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Producers looking for less talk and more action couldn’t help but be disappointed by the slow progress on defining what workplace safety legislation will mean on their farms.

But turning the year-old Enhanced Safety for Farm and Ranch Workers Act into ‘you can do this but not that’ regulations was always going to take time, says the cochair of the Alberta Farm and Ranch Safety Coalition.

“When you go through all the different codes and how they impact farms, there’s just a ton of information,” said Irma grain grower Kent Erickson. “It’s really tricky.”

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But it was also a year when things that happened in meeting rooms you’ve never visited had a big impact on your operation. If those meetings were in the halls of power in Ottawa or Edmonton, you had reasons to be concerned. But if it was beef organizations getting together, you had reason to be thankful.

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alliance of Alberta farm groups came together to form AgCoalition. It had reps on all six technical working groups (called ‘tables’) charged with recommending specific rules and regulations. They spent a lot of time explaining to the non-farmers on the panels what did — and didn’t — make sense at a farm level.

But in May, the province introduced a new bill (the Fair and Family Friendly Workplaces Act) that stripped labour relations and employment standards out of the farm safety conversation. The new bill, which came into effect on New Year’s Day, met with mixed reviews.

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The automated future has arrived, says robotic farming expert British researcher showcases the ‘Hands-Free Hectare’ project at Farming Smarter conference

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arming using only robots may sound like something out of the year 2050 — but the producers of a barley crop in the United Kingdom argue it’s here now.

Researchers at Harper Adams University in Shropshire, England, along with a U.K. precision ag company successfully grew a crop using only automated machines as their farmhands.

The “Hands-Free Hectare” project produced a 74-bushel-peracre spring barley crop without ever having a human step foot on the field. Everything from planting, fertilizing, spraying, and harvesting was accomplished using small and simple machinery modified with automated technology.

Autonomous farming on a commercial scale isn’t far away, according to Jonathan Gill, a drone pilot and robotics engineer on the project.

“The adoption of automated systems is going to come a lot quicker than we anticipate,” Gill said at the Farming Smarter conference here last month, adding he expects to see farmers using the technology in five to seven years.

“Everybody thinks it’s way off into the future. I really wanted to show that the capabilities were there now.”

All of the programming on the equipment was done using software codes readily available through open-sourced communities on the internet. Within the hectare, several drones and a ground scout rover performed duties as agronomists. The drones whizzed around taking aerial imaging of the field, relaying valuable crop information back to the researchers.

“I’ve learned so much about how a drone system can work with agriculture,” said Gill. “It’s great because you can always go back to that imagery and data to quantify what you’ve seen.”

Drone imagery not only allowed the researchers to evaluate the growth of the crop and how the autonomous machines were doing, but also highlighted areas needing further inspection. That job was given to the ground scout rover, which could take close-up photos and also scoop up soil samples. A “real-life” agronomist

“Everybody thinks it’s way off into the future.

I really wanted to show that the capabilities were there now.”

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The equipment was small (and old, in the case of the combine) but the goal of the Hands-Free Hectare project was to prove you could grow a crop without ever setting foot in the field. PHOTO: From Harper Adams University YouTube video

Researchers from Harper Adams University along with experts from a precision ag company called Precision Decisions did their ‘farming’ in a trailer parked at the edge of the one-hectare field.

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would then get to work analyzing soil, weed, and plant root information along with the number of tillers found on the barley, said Gill.

“I think the agronomist in the future will be using more groundbased rover systems and drones to capture more data that they can analyze in a bunch, in comparison to just doing it by themselves,” he said.

Growing a small one-hectare crop autonomously certainly does not compare to how growers produce large-scale crops today, but Gill said he believes producers need to shift their mindset from big to small. Using fleets of smaller machines working together in swarms has advantages over today’s super-sized tractors, combines, and implements, he said.

“This has some amazing benefits. You’ve got reduced compaction and improved resolution that actually allows us to have a margin gain.”

He pointed to the autonomous tractor system, which set them back about $60,000.

“Now I can buy a few good tractors — probably about nine — for the same price as one large system,” said Gill. “If I can run

those together in a fleet, maybe I can actually start doing some interesting things around that.”

One of the biggest challenges for autonomous farming is communication capacity. Many rural areas lack the necessary Wi-Fi coverage that enables the autonomous equipment to communicate effectively.

“As soon as you’ve got that, we’ve got things nailed,” he said.

Although the adoption of autonomous farming will require a major shift in thinking in the agricultural industry, change is necessary because per-acre productivity must increase to feed a rapidly expanding global population, he said.

“The only way we can actually create the step change of increasing productivity within our farmland is by doing something different,” said Gill.

The Hands-Free Hectare researchers have now moved on to their next project (a winter wheat crop) and will be fine tuning their methods by collecting even more in-depth crop info to determine the best ways to increase yield.

To keep up to date on their pro-gress, see www.handsfreehectare.com or follow them on Facebook (HandsFreeHectare) or Twitter (@FreeHectare).

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Being the best is no longer good enough Global wheat buyers love our quality but cheaper alternatives have increased the need for building relationships

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recent trade mission to promote Canadian wheat went around the world in 14 days — or at least that’s how it felt to Greg Porozni.

“We had a very successful mission,” the Mundare-area farmer said of his travels to Indonesia, Dubai, Nigeria, and Ghana last month.

“These are growth markets, and that’s a really good-news story for Canadian wheat producers.”

Porozni joined a cohort of farmers and reps from Cereals Canada, Cigi (Canadian International Grains Institute), and the Canadian Grain Commission on the two-week trip to these markets.

And in those regions, sustainability was “the big theme — clean air, clean water, clean land.”

“In Canada, we have all that, but when you land in these cities and see nothing but smog and polluted rivers and people everywhere, it starts to resonate that we take it for granted,” said Porozni, who sits on the Alberta Wheat Commission and Cereals Canada boards.

Across the globe in another emerging wheat market, Kevin Auch had a similar experience.

“Sustainability is not just a North American thing — it’s something that’s becoming important around the world,” said Auch, who visited Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico City in mid-November.

“People want to make sure we’re taking care of the planet as we produce food in our production

systems. There’s a real desire for sustainability in the world right now and for farmers and agriculture to consider the environment when we’re producing our food.”

And that was the message the Alberta Wheat chair stressed when talking with South American millers and bakers.

“I was sitting beside guys who are buying a quarter of a million tonnes of Canadian wheat at a time,” said Auch, who also sits on Cereals Canada’s board.

“I wanted to tell them our goodnews story about how we are sustainable and how we’re producing a very nutritious and healthy crop in a very sustainable manner.

“I think we got that point across.”

Keen interest

Auch was “amazed” that 80 to 90 per cent of the buyers in those countries attended the information seminars hosted by the Canadian mission.

“We weren’t just talking to a couple of people. We were talking to the vast majority of buyers and mills and processors in those countries,” he said. “It’s a little bit intimidating in a way. Here I am as a farmer from Carmangay, Alberta, and I’m an ambassador for something that’s a lot bigger than me.”

In fact, one man drove eight hours to attend a seminar in Ecuador, which started at 8 a.m.

“He wanted to get to that meeting so much that he sacrificed a night’s sleep to get there,” said Auch. “I was quite impressed with the dedication that these buyers have — they want to come and

Mundare-area producer Greg Porozni (l) talks wheat with Essa Al Ghurair, owner of the largest flour mill and canola crush plant in the United Arab Emirates, during a recent trade mission. PHOTO: Supplied hear about Canadian wheat and they’re interested in it.

“It’s their livelihood, and they want to make sure that they understand where their wheat is coming from and how it’s being produced.”

It’s no surprise that Canadian wheat — and wheat producers — are a hot commodity in these emerging markets. Buyers want Canada’s high-quality, highprotein wheat, and they want to hear about this year’s crop directly from the source.

“That’s why I think it’s so important for farmers to go on these trips, especially into Third World countries that don’t know what we do as producers in Western Canada,” said Porozni.

He shared an example of an ongoing concern in countries close to the equator — moisture content of wheat.

“I just showed them where I farm and explained that we struggle with moisture year after year,” said Porozni. “I explained that we would love to give them 13 per cent moisture consistently, but we just can’t.

“When you talk about it and give examples about how you struggle on your farm, instead of a scientist saying we have different climactic zones, it resonates a bit better.

They’re talking about theory. I’m talking about practice.”

Black Sea threat

Consistent quality kept coming up with the millers and bakers they talked to.

“We’re known as a provider of consistent quality, and that’s quite important,” said Auch. “Bakers want to be able to have the same thing on the shelf for their customers every day. And they know that

when they buy Canadian quality, what we’re telling them is actually what we’re selling them.”

By and large, Canadian hard red spring wheat is the best seller.

“In every country, there is a demand for our high-quality CWRS,” said Auch. “We’re starting to see some CPS and durum sales into these areas as well, but by far, the vast majority of what we sell into those countries is CWRS.” In one country he visited, they actually labelled their high-quality bin as CWRS. But for developing countries like the ones Porozni visited, Canadian wheat serves a different purpose — it’s blended with cheap wheat from the Black Sea region, which sells for about $50 a tonne less.

“If you’re… importing a million tonnes, that’s $50 million,” said Porozni. “Yeah, we’d like to sell 100 per cent wheat to these countries, but these are developing countries.

They’re quite poor. Frankly, they can’t afford it.

“I’d rather send a 50 per cent blend to them than nothing.”

Every country he visited was importing Black Sea wheat and that makes building relationships more important that ever, he added.

“We need to get out there to our customers because everybody else is beating down the doors and talking about their wheat.”

Auch agrees that having the best quality isn’t, by itself, enough.

“We’re not the only country in the world that sells wheat. If we’re not there, our competitors will be. And they’ll gladly eat our lunch for us.

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Timber is a winner for Caroline cattle producer Custom milling trees from his woodlot pays better than just selling raw logs, says Will Vohs

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ruise the countryside in certain parts of Alberta, and there are bright-yellow signs stapled to power poles advertising that someone is ‘Looking For Wood.’

After reading what Caroline-area farmer Will Vohs has discovered, landowners may want to think twice before signing over their woodlots too quickly.

That’s because Vohs says he can manufacture a 12-inch by 12-inch by 20-foot timber on his band sawmill and sell it for about $250 compared to the $50 to $100 per raw log that forest companies wanted to pay him 10 years ago. And raw log prices have gone down since then, he said.

The idea to custom cut his own wood products occurred to Vohs when he agreed to sell some standing timber to a forest company to raise some cash. He and his family purchased 2-1/2 sections about a half-hour west of Innisfail after immigrating to Canada in the 1970s.

In Europe, private forests are highly valued and Vohs recognized the value of the woodlot on their new home — which they named Valley of Hope Farm. While most of their land was converted to pasture, they left a half section as a woodlot.

Over the years, they developed a successful cattle business. But Vohs encountered a series of unfortunate circumstances involving drought and one of their cows being diagnosed with BSE in 2003. He and his partners decided to wind down their 130-head, pure Charolais cattle herd in 2005.

That gave him time to try something new, which turned out to be custom raising cattle for neighbours and custom sawmilling tim-

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“Being here 40 years, I realized that stuff falls apart,” said Vohs. “So you need to buy lumber to fix it or you can cut your own lumber to fix it. Being that I already had a tractor to pull logs out of the bush, I already had a Bobcat to put logs on my sawmill, and a chainsaw — all I was missing was the sawmill.”

Vohs carefully harvests about 50 spruce and aspen trees annually, with each measuring at least 16 inches at the butt (and some up to 30 inches). Typically, he falls the trees and

transports them to his band sawmill, which is set up in an enclosure that also serves as shelter to protect his sawn lumber.

He focuses on lumber dimensions not readily available from retail lumberyards and recently milled a load of 1x10-inch boards for a friend. He generally cuts nothing smaller than 1x6 and as large as 2x12, along with a fairly high volume of 2x6 and 2x8 for cattle fencing he uses both on his own farm and sells to others.

What Vohs discovered about the value of selling wood products instead of raw logs comes as no surprise to veteran Alberta woodlot owner, Pieter Van Der Schoot, past president of the Woodlot Association of Alberta and 1998 recipient of the Master Woodlot Stewardship Award.

Van Der Schoot owns a 218-hectare woodlot near Breton and said he has planted well over 100,000 trees on the property over the many decades that he has lived and managed it. The woodlot, which includes two small brooks and 20 kilometres of trails, has become a popular field tour destination for forestry reps, landowners, scientists, and government officials, as it has evolved into a highly biodiverse setting.

It takes a bit of work to ensure that planted trees are free to grow without too much competition, but a well-managed woodlot produces high-quality wood fibre that is healthier and grows faster than trees in a natural forest, he said.

“I’ve seen pine seedlings grow three feet in one year,” said Van Der Schoot.

However, marketing the wood has been a constant source of frustration, and to this point, the province’s forest industry has not been willing to pay more for the wood than it has cost him to own and manage the woodlot, he added.

Vohs’s band sawmill provides him with the option of producing either timbers or boards. Timbers are the easiest wood product to manufacture on his all-hydraulic, 28-horsepower, gas-fuelled, WoodMizer LT40 band sawmill equipped with a debarker, which he purchased for $30,000 about 12 years ago.

Waste wood is processed through a small wood chipper, with the material used in Vohs’s cattle operations while first-cut slabs are processed into firewood for his home and shop.

“Small sawmilling and wood value adding are good opportunities to diversify farm income and provide local employment while reducing risk for forest fire,” said provincial agroforestry specialist Toso Bozic. “We have over 3.6 million hectares of private forest in Alberta, and it currently provides between two million to three million tonnes of wood fibre to the forest industry.”

When queried by friends and neighbours about the wisdom of making this investment into a band sawmill, Vohs points out its cost was about the same as a round baler. Having spent a couple of decades raising cattle, he says he’d rather be sawing lumber than baling hay.

“I don’t have the pressure of harvest and haying weather anymore,” said Vohs. “The sawmill is really nice that way. If the unit breaks down, it’s not that bad because there is nothing spoiling on you right away. You can just fix the sawmill and carry on.”

Today, between running his sawmill, custom grazing cattle for other area farmers, and offering farm services to his neighbours, Vohs said, “I am plenty entertained every day.”

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The tree is now down, the fruit cake all eaten So it’s time for our annual New Year’s greetin’ On the past year’s news we offer reflection And give a glimpse of the future direction Plus offer valuable free farming advice On what to grow, and when to sell at top price For a while Manitoba farmers were getting a little bit pouty After several years of deluge, things almost seemed droughty But when it came time to get the grain cart to the tractor connected Many found the yields were much higher than expected Was it good management, or because new varieties yield so good?

With the price of seed these days, they sure as heck should We’re now told that farmers who make the best decisions Are the ones who’ve adopted an agriculture called “precision” Instead of just spreading fertilizer and seed willy-nilly You place a bit more (or is it less?) where it’s salty or hilly You’re not sure? Then don’t worry, that’s no longer a factor ’Cause these days you’re not the one who’s driving the tractor Big Data will decide, so with auto steer and other such tricks You can just climb in the cab and watch movies on Netflix This gave the guy who runs Seedmaster the thought To develop a new system that he calls the DOT If you don’t need a driver, then the cab’s not a factor If you don’t need either of those, then you don’t need a tractor All you need is an engine which onto your seeder you hitch it When it’s time to cultivate or spray, you just need to switch it Instead of old two-cylinder Deeres, with a new coat of paint Big 4WDs will soon be lawn decorations; we’ll say they look quaint

I’ve watched U.S. politics for so many years that I can’t recall But I can say for sure that the past year Trumped them all The Donald loves to get cheers when he gives speeches defiant To Wisconsin farmers saying NAFTA’s not fairtrade compliant But kill the deal? Their dairy lobby now says “Not so much, it “Turns out Mexico’s now our biggest customer, we’d better not touch it” And when you take total U.S. ag buyers, and put them in order Who comes out on top? That country north of their border I don’t know about you, but I would find it quite nifty If I never hear another speech about growing enough for 2050 It seems that those giving these speeches don’t seem to know That the world’s full of grain with no place to go I think the first time I heard a panic about food stock decline Was at a grain outlook meeting back in 1979 But while grain prices since then have moved nary a ripple Due to inflation now everything else costs at least triple Instead of hearing about growing crops 33 years off, it Would be nicer to hear about growing this year’s at a profit I can’t think of anything more profitable in this part of the nation Than the introduction of canola to the Prairie rotation But because for extra cash farmers are sometimes a bit needy They make the canola rotation a little too speedy Whether it’s rumour or fact, I’m not sure that I know But I’ve heard some farmers rotate canola and snow Meaning more sclerotinia and blackleg; which while annoying Aren’t like clubroot, which can be whole-crop destroying So unless we want the whole canola industry to be toast Farmers need to stick to one in four at the most “Then what should I grow instead?” I hear you inquiring

You’ve come to the right place if advice you’re desiring I’ve taken another internet course, and sent in my $19.95 fee So I now have my certificate which makes me an Ag Analyst PhD The first step is to examine each of your fields And this year rotate to something else to ensure higher yields Then go to town for coffee and ask your neighbours “Which crop is it “Best to plant this year?” Then make sure that you do the opposite If you plant wheat, some varieties I advise to be wary of ’em Make sure you buy ones that have high protein, and without fusarium Should you plant barley? Certainly — I wouldn’t be halting Just be sure that you buy the kind of seed that goes malting Canola? Well, there’s so many these days, it might be just as smart To pull out the seed guide and just throw a dart Should you grow that soon-legal tall crop, which once was tut-tutted?

I don’t think so — I predict the market will be pretty soon glutted Now most market advisers tell you that it’s foolish to seek The top of the market and always sell at the peak They’re just charging you a fee to clear your own conscience By blaming the wrong timing on them; I just call that nonsense How to sell at the top? Well, go back for coffee and inquire If the neighbours are selling or holding for higher That’s the best way for the top of the market to pick If all the neighbours are still holding, then sell your grain quick No more room for advice, so best wishes for a great year in farming With no drought or diseases or critters alarming May your insecticide sprayers stay parked without use May your calves all squirt out like poop from a goose Once again, best wishes from all of us here For good crops and good prices, and Happy New Year! john.morriss@fbcpublishing.com

Don’t bury globalization, resurrect it

BY CONSTANTINE PASSARIS University of New Brunswick

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conomic globalization faces a clear and present danger.

The grumblings about the adverse consequences of globalization, the despair about not sharing in its economic benefits, and the disaffection with the global political and social tensions it has created are real.

The cacophony of voices raised in anger against globalization have been getting louder every year. The disconnect in responding to those concerns may derail the future course of globalization.

The economic, social, and political malaise that feeds the narrative for the globalization dissidents consists of a fairly long list of grievances and concerns.

They start with the current slow

or stagnant economic growth. The persistent downturn still lingers after the global financial crisis. In fact, globalization has revealed an international financial system that’s inadequate for the economy of the 21st century. It has spotlighted the fault lines and the structural weakness in the machinery of economic governance.

One of globalization’s most pervasive consequences has been a tidal wave of unemployment. In great part, technology is to blame.

These advances have replaced human labour and made whole occupations obsolete.

Globalization has widened the chasm in income and wealth disparity. In great part, that’s because new technology has slowed the wage gains.

Globalization has created a chain reaction of political and social polarization. The economic gover-

nance system has failed to deliver inclusive prosperity.

Free trade agreements are under attack in both emerging economies and some developed economies.

The critics feel they’ve been shortchanged. Even the world’s supreme economic powerhouse, the U.S., has raised its voice against free trade.

And we can’t forget climate change. Its causes are country specific but its consequences are global.

Globalization has also unleashed the unprecedented movement of economic migrants and refugees, which has dismayed many people who feel pressured by newcomers.

Look no further than the political tribulations of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She opened the door to almost a million Syrian refugees and is now suffering the political consequences.

So globalization takes the blame for the world’s many failures. These include economic and political disruptions, government policies that are out of sync with citizens, high unemployment, unprotected borders, the failure of the middle class to improve its economic prospects and climate change.

But the solution isn’t to dismantle globalization. Rather, we need to work together to improve globalization. Globalization carries great benefits.

It can be the great economic equalizer.

Globalization requires a course correction to fulfil its promise.

Constantine Passaris is a professor of economics at the University of New Brunswick and a national research affiliate of the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy at the University of Lethbridge.

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Give yourself the gifts that make life so much better These eight gifts can’t be bought, but are more precious than anything offered in any store

By BRENDA SCHOEPP AF columnist

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ncouragement is a much appreciated gift, and I have the pleasure of sharing this with young men and women around the world.

From the farm in South Africa to the apple grove in Holland; from the backyard farm in the Philippines to the grain farm in Saskatchewan; and all places in between, there are passionate and enthusiastic young men and women who often just need a word or two of encouragement. It is a gift to be shared and I would like to propose that encouragement and other gifts can also be given to ourselves to keep us fuelled, engaged, and ahead of the game.

For young farmers and in particular for young female farmers, the road to landownership can be tough. There are many young people who are not involved in the farm but really desire to be a farmer or have an agricultural career.

Although exposure to farming operations is important and some experience is helpful, the thing that will set them apart is financial literacy. It is indeed, the one key ingredient in every business and the glue that holds the dream together. The complexity of agriculture can be challenging at any stage of life. Give yourself the gift of financial literacy.

There are so many streams in agriculture it can be hard to choose what to do. Even for an established farmer, the technology is exciting and the avenues for information are limitless. I find it fascinating to discover how little I know and seem to be running in high gear just to keep up — and I am certain I am not alone. This continuous thirst for discovery fuels the mind. Give yourself the gift of curiosity.

My own story is a little backwards as I am obtaining my education now, when most folks are thinking of retirement. Education is possible at any time, but taking advantage of your education in the younger years allows for deep connections that serve you well in

the future and give you credibility.

As an independent, I did not carry another’s company banner and lacked the education. This took away my credibility in some circles.

Never too late and always valuable, it is a game changer to give yourself the gift of education.

Life is complicated, and sometimes I fail to understand what is happening or why. Our unique differences may set us apart, but can be a bit of a puzzle to those around us. Sometimes we react, which is not of value or complimentary to either party. Treating all persons with acceptance — be they rich or poor, of the same religion or race, gender, background, political view (or have same cattle breed) — is critical to growth. Give yourself the gift of understanding.

Whenever and wherever I travel I am aware of one truth and that is that I am “the guest.” In being the guest I refrain from imposing my views on someone, in leadership terms it is called ‘white privilege.’

If the country requires a headscarf, then wear one. If you are to bow,

then bow. At home if we are to take our boots off at the door, then do so. And always be interested rather more so than interesting in conversation. Even in our communities, when we are both gracious hosts and gracious guests, it opens the door for conversation that is authentic and allows for a relationship to grow. Give yourself the gift of respectfulness.

Who we are and what we do is deeply imbedded in our code.

We all need some tweaking as we walk the journey of life and should be open to these times. One must keep learning to keep breathing, but how we execute those lessons is up to us. How many young brides thought they would ‘change’ a man only to wake up to the same unchanged guy? How many young men thought they would ‘train’ a woman only to discover she was an independent soul who had no desire to be trained? The businesses we own, the lives we lead, the relationships we have all mirror us.

Yes, we must be good citizens and be kind and compassionate at all

times and keep learning, but in all things we must be ourselves. Give yourself the gift of authenticity.

I was thinking of my cellphone and asked myself, which is more important: The phone or the cord for charging it? I came to realize that both were rather useless without the other and so it is in our lives.

Just like the spotter at the end of the extended ladder, we cannot be what we are without those who are supporting us. Recognizing them for the role they play in our journey and encouraging them on theirs brings a lot of peace to a home or business. Give yourself the gift of support.

And finally, give yourself the gift of a little self-appreciation. Know that in your everyday walk of life, each simple task, kind word, or compassionate action is a gift to both the recipient and to yourself.

Brenda Schoepp works as an international mentor and motivational speaker. She can be contacted through her website www. brendaschoepp.com. All rights reserved. Brenda Schoepp 2018

Blockchain could revolutionize food It’s an impressive and high-tech solution to the problem of sharing information from many parties quickly and easily

BY SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS Dalhousie University

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here has been a lot of noise on cryptocurrencies and bitcoin of late. While some suggest cryptocurrencies are a fraud, others believe them to be the next economic revolution.

Bitcoin has brought to light the interesting concept of blockchain technology, which offers great potential for the agri-food sector.

Yet it is far from being the panacea for diverse issues affecting the industry — at least not yet.

Simply put, blockchain technology is a way of storing and sharing information across a network of users in an open virtual space.

Blockchain technology allows for users to look at all transactions simultaneously and in real time. In food, for example, a retailer would know with whom his supplier has dealt. Additionally, since transactions are not stored in any single location, the information is almost impossible to hack.

For consumers, blockchain technology could make a difference. By reading a simple QR code with a smartphone, data such as an animal’s date of birth, use of antibiotics, vaccinations, and where the

livestock was harvested can easily be conveyed to the consumer.

Blockchain could bring a new level of transparency to a supply chain. It also empowers the entire chain to be more responsive to any food-safety disasters. Large companies such as Nestle and Unilever are considering blockchain technologies for that reason. Walmart, which sells 20 per cent of all food in the U.S., has just completed two blockchain pilot projects.

Before using the technology, Walmart conducted a traceback test on mangoes in one of its stores. It took six days, 18 hours, and 26 minutes to trace the fruit back to its original farm. By using blockchain, Walmart can provide all the information the consumer wants in 2.2 seconds.

During an outbreak of a foodrelated health scare, six days is an eternity. A company can save lives by acting quickly. Blockchain also allows specific products to be traced at any given time, which would help in the reduction of food waste. For instance, contaminated products can be traced easily and quickly, while safe foods would remain on the shelves and not in landfills.

Blockchain will allow everyone to be paid more quickly, from farm

to plate. Farmers could sell more quickly and be properly compensated as market data would be readily available and validated.

The technology could represent a legitimate option for farmers who feel compelled to rely on marketing boards to sell their commodities. The use of blockchain could prevent price coercion and retroactive payments, both of which we have seen across the food-supply chain. Blockchain technologies could ‘Uberize’ the agri-food sector by eliminating middlemen and lowering transaction fees. This can lead to fairer pricing and even help smaller outfits desperate to get more market attention.

However, it will work only if the data at the source is accurate, and current practices in the industry are still prone to human error.

Much of the compliance data is audited by trusted third parties and stored either on paper or in a centralized database. These databases are highly vulnerable to informational inaccuracies, hacking, high operating costs, and intentional errors motivated by corruption and fraudulent behaviour. Blockchain operates anonymously, so mistakes would be traceable to individual culprits.

Considering recent food fraud

scandals seen in Canada and elsewhere, this feature is not trivial.

Blockchain technology provides a method with which records are kept permanently. Most importantly, though, it facilitates data sharing between disparate actors in a food value chain. Many retailers have sold fraudulent food products unknowingly. With the use of blockchain, those days could come to an end.

Our current traceability systems need work, and blockchain technology could be the evolution they need. Given its architecture, blockchain offers an affordable solution to both small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and large organizations. However, there are noteworthy limitations.

The amount of information that can be processed is limited. Since everything is out there, several contracts between organizations would need to be secured for some level of confidentiality to be retained.

A balance between confidentiality and transparency would need to be struck. The agri-food arena is filled with secrets. The manner in which blockchain technology is currently being deployed would be problematic for many food companies. For many, blockchain is

just a solution looking for a problem.

Nevertheless, the most important challenge remains participation.

All parties must adopt the technology in order for it to work. In food distribution, not all companies are equal, and some can exercise their power more than others.

A successful integration of the blockchain requires the engagement of all participating organizations. Walmart’s blockchain will likely be successful because it’s Walmart. But thousands of companies don’t have the same clout.

Industry leaders should embrace blockchain as an opportunity and become part of the digitalization strategy currently affecting the entire food industry. As such, transparency, productivity, competitiveness and sustainability of the agri-food sector could be enhanced. Nonetheless, research should look at how to generate evidence-based blockchain solutions to democratize data for the entire system before we get too excited.

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.

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2017 RECAP } from page 1 we didn’t feel were presented from the tables,” Erickson said in June.

From the outset, the labour relations group had philosophical differences — particularly giving farm workers the right to form unions and go on strike — and reached consensus on only half of 10 recommendations.

“The labour table really didn’t agree with a whole lot, so with Bill 17, the government really did push forward on a number of decisions that weren’t what the ag community was looking for,” said Erickson. “So the technical working group wasn’t a lot of use on this one.”

But some farmers were still hopeful.

Kevin Serfas, who operates a large grain farm near Turin, said his initial reaction was “shock and horror.”

“But as I did a little more reading into it, I’m a bit more at ease with it,” he said in May. “I’m not sure what the appetite is for farm workers to unionize. It’s concerning for sure. Are we selling the farm because of it? No.” Bill 17 includes new employment standards for non-family employees such as vacation, hours of work, and overtime.

“I don’t think that some of what they’re trying to push through is terrible,” said Serfas. “I think workers should have those rights.

We’ve never really thought any differently.”

In October, four of the technical working groups issued 142 recommendations on occupational health and safety. Public feedback was sought but Erickson wondered what that would accomplish since most Albertans “don’t understand how things work on the farm.”

“It would be kind of like asking me to comment on a regulation that’s going to affect, say, a coal mine,” he said. “I don’t have any insights into how a coal mine is run.”

Take, for example, the call for mandatory use of seatbelts. Farmers on the working group argued it was “impractical, uncomfortable, and unwarranted,” but other group members disagreed, saying producers would get used to it just like people did in their cars. They also predicted it will “force innovation” on equipment manufacturers and make them come up with restraints that are “practical (and) comfortable.”

Another challenge to getting meaningful feedback was the sheer number of recommendations and the technical language of the reports.

“Our group took half the (labour) code and we broke it down line by line as we went through it, and even I was confused and misinterpreting and misunderstanding how we’re going to apply that to a farm,” said Erickson, noting his group had more than a year to review the material.

It’s still too soon to say what the final rules will look like — the feedback period ends Jan. 15, with the specific regulations coming out later this year.

In the meantime, AgCoalition has created an organization and program to promote a “farm safety culture.”

“We want to build safety programs from the industry up, not from the government down,” Erickson said in November. “What we’re hoping is that these programs will satisfy the intent of the legislation. By doing that, we can slowly but progressively bring our safety incident frequencies down.

“I think that’s going to be the success story.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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A lot of checkmarks in the win column

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or beef producers, the past year was one when a number of long-running initiatives began to bear fruit.

Those include a new packing plant, a tentative deal on the provincial checkoff, and laying down the foundation for a national sustainable beef program.

The opening of Harmony Beef in February was never going to threaten JBS and Cargill’s domination of Alberta’s beef-processing sector. But that was never the goal — the plan is to focus mostly on higher-end markets, including Europe.

In theory, that opens the door for premiums for producers who raise cattle under specific protocols or can consistently produce very high-quality cattle. Those producers may find out this year how that pans out as Harmony Beef owner Rich Vesta said it would take a full year or more to get European certification.

“We’re not doing all this to be a commodity beef producer — that’s not our goal,” said Vesta, a packing expert who ran JBS’s North American beef division and is known for improving efficiency of plants.

The past year also saw a tentative deal to end the long-running checkoff battle between Alberta Cattle Feeders Association and Alberta Beef Producers. The key to the agreement is using part of a non-refundable checkoff to create an industry development fund that would go towards marketing, education, research, and industry collaboration.

“Both organizations are feeling really good and hoping we could make this a good solution,” said Ryan Kasko, vice-chair of the feeders’ association.

Currently, the $2 provincial part of the $3 checkoff is refundable, with about $2.5 million being refunded, mostly to cattle feeders, each year, said ABP executive director Rich Smith.

“We’re losing about 35 per cent right now, which works out to about 70 cents a head,” said Smith.

The agreement is another sign that a sector once regarded as splintered and fractious is changing its ways. Another was the second Canadian Beef Industry Conference, with more than 700 people from all parts of the sector gathering at Stampede Park in Calgary. The event continues to be a resounding success and after holding the first two in Calgary, the conference heads east and will be held in London, Ont. in August.

But perhaps the biggest sign of a new spirit of collaboration is the creation of a formal program to produce certified sustainable beef.

The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef — which includes not just industry groups but also retailers and organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund — rolled out its ‘framework’ last month for producing beef in a socially and environmentally responsible way.

It was the result of years of efforts that began with McDonald’s groundbreaking verified sustainable beef pilot.

“It’s not only a Canadian program, it’s the first in the world, so we’re really excited to be launching it,” said Fawn Jackson, the roundtable’s executive director.

The program largely relies on best practices that most producers already follow, but it creates a paper trail and brings in auditing.

There’s a small fee for participating producers (who need to be enrolled in VBP Plus), but the hope is that it could pay off in sales to beef buyers willing to pay more to display a certified sustainable logo on their meat packages or menus. This type of program can also be used to show the world that Canadian beef is produced according to meaningful sustainability rules and tracked all the way from the ranch to the packing plant.

Cargill is running a one-year “acceleration” pilot to test the con-

cept and it’s hoped it will not only be a hit with consumers, but generate a small premium for cattle producers.

The roundtable has another iron in that fire with the Multiple Species at Risk (MULTISAR) program. The initiative, which began 15 years ago, is now so successful that there’s a waiting list for interested ranchers.

The roundtable (along with Cows and Fish and the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association) has expanded the program from the Milk River area to producers in the Bassano, Brooks, Nanton and Medicine Hat areas. Participants receive help with the cost of items such as fencing and solar watering to enable better grazing management while enhancing habitat for both cattle and wildlife.

“It’s a big collaborative approach,” Brad Downey, senior biologist with the Alberta Conservation Association (one of the program’s co-ordinators) said in February.

“Most of the program is habitat stewardship programs that collaborate with producers on the ground to look at win-win situations and ways to not only benefit wildlife or species at risk, but also cattle operations.”

Add up all of these initiatives and Alberta’s beef sector can look back on 2017 as a year of accomplishment. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Mother Nature couldn’t make up her mind

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rop production was a mixed bag in 2017 — some producers did well, but many didn’t.

And which side of the line you fell on depended largely on how much moisture you got, both this year and last.

Late-season rain and snow in the fall of 2016 was either a blessing or a curse for Alberta farmers. For those who finished harvesting, soil moisture reserves got their crops off to a good start and kept them going through this summer’s drought.

But those stuck harvesting crops this spring found themselves playing catch-up all season long.

“The majority of guys got crops in, but some of them seeded quite a bit later than they normally would,” provincial crop specialist Harry Brook said in July.

By late May, about 80 per cent of nearly one million unharvested acres from 2016 had been harvested and only about 57 per cent of seeding was completed — well behind the five-year average of 83 per cent.

“There’s still a very small amount of acres where producers still have to deal with unharvested crops from 2016,” pro-

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vincial crop statistician Ashan Shooshtarian said in May. “The wet conditions don’t allow them to go into the field to be able to remove their overwintered crops from last season.”

As a result, about 600,000 acres of cropland were left unseeded in 2017 — eight times higher than the previous five-year average.

“We’re still seeing some of the ripple effects from the spring with the unseeded acres,” Jesse Cole, a research analyst with the province’s crop insurer, said in July.

But while spring started off wet in much of the province, conditions quickly turned disastrously dry in many areas, especially in southern Alberta.

“This year, the tap turned off early,” said Brook.

In the end, yields were 75 per cent of normal in the south but 15 per cent higher than average in central Alberta.

But there was a silver lining — disease pressure dropped.

The growing season started with predictions of the continued spread of fusarium head blight (found in almost one-quarter of cereal samples in 2016), and it seemed like a safe bet at the time.

But the long dry spell changed that.

“This year may not be a year where it pays to spray,” Brook said in July.

Root rot in pulses was also less than expected, as was the incidence of sclerotinia.

But it may be a short-lived break, especially for clubroot, which is “growing exponentially” across the province, Canola Council of Canada agronomist Keith Gabert said after it turned up for the first time in the Peace region in mid-August.

“I fully anticipate 300 to 400 new fields reported every year if there’s any kind of adequate moisture,” he said.

All in all, it was a year that reminded farmers that Mother Nature always gets the last word.

“This year shows that you can do everything right in your management, but if the weather works against you, you can fail,” said Brook.

But in the end, the chorus of farmer complaints and lobbying by grain organizations paid off. The feds backpedalled in November, announcing that the cash ticket deferral system would remain intact.

“We’re pleased to see the reversal on that decision,” said Alberta Pulse Growers chair D’Arcy Hilgartner.

It was a similar — although not as clearcut — story for proposed changes to income tax rules.

In the summer, the Liberal government proposed new regulations around lifetime capital gains deductions, income splitting, and incorporating farms, among other things.

The moves were intended to ensure the wealthiest Canadians paid their fair share of taxes, but the proposals cast such a wide — and complicated — net that alarms were sounding for all sorts of business owners, including farmers.

“This will affect any tax planning for farmers on an annual basis all the way until their deaths,” tax expert Allan Sawiak said in August. “It will always have to be at the back of their minds now.”

Once again, a widespread out-

cry and intensive lobbying had the federal government backpedalling.

The proposed changes to capital gains exemptions — one of the most controversial items for farmers, as that could have made it impossible to pass on the farm to their kids — were cancelled.

Also scrapped was an ‘antiavoidance’ provision to prevent converting dividends to another form of income at a lower tax rate, which was broad enough to include things like selling farm assets to a corporation.

But the affair may not be entirely over.

New rules are coming in 2018 that will limit ‘tax sprinkling’ by corporations to family members.

Although the finance minister says the ‘reasonableness’ test will be, well, reasonable, tax experts will be watching closely to see how it unfolds.

And producers will be crossing their fingers and hoping they don’t unwittingly get caught in some income tax snare.

“A lot of these things are just ‘what ifs,’” said Hilgartner. “It’s difficult to assess what the actual risks are.”

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Tax changes troubled producers through 2017

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he taxman tried to pick a fight with farmers in the past year — and farmers fought back.

In its spring budget, the federal Liberal government announced it would be scrapping the deferred cash ticket system. Producers have long used this tool to smooth their income from year to year and the move was widely condemned by farmers, and their accountants.

“The majority of farms are not trying to avoid paying taxes,” Stuart Person, director of primary producer agriculture at MNP, said in June. “They just want to smooth their income out and make sure they’re paying tax at a reasonable rate like everybody else.”

Unlike everyone else, farmers not only have good and bad production years — they also sell into markets where prices routinely soar and crash.

Not being able to defer income would mean grain producers would routinely face a devilish dilemma: Sell when prices are high and pay a whole lot of extra tax. Or store grain and risk missing out on a price rally.

“If they do put this through, it’s going to have some significant impacts,” said Person.

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RECAP Harvest comparison

All in all, not a bad year Average yields (in bushels per acre) for Alberta.

2012

“The success we had for a lot of the province that was dry in our yields was due directly to the amount of stored moisture in the soil.”

“Producers learn pretty fast how important it is to conserve moisture if you are in a drier area of the province.”

2013

2014

2015

2016

2012 - 2016 AVERAGE

2017

Canola

34.3

44.0

38.0

41.7

46.4

40.9

43.7

Spring wheat

47.6

58.7

51.8

47.2

59.5

53.0

55.5

Durum

46.4

53.8

48.1

37.3

50.6

47.2

36.7

Barley

60.3

76.5

67.3

68.6

77.7

70.1

71.8

Peas

41.9

48.8

42.0

34.0

46.1

42.6

40.9

Oats

80.0

95.1

77.4

75.0

95.3

84.6

92.9

Source: Statistics Canada November 2017 estimates

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Harry Brook. “In the far south, they had around 75 per cent of a normal crop because it was extremely dry down there. But the farther north you went, the better the moisture conditions were.”

And overall, a year that many feared would be bad, and maybe even a wreck, turned out surprisingly well.

Province-wide, spring wheat yields were 2-1/2 bushels better than the average of the previous five years — a period which includes the three best crops ever grown in Alberta. Canola did even better, averaging 2.8 bushels higher than the previous five years and ensuring this province played a part in the production of the all-time Prairie record.

Durum yields were poor (down more than 10 bushels an acre) but barley and oats (by a whopping eight bushels)

also beat the average for 2012 to 2016. And while pea yields were down, it wasn’t as bad as you might expect for that crop.

But averages, of course, don’t help those with poor yields or who couldn’t seed all their fields (about 600,000 acres weren’t seeded in spring — nearly eight times the previous five-year average).

On the other hand, there were a lot of producers in central Alberta who were smiling — that region was the “sweet spot” despite having long dry spells throughout the summer, said Brook.

“The crops were as good as they were there due to the fact that we had really good moisture conditions in the subsoil going into the summer,” he said, noting yields there were about 15 per cent above average.

“The success we had for a lot of the province that was dry was due directly to the amount of stored moisture in the soil.”

But the timing of those meagre rains were also key for many producers, including Ryan Kuefler, who farms near Forestburg.

“We had some moisture when we were going in at seeding, but we basically didn’t get any rain from May 10 to September. We had 2.5 inches in that time,” said the mixed grain farmer, who also farms near Alliance and Galahad. “ Bu t ou r y i el ds w er e wa y above average. It’s a mystery.”

Kuefler harvested 77 bushels per acre of No. 1 hard red spring wheat, and his canola yielded between 49 to 56 bushels per acre on his fields near Forestburg. At Galahad, canola yielded around 49 bushels per acre but his wheat — which got an extra three-quarters of an inch of rain — shot up to 84 bushels an acre.

And around Alliance, where the ground is harder and received less rain, Kuefler was expecting wheat yields of 45 bushels per acre. He got 64.

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“We had insane amounts of rain last year, and we didn’t even make these yields then,” he said. “We just got the right rains. It’s kind of a crapshoot.”

It was a similar story at Jason Lenz’s farm near Rimbey — a traditionally wet region that saw less moisture this year, but with good results.

“We were definitely happy with the yields we had this year,” he said. “We were at about 14.5 inches of rain this year, which is still lots, but not compared to some years when we get up into the low 20s.

“Whenever we do get lower rainfalls, that’s usually where we get our best crops. A lot of the times when we have our wrecks are the years where we get too much rain.”

Lenz’s barley yielded around 100 bushels, while his CPS wheat was in the mid-90s and hard red spring wheat was in the low-70-bushel-per-acre range.

But canola performed best, hitting around 50 bushels per acre on a large portion of his crop — which he’s never got before.

And, again, moisture came at the right time.

“We only had one real big downpour — one wet week in particular, around June 10,” said Lenz.

“After that, the rains that we had were very timely and not big downpours. We’d get half an inch here and half an inch there, and all spread out nicely.

“If we could control the weather, that’s about as good a year as we’d ever get. It ended up being one of those years where everything worked out right. It’s nice to have a year like that every so often.”

Zero tillage was also a big factor in conserving soil moisture and preventing a wreck on his farm during this year’s drier conditions, said Kuefler.

“You can tell the people who do the minimum till versus no till. It doesn’t work as good out here. They dried out a little bit,” he said. “Back in the day, we used to work the land lots and seed in the dust, and nowadays, we don’t.

“Most everybody has caught on to no till. I think it’s been

proven throughout the years.”

Zero tillage is “old news” in Alberta, said Brook.

“If you zero till and return most of the crop residue back to the field, you’re building up organic matter levels,” he said.

“Over a 20- or 30-year period, you can make significant gains in organic matter levels. If you increase organic matter levels, it reduces evapotranspiration on bare soil, and anything that reduces evaporation off the soil’s surface means there’s more for the crop.”

Lenz agrees — in principle.

“Producers learn pretty fast how important it is to conserve moisture if you are in a drier area of the province,” he said.

“Zero till has made a big difference for those producers.”

However, Lenz generally does minimum tillage.

“We’re on the opposite end of the spectrum,” he said “We don’t do zero till because we do deal with quite a bit of excess moisture in the spring where we’re at.”

Lenz does some fall tillage to “black the land up a little bit” as it allows him to get on the fields earlier in the spring.

“That probably helped us this year more than most because we did have a bit of a wetter spring than we normally have as a result of the wet fall we had the year before,” he said.

“If you do feel like you’re going to have a dry spring coming up, you try to minimize the amount of tillage passes that you do.”

Ultimately, producers need to do what works best for their own operations, said Lenz.

“Producers know their land pretty well, just from the experience of seeing what the wet years look like and how dry it can get,” he said.

“The years that we really remember around here were 2001 and 2002, when we had dry springs both those years.

“You always have those kinds of years in the back of your mind, so you do what you can to prepare for that and allow your crop to get off to as good a start as possible.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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India imposes duties on lentils and chickpeas India is introducing immediate 30 per cent tariffs on imports of chickpeas and lentils, the country’s government announced just prior to Christmas.

The import duties follow the 50 per cent tariff on yellow peas India introduced in November, and come as part of ongoing efforts by India to support farmers.

“Production of chana (chickpeas) and masoor (lentils) are expected to be high during the forthcoming Rabi season, and cheap imports, if allowed unabated, are likely to adversely affect the interest of the farmers,” the Indian Finance Ministry said in a news release, adding the import duties were imposed in order to protect farmers.

Domestic chickpea prices rose by four per cent immediately after the announcement.

India imported 57,400 tonnes of Canadian lentils from licensed elevators during the first three months of the current crop year, according to Canadian Grain Commission data. That’s down from 170,100 tonnes during the same time period the previous year.

No Canadian chickpea sales to India have been reported yet this marketing year.

— CNS Canada

Lethbridge egg processor gets cracking with safety certification The five-year-old co-operative expects its new HACCP status to open the door to new markets Alberta Agriculture and Forestry release

W

hen you think of Alberta eggs going to market, you might think of consumers in the grocery store putting a dozen or two in their cart and heading home.

But most of the eggs at the grocery store are the large or extralarge grades, which leaves a significant surplus of lower-demand eggs in the small- to medium-size category.

“About 30 per cent of the eggs that are laid in Canada go for further processing and never end up in a carton,” said Brendan Bassendowski, general manager of the Egg Processing Innovations Cooperative (EPIC) in Lethbridge.

“This part of the egg industry is very often overlooked.”

Alberta’s surplus small and medium eggs used to be shipped to processing facilities in Manitoba or British Columbia, causing that economic value to leave the province. Once these Alberta eggs were processed, some of this production came back to Alberta for food manufacturers to use. That changed in June 2013 when EPIC opened the province’s first eggbreaking operation. Now Alberta breaks its own eggs and keeps

that economic value right here at home.

EPIC’s member-owners are 140 egg farmers across the province, with an average flock size of 11,000 hens. The co-operative offers its western Canadian food service and manufacturing customers a wide variety of products, including whole liquid eggs, egg whites, egg yolks, and shells.

These egg products are used in salad dressings, baked goods, pasta, Asian noodles, functional foods, natural health products, and premium pet foods.

While the facility had food safety systems in place, being a trusted supplier to processors making branded food products called for a more formal recognition of its approach to food safety, said Bassendowski.

For a small operation like EPIC, buying food safety-related equipment, developing food safety processes and earning accreditation can be a tall order. For that reason, it sought the help of Growing Forward 2 to complete a food safety project in 2016 and 2017 through the Food Safety Systems (Processor) Program. That program helped the co-operative to gain its Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) accreditation, the food-processing industry standard, said Melissa

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The Egg Processing Innovations Cooperative in Lethbridge has 140 farmer-owners and processes smaller eggs that used to be sent to Manitoba or B.C. PHOTO: www.epiceggs.ca Forsyth, EPIC’s quality assurance manager.

“Some of the GF2 funding purchased lab equipment,” she said.

“The rest helped pay for a consultant to help us develop food safety programs and modify our standard operating procedures.

These became the backbone for our HACCP program.”

The certification positions the

co-op for growth, said Bassendowski.

“Given our geography and linkage to Alberta producers, we’ll continue to grow and improve on the food safety foundations that were implemented with the help of GF2,” he said. “We feel we are in a good position to meet increasing demand from the market with a quality product.”

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National food policy council needed

Lentil prices expected to stay low

A coalition of more than 50 farm groups and food companies want Ottawa to create a national food policy council. The council “would bring together key stakeholders from across the food system to work collaboratively with the government,” said the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Among other things, it would address food insecurity; high levels of diet-related disease; climate change mitigation and adaptation; and building public trust. The coalition includes companies such as Maple Leaf Foods, along with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, Canadian Pork Council, Canadian Seed Growers’ Association, and Egg Farmers of Canada. — CFA

Lentil prices in Western Canada have dropped significantly over the past year as India’s policy changes and militant actions elsewhere affected markets, according to traders. Green lentil prices fell by 20 to 36 cents per pound during the year, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. Black Sea producers are undercutting prices but India is the big factor, said David Newman of Commodious Trading, noting pigeon peas have dropped to $300 a tonne which made Canadian lentils at $1,600 “absolutely absurd.” But while prices are expected to stay low, they are similar to those of a few years ago, he said. — CNS

You don’t need an algorithm to understand markets in 2017 Traders fret over every market signal but sophisticated data analysis isn’t required to see how the past year turned out

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Futures from activity Picks back up the extent of their sideways Canada released its softest levels During the yield potential Buyers are canola However, at two weeks remains within a year average Soybeans could easily continue to be harvested

n an attempt to outsource the year-end commentary and put it on auto steer, the above ‘poem’ was created by inputting 12 months’ worth of analysis into an algorithm that worked its own brand of magic.

It’s safe to say that artificial intelligence has a ways to go.

However, while this marketing koan may not provide the clearest picture of the year that just passed, the algorithm is right about soybeans and there may be some more truth to be found in the apparent randomness.

Canola had its ups and downs over the course of 2017, but when pulling back to look at the bigger picture the activity may best be described as ‘sideways.’

Canola prices are exiting 2017 at about $20 off of where they started, with the front-month January contract trading at about $490 per tonne on Dec. 21. However, the trend line over the course of the year looks fairly flat, with canola generally holding within a $50 range of $475 to $525 per tonne. Break-

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ing out of that range in 2018 is always possible, but a catalyst will be needed.

At the end of 2017, canola was trending lower and looking like a break to the downside of that sideways range had more potential than a break higher in 2018.

While there will always be debate with any number Statistics Canada comes up with, the fact that the government agency pegged this year’s canola crop at a record 21.3 million tonnes provides little to get excited about. There were definitely droughtstricken areas of the Prairies that will remain a concern in 2018 without some precipitation over the next few months. However, the moisture was apparently enough to make a crop in 2017, and the official numbers are a pretty big weight on the market.

Canola ending stocks are no longer forecast to be tight by July 2018, which will likely have end-users unlikely to bid up the market — at least until the spring when they may or may not be looking to buy acres. Exports and the domestic crush should both remain strong, but the supplies are there to meet that demand for now.

In the U.S., soybeans and corn both kept within rather broad, but ultimately sideways, trading ranges in 2017, with attention at the turn of the year firmly on South American crops and Chinese demand.

The only real excitement in the U.S. grain markets was found in Minneapolis spring wheat. The futures rallied to their highest levels in four years during the summer, as drought conditions across North Dakota, Montana, and Saskatchewan cut seriously

into production. Cooler heads eventually prevailed, but spring wheat is still the only one of the major North American futures markets exiting 2017 at a higher level than it entered.

Beyond the typical supply/demand fundamentals that swayed the market, 2017 also had its fair share of outside influences.

Chief among them was the volatile political situation in the United States. From the Canadian perspective, the possible end of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and adjustments to U.S. renewable fuels policy could both be something to watch in the new year. Resulting swings in the loonie will be another factor to watch.

Computer algorithms are hard at work predicting the weather, analyzing technical charts, estimating crop yields, producing bitcoins, and many other things. However, despite all of the advances in technology, taking all of that information and making sense of it remains a human endeavour. Much like growing the crops themselves.

All the best in the new year, and remember…

Any poke above the point on record However the psychological point With yield provide signals As prices one way Futures Which would move Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Prairie wheat bids rise along with U.S. futures Minneapolis March 2018 spring wheat climbed 8.75 U.S. cents on the week

BY ASHLEY ROBINSON CNS Canada

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ard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada rose for the week ended Dec. 15, following the lead of U.S. futures contracts.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices rose by about $3-$4 per tonne in some areas of Western Canada, according to price quotes from a crosssection of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $234 per tonne in western Manitoba to as high as $256 in southern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but fell

slightly to range from about $6 to $28 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between U.S. dollar-denominated futures and Canadian dollar cash bids.

When accounting for currency exchange rates by adjusting Canadian prices to U.S. dollars, CWRS bids ranged from US$182 to US$199 per tonne, which was down on a U.S. dollar basis on the week. That would put the currency-adjusted basis levels at about US$29-$46 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 fr o m $3 7 t o $ 5 9 b e l o w t h e futures.

Average (CWRS) prices ranged from about $234 per tonne in western Manitoba to as high as $256 in southern Alberta.

Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat bids were anywhere from $4 to $7 higher.

Prices across the Prairies ranged from C$172 per tonne in southwestern Saskatchewan to $190

per tonne in Alberta.

Average durum prices were mostly unchanged across Western Canada, with bids ranging from about $268 to $275 per tonne.

The March spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts Canada are based, was quoted Dec. 15 at US$6.20 per bushel, up 8.75 U.S. cents from the previous week.

Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPSR in Canada. The March K.C. wheat contract was quoted at US$4.175 per bushel on Dec. 15, down by half a U.S. cent compared to the previous week.

The March Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.1825 on Dec. 15, down three-quarters of a U.S. cent on the week.

The Canadian dollar settled Dec. 15 at 77.92 U.S. cents, down roughly one-sixth of a cent compared to the previous week.

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Farmers see a bright future for artisan canola oil Three new cold-pressed canola oils each have unique flavour and fragrance characteristics particular to the farm where the seed was grown

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON

“As a farmer growing it we’re only going to get paid what we could sell it to the elevator for,” Dalgarno said. “The extra value is going to depend on how the company does in the future.”

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hen they say ‘taste the difference’ they really mean it with this canola

oil.

Three newly released coldpressed canola oil products actually do taste like the individual farms the seed producing them came from.

Big Prairie Sky, Heartland and Northern Lights oils, which hit store shelves in the fall, are from three Manitoba farms (near Newdale, Starbuck and East Selkirk).

The producers teamed up earlier this year to form the small company, CanFarm Foods Ltd., which produces them.

The oils are a cold-pressed, premium canola oil — also called XV canola, meaning extra virgin.

That canola oil could express ‘terroir’ came as a bit of a surprise to them, say the growers. Terroir is the concept in the wine industry, where growers know a grape varietal will produce different flavours depending on the geography, soil conditions and local climate.

So will canola seed, it seems.

“That was quite a surprise and quite new to us,” says Bruce Dalgarno, Newdale canola grower and one of six shareholders of CanFarm Foods.

“We’d never thought of it having different flavours depending on where it was grown.”

Thinking up just the right way to describe those differences proved interesting.

“There are subtle little differences,” said Ellen Pruden, director of the Canola Eat Well program for the Manitoba Canola Growers Association.

She uses words like ‘earthy’ and ‘nutty’ and ‘grassy’ and ‘the smell of the harvest’ as descriptors. It took some time to come up with words that distinguish and describe the oil’s flavours.

“Not a lot of language exists for this,” she said. “Olive oil has a lot more flavour descriptions to go with it. For canola this is a new venture, having consumers understand this diversity.”

It was her long-held fascination with how canola, like grapes, could produce this diversity of flavour and colour that got the ball rolling.

Pruden has hosted canola oil tastings for the industry over the years and differences of even everyday canola oil were always notable, she said.

“We’ve done different experiments, tasting all the different types of canola oil and they all tasted different,” she said. “We wondered why.”

Culinary professionals and chefs were keen when they heard about canola oil’s terroir, which eventually started the pursuit in 2014 of a made-in-Manitoba coldpressed oil product.

The idea was initially pitched to canola growers and about 20 farms from various parts of the province contributed seed for test batches, which were pressed at a food development centre.

There are real opportunities for this sort of product, said Brian Chorney, whose East Selkirk farm grows the seed for the Northern Lights batch of oil.

“I’ve always thought that there was a premium market that we were missing for canola oil,” he said. “With a cold press and a distinct flavour from different regions, this is an opportunity to move it into that premium market.”

“My brother Jeff and I got interested in this as a way to add some value to the farm,” added Starbuck farmer Keenan Wiebe.

“And it kind of adds to the story of canola and to the local factor of the story as well.”

Just a tiny fraction of these farmers’ crops is needed to produce the three oils. Each of four participating farms have contributed what amounts to about an acre of their overall crop for it.

“When we needed 40 or 50 bushels for this, we just augered it out of the bin,” said Dalgarno.

There’s talk of twentyfold value added to canola streamed to this product. But how much value earned from those small volumes depends on how well Big Prairie Sky, Heartland, and Northern Lights go over with consumers.

“As a farmer growing it we’re only going to get paid what we could sell it to the elevator for,” Dalgarno said. “The extra value is going to depend on how the company does in the future.”

The product, which is being sold on the company’s website (www. xvcanolaoil.com) and some Co-op stores in Winnipeg, has attracted media attention from Chatelaine and the Toronto Star.

Pruden has high hopes for these new artisan oils.

“I hope it becomes the No. 1 oil for cold pressed and extra virgin in Canada,” she said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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More foreign workers needed

New animal health clinic almost ready

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association wants the federal government to make changes to the temporary foreign worker program to address the shortage of labour. “Cattle producers and beef processors are struggling to find enough workers, and straining to deal with the impacts of job vacancies on production,” the association said in a recent newsletter. It cites studies that found six per cent of jobs in the beef industry are going unfilled and that cost the sector $141 million in lost sales in 2014.

It wants Ottawa to develop a “workforce action plan” to address the overall labour shortage in agriculture and said “a viable foreign worker program is a vital component of the overall plan.” — Staff

Construction of a new animal health clinic at Lakeland College’s Vermilion campus should be completed by March, with the animal health technology and veterinary medical assistant programs set to move into the $8.2-million, 15,000-square-foot facility by September. The clinic has a larger lab space, separate cat and dog wards, a dental lab, a new surgical suite, and expanded equine intake area as well as stocks and stalls. “We’ll have new technology that’ll only enhance student learning from an ultrasound machine to a digital radiography, and supportive flooring for our large animals,” said Elaine Suddaby, program head of animal health technology. — Lakeland College

There’s a new look to Alberta Beef’s 2018 board of directors There are five women, including the vice-chair and finance chair, on this year’s board and a quarter of the directors are under age 40

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN AF STAFF

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ne look at a photo of the new board of Alberta Beef Producers tells you something very different is happening at the province’s largest livestock organization.

Five of the 17 directors on the 2018 board are women and a quarter are under age 40.

Both are welcomed by new ABP chair Charlie Christie, a cow-calf producer and feedlot operator from Trochu.

“It’s good to have fresh ideas,” said the 53-year-old third-generation rancher.

“Technology changes so fast in our day and age. Fresh thinking and fresh points of view — you have a mix of that and experience, you’ll come up with a pretty good direction.”

Many of the new directors are graduates of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Young Leader’s program, which is part of a larger effort to engage youth in leadership positions, he said.

Having more women on the board is a reflection of the organization’s membership, added Christie, who is joined on the executive by two women, vice-chair Kelly Fraser and finance chair Melanie Wowk.

“In the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, it was a male world,” he said.

“Our industry has shifted probably to the predominance of women running the cow herd. There are tons of examples of women who manage the cow herd in various yards.”

Although he took a break from ABP last year after ‘terming out,’ Christie — who succeeds Bob Lowe as chair — has a long involvement with the organization, including nine years on its Cattle Feeder Council and three years chairing the beef research committee. That volunteer work came on top of running (with two employees) a 400-head herd; a feedlot that handles anywhere between 600 to 1,000 head; and 1,500 acres of cropland that grows all his feed along with some canola.

Alberta Beef Producers 2018 board: In the front row (left to right) are John MacArthur (Fairview), Sheila Hillmer (Del Bonita), finance chair Melanie Wowk (Beauvallon), chair Charlie Christie (Trochu), vice-chair Kelly Fraser (Red Deer County), Cathy Sharp (Lacombe), Jesse Williams (Hanna). In the back row are Colin Campbell (Bon Accord), Assar Grinde (Bluffton), Tim Sekura (Rocky Rapids), Ken Stanley (Westlock), Tim Smith (Coronation), past chair Bob Lowe (Nanton), Brad Osadczuk (Jenner), Fred Lozeman (Claresholm) and Chris Israelson (Didsbury). Missing is Garth Porteous (Bow Island). PHOTO: ALBERTA BEEF PRODUCERS Not surprisingly, workplace health and safety regulations and a tentative deal to end a long-running checkoff dispute with cattle feeders are both high on his priority list for the coming year.

ABP has taken a big financial hit ever since the province made the cattle checkoff voluntary in 2009, with refunds (mostly to feedlot operators) totalling $2.5 million in 2016.

The tentative agreement with the Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association would make the $2 provincial checkoff mandatory. Of that amount, 25 cents would go to the feeders’ association and 40 cents to the Alberta Beef Industry Development Fund for marketing, education, research, and industry collaboration.

The agreement must first be approved by members of both groups and then again in

a plebiscite, but Christie said he’s optimistic there will be strong support. The development fund will be a big step forward for the entire industry, he added.

“The leverage of our checkoff dollars is incredibly strong — funders are far more likely to fund research and promotion and education if the industry is willing to put dollars behind it,” he said. “It’s just a good thing for the industry overall.

The cow-calf industry needs the backgrounding industry, which needs the feedlot industry. None of us survive alone.”

Workplace health and safety regulations are another priority for Alberta Beef Producers and the organization recognizes that working with large animals and big equipment is hazardous, he said.

“The large-animal bracket is

in the highest compensation for Worker’s Compensation, higher even than the grain industry, which also uses large equipment,” said Christie.

“That’s a No. 1 concern.”

But safety regulations have to recognize that farming and ranching are different from other workplaces, he added.

“The thing that concerns me is that there’s such a variance in one operation. Your facilities in a yard are different than ones in a summer pasture. The consideration for those things has to be thought through.”

Trade deals are also high on Christie’s radar.

The fate of both the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership is up in the air and his organization will be watching both sets of negotiations very carefully, he said.

Although they are interna-

“Fresh thinking and fresh points of view — you have a mix of that and experience, you’ll come up with a pretty good direction.”

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tional deals, both could have a big impact on Alberta, he said.

Protecting access to the U.S. market and opening new markets elsewhere in the world are key factors in rebuilding the provincial cattle herd, he said.

StatsCan’s July 1 estimate of the province’s beef herd was 5.2 million head — a drop of one million head since 2007.

Those numbers need to go up, he said.

“Any industry needs to show growth to be healthy. In order to be able to be involved in those other markets, we need to supply the meat to get there. There’s grazing land that is not used, and to keep that land environmentally sustainable, you need to have cows on it.

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The sole of a horse’s hoof is the foundation of soundness The sole of a horse is a remarkably adaptive and resilient thing, but you can help it improve

BY CAROL SHWETZ, DVM AF contributor

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t is easy to overlook the contribution the sole makes to the soundness of the horse, because for the most part the sole is hidden from view.

However, the sole is no idle passenger. It has remarkable, even herculean properties that allow it to act as the interface between the horse’s bony column and the ground surface.

No one part of the horse’s hoof is more important than any other, as each part is integral to the totality. However, the horse’s sole holds a distinguished place as the largest placeholder on the bottom of the hoof. It lays the foundation for soundness. In order to do its job optimally though, the healthy sole must own a triad of characteristics.

First, the general shape of the sole surface or bottom of the hoof must be circular and round like a pie — not oval, elliptical or potato shaped, otherwise the toe is skewed forward and too long. As a result, blood circulation to the entire distal foot, including the sole, is compromised.

Second, a healthy sole is thick and callused. Calluses are densely packed creating a thick sole. They are highly prized by the horse because they provide the ideal protective cover. They are a type of investment to the horse, for their development requires countless footfalls to create. With well-callused soles, a horse can easily travel over the harshest of terrain.

Lastly, a healthy sole is naturally arched from front to back and from side to side creating a concave inner surface, similar to the inside of a shallow soup bowl. In the healthiest of soles the surface will be beautifully burnished, concave, and smooth. The arch of the sole offers the foot the flexibility, elasticity and plasticity to dissipate and redirect concussion forces as the foot strikes the ground.

The triad of these characteristics are strongly influenced by another triad: nutrition, movement and trim mechanics.

Although currently trim mechanics receive the lion’s share of attention in hoof health, the contribution of trim mechanics to general hoof health is secondary to the contributions of nutrition and movement.

No trim mechanics can overcome the error of a rich diet or the fatiguing forces imposed on the horse’s hooves when living a sedentary lifestyle. The sole thrives on pressure — not constant pressure — but the kind of pressure and release that can only be attained through footfall after footfall. Inadequacies in nutrition or movement have the ability to either undermine or derail any trimming techniques attempting to achieve a healthy sole.

Having noted the proper place for trim mechanic in the triad of influences, the goal of trimming is to allow the horse to build a thick, callused, and concave sole. It is important to acknowledge that trimming is mostly waiting for the hoof to grow into the changes. Less is more. For example, it is not possible to “trim” concavity into the sole of the horse as most flat-footed horses already have a sole which is too thin. Needlessly trimming will only sore the horse.

By keeping the toe short, encouraging a heel-first landing and leav-

ing the sole alone as much as possible, the sole moves towards correction, thickening and developing concavity. When the toe is short, a number of good things happen in the distal foot; the most notable of which is improved blood perfusion.

When the toe is flared or long and skewed “forward” it is imperative that the toe be backed up from the front only. Backing the toe up does not necessarily mean removing any sole, as oftentimes the sole at the toe is already too thin and needs to be left alone. Both thickness of the sole and concavity generally improve passively, and in that order, when the solar surface of the foot is shaped properly. Once again less is more.

Typically the deeper the collateral grooves — the “seam” between the frog and sole — the thicker the sole.

A flat-footed horse with shallow col-

lateral grooves needs to build more sole. A horse with deep collateral grooves and solar concavity likely has adequate sole thickness.

Once sufficiently shaped, thick and concave, the sole of the horse can become remarkably sound in any environment. However, the horse needs time to adjust and adapt to the ground surface and/or terrain of its environment. It becomes problematic for the horse whenever it is expected to walk, trot or gallop on harsh and unforgiving terrains when they spend the majority of their lives on softer grass pastures.

Given the opportunity to adjust to a harsher terrain, the horse’s foot will illustrate a shining example of plasticity and adaptation.

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

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Bovine TB probe’s on-farm testing work complete Trace-in herds’ quarantines to be lifted as lab results come in Staff

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n-farm testing work has wrapped up on all the cattle herds that supplied animals in the past five years to an Alberta herd that turned up six cases of bovine tuberculosis in the fall of 2016.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reports it has completed on-farm testing of those “tracein” herds, which include about 15,000 animals in all.

Testing of “trace-out” animals — that is, any animals that left the infected index herd in the past five years — is also “largely complete with no additional cases to date,” the agency said, adding one trace-out herd remains under quarantine.

According to CFIA, 71 trace-in premises will be tested, including 35 in Saskatchewan, 33 in Alberta and three in Manitoba. So far, 52 trace-in premises, including 25 in Saskatchewan, 24 in Alberta and three in Manitoba, have been released from quarantine.

The remainder of the trace-in premises will be released as laboratory and post-mortem test results are received, the agency said.

It’s possible the source of the infection for the six TB cases may never be found, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. PHOTO: CANADA BEEF The agency’s TB investigation has been underway since September 2016, when Canadian officials got notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a cow from Alberta had tested TB positive at a U.S. slaughter plant.

The trace-in herds in this investigation are being tested to see if they were the source of infection

for the six TB-positive animals in question, CFIA said — but the agency reiterated it’s still possible that a source for these specific infections won’t ever be found.

The agency has depopulated the six infected animals’ index herd, plus the highest-risk herds that commingled with the infected herd.

The premises where the infected animals lived have been cleaned and released from quarantine, while four other premises that held commingled herds remain under quarantine, with no cattle, until cleaning and disinfection are complete, CFIA said. Agency-approved cleaning and disinfection also require a

45-day waiting period of warmer temperatures.

Once any of those premises is restocked with cattle, CFIA said, it will test the new herds after periods of six and 18 months.

So far in this investigation, about 11,500 animals associated with the infected, commingled, trace-out and trace-in herds have been destroyed, with compensation paid to their owners.

About 26,000 animals have been released from quarantine.

Genetic analysis of the TB strains in the six infected animals showed they were all infected with the same strain, but that it wasn’t the same as any strain ever previously detected in Canadian domestic livestock or wildlife or people.

Rather, CFIA said previously, the strain of TB identified in the six confirmed cows was found to be closely related to a strain first found in cattle in central Mexico in 1997, making it “unlikely” that wildlife is the source of the Alberta outbreak.

The source of a TB infection can be “difficult to identify,” the agency noted — especially with cases that occur far from places where bovine TB is known to be present in wild animals.

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“If they take this deferred cash ticket system away, you’re going to have farmers refusing to move grain when we need it to move,” said stuart Person, director of primary producer agriculture at accounting and business advisory firm MNP. “You’re going to have railroads sitting idle. You’re going to have grain terminals sitting empty. All because selling at certain times might not work for farmers because of tax implications.”

Right now, deferred cash tickets are used to help producers “smooth their income out,” said Person.

“With any farm business — it doesn’t matter if it’s livestock or grain — the income fluctuations can be significant from year to year due to a number of factors,” he said.

If, for instance, a farmer has a bumper crop one year and sells it that same year, he or she will have a significant spike in income — and “generally, the higher your income, the higher the rate of tax you pay.”

But the deferred cash ticket system allows farmers to take a portion of the money and defer the rest until next year.

But Ottawa is considering scrapping the cash ticket deferral system — a move that would seriously impact Prairie producers, say Alberta’s wheat, barley, pulse, and canola commissions as well as other farm groups. the commissions asked MNP to review the situation and its analysis supports their claim. the majority of farmers aren’t trying to avoid paying taxes, but just want to “smooth their income out and make sure they’re paying tax at a reasonable rate like everybody else,” said Person.

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rdinarily voting over whether to recommend new wheat, rye or triticale varieties for registration can stretch on well into the afternoon.

This year it was over before the morning coffee break at the annual meeting of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) in Winnipeg Mar. 2.

Many participants said they thought it was a record for the group, and in no small way former federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz is the reason why.

The process has been streamlined — one of several reforms Ritz asked the PRCWRT and 16 other recommending committees to do when he wrote them in 2013.

“I am challenging you to think about the future of variety regis-

tration and how best to ensure that Canada has an approach going forward that encourages innovation in variety development and balances the interests of producers and the entire value chain,” Ritz wrote.

Some saw the letter as the beginning of the end for recommending committees, which its critics alleged were bureaucratic and an impediment to getting new, higher-yielding varieties to farmers faster.

This year there were just 18 candidate cultivars before the PRCWRT, and a dozen weren’t up for voting because they’d already been supported for registration by the agronomic, disease and end-use evaluation teams, which results in an automatic registration recommendation, just one of the streamlining measures introduced since Ritz threw down the gauntlet.

Before they’d come back to the full committee for further discussion and voting.

This year only six varieties came before the cultivar voting panel (CVP), a subgroup of the PRCWRT, whose members represent the entire wheat value chain including farmers, breeders, agronomists, plant pathologists, exporters and end-users.

Up to 23 of the PRCWRT’s members serve on the CVP. The CVP’s creation is another streamlining measure. It reduced the number of people voting, while still allowing all PRCWRT members to give expert insight.

The CVP also addresses Ritz’s concern that the process reflect the industry and its needs.

At the PRCWRT meeting in 2013 Fairfax, Alta., seed grower Henry Vos said farmers and endusers should decide what varieties to grow, not a committee.

But this year Vos said creating the CVP and having wheat commission representatives on it, is an important change. He said in the past, farmers had little for-

mal involvement or voice on the committee. Today he represents the Alberta Wheat Commission’s 14,000 farmer members on the CVP. “I like the committee structure,” Vos said. “I like the input of all the individuals. On varieties where there are concerns we have the cultivar voting panel, which represents the whole value chain. That is the most important part.”

Much of what Ritz sought has been accomplished, said Brian Beres, a former PRCWRT chair and member of the ad hoc committee working on reforming the PRCWRT, following this year’s meeting. He said the group worked very hard along with the PRCWRT’s outgoing chair Curtis Pozniak, who is a durum breeder at the University of Saskatchewan, to streamline the process.

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Less water needed to produce beef today, study finds Higher-yielding feed crops, plus production efficiencies resulting in more beef per animal account for decline in water needed

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Staff

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that beef’s environmental footprint is lessening as time passes.

A new study says it now takes less water to raise a kilogram of beef. It is part of a larger project entitled Defining the Environmental Footprint of Canadian Beef Production, which has also shown reductions in greenhouse gas emissions emitted by cattle as well as land required to raise them.

The study looked at a time period between 1891 and 2011.

These newest results reveal a 17 per cent decrease in the amount of water now needed to produce that same one kilogram of beef than 30 years ago. The improvements come from efficiency gains in feed production, how cattle are raised and from more beef now produced per animal, researchers say.

“Our results show very clearly the water footprint per kilogram of beef produced has been reduced over the years and that the industry is operating at a high level of sustainability from a water use perspective,” said Tim McAllister, a research scientist at AAFC Lethbridge and one of the study’s principal investigators.

ments were due to beef production advances, in areas including increases in carcass weight, reproductive efficiency, and average daily gain.

“There has also been substantial investment in southern Alberta to improve the efficiency of irrigation infrastructure and lower evaporative water losses in an area where most of Canada’s feedlot cattle are finished.”

The study examined both the use of surface and groundwater, defined in the study as “blue” water and precipitation or “green” water usage.

Notably, while the overall reduction in total water use was found to be 17 per cent, the blue water usage decreased by 20 per cent.

The study factored in potential evapotranspiration from lands used for beef production utilizing data from 679 weather stations across Canada. Regional differences in beef production and water use were also accounted for.

Water use was compared to beef production output, using information on cattle populations and key performance metrics such as average daily gain and carcass weight.

The researchers note there are more opportunities for further improvement, both in feeding efficiencies and in reducing water requirements for feed crop and pasture production.

“Water is a precious resource and Canadian beef producers are committed to supporting responsible water use across our production systems,” said Bryan Thiessen, manager of Namaka Farms near Strathmore and chair of the Beef Cattle Research Council.

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Feed production, or the water required to grow pasture and crops or produce byproduct feed accounts for 99 per cent.

Several factors are driving progress, said University of Manitoba researcher and one of the study’s lead investigators Getahun Legesse Gizaw.

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Climate change made hurricane worse

Winter drought in U.S. Plains

The rains of Hurricane Harvey were 15 per cent higher due to climate change, according to World Weather Attribution, a coalition of U.S., European and Australian scientists. The storm dropped more than 50 inches in some areas and caused disastrous flooding in Texas and Louisiana. The 15 per cent figure is an estimate by the experts, including United Nations meteorologists, on how much more moisture was taken up by the hurricane because of warmer temperatures. They used high-powered computers and a technique known as event attribution, which compares weather scenarios using historic climate data. — Thomson Reuters Foundation

Wet conditions during harvest and dry ones since then in the southern U.S. Plains have left the hard red winter wheat crop vulnerable to damage from freezing. Heavy rains in early October in Kansas and Oklahoma slowed seeding of the 2018 crop, leaving wheat plants less time to produce tillers and secondary root systems ahead of winter. The underdeveloped plants are less resistant to the cold.

Virtually all of Kansas is abnormally dry and one-fifth of the state is in moderate drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Nearly a third of Oklahoma is in severe drought and more than half is in moderate drought. — Reuters

Here are a few of my favourite weather websites Whether you’re checking out forecasts, weather models, approaching storms, or just neat graphics, there’s a website for you

BY DANIEL BEZTE

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ith the holiday season upon us and the year coming to an end, it’s not surprising that I had an extraearly deadline to hit.

This means you’ll have to wait until at least the next issue before I’ll be able to do our annual look back at last year’s weather. I also have to be careful about trying to talk about the current weather as a lot can change between the time I write this and the time you are reading it.

Over the years I’ve occasionally written about some of the websites I use to look up weather, create forecasts, and read about what’s going on in the world of weather. So for this issue I thought I would list my top weather websites and provide a brief description of what I use each of the sites for.

Below are the websites I use the most when trying to figure out weather forecasts. Whether it is trying to create my own forecast or deciding if I should trust what the current public forecasts are telling me, these sites can be extremely useful.

No. 1 on this list is www.tropi caltidbits.com.

This website is primarily focused on tropical weather, but it has a great and easy-to-use page dedicated to forecasting models. On this page you have access to the Global Forecast System (GFS) model, which is one of the primary forecasting weather models. With this model you can view forecasts that go out 384 hours or 16 days. You can view forecasts that show pressure, rainfall/snowfall, dew point, winds, temperatures, and temperature anomalies, just to mention a few of the variables available. You also have access to medium- and long-range forecast models that show both temperature and precipitation forecasts extending out from six weeks to six months. Along with the GFS model, it also has the Canadian Meteorological Centre model, which is the Canadian forecasting model.

The next website is www. weather.unisys.com.

Tropical Tidbits is the author’s go-to website for checking out longrange forecasts (which go out 16 days) while Environment Canada’s radar maps show what’s bearing down on you and earth.nullschool.net has very cool graphics.

This website also gives you access to the various weather maps produced by the main American weather models. Once again, the key on this list is the GFS model. This website gives slightly different maps that include more of Northern Canada. This allows you to see how systems are moving in Northern Canada, which is especially important when dealing with cold air outbreaks! One really nice thing about this website is that it gives you a lot of detail about what the different forecast maps or plots are telling you and how to read them. Other information on this website includes several different maps that show current conditions across North America, including temperature, dew point, wind chill, pressure, and pressure changes.

These two sites are the main sites I use to create weather forecasts, or when I need to get ready to answer questions that are inevitably going to be asked of me when I head out to social events.

The next website is www. kamala.cod.edu/Canada/lat ssest.focn45.CWWG.html.

This site is a very specific address that gives you access to the latest significant weather discussion issued by the Prairie and Arctic storm prediction

centre of Environment Canada.

This discussion gives you a better insight into the thoughts behind the forecasts being created for Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the western and eastern Arctic. Some days it doesn’t provide too much extra input, while other days it can be really interesting. If you take some time to play around a little bit on this website you can find various other special weather statements put out by Environment Canada — something to try to discover on your own.

The next website is www. weatheroffice.gc.ca — good old Environment Canada.

I use this website to see what the latest 24- to 48-hour forecasts are for various regions. Probably the biggest part of this website that I refer to are the weather radar images, especially when rain or snow is happening or is expected shortly. The third key part of this website is the weather watches and warnings page that allows you to quickly see and read any watches or warnings that have been issued across Canada.

One other area that has some good and useful information is the analyses and modelling page. This can sometimes be difficult to find, but once you do, it gives you access to some

of Environment Canada’s shortand long-range weather model information. This is also where I find the snow depth map that I ‘clean up’ and use a few times over the winter.

The last website I’ll mention in this issue is https://earth. nullschool.net/.

While I don’t really use this website that often when I am creating forecasts, I think this is one of the coolest sites out there. This website takes the data from weather models and turns it into a stunning visual by placing the data on the globe.

It defaults to surface wind data, but by clicking on the earth label you can switch it to other types

of data. I would definitely check this site out, if just for the wind visualization. It really does an amazing job of showing how the wind flows around the world from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

Well, that is all the room I have for this issue. We’ll continue with another list of top weather websites sometime in the next month or so.

Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park, Man. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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Alberta Barley’s board of directors has re-elected Jason Lenz as chair and Dave Bishop as vice-chair. Lenz has been with Alberta Barley since becoming a delegate in 2009 and farms 2,500 acres of canola, wheat, barley, and fababeans near Bentley and also has a small cow-calf herd. Bishop, who farms near Barons, has been a director since 2014 and is also on the executive of the Grain Growers of Canada board. Region 2 director Jeff Nielsen and director-at-large Terry James were up for re-election and won by acclamation. Other returning directors are Shane Debock (director-at-large), Bryan Adam (Region 5), Brian Sewell (Region 2), Ed Tollefson (Region 6), and Neil Gorda (Region 4). — Alberta Barley

Kevin Auch and Greg Porozni have been on the commission’s board since its inception five years ago — and have jumped a few hurdles along the way

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Funding wheat research has been one of Alberta Wheat’s top priorities and greatest successes, say founding directors Kevin Auch and Greg Porozni. PHOTO: From Alberta Wheat video That left roughly 95 per cent of wheat producers without representation.

“It was quite a daunting task at the time,” said Porozni. “We were starting from scratch.”

Like Porozni, outgoing chair Kevin Auch was approached by farmers who wanted to merge the two commissions into one all-wheat organization.

“We didn’t have an all-wheat commission to tackle all of the challenges that we face with wheat,” said the Carmangayarea producer. “It seemed to me there was a bit of a vacuum there.

I thought that it was a great idea to get a wheat commission going, and I wanted to get on board behind it.

“The rest is history.”

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And the timing couldn’t have been better. The very day Alberta Wheat officially launched, the Canadian Wheat Board’s singledesk marketing power came to an end.

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But as two longtime Alberta Wheat board members prepare to say goodbye to the commission they helped build from the ground up, another saying seems just as fitting.

It’s never too late to make up for lost time.

“There was a void for a long, long time,” said Greg Porozni, a Mundare-area farmer who’s been on the Alberta Wheat board since its inception more than five years ago.

“We never had anybody representing wheat growers on a provincial level, even though it’s the second-largest crop in Alberta.

“I knew we had to fill this void. We needed to start investing in research and market development. It was important that we got this thing going for that reason. Frankly, it was probably overdue.”

The Alberta Wheat Commission has become so well established in the province — and on the national stage — it seems hard to remember a time before the bulk of provincial wheat growers had a farmer-led organization to represent them.

But prior to August 2012, when Alberta Wheat was officially launched after four years of discussion and research, wheat growers were represented by two commissions — Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission and Alberta Soft Wheat Producers Commission.

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Alberta Wheat } from page 17 “We were in the development stage well before the demise of the CWB,” he said. “It really didn’t matter what the wheat board was going to do — whether it was going to dissolve, which it did, or whether it was going to stay intact. We were going ahead no matter what.”

Even so, market development in a post-CWB world was one of the first challenges faced by the fledgling commission.

“I could see that some of the market development work that the wheat board was doing around the world may actually suffer,” said Auch. “If we no longer had a single Canadian wheat seller around the world, we needed to pick up our game as an industry and try to improve on that part of the wheat board’s business. We didn’t want to drop the ball on that.”

And while there have been “bumps along the way,” Auch feels it’s been a good run over the past five years.

“When you change the fundamental marketing structure of a crop like that, there are going to be hiccups,” he said. “But I think for the most part we have moved forward.”

The growth of the Alberta wheat industry seems to bear that out, he added.

“If you look at the investment that’s gone into grain facilities that have gone up in Western Canada, it’s been huge. I think there’s been more investment in the last five years than there was in the last 20 before that.”

And prices aren’t half bad either.

“Our price definitely hasn’t suffered,” he said. “Part of the problem that farmers had back

when the wheat board was in place was they couldn’t individually sell wherever they wanted.

“Now there are lots of players involved, and they’re all competing for our business. If you have more people competing for your crop, that translates into higher bids for the farmers involved.”

Having Alberta Wheat to go to bat for growers has helped with that, said Porozni.

“Can we put a dollar figure on our profitability because we have a strong board with good governance? Probably not,” he said.

“But I will say that we’re doing all we can in our investments to increase the profitability of wheat farmers in Alberta.”

Successes and growing pains

Those investments have focused on two key areas — research and market development.

“Our priority was to get the Alberta Wheat Commission up and running to represent farmers, primarily on research and market development,” said Porozni.

That was the second challenge for the new commission.

“Our first budget was around $3.5 million,” said Auch. “That sounds like a lot of money, but it’s really not when you’re trying to spread it out over all the different areas that you want to help the industry in, like market development and research.”

Since then, Alberta Wheat has invested nearly $2 million annually in research, spearheaded the creation of Cereals Canada, and participated in global trade missions to boost Canada’s wheat profile on the global stage, among other things.

“I’m very optimistic about our long-term future. We have a great staff and excellent board.”

“We’ve always set out to make sure we’re setting a direction for the organization that will benefit farmers.”

Greg Porozni

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“We’ve had to build the Alberta Wheat Commission up from an entity that didn’t exist to a fully staffed, functioning organization that had the people and resources to carry out some of these tasks and goals,” said Auch.

And that came with some growing pains, Porozni added.

“We were starting from scratch and it was difficult to get staffed up as quickly as we

wanted to with the right staff,” he said. “But we’re there now.

We’ve crossed that hurdle.”

Porozni credits that, in part, to collaboration within the wheat industry and the crop sector as a whole.

“Our board has always been very, very focused on collaboration,” he said. “We need to leverage dollars and expertise.

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That’s also where he sees the value in having a commission like Alberta Wheat to represent farmers.

“I always look at it from the perspective of the producer.

If we had to promote market development or invest in research as individuals, it’s just impossible,” said Porozni.

“I need a commission for all this work. There’s just no way we could do this on our own.”

As Porozni and Auch prepare to pass the torch at the AGM later this month, both see a bright future ahead for the organization.

“We have a great group of directors who are always striving to do better,” said Auch.

“We’ve always set out to make sure we’re setting a direction for the organization that will benefit farmers.”

Auch doesn’t plan to “drop off the face of the planet” once he leaves the board, though.

“I really enjoy doing things to help the industry,” he said.

“It’s been very rewarding for me personally just to have been involved in helping guide something that is so beneficial for farmers.

“I’d like to thank Alberta farmers for putting their trust in me and allowing me to help benefit the industry.”

Porozni echoed his senti ments. “I’m very optimistic about our long-term future. We have a great staff and excellent board.”

But after nearly 30 years of sitting on various provincial and national boards, Porozni has a different plan in mind for his new-found spare time.

“I’m going to work on my golf game,” he said with a laugh. jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Vancouver port space secured for pulse processor AGT Bulk pulses, grains to be loaded at new terminal alongside wood chips, pellets Staff

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n need of ready access to West Coast tidewater, Prairie pulse crop processor AGT Food and Ingredients is set to work with the B.C. forestry sector to get it.

Regina-based, publicly traded AGT says it has reached a long-term terminal services agreement with Fibreco Export Inc., a wood fibre and canola meal exporter majority owned by forest products firm Tolko Industries.

The 20-year agreement calls for Fibreco to add a new agri-products export terminal at its own bulk handling and loading facility on the north shore of Burrard Inlet at Port Metro Vancouver.

The deal also calls for Fibreco to provide “terminal services and additional services” to AGT, for the “guaranteed throughput of agricultural commodities.”

Financial terms of the terminal services agreement deal won’t be released, said an AGT representative. Fibreco, on its project website, has described its termi-

Fibreco’s terminal at Port Metro Vancouver. PHOTO: Fibreco.com nal enhancement project as providing a “$20-million direct injection” into the Vancouver economy, along with “anticipated annual indirect contributions” of $60 million.

Port access is “an essential infrastructure piece” for AGT, “particularly on the West Coast of Canada where access to port facilities is in limited supply to reach key markets in Asia,” AGT CEO Murad Al-Katib said in a news release.

AGT’s deal with Fibreco, he said, “complements our short line rail system and

works in concert with our recent investment in CanEst in Montreal.”

In July, AGT locked in a deal for a minority stake and 16-year terminal agreement with CanEst Transit, giving it access to that company’s bulk export terminal at the Port of Montreal.

Since 2015, AGT has had a direct stake in railway operation through its investment in West Central Road and Rail, and in logistics through its purchase of Mobil Capital Holdings, which includes subsidiaries such as Mobil Grain, Big Sky Rail, Mobilex Terminal and Mobil Transloading.

The new agri-products facility Fibreco has committed to build at Vancouver is expected to include about 43,000 tonnes of dry bulk storage capacity, a rail spot for full unit trains, and a new ship loader and expanded berth capable of loading Panamax vessels, AGT said.

Fibreco is no stranger to bulk export, having moved wood chips and wood pellets from its Vancouver terminal to pulp and paper manufacturers worldwide on behalf of its stakeholders in the B.C. forestry sec-

tor since 1979. The company more recently also began shipping canola meal pellets.

Its terminal upgrades, it said, are meant to allow “product diversification” at the site, including handling food ingredients for the international ag trade.

The planned terminal will handle pulses, oilseeds and grains railed in on standard grain hopper cars, rather than in bulk bags moved via rail containers.

Fibreco already has a permit in hand from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority for the project and is still waiting on development permit approval from the District of North Vancouver, AGT said.

The Fibreco port terminal agreement “allows us to target increased volumes to our key markets for pulses as well as diversified products such as durum wheat and other agri-commodities,” AGT executive chairman Huseyin Arslanis said.

“The fact that Fibreco owns the land at the port was attractive to us and the major shareholder of Fibreco is a Tolko affiliate, which is a strong partner for us for the long term.”

Malting barley production down, quality up Western Canada’s barley acres continue to fall, but malting barley quality was excellent Staff

There was less malt barley produced this year but what did come off looked good, according to the Canadian Grain Commission.

The organization’s 2017 Quality of Western Canadian Malting Barley report noted lower production, less acres, and a yield decrease, but high kernel weights and plumpness across the Prairies.

Alberta and northeastern B.C. (the two are grouped together) saw 2017 production drop by 11.5 per cent, slightly above the 10.2 per cent drop for Western Canada as a whole. But that decline is right in line with an 11.2 per cent drop in seeded acreage compared to 2016.

Across Western Canada, the 5.4 million acres planted in 2017 were about 23 per cent less than the 10-year average and less than 2016 by about 600,000 acres. Yield hit only 69.8 bushels an acre in Western Canada, down from 73.9 bushels per acre in 2016.

CDC Copeland was the most popular variety grown in Alberta and northeastern B.C. — accounting for roughly a quarter of all acres, the report said, with AC Metcalfe and AAC Synergy in second and third spots.

Dry conditions were to blame for the lower yields, said the grain commission, with south-central Saskatchewan in particular hit with drought this summer, although subsoil moisture saved many of those yields, it said.

“Overall, the dry growing season in 2017 resulted in ample supply of excellent malt-quality barley with slightly lower-than-average protein levels, and heavier and plumper kernels compared with the 10-year average values,” the report states.

“Barley exhibited very high germination energy and vigour with little evidence of water sensitivity.”

The complete report can be found at www.grainscanada.gc.ca.

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Price spike in sulphur leaves farmers, fertilizer makers sour No surprise that analysts expect the increase to be passed on to farmers

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The Fair Rail for Farmers Act is dead and the Transportation Modernization Act hasn’t become law

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hosphate fertilizer producers such as Mosaic and PotashCorp are paying the highest prices in two years for sulphur, a key ingredient in their farm products, but farmers are the ones absorbing the extra cost.

Higher sulphur costs, the result of tight global supplies and strong Chinese demand, come as fertilizer makers struggle against a crop price slump that has diminished farmer buying power and as new global phosphate supplies come on stream.

The spike in thinly traded sulphur caused “a bit of pandemonium,” as it is a byproduct of oil and gas output, making it difficult to fill shortages quickly, said Andy Jung, director of market and strategic analysis at Minnesota-based Mosaic.

Mosaic and PotashCorp, among others, convert brightyellow sulphur into sulphuric acid to make diammonium phosphate (DAP), a widely used phosphorus fertilizer.

While crucial for fertilizer, sulphur is a small, niche product for energy producers that they remove from oil to prevent acid rain-causing emissions. Mosaic and Potash are paying US$110 per tonne for sulphur this quarter, up $36 from last quarter, BMO analyst Joel Jackson said.

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Sulphur piles in North Vancouver last month. Photo: Reuters/Ben Nelms

Higher fertilizer costs come as North American farmers are already financially stressed.

In response, fertilizer companies have increased DAP prices. It sold at Tampa, Florida for an average $385 per tonne in mid-December, up 21 per cent year over year, according to Mosaic.

Higher fertilizer costs come as North American farmers are already financially stressed.

“If they get too high, guys will just cut back,” said Todd Lewis, president of Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan.

In early December, Chinese sulphur prices did decline rapidly from their highs in typically volatile fashion, offering some relief, Jung said. Even so, Jackson expects contract sulphur prices in the first quarter of 2018 to exceed fourth-quarter prices.

Despite high prices, some sulphur producers hold large stockpiles, including Syncrude, which has about 10 million tonnes — enough to be seen from space — at its oilsands production site.

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ith rail service not meeting grain company demands, fears about a gap in remedies to deal with it have come to pass, says the Western Grain Elevator Association.

“What we predicted is exactly coming true,” executive director Wade Sobkowich said Dec. 14 in an interview.

“We don’t have Bill C-49 (Transportation Modernization Act) and we no longer have Bill C-30 (Fair Rail for Farmers Act). So we are between bills and we find ourselves without really any tools in our tool box to hold the railways accountable or to bring them to provide better service to the grain industry.”

The Fair Rail for Farmers Act expired July 31, even though the elevator association and many farm groups asked that it be extended. That legislation, passed in 2014 and extended once by the Liberal government, gave elevator companies access to extended interswitching, resulting in more rail competition between CN, CP and the American-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe. It also allowed the federal government to order CN and CP to move specific volumes of grain if it deemed it necessary.

The government dismissed calls to extend the Fair Rail for Farmers Act again because the Transportation Modernization Act was coming. It also said if there were rail service issues shippers could seek remedies under the current Canada Transportation Act. Grain shipper and farmer hopes that the bill before the Senate would be law before Christmas have been dashed.

Meanwhile, CN, plagued by a series of derailments and caught off guard by unexpected demand from other shippers, hasn’t been able to keep up to grain car orders.

“CN service is quite poor and its car fulfilment rate in the last week was 57 per cent, but over the last two months it has averaged about 62 per cent and that is just very poor,” Sobkowich said in a midDecember interview. “With the cold weather coming up we don’t see that number getting any better.

“We’ve given CN latitude. They said they were trying to bring on capacity to address this issue. They recognized they had an issue. So we let it go for two months, but now we need to start elevating the profile of the issue because we don’t see those percentages going up, at least not in a sustained way in the foreseeable future and that causes great, great concern.”

If the Modernization Act was law shippers would be applying for long-haul interswitching to get CP and BN to move grain from CN lines, Sobkowich said.

The new legislation will also allow the railways to seek penalties from the railways when they fail to

Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, says fears about a gap in remedies for shippers to use in the event of poor rail service have come true.

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live up to service agreements, but that will take time to set up, he said.

“But with long-haul interswitching we can put in an application and have the (Canadian Transportation) agency make a decision within 30 days,” Sobkowich said.

The railway has encountered “exceptional circumstances,” said David Przednowek, CN’s director of grain marketing.

In the fall of 2016 CN was setting grain-shipping records moving 5,800 cars a week. Despite its problems CN averaged 5,000 cars a week this fall, said Przednowek, adding the railway is also bringing on more locomotives and crews.

“In terms of locomotives the 22 AC locomotives that we bought earlier this year came online I think at the end of October,” he said. “We brought another 40 locomotives since Nov. 1. Another 40 we expect to bring on by the end of the year and there’ll be some additions as well in the month of January. In terms of crews I think we will have hired over 3,500 people over the course of the year. We’re expecting to hire another couple thousand in 2018 to handle even more growth.”

Last year CP’s performance suffered, but CN’s stellar work resulted in above-average grain movement, overall, said Mark Hemmes, who heads Canada’s grain monitor.

Grain exports from Prince Rupert are suffering because it’s served only by CN, he said.

“I think we’re probably in this for a little longer than what some people would hope for,” Hemmes said.

“It’s going to go well past Christmas, but I’m sure that by the time we get into the early-spring months, late winter, things should pretty much normalize, much the same as happened with CP last year.

The difference this year versus 2013-14 crop year when a major grain backlog occurred, is now CN was up front with its problems.

One industry observer, who asked not to be named, said if CP encounters shipping problems this winter too, while CN continues to struggle, another grain-shipping crisis could occur. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Behind the Bitcoin craze, blockchain in agriculture The system might look complex, but it promises to make tracking, information sharing and payment easier in agriculture

BY ASHLEY ROBINSON CNS Canada

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cross the world Bitcoin has caused a flurry of excitement. But as analysts warn about the potential downfall of the cryptocurrency craze there is a part of it that could survive and change the business world — blockchain.

“People are seeing potential here. They are seeing how (blockchain) can transform business and really introduce lots of business efficiencies,” said Victoria Lemieux, cluster lead for blockchain at the University of British Columbia research and education cluster.

Double entry bookkeeping was invented in Italy in the 1400s and viewed as a revolution for the business world. Now blockchain is being heralded as the next step forward.

Blockchain technology has been around for close to 10 years and first rose to prominence as the transaction software for the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. However, in recent years people began to see blockchain’s business potential.

In the simplest of terms, blockchain is a record keeper. It can be used to track transactions which are chained together with a public and private key paired together in an algorithm. These transactions are then distributed over a large network where there is a partial copy of every transaction kept at each location.

The blockchain is transparent as all those involved see the same information. Changes can only be made when all parties using the blockchain agree. For centuries, transactions in business have been tracked on paper, but blockchain is set to change that.

“The problem with paper is that it got lost, or it could be tampered with. There was a lot of fraud in supply chains, so things could get changed,” Lemieux said.

There are three layers needed to use blockchain. The first is the interface, such as a website or phone application. The next layer is the blockchain, known as the trust layer, which handles and records the business part of transactions. The third layer is the communications layer, a.k.a. the internet.

A crate of oranges being scanned with IBM’s blockchain phone app. PHOTO: IBM Many uses

Once you have a blockchain system in place it can be used in numerous ways. IBM has been using the technology to create more transparency in the food industry by constructing a centralized record-keeping system to track food along the supply chain.

AgriDigital, in Australia, has been using blockchain to market grain, as it allows for direct and secure interactions between buyers and sellers.

When IBM started developing blockchain technology, it approached the business community for advice on where it could be used — and the response was transparency in the food industry.

“Even though the different players (in the food industry) all have a view to the network they don’t have complete information... what the blockchain system allows us to do is to procure information between these different participants securely,” said Manav Gupta, chief technology officer for Cloud, IBM Canada.

In 2017, IBM launched a set of trials with Walmart, including tracking mangoes from Mexico. Walmart started by having employees manually track the origins of a bag of mangoes off the shelf of a store. It took the group six days, 18 hours and 26 minutes to track the mangoes.

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During a food safety scare in the time it took to track the fruit, Walmart would have already pulled all mangoes off of shelves across the country and other retailers would have followed suit.

In the end it would cost retailers, processors and producers a lot of money.

Walmart then completed the same experiment using IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric blockchain software. It scanned a code on the mangoes and was able to track the origins of the mangoes, from farm to shipment to store shelf, in seconds.

Following the success of the Walmart trial other major companies (Dole, Driscoll’s, and Nestle) have reached out to IBM about using blockchain technology.

To track food along the supply chain blockchain uses technology such as quick response (QR) codes, hash codes, and radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology. These codes are in some cases printed off and stuck onto the food and scanned at each point in the shipment process. In other cases with food products such as milk, blockchain is being used to track milk cartons back to the distribution centre where it was collected from.

“What blockchain is going to allow (customers) to do is to have visibility into the absolute source of where that data came from and

what type of transactions happened around that asset,” Gupta said.

The companies IBM has partnered with so far all already have their own supply chain networks in place which used technology such as QR codes before. The only change is those scans are now being collected into one central record-keeping system, the blockchain.

Blockchain for grain

IBM as well is working on using blockchain technology to track a number of different commodities including grain. The details are still being finalized, but IBM is working on a project to help producers in Canada use blockchain for tracking grain.

In Australia one company saw the chance to change the way grain is marketed by using blockchain. In 2016, AgriDigital used blockchain to successfully sell grain — it was the first time a physical commodity was sold using the technology.

A load of wheat was delivered to a site in Dubbo, New South Wales.

Information about the wheat, including quantity and quality, was entered into the AgriDigital system, including the blockchain layer. A digital token or cryptocurrency, called agricoin, was then created to digitally represent the wheat.

“That all happened instantly.

The farmer was paid at the point of delivery and they essentially walked away from the site having already been paid,” said Bridie Ohlsson, external relations manager for AgriDigital.

The tokens are tied to Australian currency and each represent A$1, and must be converted using a bank following the transaction.

AgriDigital is working with banking institutions to create its own cryptocurrency for transactions.

This was a first for the world but AgriDigital had been working up to the day since 2015. The company was founded by a group of Australian agribusiness professionals who wanted to help farmers get paid sooner, rather than later.

AgriDigital’s first piece of software was a cloud-based commodity management application.

Rural Australia, like rural Canada, faces connectivity issues. To bypass that problem AgriDigital’s cloud-based system allows farmers to update information while not connected and then once connected update to the AgriDigital cloud system. Farmers and grain buyers subscribe to use it.

Once the platform was developed and in use across Australia, AgriDigital set out to solve the payment issue by using blockchain technology, completing the first successful pilot project in 2016.

AgriDigital then decided to get more technical for future transactions. The company wrote a seven-day escrow code into the agricoins.

“Provided some conditions were met and that the payment was executed in seven days’ time the title token would move to the buyer and the payment would come from the buyer to the grower,” Ohlsson said.

In August, AgriDigital completed its second successful blockchain transaction using the new coded agricoins with CBH Group, Australia’s largest grain exporter.

After completing two successful trials AgriDigital is planning to make the blockchain-based service available for commercial use in Australia in 2018. As well, the company is currently working on expanding the platform to North America, and hopes to launch in Canada as soon as possible.

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Knowledge is power when delivering grain Canadian Grain Commission experts shared their insights at a recent ‘grading school’

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hen selling grain ‘forewarned is forearmed’ — and the Canadian Grain Commission can help you with that.

“We really encourage you to know what you have before you start delivering so you know if you’re getting a fair deal there (at the elevator) or not,” Chris Fleury, a grain commission inspection trainer told farmers at a recent ‘grading school’ here.

Western grain growers can get a free grain grade from the grain commission through its annual harvest sample program. And while the grade is unofficial because it wasn’t collected by the commission and only applies to the sample submitted, farmers can use it as a benchmark when negotiating with grain buyers, added inspection specialist Usman Mohammad.

This fall the commission received 13,000 grain samples through the harvest sample program. The samples also allow it to assess new crop quality and inform Canadian grain customers what to expect, Mohammad told the meeting.

Some of the grain is also used for research and special projects, including

putting together standard samples of various degrading factors grain inspectors use as visual tools when grading.

Farmers can also pay the grain commission $50.07, plus GST, to provide an unofficial grade, and in the case of wheat, the percentage of dockage and the moisture and protein content.

“You might be able to negotiate for better payment with this certificate,” Mohammad said.

Samples can be sent to the commission’s service centre in Calgary, with certificates usually issued in one to two days after they’re received. (For more info, go to www.grainscanada.gc.ca and click on ‘Protection for grain producers’ pull-down menu.)

Whenever submitting samples ensuring it’s representative of what’s being sold is critical, Fleury stressed.

“Key to having representative samples is sampling often and having a good mix and breaking it down in a way that maintains its representativeness,” he said.

That means making sure the main sample is representative. One way to break large samples down is to set two boxes beside each other, then pour it evenly into each box. The process can be repeated until a number of one-kilogram samples have been made.

Canadian Grain Commission grain inspection experts Chris Fleury (seen here) and Usman Mohammad spoke about ways the CGC can help farmers know the quality of their grain before they start selling it during a grain-grading school Dec. 7 in Brandon. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON The grain commission needs at least one kilogram of grain for grading. It’s important that the sample be identified and that identification be included in the submission form.

Farmers can also ask that a representative sample be submitted to the commission for grading if they feel the licensed primary elevator hasn’t graded it properly. The provision, which also applies to the grain’s moisture and protein content,

Harvestec owner Linamar set to buy MacDon Equipment and parts maker will pay $1.2 billion for 100 per cent of the equipment manufacturer

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anadian harvesting equipment company MacDon is set to join the agricultural arm of industrial equipment and parts manufacturer Linamar.

Guelph-based Linamar Corp., which sells the Harvestec brand of corn-harvesting headers in North America, is buying MacDon and its group of companies for $1.2 billion.

The purchase price is about what MacDon was reported to be seeking as far back as 2013, when other media outlets quoted unnamed sources as saying the Winnipeg company had enlisted Goldman Sachs to look for potential buyers.

Given its own “highly complementary” stake in harvesting equipment — which also includes the Oros brand of corn and sunflower headers it markets in Europe — Linamar said it expects to see “modest synergies” from the deal.

Once the deal closes, MacDon, which makes windrowers, draper headers, pull-type mowers and pickup headers, will merge with Linamar’s existing agriculture harvesting business, which is based in Hungary.

MacDon, which also operates offices in the U.S., Australia, Russia and Brazil, set up its own European sales and distribution office in Wiesbaden, Germany in October and opened a major new parts distribution centre in Winnipeg last year.

Linamar said the MacDon deal will allow it to offer a full lineup of grain and hay-harvesting equipment and to expand its ag platform in “new and underserviced markets” worldwide.

MacDon’s sales network of about 1,400 dealers and distributors worldwide gives it a “major

“We get diversification, innovation, growth and a solid deal; we couldn’t be happier.”

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competitive advantage in the industry,” and Linamar CEO Linda Hasenfratz described the deal as “a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to move our agriculture business into a market-leading position while providing meaningful diversification to the end markets we serve.”

Linamar’s businesses also include machining, assembly and forging, focused mainly on engine, transmission and driveline components, plus its Skyjack brand of scissor lifts, booms and telehandlers.

MacDon started in 1949 as Killbery Industries, which made sprayers, grain augers, discer seeders, cultivators and manure spreaders.

The company then launched one of the first self-propelled windrowers, in 1951. The company was renamed MacDon following its acquisition by the MacDonald family in 1971, and expanded into the U.S. market in 1986 through its own dealer network.

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is called ‘subject to inspector’s grade and dockage.’ It’s a farmer’s right enshrined in the Canada Grain Act, Fleury said, adding his agency’s finding is final.

Fleury said farmers have told him they are reluctant to take such action because they don’t want to undermine their relationship with grain buyers.

“But that definitely is a right that you guys have,” he said.

It’s important that grain buyers also take representative samples of farmers’ grain when it’s being unloaded in the elevator, Fleury said. The grain commission doesn’t regulate how grain buyers sample unloads, he said, adding if it was his grain he’d want it hand sampled rather than probed.

“The more samples you take the better,” Fleury said. “The key is to do it consistently throughout the unload. Don’t take five scoops at the beginning and wait to the very end to take one more. It should be done throughout.

“If a probe is being used it shouldn’t be just in one spot in the truck.”

It’s also the farmer’s right to be present when the sample from his unloaded grain is being graded and checked for dockage, Mohammad said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Cover crops ‘essential’ to in-field grazing Producers need to more closely mimic nature to avoid long-term soil health issues, says USDA conservationist

By Shannon VanRaes Staff

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ot cows? On your cropland?

Jay Fuhrer certainly hopes so. The soil health specialist believes cropland and large ruminants are a natural fit. He advocates turning animals out of the barn and onto the land whenever possible.

“Soils, plants, and animals evolved together,” he said at the recent Dairy Farmers of Manitoba conference.

“And we must recognize the systems we use today are not the systems that built your soils.”

But natural soil-building systems can be mimicked by producers, benefiting the environment, farmers’ bottom lines and livestock, said Fuhrer, a conservationist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Fall and winter grazing converts high-carbon annual crop residue into low-carbon organic material, while managing crop rotation residue and balancing the carbon-tonitrogen ratio, he said. Short periods of spring or summer grazing, followed by long periods of recovery, expose plants to additional sunlight and CO2, allowing for more vigorous growth.

“This is when we start to mimic that natural cycle,” Fuhrer said.

Cover crops can get cattle back onto cropland — where they belong, according to one soil health specialist. PHOTO: NDSU The key component to making it all work is cover crops, he said.

“I used to think they were important, but now I know they are essential.”

He suggests using a full-season cover crop in the summer months, then allowing for a full plant recovery before animals begin a second grazing session in the fall. Planting a second cover crop after harvest is also advisable, although very few producers make use of the technique.

“Simplified rotations have resulted in fewer fall seeding windows for cover crops,” Fuhrer said, noting that winter is also a challenge for producers looking at cover crops, but not an insurmountable one.

One option is using a biennial cover crop or “planting green.”

“The way that would work is putting in cereal rye that fall — in a field that is going to go to soybean — then we plant directly into the standing rye or plant

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andowners have the right to say no to communications towers, which include cellular, wireless internet, and oil/gas communications towers.

“Many landowners assume that communications towers fall under the Alberta Surface Rights Act,” said Jeana Schuurman, rural engagement and communications specialist with the Farmers’ Advocate Office.

“Communications towers are actually federally regulated by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, so the provincial Surface Rights Act does not apply.”

That means there is no rightof-entry or expropriation for communications towers.

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green,” he told producers. “So consequently, you’re looking at bringing in a fibrous plant and a fibrous plant is what built soil aggregates.”

Without aggregates, soil acts like a brick surface, unable to absorb water or move salts deeper into the earth, he said.

“If you have aggregates then you get water into the soil,” said Fuhrer. “That takes a fibrous plant.”

Cover crops also help reduce

the amount of nutrients exported off the land and manage water quality.

“When we have water evaporating, instead of transpiring, we have a problem,” said the soil specialist. “Evaporation is going to leave the salt on the surface and you don’t want that.”

In-field grazing also minimizes the amount of time spent moving animal waste and feed, but bales can still be used to effectively recycle nutrients and carbon if they are fed in situ.

“It’s not evil to make it bale, it depends where you feed that bale,” he said. “If you feed that bale in a feedlot, most of that is going to be lost. Now you’ve got carbon that’s not coming back.”

Livestock are one of the five pillars of soil health, along with building soil armour (both residue and living plants), minimizing soil disturbance and continual live plant or root development, Fuhrer said. An integrated system of cover crops and grazing livestock will suppress weed growth as well.

“So this is how we turn things around,” he said. “You look at the root causes when you have problems.”

“A company may approach you if it is seeking coverage for that service area, but you have the right to say ‘no’ if you are not interested,” said Schuurman.

“Landowners should also be aware that the compensation structure and mechanism for periodic review in the Surface Rights Act does not extend to communications towers.

Contracts for communications towers are negotiated directly between the landowner and the company. A document on this issue can be found at www.agriculture. alberta.ca (search for ‘advocate communication towers’).

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Community news and events from across the province

People who make a difference and enrich us all T

his page is called Heartland but it could be called Snapshots — for it is only able to offer glimpses of a few of the people who enrich the province’s farm community.

Some devote their time and energy to raise funds for a good cause in their hometown or communities on the other side of the world.

Some inspire us with their creativity or their words. Others contribute uncounted hours to organizations that benefit everyone in their farming sector, offer eye-opening opportunities to young people, or build bridges to the wider community.

Here are some of the people profiled on these pages in 2017.

They are just a few examples of the many, many folks who are the foundation of rural Alberta. — Glenn Cheater, Alberta Farmer editor, glenn.cheater@fbcpublishing.com

The Golden Circle 4-H Club uses glow-in-thedark Hula Hoops for a poi performance.

Photo: Golden Prairie 4-H Club

Bette Mitchell (in white) hosted the Rootstock Fundraiser at her family’s ranch this summer, bringing together city folk and farmers for a meal and conversations about how food is produced. PHOTO: ALEXIS KIENLEN

The Newell Foodgrains Growing Project was one of three dozen held in Alberta this year. The growing projects raise millions annually for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. PHOTO: Andre Visscher

A whale-watching expedition was a highlight for the Lacombe 4-H club and its Cape Breton sister club on their Club to Club Exchange. PHOTO: COURTESY Karyn Salsbury

Wade Bendfeld and wife Lisa at the inaugural meeting of the newly formed provincial association for hops growers.

PHOTO: Alberta Hop Producers Association

Lois Schultz of the Coal Lake Light Horse 4-H club won top honours at this year’s Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture’s national competition with an inspirational speech on reducing food waste. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

‘History Wrangler’ Rob Lennard asked Alberta ranchers to share the stories behind their cattle brands as part of Canada’s 150th celebrations. PHOTO: Supplied

Fifth-generation rancher and super volunteer David Sibbald with wife Mary Beth and sons Dylan and Adam at the family ranch near Cochrane. PHOTO: Triple S Red Angus

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Send agriculture-related meeting and event announcements to: glenn.cheater@fbcpublishing.com Jan. 9-10: 2018 Agronomy Update, Sheraton Red Deer Hotel, Red Deer.

Contact: Ag-Info Centre 1-800-387-6030 Jan. 10-11: Cereal Innovation Symposium, Sheraton Red Deer, Red Deer. Contact: Alberta Wheat Commission 403-219-7911 Jan. 12-13: A Stockman Grassfarmer Business School (Joel Salatin and Steven Kenyon), Ramada Stony Plain Hotel, Stony Plain. Contact: West-Central Forage Association 780-727-4447 Jan. 16: FCC Youth Summit, Northlands, Edmonton. Website: www.fcc-fac.ca Jan. 16: Advice From AgInform Professionals (tax, insurance, and safety sessions), Bassano Elks Hall, Bassano (also Jan. 30 in Foremost, and Feb. 6 in Acadia Valley).

Contact: Janet Adams 403-527-8114 Jan. 16: Using Shopify to Build Your Own Online Store, Red Deer College, Red Deer. Contact: Karen Goad 780-538-5629 Jan. 16-17: 2018 Irrigated Crop Production Update, Lethbridge Lodge and Conference Centre, Lethbridge. Contact: Ag-Info Centre 1-800-387-6030

Jan. 18: 2018 Peace Agronomy Update, Dunvegan Motor Inn, Fairview. Contact: Nora Paulovich 780-836-3354 Jan. 18: Pricing Principles (for retail markets), Agriculture Centre, Airdrie (also Jan. 30 in Grande Prairie). Contact: Ag-Info Centre 1-800-387-6030 Jan. 18: Getting Into Local Foods, Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Hall, Calgary. Contact: Eileen Kotowich 780-853-8223 Jan. 23: Cow-Calfenomics 2017/2018, Vermilion Regional Centre, Vermilion (also Jan. 24 in Westlock, and Jan. 25 in Stettler).

Contact: Ag-Info Centre 1-800-3876030 Jan. 25: Verified Beef Workshop, MTM Hall, County of Barrhead.

Contact: County of Barrhead 780674-3331 Jan. 25: Wetlands and your Farm, Millet Agriplex, Millet. Contact: Kim B. 780-352-3321 ext. 3321 Feb. 7: Organic Master Garden Course, Multicultural Heritage Centre, Stony Plain. Contact: Jennifer Burns-Robinson 780-9632777 Feb. 13-14: Leading Edge Farm Management Conference, Holiday Inn & Suites on Gasoline Alley, Red Deer. Contact: Rick T. 780-4540844 Feb. 15: Getting Into Farmers’ Markets, AFSC Building, Camrose.

Contact: Eileen Kotowich 780-8538223 Feb. 21: Sour Cherry and Haskap Production Workshop, Pomeroy Inn & Suites, Olds. Contact: Ag-Info Centre 1-800-387-6030

Nominate an exceptional livestock welfare leader AFAC release

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lberta Farm Animal Care initiated its awards of distinction in 2001 to recognize individuals or groups who have made exceptional contributions in the field of livestock welfare.

These individuals or organizations work hard to advance the mandate of AFAC and the welfare of livestock in Alberta. They apply new, innovative ideas and management practices to improve and ensure high standards of animal well-being. They understand the public’s need for assurance that farm animals are raised humanely.

They can be held up as examples of those who are making a difference.

There are three award categories:

Distinction for Communication

This award honours those who take an active role in effectively telling the story about livestock issues, and informing the public and agri-food industry about farm animal care in a factual and honest way that is credible and builds trust.

Distinction for Industry Leadership

This award honours those who integrate animal welfare into their

PHOTO: CANADA BEEF core business strategy, striving to achieve more than expected regarding animal welfare and setting a higher standard.

Distinction for Innovation

This award honours those who have developed a new process, product, or source of knowledge that has made a significant impact on improving the welfare of livestock and the industry.

Nominees must demonstrate a strong commitment to others through contributions to their community or society, and be recognized by peers as having reached a high level of accom-

plishment and expertise in their field.

If you know an individual or organization whose contributions to animal care enhance their community and inspire others, please take a few minutes to summarize (in letter format) why you believe they deserve the award and email the information to the AFAC. Nominations can be made at www. afac.ab.ca or by emailing Kristen Hall at kristen@afac.ab.ca.

The deadline for nominations is Feb. 15 and the awards will be given out at the Livestock Care Conference on March 15 in Olds.

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SHOESTRING RANCH RECOGNIZED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) presented Ian and Carman Murray with the 2018 Environmental Stewardship Award at the ABP Annual General Meeting in December. Each year, ABP recognizes a cattle operation that demonstrates leadership in environmental stewardship – one that contributes to the land while improving productivity and profitability.

Ian is the fifth generation of Alberta rancher in his family, who originally homesteaded here in 1883. After ranching west of Calgary in the Jumping Pound District, Ian and Carman moved to Shoestring Ranch near

Acme, AB. The cow calf and crop operation runs 180 pairs and retains calves for a natural beef program.

“I feel my connection to the land, water, air is really strong and getting stronger as I progress throughout my career,” said Ian. They began shifting the environmental focus of the ranch through pasture management, but once they switched to focus more on the soil, everything came together. The ranch practices minimum tillage when seeding crops to keep residue anchored in the soil and protect the structure to prevent erosion.

“We try to take an environmental focus on all the decisions that we do here at the ranch, and try to include it in all of our management steps,” said Ian. “We have tried to work with nature as much as we can and we’ve changed the management

of our ranch dramatically to do so.”

Dugouts are fenced off with several solar power watering systems to provide better quality water for the cattle and support healthy riparian areas.

Shelterbelts are maintained to protect from wind erosion and provide wildlife habitat.

“I’d like to continue to improve upon the utilization of our land, our production, our cattle and pastures. I’d like to continue to improve the health of our soil and the cleanliness of our water,” said Ian. Ian’s involvement in the industry and community leadership further proves his commitment to environmental ranching practices. He served as a director with the Foothills Forage and Grazing Association and the Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta.

He was an early adaptor of the Verified Beef Production program and Environmental Farm Plan.

“I don’t think anybody has ever won this award based on the culmination of your life’s events…

It is more of a recognition for being on the path. I don’t think anybody who is on this path ever gets to the end of it. There’s always something more to accomplish, to make something a little bit better,” said Ian. Watch the 2018 Environmental Stewardship Award video here: vimeo.com/245440607.

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Today’s ‘garbage’ could be tomorrow’s trendy food A new study shows acceptance, and even preference for, food that would otherwise end up in the landfill STAFF

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recent study has shown consumers won’t just accept food made from discarded ingredients — they’ll embrace it.

Researchers from Philadelphia’s Drexel University looked at products that were made from recovered ingredients that would otherwise have been destined for the waste stream.

“There is an economic, environmental and cultural argument for keeping food, when possible, as food and not trash,” said report author Jonathan Deutsch, of the university’s Center for Food and Hospitality Management, who has created ‘upcycled’ products in the past.

“Converting surplus foods into value-added products will feed people, create opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship and lower the environmental impact of wasted resources.”

But the big question has been this: Will consumers accept products made from ingredients that were destined for the garbage? Would a person actually eat — and pay for — a granola bar made from spent brewing grains or a relish made from vegetables unfit for the supermarket?

The researchers conducted a

Rescued Relish is an anything-goes condiment made from excess produce that Philabundance, a Philadelphia anti-hunger organization, can’t move. The relish is modelled on a Pennsylvania Dutch chow chow recipe — a tangy mix of sweet, spicy and sour flavours. PHOTO: DREXEL FOOD LAB series of tests as a first attempt to understand a consumer’s decision-making process with respect to this new food category.

Participants felt that valueadded surplus products were more helpful to the environment than conventional foods, but less helpful when compared to organic foods.

The results demonstrated that participants clearly identified these foods as a unique category.

The researchers say this identification could pave the way for premiums for the products, similar to those seen in the organic sector, making creating and selling the products more lucrative.

Ad campaign urges higher biofuel standards

BY ALEX BINKLEY AF contributor

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campaign to raise public awareness of the environmental and economic benefits of increasing the use of ethanol and biodiesel in transportation fuels has been launched by Renewable Industries Canada.

The “Facts Don’t Lie” advertising campaign argues increasing the amount of ethanol and biodiesel is the fastest and easiest way to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the transportation sector. RICanada said ethanol can reduce GHGs by 62 per cent compared to gasoline while biodiesel can reduce GHGs by more than 100 per cent compared to diesel.

The existing biofuels of five per cent ethanol in gasoline and 2.5 per cent biodiesel reduce annual GHG emissions to the same extent as taking one million cars off the road.

“Increasing the federal biofuels mandate could add 31,000 jobs and $5.6 billion to Canada’s economy,” RICanada wrote in a press release.

The organization says Canada, once a world leader in implementing renewable fuel requirements, currently now trails more than 40 countries that require higher levels of biofuel blends in transportation fuels.

Ottawa is planning to introduce a clean fuel standard (CFS) in 2018 as a key component in its efforts to reduce GHGs.

Renewable Industries Canada is promoting an increase to biofuel and biodiesel mandates. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

Veggie and fruit prices expected to rise in 2018 STAFF

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he average Canadian family of four will be paying $348 more to feed themselves in 2018, with total expenditures pegged to rise to $11,948.

That’s according to the latest edition of Canada’s Food Price Report from Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph.

It forecasts the price of vegetables will rise by as much as six per cent because La Niña will likely result in below-average precipitation in farming-intensive regions of the southern U.S. Fruit prices are expected

to increase by as much as three per cent.

The report also predicts Canadians will continue to shift towards convenience foods, spending more in restaurants and for ready-to-eat products.

The average family is expected to spend $208 more when eating out compared to 2017, an increase of almost eight per cent.

That means that almost 30 per cent of consumers’ food budget will be spent on food service, the highest ever recorded.

Categories such as dairy, bakery products, meat and seafood are not expected to rise by more than two per cent.

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Pork industry faces new disease threat in the wake of PEDv New strain of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome has hit Manitoba and it’s aggressive

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Staff

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anitoba’s worst PEDv year on record may be drawing to a close, but the pork sector in that province already has a wary eye on what might be the next big disease threat.

In 2016, veterinarians identified a new, aggressive strain of PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome) in Manitoba. A total 15 sites have been impacted so far, causing both sow and pre-weaning mortality.

The disease is best known for its blue ears, respiratory problems, premature and stillbirths, abortions and mummified piglets, but also causes fever and anorexia, respiratory problems, lower immunity and diarrhea.

“We’re looking at about six months or more before production returns to normal after a PRRS outbreak,” Dr. Egan Brockhoff, veterinary counsellor for the Canadian Pork Council, said at a Manitoba Pork Council meeting last month.

The strain likely came from the United States through livestock transport or biosecurity lapses, Brockhoff said, pointing to genetic similarities to strains in the U.S. “PED virus, as devastating and as horrible as it is, is maybe a little more straightforward than PRRS virus,” he said. “PRRS virus is a complex virus that moves and shakes in multiple different ways. It can move from pigs in both vertical and horizontal patterns — so mom to babies, in utero, nose-to-nose contact, aerosol.

“This virus can move through oral contact. It can move through nasal contact. It can move through vaginal contact through the introduction of semen, injection — needles, sharing needles between animals — can spread PRRS virus. Catheters can spread PRRS virus when you’re breeding. Not changing your gloves could spread PRRS virus when you’re doing a vaginal exam.”

After infection, clinical signs begin to show within two to five days, reaching a peak within 10 days.

Once contracted, animals shed virus for up to 99 days and a boar can infect

Research cited by Brockhoff puts the cost of PRRS at $570 per sow in Canada, counting lost piglet cost and sow mortality.

sows for three months through semen.

In a closed sow herd, Brockhoff estimates it takes 200 days until the pathogen washes through the herd.

“This is an expensive disease,” he said. “This disease costs your farm a fortune.”

Research cited by Brockhoff puts the cost of PRRS at $570 per sow in Canada, counting lost piglet cost and sow mortality.

The newly aggressive PRRS is still not as devastating as the highly pathogenic PRRS that ripped through Asia in 2007-08 and continues to be a concern, Brockhoff said.

“This disease can be prevented,” he said. “It can be controlled and it definitely can be eliminated from farms.

The problem is that the devil is always in the details.”

A small biosecurity lapse can have a “huge cost,” he said.

Despite the wealth of ways PRRS may enter a barn, biosecurity principles are largely the same whether protecting against PEDv or PRRS, said Jenelle Hamblin, the swine health programs manager with Manitoba Pork.

“Biosecurity doesn’t really play favourites when it comes to a virus or any type of pathogen,” she said. “I don’t think there’s a lot of difference that you can do between pathogens or threats other than just making sure you’re looking at each aspect of your operation for potential risks and assessing those risks.” astockford@farmmedia.com

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Macdon D65S 2013 35’, CR/CX Adapter, slow speed transport, pea auger, pickup reel end finger kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000 Macdon D65S 2013 35’, CR/CX Adapter, slow speed transport, pea auger, pickup reel end finger kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000

GRAIN VACS & AUGERS

Brandt 5000EX 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 Rem VRX 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,000 Wheatheart BH36-10 10” x 36’ auger w/mover$9,000

DISCS

Kello 210 1988 Consists of 2 - 12 foot discs, smooth blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,500

CONSTRUCTION

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AIR DRILL

2014 Bourgault 3320 ....................$169,000 2009 Bourgault 3310, 65’, 10” .....$128,000 2008 Bourgault 3310, 55’,10” ........$99,000 2007 Bourgault 3310, 55’, 10” .......$89,000 2013 Bourgault 3320, 76’, 12” .....$198,000 2013 Bourgault 3710, 50’, 10” .....$189,000 2015 Bourgault 3720, 70’, 12” .....$189,000 2015 Bourgault 3720, 70’, 12” .....$189,000 2002 Bourgault 5710, 29”, 10” .......$32,000 2008 Bourgault 5710, 64’, 10” .......$69,000 2005 Bourgault 6350 ......................$43,800 2014 Bourgault L6550 ..................$118,000 2015 Bourgault L7800, TB, TRKS, SLDT .............................$226,000 2008 CIH 3430 ...............................$39,500 2000 Flexi-Coil 6000/3450, 40’, 10”, Pillar Openers ............$115,000 2010 Flexi-Coil P2060, 60’, 10”......$68,000 2004 Flexicoil 6000, 40’, 10” ..........$39,000 2011 NH P2070, 70’, 12” ...............$85,000 2005 NH SD440, 45”, 10” ..............$48,000 2008 Seedhawk, 50’, 10”, Leading Air .$89,000 2014 Seedmaster CT80-12/520 Tank ...$279,000 2014 FRLCL 350 .................................. Call 2010 FlexiCoil 5000 .............................. Call 2017 Valmar 8611................................. Call

AIR TANK/CART

2012 Bourgault 6450, ..................$115,000 2008 Bourgault 6450 ......................$68,000 2008 Bourgault 6450 ......................$79,000 2005 Bourgault LFC 2000 ..............$15,000 2011 NH P1070, Tow Behind .........$98,000 2008 CIH ADX3430, Mech,No Rust .....$45,000 1995 Flexi -Coil 5000/1330, 33’, 9” $19,500 2004 Flexicoil 3850, Tow Behind DS....$39,500 2014 Flexicoil 4350 ...................Please Call 2003 Flexicoil 3450 ........................$48,000 2002 Bourgault 5440 ......................$48,000

BALER/ROUND

2014 NH RB560, Wide, BC, Net, Spec ...$45,800 2013 NH BR7090 ...........................$39,800 2005 NH BR780, ...........................$13,500 2003 NH BR780, ...........................$11,800 2006 NH BR780A, .........................$14,500 2004 CIHRBX562, 12,600 Bales ...$13,800 2008 NH BR7090 ...........................$28,500 2003 NH BR780 ................................... Call

BLADES

2015 Grouser 770HD, 14’, 8-way ...$45,000 2007 Leon 4000 STX425- Frameless $13,800 2011 Leon Q5000 STX Quad .........$30,000 2013 Leon Q5000, .........................$33,000 2013 Leon Q4000 ...........................$16,800 2012 Leon Q500 .............................$19,500 2016 Kubota BB2763 ........................... Call

GRAIN AUGER/HARROW

2007 Bourgault 6000 ......................$25,800 2013 Bourgault 7200, 72’ ...............$41,800 2010 Salfrod 570RTS .....................$68,000 2011 Salford RTS570 .....................$56,800 2007 BOURGAULT 6000 ...................... Call

COMBINE

2012 NH CX8080, 748 hrs............$278,000 2011 NH CX8080, 1438/1030hrs .$259,000 2010 NH CX8080, 1875/1348 hrs $228,000 2010 NH CX8080, 1755/1237 hrs $228,000 2010 NH CX8080, 1297/939 hrs ..$238,000 2009 NH CX8080 1,301 hrs..........$228,000 2008 NH CX8080, 1726/2348hrs .$238,000 2007 NH CX8080,1341/1949 hrs .$215,000 2007 NH CX8080,......................Please Call 2010 NH CX8080, 1237 hrs..........$228,000 2010 NH CX8080,......................Please Call 2013 NH CX8090, 846/627 hrs ....$359,000 2013 NH CX8090, 942 hrs............$359,000 2013 NH CR8090, 1162/904 hrs ..$289,000 2012 NH CR8090, 1144/917 hrs .$289,000 2012 NH CR8090, 1314/1041 hrs $299,000 2004 NH CX860, 2688/2035 hrs ..$119,000 2004 NH CX860, 3685/2869 hrs ....$98,000 2004 NH CX860, 2528/1924 hrs ..$138,000 2001 NH TX66, 2270/3018hrs ........$58,000 1997 NH TX66, 3754/2781 hrs .......$28,500 1998 NH TX66, 2796/2188 hrs .......$48,000 1998 NH TX66, 2921/2344 hrs .......$48,000 1987 NH TR96 .......................... Please Call 1997 NH TR97 ................................$38,000 2011 NH CR9070, 749 hrs ...........$258,000 2011 NH CR9070, 1519/1153hrs .$239,000 2009 NH CR9070,1673/1238hrs ..$189,500 2008 NH CR9070, 2279/1562 hrs $228,000 2010 NH CR9070, 1622/1199 hrs $179,500 2007 NH CR9070, 948/780 hrs ....$198,000 2008 NH CR9070, 1434/1023 hrs $189,500 2008 NH CR9070, 2251/1583 hrs $169,500 2007 NH CR9070, 1510/2267 hrs $148,500 2009 NH CR9070, 1554/1137 hrs $198,000 2011 NH CR9070, .....................Please Call 2011 NH CR9080, 1522/1063hrs .$228,000 2010 NH CR9080, 1659/1150hrs,$228,000 2009 NH CR9080, 1347/980 hrs ..$249,000 2011 NH CR9090Z, 1311/967 hrs $289,000 2012 NH CR9090Z, 632 hrs .........$339,000 2012 NH CR9090Z, 811/576 hrs ..$369,000 2013 NH CR9090Z, 680 hrs ............ $379,000 2013 NH CR9090Z, 1138 hrs .......... $298,000 2012 NH CR9090, 1046/740 hrs ..... $345,000 2012 NH CR9090, 2050/1418 hrs ... $315,000 2011 NH CR9090, 1806/1244 hrs ... $269,000 2014 NH CR9090E, 804/556 hrs ..... $379,000 2010 NH CR9090E, 1187/1703 hrs . $269,000 2010 NH CR9090E, 1064/1518 hrs . $268,000 2013 NH CR9090Z, 1484/1138 hrs . $298,000 2013 NH CR9090Z, 1128/804 Hrs$369,000 2015 NH CR8.90, 620/414 hrs .....$483,000 2016 NH CR8.90, 489 hrs .........Please Call 2016 NH CR8.90, 465 hrs .........Please Call 2016 NH CR8.90E, 266 hrs .......Please Call 2015 NH CR9.90E, 607/452 hrs ...$559,000 2004 CIH 2388, 2547/2146 hrs ......$98,000 2010 CIH 7088, 1784/1316 hrs ....$187,000 2012 CIH 8230, 1304/962 hrs ......$278,000

2013 JD S680, 933/653 hrs..........$387,000 2012 CLASS 770, 1131/657 hrs ...$369,000 2012 CLAAS 670, 764/475 hrs .....$339,000 2002 NH CX840, 3700/2500 hrs ....$78,000

VERTICAL TILLAGE

2010 Salford 570 RTS, 30’ .............$68,000 2011 Salford RTS570 .....................$56,800 2007 Bourgault 6000 ............................ Call 2013 Bourgault 7200-72................ $41,800 2007 Bourgault 6000 ......................$25,800

HEADER COMBINE

2010 Honeybee, HB30, Gleaner adaptor, 30’...................$49,500 1999 Honeybee SP36, 36’ .............$29,000 1994 Honeybee SP30, ....................$9,800 2009 NH 88C, 42’ ...........................$68,000 2003 NH 94C, 30’ ...........................$29,500 2005 NH 94C, 30’ ...........................$29,500 2009 NH 94C, 36’ CX/CR ...............$39,500 2008 NH 94C-36’, .........................$39,500 2003 NH 94C-36’, .........................$39,500 2009 NH 94C, 30’ ...........................$28,000 2008 NH 94C, 30’ ...........................$29,500 2007 NH 94C ..................................$28,000 2003 NH 94C, 30’ CX/CR ...............$29,500 2005 NH 94C, 36’ ...........................$39,500 2004 NH 94C, 30’ CX/CR ...............$29,500 1998 NH 994 CX/CR ......................$19,000 1999 NH 994-30’, ..........................$29,500 1998 NH 994-36’, ..........................$19,000 1995 NH SP25 ................................$15,000 2014 MacDon D6530G, 30’ ............$69,800 2014 MacDon D6530G, 30’ ............$69,800 2014 MacDon D6530G, 30’ ............$69,800 2014 MacDon D6530G ......................... Call 2014 MacDon D6530G ..................$69,900 2014 MacDon D6535G ...................$69,900 2013 MacDon D6530G ...................$69,900 1998 MacDon 960, 25’ .....................$9,500 1998 MacDon 960, 30’ ...................$25,000 2012 MacDon FD70, 45’ ................$79,000 2010 MacDon FD70, 45’ ................$69,000 2015 MacDon FD75 .......................$98,500 2014 MacDon FD75 .......................$79,500 2010 CIH 2142, 35’ ........................$58,000 1998 H 994, 30’ TX/TR ...................$18,000 2014 CLASS 1200, 35’ ...................$59,500 1997 Westward Adapter ...................$4.000 2009 Case IH 2142 ............................... Call 1997 NH SP25 ...................................... Call 1997 HONEYBEE SP30 CX .......Please Call 2007 Honey Bee SP30 CX ................... Call 2015 MacDon FD75 .......................$98,500

MOWER CONDITIONER

2004 NH 1475, Toung only ...............$6,500 2006 NH 1475, ..............................$21,500 2002 NH 1475, Toung only ...............$2,000 1995 NH 2216, ................................$7,500 1995 NH 2216, ................................$9,500 2012 NH H7460 ..............................$33,500

2013 NH H7460, 16’ .......................$39,800 2007 NH 1475/HS18 ......................$23,800 2012 MacDon A40D 18’ .................$23,800 2008 CIH SCX100, 18” ...................$23,800

SKID STEER/ COMP. TRACTOR 2014 Kubota L3800HST, 200 hrsPlease call 2014 Kubota B3350, 240 hrs .... Please call 2011 Kubota L3940, 380 hrs, .... Please call 2008 Kubota B2360, 1,257 hrs . Please call 2012 Kubota F2680 . Please call for pricing 2008 Kubota BX2660 ................ please call 2013 NH L223 ...................................... Call

SPRAYER/HIGH CLEARANCE 2013 NH SP240, 1000 Hrs, 1200 Gal, 100” ........................$309,000 2011 NH SP.240F .........................$208,000 2011 NH SP240F, 1920 hrs ..........$185,000 2009 Spraycoupe 4660, 440 gal, 80’ ...$84,500 2005 Sprayer 201 ................................. Call

SWATHER 2011 MacDon D60, 35’ ..................$34,000 2013 MacDon D65, 40’ ..................$49,500 2010 MacDon M150, 2068/1213 hrs ...$85,000 2010 MacDon M150, 35’, 1848/1213 hrs ............................$85,000 1998 MacDon 960, 25’ .....................$9,500 2013 MacDon M155/D6540, 520 hrs .$138,000 2014 NH SR200/440HB ...............$169,000 1999 NH 994, 25’ ...........................$15,000 2007 NH HW325, 1200hrs .............$58,000 2008 NH H8040/HB36, as is ..........$69,000 2014 NH SR200............................$175,000 1995 MF 200 ..................................$15,000 2010 NH H8060, 30’, 1075hrs ......$104,800 1997 MacDon 690, 36’ .....................$9,800 2012 MF WR9740/5200 ...............$102,800 2004 MacDon 9352 .............................. Call 2009 MacDon M150/D60 .............$128,000 2000 MacDon 9350 .............................. Call

TRACTOR 1981 NH TW10, 8,500 ......................$6,500 2011 NH T7.270 AutoCommand - LDR, 2360 hrs ...................................$178,000 2012 NH T7.235, 2341 hrs ...........$169,000 2011 Versatile 305, 1800 hrs ........$149,500 2012 NH, T7.235, 5959 hrs ..........$109,000 2006 NH TM175/860TL, 7700hrs ...$58,000 1977 Ford 8700 ..............................$12,500 2005 CIH MXU 110, 7200hrs .........$43,800 2011 Massey 2650 .........................$48,000

TRACTOR 4WD 2008 Versatile 2375 ......................$139,000 2009 CIH STX535Q, 3103 hrs ......$248,000 2012 NH T9.505 ...........................$339,000 1994 NH 9680 ................................$89,000 1995 CIH 9270 .............................. $69,000

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TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton, new and used. We ship anywhere. Contact Phoenix Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Lucky Lake, SK.

PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 11 A.M. - 5 P.M.

VIEWING OF MACHINE SHOP ONSITE AT 5830 – 92 STREET, BEING SOLD AT 75 STREET LOCATION JANUARY 18 FEATURING SPECIAL MENTION LATHES: 2006 ACER 4560 DYNAMIC LATHE, 9.2” BORE 45”/63” SWING X 60” C.C. * “UNUSED” 1997 ZMM SLIVEN MOD CU800 ENGINE LATHE 35” X 118” C.C. LATHES: * MAZAK 30-160 GAP BED ENGINE LATHE 30/44” X 160” C.C * NARDINI ND1785E ENGINE LATHE 18” X 92” C.C. * NARDINI ND1760 ENGINE LATHE 18” X 66” C.C. * ELLIOTT CU-401 GAP BED ENGINE LATHE, 18/24” x 66” C.C. * SIDNEY TOOL ROOM LATHE, 17 x 30 in. C.C. * MILLS: CINCINNATI VERSA POWER HORIZONTAL MILL WITH VERTICAL HEAD, 20 X 86 TABLE * UNIVERSAL TABLE TYPE HORIZONTAL BORING MACHINE, 48” X 80” BED * STANKO MOD 6R82SH UNIVERSAL MILLING MACHINE 12 X 60 TABLE, * MILWAUKEE MODEL H HORIZONTAL MILL * SUMMIT VS-244 VERTICAL MILL * OTHER: HYD-MECH S-20 BAND SAW * ARCHDALE 60” RADIAL DRILL * NIDER GEAR HEAD DRILL PRESS * APPROX. 80 TON HYDRAULIC PRESS * OVER $30,000 MEASURING EQUIPMENT * 3- 1,000 POUND TORQUE WRENCHES * 4– 600 POUND TORQUE WRENCHES * BESSEY CLAMPS * TORCH SETS * ESAB 350 MPI MIG POWER SOURCE WITH ESAB 4 HD DUAL WIRE FEEDER * 10 MISC. MILLER RECTIFIER WELDERS * 20- 3 & 4 JAW CHUCKS & INDEXING HEADS * LOTS OF MACHINE SHOP SMALLS * NEW GULCO ROD OVENS JANUARY 23 FEATURING SPECIAL MENTION: 4– NEW POP-IT FLANGE SPREADERS * SURVEY EQUIPMENT * FLAMMABLE LIQUID STORAGE CABINETS * NEW 42” DRUM FANS * NEW OILY RAGS CANS * 4000 lb TIG ROD * LJ 10,000 lb DOUBLE ROLLERS * CONSUMABLES: DRILL BITS * 1,000 PEACE’S OF TIG TORCHES AND ACCESSORIES * EQUIPMENT: 10– 1,000, 600 & 250 lb. TORQUE WRENCHES * 100 NEW DEWALT 5/6” GRINDERS * 100 USED (BUT TESTED) ANGLE GRINDERS, DIE GRINDERS, IMPACTS, DRILLS * MAKITA 3/4” ELECTRIC IMPACTS * LARGE LOTS NEW HAND TOOLS * PALLET JACKS * BANDING * NEW PHOENIX ROD OVENS * 50 USED ROD OVENS * PIPE CLAMPS * LARGE QUANTITY OF MATHEY PIPE CLAMPS TO 12” * FIRE EXTINGUISHERS * 150 WELD JACKETS * 100 JOB BOXES ALL SIZES * HYDRAULIC PUMPS AND RAMS * ENERPAC FLANGE SPREADERS * TIGER TORCHES STEEL BENCHES * 100 DOZEN GLOVES * WELD CABLE * NEW VICTOR TORCH SETS * 50- CHAIN HOISTS & COM-A-LONGS * www.foothillsauctions.com FOR UPDATES THIS AUCTION IS SIMULTANEOUS BIDSPOTTER AND LIVE

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

AUCTIONS MACHINE SHOP AND FABRICATING EQUIPMENT DATE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 10 A.M. AND TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 10 A.M.

BY FAX: 306-653-8750

TANDEM AXLE GRAVEL trucks in inventory. New and used, large inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946

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.

2016 SUBARU FORESTER name top pick for 2016. Starting from $29,360. Great se2013 KENWORTH T660, 550 Cummins lection to choose from!! 1-877-373-2662, ISX, 18 spd., Super 40’s, 804,630 kms.; www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

2016 Lode King Super B grain trailers, 205,301 kms. $145,000 for both. Will sell separate. 306-741-6297, Swift Current, SK SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near SLEEPERS AND DAY CABS. New and new 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to used. Huge inventory across Western $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662.

Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

SLEEPERS AND DAY CABS. New and FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA, 530 HP Detroit used. Huge inventory across Western deleted eng., 46,000 lb. diff., 18 spd., full Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call fenders, new tires and beacon, $80,000. Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

306-642-8551, Assiniboia, SK. DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

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2017 GMC & Chev 1/2 ton Crew 4x4 5.3L V8, loaded, cloth, STK #H2022 MSRP $48,625 *30 in stock Cash Price $38,995 or $245 b/w @ 0% 84 MO

meDium DutY tRucKs 2014 kENWORTH T370 TANDEM GRAIN TRUCk Paccar PX-8 350hp 1000 lbft Torque Allison 6-Spd 3000RDS Air seat, dual pass. seat cloth interior ACT, P.W P.L. 22” Alum Wheels Front Tires 315/80R22.5 Rear tires 11R22.5 Power-Heated Aerodynamic Mirrors, AM/FM/CD/Bluetooth Radio Full Gauges 100 Gal. Alum Fuel tank 14,600F.Axle 40,000R.Axles with Air Suspension Jacobs brake, Cab Corner windows, Trailer Brake Controls, 8 1/2 X 16 X 65” CIM ULTRACEL BOX ELECTRIC TARP, TAILGATE & HOIST, Cloth Interior, Red, 33,579KM Stk #M7323A $140,395 2013 kENWORTH T370 TANDEM GRAIN TRUCk, Paccar PX-8, 350hp, 1000lb ft, Torque Allison, 6spd, 3000RDS Air seat, dual pass. seat cloth interior ACT P.W P.L 22” Alum Wheels, Front Tires 315/80R22.5 Rear tires 11R22.5 Power-Heated Aerodynamic Mirrors AM/FM/CD/ Radio Full Gauges 100 Gal. Alum Fuel Tank 14,600F. Axle 40,000R.Axles with Air Suspension Jacobs brake Trailer Brake Controls 8-1/2X20’X65” CIM ULTRACEL ELECTRIC TARP TAILGATE & HOIST, Cloth Interior, Red, 38,035km, Stk#M7368A $133,395 2009 GMC C8500 REGULAR CAB TANDEM 7.8L 300HP, Allison auto, Ultracel box, remote hoist & endgate, electric tarp, cloth, white, 68,234km, Stk#M7369B $79,995 2001 INTERNATIONAL 9100 sERIEs TANDEM GRAIN TRUCk C-12 CAT 375-450 HP, 10 speed fuller trans, air ride, CIM 20’x65” Grain Box, Michels electric roll tarp. Remote hoist, endgate and tarp, white with teal box, 531,158kms, Stk#G1440A $69,995 1992 GMC TOPkICk 3116 CAT, A/C 13 speed Eaton manual transmission, remote hoist & end gate, full tandem, roll top, new air ride drivers seat, clean 70,985km, Stk#M7346B $49,995

Watrous Mainline Motor Products ltd.

HigHway #2 East – watrous, sK

306-946-3336 1-800-667-0490 www.watrousmainline.com DL#907173

ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all in stock. Custom sizes and log siding on order. Call V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

www.windandweathershelters.com COMMERCIAL GRADE Wind and weather shelter buildings available in widths from 20’ to 90’. Prices starting at $2495. If you have bought an auction building and need to upgrade to more durable material or parts, we can help! Contact Paul 306-641-5464 or Ladimer 306-795-7779.

Located in Yorkton, SK.

PROVEN FARMING SKILLS but need land?

Operator with growth to ownership opportunities available; May require relocation.

Call 403-775-0536.

SUITE Business Services: Helping small businesses to grow, start and sell their business. Ph/txt Bert 306-664-BERT(2378) SMALL BUSINESSES FOR SALE: $50,000 to $500,000. Land and buildings not included. SUITE Business Services.

Ph/txt Bert 306-664-BERT(2378).

BUSINESS FOR SALE, $120,000. Offers great growth opportunity in consumer and pet industry. Saskatoon, SK. Call Bert 306-664-BERT(2378).

NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says no? If yes to above three, call 1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB. 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.

FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, Regina, SK.

LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK.

JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call 306-334-2232, 306-332-7332, Balcarres.

MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

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REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Larger sizes avail. Travel incl. in SK. See us at on FB at saskdugouts. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon SK

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, 1005ABRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective 111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net way to clear land. Four season service, Website: www.tismtrrewind.com competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket at- We know that farming is enough of a tachments. Bury rock and brush piles and gamble so if you want to sell it fast place fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting your ad in the Alberta Farmer Express clasInc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., sifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready 306-960-3804. to help. 1-800-667-7770.

NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders.

Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. DIAMOND CANVAS SHELTERS, sizes ranging from 15’ wide to 120’ wide, any Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in length. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. the Alberta Farmer Express classified section. www.starlinesales.com It’s a sure thing. 1-800-667-7770.

INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham www.warmanhomecentre.com 3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 PTH Paratills in stock; Parts for Bigham & Tye paratills; STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or 6 & 8 leg paratills available for farm use. built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. www.warmanhomecentre.com KELLO/ ROME/ TOWNER/ KEWANEE disc blades and bearings: 22” to 36” Inger- WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built soll notched. Oilbath, regreaseable and on site. For early booking call ball bearings to service all makes of con- 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: struction and ag. discs. 1-888-500-2646, www.warmanhomecentre.com Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or 2011 KOMATSU TC308 excavator, hyd. built on site, for early booking call thumb, guarding, very clean, 5300 hrs., 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com $145,000. Randy 780-983-0936, Camrose

YEAR END CLEARANCE: New SLMD 1272 and HD10-53. Used augers: 2013 Sakundiak SLMD 1272, loaded, $14,800; SLMD 10x66, loaded, $11,500; Farm King 10x70 S/A, $6900; HD 8x39 w/20 HP Kohler and mover $6950. Also a dealer for Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing available!

Call Dale at Mainway Farm Equipment, 306-567-3285 or 306-567-7299, Davidson. www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca

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CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. and used sea containers, all sizes. 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436.

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CONT. FLOW BEHLEN M700, propane, single phase, good cond., Canola screens, $10,500. 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK.

20’ and 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and storage trailers. Large Sask. inventory. and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call Phone 1-800-843-3984 or 306-781-2600.

306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738.

SELLING GRAIN LEGS, distributors, conveyors and truck scales. Also other elevaSHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’- KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. tors parts. 403-634-8540, Grassy Lake, AB. 53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For For sales and service east central SK. and inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346.

Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca your advertising dollars! Place an ad CONVEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, accesCONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All Stretch the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting sories. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. sizes. Now in stock: 53’ steel and insulated in www.starlinesales.com for your call. 1-800-667-7770. stainless steel. 306-861-1102 Radville, SK.

CHIEF WESTLAND AND CARADON BIN extensions, sheets, stiffeners, etc. Now If you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-667-7770. available. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, RM45 MERIDIAN, $35,000; RM55 MeAB. www.starlinesales.com $36,500; 1645 TL Convey-All, COLD WEATHER IS HERE! ridian, $29,500. Call 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg.

LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stockGet your winter storage solutions today ing dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction and 10” end units available; Transfer con2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. veyors and bag conveyors or will custom CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS build. Call for prices. Master Industries older Cats, IH and Allis Chalmers. built on site. For early booking call and accessories available at Rosler ConInc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: struction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. 780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. 1-855-269-5888 www.warmanhomecentre.com 2002 JCB 214 SLP backhoe; Case 2870 greenboxwarehouse.com w/Degelman dozer; Fassi hyd. arm & 10’ WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-ton steel deck. Call 306-240-8086.

FACTORY DIRECT SELLING: TWO 30,000 gallon NH3 bullets, 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: c/w skids & pumping units, $125,000/ea.

Portable Storage 1980 D6D DOZER, wide pad, winch; 1993 www.warmanhomecentre.com Call Colin 780-806-0501, Sedgewick, AB. -Boats, Cars, Snowmobiles, etc.

D37 P6 6-way dozer, cab. 306-304-1959.

Goodsoil, SK. BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, Buy, Rent, or Rent-to-Purchase convex and rigid frame straight walls, 2014 L10 TAKEUCHI Skid Steer, 3500 hrs., grain tanks, metal cladding, farm- comLined - Insulated - From INVENTORY good condition, comes with tooth bucket. mercial. Construction and concrete crews. or CUSTOM MADE to order Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saska306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK. toon and Northwest Behlen Distributor, MADE IN CANADA 306-242-7767, HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, Janzen Steel Buildings, 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt Osler, SK. POLY GRAIN BINS, 40 to 150 bu. for grain for years of trouble-free service. Lever cleaning, feed, fertilizer and left over treatHoldings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. ed seed. Booth C34 at the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon. Call 306-258-4422, 2012 CASE 4530, 3-bin, 70’ booms, 2000 Vonda, SK. www.buffervalley.com hrs., ext. warranty, $152,000; 2011 4520 1-bin, 70’ booms, $145,000; 2010 Case SAVE FREIGHT! U-weld hopper cones for 3520, 3-bin, 2670 hrs., $115,000; SPEall brands of bins up to 24’. Middle Lake CIAL: 2010 4520 1- bin, 70’ booms, 1800 Steel, 306-367-4306 or 306-367-2408. hrs., $125,000; 2010 Case 4520, 1-bin, 70’ www.middlelakesteel.com 1920 hrs., AutoSteer, $138,000; FOR FACTORY/DISPLAY TOUR CALL: booms, 2006 Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70’ WINTER SPECIAL: All post & stud frame BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, Sam at 403-835-3859 booms, 7400 hrs., $77,000; 2005 Case w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks. farm buildings. Choose sliding doors, over4520 w/70’ FlexAir, 4000 hrs., $78,000; (8AM - 5PM) head doors or bi-fold doors. New-Tech 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. 2004 Case 4010, 80’ SPRAYER, 7000 hrs., Construction Ltd 306-220-2749, Hague, SK Walter at 403-239-2363 $58,000; 2002 Loral AirMax 1000, 70’ BOOK NOW, TAKE DELIVERY, DON’T HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 STEEL CLADDING: NEW Grade A, 3/4” PAY UNTIL NOVEMBER, 2018. Top boom, $63,000; 2009 AgChem 3 wheeler, Ideal storage for yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, high rib, 29 gauge Galvalume $0.82/SF or quality MERIDIAN bins. Price includes: 4000 hrs., G-force spinner bed, $88,000; • Farmers & custom conversions available. Looking for White-White $0.99/SF cut to your length! skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up 2004 KBH Semi tender, self-contained, Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., All accessories available. Prairie Steel, Cla- and delivery within set radius. Meridian Ranchers $32,500; 2009 and 2012 Merritt semi belt 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK tender, self-contained, $33,500 and Hopper Combo SPECIAL: 5000 bu., • Contractors vet, SK. Call 1-888-398-7150, or email $44,000; 24 ton Wilmar tender beds, $14,990. We manufacture superior quality buildings@prairiesteel.com $18,500 ea; 2010 Wilmar Wrangler 4560, hoppers and steel floors for all makes and ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ STEEL FARM BUILDINGS On Sale: Prai- sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call WE ALSO SELL AND RENT SEA-CANS! loader, 1600 hrs., $25,500; 2009 Wrangler, 2400 hrs., $23,500; 18,000 gal. NH3 Best Prices! and find out why our product quality and blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK rie Steel Products is offering winter bookholding tank, $34,500. All USD prices.

Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca ing discounts on all steel farm buildings. price well exceeds the competition. We 406-576-3402 or 406-466-5356, Choteau, Book now for spring delivery and save! Vis- also stock replacement lids for all makes & MT. Visit online: www.fertilizerequipmodels of bins.

Leasing available.

Hoffart SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock it our booth at the Crop Production Show ment.net buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. au- in Saskatoon Jan. 9-12 for more info. Services Inc., 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. gers, brush cutters and more large stock. 1-888-398-7150, www.prairiesteel.com FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper Top quality equipment, quality welding and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. cone and steel floor requirements contact: 8x20, 8x40, Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. New and For the customer that prefers quality. free: 1-888-304-2837.

1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. Preowned Sales, 1986 CASE 450C dozer crawler, 6-way GRAIN BIN INSTALLATION. Large diameRental, blade $9500. www.waltersequipment.com ter bin setup, concrete, and repairs. Now Lease to own.

204-525-4521. Minitonas, MB. booking Spring 2018. Quadra Development Corp., 1-800-249-2708.

20’ AND 40’ SEA CONTAINERS, for sale in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com

2010 TERRAGATOR 8204 w/AirMax Precision 2 bed (2 bin), 4400 hrs., $93,500 USD; 2014 Rogator 1300 AirMax, 60’ booms, 3220 hrs., $127,000; 2012 AgChem Rogator 1300, 2000 hrs., 120’ booms, $152,000. Call 406-576-3402 or 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net

2006 KOMATSU D65 EX-15. Approx. 5950 org. hrs., 24” pads, straight tilt blade, 3 tooth ripper, excellent working cond., very good UC, $139.500. Bush canopy available.

Trades considered (warranty). Can deliver.

Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

USED, REBUILT or NEW engines. Specializing in Cummins, have all makes, large inventory of parts, re-powering is our specialty. 1-877-557-3797, Ponoka, AB.

Goebel Bins from Prairie Steel

DIESEL ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts and Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: 306-543-2111, Regina, SK.

Call for Winter Specials 306-933-1141

bins@prairiesteel.com

290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK

FOR ALL YOUR STORAGE REQUIREMENTS

WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323.

Complete System Set-Up

3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK.

ALL COMPONENTS ARE EASILY REMOVED IN MINUTES.

Trusted by Customers for 40 years

ELECTRIC HOPPER COVERS FOR COMBINES by:

BREAKDOWN OF TARP COMPONENTS FIT INSIDE OF GRAIN TANK. 12V, DC MOTOR IS OPERATED USING A ROCKER SWITCH, IS A STANDARD FEATURE ON ALL SYSTEMS. LIGHTWEIGHT.

DOWN TO EXTENSION HEIGHT IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES!

WANTED: JD 7810 c/w FEL & 3-PTH; SP or PTO bale wagon; JD or IHC end wheel drills. Small square baler. 403-394-4401.

$149,900 2015 JD W150, Stk#78697, 415 eng./292 cut hrs., 35’ draper header, swath roller, 1800 display, AutoTrak ready.

403-625-4421, Claresholm, AB. $83,900 NH H8040, Stk#60772, 416 hrs., WS36 header, U2 reel, roto-shears, double swath, double knife, Outback GPS. 403-783-3337, Ponoka, AB.

$299,000 2014 CIH 8230, Stk#78841, 806 eng./595 sep. hrs., lat. tilt, Powerplus CVT rotor dr., standard chopper, AutoGuide ready. 403-625-4421 Claresholm AB 2000 CIH 2388 w/1015 header, $55,000; 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, $95,000; 2006 2388 w/2015 PU header, $110,000; 2002 2388 w/2015 PU header, $80,000; 2008 2588 w/2015 PU header, $135,000.

A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2008 NH CR9060, 2120 eng. hrs., 1679 thresh. hrs., $54,000 w/o March 2017.

Completely redone from the feeder chain to the chopper knives. Always shedded, very good cond., $116,000 OBO. 780-975-4235, Thorhild, AB. toronchuk@mcsnet.ca

$300,000 2012 JD S670, Stk#79784, 1003 eng./677 sep. hrs., 615P, standard chopper, Powercast tailboard, 1800 monitor. 403-280-2200, Calgary, AB. $139,000 2009 JD T670, Stk#81619, 2833 eng./ 2202 sep. hrs., fully reconditioned. New: rasp bars, concave, feeder chain, new PU. 403-854-3334, Hanna, AB. $316,900 2013 JD S680, Stk#82134, 1447 eng./1011 sep. hrs., no PU, pre-urea eng., Powercast tailboard, 26’ auger, pwr. fold hopper. 403-362-3486, Brooks, AB. 2011 JD 9770 STS, 900 sep. hrs., duals, Michel’s electric topper cover, Sunnybrook concave’s, Redekopp chopper blades, Contour Master, shedded, Greenlight each year, 615 PU, loaded, excellent. First $228,000. 780-208-4808, Two Hills, AB.

2013 CHALLENGER 560C (Massey 9560) fully loaded, 587 sep. hrs., c/w PU header, duals. Retired, mint unit. $280,000 OBO. 306-345-2039, Pense, SK.

$299,000 2012 CLAAS 770TT, Stk# 91847, 825 sep./1374 eng. hrs., lateral tilt, P516 Lexion/MacDon PU, Maxflo 1200 REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER 40’ draper. 403-485-2231, Vulcan, AB. movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability.

Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net $33,900 2009 JD 635D, Stk#79828, 35’ MERIDIAN TRUCKLOADING AUGERS draper platform, poly-tine PU reel, road TL10-39, loaded, $18,300 HD10-46, load- transport w/lights, cutterbar w/skid ed, $19,500; HD10-59, loaded, $20,425; shoes. 403-362-3486, Brooks, AB. TL12-39, loaded with 37 EFI engine, $20,370. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. USED AUGER: 2014 MERIDIAN HD853, loaded, in excellent condition, $10,995; Meridian HD846, $7,500.

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RECONDITIONED COMBINE HEADERS. RIGID and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK. or web- 2014 NH SP240F 120’, 1200 gal. SS tank, site: www.straightcutheaders.com IntelliView IV , AccuBoom, AutoBoom, Stk RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most 024111, $299,000.

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Lloydminster. www.redheadequipment.ca Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK www.straightcutheaders.com PUMPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, Honda/KoWe know that farming is enough of a shin pumps, 1-1/2” to 4”, Landa pressure gamble so if you want to sell it fast place washers, steam washers, parts washers. $209,000 2011 JD 4830, Stk#82768, your ad in the Alberta Farmer Express clas- M&M Equip. Ltd. Parts & Service, Regina, 2142 hrs., 100’ boom, 20” spacing, 1000 sifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free SK. 306-543-8377, fax 306-543-2111. gal. SS tank, 380R46 skinny/600R38 floatnumber today. We have friendly staff ready ers. 403-854-3334, Hanna, AB. to help. 1-800-667-7770.

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2013 RG 1100, Viper Pro, height ctrl., AccuBoom, BCO, deluxe cab, HID lights, reLOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE mote section ctrl., 2 sets of tires, 2160 Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. hrs., $255,000. 403-994-7754, Olds, AB. We sell new, used and remanufactured parts for most farm tractors and combines.

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G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. Hit our readers where it counts… in the classifieds. Place your ad in the Alberta Farmer HEAVY DUTY WHEEL DOLLY. Change your Express classifed section. 1-800-667-7770. sprayer tires in less than an hour! Over 250 units sold. Perfect tool for safely and quickly moving or changing large wheels and tires, $1499. Phone 403-892-3303, DI-ACRO HAND SHEAR 36”x16 gauge, mild Carmangay, AB., www.hdwheeldolly.com steel and 24’’ BerkRoy finger break complete with heavy duty cabinet on castors, 2013 JD 4940 120’, BoomTrac, sect. control, AutoSteer, 2630 monitor, Stk: 02415, $2,300. 204-800-1859, Winnipeg, MB. $240,000. 1-888-905-7010, Prince Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2010 JD 4830, 100’ booms, 1000 gal.

6 1/2” ALLIED 3 PTH snowblower, push or tank, AutoSteer, Swath Pro, AutoBoom St: pull, 180 rotating chute. $500 OBO, Call 021520, $215,000. 1-888-905-7010, Saskatoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca Paul 306-233-7921, Wakaw, SK. 2016 DEGELMAN speed blade, top screens 1998 CASE/IH SPX3185 90’, 2 sets tires c/w skid steer bracket, only used 10 hrs., Stk: 017817, $79,000. 1-888-905-7010, Saskatoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca $11,500. 306-495-7721, Kipling, SK. 2015 CASE/IH 4440 120’, AIM, AutoSCHULTE 9600FM SNOWBLOWER front Boom, AccuBoom, Pro 700 Stk: 023153 mount, orig. cutting blade, JD mount, low $475,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, hrs. $8900 firm. 780-853-4888, Vermilion.

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2014 NH SP 240F-XP, 275 HP, 120’, 1200 2009 SEED HAWK 66-12 66’, 12” sp., sinstainless, fully loaded incl. AIM Command, gle knife, pneum. pkrs, 30.8 rear tires, Stk: both sets tires, $209,000. 306-948-7223.

021475, $205,000. 888-905-7010, Prince Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2013 JD 4940, 120’, 1500 eng, 380 tires & duals on rear, 1200 gal. stainless, all op- 2010 JOHN DEERE 1830 61’, 10” sp, DS tions, $219,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK dry, Poirier openers, Alpine liquid kit Stk: $67,500. 1-888-905-7010, Swift 2011 ROGATOR 1396, 132’ alum. recir- 023964, culating boom, 1300 SS tank, Raven Viper Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca Pro, Raven SmarTrax steering w/slingshot, 2010 CASE/IH ATX700 70’, rubber packAccuBoom sec. control, AutoBoom height ers, high float tires, double shoot, Stk: control, HID lighting, DeKoning air lift crop 020407, $94,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift dividers, both sets of Michelin tires, one Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca owner. Call 204-937-3429, 204-937-7047.

Roblin, MB. 2010 CASE/IH ATX700 70’, rubber packers, high float tires, double shoot, Stk: 020407, $94,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2009 1286C Rogator parts, 830 hrs, C9 Cat engine w/radiator, hydros, wheel motors, 2009 SEED HAWK 66-12 66’, 12” sp., single knife, pneum. pkrs, 30.8 rear tires, Stk: plenty of other parts. 403-994-7754, Olds.

021475, $205,000. 888-905-7010, Prince SET OF FOUR 320/90R50 Michelin Agribib Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca sprayer tires w/rims, fit Rogator 1084, 10 2012 BOURGAULT 3320 QDA 66’, 10” sp., bolt, $6800. 403-994-7754, Olds, AB. c/w L6550 tank, MRB, NH3 kit, duals Stk: FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims & tires: JD 02317, $295,000. Call 1-888-905-7010, 4045, 710/60R46, $20,500; 800/55R46, Saskatoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca $22,500; JD 4038, Case 4420, 650/65R38 Michelin tires and rims. Sprayer duals 2006 BOURGAULT 5710 40’ 9.8” spacing, available. 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. steel packers, 6200 Stk: 020500, Cart $60,000. www.redheadequipment.ca or 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK.

2014 55' K-HART drill, Paralink 4612 openers, Quick depth changing, Bg MRB, high floatation, 3" V-packers, great shape.

Awesome for high speed fertilizer banding or seeding. Seed in tall stubble, $70,000 OBO. Del. possible. 204-526-0575, Swift Current, SK. marcelrejean@hotmail.com 2012 PILLAR OPENERS on Salford frame, floatation tires 10" spacing, blockage monitors, 2 sets of packer tires, Case 3380 DS variable rate TBT air cart, good cond., $119,000. 204-534-7920, Boissevain, MB. Darren.e.peters@gmail.com

WANTED: CONTROL BOX for 6180 Morris air cart, part #N21062. 306-753-2667, or 306-753-7244, Macklin, SK.

2012 BOURGAULT 70' 6000 mid harrow & 72' 7200 heavy harrow, vg cond., $22,000 OBO. 204-734-0144, Minitonas, MB.

WANTED: 26’ VIBRASHANK cultivator, in good shape. Preferably in Southern Alberta. Call or text 403-501-6011.

2013 SEED HAWK 60-12 60’, twin wing, semi pneumatic packers, DD, SH 800 TBH, 45- DUTCH 4” PAIR row low draft openers, Stk 017840, $335,000. Prince Albert, SK., approx. 700 ac., $70 each. 306-861-4355, 306-456-2522, Weyburn, SK. 1-888-905-7010. redheadequipment.ca

MOON HEAVY HAUL pulling air drills/ air seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask. 30 2010 JOHN DEERE 1830 61’, 10” sp, DS years experience. Call Bob Davidson, dry, Poirier openers, Alpine liquid kit Stk: 023964, $67,500. 1-888-905-7010, Swift Drumheller, AB. 403-823-0746.

Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca FLEXI-COIL 5000 51’, 9”, w/2320, 4” rubber packers, in-row liquid phos. $18,500. 2007 SEEDMASTER TXB 66-12, 66’, 12” spacing, double shoot, all new manifold 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK. and new hoses, mint cond., w/wo JD 1910 2006 BOURGAULT 5710 40’ 9.8” spacing, air tank. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. steel packers, 6200 Stk: 020500, Cart $60,000. www.redheadequipment.ca or 2010 SEED HAWK 60’ Toolbar, 12” sp., w/Seed Hawk 400 cart, 2 fans, seed & fer1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. tilizer distributing kit auger. Also NH kit & 2012 BOURGAULT 3320 QDA 66’, 10” sp., winch $175,000. 306-449-2255, A.E. Chic/w L6550 tank, MRB, NH3 kit, duals Stk: coine Farm Equipment Ltd., Storthoaks SK. 02317, $295,000. Call 1-888-905-7010, Saskatoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 65’, Paralink, 12” spacing, mid row shank banding, double 2010 SEEDMASTER 72-12 72’, 12” space, shoot, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, JD 1910 air cart, 3-tank metering, Stk: $135,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 020958, $132,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2010 NH/FLEXI-COIL 5500, 70’, 10” spac2015 SEED HAWK 84-12 84’ 12” spacing, ing, 3” paired row carbide atom jet knives, steel seed and fertilizer knives, Stk: DS, full blockage; 2010 Flexi-Coil 430 bu.

022334, $352,000. 1-888-905-7010, Sas- TBT cart, 3 tanks, var. rate metering, 20.8x katoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 38 duals, 10” deluxe load-in auger. Both units shedded since new and in excellent 2009 SEED HAWK 72-12 72’, 12” sp., twin cond., $85,000. 306-675-6136, Kelliher, SK wing, pneum. packers, 600 TBT cart, stk: 021477, $205,000. 888-905-7010, Prince 2008 SEEDMASTER 8012, 2004 NH 430 Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca tank, 3 compartments with 5 rollers, Ra2013 SEED HAWK 60-12 60’, twin wing, ven NH3, $89,000 OBO. 306-272-7225, semi pneumatic packers, DD, SH 800 TBH, Foam Lake, SK. Stk 017840, $335,000. Prince Albert, SK., 2010 BOURGAULT 3310, 74', MRB's with 1-888-905-7010. redheadequipment.ca granular and liquid kits., 2" carbide tips, 4" WANTED: JOHN DEERE 1910 air cart, in round air filled packers. No frame cracks, decent shape. Call 306-862-8518, Choice- $75,000 OBO. 204-526-0575, Regina, SK. marcelrejean@hotmail.com land, SK.

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403-625-4421, Claresholm, AB. $175,000 2008 CIH 435 Quadtrac, Stk# 87499, 5212 hrs., 30” track, 4 SCV, guidance system, Degelman 7900 14’ blade w/silage ext. 403-854-3334, Hanna, AB. WANTED: 4786 IHC, 1980 and newer in good condition. Call 780-635-2527 or 780-645-1430. St. Vincent, AB. 2003 CASE/IH STX 450, quad track, 7065 hrs., Cummins, 16 spd. PS, 4 hyd. outlets, plus return line, 30” tracks, exc. cond. $125,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

2012 CIH STEIGER 550 Quadtrac 1995H, 30" tracks, dual hyd.550 pumps, leather, shed2012 CIH STEIGER Quadtrac 1995H, ded, $289,000 OBO.pumps, Call 780-204-0391, 30" tracks, dual hyd. leather, shedMayerthorpe, AB. jekfarm@gmail.com ded, $289,000 OBO. Call 780-204-0391, www.buymyfarmequipment.com Mayerthorpe, AB. jekfarm@gmail.com www.buymyfarmequipment.com

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STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and 2012 NEW HOLLAND T9.450, 2985 hrs., ACREAGE EQUIPMENT: 3-PT. CULTIused, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to powershift, $150,000. 204-921-0233, VATORS, Discs, Plows, Blades, Etc. 1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or Rosenort, MB. www.equipmentpeople.com 780-892-3092, Wabamun, AB. www.bigtractorparts.com RETIRING - SMALLER FARM EQUIPMENT: 1999 MX220 Case/IH tractor; 27’ FlexiCoil air drill w/7120 tank; 1995 Ford S/A dsl., grain truck; Plus more! 306-842-5036, $440,000 2013 CHALLENGER MT965C, 875 VERSATILE SERIES III, 20.8x387 du- 306-861-6466, Weyburn, SK. Stk#83676, 834 hrs., 525 HP, hi-flow als, 3400 original hrs., ultra premium conhyds., 5 SCV, PTO, GPS, Degelman 7900 dition. Dozer available. 403-823-1894, 2005 JD 6420 tractor w/JD loader, 3000 Drumheller, AB. hrs.; 2009 JD 568 baler w/net wrap, 8500 blade. 403-783-3337, Ponoka, AB. bales on it; 1998 NH 1475 14’ haybine; 1984 VERS. 875 4WD, w/Atom Jet hyd. Morris 881 8-bale carrier. Southey, SK. kit, $27,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equip- Text 306-535-5908, or call 306-524-4551. ment Ltd., 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2005 JD 9520T, 5380 hrs., 3PTH, no PTO, ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Deneeds 36” tracks, new head, exc. cond., gelman equipment, land rollers, Straw$96,000. 780-919-6639 Sherwood Park AB master, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. $269,000 2015 JD 7230R, Stk#80127, $215,000 2012 FENDT 933V, Stk#91880, 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. 1924 hrs., 230 HP, IVT, IF600/70R30 & 3790 hrs., 330 HP, IVT, IF710/70R42 & SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call IF710/70R42 tires, 5 SCV, SF3000, 4600 IF620/75R30 Michelins, 4 SCV, Trimble for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., display. 403-783-3337, Ponoka, AB. www.luckemanufacturing.com CFX750. 403-742-4427, Stettler, AB. $134,900 2009 JD 7830, Stk#82122, GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your 6906 hrs., 165 HP, IVT, new engine in May 2017, 520/R42 & 420R30 tires, AutoTrak #1 place to purchase late model combine and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. LOOKING FOR DIKA root rake. Call ready. 403-362-3486, Brooks, AB. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767.

780-305-6931, Barrhead, AB. $125,500 1997 JD 9400, Stk#89153, LOOKING FOR CASE Magnum 7230, 7240, ALLIS CHALMERS 8010 4WD tractor 8100 hrs., 425 HP, rebuilt trans., 710 duals, with Degelman two-way blade. w/FEL & 3PTH., $6500 OBO. Call or 7250 with FWA. Call 306-463-7627, Wilkie, SK. 306-862-8460, 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. 403-280-2200, Calgary, AB. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly trac1992 JD 4255, 2WD, w/265 loader, 3800 tors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor hrs., great shape, $52,000 OBO. Medicine Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

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2012 JD 6150R, MFWD, 380 FEL and grapple, bought new in April 2013, 1775 hrs., shedded. Call 306-297-6404, Simmie, SK. REDUCED PRICE! 1983 JD 4450 MFWD w/Ezee-On FEL 2130 grapple, 15 spd. PS, 3 hyds., 7925 hrs. showing, 14.9-26F, 20.8R32, duals available. 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395. Langham, SK. 2008 JOHN DEERE 9530 4WD, 2700 hrs., 800 metrics, powershift, good condition throughout, $198,000 OBO. Call Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK. 2007 JD 9420, 4713 hrs., 1 owner, all available options, 800 Firestone deep tread tires, weights, 15 spd. Powershift, climate control, Active Seat, extra lighting, SN# RW9420P051184, excellent condition, $150,000. Charles Cattle Co., 306-457-2935, Stoughton, SK. 2011 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD 3 PTH, 3 hyds., auto quad trans., w/JD 741 FEL bucket & grapple, shedded, yard work /small cattle farm. 4960 hrs., VG, $95,000.

306-697-3545, 306-730-8792, Grenfell, SK 2011 JD 9530T, 18 spd. PS, 36” tracks, 4 hyds. plus return line, front weights, end idler weights, AutoTrac ready, mint cond., $195,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 2000 JD 9400, 425 HP, 12 spd. powershift, 4 hyd. outlets, plus return line, new hyd. pump (48 GPM), 3 yr. old tires, 80% remaining, 710/70R38, mint cond., $110,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

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20 - 2016 PLAINS Bison females. Average weight December 13th, 749 lbs. $3750 DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME DOVE RANCH 29th Annual Bull Sale, MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. each. Call 306-441-1408, Meota, SK. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: LOOKING FOR ALL classes of bison from Saturday, March 3, 2018, 1:00 PM at their www.maverickconstruction.ca calves, yearlings, cows and herd bulls. bull yards, Ponteix, SK. Complimentary lunch at 11:00 AM. Pre-sale viewing and GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence Phone Kevin at 306-539-4090 (cell) or hospitality, Friday, March 2nd. Selling posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. 100+ purebred Gelbvieh yearling bulls, Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison Red or Black. Performance and semen 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. on the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. tested. Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, For winter delivery and beyond. Smaller Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, Ponteix, SK. in person or on-line: groups welcome. Fair, competitive and as- Bidding sured payment. Contact Richard Bintner www.dlms.com View catalog and video on our websites: www.davidsongelbvieh.com 306-873-3184. and www.lonesomedoveranch.ca QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, FANCY PUREBRED HEIFER Calves. Jen-Ty paying market prices. “Producers working Gelbviehs, 403-378-4898, Duchess, AB. with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and www.jentygelbviehs.com MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK.

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25’ Heston PT Swather, bat reel, 540 PTO .................................................$3,000 275 Case IH (MacDon) PT Swather, bat reel, 1,000 PTO ........................ $3,000 40’ Morris 3100 Hoe Drills, mover and hitch, nice shape .............................$10,000 560 Hesston Round Baler, 1,000 PTO ........................................................ $5,500 660 NH Round Baler, 540 pto, nice shape ......................................................$5,500 60’ S82 Flexcoil Harrow Draw Bar, 5 bar Bent, Nice shape..........................$5,250 44’ 820 F.C. Deep Till Air Seeder, 4 bar harrows ..............................................CALL 2320 F.C. TBH Air Tank, complete with 320 - 3rd tank ........................................CALL 41’ Flexicoil 300 B Chisel Plow, 3 bar harrows ..........................................$12,500 100’ 65XL Flexicoil Sprayer, complete with windguards, elec. end nozzles single tips, auto rate, excellent condition ..................................$12,500 29’ 225 DOW Kello- Bilt Tandem Disc, 28” smooth front & rear blades, 10.5” spacing, oil, bath bearings, as new ........................................................ $60,000 47’ 820 Flexicoil Chisel Plow, 4 bar harrow, low mileage.............................$67,500 HD8-1400 (46’) Meridian Grain Auger, 27 HP Kholer, E-Kay mover, belt tightner, power stearing, lights, no spill hopper, spout, as new..............................SOLD HD8 - 1200 (39’) Sakundiak Grain Auger, 25HP Robin-Subaru, E-Kay mover, belt tightener, power steering, light kit, spout, excellent condition ...............................$12,000 HD8 - 1400 (46’) Sakundiak Grain Auger, 31 HP Vanguard engine, E-Kay mover, belt tightener, power steering, spout, 10 gallon fuel tank.....................................$10,800 13“ X 95’ FarmKing HydraulicSwing Auger, reverser, low proflie hopper, spout, full bin alarm, 1 season ...................................................................................................CALL New E-Kay 7”, 8”, 9”Bin Sweeps available.................................................CALL 3 Used E-Kay Bin Sweep Extensions ..............................................................CALL 8” Wheat Heart Transfer Auger, hydraulic drive, good condition .....................$1,000 New Outback S-Lite guidance ....................................................................$1,250 Factory Recon. Outback STS GPS and Mapping ........................................$2,250 New Outback STS Guidance, c/w E-Drive TC & VSI steering wheel ...................$7,000 New Outback STS Guidance, c/w E-Drive TC & hydraulic kit ............................$6,000 New STX Guidance, c/w E-Drive XD & hydraulic kit, 3 year ESP .........................$9,200 Used Outback E-Drive Hyd. kits .......................................................................$500 **Outback GPS Systems, E-Kay Custom Augers, Movers, Clutches, Bin Sweeps & Crop Divider Kohler, Vanguard, Robin Subaru Engines, Headsight Harvesting Solutions, Greentronics Sprayer Auto Boom Height, Kello-Bilt Discs**

PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION without obligation, of a Luther Cattle Brush and Oiler, give Cliff a call at 306-734-2997, Aylesbury, SK. It’s the one they love to use!

ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association MOLE HILL DESTROYERS: Level those 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. rough hay fields, speed up haying operations, less downtime. Save money. For www.albertatexaslonghorn.com more information phone 306-542-7325.

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WALLENSTEIN WOOD PROCESSOR # 830.

1 man machine for cutting, splitting & piling, 403-346-7178, Red Deer, AB BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, NEW DATE! LAZY S RANCH 49th Annual SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

Bull Power Sale, January 26th, at the ranch, Mayerthorpe, AB. 200 polled red & black Simmental, Angus and Beefmaker (Simm Angus) bulls. 780-785-3136. Video online: www.lazysranch.ca

NEW AND USED GENERATORS: 500KW Caterpillar, Perkins, Cummins, Magnum In stock. Call 250-554-6661, Kamloops, BC. Email: denis@bcdieselgenerators.com www.bcdieselgenerators.com

HIGHLINE BAIL PRO 6600, LH discharge, average condition, $2400 OBO. Whitkow, SK. 306-445-9833, cell 306-445-9814.

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale.

Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 24’ & 30’ Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. corral panels and windbreaks; Also grain Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. and silage troughs; as well as calf shelters.

Call for pricing, 306-768-8555, delivery available. Carrot River, SK.

SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK.

2004 BOURGAULT 6550, dual fans, rear hitch, X15 monitor, $43,000; 2008 MacDon D60 header 25’, PU reel, dbl. knife dr., fore/aft, triple delivery, $23,000; 2009 Farm King 13”x70’ auger, reverser, hyd. winch, hyd. mover, full bin sensor, camera, $10,000; MacDon 973 39’, PU reel, transport wheels, fore and aft, headsight AutoHeight control, c/w MacDon/NH adapter, $24,000. 403-665-2341, Craigmyle, AB. BLOCKED & SEASONED PINE FIREWOOD: Bags $90. Delivery available. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK. 1-800-667-0094, email: info@vwpltd.com Website: www.vwpltd.com

CANADIAN VERIFIED SHEEP Program (OFFS) workshop in conjunction with Sask.

Sheep Development Board’s AGM and Symposium will be held at Ramada Plaza Hotel 1818 Victoria Ave, Regina, SK. Jan 12-13, 2018. Please call: 306-933-5200 or mail to: sheepdb@sasktel.net to register, please visit: www.sksheep.com for details.

STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder panels, sucker rod fence posts. Custom orders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, HERD DISPERSAL SALE: Bred cows 96 FB SK. www.steelviewmfg.com registered Braunvieh cows, bred to FB CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on Braunvieh bulls; PB black Braunvieh (homo site.

For early booking call polled & hetero black bulls). Exposed June 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 17th to Sept. 1st, $3200 OBO. Please call us www.warmanhomecentre.com at 403-243-5530, Huxley, AB., or e-mail: calvin@fieldstonebraunvieh.com Website: CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on www.fieldstonebraunvieh.com site.

For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com

BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar yearlings and calves. Now dealer for and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike Redmond Bison mineral. Call Elk Valley Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK.

WANTED: 4020 JOHN DEERE, powershift gas model. 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB.

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BISON CALVES WANTED. Harmony Natural bison. Call or text 306-736-3454, SE Sask.

16’ PEELED RAILS, 2-3” $4.50/ea., 125 per bundle; 3-4” $9.50/ea, 100 per bundle; 4-5” $11.50/ea, 75 per bundle. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK., 1-800-667-0094, email: info@vwpltd.com website: www.vwpltd.com

1997 JD 9400 4WD, 425 HP, 8562 hrs., 12 spd., diff. lock, 4 hyds., 20.8x42 triples new 400 hrs. ago, does light duty work, mint condition, always shedded, $100,000.

306-675-6136, Kelliher, SK.

1978 JD 4440 2WD, 9300 hrs., 1200 hrs. on complete rebuild, meticulously maintained, 134a A/C, Pioneer hyd. coupler conversion, 42" wheels, 50 series hood lights, upgraded steps, fresh eng. & trans. oils, $40,000. 306-577-9141, Wawota, SK.

TUBING FROM 1-1/4” to 3-1/2”. Sucker REG. RED ANGUS bulls, calving ease, good rod 3/4”, 7/8” and 1”. Line pipe and Casing weaning weights, no creep feed. Little de also available. Phone 1-800-661-7858 or Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK. 780-842-5705, Wainwright, AB. BRED, REGISTERED RED Angus heifers for 2 & 7/8” OILFIELD TUBING, cement and sale. RSL Red Angus, Battleford, SK. plastic lined, $25. Call 306-861-1280, 306-937-2880, 306-441-5010.

Weyburn, SK. BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked.

306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, 649 Allis diesel motors with pump, all siz- SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca es of alum. pipe. Call Dennis to discuss your needs! 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery 8” to 6” MAINLINE; 6 - 5”x5” wheelines; available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Bauer 1160’ w/4.5” hard hose reel; Also Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca Reinke 985’ pivot, refurbished. Call for pricing, 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Red and Black coming 2-year-old bulls for sale.

BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. Angus selection. Call Shane 306-869-8074 Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump Good and used mainline, new Bauer travelers or Keith 306-454-2730. Ceylon, SK. dealer. 25 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca

2002 JIFFY 920 Bale Processor, new rotor, WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. flails, and bushings. Call 306-839-4708, Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Pierceland, SK. Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372.

WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and CATTLEMENS FINANCIAL CORP. Programs chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assinifor cow/calf operators and feedlots, pro- boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. ceeds as you sell and equity draws.

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EXCELLENT SET OF hand picked Red & RWF heifers. 80 red and RWF, exposed 45 days, start calving Feb 1st. 125 red and 100 BLACK ANGUS heifers, bred to regis- RWF, exposed 60 days, start calving April tered Black Angus bulls. Can winter and 1st. Average weight 1200 lbs. Bred to top calve out. 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. of the line Red Angus low BW bulls.

403-740-5197, Big Valley, AB. PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. 100 BLACK ANGUS 3rd and 4th calvers; Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 250 Black & Red Angus 2nd calvers. Swift or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. Current, SK. 306-773-1049, 306-741-6513.

BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred 25 BLACK BRED heifers, bred Black Angus, to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked. easy calving bulls, bulls out 60 days, start 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, calving May 1st, all vaccinations & Ivomec, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca $2300. 306-283-4105, Saskatoon, SK. BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery 60 BLACK BRED heifers, bred Black Angus, available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, easy calving bulls, bulls out 60 days, start calving May 1st, all vaccinations & Ivomec, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca $2300. 306-283-4388, Saskatoon, SK. SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 110 BRED RED ANGUS Simmental cross heifers, bred Red Angus for 30 day calving 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. period, bulls out July 1st. 306-355-2700, SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Black and Red 306-631-0997, Mortlach, SK. Angus coming 2-year-old bulls for sale.

Good selection. Call Shane 306-869-8074 50 SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL Cross bred or Keith 306-454-2730. Ceylon, SK. cows and heifers, bred Simmental, start calving March 1st. 306-762-4723, Odessa.

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CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER puppies From great hunting parents, both health certified and titled in hunt tests. Registered, vaccinated, de-wormed and ready to go December 20th. Pedigrees available 14 RED ANGUS bred heifers, to start calv- upon request. Inquire to: 306-776-2510 or ing March 25th. Ivomec’d and vaccinated. e-mail: flatrocktrucks@outlook.com Call evenings, Garry Yeo, 306-873-9078 or 306-873-3788, Tisdale, SK. FOR SALE: 12 F1 POLLED Shorthorn Red Angus heifers, will make good brood cows. GREAT PYRENEES PUPS born to working parents. Vet checked, first shots, ready Call 306-277-4351, Gronlid, SK. January 15th, $300/each. 403-308-4781, 10 PB RA & 5 RA/Simm. bred heifers, bred E-mail: heathernelsonfarm@gmail.com RA July 14-Aug. 28. Kept these as own re- PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE pups for sale, placements out of 75 but must sell due to Elvin Kopp bloodlines, can be papered, drought/feed shortage. Processed one c/w 1st shots, vet checked, micro chipped, month ago: RA 1017 lbs., Simm X 1068 $750. Call 403-575-1309, Consort, AB. lbs. Call Roger: 306-221-1558, Minton, SK. REGISTERED BORDER COLLIE pups from HOME RAISED TOP Quality Bred Heifers, working parents. Call Richard Smith vaccinated, Ivomec, bred to calving ease 780-846-2643, Kitscoty, AB. Black Angus bulls. Start calving mid March. LARGE PUREBRED ALASKAN mala66 Black Angus; 13 Red Angus X; 12 Here- mute/cross pups. Born Oct 10, these ford (SOLD). Winston Hougham, Please call well marked pups, possess strong stamina, 306-344-4913, 306-821-2751, Frenchman and loyalty, reasonably priced at $327.50.

Butte, SK. magnumranching@gmail.com Call 306-947-2190, Hepburn, SK.

WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. LOG SIDING, LOG cabin logs, Fir timbers, Fir flooring, Cedar. Special orders. Check out more info. at: rouckbros.com HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and alu- Lumby, BC., 1-800-960-3388. minum horseshoes. We ship anywhere.

Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com BOBSLEIGH, BUCKBOARD, BUGGY, and LOG AND TIMBER HOMES, Saskatoon, wagon for small ponies. All excellent con- SK. Visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca or dition. 306-536-9210, Belle Plaine, SK. call 306-222-6558.

33 FARMLAND NE SK (Clemenceau) 4 qtrs plus 36 acre riverside parcel with 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, exc. elk hunting and other big game and goose. 580 acres wheat, mustard, barley and peas. Full line of farm and sawmill equipment also available. Will separate. Reg Hertz, 306-865-7469.

TIMESHARE FOR SALE: Christie Lodge in Vail, Colorado. Floating week, 1 bdrm., Queen, fireplace, kitchenette, maintenance fees $458/yearly. Never had the chance to CERT. #1 CDC Austenson. Nutrient densiWWW.MEDALLION-HOMES.CA modular use, but must sell for health reasons - can fied for enhanced emergence and yield. homes/lake houses/RTM’s. Visit our sales no longer leave Canada. Make offer and I 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com lot, or check online for stock, homes and will consider. Call 403-242-9234. all other plans. Factory direct orders built AAC SYNERGY, Cert. top quality seed. to your specs! Trade-ins welcome, buy and Very high yielder, gaining acceptance with sell used homes. Hwy 2 South, Prince Almaltsters. Contracts available. Inquiries bert, SK. Call 306-764-2121 or toll free 1-800-249-3969.

SAWMILLS from only $4397 - Make welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Money and Save Money with your own Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net stock, ready to ship. Free info. and DVD: MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. www.NorwoodSawmills.com/168 or call CDC COPELAND, Fdn., Reg., Cert. top HOME HARDWARE RTM Homes and Cot- Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: quality seed. Widely accepted malt variety.

1-800-567-0404. tages. Phone 1-800-663-3350 or go on- www.maverickconstruction.ca Inquiries welcome. Volume discounts. line for floor plans and specs at: Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, www.northbattlefordhomehardware.com SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. We know that farming is enough of a 4 WHEEL BOMBARDIER Rotex, 250 hrs, gamble so if you want to sell it fast place like new, $4000; Wanted: 14’ bumper hitch CERTIFIED CDC MAVERICK. Hickseeds your ad in the Alberta Farmer Express clas- dump trailer. 306-304-1959, Goodsoil, SK. 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 sifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free (Dale), Mossbank, SK. number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-667-7770.

CERTIFIED #1 Metcalf(2R) & Legacy(6R).

Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. LOOKING FOR YOUR piece of paradise? 21 ac. lots near Lac des Iles. Approx 140 ac. overlooking Lac des Iles. For more info: 306-238-7702, e.alexander@littleloon.ca

APARTMENTS FOR RENT, Langham, SK. Quiet, well maintained, close to schools. 1 and 2 bedrooms starting at $650. Contact Blaise at 306-349-9351.

HOME FOR RENT: Furnished, 2 bed + den, 2 bath, close to U of S, Saskatoon, SK. $1300/mo. + utilities. Call 306-270-4323.

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ORGANIC LAND in MD of Mackenzie, north of Peace River: 1200 seeded ac., 1800 sq.ft house w/garage, 6800 sq.ft. shop, 60x120 cold storage, 100,000+ bu. grain storage, power, phone, natural gas, dugout, on school bus route. 780-928-2538 or 780-841-1180.

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3,178 acres with 2,005 under cultivation.

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Located in East Central Alberta.

Contact: Northern Lights Realty (2000) Ltd. toll free 1-866-262-1649 or hlverm@telusplanet.net or Darren Sanders at Lane Realty 1-306-291-8944

LAND FOR SALE: 505.18 ac. of cross fenced grass ready to be turned back into grain land. Land is beside busy airport in Central Alberta. $3600/acre. Call 780-385-0524, Killam, AB. kelndor@syban.net

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Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERTIFIED CDC Austenson & Maverick feed barley. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca

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CERT. & REG. CDC Precision; AAC Spitfire. CERT. SUNRAY TRITICALE. Nutrient densiHigh germ. & 0% F.G., Fast Seed Farm Ltd., fied for enhanced emergence and yield.

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Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769.

SELECT CDC GO seed, hand picked from seed. Contact: mastinseed.com CERT. CDC PRECISION & AAC SPITFIRE breeder Exceptional yield potential and Call or text 403-994-2609, Olds, AB. standability. Printz Family Seeds, Gravel- WANT TO FINISH combing in August? bourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769.

Grow an early variety! Grow Go Early HRS wheat. Call Mastin Seeds, Olds, AB., CERTIFIED CDC ALLOY. Good disease 403-556-2609, mastinseeds.com package. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769.

REG./CERT. AAC BRANDON. Nutrient densified for enhanced emergence and yield.

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Grow an early variety! Grow Juniper oats and follow with Pintail winter wheat. Call Mastin Seeds, Olds, AB., 403-556-2609, mastinseeds.com

SY ROWYN CPSR, Cert. top quality seed, high yielder with vg protein. All inquires welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. Email gregfarms@sasktel.net

EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CS Camden, Summit, CDC Minstrel, CDC Ruffian, CDC Orrin. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK.

AAC BRANDON CWRS, Cert. top quality seed, very high yielder and protein. Highly recommended by growers. All inquiries welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell CERTIFIED CDC HAYMAKER. Hickseeds 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516 or email: 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 gregfarms@sasktel.net (Dale), Mossbank, SK. AAC ELIE, CWRS, CERT. top quality seed, CERTIFIED #1 CDC Ruffian, AC Leggett & sister wheat to AAC Brandon. Very high CDC Orrin. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, yielder with high protein. Positive reviews Tisdale, SK. from growers. All inquires welcome. VolCERTIFIED Camden, Morgan, Baler and ume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, Haymaker. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1: AC Andrew, SY Rowyn, Faller, Penhold & AAC Sadash. Call Frederick Seeds, CERT. BOBCAT BEARDLESS fall triticale, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. excellent for cover crop. Nutrient densified for enhanced emergence and yield. EXCELLENT QUALITY Cert. #1, CWRS: CDC Landmark VB, AAC Viewfield, AAC 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com Brandon, AAC Cameron VB, AAC Elie, CarNEW AAC DELIGHT, beardless spring. Nu- dale, CDC Utmost VB, AAC Connery & AAC trient densified for emergence & yield. Redberry. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com Watson, SK.

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Surface lease revenue. For sale by Tender with bids closing Feb 1, 2018. Details at www.forrestlandtender.ca or contact Vern McClelland, RE/MAX of Lloydminster, 780-808-2700.

WANTED: Saskatchewan grainland, housing, and vacant lots. Will pay min. 10% premium on current pricing. Within 25 miles of Leader SK. Box 5001, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4 RM OF FOAM LAKE #276 for sale SE-35-28-12-W2, 160 acres (approx. 102 cultivated). Call 780-724-3735 for info.

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SASKATOON SOUTHWEST, River Valley View Estate, near golf course. Paved road and all services to site, $229,500. Phone 306-382-1299 or 306-382-9024.

RIVER RETREAT: Saskatoon South - 177 acres forested, organic river front land. 50 acres cultivated. $6500 per acre. Phone 306-382-1299 or 306-382-9024.

SECLUDED RIVER RETREAT: 80 acres on west bank, pt of 01-46-04 W3. Summer road and river access, $167,500. Phone 306-382-1299 or 306-382-9024.

FOR RENT BY TENDER: RM of Nipawin, SK. #487, NE-14-49-15W2, NW-14-49-15W2, & SW-14-49-15W2, comprising of 472 cult. ac. There are no buildings on the land other than a house and barns on the 5 acre yard site. All of the land is currently farmed. Tenders are to be submitted in envelopes marked “Nipawin Tender”, to Dezarae Senft at Miller Thomson LLP, 600-2103 11th Ave., Regina, SK., S4P 3Z8, on or before noon on Fri., Feb. 23, 2018, and shall include: tender price, length of rental term, any other terms you are prepared to offer and a certified cheque/bank draft payable to “Miller Thomson LLP in trust” for 10% of the tender price (being 10% of the annual rent pmt. you are tendering). No conditional tenders will be accepted and the highest, or any tender, will not necessarily be accepted. Tenders will not be opened in public. The deposit of all unsuccessful tenderers will be returned by mail. The successful tenderer shall enter into a lease agreement on or before Mar. 16, 2018. The 10% deposit will constitute a deposit towards the first years rental payment. For further information, please contact Dezarae Senft, 306-347-8309.

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RM OF ROSEDALE #283 By Tender: SE 1/4 22-29-4 W3, 160 cult. ac. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders to: Box 37, Hawarden, SK., S0H 1Y0. Tenders close February 1, 2018.

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CERTIFIED # 1 AAC Jatharia VB wheat, CERTIFIED #1 CDC Spectrum, CDC Acer LARGE ROUND HAY bales, mixtures of TWO 20.8x38 T-RAIL duals w/rims, quick new. Midge tolerant. Shewchuk Seeds, (Maple), CDC Amarillo and CDC Meadow. timothy, alfalfa, and brome. $65/bale. Call attach, $6,000; 16.9R28 T-Rail duals and Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. rims, quick attach, $5,000. 780-771-2155, 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. 780-981-2119, 780-841-3868. High Level.

780-404-1212, Wandering River, AB. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Landmark VB, CDC CERTIFIED CDC INCA, CDC Greenwater, HAY FOR SALE - DELIVERED! Also custom Plentiful, Cardale, Elgin ND, Goodeve VB, CDC Mosaic. Call Grant, 306-746-7336, hauling. V-V Trucking Ltd., 306-631-8544, MR. TIRE CORP. For all your tire needs, Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. call Mylo at 306-921-6555 or Jeremy at 306-524-4339, 306-746-8070, Semans, SK Moose Jaw, SK. 306-921-0068. Serving all Saskatchewan.

CERTIFIED CDC Landmark, AAC Cameron, Jatharia, Brandon CWRS wheat. Contact NEW HAY FOR SALE; Round bale picking 20.8x42 CLAMP-ON DUALS with rods and Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. and hauling, small or large loads. Travel spacers, for triples, taken off 9370 Case www.trawinseeds.ca anywhere. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. tractor, $8000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AAC Jatharia.

Call Grant, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 306-746-8070, Semans, SK. REG. & CERTIFIED CDC Calvi (itchless), 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; high yielder. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. Looking for off grade mustard, lentils or chickpeas. Custom color sorting of all types of crops. Ackerman Ag Services, LARGE LATHE, asking $1500.

306-631-9577, Chamberlain, SK. POST SHAVINGS: Cattle feedlot, horse & 306-722-7770, Osage, SK. WANT TO FINISH combining in August? poultry bedding.

Bulk pricing and delivery Grow an early variety! Grow Early One available; Landscaping Mulch: Available CHECK OUT OUR parts specials at Polish canola and follow with Pintail winter in 1 yard bulk bags for $45, delivery www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim wheat. Call Mastin Seeds, Olds, AB., available; Colored Landscaping Mulch: Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

403-556-2609, mastinseeds.com Available in 1 yard bulk bags for $115, delivery avail. Vermette Wood Preservers, HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola Spruce Home, SK.. 1-800-667-0094. Email: varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), TREATED OAT SEED for sale: Souris and info@vwpltd.com Visit: www.vwpltd.com Dekalb & Rugby. Phone Fenton Seeds, KORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage Morgan, treated with Raxil Pro. Call Justin 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. and acreage wells, test holes, well rehabili306-469-0105, Big River, SK. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom tation, witching. PVC/SS construction, exhay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. pert workmanship and fair pricing. 50% government grant now available. Indian CERTIFIED CDC GLAS. Nutrient densified WANTED: ALFALFA 3x3 and 3x4 bales. Head, SK., 306-541-7210 or 306-695-2061 for enhanced emergence and yield. TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses Will arrange for pickup at farm/field. and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Phone Chris 204-746-0462, Brunkild, MB. 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. CDC GLAS, Reg., Cert., top quality seed.

1ST & 2ND CUT large round alfalfa bales. 35 TON WINCH, 2 speed reversible gearHigh yield, exc. standability, easy to harStraight alfalfa & grass blend available, box, 75’ of new cable still on the roll, $750. vest. Great reviews from customers. InCall 306-722-7770, Osage, SK. Norquay, SK. 306-594-4027 quiries welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED # 1 CDC GLAS - The variety to COVER CROPS. HICKSEED LTD., grow! Top yield, excellent lodging resis- Mossbank, SK. Now has on the floor tance. 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. for organic plowdown: Daikon radish CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. (zero till); Hairy Vetch; Austrian Winter peas; Buckwheat; Yellow Blossom sweet Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. clover. Also, green feed blends available.

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. For all your seed needs call Hickseed Ltd. Barry 306-354-7998 or Dale 306-229-9517 Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED GLAS and CDC Sorrel flax.

Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca

WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker involved. Sell direct to crushing plant.

Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-7325, no texts. Unity, SK.

CERTIFIED Snowbird fababeans & Amarillo Peas. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca You are selling feed grains. We are buying feed grains. Also buying chickCERTIFIED CDC Blackstrap, earliest black peas, lentils and golden flax. Fast paybean, direct harvest, high yield, excellent ment, with prompt pickup, true price disdisease pkg.; CDC Super Jet & CDC Jet covery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, also available. Martens Charolais & Seed, David Lea, Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB. at Market Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. Phone 1-866-512-1711. Email info@marketplacecommodities.com or

BOW VALLEY TRADING LTD. WE BUY DAMAGED GRAIN Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas, etc.

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CERT. CDC PROCLAIM CL Reds, high VAN RAAY PASKAL Farms in Iron Springs germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. $$$ in your pocket and sell direct to us with no brokerage fee. Call 403-330-9147.

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (small red) Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds Tisdale, SK. and cereals. All organic cereals and speCERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled; cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, Certified CDC 4371-4, red. Call Grant, Se- SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. mans, SK. 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains 306-746-8070.

Cattle Company is looking to purchase barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. WANT TO FINISH combining in August?

Grow an early variety! Grow AAC Peace River yellow peas and follow with Pintail winter wheat. Call Mastin Seeds, Olds, AB., 403-556-2609, mastinseeds.com GREEN PEAS, yellow pea prices down, try new green pea varieties! CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater & CDC Spruce. Select, Fdn., Reg. and Cert. Ask about CDC Forest.

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U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, 30 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and air brakes. One on one driving instructions.

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SEEKING A FULL TIME COWBOY for large cattle ranch in BC. Competitive wages, housing & benefits. Duties include but are not limited to: horsemanship, colt breaking, calving, shoeing, fencing & feeding.

Send resumes to: info@nicolaranch.com SEEKING A FULL TIME COWBOSS for large cattle ranch in BC. Competitive wages, housing & benefits. Duties include: horsemanship, colt breaking, calving, shoeing, fencing & feeding. Must be experienced and have an intimate knowledge of working cattle horseback on large timbered range areas. Excellent communication and leadership skills, the ability to give and take direction while working in a management team environment. Please send resumes to: info@nicolaranch.com LOOKING FOR PERSON(S) to live in newer dwelling on established farm yard close to Drayton Valley, AB. Rent free in exchange for light chores (horses, dogs, cats) and some grass mowing. Must be reliable, trustworthy, non-drinker/smoker, v. clean in dwelling & like animals. Email resume to wyakin@telus.net or fax 780-542-6467.

BUYING SPRING THRASHED CANOLA AGROLOGIST/ LABOURER: Permanent and grain “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed position on grain farm. Non-smoking. Ap& Grain, 1-877-250-5252. plicants should have previous farm experience, knowledge & mechanical ability. DuFEED GRAIN WANTED! Also buying light, ties include operating tractors, combines, tough or offgrade grains. “On Farm Pickup” sprayers, floater, grain augers, climbing Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. grain bins, know how to operate GPS on equipment, variable rate applications as BUYING HEATED/DAMAGED PEAS, well as general farm labour duties. AppliWANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, FLAX & GRAIN “On Farm Pickup”. Westcan cants must have Class 5 license, 1A license, like animals, be responsible, honest peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. and show initiative to take on any chalGary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. lenge that arises. Weyburn, SK. area.

Please call 306-861-3774.

LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buyers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Contact Bill Hajt or POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gal.; Bladder Christopher Lent at 306-862-2723. tanks from 220 to 88,000 gallon; Water and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and clent@lpctrade.com bhajt@lpctrade.com double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl.

Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK.

SEASONAL WORKER FOR grain operation.

Duties: roguing seed fields, hand labor, irrigating, field & yard work. Heavy lifting req. $13.60-15/hr. karlinfarms79@gmail.com

FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER: Year round employment with house, including off farm acreage supplied. Year round salary dependent on experience and level of involvement in operation. We run a family run cow/calf operation, backgrounder feedlot, and grain farm. Non-smoking environment.

Class 1A license required. Families are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Raymond to leave a message 204-937-7371

SASKATCHEWAN CUSTOM FARMING operation seeking Full-time and Part-time employees for 2018. Competitive wages and scheduled time off. Housing and meal plans supplied. Must be at least 18 and have or be willing to acquire AZ/1A license. Inquire by phone to: 306-776-2510, MECHANIC/FARM WORKER WANTED for or e-mail: flatrocktrucks@outlook.com PT(or FT) work on modern mixed farm from Apr.-Nov. near Calgary, Must have mechanALTHOUSE HONEY FARMS INC. 1/2 ics for modern equip., operating seeder, mile south Porcupine Plain, SK., 500 McAl- combine and tractors. Valid Class 3, preferlister Avenue. 7 positions required for ably Class 1. Housing negotiable, start 2018 season, May to October. Wages now, good fit for semi-retired with flex. hrs. $13-$18/hr. depending upon experience. Send resume to: lscattleco@xplornet.com Job duties: assisting in spring hive inspec- fax 403-335-0086 or call between 9AMtion, unwrapping, and splitting, supering, 4PM 403-335-3694. building supers and honey frames, honey removal and extracting, fall feeding, applying mite control and wrapping hives for winter. No education required. WCB coverage. Phone Ron Althouse 306-278-7345, FULL-TIME POSITION ON a cow/calf operEmail: althousehoney@sasktel.net ation. Must have knowledge of calving, AI, general farm work, working with a show 2 SEASONAL FARM Machinery Operators herd of Angus and Simmental cattle. One required. Must be able to operate grain bedroom apartment available. The RK farm cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor is located in Central Ontario. Contact Sandy w/rockpicker, 4 WD tractor for harrowing. Reid at rkanimalsupplies@xplornet.com or Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcut- call 519-588-7560. ter bees and general servicing of equip.

May 1 to Nov. 15. $15-$18/hr. 101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 306-338-3733, ph 306-338-7561 or cfehr9860@hotmail.com FARM MANAGER: PAGE FARMS is seeking a Manager for the 3000 ac. grain farm DAIRY HERD MANAGER wanted on a Farm of Winnipeg. Candidate must have exp. progressive dairy farm. Milking 240 cows SW in all aspects of grain farming, as well as in a new facility with an automated milk- plan and execute all areas of the farm ing system in SE Manitoba. Management (inputs, supplies, for relationship responsibilities include herd health, breed- building, employeemarketing, mgmt., of ing program and some barn equipment equip., building & facilities, maintenance keeping, maintenance. Be part of a management book keeping & more) in an record efficient & cost team that includes the owners, a veteri- effective manner. Must be mechanically narian, a nutritionist and equipment spe- inclined & have a class 1A license (or be cialists. For more info. contact Charles at willing to obtain one). The position is 204-371-0711 or David at 204-371-6081. salaried (will depend on experience) and also includes housing, vehicle & cell phone.

FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. Great opportunity for a family, has a Applicants should have previous farm ex- supportive community & schooling nearby. perience and mechanical ability. Duties in- To apply, forward resume with references & clude operation of machinery, including cover letter to: pagefarm@mymts.net or tractors and other farm equipment, as well mail to: PAGE Farms, Box 59, Starbuck, MB as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour R0G 2P0. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2018. depending on experience. Must be able to cross US border. Location: Pierson, MB. Feland Bros. Farms, Greg Feland and Wade Feland, Box 284, Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0.

701-756-6954.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, The Saskatchewan Conservation & Development Association HOG FARM WORKERS, DeGroot Pork Net Inc. (SaskCDA) is currently accepting apInc., Silver, MB., is looking for full-time plications for the position of Executive Diworkers. Job duties include daily chores, rector. As the Executive Director, you will assisting sows at farrowing, AI, breeding, represent the Board at meetings with othsome minor record keeping, etc. We have er Agencies dealing with water managetwo locations in Interlake, MB. One is locat- ment. You will also deal directly with the ed 7 miles SW of Arborg, MB., and the Secretary-Treasurers of the 100 C&Ds and other is at 9 miles SW of Fisher Branch, MB. 13 WABs located throughout the province.

Weekend work required. Experience an You will also be responsible along with the asset but not required. Starting wage is $12 Board to organize an Annual General Meet-15.28/hr., plus benefits. Please E-mail ing as well as any other meetings that may resumes to: hr.degrootpork@gmail.com or be called. You will be expected to keep the mail to: Box 874, Arborg, MB., R0C 0A0, SaskCDA website current. The Executive 519-800-4095.

Director is responsible, along with the Board, to determine an annual budget and FARM LABOURERS WANTED. Lincoln to set and collect the membership and inGardens is a seasonal vegetable farm locat- surance fees for the C&Ds and WABs. The ed at Lumsden, SK. Seeking 8 seasonal field Executive Director maintains accurate aclabourers, starting April 15, 2018. Duties counting records and has the books auditinclude: Planting, weeding and harvesting ed. The Executive Director is also responvegetable crops. Sort, wash, weigh vegeta- sible to ensure that the SaskCDA bles. Hand move irrigation pipes. 50 to 60 maintains its status as a Non Profit Orhrs./week. Must be available weekends. ganization. Location of position flexible Starting wage is $11.00/hr. Send resume with location of suitable candidate. Salary with references to: Lincoln Gardens, Box and benefits as well as starting date are negotiable. Please E-mail ed@saskcda.org 750, Lumsden, SK., S0G 3C0. to request a job description.

FARM HAND REQUIRED for a cow/calf feed lot. Must be able to operate equipment.

Main duties will include feeding and care of cattle. Wage will depend on experience. On EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 DRIVERS wanted farm housing available. Call 780-524-9322. to haul livestock or gravel. Health plan and safety bonuses. Year round work.

DAIRY FARM MANAGER: Permanent full- 403-625-4658. time position on robotic milk farm, experience required. hmvandersluijs@gmail.com LOG TRUCK DRIVERS WANTED for winter run. Tractor/trailer experience a must.

Will train for logs. Ph 780-836-2538. Send resume to: Albert Greschner Holdings Ltd., Box 447, Manning, AB. T0H 2M0

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FDN. & CERT. CDC Spectrum; CDC Amaril- ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid lo. High germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale.

Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, Farm Ltd., 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. service, installations, repairs. Canadian CERTIFIED AAC ARDILL yellow peas. 1ST AND 2ND cut alfalfa for sale, 3x4 company. We carry aeration socks and Call Hickseeds 306-354-7998 (Barry) or square bales, no rain and feed test grain bags. Also electric chute openers for 306-229-9517 (Dale), Mossbank, SK. available. Call 403-501-9307, Tilley, AB. grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000.

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