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Keystone Agricultural Producers adds detail to its carbon tax policy

The Dairy Farmers of Manitoba is defending its industry’s supply management and pricing strategies

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s the U.S. and Canada trade verbal shots over supply management and protectionism while dairy groups in New Zealand and Australia say they’ll support any U.S. WTO actions, Manitoba dairy producers are standing pat.

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Some KAP delegates argued the farm group should oppose a carbon tax, but others said since a tax was inevitable KAP should help government create a tax that won’t make farmers uncompetitive

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eystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) carbon tax policy was further refined at its advisory council meeting here April 20.

But an almost hour-long debate on five carbon tax-related resolutions revealed some KAP members want KAP to oppose a carbon tax.

“We want to wait and get everybody (in competing agricultural countries) on board before we move in this direction,” Ridgeville farmer Les Felch said.

In the end those who see a carbon tax as inevitable, but who also want KAP to work with the Manitoba government to ensure the tax doesn’t make farmers uncompetitive, won the day.

Of the five carbon tax resolutions debated, three were passed and two defeated.

The defeated resolutions called on KAP to change its carbon tax policy unSee Keystone on page 6 »

KAP’s advisory council further refined the general farm organization’s carbon tax policy at its April 20 meeting passing of a resolution to review all other options, including a GST-style approach so farmers could get carbon taxes in products they buy rebated. KAP’s standing policy to exempt agricultural production from the tax so farmers remain internationally competitive, credit farmers for their beneficial practices protecting the environment and for government to show where every carbon tax dollar is raised and spent, remains in place. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

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Industry eyes growth

Insects are going to play a more important role in the human food chain, but that might not mean direct consumption

The provincial livestock growth strategy could kick-start the sector

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CROPS Weeds populations shift The latest weed survey says wild oat is waning but foxtail is shifting

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FEATURE Dicamba drift danger A new soybean type means more drift risk for potatoes

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p ro f e s s o r e m e r i t u s at the University of Guelph says insects might be a more sustainable source of nutrition, but just how they’ll be used is up in the air.

David Waltner-Toews, an epidemiologist who taught in the U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College, studied the topic for his new book, Eat the Beetles! which will be arriving in bookstores next month.

As an epidemiologist, Waltner-Toews pr imar ily focused on insects as pests and carr iers of disease.

His perspective changed when Veterinarians Without Borders-Canada (an organization he helped establish) started a project in Laos to help people raise crickets for food.

“I realized that insects are animals, and veterinarians work to keep animals healthy,” he said.

He also noticed that other researchers and development workers were turning their attention to insects — already a food source for about half

Soldier fly larvae like these can convert waste food into high-protein poultry and fish feed. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS/DENNIS KRESS

the world’s population — as a more sustainable source of nutrition.

So, w i l l e a t i n g i n s e c t s save the world? WaltnerToews says the answer is complicated. Don’t expect to see insect burgers on the McDonald’s menu board a n y t i m e s o o n , h e s a y s.

They’re more likely to be served as a novelty snack, as a “protein powder” that might be added to other foods, or as feed for ani-

mals. However they’re used, he says, insect consumption may help protect the environment.

He points to Enterra, a British Columbia-based company that removes food waste from grocery stores to keep it out of landfills. That leftover food is fed to soldier flies, and the fly larvae are turned into animal feed for chickens and farmed fish, which is more sustainable than the current sources.

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KAP has a plan to tackle skyrocketing farmland taxes

But it’s going to require farmers lobby their municipal councils and then for farmers and municipalities to pressure the Manitoba government to act

Lawsuit alleges farmers shortchanged $151 million as CWB wound down According to a statement of claim $145 million was transferred from the CWB’s pool accounts to its contingency fund

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BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Portage la Prairie

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ast fall many Manitoba farmers were shocked by doubledigit increases in municipal tax bills on farmland because of its higher assessed value, but Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has a plan for relief.

KAP, which has been studying the issue since last August, says on average the assessed value of Manitoba farmland in 2016 jumped 45 per cent.

In many municipalities the value of other property hasn’t increased as much so a greater portion of the municipal and education tax burden has shifted to farmers. And farmers can expect higher land assessments for the next few years because there’s a twoyear lag in values.

Farm Credit Canada says, on average, Manitoba farmland values increased 12 and eight per cent respectively in 2015 and 2016.

KAP says there are three options to reduce farmers’ tax burden.

“We’re asking KAP members to go to their RM (rural municipality) budget meetings and make their voices heard on these options,” KAP president Dan Mazier said here April 20 during the general farm organization’s quarterly advisory council meeting. “Many of the meetings are happening this week and next, so please go to the KAP website home page for a listing of meetings and for further information.”

While KAP hopes farmers can convince their municipal councils to implement the proposed reforms, it suspects ultimately municipalities will have to unite and press the Manitoba government to lower the percentage used to calculate the portion of tax revenues collected from farmland, currently set at 26 per cent. (Manitoba has 10 classes of property, including farmland, residences, businesses, pipelines and railways.)

“We aren’t seeing an appetite on the province’s part to reduce that portion,” KAP general manager James Battershill told the meeting. “But what we know and believe is that we need additional allies in this lobby effort, so we are really asking our members to go to their council meetings (and) actively lobby and encourage (councils)... to lend a voice with us calling on the provincial government to resolve this with the tools the province has at its disposal.”

And the simplest tool is for government to reduce the portioning value on all farmland taxation province-wide.

But the Manitoba government has told KAP individual municipalities have other options. One is for individual municipalities to apply to the province to reduce the proportioning on farmland. Such a change, if granted, would not apply to education taxes on farmland.

A municipality can also introduce a tax credit to farmland owners without permission from provincial government. It wouldn’t apply to education taxes on farmland either.

The third option is for municipalities to request the provincial government lower the portioned value percentage for all Manitoba farmland.

“In the past the province has made changes to the proportion on farmland so I feel it is the simplest and easiest way to deal with it if we can get the province to agree.”

“In the past the province has made changes to the proportion on farmland so I feel it is the simplest and easiest way to deal with it if we can get the province to agree,” Chuck Fossay, a Starbuck farmer representing grain and oilseed commodity groups on KAP’s board of directors, said in an interview on the sidelines of the meeting. “That way everybody is treated fairly.”

The government is reluctant, fearing other property owners will seek similar changes, Fossay said.

KAP has written municipalities advising them of the options, but councils seem uninterested, Fossay said.

“We really want a long-term, simple solution across the province in my opinion, that deals with everybody fairly,” Fossay said.

“Farmers, who usually represent the smallest part of the population (in a municipality), are paying a much larger share of the taxes that are going towards education and to municipal maintenance.

“Farmers ended up paying $2,000, $3,000, $5,000 more than they did the year before and residential property in many cases saw a $200 to $500 reduction in taxes.”

Harold Penner, who owns land in the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin, saw taxes on one of his quarter sections, go up a whopping 111 per cent to $4,091.52 from $1,934.99. Property tax alone works out to be more than $25 an acre.

Holland farmer Les Ferris has said he’s been paying more than $20 an acre in taxes in the Municipality of Victoria since 2006.

Dugald farmer Edgar Scheurer took KAP’s options to the Rural Municipality of Springfield but wasn’t able to convince them to change.

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jumped 95 per cent last year. He, along with a number of other farmers, protested their high tax bills by initially refusing to pay them. They paid up before March 31 to be eligible for the 80 per cent rebate, up to $5,000, on education taxes paid on farmland, he said on the meeting sidelines.

Scheurer said he’s disappointed in the new Manitoba Progressive Conservative government.

“They aren’t any different than the NDP,” he said.

Scheurer is also worried adding a carbon tax could make him unprofitable and could dissuade his younger brother from starting to farm.

Battershill said the government won’t make any changes until the municipalities consider their options.

“Our hope is that we see more RMs feeling political pressure from their constituents, they then in turn push the provincial government, along with us, to see that portioning change,” he said.

“So it’s really a bit of strategy in terms of how we’d like to see this proceed.”

Meanwhile, KAP continues to work with the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce and real estate and school board association of reducing education taxes on farmland, Battershill said.

The Manitoba government has signalled school boards need to cut costs, but the boards say they are going to raise taxes.

“We think now is really a prime opportunity to get this back on the political radar,” he said. “And in our discussions with (Education and Training) Minister (Ian) Wishart he is certainly open to that.”

Wishart, a farmer from Portage la Prairie, served as KAP president for almost three years. During that time he lobbied the government to end education taxes on farmland and production buildings.

s the Canadian Wheat Board wound down farmers were wrongly shortchanged by a decision that helped fund its transition into a privately held company, legal documents allege.

The former Conservative government wrongly allowed the transfer of $151 million that should have gone to farmers who delivered CWB grains during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 crop years, Brookdale, Man., farmer Andrew Dennis alleges in a statement of claim seeking certification of a class-action lawsuit.

The claim, filed in Court of Queens Bench in Winnipeg April 24, names the Government of Canada, G3 Global Grain Group (a joint venture between American and Saudi-Arabian agri-food companies) and G3 Limited as defendants.

G3 is the private entity which acquired 50.1 per cent of the CWB following a July 31, 2015, transaction.

Of the $151 million Dennis claims should’ve gone to farmers who delivered to the CWB, he alleges $145.2 million ended up in the CWB’s contingency fund and $5.9 million was withdrawn from the CWB’s pool accounts. The allegations have not been tested in court.

The CWB set up a contingency fund to cover losses that occurred when farmers opted to price grain sales outside the CWB’s pools. It was funded when transactions earned more than the price farmers sold at. The fund was meant to break even over time.

“In order to fund the transformation of the board to a privately held entity, the defendants engaged in a course of conduct intended to reduce payments to farmers who had sold and delivered grain to the board during the class period and to increase the monies in the contingency fund,” Dennis’s statement of claim alleges.

The CWB act didn’t allow the wheat board to use money earned from its pool accounts for anything other than covering its operating expenses. Gerry Ritz, who was federal agriculture minister at the time, said the government would cover the costs of transitioning the CWB to an entity that could be sold to a private company.

“Nevertheless, the board improperly charged $5.9 million in transition costs to the pool accounts, which reduced the amount that was available to producers upon payment of their contracts during the 2011-12 crop year,” the statement of claim alleges.

“The plaintiff (Dennis) pleads that the board breached its duty of good faith to the class (farmers who delivered to the CWB) by ignoring its obligations to the producers, and by allocating money to the contingency fund that otherwise would have been paid to the pool account contract holders.”

The lawsuit is backed by the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB), which opposed the Conservative government ending the CWB’s single-desk marketing authority Aug. 1, 2013.

“This claim is about establishing accountability for the disposition of the Canadian Wheat Board, allocating financial responsibility to the appropriate parties, and ultimately getting any funds recovered back to Prairie farmers,” FCWB chair Stewart Wells said in a news release.

In addition to the $151 million the suit says is owed to farmers, it seeks $10 million in punitive damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, legal costs and other relief the court might award.

Andres Bruun, one of the lawyers representing Dennis, said a decision on whether the class action can proceed could be made in six months.

“We have a strong case for the class action and on the merit of the claims,” he said in an interview.

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Two years ago KAP director Chuck Fossay warned a big jump in farmland taxes was coming. Fossay says the best solution is for the province to lower the portion of tax revenue municipalities can collect from farmland. PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

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Dugald farmer Edgar Scheurer says his council in the Rural Municipality of Springfield isn’t interested in giving farmers tax relief.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Every day is Earth Day

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his past Saturday was Earth Day, a worldwide celebration of environmental protection, observed since

1970.

Across the world people gathered for events, though a cursory scan of the activities through news reports suggests that most were in very urban locations such as Toronto and Vancouver.

This is the great irony of the modern Gord Gilmour environmental movement. Frequently Editor the most ardent campaigners for preservation of the natural environment have little day-to-day interaction with it.

But the truth is these citizens have strong beliefs and often they do good work in service of their cause. In downtown Winnipeg, for example, volunteers braved blustery weather and cleaned city streets of the accumulated trash of the winter season.

However, it’s also fair to say that they don’t always have the clearest picture of what it takes to manage a farm or ranch.

That’s not to fault them; after all they’re not in the business.

But some of their desires for environmental improvements will in all likelihood come to affect how you can farm.

Out in rural Western Canada, however, it’s a far different picture. There the miles roll on, and rural farmyards can, at times, be a bit too ‘natural.’ On many farms that’s frequently deer visiting the garden, but occasionally it can be something more alarming like a bear that’s come down out of the hills.

It can be difficult to understand just how far apart these two worlds can be. I occasionally will meet an earnest back-to-thelander at a social gathering, excited about the joys of moving “off the grid.” I always mentally compare that with the reality of chopping wood, pumping water for the dugout and dealing with finicky sewage pumps or clearing snow.

Those who have lived it would wonder: “Why in the world would you want to be off the grid? Grids are so convenient.”

The less sentimental ideals however, aren’t so easily dismissed. Take the question of human population and the resulting environmental footprint.

Earth is a crowded place these days. An estimated 7.5 billion people now call it home, a number that grows by the second.

To put that into perspective, in 1980 ‘just’ 4.5 billion people inhabited the Earth. By 2050 total population is forecast by the United Nations to reach 9.7 billion.

Numbers like that will bring almost unbelievable environmental pressure on our fragile planet.

We’re more than a little protected from that here in Manitoba, and throughout much of Western Canada.

In 1976, there were just over one million inhabitants of Manitoba. In the mid-1990s I recall headlines in the Winnipeg Free Press fretting the population may have fallen below a million due to emigration.

Even today, after a couple of decades of solid economic growth, the province is still only home to 1.2 million, and more than half that number lives in and immediately around the capital.

This relatively sparse rural population makes it easy to forget that what we see isn’t the whole picture.

A nighttime image of Earth helps put this in perspective, showing a web of light throughout much of the developed world. The east and west coasts of North America are ablaze, and the major urban centres of Central Canada and the Eastern U.S. make much of the map light. Europe is similarly lit, as is the Indian subcontinent and much of heavily populated Asia.

Africa is an anomaly, teeming with people but much of it lacking the telltale signs of development illuminated by artificial light. Most of the interior of Eurasia and vast swaths of Latin America all remain dark.

In Western Canada, a handful of urban centres stand out, but much of the map remains shrouded in darkness. Even more strikingly, just to the north, the web of light stops. It becomes clear that, in the analogy of ‘the grid,’ all who live in this region are on the very edge of it.

That can make it difficult to understand the alarm environmentalists feel. And they likely find what can be perceived as our lack of support probably at least as perplexing.

There is a photo, taken just a couple of years after the original Earth Day celebrations, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft. It’s the first photo ever taken that shows the entire Earth, floating in space, and is known as “the blue marble.”

It is said this photograph has made more environmentalists than any awareness campaign ever has. It perfectly encapsulates the reality that from the fog of antiquity to the modern day, our history has played out on one fragile rock, floating through space.

It underscores the way we’re all bound into this struggle together, a struggle that includes both the necessity of feeding ourselves and protecting the very environment that sustains us.

After all, if we don’t get both of these challenges right, we’ll all suffer together for it. gord.gilmour@gmail.com

Studying the benefits of grass-fed livestock

BY LAURA RANCE Farm Business Communication

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t’s unlikely that University of Toronto researcher Richard Bazinet will include on his resumé the fact that he had a whole room of farmers holding their noses.

But it was actually an effective demonstration of good taste, not smell. Bazinet passed around jelly beans and asked people to plug their noses as they placed one into their mouths. Participants realized they didn’t actually taste the flavour of the jelly bean until they unplugged their nose.

His point was that taste, good or bad, is a function of smell. It also is related to how the body metabolizes certain fatty acids.

That’s important if you’re a nutritional scientist studying the relationship between what we put into our bodies and the health of our brains, which, by the way, are comprised of 50 per cent fat.

What does all this have to do with farmers?

Bazinet’s work has led him to theorize that the fatty acids we consume in our food plays a crucial role in the health of our brains as well as our hearts. The average Canadian diet is too high in omega-6 fatty acids, which are found in highly processed foods, corn oil and grain-fed livestock. Most of us don’t get enough omega-3s, which are found in higher amounts in fish, flaxseed, and canola oil.

There are documented correlations between diets high in omega-3 consumption and better heart health. Bazinet said there is also evidence that links diets high in omega6s with depression in women.

He recently tested the fatty acid profiles in grass-fed beef, dairy, pork, poultry and egg samples sent to him by Organic Alberta.

The grass-fed livestock products he tested consistently showed a better balance between

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omega-6 fatty acids and omega-3s than those from animals fed a grain-based diet.

For example, grass-fed steaks he tested had a ratio of three omega-6 to one of omega-3 fatty acids, while commodity steaks showed ratios of more than 30 to one.

The smaller the ratio the better. “There are a lot less omega-6s and a lot more omega-3s,” he said.

Bazinet is the first to caution that more work needs to be done to better define what “grass fed” means in production practices and to better understand the correlation between nutrition and better brain health.

He isn’t promoting any one food or production practice, but he does think these findings factor into the bigger picture.

While efforts to develop drugs to treat rising rates of dementia in our aging population have so far proven fruitless, Bazinet said there is evidence that shows healthy eating habits play a role in prevention. “Some nutritional studies suggest you can delay dementia by up to 50 per cent by having healthy eating habits,” he said.

It is encouraging news for farmers who are going against the grain, so to speak, and reverting to forage-based systems to raise their livestock.

By modern production standards, it is far less efficient, because it takes longer. That means these products cost more for consumers to buy.

Cattle and other ruminants fed grass produce more methane that contributes to greenhouse gases — which has led many in the environmental movement to promote eating less meat.

On the other side of the debate is the reality that livestock recycle non-renewable nutrients such as phosphorus. As well, perennial grasslands not only store carbon, they convert the sun’s energy into more of it.

It’s a brain teaser, to be sure. But linkages between healthy soil, healthy food and healthy people are getting harder to ignore.

Laura Rance is editorial director for Farm Business Communications. laura@fbcpublishing.com

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his ad in our April 18, 1968 issue offered a Nuffield 10/60 for $4,505 complete at 18 dealerships in Manitoba and one in Thunder Bay. Alongside that ad was a story which said that a lack of snow across the Prairies over the past winter was a threat to North America’s dwindling duck population. It said that to counter the threat, the federal wildlife service had offered incentives to farmers to leave “swampy areas” undrained. “It is yet too early to say what success the new program has had,” the story said.

Another story quoted a CPR vice-president who told a meeting that a full change to hopper cars was unlikely for the grain fleet. He said they were higher in capacity and easier to unload than hopper cars, but the capital cost of changing over would be prohibitive.

A story on a report from the federal research station at Melfort said that good yields were possible on stubble if up-to-date farming practices were used. Tests over five years had shown that wheat on carefully managed stubble could reach 82 per cent of yields on summerfallow. From 1961 to 1968 the Prairie-wide average for yield for wheat on stubble was 71 per cent of wheat on summerfallow.

A brief report from Britain said that a consultant had forecast that farmland would be “devoid of buildings as we know them” and by 2000 land would be covered by plastic bubbles under which a grid of “magic eyes” and radio towers would take over work on crops.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Trump’s milk shake

Our dairy producers are now facing change, forced upon them by outside forces

BY SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS Dalhousie University

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or the first time U.S. President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he knows of the existence of supply management, also known by the global community as Canada’s milk cartel.

For years dairy farmers in Canada have been resistant to any change or reform to their policies. With NAFTA 2.0 on its way, Canadian dairy farmers are about to find out that the decades of defending the status quo was the wrong strategy.

It would have been fascinating to be in the briefing room when Trump got his first Canadian dairy briefing.

The reaction must have been interesting. Anyone who has attempted to explain supply management to Americans would appreciate how interesting the reaction is. Mainly, the reaction is one of disbelief.

Supply management is about producing what we need for dairy, poultry, and eggs. Given that it is 80 per cent of agricultural cash receipts within supply management, dairy has always attracted more attention.

Such a program could be expected in an emerging market, or even in a highly organized economy. No one would expect a program like supply management to exist in a developed economy like Canada’s.

Since Europe eliminated quotas several months ago, Canada is now the only developed economy with such a scheme in the entire world.

Quotas are given to farmers so that they can produce the commodities needed, while extremely high tariffs are issues on imported products that could compromise our delicate sup-

Now that supply management is officially on Trump’s radar, dairy farmers are holding their collective breath. For years they have been defending our five-decade-old regime stating it was the perfect system for Canadians. They are about to find out that the world has changed since the 1960s.

ply-and-demand equilibrium. Given our obsession for marketing boards we are accustomed to it.

We see our boards to be a natural, very effective model to protect our farmers and to offset power down the food chain. Farmers who are inherently price-takers can only get the price inconvenient oligopolistic powers are willing to pay. Farmers are often highly vulnerable. Often, dairy farmers around the world are exposed to high milk price fluctuations and must adapt quickly. On the other hand, supply management allows our dairy farmers to rely on predictable revenues year in and year out. A simple approach really, but maintaining such a system for more than five decades has come at a tremendous cost.

First, our dairy industry is highly inefficient. Several studies over the years have pointed to how costly milk production is in Canada compared to other industrialized economies.

Switzerland is the only other place where cost of milk production is more expensive. High farm gate milk prices are not allowing our dairy processors and restaurant owners to become more competitive. The entire food chains have been held back for years.

Also, supply management in dairy has led to a sense of institutionalized entitlement.

The words consumer, or even customer, have no meaning. Over the years, dairy farmers have become great cost managers as it is the only way for them to earn more by doing the same thing. By virtue of maintaining supply management, dairy farmers are, for all intent and purposes, bureaucrats, not entrepreneurs.

They work for the state, not for the economy.

Dairy Farmers of Canada has spent hundreds of millions of dollars over the years promoting milk to Canadians, while consumption of fluid milk per capita has dropped for almost three decades. No strategy whatsoever. Value chains and/ or design thinking are irrelevant concepts to them. However, a growing number of dairy farmers are indeed entrepreneurs and want to think differently, but are dragged down by the mediocre class.

As Canada was standing still the world changed. For years many have called for changes to supply management, but in vain. Scrapping supply management would be a mistake since quotas are worth more than $30

billion. Our system has a lot of fiscal baggage, unlike Europe’s former system which was dismantled last year.

Most importantly, we are just north of the U.S. where dairy farms are much more competitive than ours. Getting rid of supply management overnight would lead to a complete collapse of our dairy industry.

For a strong agricultural economy, Canada needs a plan to maintain some domestic production capacity to support our processors, where the value adding and the innovation really occur.

What is unfortunate is the current world economic climate, which is led by the Washington administration, Brexit, and everything else. We are about to see an entire industry filled with dedicated workers on alert. Instead of giving ourselves a vision for a dairy sector and take ownership of our own destiny, we are about to see changes based on someone else’s terms.

Jobs in rural Canada and young generations of farmers are at stake.

Dairy farmers have lobbied Ottawa hard for decades to maintain the current system, and Ottawa listened and bowed. However, let’s be clear, dairy farmers are not to blame since they were protecting assets and defending the next generation. Who wouldn’t.

The leadership should have come from Ottawa. Several subsequent federal governments have consistently shown weak leadership on this file.

Little strategic foresight was given to our supply management regime.

Now, dairy farmers will pay for this.

Shame on them.

Sylvain Charlebois is dean of Dalhousie University’s faculty of management and a researcher in food distribution and policy. He writes regularly about food and agriculture.

Slow start to U.S. corn planting may lead to tug of war with soy Although technology allows farmers to plant faster than ever before, weather can still hinder progress

BY KAREN BRAUN Reuters

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.S. farmers are off to a slow start on corn plantings and even though it is still very early in the 2017 season, the numbers may already imply that total corn acres could be less than the 89.996 million that the market currently expects.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture placed corn-planting progress at six per cent in the week ended April 16, slightly below the pre-report trade guess of eight per cent. The figure stands behind both last year and the five-year average, which were 12 per cent and nine per cent, respectively.

This year, the wet conditions in some areas of the upper U.S. Midwest, the forecast for a potentially wet spring, and the fact that the forecasts have leaned wetter for the last couple of weeks have all instilled in traders the idea that U.S. corn planting could be slow – which it has been to start.

Although technological advancements now allow farmers to plant nearly twice as fast as they could two decades ago, wet

weather and soil conditions still impede the planting process, especially if the inclement weather is without frequent breaks.

Corn-planting pace also affects soybean acreage and corn yield, though those impacts will become more prevalent next month. And even after all the corn is planted, the market might not be clued in to the realized acreage shifts right away, at least not by USDA’s June estimates.

Farmers cannot plant corn too late – much after May – because they are risking yield, quality and insurance guarantees by doing so.

This is why delays sometimes lead to a reduction in intended corn acres.

Of the last 20 years, there were 12 years in which corn-planting progress was behind the longterm average pace by April 16, which is the case this year. Final corn acres came in more than one per cent below March intentions six out of those 12 years, and in only two of the 12 did final corn acres actually increase over March.

But this scenario was not always portrayed in the June acreage report. USDA placed corn acres more than one per cent

Corn-planting pace also affects soybean acreage and corn yield, though those impacts will become more prevalent next month.

below March intentions in only one of the 12 slow early-planting years.

And the up-or-down bias in the June report was much less clear amongst the 12 years – three of them had acres decisively rising while three were decisively falling, and the rest were mixed.

Any delays in corn planting always gets analysts immediately thinking of the upside potential for soybean acres, especially this year given the acreage tug of war ensuing between the United States’ two key crops.

On the other hand, excellent corn-planting weather and fast progress might encourage farmers to get a little more corn in than they had anticipated, per-

haps dipping into the land set aside for soybeans – some 89.482 million acres in 2017, according to USDA. History shows that these scenarios do actually occur, but the extent to which fast corn planting hurts soybean acres is actually greater than the extent to which fast corn planting helps corn acres.

Based on the past 20 years of data, corn-planting progress as of May 21 – during the final stages of the planting efforts – should provide clear indication on which direction U.S. soybean acres may be headed following the March planting intentions.

Similar to corn, June acreage does not always reflect these shifts, as the June report typically holds too much optimism for soybean acres under fast corn-planting conditions.

The June report tends to capture the soybean upside well when corn planting is slow. Of the nine years where corn planting was slower than the 20-year average by May 21, the June report only twice reflected lower soybean acres than what had been printed in March – and this ended up being the case at the end of the season.

At this early stage, planting progress hardly provides any bearing on final corn yield. And the relationship with yield is just as muddy toward late May. That is, unless U.S. farmers have fallen well behind schedule and remain there late in the planting window – which historically introduces yield risk.

The 20-year average cornplanting pace is 86 per cent by May 21. Some of the worst yields in the last two decades were ultimately observed in years where progress was 75 per cent or below on this date.

The exception to this was 2009, where the laggard May 21 planting progress of 73 per cent was overridden by exceptional summer weather.

On the other hand, the case of 2012 proves that fast planting can sometimes mean absolutely nothing. Farmers were able to completely plant the corn crop by the third week in May that year – one of the fastest plantings on record – only to end up harvesting one of the worst corn crops in U.S. history due to historic drought and heat.

Karen Braun is a Reuters market analyst.

The views expressed here are her own.

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FROM PAGE ONE Keystone Continued from page 1

til international competitors are also paying the tax, and to lobby the Manitoba government to honour its election promise and hold a referendum before introducing a carbon tax.

Under the Paris agreement to mitigate climate change, Canada agreed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 30 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030. To that end Ottawa says every province must have a $10-a-tonne price on carbon dioxide starting in 2018, rising $10 a year to $50 by 2022. Revenues collected remain with the provinces.

Last week KAP delegates passed a resolution reaffirming the general farm organization’s current carbon tax policy. It calls for exempting agricultural production from the tax so farmers remain internationally competitive, crediting farmers for their beneficial practices protecting the environment and for government to show where every carbon tax dollar is raised and spent (see sidebar).

But delegates also passed a resolution calling on KAP to review all other options pertaining to a carbon tax, including “a GST-style approach which would recover the carbon tax on pass-through and downstream costs, including emissions related to growing crops or raising livestock and poultry, and be a line item on invoices for all agricultural products.”

Holland farmer Les Ferris, who moved the resolution, noted even if farmers are exempted from paying carbon tax on their emissions, they will still pay on farm-related products and services they buy, such as nitrogen fertilizer.

“We are willing to pay (a carbon tax) as a consumer such as paying the tax for gas in our cars,” he said. “We aren’t trying to avoid that. But to stay competitive we have to have a bottom line that shows us how much carbon tax is being paid.

We want it visible on the invoice and we want it refundable the same as the GST.”

“To stay competitive we have to have a bottom line that shows us how much carbon tax is being paid. We want it visible on the invoice and we want it refundable the same as the GST.” Les Ferris

Holland farmer Les Ferris says farmers will pay a carbon tax on personal items, but to stay competitive must not pay on farm production inputs and services.

PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

Dauphin farmer Don Dewar suggested it would be complex to do on things such as transportation where the amount of tax paid varies with hauling distance.

Although not raised at the meeting, presumably market forces will affect how much carbon tax is passed on to farmers.

Where competition is stiff, some suppliers might not be able to pass all of the tax on to farmers.

Foxwarren farmer George Graham said it could be difficult for farm bookkeepers too.

“I can see the government wanting documentation to prove you are paying that tax,” he said.

“And that’s got audit written all over it.”

But Somerset farmer Gerry Demare said carbon tax information will be available because the government must track it to collect it.

“The real question is if you want to get it back or not,” he said.

Demare, who has also been promoting a GST-style carbon tax at meetings around the province, said the resolution was not submitted to KAP by him.

“I commend each and every one of you for having the discussion here today as it revolves

around carbon tax because you are now becoming more informed,” Demare said. “Fantastic. That’s a great idea. It’s all about understanding the implications of what a carbon tax could mean to us in the future.”

Demare suggested farmers’ concerns are getting through to the Manitoba government.

“We create huge amounts of political risk,” he said. “We say out loud, ‘people, if our MLAs get it wrong we want to replace our MLA at the local level.’

“They’re running. We should’ve had a carbon tax April 11 at the budget. We don’t have one yet because of the efforts of people trying to understand carbon taxation and how negative it can impact us. So I don’t care about the resolution per se. I just want you to be informed.”

Late last year the Manitoba government said it would reveal its “made-in-Manitoba” carbon price early in 2017. But KAP president Dan Mazier said it might not come out until sometime next year.

“The problem we have today is we have no idea what the government is thinking,” Dewar said. “Officially it hasn’t told us a word.”

Mazier agrees.

“Our province is leaving us hanging here trying to come up with a solution for them,” he said. “I think we’re getting hung out to dry here as an industry.”

Meanwhile, there’s lots of speculation about how much a carbon tax will add to farm production costs.

Dugald farmer Edgar Scheurer said he’s heard rumours a $50-atonne carbon tax could cost farmers $30 an acre.

“That’s my profit on a good year,” he said on the meeting’s sidelines. “On a bad year I’m going to be in the negative.

“We don’t know the numbers for sure yet because they haven’t released them, but even $30 a tonne is way too much.”

Lacking data is all the more reason for KAP to work on trying to find the real numbers, said Holland farmer Reg Marginet.

When asked later in an interview if he thought the delay was a sign of second thoughts by the government, Mazier replied: “I don’t know that the government is doing it on purpose. I think they just want to get it right.

They definitely are holding their cards close to their chests. But there has been really good engagement with some very highlevel officials talking about carbon tax and agriculture.

“They are definitely considering what we are saying. But it is going to be up to them.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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KAP’s carbon tax position pre-April 20

BY KEYSTONE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS Portage la Prairie

At its advisory council April 20, KAP delegates passed several resolutions to KAP’s carbon tax policy, including a call to review all options, including a GST-style approach so farmers could get carbon taxes in products they buy rebated.

The following is KAP’s carbon tax policy as of March 30, which was reaffirmed at the April 20 meeting.

Farmers are concerned the carbon tax will make them uncompetitive with the U.S. Therefore, KAP is calling on the provincial government to: • Exempt agricultural production (see explanation below).

• Credit farmers for their beneficial practices that protect the environment.

• Show where every carbon tax dollar is raised and spent.

• Consult further with farmers across the province.

1. Exempt agricultural production Agricultural producers should be exempt from the carbon tax, including tax on: purple gas and diesel heating fuels emissions from animals and manure storage emissions and fertilizer application. Producers need these exemptions to remain competitive with countries that do not tax carbon, especially the United States.

2. Credit beneficial practices Farmers should receive financial credit for their beneficial practices that sequester carbon in the soil, and produce other ecological goods and services for society.

For example, when farmers maintain healthy riparian areas, this keeps excess nutrients out of waterways.

The province should also invest in helping the agriculture industry adapt to climate change.

In particular, we need to address long-standing flooding and drought issues that will only become more pronounced as the climate changes. These priorities should be funded by society, not just farmers, because this work benefits everyone.

3. Show where every carbon tax dollar is raised and spent The province should be required by law to publish a report every year explaining where every dollar of carbon tax revenue was raised and where it was spent. No dollars should go into general revenue. They should be focused on protecting farm competitiveness and the environment.

4. Consult further with farmers The government’s carbon tax survey is only the tip of the iceberg of the consultations that need to happen. The government needs to talk face to face with farmers across Manitoba.

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Manitoba dairy Continued from page 1

David Wiens Dairy Farmers of Manitoba chair

According to Canadian government data, Canada imported $475 million in dairy products from the U.S. in 2015, compared to $104.2 million exported. In 2016, those numbers jumped to $557.3 million in dairy imports and $112.6 million in exports to the U.S. “What we’re seeing is a yearover-year significant increase in imports of 15 per cent, so the milk products and substances which can be import-

ed into Canada from the U.S. Canada when it comes to U.S. have actually gone up very, trade negotiations.

Wiens, however, says the very aggressively,” Wiens said.

Canada’s supply manage- system is invaluable to the Cament system has, likewise, nadian dairy industry and has drawn ire from domestic trade allowed it to avoid supply isproponents and critics, includ- sues seen in other countries, ing the Canada West Founda- including the U.S. “It is difficult,” he said. “In tion, who says it inflates prices the U.S. and in other jurisdicand hinders trade.

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ketplace. That is not very attractive to us at all. Why would we ever want to become part of something like that? Dairy is actually one of the most volatile commodities out there worldwide and in Canada, under supply management, we’re able to supply the right amount of milk for domestic demand here and it creates a very stable environment for us.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended the Canadian dairy industry and its supply management system April 20, also pointing to the U.S. trade surplus on dairy.

“The numbers speak for themselves,” Wiens said. “The U.S., clearly they’re experiencing some difficulties in their own markets and those are issues that they have to resolve for themselves in a constructive way domestically rather than trying to blame other countries for their problems.” astockford@farmmedia.com

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The Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (DFM) says it is still confidant that the federal government is behind it despite the fierce rhetoric.

David Wiens, chair of the DFM, said that similar tones were struck during Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.

“It was the same thing,” he said. “Australia, New Zealand, the United States were wanting Canada to get rid of its supply management. We’ve heard that rhetoric before and what it comes down to is Canada is a sovereign nation and we have the right to determine our own domestic policies. What we’re doing here in Canada is directed to our Canadian domestic market, so we feel, and obviously the Canadian government feels as well, that is consistent with Canada’s trade rights and obligations.”

In a recent interview with Reuters, New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay said his government had expressed concern about dairy trade to the Canadian government, while the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand has said it is exploring the possibility of a WTO complaint.

At the same time, Jukka Likitalo, head of Eucolait, which represents dairy producers in the European Union, has called Canada, “one of the most protectionist countries in the world for dairy,” according to Reuters.

That issue grew in importance after a July 2016 agreement between Canadian dairy farmers and processors that included milk ingredient pricing, an issue that had previously plagued the industry and sparked protests.

Internationally, however, dairy groups argued that the deal unfairly favoured Canadian products and subsidized dairy product Canadian exports. In September 2016, dairy groups in the European Union, United States, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand signed a letter requesting WTO action.

Most recent tensions with the U.S. dairy industry stemmed from a lobby letter by dairy farmers in Wisconsin, who criticized the creation of a lower-priced class of milk in Canada and accused Ontario’s similar Class 6 implementation for restricting Wisconsin dairy exports.

The issue came to head April 18 after U.S. President Donald Trump accused the Canadian dairy industry of disadvantaging American dairy farmers at a Wisconsin rally.

Trump repeated the criticism two days later during an Oval Office memorandum signing, singling out harm to producers in Wisconsin and New York along with issues in the lumber and energy sectors.

The increasing tensions have been tied to U.S. efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

“... clearly they’re experiencing some difficulties in their own markets and those are issues that they have to resolve for themselves in a constructive way domestically rather than trying to blame other countries for their problems.”

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North Interlake highway wins ‘race to disgrace’ PR 239 to Faulkner and Steep Rock tops CAA’s 2017 worst roads list

Support grows to keep deferred cash purchase tickets KAP and the Western Grain Elevator Association say a proposal to end the option is bad for the grain sector

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Portage la Prairie

“Some of those holes are pretty bad. The speed should be reduced or someone is going to get hurt.”

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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f repairs can’t be sped up, at least slow down the traffic, say local leaders where CAA’s annual worst roads campaign ranked local roads the worst in the province.

Last week’s list put PR 239 into Faulkner and Steep Rock as the worst of the worst in Manitoba and it took an early lead in the voting, according to CAA officials.

Faulkner is a tiny burg with only a few residents, while Steep Rock has become a popular summer resort area with PR 239 well travelled by cottagers.

RM of Grahamdale leaders say they’re not surprised to hear that road is the worst of the worst.

This highway wasn’t built to withstand the heavy truck traffic hauling lime from Graymont mine in the area and it’s riddled with cracks and ruts and potholes, said RM of Grahamdale Councillor Tom Johnson.

“It’s in very, very poor shape.

It really needs to be redone,” he said.

“It’s really unsafe for smaller cars, especially when they hit these dips.”

Clifford Halaburda, the reeve for Grahamdale said they’ve talked to the province about the road’s condition. “It’s in the fiveyear plan,” he said.

But until work gets started to fix it, his council wants precautionary actions taken.

“What I would like to see right now is that they should reduce the speed on it,” he said. “Some of those holes are pretty bad.

The speed should be reduced or someone is going to get hurt.”

There has been extensive cottage development in the area around Steep Rock and seasonal traffic regularly travels this road.

Residents living near Brookdale, Anola and Pine Creek First Nation have similar complaints and concerns about rough roads.

PR 353 to Brookdale near Brandon and Dugald Road into Anola ranked second and third among worst roads in CAA Manitoba’s sixth annual worst roads campaign.

Clifford Halaburda reeve RM of Grahamdale

Sections of crumbling Highway 20 near Ochre which is also the main route in and out of Pine Creek First Nation, also earned a worst road ranking.

PR 307 at Oakbank, PR 450 at Goodlands, Mountain Avenue in Neepawa and PR 280 to Gillam also earned worst road rankings among nominated rural highways.

This year saw a record number of roads around the province being nominated for what’s now known as a ‘race to disgrace,’ CAA officials said.

Just over 8,400 votes were cast for 712 roads around the province, demonstrating the campaign to recognize roads that need improvements continues to grow.

“Worst Roads has achieved another personal best – or should I say worst? – as Manitobans voted on a historic number of roads,” said Mike Mager, president of CAA Manitoba.

“Clearly, many of us believe the routes on our commute are the roughest roads around and deserve to be recognized as an area of concern.”

Carman and Minnedosa’s Main streets also received the dubious distinctions in 2017.

This is a second year for Carman. Last year two sections of provincial Hwy. 13 intersecting the town vaulted the community’s Main Street to the top of CAA’s list.

As per the objectives of the CAA campaign, the results of the survey are always presented to Manitoba government’s minister of infrastructure.

Sections of Carman’s Main Street are now slated for major upgrades to begin later this year. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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April 30: Manitoba Horse Council annual general meeting, 12-3 p.m., Sport Manitoba, 145 Pacific Ave., Winnipeg. For more info contact John Savard at 204-925-5719 or mhc.exec@sportmanitoba.ca.

June 8-11: Canadian Angus national convention, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For more info visit cdnangus.ca/activities-andservices/national-convention/.

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upport to retain deferred cash purchase tickets for western grain farmers is building.

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) passed a resolution to that end at its advisory council meeting here April 20 to keep the option.

The Western Grain Elevators Association (WGEA), which represents Canada’s six major grain elevator companies, also wants to keep deferred cash purchase tickets.

“It’s not avoiding taxes (by being able to defer grain sale payments into the next tax year),” said Foxwarren farmer George Graham, who moved the resolution.

“It’s just a way to balance out taxes.”

The federal government announced in its budget March 22 it was consulting the public about ending deferred cash purchase tickets.

The “historical rationale” for them “relates to international

grain shipment agreements and the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) former position as the sole purchaser of listed grain in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,” the federal government said. The option only applies to the following crops — wheat, oats, barley, rye, flax, canola, and rapeseed — sold by Prairie grain farmers.

The government said deferred payments on the sale of produce is not generally available to other taxpayers.

With the CWB and its single desk eliminated, the government said, delivery of listed grains “is now the responsibility of private business rather than the federal government.” “(T)here is arguably no longer a clear policy rationale for maintaining the tax deferral accorded to deferred cash purchase tickets received as payment for listed grains.”

The deadline to make submissions to consultation_tax_2017@ canada.ca, is May 24.

“We all know how tough marketing is and... if you’re going to start timing grain sales because of when you need the income,

it’s just going to cause problems,” Starbuck farmer Reg Dyck said while debating the resolution.

Deferred cash purchase tickets help farmers and grain companies, WGEA executive director Wade Sobkowich, said April 11 on the sidelines of the Canadian Global Crops Symposium in Calgary.

“We’ll be required to pay farmers (who can’t defer payment) sooner than we do today, all things being equal, and therefore the cost of financing will go up (for grain buyers),” Sobkowich said.

“Farmers who defer delivery until the next tax year means we are altering delivery patterns and we may not be taking advantage of peak price periods. Grain companies will have less control as to when they call the grain forward and that can impact their ability to extract revenue from the marketplace. So it can complicate delivery patterns and it can increase the cost of financing to grain companies and all of those costs get shared by the industry.”

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Diversity key to successful farm lobby

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Given ups and downs in grain production and grain prices, farmers need tools to even out their income, he added.

“Farmers’ income is very susceptible to factors outside their control,” Sobkowich said.

“This is a tool that allows them to even their income one year to another, rather than have upand-down spikes in income, which isn’t great for them. It’s easier to plan your life when you know what sort of income to expect. But farmers don’t have that luxury and the deferred cash payment is one way for them to even out the peaks and valleys of their income. It’s a tool we think is very valuable for them to use.”

The Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) and Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) also want to keep deferred tickets as an option.

“The government won’t make any more money than it does now (in the absence of deferred payments),” AWC chair Kevin Auch said in an interview in Calgary. “We’ll still pay about the same amount of tax as what we do now because after you average things out it will probably work out the same. But it will tend to make us delay sales that should be made into a marketplace when the demand tells us to make those sales.”

In fact, farmers might pay less tax if they have to defer sales because the strategy could result

The Western Grain Elevator Association doesn’t want farmers to lose the deferred cash purchase ticket option, says association executive director Wade Sobkowich. PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

Farmers should be able to choose which general farm organization their checkoff dollars support, says the NFU

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in lower grain prices and less income, he added.

Fewer grain delivery and pricing options can hurt grain companies too when it comes to making timely and profitable sales to international grain buyers, Auch said.

The Grain Growers of Canada supports maintaining the current cash ticket deferral option, association president Jeff Nielsen said in an email April 12.

“It is used by grain farmers to manage cash flow and balance their income from one year to the next,” he wrote.

“Grain farmers in Canada operate in a highly cyclical industry. In addition to price fluctuations they must also manage weather impacts and inconsistencies in grain transportation. The cash ticket deferral is a

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Both Sobkowich and Auch said they are optimistic the government can be convinced to keep deferred cash purchase tickets.

“I am assuming the government is reasonable,” Auch said.

They are asking for consultations. They will find out how it works.”

If the government wasn’t prepared to keep the option it would’ve made the change without consulting, Sobkowich said.

“We are optimistic that once we provide our comments and others in the industry provide their comments the government will see that it is a valuable tool,” he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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egion 5 of the National Farmers Union has again called on the province to give producers a choice in which general farm organization they wish to support.

They’re asking the Manitoba government to amend the Agriculture Producers Funding Act. C u r r e n t l y, K e y s t o n e Agricultural Producers (KAP) is the only certified general farm organization in Manitoba, thanks to a line in the legislation that states “only one qualified organization may be certified as the certified organization at any one time.” Longtime NFU member Fred Tait said the situation is a frustrating one, especially because the Farmers Union predates KAP by about 15 years.

“I’ve often asked myself what happened,” he told union members gathered at a regional NFU meeting in Portage la Prairie, noting the organization has worked with multiple governments in an effort to secure the same type of stable funding that KAP benefits from. To date, the organization has been unsuccessful.

A recently completed government survey asked Manitoba farmers for input on how to best streamline the cumbersome organizational funding model currently dictated by the Agriculture Producers Funding Act. However, the survey didn’t ask producers whether they thought the legislation should be expanded to allow for more than one certified general farm organization, a move that would enable additional farm organizations to receive funding through the existing checkoff program.

The NFU’s Dean Harder said producers interested in seeing support for stable NFU funding were forced to write their preference into the comments section, as no survey question actually addresses the issue.

“I think all of our members have the right to feel completely disrespected by this, the best this government can do is what we’re asking for... bring us into the conversation,” Harder said.

“KAP can never and will never be able to represent the perspectives of all farmers in everything in Manitoba, it cannot, it’s not possible. The NFU is willing to collaborate.”

He noted that other provinces already have successful funding models that allow for more than one certified general farm organization. Ontario, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick all fund more than one, allowing producers to choose which organization or organizations suit their needs.

“We are not here to simply be an organization that is against KAP on everything... we’ve tried to make that clear throughout our campaign,” Harder said. “But there are issues we are going to disagree on and we believe farm-

ers should have the choice at the end of the day, because we have different perspectives, different priorities.”

Giving farmers choice could also help address the current administrative frustrations around returning checkoff dollars to those who opt out of KAP membership, said meeting participants.

A spokesperson for Manitoba’s agriculture minister, Ralph Eichler, said the minister has met with NFU and will continue to meet with it “in order to discuss issues based on its organizational needs, just as he and department officials meet with numerous other agriculture organizations in Manitoba.”

But in an emailed statement, the minister emphasized that the goal of the recent survey was to address issues related to KAP’s funding.

“Our government is committed to work specifically with Keystone Agriculture Producers on reviewing the checkoff funding structure under The Agricultural Producers Funding Act with the goal of erasing administrative burden for its organization and its members,” Eichler wrote. “Our government will continue to work closely with KAP on all issues facing its members, which span Manitoba’s agriculture industry.”

As for KAP’s take on the NFU’s request, president Dan Mazier said there is no policy in place relating to the issue.

“It would have to come from our members,” said Mazier.

“That would definitely have to come from our members and be something that comes up from the grassroots to be passed up through a district.”

He added that the most import thing for Manitoba producers is that they continue to have a seat at the table. He hopes that the government’s promise of streamlining the current funding model is a step in that direction, whatever recommendations come out of the recent survey.

“We want to have the best funding model to make sure that those organizations can exist in Manitoba, so if it’s one, if it’s 10, whatever it is — it is,” said Mazier. “The important thing is to make sure that we do have a strong ability... to make sure that the messaging and that rationale come through in the regulation.”

The next step for Region 5 of the NFU is to present Minister Eichler with a petition, asking that the Manitoba government moves towards a funding model similar to that which exists in Ontario.

“We aren’t going away,” Harder said. “We’re going to stay and we’re going to fight, no matter what, no matter what you think of us or what you perceive of us, we need to be here and our voice is important either way, so I guess you just have to deal with us.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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— (801-900 lbs.)

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— (601-700 lbs.)

— (501-600 lbs.)

— (401-500 lbs.)

Not Available Heifers (901+ lbs.)

This Week (801-900 lbs.)

— (701-800 lbs.)

— (601-700 lbs.)

— (501-600 lbs.)

— (401-500 lbs.)

— ($/cwt) (1,000+ lbs.)

(850+ lbs.)

Futures (April 21, 2017) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close April 2017 129.63 June 2017 116.48 August 2017 112.80 October 2017 111.60 December 2017 112.18 February 2018 112.15

Change 4.25 1.77 2.00 1.27 0.95 1.00

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

Phil-Franz Warkentin CNSC Ontario 152.81 - 167.01 139.59 - 164.57 73.71 - 95.29 73.71 - 95.29 108.56 - 126.17 $ 151.69 - 173.92 162.52 - 185.15 166.89 - 199.23 183.93 - 218.82 176.94 - 230.42 173.38 - 232.40 $ 131.67 - 150.04 143.32 - 158.73 152.67 - 181.39 153.51 - 191.70 155.75 - 197.44 166.74 - 209.37 $

Close 137.90 139.75 142.45 142.43 141.63 140.03

Change 0.10 1.35 2.17 1.88 2.00 2.00

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending April 15th, 2017 43,582 10,394 33,188 NA 590,000

Previous Year­ 48,020 12,241 35,779 NA 551,000

Week Ending April 15th, 2017 818 23,529 10,279 608 519 6,993 311

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 1,478 29,869 8,596 241 504 6,381 201

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.)

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

Stronger futures and weaker dollar boost cattle prices Feeders benefit from abundant feed supplies and fallout from the Brazilian beef scandal

Alberta South — — 97.00 - 116.00 89.00 - 104.00 — $ 161.00 - 170.00 172.00 - 184.00 183.00 - 204.00 200.00 - 220.00 213.00 - 236.00 226.00 - 247.00 $ 147.00 - 159.00 156.00 - 166.00 164.00 - 179.00 175.00 - 193.00 181.00 - 203.00 192.00 - 214.00

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

April 21, 2017

$

(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.)

Heifers

$1 Cdn: $0.7405 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3503 Cdn.

column

Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: APRIL 21, 2017

Source: Manitoba Agriculture Current Week 163E 151E 149.35

Last Week 167.92 155.52 154.21

Last Year (Index 100) 172.73 159.63 153.82

154.01

159.87

157.21

T

he numbers moving through Manitoba’s cattle auction yards may be slowing down for the season, as attention turns to spring field work and other priorities, but prices for the cattle still finding their way to the rings continue to strengthen.

U.S. feeder cattle futures are at their highest levels of the past year, while the Canadian dollar came under some pressure during the week. That combination was supportive for the Canadian cattle markets.

Feeder cattle and live cattle futures traded in the U.S. hit their highest levels of the past year over the course of the week, but appeared to be running into resistance from a chart standpoint.

The Canadian dollar settled at just over 74 U.S. cents on Friday, April 21, having lost roughly a full cent relative to its U.S. counterpart over the course of the week.

“The bottom line is that everyone in the cattle industry right now that’s selling is making very good money,” said cattle analyst Herb Lock of FarmSense Marketing in Alberta.

He said good demand for meat, coupled with a decline in carcass weights by about 25 to 30 pounds from a year ago, accounted for some of the strength. The feedlots are also very current, according to Lock, which means they don’t need to sell if they don’t need to.

“When you have both limited supply and great demand, you have to pull stuff, which takes a lot more energy from the buy side,” said Lock.

Large feed grain supplies in Western Canada, the recent beef scandal in Brazil,

“The technical guys tell us that there’s no sign of a top yet, but when things go up too fast they have a tendency to reverse just as quickly.”

Herb Lock FarmSense Marketing

which saw Brazilian beef temporarily barred from a number of countries, and a move by President Donald Trump to reduce tariffs in China and Japan were also supporting the North American cattle sector, according to Lock.

While the uncertainty of Trump’s possible plans for changes to NAFTA and recent comments about Canada’s supply-managed dairy sector could be a concern in the future, Lock noted that the political noise often comes and goes, with the price telling the true story.

While the Canadian market is seeing some strength right now, the industry moves in cycles and Lock cautioned that a drop was inevitable.

“The technical guys tell us that there’s no sign of a top yet, but when things go up too fast they have a tendency to reverse just as quickly,” said Lock, adding, “seasonally, it’s any day... it’s not ‘if’ it’s ‘when.’”

While volumes are drying out for feeder cattle, the seasonal beef demand on the retail side typically picks up over the summer months, said Lock. That seasonal demand should keep the cow market somewhat supported going forward.

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

Futures (April 21, 2017) in U.S. Hogs

Close

Change

May 2017

63.80

-4.50

June 2017

68.68

-3.83

July 2017 August 2017 October 2017

70.18 70.60 63.55

-3.45 -3.58 -1.63

Other Market Prices Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

Choice (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg Wooled Fats — — — — — —

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 April 16, 2017 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.920 Undergrade ........................................$1.830 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.905 Undergrade ....................................... $1.805 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.905 Undergrade ....................................... $1.805 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.895 Undergrade...........................................$1.810 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 119.60 - 158.18 266.62 - 299.30 313.53 - 344.09 302.76 - 346.96 299.09 - 361.06 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

Eggs

Goats Kids Billys Mature

<1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

BY THEOPOLIS WATERS

U.S. cattle ranchers in March placed 11 per cent more cattle into feedlots than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported April 21, which topped analysts’ forecast and notched a record high for the month.

In March, packing plants paid feed yards more for cattle, which caused them to buy more calves for fattening.

Ranchers moved animals to feedlots as quickly as possible to take advantage of higher cattle prices, while avoiding

what could be lower returns later based on live cattle futures.

Cattle driven into feed yards in March may begin arriving at meat-packing plants in September, which could mean US$111 to US$112 per hundredweight (cwt) cattle prices then, said Allendale Inc. chief strategist Rich Nelson.

How beef prices will respond during that period will largely depend on demand and competition from increased pork supplies, analysts said.

USDA’s report showed March placements at 2.102 million head. That bested the average forecast of 2.015 million. It was the most since USDA began tabulating the data in 1996.

The government put the feedlot cattle supply as of

April 1 at 10.904 million head, up from 10.853 million a year ago. Analysts, on average, forecast a 0.3 per cent decrease.

USDA said the number of cattle sold to packers, or marketings, grew 10 per cent in March from a year ago, to 1.914 million head.

Analysts had projected a 9.4 per cent rise from 1.911 million last year.

Record-high March placements reflect the feedlots’ return to profitability after cattle sold to packers US$6 per cwt higher than in February, Nelson said.

U.S. Commodities analyst Don Roose described last month’s larger-than-anticipated cattle placement result as “a perfect storm” of good U.S. beef exports, strong cattle prices and tight supplies.

Toronto ($/cwt) 130.00 - 378.89 — 102.21 - 206.77

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

U.S. March feedlot cattle placements carve new monthly high Reuters

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

Winnipeg ( Hd Fats) — — —

briefs

Toronto ($/cwt) 10.00 - 67.50 30.00 - 72.50

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 14

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

StatsCan canola and soybean estimates surprise traders

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

Abundant U.S. and world supplies continue to depress the wheat market Jade MarkuS CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola strengthened on the week, as wet weather in Western Canada continues to put last year’s harvest on hiatus.

Fresh data from Statistics Canada painted a picture of this summer’s seeding, adding an element of spreading into the market.

In the week ending Friday, April 21, canola gained more than C$20 per tonne in the July contract. Old-crop values were propped up by ideas that canola supplies will be tight into the spring.

Wet weather last fall stopped harvest progress, leaving canola in fields to overwinter. Sogginess has continued to plague producers, as rain and snow throughout April has left fields too soft to get crops off.

Even more precipitation during the weekend, and forecasts for more to come, threw a kink into field work, increasing the likelihood that canola prices will continue to advance.

New-crop contracts saw more moderate gains in positioning ahead of and following StatsCan principal field crops acreage data for 2017-18 at the tail end of the week.

The November contract gained about C$12 in the week ending Friday.

Most traders had expected canola’s acres to increase this year, but the numbers released by Statistics Canada were at the high end of analyst expectations.

StatsCan pegged the commodity’s seeded area at a record-high 22.4 million acres.

That survey was conducted in March, and conditions closer to seeding time will likely cause adjustments to the figure, although this year canola remains one of the more profitable crops to grow in Canada based on returns per acre.

The Canadian dollar saw sharp declines in the week ending Friday, which also lent itself to strength in canola.

The Canadian dollar lost more than a full cent against its U.S.counterpart, closing at US$0.7404 or C$1.3506. Losses in the loonie make canola more affordable for international buyers.

Future

Basis

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

193.46

42.53

235.99

W. Manitoba wheat

193.46

28.29

221.75

E. Manitoba canola

525.90

-17.62

508.28

W. Manitoba canola

525.90

-23.88

502.02 Source: pdqinfo.ca

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

Port Prices As of Friday, April 21, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

161.48

-8.35

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

235.71

-1.37

Canola Thunder Bay

535.00

20.00

Canola Vancouver

550.00

16.00

Closing Futures Prices

Soybeans

While soybean acreage estimates released by Statistics Canada paled in comparison to the amount grown in the U.S., traders took note of Canada’s increased production, which is up by about 1.5 million acres.

Canadian farmers are expected to seed 6.956 million acres of soybeans this spring, up from last year’s 5.467 million.

In the week ending Friday, soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade lost about 5-1/2 U.S. cents per bushel in the July contract. Fund selling and competing supplies coming on stream from South America pressured those values.

As of Thursday, April 20, 2017 ($/tonne)

Oats

141.03

-5.19

Corn

Soybeans

349.44

-1.65

Like soybeans, corn has felt pressure from supplies in other growing regions.

In the week ending Friday, corn lost more than 14 U.S. cents per bushel in the CBOT July contract.

The grain could gather support in coming sessions, however, as wet weather may cause some U.S. producers to seed soybeans instead, due to inability to get the earlier-planted commodity in the ground.

Soymeal

Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

525.90

25.90

ICE milling wheat

229.00

1.00

ICE barley

137.00

0.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

193.46

-1.38

Chicago SRW wheat

148.81

-9.09

Kansas City HRW wheat

148.63

-8.36

Corn

140.54

-5.51

Soyoil

341.18

-8.71

704.28

16.54

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, April 21, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Wheat

Feed wheat

n/a

n/a

The winter wheat market saw sharp losses in the week ending Friday, losing close to 22 cents per bushel in Chicago.

U.S. wheat crops are in generally good condition, which is bearish.

Technical pressure was also a feature in that market.

Feed barley

151.11

8.73

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas Oats Soybeans

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

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

n/a

n/a

470.45

-2.36

n/a

n/a

195.17

3.89

388.02

1.47

14.90

unch

Ask

Ask

CWRS bids rise along with weaker Canadian dollar Basis levels across Western Canada range from C$19 to C$39 below the futures

BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN Commodity News Service Canada

H

ard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended April 21, as sharp weakness in the Canadian dollar made up for the softer tone in the Minneapolis spring wheat futures.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by C$2 to C$4 per tonne across the Pra i r i e p rovinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about C$222 per tonne in western Manitoba, to as high as C$242 in northern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but generally

ranged from about $28 to $48 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between the U.S. dollar-denominated futures and the Canadian dollar cash bids.

When accounting for currency exchange rates by adjusting Canadian prices to U.S. dollars (C$1=US$0.7404 as of April 21), CWRS bids ranged from US$164 to US$179 per tonne. That would put the currency-adjusted basis levels at about US$14 to US$29 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 C$19 to C$39 below the futures.

Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) wheat bids were down by C$2 to

Average durum prices were up by C$2 to C$4 per tonne, with bids in Saskatchewan coming in at about C$252 to C$259 per tonne.

C$4 per tonne, with prices ranging from C$147 to C$161 per tonne.

Average durum prices were up by C$2 to C$4 per tonne, with bids in Saskatchewan coming in at about C$252 to C$259 per tonne.

The July spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, which most CWRS contracts Canada are based off of, was quoted at US$5.3550 per bushel on April 21, down by 3.25 cents from the previous week.

The Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, which are now traded in Chicago, are more closely linked

to CPRS in Canada. The July Kansas City wheat contract was quoted at US$4.1725 per bushel on April 21, down by 22 U.S. cents compared to the previous week.

The July Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.2100 on April 21, which was down by about 21.75 U.S. cents on the week.

The Canadian dollar settled at 74.04 U.S. cents on April 21, which was down by roughly a full cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

LIVESTOCK 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

Livestock industries eye growth with provincial strategy Livestock producers are starting to see details of the provincial government’s livestock growth strategy

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

A

s details of the provincial livestock growth strategy begin to trickle out, the industry says it likes what it sees.

The strategy was unveiled earlier this month along with the 2017-18 provincial budget but at that time there were few details forthcoming.

Now producers are finding out it will include ongoing red tape reduction and will maintain the Livestock Associations Loan Guarantee borrowing limits announced with the budget. The program, which allows individuals to borrow up to $500,000, and associations up to $8 million, has also been made permanent, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler said.

“That will allow us to actually help the beef producers increase their numbers,” Eichler said.

Brian Lemon, general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers, said the loan guarantee program is needed to support new producers, a necessary step to growing cattle numbers in Manitoba.

Last year, Eichler vowed to restore Manitoba’s cattle herd from 485,000 to 750,000, numbers not seen since the BSE crisis in the early 2000s.

“If we’re going to grow the herd, we need to grow producers, so anything we can do to help producers make sure that they have access to capital, those are going to be key to be able to grow the herd,” Lemon said.

L e mon says Manitoba Beef Producers is still looking for more details on the livestock growth strategy, although it hopes to see support for current projects, such as the Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiative research farm near Brandon.

Lemon also targeted access to Crown lands and community pastures.

“One of the keys to growing the herd is trying to make sure that we have acres to put the herd on,” he said.

Manitoba Beef Producers has previously raised concern about profitability and market access.

“We all recognize that growing the herd without a market is just a recipe for disaster,” Lemon said. “This needs to be a value chain approach and we need to make sure that the environment is right, not just for the cow-calf guys, but for the backgrounders and the feedlots and (ensuring) that the markets are there for the folks who are selling the beef.”

Trade troubles?

Eichler also noted the province is a strong supporter of increased beef trade, particularly through the upcoming EU trade deal.

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union is currently in committee before the Canadian senate.

Beef producers say better access to capital will help grow the provincial herd, a stated goal of Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler. FILE PHOTO/Jennifer Paige

The deal includes 65,000 tonnes in duty-free beef and veal exports per year, to be phased in over six years. Exports are required to meet European stipulations against added growth hormones.

Eichler also said the government is looking to CETA to remove some of the sting, should Manitoba beef be negatively impacted by a sudden NAFTA renegotiation, a prospect increasingly raised by the United States.

Manitoba livestock industries are on the watch for both potential NAFTA changes and incoming carbon pricing.

“I’m not really overly concerned about the conversation with NAFTA,” Eichler said. “If anything, Canada has a deficit in regards to trade with the U.S., so I don’t see those as major hurdles. Trade’s all about balance. It’s got to be good for both partners, so I’m not afraid of that conversation.”

Lemon said it is difficult to gauge what a NAFTA renegotiation might mean to his industry, although he pointed to the Canadian beef sector’s previous dispute with the U.S. on country-of-origin labelling laws.

The World Trade Organization ruled in Canada’s favour four times before the regulations were repealed in December 2015.

“We’ve got that in our back pocket, that we won that, so if the U.S. is looking at those sorts of issues, we’ve got strategies, I think, whereas a national industry we would be opposed to those sorts of moves,” Lemon said. “In terms of NAFTA, I think we’re still hearing lots of conjecture and rumours and tweets, I guess, from the president.

Until you sit down at the table, I think there’s opportunities in NAFTA for the industry.”

In terms of carbon, Manitoba Beef Producers released a carbon pric-

“If we’re going to grow the herd, we need to grow producers, so anything we can do to help producers make sure that they have access to capital, those are going to be key to be able to grow the herd.”

Brian Lemon Manitoba Beef Producers general manager

ing policy in March 2017, stressing the industry’s potential for carbon sequestration and calling for carbon tax exemptions, increased research and encouraging producers to maintain or increase pasture and forage land.

“We believe that we’ve got a really positive story to tell in terms of the contributions the cattle industry can make in Manitoba towards being able to achieve its climate change strategy,” Lemon said. “I think having a good, healthy, cow-calf industry in Manitoba is going to be absolutely critical and is one of things that I think the province needs to look at if it expects to reach its climate change goals.”

The province is currently putting together its climate framework and has heard input from the Manitoba Beef Producers, Eichler said.

Looking past beef Mike Teillet, manager of sustainable development with the Manitoba Pork Council, said his organization generally welcomed the budget.

“I think it’s nice that the budget actually mentions agriculture and actually mentions livestock,” he said. “I can’t remember the last time a budget actually went out of its way to talk about the good things related to livestock.”

The Manitoba Pork Council has been in regular contact with

Manitoba Agriculture regarding the livestock growth strategy.

Changes to manure and mortalities regulations have been proposed to grow livestock in Manitoba, the province says. Changes would eliminate the requirement for new or expanding pork operations to treat manure with anaerobic digestion.

Teillet added MPC was pleased to see streamlined foreign worker processing and labour market strategy changes included in the budget.

“Since our industry depends on a number of foreign workers for both the plants and the barns, we believe this is a very positive thing,” he said.

Offsetting the strategy announcement was the loss of certain tax credits, including the nutrient management tax credit for manure treatment or storage equipment, and odour control tax credit for equipment used to reduce odours from organic waste.

While both nutrient management and odour control are of historic concern to Manitoba’s pork industry, both government and the Manitoba Pork Council have said there was little uptake on either tax credit.

“There were issues in accessing them and they weren’t used very much, if at all,” Teillet said.

“It just made sense for programs that are not being taken advantage of to be taken off the list,” Eichler said. astockford@farmmedia.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Ewes

Good quality and lots of bidding It was a great combination for the last sheep and goat sale before Easter

BY MARK ELLIOT Co-operator contributor

’Twas two days before Good Friday and the buyers were anxious.

Their orders weren’t filled and of this they were conscious.

It set the stage for some bidding gone wild.

If into the ring enough sheep and goats filed.

That was the setting just two days before the key holiday season for sheep and goat producers, and those producers did in fact deliver — right around 300 sheep and goats as it turns out — at the Winnipeg Livestock Auction’s April 15 sale.

The bidding on the ewes was strong as the demand for quality truly showed. A small herd of British blackface ewes created major buyer interest as they entered the arena. There appeared to be no price differences between the wool and hair ewes. The buyers showed less interest in sheared and pregnant ewes at this sale.

The lighter rams were of demand for the buyers. The heavier rams, weight ranging from 170 to 180 pounds, brought $1.06 to $1.31 per p o u n d . A 1 1 5 - p o u n d ra m brought $2.23 per pound.

There was only one 130pound Clun Forest-cross lamb

that classified as a heavyweight lamb. This lamb brought $217.75 ($1.675 per pound).

The new-crop lambs were of quality and the buyers were waiting to pounce. There were only wool lambs at this sale.

The buyers were requiring some immediate lambs, due to a later sale, so the bidding was strong on the market lambs. The prices ranged from $2.19 to $2.25 per pound. The upper-quality lambs brought a price range from $2.48 to $2.68 per pound.

The supply of feeder lambs was limited to nine lambs. The bidding continued to remain constant, as seen with the market lambs. Price ranged from $2.50 to $2.75 per pound. An exception was a 90-pound Rideau-cross lamb which brought $1.725 per pound.

The lightweight lambs continued this trend on the bidding. There appeared to be no price differences between the wool and hair lambs. The 70-plus-pound lambs brought a price range from $2.57 to $2.875 per pound.

A 60-plus-pound lamb brought similar price range from $2.20 to $2.70 per pound.

The 50-plus-pound lambs showed no dropping of interest by the buyers. Bidding ranged from $2.625 to $2.76 per pound.

A group of six 40-pound Katahdin-cross lambs brought $2.625 per pound.

The supply of goats was larger than in the past sales.

The demand for goat does always remains fairly constant.

Nubian-cross goat does represented the dairy class, bringing the same prices as the meat does for animals of the same weight.

The producer of the 195pound Boer-cross buck must have had exhibition experience. This muscular structured buck appeared to be prepared for a fair, being washed, combed and ver y impressive. As this buck strutted around the arena, his pure-white long hair flowed ever so gracefully.

The demand for goat kids always remains strong and it appears there are never enough goat kids below 90 pounds to satisfy the various buyers. The bidding remained strong, very similar to the past few sales. It is important to maintain good health and quality animals to obtain these higher prices.

The Ontario Stockyard Report showed that the bidding has dropped quite quickly, thus causing reduction of sheep and goats delivered. Even with less sheep and goats arriving, the price bidding has not increased to the amount expected for this reversible event, even though the Easter effect has been passed.

$230.36 - $264 $204.68 - $221.68 $158.67 - $192.85 $119.38 - $137.76

Lambs (lbs.)

110+

$217.75

95 - 110

$253.82 - $262.64 $237.50 - $248.32 $221.19 - $233.12

80 - 94 Under 80 70 - 78

$212.04 - $218.40 $212.04 - $218.40 $185.04 - $202.50 $138.60 - $186.30 $131.25 - $154.88 $105 / $60.48

63 - 69 50 - 59 40 / 48 New-Crop lambs 41 50 52 58 69 73 87

$235 $286 $220 $2.975 $3.01 $2.91 $2.90

GOAT DOES meat

/ lb. $1.32 $1.82 $1.68 $1.34 $1.44 $1.68

dairy BUCKS meat

KIDS - Under 80 DAIRY MEAT PYGMY MEAT DAIRY

animal weight 70 lbs.

92 lbs.

110 lbs.

140 lbs.

160 lbs.

110 lbs.

$2.25 / $2.50 $1.60 $2.08 $1.71 $1.77

80 lbs.

125 lbs.

130 lbs.

140 lbs.

195 lbs.

$2.50 $2.62 $3.05 / $2.59 / $2.32 $1.20 $1.28 $2.63 $2.52

73 lbs.

60 lbs.

65 lbs.

50 lbs.

48 lbs.

40 lbs.

48 lbs.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

19-Apr

18-Apr

18-Apr

18-Apr

19-Apr

n/a

20-Apr

21-Apr

No. on offer

1,100

389*

160

1,124

1,568*

n/a

1,783

1,740

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

159.50-164.50

150.00-163.00

900-1,000

n/a

125.00-137.00

n/a

150.00-168.00

159.00-176.00

n/a

149.00-165.50

155.00-168.00

800-900

170.00-188.00

160.00-177.00

n/a

165.00-178.00

169.00-184.00

n/a

141.00-188.00

178.00-188.00 (191.00)

700-800

172.00-199.00

170.00-190.50

165.00-181.00

178.00-201.00

182.00-199.00 (201.00)

n/a

127.50-207.00

188.00-206.00

600-700

180.00-217.25

190.00-207.00

n/a

190.00-213.00

195.00-214.00 (217.00)

n/a

167.50-226.00

195.00-226.00

500-600

195.00-233.00

200.00-221.50

190.00-222.50

210.00-230.00

207.00-227.00 (230.00)

n/a

157.50-237.50

210.00-236.00

400-500

205.00-237.00

210.00-238.00

200.00-217.50

220.00-240.00

222.00-250.00

n/a

105.00-240.00

220.00-264.00

300-400

n/a

200.00-241.00

200.00-225.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

140.00-222.50

235.00-278.00

n/a

120.00-154.50

n/a

125.00-155.00

142.00-156.00

n/a

145.00-154.50

140.00-164.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

800-900

155.00-169.50

130.00-160.00

n/a

140.00-163.00

154.00-169.00

n/a

120.00-174.00

155.00-172.00

700-800

160.00-184.25

160.00-178.00

145.00-161.00

155.00-175.00

159.00-177.00

n/a

100.00-184.50

165.00-182.00

600-700

160.00-190.00

170.00-186.50

170.00-187.00

175.00-190.00

173.00-190.00

n/a

100.00-200.00

185.00-198.00

500-600

180.00-202.00

180.00-197.50

175.00-197.50

180.00-200.00

186.00-203.00

n/a

80.00-209.50

190.00-212.00

400-500

200.00-217.50

190.00-217.00

180.00-194.50

185.00-207.00

193.00-215.00

n/a

75.00-222.50

195.00-222.00

300-400

n/a

200.00-221.00

200.00-237.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

130.00-210.00

200.00-235.00

No. on offer

280

n/a

79

116

n/a

n/a

228

200

D1-D2 Cows

90.00-99.00

75.00-100.00

77.0-100.00

93.00-107.50

90.00-102.00

n/a

85.00-122.00

98.00-106.00

D3-D5 Cows

87.00-94.00

n/a

n/a

73.00-91.00

72.00-90.00

n/a

n/a

88.00-95.00

Slaughter Market

Age Verified

100.00-110.00

up to 100.00

n/a

n/a

93.00-104.00 (106.00)

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

100.00-133.50

110.00-124.50

105.00-140.00

110.00-127.50

114.00-127.00 (131.00)

n/a

110.50-131.00

117.00-124.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers 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

95.00-115.00

n/a

n/a

105.00-122.00

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

120.00-157.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

115.00-140.00

n/a

55.00-126.00

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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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

Milk production being ramped up New dairy-processing plants will allow Manitoba milk producers to have quota fully issued

BY SHANNON VANRAES

“Although we’re not there yet and the plant is not yet receiving milk... we do see a light at the end of the tunnel now, we see how we’re going to be back in full production.”

Co-operator staff / Headingley

M

anitoba’s dairy farmers are preparing for what may be the largest increase of processing capacity ever seen as a result of one project.

“I don’t know if there has ever been a situation elsewhere in Canada where there has been a 40 per cent increase in processing capacity in a province from just one project, but we are certainly going to be the benefactors of that,” David Wiens, chair of the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba, told producers during a district meeting in Headingley last week.

Of course, Manitoba’s milk producers won’t be the only ones to benefit from the refurbishment of an old egg-processing facility in Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Industrial Park. Industry growth resulting from the Vitalus Nutrition and Gay Lea Foods dairy ingredients plant will be shared nationally.

“Any growth in the market as a result of this plant is shared nationally,” Wiens said, but added that western provinces actually receive a disproportionate share of industry growth. “So Western Canada will certainly benefit in a big way from this plant.”

As a result of this increased processing capacity, Wiens said Manitoba dairy producers will finally be fully issued Manitoba’s portion of the national quota allocation.

“This is one thing that we have not been able to do in the last few years, simply because of a lack of processing capacity,” he said. “In the past we were hauling milk into Quebec and cascading milk as far west as Abbotsford. Now, this means that all of this milk is going to be processed in the province and in fact, milk will be coming in from the other western provinces to help us fill the capacity.”

The organization’s general manager, Brent Achtemichuk, said production on Manitoba dairy farms is already increasing in anticipation of the Manitoba Dairy Ingredients plant, which could be operational as early as July.

“We are seeing production start to rise rapidly and of course that’s as a result of all the quota we put in and all of the incentive days,” Achtemichuk said, but added further production must still occur to meeting the impending demand increase.

Achtemichuk said in February the province was producing roughly 985,000 litres a day, and the market requires 1,070,000 litres a day.

“So we are below that, but we are starting to ramp up,” he said.

“In terms of provincial quota utilization... as of February we are just slightly below 89 per cent utilized — and again we’ve had processing capacity challenges — so we’ve actually really started to ramp up in terms of quota increases as well.”

A new Parmalat processing plant is also being built in Transcona and should be online in May, Wiens added.

“It’s replacing an old plant in St. Boniface,” he said. “And this is another really good opportunity for Manitoba, because with

David Wiens

Manitoba dairy farmers gather for a district meeting in Headingley on April 11, 2017. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

this being a new plant it creates some new opportunities for Parmalat to make some specialty products there, which it is not doing now.”

While finding a home for increased milk production will prove challenging over the next few months as other provinces are no longer accepting

Manitoba milk, Wiens said there is clearly an end in sight. “ The mood of Manitoba d a i r y f a r m e r s i s d i f f e re n t like day and night between

now and a year ago,” he said.

“Although we’re not there yet and the plant is not yet receiving milk... we do see a light at the end of the tunnel now, we see how we’re going to be back in full production.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

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

Very slow return towards warmer weather Issued: Monday, April 24, 2017 · Covering: April 26 – May 3, 2017 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

O

nce again it seems that the writing of my forecast coincides with a possible major storm system. I write my forecasts late on Sunday or early on Monday and you see it Wednesday. For this forecast period, whether some regions saw significant snowfall on Monday will have an impact on temperatures until at least Friday.

The trend in last week’s forecast was for the storm track to be slightly farther north than anticipated. For this forecast period, it looks like the main storm track will be pushed well to our south.

This is partly in thanks to the storm system that moved by early in the week and partly to a relatively large area of high pressure slowly sliding by to our north.

The result, no matter if there is snow on the ground or not, is that it will be a cold end to April.

Temperatures on Wednesday will only be in the +3 to +6 C range, with overnight lows well below freezing. We should see temperatures slowly warm towards 10 C for highs by Friday, thanks to plenty of sunshine.

We should continue to see plenty of sunshine over the

weekend with temperatures starting off well below freezing each day and overnight lows expected to be in the -4 to -8 C range. Winds look to be light, so if you can get out into the sunshine it shouldn’t feel too bad, and daytime highs should recover to around 10 C. The weather models have been consistent in developing a very large and moist area of low pressure over the south-central U.S. late in the weekend. What they have been having trouble with is the track of the system.

At this time, they show it moving due north, bringing rain to our region early next week, though the latest model runs have been trending towards a more southerly and easterly route. This should keep us dry to begin next week. Temperatures look to slowly warm as cold arctic air continues to linger to our northeast. There are some signs that we should return to near# or even above-average temperatures by the second week of #May. Usual temperature range for this period Highs: 7 to 22 C Lows: -4 to 7 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.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

30 Day Percent of Average Precipitation

March 22, 2017 to April 20, 2017 < 40 40 to 60 60 to 85 85 to 115 115 to 150

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Created: 2017-04-21 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s weather map shows the total precipitation across the Prairies so far this spring compared to the long-term average. Across agricultural Manitoba, with the exception of the Interlake, it has been drier than average, with some areas seeing less the 40 per cent of average.

Farther west and north it has been a different story, with northwestern Saskatchewan and a large part of north-central Alberta seeing over 200 per cent of average.

Back to thunderstorm school — lesson two

Thunderstorms are often associated with a hot day, but that’s not the only ingredient required for them to form

BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

I

t seems that Mother Nature is letting winter have one last hurrah, but that doesn’t mean that thunderstorm season is too far off. So for this issue we’ll continue our annual look at what is arguably one of the most fascinating weather phenomena we see in our part of the world.

I always like to begin our look at thunderstorms by touching upon one of my biggest weather pet peeves, which is when people mix up weather watches and weather warnings.

Basically, when we are talking about thunderstorms, a severe thunderstorm watch is when there is potential for severe thunderstorms. This means that severe thunderstorms have not yet formed. There may be some around, and you need to be wary, but so far none have become severe.

A severe thunderstorm warning means that severe thunderstorms have developed and conditions which meet the severe criteria have been recorded either directly by observers or by radar. When you hear a warning, it means you need to take immediate precautions.

Severe thunderstorm watches

When you hear a warning, it means you need to take immediate precautions.

are typically issued when all of the ingredients for severe storms are in place, but forecasters are not sure where, or sometimes even if, thunderstorms will develop. An analogy is a pot of water on the stove. If you turn on an element, eventually it will boil, but you can’t predict where that first bubble will form and break away from the bottom of the pot. That would be our thunderstorm — you knew it was going to form, but exactly where is the hard part.

The thunderstorm recipe Just what are the ingredients for severe thunderstorms? First, you need rising air, and to get that you need heat, or rather, you need a large difference in temperature between two areas.

There are a couple of ways to achieve this difference in temperature. One way most people are familiar with is to have a very hot day. But only that does not mean that there is a large difference in temperature. To get thunderstorms on a hot day

you need to have cool air aloft (up above the ground).

When this occurs, the hot air at the surface begins to rise and encounters cool air as it continues. This means that our rising air will remain warmer than the air around it and will continue to rise. The cooler the air around it, the faster it goes up, the faster it goes up, the stronger the storm (typically).

Sometimes we can get severe thunderstorms when we don’t have particularly warm air at the surface. Two different scenarios can play out when this happens that can still lead to severe thunderstorms. The first would be that there is very warm air a few thousand feet up from the ground. This warm air then has cold air above it, and just like the hot day on the ground, this warm air in the upper atmosphere can rise, giving us elevated thunderstorms.

The second scenario is when there is a strong contrast of warm and cool air at the surface, or in other words, we

have some type of front cutting through an area. On one side of the front it is cool and on the other side it is warm. The cold air acts like a wedge and forces the warm air up. Sometimes this occurs when a cold front is moving into an area, so the day starts off warm and then the cold air pushes in, lifting the warm air up in front of it and giving us thunderstorms.

The other way is when warm air is moving into a region. The day starts off cool and then storms develop as the warm air rises up over the cool air as it moves into the region.

The next ingredient A big difference in temperatures alone will not give you a thunderstorm, or at least not a severe one. There are still a couple of ingredients needed.

The next is water vapour or humidity. It takes energy to evaporate water, so the more water vapour there is in the air the more potential energy there is. To get at this energy the water vapour needs to be changed back into a liquid form; it needs to condense.

As our warm air rises, it cools, and as it cools, water vapour will begin to condense. When it condenses it releases the energy it absorbed when it evaporated.

This energy is released in the form of heat.

Our rising air is cooling as it rises, but not as fast as the air around it, so it continues to rise. Then condensation starts forming, which releases heat into the air. This makes our rising air even warmer than the air around it, so it rises even faster.

Now it is starting to sound like we have everything in place for a severe storm… but not quite.

If you have air continually rising, eventually the amount of air accumulating at the top of the storm will become so great that it just has to fall back down again, wiping out the storm in the process. To get around this problem we need some kind of vent at the top of the storm that takes away all the rising air that is accumulating there. We need a strong jet stream of air over top of the storm, which will help to “suck” away the accumulating air.

There, we now have the key ingredients for a severe storm, but like any good chef, Mother Nature has additional ingredients she can use to make some storms truly awesome. We’ll look at those and the gentle gardenvariety thunderstorm in a couple of weeks. Next week is our regular “end-of-the-month” article and we’ll look ahead to see what May might have in store.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

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

Weed rankings shuffle in latest provincial weed survey Wild oats are down, but experts are warning producers to take a closer look at their foxtail, it might not be the species they think

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reen foxtail is still the province’s top weed, yellow foxtail is on the rise and wild oats have declined, according to last year’s Manitoba Weed Survey results.

Wild oats, usually the secondmost-abundant weed in the province, slipped to fourth in 2016, overtaken by both wild buckwheat and barnyard grass.

Dr. Jeanette Gaultier, principal investigator of the study, called the shift in wild oats one of the most interesting 2016 results in terms of crop impact.

Wild oats were found in 20.7 per cent of the 659 fields tested with an average 4.4 plants per square metre, compared to 52.7 per cent of fields that reported wild buckwheat and 23 per cent that reported barnyard grass.

Among fields with wild buckwheat, stands averaged two plants per square metre, compared to 4.8 plants of barnyard grass, while fields with wild oats found the weed in 5.6 per cent of 20 tested quadrants, compared to 13.1 per cent of fields with wild buckwheat and 6.4 per cent of fields with barnyard grass.

“I’m not sure if it’s just because those two species have been increasing or I kind of wonder, and this is just my opinion, if just the fact that we’ve been using more glyphosate in our cropping system, which works fantastic on wild oats but not so great on wild buckwheat, I wonder if that kind of played into some of those shifts as well,” Gaultier said.

Wild buckwheat, according to Manitoba Agriculture, can decrease wheat yields by 12 per cent with five plants per square metre, or 10 to 20 per cent in flax with stands of five to 15 plants per square metre. At the same time, the department adds, yield impact can vary greatly depending on emergence timing.

Ten wild oat plants per square metre, meanwhile, may decrease

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Wild oats, known to be highly competitive with wheat, have declined in relative abundance, according to weed survey results.

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Hairs at the joint of leaf and stem differentiate yellow foxtail from its more common cousin, green foxtail.

wheat, barley and canola yields by 10 per cent and flax by 20 per cent, according to Manitoba Agriculture.

“Wild oats tend to be, or used to be, one of our major weeds just because before we had really good herbicide, it was really hard to control and, because it emerges so early and it grows so quickly, it’s always been more problematic,” Gaultier said. “Wild buckwheat too does fit into that category. It does

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emerge quite early, but it grows a little slower and then can be less competitive relatively to wild oats but can still be a problem in crops.

Then, barnyard grass, I find it’s a warm-season grass, so it starts emerging later but it can definitely be a competitor, especially now that we’re not just growing wheat and canola, that we’ve shifted to some of the crops that have a similar life cycle to barnyard grass.”

Ye l l ow f ox t a i l , m e a n w h i l e, climbed into the province’s top 20 weeds for the first time in 2016.

That growth is of concern to the Manitoba Cor n Growers Association, which highlighted the weed in its most recent newsletter.

Among the 41 cornfields tested, yellow foxtail ranked 10th.

Relatively uncompetitive with cereal and canola (a stand may reach 50-100 plants per square metre before yields drop five per cent), the association has warned that as few as five yellow foxtail plants in the same space may be enough to cause a similar yield loss in corn.

Pam de Rocquigny, Manitoba Corn Growers Association general manager, said the weed could be confused with green foxtail or barnyard grass. The association hopes to stress correct weed identification to optimize herbicide management.

“Obviously, part of when weed surveys do occur it’s providing information not only to producers but to the agricultural industry in terms of, are we seeing shifts in See Weed rankings on page 18 »

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

Carbon tax impact discussed at sustainable energy association AGM A tax of $10 a tonne would cost the average Manitoban an extra 26 cents a day, but farmers are still in the dark about their potential bill And some want to reject the tax altogether.

But under the Paris agreement to mitigate climate change, Canada agreed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 30 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030. To that end Ottawa says every province must have a $10-a-tonne price on carbon dioxide starting in 2018, rising $10 a year to $50 by 2022. The revenue will be the province’s.

The Manitoba government is consulting citizens and taking its time designing a made-inManitoba carbon price, but a lack of information has given rise to speculation, and from that, fears that may or may not be justified.

What is known is the climate is changing, Juliane Schaible, a senior economic development consultant with the Manitoba government’s Department of Sustainable Development, told the Manitoba Sustainable Energy

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Portage la Prairie

M

anitoba farmers are debating a carbon tax, but it isn’t easy since the provincial government hasn’t released any details.

Taxing carbon is meant to discourage emissions. But as “pricetakers,” farmers fear taxing it will reduce their competitiveness and profits.

The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) wants farmers exempted from paying a tax on carbon emitted directly from farm production, which would include emissions from burning fossil fuels, applying fertilizer, as well as methane from livestock and manure storage.

Somerset farmer Gerry Demare suggests farmers pay a carbon tax on their inputs, but collect it back as they do the Goods and Services Tax.

MB vs. CDN Emissions Canada % GHG Emissions - 2014

Manitoba % GHG Emissions - 2014 Fugitives and Waste, 7%

Fugitives and Waste, 12%

Stationary Combustion, 20%

Agriculture, 8%

Agriculture 30%

Industrial, 7%

Transportation, 39%

Stationary Combustion, 45%

Transportation, 28%

Industrial, 4%

Source: Manitoba Department of Sustainable Development 6

Juliane Schaible (centre) with the Manitoba government’s Department of Sustainable Development told the Manitoba Sustainable Energy Association’s (ManSEA) annual meeting April 5 a $10 carbon tax would cost a Manitoba household, on average, an extra 26 cents a day. Schaible discussed carbon pricing during a panel discussion with Curtis Hull (l) of Climate Change Connections, Dale Friesen of Manitoba Hydro, Terry Shaw of the Manitoba Trucking Association and Daryl Domitruk of Manitoba Agriculture. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

Association’s (ManSEA) annual meeting here April 5.

Around 120 people interested in renewable energy attended.

“It is very real,” Schaible said.

“It is happening now.

“A super-flood that past records would predict could happen once in 300 years has happened twice in five years with devastating results.”

Flooding cost Manitoba $1.2 billion in 2011.

But a carbon tax is just one of many tools to encourage society to emit less carbon, she added.

On average Manitobans emit 17 tonnes of greenhouse gases, annually, Schaible said, “which is amongst the highest per person in the world.”

While transportation is the top source of greenhouse gases

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in Manitoba, accounting for 39 per cent of the annual 21 million tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions, agriculture is a close second at 30 per cent.

Farm fuel alone accounts for three per cent of Manitoba’s total carbon emissions, Daryl Domitruk, Manitoba Agriculture’s director of research and market development said.

However, Manitoba only accounts for three per cent of Canada’s emissions, says a report prepared by the Ivey Business School at Western University. And Canada contributes just 1.6 per cent of the world’s emissions. Yet Canadians are among the highest emitters per capita.

Given Canada’s small share, some argue reducing emission won’t do much to mitigate cli-

mate change, which has been linked to rising carbon in the atmosphere. But the Pembina Institute says many other countries can make the same case.

Moreover, while India emits more carbon than Canada, its per capita emissions are far lower.

“We are all in this together,” ManSEA’s chair Wayne Clayton said on the sidelines of his association’s meeting.

When challenges appear there are usually solutions in the form of new opportunities, he said. Given Ottawa’s decree, the question isn’t if there will be a carbon tax, but how to make it work, Clayton said. He wants the revenue invested to help people further cut carbon emissions.

Weed rankings Continued from page 17

A n n u a l s p i n y s ow t h i s tle showed the highest relative increase across decades, although increases plateaued from 2002 to 2016. Since the 1970s, spiny annual sow thistle has jumped 62 points on the relative abundance scale, although, with 11.1 per cent of tested fields reporting the weed in 2016, it remains the 15th most abundant overall.

Green foxtail kept its historical spot at the top of the list, present in only 24.4 per cent of tested fields, but at stands of an average 14.6 plants per square metre and present in 10 per cent of quadrants tested within a foxtail-positive field.

“You find it in a lot of fields, it’s relatively uniform throughout fields and then you also find it in really high numbers,” Gaultier said.

Gaultier stressed that weed survey results are not representative of all fields and do not replace field scouting.

“We did go into over 600 fields and it gives a really good snapshot of what’s out there, but, of course, every field is unique,” she said.

Manitoba Agriculture will now compare weed abundance data with farm management practices, although Gaultier does not expect that report until at least 2018. Data on herbicide resistance is also being analyzed.

weed species? Are we seeing a shift in the distribution of the weed species? Are we seeing herbicide resistance cropping up in weed populations and how do we quantify that?” she said.

Barnyard grass was the most common weed in cornfields, according to the report, followed by wild buckwheat, canola, lamb’s quarters and roundleaved mallow, among others.

“Depending on the year, different weed species can be of concern each year, just depending on not only the region but the growing season as well,” de Rocquigny said.

While Gaultier acknowledged yellow foxtail’s jump in the rankings, she said weeds such as wild oats are a greater concern.

“The only reason I would say it’s a concern is because people might overlook it, just assuming it’s green foxtail,” she said.

“Despite having those characteristics — silky hairs where the leaf blade meets the stem, we’re not always getting down on our knees and taking a look.”

While yellow foxtail jumped through abundance rankings to sixth in 2016, Gaultier noted that populations vary widely from region to region. The weed is less common in the western part of the province, she said, while populations concentrate in southcentral Manitoba.

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Renewable fuels play a role in reducing carbon emissions, and in so doing, create new jobs and economic activity, he added.

Farmers produce, and in some cases burn, biomass made from crop waste.

Farmers are looking at renewable fuels to save money, Domitruk said.

Forty Hutterite colonies have switched to biomass-fuelled boilers to replace coal.

“Here is the conundrum,” Domitruk said. “In the link between energy and greenhouse gas emissions, most emissions from ag are from (downstream) sources directly outside the farmer’s and rancher’s control. Farmers and ranchers can’t innovate and can’t adapt their way out of the fundamental processes that govern our agricultural ecosystems. We just can’t.”

Meanwhile, farmers are applying more nitrogen to increase crop production. But both manufacturing nitrogen and applying it produces greenhouse gases.

Using electrically powered hydrolysis to make nitrogen instead of natural gas can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s expensive, Domitruk said.

Soil scientists say farmers can reduce nitrogen-related emissions by applying the right type of nitrogen, at the right rate, in the right place, at the right time.

Farmers could use less manufactured nitrogen by producing more legumes — crops that make their own nitrogen, Domitruk said.

“But we’d have to move to a legume-based diet to do that,” he said. “That is technically possible but it is all a matter of consumer demand and behaviour.”

And there’s the rub. Cutting carbon emissions hinges on a lot of individual decisions.

“That is one of the biggest issues we face in fighting the climate crisis — the complacency of the general population,” said Curtis Hull with Winnipeg-based Climate Change Connections.

“The threats to our children and ourselves are just nebulous enough that it’s more important for me to get from where I am going a few seconds sooner than it it is for me to reduce the greenhouse gas burden on my children (by driving slower).

And that is really something that needs to be taken into account,” he said sparking applause.

E i g h t y- f i v e p e r c e n t o f Canadians, including British Columbia residents, pay a carbon tax, Schaible said. Since B.C.’s carbon tax started in 2008 emissions there have dropped 5.5 per cent while the economy grew 12 per cent, she said.

A $10-a-tonne carbon tax will add 2.2 cents a litre to the price of regular gasoline and 1.9 cents to a cubic metre of natural gas in Manitoba, Schaible said. It’s estimated the tax will cost the average Manitoba household an extra 26 cents a day or $95 a year, but raise $100 million.

“Revenues can be invested in the best future we are prepared to envision for ourselves,” Schaible said. “Government wants to hear from Manitobans about actions you think are priorities. Frankly, this is a particularly difficult time for politicians because this is not ‘steady as she goes’ decision-making. Elected officials are wondering just how ambitious Manitobans want to be and there are always enormous pressures on budgets.”

Manitoba’s first case of stripe rust near Austin overwintered

It was the only reported case as of April 19, says Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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he first case of stripe rust this growing season was found in a Manitoba winter wheat field near Austin April 17, but the fungal disease was detected in the same crop last fall.

“It definitely overwintered,” Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen said during CropTalk Westman webinar April 19. “It’s too early to have blown in from the southern states. Snow cover basically provides the perfect insulation, especially when you have not terribly cold soil.”

Agronomist Amber Knaggs of Munro Farm Supplies spotted the disease in the field last year and found infection again this spring.

“She (Knaggs) had to look hard for it, but she did find it,” Derksen said.

“We only have the one report and it could be an isolated case.”

Stripe rust prefers cooler weather than some other rusts, she said. It will sporulate at temperatures between zero and 20 C, but prefers 10 to 15 C, Derksen said.

Growers should scout new winter wheat growth to see if the stripe rust is viable enough to spread, she said.

“If the plant is growing faster than the disease is spreading you are probably OK,” Derksen said.

“Also scout neighbouring spring wheat fields (once they emerge).”

Winter wheat growers should be scouting for stripe rust now, she said. If infection is found contact Derksen (204-750-4248 or holly.derksen@gov.mb.ca).

Fa r m e r s w i t h i n f e c t e d fields will be instructed on how to send samples to Reem Aboukhaddour — an Agriculture and Agri-Food plant pathologist studying stripe rust at

the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre.

Farmers with stripe rust in their area, and who are growing susceptible varieties, should consider applying a fungicide at the time they are spraying herbicides for weeds, but with the following provisos: “Make sure you are scouting and you actually see it out there and consider varietal resistance before you make that fungicide decision,” Derksen said.

The infected field near Austin also had powdery mildew, but Derksen says in most cases the crop will grow out of it.

Wheat streak mosaic virus can also spread from winter wheat to spring wheat, she said. The best way to avoid this disease is preventing a “green bridge” in fall.

Ideally winter wheat should not emerge before spring wheat is harvested, or at least swathed or desiccated, Derksen said.

Overwintering stripe rust was found April 17 in a winter wheat field near Austin by agronomist Amber Knaggs of Munro Farm Supplies. Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen says farmers with infected fields should keep scouting and consider applying a fungicide at weed-spraying time if the disease is still present in fields of susceptible varieties.

PHOTO: AMBER KNAGGS, MUNRO FARM SUPPLIES

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COLUMN

Separating your commodity and currency decisions Currently fluctuations can be almost as significant as changing prices for your farm products David Derwin

canadian dollar — monthly average price 1971-2016

monthly average price: steers & Heifers ($/cwt)

Hedging your bets

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ince we live in Canada, while almost all commodities are traded around the world in U.S. dollars, the Canadian dollar/U.S. dol lar exchange rate will have an impact on your farm revenues.

And since it directly or indirectly affects almost 100 per cent of your revenues, the Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate can and should be a unique and separate farm marketing decision.

Long term, the Canada-U.S. interest rate differential has been the main driver determining the trajectory of the loonie. Historically, when the U.S. Federal Reserve begins down a path on interest rates, it usually continues in that direction for a period of time measured in many months, if not years.

Furthermore, my Farming Big Data research study shows that from a technical chart point of view, the Canadian dollar often trends for periods between five and 10 years.

In March this year, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time in just a little over a year. With further U.S. rate increases likely going forward, this too suggests that the loonie will continue sideways to lower.

However, we know that a strong currency can have an impact on the farm. We can see the effects of a strong currency on U.S. farming. For instance: • Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings in the top grain-producing states in the U.S. climbed last year.

• Indiana farmland values had dropped another 8.5 per cent after having fallen five per

average six-month fluctuation

cent in 2015, according to the 2016 Purdue Farmland Value Survey.

• Cash rents are repor ted to have fallen across the Midwest.

These issues have not hit Canada, yet... and one of the reasons is a continued weak Canadian dollar.

So, since markets will go both up and down regardless of the longer-term fundamental situation, your farm marketing plan needs to be able to capture any weakness while still protecting against any strength, should it materialize.

It’s in the basis The Canadian dollar, among other pricing factors, shows up in your basis level. The basis difference is just the difference between your local cash bid and the associated futures contract price.

The currency component is embedded either implicitly or explicitly within the price for your commodity. Different companies express their basis level differently making things even more confusing at times.

So, make sure you understand both:

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• How the basis is being quoted to you; and • Your net cash bid or forward delivery price.

Once you understand how the basis component and how the currency affects the overall pricing, you can make marketing decisions based on both the price for your commodity and the price of the currency.

This is important since sometimes it will make sense to price just the commodity component but not the basis or the currency component. Other times it makes sense to take a flat allin price. Sometimes it makes sense to take advantage of a good local basis but because the Canadian dollar is drifting lower, you want to capture any further currency weakness.

There are a lot of different pricing scenarios and Canadian dollar options and futures can help. They allow you to separate your currency pricing decision from your commodity component or basis marketing decision.

Currency versus commodity price movements While Canadian dollar volatility is not as great as com-

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modity price fluctuations, it is still an important source of opportunity and risk. For example, over the past 30 years, grain pr ices moved on average 14 per cent in any given six-month period, while cattle fluctuated about eight per cent. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar change was about five per cent in any given six-month period.

So, this five per cent currency movement is approximately a third of grain volatility and just over half of cattle; a significant volatility component to be sure.

To get a better sense of the impact of a weakening Canadian dollar, consider the cattle chart over the past couple of years, using price data from the University of Illinois and the St. Louis Federal Reserve, in both U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar.

Bottom line, far m businesses in Canada shouldn’t expect a weak loonie to help meet profit targets, especially

in these more challenging times. Likewise, be careful relying too much on grain or livestock forward pricing programs that require you to lock in the Canadian dollar. You are giving up the potential benefit of a weak Canadian dollar downtrend in this environment of gradually rising U.S. interest rates.

Sometimes you want to capture the currency weakness, other times you’ll want to protect your revenues from a higher loonie. With a proactive approach to currency management using options and future strategies that trade on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, you can separate the commodity and currency components of your farm revenues and be prepared for both.

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New COO coming to Canadian Grain Commission Staff / Jocelyn Beaudette will be the next chief operating officer (COO) of the Canadian Grain Commission.

Beaudette will assume the role June 19, with current COO Gord Miles retiring at the end of June.

In her 26-year career with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Beaudette has worked in marketing and trade, strategic policy and program delivery.

Her most recent role was as director general of the Farm Income Programs Directorate, delivering national programs at the regional level, including the recent Canadian Wheat Board Transition Costs Program.

Beaudette holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Manitoba and an honours degree in political studies.

MPSG seeking member input

STAFF / Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG) wants to take your pulse.

It’s seeking the input of its membership through an online and print survey that’s being administered by Insightrix Research.

“The pulse and soybean industry has seen a lot of change since MPSG conducted its last survey,” says MPSG executive director Francois Labelle. “As an association, we want to make sure our priorities are meeting the needs of our growers, helping them make their farms and the industry they operate in as

profitable and sustainable as possible.”

MPSG last conducted a membership survey in 2013. Since that time, soybean acres have increased exponentially and, while pulse acres have been stable for the last five years, strong prices and a noticeable spike in interest among growers have put those crops in a position for growth, as well.

MPSG wants to use the information it will gather to shape its operations regarding issues such as research, management and communications.

MPSG wants to make sure it’s researching the right things, saying the right things in the most effective mediums, and doing all of this in a responsible, well-governed way, the organization said in a news release.

Members can expect to find the paper survey in their mailboxes in the coming days, or they can fill it out online too, at www.manitobapulse.ca.

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Spring seeding — one of Manitoba’s biggest mega-projects — about to begin Progress will be delayed in parts of sodden western Manitoba, say KAP delegates

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Portage la Prairie

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$2.6-billion megaproject will soon start in Manitoba — but it won’t likely make many headlines.

It’s called spring seeding and it’s an annual event in Manitoba.

“The more than $2.6 bill i o n we ( far mers) invest in fertilizer, fuel and seed dwarfs any other private sector investment in the province,” Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier told delegates at KAP’s advisory council meeting here April 20. “Politicians and the public get excited over major construction projects inside the City of Winnipeg, but these pale in size to the impact of our annual investment in Manitoba’s economy.

It equals three times over the (combined) money put into Winnipeg’s IKEA building, the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, the RBC Convention Centre expansion and the Investors Group Field — and we still don’t have a winning football team.”

Delegates from south and south-central Manitoba

“The more than $2.6 billion we (farmers) invest in fertilizer, fuel and seed dwarfs any other private sector investment in the province.”

Dan Mazier

reported a little bit of field activity already and predicted a lot more in a week or so if the weather stays dry and warms up. But delegates from western Manitoba complained of excessive moisture.

“In our immediate area it is the wettest it has ever been in my lifetime,” said Walter Finlay who farms near Souris, in KAP’s District 7. “It is a lot worse than ’99, worse than ’11, worse than ’14. It is just damn wet. You could go miles by boat right now. This water maybe in a month will get to the Souris River. So don’t expect the rivers to drop in a hurry.”

It’s excessively wet in parts of the southwest, said KAP vice-president Bill Campbell who farms near Minto, in District 1.

“We have infrastructure problems,” he said. “We have

roads that are washed out. We have livestock facilities that are just a mess so I don’t know how they are going to get things straightened around.

Seventy-three roads are out in Two Borders (municipality).

“Whitewater Lake has been flowing out on two creeks. The Turtle Mountain is still draining into Whitewater Lake so this lake is an issue.

“We are going to take two weeks to dry out. It’s going to take two weeks to prepare the land. It’s going to take two weeks to sow. So the best-case scenario we’ll be done on the 4th of June. If we have any weather problems of 10 days, we are past the 15th of June.

“There will be unseeded acres in our district this spring from the weather.”

Grain movement was also a topic of discussion and in parts of western Manitoba this

Manitoba farmers are about to roll out one of the province’s biggest megaprojects — spring seeding, which will see farmers spend more than $2.6 billion. That’s far more than the combined costs of building the Winnipeg’s IKEA building, the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, the RBC Convention Centre expansion and Investors Group Field. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

crop year, it has been as bad as 2013-14, Mazier said. Most of the problems are on CP Rail lines, he said.

Looking forward to seeding, there could be a lot of soybeans planted.

Manitoba farmers could plant up to two million acres o f s oy b e a n s t h i s s p r i n g , Manitoba Pulse and Soybean

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Growers Association executive director Francois Labelle, predicted. That would be a half-million acres more than last year’s record 1.5 million acres.

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One in three children malnourished in epicentre of drought-hit Kenya An alliance of British aid agencies is leading the response to the disaster

BY KATY MIGIRO Thomson Reuters Foundation

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hree years of poor rains have triggered a national disaster in Kenya, with 2.6 million people hungry, critical rates of child malnutrition and devastating livestock deaths.

The United Nations recently shared these figures as it appealed for $166 million (all figures U.S. funds) in aid.

More than 350,000 children, pregnant women and new mothers are acutely malnourished, with malnutrition rates above 30 per cent — double the emergency threshold — in three northern counties, the UN said in a statement on Mar. 16.

“We must act together now to avert further suffering,” said Joseph Kinyua, Kenya’s head of public service and the president’s chief of staff.

The UN has warned the

world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the end of the Second World War, with millions facing starvation and famine.

An alliance of British aid agencies on Mar. 15 launched an appeal for more than 16 million people facing starvation in East Africa, including Kenya.

Eastern and southern Africa were hard hit in 2016 by drought exacerbated by El Niño — a warming of sea-sur-

face temperatures in the Pacific Ocean — that wilted crops, slowed economic growth and drove food prices higher.

Half of Kenya is in crisis with large numbers of people on the move, particularly nomadic pastoralists in the north.

The government has allocated $100 million to the emergency response, but more money is needed to provide lifesaving food, health, water and sanitation services, the UN said.

The government has allocated $100 million to the emergency response, but more money is needed to provide life-saving food, health, water and sanitation services.

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Argentine agriculture area limited by high transport costs

Lakes and fields

Proper infrastructure could pave the way for additional farmland to enter crop production

BY MAXIMILIAN HEATH Reuters / BUENOS AIRES

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he lack of a rail system for hauling grains from Argentina’s next farm frontier in the far north is costing the country millions of tonnes of soy, corn and wheat production every year, prodding the government to jump-start infrastructure projects.

In March Argentina awarded contracts to lay 416 kilometres of train tracks in the northern provinces of Jujuy and Salta as part of its “Plan Belgrano.” It was the most recent of what could be many steps toward revitalizing transportation in one of the country’s poorest areas.

President Mauricio Macri was elected in 2015, promising to reinvigorate an economy weighed down by currency controls and the previous government’s longstanding feud with the key agricultural sector, which stunted output from the world’s top exporter of soymeal.

Areas most neglected were northern provinces including Salta, where trucks rumble slowly over dirt roads.

“We’re isolated,” said Arnaldo Iriarte, a farmer in the Chaco town of Presidente Roque Saenz Peña, 820 kilometres (510 miles) from grains port hub Rosario.

Macri plans to build roads and trains in the north, but the wave of foreign investment he promised has been slow to arrive while spending has been limited by a yawning fiscal deficit.

Northern Argentina produced 17.1 million tonnes of grain last season on six million hectares of farmland, and is one of few producing areas with more room to expand. A train system could increase planted area to 10 million hectares, said Julio Calzada, an analyst at the Rosario grains exchange.

“The cost (of trucking) is very high for farmers in this area, on top of the fact that yields are lower than they are in the central Farm Belt,” Calzada said.

Some 15 per cent of Argentina’s overall soy, wheat and corn grains output, estimated at about 100 million tonnes last season, comes from northern areas, according to the exchange.

Trucking food from northern Argentina to Rosario, located along the banks of the Parana River in the eastern province of Santa Fe, costs 64 cents per tonne per kilometre versus 30 cents by train, according to the exchange.

A train system in Salta could increase farmland by 30 per cent to 1.3 million hectares, said Lucas Elizalde, provincial head of the Argentine Rural Society, a leading farm group.

“Our constant complaint is the lack of investment in a rail system to help make us logistically competitive,” he said.

This time of year the boundary between land and water is indistinct, as this shot of the Pembina River, south of Swan Lake, taken April 9 shows.

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focus on potatoes

Dicamba drift a new danger for potato growers Glyphosate has always been an issue, but new Xtend soybeans will likely see more dicamba applied

BY JULIENNE ISAACS Co-operator contributor

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rop damage caused by herbicide drift should be a risk on Manitoba potato producers’ radar this year.

Soybean producers are gearing up to plant Roundup Ready 2 X t e n d s oy b e a n s f o l l ow i n g European Union approval last summer. The soybeans are tolerant to both glyphosate and dicamba herbicides.

But dicamba drift can cause irreparable damage in neighbouring potato crops, said Andy Robinson, a North Dakota State University extension potato specialist, dur ing a presentation on herbicide drift at this year’s M a n i t o b a Po t a t o P r o d u c t i o n Days.

“Potatoes are sensitive to many herbicides,” said Robinson.

Exposure can result from soil carry-over, particle drift, contamination of spraying equipment, volatilization, misapplication and spot spraying.

Pa r t i c l e d r i f t i s a c o m m o n c u l p r i t . Ro b i n s o n p o i n t e d t o research showing particles sized five microns in diameter can travel laterally up to three miles, c o m p a re d w i t h l a r g e r d r o p lets sized 400 to 1,000 microns in diameter, which can travel around 8.5 to 4.7 feet respectively.

The new dicamba technology is a big deal for soybean producers, said Robinson, but it carries the risk of drift or off-site movement.

“We want producers to understand the ramifications on offtarget movement of herbicides,” said Robinson in an interview.

Potato plants injured by dicamba spray exhibit epinasty, stem twisting and leaf cupping and stem swelling and elongation, while tubers are malformed.

Ro b i n s o n h a s c o m p l e t e d a study looking at the impacts of dicamba and glyphosate residues on potato. Data will be included in a forthcoming publication, but the study showed that exposure to the two herbicides reduced marketable yield and size over multiple years.

“These herbicides are n o t f r i e n d l y t o p o t a t o,” s a i d Robinson.

Preventive measures There are steps potato producers can take to protect their crops from dicamba exposure. The first is to talk to neighbours and alert them of the size and location of potato fields.

“Talk to your neighbours and let them know that potatoes are sensitive to dicamba so they can be aware of that when spraying,”

Oddly shaped tubers are a risk from both glyphosate and dicamba exposure. NDSU research shows both chemicals can affect tuber production.

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“We want producers to understand the ramifications on off-target movement of herbicides.”

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Andy Robinson, a potato agronomist with North Dakota State University, says new technology could mean new spray damage risks for potato growers.

said Robinson. “Any time spray drift happens it’s not good for anybody.”

If producers are spraying other crops than potatoes, they should maintain a dedicated potato sprayer. Producers who outsource spraying should have a conversation with custom applicators to make sure they are cleaning their tanks.

Physical barriers can be employed via crop borders or buffer zones. Producers can put out signs around potato fields indi-

cating that the crop is sensitive to herbicide drift.

“Train employees about herbicide problems, and scout regularly, especially walking field edges,” said Robinson.

Ultimately, the responsibility for containing spray drift lies with the applicator. “Whoever is spraying, it’s ultimately their responsibility to keep everything within the field,” he said. “If you’re a soybean grower you don’t want to drift onto a potato field because the cost of potatoes is so much higher.”

Robinson said that in the U.S., some label provisions stipulate applicators can’t spray dicamba if there are specialty crops downwind, including potatoes.

Monsanto Canada’s weed management technical lead Joe Vink says the Canadian label for the c o m p a n y ’s d i c a m b a f o r m u l a tion, XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology, stipulates several application requirements to prevent off-target effects. For example, producers can only use spray nozzles that produce ‘extremely

coarse’ to ‘ultra-coarse’ spray quality, should set boom height to no more than 50 cm above target, and should avoid spraying during temperature inversions.

“I think in general there is opportunity for more awareness and understanding of what temperature inversions are, what to look out for to not spray in them – sudden drop in wind speed and clear evening when the sun is going down, how they impact pesticide applications and how they can significantly contribute to off-target movement with dicamba,” said Vink.

He adds that soybean growers do not have an obligation to spray dicamba if the herbicide is the wrong fit for an area, as the new varieties are also tolerant to glyphosate and other burn-down products in the Roundup Ready system.

“There is no obligation to spray dicamba in Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean that is beside a potato field – this is an application choice that can be made,” he said.

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focus on potatoes

Managing disease in storage High-tech solutions can help to find problems before they’ve become critical moisture you can’t get it back,” LeMere said.

“What’s recommended at harvest is that when potatoes are producing 100 per cent humidity on their own, leave the system on standby so the relative humidity system kicks in as the humidity drops. Don’t turn it off completely for months at a time.”

BY JULIENNE ISAACS Co-operator contributor

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hether it’s fresh or processing potatoes, any issue in storage needs to involve partnership with your end-user,” says Mary LeMere, an agronomy manager with McCain Foods based in Wisconsin.

LeMere was at Manitoba Potato Production Days in Brandon, Man. January 24 to 26 to deliver “lightning advice” on three key topics — managing late blight in storage, the impact of pile height on potato quality, and tips for using FLIR cameras to detect issues in the pile.

All three topics are highly relevant for Manitoba producers after a year that saw above-average volumes heading into storages around the province.

But LeMere says a common theme is the need to communicate with end-users, who have a stake in maintaining healthy spuds from the field to the plate.

Managing disease in storage “Manitoba did have late blight in the field last summer,” said LeMere in an interview.

“Sometimes infections in the field can be mild, and then you’ll be in the middle of storage and you’ll see defect reports showing up.

What do you do?”

The first step, LeMere says, is to control the environment, then to communicate the discovery with the end-user. After this, producers should assess the level of infection and risk, monitor the progression of the disease, and sanitize any facilities or equipment that have come into contact with infected potatoes.

“Keep an eye on it if this happens, and sell the potatoes as quickly as you can,” LeMere said.

The risk of disease spreading in storage is influenced by many factors, but pile height is one producers sometimes overlook.

Stacking pile heights higher than the building is designed for can lead to an overall reduction in the air volume available per hundredweight of potatoes. It can also reduce the buffer zone at the top of the pile, which can result in condensation collecting on the ceiling, leading to disease risk.

LeMere says an added factor is that storage buildings are pressurized, meaning everything functions well with a certain level of static pressure. “If you have more than the normal amount of potatoes in your building and not enough headspace above the pile, your fans will work harder and have less output,” she said.

Some years, producers can get away with overstocking storages, but in bad years this can result in rot and breakdown.

And there’s more at risk than disease: chances of potatoes developing pressure bruising increase in overstocked storages, particularly when producers are used to running storages on the dry side, LeMere says.

Some producers shut off humidity when potatoes go into storage because the spuds respirate during the harvest period, producing a lot of moisture.

An example of a hot spot detected with the FLIR One camera that gave no other indication of breakdown.

PHOTO: MARY LEMERE

“The problem with turning off the humidity all the way is that that’s the time period when they are losing the most moisture — they have open skin surfaces and wounds, which lose moisture at a higher rate, and once you lose that

Put technology to work Producers aren’t without gadgets to help them assess potential risks in the pile, LeMere says.

McCain has started providing field and agronomy staff with tiny FLIR One cameras that attach to the bottom of their smartphones (iPhone or Android).

The thermal imaging infrared cameras — which have tradition-

ally been used by heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialists and electricians — pick up heat readings, so McCain has put them to work looking for hot spots in potato piles.

“We’ve found buildings with gaps in their ventilations, where potatoes between ventilation pipes are getting warmer. We’ve found hot spots before they’ve developed a smell or started to rot — so we can pre-emptively stop the problem before it reaches physical breakdown,” LeMere said.

Producers can use the cameras from the start of harvest, measuring the temperature of loads going into storage, assessing temperature differences day to day.

“We’ve used it for making loading and unloading deci-

sions: if you’re unloading and there’s some rot on the face of the pile, you can call the enduser to come get the top ones,” she said. “Then you can use the camera to check whether you’ve got it all.”

In the U.S., the camera retails for around US$250, and in Canada it costs around $330, says LeMere.

The camera isn’t a miracle worker — it detects heat coming off the surface of the pile, but not deep inside. It’s simply one more tool that can help producers pick up on storage issues.

As always, another solution is to reach out to the experts.

“Call me,” LeMere said. “I love talking to people about storage and potatoes, even if they’re not a McCain grower.”

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Fumigation a potential solution for ‘tired potato land’ Not all land will show an effect however, so producers need to consider the strategy carefully

BY JULIENNE ISAACS Co-operator contributor

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Chloropicrin being applied on a New Brunswick potato field. McCain has been trialling applications there since 2014.

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oil fumigation is a good option for potato acres inflicted by yield-limiting pests, says Andy Robinson, a North Dakota State University extension potato specialist.

Fumigation is used south of the border to control buildup of soil-borne pests causing verticillium wilt, potato early dying and other diseases.

But fumigation hasn’t been widely adopted in Canada, unlike the U.S., where producers are used to treating soil with metam sodium (trade name Vapam or Busan) and other fumigants post-harvest in preparation for spring planting.

Robinson was at Manitoba Potato Production Days in January to discuss preliminary findings from the first year of a study that asks whether reduction in disease pressure will allow potato plants to use nitrogen more efficiently.

The study is part of a larger project with University of Mi n n e s o t a s o i l e c o l o g i s t s and NDSU pathologists that will look at nutritional requirements of crops following fumigation (with metam sodium or chloropicrin) as well as the impact of fumigants on microbial communities.

In his presentation, Robinson pointed to a Wisconsin study showing a 20 per cent yield increase following fumigation and a continual response with nitrogen. In that study, nitrogen tended to peak in untreated soils.

So far, one year of data from Robinson’s study shows similar results, with improved yields overall and continual N response in the fumigated plots.

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US$300 per acre. In Canada, costs can run up to $500 per acre.

Bu t t h e b e n e f i t s c a n b e wor th it in soils with significant problems, he s a y s, b u m p i n g y i e l d s a n d potentially reducing N requirements.

Ma r i o Te n u t a , a p ro f e s sor of applied soil ecology at the University of Manitoba, has conducted about 10 trials since 2007 with metam sodium in Manitoba’s main potato-growing regions.

“We’ve been looking at verticillium levels in the soil as a result of the fumigation, as well as yield,” he said.

“In those soils that do have potato early dying, with high associated population counts of verticillium, the Vapam can reduce disease quite significantly, and that results in the potato crop living longer and putting on more tuber mass in late summer, so we come out with greater yields. But only a few fields have been responsive to the fumigation.

The majority is not responsive. For those fields, it represents a heavy cost and not much payoff.”

Producers and processors are “super interested” in fumigation to improve efficiency and increase yields, Tenuta says. But it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution.

“We’ve been looking at verticillium levels in the soil as a result of the fumigation, as well as yield.”

Mario Tenuta University of Manitoba

He recommends producers fumigate if marketable yields are much lower than what they’ve seen in the past, and if they obtain a verticillium soil analysis that shows verticillium counts in the hundreds.

Tenuta’s estimation is that roughly a quarter to a third of potato fields in Manitoba might benefit from fumigation — particularly those where producers have s t o p p e d g row i n g p o t a t o e s because the land is considered “old” or “tired” potato land and yields are poor.

He’s hoping to work with colleagues in Atlantic Canada on a joint fumigation project with new potato cluster funding. “We want to tackle this ‘tired potato land’ question or low-yielding spots in the field to see if we can boost yields,” he says. “One approach could be fumigation, but it’s not the only approach we’ll look at.”

In New Brunswick, McCain has conducted trials with the broad-spectrum fumigant chloropicrin since 2014.

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What’s the future of Colorado potato beetle control?

Neonics may be losing the beetle battle. What are the alternatives?

BY JULIENNE ISAACS Co-operator contributor

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n old pest is becoming a new problem, according to Tracy Shinners-Carnelley, director of research and quality enhancement for Peak of the Market.

Shinners-Carnelley was at Manitoba Potato Production Days in January to discuss Colorado potato beetle (CPB) control options as neonicotinoid seed treatments begin to lose effectiveness against the potato’s ancient enemy.

Since the 1950s, CPB has developed resistance to 52 different compounds belonging to all major insecticide classes, she said during her presentation, and resistance is growing to neonicotinoid chemistries. The first imidacloprid- (trade name Admire) resistant population was found in Manitoba in 2011.

Although field-level failures are uncommon and producers are still seeing benefit to neonics in south-central Manitoba, where she is based, Shinners-Carnelley said duration of control during the growing season has undergone a significant decline over time in the region.

Years ago, producers applying neonics as seed treatments or in

Frontal view of a Colorado potato beetle.

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furrow wouldn’t see much crop damage or feeding until late July or early August, “and at that point the damage was insignificant,” she said in an interview. But that time keeps creeping back, with producers now forced to consider using a foliar insecticide by early July.

“This past summer, there was an instance where there was heavy, heavy feeding early and other chemical interventions were needed,” she said. “But the more general response is to see adults and larvae more active earlier in the season than what we would typically see.”

Shinners-Carnelley is part of a team conducting a three-year study evaluating management strategies to control resistant CPB populations, including a combination of seed treatments, in-furrow and/or foliar insecticides.

In 2015 and 2016, Verimark, which can be applied in fur-

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“In the last 15 to 20 years we’ve had some really good controls.

With that changing, we really need to be paying attention to this pest and its impact, and be prepared with a strategy.”

Tracy Shinners-Carnelley

row or used as a seed treatment, appeared to break down by July, she said. “Verimark, and some other treatments with that active ingredient, was hoped for as an alternative to neonics, and we’re just not seeing the performance,” she said. “That’s important for growers to know.”

By contrast, the foliar insecticide Delegate showed good control in the study. But ShinnersCarnelley says producers using Delegate must respect the chemistry and avoid overuse.

“I don’t want to see somebody spray Delegate and then go into their field a few weeks later and see larvae and then get excited and spray it again,” she said.

“There is a level of insect presence

and defoliation that we can tolerate and we shouldn’t be too quick to go in and apply a product like Delegate.”

Guard down Neonics have been so effective for so long that many producers have got used to using an in-furrow or seed treatment without spraying a foliar at all. But ShinnersCarnelley said the paradigm might need to shift to allow for higher economic thresholds.

“We’re at a point where we have a new generation of field scouts and agronomists who haven’t had to manage beetles with foliar insecticides,” she said. “They’ve only been in this role in the neonic era, so they don’t understand what it’s like to assess foliar feeding damage and scout for larvae and be able to know how to respond to that. We’ve come full circle.”

Threshold levels haven’t been updated for at least a decade in Manitoba. Shinners-Carnelley cautions that different potato varieties have different thresholds, and producers and agronomists may need to relearn how to manage beetles by looking at foliar defoliation.

Neonics still have utility in Manitoba. Field observations from 2014 indicate that the use of a neonic plus other insecticides

may still offer good control of mixed CPB populations. In 2016, only one of the study’s neonic treatments had CPB counts that triggered a foliar insecticide.

But best management practices recommend that neonics not be used where resistance is known to occur, Shinners-Carnelley pointed out in her presentation.

In addition, in late November 2016 Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Authority published a proposal to re-evaluate imidacloprid, suggesting the cancellation of all agricultural uses in the next three to five years based on environmental risk assessments. The PMRA also intends to conduct a review of two other neonicotinoid insecticides (thiamethoxam and clothianidin). Producers and members of the public are invited to comment on the proposal by late March.

A scenario in the near future in which neonics stop working or cease to be available is likely, so producers should be prepared with backup plans.

“Beetles have always been a priority pest in Manitoba,” said Shinners-Carnelley. “In the last 15 to 20 years we’ve had some really good controls. With that changing, we really need to be paying attention to this pest and its impact, and be prepared with a strategy.”

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Dickeya diagnostics available, but could add costs Growers exporting seed to the U.S. are increasingly being asked for the test

BY JULIENNE ISAACS Co-operator contributor

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Mathuresh Singh Agricultural Certification Services

ACS uses standard polymera s e c h a i n re a c t i o n ( P C R ) testing methods to identify Dickeya species, including Dickeya dianthicola.

Last fall, Singh’s lab participated in a testing panel with six labs from the U.S. Different labs use var ying procedures or different sets of primers for testing, he says, and the panel was intended to verify the accuracy of the methods. Ten blind samples were sent to each lab; in the end, the tests agreed with 98.6 per cent accuracy.

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Added costs Producers across Canada c a n s e n d s a m p l e s t o AC S for testing, or B.C.’s Phyto Diagnostics Company, also a CFIA-approved lab. Peter Ellis, the director at Phyto Diagnostics, says the lab does most seed testing for western Canadian growers.

“A lot of producers have started thinking about this in terms of shipping into the U.S. market,” he said. “My understanding is that in eastern U.S. some states are starting to look at Dickeya testing as a requirement, but in the western states it appears to be between grower to grower as a condition of sale, but not mandated by the state.”

Ellis cautions that new testing adds additional costs to seed growers. “I usually caut i o n g rowe r s n o t t o d o i t u n l e s s b u y e r s re q u i re i t , because once you start testing for it the buyers might want it every year. They’re already testing for bacterial ring rot and virus diseases post-harvest. It adds to their bottom line,” he said.

He says a practical alternative to producers shouldering the financial burden of expensive tests would be for CFIA to look into whether Dickeya is an issue in Western Canada.

CFIA performs inspections on seed fields across Canada ever y year. “They’re in the field looking for blackleg anyway, and they have a lab in Charlottetown that accredits all the approved labs in Canada that could certainly test for it,” he said.

“That would be a way of a s s e s s i n g w h e t h e r t h e re’s a re a s o n t o b e t e s t i n g i n Canada.”

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aborator y testing can detect Dickeya — but is there enough of it present to justify the higher costs?

It’s a relatively new threat to North American potato production. The invasive pathogen Dickeya dianthicola — not to be confused with blackleg causing Dickeya solani — was first spotted in Canada in Ontario fields, having come in on seed potatoes from Maine.

The symptoms can be devastating — wilting, browning, uneven emergence and up to 50 per cent yield losses.

Species of Dickeya have been present for years in Europe, where infection can move quickly through tuber-to-tuber contact at harvest, and also plant to plant in the field.

Mathuresh Singh, director at Agricultural Certification Services (ACS), a Canadian Fo o d I n s p e c t i o n A g e n c yaccredited lab which is owned and operated by Potatoes New Brunswick, says Dickeya dianthicola isn’t yet a major cause for concern in Canada, but producers can still take action to protect their potato seed.

Singh was at Manitoba Potato Production Days in January to provide an overview of diagnostic services for species of Dickeya and other pathogens.

D i c k e y a i s a n o n - re g u lated disease in Canada, but Canadian potatoes have long been subject to regulations for blackleg tolerance in seed potatoes, which includes both Dickeya and common blackleg. Not until recently have U.S. plant pathologists recommended zero tolerance for Dickeya in planted seed as a management tool.

“In the U.S. it’s considered a major concern — some new regulations are coming up, so it will be part of their certification program now,” said Singh.

But there are trade implications to the Dickeya alarm bells south of the border.

Many U.S. growers on the eastern seaboard import seed from the Canadian Maritime provinces, and American buyers have started asking that seed lots be tested for the pathogen.

Complicating matters, Si n g h s a i d r u m o u r s h a v e spread that testing procedures var y from lab to lab and are not being conducted properly.

But Singh says the lab should be seen as a resource that aids producers. “ We’v e b e e n m a k i n g a n effort to get all the labs on the same page,” he said. “Growers should have confidence in testing procedures.”

“We’ve been making an effort to get all the labs on the same page. Growers should have confidence in testing procedures.”

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Spuds may be NAFTA target A key U.S. potato industry organization is asking the Trump administration to address its concerns in upcoming negotiations STAFF

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he U.S. National Potato Council is calling for action in any upcoming NAFTA renegotiations.

In a letter to President Donald Trump, John Keeling, NPC’s CEO, said the group “... is strongly supportive of improving the conditions for trade that we confront with Canada and Mexico.”

He also noted that the two countries represent important markets for U.S. producers. Canada is the second-largest export market with annual sales of US$315 million or 17.8 per cent of U.S. exports. Mexico comes in third with annual sales of US$253 annual, equalling 14.3 per cent of annual U.S. exports.

“The potato industry believes that potato exports to Mexico could grow to US$500 million annually with full unrestricted access for all U.S. fresh and processed potatoes,” Keeling said, noting that sales to Canada would also rise, but didn’t specify by how much.

The group did however, caution against an outright withdrawal from the deal, saying tariffs, which are currently nonexistent on potatoes, would revert to between 50 and 70 per cent, the standard level for “most favoured nation” trading partners.

Also of interest to Canadian growers is a call to address “long-standing antidumping actions in British Columbia.”

In the letter the NPC stated that the decisions needed to be

“The potato industry stands ready to work with the administration and Congress in pursuing these improvements for NAFTA.” John Keeling U.S. National Potato Council

U.S. President Donald Trump is being asked to include potatoes in upcoming NAFTA negotiations. photo: creative commons/voice of america

based on “solid economic analysis” performed by neutral third parties.

Keeling also said the Canadian system of “ministerial exemption” restricts free commerce

for potatoes based on what he called unnecessary requirements to demonstrate a shortage of domestic product before U.S. product is allowed to enter any province.

Another improvement that NPC supports is an enhanced phytosanitary policy to reduce the use of unscientific pest and disease issues as non-tariff barriers. Such an improvement would eliminate burdens

that have blocked fresh potato exports to Mexico for over a decade, their media release noted.

“The potato industry stands ready to work with the administration and Congress in pursuing these improvements for NAFTA, along with any future bilateral or multilateral agreements that may benefit our producers,” Keeling said in the release.

Feds fund potato push The investment is aimed at increasing Canada’s potato exports STAFF

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he federal government is putting up $274,000 in Growing Forward 2 funding to expand markets for Canadian potatoes.

The announcement came last month when member of Parliament Dan Vandal spoke to the 95th annual general meeting of the Canadian Hor ticulture Council in Winnipeg.

This project, funded under the AgriMarketing Program, provides the Canadian Horticultural Council with up to $274,714 to help grow foreign and domestic markets for Canadian potatoes, through trade shows, targeted advertising, incoming missions, market research and development, and product promotion.

This investment is part of the federal government’s plan to help Canadian far mers expand markets at home and abroad.

“The Government of Canada is committed to working with the Canadian Horticultural Council to grow Canada’s dynamic horticulture industry. These investments will help expand markets and demand for Ca n a d i a n p o t a t o e s , w h i l e ensuring the highest standards for consumers around the world,” Vandal said.

Canada’s horticulture sector has almost $5 billion in farm gate receipts annually; and $3.8 billion in exports annually.

Canadian potato exports are currently $1.6 billion annually.

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Plant clean seed potatoes Selecting and planting disease-free potato seed pieces is the crucial first step to assuring a successful potato crop

BY FRED SPRINGBORN AND MONICA JEAN Michigan State University Extension

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tarting the season with disease-free potato seed stock is the first step in establishing a good stand that will maximize yield potential.

There are several diseases growers should be concerned with when selecting seed potatoes that will produce vigorous uniform stands, especially potato leafroll virus, potato virus Y, also known as “common mosaic,” and late blight (Phytophthora infestans).

Potato leafroll virus Potato leafroll virus can cause foliar symptoms of disease, one of which, as the name implies, causes the leaves of the potato plant to roll. It can also cause the leaves to become pale and chlorotic. Symptoms of infected tubers can include internal net necrosis, as well as reduced tuber size and overall yield. Some varieties are more susceptible than others and some varieties may be infected without expressing symptoms.

The primary means of spreading potato leafroll virus from plant to plant during the season is by aphid feeding. Overwintering and infection from one season to the next is commonly achieved in live plant tissue such as infected potato tubers. Potato leafroll is managed by a combination of planting seed tubers free of leafroll virus, eliminating volunteer potatoes and weeds, eliminating refuse tubers and managing aphids.

Many U.S. citizens of Irish descent can trace their roots back to ancestors who emigrated from Ireland in the 19th century to avoid famine due to consecutive failed potato crops due to late blight. Late blight is a fungal disease that overwinters on live plant tissue and can cause severe destruction to the foliage of potatoes and tomatoes. It is spread by fungal spores that can move on air currents or mechanically.

Like the viral diseases mentioned above, infected seed potatoes and volunteers are often a means of overwintering from season to season. To get details on the late blight risk level in your area, visit Michigan State University’s Late Blight Risk Forecasting website.

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As with potato leafroll virus, aphids are the primary means in which the disease is spread from plant to plant. Infected potato tubers (seed potatoes and volunteers) are the primary source for new infections in the following season. Planting resistant varieties like the Premier Russet can help reduce the incidence of infection and rate of transfer while growing and yielding normally despite infection.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

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

Community group looks to merge food production and conservation The Assiniboine Food Forest Initiative hopes to break ground on two projects this summer, including an edible tree orchard open to the public

Dave Barnes takes tour attendees through maple syrup production as part of an April 9 fundraiser for the Assiniboine Food Forest Initiative. Photos: Alexis Stockford

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD

“We want to build food into the landscape and we want to plant forests of many kinds.”

Co-operator staff

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or Dave Barnes, chair and founding member of the Assiniboine Food Forest Initiative, it all started with a desire to protect the stands of oak, ash and maple along the banks of the Assiniboine River east of Brandon.

“I saw threats to landscape everywhere,” he said. “I saw these ancient oak trees. I know they’re older than Brandon and I thought it would be so sweet if we could have protection for them.”

Barnes began testing the waters for local support and his vision soon began to grow. He found permaculture advocates interested in habitat conservation, gardening enthusiasts and people passionate about sustainable food production and food security. What began as a simple goal to preserve trees became a mission statement ranging from the promotion of low-maintenance public gardens to public advocacy and education.

In 2014, the fledgling Assiniboine Food Forest incorporated and gained the lease for 40 acres of land at the east end of Brandon.

Ten of those acres, as Barnes originally desired, were natural woodland, now protected by the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation. The remaining 30 acres, however, had been cleared, used as low-intensity grazing land for the last half-century and were riddled with spurge and thistle.

It is those 30 acres that, through a variety of projects, the group hopes to reclaim.

“We are raising funds in every way that we can because we are launching an effort to rebuild habitat,” Barnes said. “We’re rehabitating — regenerating habitat. We want to build food into the landscape and we want to plant forests of many kinds. We want to have a parkland-sort of an ecosystem with as many native trees as we can work in.

We would like to regenerate a wetland

Dave Barnes hands out syrup samples during the April 9 Assiniboine Food Forest fundraiser.

Dave Barnes stands at what will one day be the path separating a prairie garden and edible orchard

and a small pond with a dam to retain the spring meltwater and we’re hoping to weave food that is fruit and nuts and many other forms of food for humans and wildlife into that mix.”

Food forest members will get priority on any harvest, Barnes said, although produce will also be available to the public. The initiative currently has about 80 members.

“We’re going to pick saskatoons this summer, so if you’re a member, you’ll get the call first,” he said. “You’ll get a warning when it’s going to be ripe. It’s not like we’re going to be policing the area, but we want to have memberships and we want there to be small perks for having memberships.”

Since 2014, the group has held workshops on gardening and permaculture, ecosystems or healthy living and has branched out into cultural events, such as the Treesblood Spring Festival each May. They have partnered with the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation, Assiniboine Community College, the Brandon Community Garden Network and the Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative, among others.

Barnes has appeared to speak in schools and, more recently, the initiative introduced an astronomy night to observe the Lyrid meteor shower April 22-23.

Breaking ground A system of mowed paths are currently the only feature on the land’s open ter-

Dave Barnes Assiniboine Food Forest Initiative

rain, but that is on track to change by next year. A half-acre prairie garden, devoted entirely to native plant species, is planned for this summer. By fall, the group hopes to unveil a one-acre edible orchard, a project it hopes will one day function like a communal garden with fruit-, berry-, seed- and nut-producing plants.

An $8,000 grant for the project was provided by the Brandon Area Community Foundation and Community Foundations of Canada, Barnes said, and the group plans to launch the orchard alongside Brandon’s Culture Days, this Oct. 1.

“That’s going to get us going pretty well,” he said of the funds. “The prairie regeneration, we don’t expect to be too costly, but this is what fundraising is about and we will not be getting city money. The city has to be cautious about riverbank properties. They’ve had to pay a lot of money for some of their riverbank developments.”

Tom Gonsalves, vegetable industry development specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, said the project would showcase the province’s potential for tree-based produce. While certain species may be difficult to adapt to Manitoba, he said, some bush-based produce should grow readily.

“It’s not just the fresh fruit itself,” he said. “You could do value added in the sense of jams, jellies — that kind of thing, with those bush fruits.”

A tour attendee sips a syrup sample during the April 9 Assiniboine Food Forest fundraiser.

The initiative eventually hopes to plant stands of willow and poplar and regenerate the previously cleared oak.

Next year, the focus will turn to a dry creek bed, the planned home of a wetland regeneration project. The creek bed has been an annual outlet for snowmelt, feeding into the often already swollen Assiniboine River, Barnes said.

The Assiniboine Food Forest has discussed water control mechanisms and excavating the future pond area with Ducks Unlimited.

“The wetland is going to require money, so there we go,” Barnes said.

“Once we accumulate $100,000, we’ll launch that project.”

Fundraising is underway for the group’s ambitious project list.

Barnes, who produces maple syrup and eggs, put both his operation and the food forest on display April 9 with guided tours. About 200 pails of sap are harvested from the area surrounding the food forest each year for a total 150 litres of syrup.

His operation, Barnes later added, ties into the group’s vision of self-produced, sustainable food.

The upcoming Treesblood Spring Festival will also act as a fundraiser for upcoming projects.

Barnes added that he expects membership to grow after the syrup tour fundraiser. astockford@farmmedia.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Prairie fare Eat your weeds Some of those pesky plant pests are good for you

BY GETTY STEWART Co-operator contributor

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hances are you have a few dandelions, chickweed, purslane, lamb’s quarters or even stinging nettle growing in your yard. Keeping up with these vigorous growers is a constant chore. To make the task a little more fun this year, why not try eating them? That’s right, eat your garden weeds.

Eating weeds is not as crazy as it sounds, nor is it a new idea. Ask a few seniors and you may uncover recipes for purslane, wild sorrel or other wild greens. Perhaps you’ve already enjoyed a sip or two of dandelion wine. Or, if you’ve been to a fancy restaurant lately, you may have had dandelion greens in your salad or burdock root in your stir-fry.

Eating weeds makes perfect sense. They’re tasty, cheap, readily available and loaded with antioxidants, vitamins, protein, fibre and other nutrients. In fact, many weeds are more nutritious than the produce we grow or buy at the grocery store.

Just imagine how much fun you’ll have when your family learns the spinach cheese biscuits they gobbled up are actually stinging nettle biscuits!

Before you pick, be certain about which plants and which parts are edible. A great reference is the Guide to Useful Plants by botanist Laura Reeves of Prairie Shore Botanicals in Gardenton, Manitoba. In addi-

Wildflower fritters 1/2 c. whole wheat flour 1 tbsp. ground flax 1 tbsp. baking powder Pinch salt 1/2 c. milk 2 tsp. sugar 1 tbsp. vegetable oil Dandelion, red clover or milkweed flowers

Combine dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and mix just until batter is smooth.

Dip flowers in batter and deep-fry in vegetable oil just above medium heat.

Remove fritters when they’ve turned a light brown. Place on paper towel to drain and enjoy.

Source: Laura Reeves, www.psbotanicals.com

Stinging nettle & potato soup 6 c. lightly packed stinging nettles 1/2 tbsp. canola oil 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 4 medium potatoes, cut into small cubes 5 c. soup stock Salt and pepper to taste 1 tbsp. chopped dill

tion to identification and harvesting tips, her book gives information about medicinal uses of wild edibles and lists any cautionary notes associated with a particular plant.

Here are five common weeds to get you started. Try a small amount and gradually add more as you become accustomed to them. Be sure to pick from areas that are free of sprays, pets or other pollutants.

Photos: Getty Stewart

quarters raw or cooked in place of spinach, its close relative. You’ll get more protein, calcium, fibre, vitamin A and potassium although slightly less iron. The seeds, similar to quinoa, are edible, but the difficulty preparing them is hardly worth the effort.

Purslane

This low-growing, sprawling plant has tiny white flowers and tiny oval leaves. It’s one of the first plants to blossom every spring. Toss a handful of fresh leaves and flowers into a salad for added flavour, texture and colour. Some say the flavour tastes like alfalfa sprouts, some say it reminds them of baby corn ears. Try it and see what you think.

You’re likely very familiar with this vigorous, low-growing succulent plant that defies efforts to control it with its endless seeds and ability to reroot from small plant pieces.

Before it flowers, use raw leaves in salads and add stems to stir-fries. Portulaca, as it is commonly called, tastes a little like cucumber with a touch of lemony tartness. If you really want to go all out, use big stems to make dill-pickled purslane which is great on burgers.

Dandelions

Stinging nettle

Every part of the dandelion is edible. The tender young leaves can be tossed in salads or used in place of spinach in hot dishes.

Closed buds can be used for tasty fried fritters (recipe below). Roasted roots can be used to make a hot cocoa-like beverage while blossom petals, when pulled from their base, add lovely colour to green salads.

Older leaves are edible as well, but the white sap makes them less appealing and more bitter.

Despite its stinging nature, this tasty, nutritional powerhouse is well worth donning a pair of gloves to harvest. Spring is the best time to harvest young shoots and leaves before the plant goes to seed. To disable the stinging mechanism, you must cook or dry stinging nettle — do not eat fresh! Once blanched, use stinging nettle in any cooked recipe that uses spinach. While just a little darker, it looks and tastes a lot like spinach.

In fact, my family likes it better than spinach.

Use dried stinging nettle to make a rejuvenating tea made even tastier when combined with hyssop or mint.

Chickweed

Lamb’s quarters Use the tender shoots and leaves of lamb’s

Add onion to pan and cook until starting to soften, about 2 minutes.

Add garlic and potatoes to pan, cook for 5 minutes stirring every minute or so until potatoes begin to stick. Do not allow onion or garlic to brown.

Roughly chop stinging nettle stems and add to pan.

Add stock to pan, bring to boil. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes until potatoes and nettle stems are soft.

Add nettle leaves and cook until wilted, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat.

Use an immersion blender to purée all ingredients into a smooth soup.

Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with chopped dill.

Serves 4-6.

Source:www.gettystewart.com

Stinging nettle and cheese biscuit

1-1/4 c. buttermilk or sour milk (1 tbsp. lemon juice with milk to make 1-1/4 c.)

With rubber gloves, wash and rinse stinging nettle. Separate the leaves from the stems (use stems for tea). You should have about 2 cups of loosely packed leaves.

In saucepan, over medium heat add leaves and 1 tbsp. of water. Stir with a wooden spoon and cook until leaves have wilted, about 2 minutes. Drain and squeeze out as much water as possible.

Chop into small pieces and set aside.

Preheat oven to 450 F. Stir together flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in butter using a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in grated cheese. Add chopped nettle.

Make a well in the flour mixture. Add buttermilk.

Stir just until moistened.

Using a tablespoon, drop dough onto greased baking sheet.

3 c. loosely packed stinging nettle

Optional: sprinkle more cheese on top of each biscuit.

1 c. all-purpose flour

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden.

1 c. whole wheat flour 1 tbsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. baking soda

With rubber gloves, wash and rinse stinging nettle.

Separate the leaves from the stems.

1/2 tsp. salt

Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat.

1/2 c. grated cheddar cheese (plus more for top)

1/3 c. butter, cut into 1-inch chunks

Makes 8-10 biscuits.

Source:www.gettystewart.com Getty Stewart is a professional home economist, speaker and writer from Winnipeg. For more recipes, preserves and kitchen tips, visit www.gettystewart.com.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Project brings communities together The group planned to make a quilt for each of two refugee families now in Portage la Prairie

By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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rabic music played in the background as a group of 10 leaned over sewing machines and cuttingand-piecing tables in the upper room of the MacGregor United Church. Outside it was a lovely spring day, but inside seven women and three teenaged girls were hard at work on a quilting project that had brought together several different cultures. The plan was to create and sew a pair of twin-size quilts, one for each of the two refugee families which had arrived in Portage la Prairie over the past winter.

Both families, although originally from Syria, had spent years in refugee camps in Lebanon and Turkey before being sponsored by the Portage & Area Refugee Coalition, a loosely formed group which includes members of Trinity United Church, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church, MacGregor United Church, Baker Hutterian Brethren and various community groups. One family arrived at the beginning of November, the other shortly before Christmas (during one of December’s snowstorms).

The quilt project was the joint brainchild of two MacGregorarea women, Heather Stone and Heather Martens-Rempel. They and others from the MacGregor

The group (nine of the ten women) was drawn together to make the quilts.

PHOTOS: DONNA GAMACHE

quilting group donated fabric in a variety of colours, sufficient to make two quilts. After much deliberation, the pattern they chose was an intriguing one called “Chock Full o’ Charms,” from an Ann Anderson design.

Some preparatory cutting was done ahead of time so that once the group convened, there would be something to start on right away. By 10 a.m., everyone was hard at work.

The 10-person group which gathered to piece the top layer of the quilt included five of the Syrian refugees — two adults and three teens from the Bakr and AlHalaq families — as well as three MacGregorites and two women from Portage. One of the Syrians was a seamstress in her

former country and the others had some skills of cutting and sewing. Although none of the people who regularly help with translation was able to attend, the refugees have already developed some ability to communicate, through attending language classes and school classes in Portage.

As a non-quilter, I was interested to watch the team at work.

One member was busy cutting fabric, another pinning the small fabric pieces together. Three or four were busy at sewing machines, while one was ironing the stitched pieces flat. Once strips were completed, others were arranging them in a pleasing pattern.

At noon, the group broke for

Heather Stone (l to r), Denise Payment and Heather Martens-Rempel laying out the strips of quilt pieces.

a potluck lunch, supplied by the MacGregor quilters. Tables were pushed together and soup, salad, hummus, veggies and fruit were shared by all. The refugee group provided a sweet Syrian cake for the coffee/tea breaks.

By shortly after 4 p.m. the main, centre parts of both quilts were completed. A draw was made to decide which family would receive which quilt, and both families seemed happy with the result.

Borders still needed to be attached, but plans were made for this sewing to be done a week or two later by the MacGregor quilters. The tired group called it quits for the day, the people from Portage departed, and the MacGregor crew did the cleanup.

The next stage of the project — the actual quilting of the different layers — was to be done free of charge by members of the Fairholme Community Quilting (a Hutterite colony southwest of Portage), under the direction of Anna Maendel. Once that was complete, one more step remained — the final binding — which would be done by the MacGregor quilters.

The finished quilts would then be given to the two Syrian families — a wonderful example of a cross-cultural undertaking which brought together several different communities — a learning experience for all.

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Different types of bleeding hearts Whether you prefer the old-fashioned type or one of the newer varieties — both are attractive perennials

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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t won’t be long before the lovely flowers of my bleeding heart appear. It’s planted on the west side of my garage which has an overhang of over a metre and a half, so the plant gets some late-afternoon sun. It goes into dormancy in midsummer and its foliage yellows and looks rather unattractive, so I have a tall yellow daylily in front of it. The bleeding heart will have just finished blooming in early June when the daylily reaches its full height and can hide the soon-to-be deteriorating foliage.

My bleeding heart is an old variety of Dicentra spectabilis, or more often called the old-fashioned bleeding heart. It grows about a metre tall and has arching branches with bluish-green compound leaves. In early May dark-pink heart-shaped flowers appear, dangling from the branches.

Each flower has a white tip and they hang down in rows from the undersides of the stems. The old-fashioned variety has a long bloom period and there will still be blooms on the plant in mid-June, before they finally fade.

This is a hardy herbaceous perennial hardy to Zone 1b, and is best grown in part shade. Although tolerant of full shade, a plant grown in such a location will have fewer blooms and be

Old-fashioned bleeding heart (l) and the fringed- or fern-leaf bleeding heart (r). PHOTOS: ALBERT PARSONS

rangier than one receiving sun for half a day. The perfect location is an eastern exposure, protected from strong afternoon sun. Bleeding hearts like rich soil and adequate moisture. They are quite deep rooted, however, so they will withstand dry spells with little ill effect. They are not fussy about soil type and do not experience pest or disease problems.

The old-fashioned variety does not like wind so should be planted in a protected location. It does not need

winter protection, is a long-lived plant, can be propagated by division and sometimes will self-seed. Besides the pink and white variety there are also newer ones available. One has purewhite flowers, another (Goldheart), has chartreuse-golden leaves and darkpink and white flowers similar to the old-fashioned type. Neither is quite as hardy as the old traditional one so a bit of winter protection — particularly young plants just getting established — would be a good idea.

Besides the old-fashioned bleeding heart there is another kind, Dicentra examina, which is more often called fringed- or fern-leaf bleeding heart.

This one only grows 25 to 35 cm tall and has denser foliage right to the ground. Its stems are shorter and do not arch and bloom is produced on flowering stems that hold the pink flowers above the foliage. The flower colour is a more dusty pink than that of the old-fashioned bleeding heart flowers and they do not have white tips.

The fringed variety needs the same growing conditions as the old-fashioned ones, although it will tolerate full sun if provided with adequate moisture. It does best in part shade, and it blooms all summer right up until fall frost. Although it doesn’t come into bloom quite as early as the oldfashioned type, it will start blooming before the end of May. Its bluegreen, ferny, finely textured, deeply cut foliage stays attractive all season, so no need for it to be hidden behind another plant. Not as hardy as the oldfashioned variety, it is classed as Zone 2 or 3.

Whether an old-fashioned bleeding heart or one of the newer varieties, consider planting one in your yard this spring — sure to appeal to the heart of any gardener!

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Create an inviting butterfly garden With a little planning you can create an area to attract these pollinators

READER’S PHOTO

RRBC release

T

he monarch butterfly is one of the most recognizable species in North America but the numbers of monarchs have decreased significantly over the last 20 years.

Why is this butterfly so important?

• Monarch butterflies act as pollinators.

• They act as natural pest control, playing an important role in their food cycle — acting as prey and predators.

• Monarchs are indicator species, meaning they can tell us about the current state of our environment and its health.

What can you do?

You can help by planting a pollinator garden. Not only will this help with the declining monarch butterfly population but it is an excellent educational opportunity over the summer months for your children.

You can plant a garden anywhere. It doesn’t have to be complex or fancy, just a simple, native flower garden will attract beautiful butterflies to your yard and help pollinators stay healthy. In addition to nectar from flowers, monarch butterflies need milkweed to survive.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offers seven easy steps to build a butterfly garden: • C hoose your location — Butterflies enjoy basking in the sun.

• Take a look at your soil — If you find that your soil type doesn’t match the plants you’d like to plant, consider building a raised bed or using flower pots.

A welcome spring sight! PHOTO: CINDY MURRAY PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

• Prep your soil — Additional dirt will be helpful no matter the location and is necessary for raised beds and flower pots.

• Choose your plants — Find a nursery near you that sells native and local plants and milkweed for your area. Native plants are the ideal choice because they require less maintenance and tend to be heartier.

• C hoose plants that have not been treated with pesticides, insecticides or neonicotinoids.

• P lant perennials to ensure your plants come back each year and don’t require a lot of maintenance.

• Choose a diversity of plants that bloom throughout the seasons to ensure pollinators benefit in the spring, summer and fall.

This will also ensure that your garden is bright and colourful for months!

• Choosing seeds or small plants — Small plants that have already started growing in a nursery are simple and show instant return on pollinator visits, especially if you are planting in a small space. Seeds are best if you have more time.

• Plant your flowers and milkweed — For small plants, dig holes just big enough for the root system. Cover the roots

with dirt and reinforce with dirt or straw mulch to reduce weed growth. For seeding, spread seeds across your freshly prepared garden and cover them with dirt. Consider adding some flat rocks so butterflies can bask in the sun!

• Wait, watch, water and weed your garden — It may take some time, but you will eventually see butterflies and other pollinators enjoying your garden. Make sure to weed and water your garden to keep it healthy.

Help track monarch movements, milkweed growth and monarch life stages by reporting your sightings at http://journeynorth.org/monarch/.

For more information on monarch butterflies and other pollinators, visit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — www.fws.org Learn About Nature — www. learnaboutnature.com.

The Red River Basin Commission (RRBC) is a grassroots organization that is a chartered not-for-profit corporation under the provisions of Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota law. Contact the Winnipeg office at 204-982-7254, or you can check out the website at www.redriverbasincommission.org.

Try turkey on the BBQ Instead of the usual oven-roasted bird, why not try one cooked on the barbecue?

Manitoba Turkey Producers release

A

s Manitobans look forward to barbecue season, Manitoba Turkey Producers suggests grilling as a whole-turkey cooking alternative.

“Cooking a whole bird on the barbecue is a similar process to roasting it in the oven,” says Jason Wortzman, corporate chef and director, Marketing & Product Development with Granny’s Poultry Farmers Cooperative (Manitoba) Ltd. “The turkey can be cooked over very low direct heat or by using the indirect heat method.”

T h e M a n i t o b a Tu r k e y Producers website offers a simple step-by-step guide to grilling a whole turkey and suggests placing the turkey into a barbecue-safe pan to catch drippings. Chef Jason recommends using a drip pan for

charcoal barbecues or a shallow foil pan in a gas barbecue.

• Place the turkey with breast side up in roasting pan, drip pan or shallow foil pan.

• L ightly brush with oil or melted butter and sprinkle with seasonings of your choice.

• Meat thermometer should be inserted into the thigh and will read 170 F (77 C) when the turkey is done.

“We are often asked if there are any other ways of cooking a whole bird rather than the traditional roasting method,” explains Lynne Roy, Marketing & Communications co-ordinator with Manitoba Turkey Producers. “While some may not have tried barbecuing a whole bird, the preparation process is the same, yet it adds a different flavour to the finished product — and folks are curious of the taste.”

For more information on cooking methods and recipes, visit turkey.mb.ca.

This Old Elevator

I

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.

Built in 1937, with a crib annex added in 1956, a 125,000-bushel elevator at Lowe Farm, in the RM of Morris, was operated by Manitoba Pool and, after 1998, by Agricore. In 2001, it was sold into private ownership along with several others around the province. It was put up for sale again in late 2014, along with the former Pool elevator a few miles away, at Homewood. Source: Gordon Goldsborough

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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

JANSEN & DISTRICT Homecoming 2017, June 30-July 2, 2017. For info. and registration go to www.jansen.ca or Jansen Homecoming on Facebook.Deadline to register May 28th.

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE

RIGHT TO FIREARMS SEMINAR, 1:00PM Saturday May 6th, 2017, Saskatoon Inn. For info call Edward 306-230-8929, CUFOA

The Estate of Charles Molinski

1908 PEERLESS HAY PRESS (baler) by Geiser Mfg Co. Serial Number 188. Complete and in good working condition.

Makes 18x24” 3 wire bales. Albert ThompMULVEY “FLEA” MARKET. Osborne and son, Ste. Rose du Lac, MB., 204-447-3078.

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 1965 GALAXY 500 LTD., 4 door, hard top, body damage in back. Motor & tranny vg.

204-248-2040 evenings, Notre Dame, MB.

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JIM’S CLASSIC CORNER - We buy or sell your classic/antique automobile or truck.

Call 204-997-4636, Winnipeg, MB.

1957 FORD 4 dr. hardtop; 1960 Pontiac; 1949-1951 GM 1/2 tons; 2 Mark V Lincolns. 306-398-2559 lv msg, Cut Knife, SK. 1963 CESSNA 185A, IO-520, 300 HP, 6870 TT, 667 SMOH, EDO 2960 c/w hatch, wheel gear, Kehler hyd. skis, bubble windows, extended baggage area, Vortex gen, Robertson STOL, tip tanks, full droop tips, JPI-EDM 930 eng. monitor, dual Com, AT 50A transponder, Artex 406 ELT, Garmin 296 panel mounted GPS, Apollo GPS, remote compass, split back seats, wing covers, elevator cover, engine tent, screen cover, jig for lifting, booster cables, new paint in 2010, ext. 9/10, int. 8/10, well maintained ready to go. Great performer on wheels, skis or floats. Interested in trades/cash for a Cessna 172/182. Text or phone 204-641-4270, Riverton, MB. ALWAYS HANGARED, ORIGINAL J3 Cub 65 HP. Has metal prop, recent ceconite.

Good inside and out. 3770.20 TTAF, 1185.2 SMOH. 33 eng. hrs. since top OH. Extra 5 gal. wing tank, shoulder harness, cyl. temp. $32,000 CDN. 204-836-2686, St. Alphonse, MB.

WANTED: 1920’s, 30’s or 40’s coupe or roadster projects; 1958 Pontiac Parisienne or Chevy Impala projects. 306-824-4711.

WANTED: 1920 to 1940 old Ford car bodies and parts. Also wanted old gas pumps and signs. 306-651-1449, Saskatoon, SK. Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.

WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales brochures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, Saskatoon, SK.

Sat. April 29th @ 10:00 am Beausejour, MB – North 13 Miles on Hwy 12 Then East 6 Miles, On Hwy 317 Then South 2 Miles on Woodrow Rd, Then East ¾ Mile Then South 1/8 Mamocha Rd #317 Contact Kyle: 204-213-0320 Property: RM of Lac Du Bonnet NW ¼ 32-14 – 9E, Approx. 11 Acres Sheltered Yard Site Bungalow Style 1266 Sq Ft w Full Basement & Attach Garage, 10 Farm Buildings Tractors & Crawler: Vers. 160 Bi Directional 3 PH Hyd. w S.L. FEL * INT Super WD6 Hyd * INT TD6 Crawler w FEL * MF 245 HL 3PH 1985 Hrs. * Ferguson TE 20 3PH * MH 30 * INT W6 * Equip: McKee 1578 RD Baler * MF Square Baler * Haying Equip * 3PH Equip * Older Grain Equip * Trailers & Vehicles: 08 BH 8’ Flat Deck * 08 P Hitch 30’ Tandem Flat Deck 30 Ton * P Hitch 20’ Tandem Flat Deck * Vehicles & Recreation: 71 Ford 500 w 14’ B & H * Ford F700 w HyHoe Backhoe Attach * 56 Ford F700 Tandem w 14’ B & H * 56 Ford F350 * 61 Ford Meteor Montcalm Convertible * 72 Ford Meteor * 07 Polaris 6x6 500 * 95 Polaris Explorer 400 cc 4 x 4 Quad * AL 17’ Boat Johnson 90 HP * 3) AL Boats * 95 Rustler 22’ 5th Wheel Camper * Jayco BH 21’ Camper * 2000 Skidoo Grand Touring 600 Rotex Reverse * 70’s Ski Doo 440 TNT * 300 TNT * 69 Ski Doo Nordic 399 * 13 Guns * Jiffy Ice Auger * Tools: 7000 lb 4 Post Hoist * New Hobbart Welder/10,000 Wat Generator * 36” Metal Lathe * More Tools * Shop Supply * Farm Misc * Yard Items * Antiques: Grader on Steel * Case Threshing Machine * Oak Buffet * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

WANTED: GRAIN ELEVATOR painting equip. for Aug. 20-28. 3 sets of ropes (block & tackle) 2 scaffolds, 3 safety lines, 3 safety harnesses. Dale 306-384-0653.

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Western Specialty Contracting OSC

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Consignment Auction, Saturday May 20, 10:00 AM, 801 Buxton St, Indian Head, SK. Viewing: 5-7, Friday, May 19. Visit website for items coming in daily. To consign, call Brad at 306-551-9411, www.2sauctioneers.ca PL#333133

ADRIAN’S MAGNETO SERVICE. Guaranteed repairs on mags and ignitors. Repairs.

Parts. Sales. 204-326-6497. Box 21232, Steinbach, MB. R5G 1S5.

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Riverton, MB – 390 Reggie Leach Drive 1 Block North of Jct Hwy #329 & Hwy #8 on 8 Contact: 204-250-4817 Email: mcsherry@mymts.net

SAT., MAY 6, 11 AM

HAYWOOD/ST CLAUDE, MANITOBA 3 MILE EAST OF ST CLAUDE ON HWY 2 THEN 3 NORTH ON 35 W

OVER 150 brand new Vintage windshields, never installed. 1960s, 70s and 1980s.

Some no longer made. Various models.

Please ph/text 306-921-7688, Melfort, SK.

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THOMAS GEORGE FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION

Cattle Farm and Haying Equipment See our catalog or check our website www.billklassen.com 2006 new Holland TL90A DT with quickie loader only 3100 hrs, Ford 7710 FWA, Gehl skid steer, NH 1475 HAYBINE, 2006 NH BR70A Baler and much more

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

FARM AUCTION FOR Noel and Roberta Luzny, Saturday May 06, 10:00 AM East of Ituna,SK. 11.4 kms on Hwy 52 and North On Hardrock Road. John Deere 2130 tractor; NH #495 haybine; Case/IH 5420 square baler; 1997 Chev half ton; 1952 IH grain truck; JD lawn tractor; Quad; Tools; Antique farm equipment. 306-795-7387, PL# 334142, www.doubleRauctions.net

Gravel Truck & Construction Equipment: 06 Peterbuilt Mdl 330 Cummins 18Spd Tandem w 15’ Gravel B & H 286,000 KM Sft * CAT 416 C Backhoe FR Shuttle 9547 Hrs * Champion 740 Grader w Snow Wing 4528 Hrs Showing * Galion D99 Grader 4483 Showing * New Ecavision Side Grader (For Mini Excavator) New Cond. Wacker RT Double Sheep Ft Pack 2 Cyl Dsl Remote Drive 352 Hrs.* Wacker UP1340 Compactor * Trailers: 12 Diamond Trailer Mfg Gooseneck 30’ Triaxle Flat Deck * 07 J B.H. 18’ Flat Deck * 08 H & H, B.H. 18’ Enclosed Trailer * 85 ITB 5th Wheel 24’ Port Office * 99 Great Dane 53’ Allied Moving Semi Trailer * 94 Manac 50’ Freight Trailer Converted to Office * 87 Fruehauf 50’ Freight Trailer Converted to Office * 81 Fruehauf 20,000 Litre Tanker Trailer (Tank Needs Repair) * 5th Wheel 20’ Camper Gutted for Storage * 2) 20’ Containers * Vehicles: 2010 Ford F150 4x4 Crew Cab * 09 Ford F550Xl Dually 4x4 Crew Cab w Deck * 2) 09 Ford F250 XL Crew Cab * 09 Ford E 350 Ecoline Van 205,000 KM * 00 GMC 1500 Ext Cab * 99 GMC 350 Dually Cube Van 82,085 KM * 98 Ford E350 Passenger Van * 94 Dodge Ram 250 Cargo Van 158,000 KM * Recreation: 11 Kubota RTV 900 Dsl 4x4 Side by Side 1420 Hrs * YAWL 20’ Al Boat w 4 Stroke Yamaha 115 HP w Trailer * Construction Misc: Custom Built Q/A Bedding Sand Scoop * Jobsite Safety Fencing * 6) Rolls Geo Textile * 8) Rolls Geo Grid * Silk Curtains * Plumbing /Sewer Fittings * Cable * Grader Blades * Over 40 Construction Signs * Portable Biffy * Safety Spill Kits * Safety Gear * Misc: Frost Fighter Herman Heater * Weber Compactor * Westeel Double 500 Gal Fuel Tank * 5) Fuel Slip Tanks * 2) 750 Gal Trans Cube Fuel Tanks * 5th Wheel Hitch * 6) Jobsite Tool Boxes * Truck Tool Boxes * Insulated Tarps * Ladders * Over 100) Timbers/Planks 6”x10”, 6”x8”, 8”x8” Lengths 16’ to 22’ * Chain Link Fencing * Tools: Gates SC 32 Hyd Crimper & Large Amount Fittings & Hose * Hotsy Mdl HC930R 20 HP Honda Pressure Washer 88 Hrs * Honda Gas Port Air Comp * 5200 Watt Generator * Bosch Jack Hammer * Makita Metal Cut Off Saw * Power Tools * Hand Tools * Shop Supply * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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PRAIRIE LANE AUCTIONS

April 30th (Sun) @ 10AM

Community Complex, Souris, MB. Collectibles, Coins, Household, Misc, Tools & Vehicles!

ANOTHER BIG ONE! Details @

www.prairielaneauctions.com Don (204)724-7510

AUCTION FOR: Cecil & Judy Jones on Sat., May 6th, 12:00 noon in the Rink at Austin, MB. 1998 Freightliner 54 pass. bus, 3126 Cat dsl., Allison auto. trans; 16’ Dolphin canoe, 3 HP Johnson outboard; shop tools; household antique and collectibles.

Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd., ph 204-856-6900. For complete listing check website: www.nickelauctions.com Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call. 1-800-782-0794.

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CONSTRUCTION / AGRICULTURE AUCTION

Fred Fedak

Say. May 6th @ 10:00 am Libau, MB – Jct 59 & 32E 1 Mile North on 32E ½ Way Through Town Then West 1 Mile on Rd 86N Contact: 204-266-1005 Internet Bidding will be available!

Go to www.bidspotter.com

Construction: 97 Daewoo DH170 Track Excavator 36” Digging Bucket (Sold After 60” Ditching Bucket w Wrist Twist & Drott ¾ Cord Wood Grapple) * Cat 950 Wheel Loader 7799 Hrs. * JD 1010 Crawler w FEL - Needs Motor Repair * High Hoe Gas Backhoe Mounted on GMC * JD Backhoe Attach w * 3 in 1 Bucket * Forestry Equip: CAT 518 Grapple Skidder 3805 Hrs * CAT 518 Cable Skidder * Drott 1140 Tree Buncher w Harriarn Saw Head * Barko 80 Wood Loader * Tractors: Vers. 855 4WD 3PH Quad Hyd 1000 PTO 3903 Hrs * Case 1175 Cab 540/1000 6248 Hrs. * MF 35 w 3PH * Coop Super Wild Cat II 4WD Showing 2808 NR * Agriculutre Equip: JD 6600 Combine 2435 Hrs. NR * Bush Hog 30’ Tandem Disc * Int 4500 38’ Vibra Shank Cult * Coop 204 20’ Cult * Farm King 48’ Diamond Harrows * Int 620 16’ Press Drill * MF 880 8 B Plow * Westfield 8” 51’ PTO Auger * JD 5 B Plow * Trailers: 74 Arnes 22’ Tandem Gravel End Dump * 60 Fruehauf Single Drop 30’ Tandem * Freuhauf 36’ Tandem Pulp Trailer * Freuhauf 32’ Highboy Triaxle Trailer * PH 16’ Tilt Deck Tandem Dually Trailer * Semi Trailer Converter * Trucks: 96 Western Star CAT 3406C 13Spd O/D 40,000 lb Rears Wet Kit 380,000 Km (Fire Damage to Cab- Power Train Good!) * White 4000 250 Cummins 13 Spd Tandem w 13’ Gravel B & H * 69 Chev C/50 w 14’ B & H * 3) 60’s 3 Ton Tandem Cab & Chassis * Construction Misc: Portable 20’ Tandem Insulated Bunk House * Portable 3 Cyl. Deitz Diesel Camp Generator * Jager 125 6 Cyl Gas Port. Air Comp * Port Gas Welder * Gas 3 Blade Power Trowel * 4) Culverts * HD Truck & Trailer Tires * Miller Bobcat 225 AC/DC Welder * Along w Graineries * Farm Misc * Tools * 3PH Equip * Yard * Antiques * 59 Dodge Sedan Panel Van * Stuart McSherry #12 Patterson Dr., Stonewall, MB (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

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FARM AUCTION FOR THE ESTATE OF IVAN REINHARDT, 10 AM, Saturday, April 29th, 1 mile west of Indian Head, SK., GPS: 50.531655, -103.70835. CIH 7120, MFWD, AutoSteer, powershift, near new rubber; IH 560 dsl; W6 and W4; JD 214; 1990's Buick LeSabre; 1994 Chev 2500 reg. cab, dsl. pickup; 1960's IH 1600 grain truck; IH 914 PTO combine; IH 4000 25' swather; NH 479 9' haybine; NH 315 sq. baler; NH 1033 bale wagon; cultivators; discers; Seed-Rites; Wetmore hammermill; grain bins; older vehicles for parts; bobsleigh w/grain box; shop tools, misc. and more. Consignments will be accepted to this sale. Brad 306-551-9411. For more info. and pics visit www.2sauctioneers.ca PL #333133.

FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION FOR RON AND EVELYN CHAMBERS, 10 AM, Sunday, April 30th, 6.5 miles south of Indian Head, SK. on #619 Grid, GPS: 50.438227, -103.649869. Tractors: IHC TD9 crawler dozer; Case 4690, 2670; IH 4166; MF 1085; MF 1085 w/FEL; Deutz D7006; Massey 44; Case 444; Tillage: Flexi-Coil 5000 33' air drill w/1720 tank; Leon 850 liquid cart; 24' MF 360 discers; Morris 33' DT cultivator; Degelman 570S rockpicker; Harvest: 1994 CIH 8820 25' swather; CI 550 swather; swath roller; IH 1460 combine; Sakundiak 7x41, Brandt 7x33 augers; 1970 Ford L700 grain truck; Chev 30 grain truck; 2004 Honda quad; Arctic Cat 440 Jag sled; grain bins; shop tools, misc. and more. Call Ron 306-660-7143, Brad 306-551-9411, www.2sauctioneers.ca PL #333133.

AUCTION OF STATIONARY ENGINES for Paul Kostur in Conjunction with the Farm Consignment auction, Dauphin, MB, Saturday April 29th, 10:30AM. Featuring large quantity of stationary engines: Kushman; RR jigger; Various IH 1-3 HP; JD, Massey, Macleods, Stewart, Wisconsin, Fuller/Johnson, etc. Also includes: Cockshutt 40 tractor, JD 3020 c/w FEL, Case 730 dsl., c/w FEL; MF 302 backhoe; 1996 REM 1026 grain vac; 1991 Bourgault FH 32-36 & 1985 Bourgault FH5 36-40 air seeders; 1989 Bourgault air tank; IH R-180 truck c/w steel flatdack; IH #10 seed drill; NI 521 9’ hay mower. Much more by sale day. Brought to you by Garton’s Auction Service Dauphin, MB. 204-648-4541. For full listing visit: www.gartonsauction.com

FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION FOR ED & KAREN WACZKO, Alonsa, MB, Saturday May 6th at 10:30AM. Featuring: Case 2090 c/w Allied 794 FEL, grapple; JD 4010 c/w JD 48A FEL; 1936 JD AR unstyled tractor; IH W4 tractor; 2 prong bale fork for JD 48A loader; 1983 JD 7721 PT combine; IH 730 PT swather 30’; Cockshutt 15’ tandem disc NF/SR; CCIL 200, 15.5’ cultivator; Cockshutt 247, 12’ deep tiller; Cockshutt 246, 10’ deep tiller; 18’ CCIL wide level discer; Field sprayer; Viking-Duplex fanning mill; Farmking auger; JD 2 furrow sulky plow; 440 snow jet SST snowmobile; Bale elevator; Long reach farm trailer for round bales; 4 wheel farm trailer Superior floor model drill press; Century 200 amp booster/charger; Oxy-Acet outfit; Lincoln 225 amp arc welder; chain saws Bosch steel chop saw; Inland 7’ SA-84, 3PTH dual stage snow blower; Manure fork for JD FEL; Case/IH 8270 hydra swing 14’ mower conditioner; New Idea 516 manure spreader; NH 271 square baler; NH 456, 9’ hay mower; JD LA115 lawn tractor; Ingersoll 3016 lawn tractor. Brought to you by Garton’s Auction Service, Dauphin, MB, 204-648-4541. For full listing visit: www.gartonsauction.com

MORE AND MORE FARMERS are choosing Mack Auction Co. to conduct their farm equipment auctions!! Book your 2017 auction with us! Call 306-634-9512 today! www.mackauctioncompany.com PL311962

LANDA PRESSURE WASHER, 1000 psi dsl. fuel fired; Parting out 2003 Cavalier; also 1985 Chevy 1/2 ton. 204-376-2495, 204-641-0603, Arborg, MB. WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts.

Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. ONE OF SASK’s largest inventory of used heavy truck parts. 3 ton tandem diesel motors and transmissions and differentials for all makes! Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323.

TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton, new and used. We ship anywhere. Contact Phoenix Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Lucky Lake, SK. SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals.

WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension axles. Call 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE 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. call 306-668-5675 or 1-800-667-3023. www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394 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.

SCHOOL BUSES: 20 to 66 passenger, 1991 to 2007, $2300 and up. 16 buses in stock! Call Phoenix Auto, Lucky Lake, SK. 1-877-585-2300. DL #320074.

3 MCI 102 47-49 passenger GM power, auto. trans. charter buses for sale.

306-398-2559 leave msg., Cut Knife, SK.

RARE, MINT! 1997 MUSTANG COBRA SVT convertible, white, black int., loaded, 87,000 kms, cobra motor hand built 305 HP. Call 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK. derdallreg@hotmail.com 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.

SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and nearnew 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

2001 CANCADE TRI-AXLE, 3 hoppers, good condition, safetied in January, newer tarp, $25,000. 204-851-0284, Kenton, MB.

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AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com

CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no exposed screws to leak or metal overlaps.

Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, churches, pig barns, commercial, arch rib building and residential roofing; also available in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK.

BERG’S END DUMP grain trailers w/Berg’s signature quality finish. Ph for Spring pricing specials and 30 day trials. Berg’s Grain & Gravel Body 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB CM TRUCK BEDS. Starting at $2895. Call Jason’s Agri-Motive, 306-472-3159 or visit us at: www.jasonsagri-motive.ca NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip.

Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. 1998 DOEPKER SUPER B, 30’-32’x72 insides, closed ends, air ride, 11x24 tires 60%, some rust. 306-593-4419, Rama, SK. PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING & PAINTING. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed.

306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. 45’ USED MICHEL’S ROLL TARP on tube requires minor repairs to centre loop, offers. Gord 306-231-6360, Annaheim, SK. NEW WILSON and CASTLETON tridems and Super B’s. 2008 tandem Lode-King; 1996 Castleton tridem, 2 hopper, spring ride; 2014 Wilson Super B; 2005 Lode-King Super B. Ron Brown Imp. DL #905231.

306-493-9393. www.rbisk.ca NEW NEW 2018 tri-axle 45’, air ride, 78” sides, Canadian made, $53,000 low price.

Buy now! Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK.

3 TRIDEMS, 3 TANDEM stepdecks; Tandem, tridem and Super B highboys; 28’ to 53’ van trailers. Tanker: tandem alum.

8000 gallon; S/A and tandem converters.

Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca

1998 FREIGHTLINER FL60, 5.9 Cummins, auto, 15’ BH&T, 22.5 low profile, 9+17,500 rear, hyd. disc brakes, fresh Sask safety, $34,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

2008 WESTERN STAR, Eaton AutoShift, FIBERGLASS ENCLOSED TA trailer; 4 Place new 20’ B&H elec. tarp; 2008 IH 7600 tanTA 21’ livestock trailer, no rust. dem, ISX Cummins 10 spd., new 20’ BH&T; 306-398-2559, leave msg, Cut Knife, SK. 2007 Peterbilt 330 S/A, Allison auto., new 15’ BH&T; Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and DL #905231 www.rbisk.ca pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 1975 GMC 6000 3 ton, 350, 31,269 mi., 14’ steel B&H, rollup tarp, plumbed for drill 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336. fill, $7000. 306-372-4509, Luseland, SK. STEPDECKS: 48’ TANDEM, $12,000; Hiboys, lowboys, vans, beavertails, car haul- 30+ TANDEMS: Standards & Automatics, $46,000 and up. Yellowhead Sales, ers, $8000 and up. 306-563-8765, Canora 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK. TANKER TRAILERS: Stainless steel alum. potable, tandem and tri-axles, 4000- 7500 KENWORTH T800 Cat eng, 18 spd., 20’ B&H roll tarp, Heavy Spec, Sask. safetied, gal $12-$18,000. 306-563-8765 Canora SK $43,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. DETACHABLE LOWBED: TA, beavertail, $14,000; Belly dump: gravel tandem, air REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND hoist systems can save you time, energy opening, $14,000. 306-940-6835 and keep you safe this seeding season.

Give Kramble Industries a call at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net

GROW SOYBEANS? If you grow 1000 acres earn a free new pickup truck every year and give last year’s away. Free report 24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; at www.profitfromthebean.com Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 16,000 lbs., $4750; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, 2016 FORD F250 Lariat diesel, shadow 7000 lbs., $2975, 8000 lb Skidsteer, $1990 black, $59,995. Greenlight Truck and Auto, Factory direct.

1-888-792-6283. Saskatoon, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 306-934-1455, DL#311430. www.monarchtrailers.com 2015 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLT, all-terrain, tire pkg., $48,995. Greenlight Truck and Auto, Saskatoon, SK., 306-934-1455, www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430 2015 FORD F250 Lariat diesel, sunroof, NAV, $58,995. Greenlight Truck and Auto, Saskatoon, SK., www.GreenlightAuto.ca 306-934-1455, DL #311430.

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.

2003 KENWORTH W900L, Cat C15, 475-550 HP, 18 spd. heavy 40 rears, 4:11 ratio, high level VIT int. w/leather seats.

306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK.

2013 CHEV SILVERADO 1500, quad cab, 4x4, 5.3 L, $31,995. Greenlight Truck and Auto, Saskatoon, SK., 306-934-1455, www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430.

2014 RAM 1500 SLT, 4x4, sunroof, ecodiesel, $36,995. Greenlight Truck and Auto, Saskatoon, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2011 VOLVO 730, 77” mid-roof, Volvo 306-934-1455, DL #311430.

D16-550 HP, 18 spd. trans., Super 40’s, as is, $44,900. 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. 2015 FORD F150 XLT, 4x4, Eco-Boost, matching topper. Greenlight Truck and Au- 2015 WESTERN STAR 4900 FX daycab, to, Saskatoon, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DD16, 18918B, 46,000 Rockwells, 4-way lockers, Airliner suspension, Airway scales.

306-934-1455, DL #311430.

11x24.5 tires on alum. at 95%. Split fuel 2015 RAM 3500 SLT, 4x4, loaded, diesel. tank, 310,000 kms, 5800 hrs., Transferable Greenlight Truck and Auto, Saskatoon, SK., Virtual Technician, c/w logging headache www.GreenlightAuto.ca, 306-934-1455, rack, $105,000. Available w/2016 Peake DL #311430. tri-axle log trailer, 6-9.6 bunks, quad axle compatible, 12x22.5 tires on alum. at 70%.

Used 2 winters $55,000. Will sell complete unit for $150,000. Scott 306-747-9322, CAB AND CHASSIS: 2000 Sterling tan- Tom 780-713-5967, Shellbrook, SK. dem, 435 HP Cat, 10 spd. trans, will take 20’ box, extremely low kms, $19,900. Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net

NEW 2017 GERMANIC R20-2800 tandem scissor frame tub style end dump, 28’x102”, air ride, hyd. lift gate, 11R22.5 tires, steel wheels, electric tarp, new Manitoba safety, can deliver. $48,000. ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRUCKS: Several 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. trucks with auto. trans. available with C&C or grain or gravel box. Starting at $19,900; 2002 IH 4400 DT466, Allison auto., 20’ B&H, $56,900. Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net

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

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&R, fully loaded, 1,000,000 kms, real nice, $67,500; 2009 Mack CH613, 430 HP Mack, 10 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BA&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; 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, flattop 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 .

80 MISC. SEMI TRAILER FLATDECKS/ stepdecks, $2,500 to $30,000. 10 heavy lowbeds, $10,000 to $70,000. Belly and end dumps. 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. www.trailerguy.ca

1994 FREIGHTLINER FL80, 8.3L Cummins, 10 spd., aluminum grain box 8.5’x20’ c/w Shur-Lok tarp, remote chute opener and hoist, white, original 283,000 kms, exc. condition. 306-677-7400, Hodgeville, SK.

2006 FREIGHTLINER Columbia, 425 HP Mercedes 10 spd., wet kit, 2-way diff. locks, $17,500; 1997 Volvo daycab, 375 HP, 13 spd., $12,500; 1996 KW N14 Cummins, 500 HP, 18 spd., 2-way lockers, $27,500. 306-596-4231, Regina, SK.

COVER-ALL 40x60’ TRUSS arch shelter, dismantled. Offers. Phone 306-563-6022, Canora, 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.

GREAT OPPORTUNITY! FOR sale Furnace Cleaning business (SE SK). Client base spans 40 plus years. Significant revenue history and potential. Serious inquiries only please. Call 306-485-7538.

SAND AND GRAVEL BUSINESS: Close to Regina (on primary), very good pit lease, new cone crusher and 3-deck screener, lots of newer equipment, trucks, genset, inventory. Customer base and over $1,000,000 gross 2016, $1,750,000.

306-536-5055, norm@skynorth.com LARGE BUILDING AND property on Broadway Ave, Yorkton, SK.; Large building in Prince Albert, SK.; 3 lots on South service road, Weyburn, SK.; 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 w/yard and business opportunity; SW SK. restaurant, lounge incl, 15 room motel. Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com

SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and nearnew 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. MANUFACTURING BUSINESS: Welding www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. and light fabricating. One-of-a-kind product. Mainly Ag. Peak sales Sept - March.

Owned for 30 years, room for growth.

Relocatable, $195,000 plus inventory; 2008 IH 7600 tandem 24’ van body, power 50’x70’ shop, $350,000. 306-446-4462, tailgate, 10 spd. ISX; 2007 Freightliner au- North Battleford, SK. glelias@hotmail.com to. trans., 22’ van, reefer power tailgate.

Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL 905231 www.rbisk.ca CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK. 1-800-938-3323. 1998 Timpte convertible grain trailer, 48’, tandem, air ride, $20,000; 2009 Western Star CC 60 Detroit, 18 fronts, 46 rears, 4-way locks, 460,000 kms, $60,000; 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; 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; Gensets available. Financing available, OAC. www.can-amtruck.com DL#910420.

FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, Regina, SK. 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.

15 FIVE GALLON pails of liquid Avadex BW. Offers?

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SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near new 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

REPOSSESSED 2012 PETE 388, heavy spec, 550 HP, 18 spd. full lockers, new SK safety, sold by bids only. Saskatoon, SK. Contact bailiffservices@sasktel.net

2014 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 High Country, 2 to choose from. Greenlight Truck and Auto, Saskatoon, SK., 306-934-1455, www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430.

TRADING: 32x32’ hay trailers for a tri-axle end dump gravel trailer. Ph/tx Hay Vern 204-729-7297, Brandon, MB. 4 WILSON STEPDECKS 53’ all aluminum trailers, front sliders for sale or lease.

Phone 306-861-9362, Carlyle, SK. 2 TRAILMASTER 25,000 litre 4 axle tank trailers. Offers. Phone 306-482-5121, Carnduff, SK.

2007 GMC F110 w/Fassi picker, 12,500 lbs 40’ reach, 16’ deck, toolboxes; 1979 GM Bruin SWB, GM power, 13 spd., S/A, bunk, 5th wheel. 306-398-2559, Cut Knife, SK.

SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy 2016 VOLVO 670 w/warranty; 2014 730, trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call D16 eng., 18 spd.; 2012 Volvo 630, D16 for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. engine deleted. 204-466-2927, Austin MB 2012 CASCADIA DD15 fresh eng., new 18 spd. trans. & clutch, 640,000 kms., good rubber, deleted. 306-831-6901, Rosetown

2014 FORD F150 Platinum, power board, black beauty, $42,995. Greenlight Truck 2015 DAKOTA ALUM. seed tender with SS and Auto, Saskatoon, SK., 306-934-1455, conveyer system, self-contained w/remote www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430.

2005 VOLVO 630 mid-roof, ISX Cummins controls, or can be run off truck wet kit, 450 HP, 317,000 kms since in-frame in exc. cond., fresh MB safety. 45’Lx102”W, 1997 CHEV 1500, 3 door, 4x4, runs good, 2015, Meritor auto. trans., as is $19,900. loaded trailer, air ride, alum. outside rims, some rust, 465,000 kms, asking $3495 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. 11R24.5, $107,000. Located at Kamsack, OBO. Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. SK. Call 204-526-0748 or 204-526-0321.

DOEPKER 32x32’ HI-BOY Super B’s completely refurbished, over dimensional lights, Beacons, safetied, w/wo IH Eagle.

Ph Hay Vern 204-729-7297 Brandon, MB.

2000 MACK, daycab, 18 spd., 3-way locks, 460 HP, eng. brake, fleet vehicle, 1.2M km, $18,750 OBO; 2006 KW T800, C13 Cat, 13 spd., 430 HP, 1.6M kms, service history fleet vehicle; 2008 Pitts 50T tri-axle drop 2009 F550 6.4 dsl, auto., 11’ deck, 2 WD, deck, new wood floor, tires 90%, w/ramps, real good truck, only 200,000 kms, $16,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, $34,500. Ph. 306-291-4869, Dundurn, SK. Perdue, SK.

KENWORTHS: 2008, 2007 T800. 500 Cat 18 spd., 46 diff. walkers; 2009 T660, new pre-emission, 525 ISX, 18 spd., 46 diff., lockers; 2008 T800 daycab, 500 Cat, 18 spd., lockers, new clutch and trans; 1996 T800, Cat, 13 spd., rebuilt trans., diffs and injectors; 2006 Pete 379, daycab, 500 Cat, 18 spd., lockers, new rebuilt engine, new clutch; 2005 Mack CH613, 18 spd, lockers, ATTENTION GRAVEL HAULERS: 6 tan- wet kit, 450,000 kms; 2- 1996 FLD 120 dems in stock, 1998-2007; 2013 Cancade Freightliners, 425 Cat, 430 Detroit, locktri-axle end dump; Tri-axle 18’ dump. Yel- ers. Ron Brown Implements, Delisle, SK., lowhead Sales, 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK phone 306-493-9393. DL #905231 www.rbisk.ca

CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES of grain bins, farm & commercial buildings. Peterson Construction, 306-789-2444, ask for Len.

1989 IH EAGLE, 425 CAT, 3406 engine, 5th wheel, 24.5 alum. budds, white, $16,500. 306-960-3000, St. Louis, SK.

2012 IHC TRANSTAR, low pro, Max 300 HP diesel Allison auto. trans., single axle, loaded cab, 13’ Armstrong landscape dump, $39,900; 2006 CHEV 1 TON dump truck w/10’ gravel dump, $14,900. K&L Equipment and Auto. Call Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna SK. DL #910885.

2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 Denali, $39,995, Just in! Greenlight Truck and Auto, Saskatoon, SK., Visit www.GreenlightAuto.ca or call 306-934-1455, DL #311430.

NEW 2017 GERMANIC R20-3500 tri-axle end dump, 36’x102”, air ride, 11R22.5 tires, alum. outside wheels, manual flip tarp, new MB safety, can deliver, $56,000.

204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

2012 MACK PINNACLE CXU613, 34” flattop sleeper, removable roof fairing, Mack MP8, 455 HP, Eaton 13 spd trans, safetied, $42,000. Norm 204-761-7797 Brandon MB

1976 HEAVY 6500 GMC grain truck with 2001 FL80, 12&23, air ride, 300 HP Cat, 400 bu. box, roll tarp and new hoist. Call automatic, aluminum, AC, 330,000 kms!

Fresh Sask safety, very premium, low km 306-778-3749, Swift Current, SK. tractor, $25,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

1989 TANDEM CATTLEPOT, 48x8.5’, good cond., safetied to Oct. 2017, $17,000 OBO. 204-655-3352, 204-655-3286, Sifton, MB. CALL GRASSLAND TRAILERS for your best deal on quality livestock trailers by Titan, Duralite and Circle D. 306-640-8034 cell, 306-266-2016, gm93@sasktel.net Wood Mountain, SK.

1995 BEDARD 8000 gal. 3 compartment tanker, 3” pump, air ride, new MB safety, $22,000, can deliver. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

1998 FL80, 3126 Cat, 8LL trans., air ride, 29’ deck, fresh Sask. safety, only 284,000 kms! Very good low km western truck, $26,900.

Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

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TWO INTERNATIONAL LONESTAR "HarleyDavidson Edition's" 1- 2010, 828,403 kms, 18sp 3:70, 40m axle, Cummins 525, engine R+R at 206,510, Roo Bumper, H/A rack $72,000; 2- 2011, 1,101,487 kms, 18 spd 3:70, 40m axle, Cummins 525, Engine R+R at 323,244, Roo Bumper, H/A rack, $70,000. Call 403-888-8583, Calgary, AB. MITE FREE HONEY Bee packages, 1.5 KG package with Queen. Spring delivery.

306-534-2014, 306-740-8026, Spy Hill, SK. moesplace@sasktel.net 2006 IH 4300 5 ton flatbed w/sleeper, 5th wheel hitch, runs well, well maintained, STRONG SINGLE HIVES or nucs for sale.

Call Andy, Steinbach, MB., 204-381-7993, $18,000. 204-777-7007, Winnipeg, MB. 204-346-9701. andyloewen@hotmail.ca WANTED: 17 BALE PICKER DECK for semi truck or trade for 32x32’ hay trailers STRONG 5 FRAME NUCS, $225; Also and IH semi truck.

Ph/tx Hay Vern good local queens available starting June 204-727-4683, Brandon, MB. 15th, $30 CDN. Call John 306-221-4569, Saskatoon, SK.

CUSTOM PLANTING: Corn, sunflowers and soybeans. In Sask. and Manitoba. Call 306-527-2228.

CUSTOM SEEDING - Full service. Now booking. References available. Call Lynden at 306-255-7777, Colonsay, SK.

LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. ANDRES TRUCKING. Equipment, bins, livestock, air drill towing. Canada/USA. Call or text 306-495-8800, South East, SK. EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Reasonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK.

2017 CUSTOM FARMING Services available.

Seeding, spraying, swathing and harvesting. Contact Joe at 306-331-9393, email: joe@mfiag.com Website: www.mfiag.com INDUSTRIAL FEHR. CUSTOM size feeders, panels and windbreaks. 306-315-3416, Ponteix, SK. fehr4265@gmail.com

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators.

• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.

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POPLAR AND SPRUCE for sale on 1/2 section of land to cut for pulp or lumber. Call NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, 204-526-2169, Holland, MB. payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders.

Phone ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all in stock. Custom sizes and log siding on FORESTRY MULCHING: Clearing farmorder. Call V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, land, fence lines, shelter belts, road allowRosthern, SK. ances, brush cutting with GT25, 230 HP. Reasonable rates. JDAR Contracting, 306-232-7525, 306-280-5749, Hague, SK. WANTED: METAL ROOF PANELS for a LAND CLEARING. Rock picking and digFairford 50’ wide quonset. 204-834-3012, ging, stone piles, brushing, fencing, demolition. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. Carberry, MB.

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WILL DO CUSTOM FENCING new and repair barbwire fences. Lazy J Ranch, Jesse Wagner at 306-662-8557 Fox Valley, SK. 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 2003 DEERE 544H wheel loader, with Q/A REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, bucket, rebuilt trans, 12,013 hrs. Machine $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, is in vg cond., all around pins are tight! $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950; Larger sizes $65,000. Can deliver. 204-743-2324 any available. Travel incl. in Sask. Gov’t grants time. Cypress River, MB. available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK. The Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s bestread farm publication.

1974 CAT D7F, 14’ angle dozer, 26” pads, 3306 eng., 60% UC, vg cond., $38,000 OBO. 204-467-2109, Stonewall, MB. CAT HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS: 463, 435, 80 and 70, all vg condition, new conversion. Also new and used scraper tires. Can deliver. 204-793-0098, Stony Mountain, MB.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN! Low low prices!

Over 45 gensets from 3 to 193 KW. Over 25 loaders and dozers. FA 605B loader; Clark 35C loader; Attachments of all types; Over 20,000’ of new and used cable; 1000 new and used track rollers; 400 new and used hydraulic cylinders; 500 new and used buckets and blades; 75 sets of new and used pallet forks; tires- new and used mostly construction sizes; 2 large scales and others; Linkbelt LS98 dragline; 7 draglines and cranes; 2- Cat 70 and 463 scrapers; sawmill 50’, complete; several packers PT and SP; over 25 graders being parted out; AC M065 grader, work ready; wheel loaders 4x4, 1 to 9 yard; Blaw Knox SP110 and PF180H pavers; Barber Green asphalt track paver; 2 Bomag MPH 100 pulverizers, Detroit diesel power; 2 Cat PR275 asphalt grinders; crushers; conveyors; hoppers; 1986 GMC fuel truck, TA, 21986 Ford LT9000 trucks; 1986 GMC tandem gravel truck; 1995 Ford flatdeck truck, safetied. 2 yards, over 50 acres.

Central Canada’s largest wreckers of older construction equipment. Call Cambrian Equipment Sales Ltd., Winnipeg, MB. Phone 204-667-2867, fax 204-667-2932.

YELLOW ROSE CONSTRUCTION has a Genset tower van 45’, 3406 Cat eng., 400 KW genset, 25 electrical cord outlets and switches in the tower, from 5-150 HP and 1100 gal. belly fuel tank, excellent cond., ready to go!; 2008 Ingersoll Rand L120 generator light plant with 2 extra 30 amp. plugs and 75’ of extra electrical cord, very few hrs.; Shop van with welder, tools, drill press, vice, working benches and lots of shelving. If interested get your offers in!

All will be sold on or before April 30th. Call Bill McGinnis, 306-567-7619, Craik, SK.

HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt for years of trouble-free service. Lever Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. 2010 JD 870 GP grader, 6612 hrs., new transmission 700 hrs. ago, new batteries and windshield, near new front tires, good condition, $130,000. Call 306-372-4502, 306-372-7336 cell, Luseland, SK. D8H TRACK w/new 26” Severe Service pads; 1000 gal. steel fuel tank w/stand; Building moving dollies. 306-398-2559, Cut Knife, SK.

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

CAT 9805C LOG grapple fork, bucket, new tires; Case 2870, Deg. dozer 4x4; 1981 GMC 17’ B&H. 306-236-8023, Goodsoil, SK

20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436.

REX PULVI-MIXER ROTOTILLER 8’, Detroit diesel, cab, work ready, $8200.

306-783-8783, Yorkton, SK. SKIDSTEER: 2008 CASE 465 Series III, cab, heat, new tires, 2700 hrs., $21,000.

Call 306-940-6835, Prince Albert, SK. KUBOTA EXCAVATOR KXO80-3, 10 ton, 2011, 1800 hrs, CAH, wrist-o-twist bucket, $58,000. 306-940-6835, Prince Albert, SK. 740 CHAMPION GRADER, 1984, 8.3 Cummins eng., snow wing, ready to work. $26,000. Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK.

2010 CAT 950H WHEEL LOADER, 27,417 hrs., w/Cat quick coupler bucket, 2008 CASE 210B Excavator, Isuzu 4 cyl., 3-3/4 cu. yards, 23.5x25 tires, F.O.B. rebuilt hyd. pump w/1 year warranty, new $75,000. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB UC, resealed hyd. boom cyl., $79,000; Hitachi 270CL-3 Excavator, Isuzu 4 2004 CAT D6N Dozer with six-way blade 2011 5’ WBM bucket w/hyd. thumb, 2-spd., and ripper. $80,000. Call 204-871-0925, cyl., 8692.5 hrs., AC, heater, exc. cond., MacGregor, MB. $125,000; 2004 Deere 230CLC Excavator, rebuilt eng., main hyd. pump, 11 months EXCAVATOR BUCKETS, various shapes SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock and sizes for different excavators. Call warranty, new UC, all cyl. resealed, manual buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. authumb, QA bucket, exc. cond., can deliver, 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. gers, brush cutters and more large stock. $76,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River MB. Top quality equipment, quality welding and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, UNRESERVED AUCTION May 9, 2017, Regina, SK. Deere 270 excavator at: BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. convex and rigid frame straight walls, www.canadianpublicauction.com 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. 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 1981 DRESSER TD 20 E Dozer, Cummins deliver. 204-743-2324 any time Cypress 8.3 eng., new UC 26” pads, rebuilt trans., River, MB. torque, steerings, 14’ twin tilt angle blade, bush ready, root rake avail. at extra cost, winch, 60 hr. warranty, S/N #031911, unit weight is 49,000 lbs., can deliver, $76,000.

204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new and used sea containers, all sizes.

306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. 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

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.

INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales built on site, for early booking call and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738. www.warmanhomecentre.com 1999 CASE TRENCHER, HD, 1927 hrs., 60 HP diesel, 2 spd. hydro., trans., 4-wheel steering, 6-way blade, D125 backhoe with outriggers, 6’ HD chain, exc. cond. $22,500, 306-648-7172, Gravelbourg, SK. UNRESERVED AUCTION May 9, 2017, Regina, SK. Bobcat S650 skidsteer at ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull www.canadianpublicauction.com behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca

TEREX 8230 B DOZER, V8 71 T Detroit eng., 385 HP, straight tilt blade, 26” pads, UC like new, bush canopy, exc. cond., can deliver, warranty, $72,000; Terex 8240B crawler dozer, V8 871 Detroit eng., straight tilt dozer, powershift, 26” pads, bush canopy, exc. cond., can deliver, warranty, S/N #56729, 4957 hrs., $69,000.

204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

2003 VOLVO G740B tandem drive, snow wing Volvo D10 (219-243 HP), 8400 direct drive powershift (8 fwd, 4 reverse), Articulated frame, 14’ moldboard, 12,056 hrs., HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 $39,900. Norm 204-761-7797 Brandon MB yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, 2011 HITACHI ZX270 LC-3 hyd. thumb custom conversions available. Looking for CAT 435 HYD. Scraper, 12-14 yards, vg excavator, Cat walks, 6950 hrs., 12’ 6” stick, c/w QA bucket, exc. cond. $115,000. cond, $34,000; Fiat-Allis FL14-B Crawler, Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK vg cond., $14,000, 204-638-1722, Dauphin 204-325-8019, 204-362-1091, Winkler, MB It doesn’t get any better than this. Prepay 24”x48’ PARKER GRAVEL screener, 48x120’ JOHN DEERE 772BH grader, with snow your ad for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! screen deck plus several different screen wing, good running condition. Call sizes. Call 306-482-5121, Carnduff, SK. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK. Call today! 1-800-782-0794.

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STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 3510 WALINGA AGRI vac, small vac, barely used, 30 HP motor suitable for terminal www.warmanhomecentre.com use, excellent cond., $12,000 OBO. Email: SPRINGWATER BUILDINGS: POLE, stud & pat.gibney@hawksagro.com or call steel buildings! Metal cladding, siding and 306-690-3118, Moose Jaw, SK. more! We sell pole buildings up to 90' wide.

Visit on-line: www.springwatermfg.com BRANDT 1545 BELT CONVEYOR, exc. shape, no fertilizer use, hyd. wheel mover Please call 306-948-3776, Ruthilda, SK., kit, new hyd. pump in 2016, elec. clutch, Kohler 29 HP EFI engine in 2014, $13,500.

306-563-6244, Canora, SK. 5 WESTEEL, 2 Twister bins, 19' dia., bins in good cond., suitable for hopper cones, 4000 bu. ea. Pick up. RM 129, 8 mi S, 8 mi.

W of Regina. Twister $3000 each OBO; Westeel, $4000 each OBO. 306-536-5475, or email: ordstrauch@accesscomm.ca

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

TIM’S CUSTOM BIN MOVING and Haul- BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, ing Inc. Up to 22’ diameter. 204-362-7103 grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. binmover50@gmail.com

UNRESERVED AUCTION May 9, 2017, Regina, SK. John Deere 644E wheel loader USED WESTEEL WIDE-CORR grain bin, For details phone 403-269-6600 or visit us Model 2710, 10 tier, external stiffeners, 18,790 bu., 13 roof vents. Already disasat: www.canadianpublicauction.com sembled, $12,000. Set up can be arranged.

Call 306-645-4526, Rocanville, SK.

FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper cone and steel floor requirements contact: Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free: 1-888-304-2837.

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 UNRESERVED AUCTION May 9, 2017, and find out why our product quality and Regina, SK. Cat D6M LGP dozer at: price well exceeds the competition. We www.canadianpublicauction.com also stock replacement lids for all makes & models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc, 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. 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.

2012 PATTISON PLS3300 Liquid Fert.

Wagon, w/Honda GX-200 6.5 HP, S/N #PLS123300D0, hyd. pump, 1" return line, 2" supply line, very good condition, $40,000 OBO. Mark 306-660-7802, Indian Head, SK or email: marc@delagefarms.ca

RANCO VOLUMETRIC Model 5, built 2005, 3 phase, 90 AMP, 15 HP max. 5 compartments w/dual metering augers in 2200 BUSHEL CHIEF Westland hopper bin 3 compartments. Additive hopper w/auger on skids with aeration; 1500 bu. Bader on and motor, U-trough extension with screw. skids with aeration.

306-630-5451, Various additional equipment. Hefty Seed, Mohall, ND. 701-756-7333 or John at 306-788-4819, Marquis, SK. 701-833-4900. john.cook@heftyseed.com BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks.

306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK.

3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, 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

2005 PETERBILT STAHLY, Cummins, Allison auto, New Leader L3020 G4, monitor, New Leader controller, Starlink GPS 4145 hrs, $78,000; 2004 Peterbilt, Cummins, Allison auto, 1800 gal stainless, 80’ boom, Raven controller, Raven AutoSteer, Raven section shutoff, 4270 hrs, $65,000. USD prices. 406-576-3402, 406-466-5356, Cho2- 3300 BU., 2- 2000 bu., 3- 1650 bu. bins, teau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net $1/bu. Will sell separate. Floors fairly FERTILIZER SPREADERS, 4-8 ton, 10 ton good. Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. Willmar Tender. Phone 204-857-8403, CUSTOM BUILT HOPPER BOTTOMS for all Portage La Prairie, MB. bins, large and small. Magnum Fabricating, 2003 VALLEY PACKING SYSTEM 2000 306-662-2198, Maple Creek, SK. liquid cart c/w autorate, 1 season on rewww.magnumfabricating.com built John Blue pump, Honda 2” fill pump, ONLY 4 LEFT! 3500 bu. Meridian/Behlen good cond. $15,000 OBO. 306-675-4566, bin/hopper combo, 10 leg hopper and 306-795-7382, Leross, SK. skid, roof and side ladder, safety fill, con- IHC 6400 54’ chisel plow, 12” spacing, new structed, $9,995. FOB Regina, SK. Peterson NH3, boots and openers, new hoses, new Construction, 306-789-2444. walking beam shafts, $33,000. Nipawin, CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types SK. 306-862-7138 or 306-862-5993. up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount. CB 2150 GAL. Pattison liquid cart, John Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, Blue twin piston pump, 2” Honda pump, 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK. $17,000; PLS 4200 gal. Pattison liquid LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stock- cart, hydraulic pump, 3” Honda pump, ing dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid used 2 seasons, $46,000. 306-885-4545, Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction 306-537-2563, Sedley, SK. 2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. FERTILIZER STORAGE TANKS- 5000 US BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS gal., $3000; 6000 US gal., $3600. Pick up and accessories available at Rosler Con- at factory. Ph 306-253-4343 while supplies last. www.hold-onindustries.com struction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, 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: POLY GRAIN BINS, 40 to 150 bu. for grain 306-543-2111, Regina, SK. cleaning, feed, fertilizer and left over treated seed. 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. www.buffervalley.com 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

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1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. 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. SUMMER SPECIAL: All aviation, commercial and farm, post & stud frame buildings on sale! Standard and custom sizes available. Door options include bi-fold, overhead and sliders. Book early to receive free delivery!! Call 306-220-2749, Hague, SK., www.newtechconstruction.ca

FERTILIZER STORAGE TANKS. 11,000 US gal., $6500 pick up at factory or $7000 free freight to farm. 1-800-383-2228 WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’- www.hold-onindustries.com 306-253-4343 on site. For early booking call 53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, WANTED: STAINLESS STEEL liquid fertilizer storage tank. 306-960-3000, Borden, SK www.warmanhomecentre.com Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca

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BFC Series NH3 Wagons AVAILABLE SIZES ARE:

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2005 MACDON, 14' 912 auger header, w/ 722 conditioner, purchased new, Dec. 2007, single knife drive, good condition, $27,000 OBO. 204-836-2116, St. Alphonse, MB. g.delichte@gmail.com

2008 NH H8040 SP Windrower, 36’, PU reel, fore/aft., Roto-Shears, rear axle suspension, 920 hrs. pea auger, $67,500. Can be seen at Shoal Lake Farm Equipment, Shoal lake, MB. Call Ron at 204-895-1064.

JD 920 FLEX, 20’, reconditioned $10,900; JD 925 flex, 25’, not reconditioned. $7900; JD 925 flex, 25’, recon., $14,900; JD 930 flex, 30’, not recon., $7900; JD 930 flex 30’, recon $13,900; JD 930F, 30’, F/F auger, recon. $17,900; 925 - 30’ or 930 - 30’ w/air reel, recon. $19,900 Reimer Farm Equipment, Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000, Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB.

LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107.

We sell new, used and remanufactured parts for most farm tractors and combines.

30’ DRAPER HEADER, 2002 Case 1052, dbl reel, exc. knife and canvasses, pea auger, similar to MacDon 972, $16,500 OBO. 306-728-2115, 306-728-8428 Melville, SK.

TRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, 306-441-0655, Richard, SK.

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.

2015 JD W150 435D, PU reel, fore/aft, double knife drive, hydraulic tilt, free form roller, integrated GPS, 147 engine hrs. Call 306-537-9636, Riceton, SK.

2010 FD70 36’ MacDon flex draper, transport, hyd. tilt, pea auger, JD adapter, field ready, $53,000; 2006 974 36’ MacDon flex draper, transport, JD adapter, field ready, 2007 JD 1770NT 16 row 30” corn and $33,000. Gerald or Glenn Walkeden, soybean planter, c/w 2 PTH, liquid fert.

MASSEY 30’ QUICKFOLD PT w/brand new 306-861-6849, 306-861-7782, Tribune, SK kit, 600 gal. liquid fert. tank, 240 gal. liqcanvasses, $1000 OBO. 306-460-9027, uid fert. tank, MaxEmerge XP, not used 306-463-3480, Flaxcombe, SK. RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most last 2 yrs, monitor and controller included, makes and sizes; also header transports. $40,000. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK CASE/IH 800 CYCLO-AIR corn and bean www.straightcutheaders.com planter, 24’, 8 row, good shape, w/manual $7500. 306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK.

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2011 BUHLER FARM KING 16-104 Auger, hyd. swing out, low hrs., exc. cond., can 2016 MANDAKO 1200 bu. grain cart, steerdeliver, one owner - selling due to buying ing axle, hyd. susp., $74,900. Cam-Don new equip., $29,000. Call 204-743-2324, Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. Cypress River, MB. G3 SEED TREATER c/w treating auger, 2007 BOURGAULT 1100 grain cart, exc. $39,500 OBO. Phone motor, mixing chamber, 120L mix tank, condition, w/liquid pump, pressure gauges and all 306-236-6839, Meadow Lake, SK. hoses required for seed treating. Complete unit ready to use; Also includes brand new liquid pump, spare nozzles and operating manuals, $5500. 306-563-6244, Canora SK CUSTOM COLOUR SORTING Remove fusariMERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS available um, damaged lentils/peas, separate differwith self-propelled mover kits and bin ent color seeds. 306-716-6216, Young, SK. sweeps. Call Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837.

KWIK KLEEN 572, w/3 sets screens, elecPRICE TO CLEAR: Loaded 2016 HHD8-46 tric drive, mint cond, always shedded, TL10-39; SLMD 12-72 and SLMD 12-95. $6000 OBO. 204-223-6193, Lorette, MB. Used Augers: 2012 SLMD 12-72 w/winch and swing mover; Brandt 10x60 S/A: DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and Wheatheart 8x51’ c/w mover. Also dealer Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, for Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing avail! Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: Call Dale at Mainway Farm Equipment, www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 306-567-3285, 306-567-7299, Davidson, SK. www.mainwayfarmeguipment.ca FOREVER 54 DUSTLESS screen cleaner, complete working order, includes maMERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, chine, stands, screens, 15’ bucket elevator, truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call 58 screens in total for cleaning wheat, barHoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., ley, oats, flax, canary grass, peas. Come 306-957-2033. see it in action. 306-563-6244, Canora, SK. 2009 FARM KING 1385, hyd. swing mechanical drive, $12,000. Call Ron CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to mustard. Cert. organic and conventional.

306-648-5394, Ferland, SK. 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. 2012 BRANDT 1545 conveyor, exc. cond., $19,000. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. WANTED, USED LMC Marc 400 or 500 gravMERIDIAN AUGERS: HD 8-46, HD8-59, ity table grain cleaner. 780-338-2838, TL10-39, HD10-59, TL12-39 w/37 EFI and Berwyn, AB. Email: pabogner@gmail.com all w/movers, clutches, lights and rev. gearbox. Call for pricing. 8x41 Wheatheart, We know that farming is enough of a gamble loaded, $7995; 2013 R10x41 Wheatheart, so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in loaded, $9995; MKX 1374 1 yr. old w/elec. the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a mover and reverse, $19,500; 2014 SLMD Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today.

12-79, Meridian w/electric mover and lift, We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800$16,995. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. 782-079

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www.marcrestmfg.com BALE SPEARS, high quality imported from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, excellent pricing. Call now toll free 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB.

WANTED: 30’ PU reel for CI or MF 200-220; Also want SS liquid fertilizer storage tank. 306-960-3000, Borden, SK. SCHULTE GIANT 2500 rockpicker, exc. condition. 306-592-4449, 306-592-2029, Buchanan, SK. MODEL 57 #0H7 PTO drive, 7’ bucket, high lift, clutches upgraded, asking $5000 OBO. 306-921-7688, Saskatoon, SK.

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ROCK-O-MATIC 57, PTO, 7’ bucket, high lift, $4900. 306-233-7889, Cudworth, SK.

Check out A & I online parts store www.pennosmachining.com JD 300 16’ hay header, fits 23, 2420, 3830, $3000; Ford Major dsl. w/loader and blade $5500. Call 306-236-8023, Goodsoil, SK.

2007 Case/IH 7010, dual wheels, w/2016 header, $170,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2000 CASE/IH 2388 w/1015 header, $65,000; 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, $115,000; 2006 2388 w/2015 PU header, $130,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. CASE/IH 1482 PT combine w/reverser and Victory PU, always shedded, vg cond., $1200. 306-210-8186, Reward, SK.

2014 JD S680 PRWD combine, 582 hrs., 650/85R38’s w/duals, Pro-Drives, chopper w/PowerCast tailboard, PowerFold bin ext., PowerGard Warranty til March 2019, $252,500 USD. www.ms-diversified 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560.

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2000 JOHN DEERE 9650, walker, fine cut chopper, long auger, shedded, $39,000.

Call 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. 2006 9660 WTS, 914 PU, duals, 2300/ 1550 hrs., $132,500. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2016 WOLVERINE ROTARY DITCHER, used for 1 season, in good shape, $53,000.

Call 306-921-4473, Ridgedale, SK.

FLEXI-COIL 67, 100', 1000 gal. poly tank, wind screens, disc markers, autorate controller, chem handler, fence row nozzle, 16.5L - 16.1, $8500. Call 306-654-7657, Prudhomme, SK. dsopotyk@baudoux.ca 2006 BRANDT SB4000 90’ sprayer, AutoRate control, exc. cond, always shedded, $23,000 OBO. 204-223-6193, Lorette, MB. FLEXI-COIL 65-80’ boom, hyd. pump (2 yrs.), 800 gal. tank, mix tank, foam marker, w/extra hyd. pump, $3200. Call 306-748-2847, 306-730-6323, Neudorf SK. 2009 CASE/IH SRX160, 100’, high clearance susp. boom, 1600 gal. tank, always shedded, field ready, pristine condition, $33,000. 306-567-7080, Craik, SK. 1997 BRANDT QF1000 100’, 800 gal. poly tank, $3000. 306-567-8614, Davidson, SK. 2000 BRANDT QF1000 80’ PT sprayer, 800 gallon tank, wind cones, disc markers, $2200. 306-762-4723, Odessa, SK.

2009 JD 9770 w/615 PU, 722 sep. hrs., 955 eng. hrs., 900/60R32 tires, rear tires 600/65R38, always shedded, exc. cond., 25% down and balance due August 1. $215,000, 204-825-2782, Mariapolis, MB.

1990 JD 9500, 4100 eng. hrs., 912 PU header, many new parts, harvest ready, $22,000 OBO; JD 930 rigid header w/hyd. adjustable reel, good cond., $4000 OBO. FEED BLOWER SYSTEMS, Sales and Service. 306-946-7928, Watrous, SK. Piping, blower and airlock repairs. Call John Beukema 204-497-0029, Carman, MB.

NEVER CLIMB A BIN AGAIN! Full-bin Super Sensor, reliable hardwired with 2 year warranty; Magnetic Camera Package - One 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 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.

WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, mfg. of new grain dryers w/advanced control systems.

REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER Updates for roof, tiers, auto moisture conmovers, trailer chute openers, endgate troller. Economic designed dryers avail. and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, 1-888-288-6857, westerngraindryer.com swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. 6 TIER VERTEC grain dryer, batch and/or Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, continuous. 204-325-2590, Morden, MB. Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

BRANDT QUICK FOLD 1500, 100’, 800 gal. plus chem. tank, asking $5000.

306-836-4730, Simpson, SK. FLEXI-COIL 65, 100’ boom, hyd. pump, 800 gallon tank, autorate control, mix tank, very good shape, $4000 OBO. JD 1870 CONSERVA PAK- Seed Tips. 306-533-2114 after 5 PM, Pangman, SK. More carbide than OEM tips for longer life. BRANDT QF 1000, 80’ hydraulic driven PT Paired row, $140; Sideband, $110. Ask us sprayer, 800 gal. tank, field ready, $3500 how to save 15% on your order. Call OBO. 306-946-7928, Watrous, SK 306-708-4327, email: info@pbosupply.com BRANDT 1000 QF, 800 gal. tank, 100’ JD AIR SEEDER PARTS for 1890 & 1895 booms, brand new tires on tank, new style disc drills; Also have single bearing boom nozzles, good shape. Best offer. style discs for corn seeders. 204-371-0738 306-243-4810, 306-860-7477, Outlook, SK Steinbach, MB. alexhiebert5@gmail.com

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2012 CIH 3020 HEADER, 35' PU reel, hyd. cylinders, balers, older trucks, crawlers. fore/aft, double knife drive, AHH, hyd. float, 204-871-2708, 204-685-2124, Austin, MB. $23,900. 306-654-7657, Prudhomme, SK. dsopotyk@baudoux.ca GOODS USED TRACTOR parts (always buying tractors). David or Curtis, Roblin, MB., 204-564-2528, 1-877-564-8734.

2010 JOHN DEERE 4730, Ready to work!

100', 800 gal poly tank, Starfire receiver, 2600 display, swath control, 5-way nozzles, 5 sets of tips, 2 sets of tires (320s & 650s), rear camera, $147,500 OBO. 204-746-6717, Morris, MB. cmuller@daleair.ca

2001 WILMAR 8500 Eagle, 90’, 825 gal. tank, Outback S3 AutoSteer w/sectional G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors control, hyd. axle adj., 2 sets tires, crop dividers, 5-way nozzle bodies, 2315 eng. only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. hrs., $68,000. 204-461-1630, Argyle, MB. SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge inventory new and used tractor parts. WILLMAR 765 SE, 90’ boom, GPS, mapping and AutoSteer, 6500 hrs., 18.4x38 ra1-888-676-4847. dials and 12.4x42 tires, 4 Tridekon crop diCOMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and viders, 600 gallon tank, $25,000. used parts for most makes of tractors, 204-825-7166, Clearwater, MB. 2012 CASE DRAPER, 35’, slow spd. trans- combines, balers, mixmills and swathers. port, Case or NH adapter, exc. cond., can 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, deliver, $55,000; 2013 MacDon FD75, Case SK. We buy machinery. or NH adapter, S/N #231673, FlexDraper, 35’, can install new transport kit for $8500, good cond., can deliver, wo slow spd. transport $67,000, w/slow spd. transport $75,000; 2012 MacDon D60-S Draper, 35’, CIH and NH adapter, exc. cond., can deliver, S/N #227499, $55,000; All headers are shaded, selling due to buying JD combines. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 2008 NEW HOLLAND 88C, 42’ flex draper, reconditioned. This head is field ready! Delivery included at $23,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000, Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB.

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BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing. NH 73C 25’ flex, reconditioned, $18,900; NH 74C, 30’ recon., $19,900; NH 74C 35’, Call now 1-866-443-7444. recon, $24,900 w/air reel, $29,900. Call 2005 JD 567 baler, MegaWide twine and Reimer Farm Equipment, Gary Reimer, netwrap, 18,000 bales, vg condition, 204-326-7000, Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB. $19,500 OBO. 204-886-3407, Teulon, MB. GLEANER 500 30’, not reconditioned, $12,900; GL 800 25’ recond., $19,900; GL 2003 JD 348 square baler in excellent 8000 30’ recond., $21,900. Reimer Farm cond., shedded; Also NH 1063 bale wagon, Equipment, Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000, very good cond., carries 160 square bales. Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB. Call 204-476-2401, Neepawa, MB. CASE/IH 1020 flex, 25’-30’, reconditioned, $14,900; 25’ w/air reel, $19,900, 30’ w/air reel, $21,900; CIH 2020 flex, 30’ recon. $19,900, w/air reel $24,900; 35’ recon., $24,900; 35’ w/air reel $29,900; CIH 3020 30’ recon., $27,900; 35’ recon. $29,900.

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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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1997 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 39' with 2320 TBH tank, 6 run single shoot with stealth openers, rubber packers and hydraulic markers, $25,000 OBO. 306-430-1317, Eatonia, SK. 1998 BOURGAULT 5710 54' w/2004 5440 air cart single shoot, 10" sp, 3" rubber packers, blockage monitors, sec. control liquid kit, knock-on boots, 8" loading auger, rear hitch, good rubber, $70,000. 306-885-4545, Sedley, SK.

Make tire changes safe and easy. Wheeled unit LIFTS & ROTATES tires with precision and accommodates 24” to 46” wheels and up to 4000 lbs. Forklift ready!

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2000 BOURGAULT 5710, Haukaas markers.

Nearly new MRB's, carbide tips and scrapers. DICKEY-john NH3 kit w/1250 gal. NH3 tank (tank needs painting). $35,000.

306-873-5382, Tisdale, SK. 2003 BOURGAULT 5710 Series 11, tank always shredded, 1 season on new 3/4" tips, double shoot, rubber packers, dual fan, adjustable flow rate, in cab monitor. $63,000 OBO. 306-753-7575, Cactus Lake, SK. tjerker@live.com

READY FOR MUD? FenderXtenders for 2005 57 FLEXI-COIL 5000 H.D., 12" spacCIH Patriot Sprayers. Spring Sale $1749. ing, w/3850 mechanical cart, dual shoot, 306-660-8485, www.fenderxtender.ca $39,000 OBO. 306-423-5444, Domremy, SK. 1998 PATRIOT WT, fully loaded, field 2008 59' BOURGAULT 5710, 12.6" new ready. Call 306-592-4449, 306-592-2029, Dutch Precision 5" w/NH3, 5.5" pneu, Buchanan, SK. Raven NH3, MRB 25, full blockage, 6450 2013 NH GUARDIAN SP.240F XP, 100’ TBH, 591, shedded, nice rebuilt unit, boom, 1200 litre SS tank, IntelliView IV $149,000. 780-662-2614, Tofield, AB. monitor, luxury cab, 6.7L Cummins, 275 HP, only 420 hours, asking $330,000. 2009 50' SEEDMASTER, 10", 5-plex, narrow transport, DS, seed brakes, Devloo scrap306-524-2109, Semans, SK. ers, new fert. knives and primary hoses, 2008 JOHN DEERE 4730, SS tank, loaded, $75,000. 306-628-8181, Sceptre, SK. 2 sets tires, field ready, exc. cond, 2800 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 and 6350 tank, 65', hrs., $145,000. 306-577-8771, Carlyle, SK. liquid, single shoot, $145,000, Young, SK. 2009 MILLAR CONDOR 40, 100’ boom, 306-917-7980.

1000 gal. tank, 100 gal. rinse tank, AutoBoom, AutoSteer, AutoHeight, 2 sets rear BOURGAULT 5710 40', 3195 air cart, single tires, crop dividers, 1600 hrs., new diff. shoot, 3" rubber packers, blockage moniand planetary, good cond. 306-769-8887, tors, new knock-on liq. boots, liq. kit, 3 306-276-7788, Arborfield, SK. tanks, air cart new rubber, loading auger, rear hitch, $35,000. 306-885-4545 Sedley.

2013 APACHE 1020, 470 hrs., duals, 100’, 1000 gal. tank, AutoSteer, AutoBoom, 2008 JD 1890 36’ air drill, w/1910 cart, DS Auto Section. Meticulous one owner unit, tank, var. rate, all-run blockage, 7.5” spac$220,000 OBO. 306-591-1133, Pense, SK. ing, 340 bu., done 9800 acres, shedded, vg condition. Ph. 204-745-7445, Carman, MB. 1999 CIH 4260, 90’ sprayer, 1000 gallon SS tank, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, Raven Au- APPROX. 90 USED Flexi-Coil Stealth 3” toSteer, Enviso Pro monitor, 2 sets of paired row w/Gumbo tip both w/carbide, tires, 5 sets of nozzles, fenders, 3867 hrs., for anhydrous or with dry fert. 1/2 price of 400 hrs. on new engine, Redlighted yearly, new! Call 204-638-0032, Ashville, MB. shedded, $75,000.

306-885-4545, 800 FLEXI-COIL 33’, DS, w/1720 tank, 306-537-2563, Sedley, SK. (last 800 made), 12” spacing, 550 lbs.

Poirier seed boots, low acres, tank 1999 CASE 4260, 3180 hrs., 97’ booms, 2 shanks, until this year. 306-745-7505 or sets tires, 1200 gal. SS tank, Outback GPS shedded 306-877-2014, Dubuc, SK. and Raven monitor, asking $95,000 OBO. BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, 3225 air cart, sinCall 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. gle shoot, 3” steel packers, Knock-on liquid 1999 ROGATOR 854 high clearance, 90’, boots, liquid kit, loading auger, rear hitch, w/factory AutoSteer, 2700 hrs, 2 sets $30,000. 306-742-4429, Langenburg, SK. tires, $79,000. 306-648-5394, Ferland, SK. 2016 BOURGAULT 76’ 3320 QDA, MRB’S, 1998 JOHN DEERE 4700, 4500 hrs., 10” space, anhydrous, high floatation, DS, $32,000 Greenlight, $69,000 firm; Also, 4.5” pneumatic packers, w/wo 7950 Bour2001 JD 4710, all options, approx. 3100 gault tank. 306-743-7523, Langenburg, SK. hrs., $99,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. JD 1830, 61’, 10” spacing, 4” pneumatic 2009 SPRA-COUPE 4660, 80’, OutBack packers, Atom Jet 3-1/2” paired row opensteering, crop dividers, duals, 630 hrs., ers w/NH3, Raven controller, section con$85,000. 306-947-4603, 306-947-7550, trol, c/w 1910 430 cart with conveyor, cameras in tanks, very nice, $79,000 OBO. Hepburn, SK. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK. 1996 SPRA-COUPE 3630 70’ high clear- JD 737 40’ Air Drill w/787 tank; Bourgault ance, 300 gal., triple nozzle bodies, timing 9200 42’ NH3 applicator. Both field ready, belt changed last fall, 2313 hrs., tow hitch for more info 306-594-7459, Norquay, SK. incl., excellent condition, $25,000 with Cultiva ATC Guidance, or $22,000 w/o. 2008 BOURGAULT 3310, 65’, single shoot, $79,000 OBO. 306-563-8482, Yorkton, SK. 306-231-6763, Lake Lenore, SK. 1997 ROGATOR 854, 90’ boom, 800 gal., 1997 CONCORD 4812, DS dry w/NH3, SS tank, rinse tank, Trimble EZ-Steer, GPS, Dutch openers, 2000 JD 1900 cart, 270 bu, Raven monitor, 5 nozzle bodies, Thompson $25,000 OBO. 306-452-3233, Antler, SK. industrial filter, 2 sets of tires, $42,500 JOHN DEERE 1890 disc drill, 43’, 10” spacOBO. 306-843-7057, 306-658-4674, Wilkie ing. Phone 306-842-6246, Griffin, SK. TRELLEBORG (4)- 710-70R38 tires and 41’ BOURGAULT 5710, 3/4 MRB’s, packers rims for Case/IH sprayers, $18,000. Call and chemical spreader, double shoot, 9.8” spacing, $6000 OBO. 306-842-4808 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK.

FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: John Deere 4045, 710/60R46, $19,500; 800/55R46, $23,500; JD 4038, Case 4420, 650/65R38 Michelin tires and rim, $13,500. Sprayer duals available. Call 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. FLOATATION TIRES: Four 18.4X30 with 9 bolt hubs for Willmar or Patriot, $3750.

Call 306-423-6131, Domremy, SK. FLOATER TIRES: Four 24.5x32 fits Rogator 1254, $5000; Four 20.8x42 fits Case/IH, $6000. 306-922-8155, Prince Albert, SK. CHEM HANDLER III 3” hoses with Honda pump, $3300 OBO. 306-243-4242, 306-867-7642, Macrorie, SK.

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2006 EZEE-ON 7550 40’, 10” spacing, single shoot, 5” rubber capped packers, 4” carbide tip openers with 3115 tank (2005), $35,000 OBO. 306-452-7004, Parkman, SK 2011 SEED HAWK 50’, 12” sp., tool bar with 600 cart dual wheels auger and bag lift. $229,000; 1997 39’ Morris Magnum air drill, 10” spacing, Atom openers w/Morris 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 65’, Paralink, 12” spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, $140,000.

2002 49’ Morris Maxim air drill, 12” space, w/7240 Morris grain cart, $45,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2007 SEED HAWK 44’, 12” sp., 267 tank, NH3 kit, autorate, Agtron block monitors, winch, $95,000. 306-923-2231 Torquay SK 2008 BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, 9.8” spacing, new MRB’s, carbide tips, 3.5” packers, new NH3 w/2004 5350 air tank, cab rate adj., 3 tanks, 1 fan, $41,000. Call 306-862-7138 or 306-862-5993, Nipawin, SK.

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2003 40’ MORRIS Max II, 7180 tank, SS, NH3, MRB’s, 10” spacing, A1 cond., 12,000 acres, 1 pass machine, trades welcome, $46,900. 306-862-7524 or 306-862-7761, Call us for more info Nipawin, SK. www.agriquip.ca BOURGAULT 5710 47’, 10” spacing, 1-888-710-1530 2002 MRB’s, Dickey John autorate, c/w 2320 www.combineworld.com w/3rd tank, seeds 220 acres of canola per fill, $42,000. 306-873-8301, Tisdale, SK. FLEXI-COIL 5000, 33’, 12” spacing, all recapped steel packers, new front tires on drill, 3” Stealth openers, c/w Flexi-Coil 1720 TBH tank, new front tires on cart, cameras in tank, metering area good, $27,000 OBO. 306-726-7516, Earl Grey, SK 2009 BOURGAULT 3310 PHD 75’, 10”, single shoot, MRB, 4.5” pneumatic packers, block sensor, exc. cond., $110,000 OBO. 306-861-4592, 306-722-3228, Fillmore, SK 2003 FLEXI-COIL 3450 air tank, TBH, 10” auger, good cond., $22,500 OBO. 2004 JD 1910 430 bu, 8 run, dbl shoot, 306-861-4592, 306-722- Fillmore, SK. tow behind, 12” conveyor, vari-rate, with 2008 60’ SEEDMASTER, 12” spacing DS, JD brown box…$19,800 low acres, very nice tips, new manifold, new hoses, excellent condition, $75,000.

1-888-710-1530. www.combineworld.com 306-861-4592, 306-722-3228, Fillmore, SK 1999 FLEXI-COIL 5000 27' and 1330 TBT 2006 JD 1820, 61’, 10” spacing, single tank, 9" spacing, 2" spread tips, 3.5" steel shoot, steel packers, new hoses, exc. cond, packers, $10,500. 306-372-7604, Luseland. $16,500. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

JD 35’ AIR SEEDER, 12” spacing, on 1610 tool with floating hitch and Morris gang packers, 2.5” Eagle beak openers w/777 JD 160 bu. tank, w/cab cam, field ready, $7500. 306-331-8388, Fort Q’Appelle, SK.

2011 BOURGAULT 6700 air cart X20, 4 tank meter, bag lift. Possible trades. $125,000 OBO. 306-563-8482 Weyburn SK 1996 BOURGAULT 40’ 8800/3195, harrows and packers, $16,000. Call 306-563-8482, Rama, SK. 28’ BOURGAULT MULTI-PURPOSE 210 series FH428-32 cultivator, 2155 tank (shedded), Kohler motor, pull behind harrows, extra shovels and knives, $15,000 OBO. 306-921-7688, Saskatoon, SK. BOURGAULT 40’ FH36-42, 8” space, QA onrow packers, QA 40’ harrows, Bourgault 3225 tank, excellent condition, $17,000.

Call 306-567-8614, Davidson, SK. 1993 BOURGAULT 8800 air seeder, 36’, 3195 tank, Valmar spreader, packers, $10,000 OBO. 306-946-7928, Watrous, SK FLEXI-COIL 3450 TBT air seeder tank, var. rate, special 4 tank model holds 400 bu.

Junop Brothers 306-493-7605, Delisle, SK. 1998 MORRIS CONCEPT 2000, 43’, 10” sp, new Bourgault narrow point openers, 7240 TBH, $24,000. 306-463-8416, Eston, SK. FLEXI-COIL 820 seeding tool with 2320 air cart, 46’ 5-plex, 550 lb trip w/sweeps and harrows, low acres, $30,000 OBO. Phone 306-463-3257, Kindersley, SK. DOES YOUR TRACTOR need more oil to keep up to seeder technology? 9170, 9270, 9380, etc. most older Versatiles and many others including 4000 Massey series.

Ph us w/your needs. Hydratec Hydraulics, 306-721-2630, 1-800-667-7712 Regina SK

1993 MORRIS 39’ air drill, 781 TBH tank, new hoses, DS, 12” space, carbide Gumbo boots. 3-1/2” steel packers, field ready, $20,500 OBO. Retired. Call 306-252-2810, 37’ LAURIER HANG UP packer bar. For more information phone 204-745-2784, 306-567-7281, Kenaston, SK. Carman, MB. 2008 SEEDMASTER SXL 2100 50’, 12”, 300 bu. seed, 2100 gallon fert. all on-board. SUMMERS 70’ HARROW bar, autofold, 9” Smart Hitch, 4 cameras, 1 owner $100,000 tines, good cond., c/w box of brand new tines, $5500. 204-880-1374, Portage la Must sell. Call 306-591-1133, Pense, SK. Prairie, MB. 2013 SEEDMASTER, 70’ slim fold, with granular applicator, all HD caster w/over- 2005 BOURGAULT 6000 mid harrows, 70’, sized tires, 28LR26 rears c/w 2012 Bour- low acres, excellent condition, $22,000 gault 6550 tank w/duals, $259,000. Ron OBO. 306-745-8880, Langenburg, SK. 306-648-5394, Ferland, SK. 2011 RITE-WAY 7150 heavy harrows 50’, BOURGAULT 32’ SEEDER/CULTIVATOR with 2255 Valmar applicator, $34,500. w/2130 special seeder and Valmar attach- 306-554-2511, Wynyard, SK. ment, $9500 OBO. Middle Lake, SK. 70’ SYSTEM 82 FLEXI-COIL harrows, good 306-367-2043, leave message. teeth, spring pressure type, $2800. Call CONSERVA PAK 35’, 12” spacing, DS, plus 306-577-8771, Carlyle, SK. liquid, knock-on carbides, c/w 1996 Con- 56’ WILL CAR harrows, hydraulic, recent cord 2300 TBH, hydraulic or diesel fan, new tines, $1600. Phone 306-567-8614, $14,000. Call 306-221-0712, Osler, SK. Davidson, SK. NEW 2017 70’ DEGELMAN Strawmaster w/Endura tips, hydraulic tine adjustment Odessa Rockpicker Sales, 306-957-4403, Odessa, SK. 2013 RITE-WAY HEAVY HARROW, 90’, approx. 20” harrows, adjustable pressure and angle, $38,500. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK.

2010 MORRIS 8370, 3 tank, variable rate, TBT, 440 bu., $69,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. MORRIS MAXIM 30’ double shoot, 10” spacing, Atom Jet side band openers, 3.5” packers, w/7180 TBH Morris tank, $30,000. 306-237-7571 eves., Perdue, SK. 1998 BOURGAULT 5710 34’, DS, MRB’s, 9.8” spacing, 3” rubber packers, 4300 air tank, one owner, shedded, $49,000.

306-228-7899, Unity, SK. 45’ FLEXI-COIL 5000 air drill, 7.2” spacing, with 3” steel packers. Call Junop Brothers, 306-493-7605, Delisle, SK.

2000 MORRIS MAXIM II 50’ air drill, 7300 VRT air cart w/elec. over hyd. in cab controls, 3rd tank, 10” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, Agtron primary blockage, DS, can switch to SS, Atom Jet side band openers, scrapers, opt. 3 camera CabCam system, $30,000. 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK. BOURGAULT OPENERS for Paralink drill, single shoot w/liquid Nitrogen and liquid Phosphate. 306-463-7527, Kindersley, SK. 2011 SEED HAWK 56’ 12” space 2330 Flexi-Coil var. tank liquid setup, $150,000 OBO. 306-831-7734, Zealandia, SK. MORRIS MAXIM 49’ air drill, slim wedge knock-on clips, 2 sets of openers, front dual castors, 240 bu. TBH tank, $42,500 OBO. 306-662-7005, Robsart, SK. 2010 MORRIS CONTOUR 48’, 12” spacing, DS, new carbide sideband openers, Devloo rotary scrapers, Agtron all-run blockage, TBT, 8300XL tank, 80 bushel 3rd tank, $125,000 OBO. Ph. 306-773-9057, Stewart Valley, SK. 1995 MORRIS MAXIM 34’, 10” spacing, double shoot, Gumbo boots, 7180 tank, shedded; Also 1991 Case/IH 9240 4WD tractor. 306-842-6704 or 306-861-1015, Weyburn, SK. 2011 JD 1870, 56’, blockage, w/1910 TBH air cart, 430 bu., 520/85R42 duals, conveyor, excellent condition, asking $195,000. 306-260-8969, Turtleford, SK. FLEXI-COIL 6000 disc drill with Morris 7240 tank, extra parts, discs and scrapers in good shape, $29,000. 306-741-0247, Swift Current, SK.

MORRIS 7180 AIR SEEDER (shedded), w/34’ Morris 9000 cult, floating hitch, harrows, $29,500. 204-268-2853, Selkirk, MB. CONCORD 2000 grain cart, hyd fan, always shedded, one owner, vg 23.1-26 Firestone tires, $5500. 204-736-4204, La Salle, MB. 2007 BOURGAULT 6350 air seeder tank, low acres, augers- exc., all updates, Greenlighted, TBH hitch, field ready, $39,500 OBO. Call 204-773-2338, Angusville, MB. 2008 BOURGAULT 6550ST air cart, 4-tank meter, dual fans, CRA, bag lift, deluxe auger, duals, shedded, $68,000. Call 204-734-8562, Swan River, MB. Do you want to target Manitoba farmers?

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NEW 1/4 INCH 8”, 9”, 12” cult. shovels, 1978 JD 3130, 3 PTH, vg cond, 5000 orig. $3-3.50 each; Melroe plowshares, $15; hrs. $11,500 OBO. 204-886-3407, Teulon, Melroe plow moldboards, $30. Call Law- MB. rence at 204-836-2686, St. Alphonse, MB. JD 4650, quad shift, 3 hyds., factory du2008 ST830 47’ chisel plow, 5 plex, 650 als, showing 765 hrs, $24,500. Morris, MB, lbs. trips, 8” knock-on shovels, anhydrous 204-746-2016. Pics at www.hlehmann.ca Raven rate control, factory hitch, hyd. winch, 9/16” heavy harrows, $70,000 OBO. STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specialCall 204-733-2446, Ochre River, MB. izing in rebuilding JD tractors. Want Series 30s, 40s, 50s, 7000s to rebuild or for BOURGAULT 8800 CULT., 52’, 8” spacing, 20s, pay top $$. Now selling JD parts. heavy trips, knock-on sweeps, 4 row har- parts.

204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. rows, w/interchange packers, air kit for 6 tube delivery, ready to go, reasonably JD TRACTORS: 8650, 8450, 4650 FWD, priced. 306-595-2180, Pelly, SK. 4255 FWD, 4440. Will take tractors that 2014 33’ SUNFLOWER 1435 tandem disc, need work. Call 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. has new plain blades, $55,000. Call A.E. 2000 JD 7710, 5130 hrs; 2006 7720, 6200 Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, hrs; 2003 7810, 4200 hrs; 2011 8295R, Storthoaks, SK. 4900 hrs, IVT. All MFWD, can be equipped 1992 37’ CASE/IH 5600 HD cultivator, w/loaders. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. with Degelman mounted 4-row harrows, $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, UTILITY TRACTORS: John Deere 6200, 4400 hrs; JD 6310 w/640 loader, 4500 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. hrs. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. IHC 6400 54’ chisel plow, 12” spacing, new NH3, boots and openers, new hoses, new 1998 JD 9400, powershift, shedded, tow walking beam shafts, $33,000. Nipawin, cable, 710x70R38 rubber, 7000 hours, $74,000. Call 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. SK. 306-862-7138 or 306-862-5993.

35’ MORRIS MAGNUM II cultivator with 1998 JD 9100, above average cond., 6067 Haukaas molehill shovels, $4500. Call hrs., brand new engine at 3400 hrs., $64,000. Call 306-577-8771, Carlyle, SK. 306-528-7712, Nokomis, SK. MORRIS 743 CHISEL PLOW, 12” spacing, 1982 JD 8650, showing 5394 hours, quad good 16” sweeps, w/Degelman hyd. driven trans., 4 remotes, tires- 50%, good condition, asking $37,000. Call 306-482-7144 rod, $10,000. 306-463-8416, Eston, SK. after 6:00 PM, Carnduff, SK. 2010 JD 7730, MFD, 620x42 rear tires, Powerquad trans., 746 loader and grapple, 3350 hrs. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1983 JD 8450, 4780 hrs., 3 hyds., inside tires 3 yrs old, good cond., no PTO, $24,000. 306-889-2035 eves, Mistatim, SK LANDROLLERS IN STOCK. Don’t get caught without a roller this spring! Be the grower who rents to others, not the one who waits too long for a rental. All sizes available, with or without leveling blade option. Order soon to avoid disappointment. Call now 888-907-9182, www.agshield.com

JD 4650, powershift, 10,500 hours, good rubber, very reliable, $29,000. Call 306-873-8301, Tisdale, SK. 2009 JD 9430, 24 speed for hyd., with 3955 hrs, 710/70R42 duals, original owner, nice cond., asking $188,500. Call Dan 306-725-4286, Bulyea, SK. 2003 JD 9420, 5261 hrs., 24 spd., Greenstar ready, 710-70R42, $129,000. Earl Grey, SK. 306-939-4800 or 306-726-7807.

RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service.

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8070, 8050 or 8030 MFWD. 1974 JD 4630, quad range, 20.8R38 axle 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. duals, 4797 hrs., very good condition, $15,000. Call 306-736-8336, Kipling, SK.

JD 4630, 8 spd. powershift, new paint, 1986 CIH 4894, 4 WD, 8675 hrs., 300 HP, 20.8x38 duals- 70%, small shaft PTO, Pioshedded, 20.8x38 duals, 4 hydraulics, no neer couplers, 5512 hrs., LED lights, $25,000. 306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK. 70’ FLEXI-COIL System 82 harrow, grey PTO, good rubber, good condition, $18,000.

5-bar spring tooth, $5500. 306-960-3000, 306-885-4545, Sedley, SK. 2007 JD 9420, 4713 hrs., 1 owner, all St. Louis, SK. options, 800 Firestone deep 1999 CASE 9380, quad track, 9000 hrs., available LAND LEVELER, 10’ wide c/w mounted PTO, 400 hrs. on new track, S3 AutoSteer, tread tires, weights, 15 spd. Powershift, climate control, Active Seat, extra lighting, V-ditch closure, field ready, exc. cond. $68,000. Call 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. SN# RW9420P051184, excellent condi306-682-2338 leave msg., Humboldt, SK. tion, $175,000.

Charles Cattle Co., FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 95 harrow packer 2013 140A FARMALL Case/IH w/loader, 306-457-2935, Stoughton, SK. bar, 60’, P22 packers, $5500. Middle Lake, 1800 hrs., $82,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. SK. 306-367-2043, leave message.

1990 JD 4455, exc. shape, completely re50’ FLEXI-COIL HARROW packers w/P30 2009 CASE/IH MX435, Outback guidance, stored, less than 2000 orig. hours! Charles packers, $3800; 36’ Wilrich vibrashank cult 710/70 tires, rear weights, std. trans., 4 Cattle Co., 306-457-2935, Stoughton, SK. hyds., 3100 hrs., shedded, $183,000. Niw/harrows, $1300. 306-210-8186, Reward JD 4630, loader, cab; Case 2870, 4x4, Depawin, SK. 306-862-7138 or 306-862-5993 gelman dozer; Cockshutt 550 gas; 1981 60’ HARROW PACKER w/P30 packers, in good condition. Taking offers. Phone 1991 CASE/IH 7110, 2WD, 3157 hrs., GMC 17’ B&H. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK 306-287-3563, Watson, SK. currently has Raven EnvisioPro w/Smartand Ultraglide boom, exc. shape, JD 4560, PS, 2WD, 5000 original hrs., 70% 46’ FLEXI-COIL 75 packer bar, P20 pack- Track tires, clamp on duals, vg cond., $52,500. ers. Call Junop Brothers, 306-493-7605, asking $45,000. 306-567-7080, Craik, SK. Call Blaine at 306-621-9751, Yorkton, SK. Delisle, SK. 2011 CIH 500 HD, full load without PTO, 1572 hrs., twin pumps, 800 Michelins, 1996 JOHN DEERE 8570, 4450 hrs., 24 spd., PTO, very good condition, asking $285,000. Ron 306-648-5394, Ferland, SK. $67,000. 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK. 1999 BOURGAULT 5300, 3TM, hyd. cal., 491 LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We monitor, DS, hopper ext., Trelleborg tires, buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA SOLD THE FARM: 1975 JD 4230, Quad $26,900 OBO. 204-746-0275, Domain, MB. tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have Shift, never had FEL, new paint, $14,500; rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. JD 2130, new tires, always shedded, new motor, $9000. Both in very nice shape.

2015 JD 2625 30' folding disk, completed 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. 306-545-5007, 306-726-8137, Cupar, SK. approx. 1000 acres, $85,000 OBO. Please 1983 CASE 2290 w/Leon 707 FEL, 4700 call 204-857-2453, 204-267-2812, or email: sunnyside@sunnysidehb.com Newton hrs., rebuilt PS and diff., 4 remotes, dual 1977 JD 4430 w/606 PT mower behind, PTO, good tires, duals, $18,500. Prince Al- very low hrs., always shedded, exc. cond., Siding, MB. bert, SK. 306-922-8155, 306-960-3230. $29,000 OBO. 306-717-2971 Saskatoon SK JD 7300 VACUUM PLANTER, 12 row 30”, CASE/IH 450 HD, 3PTH, 2012, 1820 250 monitor, lift assists, shedded, $14,750. 204-373-2339, 204-324-7410, hrs., PS, 800 Firestone’s, loaded, no PTO, 35 month - 1500 hr. extended PowerTrain Ridgeville, MB. warranty, Pro 700/372 AutoSteer, 2016 KUBOTA M5-111, 105 HP c/w FEL, WHITE 6122 VACUUM planter, 8 row - 30”, $278,000 OBO. Call 306-960-3230 or FWA, shuttle shift, 22 hrs, 6 year warranty, $70,500. Call 306-554-2901, Wynyard, SK. hyd. markers, vertical fold, monitor, recon- 306-981-3281, Prince Albert, SK. ditioned, $17,900. Gary Reimer, Reimer Farm Equipment, 204-326-7000, Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB. JD 7200 VACUUM planters in stock for im- 2010 CASE/IH STEIGER 335, power- 2012 MASSEY 6490, 2200 hrs., MFWD. mediate delivery! Folding bar, hyd. mark- shift, AutoSteer, 520/85x42 duals, rear Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. ers, monitors, reconditioned, field ready. 8 weights, shedded, like new with only 775 1982 MASSEY 4800, 3 spd. powershift, row 30”, $17,900; 12 row 30”, $19,900. hours. 204-268-2853, Selkirk, MB. PTO, 230 HP, 18.4x38 tires, $20,000 OBO. Call Reimer Farm Equipment, Gary Reimer, 1983 STEIGER ST325, $15,500; Also Case 306-648-8144, Gravelbourg, SK. 204-326-7000, Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB. 2594, $16,500. 306-246-4970, Speers, SK. JD 7200 PLANTERS IN STOCK, 8 to 16 row, any planter makes available. Call Reimer Farm Equipment, Gary Reimer, 1991 FORD 846, 7800 hrs. (500 on rebuilt 204-326-7000, Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB. 2006 CHALLENGER MT765, 6500 hrs., 3 eng.), 4 remotes, no PTO, std. trans., 1984 IH 6200 press drills 2-12’, shaft PTH, PTO, very nice, cond. Delivery avail. w/wo 14’ Degelman blade, asking monitors, shedded; Laurier 24’ drive thru $129,500 Cdn OBO. Call 218-779-1710. $40,000. 306-648-8144, Gravelbourg, SK. drill or swather carrier; Prairie Built drill fill system, 2-200 bu. hoppers, hyd. augers.

Best offer. 306-338-2927, Wadena, SK. CASE/IH 800 CYCLO-AIR corn and bean 1992 FORD/VERSATILE 946, 20.8x42 planter, 24’, 8 row, good shape, w/manual duals, AutoSteer JD Globe and monitor, $7500. 306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK. very nice, $52,500 Cdn. OBO. Delivery available. Call 218-779-1710, Minnesota 1987 CIH 7200 28’ hoe drills, factory hyd. mover, always shedded, not used since 2006 VERSATILE 210 HP, FWA, w/duals 2002, low acres, field ready, $5900 OBO. and Alo front end loader and grapple, 306-475-2677, Kayville, SK. $94,000. 306-728-9033, Melville, SK. JD 9350 HOE DRILLS, 30’, mover, trans1978 835, 8470 hrs., big 1000 PTO, 4 port and marker, good shape, seed 6” or hyds., 4 new 18.4x38 rears in 2016, 3 front 12”, $1800. Call 306-625-7939, Kincaid, SK tires- 70%, 1 - 50%, new batteries and alt., 36’ MELROE 204 press drill, w/factory $25,000 OB0. 306-452-7533 Storthoaks SK mover, markers, fertilizer and grass at- 2004 JD 9620T 500 HP, 36” tracks in 75% tachment. 306-428-2405, Choiceland, SK. cond, 4 hyds, 3PH, undercarriage 70%, 9798 1988 VERS. 846, 18.4x38 tires- 50%, 7400 hrs, clean & well maintained…$109,800 hrs., good working cond. Asking $28,500.

Call Tom 306-747-3292, Shellbrook, SK. 1-888-710-1530. www.combineworld.com 1993 VERSATILE 876, 4 WD, 12x4 std.

14' TOWNER HEAVY breaking disc, good condition, field ready. 306-782-6907, 2- 2012 JD 9510R 4 WD, 930 hrs. and trans., 20.8x38 tires, 7080 hrs, very well 1622 hrs., St. hyd., 5 remotes, weight pkg, maintained; 2001 Harmon 97’ sprayer, au306-641-7983, Jedburgh, SK. Firestone 800/70R38’s, Warranty, tofold, wind screens, hydraulic pump.

2010 SALFORD 41' Vertical Disc, very low $212,500 and $194,500 US. 320-848-2496 306-253-4454, Aberdeen, SK. acres, exc. cond, one owner. $59,000. or 320-894-6560, Fairfax, MN. View VERSATILE 450 used; 450, 500, 550 and 204-228-3420, vern@johnsonagro.com www.ms-diversified.com 550DT new. Call KMK Sales Ltd. Dugald, MB. JD 8760, 300 HP, 20.8x42 duals,12 spd. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. 2012 SUMO SUBSOILER, 9 leg. Improve manual, 11,154 hrs., eng. rebuilt at 6000 yields, fix ruts and hardpan issues. Steel hrs., Outback S2 AutoSteer, good cond., TWO 1979 VERS. 855 4WD, 1 with Atom $29,500. 204-365-7018, Shoal Lake, MB. Jet hyd. kit. For details 306-483-8257, roller. 204-851-0451, Virden, MB. Oxbow, SK. coldridge@sasktel.net 1998 JD 8100, 5358 hrs., newer 18.4x42 WANTED: HEAVY DUTY DISC in good condition, 20’ to 30’, Hucthmaster or other, duals, 16.9x28 fronts, 16 spd. powershift, 1000 PTO, cast weights, no 3 PTH, exc., call 204-966-3489. $72,000. 204-739-3089, Oak Point, MB. BREAKING DISCS: KEWANEE, 14’ and 2008 MCCORMICK MTX150, 2300 hrs.; 12’; Rome 16’ and 9’; Wishek 14’ and 30’. JOHN DEERE 4430 w/JD loader; Massey 2006 McCormick MTX150, 3200 hrs.

275 w/FEL. 306-283-4747, Langham, SK. 2- DMI 7 shank rippers. 1-866-938-8537.

Phone 204-522-6333, Melita, MB.

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16’ PEELED RAILS, 2-3” $7.50 ea., 125 per 1-866-938-8537. bundle; 3-4” $9.25 ea., 100 per bundle; WILRICH 45’ field cult, good cond., $3300; 4-5” $11 each, 75 per bundle. Vermette Clearfield 32’ conveyor, mounted on 24’ Wood Preservers, 1-800-667-0094, Spruce deck, turns 360°, $2600; McKee round bal- Home, SK info@vwpltd.com er, $650; 1961 Corvette 4 dr. car, runs, no rust, $2500. 204-728-1861, Brandon, MB. We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your JD 4020 w/FEL, new paint, good cond., ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. $10,000; 1992 Volvo 425 dsl., gravel truck, It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number full tandem, 15’ B&H, full lockers, $4500; today. We have friendly staff ready to help.

Ford 800 gas gravel truck, 5 yd box, 1-800-782-0794. $3800; Cockshutt 40 tractor w/mtd. post pounder, $2900; Deg. 570 rockpicker highlift, $4000. Ph 204-728-1861 Brandon, MB. RETIRING: FLEXI-COIL 28’ air seeder, 800 cultivator w/12” spacing, 1100 air tank and Pattison liquid fert. kit; Melroe 911 6 bottom plow; GreenDrop liquid fert. band wagon w/800 gal. tank, John Blue pump; 32’ Delmar harrow packer bar; Bourgault 950 PT sprayer, 100’, 850 gal. tank., hyd. pump, mix tank, AutoFold; 1980 MF 2805 tractor, 190 HP, 8 spd., radial tires, 3466 hrs. 204-638-1095, Dauphin, MB.

JD 158 FEL with mounts, straight bucket, CASE/IH 2870 4 WD, Degelman blade, nice condition, $5250. Call 204-746-2016 $17,000; 1999 NH LS170 Bobcat, $13,000; Morris, MB. Vac tank, 1800 gal. and pump $8000; IHC Model 252 forklift, gas, $5000.

Hit our readers where it counts… in the clas306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK. sifieds. Place your ad in the Manitoba CoNH CHAIN BALER, $2500; Neuero grain operator classifed section. 1-800-782-0794. vac, $3000; 34’ factory drill mover, $2000; 72’ Flexi-Coil harrows, $5000; 80’ Vers. NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone harrow $3000. 306-238-4411 Goodsoil, SK for availability and prices. Many used in THREE 6’ NOBLE BLADES with carrier; Four stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. 5’ coil packers. Phone 306-773-6944, Swift Current, SK. FOUR 10 KW to 43 KW generators for sale.

306-398-2559 leave msg. Cut Knife, SK. 2011 HITACHI 270 CL-3 excavator Isuzu, 4 cyl. 147 HP dsl. eng., 5’ WBM bucket w/hyd. thumb, 32’’ tracks, 8692.5 hrs., WANTED: BREAKING PLOW, 35” to 45”; AC, heater, 2 spd., exc. working cond., Rome plow, 12’; For Sale: Toro tractor 4 $125,000.

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WANTED: ARMS FOR 3 PTH for Ford 5000 tractor. 306-276-5770, White Fox, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

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JOHNSTON/ FERTILE VALLEY Private Treaty Bull Sale. All JFV bulls will be sold off the yard this year. Over 125 thick, easy fleshing good haired yearling and 2 year old bulls selected from 600 low maintenance, high production cows. They are sired by the leading A.I. bulls in the industry including Regard, Resource, Renown, International, Ten Speed, Glanworth 57U, Special Focus and Brilliance. Many of these bulls are suitable for heifers. All bulls are semen tested with complete performance info. available. Deferred payment program with 60% down and 40% interest free due Dec. 1, 2017. Come and see one of the most respected cowherds in Canada. Select the bull or group of bulls that you really want at your leisure without the pressure of a sale. David and Dennis Johnston 306-856-4726, Conquest, SK. View the cowherd online at website: www.johnstonfertilevalley.com

BLACK ANGUS YEARLING and 2 year old bulls on moderate growing ration, performance info. available. Adrian or Brian and SELLING OFF THE farm reg. Black Angus 2 Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, year old and yearling bulls. Moderate SK. Call 306-441-0946 or 306-342-4407. birthweights, semen tested, reasonably www.valleyhillsangus.com priced. Phone 306-460-8520, Kindersley, SK. View: www.dolittleangus.com PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service.

2&3 YEAR OLD Reg Black Angus & Black Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 Angus Simm cross bulls. Semen tested. or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. Some from AI breeding. Delivery available. $2800-$3500. 204-373-2370, Ridgeville, MB. Email: anteichro@yahoo.ca 90- TWO YR OLD and yearling Red Angus BLACK ANGUS YEARLING and 2 year old bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested and delivheifer and cow bulls. Call Rod Guilford at ered in the spring. Bob Jensen, 204-873-2637, or email: rodg@mymts.net 306-967-2770, Leader, SK. REG. 2 YEAR OLD Black and Red Angus bulls. Will be semen tested, guaranteed and delivered. View catalogue online at www.reddiamondfarm.com Call Michael Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB.

3 YEAR OLD purebred bull, Red T G A Trend 4358B, 87 lbs. birthweight, $3500.

306-631-9404 or 306-693-5827, Moose Jaw, SK. hazerinc@sasktel.net

BLACK ANGUS AND POLLED Hereford bulls bred for calving ease, feed efficiency, fertility and longevity. Semen tested and NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison delivery available. Call Don Guilford, on the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. 204-873-2430, Clearwater, MB. For spring delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and as- 12 REG. YEARLING BLACK ANGUS bulls sured payment. Contact Richard Bintner with moderate birthweights on home test.

Holloway Angus, Souris MB., call 306-873-3184.

204-741-0070 or 204-483-3622.

WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from yearlings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph F BAR & ASSOCIATES ANGUS BULLS. Choose from a good selection of 2 yr. old Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. and yearling Red and Black Angus bulls.

Great genetics, easy handling, semen testWANTED: MATURE BUFFALO bulls. Con- ed, delivery avail. Call for sales list. Enquirtact Bentley Brown at 306-845-7518 or ies and visitors are welcome! Call Allen & 306-845-2444, Turtleford, SK. Merilyn Staheli, 204-448-2124, Eddystone, MB. Email: amstaheli@inethome.ca THE PASKWAW BISON PRODUCERS 65 RISING 2 year old Red and Black Angus COALITION is a registered Non-Profit Cor- bulls. Info sheets available. Triple V poration dedicated to raising public aware- Ranch, Dan Van Steelandt 204-665-2448, ness to the threat Malignant Catarrhal Fe- 204-522-0092; 204-267-0706. ver (MCF) poses to the bison industry. For www.vvvranch.com Matt Melita, MB. further info contact Robert Johnson pskwbpc@gmail.com BLACK MEADOW’S ANGUS offers for sale: High quality Black Angus bulls, bunk fed alfalfa based ration, fertility tested, full vaccination program. Free delivery. Complete CAA info available. Contact Bill 204-567-3782, Miniota, MB.

RED AND BLACK yearling and 2 year old Angus bulls for sale. Will semen test. Delivery available; Also for sale Mammoth Jack donkey. Call Wayne, 204-383-5802 or 204-383-0100, Woodlands, MB.

REG. BLACK ANGUS YEARLING bulls.

Moderate frame with good dispositions.

EPD’s avail. Semen tested and delivered.

Bloodlines include: Kodiak, Brand Name, Pioneer, Patriot Upward. Ph. Colin, Kembar Angus, 204-725-3597, Brandon, MB.

REGISTERED, LOW BIRTH weight heifer, yearling bulls. Big strong cow bulls. Calving ease, maternal bloodlines. Vet inspected, semen tested, guaranteed breeders, delivered. For pictures, information and prices go to our website: www.belleredangus.com 306-845-2557, 306-845-7601, Turtleford, SK. E-mail: evandglen@littleloon.ca

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ANDERSON CATTLE CO. 2 yr. old and yearRed and Black Angus bulls. Semen testOSSAWA ANGUS, MARQUETTE, MB. ling delivery available. Swan River, MB., has for sale yearling and 2 year old bulls ed, 204-734-2073, videos at andersoncattle.ca and open yearling heifers.

Call 204-375-6658 or 204-383-0703.

WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM has for sale good selection of Red Angus and MaineSTEWART CATTLE CO. offers: Yearling aAnjou and 2 year old bulls. We are Black Angus bulls, suitable for use on heif- selling yearling

by Private Treaty from the yard. All ers. 1-2 yr. old Black Angus bull; 1-2 yr. bulls semen tested and can be delivered. old Simm/Angus bull. Contact Brent at Call Sid at 204-373-2631, Ridgeville, MB. 204-773-6392, Russell, MB. View catalogue and videos online at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS Bulls, virgin 2 yr olds and herdsires avail. Genet- 2 YEAR OLD Red Angus bulls, some sired ics w/maternal and calving ease traits. AI breeding. Semen tested, guaranteed to 204-564-2540, 204-773-6800, Shellmouth, breed. Delivery available. 204-427-3234, MB. Website: www.nerbasbrosangus.com Woodmore, MB.

REG. 2 YEAR OLD Red and Black Angus bulls. Will be semen tested, guaranteed and delivered. View catalogue online at www.reddiamondfarm.com Phone Michael Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB. 2 YEAR OLD RED BULLS, semen tested, $2250 each. 204-371-6404, St. Anne, MB. RED AND BLACK ANGUS yearlings and 2 year olds. All bulls semen tested, from AI sires. Can deliver. Call Don 204-422-5216.

Ste. Anne, MB.

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ONLINE ONLY UNRESERVED AUCTION: May 3-9, 2017. www.championassets.ca 2007 CAT D7R dozer w/3 shank ripper.

Call Larry at 306-865-7660, Lic# 334832.

LIKE NEW FRONTIER pallet fork, to fit 740 series JD loader, $500. 306-528-7712, Nokomis, SK.

Wed. May 3 @ 1:00

(Good Eastern and Local Ethnic Demand) Sheep 110-130, Heavy Lamb 240-265, Light Lamb 265-290(300), Goat 270-300

BRED COw AND CALF SALE

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

8640 JOHN DEERE tractor and 2000 Series Bourgault air seeder Model 2155 w/Val- CLEAR SPRINGS TROUT FARM Rainbow mar. Call 306-868-4615, Truax, SK. Trout, 4”, 6” and 8” for spring stocking.

204-937-4403, 204-937-8087, Roblin, MB. WANTED: SLIDE-IN TRUCK SPRAYER. 306-640-8034 cel, 306-266-2016 res, KEET’S FISH FARM: Rainbow Trout finWood Mountain, SK. gm93@sasktel.net gerlings for spring stocking. Collin Rachel 306-270-4639, RETIRING: 30’ BOURGAULT 2630VM cult. 306-260-0288, and harrows; Flexi-Coil System 92 harrow Saskatoon, SK. www.keetsfishfarm.com packer, 50’; Flexi-Coil System 62 hyd. harrows, 60’; Bourgault 540 PT sprayer, 80’; 5 yd. Ashland scraper; 1977 Ford F600 grain truck, steel B&H; 1979 F600, steel B&H. 306-944-4325, 306-231-8355, Bruno, SK. BEV’S FISH & SEAFOOD LTD., buy diTBH GRADER, 14’ blade, rubber tires, rect, fresh fish: Pickerel, Northern Pike, $1600 firm; Hydraulic end maker, runs Whitefish and Lake Trout. Seafood also on air, offers. Phone 306-460-9027, available. Phone toll free 1-877-434-7477, 306-463-3480, Flaxcombe, SK. 306-763-8277, Prince Albert, SK.

WANTED: LOAD AUGER for 6130 Morris air seeder, c/w all brackets.

306-735-7093, Wapella, SK.

SHEEP LAMB AND GOAT SALE

AFFORD-A-BULL REGISTERED YEARLING and 2 year old Angus bulls, some from AI sires, EPD’s available. Semen tested.

Hightree Cattle, Wilkie, SK., 306-843-7354 or 306-843-2054.

Fri, April 28 @12:00 (In conjunction with regular sale) Charolais, Simmental, Blacks

tired of the high cost of marketing your cattle?

MASSEY 200 SERIES swather header, 18’ w/attachment to fit series II swather and custom built heavier reel; Degelman 2014 CASE 370CVT, 220 hrs., 50k, front acomplete PTO for 570 stonepicker. BLOCKED AND SEASONED FIREWOOD: hitch, 900/R42, $225,500; 2011 Fendt 306-542-2297 evenings, Kamsack, SK. $180 per 160 ft.≥ cord; bags $80 (includes 939, 1100 hrs., 65 kms/hr, $235,000; 2016 Fendt 936, 500 hrs., call for price; JD DT 1600 39’, NH3; BG 52’ 8800, har- refundable deposit for bag). Bundles of 2015 Fendt 939, 1850 hrs., Variogrip, rows, packers; MF 220 swather 30’; Spray- 4’-5’ or 6.5’ also available. Vermette Wood $249,000; 2014 Fendt 936, 3700 hrs., 65 ers: BG 1460, 100’, curtains, vg; Compu Preservers 1-800-667-0094, Spruce Home. kms/hr, front PTO, $180,000; 2010 Claas Spray; Deg. PTO rockpickers; Swather carXerion, 2040 hrs., CVT50K, 3 PTH, 800R38, riers: 30’, 36’. 306-548-4315, Sturgis, SK. SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one $187,000; 2012 MF 8670, 500 hrs., cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65.

CVT50K, front PTO, $188,000; 2016 MF ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De- Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, 8737, 400 hrs., front PTO, loaded, call for gelman equipment, land rollers, Straw- 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. price; 2014 Deere 8345R, 2700 hrs., master, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades.

IVT50K, 3 PTH, $198,000; 2013 Deere 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood 7230R, 3000 hrs., IVT50K, new Q88 loader, call for price; 2013 Deere 6170R, 1750 SAKUNDIAK AUGER 7x1400 new 23 HP and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Prehrs., IVT50K, new Q76 loader, call for w/mover; 50’ System 95 Flexi-Coil harrow servers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, price; many more in stock! Please call packer bar P30 packers, tine harrows. SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

519-955-1331, www.rozendaalclinton.com 306-788-4819, 306-630-5451, Marquis, SK

NEW LS TRACTOR, 4 WD, 97 HP, Iveco dsl., self-leveling loader, 3500 lb. lift, CAHR, 3 spd. PTO, 3 PTH, power shuttle with hi/lo, 5 yr. warranty, $69,000. The Tractor Company 306-239-2262, Osler, 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

REPLACEMENT HEIFER SALE

BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca

NH TZ24DA, SENSITRAC 4 WD, 3 PTH, 166 MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. hrs., 4’ rototiller, 5’ finishing mower, 38’ SHOP BUILT ROLLER for peas, $2500. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: $10,000. 306-694-1963, 306-631-7058, 306-524-4960, 306-746-7307, Semans, SK www.maverickconstruction.ca Moose Jaw, SK.

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OFFERS BISON RANCH. Approx. 200 QUIET TOP QUALITY 2 yr. old and yearling head North Interlake, Fisher Branch, MB. Purebred Black Angus bulls. Call Spruce 2 YEAR OLD and yearling purebred Red 780-887-7144. Email blckbisn@yahoo.ca Acres, 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. Angus bulls for sale. High Caliber Angus, 306-745-3786, Esterhazy, SK SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Black and Red Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call QUIET TOP QUALITY 2 yr. old and yearling Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730.

Purebred Red Angus bulls. Contact Spruce Acres, 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. VIDEOS: WWW.DKFANGUS.CA Select now. Get later. Great selection. Superior SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Red and Black quality. DKF Black And Red Angus bulls Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call at DKF Ranch, anytime. Gladmar, SK. Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730.

Scott Fettes 306-815-7023 or Dwayne REGISTERED BULLS for sale, low BW’s, 306-969-4506. very gentle, grown slowly, reasonably Yearlings and 2 herdsires. Call MIDNITE OIL CATTLE CO. has on offer priced; Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519 semen tested yearling and 2 year old bulls. Roger 306-221-1558, Minton, SK. GRUNTHAL, MB. 306-734-2850, 306-734-7675, Craik, SK. 2 YEAR OLD & yearling bulls, semen tested AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING & delivered. Call Guy Sampson, Davidson, BLACK ANGUS 2 year old bulls, semen SK., 306-567-4207 or 306-561-7665. tested and guaranteed.

Call Andy REGULAR CATTLE SALES 306-697-7897, Grenfell, SK. FOR SALE BY Private Treaty: Yearling and every TUESDAY at 9 am 2 year old Red Angus Bulls. Arm River GOOD QUALITY PB Black Angus 2 yr. old Red Angus, 306-567-4702, Davidson, SK. ** May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 ** bulls, semen tested and guaranteed breeders. Phone David or Pat 306-963-2639 or 20 RED ANGUS 2 yr old bulls. Calving ease and maternal lines. Board and delivery 306-963-7739, Imperial, SK. Sat., April 29, 10:00am avail. Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson Horse & Tack Sale consignment SENIOR ANGUS HERDSIRE 5 years old, RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, sedocile, excellent breeder, light BW first men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery can be done Friday til 8 p.m., calves. Sold cows. Also 2 yr. old and year- available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, or Saturday 7 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. ling Angus bulls. 306-345-2046, Pense, SK. Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call Brad Kehler (Manager) Cell 204-346-2440 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1436

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30 BLACK ANGUS 2 year old bulls. Calving COW/CALF PAIRS. Purebred Angus. ease and performance lines. Board and de- 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, livery available. Rob Garner 306-946-7946, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca Simpson, SK. RED ANGUS BULLS with excellent hair and SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside exceptional feet. Rugged cow bulls and Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, beefy heifer bulls. EKW Red Angus, Elmer 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. Wiebe, 306-381-3691, Hague, SK.

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3 QUALITY POLLED yearling bulls, heifer approved, sired by SSAL Altitude 3A and the grandsire is NJW 51U Duramax 8X. Indexing: 3A weaning weight 875 lbs - 61, yearling 1475 lbs - 109. From heavy milking cows. 3A sire stood 3rd in his class at RED ANGUS YEARLING and 2 year old Agribition. 204-745-7894, Elm Creek, MB. bulls on moderate growing ration, performance info. available. Adrian or Brian and PB POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, coming Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, 2 yr old, developed slowly on a mostly forSK. Call 306-441-0946 or 306-342-4407. age ration, quiet, roped to tie, guaranteed. www.valleyhillsangus.com Delivery avail. Herefords for over 75 yrs.

Catt Brothers, 204-723-2831, Austin, MB. REG. RED ANGUS bulls born Feb./Mar. 2016, calving ease, good growth. Coming POLLED HEREFORD AND BLACK Angus 3 year old Red Angus herdsire, used on bulls bred for calving ease, feed efficiency, purebred herd.

Little de Ranch, fertility and longevity. Semen tested and 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK. delivery available. Call Don Guilford, REG. RED ANGUS BULLS. Lazy J Ranch 204-873-2430, Clearwater, MB. has on offer 35 yearling bulls, $3000. Top genetics, deep bodied, very quiet bulls. ROSELAWN POLLED HEREFORDS have a good selection of yearling and two year Jesse Wagner 306-662-8557 Fox Valley SK old bulls for sale at the farm. Good thick bulls bred for calving ease and performance. Semen tested, delivery avail. Hereford bulls and black cows is a super cross.

BELLEVUE BLONDS has an excellent Also have a group of black baldie open group of performance and semen tested yearling heifers for sale. Call Wally at polled PB Blonde yearling bulls for sale. home, 204-523-8713 or 204-534-8204.

Reasonably priced. Marcel 204-379-2426 Killarney, MB. For pictures and details or 204-745-7412, Haywood, MB. check out our website: roselawnfarms.com POLLED YEARLING BLONDE BULLS for sale, Estevan, SK. area.

Phone 306-634-2174 or cell 306-421-6987.

75 SECOND AND THIRD Black and Red Angus young bred cows. Call 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK.

AFFORD-A-BULL, Registered Red Angus 2 year old and yearling bulls, some from A1 sires, quiet, semen tested, IBR shots, ready to go. Hightree Cattle, Wilkie, SK., 306-843-7354 or 306-843-2054.

PUREBRED YEARLINGS AND 2 yr. old bulls, White and Red factor, BW from 79-102 lbs.

Bred for calving ease, temperament, hair, growth, and maternal traits. Full herd health program. $2800 - $3800. Contact Brian at 306-768-3218, Carrot River, SK.

300 RED & BLACK Angus bred heifers. Can sell as bred or calved. Call 306-773-1049, 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK.

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BUYING GOOD QUALITY 700-950 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

SHORTHORN BULLS, YEARLINGS and 2 yr. olds, reds and roans, females also available. 204-859-2088. Rossburn, MB.

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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receiving HOrses Fri. May 5 from 1:00 p.M till 7:00pM Have EID forms filled out For more info call Tara Fulton manager at the mart 204-385-2537 license # 1108 8TH ANNUAL PRAIRIE SPRING HORSE Sale: Sunday May 21, 2017, 1:00 PM at Johnstone Auction Mart in Moose Jaw, SK. Featuring quality ranch/pleasure/show geldings and mares, well started younger geldings and mares, brood mares, yearlings and 2 yr. olds, teams - Registered and Grade. Watch for catalogue early May at www.johnstoneauction.ca. For more info, call Scott Johnstone (auctioneer) at 306-631-0767 or Glen Gabel (consultant/ marketing) at 306-536-1927. PL #914447 HORSE SALE, JOHNSTONE Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK, Thursday May 4, 2017. Tack sells: 2:00 PM; Horses sell: 4:30 PM. All classes of horses accepted.

Next regular horse sale is June 1, 2017.

Please call 306-693-4715. PL#914447, www.johnstoneauction.ca

NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

GOAT/SHEEP SALE: Saturday May 13, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. All classes sheep and goats accepted. Sheep ID tags and prebooking mandatory.

306-693-4715, www.johnstoneauction.ca PL #914447

12V. or Hydraulic Electronic Scale Opt.

1 877 695 2532 www.ezefeeder.ca

1986 MACK, starts and runs well, 5000 US gal. Husky tank, elec./hyd. controls, 6-row injector avail., $7500 OBO. 204-427-3311, Woodmore, MB.

KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases SASKATOON ALL BREED Horse & Tack pasture productivity, extends dugout life.

Sale, May 30. Tack 11:00 AM, Horses to St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763. follow. Open to broke horses (halter or riding). Sale conducted at OK Corral, Mar- 2007 KUHN 2044 manure spreader with tensville, SK. To consign call Frederick, vertical beaters, big tires, $22,000.

306-227-9505 bodnarusauctioneering.com 204-851-0284, Kenton, MB. 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.

HI-HOG CATTLE SQUEEZE. 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Current, SK.

Call Swift

GUINEA FOUL FOR SALE: Natures Organic tick and bug control, $60/pair cash.

Call 204-466-2870, Sidney, MB.

sat. May 6 at 12:00 noon tack Performance Horses regular horses

2002 521DXT CASE payloader w/grapple fork. Call 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK.

PAIRS OF GEESE ready to lay, Pilgrims, White Chinese and Toulouse. AuraVista Farm, 306-248-3806, St. Walburg, SK.

PUREBRED AND CROSSBRED Bird and Small Animal Auction, Sunday, May 14, BUY ALL CLASSES of CATTLE and 11:00 AM at the Weyburn Ag Society POLLED PB BULLS. Will be halter broke calves. Butcher cows and bulls. Immediate Building, Exhibition Grounds, Weyburn, SK. and semen tested. Yearlings and one 2 payment when weighed. 204-873-2542, To consign call Charlotte 306-861-6305. year old. Moderate birthweight built for Crystal City, MB. Lic. #1140 calving ease. Call Uphill Shorthorns, EXOTIC BIRD AND SMALL ANIMAL sale 204-764-2663 cell, 204-365-7155 res.

WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For book- at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, Hamiota, MB. rgray4@mymts.net ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, SK, Sunday May 7, 2017 at 11:00 AM. Accepting peafowl, guineas, bantams, ducks, 2 YEAR OLD and yearling bulls, reds and 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. geese, pigeons, birds, llamas, alpacas, roans, semen tested, can deliver. Call hamsters, rabbits, ferrets, miniature horsRichard Moellenbeck, Englefeld, SK. es, donkeys, etc. All small animals must be 306-287-3420 or 306-287-7904. boxed and in yard before 10:00 AM. Visit www.johnstoneauction.ca 306-693-4715, PL #914447.

SHORTHORN BULLS FOR SALE - Yearling bulls. Polled, birth weights from 66 lbs 100 lbs. From low maintenance cow herd, bred for longevity. Poplar Park Farm, Hamiota, MB. Call 204-764-2382.

LARGE AUTOMATIC TURNING incubator Gladstone auction Mart and large hatcher. AuraVista Farm, Open HOrse &Tack sale 306-248-3806, St. Walburg, SK.

SQUARE D HEREFORDS: Herd bull prospects, 2 year old, fall born yearlings and spring yearling bulls. Quiet, performance tested. Delivery can be arranged. Hereford females bred Hereford, registration papers available. Call Jim Duke 306-538-4556, 306-736-7921, Langbank, SK. email: square.d@sasktel.net view our website: REGISTERED PB CHAROLAIS yearling and square-dpolledherefords.com 2 yr. old bulls by private treaty. Semen tested and guaranteed. Call Brad EXCELLENT SELECTION of 2 yr old bulls.

204-537-2367, 204-523-0062, Belmont, Fed for service not for show; 2 herdsires.

Polled Herefords since 1950. Call Erwin MB. www.clinecattlecompany.ca Lehmann 306-232-4712, Rosthern, SK. YEARLING AND 2 YEAR old bulls, sired by Silver Bullet and Roundup, semen tested, Martens Charolais & Seed. Phone 204-534-8370. Boissevain, MB. PIZZEY SIMMENTAL is selling at the farm yearling and 2 year old Red, Black CATTLEMAN! AGAIN THIS year we have and full Fleckvieh bulls, moderate BW. Call an excellent selection of polled Purebred Calvin 204-847-2055, Fox Warren, MB. Charolais bulls. Both yearling and 2 year olds. White and Red factor. As well as a YEARLING POLLED SIMMENTAL BULLS group of very low birth weight bulls Red and black, incl. one 3 year old. Also suitable for heifers. Shop early for best segroup of PB open heifers. Acomb Valley lection. Visit the farm or on the web at: Seimmentals 204-867-2203 Minnedosa MB www.defoortstockfarm.com Phone Gord or Sue at 204-743-2109, Cypress River, MB. 5-W SIMMENTALS is selling at the farm purebred 2 year old and yearling red, black SUNNY RIDGE STOCK FARM has for and tan bulls. Polled, semen tested. Can sale by private treaty yearling Charolais deliver or keep until you need them.

MANCHESTER POLLED HEREFORDS bulls, all are white, sired by calving ease bulls. Bulls are semen tested and come Yearlings and 2 yr olds. All bulls semen Priced to sell $2000 and up. Jeff tested, guaranteed sound. Bulls sired by 204-868-5040, Sandy Lake, MB. with our guarantee. Call 204-824-2115.

MHPH 521X Action 106A and Glenlees 68Y PUREBRED POLLED CHAROLAIS Bulls, Indeed 39A. Call Darren 306-228-7462 or SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL CROSS Red good disposition, good hair and good feet. Kari-Rae 306-893-8148, Senlac, SK. Angus yearling bulls. Polled. Semen Easy calving (Bluegrass’ grandsons) - 1 checked and delivered. Reasonable birth three year old, 1 two year old and 1 year- TWO YEAR OLD Polled Hereford Bulls weights. McVicar Stock Farms Ltd., Colonling (good bulls). Will be semen tested and for sale. LV Farms Ltd. Midale, SK. Contact say, SK. 306-255-2799 or 306-255-7551. guaranteed.

K.E.H. Charolais, Logan 306-458-7170.

204-748-1024, Virden, MB. Keith Hagan.

TOP QUALITY RED FACTOR yearling Simmental bulls. Good hair coats. Polled; also REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year 1 Red Factor Simm/Angus cross 2 year old olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head CONSIDERING CROSS BREEDING? Im- bull, polled. Call Green Spruce Simmental available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch prove fertility, longevity, temperament, 306-467-4975, 306-467-7912, Duck Lake.

306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK value of male calves and milk components BLACK AND BLACK BALDIE Simmental COMING 2 YR. old polled PB Charolais with true dual purpose Felckvieh directly Bulls, good selection of yearlings 2 year bulls, come red factor. Call Kings Polled from the Bavaria Valley in Germany. Bulls olds. Excellent quality with good hair coats available, all from the highest rated genet- and disposition second to none! Semen Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. ic lines. Roger 306-221-1558, Minton, SK. tested. Delivery available. Call Regan PB CHAROLAIS BULLS, yearlings and 2 yr.

Schlacter 306-231-9758, Humboldt, SK. olds, whites and tans. Call 306-429-2711 FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale.

Cows and quota needed. We buy all class- POLLED FULL FLECKVIEH and polled PB or 306-529-6268, Glenavon, SK. es of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F GOOD QUALITY YEARLING and 2 year old Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. bulls, fully vaccinated, semen tested, and Fusogard, quiet and fed for longevity, Charolais bulls. Mostly AI sired. Semen Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. $3500. Call Curtis Mattson, 306-944-4220 tested. Some Red Factors. Will feed until or 306-231-9994, Meacham, SK. breeding time. Contact Bar H Charolais, Grenfell, SK. Kevin Haylock, 306-697-2901 or 306-697-2988.

BOSS LAKE GENETICS purebred yearling 2 YEAR OLD polled Charolais bulls. Also and 2 year old bulls available. Stout, docile Charolais yearling bulls polled and horned, and performance oriented. Free board and semen tested and delivered. Call Layne delivery available to central locations. Call and Paula Evans at 306-252-2246 or 780-920-7014, Stony Plain, AB. 306-561-7147, Kenaston, SK. REGISTERED POLLED YEARLING Charolais SPRINGER LIMOUSIN has very quiet 2 yr bulls for sale. Call Larry 306-883-2169 old and yearling Purebred Limousin bulls.

Red or Black. Call Merv at 306-272-4817 evenings, Spiritwood, SK. or 306-272-0144, Foam Lake, SK. 2 YEAR OLD registered purebred Charolais bulls, polled, white, good feet, lots of hair, GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black easy keeping, very quiet. Semen tested Limousin bulls with good dispositions, and delivered. Call Qualman Charolais, calving ease. Qually-T Limousin, Rose Val- 2 YEAR OLD black bulls- yearling Red and Black bulls. Moderate BW. Bill or Virginia ley, SK. 306-322-7563 or 306-322-7554.

306-492-4634, Dundurn, SK. Peters, 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. CREEK’S EDGE PUREBRED Charolais year- POLLED RED AND Black Limousin 2 year ling bulls for sale, off the farm. We wel- old bulls. Board and delivery available. Rob RED AND BLACK Simmental bulls. One 2 come you to our bull pen anytime. Call Garner, Simpson, SK., 306-946-7946. year old and 2 Red Angus cross. Semen Stephen 306-279-2033 or 306-279-7709, tested and guaranteed. Delivery options Yellow Creek, SK. View all our bulls online: STOUT YEARLING and 2 yr. old Limousin available. EDN Simmentals, Dean Neitz bulls, polled, horned, red, black. Quiet 306-662-3941, Maple Creek, SK. www.creeksedgecharolais.ca bulls w/great performance. Short Grass RED WHITE TAN Charolais bulls, yearling Limousin, 306-773-7196, Swift Current SK and two year olds, Canyon Timeout, and Landmark bloodlines, semen tested and delivered. Wheatheart Charolais, RosePUREBRED SPECKLE PARK bulls comtown, SK., 306-882-6444 or 306-831-9369 2 year olds and one- 3 year old, very WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM has for sale ing 2 YR OLD and yearling bulls, polled, semen a good selection of Maine-Anjou and Red quiet. Call 204-365-0066, Shoal Lake, MB. tested, guaranteed, delivered. Prairie Gold Angus yearling and 2 year old bulls. We PARK, 6 cows, 3 with calves, 3 Charolais, 306-882-4081, Rosetown, SK. are selling by Private Treaty from the yard. 7to SPECKLE calf, and 1 yearling bull. Call All bulls semen tested and can be delivPOLLED PB YEARLING Charolais Bulls, ered. Call Sid at 204-373-2631, Ridgeville, 306-594-2904, Norquay, SK. performance and semen tested. Can keep MB. View catalogue and videos online at until May, $3000. Charrow Charolais, Bill www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca 306-387-8011, 780-872-1966, Marshall SK MACMILLAN CHAROLAIS Purebred reg. MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS. Best FOR SALE: YEARLING 7/8 and 15/16 yearling bulls available. Bred for growth, selection of the real Maine bulls in Canada. percentage solid red polled bulls. Bred up easy keeping and market demand. Thick Gary Graham, 306-823-3432, Marsden, SK. from polled Herefords & Red Angus. Easy calving, ideal heifer bulls. Regina View bulls with good feet, lots of hair and very grahamgs@sasktel.net Farms, 306-586-9851, Regina, SK. quiet. Bulls are semen tested and can be kept until May 1. Call Lorna 306-227-2774 or 306-931-2893, Saskatoon, SK. POLLED SALERS BULLS. Birthweight YEARLING CHAROLAIS BULLS: We have a from 77 lbs. Strong growth and maternal good selection of Yearling bulls at the farm. milk traits. Semen tested, guaranteed. Can 104 EXCELLENT REPLACEMENT Heifers, 80 Good genetics and structure. Ready to go arrange delivery. Ken at 204-762-5512, Black, 24 Red, Black Angus Maine cross.

850-900 lbs homegrown. OBO. Killdeer, SK. to work for you! Walking Plow Charolais, Lundar, MB. www.sweetlandsalers.com 306-476-2252.

Woodmore, MB. Call 204-427-2589 or 204-427-3906, Email: crgraydon@yahoo.ca PB REGISTERED Red or Black yearling bulls and replacement heifers. Elderberry HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale regisFarm Salers, Parkside, SK., 306-747-3302. tered Red and Black Angus yearling bulls and 2 yr. olds. Good selection, semen tested, performance data and EPD’s available.

POLLED YEARLING and 2 year old bulls, quiet, good haired. Call Selin’s Gelvieh Top genetics. Free delivery. Call Glen, Al306-793-4568, Stockholm, SK. MURIDALE SHORTHORNS HAVE Yearling bert or Larissa Hamilton 204-827-2358 or and 2 yr. old bulls, some suitable for David Hamilton 204-325-3635. heifers. 306-553-2244, Swift Current, SK. 30 COW/CALF PAIRS: Simmental Angus HEREFORD YEARLING AND 2 year old ATTENTION GRADUATES: Shorthorn Cross, February - April calves, $2750. Call heifer and cow bulls. Starting at $2500. Breeders of Manitoba will be accepting 306-638-7668, Bethune, SK. applications for the John A. Nevin Cattle 204-873-2637, email: rodg@mymts.net Growers Education Fund Award until June FOR SALE: YEARLING 7/8 and 15/16 2 YR OLD polled Hereford bulls. Crittenden 1st, 2017. Contact Susan Armbruster to: percentage solid red polled bulls. Bred up Bros. 306-963-7880, 306-963-2414, Impe- PO Box 5978, Rossburn, MB. R0J 1B0. from polled Herefords & Red Angus. Easy rial, SK. Email h.s.crittenden@sasktel.net Phone and fax 204-859-2088, e-mail: calving, ideal heifer bulls. Regina View www.crittendenbros.com Farms, 306-586-9851, Regina, SK. shorthornsue@gmail.com PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS: 1.5 year olds and yearlings, white and red factor, some good for heifers, semen tested.

Guaranteed and delivered. R+G McDonald Livestock, 204-466-2883 or 204-724-2811, Sidney, MB.

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110

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

INTERMEDIATE WHEAT/GRASS & Slender wheat grass seed for sale, $3/lb, minimum order 1000 lbs. 204-792-7274, Cartier, MB. E-mail: bqually@mymts.net

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!

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ORGANIC DESIGNATION PENDING! For MOLE HILL DESTROYERS: One 2017 50’ rent 60 acres, 30 miles North of Winnipeg unit and 1 demo unit. Leasing available. on paved Petersfield Road, between Prov.

Email: thewalkers@imagewireless.ca Hwy #8 and #9. Call Ken 204-731-4464.

Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in Phone 306-542-7325. the Manitoba Co-operator classified section.

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GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, for information on organic farming: pros$450; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 5- pects, transition, barriers, benefits, certifi1” sucker rods, $325; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” cation and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, pipe with 6- 1” rods, $350; 30’ 2 or 3 bar FOR SALE 5 year old running bred black windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org AQHA stallion, 15.2 HH, offers. double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting 306-242-8209, Grandora, SK. troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters.

Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. WANTED: ORGANIC, HEATED or FEED FREESTANDING CORRAL PANELS for QUALITY FLAX and feed peas. Call: cattle, horses, bison and sheep. Bale feed- 204-379-2451, St. Claude, MB. REDUCING HERD: 4 yearling and 2 two ers; Belted feed troughs; 10’ panels; Windyear old Norwegian Fjord/Quarter horse; break frames; Swinging gates; Framed and a 3 year old White Paint/Quarter gates; Panels with gates mounted; Round WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and horse stud. No reasonable offer refused or pen kits starting at $1495; Palpation chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assiniwill sell at Gladstone Horse Sale. Call chute. Deal of the year - Freestanding boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437.

204-638-7276, Dauphin, MB. 21’ for $219! Call 1-844-500-5341, ORGANIC SWEET CLOVER good quality, www.affordablelivestockequipment.com cleaned and bagged. Ph. 306-281-8097, EASY ROLL WIRE Rollers for barbed and Saskatoon, SK. high tensile wire. 3 PTH or draw-bar FOR SALE: SHOW HARNESS c/w 3 strap mounts avail. 306-984-7861, Mistatim, SK. YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET Clover Seed, breeching 27” & 28” Paton leather top colNon-organic, weed free, inoculated with lars. Lead harness to match, no collars, PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. Nitragin Gold. $1.95 per lb. Please call strap on scotch tops, lines, bridles etc. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle 306-483-8257, Oxbow, SK. Also white show bridles & halters. handling and feeding equipment including 204-567-3575, 204-567-3720, Miniota, MB squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, SINGLE HORSE BUGGY, original, stored in- gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison side, good cond. $800.

Ph/text equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage in306-921-7688, Melfort, SK. cinerators. 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 SHEEP/GOAT SALE: Saturday May 13, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. All classes sheep and goats accepted. Sheep ID tags and prebooking mandatory.

306-693-4715, www.johnstoneauction.ca PL #914447

CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site.

For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com

STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder panels, sucker rod fence posts. Custom orders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, 65 YEAR OLD RETIRED FARMER looking SK. www.steelviewmfg.com to meet a lady to share part of my life to SOLD THE FARM: Cattle squeeze with go travelling, etc. Please send some inforQUALITY DORSET CROSS bred ewe lambs, palpation cage, $1500; Also have various mation and a picture along with phone dues first of June. AuraVista Farm, sized panels avail. Call 306-545-5007 or number to: Box 5602, c/o The Manitoba 306-248-3806, St. Walburg, SK. 306-726-8137, Cupar, SK. Cooperator, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2C4.

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CANADIAN FARM REALTY BEEF/GRAIN FARM FOR SALE

1000+ acres, 720 for grain or hay production. Well kept 1650 sq ft home, newer corral system and heated shop. Near Beausejour, MB.

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HAY/PASTURE LAND FOR SALE 317.6 acres of pasture and hay land between St. Claude and Portage la Prairie. Easy access from PR 305 and gravel road.

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Sheldon Froese 204-371-5131 Stacey Hiebert 204-371-5930 Dolf Feddes 204-745-0451 Junior Thevenot 204-825-8378 Henry Carels 204-573-5396 Catharina Carels 204-720-4779 FOR SALE BY TENDER: Offers are invited for this beautiful property which is comprised of 172 acres of rolling hills, creek, and cultivated grassland located west of Asquith and northeast of Kinley in the RM of Perdue. Location: SE 32-36-10 W3 and Ptn NE 32-36-10 W3. Will be sold in "As Is" condition. The highest bid or any bid not necessarily accepted. Bids should be sent to George Clark by May 30, 2017. Perdue, SK. gclark@ifsgroup.ca TRUE BLUE HEELERS has a new litter.

From great working parents. 1st shots and de-wormed, $400.

306-492-2447, 306-290-3339, Clavet, SK. 5 MALE SARPLANINAC pups, raised w/sheep, both parents exc. guard dogs, $700 ea. Ph/tx 306-212-7667 Rosthern SK ACREAGES AND FARMLAND: Mossbank, MLS# 599299; Chaplin, MLS# 595803; BORDER COLLIE PUPS red and white, 2 Parkbeg. 3 acreages only 30 mins from males left! From working parents, ready to Moose Jaw! Picket Fence Realty Ltd., 147 Ominica St. W., Moose Jaw, SK. Call: go, $500. 306-587-7169, Success, SK. 306-694-8000, www.picketfencemj.ca We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in PRICE REDUCED: Manitoba Ste. Rose the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Ranch (Ste. Amelie), 14 quarters 2,234.85 Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. fenced land in 1 block. 240 of Class 3 land We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800- under cultivation. 2 mi. to paved highway.

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RM OF FOAM LAKE #276 for sale NE-18-29-11-W2nd, 160 acres (145 cult.), along Hwy. #310. Mostly oats and barley NIPAWIN STRIP MALL zoned for light grown on it. Info. call 306-272-4704. industrial, incl. offices, beauty shop, cold storage/garage plus 40x40' shop. Linda RM 273 SLIDING HILLS, 1 quarter farmSwehla, Re/Max Nipawin, 306-862-6390. land, SW-25-30-01-W2, 155 cult. acres, remax.nipawin@sasktel.net stone free. 306-542-3125, Kamsack, SK.

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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

DAIRY BARN, potential startup or cow/calf operation. Barn, quonsets, house, etc., Meacham, SK. $419,900. MLS ®604848.

Art Urbanowski, Royal LePage Hallmark, 306-222-2206, Saskatoon, SK. SMALL FARM, RM Prairiedale - Smiley, SK. on Hwy. 307. 152 acres, oil leases, water, machinery, private location. 403-986-3280

LOG AND TIMBER HOMES, Saskatoon, SK. Visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca or FOR CASH RENT: Farmland South of Bigcall 306-222-6558. gar, SE-03-34-14 W3, SW-03-34-14 W3, NW-35-33-14 W3. Call 250-248-0083.

MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ homes. Now available: Lake homes.

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USED CLASS B 2002 Pleasureway Excel, wide body, 1 owner, 38,000 kms. Like new, must see! Sunridge RV, Radisson, SK., 1-877-827-4845. www.sunridgervs.ca

WANTED: CAN-AM MOTORCYCLES 125, 175, 250, 350 cc. Wanted: Kohler 340 free air motor for Snow Twister Mercury and Wild One Roll-O-flex snowmobiles and others. 204-728-1861 or 204-724-9497, Brandon, MB. 1983 HONDA GOLDWING 1100 w/trailer, chrome pkgs lights; 1959 Goldwing 1000, not running; Two 1985 Honda Big Reds with reverse. 306-398-2559, Cut Knife, SK.

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 CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AAC Jatharia Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK.

CERTIFIED CDC PLENTIFUL and Vesper VB. CERTIFIED #1 METCALF. Pratchler Berscheid Bros. Seeds, 306-368-2602, Lake Seeds Farm, 306-682-3317 or Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net 306-231-5145, Muenster, SK. CERT. BRANDON WHEAT. Dudgeon Seeds, TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, 204-246-2357, Darlingford, MB. AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, CERTIFIED CARBERRY WHEAT. Contact 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. Wilmot Milne, Gladstone, MB. CERT. CDC COPELAND, AAC Synergy, exc. 204-385-2486 or 204-212-0531. germ. and disease. Fraser Farms PUGH SEEDS LTD. - Portage, Certified 306-741-0475, Pambrun foc@sasktel.net Cardale wheat, germ.

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Call 204-274-2179 or Bill’s cell 204-871-1467.

CDC COPELAND BARLEY, reg. and cert., top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, HRSW CERTIFIED #1 SHAW VB, midge North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, tolerant; Cert. #1 Vesper, midge tolerant; 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CPSR certified #1 AAC Foray, midge tolerant. Call Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK CERTIFIED #1 - High germ., low disease: AAC Brandon; CDC Plentiful; CDC Utmost DE DELL SEEDS INC. high yielding grain VB; Cardale; AAC Connery; AAC Penhold; corn, high yielding silage corn, proven in Elgin ND. Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK., the prairies. The leaders in non-GMO tech- 306-542-4235. www.fedorukseeds.com nology. Prairie dealer. Beausejour, MB. CERT. # 1, high germ, low fus: AAC CameFree delivery. Call 204-268-5224. ron VB, AAC Jatharia VB, CDC Utmost VB, AAC Brandon, CDC Plentiful. Seed Source Archerwill, SK, 306-323-4402.

CERTIFIED TRANSCEND, AAC Marchwell & CERTIFIED #1 AAC Brandon HRS, high CDC Desire durum seed available. Call germ., low fusarium gram. Seed Source, Smith Seeds, 306-263-4944, Limerick, SK. 306-323-4402, Archerwill, SK. CERT. TRANSCEND; AAC Marchwell; AAC 0% FUSARIUM, high germ, exc. quality Current, 5% fusarium/ gram. Fraser Farms #1 HRS carry over. Reg. and Cert. AC 306-741-0475, Pambrun, foc@sasktel.net Brandon, AC Carberry, AC Shaw VB, AC Vesper VB, Osler. Terre Bonne Seed Farm, 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED CARDALE, AAC Redwater, CDC CERTIFIED, CDC MINSTREL and CDC Orrin, Plentiful, CDC Utmost, Pasteur. Van Berscheid Bros. Seeds, 306-368-2602, Lake Burck Seeds, 306-863-4377, Star City, Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net SK. www.vanburckseeds.ca REGISTERED & CERTIFIED SUMMIT CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, oats. Contact Wilmot Milne, Gladstone, Elgin ND, Goodeve VB, Vesper VB. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. MB. 204-385-2486 or 204-212-0531.

CERTIFIED AC CARBERRY and AC Shaw CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris. VB. 0% FHB. Contact Ennis Seeds excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-429-2793, Glenavon, SK. 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERTIFIED AAC Prevail, AC Shaw, AC Unity, Cardale, CDC Plentiful. Yauck Seed Farm, 306-484-4555, Govan, SK.

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Contact Tom 204-803-7128.

EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CS Camden, Summit, CDC Minstrel, CDC Ruffian, CDC Orrin. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CDC BOYER, CERT. #1, 99% germ., 96% vigor, produces plump seed, good for greenfeed and milling. Stoll’s Seed Barn Ltd., 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK.

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40x80’ insulated heated shop. 240 acres of game fenced land w/spring fed well and private lake. Great spot for hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, located 2 miles from Greenwater Provincial Park. For more info. call 306-278-2141, Porcupine Plain, SK.

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FARMLAND FOR SALE: RM Shellmouth, Inglis, MB area. SE of 7-24-27, 149 total acres, 100 cult. acres; SE of 8-24-27, 159 total acres, 130 cult. acres. Info. phone 204-564-2270. allansawchuk1@gmail.com

CERTIFIED #1: CDC Haymaker; Summit; CDC Ruffian; and CS Camden. Fedoruk Seeds, 306-542-4235, Kamsack, SK. www.fedorukseeds.com CERTIFIED & REGISTERED AC Morgan.

Call Ken and Larry Trowell at 306-744-2687, Saltcoats, SK. SUMMIT, CDC RUFFIAN, AC Morgan, Fdn. Reg., Cert. Terre Bonne Seed Farm, 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. CERT. CDC RUFFIAN, CDC Minstrel, AC Morgan. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK 306-863-4377. www.vanburckseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1 CDC RUFFIAN, AC Leggett, CDC Orrin.

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COUNTRY PROPERTY, Rosa MB: Cattle, sheep or horse farm: 3 bdrm, 2 car garage, 72 acres, $230,000. Call 204-434-9397.

CATTLE FARM - 11 quarters and 2 Crown quarters in a block. Near Roblin, MB. along the Duck Mtn. Prov. Park. Approx. 1100 workable acres, majority is hay.

Fenced. Dugouts. May consider selling parcels. Scenic area. Yardsite has a 30’x66’ pole shed/work shop. 2 cattle shelters.

Corrals. MLS #1627477, Karen Goraluk, RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call Salesperson, 204-773-6797. NorthStar In1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures surance and Real Eastate, visit the website and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca at www.north-star.ca HOME HARDWARE RTM Homes and Cottages. Phone 1-800-663-3350 or go online for floor plans and specs at: www.northbattlefordhomehardware.com

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with local buyers as well those from outside the province.

$1000 PAID to you for removal of mobile $1,000,000 FOR SALE BY OWNERS. 12 home, could be used for storage. Ph Susan quarters - ranch in a block, can be sold in 306-249-2222, Saskatoon, SK. parcels. 1200 sq. ft. home, garage, outbuildings, good well. Call 204-742-3354, Ethelbert, MB. JUST COMPLETED! BEAUTIFUL NEW RTM home. 1320 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 2 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.

CERT. AC METCALFE, AC Newdale, CDC Copeland, Legacy, CDC Austenson, CDC ICE FISHING HUT SALE. Reg. $2200, sale Maverick. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK $1695.

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Call 306-863-4377. www.vanburckseeds.ca 306-253-4343, toll free 1-800-383-2228. www.hold-onindustries.com CERTIFIED #1 LEGACY (6R). Call Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. FALCON II TRAILER HITCH, 6000 lbs. cap., tow bar, c/w mounting parts. Phone CERT. #1 COPELAND, 95% germ., 94% vigor, 0 fusarium. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-259-4430, Young, SK. 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. 2007 KEYSTONE EVEREST 36’ 5th wheel, 4 slide-outs, TV, fireplace, AC, queen bed, CERTIFIED CDC AUSTENSON barley. Call sleeps 4, large shower, lots of storage, exc Ennis Seeds 306-429-2793, Glenavon, SK. $20,000. 403-931-3217, Millarville, AB. REG., CERT. CDC COPELAND, AC Metcalfe.

Call for early order and bulk discount pricing. Visa, MC, FCC financing. Custom treating available.

LLSEEDS.CA, WINNEBAGO ADVENTURE MOTORHOME, 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. 33’ custom built, winter package, thermal pane windows, drivers door, 1 owner, CERTIFIED AAC SYNERGY seeds available. stored inside. Call 306-577-2214 or Call Smith Seeds, 306-263-4944, Limerick, SK. 306-861-1451, Kenosee Lake, SK.

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. NEW CLASS C 2017 Quantum GR22. Wow NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate. MLS 22’ w/walk around bed! Only $97,980. See it at: Sunridge RV, Radisson, SK., ®1701622. www.north-star.ca 1-877-827-4845, www.sunridgervs.ca RM OF GILBERT PLAINS, Taking offers for the sale of the following 5 quarters (ap- NEW CLASS C 2017 Thor Compass 23TB, prox. 700 ac. cult.): NW-33-26-22-W1; powerstroke diesel, loaded, 3 tv’s, only SW-32-26-22-W1; NE-18-27-22-W1; $99,980! Sunridge RV, Radisson, SK., SW-17-27-22-W1; NW-17-27-22-W1. Yard 1-877-827-4845, www.sunridgervs.ca with hydro., 40’x60’ insulated workshop, 51’x82’ quonset shed, approx. 22,000 bu. NEW CLASS A 2017 ACE 30.4. Save $$, grain storage, older 1 1/2 storey house. only $129,980 See it at: Sunridge RV, RaHighest or any offer not necessarily ac- disson, SK., Call toll free 1-877-827-4845, cepted. Consideration may be given to www.sunridgervs.ca selling the above quarters separately. For USED CLASS A 2016 FR-3 30DS, only more info. please call 204-334-9986.

10,000 kms, loaded - lots of options! Only 106 ACRES Alfalfa Hayland for rent, or $109,980. See it at Sunridge RV, Radisson, option to purchase on a per bale produced SK., 1-877-827-4845, www.sunridgervs.ca basis. Central Interlake location. Avg. production over past 4 yrs: 1st cut 258 bales, USED CLASS C 2016 Siesta Mercedes 24ST, dsl, only 3000 miles for $109,980.

2nd cut 135 bales. Ph Doug 204-275-8487.

See it at Sunridge RV, Radisson, SK., 1-877-827-4845, www.sunridgervs.ca EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) 1732 deeded acres w/4425 acres of USED CLASS A 2014 Thor Ace 29.2, under Crown land, fenced, small bungalow, very 3000 miles. Huge bargain at $99,980! See good buildings and metal corral system, it at Sunridge RV in Radisson, SK., Call us can carry 350 cow/calf pairs. 2) Excellent at: 1-877-827-4845. www.sunridgervs.ca horse ranch in Erickson, MB., Riding Arena and buildings in fantastic condition. 3) 640 USED CLASS B 2013 Winnebago Era 170, acres mixed farm within 15 min. of Bran- only 10,000 kms., now only $99,980. See don. 4) 800 acre cattle farm, Rorketon, it at Sunridge RV in Radisson, SK,. Call us MB., 1500 sq.ft. home, heated shop. at: 1-877-827-4845. www.sunridgervs.ca 5) 320 acre grain farm, Elgin area. Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, HomeLife Home CLASS C 2014 Sunseeker, 2650CDWS, Professional Realty Inc, Brandon, MB., dual pane windows, walk around bed www.homelifepro.com $64,980. Sunridge RV, Radisson, SK., 1-877-827-4845. www.sunridgervs.ca

FARMLAND NE SK(Clemenceau) 4 quarters plus 36 acre riverside parcel w/5 bdrm. home. Featuring: bins on concrete with direct hit on railroad cars, 40 acres of mostly mature spruce timber, 2 farmyards- 1 bordering Etomami River and 50 miles of provincial forest, excellent elk hunting and other big game and goose. 580 acres cult. PASTURE LAND RM 271, 6 quarters, 940 Full line of farm equipment and sawmill acres in block, fenced, good water source, also available Reg Hertz, 306-865-7469. gravel pockets, close to Duck Mtn. Park.

FOR LEASE FARMLAND in RM 218 and $600,000. 306-542-3250, Kamsack, SK. 248; 220 acres cult., 66 acres hay crop and COTTAGE AT LAKE OF THE PRAIRIES: 263 acres native grass pasture for grazing.

303 Keating Drive at Prairie Lake Lodge Avail. May 1st. 306-537-4377, Cupar, SK. Development. 864 sq.ft. lakeview cottage.

Full finished basement. 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 RM CANWOOD #494, 3 quarters: Grain, PASTURES AVAILABLE FOR grazing season baths. Low maintenance yard, deck. Well pasture and hay, 265 acres cult. On school 2017. Small or large group. References for water. 18 hole/3 par golf course in De- bus route. UG power and phone on 2 good available. Ph. 306-937-3503, Cando, SK. velopment. $259,000. MLS #1700975. yard sites, 2013 assessment 203,700.

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Please call Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, at 306-747-2775 after 6 PM, Shellbrook, SK. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: 204-773-6797, NorthStar Insurance and ONE OF A KIND, RM White Valley #49. www.maverickconstruction.ca Real Estate, www.north-star.ca Turnkey ranch, 8480 acres, 18 titled quarWEST END BARRIER Lake, SK. 2400 sq. ft., ters, South West Sask. Excellent water 3 level, good build, low bills. 2.5 hrs. to supply. Exclusive listing, $20,000,000.

Saskatoon/Regina. Good hunting and fish- Brad Edgerton, 306-463-7357, Kindersley, ing. Pine interior, basement, garage, 3 SK. edgerealty.ca bedrooms, big deck. Call 306-322-7638.

DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. Langham, SK. full quarter of land with 143 acres culLOG HOME LOG SPINNER. Build your tivated, FMV = 56,000. Just 2.5 miles own log home or cabin! Ph. 306-398-2559, south of Langham and 1.4 miles west. leave message, Cut Knife, SK. Priced to sell! $279,900. Call Dwein today Planning to sell your farm? at 306-221-1035.

RESIDENTIAL LOT, ELBOW, SK for sale.

Lot 7, Blk 2, Plan 88MJ16836, 125 Putters The demand for Lane. One block from golf course. 24.5 MB. farmland Meter frontage. Serviced by town. Will consider trade of RV, boat, truck, car, etc. remains strong $34,500. Call Gerry 403-389-4858.

PARKWAY CO-OP BUILDING: Spacious 17,072 sq. ft. concrete block/steel frame building. 46,801 sq. ft. lot. Paved parking area. 2 other lots incl. Well known signature location in Roblin, MB. This building has great potential for various uses. MLS #1630330, Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, 204-773-6797, NorthStar Insurance and Real Estate, www.north-star.ca

CERTIFIED #1: CDC Copeland; CDC Maverick and CDC Austenson. Fedoruk Seeds, 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com 2004 POLARIS RANGER 500, 4x4, good Kamsack, SK. rubber, cab, 1200 hrs., $4000. Call CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, 204-427-3311, Woodmore, MB. excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. BEST PRICES IN MANITOBA on new kids & adult ATV’s, Dirt Bikes, Dune Buggies CERTIFIED & REGISTERED AC Metcalf and and UTV’s. 110cc ATV $849; 125cc Dirt CDC Copeland. Call Ken and Larry Trowell Bike $899; 125cc Dune Buggy, $1699. at 306-744-2687, Saltcoats, SK. 204-724-2438, visit online: www.taotao.us CERTIFIED # 1, high germ, 0-3% fus.: E-mail: rodsatvs@hotmail.com AAC Synergy, AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland, Legacy. Seed Source, Archerwill, SK, 306-323-4402.

SCAT HOVERCRAFT AND TRAILER, Kawa- AC METCALFE, CDC Copeland; Cert. and saki engine, good bellows, $3000 OBO. Reg., low fusarium/graminearum. Terre Ph/text 306-921-7688, Melfort, SK. Bonne Seed Farm, 306-921-8594 or 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK.

CERTIFIED CDC COPELAND, AC Metcalfe, and AAC Synergy. Berscheid Bros. Seeds, 306-368-2602, kb.berscheid@sasktel.net Lake Lenore, SK. CERT. AUSTENSON BARLEY. Dudgeon Seeds, 204-246-2357, Darlingford, MB. CERTIFIED TRADITION BARLEY. Call Wilmot Milne, Gladstone, MB. 204-385-2486 or 204-212-0531.

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CERTIFIED CDC Utmost VB, CDC Unity VB, HAVE WET FIELDS? Try Faba beans! Cert.

Goodeve VB, Lillian, Waskada. High germ., CDC Snowdrop, small seed, zero tannin.

0 - 0.5 disease. Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Lafleche, SK., 306-472-7824.

SAINFOIN SEED. Nutritious, bloat-free, perennial forage loved by all animals and honeybees. Research from Utah University indicates better meat flavor and nutrition from sainfoin supplemented forage. Prime Sainfoin is cert. organic. 306-739-2900, Email: jhusband@primegrains.com

CERTIFIED CDC UTMOST wheat seed available. Call Smith Seeds, 306-263-4944, CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled Limerick, SK. lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, CERT. #1 AAC BRANDON, Unity VB, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK Vesper VB, Shaw VB, Carberry, Waskada, AC Barrie. 96% - 99% germ., 0% gram./fus. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (small red) Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Lepp Seeds, 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK. Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED #1 SHAW CWRS, high yielding. Pratchler Seeds Farm, 306-682-3317 CERT. #1 CDC Maxim red, 98% germ., or 306-231-5145, Muenster, SK. CDC Improve green, 96% germ. Don Schmeling, Riceton, SK., 306-530-1052.

EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 AC Andrew, Cardale, CDC Utmost, CDC Plenti- CERT. #1 CDC IMPULSE CL red lentil. ful, Muchmore, AAC Elie, AAC Connery, Highest yielding Clearfield red lentil Call AAC Brandon, Elgin ND. Frederick Seeds, 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679 Hansen 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. Seeds, Yellow Grass SK. jsh2@sasktel.net CERT. CDC PLENTIFUL early, MR fus. reCDC IMPALA, CDC Maxim red sistance, AC Enchant VB & AC conquer VB. CERTIFIED lentil. Call Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, 306-843-2934 Wilkie SK. www.herle.ca SK., 306-472-7824.

AAC JATHARIA VB, certified #1, midge tolerant, high yielding. Stoll’s Seed Barn NEW CERT. CDC Proclaim CL red lentil 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Ltd., Delisle, SK. 306-493-7409.

FULL LINE OF FORAGE seeds blending to your needs. Contact Tom Williamson 306-582-6009, Pambrun, SK. YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET Clover, Weed free, inoculated with Nitragin Gold. $1.95 per lb. Call 306-483-8257, Oxbow, SK.

HAY BLENDS AND PASTURE BLENDS, no charge custom blends. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., Elie, MB. Free delivery.

1-888-204-1000, www.dyckseeds.com GRASS AND FORAGE SEED SALE. Call for prices and delivery. 306-648-7467, Gravelbourg, SK.

JAMES FARMS FOR QUALITY SEED. 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, inoculating. Delivery is available. Early payment discounts.

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COMMON ALFALFA SEED, pre-inoculated, 90% germ., $2.85/lbs. Volume discounts. CERT. REG. FDN. CDC Impulse and CDC 204-642-2572, Riverton, MB. Proclaim red lentil seed. Higher yielding CERTIFIED CANADA #1 MF5301 alfalfa than Maxim. Volume and cash discounts. seed, pre-inoculated, $3.50/lbs. Volume Please text or call Jeff at Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. discounts. Ph 204-642-2572, Riverton, MB. Email: jeffsopatyk@me.com CERT. ALFALFA and GRASSES. Elie, MB. Free delivery. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd. 1-888-204-1000 www.dyckseeds.com CDC AMARILLO. Volume and CERT. INOCULATED ALFALFA. Maurice CERTIFIED cash discounts. Please text or call Jeff at COMMON FLAX SEED, cleaned, germ and Wildeman, 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK. Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, vigor tested. 306-640-8112, 306-263-4600, Assiniboia, SK. Aberdeen, SK. jeffsopatyk@me.com CERTIFIED CDC Amarillo, CDC Limerick, GRASS AND FORAGE SEED SALE. Call CDC Greenwater, CDC Mosaic. Phone for prices and delivery. 306-648-7467, Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, Gravelbourg, SK. 306-524-4339, Semans, SK

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

CERT. AAC BRAVO flax, exc. standability and high yields. 1-800-563-7333, Taber, AB. www.chinridge.com CERT. GLAS FLAX. Dudgeon 204-246-2357, Darlingford, MB.

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LOW FUSARIUM HARD Red Spring Wheat, grown on transitional organic land. 95% germination, 86% vigor, and only 0.5% fusarium damage. Approx. 1900 bu. of bin run available. $8/bu. OBO, pickup. Call CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO - Yellow Peas 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. Van Burck Seeds 306-863-4377, Star COMMON 2-ROW BARLEY seed, cleaned, City, SK., www.vanburckseeds.ca low disease. 94% germ., $5 per bushel.

REGISTERED CERTIFIED CDC Greenwater; Call Doug 306-485-7966, Glen Ewen, SK. Certified CDC Striker. Martens Charolais COMMON DURUM, 2012 crop, 0% fus.; and Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB. Also #1 high protein wheat, 0% fus. Call CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper, 306-625-7939, Kincaid, SK. excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., COMMON #1 SEED OATS, cleaned, 99% 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. germ. Lepp Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Amarillo, high germ. and quality. Seed Source, 306-323-4402, COMMON OAT SEED for sale, 98% germ., Archerwill, SK. 94% vigor, 2% fusarium/ Graminearum.

Call 306-867-7716, Outlook, SK. NEW CDC GREENWATER, Patrick green, CDC Amarillo yellow, Reg., Cert. avail. MALT ACCEPTABLE 2-ROW barley seed, Terre Bonne Seed Farm, 306-921-8594, 98% germ., 0% fusarium/graminearum.

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CERT. #1 CDC GLAS flax. 204-683-2367, 204-773-6389, Foxwarren, MB. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Amarillo and CDC FOUNDATION, CERTIFIED & REGISTERED Meadow. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, CDC Bethune. Call Ken and Larry Trowell at Tisdale, SK. 306-744-2687, Saltcoats, SK. CERTIFIED CDC PATRICK green peas.

CERTIFIED CDC SORREL. Van Burck Call Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., Seeds, 306-863-4377, Star City, SK. 306-472-7824. www.vanburckseeds.ca CERTIFIED ABARTH early variety, better CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. standability and disease package.

Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca REG. AND CERT. #1 BETHUNE flax, 98% germ., Triffid-free. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. CERTIFIED AAC BRAVO, CDC Sorrel.

Yauck Seed Farm 306-484-4555 Govan, SK CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sanctuary flax, high germination. Don Schmeling, Riceton, SK., 306-530-1052.

CERTIFIED AND REGISTERED AAC Bravo, CDC Sanctuary. Call Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., 306-472-7824.

CERTIFIED AAC BRAVO flax seed available. Call Smith Seeds, 306-263-4944, Limerick, SK. CERT. AAC BRAVO, CDC Sanctuary, CDC Sorrel, CDC Bethune. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net CDC GLAS FLAX, reg. and cert., top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

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Call/text Nate, 204-280-1202 or Norcan Seeds 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. CERT CDC Blackstrap (early); CDC Superjet; CDC Jet. High germs. Martens Charolais & Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB REG., CERT. MCLEOD R2Y soybean, early season, high yield. Custom treating available. Call for early order and bulk discount pricing. Visa, MC, FCC financing.

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Buy from Norcan and keep your own Glyphosphate 1 soybean seed. Norcan farmers have reported yields over 60 bu./acre.

Call/text Nate, 204-280-1202 or Norcan Seeds 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB.

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Many Pickseed products on hand. Certified hybrid brome grass & various specialty forage seeds available. Free periodic delivery to many Sask. locations. Richard Walcer, CERT. CDC GREENWATER. Fraser Farms, 306-752-3983 anytime. Melfort, SK. GROW SOYBEANS? If you grow 1000 Pambrun, SK., 306-741-0475. Email: acres earn a free new pickup truck every foc@sasktel.net TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses year and give last year’s away. Free report and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary at www.profitfromthebean.com GREEN PEAS: CDC Raezer, CDC Limerick, Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. CDC Greenwater, Fdn., Reg. and Cert. on all, top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms LATE SEEDING? Try short season high Ltd, North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, yielding Crown, Red and White Proso Mil306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net lets and Golden German/Red Siberian Fox- RED PROSO MILLET Seed, 50 lb bags or tail millet varieties. Harder Farm Ltd., totes, 0.55/lb, pickup. 306-736-7863, call/text 204-745-0187, Carman, MB Glenavon, SK. primrose@sasktel.net, primroseseedcleaning.com ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay and pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, YELLOW MUSTARD SEED cleaned, bulk, Red Prozo. 204-685-2376, Austin, MB. 84% germination, .60¢ per lbs. Call 306-642-8203, Crane Valley, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Bastilla Glabrous, 92% $28/ACRE, CATT CORN, open pollinated corn seed.

Lower cost alternative for grazgerm. Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. ing and silage. 7-9’ tall leafy plants, 8-10” early maturing 2150 CHUs. Seed REG. AND CERT. CDC CALVI, great cobs, in MB. for over 10 yrs. High nustandability, excellent quality. Northland produced tritional value and palatability. Delivery Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. available. 204-723-2831, Check us out on Facebook at: Catt Corn CERTIFIED CDC CALVI. Phone Grant at Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, ALFALFAS/ CLOVERS/ GRASSES, hay 306-524-4339, Semans, SK blends and pasture blends. Custom blends no charge. Free delivery. Dyck Forages & CERT. CANTATE CANARY SEED. High- Grasses Ltd., Elie, MB, 1-888-204-1000. WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker est yielding available variety. Hansen Visit us at www.dyckseeds.com involved. Sell direct to crushing plant.

Seeds, 306-465-2525 or 306-861-5679, Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 Yellow Grass, SK. jsh2@sasktel.net YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER seed, or 306-228-7325, no texts. Unity, SK. 99.5% pure, low price. Delivered MB and NEW CERTIFIED CDC Calvi, CDC Bastia, SK. Call Rick Smylski, 204-638-7732.

CDC Togo. Itchless. Very good condition.

MILLET SEED: German Golden Foxtail; 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Red Proso; Crown Proso. All cleaned and bagged. Excellent producers in swath graze, silage or bale. Call Greg Tanner, 306-457-2816, Stoughton, SK. BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of • Competitive Prices mustard. Also canary and some other spe- COMMON ALFALFA SEED, creep and tapcialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB root varieties, cleaned and bagged, • Prompt Movement $2.50/lb. 306-963-7833, Imperial, SK. MUSTARD SEED FOR SALE! Looking for off • Spring Thrashed grade mustard, lentils or chickpeas. Cus- GROWER DIRECT. Brome Grass, Timothy, tom color sorting of all types of crops. Cicer Milkvetch, Alfalfa, Yellow Clover cus“ON FARM PICK UP” Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, tom blends. Delivery available. Phone 1-877-250-5252 Chamberlain, SK. 306-342-4290, 306-342-7688, Glaslyn, SK.

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NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet Edible Beans Licensed & Bonded Winkler, MB.

WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK.

ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale.

Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. HAY BALES, 300+ alfalfa/brome mix, fair to exc. quality, 1400 lb average weight, pick up, loading available. Call 306-593-7190, Rama, SK. Matsallafarms@gmail.com NO RAIN HAY: 600 bales, 1st and 2nd cut alfalfa Timothy; 400 Timothy grass round bales, 1600 lbs. Volume discounts.

204-742-3672, 403-288-7168, Ethelbert, MB. E-mail: ejpcalgary@telus.net 200 GRASS ROUND HAY bales for sale, 1000-1100 lbs. avg. weight, asking $30/bale. Call 204-642-5450, Gimli, MB. LARGE ROUND HARD CORE bales of alfalfa and brome grass mix. 204-467-5078 or 204-461-0722, Stonewall, MB. BROME & ALFALFA Hay bales, 5x6, 1200-1400 lbs. Can deliver, $40/bale.

204-324-9300, 204-324-7622, Altona, MB. 38 ROUND HAY BALES 1st cut alfalfa mix, $20 each. 9 round bales 2nd cut pure alfalfa, $25 each. Phone 204-882-2356, Ste Agathe, MB. LARGE ROUND ALFALFA BROME BALES. Call 204-859-2724, Rossburn, MB.

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A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay! 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. clent@lpctrade.com bhajt@lpctrade.com

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 GOOD QUALITY HAY put up dry without rain. 200 big square bales, 3x4x8. Reasonably priced. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. GREENFEED BARLEY, big round, twine wrapped, hard core bales, good quality, $55/bale. 306-867-8418 or 306-867-7632, Outlook, SK.

1000 ROUND ALFALFA/GRASS bales; Also HEATED WHEAT FOR SALE: 13.5% pro- slough hay bales. Made with JD 569, net tein 5¢/lb or 3$/bu. Contact MJ Panas wrapped. Call 306-867-7716, Outlook, SK. 204-268-2270, Beausejour, MB. ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay for sale. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and for your call. 1-800-782-0794. milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. FEED BARLEY: $3 bin run delivered within 100 kms. of Raymore, SK. Minimum 1000 bushels. Call 306-746-7205.

COVER CROPS. Do you want to be free of fertilizer bills and have cleaner fields? N WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, Fixation P&K scavengers. Taproot short peas, green or damaged canola. Phone and long season plants. Limited quantity.

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Egypt/Jo rd a n Duties include: plant, fertilize, cultivate, ~ N ov 2017/Feb 2018 FERTILIZER STORAGE TANKS. 11,000 US spray, and harvest crops. Operate, service, gal., $6500 pick up at factory or $7000 and repair machinery and equip. Maintain Au s tra lia /N ew Zea la n d ~ J an 2018 free freight to farm. 1-800-383-2228 buildings and yardsite. Starting wage of www.hold-onindustries.com 306-253-4343 Co s ta Rica /Pa n a m a Ca n a l $30/hr plus, depending on ability. Call REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY: Grain farm KORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage 306-745-2528, 306-745-8337, Atwater, SK. labourer, we seek farm experience, famil~ Jan 2018 and acreage wells, test holes, well rehabiliiarity operating modern seeding and harFERTILIZER STORAGE TANKS - 5000 US tation, witching. PVC/SS construction, exS o u th Am erica (Ga la pa go s /Peru / equipment, Class 1A licence. We gal., $3000; 6000 US gal., $3600. Pick up RIVER VALLEY SPECIALTY FARMS: vesting pert workmanship and fair pricing.

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Phétext 306-421-1110. Email: Please contact by sending resume and hrs duaneforrester@sasktel.net of experience breakdown by email to: provjobs@provincialhelicopters.com EXPERIENCED FULL-TIME HELP for Suitable candidates will be contacted back Sealed tenders will be received by the undersigned until 4:00 p.m. on mixed farm, Class 1 an asset. Competitive by email or by phone, so please include wages. Call 306-537-6435, Odessa, SK. that information in your resume.

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Special Areas Grazing Lease No. 82732 containing the following lands (approx. 1,105 acres): • All of 24-28-18-W4M • SE and N ½ 23-28-18-W4M Current oil and gas revenue of $7,700/year Grazing Lease renewal date: December 31, 2029 Willow Creek flows through both sections

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Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resources Grazing Lease No. 34551 containing the following lands (approx. 595.94 acres) • S ½, NW and portion of NE 22-28-18-W4M Current oil and gas revenue of $6,000/year Grazing Lease renewal date: June 29, 2024 Willow Creek flows through this section In the event that a potential tenderer would like to view the lands, please call 403-823-9370 to schedule a time.

Attention: Simon J. Hersey Smith & Hersey Law Firm 112B – 2nd Avenue West, PO Box 220

Tenders on the above lands must be accompanied by a bank draft or certified cheque in favour of “SMITH & HERSEY LAW FIRM” for FIVE (5%) PERCENT of the tender price, as a deposit. The deposit will be returned if the tender is not accepted. If a tender is accepted and the tenderer does not proceed with the sale, the deposit of the tenderer will be forfeited to the owner of the lands. Tenders may be for all Parcels or individual Parcels. The balance of the tender price will be payable on or before June 30th, 2017, subject to registration with Special Areas Board and/or Alberta Environment. Each of the owner and the successful tenderer will be responsible for their own legal fees. All registration costs will be paid by the successful tenderer. Each tenderer must understand that a tender is an unconditional offer to purchase the lands set out in the tender. Tenderers must rely on their own research of the lands, and the undersigned and the owner make no warranties or representations in regard to the lands.

The owner has complete discretion whether to accept the highest or any tender. Further inquiries into the above lands can be made by contacting (403) 823-9370. Tenders shall be sealed in an envelope marked “LAND TENDER” and may be faxed, delivered, e-mailed or mailed to:

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WE CURRENTLY HAVE an opening for an Experienced Heavy Duty Truck and Trailer Mechanic in our new shop, in Virden MB. Ideal candidates will be a team player who has the mechanical skills and qualifications to service, repair and inspect trucks and trailers. The successful candidate will have strong organizational & time management skills allowing them to complete repairs in a timely and efficient manner. 2 years plus of experience would be an asset. Wage is negotiable, based upon experience. Position includes health benefits. If you would like to be considered for this role send resumes to: virdentrucktrailer@hotmail.com or fax to: 204-748-6890. For more info. call 204-764-0031.

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CLASS 1 TRUCK Driver Wanted: Scrap Metal Recycling Company looking for a Class 1 Driver for Low Bed and B Trains with some heavy equipment operating experience.

Ability to work independently as well as with a team is required. We are looking for an individual that can think outside the box, be self-motivated, and the ability to multi task in a fast-paced work environment.

Farm experience preferred. Wage based on experience. Serious applicants send resume to: scrappappyrecyclers@gmail.com CLASS 1A DRIVER wanted. Must have min.

2 yrs experience hauling oversize agriculture equipment. Require valid passport and clean drivers abstract. Company health plan, competitive wages. 306-536-3484, 306-776-2349.

FULL-TIME TRUCK DRIVERS required for large family farming operation. Previous experience an asset. Must be reliable, self-motivated and have a valid Class 1A drivers license. Wages negotiable. Please fax resume: Hawkins Bros., 306-648-2689 or email to hawkinsbros@sasktel.net Call 306-648-8024, Shamrock, SK. OWNER OPERATORS REQUIRED to haul cattle- Western provinces. Based in SK but can reside anywhere. Ph. 306-371-1818.

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LOOKING TO GAIN FT Employment as Ranch Hand. Very mature and responsible 17 yr. old male, graduating from High School with honors, end of June. Looking for opportunity to learn all aspects of farm and ranching including livestock care and proper horsemanship. Have valid Class 5 with clean abstract. Experience includes: Operating std./auto. vehicles, skidsteer, zero-turn mowers, chainsaws, etc. Enjoy hunting, fishing, being outdoors. Raised in small town SK., but willing to relocate for right opportunity. Contact 306-536-1244, email: markospalding@gmail.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 27, 2017

You can’t change the weather.

But you can be ready for it.

More stations, more data, more forecast tools for farmers Weatherfarm gives you the tools to stay constantly informed about the weather on your farm – and in your region.

WeatherFarm is supplied by a growing dedicated network of more than 1,100 professionally maintained monitoring stations, most owned by farmers, with current conditions updated throughout the day.

WeatherFarm gives you a full set of accurate weather-monitoring tools that show you detailed forecasts, current conditions and historical comparisons. Detailed local weather maps can show accumulated rain, maximum temperature and minimum temperature for a specific day, week or month.

WeatherFarm’s exclusive Analyze Weather function allows you to view a growing set of data points over a wider area to see where the most rain fell, where it’s the hottest and more.

WeatherFarm is dedicated to the Canadian farming community. Our focus is on growing and improving our weather services based on the feedback we get from our network of farmers who own stations... and from you.

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