced carbide air drills. Find out more Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Dunmore, AB. for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 1997 FLEXI-COIL 5000 45’, 9” spacing, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 SS, 2320 TBT cart w/320 3rd hopper, Easy flow manifold, Agtron blockage, $30,000 BRUNO CO-OP is accepting tenders on OBO. Gravelbourg, SK., 306-648-7766.

2011 Riteway heavy harrow, 55’, vg shape. submit tenders to Box 99, Bruno, 2011 MORRIS C1 Contour drill and 8370 Please S0K 0S0 or call Wayne 306-369-2271.

TBH tank #B22750A, 61’ paired row, 12” SK., Closing date March 31, 2016. spacing, $205,000. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca DEGELMAN HEAVY HARROWS: 2008 70’, angle, $29,800; 1998 50’, manual an2006 NH SD440 50’, 10” paired row, 430 hyd. bushel, variable rate tank, double shoot, gle, $18,000. 306-563-8482, Rama, SK. blockage monitor, steel press wheels, FLEXI-COIL 60’ HEAVY harrow packers $75,000. 780-210-0280, Andrew, AB. with P30 packers, very good cond. Offers.

2015 PILLAR MODEL 6012, approx. Call 306-287-3563, Watson, SK. 5500 acres, drill only, excellent shape, $175,000 OBO. 306-741-1634, Hazlet, SK. info@mustangsol.com 1993 FLEXI-COIL 5000 39’ air drill, 2320 air tank, 9” spacing, John Blue meter and anhydrous kit, Atom Jet sideband openers w/NH3, fine and coarse rollers, cameras in tanks, low profile hopper, all hoses replaced within last 2 years, $21,000 OBO. WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used 306-658-4240, 306-843-7549, Wilkie, SK. rollers, all sizes. Leasing and delivery TECHNOTILL 2015 62’ on TBH Case 600 available. 403-580-6889, Bow Island, AB. cultivator (Flexi-Coil), 12” spacing, Flexi- 80’ DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster heavy Coil air pack, Intelligent blockage monitor, harrow. Fortner Farms Premium Farm superior setup, ready to go, can hook to Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 9, Bourgault or Flexi-Coil cart, like new cond. 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale 1997 CONCORD 4812 air drill, double bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or shoot dry with NH3, Dutch openers, 2000 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 JD 1900 seed cart, 270 bu, $30,000 OBO. 306-452-3233 Antler, SK.

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Phone Frank 3 remotes, duals, exc. rubber, 3859 hrs., 306-442-7512, 306-454-2402, Ceylon, SK. 780-968-7059, at Stony Plain, AB. always shedded. 306-748-2817, Killaly, SK. 1987 IH 9150, 4WD, 280 HP, 520/85R38 Firestone radials - 80% very good, 8000 2015 JD 6150M, MFWD, H360 loader and hrs., nice solid tractor, $39,800. Contact grapple, 3 SCV, no def., 212 hrs., $185,000 OBO. 780-352-8858, Bittern Lake, AB. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

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ANDERSON’S FOUR BAR X RANCH & MARTENS CATTLE CO. Annual Angus and Charolais Bull Sale, Monday, April 4th, 1:30 PM at the Spiritwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling 30 Black Angus bulls, and 30 Charolais bulls. All bulls are semen evaluated. Wintering and delivery available. For a catalogue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006.

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LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have 2005 MF GC2300 #PN3213A, always rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. shedded, 371 hrs., 22 HP, PTO, 3 PTH, dsl, 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. $7500. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca

2008 NH T9050 #N22577A, 2371 hrs, 485 HP, $205,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view at www.farmworld.ca 1998 NH 9882, 4466 hrs., recent injectors rebuilt pump, rebuilt std. trans, 710/70R38 radial duals- 90%, Outback GPS, shedded, $115,000. 306-463-7020, Flaxcombe, SK. 2005 MXU 125 Case/IH, 6000 hrs, LX 156 2002 NH TV140 #N22876A with grapple loader, bucket and grapple, $54,000. and loader, $49,500. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view at www.farmworld.ca 306-594-7224 or 306-595-2274, Pelly, SK. 1999 NH TV140 w/loader, 7258 hrs, 7614 loader, PTO, $40,000. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view: www.farmworld.ca 2011 485HD QUAD TRACK, loaded w/leather, no PTO, no Def, 30” tracks, high flow dual pumps, 5 remotes, mint condition, only 1470 hours, asking $315,000. 2007 NH TD95, FWA, 1850 hours, open 306-823-7204, Neilburg, SK. station, loader, bail forks, bucket with grapple, 540/1000 PTO, $33,000 OBO. 780-674-0463, Westlock, AB. 2006 CHALLENGER MT835B, 350 HP, 3455 hrs, powershift, 30” tracks w/powertrain warranty, $134,900. 1-800-667-4515. 1983 VERSATILE 875, 4 WD, 3400 original www.combineworld.com hrs., always shedded, vg cond. $42,000.

403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. 875 VERSATILE, complete with dozer, very 2009 9530, c/w 800 tires, 4 hyd., 48 GPM, well maintained, asking $26,500 OBO. Call 2500 hrs., shedded, exc. cond., $220,000 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. OBO. 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. 1984 VERSATILE 895, Rainbow Edition, 2007 7520 FWA, 3840 hrs., 741 loader Firestone 20.8x38 duals- exc. cond., 855 hardly used, power quad sunroof, 3 PTH, Big Cam Cummins, 7900 hrs, 12 spd. std. $110,000. 780-771-2155, 780-404-1212, trans, plumbed for air drill, asking Wandering River, AB. $29,000. 306-714-7810, 306-714-0121, JD 8450, 18.4x34 rubber brand new all 8, Shellbrook, SK. 1900 hrs, $30,000 firm. 306-463-3480, 1981 VERSATILE 875, 20.8x38 tires, new 306-460-9027, Flaxcombe, SK. clutch, good starting tractor, $20,000 JD 4640, low hours, premium condition, OBO. Call Tom 306-724-2260, Victoire, SK. 24.5x32 tires, $33,000 OB0.

403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 1995 JD 8570, 4390 hours, 18.4x38 radial GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your duals- 80%, 3 hydraulics, good shape, #1 place to purchase late model combine $65,000. Ph. 306-485-7063, Alameda, SK. and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt.

JD 9630 4WD tractor, Michelin triples, www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. only 766 hours and GreenStar ready; JD 4640 2WD tractor, 5450 hours and duals.

Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, Sat., April 9, 2016, McTaggart, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Mack Geared For Auction Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 The Future PL #311962.

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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, shedded, ready to work, reduced $76,500 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. 2008 JD 9630T, deluxe cab, PTO, loaded, 4750 hrs. 306-648-2418, 306-312-9000, Gravelbourg, SK. 1980 JD 8640, 580 hrs. since complete eng. OH, 4 new tires, triple hyds., new turbo charger and GreenStar II-1800 GPS, $31,500. 306-739-2894, Moosomin, SK. 8440 JD, 9200 hours, 18.4x38 duals, quad range and PTO, $20,000. 306-493-7871, Harris, SK.

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MM G705 TRACTOR, approx. 85 HP, PS, dual hyd., 12V, $3200 OBO. See full ad under 703 (Antique Equip.). 306-238-4590.

CROWN 6 YARD SCRAPER. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale 1990 JD 4755, MFWD, rebuilt powershift bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or trans., triple hyds., 180 HP, good rubber, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 work ready. For pricing call Medicine Hat 2012 LEON 14’ 6-way quick attach blade Tractor Salvage Inc. 1-877-527-7278 or for 84 and 86 Series JD tractors.

403-548-1205. www.mhtractor.ca 306-435-9520, Wawota, SK. 2002 JD 7710 MFWD, IV trans., 3 PTH, 2009 DEGELMAN 6900 14’ blade for 1999 JD 7410, MFWD, 3 PTH, powrQuad mounting on Case STX 275/280/325/330 w/LHR, JD 740 loader, grapple, joystick or 335 4 WD tractor, hyd. angle, silage very clean. 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152, ext., $20,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Barrhead, AB. Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. JD 8650, PTO, duals, 9000 hrs., new eng. at 6000 hrs., joystick, recent WO’s, c/w 14’ 6-way Leon blade. 306-435-9520, Wawota 1998 JD 9400, 7000 hrs., new inside rub- 1998 BOURGAULT AIR DRILL, 54’, 4” ber, $90,000. May take cattle or older Cat packers, carbide openers, DS, newer Series on partial trade. 306-524-4960 Semans SK II MRBs, like new, 4350 triple tank me1980 JD 4640, new front tires, new inner chanical drive, all good tires, low acred duals, new batteries, tripe hyds., 16 spd. drill in excellent condition, field ready, quad trans; also 12’ Degelman blade asking $55,000; 7650 Spray Coupe, 90’ available. 1982 JD 4640, 16 spd. quad booms, 1300 hrs., automatic, 3-way nozzle trans, c/w JD quick detach FEL, new front bodies 2WD, new tires, JD-JPS auto track tires, new batteries.

Retiring. 1800 display, 1 year warranty on work order, excellent condition, asking $115,000.

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G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levellers. only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. Building now, taking orders. Don’t delay, call now! 306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. HORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Ph Smoke ‘Em Diesel to safely add both on your farm equipment! 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. FOR SALE: 370 GT Batch dryer. $2000 OBO. Phone 780-685-2374.

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306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. BEST VALUE FOR YOUR dollar with our 1989 JD 2755, 7063 hrs., c/w 146 FEL, advanced carbide air drills. Find out more very good condition, shedded, $21,500 at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, OBO. 780-755-2114, Edgerton, AB. Dunmore, AB.

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Carbide drill points and openers. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB.

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TROPHY ZONE TANNERY. State of the art facility. Hair on tanning for both taxidermy and domestic hides. Quality work with fast turn around. Call anytime 403-892-7904 or 403-330-6325, Cardston, AB. Email: bunnage@shaw.ca

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Year round bird and wildlife watching.

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TUBING FROM 1-1/4” to 3-1/2”. Sucker rod 3/4”, 7/8” and 1”. Line pipe and Casing also available. Phone 1-800-661-7858 or 780-842-5705, Wainwright, AB.

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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

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KUBOTA B-2410 FWA yard tractor and Kubota LA-352 FEL with 350 hours, Kubota 3 PTH rototiller, Kubota B-2550C front mount snowblower. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016. McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or WANTED: MASSEY discers, Model 36. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Sask., Alberta or Manitoba. Top dollar.

306-625-3369, 306-750-0642, Ponteix, SK. LANDSCAPING LANDROLLER, 12’ wide, 24” WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly trac- diameter, water fallible with hitch. tors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor 306-825-2661, Lloydminster, SK. Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

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 JUSATAMERE 21st ANNUAL Bull Sale, Monday, April 11, 1:00 PM, at the farm, Lloydminster, SK. On Offer 55 Black Angus bulls. All bulls will be semen tested and ready to go. For more info call Jon 780-808-6860 or office 306-825-9702.

2 YEAR OLD ANGUS BULLS. GBT Angus is offering 24 bulls in our Online Sale March 16, 17, 18th. Call Trevor 306-577-9141, www.gbtangus.com 18TH ANNUAL 49TH Parallel Black Angus Bull Sale, Monday, March 28th, 1:00 PM, Mankota, SK. On offer: 65 yearling bulls, 10 PB open replacement heifers, 55 commercial open replacement heifers. For more info or catalogue contact Glendar Angus 306-478-7722 or Ross River Ranch 306-741-6251.

YEARLING BLACK ANGUS Bulls for sale: Sired by Windrower (Harvester’s son) Brilliance, Priority, Resource and Hesston.

Several bulls are from imported embryos.

EPDs are: WW plus 73, YW plus 125 lbs.

View online at: RavineDriveCattleCo.com Ph: 780-367-2483, Willingdon, AB. SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. REDEKOP CATTLE COMPANY purebred yearling Black Angus bulls. Moderate birthweights, lots of performance. Semen tested, guaranteed, delivery available. Call Stuart at 306-222-0540, Vanscoy, SK. MIDNITE OIL CATTLE CO. has on offer semen tested yearling and 2 year old bulls.

306-734-2850, 306-734-7675, Craik, SK.

WANTED: NH BALE WAGONS and retrievers, any condition. Farm Equipment Finding Service, P.O. Box 1363, Polson, MT 59860. 406-883-2118.

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

MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. WANTED: GOOD USED 1012, 14’ or 16’ rock rake. Ray 306-297-7843, Shaunavon, SK. WANTED: OLD STEIGER Cougar II or Cougar III for parts. Call 306-839-4438 or 306-839-7792, Pierceland, SK. WANTED: 12 OR 14’ #225 Kello built disc. Call 306-839-4438 or 306-839-7792, Pierceland, SK.

GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. 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.

SASKATOON CO-OP AGRO CENTER is accepting sealed tenders until 12:00 Noon, Friday, April 15, 2016 for the purchase of a Wheatheart heavy hitter post pounder.

For more info., please call 306-933-3835 1998 BOURGAULT AIR DRILL, 54’, 4” or stop by Saskatoon Co-op Agro Center, packers, carbide openers, DS, newer Series #1327 N Service Road, Hwy #16 West, II MRB’s, like new, 4340 triple tank me- Saskatoon, SK. S7K 3J7. chanical drive, all good tires, low acred drill in excellent condition, field ready, MULCHINGTREES, BRUSH, Stumps. asking $55,000; 7650 Spray Coupe, 90’ Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: booms, 1300 hrs., automatic, 3-way nozzle www.maverickconstruction.ca bodies 2WD, new tires, JD-JPS auto track 1800 display, 1 year warranty on work order, excellent condition, asking $115,000.

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BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood 1999 GMC T8500 CAT tow truck, and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Pre$14,500; Allis 6080 MFD loader, 3-PTH, servers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, $13,500; Ford Major DSL loader, snow SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. blade, 3-PTH, $5500; Vac Tank & pump for 1-tonne; Power parachute, Rotex SR7 as SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one is; 1981 GMC 7000 366, 17-ft factory box cord bundles, $109, half cord bundles, & hoist. $8500. Phone 306-236-8023. $72; Blocked and split wood also available.

V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service; Premier 30’ swather; Rite-Way 50’ harrow packer bar. 306-638-4550, Findlater, SK. NEW AND USED PTO generators. Diesel 2007 LEXION 570W, 1420-SEP hrs, and natural gas sets available as well. Call Swath Master, chaff spreader, Outback Au- 1-888-300-3535, Airdrie, AB. tosteer, $75,000; 2006 MacDon 873 adaptor to fit on 500 series combine, $4100; 2004 Agco RT150, FWA loader, grapple, joystick, 150-PTO-HP, front & rear 3-PT, CVT & front axle suspension, 2339 hrs, 4- JD STARFIRE receivers, 4- JD 2600 dis$75,000. Call 403-665-2341, Craigmyle, plays, Outback light bar. Fortner Farms AB. Premium Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit ACREAGE EQUIPMENT: 3-PT. CULTI- www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale VATORS, Discs, Plows, Blades, Etc. bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 780-892-3092, Wabamun, AB.

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, SPRUCE FOR SALE! Beautiful locally 306-747-7498, www.doublefcattle.com 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 403-586-8733 or check out our website at www.didsburysprucefarms.com

BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com 10 BRED PLAINS and Woods cross bison cows, preg tested, $3900 each.

306-948-2808, Rosetown, SK. NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail at Lacombe, AB. for winter delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Call Richard Bintner 306-873-3184.

2015 HEIFER CALVES, 50% Wood to pure Wood, tagged separately, offers. Contact Viking Bison, 306-874-7590, Naicam, SK. BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, yearlings and calves. Phone Elk Valley Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. TOP QUALITY SEMEN tested 2 and 3 year old Pure Plains breeding bulls. Call MFL Ranches 403-747-2500, Alix, AB. KICKIN’ ASH BUFFALO Meat Products is currently looking for all classes of bison for expanding North American market. Call Paul 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. or email to cabi1@telus.net

1-800-665-1362 CURRENT PRICES: Bulls $4.45/lb. USD; Heifers $4.25/lb. USD; Culls $5/lb. CAD. Call/text: 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. PLAINS BISON: 2 bull calves, 12 heifers ages from calves up to 3 year olds, all open. Call 403-586-2404, Olds, AB. WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from yearlings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, 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 free, 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 SHEIDAGHAN ANGHUS 5th ANNUAL Production Sale, Thursday, March 31, 1:00 PM at Cowtown Livestock, Maple Creek, SK. Selling 60 Black Angus bulls and choice of 10 Black Angus yearling heifers.

For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue at: www.buyagro.com PL# 116061 BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing ration, performance information available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com 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 Harvestor 0338, Merit 2015, Youngdale Xon 34X. Catalogue online: BuyAgro.com PB YEARLING BULLS, tie broke, docile, DNA’d, easy fleshing. 306-825-2674, Lloydminster, SK, matlockshorthorns.com PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service.

Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK.

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CRESCENT CREEK ANGUS 18th Annual Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 PM, Goodeve, SK. Selling 60 Black Angus yearling bulls and 40 top cut open replacement heifers. All bulls semen and performance tested. For video or catalogues: www.crescentcreekangus.com Call Wes 306-876-4420 or 306-728-8284; Rob 780-916-2628.

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12th ANNUAL WHEATLAND CATTLE CO. Bull Sale, Thursday, March 24, 2 PM, held on the farm at Bienfait, SK. Offering Black and Red Simmental, SimmAngus and Angus bulls. Also selling customer commercial heifers. For a catalogue or information contact Vernon at 306-634-7765 or T Bar C Cattle Co at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

QUALITY YEARLING SIMMENTAL and Sim16TH ANNUAL SASKATOON Gelbvieh Bull mental cross Red Angus bulls, 1-2 year old and Female Sale, Saturday, March 19, cross Red Angus bull. McVicar Stock Farms 2016, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Pre-sale Ltd., 306-255-7551, Colonsay, SK. 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 pure- HILLBILLY HAVEN purebred South Devon bred and balancer Gelbvieh bulls and se- Bulls, NASDA registry. Henny and Dawn lect females. Sale can be viewed online via Bruins, call 780-724-4242, Elk Point, AB. DLMS. For more info and catalogue: Darcy SOUTH DEVON BULLS, Poundmakers 306-865-2929 or 306-865-7859, or Darrell (SD/Angus cross.) British breed, red and 780-581-0077, Vern 403-548-6678, black yearlings and 2 year olds. www.gelbviehworld.com or sales consul- 403-566-2467, 403-633-0181, Wardlow, tant Kirk Hurlburt 306-222-8210, AB. Email: dmrranching@gmail.com www.stonegatefarms.ca

HOLLINGER LAND & CATTLE 4th Annual Bull and Female Sale, 1:00 PM, Monday, 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 SPECKLE PARK YEARLING heifers and bid online at: www.dlms.ca PL #116061.

T BAR K Ranch Red Angus and Horned bulls for sale. Contact Darrell at Hereford Bull sale. April 7th, 2:00PM at the 306-877-4402, 306-728-7677, Dubuc, SK. ranch. 13 yearling and 14 two-year old Hereford bulls. 31 yearling and 20 two85 YEARLING RED ANGUS bulls. Guaran- year old Red Angus bulls. View Catalogue teed, semen tested, and delivered in the and videos online at: www.tbarkranch.com spring. Phone Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, contact Kevin Dorrance: 306-577-9861, or Leader, SK. 306-739-2944, Wawota, SK. THE WILSON-LEES VALUE ADDED BULL Sale, Friday, April 1st, 2:00 PM, in Kisbey, SK. Offering 70 Hereford yearling and 2 year old bulls. All bulls are semen tested and vet inspected. For a catalogue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061.

COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF frozen genetics EXCELLENT SELECTION 2 yr. old bulls. Fed for top end genetics, Millet, AB. Semen for service not for show. Also, several ALLEMAND RANCHES REGISTERED Texas and embryos from high profile Red and proven 3 yr. olds. Polled Herefords since Longhorn bulls and ropers. Call Daryl 1950. Call: Erwin Lehmann, 306-232-4712, Black Angus bulls. For list: 780-216-0220.

306-297-8481, Shaunavon, SK. Rosthern, SK. RED ANGUS BULLS on moderate growALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association ANL POLLED HEREFORDS SPRING ing ration, performance information 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. BULL SALE with guest Brooks Farms, www.albertatexaslonghorn.com Sunday, March 20th, 2:00 PM at the farm 306-342-4407 www.valleyhillsangus.com at Steelman, SK. Selling 35 yearling and 2 DKF RED AND BLACK ANGUS Bulls for year old bulls and a select group of open sale at DKF Ranch, Gladmar, Sask. Great baldy heifers. Wintering and delivery selection, superior quality.

Contact available. For a catalogue or info contact WELSH BLACK polled yearling bulls, Dwayne or Scott Fettes, 306-969-4506. Karl 306-487-2670, Jeremy 306-485-8003 black and red. A few 2 year old bulls, yearor T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View ling heifers, black and red. Call Scott Videos at: www.dkfredangus.ca Farms, 403-854-2135, Hanna, AB. catalogue or videos at www.buyagro.com REG. RED ANGUS BULLS: calving ease, WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. quiet, good growth, will be semen tested.

Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372.

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale.

17- YEARLING and 4- two yr. old Reg. Red Angus bulls, $3,500-$8,500. Will deliver Cows and quota needed. We buy all classand semen test. One pkg. of 5 reg. open es of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F heifers, $16,000. Five Genetic Gem reg. Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. 160 BLACK COWS, due April 4th for sale.

For more info. 403-599-3790, Milo, AB. open heifers, $5,000-$12,000. Sires incl. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

Bear Tooth, Tuff Enuf, Arson, and Better 400 RED Angus influence 600 Black Angus Deal. Call Elmer at EKW Red Angus, influence replacement heifers, approx. 800 306-381-3691, Hague, SK. SPRINGER LIMOUSIN, Foam Lake, SK, lbs. No implants, complete vaccination RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- offers good black and red yearling bulls. program. Can feed until grass time. $1725 men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery For more info. call Merv at 306-272-4817 U pick. Blaine at 306-621-9751 or Steven 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK. available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, or 306-272-0144.

Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com 75 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS, ONE IRON, bred to low BW Black bulls, exposed T BAR K Ranch Red Angus and Horned Hereford Bull Sale. April 7th, 2:00 PM at BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. July 4, 2015, vaccinated with VL5 plus 7 the ranch. 31 yearling and 20 two-year old Selling custom designed packages. Name Som, Safeguard/Ivomec, $2400 you pick.

Red Angus bulls. 13 yearling and 14 two- your price and we will put a package to- 306-476-7996, Rockglen, SK. year old Hereford bulls. View Catalogue gether for you. Fullblood/percentage Low- 100 PLUS OPEN replacement heifers, Red and videos online at: www.tbarkranch.com line, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. Angus/Simm. cross. Home raised, full Contact Kevin Dorrance: 306-577-9861, or Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB. herd health program, no implants, no 306-739-2944, Wawota, SK. brands. Contact Brian at: 306-432-0001 or David at: 306-723-4727, Cupar, SK. SOUTH VIEW RANCH Red and Black 60 ANGUS COW/CALF pairs, fall calving.

Angus Bull Sale, Thursday, April 14, 2 YR. OLD AND YEARLING BULLS, calv2nd and 3rd calvers. Calves vaccinated 2016, at South View Ranch, Ceylon, SK. Offering 90+ Red and Black Angus year- ing ease and performance. Vet inspected. with Bovi-shield Gold, Tasvax-4 and Ivoling bulls, semen tested, scrotal measured, Guaranteed. Will feed and deliver. Melfort, mec. Cows exposed to Angus bulls.

306-921-7175, 306-752-3808, 204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB. performance records. Also groups of com- SK. mercial open replacement heifers. Shane mspratt@sasktel.net donarofarms.com 306-869-8074 or Keith 306-454-2730. SOME OF THE BEST fullblood MaineAnjou 30 TOP QUALITY black and black brockleface open heifers from very good commerwww.southviewranch.com yearling bulls for sale. Low birthweight cial cows. No exotic in these heifers. Brithigh, rate of gain. Fantastic for cross ish for 38 years. Will make excellent cows, breeding. John 306-374-0763, Saskatoon, lots of milk, hair, broodiness and depth.

SK. magpiemaines@yourlink.ca Rene Cadrain, Cadrain Ranching, MILLER’S BELGIAN BLUES, percentage 306-342-4918, Glaslyn, SK. and fullblood 2 yr. Belgian Blue bulls. DEAGLE CATTLE CO. Ltd. 4th Annual “Maine Difference Bull Sale”, April 2, 2016 306-868-4903, Avonlea, SK. 1 PM, Dryland Market, Veteran, AB. 403-575-3772. On Offer: 50 head black, red Percentage and Purebred 2 year old WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookBulls. On offer: 140 head open palpated ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, POLLED YEARLING BLONDE BULLS for Maine Cross Heifers. More info: Rick 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. sale, Estevan, SK. area.

Phone 403-575-5521, www.deaglecattleco.com 306-634-2174 or cell 306-421-6987.

MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS, since 1970. We offer the real Maine bulls, all fullblood breeding, low birthweight with REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year good performance. Off farm sales only. HORSE AND TACK SALE, Heartland, Prince olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some Gary and Sandy Graham, 306-823-3432, Albert, SK., Friday, April 15 starting at 5:30 red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head Marsden, SK. grahamgs@sasktel.net Web- PM. Call 306-763-8463. available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch site www.manitoumaineanjou.ca 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK 2016 WILD ROSE DRAFT HORSE SALE, May 6 and 7 at Olds, AB. Draft horses, REG. CHAROLAIS YEARLING and 2 year tack, harness, collars and horse drawn old bulls, reds and whites, polled, horned. EASY CALVING REG. PB Red or Black, 2 yr. equipment are welcomed consignments.

Richard Smith 780-846-2643, Kitscoty, AB. old and yearling bulls, also replacement Call Barb Stephenson 403-933-5765, 8 AM heifers. Elderberry Farm, Parkside, SK. to 8 PM, or visit www.wrdha.com 45 TWO YEAR old Charolais bulls, 25 306-747-3302. yearling Charolais bulls sell April 6th, GATEWAY COUNTRY SPRING HORSE 1:00 PM CST, Whitecap/ Rosso Charolais And Longhorn Auction, Saturday, May bull sale. Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles South 14, 2016, Silver Sage Community Corral, on #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 East on Baildon grid.

Brooks, AB. Call Gateway Auction Services Darwin Rosso 306-690-8916, Mike Howe Ltd., 1-866-304-4664 to consign and for 306-631-8779, Dale Howe 306-693-2127. details or go to: www.gwacountry.com YEARLING AND 2 YEAR old Charolais bulls, tan and white. Call Ervin Zayak, Creedence Charolais Ranch, Derwent, AB., AT STUD, Del Rio Durham, 33-1/2”, grey 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708. with white mane and tail, great confirmation. 306-734-2997, Aylesbury, SK. REG. PB 2 year old Charolais bulls, polled, White, easy calving bloodlines, very quiet, semen test and delivered. Call Qualman Charolais, 306-492-4634, Dundurn, SK. VISaVIS CARRIAGE, $7000; Democrat reVERMILION 30TH ANNUAL CHAROLAIS NEW FIRST ON the Farm Bid Off Bull Sale. built; Cutter plus harness. All in good conGroup Bull Sale, Saturday, April 2, 1:00 Bidding starts March 12, 1:00 PM CST. dition. 780-914-7861, Viking, AB. PM, at North Central Livestock Exchange, Closes Tuesday, March 15, 2:00 CST, Vermilion. 100 two year olds and 10 year- 2016, Neudorf, SK. 40 yearling and 2 yr. NEW BUGGY, WAGON, sleigh, cutterwood lings. Don Good 780-853-2220, Brian old bulls. Details and updates on our web- and metal parts. Wooden wheel manufacwww.bendershorthorns.com ture and restoration. Wolfe Wagons, SasChrisp, 780-853-3315. Catalogue/sale on- sites: www.starpfarms.com Call Glen and Ryan katoon, SK. Phone 306-221-1017 after 6 line at www.dlms.ca Bender, Neudorf, SK. 306-728-8613, PM weekdays.

GRAYCHAR CHAROLAIS Bull Sale days 306-748-2876 or Rayleen 306-231-3933.

March 21 to 24th, at the farm 3.5 miles PB YEARLING BULLS, polled, easy fleshing, HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluminum horseshoes. We ship anywhere.

West of Mortlach, SK. Call 306-355-2229. docile, and calving ease, tie broke and Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com DNA’d, red, white and roan.

306-825-2674, RED WHITE AND TAN Charolais yearling bulls Solid and Time Out bloodlines. Call Lloydminster, SK, matlockshorthorns.com Wheatheart Charolais, Rosetown, SK., D. 10 OPEN REPLACEMENT females, mostly Simpson, 306-882-6444 or 306-831-9369. reds. Call Richard Moellenbeck, Englefeld, CREEK’S EDGE LAND & Cattle purebred SK., 306-287-3420 or 306-287-7904.

SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want Charolais bulls for sale. Over 60 yearlings your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) to choose from. View our bulls online lambs or feeder lambs for sale? Call Rick www.creeksedgecharolais.ca. Call Stephen HERTER SIMMENTALS AND TOWNVIEW at: 403-894-9449 or Cathy at: 306-279-7709, Yellow Creek, SK. Located Farms, Paint Em’ Black Bull Sale, March 23, 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing.

120 kms NE of Saskatoon. at 1:00 PM, Cowtown Livestock, Maple www.sungoldmeats.com Creek, SK. Travis 403-878-6541; Jaret SELLING LAMBS AND GOATS? Why 306-297-7517 www.hertersimmentals.com take one price from one buyer? Expose WINDERS GELBVIEH are selling by pri- RED AND BLACK YEARLING SIMMENTAL your lambs and goats to a competitive vate treaty registered 2 year old and year- BULLS, polled, moderate birthweights, market. Beaver Hill Auctions, Tofield, AB. ling Gelbvieh bulls from our 38 year breed- good temperaments. All bulls sold Private Sales every Monday, trucks hauling from ing program. 780-672-9950, Camrose AB. Treaty.

Bill or Virginia Peters, SK, BC, AB. www.beaverhillauctions.com Call: 780-662-9384. gwinder@syban.net 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK.

REGISTERED RED ANGUS BULLS

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

Cleveley Cattle Company (780)689-2754.

PLAN TO ATTEND THE 10th Annual Pound Maker Ram Sale, 110 yearling rams sell by auction Thurs., May 19, 2016 at Fort Macleod, AB. Suffolk, Dorset, Hampshire, Charollais, lle de France, Rambouillet, North Country Cheviot & Coloured. For details call Warren 403-625-6519 or check our website: www.poundmakerrams.com Catalogue on the website after May 2nd.

FREESTANDING CORRAL PANELS for cattle, horses, bison and sheep. 21’ x 5bar, $219; 21’x6-bar, $239; 21’x5-bar light weight, $179; 21’x7-bar bison, $299; 24’x5-bar HD continuous panels, $189; 30’ windbreak frames, $399; very HD 30’x5bar panel to hang gates on, $489; 8’ framed gates, $295; 10’x5’ panels, $69; 10’ bull panel, $129; horse haysavers, $489; round bale feeder sale, $299; HD skirted bale feeders sale, $399; 7’ sheep panel, $69; 21’ sheep panel, $189; 12’ belted sheep trough, $189; 20’ barrel feed trough, $295; 20’ belted feed trough, SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole dis- $439; 20’ bunk feeder panels, $399; 50’ HD tributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers rnd. pen kits from $1,695.1-844-500-5341. programs, marketing services and sheep/ www.affordablelivestockequipment.com goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully susSK. www.sksheep.com tainable livestock watering. No power required to heat or pump. Prevents contamination. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. www.frostfreenosepumps.com

BONAFIDE REGISTERED AUSTRALIAN Kelpie pups, red/tans and black/tans, parents make a living on cow/calf operation at community pasture. Also started working Kelpies. Call Watkinson Working Kelpies, 306-692-2573, Moose Jaw, SK.

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.

BUY ALL: Pigs/swine/wild boar, raised outside, all sizes. Most $. 1-877-226-1395. www.canadianheritagemeats.com

WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert TAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR Chinese Ring- for information on organic farming: prosneck Pheasants and Eastern Wild Turkeys pects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification & marketing. Call 306-382-1299, HUNTING COTTAGE ON the edge of wildfor fall. 306-465-0001, Yellow Grass, SK. Saskatoon, SK. or at info@pro-cert.org erness between Valleyview and Debolt, AB. TO GET ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED in AB. Excellent for hunting and fishing. call Alberta Organic Producers Assoc. 780-402-1973. Text for pics and more info (AOPA). We offer mentorship, marketing expertise, 2 general meetings, and 25 experience. Kathy 780-939-5808, WANTED: ELK, WHITE-TAILED Deer and years www.albertaorganicproducers.org TIMBER FRAMES, LOG STRUCTURES Bison. Rob at 780-871-1056, Lloydminster and Vertical Log Cabins. Log home refinORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION SASK. CERVID Alliance Annual Meet- of MANITOBA COOPERATIVE (OPAM). ishing and chinking. Certified Log Builder ing, April 1 & 2, Hospitality Room Friday Non-profit members owned organic certifi- with 38 years experience. Log & Timber night, Saturday 10:00 AM, Hilton Garden cation body. Certifying producers, proces- Works, Delisle, SK., 306-717-5161, Email Inn, Saskatoon. Guest Speaker: Dr. Tracy sor & brokers in Western Canada since info@logandtimberworks.com Website at www.logandtimberworks.com Nichols, Molecular Biologist, USDA, APHIS, 1988.

Miniota, MB. Contact: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Speaking on 204-567-3745, info@opam-mb.com TO BE MOVED: 1600 sq. ft. 2 storey house, updating live testing and CWD research in main floor laundry and den, 3.5 bdrms up, USA. NORELKO AGM 8 AM. 306-716-9175.

2 walk-in closets, 2 baths, main floor bathroom recently renovated, solid built home, ORGANIC ALFALFA, SWEET Clover, Red $55,000 firm. 306-533-3379, Sedley, SK. Clover, Alsike Clover, Oxley Cicer Milk GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar Vetch. Grasses. Free delivery. Call OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK. $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 5- City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: 1” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288. pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar BUYING HRSW AND HRS winter wheat. windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and Old crop and contract for new crop. R.W. double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting Organic Ltd., 306-354-2660 Mossbank, SK. troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters.

Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Cattle shelter and barn packages.

Call ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. Call DMI 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com 306-515-3500, Regina, SK. to request a farm building quote today!

TRADE AND EXPORT CANADA BUYING RANCHHAND CALF CATCHER, Canadian all grades of organic grains. Fast payment made, time tested and proven. Put safety and pick up. Call 306-433-4700. back in calf processing.

Call CERT. ORGANIC ROUND alfalfa bales, 1st 306-762-2125. www.fuchs.ca cut, $55, 2nd cut $85, approx. 1400 lbs.

SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 306-874-9221, 306-874-8032 Naicam, SK. years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr.

Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove of organic and conventional pulses for and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. Rowatt, SK. www.apollomachineandproducts.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.com 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

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. 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.

WINTER WATERING: FREEZE proof, motion eye, 24”/36” drain back bowl. Call toll free 1-888-731-8882, Lumsden, SK. Or visit: www.kellnsolar.com FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK.

ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom built, every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 to help design your new home.

GREYHOUND IRISH WOLFHOUND pups CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on born Feb. 24th, 5 males 4 females, ready site.

For early booking call to go at 8 weeks with first shots.

1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 780-808-1592, Kitscoty, AB. www.warmanhomecentre.com GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS, ready to go.

FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner Phone Ed 306-269-7745, leave message if in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, not in, Foam Lake, SK. feed wagons and bale shredders and industry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers.

306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca HEELERS PUPS for sale, ready to go.

2005 LUCKNOW 475 mixer wagon, 1 BLUE owner, 4 auger, digital scale, planetary $300. ea. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. drive, vg, $27,500. Blaine 306-621-9751 or Steven 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK.

RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca CUSTOM RTM’S AND SHOWHOMES all on sale until March 31st. JH Homes, 306-652-5322, www.jhhomes.com

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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 PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com QUALITY 5 BARS, windbreaks, gates and feeders, plus more. Many satisfied long term customers. Taking fall bookings.

306-485-8559, Oxbow, SK. 2007 BARNEY BOY vac wagon, 2000 gal., very little use, next to new, Epoxy lined tank, $20,000 OBO. 306-554-3218, Wishart, SK. 1998 BALE KING 880 shredder, new tires, 2 new cylinder kits, good condition, $6000. Call 306-487-7525, Lampman, SK.

Farm, Commerical and Residential Real Estate Cliff Majak

Broker/President Consulting Services Box 10 Site 17 RR2 Red Deer, AB T4N 5E2 B 403.346.4438 F 403.346.4025 E imperialland@platinum.ca

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WATER PROBLEMS? ELIMINATE rust, smell, bad taste, hardness, sodium odor.

The Water Clinic, 1-800-664-2561, www.thewaterclinic.com

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 SELLING BY TENDER: RM of Hodgeville #135: 160 acres of farm land. Please call John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. for info.

306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com FARM LAND AND FARM BUILDINGS for sale, just outside Melville, SK. 2230 acres of land. All of the cultivated land is seeded to tame hay with excellent fence and water for livestock grazing. Yardsite and 55 acres can be purchased separately as an acreage or as a package with the land. Improvements incl. house, heated workshop, machinery storage, 2 barns, and steel quonset. For detailed info or to arrange to see the property call Harry Sheppard at 306-530-8035 or www.sheppardrealty.ca Sutton Group - Results Realty, Regina, SK.

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.

RM 370, NE OF BRUNO, SK. For Sale by Tender: NE-18-39-24-W2 and PT of SE-18-39-24-W2, approx. 220 acres.

Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders close April 1, 2016. Submit tenders to patrick.sask@gmail.com or call 306-231-5611.

HAMMOND REALTY. Excellent mixed farming opportunity within 60 minutes of Saskatoon, SK. Features 3184 acres deeded with 320 acres Crown Lease. Includes: 630 cropped acres, 889 hay acres and 1965 native pasture/wetland acres. 1384 sq. ft. home, machine shed, quonset, heated shop and efficient livestock facilities.

Call Kevin Jarrett 306-441-4152.

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

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.

TWO QUARTERS FARMLAND for sale by tender. RM of Hillsdale #440, Neilburg, SK. For details call Archie 780-218-7062, or email: doolittle@xplornet.ca

RM 250, For Sale by Tender. 140 acres of pasture and hay. PT SE-34-25-22-W2nd, 1 mile north of Duval, SK. along Hwy. 20.

Good fence. Seeded in tame hay and pasture a few years ago. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders to: patrick.sask@gmail.com or call 306-231-5611. Tenders close April 8, 2016 HAMMOND REALTY. N-1/2-3-35-17-W3 in RM 347 Biggar. Inc. 152 cropped acres, 152 alfalfa/brome grass acres, and 16 wetland acres.

Asking $295,000.

RM347pasture1.HammondRealty.ca Call for info 306-948-5052.

Andy & Wonona Makranoff

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

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Birch Hills Farmland & Acreage

located— 1.75 miles to Hwy 3, 46 km to

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

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 RM VISCOUNT: 1500 acres with two houses, quonsets and 60,000 bu grain $699,900! Ph Dwein Trask 306-221-1035. storage. MLS 553191; RM MEETING FOR RENT: RM OF #214 Cana. LAKE- Pasture quarter with more quarters SE-15-22-04-W2, SW-05-22-02-W2. Can avail. MLS 554269. Mike Janostin, Realty be rented with long or short term contract. Executives Battlefords, 306-481-5574.

Melville, SK. Call 306-231-5611. email at mikejanostin@sasktel.net

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RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure membrane system, 2000 gal./day. No more water softeners. The Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561.

HAMMOND REALTY. Excellent 1114 acres ranching opportunity in RM 347 Biggar. Inc. 214 hay/arable acres, 797 native pasture acres, and 103 wetland acres.

Dugout on every quarter, perimeter 3 strand fence with some cross fence, seller states it will carry 150 cow/calf pairs. Asking $900,000. For info call 306-948-5052.

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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.

IT’S HARD TO find land in the RM of Harris #316 but this 8 quarter package contains some of the best land in the area. Flat stone free and comprised mainly of Elstow Clay Soil class. Long term renter with 3 years remaining in contract. Contact Dwein Trask at Dwein Trask Realty Inc. 306-221-1035.

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.

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WANTED FARMLAND TO RENT in the WATER PROBLEMS? Multi-Tech no salt Raymore/ Semans area, North of Hwy. 15. softening system. Never purchase or haul water or softener salt ever again! Call The Call 306-528-7875 or benrhb@gmail.com Water Clinic, 1-800-664-2561.

NEVER...HAUL OR purchase those heavy bags of water softening salt or expensive RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure bottle water again! The Water Clinic, membrane system; 2000 gal./day. No more water softeners. The Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561.

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. PASTURE FOR RENT, 4 quarters, good Bids considered until June 20. Ken Wood, fence and good water. Contact Ross or Drawer 280, Alsask, SK S0L 0A0. Pam at 306-427-4923, Shell Lake, SK. 306-432-7343.

FOR RENT: RM of 256, half section of RURAL WATER, FARMS, acreages. Multi- pasture, SE and SW 05-25-12-W3. All pure membrane system, 2000 gal./day. fenced. With 125 acres could be broke.

The Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com Can be rented with long or short term contract. Beechy, SK. Call 306-231-5611.

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Directions to Acreage From Birch Hills, SK, go 6.5 km East on Hwy 3, then go 2 km North on Winton Park Rd. GPS: 53.0047194, -105.3182056

Open House Date: March 12 – 1 to 5 pm

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Owner – Valerie Sebastian: 780.864.2568 Contact – Matt Dommer: 780.402.4519 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Mike Slon: 780.518.6249 Realtor – Rick Wallan, All Peace Realty: 780.518.3313

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

Crooked River Chelan

Plunkett

Grande Prairie, AB | April 14, 2016 – Selling at the Grande Prairie Auction Site

Arborfield

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CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris.

Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett, CDC Ruffian. Call 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.

BROWN FLAX GROWERS: Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd. has Reg., Cert. CDC Glas, high yielder, easy harvesting. Vol. discounts.

306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERT. AAC BRAVO and Prairie Thunder.

Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK., CERT. SUMMIT, CS CAMDEN, Souris, new 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com CDC Ruffian and CDC Haymaker (forage).

Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK., WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com Sorrel, CDC Bethune, Glas. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERT. #1 AC MORGAN, 99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, REG., CERT. CDC Glas. Dutton Farms, Hepburn, SK. 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. TOP QUALITY CERT. No. 1 CDC Minstrel, Souris, CDC Orrin, Summit, Leggett.

Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK CERTIFIED #1 CS CAMDEN and Triactor.

Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com FABA BEANS, CERTIFIED CDC Snowdrop, new smaller seed, zero tannin.

306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca

GLY #1 SOYBEAN SEED, early, mid, long season available. Top yields. Bulk or bagged. Keep your own seed with the convenience of Glyphosate. No contracts or TUAs. Dealers wanted. Norcan Seeds.

Phone/text Nate at 204-372-6552, 204-280-1202, Fisher Branch, MB. RED LENTIL- 2 varieties, excellent germ. and vigor, 0% disease. Ph. Byron Blackwell, 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK. RED LENTIL SEED for sale, 92% germ. Call 306-630-9838, Brownlee, SK. RED LENTILS, 97% germ., 0% ascochyta, from cert. seed last year. Yellow peas also available. 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB.

CLEANED OATS and yellow peas for seed.

Call 306-237-9540, Perdue, SK.

WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified #1 Gazelle Spring Rye. Call Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERTIFIED #1 BREVIS. Eskdale Acres CERT. CDC GREENSTAR large green lentil, Inc., Leross, SK. 306-795-7493, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun 2015 MIRAMAR 33.5, Stock #03496, 306-795-7208, 306-795-7747.

306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. $218,950 MSRP, sale $144,000. Save $74,950! Call 1-844-488-3142 or shop on- CERTIFIED BREVIS, good for greenfeed CERT. CDC CHERIE, CDC Dazil, and CDC red lentil seed, good germ. and line 24/7 at www.allandale.com silage. Call Hickseed Ltd., 306-354-7998, Proclaim vigor. Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. 306-229-9517, Mossbank, SK. WANTED: ELECTRIC START kit for 1997 Polaris 600 triple or equivalent yr or whole CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, machine. 306-435-7893, Moosomin, SK. Goodeve VB, Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. PARTS FOR VINTAGE snowmobiles, 1990 and older. Call Don at 780-755-2258, CERTIFIED NEW CDC PLENTIFUL, good Wainwright, AB. doncole@mcsnet.ca FHB resistance; CDC Utmost VB, midge tolerant; AC Enchant VB; AC Conquer VB; CPS red; AC Andrew. High germination.

306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca REG., CERT. CDC Utmost VB, AC Unity VB, Lillian, Waskada, Goodeve. Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different CERT. AAC BRANDON, good threshing and ways to weigh bales and livestock; Plat- resistance to lodging and fusarium. Also, form scales for industrial use as well, non- Cert. AAC Foray VB, new CPS Red. G & R electric, no balances or cables (no weigh Seeds, Osler, SK., 306-222-2967. like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, CERT. CARBERRY, STETTLER, Sadash, North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com high germ., low to no fuzz. Dutton Farms, 306-441-6699, Paynton, 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 0% fusarium, 96-99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd 306-254-4243 Hepburn SK CERTIFIED BRANDON WHEAT. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. CERT. #1 AC SHAW- AC Domain VB, AC Unity VB, Cardale and CDC Plentiful. Yauck Seed Farm 306-484-4555, Govan, SK. CERTIFIED #1 AAC BRANDON, AC Shaw VB, AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB and Conquer VB. Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com

TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, Newdale, CDC Meredith.

Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK CERT. CDC COPELAND, Meredith, AUSTENSON. Dutton Farms, 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, CDC Meredith. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. MALT BARLEY GROWERS: Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd. has Cert. CDC Copeland.

May be malters top choice 2016/17. Also Cert. CDC Meredith, CDC Kindersley.

306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Austenson, highest yielding feed barley on market. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC Metcalfe.

Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED #1 AAC SYNERGY, AC Metcalfe and Legacy. Hetland Seeds, Naicam, SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CERT. CDC AUSTENSON, feed; Cert. CDC Maverick, forage; Bentley, 2 row malting; Legacy and Celebration, 6 row malting.

Call Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK., 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com CERT. #1 METCALFE, KINDERSLEY barley. Pratchler Seeds, 306-682-3317 or 306-231-5145, Muenster, 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. PASKAL CATTLE in Iron Springs area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $$$ in your pocket and sell direct to us with no CERT. CDC GREENWATER and CDC Lime- brokerage fee. Please call 403-317-1365. rick green peas, good germ. and vigor. Call WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. You are selling feed grains. We are CERT. CDC PATRICK green, CDC Armello buying feed grains. Fast payment, with yellow. Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, David Lea, 306-472-7824, moe.anita@sasktel.net Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom at Market GREEN! GREEN! GREEN! Gregoire Seed Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. Farm Ltd., has Fdn., Reg., Certified CDC Email info@marketplacecommodities.com Greenwater, CDC Limerick, CDC Raezer, or phone 1-866-512-1711.

CDC Striker. Greens may be the dark horse 2016. Volume discounts. 306-441-7851, LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buy306-445-5516, North Battleford, Sask. ers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Call 306-862-2723, gregfarms@sasktel.net Nipawin, SK. CERT. CDC DAKOTA, dunn pea; CDC Raeser, Limerick, green peas. Dutton WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds and cereals. All organic cereals and speFarms, 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK green pea SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. seed. Sunset Farms, Pennant, SK. Phone: 306-626-3388, or 306-741-1523 cell, or WANTED FEED BARLEY- Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase email: sunset@sasktel.net barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call Kristen 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, 3X4 WINTER WHEAT GREEN feed for Margo, SK. sale. Phone 403-793-5891.

CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO and Limerick peas. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERTIFIED #1 CDC LIMERICK and CDC ROUND SOLID CORE hay and straw bales, Greenwater. Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., 6x5 delivered. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com SK. 2ND CUT ALFALFA, 1750 lbs., 136 RFV, net wrapped, full analysis avail. from Dairyland Labs. 306-716-3409, Humboldt, SK. DURUM STRAW BIG square bales, no rain, very clean, no weeds, w/some durum CERTIFIED CANTATE, 97% germination, seed, $25/bale. 306-861-4592 Fillmore SK highest yielding variety. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, SK., 306-465-2525, SMALL SQUARE HAY bales, horse quality, grass or alfalfa. Contact 306-290-8806, 306-861-5679. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net Dundurn, SK. CERT. CDC BASTIA, CDC Togo, itchless, zero fusarium graminearum, good quality. GREEN FEED, DURUM & CANOLA round bales, CP 15.29, TDN 73, full analysis 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca available. 403-866-0541, 403-528-2975, Acadia Valley, AB. BROME ALFALFA MIX 1000 LB. bales; MUSTARD SEED! We can supply you with crested wheat alfalfa bales, 1000 lbs. Connew cert. treated or untreated seed. We tact 306-725-7441, Strasbourg, SK. can upgrade your low grade mustard.

Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, LARGE ROUND ALFALFA hay bales, 1st cut, $55, 2nd cut $85, approx. 1400 lbs.

Chamberlain, SK. 306-874-9221, 306-874-8032, Naicam, SK. ROUND BARLEY STRAW bales and round green hailed canola bales.

Call 306-237-9540, Perdue, SK.

WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA CWRS AAC Brandon, CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Shaw VB. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CWRS WHEAT GROWERS: Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd. has Registered, Cert. AAC Brandon, good FHB rating, semi dwarf, very high yielder and test weight. Breeze to straight cut. Also good supply of Registered, Cert. Carberry. Volume discounts.

306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net EXCELLENT QUALITY CERT. No. 1 CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Cardale, Muchmore, Harvest, Elgin ND, AAC Elie, AC Andrew, Conquer VB. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERTIFIED AC SHAW wheat. Pratchler Seeds, 306-682-3317 or 306-231-5145, Muenster, SK. CERT. AC BRANDON; CDC Plentiful; Car- DURUM SEED, 98% germ., 0% fusarium, dale; CDC Utmost VB; Carberry, and Glenn. cert. seed last year. Also pea and lentil Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK. seed. 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB. 306-542-4235 www.fedorukseeds.com COMMON #1 OATS, cleaned to certified WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA New-CPS AAC standards, 99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Foray VB, Penhold, Conquer VB. Call Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. COMMON OATS, 15,000 bu., exc. quality, CERT. CDC PLENTIFUL HRSW, good germ. great for feed and forage, 97% germ., and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, cleaned weight 50.8 lbs., $5.00 bin run, Rosetown, SK. $6.50 clean. 403-333-9166, Warburg, AB. CERTIFIED CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Lillian. Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236.

SAINFOIN SEED. Nutritious, bloat-free, perennial forage loved by all animals and honeybees. Research from Utah University indicates better meat flavor and nutrition from sainfoin supplemented forage. Prime Sainfoin is cert. organic. 306-739-2900, Email: jhusband@primegrains.com TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse #1 ALFALFA SEED, 98% germ., inoculated, Maurice Wildeman, Lanigan, SK., call 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK. TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. YB SWEET CLOVER, Red Clover, Alsike HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola clover, Alfalfa (tap/creeper), Meadow/ varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Smooth, various grasses. (Organic/conDekalb, Rugby, Cafe. Fenton Seeds, ventional), Pasture blends. Free shipping.

306-863-2900, ivanaudrey@sasktel.net 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Star City, SK.

REG., CERT. TRANSCEND, AAC Marchwell VB, Kyle, good germ. and disease. Palmier Seed Farms 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Call Hetland moe.anita@sasktel.net Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5694.

CERT. TRANSCEND DURUM, good germ. www.hetlandseeds.com and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, CERTIFIED CDC BETHUNE flax. Call Grant, Rosetown, SK. Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, CERTIFIED AAC Raymore and Strongfield. 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. All germs. are 90% plus, 0% fusarium gra- CERTIFIED AAC BRAVO, CDC Sorrel. Yauck minearum. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, Seed Farm 306-484-4555, Govan, SK. Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Eskdale CERT. AAC RAYMORE, Canada’s first Acres Inc., Leross, SK. 306-795-7493, sawfly tolerant durum wheat. Hickseed 306-795-7208, 306-795-7747.

Ltd., 306-354-7998, 306-229-9517, MossCERT. AAC BRAVO brown flax, good germ. bank, SK. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, CERTIFIED TRANSCEND DURUM. Call Rosetown, SK. Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, SK., CERT. AAC BRAVO, CDC Sanctuary, CDC 306-725-3236.

Sorrel, CDC Bethune. Fraser Farms, PamCERT. AAC MARCHWELL VB durum. brun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822.

REG., CERT. CDC Sanctuary, AAC Bravo.

Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo.

Morgan, Souris, Triactor, CS Camden oats. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERT. CDC SANCTUARY flax, #1 variety CERTIFIED CDC MINSTREL, 95% germina- in the brown soil zone. Printz Family tion. Call Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK. Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net 306-648-3511.

SAVE NOW! COMMON #1 SMOOTH BROME, $6/lb.; Common #1 Meadow Brome, $6.10/lb.; Coated Common #1 Smooth Brome and Meadow Brome, $5/lb. til March 31, 2016. Also Alfalfa, Timothy, Cicer Milkvetch, Yellow Clover, Crested Wheat, Creeping Red Fescue. Siklenka Seeds, 306-342-4290, 306-342-7688, Glaslyn, SK. SMOOTH BROME, MEADOW Brome, Crested Wheat grass, Timothy, Saline tolerant grasses, fescues, Cicer Milk vetch, sainfoin, lawn grasses, Alfalfa: tap/creeper, YB Sweet Clover, Red Clover, pasture/hay blends. Free blending and delivery! Ph. 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star City, SK. Email us today for a price list! ivanaudrey@sasktel.net

RED LENTIL SEED grown on our farm, 98% germ., 0 Asco., 0 Anthracose, cleaned. Lionel 306-567-7929, Elbow, SK. CLEANED RED LENTIL SEED, .65¢/lb.

Phone 306-353-4830, Riverhurst, SK. COMMON YELLOW PEA seed, grown from certified seed. 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK.

POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gal.; Bladder tanks from 220 to 88,000 gallon; Water and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl.

Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK.

6,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Best pricing! 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. required. Must be able to operate grain www.hold-onindustries.com cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4WD tractor for harrowing.

3,600 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited war- Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Call ter bees and general servicing of equip306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While ment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr. supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com 101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 11,000 U.S. GALLON tank, 10 year limited 306-338-3733, phone: 306-338-7561, or warranty. Best pricing! Call 306-253-4343 email: cfehr9860@hotail.com or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last!

FARM HELPER WANTED for a mixed www.hold-onindustries.com farming operation. Assist with the calving season. Must have a valid driver’s license 5,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited war- and be able to operate farm equipment. ranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Call Accommodation available. Bonnyville, AB., 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. Check Call 780-812-5567, fax 780-573-7620. our website: www.hold-onindustries.com 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 inSHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement clude: planting, fertilizing, spraying and tarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, harvesting crops as well operating and 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK. maintaining all farm machinery. Wages $3700/mos. Fax resumes: 306-483-2776.

TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, Mail: Box 368, Oxbow, SK. S0C 2B0. service, installations, repairs. Canadian Email: terrador.farms@sasktel.net Call company. We carry aeration socks. We Gerry at 306-483-7829 for more info. now carry electric chute openers for grain FARM HELPER- Family operated mixed trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000. grain/cattle operation requires a capable motivated individual with good work ethic and ability to work unsupervised. Full-time April 1 to Oct. 31 with longer hours thru seeding, spraying and harvest. Flexible hrs LIMITED QUANTITIES: 9.5L or 11L15 tire available thru Nov. to March. Knowledge and wheel $179; 31/13.50-15 Titan HF-1 and experience operating all farm machin10 ply, reg. $499, now $299; 520/85R38 ery. Class 1A license preferred. Livestock 20.8R38 Firestone AT23, reg $2,232, now experience an asset. Competitive wage ac$1,939; 420/85R38 16.9R38 BKT R-1 cording to experience. Housing options $1,021; 1000-16 BKT FRT TRAC 4 rib, 8 available. Donna or Brett 306-567-4740, ply, $184; 18.4-34 BKT R-1, 8 ply, $699; Davidson, SK. jd.siroski@sasktel.net 16.9-24 BKT R-4, 12 ply, $586; 12.5/80-18 HELP NEEDED TO calve 100 cows, starting BKT R-4, 12 ply, $299. Are you looking March 1st. Room and board provided. for FLOTATION or ROW CROP tire and 403-652-7253, High River, AB. wheel for Ag Equipment? Call AG Line International 1-844-519-0362, Saskatoon.

EXPERIENCED FARM LABOURER/EQUIP. operators wanted for large grain farm near WANTED: FOUR 16.5.x16.1 8-ply tractor Regina, SK. Seasonal/full-time employment avail. Call: 306-543-5052, or fax regrip tires. Call 306-287-3563, Watson, SK. sume with references to: 306-543-4861.

GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ AG. PRODUCTION ASSISTANT required 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; a larger grain farm located in central 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing on We are looking for a reliable, creafrom $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Sask. tive, and hard working individual to join Phone Ladimer at: 306-795-7779, Ituna, our team.

The ideal candidate would have SK; Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. a farm background and a Class 1A driver’s license. Previous farm experience is also an asset. Duties include operation of farm machinery, hauling grain, loading and unloading grain and fertilizer. Other duties HYD-MECH BANDSAW CUTS 13” by 18”, include general yard duties, and some con12” by 12” at 45 degrees, blade 13.6’ c/w struction projects. We offer a comprehenextra blade. Everything works. Gull Lake, sive benefits package and negotiable housing assistance. This position is a fullSK., 306-622-2069. time employment opportunity and wages will be very competitive, but also based on experience level of applicant. Please email resume to: hr.wpf@hotmail.com or call: 306-554-7777, or visit us at website: www.windypoplarsfarm.com

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306-364-4700, 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. *Portion of tours may be Tax Deductible LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay.

Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. LARGE ROUND HAY and large round alfalfa 1-800-661-4326 bales. Delivery available. Call or text: 306-408-0038, Moosomin, SK. ROUND STRAW BALES for sale: wheat, oats, barley. Call 306-947-4603 or cell 306-947-7550, Hepburn, SK. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, WATER CANNON WANTED, also V-Ditcher.

SK. 306-937-2832, Battleford, SK. CUSTOM BALE HAULING. Will haul large squares or round. Phone 306-567-7199, RURAL WATER, FARMS, acreages. Multipure membrane system, 2000 gal./day.

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

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

U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, 30 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and air brakes. One on one driving instructions.

306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK.

EXPERIENCED FARM LABOUR wanted for seeding. Class 1A is a must, experience in operating farm equipment and willing to work long hours.

Call Justin 306-469-0105, Big River, SK. BOAR STUD WORKER wanted at Alberta Swine Genetics Corp., Nisku, AB. English speaking Animal Technicians with significant barn experience, animal husbandry skills, knowledge of semen collection and team players who have the ability to handle mechanical and physical work and provide feedback to the Manager may apply. The work schedule is Sunday through Thursday, 7 AM to 2:15 PM. Annual salary $34,000, comprehensive benefits program and excellent work conditions are offered.

Please apply to: Gregory Lebowa, Managing Director, ASGC, 1103 9th Street, Nisku, AB., T9E 8L7. Email: gregasgc@gmail.com or fax: 780-986-6523. No phone calls.

LARGE GRAIN FARM and Custom Farming Operation is seeking qualified operators to start in April. Must have minimum 2 years experience operating large farm machinery. Year round and seasonal employment available. Class 1A preferred, but may also help the right individual to obtain license. Wage dependent on individual’s performance and experience. Accommodations provided. Call Brent 306-923-2066, fax resume 306-456-2835 or email bkfarms@outlook.com Bromhead, SK. FULL-TIME OR SEASONAL HELP required for modern grain farm. Farming background would be preferred and a Class 1A license. Will consider retired farmer for part-time. Wages based on experience.

Call Greg at 306-436-4426, Milestone, SK. FULL-TIME POSITION on cow/calf operation, experience with calving, pasture riding and operating farm machinery required. Housing supplied. Email resume w/references to: u2dryad4@hotmail.com Call 403-577-0011, Consort, AB.

PTO WATER PUMP, Bau-Man, sizes 6” to 16” w/capacities of 1,250 to 10,000 GPM. Lay flat water hose and accessories also available. 306-272-7225 or 306-272-4545, APIARY POSITIONS. Hilbert Honey Co. Ltd Foam Lake, SK. tymarkusson@sasktel.net now is accepting applications for 2016 www.highcapacitywaterpump.com 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, harNEVER...HAUL OR purchase those heavy vesting and processing of honey, moving bags of water softening salt or expensive colonies. Starting at $11.64/hr. 8- Apiary bottle water again! The Water Clinic, Labourers (NOC 8431). No previous expewww.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. rience is necessary but must be able to work in the presence of honey bees. Duties WATER problems? Canada’s Largest rural include: cleaning of brood chambers, water purification company. No more wa- cleanup of bee yards, feeding, supering, ter softeners or bottles. The Water Clinic, harvesting and processing of honey. Starting at $10.61/hr. All positions are full 1-800-664-2561, www.thewaterclinic.com time. Apply to: Hilbert Honey Co. Ltd., fax hilberthoney@gmail.com WATER PROBLEMS? ELIMINATE total dis- 306-682-3096, solved solids and E.Coli, plus many more! We are located 8 miles south of Humboldt, The Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com SK. along #20 Hwy. 1-800-664-2561.

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Sign a farm safety contract

How to keep your kids safe

The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) is urging farm families to write a “farm safety contract” this year. “Instead of yelling or lecturing farm kids about safety, why not work together to write down the safety rules for your farm?” says the organization, which has a two-page sample contract at www.agsafetyweek.ca. But before signing the contract, the family should discuss rules for their farm. (For example, why some areas of the farm are off limits.) “Listening is just as important as talking when negotiating a contract,” says CASA. “Parents may even learn something from their child just by taking the time to discuss and negotiate farm safety rules.” — Staff

The North American Guidelines for Children’s Agricultural Tasks is an excellent resource that parents and caregivers can use to guide decisions about what kinds of farming tasks are age appropriate. These guidelines are intended for children and youth between the ages of seven to 16 and are based on childhood development, agricultural practices, principles of childhood injury, and agricultural safety. According to the Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting program, there were 248 agricultural fatalities among children and youth in Canada under 15 years of age from 1990 to 2008. — CASA

FARM SAFETY Week — March 13-19

Bill 6 jump-starts important conversations about farm safety The FarmSafe program offers a step-by-step guide to create a safety plan tailored to your farm

By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Red Deer

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or “safety geek” Dan Trottier, Bill 6 was the shot in the arm that the agriculture industry needed to start the conversation about farm safety.

“Bill 6 raised awareness about safety, and now that we’ve got some awareness, we have the opportunity for extension on how to do safety on the farm,” said Trottier, owner of Tatonga Consulting, a safety services company.

“It’s raising the profile of safety in a quick manner, and it’s helping us take action.”

The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act came into effect on Jan. 1, with consultations for the act’s regulations set to start in March. But in all the furor about how the act was rolled out, the value of farm safety took a back seat to anger and frustration.

“I’m sitting here as a safety geek and wondering what the problem is. There’s so many advantages for having a safety program that contributes to the bottom-line value of your operation. What’s the hold-up?” Trottier said at a FarmSafe workshop last week.

“We all want to work safely. We all want to protect our workers.”

Every year, an average of 18 people are killed in farm operations in Alberta, said Trottier.

“Agriculture maintains the second to third spot nationally for deaths, compared to any other industry,” he said, adding injuries are harder to track in Alberta because of the lack of Workers’ Compensation Board coverage.

Identifying the most hazardous jobs on your farm is the first step in creating a farm safety plan. PHOTOS: COURTESY ALBERTA FARMSAFE “In 2014, we lost 25 people in agriculture in Alberta, and two of those were between the ages of zero and 18 years old.”

In addition to the tragic loss of life as well as serious injuries, there is the financial cost of lost output, repairs, and other costs.

“The Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting data suggests that if you have a workplace fatality, the rule of thumb is that it’s going to cost your business over a quartermillion dollars,” said Trottier.

“If you have someone who has a permanent disability, it costs $143,000. Somebody who’s hospitalized costs $10,000. A minor injury requiring first aid costs $700.

“For a hospitalization that costs $10,000, how many sales do you have to generate to offset that cost to your business?”

Farmers try to be safe, and generally are, but usually more can be done to reduce the risk, he said.

“Everybody wants to be safe.

We just don’t take the time to talk about it or formalize that process.”

Hazard assessment

Producers can begin that process by “making that commitment to a safety program,” he said.

“The FarmSafe plan is a great resource because it walks through the steps that need to be done,” said Trottier.

(The guide can be found at www. agriculture.alberta.ca — search for ‘farmsafe guide’.)

But producers should “start small and keep it simple,” with a formal assessment of the hazards on the farm.

“Your hazard assessment and control program is the foundation of your safety program. We want to understand what the hazards are and eliminate them in the operation,” he said, adding that hazards can be chemical, biological, physical, and even ergonomic.

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FARM SAFETY WEEK — March 13-19 Bill 6 } from page 65 “If you’ve got your farm safety plan set up properly, you’re going to cover 80 per cent of the issues you’ve got on your farm with your formal hazard assessment.

“Start with those issues on your farm that represent 80 per cent of the risk for your operation, and the rest will come later.

“We’re not here to build a 100 per cent program. We’re here to build a start.”

The first step is creating an inventory of jobs to pinpoint the hazards of what you do on a dayto-day basis.

“I can remember dearly the days on the farm being the electrician, the plumber, the farmer, the welder, the vet, the carpenter — we do it all,” said Trottier.

“Look at each job and list the associated tasks with it. Then you can start identifying hazards for those job tasks.”

Then focus on the jobs with the biggest risks, added Trottier.

“You know what’s the most dangerous thing you do on your operation.”

Risk is often based on perception, “but we can actually put numbers to it,” he said.

“We can analyze each job step by looking at severity, which is consequence of exposure, the probability that the hazard is going to cause something to happen, and the frequency of how often we’re exposed to that hazard over time,” he said.

From there, producers can determine the value of total risk, by assigning low-risk tasks a

“We all want to work safely. We all want to protect our workers.”

Dan Trottier

value of 1, medium-risk ones a value of 2, and high-risk tasks a value of 3.

“We multiply severity by probability by frequency and generate a number that represents a value of risk for that job step.”

Once producers have identified the risks on their farm, they can begin to manage them through control measures and training, said Trottier.

Taking those first steps — however small — will help producers show that they’ve done their due diligence should Occupational Health and Safety officers come knocking at the door.

But having a farm safety program “shouldn’t be driven by legislation,” said Trottier.

“Most of the systems I see that fail are because it’s just done to get the check mark,” he said.

“It should come from the desire for the farm to have a safe work environment for its workers and to take advantage of productivity gains.

“You need to do it for yourself first.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

Close call changed family’s attitude to safety A near tragedy 30 years ago made the entire Racine family realize that much more was needed to make their farm safe

By Amy Petherick

Canadian Agricultural Safety Association

T

eaching kids to respect hazards is an important part of raising children safely on the farm and much can be learned from close calls.

Growing up on the family farm near St. Malo, Man., the Racine children experienced their own close call while playing in a large truck.

All five kids had free range of the family’s grain farm and made toys of anything they could find. Monique Racine remembers how their imagination knew no bounds and how fearless they were.

“When I was a kid, we weren’t afraid to take a hammer, and nails, and just put them into a piece of wood,” Monique recalls. “I remember taking a drill and drilling holes in aluminum bowls!”

But during the harvest season of 1986, everything changed.

Monique and her younger brother, Patrick, took lunch to

Monique and Patrick Racine (front) with the siblings (standing from left to right) Joanne, Marc and Roxanne. Monique and Patrick came close to suffocating in a grain truck when they were young. PHOTO: CASA her father and older brother in the field. As they had done before, she and Patrick were playing in the truck box where the wheat was being unloaded.

Patrick remembers waving hello to his brother in the

combine as it unloaded into the truck box around him. He hadn’t yet realized his body was already stuck in the grain.

He vividly recalls suddenly struggling to pull his arms out of chest-high wheat and looking over to see Monique was worse off.

“The wheat was above Monique’s nose and eyes already, so I got my left arm out to scoop enough wheat away from her mouth and nose constantly,” he says. “The pressure of the wheat on my chest was so heavy, I was trying to breathe so hard but I couldn’t, so I panicked... it was a nightmare.”

Outside of the grain box, his father, Emile, had returned in another truck to take the next load of wheat from the field and had expected to see the two younger kids around. Emile is not sure what it was that made him think they might be in the back of the truck.

“I came to the field to see no kids in the truck, and I just panicked,” he says.

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A life changed forever in just a few moments Bailey Kemery’s story is one of remarkable determination, but also a chilling warning of how things can go terribly wrong in a moment

By Amy Petherick

Canadian Agricultural Safety Association

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ailey Kemery was four years old, growing up on her family’s farm in Major, Sask. when her life changed forever.

On April 20, 1994, she and her brother were playing on a tractordriven rotary tiller that was parked, but running, not far from where her parents were standing in the yard.

“The rototiller shook itself into gear, my brother fell forward, and I fell back.”

Kemery says that as dangerous as high-speed power takeoffs are, it was the rotors on the tiller that did the most permanent damage. It only took a split second for Kemery to suffer serious injuries.

“The rotor blade stripped the muscle on my left leg from the calf down. A blade went into my stomach and cut some of my intestines,

then went all the way up into my liver. And I have a scar where it tore my face right down my laugh line.”

Twenty years later, she still remembers having trouble breathing, but remaining calm as her mother scooped her up. Kemery’s mother had taken a first aid course less than three weeks before and never panicked. She took charge of the scene immediately and worked to stop Kemery’s bleeding with sanitary napkins.

“Driving to the nearest hospital, about 30 kilometres away in Kerrobert, I remember looking for birds,” recalls Kemery.

“That was a game we would play when we were driving. My mom told me that was because she wanted to keep me awake.”

Local doctors and nurses were unsure how to treat her injuries and the young girl went into shock before the decision was made to transfer her by ambulance to a hospital in Saskatoon that was two

hours away. Her mother followed the ambulance the entire way.

“Mom remembers stopping twice on the highway (behind the ambulance), and she knew something was wrong,” Kemery says.

“My heart stopped, twice, and it can’t fibrillate in a moving ambulance.”

Seven surgeons met the ambulance upon its arrival in Saskatoon.

All of Kemery’s veins had collapsed, and doctors couldn’t get an IV started which delayed surgery. Hearing her niece had been admitted, an aunt who worked as a dialysis nurse came to help, and she finally got an IV going. The situation was so bad; five surgeons quit during surgery thinking it was a lost cause. “I had lost so much blood at that point,” Kemery says.

Miraculously, she survived.

After a couple of weeks in intensive care, followed by several months of rehabilitation, she was finally discharged. Kemery figures

she travelled to rehab for nearly 10 years after that. Even with intensive rehab, her Achilles tendon shrunk to the point that she always walked on tiptoe. After years of limping, her spine was thrown out of alignment.

Kemery opted for a second major surgery in 2005, even though doctors said it could result in an amputated leg. Fortunately, the surgery was a success.

“As a child growing up, it was tough having the massive amount of scars that I do and an obvious limp,” she says.

“Legally, I was disabled. Life was extremely hard, but I just made a choice at a young age, that I was only as disabled as I wanted to be.”

Kemery says she played almost every sport she could in school, struggling with only skating and snowboarding. She also spoke at schools, talking to nearly 1,000 kids about the importance of farm safety.

After graduating from high school, she moved to Calgary to become a primary-care paramedic.

Last fall, she transferred to Kerrobert so she and her husband could move three miles away from the family farm. Kemery says even after everything she’s been through, she’s still drawn to the farm.

“It happened so fast, and it changed my life,” she says. “I’m so much more than the scars on my body, and I’m so much more than ‘that girl who was run over by a rototiller’… but, what parents and kids don’t realize is, it’s not just a farm accident, it’s a life sentence.”

Kemery says she knows that she grew up much faster because of the trauma and to this day, she’s still dealing with issues caused by her injuries. She firmly believes life has only given her what she can handle but, at the same time, she sincerely hopes sharing her story saves another child from suffering an equally difficult experience.

CLOSE CALL } from page 66 “I automatically went to the back of the truck, opened the gate, and they both came out.”

Patrick says he can clearly remember Emile was “as pale as a white wall” as he knelt down to check them both over.

“They were both OK but that was a very close call,” Emile says. “After that, I told them that they had to stay home.”

No one was allowed to play on equipment anymore and Monique says none of the kids could see the fun in it after that anyway. The new farm policy became, ‘if you can’t count five heads in the yard, you can’t start up or move equipment.’”

Emile bought two-way radios shortly after that so there could be more communication about where the kids were supposed to be and fortunately, they never had another close call after that. Now that the kids are grown and bringing grandchildren to the farm, those safety policies are as important as ever. Patrick says maintaining eye contact is a good policy, but he’s learned the value of conducting walk-arounds, too. He’s moved away from the farm and says it’s a mandatory practice on his construction worksite.

Fatal accidents in the past have proven the equipment is simply too big to see everyone from the cab.

“Where I work, you walk around, make sure there’s no one behind you, and no one near the equipment — no matter what,” he says.

Monique says their family had to learn their commitment to safety the hard way and she’s determined to teach her fouryear-old daughter to be safety conscious and won’t let her be in a position where there’s a potential safety risk.

“If she’s going to go in the shop where there are chemicals, I know her, and curiosity’s gonna take over.”

That’s why Monique strongly believes it’s ultimately up to parents to ensure the safety of their children, even if that means putting hazards under lock and key; hiring a babysitter to provide constant supervision; or simply declaring ‘no-go’ zones on the farm.

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Hit the grass hard, then move them out Brian Harper says high stock density grazing has allowed him to double his pasture’s carrying capacity

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff/Brandon, Man.

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From left to right, grazing expert Michael Thiele and Manitoba producers Brian Harper and Neil Dennis during a field tour on Harper’s operation last summer. Photo: Jennifer Paige

ove cattle through small paddocks fast, and then give the grass a good rest.

That’s the theory behind a high stock density grazing system, and Brian Harper says it’s paid off for him.

“It improves the forage quality, quantity, and diversity; and allows for maximum rest of the pastures, increasing production and increasing profit per acre,” the Manitoba cow-calf producer and cattle breeder said at a recent workshop here.

Harper began rotational grazing in 2003 when the pressures of BSE made him look for ways to cut costs, and moved into high stock density grazing in 2014.

“As much as we didn’t like BSE, I think it was the best thing that ever happened to me,” he said.

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operation and took me from a production paradigm to a profit paradigm.”

The benefits include doubling his carrying capacity, cutting wintering costs, reducing labour and maximizing productivity per acre.

“Our stocking rate has increased by 26,300 pounds or 63 per cent over 2013 and we’ve doubled our carrying capacity. We have grown more grass by letting the grass rest and at the same time sequestered more carbon. And we are still in the early years of this project.”

When Harper began the transition to high stock density grazing he talked to Michael Thiele, Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association grazing club co-ordinator and Neil Dennis, a longtime cattle producer from Wawota, Sask.

“We had expected outcomes from this project, including increased carbon sequestration, increase in soil organic matter, improved soil biology, increased pasture productivity and drought-proofing, increased stock density, decreased paddock size, decreased grazing period, increased resting period, and increased pounds of beef per acre,” Thiele told the seminar.

“We are not so concerned with daily gain or the size of the calf in the fall. We are more focused on the maximum sustained profit per acre.”

“As much as we didn’t like BSE, I think it was the best thing that ever happened to me.”

Brian Harper

Timing key

Harper is currently running 47 pairs on one-acre paddocks, moving them daily and leaving the grazed paddocks to rest and regrow for approximately 80 days.

He recommends long and narrow as opposed to square paddocks.

“The little bit of management it takes to break up these paddocks is worth it,” Thiele said. “Your soil is getting better, you are growing more grass, growing more beef, and you are going to make more money. It all starts to work together.”

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density grazing } from page 68 Getting a grip on the best time to move cattle from paddock to paddock can take some time to learn. Harper recommends experimenting with timing when starting out.

“It can take awhile to get an eye for knowing when to move them,” he said. “Ideally you want every piece of grass disturbed in some way.”

He recommends waiting until every piece of grass in the paddock has either been nipped, trampled or has manure contact before moving cattle.

The species of forage you grow isn’t particularly important but be sure to grow a diverse mix, said Thiele.

“It doesn’t necessarily matter what combination of species or how many. Generally, the more species the better,” he said.

Keep cattle on the land

Harper typically seeds right after grazing, with a zero-till seeder to plant into growing pastures. He prefers to bale graze through the winter and said as long as the cattle stay on the land you will see benefits.

“We haven’t spent winter in pens for over 10 years,” he said.

“In the wintertime we have swath grazed, bale grazed, we have tried it all and keeping the cattle on the land and the nutrients on the land is what is important.

“I like bale grazing the best. It does take awhile to get across the fields but we are seeing the biggest benefit on the grass the next year — double or triple the production.”

It’s critical to work with Mother Nature, he said.

“When we woke up to the fact of working in sync with nature, everything got better. The health of the cattle got better and costs went down.”

That philosophy prompted him to calve in May, which dramatically decreased his winter management costs.

“We used to calve February, March and we were hitting the third trimester at the worst part of the year,” said Harper. “I know that a lot of people want the calf in the fall for the bigger cheque, but I think a dollar saved is worth more.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

Brian Harper discusses his high stock density grazing program during a summer field tour on his operation last year. Photo: Jennifer Paige

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The first step in nurturing soil is to armour it by creating a solid ground cover through animal impact, says grazing expert Michael Thiele.

“That ground cover material has to be in contact with the soil,” said the grazing club co-ordinator for the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association. “If it is just flapping in the wind, nothing is going to happen.

“If you keep the ground covered, you keep the moisture in, the temperature down, you feed the biology. Bare ground during hot days will dry out so quickly, bugs die, evaporation happens, all of that soil moisture is gone.”

Diversity of plant species is also key. Different types of root systems build soil nutrient levels and boost microbial activity. Above ground, multiple species create a variety of leaf shapes and sizes, which promotes more photosynthetic activity.

“Keep the ground covered at all times,” said Thiele. “Leave the land as undisturbed as possible and then move cattle through to ignite regrowth.”

Increased insect and earthworm activity are signs of improvement in organic matter levels. A pasture’s ability to withstand weather extremes and cattle requiring fewer mineral supplements are indicators your efforts are paying off, he added. — Jennifer Paige

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The repercussions of moving cattle A study says cattle experience reduced bruising when unloaded quickly at slaughter plants

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff/Brandon, Man.

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attle are being moved every day but what are the true implications and how can negative impacts be minimized?

“Even though transportation is only a small part of a cow’s life, it can have lasting impact on them.

Transportation can affect animal welfare, production, social and even trade,” said Carolynn Kehler, project co-ordinator with the Manitoba Beef Producers, who researched the effects of western Canadian transportation on cattle welfare and carcass quality for her master’s degree.

“These research projects highlight some ways that we can manage transport and make improvements. They also highlight a few areas where we may be able to minimize shrink and bruising, which is important for the economics as well as the animal welfare.”

Cull cows

Two studies were conducted involving cull and finished cows where all aspects of transport were examined, including factors within the trailer, on the animal and the carcass.

“All of these studies were carried out in the winter,” said Kehler.

“Mostly, because it is winter when most animals are hauled and a lot of the other research done on animal transportation has been done in other countries where the climate is warmer and that data is not as applicable here.”

Trucks and trailers were fitted with temperature and motion sensors as well as GPS monitors to track distance and path.

“Before transport we measured the body condition score, the cleanliness of the animals, any injuries, took note of lameness, and looked at serious health issues,” she said.

“We looked at cattle behaviour as they were loaded onto the trailer, we looked at the speed of the cattle

Carolynn Kehler discussed her research on how transportation affected cattle and carcass quality at the Manitoba Beef Producers’ annual general meeting last month. Photo: Jennifer Paige entering the trailer and we scored the handling as well.”

Temperature and humidity were monitored as well as the impact of acceleration, stationary times and starts and stops. Once the cattle reached the final destination, the same aspects that were measured before travel were measured again.

“We then followed the cattle into the slaughter plant and measured their carcass quality, so bruising, shrink, dark cutting, yield grade and hot carcass weight, and we made comparisons between all of the data,” said Kehler.

The cull cow study looked at 17 loads, involving 517 cows.

Kehler reports the study found an increase in torn udders; three of the 517 animals had to be euthanized on the truck.

“That is definitely something that could improve and possibly, certain cattle could have been prevented from being loaded in the first place,” said Kehler.

Following transport, 85 per cent of the cattle had bruises, with 17 per cent of them considered severe. Each animal had approximately five bruises.

The study also found that cattle loaded in the doghouse portion of the trailer had the highest cases of severe bruising.

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“There was also a connection between wait times. So, as the cattle stood at the slaughter plant waiting to unload, that corresponded with more severe bruising. It is really key that the slaughter plant unloads those cattle quickly when they arrive.”

Despite the belief that boarding in the trailer will minimize airflow, it actually increased.

“What we found was that the trailers that had boarding had increased temperature and humidity during stationary periods but when the trailer was moving it actually increased airflow, especially when they had the alternating boards,” said Kehler.

“That is something to keep in mind if you are hauling cattle and deciding whether or not to put boards in. By putting the boards in you may be in fact increasing the airflow throughout the trailer.”

Finished cattle

The finished cattle study examined 36 loads of cattle, involving approximately 1,500 cattle and looked at both long- and shortduration transport.

Of the 1,500, one cow was found to be compromised with fatigue and unable to move.

Consistent with the cull cow study, 85 per cent of the finished cattle also had bruising, with 20 per cent being considered severe and a rate of 1.18 bruises per animal.

“We also found that the yield grade and position on the carcass had a lot to do with the severity of the bruising,” said Kehler. “Animals that had yield grade one had more bruising along their back and animals that had more fat, a yield grade three, had more bruising along their sides.”

Kehler notes acceleration to be a factor in bruising outcome and says, when possible, truck drivers should avoid stationary time and routes with excessive stops and starts.

“We found that the vertical acceleration or vertical motion of the trailer had an effect on bruising and as the acceleration increased the bruising increased by eight times,” said Kehler.

Researchers found cattle in the study had a low dark-cutting rate, registering at 0.5 per cent, compared to the national average at about two per cent.

The studies also looked at the temperature and humidity indexes during travel and wait times at the slaughter plant and found that as temperature and humidity increase on the trailer, even in the winter, the shrink will also increase.

“That really indicates to me that we need to be careful, even in the wintertime, that your trailer doesn’t get too warm, because those animals are acclimated to those colder temperatures and even 0 C may be too warm for an animal that is used to being outside in -20 C or -30 C,” said Kehler. “Even in cold weather we don’t want to get those trailers too humid because the humidity can get those cattle wet.”

Kehler recommends ensuring the animals are fit at the time of loading in order to prevent any incidents during transport, to avoid high speeds on gravel or uneven roads, reduce stationary time as much as possible and be aware of ventilation within the trailer to avoid less desirable temperatures and humidity. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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MOWER CONDITIONER 1992 JD 1600, ................................. $5,800 1999 MF 670 ,16’ Hay Head .......... $10,000 2000 MacDon 5010, ...................... $12,000 2012 MacDon R85, 16’ .................. $29,500 2006 NH 1475, .............................. $21,500 1995 NH 2216, ................................ $7,500 1995 NH 2216, ................................ $9,500 2000 NH 2300, .............................. $10,500 2010 NH H7150 / HS16, ................ $29,500 2013 NH H7460, ............................ $37,500 2012 NH H7560, ............................ $28,000

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Turkey producers could see quota cut An increase in production, coupled with less robust holiday sales, could translate into a quota reduction

BY SHANNON VANRAES Staff

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Phil Boyd told Manitoba producers there may need to be a reduction in turkey quota. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

anadian turkey farmers could receive a belated lump of coal this spring, as reduced Christmas sales come home to roost.

With 2015 closing stocks sitting at 19 million kilograms — up from 14.7 million kilograms a year — a reduction in the national quota allotment is a possibility, said Phil Boyd, executive director of the Turkey Farmers of Canada.

“What we’ve seen is that consumption of whole birds has stayed relatively flat, it’s not even quite on par with population growth,” said Boyd Retailers also aren’t featuring turkeys as much as they used to, he said.

“So the processors that carry that inventory are making a reasonable point that we probably need to reduce our volume of whole birds for the coming production year.”

Retailers often use whole turkeys as a loss leader during the lead-up to the holiday season, but he questioned how prudent that was in the long term, said Bill Uruski of the Manitoba Turkey Producers.

“While in the past this type of marketing did pull through a lot of birds, it’s difficult to understand how this type of marketing strategy benefits our industry in the long run,” he said at his association’s recent AGM. Customers used to purchasing underpriced turkeys may balk at buying turkey when the true price of production is reflected, he said.

“This certainly puts all turkey processors under pressure to cut prices and guess where that leads to next?

Our doorstep,” Uruski said.

But reduced holiday sales aren’t the only factor reflected in the current increase in frozen inventory.

Uruski said there was also a slight increase in production in 2015.

As for what a reduced quota allocation might look like, Boyd said it is

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“There may be a small reduction in the whole bird volumes,” said Boyd. “We’ll know that by the end of March.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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La Coop would retain control of Olymel, which along with Maple Leaf Foods is one of Canada’s two big pork processors.

The co-operative plans to expand hog production in Western Canada to increase processing at its Olymel slaughter plant at Red Deer, Alta., and is also hunting for partners in farm supply stores, he said.

The CEO said La Coop plans to spend $300 million over five years on expanding hog production and investing in stores.

Selling a large stake in Olymel would help fund the expansion, which is aimed at competing with U.S. packers such as Tyson Foods and Hormel Foods, said CEO Gaetan Desroches.

“The goal we have is to increase the chain’s value,” he said. “It’s a co-ordination of every step in production to the customer.”

Olymel had revenues of $2.8 billion last year.

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NH 94C-30,trspt,cross auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 Cub Cadet RZR50, zero turn mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MacDon 972-30’ header,TR/TX adptr . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 NH G4050 xero turn mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NH 971-30’,header,batt reel trspt TR-TX adapter . . . . $4,500 Grasshopper T616-48” front mower, powerfold . . . . . .

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Bourgault 6000-70’ mid harrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 NH P2060-60’-10” air drill, P1060 tbtwn cart . . . . . $220,000 NH P2060-70’-10” air drill, P1060 tbhd cart . . . . . . . $150,000 Flexicoil 5000-33’ 7”air drill, 2320 tbtwn cart ,ss . . . . $35,000 Rockmaster R-77 pto rock picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500

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Supply management wants Ottawa to plug border leaks Tighter border controls to prevent cheating needed before Trans-Pacific trade deal goes into effect

By Alex Binkley AF contributor

T

he supply-managed sector can survive the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership if the federal government makes good on promises to control mislabelled imports and provide financial compensation.

The industry has been in talks with federal officials about border controls and programs to support processors since the proposed deal with 11 other countries was reached last year, Robin Horel, president and CEO, Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council, told the Senate agriculture committee.

The government’s plan “will provide clarity around the future of supply management,” he said.

Tighter border controls will likely include requiring certification for spent fowl, preventing the circumvention of import quotas by adding sauce packets to chicken products, and excluding supply-managed products from the Duties Relief Program.

The RCMP has investigated reports of imports of high-priced broiler chicken labelled as cheaper meat from older chicken, said the executive director of Further Poultry Processors Association of Canada.

“That is definitely wrong and it hurts our industry,” said Robert DeValk. “There are things going on there that need to be fixed up,” he said.

His group has worked with U.S. exporters to develop a certification program to prevent spent fowl being passed off as broiler meat. It could also be used by Canadian officials to ensure imports are properly labelled.

The Duties Relief Program needs improvement to cover cases where Canadian product is not available for processors, who then turn to imports to fill specific needs, he added.

The TPP would grant increased access during the first 18 years to imports of dairy and poultry products. The previous government promised financial compensation to farmers and assistance to processors to developed markets for their products.

“Government officials acknowledge that these measures can be put into place prior to the TPP being adopted,” Horel said.

He added programs for farmers will be based on compensation while programs for producers are based on adjustment.

DeValk said consumer demands can change rapidly and that means imports are occasionally needed to provide for these markets. He noted the imports are only temporary measures, intended to give the domestic industry time to build its own capacity.

“Imports can be very helpful in dealing with changing markets,” DeValk said.

“That additional access that the TPP provides us over a period of 18 years will be very important for further processors.”

The TPP will open the Mexican market to Canadian poultry, he added, something that wasn’t included in the NAFTA agreement.

“That could open up a market as big as Canada, if not bigger, to our poultry industry,” he said.

DeValk said the further processors are asking the government to make sure Mexican market access is a reality and remove any remaining non-trade barriers to allow the Canadian industry to access it.

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he Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is looming large for turkey producers.

“This is the most significant and serious issue that we as turkey farmers will be facing in the coming years,” Manitoba Turkey Producers chairman Bill Uruski said at the group’s recent AGM. If the two per cent increase in duty-free direct access comes into Canada in the form of breast meat, Uruski said the market loss will be equivalent to the entire turkey production of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick combined. By the end of the TPP’s 18-year-long phasein period, there will have been a 70 per cent increase in foreign access to Canada‘s supply-managed turkey sector, equalling about five per cent of current production.

“I relate it to medieval torture,” Uruski told producers.

“Only one turn of the screw a year so your body gets used to it.

You don’t die, but it’s certainly painful all the time.”

Phil Boyd, executive director of the Turkey Farmers of Canada, said the organization is working to locate areas within the agreement that can be capitalized on by turkey producers, but silver linings are hard to find.

The deal offers an opportunity to export dark meat, but capitalizing on it will be challenging.

“We see good potential in exporting dark, meaning in particular to Mexico for example, which we have’t been able to do under the terms of NAFTA,” he said.

“Whether that unfolds or not... we’ll see. It’s difficult to compete with the America market, they are about 15 times our size in terms of scale and have been exporting to Mexico for years.”

With the new Liberal government embarking on TPP consultations, now is the time for producers and industry to make their concerns known, said Uruski, noting the average annual loss per farm will be $26,000 once the deal is implemented.

“We need to show them what the impacts of this deal are,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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2010 NH T9060, 535HP 3000hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$235,000 2012 Boomer 50 Compact Tractor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000 2008 NH Boomer 3040 MFD, ldr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,800 SOLD 2011 NH T9.505, 4WD, 3000 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$235,000

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$25,000 2006 New Holland C185 Track Loader, COMPACT TRACK LOADER 710316

$295,000 2011 New Holland SP365 Sprayer, 1600 gal, 120’, Auto Steer, c/w 3 yr, 3000hr power train warranty

$295,000 2012 New Holland CR8090, loaded 735654

JUST IN 2011 New Holland T9-505 Tractor Must see!

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USED SWATHERS/SPRAYERS

2013 MacDon M155, 300 hrs c/w 30’ DBL D65 header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coming In 2013 MacDon M155, 500 hrs, 30 DBL, D65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$145,000 2003 MacDon 9352, 30’ DBL, 2800 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,800 2011 NH SP365F, 1600 gal, 120’, Auto Steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$295,000 MacDon 9352i, C/W 30’ header Very low hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,000 SOLD MacDon 4952i, C/W 30’ header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62,500 MacDon 2940, C/W 30’ header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,000 2006 Spray Air 3600, deluxe 100ft booms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,900 M&S suspended boom sprayer, 1000 gal, 86’ booms auto rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,500 MacDon 14’ hay header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call 1 - MacDon 18’ multi crop header, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 NH SF215, suspended boom sprayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,500 2009 Apache 1910, 910 hrs, Auto Steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$189,000 2013 NH SP275R, 1200 gal, 100’ boom, Auto Steer, 450 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,000

USED FORAGE & HAYING

NH 1431, discbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 SOLD NH 575, 14x18 baler new knotters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900

JUST IN 2008 Case IH 8010 Combine 675910

$58,000 New Holland 94C, 2012, 30 feet

SKID STEER

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2009 NG L170, 4300 hrs, new tires, open cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 2006 NH C185, compact track loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000

TILLAGE

$27,500 New Holland SF215 Sprayer, Good cond.

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1997 Flexi-Coil 51’ 5000, C/W SC430 air cart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coming In 2010 NH (Flexi-coil) 57’, air drill C/W TBT P1060 430bu cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coming In 2010 Agrex Maxi, 10 tonne fert spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000

JUST IN New Holland TV140 Tractor, Bidirectional, in on trade,

ALL UNITS COME WITH FULL WARRANTY AND ALL ARE AT OLD PRICING WHEN THE DOLLAR WAS BETTER

CALL FOR PRICING 2014 NH T8.390 CVT Loaded 2014 Demo Special NH SP333F, w/1600 Gal, 120’ Loaded

$28,900

$189,000

SOLD

2006 Spray Air 3600 Sprayer, Excellent cond.

2009 Apache 1910 910 hrs

“Southern Alberta’s New Holland Dealer since 1967” 510 – 36th. Street, North, Lethbridge, AB

Farm Centre Inc.

PHONE: (403) 327-1100 ALBERTA TOLL FREE: 1-800-565-0592 EMAIL: vfc@telusplanet.net

JOHN BEYER JAKE PETERS Cell: 403-380-0488

Cell: 403-654-3243

www.vaneefarmcentre.com

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Service Since 1 9 3 3

EBB’S

CLARK PIPKE

MIKE GOTTSELIG

TRAVIS GIEBELHAUS

MILES MACKOW

VEGREVILLE, AB

RANDY REICHEL

PETER D. POLISCHUK

LAMONT, AB

KEVIN MARTIN

MIKE SYMES

COLTON DRAVES

VERMILION, AB

1-877-632-6772 1-855-895-2189 1-888-853-5196

✵ RING IN THE NEW YEAR SAVINGS ✵ Stk # 5602-1

NH T7.235 ............ $135,000 CNT Stk # 6767-1

CASE 4420 ........... $239,000 CNT

Stk # 6925-1

Stk # 9323-1

NH TV6070 ........... $119,000 CNT Stk # 8915-1

HAGIE STS-16 ...... $225,000 CNT

Stk # 7475-1

NH SP345F........ DEMO PRICING

NH SP275F........... $279,000 CNT

Stk # 8237-1

Stk # 8256-1

NH T7.250 ............ $158,000 CNT

NH T7.250 ............ $162,000 CNT

USED EQUIPMENT TRACTORS Kubota L3200, 2013 92 hrs, stk # 7964-1, 31HP, Massey FergusonD, Hydro Trans, Canopy, Loader, 84” FK finishing mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,500 Massey Ferguson 6480, 2004 4745 hrs, stk # 5590-1, 115 pto, Massey FergusonWD, 3 remotes, FEL . . $64,000 New Holland TV145, 2005 4000 hrs, stk # 3154, long loader with grapple, C.E. Pto and 3 pt, HID Lights . . . $69,000 New Holland T6050, 2008 4275 hrs, stk # 80622, 105 pto, Massey FergusonWD, ldr & grapple, 3 Rems, 20.8R38 Rear Tires, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $71,500 New Holland T7.250, 2013, 790 hrs, stk # 82361, 165PTO HP, no ldr, P.S. sidewinder, 4 remotes . . . . . . . $138,000 New Holland T8.330, 2012 1261 hrs, stk # 43222, 240 PTO HP, dlx cab, 18 speed, P.S., duals, HID, full GPS, 3 pt hitch, 4 Rems, HD front axle . . . . . . . . . . . $189,000

Flexi Coil 3450, 1998 stk # 4975, TBH, DS, no hitch, Mech cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000

Flexi Coil 4350, 2009 TBT, VR, dual fan, DS, 7 run, camera’s, airseeder hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47,000

Flexi Coil 5000/1720, 1993 stk # 3940-1, 39’, 9”, DS, stealth, 4” steel packers, 1720 cart . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000

Flexi Coil 5000/3450, 1999 stk # 8228-2, 52’x12”, DS, TBH, 5.5” Rub, 5” Stealth prd, Mech tank, very nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,500

Flexi Coil 3450, 2000 stk # 6616-3, TBH, DS, 6 run, VR . $29,000 Flexi Coil 5000, 1992 stk # 2810-1, 45’, , DS, 9”, steel packers, TBH 230 Bush, JD787 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 New Holland SC430, 2007 stk # 4301-2, DS, Mech, TBH, Flex ctrl momnitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,500 Flexi Coil 5000/3450, 1998 stk # 6601-1, 57’, 12”, 3.5” stealth, 4.5” pneumatic, TBH, 340bu, VR, DS . . . $47,000

CHOOSE CASH BACK OR FINANCING AS LOW AS 0% EITHER WAY YOU WIN!

CHALLENGER MT675C, 2009 1420 hrs, stk # 8520-1, 275 PTO HP, Frt & Rear Duals, 4 Rems, 3 point hitch, frt weights, CVT TRANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $210,000

New Holland T9.435, 2015 35 hrs, stk # 8652-1, New 710 duals, Lux cab, 6 REMS, HID, GPS ready . . . . . $333,000

SEEDING EQUIPMENT JD 787, 1993 stk # 2810-2, TBH, 4 run, single shoot, 230 bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000

New Holland P1060, 2014 TBT, VR, dual fan, 5 run, . . . . $92,000 Seedhawk 5212, 2011 18,000 hrs, 52’ x 12”, DS, pneumatic packers, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $92,500 New Holland SD550/P1060, 2007/2009 60’x12”, 5.5” Rub, DS, 3.5” Dutch, VR, TBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $119,000

SPRAYERS

New Holland T9.450HD, 2012 883 hrs, stk # 6388-1, 710 duals, 4 remotes, full GPS, Omnistar . . . . . $249,000

New Holland T9.615, 2011 956 hrs, stk # 67221, 520 Triples, Luxury Cab, 6 remotes, Full GPS, 55 GPM Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,900

New Holland SD440A, 2007 stk # 4209-1, 46’x12”, 550lbs., 5.5” Rubber, single shoot . . . . . . . . . . . $84,000

Seedhawk 6010/600, 2014 60’x10”, 600TBT, SCT, Conveyor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $345,000

VERSATILE 876, 1988 7442 hrs, stk # 7014-2, duals, 4 remotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,500

New Holland T9.450HD, 2014 585 hrs, stk # 9313-1, 710 duals, diff lock, 4 elec rems, hi flow pump, Lux cab, Full GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $295,000

BOURGAULT 5710/5350, 1999 stk # 6571-1, 40’x9.8”, DS, 4.5” steel, midrow banders, TBH, VR, 350 Bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79,000

OFFERS EXPIRE MARCH 31, 2016

Stop by today or learn more at www.newholland.com/na *For commercial use only. Offer subject to credit qualification and approval by CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. See your New Holland dealer for details and eligibility requirements. CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. standard terms and conditions will apply. Depending on model, a down payment may be required.

Offer good through March 31, 2016, at participating New Holland dealers in Canada. Offer subject to change. Taxes, freight, set-up, delivery, additional options or attachments not included in price. © 2016 CNH Industrial Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland Agriculture is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates. CNH Industrial Capital is a trademark in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or afTiliates.

Flexi Coil S65, 1994 stk # 8337-1, 80’, 2 Nozzle Bodies, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 BOURGAULT 850 Centurion II, 1990 stk # 49521, 82’ boom, single nozzle, foam marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,000 New Holland S1070, 2010 stk # 6493-1, 120’ wheel boom, 120 gal, screens, foam, no monitor, boom unfold, double nozzles, ind. Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 New Holland SP275F, 2012 621 hrs, stk # 62801, 100’, 1600 gal, Intelliview IV, 5 way nozzles . . . . . . . . $279,000 New Holland SP.365F, 2013 749 hrs, stk # 60753, 1600gal, SS, 120’ boom, intelliview monitor, ultraglide, accuboom, intellisteer, electric flush, 650 tires $349,000