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Ecological services program catching fire in Alberta

Trade deal is a ‘non-story’ on the other side of the Atlantic

ALUS grew slowly after arriving in Alberta in 2010, but it’s taken off in the past year and now 10 counties are on board

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he man on the other end of the phone is confused. “I have not heard of this before,” Marek Nowak says slowly. “I am of no help for this.” He’s been asked about the impact the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement — commonly called CETA — might have on Polish dairy farmers such as himself. But like most European dairy producers,

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Before and after: In the summer of 2012, cattle were still drinking from a drainage channel that ran through Tomahawk Cattle Ranch. Fencing off the area produced a dramatic change by September 2015.   PHOTOS: PARKLAND COUNTY

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he notice in the county newsletter about funding for environmental projects immediately caught the attention of Gerry Taillieu. “I thought, ‘This is something I need to look into’ because it was offering financial assistance to do something we were already going to do,” said the manager of

Tomahawk Cattle Ranch, a 14,000-acre operation in Parkland County. About 5,000 of those acres were once covered by a shallow lake, which was drained in the 1960s. Prior to seeing that notice in 2012, Taillieu hadn’t heard of ALUS (pronounced Alice and short for Alternative Land Use Services), but the prospect of getting free money was too good to pass up. While the amount was modest — $6,425, which was half the cost of fencing

the ‘creek’ — Taillieu has since become an enthusiastic proponent of a program that is catching fire in Alberta. “There are always things that need to be done and ALUS helps you target those environmentally sensitive areas that you know in your heart you want to protect and it moves them to the top of the list,” said Taillieu, who now sits on an ALUS advisory committee for Parkland

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PIGS A WOOLLY WONDER Hungarian ‘lard breed’ of pigs find a new home near Bawlf

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Trade deal is only a first step in doing more business in Europe

Grasslands store an enormous amount of carbon, and grazing keeps them healthy

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Producers need to banish bad habits as margins become slimmer Producers need to sock away some cash as we head into a downward cycle By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff

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n the tale of the ant and the grasshopper, only the forward-thinking ant survived — and the same may be true for Canadian farmers as they head into the next downward cycle. “This next business cycle could potentially do to grain farmers like BSE did to cattle operators,” said Kim Gerencser, president of Growing Farm Profits, a farm advisory firm in Saskatchewan. “BSE forced the marginal cattle producers out of the industry, and I think that if the downward cycle extends for as long as some of the economists believe it could — they’re saying upwards of 10 years — that has the potential to have the same effect on grain farmers.” Canadian producers have been in the middle of a ‘commodity super-cycle’ since 2007, said Gerencser. But that “bull run” is at an end, and producers who were more ‘grasshopper’ than ‘ant’ during the good years could be in trouble now. “The funny thing about prosperity and successive years of prosperity is it allows people to form some really bad habits,” he said. “Those bad habits have been keeping a lot of equipment that’s newer than they’ve ever had and buying land at prices they’ve never paid.” That’s created an “extremely heavy draw” on available cash flow for the farm. “Very few producers out there took the last number of years of prosperity and socked away piles of cash,” said Gerencser. “Most of them reinvested in their business with equipment and land.” After “tough times” in the late 1990s and early 2000s, producers needed to

The decline in grain prices means more farmers — like these producers at an auction in Manitoba in 2014 — are buying used instead of new. Freeing up cash flow is critically in a commodity downturn, says financial expert Kim Gerencser.  PHOTO: Supplied reinvest in their businesses, he conceded, but “it went a little too far in some cases.” “It’s got some people painting themselves into a pretty tight corner,” he said. And for those producers, being ‘asset rich and cash poor’ isn’t going to cut it anymore. “When you look back over the last two generations, it seems like the mantra has been that farmers are ‘asset rich and cash poor.’ It’s almost worn like a badge of honour,” said Gerencser. “The mindset has been, ‘Let’s pay down the debt as fast as we can. Let’s build up the equity. Let’s have that big strong balance sheet. We own most of our farm, and we don’t owe a whole lot of money. But jeez it’s hard to operate, and we always have no cash.’ “It’s been a point of pride.”

But heading into this next downward cycle, it’s time for a “gut check,” he said. “Cash is critically important, and access to cash is going to be the greatest restriction on business operation and profitability in the next few years,” said Gerencser. “Is holding onto that pride in the equity you’ve got more important than being able to operate comfortably over the next few years?” Historically, credit has been easy to get and interest rates have been low, but producers can’t continue to rely on borrowed money for operating expenses. “There’s a very real chance that the creditors can and will tighten up their lending policies, making it so that highrisk credit — like for operating — will be much harder to get,” said Gerencser. “Farms that are relying heavily on financing for operating cash flow are

going to be in a real tough time unless they can start to provide their own working capital internally, from operations.” Right now, paying down debts quicker “isn’t a good business decision” for most farmers. “What pays the bills — equity or cash?” asked Gerencser. “Equity does not pay bills, so why would you burn up your cash to create some equity? That’s going to make it awfully hard to operate next year when you’re out of cash. “There’s no need to urgently pay down debt if it’s going to bring a detriment to your cash position.” Gerencser also recommends holding off on any equipment purchases “unless it’s absolutely necessary.” But there are some exceptions to the rule. “I’ve got some clients who are making decisions to upgrade equipment, but the upgrade is allowing them to be more efficient on their farm and lower their operating costs, and it’s managing to lower the cash required to service the debt on the equipment,” said Gerencser, adding that the upgrade will save his client around $15,000 a year. “He’s preserving his cash flow in 2016 and 2017 by another $15,000 a year, on top of the efficiency in operating. It’s not a big number, but every little bit helps.” Those decisions take “analysis and understanding,” though. “For too long, decisions have been made based on a hunch or emotion,” said Gerencser. “Informed decisions need to rule the day going forward. Decisions need to be analyzed and reanalyzed and critically thought out to make sure that they are in the best interest of the farm and meeting the goals of the business.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Database follows the money to the packing plant Study of carcass data shows cattle from an elite breeding program were worth more than $200 a head than the average calf By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF

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haring data through the entire beef chain adds value that can translate to economic gains — although how much of that might go to cattle producers is a question yet to be answered. McDonald’s Canada, Beefbooster, and BIXSco — the company now running the Beef InfoXchange System — recently collaborated with Livestock Gentec to analyze two million records of carcass data. The analysis found calves sired by Beefbooster Terminal Cross bulls were worth $219 more than the average value of calves processed by packing plants from 2012 to 2014. The Calgary company has been using production data since 1970 to breed superior bulls, but this data gave it an exact dollar figure on the quality of carcasses of cattle sired by its bulls versus average cattle. “We can take carcass information and say that there’s value between the different breeds and the different bulls,” said Jennifer StewartSmith, chief executive officer of Beefbooster. “You will know whether your cattle are grading or yielding well, just by looking at (the data). If you wanted to dive deeper into it, then you could start making breeding decisions based on that information, if you wanted to refine the animals that are producing more of those types of carcasses for you. “The more information you have on how well your cattle do, the more that adds to you being able to make better decisions.” However, there is a major hitch — as it stands right now, cow-calf producers don’t get paid more for producing cattle that grade higher. “That’s always going to be a problem,” said Stewart-Smith. “That’s part of the reason they don’t want you to know anything. Their model is based on us (cow-calf producers) not knowing how well the cattle are doing. “Now that we know and this is out there, and we know the potential of the cattle that are making more money, there’s a better chance of being able to get more money. But right now, they’re not paying us for that, not at all.” However, packers have been limited by a lack of data, too. They know

which cattle are more valuable, but they wouldn’t normally know who raised them. “And the producer certainly didn’t know that there is that value on his/ her carcasses because we really haven’t had that carcass information to analyze,” noted StewartSmith. Another gap is that feedlots are not putting any data into BIXS yet. Data quality was another issue. Because the two million records entered into the Canadian Livestock Tracking System for a federally sponsored project in 2012-14 didn’t have the birthdates of the animals, BIXSco had to mine its data to find birthdates. It found them for 127,000 animals, so the sample size was relatively small. Although not definitive, this study will be a stepping stone to other projects of this nature. “This is a very, very first step,” said Stewart-Smith. “But it does prove that yes, the information is valuable, can be shared, and can be used by producers to make better decisions in their herds.” The analysis also produced two other significant findings. One is that calves slaughtered before 19 months of age — versus those slaughtered at 24 months — had higher-value carcasses. And if they are slaughtered at 18 months instead of 24 months, 1.2 fewer tonnes of carbon dioxide are generated per head. The analysis was co-funded by the Alberta Livestock Meat Agency and McDonald’s as part of the latter’s verified sustainable beef pilot project. The goal was to evaluate the usefulness of sharing data across the beef industry. The study shows a robust database “has the potential to increase the economic viability, social responsibility, and environmental sustainability of the entire Canadian beef community,” said Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell, McDonald’s Canada’s senior manager of sustainability. The carcass valuation was done using a grid employed by Cargill at its High River plant that captures weight, quality, and yield grades. More details of the data can be found in the report — go to www. mcdvsb.com, click on the News tab, and then scroll down to find a link to the report.

Counties say GM alfalfa not wanted here Councillors and forage industry members concerned about potential loss of markets if GM alfalfa allowed in Alberta By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF

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ouncillors from counties across the province have voted to keep genetically modified alfalfa out of Alberta until international markets become more accepting of the crop. At a meeting of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) earlier this month, 59 per cent of Alberta’s county councillors voted to keep the province free of GM alfalfa. “Our forage seed producers and organic producers are pretty concerned about it, considering what happened in the U.S.,” said Brent Reese, councillor for the Northern Lights region. Roundup Ready alfalfa has been widely grown in the U.S., but a USDA study of more than 4,500 fields of conventional alfalfa seed in California, Idaho, and Washington state found about 10 per cent of fields had feral or rogue varieties — and a quarter of those rogue varieties were transgenic. The study didn’t look for causes — both seed spillage and pollinators are possible causes — but its author said it “confirms that genetically engineered alfalfa has dispersed into the environment.” “We’d rather not repeat their mistakes,” said Reese. “Particularly concerning is that the federal government licensed this product without any sort of study on what it might do to our markets. “A lot of our major export customers have zero tolerance for this. We think this should be a major factor in whether these products are licensed, and it should be part of the assessment process. As of now, it is not.” Reese presented the resolution in northern zone meetings and at the provincial AAMDC meeting in Edmonton. The resolution requests the government of Alberta to keep the product from being grown in the province until it is accepted by international markets, Reese said in an email. While government is not legally bound to act on the resolution, it does take these resolutions seriously, he said. “As an exporting country, we have to be careful about the route we take,” said Reese, who represents the ward of Sunny Valley/Deadwood. Although approved for sale in Canada, genetically modified alfalfa is not currently for sale here. Reese said he is not opposed to biotechnology, but to the potential loss of overseas markets which refuse to accept genetically modified crops. Genetically modified alfalfa can spread through pollination and contamination of wild or conventional alfalfa. County officials in the Peace region, home

Brent Reese to about 900 forage seed growers, have already passed a resolution to keep GM alfalfa out of the district, and is leading the charge to keep GM alfalfa out of the province. Heather Kerschbaumer, a forage seed grower and president of Forage Seed Canada, has made numerous presentations about the issue of potential contamination at trade shows and council meetings throughout the Peace Country. “It’s about the markets. It’s about losing the hay and seed exports,” she said. “We’re not opposed to the technology, but we need to take into consideration the exports that we could lose. That’s a big part of our Albertan agricultural economy.” The Alberta Forage Industry Network is currently writing a position paper to support a provincial ban on genetically modified alfalfa to protect forage hay exporters. “From our perspective, it’s the cut hay,” said Chris Fulkerth, chair of the Alberta Forage Industry Network. “At the end of the day, that’s a big market for our exporters, and we want to make sure that they’re able to keep those markets. Until those importing countries are willing to accept the genetics, that’s our stand.” Reese said he wants to take the resolution to the next level. “Our federal Agriculture Ministry should be intensely concerned about preserving our markets, because we are so dependent on them,” he said. “The federal government should think of this — it should be a major calculation on its part, but it’s not. I find that kind of disturbing, actually.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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he Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union is on track for implementation in 2017, a full decade since leaders first began discussions. So now what? In this edition and next, Alberta Farmer  has a series of stories on CETA, assembled by a team of reporters from the Glacier FarmMedia network of publications. The series explores the advantages and disadvantages of a more open trading relationship with the EU. Like the deal itself, the joint project involving agricultural writers from the Manitoba Cooperator, The Western Producer, Grainews and Food in Canada  is a first. Working together isn’t always easy, especially when you’re accustomed to viewing each other as competitors. A similar challenge faces the various interests in the Canadian agriculture sector as it postures for status as a global trader. Some analysts, such as Laura Dawson, director of the Canada Institute in Washington, view CETA’s significance to Canada as something far more fundamental than the potential increase in trade measured in dollars. “It is the first trade agreement that we have done with a modern industrialized set of economies for more than 20 years,” she said. The last big deal before that, the North American Free Trade Agreement, was negotiated before there was an Internet. It is the first deal Canada negotiated in what she calls the “mega-regional” world of trade. The Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership quickly followed and there will be more to come.

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to Canada extending its global reach is its limited transportation system; it can’t quickly or reliably increase supply for new markets. That observation was backed up in spades by the recently released review of the Canadian Transportation Act, which said Canada has failed to strategically invest in a transportation system that will maintain and grow its competitiveness on the world stage. However, while Canada is seen to have natural advantages as a global trader, our Canadian nature is perhaps the biggest thing holding us back. “As someone who is a trade historian and who has watched these trends, Canada has been largely complacent, we’ve been lulled into complacency by easy trade with the United States,” Dawson said. “We haven’t been particularly aggressive in seeking new markets.” You would think that a country as dependent as Canada is on global exports would be the opposite. Not so, says a newly released study by the University of Toronto’s Impact Centre. It found that Canadians culturally are risk averse and they are not as driven to innovate as their American counterparts. Lead researcher Charles Plant says both qualities contribute to a “lack of aggressiveness” in global trade. “Canadians, when compared with Americans, tend to be more afraid to take new risks — so they are less likely to try to sell into an area of the world in which they have less experience,” he said. New agreements open the door to new trade. But turning opportunity into sales requires ambition, a high tolerance for risk and perseverance. Canada has some work to do.

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“Canada needs to be a player in the megaregionals because eventually these megaregionals are going to converge,” Dawson said. The CETA deal also exposes the reality that despite all the work that goes into getting these agreements negotiated and through the process of political ratification, the industry’s work is only just beginning. Canadian agriculture faces major technical, infrastructure and cultural hurdles in selling to Europe. Industry players will have to work together in new ways if they are to turn this new market potential into market share. “Twenty or 30 years ago, I think that trade negotiations were like a panacea. If we had the agreement, everything else would be fine,” Dawson said. “But what we are discovering now is that trade agreement is the first step. A trade agreement will help to reduce the risk, it will help to provide more transparent practices in the market you are looking at, but… our smalland medium-size exporters really need that next step, which is trade facilitation services, which is how to do business.” The technical and non-tariff barriers are huge. For example, the increased market access for beef is predicated on that beef being raised without the use of growth hormones, which are generally accepted and widely used in Canada. Despite the potential for lucrative sales, senior industry officials estimate this country currently produces enough hormone-free beef to fill one-fifth of the available quota. With the elimination of the U.S. country-of-origin labelling laws, the large-scale operators will continue to focus on the market they know in the South. Smaller operators may lack the resources to take the risk. Dawson said the most tangible impediment

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he politics of food distribution is alive and well, or so it would seem. Without notice, Loblaws decided to dump French’s Ketchup, causing a two-day viral backlash by the public. The pressure was so great that Loblaws actually reversed its decision, just a few days after making it. Many are speculating how unfair competitive practices amongst vendors could have had something to do with it. Finding any evidence of this is always challenging. But the ketchup story speaks to how the intricacies of food retailing are becoming more intertwined with unexpected social uprisings. The Leamington story is certainly at the epicentre of this recent unorganized rebellion against the food establishment. Heinz, a competitor to French’s, closed its Leamington, Ont. plant in June 2014. This put many employees out of work and caused several tomato farmers to wonder what to do next, as they were left without a customer. Highbury Canco, supported by local investors, eventually bought the plant and continued to pack some products under the Heinz label — but ketchup was not one of them. The American company French’s, mostly known for its mustard manufactured in the U.S., buys most of its mustard grains from Saskatchewan. French’s has not only expanded into the ketchup industry but it recently began using tomatoes from Leamington and processing them at the Leamington plant. Interesting strategy, but market access is key in processing.

In Canada, given its market clout, Loblaws can make or break processing companies. Highbury Canco relied on a partnership with Loblaws to increase sales of French’s Ketchup and entice more tomato farmers to supply the plant, as it grew its market share. Loblaws’ decision to pull the product took the wind out of Highbury Canco’s sails. Most of the general public were unaware of this — until the news spread on social media. What was perceived as a rational and strategic corporate decision at the time by Loblaws caused Canadian consumers to support a company that champions local foods and jobs. By the time #FrenchsKetchup became the No. 1 Twitter handle for a day, the battle suddenly ended with Loblaws’ decision to relist the product. Increasingly, the consumer is becoming the true CEO of the food supply chain. Empowered by social media, consumers are now prompting how food is produced, manufactured and distributed. In just a few hours, with absolute imperfect information, consumers reversed a well-considered decision made by the largest private employer in the country. It is not just about distribution, but rather about how any output is perceived by the marketplace. However, every now and then the “CEO” often shows signs of confusion which can cause concern for the future. In Loblaws’ defence, the grocery business is no easy affair. Consumers angered by Loblaws’ decision accused the grocery giant on social media of discriminating against Canadian farmers and processors. Yet this is not an entirely accurate picture. Loblaws’ strategic focus is certainly on its own

private label, namely President’s Choice, one of Canada’s most trusted and valued brands. Unlike French’s, President’s Choice is Canadian. But most importantly, many of these products, including President’s Choice Ketchup, are made with Canadian-grown tomatoes and the condiment is processed here in Canada. The accusations against Loblaws of not supporting local farmers and processors are unfounded, as far as ketchup is concerned. In essence, it was David fighting Goliath with a bottle of homemade ketchup. David was clearly Leamington and the wonderful “rise from the ashes” project happening in the community. However, to pinpoint who played the role of Goliath in this case is unclear. It may have been Loblaws, or Kraft Heinz which may have played a role behind the scenes. Protecting real estate in the grocery business is key, and partnerships with important vendors can be critical to any grocer’s bottom line. For Loblaws, nurturing its relationship with Kraft Heinz makes perfect business sense. Conversely, in response to the market’s reaction, it also makes as much business sense for Loblaws to reverse its decision on French’s Ketchup. What needs to be underscored by the ketchup tale is the collectively recognized currency of locally processed food products. Safeguarding our food systems is not only about farming. It is also about how we add value to our own locally grown commodities. Sylvain Charlebois is professor in food distribution and policy and associate dean at the College of Management and Economics, University of Guelph.

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Celebrating food — and gaining a marketing edge The story of an Australian oyster producer has lessons for any farmer who appreciates creative thinking By BRENDA SCHOEPP AF columnist

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y friend Ewan McAsh is an oyster farmer on the Clyde River in New South Wales, Australia. He is a fellow Nuffield Scholar and was a travel mate of mine through Australia, Holland, U.K., India, and Qatar. A young man with vision, he was named in 2015 as a finalist for NSW farmer of the year. Oysters are one of Australia’s oldest agricultural industries. Ewan was never content to just be a regular guy on a boat. I spent many hours talking to him as we rattled through the countryside in a little bus. He had vision and passion and he was looking for a way to stand out. At the time he had started a little oyster bar and was buying up items to make it funky. A harvester of the delicious and indigenous Sydney Rock Oysters, and now of Pacific and the native Angasi oyster, he is also a master of flavour and texture. Like any entrepreneur, Ewan was restless in an industry with 320 growers, a number which

had decreased marketing power. Despite the global decline in seafood stocks and the massive increase in demand, it was hard for single farms to get the pricing or the recognition they needed. To get change charged up Ewan switched from the old system of stick and tray to baskets and put in an electronic grading system. This increased efficiencies on his farm, which sells 60,000 dozen oysters a year. Just like cattle farmers, oyster farmers are now obtaining oyster families along with their pedigree. Wisely, the industry is looking at multiple trait selection to improve the growth and quality of oysters. Oysters, particularly the Angasi, can take up to 3.5 years to grow. By focusing on pedigree, some oysters are now finished at 18 months. Oysters start as free-swimming larvae and attach to a hard surface and become spat. The spat is what oyster farmers buy. Over time they develop their extraordinary shell while they pull water and food in through their gills. They spawn in nature and a female may release over a million eggs. Like lobster, there was once such an

abundance of oysters that they were considered the poor man’s food. Tough creatures, oysters can survive out of water for several hours but like all creatures can be susceptible to disease. Science plays a big role in the future of oyster production. What makes Ewan McAsh the famous oyster farmer that he is? It used to be a tough question for him to answer. A thoughtful fellow, he was challenged one day on our travels. On a domestic flight in India, Ewan noticed that Rick Stein was on the plane. The famous U.K. chef was in search for the perfect curry and our group was on a mission to find a shower after many, many hours of travel. Ewan introduced himself and Stein’s first question was: What do you think makes your oysters so great? Today, Ewan can rattle that answer off in a heartbeat. He has developed Signature Oysters, a collective that can supply fresh oysters to their clients year round. His idea was to bring the experience of being near the water to the kitchen. And when Ewan puts a box of oysters together he includes

Branding is key for Sydney Rock Oysters.   SUPPLIED PHOTO a beautiful inner wrap with a company name and a card with his name and signature on it. Now chefs have a direct connection with the crates of oyster they order. Ewan uses the word “celebration” when he talks of the flavours and textures of the different areas that the product comes from. I like that. Celebrating food and celebrating our role in producing it is something we should do every day. And as Ewan has taught an aging industry, so is celebrating change, technology

and opportunity. For Ewan, challenging the industry and implementing technology has paid off. Farmers can now easily lift baskets and scan the production line for salinity and other problems electronically. Productivity has increased. There is a new awareness for NSW oysters and chefs are anxious to see that beautiful box on their work counter. I am very proud of Ewan. He stuck it out through tough times, put together a great business plan, and then led the change. He engaged others. It is young men and women of his calibre that make agriculture so exciting and so strong. Oysters, onions, beef or bacon — whatever we grow — there is open space for creative thinking, supportive science, untapped enthusiasm and leadership. We are in a good business, this business of farming. Let’s celebrate that every day! 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

The bid to bring back ‘orderly marketing’ for grain Single-desk advocates tout the Almond Board of California as a model, but there are other issues BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN

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armers across the Prairies would agree on the need for fair prices, timely grain movement and a profitable rural economy, but the steps on reaching those lofty goals remain open to debate. For decades the single-desk Canadian Wheat Board approach to marketing western Canadian wheat was the path of choice. However, the 3-1/2 years since the end of the CWB’s marketing monopoly have also been a time of lost farm income and transportation inefficiencies, according to some analysts. While it’s important to remember the adage, ‘Correlation does not imply causation,’ the numbers often cited are enough to keep some farmers advocating for a return of single-desk selling as the best medicine for today’s ills of the grain sector. Ken Sigurdson and other members of the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance (CWBA) were in Ottawa earlier this month to lobby their case for a renewed CWB. The delegation, he said, received a welcome ear from the many MPs with whom they met, including cabinet ministers, and was hopeful that the constructive dialogue would continue. When the previous Conservative government disbanded the CWB’s single desk in 2012 it was generally believed such a move would be final, as international trade agreements would prevent the recreation of such an entity.

That’s not necessarily the case, according to Sigurdson. “To create a single-desk selling system, it’s not bricks and mortar; it’s an act of Parliament that needs to be put in place,” he said, highlighting Bill C-4, which amended the CWB Act in 1997, as a model of the legislation that would be needed.

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“In our society, people have the right to get together and market their product collectively,” said Sigurdson. He pointed to the Almond Board of California and guaranteed minimum prices for U.S. sugar producers as two comparative examples of state intervention in the marketing of agricultural products. “If the Americans can have an almondmarketing board, if they can have a protected sugar industry, if they can have a Farm Bill, I see no reason why we can’t do this. After all, this is not the grain companies’ grain; this is farmers’ grain.” The presence of state trading enterprises (STEs), such as the former CWB, has become less and less pronounced over the years, as many countries adopt freer markets, said Milton Boyd, a professor of agricultural economics at the University of Manitoba. The world’s remaining STEs are now given increased scrutiny, he said, as trade agreements are discussed. “So in today’s world, attempting to reintroduce a wheat board with a monopoly STE, could be viewed more critically by Canada’s

trading partners and international competitors in agriculture, and some might take issue with it, on the grounds that it could distort trade,” Boyd said via email. Those complaints may be unfounded as far as Canadian wheat was concerned, but “those negotiating or enforcing trade agreements may fear that STEs could potentially distort trade through approaches such as monopoly power, import controls, or export subsidies.” In reality, Boyd said, Canada is too small a player in the global wheat export business to exert any significant power through a marketing monopoly. “Nevertheless, others may perceive agricultural STEs as having the potential to distort or manipulate trade, and perceptions sometimes can have considerable influence regarding trade issues and for trade negotiation. “Basically, the world today is much different than when the wheat board monopoly was introduced in Canada many years ago,” he said. “However, there will likely always be some farmers and others who philosophically favour government-sanctioned grain-marketing boards and monopolies of the past, and hope for a return of these institutions, even though this may be relatively unlikely.”

and the return of a single desk for marketing western Canadian wheat. The CWBA held a meeting in Raymore, Sask. on March 13, and rather than reiterate earlier calls for a return of the single desk, the 40 farmers in attendance passed a resolution that instead calls for “the establishment of orderly marketing of grain in Western Canada.” Kyle Korneychuk, a Saskatchewan farmer and spokesperson for the CWBA, described the shift in language as “friendlier” and “more inclusive.” The former CWB remains a divisive topic in Western Canada, but “orderly marketing” is a benign enough phrase that everyone should be able to agree on. A single desk may be the magic pill some see as the solution to a host of issues in the grain sector. However, the problem with magic pills is that each new medication comes with a new set of side-effects, requiring yet another pill, which means more complications, more pills et cetera. On the other hand, if the goal is “orderly marketing,” there are many other treatments to consider — many of which will be much easier to implement given the current domestic and international sentiment toward government intervention in markets.

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

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CETA } from page 1 he hasn’t heard anything about the yet-to-be ratified deal. Having recently returned from a 10-month sabbatical in Europe, that doesn’t surprise Sylvain Charlebois, a professor at the University of Guelph’s Food Institute. He said the deal hasn’t made headlines across the Atlantic. “It’s absolutely a non-story,” said Charlebois. “I actually didn’t hear about it once… I was speaking to dairy farmers and they weren’t aware at all.” Given the size of Canada’s population compared to that of the EU, it makes sense CETA is a bigger deal for Canadian producers than Europeans, added Agri-Food Economic Systems Inc. founder Al Mussell. He noted European dairy producers and processors are generally more focused on opportunities in the U.S. market than they are on those in Canada. “If this was front-page news in Europe, that would probably be shocking,” said the researcher. Here at home, it’s another story. Canadian farmers and the organizations that represent them have followed the negotiations intensely, some with visions of

— all over and above the 13,471 tonnes of market access the European Union already has. Dairy Farmers of Canada equates the CETA concessions to a 2.25 per cent reduction in quota or a farm revenue loss of roughly $150 million each year. But the bigger question is what does this mean for Canada’s supply-managed dairy system? See page 49 for the first in a series of Special Reports on the potential and the pitfalls of Canada’s newest trade deal. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

increased eu access • The EU could soon have access totalling 31,971 tonnes or 7.5 per cent of the Canadian cheese market, a big jump from the existing 13,471 tonnes the EU already has under the Canadian cheese Tariff Rate Quotas. • The additional access is equivalent to a 2.25 per cent cut in farm quota, bringing a potential farm income loss of nearly $150 M/year.

Former European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso and former prime minister Stephen Harper were all smiles after signing multibillion-dollar trade deal in Brussels in October 2013. But its potential impact is still being gauged.   PHOTO: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir new markets dancing in their “Whenever trade deals are heads and others dreading the signed, it raises concerns with likelihood of increased competi- producers,” said Dairy Farmers tion for domestic sales. of Manitoba chairman, David Canada’s dairy sector is widely Wiens. “Because every time, B:8.125” seen as the sector of Canadian there is a little bit more access T:8.125” agriculture with the most to lose. given.” S:8.125”

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ALUS } from page 1 County. “When they pay 50 per cent, you can do twice as much — so you’re doubling the impact of your money.” ALUS arrived in Alberta in 2010 when the County of Vermilion River signed up for a three-year pilot project and set up an advisory committee of local farmers and community members. Parkland joined in 2012 and Red Deer County in 2013, but the pace has quickened in the last year. “At the end of 2015, we had seven counties and we’ve added three more since the start of the year,” said Christine Campbell, manager of the program’s Western Canada division. “We’re talking to other counties to join us in 2017. That said, our biggest limitation is funding and we want to grow at a sustainable pace.” Two big selling points for ALUS are its intense local focus (advisory committees develop criteria for their area and landowners put forward their own proposals) along with its flexibility (there are no easements involved and landowners can opt out whenever they want).

The site of the ALUS project on the ranch (Township Road 510 west of Range Road 43) was chosen because it’s visible from a county road, he added. “The county organizes tours of the ALUS sites and you can go on those tours, bring your kids, and say, ‘Yeah, we donated to that. We’re helping to protect that.’ “It might be protecting a creek or creating pollinator habitat or re-establishing native prairie — whatever it is, I think that’s really neat to be able to go and see where your money was spent.” Fencing off creeks and installing solar-powered watering systems has been the most popular project in Alberta, said Campbell. “We have a lot of cattle farmers who see a lot of benefit in that,” she said. “For a typical fencing and watering system, I’ve seen (ALUS funding) from $2,000 to $15,000, depending on the size of the wetland.” But all sorts of projects are eligible for funding, she added. Sound environmental practices are also good for business, said Taillieu, who with son Grant won Alberta Beef Producers’ 2013 environmental stewardship award for their rehabilitation efforts at Tomahawk Cattle Ranch, which they’ve managed since 2001.

Keeping cattle out of the drainage channel at Tomahawk Cattle Ranch means the water is no longer muddied and fouled.   PHOTO: PARKLAND COUNTY “We know that when we look after our environment, it helps us make money — it helps our bottom line,” he said. “By moving our cattle to an off-site watering system, they’re not drinking fouled water, their udders don’t get dirty, and their calves don’t get sick as often. So we’re protecting the drainage (from erosion), we’re helping the water that drains into the North Saskatchewan River stay clean, and

we’re getting better productivity from our cattle and making more money. “There’s just no negative to it.” While watershed projects and livestock operations have been a major focus, the program is also suited to grain farms, he said. “People know from these fancy yield monitors on their combines which parts of their fields that are not productive,” he said. “So they can look at a printout and

say, ‘Yeah, it didn’t pay us to farm those portions, but I need to do something to control the weeds.’ “So maybe you seed that to grass and the ALUS project can give you some income for the management you want to use for that marginal piece of land.” Producers or municipal officials interested in learning how ALUS might work in their area can reach Campbell at ccampbell@alus.ca or 587-894-0666.

“We know that when we look after our environment, it helps us make money — it helps our bottom line.” Gerry Taillieu

NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN CANADA But the surge in interest in Alberta has been driven by two other factors. The success in Vermilion, Parkland, and Red Deer counties led to the creation of the ALUS Alberta Municipal Alliance, which has a full-time co-ordinator who works with counties to implement their own version of the program. Secondly, a $5-million grant from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation allowed ALUS — which had been operated as a division of Delta Waterfowl — to become a standalone organization called ALUS Canada. Over the past year, it has hired 10 staff, including two in Alberta (Campbell and a director of business development).

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The plan is to expand the program not just through grants from foundations, non-profits, and government, but to also sell ‘ecological services’ credits to companies and individuals. Similar to carbon sequestration credits, the environmental benefits would be measured, verified, and sold on a per-acre basis. For example, the Tomahawk Cattle Ranch project involved fencing off 37 acres along a portion of drainage channel and the operation receives $37.50 per acre annually as long as the land isn’t being grazed. By getting donors to cover the cost of completed projects, money would be freed up for new ones, which could in turn be used to sell more ecological services credits. It’s an “exciting” model because it doesn’t rely on taxpayer money and offers companies and individuals a concrete return for their contribution, said Taillieu. “Eventually, they’ll be reaching out to local funders,” said Taillieu. “It’s great to donate to these big national and international organizations, but it’s also great to donate to local organizations.”

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Message received on antibiotic use Poultry health expert says industry has responded to consumer concerns and is reducing antibiotic use By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF/RED DEER

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he poultry industry has a good news story when it comes to antibiotic use and it’s time to share it. “The industry is driving the bus right now and that’s a good thing,” said Dr. Tom Inglis, a vet and managing partner of Poultry Health Services in Airdrie. “It behooves us to think a little bit about the impact of some of these choices, and they do have a huge impact.” The industry is “not going to educate Canadian consumers,” Inglis said at the recent Western Poultry Conference. “We have to listen to what they want and provide it in the marketplace,” he said. “And one of the things that consumers are concerned about is antibiotics.” He pointed to consumer concerns about drug residues in meat — even though poultry meat has either none or, at worse, “residues of tiny proportions.” But the industry is nevertheless revamping its use of antibiotics, he said. “We’re in a period where things are getting changed and where they will change quickly,” said Inglis. In both veterinary and human medicine, doctors used to treat first and ask later, now the reverse is becoming the norm as both professions seek to reduce antibiotic use. Regulators are also now publishing results of poor findings rather than overseeing corrections and fines. “If you get a salmonella violation, for example, they’ll just publish it and let the retail world take care of you,” he said. By year’s end, growth promotion claims will no longer be allowed for medically important antimicrobials, and those drugs can only be used in food animals under the direction of a veterinarian for treating specific diseases. The industry is also tackling the issue of extra label use. The poultry industry has also taken a proactive use to voluntarily quit using Category 1 drugs, which are important to human medicine, for prophylactic use. The bottom line is that the industry is responding to public concerns, said Inglis. “In terms of the judicious use of antimicrobials, I would say that we’re well on our way,” he said. “Most of the time, we’re not doing therapeutic treatments in our flocks. That’s a really positive story that we’re sitting quietly on top of. “We’re doing all the right stuff. Our story is that most of the time, we don’t need antibiotics. This is a good story.” Recent studies also suggest there is a reduction in antimicrobial resistance. “It’s important to me that we measure resistance outcomes,” said Inglis. “If we’re not getting

better results, then we’re not winning.” But he also warned that raising poultry without any drug use isn’t possible. “The truth is that raising birds without any antibiotics ever is not a sustainable industry position,” he said. But producers have to do everything they can to reduce the threat of disease. That includes good nutrition, vaccination, clean water, and proper disinfection procedures, as well as things such as ensuring proper temperatures in barns. “Getting the birds started right is critical — if you chill a bird, the immune system does not function properly and they will not do well, ever,” he said. “Chickens do much better if they have the same humidity and temperature as at the hatchery. It makes a huge difference if we get that right.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Wanted — 59,000 people to work on or manage Canadian farms A new survey has found that farmers could boost production by $1.5 billion if they could find workers BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Staff

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anything like that. The average in all sectors in Canada is one in 36.” The research, focused exclusively on primary producers, looked at the need for workers in two occupations — general farm labourer and manager. Agriculture is hard hit by these labour shortages due to the three main contributing factors, Burt said. The work is seasonal, it’s difficult to lure urban workers to rural Canada, and wages — although rising — are low relative to other sectors, he said. “On average farmers pay about 30 per cent less than the average for all sectors across the country,” Burt said. Meanwhile, the rural population — the traditional source of workers — isn’t growing. All of Canada’s population growth over

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the past quarter-century has all been in urban centres, said Burt. “In the last 25 years rural Canada has not changed,” he said. “It’s essentially the same today as it was in 1990.” By 2025, the labour gap is expected to double to 114,000 workers. The labour shortage costs the farm sector $1.5 billion, or three per cent of the industry’s total value in sales and production, the report concluded. “Basically, one in five operators told us that labour shortages are reducing their interest or ability to invest in growth,” said Burt, who presented the findings at an agrilabour conference in Winnipeg earlier this month. In the beef cattle sector alone, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association noted in a separate release, unfilled vacancies cost that industry $141 million in farm gate cash receipts in 2014. The beef sector also expects to see up to a third of its current producers retire in the next decade. A shrinking labour pool will negatively affect export potential of Canada’s entire agri-food industry, other conference speakers said. Meat packers are working hard to hire domestically, but with hundreds of vacancies since restrictions to the temporary foreign worker program took effect in 2014, plants are struggling to do value-added production, said Ron Davidson, director with the Canadian Meat Council. Fewer meat jobs mean fewer jobs in the economy elsewhere, he said. “Every job on a production line in a meat plant is creating jobs in other parts of the country that Canadians do want... in sales, marketing, human resources,” he said. The Liberal government has recently said it will ease restrictions on the temporary foreign workers in Atlantic Canada for seafood processors. But the government is not convinced other sectors need similar measures, and wants processors to develop longer-term plans to hire Syrian refugees and permanent Canadian residents. Other sectors would have to show “a really compelling case” to get the same flexibility, Employment Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk told the Reuters news agency. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Global food prices to fall further

Russia food ban hurting European farmers

World food prices, already at seven-year lows, will fall further because of slowing economic growth, says the head of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. “The slowdown of the growth of the world economy, especially China, is putting a lot of (downward) pressure on commodities,” said Graziano da Silva. “In the short run this (weak food prices) will be a kind of compensation for the poorest that are buyers of food… but in the long run we would like to see prices recover again. “From experience we see long-term trends of falling prices of commodities mean also a reduction in the supply side.” — Reuters

The European Commission is ready to offer more support for farmers hit hard by a Russian ban on western food imports. The measures include placing products into storage to reduce surpluses, allowing producers to freeze milk production, relaxing EU limits on state subsidies, and effectively suspending EU rules on fair competition. European farmers have been staging protests, blocking streets with tractors, and spraying milk outside government offices. Since Russia banned western food imports, the European Commission has spent more than one billion euros (C$1.48 billion) to help farmers. — Reuters

Canadian dollar activity caps canola futures’ gains Canola crushers are on pace for a new yearly record By Dave Sims

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anola posted gains during the week ended March 18. However, the upside was limited due to surging action in Canadian currency toward week’s end. The front-month May contract was up by roughly $2.50, settling at $465.80 by March 18’s close. Vibrant commercial demand was a staple of the week, as was crushing activity. Processors ran at near-full capacity, hitting an all-time weekly record, according to data from the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association. That put them on pace to set a new yearly crush record. The weekly crush has consistently topped 150,000 tonnes over the 2015-16 crop year, versus the previous year when processors crushed an average of 141,000 tonnes per week. Capacity utilization climbed to 91.1 per cent, with year-to-date capacity utilization running at 82.3 per cent. Processors have crushed 5.126 million tonnes of canola, which compares with 4.543 million at the same point the previous year. Farmer selling has been slow, which contributed to elevation in prices. Open interest in the canola market was also trending downward, which pointed toward a liquidation of short contracts by large funds. The early part of the week also saw canola tracking advances in vegetable oil and soybeans. Some quickly tagged the $470 mark as the nearby resistance, but that proclamation was short lived as canola quickly broke through it amid a sea of volatility. Market pressure came from large global supplies of soybeans and the advancing harvest in South America. Future demand is also somewhat uncertain, due to China’s decision to limit the amount of dockage it accepts on canola imports. While there are various theories as to the motivation for the changes, it nevertheless casts a slight shadow over Canadian exports.

Other factors coming into play included crude oil, which buoyed global markets and equity funds and had a cascading effect on most agricultural markets. Corn and soybeans both posted minor gains at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The rising price of crude made refineries more apt to blend biodiesel and ethanol. Corn took strength from recent wet weather in the Mississippi Delta, which delayed seeding activity and possibly cut into intended acres. Soybean futures rose on short-covering and some unexpected large orders to unknown destinations. Wheat futures were down roughly US$12-$13, as improving winter wheat conditions and bearish export conditions weighed down the market. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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Weekend freeze in U.S. Plains nips hard red winter wheat crop Warm weather followed by a cold snap expected to set back winter wheat crop over a wide area By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO/Reuters

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cold snap last weekend likely hurt hard red winter (HRW) wheat in a portion of the southern U.S. Plains, but the extent of any damage wasn’t immediate. Temperatures dropped into the teens Fahrenheit in portions of the Plains for several hours on Saturday and Sunday, colder than forecasters had expected. “We didn’t have any models that were showing anything so cold,” said Joel Widenor, a meteorologist with the Commodity Weather Group.

Wheat was most vulnerable to damage in about 20 per cent of the HRW Belt, he said, including southwest Kansas, southeast Colorado, and the “panhandle” region of western Oklahoma. Dry conditions have also been building in this region. Wheat sheds its ability to withstand cold as it develops in the spring, and warm weather in early March had bolstered spring growth. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 10 per cent of the Oklahoma winter wheat crop and six per cent of the Kansas crop by March 13 had reached the “jointing” stage of growth, when it can be harmed by temperatures falling to 24 F or below, for two hours or more.

“Anywhere that was solidly into the jointing period, there would have been some damage,” Widenor said. The USDA is expected to release updated crop progress and condition ratings for Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas later on Monday. Damage would start showing up after about a week, but winter wheat plants still have time to recover by producing new tillers, or stems, that could produce grain, limiting yield loss. “It’s early enough for damaged tillers to be replaced with new ones,” said Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist with INTL FCStone, “but dryness may prevent that from happening.”

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New biorefinery to open demonstration refinery SBI BioEnergy says it has a unique process that uses no water or chemicals and generates no waste Alberta Innovates — Bio Solutions release

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n Edmonton company is reaching the final stage of its project to build a biorefinery that will convert nonfood canola oil and waste fats into next-generation, renewable transportation fuels that can replace or can be blended with conventional fuels. The company, SBI BioEnergy (SBI), has been working on scaling up its novel “catalytic” processing technology for the past three years, thanks to $1.4 million in funding from Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions (AI Bio). The process creates no emissions, generates no waste, and costs less than other alternative fuel technologies. A new demonstration refinery capable of producing up to 10 million litres of renewable fuel annually is expected to be

FCC expands loan program for young farmers FCC release

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in operation by year’s end. The company’s next goal will be to build a full-scale commercial biorefinery able to produce up to 240 million litres of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel annually by 2018. AI Bio, a provincial government agency, provided the funding to SBI in 2013 to advance its proprietary process from the lab to a demonstration-scale plant. “This will not only provide a new market for agricultural producers and companies, it will also help to diversify the provincial economy and bring environmental benefits by filling a technological gap and advancing the renewable fuel industry in Alberta “ said Steve Price, CEO of AI Bio. SBI uses a proprietary catalyst instead of hydrogen in its processing. The process is continuous rather than producing fuel in batches, so further efficiencies are achieved. Feedstocks

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production. The technology also produces a co-stream of high-purity glycerine, a valueadded chemical used in the manufacture of food products, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, the company said. “This is new technology, invented in Alberta. It comes at

the right time in the right place and the market is huge,” says SBI president and CEO Inder Pal Singh, a chemist who founded the company. Alberta is currently importing 300 million litres per year of renewable diesel, primarily from overseas, to blend with conventional fuel, he said. In addition to AI Bio funding, SBI has received about $460,000 in support from Alberta Innovates Technology Futures. Earlier this month, the Alberta government announced the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) has earmarked a $10-million contribution for SBI to continue its work.

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A different way to vaccinate Vaccines for bovine respiratory disease are more effective when administered via nasal spray than injection, according to a University of Saskatchewan study. Dr. Philip Griebel’s study found vaccines administered at branding (age three to six weeks) and at weaning (age six to seven months) were more effective when given via nasal spray. “Intranasal vaccination at branding led to persisting immunity until calves were six to seven months old. A second intranasal vaccination at weaning resulted in complete protection against BRD. Meanwhile, the intramuscular vaccination at weaning did not prevent the disease,” said Griebel. — Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency

Egg Farmers releases sustainability report Egg Farmers of Alberta has released its second annual Sustainability Report. The 2015 edition expands the amount and variety of metrics being reported on, and also sets a number of progressive targets. “Last year’s report set the stage by telling the story of where we’ve come from,” said Susan Gal, the organization’s general manager. “This year’s report is more about telling the story of where we want to go as an industry, by detailing our forward-thinking commitments under each of our four pillars, in a transparent and accountable manner.” The Sustainability Report is intended to be an annual report card for the organization, egg producers, industry, and consumers. — EFA

Grazing grasslands is good for the environment, study finds A research team conducted a study on 114 sites throughout Alberta and found that long-term grazing can have a positive impact on grasslands By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF/LEDUC

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attle are often demonized as environmental polluters, but grazing them can have a positive impact on grasslands. “Grasslands store a lot of carbon and we should be proactively thinking about the value of that carbon, not to mention all the environmental goods and services they provide,” said Edward Bork, professor of rangeland ecology at the University of Alberta. “In my opinion, that’s the reason why the retention of grasslands is so important. It adds social licence because these benefits are received together with forage production and livestock production. “It’s one of the drivers for why grazing on public lands should continue.” Grasslands are not only valuable for grazing, they’re also necessary for wildlife habitat. “The conservation and retention of these grasslands is important and grazing is an important vector to help maintain them,” Bork said at a recent Alberta Forage Industry Network meeting. Bork and his research team, in association with Alberta Environment and Parks, surveyed 114 sites throughout Alberta to study the effects of grazing. The sites were in the upper parkland, the upper foothills, the montane, and mixed grass areas of the province. The researchers measured biomass, carbon stores, and the diversity of plants species. “Grazing is an intrinsic step to help us maintain plant biodiversity,” said Bork. “It knocks down the vigour of the dominant grasses and allows other species to increase in the understory.” The largest and most significant results were seen in foothills fescue sub-region, southwestern Alberta, and in the central parkland. The researchers found only 10 per cent of plant communities consisted of introduced plant species. Dry mixed grass and the parkland had the same abundance of introduced species, whether or not there was grazing.

Grazing makes for healthier grasslands, which means more carbon capture and plant biodiversity.  The only places where more introduced species appeared was in the wetter environments, like the montane or the upper foothills. The increase in introduced species also coincided with greater productivity and increased diversity in the grazed environments in the montane and upper foothills. This all translated into a boost in production. This is a good thing for cattle ranchers, but it may also be a good thing for wildlife habitat and management. Grazing also helped to mitigate or reduce the presence of shrubs in the montane and upper foothills. “With fire suppression, we’ve seen large-scale shifts in that part

of Alberta, away from grassland to shrubland-dominated habitats,” said Bork. Grasslands are enormous carbon captures. Worldwide, they contain over 50 per cent of the world’s organic carbon. The amount of carbon in the soil helps offset the rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But converting grassland into other land use can have a significant impact on carbon storage and carbon release. “We’re losing up to 20 to 50 per cent of the carbon through landuse conversion. These are staggering numbers when you think of it,” said Bork. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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“We’re losing up to 20 to 50 per cent of the carbon through land-use conversion. These are staggering numbers when you think of it.”

The benefits of grazing cattle on grasslands are many, says Edward Bork, a professor of rangeland ecology.   PHOTO: ALEXIS KIENLEN

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Lessons learned from the avian flu disaster The biosecurity do and don’t list is incredibly long, and even reaches into the homes of poultry farm workers BY ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF/RED DEER

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he mood at the Western Poultry Conference was sombre as Helen Wojcinski detailed the carnage of the avian influenza outbreak that tore through the U.S. 17 months ago. More than 10 million turkeys and about 11 per cent of the U.S. layer population lost. More than 220 farms in 15 states hit. Losses of $3 billion during the six-monthlong outbreak. “This was the largest animal disease outbreak in the U.S.,” said Wojcinski, a veterinarian and manager of science and technology with Hybrid Turkeys, an Ontario turkey-breeding company. “Not just the largest poultry disease outbreak. The largest animal disease outbreak in the U.S. — period.” The best way to manage avian influenza is to prevent an outbreak before it begins, and that means having robust biosecurity, she said. There are two types of avian influenza viruses: low path and high path. The former is a milder form, and sometimes easy to miss. “In some cases, you might not even know that the flock was exposed to it,” said Wojcinski. “If there is mortality with low path, it is often because there is some secondary bacteria, like E coli.” But low-path viruses that circulate multiple times through flocks can become high path, which

causes neurological or respiratory problems and has high mortality rates. That’s what hit American producers, touching down in multiple states simultaneously. “The industry was prepared for a tornado, but instead we got a tsunami,” said Wojcinski. Wild waterfowl can harbour the disease and are “flying viral factories,” leaving the virus behind after landing on your water sources or in your fields, she said. Using surface or pond water as a source of water for poultry can easily bring the virus into the barn. “If those wild waterfowl land on a source of water, they are excreting the virus into it. The virus can live in the mud at the bottom of the pond for a long period of time.” People working in fields visited by wild waterfowl can often stir up the virus and can bring it into the poultry barns if they do not clean themselves properly and change their clothing. “The other thing we always have to be aware of is that the outside of the barn is always dirty and contaminated,” she said. So any equipment stored outside must be sanitized properly. But the list of potential threats doesn’t end there. Wind can spread the virus to a neighbouring farm. Infected but undiagnosed flocks are another threat as the virus can spread as they are transported past other poultry farms. During the avian flu outbreak in the U.S., air sampling found high viral loads inside and immediately outside barns.

“Most of the time, our biosecurity thinking was to protect the farm and draw the line around your farm. This virus, which was different, was about protecting each barn.”

Helen Wojcinski

Proper biosecurity takes a lot of effort, but the avian flu outbreak in the U.S. shows the need for robust measures, Helen Wojcinski said at the Western Poultry Conference.   PHOTO: ALEXIS KIENLEN “You need to think about where you are parking your cars, and where that vehicle goes afterward,” said Wojcinski. “It becomes a huge biosecurity risk.” That’s why there should be vehicle wash stations on the farm, and vehicles should be disinfected as they move from one part of the farm to another. Hard surface entry pads is another way to lower the risk. But the list still goes on. Pest control, proper hand sanitation and clear rules for anyone who

works on the farm, including detailed protocols for biosecurity and disinfection. No one who works on a poultry farm should have birds of any kind at home, and employees should only work at one poultry farm. “This outbreak really caused people to look at their biosecurity thinking,” said Wojcinski. “Most of the time, our biosecurity thinking was to protect the farm and draw the line around your farm. This virus, which was different, was about protecting each barn.”

It was a major effort but the severity of the avian flu crisis means every American farm has been mandated to have their own biosecurity and depopulation plan, she said. No one wants a repeat. “In the beginning, it took five to 10 days to depopulate all the birds on a farm,” she said. “As larger layer complexes became infected, it took up to 22 days. So during that period, you had all the birds spewing out the virus, and you had to feed the birds and provide for them. This was a major problem and one of the reasons the outbreak became so extensive.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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PERFORM PAINFUL PROCEDURES EARLY

"It is best to do castrations as early as possible because the tissue area is much smaller, the blood supply is less developed, and we believe that innervation of that area is less developed."

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USE PAIN CONTROL PRODUCTS FOR PROCEDURES ON OLDER ANIMALS

"The incentives to producers to use pain mitigating drugs are very simple. You will be able to do your procedure much quicker and much more effectively. Dr. Eugene Janzen Professor, University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

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beefresearch.ca/pain As of January 2016, the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle states that producers should perform painful procedures as young as practically possible, and that pain control must be used when dehorning calves after horn bud attachment (approximately 2 to 3 months old), or when castrating calves after 9 months of age. Products to help control pain are now available and licensed for use on beef cattle in Canada. View www.beefresearch.ca/pain for a list of available options, and talk to your veterinarian about what will work best for your operation. The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) plays an important role in identifying and funding research of priority to the Canadian beef cattle industry to advance its competitiveness and sustainability. The BCRC manages the research allocation of the national beef check-off and funds leading edge research through Canada's Beef Cattle Industry Science Cluster.

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Antibiotics should only be used to treat disease, not to prevent it, says veterinarian Craig Dorin.   PHOTO: SUPPLIED

“There is no evidence that antibiotic resistance in Canadian beef cattle production is causing the antibiotics in human medicine to be less effective and that is in spite of the fact that people are really looking to see if that exists.” Reynold Bergen

“Society is going to review how we do this and they’re going to have expectations of us,” he said on the webinar. “And so we need to have a mind shift on how we approach our use of these products so we can defend that we are using them prudently and in a sustainable manner.” More veterinary oversight, fewer over-the-counter antibiotics, and the removal of growth promotion claims are all being

phased in over the next couple of years, but cow-calf producers need to rethink their management approach. Despite the rising concerns about antibiotic resistance, some producers are still using antimicrobials prophylactically. “With the values of calves as high as they are, people don’t want to lose them, so we are hearing that people are using antibiotics inappropriately —

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Antibiotic use in cattle doesn’t appear to be a threat to human medicines, but their use must still be curbed

espite intense scrutiny, there’s little evidence that antibiotic use in the cattle industry is increasing resistance to human medicines. But it could be causing increased resistance to antibiotics used to treat cattle, say two experts. There’s no question that using antibiotics increases the odds of bacteria becoming resistant, said Reynold Bergen, science director of the Beef Cattle Research Council. “Antimicrobial use — whether we are using it in humans or pets or livestock, agriculture or horticulture or beekeeping — is going to increase antimicrobial resistance,” Bergen said during a recent research council webinar. Some antibiotics used in livestock are closely related to antibiotics used in human medicine, and antibiotic resistance can be transferred between different types of bacteria, he said. “There’s concern that all of these factors can add up to a reduction in the efficacy of drugs that are used in human medicine and that’s actually where the big question mark is,” said Bergen. Antibiotic resistance is a naturally occurring phenomena, and even bacteria never exposed to antibiotics have been found to develop resistance. “Antibiotic resistance is natural, but if we add extra antibiotics through the various ways they are used, we can really speed up the rate at which antibiotic resistance develops,” said Bergen. But so far, there’s very little evidence antibiotic use in the cattle industry is posing a threat to human medicines. According to work done by the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance, there is next to no resistance to antibiotics that are classed as “high importance” in human medicine, and more resistance to drugs that are “less important” in human medicine. “In the cattle side, the antimicrobial resistance is looking very, very good,” said Bergen. “Any other livestock sector in Canada would be proud to have results that look this good.” The “very high importance” and “high importance” drugs account for only 20 per cent of all drug sales in the cattle industry. “When we look at the human side of things, it’s close to 80 per cent,” said Bergen. “Chances are, if these drugs aren’t working in human medicine, it’s because of the way they are used in human medicine. “There is no evidence that antibiotic resistance in Canadian beef cattle production is causing the antibiotics in human medicine to be less effective and that is in spite of the fact that people are really looking to see if that exists.” But that doesn’t mean all is well. Cattle producers and feedlot operators used to consider antibiotic use as a right — but they need to realize it’s a privilege, said Dr. Craig Dorin, veterinarian with Veterinary Agri-Health Services in Airdrie.

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when the animals might need treatment as opposed to when they know they need treatment,” said Dorin. Most feedlots have stringent protocols for antimicrobials and pen riders are given extensive training in disease recognition. However, some feedlots treat all high-risk calves, whether or not they are sick. This has reduced cases of respiratory diseases and death loss, but it may not be a sustainable practice, said Dorin. “The question we have is if we can defend the use of this long term,” he said. “Is society going to allow us to use antibiotic products on animals that might get sick if they aren’t currently sick?” A 2014-15 survey of feedlots conducted by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and Alberta Beef Producers found some resistance to antibiotics. It also found multi-drug resistance was increasing. “Antimicrobial resistance does exist, it’s an issue we face and the question is whether it’s going to be a growing issue or something we can control,” said Dorin. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Here are Dr. Craig Dorin’s recommendations for using antimicrobials effectively. • Don’t use antimicrobials for diseases that they are not indicated for. For example, abscesses are a common problem, but these are localized infections. If the animal does not have a fever and the infection is not systemic, it doesn’t need an antibiotic. Similarly, don’t use antibiotics for injuries. • Understand the classes of antibiotics and choose those furthest away from ones of high importance to human medicine. Talk to your vet to learn what individual antibiotics are suited for. • Diagnose disease properly so you know which antibiotic to use. Get a lab diagnosis if necessary. • Use antibiotics for the proper duration. • Proper nutrition is the foundation of any health program. Inadequate mineral and vitamin supplementation is often a problem. • Maintain proper vaccination protocols and have a good vaccination program for the prevention of bovine respiratory disease. • A pre-weaning vaccination program can help cattle develop stronger immunity. • Use low-stress weaning. • Calve later. Calve on green grass and clean ground. Using a calving rotation system can reduce diseases. • Have good biosecurity. Don’t allow dirty trucks, find out where visitors have been, and know the vaccination record and disease history of every animal you bring onto your farm. • Don’t bring dairy animals onto your farm because of the threat of Johne’s disease, which can be transmitted through milk. If you need colostrum, get it from a beef operation. • Rely less on auction marts and have more direct farm-to-feedlot sales. Send health information with the animals when they go to a feedlot. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Injuries to coronary band need extra TLC Coronary band injuries commonly occur when trailering horses BY CAROL SHWETZ, DVM

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hrough their lifetime horses can accumulate a number of injuries — cuts, scrapes, scratches and bruises. Most locations on the horse’s body are fairly forgiving of such injuries, however there are a few sites on the body where added vigilance is necessary to ensure a favourable outcome. An injury to an eye or a joint is readily recognizable as serious. An injury to the coronary band and/or coronet is equally serious yet is often overlooked as such. The coronet or coronary band refers to the area on the horse where the hairline meets the hoof capsule. This structure is responsible for continuous hoof growth over the horse’s lifetime. When the coronary band is injured, in any way, the future growth of a horse’s hoof wall is jeopardized. The coronary band of the horse is like the cuticle or nail bed of a human finger. This is the germinal centre that actively makes new cells, and so the growth of the hoof wall depends on the viability of these cells. Inside the coronary band is the coronary corium, a bloodfilled tissue which generates and feeds the hoof wall. New hoof wall cells produced in the corium gravitate down-

ward from the coronary band in a spiralling configuration, giving the hoof wall its framework of strength and elasticity. Any interruption in this growth pattern will disrupt the integrity of the hoof wall. As a sequelae, the appearance and sometimes the functionality of the hoof wall is affected. Hoof wall defects as a result of coronary band injuries will run vertically from the site of injury. These defects can take the form of a cosmetic deformity such as a blemish, a crack, a fissure or a depression in the hoof wall. If severe enough, the cracks and fissures risk becoming inflamed or infected and can lead to lameness. Horses sustain coronary band injuries following a number of unfortunate events. Entanglements with wire, and collisions with fences, metal sheds, old equipment, or trail debris to name a few. Coronary band injuries also commonly occur during trailer loading and/or while the horse is travelling in a trailer and attempting to negotiate its footing during travel. Further means of harm can come to the coronary band when horses overreach — when the back hoof connects with the foreleg below the pastern. This misstep can happen during training or with high-speed sporting events such as barrel racing, reining or jumping. The incidence of

No big surprises in livestock report But a jump in the number of replacement heifers is a promising sign for the future

Photo: Thinkstock “clipping” the pastern and coronet is further increased during takeoff, landing and striding when corks are placed in iron shoes. The treatment for coronary band injuries depends upon the severity of the injury. If the injury is not too serious, it may be gently cleaned with water and kept wrapped for the period of time necessary to heal. It becomes very important to keep this area as clean as possible for it offers the body the best chances of successfully resolving the injury with the least amount of permanent damage to the hoof wall. Injuries to the coronary band often bleed profusely due to their rich blood supply. Therefore bleeding may

need to be controlled with a clean pressure bandage. A hospital bandage applied to the foot offers the wound the best opportunity to heal. Such a bandage may seemingly appear to be “in excess” yet an investment in “overcare” with injuries in this particular location is worthwhile. More serious injuries may require veterinary exploration to assess the level of damage. Debridement, surgical repair, or followup casting of the foot for a period of time may be necessary to minimize complications and improve the final outcome. The close proximity of these wounds to the ground surface places them at a greater risk for contamination, and so the

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

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here were few surprises in Statistics Canada’s latest Canadian livestock inventory estimates, says provincial livestock market analyst Jason Wood. “Due to lower domestic slaughter and exports, inventory estimates reported a marginal increase in Canadian cattle,” said Wood. “In Alberta, total cattle inventories saw a 0.4 per cent increase, while hogs increased 1.7 per cent in numbers. Conversely, Alberta sheep decreased 6.9 per cent from the previous year as farmers reduced herds.” Beef replacement heifers were up 4.0 per cent nationally and 5.2 per cent in Alberta, said the report, which was released earlier this month and estimates inventories as of Jan. 1. “Alberta had the strongest retention of beef replacement heifers, followed by Saskatchewan and Manitoba,” said Wood. Nationally, calf inventories increased 0.9 per cent to 3.8 million, while feeder heifers and steers dropped 1.2 per cent and 0.7 per cent, respectively.

need to keep them bandaged while healing is pertinent. Healing is further challenged by the loading and unloading of the hoof which results in constant movement of the healing tissues. Therefore, an equally important part of healing coronary band injuries is proper trimming of the hoof. By sparing and easing the forces of weight bearing, proper growth from the coronet is encouraged. Measures taken to prevent coronary band injuries include policing the horse’s environment for safety as well as acknowledging high-risk situations for injury. These include trailering, early stages of training where foot placement by the young horse can be awkward, and specific competition demands. Bell boots, which cover the coronary band, worn at these times will often avert injuries. Horses improperly trimmed or shod will also be at a greater risk for injuries to this vulnerable site due to increased chances of overreaching. Early recognition and proper care of coronary band injuries favour a positive outcome for the healing process, and mitigates damage to this particularly sensitive tissue.

PROVOST Friday April 8, 2016 Agri-Day - Crescent Point Place 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm   Photo: Thinkstock “I think the biggest surprise is that beef cow numbers are slightly down nationally,” said Wood. “We expected it to stay on par with last year given the drop in beef cow slaughter and exports. Seeing the strong retention of replacement heifers in Alberta (and in Western Canada) is a really good sign of potential herd expansion as we move forward.” In the hog sector, inventories were up in Canada and Alberta from a year earlier due to sow and gilt retention and increasing litter rates. Domestic slaughter increased 4.2 per cent from 2014, and exports were up 16.4 per cent during the same period.

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La Niña can also bring foul weather

Algal blooms slam Chilean fish farms

A U.S. government weather forecaster says there’s a near 50 per cent chance La Niña could develop by fall as El Niño dissipates. Typically less damaging than El Niño, La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean and tends to occur unpredictably every two to seven years. Severe occurrences have been linked to floods and droughts. The strong El Niño still underway has had a significant impact globally and is expected to affect temperature and precipitation patterns across the United States in the upcoming months, the Climate Prediction Center said. — Reuters

A deadly algal bloom has hit the world’s second-biggest salmon exporter, Chile, where nearly 23 million fish have already died and the economic impact from lost production is seen soaring to $800 million. The dead fish could easily fill 14 olympic-size swimming pools, Jose Miguel Burgos, the head of the government’s fisheries body, said earlier this month. Unusually high ocean temperatures, due in large part to the El Niño, have fuelled the algal bloom that has affected 37 of the nearly 415 salmon farms operating in southern Chile. Most of the farms are in ocean enclosures or in estuaries. — Reuters

It wasn’t just a warm winter, it was an unprecedented one You can call it amazing or disturbing, but it’s been the 10th straight month the planet has set a temperature record BY DANIEL BEZTE

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ll of the global temperatures for February are now in and the numbers are rather startling. We knew it was going to be a warm month, thanks in part to the increasing long-term rise in global temperatures due to human-produced greenhouse gases and also because of the strong El Niño event this winter. What was surprising was just how warm February turned out to be. All three of the main trackers of global temperatures (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville) reported record-warm global temperatures in February. The University of Alabama in Huntsville records global temperatures in the lower portion of the atmosphere using satellite records, and it recorded a February mean global temperature that was 0.83 C above average, which beat out the previous record of 0.73 C above average set in April 1998. Beating a global temperature record by 0.1 C is pretty darned impressive! NASA also reported that February was a record-warm month, with temperatures running 1.35 C above average. This beat out the previous record of 1.14 C set this January. That is a 0.21 C increase in the record, which is absolutely amazing… or disturbing. While this number is pretty impressive, this February’s reading beat out the previous February record set in 1998 during the last big El Niño event by an incredible 0.47 C! Quickly following on the heels of NASA, NOAA released its February numbers and it basically agreed with NASA. NOAA reported a mean global temperature for February that was 1.21 C above average, which beat the previous February record set in 2015 by 0.33 C. February was also the warmest month (compared to average) on record as it beat out last December by 0.09 C. What is truly remarkable and puts little doubt that something unique is happening with global temperatures, is that this is the 10th consecutive month that monthly temperatures have broken a record, and it has been 15 consecutive months that global temperatures have ranked in the Top 3 warmest on record. It’s getting harder and harder for people to dispute that our climate is warming. The question that is now being asked is: Just how is a warmer climate going to affect our overall temperatures, and in particular, extreme temperatures? In a just released study titled “Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change,” by the National Academies Committee in the U.S., its authors speculate how warmer global tempera-

7 Day Departure from Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) March 11, 2016 to March 17, 2016

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tures might impact the occurrence of temperature extremes. I have included a graphic from that report that shows three possible scenarios. The first is simply a shifting of mean temperatures. The solid lines on the graph represent temperatures without any climate change and the dashed lines represent temperatures with climate change. The graph shows the probability of different temperatures with average temperatures in the middle. As to be expected, temperatures cluster around the average with these values having the highest probability of occurring, with extreme cold and warm events having lesser and lesser chances of happening. This first graph shows that if we simply shift the mean towards warmer conditions, we would see less extreme cold events and more extreme warm events. This is something we have seen across the Prairies this winter. Our warm spells have been towards the extreme warm end, while our cold snaps have only seen temperatures return to near average or slightly below average. The second possibility is increased variability as shown in the middle graph. This would result in less days seeing average conditions, but more days with both extreme cold and extreme warmth.

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The third possibility is a change in symmetry as shown in the bottom graph. In this scenario we would see about the same amount of cold extremes, a slight increase in cooler days, a slight decrease in warmer days, and an increase in hot and extremely hot days. When they think of climate change and global warming, most people automatically think of the first graph, and I’ll have to admit I am in this group, but as you can see it can be much more complicated than that. Does a warming planet mean we will stop seeing really cold periods of weather? No, but it does look like the likelihood of seeing more and more periods of extreme warm weather will increase. What we have to start thinking about is what we need to do to try and cope with this. And it won’t be easy. For example, how do you deal with extreme warmth in early spring that brings about the sprouting of plants that is then followed by a return of cold weather? This is just one of the issues that we’ll have to try and deal with as our atmosphere undergoes a switch to a new climate regime over the next couple of decades. If you thought our weather was unpredictable before — just wait.

A switch in the overall weather pattern across the Prairies brought some significant precipitation to the northern and eastern regions over a relatively short period. This map shows how the storm track brought aboveaverage amounts (greens and blues) in a line stretching from northeastern Alberta into southern Manitoba, with the highest amounts occurring in southeastern Manitoba (thanks to two different systems).

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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You’ll love this year’s prices — and next year’s yield bump Studies have found crops grown after pulses have some eye-popping yield increases and other benefits, too By JENNIFER BLAIR

“There’s still so many people who don’t put pulses in their rotation, but the advantages are so numerous.”

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ecord-high prices have many producers taking a closer look at pulse crops — but the full benefit may not be seen until next year. “There are some real advantages to crops that follow pulses in the rotation,” said Mark Olson, unit head for pulse crops at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “It’s widely documented in research in Canada and abroad that you see these yield increases and benefits.” In a study conducted by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, researchers found across-the-board yield increases in crops the year following a pea crop. And the yield boost changed depending on the crop. “What they found is that you get anywhere between a 41 to 52 per cent yield increase in barley with barley on pea stubble versus barley on barley,” said Olson. “In wheat, they saw a 20 to 47 per cent yield increase with wheat on pea stubble. In canola, it was a 15 to 96 per cent yield increase. “There’s a definite benefit to other crops in the year following pulses.” In addition to the yield boost, crops that followed pulses in the rotation also saw a one per cent bump in protein levels — an added benefit for crops like wheat that get a protein premium. “That gives you a bit of a clue as to

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Record prices are generating huge interest in pulse crops, but you’re also going to like the yield increase you’ll see in the subsequent crop, says a provincial pulse expert.   Photo: Thinkstock what crops you might want to follow field pea — probably not malt barley because you don’t want high protein, but in wheat, you do,” he said. So what advice does Olson have for producers who are still holding off on putting pulses in their rotations? It’s simple: “Do it.” “There’s still so many people who don’t put pulses in their rotation, but the advantages are so numerous,” he said, adding pulse acreage in Alberta increased by 20 to 25 per cent last year, with room to grow again this year. “If you haven’t looked at pulse crops, I think it’s a good time to look at them.” Agronomically, pulses are a good fit in the rotation, even without the yield boost for the following crops. Pulses fix their own nitrogen, reduc-

ing fertilizer costs, and help conserve moisture and nutrients for deeprooted plants like canola. And the genetics for field peas — the most commonly grown pulse crop in Alberta — are getting better every year, said Olson. “They’re better standing, and they’re higher yielding,” he said. “But they’re not the easiest crops in the world to just throw in the ground and hope for the best. You have to take the time to do your homework and figure out how to manage these crops.” If you’ve never grown peas before, Olson suggests starting with yellow peas. “The greens are a little more difficult to grow because of bleaching, and there is a bit of a yield discount at this point to growing green peas,”

he said. “Historically, there’s been an advantage in terms of the dollarper-bushel price, but yield-wise, the greens tend to yield lower than the yellows.” But prices for pulses in general are strong, he added, so you can’t really go wrong this year when adding a pulse into the rotation. “One of our largest consumers is India, and it’s had a couple of crops that haven’t been the best. Prices are at an all-time high,” said Olson. “The interest in field pea and lentil is the highest it’s ever been.” With International Year of the Pulses, “the demand is there,” he said. “We’ve never seen prices like this before. It’s the highest we’ve ever seen,” said Olson. “I think guys will see that it makes economic sense to put them in their rotation.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Demand for Canadian forages heading skyward Forage exporter says the only negative last year was finding enough hay to meet foreign demand By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF/LEDUC

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anadian overseas forage markets have grown in the past couple of years, and the future looks very promising. Korea and Taiwan remain solid markets, but China has come on strong the past few years, Marc Lavoie, forage exporter and manager of Entreprises MacKay, said at the Alberta Forage Industry Network Conference. “Last year, China imported 1.23 million tonnes of alfalfa, which was an increase of 37 per cent over the previous year,” said Lavoie. “Those are pretty strong growth numbers.” The Korean market is expected to grow, thanks to a free trade agreement that came into effect last year. As duties decrease, Canadians hope to become more competitive in that market. Imports of forage have also grown dramatically in the Middle East. “It’s not a forage market as much as it is a water market,” said Lavoie. “We’re basically exporting products that take up a lot of water. They’re decreasing the use of water for forages in those parts of the world.”

Saudi Arabia has started importing a great deal of forage for dairy production. “In terms of the Saudi projections, they’re going to import over 2.6 million tonnes in 2016,” he said. “To go from zero to 2.6 million tonnes is huge, considering that Japan, which used to be our largest market, is two million tonnes.” The Japanese market has been decreasing for a few years. The Fukushima nuclear accident in 2012 caused forage imports to jump a bit, but they came back down in 2015. “It is a declining market, but the Canadian dollar has come down and freight has come down so we’ll be competitive in future years,” said Lavoie. “We hope we’ll pick up some of the market share.” The only negative note was last year’s drought. “With the drought that we had, it was very difficult to find the hay that we wanted to export,” said Lavoie. “Not only that, it’s very expensive for us to be able to purchase it, export it and make money at it. The good news is that the markets are there. The bad news is that we had a tough year last year. We’re hoping for a better spring and summer and we’ll go from there.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime market for forage seed growers The flip side is that if you’re establishing pastures this year, you’ll be in for sticker shock when you see seed prices By ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF/LEDUC

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he demand for forage seed is high, and reduced acreage means that prices are soaring. If you’re seeding a pasture into forage, you’re going to be paying more for your seed this year. “The supply is considerably lower. The carry-over is almost non-existent on a lot of the crops,” Forage Seed Canada president Heather Kerschbaumer said at the Alberta Forage Industry Network conference. Acreage, yields and supplies are all down, and demand is up, she said. Drought in the American Midwest in recent years pushed up demand for Canadian product, while high cattle prices have done the same for demand on the home front. Meanwhile forage seed acreage has dropped, especially in the Peace Region, said Kerschbaumer, who runs Golden Acres Seeds in Fairview with her family. “It’s been decreasing for the past number of years, particularly when the price of grains and canola went up,” she said, adding it takes a long time for land put back into forage seed to become productive again. But it’s a good time to be selling

Heather Kerschbaumer, speaking at an Alberta Forage Industry Network meeting, said that acres of forage seed are low and prices are soaring.   PHOTO: ALEXIS KIENLEN forage seed, especially to American buyers. “If we’re selling seed into the U.S. and they’re paying $3 a pound, that makes it over $4 a pound Canadian,” said Kerschbaumer, noting that translates to a retail price of $6 Canadian a pound. “All the prices are relative to what they are (paying) in the U.S. right now.” All wheatgrasses — especially northern and western wheat — are in extreme short supply while sup-

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plies of meadow, smooth brome and hybrid brome are also tight. Timothy is the one crop whose price has come down because the yields and supply are quite good. “We’ve been in this since 1982 and the prices are the highest we’ve ever seen,” said Kerschbaumer. “When you’re normally paying $35 an acre for your establishment, you’re going to be paying $50 or $60 this year.” Legumes, including the red, alsike and sweet clover are in short supply and prices are soaring. Alfalfa prices are also high. “Supply is so-so, but demand is high,” she said. Another factor is that genetically engineered alfalfa is not produced in Canada, and that attracts buyers seeking conventional seed that’s free of even trace amounts of the GE variety. “We’re almost a niche market because of GE alfalfa.” Because demand and prices are high, many forage seed growers do not want to carry over inventory. “So far, we’re looking dry,” said Kerschbaumer. “We may be in for another smaller crop, but if we do have rain, prices could be down by 30 to 40 per cent. If we have a good year, and the U.S. has a good year, the prices have nowhere to go but down.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Canola growers asked not to use quinclorac herbicide this year While the weed killer is registered in Canada, it hasn’t been approved in China, one of Canada’s most important canola customers BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

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anadian canola growers are advised not to use the herbicide quinclorac on their canola in 2016 because China, one of Canada’s biggest customers, has not yet approved it. “Until these questions are resolved, growers should use other options to control cleavers on their farms,” the Canola Council of Canada says on its website. “It’s a very serious issue,” council president Patti Miller added in a news release issued by BASF. “Our export customers test shipments regularly to make sure their standards are met and the tests are becoming more and more precise. If a shipment is turned back because of an unacceptable residue, it can mean millions and millions of dollars, not only to the exporting company, but to farm revenue.” Three herbicides containing quinclorac have been registered for use on canola in Canada — Clever by Productierra, Facet from BASF and Masterline Quinclorac, a Univar product. They all control cleavers. “If growers have used quinclorac on their canola in 2015, they should contact their local elevator or processor to discuss options,” the council’s website says. Data from 2015 confirmed that quinclorac leaves detectable residues on canola seed and in the the processed oil and meal, the canola council says. “When samples were tested from canola fields that had been treated with quinclorac according to label directions, residues were found most of the time. Therefore, the value chain believes there is a significant risk to Chinese exports if quinclorac is used on canola.” China, which buys about one-third of Canada’s canola exports, has no maximum residue limit (MRL) for quinclorac on canola and no history of accepting imports of canola where the presence of quinclorac residues has been detected. There is also no MRL for quinclorac in the CODEX Alimentarius, the international standardsetting body of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which is considered by Chinese authorities in assessing whether imported products meet Chinese requirements, the council says. “It’s a market where we need to proceed very cautiously,” Brian Innes, the council’s vicepresident of government relations, said in an interview. “This growing season, we have a very strong commitment from members of the value chain to be very clear with growers about what’s accepted and what’s not.” In December, Japan approved MRLs for quinclorac and China is expected to do so by 2018, Innes said. “I can assure you the value

chain does want farmers to have access to new tools but to do so in a way that protects our export customers,” he said. Canola is the top revenue-generating crop in Canada, contributing $19.3 billion to the economy annually. It creates almost 250,000 jobs, according to a study prepared for the council in 2013. About half of Canada’s canola production is exported as seed, oil and meal, with 90 per cent of it going to four countries — the United States, China, Japan and Mexico. The United States is the biggest customer with imports in 2014 worth $3.5 billion, followed by China at $2.3 billion and Japan and Mexico at $1.2 billion and $772,400, respectively. However,

China was the top seed importer at 4.3 million tonnes. There aren’t a lot of good shortterm options for controlling cleavers in canola, said Jeanette Gaultier, a weed specialist with Manitoba’s Agriculture Department. The first thing is to scout for the weed both in the fall and spring. “If it comes up in the fall you’re going to want to control it in the fall,” said Gaultier. Glyphosate can be tank mixed with several other herbicides to control cleavers. However, be aware that many cleavers are resistant to Group 2 herbicides. Also, glyphosate shouldn’t be applied alone because cleavers are thought to be prone to developing glyphosate resistance.

“So you definitely want to be looking at different modes of actions,” Gaultier said. “Maybe some Group 4s. The Distinct mix, a Group 19, can also offer some control. “Tillage is a double-edged sword. Sometimes it can break up plants that are there, but it can also stimulate germination of seeds in the seed bank. Crop rotation is probably one of the best things. It can be a problem in crops that aren’t very competitive or in crops that don’t have a lot of herbicide options. Cereals, and winter cereals especially, throwing those into the mix is a good longer-term strategy for dealing with cleavers.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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separate individual canola lines based on the resistance of each source. “With our partners at Crop Production Services, we then combined them to create this hybrid,” Rahman said in the release. All previous clubroot-resistant cultivars offered single resistance. The variety, which also has good blackleg resistance, will be available in areas where clubroot is already a problem in Alberta, primarily in the north-central area around Edmonton. “Being the first year, we will always be limited in seed volumes,” Bruce Harrison, CPS’s director of research, development and innovation, said in an email. Growers in central and northcentral areas of Alberta should contact a CPS retailer in their area to find out about availability, he said. But Harrison also warned that the new variety is not a silver bullet for clubroot. “We are encouraging growers to focus on proper stewardship, including equipment sanitation and lengthening crop rotations,” he said. “We caution growers that PV 580 GC is a valuable tool, but should be utilized as part of an integrated and sustainable strategy to protect against this disease.” Since clubroot was discovered in Alberta in 2003, nine new strains of the disease that can overcome current resistant lines have been found in the province, the university noted in its release. That includes a variety developed in 2009, which had its resistance overcome in just four years. “It’s a nightmare that it broke down so fast,” Alberta Canola Producers Commission general manager Ward Toma said in 2014. “And it broke down so fast because it was not used properly, from what we understand.” ‘Multigenic’ resistance — meaning it has two genes with resistance — is important because, in most fields, there isn’t just one strain of clubroot, Canola Council of Canada agronomist Dan Orchard said in November when it was first announced PV 580 GC would be available this spring. But with so many unclassified strains of clubroot — including newly discovered highly virulent clubroot pathotypes referred to as 5X — present in the Canadian Prairies, this new variety won’t protect against them all, he said. “It’s just the tip of the iceberg with the discovery of these strains that haven’t been classified yet,” said Orchard, adding there are “many variations of 5X.” “I wouldn’t want to call it a saviour for all the strains out there that we haven’t classified. We don’t know that yet because these strains are popping up as we speak.” He said growers need to aggressively scout their canola fields for clubroot. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada funded Rahman’s research as did the Alberta Canola Producers Commission. “This is exactly what we were looking for when we initially invested in Dr. Rahman’s work over 10 years ago,” said Daryl Tuck, who farms near Vegreville and is chair of ACPC’s research committee.

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Craft brewing gives malt barley prices a hop Acres are seen rising by about five per cent this spring BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

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he craft brewing industry appears to be providing the fastest-rising demand for malt barley, which has been steadily pushing prices higher — but overall reduced demand for beer and increased acres could keep a lid on that strong pricing. “Many maltsters are either 100 per cent craft, or moving the percentages up all the time to sell to the craft industry,” said Rod Green, manager for Central Ag Marketing at Airdrie. “So consequently that’s going to increase demand for malt, and as demand for malt increases that will strengthen the price.” As of 2014, the amount of craft beer produced had been rising at a rate of 18 per cent per year in the U.S., according to a report from the Brewers Association. New breweries are opening every day in North America, “but saying that, the beer consumption in North America is very flat,” Green said.

Beer has been losing market share to wine and liquor. In 2004-05 beer controlled 49 per cent of the market in Canada, but that figure fell to 42 per cent in 2014, according to Statistics Canada. Delivered elevator malt barley runs between $4.90 to $5.75 per bushel in Manitoba, the only province with that data readily available, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. But for the most part, old-crop malt barley is essentially done, Green said. “Export, domestic, everything is pretty well covered and wrapped for the year,” he said. New-crop malt barley prices range from $5.05 to $5.25 in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada estimates barley’s seeded area — including malt and feed — at 6.67 million acres, compared with 6.53 million last year. Green expects malt acres to increase by about five per cent. “It’s grown principally on contract, particularly with domestic maltsters, so it’s slightly higher again this year.”

While overall beer consumption is seen as flat, the amount of craft beer produced in North America has been rising.  pHOTO: thINKSTOCK

Oat buyers, sellers far apart on price Growers may commit fewer acres to the crop this spring BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN CNS Canada

Farmers with oats to sell and end-users willing to buy them are far apart in terms of price right now, limiting how much business is actually taking place. Major U.S. customers are well covered for the time being, “with enough to last for a few months’ worth of milling,” said Ryan McKnight of Linear Grain at Carman, Man. McKnight’s company is currently at a zero basis relative to U.S. futures, which would normally be considered strong at face value. However, with futures trading below US$2 per bushel, the zero basis only works out to about C$2.60 per bushel when the exchange rates are factored in. Manitoba farmers wanted at least $3 per bushel, McKnight said. Quality issues with northern Saskatchewan’s crop were another issue in the oats market, keeping some supplies out of the regular channels, he said. Looking ahead, McKnight said many Manitoba farmers had already contracted some oats area at about $3.25 per bushel for new crop. However, with the current softness in the market, he expected actual seedings would be down on the year as many producers look to other options, including wheat and pulses. “I cannot find anybody willing to pay what my customers want right now,” said McKnight. “We need somebody to start buying up some oat futures, to get the price back to levels we can do some business at.”

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App promises better communication between farmers and beekeepers Developed in Australia, BeeConnected will aid co-ordination between farmers and beekeepers and keep bees healthy STAFF

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ropLife Canada and the Canadian Honey Council are teaming up to bring an app to Canada that promises to help bees and crop agriculture coexist. BeeConnected was developed by CropLife Australia and the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council, to allow farmers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to collaborate anonymously to protect pollinators. The app works for iPhone and Android devices, as well as through a web platform, and is free. “We have heard from a number of farmers and farm groups, aerial applicators, beekeepers, and provincial governments across Canada that better communication between all parties would be helpful and could go a long way to keep Canada’s honeybees healthy,” Pierre Petelle, CropLife Canada’s vicepresident of chemistry, said in a release. After downloading the app, users register as a beekeeper, farmer or pesticide applicator. Farmers can list planned agri-

Pierre Petelle, vice-president, chemistry, CropLife Canada.   PHOTO: CropLife Canada

cultural activities — such as spraying a pesticide or planting treated seed — or while beekeepers can list hive locations. The information is only shared with relevant users in their area, and the application enables instant messaging between registered users, while maintaining their privacy. Beekeepers who have regis-

Bee deaths have been in the headlines recently, with pesticides being tagged for some of the blame. A new app co-sponsored by CropLife Canada and the Canadian Honey Council aims to prevent them.   Photo: Thinkstock tered their hives will receive a notification if they are within five kilometres of the planned activity. Farmers and spray contractors can search the map on the

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Crop insurance rates down in 2016 Malt barley insurable for the first time and organic production is also eligible for coverage this year AFSC release

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griculture Financial Services Corporation has made six enhancements to the AgriInsurance programs, including a first of its kind malt barley insurance product. The corporation, provincial and federal governments, and producer groups worked together to make the enhancements based on producer feedback.

The malt barley insurance will have a premium price compared to feed barley, but will provide more coverage for growers with malt contracts. The other five program enhancements are: • A mendments to the Annual Insurance Program to include winterkill as a designated peril for pedigreed alfalfa seed production loss insurance. • Implementing individual coverage as part of the Bee Overwintering Insurance Program.

• Making organic producers eligible for production insurance. This new option will work similarly to AFSC’s standard production insurance programs. • Continued changes to field pea insurance as the crop shifts to an edible end use. • Creation of a distinct category for yellow dry beans. Additionally, AFSC clients will pay an average of six per cent less in multi-peril Annual Crop Insurance Program premium rates compared to 2015 levels. The

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USED FARM EQUIPMENT *For commercial use only. Offer subject to credit qualification and approval by CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. See your New Holland dealer for details and eligibility requirements. CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. standard terms and conditions will apply. Depending on model, a down payment may be required. Offer good through March 31, 2016, at participating New Holland dealers in Canada. Offer subject to change. Taxes, freight, set-up, delivery, additional options or attachments not included in price. © 2016 CNH Industrial Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland Agriculture is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates. CNH Industrial Capital is a trademark in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates.

AIR DRILL 2013 Bourgault 3710, 50’ ............. $189,000 2014 Bourgault 3710, 50’ ............. $159,000 2013 Bourgault 3710, 40’ ............... $95,000 2002 Bourgault 5710, 29.5’ 9.8” spacing ....................................... $33,000 2010 Bourgault 3310, 75’, 12” spacing ................................ $95,000 2013 Bourgault 3320, 76’, 12” spacing .............................. $169,000 2013 Bourgault 3320, 75’, 12” spacing ..................................... $115,000 2009 Bourgault 3310, 65’ ............ $128,000 2011 Bourgault 3310, 65’ ............. $138,000 2013 Bourgault 3710, 60’ ............. $198,000 2002 Bourgalut 5710, 47’ ............... $49,900 2008 Bourgault 5710, 64’ ............ $108,000 1997 Bourgault 5710, 54’ .............. $48,000 1998 Bourgault 5710, 54’ .............. $59,900 2003 Flexi-Coil 5000/3450, 57’ ...... $89,000 2002 Flexi-Coil 6000 / 3450, 40’ .. $115,000 2010 Flexi-Coil P2060, 60’ ............. $68,000 2008 NH SD550, 70’ ...................... $59,000 2007 CIH 700, 70’, 10” spacing ..... $49,900

AIR TANK/CART 2000 Flexicoil 6000/3450 ............. $115,000 2005 Bourgault 6550 ..................... $59,500 2014 Bourgault L6550, 4 meters, 591 Monitor ............................. $119,000 2013 Bourgault L6550 .................. $119,000 2010 Bourgault 6700, 3 meters, 591 Monitor ............................. $118,000 2013 Bourgault 6700, 3 meters, $ 138000 Bourgault 3225, ............................. $13,500 2012 Bourgault 6450, .................. $125,000 2002 Bourgault 5200, 2 meters, 491 monitor ................................ $22,000 2010 Bourgault 6450, .................. $108,000 2007 CIH 3430 ............................... $35,000

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

2012 NH CX8080, 731/584 Hrs ... $299,500 2012 NH CX8080, 611/426 HRS .. $318,000 2012 NH CR8090, 1144/917 Hrs $289,000 2012 NH CR8090, 1058/811 Hrs $299,000 2012 NH CR8090, 727/543 hrs .... $339,000 2002 NH CX840, 3700/2500 hrs .... $78,000 1993 NH TX36, 1993/3079 hrs ....... $25,000 1997 NH TX66, 3754/2781 hrs ....... $38,500 1998 NH TX66, 3438/2643 hrs ....... $39,500 1999 NH TX66, .............................. $48,000 1996 NH TR98, 2931/2211 hrs....... $39,000 1997 NH TR98, 2740/1934 hrs....... $48,000 1997 NH TR98, 3058/2357 hrs....... $28,000 2007 NH CR9070, 948/780 hrs .... $198,000 2007 NH CR9070, 1710/1253 hrs $179,000 2008 NH CR9070 1238/1026 hrs . $179,000 2008 NH CR9070, 1434/1023 hrs $189,500 2008 NH CR9070, 1489/1020 hrs $195,000 2009 NH CR9070, 1733/1419 Hrs $169,000 2009 NH CR9070, 1597/1208 Hrs $179,000 2009 NH CR9070, 1351/1010 hrs $239,000 2010 NH CR9070, 1654/1240 hrs $189,000 2010 NH CR9070, 1616/1190 hrs $189,000 2009 NH CR9080, 1347/980 hrs .. $249,000 2011 NH CR9080, 724/552 Hrs .. $315,000 2010 NH CR9090, 1333/907 hrs .. $309,000 2011 NH CR9090, 1302/901 hrs .. $280,000 2011 NH CR9090, 1087/837 Hrs $299,000 2012 NH CR9090, 868/632hrs ..... $339,000 2012 NH CR9090, 635/487 hrs .... $359,000 2012 NH CR9090, 788/619 hrs ... $379,000 2005 NH CR970, 2244/1501 hrs .. $138,000 2005 NH CR970, 2459/1821 hrs .. $138,000 2006 NH CR970, 1861/1300 hrs .. $169,500 2006 NH CR970, 1400/1100 hrs .. $178,000 2006 NH CR970, 1547/1219 hrs .. $189,500 2007 NH CR970, 1987/1653 hrs .. $118,000 2012 AGCO Gleaner S77, 423/323 hrs .............................. $298,000 2012 AGCO Gleaner S77, 446/346 hrs .............................. $298,000 2000 CIH8010, 1728/1322 hrs ..... $189,000 2013 Claas 760, 361/233 hrs ....... $389,000 2007 JD 9860STS, 1627/1161 hrs$208,000 2005 JD 9860STS, 1497 hrs ........ $148,000

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2007 Bourgault 6000 ...................... $25,800 2013 Mandako MT3620RB, .......... $65,000 2007 Leon Q4000 Fram Only NH/ CIH ............................................... $13,800 2013 Salford I-2141, 41’ ................ $99,000 2011 Leon Q5000 STX Quad ......... $30,000 2014 Salford I-4141, 41’ .............. $115,000 2007 Leon Q4000 NHTJ ................. $19,500 2010 Salford 570 RTS, 30’ ............. $68,000 2013 Leon Q5000, ......................... $33,000 FEED WAGON/BALE PROCESSOR

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2005 Haybuster 2650 ..................... $14,900 2007 NH CX8080, 1002/785 hrs .. $189,000 2002 Cattlelac 330, ....................... $18,500 2008 NH CX8080, 2009/1522 hrs $238,000 2003 Bale King 3100, RH discharge $9,800 2008 NH CX8080, 2005/1538 hrs $238,000 2003 Lucknow 285 ......................... $12,800

2006 NH HS18, ............................. $24,500 2001 Brandt 1390, ........................... $9,000 2010 NH H7150/H818, 18’ ............. $29,500 2010 NuVision 5395, ..................... $21,000 SPRAYER 2011 NuVision 6395, 95’ Tele1993 Flexi-Coil S65, ........................ $7,900 scoping....................................... $19,500 2003 Flexi-Coil S67, ...................... $19,500 2010 Richiger 9’ Bagger with auger, ......................................... $33,000 2008 NH SF115, ............................ $24,900

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2011 Bourgault 7200,, 84’ ............. $47,000 2009 Rogator 1084, 3160 hrs....... $159,000 Bourgault 7200, 72’, 2500 acres .... $44,000 2011 JD 4830, 1599 hrs ............... $218,000 2010 Riteway 8100, 78’ ................. $33,000 2008 CIHPatriot 3320, Eng Hrs: 3030 ........................................ $148,000 HEADER COMBINE 2012 MacDon FD70, 45’ ................ $75,000 2011 JD 4830, Eng Hrs: 1820 ..... $218,000 2013 MacDon CA25 ....................... $23,000 2013 NH SP240 FXD, Hrs: 515, 1200 Gall, 100’ ......................... $258,000 2008 NH 94C - 30 .......................... $39,500 2012 JD 635D, 35’.......................... $68,000 SWATHER 1996 MacDon 960, 25’ transport ... $16,500 1999 MF 220II, 2209 hrs, 26’ ......... $29,000 2010 Honeybee HB30, 1999 NH 994, 25’ ........................... $15,000 JD adaptor 30’ ........................... $38,500 2009 MacDon D60, 30’ DK ............ $33,000 2010 Honeybee, HB30, Gleaner adaptor, 30’ ................................ $49,500 2011 MacDon M150, 35’ .............. $118,000 2008 Honey Bee HB36, ................. $48,000 2013 MacDon M105, 170 Hrs ..... $138,000 1999 Honey Bee SP36, 36’ ............ $29,000 2010 MacDon M150, 950 Hrs ..... $109,500 1996 Honey Bee SP25, ................. $18,500 2009 MacDon M150, 911 Hrs ....... $89,000 1994 Honey Bee SP36, ................. $19,500 2011 MacDon M150, 871 Hrs ..... $125,000 1999 Honey Bee SP36, 36”............ $29,000 2012 MF 9740, .............................. $98,000 2008 JD 936D, ............................... $39,900 2003 Premier 2952, 2098 Hrs......... $48,000 1998 MacDon 960, ........................ $25,000 2005 Westward 9352, 1450 Hrs .... $69,000 1998 MacDon 871 TX Adaptor ......... $6,000 2012 MacDon M155, 462 Hrs, 35’$138,000 2011 MacDon FD70-45, ................ $75,000 2012 MacDon FD70-45, ................ $78,000 2005 NH HB30, 30’ ........................ $26,000 2013 MacDon FD75 -35, ............... $78,000 1998 MacDon 960, ........................... $9,500 2010 MF 5100-35, ......................... $58,000 1998 MacDon 960, 25’ ..................... $9,500 2006 NH 88C-36, .......................... $58,000 TRACTOR 2008 NH 94C-30, .......................... $39,500 1983 Ford TW35, 9440 HRS .......... $17,800 2009 NH 94C-30, .......................... $39,800 2012 Case IH U105 ........................ $59,000 2008 NH 94C-36, .......................... $49,500 1986 John Deere 4850, 11,460 hrs $58,000 2003 NH 94C-36, .......................... $39,500 2000 NH 994-30, ........................... $38,000 2009 McCormick TTX230, 1640 hrs .............................................. $99,000 1999 NH 994-30, ........................... $29,500 2009 NH T6030 - LDR, 4550 hrs .... $89,000 1998 NH 994-36, ........................... $19,000 2011 NH T7.170 - LDR, 2005 hrs . $119,000 1998 NH 994-36, ........................... $19,000 1992 NH SP30, ................................ $5,800 2011 NH T7.270 AutoCommand - LDR, 2360 hrs ........................ $178,000 1994 NH SP30, ................................ $9,800 1997 Westward 9030........................ $4,000 2004 NH TG210, 5845 hrs, LDR..... $84,500 2001 NH TM125 - LDR, 7435 hrs ... $48,000 MOWER CONDITIONER 1992 JD 1600, ................................. $5,800 2009 NH TV6070 - LDR, Eng Hrs: 4660 ................................... $95,000 1999 MF 670 ,16’ Hay Head .......... $10,000 2000 MacDon 5010, ...................... $12,000 2008 NH TV6070 - LDR, 4555 hrs .. $79,500 2012 MacDon R85, 16’ .................. $29,500 2004 NH TM175, 5200 hrs, LDR .... $69,000 2006 NH 1475, .............................. $21,500 TRACTOR 4WD 1995 NH 2216, ................................ $7,500 1995 NH 2216, ................................ $9,500 2007 CIH STX530Q, 3337 hrs ...... $236,000 2000 NH 2300, .............................. $10,500 2009 CIH STX535Q, 3103 hrs ...... $278,000 2010 NH H7150 / HS16, ................ $29,500 2014 NH T9.615, 1263 hrs ........... $338,000 2013 NH H7460, ............................ $37,500 2012 NH T9.615, 2706 hrs ........... $259,000 2012 NH H7560, ............................ $28,000 2002 NH TJ450, 9000 hrs ............ $138,000

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Demand exceeds supply for organic ingredients More growers are needed to supply manufacturers and processors By Laura Rance Staff

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emand for organic products has enjoyed double-digit growth in Canada over the past decade and demand continues to outstrip supply, says the Canadian Organic Trade Association. “The number of organic growers has increased slightly in the past two years, but the growth of the production base is not enough to keep up with the rising demand,” Marie Ève Levert, the organization’s manager of international and regulatory affairs, told the Senate last month. “We need more growers and more acres to supply our manufacturers and processors,” she said. Three key components the sector requires in order to see sustainable growth in production, said Levert. “We need to increase supply by supporting farmers to transition to organic; we also need reliable data to measure our success and to seize new opportunities; and, finally, we need to maintain our equivalency agreements,” she said. “These components are also inherent to the competitiveness and profitability of the organic sector.”

For example, the U.S. developed in 2002 a National Organic Certification Cost Share Program, which supports up to 75 per cent of the cost of certification. “Implementing a similar national cost-share program in Canada, it would ensure fair competitiveness for our industry, and it would also help increase our capacity and fill the current organic supply gap,” she said. Current information on the exports and imports of organics, as well as information on national production, is fragmented and incomplete, she said. Her organization says the global organic market is now valued at more than $80 billion in consumer sales per year. Canada is the fifth-largest market in the world, valued at over $4 billion a year and its organic exports average more than $558 million per year. laura@fbcpublishing.com

An employee sets up organic products in the Bio foods section at an Auchan supermarket in Nice, France earlier this month.   PHOTO: REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

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The federal government announced earlier this month that the EU has expanded the scope of its equivalency agreement with Canada to include organic food products that contain organic ingredients. The revised agreement means Canadian certified organic processed products that include imported ingredients will no longer require costly and timeconsuming double certification, a federal release says. The expanded scope of the arrangement will also include mutual recognition of EU and Canadian organic wine standards as being equivalent. Canada and the EU have treated each other’s certification systems for organic food, feed and seed as equivalent since 2011, but it didn’t apply to imported ingredients. Prior to this latest change, “other products could come into the country either 100 per cent from Europe, or products that were processed with ingredients from across the globe but that were certified to the EU organic standards,” Levert said. “But for us… we could only export products that were 100 per cent Canadian, with 100 per cent Canadian ingredients,” she said. With five organic equivalency arrangements now in place with trading partners, she said the Canadian organic sector needs to be able to measure its success and understand the effects of these equivalencies on its internal market. Canada now has agreements with the U.S., the EU, Switzerland, Costa Rica and Japan. Levert said transition to organic can take up to three years, which is costly and disruptive to growers who cannot yet access organic premium for their crops.

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*For commercial use only. Offer subject to credit qualification and approval by CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. See your New Holland dealer for details and eligibility requirements. CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. standard terms and conditions will apply. Depending on model, a down payment may be required. Offer good through March 31, 2016, at participating New Holland dealers in Canada. Offer subject to change. Taxes, freight, set-up, delivery, additional options or attachments not included in price. © 2016 CNH Industrial Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland Agriculture is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates. CNH Industrial Capital is a trademark in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates.

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$58,000 New Holland 94C, 2012, 30 feet 754145

$235,000 2010 New Holland T9060 Tractor, 3000hrs, 535HP 754147

2 - 2012 CR8090 Combines, c/w Stone trap and GPS . . . . . . . . . .Choice @ $295,000 2011 NH CR9070, Auto Steer, 900 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$199,900 2008 CIH 8010, AFX 1475 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$156,000 2013 NH CR8090, 950 hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$295,000 2011 NH CR9070, 1200 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$199,900

$295,000 2012 New Holland CR8090, loaded

USED HEADERS

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2010 NH 36’ 94C, draper header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,000 2 - 2013 NH 30’, 72c auger headers, almost new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CALL215 2012 94C, 30’ head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $58,000 NH 74C, 36’ auger flex headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,500 MacDon FD70, 40’ flex draper, DK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,000

USED TRACTORS

NH TV 140, bidirectional, just in on trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOLD 2010 NH T9060, 535HP 3000hrs, no DEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$235,000 2012 Boomer 50 Compact Tractor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000 2011 NH T9.505, 4WD, 3000 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$235,000

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$28,000 2012 New Holland Boomer 50 Tractor - Compact 710316

$295,000 2011 New Holland SP365 Sprayer, 1600 gal, 120’, Auto Steer, c/w 3 yr, 3000hr power train warranty 754295

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 MacDon 4952i, C/W 30’ header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62,500 MacDon 2940, C/W 30’ header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,000 MacDon 14’ hay header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call 1 - MacDon 18’ multi crop header, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 2009 Premier M150, c/w 30’ DBL D60 header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$107,000

$156,000 2008 Case IH 8010 Combine 675910

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2011 NH SP365F, 1600 gal, 120’, Auto Steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$295,000 2006 Spray Air 3600, deluxe 100ft booms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,900 SOLD NH SF215, suspended boom sprayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,500 SOLD 2009 Apache 1910, 910 hrs, Auto Steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $189,000 SOLD 2009 Apache 1210, 900 hrs, boom height and auto steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $179,900 2013 NH SP275R, 1200 gal, 100’ boom, Auto Steer, 450 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,000

USED FORAGE & HAYING

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NH 575, 14x18 baler new knotters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 2012 NH BC5070, 14x16 baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17,500 2006 JD 3975, forage harvester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$18,900

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$235,000 2013 New Holland SP275R Sprayer, 450hrs, 1200 gal, 100` boom, Auto Steer 754299

$35,000 2010 Agrex Maxi Spreader - Fertilizer, 10 Tonne Fert. Spreader

2009 NG L170, 4300 hrs, new tires, open cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 SOLD 2006 NH C185, compact track loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 SOLD

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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

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U.S. farm secretary calls for mandatory GMO label The U.S. Senate agriculture committee proposes a voluntary national scheme STAFF

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egislation to avoid a patchwork of state laws on labelling of genetically modified (GMO) foods should make such labels mandatory, says U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Vilsack’s remarks came as the U.S. Senate is about to consider a voluntary national labelling scheme. Given Vermont’s plans for a GMO label law by this summer, federal legislation has to come quickly to avoid “the chaos that could ensue if we have 50 different states developing their own labelling requirements,” Vilsack said. The chairman’s mark — a first draft of legislation introduced at a committee by its chairman, in this case Republican Sen. Pat Roberts — passed the agriculture committee 14-6 on March 1. “It is clear that what we’re facing today is not a safety or health issue. It is a market issue,” Roberts said in a release. “This is really a conversation about a few states dictating to every state the way food moves from farmers to consumers in the value chain.” The chairman’s mark, he said, “puts forward policies that will help consumers not only find information, but also demand

information from manufacturers… It sets national uniformity, based on science, for labelling food or seeds that are genetically engineered. “This allows the value chain from farmer to processor to shipper to retailer to consumer to continue as the free market intended.” However, where Roberts’ draft lays out a standard for voluntary disclosure of such information, Vilsack said he wants to see a mandatory system. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the agriculture committee’s ranking Democrat, agreed, saying that “for a solution, which includes a 50-state pre-emption, to receive the broad support necessary to pass the Senate, it must contain a pathway to a national system of mandatory disclosure.” A voluntary program, she said, “is not enough to meet consumer demand.” On the topic of what form such a label should take, Vilsack said he would prefer a “smart” label — “an opportunity to be able to take a smartphone and be able to click it on a QR code or a bar code and get information about a product.” Such a label, he emphasized, should also never convey the wrong impression about the safety of the food Americans consume.

Many organic food companies label their products as GMO free, but now the U.S. agriculture secretary is recommending a nationwide mandatory labelling law.   PHOTO: REUTERS/Jason Redmond

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CFIA tells wheat recommending committee its operating procedures still need work Surprising to committee members who thought they had met most of former minister’s requests BY ALLAN DAWSON

“I’ve talked to some of those people and heard the comments and they didn’t even know what the process was.”

Staff/Saskatoon

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he ghost of agriculture minister past haunted the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) during its annual meeting last month in Saskatoon. Gerry Ritz is no longer agriculture minister, yet some of his policies on Canada’s variety registration system are still being implemented by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), while others are not. For example, CFIA wants the 75-member PRCWRT to significantly cut its membership, while ensuring industry stakeholders from seed developers and farmers to exporters and end-users are represented. Two other proposed changes have been shelved because neither are high on the new government’s priority list, Mark Forhan, a senior specialist with CFIA, told the PRCWRT. Forhan didn’t say if the concept of smaller committees was vetted by the new government. Presumably, CFIA believes its model operating procedures (MOPs) will improve variety registration. Or is it a response to an ideologically driven process that gained momentum under the old regime? The PRCWRT is important to western Canadian wheat farmers. It assesses agronomic, disease and end-use quality data on new wheats and recommends if they should be registered by CFIA — a prerequisite to commercialization. The PRCWRT’s role as gatekeeper is sup-

Leo Meyer

CFIA’s Mark Forhan told the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) it’s too big.   PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

Woking, Alta. farmer Leo Meyer defended the variety registration process and said critics just don’t know the process.

posed to ensure farmers and end-users get new varieties that are as good or better than existing ones. While variety registration, along with the wheat class system and Canadian Grain Commission oversight, are credited with creating and protecting Canada’s high-quality wheat brand, there are critics, including the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and some private seed companies. Several years ago the former accused the registration system of being subjective,

unpredictable, political and dominated by experts from publicly funded institutions biased against private sector varieties. In early 2013 Ritz wrote all the recommending committees, including the PRCWRT, asking them “... to enhance innovation by... removing barriers that unnecessarily encumber innovation in the crop sector.” The PRCWRT went to work immediately and by December 2013 had revised its operating procedures, believing it had achieved

Former Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada wheat breeder Ron DePauw said the PRCWRT is big because wheat is a diverse crop with many stakeholders. what Ritz wanted — a process that’s more inclusive, transparent, flexible and predictable. However, CFIA has just now put the finishing touches on its MOPs and will be “going back and forth with proposals and changes (with recommending committees)... looking

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CFIA } from page 30 for compliance with both the spirit and letter of the MOPs... ” to take effect in 2017, Forhan told the PRCWRT last month. That took the PRCWRT by surprise. “I know for a fact that we’re further ahead and more in sync with what you guys have there than a lot of other committees,” said Brian Beres, an Agriculture and AgriFood Canada biologist at the Lethbridge Research Centre. “I’m not going to compare you to other committees, but this is the one that needs a lot of work, honestly,” Forhan said in reply. The biggest bone of contention is governance, he said. “Seventy-five (members) is a bit on the extreme side,” Forhan said. Although the PRCWRT has 75 full members who can vote on committee matters, voting on whether to support new varieties for registration is left to the 23-member cultivar voting panel made up of seven voting members from each of the three evaluation (agronomy, disease and quality) teams,

plus one representative each from the Canadian Seed Growers Association and “I’m not going to compare you Canadian Seed Trade Association. This year the panel only voted on four to other committees, but this is of the 26 candidate wheats before the the one that needs a lot of work, PRCWRT. That’s because in 2013 the voting process was streamlined. Varieties honestly.” approved by a majority in each of the three teams are automatically recommended for registration. Mark Forhan Before the vote the variety’s representative makes the case why it should be supported. Anyone, including guests, can ask questions and engage in the discussion. This year the process took just over an hour. to decipher and figure out how to navigate Forhan said the PRCWRT should be their way through, (and there were) suspicloser in size to its voting panel. The sci- cions of bias,” Forhan said. entific experts who voluntarily serve on The critics are misinformed, Woking. the evaluation teams would still assess the farmer and PRCWRT member Leo Meyer data, but voting would be left to industry told Forhan. stakeholders with “skin in the game.” “I’ve been in some of those organiza“The message that came back loud and tions,” Meyer said. “I’ve talked to some clear (from industry consultations) was of those people and heard the comments these are large, onerous groups and very and they didn’t even know what the procomplicated, difficult for a new member cess was. T:10.25”

“I stand here to defend this process because it increasingly becomes an issue of who controls seed in the world. You just need to look at the latest deal with Syngenta and ChemChina. “Maybe the new minister needs to be briefed.” Wheat is not potash or crude or oil or canola, former agriculture wheat breeder Ron DePauw said. There are many different types of wheat with different uses and different stakeholders. “When you start adding it up it gets to be more than a couple of people,” he said. “And I think as long as the group is open and transparent then there is an opportunity for all the people to express their point of view. That’s what’s really important here.” DePauw added the fact a process is a bit difficult to understand the first time someone encounters it isn’t sufficient reason to simplify something that’s serving a purpose. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Alberta Agriculture has a number of farm safety resources, including activity books, guidelines, booklets, signs, and decals. These include an activity book on safety around livestock and a publication called Children and Farm Chores for assessing when a child is ready to take on farm tasks. The pocketsized booklet Quick ’N’ Dirty Guide to Farm Safety has bite-sized bits of information on machinery safety, personal protective equipment, ATV safety, livestock safety, and safe handling of agricultural “sharps” (needles, scalpel blades, or broken glass from medicine bottles). To order these or other resources, contact Raelyn Peterson at 780-538-5633 or raelyn.d.peterson@gov.ab.ca. — AAF

Children are often eager to help out on the farm, but tasks should be introduced in stages and with lots of preparation, says Raelyn Peterson, farm safety co-ordinator with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. Supervision requirements vary by task, age, and abilities. The best way for a child to learn through experience is to learn with someone who has the experience and adheres to safety requirements. Once a child shows that she or he can do the task, they can be left at their task for short periods of time. Patience, an honest assessment of a child’s abilities, checking for hazards, training, and adequate supervision are all key, she said. — AAF

HEARTLAND Farmer feedback builds safer equipment The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association continues to offer farmers a way to raise their concerns about hazards posed by newer farm equipment BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Staff

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guy walks into a tool department with his thumb bandaged, complaining about his new hammer. It keeps hitting two inches to the left. That’s actually not a joke. As any carpenter will tell you, you can hammer all day with a good hammer that’s the right fit for your hand, but if you use one that’s not, your hand will be sore at day’s end. This is a reality for any tool, including tools and equipment found on farms, which can have built-in safety issues at times. It might be the shuttle shift lever placed just so, where your clothes will catch it every time, tractor axles that repeatedly break, tractors that slowly creep forward even in park, and even excessive noise that can leave the operator disoriented after hours of exposure. All these issues and more have been reported by Canadian farmers since 2014, when the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association launched its online reporting tool ‘Speak Up for Safer Farm Equipment’ (www. casa-acsa. ca/speak-up-for-safer-equipment). The intent was to get farmers, manufacturers and standards organizations talking about safety concerns related to what they perceive to be the design of farm equipment, said Glen Blahey, the organization’s agricultural health and safety specialist. It serves to collect all concerns in one central repository, and issues deemed universal are forwarded to the Canadian Standards Association, he added. The issues farmers have raised also point to how important it is for equipment manufacturers’ service and supply sectors to offer thorough education for their customers, and for customers to expect that level of training. “Farmers who are purchasing equipment need to not only talk about the dollar value of the equipment they’re buying,” Blahey said. “They need to ensure that the supplier confirms that that equipment meets standards (of the Canadian Standards Association) and that the supplier provides basic training on that equipment.” One case from the website illustrates the importance of better operator training. A farmer in Alberta was put at serious risk because he didn’t know what a warning light on the dash of his new tractor was trying to tell him. “This was an incident in Alberta about a year and a half ago with a producer who had been baling straw and the baler caught on fire,” said Blahey. The farmer raced back to the yard to get his newer-model tractor and

Danny Mann, professor and head of the department of biosystems engineering at University of Manitoba stands on the mock-up staircase built at the university so researchers could compare access paths on farm equipment, including step angles and spacing and how different designs impact knee joints of users.   PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON hooked up a cultivator to take to the field to build a fire guard. As he neared the smoke-filled scene, the tractor went into limp mode. “The orange light had flashed on the dash but he had not read the manual as thoroughly as he should have (and) he was unaware it was telling him that it was detecting high-volume particulate in the air. The warning was to protect the machine’s air intake system.”

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But reading the operator’s manual, or being offered more operator training, just like guards or protective personal

wear, is only one part of the equation for making the interaction between farmers and the equipment they use safer. Alternate design solutions, or, to coin a phrase, building a better hammer, can help reduce the toll farm work takes on the body too. That’s been the focus of research by University of Manitoba biosystems engineer Danny Mann. He has extensively studied the design of agricultural machines from a user’s perspective. “At any time that there is a machine, there is also a person responsible for operating that machine,” said Mann.

“Those two entities have to work in harmony in order for the optimal use of the machine to be achieved.” That’s for the good of the operator as well as achieving the maximum effectiveness of the machine. A tractor that can go 10 m.p.h. pulling an air seeder won’t be driven that fast if the operator is bouncing around in the cab because the suspension is less than optimal. “I’ll be slowing down a couple of speeds to get to the point I’m comfortable,” he said. Another example highlighting the operator’s role as part of a humanmachine system relates to how farmers tend to disembark from farm equipment. Graduate students studied factors contributing to injurious falls from tractors by building a mock-up of a tractor staircase to compare different staircase design parameters, such as the spacing and angles of the steps. Then they had study participants walk up and down the stairs. The study produced some interesting findings, including that spacing between steps can vary from one tractor to another. “Only one of the tractors had truly uniform step spacing,” said Mann, adding that’s a concern given that other research has shown stumbles on ordinary staircases can occur even if the height varies as little as a quarter of an inch. They also collected data on what sort of impact different types of staircases had on participants’ joints. Compounding the risk of falling was discovering that test subjects routinely alighted from the platform of the machine facing outward. They use the access path as if it were a staircase rather than a ladder, said Mann, even if they’re really more like ladders than staircases. Farm safety specialists always stress alighting from farm equipment facing the machine in order to hold the hand rails. Yet it seems more natural, and it’s faster to do it the other way, said Mann. “Helping out on my family’s farm seeding I’ve had to remind myself to turn around and back down,” he said. “But when I was more engrossed in the work I’ve caught myself reverting to what my natural behaviour was too, which was walking down facing forward.” If access paths on farm equipment were sloped more like staircases and less like ladders this wouldn’t be an issue, said Mann. Farmers with a story to tell about design features they don’t like in their farm equipment might say that about hits the nail on the head. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Farmer urges others to get beyond ‘won’t happen to me’ mentality Farm accidents aren’t treated like other industrial accidents, which contributes to a lack of action on the issue BY SHANNON VANRAES Staff

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Grain bins are one of the most dangerous spots on any farm.   PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

andy Froese never thought it would happen to him. But on Aug. 17, 2010, he very nearly became another grim farm death statistic. “It was a miracle,” he said. “I praise the Lord every day that it happened the way it did... it was so close.” That fateful day started much like any other, as Froese and farm employee Eddie Fehr began dislodging 1,200 bushels of pinto beans from inside a bin on his family farm near Winkler, Man. Beans had welded to the walls of the bin since going into storage the previous fall, refusing to budge even as the rest of the product was removed.

The pair went into the bin and began scraping the beans off the walls with tools. For the first few hours work was uneventful, Froese said at a recent meeting of Manitoba farm writers and broadcasters. Then the avalanche happened. “I saw a piece starting to break away, and I said to Eddie, ‘Look out it’s coming,’” he said. “I tried getting myself around to the other side of the aeration... as I went across, my foot got swept out from underneath me and I ended up sitting down with the stand-on wrapped around my leg, and the whole bottom slid off and about a third of the wall of beans went with it.”

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No more food waste, says Tesco Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, is pledging to give any leftover food from its stores to charity so that by the end of 2017 nothing is thrown away. “We believe no food that could be eaten should be wasted — that’s why we have committed that no surplus food should go to waste from our stores,” said Tesco CEO Dave Lewis. Some 55,400 tonnes of food were thrown away at Tesco stores and distribution centres in Britain last year, of which around 30,000 tonnes could otherwise have been eaten, equivalent to around 70 million meals, the company said. Over the last six months Tesco has tried out a scheme in 14 stores which has generated more than 22 tonnes of food. This will now be rolled out across Britain, with Tesco and partner FareShare wanting to sign up 5,000 charities and community groups to receive free surplus food through the scheme. — Reuters

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Farm accidents } from page 34 Buried from head to toe in rancid beans, Froese said his life truly flashed before him as he thought about his wife and young children. Luckily, his co-worker had only been buried up to his waist and was able to free himself then dig out Froese’s head. “That first breath of mouldy air was wonderful,” he said. It would be another 45 minutes before he was out of the bin, as his father and other employees struggled to extricate him. “It was chaos,” said Froese, adding that 911 calls from the farm had been rerouted to Brandon — more than 200 kilometres away — causing confusion. Even when first responders arrived, they didn’t have the equipment or training needed for such an enclosedspace rescue. Since recovering from injuries that included a dislocated knee and toxic-crush syndrome, Froese has been on a mission to help other producers and first responders learn from his brush with death. Producers shouldn’t view the situation Froese found himself as “freak accidents,” said Glen Blahey of the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association.

“The scenarios are all the same and the common denominator in all of them is, ‘I never thought it would happen to me,’” said Blahey, adding he has heard dozens of similar stories over the years. Between 1990 and 2013, 1,102 farm operators were killed on Canadian farms. During that same period, 308 children also died in farm incidents. That is in addition to a substantial number of visitors and employees who died while engaged in farm activities. More troubling is that over that same period there was no decrease in the number of farm fatalities, except when it came to rollover deaths, which is because of improved equipment engineering, not a change in operator behaviour. The number of deaths resulting from victims being pinned or struck by equipment actually increased during the same period. Part of the problem is that onfarm death and injury isn’t treated in the same way as industrial accidents on construction sites or in factories by the police and media. “When an agricultural incident occurs, where someone is seriously injured or dies, what’s the first message? It was a freak

accident. And that freak accident descriptor is multiplied,” said Blahey, adding accidents are unpredictable and unpreventable, while on-farm deaths are not. Then, rather than using these occurrences as teachable moments, media coverage generally focuses on how a grieving community comes together to overcome adversity by bringing in the harvest, he said. “I’m not talking about blaming people here, I’m saying we have to take a critical look at what happened and what can be done differently,” Blahey said, adding farm deaths rarely result in a call to action the way a car crash on a dangerous curve might. For his part, Froese said he has gone over the events of 2010 many times, thinking about where things went wrong. “Today, no doubt, I would have done it differently,” said Froese, adding local fire departments are also ready to do things differently, having learned valuable lessons after his entrapment. “That’s why I like to share my story. I was the person who said it wasn’t going to happen to me, but it can happen to anybody.” B:10.25”

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Community news and events from across the province

Hairy Hungarian heritage pigs find a new home in Alberta BY ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF

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eople often do a double take when they see Malorie Aubé’s pigs. The heritage breed sports a thick woolly coat of black hair (white on their bellies), with piglets having horizontal white striping along their sides. Mangalitsa pigs — which originated in Hungary in the 1830s — are also a “lard breed” with a lot of good, healthy fat on them. “Mangalitsa pigs are a dualpurpose, heritage breed,” said Aubé, who farms with husband Tyler Parker and their three sons near the village of Bawlf. “The animals don’t require a lot and have a good temperament.” Lard was a staple, especially in Europe, in the 19th century, but as dietary preferences changed, the breed fell out of favour. By 1990, the species was on the verge of extinction, with fewer than 200 animals left. Hungarians took effort to preserve their heritage breed, and a few animals made their way to the U.S. a decade ago. “There were a lot of animals in the States, but not a lot of breeders because most people only had one or two animals,” said Aubé. An agrologist in her day job, she brought nine ‘swallow belly’ Mangalitsas (there are blond and red breeds) pigs to Canada in 2013 and has expanded her herd to 100 animals. She’s also created a breeding program, crossing some of her stock with Duroc pigs, and will use genomics to learn more about the animals. She’s also fallen in love with the friendly woolly critters. “They are so calm and laid back,” she said. The pigs are smaller than other heritage breeds, averaging from 300 to 400 pounds, and live outdoors with access to shelter. They have been thriving in the central Alberta climate, which Aubé says is similar to Hungary’s. They like to root, forage and chew on branches, but they also get a complete ration and Aubé is working with provincial researchers at Lacombe Research Centre to determine the best feeding program for them. Aubé and Parker, who follow permaculture principles, would like to finish their animals on the hazelnuts that they’ve planted on their property. The pigs are slaughtered when they reach 300 pounds at 18 months, almost double the slaughter age of an average pig. Their carcass is about two-thirds fat and one-third meat (versus a 50/50 split in conventional pigs). The meat is redder, has more marbling, and a juicy tenderness that has earned it the nickname of the ‘Kobe Beef of Pork.’ Aubé is working with an Edmonton chef to create charcuterie products, including a cured back fat known as lardo,

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Send agriculture-related meeting and event announcements to: glenn.cheater@fbcpublishing.com 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 780-835-6799 April 1: Transition to Organic Grains Workshop, La Crete Heritage Centre, La Crete. Contact: Melisa Zapisocky 1-855-521-2400 April 2: Organic Grain and Field Crops Conference, La Crete Heritage Centre, La Crete. Contact: Melisa Zapisocky 1-855-521-2400

Mangalitsa pigs are good natured and very lovable, says Malorie Aubé.  PHOTOS: ALEXIS KIENLEN

April 6: Murray Hartman’s science-O-rama, Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel, Edmonton: Contact: Alberta Canola Producers 780-454-0844 April 6: Hemp — It’s Growing!, Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, Vegreville. Contact: Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance 204-326-9542 April 6: Generating Electricity From The Sun, Golden Circle Club, Castor. Contact: Eric 587-876-3121

A Mangalitsa sow and piglets.

Mangalitsas, a heritage breed from Hungary. They are calm and have a woolly coat.

“There were a lot of animals in the States, but not a lot of breeders because most people only had one or two animals.”

A variety of charcuterie products created from Mangalitsa pigs. Clockwise from top left is lardo (cured back fat), coppa (neck), air-dried sausage, pure fat, pancetta bacon.

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a dried bacon called coppa, an air-dried sausage, and a pancetta bacon. Pure fat from the pig can also be used as a cooking lard, or mixed with essential oil and used as a moisturizer. The fat in the products melts at body temperature. “When it melts, you get a flavour explosion,” said Aubé. Since most people have never tasted Mangalitsa, Aubé has to do a lot of education and work directly with customers. “It’s an artisan, handmade, premium product,” she said.

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Ontario producer new CCA president

Nominations sought for outstanding researcher

Dan Darling succeeds Alberta’s Dave Solverson, who can count the repeal of COOL legislation as a highlight of his presidency

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ntario cow-calf producer Dan Darling is the new president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Darling, who was the organization’s vice-president for the past two years, succeeds Dave Solverson, who ranches near Camrose. Darling and new vice-president David Haywood-Farmer were elected by acclamation at the CCA’s annual general meeting earlier this month. Solverson steps into his new role as past president just as the repeal of U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules take effect. Battling COOL was a seven-year effort for the CCA, and one that racked up nearly $4 million in legal fees. Solverson was also active in negotiations surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the successful implementation of the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement. Darling intends to keep up the focus on trade, with top trade priorities includ-

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ing achieving a bilateral trade agreement with Japan; access for beef from animals over 30 months of age with Mexico; and resolution of the longstanding technical barriers that have prevented the European Union from approving Canada’s main packing plants to export to the EU. As traceability is important to expanding trade, he would like to see movement towards having the industry-supported Cattle Implementation Plan accepted as the business plan that best reflects the realities of cattle production.

“The CCA is well respected and has earned its reputation as an organization of influence because of the good work it does,” said Darling, who is past president of Beef Farmers of Ontario. He and his brother Van also background calves on 1,500 acres in Northumberland County, part of Ontario’s apple-growing region. Haywood-Farmer’s family has been ranching in Savona, B.C. for almost 100 years. A third-generation rancher, he is a former president of the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association.

ominations are being sought for the Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation. The award is presented by the Beef Cattle Research Council to recognize a researcher or scientist whose work has contributed to advancements in the competitiveness and sustainability of the Canadian beef industry. Nominations are welcome from anyone in the beef industry and will be reviewed by a selection committee comprised of beef producers, industry experts, and retired beef-related researchers across Canada. Nominees must be Canadian citi-

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FORD TRACTOR PARTS. Specializing in 8N, 9N, and 2N tractor parts and engine kits. Plus all other Ford models. Manuals. www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com Call 1-800-481-1353. JD AR ANTIQUE TRACTOR, 2- Case DC-4 tractors, Case C antique tractor with steel wheels. 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 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 WANTED: WIDE FRONT axle parts for later model Styled JD B tractor. 306-658-2098, Landis, SK. 1948 FORD 8N tractor, fully restored, runs well, 8 volt charging system, real good tires, good hyds. 780-672-2220, Camrose.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm and Livestock Equipment Auction for Cowan Bros. and guests. Sale info call Dave 306-736-2999 or Ward 306-736-7121. Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK., 10:00 AM. Directions from Langbank: go 2 miles North on Hwy #9, 2 miles West and 1 mile North. Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. Versatile 875 4WD tractor with 6485 hrs, Versatile 835 4WD tractor w/6945 hrs, JD 4440 2WD tractor with 7400 hours, JD 4440 2WD tractor, JD 4430 2WD tractor, JD 4440 2WD tractor with 707 Leon FEL, Case 2290 2WD tractor with 3 PTH, Case 1370 2WD tractor, Case 970 2WD tractor, JD 9600 SP combine w/3440 sep. hours, JD 7721 PT combine, JD 7721 PT combine, 25’ Westward 3000 PT swather, JD 590 30’ PT swather, MF 25’ PT swather, JD 590 30’ swather, MF 25’ PT swather, 2001 Western Star tandem grain truck, 2003 GMC 2500 HD ext. cab truck, 1969 Chev C-60 grain truck, 2009 Trailtech Prospector flat deck trailer bumper pull, 36’ Bourgault 8800 air seeder with Bourgault 2155 TBH air tank, 82’ Bourgault 850 Centurion III field sprayer, 37’ JD 1610 cult. with anhydrous kit, 35’ JD 1600 cultivator, Flexi-Coil 50’ tine harrows, 37’ Wilrich field cult., Case/IH 27’ 5500 chisel plow with Degelman harrows, 24’ JD 100 cult., JD 567 round baler shedded, Highline 1400 round bale picker, MacDon 5020 16’ haybine, Bale King bale processor, 2100 bu. creep feeders, Farm King trailer type PTO roller mill, EZ-Guide 250 and EZSteer 500, EZ-Guide 250 and EZ-Steer 500, Degelman rockpickers, 2- Leon 707 FEL with JD mounts, Westfield 10-60 swing auger, Sakundiak 8-50 PTO auger, Sakundiak 7-41 auger with Kohler engine, Brandt 7-33 auger w/Kohler eng., Brandt 7-33 auger w/Kohler eng., Pool 6-33 auger and Kohler engine, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm Equipment Auction for Glenn Swenson, 306-861-4395, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 10:00 AM. Directions from Weyburn, SK: 19 kms Southeast on Hwy 39 and 3 South. Watch for signs! Case/IH 7220 FWA tractor, Case/IH 7110 2WD tractor with Allied 895 FEL, JD 4640 2WD tractor with duals, JD 9500 SP combine with 2430 hours, 30’ Prairie Star 4900 SP swather w/1815 hrs, IH 1480 SP combine with new sieves, MF 25’ PTO swather, 1989 Ford F-800 grain truck with Cancade box, 1969 GMC 960 cabover grain truck, 1957 GMC grain truck, Flexi-Coil 800 air seeder w/JD 787 air tank, Flexi-Coil 60’ System 95 tine harrows and packers, Flexi-Coil 70’ System 82 tine harrows, 35’ JD 1610 cultivator with 1655 Valmar and fert. kit, 42’ JD 1000 Vibrashank cult. with 1620 Valmar, Coop 33’ deep tillage cult., MF 360 12’ & 15’ discers, MF 360 2- 15’ discers, Flexi-Coil end tow diamond harrows, Allis Chalmers 14’ tandem disc, 70’ Flexi-Coil 55 sprayer, Sakundiak HD 10-2200 swing auger, Sakundiak HD 7-37 auger w/Honda eng., Brandt 6-35 auger with Power Ease engine and bin sweep, Sakundiak HD 7-1600 auger with Kohler engine, REM 542 grain vac, Behlin 3500 bu. hopper bottom bin, Friesen 73 ton fert. bin, Sakundiak 3000 bushel bin on wood floor, Westeel 2000 bu. bin on wood floor, Twister 2100 bu. bin on wood floor, Rosco 1350 bu. bin on wood floor, 2000 and 1350 bu. round wood floors, Schulte XH-1500 Series rotary mower, Crown rockpicker, Blanchard Flax straw buncher, Schulte fork type rockpicker, IH 70 3 PTH snowblower, 3 PTH gyro mower, Hyundai 2000 Watt inverter generator, Craftsman LT 1000 lawn tractor and mower, 1000 & 300 gal. fuel tank and stands, floating slough pumps, Low Rider Ford truck topper, shop built building mover, plus much more! www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

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Legal, AB | April 5, 2016 · 10 am

Rosebud, AB | April 11, 2016 · 10 am

Denis DeChamplain & Skyhawk Farms Ltd.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm Equipment Auction for Tom Webb 306-459-2731, Monday, April 11, 2016 at 10:00 AM. Directions from Pangman, SK. from Jct. of Hwy 6 & 13 go 5 miles West and 5 miles South on the Parry/Hardy grid! Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com NH 9682 4WD tractor w/5240 hours, NH 9682 4WD tractor w/6205 hours, Case 2096 2WD tractor w/4175 hours; Ford 4000 2WD dsl. tractor w/3 PTH, Allis Chalmers 7G track dozer with 4-in-1 bucket, NH H8-40 SP 30’ swather with only 1009 hours, Unverferth 9250 grain cart w/scale and roll tarp, NH TR98 SP combine, Koenders 8’ poly swath roller, 1991 GMC Topkick tandem grain truck w/115,400 kms, 1988 GMC Kodiak tandem grain truck w/Detroit diesel, 2002 Buick Century Ltd. 4 dr. sedan with leather and sunroof, 1988 Lincoln Towncar 4 dr. sedan, 1971 GMC 6500 grain truck, 1965 Ford 700 grain truck 5 spd. with air brakes, 1989 Chev 1500 regular cab diesel pickup, Morris Maxim II 39’ air drill and Morris 7240 air tank double shoot and Atom paired row openers, Morris Magnum 45’ II CP-745 cultivator w/2055 Valmar, Morris Ranger II 70’ harrow packers, Ezee-On 6650 33’ tandem disc, Morris B3-48 rod weeder, Morris B3-36 rod weeder, Massey Ferguson 360 3- 15’ discers, Degelman RP 7200 Signature Series hyd. rockpicker, Leon M850 PT scraper, NH BR7090 round baler, Lypka flax straw buncher, Westward 3 PTH 30’ sprayer, Flexi-Coil 65’ sprayer, Arctic Cat 500 4WD quad, Ford 3 PTH angle blade, Kuhn EL23 3 PTH rototiller, McKee Model 6 3 PTH snowblower, Farm King 3 PTH disc, AG Fab garden wagon, Poly 1250 gal. water tank, Sakundiak HD 8-45 auger w/Vanguard 35 HP dsl. engine and Meridian mover, Sakundiak HD 8-39 auger w/Kohler Command Pro 27 HP engine and Meridian mover, Sakundiak HD 10-2000 swing auger, Sakundiak HD 6-33 auger with 5 HP electric motor, Vidor 105 tonne fert. bin, 3- Vidor 73 tonne fert. bins, Vidor 105 tonne fert. bin, 3- Vidor 73 tonne fert. bins, Meridian 83 tonne fert. bin, Univision 73 tonne fert. bin, 4- Bader 2000 bu. hopper bins, Twister 1000 bu. hopper bin. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

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2011 Case IH 450 & 2003 Bourgault 5710 38 Ft & 5350 2010 John Deere 9870STS & 2005 John Deere 9860STS

2014 John Deere 4830 100 Ft

2010 Premier M150 25 Ft

1992 John Deere 8760 & 2013 John Deere 1870 56 Ft w/1910

2008 Kenworth T800 & 2013 Lode King

AUCTION LOCATION: From the Legal Corner (Hwy 2 & Secondary Hwy 651), go 4.8 Kms (3 miles) North on Hwy 2. Yard on East Side. GPS: 53.988510, -113.667791 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2002 John Deere 9420 4WD Tractor · 1992 John Deere 8760 4WD Tractor · 2002 John Deere 7410 MFWD Tractor · 2010 John Deere 9870STS Combine · 2005 John Deere 9860STS Combine · 2010 Premier M150 25 Ft Swather · 2014 John Deere 4830 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2012 Freightliner Coronado Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 2008 Kenworth T800 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 2005 Freightliner Classic Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 2000 Freightliner

FLD120 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1999 Freightliner FLD120 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1995 Freightliner FLD120 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1983 Ford 700 Grain Truck · 2013 Lode King 27 Ft Super B-Train Grain Trailer · 2009 Doepker 27 Ft Super B-Train Grain Trailer · 2004 Lode King Prestige 27 Ft Super B-Train Grain Trailer · 2003 Lode King Prestige 27 Ft Super B-Train Grain Trailer · 2013 John Deere 1870 56 Ft Air Drill · Grain Bins · Grain Augers ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Mitch Prefontaine: 780.818.7689 Denis Dechamplain: 780.699.4701 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Cody Rude: 780.722.9777 800.491.4494

2008 Case IH 2588

2010 Case IH 210 Puma & 2004 Spray-Air 85 Ft

2014 Mack CXU613 Pinnacle

1996 Mack CH613 & 1988 Lode King 28 Ft

2002 John Deere 7410

AUCTION LOCATION: From ROSEBUD, AB, go 1.6 km (0.99 miles) South on Hwy 840, to TWP Rd 271, then go 3.4 km (2.11 miles) West to Range Rd 221A. Then go 1.6 km (0.99 miles) South. GPS: 51.270800, -112.99220 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2011 Case IH 450 4WD Tractor · 2010 Case IH 210 Puma MFWD Tractor · Case 2290 2WD Tractor · 2008 Case IH 2588 Combine · Case IH 25 Ft Draper · John Deere 590 30 Ft Pull Type Swather · 1996 Mack CH613 T/A Truck Tractor · 2014 Mack CXU613 Pinnacle T/A Grain Truck · 1977 GMC 6500 S/A Grain Truck · 2009 Duralite AL25 25 Ft x 7 Ft T/A Gooseneck Aluminum Stock Trailer · 1988 Lode King

28 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 2003 Bourgault 5710 38 Ft Air Drill · Morris B3-48 48 Ft Rodweeder Cultivator · Case IH 20 Ft Tandem Disc · Bourgault 5400 75 Ft Mid Harrows · 2004 Spray-Air 85 Ft S/A High Clearance Sprayer · Case IH T/A Manure Spreader · New Holland 276 Square Spreader · John Deere 3950 Forage Harvester · Qty of Grain Bins · Qty of Livestock Equipment...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Bobby Miller: 403.358.1393 | 800.491.4494

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Westlock, AB | April 4, 2016 · 10 am

Lampman, SK | April 8, 2016 · 11 am

Glen & Tanya Pidsadowski

Lisa-Ag Farms Ltd.

2012 Case IH 500HD & 2011 Sunflower 1544 45 Ft

2012 Case IH 9230AFS

2013 New Holland CX8090

1997 John Deere 9400 & 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57 Ft w/1992 2320

2012 Case IH 3330 Patriot 100 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From WESTLOCK, AB, go 11 km (7 miles) North on Hwy 44 to The Sunniebend Rd, then go East 8 km (5 miles) to Range Rd 255, then go North 2.8 km (1.8 miles). Yard on East side. GPS: 54.294485, -113.696384 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2012 Case IH 500HD 4WD Tractor · 1998 New Holland 9882 4WD Tractor · 1994 Ford 7740 MFWD Tractor · Case 2090 2WD Tractor · 2013 New Holland CX8090 Combine · 2012 Case IH 9230AFS Combine · 2012 Westward M155 30 Ft Swather · 2010 Westward M150 30 Ft Swather · 2012 Case IH 3330 Patriot 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2011 Freightliner Cascadia T/A Sleeper Truck Tractor · 1998 Freightliner T/A Sleeper Truck Tractor · 1979 Ford 9000 T/A Grain Truck · 2007 Dodge 2500 Crew Cab 4x4 Pickup Truck · 1994 Dodge 2500 SLT 4x4 Pickup Truck · 2000 Dodge 1500 Ram Pickup Truck · 2012 Great Dane 53 Ft Tri/A Hiboy Trailer · 2006 Doepker 35 Ft Super B-Train Lead Grain Trailer · 14 Ft T/A Flatdeck

1996 New Holland 9882 & 2010 New Holland 2070 60 Ft w/P1060 430±

2005 John Deere 9760STS & 2010 John Deere 9770STS

2009 John Deere 4730 100 Ft

2008 Peterbilt & 1998 Doepker

Utility Trailer · 2010 Oasis 16 Ft T/A Deck Over Utility Trailer · Custombuilt 39 Ft S/A Trailer · Custombuilt 3500 Gallon T/A Water Wagon Trailer · Caterpillar GP40 7400 Lb Forklift · 2014 Kirchner V Ditcher · Unused - 2016 Case IH FH700 60 Ft Tow-Behind Air Drill · Wil-Rich 42 Ft Field Cultivator · Ezee-On 7400 40 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator · Leon Viking II 30 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator · 2011 Sunflower 1544 45 Ft Tandem Disc · Super Chief 3 Bottom 3 Pt Hitch Plow · 2001 Bourgault 7200 50 Ft Heavy Harrows · 2015 Case IH RB565 Premium Round Baler · 1992 Hesston 565A Round Baler · 2012 New Holland H7450 13 Ft Disc Mower · H & S Mfg Bi-Fold-12 12 Wheel V Hay Rake · Grain Augers · Grain Bins ...AND MUCH MORE!

AUCTION LOCATION: From LAMPMAN, SK, go 4.8 km (3 miles) East, then 2.8 km (1.75 miles) South. Yard on East side. GPS: 49.3555, -102.668

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A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2005 Case IH STX375 4WD Tractor · 1997 John Deere 9400 4WD Tractor · 1996 New Holland 9882 4WD Tractor · 2010 John Deere 9770STS Combine · 2005 John Deere 9760STS Combine · 2005 MacDon 963 35 Ft Draper · 2010 John Deere 615P 16 Ft Pick-Up · 2004 Westward 9352I 30 Ft Swather · 2008 Peterbilt Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1997 Dodge 3500 Ram S/A Service Truck · 2003 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 Crew Cab

Kevin Lisafeld: 306.487.2721 (h), 306.487.7993 (c) lisaag@signaldirect.ca

Glen & Tanya Pidsadowski: 780.349.1221 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Cody Rude: 780.722.9777 800.491.4494

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

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Weyburn, SK | March 31, 2016 · 10 am

Hanna, AB | April 9, 2016 · 11 am

J&C Robinson Farms Ltd.

2010 Case IH 535 Quadtrac & Flexi-Coil 5000 57 Ft w/4350

Miller Nitro 2200HT 100 Ft

Bossert Sandy Ridge Farms Ltd.

2012 Kubota M126

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2010 Case IH 535 Quadtrac · 1995 Case IH 7240 MFWD · 2012 Kubota M126 MFWD · John Deere 3130 2WD · International 560 2WD · 2005 Kubota B7800 4WD Utility · John Deere D Antique Utility · 2011 Case IH 8120 Combine · 2012 MacDon FD70 40 Ft Flex Draper · 2010 Westward M150 40 Ft · 1995 Freightliner T/A · 1975 International 1700 Loadstar Tag/A · 1981 Ford F350 Service

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

2003 John Deere 9650STS

2006 Kenworth W900 & 2014 Lode King 45 Ft

Valmar Airflo 7600PT 60 Ft

2010 Westward M150 40 Ft

Truck · 1993 Doepker 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · Flexi-Coil 5000 57 Ft Air Drill AD-110520 · Case IH 5600 Cultivator · Brandt 7000 70 Ft Heavy Harrows · Leon 3000 Series 2 Rock Picker · Miller Nitro 2200HT 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Worksaver 3 Point Hitch Spreader · Westfield MK130-71 Plus 13 In. x 70 Ft Grain Auger · Land Pride 72 In. 3 Point Hitch Finishing Lawn Mower · Qty of GPS Equipment ...AND MUCH MORE!

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j.rob@sasktel.net

2002 John Deere 9320 & 2009 John Deere 1830 40 Ft w/1910

2011 Case IH 8120

AUCTION LOCATION: From WEYBURN, SK, go 21.5 km (13.4 miles) South on Hwy 35, then 1.6 km (1 mile) West on Radville Grid, then 0.8 km (0.5 mile) North. Yard on West side GPS: 49.4696000, -103.8705389

Jeff Robinson: 306.842.5507 (h), 306.861.7116 (c),

4x4 Pickup Truck · 1998 Doepker 28 Ft Super B Grain Trailer · 2010 New Holland 2070 60 Ft Air Drill · 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57 Ft Air Drill · Case IH 41 Ft Cultivator · Delmar RCH84 70 Ft Heavy Harrows · Flexi-Coil 50 Ft Harrows · Schulte Giant 2500 Rock Picker · 2009 John Deere 4730 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2005 Schulte XH1500 15 Ft Batwing Mower · Highline 15 Ft Batwing Rotary Mower · 2003 Grainmax 4371 13 In. x 71 Ft Mechanical Swing Grain Auger ...AND MUCH MORE!

1996 John Deere CTS

2004 Premier 2952i 25 Ft

Quantity of Grain Bins

AUCTION LOCATION: From HANNA, AB, go 9.6 km (5.9 miles) West on Hwy 9, then North 16 km (9.9 miles) on Sec Hwy 855, then West on Twp Rd 330. GPS: 51.795923, -112.089989 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2002 John Deere 9320 4WD Tractor · 2003 John Deere 9650STS Combine · 1996 John Deere CTS Combine · 2002 & 2000 John Deere 930D 30 Ft Draper · 2004 Premier 2952i Swather · 2004 MacDon 742 Hay Crimper · 2006 Kenworth W900 Sleeper T/A Truck · 1995 Volvo T/A Truck · 1975 Dodge 600 S/A Grain Truck · 1977 Univision 12

Ft x 6 Ft Stock Trailer · 2014 Lode King 45 Ft Tri/A Grain Trailer · 2005 Lode King 36 Ft Grain Trailer · 2009 John Deere 1830 40 Ft Air Drill · International 5500 53 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator · Morris CP743 45 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator · Flexi-Coil S67XL 100 Ft S/A Field Sprayer · Valmar Airflo 7600PT S/A Fertilizer Applicator · Lrg Qty of Grain Bins ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Kevin Bossert: 403.854.6277 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Bobby Miller: 403.358.1393 | 800.491.4494

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Allan Andrukow

Viking, AB | April 13, 2016 · 12 Noon

2009 Challenger MT865C

2011 John Deere 4730 100 Ft

2011 John Deere 9770STS & 2005 Honey Bee SP36

2011 New Holland CR9080 & 2014 MacDon FD75-S 35 Ft

2008 New Holland H8040 30 Ft

2005 Western Star 4900FA

1993 Kenworth T600B

2010 Doepker 45 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: In the town of VIKING, AB on Hwy 14 across from Providence Group. GPS: 53.089428, -111.777740 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2009 Challenger MT865CTrack Tractor · 2011 John Deere 9770STS Combine · 2011 New Holland CR9080 Combine · 2014 MacDon FD75-S 35 Ft Flex Draper Header · 2005 Honey Bee SP36 36 Ft Draper Header · 2008 New Holland H8040 30 Ft Swather · 2011 John Deere 4730 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2005 Western Star 4900FA T/A Sleeper Truck Tractor · 1993 Kenworth T600B T/A Grain Truck ·

1981 Mack RD688S T/A Grain Truck · 2010 Doepker 45 Ft Tri/A Grain Trailer · 1988 Fruehauf 7500 Gallon Tri/A Stainless Steel Tank Trailer · 1998 Trailtech Tri/A Sprayer Trailer · 2005 New Holland SD440 57 Ft Air Drill · 2005 Case 13 Ft Cultivator · Brent GC-876 Grain Cart · Buhler Farm King 1385 Hydraulic Swing Grain Auger · 2013 Brandt 1070 Hydraulic Swing Grain Auger ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Allan Andrukow: 780.385.6402 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Cody Rude: 780.722.9777 800.491.4494

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Kraft Cattle Co

Provost, AB | April 12, 2016 · 10 am

2010 John Deere 9430

2015 John Deere W150 35 Ft

2010 John Deere 9870STS

2008 John Deere 4830 100 Ft

2008 John Deere 544J

AUCTION LOCATION: From PROVOST, AB, go 17.6 km (11 miles) North on Sec Hwy 899 to TWP Rd 412, then go 2 km (1.25 miles) West. Yard on North side. GPS: 52.522700, -110.299822

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A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2010 John Deere 9430 4WD Tractor · 2000 John Deere 7410 MFWD Tractor · 1989 John Deere 2755 MFWD Tractor · 1990 John Deere 4755 2WD Tractor · 2010 John Deere 9870STS Combine · 2015 John Deere W150 Swather · (2) MacDon Premier 1900 30 Ft Pull Type Swather · 2008 John Deere 4830 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 1989 Freightliner T/A Grain Truck · 1977 Chevrolet 3 Ton S/A Grain Truck · 2005 Chevrolet 1500HD Silverado Extended Cab Pickup Truck · 1986 Keen 16 Ft x 7 Ft T/A Livestock Trailer · 2005 John Deere 567 Round Baler · 2004 Bourgault 5710 47 Ft Air Drill · Bourgault 8800 46 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator · John

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Deere 41 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator · 2008 Bourgault 7200 60 Ft Tined Harrows · 8 Ft Rock Picker · Valmar 240 Applicator · 2008 John Deere 544J Wheel Loader · John Deere 506 5 Ft 3 Pt Hitch Rotary Mower · Jiffy 900 High Dump Silage Wagon · New Holland FP230 Forage Harvester · 2007 Sakundiak 12-2200 12 In. x 72 Ft Mechanical Swing Grain Auger · 2014 Brandt 1390HP Electric Swing Grain Auger · Westfield W80-61 Grain Auger · Westfield W80-51 Grain Auger · 2012 Sakundiak HD8-46 Grain Auger hyd mover · Sakundiak HD7-1200 7 In. x 40 Ft Grain Auger · Antique Grain Wagon · Highline 7000 Bale Processor · 2006 Cattlelac 520 Heavy Duty Feed Wagon ...AND MUCH MORE!

Jim Kraft: 780.753.0266 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Cody Rude: 780.722.9777 800.491.4494

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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.

1998 PETERBILT 377, N14 Cummins, 18 spd., A/T/C, alum. wheels and tanks, 19’ B&H, Michel’s tarp, pintle hitch, $39,000. 306-378-4007, Elrose, SK.

SCHOOL BUSES: 19 to 66 pass.; 1986 to 2007. $3400 and up. Phoenix Auto, Lucky Lake, SK. 1-877-585-2300. DL #320074.

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

ALLISON TRANSMISSIONS Service, Sales and Parts. Exchange or custom rebuilds available. Competitive warranty. Spectrum Industrial Automatics Ltd., 1-877-321-7732. www.siautomatics.com

WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension axles. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK.

2009 CHRYSLER PT Cruiser, 110,000 kms., $6800; 2008 Pontiac Wave, $5800. 306-653-8765, Canora, SK. 2009 FORD FLEX, station wagon, all wheel drive, 230,000 KM, $7800; 2000 Oldmobile Alero, $2100.306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 2015 SUBARU CROSSTREK, most fuel efficient AWD crossover in North America, MSRP from $24,995. 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL#914077. 2015 SUBARU IMPREZA. Best compact car. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from $19,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL#914077. 2015 SUBARU LEGACY, $1500 cash purchase discount MSRP from $23,495. Call 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL#914077.

2015 AHV LODE-KING aluminum Super B hoppers, extra light pkg., round stainless fenders, current Safety, exc. 11Rx22.5 tires w/alum. wheels, exc. cond., no air lift or elec. tarps. Two sets available $104,000 ea. OBO. 866-236-4028, Calgary 2000 ADVANCE SUPER B grain trailers, safetied until Dec. 2016, completely ready to work, $24,000. 403-793-0013, Gem, AB. REMOTE CONTROL TRAILER CHUTE openers can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season. FM remote controls provide maximum range and instant response while high torque drives operate the toughest of chutes. Easy installation. Kramble Industries, call 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net EISSES GRAIN TRAILER Rental & Sales. Super B grain trailers for rent by the day, week or month. Contact Henry at 403-782-3333, Lacombe, AB. PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed. 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. 1996 MIDLAND 24’ tandem pup, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, new paint and brakes, like new, $18,500. Merv 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, leave message, Arborfield, SK. DL #906768. IN STOCK NOW! 2016 Emerald 36’ tandem axle grain trailer, 11-24-5 tires, powder coat wheels, dual cranks and more, $37,900. We need your trades, no one will pay you more for your trade than we will. Call Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK.

NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. NEW 2015 WILSON Super B, also tridem 2 hopper; 2- new CASTLETONS: one 44’ tridem and 36’ tandem; 2014 Wilson Super B; 2007 Doepker Super B; 2005 Lode-King Super B; 2002 alum. open end Lode-King Super B; 2004 Doepker tandem; New Michel’s hopper augers and chute openers. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393 www.rbisk.ca DL #905231.

LOW PRICES AT DESERT SALES! Most stock priced at better USD exchange! Come get your trailer before prices go up! We have Wilson, Sundowner and Norbert stock and horse trailers. Call us for more info: 1-888-641-4508, Bassano, AB.

PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailer.com ALUMINUM TANKER TANDEM, 8000 gallons, last used for diesel. Ron Brown Imp. Delisle, call 306-493-9393, www.rbisk.ca DL#905231.

CM TRUCK BEDS. Starting at $2695. Call Jason’s Agri-Motive, 1-866-472-3159 or visit us at www.jasonsagri-motive.ca ALUMINUM TANDEM, tri-axle, Super B tankers for fuel, water or fertilizer. Call for more info 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK. 2009 TRAILTECH PROSPECTOR flat deck trailer bumper pull. Cowan Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 1997 KENBUD TROMBONE stepdeck, tandem axle, air ride, 48’-58’, $16,500. safetifed, 780-977-4907, Edmonton, AB. 1990 TRANSCRAFT 48’ tri-axle Hi-boy trailer, good in field as a bale wagon. Call 780-842-5705, Wainwright, AB. BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

2016 BIG TEX TANDEM dual gooseneck 30’ w/Mega ramps, 23,900 GVWR, $12,995. Call Jason’s Agri-Motive, 1-866-472-3159, or visit us at www.jasonsagri-motive.ca NEW: SANDBLASTED, PAINT and deck 20’ bumper hitch trailer, w/ramps, 2-7000 lb. axles, $6500. 306-291-4869, Dundurn, SK. 2014 RAM 3500 SLT Dually crew, PST paid, $49,950; 2012 Ram SLT Dually crew, 80 MISC. SEMI TRAILER FLATDECKS, $39,950. 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. $2,500 to $22,000. 7 heavy tri-axle low- www.thoens.com DL #909250. beds, $18,800 to $55,000. 306-222-2413, www.trailerguy.ca Saskatoon, SK. 2016 RAM 1500, Quad cab, 4x4, Eco dsl., $38,750. 0% 72 mos. financing. Wynyard, TOPGUN TRAILER SALES “For those who 1-800-667-4414 www.thoens.com 909250 demand the best.” PRECISION AND AGASSIZ TRAILERS (flatdecks, end dumps, enclosed cargo). 1-855-255-0199, Moose Jaw, SK. www.topguntrailersales.ca 1977 C-60 CHEV 3 ton, 1000 rubber, 300 2009 ARNES TRI-AXLE END DUMP, bu. grain box w/rollover tarp, asking $28,700. Pintle hitch sprayer trailers, $8200. 306-369-7794, Bruno, SK. $5,500 to $7,500. 306-222-2413, 1977 DODGE W600, 52,000 kms, motor www.trailerguy.ca Saskatoon, SK. tranny, hoist and tires all good, $1500 53’ AND 48’ tridem, tandem stepdecks, OBO. Call 403-854-2459, Hanna, AB. w/wo sprayer cradles; 53’, 48’ and 28’ tridem, tandem highboys, 1 trombone tan- 1979 CHEV C60 3 ton, 14’ steel B&H, 920 dem, all steel and combos. Super B tires like new, roll tarp, 17,977 miles, Highboys, will split; Tandem and S/A $5500. 306-726-4525, Southey, SK. converter w/drop hitch; tandem alumi- 1991 GMC TOPKICK tandem grain truck num tankers; 53’-28’ van trailers. Ron with 115,400 kms, also 1988 GMC Kodiak Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL tandem grain truck with Detroit diesel. #905231. www.rbisk.ca Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, 12- 53’ TRI-AXLE STEPDECKS and hig- April 11, 2016, Pangman, Sask. area. Visit boys, recent arrivals, $14,000 to $20,000. www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale Prices and pics at www.trailerguy.ca bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK.

2001 WESTERN STAR tandem grain truck. Cowan Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or CIM TRUCK BODIES, grain, silage, gravel, decks, service and installation. For factory 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 direct pricing and options, call Humboldt, 2004 KENWORTH T800 tandem grain truck SK., 306-682-2505 or www.cim-ltd.ca with AutoShift, 78,600 kms; also a 1990 FORD F-800 GRAIN TRUCK with Cancade GMC Topkick grain truck w/3208 Cat eng. box, 1969 GMC 960 cabover grain truck, Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment 1957 GMC grain truck. Glenn Swenson Auction, Sat., April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, SK. area. www.mackauctioncompany.com April 13, 2016, Weyburn, Sask. area. Visit for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 2005 FREIGHTLINER TANDEM, 515 HP 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Detroit, 10 spd. auto Ultrashift, new 20’ LOTS OF ALLISON AUTOMATICS: grain B&H w/remote controls for chute 2004 IHC 7400, new B&H, fresh engine, and hoist, roll tarp, backup camera, new $69,900. 2004 IHC 4400, C&C, fresh safepaint, setup for pintle hitch, $63,000. ty, $39,900, w/B&H 59,900. 2004 Freigh780-354-3447, Beaverlodge, AB. tliner Condor C&C, only 64,000 miles, with of hydraulics (c/w garbage packer), 2007 IH 9400, with Cummins 435 HP 10 lots Can convert to bale hauler, w/20’ spd. AutoShift, 20’ box, alum. wheels and $29,900. B&H, 2001 Freightliner FL80, tanks, exc. cond., certified, $67,500; 2006 w/20’ $49,900. B&H, 2001 Sterling 7500 Peterbilt, 475 HP, Detroit 18 spd., A/T/C, w/14’ gravel $42,900. box, $29,900. 2001 Freighalum. wheels, tanks, chrome bumper, like tliner FL80 C&C, $29,900. 306-795-7779, new tires, new paint, 20’ BH&T, exc. shape, K&L Equipment, ladimer@sasktel.net show truck, $69,500; 2007 Mack CH613, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. 460 Mack eng., 13 spd., AutoShift, alum. wheels, new tires, A/T/C, new paint, 20’ MECHANICS SPECIAL: 2006 IHC 4400, BH&T, very nice, $67,500; 2007 Mack, DT 466 tandem, Allison auto, C&C, low 460 Mack eng., 12 spd. auto. trans., 3-way mileage, runs and drives, but needs engine lockers, alum. wheels, good tires, 20’ work, will take a 20’ box. Was $44,900, BH&T, rear controls, pintle plate, $69,500; now reduced $29,900. K&L Equipment, 1990 Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885 spd., alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls Email: ladimer@sasktel.net good w/1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain trailer- nice shape, $35,000; 2000 REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND Freightliner Century Classic M11 Cum- hoist systems can save you time, energy mins, 375 HP, Super 10 speed, exc. tires, and keep you safe this seeding season. 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, $47,500; 2007 IH Give Kramble Industries a call at 9400, 430 HP Cummins, new 20’ BH&T, 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us new paint, good tires, alum. wheels and online at: www.kramble.net tanks, 10 spd. AutoShift, $67,500. Trades UNRESERVED AUCTION: 1997 Freighaccepted. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, tliner FL80 TA grain truck w/20’ steel box 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768 and hoist, 171,000 miles, 7,151 hours, au2007 INTERNATIONAL 9200I Eagle tomatic 1 owner. Wed. April 20, Melvin gravel truck, 242,000 kms, 410 HP Cum- Lunty, 780-385-1775, Sedgewick, AB, View details and pics at mins, 18 spd, air-ride, 16’ Renn box, roll 11AM. tarp, Fresh SK. inspection, $49,900. www.dunkleauctions.com 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2007 MACK CXN613, MACK 385 HP, 10 spd. Eaton Ultrashift; 2007 IH 8600, Cat 435 HP, 10 spd. All trucks c/w 20’ grain box, air controls, windows, SK. Certified. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. DL #312974 www.hodginshtc.com

2008 MACK, 261,000 orig. kms, 16’ steel box; 2002 Western Star, like new 16’ box; 1998 IHC, 16’ alum. box. Yellowhead Sales 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK.

ATTENTION FARMERS: 30 TANDEMS with Cancade boxes, autos and standards. 2011 KENWORTH T800, 475, 18 spd., SuYellowhead Sales 306-783-2899, Yorkton. per 40’s, 813,000 kms, vg condition, $69,500. 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK. AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 2015 367 PETERBILT, 91,000 kms, 500 HP 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, Cummins, 22” tires, Super 40’s, 36” bunk, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com $139,000 OBO.780-888-1258 Lougheed AB

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GRASSLAND TRAILERS OFFERING quality TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in trailers at wholesale prices. 20’ Steel liveobsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought stock, starting at $13,450; 20’ Aluminum for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. livestock, starting at $21,650. Call Glen, 306-640-8034, Assiniboia, SK., or email: SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE gm93@sasktel.net Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park. New and used parts available for 3 ton highway tractors including custom built tandem converters and wet kits. All truck makes/models bought and sold. Shop service available. Specializing in repair and custom rebuilding for transmissions and differentials. Now offering driveshaft repair and assembly from passenger vehicles to heavy trucks. For more info call 306-668-5675 or 1-877-362-9465. 2015 FEATHERLITE 8217, stock #38188, www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394 7’x24’ all aluminum stock trailer, 3 comWRECKING TRUCKS: All makes all partments, spare, load light. One only in models. Need parts? Call 306-821-0260 Red Deer, $25,900. Shop online 24/7 at or email: junkman.2010@hotmail.com www.allandale.com or 1-866-346-3148. Wrecking Dodge, Chev, GMC, Ford and others. Lots of 4x4 stuff, 1/2 ton - 3 ton, buses etc. and some cars. We ship by bus, mail, Loomis, Purolator. Lloydminster, SK. TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton. We ship anywhere. Phoenix Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Lucky Lake, SK. SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We 2016 FEATHERLITE 8217, stock #41285, buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals. 7’x24’ all aluminum stock trailer with 2 VS TRUCK WORKS Inc. Parting out GM gates, 3 compartments. Once only in Ed1/2 and 1 ton trucks. Call 403-972-3879, monton, $25,700. Shop online 24/7 at www.allandale.com or 1-844-488-3142. Alsask, SK. www.vstruckworks.com

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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.

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.

2013 KENWORTH W900L, Cummins ISX 15, 550 HP, 18 spd., 46,000 rears, 3:91, 320,000 kms, 4-way rear lockup, engine protection shut down, safetied- January, 2016, new: motor, batteries, clutch and Webasto (engine and bunk), 62” AeroCab sleeper, many other features. Asking $110,000. 306-368-2494, Lake Lenore, SK. DISMANTLING FOR PARTS 2007 IHC 9900i w/cab damage, 475 ISX rebuilt eng. EGR delete, 18 spd. Sexsmith Used Farm Parts, 1-800-340-1192, Sexsmith, AB. QUALITY USED SKID HOUSES. Great acHORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Call commodation for your farm help or exSmoke ‘Em Diesel to safely add both on tended family- priced at $26,000-$63,000. your Big Rig! (DPF & Emissions Removal). Apartments on skids w/kitchens, living room, bedroom and bathroom. Fully fur306-545-5911, Regina, SK. nished for 1-8 people. 1-877-397-1765 or www.elkayequipment.com MACK COMPLETE or parts: ‘85-’90 R-688; ‘90-’99 RD-688 & 427-454 eng., 3:86 diffs. Selling: Cameback susp., 4:41 diffs, 15 spd. Eaton. 306-960-3000, St. Louis, SK. SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. T800 KENWORTHS ALL HEAVY SPECS 18 spd., full lockers, 2008, 2007 w/bunks. Also daycab 2009, new trans. and clutch; 2007 379 Pete daycab and bunk; 2005 Sterling, 60 Series Detroit, 18 spd., 46 diff, 3 way lock, excellent; 2013 IH 5900I, 42” bunk, 46 diff, 4-way lock, 18 spd., 390,000 kms; 2006 378 Pete, Cat 18 spd., 46 diff, 4-way locks w/roo-bar bumper; 2007 IH 9200 daycab, ISX 435, 13 spd; 2006 IH 9200, 475 Cummins, 18 spd., 46 diff; 2004 IH 8600, S/A, daycab, Cat C10, 10 spd.; 1996 T800 Kenworth, 475 Cat, 13 spd. Ron Brown Imp. Delisle, 306-493-9393 www.rbisk.ca DL #905231.

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. TANDEM AND SINGLE AXLE van body trucks, std. and auto trans, w/power tailgates or deck. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, www.rbisk.ca Delisle, SK. DL #905231. 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. 1988 FORD 350 Dually XLT, ext cab, 2 WD, 7.3 dsl., 5 spd. std., c/w welding deck and Lincoln Ranger welder, 190,000 kms, vg, $6500 OBO. 306-427-0002, Holbein SK FUEL TRUCK: 1996 T450 Kenworth, 3600 gal. fuel capacity, dual pumps and meters, coded. Call 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK.

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HOTELS FOR SALE: Bassano, AB: 24 renovated rooms, bar, 6 vats, new liquor store. Will train; 2 adjacent lots for sale. Nanton, AB: Tavern, 5 Vats, restaurant, 6 rooms, liquor store on Hwy. Will train. Gravel Pit: Crossfield, AB: Priced to sell. Bruce McIntosh, Re/Max Landan, Calgary, 403-256-3888, bruce_bmac@yahoo.ca NEWLY UPGRADED 20 room housing in Yarbo, SK. servicing Mosaic mines full occupancy; Beside Regina 3 acre greenhouse operation, incl. home; SW SK. Restaurant, Lounge/Offsale including 15 room motel, great volume in large progressive town; Assiniboia Restaurant/lounge, excellent business on main thoroughfare; Assiniboia Investment Property/Office space fully leased, great return; Within 30 minutes of Regina, viable hotel; Restaurant, Hwy #39; Small town bar/grill including 3 bdrm. house, SW SK. Ph Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int., Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com

LANDMASTER DOZERS. PD14(Ft), $38,500; PD18(Ft), $42,500. Can deliver. Man.- Ray, 204-761-9522, Sask.- Neil, EQUIPMENT HAULING. Serving Western 306-231-8300, Alta.- Gord, 780-913-7353, Canada and Northwest USA. Call Harvey at www.landmaster.ca 1-877-824-3010 or cell 403-795-1872. Vandenberg Hay Farms Ltd., Nobleford AB. RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham Email: logistics@vandenberghay.ca 3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 pt. hitch Paratills in stock; parts for Bigham and Tye Paratills. Call Kelloughs: 1-888-500-2646. 2006 JD 240D trackhoe, 7400 hours, 2 buckets, $77,500 OBO. Call 403-664-0420, KELLO DISC BLADES and bearings: 22” to Oyen, AB. 42” notched. Parts: oilbath and greaseable bearings to service heavy construction discs. Call: 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com 290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and LIONEL’S TRUCKING. Haul farm equip., for years of trouble-free service. Lever DIESEL parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, construction equipment. Scissor neck trail- Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts er for oilfield, truck recovery, winch truck ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull and Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: service. Drumheller, AB. 403-820-1235. behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ 306-543-2111, Regina, SK. EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Rea- blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK USED, REBUILT or NEW engines. Spesonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca cializing in Cummins, have all makes, large and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. inventory of parts, repowering is our speLARRY HIEBERT TRUCKING: equipment cialty. 1-877-557-3797, Ponoka, AB. hauling, farm machinery. Serving western Canada. 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB. MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd., Mortlach, has for hire ground load 53’ cattleliner, FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL 2-53’ stepdeck hay trailers. We haul motor sales, service and parts. Also sale equipment. 306-891-1380, 306-631-2023. 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, 1005AJIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster 2006 JD 850J, WLT, 6-Way dozer, ripper, 111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call 9400 hrs., sold w/new rails and sprockets, Website: www.tismtrrewind.com 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK. $88,500 OBO. 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB.

BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket attachments. Bury rock and brush piles and fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 306-960-3804.

Hog Equipment Installation and Barn Care Over 25 years of experience in the industry. We install: Feed Systems, Watering systems, Ventilation systems, Penning, Flooring, Heat mats, etc.

FARM CHEMICAL / SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: agricultural complaints of any nature; Crop ins. appeals; Spray drift; Chemical failure; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equip. malfunctions. Licensed Agrologist on Staff. For assistance and compensation call

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WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com ARM RIVER POLE BUILDINGS, 40’x60’ to 80’x300’, Sask. only. Call 306-731-2066, Lumsden, SK., metalarc@live.ca 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., 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK 2007 CASE CX290 EXCAVATOR, 1800 hours, shedded, new condition, $150,000 OBO. 306-345-2555, Belle Plaine, SK. 2008 JD 270D LC hyd. excavator, Q/C, 2 buckets, hyd. thumb, AC, forestry package, catwalks, pro-heat, positive air shut-off, 8240 hrs. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB.

MULCHINGTREES, BRUSH, Stumps. MACKIE EQUIPMENT LTD. New, used Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: and surplus parts including attachments. www.maverickconstruction.ca Using our worldwide locating system, let NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, us help you locate Caterpillar, various othpayloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and ers and even hard to find parts. Contact us vertical beater spreaders. Phone today at 306-352-3070, Regina, SK. or visit our website at: www.mackieltd.com 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 JLG 24’ SCISSORLIFT, new batteries, 700 Back-Track InvesTIgaTIons tanks available. Contact George hours, $6500. 306-291-4869, Dundurn, SK. 1-866-882-4779. www.backtrackcanada.com 306-227-5757, Hague, SK. DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, WANTED: SPROCKET PULLER and insulaFARMERS AND BUSINESS PERSONS need REGULATION tion for D7-17A tractor, cylinder group financial help? Go to: www.bobstocks.ca $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, 7F9831, 6F25 pump group. Phone or call 306-757-1997. 245- 1055 Park $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950; Larger sizes 306-342-4968, Glaslyn, SK. available. Travel incl. in Sask. Gov’t grants Street, Regina, SK. available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK.

2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from $25,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL#914077. and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. Best new Regina, SK. SUV/CUV, MSRP starting from $27,995. 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call DL#914077. us to develop a professional mediation plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. TANDEMS, VACUUM TRUCK AND PICKUPS. 2- 2002 Int. 7400 series tandem, 17,000 hrs., 277,000 kms; 2003 Int. 5900i Series tandem, aluminum box and wagon, 375,000 kms; 2006 Freightliner vacuum truck, 13,514 hrs., 141,818 kms; 2003 GMC 2500 dsl. 4x4, ext. cab; 2006 GMC 2500 dsl. 4x4, ext. cab, 282,106 kms; 2007 Chevy Silverado 4x4, reg. cab, 177,556 kms; 2009 GMC Sierra 2500, dsl., 4x4 Crewcab, 262,970 kms; 2007 GMC K1500 Sierra 4x4, reg. cab, 50,609 kms; 2007 Ford Econoline 8 pass. van, 57,374 kms; 2008 Chevy Sierra 2500 4x4, ext. cab, 173,454 kms; 2008 GMC Sierra 1500 4x4, 143,894 kms. All well maintained in good working condition. Please call 780-689-2395 for more info. Boyle, AB.

GRADER: JD 872G, 6 wheel drive, 2009, 7000 hrs., ripper, new tips, new tires 17.5x25, push block, 14’ moulboard w/new blades, AC, heated seat, mirrors and back window, fire ext., new batteries, custom made winter package, $175,000. Eugene 780-835-0601, Grande Prairie, AB.

2011 HITACHI ZX270 LC-3 hyd. excavator, brand new UC, hyd. thumb, 2 buckets, catwalks, positive air shutoff. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB. 2005 CAT D6N LGP, cab, air, heat, bush ready, 6-Way, 3 shank ripper, 85% UC, $90,000. 306-921-9462, Melfort, SK.

NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says no? If yes to above three, call 2012 CASE/IH TV380 #HN3497A, new tracks and completely serviced, 980 hrs, 1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB. $59,000. 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca FARM CHEMICAL/ SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: agricultural complaints of any nature; Crop ins. appeals; Spray drift; Chemical failure; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equip. malfunction. Ph. Back-Track Investigations 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and compensation. backtrackcanada.com

LOWDERMILK TRANSPORT IS providing one call service for all Equipment/Hay hauling. Very experienced, multiple trucks ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” serving AB., SK., and MB. 780-872-0107, boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all 306-252-1001, Kenaston, SK. in stock. Custom sizes on order. Log siding, cove siding, lap siding, shiplap, 1” and LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom 2” tongue and groove. V&R Sawing, hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

FROST RIPPER/STUMP puller attachment for excavators, available with QA or pin-on option. Western Heavy Equipment, 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. SCRAPER TIRES: 26.5x29, 2 good used tires, $1500 each. 403-843-6056, Bluffton, AB. 1973 CAT 930 loader, 3 yard bucket, new pins, bushings, $17,000. May take cattle or old Cat in trade. 306-524-4960, Semans KELLO-BUILT OFFSET DISCS for construction and agricultural land preparation. Located in Central Sask. We can supply all your product and part needs. Brewster Ag, email: info@brewsteragindustries.com 306-939-4402, Earl Grey, SK.

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TS14 TEREX PARTS, engines, transmissions, cylinders, PTO, air cleaners, and many more parts. Contact Austin, 306-741-2200 or Harlick Earthmoving 306-773-7614, aj.harlick@sasktel.net Swift Current, SK. 2005 VOLVO G720B motor grader, 3000 hours, shedded, 16’ blade, $120,000 OBO. 306-345-2555, Belle Plaine, SK. CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some older Cats, IH and Allis Chalmers. 780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. BRUSH RAKE to fit D8, D7 or Komatsu, 13’, arms, long teeth, excellent shape, $6,500 OBO. 780-841-1496, Fort Vermilion, AB. WANTED: JD 710 BACKHOE, later model preferred, must be very good. 306-478-2456, Mankota, SK.

INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, convex and rigid frame straight walls, grain tanks, metal cladding, farm - commercial. Construction and concrete crews. Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saskatoon and northwest Behlen Distributor, Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, Osler, SK. STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com

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sales@cantarp.com WINTER BOOKING SPECIALS IN Effect Up to 20% off Steel Farm Buildings built in Clavet, SK., by Prairie Steel: 50’x125’x20’ $46,800; 60’x150’x20’ $61,800; 70’x150’x 20’ $71,900; 80’x150’x20’ $83,600. In- NEW 19,000 bus. FB bin with air from cludes 26 GA colour walls/Galvalume roof. $.88/bus. Call 1-844-344-2467 or Many other sizes avail. 1-888-398-7150. 1-866-665-6677 for details. buildings@prairiesteel.com VIDOR 105 TONNE fertilizer bin, 3- Vidor AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. 73 tonne fert. bins, Vidor 105 tonne fert. For the customer that prefers quality. bin, 3- Vidor 73 tonne fert. bins, Meridian 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. 83 tonne fert. bin, Univision 73 tonne fert. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Stick bin, 4- Bader 2000 bu. hopper bins, TwistFrame building designed with longevity in er 1000 bu. hopper bin. Tom Webb Farm mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to Equip. Auction, Monday, April 11, 2016, Pangman, SK. area. For sale bill and phowww.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. tos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack hog, chicken, and dairy barns. Construc- Auction Co. PL 311962. tion and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, MR Steel Construction, U-WELD HOPPER BOTTOMS, sizes from 12’ - 24’, Middle Lake Steel, 306-367-4306, 306-978-0315, Hague, SK. 306-367-2408, Middle Lake, SK. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Farm post buildings designed with longevity in FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to cone and steel floor requirements contact: Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. free: 1-888-304-2837. DIAMOND CANVAS SHELTERS, sizes ranging from 15’ wide to 120’ wide, any HYD. GRAIN BIN LIFT, 10 jack cap. powlength. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. er unit, 7 bin jacks, $17,500. FOB Regina, SK. 306-789-2444, Peterson Construction. www.starlinesales.com

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BOND INDUSTRIAL SEA CONTAINERS. The best storage you can buy. New/used and modified sea containers for sale. Secure, portable, weather and rodent proof. Guaranteed 8’ to 53’ available. Ask a rep. about our modifications. Bond Industrial 306-373-2236, joe@bondind.com or visit our website at www.bondind.com SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca POLY GRAIN BINS, 40 to 150 bu. for grain cleaning, feed, fertilizer and left over treated seed. Ph. 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. www.buffervallley.com CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount. Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK. WESTEEL, GOEBEL, grain and fertilizer bins. Grain Bin Direct, 306-373-4919. 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 2016 now. Call Quadra Development Corp, 1-800-249-2708 or d.lonseth@sasktel.net AERATION FANS, save on in stock models. Call toll free 1-844-344-2467 or 1-866-6677 for details. 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 NEW 30,000 bus. FB bin with air and unload from $1.02. Call 1-844-344-2467 for details. 2015 CIM BIN TRANSPORT TRAILER 17,000 lb. cap., 32’ bed accommodates up to 21’ dia. bin. For factory direct pricing and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca FRIESEN 73 TON fertilizer, bin, Sakundiak 3000 bu. bin on wood floor, Westeel 2000 bu. bin on wood floor, Twister 2100 bu. bin on wood floor, Rosco 1350 bu. bin on wood floor, 2000 and 1350 bu. round wood floors. Glenn Swenson Farm Equip. Auction, Wed., April 13, 2016, Weyburn, SK. area. www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 CHIEF WESTLAND AND CARADON BIN extensions, sheets, stiffeners, etc. Now available. Call Bill, 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com STEEL BIN FLOORS (14-30’) winter specials. Call 1-844-344-2467 or 1-866-665-6677 for details. LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stocking dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction 2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. 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, 2Westeel 1650 bu. bins on cement, quantity of 3 HP and 5 HP aeration fans. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, 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 BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks. 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK.

20’ AND 40’ SEA CONTAINERS, for sale in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436. CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All sizes. Now in stock: 50 used, 53’ steel and insulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK. 20’ AND 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS, large SK. inventory. Ph. 1-800-843-3984, 306-781-2600.

HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call 306-757-2828, Regina, SK.

MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 306-957-2033.

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.

SAKUNDIAK GRAIN AUGERS available with self-propelled mover kits and bin sweeps. Contact Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837.

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

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.

UNVERFERTH 9250 GRAIN CART with scale and roll tarp. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday April 11, 2016, Pangman, BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new SK. area. Mack Auction Co. 306-421-2928, and used sea containers, all sizes. 306-487-7815. For sale bill and photos: www.mackauctioncompany.com PL311962 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. 2011 BRENT 2096 grain cart, PTO, scale, walking axle, electric tarp. Call 306-537-9636, Riceton, SK.

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell: 306-868-7738.

BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK.

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LOOKING FOR A floater or tender? Call me first. 36 years experience. Loral parts, new and used. Call 403-650-7967, Calgary, AB. Please view our website: JOHN BLUE NH3 kit w/hyd. shut off for www.northvalleyagme.com 50-60’ cultivator, $1500 OBO. Wainwright, Sean McGivern AB. Call 780-806-3439 or 780-842-4088. North Valley Ag & Mill Equipment 1997 FORD TENDER TRUCK, C10 Cat, 10 Guelph, Ontario Canada spd., fresh safety, c/w 2010 16’ Rayman Ph 519 820-2309 box 3 comp., side fold auger with 2’ extension, stainless flighting, roll tarp, $65,000. grassrootssalesmarketing@gmail.com Call 403-994-7754, Olds, AB. IH 2000-C floater, auto trans. truck w/Lor- DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, ral 7-ton fert. spreader c/w Dicky John great for pulse crops, best selection in guidance and 70’ Benson booms. Will con- Western Canada. 306-946-7923, Young SK sider trade/feed grain or $30,000. 306-432-4803, Lipton, SK. 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 RAVEN 5 SECTION autorate liquid manifold system, c/w wiring harness/controller, $6000; Greenstar section control activation, $3600. 306-536-1428, Regina, SK. 1995 TERRA-GATOR 1844, 4 wheel floater, 3208 Cat, 18 spd., liquid, Autorate, AutoSteer, 2318 hrs., $18,225. Consider tractor on trade. 306-946-7923, Young, SK.

2014 BRANDT 10X70 grain auger, like new condition, c/w Brehon Agri remote, full alarm, cordless camera with screen, $12,500. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. SAKUNDIAK HD 8-45 auger with Vanguard 35 HP diesel engine and Meridian mover, Sakundiak HD 8-39 auger with Kohler Command Pro 27HP engine and Meridian mover, Sakundiak HD 10-2000 swing auger, Sakundiak HD 6-33 auger with 5 HP electric motor. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 11, Pangman, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 SPRING SPECIALS: Must Go! 4- 12x72’ and 1- 12x79’ SLMD’S, plus other sizes in stock; Used Brandt 10x60’ S/A, $6500; Sakundiak 8x1800 PTO drive, $4900; Plus older 10x60 PTO- cash? Dealer for Convey-All. Leasing avail. Call Dale, Mainway Farm Equip, Davidson, SK., 306-567-3285, 306-567-7299. mainwayfarmequipment.ca REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net SET OF MICHEL’S augers from Doepker grain trailer, hyd., remote control vg cond, $4500. 780-650-1336, Waskatenau, AB. 4 ALUMINUM MICHEL’S 10” hopper augers to fit Doepker Legacy Super B trailers, $5000. 306-741-7743, Swift Current, SK. AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, Westfield, Westeel augers; Auger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart post pounders. Good prices, leasing available. Call 1-866-746-2666.

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

NEW SUPERB GRAIN dryers available. Also have Moridge parts. Grant Service Ltd. 306-272-4195, Foam Lake, SK.

CONVEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, accessories. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com

PEA AND CROSS AUGERS. Harvest JD 615P pickup header, overall excellent bushy crops with a draper header. 50 to 30’ PREMIER 2950 Turbo SP swather with condition, trades wanted, $28,400. Call 100% increase in productivity. Pay for themselves in 400 acres or less. Call 1311 hours. Fortner Farms Premium Farm 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1-888-907-9182. www.agshield.com Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, SK. area. For sale bill/photos 1996 JD CTS, 2422 sep. hrs., new tires, visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or Big Top, fine cut chopper, spreader, runs 2013 JD 640D 40’, hydra-float, pea au$37,800. 1-800-667-4515. ger, hyd tilt, for S series, vg cond, $62,800 call 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, Mack nice, www.combineworld.com 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com Auction Co. PL 311962. NH H8-40 SP 30’ swather with only 1009 UNRESERVED AUCTION: 2006 John 2008 NEW HOLLAND 24C 30’ draper headhours. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Deere 9660 WTS SP combine, 1,718 eng. er, mint condition, always stored inside, Monday, April 11, 2016, Pangman, SK. hours, 1,287 sep. hours, shedded. Wed. $28,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com April 20, Melvin Lunty, 780-385-1775, for sale bill and photos. Mack Auction Co. Sedgewick, AB, 11AM. View details and 2013 MACDON D65, 40’ rigid draper pics at www.dunkleauctions.com w/DKD, pea auger, factory transport, CA25 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. PL 311962. to fit CNH, $63,800. 1-800-667-4515. 30’ PRAIRIE STAR 4900 SP swather with 2008 MD PW7 16’ pickup head, excellent www.combineworld.com 1815 hours. Glenn Swenson Farm Equip. condition for STS combines with 16’ Auction, Wed., April 13, 2016, Weyburn, Swathmaster, $19,800. 1-800-667-4515. 2002 JD 930F, PU reel, fore/aft, Auto SK. area. www.mackauctioncompany.com www.combineworld.com Height sensor, new knife, approx. 500 for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or JD 9500 SP combine with 2430 hours. acres on new poly skids. Call 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Glenn Swenson Farm Equipment Auction, 306-539-1859, Minton, SK. Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Weyburn, SK. 2011 AGCO 4200 16’, auto. HHC, reel area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com speed with 16’ Swathmaster, $19,800. for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com JD 567 ROUND BALER shedded, Highline 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 1400 round bale picker, MacDon 5020 16’ haybine. Cowan Bros. Farm Equip. Auction, JD 9600 SP combine with 3440 separator 2012 MD FD70 40’, flex draper, pea auSaturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. hours and 2- JD 7721 PT combines. Cowan ger, transport, HHC, new knife and guards, area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, warranty, $69,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. area. Visit www.combineworld.com 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 SWATHMASTER AND RAKE-UP 12’, 14’, UNRESERVED AUCTION: 2012 John and 16’ pickups available, call for details! Deere S670 SP combine, 720 eng. hrs, 506 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com sep. hrs, duals, shedded. Wed. April 20, Lunty, 780-385-1775, Sedgewick, RECONDITIONED COMBINE HEADERS. 2009 CASE/IH 7120, 900 tires, 2016 PU Melvin 11AM. View details and pics at: RIGID and flex, most makes and sizes; header, field ready, $200,000; 2013 FD75 AB, www.dunkleauctions.com also header transports. Ed Lorenz, MacDon 30’ flex header with pea auger, $85,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 1997 JD 9400, 2114 eng. hrs., 1626 sep. 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK. or website: www.straightcutheaders.com 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. hrs., ext. range cyl. drive, Y&M, long aunew: PU belts, feeder chain, rub bars 2011 IH 3016 PU and header, all updates ger, concave, straw chopper, spreader, 914 done, belts, auger and floor all excellent, and exc. cond., $60,000. Call Dave Klein, under 350 hours use, $24,850. Call PU, PUMPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, Honda/Ko306-957-4312, 306-695-7794, Odessa, SK. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com shin pumps, 1-1/2” to 4”, Landa pressure 2006 2388, 2015 PU, 1928 sep. hrs., hop- 2005 JD 9760 STS, Greenstar, reel spd, washers, steam washers, parts washers. auto HHC, chopper, 2317 hrs., extra for M&M Equip. Ltd. Parts & Service, Regina, per ext., Y&M, Redlight in 2014, $75,000 OBO; Case 2020 flex header w/trailer, PU, $89,800. www.combineworld.com or SK. 306-543-8377, fax 306-543-2111. call 1-800-667-4515. $25,000 OBO. 306-734-7727, Craik, SK. 2011 IH 9120, 1005 hrs., duals, deluxe 2004 JD 9760 STS, 2062 hrs, Greenstar, cab, AutoSteer, sold w/warranty $188,800 auto HHC, reel speed, factory chopper, LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE pickups available, w/warranty, $92,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com We sell new, used and remanufactured IH 1480 SP combine with new sieves. parts for most farm tractors and combines. Glenn Swenson Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Weyburn, SK. MEDICINE HAT TRACTOR Salvage Inc. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Specializing in new, used, and rebuilt agrifor sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or cultural and construction parts. Buying ag 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 and construction equipment for disman2009 JD 635D 35’ draper, transport, pea tling. Call today 1-877-527-7278, auger, 8/10 cond., field ready, $39,800. www.mhtractor.ca Medicine Hat, AB. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2009 NH CX8080, 790 sep. hrs, reverser, TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge HHC, rocktrap, long auger, grain tank ext. MACDON CA20/CA25 and HoneyBee SMITH’S new and used tractor parts. FCC, Y&M, IntelliView II Display, Outback flex or rigid adapters and completion kits. inventory 1-888-676-4847. and JD auto ready, c/w 76C hyd. header, Plenty in stock, we want your trade! Call Swathmaster pickup, always shedded, 1-800-667-4515 for pricing and availability COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. 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2007 JD 568 baler, Mega Wide Plus PU, big tires, net wrap and twine, 15,000 bales, always shedded, one owner, NH TR98 SP combine with 2626 rotor $27,000. Call 306-476-7248, Fife Lake, SK. hours. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, WANTED: JD 7810 c/w FEL & 3-PTH; SP Monday, April 11, 2016, Pangman, SK. or PTO bale wagon; JD or IHC end wheel area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or drills. Small square baler. 403-394-4401. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2009 NH 9070, 1644/1350 hrs, IntelliView II display, Y&M, remote sieve adjust, elec. stone trap, duals, diff. lock, long auger, PSD, deluxe chopper, chaff spreader, c/w 76-C 14’ Swathmaster PU plus 2003 NH 94-C 36’ draper header, fore/aft, split PU reel, single knife drive, gauge wheels, transport, all stored inside, $220,000 OB0. Call 780-608-9290, Strome, AB. 2015 NH CX8090, $459,000. Raymore New Holland 306-746-2911 or view www.raymorenewholland.com RECON 300/400. Dry hay 35 to 65% fast- 2013 NH CX8090, $344,000. Yorkton New er. Combine 2 swaths into 1. Recondition Holland 306-783-8511 or view website and move swath to dry ground. Make high www.yorktonnewholland.com quality dry hay faster. Call 1-888-907-9182. www.agshield.com 2012 14’ JD 956 discbine w/impellers, 2005 JD 9760 STS, 1821 hrs, GreenStar, only cut 600 acres, mint condition, auto. HHC, reel speed, chopper, good $32,000. 306-621-4965, Theodore, SK. tires, really clean, w/warranty, $99,800. 2007 NH 1441 discbine, 15’.5” cut width, 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com excellent condition, well maintained. Call 780-808-1592, Kitscoty, AB.

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DEGELMAN RP 7200 Signature Series hyd. rockpicker. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday April 11, 2016, Pangman, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. Mack Auction Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. PL 311962.

2008 IH 3185, 2500 hrs., 90’ boom, AIM Command, loaded, 3 sets of tips on 5-way tourits, 2 sets of tires, 20.8xR38GY and 320/90R42GY, front and rear Tridekon crop savers, all Guidance upgraded in 2015, shedded, one owner. 306-682-4209, 306-231-8099, Humboldt, SK. WANTED: OLD WILMAR 750 sprayer for parts, before the 745, with a hyd. control 2014 CASE/IH FHX300 forage harvester, valve deck. 306-563-6216, Canora, SK. tandem, w/vert. extension, HDX PU, 2 short seasons. Dave 403-556-3992 Olds AB 2009 JD 4830 High Clearance sprayer, radar, stainless steel booms, AutoHeight, 100’, duals, 2443 hrs. 306-648-2418, 306-312-9000, Gravelbourg, SK. 2008 JD 3975 c/w PU header, kernel 2007 SPRA-COUPE 4655 80’, 1080 hrs., processor, 40” vert. ext. Just through shop 400 gallon, mechanical drive, AutoSteer in excellent shape w/new knives and shear ready, $64,800. Call 1-800-667-4515. bar! $26,400. Call Jordan 403-627-9300, www.combineworld.com Pincher Creek, AB. 2014 NH SP.335F #N22362, 4 year warranty, 120’ boom, 1600 gal, SS tank, 4WD, $389,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 2008 JD 4830, 100’ 1000 gal. SS tank, Raven AutoBoom, Swathmaster, Green2010 NH 1070 100’ wheel boom, foam Star, AutoTrac, 420/80R46, 1471 hrs, marker, reduced $22,500 OBO. Willingdon, $175,000 OBO 306-834-7204 Kerrobert SK AB., call 780-632-9846 or 780-768-2163. 2014 NH SP.240F #N22358, 4 year war2010 NH, 80’, 800 gallon, wind screens, ranty, 120’ front boom, $339,000. Call fenders, autorate, mint condition, $28,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca Call 306-648-7618, Gravelbourg, SK. BOURGAULT MODEL 1450, 110’, 1250 gal., 2005 JD 4720, both sets tires, 2700 eng. curtains, chem induction tank, vg cond., hrs., AutoSteer, fully loaded, $129,000 cash. Call 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. $6000. 306-648-2945, Gravelbourg, SK. HARDI COMMANDER TWIN 6600i 2012, 2010 APACHE 1010, 100’, Raven Auto36 meters, loaded, $75,000. Height, Outback GPS AutoSteer, sharp shooter, 1001 hrs., $145,000 OBO. 780-954-2005, 780-283-2005 Westlock AB 306-648-7106, Mankota, SK. 2011 CASE PS160 susp. boom sprayer, 100’, 1600 gal. tank, low acres, shedded, CASE PATRIOT SPX 3200B, 2200 hrs., 90’ boom, 800 US gallon tank, field ready, $33,500 OBO. 403-373-4781, Lacombe, AB $80,000. Call 403-896-4673, Clive, AB. 2005 SPRA-COUPE 7650, 90’ booms, 1300 hrs., auto., 2 WD, 3-way nozzle bodies, new tires, JD GPS AutoTrac, 1800 Display, 1 year warranty on WO, exc. cond. 403-578-2487, 403-575-4101, Brownfield 2013 NH SP.240F #HN3175, 100’ front boom, 3 year power train warranty, $310,000. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 100’ JD 4830 sprayer with only 1018 hours, 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 GOOD PRICE: 2003 JD 4710 high clearance sprayer, 800 gallon tank, AutoSteer section control, AutoHeight control 2 sets of tires. 306-654-7772, Saskatoon, SK. 7650 SPRA-COUPE, 90’ booms, 1300 hrs., automatic, 3-way nozzle bodies 2WD, new tires, JD-JPS auto track 1800 display, 1 year warranty on work order, exc. cond., asking $115,000. Brownfield, AB. 403-578-2487, 403-575-4101.

UNRESERVED AUCTION: 2013 SpraCoupe 7660 high clearance sprayer, 90’, 750 hours, 175 HP, GPS, 1 owner. Wed. April 20, Melvin Lunty, 780-385-1775, Sedgewick, AB, 11AM. Details and pics at www.dunkleauctions.com 2002 CASE SPX 3200, 2710 hrs., 90’ boom, 750 gal. tank, Raven Envizio Pro, AutoBoom, 2 sets of tires, 20.8R38 and 270/95R48, $100,000. Call 306-647-2205 evenings, Theodore, SK.

FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: JD 4930/4940, R4045; 800/55R46 Goodyear tire & rim, $20,500/set; 710/60R46 Goodyear LSW, $19,500/set; Case and JD sprayers: 800/70R38 Michelin for Case 4420/4430, $19,500; 710/70R38 Titan rim and tire for JD 4720/4730, $14,500. Case 650/65R38 Michelins, $15,000. 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers. Reduce trampling losses by 80% to 90%. Call: Great West Agro, 306-398-8000.

2014 NH SP.240R #N22357, 4 year warranty, 240 HP, 1000 gal. poly tank, tie 3 eng. 100’ boom, $229,000. 306-864-3667, 2015 PILLAR MODEL 6012, approx. Kinistino, SK. or view: www.farmworld.ca 5500 acres, drill only, excellent shape, $175,000 OBO. 306-741-1634, Hazlet, SK. info@mustangsol.com 2004 49’ MORRIS MAXIM II, single shoot, 10” spacing, 7300 air cart TBH, 3.5” Dutch openers, approx. 4500 acres. Call 306-539-1859, Minton, 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.

HEAVY DUTY WHEEL DOLLY. Change your sprayer tires in less than an hour! Over 100 units sold last 12 months. Perfect tool for safely and quickly moving or changing large wheels/tires, $1,499. 403-892-3303, Carmangay, AB. 8500 WILLMAR EAGLE, 2002, 90’ booms, triple nozzle bodies, 380/90R46 Michelins, 1000 gal. SS tank, foam and rinse tank, ground following system, Midtech Arc 6000 auto rate controller, plumbed Outback guidance, current sprayer inspection $8200 workorder, 2654 hrs., $55,000. 306-648-7110, Gravelbourg, SK. 2011 JD 4730, low hrs., 100’ booms, fold GPS, JD boom heights, sectional control, 2630 3000 receiver, 2 sets of tires, always shedded, $165,000 306-327-4756, 306-327-8803 cell, Kelvington, SK. 2012 ROGATOR RG1300, 120’, sharp shooter, Viper Pro, Raven Smart Trax, remote section control, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, BCO, fence rows, chem. eductor, pressure washer, Helix strainer, weather station, 2 sets tires, 1760 hrs., $260,000. Call 403-994-7754, Olds, AB.

2006 NH SD440 50’, 10” paired row, 430 bushel, variable rate tank, double shoot, blockage monitor, steel press wheels, $75,000. 780-210-0280, Andrew, AB. VW MFG. LTD. - Full line of carbide drill points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2005 FLEXI-COIL 4350 TBH AIR CART, DS, variable rate, good shape, asking $40,000 OBO. 780-385-5064, Killam, AB.

JD 1820 AIR Drill, 52’, 10” spacing, double shoot, 350 bu. 2 tank cart, paired row openers, AgTron blockage and tank cameras available. Call 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB.

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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. 306-445-5602, North Battleford, SK. 1998 BOURGAULT AIR DRILL, 54’, 4” packers, carbide openers, DS, newer Series II MRBs, like new, 4350 triple tank mechanical drive, all good tires, low acred drill, exc. cond., field ready, $45,000. 403-578-2487, 403-575-4101, Brownfield. 2014 NH P1070 Tank #PB3379A, mint condition, 580 bushel, $110,000. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca MORRIS MAXIM I - 49’, 12” spacing, w/ 7300 cart, $39,500. RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, www.agdealer.com/rjsales rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. 2004 NH SD440 51’-12”, $35,000. Call Watrous New Holland 306-946-3301 or view www.watrousnewholland.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.

66’ 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 PHD drill with blockage and Atom Jet openers; Also selling separate 2010 Bourgault 6550ST air tank 4 compartment with 3 meter. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, 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 FLEXICOIL 5000 AIR drill, 45’, 12” spacing, 4” rubber packers, 2320 TBH tank, good. 306-456-2638, 306-861-1964, Colgate, SK 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. 306-658-4240, 306-843-7549, Wilkie, SK. 2006 JD 1820 air drill 41’, 10” spacing, double shoot, low acres, $29,000. 306-726-7716, Southey, SK.

MORRIS MAXIM II 39’ air drill and Morris 7240 air tank, DS, and Atom paired row openers. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday April 11, 2016, Pangman, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com 1997 CASE CONCORD 4010, dual, for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or w/2300 tank, $15,000. Concord 4010, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 single, w/Phoenix rotary harrow, $7,000. 2002 MORRIS 7300 tank #HR3095A, 300 403-860-2257, Oyen, AB. bushel, 8 run, $18,000. Call 306-682-9920, 2009 NH P2070 70’x12”, $65,000. Call Humboldt, SK. or view: www.farmworld.ca Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511 or 2000 BOURGAULT 5710 drill and 5350 view www.yorktonnewholland.com tank #B22859A, 54’, 9.8” spacing, FLEXI-COIL 1610 TBH air cart, fine and $66,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. coarse rollers, hitch, $6,500 OBO. Call or view at: www.farmworld.ca 306-963-7904, Imperial, SK. 2004 MORRIS MAXIM II, 40’ air drill, 10” 1997 CONCORD 4812 air drill, double spacing, single shoot, w/7300 Morris, 3 shoot dry with NH3, Dutch openers, 2000 tank, air tank, $38,000 OBO. JD 1900 seed cart, 270 bu, $28,000 OBO. 306-831-9649, Elrose, SK. 306-452-3233 Antler, SK. 2001 MORRIS MAXIM 29’ air drill, c/w MORRIS MAXIM I - 49’ AD, 10” sp., steel 7180 tank, 15,000 in recent upgrades and packers, $15,000. RJ Sales & Service, parts, field ready, $30,000 OBO. Call 306-338-2541, www.agdealer.com/rjsales 306-771-2776, Balgonie, SK. rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. 2012 NH P2060 drill and P1060 tank 2009 SEEDMASTER TXB 66’x12” c/w #PB3380A, 70’ fold back, 10” spacing, P1060, TBH, $160,000. Call Raymore New $110,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, Holland 306-746-2911 or view website: SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca www.raymorenewholland.com SEEDMASTER (2008) 72’, 12” sp., 300 MORRIS MAXIM I - 49’ w/8336 TBT air bu. on board, w/BG 5440, $176,000. RJ cart., 12” sp., $55,000 . RJ Sales & Ser- Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, vice, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. SK. www.agdealer.com/rjsales www.agdealer.com/rjsales SEEDMASTER 60-12 (2011), w/Morris 72’ BOURGAULT 3.5” steel packers on 9.8” 8425 TBH, $175,000. RJ Sales & Service, spacing for 5710 or 5810, in gangs, done 306-338-2541, www.agdealer.com/rjsales 3000 acres. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. MORRIS MAXIM, 34’, 7.5” spacing, 3.5” 2003 BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, 9.8” steel packers, 7180 TBH tank, single shoot, spacing, steel packers, 3/4” carbide tips, $10,000 OBO. 306-625-7443, Ponteix, SK. Devloo mud scrapers, w/2002 5440 air 1997 FLEXI-COIL 5000 45’, 9” spacing, cart, double shoot, 8” auger, w/upgrade SS, 2320 TBT cart w/320 3rd hopper, Easy 591 deluxe monitor, $75,000 OBO. flow manifold, Agtron blockage, $30,000 306-648-7110, Gravelbourg, SK. OBO. Gravelbourg, SK., 306-648-7766. 2011 MORRIS C1 Contour drill and 8370 1999 SEED HAWK 357, on-board tank, TBH tank #B22750A, 61’ paired row, 12” 40’, 12” spacing, good condition, $40,000. spacing, $205,000. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 306-482-7749, Carnduff, SK. DEMO MORRIS CONTOUR II - 71’, w/9650 TBT, $339,000. RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK, website: www.agdealer.com/rjsales 2014 JD 1870, 40’ air drill, 430 bu. 1910 TBH cart w/duals, 12” spacing, DS dry, 10” loading auger, like new, done 2500 acres, 306-259-2057, 306-917-7388, Watrous SK SEEDMASTER CT60-12 (2013), ddl. shoot, $160,000. RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. rj.sales@sasktel.net COMBINE WORLD now carries Atom Jet Openers! We want your old ones on trade! 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2010 SEEDMASTER TXB 44’-14” c/w SC230 TBH, $79,000. Call Raymore New Holland 306-746-2911 or view website: www.raymorenewholland.com 1997 39’ MORRIS Maxim air drill, 10” spacing, Atom Jet boot with Morris 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2014 SEED HAWK 8412, $205,000. Call Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511 or view www.yorktonnewholland.com 2003 BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, c/w 4300 tank, DS, paired row openers, good shape, $48,000. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB.

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. 2008 BOURGAULT 3310 65’-10” c/w 6550 TBH, $215,000. Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511. yorktonnewholland.com 2008 JD 1910, 430 bu., TBH, 8 run, varirate, DS, $49,000; 1998 JD 1900, 3 comp, 430 bu., 8 run, $24,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2014 SEEDMASTER 70’, 12”, 20 bu. canola tank w/ultra Pro, 800 rears, 12,000 acres $212,000. 403-505-9524, Ponoka, AB. TECHNOTILL 2015 62’ on TBH Case 600 cultivator (Flexi-Coil), 12” spacing, FlexiCoil air pack, Intelligent blockage monitor, superior setup, ready to go, can hook to Bourgault or Flexi-Coil cart, like new cond. 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. SEEDMASTER 65-10, twin 1500 NH3 tanks, NH3 pump, sectional control, new openers and hoses, $60,000 OBO. 306-383-2915, Rose Valley, SK.

2007 SEEDMASTER 50’, 12” space, 2013 JD 1910 550 bu. tank, shut-off ready, DS w/anhydrous with shut-off, 2nd onboard tank w/alpine attach liquid fert., $195,000 Call Graham, 306-963-7651, Imperial, SK. FLEXI-COIL 5000 HD air drill, 40’, 12” spacing, DS, 4350 tank, $82,500; 1996 NH 9482, 2823 hrs., $85,000. Shedded, good 2001 MORRIS, 39’, 10” SPACING, single condition. 403-901-4431, Strathmore, AB. shoot, 2001 7300 tank, w/3rd tank Model field ready, $37,000 OBO. 2014 MORRIS 9550 tank #HR3338, new, 7042, tow behind, dual tires, $7,425 S/A pmt 306-648-7110, Gravelbourg, SK. O.A.C. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or 2014 BOURGAULT 3320-76, 7700 tank, view at: www.farmworld.ca 10” space, liquid, loaded, sectional control, MORRIS MAXIM II - 60’ w/7300 TBT air high float option, very low acres, cart, 10” sp., $80,000. RJ Sales & Service, $460,000. Call 306-483-7829, Oxbow, SK. 306-338-2541, www.agdealer.com/rjsales rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. BOURGAULT 5710 64’, 9.8” space, steel packers, MRB’S, 2005 Bourgault 6350 air 2003 40’ MORRIS Max II, 7180 tank, SS, cart, DS, in-cab controls. Will separate. NH3 MRB’s, 10” spacing, A-1 cond., 12,000 acres, 1 pass machine, trades welcome, Best offers. 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. $44,900. 306-862-7524, 306-862-7761, 2009 70’ FLEXI-COIL 5500 fold back, 12” Nipawin, SK. www.agriquip.ca space, 4350 TBT var. tank, 4.5” boots, done approx. 20,000 acres, nice shape, 2010 JD 1830 drill and 1910 tank $98,000 USD OBO. 780-386-3979, #PS3428A 40’, 12” spacing, single shoot, $105,600. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, 780-385-6449, Lougheed, AB. SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca MORRIS MAXIM II - 34’ (2002), w/liquid kit, and 7180 TBT cart, $29,500. RJ Sales 2014 SEED HAWK 8412 c/w P1060 and & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. P1070, $355,000. Raymore New Holland 306-746-2911. raymorenewholland.com rj.sales@sasktel.net 2012 SEEDMASTER 8012 CT TXB w/300 Onboard tank and JD 1910, $295,000. Watrous New Holland 306-946-3301 or view www.watrousnewholland.com

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2005 K-HART 60’ DISC DRILL, 10” spacing, Haukaas markers, all new discs, hubs and greasable bearings, c/w 2005 Morris 6370 2 comp. cart, asking $100,000. 306-741-1859, Swift Current, SK.

ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 1996 BOURGAULT 8800, 40’, 3195 tank, harrows, packers, $21,000 OBO; 2002 8810 52’, $45,000. 306-563-8482 Rama SK

FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 95 harrow packer bar, 60’, P30 packers, tine harrows, vg cond. 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds. WANTED: HIGHLINE ROTARY HARROWS, whole or for parts. Call 306-654-7657, Prudhomme, SK. 2000 RITE-WAY 8000 heavy harrow, 55’, adj. tine angle, 9/16” tines, good cond. 2016 SEEDMASTER 44’, 12” spacing, 380 Call Gary 306-873-8060, Prairie River, SK. bu. onframe storage, 50/50 split, 3 sec- 60’ HIGHLINE STUBBLE BUSTER, 9/16” tions sectional control, Ulta-Pro canola tines, hyd. tine angle, $6,000. Phone meter, scales, $230,000. Central Alberta 306-925-2245, Glen Ewen, SK. Precision Seeding, Ponoka, AB. Call BRUNO CO-OP is accepting tenders on 403-783-8880, www.precisionseeding.ca 2011 Riteway heavy harrow, 55’, vg shape. MORRIS MAXIM I - 34’ 7180 TBH, Please submit tenders to Box 99, Bruno, $29,500. RJ Sales & Service, SK., S0K 0S0 or call Wayne 306-369-2271. 306-338-2541, www.agdealer.com/rjsales Closing date March 31, 2016. rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. DEGELMAN 7645 LAND ROLLER. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com ESTATE SALE: 2007 37’ Ezee-On, under area. sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 4000 acres, 10” spacing, single shoot, with for 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Morris 7180 tank, $37,500 OBO. 306-475-2856, Crane Valley, SK. MORRIS TINE HARROWS, 5 bar, 70’, condition, asking $4,500. Ph. 2002 BOURGAULT 5350 air cart, double good shoot, 3 tank metering, cab rate adjust, 306-563-7505, Canora, SK. 491 monitor, sandblasted inside and out, DEGELMAN HEAVY HARROWS: 2008 70’, repainted, upgraded to 10” fill auger, hyd. angle, $29,000; 1998 50’, manual an$31,000. Call 403-994-4041, Trochu, AB. gle, $17,000. 306-563-8482, Rama, SK. FLEXI-COIL 820 40’ cultivator; 1720 air 2015 BRANDT 8200, 82’, chrome wear retank; Flexi-Coil 420 40’ cultivator; 1610 air sistant tines, hyd. tine adj., low acres. tank; 636 Leon loader; 75- Bourgault 4.5” 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. steel packer wheels, off 5710; 3 PTH, 7 shank subsoiler; 3 PTH off 300 HP 4WD. 80’ DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster heavy harrow. Fortner Farms Premium Farm 306-749-2649, Birch Hills, SK. Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 9, UNRESERVED AUCTION: Morris Maxim 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit 39’ air seeder w/Morris 7240 air tank. www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale Wed. April 20, Melvin Lunty, bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 780-385-1775, Sedgewick, AB, 11AM. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Details & pics: www.dunkleauctions.com USED RITE-WAY LAND ROLLER 2013 BOURGAULT 6700 ST air tank, all 4245SL, 42” diameter, 45’ wide. Call Steve options, dual high speed fan, bag lift, con- 306-295-1200, Shaunavon, SK. veyor, 4-tank meter, X20 monitor, rear 2015 DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster, 82’, hitch, dual tires, shedded, low acres. Endura tip tines, hyd. tine adj. w/Valmar 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 3255, low acres. 306-231-8060, Englefeld 2003 BOURGAULT 5350 air tank, 30.5x32 rear tires, 540/65R24 front tires, rear tow hitch, auger ext. for unloading semis, 491 monitor, 3 tanks, 2 tanks me- JD 9450 HOE drill, 30’, Apollo mover, very tering, real clean, $29,000. Myles good cond., grain and slow spd sprockets, rebuilt fertilizer attachment, presses tight, 306-745-6140 306-745-7530 Esterhazy SK 1996 BOURGAULT 8800, 40’ air seeder, liq- $5000. 780-645-5559, St. Paul, AB. uid kit, Atom Jet openers w/side liquid AGTRON ART 160, 50-run blockage moniband, Valley shank packers, 2000 5250 toring system, used 2 seasons, exc. cond., Bourgault air tank, w/3 compartments, $4750. 780-650-1336, Waskatenau, AB. 491 monitor, rice tires, hyd. fan, rear hitch, 1000 gal. Pattison liquid caddy, 1 yr. 1985 IHC 7200 hoe drill, 28’, w/factory always shedded, offers. old single piston John Blue pump, vg transport, cond., asking $45,000. 306-423-5727, 306-236-7491, Dorintosh, SK. 306-233-7754, Bellevue, SK. TWO JD 455 foldup box drills, 30’ and 35’, 36’ BOURGAULT 8800 air seeder with $43,500 each. 403-308-1238, Taber, AB. Bourgault 2155 TBH air tank. Cowan Bros. ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday April 23, points for air drills. Find out more at: 2016, Langbank, SK. area. For sale bill and www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, photos: www.mackauctioncompany.com Dunmore, AB. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack VW MFG. LTD. - Full line of carbide drill Auction Co. PL #311962. points for air drills. Find out more at: FLEXI-COIL 800 AIR SEEDER with JD 787 www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, air tank. Glenn Swenson Farm Equipment Dunmore, AB. Auction, Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at Weyburn, SK. area. For sale bill and pho- BOURGAULT 3225 AIR tank c/w 3rd tank, tos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com very good condition; JD 777 air tank, c/w Call 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, Mack auger. 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. Auction Co. PL #311962. JD 9350 HOE DRILL, 16’, with grass seed 40’ BOURGAULT 8810, Raven NH3, MRB, attachment, always shedded, $2,700 OBO. poly packers, knives; 2004 5250 or 2004 780-352-8858, Bittern Lake, AB. 5350 air tank with 3 tank metering. Call 32 VW MFG., VW10FC, 4” wide, full car306-275-4603, St. Brieux, SK. bide paired row openers on Stealth hold2004 BOURGAULT 5440, double shoot, ers. 306-423-6131, Domremy, SK. $42,000. Located southwest Manitoba. Call 306-563-8482. VW MFG. LTD. - Full line of carbide drill points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 48’x12” SEED HAWK 357 Magnum, 1999, 3 comp., 375 bu. tank, Devloo mud scrapers, 2 Valmars delivery, 2 fans, gas and hyd., run this with older tractor, $45,000 OBO. Ph/text Trent at 403-934-8765, Standard, AB. sundgaardt@yahoo.ca

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2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500TM vertical tillage #PS3147, 35’, 3 section Cat V hitch, $101,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca SUNFLOWER DISC 38’, 19” front blades, 22” rear blades, $26,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. EZEE ON/VERSATILE 1600 tandem disc, HD, 25’, $7500. 306-452-3233, Antler, SK. 2015 CASE/IH 600, 60’ cultivator, 12” spacing, 4-bar harrows, NH3 hitch, 600 lb. trips. Call 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. 1997 BOURGAULT 8810 cultivator #B227788, Valmar applicator, 4 bar mounted harrows, $33,000. Kinistino, SK., 306-864-3667 or view: www.farmworld.ca WANTED: KELLO-BILT 325 12’ breaking disc in good condition. Call 780-645-2575, St. Paul, AB. JD 1650 CHISEL plow 54’ c/w Degelman harrows, $32,500; Morris L233 field cult., 37’, $4250. 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646. FLEXI-COIL 60’ SYSTEM 95 tine harrows and packers, Flexi-Coil 70’ System 82 tine harrows, 35’ JD 1610 cult. w/1655 Valmar and fert. kit, 42’ JD 1000 Vibrashank cult. with 1620 Valmar, Coop 33’ deep tillage cultivator, MF 360 12’ and 15’ discers, MF 360 2- 15’ discers, Flexi-Coil end tow diamond harrows, Allis Chalmers 14’ tandem disc. Glenn Swenson Farm Equip. Auction, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Weyburn, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 1999 FLEXI-COIL S85, 70’ heavy harrow, $19,900. Call 1-800-667-4515 or www.combineworld.com

ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 56’ ST830 FLEXI-COIL, 12” space, heavy trips, dual shoot, air pack, set up for TBT tank, c/w with Technotill seed boots and carbide packers, 3/4” carbide knock-on openers, blockage monitor, exc., $79,500. 306-441-4003, North Battleford, SK. EZEE-ON 6650 33’ tandem disc, Morris Ranger II 70’ harrow packers, Morris B3-48 rodweeder, Morris B3-36 rodweeder, MF 360 3- 15’ discers Ezee. Tom Webb Farm Equipment Auction, Monday April 11, 2016, Pangman, SK. area. For sale bill and photos: www.mackauctioncompany.com 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. 10 GEN #30 carbide openers, $25 ea; 1 set of Haukaas markers, extend 30’ -50’ c/w hoses, sequence valve and brackets, $750. 306-773-6355, Swift Current, SK. VW MFG. LTD. - Full line of carbide drill points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB.

CASE/IH 7220 FWA tractor, Case/IH 7110 2WD tractor with Allied 895 FEL. Glenn Swenson Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Weyburn, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. CASE 2096 2WD tractor with 4175 hours. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 11, 2016, Pangman, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 CASE 2290 2WD tractor with 3 PTH, Case 1370 2WD tractor and Case 970 2WD tractor. Cowan Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 1973 CASE DAVID BROWN 885, 42 HP, 1097 hours, 3 PTH, tires 95%, $6800. 306-291-4869, Dundurn, SK.

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1998 JD 9400, 7000 hrs., new inside rubber, $90,000. May take cattle or older Cat on partial trade. 306-524-4960 Semans SK 2002 JD 7710 MFWD, IV trans., 3 PTH, 1999 JD 7410, MFWD, 3 PTH, powrQuad w/LHR, JD 740 loader, grapple, joystick very clean. 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152, Barrhead, AB. JD 4640 2WD tractor with duals. Glenn Swenson Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Weyburn, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

1986 FORD TW35, FWA, 5000 hrs showing on unit, 1000 hours on complete engine rebuild and clutch, vg cond., $35,000. 306-789-2063, 306-536-0656 Raymore SK

2007 NH TD95, FWA, 1850 hours, open 1992 JD 4960, MFWD, powershift, 3 PTH, station, loader, bail forks, bucket with 3 remotes, duals, exc. rubber, 3859 hrs., grapple, 540/1000 PTO, $33,000 OBO. always shedded. 306-748-2817, Killaly, SK. 780-674-0463, Westlock, AB.

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1984 VERSATILE 895, Rainbow Edition, Firestone 20.8x38 duals- exc. cond., 855 Big Cam Cummins, 7900 hrs., 12 spd. std. trans, plumbed for air drill, $29,000. Shellbrook, SK., 306-714-7810, 306-714-0121.

850 VERSATILE SERIES I, complete with 1982 JD 8440, 8600 hrs., good cond., dozer, dual wheels, $8500 OBO. Call shedded, 1000 PTO, 4200 hrs., complete 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. JD engine overhaul, pump and injectors were also redone, $19,500 OBO. 306-542-7684, Kamsack, SK. COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your JD 4440 2WD tractor with 7400 hours, JD GRATTON place to purchase late model combine 4440 2WD tractor, JD 4430 2WD tractor, #1 and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. JD 4440 2WD tractor with 707 Leon FEL. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. JD 4455, FWA w/280 loader, powershift, Cowan Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, $46,000; JD 4450, 280 loader, powershift, Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. 2003 VERSATILE 2360, N14 375 HP, 672 $39,000; JD 2140, 2 WD, 240 SL loader, 3 area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com hrs., shedded; 2002 JD 6420, 85 HP, FWA, for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or loader, 2800 hrs., shedded. 306-201-4032 PTH, $16,500. 403-308-1238, Taber, AB. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 cell, Regina, SK. 2007 7520 FWA, 3840 hrs., 741 loader hardly used, power quad sunroof, 3 PTH, 2015 JD 6150M, MFWD, H360 loader and $110,000. 780-771-2155, 780-404-1212, grapple, 3 PTH, no def., 212 hrs., $178,000 OBO. 780-352-8858, Bittern Lake, AB. Wandering River, AB. JD 8650, PTO, duals, 9000 hrs., new eng. 2001 JD 4400, FWA, 35 HP, hydro, FEL, at 6000 hrs., joystick, recent WO’s, c/w 14’ 72” belly mount grooming mower, mid Geared For 6-way Leon blade. 306-435-9520, Wawota PTO, mid hyds., 4 and 5 hyds., extra The Future RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent weights, extra lights, able to run grain au$21,500 OBO. 306-648-2418, drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service. ger, 306-312-9000, Gravelbourg, SK. 306-638-4550, Findlater, SK. UNRESERVED AUCTION: 2003 Cat Challenger MT835 quad track 4WD tractor, 2,399 hours, 340 HP, 5 hyd’s., GPS, 1 owner, shedded. Wed. April 20, Melvin Lunty, 780-385-1775, Sedgewick, AB, 11AM. Details and pics: www.dunkleauctions.com

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2014 NH T7190, FWA, deluxe cab, 4 hyds., plumbed, loader ready, 349 hrs. Call Dave 403-556-3992, Olds, AB. 2008 NH T9050 #N22577A, 2371 hrs, 485 HP, $205,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view at www.farmworld.ca

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1999 NH TV140 w/loader, 7258 hrs, 7614 loader, PTO, $40,000. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view: www.farmworld.ca 2002 NH TV140 #N22876A with grapple 2010 DEGELMAN 7900 6-way dozer and loader, $49,500. Call 306-864-3667, blade to fit Case quad track 480, 485, 530, 535, vg cond., $18,500. 780-878-1479, Kinistino, SK. or view at www.farmworld.ca Red Deer, AB. NH 9682 4WD tractor with 5240 hours and NH 9682 4WD tractor with 6205 hours. CROWN 6 YARD SCRAPER. Fortner Farms Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, Premium Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 11, 2016, Pangman, Sask. area. Visit April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

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WANTED: MASSEY discers, Model 36. Sask., Alberta or Manitoba. Top dollar. 2009 DEGELMAN 6900 14’ blade for 306-625-3369, 306-750-0642, Ponteix, SK. mounting on Case STX 275/280/325/330 or 335 4 WD tractor, hyd. angle, silage ext., $20,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 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 ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence Dunmore, AB. posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron COMPLETE SHANK ASSEMBLIES: JD 1610, Wood Morris Magnum, $135; JD 610, Morris 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Magnum II, $185; CCIL #204, $90. Can ONE TIME FENCING, sucker rod fence deliver. 306-946-7923, Young, SK. posts (solid steel), steel corners for sale. 1998 BOURGAULT AIR DRILL, 54’, 4” www.onetimefencing.ca 1-877-542-4979. packers, carbide openers, DS, newer Series SASKATOON CO-OP AGRO CENTER is acII MRB’s, like new, 4340 triple tank me- cepting sealed tenders until 12:00 Noon, chanical drive, all good tires, low acred Friday, April 15, 2016 for the purchase of a drill in excellent condition, field ready, Wheatheart heavy hitter post pounder. asking $55,000; 7650 Spray Coupe, 90’ For more info., please call 306-933-3835 booms, 1300 hrs., automatic, 3-way nozzle or stop by Saskatoon Co-op Agro Center, bodies 2WD, new tires, JD-JPS auto track #1327 N Service Road, Hwy #16 West, 1800 display, 1 year warranty on work or- Saskatoon, SK. S7K 3J7. der, excellent condition, asking $115,000. Call 403-578-2487 or cell. 403-575-4101. MULCHINGTREES, BRUSH, Stumps. SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., www.luckemanufacturing.com

JD 4760 TRACTOR, MFWD, 4950 hrs., FORD 4000 2WD diesel tractor with 3 PTH. powershift, 3 PTH, shedded, 1 owner. Call Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, 403-330-1966, Coaldale, AB. April 11, 2016, Pangman, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale JD 3140 FWA, with loader 3 pth bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 JD 3150 FWA, with loader 3 pth JD 4250 FWA, with 280 loader JD 4440 comes with loader JD 7600, FWA, loader available 875 VERSATILE SERIES II, 24.5x32 sinJD 7710 FWA, loader available gles, 5400 orig. hrs., premium condition Clamp on Duals, 20.8x38-18.4x38 mechanically and physically. Offers. Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. FINANCE, TRADES WELCOME 780-696-3527, BRETON, AB VERSATILE 875 4WD tractor with 6485 hrs JD 4640, low hours, premium condition, and Versatile 835 4WD tractor with 6945 24.5x32 tires, $33,000 OB0. hrs. Cowan Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com RETIRING: PREMIER 30’ swather; Rite50’ harrow packer bar. 306-638-4550, 1979 JD 4640, quad, 9,000 hrs., for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or Way Findlater, SK. 540/1000 PTO, duals, rear tires 20.8x38, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2005 MXU 125 Case/IH, 6000 hrs, LX 156 fronts 1100x16, triple hyds., S/N #19668, loader, bucket and grapple, $54,000. $22,000. 306-433-2091, Creelman, SK. 1983 VERSATILE 875, 4 WD, 3400 original 306-594-7224 or 306-595-2274, Pelly, SK. hrs., always shedded, vg cond. $42,000. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. 1987 IH 9150 4WD, 280 HP, 520/85R38 Firestone radials, 80% very good, 8000 2013 BUHLER 2375, 997 hrs., 710/38 hours, nice solid tractor, $39,800. Goodyear duals, 50 GPM, weight pkg, JD 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com auto ready, always shedded. Mint cond., (403) 540-7691 $140,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. 1997 CASE/IH 9390, 425 HP, 3995 hrs., ronsauer@shaw.ca 20.8x42 triples, std. shift trans, Trimble 1981 VERSATILE 875, 20.8x38 tires, new SM750 plus Ezee-Steer, $95,000 with 30’ M150 MacDon Swather with clutch, good starting tractor, $20,000 Trimble pkg, $90,000 without. OBO. Call Tom 306-724-2260, Victoire, SK. D60 Header .................................CALL 306-648-7110, Gravelbourg, SK. 2005 JD 7420, c/w 741 self levelling loader and grapple, Comfort Guard Cab, 2006 CHALLENGER MT835B, 350 HP, 6611 hrs, 135 HP, 3 PTH, LHR, power quad 3455 hrs., powershift, 30” tracks w/power- plus, 3 SCVs, tires 70%, clean, shedded, train warranty, $134,900. 1-800-667-4515. ready to work, reduced $76,500 OBO. 403-963-1334, 403-578-8523, Consort, AB www.combineworld.com

25’ 2950 Premier Swather with 972 Header .................................CALL 18’ 922 MacDon Hay Header .....CALL 25’ Hesston PT Swather ........ $3,000 25’ 725 CIH (MacDon) PT Swather ..................................$3,000 40’ Morris 3100 Hoe Drills, mover and hitch ........................ $10,000 946 Versatile Ford Tractor, 5,000 hrs, 24.5 x 32 D ............$50,000 B275 IHC Tractor & Loader ... $3,500 560 Hesston Round Baler, 1,000 PTO .............................. $5,500 660 NH Round Baler, 540 pto, nice shape ................................ $5,500 30’ 4590 EEZEON Double Disc, good condition ....................... $36,000 44’ 820 F.C. Deep Till Air Seeder, harrows ........................................CALL 2320 F.C. TBH Air Tank, complete with 320 - 3rd tank ..........CALL 40’ 340 F.C. Chisel Plow & 75 Packer Bar, P30’s ............................$30,000 Degelman Dozer Frame MF 4000 Series 4WD .......................... $1,000 41’ Flexicoil 300 B Chisel Plow, 3 bar harrows .........................$12,500 Flexicoil 6 Run Seed Treater......$750 100’ 65XL Flexicoil Sprayer, complete with windguards, elec. end nozzles single tips, auto rate, excellent condition ...................$12,500 29’ 225 DOW Kello- Bilt Tandem Disc, 28” smooth front & rear blades, 10.5” spacing, oil, bath bearings, as new .............. $60,000 47’ 820 Flexicoil Chisel Plow, 4 bar harrows .........................$67,500 2009 GMC Topkick 20 ft. Grain Truck, automatic, silage gate, air ride suspension,approx. 7,000 kms...$105,000 New E-Kay 7”, 8”, 9”Bin Sweeps available ....................................CALL HD 10 x 1800 (59’) Sakundiak PTO and hydraulic winch, nice shape ................................ $3,000 HD 8 x 1600 (53’) Sakundiak Grain Auger .......................... $1,250 8” Wheat Heart Transfer Auger, hydraulic drive ........................... $1,250 New Outback RTK BASE stn .......................Clearance Price - Call New Outback MAX & STX Guidance & mapping.................................. In Stock New Outback E-Drive, TC’s.... In Stock New Outback E-Drive X, c/w free E turns ....................... In Stock New Outback S-Lite guidance ......................... **In Stock** $1250 New Outback VSI Steering Wheel Kits ........................................In Stock Used Outback E-Drive Hyd. kits ..$500

DRY JACK PINE firewood, split and blocked in mini bulk bags $150/bag; Also split in 4’ lengths and 1/2 cord bundles, $80; Can split and deliver in 3 cord loads split in 4’ lengths, $150/cord plus delivery. Call 306-277-4660, Ridgedale, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

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4- JD STARFIRE receivers, 4- JD 2600 displays, Outback light bar. 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

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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

BIRD WATCHERS CALL To The Far North! Bird stands and natural locations available. Year round bird and wildlife watching. Tree stands, ground blinds, and natural locations available. North Western Saskatchewan. Ron Kisslinger 306-822-2256 or email: p.r.service@sasktel.net

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.

**Outback GPS Systems, E-Kay Custom Augers, Movers, Clutches, Bin Sweeps & Crop Dividers, Kohler, Robin Subaru & Generac Engines, Headsight Harvesting Solutions, Greentronics Sprayer Auto Boom Height, Kello-Bilt Discs**

WESTERN IRRIGATION: Cadman travelling gun dealer. Used travelling big guns; Used alum pipe; Used diesel pumping unit. We buy and sell used irrigation equipment. Full list of newer used equipment FOR SALE: 370 GT Batch dryer. $2000 available. If we don’t have it, we will get it for you! 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, OBO. Phone 780-685-2374. Outlook, SK. ACREAGE EQUIPMENT: 3-PT. CULTIVATORS, Discs, Plows, Blades, Etc. MOVE WATER OR IRRIGATE? 4” to 12” alum. pipe, pumps and motors. 50 yrs. expe780-892-3092, Wabamun, AB. rience. Dennis 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. VW MFG. LTD. - Full line of carbide drill points for air drills. Find out more at: BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump Dunmore, AB. and used mainline new Bauer travelers 1999 GMC T8500 CAT tow truck, dealer. 22 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, $14,500; Allis 6080 MFD loader, 3-PTH, Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca $13,500; Ford Major DSL loader, snow blade, 3-PTH, $5500; Vac Tank & pump for 1-tonne; Power parachute, Rotex SR7 as is; 1981 GMC 7000 366, 17-ft factory box & hoist. $8500. Phone 306-236-8023.

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ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. KUBOTA B-2410 FWA yard tractor and Kubota LA-352 FEL with 350 hours, Kubota 3 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. PTH rototiller, Kubota B-2550C front mount snowblower. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016. McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit WANTED: 4440 JD with quad range trans, www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale with failed motor or front end damage. bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

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BLACK ANGUS 2 yr. old bulls. Good selection of calving ease and performance genetics. Delivery available. Nordal Angus, Rob Garner, 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK.

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. MIDNITE OIL CATTLE CO. has on offer View online at: RavineDriveCattleCo.com semen tested yearling and 2 year old bulls. Ph: 780-367-2483, Willingdon, AB. 306-734-2850, 306-734-7675, Craik, SK. 10- TWO YR. OLD 3/4 Black Angus, 1/4 ANDERSON’S CATTLE CO. BULL SALE, Longhorn heifer bulls. Call 403-876-2542, Wednesday, April 13th, 1:00 PM at the Farm, Swan River, MB. Selling 50 yearling Stettler, AB. and 2 year old, Red and Black Angus bulls. For a catalogue or more info contact Bruce Anderson 204-734-2073 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061. SPRUCE FOR SALE! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. get the year round protection you need. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or deor 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. liver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring bookBLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate ings while supplies last. Phone growing ration, performance information 403-586-8733 or check out our website at JOHNSTON/ FERTILE VALLEY Black An- available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. www.didsburysprucefarms.com gus Bull Sale, Friday, April 8, 1:00 PM CST 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 90 thick, easy fleshing bulls selected from 600 top PB YEARLING BULLS, tie broke, docile, producing cows. They are sired by the DNA’d, easy fleshing. 306-825-2674, leading AI sires in the industry including: Lloydminster, SK, matlockshorthorns.com BPF Special Focus; SAV Brilliance, SAV Re- PUREBRED ANGUS YEARLING HEIFERS source, Triple V Glanworth 57U, Jindra selling a Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Double Vision, Ten X, Shipwheel Montana, SK., Sat. April 9th. Pedigrees avail. BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison Angus Valley and Impression. Many of Jaw, is looking to contract grain finished bison, these bulls are suitable for heifers. All Wilmo Ranch, 306-345-2046, Pense, SK. as well as calves and yearlings for growing bulls are semen tested with complete permarkets. Contact Roger Provencher at formance and carcass information 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com available. Deferred payment program with REGISTERED RED ANGUS BULLS 60% sale day, 40% interest free, due Dec. BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, 1, 2016. Dennis and David Johnston Quiet, Easy Calving, Low to Moderate yearlings and calves. Phone Elk Valley 306-856-4726, or T Bar C Cattle Co Birth Weights, Good Growth, E.P.D’s available 306-933-4200. Call for a catalogue or view Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. Guaranteed Breeders (Vet Checked & Semen at www.johnstonfertilevalley.com 52 BEAUTIFUL PREG TESTED bison cows, Tested). Excellent Bulls for Heifers or Cows. approx. 50% Woods cross, bred to Woods SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Cleveley Cattle Company (780)689-2754. cross bulls. Dewormed w/Ivomec and oral Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, Safeguard, and all vaccine shots. $5000 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. RED ANGUS 2 yr. old bulls. Good selection firm. Call 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. JUSATAMERE 21st ANNUAL Bull Sale, of calving ease, performance and maternal Monday, April 11, 1:00 PM, at the farm, Delivery available. Nordal Angus, TOP QUALITY SEMEN tested 2 and 3 year Lloydminster, SK. On Offer 55 Black Angus genetics. old Pure Plains breeding bulls. Call MFL bulls. All bulls will be semen tested and Rob Garner, 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. Ranches 403-747-2500, Alix, AB. ready to go. For more info call Jon GREAT PEN OF Reg. Yearling Red Angus bulls. Performance tested, vaccinated and QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for fin- 780-808-6860 or office 306-825-9702. semen checked. Ready to go to work. Call ished, and all other types of bison. COD, BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- Border Valley Farm, Neal 306-874-7325, paying market prices. “Producers working men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery Dale 306-874-7817, Pleasantdale, SK. with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. SOUTH VIEW RANCH Red and Black Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com CURRENT PRICES: Bulls $4.45/lb. USD; ANGUS BULLS FROM a quality program: Angus Bull Sale, Thursday, April 14, Heifers $4.25/lb. USD; Culls $5/lb. CAD. Six 2 yr. olds, 30 yearlings, calving ease 2016, at South View Ranch, Ceylon, SK. Offering 90+ Red and Black Angus yearCall/text: 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. and performance prospects. Pics available ling bulls, semen tested, scrotal measured, NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on all bulls. Glennie Bros. Angus, Carnduff, performance records. Also groups of comon the rail at Lacombe, AB. for winter de- SK. 306-482-3813 or 403-862-7578. mercial open replacement heifers. Shane livery and beyond. Smaller groups wel- BLACKTOF ANGUS (EST 1971) Rugged 306-869-8074 or Keith 306-454-2730. come. Fair, competitive and assured pay- framey foundation Canadian Black Angus www.southviewranch.com ment. Call Richard Bintner 306-873-3184. bulls for sale. Yearlings born Jan. and Feb., RED ANGUS BULLS on moderate grow2 yr olds suitable for cows and heifers and ing ration, performance information 1- 3 year old. 780-662-2024, Tofield, AB. available. 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SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE, Monday, April 11th, 1:00 PM at the Spiritwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling 82 Simmental, Charolais and Black Angus yearling and 2 year old bulls. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061. 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. View catalogue online: www.buyagro.com PL #116061.

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. 25 FIRST CALF HEIFERS with calf at foot. Pickup by June 1st. Call 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK.

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DKF RED AND BLACK ANGUS Bulls for sale at DKF Ranch, Gladmar, Sask. Great selection, superior quality. Contact Dwayne or Scott Fettes, 306-969-4506. Videos at: www.dkfredangus.ca COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF frozen genetics for top end genetics, Millet, AB. Semen and embryos from high profile Red and Black Angus bulls. For list: 780-216-0220. T BAR K Ranch Red Angus and Horned Hereford Bull Sale. April 7th, 2:00 PM at the ranch. 31 yearling and 20 two-year old Red Angus bulls. 13 yearling and 14 twoyear old Hereford bulls. View Catalogue and videos online at: www.tbarkranch.com Contact Kevin Dorrance: 306-577-9861, or 306-739-2944, Wawota, SK. RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com REG. RED ANGUS BULLS: calving ease, quiet, good growth, will be semen tested. Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford

MILLER’S BELGIAN BLUES, percentage and fullblood 2 yr. Belgian Blue bulls. 306-868-4903, Avonlea, SK.

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REG. CHAROLAIS YEARLING and 2 year old bulls, reds and whites, polled, horned. Richard Smith 780-846-2643, Kitscoty, AB. VERMILION 30TH ANNUAL CHAROLAIS Group Bull Sale, Saturday, April 2, 1:00 PM, at North Central Livestock Exchange, Vermilion. 100 two year olds and 10 yearlings. Don Good 780-853-2220, Brian Chrisp, 780-853-3315. Catalogue/sale online at www.dlms.ca REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and two year olds. Wintering available. LVV Ranch, 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. YEARLING AND 2 YEAR old Charolais bulls, tan and white. Call Ervin Zayak, Creedence Charolais Ranch, Derwent, AB., 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708.

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SLIDING HILLS CHAROLAIS 10th Annual Bull Sale, Thursday, April 14, 2016, 1:30 PM on the farm. 5 miles S. on Hwy #9 and 1 mile E. of Canora, SK. 25 sound yearling bulls. Performance and ultrasound data avail. Lunch served. Carey, 306-571-9035 or Dale, 306-571-9146. View catalogue and videos: www.slidinghillscharolais.com CREEK’S EDGE LAND & Cattle purebred Charolais bulls for sale. Over 60 yearlings to choose from. View our bulls online www.creeksedgecharolais.ca. Call Stephen 306-279-7709, Yellow Creek, SK. Located 120 kms NE of Saskatoon.

RED WHITE AND TAN Charolais yearling bulls Solid and Time Out bloodlines. Call Wheatheart Charolais, Rosetown, SK., D. Simpson, 306-882-6444 or 306-831-9369. POLLED PUREBRED COMING 2 year old Charolais bulls, Red Factor and white. Easy calving. Call Kings Polled Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK.

THE SUPREME SPECKLE PARK Bull & Female Sale, Saturday, April 9, 2:00 PM, Notta Ranch, Neilburg, SK. Selling Speckle Park yearling and 2 yr. old bulls, with a select group of females. These genetics are being offered by Notta Ranch, Spots ‘N Sprouts, Ravenworth Cattle and Guests. For more info or catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com Watch/bid online at: www.liveauctions.tv

WINDERS GELBVIEH are selling by private treaty registered 2 year old and yearling Gelbvieh bulls from our 38 year breeding program. 780-672-9950, Camrose AB. gwinder@syban.net THACKERAY AND SELIN Gelbvieh Online Bull Sale, April 1 to 3rd hosted by www.livestockplus.ca Selling 25 red and black yearlings and 2 yr. old bulls. Call Ian 306-861-7687 or Wayne 306-793-4568.

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EXCELLENT SELECTION 2 yr. old bulls. Fed for service not for show. Also, several proven 3 yr. olds. Polled Herefords since 1950. Call: Erwin Lehmann, 306-232-4712, Rosthern, SK. 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. T BAR K Ranch Red Angus and Horned Hereford Bull sale. April 7th, 2:00PM at the ranch. 13 yearling and 14 two-year old Hereford bulls. 31 yearling and 20 twoyear old Red Angus bulls. View Catalogue and videos online at: www.tbarkranch.com contact Kevin Dorrance: 306-577-9861, or 306-739-2944, Wawota, SK.

NEW BUGGY, WAGON, sleigh, cutterwood and metal parts. Wooden wheel manufacture and restoration. Wolfe Wagons, Saskatoon, SK. Phone 306-221-1017 after 6 PM weekdays. HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluminum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com

LAST CHANCE SHEEP and Goat Sale, Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, Friday, April 15, 11:00 AM. Call 306-763-8463.

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.

TOP CUT SPECKLE PARK Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, April 16, 2016, 1:00 PM, Dryland Cattle Trading Corp, Veteran, AB. Offering: 28 semen tested bulls, 7 fancy PB females, 50+ Speckle Park influenced commercial replacement females. More info contact: Merl 780-205-4868, Curtis SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want 306-228-9402, Drew 306-946-7438. View your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com lambs or feeder lambs for sale? Call Rick 403-894-9449 or Cathy at: THE 4TH ANNUAL SOURCE Speckle at: Park Sale, Sunday, April 10, 2:00 PM, 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing. www.sungoldmeats.com Lloydminster Exhibition, AB. Building. An elite offering of yearling and 2 year old bulls as well as a select group of females. These genetics are being offered by P.A.R. Ranch, MX Ranch, Little Acres and Uneeda Farms. Contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006 for catalogue and info or SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole disview catalogue at: www.buyagro.com tributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers programs, marketing services and sheep/ Watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca and goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, SPECKLE PARK YEARLING heifers and SK. www.sksheep.com bulls for sale. Contact Darrell at 306-877-4402, 306-728-7677, Dubuc, SK. SPECKLE PARK YEARLING heifers and bulls for sale. Contact Darrell at 306-877-4402, 306-728-7677, Dubuc, SK. BUY ALL: Pigs/swine/wild boar, raised outside, all sizes. Most $. 1-877-226-1395. www.canadianheritagemeats.com TEXAS LONGHORN YEARLING and 2 yr. old bulls for sale. 403-548-6684 or 403-528-0200, Redcliff, AB.

POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, high performance yearling bulls w/moderate BW. Pick your bull early to get the right bull! We deliver your bull at pasture time. Jay 306-746-7170, 306-524-2762, Semans, SK

TAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR Chinese Ringneck Pheasants and Eastern Wild Turkeys for fall. 306-465-0001, Yellow Grass, SK.

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. ALLEMAND RANCHES REGISTERED Texas Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. Longhorn bulls and ropers. Call Daryl 306-297-8481, Shaunavon, SK. ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association BLACK AND RED, 2 yr. old, polled Limousin 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. bulls. Calving ease and performance ge- www.albertatexaslonghorn.com netics. Delivery available. Nordal Limousin, Rob Garner, 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK.

WANTED: ELK, WHITE-TAILED Deer and Bison. Rob at 780-871-1056, Lloydminster

SPRINGER LIMOUSIN, Foam Lake, SK, WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. offers good black and red yearling bulls. Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com For more info. call Merv at 306-272-4817 Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372. or 306-272-0144. WELSH BLACK polled yearling bulls, black and red. A few 2 year old bulls, yearling heifers, black and red. Call Scott BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. Farms, 403-854-2135, Hanna, AB. Selling custom designed packages. Name your price and we will put a package together for you. Fullblood/percentage Lowline, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. 160 BLACK COWS, due April 4th for sale. For more info. 403-599-3790, Milo, AB. Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB. 100 PLUS OPEN replacement heifers, Red Angus/Simm. cross. Home raised, full herd health program, no implants, no DEAGLE CATTLE CO. Ltd. 4th Annual brands. Contact Brian at: 306-432-0001 or “Maine Difference Bull Sale”, April 2, 2016 David at: 306-723-4727, Cupar, SK. 1 PM, Dryland Market, Veteran, AB. 403-575-3772. On Offer: 50 head black, BLACK TAME STEER, for sale, exceptional, red Percentage and Purebred 2 year old good for 4-H project. Call 306-931-2518, Bulls. On offer: 140 head open palpated Saskatoon, SK. Maine Cross Heifers. More info: Rick 400 RED Angus influence, 600 Black Angus 403-575-5521, www.deaglecattleco.com influence replacement heifers, approx. 800 No implants, complete vaccination SOME OF THE BEST fullblood MaineAnjou lbs. Can feed until grass time. $1725 yearling bulls for sale. Low birthweight program. pick. Blaine, 306-621-9751 or Steven high, rate of gain. Fantastic for cross U 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK. breeding. John 306-374-0763, Saskatoon, SK. magpiemaines@yourlink.ca 60 ANGUS COW/CALF pairs, fall calving. and 3rd calvers. Calves vaccinated 2 YR. OLD AND YEARLING BULLS, calv- 2nd Bovi-shield Gold, Tasvax-4 and Ivoing ease and performance. Vet inspected. with Cows exposed to Angus bulls. Guaranteed. Will feed and deliver. Melfort, mec. 204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB. SK. 306-921-7175, 306-752-3808, mspratt@sasktel.net donarofarms.com MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd., Mortlach, has for hire ground load 53’ cattleliner, 2-53’ stepdeck hay trailers. We haul equipment. 306-891-1380, 306-631-2023. EASY CALVING REG. PB Red or Black, 2 yr. 50 BRED 2nd and 3rd calvers for sale. old and yearling bulls, also replacement 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift heifers. Elderberry Farm, Parkside, SK. Current, SK. 306-747-3302. 25 YOUNG COW/CALF pairs, mostly Red Angus/Simmental, $3200 all or $3400 choice. 780-679-8935, Viking, AB. PB YEARLING BULLS, polled, easy fleshing, 375 OPEN HEIFERS, Black, BBF and some docile, and calving ease, tie broke and Reds. Excellent for future cowherd, no imDNA’d, red, white and roan. 306-825-2674, plants. Fed silage grow ration. For more Lloydminster, SK, matlockshorthorns.com info. and pricing call Doug 306-735-7055, 10 OPEN REPLACEMENT females, mostly 306-435-2024, Moosomin, SK. reds. Call Richard Moellenbeck, Englefeld, SK., 306-287-3420 or 306-287-7904.

RANCHHAND CALF CATCHER, Canadian made, time tested and proven. Put safety Call back in calf processing. 306-762-2125. www.fuchs.ca 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, $439; 20’ bunk feeder panels, $399; 50’ HD rnd. pen kits from $1,695.1-844-500-5341. www.affordablelivestockequipment.com 2005 LUCKNOW 475 mixer wagon, 1 owner, 4 auger, digital scale, planetary drive, vg, $27,500. Blaine 306-621-9751 or Steven 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK. CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com QUALITY 5 BARS, windbreaks, gates and feeders, plus more. Many satisfied long term customers. Taking fall bookings. 306-485-8559, Oxbow, SK. SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com STOP WASTING GRAIN! Try our grain troughs: 30’ c/w skids, made of conveyor belting and pipe, $750 ea. 306-538-4685, 306-736-7146, Kennedy, SK. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Cattle shelter and barn packages. Call 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com to request a farm building quote today! 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.

FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully susWANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For book- tainable livestock watering. No power reings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, quired to heat or pump. Prevents contamination. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. RED FACTOR SIMMENTAL and Simm/ 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. www.frostfreenosepumps.com Angus yearling and 2 yr. old bulls. Also 3 yr. old proven herdsire off Identity. Green 4 VERTICAL BEATER spreaders for sale, Spruce Simmental 306-467-4975, 500 to 800 cu. ft., in like new cond., w/wo 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK. tractors. 306-408-0038, Moosomin, SK. QUALITY YEARLING SIMMENTAL and Simmental cross Red Angus bulls, 1-2 year old 2016 WILD ROSE DRAFT HORSE SALE, cross Red Angus bull. McVicar Stock Farms May 6 and 7 at Olds, AB. Draft horses, tack, harness, collars and horse drawn Ltd., 306-255-7551, Colonsay, SK. equipment are welcomed consignments. RED AND BLACK YEARLING SIMMENTAL Call Barb Stephenson 403-933-5765, 8 AM BULLS, polled, moderate birthweights, to 8 PM, or visit www.wrdha.com good temperaments. All bulls sold Private Treaty. Bill or Virginia Peters, GATEWAY COUNTRY SPRING HORSE TO GET ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED in AB. And Longhorn Auction, Saturday, May 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. 14, 2016, Silver Sage Community Corral, call Alberta Organic Producers Assoc. PB RED and BLACK SIMMENTAL bulls. Brooks, AB. Call Gateway Auction Services (AOPA). We offer mentorship, marketing Polled, good temperament, moderate BW. Ltd., 1-866-304-4664 to consign and for expertise, 2 general meetings, and 25 years experience. Kathy 780-939-5808, David Bradley 306-270-4835 Langham, SK. details or go to: www.gwacountry.com www.albertaorganicproducers.org ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION of MANITOBA COOPERATIVE (OPAM). HILLBILLY HAVEN purebred South Devon WANTED: LARGE STD. or Mammoth don- Non-profit members owned organic certifiBulls, NASDA registry. Henny and Dawn key, quiet, halter broke. 306-483-7487, cation body. Certifying producers, procesBruins, call 780-724-4242, Elk Point, AB. Carnduff, SK. sor & brokers in Western Canada since 1988. Miniota, MB. Contact: 204-567-3745, info@opam-mb.com

ALL SPECKLE PARK BREEDERS and Interested Persons are invited to submit an REG. PB 2 year old Charolais bulls, polled, anecdote, a photograph, a beef recipe, for White, easy calving bloodlines, very quiet, the coming book, The Cow That Jumped semen test and delivered. Call Qualman Over the Moon, the facts. 306-893-2974, Charolais, 306-492-4634, Dundurn, SK. Box 97, Waseca, SK. S0M 3A0.

RAMSAY PONY RIDES have for sale wellbroke saddle horses and ponies. Some horses broke to drive. All broke horses sold with 1 year written guarantee. Also new and used saddles and tack. Call 306-386-2490, Cochin, SK.

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

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ORGANIC GROWERS WANTED. Grow quinoa! Total production contracts available for 2016. Premium returns, guaranteed markets and delivery. Call 306-933-9525 or view www.quinoa.com

OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK. just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288.

WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assini- MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ BUYING HRSW AND HRS winter wheat. modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ Old crop and contract for new crop. R.W. homes. Now available: Lake homes. Medallion Homes, 306-764-2121, Prince Organic Ltd., 306-354-2660 Mossbank, SK. Albert, SK.

ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. 306-515-3500, Regina, SK.

DMI RECENTLY REDUCED. 1800 sq. ft. home to be moved off lot. 3 bdrm, 1 bath, large porch, office, 2 family rooms, $50,000. ORGANIC ALFALFA, SWEET Clover, Red Must see! Jason 306-642-3315, Assiniboia. Clover, Alsike Clover, Oxley Cicer Milk Vetch. Grasses. Free delivery. Call RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom of organic and conventional pulses for built, every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 to help design your new home. Rowatt, SK. Call

TRADE AND EXPORT CANADA BUYING all grades of organic grains. Fast payment and pick up. Call 306-433-4700. LAND OPPORTUNITY: 1) 6800 acre ranch north of Smoky Lake, 2 modern homes, $30,000 surface lease revenue. 2) Great quarter section starter farm with modular home, SW of Wildwood, $379,000. 3) 960 acre rolling pasture, great hunting, will carry approx. 180 cow/calf pairs, $37,850 surface lease revenue, west of Leduc. 4) 70 acres development property west of Lloydminster. 5) Deluxe recreational quarter west of Caroline. Fronts on Clearwater River. 6) Great grain quarter, SE of Smoky Lake, priced right. Don Jarrett, Realty Executives Leading, 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB.

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

PYRENEES PUPS, born Oct./15, 1st shots, vet checked, dewormed, $250 ea. 306-656-4445 or 306-230-2499, Harris, SK BLUE HEELERS PUPS for sale, ready to go. $300. ea. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK.

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 TIMBER FRAMES, LOG STRUCTURES and Vertical Log Cabins. Log home refinishing and chinking. Certified Log Builder with 38 years experience. Log & Timber Works, Delisle, SK., 306-717-5161, Email info@logandtimberworks.com Website at www.logandtimberworks.com

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 1/2 hour from Turtle Lake. The property is fenced with a 4-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 39, CEYLON, SK. For Sale by Tender: 5 quarters w/yard, house, barn, shed, and bins. Set up for livestock plus 2 Crown Lease quarters. All 7 quarters in 1 block. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders close April 1, 2016. Submit tenders to patrick.sask@gmail.com or call 306-231-5611. 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 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

FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Winslow #319. NE-31-31-20-W3rd, assess. 81,800, 146 cultivated acres; SE-31-31-20-W3rd, assess. 111,500, 159 cultivated acres. Conditions of Offers: 1) Tenders close at 3:00 PM on Thursday, April 7, 2016. 2) Highest or any offers not necessarily accepted. 3) Persons submitting offers must rely on their own research, inspection of land and improvements as to conditions and no. of acres. 4) There is a gas well on each quarter that produces approx. $2500 revenue per year, each well. 5) Please forward all bids/inquiries to: Brad Edgerton, Edge Realty Ltd., Box 1324, Kindersley, SK. S0L 1S0. Ph. 306-463-4515, fax 306-463-4516. Email: brad@edgerealty.ca

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 BEAUTIFUL 160 ACRES, 17 miles NW of Meadow Lake, SK., 1/2 mile S of Beaver River. Can be used as recreation land, hay or grains. NW-31-18-60-W3, RM 588. $133,000. 306-240-5997.

FOR RENT: RM of 256, half section of pasture, SE and SW 05-25-12-W3. All fenced. With 125 acres could be broke. RM 402 WAKAW. For sale by tender, 4 Can be rented with long or short term conqrtrs. SE-14-42-1-W3, NE-11-42-01-W3, tract. Beechy, SK. Call 306-231-5611. NW-12-42-01-W3, SW-34-42-28-W2. Yard, power, vg 40x60’ quonset, steel MULCHINGTREES, BRUSH, Stumps. grain bins. Highest or any tender not nec- Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: essarily accepted. Tender closes Friday, www.maverickconstruction.ca April 15, 2016. 306-231-5611. Submit tenders to: patrick.sask@gmail.com FOR RENT: RM OF #214 Cana. SE-15-22-04-W2, SW-05-22-02-W2. Can be rented with long or short term contract. Melville, SK. Call 306-231-5611. RM OF GRANT, 35 miles East of Saskatoon, 152 acres, 80 acres cult. Good producing land. Good price. Call 306-654-7772. 160 ACRES with large home, 3 car heated garage, large shop, horse barn, plenty of water, 20 min. NE of Regina. Beside Regina, SK: 3 acre property/house/greenhouses; Near Pilot Butte, 80 acre development land; RM Edenwold, 160 acre quarter near Regina; 90+ acres, Hwy #11, 7 miles N. of Saskatoon, development; RM Perdue, 2 quarters W. of Saskatoon on Hwy #14; 2 miles E. of Balgonie Hwy #1, 145 acre development land. Quarter section near Edenwald w/yardsite, can be bought complete or owner will subdivide to 20 acres. Brian Tiefenbach 306-536-3269, Colliers Int., Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com

REDUCED! RM KELVINGTON 366. 1998 custom built 1800 sq. ft. bungalow, attached garage, AC, 3 bdrms., 2 baths completely finished basement with 2 bdrms., bathroom, large family room, laundry room, cold room and second kitchen. 40x80’ insulated heated shop. 240 acres of game fenced land w/spring fed well and private lake. Great spot for hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, located 2 miles from Greenwater Provincial Park. For more info. RM 370, NE OF BRUNO, SK. For Sale by call 306-278-2141, Porcupine Plain, SK. 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. FOR LEASE OR RENT: SE-01-61-18-3 ext. 0, RM of Meadow Lake #588. Call for info NEVER USED!! 2014 Timber Ridge 30’, 4 season dbl. pane windows, 300 watt solar 306-384-3243 eves. panels full loaded, queen and bunk beds, large pull-out. 306-201-4032, Regina, SK

HUNT/ PRODUCTION FARM, Big River, SK. area. 89 head of elk/deer with high genetic breeding. Major equip. included to operate this turnkey hunt farm. Gorgeous home/lodge is approx. 3100 sq. ft. on 3 levels incl. attached garage. Most furniture incl. Very tastefully done. Heated with propane plus does have solar panels and windmill. 154 acres of bush type land with 140 acres fenced with an 8’ high game fence plus 1 elec. wire. MLS® 561901. GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of More info or to view call Lloyd Ledinski at Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK. 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512. kraussacres@sasktel.net

2016 VENETIAN M37, stock #N5021, Thor diesel pusher, 380 HP, fully loaded including washer/dryer and satellite dish, $443,557 MSRP. Our price $286,000. 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at www.allandale.com

2015 MIRAMAR 33.5, stock #03496. Reduced. Now $134,900, MSRP $218,950. Save $84,050! Call 1-844-488-3142 or shop online 24/7 at www.allandale.com

REG., CERTIFIED CDC Meredith #1, CDC CERTIFIED #1 AAC BRANDON, AC Shaw Austenson #1, Cert. CDC Metcalfe #1. VB, AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB and Call Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. 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. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA CWRS AAC Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK Brandon, CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, Shaw VB. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CDC Meredith. Northland Seeds Inc., CERTIFIED, REG. AND FOUNDATION AAC 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. Redwater, AC Shaw (VB), 0 fusarium. CERT. CDC AUSTENSON, feed; Cert. CDC Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. Maverick, forage; Bentley, 2 row malting; CERT. AC BRANDON; CDC Plentiful; CarLegacy and Celebration, 6 row malting. dale; CDC Utmost VB; Carberry, and Glenn. Call Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK., Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK. 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com 306-542-4235 www.fedorukseeds.com CERTIFIED #1 AAC SYNERGY, AC Met- CERT. CWRS HIGH yielding time proven calfe and Legacy. Hetland Seeds, Naicam, varieties: Cert. Shaw-AC Domain MT VB, SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com Cert. CDC Utmost-Harvest MT VB. RoLo REG., CERT. CDC AUSTENSON, 0% fusari- Farms, 306-543-5052, Regina, SK. um/Graminearum, 99% germ. Tilley, AB., CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, 403-633-9999, fabianseedfarms.com Goodeve VB, Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Metcalfe. Call Trawin Seeds, AC VESPER VB. Excellent Quality! Fdn. 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. and Cert., 99% germination, 0% Fus. gram. CERT. #1 METCALFE, KINDERSLEY Ready for pick up! Nakonechny Seeds, barley. Pratchler Seeds, 306-682-3317 or 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. 306-231-5145, Muenster, SK. CERT. CARBERRY, STETTLER, Sadash, high germ., low to no fuzz. Dutton Farms, 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. $28/ACRE, CATT CORN, open pollinated CERTIFIED AC SHAW wheat. Pratchler corn seed. Lower cost alternative for graz- Seeds, 306-682-3317 or 306-231-5145, ing and silage. 7-9’ tall leafy plants, 8-10” Muenster, SK. cobs, early maturing 2150 CHUs. Seed CERT. AAC BRANDON, good threshing and produced in MB. Selling into SK. AB., and resistance to lodging and fusarium. Also, MB. for over 10 yrs. High nutritional value Cert. AAC Foray VB, new CPS Red. G & R and palatability. Delivery available. Seeds, Osler, SK., 306-222-2967. 204-723-2831, Austin, MB. CERT. #1 AAC BRANDON, 0% Graminearum fusarium, 97% vigor, 99% germ. Cert. #1 Carberry, Waskada, AC Barrie, CERT. TRANSCEND DURUM, good germ. Shaw VB, Unity VB, Vesper VB. All wheat and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, 0% fusarium, 96-99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd 306-254-4243 Hepburn SK Rosetown, SK. CERT. AAC RAYMORE, Canada’s first REG., CERT. CDC Utmost VB, AC Unity VB, sawfly tolerant durum wheat. Hickseed Lillian, Waskada, Goodeve. Call Palmier Ltd., 306-354-7998, 306-229-9517, Moss- Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net bank, SK. CERT. AAC MARCHWELL VB durum. REG., CERT. #1 CDC Utmost, CDC Plentiful, Cardale, AAC Brandon, Conquer. Ardell Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822. Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. CERTIFIED TRANSCEND DURUM. Call Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, SK., CERTIFIED BRANDON WHEAT. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-725-3236. 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. REG., CERT. TRANSCEND, AAC Marchwell VB, Kyle, good germ. and disease. Palmier CERT. CARDALE WHEAT. Midge tolerant Seed Farms 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. Shaw-AC Domain VB wheat; Faller high yielding new class wheat. Call for large moe.anita@sasktel.net and early order discounts. Treating available. Visa, MC, FCC. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. www.llseeds.ca CERT. SUMMIT, CS CAMDEN, Souris, new CERTIFIED NEW CDC PLENTIFUL, good CDC Ruffian and CDC Haymaker (forage). FHB resistance; CDC Utmost VB, midge Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK., tolerant; AC Enchant VB; AC Conquer VB; 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com CPS red; AC Andrew. High germination. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett, CDC 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Ruffian. Call Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, CERT. CDC PLENTIFUL HRSW, good germ. Tisdale, SK. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, CERT. #1 AC MORGAN, 99% germ. Call Rosetown, SK. Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, NEW WHEAT KING! AAC Brandon, Hepburn, SK. Cert., 99% germ., 0% Fusarium gram. Book Nakonechny WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC early. Limited supply. Morgan, Souris, Triactor, CS Camden oats. Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED CARDALE HRSW, 98% germ., CERTIFIED #1 CS CAMDEN and Triactor. 0.0% fusarium. 403-633-9999, Tilley, AB. Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., www.fabianseedfarms.com 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CERTIFIED CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, TOP QUALITY CERT. No. 1 CDC Minstrel, Lillian. Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, Souris, CDC Orrin, Summit, Leggett. SK., 306-725-3236. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK FDN. REG. CERT. AC VESPER VB, 99% CERTIFIED, REG. AND FDN. NO. 1 AC germ. Call Ken and Larry Trowell, Morgan, large volume discounts, also for- 306-744-2687, Saltcoats, SK. age varieties Murphy and CDC Haymaker. CERT. SHAW-AC DOMAIN, midge tolerant Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. #1, Cert. Vesper-Waskada #1; Reg. Cert. FDN. REG., CERT. AC Morgan white milling Carberry #1, CPS AC4A-Penhold, midge oat. Call Ken and Larry Trowell, tolerant #1. Andrew 306-742-4682 Calder 306-744-2687, Saltcoats, SK. CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris. Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERT. #1 SUMMIT, Souris, Leggett, CDC Haymaker (forage) excellent quality. Ardell TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

PARTS FOR VINTAGE snowmobiles, 1990 WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified #1 and older. Call Don at 780-755-2258, Gazelle Spring Rye. Call Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Wainwright, AB. doncole@mcsnet.ca

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

CERTIFIED BREVIS, good for greenfeed silage. Call Hickseed Ltd., 306-354-7998, 306-229-9517, Mossbank, SK. CERTIFIED #1 BREVIS. Eskdale Acres Inc., Leross, SK. 306-795-7493, 306-795-7208, 306-795-7747. CERTIFIED SUN RAY Triticale, 99% germ. 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com Tilley, AB.

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. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA New-CPS AAC Foray VB, Penhold, Conquer VB. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. AC CARBERRY. Excellent straw strength! Cert., 100% germination, 0% Fus. gram. Excellent quality! Book early. Nakonechny Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. CERT. #1 AC SHAW- AC Domain VB, AC Unity VB, Cardale and CDC Plentiful. Yauck Seed Farm 306-484-4555, Govan, SK. SHORT STRAWED HIGH yielding CWRS, Cert. AAC Brandon. RoLo Farms, Regina, SK., 306-543-5052.

HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Dekalb, Rugby, Cafe. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

REG., CERT. CDC Sanctuary, AAC Bravo. Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC SORREL flax seed, Triffid free. Call for large and early order discounts. Visa, MC, or FCC. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. www.llseeds.ca CERTIFIED CDC BETHUNE flax. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Sorrel, CDC Bethune, Glas. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERT. AAC BRAVO and Prairie Thunder. Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK., 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com CERT. CDC GLAS - reconstituted. Phone: 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com Tilley, AB. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. FDN, REG., CERTIFIED CDC Bethune flax seed. Call Ken and Larry Trowell, 306-744-2687, Saltcoats, SK.

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CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com

WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. We are buying feed grains. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call REG., CERT. CDC Glas. Dutton Farms, COMMON #1 OATS, cleaned to certified Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, David Lea, 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. standards, 99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom at Market Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK. Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. CERTIFIED AAC BRAVO, CDC Sorrel. Yauck Email info@marketplacecommodities.com Seed Farm 306-484-4555, Govan, SK. DURUM SEED, 98% germ., 0% fusarium, or phone 1-866-512-1711. cert. seed last year. Also pea and lentil CERT. AAC BRAVO brown flax, good germ. seed. 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. ROUND SOLID CORE hay and straw bales, CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Eskdale Acres Inc., Leross, SK. 306-795-7493, SAINFOIN SEED. Nutritious, bloat-free, 6x5 delivered. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, perennial forage loved by all animals and SK. 306-795-7208, 306-795-7747. honeybees. Research from Utah University ROUND ALFALFA BALES, 2nd cut, dry, no indicates better meat flavor and nutrition rain, netwrapped, approx. 1800 lbs., loadfrom sainfoin supplemented forage. Prime ed. 306-332-6221, 306-332-7861, Fort Sainfoin is cert. organic. 306-739-2900, Qu’Appelle, SK. Email: jhusband@primegrains.com GREENFEED ROUND BALES, average 1580 YB SWEET CLOVER, Red Clover, Alsike lbs., netwrapped, $70/bale. Phone CERTIFIED McLEOD R2Y soybeans from clover, Alfalfa (tap/creeper), Meadow/ 306-230-0040, Major, SK. SeCan; 33003R2Y soybeans from Thunder. Smooth, various grasses. (Organic/conCall for large and early order discounts. ventional), Pasture blends. Free shipping. BARLEY AND TRITICALE greenfeed and Visa, MC or FCC. www.llseeds.ca 306-863-2900, ivanaudrey@sasktel.net hard wheat greenfeed. Also 2nd cut alfalfa, green, high protein. Feed tests available. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. Star City, SK. 403-501-4115, 403-501-9307, Tilley, AB. FABA BEANS, CERTIFIED CDC Snowdrop, HAY TECH COMMON alfalfa seed, bred for new smaller seed, zero tannin. hybrid vigor, $3.65/lbs. Dennis Dylke, DAIRY AND FEEDER HAY, 3x4 square bales for sale. Tests available. Call 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca 780-374-3877, Daysland, AB. 403-633-8835, Brooks, AB. ALFALFA, GRASSES CUSTOM blending. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom Viking Forage Seeds, Greg Bjornson hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. CERT. CDC GREENSTAR large green lentil, 306-554-7987, 306-554-3302, Wynyard SK good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun QUALITY SEEDS AT reasonable prices. ROUND STRAW BALES for sale: wheat, 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. Certified and Common #1 seed of Alfalfa, oats, barley. Call 306-947-4603 or cell CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled Clover, Grasses, etc. Free periodic delivery 306-947-7550, Hepburn, SK. lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, of early orders to many SK. locations. 2ND CUT ALFALFA, 1750 lbs., 136 RFV, net Richard Walcer, 306-752-3983, Melfort, SK 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK wrapped, full analysis avail. from Dairyland Labs. 306-716-3409, Humboldt, SK. CERTIFIED CDC Imvincible, CDC QG-1, LARGE ROUND HAY and large round alfalfa CDC QG-2. RoLo Farms, 306-543-5052, Regina, SK. SAVE NOW! COMMON #1 SMOOTH bales. Delivery available. Call or text: BROME, $6/lb.; Common #1 Meadow 306-408-0038, Moosomin, SK. CERT. CDC CHERIE, CDC Dazil, and CDC Brome, $6.10/lb.; Coated Common #1 Proclaim red lentil seed, good germ. and Smooth Brome and Meadow Brome, $5/lb. GREEN FEED, DURUM & CANOLA round bales, CP 15.29, TDN 73, full analysis vigor. Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. til March 31, 2016. Also Alfalfa, Timothy, available. 403-866-0541, 403-528-2975, CERTIFIED CDC IMPALA lentil. Palmier Cicer Milkvetch, Yellow Clover, Crested Acadia Valley, AB. Wheat, Creeping Red Fescue. Siklenka Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., 306-472-7824. Seeds, 306-342-4290, 306-342-7688, 300 GREENFEED BALES, 5x6, JD net wrapped, soft dough stage, no rain, no CERT. #1 CDC MARBLE, CDC Peridot, CDC Glaslyn, SK. Lemay french green lentils. Yauck Seed SMOOTH BROME, MEADOW Brome, Crest- hail, $60 ea. Call Andy 306-423-5682, 306-233-7835, Bellevue, SK. Farm 306-484-4555, Govan, SK. ed Wheat grass, Timothy, Saline tolerant HAY AND OAT GREENFEED bales, starting grasses, fescues, Cicer Milk vetch, sainCERT. CDC DAZIL CL Red lentil. Germiat $90/ton. Located north of Moose Jaw, nation 98%, 0% on all diseases. Hansen foin, lawn grasses, Alfalfa: tap/creeper, YB SK. Trucking available. 306-476-7747. Sweet Clover, Red Clover, pasture/hay Seeds. 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679 blends. Free blending and delivery! Ph. ROUND FLAX BALES for sale, $10 per bale. (cell), Yellow Grass, SK. jsh2@sasktel.net 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star Will load. 403-823-8264, Rosedale, AB. City, SK. Email us today for a price list! DURUM STRAW BIG square bales, no rain, ivanaudrey@sasktel.net very clean, no weeds, w/some durum CERTIFIED #1 CDC LIMERICK and CDC seed, $25/bale. 306-861-4592 Fillmore SK Greenwater. Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com COMMON YELLOW PEA seed, grown from Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. certified seed. 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. CERT. CDC GREENWATER and CDC Limerick green peas, good germ. and vigor. Call RED LENTIL SEED grown on our farm, Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. 98% germ., 0 Asco., 0 Anthracose, FDN. REG. CERT. #1 CDC Limerick, CDC cleaned. Lionel 306-567-7929, Elbow, SK. Greenwater. Also CDC Marble (french green lentil). Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, COMMON LARGE GREEN lentils, 89% germ., 0% ascochyta botryosum. SK., 306-668-4415. 306-628-7775, Mendham, SK. CERT. CDC DAKOTA, dunn pea; CDC Raeser, Limerick, green peas. Dutton CLEANED RED LENTIL SEED, .55¢/lb. 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CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call RED LENTIL- 2 varieties, excellent germ. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, and vigor, 0% disease. Ph. Byron Blackwell, 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK. Margo, SK. LENTILS, 97% germ., 0% ascochyta, CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO and Limerick RED cert. seed last year. Yellow peas also peas. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, from available. 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB. 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERTIFIED CDC PATRICK green pea. Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., 306-472-7824, moe.anita@sasktel.net

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CERTIFIED CANTATE, 97% germination, highest yielding variety. Hansen Seeds, WANTED FEED BARLEY- Buffalo Plains Yellow Grass, SK., 306-465-2525, Cattle Company is looking to purchase 306-861-5679. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call CERT. CDC BASTIA, CDC Togo, itchless, Kristen 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK. zero fusarium graminearum, good quality. 3X4 WINTER WHEAT GREEN feed for 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca sale. Phone 403-793-5891.

DIVERSIFY WITH A frost tolerant specialty crop. Grow quinoa! Total production contracts available for 2016. Premium returns, guaranteed markets and delivery. View www.quinoa.com or call 306-933-9525.

5,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. Check our website: www.hold-onindustries.com 11,000 U.S. GALLON tank, 10 year limited warranty. Best pricing! Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com 6,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Best pricing! Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. www.hold-onindustries.com

BUYING HEATED/DAMAGED PEAS, FLAX & GRAIN “On Farm Pickup”. Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. BUYING SPRING THRASHED CANOLA and grain “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buy- & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. ers and sellers of all types of feed grain FEED GRAIN WANTED! ALSO buying and grain by-products. Call 306-862-2723, light, tough or offgrade grains. “On Farm Nipawin, SK. Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. PASKAL CATTLE in Iron Springs area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $$$ in your pocket and sell direct to us with no brokerage fee. Please call 403-317-1365.

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. WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK. and cereals. All organic cereals and spe- WANTED: 1000 GALLON fuel tanks. Call cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, Myles, 306-745-6140, 306-745-7530 cell, SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. Esterhazy, SK.

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Select Holidays SHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement tarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK. TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, service, installations, repairs. Canadian company. We carry aeration socks. We now carry electric chute openers for grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000.

GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Phone Ladimer at: 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. USED TRACTOR TIRES: 4-420x42 radial tires, 25% left, $400/ea; 2-520/85x46 radial Goodyear TD8, special sure grip, deep lug, only 750 hrs, $1000/ea; 2-480/70R34 radial Goodyear TD8, deep lug, only 750 hrs., $800/ea. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 4 TITAN 710/70R38 sprayer tires and rims for JD 4730, $8500; 1 New Firestone 520/85R42 Cane & Rice, $1800; 2 Galaxy, 33x15.5-16.5 tires and rims for JD air drill, $500/ea; 4 -20.8x38 clamp-on rims and tires, $600/ea. 306-536-1428, Regina, SK.

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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.

GENERAL FARM WORKERS with post-secondary diploma or university equivalent (NOC Code 8431). 3 full-time permanent positions on larger grain farm, Terrador Farms Inc., near Oxbow, SK. Duties include: planting, fertilizing, spraying and harvesting crops as well operating and maintaining all farm machinery. Wages $3700/mos. Fax resumes: 306-483-2776. Mail: Box 368, Oxbow, SK. S0C 2B0. Email: terrador.farms@sasktel.net Call Gerry at 306-483-7829 for more info. MOTIVATED FARM EQUIP. Operators required near Kamsack, SK. for seeding, spraying, spring tillage. Successful candidates may need to work long hours and weekends, but will be offered a competitive wage. Call 306-590-8537 or email resume to: bcgeerts@execulink.com

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, T9E 8L7. Email: gregasgc@gmail.com PTO WATER PUMP, Bau-Man, sizes 6” to AB., 16” w/capacities of 1,250 to 10,000 GPM. or fax: 780-986-6523. No phone calls. Lay flat water hose and accessories also LARGE GRAIN FARM and Custom Farmavailable. 306-272-7225 or 306-272-4545, ing Operation is seeking qualified operaFoam Lake, SK. tymarkusson@sasktel.net tors to start in April. Must have minimum www.highcapacitywaterpump.com 2 years experience operating large farm machinery. Year round and seasonal employment available. Class 1A preferred, but WATER CANNON WANTED, also V-Ditcher. may also help the right individual to obtain 306-937-2832, Battleford, SK. 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.

KORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage MR. TIRE CORP. For all your semi and and acreage wells, test holes, well rehabilihalf ton tire needs call Mylo 306-921-6555 tation, witching. PVC/SS construction, exServing all of Saskatchewan. pert workmanship and fair pricing. 50% government grant now available. Indian LIMITED QUANTITIES: 9.5L or 11L15 tire Head, SK., 306-541-7210 or 306-695-2061 and wheel $179; 31/13.50-15 Titan HF-1 10 ply, reg. $499, now $299; 520/85R38 20.8R38 Firestone AT23, reg $2,232, now $1,939; 420/85R38 16.9R38 BKT R-1 $1,021; 1000-16 BKT FRT TRAC 4 rib, 8 ply, $184; 18.4-34 BKT R-1, 8 ply, $699; 16.9-24 BKT R-4, 12 ply, $586; 12.5/80-18 BKT R-4, 12 ply, $299. Are you looking for FLOTATION or ROW CROP tire and wheel for Ag Equipment? Call AG Line International 1-844-519-0362, Saskatoon.

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CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK green pea seed. Sunset Farms, Pennant, SK. Phone: 306-626-3388, or 306-741-1523 cell, or email: sunset@sasktel.net

MUSTARD SEED! We can supply you with new cert. treated or untreated seed. We can upgrade your low grade mustard. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK.

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FARM HELPER WANTED for a mixed farming operation. Assist with the calving season. Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to operate farm equipment. Accommodation available. Bonnyville, AB., Call 780-812-5567, fax 780-573-7620. 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. EMPLOYMENT FOR GRAIN farm in east central AB. Full time, or seasonal. Very modern equipment. Experience in operating large equip., Class 1A license will be an asset. Very competitive wages and housing available. Fax resume: 780-922-4036. Call 780-777-5227 for details. Irma, AB. EXPERIENCED FARM LABOUR wanted for seeding. Class 1A a must, experience operating farm equip. and willing to work long hrs. Justin 306-469-0105 Big River SK GRAIN FARM in SW SK. requires seasonal operator/farm hand. Farm machinery operating/maintenance experience and Class 5 license required. Class 1A, mechanical and carpentry experience an asset. Competitive wage based on experience. Housing available. Gull Lake, SK. Email us at: rallison@yourlink.ca Call: 306-672-3711 cell: 306-672-7616, fax: 306-672-3720. RANCH MANAGEMENT POSITION. Duties to include management of cattle, grass and staff. Canada’s largest registered Angus operation. Housing provided. Competitive wages. Call 780-675-4664. Please email resume to: info@olefarms.com NEEDED: RANCH HAND, Camp Cook and Assistant, Guides and Packers for the summer. Banff, AB. Please email resume to: horses@brewsteradvnetures.com 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4WD tractor for harrowing. Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equipment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr. 101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 306-338-3733, phone: 306-338-7561, or email: cfehr9860@hotail.com

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EU says its food rules are paramount

A long time in the making

The European Commission predicts the trade deal with Canada will boost Europe’s GDP by 12 billion euros (C$17 billion). It estimates half of that will come from liberalizing trade in services. The deal also “contains all the necessary guarantees to make sure that economic gains do not come at expense of democracy, consumer health and safety,” the commission says on its website. “CETA will not affect food-related or environmental regulations in the EU. Canadian products can only be imported and sold in the EU if they fully respect the relevant European regulations — without any exemption. For example, CETA does not affect the EU restrictions on beef containing growth hormones or GMOs.” — Staff

The history of the Canada Europe Trade Agreement goes back more than a decade. In 2004, the EU and Canada held a summit in Ottawa, where they agreed on a rough framework for a trade deal. In 2008, they released a joint study that predicted liberalization could boost trade by 20 per cent. Negotiations only began in earnest after a second summer in Prague in 2009. After more than four years of discussions, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and European Commission president José Manuel Barroso signed an agreement in principle in October 2012. But negotiations continued for another 10 months before a final deal was agreed to. — Staff

Trade deal has dairy HEARTLAND

CETA – What it means for Canadian farmers A Glacier FarmMedia Special Report examines the implications of Canada’s new trade deal with the EU

farmers bracing for ‘supply management 2.0’ The industry knows it must adapt and hopes proposed compensation packages will help BY SHANNON VANRAES

By Paul Harris

Glacier FarmMedia staff/ Winkler, Man.

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he long-awaited, complex and deeply controversial Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) could become a reality in 2017, provided the EU’s member countries and Canada’s Parliament ratifies it later this year. With it, will come unprecedented tariff-free trade with the world’s largest single market, plus improved access for Canadian companies to European buyers of agricultural products. The EU is Canada’s secondbiggest trading partner after the U.S. The agreement is expected to increase trade in goods and services between the EU and Canada by nearly a quarter. By eliminating nearly all import duties, exporters on both sides are expected to save millions of dollars. So what does this mean for Canadian growers and producers? If farmers do want to invest in Europe, how easy will it be to navigate regulations, cultural differences and the lack of awareness within the EU of many Canadian product lines? Glacier FarmMedia reporters in Canada and Europe address this question and others in a series of Special Reports on CETA. Our team spent four months tracking developments to assess the true potential of CETA for Canada’s agricultural community. Not surprisingly, the Glacier FarmMedia team found widely divergent attitudes towards the deal. For some it’s a high-end market, with loyal buyers, provided Canadian exporters do their homework. Others see the European Union as a bastion of protectionism. “It wants to grow everything itself,” we were told by one highly placed grain industry executive. “It sounds like we’ve got an opportunity to put Canadian beef in Europe but we don’t and we never will,” echoed a feedlot operator. Read our stories, watch the accompanying videos posted online. Tell us what you think the deal means for your farm.

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racing herself against a swirling snow squall as she heads to the milking parlour on Sweetridge Farm near Winkler, Man., Miriam Sweetnam says sardonically it wasn’t Manitoba’s fine weather that brought her family to Canada 15 years ago. “The draw to Manitoba was the quota system here,” she said. “Yes, it’s expensive to get into, but you can buy quota in increments. We are from Ireland, where the quota that you had on your farm was the milk produced on that land in 1983. So you couldn’t access any more quota to put up a barn, to pay for that barn, so you were tied.” Sweetnam and her husband wanted their children to have choices as they got older. “Our push has always been to be big enough to allow that second generation in — if that was the choice they made,” she said. “We saw what happened in Ireland with the quotas being dissolved and we didn’t want to be in that position again. We knew we had to be big enough to be strong enough to take any blips in the market, whether they be CETA or the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” With that in mind, the Sweetnams expanded their current operation. Today they farm 600 acres and milk 250 cows. “You don’t have control over trade deals, you only have control over the products you produce. So you have to produce your best product, in your most efficient manner,” she said, adding she believes that despite losing market access to the EU, Canada’s supplymanaged system remains — if not entirely intact — at least secure.

Secure for now

Anton Borst agrees the Canadian government isn’t looking to dismantle supply management, but that doesn’t mean he’s pleased with the additional market access granted to imports under the deal.

Miriam Sweetnam came to Canada from Ireland with her family 15 years ago because of the protection and opportunities offered by Canada’s quota system. Today she farms near Winkler, just north of the U.S. border.   Photo: Shannon VanRaes

“Any time the government gives market share it makes you concerned about how much the government is behind supply management, and in that regard, it might make you a little more careful about when you expand and how you invest in your operation,” said the fifth-generation dairy producer, who farms near Elm Creek. But he added recent trade negotiations have shown a commitment to a supply-managed dairy industry by the federal government. “They’ve demonstrated that they are behind it, but also that it’s not totally, necessarily untouchable,” he said. “In one

way it’s reassuring, and in the other regard it is a bit of a concern.” For Sylvain Charlebois, a professor at the University of Guelph’s Food Institute, it’s a given that Canada’s next generation of dairy farmers will be operating in a very different marketplace. “As soon as you start allowing more products from abroad, it really creates an imbalance, and then you’re forced to revisit how you manage the entire regime. I mean quota values will be affected, processing will be affected and how assets are evaluated will be affected,” he said.

“It’s a start of a new transition period. I think the dairy sector… understands that the current model is no longer sustainable.”

Next phase

That doesn’t mean the end of supply management, it means producers and governments need to start planning for “supply management 2.0,” Charlebois said. The stumbling block is that government has not been entirely forthcoming with a longterm strategy for Canadian dairy as it moves towards ratifying new trade deals.

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Trade deal } from page 49 “We are signing these trade deals all over the world, but I think that someone has to start explaining to dairy farms that we not only need to think about the future for them, but we need to figure out how a new system could coexist along with a strategy very heavily focused on trade,” he said. Agri-Food Economic Systems Inc. founder Al Mussell said trade deals must be viewed in the larger context. Not only are Canadian dairy producers losing market share, they also face issues at home. “The reason that I think this is really an important issue for the dairy industry is that there are plenty of other issues going on in dairy supply management and you can’t take the EU cheese deal as distinct from those issues,” said Mussell. “Basically, the issue is that we’re awash in non-fat milk solids and cheese is an interesting product from the standpoint that it’s a mix of butterfat and non-fat solids. And anything that brings more non-fat solids in here, creates problems for us on that basis alone.” Combine that with cheese export caps and a World Trade Organization ruling labelling Canadian cheese as subsidized if sold below domestic prices abroad — and Canada’s hurdles multiply. “So the cheese that comes in here, we cannot offset by exporting,” Mussell said.

Not reciprocal

Not that demand for Canadian cheeses is high in Europe — if it exists at all. Sweetnam said she hasn’t seen a big interest in Canadian cheese when she visits family in Europe. “They are also very good at what they do and they have a lot of artisan cheese makers,” Sweetnam

Trade facts The drop in tariffs Canadian agricultural exports to the EU currently face high tariff rates, with average EU agricultural tariffs of 13.9 per cent.

Gaining an edge Duty-free access will give Canadian agricultural products, including for a specified amount of Canadian beef, pork and bison, preferential access to the EU market and a competitive advantage over producers from other countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the EU. —AAFC

Miriam Sweetnum remains optimistic about her family’s future in the dairy business.   Photo: Shannon VanRaes Efforts to establish Canadian dairy products as the safest and most sustainable through the ProAction initiative and the Blue Cow logo will continue, he said.

“Cheese in Europe is insanely inexpensive compared to Canadian cheese, and I’m afraid to say, much, much better in terms of quality.”

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Sylvain Charlebois

said, adding she has a first cousin in Ireland who is a cheese maker. “Other Canadian products, yes, but not much interest in cheese.” Canadian consumers also tend to view European cheeses as superior to Canadian products. “The other factor is the quality, the quality of cheeses in Europe is world renowned, and that’s why I suspect Canadians won’t mind

eating more European cheeses,” said Charlebois. “Cheese in Europe is insanely inexpensive compared to Canadian cheese, and I’m afraid to say, much, much better in terms of quality.” Dairy Farmers of Canada president Wally Smith said the organization has worked to promote Canadian cheese abroad, but it primarily focuses on the domestic market.

He emphasized the importance of compensation when it comes to market loss resulting from trade deals like CETA. The $4.3 billion promised by the previous federal government in late 2015 is crucial to keeping farmers intact in the wake of both CETA and the TPP, said Smith. “(Quota is) my important asset that generates cash flow on my farm, it’s something that most of us have invested heavily in… now I’m left with less than 97 per cent; I’ve given that up forever,” he said. “As far as the revenue stream is concerned, in that package of dollars for the dairy farmers so there is no nega-

tive impact, there is also a portion of that money that’s applied to the CETA negotiation.” Of course, no dollars will flow unless the current federal government ratifies CETA and commits to honour its predecessor’s promise. In the meantime, Smith said Dairy Farmers of Canada is working to keep producers informed so they can make the right choices for their operation. For his part, David Wiens, chair of Dairy Farmers of Manitoba said that what the future holds is always on the minds of dairy farmers. “We will continue to be strong, we will continue to make adaptations in our sector,” he said. “We will do as we have done ever since the beginning of supply management — adapt.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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CETA opens the door to new relationships Once the deal is ratified the real market development work begins By Ed White

Glacier FarmMedia staff

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t’s one thing for governments to ink a deal. It’s another to fly across the ocean and shake hands, hang out and form real human relationships. However, the latter is what it takes to build new customers and markets, say some with much experience in Canada’s international grain business. “There’s nothing like getting on an airplane,” said Brian Hayward, a board member with export-oriented companies and the former chief executive officer of Agricore United. “You’ve got to arrange and make some meetings. Go to trade shows. It’s boots on the ground time. You’ve got to go there and tell people what you have.” The pending ratification of the Canada-European Union free trade deal (CETA) would give Canadian crop, meat and food exporters better access to the huge European market in most commodities. Some products will have free access, and others will have more tariff-free access or lower tariffs and impediments than today. However, new business doesn’t just develop by creating the conditions that allow it to grow. New business arises from fresh, deep and trusting human relationships, and those require hard work to cultivate, said Reg Newkirk, who for years worked with overseas buyers of Canadian crops while a senior official at the Canadian International Grains Institute.

“Relationships take some time and they take money, and for everybody in the trading industry, they’re trying to move as much stuff as they can, as quickly as they can,” said Newkirk. “There needs to be a way to encourage those buyers and sellers to get to know each other to get some trust there.”

Market development

That’s where organizations such as Cigi, endeavours such as Canada’s annual new crop missions and services such as Canadian embassies’ trade officers and provincial trade offices can help connect hopeful exporters with potential buyers. “I’d be looking to Canada’s trade commissioners for connections,” said Hayward. “That’s why we have embassies.” He said Canadian exporters need to be culturally sensitive and understand that there is no one European culture or identity. The EU comprises more than two

dozen countries, and each country, region, and language area has its own culture. They need to be approached differently and with an open mind. “We have a way of doing things here that is different from how the Germans would do it, or the French, or the Americans,” said Hayward. For example, Newkirk said building a relationship in Mediterranean Europe is essential before any business deal can be pondered. On the other hand, hardernosed business aspects such as price, quality and promises of service can be what gets northern European and Canadian business people talking and pave the way for the relationship to develop naturally. Canadian producers and exporters who want to sell to Europe might not have a choice but develop new business relationships. Some might form the rela-

It’s about making sure that relationship between buyer and seller comes through, and it’s really on the onus of the seller to instigate that.” Reg Newkirk

tionships and get the business and keep it, while others won’t bother and then not have much of a chance after that. “The one who builds the relationship first often gets a lot of the sales,” said Newkirk. “Time is of the essence.” ed.white@producer.com

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It’s especially true when trade barriers have long stopped buyers and sellers from considering doing business together. “Trade is really based on relationships, so when there is a tradedistorting issue out there, then you don’t build those relationships with customers,” said Newkirk, who recently became a University of Saskatchewan professor and chair of its feed-processing technology program. “It’s about making sure that relationship between buyer and seller comes through, and it’s really on the onus of the seller to instigate that. The key is that the buyers get to trust the sellers, that the sellers get a good awareness of what the buyers’ needs are.” A significant grain trade already exists between Canada and the EU. High-protein wheat from Canada is a staple commodity with some European high-quality bread bakers, Canadian durum forms a major part of the Italian pasta industry and other crops regularly flow to longtime European buyers. Hayward and Newkirk said the companies buying and selling those crops already know each other well and probably won’t see much change with CETA, even if it improves their businesses. However, the new opportunities available with CETA should make new sales of crops, ingredients and foods possible if hopeful exporters are willing to do the work. That’s where the challenge lies, Newkirk said. Commercial grain and food companies aren’t always willing to lift their heads from the daily hurly-burly trading grain to begin cultivating relationships that might yield new business in the future.

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What’s the potential for meat sales in Europe? Europe could be a prime market for Canadian meat, but it insists on hormone-free production methods

CETA will provide new market access opportunities for beef, pork and bison. CETA establishes tariff rate quotas for each product, giving Canadian farmers yearly duty-free access for up to: • 80,000 tonnes of pork (including consolidation of existing quota of approximately 6,000 tonnes); • 50,000 tonnes of beef; and • 3,000 tonnes of bison.

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In addition, CETA will give farmers duty-free access for high-quality beef under existing quota of nearly 15,000 tonnes (Hilton beef quota, current duty of 20 per cent); and for processed beef, pork and bison products. — AAFC

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After all, the U.S. market is close and the Canadian domestic herd is at its smallest in years, limiting the number of cattle available for shipping to any location. “I don’t see a whole lot more (beef) going over there (Europe),” said Christoph Weder, a beef producer from Hudson’s Hope, B.C. He sees more opportunity for bison than beef because CETA will eliminate the tariff on Canadian bison while U.S. product will continue to face a 20 per cent duty. Canadian Bison Association executive director Terry Kremeniuk said he has high hopes for bison sales potential under CETA. “For the Canadian industry, the European market is certainly very important,” he said. Once implemented, CETA will provide 3,000 tonnes of tariff-free quota for bison. That’s a separate allotment, rather than the previous arrangement of inclusion under the Hilton quota for Canadian and U.S. red meat. Kremeniuk said the new quota equates to $50 million and is equivalent to 10,000 to 12,000 animals. The new quota will be 25 times larger than the current level of EU exports. As for beef, Weder said he wonders if large numbers of Canadian producers will employ the hormone-free production methods that the EU demands. Aging demographics in the beef business also play a role. “The Canadian beef industry just blows me away,” said Weder. “We’ve theoretically hit the peak (of prices), and Canada never even expanded (the herd). So we’re on the downward slide already... If anything, I think the Canadian cow herd is going to get even smaller.” John Masswohl of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association doesn’t think that is true. He said producers will use the opportunity for additional exports if and when CETA is ratified. The Canada-Europe deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the recent agreement with South Korea are signals for herd expansion in Canada, he said. “It’s the phasing in of new market access through these various trade agreements that’s going to keep the expansion going and be our insurance policy against the downside of the cattle cycle,” he said. “We had a prolonged period of expansion (after the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed) because we suddenly had new unlimited, quota-free, dutyfree access to the United States and to Mexico as well.” CETA and the TPP could prompt the same thing, he added. Jason Hagel, an Alberta rancher who provides beef to One Earth Farms for the domestic and EU market, suggests the TPP could prove easier for producers than CETA will because it is less restrictive. “It’s such an onerous program to get into, for one thing,” he said. In contrast, when shipping to Asia, “you just send the beef and that’s it.”

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Freer trade still comes with strings attached Industry officials say they must continue efforts to reduce or eliminate non-tariff trade barriers By Lisa Guenther

Glacier FarmMedia staff

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anadian producers and industry officials seem confident that the new trade deal with the European Union will open the market door wider to the region’s 500 million population. It’s tough to “nail a number to the wall and say this is the benefit” farmers will see with the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, said Cam Dahl, president of Cereals Canada. “While I can’t tell you it’s going to be X billions of dollars a year, I think that there are significant benefits.” Brian Otto, who chairs the Barley Council of Canada, has been farming with his wife, Carolyn, in southern Alberta for 43 years. For the last two years, he’s been working on farm succession with his son, who will be the fifth generation on a farm that grows a variety of crops from barley to safflower to pulses. Otto said Canada’s agriculture industry is competitive because its players are innovative, whether that be farming methods, cropbreeding programs or the country’s relationships with international customers. He said exports are key to agriculture. “And so it’s very, very important that our federal government continues to pursue trade agreements with our trading partners.” Otto hopes to see the TransPacific Partnership trade deal ratified with Pacific Rim countries and is glad to see the new federal government working on better trade relations with China. He also sees CETA as a “step forward.”

More meat exports

Otto said it grants more access to Canadian beef and pork, and more meat exports mean more demand for feed barley. “And that’s where the benefits to barley come because we are a major player in the feed industry here in Canada.” He said CETA also offers opportunities for Canada to create a food barley market in Europe, such as hulless barley for flour. Brian Innes, vice-president of government relations with the Canola Council of Canada, said the biodiesel market presents the biggest opportunity for canola in the EU, particularly France, Portugal and Belgium. “Germany could also present opportunity in the future,” he said. The European Union produces more canola than Canada, but Innes said Canadian market opportunities depend on the growing season and how much European farmers grow. Canadian canola also competes with Australia, and demand in other markets will affect exports to the EU. Most people think about tariffs when talking about trade barriers, and CETA certainly promises to

Photo: Thinkstock eliminate tariffs on some Canadian products. However, Dahl said that while he doesn’t dismiss the importance of tariffs, non-tariff barriers are often overlooked and are “quite big.” “As tariffs come down and are eliminated, governments will turn to other things to block trade, and that’s why it’s important to have an agreement that sanitary and phytosanitary issues will be based on science,” said Dahl.

Framework

For example, he said CETA provides a framework for handling mycotoxins, which is an issue for the cereal industry. Pesticide residues are another big issue. Innes said CETA also promises to lift tariffs on canola oil, but non-tariff barriers, such as the EU’s “unpredictable approval process for biotech traits,” are also a concern. He said the EU has committed to a timely processing of new biotech canola traits, but a biotech trait approved in Canada in 2012 was still recently under review in the EU. Innes said potential benefits also include a science-based approval process, co-operation on low-level-presence policies and reducing the negative impact of regulatory processes on trade. Increased market access isn’t the same as market share, but Canadian exporters have some experience in that area as well. Henry Vos, a director with the Alberta Wheat Commission, travelled to Europe in the fall of 2015 as part of a new crop mission in the EU. CETA wasn’t on the agenda, but Vos said the mission provided insight into how trading relationships are maintained and enhanced. The six-day trip included meetings in London and Bologna and Foggia in Italy, where delegates met with millers, bakers, pasta makers and other importers. Vos said the Europeans he met want specific details about the crop and how it’s produced.

Negotiating tactics

Questions that seemed simple on the surface were sometimes negotiating tactics to snag a bet-

ter deal on Canadian wheat, Vos said. For example, one U.K. importer said DON levels were high, but he later admitted that he was buying No. 3 wheat because he didn’t like the price of No. 1 wheat. “I think as Canadians, we have this urge to try and satisfy our customers with our products however we can, but sometimes we need to be careful we’re finding out the complete story before we attempt to make a change.” However, Vos also said buyers seemed to appreciate the Canadian industry’s response to

previous problems with gluten strength. Several Canadians on the mission had been on previous delegations, and Vos said they had formed long-term relationships with the Europeans, which he saw as an important factor in global trade. “We’ll get the order, if there’s a strong personal relationship, over somebody in the wilderness, so it’s important that we cultivate those (relationships), and these trade missions were a part of doing that.” — with files from Scott Garvey lisa.guenther@fbcpublishing.com

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The fine print on tariffs Upon ratification, EU tariffs will be eliminated on: • Durum and high-quality common wheat (currently set at a maximum $190/tonne and $122/ tonne, respectively); • Fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, including fresh cherries (EU seasonal tariffs currently reach as high as 12 per cent), fresh apples (EU seasonal tariffs reaching as high as nine per cent), and frozen blueberries (the EU tariffs of 3.2 per cent to 14.4 per cent are not currently applied); • Processed fruits and vegetables, including sweetened, dried cranberries (EU tariffs of 17.6 per cent) and frozen potato products, such as french fries (EU tariffs of 14.4 per cent to 17.6 per cent); • Oils, including canola oil (EU tariffs of 3.2 per cent to 9.6 per cent); • Processed products, including cat and dog food (EU tariffs as high as $1,218/tonne), and miscellaneous food preparations (EU tariffs that start at 12.8 per cent); • Other grains, including oats (EU tariffs of $114/ tonne), barley and rye (EU tariffs of up to $120/ tonne), and low- to medium-quality common wheat (EU tariffs of up to $122/tonne); • Maple syrup (EU tariffs of eight per cent); • Processed pulses and grains, which include baked goods, pulse flour, meal and powder (EU tariffs start at 7.7 per cent); — AAFC

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CETA deal will open up new markets for Canadian beef But that meat must be produced according to EU standards, which stipulate no growth hormones By Barb Glen

Glacier FarmMedia staff

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hen John Masswohl toured the central London wholesale meat market in December, he found some Canadian beef for sale. But not very much. Five boxes of Prairie Heritage beef, from animals raised in Alberta and Saskatchewan, were on offer beside hundreds of boxes from the United States and entire pallets from Argentina, Uruguay and Australia. “For every box of Canadian beef, he had at least 100 boxes from somewhere else,” said Masswohl, who is the director of government and international relations at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Marketers told him Canadian beef was expensive, in part due to tariffs. Technical issues also make it difficult to acquire. That situation could change dramatically when the trade deal between Canada and the European Union, called the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, comes into force. “We’ve got an outstanding quality product and an outstanding eating experience that goes with it, and I think for a price, that would be very comparable to what Europeans are used to paying if we didn’t have to deal with all these tariffs and other conditions,” said Masswohl.

The deal will allow beef and veal exports worth an estimated $600 million, generated from 65,000 tonnes of new duty-free access to Europe. About 50,000 tonnes of that is in fresh beef and the balance in frozen product. Using an estimate of 100 kilograms of fresh beef available per animal, it could translate into a market for 500,000 Canadian cattle, if they meet the EU requirement of being raised without the use of additional growth hormones. “How many cattle do we have in Canada being produced according to EU standards, or could be if they were properly documented? I’d only be taking a guess,” said Masswohl, “but I think right now, today, somewhere less than 100,000 head. But with the incentive there, I’ve talked to lots of guys who say, ‘if the incentive is there, I’ll do it.’”

Not so sure

Feedlot owner Rick Paskal of Picture Butte, Alta., isn’t so sure the incentive will be enough to encourage more production of beef that meets EU specifications. “They don’t recognize the science of the day, so we’ve got these free trade agreements with them, but it’s still just the same. We don’t meet their criteria for trade, which is not science based,” said Paskal. “I don’t understand why we would have negotiated an agreement like this. It sounds like we’ve got an opportunity to put Canadian beef in Europe but we don’t and we never will.”

Beef meat is displayed for sale at La Cebada market in central Madrid earlier this year. Canadians face stiff competition from domestic and imported suppliers in European meat markets.   PHOTO: REUTERS/Sergio Perez Paskal said use of growth hormones reduces beef production costs by about $250 per head through better feed conversion and shorter time to fatten. Price premiums offered in Europe for beef free of added hormones would have to cover that, and he thinks that is unlikely. “It’s good that all the people around the world get talking to one another and they want to expedite trade and reduce trade barriers, but they’ve got to go back and… really, if there’s a spirit of trade, just address the science. “It’s got nothing to do with food

safety. We’re all big proponents of food safety, your product, your animal handling, the animal welfare aspects are very, very important. We’re not saying we’re ever going to circumvent them, but it’s got to be based on science.”

Opportunity

Doug Price, who runs Sunterra beef operations, said he sees opportunity through CETA for more beef exports but the price has to be right. “We have the cows and the feedlots. I’ve got a pretty good handle on what it costs me to produce

non-hormone, traceable cattle. It’s really easy for us to do that, but I need to know how much premium will I get for that before I do it,” he said. Price suggested opportunities in Europe might better suit smaller, more nimble operations that can cater to higher-end niche markets. “If we get some of our product over there, I think they’ll pay quite a premium for it. So I think the opportunity for sure is there. We just have to put all the pieces together,” said Price.

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Canadian beef } from page 54 “Our genetics here in Canada and our technology inside the cow-calf right through to the feedlot to the plant is as good as anybody in the world and I think the genetics are even better. There’s less variability. So any kind of a quality market, man, we’re sitting real good there.”

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“I don’t understand why we would have negotiated an agreement like this. It sounds like we’ve got an opportunity to put Canadian beef in Europe but we don’t and we never will.”

Not yet approved

And speaking of plants, the safety methods employed by Canada’s major packers have yet to meet the approval of the EU. That’s another hurdle that must be overcome before Canadian beef benefits from CETA. These technical considerations are not part of the CETA agreement, but they exist in a side arrangement that says the two parties will work toward equivalence in their respective meat inspection systems. That equivalence has yet to emerge, said Masswohl of the CCA. “Our idea of equivalence means that we can do things our way. They can do things their way. Not everything needs to be harmonized but the end result, the outcome, is equivalent in that we both produce safe beef,” Masswohl said. “What we’ve learned is Europe’s idea of equivalence is they want us to do it their way. But we’re not doing it their way. Our way is much safer.”

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Europe, in contrast, has hundreds of slaughter facilities, many of them processing small numbers of animals delivered in small trucks from nearby locations. “They say the animal needs to Canadian plants use various antimicrobial carcass washes and be clean before it comes into the safety techniques after cattle are slaughter facility,” said Masswohl. slaughtered to destroy E. coli and “So how does that work in our sceother bacteria. Europe does not nario where we have much colder temperatures to deal with for much use the same methods. longer periods of the year? Their way “The idea of washing animals outThe big three plants in Canada side when it’s below -20… it doesn’t process more than 90 per cent of seem like humane treatment for the the country’s beef. The volume of animal. It seems impractical.” animals, the distance they travel Europe has agreed to the use of and the weather all play a role in lactic acid as a sanitary measure and sanitary and phytosanitary conmore recently approved the use of B:8.125” siderations at the plants. recycled hot water but approval will T:8.125” Rick Paskal

be needed for other safety-related treatments that have become standard in Canadian plants. “They just don’t do any of that and they just can’t fathom doing anything else,” said Masswohl. “We rather suspect that they like the system the way it is because it keeps imported beef out of their market. We rather suspect that that’s a big part of the motivation for the way they do it,” said Masswohl. “If we don’t resolve this, then the (CETA) agreement is of very little value for the Canadian beef industry. If we do resolve it, it’s huge value for us. It’s worth working on.” barb.glen@producer.com

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Until CETA goes into effect, certain quotas and high tariffs remain in place so few producers are raising animals now with a view to the EU market. “Right now it’s not worth it because you’re not getting any more money by doing that, as a cow-calf producer, than taking them to the market and just selling them in the open market,” said Hagel. He said One Earth can’t afford to pay much more than the commodity market at present because any premium from Europe doesn’t cover the extra cost involved in producing the beef. He also wonders if December’s repeal of country-of-origin labelling (COOL) in the United States, which used to discourage Canadian cattle sales across the 49th parallel, will prompt producers and packers to take that easier path. “We have two American packing plants in Canada. They have pretty good connections in the

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Producers involved in Prairie Heritage Beef have been meeting EU requirements and building their niche for years but on a relatively small scale. Before selling the brand to One Earth Farms in October 2014, Prairie Heritage was selling beef from about 5,000 animals into Europe and another 5,000 domestically, said former president Cliff Drever of Camrose, Alta. Christoph Weder, a cattle and bison producer in Hudson’s Hope, B.C., was the primary marketer for the branded beef line before its sale. In his view, Canadian producers won’t be able to fill the entire EU quota unless the two major packers in Western Canada, JBS and Cargill, develop separation of hormone-free and commercial beef. He and others hold out hope that Harmony Beef, the former Rancher’s Beef processing plant in Balzac, Alta., that is expected to market specialty beef into Europe, will open soon. That would add to output provided by Canadian Premium Meats in Lacombe, another EU-approved plant. However, Harmony Beef has been beset by water issues and various other objections put forward by the city of Calgary and has yet to start operation. Producers with an eye to producing beef for Europe must meet specific requirements subject to Canadian Food Inspection Agency oversight. Jason Hagel, a Three Hills, Alta. producer with Prairie Heritage, said those requirements might be enough to discourage greater production. “I don’t think it will change much,” said Hagel. “The program that Canada has in place is very onerous on producers to actually want to do it, with all the paperwork and CFIA vets having to come and make sure everything’s in place. “Which we need, but it’s a lot easier just to take your cattle to market and sell them to a feedlot than going through a bunch of paperwork and having to keep track of the animals that you do send, have an inventory list and all that kind of stuff.”

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Beef industry watching how new Liberal government proceeds There is a widely held view that the deal is just the beginning By Barb Glen

Glacier FarmMedia Staff

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anadian cattle and beef interests that expected to benefit from a trade deal with the European Union rejoiced Oct. 18, 2013, when the Conservative government announced a deal had been reached. Negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement continued through August 2014, when a consolidated version of the agreement was made available. However, it has yet to be ratified in Europe as various factions contemplated some of its

non-agricultural implications, primarily the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) process. The ISDS issues were resolved in early March, but those in Canada’s beef industry are among those watching developments and hoping the promise first extended in 2013 will culminate in greater market access. “Any new market is the right thing for Canada,” said Doug Price, who operates the beef side of Sunterra, the Alberta company operated by his family. “We need to diversify our marketplace so we’re not totally reliant on the United States, so I’m pretty excited about that.” It’s an opinion that is widespread among those in the beef industry, but CETA isn’t a done deal.

“Despite us having had several announcements that the deal was done and the negotiations were done, it doesn’t have the feel that it’s done,” said John Masswohl of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Trade historian Laura Dawson of the Canada Institute in Washington, D.C., also has her doubts. “I am skeptical about the ability of the EU parliaments to ratify the agreement. Canada negotiated a good agreement and our negotiators did just fine, and the EU negotiators said, ‘great, got to do a legal scrub, got to translate it into all those pesky languages and we’re good to go.’” The deal was negotiated by what was then Canada’s Conservative government. Since then, a new Liberal government was

John Masswohl elected and is presumably getting up to speed on what CETA may entail. “I think these next several months are going to be important,” Masswohl said in December.

“With the CETA agreement, I think there was a number of announcements about how the negotiations were concluded. Now you’ve got a new government… and its probably learning that the negotiations are not quite as concluded as perhaps the previous management would suggest. “Our message to the new government is, the potential is there. This is an outstanding market, excellent potential. It deserves to be done. It needs to be done because this is an excellent agreement not just for Canadian beef producers, but for Canada overall. But it has to be what we think it is.” barb.glen@producer.com

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2014 Case IH Farmall, 140A, Loader, MFD,830 hrs.. $86,000 2012 NH T8.330 MFD, Duals Front & Rear,1787 hrs, PS, 4 hyds, 3pt hitch, weights ............................. $179,500 2012 NH TV6070, long loader, 634 hrs,grapple, EE hyds, aux pump ............................................. $149,000 2012 Case IH Farmall, 140A, Loaded, MFD,700 hrs. $89,000

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2012 Case IH 550 Quad, 36” Tracks, Guidance, PTO, 1982 hrs, Lux Cab, HID Lights, HO Hyd ....... $369,000 2012 Case IH 550 Quad, 36” Tracks, PTO, Lux Cab, Guidance, 2000 hrs ............................................ $369,000 2013 Case IH 500, Quad, loaded, 1170 hrs ........... $399,000 2013 Case IH 450, 1470 hrs, Lux Cab, 6 remotes, 710/70R42 Duals ............................................... $279,000 2009 NH T9040, 1470 hrs, Lux Cab, Guidance, 710/42 Duals, HO Hyd ........................................ $249,000 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

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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 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 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 2010 Case IH 2152, 45 ft, auger, transport, aft & adapter ........................................................ $59,000 2 - 2011 Case IH 2152, 40 ft, auger, transport, aft & adapter, SKD ...................................................................... $65,000 2009 Case IH 2162, 35 ft, Auger, Full Poly, Transport, Mint Condition .............................................................. $59,000 2008 MacDon D60, 40 ft, adapter, auger, trans ....... $38,000 2011 Case IH PH800, 60on10, DS, VR, 2005 NH 994-30, 30 ft U2 pickup reel,tx adapter .... $27,500 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,70ft, 12inch, DS .... $149,000 1994 Macdon 960, 30ft, tr adapter ........................ $10,000 2009 Morris Contour, 47 ft, 10”, 2008 FC 3350 TBT tank ...................................... $120,000 2009 Morris Contour, 61 ft, 10”, D/S, new knives, 2013 New Holland BR7090, wide PU, net/twine ...... $38,000 2009 F/C 3850 Tank, TBT, Dual Fan, Mechanical . $135,000 2004 NH BR780, 590 pto, STD PU, Auto Wrap ......... $16,900 2008 Case IH SDX40/ADX3430 tank,VR, 40ft, liquid kit ..................................................... $139,000 2014 Bourgault 7200, New never used, 1997 Bourgault 4300 Tank, DS ............................... $35,000 hyd angle, 84 ft .................................................... $56,000 2008 Riteway 8168, 68 ft, Hyd. Pressure ................ $35,000 2004 Brandt 7000, 70 ft, Hyd. angle ....................... $28,900 2010 Lemken, Rubin 12S/1200,40ft new blades... $120,000

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Don’t graze too soon It’s tempting to start grazing when pastures green up, but nutrient quality is poor Alberta Agriculture and Forestry release

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asture recovery is an important topic on the heels of last year’s dry conditions, particularly given this year’s poor snow cover in the central and southern regions of Alberta. “If we have a dry spring, producers will need to balance potential feed shortages with the need to protect their recovering pastures,” said provincial forage and beef specialist Karin Lindquist. Pasture quality is key to maximizing the grazing season, so don’t get in a rush to get your cows on the greening-up pasture, she said. “Typically, animals should not begin grazing until pasture forages are at least eight to 12 inches tall, or at the four- or five-leaf stage, which is usually in mid-May for northern Alberta, and mid- to late-April for southern Alberta.”

Early grazing can set the pasture back several weeks or months, and nutrient quality is lacking. “When cattle are consuming plants at emergence, they are getting 90 to 95 per cent water rather than essential nutrients like energy and protein,” said Lindquist. So what’s the science behind deferring spring grazing? “Plants use energy stored in their roots to begin growth, and do not start generating their own energy with their leaves through photosynthesis until they are at the second- to third-leaf stage,” she said. However, nutrients from the roots continue to be used for growth by the plant until after the plant reaches the fourth- or fifth-leaf stage. “After that, energy is primarily produced from the leaves via photosynthesis, and extra energy is stored in the roots.”

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Proper recovery time will ultimately maximize or extend available grazing days. “The rule we use is this: If producers are looking to extend grazing into the fall, for every day early they put their cattle out to graze in the spring, they may have three less days to graze in the fall.” So what can producers do in the interim, especially if feed supplies are dwindling? As hay may be limited, some producers can incorporate alternate feeds such as pea straw or silage, small grains like oats and barley, or byproducts like wheat middlings or dried distillers grains. “Barley and oat grain supplies are currently the cheapest feed alternatives to consider that will help prolong feed supplies,” said Lindquist. “Producers can utilize cropresidue grazing by sectioning off the field with temporary electric fencing to strip graze, or by stockpiling grazing areas that have not been previously grazed for some time.” But proceed with caution. “Stockpiling can also set back spring growth if there are young plants coming up in the stockpiled or non-grazed stand.” And there are no guarantees when it comes to quality of stockpiled forages. “Quality may be poor if grasses have not retained nutrients throughout the winter, and have been leached with early melting,” she said. Supplementing cattle with grain or feed pellets will also help reduce grazing pressure and get cattle to consume less stockpiled forage. “Creep feeding calves at 50 to 60 days of age with a 16 per cent protein feed will help alleviate the increased nutritional requirements of lactating cows because it puts less pressure on those cows to eat higher-quality feeds for optimum milk production to raise a good-size, 600-pound calf at weaning,” said Lindquist. This also gives cows the opportunity to put on weight if they have fallen short on body condition over the winter. By deferring grazing in a dry spring, forages have a wider window of opportunity to grow, ultimately providing more feed and nutrients for cattle, with the possibility of regrazing later in the year.

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K N O W IN G H O W FA R Y O U C A N R E A C H. Off-site watering systems can improve herd health by reducing foot rot and increase carrying capacity.   Photo: Jennifer Paige

Producer says off-site watering systems a game changer By keeping cattle out of sloughs and providing an off-site watering source, producers can improve herd health and even see increased gains By JENNIFER PAIGE Staff/Brandon, Man.

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attle producers battling foot rot issues may want to consider employing a solar watering system. “By using these solar watering systems we have been able to fence off our sloughs and dugouts and that has dramatically improved our animal health,” said Carl Driedger, a cattle producer in western Manitoba. “We haven’t seen foot rot on our farm for at least nine years. It is a nonissue now.” Driedger is so keen about solar watering systems, he became a distributor for a solar company and now works with other producers in setting up a watering system on their operations. “One of the reasons I am so passionate about watering systems is because nature throws us many curves but by using a solar watering system we have a better chance,” he said. “If I didn’t have this system in place I wouldn’t be able to bale graze the way I do and the bale grazing has been a great benefit to our operation.” Winter watering systems allow producers to provide water to livestock during the winter outside of the traditional confinement yard while lowering costs and improving field fertility. Such systems decrease potential for leg injuries, fatalities, competition, and water quality risks that are found with uncontrolled access to surface water. “By providing a remote watering system for all seasons, the cattle are able to stay out of the corrals,” said Driedger. “This allows the manure to be spread out on the pasture. The corral cleaning bill decreases and the cattle’s health will improve.”

On his own operation, Driedger says he has doubled his carrying capacity and achieved increased weight gains. “By having a consistent supply of fresh water cattle will eat more and you will see weight gain,” he said.

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When thinking about adding a solar watering system on your operation, Driedger recommends considering your water source, well depth, seasons you will need the device to operate, the transfer distance, and the required output per day. “Preplanning is so important. You need to plan to make sure you get the right pump for the worst-case scenario on the farm, and by the worst-case scenario, I mean the most lift and then also take into consideration that maybe you can use that solar system in the wintertime too, to get more bang for your buck,” said Driedger. Driedger warns producers using watering systems in the wintertime to protect their batteries. “Insulating the batteries in our country in wintertime is so important because if the battery power drops to 12.3 volts, they will freeze at -23. We need to try to keep them in an insulated box.” For winter use he also suggests considering adding a wind generator as it can fill in the power source on less sunny days. “Solar panels are constantly evolving, they have become more affordable and their efficiencies have gone way up,” he said. “But wind generators are also helpful to make up for the dull days when the solar energy is low.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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1995 Highline XL6084 . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,500 WINDROWER 1996 Case 8820 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,650 ROUND BALER . .d. . . HW $55,200 2008 Case RB564 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,800 2003 200New 03 Holland NewHW320 Hoollaa. nd W3200

Lazar Equipment Ltd. 520 9th St. W, Meadow Lake , SK (306) 236-5222 Toll Free: 1-888-236-5222

www.lazarequipment.com

$59,995 CAD

he federal government is contributing $2,588,000 to support international and domestic market development activities for Canadian beef cattle genetics. The investment will enable the Canadian Beef Breeds Council to implement a market development strategy, attend international trade shows and lead missions to raise awareness of Canadian beef genetics, concentrating efforts on expanding key markets including the United States, Mexico, Europe, China and Kazakhstan. The Canadian beef genetics industry comprises live breeding cattle, semen and embryos. In 2015, it reported over $31 million in export sales. The funds are coming from the Growing Forward 2 AgriMarketing Program. — Government of Canada release

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IT’S INNOVATION. NOT IMITATION. Meet the New John Deere 9RX Series Tractor The New 9RX Series Tractor is no copycat. We kept innovation at the forefront, using your feedback to make it right. The result is a game-changing 4-Track tractor that’s anything but ordinary. Just how unique and innovative? The upswept axle component is the largest cast our foundry pours and allows the 9RX to have a larger drive wheel, putting more power to the ground and increasing reliability. The e18™ Transmission with Effciency Manager helps keep productivity levels high and inputs low. It responds quickly and automatically in intense feld conditions to actively improve the tractor’s performance and your drive experience, while reducing fuel consumption. Under the hood, you’ve got a horsepower range of 470 to 620. Pair that with increased hydraulic fow and the 9RX is ready to cover large acres and pull big implements in less time. Bring on the sloped, wet, and loose feld conditions too, because the 9RX’s unique track design adds to its superior and agile performance in the feld and on the road. The larger articulated footprint allows for more fotation and better grip resulting in less berming and reduced soil disturbance, improving yield potential. The 9RX also comes JDLink™ Connect and AutoTrac™ ready to boost performance and effciency even more. We could go on, but we’ve run out of room. Visit your John Deere Dealer today, and test drive our most anticipated tractor yet, the New John Deere 9RX Series Tractor. Nothing Runs Like a Deere™.

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