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Five commodity group merger discussed at Ag Days Some are concerned the merger could cause more checkoff refunds

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EMS closures and inconsistent signage have some producers worried

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Brandon

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ncreased checkoff withdrawals and reduced farmer control were top concerns during a discussion at Ag Days Jan. 16 on merging five Manitoba crop commodity groups.

“I worry that it will be extremely easy (if there’s one group instead of five) for a farmer to pick up the phone and get See group merger on page 6 »

Farmers gather in Winnipeg for Keystone Agricultural Producers annual general meeting.

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anitoba farmers are concerned medical assistance won’t be there when they need it most.

L a s t s u m m e r, t h e p r ov i n c e’s Progressive Conservative government announced it would close 23 emergency medical service (or EMS) stations. Now, producers are calling on the government to provide more

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information about how emergency services will be provided once those stations are shuttered.

“That’s a great concern for farmers and rural communities,” said Simon Ellis, who represents District 7. He put forward a resolution on the issue at Keystone Agricultural Producers’ annual general meeting in Winnipeg last week.

“Response times are critical to people who have been injured and we don’t want to see farmers losing their lives or their infrastructure, if it’s in

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Scientists want to understand behaviour of invasive weeds

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Why are certain plants able to enter a new ecosystem and run riot?

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CROPS Big bushels An Ag Days speaker says 70-bushel canola is possible

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CROSSROADS Mental anguish Ag Days speakers tout mental health efforts on the farm

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MORE NEWS Bean battle Monsanto is facing some stiff competition for soybean seed

s it possible to predict which non-native plant species will become invasive weeds and when? According to research featured in the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management, the answer is “hopefully yes.”

Researchers say invasive species generally follow a threephase development curve — from lag to expansion to plateau. The length and rapidity of the expansion phase varies and determines how aggressively a plant spreads.

“Understanding the source of this variation can help us predict which non-native species become invasive,” says Pedro Antunes, who co-authored the paper with Brandon Schamp, both of Algoma University in Sudbury.

“The key is to take a best practices-based approach to gathering and comparing data about past invaders.”

It turns out the information to track these invasions is out there, it’s just a matter of finding it and making sure it’s adequate.

The starting point is records collected by universities, museums and governments, some dating back to the 1700s.

Researchers then verify their

Kudzu, or Japanese arrowroot, is an invasive vine that climbs and encases anything it encounters, including native vegetation like these trees in Mississippi. It’s sometimes called ‘the vine that ate the South.’

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accuracy and confirm the origin and biological classification of the plants, creating a ‘family tree’ that links it to other plants.

Researchers then systematically collect new data annually using 10 square kilometre quadrants to evaluate the abundance of non-native plants and compare the “invasion curve”

to determine what traits make plants aggressively grow and expand.

“As our knowledge increases, we can make better-informed predictions about the likelihood of particular species becoming invasive and the timeline they will travel as they do so,” Antunes says.

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Uncertainty puts brakes on hog barns

Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler is optimistic about NAFTA, noting Trump can’t end the deal without support from the Senate and the House of Representatives

BY ALLAN DAWSON

U.S. won’t recapture TPP opportunity in coming years Canada’s beef and pork producers are poised to benefit from the resurrected Trans-Pacific Partnership

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anitoba needs 40 new hog barns over the next five years to meet nearby processor demand, but the province’s agriculture minister says NAFTA uncertainty is hindering that development.

“I would say that is part of the problem, to be honest,” Ralph Eichler told reporters at Ag Days here Jan. 16. “There’s that uncertainly. But let’s be clear (President Donald) Trump can tear NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) up, but it still has to go through the Senate through the House of Representatives, so we have a deal until such time as the political will is there to end it once and for all. But it’s too important for us to be able to give up on that right now. I think we’re sitting fine.”

Manitoba needs to produce 1,500 more slaughter hogs a day to meet the processing capacity of Maple Leaf Foods and Hylife Foods, Eichler said.

“That’s without any new trade in regards to CETA (Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement with the European Union),” he said.

Eichler said he’s only aware of plans for three new hog barns to be built.

“There are municipalities looking at it,” he said, because they see hog production as good for their local economy.

Still hopeful Speaking to reporters at Ag Days one year ago Eichler said he was optimistic Trump would see NAFTA’s value and last week said his position hasn’t changed.

“I think he ( Trump) sees opportunities for trade...”

Eichler said. “I am very impressed with Sonny Perdue, the secretary of agriculture.

He’s very pro-trade. His deputy secretary is also pro-trade. So I think we have all the right people in our camp in order to ensure that we do get it right.”

American and Canadian elected state and provincial officials representing agricultural and rural issues passed a resolution in support of NAFTA during the 2018 Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit (LACS) hosted by the State Ag and Rural

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Leaders (SARL) in Kansas City, Missouri Jan. 5 to 7, said Eichler, who attended the event.

The resolution was sent to Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and every state and provincial government.

“We come (sic) out of there unified as an organization,” Eichler said. “Yes we realize there are some concerns over supply management, but none that would be an impairment to moving forward with NAFTA. “I feel very strongly that we’re going to be just fine.”

Eichler said he sees more hope in trade deals with Asia, such as the since-announced TPP II, than with the muchtouted European agreement known as CETA, that came into effect last year.

“I see that as an opportunity for us to capture more of the Asian market, in particular with the pork market and also the canola, also peas and beans... ” he said.

“I can’t see a lot of gains in regards to CETA mainly because of the European organic mode that they’re in right now... ”

Beef growth Manitoba beef cattle numbers are up 38,000 from a year ago, but it’s nowhere where it needs to be, Eichler said.

There has been lots of discussion about building a soybeancrushing plant in Manitoba, he said.

“I can tell you this much.

I’ve had several inquiries, but I haven’t seen any cheques yet.

They always say the cheque is in the mail, but unless I get a cheque we’re not going to be

making the announcement soon about what that might look like.”

Last week the Westman Opportunities Leadership Group ( WOLG) received a $75,000 grant from the Manitoba government’s Partner 4 Growth program to assist its efforts to attract a soybeancrushing plant.

There’s increased optimism about attracting more agricultural processing to Manitoba, and especially around Portage la Prairie, in the wake of construction of Roquette’s pea plant at Portage, Eichler said.

“They’ve had lots and lots of opportunities — people coming, knocking on their doors saying, ‘jeez, what is it that Portage has, and what is it that Manitoba has that is so darn interesting... ?” he said.

“Of course we look forward to working in partnerships with them in order to get more business opportunities.”

Manitoba farmers might know in March whether fuels used to heat barns, greenhouses and dry grain will be exempt from a provincial carbon tax, Eichler said.

Fuels in farm implements are exempt from Manitoba’s $25-a-tonne carbon tax Premier Brian Pallister unveiled in October.

“We’ve been listening and working with our farm families... ” Eichler said. “We want to make sure our farmers remain competitive. So the jury’s still out, but we’re certainly working on it.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

anada’s entry into a resurrected Trans-Pacific Partnership bodes well for the province and for the country, say those in the know.

Speaking at Keystone Agricultural Producers annual general meeting in Winnipeg last week, Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture Ralph Eichler, said the pork industry will be the biggest winner under the new deal, which was rechristened as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership during talks in Japan earlier this year.

Beef and honey will also see substantial benefits, according to the minister.

“It’s an opportunity... to get in on the ground floor if you will.

We’ve done a number of trade deals over the past number of years, but certainly this will open the door for more opportunities,” said Eichler, noting that Japan in particular is a significant importer of Canadian beef, as well as pork. Vietnam is also a big importer of pork products.

When U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the original Trans-Pacific Partnership last January, many believed the deal was dead. However, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and Canada ultimately forged on ahead.

“I’m not overly concerned that the United States is not in on it,” Eichler said. “I see it as

an opportunity for Canada to really focus on getting more deals done before they finally do decide to come in, if they do decide to come in.”

Dermot Hayes, an American economist and consultant to the U.S. National Pork Producers Council said it’s likely that the U.S. will likely remain out in the cold even after the “craziness” in Washington subsides.

“I think the U.S. will recognize, eventually, that not participating in these agreements is against its long-run, vested interests, but that’s not the case right now, right now we’re measuring benefits of trade based on a simple number called the visible trade deficit and eventually we need to realize that Canada will have preferential access, the European Union will have preferential access,” said Hayes. “I don’t think the other countries will let us back in, all 11 countries would have to vote yes and if you’re in Canadian agriculture and you have that preferential access to Japan, do you want the Americans in that market? I don’t think it happens.”

Continuing economic growth in China will present other trade opportunities for the U.S., but Hayes believes the U.S. has missed substantial opportunity by not participating in the reimagined Trans-Pacific Partnership.

“At some point the U.S. has to come to its senses,” he said — a process he expects to take “three more years” to complete. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublising.com

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

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o, your editor has not suddenly developed a love of free-form beatnik poetry in middle age, producing that seemingly nonsensical headline.

It might not look like it, but those unrelated words are conveying critical information that could save lives under the right circumstances.

The problem is a familiar one to any Gord Gilmour rural resident — how do you tell someEditor one unfamiliar with your neck of the woods how to get somewhere?

“Go four miles north, turn east at the old school, then north again at the red barn,” is fine when it’s something that isn’t critical. But when the stakes are higher, that just won’t cut it.

Perhaps the most glaring example of this is rural emergency services. Police, ambulance and fire vehicles need to get to where they’re going as quickly as possible, and often that can be in a relative middle of nowhere. When they get lost on the way the stakes can be life or death.

The problem loomed large during the resolution discussion last week at the annual general meeting of the Keystone Agricultural. (See story on front page.)

With emergency medical stations closing throughout rural Manitoba and calls being answered by centralized dispatches, the province’s farmers are rightly a bit worried.

Suddenly it’s not local women and men responding to the calls, but personnel from much farther afield, with little or no local knowledge.

Add to that there’s no coherent system of conveying geographic locations, as Shannon VanRaes reported, and one has the makings of a serious situation. Right now the province has a patchwork of different standards, leaving those seeking emergency services wondering just how they should tell an ambulance operator how to get ‘here from there.’

In some rural municipalities, properties are assigned numbers, but those standards vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, leading to confusion. GPS co-ordinates might work, but they are a long string of digits that can be easily confused when the caller is under stress. In the middle of a heart attack, there is no time to try to rattle off latitude: 49.911304, longitude: -97.202134. As for directions based on geographic features, let’s just say there are a lot of old schools and red barns in rural Manitoba.

The answer to this thorny problem may lay with a frustrated concert promoter from the United Kingdom. A few years back, Chris Sheldrick was struggling to get bands and equipment to venues — venues that could, in the case of music festivals, be isolated and hard to find, often in rural England. Eventually he and partner Mohan Ganesalingam hit upon a concept that would convey this sort of information quickly and easily.

In ‘simple’ terms they divided the world into three-metre squares — about 57 trillion of them — and give each one a three-word name based on a list of about 25,000 words. Their app or online platform (what3words.com) can then be used to find a location and the assigned three-word code. In the case of both the headline and the GPS location used in this article, I have given you the location of the offices of this publication, for example.

An approach like this has a few other merits, in addition to being a simple way to tag a location. Unlike a property number system, this approach can not just tell emergency responders where a field is, but also where within a field the problem lays. It also requires no data connection, other than the GPS function of most phones, as the entire information package is roughly the size of two or three full-resolution still photos or song files.

In other parts of the world, it has amassed a track record of success as the music promoters suddenly find themselves heading a tech startup. The Red Cross and United Nations are already using it to co-ordinate disaster relief efforts.

Mercedes Benz is beginning to include it as a navigation option in its cars. Postal services in Mongolia and Nigeria, locales with substantial nomadic populations, use it to coordinate deliveries to these groups.

It’s not a perfect system and there are some caveats. A private company owns it, rather than being open source or public. The organization has, however, stated it will find a way to work with non-profit entities that’s fair, and has offered assurances that if the company fails, the data and system will go open source, lowering the likelihood of it becoming an ‘orphan’ technology.

One thing is certain — we all now exist in an era where it’s possible to design and implement these sorts of solutions that mask the complexity behind the scenes and make the interface for the user simple and intuitive.

Where better to do that than for emergency services? gord.gilmour@fbcpublishing.com

Fifth Avenue cowboys

BY ALAN GUEBERT Farm & Food

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aybe it’s a sign of our fast-changing times, but paradox and irony seem as common today as lunch and supper.

For example, the world’s largest taxi company, Uber, owns no taxis and the world’s second-largest air force is the U.S. Navy.

The same is true of the beef sector. As of mid-January, the owner of the world’s largest cattle feedlot operation isn’t a rancher, a feedlot operator or even a meat packer.

It’s Pinnacle Asset Management, L.P., an “alternative asset management firm,” based at 712 Fifth Ave. in New York.

It became the nation’s largest cattle feeder Jan. 18 when it purchased JBS USA’s massive operation, known as Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, for “approximately US$200 million.”

JBS USA is the American arm of Brazilian meat packer JBS S.A., a global meat company whose majority owners, Wesley and Joesely Batista, are eyeball deep in scandals in their home country.

Last fall, JBS S.A. announced a “divestment program” to finance a US$3.2-billion fine levied against the brothers for an alleged bribery scheme in Brazil. Shortly thereafter, JBS sold the Canadian branch of Five Rivers, a 75,000-head feeding operation in Brooks, Alta., for US$40 million. The most recent sale marks JBS’s exit from all North American cattle feeding.

In fact, the JBS-Pinnacle deal marks the first time in decades that no major U.S. meat packer owns any cattle.

That’s a big deal because for decades cowboys and feedlot owners not “aligned” complained bitterly that packer-controlled cattle allowed Big Meat to manipulate cattle prices.

The current wave of divestitures, however, won’t prevent packers from having access to cattle in their once-owned feedlots. As part

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of their $200-million deal with Pinnacle, JBS noted that Pinnacle “will continue delivering fed cattle to JBS USA packing plants.”

So JBS USA, like Uber, and Cargill, too, for that matter, has figured out it doesn’t need inventory in order to sell inventory. It only needs unlimited access to inventory.

But it’s even more paradoxical than that.

In its purchase announcement, Pinnacle explained that it was “excited to work closely with our operating partner, Arcadia Asset Management, and our strategic partner, Ospraie Management, to support… Five Rivers’ talented management team.”

So three new firms are now the functional equivalent of the former one and none have explained what their exact roles in America’s biggest cattle feeding company will be other than to supply cattle to its former owner.

In a presentation last Aug. 8, Pinnacle described itself as having a global investor base which “... includes public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and family offices.”

Does even one of Pinnacle’s “global investor base” know that their asset manager just bet US$200 million on a business where, according to Iowa State University data, cattle feeders lost an average US$51.57 per head from 2008 through 2017?

Now that’s a paradox. Despite the irrefutable, long-term unprofitability of cattle feeding, cattle continue to be fed and packers continue to make money. In fact, there seems to be so much money in cattle feeding now that even Fifth Avenue cowboys are getting in the game.

Facts can’t explain it and it’s almost certain the federal government won’t question it. So it’s a rather safe bet something other than an actual paradox is at work here.

An even safer bet is that you and I are going to pay for it.

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

February 1992

he Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) had been going on for 5-1/2 years in February 1992. Though it continued to stretch for another two years, there was concern that an impending agreement would limit Canada’s ability to maintain supply management. A crowd of farmers and other supporters, estimated at between 30,000 and 40,000, travelled to Ottawa to show their support for the marketing system. Most were from Ontario and Quebec but there were also busloads from B.C. to Newfoundland and it was estimated that one-third of the dairy farmers from P.E.I. were there. A crowd of close to 1,000 dairy and poultry farmers also held a meeting at a Winnipeg hotel, with speakers warning that the GATT agreement could put 2,400 Manitoba producers’ jobs on the line.

Earlier that month in Ottawa, Russian President Boris Yeltsin had been in Ottawa and signed a long-term agreement to buy 25 million tonnes of wheat and barley over the next five years. However, there were concerns emerging about whether Russia and the states formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union would be good credit risks.

That month Iowa pork producers passed a resolution asking for a ban on Canadian imports because of unfair trade practices, citing support under the national tripartite program, which had paid $18.98 per hog in the fourth quarter of 1991 and $16.55 for the third quarter.

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A method to its madness There’s more to Richardson’s canola council withdrawal than meets the eye

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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anola is a Canadian success story and there’s no disputing the Canola Council of Canada’s role in making it so.

That’s why when Richardson International, Canada’s largest grain company, didn’t renew its council membership in 2018, there was shock, disappointment, concern and even anger.

Why would Richardson suddenly pull out of an organization with a proven track record benefiting the entire canola sector?

Richardson’s senior vicepresident corporate affairs and general counsel, JeanMarc Ruest, said his company wants the canola council, the Flax Council of Canada and Soy Canada to form a single oilseeds council to save m o n e y. Fa i r e n o u g h , b u t leaving the council seemed extreme, almost petulant.

Dig deeper and the picture changes.

First, this isn’t new. For several years Richardson has been promoting greater council efficiency, but Richardson says the can just kept getting kicked down the road.

Second, Richardson’s decision wasn’t sudden. The council was warned more than a year ago Richardson would secede without reforms.

And third, Richardson wasn’t alone. Viterra, Canada’s second-largest grain company, was united with Richardson on streamlining the council.

Viterra was going to walk too, according to reliable sources, but had a change of heart at the last minute.

Had the council lost its two biggest grain companymembers, the question would be, ‘what’s going on with the council?’ instead of, ‘what’s with Richardson?’

Sources also say most other major grain companies share Richardson’s position.

If so, why hasn’t the council acted?

The answer perhaps rests in how the council functions.

Policy is based on consensus — an approach that has served the council, and the industry well, for more than 50 years, but can also stifle change.

The status quo has a lot of momentum. Change isn’t easy, especially in the face of success.

There’s no disputing, including by Richardson, that the canola council does good work. Its top-notch staff is professional in everything it does.

C a n o l a’s v a l u e t o t h e Canadian economy tripled over the past decade to $26.7 billion a year, said an independent analysis released by the council last year. The council is credited with deftly pulling together disparate and

competing interests in the pursuit of a common cause.

Richardson mustn’t become complacent, or forget the council’s role getting canola to where it is.

If it ain’t broke, why fix it?

It’s about time and money and the bigger picture.

As canola production has grown, so too have council revenues and spending.

Membership in Soy Canada and the canola and flax councils, cost Richardson “well over” $1 million a year, Ruest says. Most of that money went the canola council.

Moreover, membership in every industry association eats up Richardson staff time. And often the issues dealt by different associations are the same or similar.

Despite its huge contribution, Richardson had no more say in the canola council than any other member.

That’s a good thing for the sake of industry co-operation and trust. But it underscores inequities in the council’s funding model.

Coincidently Cereals Canada’s entire budget is just $1 million.

Cereals Canada, like the canola council, is funded by farmers, grain and life science companies. Both organizations do market development and tackle trade issues.

The council has 38 employees compared to Cereals Canada’s six.

The council had $15.7 mill i o n i n re v e n u e s i n 2 0 1 6 .

H o w e v e r, u n l i k e C e r e a l s Canada, the council is heavily involved in agronomy and research, which are highly valued by farmers.

And agronomy is paying off. Canadian canola yields jumped 61 per cent over 20 years to average of 42.3 bushels an acre in 2016. Improved genetics are part of it, but so are better farming practices.

Richardson questions the council’s role in agronomy. An alternative is to transfer it to the provincial canola grower associations, or the Canadian Canola Growers Association with the appropriate reduction in council membership fees to offset the cost.

The elephant in the room is that canola is a victim of its own success.

T h e C i n d e re l l a c r o p, s o named for its rags-to-riches story, has been transformed f ro m we e d y, l ow - y i e l d i n g , industrial oil-producing rapeseed, to canola, a resilient, high-yielding crop that produces heart-healthy oil and valued protein meal for livestock. Canola is probably, most years, western Canadian farmers’ most profitable crop.

Fifty years ago canola needed the focus and dedication of a single industry association to push it to where it is today. Canola mustn’t coast, but it’s time to take stock of what’s been accomplished,

what still needs to be accomplished and determine the most efficient way to deliver it.

Far mers don’t grow only canola, and grain companies don’t just handle canola. To re m a i n s u s t a i n a b l e f a r m ers need a range of profitable crop options.

The flax council closed its office Jan. 31 due to a lack o f f u n d s, l a r g e l y b e c a u s e Richardson pulled out of it too. The flax council will operate online with a single parttime employee. But think of what the flax council could do with at least a full-time administrator and agronomist working out of the canola council’s office.

An oilseed council could continue to promote canola, but also work to make flax more profitable, making farmers less reliant on canola, whose tight rotations threaten future profitability.

Some farmers complain of ‘checkoff fatigue.’ In response f i ve Ma n i t o b a c o m m o d i t y groups — wheat and barley, pulse and soybean, corn, sunflowers and flax growers — are proposing to merge. The goal is to make better use of farmers’ money by improving the profitability and sustainability of all their crops.

Richardson is proposing the same with an oilseeds council.

Let the debate begin. allan@fbcpublishing.com

TPP II: Hedging against NAFTA, and America The deal looks good for most farms but supply management will likely suffer and should plan for the future

BY SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS Dalhousie University

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ven as the North American free trade agreement talks continue, we’ve learned that the TransPacific Partnership is not dead after all.

In fact, the trade deal among Pacific Rim countries has a new name: the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Along with Canada, it includes Japan, Mexico, Malaysia and seven other countries. The pact was made without the participation of the United States, which represented 60 per cent of the original group’s combined GDP. This was a massive loss for sure, but nonetheless, the CPTPP remains an important global deal.

The original deal was all about the United States and Japan trying to counter China’s economic emergence. Donald Trump pulled his country out of the deal when he became U.S. president, but the world is marching on, so it seems, with-

out the United States. CPTPP is indeed NAFTA – minus the United States, of course – but with a new link to a rapidly growing market.

For Canada, this is a significant gain on the world stage. If the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was an opportunity for Canada to become a trading platform between two continents, CPTPP is a clear statement that Canada wants to become a relevant player worldwide.

This can only make our agrifood sector much stronger.

Our grain and livestock industries will now have the chance to make a dent in many Asian markets. But for our supplymanaged sectors, which believe that serving Canada’s population of 36 million is enough, signing CPTPP represents a new challenge.

The new deal will allow more dairy, eggs and poultry products into our market. Details have not yet been released, but it appears CPTPP will loosen tariffs on some products that are not currently allowed in our market. In other words, sup-

If CETA created a breach in our highly protectionist scheme, CPTPP will blow it wide open.

ply management’s supremacy is slowly disintegrating. If CETA created a breach in our highly protectionist scheme, CPTPP will blow it wide open.

Maintaining supply management has been, to a large extent, a disservice to the sector. Those still in the system are content and are desperately trying to convince the Canadian public that supply management serves them well.

But it only serves those still in the system.

Thousands of farms have disappeared over the past few decades, even though supply management was established to protect the family farm.

The number of dairy farms in Canada has gone from more

than 40,000 to about 11,000.

With poultry and egg production, we have seen even more consolidation. This is a worldwide trend, but it begs the question: Why are we maintaining the status quo?

Through the years, politicians have all declared their support for supply management – with one notable exception: Maxime Bernier, who ended up losing the Conservative Party leadership race as a result. But governments are signing pacts that are slowly destroying supply management from the outside – while publicly supporting the regime.

Me a n w h i l e, s o m e m a j o r stakeholders are not waiting for governments to become more forthcoming and are hedging their bets against supply management. Canadian companies such as Saputo have already taken a position in the AsiaPacific market by investing in Australia.

Canadian supporters of international trade should recognize, no matter what the politics are, that the Trudeau government did the right thing in agreeing to CPTPP. It validated

the work of the Harper government by capturing the essence of the TPP deal.

Signing this deal will mean that, by 2025, Canada’s farmers and food processors, with their ambitious targets, could increase Canada’s agri-food exports to at least $75 billion annually.

CPTPP members probably hope the United States will eventually come to its senses a n d e m b ra c e m u l t i l a t e ra l agreements again. Until then, corridors crossing the Pacific to accommodate more trade will only get stronger.

As we ratify this deal, we need to remember that supply management requires a different approach – one based in reality.

Instead of fuelling what is already a highly polarized debate on the issue, we have to think about what Supply Management 2.0 will look like.

And considering what is to come, sectors are running out of time.

Sylvain Charlebois, is professor in Food Distribution and Policy at Dalhousie University.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

FROM PAGE ONE group merger Continued from page 1

all of his checkoffs back in one quick phone call,” Starbuck farmer Ed Rempel said during a question and comment period following a presentation on the proposed merger of the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers, Manitoba Flax Growers, the National Sunflower Association of Canada and Manitoba Corn Growers and Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers.

“Even more worrisome is that there are major western Canadian farm accounting firms that are now suggesting that farmers request their checkoffs back, which I consider treasonous.”

Rempel said about eight per cent of farmers request a checkoff refund from Prairie canola associations.

Rempel said he thought if refund requests exceed 13 per cent the Manitoba government would decertify the association.

Turns out the threshold is higher. According to regulations under the Agricultural Producers’ Organization Funding Act, if checkoff refunds from a commodity group within any year exceed 30 per cent of the farmers, and accounts for at least 30 per cent of the checkoff collected, a referendum must be held to determine whether the organization should continue to be designated and therefore eligible for a checkoff.

If a majority of farmers vote against continuing the designation, the Manitoba Farm Products Marketing Council shall recommend to the minister of agriculture that the designation be revoked, the regulations state.

Rob Hannam of Synthesis Agri-Food Network, who has been hired to assist in the merger discussions, spoke about the proposal Jan. 16 at Ag Days. PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

“I worry that it will be extremely easy for a farmer to pick up the phone and get all of his checkoffs back in one quick phone call. Even more worrisome is that there are major western Canadian farm accounting firms that are now suggesting that farmers request their checkoffs back, which I consider treasonous.”

Ed Rempel

Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association chair Fred Greig says the merger idea came from farmers not grain companies or processors.

However, another farmer said by not merging, checkoff refund requests could increase.

“I look at the younger generation coming along right

now,” the farmer said. “They are looking at their operations as a line item — expenses. I think that a larger group may bring some betterment possibly — some better research,

During a discussion at Ag Days Jan. 16, Starbuck farmer Ed Rempel said he’s worried the merger of five commodity groups will make it easier for farmers to request a checkoff refund.

better staffing. Hopefully if we’re doing our jobs it will be status quo. But we still run a real risk of withdrawals doing what we’re doing today.”

Lowe Farm farmer Butch Harder said he worries merging the five organizations will create a big workload for farmer-elected directors who will rely increasingly on staff to run the organization.

“I can just see this being an industry takeover of a research organization,” Harder said. “If industry takes it over, they look after themselves not the farmers.”

Farmers first Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association chair Fred Greig said he doesn’t expect to spend more on hiring staff.

“I guess from my standpoint what we see is that staff might be prepping me as a director so I don’t have to spend quite as much time going through those reports,” Greig replied.

Later when asked if grain companies or processors had suggested the merger, Greig said: “No, absolutely not. This is not a new idea. Producers over a number of years have had the suggestion that there should be more co-operation.

I know from Manitoba Wheat and Barley’s standpoint we tried to work with Alberta and Saskatchewan and we had the idea maybe we should be working with Manitoba as well.”

MacGregor farmer Curtis Sims asked since no one person can be an expert in all crops, how directors of a merged board will show leadership for particular crops.

Will the board consist of ‘gen-

eralists,’ or will subcommittees be established for specific crops?

“We are still in the middle of that,” said Rob Hannam of Synthesis Agri-Food Network, which has been hired to assist in the merger discussions. “At this point we’re thinking generalists.”

When Hannam asked what Sims would suggest, Sims said each crop needs a leader.

Ongoing idea The idea to merge the associations evolved over the past few years. Four of the five groups are headquartered in a Carman office owned by the Corn Growers and had already been collaborating.

Earlier in the meeting, Hannam said the groups believe by merging they can serve farmers more efficiently, making their checkoff dollars go further.

An amalgamation proposal ( h t t p s : / / w w w. m b c r o p s. c a ) released in December says if they merge the new organization would focus on the same things the five currently do — research, agronomy and market development.

The organization would be governed by a farmer board of 15 directors, elected at large, representing all farmers growing crops currently represented by the five organizations.

The merger has been discussed at four public meetings, including Ag Days.

Farmers can also talk about the idea when the associations hold their annual meetings during CropConnect in February.

A final vote will be held at each of the five organizations’ annual meetings in February 2019, or at a special meeting of members, the report says.

“The goal, subject to approval by the Manitoba Farm Products Marketing Council (MFPMC) and Manitoba Agriculture, is that the regulation designating the new organization as the representative organization of producers of the named crops will be effective on August 1, 2019,” the report says. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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announced that new EMS stations will be built in Alonsa, Eriksdale, Manigotagan, Miniota and Cowan. Existing s t a t i o n s i n Gl e n b o ro a n d Virden will be upgraded to regional hubs.

A total of 29 new paramedic positions will also be created under the new model, although some will be filled by moving existing staff from on-call and call-back shifts to full-time positions, a move the provincial government says will save money.

“It’s quite concerning,” said Dan Mazier, KAP president.

The Justice-area farmer said it’s hard to fathom how greater distances between EMS stations could result in shorter wait times for those facing an emergency.

He also questions the process used to determine which stations would be closed, noting there was little, if any, consultation with rural municipalities or other rural organizations about the issue prior to the government’s announcement last summer.

Recommendations to close the 23 stations came from the EMS Review Task Force, which was created by the previous provincial government in 2013.

The task force included representatives from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Red River College, the paramedics’

union, an air ambulance service provider, a rural EMS manager and provincial bureaucrats. However, organizations representing rural municipalities and rural health authorities were not part of the task force.

“It’s a lot more top-down than I thought it was going to be and that’s always concerning when you start to see governments doing that, especially in our health-care system,” Mazier said.

Staff not facilities M a n i t o b a’s M i n i s t e r o f Agr iculture Ralph Eichler, spoke to producers at the meeting and noted the government has been in discussions with STARS Air Ambulance regarding the changes to rural service, but directed further questions to Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen.

For his part, the health minister emphasized that the new model is not about brick-andmortar ambulance garages.

“It’s about investing in more full-time paramedics working in rural Manitoba so that we are able to match resources with call volumes and provide Manitobans with a reliable and responsive service when they need it,” Goertzen said. “While we understand that change is difficult, particularly in rural communities, we are certain that Manitobans will experience either the same or better levels of service from highly trained and professional para-

“Response times are critical to people who have been injured and we don’t want to see farmers losing their lives or their infrastructure, if it’s in the case of a fire.”

Simon Ellis

medics who will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”

But EMS station closures were not the only health-care concern brought forward at the Keystone meeting. Even under the existing EMS model, many producers say response times are hampered by a patchwork system used to direct ambulances and fire apparatus.

A second resolution moved

by Ellis proposed that Keystone Agricultural Producers “lobby the Manitoba government to investigate the challenges associated with identifying rural locations and access routes,” and “develop a solution that will standardize and sim plify the ability of emergency responders to identify these locations and the best routes for accessing them.”

Several producers spoke to the issue.

“I hope that everybody can support this,” said Don Dewar, who represents District 11, recalling the recent death of a neighbour who had suffered a heart attack.

SEE THE

“The ambulance got lost and he died,” said Dewar. “Now whether he would have survived or not is another question, but the ambulance took three-quar ters of an hour to find him six miles from Dauphin.”

He said that 911 calls in his area are routed through Brandon and that call takers there are unfamiliar with the area being serviced.

“I’m quicker phoning the local fire department and telling it where I am,” he said. “We really need to get this sorted out in this province.”

Unreliable How properties are identified varies from municipality to municipality and producers at the meeting expressed uncertainty as to whether they should give emergency dispatchers the number assigned to the property, a GPS location or landmark-based directions.

Keith Castonguay, director of the Manitoba Farm Safety Program, said he has spoken to the Office of the Fire

Commissioner and representatives from the RCMP about the issues around effectively locating emergency callers. He said that better training and standardization are key to improving response times.

“It became very clear it is a fractured system and there are multiple layers involved with it,” he said.

Les Ferris of District 2 added that a big part of the problem with giving out the so-called 911 number issued to a property is that signage can be inconsistent and difficult to spot. “Part of the problem is the standardization of the road markers, some municipalities jumped before there was a standard and those numbers are the blue ones that a lot of people see; of course the green ones are standard and a lot easier to identify and read,” he said.

Mazier noted that poor cellular service also continues to hamper emergency services and communication in rural areas of the province. “ We all understand that things gotta change, that things are going to be modernized, we see that and do that in agriculture quite a bit and certainly in health services. But there’s got to be better tools to stop people from slipping through the cracks,” he said.

Both resolutions were passed. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

Feds to help fund Canadian Organic Standards review The update is key to ensuring organic product from Canada is recognized internationally STAFF

T

he federal government will commit $250,000 towards a review process o f t h e Ca n a d i a n O rg a n i c Standards, a procedure that must be conducted every five years.

The sector had stepped up its call for funding in recent months, noting that without resources to fund the required update the Standards is at risk of being withdrawn under the Standards Council of Canada.

Federal Minister of Agriculture and AgriFood Lawrence MacAuley announced the funding Jan. 26 acknowledging the Canadian organic industry is one of Canada’s fastest-growing agricultural sectors, with more than $5.4 billion in retail sales in 2017.

G r ow i n g t h e C a n a d i a n organic sector will contribute to the government’s goal of

reaching $75 billion in annual agri-food exports by 2025, he said.

“Canadian organic farmers and food processors are producing a quality product that consumers in Canada and around the world demand,” he said.

The current review of the Standards must be complete by 2020.

The push for this funding support came from key players in the organic sector including Canadian Organic Growers (COG), the Organic Federation of Canada (OFC), the Canadian Organic Trade Association (COTA) and others.

There was an outpouring of support for this, said a spokesperson for the COG, noting it came both from national and provincial groups within the organic community and numerous commodity organizations beyond the sector.

All want to see this sector remain competitive both domestically and abroad, said Rochelle Eisen, COG president.

Jim Robbins, president of the Organic Federation of Canada, whose mandate is the maintenance and interpretation of the Canadian Organic Standards, as well as management of scientific research in organic agriculture in Canada, said both domestic consumers and foreign buyers must be assured organic practices are both ecologically sound and consistent with current scientific knowledge. “ The rapidly growing Ca n a d i a n o r g a n i c i n d u s try depends on a sound Canadian Organic Standard,” he said.

The Canadian Organic Tr a d e A s s o c i a t i o n i s applauding the move and the partnership with Agriculture a n d A g r i - Fo o d Ca n a d a i t represents.

“We take our responsibility for providing a growing por tion of food ser iously and see the need for taking an increasingly active

The Jan. 26 federal funding announcement also includes an additional $72,500 for the COG to put toward development of a user-friendly guide to the Canadian Organic Standards.

role within agr iculture in Ca n a d a ,” s a i d Da g Fa l c k , president of COTA board.

The review process is estimated to cost approximately $550,000. The organic industry will be exploring various options with government to obtain the funds to pay the remaining amount.

T h e O r g a n i c St a n d a rd s were created and became regulated by the federal government in 2009 as international trade increased for organic products in the early 2000s.

At the time, major international trading partners said

Canadian products would be banned from their countries if an organic regulation were not put in place.

The Jan. 26 federal funding announcement also includes an additional $72,500 for the COG to put toward development of a user-friendly guide t o t h e Ca n a d i a n O r g a n i c Standards.

As well, COTA has received an additional $95,114 through the AgriMarketing Program, towards its international market development strategy. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Feb. 7: Ignite: FCC Young Farmer Summit, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.fcc-fac.ca/en/agknowledge/events/ignite.html.

Feb. 7-8: Manitoba Swine Seminar, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info call 204475-8585 or visit www.manitobas wineseminar.com.

Feb. 8-9: Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For more info or to register visit www.mbbeef.ca/ annual-meeting/.

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Feb. 27 - Mar. 1: Western Canadian Wheat Growers annual convention, Kimpton Hotel Palomar, 2121 P St. NW, Washington, D.C. For more info visit wheatgrowers.ca/events/ annual-convention.

Mar. 2: Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Forum, 12:45-4:30 p.m., Keystone Centre, 1185-18th St., Brandon. For more info visit fcc-fac.ca/en/agknowledge/events/fcc-forum.html.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

Carbon tax eating into bottom line

With a carbon tax looming in Manitoba, Alberta farmers are feeling the pain of their own

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN FBC staff

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t’s hard to put exact numbers on it — but Alberta’s carbon tax is taking its toll, say farmers.

And that toll increased at the start of the year, when the carbon tax increased to $30 a tonne — a 50 per cent jump from the initial $20-a-tonne tax implemented a year ago.

For some things, the perunit impact is known but then you have to calculate usage. For example, the Jan. 1 increase added another 50 cents to a gigajoule to natural gas prices bringing the total extra cost from the carbon tax to $1.51.

That adds up in a hurr y when you’re dr ying grain, said Stephen Vandervalk, who grows malt barley, durum, canola, and export timothy on his 10,000-acre farm near Fort Macleod, Alta.

The fuel in the tractor is exempt from the carbon tax, but not the fertilizer that’s being applied. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

“You could easily go through 400 to 600 gigajoules when you’re grain drying, or even more if you’re farming up north,” he said.

But other costs are harder t o c a l c u l a t e, s u c h a s t h e impact on the cost of shipping grain on part of the route to West Coast terminals. But it’s already very expensive to transport grain from Western Canada and none of the

export countries he competes against has a carbon levy, said Vandervalk, noting Australia had one but scrapped it.

Vandervalk is the Alberta vice-president of the Western Ca n a d i a n W h e a t Growe r s, which has been actively lobbying MPs and speaking to agricultural committees in Ottawa as the federal government prepares to bring in legislation requiring carbon taxes in every

province. (Provinces “without a provincial carbon pollution pricing system” would be subject to a federal carbon tax, starting at $10 per tonne this year, and rising to $50 per tonne by 2022.)

Team Alberta, which represents the province’s four largest crop commissions (wheat, barley, pulses, and canola) has been lobbying provincially, including taking part in meetings on the Climate Leadership Plan, the NDP government’s strategy to cut carbon emissions.

“We’re trying to bring the government to the realization about how it will affect primary producers,” said Alberta Barley chair Jason Lenz.

Their key point is that farmers will pay more for inputs but have no way of passing on those extra costs.

“If I’m buying fertilizer, the supplier adds a carbon tax on to his input prices,” said Lenz, who farms near Bentley, Alta.

In some cases, the tax also l owe rs t h e p r i c e s f a r m e r s receive, he said.

When barley goes to a malt plant or canola to a crusher, those operations pay the tax, too, and they make up for it by reducing the price they pay for that barley or canola, said Lenz.

Alberta Barley is also working to nail down the precise cost impact on farmers while lobbying the provincial government to have input on carbon-reducing projects funded by the carbon tax.

Milk producers have noticed increases in their gas bills, as well as their electricity costs, said Albert Kamps, vice-chair of Alberta Milk.

“It is an impact and it’s not substantial, but it does cut into the bottom line,” he said.

“That should show up in the dairy cost studies.”

Like Team Alberta and the We s t e r n C a n a d i a n W h e a t Growers, his organization is working to tally the extra cost borne by its members. Kamps also points out that milk producers can do little to reduce their natural gas use because they need hot water for clean facilities and clean milk, and to keep barns warm for animals.

Purple fuel (gasoline used on farms) has been exempted from the carbon tax, which now adds 6.7 cents to a litre of regular gas. And while that’s appreciated, cattle producers haven’t seen any benefits from the money raised by the tax which has increased costs for heating and electricity, said Kelly Smith-Fraser, vice-chair of Alberta Beef Producers.

Like grain production, the cattle business is an exportoriented industry, and ranchers are now at an economic disadvantage to their foreign competitors, she said.

Smith-Fraser, who raises Maine-Anjou cattle near Pine Lake, Alta., would like to see an ecosystems service program that would help ranchers care for their grasslands.

“That would assist us financially and environmentally, and ensure that those grasslands remain as they are and are not converted to cropland,” she said.

Farmers from across Alberta have complained there’s been no meaningful recognition of environmental benefits produced by farms and ranches, such as carbon sequestration and grassland preservation.

The province issues carbon tax rebates for lower- and middle-income earners. It says the rebate for one-third of households is larger than their carbon tax costs; another third have most of their extra costs covered; and one-third receive no rebate.

But government efforts to reduce carbon emissions affect farmers in different ways, said Vandervalk. He points to technology that reduces emissions on tractors but adds $70,000 to $80,000 to their price tag.

“Tractors are getting used 200 to 300 hours a year,” he s a i d . “ T h a t’s a p re t t y b i g expense for that amount of use. It’s not like a car where you are in it 365 days a year.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 78.00 - 84.00 D3 Cows 68.00 - 76.00 Bulls 95.00 - 106.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 145.00 - 168.00 (801-900 lbs.)

158.00 - 177.00 (701-800 lbs.)

165.00 - 188.50 (601-700 lbs.)

178.00 - 206.00 (501-600 lbs.)

190.00 - 225.00 (401-500 lbs.)

210.00 - 245.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

140.00 - 155.00 (801-900 lbs.)

145.00 - 166.00 (701-800 lbs.)

150.00 - 174.00 (601-700 lbs.)

158.00 - 183.00 (501-600 lbs.)

165.00 - 201.00 (401-500 lbs.)

180.00 - 209.00

Heifers

Alberta South $ 163.00 - 163.50 83.00 - 98.00 74.00 - 89.00 171.00 - 180.00 174.00 - 183.00 $ 180.00 - 193.00 193.00 - 212.00 215.00 - 237.00 234.00 - 260.00 158.00 - 165.00 160.00 - 172.00 $ 166.00 - 179.00 171.00 - 189.00 183.00 - 205.00 195.00 - 217.00 183.00 - 204.00 190.00 - 214.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Futures (January 26, 2018) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change February 2018 122.48 0.52 April 2018 122.60 -0.88 June 2018 114.23 -1.13 August 2018 111.28 -1.32 October 2018 112.63 -0.72 December 2018 114.88 -0.40

Feeder Cattle January 2018 March 2018 April 2018 May 2018 August 2018 September 2018

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

January 26, 2018

Cattle sales accelerate after post-holiday slump USDA’s Cattle on Feed report gave the futures a boost

Previous Year­ 46,480 10,398 36,082 NA 609,000

CNSC Ontario 118.22 - 149.27 124.80 - 146.81 52.03 - 71.61 52.03 - 71.61 75.59 - 96.41 $ 164.31 - 190.65 167.24 - 191.32 152.38 - 205.88 171.38 - 224.21 183.85 - 244.39 168.45 - 235.00 $ 136.86 - 161.58 129.96 - 172.43 133.53 - 175.88 142.27 - 196.36 138.05 - 197.65 143.31 - 190.29 $

Close 147.85 143.93 144.73 144.58 147.70 148.25

Change -1.33 -3.25 -2.65 -2.38 -1.73 -0.75

Week Ending Jan 20, 2018 995 25,047 11,771 442 624 10,433 251

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 823 24,128 11,488 467 596 10,411 258

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

MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

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

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

Futures (January 26, 2018) in U.S. Hogs February 2018 April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 July 2018

Source: Manitoba Agriculture Current Week 179E 167E 164.95 168.78

Last Week 177.97 165.36 163.55 163.89

Close 72.48 73.83 78.90 83.38 83.88

Last Year (Index 100) 174.20 162.83 161.05 164.37

Change -0.58 -2.08 -1.22 -1.63 -1.43

Other Market Prices

F

ollowing the new year slump, sales are starting to pick up again at Manitoba auction marts.

“It just felt a lot better this week. It was like (the buyers) wanted them again, before you just wondered… does somebody want them?” said Rick Gabrielle with Heartland Livestock Services at Virden.

O ve r 8 , 4 0 0 h e a d o f c a t t l e we re s o l d through the province’s eight major auction marts for the week ended Jan. 26. In Virden the volume was down to 1,307, from 2,078 head the previous week, but according to Gabrielle, demand was better.

The previous week, the usual cattle buyer from out east didn’t attend the sale, but this week he was there, which helped increase demand, according to Gabrielle.

“The majority of the cattle were going west… the eastern buyer was here and calves (were) going to go east again too,” he said.

Volume was down, however, from the larger-than-normal fall run. At Virden there were 8,500 head more cattle sold in 2017 than in 2016.

“A lot of people were moving their calves sooner. So that’s maybe a factor of why our number was down (this week),” Gabrielle said.

Looking toward the upcoming week, however, sale numbers will be up again. There were already 2,100 head of cattle counted at the presort, Gabrielle said.

Choice (110+ lb.)

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(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg (100 Hd) Wooled Fats — — — — — —

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

Turkeys Minimum prices as of November 12, 2017 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................................$1.910 Undergrade ....................................... $1.820 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ........................................$1.790 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ........................................$1.790 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A................................................. $1.890 Undergrade......................................... $1.805 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 124.58 - 169.59 194.39 - 208.66 205.16 - 226.66 248.38 - 291.65 260.57 - 318.96 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

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

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

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (Hd Fats) — — —

<1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Heartland Livestock Services, Virden

Prices are similar to this time last year.

Around the province 800- to 900-lb. steers were getting around $170-$190 per hundredweight (cwt). Heifers the same weights were lower, at $155-$165/cwt.

“I had a local seller call me and wonder what his seven-weight steers would bring.

We averaged $180.60 with the seven-weight steers yesterday and a year ago he got $180,” Gabrielle said. “I would say we’re pretty much running neck and neck to where we were last year.”

On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), cattle futures rallied for the majority of the week and sank lower Thursday after the U.S. dollar strengthened; however, futures recovered Friday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, released Fr i d a y a f t e r n o o n , s h owe d U . S . ra n c h ers sent nearly one per cent more cattle to U.S. feedlots in December than the year before, which provided support for the market. February live cattle futures finished the week 2.125 U.S. cents higher, at US$1.246/lb.

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

Farm ministers support animal welfare REUTERS

An international meeting of agriculture ministers has called for more attention for farm animal welfare and a reduction in the use of growth-enhancing medications.

The ministers, from more than 70 countries, made the statement Jan. 20 in Berlin, Germany at the 10th Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference.

Their session-ending communiqué recognized a global need to improve animal health and animal welfare by promoting good animal husbandry manage-

ment practices, biosecurity and biosafety and knowledge exchange.

The ministers said more international co-operation is necessary “in order to make livestock production and animal husbandry more sustainable, responsible and efficient.”

There is also a requirement to br ing livestock breeding and husbandr y further into line with cons u m e r s’ e x p e c t a t i o n s of humane care of farm animals.

“We note that the demand for food of animal origin, in particular food derived from meat, milk and eggs, is projected to rise significantly in many regions of the world due to the growing population, increasing purchasing power and changes in consumer behaviour,” the communiqué said.

“At the same time, consumers are increasingly calling for livestock production to be made more sustainable and more respectful of animal welfare.”

Ministers undertook to give greater consideration to animal health and anim a l we l f a re i n t ra i n i n g programs.

A balanced consumption of meat is needed for a healthy diet, health protection and the efficient use of resources, they said.

Animal health and the connection with human health is another key issue, said German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt after the meeting.

“This is especially clear with (animal diseases which can be transmitted to humans) and the problem of resistance to antibiotics,” Schmidt said.

Toronto ($/cwt) 83.73 - 250.96 — 83.73 - 303.33

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

rick gabrielle

briefs

Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

“The majority of the cattle were going west… the eastern buyer was here and calves (were) going to go east again too.”

Ashley robinson

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Jan 20, 2018 50,546 13,883 36,663 NA 615,000

$1 Cdn: $0.81162 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2321 Cdn.

column

Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: January 26, 2018

Toronto ($/cwt) 25.00 - 35.00 25.00 - 40.00

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices Average quotes as of January 26, 2018 ($/tonne)

Bearish factors outweigh bullish news in canola

Future

Basis

E. Manitoba wheat

225.79

16.22

242.01

W. Manitoba wheat

225.79

0.41

226.20

E. Manitoba canola

493.70

-13.11

480.60

W. Manitoba canola

493.70

-22.61

Reduced promotional funding may weigh on canola in future Phil Franz-Warkentin

Cash

471.09 Source: pdqinfo.ca

Port Prices

CNSC

As of Friday, January 26, 2018 ($/tonne) Last Week

C

anola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform held within a rather narrow range during the week ended Jan. 26, lacking any real clear direction as conflicting outside forces kept the oilseed trading sideways.

On the supportive side, weather worries in Argentina and the resulting gains in Chicago soybeans provided some underlying support.

Solid end-user demand and speculative shortcovering also accounted for some buying interest during the week.

However, a sharp rise in the Canadian dollar kept canola lagging soybeans to the upside, as the currency climbed above 81 U.S. cents during the week. The firm currency cuts into crush margins, and canola is looking rather expensive on the international market.

Adding to the general bearishness in canola are expectations for an increase in planted area this spring. With little to no excitement in most other crop options, especially pulses, it’s looking like canola area could hit a new record in 2018. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its first new-crop estimates of the year on Jan. 25, predicting canola area at 24 million acres. That would be up by a million acres from the previous record set in 2017.

On top of the big acreage ideas, carry-out for the current crop year is also forecast to be rather sizable at two million tonnes. That’s well above anything that would be considered tight, and should be signalling to buyers that there’s little reason to be bidding up the market.

In the U.S., activity in the currency markets was generally supportive for grains and oilseeds during the week as the U.S. dollar index dropped sharply and helped bring some speculative money into agricultural commodities. Weather worries out of Argentina remained at the forefront as well, with dryness in the major soybean- and corn-exporting country keeping some caution in the U.S. futures.

The nearby March soybean contract briefly traded above the psychological US$10-perbushel mark, but met some resistance at the highs and retreated below that chart point by Friday’s close.

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

227.07

5.69

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

271.721

2.211

Canola Thunder Bay

503.70

-2.30

Canola Vancouver

519.70

-2.30

Closing Futures Prices

As of Thursday, January 25, 2018 ($/tonne)

For three-times-daily market reports and more from

ICE canola

Last Week

Weekly Change

493.70

-2.30

ICE milling wheat

n/a

n/a

ICE barley

n/a

n/a

Commodity News Service Canada,

Mpls. HRS wheat

225.79

2.20

visit the Markets section at

Chicago SRW wheat

162.04

6.71

www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Kansas City HRW wheat

162.78

5.70

Corn

149.99

-3.15

Oats

188.69

0.00

Soybeans

359.08

5.79

Soymeal

445.00

2.00

Soyoil

723.02

11.25

Corn futures hit some of their best levels since early December on the back of short-covering, but supplies in the countryside remain large and any advances should bring in farmer selling to temper the upside.

Minneapolis spring wheat bounced around, showing little direction, but the Chicago and Kansas City winter wheat contracts rose to their best levels in months. In addition to the weakening U.S. dollar bringing in export interest, traders were also keeping an eye on mounting dryness concerns in the southern Plains.

In addition, while seeded winter wheat acres in the U.S. reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture beat expectations in a Jan. 12 report, the acreage base will still be the lowest in more than 100 years.

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

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, January 26, 2018 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

n/a

n/a

Feed barley

174.99

3.22

Rye

n/a

n/a

466.12

0.39

n/a

n/a

Oats

188.69

5.0.00

Soybeans

370.38

2.20

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

17.60

0.00

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

Ask

Ask

Flaxseed Feed peas

Wheat bids mixed across the Prairies March wheat futures at U.S. exchanges saw increases in value over the week

BY ASHLEY ROBINSON CNS Canada

W

heat bids in Western Canada were mixed across the board for the week ended Jan. 26.

Some saw increases, others decreases, and some were unchanged from the previous week.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were mixed in Western Canada, with some falling $1 and others unchanged, according to price quotes from a crosssection of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $226 per

tonne in western Manitoba to as high as $248 in northern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but fell slightly to range being from equal to the futures to $22 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$183 to US$201 per tonne, up slightly on a U.S. dollar basis on the week. That would put the currencyadjusted basis levels at about US$25-$43 below the futures.

Looking at it the other way around, if

the Minneapolis futures are converted to Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from $30 to $52 below the futures.

Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat bids were up by $4-$5. Prices across the Prairies ranged from $178 per tonne in southwestern Saskatchewan to $199 per tonne in parts of Alberta.

Average durum prices were mixed, with some unchanged and others rising $1 in most of Western Canada; bids ranged from about $270 to $273 per tonne. Northwestern Saskatchewan was an outlier, with the average price having dropped $34, to $234 per tonne, over the week.

The March spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS

contracts Canada are based, was quoted at US$6.145 per bushel on Jan. 26, up six U.S. cents from the previous week.

During the week the contract had dipped to US$6.0425 per bushel on Jan. 23.

Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPSR in Canada. The March Kansas City wheat contract was quoted Jan. 26 at US$4.43 per bushel, up 15.5 U.S. cents compared to the previous week.

The March Chicago Board of Trade sssoft wheat contract settled at US$4.41 on Jan. 26, up 18.25 U.S. cents on the week.

The Canadian dollar settled Jan. 26 at 81.16 U.S. cents, up almost a full cent compared to the previous week.

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

Meat tax may be unlikely but alternatives are gaining ground Consumers are being offered more plant-based proteins and adding more of them to their diets, says expert

CBC News was one of a host of media outlets that picked up on a report from a group opposed to conventional livestock production that predicted meat will one day be taxed like cigarettes. PHOTO: CBC VIDEO

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff

A

tax on meat was the stor y d’jour at the start of the new year, and although the prospects of such a tax seem slim, the livestock industry risks losing market share to plant-based products, say an expert.

The call for a tax came from Jeremy Coller, founder of one of the world’s largest private equity firms. He bankrolls an organization called Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return Initiative which recently released “a white paper” claiming it’s “highly probable” that governments will one day tax meat just as they do tobacco.

“The pathway to taxation typically starts when there is global consensus that an activity or product harms society,” the document states. “This leads to an assessment of their financial costs to the public, which in turn results in support for some form of additional taxation. Taxes on tobacco, carbon, and sugar have followed this playbook.”

However, there’s no sign of that happening any time soon, said Sylvain Charlebois, a wellknown commentator on the food sector, and a professor of food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University.

“Statistics show that demand for meat in Canada is still stubbornly robust,” Charlebois recently wrote in one of his widely published columns. “The average Canadian would typically consume about 87 kilos of meat products in one year, which is just slightly lower than the amount from five years ago.”

Thanks to stable beef prices, consumption might actually go up this year, Charlebois said in an interview.

“That’s good news for beef producers,” he said.

The top official with the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association also points out there is strong demand, with 2017 being one of the highest years on record for meat consumption in North America.

Moreover, veggie burgers and plant-based proteins have been around for a long time — everyone thought tofu was going to take off, but it didn’t, said Dennis Laycraft, the association’s executive director.

The sector has made great strides in showing beef is sustainable, and is working with organizations like the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Ducks Unlimited to get the story out about how critical grazing is for the health of grasslands.

“I can’t remember the last time I saw a study that told people to eat more meat.”

Sylvain Charlebois

But the consumer landscape is rapidly changing, and consumers are more curious and willing to try new foods, said Charlebois, who has been speaking recently to beef producers.

“What I’m telling them is it’s not about ‘this or that’ for consumers — try to advocate or even present options where animal protein coexists with other types of dietary options as well,” he said.

“I know that there’s lots of advocacy going on and frankly, there’s some denial. … What we need to do is look at what makes consumers buy what they’re buying.”

That means the beef sector needs to consider other things that consumers want, he said.

“Sustainable beef is of value, but you also need to look at health options,” said Charlebois. “I can’t remember the last time I saw a study that told people to eat more meat.”

The beef sector has a good story to tell on that front, replied Laycraft.

“Beef is one of the most nutrient-dense foods there is and in terms of meeting requirements, it’s also one of the most affordable ways of doing that.”

But he agrees consumers have an increasing number of choices and the sector has to listen closely to what they want.

“We have to produce products that are available in a form that consumers want when they want it,” he said.

“We’re going to see a lot more e-commerce and we’ll work with our partners on that.

“At the same time, it does come down to the best dining experience. And if the best dining experience and something they crave each week is beef, then we’re doing our job really well.”

Expect that job to get tougher, said Charlebois.

The needle is shifting for industries offering animal protein, including dairy products, and more people will be including more plant-based foods in their diets both for health reasons and because they’re concerned about humane treatment of livestock, he said.

“Demand is becoming more fragmented and more complicated,” he said, adding the industry also needs to focus more on transparency since ethical treatment of animals is an increasing concern for consumers.

Livestock producers have done the right thing by engaging consumers through social media, but there needs to be even more transparency, he said, pointing to Cargill and Tyson Foods slaughter plants in the U.S. that are allowing cameras into their operations.

Still, many new plant-based protein products won’t find a market and will quickly fade away.

And despite headline-grabbing stories like the one predicting a meat tax, Canadians will continue to love their burgers and steaks, he added.

“I don’t think the demand for Canadian meat is going to die any time soon.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Forage research programs boosted by new hires Peace Region scientist Nitya Khanal says there’s lots of catching up to do, but there are big payoffs for producers

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff

A

fter many years of decline, forage research is on the upswing.

And that will produce a payoff for livestock producers, said forage researcher Nitya Khanal, who was hired in 2015 at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s research station in Beaverlodge, Alta.

“A s o f l a s t ye a r, we a re revising this program and we are looking forward to recovering this program as well as the forage seed research of the past,” said Khanal. “For the last 10 years, the focus was on the immediate production of practical issues of producers. We want to go deeper into the science aspect.”

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada now has half a dozen forage researchers, and others have been hired at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Manitoba.

The Beaverlodge research farm’s main focus is on forage seed production and improving forage seed quality and yield. A major project — which included a cropping systems study, plant growth regulator effects, plant nutrient management, and weed control — is wrapping up.

“We’re actually selecting a new product for forage seed weed control and another aspect is evaluating proprietary varieties so our producers may potentially grow on contract,” said Khanal.

“Canola and wheat have new varieties and so much research going on, and the forage sector is not keeping pace with innovation.”

Nitya Khanal

Another colleague is looking into insect pest management while Khanal and other researchers are looking at a number of forage species, including creeping red fescue.

“Canada is the largest producer and exporter of creeping red fescue in the world,” he said. “Within Canada, the Peace Region is the largest growth area for the project.”

Be a ve r l o d g e researchers are also continuing a cropping systems study started in 2014 that evaluates the effects of different practices on soil quality. They’re also looking into a plant nutrient management study, and are working with the beef cluster project, collaborating with other scientists. “ We are hoping to grow quite rapidly in the coming few years,” said Khanal.

Producers will be able to expect a new variety of creep-

Nitya Khanal is one of a new crop of researchers working on developing new forage varieties. PHOTO: COURTESY Nitya Khanal

ing red fescue in about five years, after researchers have undertaken mass selection a n d d e ve l o p e d a n a p p ropriate population. They are also tr ying to develop a higher sugar content in orchard grass, and expect to see another variety of that in about five years.

The federal government is investing in forage research because it recognizes its contribution to livestock production, he said. Forages also benefit cropping systems because they have a high p ro p o r t i o n o f ro o t s c o m pared to annual crops, which boost carbon sequestration in the soil as well as aeration and water-holding capacity.

There’s also a growing recognition that integrating forage in a cropping system can increase profitability.

“There is a lot of nitrogen benefit if you have forage legumes in the rotation. You have a higher yield with less fertilizer input for the following crops,” said Khanal, pointing to one study that found yield boosts of 70 to 80 per cent with very little fertilizer application.

Forages are par ticularly beneficial in the Peace Region, because of the region’s soil quality, which is highly acidic.

“Even some of the annual crops may have difficulty producing good yield here,” said Khanal. “And you can have profitable production in forage seed crops in this region.”

But there are challenges.

Enhancing multi-har vest seed yield is a concern as production tends to drop off after a few years.

“To be competitive, yields s h o u l d b e h i g h e r,” s a i d Khanal.

As well, red and alsike clovers are major seed crops in the Peace Region and cannot be produced for more than one year because of insect and disease problems.

Whitehead is a disease that affects many grass forages, which results in a loss of developed seeds. These are concerns for both seed crop and hay quality.

T h e r e’s a l s o a n e e d t o improve stress tolerance, and

researchers have had success improving stress tolerance in alfalfa and bromegrasses.

Competing with other crops is another challenge, because crops such as wheat and canola receive more funding and investment.

“Other crops have received so much attention and innovation,” said Khanal. “Canola and wheat have new varieties and so much research going on, and the forage sector is not keeping pace with innovation.

“That’s why some of the good production lands are not given to forage seed crops. They are given to other crops even though there is good profitability given for forage seed crops. They are losing ground.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Hogs hit high gear in U.S. Cheap feed, brisk U.S. pork exports are driving Iowa hog barn expansions

F

armers in Iowa, where a third of U.S. hogs are raised, have ratcheted up swine barn construction while capitalizing on lowcost feed and thriving U.S. pork exports.

Higher profits have prompted pork producers to build new packing plants.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) data shows that this has pushed permits for pig buildings in Iowa to a five-year high as farmers look to house record numbers of U.S. hogs.

“The main factors for increased pork investment in buildings are attractive feed costs and very strong exports,” said Gregg Hora, a hog farmer in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Hora is not adding space to his swine farms, but said others are doing so given the annual U.S. hog herd growth of three to four per cent, tied to robust global demand for pork.

DNR’s 2017 statistics showed approvals for construction of new hog barns capable of holding more than 1,250 head, and expansions of existing ones, totalled 451, up nearly 12 per cent from 2016.

The U.S. hog herd reached an all-time high 73.2 million head as of Dec. 1, 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

U.S. corn prices are hovering around US$3.50 per bushel, well under the all-time high exceeding US$8 in 2012, when there was a historic drought in the U.S. Midwest.

U.S. Meat Export Federation data showed U.S. pork exports from January through November of 2017 were on pace for a new volume record at 2.23 million tonnes valued at US$5.9 billion.

Hog farmer profit improved after new packing plants sprang up in the United States last year.

Industry slaughter capacity in 2017 grew eight per cent versus 2016 after new or revamped facilities came online in Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri and Iowa, said John Nalivka, president of Oregon-based Sterling Marketing.

He expects capacity to rise another six per cent in 2018 when another Iowa plant comes online.

“The main factors for increased pork investment in buildings are attractive feed costs and very strong exports.”

Gregg Hora, farmer, Fort Dodge, Iowa

“A solid hog market coupled with low-cost feed have allowed producers to make money while chasing this capacity,” he said.

He calculated that farmers last year on average made about US$21 per head on hogs sold to packers versus US$5 the year before.

Shoppers are embracing plentiful budget-friendly pork chops and bacon, with robust demand expected this year thanks to the booming U.S. economy.

“The thinking is that the ‘wealth effect’ on demand will be more than sufficient to gobble up all that meat — despite the big supplies,” said Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures trader Dan Norcini.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Brandon

Virden

Feeder Steers

Jan. 24

Jan. 23

Jan. 23

Jan. 23

700

643*

212

n/a

n/a

No. on offer Over 1,000 lbs.

Heartland

Heartland

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Jan. 24

Jan. 22

Jan. 25

Jan. 26

501

1,307*

1,114*

2,020

705

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

145.00-157.00

900-1000

n/a

149.00-175.50

n/a

165.00-179.00

168.00-177.00

165.00-173.00

172.00-175.00

150.00-162.00

800-900

146.00-175.00

153.00-177.50

n/a

170.00-180.00

172.00-182.00 (185.50)

170.00-185.00

178.00-187.00

158.00-176.00

700-800

170.00-196.00

150.00-190.50

172.00-183.00

175.00-190.00

178.00-193.00 (196.00)

175.00-198.50 (198.50)

183.00-197.00

160.00-188.00 (192.00)

600-700

180.00-221.00

170.00-212.50

190.00-212.50

200.00-220.00

197.00-218.00

195.00-223.50 (223.50)

195.00-225.00

178.00-208.00

500-600

190.00-242.00

180.00-240.00

180.00-237.00

215.00-235.00

213.00-236.00

215.00-230.00 (235.00)

210.00-238.00

200.00-233.00

400-500

202.00-243.00

180.00-245.00

212.00-250.00

230.00-245.00

230.00-252.00

220.00-235.00 (244.00)

210.00-242.00

210.00-247.00

300-400

n/a

200.00-249.00

235.00-267.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

220.00-262.00

900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

144.00-144.00

n/a

145.00-168.00

150.00-165.00

n/a

n/a

120.00-145.00

800-900

n/a

158.00-168.00

n/a

155.00-170.00

157.00-166.00

150.00-163.25

157.00-170.00

125.00-155.00

700-800

130.00-168.50

161.00-170.50

160.00-167.50

160.00-175.00

164.00-177.00

160.00-172.50

165.00-174.00

145.00-168.00

600-700

142.00-180.00

151.00-192.00

150.00-175.00

170.00-184.00

170.00-185.00

170.00-187.00

174.00-186.00

185.00-177.00

500-600

165.00-200.0

164.00-203.00

183.00-200.00

185.00-205.00

186.00-203.00

185.00-203.00

185.00-210.00

175.00-204.00

400-500

n/a

170.00-218.00

198.00-222.50

200.00-220.00

195.00-219.00

190.00-213.00

190.00-208.00

180.00-218.00

300-400

n/a

170.00-224.00

200.00-230.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

210.00-230.00

200.00-235.00

No. on offer

254

n/a

167

135

n/a

n/a

362

315

D1-D2 Cows

72.00-81.00

n/a

n/a

83.00-93.00

82.00-87.00

78.00-85.00 (94.00)

82.00-89.00

n/a

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market

D3-D5 Cows

68.00-74.00

n/a

n/a

70.00-82.00

65.00-82.00

n/a

75.00-81.00

n/a

Age Verified

n/a

75.00-86.25

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mature Bulls

78.00-104.00 (134.00)

85..00-103.50

85.00-90.00

95.00-110.00

95.00-106.00

95.00-102.00

80.00-101.00

90.00-98.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

145.00-153.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

140.00-150.00

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78.00-85.00 (87.00)

61.00-75.00

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

National cattle checkoff on its way up this spring

Latest sale a ‘silent auction’

The national levy used to fund marketing and research is going up by $1.50 — the first increase since 2002

Few animals and few buyers in physical attendance made for a quiet sale again Jan. 24 The lamb and the sheep markets are showing a ‘slow motion’ effect, waiting for the spring lambs.

BY MARK ELLIOT Co-operator contributor

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he local sheep and goat market is keeping quiet and watching the action to the east very closely.

Just 80 animals were delivered to Winnipeg Livestock Auction for the Jan. 24 sale that saw few buyers physically present, but ‘invisible’ buyers were said to remain interested.

There was good interest in the ewes. Most appeared to be purchased for herd building and establishment purposes.

Quality animals appeared to keep bidding up to levels seen earlier in the winter.

A 190-pound Suffolk-cross ram brought $201.40 ($1.06/lb.).

A 125-pound Suffolk-cross lamb represented the heavyweight class. This lamb was high spirited and the ringmaster had to really watch this mischievous character. This lamb brought $256.25 ($2.05/lb.).

A 100-pound Rideau-cross lamb brought $174 ($1.74/lb.).

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The feeder lambs were represented by a group of seven 81-pound Cheviot-cross lambs, bringing $160.38 ($1.98/lb.). An 80-pound Suffolk-cross lamb brought $145.60 ($1.82/lb.).

There was no visible differences between the 70-pound and the 79-pound lambs, yet something triggered a wide range in bidding. Prices varied from a low of $140/lb. to a high of $2.11/lb.

A 65-pound Cheviot-cross lamb brought $2.12/lb.

The only animals in the goat sale were in the goat kid class (under 80 lbs.). These animals were stocky (Pygmy structure), with short legs. The various weights presented were typical of their breeds: La Manchacross, Alpine-cross and Boer-cross.

T h e O n t a r i o St o c k y a rd Report has shown that there is a decreasing price bidding on the new-crop lambs which are becoming more comparable to similar-weight old-crop lambs. The lamb and the sheep markets are showing a ‘slow motion’ effect, waiting for the spring lambs.

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BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff

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ome spring, more than the grass will be rising — the national cattle levy is going up $1.50 per head on April 1.

“The impetus for us was the national beef strategy,” said Rich Smith, executive director of Alberta Beef Producers.

“The national beef strategy is a plan for us for the next five years in terms of moving our industry forward. These are ambitious plans in terms of market demand and productivity arising out of that strategy.

“We need to increase our industry funding if we are going to stay competitive globally.”

The national beef strategy was developed by all the provincial and national organizations, and released back in 2014. Its backers said the current $1 national checkoff, which has been in place since 2002, wasn’t nearly enough to help the beef sector achieve its plan. They did an assessment of both Canada Beef and the Beef Cattle Research Council before coming up with the $2.50 figure that goes into effect April 1.

A group called the Canadian beef advisers (which included re p s f r o m t h e C a n a d i a n Cattlemen’s Association, the Beef Cattle Research Council, Canada Beef, the National Cattle Feeder’s Association, and the Canadian Beef Breeds Council) recommended how the $2.50 should be allocated — 65 per cent to Canada Beef, 30 per cent to the beef research council, and five per cent to an issues man-

Cows will be doing their part for beef research and marketing — those sold after April 1 will be subject to an extra $1.50 checkoff to fund those areas.

PHOTO: Michael Moskaluk, Special to Alberta Farmer

agement portfolio, which will be handled by CCA. (This works out to $1.625 to Canada Beef, 75 cents for beef research, and 12.5 cents for issues management.)

Some provinces do things a little differently. Manitoba keeps some of the national checkoff for its provincial organization, but Alberta and Saskatchewan — which have the biggest cattle herds — pass on every penny, said Smith.

The research council also needs the funding boost because the rules are changing for government funding.

To get the same amount of funding under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the successor to Growing Forward, which also takes effect April 1), industr y has to up its contribution.

“It’s not going to give BCRC a lot more money, but it will allow them to have the science cluster operate at the same

level that it currently is,” said Smith.

Canada Beef has been getting money from a legacy fund, but that fund has finished.

“There’s no big windfall for any of these organizations.

It’s more just enhancing the money they need, with some enhancements to the work they’re doing. If we didn’t increase the national checkoff, they would have been left with a lot less money to operate.”

Once the change comes into effect, beef organizations will be stepping up their communication efforts, first with producers and then those who collect the checkoff (such as auction marts, packing plants and dealers). The hope is that explaining why the increase is needed and how it will be used will solidify support for the national levy. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

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

We’re heading back into the deep freeze Issued: Monday, January 29, 2018 · Covering: January 31 – February 7, 2018 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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ast week’s forecast played out pretty close to what the weather models had predicted. Most areas did see some snow last Friday and early Saturday, with snowfall totals ranging from a dusting up to about seven cm. Colder air moved in behind the low as expected Sunday and Monday, before a brief warm-up on Tuesday as the forecast Prairie low moved through. Since I have to write this forecast a day before this low impacted our region, I am not sure what the overall snowfall totals will be. The low does look like it will track a little farther south than originally expected, which would bring a little more snow or freezing rain to southern regions and slightly higher snowfalls to central regions. The only sure thing with this system is that the cold air will quickly pour south behind it.

That is where this forecast period begins. The low that affected us early in the week is forecast to race off to the northeast and continue to deepen. This will help to re-establish a polar vortex over northern Hudson Bay. The counterclockwise circulation

around this low, combined with the clockwise circulation around a building ridge of high pressure off the B.C. coast, will create a deep and persistent northwesterly flow originating in Siberia.

The first arctic high will slowly drop southward through Alberta and Saskatchewan during the later half of this week and the weekend. This will place us on the breezier eastern side of the high.

Moderate winds combined with daytime highs in the -20 C range and overnight lows around -30 C will result in a return of extreme wind chill values. This first arctic high is forecast to drift off to the southeast early next week, making room for a second arctic high to move in. This reinforcing shot of cold air will keep our temperatures well below average, with temperatures expected to be right around the low end of the usual temperature range for this time of the year. # Looking further ahead, it looks # at like this cold snap will last for least another week.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -21 to -5 C; lows, -32 to -14 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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Created: 2018-01-26 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the departure from average precipitation across the Prairies so far this winter. The map clearly shows just how much of the Prairies has been dry (brown areas), with only a few locations in the north and far west seeing above-average amounts. The driest region continues to be agricultural Manitoba, with several scattered locations reporting precipitation deficits of greater than 50 mm.

Warm January, cold February?

Prevailing patterns should make it easy for arctic high pressure to migrate south

BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

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s the first month of 2018 comes to a close I am stuck trying to figure out what I should write about this week. By the time you are reading this it will be the end of the month, so the article should be the usual monthly summary and look ahead. After all, if I wait another week, the look ahead loses some impact since a quarter of February will already be done. I feel I can safely summarize January’s temperatures across the region, but with a possible dump of significant snow expected Jan. 30, the precipitation summary might end up being way off. That said, I think I will do the usual look back and glance forward, holding off on an interesting article I came across about how significant an impact farming practices can have — and have had — on summertime weather.

Looking back at January, it really was the tale of weather having a split personality.

Overall, we saw two different weather patterns dominate.

It was either sunny, windy and cold, or cloudy and warm. The first week of January was a continuation of the very cold tem-

peratures we saw during the last two weeks of December. Around Jan. 6, the cold snap finally broke and we saw about five days of mild weather. Cold weather then moved back in from the 11th to the 16th, with overnight lows once again falling below -30 C in many locations. Temperatures then quickly rebounded, beginning Jan. 17, with several locations breaking record or nearrecord highs between the 17th and the 19th. The mild weather continued almost to the end of the month before more seasonable temperatures moved in over the last couple of days.

Overall, when we look at the final averages for the month, the warm weather won out over the cold. All three of our main reporting stations (Winnipeg, Brandon and Dauphin) reported mean monthly temperatures in the -13.5 to -14 C range, about 2 to 3 C warmer than their longterm averages. This makes January 2018 the fourth year in a row with well-above-average monthly temperatures.

As for precipitation, unless the expected Tuesday storm system brings much more snow than expected, we’ll continue to see very dry weather across our region. Up to Jan. 25, all three major locations reported wellbelow-average amounts of pre-

Overall, we saw two different weather patterns dominate.

It was either sunny, windy and cold, or cloudy and warm.

cipitation. The Winnipeg area has been the driest region, with only 1.4 mm of precipitation recorded. Brandon didn’t fare much better with only 4.8 mm.

Dauphin had reported only 1.1 mm, but the system that brought varying amounts of snow late last week dumped just over 10 cm, or about 10.9 mm of water equivalent, bringing its monthly total to 11.8 mm, still a couple of millimetres below average. If we don’t see any significant snowfall this week, it looks like dry conditions will predominate for at least the first half of February, with some indications that it could stay dry for most of the month.

Who called it?

That leads us to the February forecast, but as usual, we’ll

need to see which forecaster was closest to predicting the warmer- and drier-than-average January weather. Looking back, it appears the majority of the forecasts were on the mark for January. In fact, it is easier to point out the forecasts that were wrong. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospher ic Administration (NOAA) both predicted colder-than-average temperatures, with the Canadian Farmers’ Almanac being the lone forecast calling for above-average snowfall.

Now on to February’s forecast. According to Environment Canada, February will be colder than average, especially over central regions, with near-average amounts of snowfall. The Climate Forecast System (CFS) weekly and monthly forecast also calls for below-average temperatures in February. Its latest weekly forecast shows cold temperatures for the first half of February followed by a warmer third week. They then show a return to cold temperatures for the last week of the month.

Moving on to the two almanacs: the Old Farmer’s Almanac calls for temperatures to be a little bit warmer than average, along with precipitation amounts that are a little below

average. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac looks to be calling for colder- than-average temperatures as it uses the words cold and brisk several times in its discussion. It also appears to call for above-average amounts of precipitation as it calls for heavy snow early in the month, with more stormy conditions around the middle of the month.

NOAA’s February forecast shows near-average temperatures and snowfall in February, with colder and wetter conditions expected just to our west across Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Finally, my forecast, based on the pattern we’ve seen over the last month and a half along with what the Global Forecast System (GFS) shows over the next 16 days: it looks like February will end being cold and dry as the atmosphere seems to be slipping in to a pattern that will make it easy for arctic high pressure to migrate southward. It does look like we may see a little moderation in temperatures around the middle of the month before more cold air moves back in.

With arctic high pressure dominating, the chances for any major storm systems will be very low.

Here’s hoping you get the type of weather you want to see.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

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

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BY ALLAN DAWSON

hen growing a 70-bushelan-acre canola crop it’s the “little things that

matter.”

That’s advice Florian Hagmann, who farms at Birch Hills, in northcentral Saskatchewan, offered farmers attending Ag Days here Jan. 16.

Hagmann, whose 2017 canola averaged 70 bushels on 5,000 acres, emphasized good agronomy is more important than new equipment. So is hard work and applying more inputs.

“I don’t use fancy equipment,” he said.

“Equipment is a small part of the farm. It will help you do more acres, but if you have the (right) seed placement and the right product (nutrient) placement that’s what makes success.”

He likened it to grandma’s baking.

Success comes from the ingredients and baking skills, despite the old pots and pans.

And while pushing higher yields adds risk, which needs to be considered, there is also the potential for a bigger payday, Hagmann said.

A 50-bushel-an-acre canola crop worth $10 a bushel grosses $500 an acre, netting Hagmann $100. But by applying another $100 an acre of inputs and reaping 90 bushels, Hagmann said net returns triple to $300 an acre.

With the cost of farming — including land — increasing, farmers need to produce higher yields and net profits, he said.

Not only does producing higher yields cost more in inputs, it’s also a lot more work, including split nutrient applications, which Hagmann said are key.

Risk is reduced by selecting fields with the highest yield potential based on the farmer’s experience, and only topping up inputs if the crop is doing well under good growing conditions, he said.

After selecting the right field, the farmer needs to set a yield target

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and know how many nutrients it will take to get there.

An 80-bushel canola crop removes 152 pounds of nitrogen an acre, plus 96, 160 and 86 pounds of phosphorus, potassium and sulphur, respectively, he said, quoting A Pocket Guide to 4R Nutrient Stewardship.

The next step is determining the level of residual nutrients and soil moisture at seeding time.

The only way to achieve high yields is through good soil health, Hagmann said. That means increasing microbial activity, improving soil aeration and water-holding capacity to encourage quick seedling emergence and more and bigger plant roots enhancing nutrient uptake.

To avoid cold soils and possible frost, Hagmann told reporters he seeds cereal crops first and aims to plant canola by mid-May, when soil temperatures are 10 C or above.

Seeds are planted one-half to three-quarters of an inch deep in rows nine inches apart.

Hagmann aims for a population of 10 plants per square foot, which is higher than what’s usually recommended.

“If you demand more yield, you need more seed,” he said.

He applies about two-thirds of his fertilizer with the seed and side banded at seeding time. The goal is to get nutrients as close to the seed as possible without damaging it.

“You don’t try to feed a pig on the other side of the trough,” Hagmann said.

If the crop is looking good, Hagmann will side band or dribble on more nutrients 40 to 50 days after seeding, which is usually around herbicide application time.

Depending on the crop and growing conditions he might foliar apply nutrients later on.

“I really believe in a split application later in the season,” Hagmann said.

“Two or three more applications (of inputs) yeah, that’s more demanding, it’s more costly, but at

the end of the day it was incredibly more profitable.”

Split applications make sense even when applying less nutrients, because the crop makes better use of it, Hagmann told reporters.

Early insect, weed and disease control are important to yield too.

Hagmann said his advice applies to any canola herbicide-tolerant system — Roundup Ready, Invigor or Clearfield.

Last year Hagmann used a 34-foot swather to cut his canola.

“It was a struggle,” he said.

The swaths were neck-high.

Hagmann credited a high plant population and adequate levels of potassium for keeping crop lodging manageable.

The combine travels slowly when harvesting a high-yielding crop like that, he said.

It also requires a good straw chopper followed by a light harrowing to handle the crop residue, Hagmann said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

Two new blackleg tools for the 2018 growing season Tools to estimate yield loss and pinpoint the strain infesting your fields can help reduce the economic hit

BY JENNIFER BLAIR Staff

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lackleg has become an expensive problem for canola producers, but growers will soon have two new tools to reduce the economic impact of the disease.

“Blackleg wasn’t a real concern even a few years ago, but now it’s becoming increasingly important,” said Stephen Strelkov, a professor of plant pathology at the University of Alberta. “This can allow us to relate back to how disease levels correspond to yield loss numbers and to quantify the importance of blackleg in particular years.”

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“Blackleg wasn’t a real concern even a few years ago, but now it’s becoming increasingly important.”

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hope is it will give producers a tool that accurately estimates losses so they can “make informed crop management decisions,” Strelkov said.

“It’s not predicting whether or not there’s going to be blackleg.

It’s not a risk model. But it’s useful to know that if you have X amount of disease, it’s going to cost X amount in yield loss.”

Blackleg race test The second new tool will make it easier for producers to match the race of blackleg in their field with the resistance in the varieties they choose.

“Over the last decade or so, our understanding of the genetics involved in the interaction between the fungal pathogen

for blackleg and canola has really leapt forward,” said Nick Larkan, a researcher at Armatus Genetics in Saskatoon.

“We’re at the point where we have enough information to be able to predict how different races of the fungus will react to the different canola varieties that are on the market.”

One of the best ways to manage blackleg is through rotation, he said — “not just rotation of different crops, but rotation of different varieties as well.”

Up until now, producers have had to do that almost completely blindly, he said.

“There’s quite a large risk that, in selecting a new variety of canola, they might actually still be using the same resistance.”

But with a simple lab test of infected plants, producers can determine which strain of blackleg is present in their field and choose the right resistant variety. The canola council has also been encouraging seed companies to label their bags with the resistant genes they use in their varieties, which will help as well.

“Once a producer has the information on the races of the pathogen that are in the field and the different resistances that are available to him in canola varieties, he’s able to pick a suitable variety for his field,” said Larkan.

The test will be available for the 2018 growing season, he added.

“The technology has been transferred to a number of testing labs around the Prairies and is being launched as a commercial test for producers,” he said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

CN’s Q4 grain handle down in ‘challenging conditions’ STAFF

U.S. income tax reform more than offset “challenging” conditions, including reduced grain handle, in Canadian National Railway’s fourth fiscal quarter.

Montreal-based CN on Jan. 23 reported net income of $2.611 billion on total revenues of $3.285 billion for its fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, up from $1.018 billion on $3.217 billion in the year-earlier Q4.

The railway’s full-year net income for 2017 reached $5.484 billion on $13.041 billion in total revenues, up from $3.64 billion on $12.037 billion in 2016.

“Throughout the year we faced rapidly changing market demands and in the fourth quarter dealt with challenging operating conditions, including harsh early-winter weather across the network, impacting our performance,” CN CEO Luc Jobin said in a release.

CN also saw “negative translation impact” from a stronger Canadian dollar, plus lower export volumes of U.S. soybeans and reduced shipments of crude oil.

Against those conditions, CN booked a deferred income tax recovery of $1.764 billion from “the enactment of a lower U.S. federal corporate income tax rate,” the company said.

The company also reported higher international container traffic via Prince Rupert and Vancouver and increased volumes of frac sand in the quarter, plus increased freight rates and fuel surcharges.

On top of its freight rate and surcharge hikes, CN’s increase in full-year revenues was credited to higher volumes of traffic in overseas intermodal, frac sand, coal and petroleum coke exports and Canadian grain, the company said.

In the grain and fertilizers segment, CN moved about 161,000 carloads in its fourth quarter, down from 177,000, and booked revenue per carload of $3,634, down from $3,655. Full-year grain and fertilizer carloads were up three per cent at 619,000, with revenue per carload of $3,577, up from $3,485.

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Edmonton-based Aurora Cannabis announced an agreement Jan. 24 in which it will ante up on its previous hostile bid for CanniMed Therapeutics and buy all the shares of the Saskatoon company that it doesn’t already own.

Aurora now plans to pay CanniMed stockholders the equivalent of about $43 per share in Aurora shares, cash or a combination of their choosing, subject to pro-rating of the $140 million Aurora is making available in cash.

“Market recognition of Aurora’s continued performance and strategy execution since we first announced our intention to acquire CanniMed allows us to share that benefit directly with CanniMed shareholders,” Aurora

CEO Terry Booth said Jan. 24 in a release.

CanniMed CEO Brent Zettl, who along with the company’s board has committed to support the new bid, said it “clearly confirms that the company has been highly successful in becoming a pre-eminent global leader in the medical cannabis industry.”

CanniMed earlier in January had gone so far as to challenge Aurora’s hostile bid in court, alleging in a $725-million suit that Aurora and several major CanniMed shareholders had “participated in a civil conspiracy intended to injure the economic interests of CanniMed.” CanniMed at that time had instead urged shareholders to support its bid to buy another competitor, Toronto-based Newstrike Resources, whose Up Cannabis brand is well known for a partnership deal it reached in May with Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip.

Break fee The terms of the new deal with Aurora, subject to the usual

conditions and federal antitrust regulators’ approval, also call for CanniMed to walk away from its deal to buy Newstrike and pay the Toronto company an agreedupon $9.5-million break fee.

The break fee — combined with Newstrike’s plan to fully convert a debenture it issued last fall and exercise common share purchase warrants it issued to CanniMed — leave Newstrike with a $14.1-million cushion it plans to use to speed up work on its new Niagara-area greenhouse and expand its rollout of the Up brand.

“These additional resources will immediately help us solidify Up as the leading cannabis brand in the emerging adultuse market,” Newstrike CEO Jay Wilgar said Wednesday in a separate release.

CanniMed had announced Jan. 18 it was postponing a special shareholders’ meeting that was to be held the following week on the Newstrike deal, to instead consider a “possible transaction” with Aurora.

Aurora, a licensed medical

marijuana producer, operates two production plants in Alberta and Quebec and has a second facility under construction in each province.

Aurora also already holds stakes in other production, processing and distribution companies including the Green Organic Dutchman, Aurora Nordic, Radient Technologies, He m p c o Fo o d a n d Fi b e r, Australia’s Cann Group and Germany’s Pedanios.

CanniMed has also been a major player in the Canadian medical marijuana business for 17 years, 13 of which were as the sole supplier to Health Canada under the country’s former medical marijuana system through its Prairie Plant Systems subsidiary.

The company, which started operation in underground growth chambers at Flin Flon, Man. in 2001, now has its main Canadian production plant above ground southeast of Saskatoon, plus a site at White Pine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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The capital program also calls for about $1.6 billion in track infrastructure maintenance, including replacement of 2.1 million rail ties and over 600 miles of rail and work on rail bridges.

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Spud growers turn out for 2018 Potato Production Days in Brandon This year’s Potato Production Days saw a range of speakers from emerging technology to resistance and regulatory issues

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

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Potato Production Days attendees wander the floor of the trade show at Brandon’s Keystone Centre Jan. 23-25. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

“It’s important for us to connect with those who aren’t involved in ag and explain what agriculture today really looks like.”

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esistance issues, management strategies and pathogens both new and old.

Just a few of the issues that had potato growers’ attention last week at the 2018 Potato Production Days Jan. 23-25 at Brandon’s Keystone Centre.

Dan Sawatzky, manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association, said that exhibitor turnout was roughly the same as previous years.

“We always have a few on the waiting list and we were able to squeeze a few more in, so we’re up a little bit,” he said. “On the equipment side, it’s similar to last year, but we’ve squeezed a little

bit more equipment in among the smaller booths as well, just to make sure that people get traffic throughout the show.”

About 530 participants were expected through the doors.

This year’s show had more precision agriculture presence, including the debut of drone demonstrations. Sawatzky says he expects new technology will continue to draw interest as producers look to boost yield with what he says are older potato varieties like Russet Burbank.

“In many other sectors of agriculture they’ve relied on new genetics and that sort of thing to improve yield,” he said. “We’re having to rely on more precise management and just better management overall.”

Speaking up This year’s speakers tackled disease and damage diagnosis, drones, seed and vine management, weeds and rapidly rising concern over resistance, both in fungicide for early blight and Colorado potato beetle.

The pest has been on the rise in recent years, according to Dr. Tracy Shinners-Carnelley of Peak of the Market.

“What we’ve been seeing in the last number of years is this prolonged period of time when overwintering adult beetles are emerging,” she said.

“In many other sectors of agriculture they’ve relied on new genetics and that sort of thing to improve yield.

We’re having to rely on more precise management and just better management overall.”

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Growers in central Manitoba have noted beetles emerging from late May right into July, complicating control by staggering beetle development, she said.

“We have many different life cycles at the same time... going forward with a lot of these reduced risk insecticides, it’s really important to target those specific stages, but from a grower perspective when you get into the field, how do you focus on those particular stages when you’ve got everything?” she said.

Peak of the Market isn’t the only one to mark the trend. John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, noted that Titan and Aspire failed to stop the bugs in a number of fields, according to the 2017 provincial insect summary.

Producers had to turn to foliar applications of Delegate, something that Shinners-Carnelley says worked well.

The vice-president of research and quality at Peak of the Market, Shinners-Carnelley helped oversee a pesticide efficacy trial

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near Winkler last year. Her trial showed beetle populations dropped from over 100 beetles per 10 plants to negligible after both an early- and late-July application of Delegate. Exirel had similar, if slower results, when applied to plots topping 50 beetles per 10 plants in early August.

Fungicides are facing similar resistance problems, Dr. Neil Gudmestad told the room Jan. 24. The North Dakota State University professor noted a once rare, but increasing mutation in early blight with a high resistance to boscalid, the active ingredient in several common fungicides.

Those issues led him to recommend farmers stop using Endura all together. Luna Tranquility has dodged the issues so far, he said, but should drop back to one application a season to avoid problems.

Gudmestad also spoke on black dot management, something Manitoba doesn’t have much experience with, but that Sawatzky tagged as an emerging concern.

“Often, what they’re seeing there, it doesn’t take long and it’s something that migrates this way as well,” Sawatzky said. “Black dot is another disease that we’ve kind of noticed a little more and needed a little more understanding of, so that drove that decision to have that topic here.”

Austin Loewen of Winkler runs an appraising eye over the heavy machinery on display during Potato Production Days in Brandon Jan. 23-25. PHOTOS: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

that taste, nutrition, appearance and cost were far more likely to affect buying decisions than sustainability or a carbon footprint.

Sustainability is also not going away, Calquhoun said.

At the same time, there is little financial reason for farms to

Attendees get a lesson on the dos and don’ts of seed cutting during one of several demonstrations during Potato Production Days.

buy in. Certification includes more traceability and paperwork, but without the promise of a premium price. Likewise, certification might become an ongoing process as programs improve and farmers are asked to update, something that beef

producers are facing right now as food safety program Verified Beef Production switches over to the more sustainably minded Verified Beef Production Plus.

Sawatzky said he was pleased by the variety of topics in the speaking schedule this year. The

schedule was rounded out by research on seed crop management and how it affects the following crop, as well as an update on product facing regulatory changes in the next few years. astockford@farmmedia.com

Sustainability highlighted Sustainability may be a standard topic for agriculture, but it also confuses both producers and consumers, according to keynote speaker Dr. Jed Calquhoun.

The University of WisconsinMadison professor cited lack of consumer knowledge, a mishmash of eco-labelling, problems with on-farm measurements and what he says is a mistaken belief from producers that sustainability will add value to the product.

“It’s really about values and trade-offs, and those values and trade-offs, again, are hard to communicate, but they’re the reality of agriculture that you are all living,” he said.

“It is not just about growing more potatoes,” he added. “We often hear about the complexity of our world’s population over the next 50 years doubling in size and nutritional sustainability, which is certainly important, but when it comes down to it, it’s not just about growing more food to feed that population. And I would put forward that much of what we talk about in sustainability is related to input per unit of output. How many gallons of water does it take to grow a bag of potatoes?”

While sustainability has become a go-to phrase in marketing, consumers may not understand the underpinning factors, he said. A dining room survey at his own university showed that 12.9 per cent of students asked did not know what “grown under a third-party audited food safety program” meant, while 8.4 per cent didn’t have an intellectual handle on a “certified carbon footprint,” and “verifiable sustainable practices” eluded 4.1 per cent of those asked.

Adding to that confusion, there are 148 eco-labels in North America touting different promises of sustainability to the consumer.

“It’s very crowded in the marketplace and difficult to interpret,” Calquhoun said.

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Getting the most from tile drainage Ag Days speakers emphasize there’s no one-size-fits-all tile drainage system for Manitoba

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff / Brandon

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Tile drainage’s benefits to their operation have included reversing soil salinity, said Souris-area farmer Aaron Hargreaves, an Ag Days speaker. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

here’s no doubt tile drainage can boost productivity and profitability. Just don’t assume it should look just like the neighbour’s system.

A n yo n e e ye i n g t h e b e t ter yield prospects and earlier field access it offers must have a thorough understanding of how the subsurface pipe system works in their specific field conditions, Ag Days speakers said.

‘Should it be the same as my neighbour’s or are there other options?’ said Mitchell Ti m m e r m a n , a g r i - e c o s y s tems specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, who facilitated the Jan. 17 seminar.

“Certain tile spacing is common in the province but that doesn’t mean it fits in every scenario.”

Clearly, many farmers are keen to learn the ins and outs

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Aaron Hargreaves far ms 15,000 acres of corn, soybeans, canola and wheat in the Souris and Wawanesa areas. They decided tile was the way to go after very poor crops during the intense wet year of 2011. They began installing tile in 2012 at a point where it was still a relatively new practice in Manitoba.

One of the benefits Hargreaves emphasized in Brandon was the way it reduced the problems they were experiencing with worsening salinity on their land.

“We’ve seen salinity essentially gone,” he said. “If there’s anyone who doesn’t believe it can solve salinity issues... we’ve seen it on our farm.”

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Higher yields from previously saturated land have made the farm more productive and profitable, justifying the investment in his eyes.

“You’re looking at $40 net profit without tile, with tile $80 net profit,” he said. “You might say ‘that’s not much money.’

But how else can you double your net profit on the farm?

Buy more land, more seeders and combines and do twice as much work?’ It’s a no-brainer really.”

Todd Walker, a partner with Frontier Drainage Systems, a new company formed in 2014 to provide design and installation services, spoke about various aspects of drainage design such as layout and pipe sizing and shared photos of clients’ fields showing pronounced crop growth along tile lines.

Tile gets farmers on fields earlier in spring and spray seasons, makes the soil profile more arable and can reduce peak flow surface run-off by anywhere from 20 to 40 per cent, Walker said.

Timmerman hoped the talk would help dispel some of the misconceptions and myths around tile drainage, including that it is an unregulated drainage practice.

“Regulation is vigorous in Manitoba. This is no exception,” said Timmerman, who outlined the various roles of the provincial departments as well as the role of the municipality in the approval process for applicants seeking to tile their land.

Ti m m e r m a n i s a m e m ber of the provincial Tile Drainage Interdepartmental Working Group, formed in 2016 and comprised of representatives from the provincial departments of Sustainable Development, Agr iculture, and Indigenous and Municipal Relations.

The Red River Basin Commission, meanwhile, is working with this group on the development of a tile drainage bylaw template to help municipalities.

Timmerman said the main thing organizers hoped the Brandon seminar would get across is how important site specific information is in the assessment of the suitability of this practice.

“We want to have knowledgeable people making knowledgeable decisions,” he said.

“We’re encouraging farmers to learn as much as they can, and to have a constructive relationship with their installers and other folks like ourselves.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017 The figures come in the lead-up to legalization expected later this year Reuters

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anadians spent freely on both legal medical and black market recreational cannabis in 2017, according to Statistics Canada.

The agency is trying to get a handle on consumption in the lead-up to legalization, expected later this year.

About 4.9 million Canadians between the ages of 15 to 64 purchased both medical and non-medical cannabis last year, spending $5.7 billion, the statistics agency said. Medical

marijuana is already legal in the country.

The average cannabis user spent about $1,200 on the drug last year, mostly on non-medical marijuana, the report said.

Recreational use of cannabis is currently illegal nationwide.

Canadians’ spending on cannabis was well below 2016 levels for alcohol at $22.3 billion and tobacco at $16 billion.

The report, which looked at cannabis consumption going back to 1961, was based on surveys and other data sources.

Statistics Canada cautioned that the numbers were provi-

Canadians’ spending on cannabis was well below 2016 levels for alcohol at $22.3 billion and tobacco at $16 billion.

sional and subject to potentially large revisions due to assumptions made and as data on illegal cannabis production is sparse.

The report is part of Statistics B:10.25 in Canada’s efforts to measure the

economic and social impacts of legalized cannabis. The agency said in November that it would begin incorporating marijuana consumption and spending estimates into economic growth figures in November 2019.

The price of non-medical cannabis has declined by an average of 1.7 per cent a year since 1990 and stood at around $7.50 a gram last year, probably due to increased supplies, the report said.

Nearly all cannabis consumed in Canada came from within the country, accounting for $5.4 billion in 2017.

The size of the country’s cannabis-producing industry was $3 billion last year, down from $3.4 billion in 2014, due to declining prices. That put it on par with the beer industry, which was $2.9 billion in 2014.

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Backwards and forwards An agri-marketing year in review and the coming year in preview HISTORICAL TRENDS

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o know where you are going, it helps to know where you’ve been.

So, if the trend is indeed your friend, then it is reasonable to expect some of the trends of last year to lay the foundation for 2018.

This is not necessarily a forecast or outlook, but rather an analysis of current market conditions and what they could mean for your costs and revenues as well as your assets and liabilities.

Market movements will affect so many parts of your farm financials that it’s good to take a broad view of global market trends starting with interest rates, often a determinant of so many other markets.

Interest rates are an inherent part of most modern farm businesses. Whether you are planning an upcoming expansion or renewing an existing loan, the direction of interest rates will be important since they are at such low levels.

Last year, the U.S. federal fund rates rose a full one per cent from 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent, while the Bank of Canada rate increased from 0.5 per cent to one per cent. Ten-year government bond rates, which affect medium- and longer-term borrowing, have increased 1.25 per cent from their lows in 2016, from one per cent to 2.25 per cent in Canada and from 1.25 per cent to 2.5 per cent in the U.S. And, the existing trend is still pointing toward higher rates in North America.

The U.S. is expected to raise rates at least a couple of times this year, based on current market conditions, so we should see Canadian rates increase as well.

In fact, historically, Canadian government bond rates tend to move in the same direction as U.S. Treasury bonds about 80 per cent of the time.

Additional borrowing costs can turn into a significant incremental expense whereby even a one-half per cent to one per cent rate increase can impact your bottom line. A one per cent increase on a million dollars of borrowing over five years would mean an extra $50,000 in expenses for the farm.

Fortunately, just as you can use market-based tools like options and futures to hedge your grain, livestock and currency risk, there are exchange traded tools to protect against rising interest rates as well.

In the foreign exchange market, the Canadian dollar rose about four cents from 74 U.S. cents to about 78 cents with the overall U.S. dollar index down 8.5 per cent. Longer term, the loonie has been in a sideways pattern for the past two years.

So, watch for sustained trading activity above 80 cents or below 75 U.S. cents as a signal of a change in direction.

Any changes to NAFTA or a divergence in interest rate policy between the Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve are

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the two mostly likely sources of currency and interest rate volatility in the upcoming year.

Don’t forget that while a weaker loonie would be helpful on the revenue side, many inputs are imported from the U.S. or priced in U.S. dollars, so that a weaker Canadian dollar makes them more expensive. Be opportunistic and think about managing both the expense and revenue side of the currency equation.

Fuel costs are another component of all farm operations.

In 2017, crude oil futures were up 12 per cent, increasing from US$52/barrel to around US$58, while natural gas was down 25 per cent. Expect these conditions to continue with crude oil prices staying strong but natural gas weak.

Feeder and full-weight cattle futures trended higher on average by over 20 per cent and Canadian cash prices have been quite good. Hog futures had a very choppy 2017, ending the year up only about five per cent.

For next year, it’s harder to see a definitive price pattern emerging for hog futures since they have been trading in a 10- to 15-cent range for the past couple of years. Cattle futures, on the other hand, have entered into more of a sideways pattern and some downside risk may develop.

For grains, it was mostly a down year in 2017. Corn was down 10 per cent, hard red winter wheat was down almost 15 per cent, but hard red spring was up about 10 per cent.

Currently, wheat and corn futures are still drifting lower as we begin 2018 but oilseeds have been in a price channel for the past few years. Canola was unchanged at $500/tonne in 2017 and soybeans were down only five per cent.

In fact, all the largest oilseed markets including soybean, rapeseed, palm and sunflower have a similar price pattern. All these global oilseed markets have been going sideways over the past couple of years. Expect more sideways canola price action until a definitive change in oilseed trends occur. In particular, pay attention to any price breakout above C$525 or below C$475/tonne on canola and above US$10.50 or below US$9.50/bu. for soybeans; where soybeans and soybean oil futures go, canola tends to follow.

Finally, with many TFSAs, RRSPs or retirement assets invested in stocks, we can’t forget about the equity markets.

The Canadian TSX index was up 8.5 per cent, European markets were up around 10 per cent, and the U.S. S&P 500 increased by about 20 per cent. However, many of the larger emerging markets like China and India were up even stronger, 36 per cent and 39 per cent, respectively. Even though some markets are pricey and getting expensive, many countries and industry sectors are well priced

Market movements will affect so many parts of your farm financials that it’s good to take a broad view of global market trends...

and relatively less expensive.

Given most of the global stock market trends are quite strong, be cautiously optimistic but keep an eye out for any topping pattern. Remember, the trend is your friend... until it ends.

See the accompanying table for a quick summary of these historical market trends over the past six and 12 months to help make sense of all this. It doesn’t mean these trends will continue but rather an analysis of where we’ve been and an indication of where we could potentially be going.

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Bottom line, we often need to look back at where we’ve been to figure out where we’re going.

Chart trends and patterns are an effective and straightforward measure to take the pulse of a market. Some markets are in a sideways pattern while some show a divergence between sixmonth and 12-month trends.

Watch for changes in direction and be prepared by including options and futures hedging strategies in your marketing tool box to manage risk and benefit from opportunities in the year ahead.

David Derwin is a portfolio manager and commodity/investment adviser with PI Financial Corp. (dderwin@ pifinancial.com/www.commodityoptions.ca), a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. The risk of loss in trading commodity interests can be substantial. You should therefore carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for you in light of your financial condition. This is intended for distribution in those jurisdictions where PI Financial Corp. is registered as an adviser or a dealer in securities and/or futures and options.

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Ag Days speakers banter on soil health Soil health is a hot topic, but there’s no clear definition of what it is and how to improve it

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

What’s soil health?

Ask five people that question and you might get five different answers — even among Ag Days experts.

Soil health and soil degradation are getting plenty of time in the headlines, with coverage of last year’s Summit of Canadian Soil Health in Gu e l p h , s o i l tests looking beyond nutrients and into m i c r o b i o l o g y a n d g ra z i n g projects on carbon sequestration and its impact on forage growth, to name a few.

T h e d e f i n i t i o n o f “s o i l health,” however, has been a moving target, one that has not only evolved since university textbooks started including it, but spans a dizzying array of indicators that may leave producers spinning.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations defines soil health as, “the capacity of soil to function as a living system, with ecosystem and land use boundaries, to sustain plant a n d a n i m a l p r o d u c t i v i t y, maintain or enhance water

and air quality, and promote plant and animal health.

“He a l t h y s o i l s m a i n t a i n a diverse community of soil organisms that help to control plant disease, insect and weed pests, form beneficial symbiotic associations with plant roots; recycle essential plant nutrients; improve soil structure with positive repercussions for soil water- and nutr ient-holding capacity, and ultimately improve crop production.”

That long definition does little for farmers looking for a plan of attack when it comes to improving their own soil health, starting at which soil health indicators they should even start looking at.

Dr. Rigas Karamanos, seni o r a g ro n o m i s t w i t h Ko c h Fertilizer Canada and one of this year’s Ag Days speakers, says end goals must be realistic for that soil. A healthy sandy soil will not have the same organic matter as a clay loam, he said, nor should a producer expect it to.

A healthy soil is one that is, “functioning at its optimal levels within its natural settings,” the audience was told.

At the same time, “produc-

“Soil health is not an absolute thing.”

Dr. Rigas Karamanos

a difference between microbial activity and soil microbial health and soil tilth or soil quality.”

Health or quality?

Just what does the term ‘soil health’ mean? A lot of different things, it turns out.

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tivity” should not be confused with “fertility,” Karamanos added, much for the same reasons as he says soil health indicators should reflect the realities of each soil.

“Soil health is not an absolute thing,” he said. “There are some soils that are poor

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soils; it doesn’t mean they’re not healthy... you’re not going to make them healthy by adding a whole bunch of stuff.”

Productivity and yield must also enter into the equation, he told listeners.

Benefit or buzzword?

Karamanos is worried, howe v e r, t h a t s o i l h e a l t h h a s become as much about marketing products for some companies as actually improving soil.

Attention is a good thing when it comes to soil health, he said, but added, it must start with baseline testing, c o n t i n u e w i t h m o re t e s t ing to track changes and all practices must be actually beneficial. “ P e o p l e s a y, ‘ O h , s o i l health? You can apply this, you can apply that,’ but that’s not what soil health is,” he said. “ What is the starting point? Just going and indiscriminately applying different products does not fix that.”

Fo r e x a m p l e , n u t r i e n t s should make up for what the soil does not provide, he said, and a soil’s nutrient status must be known before good management decisions can be made.

The researcher pointed to International Plant Nutrition Institute resources if farmers are looking to learn.

Greg Patterson, president of A&L Laboratories and one of the speakers to follow Karamanos, agreed that not all soils will share the same health standards.

More organic matter has not always meant higher productivity, he said, adding that he has seen Solvita tests from sandy samples return higher microbial respiration, and therefore more microbial activity, than richer soils.

His company is one of many to expand into soil health testing.

Patterson says that what many people classify as soil health (aggregate stability, infiltration, moisture capacity, etc.), he would call soil quality.

“My definition of soil health is the whole thing,” he said.

“It’s the microbiome. It’s the aggregate stability of the soil.

It’s the infiltration rate. It’s the porosity of the soil. It’s the whole thing. But there’s

The Cornell University soil health assessment, something that has emerged as one of the standard soil tests, focuses more on what he would call soil quality, he said.

The report card measures a wide range of indicators including organic matter, soil protein, respiration, available water capacity, wet aggregate stability, active carbon, nutrients, pH and soil hardness. “ W h e n w e’re l o o k i n g a t overall soil health, you can’t say you’ve got a good, healthy, stable soil if it’s not producing a crop. So when I see a measurement or something that has a high rating for soil health, but it doesn’t grow anything, I ask why,” he said.

For its par t, Cor nell University treats “soil health” and “soil quality” as the same term, although it notes that “soil quality” includes all the inherent environmental traits that humans can’t affect.

Do soil health and yield go hand in hand?

Not necessarily, said Steve Crittenden of AAFC’s Brandon Research Station.

“More soil health does not always mean better yields,” he said, although he argued that soil health may come with longer-term, secondary benefits.

Ad v o c a t e s h a v e p o i n t e d to better infiltration (one o f C r i t t e n d e n’s m a r k e r s ) and decreased risk of flooding, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration (something of interest to producers facing down a carbon tax) and benefits of better biodiversity, among others.

For him, he told the Ag Days crowd, soil health refers to water infiltration, compaction, and the ability to retain nutrients, among other aspects that Patterson would refer to as “soil quality.”

Some indicators may be a double-edged sword, Crittenden said. The researcher pointed to studies that suggested more earthworms, commonly considered an ideal of soil health for the average person, may actually increase greenhouse gas emissions from the soil.

The 2013 study, published in Nature Climate Change, found that while earthworms probably help lock carbon into soil aggregates, their gut bacteria also produce nitrous oxide and that their presence could increase both carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide released in the air.

It is also unlikely a producer will be able to reach a peak on all indicators at once, he said, since one indicator will often require a trade-off from another. astockford@farmmedia.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

Speaker urges a change of pace when chasing maximum yield Don’t think about what to add, Ag Days speaker says — think about what’s possible and subtract from there Four factors

BY Alexis Stockford Co-operator staff

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ingle changes won’t cut it if producers really want their best possible yield.

Jarrett Chambers, president of ATP Nutrition, wants producers to be radical when it comes to testing management tools.

“We have to figure out in a grower, what is their maximum yield for their farm and figure out, what is the potential? Where are they today? — and then based off risk and their comfor t, where’s the right answer?” he said.

T h e “c o m f o r t ” a s p e c t i s w h e re m a n y p r o d u c e r s default on the conservative side, according to Chambers.

Many producers are changing one facet of their production at a time, watching for impact and then moving on to the next facet, a strategy seemingly in line with scientific studies, which try to keep all variables constant, except those being tested.

But while that might work in the research plot, Chambers says it will also keep producers perpetually behind the curve, particularly as new var ieties with new genetic yield potential, nutrient uptake and management quirks, come in.

“We only get, in our career, a b o u t 4 0 t i m e s t o g row a crop,” he said. “So if you think that it takes you two to three times (to find a good practice) and then you want to replicate it to be sure — based on different conditions, different years, you want to confirm it — next thing you know, we’re seven or eight years into a 40-year career.”

His company does not approach a maximum yield plan by thinking of management tools to be added, he said. Instead, the company imagines all possible tools that operation could turn to, and then considers which to remove, based on a farm’s risk profile and situation.

What goes into max yield?

Rigas Karamanos, senior agronomist for Koch Fertilizer, counts four factors that determine a maximum yield; solar radiation, genetic potential, water (both available groundwater and precipitation) and soil fertility.

Farmers miss out on full genetic potential without earlyseason moisture, he said, something that has producers concerned this year after the dry 2017 season and little snowfall since.

Farmers have little control over solar radiation and water, barring irrigation, and genetic potential for each variety is set, although producers can, of course, decide which variety to plant.

“What you have control of is the nutrients and that’s where the 4R nutrient principle comes into it,” Karamanos said.

The 4R strategy refers to a more deliberate approach to applying product. Product should be applied at the right rate, right time, of the right type for that circumstance and in the right place.

In some seasons, like the one just passed, getting the placement right can be critical, Karamanos said.

“If it’s a really dry year and you broadcast your fertilizer, that’s goofy,” Karamanos said, pointing to crops this year that dove deep for water, therefore missing nutrients in the top inches of soil.

Instead, that product should’ve been placed close to the roots or to the side and below this past season, he said.

Right time, meanwhile, will be a function of crop development and weather.

“You start with what your knowledge is about the soil... you put your bet (in) and you can win or you can lose,” Karamanos said.

A cross-section of industry groups, companies, and the International Plant Nutrition Institute have embraced 4R, arguing that it marries environmental concern with

Jarrett Chambers, president of ATP Nutrition, says farmers need to look beyond changing one management practice at a time if they’re going to chase maximum yields.

Photos: Alexis Stockford

cost savings for producers.

Fertilizer Canada has thrown its weight behind 4R Nutrient Stewardship, an initiative that actively promotes 4R to both producers and agronomists.

Getting those Rs right year to year, however, may be a moving target as conditions change.

“Saying the four Rs is superficial,” Chambers said, pointing out that each of the four is complex enough to fill a book.

“Digging into each of those four Rs, that’s where the rubber meets the road. That’s what takes you from being part of the average yield to being the high producer.”

Chambers compared crop nutrition to human diet. Food choice depends on a person’s individual needs and goals, the same as a crop he said.

Chambers cites 140 variables that might impact yield.

Beyond N Greg Patterson, president of A&L Laboratories, says nutrient balance needs to be a larger conversation and must move past what he describes as the “love affair with nitrogen” in Western Canada.

“High crop yields is all about balanced fertility and it’s all the elements,” he said. “All the essential elements have to be available to the plant and

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in struggling with production agriculture, we have to identify what is the limiting factor and work towards that.

“The poorer the fertility, the more nitrogen you need to grow the crop,” he added. “As we become more balanced, we become more efficient with even nitrogen use.”

The soil test expert says more focus on phosphorus and potassium is critical to moving towards that balance. The problem must be fixed before attention to micronutrients, such as the copper and zinc cited

by Chambers, can pay off, he added.

“There are bigger fish to fry.

Make sure they’re in place,” he said. “The biggest concern I have in production agriculture everywhere is in North America — with all the fertility knowledge we have and all the information we get from research institutions or universities — we talk about soils being the same. They’re not the same.

Sands and clays are different.

We should be treating them differently. We should be fertilizing them differently, and not many people do that.”

A&L Laboratories has tagged boron as a critical element for rhizobia health.

Biology adds another wrinkle, one Patterson’s company and other testing laboratories hope to bridge through bumped-up soil health and microbial respiration tests, which measure the level of biological activity in the soil.

“What we’ve seen from our research is this whole, ‘balanced nutrition being able to support a plant and being able to provide the balanced fertility it needs,’ allows that plant in turn to turn around and produce the right carbon sources to feed the right selective organisms,” he said.

Long road The average farmer has a long way to go in terms of meeting crop potential, both Patterson and Chambers said.

Chambers estimates that both peas and canola are sitting at about half their possible yield max, compared to the same crops around the world.

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the Canola Council of Canada’s plans to bring yields up to 52 bushels an acre by 2025.

“We believe that the growing genetic potential of the crop is capable of getting us to 52 bushels per acre of sustainable production by 2025 with the right agronomy,” they said in their Keep it Coming strategic plan.

Many producers will have to do their homework before they can take advantage of the speakers’ messages. Chambers estimated that 10 to 15 per cent of soils have test data collected.

“That kind of makes me feel uncomfortable,” he said. “What happens is you start developing a nutrient management plan without knowing where your baseline is.”

Chambers says his company commonly runs into a client with yield increases in mind, but who does not have tissue test results or soil quality data.

“When we look at our soils and then we look at what we’ve put onto our soils in terms of nutrition, then the tissue test, in most cases, should not be a surprise,” Chambers said.

The method has helped his company tag nutrient deficiencies in crops that looked good, but failed to ultimately perform.

“This is why we’re tissue sampling the young leaves and the older leaves and that is showing what is actually happening in the plant, because nutrients will always move to the youngest part of the plant,” he said.

“If we only sample the youngest part of the plant, we don’t know what’s in the rest.”

Producers will need two to four tests to make tissue sampling worthwhile, he added.

The method also hits a time management problem, since the test takes three to four days to turn around, but tissue sampling is done usually just before equipment enters the field.

The company advises tissue sampling at key stages, such as a week before spraying or right before flowering.

Chambers and A&L L a b o r a t o r i e s a re w o r k i n g together to address a number of issues, including a better idea on optimal seed nutrition. astockford@farmedia.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

Food processors spy shortcomings in CFIA regulatory plan There are five key shortcomings that need to be fixed, food industry reps say

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

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he Canadian Food Inspection Agency thinks it’s on the home stretch of its overhaul of food safety regulations but the food industry says there’s still work to be done.

CFIA says the revamp will finally compete the implementation of the Safe Food for Canadians Act passed by the Harper government in 2012 and it’s planning on making the final version of the rules public this spring. At that time, CFIA will spell out when various provisions are to come into force.

Food Processors of Canada (FPC) says there are five holes in the current regulatory proposals. They are: • Increasing border inspection of imported food products, • P utting federal and provincial food plants on an equal footing, • R educing the scope of its Ad m i n i s t ra t i ve Mo n e t a r y Penalties for a more collaborative approach with processors on reaching food safety standards, • E stablish a more realistic basis for a Product of Canada label, • I n c re a s e t h e n u m b e r o f food-testing labs across the country.

Food and Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) also wants to see improvements made to the proposed regulations.

The package of regulations is intended to consolidate 14 sets of commodity-based regulations that CFIA inherited from various federal departments when it was created 20 years ago. Following passage of the Safe Food Act, CFIA began consulting industr y, a g r i c u l t u re and consumer groups about what the new regulatory framework should contain A year ago, CFIA published its proposed final version of the regulations, which started a 90-day public comment period on them. It received more than 1,700 comments that helped frame the final package.

D e n i s e A l l e n , p re s i d e n t of the FPC, said getting the rules right will be an important ingredient in helping the food industry meet the government’s goal of $75 billion in agri-food exports by 2025, which now stand in the $56-billion-a-year range.

Susan Abel, FCPC’s vicepresident of safety and compliance, said CFIA recognizes the need for more and better definitions in its proposed regulations. There is a need, she said, “to better support for smaller enterprises that will have new and significant written food safety program requirements.”

CFIA is also adopting a new system for sharing food safety information and documents that they say will balance safety and a changing food production landscape.

While waiting for the release of the final package of regulations, FCPC “... will continue to work with CFIA to ensure certain important e l e m e n t s, s u c h a s ve n d o r qualification requirements,

issues, small-business concerns, treatment of organic p ro d u c t s, i m p l e m e n t a t i o n and trade and competitiveness matters.

Since 2013, the CFIA has participated in more than 300 external stakeholder events and reached thousands of individuals through face-toface sessions, webinars, and two major food safety forums.

Discussion documents were released in 2013, 2014, and 2015 and included initial drafts of regulatory text.

The 2015 consultation specifically targeted micro- and small businesses to better understand their unique needs and to explore options for reducing costs that would be imposed by the proposed regulations.

The package of regulations is intended to consolidate 14 sets of commodity-based regulations that CFIA inherited from various federal departments when it was created 20 years ago.

which are missing in this phase of development, will be addressed quickly in future regulator y activities,” Abel said.

CFIA said the goal of its r e g u l a t o r y r e f o r m i s “t o strengthen Canada’s international reputation as a leader in food safety by establishing consistent, prevention-

focused requirements for all foods that are imported or prepared for export or interprovincial trade.”

It wants to achieve a system that balances enforcing the rules and allowing industry to innovate, CFIA’s statement outlined.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

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

ONE TWEET AT A TIME: Bringing farm mental health issues out into the open Mental health and agriculture has exploded in the last year, and a lineup of this year’s Ag Days speakers have been leading the charge

“… how do we still have stigma if it’s all of us?”

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

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esley Kelly can tell you all about how mental health affects the farm.

She can tell you about watching the self-destructive spiral as anxiety and negative thoughts build on to each other. She has intimate knowledge on the weight of life crashing down around harvest. She knows how it feels to suddenly burst into tears.

Ke l l y a n d h e r h u s b a n d , Mathieu, are two of a growing number of farmers going public with their stories. The pair laid out their struggles in a livestream video posted last July.

Both Kellys have had brushes with mental health.

Lesley began feeling overwhelmed three days after the birth of her second child and those feelings only got worse when her husband had to leave their home in Regina for their farm near Watrous, Sask. The couple eventually got help through family.

Mathieu’s troubles started the next year. Anxiety was already an old friend, but the condition flared as harvest pressure and continuing separation from his family took their toll.

Things peaked one night when, alone in his trailer, Mathieu fell into a panic attack and called Saskatchewan’s Farm Stress Line for help.

“Through that call, I knew we needed to do something,” Lesley Kelly said. “As someone’s significant other, it’s so hard to see someone who you love go through that.”

Widespread issue While Canadian data is scarce, a 2015-16 study by the University of Guelph suggests mental health is a major challenge in rural Canada. Out of 1,100 responses to the online stress and resilience survey, 58 per cent noted anxiety, 45 per cent reported high stress and 35 per cent were fighting depression.

Those rates also contributed to cynicism, something that Marsha Harris, marriage and family therapist with Brandon University, says adds to already negative thoughts.

The survey found 43 per cent of respondents were cynical and 38 per cent were emotionally exhausted.

Perhaps more alarmingly, 40 per cent of respondents said they wouldn’t seek help.

“Mental illness directly and indirectly affects all Canadians,” Harris told her Ag Days audience as one of several speakers to tackle mental health this year.

“How do we still have stigma if it’s all of us?”

Marsha Harris marriage and family therapist

Kim Keller speaks at Ag Days 2018. The trade show dedicated an afternoon to mental health in agriculture. Photo: Alexis Stockford

There is little data on farm suicides in Canada — many farm suicides are reported as accidents — but farmers in the U.S. had the highest suicide rate of any other profession, according to the U.S. Centre for Disease Control in 2016.

“That’s terrifying to me,” Harris said.

Many of the factors cited by the CDC are also applicable here, including isolation, the risk of loss, more difficult access to help in rural areas and a skewed work-life balance.

Calling for help Harris noted many of those same factors when listing things that might affect Manitobans, but added the stress of cold weather, fears around a potentially hostile turn to NAFTA, and incoming regulatory changes to products they’ve come to depend on.

Janet Smith, manager of the Manitoba Farm, Rural and Northern Support Services, says their operators have been increasingly busy. Traffic is also picking up on the program’s recently introduced online counselling.

“That’s a live chat and we are seeing more and more people accessing the services that way,” Smith said.

The hotline has seen some turbulent agricultural times since it first opened the phones 18 years ago, including the BSE crisis and major flooding.

“The nature of agriculture is that we’re one year or one season from a potential crisis,” Smith said.

Calls often pick up after high stress times like harvest and seeding, she said, a time when stress is actually coming down,

but also the first time farmers may have time to reach out.

Obstacles For many who make the call, it is their first experience with any form of counselling.

“You really start with where the individual’s at and what they need,” Smith said. “They may just need some support getting through that moment, but they may need longer-term (support).”

Farmers may be reluctant to make that jump, Harris said.

Outside of the stigma around getting professional health, farmers may be reluctant to leave the farm and an appointment may include hours of round-trip travel time.

Approaching that time as an investment, rather than a waste, may help mitigate some of that reluctance, Harris said.

Farmers should consider mental health help a farm expense, she stressed.

“It’s part of your livelihood,” she said.

Even if the service is available, farmers may be reluctant to take it, according to Smith, afraid that they will be recognized in what is often a small community and that people’s perception of them might change.

“We do hear from a lot of folks using our line for that reason,” she said.

Smith hopes putting more services online may help overcome some of the barriers.

Reluctant callers may be more likely to reach out in the comfort and confidentiality of their own home, she said.

Alongside online chat, the program has launched Calming the Storm, an app offering resources and remote help.

Turning to technology Both Kelly and Melfort-area producer Kim Keller are using the internet to remove that taboo.

Kelly is no stranger to the power of the web. Best known for her blog, High Heels and C a n o l a F i e l d s , Ke l l y h a d already tapped the internet to promote agriculture when she and her husband sat down to film. “ The response from the video, I would never have imagined,” she said. “Aside from having over 100,000 hits, we received an overwhelming positive response both in and outside agriculture.”

So m e c o m m e n t e r s w e re looking for resources, while others wanted to share their own stories. Others just wanted to talk.

It was the couple’s hope that they would add one more voice to the conversation. Instead, she said, there was a snowball effect, with their personal story sparking others to share.

Kim Keller has shared that goal, to normalize the conversation around mental health and agriculture, for years.

In 2015, she helped launch a T-shirt campaign in support of Saskatchewan’s Farm Stress Line, the Saskatchewan counterpart to Smith’s program.

It wasn’t until 2017, and a viral tweet that has since led Keller to speak at various industry events.

In June, Keller received a Twitter message from someone in the agriculture industry who had just lost a client to suicide.

He wanted to help support the family and was looking for resources.

To her chagrin, Keller found she had no other advice to

offer but the Farm Stress Line phone number.

“To me, at this time, it wasn’t good enough,” she said. “The next day, I sent out a tweet and a call to action for agriculture to do more.”

“Do more,” soon became a rallying cry, and Keller’s message spread quickly among agricultural Twitter users.

Within days, the tweet had garnered the attention of politicians, agricultural companies and other producers.

Media soon picked up on the story. Over the next week, Keller appeared on CBC, Global News and a list of newspapers, pitching the need for more mental health support in agriculture.

Since then, she said, the issue has got more attention from companies and producer groups. This year’s Ag Days, one of the biggest events on Manitoba’s agricultural calendar, dedicated an afternoon of talks to the subject, something that speakers noted would not have been a reality only a few years ago.

Do More The strength of the response has now inspired the Do More Agricultural Foundation.

“We envision a culture in agriculture where all producers are encouraged, empowered and supported to take care of their mental well-being,” the website declares.

Farmers can build a support network on social media if they have to, Keller said, but some form of support network is needed. Farmers should pay attention to potential stressors, like crop failure or crop left in the field. Neighbours should ask after each other if those situations appear.

Lastly, but certainly not least, Keller told farmers to seek professional help if they need it and encouraged the farm industry in general to ask questions and listen earnestly to the answers.

“You don’t need to be the expert,” she said. “Sometimes just being supportive is all someone needs to take that next step to getting help.”

The Do More Agricultural Foundation officially launched i t s w e b s i t e, h t t p s : / / w w w. domore.ag, in late January 2018. astockford@farmmedia.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Prairie fare Plan ahead for healthy and affordable eating Don’t plan on just winging it in the kitchen — having a strategy will help you

BY GETTY STEWART Co-operator contributor

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ne of the best ways to save money and stay on top of healthy eating goals is to make a meal plan.

Whether you jot notes on the family calendar, create detailed lists or use an online planning tool, taking time to plan what you want to make and eat can help you save money, eat healthier, reduce food waste and lower the daily stress of figuring out “What’s for Dinner?”

Meal planning doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be a simple list of meal ideas or it can include plans and dates for grocery shopping and meal prep. It can be for a couple of days, a week or a month at a time. Use an approach that best suits your style and helps you alleviate the stress of feeding your family healthy meals. Consider some of the following meal planning tips.

Take inventory Start with what’s in your fridge, freezer, pantry or garden. After you’ve slotted a few ideas based on what you already have, consider checking local flyers for what’s on sale that can complement or add to what you already have.

Check everyone’s calendar Identify hectic nights when everyone has to be somewhere else and sit-down meals are impossible. These days require foods that

Ham and Peas Mac and Cheese A family-friendly whole grain casserole that can be doubled up and frozen for another day. It’s also great for using leftovers. Try chicken, turkey or tuna instead of ham and broccoli, cauliflower or sweet peppers instead of peas. Serves six.

Ingredients: 2 c. raw whole wheat macaroni (375-g box) 2 tbsp. canola oil 1/2 c. onion, chopped (1/2 onion) 1/2 c. celery, finely diced (2 stalks) 3 tbsp. flour

you or your family members can quickly reheat and eat on the road or at the kitchen counter. Consider freezer meals, soups, stews, prepared salads and wraps for these days. At our house soup, scrambled eggs or grilled cheese sandwiches with a handful of raw veggies are our go-to meals on days like these.

Choose seasonal foods Fresh, seasonal foods are tastier and more affordable. And, by eating what’s in season you’ll get plenty of variety in your meal plans.

For example, did you know that January to March is citrus season? A good time to add oranges and grapefruits to your meal plans.

Think healthy Plan for at least two vegetables or fruits every meal and aim for a variety of whole grains and protein sources (eggs, meat, fish, beans, chicken, tofu, etc.).

Focus on ‘TNT’ recipes Tried-and-true recipes that you can whip up easily will save you a lot of time and aggravation during the busy work week. It’s fun to look for and try new dishes, but don’t cram your week with new recipes that require extra time and ingredients you’re not familiar with.

Involve your family Get the whole family to suggest meal ideas and to help with meal prep. If a particular meal is too tricky for young helpers, get them peeling carrots or grating cheese for a meal coming up later in the week. If nothing else, they can help set the table.

Add onions and celery and cook until tender, about three minutes. Add flour and mix well.

Cook for one minute. Gradually whisk in milk until sauce thickens. Remove from heat and stir in cheese until melted and mixed in. Add carrots, peas, black pepper, parsley, ham and cooked macaroni. Transfer to a lightly greased three-quart (three-litre) casserole dish or a 9x13-inch baking pan. Bake in preheated oven at 350 F (180 C) for 25 to 30 minutes or until heated through.

Freezing instructions: Freeze before baking.

Cool mix completely before freezing to avoid condensation and ice crystals. Freeze in a wellsealed casserole dish. Label with date, recipe name and cooking instructions. Use within 3 months. To use, thaw in fridge overnight. Bake in preheated oven at 350 F (180 C) for 25 to 30 minutes or until heated through. If still slightly frozen, increase cooking time as needed.

1 medium carrot, grated

2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley, dill or tarragon 1-1/2 c. diced cooked ham

Instructions: In large pot, bring water to boil and cook macaroni al dente (slightly firm). Drain and set aside. In large pot, heat oil over medium heat.

Cook once and eat twice Think about which meals can be easily doubled to freeze for another week or which ones will make great leftovers for lunches or a second dinner. Since you’ve got all the ingredients and cooking utensils out already, this approach will save time and the number of dishes to be cleaned. For example, most soups, stews and casseroles can be easily doubled and frozen and extra mashed potatoes one day can be turned into shepherd’s pie or fried patties the following day.

Keep your meal plans Hold on to your meal plans so you can reuse them or at least reference them for inspiration in future weeks. If possible, jot a few notes on what worked, what didn’t work, which recipe from what source you used and anything else noteworthy.

Here are two recipes that often show up on our weekly meal plan.

1 navel orange 1/2 c. toasted pecans 1/4 c. crumbled goat cheese

Dressing: 1/3 c. canola oil 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp. orange juice concentrate 1 tsp. Dijon mustard 1/2 tbsp. honey 1 green onion, finely chopped Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

Enjoy citrus season with this three orange salad. Perfect for lunch or a side salad to go with Friday night pizza night. Serves four.

Ingredients:

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Three Orange Salad

1 c. peas 1/4 tsp. black pepper

If coming up with meal ideas for a week or more is overwhelming, try theme nights. For example, Meatless Mondays, Soupy Tuesday, Worldly Wednesday (foods from around the world), Fish Thursday, Homemade Pizza Friday, Free-For-All Saturday (make your own dinner based on leftovers) or Big Dinner Sunday.

You certainly don’t have to make every night a theme night, nor do you need to stick with it every week, but theme days can be great idea generators. I’ve used this technique on and off for years and Friday nights are still reserved for homemade pizza.

Wash and dry salad greens. Dark leafy greens are particularly good for this salad. Peel oranges with a knife to remove all the pith.

To do so, cut a slice off the top and bottom of the whole orange. Place on cutting board and run a sharp knife between the peel and the flesh of the orange from the top to the bottom all around the orange. Make vinaigrette by pouring all ingredients in a screw-top jar and shaking vigorously. Toss salad greens with vinaigrette and arrange on large platter. Arrange oranges, pecans and goat cheese on top of greens.

1-1/2 c. milk 2 c. sharp cheddar cheese

Consider theme nights

6 to 8 c. salad greens 1 blood orange 1 tangerine or Cara Cara orange

Getty Stewart is a professional home economist, speaker and writer from Winnipeg. For more recipes, preserves and kitchen tips, visit www.gettystewart.com.

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W

ell, that was a challenge. I wasn’t sure she’d settle down.” Rose Jackson looked down at the sleeping child in her arms as she rocked gently back and forth in the old wooden rocker in Brady and Amanda’s living room. “She’s a bit of a chip off the old block.”

“That’s a scary thought,” said Andrew, who was seated on the couch, at the end closest to the rocking chair. “Considering who the old block is. Right Brady?”

“Oh, I don’t think that’s so scary,” said Amanda, who was curled up comfortably at the far end of the couch. “Michaela will be sweet and happy-go-lucky just like her daddy, after she grows up.”

“It’s not the ‘after she grows up’ part that’s scary,” said Andrew. “It’s the ‘between now and then’ part you gotta be ready for.”

Amanda pondered that for a moment. “Well,” she said, “since you all seem to have been through this once before, maybe I should ask, what advice would you give me about raising the daughter of Brady Jackson? Since you seem to think I’ll need it.”

“Good question,” said Andrew. “The first rule, I should think, would be don’t give her real tools to play with when she’s four. You may want her to redo the electrical in your house at some point, but probably not till she’s at least six.”

“Oh my goodness!” said Amanda looking at Brady. “Did you rewire the house when you were four?”

“Well not exactly,” said Brady. “Mom stopped me before I could get the covers off the wall plugs. And hey, you have to be impressed that I knew what a screwdriver was for at that age, right? Most kids would just stick it in the socket, am I right?”

“OK, well that IS a little scary,” said Amanda.

“Second rule,” said Rose, “is don’t put Christmas gifts under the tree until after Michaela is asleep on December 24. Because she will open them and unwrap them all when you’re not looking, and some of them you may never find again.”

“They’ll be in the cold air registers,” said Brady, “but you won’t find that out for 20 years.”

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“Also,” said Andrew, “keep her away from the dugout in the pasture, till she’s at least 20. Or forever if you can.”

“Oh come on,” said Brady. “Obviously, when she’s little she can’t go there, and we have to teach her to swim. That’s all.”

“Do I even want to know what happened at the dugout?” asked Amanda.

“Have you not heard the story?” Andrew sounded surprised.

“I have not,” said Amanda.

“Well...” said Andrew, but he was interrupted

by Brady.

“Nope,” said Brady. “Only I get to tell this story.”

“Go for it then,” said Andrew.

“OK.” Brady cleared his throat. “I was 12, so I was allowed to go outside,” he said. “It was late April and cold outside, but it had been warm so the dugout had melted and I decided to go rafting, but the raft was super slippery and I fell into the pond. Whatever. I got out and I was fine.

“Oh my god!” said Amanda. “That must have been freezing cold!”

“Yeah, for sure,” said Brady. “It was weird too.

I sank straight down and I found myself standing straight up on the bottom, and I was so surprised I actually looked down and saw I was standing on ice and I thought “hey, ice is supposed to float,” and then I tried to jump up to the surface but my feet were stuck in my rubber boots which were full of water so I didn’t get anywhere, and I had to try again by straightening out my ankles so that my feet came out of my boots. I think my boots are still down there.

Anyway I got out fine and ran home although when I crawled under the electric fence we had up around the dugout I touched the wire by accident and got zapped which knocked me flat on my face. I was pretty wet obviously, so I was like a superconductor. And when I got to the house I noticed my jaw was really sore from clenching my teeth because of how cold I was, but after a while I noticed that my jaw wasn’t getting better and then it turned out I had the mumps. End of story.”

Amanda looked over at her daughter, still sleeping in Rose’s arms. “She’s vaccinated for mumps,” she said, “but not for falling into ponds.”

“You can vaccinate for some things,” said Brady. “The rest you just have to deal with.”

“Parenting 101,” said Andrew.

Rose leaned down and kissed the sleeping child’s forehead. “A little bit of luck and a lot of hard work,” she said, “and everybody will be fine.”

Black Varnish plant — a real eye-catcher The textured foliage is deeply veined and gleams as if covered in varnish

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

D

uring a trip to Winnipeg last fall, my wife and I stopped at a garden centre where a unique plant immediately caught my eye as its foliage simply shimmered, even in the light of a cloudy fall afternoon. I found out it is called Pseuderanthemum “Black Varnish,” or commonly referred to as chocolate plant since it gleams like a shiny piece of chocolate.

Black Varnish is an evergreen herbaceous tropical plant and can be used outdoors only during the warm days of summer since it will not tolerate cold and frost. It can serve as an interesting houseplant during the winter and will perform quite well. The plant’s foliage is its most striking feature; its oval leaves are deeply veined and textured but they gleam as if covered with varnish — hence the name. Because of its shiny foliage it will not fade into the shadows as so many dark-leafed plants do when they are combined with other plants in mixed containers. Its foliage reflects light almost like a mirror, causing it to stand out clearly.

The surfaces of the leaves are dark purple (reminding me of an eggplant), but on the undersides they are dark maroon.

When Black Varnish is grown outdoors in full sun the colour of the leaves intensifies and becomes almost black, so would be perfect for anyone experimenting with creating black gardens — ones filled with black flowers and dark foliage.

The plant grows from 60 to 120 cm tall and has a bushy, upright growth habit making it ideal for use as a specimen plant either outdoors or inside. It produces flower stalks that have dark-pink flowers that appear in the spring or early summer. The flowers are sterile and do not produce seed so the plant is propagated by semi-hardwood cuttings. The cuttings will take some time to root in damp soilless mix; using a rooting hormone on the tips of the cuttings when they are planted will speed the development of roots, and tenting the container with plastic will keep the planting medium moist.

Because Black Varnish is a tropical plant, it should not be put outdoors until temperatures are consistently warm, and will object to nighttime temperatures that are lower than 10 C. It should also be moved back indoors before nighttime temperatures cool down to that level in the fall, as it will not tolerate any frost.

The plant likes rich soil — it will be happy in a soilless mix but will need to be fed. Either a slow-release fertilizer or regular use of a soluble fertilizer in the

I found out it is called Pseuderanthemum “Black Varnish,” or commonly referred to as chocolate plant since it gleams like a shiny piece of chocolate.

water will be needed. The soil should be kept moderately moist and should never be allowed to dry out; if it does the plant may die. Black Varnish is a sturdy plant and will not be damaged by wind gusts so its use is not restricted to sheltered spots.

After moving the plant indoors for the winter, locate it in front of a sunny window to achieve the deepest leaf colour.

Since most plants reduce their growth rate during the winter, it should not be fertilized until spring approaches. I had never seen this plant in other garden centres so am not sure how available it is. If you see one you will, like me, be drawn to it and want to add Black Varnish to your plant collection.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

Black Varnish has dark, shiny foliage, produces attractive pink flowers in spring, and has an upright growth habit. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

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Reena answers more questions Plus, more tips from readers reena nerbas Household Solutions

Dear Reena, Is it possible to renew the look of my cutlery? Either the dishwasher, or our water which has a high rust content, or both, have it looking pretty bad.

— Donna Dear Donna, In commercial settings it is very common to toss cutlery into a sink of plain old white vinegar, let soak and polish with a cloth. Or cut a potato in half and sprinkle it with powdered laundry detergent, rub onto spots, rinse and dry.

Doing this gets rid of water and rust spots. Bar Keepers Friend is another effective option. To make your own silver or stainless steel cleaner: Place crumpled aluminum foil in a pan or plastic bucket. Dissolve 1/4 cup washing soda in enough hot water to cover the cutlery. Place cutlery on foil and let stand for five minutes until the stains are gone. Rinse and polish dry.

Dear Reena, Ho w c a n I g e t a s t r o n g mouldy smell out of clothing?

— Marilyn Dear Marilyn, Soak washable clothes in either white vinegar (the smell of vin-

Use a Q-Tip dipped in rubbing alcohol to release bandage glue.

before using in dough recipe.

Cooked potatoes or leftover mashed potatoes can also be used in potato bread recipes.

Dear Reena, Is there anything that I can wipe on my feet to get rid of foot odour? Thanks. — Darcy

egar will evaporate), or 1 cup washing soda and 10 cups water or 1 cup borax and 10 cups water. Leave for 30 minutes and wash as usual. Make sure that you pour the entire contents of whichever product you choose into the washing machine.

Doing so will not only freshen fabrics, but will also clean out the hoses in your washing machine.

Dear Reena, Some time ago you shared a cinnamon bun recipe. It calls for 2 cups of potato water. What is that? Water potatoes have soaked in? Water potatoes have been cooked in? Thanks for your help. — Evelyn Dear Evelyn, Yes, I was referring to the water in which potatoes are cooked.

The water with added starch makes excellent bread dough.

When making potato water, wash and peel three potatoes.

Cut potatoes and add to a pot half full of water. Boil for about 20 minutes (or until potatoes are soft). Drain the potato water into a measuring cup. Cool

Dear Darcy, Pour vodka on a cloth and wipe your feet. Vodka is an amazing odour killer for fabrics as well as skin.

Readers share tips for bandage removal • I hold a warm blow dryer on the corner of the bandage. As the glue softens, the bandage peels off without pain. — Submitted by Marilyn • W iping the area with witch hazel, olive oil, baby oil or tea tree oil immediately releases bandages from the surface. — Submitted by Connor • Use a Q-Tip dipped in rubbing alcohol to release bandage glue. Works like a charm!

— Submitted by Jenn Note: Every user assumes all risks of injury or damage resulting from the implementation of any suggestions in this column. Test all products on an inconspicuous area first.

I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Need a presenter on the topic: Effective Speaking or The Power of Words? Check out: Reena.ca.

Reena has some tips for renewing the look of cutlery. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

This Old Elevator

I

n the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.”

The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is supplying these images of a grain elevator each week in hopes readers will be able to tell the society more about it, or any other elevator they know of.

MHS Gordon Goldsborough webmaster and Journal editor has developed a website to post your replies to a series of questions about elevators. The MHS is interested in all grain elevators that have served the farm community.

Your contributions will help gather historical information such as present status of elevators, names of companies, owners and agents, rail lines, year elevators were built — and dates when they were torn down (if applicable).

There is room on the website to post personal recollections and stories related to grain elevators. The MHS presently also has only a partial list of all elevators that have been demolished. You can help by updating that list if you know of one not included on that list.

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help the MHS develop a comprehensive, searchable database to preserve the farm community's collective knowledge of what was once a vast network of grain elevators across Manitoba.

Please contribute to This Old Grain Elevator website at: http://www. mhs.mb.ca/elevators.

You will receive a response, by email or phone call, confirming that your submission was received.

Goldsborough is interested in hearing all sorts of experiences about the elevators — funny, sad, or anything in between. Readers willing to share their stories can leave messages at 204-474-7469.

An elevator at Makinak, southeast of Dauphin in the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore, was constructed in 1957. A former elevator at the site was converted into an annex at that time. A new crib annex was built in 1969 and the earlier one was demolished in 1987, when three steel tanks were constructed beside the elevator. Renovations occurred in 1971, 1979, and 1987. Closed around 2000 but well maintained and still served by a railway siding, the elevator is used for private grain storage. Source: Jean McManus

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Battle of the beans Monsanto faces a tough fight for the soy market

By Rod Nickel and Tom Polansek Reuters

M

onsanto is facing major threats to its historic dominance of seed and herbicide technology for the US$40-billion U.S. soybean market.

Rivals BASF and DowDuPont are preparing to push their own varieties of genetically modified soybeans. At stake is control over seed supply for the next generation of farmers producing the most valuable U.S. agricultural export.

The market has opened up as Monsanto’s Roundup Ready line of seeds — engineered to tolerate the weed killer glyphosate — has lost effectiveness as weeds develop their own tolerance to the chemical. Compounding the firm’s troubles is a scandal over crop damage linked to its new soybean and herbicide pairing – Roundup Ready 2 Xtend seeds, engineered to resist the chemical dicamba.

The newly competitive sector has sown confusion across the U.S. Farm Belt, particularly among smaller firms that produce and sell seeds with technology licensed from the agrichemical giants.

Many of these sellers told Reuters they are amassing a surplus of seeds with engineered traits from multiple developers — at substantial extra cost — because they can only guess which product farmers will buy.

“Our job is to meet our customers’ needs, and we don’t know what those are going to be,” said Carl Peterson, president of Peterson Farms Seed near Fargo, North Dakota. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this.”

Monsanto has much to lose.

Soybeans are the key ingredient in feed used to fatten the world’s cattle, pigs, chickens and fish.

Net sales of Monsanto’s soybean seeds and traits totalled almost US$2.7 billion in fiscal 2017, or about a fifth of its total net sales. Gross profits from soybean products climbed 35 per cent over 2016, beating 15 per cent growth of its bigger corn seed franchise.

The firm faces multiple lawsuits, along with regulatory restrictions in some U.S. states, because dicamba has drifted onto neighbouring farms and fields and damaged crops not genetically modified to resist it.

BASF and DowDuPont, however, have their own obstacles to overcome, fuelling unprecedented uncertainty among farmers over which seeds they will plant on an estimated 90 million acres of U.S. farmland this spring.

BASF is just entering the market, aiming to compete with an older soybean line called LibertyLink, which the firm is acquiring from Bayer AG. DowDuPont is eager to join the fray but needs approval from Chinese regulators before it can broadly market and sell its new soybean product, Enlist E3.

Monsanto declined comment to Reuters on competition from rivals in the soybean market. But the firm has previously acknowledged the intensifying threat to its bottom line as rivals launch new products.

“Our competitors’ success could render our existing products less competitive, resulting in reduced sales compared to our expectations or past results,” Monsanto said in an annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last year.

Dicamba disaster The name of Monsanto’s new dicamba-based herbicide — XtendiMax with VaporGrip — reflects the problem it tries to solve: the chemical’s tendency to vaporize and drift to neighbouring fields, damaging crops.

But last summer, after farmers planted Monsanto’s new dicamba-resistant seeds en masse, the herbicide damaged an estimated 3.6 million acres of soybeans, or four per cent of all U.S. plantings.

Monsanto maintains its new formulation of dicamba reduces drift effectively. It blames farmers for not following spraying instructions and for illegally applying older versions of dicamba on Xtend seeds.

Despite the controversy, Xtend soybeans have sold briskly, spanning 20 million U.S. acres in

2017, their second year of sales.

Monsanto projects that acreage will double this year, accounting for about 44 per cent of all planted acres.

Still, Monsanto faces a slew of regulatory, legal and public relations challenges from the cropdamage crisis.

Regulators in Arkansas, where crops were heavily damaged in 2017, have prohibited the use of dicamba-based herbicides between dates that likely will cover the entire growing season.

Missouri, Minnesota and North Dakota have also restricted when farmers can spray dicamba.

Missouri farmer Bobby Aycock joined one of several class-action lawsuits against Monsanto after dicamba spraying by nearby farmers damaged his crops in 2016.

He then planted Xtend in 2017 to ensure that drifting dicamba could not harm his crop again. He found another benefit at harvest time: his highest yield in 33 years of soybean farming.

Despite his lawsuit against Monsanto, Aycock plans to sow Xtend seeds again this spring.

“If something’s working,” he said, “I hate to change it.”

in the United States since 2009, steadily gaining market share to reach about 15 per cent, said Rob Schrick, who runs North American corn and soy strategy for Bayer. The company expects the brand to capture 20 per cent of the market in 2018.

BASF had a strategic urgency in the LibertyLink acquisition, said Patrick Jahnke, portfolio manager at Deka Investments, which owns BASF stock.

“The Bayer seed assets were not a bargain,” Jahnke said. “But the purchase eliminates the risk of being the only major supplier in the agro business without a seeds offering.”

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BASF is waiting for Monsanto and Bayer to close their proposed US$63.5-billion merger before it can take over Bayer’s LibertyLink brand of seeds, which are engineered to withstand the chemical glufosinate.

The timing of the takeover, expected in the spring planting season, is awkward because farmers may have already bought seeds. BASF aims to prevent any “customer disruption” when it assumes control of the LibertyLink brand as part of a US$7-billion deal with Bayer, BASF vice-president Scott Kay said in an interview.

BASF declined to elaborate further on its strategy because the purchase of LibertyLink is not yet completed.

The acquisition complements BASF’s herbicide business with a seed line that should “continue to grow profitably,” BASF’s outgoing chief executive Kurt Bock said in October.

Bayer has sold LibertyLink

DowDuPont faces the greatest obstacle in the fight for soybean market share because it is waiting for Chinese regulators to approve imports of soybeans harvested from its Enlist E3 seeds.

Enlist E3 soybeans are bred to resist glyphosate, glufosinate and 2,4-D, a chemical with roots stretching to the Vietnam War as an ingredient in Agent Orange, used by the U.S. military to defoliate jungle.

Launching Enlist widely without Beijing’s approval would risk causing unapproved seeds or soybeans to be inadvertently shipped to China, the biggest importer.

So for now, DowDuPont’s seeds will be grown by a limited, undisclosed number of U.S. farmers who agree to deliver their harvests only to facilities run by Archer Daniels Midland, according to the company.

The deal will give Enlist — one of DowDuPont’s biggest cropsystem investments — a toehold in the U.S. market. Approval by

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Chinese regulators, an uncertain process, could translate to huge profits, but DowDuPont would still face the challenge of catching rivals who have a head start, said Michael Underhill, chief investment officer of Capital Innovations, which manages shares of DowDuPont, Bayer and Monsanto.

“To go into this market, and be late to the game, you have to be exceedingly aggressive,” Underhill said.

Extra inventory DowDuPont’s entry makes it especially hard for farmers to decide what to buy because Enlist E3 may or may not be widely available, said Mark Denzler, president of Indiana-based 1st Choice Seeds, which scooped up surplus soybean seeds last autumn.

In Iowa, Stine Seed acquired 238 billion extra soybean seeds to sell because of the uncertainty, chief executive Harry Stine said.

Illinois-based Great Heart Seed has amassed extra supplies of five varieties of genetically modified soybeans.

“It’s a real pain and it will continue to be so going forward, trying to manage the inventory,” said company co-owner Nels Kasey.

Like the seed sellers, Missouri farmer Milas Mainord plans to hedge his bets by planting at least three soybean varieties.

He will devote up to 30 per cent of his 5,000 acres of soybeans to Monsanto’s Xtend seeds to protect himself from neighbours spraying dicamba. He also plans to plant some LibertyLink and other seeds in areas where he doesn’t expect dicamba use.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

Protein plight: Brazil steals U.S. soybean share in China The best new soybean genetics are providing yield but they’re not meeting protein content requirements SOY EXPORTS TO CHINA

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.S. soybean growers are losing market share in the all-important China market because the race to grow higher-yielding crops has robbed their most prized nutrient: protein.

Declining protein levels make soybeans less valuable to the US$400-billion industry that produces feed for cattle, pigs, chickens and fish. And the problem is a key factor driving soybean buyers from the U.S. to Brazil, where warmer weather helps offset the impact of higher crop yields on protein levels.

A decade ago, the United States supplied 38 per cent of soybeans to China, the world’s top importer, compared to 34 per cent from Brazil. Now, Brazil supplies 57 per cent of Chinese imports compared to 31 from the United States, according to China’s General Administration of Customs.

Soybeans are by far the most valuable U.S. agricultural export, with US$22.8 billion in shipments in 2016. Declining protein levels and market share pose another vexing problem for soy farmers already reeling from a global grains glut and years of depressed prices.

The U.S. soybean industry also faces rising competition from a growing number of synthetic and organic alternative feeds that provide more protein for less money.

These are troubling trends for the US$41billion U.S. soybean sector, but the industry’s response has yet to take on much urgency. That’s because the erosion of protein levels has come over many years, and many industry players still have short-term economic incentives to prioritize higher yields over higher protein.

Protein levels have fallen as biotechnology and other breeding advances have pushed yield per acre to record highs, which dilutes protein content. But U.S. farmers can still make more money producing higher volumes of lower-protein crops because they only get an additional three to five cents a bushel for higher-protein beans.

Over the long term, however, falling protein levels could have dire consequences for the U.S. industry as a whole — especially in China, which buys two-thirds of all soybeans traded in the world market to feed its vast livestock operations.

“China needs soybeans, and we’re at risk of becoming a residual supplier if we don’t work on protein improvements,” said North Dakota farmer Jared Hagert, a director and past chairman of the United Soybean Board (USB), an industry association.

Yield over protein The USB and other industry advocates are starting to take the protein problem seriously. The industry group will spend US$5.6 million in fiscal year 2018 on research and other efforts to boost protein, up from US$3.7 million last year.

They face a tough task. Like many farmers, the agribusiness giants that develop seed technology, such as Monsanto Co. and DowDuPont Inc., have little incentive to focus on raising protein levels.

Seed developers have had great success boosting yields through traditional breeding methods and genetic engineering to make crops use less water, tolerate weed killers and grow better in colder or drier climates. But they have yet to crack the genetic code that would raise protein content without hurting yield, seed breeders said.

At DowDuPont, scientists have identified some promising leads in boosting protein without hurting crop yields, said Steve Schnebly, senior research manager with the agriculture division of DowDuPont. But any commercially viable solution could be two decades away, he said, and isn’t a company priority.

“Our major objective to our farmer customers is maximum yield,” Schnebly said.

Monsanto, the world’s largest seed producer, currently has no genetic research projects focusing on elevating protein, spokeswoman Christi Dixon said in a written statement.

“Market potential and demand doesn’t warrant the R&D investment,” she said.

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rise of cheaper and more abundant alternative feeds available to livestock and poultry producers. They include distillers grains, a byproduct of the ethanol production process, and synthetic amino acids that are mixed with corn to mimic soymeal.

Jeff Knott, a swine nutrition consultant and owner of Minnesota-based Ideal Animal Nutrition, creates recipes with such alternatives for hog feed used by producers in several Midwest states.

“Compared to 20 years ago, we’re probably feeding 70 per cent less soybean meal than we used to,” he said. “And it’s all economically driven.”

Exports dropping Brazilian soybean producers use the same genetically modified seeds as their U.S. counterparts, and have also seen a reduction in protein content.

But Brazilian growers retain a crucial edge in protein thanks to warmer weather and longer days. The nation’s soybeans contain 37 per cent protein on average, according to data from Embrapa, the government’s agriculture research agency.

That compares to 34.1 per cent for U.S. crops in 2017 — a record low, according to the U.S. Soybean Export Council.

The protein shortfall in this season’s crop has prompted U.S. processors such as Bunge Ltd. to cut the amount of protein they can guarantee in soymeal they sell.

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The United Soybean Board has launched a pilot project at a small number of processors and grain elevators — facilities that store and load grain for shipping — to record and analyze the protein content of soybeans delivered by local farmers.

The effort aims to provide highly localized data in the hope that farmers will select seed varieties that produce higherprotein crops and that soybean buyers will pay them a premium.

Other USB efforts include financing genetics research to boost protein, including studies by researchers at the University of Illinois and by scientists at DuPont Pioneer.

“We’ve got to be cognizant as to what kind of product we are providing the enduser,” said Hagert, the USB director.

Another study — conducted by the University of Wisconsin and paid for by the Illinois Soybean Association and the U.S. Soybean Export Council — suggests that farmers can better compete with synthetic alternatives by planting beans with a specific amino acid balance.

Such soybeans can save hog feeders up to US$3 a head and save chicken producers 7 U.S. cents a bird, said the study’s lead author, John Osthus.

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Expanded port capacity in northern Brazil and lower freight costs have widened the country’s advantage in China, said a Brazilian trader with a large exporting company.

“Brazil’s soybeans on average have less impurities and higher protein content,” said the trader, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. “Some destinations will pay a premium for that.”

Protein is paramount for Chinese importers, two managers at soy-crushing plants and one soy meal buyer at a pig producer told Reuters in interviews.

“Feed producers mainly consider the cost of the soy meal — the price, and the amount of protein it contains,” said a swine feed buyer who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak. “With more supplies from Brazil... we don’t necessarily need to buy beans from the U.S.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

Canadian farmers tied up in red tape The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says Manitoba is a bright spot in a bleak national picture STAFF

Too much red tape is burning out Canadian farmers and others in the agriculture industry, according to a recent document released by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).

It’s got so bad that 40 per cent of business owners in the sector wouldn’t now advise their kids to start a similar business, up four points from just a year ago, according to the CFIB’s recently released Agri-business Red Tape Backgrounder.

Among the issues tipped by the report include confusing forms, bad customer service and excessive government regulations.

Marilyn Braun-Pollon, CFIB’s vice-president for agribusiness says governments have proven adept at milking agriculture for its positive associations, they’re less skilled at setting winning conditions for the industry.

“While governments are great at celebrating agriculture, which is important, what farmers really want is for governments to set them free from excessive red tape,” she said in a media release.

“While governments are great at celebrating agriculture, which is important, what farmers really want is for governments to set them free from excessive red tape.”

Australia takes Canada to WTO over wine rules Australia is putting up its first WTO trade challenge against Canada

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ustralia has complained at the World Trade Organization about Canada’s rules on wine sales, expanding a similar U.S. complaint against one province.

In October, Washington accused British Columbia of providing an unfair advantage to local vineyards by giving their wine an exclusive retail channel in grocery store shelves and cutting out U.S. competition.

Australia’s complaint, published by the WTO on Jan. 16, expanded the U.S. argument, saying that not only B.C. but also Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, as well as the Canadian government, had policies on wine that broke WTO rules.

“It appears that a range of

distribution, licensing and sales measures such as product markups, market access and listing policies, as well as duties and taxes on wine applied at the federal and provincial level may discriminate, either directly or indirectly, against imported wine,” Australia said.

The dispute is the first brought by Australia against Canada in the history of the WTO, and follows a rise in trade tension between Canada and the U.S. The North American neighbours are tussling over the future of the NAFTA trade agreement they share with Mexico, and Canada recently launched a surprise attack on U.S. trade policy, initiating a wide-ranging WTO complaint published Jan. 10.

Australia Trade Minister Steven Ciobo said lodging the complaint was “unrelated” to

Canada’s surprise last-minute reservations that stalled the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations in Vietnam last November.

“These are unrelated events. The fact is that we have continued to see an erosion of, for lack of a better term, liberalized market access into Canada,” he said in an interview with Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Jan. 17.

“We are aggrieved over the domestic (wine) regulations that they have in place. It sends a very clear shot across the bow to Canada.”

The Canadian federal government “works closely with all provinces and territories to ensure their liquor distribution and sales policies are consistent with our international trade commitments,” said Pierre-Olivier Herbert, spokes-

man for Canada’s international trade minister.

Canada will also give “careful consideration” to consultation requests from any WTO member, Herbert added.

Australia has seen exports of bottled wine to Canada almost halve between 2007 and 2016, from $224 million to $119 million, although sales to Britain and the U.S., once its top export markets, have fallen by even more (all figures US$).

Despite a growth in sales to China, now the top export destination, and to Hong Kong, Australian wine sales overall fell from $2.5 billion in 2007 to $1.7 billion in 2016.

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The province has removed unnecessary regulatory requirements on the construction of farm buildings, which now more closely align with other western Canadian jurisdictions,” he said. “The province also eliminated general prohibitions that limited expansion of hog barns and manure storage facilities, so they are now subject to the same legislation as other livestock sectors.”

These changes prompted the province to jump from a ‘D+’ in 2017 to an ‘A’ in the CFIB’s 2018 Red Tape Report Card.

Agribusiness owners say that red tape adds significant stress (83 per cent), significantly reduces the productivity in their business (73 per cent) and discourages business growth (70 per cent).

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

Agriculture in the Classroom gives students a taste of Ag Days Over 400 Grade 7/8 students joined the Ag Days crowds Jan. 16-18 through Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) and its Manitoba Ag Days Adventure

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

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ven for some of the farm kids, it was their first time at Ag Days.

Canada’s largest indoor trade show bolstered its attendance by 415 Grade 7/8 students this year with Agriculture in the Classroom’s Manitoba Ag Days Adventure.

Sue Clayton, executive director of AITC Manitoba, called the Ag Days tie-in one of its “flagship programs,” normally drawing 400-500 youth.

Schools arrived over the threeday show Jan. 16-18, largely from western Manitoba. Participants once again split their time between the Keystone Centre, the host of the show, and the Brandon Manitoba Agriculture office.

“We do what we call the world game,” Clayton said. “The students are divided into different country groups, so they represent a different region of the world and they’re given a portion of food that would be representative of a meal in that country. That really opens their eyes to how fortunate we are in North America.”

Big ideas Morning sessions tackled global agriculture and trade, topics that even farm-raised students may have only a vague knowledge of.

“Lots of things surprise them,” curriculum specialist Karen Hill said. “We’ll ask them if they think the number of hungry people in the world is increasing, and most people believe that’s the case. It’s actually false.”

In 2 0 1 5 , t h e Fo o d a n d Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported that undernourished people dropped 167 million in the decade before and 216 million since 1990-92, although about 795 million people were still struggling worldwide.

Asia’s share of world population (Asia-Pacific houses about 60 per cent of the world, according to the United Nations) is usually another point of interest, Hill said.

Students were asked to imitate trade flows. Organizers introduced Canadian agricultural products and their markets. Some of those products, like grain, came as no surprise, but were offset by less known products, such as frozen cattle genetics, ostensibly on their way to Australia.

Students ended the day in the Keystone Centre. Groups were asked to navigate the Ag Days crowds to find 48 booths out of the over 800 set up.

Clayton says the scavenger hunt was meant to explore different aspects of agriculture within the province, having already explored national and global agriculture in the morning.

“The goal is for them to think global, but act local,” she said.

“One in eight jobs in Canada are directly related to agriculture,” she added, a number cited

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Canada. “I believe the number is even higher in Manitoba. So the point is to have these kids start thinking about the different careers that are involved in agriculture. They’re more and more removed from the farm and so they’re not thinking that way.”

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Grade 7/8 students explore Canada’s role in global agriculture and trade during Agriculture in the Classroom’s Manitoba Ag Days Adventure 2018.

Carman Collegiate teacher Marilyn Thompson said she brings students through the program each year.

“I think it brings to their attention, just globally, the situation with agriculture and then when we go to the Keystone Centre, just the number of opportunities there are in agriculture,” she said.

Carman Collegiate draws on rural youth and her students are already familiar with some of the information presented, she said, but maintained that some lessons are totally novel.

Quinn McLaren is one of those rural students. Her father is a grain farmer, she said, but she had little awareness of the trade facts her fellow students heard during the day. McLaren said she was surprised by the breadth of agricultural trade and exports in Canada.

Likewise, it was her first trip to Ag Days.

“I’m just looking forward to see what other booths there are and to find out some more facts,” she said.

Manitoba Ag Days has historically funded AITC’s program through its 50/50 proceeds.

AITC received $8,000 from the 2018 show.

ACC mentors Students were paired with future members of the ag industry. Ninety-nine Assiniboine Community College agribusiness students spent a morning as mentors over the three days.

“I think it’s good to get kids involved with agriculture,” Brodie Hunter, second-year agribusiness student, said. “There’s a lot of misnomers out there in the ag industry, so it’s nice to get them influenced at a young age about what’s going on in ag and how Canada is on a global scale, I guess, on how ag affects different parts of the world.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

It’s not your grandparents’ farm Ag Days talk highlights advancements being made to support modern organic farmers

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t’s often said Grandpa’s farm was organic — just because he used no chemical inputs.

But how a past generation ran a farm and what present-day organic farmers do aren’t just years apart.

Producers operating organic production systems now make science-based management decisions, thanks to the considerable advancements that have been made in technology and research supporting organic, said Katherine Stanley, Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA)’s new extension organic agronomist who spoke at Ag Days.

Don’t think of organic farming as ‘like Grandpa did,’ because it’s not, she told a sizable audience in the MNP theatre Jan. 18.

“It’s become a little bit more complicated and little more evolved than that,” she said.

Particularly in the past five to 10 years there’s been a focused effort to advance the sector in terms of new technological developments, and a deep-

A lot of this work has been done in collaboration with growers and will continue to be done with growers, with researchers and mechanical engineers following up on their innovations, Stanley said.

Her talk was an overview of some of those efforts and the outcomes.

It’s somewhat striking, she noted, that certain concepts haven’t actually changed much in a centur y. She recently came across a 1918 German agricultural manual depicting diagrams of early inter-row cultivators.

“Other than the size and we’re not pulling equipment by horse very often anymore, a lot of the general functionality of these weed control tools haven’t changed,” she said.

But the way we use them certainly has, thanks to the technological advancements added to match these tools to the requirements of the modern farm.

An example is camera-guided inter-row cultivators, like the

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Katherine Stanley, Manitoba Organic Alliance’s new extension organic agronomist spoke at Ag Days. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

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Tests done with the Comb Cut in fields infested with thistle have found it set back the weed enough to see a 50 per cent yield difference between test plots, she noted.

The research community is also developing tools to address limitations of other more traditional methods, such as the rotator harrow which combines the action of a rotary hoe and a harrow.

“It’s a little more aggressive and addresses the time limitations of those two implements,” she said.

Plant breeding Today’s organic farmers also benefit from advancements in plant breeding, including new crop varieties developed for suitability for organic systems. AAC Tradition is a wheat variety developed specifically for organic production by the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and University of Manitoba joint organic cerealbreeding program.

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A budgeting tool created by University of Manitoba, for example, can now help organic farmers assess and balance nutrient imports and exports and enable them to create a plan for an entire rotation.

“When we think of advancements of agriculture and science and technology, often organic or ecological farming are not the first things that come to mind,” Stanley said.

“But over the past five to 10 years we’ve seen quite a bit of research as well as real technological developments.”

There is new interest in organic farm management, with a panel discussion in Brandon that included three different farm owners, including well-established organic farmers and new entrants to the sector.

The seminar also featured producer Colin Rosengren who has devised sophisticated intercropping approaches on his farm near Midale, Sask.

MOA is working to support new and existing organic producers. Stanley, who joined the organization last fall, is working on a variety of extension programming, including ‘organic agronomy coffee shop talks’ which are one-hour conference calls with a guest speaker.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

Spring fallow eyed as organic solution for a prickly problem Can spring fallow and late-seeded soybean help put an end to thistle for organic growers?

Short-season concerns

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

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rganic trials in Quebec hint at a better way to deal with thistle, but Western Canada’s short growing season may throw a wrench in the works.

Dr. Anne Weill, of Cégep de Victoriaville, says spring fallow, along with at least two tillage passes and a late-seeded warmseason crop, has been effective against sow thistle, Canada thistle and coltsfoot in southern Quebec.

Weill tested the system over five years, using spring fallow planted into soybean around mid-June and one to three destruction passes before planting. Each destruction was five to 10 centimetres deep with overlapping sweeps.

Timing is key Producers should plan their attack for when plant reserves are low and less likely to recover, Weill said.

The system will not work if farmers wait too long to till.

At the seven-leaf stage, Canada thistle stems are already becoming fibrous and flexible and will be pushed to the side rather than destroyed.

“We should always do the work before they start to elongate,” Weill said, pegging the ideal destruction window at four 3rdleaves. to3 eight Sow should also be al Annuthistle dealt with between four to eight

Canada thistle and other tough weeds could be controlled in an organic field by planting a warm-season crop a bit later and tilling twice — if the growing season supports it. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS/DANIEL X. O’NEIL

leaves (although some literature puts that number at three to four).

Those results were borne out in 2013, Weill said. That particular trial destroyed sow thistle on June 19, the same day that soybeans were put in the ground.

That field returned 3.9 sow thistle plants per square metre the following summer. With two tillage passes, one on May 9 and another June 19 before seeding, only 0.1 sow thistle plant per square metre survived.

“We knew we were on to something and we concluded that only one late destruction when the sow thistle is advanced

is not effective, and that was answering a question because a number of people were saying, ‘You have to destroy it when it’s blooming. This is when the reserves are (at) minimum,’ but that’s not at all what occurred,” she said.

All other trials reinforced the need for multiple passes.

The researcher shortened the time between destructions for another 2013 trial. The trial left the field fallow until June 22 before seeding soybean as a green manure. Destructions happened from June 17-22 on the one-pass plot and May 18 and June 17-22 in the two-plot pass.

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Sow thistle dropped from 65 plants per square metre to nothing on both plots when planted to corn the following year, but 27 Canada thistle plants per square metre (down from 72) survived when only one pass was done.

The more rigorous treatment brought that to three.

In another case, Weill took a field with 22 Canada thistle plants per square metre, put it in spring fallow, then planted it to corn (seeded May 10 on the plot with one pass, June 5 on the plot that would see two). Both thistle and mustard dropped in the first year. By the second year, this time planted into soybeans June 12, thistle had largely, although not totally, disappeared.

“With the work in May and the seeding in May, basically there were weeds and no corn, zero corn per hectare, and what was reworked in June — so one pass in May, one pass in June then seeding in June — we had nine tonnes per hectare corn. We had a crop. It was a bit immature because it was a late planting, but there was a huge difference,” she said.

Bringing control up to three passes almost eliminated both Canada thistle and coltsfoot in another field in 2013.

The trial brought coltsfoot from 33 per cent cover to almost nothing that year and into July 2014. The same was true for Canada thistle, with the exception of one mystery section of the field.

Weill pointed to row spacing, cultivation and the importance of keeping crop competitive. Where crop was damaged by cultivation, weeds regrew the next year despite the spring fallow.

“What we’ve noticed is if you do the spring fallow properly, even if you have no cultivation, but if you have a very aggressive crop, it works too,” she said, but added that cultivation is an advantage.

Adding a fall plow may further help against Canada thistle, but not sow thistle, since the shovel will slice Canada thistle stem, forcing it to grow up from depth, but scoop under the more horizontal sow thistle roots, Weill said.

All but one of Weill’s trials missed out on the Manitoba crop insurance seeding deadline for both soybeans and corn.

Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) needs acres in the ground anywhere from May 30 to June 6 ( June 15 for silage corn in parts of Manitoba).

Soybeans and corn have no organic insurance in Manitoba, although staff from MASC say producers can still insure organic acres under conventional insurance, assuming they can meet conventional weed tolerance.

Even for those who are not insured, Weill’s late seeding may be cause for concern.

Katherine Stanley, extension specialist with the Manitoba Organic Alliance, admitted that fall frost risk would jump when crop is put in that late.

“With a short-season soybean variety, you would still be able to delay seeding slightly, and have the two spring cultivations to manage thistle,” she said. “What is key would be competitive seeding rates of soybean with in-crop mechanical weed control and inter-row cultivation.

With the new camera-guided cultivators some producers are using, row spacing more narrow than 30 inches is a possibility, which further increases crop competition.”

Weill’s system has hit a similar wall in northern Quebec, where producers do not grow the warm-season crops used elsewhere. Cool-season crops like wheat have not worked, she said, since the spring fallow uses too much early-season time.

So far, Weill has landed on green manure as a possible solution. The spring fallow could be followed by a late-seeded mix, which could then be terminated as needed.

While effective in controlling thistles, Weill pointed out that green manure takes a field out of production for a year.

Green manure is an option in Manitoba, Stanley said. Most organic producers already cycle green manure to replenish nutrients.

“By delaying green manure seeding — having the cultivations early in the spring, then sowing a competitive stand of a green manure — we should be seeing a similar effect,” she said.

The Carman test station has already played with delayed green manure seeding and results have echoed Weill’s findings, Stanley said.

Stanley is also eyeing other warm-season, later-seeded crops like hemp as a possible alternative.

“As for timing, the key part is allowing enough time to let the thistle try to regrow so it uses up some of its energy reserves,” she added. “How this would be affected if we narrowed that window between cultivations to say, two or three weeks instead of four, I’m not totally sure.”

The researcher plans to explore that shortened window in the future. astockford@farmmedia.com

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Organic growers have bigger economic cushion Lower costs and higher prices make organic producers more economically resilient, according to provincial figures

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff / Brandon

O

rganic growers can still turn a tidy profit in 2018, according to Manitoba Agriculture cost-of-production figures released at Ag Days.

Roy Arnott, a provincial farm management specialist, said it all comes down to what crops growers pick.

Among the most profitable crops are hemp, which on paper nets $256.54 an acre, winter wheat ($283.10/acre), spring wheat ($207.72/acre) flax ($136.17/acre) and oats ($45.25/ acre).

Some of the money-losers include soybeans (-$44.12/acre), feed barley (-$95.23/acre) and fall rye (-$171.50).

Similar cost-of-production estimates on the conventional agriculture side reveal a tighter band of returns and generally smaller numbers. For those growers the most profitable crops are canola ($41.99/acre), soybeans ($49.71/acre) hard red spring wheat ($12.01/acre) and oats ($12.26/acre). Crops that won’t likely turn a profit include winter wheat (-$29.10/acre) and flax (-$32.50/acre).

This is the fourth year Arnott has completed a cost-of-production (COP) analysis for organic farmers, with budgets aimed at helping these growers make COP, after factoring in differences in yields and market prices, the basis for deciding what to grow.

Generally, operating costs for organic crops are ranging between $200 and $250 an acre, with total costs ranging between $350 and $400 an acre.

Comparatively, those same costs range slightly higher on the conventional side at about $200 to $300 operating costs and $350 to $450 for total costs.

That lower cost structure on the organic side, combined with higher prices, means the breakeven yields for some crops are lower. When considering both operating and fixed costs, a grower would have to produce 19.9 bu./acre of spring wheat, 9.9 bu./acre of flax, 61 bu./acre of oats and 14.3 bu./acre of soybeans.

“Those do seem relatively achievable,” Arnott said.

Far higher yields are required on the conventional side to hit break-even. Canola crops would need 34 bu./acre, winter wheat 67 bu./acre, hard red spring wheat 49 bu./acre, flax 24 bu./ acre, oats 92 bu./acre and soybeans 32 bu./acre.

Looking at it another way, based on average yields organic growers would need to see wheat priced at $10.24/bu., flax at $23.09/bu., oats at $4.38/bu. and soybeans at $25.26/bu.

“Again, from what the market currently is at, it does appear that these break-evens are definitely achievable,” Arnott said.

By comparison, to break even, prices on the conventional side will need a bushel of wheat selling at about $6.09, flax at $12.60, oats at $2.85 and soybeans at $8.51.

Arnott also presented a stress test scenario with a 10 per cent price drop and a five per cent yield drop. Even then things are still largely profitable for organics, with a $150/acre profit margin on hemp, $185/acre on winter wheat and $112/acre on wheat. The notable exceptions in

that scenario would be soybeans at a loss of $108/acre and oats at $21/acre.

The same scenario for a conventional grower would take things “from tight to worse,” Arnott noted.

“We’ve got nothing showing positive,” he said. “Everything goes negative, somewhere between $20 and $75 an acre.”

Ultimately, what the analysis is showing is a bigger cushion for organic growers, he said.

“The conventional is a whole lot tighter. There’s no doubt about that,” he said. “But no matter what the system, this really highlights you have to produce, generally speaking, an aboveaverage crop to make it work.”

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PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailers.ca 130 MISC. SEMI TRAILERS, flatdecks, lowbeds, dump trailers, jeeps, tankers, etc.

Check www.trailerguy.ca for pictures and prices. 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, 2008 DOEPKER SUPER B grain trailer, al- tandem and tridems. Contact SK: um. rims, lifting axle, valid safety, road 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336. ready! Very good condition, $64,000.

204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 1981 NEIL’S 61’ double drop flat deck, snap-off neck, 36’ working deck, $7000; 1998 Trailtech tandem 12’ sprayer trailer, $8000. Call 780-221-3980, Leduc, AB.

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2015 DODGE RAM 3500, crew, Longhorn, 6.7L Dually, Aisin auto., 58,500 kms, $59,995. Hendry’s Chrysler 306-528-2171, Nokomis, SK. DL #907140.

2010 SILVERADO 1500, gas, 2 dr, longbox, 4.8L V8, 2WD, 93,000 kms., A/T/C, white, automatic, excellent shape, no rust, 2012 DOEPKER SUPER B grain trailer, valid $11,500 OBO. 306-436-7461, Regina, SK. safety, job ready, $69,500. 204-743-2324, 2009 DODGE 3500 diesel, 1 ton, 4WD, Cypress River, MB. with 5th wheel deck, 196,000 kms., new clutch, tires & glass, recent front suspension upgrade, $29,500; Double A 5th wheel trailer w/elec. winch, rear loading NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 ramps, $12,500. Lamont Farm Centre Ltd, years body and paint experience. We do Lamont, AB. 780-895-7338, 780-940-6372. metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip.

Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop 2009 FORD ESCAPE, 4x4, 3L, $6995. shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. Greenlight Truck & Auto. Saskatoon. Sale at 2820 Jasper Ave, Jan 26. DL# 311430.

PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING & PAINTING. 306-934-1455, www.GreenlightAuto.ca Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, 2013 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD, ARE and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture Topper, $24,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed. Saskatoon. 306-934-1455, DL#311430, 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca

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ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRUCKS: Several trucks with auto. trans. available with C&C or grain or gravel box. Starting at $19,900; Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net

1994 WESTERN STAR 4964F Crane truck, 584,000 kms., T/A, Cat 3406, Eaton 18 spd., Ferrari 8300 Kg crane, fresh safety, $19,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit: www.combineworld.com

YEAR END GRAIN TRUCK CLEARANCE! 2007 Mack 400 HP, Mack eng., AutoShift, A/T/C, new 20’ BH&T, new RR tires, 716,000 kms., exc shape, was $67,500, NOW $63,500; 2007 IH 9200 ISX Cummins, 430 HP, AutoShift, alum. wheels, new 20’ BH&T, fully loaded, 1M kms., real nice shape, was $67,500, NOW $63,500; 2009 Mack CH613, 430HP Mack, 10 spd., 3 pedal AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, 1.4M kms. has eng. bearing roll done, nice shape, was $69,500, NOW $65,500; 2007 Kenworth T600, C13 Cat 425 HP, 13 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, new paint, 1.0M kms., excellent truck, was $71,500, NOW $67,500; 1996 Midland 24’ tandem grain pup, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, new paint, new brakes, excellent tries, was $18,500, NOW $16,500; 1999 IH 4700 S/A w/17’ steel flat deck, 230,000 kms., IH 7.3 diesel, 10 spd., good tires, was $19,500, NOW $18,000; 2005 IH 9200 tractor, ISX 430 HP Cummins, 13 spd., alum. wheels, flat top sleeper, good rubber, was $22,500, NOW $19,500. All trucks SK. safetied.

Trades considered. Arborfield SK., Phone Merv at 306-276-7518 res., 306-767-2616 cell. DL #906768.

1999 JOHNSTON STREET Sweeper, 16,126 miles/3037 hrs., Cummins 4 cyl., hyd. pump, $12,900. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com

2018 GMC 1 ToN REG CAB & CHAssIs 6.0L V8, loaded, rear camera, trailer brake control, cloth, Stk #J1340 MsRP $52,845 Cash Price $47,995 or $321 b/w @ 1.99% 84 Mo

2007 MACK GRANITE, 380 Mack, 13 spd., heavy axles, long enough for grain box, gravel or decks, clean western truck, last year before all of the emissions $26,000 OBO. Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK. 1995 GMC TOPKICK Tandem, Cat 3216, Allison 6-spd. auto push button, spring susp., new Firestone 11R22.5 front/rear, 20’ Courtney Berg unibody w/rear cross auger side discharge, front and rear hoist and auger controls, Michel’s roll tarp, ladders, 52,558 kms., 3979 hrs., $89,900.

306-834-7579, Major, SK. 1994 INTERNATIONAL EAGLE Tandem, Detroit 60, 365 HP, 10 spd., Courtney Berg 20’ unibody w/rear cross auger for side discharge, Michel’s roll up tarp, ladder, front and rear box controls, rear pintle, air hook-ups, 11R24.5 tires - new rear/90% front, $45,000. 306-834-7579, Major, SK. REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND hoist systems can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season.

Give Kramble Industries a call at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net

2005 WESTERN STAR w/sleeper, 18 spd., C15, low kms, w/cement blower, $50,000.

204-376-5194, 204-641-2408, Arborg, MB.

2012 MACK CXU613 day-cab, Mack MP8, 455HP, Eaton 13 spd., $39,900. DL#1679.

Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB.

VACUUM SEPTIC TRUCK: 1996 Mack tandem, 3000 gal. tank, hoist, rear open door, 1200 Fruitland pump, new tires, $38,000.

Smith Ind. 306-373-7622, Saskatoon, SK.

2007 YUKON XL 5.3L, heated leather, very good. $5000 done on front end with receipts. Car proof avail., runs/drives great, 315,000 KM. $13,000 OBO. 306-377-4649, Fiske, SK. bcheinrichs7@gmail.com

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2018 GMC 1 ToN CREW slT 6.6L V8 diesel, loaded, sunroof, nav., heated & cooled leather, Stk #J1400 MsRP $85,870 Cash Price $75,995 or $503 b/w @ 1.99% 84 Mo 2018 CHEV 1 ToN CREW lTZ DUAllY 6.6L /V8 diesel, loaded, sunroof, nav., heated & cooled leather, Stk #J1244 MsRP $87,510 Cash Price $77,995 or $516 b/w @ 1.99% 84 Mo

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2009 GMC C8500 TANDEM GRAIN TRUCK Isuzu Diesel 300 HP Allison Transmission 14+40 Axles Rubber Block Rear Suspension, Alum wheels A-C-T PW PL PM Air ride seat. CIM 20’ Box and hoist w/Remote hoist and end gate. 12R22.5 Front and 11R22.5 Rear Tires, Red Cab & Red Box, 19,950km, Stk#M7346A $89,995 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

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HigHway #2 East – watrous, sK 2011 FREIGHTLINER DAY-CAB, Detroit DD15, 455 HP, 13 spd., 12 front, 40 rear, 175” WB, 715,800 kms., $44,900. DL# 1679. Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB.

2007 FREIGHTLINER CENTURY Class, 500 HP Detroit 60 series 18 spd., heavy spec unit, 500,000 kms. read off computer, fresh safety, $29,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

2001 FREIGHTLINER FL80 S/A, 3126 Cat, Allison auto (serviced and greenlight by Allison dealer), 300,000 kms., fresh safety, nice unit, $29,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2008 PETERBILT 386, yellow, daycab, 18 spd., 850,000 kms., 46k rears full locks, vg cond., $24,900. 780-206-1234, Barrhead.

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CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in 2013 VOLVO G970, 4837 hrs., $150,000. place and finish of concrete floors. Can ac- 306-544-2202, Hanley, SK. commodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

2014 VOLVO G970, $195,000. Please call 306-554-2202, Hanley, SK. www.windandweathershelters.com COMMERCIAL GRADE Wind and weather 2 ONLY! Cat D6R LGP; And 1 only! D6H shelter buildings available in widths from LGP crawler tractors, $80,000/ea; 2005 JD 20’ to 90’. Prices starting at $2495. If you 700J LGP crawler w/6-way dozer, EROPS, have bought an auction building and need 4000 hrs., $82,500; 1998 Cat 963B LGP to upgrade to more durable material or crawler loader, 2.5 cu. yd., EROPS, air, parts, we can help! Contact Paul heat, $32,500. Robert Harris, Gimli, MB. 306-641-5464 or Ladimer 306-795-7779. toll free: 1-877-614-4203, or cell: HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 204-470-5493. For details & pics of all our yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, Located in Yorkton, SK. custom conversions available. Looking for equipment: robertharrisequipment.com Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., D8K CAT DIRT DOZER, 4 barrel ripper, un- 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK dercarriage is 80-90%, excellent condition.

204-739-3494, Oak Point, MB. RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham GREENHOUSE FOR RENT: Profitable Fort Qu Appelle location. 6 growing houses: 20x24, 2015 JOHN DEERE 130G track hoe, 3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 PTH Paratills 24x40, 20x88, two 20x40 & 20x50. Sales w/quick attach bucket, hyd thumb, c/w in stock; Parts for Bigham & Tye paratills; office and transplanting facilities. Includes 50” ditching bucket, excellent shape, 600 6 & 8 leg paratills available for farm use. soil sterilizer, mixer, storage shed and large hrs. $122,250. Lawrence 204-586-9176 or 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. outdoor sales front. Other amenities are Micheal shop, 204-871-6483, Austin, MB. river water accessible, customer washroom, KELLO/ ROME/ TOWNER/ KEWANEE customer parking, debit/credit capable. disc blades and bearings: 22” to 36” Inger306-332-5276 or 306-331-6066, Fort Qu soll notched. Oilbath, regreaseable and Appelle, SK. dorothy.v@hotmail.ca ball bearings to service all makes of construction and ag. discs. 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com RESTAURANT FOR LEASE! Fully stocked, chairs, cooking equipment, dishwasher, dishes, etc. Located at the Western Budget Motel in Bonnyville, AB. Call Larry at 780-612-8884.

WELDING AND MACHINE SHOP: Owner wanting to retire after 38 years. Established clientele. Located in Maple Creek, SK, close to Cypress Hills Park. Serious inquiries only. Phone Dale at 306-662-2727, 306-662-7522, or 306-662-2398.

RESTAURANT IN ASSINIBOIA, successful operation; Large industrial building in the heart of Balken oil play for lease/sale; Kenosee Lake cabin and campground for sale, incl. carwash and laundry mat; Development lands around Regina/Saskatoon; Large building and property on Broadway Ave., Yorkton; 3 lots on South Service Road, Weyburn.

Brian Teifenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. Regina, SK., www.collierscanada.com

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1995 VOLVO, 350,000 original kms., 9500 hrs., wet kit, 370 HP, 13 spd., one owner, farmer owned, exc. cond., 780-206-1234.

2008 G940 TANDEM drive articulated, Volvo D7E eng., net 165 HP, HTE 1160, shuttle auto shift trans. (11 fwd, 6 rvs), 14’ mold board, 5688 hrs., $74,800. DL#1679.

Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. 1998 D6RLGP TWIN TILT angle dozer, winch, full cab canopy, would trade for D6N. 306-278-7740, Porcupine Plain, SK.

SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. auwith 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call gers, brush cutters and more large stock.

306-334-2232, 306-332-7332, Balcarres.

Top quality equipment, quality welding ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. in stock. Custom sizes and log siding on PULL TYPE ROAD GRADER, conversion by order. Call V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, CWK Enterprises, Humboldt, SK. 16’ blade, Rosthern, SK. payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and used 1 day, new condition, $35,000. vertical beater spreaders.

Phone 306-476-7728, Fife Lake, SK. 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no ex- BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective for construction equipment. Attachments posed screws to leak or metal overlaps. way to clear land. Four season service, for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders.

Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, church- competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equipes, pig barns, commercial, arch rib build- trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket at- ment parts and major components. Call ing and residential roofing; also available tachments. Bury rock and brush piles and Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK. fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 1978 CHAMPION 740 motor grader, Detroit 6 cylinder, showing 2568 hours, 14’ 306-960-3804. moldboard, scarifier, cab, new rear tires, 3 PICTURE WINDOWS for sale, triple pane MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. $16,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: Low-E, 62” square with 2 casement win- Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.combineworld.com dows for venting on top third. $1100 each, www.maverickconstruction.ca 2002 CASE 689G TELEHANDLER 9000 stored inside. 306-375-2910, ext. 704 or LBS., 40’ reach, Perkins diesel, 4WD, 4W 307, Kyle, SK. REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, steer, 8115 hrs., runs well, $19,900. $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com It doesn’t get any better than this. Prepay $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Larger sizes your ad for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! avail. Travel incl. in SK. See us on FB at 2007 CAT D6N LGP Dozer, new undercarriage, 34” pads, diff. steer, 6-way blade, Call today! 1-800-667-7770. saskdugouts. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon SK 16,131 hrs., $94,900. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

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1998 SNORKELIFT ATB46N boom lift, SN 974668, 2WD, Kubota, dsl., 20 HP, 4 sec. boom, 1341 hrs., $9500. 306-834-7579, Major, SK.

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ALLIS HD16 PARTS for models: B, D, DP, A. Good stock, large variety. 306-873-5675 or ph/text 306-873-7506, Tisdale, SK.

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BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, convex and rigid frame straight walls, grain tanks, metal cladding, farm- commercial. Construction and concrete crews.

Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saskatoon and Northwest Behlen Distributor, Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, Osler, SK.

290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, BOOK NOW, TAKE DELIVERY, DON’T Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK PAY UNTIL NOVEMBER, 2018. Top quality MERIDIAN bins. Price includes: DIESEL ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, and delivery within set radius. Meridian Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts Hopper Combo SPECIAL: 5000 bu., and Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: $14,990. We manufacture superior quality 306-543-2111, Regina, SK. hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call and find out why our product quality and price well exceeds the competition. We also stock replacement lids for all makes & FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart motor sales, service and parts. Also sale Services Inc., 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks.

306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A- 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. 111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com

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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.

POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, hog, chicken and dairy barns. Construction and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, MR Steel Construction, 306-978-0315, Hague, SK.

GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call TIM’S CUSTOM BIN MOVING and Haulor check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca ing Inc. Up to 22’ diameter. 204-362-7103 2008 JD 850J WLT crawler dozer, c/w Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, binmover50@gmail.com ROP’S, 12’ 6-way blade, SBG pads, 8700 Russell, MB. GRAIN BIN INSTALLATION. Large diamehrs., $95,000. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines ter bin setup, concrete, and repairs. Now and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, booking Spring 2018. Quadra DevelopEXCAVATOR BUCKETS, various shapes 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. ment Corp., 1-800-249-2708. and sizes for different excavators. Call 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 FOR and steel floor requirements contact: Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, cone Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323. free: 1-888-304-2837.

SUITE BUSINESS SERVICES: Helping small businesses to start, grow and sell their business. Small businesses for sale, 2006 KOMATSU D65 EX-15. Approx. 5950 from $50,000 to $500,000. Phone or text org. hrs., 24” pads, straight tilt blade, 3 tooth ripper, excellent working cond., very Bert, 306-664-BERT(2378). good UC, $139.500. Bush canopy available. considered (warranty). Can deliver.

BUSINESS FOR SALE, $120,000. Offers Trades great growth opportunity in consumer and Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. pet industry. Saskatoon, SK. Call Bert 1986 CASE 450C dozer crawler, 6-way 306-664-BERT(2378). blade $9500. www.waltersequipment.com 204-525-4521. Minitonas, MB. PROVEN FARMING SKILLS but need land? INTERNATIONAL CLOSED DOOR baler, Operator with growth to ownership oppor- model NA1450; 2 hydraulic pin presses; 1 tunities available; May require relocation. portable hydraulic track press; 3 Goodman Call 403-775-0536. battery locomotive carts w/hundreds of feet of track. Cambrian Equipment Sales, FARM LOSSES FOR SALE: A longstanding Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) 204-667-2867 or (Fax) farm has now ceased operations and has 204-667-2932. substantial operating losses in a #’d company available for purchase and utilization MOVE YOUR DIRT real cheap! Low prices! by another farming operation. These loss- (3) Cat 641 motor 28 yard scrapers; Cat es can be used to offset farm income 235 excavator w/digging bucket, not used and/or farm sale capital gains, $97,500. in 5 yrs.; Cat D9-G hyd. dozer w/tow winch; (2) Cat 980B loaders w/bucket; Cat Phone 250-999-4777, just.p@shaw.ca 977-K loader. Equipment of all types. New Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad & used parts. 2 yards over 50 acres. Camin the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting brian Equipment Sales, Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) 204-667-2867 or (Fax) 204-667-2932. for your call. 1-800-667-7770.

FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, Regina, SK.

WINTER SPECIAL: All post & stud frame farm buildings. Choose sliding doors, overhead doors or bi-fold doors. New-Tech Construction Ltd 306-220-2749, Hague, SK

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POLY GRAIN BINS, 40 to 150 bu. for grain cleaning, feed, fertilizer and left over treated seed. Call 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. www.buffervalley.com LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stocking dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction 2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS and accessories available at Rosler Construction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK.

CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All sizes. Now in stock: 53’ steel and insulated stainless steel. 306-861-1102 Radville, SK. SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca

HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. 20’ and 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS and storage trailers. Large Sask. inventory.

Phone 1-800-843-3984 or 306-781-2600.

20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436.

1997 CAT D6M LGP DOZER, undercarriage 80%, 28” pads, 3 shank hyd. ripper, ROPS with cage, 19,204 hrs., $69,800.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca

BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new and used sea containers, all sizes.

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HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, BUILDING FOR SALE, 100’x125’, to be tak80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt en down, $40,000. 204-997-9689, Winnifor years of trouble-free service. Lever peg, MB. Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. 2003 BOBCAT S175, 3821 hrs., very good AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. condition, $17,500. Call 306-367-4326, For the customer that prefers quality.

1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. Pilger, SK. KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and 2002 JCB 214 SLP backhoe; Case 2870 MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., STEEL CLADDING: New Grade A, 3/4” high w/Degelman dozer; Fassi hyd. arm & 10’ 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346. rib, 29 gauge Galvalume, White-White and 1-ton steel deck. Call 306-240-8086. a wide selection of colours for sale. Cut to WANTED: USED RUBBER TIRE HOE, simi- your length! All accessories available. Call KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales lar to medium sized track hoe. Prairie Steel, Clavet, SK. 1-888-398-7150, and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738. or email: buildings@prairiesteel.com 306-304-1959, Meadow Lake, SK.

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New Dealer!!!

DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com

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SMALL 5 IN 1 Harvey Gjesdal grain cleaner, vg cond., good for small seeds, priced to sell! 306-654-7772, Saskatoon, SK.

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Clipper air screen, 6 indents, 45 KW genset, etc. 403-892-8377, Coalhurst, AB.

BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. RM45 MERIDIAN, $35,000; RM55 Meridian, $36,500; 1645 TL Convey-All, $29,500. Call 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg.

WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, mfg. of new grain dryers w/advanced control systems. 2006 LEXION 590R, 1850 sep. hrs., 2900 Updates for roof, tiers, auto moisture con- eng. hrs., 4x4, loaded, $99,500 CAD OBO. troller. Economic designed dryers avail. Delivery available. 218-779-1710.

1-888-288-6857, westerngraindryer.com 2012 CLAAS/LEXION 740, 400 sep./700 CONT. FLOW BEHLEN M700, propane, sin- eng. hrs., 4x4, loaded, exc. cond, $219,000 gle phase, good cond., Canola screens, CAD OBO. Delivery avail. 218-779-1710. $10,500. 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK. 2- 2009 LEXION 585R Track Combines, 1700 sep./2400 eng. hrs., 4x4, loaded, always shedded, exc. condition, $169,000 2010 TERRAGATOR 8204 w/AirMax Preci- FEED BLOWER SYSTEMS, Sales and Ser- CAD OBO. Delivery avail. 218-779-1710. sion 2 bed (2 bin), 4400 hrs., $93,500 vice. Piping, blower and airlock repairs.

USD; 2014 Rogator 1300 AirMax, 60’ John Beukema 204-497-0029, Carman, MB booms, 3220 hrs., $127,000; 2012 AgChem Rogator 1300, 2000 hrs., 120’ LIKE NEW CR9090, CR9080 and CR8090, booms, $152,000. Call 406-576-3402 or all very low hours. Discounted prices, save 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. Visit us on$$$. Call 218-779-1710. Delivery available. line at www.fertilizerequipment.net 2012 NH CR9090 Elevation, 1200 hrs., AutoSteer, 650R42 duals, European-built, MacDon/CNH pickups and headers BALE SPEARS, high quality imported available. $198,000. 1-800-667-4515, from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, ex- www.combineworld.com cellent pricing. Call now toll free 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB. 2003 NH CR940, 2588 hrs., chopper, spreader, unload auger ext., 900/ 60R32 BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all fronts, headers/PU’s available, $49,800. loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com Call now 1-866-443-7444.

2012 CASE 4530, 3-bin, 70’ booms, 2000 hrs., ext. warranty, $145,000; 2011 4520 1-bin, 70’ booms, $143,000; 2010 Case 3520, 3-bin, 2670 hrs., $115,000; SPECIAL: 2010 Case 4520, 1-bin, 70’ booms, 1920 hrs., AutoSteer, $138,000; 2006 Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70’ booms, 7400 hrs., $77,000; 2005 Case 4520 w/70’ FlexAir, 4000 hrs., $78,000; 2010 International New Leader G4, 3000 hrs., $88,000; 2004 Case 4010, 80’ SPRAYER, 7000 hrs., $58,000; 2002 Loral AirMax 1000, 70’ boom, $63,000; 2009 AgChem 3 wheeler, 4000 hrs., G-force spinner bed, $88,000; 2004 KBH Semi tender, self-contained, $32,500; 2009 and 2012 Merritt semi belt tender, self-contained, $33,500 and $44,000; 24 ton Wilmar tender beds, $18,500 ea; 2012 Wilmar Wrangler 4560, loader, 1600 hrs., bucket and fork, $29,500; 18,000 gal. NH3 holding tank, $34,500. All USD prices. 406-576-3402 or 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. Visit online: www.fertilizerequipment.net

2013 JOHN DEERE 569, net wrap & twine, Mega Wide plus pick-up, only 5500 bales, MULTIPLE 9870 & 9770 JD combines, field variable core, kicker, 1000 PTO, exc. cond., ready with very low hours (700-900 sep. $41,000. 306-834-7204, Kerrobert, SK. hrs.), various options in excellent condition. Delivery available. Ph 218-779-1710.

2012 JOHN DEERE 680, 1400 sep. hrs., duCASE/IH 8825 SP, 30’ sliding table, w/PU als, Contour Master, 615 PU header, $205,000. 306-221-7343, Kenaston, SK. reel. Call 306-395-2265, Chaplin, SK. 2009 CHALLENGER SP115C, 30’, Outback AutoSteer, PUR, roto-shears, gauge wheels, 2356 hrs., $39,900.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

2005 JD 9860STS, GS yield and moisture, AHHC, F/A, 3106 hrs., JD/MacDon pickups and headers available. $59,800.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2014 JD S690, 753 hrs., duals, ContourMaster, 2630 monitor, ProDrive, premium cab. JD/MacDon pickup & headers available, $289,900. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

2010 TERRAGATOR AIR SPREADER, dual bin, 70’ spread, 3960 engine hours, 204-368-2353, 204-841-3014, Arden, MB. USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS: 4-8T; New Loftness 8T; used Wilmar 16T tender. Call 2010 JD A400, 1132 hrs., AutoSteer, 36’ 1-866-938-8537, Portage, MB. HB header, UII PUP, new knife & guards, NH3 CONVERSION KIT/PUMP. Fits 66’ $53,400. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit Bourgault air seeder, $13,000. Call Phil www.combineworld.com Stewart, 780-813-0131, Vermilion, AB.

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

YEAR END CLEARANCE: New SLMD 1272 and HD10-53. Used augers: 2013 Sakundiak SLMD 1272, loaded, $14,800; 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, 306-567-7299, Davidson www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 306-957-2033.

Rebuilt Concaves

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248 Check out A & I online parts store www.pennosmachining.com

REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability.

Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net

GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel.

View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. 2012 BRENT 882 Grain Cart, 850 bu., 1000 PTO, hydraulic spout, 500 bu./min., very good condition, $37,800 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2012 BRANDT 1020XR, S/N 101932, 1000 PTO or hyd. drive, 900/60R32, roll-over tarp, scale, hyd. pivot spout, 20” auger, original owner, like new cond., $52,000.

306-834-7579, Major, SK.

BOOKING NORCAN SOYBEAN Common #1. Put the new big red in your shed, not the seed dealers! Buy a bigger Case/IH combine! Early discounts. Call Norcan Seeds, 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB.

2015 BOURGAULT 60’ 3320 QDA, Devloo mud scrapers, DS, 5.4” semi-pneumatic packers, 10” spacing, Bourgault side band boots, shedded, exc. cond., $165,000 OBO. 204-937-7184, Roblin, MB.

2013 MACDON FD75 35’ flex draper, transport, pea auger, AHHC, tilt. For JD, FARM-KING MODELS: 96”, $3900; 84”, CNH, Agro, Claas available. $69,900. $3450; 74”, $3200; 50”, $1900.

306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 7’ SCHULTE FRONT MOUNT snowblower 2008 MACDON PW7 16’, good belts, nice for 60-90 HP tractor, in working order, cond., for JD STS combines, $16,900. $2750. Call 306-845-2404, Livelong, SK. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

FLEXI-COIL 5000, 39’, 9” spacing, like new 3” paired row DS dry, Atom jet knives, 4” steel packers w/extra set of spare packers, good hoses and tires, field ready, $11,000.

306-795-7066, Ituna, SK.

2010 MD FD70, 40’ flex draper, pea auger, DKD, transport, AHHC, tilt, very good condition, for CNH; JD, Lexion, Agco available, $59,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2003 NH/HB 94C 30’ rigid draper, pea auger, hyd. fore/aft., transport, PUR, for CR/CX/AFX, other kits avail. $23,800.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

For all Kello-Bilt Models

• Disc blades • Oil Bath Bearings • Scrapers • Hydraulics • Wheel Hubs & Parts We ship direct anywhere in Western Canada

Kello-Bilt Industries Red Deer, AB 403-347-9598 Toll free: 1-877-613-9500 www.kello-bilt.com

33’ FLEXI-COIL, 550 shanks, 12” spacing, DS, 1720 tank, Poirier boots, $2000 worth of extra new boots, shedded, low acres.

306-877-2014, 306-745-7505, Dubuc, SK. 2008 SEEDMASTER 8012, 2004 NH 430 tank, 3 compartments with 5 rollers, Raven NH3, $89,000 OBO. 306-272-7225, Foam Lake, SK.

2011 SEED HAWK 50’ toolbar, 12” spacing, w/600 cart, dual wheels, auger and bag lift, $225,000; 2010 Seed Hawk 66’ toolbar, 12” spacing, w/400+ Seed Hawk seed cart, 2 fans, seed and fertilizer kit, 2005 CATTLELAC 450 silage wagon, excel- also NH kit, $175,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm lent condition. $23,000. 780-349-1529, Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. Westlock, AB. 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 65’, Paralink, 12” spacing, mid row shank banding, double shoot, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, $135,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports. 2005 SPRA-COUPE 7650, 90' boom, 725 Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK gal., new tires, shedded, 3 way nozzle body, $69,000 OBO. Eston, SK., 306-962-3934, www.straightcutheaders.com 306-962-7888, robib@sasktel.net 2009 MACDON FD70 35’, off a John Deere 9760 combine, $45,000. 306-596-6197, 2011 SPRA-COUPE 4660, AutoSteer, AutoElstin, SK. Boom 400 gal tank, 700 hrs., 125 HP Perkins diesel, 5 speed Manual, Master Switch, JD Greenstar 2600 display w/ Starfire ITC receiver, 9.00x24-8 ply front, 320/85Rx24 rear, $95,000 Cdn. Paradise Valley, AB. Text or email only please: 780-871-3963, teasdalejw@gmail.com

Genuine OEM Replacement Parts

2011 BOURGAULT 3310, 74’, 12” spacings, MRS, 6550 tank, X20 monitor, duals, bag lift, 2 fans, 1 high capacity fan, cameras, Capstan NH3 kit, sectional control, $177,000. 204-748-8156, Elkhorn, MB.

2011 ROGATOR 1396, 132’ alum. recirculating boom, 1300 SS tank, Raven Viper Pro, Raven SmarTrax steering w/slingshot, AccuBoom sec. control, AutoBoom height control, HID lighting, DeKoning air lift crop dividers, 2 sets of Michelin tires, 1 owner.

204-937-3429, 204-937-7047, Roblin, MB.

2010 SEED HAWK 60’ Toolbar, 12” sp., w/Seed Hawk 400 cart, 2 fans, seed & fertilizer distributing kit auger. Also NH kit & winch $175,000. 306-449-2255, A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., Storthoaks SK. 2006 JD 1820, 61’, 12” space, single shoot, steel packers, new hoses, all dual wheels, excellent cond., $19,500; JD 1900 air tank, single shoot, loading auger, excellent cond., $22,500 or $39,500 for both. Call 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. FLEXI-COIL 2320 TBH air tank, double shoot, excellent condition, $11,500 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. CONCORD 56’, 12” spacing, Bourgault 3” paired row tips, duals on wings, scraper on each packer wheels, exc. cond., $14,500; 3400 Concord tank, $9500, or both for $22,000 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

2009 SEEDMASTER 60-12, 60’, 12” spacing, DS, new manifold, new hoses, vg cond., $68,000 or w/JD 1910 air tank, 2013 NH GUARDIAN SP.240FXP, 100’, $115,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 1200 litre SS tank, IntelliView IV monitor, luxury cab, 6.7L Cummins, 275 HP, very 2008 SEEDMASTER TXB 66-12, 66’, 12” low hrs (approx. 450), $300,000 OBO. spacing, dual wheels, double shoot, all new manifold and new hoses, mint cond., 306-524-2109, 306-746-7422, Semans, SK $78,000, or $125,000 with JD 1910 air 2013 CASE/IH 3330 high clearance spray- tank. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. er. Has active suspension, sectional con- 2- 60’ EZEE-ON 7560 Air Drills, 400 trol, AutoBoom height, 100’ boom, 2 sets bu. 4000 TBH tanks, var. rate ctrl, new in of tires, crop dividers, Outback S3, leather 2007, 2000 ac./year per drill, 3” steel interior, 580 engine hours. Mint condition, packers, 8” spacing, 2” paired row openers, bought new, always stored inside. Rented excellent for organic farming, $40,000 per farm out. $255,000 OBO. 204-662-4474, drill OBO. Charles Cattle Co. Ltd., or 204-851-0211, Antler SK. 306-457-7529, Stoughton, SK. 1994 PATRIOT 150XL, 3438 hrs., 750 2010 SEED HAWK, 40’, 12” spacing, liquid gal., 70’, JD 4.5L, decent affordable spray- kit, w/340 bu. JD 1910 cart, $112,000 er! $24,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit OBO; Pattison 2100 gal. liquid fert. cart, www.combineworld.com $23,500. 306-698-7787, Wolseley, SK. 2013 JD 4940, 120’, 1500 eng, 380 tires & 2004 NH SD440 57’, 12” spacing, DS, duals on rear, 1200 gal. stainless, all op- Dutch side band openers, 4” rubber packers, SC430 NH tank, var. rate, 430 bu., tions, $219,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK $49,000. 306-861-0176, Yellow Grass, SK. 2014 CASE 4430, $270,000, 2035 engine hours, 120’ boom, AIM, Viper Pro, fan re- 2010 JD 1830 drill, 61’ 10” spacing, w/430 verser, 2 sets of tires, dividers, loaded, bu. 1910 grain cart, duals, double shoot, $69,000 OBO. 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. exc. cond., 306-398-7677, Cutknife, SK.

COMBINE WORLD INC. Friendly service, great prices, and one year warranty. For all your new and used harvesting parts, and give us a try for your tillage, sprayer, and tractor needs. We want to help you! 20 minutes east of Saskatoon. FLOAT TIRES TO fit JD 4940, 850/55R42, 2001 JOHN DEERE 1820, 54’, 10” spacing, 3/4” Bourgault knives, 1900 340 bu. cart, 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com two years old, very good condition, $24,000 OBO. 306-291-9413 Aberdeen, SK $18,000. 306-741-7743, Swift Current, SK. 1996 BOURGAULT 5710, S/N AH2458, 40’, 9.8” spacing, single shoot, 3.5” steel packers, Model 4300, 3 compartment, 120/60/120 TBH tank, S/N 6717, single 120' SPRAY-AIR TRIDENT 3600 sprayer, 1-800-667-9871 • Regina flow, 3/4” knock on openers, $12,000.

1-800-667-9871 • Regina with 1300 gallon tank, $16,000 Cdn. Please 306-834-7579, Major, SK. 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-667-3095 Saskatoon call 406-783-5510, Scobey, MT. Email: 1-800-387-2768 •• Winnipeg charlie@cahillseeds.com FLEXI-COIL 5000 51’, 9”, w/2320, 4” rub1-800-222-6594 •• Edmonton 1-800-667-3095 Manitoba ber packers, in-row liquid phos. $18,500.

“For All Your Farm Parts” FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims & tires: JD 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK. 4045, 710/60R46, $20,500; 800/55R46, www.fyfeparts.com PUMPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, Honda/Ko- $22,500; JD 4038, Case 4420, 650/65R38 FLEXI-COIL 6000 seeder, 10” spacing, shin pumps, 1-1/2” to 4”, Landa pressure Michelin tires and rims. Sprayer duals DS, needs some repairs; Also Flexi-Coil 4250 seed tank, as new, always shedded, washers, steam washers, parts washers. available. 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. 2 compartments. Will sell together or sepM&M Equip. Ltd. Parts & Service, Regina, SK. 306-543-8377, fax 306-543-2111.

2006 SPRAY-AIR 3600-90TS TRI- arate. Offers. 780-349-2798, Westlock, AB. DENT, 90’ booms, 4920L tank, 12.4R46 2009 SEED HAWK 66’, 12” spacing, single tires, good tubes & booms, SCS 440 con600 bu. TBH tank, 30.8 rear tires, alThe Real Used FaRm PaRTs troller, $9900. Call 1-800-667-4515, knife, ways shedded, field ready, $160,000. www.combineworld.com sUPeRsToRe 780-812-4471, Bonnyville, AB. • TRACTORS • COMBINES 2012 FLEXI-COIL S68XL 96’ High Clearance, 1350 tank, hyd. drive, RiteHeight • SWATHERS • DISCERS boom ctrl, sec. ctrl, 480/80R38 tractor MORRIS 7180 AIR tank, new meter body lug, $26,000. 306-834-7579, Major, SK. WATROUS SALVAGE on fert. tank, good hoses & recent loading WaTRoUs, sK. (306) 946-2222 auger, $5000. 306-276-7788, 306-769-8887 Arborfield, SK. breavie@live.ca EASY ON TRACTOR LOADER, new cond., 2 2008 BOURGAULT 6350, 2 fans, 3 TM, frames for long or shorter tractor body, $46,000 OBO. Call 306-563-8482. $7000. 306-221-3887, Saskatoon, SK. 2015 JD 1910 TBT air cart. Has 650 duals, 2002 JOHN DEERE 1820 air drill, 54', 10" hydraulic variable rate, sectional control spacing, auto rate, 2012 Agtron primary capability, 10” remote hydraulic auger with DEUTZ TRACTOR SALVAGE: Used parts blockage system, Bourgault 3" carbide conveyor flip out. Only did 6000 acres, alfor Deutz and Agco. Uncle Abe’s Tractor, knock on spoons, JD structural reinforce- ways shedded, new condition. Rented farm ment kit on drill and cart, 1900 JD 350 bu. out. $98,000 OBO. Call 204-662-4474, or 519-338-5769, fax 338-3963, Harriston ON cart, $27,000 OBO. Call 306-268-4350, 204-851-0211, Antler, SK. 306-268-7858, Bengough, SK. GOODS USED TRACTOR parts (always 1996 BOURGAULT 8800, 40’, 8” spacing, buying tractors). David or Curtis, Roblin, single fan, manifolds granular package, 2009 JD 1835/1910, MRB, NH3, 4" rubber sweeps, knock on, front castor wheels, MB., 204-564-2528, 1-877-564-8734. packers, double shoot, 430 tank size, $21,000. 306-834-7579, Major, SK. G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors $65,000 OBO. 306-921-6693, Melfort, SK. only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. 2010 NEW HOLLAND P2060 air drill, 70', SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge 10" spacing, single shoot, 3.5" carbide tips, inventory new and used tractor parts. 4" rubber packers, scraper & harrow kit, TBH hitch, low acres, shedded, mint condi1-888-676-4847. tion, $58,000. 306-372-4868, Luseland, SK. COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and marjandsheldonreiter@gmail.com used parts for most makes of tractors, 2009 SEEDMASTER 6912, expandable to combines, balers, mixmills and swathers.

80’, 300 bu. on frame w/tracks; Bourgault 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, 6550 tank, many extras, CTF ready.

SK. We buy machinery.

780-206-1234, Barrhead, AB. LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE NH3 CONVERSION KIT/PUMP. Fits 66’ Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107.

Bourgault air seeder, $13,000. Call Phil We sell new, used and remanufactured Stewart, 780-813-0131, Vermilion, AB. parts for most farm tractors and combines.

FYFE PARTS

2014 JD S690, 753 hrs., duals, ContourMaster, 2630 monitor, Prodrive, premium cab. JD/MacDon pickup & headers available, $289,900. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit www.combineworld.com 1990 JD 9500, 4140 sep. hrs., dual spd. cyl., chopper, chaff spreader, recent tires, all belts good, 912 PU. Taking offers. Call or text Wes at 306-587-7401, Cabri, SK. 2006 JD 9760 STS, 3100 engine hours, new duals, big rubber on back, shedded, heavy land use, 1 harvest since Greenlighted, $91,000. 306-596-6197, Estlin, SK.

2009 MF 9795, 1723 hrs., duals, Fieldstar III, Redekop MAV chopper, pickups/headers available, $97,800.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

MERIDIAN TRUCKLOADING AUGERS TL10-39, loaded, $18,300 HD10-46, loaded, $19,500; HD10-59, loaded, $20,425; TL12-39, loaded with 37 EFI engine, $20,370. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. NEVER CLIMB A BIN AGAIN! Full-bin Super Sensor, reliable hardwired with 2 year warranty; Magnetic Camera Pkg. - One man positioning of auger (even at night); Hopper Dropper - Unload your hopper bins without any mess; Wireless Magnetic LED Light - Position your swing auger at night from the comfort of your truck. Safety and convenience are the name of the game. www.brownlees.ca Brownlees Trucking Inc Unity, SK., 306-228-2971, 1-877-228-5598

JD FLEX PLATFORMS: 922 - 925 w/wo air; 630F - 635F w/wo air reel. CIH Flex Platforms: 1020 25’ w/wo air reel - 30’ w/wo air reel; 2020 30’ w/wo air reel - 35’; 3020 30’ - 35’. NH Flex: 973 25’ - 30’; 74C 30’ 35’; 740CF 30’ air reel. Agco Flex Platforms: 500 25’ - 30’; 800 25’ w/air reel 30’; 8000 25’ - 30’; 8200 35’. After season specials including free delivery in spring with deposit. We also have header transports starting at $3000 for new 30’ w/flex bar kit. Reimer Farm Equipment, #12 N, DEGELMAN SIGNATURE 7200 rockpicker, Steinbach, MB. Call Gary at 204-326-7000. completely redone. All new hard faced fingers, hydronic drive, new paint, tires 95%, NEW HOLLAND FLEX PLATFORMS: 74C field ready, in mint condition!! 2 to chose 30’-35’; 973 25’-30’; 740 CF 30’-35’. Some from $24,500. Can deliver. 204-743-2324, with air systems. Call Gary Reimer, Cypress River, MB. 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy.#12 North, Steinbach MB.

2008 MACDON FD70 35', JD adapter, single knife, transport, pea auger, AHHC, tilt, well maintained. 306-220-1229, Imperial, SK.

2014 & 2016 MacDon FD75 headers, 40' models, dbl. knife, spare knife, cross auger, all options, exc. cond. 2014: 2000 CIH 2388 w/1015 header, $55,000; $69,000; 2016: $79,000. 306-533-4891, 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, $95,000; Gray, SK. 2006 2388 w/2015 PU header, $110,000; 2002 2388 w/2015 PU header, $80,000; 2010 HONEYBEE 88C 42’ flex draper, pea 2008 2588 w/2015 PU header, $135,000. auger, vg cond., $25,000 Cdn OBO.; Also A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, available late model Class/Lexion, Mac306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. Don, CIH, NH & JD flex heads and flex drapers. 218-779-1710. Delivery available.

2004 CIH 2388 w/2015 PU header, AFX rotor, lateral tilt feeder house, HHC, chop- AGCO GLEANER-MF FLEX PLATper, rock trap, grain tank ext., roll tarp, FORMS: 500 25’-30’; 800 25’-30’; 8200 DMC II moisture tester, exc. cond, vg tires 30’-35’. Some with air systems. Gary Reim$65,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. er, 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy.#12 North, Steinbach, MB. TIRES, TIRES, TIRES, Radial, Bias, New, Used. 20.8x42, 18.4x42, 20.8x38, 18.4x38, CIH FLEX PLATFORMS: 1020 20’-25’-30’; 20.8R34, 18.4x34, 900/60R32, 2020 25’-30’-35’; 3020 25’-30’-35’. Some 800/65R32, 24.5x32, 18.4x30, 23.1x30, with air systems. Call Gary Reimer, 16.9x28, 28Lx26, 18.4x26, 19.5Lx24, 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, 16.5x16.1, 18.4x16.1, and more! Semis, Hwy.#12 North, Steinbach MB. skid steers. Best price & value guaranteed!

NEW HEADER TRANSPORTS 30’-42’: 30’ 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com ESB 30 Arc Fab, $30,000; 36’ SB 36 w/dolly, $4950; 36’ Mankota 36’, lights, brakes, $5450; 42’ Harvest International 3842, brakes, lights, $7500. Reimer Farm Equip2012 760TT, Terra Trac, 3000/1500 hrs., ment, Hwy. #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Call new tracks, $40,000 w/o, nice, $159,000 Gary at 204-326-7000.

Cdn. OBO. 218-779-1710. Delivery avail.

JOHN DEERE FLEX PLATFORMS: PRICED TO SELL! Multiple Lexion 700 & 920F-925F-930F-630F-635F. Some with air 500 series combines. All in excellent con- systems. Reimer Farm Equipment, #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Call Gary at 204-326-7000. dition. 218-779-1710. Delivery available.

AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tractors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/other Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battleford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769.

2017 DEMO 80’ Degelman landroller.

Odessa Rockpicker Sales, 306-957-4403 or 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK.

TRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. 2004 CASE/IH 5000 double disk air drill, etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, 50’, 6” spacing, asking $28,000 USD. Bill 2006 JD 1780 planter, 12 row, 30" spacing, 306-441-0655, Richard, SK. 204-746-5126, Dufrost, MB. vacuum tanks with liquid fertilizer, and row It doesn’t get any better than this. Prepay CIH ATX700, 60’, 12” sp., 5.5” rubber pack- cleaners. Good condition, $35,000 Cdn. your ad for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! ers, Raven NH3, closers and single bar har- OBO. 406-783-5510, Scobey, MT. Email: charlie@cahillseeds.com row. $28,000. 204-648-7085, Grandview.

Call today! 1-800-667-7770.

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7200 MAX EMERGE II JD Planter, 12 row, 30" spacing. Dry fertilizer boxes w/3 PTH & row cleaners, $18,000 Cdn OBO. Scobey, MT. 406-783-5510 charlie@cahillseeds.com 40’ PACKERS w/10” spacing, off 8810 Bourgault cultivator, asking $6500.

204-745-6231, Carman, MB.

TRACK UNDERCARRIAGE PARTS for JD, CIH, and Challenger track machines in stock. Bogeys, idlers, bearings, seals, tracks, factory direct. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

DEGELMAN 45’ LAND ROLLER, $33,900; Flexi-Coil 3450 seeder, variable rate, $29,500; Hi Line 50’ jumbo heavy harrow, $28,700; Hi Line 60’ harrow packer, $4500; Bourgault packer wheels, $100 per foot; Brandt 15x45 conveyor, gas and elec., $24,500. Pro Ag Sales, call anytime 306-441-2030, North Battleford, SK.

42’ BOURGAULT 9800 chisel plow, HD dou- 2015 CIH PUMA 185 MFWD, 1490 hrs., ble spring, w/4-bar heavy harrow, $29,500 185 HP, CVT, 540/100 PTO, 3PTH, duals, Cdn OBO. 218-779-1710 Delivery available factory warranty, $149,800.

BREAKING DISCS: KEWANEE, 15’ and 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 12’; Rome 12’; Towner 16-18’; Wishek 18’ 2016 CIH MAXXUM 115 MFWD, 692 hours, 115 HP, FEL, 540/1000 PTO, 3PTH, and 30’. 1-866-938-8537. excellent condition, $99,800.

1996 BOURGAULT 9400 HD chisel plow, 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 60’, 4-bar harrows, 600 lb. trip shanks, new tires, knock on sweeps, $48,000. 1998 CIH 9380, 400 HP, 5400 hrs., 4 remotes, aux. hyd. motor, triples, dry 306-834-7579, Major, SK. weights front and back, $83,500.

306-423-5476, Domremy, SK. 2016 CASE/IH STX 420, 4 wheel drive, 2010 FENDT 820, CVT, loader and grapple, 710/R42 Firestone tires, full AutoSteer, 710’s, 4 hyds., dual PTO, 200 HP, PTO, high capacity pump, 4 remotes, full LED light package and deluxe cab. Field $137,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. ready, 410 hrs., $350,000. 403-901-5390, Strathmore, AB. DEUTZ 72-06, engine shot, good tires; WANTED: A/C 7010, 7030, 7040 for parts. STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. used, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to 1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or www.bigtractorparts.com PANTHER 1000, with 3406 CAT 2011 CASE/IH STX 400, 4WD 3085 1986 PowerShift transmission (no PTO), hrs., 16 spd PS, 710/70 duals at 70%, PTO, engine, 20.8x38 rubber, 9800 hrs., 335 HP, 40 deluxe cab, HID l, 4 hyds, high cap hyd. GPM hydraulic, new batteries, and tires are pump, c/w 16' Degelman 6900 4-way decent. 306-594-7716, Norquay, SK. dozer. may c/w JD 2600, JD ATU 200, 1998 STEIGER 9390, 4WD, S/N bubble, excellent, $220,000. 306-365-7659, JEE0072255, Cummins N14, 425 HP, stanLanigan, SK. mcwildeman@aski.ca dard, Trimble 500, EZ Steer, 4 hyds., aux hyd. return, 710/70R38 at 65%, front and rear suitcase weights, 4575 hrs., $89,500.

306-834-7579, Major, SK.

2014 CHALLENGER MT765D, 620 hrs., 3502 HP, Trimble Autopilot, 18” tracks, PTO, 3 PTH, $219,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2014 MT965C, 800’s, 5 hyds., GPS, 1025 hrs., 525 HP, loaded, $329,900; 2013 MT 545D, loader & grapple, 24 spd., dual PTO, 2013 CIH 450HD, 4WD, 1980 hrs., deluxe 1512 hrs., cab susp., 155 HP, $129,900; cab, HID's, high capacity hyd., full factory 2012 MT955C, 2400 hrs., 800’s, PTO, guidance w/372 receiver and Pro700 moni- $279,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. tor, 1000 PTO, 710 metrics, weight pkg., vg cond., $230,000 OBO. Kelvington, SK., 306-327-7527, mjf1980@hotmail.ca 2003 JD 9520 4WD, 7404 hrs., 450 HP, 4 2016 CIH FARMALL 75A, MFWD, 20 hrs., 8 hyds., PTO, AutoTrac ready, excellent cond., forward gears/2 reverse, 3PTH, 540 PTO, $170,000. 780-618-7377, St. Isidore, AB. $29,000 OBO. 204-648-7085, Grandview 2013 JD 9410R, 4 WD, 2100 hrs., power 2001 MX120 w/loader; 2000 MX135; and shift PTO, excellent condition, $279,000 2001 MX170 w/loader. Call 204-522-6333, OBO. 306-921-6693, Melfort, SK. Melita, MB. 2017 JD 6155M: Beautiful loaded demo 1989 CIH 9170, PS, AutoSteer, 8180 hrs., unit with only 99 hrs! Front fenders. 20/20 $46,000. Located near Minot, ND. Call PowerQuad Plus w/shuttle lever and 40 306-563-8482. km/h trans. 580/70R38 rear, 480/70R28 front tires. Front axle TLS suspension, 3 remotes, 663R loader w/grapple bucket and self leveling. 540/750/1000 RPM rear PTO w/fender controls. Rear TPH w/fender controls, A/C air suspended seat. $144,950 OBO. Call 306-861-2500, Weyburn, SK. kruitenterprises@gmail.com

2012 CIH 500HD, 1915 hrs., 4 remotes, tow cable, luxury cab, red leather heated seats, 16 spd. PS, 57 GPM hyd. pump, 710 tires, buddy seat, gd cond., $228,000 OBO. Ph/tx Brandon 306-577-5678, Carlyle, SK. 2004 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. 2014 CIH Quadtrac 550, 2725 hours, 36” camo tracks, Pro 700 display, $336,900.

Montmartre, SK., 306-424-2212, www.southcountry.ca WANTED: 1370 or 1570 Case, blown eng or in running condition. 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 2015 220 PUMA, 4300 hours, deluxe cab, 3 point, Trimble GPS, $162,500. Please call 306-682-0738, Humboldt , SK.

2017 JD 6175R, H380 loader w/grapple, 85 hrs., IVT, Triple Link, $154,500 USD; 2016 JD 6155R, 640R loader w/grapple, 125 hrs., IVT, $142,500 USD. Call 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560, or visit www.ms-diversified.com 2013 JD 9410R PS, 1480 hrs., 1000 PTO, high-flow w/5 remotes, leather trim, premium HID lights, 620/70R42’s w/duals, $199,500 USD. www.ms-diversified.com Call 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560.

2016 JD 9620R, 332 hrs., 800 metrics, hyd. suspension, weight pkg., 1000 PTO, 58 gal. pump, $319,500 USD. Call 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560, or visit www.ms-diversified.com 2 JOHN DEERE 8970’s: 5400 hrs., powershift, $79,000 Cdn OBO; 6800 hrs., 24 spd., $69,000 Cdn. OBO. Both have PTO and 3PTH. 218-779-1710. Delivery avail.

BOOK NORCAN SOYBEANS Common #1 so you keep more green. Buy a bigger JD with the savings! Early discounts. Norcan Seeds at 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch MB.

STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in rebuilding JD tractors. Want Series 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 7000s to rebuild or for parts. pay top $$. Now selling JD parts.

204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. 2004 JOHN DEERE 9420, 24 speed, 620/70R42 duals, 5 hydraulics w/return, integrated AutoSteer, 4092 hrs., $145,000 OBO. 204-572-7999, Grandview, MB. UTILITY TRACTORS: John Deere 6200, 2 WD, open station with loader; JD 5524, MFWD w/loader. 204-522-6333 Melita MB JD 8760, 7700 hrs., rebuilt eng., good rubber, shedded, $60,000 OBO; JD 787 grain tank $5500 OBO. 431-234-3118, Fertile SK 2011 JD 9530T, 18 spd. PS, 36” tracks, 4 hyds. plus return line, front weights, end idler weights, AutoTrac ready, mint cond., $185,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 2000 JD 9400, 425 HP, 12 spd. powershift, EZ-Steer 4 hyd. outlets, plus return line, new hyd. pump (48 GPM), 8 new tires, 710/70R38, mint cond., $105,000.

306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 2011 JD 9430, 3000 hrs., 710x42 Firestones, 18 spd. PS, Active Seat, rubber 70%, exc. cond., $225,000 OBO. Charles Cattle Co. Ltd. 306-457-7529, Stoughton.

2016 JD 6130R, 1068 hours, MFWD, 520/70R38, w/640R loader, grapple, $152,900. Emerald Park/Regina, SK (R), 306-721-5050, www.southcountry.ca 2016 JD 6145M, 990 hours, MFWD, 520/85R38, w/H360 loader, grapple, $149,900.

Mossbank, SK. (M), 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2015 JD 6150M, 909 hours, MFWD, diff. lock, 3 hyd. outlets, 520/85R38, w/H360 loader, $158,600. Assiniboia, SK (A), 306-642-3366, www.southcountry.ca 2016 JD 6155M, 1303 hours, MFWD, 520/85R38, w/H360 loader, grapple, $159,800.

Mossbank, SK. (M), 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2014 JD 6150R, 1243 hours, MFWD, 520/85R42, w/H360 loader $160,900.

Mossbank, SK. (M), 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2015 JD 6125M, 1616 hrs., MFWD, 520/70R38, w/H340 loader, $149,200.

Mossbank, SK. (M), 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2016 JD 6130M, 658 hrs., 520/70R38, w/620R loader, PowerGard warranty till Oct. 2019, $134,900. Mossbank, SK (M).

306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2008 JD 7430, 1704 hrs., MFWD, diff. lock, 620/70R42, w/741 loader, $116,900.

Raymore, SK. (RM). 306-746-2110, www.southcountry.ca 2016 JD 6130M, 1000 hours, MFWD, 620 loader, PowerGard warranty till Oct. 2019, $138,300.

Mossbank, SK. (M).

306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2014 JD 6130D, 1360 hrs., MFWD, 18.4x38, w/H360 loader, hood guard, $76,900. Emerald Park/Regina, SK. (R) 306-721-5050, www.southcountry.ca 2014 JD 6190R, 4000 hrs., MFWD, diff. lock, 620/70R42, w/H380 loader $146,900.

Montmartre, SK. (MM).

306-424-2212, www.southcountry.ca 2014 JD 7210R, 1283 hours, MFWD, 710/70R42, JDLink, PowerGard warranty till Mar. 2020, $193,900. Assiniboia, SK., 306-642-3366, www.southcountry.ca (3) 2014 JD 9560RT, 1188 hrs. & up, JDLink, 36” tracks, premium cabs, $348,500, Mossbank, SK., 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca (2) 2015 JD 9470R, 912 hrs. & up, diff lock, 800/70R38, 5 hyd. outlets $386,400 & up. Emerald Park/Regina, SK., 306-721-5050, www.southcountry.ca (2) 2016 JD 9570RX, 550 hrs. & up, 5/6 hyd. outlets, AutoSteer, premium cabs, $613,400 & up.

Mossbank, SK., 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2017 JD 6155R, 36 hrs., MFWD, PowerGard Warranty till Aug. 2022, 480/80R46, JDLink, $196,900.

Mossbank, SK., 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2008 JD 9530T, 3565 hrs., 36” track, deluxe comfort pkg, HID lights, $199,900.

Mossbank, SK., 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2013 JD 9460RT, 2416 hours, GreenStar, JDLink, Commandview cab, 36” tracks, $319,000. Raymore, SK., 306-746-2110, www.southcountry.ca 2015 6140R, MFWD, 150 HP, 1870 hrs, 20 spd, FEL, 3PTH, 540/1000 PTO, diff. lock, front axle susp., 50 KPH+, $149,000.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2011 7430 PREMIUM, loader and grapple, 6X4 trans. 4500 hrs., 20.8x38 rears, $124,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. 3 SISTERS: JD 4000; JD 4010; JD 4020 with identical cabs, restoration project partially completed. Call or text cell 306-741-1523, Pennant, SK.

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2014 JD 8370R MFWD, 370+ HP, front axle/cab susp., 3PTH, PTO, IVT trans., diff lock, front/rear weights, excellent cond., $289,000. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit www.combineworld.com 2008 JOHN DEERE 9530 4WD, 2700 hrs., 800 metrics, powershift, good condition throughout, GPS ready, delivery can be arranged, $198,000 OBO. Call Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, 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.

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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

MORTGAGE INVESTORS WANTED: Earn 8-15% per annum, investing in first and second mortgages. All investments secured

by Canadian farmland with interest paid monthly. Call 888-393-8686, visit website: http://www.farmlender.ca/investors/ info@farmlender.ca Brampton, ON.

JOHN DEERE 2130 yard tractor, all new rubber all around, open station, $8500.

CAT DOZER BLADE: Ideal for making a pull 306-726-8137, Cupar, SK. dozer, 12’x3’, good shape, cutting edge 2005 JD 7220, IVT trans., 3 PTH, 741 never turned, good bolts, C-frame for loader/grapple; JD 7710, FWD, LHR, 3 blade, $1200. 306-722-7770, Osage, SK. PTH, JD 740 loader/grapple available.

LEON 700 FRONT END LOADER, with 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152 Barrhead AB QA 7’ bucket, with mounts off 90 series Case tractor; 4 like new Blizzak winter tires, 245-70-17, Call 780-764-2152, or 2012 M135X, loader and grapple, 3PTH, cell 780-718-0746, Hilliard, AB. 16x16 PS trans., 2400 hrs., 20.8x38, 135 HP, $73,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., 2014 MF 7616, deluxe cab, cab susp., www.luckemanufacturing.com loader & grapple, CVT, 150 HP, 2510 hrs., FOR SALE: 60' Excel Land Roller with 5 plex $139,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK rollers, great for following the land contour.

Like new condition, $60,000. Please call 306-276-7788, or 306-769-8887. Email: breavie@live.ca Arborfield, SK. 1998 NH 9882, 4 WD, 6151 hrs., 425 HP, new 20.8 triples, good condition, $90,000 430 FARM AID MIXER wagon with poly OBO. 306-921-6693, Melfort, SK. liner, new cylinders and new unloading conveyor, exc. cond., shedded, reasonably 2004 NH TJ375, 4 WD, 3980 hrs., deluxe priced. 204-981-7315, Marquette, MB. cab, Goodyear 710/70R42 tires at 70%, 55GPM, 4 remotes, standard trans., HID 41’ JD CULTIVATOR, with 1500 gal. NH3 lights, Outback AutoSteer w/STX monitor, tank, $12,500. Call 306-963-7724 or always shedded, exc. cond., $152,000 OBO. 306-963-7880. Imperial, SK. 306-644-4703, Loreburn, SK. ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De2011 NH T9.390, 2112 hours, AutoSteer, gelman equipment, land rollers, Straw710/70R42, 4 hyd. outlets, 1000 PTO, master, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. $189,500. Southey, SK., 306-726-2155, 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. www.southcountry.ca NH 273 SQUARE baler with hydraulic tension, $1000; 546 Rock-O-Matic rock picker, $3800; MF88 diesel tractor, w/FEL, good rubber, $2200 OBO. 306-395-2668 or 1991 FORD/VERSATILE 1156, 8900 hrs., 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 20.8x42 triples, 470 HP, $69,000 CAD 7100 JD CORN PLANTER, 12 row, 24” OBO. Delivery available. 218-779-1710. spacing, 3 point hitch, good shape.

1992 FORD/VERSATILE 946, JD Auto- 306-236-5891, Meadow Lake, SK. Steer, 6000 hrs., very nice, $44,500 Cdn. OBO. Delivery available. 218-779-1710.

VERSATILE 550 (2015), 127 hrs., hi-flow hyds., 800/38’s, weights, $349,900; Ver- VERSATILE 800 or 835 in good condisatile 450 (2016), 225 hrs., hi-flow hyds., tion wanted! 204-247-0211, Roblin, MB. 800/38’s, $319,900; Versatile 375 (2009), 2670 hrs., powershift, 710/38’s, $189,900. 204-526-7671, Holland, MB. WANTED TRANSMISSION FOR 835 Versa- MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar tile, 12 speed. Please leave a message and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 204-822-1343, Thornhill, MB. 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. 1984 VERS. 875 4WD, w/Atom Jet hyd. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly trackit, $27,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equip- tors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor ment Ltd., 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

WANTED: 875 or 895 Versatile tractor in WANTED: JD 9660 Combine; 8’ metal good running condition. 306-446-0164 break; Rubber tired hoe. 306-304-1959, (H), 306-481-4701 (C), North Battleford SK Meadow Lake, SK. LOOKING FOR: Edwards hoe drill model 912 or 812; Hydraulic pump for 7020 Allis MULTIPLE HIGH HP track & 4WD tractors. tractor; Sprayer slide-in truck w/booms.

Various options, various hours. All are in Call 403-650-8369. excellent condition and priced to sell!

Delivery available. Call 218-779-1710.

2006 MCCORMICK MTX 150 and 2004 SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire MTX 140 with loader. Both low hours. Call and all accessories for installation. Heights 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen 1979 UNIMOG 406 Case MB4-94, 1400 ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. hrs, 5600 mi, 20 spd. trans., disc brakes, front & rear 540-1000 PTO, high volume GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence hyds., c/w Schmidt VF3C snowblower posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner w/840 hrs. on OM352A turbo, 1600 Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron tons/hr; Schmidt angled snowplow; 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Schmidt loader bucket; Case Extend-ahoe; and Case dozer blade. Will separate. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

Everything works great, $55,000 OBO Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca complete. Call 204-748-2454, Virden, MB.

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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 SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65.

Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. CHEAP BULK BIRCH FIREWOOD: $160/cord, split & dry, 14-16” length, 1/2 ton short box $80, 1/2 ton longbox, $100.

Large orders welcome. We do not deliver.

306-961-3349, Prince Albert, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone for availability and prices. Many used in stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. ROTARY PHASE CONVERTERS, run 220V 3 phase motors, on single phase.

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DRILL STEM FOR SALE: 2-3/8” & 2-7/8” available. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK.

T AND L 12-tower 240 acre pivot, 403-362-9211, Bassano, AB. Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

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8” to 6” MAINLINE; 6 - 5”x5” wheelines; Bauer 1160’ w/4.5” hard hose reel; Also Reinke 985’ pivot, refurbished. Call for pricing, 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump and used mainline, new Bauer travelers dealer. 25 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca WESTERN IRRIGATION: CADMAN Dealer.

We BUY and SELL traveling guns, pumps, pipes, etc.; EcoSmart water purification systems, no salt, no chemicals; Large supply of good used buyback centre pivots at low prices. 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK. derdallreg@hotmail.com

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Monday, Feb 12 @ 10:00 am Butcher and Feeder Sale @ 9:00 am Sale will feature: Herd dispersal of 100 mainly black cows few reds consisting of 40 2nd and 3rd calving cows 40 - 4th - 6th calving cows 20 - 7th to 8th bred black start March 15 full vaccinate program.

Herd dispersal of 100 SIM + angus cows consisting of 70 black and 30 red. Majority are 2nd to 4th calving cows bred simmental start March 15. (2 excellent herd dispersals of young bred cows you don’t want to miss this sale) 100 bred cows from other consigners.

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SPRUCE FOR SALE!! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your To Consign or for more shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, information call: 204-694-8328 Mike get the year round protection you need. www.winnipeglivestocksales.com We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. Also Licence #1122 can deliver in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring orders while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 Advertise your unwanted equipment in the or visit: www.didsburysprucefarms.com Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free!

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BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked.

306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca

JP CATTLE CO. with guests Stewart Cattle Co. Annual Angus & Simmental Bull & Female Sale Thursday March 1st, 2018 at 1:00PM on the farm, McAuley, MB. Selling: 90 Simmental & Angus bulls, as well as 70 commercial bred heifers. For more information or a catalogue contact Glenn 204-851 5669, Eric 306-434 8567, 100 BLACK ANGUS heifers, bred to regis- Brent 204-773 2356 or T Bar C Cattle Co. tered Black Angus bulls. Can winter and 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com. Watch and bid onBUYING FINISHED BISON. Call or text calve out. 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. line at: www.dlms.ca (PL#116061) Harmony Natural Bison, 306-736-3454,SE Sask.

BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing ration, performance info available. ValBISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison leyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Adrian or Brian is looking to contract grain finished bison, and Elaine Edwards, 306-441-0946, as well as calves and yearlings for growing 306-342-4407, www.valleyhillsangus.com markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service.

10 - 2016 GRASSFED BISON HEIFERS: Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 Average weight (Nov/17) 820 lbs., Sire by or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. XY BISON bull from CWA Show & Sale, $3500. 306-867-0035, Conquest, SK. 50-2016 BISON FEMALES, weight on Nov.30/2017 was 815 lbs. $4000, please call 306-342-4253, donjanzen@gmail.com Glenbush, SK. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and cows, $5/lb. HHW. Finished beef steers and heifers for slaughter. We are also buying compromised cattle that can’t make a long trip. Oak Ridge Meats, McCreary, 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147.

BUYING BISON for processing. Call for options and prices, Ian 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085.

QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, paying market prices. “Producers working with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. For winter delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Contact Richard Bintner 306-873-3184.

LOOKING FOR ALL classes of bison from calves, yearlings, cows and herd bulls.

Phone Kevin at 306-539-4090 (cell) or 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. 20 - 2016 PLAINS Bison females. Average weight December 13th, 749 lbs. $3250 each. Call 306-441-1408, Meota, SK. COMPLETE BISON COW herd dispersal Productive herd, culled annually, 125 cows, 50 yearling heifers. Royal Black Bison Ranch Inc. 306-441-7128, Paynton, SK KEEP JOBS IN CANADA. Elk Valley Ranches a Canadian Co. finishes bison in Canada. We are now buying cull cows, cull bulls, yearlings and calves. Paying top $$ with prompt payment. Kitscoty, AB, Frank at 780-846-2980. elkvalley@xplornet.com www.elkvalleyranches.com

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POLLED PB YEARLING Charolais Bulls, performance and semen tested. Can keep until May, $3000-$4000. Charrow Charolais, Call Bill 306-387-8011, 780-872-1966, Marshall, SK. “MUSCLE UP” at Stephen Charolais Bull Sale with guests DRD and Bar H Charolais, Friday, Feb. 16th, Whitewood, Livestock Sales, SK. On offer 47 two year old and yearling Full French, French Influence, purebred and Red Factor bulls. View catalogue online at: bylivestock.com Broadcast by: DVAuction.com or call Kelly BRAUN RANCH Horned Hereford Bull Sale.

Stephen 306-435-7383.

March 9, 1:00PM at the ranch, Simmie, SK. WHITECAP/ROSSO CHAROLAIS and 20 two year olds bulls, 30 yearling bulls, 5 Howe Red Angus 28th Annual Bull purebred open heifers, 25 commercial Sale. April 4th, 2018, 1:00PM at Howe open heifers. View catalogue and sale farm, 8 miles South of Moose Jaw, on #2 videos on-line at: www.braunranch.com Hwy, 1.5 miles East on Baildon grid. Sell- Contact Craig Braun at 306-297-2132. ing 50 two year old Charolais and 25 yearling Charolais, plus 45 yearling and 2 year old Red Angus.

Contact Darwin 306-690-8916, Kelly 306-693-2163 or Mike 306-631-8779. View catalogue and video at: www.howefarm.ca

BURNETT ANGUS 34TH Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, April 7, 2018, 2:00 PM, The Ranch, Swift Current, SK. 60 yearling bulls, many genetically developed for breeding View the catalogue online at heifers. Sires represented: Shipwheel Chinook, OCC Missing Link, Sooline Motive, COMING YEAR OLD Charolais bulls for www.buyagro.com Stevenson Rockmount, Bruiser, Optimum sale, wintering available. Call LVV Ranch (Chisum son), Crowfoot Fred. Bryce Forestburg, AB. 780-582-2254.

(PL#116061) 306-773-7065 or Wyatt 306-750-7822, 168 BLACK/BLACK BLAZED face bred wburnett@xplornet.ca heifers, average weight 1350. Bred to easy calving PB Black Angus bulls. Start calving GALLOWAY BULL SALE: March 5 to 8th.

April 1st. $2275 each if taking all, otherRussel Horvey, 403-749-2780, Delburne wise $2350. 204-232-7273, Hamiota, MB. PUREBRED RED AND BLACK Angus bulls. AB, View on-line at: bigdealgalloways.com Blairkristinnson@gmail.com We have a good selection of 2 yr. old bulls for sale. Check out our catalogue online at Do you want to target Manitoba farmers? www.reddiamondfarm.com Semen tested, Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator. guaranteed and delivered. Call Michael Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB. Manitoba’s best-read farm publication.

Barb Airey 204-566-2134 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006

RED ANGUS PUREBRED 2 year old bulls.

2 YEAR OLD Angus Bulls, commercially Contact DBM Angus Farms, Holland, MB., oriented bulls built and selected for their Brian 204-526-0942, David 204-723-0288. environment. 306-577-9141, Wawota, SK. Online catalogue: www.dbmangusfarms.ca gbtangus@sasktel.net www.gbtangus.com VIDEOS: WWW.DKFANGUS.CA Select PUREBRED BLACK AND RED Angus bulls. now. Get later. Great selection. Superior We have a good selection of 2 yr. old bulls quality. DKF Red And Black Angus bulls for sale. Check out our catalogue online at at DKF Ranch, anytime. Gladmar, SK. www.reddiamondfarm.com Semen tested, Scott Fettes 306-815-7023; Dwayne guaranteed and delivered. Call Michael 306-969-4506.

Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB. NORDAL LIMOUSIN & ANGUS 2018 Bull OSSAWA ANGUS, MARQUETTE, MB. Sale, Feb. 15th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales has for sale yearling and 2 year old bulls Saskatoon, SK. Offering 60 Black & Red and open yearling heifers.

Call Angus 2 year old bulls, low birth weights, performance & maternal combinations 204-375-6658 or 204-383-0703. available.

Contact Rob Garner BLACK ANGUS BULLS YEARLINGS & 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. Catalogue & information at: nordallimousin.com Long Yearlings, some Heifer Bulls, semen tested & performance records avail. Please Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery 204-873-2430, Clearwater, MB. available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS bulls: 2 Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca year olds and 1 year olds w/moderate BW BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred on home test. Semen tested. Delivered to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked. within 200 kms. Call Holloway Angus, Sou- 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, ris MB., 204-741-0070 or 204-483-3622.

SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca (10) 2 YEAR OLD BLACK ANGUS bulls, se- DOUBLE BAR D FARMS “Best of Both men tested, guaranteed breeders. High Worlds” Simmental & Simm/Angus quality. Reasonably priced. B/B Duncan, Bull Sale, Tuesday February 27th, 1:00 Cromer, MB. 204-556-2342, 204-556-2348 PM at the farm in Grenfell, SK. 140 head or 204-851-0306. sell including Fullbloods, Red & Black and Simm-Angus bulls selected from one of SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Black and Red the largest herds in Canada. For more inAngus coming 2-year-old bulls for sale. formation contact Ken at 306-697-7204 or Good selection. Call Shane 306-869-8074 T Bar C Cattle Co. at 403-363-9973. Online or Keith 306-454-2730. Ceylon, SK. catalogue at www.doublebardfarms.com or visit: www.buyagro.com. PL#116061 VIDEOS: WWW.DKFANGUS.CA Select now. Get later. Great selection. Superior RED ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing quality. DKF Red And Black Angus bulls ration, performance info available. Valleyat DKF Ranch, anytime. Gladmar, SK. hills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Adrian or Brian Scott Fettes 306-815-7023; Dwayne and Elaine Edwards, 306-441-0946, 306-342-4407, www.valleyhillsangus.com 306-969-4506.

20 YOUNG PUREBRED Black and Red Angus cows, $46,000. 1 Black Angus bull, $4000. $50,000 takes all. 306-865-4168, Hudson Bay, SK.

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REGISTERED CHAROLAIS COWS, due to GELBVIEH BULLS Reg. 2 yr. old and yearcalve in spring; Also feeder calves and ling polled bulls from our 39 year breeding program. Reds and blacks. 780-672-9950, bulls. Call Jack 204-526-2857, Holland, MB Camrose, AB. gwinder21@gmail.com REGISTERED PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls: 40+ yearling and 5 coming 2 year olds, for sale by private treaty. Belmont, MB. Brad 204-537-2367 or 204-523-0062 FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD Bulls www.clinecattlecompany.ca Yearlings & Long Yearlings, semen tested CATTLEMEN! SPRING IS JUST around & performance records avail. Call Don the corner. It’s time to think about your Guilford, Hereford Ranch, 204-873-2430, spring breeding needs. Again this year we Clearwater, MB. have an excellent selection of registered Charolais bulls. On offer are 18 2-year olds BECK McCOY BULL SALE, Wednesday, and 30 yearlings. Both red and white. All February 28, 2018 at 2:00 PM, Beck Farms, sold by private treaty. Shop early for best Milestone, SK. 92 Charolais and Hereselection. A small deposit will hold until ford bulls on offer. Wade 306-436-7458 spring delivery. Visit on the web at or Chad 306-436-7300. Catalogue online www.defoortstockfarm.com or call Gord or at: www.mccoycattle.com Sue at 204-743-2109, Cypress River, MB. PLEASE JOIN US Thursday Feb. 8th, 2018 PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS for sale. at 2:00PM for Carlrams Ranching Bull Sale.

Polled and horned. Some red. 40+ bulls to 60 Hereford bulls; 12 Angus bulls. Please choose from. Over 30 yrs. in the Charolais be our guests for lunch at noon. Catalogue business. Wilf Neilson, Cougar Hill Ranch, available online at buyagro.com For more 204-732-2663, Toutes Aides, MB. (North info. call 306-398-7879, 306-398-7343, of Ste Rose).

306-823-3912, 306-823-3933 Cutknife, SK (3) COMING TWO-YEAR-OLD PUREBRED Polled Registered Bulls, born April BANNERLANE HORNED HEREFORDS and May. Bluegrass, Solomon, & Monarch Annual Sale, Tuesday, Feb. 6th, 2018, 2:00 breeding. Will be easy calving. Good dis- PM CST (1:00 PM MST) at the farm, Livepositions. Raised on grass and hay (no long, SK. 30 coming 2 year old bulls, segrain). Semen tested and guaranteed. 34 men tested; 35 bred heifers, preg. years in purebreds. K.E.H Charolais, Keith checked; 3 registered heifers. Dinner at noon. Central point free delivery. Email: Hagan, 204-748-1024, Virden, MB. bannerlane@littleloon.ca or phone Rob COMING 2 YR. old polled PB Charolais Bannerman, 306-845-2764, 306-248-1214. bulls, some red factor. Call Kings Polled Catalogue online at: www.hereford.ca Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. MISTY VALLEY FARMS 42nd Annual BECK McCOY BULL SALE, Wednesday, Production Sale of Horned Herefords, February 28, 2018 at 2:00 PM, Beck Farms, Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 at the Milestone, SK. 92 Charolais and Here- ranch, 1:00 PM MST. On offer: 60 long ford bulls on offer. Wade 306-436-7458 yearling bulls including Lanni Bristow’s or Chad 306-436-7300. Catalogue online sale group; 50 bred registered heifers; 65 at: www.mccoycattle.com bred commercial Hereford heifers; 15 open heifer calves from Mark Law. Bulls 13th ANNUAL HEJ Charolais Bull Sale, semen tested. Heifers pregnancy tested.

Friday February 23, 2018, 1:00PM at the Misty Valley Farms, RR #1, Maidstone, SK. Innisfail Auction Market. Offering 60 Red S0M 1M0. Call Harold Oddan at Factor, Black & White bulls. All bulls are 306-893-2783 or Maurice Oddan at vet inspected and semen tested. Contact 306-893-2737; or Lanni Bristow at the Rasmussen’s 403-227-2824 or T Bar C 780-943-2236; Mark Law 204-743-2049.

Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. For a catalogue or more information. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com

NORDAL LIMOUSIN & ANGUS 2018 Bull Sale, Feb. 15th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales Saskatoon, SK. Offering 60 Black & Red Angus 2 year old bulls, low birth weights, performance & maternal combinations available.

Contact Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. Catalogue & information at: nordallimousin.com SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-667-7770.

DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME DOVE RANCH 29th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 3, 2018, 1:00 PM at their bull yards, Ponteix, SK. Complimentary lunch at 11:00 AM. Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, March 2nd. Selling 100+ purebred Gelbvieh yearling bulls, Red or Black. Performance and semen tested. Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, Ponteix, SK. Bidding in person or on-line: www.dlms.com View catalog and video on our websites: www.davidsongelbvieh.com and www.lonesomedoveranch.ca

18TH ANNUAL SASKATOON Gelbvieh Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, March 17, 2018, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Pre-sale viewing and customer appreciation Friday, March 16, 2018. Gelbvieh bulls add pounds at weaning, feed efficiency, and superior maternal strength. Selling 40 stout polled red and black yearling PB and balancer Gelbvieh bulls and select females.

Sale can be viewed online via DLMS. For more info. and catalogue: Darcy 306-865-2929 or 306-865-7859, or Darrell REG. RED ANGUS bulls, calving ease, good 780-581-0077, www.gelbviehworld.com or consultant Kirk Hurlburt weaning weights, no creep feed, quiet. Lit- sales 306-222-8210. www.stonegatefarms.ca tle de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK GELBVIEH ANNUAL BULL HOWE RED ANGUS & Whitecap/Rosso JEN-TY March 6th, 2018 at 1:00 PM, at the Charolais 28th Annual Bull Sale. April SALE, Hat Feeding Co., Medicine Hat, 4th, 2018, 1:00PM at Howe farm, 8 miles Medicine On offer: Red and Black Purebred yearSouth of Moose Jaw on #2 Hwy, 1.5 miles AB. ling bulls.

For more information or for a East on Baildon grid. Selling 45 yearling catalogue call 403-378-4898. View on-line: and 2 year old Red Angus; 50 two year old jentygelbviehs.com Charolais and 25 yearling Charolais. Contact Darwin 306-690-8916, Kelly TWIN BRIDGE FARMS and Twin View 306-693-2163 or Mike 306-631-8779. Livestock 7th Gelbvieh Bull Sale, Monday, Catalogue online at: www.howefarm.ca March 12th, 2018, 1:00 PM at the Silver Sage Community Corral in Brooks, AB. Selling 45 yearling Gelbvieh bulls. Red and black genetics on offer. Guest consignor POLLED PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls. We Keriness Cattle Co. For information conhave a good selection of 2 yr. old bulls for tact: Ron and Carol Birch 403-792-2123, sale. Check out our catalogue online at Aaron Birch 403-485-5518, or Don Savage www.reddiamondfarm.com Semen tested, Auctions 403-948-3520. View catalogue guaranteed and delivered. Call Michael online at www.donsavageauctions.com Sale will be broadcast on Live Auctions.TV Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB.

SQUARE D BULLS FOR SALE: 2 year olds, fall & spring yearlings. Quiet, performance and semen tested. Delivery can be arranged. Group of young females to calve in March. Please contact Jim Duke at 306-538-4556, 306-736-7921, Langbank, SK. Email: square.d@sasktel.net Website: square-dpolledherefords.com

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale.

Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

NORDAL LIMOUSIN & ANGUS 2018 Bull Sale, Feb. 15th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales Saskatoon, SK. Offering 25 polled Red & Black 2 year old Limousin bulls. Contact Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. Catalogue & info at: nordallimousin.com

2 YR. OLD Salers bulls, 18 Red and Black bulls, mostly polled. Excellent dispositions.

Bulls for cows and heifers. See Facebook, 403-872-1549, www.skywestsalers.com Red Deer County, AB. Please email: travisdepalme@outlook.com

BLACK 2 YEAR OLD’s; Also Red, Black and fullblood yearling bulls. Moderate birth weights, excellent temperaments. All bulls sold private treaty. Call Bill or Virginia Peters, 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. JP CATTLE CO. with guests Stewart Cattle Co. Annual Simmental & Angus Bull & Female Sale Thursday March 1st, 2018 at 1:00PM on the farm, McAuley, MB. Selling: 90 Simmental & Angus bulls, as well as 70 commercial bred heifers. For more information or a catalogue contact Glenn 204-851 5669, Eric 306-434 8567, Brent 204-773 2356 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com. Watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca (PL#116061) DIAMOND M RANCH 7th Annual Bull Sale, Sunday, February 11, 2018 at the ranch west of Estevan. Selling 60 coming two year old Simmental & Simm./Angus bulls, as well as 40 commercial heifers. All bulls are semen tested and guaranteed.

For more information or a catalogue contact Jordan Mantei 306-421-1915 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com. Watch & bid online at www.dlms.ca PL#116061 4TH ANNUAL JEANS & GENETICS Simmental Bull Sale, Tuesday February 13, 2018, 1:00 PM at the Ponoka Ag Events Centre in Ponoka, AB. Offering a great selection of Red, Black, Fullblood, and Fleckvieh Simmental bulls. For a catalogue or more info., contact T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. To view the catalogue online, visit us at www.buyagro.com. Watch and bid online at www.dlms.ca ROBB FARMS & HOEGL LIVESTOCK Bull Sale, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, 1:00PM MAST, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds.

On offer: 73 Red, Black & Fullblood quality Simmental bulls. Also 6 Red Angus. Bulls semen tested, fully guaranteed and delivered. For catalogue or more info call Jay 780-205-0816 or Murray 306-821-1205.

Catalogue at: www.buyagro.com On-line bidding available at: www.dlms.ca 6 BLACK SIMMENTAL/ANGUS bulls, out of Angus cows and a score black Simmental sire, $3500. Call LV Ranch, Forestburg, AB. 780-582-2254.

SIMMENTAL COWS FOR SALE: Offering your pick of 110. 10 head calving March & April; Feeder bull calves, polled FB semen, universe breeding. Dale at Silver Swiss Simmental, 780-853-2223, Vermilion, AB.

5TH ANNUAL CTLA Registered Longhorn Sale with guest consignors Red Spring Ranch Quarter Horses. Saturday April 7th 2018, 1 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales.

Consignments now being accepted. Entries close Feb. 19th. For info. 306-867-9427, 306-296-4712, or 780-966-3320.

40 BLACK & BWF COWS, bred to Black bulls, to calve in March, $1650; 60, 3 year old Black, BWF & Simmental cross, 2nd calvers, bred for March, $2300. Call 204-856-3402, Austin, MB. TOP 500 BRED COWS out of our 1000 cow herd for sale. These cows have been culled to look after themselves and bring home 500 to 550 lb. calves in October.

They start calving in April but most calve in May. There are 130 Charolais or Simmental crosses and 370 Black or Red Angus crosses. $2200 for pick with discounts for volume. Could feed till end of March at cost, can deliver. Please call Randy at 204-483-0228, Elgin, MB. 40 QUALITY PUREBRED Red & Black Angus bred heifers, $2500/ea. Spruce Acres, 306-272-4451, Foam Lake, SK. Breeding quality for 24 years.

14 RED ANGUS bred heifers, to start calving March 25th. Ivomec’d and vaccinated.

Call evenings, Garry Yeo, 306-873-9078 or 306-873-3788, Tisdale, SK. 100 PLUS OPEN replacement heifers, Red Angus/Simm. cross. Home raised, full herd health program, no implants, no brands. Contact Brian at: 306-432-0001 or David at: 306-723-4727, Cupar, SK. 50 SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL Cross bred cows and heifers, bred Simmental, start calving March 1st. 306-762-4723, Odessa.

85 BLACK BRED heifers, bred Black Angus, easy calving bulls, bulls out 60 days, start calving May 1st, all vaccinations & Ivomec, $2300. 306-283-4388, Saskatoon, SK. 60-80 RED & BLACK ANGUS cross, Red Angus bulls went out on July 6th. Leave a message, 306-834-5156, Kerrobert, SK. 400 REPLACEMENT QUALITY heifers: 800 lbs. by mid-March, You pick. Can feed until grass time. Will finance feed and cattle until they go. Trucking available. No TBA implants/ balance growing rations/ complete vaccination program. Not asking a fortune for these heifers, just a premium over market. Phone Blaine 306-621-9751 or Steve 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK.

20 BLACK COWS, will feed until March; Also 4 black bull calves. 306-441-6608, REGISTERED SHORTHORN OPEN heifers for North Battleford, SK. sale, 3 early 2017 open heifers, 2 Roans 100 BLACK ANGUS 3rd and 4th calvers; and 1 Red, weighing 800-900 lbs. Please 250 Black & Red Angus 2nd calvers. Swift call 204-748-3136, gwtough@rfnow.com Current, SK. 306-773-1049, 306-741-6513.

Hargrave, MB. CATTLEMENS FINANCIAL CORP. Programs SELLING FOR THE ESTATE of Harvey for cow/calf operators and feedlots, proBlanchette. One 3 year old white bull, very ceeds as you sell and equity draws. sound and quiet. PB name is BMC11C, Sire 780-448-0033 or www.cattlefinance.com BMV1274, Dam-uphill rose 6Z. TOP QUALITY HOME raised, preg. checked 306-342-4918, Glaslyn, SK. bred heifers. Vaccinated, Ivomec, bred to calving ease Black and Red Angus Bulls.

Start calving mid March. 60 Black Angus and 5 Red Angus cross. Winston Hougham, WANTED: FB SIMMENTAL commercial 306-344-4913, Frenchman Butte, SK. cows, big red and white ones, no Angus cross, must be young. Call 306-734-2970, cell: 306-734-7335, Chamberlain, SK. WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK.

HORSE AND TACK SALE, Northern Livestock Sales, Prince Albert, SK., Thursday, TOP QUALITY PB Red Factor 2 year old Feb 15th, 6:00 PM. Call 306-763-8463. bulls, good disposition, great hair coats, guaranteed breeders, reasonably priced.

Down payment will hold until spring; Dark red yearling bulls, off Crossroads Degree. 2 - 2017 PB Quarter Horse chestnut fillies, Green Spruce Simmental, 306-467-4975, $750 each. Will consider young bred cow on trade. 306-865-4168, Hudson Bay, SK. 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK.

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HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and alu- STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, IRISH WOLFHOUND PUPPIES, 3 females, minum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder pan- have shots, $1200. 780-954-2415, Jarvie, Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com els, sucker rod fence posts. Custom or- AB. Email: michellelovin36@gmail.com ders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, SK. www.steelviewmfg.com BOSTON TERRIERS:5 adult breeding pairs.

Producing all colours. No inbreeding. Brindle pups avail. 780-365-2217, Andrew, AB. CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL Growers, buying wool. For nearest wool collection depot or livestock supplies catalogue, 1-800-567-3693, www.wool.ca

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2007 WORKSTAR 7400 IHC feed truck, 7780 hrs. on the truck, bought new (Oct. 2008) c/w new Cattelac 600 mixer, excellent cond, $100,000. 306-672-7502 or 306-672-3516, Gull Lake, SK. 2 ROUND BALE FEEDERS, $200/ea; 4 steel 10’ troughs, $200/ea; 1 steel calf self feeder w/35 bu. hopper, $600; 1 cow lift, fits on FEL, $600; JD 22” roller mill, on trailer, $500. 306-726-8137, Cupar, SK. SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr.

Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call. 1-800-667-7770.

NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

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RED BLUE HEELER PUPS: From good working and good natured parents, ready to go, $300. 306-725-4510, Bulyea, SK. LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEWELL: 301.91 acres, irrigated m/l with 231 acres GREAT PYRENEES/AKBASH CROSS pups, EID first water rights. For sale by owner born Nov. 17 with sheep, both working $2,500,000. Three titled parcels: Parcel A parents, $250; Two 8 month old bonded 159.8 acres (NW 3-21-15 W4); Parcel B dogs, $600 ea. 306-845-2404, Livelong, SK 107.71 acres (Portion of SW 3-21-15 W4); Parcel C 34.4 acres (portion of NE 3-21-15 GREAT PYRENEES PUPS born to work- W4). Irrigated #1 soil well suited for any ing parents. Vet checked, first shots, ready forage, cereal or specialty crops including January 15th, $300/each. 403-308-4781, very successful potato crops on this unique elevated land with sandy #1 soil. The best E-mail: heathernelsonfarm@gmail.com historical use of this agricultural land has been potatoes and alfalfa seed. T-L pivot covers approximately 192 acres. Wheel move irrigation covers approximately 39 acres. EID water service is provided by two water delivery points. 3 phase electricity provides power for the electric irrigation pump and hydraulic system that runs the 175 MAIN ST., PIERCELAND, SK. 60’x90’ pivot. Additional surface lease rental commercial building, perfect for any busi- income of $17,000 per year. The 107.71 ness, $399,000. MLS®SK711082. Meadow acre Parcel B has delivery of fresh water North Realty: Call 306-236-4610, or email from the County of Newell Water Project mnr@sasktel.net www.meadownorth.ca (CNWP). This parcel would make an excellent building site for a residence and addiCall our toll-free number to take advan- tional support buildings. Access to the land tage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for is on Range Road 153 North off secondary 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks Highway 550, approximately 4 kms West of for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. the intersection of Highway 36 and HighCall 1-800-667-7770 today! way 550. Contact Greg Neufeld by phone or email: 403-862-0811, gneufeld@cgeng.ca

SECTION OF LAND FOR SALE, includes modern bungalow w/3 bedrooms, top of the line appliances, triple pane windows, and wrap around cedar deck. Deep well w/good flow, septic tank with out flow.

Large quonset, storage shed, and utility building w/heat & power. 40 cleared and seeded acres fenced for livestock, plank fencing, round pen, shelters and heated WANTED: ANTIQUES & JUNK you want to Ritchie auto water. Farm consists of 230 clear out. Almost anything in old buildings.

LOG AND TIMBER HOMES, Saskatoon, ac. of Alfalfa w/some Timothy. Rest of the Pay cash, will travel! 403-915-0447, S. AB. SK. Visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca or land is partially cleared w/mature Birch call 306-222-6558. and Spruce. Backs onto Crown land w/lake. Hunters paradise, $1,600,000.

Call 780-524-4173, Little Smoky, AB.

USED PIPE AND SUCKER RODS: 2-3/8", 27/8", 3-1/2" used pipe, $36/ea.; 7/8", 1" sucker rods, $12/ea. Call 306-460-7966, or LOG SIDING, LOG cabin logs, Fir timbers, 306-460-4166, Kindersley, SK. Fir flooring, Cedar. Special orders. Check out more info. at: rouckbros.com BUYING ELK for Meat, Hunting and Lumby, BC., 1-800-960-3388.

Breeding. Call for options and prices, Ian 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085.

IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION BULL SALE at the Spring Creek Simmentals farm on March 8, 2018. 90 Red & Black Simmental, Red & Black Angus and hybrid bulls sell. We also have a select group of private treaty bulls, including some 2 year olds. Please call 306-435-7527, Moosomin, SK. Email: brian.mccarthy@live.ca Visit online: www.springcreeksimmentals.com PLEASE JOIN US Thursday Feb. 8th, 2018 at 2:00PM for Carlrams Ranching Bull Sale.

60 Hereford bulls; 12 Angus bulls; Please be our guests for lunch at noon. Catalogue available online at buyagro.com For more info. call 306-398-7879, 306-398-7343, 306-823-3912, 306-823-3933 Cutknife, SK

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WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: pros- J&H HOMES: Save up to $10,000 on select pects, transition, barriers, benefits, certifi- RTM showhomes. Limited time offer!! View cation and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, at: www.jhhomes.com 306-652-5322.

ALTERNATIVE POWER BY KELLN SO- Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org LAR, portable/remote solar water pumpHOME HARDWARE RTM Homes and Coting for winter/summer. Call for pricing on tages. Phone 1-800-663-3350 or go onsolar systems, wind generators, aeration. line for floor plans and specs at: Service and repair on all makes/models. ORGANIC BORAGE PRODUCERS: DSC is www.northbattlefordhomehardware.com Carl Driedger, 204-556-2346 or looking for organic Borage producers for 204-851-0145, Virden, MB. the 2018 harvest season. 306-697-3152, NH 358 MIX MILL with PBF, very nice Grenfell, SK. dandilee.colby@outlook.com cond. Still on first corner of hammers, ex2 DEEDED TIMESHARES for sale: 1 in tra screens, $9000, hard to find. Call ORGANIC CO2 FERTILIZER: CropPlus. A Nashville & 1 in Las Vegas. Call Barry for Randy at 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. 100% natural, organic, mineral based, fo- details, 250-423-1771, Grasmere, BC. liar applied fertilizer. It contains carbon SVEN-APOLLO ROLLERMILLS, NEW dioxide, which is very beneficial in plant and used, electric and PTO, all sizes, can health. Apply with any sprayer. $10/acre. deliver. Manitoba distributor direct. Call Cory Wiebe 204-247-2142, Roblin, MB. Randy 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. WOW! HAVE YOUR OWN space to quad, WHEATHEART ENERGY EFFICIENT 200 WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and hunt, boat, and fish on 2 quarter sections head livestock waterers. CSA approved chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assini- adjoining North Thomas Lake. Property joins onto upscale cabin subdivision with a with stainless steel pans. Limited supply, boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. mile of Thomas Lake shore on one side $850. Call Dale at Mainway Farm Equipment, 306-567-3285 or 306-567-7299, COMMON CERTIFIED ORGANIC Alfalfa and a half mile of private lakeshore on other side. Plenty of building sites with (tap rooted), common cert. organic Red Davidson www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca and common cert. organic Alsike Clover, huge potential for future subdivision. Have it all for yourself for $425,000. Phone or 2008 HIGHLINE 8100, in good condition, 50 lb. bags. 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. text 204-483-0228, Sandy Lake, MB. $10,000. 306-963-7724, 306-963-7880.

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FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak Place Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator. panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ Manitoba’s best-read farm publication.

Manitoba’s best-read farm publication. 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. ARE YOU SINGLE and would rather be FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY are the Ca- in love? Camelot Introductions has been nadian dealer for Farm Aid, parts and mix successfully matching people for over 23 wagons.

306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. years. In-person interviews by Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. Call 306-978- BAR M RANCH - ASHCROFT, BC: Prime lowww.fuchs.ca LOVE (5683), 204-257-LOVE (5683) cation with great valley views. 573 ac. in 4 www.camelotintroductions.com titles plus lease land, all gravity fed water under 3 centre pivots, 4 residences and 1000 head feedlot. Shop, equipment storage, calving barn, large steel hay shed, and horse barn are some of the improvements. Adjacent range for 4500 AUM’s which translates to 565 cow/calf pairs.

Early turn out and later gather means only 90 feeding days. Some development potential and 2.5 hrs. to Fraser Valley. 100 ac. certified organic along with 5-50 ac. currently leased to a local vegetable grower. Call Tim @ Ranches Only for more info ROUND BALE FEEDERS built from 2 3/8 oil or to arrange a viewing. 250-280-7653. field pipe, single or double feeders. Will build to suit your needs. Will also build 5 ACRE FARM, fenced, 4 bedroom, home, other livestock equipment. Can deliver. cabin, barns, fruit trees, river frontage, Call Frank, 306-640-5542, Rockglen, SK. $329,000. 403-304-9665 msg., Slocan, BC. 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 inORGANIC LAND in MD of Mackenzie, north cinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric of Peace River: 1200 seeded ac., 1800 branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze sq.ft house w/garage, 6800 sq.ft. shop, chutes and headgates are now avail. with a Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co- 60x120 cold storage, 100,000+ bu. grain neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-667-7770. storage, power, phone, natural gas, dugple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com out, on school bus route. 780-928-2538 or 780-841-1180.

51’X40’ ELK HANDLING SYSTEM with hydraulic squeeze. Phone 306-784-2915, We know that farming is enough of a gamble Herbert, SK. ROUGH COLLIES: BEAUTIFUL Lassie pups, so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the SUNDOG SOLAR WATER SYSTEMS, in S/W and Tricolour, available Jan.15/18 Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure portable winter/summer. Call Shadow to approved homes, $500. 306-201-9207, Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have Regina, SK. Email: fonehill@canwan.com Ranch, 306-354-7500, Mossbank, SK. friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-667-7770.

SUPREME 700TMR w/scale, 6’ unloading conveyor, dry hay recutter at back, dual wheels, always shedded, excellent cond., $36,000. 204-758-3374, St. Jean, MB.

4 QUARTERS FARMLAND for sale, 40 miles SE Weyburn. Grains, canola, legumes. 9 oil well leases. House, electricity, water, $998,500. 604-971-2870, Benson, SK. rickzimmerman6@gmail.com FARMLAND FOR SALE OR RENT: 640 acres of cultivated land north of Alsask.

403-804-4460, lgerritsen@telus.net FARMLAND: 150 AC, RM of Moose Range, Smoky Burn, SE 01-51-09-W2, $275,000.

306-209-7775 or hudon@sasktel.net FARM FOR LEASE: 2 farms consisting of approx. 627 acres of cropland. Located in the vicinity of Macoun, in the RM of Cambria. The area is well suited for wheat, canola and pulse production. Bonnefield plans to negotiate with excellent farmers to form long-term lease arrangements to ensure this land is maintained profitably and sustainably for the long term. Please email: cambria2farm@bonnefield.com for additional information.

ORGANIC RANCH: 160 acres, Private Paradise! Home, Corrals, Pastures. Please call 306-812-7713, Moose Range #486, SK. QUARTER SECTION IN RM of Bjorkdale, SK. #426. SW 19-45-09 W2, 147 acres, approx.

100 cultivated. Phone 306-864-7922.

FOR RENT: ALL of Section 23-23-27 W2, in RM of Craik #222. Call 306-734-2997.

GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net WOOD RIVER RM #74. By tender S1/2 12-8-6-W3; N1/2 12-8-6-W3; N1/2 7-8-5-W3. Please bid on each half section separately. Tenders must be received by 1:00 pm, Feb. 8, 2018. Mark tenders “Filson Brothers Tender”. Highest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted. Send tenders to Duane Filson, Box 340, Lafleche, SK., S0H 2K0, or by email to duane.filson@sasktel.net For info call 306-472-7772. Woodrow, SK.

BY TENDER Approx. 300 total cult. ac.: SE 12-27-11 W3, approx 150 ac.; NE 1-27-11 W3, approx. 150 ac. Highest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders to Mike Bogner, Box 173 Dinsmore, SK. S0L 0T0. Tenders close Feb 21, 2018.

8500 ACRE RANCH in RM of Reno, all grass, lots of water. $474 per acre.

306-299-4445, www.ranch-for-sale-sk.ca FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Argyle No. 1, NE 34-02-30 W1, NW 34-02-30 W1, SE 34-02-30 W1, SW 34-02-30 W1.

Mineral rights are not included in the sale, but 6 current surface leases, with total annual rental of $17,700.00 will be included in the sale. Land consists of approximately 556 cultivated acres in total. Sale includes two quonsets both approximately 40’x60’ one metal, and one wooden. Wooden quonset is in need of repair. Also included are 8 - 1650 bushel bins. Tenders must be submitted on the entire section as quarters will not be sold individually. Tenders must be accompanied by a certified cheque or bank draft for a minimum of 5% of the bid price payable to Orlowski Law Office Trust. Tenders must be received at the office of Orlowski Law Office, 1215 5th Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, S4A 0Z5 by 4:00 PM on February 20, 2018. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Balance of funds from successful bidder will be due by April 2, 2018. Deposits of unsuccessful bidders will be refunded. For further information contact Stephen J. Orlowski at: Orlowski Law Office Prof. Corp., Phone: 306-634-3353, Fax: 306-634-7714, Email: steve@orlowskilaw.ca QUARTER SECTION #1: SW-04-18-11 W2, RM of Indian Head #156; FVA 219,000. 2017 crop - 140 acres (Green peas 65 acres & Nexera canola 75 acres).

2017 taxes $1078.02; Quarter Section #2: NW-04-18-11 W2, RM of Indian Head #156; FVA 248,800. 2017 crop - 160 Acres Nexera Canola. 2017 Taxes $1224.72. Briercrest Farms Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday April 14th, 2018, Sintaluta, SK. For sale bill & photos visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com Info at 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL 311962. Join us on FB!

NE 19-02-17-W2, RM of Lake Alma #8: 146 acres, home quarter, 3 bedroom bungalow, 1242+/- sq. ft., partially finished basement, electric heat, central air, laminate flooring, vinyl siding, 4 appliances included, shallow well w/quality water, small barn, water bowl & cattle shed, pasture, SE 19-02-17-W2 RM of Lake Alma #8; 159 acres, FVA 75,400, 100 acres tame hay, balance pasture, NW 20-02-17-W2 RM of Lake Alma #8; 141 acres, FVA 66,900, dugout, pasture.

SW 20-02-17-W2 RM of Lake Alma #8; 160 acres, FVA 58,600, dugout, 100 acres tame hay, balance pasture. Maurice Ranch Land and Equipment Auction Wednesday April 18th, 2018. Lake Alma, SK. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos and join us on FB. Info. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

1 QUARTER SECTION farmland in the RM of Mount Pleasant (SW-35-01-34-W2).

Macfarlane Land and Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday April 25th, 2018. Glen Ewen, SK. For sale bill & photos visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com Join us on FB! 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815.

Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

ON-LINE AUCTION: 1/4 Section Farmland, in the RM of Caledonia SW 002-11-21 W2.

Bids Close February 20, 1:00PM. Visit: Real Estate- McDougallAuction.com for details or call Nathan 306-530-7900. PL#319916.

ON-LINE AUCTION: 1/4 Section Farmland, in the RM of Garry SW 16-25-9 W2. Bids Close February 20 - 1:00PM. Visit: Real Estate- McDougallAuction.com for details or call Nathan 306-530-7900. PL#319916.

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.

Sealed bids for the purchase of the following parcels of land, located in the RM of Rhineland, Manitoba, will be received up to 5.00 pm on February 20, 2018 at the offices of CanadianFarmRealty.com, Box 7, Graysville, MB, R0G 0T0, Attention: Dolf Feddes Parcel Legal Acres Number Description 1 South 1/2 of NE33-2-1W North 1/2 of SE33-2-1W 161.3 2 East 1/2 of SW33-2-1W 80.1 The following will apply to all tenders: Interested parties must rely on their own inspection and knowledge of the property.

Bids shall address each parcel as a separate unit. Tenders are required to offer a total purchase amount for the parcel that is the subject of such tender. The vendor reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Purchaser will be responsible for total of 2018 property taxes.

All offers are to be submitted in sealed envelopes accompanied by a certified cheque or bank draft payable to “Royal LePage Riverbend Realty in Trust” for 5% of the tendered amount. Cheques will be returned in respect to tenders that are not accepted.

Successful bidders will be asked to enter into a formal Purchase agreement with a possession date of March 16, 2018. The purchaser(s) shall be responsible for payment of GST or shall self-assess for GST. Offers on any one parcel shall not be contingent on the successful purchase of another parcel.

Tenders will be held in confidence and not be released to the public.

Any questions regarding these parcels, or this tender can be directed to: Dolf Feddes, REALTOR at 204-828-3371 (office) or 204-745-0451 (cell). Royal LePage Riverbend Realty www.canadianfarmrealty.com Visit our farm listings and videos at www.canadianfarmrealty.com

TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Interested in the value of your farmland and considering selling? Up to date market evaluations done at your farm. Coldwell Banker Signature. Tom Neufeld 306-260-7838.

CHATFIELD/POPLARFIELD: Opportunity to run your own cattle & grain farm. 1240 sq. ft. bungalow. 800 ac. owned, 1920 leased.

200 acres cult. balance hay & fenced pasture. Many outbuildings, $799,000. Call RIVER RETREAT: Saskatoon South - 177 Claudette: 1-888-629-6700. LJBaron.com acres forested, organic river front land. 50 acres cultivated. $6500 per acre. Phone CLAYTON KUNZELMAN OF WAWANESA, MB. is offering the following private 306-382-1299 or 306-382-9024. land for sale: NW 21-18-1W, SE 30-18-1W. SASKATOON SOUTHWEST, River Valley The successful purchaser will be considView Estate, near golf course. Paved road ered by Manitoba Agriculture for possible and all services to site, $229,500. Phone transfer of the Crown land forage lease as306-382-1299 or 306-382-9024. sociated with this ranch unit. This forage SECLUDED RIVER RETREAT: 80 acres lease currently consists of the following: on west bank, pt of 01-46-04 W3. Summer N 1/2 20-18-1W, SEC 29-18-1W. If you road and river access, $167,500. Phone wish to purchase the private land, contact the Lessee Clayton Kunzelman at Box 269, 306-382-1299 or 306-382-9024.

Wawanesa, MB., R0K 2G0. If you wish to DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. Conquest: comment on or object to the eligibility of Full Section of mostly seeded grass with this Unit Transfer write the Director, Manipower and 3 dugouts, Sec 13-30-10 W3, toba Agriculture, Agriculture Drown Lands, $654,900; Hafford: Full quarter with ap- PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB., R0J 1E0 or prox. 140 cult. ac., SE 30-42-09 W3, priced fax 204-867-6578. to sell $117,900. Call Dwein 306-221-1035 142 ACRES IN & overlooking beautiful RM OF TURTLE RIVER #469, 1/4 section Assiniboine Valley- Binscarth, MB: for sale: SE 30-47-19-W3. Farmed until 3090 sq.ft. home. 2 car garage. 50x80 inapprox. 2007. Fenced w/horse shoe sulated shop/in-floor heat, built in 2006. shaped creek running through. Has power. 400 amp, single phase power. 28x80 insuClose to Jackfish Lake, SK. 306-382-1384. lated shop. 40x60 storage. Close to mines LAND FOR SALE in RM McCrainy SW 1/4 at Esterhazy. Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, 16-30-28-W2, gravel on adjacent 1/4. Bids 204-773-6797, NorthStar Insurance & Real close Feb. 18, 2018. 306-229-2181, Kenas- Estate, north-star.ca MLS#1726260 ton, SK. Email: brad.rink@mapleleaf.com 4 1/2 QUARTERS- BIRTLE, MB: 706 toRM MAPLE CREEK #111. For sale N 1/2 tal acres. Mixed farm. 3000 sq.ft. dwelling, 35-11-26-W3. 320 cult. acres, 60x100’ 5 bdrm, 3 bath. 30x215 pole shed. 2nd steel quonset on 2’ cement fdn, power, yardsite, 2 - 32x55 pole sheds, 40x60 mawater for up to 100 head of cattle, 1 mile chine shed. Grain storage. Gravel pit. 2 of Hwy #1 frontage. Will be sold by Feb- wells.

Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, ruary 20th. Call 403-866-2214.

204-773-6797, NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate, north-star.ca MLS#1729624 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 FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Dauphin, WANTED: GRAIN FARM approx. 1000 Parcel #1, NE, NW, SE of 23-28-20, NE & acres for purchase or rent in north half of SE 14-18-20, and NW 24-28-20. Approx.

Saskatchewan. Prefer with yardsite. Call: 690 cult. ac., 1664 sq. ft. house, 4 bed780-205-4296 or email: 3star@telus.net room, 2 1/2 bath, farm buildings, 100,000 bu. of bin storage mostly on aeration, cattle facility. Parcel #2, SW 30-28-19, E 1/2 31-28-19, approx. 385 cult. ac. RM of FARMLAND IN RM of DeSalaberry, MB for Ethelbert, Parcel #3, NE 10-29-21, NE sale by Tender: 320 acres of well drained 9-29-21, NE 10-28-22, appox. 400 cult. ac. lands, two adjacent farm yards, garage, Parcel #4, NW 10-29-21, house & farm machine shed, grain storage. Sealed bids buildings. Parcel #3 & #4 could be sold received until 5:00 PM, February 28, 2018. together. Most of the acres that were For bid package, contact: Art Stacey at seeded into canola for 2017 yielded 60+ 204-934-2537, ajs@tdslaw.com bushels/acre. The land being offered for sale can also include two full lines of older farm machinery which is in very good condition. Highest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted. Tenders must be received in writing by 12 noon Feb. 26, 2018, to P.O. Box 44, Sifton, MB., R0L 1X0.

For more info call 204-655-3458.

NOW IS THE TIME to list, give your farm the right exposure. Get your farm listed now for the early spring buying spree. Local and foreign buyers are looking for large and small grain and cattle operation, small holdings and just land.

Call Harold PRIME FARMLAND SALE: Manitoba crop, 204-253-7373, Delta Real Estate. beef or mixed-use farm with a history of www.manitobafarms.ca excellent production. A great start-up, expansion or investment opportunity!

204-945-0891 Email: bwords@mymts.net www.greenfarmforsale.com TURNKEY OPERATION: 25 miles NE of Neepawa, MB. 4.5 quarters, 200 cows, feed for 500 cows, equipment and excellent newer yardsite. Phone 204-402-0780.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 1, 2018

BY TENDER: Sealed written tenders for property in the Municipality of Lorne described below will be received by: Wayne Rose, Barrister and Solicitor, 313-260 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg MB., R3C 0M6.

SW-05-09-08-W, 160 acres total, approx.

155 cultivated acres. Interested parties must rely on their own inspection and knowledge of the property. Tenders must be received on or before 3:00 PM on Friday, March 9, 2018. A deposit cheque in the amount of $10,000 payable to Wayne Rose in Trust, must accompany each tender. Deposit cheques accompanying unacceptable bids will be returned. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. The bidder whose tender is accepted will be required to complete an agreement covering terms and conditions of sale. In addition to the deposit, the balance of the accepted tender must be paid on or before the date of closing which shall be Friday, March 30, 2018, or evidence provided that the purchase funds will be available under conditions acceptable to the Vendor. If the balance of the accepted tender is not paid within the set time limit, the deposit may be forfeited as liquidated damages and not as a penalty. Date of possession and closing will be the same. Successful bidder will be responsible for real property taxes commencing 2018. The purchaser shall be responsible for payment of the GST or shall self-assess for GST. Please mark envelope Tender For SW-05-09-08-W. For further information contact Wayne Rose at 204-942-1788.

2013 GLASTRON MX 205, $37,500. Axxis Motorsports, Hwy 11 & Floral, Saskatoon.

Sale Jan 26, 2820 Jasper Ave. 306-2493488, www.axxismotorsportsltd.com

2006 FOREST RIVER Rockwood 1907, call for pricing. Sunridge RV, Radisson, SK. Sale Jan 26 at 2820 Jasper Ave, Saskatoon 1-877-827-4845, www.sunridgervs.ca 2014 TRAVELITE 1000SLRX, 17.9’, $29,980. Sunridge RV, Radisson, SK. Sale Jan 26th at 2820 Jasper Ave., Saskatoon.

1-877-827-4845, www.sunridgervs.ca 2007 SLED DECK, $1900. Sunridge RV, Radisson, SK. Sale Jan 26th at 2820 Jasper Ave. in Saskatoon. 1-877-827-4845, www.sunridgervs.ca

SAWMILLS from only $4397 - Make Money and Save Money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In

BY TENDER: RM of Minto-Odanah, SE 1/4 stock, ready to ship. Free info. and DVD: 3-13-17 WPM, approx. 130 acres, no RV SHOW SPECIAL! 2017 Ace 27.2 www.NorwoodSawmills.com/168 or call mines and minerals, not subject to a right #H0A07707, $99,900. 1-844-488-3142 or 1-800-567-0404. of first refusal; SW 1/4 3-13-17 WPM, ap- shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com prox. 130 acres, no mines and minerals, not subject to a right of first refusal. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Closing date for sale to be March 31, 2018.

Mail tenders to: Burgess Law Office, 3000G Victoria Avenue, Brandon, MB., R7B 3Y3.

Tenders must be received on or before 12:00 Noon, February 9, 2018.

MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: CLASS B MERCEDES Roadtrek van, outwww.maverickconstruction.ca standing value & quality! 1-866-346-3148 Shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. Conquest: Full section of mostly seeded grass with power and 3 dugouts, Sec 13-30-10 W3, $654,900. Call Dwein 306-221-1035.

2017 POLARIS 600 Switchback, preowned, $10,750. Axxis Motorsports, Hwy 11 & Floral. www.axxismotorsportsltd.com LOOKING FOR PASTURE, hay, and cultivated 306-249-2488, Saskatoon, SK. quarters to rent or buy NE of Southey, SK. Needing pasture this summer, can haul. 2014 POLARIS Switchback Pro, $9500.

403-485-1324, lesleymarsh@hotmail.com Axxis Motorsports, Hwy 11 & Floral, Saskatoon. Sale Jan 26, 2820 Jasper Ave. 306249-3488, www.axxismotorsportsltd.com ACREAGE FOR SALE: 2 storey, 4 bed, 2.5 baths, 18.48 acres 10 min. NW of Airdrie, AB., Contact Azmy Yacoub, Real Estate Professional Inc., 403-399-2227 FROESE SEEDS SUITE Accommodation available in Saskatoon. Rent the entire 3 bdrm suite or an individual room for your next stay. Please visit our website or contact for more info. Starting at $75 per 4 WHEEL BOMBARDIER Rotex, 250 hrs, night. Call 306-343-6586, Saskatoon, SK. like new, $4000; Wanted: 14’ bumper hitch kimlarson@live.com froeseseedsbnb.ca dump trailer. 306-304-1959, Goodsoil, SK. canada’s ag-only listings giant

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CERTIFIED AAC SPITFIRE, excellent germ and vigour, 0% fus gram. Call Myles, 306-648-8337, Gravelbourg, SK.

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CERT. CDC PRECISION & AAC SPITFIRE Exceptional yield potential and standability. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769.

TOP YIELDING CANOLA from Canterra Check out yields in the seed guide CERTIFIED TRANSCEND. Proven variety. Seeds. purchase from Lung Seeds Ltd. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., and 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769.

OPEN POLLINATED, CONVENTIONAL caCERTIFIED CDC ALLOY. Good disease nola: UA AlfaGold, UA BountyGold, certipackage. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg fied #1, treated or bare. 780-336-5700, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769.

Viking, AB. More info visit: 6kingseed.com CERTIFIED TRANSCEND, very good quality. Call 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca

AAC SPITFIRE, TRANSCEND, top CERTIFIED CDC Copeland & AC Metcalf. quality. Wiens Seed Farm 306-377-2002, Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, Herschel, SK. SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERT. & REG. CDC Precision; AAC Spitfire.

CERTIFIED CDC Austenson & Maverick High germ. & 0% F.G., Fast Seed Farm Ltd., feed barley. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERTIFIED AC Metcalfe, AC Newdale, CDC CERT. FDN, REG. CDC Precision; CDC AlCopeland, Legacy, CDC Austenson, CDC loy; AAC Spitfire; Transcend. Exc. germ., Maverick, CDC McGwire. Van Burck 0% fusarium. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, Seeds, Star City, SK 306-863-4377. Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net www.vanburckseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1 Metcalf(2R) & Legacy(6R).

Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED #1, high germ: CS Camden, CERT. #1 Copeland: 94% germ., 95% vig- CDC Ruffian, CDC Morrison. Seed Source, or, 48.3 TKW, 100% Copeland. Sandercock Archerwill, SK., 306-323-4402.

Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. CERTIFIED Camden, Morgan, Baler and CERTIFIED CDC MAVERICK. Hickseeds Haymaker. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca (Dale), Mossbank, SK. CERTIFIED #1: CDC COPELAND, AC Met- CERT. CDC RUFFIAN, CDC Minstrel, AC calfe, CDC Polarstar, AAC Connect, CDC Morgan. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK Fraser. Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, 306-863-4377. www.vanburckseeds.ca Lake Lenore, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Ruffian, AC Leggett & TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, CDC Orrin. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, Tisdale, SK. 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERTIFIED CDC HAYMAKER. Hickseeds AC METCALFE, CDC COPELAND, CDC 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 POLAR STAR, top quality. Wiens Seed (Dale), Mossbank, SK. Farm 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK. CERTIFIED #1: CDC Copeland, AAC Syn- CERTIFIED #1: C.S. Camden. Lung Seeds ergy, CDC Maverick, CDC Austenson, AC Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. Ranger. Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CS Vanscoy, SK. Camden, Summit, CDC Minstrel, CDC RufCERTIFIED CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, fian, CDC Orrin. Frederick Seeds, AAC Synergy. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. 306-741-0475, foc@sasktel.net REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: Summit AAC SYNERGY, Cert. top quality seed. Leggett, CDC Haymaker (Forage). Ardell Very high yielder, gaining acceptance with Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. maltsters. Contracts available. Inquiries welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AAC Jatharia.

CDC COPELAND, Fdn., Reg., Cert. top Call Grant, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, quality seed. Widely accepted malt variety. 306-746-8070, Semans, SK. Inquiries welcome. Volume discounts.

Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, CERT. # 1, high germ: CDC Landmark VB, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. AAC Cameron VB, AAC Jatharia VB, CDC gregfarms@sasktel.net Utmost VB, AAC Brandon. Seed Source Archerwill, SK. 306-323-4402.

CERT. AC METCALFE, 99% germ., 96% vigor, 0% smut, 0% fus., 49.4 kernel weight, MINIMIZE INPUT COSTS & maximize yield will be cleaning late Jan. $8.25/bu. Oly- potential. Grain & grazing/silage corn. The nick Seeds, 306-338-8078, Quill Lake, SK. leader’s in non-GMO technology. A more sustainable way of farming! Free delivery.

CERTIFIED # 1, high germ: AC Metcalfe, Call De Dell Seeds Inc. 204-268-5224.

CDC Copeland. Seed Source, Archerwill, GRAZING CORN CM440 conventional vaSK., 306-323-4402. riety. Early maturity, whole plant is palCall our toll-free number to take advan- atable making for easier cleanup in the tage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for spring, high quality forage during winter LH COUTTS, PTO, 48” blade, always shed- 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks months. No planter required. Low seed ded, last used 20 yrs ago, saws nice lum- for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. cost.

CanaMaize Seed Inc., call ber. Offers. 780-349-2798, Westlock, AB. Call 1-800-667-7770 today!

1-877-262-4046 www.canamaize.com

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

CERTIFIED CDC Landmark, AAC Cameron, Jatharia, Brandon CWRS wheat. Contact Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERTIFIED CARDALE, AAC Redwater, CDC Utmost VB, CDC Landmark VB, Pasteur.

Van Burck Seeds, 306-863-4377, Star City, SK. www.vanburckseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1 CDC Landmark VB, CDC Plentiful, Cardale, Elgin ND, Goodeve VB, Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED #1 AAC Brandon: 99% germ., 99% vigor, 38.58 TKW. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. CERTIFIED # 1 AAC Jatharia VB wheat, new. Midge tolerant. Shewchuk Seeds, 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK.

CERTIFIED GLAS and CDC Sorrel flax.

Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERTIFIED CDC SORREL. Van Burck Seeds, 306-863-4377, Star City, SK. www.vanburckseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo.

Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo.

Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERT. #1 BETHUNE, 98% germ., 95% vigor. Sandercock Seed Farm, Balcarres SK., 306-334-2958.

CERTIFIED # 1 CDC GLAS - The variety to grow! Top yield, excellent lodging resistance. 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. CERTIFIED #1: CDC Glas & CDC Bethune.

Call Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. CERT. CDC Sanctuary, CDC Sorrel, CDC Bethune, AAC Bravo. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK, 306-741-0475, foc@sasktel.net CDC GLAS, Reg., Cert., top quality seed.

High yield, exc. standability, easy to harvest. Great reviews from customers. Inquiries welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

CERTIFIED CDC Blackstrap, earliest black bean, direct harvest, high yield, excellent disease pkg.; CDC Super Jet & CDC Jet also available. Martens Charolais & Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB. CERTIFIED Snowbird fababeans & Amarillo Peas. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERT. NSC StarCity, NSC Leroy Soybeans.

Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK. 306-863-4377. www.vanburckseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1: SNOWBIRD. Call Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK.

Now Agents For: CDC Inca Yellow Pea CDC Proclaim Red Lentil CDC Palmer Chickpea ALso: AAC Lacombe Yellow Pea CDC Precision Durum Guttino and KWs Daniello Hybrid Fall Ryes and so much more!

Phone: 403-715-9771

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CERTIFIED #1: AAC Brandon, AAC Cameron VB & Carberry. Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. AC VESPER VB, WASKADA. Fdn., reg., cert. #1. High yielders, good protein, excellent quality! Nakonechny Seeds, CERT. CDC PROCLAIM CL Red, high yield306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. ing, exc. quality. Call Myles, 306-648-8337, Gravelbourg, SK. www.foxfamilyfarm.ca NEW WHEAT KING! Certified #1 AAC Brandon, 98% germ. Nakonechny CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled; Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. Certified CDC 4371-4, red. Call Grant, Semans, SK. 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, EXCELLENT QUALITY Cert. #1, CWRS: 306-746-8070.

CDC Landmark VB, AAC Viewfield, AAC Brandon, AAC Cameron VB, AAC Elie, Car- CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (small red) dale, CDC Utmost VB, AAC Connery & AAC Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Redberry. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Tisdale, SK. Watson, SK. CDC MARBLE, reg. #1, 99% germ., exc.

EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1: quality! Limited supply. Nakonechny AC Andrew, SY Rowyn, Faller, Penhold & Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda,SK. AAC Sadash. Call Frederick Seeds, CDC PROCLAIM CL, new Red. 100% 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. germ., 0% ascochyta. Nakonechny NEW CERTIFIED CDC LANDMARK VB; Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. AC Andrew soft white, very good quality. CERT. CDC IMPULSE Clearfield red lentil, 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca best in it’s class. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca CDC LANDMARK VB, AAC BRANDON, AAC PREVAIL VB, top quality. Wiens CDC IMPULSE, CDC PROCLAIM, CDC Seed Farm 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK. MAXIM(small reds), top quality. Wiens Seed Farm 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK. REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: CDC Landmark, AAC Brandon, AAC Jatharia, Cardale, CERT. CDC PROCLAIM CL Reds, high CDC Utmost. Ardell Seeds, 306-668-4415, germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., Vanscoy, SK. 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK.

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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

CERT. CDC GREENSTAR, CDC Impulse, CDC Proclaim, CDC Maxim, CDC Redmoon.

98% germ, 0% disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net

AAC ELIE, CWRS, CERT. top quality seed, sister wheat to AAC Brandon. Very high yielder with high protein. Positive reviews from growers. All inquires welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

CERTIFIED CDC INCA, CDC Greenwater, CDC Mosaic. Call Grant, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, 306-746-8070, Semans, 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 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516 or email: gregfarms@sasktel.net

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Spectrum, CDC Acer (Maple), CDC Amarillo and CDC Meadow.

Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK. 306-863-4377. www.vanburckseeds.ca

CERTIFIED AAC ARDILL yellow peas.

Call Hickseeds 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 (Dale), Mossbank, SK. CERTIFIED #1: CDC Limerick. Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. CDC AMARILLO, CDC INCA, certified #1, excellent quality! Nakonechny Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK.

TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass ABARTH, CDC SPECTRUM, AAC Carver seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse certified yellow peas, very good quality.

306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

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FDN. & CERT. CDC Spectrum; CDC Amaril- CORN SEED - Open pollinated. Approx. lo. High germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed $28/acre, at 26,000 PPA. Tall leafy plants, Farm Ltd., 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. 7'- 9' with 8"-10" in cobs. Excellent grazing/ silage. Delivery Available, 204-723-2831, REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: AAC Ardill, Austin, MB. cattcorn18@gmail.com CDC Inca, CDC Spectrum, CDC Limerick (green), CDC Proclaim Lentil (red). Ardell 1000 BU. ORGANIC FLAX seed, grade #2, and borage seed available, various GLA’S. Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. 306-595-2094, Pelly, SK. CERTIFIED CDC INCA & CDC Greenwater, Exc. germ. & disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK, 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net 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.

Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

COVER CROPS. HICKSEED LTD., Mossbank, SK. Now has on the floor for organic plowdown: Daikon radish (zero till); Hairy Vetch; Austrian Winter peas; Buckwheat; Yellow Blossom sweet clover. Also, green feed blends available.

For all your seed needs call Hickseed Ltd. Barry 306-354-7998 or Dale 306-229-9517

For Pricing ~ 204-325-9555

NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet Edible Beans Licensed & Bonded Winkler, MB.

CERTIFIED #1: CDC Calvi & CDC Cibo.

Call Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. REG. & CERTIFIED CDC Calvi (itchless), high yielder. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK.

BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of mustard. Also canary and some other specialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB Looking for off grade mustard, lentils or chickpeas. Custom color sorting of all types of crops. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-631-9577, Chamberlain, SK.

CONFECTION SUNFLOWER SEEDS Wanted: XL's, scuffed, bird feed & high quality confection. 204-327-6488, Rosetown, MB.

Vanderveen Commodity Services Ltd. Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net

WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. We are buying feed grains. Also buying chickA Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay! peas, lentils and golden flax. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, David Lea, Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom at Market Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. Phone 1-866-512-1711. Email WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker info@marketplacecommodities.com or involved. Sell direct to crushing plant.

Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 Hit our readers where it counts… in the clasor 306-228-7325, no texts. Unity, SK. sifieds. Place your ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifed section. 1-800-667-7770.

ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale.

Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK.

WINKLER, MANITOBA JAMES FARMS FOR QUALITY SEED. Brandon, Cardale, Faller and Penhold Wheat. Summit and Souris oats, Haymaker Forage Oats. Tradition Barley, Glas flax, McLeod RR2 and Barker R2xtend Soybeans. Forage and Grass Seeds, Various Canola and other Cereal Seed Varieties available upon request. Custom Processing, seed treating, inoculating. Delivery is available. Early payment discounts. Call 204-222-8785 or 1-866-283-8785 Winnipeg, MB. email djames@jamesfarms.com

SPECIALIZING IN: Rye, Flax, Barley, Peas, Oats, Corn, Wheat, Soybeans, Canola, Soy Oil, Soymeal

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SOLD! DAIRY QUALITY & beef hay: 500 round bales, approx. 1500 lbs. Feed test available. Faubert Farms, Marengo, SK. Call Murray 306-463-9691.

2017 SMALL SQUARE straw bales, about 600 small square straw bales. Good solid bales. Shedded, $3 each. Delivery available, 306-862-1998, 306-609-0244, Codette, SK. MAKE SERIOUS HAY! Contact Nuhn Forage for all your forage preservation needs.

Featuring the #1 liquid and granular products/applicators on the market. For Serious Hay: 800-965-9127 www.juicehay.ca EXCELLENT BEEF ALFALFA, 18.5% protein, 20% orchard grass, square bales, inside.

Can deliver. 204-371-5744, Landmark, MB. BALES: Grass hay 5x6 bales, maxed out; Also Timothy straw. Can deliver loads of 34 or you haul. 204-739-3132, Dallas, MB.

TREATED OAT SEED for sale: Souris and Morgan, treated with Raxil Pro. Call Justin 306-469-0105, Big River, SK.

Contact Us Toll Free: 888-974-7246 www.delmarcommodities.com

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buyand custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary ers and sellers of all types of feed grain Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. and grain by-products. Contact Bill Hajt or Christopher Lent at 306-862-2723.

COMMON CERTIFIED ORGANIC Alfalfa clent@lpctrade.com bhajt@lpctrade.com (tap rooted), common cert. organic Red and common cert. organic Alsike Clover, FARMERS, RANCHERS, 50 lb. bags. 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK.

COMMON YELLOW FLAX seed, 2500 bushel, golden flax seed from 2017 crop, 98% germ., 87% vigor, 1000 kernel weight 5.8g, brown count .04%. $28.00 FOB, Lemberg area, $28/bu., pickup. Call 306-730-8375, or 306-730-8375, Lemberg, SK. Email: Rhfarms1884@sasktel.net LOOKING FOR OLD and new crop soybeans FOB Western Canada. Licence and bonded grain company. Call, email, text Now for competitive pricing at the farm! Market Place Commodities Ltd, accurate real time marketing. 403-394-1711, 403-315-3930. info@marketplacecommodities.com

SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

100 MEDIUM SQUARE wheat straw bales, 3x3x8, baled dry & clean with a conventional combine, stored in hay shed, $20/bale; Some small square also avail.

Delivery available. Phone 204-755-3416, Hazelridge, MB. WANTED: ALFALFA 3x3 and 3x4 bales.

Will arrange for pickup at farm/field.

Phone Chris 204-746-0462, Brunkild, MB. LARGE ROUND BALES, hard core, 5x6, afalfa/grass mix and alfalfa 1st and 2nd cut, no rain; also grass bales. 204-749-2194, 204-526-0733, Rathwell, MB. LARGE AMOUNT OF net wrapped round bales. Alfalfa/Timothy, 1st and 2nd cut alfalfa grass, mixed grass plus oat straw baled behind JD 9600’s. 1420 to 1740 lbs.

Some 2016 available. Most 2016 and 2017 baled with little or no rain. Analysis available. Loading with possible trucking capability. 204-529-2565, Cartwright, MB. LARGE QUANTITY ROUND Alfalfa bales, mesh wrapped, good quality, no rain. Also large round straw bales. Ask for Craig, 204-648-4711, leave message or text with return number. Gilbert Plains, MB. DURUM STRAW BIG squares, no rain, very clean, vg quality with some durum seed, $25/bale. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

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CALL FOR 2018 EDIBLE BEAN PRICES For info call, text or email Dustin Unger 1-204-362-4113 dustinu@iltagrain.com GLYPHOSATE 1 SOYBEANS: Top yields, delivered. Common #1. Keep your own seed! Call Norcan Seeds, 204-372-6552, 204-739-3519. Fisher Branch, MB. MARROWFAT PEA SEED (common) for sale, 91% germ. Call or text for details.

403-528-0085, Medicine Hat, AB.

POST SHAVINGS: Cattle feedlot, horse & poultry bedding. Bulk pricing and delivery available; Landscaping Mulch: Available in 1 yard bulk bags for $45, delivery available; Colored Landscaping Mulch: NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently Available in 1 yard bulk bags for $115, depurchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and livery avail. Vermette Wood Preservers, milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. Spruce Home, SK.. 1-800-667-0094. Email: info@vwpltd.com Visit: www.vwpltd.com

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BUYING WILD FUR, whole frozen carcass, cash paid. Must have fur license.

DL#6168, call 306-852-8802, Tisdale, SK. Email: madtrapper@hotmail.ca

POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gal.; Bladder tanks from 220 to 88,000 gallon; Water and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl.

Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK.

WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, service, installations, repairs. Canadian WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds company. We carry aeration socks and and cereals. All organic cereals and spe- grain bags. Also electric chute openers for cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000.

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WE BUY OATS Call us today for pricing Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 204-373-2328

GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK.

RIVER VALLEY SPECIALTY FARMS: Seeking seasonal workers for 2018. Position will be seasonal full-time, 40+ hrs/week. Wage $11.18/hour. Period of employment anticipated to be from April 2018 until August 2018. Duties include: Harvesting and packing of asparagus, planting and weeding of pumpkins, squash and onions as well as weeding of organic fields. Must be willing to work long hours and do repetitive tasks as well as bending and some heavy lifting. Applicants must be able to work in a variety of conditions in outdoor environments and must be able to work well with others. Education requirements not applicable, experience an asset.

Location of work is MacGregor and area, Manitoba. Please apply by e-mail to: admin@rivervalleyfarms.ca or in writing to: Box 33, Bagot, MB. R0H 0E0.

PRETTY VALLEY HONEY FARM is looking for full-time Apiary worker. Duties: working with bees, feeding bees, harvesting honey, operating apiary equip. At times hard physical labour, build and maintain apiary equip. Minimum 1 yr. experience of apiary work required. Minimum Class 5 driver’s license required, high school diploma or equivalent. Wage $11.85-$12.00/hr.

SW 26-35-26-W in the RM of Minitonas, MB. Email: eckhardrinsdorf@gmail.com FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock operation. Duties include: operating, maintaining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB.

FULL-TIME FARM AGRONOMIST wanted for large irrigation farm in southern Alberta as soon as possible. Duties: Scouting of crops, arrange seed & pricing, arrange applications of fungicide & aerial application.

Calibration checks for planter, fertilizer applicator and seed cutter. Assist staff as resource for decisions on chemical products and technology. Support crop and growing management planning & decisions. Input data requirements for government/private companies, surveys and programs. Work with retailers, Co-op and associations with seed and chemical trials. Collect and/or supervise soil, petiole and crop for analysis in the growing season. Be able to attend local association seminars, meetings and tours as a representative of our farm, report back to management. Comply with safety on the farm, safe driving practices, and co-ordinate with the same on the farm. These are not intended to be construed as all responsibilities, duties and skills for this position. Qualifications: Undergraduate degree in Agricultural Sciences is required. Knowledge in production of potatoes, seed, canola, soybeans and grains is definitely an asset. Excellent organization, time management skills and group interactive skills. Technical interests and skills in all responsibilities. Successful candidate should be a self-starter with a strong work ethic. Competitive compensation. Email resumes to Stan Kanegawa: kanegawa@telusplanet.net PERMANENT AND CALVING HELP wanted.

Large 1,000 head cattle ranch and mixed grain farm in Alberta Foothills (Cochrane), is seeking a long term employee to join our team as a Ranch Hand as well as short term/seasonal calving help. All positions are to start immediately. Successful candidates will have strong experience in and be willing to participate in all aspects of equipment operation, ranch facility maintenance, cattle handling and care. Driver’s license required and Class 1 is an asset.

Competitive wage, bonus program, housing and other benefits available. Please send resume with questions to Paula at andersonp@simpsonranching.ca Additional information will be provided to qualified candidates upon receipt of resume.

2 SEASONAL FARM Machinery Operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4 WD tractor for harrowing.

Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equip.

MR. TIRE CORP. For all your tire needs, May 1 to Nov. 15. $15-$18/hr. 101008187 call Mylo at 306-921-6555 or Jeremy at SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wade- CARETAKER WANTED FOR small ranch na, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 306-338-3733, ph 306-921-0068. Serving all Saskatchewan. near Lac la Hache, BC. Home provided in 306-338-7561 or cfehr9860@hotmail.com exchange for chores. 250-315-0238.

Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad ALTHOUSE HONEY FARMS INC. 1/2 mi in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting south Porcupine Plain, SK., 500 McAllister RANCH HANDS WANTED: 1000 cow ranch, for your call. 1-800-667-7770.

Ave. 7 positions required for 2018 season, seeking workers to do all aspects of ranchMay-October. $13-$18/hr. depending on ing, haying and operating equipment. experience. Job duties: assisting in spring Knowledge of pivots & mechanical skills a hive inspection, unwrapping & splitting, plus! Top wages and housing included. supering, building supers and honey Alexis Creek, BC. Call 250-394-4623, frames, honey removal and extracting, fall Email: c1ranch99@gmail.com feeding, applying mite control & wrapping hives for winter. No education required, but experience would be an asset. WCB coverage. Ph Ron Althouse 306-278-7345, · Portugal/Spain CARETAKER/FARMHAND SCENIC RANCH email: althousehoney@sasktel.net south of Longview Alberta requires couple · China FARM & RANCH HELP Wanted in southern to fill caretaker role. Lawn care, livestock Saskatchewan. Must have some experi- feeding, and general supervision in · Ireland ence and drivers licence is an asset. exchange for housing. Ideal for retired · Romania & Hungary 306-537-2624. couple with farm background. Commencing · Newfoundland/Labrador PASTURE RIDER REQUIRED for 2018 sea- June 2018. Please email resume to: bwwatson@telus.net 403-651-7912. son.

Monet Pastures Ltd., Elrose, SK., re· Iceland quires a full-time seasonal pasture rider to help care for 1950 cow/calf pairs May 1st EXPERIENCED FARM HAND wanted on · Yukon/NWT to November 1st. Must supply own horses Purebred Black Angus farm, southern AB. · Western Canada Farm Tour and tack. Experience with cattle disease is Full ad at: www.banduraranches.com mandatory. Valid driver’s license required. including Calgary Stampede Must be able to rope and treat cattle in HILBERT HONEY CO. LTD is now accepting & Farm Show open pasture. Housing available. Wages applications for the 2018 season, April to · Ontario Farm Show $23 to $30/hour based on experience. For October. Following positions are required: more information contact: Luke Ellingson 4Apiary Workers (NOC 8431): · Rocky Mountain Rail 306-378-7451, Tim Calwell 306-378-7554, $12.03-$13.50/hr. Minimum 2 years of or email calseeds@sasktel.net · Australia/New Zealand 2019 commercial beekeeping experience and RIDER POSITION AVAILABLE on large valid drivers license is required. Duties in· Peru/Brazil/Argentina/Chile community pasture in SW SK. Wages de- clude: colony manipulations and assess2019 pend on experience. Must supply own ment, disease and pest control, nucleus horses and functional tack. Should be able production, harvesting and processing of Portion of tours may be Tax Deductible. to rope, treat and handle cattle horseback. honey; Also need 8- Apiary Labourers.

Feedlot experience is a plus. Fence main- $10.96-$11.50/hr. No previous experience For these and other tenance is part of the job! For more details is necessary but must be able to work in great departures, Contact the presence of honey bees. Duties incall or text 306-298-7323, 306-298-4606. clude: site preparations and maintenance, Select Holidays FARM LABOURER WANTED: Must have val- cleaning of hive equipment, shop work, 1-800-661-4326 id 1A with driver’s abstract. Mechanical honey extraction. All positions are full knowledge and experience with farm time. Accommodations available. We are www.selectholidays.com equipment an asset. Wage based on expe- located 13 kms South of Humboldt, SK. rience starting at $20-30/hr. Located in along Hwy 20. Apply by fax: 306-682-3096 Weyburn/Fillmore area, SK. 306-861-7317 or e-mail: hilberthoney@gmail.com FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER required for mixed farm. Valid drivers license reKORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage quired. Housing avail. Provost, AB. Fax reand acreage wells, test holes, well rehabili- sume: 780-753-2962 or ph 780-753-2952 MANKOTA STOCKMEN’S Weigh Co. Ltd tation, witching. PVC/SS construction, ex- or email: p_murray@live.ca Employment Opportunity General pert workmanship and fair pricing. 50% Manager Position. Chosen applicant will government grant now available. Indian be responsible for all activities in running Head, SK., 306-541-7210 or 306-695-2061 a successful livestock auction (sale dates, FULL-TIME RANCH HELP wanted. Expe- sorting cattle, buyers, sellers and employrience with livestock and machinery re- ee relations) with the ability to inspire, quired. Non-smoker with clean driver’s ab- motivate and lead. Hay & Straw procureU-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, stract. Housing supplied. Fax resume with ment. Meetings with the board of directors 30 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week references: 403-548-2287. Email us at: and industry organizations. An Excellent upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and walkersu7texaslonghorns@gmail.com opportunity to join a company with a long and reputable history. Salary Negotiable. air brakes. One on one driving instructions. Phone: 403-548-6684, Redcliff, AB. Please submit application by March 1, 306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK. SEEKING EXPERIENCED FARMHAND: 2018. mankotastockmens@sasktel.net Box 248 Mankota, SK S0H 2W0. We Full-time on mixed farm, cattle experience CARPENTRY & PRODUCTION LINE welding program. 2 certificates, 2 employment required. Class 1 license an asset. Me- Thank all who apply however only those streams, 1 tiny home. Apply now for Fall chanical & welding skills a plus! Wage selected for further consideration will be $15-$20/hour depending on experience. interviewed.

2018 at greatplainscollege.ca Rosetown SK Email: crocushillfarms@gmail.com 403-533-2494, Rockyford, AB. 20.8x42 CLAMP-ON DUALS with rods and spacers, for triples, taken off 9370 Case tractor, $8000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

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FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. Applicants should have previous farm experience and mechanical ability. Duties include operation of machinery, including tractors and other farm equipment, as well as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour 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.

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GRAIN FARM MANAGER, Livestock Manager REASONABLY PRICED HAY in big & Farm Workers required on large grain and squares. Only 157 remaining can arrange livestock operation in the Eddystone, MB. for trucking. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. area. Opportunities are available for: 1.

Grain Farm Manager; 2.Cattle Manager; NEW HAY FOR SALE; Round bale picking 3.Farm Workers. Competitive salaries. and hauling, small or large loads. Travel Housing and other incentives are available! anywhere. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. Call or text Steve at 204-805-1197, or • Competitive Prices email: steve.manning@samc.ag HAY FOR SALE - DELIVERED! Also custom • Prompt Movement hauling. V-V Trucking Ltd., 306-631-8544, GRAIN/OILSEED FARM WORKER: Equip• Spring Thrashed Moose Jaw, SK. ment operation & servicing (GPS); Build“ON FARM PICK UP” 100 ROUND BALES, 1400-1450 lbs., 5¢/lb. ing/yard maintenance. Full-time year 1-877-250-5252 at the farm, first cut, no rain. round, $30/hr plus benefits. 306-745-2528 306-893-4010, Maidstone, SK. FULL-TIME DAIRY HERDSPERSON, permaWANTED: FEED BARLEY, 48 lbs. plus.

FOR SALE, 200 large round mixed hay nent position, duties: monitoring cattle Phone 306-345-2523, Stony Beach, SK. health, AI, & milking. Experience required, bales, 780-826-0883, Cold Lake, AB. 3 year minimum as herd manager and diWANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, peas, green or damaged canola. Phone TAME GRASS HAY: 5x5 round bales from ploma. $15.50/hr., English work language.

2017, twine wrapped, feed tests available, Mail resume to: St. Brigid’s Dairy Ltd., Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. protein range 7.5 to 9 and TDN 58, $40/ 42352 Brandon Rd., Brussels, ON., N0G bale in yard. 204-623-4357, 204-623-0664 1H0. Email: stbrigidsdairy@gmail.com canada’s ag-only cell. The Pas, MB., lesannjp@gmail.com Call our toll-free number to take advanlistings giant tage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for WANTED: ROUND OR Large square straw | .com bales within 100 kms. of Regina. Call 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks 1-800-667-7770 for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3.

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DUFFERIN MARKET GARDENS is accepting applications for seasonal farm workers. Duties include: planting, weeding, harvesting and packing vegetables.

Long hours, much bending & heavy lifting.

Start: February 2018. Wage: $11.25/hr., Please send resume with references to fax: 204-745-6193. Or mail to: Box 1051, Carman, MB., R0G 0J0.

WANTED: GRAZING LEASE MANAGER/ CONTRACTOR. Bow Island grazing lease headquarters is located 3 miles east and 8 miles north of Bow Island, AB. The pasture consists of approx. 38, 000 acres of dry land pasture and 1080 acres of irrigated pasture split by the South Sask River. It annually supports anywhere from 8000 to 11,000 aum’s of grazing. 2017 numbers consisted of 1750 cow calf pairs and 250 yearlings held in 7 herds. The contractor will be expected to operate the pasture and manage all the herds in conjunction with irrigation timing in order to fully utilize available grazing. Other duties will include: Recording entry and exit of cattle; Treatment of sick animals; Repair & maintenance of fences, buildings and irrigation works; Along with other duties assigned by the board. The contractor must supply: Horses & tack, pickup truck(s), horse trailer, fuel for own vehicles, all hand tools, all additional help including an irrigator for pivot & flood irrigation & liability insurance for the contractor and help. Employment is year round with grazing duties from April 1 to October 31 and winter duties feeding the bull herd for the balance of the year.

NB rental housing is available at the headquarters. The board will provide equipment such tractor, silage wagon, ditcher, etc. as deemed necessary by the board.

Please submit your resume to: Bow Island Grazing Association c/o Lyndon Haugen, Box 422, Bow Island, AB., T0K 0G0. Deadline for submission is February 16, 2018. For more info. phone: Ryan Renke 403-529-9080, Bill Klassen 403-952-1024 or Paul Gruninger 403-308-6249.

HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady job for right person. Room and board avail.

403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB.

EXPERIENCED TURBINE AG Pilot Req'd: Roland Air Spray based out of Roland MB requires 1 commercial pilot for upcoming spray season starting June 1 2018 September 15 2018. Applicant must have; (1) A Canadian Commercial pilots Licence & Manitoba Aerial Applicators Licence. (2) Min experience of 2500 hours of Agriculture of which 1000 hrs must be on turbine air tractor. (3) Must maintain journey logs following Transport Canada guidelines. (4) Must be insurable with up to date medical.

(5) Be capable of operating Satloc Bantam GPS or Ag Nav Platinum system. (6) Proficient in English. Accomodations and vehicle provided if required. Wage\salary: $60\hr based on 40 hour work week. Possible seasonal bonus based on performance.

Workers Compensation provided, Benefits package available. Do Not Apply unless you meet all the above requirements.

204-745-6111 or 204-745-8484, https://www.rolandairspray.com/

NORTHLAND LOGISTICS CORP is hiring Class 1 Drivers for its Grande Prairie, AB. locations. On-site accommodations available for out-of-town workers. We offer competitive wages, & benefits. Contact Cindy @ 780-957-3334 or email your resume safety@northlandtank.ca

RURAL PROPERTY CARETAKERS looking for position in SW Alberta starting June.

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