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Snow costs add up in southern Manitoba High snowfall has rural Manitobans digging into their pocketbooks

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Provincial online survey to explore new funding approach for KAP But there isn’t much time — the deadline to respond is March 9

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ural residents are counting the cost of a winter that has seen repeated multi-day blizzards and over a metre and a half of cumulative snowfall in some areas.

As a result, municipalities across southern Manitoba have been eyeing snow-clearing budgets, concerned about what

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he Manitoba government wants farmers’ and stakeholders’ feedback on potential changes t o Ke y s t o n e A g r i c u l t u ra l Producers’ (KAP) funding model — and fast.

The deadline to fill out an online survey or download and email it in is March 9, the government said in a news release Feb. 23.

“The current approach to funding our province’s general farm organization is overly complex, inefficient and unlike any other system in the country,” Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler said in the release. “Our government is committed to working with KAP and farmers across Manitoba to erase administrative burdens and reduce red tape for the industry. This feedback we collect through this online resource will be essential in helping inform how our government can improve the process to fund membership in a far more efficient manner.”

Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced at Ag Days the provincial government will explore changes to how the Keystone Agricultural Producers collects membership fees from farmers. On Feb. 23 he announced a survey farmers can fill out to assist in the process. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

KAP president Dan Mazier hopes farmers will fill out the survey.

“I encourage producers to look at it,” he said in an interview Feb. 23. “This is a chance to look at the legislation. Be aware we have an opportunity to help ourselves.”

KAP has complained about its refundable checkoff of 0.75 per cent of the gross selling price on grain, hog and milk sales for years — or more precisely, about t h e c u m b e r s o m e w a y i t’s collected.

“It’s administrative nightmare,” Mazier said.

The problem is, unlike most other commodity groups, KAP’s checkoff is capped at $210 (including taxes). Once the cap is reached, the checkoff should stop, but sometimes it doesn’t. KAP must refund the excess collected.

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INSIDE

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LIVESTOCK Climate cattle

Food demand predictions could be inaccurate

The changing climate can affect cattle

Lots of people say food demand will double by 2050 — but some researchers say the numbers don’t add up

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FEATURE Brexit woes British farmers fear the future

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Grain Markets Weather Vane Classifieds Sudoku

he widely held view that food production needs to double by 2050 to feed a growing world population may be inaccurate.

In a study published in the journal Bioscience, researchers from Penn State’s agriculture college have challenged that view, saying the required increase may be as high as 70 per cent — or as low as 25 per cent.

Mitch Hunter, a doctoral student in agronomy, says the analysis shows that production needs to keep increasing, but not as fast as many have claimed. That’s important because it means there can be more opportunity to protect the environment, he says.

“In the coming decades, agriculture will be called upon to both feed people and ensure a healthy envir o n m e n t ,” s a i d Hu n t e r.

“Right now, the narrative in agriculture is really out of balance, with compelling

Farmers will have to produce more food to feed a growing population, but maybe not as much more as many think. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

goals for food production but no clear sense of the progress we need to make on the environment.”

A review of recent trends in agriculture’s environmental impacts shows that they are increasing and must drop dramatically to maintain clean water and stabilize the climate, according to the researchers.

More clearly defining targets, the researchers say, will clarify the scope of the challenges that agriculture must

face in the coming decades, focusing research and policy.

“Food production and environmental protection must be treated as equal parts of agriculture’s grand challenge,” says study co-author David Mortensen, professor of weed and applied plant ecology, Penn State.

These new findings have important implications for farmers. Lower demand projections may suggest that prices will not rise as much as expected in coming decades.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Rural populations rise — near cities

Overall growth occurs around core urban areas, in cottage country and other desirable retirement regions

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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ith every passing year more Canadians live in urban areas but that doesn’t automatically mean rural populations are declining.

Rural Canada’s population is growing too — just not as fast as urban Canada.

And when a rural region becomes more populated, it’s sometimes not classified by Statistics Canada as rural anymore.

The recent 2016 census numbers show the overall rural population growing, and this isn’t a reversal of past trends, says a research affiliate with the Brandon University’s Rural Development Institute.

“Rural areas are growing. This is consistent with the past three or four censuses,” said Ray Bollman.

Those seeing their young people leaving and their community’s population thinning will shake their heads at the assertion, of course. But where rural growth is occurring is near cities, in cottage country, other popular retirement areas, and in northern areas with higher Aboriginal birth rates. The growth

“I think some analysts look at the declining share of the population in rural Canada and say, ‘Folks, that’s a basket case.’

My argument is that it is not a basket case. Because the rural population is growing.”

Ray Bollman

around cities is actually higher than in central cores in many places.

Notably, as parts of rural Canada grow, these areas also get reclassified as urban, resulting in “the rural share” of the population dropping.

“The share of non-metro and the share of rural is slowly declining,” said Bollman. “The share is declining because they’re growing more slowly.”

Rural Canada is classified as both an area with a lower population density, and with longer distances to higher population areas. But as regions grow, they lose the distinction of being a rural population.

The area around Winkler is a case in point, said Bollman. Populations around Winkler are now counted as part

of a “census metropolitan area” (CMA) because Winkler’s core population is now over 10,000.

“It (the area around the city) was part of rural and small-town data before 2011,” said Bollman. Now, with strong population growth in Winkler and surrounding area, and extensive commuting between it and Morden, and from the RM of Stanley, this region is now a CMA, and no longer classified rural.

“All of a sudden 26,838 people got reclassified,” said Bollman. “So Manitoba’s rural and small-town population went down by 26,838.”

Bollman said it may seem like a fine distinction to draw, but nonetheless an important one when looking at overall population trends related to rural Canada.

“I think some analysts look at the declining share of the population in rural Canada and say, ‘Folks, that’s a basket case,’” he said. “My argument is that it is not a basket case. Because the rural population is growing.”

The last census showed rural Canada represents 29 per cent of the population, down from 31 per cent in the previous census.

More 2016 census data will be released in early May showing trends related to aging in Canada. In 2012 the first wave of baby boomers hit 65 and that share of the population will be growing with time. Canada’s population is now approaching a scenario with more deaths than births. Some rural areas are already there.

A report done for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities asserts that to grow, these communities must attract immigrants or migrants from elsewhere in Canada, but also notes that population growth may not be the objective of every community. Growing the well-being of the community and retaining younger residents might be preferred. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

The phosphorus conundrum: low soil levels meet Lake Winnipeg pressures Experts weigh in on managing low phosphorus levels in soil, while minimizing water health impact

“The disconnect is that we can have phosphorus in the soil and, if it’s there, it’s not going to be adverse. It’s going to, in fact, be beneficial.”

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

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anitoba is in a difficult position of simultaneously having too much phosphorus and not

enough.

Manitoba Agriculture crop nutrition specialist John Heard highlighted this contradiction recently during a recent presentation at a nutrient stewardship workshop, noting phosphorus buildup in the Lake Winnipeg watershed has been a source of long-standing tension between regulators and agriculture.

A significant portion of land in Manitoba reports as phosphorus deficient.

From 2010-15, Heard told the latest cohort of agronomists to pass through Fertilizer Canada’s 4R accreditation, the percentage of soil samples testing below critical levels of phosphorus rose from 57 to 64 per cent.

“The disconnect is that we can have phosphorus in the soil and, if it’s there, it’s not going to be adverse. It’s going to, in fact, be beneficial,” he said.

Producers may be underapplying, driven by negative public attention around phosphorus or industry advice, Heard said, while acres of phosphorusintensive crops such as canola or soybeans have jumped. Canola accounted for 3.1 million acres in Manitoba in 2016, according to Statistics Canada, while soybeans rose to 1.6 million acres. According to data presented by Heard, canola may remove a pound of phosphorus from the soil for every bushel produced, while soybeans may remove 0.85 pound per bushel.

Still high At the same time, phosphorus levels in Lake Winnipeg remain high, a fact at least partially pegged to agriculture.

According to a 2013 Nutrients in Lake Winnipeg report by Environment and Climate Change Canada, the lake’s North Basin tested at 0.033 milligram of phosphorus per litre, over the 0.025-milligram-per-litre guideline. The Southern

John Heard Manitoba Agriculture

John Heard, crop nutrition specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, reports on phosphorus deficiency in soil and best practices during the recent 4R Nutrient Stewardship training in Brandon. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

Basin and Narrows likewise exceeded water quality standards, testing at 0.108 milligram per litre.

Despite the seeming dichotomy, provincial agri-ecosystems specialist Mitch Timmerman says the two issues are not mutually exclusive, nor do the solutions need to be at total odds with each other.

“On the agronomic side, it’s valid to say that phosphorus doesn’t move very well.

That’s why it needs to be, for instance, applied very close to the seed, because the young crop establishing a minimal root system can’t find the phosphorus very easily,” he said.

The issue, according to Timmerman, is when that phosphorus, rather than replenishing soil, runs off and builds up in water systems.

“We need to remind farmers to maintain levels or even build within a reasonable agronomic range, or else they may find that they are in an emergency situation down the line when fertilizer’s more expensive and certain crops, like soybeans, don’t respond so well to fertilizer either. They respond more to what’s in the soil,” Timmerman said. “So all of that paints a picture of phosphorus being a valuable resource... that’s all in the soil environment, and farmers are managing it parts per million. In the water environment, algae are responding to parts per billion to what is also a vital nutrient

for life, but algae are a nuisance kind of organism.”

Keeping it Both Heard and Timmerman pointed to banding, the process of injecting nutrients in bands under the soil as opposed to surface broadcast, to potentially mitigate run-off loss while building nutrient levels in the soil. Heard also pointed to application at seeding for higher yields and minimal phosphorus losses.

In instances where broadcast application is necessary, such as forage fields, Heard urged producers to pick their application time wisely.

“A safer time to fertilize forage fields would be after the first cut, which would be in June or July, and then it’s got all year to react with the soil, so it’s not going to be vulnerable to losses in the fall,” he said.

Timmerman further suggested producers use any on-farm manure before other product, supplement nutrients only as needed, and consider if products such as enhanced efficiency fertilizers may fit into their economic and environmental plans.

“Also take into account that too much phosphorus is applied with manure typically when the application’s based on nitrogen, so then give the field a rest. Let the subsequent crops have a chance to utilize it,” he said.

Heard advocated use of crop rotations, with extra phosphorus added to highertolerance crops and separation between phosphorus-intensive crops when building up low-phosphorus soil.

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Stockford joins Co-operator The award-winning journalist brings her farm background to the job STAFF

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lexis Stockford has joined the staff of the Manitoba Co-operator, effective this issue.

Stockford hails from the Altamont area, where she grew up on a mixed farm, and will be based in Brandon.

“The Manitoba Co-operator has an excellent team that I’m very excited to now count myself a part of,” Stockford said. “I’ve been told by my fellow staff how much they’ve enjoyed their experience and I look forward to adding some experiences of my own.”

Stockford also says she is looking forward to getting to know the issues and people of western Manitoba better in the coming weeks and months.

Stockford is a graduate of the journalism program at Thomson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C., where she won that institution’s medal for excellence in journalism.

Prior to joining the Co-operator Stockford was a staff reporter with the Morden Times.

In her spare time Stockford is an avid alpine skier, having competed in the 2007 Canada Winter Games, among other competitions. Today she continues to ski, as well as coaching junior alpine racers.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Pre-competitive advantage

T Gord Gilmour Editor

he idea of collaboration — and even mergers — among farm commodity groups has begun to find traction lately.

The latest round came at the annual CropConnect conference, which brings together a number of the smaller commodity organizations at a single event where they conduct their annual general meetings.

That event demonstrates the merits of this approach, providing farmers with a better event than any one group could

generate on its own.

Nothing is ever simple of course, so there’s one key tension ever present.

How will it be possible to balance the needs of the various commodities? How can proponents of smaller-acreage crops, for example, ensure their needs are being met and their industry promoted? How can it be guaranteed that oats won’t lose out to canola, for example?

At the same time, however, there’s compelling reasons for these groups to work together. They have so many shared interests, and in the case of the various field crops, they frequently represent much the same group of growers.

There aren’t many farmers growing wheat and barley in Manitoba who don’t also produce some canola, for example.

I think most farmers would agree that anything that reduces overhead and increases the amount of research projects and lobbying efforts is positive. It’s also going to be a helpful bulwark against ‘empire building’ that grows an organization for the benefit of those running it, rather than those it serves.

These tensions are nothing new, and they aren’t anything unique to the agriculture sector. Many other industries and businesses have grappled with it, and in these struggles, we may find a solution that helps address some of these tensions.

One of the catchphrases from the world of business and research we should pay attention to is “pre-competition.”

That’s where members of a sector — let’s use the life science sector as an example — have a large shared interest.

For example, they all benefit from charting the entire human genome.

In the early days of this discipline, this was seen as a herculean task impossible for any one organization to do. Better, the researchers decided, to collaborate on this big piece, than pursue their own interests after the legwork was done.

The result was the Human Genome Project, sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), which pulled on the resources and expertise of 20 key universities and research institutes in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Canada, and China.

There’s no arguing with results. In just over 10 years — dramatically ahead of its expected 15-year schedule — the researchers successfully mapped virtually the entire reference human genome and its more than three billion nucleotides.

In the ensuing 15 years, the information has been applied to everything from molecular medicine to research into human evolution. It has helped us understand better how to fight viruses, identify mutations linked to cancer, and also acted as a model for other similar undertakings, such as mapping the corn genome.

In Canadian agriculture a similar collaborative effort has evolved to resolve grain transportation issues. True, anything involving lobbying government is more art than science, but these issues affect many shippers of many commodities.

The various commodity groups have worked together, and even with other bulk shippers outside their own sector, to present a unified front and a shared vision for a better system to move bulk commodities to port position. Rather than all speaking independently, they surrendered some autonomy in the interest of making some real progress.

Again, it’s hard to argue with results. The outlines of upcoming transportation legislation appear to be poised to address most of the key issues the industry raised. Perhaps everyone didn’t get exactly what they wanted, but this particular effort appears to have yielded more tangible improvement than any other effort in recent memory.

Various commodities will always have their own unique interests and a desire to see their crops succeed. But at the same time, they will also represent many of the same farmers on the same issues. It is possible for them to compete for acres while working together in other areas.

As the people paying the bills, you should insist on it.

Correction:

In my last editorial (Biofuels fight, Feb. 23) I am guilty of some faulty math. In error I calculated ethanol use of corn from U.S. corn exports, not total production. The total amount of U.S. corn used for ethanol production actually tops five billion bushels, rather than 400 million bushels as I stated. My apologies for any confusion. gord.gilmour@fbcpublishing.com

CETA: A false solution to economic and political woes

BY JAN SLOMP National Farmers Union

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ince Donald Trump took office as president of the United States, a shocking list of executive orders is making people around the world uneasy about unpredictable days ahead.

Democracy and civil liberties are in peril.

It is reasonable for Canadian and European officials to respond with concern to Trump’s aberrations. But it appears that, fearing the uncertainty, they have rushed to ratify CETA. The deal offers the language of prosperity and progress, but in reality, accelerates income inequality and grassroots unrest. Both Canadian and European politicians fail to understand that decades of free trade-like policies have deprived too many U.S. citizens of their economic sustenance and thereby helped to elect Donald Trump.

The rise of the extreme right in Europe (as well as in Canada) is also fuelled by the hollowing out of the rural economy, disenfranchising the people and communities that depend upon it. CETA is a Trojan Horse that, once in effect, will further quash social, economic and environmental protection in exchange for the enrichment of offshore investors.

The European Union has ratified most of CETA’s text, but individual states must each ratify the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) measures of CETA. Many national governments now face a rapidly growing democratic movement that opposes the economic and social disempowerment of their communities that CETA entails.

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An anti-CETA protest in Vienna, Austria in 2016.

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We can only hope that as country-bycountry European opposition grows it will be a common-sense analysis and not the fear-based extreme right that prevails.

We now depend on the politicians in EU member state Parliaments to realize that democracy and quality of life will be further endangered if they ratify CETA’s ISDS measures.

Far mers in Europe understand that CETA is another threat to their livelihood.

In Canada, some farmers will see immediate income pressures as CETA comes into effect; others will find out over time that their newly offered “market opportunity” really means producing and selling a bit more, but for a lower price.

Signing CETA raises false expectations, and in the end it will only exacerbate income disparity and disenfranchise people at the grassroots.

Jan Slomp farms near Courtney, B.C., on Vancouver Island, and is president of the National Farmers’ Union.

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uckwheat was still a significant crop in Manitoba in the 1970s and 1980s, exceeding 100,000 acres some years, and SeCan was promoting the Manor variety in our Mar. 1, 1984 issue. However, acreage has declined to the point where it is no longer reported by Statistics Canada.

In that issue, we reported that the U.S. Federal Drug Administration was on the verge of awarding “Generally Regarded as Safe” (GRAS) status to Canadian canola. However, one industry official expressed caution as the industry was already having trouble filling domestic and Japanese demand. “Maybe we can’t handle any more,” he said.

But another story reported that the Canada Grains Council was forecasting a 22 per cent increase to seven million acres that year.

At a Manitoba Beef Commission meeting in Russell, farmers heard that the commission was tightening regulations to catch cheaters in its price stabilization program. Farmers were attesting to the age of animals sold, but then claiming they’d made a mistake on a calf’s age when they found there was a higher payment for yearlings.

Meanwhile, at a meeting in Saskatchewan federal Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan described plans for a federal/provincial beef stabilization program, with a possible support payment of 50-55 per cent of the difference between the current and 10-year average price, indexed for inflation.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

New boss, same brawls The fate of the U.S. Farm Bill is far from certain in this new landscape

BY ALAN GUEBERT

It is not at all evident that the Trump White House will support any Farm Bill let alone much-needed changes in the 2014 law.

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he Trump administration’s tur tle-slow star t with the Republican-led Congress bodes ill for what it and Republicans said would be a busy legislative year. Tax reform, replacing Obamacare, raising the debt ceiling, and a 2018 budget all await initial action.

The GOP chairmen of the House and Senate ag committees, however, aren’t waiting on any White House signal to begin work. They have a Farm Bill to write and pass before the current law expires in 2018.

In fact, the House committee kicked off its Farm Bill work with testimony on the stumbling ag economy Feb. 15 in Washington, D.C. The Senate committee began Feb. 23 with a hearing in the backyard of chairman Pat Roberts, Manhattan, Kan. Their quick 2017 start, however, does not mean a quick 2018 ending.

For proof, recall the tortured path travelled by the 2014 Farm Bill, as Sara Wyant suggested to readers in a lengthy Feb. 10 posting at Agri-Pulse. com. In fact, it was to be the 2012 Farm Bill, not 2014, and House hearings for it began on April 10, 2010.

On Feb. 7, 2014, when the bill was signed into law, no one celebrated because the brutal, four-year slugfest that delivered it had fractured decades-old political coalitions that had

worked together to balance American farm and food interests that protected both farmers and the poor.

The biggest holdup was Tea Party budget hawks whose focus was cost, not policy. Their refusal to support any Farm Bill that didn’t slash the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the former food stamp program, stalled the Farm Bill at almost every turn.

Their fiery demands were fuelled even more by the ground-shifting, 2010 midterm election. Caught in the quicksand was Blanche Lincoln, the first woman and first Arkansan ever to chair the Senate Ag Committee.

She was clobbered in her 2010 reelection bid just five months after Farm Bill hearings began that year.

House ag chairman Collin Peterson fared better — he was re-elected in 2010 — but he lost the committee’s gavel to Oklahoma’s Frank Lucas when Republicans overwhelmed Democrats to easily retake the House.

This Farm Bill fight could be even longer, harder, and costlier. For exam-

ple, in 2013, the year today’s governing bill took its final shape, U.S. net farm income hit an all-time record, $123.7 billion. Two weeks ago, however, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasted 2017 net farm income at half that, or $62.3 billion.

Will yesterday’s farm policy — essentially government-subsidized revenue insurance that has no ability whatsoever to lift revenue — work for today’s falling commodity markets, falling land prices, and falling farm income?

Not a chance, says Daryll Ray and Harwood Schaffer in their latest Policy Pennings column from the University of Tennessee. That Farm Bill’s “programs simply backfill low prices with inadequate payments and do nothing to reduce the modest amount of surplus production that is the cause of the low prices.”

In short, a new Farm Bill that simply updates the insurance-centric 2014 law will doom U.S. farmers and ranchers to more years of financial calamity.

Fa r m l e n d e r s , a g s u p p l i e r s , and budget hawks, you listening?

Denying today’s farm and ranch reality ensures farm policy failure and, right behind it, farm and ranch failure.

Even if ag and congressional leaders address this evident need, it is not at all evident that the Trump White House will support any Farm Bill let alone much-needed changes in the 2014 law. Early indications aren’t hopeful.

Top Trump aide Stephen Miller (who co-authored the president’s grim inaugural address) helped sink recent immigration reform, a farm and ranch priority, while on the staff of then senator, now attorney general, Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican.

A l s o, Pa u l Wi n f re e, a f o r m e r Heritage Foundation economist, now ser ves as Trump’s director of budget policy. It’s a lofty perch from which to advocate a longsought Heritage Foundation goal: deep cuts in SNAP spending. If he succeeds, the weakened farmurban coalition that carried previous Farm Bills over the finish line may be gone for good.

In the meantime, the 2018 Farm Bill has left the barn. Where it goes from here is impossible to guess.

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

Soybean bulls may not find a friend in U.S. crush The numbers suggest crushers are beginning to oversupply the meal market

BY KAREN BRAUN Reuters

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he United States has crushed an unprecedented amount of soybeans since the harvest began last fall, but there have not been as many buyers as processors had hoped for, and this could end up burdensome on domestic soybean supply.

Data released by the National Oilseed Processors Association Feb. 15 showed that its members crushed 160.621 million bushels last month, which m a r k e d t h e t h i rd b u s i e s t January on record.

U.S. soybean processors have crushed 3.4 per cent more soybeans between Sept. 1 and Jan. 31 than the previous record for the period, which was set in 2007-08 and was matched again in 2015-16.

The crushing of soybeans to produce high-protein soymeal for animal feed had been the primary use for the oilseed in the United States up until last year, when exports took the No. 1 spot in the face of heightened global demand. But domestic crush is still expanding and is expected to reach an all-time high this year.

The big monthly crush numbers so far in 2016-17 have the soybean markets’ attention and are among several factors that have kept Chicago soybean

futures elevated amid projections for the large carry-out and bumper South American crops.

But perhaps soybean processors have overdone it, as soymeal supply is piling up in rural America faster than the end-users have been purchasing it. This situation could become a strain to domestic prices in some form.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has forecast a record 1.93 billion bushels of soybeans to be crushed by Aug. 31, which appears well on its way to becoming a reality.

But without a considerable adjustment to crush or the already-large 2.05-billionbushel export target, domestic year-end soybean supply – or carry-out – will end up much higher than what has been seen in recent years.

Healthy margins Elevated futures prices in the soy products over the past month or so have been a deterrent for the physical buyers but an encouragement to crushers.

The record crushing pace in the first five months of the 2016-17 marketing year has led to such a buildup of soymeal supply that cash discounts to meal futures this month fell to their widest levels in at least 17 years.

Meanwhile, soybean processors have been reporting that demand from livestock and

poultry producers has been light as buyers have been delaying purchases waiting for better prices.

But crush margins have been good and the processing plants have continued operations, especially since the U.S. farmer has been willing to unload soybeans in the price environment of the past several months.

Perceived issues with the Argentine soybean crop in mid-January catapulted CBOT soymeal futures to the highest price levels in six months, and this continues to support the higher margins.

Not only is the domestic supply of soymeal plentiful, but there is stiffer-than-usual competition from other feed sources.

Record U.S. ethanol production has led to a buildup of its byproduct – distillers dried grains (DDGs) – another common animal feed. Additionally, the anti-dumping investigation launched last year by China, a key buyer of U.S. DDGs, has dramatically curbed domestic exports to the East Asian country. Cash prices for DDGs are at their lowest levels in over two years.

Too much crush?

Since the soybean marketing year began in September, analysts polled by Reuters each month prior to the NOPA data release have ever so slightly

underestimated monthly crush volumes on the whole. This is in contrast to the previous three years in which analysts had a slight high bias in their estimates over the same period.

Making the same comparison with monthly soyoil stocks reveals that the same analysts have been underestimating monthly soyoil stocks as a whole in 2016-17 – in contrast to the previous three years which had analysts overestimating the monthly supply.

What these two figures might suggest is that U.S. soybean processors are simply crushing more soybeans than what the market would logically assume given the current price levels – and in turn soyoil stocks are piling up at a faster rate.

U.S. soybean crushing historically pumps the brakes in February, so a big slowdown relative to last month would be expected. But the reduction in activity this month may not necessarily indicate a pullback in crushing relative to the longterm picture.

USDA tendencies In the past 20 years, the largest-ever increase in final U.S. s oy b e a n c r u s h ov e r w h a t the USDA had projected in February was 5.45 per cent in 2012 for the 2011-12 marketing year. This also represents the largest such deviation in the months moving forward –

as future USDA forecasts will start moving closer to the final number.

Assuming a very optimistic end to 2016-17 and applying 2012’s deviation to USDA’s current 1.93-billion-bushel forecast would bump crush to 2.035 billion bushels.

This would reduce carryout to 315 million bushels from the current projection of 420 million with exports left untouched – well above last year’s 197 million bushels.

There is a chance that unlike previous years, USDA will not have to crank up U.S. soybean exports late in the year. So if this proves true, carry-out will almost certainly be well above last year’s levels at the end of the marketing year unless cr ush finds some unprecedented boost in the coming months.

But crush projections are not typically volatile from now until the figures are finalized later in the year. In fact, USDA’s soybean export numbers are historically subject to adjustments more than twice the size of those to crush over the next several months.

A n d U S D A’s p o t e n t i a l upcoming revisions to both crush and exports are going to determine whether 2016-17 U.S. soybean carry-out stays at the current levels over the next several months or drops as in previous years.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

FROM PAGE ONE

photo: jeannette greaves

SNOW Continued from page 1

funds might be available once the snow flies again in late 2017.

Lloyd Leganchuk, chief administrator for the Rural Municipality of Boissevain-Morton, said an unexpected $30,000 was spent on snow-clearing contractors in the last budget period.

“The January to Dec. 31 budget did not have any special snow removal,” he said. “Usually we can handle all of that work with our own equipment, but this year, because of the amount of snow we got, we had to hire (contractors) and rent equipment, and that wasn’t in the budget.”

The RM plans to offset the expense through decreases in its 2017 road budget.

Boissevain topped provincial snow accumulations, according to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, an international volunteer-based weather-monitoring organiza-

tion. The Boissevain station reported 153.7 centimetres of snow between Nov. 1, 2016 and Feb. 24, 2017, ahead of the 151.1 centimetres reported in Morris, 106.7-142.5 centimetres reported in Morden and between 124-135.6 centimetres reported in Steinbach.

Excess snow caused no damage to municipal buildings in the RM of Boissevain-Morton, Leganchuk said, but he added several residents had buildings come down due to snow load.

To the east, structural damage was reported in the Rural Municipality of Lorne. A Pembina Co-op branch in St. Leon had operations disrupted in December when the roof of a major storage shed collapsed, also damaging stock.

“Pretty much the whole roof caved in,” branch manager Robert Lesage said, adding that total loss from the incident is still being determined.

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“Usually we can handle all of that work with our own equipment, but this year, because of the amount of snow we got, we had to hire and rent equipment, and that wasn’t in the budget.”

Lloyd Leganchuk Rural Municipality of Boissevain-Morton

The wooden shed was not scheduled to be replaced prior to its collapse, Lesage said, though the structure was decades old.

The Municipality of WallaceWoodworth and Municipality of Stanley are also among those adjusting to high snow-clearing costs.

Garth Mitchell, chief administrator for the Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, estimated current snow-clearing cost at 30 per cent higher than an average year.

“The good thing about events happening earlier in the year, it does give opportunity to adjust your budget numbers accordingly, so Jan. 1 on, we’ve been able to incorporate that into our 2017 projections, so overall we’ll be OK,” he said.

Both the RM of WallaceWoodworth and RM of Stanley reported high traffic on graders and snow-clearing equipment, although the RM of Stanley has said exact budgetary impact of the winter is unknown and may still be affected by incoming storms.

“There wouldn’t have been more than three days this winter that our equipment has not been out working, not leaving much time for repairs and maintenance,” Pete Froese, RM of Stanley deputy reeve, said.

“This winter has certainly reinforced to us the importance of our equipment renewal program and ensuring our equipment is ready to move when needed.”

Two new graders appeared in the RM of Stanley’s draft budget earlier this year, a cost of roughly $200,000.

Related concerns have emerged as unseasonably warm temperatures through early February turn attentions to flood forecasting and the spring melt.

A significant por tion of Boissevain’s chart-topping snow base has already thawed, Leganchuk said, while the RM of Stanley has hired contractors to open drains and culverts.

“The recent early melt forced us to change gears quickly from ridging snow in fields to alleviate snow drifting; then two weeks later it’s all hands on deck opening up ditches and drains making a path for water to flow,” RM of Stanley chief administrator Dale Toews said. “It is a challenge dealing with weather shifts like this with so much snow out there.”

The municipality has cautioned, however, that newly reopened drains may be more prone to freeze-up should temperatures once again drop.

Environment Canada has forecast a return to seasonable temperatures below freezing through early March.

Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier says KAP’s current funding scheme is inefficient and frustrating. photo: allan dawson FUNDING Continued from page 1

Even though designated buyers, including elevator companies, are obliged under law to collect the checkoff, some don’t.

And sometimes farmers don’t quite reach the maximum required for KAP membership and the organization is required to refund all of the money. However, KAP will contact the farmer and ask if he or she will contribute the rest directly.

“For every dollar farmers are paying to KAP through this checkoff system 40 cents has to go back out unfortunately,” KAP general manager James Battershill said in a previous interview in January.

That discussion happened after Eichler announced at Ag Days his plans to explore a different funding option as part of the government’s promise to cut red tape.

“It’s not because of optouts, it is because of overpayments of memberships unfortunately. The purchasers are quite frustrated as well,” Battershill said.

“There is no way for us to improve it significantly. We have worked with them (buyers) over the past two years to try and find solutions to these challenges, but unfortunately it is just a poorly designed system for an organization structured like ours.”

KAP wasn’t involved in setting up the government’s survey, Mazier said. And while KAP has long sought changes, “this is a government initiative, not ours, he said.

“This is about streamlining.

The net outcome I don’t think is going to be changed, but again government can make it any way it wants.”

KAP is hoping a new system will result in less revenue “slippage,” but most importantly, be easier to administer and less frustrating for farmers and farm product buyers.

The provincial government hasn’t proposed any alternatives yet.

KAP has looked at options, including programs in British Columbia and the Maritimes

tying membership payments to government services.

Fo r e x a m p l e, f a r m e r s might have to pay up before being eligible to use coloured (cheaper) fuel or to get certain farm tax deductions.

The current checkoff under the Agricultural Producers Funding Act goes back to 1988 — four years after KAP was created. It was welcomed by KAP because it provided more stable funding than soliciting directly from farmers. A lack of stable funding was seen as the major reason farm groups were weak.

KAP rose from the ashes of the Manitoba Farm Bureau (MFB) that self-destructed in the early 1980s over the Crow Rate — a contentious grain transportation policy.

The MFB was an umbrella farm organization, made up of livestock and grain organizations, including Manitoba Pool Elevators. It enjoyed stable funding thanks especially to some of the bigger groups, but lacked direct farmer membership.

Under the Agricultural Producers Funding Act just one Manitoba general farm organization (GFO) at a time is allowed access to legislated stable funding. That has been KAP since the act came into effect. The designation, which GFOs apply for from the government-appointed Farm Products Marketing Council, runs for two years at a time.

T h e Na t i o n a l Fa r m e r s Union (NFU) says the government stable funding should exist for all general farm organizations including the NFU, by allowing farmers to select under a stable funding scheme, where their membership contributions go.

Ontario, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, have that system.

“Some farmers belong to more than one GFO and the Manitoba government should allow for this option,” the NFU said in a news release in January.

At the time Eichler said it was too soon to comment on the NFU’s request. allan@fbcpublishing.com

have your say The survey is at: http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/ surveys-and-consultations/kap-funding-modelquestionnaire.html.

The survey can be filled in online or downloaded then either emailed, faxed or mailed in.

Email: agboards@gov.mb.ca. Fax: 204-945-1489.

Mail: Manitoba Agriculture Boards, Commissions and Legislation 812-401 York Avenue, Winnipeg, Man. R3C 0P8.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Saskatchewan farmer pays up after breaching plant breeders’ rights Seed companies warn infringers potentially face significant costs, not only for unpaid royalties but also the investigation and court costs

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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anada has had plant breeders’ rights (PBR) regulations for 25 years, yet some farmers still breach them.

Dustin Hawkins, who farms near Kincaid, Sask., is the latest to be penalized for the unauthorized advertising and sale of durum wheat varieties AC Transcend and AC Strongfield, whose rights are held by FP Genetics and SeCan, respectively.

The PBR infractions occurred in 2015, Todd Hyra, SeCan’s business manager for Western Canada, said in an interview Feb. 23.

Un d e r P B R r u l e s f a r m ers can save seed from a crop they have grown to plant subsequent crops, so long as they haven’t agreed in a contract with the seed seller not to. However, farmers cannot sell that seed to other farmers to plant without the plant breeder’s permission.

Hawkins agreed to a cash settlement that compensates the seed companies for unpaid royalties related to the unauthorized sale of those varieties and to cover the seed companies’ legal and investigative costs, FP Genetics and SeCan said in a joint news release.

Hawkins also signed a declaration that he will not sell those varieties for seed.

“Seed sellers need to be aware of the rules,” FP Genetics’ CEO Rod Merryweather said in the release. “If a variety is protected

by PBR, it is protected whether you call it common seed or you call it by the variety name.

Infringers need to be aware it is not just a matter of paying royalties owing when you get caught.

Settlement normally includes royalties, investigative and legal costs, and other damages, which can result in very substantial payments.”

The release didn’t say how much Hawkins had to pay and Hyra declined to say either.

“We want to educate people (about plant breeders’ rights), but we don’t necessarily want to get into all of the details,” Hyra said.

How e v e r, a y e a r a g o a Saskatchewan farmer agreed to pay $150,000 after making unauthorized sales of two SeCan PBR protected varieties — CDC Bethune flax and AC Strongfield durum wheat.

SeCan said at the time it was its largest PBR infringement settlement yet. The previous one was for $120,000 in 2013.

Plant breeders’ rights first came into effect in Canada i n 1 9 9 2 u n d e r U P OV ’ 7 8 (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants).

Two years ago Canada implem e n t e d U P OV ’91, which strengthens breeders’ rights and allows breeders to collect royalties at different points in the value chain. Under both provisions farmers could save seed of protected varieties for their own use, but not sell to other farmers to grow, Hyra said.

“The majority of any cereal varieties released in the last 15

years is all protected by PBR,” Lorne Hadley, executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency, which helps to enforce breeders’ rights said.

“This includes durum wheat.

There have been some recent changes to the act, but PBR has been in place for 25 years with considerable investment in education and an increasing number of publicized enforcement actions. After 25 years everyone should know the rules.”

Despite that, some farmers are breaching the regulation. Some are even open about it running ads on the online classified platform Kijiji.ca and local swapand-shop radio programs, as well as on Facebook and Twitter, Hyra said. “ We have found infringers through various ways,” he said, “including other farmers,

even neighbours who believe infringers are abusing the system to the detriment of honest farmers.

“The whole goal of plant breeders’ rights is to encourage investments in Canada to make sure we get the best products possible for Canadian farmers,” Hyra said. “By enforcing the rights we are showing plant breeders here at home and around the world that when they bring something to Canada they have a chance to get rewarded for their investment and continue to try to encourage that to go forward. That is really the take-home message and that is what plant breeders’ rights are intended to do — to make sure we continue to get that investment for farmers.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Electronic voting option for Manitoba Canola Growers Association election this year During their annual meeting members passed a bylaw allowing for electronic voting but defeated one to give the board the authority to replace preferential ballots with other voting systems

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) president Chuck Fossay says the association plans to include electronic voting, along with traditional mail-in ballots, during the election for directors this fall. MCGA members approved a bylaw allowing electronic voting at their annual meeting Feb. 16. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

he Manitoba Canola G r ow e r s A s s o c i a t i o n (MCGA) plans to include electronic voting, as well as a mail-in ballot, during board of directors elections this fall.

“We want to make our organization as democratic as possible and we can only do that if we get more people involved,” MCGA president Chuck Fossay said in an interview Feb. 27.

MCGA members approved a bylaw allowing for electronic and paper ballots at their annual meeting Feb. 16 during CropConnect in Winnipeg.

“We are just trying to make it easier for farmers to participate in the (MCGA directors’) election process,” MCGA president

and meeting chair Chuck Fossay told members before voting on the proposed bylaw.

The proposed bylaw, which was approved without prompting debate, allows the MCGA’s board, via a resolution, to determine if paper, electronic or both types of ballots will be used.

It’s the current board’s intent to include electronic voting, probably via the Internet, Fossay said. But should it be impractical the board isn’t compelled to do it.

Half the MCGA’s eight-member board is up for election every two years, including 2017. An election is held if more than five people seek the four positions.

Under term rules, incumbent directors Ed Rempel of Starbuck and Brian Chorney of East Selkirk can’t run this year because they both have served

the maximum three consecutive, four-year terms.

In the 2015, 2011 and 2009 elections only 14, 16 and 11 per cent of the mail-in ballots were returned. The MCGA’s board hopes electronic voting will be more convenient and therefore result in more members voting.

A second proposed bylaw to allow MCGA’s board to decide the voting system — the current preferential ballot, first past the post or other options — was defeated 12 to seven.

Fossay said if the bylaw change was approved it would give the board the flexibility to select the voting system rather than being locked in by a bylaw.

But several MCGA members and at least one director disagreed.

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March 3-5: Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers annual banquet, Elkhorn Resort, 3 Mooswa Dr. E., Onanole. For more info or registration forms visit www.oyfmanitoba.ca.

March 6-7: Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference, Hyatt Regency, 700 Centre St. SE, Calgary. Early-bird deadline Jan. 15. For more info visit www. advancingwomenconference.ca.

March 7-9: Canola Council of Canada annual convention, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info visit canolacouncil.org.

March 8-10: Canadian Cattlemen’s Association annual general meeting, Ottawa Marriott Hotel, 100 Kent St., Ottawa. For more info visit www.cattle.ca (click on “News/Events”).

March 10-11: Manitoba Direct Farm Marketing Conference, Access Event Centre, 111-D Gilmour St., Morden. For more info call Manitoba Agriculture at 204-821-5322.

March 15-16: CanoLAB 2017 workshops, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Credit Union Place, 200 First St. SE, Dauphin. For more info or to register visit canolacouncil.org/what-we-do/upcom ing-events/.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Manitoba energy bar reaches the stars Niverville-based Colleen Dyck was headed to the Academy Awards last week with her GORP energy bar to be featured in an exclusive trade show at the glitzy event

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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made-in-Manitoba energy bar was off to the Oscars last week.

Colleen Dyck, the Niverville farmer who created the GORP Clean Energy Bar was headed to Los Angeles, where her product was to be featured at a special trade show held at the Academy Awards.

Known as the Luxury Gifting Suite, the show participants were selected from Canada, the U.S and abroad and are showcased to 150 celebrities who visit the booths to see and sample the products.

Dyck was attending the show along with Manitoba Chef Peter Fehr of Gourmet Inspirations, where the two expected to meet and have photos taken with Hollywood stars. The photos can be used in marketing and social media, and presence at the show also offers opportunities to network with other retailers.

Fifty companies are featured in the gifting suite. GORP and Gourmet Inspirations were the only two from Manitoba.

GORP bars are made from homegrown grains and other i n g re d i e n t s p r o d u c e d o n the Dyck family’s southern Manitoba farm.

Dyck began developing the energy bar in 2005 while training as a triathlete. The bars were eventually picked up by companies like Mountain Equipment Co-op, and the North West Company and today are sold in 600 stores across Canada. They are also official team snacks of the Winnipeg Jets and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Dyck told reporters last week she was very excited about this opportunity and the potential it opens for her to start selling her energy bars in the U.S. too.

The GORP bar took the top prize at the Great Manitoba Food Fight of 2009.

Dyck today employs up to 20 full- and part-time staff, making energy bars in processing facilities located in the lower levels of the Dycks’ family farm home in Niverville.

GORP is an acronym coined in the 1960s that stands for “good old raisins and peanuts.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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“I think the board of directors should kindly respect the wishes of the members who previously passed a request that was heavily debated at the time that there be a preferential ballot system put in place,” Deleau farmer Ian Robson said.

“You have a recommendation already on the books asking for preferential ballots.”

Lowe Farm farmer Dean Harder said he opposed allowing the voting method being up to the board of directors.

“I think it could lead to confusion,” he said.

At their 2009 annual meeting in Brandon MCGA members voted in favour of a resolution to use a preferential ballot, also known as a ‘ranked ballot,’ for electing directors. The purpose of the preferential ballot is to ensure those elected have 50 per cent plus one of the votes, rather than just the most votes, which occurs with first-past-the-post system used in federal and provincial government elections.

During past MCGA elections the four candidates with the highest number of votes were elected.

“We realize the second resolution (on the voting system) is a

“We want to make our organization as democratic as possible and we can only do that if we get more people involved.”

Chuck Fossay

little bit more controversial, but I would like to point out that every time you have an (MCGA) election under the preferential ballot system the preferential ballot hasn’t affected who won,” Fossay said. “In essence whoever got the most votes on the first count, even though he didn’t get 50 per cent plus one, that person was the one who was elected to the board. It appears the preferential ballot if you have several candidates running for one position it does seem to work. However, when you have more than four candidates running for four positions it doesn’t seem to affect the results. We wanted the freedom as a board to make the decision in the future on how the ballots could be cast. We might retain the preferential ballot or… some future board might make the decision, for whatever reason, to go to a different format such as back to first past the post. We just wanted the freedom to do that.”

Hordean farmer John Dueck said the preferential ballot was an important concept when he moved the original resolution to implement it and it still is. It should remain unless there is some “compelling reason to change it,” he said.

MCGA director and Shoal Lake farmer Bill Nicholson also opposed the proposed bylaw change.

“It is my view that the methods of election, whether it is first past the post or preferential or whatever, should be written into the bylaw and approved by members as we currently have,” he said. “This would be a departure from that. I feel it is not the best process.”

Bu t M CG A d i re c t o r Ed Rempel, who opposed the preferential ballot in 2009 arguing it would add cost with little effect on election outcomes, said the preferential ballot “is a confusing system.”

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“A lot of people would just like to choose four candidates in no particular order,” Rempel said.

“We certainly don’t want to disenfranchise anyone. That is not why we are here.”

Rempel also objected to contentions the organization has problems counting votes, calling for members to approach the debate with “a sense of fairness.”

Growing canola is complex too, countered Dueck. An explanation of how a preferential ballot works can be sent to voters, he added.

Robson also said he opposed leaving the voting method up to the board of directors.

Dauphin farmer and a former MCGA director, Ernie Sirski, also opposed the bylaw.

“It behooves me Mr. Chairman to agree with Mr. Robson and Mr. Harder,” Sirski said. “This was a resolution that was passed at an annual meeting by our members to have the preferential ballot. I agree with the comments of the other two individuals that this would put a lot of power in the hands of the directors before an election so I would have to oppose this resolution.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 80.00 - 90.00 D3 Cows 63.00 - 74.00 Bulls 92.00 - 102.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

140.00 - 159.50 (801-900 lbs.)

150.00 - 162.00 (701-800 lbs.)

155.00 - 175.00 (601-700 lbs.)

165.00 - 196.75 (501-600 lbs.)

185.00 - 216.00 (401-500 lbs.)

190.00 - 227.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

115.00 - 146.00 (801-900 lbs.)

128.00 - 150.00 (701-800 lbs.)

138.00 - 160.50 (601-700 lbs.)

145.00 - 167.00 (501-600 lbs.)

150.00 - 178.00 (401-500 lbs.)

160.00 - 186.00

Heifers

($/cwt) (1,000+ lbs.)

(850+ lbs.)

Alberta South — — 90.00 - 103.00 77.00 - 91.00 108.80 - 108.80 $ 153.00 - 162.00 157.00 - 165.00 161.00 - 176.00 175.00 - 195.00 194.00 - 216.00 211.00 - 234.00 $ 140.00 - 148.00 146.00 - 155.00 150.00 - 164.00 154.00 - 170.00 164.00 - 184.00 172.00 - 195.00

Futures (February 17th, 2017) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change February 2017 116.53 -1.13 April 2017 113.25 -1.58 June 2017 104.15 -1.13 August 2017 100.43 -1.33 October 2017 100.75 -1.38 December 2017 101.90 -1.18

Feeder Cattle March 2017 April 2017 May 2017 August 2017 September 2017 October 2017

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

February 17th, 2017

DAVE SIMS CNSC

Close 123.83 123.75 122.60 123.73 122.88 121.63

Change 0.20 -1.30 -0.55 -1.03 -1.05 -0.78

Week Ending Feb 11th, 2017 794 25,390 12,038 341 523 10,352 263

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 1,044 23,004 9,132 379 405 9,731 295

Hog Prices (Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)

MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)

Source: Manitoba Agriculture Current Week 191E 179E 179.02

Last Week 183.71 171.74 172.07

Last Year (Index 100) 179.83 167.18 164.45

179.73

172.05

168.28

PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

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Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year­ 44,674 11,634 33,040 NA 547,000

U.S. buyers take pass on Manitoba cattle, for now Buyers from Ontario helped take up the market slack

Ontario 137.83 - 153.36 129.31 - 151.65 68.01 - 90.30 68.01 - 90.30 89.13 - 106.62 $ 161.69 - 186.44 160.68 - 183.79 154.45 - 183.56 144.22 - 195.72 167.00 - 205.99 162.68 - 212.33 $ 133.08 - 154.30 145.82 - 167.67 143.33 - 170.68 149.98 - 181.64 137.36 - 175.73 155.95 - 189.53

$

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Week Ending Feb 11th, 2017 50,606 13,069 37,537 NA 574,000

$1 Cdn: $0.7648 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3074 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices

Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: Feb. 10, 2017

M

anitoba auction yards saw a good influx of cattle at reasonable prices during the week ended Feb. 24, even as U.S. buyers continued to shy away from making trips north of the border.

“There’s no demand for these cattle to move south today,” said Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying Co. Cattle buyers in big-volume states such as Nebraska are getting the same return from local sources as from Canadian auction yards, he said.

“So they’re going to buy domestically before they’ll buy a cow with a Canadian brand on it,” he said. “An 850-lb. steer is worth as much up here as it is delivered down there.”

Cash purchases across the border have been quiet with the exception of some classes of heifers. However, most of the animals that are going are medium-framed varieties that are discounted in Canada.

Part of the issue is that it’s a very cautious market right now with little, if any, forward pricing, according to Wright.

“The lighter the calves, the further above the market we’re buying,” he said. “It’s very cautious; there’s no forward contracting on feeder cattle this particular time that are worthwhile signing.”

Fortunately for ranchers in Manitoba, buyers from Ontario have been helping pick up the slack in recent auctions. Wright noted heavier-class animals were holding their own over the past week, despite the lack of U.S. interest.

Buyers also remember the losses they suf-

rick wright Heartland Order Buying Co.

fered last year, he said, when the market came off the highs it had been enjoying.

“Everyone is cautious; they took heavy losses last year which put them in cautious mode,” he said, Last week’s strong volumes may have been influenced by warm weather, a need to free up some pen space and the potential onset of road restrictions in rural areas.

“So that all prompted a little more volume coming in than the previous week,” he said.

At the same time, he believes the volumes will only last for another couple of weeks before they start to subside. A lot of the cattle heading to auction yards right now are the home-raised variety, late weaned because of the weather, he said.

“So the guys are just at the point where they’re closing in on salable. This volume in Manitoba isn’t going to last,” said Wright.

That realization is also tempered by the fact that Ontario demand could decline in the near future. “Fed cattle prices in Ontario are under pressure,” said Wright.

Slaughter in Ontario isn’t running at peak capacity, he added. “They also don’t have the leverage with the packers that the western feedlots have right now.”

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

Futures (February 17th, 2017) in U.S. Hogs

Close

February 2017

75.31

Change 1.09

April 2017 May 2017 June 2017 July 2017

69.83 74.70 78.30 78.53

-0.95 -0.10 -0.25 0.55

Other Market Prices

CHICAGO / Reuters Winnipeg Wooled Fats

Choice (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Tyson Foods accelerates shift away from antibiotics in chicken

BY TOM POLANSEK

Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

briefs

— — — — — —

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 2010 Under 1.2 kg..................................................$1.5130 1.2 - 1.65 kg....................................................$1.3230 1.65 - 2.1 kg....................................................$1.3830 2.1 - 2.6 kg.....................................................$1.3230

Turkeys Minimum prices as of March 5, 2017 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................................$1.910 Undergrade ....................................... $1.820 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ........................................$1.790 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ........................................$1.790 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.870 Undergrade.......................................... $1.785 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 115.26 - 162.99 207.06 - 228.30 230.51 - 247.06 237.02 - 263.18 263.94 - 341.71 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

Eggs Minimum prices to producers for ungraded eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board effective November 10, 2013.

New Previous A Extra Large $2.00 $2.05 A Large 2.00 2.05 A Medium 1.82 1.87 A Small 1.40 1.45 A Pee Wee 0.3775 0.3775 Nest Run 24 + 1.8910 1.9390 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg ( Hd Fats) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 134.33 - 419.25 — 100.09 - 301.84

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Tyson Foods says its company-branded retail chicken products will be from birds raised without antibiotics by sometime in June.

The move, announced by a top company executive Feb. 21, speeds up the meat sector’s already-occurring shift away from the drugs.

The change will make Tyson, which is the largest U.S. chicken processor, into the world’s leading producer of chicken raised without antibiotics, said Sally Grimes, the company’s president of North American retail, on a webcast of an industry conference.

It challenges other chicken companies, such as privately held Perdue Farms, that compete for sales to consumers concerned about the use of antibiotics in

meat production. In October, Perdue said it had become the first major poultry company to eliminate the routine use of all antibiotics.

“We think that we can be very competitive in that space in the next 12 months,” said Noel White, Tyson’s chief operations officer, on the webcast.

Scientists have warned that the routine use of antibiotics to promote growth and prevent illness in healthy farm animals has contributed to rising numbers of dangerous human infections from antibioticresistant bacteria dubbed “superbugs.”

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that at least two million people in the United States are infected with drug-resistant bacteria each year and that 23,000 die as a direct result.

Tyson previously said it would remove antibiotics that are important to human medicine from its chicken production by autumn 2017.

It announced the latest change as new chief executive Tom Hayes is finding his footing after taking over for Donnie Smith on Dec. 31.

Toronto ($/cwt) 29.50 - 64.00 62.88 - 85.40

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

Overwintering canola acres remain mystery for markets

Average quotes as of February 24, 2017 ($/tonne)

Crush margins have narrowed, but profits are still there Phil-Franz Warkentin CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola moved lower during the week ended Feb. 24, hitting its softest levels of the past month. From a buyer’s perspective, however, the oilseed is actually looking more expensive than it was a month ago.

The May contract settled at $516.70 per tonne on Feb. 24, losing roughly $8 on the week and $20 from its nearby highs hit only two weeks earlier. A $20 drop is usually seen as a good buying opportunity, but the futures only tell one part of the story.

The latest losses in the futures were tied to month-end long liquidation, spillover from the declines in soyoil and palm oil, and the general expectations in the wider vegetable oil market for a big South American soybean crop. Canola is caught up in that general bearishness, but is also holding its own to some extent, due in part to uncertainty over tightening supplies going forward. The question of just how much canola left to overwinter will be harvested this spring is another wild card.

Crush margins lost about $10 over the course of the week, and are down by $20 from a month ago, when canola was trading at about the same price it is now. That means buying the same tonne of canola now, versus a month ago, puts $20 less in the buyer’s pocket despite the fact that the cost is exactly the same.

However, with margins at about $80 a tonne above the futures, the profits are still

Basis

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

201.45

33.64

235.09

W. Manitoba wheat

201.45

17.64

219.09

E. Manitoba canola

514.40

-19.76

514.40

W. Manitoba canola

514.40

-29.86

484.54 Source: pdqinfo.ca

there and end-users show no signs of slowing their demand. That demand will need to be rationed, which is keeping canola lagging the other oilseeds to the downside.

In the U.S., soybeans fell on expectations for a sizable increase in U.S. acres this spring and the good South American crop prospects.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture held its Annual Outlook Forum during the week, and pegged U.S. soybean area in 2017 at 88 million acres, which would be a 5.5 per cent increase from the previous year. Many private estimates are even higher, as soybeans are trading at their widest premium to corn in 20 years.

While the large acres may be bearish, USDA’s data also included a slight increase in expected average prices for the year compared with 2016-17, with rising demand for U.S. soybeans from both the export sector and domestic processors.

Corn acres in the U.S. are forecast to be down on the year, to 90 million. That smaller acreage base provided some support, but corn futures still moved lower in sympathy with soybeans.

Activity in the three U.S. wheat markets was choppier during the week, although the bias was generally lower following soybeans and corn. However, USDA’s numbers were a bit supportive as far as wheat was concerned.

Total U.S. wheat stocks are expected to tighten in 2017-18, while the acreage base (winter and spring wheat combined) is forecast to fall 8.3 per cent, to 46 million acres.

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

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

Future

Port Prices As of Friday, February 24, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

153.95

-1.46

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

244.99

-8.90

Canola Thunder Bay

530.30

-2.40

Canola Vancouver

540.30

-2.40

Closing Futures Prices

As of Thursday, February 23, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

516.70

-1.00

ICE milling wheat

236.00

6.00

ICE barley

137.00

2.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

203.47

2.76

Chicago SRW wheat

164.61

2.57

Kansas City HRW wheat

171.59

3.95

Corn

145.96

0.98

Oats

162.11

-4.38

Soybeans

376.35

-3.03

Soymeal

369.94

-4.30

Soyoil

720.37

-4.85

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, February 24, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

n/a

n/a

Feed barley

152.49

4.13

n/a

n/a

474.78

2.36

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

208.14

1.30

Soybeans

401.61

-5.51

Sunflower (NuSun) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT)

14.70

unch

Sunflower (Confection) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT)

Ask

Ask

Western Canadian wheat bids mixed Average CWRS prices were up as much as $2 per tonne in Manitoba

BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN CNS Canada

S

pring wheat bids in Western Canada were narrowly mixed during the week ended Feb. 24, with small gains in the eastern Prairies and losses moving west.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by as much as $2 per tonne in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan, and down by $1-$4 per tonne in Alberta and western Saskatchewan, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $221 per tonne in western Manitoba, to as high as $236 in Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, holding steady in Manitoba and narrowing in Alberta, to range from about $17 to $33 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between U.S. dollar-denominated futures and Canadian dollar cash bids.

When accounting for currency exchange rates by adjusting Canadian prices to U.S. dollars, CWRS bids ranged from US$168 to US$180 per tonne. That would put the currencyadjusted basis levels at about US$23$35 below the futures.

Looking at it the other way around, if the Minneapolis futures are converted to Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from $30 to $46 below the futures.

Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR)

CPSR wheat bids were steady to down $1 per tonne, with prices ranging from $157 to $175 per tonne.

wheat bids were steady to down $1 per tonne, with prices ranging from $157 to $175 per tonne.

Average durum prices were steady to down $3, with bids in Saskatchewan coming in at about $259 to $262 per tonne.

The May spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based, was quoted Feb. 24 at US$5.5375 per bushel, down by three-quarters of a cent from the previous week.

Kansas City hard red winter wheat

futures, traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPSR in Canada. The May K.C. wheat contract was quoted Feb. 24 at $4.67 U.S. per bushel, down

by US2.25 cents compared to the previous week.

The May Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled Feb. 24 at US$4.48, down by about 7.5 U.S. cents on the week.

The Canadian dollar settled Feb. 24 at 76.28 U.S. cents, down by roughly a quarter-cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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Global warming will mean a longer growing season and more forage production — as long as there’s enough water. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

‘Change’ is the watchword in a warming world, says researcher Longer summers and milder winters sound nice, but even the pluses come with some negatives

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff

H

ow will the Canadian cattle industry fare if global temperatures continue to rise?

Count a reduced feed demand, a longer grazing season, and higher forage production among the benefits — but also expect more extreme weather, pests, and transport headaches, according to University of Manitoba research scientist Kim Ominski.

“We know the future of our industry will include change,” the associate professor in the department of animal sciences said during a recent Beef Cattle Research Council webinar.

Scientists are looking at a number of possible shifts, said Ominski.

Warmer winters mean cattle don’t need as much feed to maintain body weight, so producers would see lower feed bills. Many have already stopped confinement over the winter and moved to extended grazing. Higher temperatures could result in a longer growing season and higher forage yields. But more spells above 0 C during the winter mean more crusted snow that makes it more difficult for cattle to get at swaths or other stockpiled feed.

Extreme weather also means more frequent and more intense summer heat waves, which ups both water consumption and the risk of heat stress. And warm snaps in winter also cause issues.

“Climate change can impact transportation as greater variability in temperature and precipitation can cause frequent freeze/thaw cycles and cause deterioration in road infrastructure,” said Ominski. “Extreme weather with road closures could cause costly interruptions in transport.”

In Western Canada, there has been a trend to warmer temperatures in winter, along with less snowfall. Over a 50-year time frame, the date of the last spring frost has varied from May 1 until the middle of June — a six-week difference.

“In addition to the variability we see in spring frost, we also see high variability in precipitation, said Ominski.

“If we look at climate trends across the Prairies, we can say that production is limited by heat and by water. We see small increases in frost-free periods and heat units, but there is high year-to-year variability, which masks a very obvious trend.”

By 2050, temperatures will have increased between 1 C and 4 C, with the extra heat units increasing the length of the growing season and extending the range of crops north. But that also means more evapotranspiration in plants in a landscape susceptible to drought.

“We have to think about opportunities to capture run-off, and then store and use water for periods of deficit,” said Ominski.

So while warming and improved varieties could see crops such as soybeans and corn become common in Alberta, all crops will face more challenges. Warmer winters allow insects, fungi, weeds, and bacteria to more easily overwinter and also expand their range. And increased global trade also gives pests and disease the opportunity to spread.

“Certainly it will require increased vigilance and possible new vaccination strategies,” said Ominski.

Fortunately, there will likely be more global trade and an increased need for meat products in Asia, which could be good for Canadian cattle producers.

Improvements in production efficiencies, growth-promoting technologies,

and cattle genomics along with improvements in field crop yields are all good signs for the sustainability of the sector.

The industry has made gradual shifts to better feed efficiency, and society is showing preference for certain production practices.

But the industry still needs to think about big shift changes, said Ominski.

One example is the use of perennial grains, which could be used in food products but also present an opportunity for feed.

Threats include the rise of synthetic meat grown from cell cultures; more people disapproving of livestock production or reducing meat consumption; and policies such as the ban on antibiotic use in Europe.

In order to safeguard its position, the sector needs more investment throughout the entire value chain, said Ominski.

The industry also needs to communicate better — both with the public and between its various sectors. Information management and education will be the keys to successful adaptation, she said.

“We need visionary leaders who can engage stakeholders, who can instil public trust, and support policies for successful adaptation,” she said. “Successful adaptation for our industry will be about more than conserving what once was — it will be about surviving change.”

Dealing with change boils down to discovering and seizing new opportunities, but the cattle sector has that ability, she added.

“The industry has already demonstrated its capacity for adaptation and I think we need to be mindful that adaptation, innovation, and sound policy are key to successful adaptation for the future,” she said. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

“We have to think about opportunities to capture run-off, and then store and use water for periods of deficit.”

Kim Ominski

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Ground beef irradiation approved

The move has been years in the making and the technique is commonplace around the world

BY ALEX BINKLEY

“The United States has permitted the irradiation of fresh and frozen ground beef since 1999, and more than 60 countries worldwide permit irradiation of various foods.”

Co-operator contributor

A

fter years of on and off study, Health Canada has finally approved irradiation of raw fresh and frozen ground beef to improve food safety.

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, with the support of the Canadian Meat Council, first requested approval for irradiation in 1998 as an option for ground beef to reduce E. coli bacteria. All treated meat will have to carry a label noting it has been irradiated.

“Purchasing irradiated ground beef is now a choice for Canadian consumers, the same choice that has been available in the U.S. for more than a decade,” the CCA said in a statement. “The availability of irradiated ground beef will take time to establish and will depend on consumer demand for this type of product.”

In announcing the approval, Health Canada didn’t say what caused it to finally approve what’s been in place for years in many other countries.

“Irradiation is an optional tool that the food industry can use to treat certain foods to maintain quality or enhance safety,” Health Canada said.

Health Canada

The beef industry can finally use irradiation on ground beef after nearly two decades of waiting for approval. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

“The United States has permitted the irradiation of fresh and frozen ground beef since 1999, and more than 60 countries worldwide permit irradiation of various foods. It is already approved in Canada to treat potatoes, onions, wheat, flour, spices and seasoning preparations. Irradiation is intended to complement rather than replace existing food safety practices, such as appropriate handling, storage and sanitation.”

Industry has pressed the government over the two decades to approve irradiation based

Maple Leaf to buy U.S. veggie dog, burger maker Lightlife Foods’ proteins come from soy, peas, chickpeas and beans STAFF

C

anadian meat packer Maple Leaf Foods is buying space on the non-meat side of the deli section with a deal for U.S. processor Lightlife Foods.

Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Feb. 21 it would pay US$140 million for Lightlife, which makes vegetarian burgers, hotdogs, sausage, deli cuts, jerkies and other meatless protein products at Turners Falls, Mass., about 130 km west of Boston.

“Consumers are increasingly looking to diversify their protein consumption, including plantbased options,” Maple Leaf CEO Michael McCain said in a release.

“The acquisition of Lightlife provides Maple Leaf with a leading market position and brand in the United States in a category that is outpacing growth in the broader packaged foods sector.”

Maple Leaf, he said, “will expand our presence through investment in brand building, innovation and leveraging our respective capabilities.”

According to Maple Leaf, Lightlife booked sales of about US$40 million in 2016 and has a share of about 38 per cent in the U.S. refrigerated plant proteins market.

Protein sources for Lightlife’s meatless product lines include soy, peas, beans, chickpeas, quinoa, chia and hemp seed.

The U.S. market for plant-

tific review process has confirmed that irradiation causes minor changes to food, similar to cooking, and does not lead to any change in beef that would have an adverse effect on human health or that would significantly diminish its nutritional value,” CCA said.

Micro-organisms that may be present in the food, including disease-causing bacteria, are reduced or eliminated.

Irradiation cannot be used to restore the eating quality of food that is already spoiled. If food looks, smells or tastes bad before irradiation, it will still look, smell and taste bad after irradiation. Irradiation of food items also does not make them radioactive.

based proteins is estimated at around US$600 million, with the refrigerated category representing over US$110 million with a double-digit rate of annual growth, Maple Leaf said.

Lightlife, which began operating as Tempeh Works in a converted car wash in 1979 and rebranded in 1984, today employs about 100 people at Turners Falls, where it set up shop in 1998.

The deal is expected to close next month, after which company management is to continue to lead the business as a Maple Leaf subsidiary.

Greenwich, Connecticutbased private equity firm Brynwood Partners has owned Lightlife since 2013, when it bought the business for an undisclosed sum from ConAgra Foods. Lightlife sold itself to ConAgra in 2000, also for an undisclosed amount.

The deal with Maple Leaf “reaffirms our position as the leading lower middle market buyout firm for corporate carve-outs,” Brynwood CEO Hendrik Hartong said in a separate release.

Brynwood, he added, is “confident that Maple Leaf Foods will be able to continue to invest in and grow the business.”

Brynwood’s other plays in the food business include juice makers Sunny D and Harvest Hill Beverage Co., pasta and sauce maker Joseph’s Gourmet Pasta and snack food makers Back to Nature and Pearson’s.

do not require, the beef industry to use irradiation as a tool to improve the safety of their products. Like all other irradiated foods, irradiated ground beef will be clearly labelled as such in accordance with the existing labelling requirements set out in regulations.

After the CCA’s or iginal request was stalled by Health Canada, the association tried again in 2013. Health Canada completed scientific reviews in 2001 and 2013, which both concluded ground beef irradiation was safe and effective.

“The Health Canada scien-

on studies which showed that used properly is safe, effective, and does not significantly impact nutritional quality. The Consumers’ Association of Canada supported the move.

Ir ra d i a t i o n c a n b e p e rformed using electricity to create energy which can destroy harmful bacteria, the CCA said.

This process, called E-beam, uses ordinary electricity and does not involve radioactivity and is routinely used in the U.S. where irradiated beef products have been available to consumers since May of 2000.

The amendments allow, but

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Brandon

Virden

Feeder Steers

22-Feb

21-Feb

21-Feb

21-Feb

22-Feb

20-Feb

23-Feb

24-Feb

No. on offer

2,065

851

877

656

2,004*

1,164

1,497

1,420

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

140.00-152.75

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

138.00-153.00

152.00-158.00

150.00-158.50

145.00-157.50

140.00-155.00

800-900

120.00-160.00

140.00-158.50

n/a

150.00-164.00

154.00-164.75

155.00-165.00 (169.25)

155.00-165.00

150.00-163.00

700-800

145.00-175.00

160.00-186.50

160.00-172.00

155.00-174.00

163.00-177.00

162.00-175.00 (178.50)

170.00-185.50

155.00-171.00

600-700

170.00-201.00

170.00-194.50

173.00-193.00

175.00-194.00

178.00-198.00 (202.00)

175.00-195.00 (197.25)

180.00-206.00

165.00-198.00

500-600

180.00-208.00

195.00-220.00

182.00-223.00

185.00-210.00

194.00-212.00 (216.00)

190.00-210.00 (218.00)

195.00-215.50

185.00-214.00

400-500

190.00-219.00

200.00-223.00

190.00-225.00

195.00-220.00

209.00-234.00

200.00-225.00 (234.00)

195.00-215.50

195.00-217.00

300-400

n/a

200.00-227.00

195.00-230.00

n/a

n/a

200.00-230.00 (239.00)

160.00-231.00

200.00-220.00

n/a

130.00-140.50

n/a

130.00-142.00

136.00-143.50

n/a

n/a

125.00-140.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

800-900

140.00-147.00

135.00-146.50

122.00-141.00

135.00-144.00

141.00-149.00

n/a

138.00-145.00

135.00-144.00

700-800

107.00-156.00

135.00-153.00

138.00-153.00

140.00-151.00

144.00-157.75

145.00-160.00

140.00-155.00

144.00-153.00

600-700

150.00-173.00

150.00-167.00

150.00-164.00

150.00-165.00

149.00-167.00

150.00-165.00 (169.00)

155.00-168.00

150.00-167.00

500-600

161.00-173.00

155.00-177.00

160.00-184.00

165.00-180.00

162.00-178.50

165.00-180.00

165.00-184.00

160.00-182.00

400-500

132.00-170.00

165.00-189.00

161.00-183.00

170.00-186.00

172.00-189.00

170.00-189.00

175.00-195.00

170.00-191.00

300-400

n/a

170.00-189.00

180.00-205.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

160.00-183.00

n/a

Slaughter Market No. on offer

189

n/a

79

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

150

D1-D2 Cows

80.00-88.00

70.00-91.00

n/a

82.00-92.00

82.00-92.00

80.00-90.00 (94.00)

n/a

88.00-94.00

D3-D5 Cows

69.00-78.00

n/a

60.00-89.00

70.00-81.00

75.00-81.00

n/a

n/a

78.00-88.00

Age Verified

90.00-96.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

85.00-92.00 (95.00)

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

100.00-113.00

n/a

90.00-102.25

100.00-119.50

104.00-115.00 (118.00)

n/a

n/a

105.00-115.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90.00-110.00

n/a

n/a

95.00-110.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

105.00-136.50

n/a

90.00-120.00

n/a

105.00-125.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

(Note all prices in CDN$ per cwt. These prices also generally represent the top one-third of sales reported by the auction yard.)

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Chinese consumers seem to shrug off deadly bird flu outbreak

Repeated issues with the outbreaks have led citizens of the country to become less alarmed about warnings

BY ADAM JOURDAN SHANGHAI / Reuters

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our years ago, a bird flu outbreak in China killed at least three dozen people, triggered mass poultry culling, put masks on millions of Chinese faces and hammered shares in fast-food and travel companies.

This winter, more than 100 people have died, but few birds have been slaughtered, there are few masks on the streets and little sign of any consumer reaction, let alone the panic seen in 2013.

The number of posts mentioning “bird flu” or “H7N9” on China’s popular Sina Weibo microblog — a useful proxy for gauging consumer interest or concern — peaked at just over 40,000 on Feb. 15, after the Health Ministry said as many as 79 people died from H7N9 bird flu in January alone.

At the peak of the 2013 outbreak, daily posts topped 850,000.

“Everyone’s just used to it now,” said Yuan Haojie, 24, a real estate worker in Shanghai.

“Every year we seem to have some sort of bird flu outbreak, but it never seems to affect anyone I know. Gradually you stop worrying about it.”

The 2013 outbreak was the first in China of the H7N9 bird flu strain. The virus this year appears to be less pathogenic among poultry, which show few symptoms, but more deadly among humans in direct contact with infected birds at live markets and on farms.

Four years ago, the outbreak cost the economy an estimated US$6.5 billion, took chicken off the menu at schools and on airplanes, and prompted the widespread slaughter of millions of birds. The biggest impact this year is that Chinese chicken prices have dropped to their lowest levels in more than a decade.

“In 2013, there was a great panic in the consumer market, and people were afraid to eat poultry,” said Pan Chenjun, Hong Kong-based senior analyst at Rabobank. “Consumer market sentiment now isn’t so bad. People are more resilient because coverage has been quite limited.”

‘Online rumour?’

Many consumers and fast-food chain workers Reuters spoke to were unaware of the severity of this season’s outbreak.

“Is this one of those online rumours?” asked the duty manager at one KFC outlet in the northern mining city of Shuangyashan. The fried chicken brand is operated locally by Yum China Holdings Inc.

Health officers in protective clothing cull poultry at a wholesale market, as trade in live poultry was suspended after a spot check at a local street market revealed the presence of H7N9 bird flu virus, in Hong Kong June 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/BOBBY YIP

Yum, which reported a “significant, negative impact” during the 2013 outbreak, did not respond to requests for comment. The company’s U.S.listed shares are down less than five per cent so far this year.

A worker at local chicken chain Dicos in Shanghai said this winter’s bird flu outbreak had not hit sales, and the firm had not given staff any specific directives on how to respond to diners’ concerns.

Dicos, owned by Taiwan’s Ting Hsin International Group, declined to comment.

Global health bodies and government organizations in China have long said properly cooked chicken is not a safety risk.

Some online commenters and experts have said Beijing was slow to respond to the outbreak this year and data on human infections and deaths was not disclosed soon enough.

China’s health authorities said Feb. 16 they would tighten c o n t ro l s o n p o u l t r y m a rkets and the transport of live birds, but noted the spread of the virus among people was slowing.

China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention has said the vast majority of people infected by H7N9 reported exposure to poultry, indicat-

“Every year we seem to have some sort of bird flu outbreak, but it never seems to affect anyone I know. Gradually you stop worrying about it.”

Yuan Haojie

ing little person-to-person infection.

In souther n Guangzhou, 24-year-old office administrator Li Lishan said there were

bans on poultry markets in her area and people were quite worried about the disease.

However, she said she was still eating chicken.

“The days before the trading ban I went crazy buying up chicken,” she said, acknowledging there was a risk. “I know, I know. I’m just used to eating it.”

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WEATHER VANE “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” Mark Twain, 1897

Cool with a chance of snow Issued: Monday, February 27, 2017 · Covering: March 1 – March 8, 2017 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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fter an extreme warm period, it looks like we are back into more winterlike conditions for this forecast period. This continues the pattern we have seen since early December, of alternating periods of warm and cold weather. This time, though, it does not look like we will see any extremely cold weather move in.

For most of this forecast period, the general flow will be out of the northwest. Within the flow there will be several areas of low pressure bringing a mixed bag of weather to our region. The first weak low will slide by to our south on Wednesday. Western and southern regions may see some clouds, but it looks like any snowfall will stay to our south.

A small, quick-moving arctic high will push through Thursday bringing sunny skies and the coldest temperatures of this forecast period. Expect overnight lows on Friday morning to drop to near -25 C. On Friday and Saturday, an area of low pressure is forecast

to track through north-central Manitoba. Any precipitation from this low should be confined to far northern agricultural regions, with central and southern regions seeing a mix of sun and clouds with maybe the odd flurry. Temperatures look to warm up, as winds turn southerly ahead of this low. Expect daytime highs to be in the -2 to -5 C range.

Our attention then turns to an area of low pressure forecast to develop and move across our region on Monday. The weather models do not have a good handle on this system, so confidence is low in this part of the forecast.

There is a chance of seeing measurable snow with this system, with current amounts forecast to be in the five- to 10-cm range.

This looks to be a fast-moving system, so I don’t expect large amounts of snow, but any March storm system bears watching.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -13 to -1 C; lows: -26 to -10 C. 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.

Daily temperature for winnipeg over last 12 months

This issue’s weather graphic is a new one thanks to Weathersprak.com. It shows the daily temperatures for Winnipeg over the last 12 months along with averages and percentiles. What really stands out to me is the back-and-forth temperatures we have seen this winter. Note the daily low (blue) and high (red) temperature during the last 12 months with the area between them shaded grey and superimposed over the corresponding averages (thick lines), with percentile bands (inner band from 25th to 75th percentile, outer band from 10th to 90th percentile). The bar at the top of the graph is red where both the daily high and low are above average, blue where they are both below average, and white otherwise.

Warm weather wins out this winter Nature has taken back a significant chunk of the snowpack it gave us

BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

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rom a climatological point of view, winter is now over: the 12-month year is broken into four equally long seasons, with winter covering December, January and February. From a southern and central Manitoba view, we still have one month to go. For us, winter starts in November and usually ends in March. Looking back at our winter so far, I just can’t seem to come up with the right word to describe it. Did we see unusual weather? How about “strange?” Maybe the best way to describe the winter of 2016-17 is “unique.”

I’m not quite an old-timer yet, though I will turn 50 in a couple of months, but thinking back, I can’t remember a winter that behaved like this one did: three record-breaking warm spells, broken up by periods of intense cold that brought with them cold warnings. The winter started off with no snow, then we received so much snow we didn’t know what to do with it.

Just when everyone was really starting to worry about all the snow, the snow machine turned off. “Unique” weather, indeed.

The best place to start a review of winter is to go back to November. Thinking back on it now, November kind

The current cold period doesn’t look like it will be too extreme, so overall, I think March will end up being slightly warmer than average.

of set the tone for the winter, at least in part. November 2016 wasn’t really November.

With temperatures that ran as much as 12 C above average during the month it felt more like October. Most locations across the central and eastern Prairies shattered their records for the warmest November on record. Precipitation during the month was near average, but most of it fell as rain. Combine November’s rain with the warm weather and the fairly heavy rains that fell in October and we were heading into December with no snow and wet, basically unfrozen ground.

December began warm and it was beginning to look like winter might not show up at all.

When the second week rolled around, the cold air moved in, and along with it we received our first good dumping of snow. The cold weather lasted until just before Christmas.

Temperatures soared back up to near the freezing mark, giving us near-perfect weather leading into the holidays. Then my

near-perfect Christmas happened when a blizzard/snowstorm moved across the region late on Christmas Day and into Boxing Day. This storm really bumped up the snow totals and created a thick layer of insulating snow that prevented the ground from freezing very deep.

January 2017 started off cold with several nights during the first half of the month experiencing lows in the -30s and several days struggling to make it to -20 C. Combine this cold with some shots of measurable snow and talk turned toward us finally paying for all of the warm weather we saw earlier in the winter. Then, at the exact halfway point of the month, temperatures did a 180-degree turn and we experienced our second major warm spell of the winter (the first one was the extraordinary warmth we experienced in November and early December). Temperatures climbed above 0 C and stayed there for several days. This resulted in a fairly significant reduction in the snowpack, at

least for January. Looking at snow data, I’d estimate snow depth dropped by around 25 per cent during this warm spell.

February ended up being a repeat of January. The first half of the month was cold with overnight lows flirting with the -30 C mark on a few days.

Then the third record-breaking warm spell of the winter moved in during the second half of the month. Once again we saw temperatures climb well above freezing and our second significant thaw began. This warm spell resulted in a large reduction in the snowpack, with estimates of around 40 per cent of it either melting or compressing.

Overall, the warm weather has easily beaten out the cold weather. The mean temperature for winter (December to February) has been between 2 and 2.5 C above average.

Precipitation has been near to above average thanks to the heavy snowfalls in December.

Looking back at the predictions for this winter I would have to the give the nod to… me! My forecast called for an u p - a n d - d ow n w i n t e r w i t h several shots of cold weather interspersed with above average temperatures; got that part bang on. I called for precipitation to be above average, which is pretty close. Sometimes you just guess right!

Will the pattern hold?

Looking ahead to March and April, Environment Canada calls for a colder-than-average March followed by nearaverage temperatures in April.

Its precipitation forecast calls for near-average amounts.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac calls for near-average temperatures and precipitation in March with near-average precipitation in Apr il, but slightly below-average temperatures. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac appears to call for an absolutely dreadful start to spring: it mentions wet, stormy, showery, chilly, cold weather more times than I can count over the next two months.

Last but not least, my forecast. I think we will continue to see the same pattern we have had all winter.

This means the first half of March will likely be colder than average, with the second half warmer. The current cold period doesn’t look like it will be too extreme, so overall, I think March will end up being slightly warmer than average.

Precipitation is always tough, so I am going to wimp out and call for near-average amounts.

All bets are off for April, so spinning my magic weather wheel tells me it will be cooler a n d w e t t e r t h a n a v e r a g e.

Stupid weather wheel!

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CROPS h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G

4R Nutrient Stewardship taking more to the web

Co-operator staff

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anitoba’s 4R Nutrient Stewardship is heading online.

The program, announced in 2013, is a shared undertaking by the Canadian Fertilizer Institute, Manitoba government and the Keystone Agricultural Producers. It aims to balance environmental and agricultural interests.

Four years later, the initiative has expanded to encompass education and tracking online.

Initially packaged exclusively through day-long accreditation workshops, the program now has three free online modules.

Steve Barron, of Double Diamond Farm Supply and a 4R representative, said few have

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opted for online training thus far.

About 70 people were accredited through in-person workshops in 2016, while another 54 attended sessions at Kelburn Farm and Brandon in late February 2017.

“I believe it’s driven from the consumer,” he said. “The person who’s purchasing their food wants to feel that it’s being built in a safe manner using nutrition management and I think the industry wanted to be ahead of the curve.

They wanted to be developing a program and a safe message for the consumer so that the government isn’t going to be legislating on how we treat our nutrient management.”

The program, which offers 5-1/2 education credits of the 40 required biennially for certified crop advisers, has largely targeted agronomists.

Barron estimated that 75 per

cent of attendees have been agronomists, with the remaining 25 per cent made up of industry or government representatives.

Mitch Timmerman, Manitoba Agriculture agri-ecosystems specialist and one of the provincial representatives to help develop the program, said he was encouraged by its direction, although some refinement is needed.

“I would say that I’m pretty justified in deferring to industry,” he said. “I would say mostly it’s about process in that industry, at this grassroots kind of level, has to get behind it to actually do the work, count the acres, work with the farmers, get them on board... as long as they figure out how to sell it to their own people, we’ll continue to support it and I think it’s mostly about implementation.”

An electronic logging system has also been launched, allowing acre

numbers, crops and municipality of 4R practising farms to be submitted online.

Branching out While interest has largely been isolated to agronomists, Barron noted that efforts have been made to engage the producer directly.

De m o n s t ra t i o n p l o t s we re planted at Morris, R & D Farms near Manitou and Beaver Creek Farms near MacGregor. A combination of fertilizer types, application rates, timing, and placements were included, with both yield and residual soil nitrogen after harvest measured.

Curtis Cavers, the agronomist responsible for the three sites, stressed the importance of soil tests and customizing 4R plans to a specific farm.

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4R Continued from page 17

“Use those results and you might be able to go with less fertilizer than you originally thought you would,” he said.

“Track the crop and see how it does throughout the growing season. If it looks like, through various tissue tests, that it needs a little extra, then add some in season. But even there, don’t add too late because if you leave it too long, it doesn’t do what you hope it would do.

“I believe it’s driven from the consumer.

The person who’s purchasing their food wants to feel that it’s being built in a safe manner using nutrition management and I think the industry wanted to be ahead of the curve.”

Steve Barron 4R representative

If you apply nitrogen too late, instead of going into yield it just shows up in soil tests in the fall.”

This year’s results wrap up what Cavers said is a three-year study using 4R techniques in the field.

Full results are being analyzed, he said, with results hopefully showcased in the next growing season.

“I would say it’s just in the infant stages, but it is catching on,” Barron said. “After we had our demonstration farm tours last summer in MacGregor, Manitou and Morris, there was a lot of feedback that the producers found they weren’t completely sure about the 4R nutrition message. It was a little muddy in the fact that, is it government driven? Is it industry driven? What is this? But they’re starting to come around in the fact that they’re seeing this as proactive and not going to be government driven in the near future.”

The 4R initiative also plans to join forces with soil ecologist Mario Tenuta of the University of Manitoba in 2017, a move Barron says will incorporate Steve Barron, 4R representative, addresses the room during a Feb. 23 4R Nutrient more formal research into the Stewardship training workshop in Brandon, Man. photo: Alexis stockford T:8.125” initiative.

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anitoba is not like other agriculture areas looking to implement 4R, the room heard during the latest 4R Nutrient Stewardship training workshop in Brandon Feb. 23.

The four Rs (right nutrient source applied at the right rate at the right time in the right place) form the backbone of Fertilizer Canada’s campaign to balance environmental pressures (such as scrutiny over greenhouse gas emissions and phosphorus in water systems) with cost-effective nutrient application.

“We need to keep farmers productive and economically sustainable… High yields are good for the environment,” John Heard, crop nutrition specialist, said. “High yields produce lots of carbon material and things like that and help build soil productivity or carbon back into the soil.”

Heard is among the experts looking to customize 4R for the cold soils, relatively high moisture and short growing season of Manitoba.

Crop rotations, fertilizer sources, injected rather than broadcast application, spring versus split timing and the importance of testing soils and tracking results were among the topics Feb. 23.

“It depends on their equipment available and their labour, of course, on their own farm,” Aaron Glen of the Brandon Research Station and 4R workshop presenter said.

Banding, or applying fertilizer in subsurface bands, was among the most common recommendations.

The practice was touted as a means to mitigate run-off phosphorus loss — an environmental issue that has come to a head between agriculture and the actors around Lake Winnipeg, which have pegged high nutrient levels for biochemical changes to the lake — volatilization, immobilization, and denitrification by slowing conversion of ammonium to nitrate in ammonium-based fertilizers.

In his own 2014-15 study, Glen found that two-inch banding decreased volatilization of urea, although results were more dramatic in 2015.

Likewise, in a 2014 study, Glen found nitrous oxide emissions decreased from just under one kilogram of nitrogen per hectare in broadcast urea application to 0.4 kilogram of nitrogen per hectare with bands two inches deep. The same study found that broadcast SuperU, an enhanced efficiency fertilizer, turned similar nitrous oxide emissions to banded urea.

“If you don’t want to buy or can’t afford the more efficient or stabilized products, then that’s a source-type question. You could mitigate that with placement by banding rather than broadcasting,” Glen said. “Or, if you have to broadcast for your placement, for whatever reason, then mitigation for that would be the source, getting a SuperU or ESN, an enhanced efficiency product.”

Glen also recommended onepass operations, planting and fertilizing simultaneously, when possible.

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Baker Colony enters ranks of five-time corn yield competition winners Its winning yield of 274.69 bushels an acre also broke the previous record set in 2013

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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aker Colony, located near MacGregor, Man., has joined an elite group of five-time winners of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s yield competition.

The win is their second in a row and sets a new record — breaking their own set during a previous win.

In the 45-year history of the competition there are only two other five-time winners — Rosebank Colony at Miami and Wes Martens of Altona.

Baker Colony’s 2016 winning yield was 274.69 bushels an acre, breaking the old record of 271.69 it set in 2013.

Competition results were announced at the CropConnect banquet in Winnipeg, Feb. 14.

Mack Waldner, who accepted the award on behalf of Baker Colony, said he was surprised by how high the colony’s yield was.

“I expected 240 (bushels an acre) or 250 at the most,” Waldner said later in an interview. “I didn’t expect 270. The (bushel) weight must’ve been good.”

“It was a roller-coaster year. It started off quite dry, fairly uneven germination, but then the rains did come. There was wind and then there was more wind and then there was more wind and then there was tornado-type wind. We actually broke quite a few (plants). In general we lost about 30 per cent of the corn.

But there were enough sheltered areas so we could pick out a plot

Top 10, 2016 Manitoba Corn Growers Association corn competition winners 1) Baker Colony, MacGregor, DuPont Pioneer P7632AM, 274.69 bushels an acre 2) John and Dane Bergen, Roland, DuPont Pioneer P7632AM, 236.47 bushels an acre 3) Suderman Bros., Winkler, DEKALB DKC 33-78, 236.07 bushels an acre 4) McCutcheon Farms Ltd., Carman, DEKALB DKC 33-78, 235.23 bushels an acre 5) Blumengart Colony, Blumengart, DEKALB DKC 33-78, 234.20 bushels an acre 6) Bangert Farms Ltd., Beausejour, DuPont Pioneer P7632AM, 227.19 bushels an acre 7) Ryan Swartz, Altona, DuPont Pioneer P8387AM, 225.57 bushels an acre 8) Froese Enterprises, Winkler, DuPont Pioneer P7958AM, 223.36 9) Rudy Martens, Altona, DuPont Pioneer P7958AM, 218.17 10) Rolling Prairie Farms, Tourond PRIDE Seeds, A4939G2 RIB, 217.44

“I expected 240 (bushels an acre) or 250 at the most,” Waldner said later in an interview.

“I didn’t expect 270. The (bushel) weight must’ve been good.”

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even though there were some broken cobs and broken stalks.”

Baker Colony received $1,000 from DuPont Pioneer, a wall plaque and its name on the competition trophy, which the colony keeps for a year.

Second-place winners John and Dane Bergen of Roland received $500 and a wall plaque and third-place winner Suderman Bros. of Winkler received $250 and a wall plaque.

Baker Colony’s new corn competition yield record shouldn’t be

a complete surprise, despite some challenging weather. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) 2016 data shows a new provincial average yield record for crop-insured corn of 141 bushels an acre. The previous record — 136 bushels an acre — was set in 2015. (Note: the slightly higher 2016 corn yield reported in Yield Manitoba was based on preliminary information.)

Manitoba’s 10-year average corn yield is 113 bushels an acre and rising steadily.

Corn yield contestants are allowed to select corn from two 50-foot rows. The corn is hand picked. And while the result is a higher yield than would occur if the corn was combined and collected from a larger area, it shows corn’s yield potential in Manitoba.

So how does Baker Colony grow such high corn yields?

“Well, there are a few things you work with — good genetics, good seed, good seed placement,” Waldner said. “We invested in a planter that places the seed evenly so that helped, and worked with the Pioneer corn reps to see which varieties do the best. They coach us. Try this, try that and we kind of go along with them.”

Waldner admitted he was proud the colony broke its own yield competition record, but like every farmer he wants to do even better next year.

“How can I do this better? How can I improve this? That’s the first question to the corn (company) reps.”

Baker Colony grows its corn in 30-inch rows. There is no irrigation and fertilizer is broadcast.

“We are going to try some starter (fertilizer) with the seed next year,” Waldner said.

Asked for advice to new corn growers, Waldner replied: “Your soil has to be ideal for corn. We have ideal conditions. We like corn because it’s kind of simple to grow.

“And it pays pretty good. Five dollars a bushel at those kind of bushels there is some return.”

Corn prices aren’t that high now. But even when prices are low there is still demand for livestock feed and Manitoba’s Husky Energy’s ethanol plant at Minnedosa, Waldner said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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COVER CROPS: Big potential, bigger learning curve It’s got easier to draw a crowd for a cover crop talk, but those looking for a one-size-fits-all solution will be disappointed

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ooking over at the emptied room that had been packed with attentive farmers a few minutes earlier, cover crops guru Kevin Elmy could only shake his head.

“If I had given a talk here five years ago, maybe t h e f ro n t row m i g h t h a ve been filled — maybe,” the Sa s k a t c h e w a n far mer said after his FarmTech presentation, which had drawn a standing-room-only crowd of 200 or so farmers.

“We’re at a very early stage of it, but the snowball is getting big. It’s growing quite quickly.

“And it’s not just one sector — it’s grain guys, it’s livestock, it’s mixed farms, it’s organic, it’s conventional, people in dry areas, people in wet areas.

It’s everyone. They’re looking at the level of inputs we’re using right now and saying, ‘It’s not sustainable.’”

Elmy’s jam-packed presentation highlighted both cover crops’ potential and why their adoption won’t happen overnight — the learning curve is as steep as the list of benefits is long.

Hi s 5 0 - m i n u t e t a l k p roceeded at a breakneck pace, starting with a primer on soil health basics (from organic matter to mycorrhizae) and ending with a bewildering smorgasbord of choices for the three components of cover crop blends (grasses, broadleaf plants, and legumes).

The latter was an eyeful — three slides each listing 20 different types of cover crops — along with quick pointers on some. Phacelia puts lots of sugar in the soil and so is

“We’re at a very early stage of it, but the snowball is getting big. It’s growing quite quickly.”

Kevin Elmy

great for mycorrhizae (the fungi that colonize roots and make nutrients more accessible). Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids can cause cyanide poisoning under certain circ u m s t a n c e s. C a re f u l w i t h buckwheat because it goes to seed in 60 days. And what works where, all depends. “ Yo u h a ve t o a d a p t t h i s to where you are,” he told attendees. Cold soils in the north or warmer soils in the south are going to need different solutions.

There are principles that apply to every situation — “If you don’t keep your mycorrhizae happy, you’re going down a slippery slope,” he warned — but the details are specific to both the conditions on an individual farm a n d t h e p ro b l e m t h a t t h e farmer is trying to address.

Elmy, who started experim e n t i n g w i t h c ove r c ro p s eight years ago, is the first to admit it’s all rather daunting.

And it can be especially challenging for some, he added.

“It depends on how much diversity is already in the person’s rotation, it depends on how healthy their soils are,” he said in an interview. “If you’ve got healthy soils and good rotations, it’s really easy.

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This is one of several complex charts that Kevin Elmy used during his FarmTech presentations. GRAPHIC: Courtesy Kevin Elmy

heavily on fertilizer and multiple passes of fungicide, it’s a long process. You can’t buy a solution in a jug.”

The cost-benefit equation His advice to his audience, however, was ultimately simple: Figure out your goal and then do your research.

The list of ills that cover crops can address is lengthy, and Elmy listed a bunch: b u i l d i n g o r g a n i c m a t t e r, i m p r ov i n g w a t e r i n f i l t r a tion, repairing compaction, boosting microbe levels, drying up wet ground, smothering troublesome weeds, fixing nitrogen, boosting phosphorus levels, and feeding cows (whether your own or a neighbour’s).

There are mixes designed for each (or a combination) of those goals, although most of the available information comes from the U.S. and doesn’t automatically translate to Canada. Again, you need to zero in on your particular area.

“If you phone me and say, ‘I want to do a cover crop,’ don’t expect me to say, ‘Oh, then you need Blend No. 1,’” said Elmy who sells a variety of cover crop blends.

Along with your goal, it will depend on your soil type, how healthy the soil is, when you’re going to seed it, and whether you’re going to graze, cut, or terminate it.

E lmy first tr ied cover crops on his seed farm near Saltcoats because he wanted to dry up wet fields. Since then he’s dramatically cut his fertilizer bill; finally got the upper hand on his worst weed (volunteer canola); and has seen big improvements in soil health and structure that means, among other things, easier planting and better germination.

Saskatchewan seed grower Kevin Elmy says cover crops are the future, but admits it’s not an easy system to learn. PHOTO: Friendly Acre Seed Farms

Then there’s the cost-benefit equation.

That’s easier to calculate if you’ve got cows (or access to them) because the feed value of the cover crop can offset the cost of seed (which can var y widely depending on what’s in your ‘cocktail’ mix).

For a straight grain operation, the benefits are both harder to measure and further out in the future, Elmy said.

It’s not a ‘do-this, get-that’ process, he said.

“People in the States who have been doing this for a long time say that out of every 10 years, you’ll have five years where it works out well, three years where it works out pretty well, and two where it doesn’t work at all. But those five good years will pay for all 10 years.”

There are a number of comp a n i e s s e l l i n g c ov e r c r o p b l e n d s , a n d w h i l e E l m y ’s orders are growing signifi-

cantly, he predicts the use of cover crops will take a long time. He spends much of the winter “driving across the Prairies giving talks” and while the crowds are get ting bigger, there’s still lots of skepticism.

“A lot of producers just say, ‘I don’t have time for it. I’m b u s y e n o u g h a l re a d y a n d don’t need any more work,’” he said.

But the growing interest in cover crops is a strong sign that more and more producers are deciding a different approach is needed for issues such as worsening weed and disease outbreaks, compaction, and poor soil health, he said.

And cover crops are worth the time and effort, he said.

“A n y t i m e y o u d o m a n a g e m e n t i n a n o p e ra t i o n , you’re going to increase your returns.” glenn.cheater@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Flood risk persists across most of Manitoba The Red, Souris, Pembina, Roseau and Lower Assiniboine rivers and Whiteshell Lakes areas are all at major risk of flooding, February 27 flood forecast report says

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anitobans have been told to prepare for flooding this spring with the risk of moderate to major flooding persisting in many areas of the province.

“At this time, we encourage communities to continue with preparatory measures such as ensuring emergency protocols are in place,” Infrastructure Minister Blaine Pedersen said during the release of the first 2017 provincial flood outlook February 27.

Forecast models at this time show areas around the Red, Souris, Pembina, Roseau and Lower Assiniboine rivers and the Whiteshell Lakes areas all remain at major risk of flooding.

The risk for overland flooding in the Interlake, along the Assiniboine River and in northern areas around the Saskatchewan River is moderate at this time, the report said.

How e v e r, m a j o r l a k e s remain a concern with current river flows and other lake levels normal to above normal for this time of year.

The Hydrologic Forecast Centre is closely watching precipitation, spring melt and inflows from the northern U.S. in the Red River Basin and Souris River Basin in the west.

The report said the early melt of mid-February which occurred in the southern portion of the Red River Basin has diminished most of the s n ow p a c k s o u t h o f Gra n d Forks, N.D. This has slightly re d u c e d t h e p o t e n t i a l f o r flood flows on the Red River in Manitoba, but it has also left the soil saturated and prone to high run-off volumes from future precipitation.

The report said frost depth is near normal to below normal throughout most of Manitoba. Below-nor mal conditions can potentially decrease the amount of overland flooding that may occur.

S o i l m o i s t u re i s g e n e r ally nor mal to well above normal on all Manitoba basins, including southern Manitoba/Red River Valley: (normal to above normal), western Manitoba (above normal to well above normal), in Saskatchewan (above normal to well above normal).

Northern Manitoba, including The Pas region (above normal to well above normal) the Interlake (normal to above normal) and eastern Manitoba (near normal).

Future precipitation, t h e t i m i n g a n d h ow f a s t s n ow m e l t s a n d t h e t i m ing of run-off in Manitoba, the U.S., Saskatchewan and Ontario remain key factors.

Conditions in the Souris River Basin will affect the lower Assiniboine River in western Manitoba.

The potential for spr ing run-off is above normal to we l l a b ov e n o r m a l i n t h e Red River, the Souris River, the lower Assiniboine River, the Pembina River and the Ro s e a u R i v e r b a s i n s. T h e potential for spring run-

“At this time, we encourage communities to continue with preparatory measures such as ensuring emergency protocols are in place.”

Blaine Pedersen infrastructure minister

off is near normal in the u p p e r A s s i n i b o i n e R i v e r, the Saskatchewan River, the Q u’ Ap p e l l e R i v e r a n d t h e Interlake region.

The run-off potential is normal to above normal throughout the rest of the province, including the Winnipeg River basins, the Lake Winnipegosis region and the Whiteshell area.

Environment Canada’s latest long-term forecast shows equal chance of belown o r m a l , n e a r- n o r m a l a n d

above-normal precipitation for the next three months, with a slightly higher chance of above-nor mal temperatures throughout northern Manitoba and near-normal temperatures for the rest of the province.

The province continues to assess data and is working on the second and final flood outlook scheduled for release in late March.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Trump seeks to quell ethanol industry worry A letter to attendees of an ethanol conference assured the industry of presidential support

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resident Donald Trump assured ethanol industry advocates of their importance in U.S. energy strategy Feb. 21, in an apparent bid to quell concerns over potential changes to policies that mandate the use of such renewable fuels.

The comments came as Scott Pr uitt took over as

head of the Environmental Pr o t e c t i o n A g e n c y ( E PA ) and after Trump picked Carl Icahn as a senior adviser.

Both men in the past have c r i t i c i ze d t h e Re n e w a b l e Fuel Standard (RFS), which requires biofuels like ethanol to be blended into gasoline.

In a letter to attendees of an ethanol conference in San Diego, Trump said his administration was working to tackle the “regulatory burden” on their industry.

Though the letter offered no detail on policy plans, Trump sought to ease worry over the extent of his commitment to the sector.

“Rest assured that your president and this administration value the importance of renewable fuels to America’s economy and to our energy independence,” he said in a letter.

The RFS pits two of Tr u m p’s s u p p o r t b a s e s against each other: Big Oil and Big Corn. The farming

sector has lobbied hard for the maximum biofuel volumes laid out in the law to be blended into gasoline motor fuels, while the oil industry argues that the program creates additional costs.

During his confirmation hearing, Pruitt said he would support the RFS but he remained open to tweaking it.

Prior to joining the Trump administration, Icahn said the system of buying

and selling biofuel blending credits that underpins the RFS was bankr upting smaller oil refiners.

The most recent plan from Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama for biofuels use has been caught up in a n a d m i n i s t ra t i ve re v i e w by the new administration and EPA is currently taking public comments on whether or not it should consider changing the RFS as some oil refiners have requested.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Farm Products Marketing Council members shuffled

Bergsma feted

There’s a new chair, vice-chair and directors for the organization STAFF

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Theresa Bergsma (centre), general manager of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association, was honoured for her 29 years in that position during the CropConnect banquet Feb. 15 in Winnipeg. Bergsma accepted a plaque thanking her for dedication to the agricultural industry, presented by Roberta Galbraith, (l) members relations co-ordinator of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association and Monika Haley, administrator of the Manitoba Flax Growers Association. Bergsma, who helped create and organize CropConnect, is retiring from the corn growers’ association in June. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON SEC_BRANDON17_#19-T_AFX_SEC_BRANDON17_#19-T_AFX.qxd 2017-01-17 3:17 PM Page 1

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he board of the Farm Products Marketing Council has been shaken up by the provincial government.

Provincial Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler has named a new chair and directors and named one of the existing board members vice-chair.

“The newly appointed chair, vice-chair and directors for the Manitoba Farm Products Marketing Council will serve an important role helping foster growth in a very exciting and innovative sector of agriculture in Manitoba,” said Eichler in a news release.

The board is responsible for overseeing the promotion, regulation and management of the production and marketing of farm products in Manitoba, as set out in The Farm Products Marketing Act. The new chair of the board is Ed Helwer, who is a retired farmer, owner of a farm supply business, and public servant at both the municipal and provincial level.

He held positions of councillor and mayor for the Town of Teulon over separate periods of time from 1969 to 1988, then served as a member of the legislative assembly for the constituency of Gimli from 1988 to 2003. He farmed in the Netley area and sold the farm in 2012.

Norine Dohan is an existing director who has served on the board since June of 2011 and has been appointed vice-chair. She is a rancher and bookkeeper. She previously served on the board of the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation. Dohan is from the Ethelbert area.

Newly appointed directors are Lisa Dyck, Ronalee Janzen, Louise Lachance and Raymond Wytinck.

Dyck is owner of Cornell Crème Ltd., Manitoba’s first dairy producer/processor founded in 2012, and co-owner of Cornell Dairy Ltd. She is a director on the boards of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and Food & Beverage Manitoba.

Janzen shares in the operation of her family’s grain farm, while also devoting significant time to community volunteerism and farm organizations.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Herbicide resistance is everywhere you look, says leading expert Lack of new products in the pipeline and more examples of multiple resistance paint a difficult picture

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN STAFF / EDMONTON

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f you’ve found herbicidetolerant weeds in your field, you’re not in the minority.

Weed resistance is increasing worldwide, so it’s really important that Prairie growers understand growing herbicide tolerance, says one of the country’s top resistance experts.

“Group 2 really overshadows all the other groups in terms of weed resistance,” said Hugh Beckie, a research scientist with Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Saskatoon. “It’s remarkable considering this new chemistry was introduced in 1983, much later than some of the older herbicides.”

Rates of resistance have grown globally since 1950, with grassy weeds dominating all other groups, Beckie said during a session at FarmTech.

Canada ranks No. 3 in terms of global weed resistance (after the U.S. and France), with Wester n Canada and Eastern Canada having about the same number of resistant weeds. Group 1 resistance first appeared in Manitoba in 1990, and continues to be a problem in wild oats. Group 2 resistance has been found in cleavers in the Parkland region.

“In northeastern Saskatchewan, I would imagine that every pea field has Group 2 cleavers,” said Beckie. “It really is posing a challenge to pulse crop production, which is highly dependent on Group 2 chemistry.”

”If you don’t have resistance yet, you’re in the minority.

Don’t feel that you’re singled out.”

Hugh Beckie

But increasingly, the problem is weeds with resistance to two or more groups. About 90 species of weeds have populations with multiple resistance, and that number is rising every year.

There have been cases of Group 2 and Group 1 resistance developing at the same time in wild oats, said Beckie.

Since there hasn’t been any new herbicide chemistry developed for more than 30 years, methods for fighting resistance are few and shrinking.

A g r i c u l t u re Ca n a d a h a s conducted sur veys to find resistant varieties by randomly approaching farmers and scouting their fields. The Saskatchewan study was completed in 2015, Manitoba was surveyed last year, and it will be Alberta’s turn this year.

Researchers will scout 250 to 300 fields pre- and post-harvest (with the latter focusing on glyphosate-resistant kochia and Russian thistle). Researchers expect they will find resistance

in about half of the cultivated land surveyed.

“If you don’t have resistance yet, you’re in the minority. Don’t feel that you’re singled out.

Most growers now have resistance,” said Beckie.

Randomly chosen growers will also be asked to fill out a survey on their weed management practices in order to find out which ones are more effective and what isn’t working.

More trouble ahead The cost of managing resistant weeds is huge — an estimated $1 billion annually in Saskatchewan alone because of increased herbicide use and decreased yield and quality.

One of the ways growers are managing resistance is using two modes of action (glyphosate and one other) when growing canola. But the reliance on glyphosate is dangerous, said Beckie.

“In 2012, glyphosate usage was bigger than the next 12 combined,” he said. “It’s all about glyphosate now, or glyphosate mixtures, so we have to be careful about glyphosate selection pressures in particular. Glyphosate-resistant weeds worldwide are increasing.”

Glyphosate-resistant kochia is now established in Western Canada, and Russian thistle looks to be next — it’s in Montana and that’s why it’s a focus of the Alberta survey to be conducted this growing season.

In Manitoba there are pockets of resistant kochia, and those traits are outcrossing, and can be spread by the wind.

“If you have a glyphosateresistant plant next to a nonresistant plant, there is about five to seven per cent outcrossing,” said Beckie. “It’s not great, but great enough. This is another way for resistance to spread.”

To deal with glyphosate resistance, growers of Roundup Ready and Liberty canola are now forced to use Group 4 herbicides, an older chemistry, because there is no other alternative.

Beckie advocates that growers keep careful records of cultural and management practices.

This can include crop records, but should also include a record of which weeds appear in which field.

“That’s something we need records for,” he said. “If you don’t know how weed populations are changing, it’s hard to develop a program,” he said.

Using good sanitation methods will mean fewer resistant weeds. Other good practices include rotating herbicide use by group, scouting, and adopting diverse rotations.

“A lot of growers are being proactive and are using the p ra c t i c e s we re c o m m e n d , so I’m very optimistic,” said Beckie. “With lack of herbicide development, you have to use what you have and it’s a challenge. Be consistent and do the little things whenever you can and hope for the best from one year to the next.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Manitoba Oat Growers’ Association celebrates success and solvency The books are in the black and Mexican oat consumption is growing fast, annual meeting told

BY RICHARD KAMCHEN Co-operator contributor

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he Manitoba Oat Growers’ Association is in good financial shape and the industry is targeting more sales to a growing Mexican market.

That was the word from the group’s latest annual general meeting last week, in conjunction with the CropConnect event.

For the year ended July 31, 2016, MOGA revenue over expenses hit $19,013, a significant improvement over the previous year’s deficiency of $72,841.

That’s a product of approxi m a t e l y $ 4 8 , 0 0 0 m o re i n checkoff levy funds, and about $46,000 less spent on the proportionate expenses of the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA), says executive director Shawna Mathieson.

“Our producer fees are based

on every tonne of oats sold, so when there are more acres produced and sold, the amount of the checkoff dollars the commission receives goes up,” she said.

The checkoff for oats is 50 cents per tonne or about threequarters of a cent per bushel — tied for the lowest of all checkoffs in Manitoba — and this amount per bushel does not vary from year to year.

Meanwhile, lower proportionate expenses resulted from POGA’s lower expenses. Its expenses fell in 2015-16 compared to the previous year, as a market development project focusing on increasing the amount of oats fed to horses in the U.S. concluded at the end of 2014-15. “ There is a new market d e v e l o p m e n t p ro j e c t t h a t should be in the market this summer focused on asking consumers to eat ‘Oats Every Day,’ and incorporate them into meals such as lunch and dinner,” Mathieson adds.

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Canadian oat exports to Mexico have boomed in the last couple of years and that’s growth Prairie oat growers would like to see continue.

Moderate growth between 2012 and 2014 was followed by near doubling in both 2015 and then 2016.

“Our project to increase consumer demand in Mexico started in 2015,” Mathieson said.

Canadian oat sales to Mexico in 2012 reached approximately 38,000 tonnes, rising to about 41,000 in 2013 and nearly 49,000 in 2014. That level soared to over 83,000 tonnes in 2015, and again in 2016 when exports exceeded a whopping 147,000.

Australia, however, could stymie expansion plans. The country has been a large competitor in Mexico in the past, but this year it had a signifi-

“Our producer fees are based on every tonne of oats sold, so when there are more acres produced and sold, the amount of the checkoff dollars the commission receives goes up.”

Shawna Mathieson MOGA

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“Therefore it will have more crop to export, and will likely put additional price pressure on oats into the Mexico market,” Mathieson said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Is a drone right for your farm?

Uses can include evaluating plant stands, crop scouting and locating and counting livestock

By Cheryl J. Wachenheim NDSU

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long with my agribusiness class, I watched, in considerable awe, the beautiful video images of the fields and facilities of a local seed company as they were projected on the classroom screen.

The soundless video showed crystal-clear footage taken from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also called a drone.

Two decades previously, my family received a knock on the door of our farmhouse in central Illinois. Our visitor had, for our purchase, an aerial view of our farmstead. That photo proudly hung centre stage in the kitchen during our decade tenure on this farm.

Reflecting back on that static, almost-in-focus shot of our home while watching the video of farmland and facilities using today’s technology was like listening to the chirp of multiple auto start remotes at the end of the work day while remembering our traditional method of sending one of the kids out to start the truck on a cold winter day. That UAV technology is here is not news. Nor is the potential of this technology for our personal lives, businesses, farms and ranches, and to improve monitoring and sampling capabilities for researchers, public entities and others.

In agriculture, a multitude of uses have been identified and are being applied or undergoing empirical research.

It is said that most agricultural applications for UAVs will fall under the realm of precision agriculture or safety.

An unmanned aerial vehicle is used to check a wheat crop. PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Throughout the popular literature, we find references to the role of UAVs in achieving tasks that best fall under one or more of the four Ds: dirty, dangerous, difficult or dull. One might more specifically define many of the direct applications to agriculture as falling under the categories of improving the efficiency of tasks that ordinarily place high demands on time and making possible those that improve the efficiency of the use of our resources, thereby also reducing costs.

Examples of the use of UAV direct visuals in precision agriculture include evaluating planting success, crop scouting, and locating and counting livestock. The use of thermal

imaging and other technologies also can help producers predict yield, follow crop growth, identify weeds, and provide early warning of animal illness, heat detection and timing of calving. In addition, UAVs have been used to support and promote value-added services for such ventures as agricultural tourism. The list of applications will only grow.

While the evolution of this technology and its application is fascinating to follow, the question facing many farmers and ranchers is whether they should use the technology and, if so, how to begin.

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on the expected return on investment. What is important is that the estimated return on investment be based on its value, not in generating data, but in facilitating management decisions that improve the efficiency and profitability of the operation or otherwise help producers meet their goals. While those goals are not all cost and revenue oriented, certainly these are top-of-mind considerations for the farmers and ranchers of today.

When talking to producers about the decision, two general arguments arise. The first is that now is not a good time to invest in the technology because its value in increasing revenues per dollar spent is diminished by low commodity prices. The more common argument is that now is a good time to consider the technology because low commodity prices require that producers find more operation efficiencies, such as those this technology can help provide.

Assuming the second argument is correct, or to test whether it is correct, we advise approaching the decision like any other farm investment decision, from hiring a cropscouting service to purchasing new equipment.

The first step is to identify the need, that is, the problem.

If the UAV is to provide additional or more detailed information, that information is of value to you (fills a need) if it improves your ability to make decisions.

Coming up with examples of need is not difficult: Does the emergence rate justify replanting the field? Am I applying too much herbicide or applying the right amount of nitrogen throughout the field? Can I do without my retiring cattle hand if I can find a means to otherwise track and manage my cattle?

The second step is to identify alternative solutions and

compare their ability to help you make your operation more efficient.

You also will need to decide whether to purchase or lease a UAV. The choice will depend on the net purchase cost, operation and maintenance costs, the kit of tools you need to meet your goals, and data analysis. Once you know what owning a system will cost, you can compare that to leased systems, with or without full-service, in-flight data analysis.

For those who want to solve problems that do not require longer-term monitoring, such as identifying drainage structural issues or determining locations for crop scouting, renting a UAV service may be the right option.

This option avoids the cost associated with obtaining the regulatory certification required for commercial use.

Many UAV models are available, and more are being introduced commercially, including fixed wing, helicopter, and multi-copter, and battery and fuel operated. The key features are price, coverage range, flight time, weight capacity and multiuse ability.

Other features that may be important, depending on your intended use, including auto drive and the ability to override it in favour of manual operation, crash avoidance and returnto-home features, the ability to view imagery during flight, thermal imaging, hyperspectral and LIDAR (light detection and ranging) capability, camera zoom and software capability.

Some potential UAV purchasers will be comfortable relying on a trusted sales professional, while others will prefer to conduct research or rely on other traditional information sources for vendor and capability comparisons.

Cheryl J. Wachenheim is a professor in North Dakota State University’s agribusiness and applied economics department.

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Viterra results offset Glencore’s year-end A lower-quality Prairie crop followed a below-average crop STAFF

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ommodity giant Gl e n c o re’s effor ts to ratchet down its debts paid off in fiscal 2016 — though “challenges” weighed on the ledger for its Viterra grain-handling arm.

Swiss-based Glencore on Feb. 23 released preliminary results for 2016, booking net income attributable to equity holders of $1.379 billion on $152.948 billion in revenues, up from an $8.114 billion loss on $147.351 billion in revenues in 2015 (all figures US$).

The company’s “swift and decisive actions to reposition and optimize our capital structure and industrial asset portfolio have reduced net funding by $14.7 billion over the past 18 months and generated more than $1.3 billion in cost savings at our industrial assets in 2016,” CEO Ivan Glasenberg said in a release.

Those actions included Glencore selling about 50 per cent interest in its Agricultural Products division for $3.1 billion, with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and B.C. Investment Management Corp. taking 40 and 10 per cent respectively. Both deals closed in December.

With year-over-year results adjusted accordingly, Glencore reported its marketing EBIT ( e a r n i n g s b e f o re i n t e re s t and taxes) from Agricultural Products down nine per cent in 2016 from 2015, “in large part due to a lower Viterra Canada contribution.”

The Canadian arm of Reginabased Viterra “faced challenges in the first half of 2016, as the crop harvested in September 2015 was below average, with margins suffering from competition amongst handlers in the face of low prices and farmer retention,” Glencore said.

Viterra Canada’s margins improved in the last quarter of the year, however, on a “nearrecord, albeit poor-quality, crop harvested in September 2016.”

Viterra’s business in South Australia was “broadly similar,” as a “disappointing” October 2015 harvest weighed on the first half of 2016 and the final quarter saw a “record” 2016 South Australian crop.

During that time, Glencore said, “we had added storage and were well prepared for the large Viterra Australia intake. The crop size and delayed Australian harvest is also expected to positively impact results in the first quarter of 2017.”

Overall, Glencore said, prices and volatility in the Agricultural Products business “generally remained subdued during the period, with our grain and oilseed marketing business performing consistently well in the circumstances.”

Its marketing of wheat, Brazilian corn, soymeal and rapeseed generally “exceeded expectations, while sugar and cotton were below expectations.”

The division’s processing businesses booked increased production in 2016, mainly from the crush plants it bought at Becancour, Que. in late 2015 and at Warden, Wash. in January 2016, and from “higher-capacity utilization” in Argentina.

The former TRT-ETGO oilseed

plant at Becancour saw “poor” margins early in fiscal 2016 as sales of meal “proved challenging,” but those margins increased in the second half of the year, Glencore said.

Revenue, earnings Worldwide, the Agricultural Products division saw its revenue from commodity marketing drop to $18.678 billion from $20.617 billion in 2015, and revenue from “industrial activities” such as processing rise to $3.292 billion from $2.529 billion.

The adjusted EBIT on the division’s marketing activities came in at $418 million, down from $461 million, while EBIT on its industrial activities rose to $104 million from $63 million.

Glencore’s grain-marketing volumes for 2016 remained nearly flat at 43.8 million tonnes, up from 43.7 million in 2015, while oilseed and processed oilmarketing volumes rose 15 per cent, to 26.7 million tonnes.

Viterra’s Canadian business “faced challenges in the first half of 2016” due to the 2015 crop, Glencore reports.

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS CON N EC T I NG RU R A L FA M I L I E S

Iconic peace tower coming down at International Peace Gardens Work to dismantle the tower, put up in 1982, began last week by a crew experienced in concrete grain elevator demolition

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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t was expected to last a century but after just 35 years the 120-foot iconic tower at the International Peace Gardens is coming down.

A North Dakota-based firm with experience deconstructing concrete grain terminals arrived on site Feb. 22. The contractor was expected to be done the task in about two weeks using a crane and a pair of hydraulically powered jaws to chew it down in pieces.

The tower was built in 1982 and unveiled on the 50th anniversary of the IPG which was dedicated in 1932. Its four columns were meant to symbolize the arrival of people from all four corners of the earth.

They’ve been noting the tower’s deterioration for some time, said IPG CEO Garry Enns.

It was made of a type of concrete that has been crumbling under the freeze/thaw cycle of the seasons.

“The mixture used to build it was not suited to the climate we are in,” he said. Parts of the tower, such as a reflective pool at its base and floodlights, long ago ceased to operate because of its deterioration, he added.

Last year IPG launched a competition among architectural firms seeking ideas for a new tower and a winning design was chosen from a halfdozen submissions.

But history — not to mention the current financial state of the IPG — suggests it could be a long while before something takes its place.

The tower was part of the original design plans of the IPG way back in the summer of 1932, but it wasn’t until 50 years later that one was actually built, notes Enns.

It is an important part of the IPG, he said. “It has become a symbol representative of the IPG.” But there is also much discussion and many ideas yet to consider before something takes its place.

“There are those who think we shouldn’t be replacing it at all and just repurposing the space and creating a very different dynamic,” he said.

The IPG itself was the vision of Canadian and American botanists and horticulturalists in the 1920s. It was a time of great hope following the end of what everyone hoped and believed had been “the war to end all wars.”

Enns said his own hope, as the IPG nears its centennial year in 2032, is that attention will focus not only on replac-

The tower at the International Peace Gardens, where more than 150,000 flowers bloom in formal gardens, has been a key feature of the site located along the Canada-U.S. border. PHOTOs: INTERNATIONAL PEACE GARDEN

ing this one feature but on the entire Peace Gardens which need numerous upgrades and renovations.

“I’m hoping the (IPG) board will think more broadly than simply the tower,” he said. “We are only 15 years away from the 100th anniversary. That’s not that long to go.”

The IPG encompasses just over 2,300 acres which, in addition to its renowned formal gardens, includes hiking and biking trails, a wildlife refuge and picnic and camping areas, an on-site concert hall seating 500 persons, historic lodge and an interpretive centre housing a world-class collection of 6,000 cacti.

Where funding will come from for needed refurbishments remains a question, however.

The IPG’s operating budget is supported by the province of Manitoba and the state of North Dakota. But it only covers about half their costs at this time, and they’re now bracing for cuts as North Dakota signals it faces its own fiscal restraints this year.

“Very concerned,” is how E n n s d e s c r i b e s t h e I P G ’s current financial situation.

They’re looking at a wide variety of fundraising strategies to help them meet their obligations.

Notably, the IPG emerged in

times of scarcity, however. In fact, plans initially laid out for the original garden were put on hold for years, Enns said.

Some of the first landscaping was completed through make-work projects under U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration that put millions of unemployed people to work in public works projects.

The CEO said while it might be tempting to view the tower’s demise as the end of an era, he doesn’t see it that way.

“I would like to say, rather than the end, it is perhaps the beginning of an era,” he said, adding “We should not overlook the optimism that was very much a part of the genesis of this particular site.”

The plan is that the site will eventually be used much more broadly by multiple groups as times advance, and his work ahead is to raise its profile well beyond Manitoba and North Dakota.

The IPG is a critically important reminder of peace between two nations, said Enns. “That has to mean something, especially in today’s world.

“It was put in place as a promise of peace. We have been at peace as neighbours for over 200 years now.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Prairie fare Superfoods aren’t superheroes Trendy foods are no cure-all or replacement for a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle

BY GETTY STEWART Co-operator contributor

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very year, popular magazines and trend watchers release lists of must-eat “superfoods” that will boost our health and overall well-being.

The idea sounds appealing — eat this food and you’ll feel great and improve your health.

Unfortunately, it’s not that easy — superfoods are not the superheroes they’re made out to be.

The concept of superfoods is completely unregulated and scientifically unsupported. It is used more as a marketing tool than a health promotion tool. Yes, typically the foods listed (acai berries, kelp, moringa powder, algae fat, etc.) are nutrient rich and have some beneficial properties, but singling out one food over others is not recommended.

Dr. Carol Greenwood, senior scientist on brain health at Rotman Research Institute says, “When it comes to brain health, there is currently no evidence that any one single food within the same class is superior to other similar food.”

In other words, she would encourage you to eat all kinds of rich-coloured berries such as blueberries, saskatoons, haskaps, raspberries, cranberries and acai berries rather than singling out any one variety.

Greenwood’s findings are supported by other researchers working on behalf of leading health organizations representing chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, kidney disease, cancer, respiratory disease or arthritis.

None of them support the notion of superfoods. They all agree that overall eating patterns in combination with physical activity, not smoking, stress reduction and social and mental well-being are more important than focusing on any one particular food.

Let’s stop looking for superheroes or superfoods and just focus on our overall eating patterns and the recommendations put forth by leading health organizations across the globe.

Fruit and veg Eating a large variety and meeting daily recommendations (eight to 10 servings/day for adults) of vegetables and fruits is more important than finding the perfect “superfood.” Use fresh, frozen or canned to add dark greens, vivid reds, bright purples and blues, sunny oranges and yellows and even whites, tans and browns at every meal.

Whole grains and fibre Less processed grains and foods provide more nutrients, more fibre and more long-lasting energy. Think whole grains like oats, barley, wheat, buckwheat, quinoa, brown rice, wild rice, etc. Include nuts, seeds and starchy veg-

etables like sweet potatoes and winter squash in this category too.

Varied proteins Select a variety of fish, poultry, dairy products and lean meat along with non-animal protein sources like legumes, nuts, seeds, soy products and even dark leafy greens.

Less sugar and salt Most of our sugar and salt intake comes from highly processed foods. By preparing more food from scratch we can better control our intake of sugar and salt. To meet World Health Organization recommendations for sugar stay below 12 teaspoons (50 g) of added sugar per day. As for salt, Health Canada recommends no more than 2,300 mg of salt per day, the equivalent of one teaspoon.

Fat choices While views about fats are changing, leading health organizations continue to recommend choosing lean meats and reducing fats that are solid at room temperature. They also recommend looking for omega-3 fatty acids found in walnuts, pumpkin seeds, flaxseed, hemp, olive oil, canola oil, fatty fish (salmon, herring, trout, sardines, halibut, whitefish) and omega-3 eggs.

Try the following recipes that combine many wholesome foods to see just how tasty these recommendations can be.

Southern Beef ’n Rice

Italian seasoning

1/8 tsp. cayenne (optional)

1 lb. lean ground beef

Make your own salt-free seasoning to use on pasta, chicken, pork, vegetables, garlic toast and even popcorn.

(approx. 2 c.)

1 onion, chopped 2 celery stalks, sliced 3 cloves garlic, minced

4-1/2 tbsp. dried basil

1 tsp. paprika

3 tbsp. dried marjoram

1/4 tsp. dried thyme

3 tbsp. dried parsley

1/2 tsp. dried basil

3 tbsp. dried oregano

1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

1-1/2 tbsp. garlic powder

1/8 tsp. cinnamon

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1-1/2 tbsp. onion flakes

1 med. sweet potato, cut into 1/4-in. cubes 1 (540-mL) can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained 1/2 c. pot barley 1 plum tomato, chopped 3 c. no-salt-added chicken broth 1/2 tsp. salt 1 c. frozen peas, thawed 5 prunes, cut into quarters 2 tbsp. lemon juice

1 can (370 mL) partly skimmed evaporated milk

1-1/2 tsp. dried thyme

1/2 red pepper, chopped

1-1/2 tsp. rubbed sage

Plain Greek yogurt and cilantro (garnish)

1/2 green pepper, chopped

1 tsp. fresh ground black

1 tbsp. Dijon mustard

pepper

In large pot, heat canola oil over medium heat.

1 can (796 mL or 28 oz.) diced tomatoes

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

Transfer into an airtight jar.

Salt and pepper to taste 2 c. chopped fresh or frozen greens (spinach, kale, swiss chard)

In large skillet, brown ground beef.

Add onion and celery; sauté until softened, about three to five minutes.

Add garlic, paprika, thyme, basil, cayenne and cinnamon; cook for one minute.

Add evaporated milk and simmer for about eight minutes until most of the liquid is absorbed.

Add red and green peppers, mustard and diced tomatoes and simmer for another eight to 10 minutes until heated through and thickened.

Use within 12 months.

Makes 3/4 cup Source: www.gettystewart.com

Chickpea sweet potato stew with barley 1 tbsp. canola oil 4 garlic cloves, minced

Taste and adjust seasoning with salt, pepper and extra cayenne if desired.

1 tbsp. minced ginger

Stir in chopped greens and cook for about two minutes until just wilted.

1 tsp. coriander

Serve over brown rice.

Serves: Four Source: www.gettystewart.com

1/2 tsp. turmeric

1 small onion, diced 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. paprika

Cook ginger, garlic, onion and spices for three minutes.

Add sweet potato, chickpeas, barley and tomato. Cook for two minutes.

Add broth and salt (if using a salted broth, you won’t need the salt).

Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low. Cook for 35 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add peas and prunes. Cook for five minutes.

Add water or broth if stew becomes dry.

Add lemon juice after heat is turned off.

Ladle into bowls, and top with plain Greek yogurt and chopped cilantro.

Serves: Four to six Source: Zannat Reza, www.thrive360.buzz Getty Stewart is a professional home economist, speaker and writer from Winnipeg. She shares recipes and kitchen tips at www.gettystewart.com.

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Reena answers more questions Plus, try this recipe for a tasty snack reena nerbas Household Solutions

Dear Reena, Purple candle wax dripped onto my beige synthetic fibre carpet which has a low nap.

What should I do? I have scraped off as much of the wax as I can and await your suggestion as to further treatment. Thank you. — Irene

Dear Irene, What you need to do is place a single-layered brown paper bag over the wax and using a warm iron, press the area to lift the wax, being careful not to scorch the carpet. Move the bag around so you don’t push wax further into the carpet. When the wax is a distant memory, take Head and Shoulders dandruff shampoo and water and blot it over the area to clean the rest of the mess (test on an inconspicuous area first). Rinse with water and blot.

Hi Reena, After many years of using my kitchen sink at our cottage/ home, for washing paintbrushes and trays, etc. I have

lots of scratches on the rim and all over. It is a brushed stainless look. Is there some way that I can safely get rid of the scratches? Thanks for any help and for all the good tips I get from reading your column. Keep up the good work!

— Pat

Hi Pat, There are multiple commercial products available at home hardware stores designed to remove scratches on stainless steel, including all appliances, even the kitchen sink! Or buff out scratches yourself using a sand pad for intense scratches, or a scuff pad (No. 1 for heavier scratches) or 000 for finer scratches. Spray the stainless steel with 50/50 white vinegar and water. Buff out scratches with the pad.

Make sure to use long, even strokes and pull the pad along the grain. Using short strokes will result in a patchy finish.

Polish with a soft cloth.

Hi Reena, This is a two-part question: I have a frying pan with a dimpled non-stick surface which is used mostly for weekend bacon and eggs breakfasts. What is the best way of cleaning these pans? I

on your pan. Another option is to scrub the outside of the pan with Barkeepers Friend and a damp non-scratch abrasive pad. Leave for a few hours and scrub well.

Tasty snack idea

See the recipe and make your own caramel popcorn. photo: THINKSTOCK

have been running hot water into the pan and scrubbing with paper towels so as not to remove the seasoning. Is there an easier and more effective way to clean? My other question concerns the buildup of baked-on food on the outside of the pan. What can I use to remove this mess? Plastic scouring pads have no effect.

Even putting the pan through the dishwasher’s “pots and pans” cycle doesn’t budge it in the least! Thanks. — Michael

Dear Michael, An easy and very effective technique for cleaning the

interior side of non-stick frying pans is to place them in the dishwasher. The bleach and liquid used to make dishwasher detergent cleans the pan interior, and zaps lingering odours, which tend to remain in the pan. Option 2: Boil 1 tbsp. baking soda and 2 cups vinegar for three minutes. When pan is cool enough to touch, scrub with green scrubby pad. In order to clean the outside of a frying pan, the easiest solution is to ventilate and apply oven cleaner. The downside to oven cleaner is that this method can actually void the warranty

Caramel popcor n: Pop approximately 2 cups popcorn kernels. Into a saucepan melt 1 cup butter. Stir in 2 cups brown sugar, 1/2 cup corn syrup and 1 tsp. salt. Stir while mixture comes to a boil.

Stop stirring and allow mixture to continue to boil for two to three minutes. Remove from heat and add 1/2 tsp. vanilla and 1/2 tsp. baking soda. Toss sauce and popcorn together. Spread onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake at 250 F for one hour being careful to stir every 15 minutes. Cool and eat! **NOTE: Ever y user assumes all risks of injury or damage resulting from the implementation of any suggestions in this column. Test all products on an inconspicuous area first.

I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Need a presenter on the topic: Effective Speaking or The Power of Words? Check out: Reena.ca.

Start geraniums in March Whether you grow from cuttings or seeds — now is the time to get started

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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arch has arrived! We’re on the home stretch towards spring and gardeners are invigorated by the lengthening of the days. Finally, we are able to plant a few seeds and watch tiny plants develop. Although options are limited this early in the year (not many seeds need such a long head start), one annual that when grown from seed takes a long time to develop into good-size bedding plants is the seed geranium.

Most of the geraniums in garden centres have huge blooms and are all grown from cuttings. If you have wintered over some of these zonal geraniums, now is the time to take some slips to establish new plants. Cut terminal slips about 15 cm long that have three or four leaf axils. Remove lower leaf and cut bottom end of the slip off just below the lowest leaf axil. Apply some rooting hormone to bottom of the stem and plant in some dampened soilless mix. Letting the slips callous over by being exposed to the air for several hours will reduce chances of rot. Give the potted slips bright, indirect light until rooting occurs — often indicated by the appearance of new growth.

The plants should then be given as much direct sunlight as possible. Keep soil just moist and feed plants with a 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer weekly.

If you think seed geraniums might better fit your needs, there will likely be a display of them early in the season in your local garden centre. Plant breed-

ers have developed hybrid varieties that perform well and are useful for home gardens, but not quite as well suited for use as specimen plants or for exhibiting in horticultural shows. Seed geraniums are smaller than zonal geraniums grown from cuttings and they have smaller blooms on shorter stems. The blooms are often not as double or full and the growth habit is more compact with abundant branching. Seed catalogues list innumerable varieties, ranging from the “Orbit” and “Pinto” series with their intense leaf patterns, to the early-flowering “Ringo” and “Sprint” series and even some varieties that have interesting dark foliage, such as “Black Magic” and “Black Velvet,” that have striking chocolate leaves with green edges.

Seed geraniums need to be started very early as they will take 12 to 14 weeks from seeding date until they begin to produce bloom, so plant in early March. Before deciding to grow geraniums from seed, make sure you have the proper space as the plants will not do well without warmth and good light. Although a south-facing windowsill will suffice as long as you can keep the planting medium warm enough on those still-to-come cold, wintery days, a light garden is the ideal location.

One method used to germinate geranium seeds is to place the seeds between two dampened paper towels placed on a tray, enclose the tray inside a plastic bag, and place in a warm environment where the temperature is in the low 20s C. Geranium seeds do not require light to germinate, so on top of the refrigerator is a good location.

Finally, we are able to plant a few seeds and watch tiny plants develop.

Check seeds daily and when one has sprouted and put forth a stem and a root, carefully remove the sprouted seed from the wet towels and plant in a container of dampened soilless mix. Put several seedlings in each container to save space. Make sure all equipment and containers are sterile to avoid disease problems.

A second method of planting geranium seeds is to plant them directly into a container of dampened soilless mix, cover with about a centimetre of mix, enclose container in plastic and place in a warm environment. When the seedlings emerge, remove the plastic cover and move container to a well-lighted location. Seedlings should be given as much light as possible — 14 hours a day in a light garden. When the seedlings have two sets of true leaves, begin to fertilize weekly using a soluble 20-20-20 fertilizer at half-strength; keeping the planting medium on the dry side will also help to ward off disease.

Whether you grow geraniums from seed or from cuttings from parent plants you have wintered over, harden off the plants by exposing them gradually to longer periods outside during warm

By starting geraniums now you’ll have good-size plants ready for the outside displays.

PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

spring days before planting them outdoors. Don’t plant them outdoors until threat of frost has passed as geraniums are not frost tolerant. Use them in beds and borders, or in mixed containers and enjoy continuous summer-long bloom (don’t forget to deadhead). Growing geraniums from seed or from slips will provide your green thumbs with some exercise just when they need it, and your summer garden with some beautiful blooming plants.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS RCMP warn of dangers of driving fatigued Tired drivers can be as hazardous as a driver who has been drinking alcohol

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Hopefully this robin makes it through the winter. PHOTO: JOAN AIREY

Welcome to Country Crossroads

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f you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to Country Crossroads, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1, phone 1-800-782-0794, fax 204-944-5562, email susan@ fbcpublishing.com. I’d love to hear from you.

Please remember we can no longer return material, articles, poems or pictures.— Sue

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ost people are aware of the dangers of drinking and driving but don’t realize that fatigued driving can be just as fatal. Like alcohol, fatigue impairment slows reaction time, decreases awareness, impairs judgment and increases the risk of being involved in a collision.

Lack of sleep is one of the most common causes of fatigued driving. Other contributing factors include driving alone, driving long distances without rest breaks and driving through the night, or at times when the driver normally sleeps. Taking medication that increases sleepiness or drinking alco-

hol also contributes to driver fatigue.

People most at risk for falling asleep at the wheel are shift workers, commercial drivers, people with untreated sleep disorders, teenagers and young adults. Recognizing the symptoms of a fatigued driver can help prevent these collisions.

Wa r n i n g s i g n s o f d r i v e r fatigue: • Yawning.

• Inability to keep eyes focused and head up.

• Having wandering, disconnected thoughts.

• Driving the past few kilometres without remembering them.

• Drifting between lanes, tailgating or missing traffic signs.

• Noticing a vehicle in the rear-view mirror that

seemed to appear out of nowhere.

How to reduce driver fatigue: • Stop if you become sleepy while on the road.

• G et plenty of sleep the night before a long trip.

• Avoid working all day and then driving all night. Stay overnight rather than driving straight through.

• Schedule a break every two hours or every 160 km.

Stretch or take a walk to get some fresh air.

• Travel with an awake and alert passenger. Having someone to chat with will keep the driver awake and the passenger can also let the driver know if he/she is showing any signs of fatigue.

This Old Elevator

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n the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.”

The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is supplying these images of a grain elevator each week in hopes readers will be able to tell the society more about it, or any other elevator they know of.

MHS Gordon Goldsborough webmaster and Journal editor has developed a website to post your replies to a series of questions about elevators. The MHS is interested in all grain elevators that have served the farm community.

Your contributions will help gather historical information such as present status of elevators, names of companies, owners and agents, rail lines, year elevators were built — and dates when they were torn down (if applicable).

There is room on the website to post personal recollections and stories related to grain elevators. The MHS presently also has only a partial list of all elevators that have been demolished. You can help by updating that list if you know of one not included on that list.

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help the MHS develop a comprehensive, searchable database to preserve the farm community's collective knowledge of what was once a vast network of grain elevators across Manitoba.

Please contribute to This Old Grain Elevator website at: http://www. mhs.mb.ca/elevators.

You will receive a response, by email or phone call, confirming that your submission was received.

Goldsborough is especially interested in determining when elevators were demolished. Readers with photos of elevator demolitions and dates of when these occurred can contact him directly at gordon@mhs.mb.ca or call 204-782-8829.

The history of ownership of this grain elevator, along Pacific Avenue in Brandon, is illustrated on its four sides. It was built around 1937 for the McCabe Brothers Grain Company, as shown by the name on its west side. In 1965, the company erected six steel grain tanks and a feed-processing mill immediately east of the elevator. McCabe sold its elevators to United Grain Growers in early 1968 but this facility was excluded from the deal. Later that year, McCabe’s remaining assets were purchased by National Grain, named on its east side. The elevator (and the nearby mill) was bought in 1974 by Cargill, whose corporate signage is displayed on its north and south sides. At one time served by a spur line of the Canadian Pacific Railway that ran along its north side, there is no longer any rail service. Although slated for demolition in early 2016, it was still standing when this photo was taken in June 2016. photo: Gordon Goldsborough

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

FARMER'S

MARKETPLACE CLAssifiEds Selling?

Manitoba Co-operator The Western Producer

Call to place your classified ad in the next issue: 1-800-782-0794 EMAIL your classified ads to: mbclassifieds@fbcpublishing.com

MULVEY “FLEA” MARKET. Osborne and Mulvey Ave. E. Winnipeg. Saturday’s, Sunday’s, Holidays, 10AM-5PM. 40+ vendors.

A/C. Debit, Visa, MC. Table or booth rental info call 204-478-1217, mulveymarket.ca Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free!

1-800-782-0794.

ONE OWNER ANTIQUES & Collectibles Auction, 9:30 AM, Saturday, March 25, 801 Buxton St., Indian Head, SK. Viewing: 5-7 PM, Friday, March 24. On offer: 1957 Chrysler Windsor Couch; Pepsi chest type cooler; var. parlour chairs; 1880’s-1930’s antique oak, walnut, mahogany, pine furniture; tri-Lights; Pequegnate Christies Book Store clocks; glassware; White Moore Croft vase; 1937 Royal Doulton vase and plate; JackoBean vase; England, Royal Stanley; 1890 Royal Bonn Germany, Royal Bonn Vase; crystal; china sets; figurines; antique beaded and Poorman’s purses; coins; 100’s of items, A collection you don’t want to miss! Call 306-551-9411. www.2sauctioneers.ca PL #333133.

STEINER PARTS DEALER, Save! - No long waits. No brokerage fees. Fast weekly service. Good exchange rates. Diamond Farm Tractor Parts 1-800-481-1353.

ADRIAN’S MAGNETO SERVICE. Guaranteed repairs on mags and ignitors. Repairs.

Parts. Sales. 204-326-6497. Box 21232, Steinbach, MB. R5G 1S5.

1978 FORD BRONCO restored 15 years ago, $3000 OBO. Phone 306-463-3257, Kindersley, SK.

2007 WESTERN STAR 4900SA tri-drive, C15 Cat, 550 HP, 18 spd., full lockers, new 24’ CIM B&H. 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. www.78truxsales.com DL #316542.

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

FINDLAY FARM SATURDAY, APRIL 29 HOMEWOOD, MANITOBA

• 1993 CIH Steiger 9280 tractor 20.8 x42 duals, 4 remote hyd, air seeder • Return line, power shift transmission, outback auto steer 4738 hrs • Diesel engine preheater • CIH 1680 Combine, with flex, corn and other headers, • 2004 Bourgault smart cart . PTO Drive, 600/65R/32 tires • John Deere 7000 planter 12 row 30 • 10 ft Poly swath roller • Westfield 8’’ x 80 ft grain auger electric 220 motor • Cat 60 Scraper Hydraulic Push off scraper

Watch our website for up dates and new auctions www.billklassen.com 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS McSherry Auction Service Ltd

ESTATE & MOVING SALE FEATURING TOURIST PEDAL BIKES

Sat. March 4th @ 10:00 am ESTATE & MOVING SALE FEATURING TOYS

Sat. March 11th @ 10:00 am Stuart McSherry

200 OLD CLOCKS all kinds, $3.00 ea. OBO; 400 LP’s, Country and Western, old time, .50¢ ea. OBO. 204-747-3838, Deloraine MB

#12 Patterson Dr., Stonewall, MB (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in OLDER HORSE DRAWN Equipment, Some the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a in good shape, some not so good; Also Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today.

1953 Seeburg Jukebox in good shape. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800Call 306-734-2970, Chamberlain, SK. 782-0794.

WESTERN PRODUCER PHOTOGRAPHER seeks old cameras and darkroom equipment. 306-665-9623, Saskatoon, SK. WANTED: VOLKSWAGEN van/truck, pre-1967; Also antique signs, gas pumps, oil cans etc. 306-222-7376, Warman, SK.

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

VINTAGE SERVICE STATION/ COCA COLA AUCTION

WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales brochures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, Saskatoon, SK.

Sat. Mar 18th @ 10:00 am

ADVERTISING DEADLINE: NOON on THURSDAYS

ANNUAL SPRING GUN AUCTION

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2007 MACK, 10 speed Eaton auto., new 20’ CIM B&H, fresh Sask. safeties. Call 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. www.78truxsales.com DL #316542.

Consignments Welcome!

Sat. March 25th @ 9:30 am Consign Your Guns & Hunting Related Items Now to Take Advantage of Our Coast to Coast Advertising!

Stuart McSherry #12 Patterson Dr., Stonewall, MB (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

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IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION Bull Sale Thursday March 9th, at Spring Creek Ranch in Moosomin, SK. Offering 100 Red and Black Simmental, Red and Black Angus and Black Best of Beef bulls. Volume and loyalty customer discounts. For catalogue or more information contact Brian McCarthy 306-435-7527 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue on-line: www.buyagro.com PL#116061

MORE AND MORE FARMERS are choosing Mack Auction Co. to conduct their farm equipment auctions!! Book your 2016 auction today! Call 306-634-9512 today! www.mackauctioncompany.com PL311962

WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts.

Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK.

NEW BERG’S 24’ end dump, w/Berg’s Signature quality finish. Call for winter pricing GROW SOYBEANS? If you grow 1000 specials and 30 day trials, 204-325-5677, acres earn a free new pickup truck every Winkler, MB. year and give last year’s away. Free report PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING & PAINTING. at www.profitfromthebean.com Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes 2008 FORD F350 4x4 Super Duty Crew, and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, 6.4L auto trans., 120,000 kms, exc. cond., and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture PST paid. 306-382-4255, Dalmeny, SK. and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed.

306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. 2010 WILSON TRI-AXLE grain trailer, 3 hopper, 1 rear hopper, new brakes, tarp and wheel seals, safetied, exc., $42,000 OBO. Call 306-648-7123, Gravelbourg, SK 2014 LODE-KING SUPER B, aluminum grain trailer, new tarps, new rubber 22.5, $86,000. 306-677-7617, Hodgeville, SK.

TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. NEW NEW 2018 tri-axle 45’, air ride, 78” sides, Canadian made, $52,000 low price.

ONE OF SASK’s largest inventory of used Buy now! Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. heavy truck parts. 3 ton tandem diesel motors and transmissions and differentials for REMOTE CONTROL TRAILER CHUTE all makes! Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., openers can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season. FM re1-800-938-3323. mote controls provide maximum range TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton, new and and instant response while high torque used. We ship anywhere. Contact Phoenix drives operate the toughest of chutes.

Easy installation. Kramble Industries, Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Lucky Lake, SK. call 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located us online at: www.kramble.net in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals.

24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 16,000 and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension lbs., $4750; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, 7000 lbs., $2975, 8000 lb Skidsteer, $1990 axles. Call 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. Factory direct.

1-888-792-6283.

SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE www.monarchtrailers.com Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park.

New and used parts available for 3 ton trucks all the way up to highway tractors, for every make and model, no part too big or small. Our shop specializes in custom rebuilt differentials/transmissions and clutch installations. Engines are available, both gas and diesel. Re-sale units are on the lot ready to go. We buy wrecks for parts, and sell for wrecks! For more info. 2015 LODE-KING SUPER B, Bridgestone call 306-668-5675 or 1-800-667-3023. tires, good as new aluminum wheels, $65,000. Sanford, MB. 204-736-4854 or www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394 204-226-7289.

WRECKING TRUCKS: All makes all models. Need parts? Call 306-821-0260 or email: junkman.2010@hotmail.com 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.

1990 IHC 2554, 466 13 spd., 22.5” rubber, 15’ box, good unit, ready to work! $18,900.

2002 DODGE RAM 3500, 4x4 Dually, 6 Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK spd., 5th wheel w/hyd. system, rear air bag suspension, 200,000 kms, $15,000 ATTENTION GRAVEL HAULERS: 6 tanOBO. 204-981-3855, Dugald, MB. dems in stock, 1998-2007; 2013 Cancade end dump; Tri-axle 18’ dump. Yel2012 CHEV LT, ext. cab., 5.3L, 14,400 orig. tri-axle kms, shedded, never winter driven, extras, lowhead Sales, 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK $29,000. 306-764-7865, Prince Albert, SK.

1998 KENWORTH T800, new grain box, Detroit engine, 60 Series, 10 spd. trans., 2013 PROSTAR IH day cab truck with in$48,000. 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB. dash GPS, 500 HP Maxx force 18 spd., 46,000 rears, 3.91 ratio, 228” WB, approx.

129,000 kms, 11R22.5 tires, c/w wet kit for only $58,000. New MB. safety.

204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRUCKS: Several trucks with auto. trans. available with C&C or grain or gravel box. Starting at $19,900; 2002 IH 4400 DT466, Allison automatic, 20’ B&H, $56,900. Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net

SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and nearnew 2014-2015 Crosstek XVs. Save up to $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

2015 DAKOTA ALUM. seed tender with SS conveyer system, self-contained w/remote controls, or can be run off truck wet kit, exc. cond., fresh MB safety. 45’Lx102”W, loaded trailer, air ride, alum. outside rims, 11R24.5, $107,000. Located at Kamsack, 2013 WILSON GRAIN TRAILER, current SK. Call 204-526-0748 or 204-526-0321. safety, $35,000. Call 204-955-2548, Ile ALL INVENTORY MUST GO! Skidsteer Des Chenes, MB. trailers starting at $5400; Landscape and car haulers starting at $4000; Galvanized utility trailers $2300. Sokal Industries Ltd., West St. Paul, MB. Phone 204-334-6596, Email: sokalind@mymts.net NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do NEW HAY TRAILERS 10x40’, built w/new metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to steel, 10.000x22.5 tires, hauls 20 round daycab conversions. Sandblasting and bales or squares, $6500. Call KCL General paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. Repairs, Ashern, MB., 204-739-3096.

Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop STAINLESS AND ALUMINUM Super B’s/ shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. tri-axle tankers, TC 406 and 407. Call for specs, 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK.

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PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailers.ca 100 MISC. SEMI TRAILER FLATDECKS/ stepdecks, $2,500 to $30,000. 20 heavy lowbeds, $10,000 to $70,000. Tankers, end dumps. 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. www.trailerguy.ca 2015 GERMANIC 31’ tridem end dump, lift axles, $42,000; 2005 Trailtech 27’ 5th wheel trailer, 20,000 axles w/loading ramps and self-contained 545 Ferrari crane unit, $17,000; 1998 Loadline 29’ end dump tandem, air ride, $25,000; 1998 Loadline 29’ end dump, tandem, spring ride, $22,000. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. DL #910420.

2012 IHC TRANSSTAR, low pro, Max 300 HP diesel Allison auto trans, single axle, loaded cab, 13’ Armstrong landscape dump, $39,900; 2006 STERLING L9500, tandem, dsl eng. 10 spd. trans., 15’ box, low low kms, $39,900. K&L Equipment and Auto. Call Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna DL #910885

2004 F150, 5.4 auto, only 65,000 kms., 2WD, runs on fuel efficient natural gas, fresh safety, $6950. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

2005 WILSON ROAD BRUTE drop deck trailer, 48’ long x 102” wide, alum. wheels, tires, $18,500. Sanford, MB. SCHOOL BUSES: 20 to 66 passenger, 255/70R22.5 1991 to 2007, $2300 and up. 16 buses in 204-736-4854 or 204-226-7289. stock! Call Phoenix Auto, Lucky Lake, SK. 1-877-585-2300. DL #320074.

2002 KENWORTH T800 w/new grain box, rebuilt engine and turbo with warranty. $68,000. 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB. 2016 SUBARU IMPREZA consumer reports as best small call starting at $23,360! Call for best price!! 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

1976 HEAVY 6500 GMC with 400 bu. box and roll tarp, new hoist, asking $12,000 OBO. 306-778-3749, Swift Current, SK.

2011 PETE 386 and 2011 Kenworth T800.

Both- 550 ISX, 18 spds, loaded, low kms.

Pete, $58,000 OBO; Kenworth, $59,000 OBO. Phone 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK. FORD L9000, 1986, S/A, 3406 Cat, 9 spd.

Fuller, newer 1200 rubber, 5th wheel with tow truck mounted deck and headache rack, runs well, $7500 OBO. 306-769-4132, Arborfield, SK. 2003 KENWORTH W900L, Cat C15, 475-550 HP, 18 spd. heavy 40 rears, 4:11 ratio, high level VIT int. w/leather seats, $59,000 OBO. 306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK.

2007 IHC 9900 daycab, 18 spd. Eaton AutoShift, ISX 450 HP, 24.5 rubber, full wet kit, 655,000 kms,.

GMC 6500, single axle, built in vac system, lockers, Saskatoon, SK. 66,439 miles, Phone 306-483-7322, Frob- 306-270-6399, DL#316542. www.78truxsales.com isher, SK. 2009 Mack CH613, MP8 Mack eng., 430 HP, 10 spd., AutoShift, 463,000 kms, exc. shape, new 20’ box, A/T/C, $73,500; 2009 IH Transtar 8600 w/Cummins eng.

10 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, 742,000 kms, exc. tires, real good shape, $69,500; 2007 IH 9200, ISX Cummins, 430 HP, AutoShift, alum. wheels, new 20’ BH&T, fully loaded, 1,000,000 kms, real nice, $67,500; 2009 Mack CH613, 430 HP Mack, 10 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, 1.4 million kms, has bearing roll done, nice shape, $69,500; 2007 Kenworth T600, C13 Cat, 425 HP, 13 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, new paint, 1.0 million kms, exc. truck, $71,500; 1996 Midland 24’ tandem pup grain trailer, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, new paint and brakes, exc. shape, $18,500; 1985 Ford L9000, Cummins, 10 spd., 20’ BH&T that’s been totally rebuilt, new paint, exc. tires, $28,500; 1999 IH 4700 S/A w/17’ steel flatdeck, 230,000 kms, IH dsl., 10 spd., good tires, $19,500; 1998 Freightliner tractor, C60 Detroit, 430 HP, 13 spd., alum. wheels, sleeper, good rubber, $17,500; 2005 IH 9200 tractor, ISX Cummins, 430 HP, 13 spd., alum wheels, flat-top sleeper, good rubber, $22,500. All trucks SK safetied. Trades considered. All reasonable offers considered. Arborfield SK. DL 906768. Call Merv 306-276-7518 res., 306-767-2616 cell .

18’ GRAIN BOX with tarp. $5,000 Call 306-581-1013. Pense, SK.

2001 VACTOR 2100 on FL80 Freightliner jet rodder. Call 306-445-5602, North Battleford, SK.

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2009 FORD EXPLORER LTD., V8, AWD, loaded, 4 leather buckets, new winter tires, very good condition, 219,000 kms.

Photos. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. 2016 SUBARU FORESTER name top pick for 2016. Starting from $29,360. Great selection to choose from!! 1-877-373-2662, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and nearAUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed new 2014-2015 Crosstek XVs. Save up to tandems and tractor units. Contact David $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662.

306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and 30+ TANDEMS: Standards & Automatics, help wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, $46,000 and up. Yellowhead Sales, 782-0794. tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK. 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND TOPGUN TRAILER SALES “For those who hoist systems can save you time, energy demand the best.” PRECISION AND and keep you safe this seeding season. SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near AGASSIZ TRAILERS (flatdecks, end Give Kramble Industries a call at new 2014-2015 Crosstek XVs. Save up to dumps, enclosed cargo). 1-855-255-0199, 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662.

Moose Jaw, SK. www.topguntrailersales.ca www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. online at: www.kramble.net

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 2, 2017

Red River Valley Fairgrounds 1805 West Main Ave, West Fargo, ND

(on the west edge of West Fargo, ND, I-94 Exit 343)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017 | 10AM

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Auctioneers will run multiple rings with live online bidding. There will be no loading assistance until 1PM. Cars and pickups may enter grounds at Noon for self-loading. Equipment removal by March 10, unless other arrangements are made. Hauling and loading are available. Contact auctioneers for owner information, new consignments, or changes at 701.237.9173 or 800.726.8609. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

TRACK TRACTORS

Complete Lot Listings & Photos at SteffesGroup.com

2011 Case-IH 500 Quadtrac, luxury cab, buddy seat, 4 hyd., power beyond, return flow, large hyd. pump, 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, John Deere 200 ATU, wired for ATU, HID lights, front & rear diff lock, clear cap idlers, 30” tracks, 2,707 hrs., S/NZBF126070 1998 Case-IH 9370, Quadtrac, N14 Cummins, powershift, EZ Steer guidance, Trimble 250 display, 4 hyd., diff lock, clear cap idlers, 30” tracks, shows 6,615 hrs., S/NJEE0069041 2008 John Deere 9630T, deluxe cab, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., integrated AutoTrac, hyd. wide swing drawbar, Xenon lights, dual beam radar, (26) front suitcase weights, power mirrors, 36” tracks, 4,553 hrs., S/NRW9630T902361

4WD TRACTORS

LOADERS & TRACTOR ATTACHMENTS

John Deere 740 hyd. quick attach loader, MDS 8’ bucket w/grapple, midmount hyd., mounts for John Deere 7000, New bucket tilt cylinders John Deere 158 hyd. loader, 84” bucket w/ John Deere 4020 mounts JRB mover, 3 pt., New Grapple w/silage teeth for NH bidirectional Haugen snow bucket, 102”x36”x32”, fits MF loader Shop-built bale spear, fits MF loader

GPS EQUIPMENT

Trimble FM-1000 display, RTK 900 Mhz unlock, WAAS signal, OmniSTAR unlock, Trimble AD25 GNSS receiver John Deere ITC receiver, SF1, standard mount John Deere ITC receiver, SF1, deluxe mount

2010 John Deere 9630, deluxe comfort pkg., active seat, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., integrated auto steer, radar, diff COMBINES lock, xenon lights, weight pkg., 2,215 hrs., 2014 John Deere S670, Contour-Master, S/N1RW9630PKAP018193 2WD, premium cab, deluxe controls, 3 2009 Buhler 485, buddy seat, QSX15 spd. trans., HD variable spd. feeder house, Cummins, 12 spd. Field Cruise, 6 hyd., integrated auto steer, 7” display, hopper ext., big pump, return flow, John Deere 200 22-1/2’ high cap. unloading auger, fine cut universal steering wheel, wired for ATU, chopper, HID lights, 854 sep. hrs., 1,268 (40) front & (40) rear suitcase weights, engine hrs., S/N1H0S670SCE0767400 2,178 hrs., S/N701103 2012 John Deere S680, Contour-Master, 1997 Case-IH 9380, 24 spd., 4 hyd., return flow, Atomjet aux. hyd., ATU, AutoTrac to premium cab, deluxe controls, variable spd. feeder house, ProDrive with Harvest Smart, include display, globe, CF1 card, front & rear weight pkg., 6,929 hrs., single owner 7” touch screen display, integrated auto steer, Maurer hopper ext., 26’ unloading w/complete records, S/NJEE0067955 auger, PowerCast tailboard, HID lights, 1990 NH 876, 12 spd., 4 hyd., 5,054 hrs., electric mirrors, 870 sep. hrs., 1,165 engine S/ND450596 hrs., S/N1H0S680SPC0746956 MFWD TRACTORS 2012 John Deere S670, Contour-Master, 2012 John Deere 8285R, MFWD, IVT, premium cab, deluxe controls, variable deluxe cab, active seat, buddy seat, 5 spd. feeder house, 7” touch screen hyd., 60 gpm hyd. pump, power beyond, display, integrated auto steer, hopper ext., return flow, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, 26’ unloading auger, HID lights, electric auto steer ready, 7” color display, HID mirrors, 1,512 sep. hrs., 2,282 engine lights, power mirrors, dual beam radar, (8) hrs., S/N1H0S670SVC0747122 front suitcase weights, 2,145 hrs., 2009 John Deere 9870, STS, ContourS/N1RW8285RPCD057884 Master, 2 spd. PRWD, premium cab, deluxe 2012 John Deere 8285R, MFWD, IVT, controls, ProDrive, 5 spd. feeder house, deluxe cab, active seat, buddy seat, 5 integrated auto steer, Y&M, TouchSet, hyd., 60 gpm hyd. pump, power beyond, 22-1/2’ high cap. unloading auger, bin ext., return flow, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, fine cut chopper, Xenon lights, both sets auto steer ready, 7” color display, HID of concaves, 1,044 sep. hrs., 1,520 engine lights, power mirrors, dual beam radar, (8) hrs., S/NH09870S730611 front suitcase weights, 2,045 hrs., 2009 John Deere 9870, STS, ContourS/N1RW8285RHCD057717 Master, deluxe cab, deluxe controls, 2012 John Deere 6170R, MFWD w/susp., integrated auto steer, 5 spd. feeder house, premium cab, AutoQuad PLUS 20/20, 4 Y&M, 22-1/2’ high cap. unloading auger, hyd., 540/1000/1000E PTO, deluxe lights, ProDrive, HID lights, fine cut chopper, 1,602 hrs., S/N1RW6170RACA001464 1,640 sep. hrs., 2,290 engine hrs.

2012 Case-IH 340, MFWD, tractor & cab 2005 John Deere 9860, STS, Contoursusp., deluxe cab, positive response seat, Master, deluxe cab, deluxe controls, HD leather, buddy seat, 19 spd. powershift, variable spd. feeder house, Y&M, 22-1/2’ 4 hyd., 59 gpm pump, 3 pt., 1-3/4” 1000 high cap. unloading auger, hopper ext., PTO, NAV 2 with 262 receiver, right hand fine cut chopper, small wire concaves, arm reset with AFS Pro 700 monitor, cold general purpose chaffer, 1,706 sep. hrs., weather pkg., HID lights, 1,742 hrs., 2,572 engine hrs., S/NH09860S711047 S/NZCRD02893 1999 John Deere 9650, Walker, deluxe 2008 NH T8020, 200 hp., deluxe cab, semi cab, deluxe controls, variable spd. feeder active heated leather seat, Super Steer, house, 20’ unloading auger, yield monitor, 18 spd. powershift w/creeper, 5 hyd., Ag Leader harness with moisture sensor, MegaFlow, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, ground Maurer grain ext., 3,143 sep. hrs., 4,563 speed radar, guidance ready, 160 gal. engine hrs., S/NH09650W685686 fuel tank, foot throttle, halogen work lights, 1989 Case-IH 1680, AHH, fore/aft, (22) front weights, 120” bar axle, 1,613 chopper, rock trap, reverser, (2) sets hrs., S/NZ9RW03015 concaves, corn & air foil sieves, shows 2000 Case-IH MX240, MFWD, powershift, 3,980 hrs., S/NJJC0046905 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, rock FLEX DRAPER box, front weights, 3,522 hrs., S/NX2404C4JJA0107618 & DRAPER HEADS 2000 John Deere 8310, MFWD, deluxe cab, 2015 John Deere 640FD flex draper, 40’, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 fore/aft, finger reel w/flip reel kit PTO, integrated auto steer, diff lock, front 2015 John Deere 640FD flex draper, 40’, suitcase weights, 7,760 hrs. fore/aft, finger reel w/flip reel kit 1999 John Deere 8300, MFWD, 4 hyd., 3 2013 John Deere 635FD flex draper, 35’, pt., PTO, GreenStar ready, front weights, finger reel 7,433 hrs., S/NRW8300P026544 2009 John Deere 640D draper head, 40’, 1989 John Deere 4755, MFWD, 15 spd. finger reel, slow speed transport powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, large 2009 MacDon draper head, 35’ 1000 PTO, (6) front suitcase weights, FLEX HEADS 7,686 hrs., S/NRW4755P002624 2010 John Deere 635F flex head, 35’ 2WD TRACTORS 2009 John Deere 635F flex head, 35’ 1995 John Deere 8100, CAH, powershift, 2008 John Deere 635F flex head, 35’ 3 hyd., 32 gpm pump, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, (8) 2005 John Deere 635F flex head, 35’ front weights, 7,436 hrs., 1994 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’ S/NRW8100P002598 CHOPPING & NON-CHOPPING 1975 John Deere 4630, quad range, 2 hyd., power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, CORN HEADS 1000 PTO, front fuel tank, front suitcase 2013 John Deere 618 chopping corn weights, 11,700 hrs., S/N4630H014880 head, 18x22”, RowSense John Deere 4050, Sound-Gard cab, 15 spd. 2012 John Deere 612C chopping corn powershift, 3 pt., PTO, New cab kit head, 12x22”, hyd. deck plates 1967 John Deere 4020, open station, 2013 John Deere 612C chopping corn diesel, syncro, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, shows head, 12x30”, RowSense 9,572 hrs., S/N160854 Geringhoff RD1200 folding chopping 1966 John Deere 4020, diesel, powershift, corn head, 12x30”, 3-sensor Headsight quick tach cab, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 Geringhoff 830 chopping corn head, PTO, JD 48 hyd. loader, 4-tine grapple 8x30”, hyd. deck plates, RowSense AC C, narrow front, 3 spd., 12v, 540 PTO, 2009 John Deere 612C non-chopping Woods 59” belly mower corn head, 12x30”, hyd. deck plates

John Deere 960 field cultivator, 38-1/2’, VAN TRUCKS walking tandems, Summers 3-bar harrow, 1989 Ford LN8000 single axle van truck, rear hitch w/hyd. couplers PICKUP & RIGID HEADS diesel, manual, 24’ van body, roll-up rear John Deere 960 field cultivator, 45’, 1994 John Deere 914P pickup head, door, curb door, 1,400 gal. poly tank, 200 double fold, 3-bar harrow AHH, John Deere 6-belt pickup gal. mix cone, 30 gal. mix cone, 2” gas Wil-Rich Quad 5 field cultivator, 50’, 7” Case-IH 1010 rigid head, 30’, manual fore/ spacing, full floating hitch, single pt. depth water pump, 400,900 miles aft, bat reel 1992 Freightliner FL70 van truck, control, edge-on shanks, 7” hard surface 1998 John Deere 230 rigid head, Lucke Cummins diesel, manual, 24’ van body, sweeps, walking tandems across, New 9” sunflower pans, shaft hookup roll-up rear door, curb door, hyd. rear lift Wil-Rich 4-bar harrow w/hard surface gate, air brakes, 277,400 miles tines, flotation tires, shank bushings GRAIN CARTS rebuilt 2,000 acres ago, S/N44496 OTHER TRUCKS 2012 Brent 1082 grain cart, 1,000 bu., corner auger, hyd. tip chute, roll tarp, 1990 IHC single axle flatbed, 17DF RIPPER & CHISEL PLOWS electronic scale, S/NB29350143 Detroit, 5&2 spd., Wrangler 11’x8-1/2’, 1’ 2013 John Deere 2720 disc ripper, 222012 Brent 1082 grain cart, 1,000 bu., flip-down sides, 5th wheel convert-a-ball 1/2’, 9 shank, 30” spacing, cushion trip, corner auger, hyd. tip chute, roll tarp, hitch single pt. depth, knock-off scrapers electronic scale, S/NB29360151 2012 John Deere 2410 chisel plow, 41’, 1991 Ford L8000 fuel truck, diesel, 5&2 2010 Brent 1194 grain cart, 1,100 bu., spd., 1,500 gal. tank, pump, hose & reel full floating hitch, AccuDepth 21” auger, hyd. spout adj., roll tarp, 1989 S1900 IHC fuel truck, diesel, 5&2 1995 John Deere 680 chisel plow, 33’, scale, rear camera, 1000 PTO, walking walking tandems across, single pt. depth, spd., 1,500 gal. tank, pump, hose & reel tandems, S/NB26220119 1979 Ford single axle dump truck, 3208 John Deere 3-bar harrow 2006 J&M 875 grain cart, roll tarp, hyd.

Cat diesel, 5&2 spd., 14’x8’ box, hoist, spout cap control, scale, New upper & FIELD FINISHERS pintle hitch, 76,162 miles lower augers, S/N2919 1978 Ford 7000 single axle, Ford 636 diesel, Krause TL6200 mulch finisher, 45’, 5-section fold, hyd. adj. disc gangs, single 5&2 spd., spring susp., 16’ flatbed, 1,500 SUGARBEET CART gal., 350 gal., & 75 gal. tanks, 30 gal. mix pt. depth, 24/7 leveling system, $7,500 in 2010 H&S sugarbeet cart, 30 ton, 48” cone, Honda 2” transfer pump, Fill-Rite digital updates to tires unload, rubber belt upgrade meter, 76,853 miles Sunflower 6430 field finisher, 38’ 1968 Chevrolet C50 single axle, 327 V8, AIR SEEDERS & DRILLS DISCS 4 spd., service body, 38,000 original miles 2009 John Deere 1890 air seeder, 42’, 2012 Wishek 862NT rock flex disc, 28’, 7-1/2” & 15” spacing, full run monitor, PICKUPS tandem duals ext. wear boots, single shoot, 2009 2007 Wishek 862NT rock cushion disc, 1998 Chevrolet 3500 one ton dually, 5.7L John Deere 1910 tow-behind 350 bu. gas, 5 spd. manual, 2WD, 11’ flatbed, 5th 33’, scrapers, tandems across commodity cart, twin compartment, wheel ball & receiver hitches, dual fuel vari-rate, hyd. fill auger, (2) green meter 2008 Summers Series 10 diamond tanks, 50 gal. aux. service tank, approx. tandem disc, 32’, 11” spacing rollers, front walking tandems, cart 160,000 miles John Deere 330 tandem disc, 25’ S/NA01910H730554, seeder 2008 Dodge Ram crew cab, 4.7 liter, Case tandem disc, 22’, hyd. fold S/NA01890C730347 automatic, 2WD, AM/FM/CD, cloth 2009 John Deere 1890 air seeder, 42’, interior, electric mirrors & windows, bed OTHER TILLAGE EQUIPMENT 7-1/2” & 15” spacing, full run monitor, liner, 275/60R20 tires, 125,982 miles, Summers Super Coulter, 41’ 2009 John Deere 1910 tow-behind 430 engine runs, bad pulley on water pump, Flexi-Coil 75 coil packer, 40’ bu. 3-compartment commodity cart, needs work Riteway 4245HL rock roller, 45’ vari-rate, hyd. fill conveyor, front walking 1989 Ford F250 XLT, ext. cab, long box, tandems, 22,000 acres, cart S/N1A1910, Case-IH 4900 Vibra Tiller, 44-1/2’ 7.3 diesel, automatic, lockout hubs, Melroe heavy harrow, 50’ one season on discs 235,85R16 tires, 112,000 miles Summers harrow, 70’, 5-bar, hyd. fold JD 9350 drills, 30’, fertilizer, markers, 1978 GMC 25, V8, automatic, 4WD, (2) S-tine cultivators, 4’ sections transport flatbed, snow plow 2-bar harrow, (4) sections, 24’ 1975 Chevrolet C19, V8, automatic, 4WD, PLANTERS flatbed, snow plow SLEEPER SEMI TRACTORS 2012 Case-IH 1260 Early Riser planter, 1979 Chevrolet C10, V8, automatic, 4WD, CCS, 36x22”, front-fold, drawbar hitch, HD 2012 IHC Pro Star, 72” sleeper, Navistar flatbed, snow plow, not running steerable axle, high flotation wing wheels, MaxxForce 13, 10 spd. manual, air ride 1975 Chevrolet C10, V8, automatic, 4WD, susp., air slide 5th, dual aluminum 125 MudSmith wheels, 20/20 precision flatbed, snow plow pneumatic down pressure, vSet precision gal. fuel tanks, 312,372 miles 2010 Peterbilt 386, 60” flat top removable HAY & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT units, hyd. vari-rate, Tru Count air sleeper, ISX Cummins, 450 hp., 18 spd., clutches, liquid fertilizer in-furrow w/shutIndustrias America 625 bale wagon engine brake, air ride, fixed 5th plate, offs, no tank, plumbed for 2x2 fertilizer Bale rack, built from well pipe, for 48’ cruise, diff lock, Peterbilt low leaf susp., less openers, S/NYCS028004 flatbed dual exhaust, dual aluminum fuel tanks, John Deere DB60 CCS planter, Refuge (2) Industrias America feed wagons shows 536,000 miles tank, 24x30”, front fold, pneumatic down force, Dawn screw adj. row cleaners, Tru 2007 Freightliner Columbia, 70” sleeper, Cattle alleyway, 20’, made from well pipe (120) Continuous fence panels, 20’, MBE 4000, 470 hp., 10 spd. manual, air Count clutches, in-row fertilizer, 500 gal.

6-bar w/clips & connectors, New, (10) per ride susp., air slide 5th, dual aluminum poly tank, hyd. markers bundle, sold price per panel John Deere 7300 vacuum planter, 18x22”, 125 gal. fuel tanks, 973,107 miles (60) Portable corral panels, 5’x12’, New, 2006 Kenworth T600, Aerocab mid-roof 3 pt., lift assist, 1.6 bu. hoppers, row cleaners, markers, liquid fertilizer, no tanks, sleeper, C15, 10 spd., jake brake, air ride, (10) per bundle, sold price per panel air slide 5th, cruise, shows 777,524 miles Cattle loading chute, built from well pipe, Keaton seed firmers access door at bottom 2005 Mack CXN613, Vision 48” sleeper, John Deere 7300 vacuum planter, Cattle loading chute, built from well pipe, E7 355-380, Eaton Fuller autoshift, 16x22”, front fold, 1.6 bu. hoppers adj. floor, drops to load stock trailer, lifts to 926,008 miles w/ext., spring down pressure, plumbed load semi, access door at bottom for fertilizer, 150 gal. poly tank, no pump, 2005 Kenworth T2000, 70” sleeper, TV & (3) Cattle alleyways, 24’ fridge, C15 Cat, 10 spd. manual, air ride corn & soybean discs, New seed opener susp., fixed 5th wheel w/air release, dual (4) Rubber tire water tanks, approx. discs last year 350 gal. aluminum 150 gal. fuel tanks, Arctic Fox John Deere 7300 MaxEmerge vacuum (8) Kit Containers steel grain feeders, fuel heater, 956,935 miles planter, 12x22”, 3 pt., hopper ext., 28”x90”, New markers, corn/soybean/sugarbeet plates, 2005 Kenworth T600, Aerocab mid-roof low acres on discs sleeper, C15, 10 spd., jake brake, air ride, John Deere 7000 planter, 16x30”, 1.6 bu. air slide 5th, cruise, shows 750,124 miles HOPPER BOTTOM, fiberglass hoppers, insecticide boxes, 540 2003 Kenworth W900, Aerocab 36” IMPLEMENT, HEADER, gal. liquid, poly tanks, John Blue ground sleeper, pre-emission C15 Cat 6NZ, & OTHER TRAILERS drive pump, rubber closing wheels, hyd.

Eaton Fuller 18 spd., engine brake, cruise, markers air slide 5th, dual exhaust, dual SS air SELF-PROPELLED/PULL-TYPE 2000 John Deere 1770 MaxEmerge Plus cleaners, Thermaflow SS 2-line wet kit SPRAYERS & SPREADERS conservation planter, 16x30”, 2 pt., front w/Hydracooler, Herd aluminum bumper, CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER fold, variable drive, 3 bu. hoppers, rubber SS half fenders, dual aluminum fuel closing wheels, Precision eSet discs, (8) tanks, steerable air up/down pusher axle EQUIPMENT 80 gal. fertilizer poly tanks, John Deere w/11R22.5 tires on aluminum rims, 46,000 GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT SeedStar 250 monitor, tri-fold markers, lb. rear axles, 3:91 ratio, full locking rears, S/N801770A685176, always shedded shows 108,147 miles, New batteries SKID STEER LOADERS & 2003 Peterbilt 379, 60” sleeper, C15 ATTACHMENTS FIELD CULTIVATORS Cat, 10 spd., engine brake, dual air ride 2013 John Deere 2210 field cultivator, 60’, seats, air slide 5th, cruise, diff lock, SS air OTHER EQUIPMENT full floating hitch, single pt. depth, tandems cleaners, (2) aluminum fuel tanks, shows WHEEL LOADER & across, 4-bar harrow 1,006,911 miles 2012 John Deere 2210 field cultivator, 1998 Kenworth T800, 36” flat top sleeper, CONSTRUCTION ITEMS 46’6”, floating hitch, 5-section fold, single M11 Cummins, 435 hp., 10 spd., air AUTOMOBILES & RECREATION pt. depth, tandems across, 6” spacing, 7” ride, diff lock, cruise, dual tanks, shows NH3 EQUIPMENT sweeps, 4-bar harrow, rear hitch, 1,003,000 miles S/N1N02210XTC0745603 SCRAPERS & GRADERS DAY CAB SEMI TRACTORS 2009 John Deere 2210 field cultivator, BLADES 50’, full floating hitch, tandems across, 2009 Kenworth W900L, factory day cab, AccuDepth, factory rear tow hitch, heavy haul spec, ISX Cummins, 550 YARD & GARDEN plumbed hyd., 4-bar harrow hp., 18 spd., Hendrickson spring susp., John Deere 980 field cultivator, 41’, SHOP EQUIPMENT jake brake, air slide 5th, wet kit, diff lock, walking tandems across, single pt. depth, 228” WB, SS air cleaner & dual exhaust, TANKS & PUMP 3-bar harrow, New rims & tires 46,000 lb. rears, 499,000 miles, recent John Deere 980 field cultivator, 44-1/2’, engine work TRUCK ACCESSORIES double fold, Level Lift hitch, single pt.

1997 Ford Louisville single axle day TIRES & TRACKS depth, heavy S-tines, 4-1/2” spacing, cab, M11 Cummins, Eaton Fuller 10 spd., walking tandems across, front gauge spring ride, sliding 5th, shows 303,000 PARTS/MISC. & FARM wheels, John Deere factory 3-bar harrow, miles SUPPORT ITEMS S/N980X017594 2008 John Deere 612C non-chopping corn head, 12x30”, hyd. deck plates

TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. ND Sales Tax laws apply. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

Auctioneers & Clerk: Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Scott Steffes ND81, Brad Olstad ND319, Bob Steffes ND82, Max Steffes ND999, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894 | 701.237.9173 | 800.726.8609 | SteffesGroup.com

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CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK, 1-800-938-3323. 2009 Western Star CC 60 Detroit, 18 fronts, 46 rears, 4-way locks, 460,000 kms, $60,000; 2012 KW w/900 IXS, 18 spd., 46,000 rears, 4-way locks, 60” sleeper, 580,000 kms, 40,000 kms since overhaul, $85,000; 1998 Loadline 29’ gravel trailer, air ride, $25,000; 2012 Western Star DD15 Detroit 18 spd., 40 rears, w/4-way lock, APU unit, $60,000; 1997 Sterling single axle tractor, 3126 Cat, 10 spd., 23,000 rears, $8500; 2007 IHC 4400, DT466, 6 spd., air ride, w/24’ van, 325,000 kms, $16,000; 2005 Western Star, C15 Cat, 18 spd., 46,000 rears, locks, 36” sleeper, low kms, clean truck, $45,000; 400 KW to 800 KW gensets, low hours; 2002 Pete 320, 3126 Cat, auto w/side load garbage unit, $30,000; 2008 Kenworth 800 daycab, C15 Cat, 18 spd., 46 rears, 4-way locks, 700,000 kms, $68,000; 2003 Freightliner Columbia, Detroit 60 Series, 13 spd., 40 rears, $23,000; 2000 Western Star, Detroit 60 Series, 13 spd., 40 rears, $21,000; 2001 Freightliner FL80, Cat 3126, auto, 15’ Midland, $38,000; 2003 Pete 379, 6NZ Cat, 6100 hrs. since overhaul, 18 - 46,000 full locks, 48” sleeper, $48,000; 2005 Trailtech 27’ 5th wheel trailer, 20,000 axles w/loading ramps and selfcontained 545 Ferrari crane unit, $17,000.

Gensets available. Financing available, OAC. www.can-amtruck.com DL#910420.

STRONG SINGLE HIVES or nucs for sale.

Call Andy, Steinbach, MB., 204-381-7993, 204-346-9701. andyloewen@hotmail.ca

WILL DO STYROBLOCK cocoon harvesting and custom pollination. Call Maurice Wildeman, 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK.

Ultra-portable version available.

Download the app at agreader.ca/mbc

BEE BUSINESS. Turnkey operation. Second generation bee farmer looking to retire. Vehicles, bee equipment, honey plant, buildings, etc. Perfect opportunity for young family. Near beautiful northern town of Carrot River, SK. 306-332-7422, 306-768-2628. kimbonish@hotmail.com

ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all in stock. Custom sizes and log siding on order. Call V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

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 Call our toll-free number to take advantage in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK. of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free.

That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800782-0794 today!

CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

OLD WEST EXPRESS Hamburgers and Fries is looking to expand our brand. Great for a family enterprise. We have a rigid policy of firm flexibility. Cliff 306-734-2997. Check our website: www.oldwestexpress.com

DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call us to develop a professional mediation plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan.

Call toll free 1-888-577-2020.

TEMPO/TIRE SHOP #48 Hwy. Windthorst, SK, independent auto repair business for sale in Regina; Hotel and restaurant on Hwy.#48; 160 acres near Regina with yard and business opportunity; SW SK. restaurant, lounge incl, 15 room motel. Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. CUSTOM PLANTING: Corn, sunflowers www.collierscanada.com Regina, SK. and soybeans. In Sask. and Manitoba. Call 306-527-2228.

LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK.

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators.

• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.

• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.

• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.

• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.

• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.

• Your washbay door specialists.

• Quality Installation & Service.

• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing www.windandweathershelters.com and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, COMMERCIAL GRADE Wind and weather Regina, SK. shelter buildings available in widths from 20’ to 90’. Prices starting at $2495. If you have bought an auction building and need to upgrade to more durable material or SEARCH parts we can help. Located in Yorkton.

Contact Paul at 306-641-5464 or Ladimer 306-795-7779.

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COVER-ALL 40x60’ TRUSS arch shelter, dismantled. Offers. Phone 306-563-6022, Canora, SK

Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013 Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556 www.reimeroverheaddoors.com email: kurtis@reimeroverheaddoors.com

Ask about current promotions and lease options Over 50 years in the post frame business!

Quality Post Frame Buildings

www.goodon.com

1.800.665.0470

ANDRES TRUCKING. Hauling equipment, bins, livestock, towing. Canada/USA. Call or text 306-736-3454, South East, SK. EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Reasonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK.

JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call 306-334-2232, 306-332-7332, Balcarres.

NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders.

Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 tanks available. Contact George in Hague, SK. 306-227-5757.

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.

MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

DUCLOS RACHELLE AND THE ESTATE OF THE LATE GERRY DUCLOS SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 11 AM POPLAR POINT, MB Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 TRACTORS

• John Deere 590 pto swather 25ft

• 1979 Versatile 835 4 remote with Adam jet hydraulic up date with air seeder compliance. 70% 18.4x38 duals. 6331 showing on tack. Serial #033831

• Versatile 24ft pto swather. Has not run for some time.

• 1967 John Deere 4020 Diesel standard axle, cab, 18.4x34, 12 volt starting. Good condition tractor TRUCKS

• Cat 435 hydraulic push off scraper • Inland 400 sprayer 68ft booms. Shedded.

SEED & TILLAGE • 1991 Flexicoil 800 seeding tool 36ft with #1610 Flexicoil seed cart

• 1992 Freightliner 435 Detroit 60 series, 13 speed, 11.x22.5 new rubber with 2000 Loadline 19ftx66inx8.5’ grain box, roll tarp etc, Saftied

• Terra Disc 16ft

• 1980 Chevrolet C-70, 366 v8 5x2, single axle with 16ft box and hoist. This truck will be safety checked with document.

• Flexicoil 38ft chisel plow

• 1964 Ford F-600 truck box and hoist. Has not run for years.

HARVEST • 1995 Case IH 2388 Combine, Reddekop chopper, 1025 belt pick up, 3411 engine and 2608 separator hrs. Sharp looking combine.

• 1990 Versatile 4750 diesel Swather, cab, air etc, 22ft DSA, pickup reel, 1337 hrs, Serial #D460239 • 2006 Macdon 972 Draper head, 30ft dual pickup reels, slow speed transport, Serial #169301

AT THE FARM 5 KM EAST OF POPLAR POINT ON HWY 26

• Powermatic 55ft tine harrow • Powermatic 85ft diamond harrow • Older Leon 25ft cultivator

AUGERS • Westfield 10x61 MK auger • Westfield JO8x36 auger with 13hp Honda electric start • 15000 gal up right liquid fertilizer tank.

To be moved • Friesen 1250 bushel hopper bin on concrete holds 44 metric ton fertilizer

For info on equipment please call farm renter and neighbour Cam Stewart 204 856 9222

Very little small selling. Please do note our starting time 11:00 am. We do start on time. Due to the sudden passing of farmer Gerry Duclos, we have been asked to sell this well maintained machinery to the highest bidder. We will consider consignments to this auction. To consign to this auction please call Auction Co. at 204-325-4433 office or cell 204-325-6230

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

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HANK ENNS FARM SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 10 AM ALTONA, MB FROM ALTONA 3 MILE WEST ON 201 AND 2 NORTH ON ROAD 7 WEST, YARD # 8129

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 • 2014,Steigher CIH 350 Quadtrac - Rowtrac Deluxe Cab, Factory Guidance NAV Controller • 16/2 powershift Trans, true ground speed censor, 5 electric remotes • High cap, hyd, pump, 2 pumps, 1000 independent Pto, High Cap Bar w/ DIFF Lock

• 2014 Case IH ECOLO –TIGER 870 Model ET870 with Parabolic shank-spring reset 18 ft unit, 7inch standard tiger points, 425/15R X22.5 Truck tires, serial #YCD061248 • 2014 CIH model Flex till 600 Chisel plow 12 in space, 650 lb trip, 44 ft, with heavy harrow mulchers serial #YFS055277 only done 1500 acres total

• 2013 CIH, Steigher Quad Trac 450, 3 pth,cat lll,w/quick hitch, 16/2 power shift, Luxcury cab guidance nav controller, true grd, speed censor . 5 remotes, 30’’ tracs 2300 one owner hrs, serial #ZDF134272

• John Deere 1895 and 1910 triple tank seeder unit, 2011 John Deere 1910 triple tank 430 Bushel tow between, with 520/ 85R/42 Duals SERIAL #CBZ740402

OLDER TRACTORS • 1981 IHC 1086 cab,3pth, dual pto,and hyd, over hauled engine, 18.4 x 38 axle duals serial #10183U53497 • 1952 Case SC with hyd, and factory 3 pth, serial #Sc 5614153

• Model 1895 new disc seeding tool, fertilizer openers have been moved to rear, double chute unit, 10 in, hyd load auger, one crop since green lighted, serial #AO1895X715139 • Brent 1082 Grain cart complete with unverfeth 410 Digi –star scales etc • Hyd discharge chute control, 900/60/32 tires, serial #B28230102 • Fusion heavy duty 80 ft 5bar harrow s

• Cockshutt 1465 diesel, lpto, 3pth, good runner serial #77432

• Farm king 13 x 95 auger, hyd swing on twin auger low profile hopper

• 2016, Combine AF 8240, Flagship 240 series MY16 model, OWP, Luxury cab, autoguidance NAV ll controller, 372 Antenna receiver-waas.

Unload Auger to accommodate 40 ft header, Magna fine cut chopper, Track Propulsion system, 2speed powered rear axle AGR, steering tires 750/65R26, Fully loaded ----200 -------hours on this machine, serial #YGG231197

• Farm King 10 x 60 side draft auger

• Sprayer CIH 3330 High Clearance serial #YCT033375 complete with Case IH NAV ll 15 Auto Guide system #X27011X,100 ft boom triple nozzle including pulsating Fertilizer, 1000 gal stainless steel Tank, pin power cap stand, 650/R38 tires, only 563 one owner hrs

• Elmers 8 row 3pth Multi shank row crop cultivator shields etc

• Set of narrow tires on rims for above unit sell separate

PLANTERS • 2014 CIH 1245 Pivot trailing Planter, model –ER 1245 Serial #YDS042629 • 30in and 15in 16 / 31 Rows. Meter with Ru Cable drive, bulk fill no scales • 1000 pto 1,3/4in shaft, AFS pro 700 display, floating No till residue manager • Equip, w/ markers, not used

TRUCK TRAILERS • Freightliner, Detroit 60 series, 13 speed, with 2015 Berg/’s 20’x 8.5’x 66’’ unibody box, remote control hoist and tail gate, roll tarp, 11 x 22.5 rubber, Serial #2FUPDSEB6TA622144 Manitoba saftied

• Westfield augers, 7 x 26 w/ Honda, 8’’x 46 electric, 7x41 electric • Sakundiak 7x 51 electric • goose neck tandem axle trailer 20 ft deck 8 Bolt hubs, with 1250 Gal ploy water tank, and chem, Handle system w/ pump

• Alloway 8 row 3pth multi shank row crop cultivator • Farm King 82’’ 3 pth rotary tiller • IHC 810 Head with sunflower pans 20 ft • Various concave sets for CIH Combines • John Deere 230 head with sunflower pans, adapt to CIH Combine • 2013 CIH Corn head 8 row 30’’ model 2608 Chopper head, poly points extra chain etc • Stumers sell after head • Older tillage IH #45 tillers 40ft and 24 ft • 3-1250 and 1-1750 gal poly water and Liquid fertilizer tanks • 2” and 3” banjo and one trash floating pumps one Liquid fertilizer pump • 3pth spot sprayer with folding small boom • 6 ft border cultivator 3pth • Two light 3 pth blades

• Freightliner 400 Cummins 10 speed, air ride,with newer 21 ft x 8.5 x 66’’ loadline box hoist remote control, roll tarp, 12000 lb front, 385/65/ 22,5 front 11.22.5 rears 40.000 lb Serial #2TUYDCBXSA740217 manitoba saftied

• 8-10 units VHF TWO WAY RADIOS, sell early

• triple axle Grain pup 21 ft x 8.5’ x 66’’ box roll tarp etc remote hoist control, Serial #SDSED212731012948 saftied

• 85 gal service tank /w 12 volt pump and shut off nozzle

• 1985 Chev ¾ ton pickup 350 good engine, 4 sp standard, fife wheel hitch, excellent rubber, no safety • 1976 aprox, Farm Yard truck GMC 6500, tilt hood, Full tandem good 366 engine 5 & 4 trans, 20 ft box and hoist, runs and drives sells as is, no safety • 1965 Chev 60 3 ton with box and hoist, good runner with conveyal bean tender • Tender sells before truck, but will display as unit

FROM WINKLER 14 MILE EAST ON HWY 14 THEN 4,1/4 SOUTH ON ROAD 7 W WATCH FOR SIGNS AUCTION DAY

TILLAGE

• 120 inch Row trac spacers,16in row trac GY Narrow, 3PTH, Cat lll w/ quick hitch, serial #ZCF132835 one owner 1362 hrs

• Leon Model 5000 – 14 ft Front mount blade, used only for snow, will sell after Quad 450, serial #275580414

FROM HWY 75 AND HWY 14 JCT 15 MILE WEST THEN SOUTH ON 7W

IN SHOP • 995 Gal fuel tank with 110 volt pump and nozzle

VARIOUS FARM AND SHOP HARDWARE • Hot and cold pressure washer, powered by Honda • Suderman band saw and other farm hardware • Hank Enns after 41 crops has decided too Retire from active farm Life, we are privileged to have been asked to sell this out standing low houred mostly one owner Equipment

• Please do plan to attend this outstanding auction, This Modern, productive line of machinery will increase the productivity of the next owner, please plan to attend or Bid online • NOTE Internet Bidding will begin at 11 am, Register at www.billklassen.com • Owner Hank Enns Farms 204-324-7413

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

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VISTA FARMS ARNOLD AND SUSI JUNGREITHMEIER SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 11 AM PLUM COULEE, MB Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 • 1985 Versatile 856 designation 6, 4x4 tractor 12 sp standard, 4 remotes, 18.4x38 duals 8000 hrs, bottom end has been done, new injectors, at 6000 hrs. #219132 • John Deere 7300 semi mount vacuum planter 18 row 22’’, lift assist 1981 Chevrolet 7000 single axle truck with 16ft grain box, 366 v8 5x2, tilt hood, Saftied. Very good condition for its age.

chrome bars, rock trap. Concaves two sets of small and one large, and bean set. $9000.00 work order on recent IH red light.

• IHC 20ft straight cut head model 810 w/ older style pickup reel • 1Leon 1000 scraper like new • 1945 John Deere Model B Electric start, narrow front, pto, rock shaft serial #179810

• Case IH Model 1660 combine. 2168 hrs, 24.5x32 tires, chopper, w/ 1015 pickup head, newer pickup belts, new elevator chains, specialty rotor w/

• Nice Set Massey Ferguson 33ft of 360 discer seeders 15ft 18ft hooked in tandem, dry fertilizer, cylinders, etc., field ready

• 1979 Versatile 835 4 remote with Atom jet hydraulic pump to operate airseeder Fan air seeder Fan 70% 18.4x38 duals. 6331 showing on tack. Serial #033831

HARVEST

• 1967 John Deere 4020 Diesel standard axle, cab, 18.4x34, 12 volt starting.

Good condition tractor TRUCKS • 1992 Freightliner 435 Detroit 60 series, 13 speed, 11.x22.5 new rubber with 2000 Loadline 19ftx66inx8.5’ grain box, roll tarp etc, Saftied

• 1995 CaseIH “2188”, with “Redekop” chopper and “Stewart Steel Impeller” 1025 belt pick up, 3411 engine and 2608 separator hrs. Sharp looking combine. serial # 89404 • 1990 Versatile 4750 diesel Swather, cab, air etc, 22ft DSA, pickup reel, 1337 hrs, Serial #D460239 • 2006 Macdon 972 Draper head, 30ft dual pickup reels, slow speed transport, Serial #169301

• 1980 Chevrolet C-70, 366 v8 5x2, single axle with 16ft box and hoist. This truck will be safety checked with document.

For info on equipment please call farm renter and neighbour Cam Stewart 204 856 9222

• 1977 Chevrolet C65 tandem truck, 20 ft Midland box and hoist, 5 & 4 trans, 366 gas engine, roll tarp, not safetied

Very little small selling.

Please do note our starting time 11:00 am. We do start on time.

• 1964 Ford F-600 truck box and hoist.

Has not run for years.

• Metal Chemical shed 30’x50’x14’ has over head door, has been taken down with pictures and instructions how to reassemble. As in photo except over head door is on side wall.

• John Deere 4555 MFWD, Ezee steer with 280 JD Loader, front weights, bucket Grapple fork, manure fork, pallet forks, tractor has 605/65/32 rear duals • Case 4490 4x4 pto, 4 remote hyd, 20.8x34 duals • IHC model 1086 tractor, dual pto, triple hyd • Skid steer Thomas 233, Operator cage, Kubota diesel, with bucket and forks, model 502233, serial #EHOO1481 • 2007 IHC Hwy tractor 9200 i, Day cab, 425 Cummins ISX, 10 speed trans. air ride, 11x22.5 buds, Jake brake, Merrit Headache Rack, wet kit with 20 GPM Pump, 98032 km 3207 hours, Current safety. Truck serial #2HSCEAPR78C642137 • 2008 Load line 32ft end dump, tandem

1 MILE WEST ON HWY 14 AND 1.5 MILES SOUTH ON ROAD 15 WEST. YARD #11045

grain trailer 11.5x22.5 Bud wheels with combination end gate, roll tarp, 81000 GVW, serial #209ED322881012128 • 2004 Dodge 3500 dually good Cummins automatic safety • John Deere model 945 Moco Disc bine • John Deere 567 round baler Mega pickup etc • John Deere model 600 tandem axel manure spreader

See our website www.billklassen.com for more list or check our spring catalog.

Arnold (Vista Farms): 204-332-0478

DUCLOS RACHELLE AND THE ESTATE OF THE LATE GERRY DUCLOS SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 11 AM POPLAR POINT, MB

AT THE FARM 5 KM EAST OF POPLAR POINT ON HWY 26

FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION FOR MARCEL ESPENELL SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 10 AM ST LUPICIN, MB THIS IS NORTH OF ALTAMONT MB.

• Highline 7000 Bale shredder left hand discharge, nice • Hay saver 9 wheel rake • 14 Large round bale hauler, two axle dual 900x20 tires • Air seeder Ezee on 32ft seeding tool 8” space, 500lb trip shank, pan wheel packers and mulchers, liquid fertilizer Kit, with Ezee on 2175 tow behind dual compartment, tank, hyd, fan, also tow between 1400 gal Fibreglass liquid fertilizer Caddy, Dempster ground drive pump sells as unit, will offer caddy for sale if desired.

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

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REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950; Larger sizes available. Travel incl. in Sask. Gov’t grants available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK.

HEATERS- 16,000 to 215,000 BTU diesel or propane. Visit your nearest Flaman location or call 1-888-435-2626.

SKIDSTEER: 2008 CASE 465 Series III, cab, heat, new tires, 2700 hrs., $21,000.

Call 306-940-6835, Prince Albert, SK.

EXCELLENT FARM CATS for sale come with warranty: Komatsu, Cat, Fiat Allis. Call for more info excellent working condition.

Most newer UC, rebuilt engine, and trans bush, guarded. Call for price. Can deliver.

1974 CAT D7F, 14’ angle dozer, 26” pads, 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 3306 eng., 60% UC, vg cond., $42,000 2007 CASE CX290, 2000 hrs., QA, 12’ stick, OBO. 204-467-2109, Stonewall, MB. UC 99%, 36” and 60” digging buckets, 72” CAT HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS: cleanup bucket; 2004 Volvo 720 grader, 463, 435, 80 and 70, all vg condition, new 16’ blade, 3000 hrs.; Choice of 621F or conversion. Also new and used scraper 621E payloader, both have under 1000 tires. Can deliver. 204-793-0098, Stony hrs; Quick coupler buckets; choice of snow wings. 306-536-9210, Belle Plaine, SK. Mountain, MB. 2- 2007 VOLVO A30D rock trucks, $89,000 ea. More items avail. Robert Harris, 204-642-9959, 204-470-5493, Gimli, MB. www.Robertharrisequipment.com

SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. augers, brush cutters and more large stock.

Top quality equipment, quality welding and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, CATERPILLAR 14D GRADER, 1964, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. good shape. Call for price 204-267-2292 ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS or 204-226-3612, Oakville, MB. for construction equipment. Attachments for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders.

Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equipment parts and major components. Call Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. 2010 CAT 950H WHEEL LOADER, 27,417 hrs., w/Cat quick coupler bucket, 3-3/4 cu. yards, 23.5x25 tires, F.O.B. $75,000. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB

GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, Russell, MB. CUMMINS 5.9L ENGINE, 180 HP, 1990, 410,000 kms, 80,000 kms on rebuilt head and injector, $3200. KCL General Repairs, 204-739-3096, Ashern, MB. 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. CAT C12, 355 HP, runs good, still in truck, come and have a listen! $7500. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323.

290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK DIESEL ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts and Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: 306-543-2111, Regina, SK.

KOMATSU D85 P-21 dozer, rebuilt motor, trans., torque, steering, final drives, 85% UC, 36” pads like new, 16’ twin tilt angle blade, AC, heat, warranty, $98,000. Can deliver. 204-743-2324 any time Cypress River, MB.

HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 2011 HITACHI ZX270 LC-3 hyd. thumb yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, excavator, 6950 hrs., 12’ 6” stick, c/w QA custom conversions available. Looking for bucket, very good shape, $119,000. Call Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK 204-325-8019, 204-362-1091, Winkler, MB

FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com

WANTED: 580D CASE BACKHOE running or HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, not. Kelvington, SK. Call 306-327-7552, 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt email: b.l.backhoe@sasktel.net for years of trouble-free service. Lever Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ CASE 590 BACKHOE, 4x4, extend-a-hoe; For the customer that prefers quality. blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK JD 772BH grader, with snow wing. Call 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK. Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Stick Frame building designed with longevity in mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote.

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ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Farm post buildings designed with longevity in mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote.

POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, hog, chicken and dairy barns. Construction and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, MR Steel Construction, 306-978-0315, Hague, SK.

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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. WOOD POST 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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MERIDIAN AND WESTEEL fertilizer bins. on sale now. See your nearest Flaman store of call 1-888-435-2626.

BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS and accessories available at Rosler Construction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. 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.

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346.

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

GATCO POWERLESS GRAIN AERATION. Heated cereal grain and oilseeds can be HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and prevented from ever happening again in 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call bins, quonsets and grain piles! Cost friend306-757-2828, Regina, SK. ly and very effective. ABSOLUTELY a CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All great way to condition and insure your sizes. Now in stock: 50 used, 53’ steel and grain. Check out our website for informainsulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK. tion & testimonials: www.gatcomfg.com Phone GATCO for details 306-778-3338.

SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and build. Call for prices. Master Industries modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. 306-933-0436.

BOND SEA CONTAINERS. New, used and modified sea containers. All sizes avail.

Buy, rent or lease. Call Bond today 306-373-2236, joe@bondind.com or visit www.bondind.com

MERIDIAN AUGERS in stock at Flaman. 2005 CASE/IH WDX 1202 SP swather Call 1-888-435-2626. or visit your nearest 30’, 123 HP, cab suspension, hyd for&aft.

Flaman location. and tilt, Roto-Shears on each end, Mandako mounted swather roller, 1900 hrs., very REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER good condition, $52,500. Call Jim Wilson, movers, trailer chute openers, endgate 204-362-2449, Darlingford, MB. E-mail: and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, jimwilson@goinet.ca swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly 1998 INTERNATIONAL 8825 HP, 25” douto you. Safety, convenience, reliability. ble swath, 1347 hrs. GPS. 306-483-7322.

Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Frobisher, SK. Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net

GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; 24’ UII PICKUP REEL with steel fingers, 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large good shape. 306-662-8129, Fox Valley, SK. selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel.

View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. BRUNS 400 BU., upper box complete with 12 ton Martin running gear and roll tarp, shedded and in excellent condition $6000.

Phone 306-745-8880, Langenburg, SK.

HART EMERSON UNIFLOW Model PK3 asBEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new NEW BATCO 2075 w/electric drive kit. pirater. good condition. Gustafson seed and used sea containers, all sizes. Retail $36,500. Blow-out Special, $28,500. treater. 204-525-2480, Minitonas, MB. 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and The Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s best- BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, read farm publication. grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com

Rebuilt Concaves

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248 Check out A & I online parts store

INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com

TIM’S CUSTOM BIN MOVING and Hauling Inc. Up to 22’ diameter. 204-362-7103 binmover50@gmail.com GRAIN BIN INSTALLATION. Large diameter bin setup, concrete, repairs. Quadra Development Corp., 1-800-249-2708.

FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper cone and steel floor requirements contact: Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free: 1-888-304-2837.

BOOK NOW, TAKE DELIVERY, DON’T PAY UNTIL NOVEMBER, 2017. Top quality MERIDIAN bins. Price includes: skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up and delivery within set radius. Meridian Hopper Combo SPECIAL: 5000 bu., $14,400. We manufacture superior quality hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call and find out why our product quality and price well exceeds the competition. We also stock replacement lids for all makes & models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc, 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks.

306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. 12,000 BU. SUPERIOR COMBO with triple skid. Set-up $28,940. Middle Lake Steel. 306-367-4306 or 306-367-2408.

U-WELD HOPPER Cones, sizes from 12 to 24. www.middlelakesteel.com Phone 306-367-4306 or 306-367-2408.

(2) CARTER DAY 612 graders; Carter Day www.pennosmachining.com 412 cleaner, setup for flaxseed w/newer shells. Call Ted Petracek 306-745-3829, MORRIS 14 BALE wagon. Will trade for Email: psf@sasktel.net Esterhazy, SK. cows. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. 7 SCREEN KWIK-KLEEN with 2 sets of screens; Sukup rotary screen electric factory complete with augers and hopper.

Call 306-460-9440, Kindersely, SK. REBUILT VISTASORT COLOUR SORTER, capacity 300-500 BPH, LED, full colour, all seed types. Price includes commissioning 2007 7010 Case/IH, dual wheels, w/2016 and training. Contact 1-800-667-6924 ask header, $170,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm for Chris or Steven for details.

Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2005 PETERBILT STAHLY, Cummins, Allison auto, New Leader L3020 G4, monitor, CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to New Leader controller, Starlink GPS 4145 2000 CASE/IH 2388 w/1015 header, hrs, $78,000; 2004 Peterbilt, Cummins, mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. $65,000; 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, Allison auto, 1800 gal stainless, 80’ boom, 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. $115,000; 2006 2388 w/2015 PU header, Raven controller, Raven AutoSteer, Raven $130,000; 2009 7088 w/2016 PU header, section shutoff, 4270 hrs, $65,000. USD $180,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, prices. 406-576-3402, 406-466-5356, Cho306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. teau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net 6 TIER VERTEC grain dryer, batch and/or continuous. 204-325-2590, Morden, MB. 2004 CIH 8010 w/2016 PU, 2899 eng hrs.

FERTILIZER SPREADERS, 4-8 ton, 10 ton Willmar Tender. Call 204-857-8403, Port- AERATION FANS, rockets ductwork, temp 2191 thres hrs., 900 metric, long auger, recent $36,000 w/o, put through shop age La Prairie, MB. monitoring equipment and more. Visit every year, asking $97,000. 306-287-7645, POLY FIBERGLASS LIQUID fertilizer tanks: your nearest Flaman store to see selection Watson, SK. 30,000 gallon and 10,000 gal. Ph Patrick or call 1-888-435-2626.

306-631-9577, Chamberlain, SK. WALINGA GRAIN VAC #508, 540/1000 BRANDT 8x50, BLUE, hyd. mover, winch, PTO, 1 owner, always shedded, only used bin sweep, good cond. Ed 306-272-3848, on 1/2 sec. farmland, new hoses, A-1 cond., $4800. 306-944-4852 Humboldt, SK 306-269-7745, Foam Lake, SK.

CLAAS LEXION 740, 750, 760, and 780 several different options available. Headers and delivery. Save $$$, 218-779-1710.

Gully, MN.

50’ 7” BLUE BRANDT grain auger complete with new 20 HP engine, Wheartheart mover, hyd., winch, good condition, $6000 306-745-8880, Langenburg, SK.

2011 CLAAS LEXION 760, 700 sep. hrs., fully loaded, $265,000 CAD OBO; 2010 Lexion 590, fully loaded, 500 sep. hrs., $220,000 CAD OBO. All exc. cond., used only in small grains; 2000 Lexion 480, $27,000 CAD OBO. Delivery available. Call 218-779-1710.

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

WINTER CLEARANCE: Loaded HD8-39/ HD8-46/ TL 10-39 plus SLMD12 - 72 and SLMD12 - 95 plus. Used Augers: Sakundiak 7x45 c/w new tube, flighting and power fist Honda; 2012 SLMD 12-72 w/winch and swing mover; Brandt 10x60 S/A: Wheatheart 8x51’ c/w mover. Also dealer for Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing avail!

Call Dale at Mainway Farm Equipment, 306-567-3285, 306-567-7299, Davidson, SK. www.mainwayfarmeguipment.ca MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 306-957-2033.

POLY GRAIN BINS, 40 to 150 bu. for grain cleaning, feed, fertilizer and left over treated seed. 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. www.buffervalley.com CUSTOM BUILT HOPPER BOTTOMS for all bins, large and small. Magnum Fabricating, 306-662-2198, Maple Creek, SK. www.magnumfabricating.com

2004 NEW HOLLAND CX 860 w/PU header, 2237 threshing. hrs., good condition, $75,000. 204-250-4796, Plumas, MB.

SEVERAL LOW HOUR JD 9870 STS and 9770 STS. 2008-2011 and all between hrs. Headers also available. delivery. Call 218-779-1710.

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NEW MERIDIAN AUGERS: TL12-39 with www.marcrestmfg.com 37 HP, EFI Vanguard engine, c/w mover, HD clutch, reversing gearbox and lights.

Retail $24,200, cash price $19,500. BALE SPEARS, high quality imported from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, ex306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. cellent pricing. Call now toll free 2013 CONVEY-ALL TCSNH1045 HDMK 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB. conveyor w/new belt, $17,000; 2013 R1041 Wheatheart w/38HP mover and BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all clutch, $9995. Both in excellent condition. loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing.

Call now 1-866-443-7444.

306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK.

COMBINES: All between 600-900 sep.

Can arrange

SEVERAL LOW HOURED., S670, S680, S690 available options. Headers and delivery. Save $$$. 218-779-1710. Gully, MN. 2006 9660 WTS, 914 PU, duals, 2300/ 1550 hrs. $132,500. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1998 JD CTS MAXIMIZER II, 2330 sep. hrs., Strawmaster PU, gone through thoroughly ever year, $38,000. 306-279-7757 ask for Ted. Yellow Creek, SK.

BIN SENSE- Protect your livelihood. Check moisture and grain temperature right from your smart phone.

Call Flaman 1-888-435-2626.

NEVER CLIMB A BIN AGAIN! Full-bin Su- JOHN DEERE ROUND BALER Sales, Serper Sensor, reliable hardwired with 2 year vice & Parts. Call Gerald at 204-385-2347 warranty; Magnetic Camera Package - One or 204-872-2347, Gladstone, MB. man positioning of auger (even at night); Hopper Dropper - Unload your hopper bins without any mess; Wireless Magnetic LED Light - Position your swing auger at night from the comfort of your truck. Safety and convenience are the name of the game.

Contact Brownlees Trucking Inc., 306-228-2971, 1-877-228-5598, Unity, SK. www.brownlees.ca

AFTER SEASON SALE! All makes of combine platforms: Flex, Rigid, Corn heads.

Reconditioned and field ready. Reimer Farm Equipment, #12 Hwy. N, Steinbach, MB. Call Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000. www.reimerfarmequipment.com

10,000 BU. HOPPER BINS- Winter booking prices in effect. We guarantee delivery and set up. Start planning for next year, see your nearest Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626 for more information.

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.

RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports.

Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK www.straightcutheaders.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.

2013 CLAAS 3300 RC Quadrant 3x4 square baler, approx. 7000 bales made, vg cond., $110,000. Can deliver. Call anytime 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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70 IHC POINT HITCH snowblower, 84’ cut, manual shoot, good condition. $1400 OBO, Briercrest, SK.

2010 MORRIS 8370, 3 tank, variable rate, TBT, 440 bu., $69,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2003 BOURGAULT 54’ 5710 air drill, w/MRBs, Dickey John NH3 kit and set up for dual shoot, $30,000 OBO. 306-658-4240, 306-843-7549, Wilkie, SK.

SNOWBLOWER SALE. HUGE savings on existing Schulte and Farm King snowblower inventory. See your nearest Flaman Dealer or call 1-888-435-2626.

HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

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JD 1830, 2008, 50’, JD 1910 TBH air cart, 430 bu., 10” sp, Pattison liquid fert., monitor and harness. 306-493-7409, Delisle SK 2012 MORRIS CONTOUR II 61’ air drill, 12” spacing, w/8650 XL air cart w/duals, var. rate, Eston special fertilizer Broadcast kit, Bourgault tillage tool, 3/4” Eagle Beak knives, $185,000. Ph Gerald 306-379-4530 or Nathan 306-831-9246, Fiske, SK.

2006 FLEXI-COIL S67XL, 100’, rinse tank, foam marker, 1200 gal., windscreens, good condition. 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK.

49’ MORRIS MAXIM, single shoot w/6240 tank. Call 306-460-9440, Kindersley, SK.

SPRA-COUPE 7650, 2005, 80’ booms, 725 gal. tank, 380/90R46 skinniest, 620 rear floats, 5000 rate controller w/OutIf you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-782-0794. back S3 mapping and sec. control, 3-way nozzles, front tires brand new, rear diff. rebuilt last spring, 2678 hrs., always shedded, $70,000. 306-246-4442, Hafford, SK.

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2010 SEEDMASTER 70-12 w/JD 1910 430 bu. duals, conveyor, $129,000 OBO. Deliv2011 JD 4830, 100’, with only 1150 ery available 306-563-8482, Moose Jaw SK hours, full AutoSteer, 1000 gal. SS tank, all options, both sets of tires, $219,000.

1997 CONCORD 4812, DS dry with NH3, 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. Dutch openers, 2000 JD 1900 seed cart, 2012 JD 4830, 1333 hrs., 100’, 1000 gal. 270 bu, $25,000. 306-452-3233, Antler, SK ss tank, 420 tires, AutoTrac, AutoBoom, JOHN DEERE 1890 disc drill, 43’, 10” spacGPS, exc, 306-741-2649, Pennant, SK. ing. Phone 306-842-6246, Griffin, SK.

TRACTORS, COMBINES, SWATHERS, ploughs, cultivators, tires and rims, hyd. cylinders, balers, older trucks, crawlers.

FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: 204-871-2708, 204-685-2124, Austin, MB. John Deere 4045, 710/60R46, $19,500; $23,500; JD 4038, Case 4420, GOODS USED TRACTOR parts (always 800/55R46, Michelin tires and rim, buying tractors). David or Curtis, Roblin, 650/65R38 $13,500. Sprayer duals available. Call MB., 204-564-2528, 1-877-564-8734.

306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK.

2010 65’ 3310 BOURGAULT Paralink, 12” spacing, mid row shank banding, double shoot, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, $145,000; 2002 49’ Morris Maxim air drill, 12” spacing, w/7240 Morris grain cart, $52,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK.

WANTED: Dual shock kit for a 64” 5710 air drill. Call 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK.

SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge inventory new and used tractor parts.

1-888-676-4847.

2013 SEEDMASTER 7012 M-fold, dual casters, sec. control w/Viper, 2 on-board 275 bu. tanks, dual 750 tires, UltraPro canola metering, 8 cameras, always shed2010 NH P2060 DRILL and P1050 tank, ded. 306-488-4517, Dilke, SK. 57’, 10” spacing, 550 lb. shanks, 4” rubber packers, 3” Atom Jet paired row openers 70’ SEEDMASTER, M fold, 12” spacing, lift with carbide tips and wings, DS dry 430 kit, Smart hitch, c/w 2013 Flexi-Coil 580 bu. tank, 3 compartments, 8 run double auger 10”, dual 650’s and Valmar 1665 cashoot, dual fans, variable rate, 900x60/32 nola box. 306-648-7765 or 306-648-3216, Trells, c/w mounted loading/unloading Gravelbourg, SK. Convey-All paddle conveyor, $125,000.

Jim Wilson, 204-362-2449, Darlingford, 1998 BOURGAULT 4350, 54’, 10” spacing, MB. E-mail: jimwilson@goinet.ca c/w MRB’s, 3 compartment tank, new 1996 FLEXI-COIL 5000 with 2320 cart, 57’, tires, $38,000. 306-472-7970, Lafleche, SK 9” spacing, good condition, $25,000 OBO. 2009 BOURGAULT 3310, 75’, w/6550 tank, 204-250-4796, Plumas, MB. 1 year on new tips and discs, very accurate 2015 SEED HAWK 50-12, only 200 acres! drill and tank, $205,000 OBO. Call used to seed grass seed mixed with phos. 306-867-7165, Loreburn, SK. in 1 tank only, like new 400 bu. var. rate cart, liquid kit avail. Will trade up to a 2005 FLEXI-COIL 5000 57’, 10” spacing, 3850 TBT cart, double shoot, dual fan, 50-10, $190,000. 204-937-3933 Roblin MB $39,000. Call 306-223-4417, Laird, SK. 800 FLEXI-COIL 33’, DS, with 1720 tank, (last 800 made), 12” spacing, 550 lbs 2011 MORRIS CONTOUR 51’, 10” spacing, shanks, Poirier seed boots, low acres, tank side band openers, c/w 2012 7240 3rd shedded until this year. 306-745-7505 or tank, $99,000. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 306-877-2014, Dubuc, SK.

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306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, SK. We buy machinery.

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We sell new, used and remanufactured parts for most farm tractors and combines.

AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tractors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/other Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battleford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769.

TRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, 306-441-0655, Richard, SK.

2007 JD 1770NT 16 row 30” planter, c/w 2 pt. hitch, liquid fertilizer kit, 600 gallon liquid fert. tank, 240 gal. liquid fert. tank, MaxEmerge XP, not used last 2 years, monitor and controller included, $60,000. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB.

2016 VERSATILE SD550 Ezee-On 15’ offset disc, 550 lbs./ft., HD bearing pkg., 26”x3/8” notched. Lease or finance OAC. 1992 FORD VERSATILE 976, recent repairs, Atom Jet, Outback AutoSteer, 7400 Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK hrs., $47,500 OBO. Call 204-242-4332, MORRIS 743 CHISEL PLOW, 12” spacing, Manitou, MB. good 16” sweeps, w/Degelman hyd. driven rod, $10,000. 306-463-8416, Eston, SK.

2013 BOURGAULT 3320 XTC 66’, 10” space, MRB, DS, Bourgault updates done, WANTED: 4W305; 4W220; 220 and D21.

8050 or 8030 MFWD. blockage and X20 monitors c/w 6700 cart, 8070, 2 fans, 4 metering tanks, conveyor, duals, 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. whole unit always shedded, exc. cond., 1993 FORD 846, 7792 hrs., 230 HP, 4 WD, $305,000. 780-872-3262, Lashburn, SK. 18.4R38 duals, PTO, 4 hyds., diff lock, cab, 3850 FLEXI-COIL AIR CART, very good 1988 CASE 7130 MFWD, 6800 hrs., poor AC, heat, 14 spd. std. trans., $46,000 OBO. condition, $30,000. Phone 306-672-8102. paint, runs exc., priced for quick sale, Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. Gull Lake, SK. $30,000. Ph. 204-730-3139, Glenboro, MB. FORD 7740, 2 WD, CAH, 540/1000 2009 JD 1830 61’, 10” spacing, 3 1/2” 1996 CASE 5240, 5300 hrs., can be 1996 85 HP, 5900 eng. hrs., shedded, packer wheels, Pattison liquid TBH, equipped w/loader; 2001 MX120, 4800 PTO, 18.x4x38 rears, 10000x16 fronts, std. w/1910 430 bu. conveyor bag lift, 2600 hours; 2001 MX170, available with new trans., 3 PTH, never had a loader, mint monitor dual wheels.

Phone loader. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. cond., $12,000.

204-838-2397, Lenore, MB 306-445-5602, North Battleford, SK. 1998 8910 MAGNUM TRACTOR, FWA, 540 1000 PTO, one owner, 5345 hrs.

306-268-4280, Bengough, SK. 1984 VERSATILE 975, w/855 Cummins, 2013 140A FARMALL Case/IH w/loader, new paint, new interior, new pins and 1800 hrs., $82,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm bushings, 8000 hrs., very nice, hard to Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. find! $34,500 CDN OBO. Delivery available.

2014 CIH 580 QuadTrac, 970 hrs., 6 hyd., Call 218-779-1710.

Auto Guidance, $420,600. South Country 2010 2375, 4 WD, 520 rubber, 4 remotes, Equipment, 306-842-4686, Weyburn, SK. 1900 hrs., full weights, always shedded, LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We $130,000 OBO. 306-577-1204, Carlyle, SK. buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have VERSATILE 375, 400, 435, 550 used; 450, rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. 500 and 550DT new. Call KMK Sales Ltd. CASE/IH 3400 AIR SEEDER tank in exc. 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. cond. Location of the tank is Dufrost, MB. 1997 9370, 3592 hrs., 8 new Goodyear 1993 FORD VERSATILE 876, 5765 hrs., ex$20,000 CDN or OBO. Bill 204-746-5126 24.5x32, GPS, new injectors, exc. cond., cellent shape, $35,000. 306-463-8416, EsMORRIS 7180 AIR SEEDER (shedded), $103,000. 306-280-6192, Rabbit Lake, SK. ton, SK. w/34’ Morris 9000 cult, floating hitch, harrows, $29,500. 204-268-2853, Selkirk, MB. 2375 VERSATILE, 310 hrs., warranty until Nov, 2017, private sale. 306-441-6160, or 1996 BOURGAULT 40’ 8800/3195, harrows and packers, $16,000. Call 306-563-8482, 2010 CASE/IH STEIGER 335, power- 306-398-4025. Baldwinton, SK. shift, AutoSteer, 520/85x42 duals, rear Rama, SK. weights, shedded, only 775 hours.

2010 BOURGAULT 6450, deluxe auger, 2 204-268-2853, Selkirk, MB. fans. 1 owner, $64,000 OBO. Yorkton, SK. 306-563-8482.

2011 BOURGAULT 6700 air cart X20, 4tm, bag lift, $135,000 OBO. Weyburn, SK. WANTED: JD 8630 w/original 30 Series engine. Call 701-340-5061, Minot, ND. 306-563-8482.

2010 JD 1830 w/JD 1910 340 bu. cart, WANTED: 8440 or 8450 JD with PTO. 57’, 10” spacing double shoot, 6 run., Must be in good shape. 204-843-2917, $106,400. South Country Equipment, Amaranth, MB. 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. JD 8970, triple tires; JD 4650, FWD, 3 2006 SEEDMASTER 66-12 Primary block- PTH, new engine; JD 4440, rebuilt engine; age on Seed fert., Pneumatic packers, dou- JD 4255, FWD. Can deliver. Phone ble shoot. Special $99,700. South Country 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER special2012 SEEDMASTER 66-12TXB Raven izing in rebuilding JD tractors. Want Series Cruizer Matrix hyd., block, 40 bu. rear mtd. 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 7000s to rebuild or for Ultra Pro Canola tank, $151,470. South parts. pay top $$. Now selling JD parts.

204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. Country Equip., 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. JD 4520 w/cab, powershift, $13,500; 1994 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 57’ single shoot 1972 4020, cab, std. shift, JD 46A loader, air pac, new rear hinges w/2320 cart, 7” 1964 bucket, $12,500. 204-207-0017, Roblin MB 2015 BOURGAULT 3320 XTC, 76’, side FLEXI-COIL 300B c/w Barton openers, 38’, auger. Special $28,250. South Country band, 10”, 6550 cart, Drill $140,000; Cart 12” spacing, $8900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. 2000 JD 7710, 5130 hrs; 2006 JD 7720, $115,000. 306-563-8482, Yorkton, SK 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 4600 hrs; 2003 JD 7810, 4200 hrs; 1998 2014 JD 635FD Flex Draper, dual knife, 7810. All MFWD and can be equipped poly tine reel. Was $95,600, Now $82,300. w/loaders. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. South Country Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. JOHN DEERE 4755 2WD, very good shape, differential lock. 306-576-2171, or 1998 JD 1820-61, front castors on wings, 360-560-7679. Wishart, SK. new primary hoses w/JD 1900 cart, 350 • Won’t damage seed bu. Special $35,300. South Country Equip- JD 8630, PTO, tires like new, excellent ment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. condition, $19,500. Call 306-861-4592, • 18” conveyor will keep any air-seeder auger/conveyor Fillmore, SK. 2006 SEEDMASTER 66-12ATD w/2006 JD running at full capacity 1910-430 bu. DS, smart hitch one season RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent on Valmar. Special $157,900. South Coun- drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service.

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2-2015 JD 9570R, 915 hrs. up, JDLink, PowerGard warranty until Apr. 2019, $508,600. South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK.

2007 SEEDMASTER 80-14 w/2011 Bour- 2009 JD 9530T, 3100 hrs., 36” tracks, degault tank, Smart Hitch, DS, all run 3 tank luxe comfort pkg., $236,200. South Counmeter. Special $189,000. South Country try Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. 2011 JD 9630, 2045 hrs., diff lock, 2013 SEEDMASTER 74-12TXB JD towers 800/70R38, 5 hyd., $296,900. South with JD Blockage all run seed & primary Country Equipment, 306-746-2110, Rayfert. block. Special $126,360. South Coun- more, SK. try Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. 5-2014 JD 9560RT, 835 hrs. up, 18/6 1998 MORRIS CONCEPT 2000, 43’, 10” sp, powershift, JDLink, $453,600 up. South new Bourgault narrow point openers, 7240 Country Equipment, 306-642-3366, AssiniTBH, $24,000. 306-463-8416, Eston, SK. boia, SK.

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1994 NH 8870, MFWD, big single tires, 3 PTH, runs excellent, $40,000. Call 204-730-3139, Glenboro, MB.

2013 SEED HAWK 6012, TBH 600 air cart, double shoot, $215,000. 306-831-9497, Tessier, SK.

2001 JD 4710, 100’ boom, 3400 hrs., height control, w/JD 2630 monitor, 800 gal. tank, sectional control, 2 sets tires, 3” fill, $113,900. 306-535-9141, Balcarres, SK

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2013 JD 9460RT, 2216 hrs., PowerGard warranty until May 2018, GreenStar 2630, $372,800. South Country Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK.

FENDT 939, 2011, 1100 hrs., 65 km/hr., $235,000; Fendt 936, 2016, 500 hrs., loaded; Fendt 939, 2015, 1850 hrs., Vario-Grip, $249,000; Fendt 939, 2011, 3400 hrs., 65km/hr, front PTO, $180,000; Fendt 930, 2005, 10,000 hrs., new 900 tires, $79,000; Claas Xerion 2010, 2040 hrs., CVT50k, Front 3 PTH, 800R38, $187,000; MF 8690, 2012, 3500 hrs., CVT50k, front 3 PTH, $125,000; MF 8737, 2016, 400 hrs., front PTO, loaded; JD 8345R, 2014, 2700 hrs., IVT50k, front 3 PTH, $198,000; JD 7230R 2013, 3000 hrs., IVT50k, new Q88 loader; JD 6170R, 2013, 1750 hrs., IVT50K, new Q76 loader; Case 370CVT, 2014, 220 hrs., 50k, front hitch, 900/R42 $225,500. Many more in stock. 519-955-1331, Clinton, ON www.rozendaalclinton.com

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2005 70’ BOURGAULT 6000 mid harrows, $405,100. South Country Equipment, 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. low acres, excellent condition. $24,000. 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. Phone for more details and pictures. 2014 JD 9510R, 1701 hrs., 800/70R38, 1979 2180 WHITE, 3097 hrs.; 1998 JD 306-475-8880, Langenburg, SK. JDLink, PowerGard warranty until Oct 9200 FWD, 4082 hrs., new rubber. $408,700. South Country Equip- 306-483-7322. Frobisher, SK. 2016 DEMO 80’ DEGELMAN land roller, 2017, Odessa Rockpicker Sales. 306-957-4403, ment, 306-642-3366, Assiniboia, SK. Odessa, SK. 2013 JD 9510R, 1040 hrs., JD Link, 800/70R38, hi-flow hyd., $365,900. South 2006 CAT D8T SU dozer, single shank ripCountry Equipment, 306-642-3366. per, cab air, 11,000 hours, work ready, 2013 JD 9460R, 1272 hrs., 800/70R38, $150,000. 204-795-9192 Plum Coulee, MB JD 7200 PLANTERS IN STOCK, 8 to 16 row, any planter makes available. Call PowerGard warranty until Oct 2018, $357,900.

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204-326-7000, Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB. 2009 JD 1790 CCS planter, 16/31 row, 30” or 15” row spacing, drawbar hitch, Yetter floating row cleaners, Ridgeland mud cleaning gauge wheels, Keaton seed firmers, In-furrow liquid fertilizer, Precision planting 20/20 monitor, E-sets, air force Auto-down force control. Corn, soybean and canola seed meters w/loading conveyor, $130,000. 306-697-7203, Grenfell, SK.

2002 JD 9520 with PTO, powershift, 800 FRONT END LOADER, has it’s own oil resmetrics, Greenlighted, 6700 hrs., ervoir, pump and controls, newer bucket. $139,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. $600 OBO. 306-799-4628, Briercrest, SK. 1998 JD 9300 4WD, 4 hyds., GreenStar ready, always shedded, 4370 hrs., 16’ DEGELMAN 4-way dozer blade, Q/A, complete with hoses, will fit Case 375-435 20.8/42duals, $99,000. 306-753-7575.

Call 306-460-9440, Kindersley, SK. JD 9300, 1997, 5996 hrs., 24 spd., triples, 4 hydraulics, wired for GPS, excellent. Call 68” BOBCAT snowblower and 68” snow bucket. Call 306-460-9440, Kindersley, SK. 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK.

50 COMPLETE BARTON II openers, off Flexi-Coil 6000 drill. Call 306-677-2689, JD 4630, loader, cab; Case 2870, 4x4, De- DEGELMAN DOZER BLADE, 14’, 6-way Swift Current, SK. gelman dozer; Cockshutt 550 gas; 1991 blade, mounted on Case STX 325, $22,000 GMC 17’ B&H. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK OBO. Call 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK. 1996 JOHN DEERE 8570, 4450 hrs., 24 spd., PTO, very good condition, asking BREAKING DISCS: KEWANEE, 14’ and $71,000. 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK. 12’; Rome 16’ and 9’; Wishek 14’ and 30’.

EQUIPMENT, TREES & LAND: IHC TD 2- DMI 7 shank rippers. 1-866-938-8537. crawler, IHC 914 combine; Coop 550 1992 37’ CASE/IH 5600 HD cultivator, swather; Massey 860 combine; Parting out w/Degelman mounted 4-row harrows, 1983 MF 2805, 20.4x38 duals (good), good combines/tractors - MF 1030 tractor; Pas$25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, V8 motor, needs hyd. pump on RH exterior ture/hayland for rent; Also standing poplar $4000 OBO. 306-735-2936 Whitewood, SK 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. Call 204-268-1888, Beausejour, MB.

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2006 JD 3800 TELEHANDLER, 3900 hrs. NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from new Michelin rubber. Good for farm use. 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone for availability and prices. Many used in Call for attach. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. BOBCAT 943 SKIDSTEER, $14,900; NH LX865 skidsteer, $12,900; McKee 7’ snow- DIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, blower, $1,000; Lorenz 8’ HD snowblower, 12 to 300 KWs, lots of units in stock. Used $1,500; Gehl 500 cu. ft., 4 auger feed cart, and new: Perkins, John Deere and Deutz. $10,000; Eversman V-Ditcher $2,000, Ash- We also build custom Gensets. We curland 4.5, 6, and 8 yard scrapers, Phoenix rently have special pricing on new John rotary harrow 35’, 42’, and 53’; Knight 3 Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471. auger feed cart, $5,000. 1-866-938-8537.

ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades.

306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK.

The Icynene

Insulation System EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: 2011 CIH 500HD tractor, $300,000; 2013 70’ SeedMaster air • Sprayed foam insulation drill, slim fold w/2012 Bourgault 6550 air tank, $270,000; 1970 Chev grain truck 600 • Ideal for shops, barns bu. box, 6 spd. auto (great yard truck), or homes $20,000; 2014 Wilson trailer, less than 3000 kms, $58,000; 2000 Trailtech sprayer • Healthier, Quieter, More trailer with tanks, chem handlers and Energy Efficient® product pumps, $20,000; 1999 RoGator high clearance sprayer with AutoSteer, $81,000; 2003 JD 9650 combine w/GPS and Contour-Master feeder house, $85,000; 2010 JD 635 flex header w/air reel and transport, $37,500; 2002 Honeybee 36’ header w/Headsight kit, $25,000; www.penta.ca 1-800-587-4711 2011 Schulte 8000 rockpicker, high dump, $20,000; 2009 Farm King 1385 auger w/hyd. swing, mechanical drive, $12,000; 1993 Farm King 1070 auger w/hyd. swing, mechanical drive, $4000; Wheatheart 8x45’ auger, $2500; Bin sweep, $500. Call BIRD WATCHERS CALL To The Far North!

Ron at 306-648-5394, Ferland, SK. Bird stands and natural locations available.

RETIRED: 2010 Verssatile 375, 1900 hrs., Year round bird and wildlife watching. std. trans., AutoSteer, $150,000; 2007 Tree stands, ground blinds, and natural loBourgault Series II 47’ air drill w/6350 cations available. North Western Sastank, dual fans, $85,000; 2011 Salford 30’ katchewan. Ron Kisslinger 306-822-2256 RTS, $60,000; Various other augers and or email: p.r.service@sasktel.net farm machinery. Call 306-222-7101, MeaFOR SALE: Floor loom; Table loom; Spincham, SK. ning wheels, etc. Viewing by appointment RICHARDSON GRADER, good condition, only. Call 306-782-1235, Yorkton, SK. $2100. Willing to trade on a small 2WD tractor (Case or JD). Call 306-460-9027, 306-463-3480. Flaxcombe, SK. ®

CASE/IH 2870 4 WD, Degelman blade, DRILL STEM: 200 3-1/2”, $45/ea; 400 $17,000; 1999 NH LS170 Bobcat, $13,000; 2-7/8”, $32/ea; 700 2-3/8”, $33/ea; 300 Vac tank, 1800 gal. and pump $8000; IHC 1” rods. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. Model 252 forklift, gas, $5000.

306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK.

SIMPLICITY TWIN POWER pac 19 garden tractor & Ford 165 LGT. 16 HP running or not, but complete. Phone 204-424-5293 after 6:00pm. La Broquerie, MB.

WESTERN IRRIGATION: CADMAN Dealer.

Spring discounts. Full line of new and used equipment. 1 Cadman 4000S wide body big gun, like new; Also alum. pipe, pumps and motors. If we don’t have it, we will get it for you! Call 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK.

WANTED: Older and newer tractors, in running condition or for parts. Goods Used WATER IN THE WRONG PLACE: Used Tractor Parts, 1-877-564-8734. pumping motors, PTO carts, 6” - 10” alum. pipe. 50 years experience. Call Dennis 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. SPRUCE FOR SALE!! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, get the year round protection you need.

We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or deliver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring orders while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 or visit: www.didsburysprucefarms.com 16’ PEELED RAILS, 2-3” $7.50 ea., 125 per bundle; 3-4” $9.25 ea., 100 per bundle; 4-5” $11 each, 75 per bundle. Vermette Wood Preservers, 1-800-667-0094, Spruce Home, SK info@vwpltd.com

We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today.

We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800782-0794.

GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: HARMONY NATURAL BISON buying finwww.maverickconstruction.ca ished up to $6.25/lb HHW; Culls up to $5.25/lb HHW; Feeders up to $4.75/lb LW. Call/text 306-736-3454, SE Sask.

SEASONED JACK PINE firewood: Available in bulk bags or 4’ lengths, split. Also green or dry in log lengths. Can deliver.

306-277-4660, 306-921-6939, Ridgedale

BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, paying market prices. “Producers working with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

BLOCKED AND SEASONED FIREWOOD: $180 per 160 ft.≥ cord; bags $80 (includes refundable deposit for bag). Bundles of 4’-5’ or 6.5’ also available. Vermette Wood Preservers 1-800-667-0094, Spruce Home.

WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and cows, $5/lb. HHW. Finished beef steers and heifers for slaughter. We are also buying compromised cattle that can’t make a long trip. Oak Ridge Meats, McCreary, SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147. cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65.

Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, 70 YEARLING HEIFERS for sale. Approx 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. 800-900 lbs. Call 306-728-4906 after 6PM. Melville, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

For winter delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Contact Richard Bintner 306-873-3184.

WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from yearlings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph BEV’S FISH & SEAFOOD LTD., buy di- Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. rect, fresh fish: Pickerel, Northern Pike, Whitefish and Lake Trout. Seafood also ON OFFER: 35 - 2015 Plains females. available. Phone toll free 1-877-434-7477, Kramer’s Bison Auction in North Battleford, SK. March 8th, 2017. Call 306-441-1408.

306-763-8277, Prince Albert, SK.

THE PASKWAW BISON PRODUCERS COALITION is a registered Non-Profit Corporation dedicated to raising public awareness to the threat Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) poses to the bison industry. For further info contact Robert Johnson pskwbpc@gmail.com

ANL POLLED HEREFORDS ANNUAL SPRING BULL SALE with guest Brooks Farms, Sunday March 19th, 2:00 pm at the farm in Steelman, SK. Selling 25 yearling and two year old bulls and a select group of open baldie heifers.

Wintering and delivery available.

For a catalogue or more info contact Karl at 306-487-2670, Jeremy at 306- 485-8003 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006.

To view the catalogue online, go to www.buyagro.com. (PL #116061)

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519 GRUNTHAL, MB. AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

every TUESDAY at 9 am ** March 7, 14, 21 & 28 **

CRESCENT CREEK ANGUS 19th Annual Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, April 1st, 2017, 1:00 PM, Goodeve, SK. Selling 55 Black Angus yearling bulls and 42 top cut open replacement heifers. All bulls semen and performance tested. For video or catalogues visit: www.crescentcreekangus.com Call Wes 306-876-4420 or 306-728-8284; Rob 780-916-2628.

SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Black and Red Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730.

50 BLACK ANGUS heifers with calves at foot; Also 40 April/May calvers.

306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. GOOD QUALITY PB Black Angus 2 yr. old bulls, semen tested and guaranteed breeders. Phone David or Pat 306-963-2639 or 306-963-7739, Imperial, SK. 30 BLACK ANGUS 2 year old bulls. Calving ease and performance lines. Board and delivery available. Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK.

36th ANNUAL EARLY SUNSET RANCH Angus & Simmental Bull & Female Sale.

“Only the Good Ones will Sell” New Sale date: March 25th, 2017 1:00PM at the farm near Edam, SK. Offering 65 lots: 21 yearling Angus bulls; 17 yearling Simmental bulls; 15 open Angus females; 12 open Simmental females. Contact Jim Grant 306-441-3590 or Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue on-line at: www.cattlemanagement.ca. Online bidding with: 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 GOOD QUALITY YEARLING and 2 year old Charolais bulls. Mostly AI sired. Semen tested. Some Red Factors. Will feed until breeding time. Contact Bar H Charolais, Grenfell, SK. Kevin Haylock, 306-697-2901 or 306-697-2988.

HORSESHOE E CHAROLAIS 19th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday March 11th, 2:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer 70 bulls, yearlings and 2 yr. olds.

All bulls semen tested. Delivery available.

Layne and Paula Evans at 306-252-2246, REG. 2 YEAR OLD Red and Black Angus Kenaston, SK. Bid online with DLMS. View bulls. Will be semen tested, guaranteed catalogue: www.horseshoeecharolais.com and delivered. View catalogue online at www.reddiamondfarm.com Phone Michael JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB. 1:00PM on the farm, Saturday, April 1st, RED ANGUS PUREBRED 2 year old bulls. 2017. 39 bulls, tan and whites; 11 two Open heifers also available. Contact DBM year olds and 28 yearlings. Avg. weaning Angus Farms at Holland, MB., Brian weight 796 lbs. No creep. Yearlings $3000 and up; 2 yr. olds start at $4250. Will keep 204-526-0942 or David 204-723-0288. until May 1st. Must be insured. For more F BAR & ASSOCIATES Angus bulls for info. call Jerome and Cindy Tremblay sale. Choose from 20 two year old and 306-394-4406, Courval, SK. yearling Red and Black Angus bulls. Great genetics, easy handling, semen tested, delivery available. Call for sales list. Inquiries CREEK’S EDGE PUREBRED Charolais bulls and visitors are welcome! Call Allen & for sale off the farm. 60 yearlings and 6 Merilyn Staheli, 204-448-2124, Eddystone, two year olds. We welcome you to our bull pen anytime. Also selling purebred CharoMB. E-mail: amstaheli@inethome.ca lais replacement heifers. Please phone SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Red and Black Stephen 306-279-2033 or 306-279-7709, Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call Yellow Creek, SK. View all our bulls online www.creeksedgecharolais.ca Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730.

RED AND BLACK Angus coming 2 yr old bulls. Semen tested. Guaranteed breeders.

Delivered when you want them. Phone 204-278-3372, 204-861-0060, Inwood, MB

SOUTH VIEW RANCH Red and Black Angus Bull Sale, Thursday April 13th.

Offering 90+ Red and Black Angus yearling bulls. Performance data, semen tested. Phone Shane 306-869-8074 or Keith 306-454-2730, Ceylon, SK.

VIDEOS: WWW.DKFANGUS.CA Select now. Get later. Great selection. Superior quality. DKF Red And Black Angus bulls DOUBLE ‘F’ CATTLE CO. 8th Annual Bull at DKF Ranch, anytime. Gladmar, SK. Mon. March 6th, Noon Sale, March 30th, 2:00 PM at Heartland Scott Fettes 306-815-7023; Dwayne Sheep and Goat with Livestock, Prince Albert, SK. Selling 50 306-969-4506.

Small Animals & Holstein Calves rugged Black Angus bulls and an elite group of replacement heifers. Kelly Feige KENRAY RANCH RED ANGUS BULLS: Mon. March 20th, Noon Sheep and Goat with 306-747-2376, 306-747-7498. Catalogue 40 responsibly developed, fully guaranteed Small Animals & Holstein Calves online after Mar 1. www.doublefcattle.com yearling bulls available. 30+ years in business. Open house March 25th. On-line sale For on farm appraisal of livestock SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside April 5th - 6th. www.DVAuctions.com For or for marketing information please call Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, more info. contact Sheldon 306-452-7545 Brad Kehler (Manager) Cell 204-346-2440 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. or Ray 306-452-7447, Redvers, SK. E-mail: Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 www.kenrayranch.com MB. Livestock Dealer #1436 BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked. ARM RIVER RED ANGUS has on offer WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, yearling and 2 year old bulls sired by Red Cockburn Patriot 12R, Red Golden Eagle SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca Yosemite 6A, NRA Dateline 109Y (Black Proudly Western Red gene carrier) Red 6 Mile Summit 467Z BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- and grandsons of Canadian World Angus simmental Bull sale men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery Forum Reserve Champion “Red Lazy MC available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Smash 41 N.” Arm River Red Angus bulls Saturday March 18th, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca 1:00 pm at the Whitewood Auction are selected from cows that calve unassisted. They are born easy with a will to Barn, Whitewood, SK. BLACK ANGUS YEARLING and 2 year old live, the genetics to grow and the quality bulls on moderate growing ration, perforto sell. Select your next herd sire from Selling 70 yearling, Red, Black mance info. available. Adrian or Brian and central Sask Red Angus bull supplier in our and Fullblood Simmental and Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, 31st year. 306-567-4702, Davidson, SK SK. call 306-441-0946, 306-342-4407.

SimAngus bulls. Wintering and 20 RED ANGUS 2 yr old bulls. Calving ease www.valleyhillsangus.com delivery available. and maternal lines. Board and delivery 25TH TOP CUT BLACK ANGUS Bull avail. Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson For a catalogue or more info Sale, Friday, March 24, 12:30 PM CST at RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, secontact T Bar C Cattle Co. Cowtown Livestock Exchange, Maple men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery Creek, SK. On offer 75- 2 yr. old bulls and available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, 306-220-5006. View the catalogue 24 yearling bulls. 100 quality Commercial Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca online at www.buyagro.com. replacement heifers. For info. contact: (PL #116061) Craig Angus 306-622-2021; Bear Creek BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred Angus 306-558-0011; Hawkeye Ranching to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked.

MAR MAC FARMS, Simmental Black An- Co. Ltd., 306-622-2632; Forbes Angus, 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, gus, Red Angus bull sale, Wed. March 8, 306-558-2063. Catalogue at BuyAgro.com SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca 1:30 pm Mar Mac Farms in Brandon. Selling pens of commercial open and bred fe- PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling RED ANGUS BULLS with excellent hair and males. See catalogue @ marmacfarms.net bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. exceptional feet. Rugged cow bulls and or call 204-728-3058. Brandon, MB. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 beefy heifer bulls. EKW Red Angus, Elmer Wiebe, 306-381-3691, Hague, SK. or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. ALAMEDA BULL SALE, Friday, March 24, RED ANGUS YEARLING and 2 year old 1 PM, Alaemda, SK. Selling 40 Angus and 20th ANNUAL TRIPLE ‘A’ BULL SALE, bulls on moderate growing ration, perfor10 Charolais yearling bulls. Mantei Farms Saturday April 1st, 1:00PM CST at the mance info. available. Adrian or Brian and Angus, 306-461-5501, Perrot Cattle Co., Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, 306-485-7666, Phillips Farms Charolais, On offer 85 Black and Red Angus yearling SK. call 306-441-0946, 306-342-4407.

306-421-6416, Catalogue online at bulls, performance tested. For a catalogue www.valleyhillsangus.com www.bohrson.com or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online DIAMOND W 15th ANNUAL BULL SALE, at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale Tuesday, March 21st, 1:30 PM DST, Valley Livestock, Minitonas, MB. Offering 47 day watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca Charolais yearling and 2 year olds, many PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS yearling 9th ANNUAL BLACK ANGUS Bull Sale, polled, some red factor, 21 Red and Black bulls, Sire H.A. Imagemaker 0415, $2000; Wednesday March 29th, 1:00PM at the Angus 2 year olds and yearlings. Sound, Also big round bales - 2nd cut, $45, 1st cut farm, Whitewood, SK. (12 miles S of semen tested with delivery avail. For cata$35, 1250 lbs. 204-886-2083, Teulon, MB. Whitewood on Hwy #9), offering 60 year- logues and info., contact Orland or Ivan ling Black Angus bulls. For a catalogue or Walker, 306-865-3953. Sale broadcast live EDIE CREEK ANGUS has 46 Meaty, Mod- more info. contact Brad and/or Sharon on www.dlms.ca Catalogue online at: erate, Maternal, Black & Red Angus 2 year Jeannot 306-735-7760, Ben Wright www.bylivestock.com old bulls for sale. March 11th, Ashern 519-374-3335 or T Bar C Cattle Co. Auction Mart at 1:00 PM will be our 10th 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online HOWE RED ANGUS & Whitecap/Rosso Annual Sale! Easy calving, easy fleshing, at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale Charolais Bull Sale. April 5th, 2017, 1:00PM, 8 miles South of Moose Jaw on developed as 2 year olds to breed more day watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca #2 Hwy, 1.5 miles East on Baildon grid. cows for more years! Great temperaments, many suitable for heifers. 204-232-1620, HOLLINGER Land & Cattle 5th Annual Selling 35 Red Angus plus 47 two year old Charolais and 25 yearling Charolais. Conwww.ediecreekangus.com Bull and Female Sale, Monday March tact Darwin 306-690-8916, Kelly 20th, 1:00 PM at the ranch, Neudorf, SK. 306-693-2163 or Mike 306-631-8779.

REG. 2 YEAR OLD Black and Red Angus Offering 40 Black Angus yearling bulls, 11 bulls. Will be semen tested, guaranteed purebred females and select pens of open 20th ANNUAL TRIPLE ‘A’ BULL SALE, and delivered. View catalogue online at commercial heifers. For more information Saturday April 1st, 1:00PM CST at the www.reddiamondfarm.com Call Michael or a catalogue contact Chad 306-331-0302 Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB. or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View On offer 85 Red and Black Angus yearling catalogue on-line at: www.buyagro.com bulls, performance tested. For a catalogue OSSAWA ANGUS, MARQUETTE, MB. and on sale day, watch and bid on-line at or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online has for sale yearling and 2 year old bulls www.dlms.ca PL#116061. at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale and open yearling heifers.

Call 204-375-6658 or 204-383-0703.

COW-BOYS Angus Bull & Female Sale day watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca Friday March 24, 1:00PM, Virden, MB. SellFORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS BULLS. ing 24 Red and Black Angus bulls, as well Virgin 2 year olds and herd sires available. as a select group of purebred heifer calves, Genetics with maternal and calving ease presented by RamRod Cattle Co., CorVet BELLEVUE BLONDS has an excellent traits. 204-564-2540 or 204-773-6800, Cattle Co. and Fraser Farms. Wintering group of performance and semen tested and delivery available. For catalogue or polled PB Blonde yearling bulls for sale.

Shellmouth. www.nerbasbrosangus.com more information contact Tony Dekeyser Reasonably priced. Marcel 204-379-2426 CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS registered 204-264-0270, Jeff Fraser 204-522-5964, or 204-745-7412, Haywood, MB. bulls. Sired by Kodiak, Angus Valley, Final Corey Jones at 204-264-0444 or T Bar C Answer, Cranberry Creek Tiger. EPD and Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue weights available. Hand fed for longevity. on-line at: www.buyagro.com and on sale Semen tested, reg. transfer, delivered in day, watch and bid on-line at: REGISTERED PB CHAROLAIS yearling and 2 yr. old bulls by private treaty. Semen May. Guaranteed breeders. Please call www.dlms.ca PL#116061. tested and guaranteed. Call Brad 204-534-2380 David and Jeanette Neufeld JOHNSON LIVESTOCK ANNUAL ANGUS 204-537-2367, 204-523-0062, Belmont, Bull Sale, Thursday March 16th, 1:00PM MB. www.clinecattlecompany.ca BLACK ANGUS AND POLLED Hereford at the ranch near Peebles, SK. Presenting bulls bred for calving ease, feed efficiency, 165 Black Angus bulls including extra age CATTLEMAN! AGAIN THIS year we have fertility and longevity. Semen tested and fall born and yearling bulls. Wintering and an excellent selection of polled Purebred delivery available. Call Don Guilford, delivery available. For a catalogue or more Charolais bulls. Both yearling and 2 year 204-873-2430, Clearwater, MB. information contact Andrew 306-713-8631 olds. White and Red factor. As well as a or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. To group of very low birth weight bulls 65 RISING 2 yr. old Red and Black Angus view catalogue on-line: www.buyagro.com suitable for heifers. Shop early for best sebulls. Info sheets available. Triple V and on sale day, watch and bid online at: lection. Visit the farm or on the web at: Ranch, Dan Van Steelandt 204-665-2448, www.dlms.ca PL#116061. www.defoortstockfarm.com Phone Gord or 204-522-0092; Matt 204-267-0706.

Sue at 204-743-2109, Cypress River, MB. www.vvvranch.com Melita, MB. BLACK PEARL ANGUS Bull & Female PUREBRED POLLED CHAROLAIS Bulls, Sale, Sunday March 12th, 2:00PM at the REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS yearling Edwards Livestock Centre, Tisdale, SK. good disposition, good hair and good feet. bulls, low birthweight, very quiet. We’ve Selling yearling & 2 yr. old bulls and select Easy calving (Bluegrass’ grandsons) - 1 been in registered Blacks for over 50 yrs. open heifers. Females sell with a young in- three year old, 1 two year old and 1 yearBuy now and save! EPD’s and delivery centive program. Payment plan, wintering ling (good bulls). Will be semen tested and guaranteed.

K.E.H. Charolais, available. Amaranth, MB., 204-470-0748. and delivery available. For catalogue or 204-748-1024, Virden, MB. Keith Hagan. more information call or T Bar C Cattle Co. YEARLING ANGUS BULLS. Canadian blood- 306-220-5006. View catalogue on-line at: COMING 2 YR. old polled PB Charolais lines. Top quality. Phone 306-877-2014, www.buyagro.com Watch and bid on-line bulls, come red factor. Call Kings Polled Dubuc, SK. Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. at: www.dlms.ca PL#116061

RED WHITE TAN Charolais bulls, yearling and two year olds, Canyon Timeout, and Landmark bloodlines, semen tested and delivered. Wheatheart Charolais, Rosetown, SK., 306-882-6444 or 306-831-9369 POLLED PB YEARLING CHAROLAIS bulls, performance and semen tested. Will keep until April, $3000-$4000. Charrow Charolais, Bill 306-387-8011, 780-872-1966, Marshall, SK. ELDER CHAROLAIS 7th Annual Bull Sale.

Thursday, March 23rd, 1:30 PM, at the farm, Coronach, SK. 40 yearling bulls most are polled, some red factor. Top quality bulls that will calve and then give you the performance you want. Ron 306-267-4986 or Mike 306-267-7730. View catalogue and videos at: www.eldercharolais.com DIAMOND W 15TH Annual Bull Sale, Tuesday, March 21st, 1:30 PM DST, Valley Livestock, Minitonas, MB. Offering 47 Charolais yearling and 2 year olds, many polled, some red factor, 21 Red and Black Angus 2 year old and yearlings. Sound, semen tested with delivery available. For catalogues and info. contact Orland or Ivan Walker 306-865-3953. Sale broadcast live on www.dlms.ca. Catalogue online at: www.bylivestock.com PRAIRIE DISTINCTION CHAROLAIS Bull Sale, Tuesday, March 28th, Neepawa, MB. Ag Society. 17 two year olds and 45 yearlings from 7 Manitoba breeders. Sale online at: www.dlms.ca. View catalogue at: www.bylivestock.com or ph. 306-536-4261 STEPPLER FARMS 6TH Annual Charolais Bull Sale, Sunday, March 12, 1:00 PM, Steppler Sale Barn, Miami, MB. 65 yearlings and 20 two year olds, sound, good haired and thick, most are polled. Sale broadcast at www.dlms.ca. For catalogue or info. contact Andre Steppler, cell 204-750-1951. View videos and catalogue online at: www.stepplerfarms.com PLEASANT DAWN CHAROLAIS 15th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 18, 2:00 PM, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. All polled, some red factor, offering 57 yearlings bulls. Wintering, delivery and sight unseen purchase program available. Bred for calving ease with growth, hair and soundness. Sale broadcast live on www.DLMS.ca. Call Tully or Trent Hatch 204-855-2402 or 204-855-3078. Catalogue & videos www.pleasantdawn.com HTA CHAROLAIS AND GUEST RAMMER Charolais Bull Sale, Wednesday, March 22, 1:00 PM. Beautiful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB. 53 yearling bulls, most are polled, some red factor with good dispositions. These are the best in performance genetics. Live Broadcast at www.dlms.ca Call Shawn Airey 204-724-8823, Matthew Ramsey 204-365-0976. Catalogue online at: www.htacharolais.com.

WHITECAP/ROSSO CHAROLAIS and Howe Red Angus Bull Sale. April 5th, 2017, 1:00PM, 8 miles South of Moose Jaw, on #2 Hwy, 1.5 miles East on Baildon grid. Selling 47 two year old Charolais and 25 yearling Charolais, plus 35 Red Angus.

Contact Darwin 306-690-8916, Kelly 306-693-2163 or Mike 306-631-8779.

MACMILLAN CHAROLAIS Purebred reg. yearling bulls available. Bred for growth, easy keeping and market demand. Thick bulls with good feet, lots of hair and very quiet. Bulls are semen tested and can be kept until May 1. Call Lorna 306-227-2774 or 306-931-2893, Saskatoon, SK. NEILSON CATTLE COMPANY Charolais Bull Sale, Friday March 10, 1:00 PM at the Ranch, hwy #47 south of Willowbrook, SK. Offering 30 coming 2 yr. old Charolais bulls. All semen tested and vet inspected.

For catalogue or more information contact Mike 306-783-0331 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. Watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca To view catalogue on-line visit us at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061 Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free.

That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800782-0794 today!

POLLED YEARLING and 2 year old bulls, quiet, good haired. Call Selin’s Gelvieh 306-793-4568, Stockholm, SK. 2nd ANNUAL FLADELAND LIVESTOCK Bull Sale, Wednesday March 15, 2017, 1:30PM at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Selling 34 Red and Black yearling Gelbvieh bulls. Call Del 306-869-8123 or Clint 306-861-5654. View catalogue and videos at: www.fladelandlivestock.com

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2 YR. OLD AND YEARLING BULLS, calving ease and performance. Vet inspected.

Guaranteed. Will feed and deliver. Melfort, SK. 306-921-7175, 306-752-3808, mspratt@sasktel.net donarofarms.com

POLLED SALERS BULLS on farm and at MB. Test Station (Sale Date April 1). BW from 77 lbs. Strong growth and maternal 17TH ANNUAL SASKATOON Gelbvieh Bull milk traits. Semen tested, guaranteed. Can SUNNY VALLEY SIMMENTALS 27th Anand Female Sale, Saturday, March 18, arrange delivery. Ken at 204-762-5512, nual Bull and Female Sale, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 1:00 PM at Saskatoon Live2017, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Pre-sale Lundar, MB. www.sweetlandsalers.com viewing and customer appreciation Friday, PB REGISTERED Red or Black yearling stock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. 45 red, black March 17, 2017. Gelbvieh bulls add bulls and replacement heifers. Elderberry and fullblood beef bulls. Semen tested, delivered and fully guaranteed; 9 replacepounds at weaning, feed efficiency, and Farm Salers, Parkside, SK., 306-747-3302. ment females. For more information call superior maternal strength. Selling 40 Tyler 306-544-7633 View catalogue at: stout polled red and black yearling PB and www.sunnyvalleysimmentals.com balancer Gelbvieh bulls and select females.

Sale can be viewed online via DLMS. For RED AND BLACK Purebred and commercial more info. and catalogue: Darcy Simmental replacement heifers. Bill or Vir306-865-2929 or 306-865-7859, or Darrell ginia Peters, 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. 780-581-0077, www.gelbviehworld.com or sales consultant Kirk Hurlburt 2 YR. OLD black bulls- yearling Red, Black 306-222-8210. www.stonegatefarms.ca and full-blood bulls. Moderate BW. Bill or Virginia Peters, 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. POLLED HEREFORD AND BLACK Angus bulls bred for calving ease, feed efficiency, fertility and longevity. Semen tested and delivery available. Call Don Guilford, 204-873-2430, Clearwater, MB. 2nd ANNUAL ON THE FARM Bid Off Bull Sale. Bidding starts Friday March 24, 1:00 PM CST. Closes Saturday, March 25, 2:00 CST, 2017, Neudorf, SK. 40 yearling and 2 yr old bulls. Details & updates available on our websites: www.bendershorthorns.com www.starpfarms.com Call Glen and Ryan Bender, Neudorf, SK. 306-728-8613 and 306-748-2876 or Rayleen 306-231-3933.

3rd ANNUAL ELITE GENETICS Bull Sale.

Manitoba’s largest Hereford bull offering.

March 22nd, 2017, 1:00 PM at the RSK Farms Sale Barn. Located 5 miles North of Douglas, MB. Including yearling Hereford bulls, select herdsires and pens of Hereford influence females. For more info. call RSK Farms at 204-573-9529 or Leveldale Polled Herefords at 204-763-4343.

15 HEREFORD COWS, bulls were out June 3rd. Phone 306-743-2400. Gerald, SK. HOLMES POLLED HEREFORDS have a large selection of yearling bulls. Some bred for top performance, some bred more for calving ease. Buying bulls off the farm so you can see their Dams makes good sense. Call Jay Holmes, 306-524-2762, 306-746-7170, Semans, SK.

SQUARE D HEREFORDS: Herd bull prospects, 2 yr. old, fall born yearlings and spring yearling bulls. Quiet, performance tested. Delivery can be arranged. Hereford females bred Hereford, registration papers available.

Jim Duke 306-538-4556, 306-736-7921, Langbank, SK. email: square.d@sasktel.net view our website: square-dpolledherefords.com EXCELLENT SELECTION of 2 year old bulls. Fed for service not for show; 2 herdsires. Polled herefords since 1950. Erwin Lehmann 306-232-4712, Rosthern, SK.

10TH SUN COUNTRY SHORTHORN SALE, 1 PM, March 7, 2017 at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer will be 38 polled Shorthorn yearling and two year old bulls and 25 open replacement heifers. They have been selected for soundness, fleshing ability and performance. Sale will be broadcast live at: www.dvauction.com Check out our websites for more info. Contact any of the owners to get on catalog mailing list: Horseshoe Creek Farms Ltd., Weyburn, SK. call 306-456-2500 or view website at: www.horseshoecreekfarms.com Anwender Cattle Co., Radville, SK., 306-442-2090, www.anwendercattlecompany.com Call Rocking L Cattle Company, 306-739-2598, Wawota, SK. www.rockinglcattleco.com

Prairie Partners Bull & Female Sale

45 Red & Black Simmental, Fleck Fullblood & SimAngus Beef Bulls + Purebred Open Heifers. 1pm Tues, March 14, Killarney Auction Mart, Killarney, MB. For catalogues & video www. bouchardlivestock.com.

Sale will be broadcast live on www.dlms. ca Visit the farms for your chance to win a $500 bull purchase credit. Gordon Jones Simmentals (204) 535-2273, Silver Lake Farms (204) 825-8012. donalee@midcan.com

PAINT ‘EM BLACK 2nd Annual Bull and Female Sale March 22, 2017 1:00PM at Cowtown Livestock, Maple Creek, SK. Presented by Herter Simmentals 403-878-6541 with Townview Farms 306-297-7517. Online catalogue at: hertersimmentals.com

R PLUS SIMMENTALS, 17th Annual Bull Sale, Sunday, March 5, 2017, 1:00 PM at the ranch, 5 miles SE of Estevan, SK. Watch for signs. Selling: 70 multi-generation red and black Simmental yearling bulls, bred for easy calving & performance.

Excellent bulls for commercial and purebred operations. Also selling 20 2 year old bulls. Call Marlin LeBlanc, 306-421-2470 or Rob Holowaychuk, 780-916-2628.

ASHWORTH FARM AND RANCH 14th Annual Bull Sale, Monday, March 6th, 1 PM at the farm. 8 miles South of Oungre, SK. Hwy. #35, 2-1/2 miles East. Offering 90 Red and Black Simmental bulls and Simm/Angus cross bulls. For catalogue or more information call Kelly Ashworth 306-456-2749, 306-861-2013 or Bouchard SPRINGER LIMOUSIN has very quiet 2 yr Livestock 403-946-4999. View catalogue old and yearling Purebred Limousin bulls. on-line at: www.bouchardlivestock.com Red or Black. Call Merv at 306-272-4817 PHEASANTDALE CATTLE COMPANY or 306-272-0144, Foam Lake, SK. 13th Annual Bull and Female Sale GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black Thurs., March 2nd, 1:00 PM at the ranch, Limousin bulls with good dispositions, 22 kms. east of Balcarres, SK. Offering 70 calving ease. Qually-T Limousin, Rose Val- fullblood Simmental, Red and Black Purebred Simmental and Simm/Red Angus ley, SK. 306-322-7563 or 306-322-7554. cross bulls, yearlings and extra age bulls, POLLED RED AND Black Limousin 2 year all polled. 8 open purebred heifers. View old bulls. Board and delivery available. Rob catalogue: www.bohrson.com For info. call Lee Stilborn 306-335-7553, 306-335-2828.

Garner, Simpson, SK., 306-946-7946.

CIRCLE T LIMOUSIN purebred Red and Black performance tested bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested, by trade leading sires.

306-634-8536, 306-634-4621, Estevan, SK

TOP QUALITY RED FACTOR yearling Simmental bulls. Good hair coats. Polled; also 1 Red Factor Simm/Angus cross 2 year old bull, polled. Call Green Spruce Simmental 306-467-4975, 306-467-7912, Duck Lake.

KEN-DOC LIMOUSIN selling polled bulls at the Prairie Gold Limousin Bull Sale, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, March 24th, 2017.

These are thick, deep, quiet bulls. Contact Ken Gillies, 306-221-1159, Saskatoon, SK.

BLACK & BLACK BALDIE Simmental Bulls, good selection of yearlings 2 year olds. Excellent quality with good hair coats and disposition second to none! Semen tested.

Delivery available. Call Regan Schlacter 306-231-9758, Humboldt, SK.

COZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn calves! 306-739-0020, Carlyle, SK. Email cozycaps@outlook.com

PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com

OPEN REPLACEMENT HEIFERS, exc. quality, Red Angus cross Simmental, Red Angus cross Hereford, full health program one iron. Davey Cattle Company 306-843-7606. Pictures and references ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Cattle avail. Wilkie, SK. shelter and barn packages.

Call 75 SECOND AND THIRD Black and Red An- 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com gus young bred cows. Call 306-773-1049 to request a farm building quote today! or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. 200 RED & BLACK Angus bred heifers. Can 2002 HIGHLINE 7000 plus, RH discharge, sell as bred or calved. Call 306-773-1049, very good, $7990. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK.

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CATTLE??

BUYING GOOD QUALITY 700-950 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

18th ANNUAL KUNTZ-MCINTOSH-SAJ Simmental Bull Sale. Tuesday March 14th, 1:00PM CST, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds. 65 yearling Red, Black, Fullblood and full Fleckvieh Simmental bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For more info. contact Trevor Kuntz 306-441-1308, Blair McIntosh 306-441-7755, Stuart Jamieson 306-397-2708 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. Watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca and View catalogue on-line at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110

CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site.

For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com

AMBITIOUS RESPONSIBLE FARMER with profession, never married, with outstanding moral backgroud would like to meet intelligent responsible ambitious farm gal with a passion for country living. Serious relationship only. Reply to: Box 5594, c/o MCO, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK., S7K 2C4.

FARMER 51, never married, looking for a younger woman preferably with son/kids to be a special part of my life and farm in NW SK. Don’t be shy, privacy assured.

Much appreciated if you could please reply with recent photo, phone # and a brief description of yourself to: Box 5595, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2C4

SHARE YOUR LIFE, as it’s meant to be!

Find a sincere relationship with our help.

Candlelight Matchmakers. Confidential, rural, photos/profiles to selected matches.

Local, affordable. Serving MB, SK, NW-ON. candlelightmatchmakers@gmail.com 204-343-2475.

DO YOU KNOW an amazing single guy who shouldn’t be? Camelot Introductions has been successfully matching people for over 22 years. In-person interviews

by Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. www.camelotintroductions.com or phone 306-978-LOVE (5683).

STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder panels, sucker rod fence posts. Custom orders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, SK. www.steelviewmfg.com SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr.

Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com HI-HOG CATTLE SQUEEZE. 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Current, SK.

Call Swift

2002 521DXT CASE payloader w/grapple fork. Call 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK.

WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. WANTED: SOMEONE TO CUSTOM feed 150 cows starting fall 2017 in Western MB or Eastern SK. Call Don 403-501-1887.

TRUE BLUE HEELERS has a new litter.

From great working parents, ready March 11th, 2017. 2 females, 3 males. 1st shots and de-wormed, $400. 306-492-2447, 306-290-3339, Clavet, SK.

CANADIAN CENTRAL BULL & Female WILL CUSTOM GRAZE 150 cows at Miniota Sale, Monday March 6th, 1:00PM at the MB. Approximately May 10 - October 20.

Winnipeg Livestock Sales, Winnipeg, MB. Phone Don 403-501-1887.

Offering 45 bulls and females. For a catalogue or more information call T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue on-line at: www.buyagro.com Watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca PL#116061

SOUTH SASK SIMMENTAL & ANGUS Annual Bull Sale, Monday March 13th, 1:00PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Selling 70 Red, Black and Fullblood Simmental and Red & Black Angus bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For more information or a catalogue phone T PIZZEY SIMMENTAL is selling at the Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catafarm yearling and 2 year old Red, Black logue at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. and full Fleckvieh bulls, moderate BW. Call PROUDLY WESTERN BULL SALE, SaturCalvin 204-847-2055, Fox Warren, MB. day March 18th, 1:00PM at the Whitewood Auction Barn, Whitewood, SK. Selling 70 yearling Red, Black and Fullblood Simmental and SimmAngus cross bulls. Wintering and Delivery available. For catalogues or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue on-line at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

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. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, feed wagons and bale shredders and industry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers.

306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca

13th ANNUAL Wheatland Cattle Co. Bull Sale. Thursday, March 23rd, 2:00PM at the farm, Bienfait, SK. Offering Black & Red Simmental, SimmAngus and Angus bulls. As well as commercial heifers. For more information or a catalogue contact Vernon at 306-634-7765 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

POLLED YEARLING AND 2 YEAR OLD Simmental bulls, Reds and Blacks. Bulls are fully guaranteed, semen tested and insured until delivery. Call Ray Cormier, 204-736-2608, La Salle, MB. and visit our website: www.riverbankfarms.com

RANCH READY HORNED Hereford Bull Sale, March 10th, 1:00 PM at the ranch, Simmie, SK. 15 two year old bulls, 30 yearling bulls, 6 purebred open heifers, 20 commercial open heifers. View catalogue WLB LIVESTOCK BEEF BULL SALE, and sale videos: www.braunranch.com Black/Red Simmental and Polled Hereford, Contact Craig Braun at 306-297-2132. yearling and two year old beef bulls. March 21, 2:00 PM, Cdt at the farm, 6 miles N, 1 ANL POLLED HEREFORDS ANNUAL mile E, 1/2 mile N of Douglas, MB. Call Bill Bull Sale with guest Brooks Farms, Biglieni, 204-763-4697, 204-729-7925.

Sunday March 19th, 2:00PM at the farm in Videos online: www.wlblivestock.com Steelman, SK. Selling 25 yearling and 2 yr. old bulls and a select group of open Baldie heifers. Wintering and delivery available.

For more information or a catalogue contact Karl at 306-487-2670, Jeremy at 306-485-8003 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue on-line at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

BLACK ANGUS REPLACEMENT Heifers, VANGUARD 380 SILAGE bale processor, 300 to choose from. Call 204-937-3719 or comes with 3 conveyers, bale loading aprons, rovibec cattle TMR mixer, deluxe 204-648-7775, Roblin, MB. control panel, exc. cond., very economi25 BRED RED and Black Angus cows, cal/versatile. 306-487-7838, Steelman, SK $1700 each. Call Spruce Acres, 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar 20 BRED RED and Black Angus heifers for panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, sale, $2200 OBO. Call Spruce Acres, $450; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $325; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. pipe with 6- 1” rods, $350; 30’ 2 or 3 bar BRED COW HERD REDUCTION, by half. windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and 150 head. Bred Charolais, to calve first double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting week of April. 306-432-4803, Lipton, SK. troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters.

Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK.

10 YEARLINGS: 5 black Friesian/Haflinger, 2 bay Friesian/Haflingers, 3 Fjord/Haflingers. $900 ea. 306-682-2899, Humboldt, SK

JOHN DEERE SANTA Cutter Sleigh, made in 1900’s, always shedded, $2500; JD custom made harness, used only in parades, $2500; Misc. horse items, double tree’s, sleigh poles, bells, etc. 204-773-0191, Rossburn, MB.

(5) 2nd LITTER SOWS, exposed to boar mid Nov, $350 now, $400 March 1st; Pigs 10 BRED HEIFERS, calving April and May for butchering. 306-867-8249, Outlook, SK bred Speckle Park, 1200 lbs. plus, full herd health. Ph 204-365-0066, Shoal Lake, MB. YEARLING SPECKLE PARK bulls sired by RH Yager 99Y; and a 6 year old herdsire.

306-877-2014, Dubuc, SK.

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123

ALLEMAND RANCHES REGISTERED Texas Longhorn bulls and ropers. Shaunavon, SK. Daryl 306-297-8481 or Bob 306-297-7078

NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your fi250 TOP QUALITY bred heifers and 300 nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guaran2nd calvers, start calving April 1st. All heif- teed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, ers preg. checked, pelt measured and full Winnipeg, MB. live vaccination program going to breed.

Bred to Red and Black Angus. BUYING ELK for local and international meat markets. Call us for competitive pric204-325-2416, Manitou, MB. ing and easy marketing. Phone Ian at 70 EXCELLENT QUALITY 850-900lbs. 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085. replacement heifers, Red and Black Angus with some Simmental influence, all vaccinations, $1300/choice or $1250/take all.

Will feed until April. 204-825-2799 or 204-825-8340 cell. Pilot Mound, MB. 12V. or Hydraulic CUSTOM CATTLE GRAZING on former PFRA community pastures in Etherbert, MacCreary and Lenswood. Call Terence Caumartin 204-278-3515.

75 BRED HEIFERS Black and Red Angus cross, all home raised, full herd health program, bred low BW Red Angus bulls from Jul 1-Sept 1. 204-365-0066 Shoal Lake MB

10 WHITE HEIFERS and 27 tan Charolais STOUT YEARLING and 2 yr. old Limousin heifers, bred Red Angus, start calving in bulls, polled, horned, red, black. Quiet FULLBLOOD FLECKVIEH and Black PB year- Feb., $2450 each; 12 bred Charolais cross bulls w/great performance. Short Grass ling bulls, reasonable birthweights, $3500. cows, bred tan Char., start calving May. Curtis Mattson 306-944-4220 Meacham SK Limousin, 306-773-7196, Swift Current SK $1500 each. 204-207-0017, Roblin, MB.

RM OF CORMAN PARK #344, NE-16-35-05-W3, 148 acres. Excellent development property, 1/2 mile S of Casa Rio on Clarence Ave. Power and well onsite. Duane Neufeldt, Re/Max Saskatoon, 306-948-8055 www.duaneneufeldt.com

Electronic Scale Opt.

1 877 695 2532 www.ezefeeder.ca

LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sidings, paneling, decking. Fir and Hemlock flooring, timbers, special orders. Phone Rouck Bros., Lumby, BC. 1-800-960-3388. www.rouckbros.com

Buy Used Oil NOTRE •• Buy Batteries DAME • Collect Used Filters USED • Collect Oil Containers OIL & • Antifreeze FILTER Southern, and DEPOT Eastern Western

Tel: 204-248-2110 Manitoba

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.

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 LOG AND TIMBER HOMES, Saskatoon, SK. Visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca or call 306-222-6558.

ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION of MANITOBA COOPERATIVE (OPAM).

Non-profit members owned organic certification body. Certifying producers, processor & brokers in Western Canada since 1988.

Miniota, MB. Contact: YUMA, AZ. HOME for sale: 3 bdrm, 2 204-567-3745, info@opam-mb.com baths, w/solar system, pool, att. garage and RV garage, fully furnished. For more WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? info. call 403-871-2441 or 928-503-5344.

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

WANTED: ORGANIC, HEATED or FEED QUALITY FLAX and feed peas. Call: 204-379-2451, St. Claude, MB. WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and DOUBLE RV LOT for sale, Yuma, AZ. With chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assini- RV support building - washer/dryer, toilet, boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. shower etc. 403-871-2441, 928-503-5344.

KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases WANTED: CERTIFIED ORGANIC cull cows 2008 SRI, 2016 sq. ft., 6 bedrooms, 3 1/2 pasture productivity, extends dugout life. and pre-conditioned feeder cattle. Phone baths, exc. cond. $144,900 OBO. Call Al 204-522-0842, Pipestone MB. 306-221-4493, Vanscoy, SK. St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.

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MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. CERT. CDC AUSTENSON feed barley. CERT. ALFALFA and GRASSES. Elie, MB. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060 Melfort, Free delivery. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd. SK. www.trawinseeds.ca 1-888-204-1000 www.dyckseeds.com www.maverickconstruction.ca CERTIFIED #1 LEGACY (6R). Call Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ homes. Now available: Lake homes.

Medallion Homes, 306-764-2121, Prince Albert, SK.

FOR SALE BY TENDER - RM Of Key West No. 070: SE-14-08-23 W2; SW-13-08-23 W2; NW-12-08-23 W2.

All offers to be submitted in writing on or before Friday March 10th, 2017. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Includes 2 bins (3800 bu. & 4000 bu.). Mineral not included. Please forward all bids and enquiries to: McGeough Zepick Law JUST COMPLETED! BEAUTIFUL NEW Office, 1222-5th Street, Estevan, SK, S4A RTM home. 1320 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 2 0Z6. 306-634-8822, mzlaw@sasktel.net bath, vaulted ceilings, front covered porch, premium finishes. $98,000. Additional info and pics for this home and other RTM’s avail: www.marvinhomes.ca Mitchell, MB. ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom built, every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 to help design your new home.

RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca 204-472-2351. LAND AUCTION for Val Veroba, Kelly Fleck, Dallas Fleck & Sherry Moffat, on Thursday, March 23, 2017, Days VEGAS TIMESHARE. INT’L exchanges, Inn, Estevan, SK., 7:00 PM. Please join avail. 2 bdrm., full kitchen washer/dryer, Mack Auction Company on March 23rd for your chance to own 12 quarter sections of living/dining room. 306-453-2958, Carlyle. prime farmland in RM of Browning #34.

Over $60,000 of Surface Lease Revenue being sold with the land located in the center of the Lampman/Steelman gas and oil fields! NW-19-04-06-W2; NE-19-0406-W2, $13,350 SLR; SW-19-04-06-W2, $3600 SLR; SE-19-04-06-W2, $10,000 SLR LAND FOR SALE: RM of Wallace No. 243. (Sub-divided yardsite does not sell); NW 14-27-01 W2. 160 acres (140 cult.), SE-29-04-06-W2, existing Surface Leases not incl. in sale (Sub-divided yardsite does Assessed 43,340. Call 204-414-4129. not sell); SW-29-04-05-W2, $2725 SLR; FARMLAND FOR SALE OR RENT, RM of SE-29-04-05-W2, $3050 SLR; NE-28-04Emerald No. 277, NW 16-28-13 W2. Pos- 05-W2, $5775 SLR; SE-28-04-05-W2, sibly more available. Send offers to: Box $7175 SLR; SE-18-04-05-W2, $8450 SLR 59 Leross, SK. S0A 2C0. Ph. 306-675-4968 (Sub-divided yardsite does not sell); SW-17-04-05-W2, $6650 SLR; SE-06-04RM HAZEL DELL #335. 419 acres chemical 05-W2. For sale bill and photos visit free farmland all in one block. Private set- www.mackauctioncompany.com Join us ting. Older mobile home, good water. Info on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928 or phone 306-814-0014, Preeceville, SK. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 FOR SALE BY TENDER- Home and farm property LSD 1 and 8 of 32-49-14-W2 Ext 31 and 32, NE-29-49-14-W2 (230 cult. acres). The above noted land located in the RM of Nipawin is offered for sale by Tender. This also includes the yardsite with house and outbuildings, as below: Home Details: 1934 1-3/4 storey home, approx. 728 sq. ft. w/attached porch built in 1990, 336 sq. ft. The house has forced air nat. gas heat, septic tank with pump out. 3 bdrms and 1 full bathroom on the main floor. The basement is partially completed cement with cold storage and 1 REAL ESTATE AUCTION, Ole Peteherych, bdrm. 3 season porch. The house has new 306-634-3540, Thursday, March 30, windows and one ext. door in 2010 and a 2017, Days Inn, Estevan, SK., 7:00 PM. partial tinned roof in 2012. Sells with elec. Join Mack Auction Company on Thursday, stove, fridge, deep freeze and new apart- March 30 for your chance to own 6 quarter ment size washer/dryer, as well as other sections of fenced pasture land in the various household items. Outbuildings: North Portal/Northgate SK. area. Lots 1 & 1950 2344 sq. ft. machine shed- cold stor- 2 share a common water source and will age, dirt floor; 1950 896 sq. ft. wood gra- be combined. This half section is located nary; 1950 288 sq. ft. garage, has power; adjacent to the community pasture’s east Hoppers: 2500 bu. and 2- 2700 bu., Vari- corrals. RM Coalfields #4: 1. SW-22-01ous other wood buildings and physical im- 04-W2, pasture. 2. SE-22-01-04-W2, pasprovements on the yard which include UG ture. Abandoned farm yard with power power, natural gas, power, new sandpoint service. Lots 3, 4, 5 & 6 will be combined. in 2016 and maintenance. Misc. tools and These 4 quarters are crossfenced and yard equip. included. Limited Viewing share water sources, valleys and coulees.

Time: Saturday, Feb. 25th, 12:00-4:00 RM Enniskillen #3: 3. SW-28-01-03-W2, PM; Sunday, Feb. 26th 10:00 AM-1:00 PM. pasture. 4. SE-28-01-03-W2, pasture. Sea(weather permitting). Deadline: Tenders sonal access road and low level crossing. will be accepted at TSN Law until 4:00 PM 5. NE-28-01-03-W2, pasture. Grid road acon March 7, 2017. Deposit: 10% of Tender cess, also known as the Little Dipper price by certified cheque and confirmation Ranch Heritage Site. 6. NW-27-01-03-W2, of funding for balance, to be included with pasture. Grid road access. Mack Auction Tender (Funds shall be returned on any Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. For sale tenders not accepted). Possession Date: bill and photos: mackauctioncompany.com April 30, 2017. How to Submit: An Offer Join us on Facebook & Twitter. PL311962. to Purchase is available at TSN Law, Nipawin, SK. S0E 1E0. 306-862-3111, or fax MACK AUCTION CO. presents a large 306-862-2560 or ron@tsnlaw.net Highest Real Estate and Land Auction the Estate of or any tender not necessarily accepted.

William Krell, Monday, April 10, 2017, at 10:00 AM. Directions from Stoughton, SK. FARMLAND: RM OF MCCRANEY #282. go 2 miles South on Hwy #47, 1 mile NW-19-28-01-W3, SW-19-28-01-W3, West and 1/4 mile North.

1) NE-10-28-02-W3, NW-10-28-02-W3. SE-17-08-08-W2 RM OF Tecumseh #65, Please submit written tenders to: PO Box FVA 69,500, 110 cultivated acres, 2016 12, Bladworth, SK. S0G 0J0. Closing date yellow flax crop, 2016 taxes $301.57, 2 March 20, 2017. Highest or any tender not storey character home, 26x32 double car necessarily accepted. garage, concrete floor and electric heat; 50x100 steel quonset, overhead and sliding doors; 40x54 steel work shop, overhead door, concrete floor, electric heat, bathroom; 40x60 steel quonset; Hip roof barn with lean to and copulas; Livestock watering bowls; Numerous wood outbuildings for storage; steel grain bins on cement foundations. 2) SW 17-08-08-W2, RM#65 - FVA 79,300, 159 titled acres, 110 cult. acres. 3) NW 17-08-08-W2, RM #65 HANLEY-KENASTON AREA. 320 acres, FVA 74,700, 160 titled acres, 120 cult. bungalow, new shop, barn with added acres. 4) SW 16-08-08-W2 RM #65 - FVA stock shelter, good water, natural gas, all 81,400, 160 titled acres, 150 cult. acres, underground services. 40 minutes from $7000 surface lease revenue. 5) NW Saskatoon. Home quarter may be pur- 09-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 78,600, 160 chased separately. Asking $539,000. Call titled acres, 122 cult. acres, 2016 Canola crop, 2016 taxes $340.22, $5600 surface 306-252-5200 or Calgary 403-275-8008. lease revenue. 6) NE 09-08-08-W2, RM CASH RENT: 6 quarters in 1 block, RM #65 - FVA 70,500, 158 titled acres, 115 Kingsley #124, Kipling/Whitewood area. cult. acres $7200 oil surface lease reveOne quarter 7 miles from home residence nue, 40x80 wood arch rib storage, 28x60 may consider selling. 306-696-2957. wood grain annex, steel 2911 and 1350 bu grain bins. 7) SW 09-08-08-W2, RM #65 FOR SALE IN the RM of Marquis No. 191: FVA 68,900, 160 titled acres, 125 cult.

NW 01-19-26 W2, assessment $117,700; acres. 8) SE 09-08-08-W2, RM #65; FVA SW 01-19-26 W2, assessment $107,600. 75,100, 160 titled acres, 115 cult. acres. 9) Highest or any offer not necessarily ac- NW 10-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 77,000, cepted. Taking offers until March 16th, 157 titled acres, cult. acres $2300 oil sur2017. Mail offers to: Box 37, Tuxford, SK. face lease revenue. 10) NE 10-08-08-W2, S0H 4C0. Phone or text 306-631-8454.

RM #65 - FVA 78,600, 160 titled acres, RM OF ROSEMOUNT #378: Starter 151 cult. acres. 11) SW 32-07-08-W2, RM farm/ranch! Older 1-3/4 storey character #65 - FVA 60,100, 193 titled acres, 152 home, approx. 2000 sq. ft., heated de- cultivated acres. 12) SE 32-07-08-W2, RM tached garage, quonset, open front shel- #65 - FVA 58,000, 176 titled acres, 123 ter, corrals, bins. 186 acres of land. (70 cult. acres. 13) 312 Donnelly Street, cult., remainder pasture and yardsite). NW Stoughton; 50’x120’ non-serviced com36-36-16-W3 and part of SW 36-36-16-W3 mercial/residential lot. 14) 316 Donnelly $349,000. For more info. phone Duane Street, Stoughton; 50’x120’ non-serviced lot.

Visit: Neufeldt, Re/Max Saskatoon - Biggar commercial/residential www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale 306-948-8055 www.duaneneufeldt.com bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and RM OF GLENSIDE 377: Prime ranching Twitter. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, opportunity! 1296 sq. ft. bungalow built in Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 1988. Detached garage, metal shop/riding arena, horse barn and newer corrals. 308 total acres of land. (Both native and tame grass, cross fenced into many paddocks).

SE 04-40-14 W3 and SE 33-39-14 W3. $499,000. For more info. phone Duane Neufeldt, RE/MAX Saskatoon - Biggar 306-948-8055. www.duaneneufeldt.com FISHING LODGE/MOTEL. Cranberry Portage, MB.

CERTIFIED CDC AUSTENSON barley. Call Ennis Seeds 306-429-2793, Glenavon, SK. REG., CERT. CDC COPELAND, AC Metcalfe.

Call for early order and bulk discount pricing. Visa, MC, FCC financing. Custom treating available.

LLSEEDS.CA, 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. CERTIFIED CDC MAVERICK, 96% germ., no disease. Call Hickseeds 306-354-7998 (Barry), 306-229-9517 (Dale) Mossbank SK

CERT. GLAS FLAX. Dudgeon Seeds, TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, 204-246-2357, Darlingford, MB. AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, CERT. GLAS, CDC Sorrel, CDC Bethune RM OF BIGGAR, BIGGAR, $580,000. 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. flax.

Trawin Seeds, Melfort, SK., This acreage has 9.8 acres with a 3 bdrm, CERT. CDC Copeland, AAC Synergy. 306-752-4060. www.trawinseeds.ca 2 bath home with a dbl. attached garage. Treatment available upon request. TEZ This home has been 90% renovated inside SEEDS, Elrose, SK. 306-378-2785.

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. and outside over the past 2 years. 32x50’ Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. heated shop with 3 bays. Back yard has CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, CDC Metcalfe, 60x100’ metal clad pole shed, 33x66’ steel AAC Synergy, CDC Maverick, CDC Austen- CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sanctuary flax, high germination. Don Schmeling, Riceton, SK., quonset, and 30x75’ wood straight wall son. Ardell Seeds, 306-668-4415, Vanscoy.

306-530-1052. older shed. Excellent location, 8 miles north and 3 miles west of Biggar, SK. CDC COPELAND BARLEY, reg. and cert., MLS® 586422. Wally Lorenz, Realtor, top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, CDC GLAS FLAX, reg. and cert., top North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-843-7898.

North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net 160 ACRES near Regina with yard and LARGE QUANTITY of Certified Newdale business opportunity; 15 acres w/large barely. Inland Seed Corp., 204-683-2316, character home, plus 2nd home on properBinscarth, MB. ty within 35 miles of Regina or Weyburn on Hwy. #35; 160 acres w/large home, 3 car heated garage, large shop, horse barn, plenty of water, 20 min. NE of Regina.; 1974 BOLER TRAILER, new radial tires, Near Pilot Butte, 80 acre development sleeps 4, furnace, always shedded and DE DELL SEEDS INC. high yielding grain CERT CDC Blackstrap (early); CDC Supercorn, high yielding silage corn, proven in land; 90+ acres, Hwy. #11, 7 mi. North of covered. 306-696-2957, Whitewood, SK. the prairies. The leaders in non-GMO tech- jet; CDC Jet. High germs. Martens CharoSaskatoon, development; RM Perdue, 2 nology. Prairie dealer. Beausejour, MB. lais & Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB quarters W. of Saskatoon on Hwy #14; 2 Free delivery. Call 204-268-5224. miles East of Balgonie Hwy. #1, 145 acre CONVENTIONAL SOYBEANS: AAC Edward, development land. Brian Tiefenbach 2013 CHALLENGER 37KT, 31,000 miles, CERTIFIED CONVENTIONAL CM440 OAC Prudence - Certified, Reg., Fdn. Not 306-536-3269, Colliers Int., Regina, SK. excellent cond, many extras, $115,000. St. grazing corn. Early maturing, leafier for in- glyphosate tolerant. Big Dog Seeds, www.collierscanada.com Gregor, SK. 306-366-2112, 306-231-3410. creased grazing yield. No planter required. 306-483-2963, Oxbow, SK. Swath or stand graze cattle, sheep, bison TOM@SASKFARMAND.COM Crystal WANTED PARTS for GMC motorhome, and for wildlife food plots. CanaMaize REG., CERT. MCLEOD R2Y soybean, early Springs. Recreational 160 acres. 62 acres built between 1973 and 1978. Call Seed Inc., call 1-877-262-4046. season, high yield. Custom treating available. Call for early order and bulk dishayland, 90 acres bush and water. Heavy 306-463-7527, Kindersley, SK. www.canamaize.com count pricing. Visa, MC, FCC financing. big game activity. Tenant avail. $115,000 LLSEEDS.CA, 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. MLS. Tom 306-260-7838, Coldwell Banker.

TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Lucky Lake 160 acres, excellent quality land, huge 2,428 sq. ft. home. Working corrals, barn, shelters, heated shop. Tenant available. $575,000 MLS. Tom Neufeld at 306-260-7838, Coldwell Banker.

TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM RM Of McCraney. Penno Ranch 1,117 acres.

Fenced, cross fenced, dugouts, corrals, outbuildings, new shelter. 1440 sq. ft. bungalow. $1,399,900 MLS. Tom Neufeld, 306-260-7838 Coldwell Banker.

TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM RM of McCraney. Didur Farm, 958 acres. Six quarters good quality cultivated dirt. Avg. assess $56,500. Tenant available. Will sell individual or combinations, $929,000 MLS. Tom at 306-260-7838, Coldwell Banker.

TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Perdue 416 acres pasture/hay land. New 4-wire fence, 3 dugouts, steel corrals and chute, 2016 alfalfa/brome mix. $367,000 MLS. Tom at 306-260-7838 Coldwell Banker.

LOOKING FOR THREE or more sections of farmland to list. Have Buyers. Contact Earl Cooper 306-241-7751 or Reg Kotlar 306-221-1880 at Sutton Group Norland Realty Ltd., Saskatoon, SK.

ACTIVELY SEEKING PRODUCTIVE farmland in the RM of Broken Head or Reynolds, East of the Broken Head river. Call Henry Kuhl, Farm Specialist, Royal LePage Alliance, 204-885-5500 or 204-856-3140, Winnipeg, MB.

FARMLAND AUCTION: 2 quarter sections of farmland in the RM of Benson #35, SE 01-04-07 W2 and SW 01-04-07 W2. Don Biette land and farm equipment auction Monday April 17, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area.

Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our FB page.

Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 MACK Auction Co. PL 311962.

HAVE WET FIELDS? Try Faba beans! Cert.

1993 GRAND TOURING Ski-Doo, front cov- CERT. AAC SPITFIRE, ACC Marchwell CDC Snowdrop, small seed, zero tannin. er, stored inside, used very little by elderly VB. Myles, Fox Family Farm 306-648-8337 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca couple. 306-696-2957, Whitewood, SK. Gravelbourg, SK. www.foxfamilyfarm.ca PARTS FOR VINTAGE snowmobiles, 1990 CERTIFIED AC TRANSCEND. and older. Call Don at 780-755-2258, 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled Wainwright, AB. doncole@mcsnet.ca lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERTIFIED #1 Summit, Waldern and CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (small red) ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different CDC Haymaker. Call Purity Seeds Ltd., Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, ways to weigh bales and livestock; Plat- Emo, ON. 1-888-500-3159.

Tisdale, SK. form scales for industrial use as well, nonelectric, no balances or cables (no weigh REGISTERED & CERTIFIED SUMMIT CERT. #1 CDC Maxim red, 98% germ., like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, oats. Contact Wilmot Milne, Gladstone, CDC Improve green, 96% germ. Don MB. 204-385-2486 or 204-212-0531.

Schmeling, Riceton, SK., 306-530-1052.

North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris. CERT. #1 CDC IMPULSE CL red lentil. excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., Highest yielding Clearfield red lentil Call 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679 Hansen CERT. CS CAMDEN milling oat and CDC Seeds, Yellow Grass SK. jsh2@sasktel.net baler forage oat. Trawin Seeds, Melfort, NEW CERT. CDC Proclaim CL red lentil SK., 306-752-4060. www.trawinseeds.ca 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca CERTIFIED #1 CDC RUFFIAN, AC Leggett, CDC Orrin.

Call Fenton Seeds, CERT. #1 CDC Proclaim (small red), CDC Marble (French green). Call Ardell Seeds 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CS Camden, Summit, CDC Minstrel, CDC Ruffian, CDC Orrin. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERT. REG. FDN. CDC Impulse and CDC CERT. #1 SUMMIT, CDC Haymaker (for- Proclaim red lentil seed. Higher yielding age), excellent quality. Ardell Seeds Ltd., than Maxim. Volume and cash discounts.

306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. Please text or call Jeff at Sopatyk Seed Aberdeen, SK. CERTIFIED AND REGISTERED Justice and Farms, 306-227-7867, Summit oats. Inland Seed Corp., Email: jeffsopatyk@me.com 204-683-2316, Binscarth, MB.

CERTIFIED AAC PREVAIL, AAC Foray and AAC Pasture. Volume and cash discounts.

Please text or call Jeff at Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. Email: jeffsopatyk@me.com

3 QUARTERS WITH YARDSITE: 477 acres in a block. Mixed farm, 300 arable acres.

Fenced and cross fenced, 2 shallow wells., 40’x60’ machine shed, 34’x44’ pole shed, barn, corrals, hay fence. 24’x32’ bungalow, w/double attached garage. Located beside the Riding Mtn. National Park. Contact Karen Goraluk-Salesperson, 204-773-6797.

NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate. MLS ®1701622, www.north-star.ca.

SELLING 143 ACRES: Touching Spence Lake, great hunting and fishing! $35,000 OBO. Call 204-628-3366.

SELLING THROUGHOUT MANITOBA. Local and foreign buyers are looking for farms, ranches, rural and suburban properties, hobby farms, homes, acreages, hunting land. Call Harold, 204-253-7373, Delta Real Estate. manitobafarms.ca TWO QUARTER SECTIONS in RM of Woodlands NE 9-15-3W, 160 acres and SW 16-15-3W, 130 acres- previously cult.

Highest tender or any tender not necessarily accepted. Offers must exclude GST or any other levies which may be payable by the purchaser. Purchaser must rely on their own research and inspection of the property. Ten (10)% of purchase price is to accompany the tender and be made payable to: MLT Aikins LLP to be held in trust.

Please forward tender by March 13, 2017 to MLT Aikins LLP, 30th Floor, 360 Main Street, Winnipeg, R3C 4G1. Attention: KK Pinkowski, kpinkowski@mltaikins.com Inquiries: mgallagher@mltaikins.com EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) 1732 deeded acres w/4425 acres of Crown land, fenced, small bungalow, very good buildings and metal corral system, can carry 350 cow/calf pairs. 2) Excellent horse ranch in Erickson, MB., Riding Arena and buildings in fantastic condition. 3) 640 acres mixed farm within 15 min. of Brandon. 4) 800 acre cattle farm, Rorketon, MB., 1500 sq.ft. home, heated shop.

5) 320 acre grain farm, Elgin area. Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc, Brandon, MB., www.homelifepro.com

RM VISCOUNT #341 land for sale. SW, NW, NE-34-34-25-W2. Native pasture with 130 acres cult. 306-944-4227, Plunkett, SK FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM Of Coalfields NO. 004, NW-25-2-5W2M and SW-25-2-5 W2M. All offers to be submitted in writing on or before Friday, March 17, 2017. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Minerals not included. Please forward all bids and enquiries to: McGeough Zepick Law Office, 1222-5th Street, Estevan, SK. S4A 0Z6. Email: mzlaw@sasktel.net Phone 306-634-8822.

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

NEAR DUCK MOUNTAIN, river nearby, very scenic. 459 acres, 265 cultivated, 60 acres fenced pasture. 1550 sq. ft. bungalow with attached garage, 30x42’ heated workshop plus much more. Florence Komarniski Real Estate, 204-638-3055, Dauphin, MB., or Grant Tweed, Century 21, 204-761-6884.

Brandon, Cardale, Faller and Penhold Wheat. Summit and Souris oats, Haymaker Forage Oats. Tradition Barley, Glas flax, McLeod RR2 and Barker R2xtend Soybeans. Forage Seeds, Various Canola and Sunflower Seed, Varieties. Custom Processing, seed treating, innoculating. Delivery is available. Early payment discounts.

Call 204-222-8785 or 1-866-283-8785 Wpg. or email djames@jamesfarms.com

CERT., REG. CDC Copeland. Volume and cash discounts. Please text or call Jeff at Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. jeffsopatyk@me.com CERTIFIED #1 Amberley, Oceanik and Brucefield. High germination. Purity Seeds Ltd., Emo, ON. 1-888-500-3159.

CERTIFIED CDC Amarillo, CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater, CDC Mosaic. Phone CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AAC Jatharia Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. CERTIFIED #1 AGASSIZ yellow peas, CERTIFIED #1 AC Carberry, Registered 90% germ. Call Wilson Seeds Ltd., and Cert. AAC Brandon. Purity Seeds Ltd., 204-362-2449, Darlingford, MB. Emo, ON. 1-888-500-3159.

REGISTERED CERTIFIED CDC Greenwater; CERT. BRANDON WHEAT. Dudgeon Seeds, Certified CDC Striker. Martens Charolais and Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB. 204-246-2357, Darlingford, MB. CERTIFIED CARBERRY WHEAT. Contact COMMON GREEN PEA, good standing vaWilmot Milne, Gladstone, MB. riety, 94% germ., powdery mildew resist204-385-2486 or 204-212-0531. ant, bin run. 306-335-2777, Abernethy, SK PUGH SEEDS LTD. - Portage, Certified CERT.#1 CDC Limerick and Cooper, Cardale wheat, germ.

96%.

Call excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., 204-274-2179 or Bill’s cell 204-871-1467.

306-324-4315, Margo, SK. JAMES FARMS LTD. Certified Brandon, Cardale, Faller and Penhold wheat. Custom processing, seed treating, and delivery are available. Early payment discounts. Call 204-222-8785, 1-866-283-8785 Winnipeg, MB. djames@jamesfarms.com

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Amarillo, high germ. and quality. Seed Source, 306-323-4402, Archerwill, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Amarillo and CDC Meadow. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

HRSW CERTIFIED #1 SHAW VB, midge tolerant; Cert. #1 Vesper, midge tolerant; CERTIFIED ARDILL PEAS, 93% germ., no CPSR certified #1 AAC Foray, midge toler- disease. Call Hickseeds 306-354-7998 ant. Call Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK (Barry), 306-229-9517 (Dale) Mossbank SK CERTIFIED #1 AAC Brandon HRS, high CERTIFIED ABARTH European variety, germ., low fusarium gram. Seed Source, better standability and disease package.

306-323-4402, Archerwill, SK. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca CERT AAC JATHARIA VB CWRS, Brandon CERT. #1 CDC Amarillo, CDC Limerick Plentiful, Utmost VB. Melfort, SK. Trawin (green). Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Seeds, 306-752-4060 www.trawinseeds.ca Vanscoy, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, GREEN PEAS: CDC Raezer, CDC Limerick, Elgin ND, Goodeve VB, Vesper VB. Fenton CDC Greenwater, Fdn., Reg. and Cert. on Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. all, top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms CERTIFIED AC CARBERRY and AC Shaw Ltd, North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, VB. 0% FHB. Contact Ennis Seeds 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net 306-429-2793, Glenavon, SK.

EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CERT. AUSTENSON BARLEY. Dudgeon Cardale, CDC Utmost, CDC Plentiful, Seeds, 204-246-2357, Darlingford, MB. Muchmore, AAC Elie, AAC Connery, AAC Brandon, Elgin ND. Frederick Seeds, CERTIFIED TRADITION BARLEY. Call 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. Wilmot Milne, Gladstone, MB. 204-385-2486 or 204-212-0531.

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CERT. #1 CDC Utmost, AAC Brandon, Car#1 REG. & CERT. CDC Austenson feed, dale. Call Ardell Seeds, 306-668-4415, 99% germ., 97% vigor; Also Malt Barley - Vanscoy, SK. Reg. & Cert. CDC Kindersley and Metcalf.

Call Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK.

CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO. Volume and cash discounts. Please text or call Jeff at Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. jeffsopatyk@me.com

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Bastilla Glabrous, 92% germ. Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. REG. AND CERT. CDC Calvi, great standability, excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERTIFIED CDC CALVI. Phone Grant at Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERT. CANTATE CANARY SEED. Highest yielding available variety. Hansen Seeds, 306-465-2525 or 306-861-5679, Yellow Grass, SK. jsh2@sasktel.net

CERT. CDC COPELAND, AC Metcalfe TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass NEW CERTIFIED CDC Calvi, CDC Bastia, barley. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060 seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse CDC Togo. Itchless. Very good condition.

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BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of mustard. Also canary and some other specialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB MUSTARD SEED FOR SALE! Looking for off grade mustard, lentils or chickpeas. Custom color sorting of all types of crops.

Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK. Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section.

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TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay and pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, Red Prozo. 204-685-2376, Austin, MB.

SEED BARLEY UP TO 50 lbs. dry/bu., ORGANIC OAT STRAW BALES, 200 big VOM 5ppm, $350/bu. including delivery. round, $15 each. Phone 306-722-3225, Call Gerald Friesen 204-822-3633 or Fillmore, SK. 204-362-0678, Morden, MB. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. HAY BALES, 1400 lbs., 25% alfalfa, 75% • Competitive Prices Meadow Brome, no rain. 306-963-7656, WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Imperial, SK. • Prompt Movement Cattle Company is looking to purchase barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call FINE CHOPPED ALFALFA silage bales, indi• Spring Thrashed Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. vidually wrapped, 1200 lbs., hay analysis “ON FARM PICK UP” WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds available, dairy quality. Call 306-963-7656, 1-877-250-5252 and cereals. All organic cereals and spe- Imperial, SK. cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, CUSTOM BALE HAULING. Will haul large If you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-782-0794. SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. squares or round. Phone 306-567-7199, Kenaston, SK.

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COMMON RED LENTIL seed, good germ. and vigor, bin run, 1300 bushel. Call 306-567-0176, Davidson, SK. RED LENTILS, 99% germ., 96% vigor, 36¢/lb. Call 306-630-9838, Brownlee, SK.

ALFALFAS/ CLOVERS/ GRASSES, hay blends and pasture blends. Custom blends no charge. Free delivery. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., Elie, MB, 1-888-204-1000.

Visit us at www.dyckseeds.com YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET Clover seed, 99.5% pure, low price, delivered MB and WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker SK. Rick Smylski, 204-638-7732. involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 COMMON ALFALFA SEED, creep and tap- Cash root varieties, cleaned and bagged. or 306-228-7325, no texts. Unity, SK. 306-963-7833, Imperial, SK. LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buyers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Contact Bill Hajt or Christopher Lent at 306-862-2723.

HAY BLENDS AND PASTURE BLENDS, clent@lpctrade.com bhajt@lpctrade.com no charge custom blends. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., Elie, MB. Free delivery.

1-888-204-1000, www.dyckseeds.com ALFALFA, CLOVER, BROMEGRASS, Timo- NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently thy, wheat grass. Trawin Seeds, Melfort, purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and SK., 306-752-4060. www.trawinseeds.ca milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB.

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CERT. CELEBRATION, and Tradition Barley seed for sale. $9.25 per bu. before March 30, $9.50 per bu. if purchased after March 30. Rutherford Farms, 204-467-5613, 204-771-6353. Grosse Isle, MB.

ROUND ALFALFA/GRASS MIXED hard ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid core, 5x6, average 1450 lbs., 3.5¢/lb. core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale. 306-736-2445, 306-577-7351, Kipling, SK. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. 1300 LARGE ROUND Timothy and grass CONVENTIONAL WHEAT STRAW round bales, 1600-1700 lbs., many horse quality, bales and pea straw round bales. Ph/text $15 and up. Can deliver; 2 hay trailers for Troy 306-867-7719, Glenside, SK. sale. 204-345-8532, Lac du Bonnet, MB. SMALL SQUARE HAY BALES, first cut, no rain, alfalfa, brome mixed.

Call 204-750-1553, Carman, MB. 38 ROUND HAY BALES 1st cut alfalfa mix, $25 each. 9 round bales 2nd cut pure alfalfa, $30 each. Phone 204-882-2356, Ste Agathe, MB. LARGE ROUND Alfalfa/grass hard core bales, 1550 lbs. average weight. 350 - 1st cut, (3¢/lb.) Protein 10.4, TDN 55.4, RFV 90; 200 - 2nd cut, (4¢/lb.) Protein 20.2, TDN 64.8, RFV 137. Call 204-967-2247 or or 204-212-0751 (cell), Kelwood, MB.

SHAVINGS: Cattle Feedlot/horse/poultry bedding. Bulk pricing and delivery available. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK. 1-800-667-0094. Email info@vwpltd.com View www.vwpltd.com

LARGE ROUND ALFALFA BROME BALES. Call 204-859-2724, Rossburn, MB. HORSE QUALITY HAY bales rounds and small square, grass or alfalfa.

Call TAME HAY FOR SALE, mostly grass, 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. 1500 lb. bales, $60/bale or 4¢/lb. Delivery available. 204-730-3139, Glenboro, MB. ROUND WHEAT STRAW bales and green190+ GREENFEED ROUND bales, 2015, feed oat bales, all netwrapped. Phone/text netwrapped, 1500 lbs. plus, no rain, $45 306-291-9395, Langham, SK. per bale. Call 204-851-2101, Virden, MB. GOOD QUALITY HAY put up dry without WHEAT STRAW IN SMALL SQUARE bales, rain. 200 big square bales, 3x4x8. Rea$2.50/bale. Phone 204-371-6404, Ste. sonably priced. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. Anne, MB. 250 BIG SQUARE flax straw bales, ideal for 36 ROUND ALFALFA BALES, 3rd cut, animal shelters, wind shelters, etc.

RFV 152; 200 alfalfa med. sq., 3x4x8, 2nd 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. cut, RFV 125. 204-823-0521, Morden, MB. ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small HAULING 45 TONNES OF HAY on ea. of or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay 2 identical Super B units. 48 large round for sale. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. bales; or 78- 3x4 squares; or 120- 3x3 squares per load. Receive up to 10% vol- 90 BARLEY BALES, netwrapped, 2090 lbs., ume discount depending on volume. Ph/tx $75 each or 30 or more for $70 each.

Hay Vern 204-729-7297, Brandon, MB. 306-397-2677, 306-441-0677. Edam, SK. 380 GREENFEED BALES, 4x4x8; 150 square hay bales, 4x4x8; 300 5x6 hay bales, 2 500 ROUND GREENFEED BALES, average years old. $45 per bale. 306-728-7195, 1750 lbs., $50 per bale. 306-845-2182, 306-845-7344, Turtleford, SK. 306-730-9735, Melville, SK.

250 LARGE ROUND 1500 lb. twine 400 BROME/ALFALFA 6x6 round hay bales, wrapped bales, good quality, 4¢/lb or 4¢/lb., no rain. Contact 306-634-7920, $60/bale, loaded. Near Hwy #47. Call or 306-421-1753, Estevan, SK. text 306-728-9033, Melville, SK. 1000 BROME/ALFALFA 5x6 bales, $60 per 5x5 ROUND ALFALFA/BROME hay bales, bale. Fillmore/ Griffin, SK. area. Ph Gerald $40/bale. Phone 306-842-6246, Griffin, SK 306-861-7837.

1000 + HAY BALES: Alfalfa, Timothy or Meadow Brome, net or twine, $15-$50/ea. HAY BALES ROUND mixed 5x5, hard core, no rain, net wrapped, horse quality, Call 306-278-7778, Porcupine Plain, SK. $80/bale. Near Regina, SK 306-539-6123 TOP QUALITY GRASS HAY for sale, shedded, can deliver, 306-501-9204 ask LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay.

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COVER CROPS. Do you want to be free of fertilizer bills and have cleaner fields? N Fixation P&K scavengers. Taproot short and long season plants. Limited quantity.

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SLEIGHS- ICE FISHING and trapping sleighs, starting at only $55. Call or visit your nearest Flaman location, 1-888-435-2626.

ICE SHACKS- INSULATED shacks now on for $2399. Accessories avail., rod holders, slush buckets, hole sleeves, catch covers, stoves and more. See your nearest Flaman location 1-888-435-2626.

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TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, service, installations, repairs. Canadian company. We carry aeration socks and grain bags. Also electric chute openers for grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000.

BIAS SIDEWALL TIRES for drive-over piles and bunker silos. Phone Murray Hutton at Tire Sidewall Depot 519-345-2289 or 519-275-4356, Staffa, ON. 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. Ph Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. MR. TIRE CORP. For all your semi and half ton tire needs call Mylo 306-921-6555 Serving all of Saskatchewan.

SEMI TIRES. We stock a full line of tires for all your trucking needs. Drives starting at $255, trailers starting at $240. Full warranty on all tires. Call 306-714-0121, Shellbrook, SK. www.triplejayceetire.com

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U.K. farmers hold on to cash, cut investment on Brexit uncertainty Uncertain about trade access and farm programs they’re planning to cut investments in machinery and land

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r i t i s h f a r m e r s a re h o l d i n g back on big investments as they brace for the U.K.’s exit from the European Union, their largest market and a vital source of subsidies.

Agriculture enjoyed a brief boost after Britain voted to leave the bloc last June, when a weaker pound lifted profits by about 12 per cent and subsidy payments by roughly 15 per cent, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) estimates.

U.K. food and drink exports rose nearly 10 per cent to a record 20 billion pounds (C$32.9 billion) in 2016, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said Feb. 21.

While more cash on hand usually spurs investment, farmers have become cautious as the benefit of the weaker pound fades and lifts the price of imported inputs such as fertilizers.

“There’s big uncertainty ahead,” said Stuart Roberts, a cereals and cattle farmer with 1,400 acres of land in Hertfordshire and Kent. “The benefits we were seeing — that was always going to be a short-term gain.

“Certainly, at the moment, we are not looking to do any big investments in the pure farming stuff like machinery, land, new tenancies.”

An NFU sur vey late last year showed British farmers on the whole plan to reduce spending on machinery by 26 per cent and land investment by 31 per cent over the next three years.

Some 37 per cent of English farmland marketed in 2016 attracted no offers by the end of the year, up from 13 per cent in 2015, data from property group Strutt and Parker shows.

Farmland values fell 2.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with the third quarter, property consultant Knight Frank said.

“Medium-term confidence has been dented by increasing uncertainty about the EU and the higher cost base,” NFU economist Anand Dossa said. “People will put invest-

Following the Brexit vote farmers are pulling in their horns and cutting investment plans.

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British farmers on the whole plan to reduce spending on machinery by 26 per cent and land investment by 31 per cent over the next three years.

ment plans on back burners as a result of that uncertainty.”

Appetite for bank finance from the agriculture, hunting and forestry sectors is still growing at about two per cent annually but has slipped from levels seen between 2012 and 2015, when demand rose by roughly 10 per cent a year, Bank of England figures show.

The slowdown began before the June vote but has intensified in recent months and is expected to deepen in 2017, a spokesman for the British Bankers’ Association said.

‘Tougher times’ British farmers received 2.8 billion pounds in support (C$4.6 billion) last year under the EU’s Basic Pa y m e n t S c h e m e. Fa r m i n g a n d Environment Minister Andrea

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Leadsom said that for some U.K. farmers this payment accounted for 70 per cent of their bottom line.

The government has promised that these payments will continue until 2020, but the future beyond then is unclear.

“There is no guarantee how much will be available after Brexit,” said Graham Redman, a research economist at the Andersons Centre, a farm and rural business consultancy.

“But everyone is assuming it will be less. And if it is, we might have some economically tougher times to get through.”

Leadsom said Britain was looking to build new partnerships and strike the best free trade deals for Britain while noting that 60 per cent of exports go direct to the EU. “The EU is our most important trading partner, a fact that won’t change when we leave, and a relat i o n s h i p we a re d e t e r m i n e d t o uphold,” she said, adding Britain was seeking tariff-free trade with Europe.

Roberts is taking no chances. He’s shifted his own focus to building closer relationships with consumers and moving down the supply chain.

“What we’re trying to do is structure our business in a way that makes it at least as resilient as possible.”

U.K. minister seeks big changes to farm policy post-Brexit U.K. NFU seeks free trade with EU, access to farm workers as crucial planks in a new farm platform

BY NIGEL HUNT BIRMINGHAM, England / Reuters

Britain’s farm policy is set for a major shakeup when the country leaves the European Union, according to Andrea Leadsom, the country’s farming and environment minister.

She described the current system as poor value for money, with too much red tape and too few incentives to use the latest technologies recently.

Leadsom said she was meeting with the ministers of Britain’s devolved administrations — Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — on Feb. 23 and would be holding talks throughout March and April to hear views on how farm policy should be transformed.

“We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform our food and farming policies,” she told the National Farmers Union’s annual conference.

Britain’s vote last year to leave the EU has created uncertainty about future government support for agriculture, access to key markets and how the sector will be regulated.

“There is no doubt that there will be support for our vital food and farming industry after we leave the EU. But I’m not going to pre-empt the work the government is doing to get the best possible deal for the U.K.,” she said.

Leadsom said Britain was looking to build new partnerships and strike the best free trade deals for Britain while noting that 60 per cent of exports go direct to the EU. “The EU is our most important trading partner, a fact that won’t change when we leave, and a relationship we are determined to uphold,” she said, adding Britain was seeking tariff-free trade with Europe.

NFU president Meurig Raymond said a trade deal with the EU was “the first of our vital ingredients for farming’s success,” noting Britain exports about three times more food to Belgium than to Brazil, Russia, India and China combined.

“No one will thank a government for doing bad deals with new partners quickly, at the expense of keeping long-standing, good deals alive,” he said.

Raymond also said farming in Britain needed access to a competent and reliable workforce.

“Without a workforce, permanent and seasonal, it wouldn’t matter what a new trade deal looks like, the lights would go out in our biggest manufacturing sector, food will rot in the fields and Britain will lose the ability to produce and process its own food,” he said.

Leadsom said the government was aware of the industry’s needs and was looking at the issue.

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Compensate farmers for environmental good: Ducks Unlimited The conservation group has told the Senate agriculture committee protecting wetlands requires funding

Wetland loss continues to grow at an alarming rate and Ducks Unlimited Canada says compensating farmers for environmental services could slow and even reverse that trend. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

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he next Agriculture Policy Fra m e w o r k n e e d s t o compensate farmers and landowners who embrace environmentally sustainable land management, Ducks Unlimited Canada has told the Senate agriculture committee.

Otherwise the alarming loss of wetlands and other critical wildlife habitat will continue its upward spiral, Scott Stephens, DUC’s director of regional operations for the Prairie region told the com-

mittee, which is examining landownership.

“Skyrocketing prices and the loss of agricultural land not only negatively impact Canada’s agricultural sector but it also has serious consequences for our country as a whole, as it translates into the loss of critical ecosystem services,” he said.

The next APF presents a great opportunity to rethink how Canada views, governs and grows its agricultural sector, he said.

“The vision we as a country should aspire to is one where those farmers and rural landowners who already embrace

environmentally sustainable land management are compensated for delivering critical ecosystem services to Canadians,” Stephens said. “This will, in turn, help protect critical habitats in the larger agricultural landscape upon which they reside.”

At the same time government should support industry initiatives, practices and emerging technologies that help improve agricultural production on the existing land base, he said.

“Such innovations remain key to Canada’s ability to grow a competitive and environmentally sustainable agricultural sector,” Stephens said.

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James Brennan, DUC’s director of government relations said the same pressures of rising land values face his organization’s efforts to preserve habitat. So it works at developing partnerships with landowners of costshare conservation programs or assist farmers to restore natural wetlands.

In the case of a farmer who wants to sell, DUC will buy the property, restore any lost or degraded natural areas on that land and then list the property for sale on the open market along with its restored habitats, which are protected by perpetual conservation easement attached on title, Brennan said.

The program has proved especially popular and successful in the Prairie region, where DUC has purchased 29,000 acres over the past three years and sold 15,000 acres back into private ownership.

“The financial incentives we offer through our various conservation programs must, at a minimum, equal current land use values.”

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“The remaining acres purchased are either currently for sale or are being restored in anticipation of future sale,” he said.

Rising land values are making habitat conservation on private land increasingly difficult, he said.

“This is because the financial incentives we offer through our various conservation programs must, at a minimum, equal current land use values,” Brennan said. “Without this benefit, it becomes unattractive or uneconomical for the producer to undertake any form of conservation or restoration of habitat.”

He noted a property known as Luke’s Club on Lake St. Clair

in Ontario was put up for sale in 2014.

“The listing price for the 512 acres of important coastal wetland habitat was $3.9 million, a value based only on its farming potential,” he said. “Because this price was more than three times the value of a comparable Great Lakes coastal wetland habitat, neither DUC nor any other conservation organization could afford this property and thus avoid risks of habitat conversion.”

Development pressures and urban growth are also affecting land values and habitat conservation.

“Farmers who own agricultural lands near major city centres are more likely to sell their properties and take advantage of high prices,” Brennan said.

“When this occurs, any residual habitat usually gets converted to residential or industrial development, as does the farmland.”

Nearly one-third, or 19.6 million hectares, of Canada’s agricultural land base functions as important wildlife habitat, he said.

“Thanks to the environmental commitment of 18,000 individual landowners and our other partners, Ducks Unlimited Canada has been able to conserve nearly 6.4 million acres of habitat to date nationwide,” he said.

Despite these efforts however, Brennan said wetland and other habitat loss in Canada is continuing to increase at an alarming rate.

Since the arrival of European settlers, an estimated 70 per cent of Canada’s wetland base has been lost or degraded in the settled regions of our country.

“To this day, we continue to lose more than 29,000 acres of wetlands each and every year,” he said. “The consequences of this ecological loss are significant and are proving to have longterm ramifications not only for Canada’s finances and climate resiliency but also for our agriculture sector’s growth, competitiveness and the necessary public trust that underpins it.”

He also said the loss of these lands means farmers will face more frequent flooding and soil erosion, which will only be magnified by a changing climate.

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Energy foes team up to take on electric cars Corn and oil are finding much in common in this fight against an upstart challenger

BY CHRIS PRENTICE SAN DIEGO / Reuters

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U.S. biofuels lobbying group is seeking to work with longtime rival the oil industry to fight the threat to both from subsidies for electric vehicles.

The two industries have been at loggerheads for years as they seek sway with Washington over how much biofuel should be included in gasoline and diesel.

But that enmity is thawing as the growing number of electric cars on the road threatens to cut demand for both renewable and conventional fuels.

The two groups are more aligned on many objectives than they have previously acknowledged, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) president Bob Dinneen said Feb. 21, noting electric vehicles as one area where both sides have concerns.

“We want to make sure there’s a level playing field,” Dinneen told reporters on the sidelines of an annual meeting.

The RFA sees opportunity to work on key regulatory and other issues with Big Oil, he added.

“Our objectives will align more times than not,” Dinneen said to two representatives from the petroleum industry on a panel.

Oil advocates agreed that elec-

tric vehicles are cause for concern to the transportation fuel sector. “( We) think we should be working to promote the longevity of the internal combustion engine,” said Chet Thompson, president of American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), in a presentation also on Feb. 21.

The group welcomes RFA and others pointing out what he described as “inequities” in the support the electric vehicle industry receives, Thompson told Reuters.

Consultants CRU Group says electric car and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales could hit 4.4 milT:10.25exceed in lion in 2021 and six mil-

lion by 2025, up from 1.1 million last year.

The administration of former U.S. president Barack Obama saw electric vehicles as part of the solution to increasing fuel economy.

The comments come as Scott Pruitt takes up his role as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Pruitt was a controversial selection for the role by President Donald Trump, as he sued the agency numerous times when he was the attorney general of oilproducing state Oklahoma.

He is a critic of the Renewable Fuel Standard, through which the agency sets annual requirements for the volumes of etha-

nol and biodiesel blended with gasoline and diesel.

Trump has promised to reduce regulations to help boost drilling and manufacturing industries.

Liquid fuels like gasoline still account for 99 per cent of the U.S. auto market and electric vehicles still represent only a small proportion of vehicles on the roads, said John Eichberger, executive director of the Fuels Institute, during a separate panel.

But that would change, he said.

Worldwide plug-in vehicles sales are growing rapidly but still account for less than one per cent of U.S. car and light truck sales, according to data from EV-Volumes.com, which tracks global electric vehicle sales.

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Urbanization, not foreign ownership, the real threat to farmland Three per cent of Canada’s arable land was lost to sprawl between 2001 and 2011, investor says

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

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he real threat to farmland is our growing cities, not the tiny amount foreign owners hold.

The president and CEO of Bonnefield Financial, Tom Eisenhauer, recently told the Senate agriculture committee that people looking to protect farmland need to look at the real issues. “ The biggest threats are urbanization, rezoning and the conversion of farmland for real estate development, quarries and industrial uses,” Eisenhauer said.

“Statistics Canada reports that 2.4 million acres, which is almost three per cent of all the arable land in Canada, was lost to urbanization between 2001 and 2011,” he said. “That is a staggering statistic that dwarfs all other threats to Canadian farmland.”

Bonnefield is Canada’s largest farmland investment manager and property management firm. “ We b e l i e ve t h a t rezo n ing high-quality far mland for non-agricultural use should be expressly prohibited everywhere in Canada,” Eisenhauer said. “Rezoning applications for farmland should not be the purview of unelected officials... or elected municipal officials who often favour rezoning as a means of increasing their local tax base.”

Instead, rezoning applications for high-quality farmland should not be permitted, except with the agreement of elected government officials at the highest level, and only in exceptional circumstances deemed to be in the national interest, Eisenhauer said.

“Farmers sometimes have a perverse incentive, especially those who have made the decision to retire or who live

Growing cities are gobbling up more farmland than anything else in Canada. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

on the fringe of urban centres, to seek rezoning of their land and sell it to developers,” he said. “This is a problem that sale-leaseback financing of the type that Bonnefield provides can help solve. With a sale-leaseback, a farm family can access some of the equity locked up in their land without the need to sell it to a developer.”

Eisenhauer also stressed that protecting farmland would not require Senate investigations into agricultural policies or onerous new regulations.

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“It is as simple as enforcing existing zoning regulations already on the books of every municipality in every farming region across Canada,” he said.

He also insisted foreign ow n e r s h i p o f f a r m l a n d i s not a widespread problem in Canada.

“It might amount to a quarter of one per cent of the land base,” he said.

Bonnefield was formed in 2009 to acquire farmland and lease it out to farmers, he said.

“Our largest transaction to date was our purchase in 2013 of a large tract of mostly Class 1 farmland in Dufferin County, Ontario.

“ We purchased it from a U.S.-based hedge fund that wanted to convert it into what would have become North America’s largest aggregate quarry,” he said.

T h a t l a n d i s n ow b e i n g farmed by “six local farm families,” he said, and farm buildings and houses on that land have now been repaired and sold, adding to the local population base.

Eisenhauer also said Bonnefield’s studies found most foreign farmland purchases involve people who intend to farm it. “ We a r e a w a r e o f , a n d deplore, isolated purchases of

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“We believe that rezoning highquality farmland for non-agricultural use should be expressly prohibited everywhere in Canada.”

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farmland by non-Canadians in places like the lower mainland of B.C., where farmland has been taken out of production and where the owners benefit from tax breaks intended for bona fide farmers,” he said.

Manitoba and Saskatc h e w a n’s r e s t r i c t i o n s o n farmland ownership to only Ca n a d i a n i n d i v i d u a l s a n d l a n d e d re s i d e n t s a re we l l intentioned, but are not evidence based, he said. “ T h e y a re s h o r t s i g h t e d because they inadvertently restrict the flow of capital to Canadian farmers, therefore making them less competitive,” he said. “They force farmers in those provinces to rely more heavily on debt than they otherwise would.”

The agriculture sector in C a n a d a i s p re d o m i n a n t l y made up of businesses run by farm families, large and small, he said.

“Some of these farm families operate very large, sophisticated businesses, but contrary to popular belief, there are very few, if any, corporate conglomerates operating farms in Canada.”

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Scientists studying how to make poorer soils perform better The work is in response to a growing problem of the loss of prime farmland to urbanization

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

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s Canada steadily loses top-quality farmland to urban sprawl, Agriculture Canada scientists are studying ways to make poorer soils perform better in co-operation with foreign researchers.

Brian Gray, assistant deputy minister for science and technology, told the Senate agriculture committee the work will help feed an expected global population of 9.5 billion in 2050.

“We’re looking at how to maximize our productivity on these less productive lands and doing so in a manner that is not harmful to the environment,” Gray said. Increasing productivity of all land is one of four strategic objectives of the department’s researchers.

The work is being conducted in concert with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the chief scientists of the Agriculture Departments of the G20 countries.

“We’re identifying the biggest threats and opportunities facing the G20 countries in agriculture,” he said. “We look not so much at pooling money and putting it in one basket but collaborating on research where we’re twinning funding. We’re already working on this. We want to align our scientists with their scientists, whether in government or academia.”

A common theme in the committee’s study of farmland ownership is the loss of the Class 1, 2 and 3 soils to urbanization and the addition of more Class 5 and 6 soils to the faming base.

Allan Howard, manager of the Agroclimate, Geomatics and Earth Observation Division, said the department’s land use and soils data “indicates that farmland is being lost to urban expansion in Canada every year, with much of this occurring in Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia, where the majority of Canada’s best farmland is found.”

Meanwhile land coming into agriculture tends to be Class 4 and 5.

The department is looking at whether climate change is making some land of use to agriculture, he said. Research will be conducted on what the land across the country might be like by mid-century.

“There is certainly land coming into production that was not farmed 20 or 30 years ago,” he said.

One example is grapes for wine production, where the Okanagan Valley has become a major production area, leading to the search for new places to grow the crops. But just putting land into production won’t necessarily make it productive. “ The questions we have to ask are, how much land is going to go from marginal and improved to be Class 1, 2 or 3?” he said. “How much of the unsuitable land will become

marginal land? How much of our prime land is going to lose productivity as a result of climate change? It may not be strictly because of things like drought. It could be extreme heat stress, pests or a number o f t h i n g s ; s o t h e re a re a number of questions we need to be aware of and still need to answer. I would say we’re at the very early stages.”

R e s e a r c h s c i e n t i s t Te d Huffman said monitoring land use changes is difficult because it happens at “isolated locations here and there across the country.”

New information systems show about 3,000 hectares of farmland per year being urbanized between 1990 and 2010, almost half of it in Ontario. At the same time, about 2,000

“We’re looking at how to maximize our productivity on these less productive lands and doing so in a manner that is not harmful to the environment.”

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hectares of forest are converted to agricultural use across the country each year.

“The major contributor there is Alberta, 800 to about 900 hectares per year, followed by Quebec at about 400 hectares per year, Saskatchewan, 500 hectares per year,” he said.

Natural Resources Canada is developing a federal geospatial platform to use satellite data on

all land uses in Canada, he said.

This could assist the federal and provincial governments in establishing a standard land use policies and designations.

Gray said the department is working to keep pace with new farming technology advances, such as precision farming, which are creating an increased demand for evidence-based decision-making at finer and

finer scales, down to subfield levels beyond what is possible from the current soils database.

“In order to address this need, we have initiated discussions with the provinces, universities and private sectors about a common integrated approach to increase the resolution of our soils data,” he said.

Hi s d e p a r t m e n t i s c u rrently conducting research to develop nationally consistent farm field-level soil data using a new approach called predictive soil mapping. It should produce more detailed soil maps at significantly reduced costs over the traditional field surveybased approach. Soil data only informs about the suitability of land for cropping purposes, not what is currently happening on the land base.

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EU still on track for bigger rapeseed crop Growing conditions have caused some concern but the impact seems limited so far PARIS / Reuters

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apeseed in the EU’s major growing countries was mostly in reasonable shape, despite localized damage caused by dry sowing conditions and winter frosts.

This keeps the EU on course for a rebound from last year’s disappointing harvest.

Analysts Strategie Grains recently cut their forecast for EU 2017 rapeseed production by 500,000 tonnes to 21.56 million, citing damage in countries such as Poland.

However, recent cold spells were not thought to have had a major impact across the EU, maintaining the prospect of a bigger crop than the four-year low of 20 million tonnes in 2016.

In France, rapeseed had generally coped with the cold.

“The onset of cold weather w a s p r o g re s s i v e, w h i c h allowed plants to gain sturdiness, and the smaller rapeseed crops which we were concerned about in the autumn have withstood frost rather well,” Fabien Lagarde of oilseed institute Terres Inovia said.

“The rapeseed area that will be dug up after winter won’t be higher than normal.”

However, a sharp drop in area was already anticipated after the drought-hit sowing season, which could keep French rapeseed production close to last year’s belowaverage level.

The ministry’s current area estimate of about 1.4 million hectares is seven per cent below the 2016 level.

Dryness remained a concern in France, after very low rainfall in December and January.

Showers were forecast in France next week although precipitation was seen as more abundant in Germany and Poland.

In Germany, Hamburgbased oilseeds analysts Oil World tentatively projected the 2017 German crop at 5.1 million tonnes against 4.6 million in 2016.

Traders said winter damage should be limited, with potential risks more in dryness and insect damage.

“The rapeseed-planted area increased by 0.8 per c e n t a n d g i ve n n o r m a l spring and summer weather we should see a good crop recovery,” a German rapeseed trader said.

“But there is still lack of clarity about the long-term impact on yields of the neonicotinoid restrictions.”

Farmers have argued that EU restrictions on neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides blamed for harming bees, have left them without effective alternatives.

In Britain, the rapeseed area for this year’s harvest is thought to have fallen to a 13-year low, partly due to problems with cabbage stem flea beetles.

Polish production was seen recovering from the poor 2016 harvest, supported by a six to 12 per cent jump in area, but the extent of winterkill is still unknown, Wojtek Sabaranski of analysts Sparks Polska said.

“It is quite likely that we will face some winterkill of rapeseed, especially in central and northwest Poland,” Sabaranski said, adding nationwide losses would likely be lower than last year.

Poland will harvest 2.7 million to 2.8 million tonnes in 2017, up from an unusually low 2.2 million in 2016, Sparks Polska estimates.

Canada stresses talks on NAFTA will involve all three members

The statement flies counter to suggestions of bilateral talks with the U.S.

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ny talks to renew the North American Free Tr a d e A g r e e m e n t would involve all three member nations, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told a conference on the future of North America Feb. 21, dampening speculation the United States might seek to sit down with Canada first and then Mexico.

“We very much recognize that NAFTA is a three-nation agreement and were there to be any negotiations, those would be three-way negotiations,” she said.

U.S. President Donald Trump — who says free trade treaties have cost countless thousands of American jobs — wants NAFTA to be renegotiated with a focus on cutting his country’s large trade deficit with Mexico.

Trump says he needs only to tweak trade ties with Canada, prompting one Canadian official to suggest to a newspaper that Washington would want to negotiate with Ottawa first. Mexico opposes the idea, which trade experts say is almost unworkable.

“NAFTA is a three-par ty agreement and any convers a t i o n w e h a v e re g a rd i n g that... will be a three-party conversation; it has to be,” Me x i c a n Fo re i g n Mi n i s t e r Luis Videgaray told reporters in Toronto after Freeland’s comments.

Mexican Economy Minister Guajardo Ildefonso earlier told the conference that the bulk of the NAFTA talks would

The signing ceremony for the North American Free Trade Agreement in October, 1992. PHOTO: GEORGE H. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

“This under-the-bus stuff is for losers, not for winners.”

Brian Mulroney former prime minister

have to be carried out on a trilateral basis to give investors confidence that the same set of investment rules applied everywhere.

Tr u m p h a s re v e a l e d l i t tle about his intentions for NAFTA, which took effect in 1994, except that he wants large changes with Mexico.

The Mexican government expects the talks to start this summer, said Guajardo, who stressed several times how well Canada and Mexico had worked together in the past on trade.

Fo r m e r Ca n a d i a n p r i m e minister Brian Mulroney, who helped launch the original NAFTA talks, dismissed the idea that Canada might abandon Mexico to its fate.

“This under-the-bus stuff is for losers, not for winners,” he told the conference.

Freeland noted that Trump’s choices for commerce secretary and trade representative had yet to be confirmed.

“We all have to collectively be careful not to get ahead of ourselves,” she said.

One idea floating in Washington is that of a border tariff, which could hit Mexican exports.

“Nothing in the new NAFTA should be a step backward.

We will definitely not include any type of trade management measures, like quotas, or open the Pandora’s box of tariffs,” Guajardo said. “That will be disastrous in any process moving forward.”

CleanFARMS program gets significant uptake The 2016 version of the industry stewardship program safely disposed of thousands of kilograms of farm inputs STAFF

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he 2016 CleanFARMS effort to collect old pesticides and livestock medication has yielded banner results in the Keystone province.

Manitoba farmers returned over 53,000 kilograms of obsolete and unwanted pesticides and 1,800 kilograms of various medications.

C l e a n FA R M S , w h i c h operates the program, is a national plant science and animal health industry-led a g r i c u l t u ra l w a s t e s t e w ardship organization.

Collections took place at 19 participating ag-retail locations throughout the province this past fall, the fourth collection campaign it has run in Manitoba.

“The CleanFARMS collection program provides farm-

“The CleanFARMS collection program provides farmers with an environmentally responsible way to dispose of unused or expired pesticides and livestock medications.”

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ers with an environmentally responsible way to dispose of unused or expired pesticides and livestock medications, and we look forward to more opportunities to be able to do this,” said Dan Mazier, president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers, in a press release.

Manitoba farmers have a long history of good stewa rd s h i p p ra c t i c e s. Si n c e 1 9 9 8 , Ma n i t o b a f a r m e r s have returned more than 272,000 kilograms of obsolete pesticides.

“We are pleased with the s u c c e s s o f t h i s p ro g ra m in Manitoba,” said Barr y Friesen, CleanFARMS’ general manager, in the same release.

The obsolete collection program is generally delivered in each province or region of the country every three years at no cost to farmers. The program will return to Manitoba in fall 2019. In between collections, farmers should safely store their unwanted pesticides and livestock medications.

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Radioactive wild boars roam Czech forests The problem appears to be related to the Chernobyl meltdown 31 years ago PRAGUE / Reuters

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he Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat, a local delicacy.

The boars are radioactive.

Actually, it’s not the boars themselves, but what they’re eating. A cold and snowy winter is forcing them to feed on false truffles, an underground mushroom common in the Sumava mountain region shared by Czechs, Austrians, Germans — and wild boars.

The mushrooms can absorb high levels of the radioactive isotope Caesium 137. And three decades ago the nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl released a fair amount of Caesium 137 that eventually drifted down on the Sumava mountains.

Now the boars are eating the mushrooms, and ingesting the Caesium 137 along with them. That’s making their meat radioactive, Jiri Drapal at the State Veterinary Administration told Reuters.

“It is more or less a seasonal issue,” Drapal said.

But it’s a long season. The half-life of Caesium 137 is

30 years — that is, it takes 30 years for the radioactivity of the isotope to fall to half its original value. Then another 30 to fall to half again, and so on. The boars could be glowing for quite a while.

“We can expect to find (affected) food for a number of years from now,” Drapal said.

And that could cause some problems with the supply of boar meat, which is popular in the Czech Republic. It often shows up on restaurant menus in goulash, a thick stew of meat, sauce and dumplings.

Any boar that ends up as goulash ought to be safe.

Every wild animal hunted, not only boars, must be inspected before its meat can get to customers.

Radioactive meat is banned from circulation, Drapal said.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that 614 animals were inspected from 2014 to 2016, and 47 per cent were above the limit.

The semi-good news is that even meat from radioactive animals would be a health hazard only in large doses, Drapal said. You would have to eat it several times a week for a couple of months, to get sick, T:10.25” he said.

A mushroom that absorbs radioactive fallout is causing radiation concerns for Czech wild boars. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS/MAXPIXEL

“It is more or less a seasonal issue.”

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