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Ideological lines blurred over commodity group merger Farmers spoke for and against the proposal during five association annual meetings at CropConnect

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n upcoming study will make recommendations on how to reduce flood risks along the Souris River.

That’s the goal of the International Souris River Study Board (ISRSB) which, over the next two See Souris River on page 8 »

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utch Harder and Jim Pallister seem the most unlikely of allies.

Ordinarily the pair, who farm at Lowe Farm and Portage la Prairie, respectively, find themselves on the opposite sides of many policy issues.

But now they find themselves expressing similar concerns about the proposal to amalgamate five Manitoba farm commodity associations — Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers, Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, Manitoba Corn Growers, Manitoba Flax Growers and National Sunflower Association of Canada — into a single entity.

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Speaking up Active in farm politics for years, Harder and Pallister, aren’t afraid to speak their minds, and did recently at CropConnect in Winnipeg when the merger proposal was discussed.

Harder, a strong Canadian Wheat Board supporter, advocates for government regulations to give farmers more market power, while Pallister worked much of his life to end the board’s monopoly and generally supports deregulation.

But when it comes to a merger, which is expected to be voted on by farmers at next year’s annual meetings, Harder and Pallister both said they worry it could undermine farmer control

Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association chair Fred Greig led a discussion on the proposed commodity associations’ merger during the wheat and barley growers’ annual meeting Feb. 15 at CropConnect in Winnipeg. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

and let smaller crops fall through the cracks.

“This thing crosses all so-called farm political lines,” Harder said during the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association’s (MWBGA) annual meeting Feb. 15. “I’ve talked to people like Jim Pallister, who I haven’t talked to in five years, or even longer, and vice versa.”

Attendees laughed and then laughed more when MWBGA chair Fred Greig replied: “And maybe that’s the best benefit of all — that you are talking to Jim Pallister.”

The laughing stopped and was followed by applause when Pallister retorted: “We’re real farmers. That’s the deal.”

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ith its ever-evolving virulence, rust is a disease of major global concern for farmers.

Now a group of scientists says cutting-edge genome sequencing technology c o u l d p r ov i d e a b e t t e r path forward than the traditional approaches using fungicides.

The scientists, from U.S. and Australian government agencies and universities, recently released the results in mBio, a journal from the American Society of Microbiology.

The research team has n ow g e n e ra t e d t h e f i r s t haplotype-resolved genome sequences for the rust fungi causing oat crown rust and wheat stripe rust diseases, two of the most destructive pathogens in oat and wheat, respectively.

Wheat stripe rust, seen here, and oat crown rust, are the subjects of a joint U.S.-Australia study.

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“Like humans, rust fungi contain two copies of each chromosome, which makes their genetics much more complicated than other types of fungi,” said Melania Figueroa from the

University of Minnesota. “A key advance of this work is that for the first time, separate genome assemblies were generated reflecting both of the two chromosome copies in the rust.”

These studies represent a b re a k t h ro u g h i n p l a n t p a t h o l o g y a s t h e y n ow show how genetic diversity between the two chromosome copies can influence the emergence of new virulent pathogen strains.

Both studies uncovered a surprisingly high level of diversity between the two copies, suggesting that such variation likely serves as the basis to rapidly evolve new rust strains. “ T h i s w o r k w i l l re a l l y help understand how new rust diseases like the h i g h l y d e s t r u c t i v e Ug 9 9 race of wheat stem r ust can overcome resistance in crop,” said Peter Dodds of Australia’s CSIRO Agriculture and Food.

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The ‘value capture’ conundrum A proposal to better compensate cereal breeders will almost certainly cost farmers more either when they buy seed or when they deliver grain to the elevator

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ome call it a cereals ‘seed tax’ while others say it’s an investment in improved varieties.

Either way, Canadian farmers face paying more for new varieties, or when they deliver the crop, if one of two proposed new “value capture” models is implemented by the federal government in 2019.

“We want Canada to continue to have access to innovative (cereal) varieties... so we have the best varieties for our growers, for our processors, for our customers,” Erin Armstrong, Canterra Seeds’ director of industry and regulatory affairs and cochair of the working group that came up with the models, told the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association annual meeting at CropConnect in Winnipeg Feb. 14.

“That takes investments.

“This is to ensure that public and private, large and small, breeding programs are sustainably financed so they can continue to produce innovative new varieties. And the current system won’t do it.”

The working group, formed under the auspices of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) grains roundtable, was also cochaired by Tom Steve, general manager of the Alberta Wheat Commission.

Two models After a year of study the working group put forward two options — end point royalties and contracts, Armstrong said in a telephone interview during a break in a ‘Seed Synergy’ meeting in Winnipeg Feb. 20, where ‘value capture,’ or ‘comprehensive royalty collection system,’ was discussed, as well as other potential seed industry changes.

The options haven’t been fleshed out. That’s something the industry, including farmers, still has to do, Armstrong said, adding she wants farmers to get involved — and quickly — because the federal government plans to consult on seed policy changes this year and implement them in 2019.

An end point royalty system would be collected from farmers when they delivered cereals to an elevator and the money remitted to the breeder of the variety delivered.

Under the contract system farmers would agree when buying certified seed to plant it just once.

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“This is to ensure that public and private, large and small, breeding programs are sustainably financed so they can continue to produce innovative new varieties. And the current system won’t do it.”

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If they wanted to grow that variety again the farmer would buy more certified seed and pay the royalty again.

Or there could be a ‘trailing royalty,’ where a farmer agrees to pay a royalty on saved seed planted in future years.

Either way farmers would voluntarily give up their historical access to saved seed, which many see as not only a right, but an important way to save money.

“To me it is very concerning,” Lowe Farm farmer Butch Harder said following Armstrong’s address. “It’s a seed tax as far as I am concerned.

“To me once you have an end point royalty it’s like a drug patent — you don’t have to be innovative.

“It’s a very dangerous path and could affect our bottom lines to no end.”

Harder complained farmers would pay twice for variety development — a royalty when buying certified seed and again when cereals are delivered to the elevator.

But MSGA president Ray Askin said double-dipping isn’t allowed.

Armstrong also verified that in an interview.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) opposes plant breeders’ rights, arguing farmers are better served by publicly funded variety development.

But MSGA director Eric McLean noted Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is only contributing $20 million a year to cereals breeding compared to $100 million in the 1970s — a fivefold decrease without accounting for inflation.

“There’s no new money,” he said.

“Several times people from Ag Canada addressed the (working) group and they were very clear that they had no plans to cut investment in R&D, but they said it is simply not realistic to expect that they would simply increase their funding,” Armstrong said in an interview. “And plus, that’s just Ag Canada.”

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growing,” Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) executive director Dave Carey said in an email Feb. 21.

“In 1987 private sector investment in plant breeding was $14.7 million annually,” he wrote. “In 2017, it is estimated that the number will have reached $115 million.”

Cereals impoverished Canola, corn and soybeans accounted for 89 per cent of private sector investment, based on the 2012 survey, while only eight per cent was invested in cereals research, he wrote, adding he expects it has risen since UPOV ’91 (enhanced plant breeders’ rights legislation) was enacted in Canada in 2015.

How much more revenue will come to private cereal breeders after ‘value capture’ is enacted is being studied, Carey wrote.

The NFU alleges the end game is to kill public plant breeding and turn it over to private companies that will extract what the market will bear for new varieties.

“We cannot let something as important as seeds slip away from us, and end point royalties are one part of making farmers pay for transferring seeds to the private sector,” Colonsay, Sask., farmer and former NFU president Terry Boehm wrote in the NFU’s fall 2017 edition of the Union Farmer.

“If we let this happen we will have more varieties that are tied to formulas of chemical dependency, which will, not surprisingly, be supplied by the private variety owners.”

But Armstrong said ‘value capture’ will not apply to varieties released before 2015 and farmers will have choices about whose seed they buy.

The proposed models will benefit public breeders as much as private ones, she said.

One of the tenets of the proposal is to “ensure the public sector continues its current level of investment (in cereal breeding)” as well as ensuring that it doesn’t harm Canada’s pedigreed seed system, or the checkoffs farmers pay to support provincial com-

Lowe Farm farmer Butch Harder told the seed growers’ meeting he opposes additional royalties for cereal breeders, calling the plan a “seed tax.”

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modity associations and their research efforts.

There are a lot of problems with end point royalties, according to Boehm, including: • The funds collected are not directed by the public or farmers.

• They do not necessarily create innovation, but rather reward past developments.

• If a variety is particularly successful and widely used, all the funds flow to one party potentially creating a monopoly.

• Farmers have no control over how much the royalty is.

That has prompted some, including Dauphin farmer Don Dewar, to suggest farmers consider owning cereal breeding rather than relying on major companies.

“Hopefully, you’re paying for what you want, not told what you need,” he told a conference in Saskatoon in 2011.

Relatively small University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray has calculated private canolabreeding companies invest only about 10 per cent of seed sale revenues in breeding.

And while most farmers appreciate improvements in canola varieties, a common refrain has been not to let wheat seed costs go the way of canola.

However, Dewar also said farmers will have to pay more for cereal varieties if they want to compete with the United States and Australia, which seven years ago spent $50 million and $80 million a year, respectively, on

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cereal development, compared to Canada’s $20 million, including about $4.5 million from the farmer-controlled Western Grains Research Foundation.

“We need to more than double our investment in (cereal) variety development,” Dewar said.

Armstrong noted the ‘value capture’ options are for cereals only, as canola has a successful system.

That’s in part due to the fact most canola seed is hybrid forcing farmers to buy new seed each year.

Wheat is open pollinated, and as McLean noted, most farmers buy new certified wheat seed every five years and plant saved seed in between.

“If we could divert the resources properly back into the (breeding) programs then we’d be able to fund the program finally much better,” he said.

Hybrids coming However, hybrid wheat is on the horizon, with trials expected in Manitoba fields by 2020, Canadian Seed Growers’ Association president Kevin Runnals, told the meeting.

The value capture working group has asked AAFC to look at the legalities and economics of its two options, including whether if the industry-wide adoption of a single royalty payment contract would it be deemed anti-competitive.

Meanwhile, the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) passed a resolution at its annual meeting Feb. 15 in Winnipeg to oppose end point royalties.

“This is a licence to print money,” mover Butch Harder said.

While such royalties aren’t supposed to apply to canola, Harder said farmers need to prepare.

“If we oppose this motion we are essentially saying we like to be taxed and pay money for the same thing over and over again,” added MCGA director Clayton Harder.

“End point royalties are the same as a bushel tax. When you sell your grain you will have more of your money leaving your pocket.”

Wawanesa farmer and seed grower Simon Ellis opposed the resolution arguing end point royalties are not aimed at canola.

“It’s not a tax, it’s a way for the (cereals) breeder to get remuneration for the work they’ve done on the variety... through private or public plant breeding,” he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Burying the hatchet

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here’s a long-running list of issues that, over the years, have been sure to spur fast and furious debate between farmers.

It’s such a well-worn trope that there’s an old joke that’s been circulating for many years that goes like this: [Insert agriculture policy-maker’s name] was once asked how you could get anything done when it was Gord Gilmour impossible to get any three farmers Editor to agree to anything.

“Oh, that’s not true,” [policy-maker] responded. “It’s actually very simple. You just have to start by muzzling the first two.”

It’s one of those stories that underlines just how widely acknowledged the spirited sectoral debates are.

From the historic Crow rate to crop insurance, safety nets and everything in between, it’s a business of fiercely independent folks with strong opinions on the matters that affect their farms.

While it’s a good thing that people care enough to engage in these debates, at times it has been counterproductive.

Too often policies that should have been a slam dunk have been derailed because debate over an unrelated topic so poisoned the well that nobody wanted to be seen as being ‘on the same side’ as those other folks.

When it comes to that effect, the king of the hill was — and at times still is — the decades-long battle over the Canadian Wheat Board and its single sales desk.

This issue cleaved the Prairie farm community like no other, splitting the industry into two warring factions that had little good to say about each other. At times it took on shades of a Shakespearean tragedy, with the two camps as the feuding Montagues and Capulets and anyone trying to bring them together for the good of the sector as the starcrossed lovers doomed to their fate.

Even today the long shadow of this debate lingers, more than five years after the end of the single desk and following the complete dissolution of the organization itself in 2015, to enable the creation of the new G3 Global Grain Group.

Still, some groups continue to fight what most view as a Quixotic battle to either bring the CWB back or gain compensation for its loss. On the other side of the debate there are still some who view former CWB supporters with thinly veiled contempt.

Thankfully, however, there are signs slowly emerging that the sector will finally begin to turn the page on this divisive and painful chapter.

Our Allan Dawson had a front-row seat to this earlier this winter at the CropConnect conference (see front-page story this issue) when the topic of merging provincial crop commodity groups into a single entity was front and centre during a series of annual general meetings.

The five groups — Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers, Manitoba Corn Growers, Manitoba Flax Growers, the National Sunflower Association of Canada and Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers — say they’ll be able to do more with less, retain key staff more easily and generally give farmers more bang for their checkoff dollars.

On the other side of the debate are farmers — from across the agriculture policy spectrum — who have concerns about the proposal, mainly centring around what they worry will be a loss of farmer control and overlooking smaller-acreage crops.

The ecumenical support didn’t go unnoticed by the participants themselves, who exchanged a few good-natured remarks about their new-found common ground.

An evolution like this is a good thing for the sector. Now more than ever, with fewer farmers and more interest in agriculture by non-farmers than ever before, there’s a growing need for a more unified voice, and being sidetracked by poisonous debates with no apparent solution will only subtract from this.

We won’t presume to tell farmers how they should vote on the issue of merging commodity groups. That’s a decision they will need to make alongside their farming colleagues.

But we will encourage them to take the time, over the next year or so, to learn the issue, talk it over with their friends and neighbours, and make an informed choice when it does come up for debate.

We’ll also encourage them to continue down this more positive path that’s just a little less ideologically driven. So far the discussion is off to an excellent start with a civil and constructive tone.

The plan appears to have both benefits and pitfalls, as would keeping the status quo. Farmers should take the time to familiarize themselves with both, and later vote accordingly.

It will take time for the scars of the CWB debate to heal fully. But heal they will, and this process is a good start. gord.gilmour@fbcpublishing.com

Funds abandon bearish bets as Argentina stays dry

BY KAREN BRAUN Reuters

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peculative investors have switched to a bullish net view on agricultural futures and options on the Chicago Board of Trade for the first time since mid-August.

This is largely the result of aggressive buying in soybeans and soybean meal through Feb. 13 over drought in top supplier Argentina and continued short covering in the grains.

According to data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, hedge funds and other money managers switched to a net long position in CBOT soybean futures and options and nearly eliminated bearish bets in CBOT corn in the week ended Feb. 13.

This trend has generally persisted in the days since as weather forecasts for Argentina still look dry.

In the week ended Feb. 13, money managers slashed their net short position in CBOT corn futures and options to 10,614 contracts from 82,924 in the prior week. Specs have not held a bullish view on corn since mid-August.

In the same period, funds switched to a bullish stance in CBOT soybean futures and options for the first time since mid-December, establishing a net long position of 42,869 contracts versus the 9,978-contract net short a week earlier.

Money managers ramped up the optimism in soybean meal futures and options through Feb. 13, moving to a net long of 70,991 contracts from 52,003 in the week before. This represents specs’ most bullish view on meal since last February, which also featured weather concerns in top exporter Argentina.

However, it would appear that this year’s Argentine weather drama has been much more

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impactful on the crops. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange said recently 56 per cent of the soy and 58 per cent of the corn has been damaged by the recent drought.

Although Argentina is also the No. 1 exporter of soybean oil, speculators have not developed a love affair with the vegoil as they have with both meal and beans. Through Feb. 13, funds extended their net short position in CBOT soybean oil futures and options to 13,630 contracts from 2,688 in the prior week.

In the week ended Feb. 13, money managers chopped their net short position in CBOT wheat futures and options to 56,831 contracts from 83,394 in the previous week.

But this was entirely the product of short covering, as funds actually reduced their outright longs in Chicago wheat by about 5,000 contracts.

The same trend was apparent in K.C. wheat as funds reduced outright longs in the hard red winter wheat market by nearly 10,000 contracts. This slightly offset the exit in shorts, and the result was a minor trim in the net long to 14,726 futures and options contracts from 15,157 in the prior week.

Funds reduced pessimism toward Minneapolistraded wheat futures and options but maintained a bearish stance, trimming their net short to 318 contracts from 1,286 a week earlier.

In the days since, commodity funds have most likely been net sellers in the wheat markets, the potential for improvement in the parched U.S. Plains.

The southern U.S. Plains, which produces the majority of the country’s hard red winter wheat, has been dry all winter and crop conditions have deteriorated in the top states of Kansas and Oklahoma.

Karen Braun is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed here are her own.

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f farming wasn’t working out for you and you needed a new career, your experience with horses would help you reply to this advertisement in the March 1890 issue of the Nor’-West Farmer and Miller. The Northwest Mounted Police wanted able-bodied men “of thoroughly sound constitution” between 22 and 45 for a five-year term of engagement.

Members were supplied “free with rations, a free kit on joining, a periodical issued during the term of service.”

Much of the publication at that time consisted of correspondence between farmers and veterinarians or crop specialists.

“Agronome” from Melita wrote to ask whether aconyte, aloes and baking soda were the right treatment for a horse’s swollen hoof, and “H” from MacGregor inquired about ashes and turpentine as a treatment for worms.

One article warned about wild oats, “one of the pests most likely to come from the east among feed corn.” Another cited the “advantages of giving recently sprung-up grain a sweep with light harrows when two or three in. long,” though “To get a good stand the land below needs to be well firmed down, but to resist drought the surface should be well firmed down.”

Regarding a question from J.R. at Glendale, Man. regarding building a silage structure for corn, he was advised that while fodder corn had been tried at the Brandon Experimental Farm, “it is one thing for a government manager to try and perhaps fail from some unforeseen cause and quite another for a half section farmer to take the same risk.”

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Government actions must match rhetoric in supporting agriculture From international trade to better domestic policy, agriculture should not be an afterthought or window dressing

BY JOHN BARLOW, MP Associate critic, agriculture and agri-food

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ime and again, the Liberals look at Canadian agriculture, and our farm families, as an afterthought.

For weeks the Liberal government shut out farmers, ranchers, agri-food businesses, processors and even health experts from providing input on the discussion surrounding Canada’s Food Guide.

Thankfully, due to the support from our agricultural health partners and pressure from independent health experts across the country the Liberals reversed this ideological decision.

Health Canada is currently doing a substantial revision to Canada’s Fo o d Gu i d e , o n e o f t h e m o s t downloaded documents from the Government of Canada website.

However, critical information from stakeholders was being ignored.

Their expertise on the nutritional value of the food we eat was not being considered.

Liberal members on the Standing Committee of Agriculture and AgriFood shut down debate on studying the food guide and having witnesses from the agriculture sector appear before the committee. The Health Committee voted down the motion altogether.

We raised this issue because it was clear the new Canada’s Food Gu i d e w a s b a s e d o n i d e o l o g i -

Not only would this impact Canadian consumers, but it would also impact our ability to access the global marketplace.

cal activism and bad science. In fact, it can be argued it is currently headed in a direction that is inaccurate and could be counterproductive, encouraging Canadians to make unhealthy food choices.

Doctors, nutritionists, dietitians, health experts and stakeholders across the country agree animal proteins and dairy products are healthy, which is contrary to what is being said by Health Canada. In fact, hundreds of doctors signed letters raising concerns with the direction of the Canada’s Food Guide because it is being based on out-of-date data and is not science based.

No t o n l y w o u l d t h i s i m p a c t Canadian consumers, but it would also impact our ability to access the global marketplace.

The Liberals claim to promote global market access for our agriculture commodities and claim to defend supply management, but at the same time they are telling Canadians to eat less

meat and dairy. How can we possibly ask other countries to purchase Canadian products when the Liberals do not even stand behind Canadian producers here at home?

T h e L i b e ra l s a re s e n d i n g v e r y mixed messages.

Under a world-class food safety regime, our farmers have put their heart, soul and knowledge into growing an abundance of wonderful products not only ensuring we have food on our table, but also to feed the world.

The Liberals need to end their ideological attack on Canadian agriculture.

New warning labels on dairy and meat products, a Canadian food guide discouraging people from eating healthy animal protein and dairy, asking Canadians to base their food choices on carbon footprint not nutrition, small-business tax changes targeting the family farm, critical trade agreements in jeopardy and a punitive carbon tax which disproportionately impacts

rural Canadians. This has been the track record of the Liberal government thus far.

I congratulate the Liberal government on following through on trade agreements negotiated by the previous Conservative government including the Canada-Europe free trade agreement (CETA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

These are integral agreements for Canadian agriculture, especially the CPTPP, which would mean more than $3.4 billion in benefits for the Canadian economy including a boost in $300 million in pork sales, $200 million in beef, and $780 million in canola.

Now, we need the Liberal government to be among the first six signatories of the CPTPP to ratify the agreement and table the implementation legislation before the end of the spring session so we can take full advantage of this opportunity.

However, it appears the Liberals have other priorities and the CPTPP could be sitting idle until next fall, meaning we could miss out on achieving preferential access to these key markets like Japan.

For all our farmers, ranchers, processors and agribusinesses do for us each day we need a government that supports them as well – they have earned that much.

John Barlow is the Conservative member of Parliament for the Alberta riding of Foothills and associate shadow minister for the agriculture and agri-food portfolio.

Food policies should support small-scale producers Ramping up food production via large-scale farming operations alone is unlikely to eradicate world hunger

BY JENNIFER CLAPP Canadian Foodgrains Bank

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en years ago, a spike in food prices ignited a global food crisis that compromised the ability of the world’s poorest people to access an adequate diet.

Governments around the world responded by suppor ting the expansion of large-scale agricultural production, based on the idea that producing more food in this way translates into lower prices and a reduction in hunger.

As farmers in the Prairies will know, the world is in the midst of a major glut in grain production and prices are sagging. But world hunger has remained stubbornly high even in this context.

The latest estimates indicate that 815 million people are chronically undernourished, up from 777 million in 2015. While the causes of global hunger are deeply complex, these numbers suggest that ramping up food production via large-scale

farming operations alone is unlikely to eradicate world hunger.

The 10th anniversary of the global food crisis is an appropriate time to reconsider the dominant narrative that has been driving food and agriculture policies around the world for at least the past decade, and in many cases much longer.

The latest edition of Ottawa-based ETC Group’s report Who Will Feed Us? provides a good star ting point. It amasses an enormous amount of data from scientific studies to make the case that small-scale foodproduction systems outperform large-scale ones on many fronts.

The report’s most striking finding is that the dominant food system, based on largescale industrial agricultural production, uses over 75 per cent of the world’s agricultural resources (including land, fossil fuels, and fresh water), but feeds only around 30 per cent of the world’s population. This statistic begs the question: who is

feeding the other 70 per cent of humanity?

According to the report, the answer is the “peasant food web,” which it defines as small-scale food producers, including peasant and small family farmers, pastoralists, hunters, fisher folk, and urban food growers. With less than 25 per cent of agricultural resources at their disposal, these small-scale producers feed a much larger share of the world’s population, with a smaller ecological footprint, than the dominant food system.

The difference in the capacity of these two systems to feed people is remarkable, especially given the contrast in the resources available to each. According to the report, only 24 per cent of the total calor ies produced in the dominant large-scale system are eaten by people directly.

About one-third of total production is wasted, and most of the rest is used for livestock feed and biofuels.

The report notes that the “industrial food chain” also imposes costs onto others.

According to its data, for every $1 consumers pay for food provided by that system, $2 in costs are incurred by society. For example, around 90 per cent of the greenhouse gases associated with agriculture are linked to industrial forms of food production. Most of the food that system provides is also highly processed, making it less healthy to consume.

By contrast, the “peasant food web” provides food through many mechanisms that are highly diverse. It uses nine times less fossil energy to produce one kilogram of rice, and three times less for maize. It is also more resilient in the face of climate change, and performs essential services such as the preservation of agricultural biodiversity. These latter outcomes, in turn, help to deliver a nutritionally varied diet and ensure the availability of “famine foods” in times of ecological stress and scarcity.

For those persuaded by the analysis presented in the ETC Group report, the impli-

cations are enormous. For years, governments around the world have pursued policies that over whelmingly favour large-scale agricultural production over the peasant food web. In so doing, the report suggests that they have directed resources to a production system that not only is wasteful and costly, but also presents a threat to small-scale food production by starving it of resources and weakening its environmental base.

Achieving a policy shift that better supports smallscale producers is no easy task. The report does not provide a detailed analysis of the strategies required, but its analysis of the problem provides an important intellectual foundation for those seeking this policy transformation.

Jennifer Clapp is a Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo. She wrote this article on behalf of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. It was originally published in the Hill Times newspaper.

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Other farmers also raised concerns about merging and about as many expressed support.

The five associations are now governed by a total of 41 farmerdirectors. A merged association will have 15. Extra work would be delegated to staff.

“I see losing total control of these organizations,” Harder said during the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers annual meeting Feb. 14.

“I think we should tread very careful on this. I frankly don’t see this being a good idea. It’s a dilution of farm power as far as I am concerned.”

Association directors need a passion and that’s easier when focused on one crop, Pallister said.

“Convince me. You’ve got a year to talk about this. When it comes time for a vote… you need a full day to debate this amongst the membership I would say.

That’s absolutely vital.”

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“It just feels that we’re headed there anyway.”

Farmers Butch Harder and Jim Pallister are usually on opposing sides, but both have similar concerns about the proposed merger of five commodity groups.

They and other farmers had their say when the five associations held their annual meetings Feb. 14 and 15 at CropConnect in Winnipeg. PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

At the wheat and barley meeting Pallister picked up on Greig’s comment about having trouble finishing a board meeting on time. That will get harder with more crops, Pallister suggested, T:6 in adding creating subcommittees

or forming a federation as alternative.

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lose anything in the amalgamation?” Pallister asked.

More models The steering committee has discussed several models, Greig said.

A federation is more complex for managing staff and administration, he said, adding, the committee is still open to suggestions.

Shoal Lake farmer Bill Nicholson warned a merger would undermine farmer input and control.

Lockport farmer Craig Riese admitted to being conflicted. Merging could result in more efficient use of farmers’ checkoff money, he said, but perhaps more collaboration could do the same.

Boissevain farmer Ben Martens supports collaboration and even merging, but said there might be better models in the interim.

A merger could see more farmers asking for their crop checkoff, used to run the various organizations and pay for research, refunded. If half of the 30 per cent of farmers who “aren’t crazy about” merging opt out “then we’ve lost big time,” he said.

“I am very excited to see this happening,” Halbstadt farmer Danny Penner told the Pulse & Soybean Growers annual meeting.

Several years ago Penner urged farmers to merge to make better use of farmers’ money and mitigate checkoff fatigue.

Kyle Friesen, a former chair of the group, said a lot of the concerns can be addressed.

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be more efficient, get some of that intercrop research done that I think is lacking right now,” he said.

“Let’s get involved and really make this thing work.”

Most other supporters who spoke for merging are also directors of one of the five associations.

Pulse growers’ chair Jason Voth, said smaller crops will do better in a bigger organization.

“If there’s not enough money to pay for a phone and a building and a photocopier there’s not a lot of money left over for research so how is that benefiting your crop? If edible beans was on its own would it be doing research... ?” he said.

In separate interviews Mark McDonald and Eric Fridfinnson, presidents of the National Sunflower Association of Canada and Manitoba Flax Growers Association, respectively, said they had faith the farmers elected to the merged association will assure smaller crops don’t get short shrift.

Both also said merging makes sense for their small-acreage crops. But Fridfinnson added that was the weakest of the arguments.

A larger organization would offer more to all farmers because of economies of scale, he said (see sidebar).

Manitoba flax lost $29,509 in 2017, partly because of lower flax production.

Last year Manitoba flax set two records, Fridfinnson said. One was for the fewest acres at around 60,000 and the other was for the highest average province-wide yield at 30 bushels an acre.

In just three years flax plantings went from 120,000 to 60,000 acres.

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Why merge?

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Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers chair Jason Voth says many merger concerns can be addressed and the status quo is unsustainable as farms get bigger and there are fewer farmers.

Co-operator staff

The reasons for five Manitoba farm commodity associations — Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers, Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, Manitoba Corn Growers, Manitoba Flax Growers and National Sunflower Association of Canada — to merge were reviewed at each of the association’s annual meetings Feb. 14 and 15 at CropConnect in Winnipeg.

Here’s a summary: • The groups, some of which handle more than one crop, are already collaborating.

• Reduced overlap means more efficient use of farmers’ levies.

• The new association would offer regional research and agronomy support and at the same time bring

farmer input back to the association through regional meetings.

Independent agronomy is increasingly necessary with government cuts in that area.

• More efficient use of staff time and equipment.

• More opportunities for staff.

• A larger association would be less susceptible to the loss of key employees.

• Deal with non-crop-specific issues such as soil fertility, herbicide-resistant weeds and rotations.

• The ability to take a ‘whole-farm’ approach recognizing farmers grow more than one crop.

• The ability to help kick-start the next important crop for Manitoba farmers. (Canola and soybeans were initially minor crops.) allan@fbcpublishing.com

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“It makes it pretty hard to come up with five-year funding commitments for research,” Fridfinnson said. “Whereas if you have a larger organization that has more crops you can provide more stable funding.”

Member’s choice While the flax board endorses the merger, Fridfinnson said the final decision rests with members.

The Manitoba Corn Growers Association board also supports merging, president Myron Krahn told reporters.

“Our board has probably done a 180 (degree turn),” he said.

“We probably all were against it initially going back three or four years, but our board is 100 per cent in favour. We all think this is going to benefit producers. We’re all producers ourselves too so we definitely have vested interest in this.”

A merger plan was released in December, followed by four regional meetings to get farmer feedback. Krahn said while some concerns were raised, reaction was “by and large positive.”

Several people, Pulse & Soybean chair Voth included, said a merger seems not only necessary but inevitable.

“Farm sizes are getting bigger, which means the pool of farmers is getting smaller,” he said. “As farms get bigger guys are tied up more.

“It just feels that we’re headed there anyway.”

The steering committee is still seeking input. It will prepare a budget, organizational chart and bylaws for the proposed new association. The information will be shared at public meetings this fall. And if all goes well farmers will vote on merging when the five associations hold their annual meetings next February.

If more time is needed it will be taken, Greig said.

A merger would also have to be approved by the Manitoba Food Products Marketing Council.

The merger process formally began two years ago, when the five groups, which were already co-operating, plus the Manitoba Canola Growers Association and Manitoba Oat Growers Association, agreed to explore the idea.

Canola and oats opted out, but the rest signed a memorandum of understanding that took effect May 1, 2017 to investigate merging further.

The five associations say they will renew the MOU this spring.

Currently all the associations except for the Manitoba Flax Growers Association already share an office, owned by the Manitoba Corn Growers Association, in Carman.

Manitoba wheat and barley, pulse and soybeans, sunflowers and corn already share an office owned by the Corn Growers in Carman, Man. The Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers, the newest of the association, and the Manitoba Corn Growers Association, also share a general manager.

Flax, winter cereals groups moving to Carman While not formerly part of the commodity group merger talks, it demonstrates a willingness towards additional collaboration

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The Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA) and Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc. (WCMI) are moving to the Carman office already occupied by a number of other commodity organizations.

The Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSGA) will administer the MFGA starting March 1, MFGA chair Eric Fridfinnson told reporters Feb. 15, following the association’s annual meeting during CropConnect in Winnipeg.

“We’re just paying the Pulse Growers on a fee-for-service basis to do the administration of the organization and I just can’t say enough how happy we are with that arrangement,” Fridfinnson said. “It has an excellent staff and we’ve already begun the transition and it’s going very well.”

MFGA shared an office and some staff with the Flax Council of Canada in Winnipeg, until the council closed its doors Jan. 31 after a drop in revenues due to decreased flax production and a drop in industry membership.

Asked if the flax council might also move to Carman, Fridfinnson replied: “That would be premature. We’re just in discussions and actually developing a proposal on what that would look like so we couldn’t comment on that.”

MPSGA assessed MFGA’s needs and felt it can handle the extra work on a costrecovery basis without more staff, MPSG executive director Francois Labelle said in a news release.

The Manitoba Flax Growers Association is moving to Carman and chair Eric Fridfinnson is pleased the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers Association has agreed to administer the association on a fee-for-service basis. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON Meanwhile, Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc. (WCMI) has contracted the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) and the National Sunflower Association of Canada (NSAC), to lead its operations, research activities and communications with membership and stakeholders.

“The MWBGA’s core functions of research and market development, with support functions including administration and communications, are closely aligned with many of the key functions of WCMI,” WCMI chair Doug Martin said in a news release Feb. 22.

The management team is comprised of the NSAC’s Darcelle Graham as executive director with support from the MWBGA’s Pam de Rocquigny and LoriAnn Kaminski for research and Tammy Cote for administration support.

The three associations recognize

future demands will require Manitoba commodity organizations to collaborate to get maximum value back to farmer members, the release said.

“There are many natural synergies that exist currently between Winter Cereals Manitoba and MWBGA,” MWBGA chair Fred Greig said.

“This is a great example of how we are working together with fellow organizations to benefit Manitoba farmers,” NSAC president Mark McDonald said.

Last December WCMI’s executive director Jake Davidson said in an email he was leaving the job, to focus on other projects.

WCMI will continue to have its own board of directors and maintain a strong relationship with the Saskatchewan Winter Cereals Development Commission, the release said.

Five commodity associations — Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers, Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, Manitoba Corn Growers, Manitoba Flax Growers and the National Sunflower Association of Canada — are currently exploring a merger. And with the recent addition of flax, all are in the same Carman office.

Asked in an interview if WCMI is considering joining the merger talks, Martin said it’s too early to say. WCMI has been focused on establishing its current arrangement. Whether to explore merging is a decision for WCMI’s board of directors, he added. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Growing Your Herd with a Manitoba Livestock Associations Loan Guarantee Four years ago, Allen Rawluk began with a herd of eight Black Angus heifers. This spring, he and his brother Jake calved out 180 near Moosehorn, Manitoba, and they plan to expand the herd further.

Their plans are based on the essentials of raising livestock in Manitoba: hard work, attention to detail and taking advantage of available support.

“We first heard of the Baldy Mountain Feeders Associations Co-op by word-of-mouth from one of the members,” said Rawluk.

Feeder and breeder associations in Manitoba are overseen by the Association of Manitoba Feeder Co-operatives (AMFC). They act as intermediaries between banks and livestock producers.

“The association helped fast-track our operation to get up and running” – Allen Rawluk “Producers can borrow up to $500,000 from their association, and use the cattle they purchase as collateral,” said Sherry Rozecki, president of the AMFC. The maximum lending limit for an individual association is $8 million.

The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) proudly supports their efforts through the Manitoba Livestock Associations Loan Guarantee (MLALG) Program.

The MLALG gives members the benefit of lower costs associated with more favourable financing terms than they would be able to access individually. Members also benefit from reduced handling costs because of the association’s higher sales volume. MASC guarantees funds borrowed by the association from participating lenders to purchase eligible livestock.

“The idea was to roll the heifers into a breeder contract,” said Rawluk.

Like Rawluk, some producers are members of both a feeder association and a breeder association. If you’ve raised heifers through the first year, you can roll them over to a breeder contract. In this situation, the breeder association can lend money to the producer to pay off the feeder association contract.

Jake Rawluk, Allen Rawluk, Paul Gobin (MASC)

For their services and administration, feeder associations require members to deposit five per cent in the association’s assurance fund.

Breeder associations require a 10 per cent deposit.

With 51 members, Central Plains Cattle Breeders Co-Op is the largest breeder association in Manitoba, but Allen Rawluk sees growth in the association’s future, from inside and out.

The Rawluk brothers run separate herds, but both see the advantages of association membership.

“We want new members,” he said. “and we want to grow the operations of our existing members.”

“There’s the ease of it,” said Allen Rawluk.

“Your association application and financing is reviewed by the association, and all aspects of your operation are looked at. If you need to know something about the business, someone from the association is there to help. It’s a good feeling knowing the guy you talk to knows what you’re talking about.”

Rozecki agrees with the continued growth of associations.

“Being young, it’s a good environment to grow up with,” said Jake Rawluk, Allen’s younger brother.

Now, after four years of membership, the circle of mentorship has turned. Each of the Rawluks’ Black Angus herd can be traced genetically, ranked by weight, health, consumption, disposition and so on, all stored digitally. Allen, now a board member of his association, can advise on and demonstrate cutting edge practices for pasturing, calving and more.

“If we get more awareness about this program, membership will only go up.”

For more information about Manitoba’s feeder and breeder associations, visit the Association of Manitoba Feeders Co-operatives website at www.amfc.biz.

For more information about the Manitoba Livestock Associations Loan Guarantee Program, visit the MASC website at www.masc.mb.ca or contact MASC’s Guarantee Program Specialist at 204-239-3244.

“It’s a friendly fraternity. There’s trust involved,” said Sherry Rozecki. “You’re dealing with people on common ground. Shared ownership means that members want each other to succeed.”

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years, will look at different options for improving the 1989 international agreement between Canada and the U.S. Its efforts aim to improve the understanding of flooding in the Souris River basin and recommend measures to reduce the risks it poses, said Jeff Woodward, Regina-based manager of the engineering division with Environment and Climate Change Canada and a Canadian (alternate) co-chair of the ISRSB. Woodward spoke about the initiative at the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI) meeting here Feb. 14.

The 700-km-long Souris River originates in Saskatchewan, passes through North Dakota and crosses into Manitoba before flowing into the Assiniboine River.

This study will look at the Souris River proper as it crosses international boundaries, Woodward said. The recommendations it makes for improvements to the 1989 agreement will go to the International Joint Commission.

There are several components to the study, Woodward said, including trying to better understand river flows in relation to rainfall, snowmelt and evaporation.

Pre-existing moisture conditions play a huge contributing factor along the Souris River, he said.

“Sometimes we could get the equivalent volume of rain or snow on the ground and if the basin is dry we would never see this kind of flow,” he said. “This is a basin that is extremely variable.”

The effort will also examine and propose alternative approaches for flood control and other water uses, ways to improve hydrologic modelling, and improve the

“This is a basin that is extremely variable.”

Jeff Woodward ISRSB alternate Canadian co-chair

A small sign in the foyer of the Riverside Holiday Inn in Minot, North Dakota reminds visitors how high the water reached in 2011 when the Souris River flooded to its highest levels since at least 1881. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

wording of the 1989 Operating Plan agreement so it’s clearer and more understandable.

In 2011, water levels along the Souris River reached 2-1/2 to three times beyond the historic range, causing millions of dollars of damage and destruction to homes, farms and businesses in parts of North Dakota, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

The International Joint Commission established the ISRSB in September 2017 and has given it until February 2020 to complete the study and make recommendations.

Their job is to engage with landowners and residents about the study and keep people informed about upcoming meetings where public input will be sought.

The ISRSB very much wants the broader public’s input into this, said McMechan, who is also reeve of the Municipality of Two Borders.

“I have been assured that this is a major part of this endeav-

our,” she said. “They don’t want to produce something that has no real input from folks who live in the basin.”

The advisory group will work with the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI) to identify and contact Souris River basin municipalities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba to update them on the study as it progresses as well as let them know of future public meetings, she said.

Public input sought A draft work plan for the study is now complete and public input on it will be received until mid-March.

Manitoba municipal leader Debbie McMechan is the Canadian co-chair of a 10-member public advisory group, comprised of equal numbers of Canadians and Americans.

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WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing.com or call 204-944-5762.

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.

Mar. 3: National Farmers Union — Manitoba convention, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Canad Inns, 2401 Saskatchewan Ave., Portage la Prairie. For more info call 204-858-2479 or visit nfu-mb.ca.

Mar. 3: “The Real Dirt on Farming” workshop, Riverbank Discovery Centre, 545 Conservation Dr., Brandon. For more info or to register ($10, deadline Feb. 26) visit openfarmday.ca/culinary-events.

Mar. 6-8: Canola Council of Canada annual convention, Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort, 44600 Indian Wells Lane, Palm Springs. For more info visit convention.canolacouncil. org.

Mar. 9: Deerwood Soil and Water Management annual informational meeting, 10 a.m., Community Centre, 57 King St., Altamont. For more info call Les McEwan at 204-744-2344.

Mar. 14: Stanley Soil Management Association AGM and shelterbelt renovation workshop, 10 a.m., Pembina Threshermen’s Museum Hall, Hwy. 3, Winkler. For more info call 204-362-0352 or email stanleysoil@hotmail.com.

Mar. 15: “The Real Dirt on Farming” workshop, Mennonite Heritage Village Museum, 231 Hwy. 12 N., Steinbach. For more info or to register ($10, deadline March 9) visit openfarmday.ca/culinary-events.

Mar. 21-23: Canadian Cattlemen’s Association annual general meeting, Ottawa Marriott, 100 Kent St., Ottawa. For more info visit www. cattle.ca or email jenkinsp@cattle. ca.

Mar. 29-31: Manitoba Bison Association annual general meeting, Clarion Hotel and Suites, 3130 Victoria Ave., Brandon. Held in conjunction with Great Spirit Show and Sale. For more info visit www.manitobabison.ca.

Apr. 5: Manitoba Pork Council annual general meeting, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info visit www.manitobapork.com.

Apr. 11: Manitoba Sustainable Energy Association (ManSEA) Sustainable Energy Conference, Bethel Mennonite Church, 465 Stafford St., Winnipeg. For more info or to register visit mansea.org.

Apr. 30: Last day to register a farm, agribusiness, organization or museum for Manitoba Open Farm Day (Sept. 16). For more info visit openfarmday.ca/register-your-farm.

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There’s also a website for public feedback.

An initial open house hosted by the ISRSB was held February 20 in Minot, N.D. to talk about the study’s draft plan.

Comments on the work plan will be received via the website until March 12.

McMechan attended the Minot meeting and said she heard the same issues and concerns raised south of the border as heard throughout affected areas in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

“I was also struck by their very genuine interest in, when solutions are found, that they’re for everyone, she added.

To sign up for news and updates on the study log on to: ijc. org/en_/isrsb.

Public comments on the draft work plan are being received until March 12 at: participateij.org/ sourisriver. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Dairy sector wary of proposed food label policy Ottawa is consulting on labels for foods high in sodium, sugars and fat STAFF

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anadian consumers are being asked to weigh in on proposed new frontof-pack warnings for foods high in saturated fats, sugars and sodium.

And while whole milk would get a pass from such a plan, Canada’s dairy farmer organization fears many other dairy products would wind up wearing such warnings, thus “alarming” consumers.

Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor on Feb. 9 announced Health Canada will run public consultations through to April 26 on rules requiring a new nutrition symbol on foods.

The proposal, part of Health Ca n a d a’s He a l t h y E a t i n g Strategy, wouldn’t replace the Nutrition Facts Table now seen on the sides and backs of packages, but is meant to offer “a clear visual cue that a food is high in nutrients of public health concern, such as sodium, sugars, or saturated fat.”

The consultation documents available online include four different options for a front-ofpack symbol.

“The consultations launched today are geared towards helping Canadians make healthier food choices,” Petitpas Taylor said in a release. “Identifying foods that are high in sodium, sugars or saturated fat is not always easy, and this frontof-package symbol will make it clearer while shopping for groceries.”

He a l t h Ca n a d a , i n i t s release, cited research showing Canadians consume “too much” of these nutrients, with eight of 10 Canadians consuming too much sodium and “almost one in two” Canadians eating too much saturated fat.

‘Stigmatized’ Dairy Farmers of Canada, in a separate release Feb. 9, said it would take part in the consultations, noting Health Canada “recognizes the scientific evidence demonstrating the nutritional value of milk as a key contributor to the health of Canadians” by exempt-

“… educating the public on healthy eating is no longer sufficient and must be supported by policies and regulatory action.”

Corinne Voyer Coalition quebecoise sur la problematique du poid

ing whole milk from the label proposal.

“However, as currently proposed, many other dairy products, rich in essential nutrients, will be stigmatized by a warning label that may confuse consumers as to which products are healthy and which are not,” DFC said.

DFC, in its release, didn’t specify which dairy foods might be affected by the proposed label rule.

Given that Health Canada’s goal is to help consumers make informed choices, “the best way to do this is to drive them to the Nutrition Facts Table,” DFC president Pierre Lampron said in the same release. “What assurances can Health Canada give that this type of warning

labelling will not simply deter consumers from the products themselves?”

The proposed approach, he said, “runs the risk of alarming consumers, and ultimately preventing them from learning more about the nutritional benefits of a food. This is completely contrary to the stated intent of Health Canada. How will it address this issue for Canadians?”

DFC emphasized it “shares the overall goal of promoting healthy eating for all Canadians, so long as it is supported by evidence-based policy.”

Health Canada said Feb. 9 it also wants public input on “other regulatory requirements related to nutrition,” including:

• Updating conditions for some label claims; • Changing labelling requirements for foods containing “certain high-intensity sweeteners”; and • Increasing levels of vitamin D in milk and margarine.

Health advocacy groups on Feb. 9 hailed Health Canada’s proposals. Corinne Voyer, director of Coalition quebecoise sur la problematique du poid, said in the government’s release that “educating the public on healthy eating is no longer sufficient and must be supported by policies and regulatory action.”

Dr. Laurent Marcoux, president of the Canadian Medical Association, said in a separate release that adding front-ofpack labels “represents a step towards enabling all Canadians to make the healthy choice, the easy choice.”

Nathalie Savoie, CEO for Dietitians of Canada, added that a label requirement “will also encourage product innovation, providing more food products that are lower in sodium, sugars and saturated fat.”

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urray McConnell, a pioneer canola s e e d g r ow e r, received the Canola Award of Excellence for 2018 from the Manitoba Seed Growers Association (MCGA) at the CropConnect banquet in Winnipeg Feb. 14.

McConnell, 85, who farms near Teulon, Man., grew some canola plots for Baldur Stefansson, a University of Manitoba Manitoba Canola Growers Association president plant breeder and one of Chuck Fossay (l) presented Teulon farmer and the developers of canola. former seed grower Murray McConnell with “ We re c e i v e d c a n - the Canola Award of Excellence for 2018 in ola breeder seed from recognition of his contribution as an early canola Stefansson to grow in a seed grower. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON seed plot,” McConnell said in an MCGA release.

“I still have the letter he had sent with the seed and for that reason, I believe that we were one of the earliest seed producers to grow it.”

While McConnell doesn’t recall exactly how that first crop fared he does remember the amount of work that went into the project.

“We were doing a lot of field testing at that point and I can’t forget the amount of roguing that was required,” he said. “At one point, the Department of Agriculture sent out a dozen people who were learning to be inspectors. They rogued and rogued and I don’t think those boys ever worked harder.”

The McConnell family’s agricultural roots reach back more than a century.

“My father received some seed barley in 1938 through his sister Edna McConnell, who was attending the University of Saskatoon to obtain her agriculture degree,” McConnell said.

(Edna eventually became the first female agricultural representative in Canada.) That barley propelled the family into the seed business, which McConnell ran into the early 2000s.

McConnell continues to farm around 500 acres.

The Canola Award of Excellence is presented annually to acknowledge the accomplishments of individuals and organizations for contributions to the sustained growth and prosperity of Manitoba’s canola industry.

The award was first presented in 2008 to Baldur Stefansson for his work in creating canola, a new edible oilseed derived from rapeseed.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 75.00 - 82.00 D3 Cows 70.00 - 77.00 Bulls 95.00 - 102.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 110.00 - 176.00 (801-900 lbs.)

170.00 - 184.00 (701-800 lbs.)

177.00 - 200.00 (601-700 lbs.)

195.00 - 232.00 (501-600 lbs.)

220.00 - 258.00 (401-500 lbs.)

240.00 - 271.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

120.00 - 139.00 (801-900 lbs.)

140.00 - 165.00 (701-800 lbs.)

160.00 - 180.00 (601-700 lbs.)

170.00 - 198.00 (501-600 lbs.)

180.00 - 225.00 (401-500 lbs.)

205.00 - 233.00

Heifers

Alberta South — — 82.00 - 95.00 72.00 - 85.00 100.00 - 100.00 $ 170.00 - 180.00 176.00 - 186.00 186.00 - 202.00 204.00 - 225.00 224.00 - 245.00 240.00 - 265.00 $ 159.00 - 166.00 161.00 - 168.00 169.00 - 183.00 179.00 - 196.00 196.00 - 213.00 204.00 - 226.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

Futures (February 23, 2018) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change February 2018 128.35 -0.93 April 2018 125.38 -1.88 June 2018 116.80 -1.80 August 2018 113.50 -1.90 October 2018 115.40 -1.70 December 2018 117.50 -1.35

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

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

February 23, 2018

Close 146.00 148.08 149.13 152.55 152.35 152.08

Change -3.82 -4.23 -3.72 -2.80 -2.60 -2.58

Week Ending Feb 17, 2018 939 26,130 14,139 695 553 10,359 307

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 756 26,979 13,198 426 590 10,445 280

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

Source: Manitoba Agriculture Current Week 175E

Last Week 181.11

Last Year (Index 100) 191.53

162E 161.60 166.28

167.93 167.89 173.14

178.81 183.89 186.80

MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

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

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

“Calving season is upon us, and guys need to make room for them.”

Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year­ 53,654 12,845 40,809 NA 576,000

Grass cattle see strength in largely local marketings Activity is seen staying strong as calving season looms

Ontario $ 136.69 - 158.66 136.27 - 154.41 55.73 - 75.05 55.73 - 75.05 83.98 - 101.05 $ 168.91 - 194.18 170.49 - 185.86 164.88 - 198.41 170.14 - 218.40 202.37 - 246.51 163.02 - 237.86 $ 145.49 - 162.06 145.22 - 175.83 134.71 - 177.09 159.33 - 189.87 147.15 - 197.39 152.75 - 201.66

$

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Week Ending Feb 17, 2018 54,050 13,124 40,926 NA 596,000

$1 Cdn: $0.7893 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2668 Cdn.

column

Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: February 23, 2018

A

ctivity was solid at Manitoba’s cattle auction yards during the week ended Feb. 23, with good demand for lighter animals especially.

Roughly 10,600 head of cattle moved through the rings across the province, up from about 9,000 the previous week. Prices held reasonably steady on most classes, with the lighter-weight animals seeing the most strength.

“Grass cattle are bringing a premium right now,” said Brad Kehler of Grunthal Auction Mart, adding that poorer futures prices for heavier animals were likely behind some of the interest in the lighter classes.

Many cattle are staying local, with no real movement south to the U.S. “Nobody is pricing cattle a long ways out,” Kehler said.

Cattle under 650 lbs. “are seeing a pretty good dollar figure,” he said, pegging six- to seven-weight cattle at about $210-$240 per hundredweight, while the seven- to eightweights were considerably discounted.

Butcher cattle held reasonably steady on the week, with certain cows seeing better prices on a case-by-case basis.

With spring just around the corner, Kehler expected to see some good activity at auction yards.

“Calving season is upon us, and guys need to make room for them,” said Kehler adding that “we’ll be fairly busy for the next few weeks.”

The Manitoba gover nment on Fr iday

brad kehler Grunthal Auction Mart

released its first flood forecast of the year, and current conditions point to a rather low risk of spring flooding. While the low flood risk is good news for ranchers with cattle in the river basins, the poor snow cover is raising some concerns over moisture levels going forward.

“G u y s a re t h i n k i n g t h a t t h e re’s n o t enough snow around here,” said Kehler.

Some ranchers were a little short on feed, he added, and could be getting concerned about pasture conditions and what next year’s feeding season will bring.

“But it’s Manitoba. The tap could turn on and never turn off for a few weeks, so you never know.”

Feeder cattle futures in Chicago moved lower over the course of the week, losing about US$4 per hundredweight. Live cattle futures also lost some ground.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cattle on Feed report, released Feb. 23, showed 11.6 million head in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more as of Feb. 1, up eight per cent from the same point the previous year.

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

Futures (February 23, 2018) in U.S. Hogs April 2018 May 2018

Close 71.28 77.43

Change 1.55 1.52

June 2018 July 2018 August 2018

82.95 83.93 83.70

2.75 2.60 2.15

briefs

Germany gives free rein to boar hunters

Other Market Prices Reuters

Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

Choice (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(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 February 9, 2018 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................................$1.915 Undergrade ........................................$1.825 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.895 Undergrade ........................................ $1.795 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.895 Undergrade ........................................ $1.795 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.895 Undergrade...........................................$1.810 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 118.53 - 159.70 164.24 - 197.65 216.52 - 239.34 236.39 - 272.58 258.04 - 330.36 —

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

The German cabinet issued a decree on Feb. 21 to allow hunters to shoot wild boar year round to stop the animals, which can carr y African swine fever, from passing the infection on to farm pigs.

While no case has yet been detected in Germany’s wild boar population, the spread of the disease in eastern Europe is causing immense concern in Germany, whose p o rk i n d u s t r y h a s s e e n huge growth in exports to countries including China.

A government spokes-

man said the decision was taken to bring about a “significant reduction” in the wild boar population and contain the risk of farm pigs being infected.

The virus, which causes A f r i c a n s w i n e f e v e r, i s harmless to humans and other animals. But for wild boar and farm pigs, the disease is deadly in almost all cases within 10 days.

G e r m a n y, a m a j o r European Union pig producer, has watched with growing concer n as the highly contagious disease has spread westward across Europe. A reported case could trigger mass culls.

Animal protection group PETA criticized the cabinet’s decision, saying the government was subordi-

nating animal welfare to economic interests.

“The de facto cancelling of the off-season will cause great animal suffering, because the young are dependent on their mother during the rearing phase,” PETA said in a statement.

“Countless piglets will starve to death.”

Infected wild boars have been found in the Czech Republic and Poland, while backyard pigs with the disease were found in Romania in January.

German farmers have called for 70 per cent of the country’s relatively large wild boar population to be culled.

German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt has confirmed EU rules require an export ban if the disease is discovered.

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (Hd Fats) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 92.37 - 372.17 — 100.38 - 241.93

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 35.00 - 40.00 55.00 - 65.00

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

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices Average quotes as of February 23, 2018 ($/tonne)

Pressure on the loonie helps lift canola futures

Future

Basis

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

220.74

25.26

246.00

W. Manitoba wheat

220.74

19.50

240.24

E. Manitoba canola

51.70

-13.28

498.42

W. Manitoba canola

511.70

-22.81

488.89

Conditions in South America add a weather premium DAVE SIMS CNSC

C

ontracts on the ICE Futures Canada canola complex continued to strengthen during the week ended Feb. 23, as weather issues in South America and action in the Canadian dollar underpinned the market.

Traders were rolling out of the March contract and into May, resulting in a flurry of spread action during the week. The tilt in volumes saw May become the most active c o n t ra c t o n the char ts. The May contract closed Feb. 16 at $508.20 a tonne but climbed to $516.30 at the close on Feb. 23.

Su p p o r t c a me from weakness in the Canadian dollar, worries over dry weather in South America and speculative buying.

Crushers also began to buy more canola as their margins began to improve.

Exports have been somewhat lukewarm, though. A lack of Chinese buying was cited as one of the major concerns. One trader said he thought the carry-out could hit 2.5 million tonnes as a result. Up to now, most estimates have hovered around the twomillion-tonne mark.

The Canadian dollar continues to dwell below the 80 U.S. cents mark as fears over inflation keep the currency under pressure.

There are also ideas that the weather pre-

Source: pdqinfo.ca

mium brought on by dry soil conditions in Argentina has largely been baked into the market. However, excess rain in Brazil has delayed harvest efforts in certain areas, which gave canola futures a boost.

In the U.S., it’s been a fairly bullish time for most grains and oilseeds.

May soybeans neared the US$10.50-perbushel mark during the week ended Feb. 23.

Dry weather concerns in Argentina underpinned the move with speculative buying providing support. At the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s outlook conference, analysts said they expected farmers in the U.S. to plant roughly 90 million acres to soybeans this year — the same amount as in corn.

May corn ended right near the US$3.75per-bushel mark, also taking support from weather issues in South America. Support came from U.S. ethanol production, which was up slightly from the previous week.

Strength in the U.S. dollar weighed on values.

It was a slightly choppier affair for Chicago wheat as the May contract hit the US$4.74per-bushel mark before backing off the high

by Friday’s close. Dryness in the U.S. Plains remains a supportive factor.

On the international front, Russian consulting firm IKAR pegged the country’s wheat exports at 37.5 million tonnes, nearly a million tonnes higher than in its previous report.

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

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

Port Prices As of Friday, February 23, 2018 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

235.71

-4.40

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

265.72

-1.67

Canola Thunder Bay

521.70

8.60

Canola Vancouver

541.70

8.60

Closing Futures Prices

As of Thursday, February 22, 2018 ($/tonne)

ICE canola

Last Week

Weekly Change

511.70

8.60

ICE milling wheat

n/a

n/a

ICE barley

n/a

n/a

Mpls. HRS wheat

220.74

-1.65

Chicago SRW wheat

166.17

-2.02

Kansas City HRW wheat

172.33

-3.49

Corn

144.19

-0.49

Oats

168.59

-5.03

Soybeans

380.76

5.42

Soymeal

413.80

2.42

Soyoil

713.54

18.08

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, February 23, 2018 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

n/a

n/a

Feed barley

177.29

0.92

n/a

n/a

468.48

-6.69

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

190.64

2.59

Soybeans

399.77

7.35

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

17.25

0.00

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

Ask

Ask

Prairie wheat bids mixed, following U.S. futures, dollar The loonie dropped by about a cent on the week; U.S. wheat futures also fell

BY ASHLEY ROBINSON CNS Canada

W

heat bids in Western Canada were mixed for the week ended Feb. 23; some fell following the lead of U.S. futures, while others rose slightly, taking support from a lower Canadian dollar.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were mixed in Western Canada, with some unchanged and others rising by $1-$2, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $238 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $252 in northern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but rose to range from

Average (CWRS) prices ranged from about $238 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $252 in northern Alberta.

$17 to $31 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$188 to US$199 per tonne, which was down on a U.S. dollar basis on the week. That would put the currencyadjusted basis levels at about US$22$33 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 $28 to $42 below the futures.

Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat bids were mixed with some rising $1 while others fell $1. Prices across the Prairies ranged from $196 per tonne in southwestern Saskatchewan to $214 per tonne in southern Alberta.

Average durum prices fell $3-$5

in most of Western Canada; bids ranged from about $255 to $263 per tonne.

The March spr ing wheat con tract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts Canada are based off of, was quoted Feb. 23 at US$6.0075 per bushel, down almost eight U.S. cents from the previous week.

Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPSR in Canada.

The March K.C. wheat contract was quoted at US$4.79 per bushel on Feb. 23, down nine U.S. cents compared to the previous week.

T h e Ma rc h C h i c a g o B o a rd o f Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.5225 on Feb. 23, down almost 10 U.S. cents on the week.

The Canadian dollar settled Feb. 23 at 78.94 U.S. cents, down just over a cent over the course of the 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

Circle H Farms named cream of the crop for environmental efforts by MBP

The Environmental Stewardship Award for Manitoba (TESA) went to the Harper family of Circle H Farms during the Manitoba Beef Producers President’s Banquet Feb. 8 in Brandon

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator contributor

H

“

arper” is a wellknown name among Manitoba beef farmers with an interest in rotational grazing.

Brian and Sonja Harper, along with Thomas and Kristelle Harper, are the families behind Circle H Farms, a 500-acre, 80-head purebred cow-calf operation north of Brandon. Some may already be familiar with their fields, having attended a grazing workshop or field tour. Others may have seen their name in the headlines, talking about grazing experiments they’ve hosted on their land.

Now, the Harper family is making headlines again, this time as the winners of The Environmental Stewardship Award for Manitoba ( TESA) presented by the Manitoba Beef Producers earlier this month. “ T h e Ha r p e r f a m i l y h a s shown a tremendous commitment to environmental stewardship and are more than deserving of this award,” the producer group said. “They have demonstrated a willingness to try different approaches on their operation from rotational grazing to high stock density management or adaptive multi-paddock grazing.”

The Harpers’ winter practices include bale grazing, but it is the summer work that has claimed the attention. Their pasture has become a popular stop for grazing tours since they volunteered the land for a high stock density grazing experiment, funded by the Commission for Environmental Co-operation.

The Harpers had already been rotating their herd every four days between eight paddocks on the land. In 2014, however, the paddock system jumped to a series of half-acre paddocks, the Harpers bumped up stock to 37 cow-calf pairs plus eight heifers (a number that would jump to 44 pairs and 12 heifers by 2016) and were moving the animals twice a day.

“Back when we started, it was probably more for production, I guess,” Brian Harper said. “We started rotational grazing and we just saw that by resting the grass and coming back we were getting better production, but then we changed into the high density (grazing). We were seeing that we were improving the soil health.”

(From left) Tere Stykalo of award sponsor, MNP, poses with TESA award winners Thomas Harper, Sonja Harper, Brian Harper and Kristelle Harper of Circle H Farms, along with Larry Wegner, chair of MBP’s Environment Committee. The Environmental Stewardship Award for Manitoba (TESA) was presented at the Manitoba Beef Producers President’s Banquet Feb. 8 in Brandon. PHOTO: aLEXIS STOCKFORD

Big benefit Soil improvement has been a boon for Circle H Farms, located as they are on the l i g h t , e a s i l y e ro d i b l e a n d drought-vulnerable soils common in their area.

As cattle producers, it comes as no surprise that the farm has turned to perennial forages to help deal with those challenges. Other projects, however, such as the addition of 5,000 trees, made their mark on MBP during this year’s TESA competition, along with off-site watering, wells and solar watering systems.

The end results of the threeye a r g ra z i n g p ro j e c t we re positive enough that Harper announced plans to continue working the system.

Biodiversity and microbial activity in soil both jumped, organic matter was up to 4.3 per cent from 3.6 per cent and Solvita tests had trended from 26.6 to 71.7. Total organic carbon was lower, something some experts attributed to the increased microbial activity

using up more fuel, but nutrient cycling was up and so was Harper’s bottom line.

Brian noted longer grazing seasons, cutting down on costs, more forage than his cattle could consume in a year and, perhaps more importantly, more beef coming off the pasture. By the end of 2017, he was taking 9,400 pounds more off the 130-acre pasture than 2014, according to his TESA application.

“It gets easier every year,” he said.

Harper hopes that some of those numbers will help give his farm an edge when he presents his case at the national TESA competition in Ontario this summer. “ We h a v e s o m e a c t u a l n u m e r i c a l d a t a a n d w e’ l l definitely work that into the presentation, like increased o r g a n i c m a t t e r,” h e s a i d .

“We’ve just got some numbers on the improvements that we’ve made and I think that’s what’s drawing a lot of interest.”

What’s next?

Circle H Farms will make its bid at the national TESA competition this summer, during the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association semi-annual meeting in London, Ont. Outside of the competition itself, Harper says he’s looking forward to making ties with other producers who share similar goals as him.

On the farm, Harper says he plans to change things up this year.

“We’re trying to be conscious enough to not get stuck in a pattern, so some years we’re going t so hit it harder and at different times and then other years we’ll have a lower density. It’s just the change. Be disruptive,” he said.

Teaching role Harper’s mentoring efforts may also win him points.

The Brandon-area producer says he never expected to be approached for advice when he first turned away from conven-

tional management.

In the course of the experiment and a growing number of field tours later, however, he has found himself thrust into the role. More than half a dozen farmers call each year to ask about his grazing system and what they can do on their own operations, he says.

Locally, he has helped at least one producer set up a similar system to his own.

“I’ve got people reaching out to me through Facebook, etc., even in Quebec, wondering what they should do or what they should try to try and improve the health of their land.

And, there again, the focus is to increase production,” he said.

Harper still encourages other farmers to contact him with any questions on his farm or how implementing similar grazing systems and can be reached through the Circle H Farms Facebook page or through email at harper4@goi net.ca. astockford@farmmedia.com

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SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Low and slow

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lacklustre time for sheep and goat sales

BY MARK ELLIOT Co-operator contributor

W

ith no holidays sparking demand, the latest sheep and goat sale at Winnipeg Livestock Auction was a subdued affair, with just 106 animals delivered Feb. 21.

Most market observers are casting an eye towards Easter at the end of this month, and the summer months.

The bidding on the wool ewes did not reach the same level seen at the last sale. The animals offered were of similar weight, and price ranged from $0.80 to $1/lb. An exception was a group of three 155pound Suffolk-cross ewes, which brought $1.10/lb. Two fancy breed ewes, 206-pound Babydoll ewes, brought $0.62/ lb.

T h e ra m c l a s s w a s re p resented by two 195-pound Dorset-cross rams that b r o u g h t $ 0 . 9 4 / l b. A 2 5 5 pound Rideau-cross ram brought $0.98/lb. At the last sale prices had reached $1.15 and $1.23/lb.

A group of seven 124-pound Rideau-cross lambs brought $1.65/lb. Another group of six 138-pound Suffolk-cross lambs brought $1.56/lb. Once

February 7, 2018

Most market observers are casting an eye towards Easter at the end of this month...

Ewes

$165.44 - $170.50

$184.80

$148.96 / $157

$160.95 - $175.45

$127.72 Lambs (lbs.)

110+ 95 - 110

$215.28

$213.36

$204.60

$192.66 / $207.08

$173.72

$183.35 $177.48 - $179

again, the bidding was much lower in the last sale.

The bidding on the market lambs was only slightly lower, compared to the last sale.

Five 101-pound Cheviot-cross lambs brought $1.72/lb.

The prices ranged for the present and last sale are in similar pattern for the feeder lambs. The price ranged from $1.91 to $1.94/lb.

There were only a group of seven 75-pound Cheviotcross lambs, representing the lightweight class. These lambs brought $2.01/lb.

The goat doe prices remained fairly constant through the sales. There was a 125-pound Boer-cross doeling that entered the arena, immediately catching the attention of the buyers, bringing $1.32/lb.

Four 93-pound Boer-cross

80 - 94

$155.20 / $159.60

$166.60 - $168.98 $155.52

Under 80 75 bucks represented the goat buck class, bringing $1.55/lb.

The selection for goat kids increased at this sale. The bidding was very similar with other sales, however, with no major excitement.

The Ontario Stockyard Report clearly indicated that even with less animals supp l i e d , c o m p a re d t o o t h e r sales, prices are dropping.

The markets are not holding the buyers and the bidding is dropping. The general public are paying for high prices in the stores, not the producers.

$150.75

GOAT DOES meat dairy

n/a

/ lb.

animal weight

$1.17

115 lbs.

$1.32

125 lbs.

$2.10

85 lbs.

$1.12

125 lbs.

$1.06

135 lbs.

$1.55

93 lbs.

$1.99

76 lbs.

MEAT

$2.18

60 lbs.

MEAT

$2.15

47 lbs.

PYGMY

$1.09

45 lbs.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feb. 21

Feb. 20

Feb. 20

Feb. 20

Feb. 21

Feb. 19

Feb. 22

Feb. 23

1,600

976*

1,299

380

1,208*

936

1,866

1,490

No. on offer Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

150.00-164.00

900-1,000

160.00-173.00

165.00-174.75

n/a

163.00-177.00

167.00-174.00

n/a

165.00-173.00

160.00-174.00

800-900

150.00-177.00

173.00-192.75

150.00-179.00

168.00-182.00

173.00-183.00 (186.00)

175.00-182.00

170.00-183.00

170.00-183.00

700-800

170.00-212.00

180.00-201.75

170.00-194.00

185.00-202.00

182.00-199.00 (206.00)

185.00-205.00

185.00-199.00

182.00-201.00

600-700

180.00-230.00

200.00-226.50

210.00-242.50

205.00-225.00

205.00-226.00

200.00-225.00

200.00-230.00

195.00-232.00

500-600

190.00-257.00

210.00-261.00

220.00-252.50

220.00-235.00

222.00-250.00

225.00-253.00

220.00-250.00

215.00-255.00

400-500

200.00-253.00

250.00-274.00

250.00-292.00

235.00-263.00

235.00-264.00

230.00-260.00

225.00-258.00

230.00-271.00

300-400

n/a

260.00-271.00

250.00-290.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

235.00-287.00

n/a

n/a

125.00-153.00

150.00-165.00

153.00-163.00

n/a

n/a

140.00-154.00

800-900

155.00-170.00

150.00-168.00

130.00-163.00

153.00-167.00

159.00-168.000

155.00-165.00

150.00-165.00

155.00-165.00

700-800

160.00-177.00

160.00-175.00

140.00-180.00

160.00-175.00

162.00-176.00

165.00-177.00

165.00-177.00

158.00-178.00

600-700

165.00-191.00

170.00-199.00

160.00-200.00

180.00-195.00

177.00-192.00 (197.00)

175.00-198.00

175.00-194.00

175.00-201.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

500-600

180.00-213.00

170.00-207.00

180.00-222.50

190.00-206.00

190.00-209.00

195.00-210.00

190.00-215.00

185.00-232.00

400-500

195.00-218.00

170.00-208.50

200.00-240.00

200.00-215.00

207.00-227.00

200.00-211.00

210.00-230.00

190.00-235.00

300-400

n/a

180.00-205.00

200.00-245.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

200.00-241.00

250

n/a

94

91

n/a

n/a

219

200

D1-D2 Cows

72.00-79.00

75.00-87.00

80.00-96.00

77.00-89.00

80.00-85.00

80.00-84.00

79.00-86.00

75.00-85.00

D3-D5 Cows

65.00-73.00

n/a

70.00-85.00

60.00-76.00

65.00-79.00

n/a

71.00-79.00

63.00-75.00

Slaughter Market No. on offer

Age Verified

77.00-85.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80.00-120.00

Good Bulls

94.00-108.00 (130.00)

95.00-105.50

85.00-94.75

95.00-106.00

97.00-108.00

100.00-105.00

88.00-106.00

92.00-102.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

82.00-95.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

up to 139.50

n/a

up to 75.25

n/a

100.00-140.00

n/a

95.00-140.00

n/a

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

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All quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe No source has been found for the infection in the six affected cattle STAFF

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he mystery of how six Prairie cattle caught a Mexican strain of bovine t u b e rc u l o s i s ( T B ) i s n ow expected to remain a mystery indefinitely.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Feb. 12 announced quarantines have been lifted from all Prairie cattle operations tested during its probe of a bovine TB outbreak beginning in the fall of 2016.

The agency’s probe followed the discovery of a southeastern Alberta cow that tested positive for bovine TB when it was slaughtered at a U.S. packing plant in late September 2016.

Five more cattle from the same farming operation later tested positive for the disease.

About 30,000 animals across 79 “trace-out” herds and 71 “trace-in” herds in the three Prairie provinces were tested.

From those, about 11,500 cattle were ordered destroyed.

All that said, no further cases were discovered, and no source of infection has been identified for the six TB-positive cattle, the agency said Feb. 12.

“Trace-out” denotes herds that got animals from the infected herd, while “trace-in” refers to herds that sent animals to the infected herd.

CFIA expects to post an investigation summary report on its website later this spring, and to declare the investigation officially closed once the final lab culture test results are completed.

P r o d u c e r s w h o s e h e rd s were depopulated, and whose premises have gone through cleaning and disinfection, have restocked their herds, the agency said.

Two rounds of testing will be done on the restocked herds to verify those animals are TB free, the agency said. One round of testing has just been completed and the second will take place this fall. These herds are not under quarantine in the meantime.

“While the investigation will not be officially closed until final laboratory culture results are received later this spring, this is a positive step forward for Canada’s cattle industry,” federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said in a statement Feb. 12.

MacAulay hailed the affected producers and cattle industry associations for their co-operation and their “key role” in the investigation, which, he noted, has “allowed Canada to retain its bovine TB-free status with no disruption in access to international markets.”

P r o d u c e r s w h o s e h e rd s were ordered destroyed have received $39 million in federal compensation. Income tax deferrals were also put in place allowing them to defer portions of the lump-sum compensation they received in 2016 and 2017 into the 2018, 2019 and 2020 tax years.

A Canada-Alberta program budgeted up to $16.7 million more to cover “extraordinary quarantine costs,” MacAulay added.

Costs covered under that program included feeding and water infrastructure, feed for animals, transportation, clean-

“… this is a positive step forward for Canada’s cattle industry.”

Lawrence MacAulay agriculture minister

ing and disinfection and “interest costs on loans due to the circumstances.”

‘Active surveillance’ CFIA said Feb. 12 it’s still working with the provinces to ensure any risks tied to TB in wildlife are included in its investigation.

That work will include “active surveillance” this year on elk in southeastern Alberta, the agency said.

According to Alberta Beef Producers, “active surveillance” of wild elk means a proportion of the elk harvested by hunters

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will be tested for TB regardless of whether any unusual lesions are spotted.

During the 2016-17 hunting season, ABP noted, no evidence of bovine TB was seen in any of the 1,258 elk harvested in the

Suffield area of southeastern Alberta.

Furthermore, CFIA in late 2 0 1 6 f o u n d t h e s t ra i n o f Mycobacterium bovis in the six TB-positive cattle wasn’t the same as any strains previously

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Rather, the agency said, the M. bovis strain was “closely related” to a strain originating from cattle in central Mexico in 1997.

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Some nice late-winter weather Issued: Monday, February 26, 2018 · Covering: February 28 – March 7, 2018 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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ver the last week or so, the general weather pattern across much of central and northern North America has undergone a major shift. The polar vortex has broken down as expected, the western ridge of high pressure has weakened and moved farther off the coast, and the long-wave trough of low pressure over eastern regions has been partially replaced by a ridge of high pressure. While this has created extreme changes in weather over western and eastern regions of North America, for our region the changes have been a little more subtle.

This forecast period begins with our region sandwiched between three areas of high pressure: one to our southeast, another to our north, and the third off the West Coast of B.C. This will result in fairly quiet weather with partly to mostly sunny skies, along with temperatures running close to the high end of the usual temperature range for this time of the year.

Things get complicated over the weekend as the West Coast low

moves inland. The weather models are really struggling with this system. Current model runs show the low slowly meandering across our region, bringing clouds and the chance of light snow every day from Saturday to Monday.

Currently, it doesn’t look like we’ll see significant snowfall from this system, but some regions could see up to 10 cm. Temperatures look to remain on the mild side, but with plenty of cloud cover daytime highs should remain several degrees below freezing.

For next week, a weak arctic high pressure system is forecast to drop southward, bringing sunny skies and slightly cooler temperatures. It doesn’t look like we will see a return to the bitterly cold temperatures we have seen this winter, but temperatures will return to more seasonable values.

Expect daytime highs to be in the -10 C range with overnight lows in # the -18 C range.

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

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the 30 days ending Feb. 22 as a percentile. Western and central regions were wetter than average, with amounts ranging from extremely high across parts of southern Alberta to near average over most of Saskatchewan. Across agricultural Manitoba precipitation remains low, with most regions reporting near-average to moderately low amounts.

Dry weather expected to continue into March Absent any major snowfall soon, a warmer-than-average March is increasingly likely

BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

A

fter a month of backand-forth temperatures in January that eventually worked out to above-average monthly temperatures, February turned out to be… well, just darned cold.

The nice warm temperatures that moved in over the last five days of the month were not enough to overcome the persistent cold weather that dominated the majority of the month. The first two weeks of February saw daytime highs struggle to make it above -15 C with overnight lows falling on most nights into the -25 to -30 C range. We did see a short mild spell around the middle of the month before more cold weather moved back in during the third week. Even after adding in the mild end to the month, it was not nearly enough to overcome the cold start, with all three regions recording well-below-average temperatures for the month.

Mean monthly temperatures averaged about 3° below the long-term average across all three regions, making it the coldest February since 2015, which isn’t that long ago; it’s just that we seem to be getting used to warm Februarys.

Precipitation was pretty

Mean monthly temperatures averaged about 3° below the long-term average… making it the coldest February since 2015.

scarce during February, with most of the southern and central regions seeing amounts that were well below average for the month. Both the Winnipeg and Dauphin regions were the dry spots, with less then three mm of water-equivalent precipitation recorded.

Far eastern regions, along with northwestern regions, saw values a little closer to average; in fact, a few areas actually saw near- to slightly above-average amounts.

Who called it?

Overall, February was a cold, dry month across our region.

Looking back at the forecasts for the month, it appears only one of the forecasts was right on the money. For the first time in a while, my forecast was the only one that was correct, with a prediction of a cold and dry February.

Now, on to the March and April forecasts. According to Environment Canada’s probabilistic and deterministic forecast it looks like March will see

near- to slightly above-average temperatures, with a trend to below-average temperature late in the month and into April.

Precipitation, according to E.C., will continue to be near to below average over the next two months. The Climate Forecast System model over the next six weeks calls for above-average temperatures for March, trending toward below-average temperatures in April. Precipitation is forecast to be near to slightly above average.

Moving on to the two almanacs: the Old Farmer’s Almanac calls for a war m and dry March followed by a slightly colder-than-average April, but with well-above average amounts of precipitation. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac seems to call for near-average temperatures for March, with wetter-thanaverage conditions as it mentions stormy and unsettled conditions several times. April looks like it will see near- to above-average temperatures along with near- to below-

average precipitation as it mentions fair and pleasant weather several times, with no mention of any big storm systems.

The U.S. National Oc e a n i c a n d At m o s p h e r i c Administration’s forecast calls for near-average temperatures over the next two months, along with slightly aboveaverage precipitation. Last but not least, my forecast, which is based on all of these forecasts plus my own gut feeling, leans toward a warmer-than-average first half of March followed by near-average temperatures during the second half of the month. If we don’t see any significant snowfall over the next couple of weeks, the chances of warmer-than-average temperatures for all of March go up. This is due to the lack of snow cover, which means a quick melt resulting in plenty of open ground to help warm the air. April is a tough one to figure out; if we continue to see below-average amounts of precipitation over the next month, I think April will see above-average temperatures as well. As for precipitation, your guess is as good as mine for April. My gut leans toward wetter than average, but my head can’t see a reason for the current drought conditions to break. Could be an interesting month!

Ontario’s rainfall Since I still have a little bit of room left for this week, I figured it’s time to hit on a few big weather stories from the last couple of weeks. First was the record-breaking heat and precipitation event that hit eastern North America in midFebruary. A record-breaking ridge of high pressure over the East Coast helped to pump up record-breaking temperatures along with record-breaking amounts of atmospheric moisture across a large portion of eastern North America last week. Temperatures soared, b re a k i n g s e v e r a l a l l - t i m e recorded highs for February.

The record atmospheric moisture pumped up against the cold high pressure over our region, resulting in some of the heaviest rainfalls ever recorded in February across a large portion of Michigan and southern Ontario.

Finally, the latest global sea ice amounts just came in, and according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, “January of 2018 began and ended with satellite-era record lows in Arctic sea ice extent, resulting in a new record low for the month.

Combined with low ice extent in the Antarctic, global sea ice extent is also at a record low.”

Feels like I should say something, but I will let the facts stand for themselves.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 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

Meet DOT:

the self-driving power implement A Saskatchewan-based company has developed an autonomous tractor — minus the tractor

BY JEFF MELCHIOR

Farmers intrigued Switching over to an entirely new set of machinery is obviously a major undertaking.

But Beaujot’s creation has definitely piqued the interest of many producers.

“I think it’s coming. I think there’s a big fit for it. I’d buy a prototype today if I could,” said Justin Kelly, a wheat, canola and pea producer and agronomy consultant from Cut Knife, Sask.

“We already have auto steer so half the time I’m sitting on a tractor or sprayer or something like that and I’m not driving it anyway. I’m just sitting there to make sure it’s working and turn around at the end of the field.”

Brianne Brault, who farms with husband Davy Matula east of High Prairie, Alta. said she hopes to buy one once the bugs are worked out and as long as it is reasonably priced.

“A brand new tractor is $700,000 and a brand new, great big seed drill can be in the $700,000 range — that’s $1.4 million to seed your crop,” she says. “If you can buy a less expensive robot that can run longer and save you some time, to me it’s a no-brainer.”

The DOT platform with a seeder and sprayer will be priced well under that, said Beaujot.

It’s estimated a full package including the platform, four product tanks on a 30-foot seeder, a 60-foot sprayer with a 1,000-gallon tank, and a grain cart will cost about US$500,000, he said.

(It’s priced in U.S. dollars because most of the major components are purchased south of the border.)

“The reason it will cost less is because we are able to eliminate a lot of things,” said Beaujot. “We spend more on the power unit because it’s got a tremendous

amount of electronics and sensors, but the implements become much, much cheaper.

“The sprayer is ridiculously cheap compared to a high-clearance sprayer, but even with simple items like grain carts, when you eliminate the wheels, spindles, axles, and hitches you take away a big part of the cost of that implement.”

‘Between obsession and passion’ Ask Beaujot about the thought process behind the DOT and he’ll tell you, “My whole life has been leading up to it.”

In 1991 he developed a key piece of precision ag technology — the first active hydraulic, ground-hugging, individual row opener. That innovation became the heart of air See Meet DOT on page 18 »

TOUGH ON WEEDS.

Norbert Beaujot was first inspired by autonomous cars but then had an idea for something much more radical — a cabless platform that can carry different implements. PHOTO: SeedMaster and DOT video

GENTLE ON CROPS.

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igger doesn’t always mean better — but that’s been the story of farm machinery for decades.

However, could the era of huge, hulking tractors and the big implements they pull be coming to an end?

Norbert Beaujot thinks so, even though the founder of SeedMaster spent most of his career building some of those increasingly heavier and larger machines.

But the equipment made by his company and other manufacturers has some serious flaws, said Beaujot.

“We’ve become leaders in building really big equipment that’s successful in many ways but always carries with it inefficiencies and other kinds of hidden costs such as compaction and overall fuel usage,” he said.

Beaujot caught the imagination of Prairie farmers last summer when he unveiled a fully functioning DOT Autonomous Power Platform at the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show.

The U-shaped machine is a selfpropelled, hydraulically driven platform that replaces the pulling of implements such as seeders in favour of, essentially, carrying them.

And most startlingly, there’s no cab.

Instead, GPS technology similar to that used in self-driving automobiles means the DOT platform can be programmed to follow a specific route and stop on a dime for any obstacles. All the while, it sends back a stream of data so the producer can monitor progress and diagnostics remotely with a tablet equipped with specialized software.

Putting a seeder or sprayer directly on the platform also means a smaller engine and lighter machine that burns considerably less fuel. And no cab means an end to the long, tiring hours involved in operating traditional equipment.

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“The farmer can change the A to B heading set point for the field and the travel path is updated in real time, showing the farmer how that affects the overall time to complete the field so he can choose the most efficient path,” said Kinch.

The unit is programmed to stop for an object as small as one square foot.

“We’re using similar sensors to what autonomous cars are using to go down four-lane highways,” said Beaujot. “We have a lot of overkill in terms of being able to recognize different objects on farmland.

“If it deviates from its path at all we give it a factor of two or three feet and it just stops the unit and buzzes the operator through the tablet to check it out.”

That doesn’t necessar ily mean farmers will have to drive out to their fields five times a day to, say, pick up a rock.

Multiple cameras mounted on the DOT will stream highresolution video to the tablet, allowing the operator to override a stoppage if it’s a false alarm.

“Obviously we don’t want them making unnecessary trips out into the field,” said Kinch.

Meet DOT Continued from page 17

drill maker SeedMaster, located near Regina.

Ever since, Beaujot has been on the lookout for any ideas that make farming more economically and environmentally efficient. However, he’s often found himself frustrated by the trend towards ever bigger and heavier equipment.

Then came the first prototypes of self-driving cars.

The technology caught Beaujot’s imagination and he was soon looking at ways it could be applied to agriculture.

His first instinct was to develop an autonomous seeder, but he felt that didn’t line up with the technology’s potential.

“It seemed to be a waste to develop something that good that is only meant for seeding,” he said. “So it got me looking at different ways of developing a platform that would handle multitudes of different implements.

“When I came up with the U shape as a way of handling a whole array of implements and having very quick ways of loading and unloading implements, it became something between an obsession and a passion.”

Seedmaster’s Norbert Beaujot. PHOTO:SEEDMASTER/DOT VIDEO

How DOT runs The platform is 12x18 feet, weighs 12,000 pounds (without implements), and is powered by a 4.5-litre turbocharged Cummins diesel engine. It uses its hydraulic arms to lock into a DOT-ready implement and lift it onto its platform. The operator creates a GPS path or “flight plan” with the system’s specialized computer program.

This flight plan is comprised of a series of geographical waypoints — or dots — which the unit follows as it covers a field. ( The machine’s name comes partly from that but is also a tribute to Beaujot’s mother Dorothy, who was often called Dot.)

“Basically everything DOT really needs will be controlled through a tablet,” said Owen Kinch, field research manager with SeedMaster who has overseen the development of its software. “That tablet will be your portal into the DOT system. The work area or field boundaries will be defined from that tablet. Once that flight path is created, it’s sent to DOT itself and communicated through a local Wi-Fi network included with DOT.” The machine’s computer will calculate the complete travel path in less than a second, said Kinch, laying out every turn around sloughs, power poles, and headlands.

“There will be multiple cameras so the operator can scroll through all of the cameras and be 100 per cent confident that it is safe to proceed. From the user interface they will have pause, play, and stop buttons for the autonomous missions.”

More implements coming DOT will be compatible with SeedMaster implements and a number of manufacturers from around the world are interested in developing their own DOTready implements, Beaujot said.

SeedMaster is collaborating with them — a smart move as buy-in from other equipment makers will likely be critical to the machine’s acceptance in the marketplace.

“We share with them our engineering drawings and advice but they have to pay for their own modifications and supply any specific software or hardware that is specific to their device,” he said.

“The interest is coming way faster than we can handle it. We haven’t even had time to visit with all of the companies that have shown interest. It’s really exciting.”

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If you don’t have good internet, would the DOT platform work on your farm?

No problem, said Owen Kinch, field research manager with SeedMaster, the developer of the driverless machine.

A high-power, high-range Wi-Fi network comes as part of the DOT package, with SeedMaster essentially acting as the internet service provider, he said.

“The user app will be hosted on a web server through which the farmer will access DOT.” So how far away can you be from the autonomous unit and still operate it?

That depends on what the producer is willing to spend on wireless equipment, said Kinch.

“We’ve proven we can communicate with DOT up to 15 kilometres through our local area network, but the price is higher for that capability. We’ve also proven we can communicate up to a mile and a half away with components that are very inexpensive — like a couple of hundred bucks kind of thing — with good success.

“Every farm is different in how it’s set up, how fields are set up in relation to farmyards, what kind of activities farmers want to do while using DOT, etc. Most likely there will be a range of options that will be tailored to meet the farmer’s needs.”

The tablet that allows users to remotely control DOT will be a Windows-based system because “it’s very easy to work within their structure,” he said.

“So we’re not sitting and waiting, for example, for Apple to approve updates to our app. We will seamlessly push out updates whenever we want or need to.”

Although some software updates will require user initiation, most will download automatically whenever the tablet is in reach of the Wi-Fi network, said Kinch.

“It will happen without any involvement from the farmer, which is a good thing because no one likes the headaches and time it takes to download software updates.”

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Meet DOT Continued from page 18

DOT has potential applications in other industries and that’s drawn interest, too, said Beaujot. “ When the guys were at Agritechnica in Germany, an owner of a lumber mill in Chile had flown to Germany for the show just to talk to us about DOT. He’s using a tractor to move logs from a storage location to his mill. It’s a two-kilometre-long route… DOT would make a huge difference to him — saving on the cost of the unit a bit but mostly on labour and efficiency.”

Beaujot envisions a number of ways other industries could mould DOT to their own needs.

“For example, a power company could develop a rig with all the geo-referenced locations for power poles and have it go ahead and drill them out and analyze the soil quality at the same time,” he said. “It has so many record-keeping capabilities.”

Hitting the road So when will DOT go on sale?

Se l e c t p ro d u c e r s i n t h e Regina area will get the first ones this year. Buyers who put down a refundable deposit will be first in line when the platform is given a wider release in 2019. “ We m a k e t h a t d e p o s i t refundable because we don’t know exactly when we’re going to be ready,” said Beaujot.

“They can ask to stay on the list, or ask to be removed and get their money back at any time.

If things are going well we can build quite a number for 2019 and then many more again for 2020.”

“When I came up with the U shape as a way of handling a whole array of implements… it became something between an obsession and a passion.”

Norbert Beaujot

D OT a l s o n e e d s t o b e approved for travel on public roads. Its wheels turn sideways so it can travel lengthways and Beaujot said SeedMaster hopes to piggyback on allowances currently being made for autonomous cars. “ We don’t see any roadblocks,” he said. “As far as road use and other public property movement in autonomous mode, I think it will happen as quickly as autonomous cars because we can prove very quickly that it’s safer than an autonomously driven car.

“That’ll take a few years possibly, but there are lots of other methods of moving from farm to farm that are controlled by the farmer, such as loading on trailers.”

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The developer of the DOT Autonomous Power Platform says it will substantially reduce soil compaction and cut fuel usage by up to 20 per cent.

It’s just physics, said Norbert Beaujot.

“There is a big waste in pulling something versus having it mounted onto the body of the prime mover,” he says. “(Pulling) burns more fuel and requires more weight.”

As well, not having to pull implements eliminates the need for “all the wheels and hitches and fancy folding devices, so that affects weight.”

“Long story short, tractors need about 150 pounds per horsepower,” said Beaujot. “When a tractor’s towing something at low speeds it needs that ratio not to spin out, so a 200-horsepower tractor has to be as much as 30,000 pounds.”

That weight comes in part from ballast in the front, back, and tires of the tractor plus the weight of the cab and other creature comforts. Beaujot’s machine weighs just 12,000 pounds but the implement and products it’s carrying provide sufficient weight for things such as draft and tractive effort needed to operate on soil.

The platform’s light weight also gives it an edge when it comes to reducing soil compaction. “With a smaller unit your tanks are much smaller and your localized compaction is a lot less,” said Beaujot. “We were able to design the DOT unit so it creates a tramline effect for the spraying components. It’s in rows that aren’t too wide and yet spread out enough that the compaction isn’t crazy.

“You don’t have that luxury when you’re trying to carry 1,000 bushels and you have a 600-horsepower tractor. A lot of the weight and horsepower on conventional tractors is a pure waste because when we build a tractor that pulls something we have to put a whole bunch of weight on it that’s equal to what’s behind it. With DOT, the weight is put to it by the product itself.”

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Are you ready to step out of the cab forever?

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BY JEFF MELCHIOR Co-operator contributor

Autonomous farm equipment would not only radically change how crops are produced, but the lives of farmers themselves.

Norbert Beaujot thinks they will embrace being freed from the tractor cab.

“At one end of the scale you get the young, 35- to 40-year-old farmer who really wants to get going with anything new and high tech,” said Beaujot, developer of the DOT Autonomous Power Platform, a self-driving machine with no cab.

“But at the other end we have farmers who are 80 years old saying they’re too old to get up and down from the tractor, but they still have a passion for agriculture. This would give them a way of still utilizing their brains and less of their brawn.”

The human element is a big part of the DOT story, said Beaujot.

“I sat on a panel in Alberta recently and farmers’ biggest complaint was they were working like slaves for that month and a half of seeding and month and a half of spraying and harvest, and they didn’t have a life,” he said.

“Regardless of the size of their farms, it seems that they try to make do with what they have within their family unit to start with and work them to a level that not too long ago we would have called slavery. They work themselves to that level, too.

“But with autonomous units there are moments, at least, where a farmer might be able to stand in a corner of the field and go through a spelling lesson with his son or teach his daughter how to pitch or whatever. You can program the unit to go at night and not worry about going to bed a little earlier and stuff like that.”

There would, of course, be major concerns about a driverless machine somehow going off on its own. But like the proponents of driverless cars, Beaujot is convinced multiple fail-safe systems can eliminate that risk.

Autonomous farm equipment will be scary for some producers at first, says Saskatchewan farmer Justin Kelly, but he expects they’ll soon embrace it. PHOTO: SUPPLIED As well, he said early discussions with insurance providers have been positive, with one predicting the technology will save lives because it will significantly reduce farm accidents.

Self-driving equipment may also open up farming to a more diverse group of individuals.

“Overall, most of the work that’s done on the farm still has to be done,” said Beaujot. “But it eliminates much of the ‘sitting there, doing nothing’ labour like sitting on the tractor once the auto steer has kicked in.

“If we can remotely monitor and do all the programming required then it eliminates that kind of labour. It shifts some of the labour to family members or other personnel who may not be equipped physically to handle sitting on the tractor for 16 hours. These people can all of a sudden take part in different aspects of farming.”

That appeals to Peace Country grain grower Brianne Brault.

“In the springtime we don’t have hired help, so instead of my husband having to run the seed drill for 18, 20 hours a day, the DOT could be seeding a good portion of the land.”

But are farmers ready?

It may be a leap too far too soon for many.

About 75 per cent of producers recently surveyed about autonomous technology said they would not be ready to use it for at least another three to five years.

Moreover, only four per cent considered it a high investment priority, according to a survey of 432 farmers across the Prairies conducted for Glacier FarmMedia (the parent company of the Manitoba Co-operator).

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Fear of losing a family and community connection to farming as well as a simple love of being out in the field were among the reasons for producer skepticism.

But Saskatchewan farmer Justin Kelly thinks this resistance is likely temporary — a natural human reaction to something new and different, especially to technology that hasn’t even yet hit the earlyadopter stage.

“I think that’s a typical scenario of guys being scared of change,” said the grain grower from Cut Knife, an hour’s drive southwest of Lloydminster.

“They’re going to realize very quickly that they are interested. I think you need to be pretty open minded with these new technologies, which is something we’ve seen in the past.”

And while Beaujot envisions people freed from driving machinery taking up new tasks, Kelly sees autonomous machinery helping him to deal with his biggest farm management challenge: manpower.

“That’s the hardest part of my job, managing people,” said Kelly, who joined the family operation after earning an agriculture degree in 2014. “I think that’s something most people would see value in, in one of these autonomous machines.”

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He added that this would likely concern 10 per cent of farms while solutions could be found for the other 90 per cent.

Macron said in Nov e m b e r h e w o u l d take all measures necessary to ensure glyphosate would be banned in France as soon as an alternative is available and at the latest within three years.

This followed a European Union decision to extend the use of the herbicide for another five years after a heated debate over whether glyphosate, originally developed by Monsanto, causes cancer.

“I will never impose a ban if there is no credible alternative,” Macron said in a speech to farmers.

“We cannot leave a farmer without a solution or with a solution that would not be viable because someone else nearby would not have the same constraints.”

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Cool, later-spring forecast for Prairies More moisture is in the forecast too, but it needs to be timely to help crops

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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estern Canadian farmers can expect a cool, later-than-normal spring, according to a forecast from DTN Progressive Farmer and Weatherfarm.

While that means a later start to spring seeding and the risk of a late-spring frost, the silver lining is it will help conserve the limited moisture coming from a smallerthan-normal snowpack.

Although Western Canada is expected to gradually get wetter this spring, it’s not going to replenish the soil moisture used up by crops in 2017.

“My reading of the things is that the crop in the Prairies is indeed going to depend upon rainfall happening at the appropriate time,” Bryce Anderson, a meteorologist with DTN Progressive Farmer, told reporters with Glacier FarmMedia publications, including the Manitoba Co-operator, during a briefing Feb. 26 as part of a collaboration with Weatherfarm. “There’s not going to be a whole lot of buildup of subsoil moisture this year.”

Weatherfarm is also a Glacier FarmMedia brand.

La Niña, which typically brings cooler, drier winters to Western Canada, is fading, Jim Block, another DTN Progressive Farmer meteorologist said.

“That means for Western Canada we’re looking for belownormal temperatures,” he said.

“It’s going to be cooler. We look for the dryness to continue. Dryness will gradually change. That’s going to go away in the western provinces and gradually become wetter. But it’s going to be cold. We are going to be seeing a late frost, especially in the first half of spring in March and April and towards the end of May and then we will finally see things start to warm up a little bit. We will start to see precipitation totals pick up in the Prairie provinces. But all in all the snow and frost will extend later.”

Some above-normal precipitation in March and April will be appreciated, especially on the southern Prairies, said Bruce Burnett, Glacier FarmMedia’s director of markets and weather.

“If we have this slow start to the (spring) season with the coolerthan-normal temperatures that should essentially help us in terms of conserving some moisture,” Burnett said. “More of it will stay in the soil rather than get into the river system.”

Block said Prairie farmers can expect frost until at least the middle of May. The transition from cool and dry, to wet and warm will be slow.

“As you get closer to the U.S. border it will be slower to get wet and I will be slower to warm up,” Block said.

No big storms as forecast for southern Manitoba over the next 10 days, he added, but that could change later in March, which often sees storms as weather patterns shift.

“We’ve got a very active jet stream right now,” Block said.

“What we are looking at, at least in the near term, is a little more warmth moving back up to the north... and the Prairie provinces warming up here in the next few days. But the storm pattern remains really active. There’s still a large snowpack across the Midwestern United States,

“If we have this slow start to the (spring) season with the cooler-than-normal temperatures that should essentially help us in terms of conserving some moisture.”

The winter precipitation in the map shows the precipitation for the period to date.

Most of Manitoba has received less than 60 per cent of normal precipitation during this winter.

Southeastern Saskatchewan is also below 60 per cent of normal, while the rest of the province is below 85 per cent of normal. In Alberta, southern regions have received abovenormal precipitation along with most of the Peace River region.

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Pricing opportunities can be fast moving and fleeting, so understand the tools at your disposal ahead of time A weather rally like this shows why options, in particular, are an ideal marketing tool to have, especially in times of greater uncertainty.

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he dramatic rise in Minneapolis hard red spr ing wheat futures during the summer of 2017 provides a case study for having a comprehensive revenue management program. Those opportunities don’t come along very often so you want to be prepared for the next one with all the right sales tools in your marketing tool box.

This article will review and analyze the conditions, psychology, as well as sales and hedging decisions leading up to the price peak in early July.

During the winter and spring months of 2017, September Minneapolis hard red spring wheat futures were trading around US$5.50/bu. In fact, they were hovering near that level for the previous six months since the fall of 2016.

Then, around the beginning of

June, as hot, dry weather continued across the growing regions, hard red spring futures started to climb... quickly. They steadily increased almost daily, all the way up to around US$8.50/bu.

by Canada Day and the 4th of July, providing their own set of fireworks for producers.

This kind of fast-moving and volatile market action necessitates using numerous marketing alternatives including deferred delivery and basis contracts as well as options and futures. A weather rally like this shows why options, in particular, are an ideal marketing tool to have, especially in times of greater uncertainty.

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They helped manage many of the production, financial as well as emotional issues that were running through producers’ minds that summer. I spoke with many growers who shared thoughts like: • “It’s too hot and dry so yields will be very uncertain.”

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Mi n n e a p o l i s w h e a t h a d already been climbing for the past month, but not without both volatile up and down trading action. On that particular morning, by the time we got to the restaurant, Minneapolis wheat futures were already down about 15 to 20 cents on overnight trading, so there was no time for small talk. We started discussing marketing strategies right away.

When breakfast arrived, wheat was back up to unchanged. As we ate, we all kept a close eye on our phones, following prices as wheat continued higher and higher, being up 40 cents at one point. We talked about selling a bit more physical wheat off the combine. We all agreed that it made sense to capture some nice profits up at these levels. So the client called the elevator to book the sale.

We also bought put options on 25 per cent of expected production. With this minimum put price protection in place, it gave him the potential opportunity to sell some of his physical wheat later at higher levels but without having any delivery risk from uncertain production.

We continued to sip our coffees and then by the time the cheque came, wheat was back down 10 cents on the day. The client happily grabbed the bill, turned to us and said: “I guess I’ll get this one since you guys just helped me make an extra 40 cents on 30,000 bushels.”

This is just one example of numerous conversations that took place during those volatile weeks. And for those of us who also like a good picture with our stories, the accompanying chart illustrates what the various pricing and hedging decisions looked like.

The US$6.20 puts that were

purchased for about 25 cents expired worthless, but they did give growers the ability to protect prices without production concerns and to eventually sell their physical grain in the cash market at a much higher price. Given many growers subsequently sold their wheat $2 per bushel higher, that was the best 25 cents they ever spent.

Based on what was already priced and hedged, other clients also bought US$7 puts, which resulted in a net hedge gain of 30 U.S. cents at expiry. Some clients, who were more experienced and comfortable with futures, also sold short September futures as the tide turned and the drought concerns turned out to be less severe than expected.

Finally, a lot of growers simply entered deferred delivery contracts for fall when futures were between US$7.50/bu. and US$8.50/bu. because prices were just so profitably high.

Everyone’s situation was different depending on previous cash pricing decisions and the hedging combination strategies chosen so results did vary.

Regardless, this is the power of having access to marketing advisers with the right tools and strategies at the right time.

Bottom line, the point of this is not to look back at what worked and say, “I told you so,” but rather to fully understand the value of having a full range of pricing and hedging strategies at the ready.

When a weather market hits, it’s a good idea to have option and futures in your marketing tool box. Since different strategies are needed in different situations, like any good business approach, it helps to diversify and prepare for the inevitable price moves, both up and down.

David Derwin is a portfolio manager and commodity/investment adviser with PI Financial Corp. (dderwin@pifinancial. com / www.commodity-options.ca), a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. The risk of loss in trading commodity interests can be substantial. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

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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Monsanto loses bid to stop Arkansas ban on farm chemical Dicamba applications are banned in the state from April 16 to October 31

BY TOM POLANSEK Reuters

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n Arkansas judge on Fe b. 1 6 d i s m i s s e d a Monsanto lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a controversial farm chemical the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically engineered seeds.

Monsanto, which is being acquired by Bayer AG, filed the lawsuit last year in a bid to halt the state’s ban on sprayings of the weed killer known as dicamba from the period spanning April 16 to Oct. 31.

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Belt said last summer that dicamba drifted away from where it was sprayed, damaging millions of acres of crops that could not tolerate the herbicides.

St. Louis-based Monsanto, the biggest U.S. seed company, said it was disappointed with the judge’s decision and would consider additional legal action.

In the ruling, Pulaski County Circuit Cour t Judge Chr is Piazza cited a recent Arkansas Supreme Court decision that the state cannot be made a defendant in court, according to the Arkansas Agriculture Department.

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The Arkansas ban hur ts Mo n s a n t o’s a b i l i t y t o s e l l dicamba-tolerant seed in the state and has caused “irreparable harm” to the company,

according to Monsanto’s lawsuit. The state also limited use of Monsanto’s dicamba herbicide in 2017 but allowed sales of products by other companies.

David Wildy, an Arkansas farmer who served on a state task force that recommended the ban, said he supported Friday’s ruling. He said his soybeans suffered damage from the herbicide last year and that it threatens plants ranging from flowers to vegetables and peanuts when it drifts away from where it is sprayed.

“If we can’t keep products on target, then there’s not a place for them in agriculture,” Wildy said in an telephone interview.

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ADM, Syngenta settle lawsuit over biotech corn exports to China

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The grain trader was suing the lifescience company over rejected corn shipments

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rcher Daniels Midland has settled a lawsuit with Syngenta over the seed company’s launch of a biotech corn strain that roiled grain exports to China, according to regulatory documents filed Feb. 16.

ADM sued Syngenta four years ago for selling the corn var iety known as Agr isure Viptera or MIR 162 before it was approved for import by China, an importer of U.S. grain. China rejected U.S. corn cargoes that contained the unauthorized strain, which caused financial losses for ADM, according to the lawsuit.

China ultimately approved imports of Viptera corn in 2014.

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ADM and Syngenta reached a confidential settlement over the matter in December, according to an annual report the grain handler filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Cargill, another major grain handler, and U.S. farmers also sued Syngenta. Last year, Syngenta, now owned by ChemChina, agreed to settle farmers’ lawsuits for close to US$1.5 billion.

The Cargill case is set for trial in September, according to Syngenta.

“Syngenta is continuing to defend against the claims of other exporters, and continues to believe that American farmers should have access to the latest U.S.-approved technologies to help them i n c re a s e t h e i r p r o d u c t i v ity and crop yield,” spokesman Paul Minehart said in an email.

Growe r s a l s o s u e d A D M over the matter, claiming the company was negligent in failing to screen for biotech corn. China’s rejections of U.S. shipments caused corn prices to plummet, according to the farmers’ lawyers. ADM remains a defendant in court actions in Illinois, which the company has sought to dismiss, the SEC filing said.

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U.S. tax law co-op preference ‘wasted money’ — ag companies Lawmakers now admit including the clause in a recent tax overhaul was a mistake

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Crops flow to co-ops The provision was introduced to compensate co-ops and their farmer owners when Congress

Private grain handler Minn-Kota Ag Products has been setting up a new shuttle facility at Barney, N.D., about 80 km south of Fargo. Photo: MKAP.com

nically sell crops to the company the tax benefit. However, Citizens through a local co-op, she said. would have to pay the co-op a fee The arrangement would allow the for each bushel of grain under the T:8.125” deal. elevator’s customers to receive

“It is not an easy fix and it is not a clean one so I hope we do not have to do it,” Setzer said.

U.S. ethanol producer Green Plains Inc., which buys about three per cent of the nation’s annual corn harvest, recently obtained approval to operate a co-op in Indiana, Minnesota a n d C o l o r a d o, C E O To d d Becker said. It is awaiting approval in other states.

Green Plains has not yet activated the co-op because Becker is holding out hope lawmakers will address the imbalance.

However, the company could do so quickly if business is suffering or it appears there will not be a legislative solution soon, he said.

“We can’t be at such a significant disadvantage to the co-operative down the street,” Becker said.

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.S. agricultural merchants are scrambling to register themselves as co-operatives after a blunder in the country’s new tax law gave farmers a tax break for selling grains to coops rather than private firms.

Private crop handlers — which include the “big four” merchants Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus — fear they will struggle to buy grain supplies when the next harvest season comes if the provision is not overturned.

Lawmakers have admitted they made a mistake by including the clause in last-minute changes to the bill.

The new code has pushed the private companies to spend thousands of dollars to form co-ops or find alternative ways to get their hands on billions of bushels of U.S. corn and soybeans.

In Minnesota, private handler Minn-Kota Ag Products is among the companies establishing a co-op so farmers can supply grain to the company and still receive the tax benefit. The move, which involves legal filings and setting up a board, could cost up to $100,000, chief financial officer Dale Beyer said.

“It’s wasted money,” he said. “It makes us inefficient but it’s what U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law in December the Republican tax overhaul that allows farmers a 20 per cent deduction on payments for sales of crops to co-ops, but not for sales to private or investor-owned grain handlers.

The provision is the latest challenge for merchants such as Cargill and ADM. They are also facing a supply glut that is making it tough to turn a profit on their core business: buying, processing and selling corn, soybeans and wheat.

Cargill is planning for ways to remain competitive under the tax provision, spokeswoman April Nelson said, without providing details. As it stands, the rule “would create a proliferation of co-ops,” she said.

ADM is also working on options to offset the rule, after suffering a minor commercial impact from it, the chief executive said last week.

Some farmers and grain companies believe lawmakers will craft legislation to fix what they call the unfair advantage for cooperatives. Still, many say they cannot wait to make alternative plans.

In Minnesota, farmer Kirby Hettver said he will start committing grain he will harvest this autumn to a local co-op, instead of to Cargill, if the tax issue is not fixed by the time he starts planting crops in April.

“It’s just creating turmoil and this uncertainty is just driving everybody crazy,” said Bob Zelenka, executive director of the Minnesota Grain and Feed Association, a trade group that represents co-ops and private companies.

eliminated a part of the tax code that had benefited them for more than a decade.

On Wednesday, Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch said he and other senators were working toward “a solution to this issue that does not choose winners and losers.”

Since the provision was approved, Chicago Board of Trade corn futures have climbed about five per cent and soybean futures have gained about eight per cent, prompting farmers to increase sales of crops they harvested last fall.

Citizens LLC, a privately held grain elevator in Michigan, has seen its share of those sales fall as farmers have booked more deals with co-ops because of the tax rule, said Angie Setzer, vice-president of grain.

Citizens is working on a deal in which its customers would tech-

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Manage herbicide resistance in the tank and out Industry is pushing both chemical and non-chemical solutions to growing herbicide-resistance problems in Manitoba

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator contributor

I

t’s time to expand the tool box when it comes to managing weeds.

That was the message to attendees at this year’s BASF Knowledge Harvest in Brandon Feb. 13.

As of 2015, there were 65 unique weed-resistance cases in Canada, AAFC’s Bob Blackshaw said, a number that rose from near negligible in 1975 and sat under 50 in 2005.

“It’s very difficult because we have resistance in insects and in diseases, but we’ve had some new modes of actions being introduced in recent years by various different companies, so that’s helped a lot,” Blackshaw said. “It sort of helps manage our existing resistance and it doesn’t stop us from future resistance, but it’s another tool for producers to use, but we just haven’t had a new mode of action, a truly new mode of action herbicide, for more than 25 years, so that’s why the resistance story is a little bit more critical than in some of our other pests in crop.”

Growing problem Resistance has also been on the rise in the province. The 2016 Manitoba herbicide-resistance survey found that 102 of 151

“... we just haven’t had a new mode of action, a truly new mode of action herbicide, for more than 25 years, so that’s why the resistance story is a little bit more critical than in some of our other pests in crop.”

Bob Blackshaw AAFC

fields surveyed, or 68 per cent, had herbicide-resistant weeds, up from 48 per cent in 2008.

Breaking down those results by weed, producers may be unsurprised to see Group 1-resistant wild oats pulling ahead of the pack, present in 78 per cent of surveyed fields.

Of greater concern, according to Blackshaw, is the number of wild oats now resistant to Group 1 and Group 2 herbicides, a class that now accounts for 42 per cent of surveyed fields, according to the 2016 study.

Wild oats are among the top weeds in the province, although their abundance slipped in 2016 relative to wild buckwheat and

AAFC’s Bob Blackshaw talks herbicide-resistance problems and solutions at Brandon’s BASF Knowledge Harvest Feb. 13.

barnyard grass, according to the provincial weed survey.

Manitoba’s top weed, however, also makes the list of herbicideresistance concerns. Green foxtail was found in 24.4 per cent of the 659 fields in the 2016 weed survey (and at an average density of 14.6 plants per square metre).

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while, showed Group 1 resistance in 44 per cent of the 50 fields it was found in during the resistance survey that same year.

Fortunately, Group 2 resistance still remains low.

A similar story has emerged for yellow foxtail, a weed that had provincial specialists concerned with its debut on the province’s top 20 weed list for the first time in 2016. Thirty-two per cent of tested fields showed Group 1 resistance and 17 per cent were resistant to Group 2 in the 2016 resistance survey, although weeds resistant to both were still low.

Kochia Glyphosate-resistant kochia is not the challenge it has become in other parts of North America, but Blackshaw warned farmers not to drop their guard. Western Manitoba is at risk of resistant kochia, he said, despite the fact that both confirmed resistant kochia cases have so far been closer to Winnipeg and the Red River Valley.

“I’m not aware of any glyphosate-resistant kochia in this region,” he said after his Brandon talk. “But what I’ve become very aware of in recent years is just how much kochia is present in the Brandon area, the Neepawa area, the Virden area. I grew up on a farm near Virden; we had no kochia on the farm 30 years ago. I was on the farm this past fall and we had an incredible amount of kochia on the farm associated with areas that were too wet to seed in the spring and there was salinity development because of the high water table and all the wet years we’ve had and kochia is tolerant to salinity and it tolerates some of those wet conditions.”

The weed is a high risk for developing glyphosate resistance, he warned.

What’s the solution?

Andrew Reid, BASF technical service specialist, wants producers to think long term in their herbicide plans.

“The big thing from our perspective is proper usage of our products, understanding the risks associated with resistance development and continuing to search for innovation as we go forward into the 2020s and beyond,” he said.

The specialist urged producers to use tank mixes, rotate groups

and employ multiple modes of action. More importantly, he told the audience, multiple modes of action should have two active ingredients targeting the same problem.

The chemical side of weed control is not producing new modes of action like it once was, both because of increased cost and regulatory hoops, Reid said.

Both Reid and Blackshaw said there has not been a truly new mode of action for decades, and another is not expected for years to come, although Reid says there are some active ingredients waiting in the wings.

“We screen about 100,000 molecules per year looking for activity on weeds or fungi or insecticides, but the big thing is, even if we could find some activity, (that) doesn’t necessarily guarantee that it will ever make it to market because there’s a lot of very strict regulatory processes that we have to go through,” he said.

At the same time, the AAFC researcher added, tailoring a tank mix may come with its own challenges.

“I think cost is always foremost in producers’ minds, so that is a barrier, there’s no doubt about that,” Blackshaw said. “They have to sort of think, ‘OK, if I’m going to spend an extra $10 or $15 an acre, am I going to get value today or maybe there’s sort of value if you think in terms of multiple years.’ Then we talk about using multiple modes of action on herbicides, whether it’s a tank mix or different kinds, but it’s very hard to, on every weed species, (to make sure) that there are actually multiple modes.

“Even if you’re willing to spend the extra money, it’s hard to come up with another herbicide that will be the perfect tank mix partner, especially in some crops,” he added. “You might be able to do it in wheat, but the chances of doing it in your pea crop or your lentil crop or something else is virtually zero.”

Beyond chemistry Those challenges have put a new focus on adding non-chemical strategies to the mix. Increased seeding rate may be an economical way to deal with weeds, particularly in crops like wheat, See HERBICIDE RESISTANCE on next page »

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India raises chickpea import duty to 40 per cent The Indian government has raised the import tariff for chickpeas from 30 per cent to 40 per cent.

Published in the Gazette of India on Feb. 6, the government said the tariff is to be imposed immediately, with existing circumstances making it necessary. Chickpea prices have continued to fall over the last six months, according to reports out of the country.

On Dec. 21 last year India imposed a 30 per cent tariff on imports of chickpeas and lentils, which had followed a 50 per cent tariff on pea imports on Nov. 8 – the maximum allowed under World Trade Organization rules.

The tariffs were placed in order to support Indian farmers who faced lower commodity prices following large world crops of pulses. India had a good monsoon rain this growing season and as the harvest approaches the country is expecting large crops.

The Indian government has previously said it wants to reach self-sufficiency for pulses, however, many analysts have said that isn’t possible as India relies on variable monsoon rains for its growing season.

In January, Australia’s Agriculture Minister David Littleproud travelled to India to discuss the pulse import tariffs. He was able to reach an agreement with India to give Australia warning before placing future tariffs.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to travel to India from Feb. 17 to 23 to promote further trade and investment between the countries. There have not been any announcements if the trip will include discussions about the pulse crop industry, but the federal government has said it is working on the file.

Last year Canada exported 10,000 tonnes of chickpeas to India, according to Statistics Canada.

Blackshaw said. Mechanical weed control is, likewise, something that producers have explored and that the organic sector is constantly looking to improve, although Blackshaw remains leery of erosion risk and increased tillage. He did tag the practice, however, for headlands, slough areas and very weedy fields, and noted that shallow tillage might limit soil damage.

“Tillage is a complicated issue and it depends on what kind of tillage and the frequency of tillage and how deep it is and stuff,” he said.

Longer rotations, however, have become a consistent recommendation among experts, Blackshaw included. The researcher argued that two- and three-year rotations have shown yield boosts while cutting down resistance pressure. But while

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Blackshaw joins the voices urging producers to space out their crops, tight rotations are still among the most popular in the field.

The ideal mix of chemical and alternative strategies will vary from farm to farm, Reid said.

“The biggest viewpoint that we have in understanding and understanding what the problem is and, generally, where I see the best place to start is scouting and testing and understanding what issues or what problems they have to manage in their operation and from there, depending on what their situation is, we can start to look at different perspectives or different solutions that would work for them,” he said.

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“If we had extended interswitching we’d be using it right now.”

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he latest grain-shipping numbers are in and it would seem the situation is going from bad to worse.

According to the Ag Tra n s p o r t Co a l i t i o n , c a r order fulfilment by the two railways was only at 38 per cent of demand during the week of February 12 (grain week 29). CN only delivered 17 per cent of the rail cars that grain shippers ordered — a historic low for the railway.

The numbers are causing concern within the grain sector, with the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) saying railways appear to have been ill prepared yet again.

Gra i n f a r m e r s re m e m ber the 2013-14 grain-shipping crisis, and this year is threatening to be a repeat,” said Jeff Nielsen, GGC president, in a press release.

“Once again railways are proving that they can’t be trusted to move our grain and proving why the grain

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industry needs tools to be able to hold the railways to account, or at least to be able to take our business to another railway.”

The organization repres e n t i n g C a n a d a’s m a j o r grain companies added i t s vo i c e t o t h e c a l l f o r action. Wade Sobkowich, the Western Grain Elevator A s s o c a t i o n’s e x e c u t i v e director, described the situation as “dire” and also noted the numbers were the worst seen since the 2013-14 crisis, as was due to the railways using their resources to meet growing demand from other sectors, leaving grain stranded on the Prairies.

“It’s the same problem we’ve had for most of the crop year. They have put

resources into other sectors and aren’t meeting our sector’s needs,” Sobkowich said during a Feb. 26 interview.

Both the WGEA and GGC called for the government to speed up passage of Bill C-49, which will give shippers more tools to address railway issues, including ‘extended interswitching,’ which both say injects competition into the system.

“If we had extended interswitching we’d be using it right now,” Sobkowich said.

Costs are already stacking up, including grain companies paying contract extension penalties for failing to meet delivery targets and d e m u r ra g e p a y m e n t s t o shipowners because grain shipments are behind, Sobkowich said.

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Making it work — or not Direct Farm Manitoba speaker says farm owners need to look further afield — to provincial job centres and settlement agencies — to find the staffers they need

Finding workers for short-season employment in rural areas isn’t easy.

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

T

he labour shortage in agriculture affects all types of farms and enterprises with short-season, high-labour needs definitely feel the pinch of it.

Pam and John Griffin need to hire people every summer to take off their strawberry harvest on their five-acre Glenboro-area Good Earth Garden and Berries farm.

But not many want the job.

“I’m always starting from scratch,” said Pam Griffin, a participant at the Direct Farm Manitoba conference earlier this month.

It’s a challenge faced every season when they start to look around locally, she said “There’s just not a lot of options.

We don’t have the kind of work that people want.”

But an international program offering tourists unpaid work in exchange for an opportunity to temporarily live on a Canadian farm has helped.

This will be the fifth year they’ll host about half a dozen tourists they’ve linked up with through the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, commonly called the WOOFer program.

Most come from Europe and often have little or no experience with any sort of agricultural setting, said Griffin.

“They may have never picked up a hoe,” she said. But they are enthusiastic and for the short time frame

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they’re available they’re a good match to their farm’s labour needs.

They work about five hours a day and receive room and board in exchange.

The same workplace and safety and health employment standards apply to these workers as anyone else working for them.

“Some stay for a week, some a little bit longer,” said Griffin. “I do rely on them.”

It’s not ideal, but it’s one of the creative ways farmers like the Griffins deal with a labour shortage that would otherwise put a big crimp in running their farm.

It’s a predicament shared across farms of all types in Canada. Canadawide there are about 60,000 positions in agriculture going unfilled, a labour gap only expected to worsen in the next decade, according to research done by the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council. The labour shortages is particularly acute for horticulture industries.

But it impacts all types of farms, and can mean anything from harvests not optimized to being unable to do value-added production, said speakers at the Direct Farm Marketing conference here earlier this month.

“It’s no secret that finding people and finding good people is extremely difficult,” said Stephanie Cruickshanks Manitoba Agriculture industry development specialist in labour and immigration.

“From what I hear over and over again is it tends to be the most difficult portion of running your farm business.”

“I often get phone calls from farmers because they haven’t been able to find people. No one wants to work for them.”

It’s a very difficult situation but Cruickshanks thinks there may be places farmers aren’t looking either.

These include the Manitoba job centres and settlement agencies working with new Canadians.

The former post jobs and have employment counsellors who help match those looking for jobs with work available.

“I don’t believe agriculture is utilizing those employment centres to their fullest capacity,” she said.

She’s also noted that staff in these centres tend to have an outdated view of agriculture.

“This is one area where I think as an ag industry as a whole we can do a better job identifying that this industry has jobs in many areas of the province.”

Likewise, settlement agencies such as those found in Brandon and Winkler can also be places far mers may find people they need. Staff with these agencies tend not to be familiar with agriculture either, she noted. But there’s a good chance many of the clients of these agencies have farm backgrounds from their countries of origin, and these potential hires are also permanent residents or already Canadian citizens so hiring them won’t involve the complexities of hiring immigrants, she added.

“It’s a real opportunity,” she said. “We need to strategically bet-

ter align ourselves to network with newcomers in the province.”

Manitoba Start, a provincial program connecting those who have recently immigrated to Manitoba is another place to find people and so are schools, colleges and universities.

All of this takes time and may not yield people right away but can raise awareness of your business and the employment opportunities it offers, she said.

It’s all about relationship building and going beyond the traditional places we’ve been looking for workers, she said.

“I have observed we need to see a bit of a culture shift within our employers,” she said, adding that rural depopulation, pressure from other industries and declining experience of farm life in the general public are all draining the farm labour pool dry.

“Traditionally employers have worked with neighbours, retired farmers, their neighbours’ kids,” she said.

“It’s not as easy as it used to be.”

Labour shortage was a point of discussion at the Keystone Agr icultural Producers annual meeting in January too, where delegates supported a resolution asking their organization to pursue a formal proposal to Apprenticeship Manitoba for establishing ‘agricultural craft’ as a designated trade offered at an accredited post-secondary institution. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Prairie fare When in doubt, throw it out Don’t risk it on foods stored at improper temperatures for too long

BY JULIE GARDEN-ROBINSON NDSU Extension Service

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had to go to the grocery store at 6 a.m. to pick up two more packages of deli turkey because somebody left the first two packages on the counter,” my husband noted one morning. “ Well, when in doubt, throw it out, right?” he added.

“Yes, that’s the rule,” I said.

I was happy I wasn’t that “someone” who left the perishable food on the counter overnight. I always feel bad about throwing away food.

Our daughter needed to bring snacks for an early-morning school event, and she was assigned deli turkey and crackers.

She and her dad stopped at the grocery store the night before to buy those items, then some distraction must have occurred.

We certainly could not bring meat that had been on the counter for at least nine hours.

I wish they had left the meat in our vehicle overnight. The food would have been frozen by morning on a cold February night.

However, I wasn’t pointing any fingers of blame at anyone. After all, I recently left a beverage in our vehicle and it froze and made a mess. Moms get distracted, too.

Bacteria and other germs grow quickly in perishable foods at room temperature.

Perishable food usually is high in protein and moisture. Refrigerator or freezer storage slows or stops bacterial growth but doesn’t kill bacteria.

On average, bacteria double in number about every 20 minutes. A few bacteria can grow to thousands in a few hours.

Sometimes, toxins (or poisons) that form can withstand cooking. Throwing out the food becomes the only safe option.

Food safety specialists promote the two-hour rule: Perishable food should spend no more than two hours at room temperature.

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Unfortunately, distractions happen in households, and sometimes we have to toss the food to avoid the potential costs and suffering associated with becoming ill.

In some cases, we can save the forgotten food. For example, if we left canned goods in a vehicle outside in a cold climate, the contents may freeze. Most of the time, the food will be OK to use after you do a little investigating.

Check the seams and seals on the cans. Are the seals and seams broken or cracked? Do you know the food’s history?

Has it frozen, thawed and refrozen?

Thaw the canned food slowly in a refrigerator on a tray so you can see whether the can is leaking through tiny cracks invisible to the eye. After thawing, check if the can is bulging. This could indicate spoilage or, worst case, the presence of the toxin that causes botulism, a potentially deadly foodborne illness. Discard bulging cans where no person or animal will consume the contents.

Beef and Squash Chili 1/2 tsp. salt 3/4 lb. stew beef, cut into 1-1/2-inch cubes 1 (15-oz.) can black beans 1 (15-oz.) can puréed pumpkin or squash (or 2 c. cooked, mashed squash) 1 c. onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 (15-oz.) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes 1 (6-oz.) can tomato paste

Beef and squash chili is perfect for a chilly end-ofthe-winter meal. PHOTO: MIDWEST DAIRY COUNCIL

1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped 1-1/2 tsp. chili powder 3/4 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 tsp. dried oregano 1/2 tsp. ground coriander

Julie Garden-Robinson is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.

In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Add meat and toss to coat with flour mixture.

Place meat in bottom of slow cooker. Layer black beans, squash or pumpkin, onion and garlic over meat. Pour tomatoes over vegetables. Pour beef broth into a 2-cup measuring cup. Add tomato paste, chipotle peppers (but not the adobo sauce), chili powder, cumin, oregano and coriander to beef broth; stir until combined. Pour beef broth mixture over vegetables. Secure the lid on slow cooker, set heat to low and cook for six hours.

1 tbsp. all-purpose flour

3/4 c. low-sodium beef broth

However, if safe, use the accidentally frozen food as soon as possible because the quality may not be as good as it was originally. If the frozen canned food has a broken seal and has thawed on its own (in your garage or camper in the spring, for example), discard it.

The bottom line: Maintain food at the appropriate temperature for safety.

Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/food/ food-safety/at-home to explore food safety resources available for consumers. For more recipes and advice, see “The Family Ta b l e” a t h t t p s : / / w w w. a g . n d s u . e d u / familytable.

Do you have some canned goods awaiting a good recipe? This chili recipe adapted from the Midwest Dairy Council is perfect for a chilly end-of-the-winter meal.

Topping: 3/4 c. fat-free plain yogurt 2 tbsp. cilantro leaves, finely chopped 3/4 c. shredded cheddar cheese

To serve, combine yogurt, chopped cilantro and adobo sauce in a medium bowl. Spoon chili into individual serving bowls, sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of shredded cheddar cheese and top with a spoonful of the yogurt mixture.

Makes six servings. Each serving has 310 calories, 8 grams (g) fat, 25 g protein, 36 g carbohydrate, 11 g fibre and 790 milligrams sodium.Recipes,jgr,food safety,cc4930,gg

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

H

ere’s what I don’t understand,” Grant Toews was saying, as Andrew Jackson pulled a chair up to the window table at the café and sat down. Grant paused to greet Andrew with a nod, as did Bob Billings and Harold Schlamp, who were already seated at the table.

“Good morning gentlemen,” said Andrew. “Don’t let me interrupt the flow of conversation.”

“We were discussing gun culture in the USA,” said Harold.

“Ah, I see,” said Andrew. He looked at Grant. “So that’s what you were saying you don’t understand?”

Grant shook his head. “Nope,” he said. “Bob said that. Bob said he doesn’t understand America’s gun culture, and that reminded me of something I don’t understand, which I was going to say, just when you showed up.”

“What don’t you understand Grant?” said Bob. “Does it have to do with guns?”

Grant shook his head. “What I don’t understand,” he said, “is people who have cats.”

There was a brief pause.

“Interesting,” said Harold.

“Not very,” said Andrew.

“No, think about it,” said Grant. “Why would anybody get a cat? Like, it’s easy not to. I do it all the time. I go to the cat store and I look at all the cats and then I go, ‘I don’t want any of these,’ and then I go back home. It’s not hard.”

“Some people like cats,” said Bob. “I know, but why?” said Grant. “You know your cat is just using you so it doesn’t have to eat mice. If your cat leaves a dead mouse on your pillow, it’s not doing that to let you know how much it loves you and appreciates everything you do for it. Basically it’s just saying, ‘Well, I’m not going to eat this crap but you can if you want.’”

“That’s a valid point,” said Harold.

“I know,” said Grant. “Like, if people want a pet, why don’t they get one that can at least show a little love and affection? Like a tarantula, or a fish.”

“Really?” said Andrew. “How does a tarantula show affection, pray tell?”

“Oh come on,” said Grant. “It’s simple. If you have

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a tarantula roaming around the house, then every morning when you wake up you can say to yourself ‘my tarantula loves me.’”

“Why could you say that?” asked Bob. “Because if it didn’t, you wouldn’t wake up,” said Grant.

“Another valid point,” said Harold. “You’re just full of valid points today.”

“I know,” said Grant. “Here’s another one. Ask yourself this. How long would you survive, if your cat was the size of a Great Dane?”

“That’s not a point,” said Andrew. “That’s a question.”

“Not much of a question,” said Harold. “And the answer is, obviously, not more than five minutes, probably.”

“Exactly,” said Grant. “And even if you did survive,

imagine what it would be like to live with a cat that size. Every night when you went to bed you’d be like, ‘dang it Mittens! I told you to stop leaving dead antelopes on my pillow!’”

“The plural of antelope is antelope,” said Andrew.

“Not antelopes.”

“Whatever,” said Grant. “Having your cat leave a dead one on your pillow every night would get really annoying after a while.”

“So, what are you saying?” asked Bob. “People should just get a dog?”

“I have a dog,” said Harold. “And I read that a dog has the same intellectual capacity as a two-year-old child. I also have a two-year-old grandson. I don’t know which one I should be more disappointed in.”

“Has your grandson ever launched himself at full speed into a closed patio door because he can’t tell the difference between an oak leaf and a squirrel?” asked Grant.

“Only once,” said Harold.

“Well then he’s still smarter than a dog,” said Grant. “Also, it’s a good thing full speed is slower for a two-year-old child than for a dog.”

“That’s true for so many reasons,” said Andrew.

“Well, I have no trouble understanding why people have cats,” said Bob. “My wife has two of them and it’s great. She loves them and they love her and the fact that the cats spend most of their time plotting to kill me is actually kind of adorable.

Sometimes I think the cats’ hostility towards me is the reason my wife is so nice to me. Because she feels a bit guilty. I’m good with that.”

“So what you’re saying,” said Andrew, “is that having cats reduces your hostility towards other people?”

“Maybe,” said Bob. “Maybe cats are the answer.”

“The answer to what?” said Harold.

“I don’t know,” said Bob. “Everything? American gun culture?”

There was a moment of silence.

“I doubt it,” said Grant.

“Probably not,” said Harold.

“No way,” said Andrew.

Bob sighed. “I didn’t think so either,” he said.

Time for dormant plants to wake up As days get longer plants that rest up over winter begin to show signs of life

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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s the days get longer and the sun gets stronger, plants that have been dormant or semi-dormant for the winter begin to show signs of life.

While we depend on many of our houseplants to provide us with greenery and flowers during the winter, certain ones only put on a show during the spring/ summer/fall, and during the winter they take a rest. Two such plants are cupid’s bower and star of Bethlehem.

Star of Bethlehem plants were for sale at garden centres in late summer and early fall. They are lovely bushy plants that have either blue or white flowers.

Being members of the campanula family suggests there are hundreds of varieties and forms. Almost all of the pot plants on the market are forms of Campanula isophyllia. A plant purchased in late summer would have been in full bloom, as star of Bethlehem begins to flower in midsummer and continues well into the fall. The bloom period can last over three months, making it one of the longestblooming plants for the indoors.

Star of Bethlehem has dark-green roundish leaves — some are heart shaped — with toothed edges. The many four- to five-cm-wide bell-shaped flowers are rather cup shaped and grow from the leaf axils along the length of the stems so the plant is covered with bloom. It is fast growing and will continue to produce buds on new growth.

Although some varieties are trail-

Star of Bethlehem (note the need for deadheading). PHOTOS: ALBERT PARSONS

ing (mainly the older varieties), newer hybrids are more upright, having been developed for the potted plant trade.

Being a cool-weather plant it should be kept in the coolest location possible.

It needs strong indirect light with some direct sun to keep it bushy and compact.

The soil should be kept moist, although proper drainage is a must as the plant will object to sitting in water for a long period of time. During the growing season it should be fertilized every couple of weeks with a balanced soluble fertilizer in the water. Watch for aphids as star of Bethlehem plants seem to attract them. Also, it is not a self-cleaning plant so it must be deadheaded to keep it looking attractive.

Cupid’s bower.

In late fall the plant is cut back almost to soil level. If roots are evident on the soil surface it should also be divided and repotted. After the plant is cut back, the amount of water it receives should be reduced so that the soil is kept just moderately moist. Star of Bethlehem will go into a semi-dormant state and will put forth little new growth until late winter, when ample new growth will be produced and the plant will get ready to burst into bloom by midsummer.

Another plant that takes a winter hiatus is cupid’s bower. This plant is grown from small rhizomes (unlike star of Bethlehem which is propagated by cuttings) and is a bushy upright plant that also produces blue-violet flowers. The flowers are funnel

shaped and larger than those of the star of Bethlehem but they are produced in similar quantities so the plant can appear to be entirely covered with flowers when the plant is in full bloom. It too likes moist soil and appreciates being fed during the growing season, and deadheading is necessary. It begins to flag and become leggy in the fall and at that time water can be withheld.

The plant will gradually die down and when the tops have dried off, the pot can be stored away in a warm, dark location for the winter (I put mine in a paper bag and store it in the furnace room where the temperatures are quite warm). In the early spring I bring the pot out of storage and into the light of the sunroom and give it some water. Gradually new growth covers the pot and in a couple of months it will be in full bloom.

Cupid’s bower is a very forgiving plant.

Last spring I forgot about it until early June, when I discovered it in the bag with tiny white threads on top of the soil surface — searching for light. I brought the pot into the sunroom and it came alive, greened up, developed normally, and bloomed until late summer when it began to flag, and by late October it was put back in storage.

It’s nice to have a blooming plant or two indoors during the summer, even though we’ll be spending most of the time in the outdoor garden at that time, and both star of Bethlehem and cupid’s bower will provide those colourful blooms.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Birtle club gymnasts qualify for Manitoba Games Two athletes will be competing in Thompson this month Now in its fourth year, the club continues to grow, with the number of members sitting at 109 from Birtle and surrounding communities.

By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

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rairie View Gymnastics (PVG) is pleased to be sending two athletes – Emily Miller of Russell and Darbi Poole of McAuley – to t h e Ma n i t o b a Ga m e s t h i s month.

Both girls earned the right to represent Westman and take part in the province’s largest ongoing multi-sport program based on results at a competition in Neepawa in January. The games will be held in Thompson March 4 to 10.

Based out of Birtle, PVG was formed in 2014. At the time, present-day head coach Kelly Roe and close friend Shanna Turnbull were pleased with the interest shown for gymnastics when around 55 gymnasts signed up for the sport.

Now in its fourth year, the club continues to grow, with the number of members sitting at 109 from Birtle and surrounding communities.

The club offers both recre a t i o n a l a n d c o m p e t i t i ve c l a s s e s, b u t re g a rd l e s s o f which option members sign up for, the main objective is the same, said Roe. “Prairie View Gymnastics is committed to providing a safe, friendly and fun environment where any child may participate in gymnastics activities. Our club objective is to develop each individual’s physical abilities while developing and strengthening personal self-esteem in a team environment.”

Head coach, Kelly Roe (l), and Cassie Peake, a junior coach, assist gymnast Nicole Corr in a flip. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT

Ranging in age from six to 17 years, competitive gymnastics are held Monday and Wednesday evenings from September to the end of April.

This year the club has eight g y m n a s t s a t t h e Be g i n n e r level, 20 Intermediate, four Advanced, and one Pre-Provincial.

The club also holds five recreational classes including a boys’ class on Tuesday nights for one hour, 24 weeks of the year, at a cost of $170 to $280.

Recreational ages are from three to 17.

The classes are taught by Roe and assistant head coach Laura Clark, who hold Level 1 certification, and are working to secure their Level 2 this year. They also both reside in Birtle with their families.

Also assisting with the programs are several other Level 1 or uncertified junior coaches and volunteers. Most are students and are current or former gymnasts.

Time has also been invested by a number of parents, who sit as the board of directors, overseeing the operation of the club.

Roe said the community as a whole has vastly supported the PVG since its beginning, which has been directed to different areas including equipment, and coach training and development.

“The recent purchase of a 15-metre long Air Track tumbling mat helps us further

develop our competitive gymnasts’ skills,” said Roe, adding, “It’s one of our most popular stations in our recreational program.”

Roe said the club’s fundraising committee is now raising money for a new competitive vault and vaulting strip, which will cost about $9,000.

Roe explained that women’s competitive gymnastics has four apparatuses, which include vault, bars, beam and floor, and each gymnast has a favourite. Because the sport uses a variety of equipment, it is a full-body workout with lots of benefits.

“Gymnastics is one of the most comprehensive lifestyle exercise programs available to children, incorporating strength, flexibility, speed, balance, co-ordination, power a n d d i s c i p l i n e,” s a i d Ro e.

“Whether they are involved in recreational or competitive, gymnastics can benefit a child’s overall development.”

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

This Old Elevator

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n the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.”

The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is supplying these images of a grain elevator each week in hopes readers will be able to tell the society more about it, or any other elevator they know of.

MHS Gordon Goldsborough webmaster and Journal editor has developed a website to post your replies to a series of questions about elevators. The MHS is interested in all grain elevators that have served the farm community.

Your contributions will help gather historical information such as present status of elevators, names of companies, owners and agents, rail lines, year elevators were built — and dates when they were torn down (if applicable).

There is room on the website to post personal recollections and stories related to grain elevators. The MHS presently also has only a partial list of all elevators that have been demolished. You can help by updating that list if you know of one not included on that list.

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help the MHS develop a comprehensive, searchable database to preserve the farm community’s collective knowledge of what was once a vast network of grain elevators across Manitoba.

Please contribute to This Old Grain Elevator website at: http://www. mhs.mb.ca/elevators.

You will receive a response, by email or phone call, confirming that your submission was received.

Goldsborough is 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.

In late 1975, the CPR line between Carman and Kronsgart was abandoned. The Manitoba Pool elevator at Kronsgart closed in December 1976. It had been built for a local co-operative in 1952, along with a crib annex, to replace an elevator destroyed by fire in December 1949. A second crib annex had been added to it in 1955. In 1979, the Kronsgart elevator and annexes were moved 16 miles north to Homewood where they were renovated into a modern, high-throughput facility with a capacity of 186,000 bushels.

Closed by Agricore in 2002, the elevator was sold into private ownership and put up for sale again in late 2014.

Source: Gordon Goldsborough, August 2017

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How to buy Bunge?

Bond investors say ADM would likely issue equity “It just seems to be an awfully large price to pay given what you might get for some of these assets.”

BY TOM POLANSEK AND KARL PLUME Reuters

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.S. grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland would need to issue equity to help finance a proposed takeover of rival Bunge, according to investors and bond analysts, as a years-long slump in agricultural commodity prices makes a debt-only deal too risky.

Issuing equity would dilute the ownership of existing ADM shareholders in what would be the biggest grains industry deal on record. But it would put the company on a stronger financial footing – helping it preserve cheap access to credit to fund its regular operations of buying, processing and selling corn, soybeans and wheat.

“Given the importance for capital market access, there would have to be some sort of equity component in this transaction,” said Bill Densmore, senior director of corporate ratings at Fitch Ratings.

ADM’s proposed acquisition of Bunge came to light last month, although neither side has confirmed that they are in talks. The deal has an estimated price tag above US$16 billion and comes as years of bumper harvests keep crop prices low and make it difficult for grains merchants to turn a profit.

That downturn means creditors may keep ADM on a short

John Rogers Moody’s

A rocky agriculture sector makes debt financing for the Bunge takeover unlikely for ADM. photo: courtesy western producer

leash if it did the deal. For example, Fitch would potentially give ADM a shorter window than its usual 18 to 24 months to reduce the ratio of its debt to earnings — or leverage — after a deal, something critical to maintaining its A long-term credit rating, Densmore said.

“We would have less confidence in those earnings going forward,” Densmore said.

Companies can be downgraded if leverage exceeds a certain ratio range for too long.

Like Fitch, S&P Global Ratings has assigned ADM an ‘A’ longterm rating, indicating a corporate bond that is an attractive investment with a relatively low risk of default. ADM has a com-

parable long-term ‘A2’ rating from Moody’s Investors Service, which uses slightly different labels in its scale.

ADM relies on the good ratings for easy and cheap access to credit to buy crops from farmers, make improvements to processing plants and build new grain facilities. Merchants typically pay off short-term borrowings after processing the crops and selling them to users like livestock producers.

Volumes are huge but margins are typically thin, which makes access to cheap capital essential.

Last year, ADM processed more than 57 million metric tons of corn and oilseeds and exported millions of tons more.

ADM did not respond to a request for comment. But chief financial officer Ray Young said on a Feb. 6 conference call that maintaining strong ratings is “paramount” to ADM. He suggested there were other ways of funding a deal than debt. “We’ve got so many avenues in order to help raise capital,” he said.

“They have to do an equity deal,” said Sam Halpert, a senior analyst for VanEck’s Natural Resources Equity strategy, which owns Bunge shares and previously owned stock in ADM.

Credit lines and thin margins To be sure, concerns about how ADM would finance a deal for Bunge could dissipate if grain supplies tighten and earnings improve.

ADM, which has a market capitalization of about US$23.8 billion, would also likely need to sell some of Bunge’s assets to win antitrust approval from regulators due to an overlap of their businesses, particularly in the United States.

Cash from those sales would

help pay down some of the debt, said John Rogers, senior vice-president at Moody’s.

Those sales would be material, he added, but could come at a time when they may not fetch the highest prices.

Rogers said the estimated price for Bunge may be too high for ADM. “It just seems to be an awfully large price to pay given what you might get for some of these assets,” Rogers said. “But never say never in this business.”

Bunge is rated ‘BBB’ by Fitch and S&P and ‘Baa2’ by Moody’s, three notches below ADM’s ratings.

Last year, Fitch and Moody’s cut their outlooks for Bunge due to weak earnings and after the company issued US$1 billion of debt to buy a controlling stake in a Malaysian palm oil company.

Bunge has declined to comment on ADM’s approach, which followed a wave of tieups among top seed and crop chemical companies, including Dow Chemical and DuPont.

Bunge has a market cap of about US$10.7 billion.

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FEBRUARY 2018 ON OFFER: Black Angus and Charolais Yearling and Two Year Old Bulls and Open Replacement Heifers with guests Dry Fork Cattle Company and D & B Faucher Farms All bulls are ranch raised and performance tested.

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B u l l & Select Female Sale March 12, 2018 - 1:00 PM At the Farm

Selling: 80 Black Angus Yearling Bulls 10 Two Year Old Black Angus Bulls 40 Registered Black Angus Open Heifers

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Offering Approximately 60 Black Angus Yearling Bulls 35 Top Cut Open Replacement Heifers

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CATTLE VIDEOS AVAILABLE EARLY MARCH @CRESCENTCREEKANGUS.COM

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25 Sons of Chapman Memento 3589A First Sons of HA Outside 5161 - Paternal Brother to HA Cowboy Up Join Us Progeny of EF Commando 1366 For An Open House Crescent Creek Entrepreneur 100C March 18th, 2018 Crescent Creek Fortunate 8B 1:00 PM at the farm S McCoy 373 1 Mile East & 3 Miles North Fleury Bardolene 115B

FEATURING

of Goodeve, SK

—14th Annual —

BULL SALE April 3, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.

Neepawa Ag Complex Neepawa, MB

JASS 40E

Reference Sires: RED SILVEIRAS MISSION NEXUS RED 1EN BEST MAN C401 RED BRYLOR RED KODIAK 3A RED JAS SAMSON 89Y BLACK BRYLOR KODIAK 204Y

JASS 55E

JAS Red Angus Jason McLaren 204.476.6723 Doug McLaren 204.476.6248

CAMO 92E Like us on Facebook

CAMO Cattle Company Cam Tibbett 204.841.3060

Sale Managed by Bouchard Livestock

JASS 77E Watch and Bid

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FEBRUARY 2018 Get in on what other producers already know to be true

MORE POUNDS = MORE PROFIT

TAG THEM LIMO

Limousin RFID Tags Available

THIS SPRING, USE A

LIMOUSIN BULL Amaglen Limousin

Ian & Bonnie Hamilton Darlingford, MB 204.246.2312 amaglen@inetlink.ca www.amaglenlimousin.ca Bulls for sale by private treaty and Manitoba Bull Test, March 31

Andrew Ranches / Andrew Ranching Ltd.

Tim Andrew / Greg Andrew 403.854.6335 / 403.633.6337 Bull Sale March 13, Brooks, AB

Bar 3R Limousin

The Rea family Marengo, SK Kevin 306.463.7950 / Ken 306.463.7454 r3bar@hotmail.com Bull Sale March 15, Oyen, AB

Cherway Limousin

Wayne, Cheryl & family Sanford, MB 204.736.2878 info@cherwaylimousin.ca www.cherwaylimousin.ca Red and black polled bulls by private treaty

Diamond C Ranch

Neil & Sherry Christiansen Ponoka, AB 403.783.2799 neil@diamondcranchlimousin.com Bull Sale at the farm March 12

Excel Ranches

Ron & Barb, Cody & Amy Miller Westlock, AB Cody 780.349.0644 excelranches@hotmail.com www.excelranches.com Excellence Sale March 8 at the farm

Gutek Limousin

The Guteks Hendon, SK 306.338.2112 Bulls sell in the Range Ready Bull Sale March 10, Yorkton, SK

High Cattle Company

Darren & Chase High Airdrie, AB Darren 403.860.1087 Chase 403.808.7940 darren@highcattlecompany.com Bulls sell by private treaty

Highland Stock Farms

The Matthews & Haywood Families Bragg Creek, AB Rob & Marci Matthews 403.585.8660 Chris & Amanda Haywood 403.470.1812 www.highlandstockfarms.com Bull Sale at the farm March 17

Hillview Farms

Raymond & Corine, Colin & Tessa Verbeek Morinville, AB Ray 780.939.2173 Colin 780.982.1676 crverbeek@xplornet.ca www.hillviewfarmslimousin.com Bull & Female Sale at the farm March 3

Jaymarandy Limousin/Jaymarandy Livestock

Len & Ruth Angus / Mark Angus Roblin, MB 204.937.4980 / 204.281.5099 jaymarandy@gmail.com www.jaymarandy.com Bulls sell in Western Gateway Bull Sale April 3

Lazy A Limousin

Brent & Carey Hirschfeld & Family Cando, SK 306.937.7553 Bchirsch@Hotmail.com Bulls sell in Northwest's Bull Sale March 19, North Battleford, Sk

Symens Land & Cattle Co.

James & Laura Symens Claresholm, Ab 403.524.4729 / 604.880.7515 symens@platinum.ca Bull Sale March 15

Triple R Limousin

The Rodger's Family MacGregor, MB 204.685.2628 triplerlimo@yahoo.ca Bulls and females sell by private treaty

Lazy S Limousin

Stan & Ty Skeels & Vykki Johns Rimbey, AB 403.704.0288 lazyslimousin@telus.net Bull Sale March 24

Pinnacle View Limousin

Swaan & Kishkan Families Quesnel, BC 250.747.2618 / 250.991.6654 Kishkan@quesnelbc.com www.pvlimousin.com Bulls sell in Peace Country Bull Sale April 3, Dawson Creek, BC

Richmond Ranch

Jim & Stephanie Richmond & Family Rumsey, AB 403.368.2103 Cell 403.740.3748 tiffany@richmondranch.com Www.richmondranch.com Bull Sale March 9 at the Ranch

CANADIAN LIMOUSIN

~ ASSOCIATION ~ #13, 4101-19 STREET NE CALGARY, AB T2E 7C4

PHONE 1. 403.253.7309 TOLL-FREE 1.866.886.1605 FAX 1.403.253.1704 EMAIL limousin@limousin.com WEB www.limousin.com

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60 CHAROLAIS YEARLINGS 50 BLACK and 15 RED ANGUS YEARLINGS SELECT GROUP OF OPEN HEIFERS

SHIEFLEBEIN EFFECTIVE 61

RED RED-ROCK PROVINCIAL 583Z

Videos available online and internet bidding available at www.livestockplus.ca Collin, Michelle & Hillary Sauder T/F 306-677-2507 C 306-677-7544 windy.willows@sasktel.net www.windywillows.ca

CIRCLE CEE LEGEND 307A

SPARROWS KINGSTON 139Y

Catalogue online at www.cattlemanagement.ca & www.bylivestock.com Garner & Lori Deobald Brian & Kylie Hawkins T 306-677-2589 • C 306-677-7777 g.deobald@sasktel.net www.cedarleafarms.com

Sale Manager: OBI LIVESTOCK LTD. Mark Holowaychuk 403.896.4990 Roger Peters 403.828.9815 www.cattlemanagement.ca

Sale Manager: BY LIVESTOCK 306-584-7937 Helge By 306-536-4261 Candace By 306-536-3374 charolaisbanner@gmail.com

Canada’s Red, White and Black Bull Sale March 17, 2018 ∙ 1:00 PM

Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Breeds Represented: Polled Hereford Horned Hereford Red Angus Black Angus Limousin Charolais Simmental

Consignors • • • • • • • • • • •

Lone Pine Cattle Services Six South Acres LV Farms Bieber Herefords GWG Polled Herefords Wascana Cattle Co. Triple H Farm Ltd. Rock-N-Roll Farm HMS Hi-Cliffe Webber Farms Eden Meadow Farm

Check canadaredwhiteblackbullsale.weebly.com for more information regarding the final list of contributors and the bulls consigned.

Follow the sale on Facebook for updates.

• • • • • • • • • • •

HiWay Limousin Craigs Simmental and Charolais Flying F Ranch Gold-Bar Livestock Coulee Crossing Cattle Co. Cripple Creek Angus Glennie Bros. Angus JD Angus Karen Bannow 4K Angus Triple H Cattle Co.

For information regarding Canada’s Newest Bull Sale, please contact: Rob O’Connor, Lone Pine Cattle Services Telephone (306) 550-4890

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FEBRUARY 2018 Sale Lots on Offer: Lot 1 - Rivercrest Tour Duty CSP 4E BW 2.7 WW 60 YW 109 MILK 24 TM 55

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Lot 26 - Rivercrest Ten X CTTS 142E BW 3.5 WW 59 YW 103 MILK 24 TM 53

Lot 61 - Valleymere TTT Revenue 3E BW 2.9 WW 48 YW 84 MILK 25 TM 49

Selling 122 Black Angus Bulls - 111 Yearlings - 11 2 Yr Olds

1:30 pm at the Ranch Alliance, AB

Lot 97 - Valleymere TTT Focus 116E BW 0.9 WW 60 YW 90 MILK 24 TM 54

5 Elite Valleymere dams in this guy’s pedigree!

Lot 105 - Valleymere BPPS Predo 92D BW 3.0 WW 45 YW 73 MILK 17 TM 40

2 Yr-Olds on Offer

www.rivercrestangus.com Craig Spady 403-740-4978 Tom Spady 780-879-2180

Valleymere Angus Travis Spady 780-879-2298 Brian Spady 780-879-2110

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C&C Thriller

Justamere South Dakota

Sankeys Justified

*New Herdsire Addition* Sankeys Watchman 7020

Junstamere Cash In

EXAR Blue Chip

74-51 Sudden Look

Freys Opportunity

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Complimentary Beef on a Bun

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On Offer: 12 Two Year Old & 48 Yearling Charolais 45 Red & Black Angus Yearlings 9 Red & Black Angus Heifers • 5 Black Baldy Bred Heifers

Red NRA COBRA 20e • Correct, square hipped son of Red T-K Cobra 34B

HVA TRIPle THReAT 112e • Polled, powerful son of Bushwacker, with length & hair

From hard working operations that make their living in Agriculture Call us for more info or a catalogue

Join us for lunch sponsored by HVA VeRmONT 146d • Polled, two year old powerhouse, by HTA Vegas, out of a nine year old made easy daughter

NRA CAsT-IRON 58e • Ton of performance in this son of merit Cast Iron 5094C

View the catalogue and videos online at www.bylivestock.com

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MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU FULLBLOOD GENETICS SINCE 1970

Fullblood Maine bulls are the ultimate in any crossbreeding program!

BEST SELECTION OF THE REAL MAINE-ANJOU BULLS FOR SALE IN CANADA!

Gary & Sandy Graham grahamgs@sasktel.net

Marsden, Sask. (on AB border) manitoumaineanjou.ca

(306) 830-0883

Call us - You’ll be glad you did!

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FEBRUARY 2018 54th Annual Manitoba Test Station Bull and Female Sale

March 31st, 2018 starting at 1:00PM sharp!

125 bulls and 12 heifers on test

Breeds available are Angus, Charolais, Hereford, Limousin, Maine Anjou, Saler, Shorthorn, and Simmental.

• NEW FOR 2018! Check out our Ranch Horse Sale, with 7 select horses!

• One stop shop for top quality bull power and select replacement females.

Longest running development center in Canada!

• Internet bidding provided by DLMS • Catalog and video links of offering can be viewed early March on www.buyagro.com • Come join us for lunch and take in the great offering of seedstock.

• Rare Opportunity to select genetics from 40 different consignors across Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario that bring the best stock they have to be performance tested and developed together!

• Performance data, Cup Ultrasound data, and EPD’s available.

• All bulls and heifers will have passed a breeding soundness evaluation prior to the sale. No Deferred Bulls sold here!

• All Animals have tested BVD Negative • Animals are grown out on a developer ration to optimize gains to promote longevity and soundness

Feel free to check us out online at www.manitobabulltest.com or come see us in person located 17 miles east of Brandon on Highway #1 and half a mile south on Highway #351.

Phone office at 204-763-4696 or Manager Tyler Winters at 204-851-1165

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FEBRUARY 2018 MARCH 27TH, 2018

Lunch 12 Noon - Sale 1 PM at the farm, Swan River MB

60 TWO YEAR OLD & YEARLING RED AND BLACK ANGUS BULLS COMMERCIAL FEMALES

BULLS SIRED BY: Red Shiloh Cannon Fire 8C Red WPRA Legacy 314A Red ACC Dynamo 67Y Red ACC Dynamo 11B Red Red Fine line Mulbery 26P Red Wrights 135Z Design 16C ACC Pacesetter 73B

KR Cash 4003 Colman Carlo 0256 PA Fortitude 2500 Crescent Creek Chisum 16Z Sitz Wisdom 481T RR Scotchman 2999 Mar Innovation 251 Crescent Creek Rito 79A Silver Dome Dynasty 19T

View the catalog at

www.andersoncattle.ca or www.buyagro.com Registered (est. 1963) & Commercial (est. 1948) Black Angus Cattle • APHA & AQHA Horses

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FROM A SALE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS

6 0 Yearling Black Angus Bulls

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Anderson Cattle Co: 204-734-2073 T Bar C Cattle Co: 306-220-5006

Cowtown Livestock • Maple Creek SK Photos, Videos, Data Sale Catalog available on our ranch website

Monday

April 2, 2018 1:00 pm (CST)

South Shadow Diamond 176D

South Shadow Resource 77D

Cowtown Livestock • Maple Creek SK

South Shadow Upward 49D

A Family Tradition for Over 55 Years

Private Treaty Sales • Commercial Open Heifers • Commercial Bred Heifers • Prospects & Riding Horses

We appreciate hearing from you, give us a call for more information or to receive a sale catalogue

South Shadow

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Boundary & Jay En Dee

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Kay Dee & Prairie Pride

Don & Connie Delorme 306.299.4494

CELL: 306.299.7778 EMAIL: dcdelorme@sasktel.net

Darby & Sarah Delorme 306.299.2006

CELL: 306.662.7993 EMAIL: boundaryranch@sasktel.net Robsart, SK. S0N 2G0

www.DelormeRanch.ca

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March 15, 2018 • 1:00 PM (MST) Crossroads Centre - Oyen, AB

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LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA

* FEATURING *

65 Yearling Red Angus Bulls 25 commercial Red Angus cow/calf pairs from the Rodgers 200 commercial replacement heifers - a select group originating from the Rodgers

SHAWN: 403.642.2041 | 403.421.0162 • KURT: 403.421.0359 1.877.888.BULL | bandkr@live.ca PERLICH BROTHERS: 403.329.3101 • www.rodgersredangus.com

Catalogue on-line in color at www.bohrson.com • FREE DELIVERY! Talk to us about our Sight Unseen Purchase & Boarding Program

Kevin – 306-463-7950 • Ken – 306-463-7454 • r3bar@hotmail.com 2018 RRA AD_FBC-Bull Buyers Guide.indd 1

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Tannas Ranches Annual Bull Sale Se

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March 29, 2018 at the Ranch 20km W of Water Valley

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Registered Black Angus Bulls Feature Females

Luke & Ceanna Tannas Home: 403-637-2425 Luke: 403-863-9560

Ceanna: 403-638-7311

PO Box 30, Water Valley, AB T0M 2E0

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OFFERING TOP QUALITY 2 YEAR OLD POLLED HEREFORD BULLS AT THE 99TH

LLOYDMINSTER BULL SALE March 4-5, 2018 @ 1:00 pm MST View catalogue online @ lloydexh.com or www.buyagro.com

P R I VAT E T R E AT Y BU L L S F O R S A L E 1-877-875-7453

strl.ranch@gmail.com

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Friday april 6, 2018 Right Cross Ranch Sales Facility Kisbey, SK 2 PM sale start time 5% Volume Discount on 2 or more bulls

Free delivery up to 300 miles!

Proudly Presented By...

Blair Athol Farms

Duncan & Val Lees 306-577-9703 Jeff & Grace Lees 306-577-1375 www.blairatholfarms.com

Haroldson’s Polled Herefords

Chad Wilson 306-577-1256 www.haroldsons.com

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Glenlees Farm

George & Annette Lees 306-455-2612 Corey & Tasha Lees 306-577-9971 www.glenlees.com

C&T Cattle Co.

Chris & Tina Lees 306-577-7370 Kurt Lees 306-421-8318

For more information or catalogues contact: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd 306-220-5006 info@tbarc.com

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FEBRUARY 2018 RED AND BLACK YEARLING AND EXTRA AGE BULLS

13TH A N N U A L

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WEYBURN LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE

APRIL 7, 2018 @ 1:00 PM BID ONLINE @ DLMS

RED FLYING K MAX 80B

BROKEN T RANCH SHAWN & LAURA TESSIER

(306) 842-4367

MARCH

1PM · 2018

LAZY JB AMERICAN MADE 5900

SUNNY GROVE ANGUS DESMOND & CHANTELLE RASMUSSEN

(306) 869-7151

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Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, Alberta

Sale will be broadcast online on liveauctions.tv BRITTAIN FARMS KELLY & COLLEEN BRITTAIN FALUN AB TEL 780.352.0676 CELL 780.387.6446 WWW.BRITTAINFARMS.COM JACE CATTLE JASON & TAMARRA MUHLBACH BOTHA AB CELL 403.740.2526 EMAIL JACECATTLE@HOTMAIL.CA BNH LIVESTOCK BRAD & NICOLE HOLLMAN INNISFAIL AB TEL 403.588.3916 CELL 403.896.8851 WWW.BNHLIVESTOCK.CA All farms have respective Facebook farm accounts

RED RRAR DETOUR 37A

GUEST CONSIGNER NU-HORIZON ANGUS KIERAN, DEB & KODIE DOETZEL

(306) 336-2245 (403) 357-7648

HERDSIRES REPRESENTED • PENS OF COMMERCIAL HEIFERS SALE CONSULTANT: CASTLEROCK MARKETING 306.741.7485

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15th Annual

Bull Sale

Thursday April 5, 2018 – 1:00 PM

WE KNOW OUR BULLS HAVE TO BE BETTER JUST TO GET YOUR ATTENTION! That’s why we cull hard and only sell 50 bulls a year.

These are the top cut from over 400 purebred Shorthorn cows. Thick, rugged, BEEF BULLS that are bred to handle the harsh conditions of Western Canada.

Also selling a group of open Heifers

Saskatoon Livestock Sales, 306-382-8088

For more information or a catalogue contact:

Saskvalley Stock Farm Carl Lehmann 306-232-3511 www.saskvalleyshorthorns.com

Bell M Farms

Richard Moellenbeck 306-287-7904 www.bellmfarms.com

Muridale Shorthorn Scot Muri 306-741-6833 www.muridale.com

Catalogue online at all three websites

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Sale bull videos at www.youtube.com/whosyourdaddybull

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Waveny Angus Farm “Years of Quality” A good selection of Yearling and Two Year old Bulls

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Spring Bull Sale

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 4M Element 405

At the Ranch, Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan Selling 200 Black Angus Yearling Bulls

Cull Bull Incentive Program

This year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re offering the best cull bull incentive program you will find anywhere. With the cull bull market down a bit from previous years we are going to help you get the most out of those old broken, down worn out bulls. Why take a chance on bunch of open cows this fall when you can replace them with fresh strong new bulls. All you have to do is email us prior to the bull sale or bring a copy of your bill of sale from the auction market after selling your cull bulls and you will receive a $500 credit on each new replacement bull you buy. (eg: If you cull 5 bulls you will receive a $500 deduction for each of the 5 replacement bulls you buy.) Credits must be used on a per bull basis and you cannot use more than 1 credit toward a new bull.

View Sale Book at www.peakdotranch.com or phone Carson Moneo 306-266-4414 Clay Moneo 306-266-4411 Email:peakdot@gmail.com

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Hoover No Doubt

Schiefelbein Attractive

Bushs Wind Chill 982

Janssen Earnhardt 5003

Peak Dot Foothills 1012B

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SAV Radiance 0801

SAV Top Soil 4354

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Pleasant Dawn Connection ad_Layout 1 1/22/2018 3:55 PM Page 1

Selling: 51 Yearling Bulls • All are Polled

TLJ 908E

Pleasant Dawn Chisum x PleasantDawn Marshall CE 1.5 BW 0 WW 59 YW 109 M 24 TM 53

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EASE • MATERNAL STRENGTH • STRUCTURAL SOUNDNESS • PERFORMANCE

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Customer Satisfaction TLJ 19E

Pleasant Dawn Chisum x SVY Monument Pld CE 9.1 BW -3.6 WW 45 YW 87 M 24 TM 47

Our yearling bulls are fed a growing ration to insure their healthy development while maintaining sound feet and legs.

TLJ 701E

LT Ledger x Eatons Big Bud CE 11.1 BW -3.6 WW 55 YW 104 M 21 TM 48

DELIVERY AVAILABLE Bulls can be kept until May 1 at no charge

Call today for a catalogue or for more information

TLJ 903E

Pleasant Dawn Maxwell x PleasantDawn Razor CE 7.1 BW -.7 WW 45 YW 91 M 28 TM 51

View catalogue online at

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Rawes Duke x Pleasant Dawn MVP CE 8 BW -.9 WW 48 YW 104 M 30 TM 54

www.pleasantdawn.com Trent & Ashley Hatch Box 132, Oak Lake, MB R0M 1P0

Trent 204-855-3078 Cell 204-721-3078 trent.hatch@gmail.com

Sale Manager: 306-584-7937 Helge By 306-536-4261 Candace By 306-536-3374 charolaisbanner@gmail.com www.bylivestock.com

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Flexible seed treatments help keep seeding options open

If you change plans at the last minute, there are products that work on most cereal crops

By Jennifer BarBer

F

armers can plan crop rotations several years in advance in order to maximize their farm’s economic potential while minimizing the risk of introducing resistant weeds and disease pathogens. But within that crop rotation, growers often take a ‘wait and see’ approach before making a final planting decision.

Considering factors such as market prices, disease risk and weather patterns, growers can substitute their crop for a different option at the last minute and still protect their seed from day one.

“Versatility is not always talked about when it comes to a seed treatment, but it can be one of its greatest strengths,” says Nick Petruic, SeedGrowth Specialist with Bayer Canada.

“After a particularly challenging growing season in 2016, some growers were changing around what they planned to seed until the day before it went into the ground, based on both weather outlook and commodity prices.”

In early spring 2017, wheat prices rallied and some growers who planned to seed to oats changed to spring wheat, knowing that it would still fit into their rotation. But with the high levels of disease inoculum in the soil after a wet summer the previous year, they also wanted to make sure their seed was treated to help mitigate disease risk.

“Having a seed treatment that can be applied to different crops is particularly advantageous for those who wait and watch as long as they can,” says Petruic. “They can call up a seed grower in their network and change their seed order, and then they apply the seed treatment they already have in inventory prior to seeding.”

A time to treat A flexible seed treatment can also be a benefit for commercial seed treaters as their customers alter their cropping plan in spring. If they have a flexible product on hand they can treat different crops based on their customers’ immediate needs. However, this approach

Depending on the weather, seed treatments can be applied only a few hours before loading the drill to allow the product to dry.

“They can call up a seed grower in their network and change their seed order, and then they apply the seed treatment they already have in inventory prior to seeding.”

Nick Petruic, Bayer Canada

only works for seed treated in the spring.

“I have customers who start treating as soon as the harvested seed is cleaned, and store that seed over the winter so it’s ready in the spring,” says Petruic. “This is also a sensible option as there is no risk of the product degrading — seed treatments won’t break down in the cold. However, one of the potential drawbacks of a fall application is the cooler weather requires more drying time.”

If fall treating, growers need to be married to what they are

going to seed which can be risky economically so far in advance of the next growing season. The seed also needs to be properly loaded and stored, with augers carefully cleaned to ensure there is no treatment residue.

If waiting until spring, treating requires more time and resources as seed is usually treated immediately before seeding when manpower is short as multiple field operations are occuring. Depending on the weather, seed treatments can be applied only a few hours before loading the drill to allow the product to dry.

If it is cool and humid, waiting until the coating is dry is a critical step. “In my experience, it’s worth waiting a few hours to let the seed dry,” says Petruic.

“Otherwise you can get bridging and it won’t move through the equipment properly.”

Choosing a flexible option There are effective seed treatment options that can be used on a variety of cereal crops.

“Raxil PRO seed treatment uses the same rate across all cereal crops, making it simple T:10.25” (20’ 6”)

for the operator to use,” says Petruic. “You are not giving up anything if you decide to switch up your cereal cropping choice at the last minute. It will do a great job on a wide variety of crops covering all major diseases that threaten Canadian cereals.”

Raxil PRO’s micro-dispersion formulation is very fluid, so it is easy to apply even if during cold weather. It flows easily over the seed for an even result which is critical for a seed treatment’s success. Unlike older, thicker formulations, coverage from Raxil PRO can be consistently applied across all seed toprotect the seed.

“Also, if wireworms are an issue in your area, you can add in Stress Shield to keep insects from damaging your crop in its most vulnerable stage,” says Petruic. “If you decide you need an insecticide you just pour them together and they are ready to go. Adding Stress Shield will not change the viscosity of the product so it can be applied in the same manner as Raxil PRO alone. If you don’t have insect issues, you don’t need to include it in your seed treatment appli-

cation which is another way Raxil PRO offers flexibility to the grower.”

When farmers decide which seed treatment to use they generally look at the economics, the agronomics and the formulation. Growers can choose to have soil tests and a fungal scan done on the seed to determine which seed treatment is the best choice in their field this year, and to also help identify which crop is less likely to be impacted by the pathogens in the soil. Agronomists can help determine which product is best for various farms and their disease profile, and also help with crop selection.

“I know far mers who spend days working out their crop plan over the winter months,” says Petruic. “They know what they want out of their fields in any given year and I would suggest they do some contingency planning change as spring approaches.

Understanding the available seed treatment products and their agronomics will help you decide how flexible you can be when choosing what crops might fit your farm come spring.”

It’s hard to imagine that one small seed could hold so much promise, but it does.

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Raxil® seed treatments provide first-class disease control and a faster, stronger emergence that helps you realize the full potential of your crop.

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2015 B&B, STEP deck trailer, two 3250 US gallon tanks, 3" pump electric start, Handler III 3" plumbing, 45' tandem, air ride, $42,500. Call 403-350-0336, Red Deer, AB. 2012 DOEPKER SUPER B grain trailer, valid 6 - 2006 53’ Reefer Trailers, good condisafety, job ready, $69,500. 204-743-2324, tion, $9500/each OBO; 2 converters, $9000/each. 204-325-5264, Winkler MB Cypress River, MB. 1995 DOEPKER 48’, 102”, tandem machinery trailer, single drop, hyd. tail/flip, alum. outriggers, 12,000 lb. winch, good cond., $30,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 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

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WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales brochures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, Saskatoon, SK.

24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 16,000 lbs., $4750; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, 7000 lbs., $2975, 8000 lb Skidsteer, $1990 Factory direct.

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1991 KENWORTH T800, Cat 3406 DITA, 425 HP, 18 spd., 22’ grain box, Michel’s tarp, $49,000. 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB. NORTHERN TRUCK & EQUIPMENT is now your connection to LOAD LINE grain, gravel boxes & trailers. 1-New 29’ end dump tandem gravel trailer w/electric tarp, $49,500; 2011 Kenworth T660 w/550 HP Cummins, 18 spd., 3 way lockers, alum. wheels, moose bar on front, nice shape, $54,500. 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.

HI-BOY TRAILER, w/2-2500 gal. tanks, 3” Banjo ball valves & hoses. Tires good, AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed $12,000 OBO. 306-834-7810, Dodsland, SK tandems and tractor units. Contact David BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 1975 DODGE 800, Nordic hoist, 52,000 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

GVW, 1200 front, 1000 rear, Lux box 1981 NEIL’S 61’ double drop flat deck, (18Lx4Hx8), 4x5 speed, asking $7500. snap-off neck, 36’ working deck, $7000; 306-423-5444, Domremy, SK. 1998 Trailtech tandem 12’ sprayer trailer, $8000. Call 780-221-3980, Leduc, AB. 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 NEW BERG’S 30’ end dumps, Michels tarp, OBO. Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK. air ride, QT100 frame, 22.5 steel wheels & decal, $39,100. 204-325-5677 Winkler, MB REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND WIDOW MUST SELL: Navy blue 2013 hoist systems can save you time, energy Dodge Ram, 4x4, 4 door, 43,000 km, fen- and keep you safe this seeding season. der flares, box liner, excellent condition, Give Kramble Industries a call at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us $24,900 OBO. 306-698-2626, Wolseley, SK online at: www.kramble.net 2015 FORD XLT CREW F350, 8’ box, Ruby Red metallic, 71,000 kms., Pristine cond., 2007 KENWORTH T800; 2005 IHC 9200; $53,900+GST. 403-638-2028, Sundre, AB. 2007 Macks. All with Eaton AutoShift, new 2015 DODGE RAM 3500, crew, Longhorn, CIM grain boxes, new Sask. safeties. Call 6.7L Dually, Aisin auto., 58,500 kms, Allan at: 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. $59,995. Hendry’s Chrysler 306-528-2171, Website: 78truxsales.com DL#316542 USED 2016 20’ Berg’s grain/silage box, Nokomis, SK. DL #907140. w/hyd. silage gate, Michels tarp & decal, $13,600. 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB.

NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip.

Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. 2009 FORD F150 4x4, reg. cab, SWB, A/T/C, 20” rubber, only 48,000 kms., 750 BU. J&M grain trailer, good strong ready to go! $13,900. Cam-Don Motors trailer, $12,000 OBO. Call 306-726-3203, Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. Raymore, SK. PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING & PAINTING. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed.

306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. 2014 10” HOPPER AUGERS with remotes.

Purchased new, never used.

306-536-1699, Edenwold, SK.

2004 PETERBILT 379L flat top, Cat 525 heavy spec. 18 spd. full locker, 390 gears, air trac susp., new 24.5 rubber, wet kit, 580,000 kms. Really clean and mint, $110,000 OBO. 306-621-0487, Yorkton, SK. Jbuckfarming@gmail.com

2012 MACK CXU613 day-cab, Mack MP8, 455HP, Eaton 13 spd., $39,900. DL#1679.

Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB.

HOT DEAL! New 2018 Berg’s 45’ tri-axle, air ride, 98”H, gauges, tarp, loaded, financing, $51,900. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 2002 DOEPKER TANDEM AXLE grain trailer, new Michelin 24.5 tires, repainted 2001 FREIGHTLINER AUTO shift with 2015 & refurbished, new alum. slopes, Call Hen- pup, both MB safetied Dec. '17. Truck has electric tarp, remote lift and end gate, new ry at 403-588-0958, Alix, AB. brakes & drums (Fall 2016), all new tires (May 2017), 830,312 miles. Cancade pup used little, approx. 2500 miles, manual tarp, remote tail gate and lift, spring ride.

Both units come with hydraulic cross augers, $76,000. 204-648-3292, Dauphin, 2011 FREIGHTLINER DAY-CAB, Detroit DD15, 455 HP, 13 spd., 12 front, 40 rear, MB. gartmore@mts.net 175” WB, 715,800 kms., $44,900. DL# ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRUCKS: Several 1679. Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. trucks with auto. trans. available with C&C 2008 CONVEY-ALL CST-32, 4 comp, farm- or grain or gravel box. Starting at $19,900; 2008 PETERBILT 386, yellow, daycab, 18 er owned, 1 owner, exc. cond., air ride. Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Itu- spd., 850,000 kms., 46k rears full locks, vg semlerfarms.com 780-206-1234, Barrhead. cond., $24,900. 780-206-1234, Barrhead. na, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net

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FOR SALE BY OWNER: Turn key 28 room motel along with 4 rental houses with up to 20 rentable rooms. Available for immediate possession, located in the heart of large oilfield in SW Manitoba. Closest offer to $995,000 takes everything. Call/text 204-483-0228 or 204-741-0412.

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Berg’s Hatchery in Russell, MB. hatches and distributes close to a million chicks a year. In business since 1953. Incl. land, buildings and equipment. Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, 204-773-6797, NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate. north-star.ca 2000 IHC 4900, cab chassis, S/A, 275 HP, MLS® 1711944 530 IHC 6 cyl auto, 132” back cab to cen- SELLING DUE TO HEALTH: Industry leadter axle, fresh safety, $22,900. Cam-Don ing header loss shield. Price includes existMotors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. ing inventory. Canadian and US patents good until 2032. Jig tables and templates.

Current owner will train in the manufacturing and marketing processes. This is a perfect diversification opportunity for a large family farm or a Hutterite colony. Call Bill at 306-726-7977, Southey, SK.

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.

2006 WESTERN STAR 4900, 500 series 60, 18 spd., 46 rears, new rear 24.5 rubber, SASKATCHEWAN OPPORTUNITIES: fresh safety, 1.1M kms, $49,900. Cam-Don Restaurant in Assiniboia, successful operaMotors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. tion; Large industrial building in the heart of Balken oil play for lease/sale; Kenosee Lake cabin& campground for sale, includes carwash and laundry mat; Development 1994 WESTERN STAR 4964F Crane lands around Regina/Saskatoon; Large truck, 584,000 kms., T/A, Cat 3406, Eaton building and property on Broadway Ave., 18 spd., Ferrari 8300 Kg crane, fresh safe- Yorkton; Sherwood Greenhouse, Regina; ty, $19,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit: Hotel in Biggar; Former senior care home on 3.4 acres in Biggar. Brian Teifenbach, www.combineworld.com 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. Regina, SK., 2013 F-550 CREW CAB, V10, gas, 4x4, in www.collierscanada.com showroom condition. Truck c/w 4500L transport compliant fuel tank w/35 gal./min. pump and hose reel, 400L DEF tank w/pump and hose reel. Also lots of tool box storage and field lighting. Also has JD Welderator with compressor.

306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. CAN-WORLD FINANCIAL. Needing a farm loan, for land, machinery, crop inputs for the season? We can finance it all! Good credit or bad credit. We also have great 2010 SUBURBAN, loaded, leather, DVD, leasing programs, excellent competitive seats 8, 172,000 kms, $22,500. Call rates. Call 1-306-535-2512 or visit us on306-698-7787, Wolseley, SK. line at: www.canworldfinance.com

ACE ENTERPRISES - ACE gravel truck box gravel release is a liquid product called C6040, a melting agent that works wonders in releasing gravel that builds up at the front and sides of the truck box. Can be applied with a spray system that eliminates the need for climbing in and out of the truck box, $2.15/L, costs less than $1.50/trip. Ask about our asphalt truck box release. Call 1-844-291-6582, Saskatoon, SK., E-mail: jkelsey@sasktel.net Visit us online: www.aceenterprises.com Do you want to target Manitoba farmers?

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LEAFCUTTER BEES: 0 parasites, 0 chalk- LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom brood. Good L.C. Call Reg Greve at hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. 306-528-4610, Lanigan, SK. JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call 306-334-2232, 306-332-7332, Balcarres.

ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, in stock. Custom sizes & log siding on order.

V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no exposed screws to leak or metal overlaps.

Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, churches, pig barns, commercial, arch rib building and residential roofing; also available in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK.

3 PICTURE WINDOWS for sale, triple pane Low-E, 62” square with 2 casement windows for venting on top third. $850 each, stored inside. 306-375-2910, ext. 704 or 307, Kyle, SK.

MOBILE GRAIN/SEED CLEANING SERVICE, 400 - 600 bu/hr capacity cleaning cereals & pulses. Call Marc at MAC Seed Services to book your appointment. 306-716-2269, Saskatoon macseedservicesltd@gmail.com NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders.

Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK.

CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place and finish of concrete floors. Can ac- BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective commodate any floor design. References way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket atwww.windandweathershelters.com tachments. Bury rock and brush piles and COMMERCIAL GRADE Wind and weather fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting shelter buildings available in widths from Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 20’ to 90’. Prices starting at $2495. If you 306-960-3804. have bought an auction building and need MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. to upgrade to more durable material or Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: parts, we can help! Contact Paul www.maverickconstruction.ca 306-641-5464 or Ladimer 306-795-7779.

Located in Yorkton, SK. REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, FUTURE STEEL BUILDING: Model X32- $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Larger sizes 18, 36’Lx32’Wx18’H, $18,000 OBO. Call avail. Travel incl. in SK. See us on FB at Rick 780-201-0995, Cold Lake, AB. saskdugouts. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon SK

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2008 JD 850J WLT crawler dozer, c/w ROP’S, 12’ 6-way blade, SBG pads, 8700 hrs., $95,000. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, 1997 CAT D6M LGP dozer, undercarriMB. age 80%, 28” pads, 3 shank hyd. ripper, EXCAVATOR BUCKETS, various shapes ROPS w/cage, 19,204 hrs., $69,800. and sizes for different excavators. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. 2007 CAT D6N LGP Dozer, new undercarriage, 34” pads, diff. steer, 6-way blade, 16,131 hrs., $89,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

2006 KOMATSU D65 EX-15. Approx. 5950 org. hrs., 24” pads, straight tilt blade, 3 tooth ripper, excellent working cond., very good UC, $139.500. Bush canopy available.

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Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. WANTED: BIG BREAKING PLOUGH for D8 Cat, must be in good shape, Please call 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB. CAT 463 PULL SCRAPER, hyd. machine, 21 yard capacity, very nice shape, $50,000.

OBO. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB. REDUCED TO CLEAR, partial listing only, much, much more!! 1990 Ford HWY tractor with 50 T-winch, 3406 engine; 1985 Mack dump truck, 18’ box; 1985 Mack dump truck, 16’ box; 1985 IH S1900 12’ blade & 13’ box; 2-1986 Ford 9000 HWY tractor; 1986 GMC fuel tanker truck; 1986 GMC tandem dump truck; 2003 IH 4300 dump truck; 2006 GMC 1500 V6 ext. cab, only 40,000 miles; 2-FWD 4x4 trucks with snowblowers, gas & diesel engines; 3-Sicard 4x4 trucks with v-plow and side wing, NH 250 Cummins diesel; 4-Oshkosh 4x4 trucks with snow plows and side wing, auto trans., diesel; Ford 800 truck, diesel, with box; IH deck truck, crew cab, DT466 diesel; Full tandem, 8 1/2x16 1/2 deck, large; Fassi crane, rear hyd. winch; Ford 8000 tandem, with near new 140 Hiab crane; 1995 Ford flat deck truck, gas; 1979 IH Cargo Star 1950B with 15’ van, DT466, only 34,000 kms; 2-100’ ladder trucks; 10fire engines; Parting out over 25 graders, new and used parts, big discounts. 2 yards over 50 acres of dismantled equipment.

Cambrian Equipment Sales, 494 Panet Road, Winnipeg, MB. Ph. 204-667-2867 or fax: 204-667-2932 MOVE YOUR DIRT real cheap! Low prices!

(3) Cat 641 motor 28 yard scrapers; Cat 235 excavator w/digging bucket, not used in 5 yrs.; Cat D9-G hyd. dozer w/tow winch; (2) Cat 980B loaders w/bucket; Cat 977-K loader. Equipment of all types. New & used parts. 2 yards over 50 acres. Cambrian Equipment Sales, Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) 204-667-2867 or (Fax) 204-667-2932.

INTERNATIONAL CLOSED DOOR baler, model NA1450; 2 hydraulic pin presses; 1 portable hydraulic track press; 3 Goodman battery locomotive carts w/hundreds of feet of track. Cambrian Equipment Sales, Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) 204-667-2867 or (Fax) 204-667-2932.

SPRING SPECIAL on all post or stud frame farm buildings. Choose: sliding doors, overhead doors, or bi-fold doors.

New-Tech Construction Ltd. Phone: 306-220-2749, Hague, SK.

BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, convex and rigid frame straight walls, grain tanks, metal cladding, farm- commercial. Construction and concrete crews. workmanship. Call your Saska3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines Guaranteed and Northwest Behlen Distributor, and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, toon Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. Osler, SK. WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, on site. For early booking call DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323.

1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com 290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call DIESEL ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, www.warmanhomecentre.com Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts and Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 306-543-2111, Regina, SK. 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com

2015 JOHN DEERE 130G track hoe, w/quick attach bucket, hyd thumb, c/w 50” ditching bucket, excellent shape, 600 hrs. $122,250. Lawrence 204-856-9176 or Micheal shop, 204-871-6483, Austin, MB.

FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com

SPECIAL ENGINE PRICING, 2 yr. warranty drop in units: 7.3 Ford DT466E. 230 IHC ISB 5.9 Cummins 3126/C7. On Track Company Inc. 780-672-6868, Camrose, AB

3 - WESTEEL ROSCO GRAIN BINS, 3350 bu. $500/each; 2 - 3850 bu. $750/ea. All 19’ diameter. All to be moved.

204-669-9626, Morris, MB. area.

TIM’S CUSTOM BIN MOVING and Hauling Inc. Up to 22’ diameter. 204-362-7103 binmover50@gmail.com GRAIN BIN INSTALLATION. Large diameter bin setup, concrete, and repairs. Now booking Spring 2018. Quadra Development Corp., 1-800-249-2708.

FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper cone and steel floor requirements contact: ISX871 CUMMINS ENGINE, CPL 2733, Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll 485 HP, good running,, sold with 90 day free: 1-888-304-2837. major castings warranty $15,985. On Track BOOK NOW, TAKE DELIVERY, DON’T 1999 JOHNSTON STREET Sweeper, Company Inc. 780-672-6868, Camrose, AB PAY UNTIL NOVEMBER, 2018. Top 16,126 miles, 3037 hrs., Cummins 4 cyl., hyd. pump, $12,900. 1-800-667-4515, C7 INDUSTRIAL CAT engine fits 950 load- quality MERIDIAN bins. Price includes: er, factory rebuild.

Sold with warranty, skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up www.combineworld.com $21,885 exchange. On Track Company Inc. and delivery within set radius. Meridian at 780-672-6868, Camrose, AB. Hopper Combo SPECIAL: 5000 bu., $14,990. We manufacture superior quality hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call and find out why our product quality and price well exceeds the competition. We also stock replacement lids for all makes & models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions available. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt for years of trouble-free service. Lever Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. PULL BEHIND GRADER, Richardson Hiboy, on rubber tires, has hydraulics, $1600 OBO. 306-460-9027, Flaxcombe, SK. CASE 2870 w/Degelman dozer; Fassi hyd. arm & 10’ 1-ton steel deck.

306-304-1959, Meadow Lake, SK. WANTED: MOBILE EXCAVATOR w/rubber tires, similar to medium sized track hoe.

306-304-1959, Meadow Lake, SK WANTED: COMPLETE CAB or parts of a cab for 2012 Case backhoe model 590SN, 306-824-4711, Mayfair, 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.

(BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS Hit our readers where it counts… in the clas- BROCK accessories available at Rosler Con2011 KOMATSU TC308 excavator, hyd. sifieds. Place your ad in the Manitoba Co- and struction.

306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. thumb, guarding, very clean, 5300 hrs., operator classifed section. 1-800-667-7770. $140,000. Randy 780-983-0936, Camrose D6R LGP CRAWLER Tractor, 9000 hrs, 90% UC, angle dozer, winch, fully guarded, $110,000. Randy 780-983-0936, Westlock.

1998 CAT D7R angle dozer ripper, 11,000 hrs., $127,500. Call Randy 780-983-0936, Westlock, AB. CAT D4 comes w/6 way hyd. dozer, draw bar, full canopy, low hrs, one owner machine, $19,000. 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB.

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

2005 CAT 930G wheel loader, c/w QuickAttach forks and bucket, 12,000 hrs. Call Randy at 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB.

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

JCB 512-56 TELEHANDLER, 770 hours, lifts 12,000 lbs., extends to 56’, CAHR, AWD and AWS, $119,000 (cost $230,000+).

2008 G940 TANDEM drive articulated, Vol- Call 403-938-3888, Calgary, AB. vo D7E eng., net 165 HP, HTE 1160, shuttle auto shift trans. (11 fwd, 6 rvs), 14’ 2007 JOHN DEERE 710J backhoe, 4x4, mold board, 5688 hrs., $74,800. DL#1679. new tires, ex-city, 6445 hrs., $47,500. Call 403-291-1010, Calgary, AB. Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. 2005 CAT 420 BACKHOE, 1310 original hrs., $58,000 OBO. Located near Medicine Hat, AB., 306-563-8482 SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. augers, brush cutters and more large stock.

Top quality equipment, quality welding and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. 2002 CASE 689G Telehandler, 9000 lbs., 40’ reach, Perkins diesel, 4WD, 4W steer, 8115 hrs., runs well, $19,900.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1978 CHAMPION 740 motor grader, Detroit 6 cyl., 2568 hrs. showing, 14’ moldboard, scarifier, cab, new rear tires, $16,900. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit: www.combineworld.com

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GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, Russell, MB.

2 ONLY! Cat D6R LGP; And 1 only! D6H LGP crawler tractors, $80,000/ea; 2005 JD 700J LGP crawler w/6-way dozer, EROPS, 4000 hrs., $82,500; 1998 Cat 963B LGP crawler loader, 2.5 cu. yd., EROPS, air, heat, $32,500. Robert Harris, Gimli, MB. toll free: 1-877-614-4203, or cell: 204-470-5493. For details & pics of all our equipment: robertharrisequipment.com

DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call us to develop a professional mediation plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan.

Call toll free 1-888-577-2020.

FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. WESTMAN HONEY BEE Nucs containing all Management Group for all your borrowing of the essential components of the interior and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, of a beehive. Bee Outfitters Winnipeg, Regina, SK. 866-783-2240 ext. 228, or Westman Honey Bee Producers in Brandon 204-728-9129, WestmanHoneyBeeProducers@gmail.com

VOLVO G970 GRADER for sale: The RM of Pense No.160 has for sale one 2012 Volvo G970 with 5345 hours, 14' Moldboard with LH & RH extensions, 20.5R25 tires with front and rear fenders. Complete warranty checkup done at 5344 hrs. Harness and Dozer along with double beacon not included and will be removed prior to sale, excellent condition, $130,000. 306-345-2424, Pense, SK. rm160shop@sasktel.net

2013 JD 210K EP skip loader, 1336 hrs., 4WD, 70 HP, canopy, forks, 3 spd. powershift, c/w personnel carrier, $39,800.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

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.

2008 KOMATSU WA200 Loader, 10,000 hrs., 2 yard, QA, 17.5 tires, $48,000.

403-291-1010, Calgary, AB. PORTABLE TOILET SALES: Selling 5 Peaks Technologies new portable toilets and accessories. Phone 403-680-0752 for details. Visit on-line: 5peaksdistributors.ca AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings.

For the customer that prefers quality.

1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new and used sea containers, all sizes.

STEEL CLADDING: New Grade A, 3/4” high 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. rib, 29 gauge Galvalume, White-White and a wide selection of colours for sale. Cut to RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham your length! All accessories available. Call 3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 PTH Paratills Prairie Steel, Clavet, SK. 1-888-398-7150, in stock; Parts for Bigham & Tye paratills; or email: buildings@prairiesteel.com 6 & 8 leg paratills available for farm use.

POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. hog, chicken and dairy barns. Construction KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, For sales and service east central SK. and equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator clas- MR Steel Construction, 306-978-0315, MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346.

Hague, SK. sifieds.

KELLO/ ROME/ TOWNER/ KEWANEE disc blades and bearings: 22” to 36” Ingersoll notched. Oilbath, regreaseable and ball bearings to service all makes of construction and ag. discs. 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com

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KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales GRAIN HANDLING SYSTEM, 33,000 bu. w/ and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call overhead rail car loading bin, 100' scale, 306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738. grain dryer, warehouse and office, $99,500.

MLS® L121191, henryvos1@gmail.com NEW CROSS FLOW AERATION, up to 780-835-1992, Grimshaw, AB. 75% less electricity, up to 75% faster drying/cooling, up to 75% better for canola/corn/cereals. Runs very powerful 365 days/year without power. Call to find out why this is the only aeration for you! Gatco GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; Mfg. 306-778-3338, Swift Current, SK. 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 BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom 2014 BRANDT 1020XR Grain Cart, tarp, build. Call for prices. Master Industries PTO drive, $47,500. Stk#92281. Emerald Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone Park/Regina, SK. www.southcountry.ca 306-721-5050.

1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK.

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

RM45 MERIDIAN, $35,000; RM55 Me- 2012 BRENT 882 Grain Cart, 850 bu., ridian, $36,500; 1645 TL Convey-All, 1000 PTO, hydraulic spout, 500 bu./min., $29,500. Call 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg. very good condition, $37,800.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

2010 TERRAGATOR 8204 w/AirMax Precision 2 bed (2 bin), 4400 hrs., $93,500 USD; 2014 Rogator 1300 New Leader G4, 3220 hrs., $137,000; 2012 AgChem Rogator 1300, 2000 hrs., 120’, $148,000. Call 406-576-3402 or 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. Visit: www.fertilizerequipment.net

2004 24 ton WILLMAR on 3 axle trailer $37,500; 2009 24 ton, Willmar on 3 axle self-contained $43,500; 2004 KBH semitender, self contained, $32,500; 2009 and 2012 Merritt semi-belt tender, self contained, $33,500 and $44,000. Call 406-576-3402 or 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. Visit: www.fertilizerequipment.net

2008 MACDON PW7 16’, good belts, nice HEPSON EQUIPMENT INC. - 100% cond., for JD STS combines, $16,900. Field Ready Harvesters. Brandon, MB. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2016 Claas Jaguar 970, 775HP, 1600 hrs, $395,000; 2014 Claas Jaguar 940, 516 HP, RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most 2300 hrs., $285,000; 2008 Claas Jaguar makes and sizes; also header transports. 900, 623 HP, 2700 hrs., $175,000; 2002 Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK Claas Jaguar 870, 442 HP, 3300 hrs., www.straightcutheaders.com $157,500. Ph 204-727-1050 for details

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2011 CASE/IH 8120, 2700 eng. hrs, 1900 sep., AutoSteer, farmer owned, $125,000 HART EMERSON UNIFLOW Model PK3 as- USD, 605-226-0695, Aberdeen, SD, USA. pirator, good cond.; Gustafson seed treater. 204-525-2480, Minitonas, MB. BOOKING NORCAN SOYBEAN Common #1. Put the new big red in your shed, not DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and the seed dealers! Buy a bigger Case/IH Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, combine! Early discounts. Call Norcan Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: Seeds, 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 2000 CIH 2388 w/1015 header, $55,000; 2388 w/2015 PU header, $95,000; CAN-WORLD FINANCIAL. Needing a 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, $110,000; farm loan, for land, machinery, crop inputs 2006 2002 2388 w/2015 PU header, $80,000; for the season? We can finance it all! Good 2008 2588 w/2015 PU header, $135,000. credit or bad credit. Special program for A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, Grain Cleaning Equipment & Facilities. We 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. also have great leasing programs, exc. competitive rates. Call 1-306-535-2512 or 2004 CIH 2388 w/2015 PU header, AFX online at: www.canworldfinance.com rotor, lateral tilt feeder house, HHC, chopper, rock trap, grain tank ext., roll tarp, GJESDAL 5 IN 1 Rotary Seed Cleaner, DMC II moisture tester, exc. cond, vg tires good cond, hardly used, 306-867-8456, $62,000 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 306-867-7719, Glenside, SK. TIRES, TIRES, TIRES, Radial, Bias, New, CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to Used. 20.8x42, 18.4x42, 20.8x38, 18.4x38, 18.4x34, 900/60R32, mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. 20.8R34, 800/65R32, 24.5x32, 18.4x30, 23.1x30, 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. 16.9x28, 28Lx26, 18.4x26, 19.5Lx24, 16.5x16.1, 18.4x16.1, and more! Semis, skid steers. Best price & value guaranteed!

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2004 PHOENIX GRAIN Dryer, 12 tier high, 24' long, c/w moisture controller, 2-60' legs, 1 conveyor, spouting & 3-way valve. $185,000. 780-618-7377, St. Isidore, AB. (2) 2009 LEXION 585R Track Combines, 1700 sep./2400 eng. hrs., 4x4, loaded, always shedded, exc. condition, $149,000 CAD OBO. Delivery avail. 218-779-1710.

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 9600 JD COMBINE w/PU table, 30’ JD 9000 rigid header, batt reels, serious inquiries only. 306-460-9027, Flaxcombe, SK 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.

1978 JD 7700 TURBO COMBINE: Must be seen to be appreciated, one owner, always shedded, great shape. 4100 eng. hrs. All belts new in last 5 years, runs beautiful.

Standard transmission, rebuilt 100 hours ago, $9,000 Canadian. Athabasca, Alberta.

780-689-7381, bbahry@mcsnet.ca

(4) 2012 760TT Terra Trac, 2000 sep. hrs., nice condition, $159,000 CAD OBO; Also, (4) 1200 40’ Max Flex headers. LATE MODEL CLASS/LEXION, MacDon, 218-779-1710. Delivery available.

CIH, NH & JD flex heads and flex drapers.

Call 218-779-1710. Delivery available.

2009 570R, like new, only 400 sep. hrs., 4x4, duals, excellent condition, $159,000 CAD OBO. 218-779-171. Delivery available.

WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, mfg. of new grain dryers w/advanced control systems.

Updates for roof, tiers, auto moisture controller. Economic designed dryers avail.

1-888-288-6857, westerngraindryer.com 2012 CLAAS/LEXION 740, 400 sep./700 eng. hrs., 4x4, loaded, exc. cond, $215,000 CONT. FLOW BEHLEN M700, propane, sin- CAD OBO. Delivery avail. 218-779-1710. gle phase, good cond., Canola screens, $10,000. 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK.

LIKE NEW CR9090, CR9080 and CR8090, all very low hours. Discounted prices, save $$$. Call 218-779-1710. Delivery available.

PEA AND CROSS AUGERS. Harvest 2012 NH CR9090 Elevation, 1200 hrs., bushy crops w/a draper header. 50 to AutoSteer, 650R42 duals, European-built, 100% increase in productivity. Pay for MacDon/CNH pickups and headers avail, themselves in 400 acres or less. In stock ready for delivery!!

Call $198,000. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit and 1-888-907-9182, www.agshield.com www.combineworld.com

1996 JOHN DEERE 9600, SP, 4800 eng. hrs, USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS: 4-8T; New BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all optional with 960 36' MacDon draper headLoftness 8T; used Wilmar 16T tender. Call loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing. er, good condition, $28,000. 306-452-7705, 1-866-938-8537, Portage, MB. Call now 1-866-443-7444.

Redvers, SK. countrygirl@sasktel.net 2015 NEW LEADER DN345 Fertilizer JOHN DEERE ROUND BALER Sales, SerSpreader, $115,800. Stk#83620. Moose vice & Parts. Call Gerald at 204-385-2347 2002 JD 9650, 5300 eng./3300 sep. hrs., walker, PRWD, c/w 914 PU, field ready, Jaw, SK., www.southcountry.ca or 204-872-2347, Gladstone, MB. $53,000; 25' flex head w/air, like new, 306-692-2371 $15,000. 204-324-9300, Altona, MB. NH3 CONVERSION KIT/PUMP. Fits 66’ 2013 Highline 1400 bale mover, $22,000; gpwiebe@sdnet.ca 2011 Tubeline 5000 silage bale wrapper, Bourgault air seeder, $13,000. Call Phil $19,900. 306-768-7726, Carrot River, SK. 2010 JOHN DEERE 9870, 1568 eng, 1129 Stewart, 780-813-0131, Vermilion, AB. sep, 615 PU, 6.9m auger, fine cut chopper, 2012 JD 568 Round Baler, 1000 PTO, net Firestone tires, HD final drive, crop saver, wrap & twine, $48,200. Stk#83614. Mont- Greenlight, exc. cond., $200,000 OBO. martre, SK., www.southcountry.ca 306-231-7802 or 306-231-3944, Lake MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS available 306-424-2212.

Lenore, SK. ajschem@yourlink.ca with self-propelled mover kits and bin sweeps. Call Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipaw2013 JD S680 SP, 814 sep. hrs., variable in, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837. speed feeder house for corn head, lateral tilt feeder house, Y&M meters, power foldFEBRUARY CLEARANCE: New SLMD ing grain tank ext., 520/85 R42 duals, 28 1272 and HD10-53. Used augers: 2013 SaR26 rears, AutoTrac ready (just need receivkundiak SLMD 1272, loaded, $14,800; er), no DEF req'd, exc. cond. $320,000 OBO. Farm King 10x70 S/A, $6900; HD 8x39 204-799-7417, 204-612-1734, Rosser, MB. w/20 HP Kohler and mover $6950. Also a J2_mull@hotmail.com dealer for Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing available! Call Dale at Mainway Farm MULTIPLE S-SERIES, 60 Series, 70 Series, Equipment, 306-567-3285, 306-567-7299, & Conventional Series JD combines, field Davidson www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca ready, very low hours, various options in exc. cond., delivery avail. 218-779-1710.

MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call 2003 JD 9750 STS, 2215 sep. hrs., Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., RECON 300/400. Cut drying time by yield/moisture, MacDon PU, ready to go, 35-65%. One pass with the optional $72,000. 306-269-7801, Foam Lake, SK. 306-957-2033. mounted tedder for fastest dry down.

MERIDIAN TRUCKLOADING AUGERS Crush stems and move swaths to dry 2014 JD S690, 1132 hrs., was $409,000, TL10-39, loaded, $18,300 HD10-46, load- ground. Make quality hay dry faster! now $388,550! Stk#86938. Emerald ed, $19,500; HD10-59, loaded, $20,425; 1-888-907-9182, www.agshield.com Park/Regina, SK., 306-842-4686, TL12-39, loaded with 37 EFI engine, www.southcountry.ca $20,370. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. 2013 JD S690, 1407 eng., 977 sep. hrs., $368,900. Stk#121409. Montmartre, SK., NEVER CLIMB A BIN AGAIN! Full-bin Su2009 CHALLENGER SP115C, 30’, Out306-424-2212, www.southcountry.ca per Sensor, reliable hardwired with 2 year warranty; Magnetic Camera Pkg. - One back AutoSteer, UII PU reels, roto-shears, 2011 JD 9770 STS, 2129 eng./1673 sep. gauge wheels, 2364 hrs., $39,900. man positioning of auger (even at night); hrs., $208,100. Stk#121214. Mossbank, Hopper Dropper - Unload your hopper bins 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com SK., 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca without any mess; Wireless Magnetic LED Light - Position your swing auger at night 2010 JD A400, 1132 hrs., AutoSteer, 36’ 2014 JD S680, 832 hrs., was $386,370, from the comfort of your truck. Safety and HB header, UII PU reels, new knife & now $367,100! Stk#86936. Weyburn, SK., convenience are the name of the game. guards, $53,400. Call 1-800-667-4515 or 306-842-4686, www.southcountry.ca www.brownlees.ca Brownlees Trucking Inc visit www.combineworld.com Unity, SK., 306-228-2971, 1-877-228-5598 2014 JD S670, 958 hrs., was $347,000, now $329,650! Stk#87615. Weyburn, SK., MICHEL’S THREE HOPPER alum. 8” auger 306-842-4686, www.southcountry.ca system for Doepker trailer, used very little, NEW AG SHIELD cross auger, fits Mac- 1994 JD 9600 with 3900 threshing hrs., shedded. 306-372-7715, Luseland, SK. Don D60 header, $4400 OBO. Call Sunnybrook cylinder, MAV chopper, new REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER 306-726-3203, Raymore, SK. tires 5 years ago, asking $37,500; JD 930 movers, trailer chute openers, endgate rigid header including transport, $5000. and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Will sell both for $40,000. 306-989-4332, swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and cell: 306-960-2160, Paddockwood, SK. motorized utility carts. All shipped directly place your ad with our friendly staff, and to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bo- 2011 JD 9770 STS, 615 PU, 850 sep. hrs., Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, nus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! duals, Contour-Master, excellent condition, 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net 1-800-667-7770.

70% OFF 42" outdated canvas. HCC and Universal Harvester reels to fit HoneyBee machines; Weasler and Walterschied driveshafts; Eaton hyd. motor, gear box 1:1 ratio, 1" spline output; various pulleys. All products reduced to sell. Call 306-296-2019, Frontier, SK. Email: parts@honeybee.ca

FLEXI-COIL 67XL, 1200 gal., w/rinse tank, triple nozzles, autorate, windscreens, disc marker, $4800. 306-937-2890, Cando, SK.

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1988 JD 8820 Titan II, mint condition, must be seen to be appreciated, always shedded. 3800 engine hours. 3 year old pick up belts, extended auger, feeder house tin work all new. Many new parts.

Replaced all belts and Greenlight this year.

2006 LEXION 590R, 1850 sep. hrs., 2900 $1500 in new spare parts, shop manuals, eng. hrs., 4x4, loaded, $89,500 CAD OBO. $30,000 Canadian. Athabasca, Alberta.

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2011 4520 1-bin, 70’ booms, $143,000; 2010 Case 3520, 3-bin, 2670 hrs., $115,000; SPECIAL: 2010 Case 4520, 1bin, 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 FEED BLOWER SYSTEMS, Sales and SerG4, 3000 hrs., $88,000; 2004 Case 4010, vice. Piping, blower and airlock repairs.

80’ SPRAYER, 7000 hrs., $58,000; 2002 John Beukema 204-497-0029, Carman, MB Loral AirMax 1000, 70’ boom, $63,000; 2009 AgChem 3 wheeler, 4000 hrs., Gforce spinner bed, $88,000; 2013 Wilmar Wrangler 4565, 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: www.fertilizerequipment.net BALE SPEARS, high quality imported 2010 TERRAGATOR 8204 air spreader, from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, exdual bin, 70’ spread, 3960 engine hours, cellent pricing. Call now toll free 204-368-2353, 204-841-3014, Arden, MB. 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB.

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RICHARDSON 750 HIGH dump silage wagon, 1998, very good condition, $12,500; New Holland 900 forage harvester, 1996, $4000. Call 306-845-2630, Turtleford, SK.

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844 ROGATOR SPRAYER, recent 854 engine, Raven 460, 3 section flow contol, 100' booms, triple & end row nozzles, 20" spacing, 800 gal. poly tank w/3" fill, Satloc GPS, foam marker, 320/90R46 skinnies, 23.1/26 floaters, Tridekon air lift dividers, 200 HP, 4645 hrs., 4WD, $55,000 OBO. Please call 204-867-7117, Minnedosa, MB. Email: horner.ranch@gmail.com

COMBINE WORLD INC. Friendly service, great prices & 1 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! Only 20 minutes east of Saskatoon, SK. 2013 CASE/IH 3330 high clearance sprayer. Has active suspension, sectional con1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com trol, AutoBoom height, 100’ boom, 2 sets of tires, crop dividers, Outback S3, leather interior, 580 engine hours. Mint condition, bought new, always stored inside. Rented farm out. $255,000 OBO. 204-662-4474, or 204-851-0211, Antler SK.

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2015 JD R4045, 1039 hrs., was $409,000, now $376,200! Stk#48012. Emerald Park/ Regina, SK., www.southcountry.ca 306-721-5050 1994 PATRIOT 150XL, 3438 hrs., 750 gal., 70’, JD 4.5L, decent affordable sprayer! $24,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit www.combineworld.com 2008 APACHE AS1010, Cummins eng., 2443 hrs., 1000 gal. poly tank, 100’ boom, Outback GPS w/AutoSteer, Raven controller, sec. boom w/sec. control, 6 speed electric shift, work light package, fender kit, fence row nozzle both booms, $86,400. 306-741-0387, Swift Current, SK.

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2014 CASE 4430, $270,000, 2035 engine hours, 120’ boom, AIM, Viper Pro, fan reverser, 2 sets of tires, dividers, loaded, exc. cond., 306-398-7677, Cutknife, SK.

SWIFT FOX INDUSTRIES: Skid steer, tractor & excavator attachments for sale. Augers & bits, brush cutters, buckets, grapples, hay spears. North American built with warranty. Call/text Kevin 780-674-1568, Vermilion & Mayerthorpe, AB.

FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims & tires: JD 4045, 710/60R46, $20,500; 800/55R46, $22,500; JD 4038, Case 4420, 650/65R38 Michelin tires and rims. Sprayer duals available. 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK.

FLOAT TIRES TO fit newer model JD high clearance, 850/55R42, 2 yrs old, vg cond, $18,000. 306-741-7743, Swift Current, SK.

2006 SPRAY-AIR 3600-90TS Trident, 90’ booms, 4920L tank, 12.4R46 tires, good tubes & booms, SCS 440 controller, DEUTZ TRACTOR SALVAGE: Used parts $9900. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit: for Deutz and Agco. Uncle Abe’s Tractor, www.combineworld.com AGCO GLEANER-MF FLEX PLAT- 519-338-5769, fax 338-3963, Harriston ON FORMS: 500 25’-30’; 800 25’-30’; 8200 30’-35’. Some with air systems. Gary Reim- PARTING OUT OLDER tractors, combines, er, 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip- swathers, haying equipment, cultivators, ploughs, packers, drills, farm trucks, and ment, Hwy.#12 North, Steinbach, MB. front end loaders. Call/text 204-871-2708, JOHN DEERE FLEX PLATFORMS: or call 204-685-2124. Austin, MB. 920F-925F-930F-630F-635F. Some with air systems. Reimer Farm Equipment, #12 N, GOODS USED TRACTOR parts (always 1996 BOURGAULT 5710, 42', 3/4" carbide buying tractors). David or Curtis, Roblin, spikes, 3" packers and Haukass disc markSteinbach, MB. Call Gary at 204-326-7000. ers. 1993 Bourgault 2155 air tank, always MB., 204-564-2528, 1-877-564-8734. shedded, very clean, very little rust, NEW HEADER TRANSPORTS 30’-42’: 30’ ESB 30 Arc Fab, $30,000; 36’ SB 36 w/dol- SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge $35,000 OBO. Phone 204-734-0013 or ly, $4950; 36’ Mankota 36’, lights, brakes, inventory new and used tractor parts. 204-238-4258, Bowsman, MB. $5450; 42’ Harvest International 3842, 1-888-676-4847. brakes, lights, $7500. Reimer Farm Equip2011 BOURGAULT 5810 & 2005 6450 tank, ment, Hwy. #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Call COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and 62', 10" spacing, 3.5" packers. Variable rate used parts for most makes of tractors, liquid kit, low acres, exc. cond., $145,000 Gary at 204-326-7000. combines, balers, mixmills and swathers.

JD FLEX PLATFORMS: 922 - 925 w/wo air; 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, OBO. Call 306-529-2871, Southey, SK. 630F - 635F w/wo air reel. CIH Flex Plat- SK. We buy machinery.

2012 JOHN DEERE 1830/1910, 10" spacforms: 1020 25’ w/wo air reel - 30’ w/wo air reel; 2020 30’ w/wo air reel - 35’; 3020 LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE ing, 430 bu. TBT cart, single shoot, $120,000 OBO. 780-806-9720, Czar, AB. Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107.

30’ - 35’. NH Flex: 973 25’ - 30’; 74C 30’ 35’; 740CF 30’ air reel. Agco Flex Plat- We sell new, used and remanufactured forms: 500 25’ - 30’; 800 25’ w/air reel - parts for most farm tractors and combines.

30’; 8000 25’ - 30’; 8200 35’. After season specials including free delivery in spring AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tracwith deposit. We also have header trans- tors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/othports starting at $3000 for new 30’ w/flex er Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battlebar kit. Reimer Farm Equipment, #12 N, ford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769.

Steinbach, MB. Call Gary at 204-326-7000.

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30’-35’; 973 25’-30’; 740 CF 30’-35’. Some etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, with air systems. Call Gary Reimer, 306-441-0655, Richard, SK. 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy.#12 North, Steinbach MB. CIH FLEX PLATFORMS: 1020 20’-25’-30’; 2020 25’-30’-35’; 3020 25’-30’-35’. Some with air systems. Call Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy.#12 North, Steinbach MB.

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A mobile service at your place of business, specially formulated products designed for the protection of vehicles and equipment against corrosion. Please call 403-596-9081 2014 MACDON FD75-40, 40’ flex draper, or Email: shawnpurdy@profleetcare.com hyd. fore/aft., $77,900. Stk#82674. Eme- Online: www.profleetcare.com Penhold, AB rald Park/Regina, SK., 306-721-5050, www.southcountry.ca 2003 NH/HB 94C 30’ rigid draper, PU reels, hyd. F/A transport, for CR/CX/AFX; other kits available, $19,800.

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2004 CASE/IH 5000 double disk air drill, 50’, 6” spacing, asking $28,000 USD. Bill 204-746-5126, Dufrost, MB. 21’ EDWARDS hoe drill, Bourgault air tank, eng. fan drive, liquid fert., 7.5” spacing, steel packers, $7500 OBO, 204-476-6907.

2010 JD 1830, 61’ on 7.5” spacing, 3” rubber packers, 1930 tank, 430 bu., TBH, blockage sensors, $52,000. 204-648-7129, Grandview, MB. 2015 BOURGAULT 60’ 3320 QDA, Devloo mud scrapers, DS, 5.4” semi-pneumatic packers, 10” spacing, w/6550 TBH tank, 4 tank metering, deluxe auger, shedded, exc. $245,000. 204-937-7184, Roblin, MB.

DEGELMAN SIGNATURE 7200 rockpicker, completely redone. All new hard faced fingers, hydronic drive, new paint, tires 95%, field ready, in mint condition!! 2 to chose 2010 MD FD70, 40’ flex draper, pea au- from $24,500. Can deliver. 204-743-2324, ger, DKD, transport, AHHC, tilt, very good Cypress River, MB. condition, for CNH; JD, Lexion and Agco available, $59,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, 2015 SCHULTE 2500 giant rock picker w/wide grate spacing, excellent condition. www.combineworld.com 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. 2013 MACDON FD75 35’ flex draper, transport, pea auger, AHHC, tilt. For JD, WANTED: FLEXI-COIL 40' system 75 packer CNH, AGCO and Claas available, $69,900. bar, Email: jonmitch@westnet.com.au Regina, SK. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

2007 JOHN DEERE 1820 45’ air seeder w/JD 1910 350 bu. air cart, 7” spacing, 650 lb. trips, 2” carbide tips, 3” rubber packers, shedded, asking $52,000. Call 204-733-2324, Ste. Rose Du Lac, MB. 2000 FLEXI-COIL, 40’, 9.7” spacing, double shoot, carbide tips, 3” rubber packers, set up for TBH cart, $22,000.

204-734-8125, Swan River, MB. 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, $165,000. 204-748-8156, Elkhorn, MB.

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2013 JOHN DEERE 1830, 50’, 12.5” spacing, 4” paired row Atom Jet openers, double shoot, seed primary blockage monitors, floatation tires, steel packers, c/w 550 JD 1910 air cart, conveyor auger, hydraulic meters, duals on tank, $150,000.

204-851-5520, Cromer, MB.

2011 JD 9430, 3000 hrs., 710x42 Firestones, 18 spd. PS, Active Seat, rubber 70%, exc. cond., $225,000 OBO. Charles Cattle Co. Ltd. For answering service call 306-457-2935, 306-457-7529, Stoughton.

2015 JD 6150M Row Crop Tractor, 1395 hrs., was $149,900, now $133,765!

Stk#88117.

Moose Jaw, SK., 306-692-2371, www.southcountry.ca

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.

2015 JD 6125M Utility Tractor, cab, 1711 hrs., was $149,200, now $135,300!

Stk#88120.

Mossbank, SK., 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca FENDT 1050, 800 hrs., Variogrip, reverse MF 8690, 2950 hrs., CVT 50k, new 2014 JD 9560RT, tracks, 1000 PTO, drive; $128,500; 2017 Claas 950, 150 hrs., $348,500. Stk#88011. Emerald Park/ tires, 300 HD, loaded, $375,000; 2013 JD Regina, SK., www.southcountry.ca 8360R, 1300 hrs., IVT 50k, $233,500; 306-721-5050 2011 Fendt 939, 1300 hrs., 65 km/h, $235,000; 2016 Fendt 936, 500 hrs., load1993 JD 8870, 7305 hrs., 20.8x42 Firestone radials, LED lights all around, 12 ed, call for price; 2014 Magnum 370 and 315, low hrs., $185,000; 2016 MF 8737, speed, asking $65,000. 306-989-4332, 900 hrs., loaded, $223,000. Please call cell: 306-960-2160, Paddockwood, SK. 519-955-1331, www.rozendaalclinton.com 2015 6140R MFWD, 150 HP, 1870 hrs, 20 spd, Quicke Q66 FEL with forks and MF 1085, CAB, 3PTH, MF loader, $7500; bucket, 3PH, 540/1000 PTO, diff. lock, JD 4010, cab, Leon loader, $5500; INT front axle susp., 50 KPH+, $149,000. 1086 w/aftermarket 3PTH, $6500. Austin, MB. Call/txt 204-871-2708, 204-685-2124.

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2008 SEEDMASTER 8012, 2004 NH 430 tank, 3 compartments with 5 rollers, Ra- 2016 DEGELMAN HEAVY harrow, 84', barely ven NH3, $79,000 OBO. 306-272-7225, used. $47,500 OBO. 306-563-8765, Canora, Foam Lake, SK. SK. 2011 SEED HAWK 50’ toolbar, 12” spacing, w/600 cart, dual wheels, auger and 2002 DEGELMAN SM 7000 Heavy Harrow, bag lift, $225,000; 2010 Seed Hawk 66’ 70’, $26,400. Stk#45817. Montmartre, toolbar, 12” spacing, w/400+ Seed Hawk SK., 306-424-2212, www.southcountry.ca seed cart, 2 fans, seed and fertilizer kit, also NH kit, $175,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm WANTED: SYSTEM 75 Flexi-Coil packer bar.

Please call 306-488-2109, Regina, SK. Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. jonmitch@westnet.com.au 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, 40’ PACKERS w/10” spacing, off 8810 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. Bourgault cultivator, asking $6500.

2010 SEED HAWK 60’ Toolbar, 12” sp., 204-745-6231, Carman, MB. w/Seed Hawk 400 cart, 2 fans, seed & fertilizer distributing kit auger. Also NH kit & JD 7300 PLANTER, MaxEmerge 2, 12 row, winch $175,000. 306-449-2255, A.E. Chi- liquid kit, 2 PTH, seed box ext., corn & bean discs, granular applicators, $12,500. coine Farm Equipment Ltd., Storthoaks SK. Matt at 204-723-5002, Notre Dame, MB. CONCORD 56’, 12” spacing, Bourgault 3” paired row tips, duals on wings, scraper on JOHN DEERE 7000 8-row corn planter, each packer wheels, exc. cond., $14,500; $4500. 306-768-7726, Carrot River, SK. 3400 Concord tank, $9500, or both for 2007 JD 1790 Drawn Planters, $146,000. $22,000 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. Stk#85733. Emerald Park/Regina, SK., 2009 SEEDMASTER 60-12, 60’, 12” spac- 306-721-5050, www.southcountry.ca ing, DS, new manifold, new hoses, vg cond., $68,000 or w/JD 1910 air tank, $115,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 2008 SEEDMASTER TXB 66-12, 66’, 12” 26' 842T WISHEK disc, s/n 3970126, new spacing, dual wheels, double shoot, all blades and bearings, new rims w/new 315/ new manifold and new hoses, mint cond., 80R22.5 truck tires, $65,000. Stony Plain, $78,000, or $125,000 with JD 1910 air AB. 780-445-0979 or 780-914-3557. tank. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 42’ BOURGAULT 9800 chisel plow, HD douFLEXI-COIL 2320 TBH air tank, double ble spring, w/4-bar heavy harrow, $29,500 shoot, excellent condition, $11,500 OBO. CAD OBO. 218-779-1710. Delivery avail.

306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. BREAKING DISCS: KEWANEE, 15’ and 2006 JD 1820, 61’, 12” space, single shoot, 12’; Rome 12’; Towner 16-18’; Wishek 18’ steel packers, new hoses, all dual wheels, and 30’. 1-866-938-8537. excellent cond., $19,500; JD 1900 air tank, single shoot, loading auger, excellent 2014 DEGELMAN PRO-TILL 40’ Disc, cond., $22,500 or $39,500 for both. Call $133,700. Stk#32829. Mossbank, SK., 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 306-354-2411, www.southcountry.ca 2004 EZEE-ON 7550, 60’, 10” spacing, 4” 7 SERIES MORRIS, brand new HoneyBee packers, 4000 TBH tank, var. in cab rate dead rod, needs shovels, $3500. Willing to control, 33,800 total acres seeded, exc. trade for smaller 7 series Morris cultivator. cond., 1 year on Atom Jet rate high rate 306-460-9027, Flaxcombe, SK. side band openers. Retiring, $40,000.

306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK.

2016 CIH MAXXUM 115 MFWD, 692 hours, 115 HP, FEL, 540/1000 PTO, 3PH, 2011 JD 9530 4WD, 1580 hrs., clean, excellent condition, $99,800. one owner tractor since new, shedded, in1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com ner wheel weights, GPS ready and 800 Firestone metrics, big hyd.

2009 CIH L760 front end loader, FEL available, $245,000 OBO; 2009 9530 4WD quick attach, aux. hyds., 6050 lb. lift, very pump, tractor, inner weights, GPS ready, 800 good cond. For Puma 115-155, $14,900. Michelin metrics, shedded, $195,000 OBO. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com Call Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK.

FLEXI-COIL 5000, 33’, 9” spacing, DS, 3.5” steel packers, 3” paired row openers, 1720 air tank with 7” auger, 306-836-4613, Simpson, SK.

2014 CHALLENGER MT765D, 620 hrs., 350 HP, Trimble Autopilot, 18” tracks, PTO, 3PTH, $219,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

2- 60’ EZEE-ON 7560 Air Drills, 400 bu. 4000 TBH tanks, var. rate ctrl, new in 2007, 2000 ac./year per drill, 3” steel packers, 8” spacing, 2” paired row openers, excellent for organic farming, $40,000 per drill OBO. Charles Cattle Co. Ltd., for an- LANDROLLERS IN STOCK. Don’t get caught swering service call 306-457-2935 or cell: without a roller this spring! Be the grower who rents to others, not the one who waits 306-457-7529, Stoughton, SK. too long for a rental. All sizes available, 2010 SEED HAWK, 40’, 12” spacing, liquid with or without leveling blade option. Orkit, w/340 bu. JD 1910 cart, $112,000 der soon to avoid disappointment. Call OBO; Pattison 2100 gal. liquid fert. cart, now 888-907-9182, www.agshield.com $23,500. 306-698-7787, Wolseley, SK. NEW SEED BOOTS and fertilizer openers 2010 JD 1830 drill, 61’ 10” spacing, w/430 for SeedMaster drill. Plus various other bu. 1910 grain cart, duals, double shoot, parts. 306-547-7235, Sturgis, SK. $69,000 OBO. 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. BOURGAULT 3195 TANK, w/monitor, load2012 BOURGAULT 6550 seed tank, 4 ing auger, $5000. Call 306-937-2890, tanks, 3 meters, poly augers, $82,000. Cando, SK. 306-472-7642, Lafleche, SK. WANTED: USED K-HART air drill, with or WANTED: 40-50’ SEEDHAWK Air Drill. without cart. Call Jim at 306-882-5101, With or without liquid. Call 306-230-7401, D’arcy, SK. Saskatoon, SK. 2001 JOHN DEERE 1820, 54’, 10” spacing, 3/4” Bourgault knives, 1900 340 bu. cart, $24,000 OBO. 306-291-9413 Aberdeen, SK 2000 BOURGAULT 8810, 32’ with 2135 air cart on row gang packers, harrows, FlexiCoil markers, knife openers, knock-on WANTED: OLD DEUTZ TRACTOR, 65sweeps. 306-867-8477, Outlook, SK. F4L514, 8005, 130-06 DX, 230, 250, 4.30.

750-927-7519, Leedes, ON. 2015 K-HART 66’ GEN 2 Disc Drill with 2013 Bourgault 6700 ST tank. 12” spacing, 8 seed towers and lines, mud scrapers, blockage monitors included, $260,000 OBO. Will sell drill & cart separately if re- M5 MM DIESEL TRACTOR, runs good and has good rubber, $2500. 306-395-2668, or quested. 306-774-3903, Pennant, SK. Cell: 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. FLEXI-COIL 5000 51’, 9”, w/2320, 4” rubber packers, in-row liquid phos. $16,500 OBO. 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK. WANTED: 2000 OR NEWER Flexi-Coil 40’ 1999 CASE/IH MX220, MFWD, powershift, to 45’ air drill and TBT cart, 7” spacing. 3PTH, 540/1000 & big 1000 PTO, 4 hyds., duals, 8500 hrs., nice condition, $56,500.

Call 780-841-9594, La Crete, AB. 204-324-7410, Ridgeville, MB. 2009 SEED HAWK 66’, 12” spacing, single knife, only 1 season on new knives, 600 2001 MX120 w/loader; 2000 MX135; 2001 bu. TBH tank, 30.8 rear tires, always shed- MX170 w/loader; and 2003 MX255, MFWD ded, field ready, $160,000. 780-812-4471, w/loader. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. Bonnyville, AB. 1997 CASE/IH 9350, 310 HP, 5480 hrs., 4 remotes, tires at 50%, c/w AutoSteer, $67,000. 306-620-5407, Kamsack, SK. 2008 BOURGAULT 6350, 2 fans, 3 TM, $46,000 OBO. Call 306-563-8482.

2015 JD 1910 TBT air cart. Has 650 duals, hydraulic variable rate, sectional control capability, 10” remote hydraulic auger with conveyor flip out. Only did 6000 acres, always shedded, new condition. Rented farm out. $98,000 OBO. Call 204-662-4474, or 204-851-0211, Antler, SK. MORRIS 7180 air tank, new meter body on fert. tank, good hoses & recent loading auger, $5000. 306-276-7788, 306-769-8887 Arborfield, SK. breavie@live.ca 40’ BOURGAULT 36-42 AIR SEEDER, 8” spacing, with 3225 tank, QA, on row packers, $13,000. 306-567-8614, Davidson, SK. 2010 CIH 400 Air Drills and Seeder, was $87,300, now $72,500! Stk#45129.

Assiniboia, SK. www.southcountry.ca 306-642-3366.

BOURGAULT 40’, w/harrows, packers and granular app., 3225 tank, has 3rd tank, field ready, $20,000. 306-937-2890 Cando.

NH3 CONVERSION KIT/PUMP. Fits 66’ Bourgault air seeder, $13,000. Call Phil Stewart, 780-813-0131, Vermilion, AB.

FORD TANDEM DISC 13’ wide, new front notched blades, plain back blades, 20” dia. blades front and back, nice shape, $4000 OBO. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB. 2017 DEMO 80’ Degelman landroller; New 51’ Degelman landroller. Odessa Rockpicker Sales, 306-957-4403 or 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK.

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

2015 CIH PUMA 185 MFWD, 1490 hrs., 185 HP, CVT, 540/100 PTO, 3PTH, duals, REDUCED PRICE! 1983 JD 4450 MFWD factory warranty, $149,800. w/Ezee-On FEL 2130 grapple, 15 spd. PS, 3 hyds., 7925 hrs. showing, 14.9-26F, 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 20.8R38, duals available. 306-283-4747, 2015 CASE 580 QT, 1029 hrs., full load, 306-291-9395. Langham, SK. ext. warranty, PTO, eng. brake, $420,000 RETIRED - SELLING: JD 4650, 8650 hrs., OBO. 403-575-5491, Coronation, AB. 15 speed PS, 3 hyds., 1000 PTO, 20.8Rx38 2016 CASE/IH STX 420, 4WD, 710/R42 rear duals, 14Lx16.1 front, tires are in very Firestones, full AutoSteer, PTO, high ca- good condition, 8’ blade, $37,000 OBO. pacity pump, 4 remotes, full LED light pkg. 306-882-2358, Rosetown, SK. and deluxe cab, field ready, 410 hrs., 1988 JD 4650, PS, 3 hyds., Greenlighted, $350,000. 403-901-5390, Strathmore, AB. like new rubber, hard to find one better! $36,500. 403-504-9607, Medicine Hat, AB.

2017 JOHN DEERE 6120M with new 623R loader, 24/24 PowrQuad plus trans. 40 km/ h, 623R loader w/grapple bucket, 520/ 70R38 and 480/70R24 front tires, cab suspension, 3 remotes, 30 gal. PFC pump, rear 3 PTH w/fender control, 540/540E/ 1000 RPM, PTO w/fender switch, comes with 12 month powertrain warranty, $119,500. 403-638-1904, Sundre, AB.

1979 UNIMOG 406 Case MB4-94, 1400 hrs, 5600 mi, 20 spd. trans., disc brakes, front & rear 540-1000 PTO, high volume hyds., c/w Schmidt VF3C snowblower w/840 hrs. on OM352A turbo, 1600 tons/hr; Schmidt angled snowplow; Schmidt loader bucket; Case Extend-ahoe; and Case dozer blade. Will separate.

Everything works great, $55,000 OBO complete. Call 204-748-2454, Virden, MB.

QUICKE 860 TL loader, bucket/grapple, off NH T7030; JD 640 loader, bucket/grapple, off JD 6420; Allied 795 loader, off NH 8360; Also other older loaders. Austin, MB. Call/text 204-871-2708 Call 204-685-2124

2000 JD 7710, 5130 hrs.; 2000 JD 8310; 2001 JD 7810; 2009 JD 7830, 3900 hrs.; 2003 JD 7810, IVP trans. All MFWD, can be equipped with loaders. 204-522-6333, 2012 CIH 500HD, 1915 hrs., 4 remotes, Melita, MB. tow cable, luxury cab, red leather heated seats, 16 spd. PS, 57 GPM hyd. pump, 710 JOHN DEERE 4650, 160 HP, 5200 original tires, buddy seat, gd cond., $228,000 OBO. hrs., 20.8x38 duals, insides near new, very clean solid tractor. Low hour value at Ph/tx Brandon 306-577-5678, Carlyle, SK. $25,000. 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. 1990 CASE/IH 9150, Outback AutoSteer & 2009 JOHN DEERE 9430, 4WD, 425 HP, 24 mapping, 8000 hrs., usually shedded, spd., 4 hyds., 710/70R42 duals, 4300 hrs., $48,500. 306-567-8614, Davidson, SK. original owner, nice condition, asking 2004 CASE/IH STX 450, quad track, 7065 $175,000. 306-725-4286, Bulyea, SK. hrs., Cummins, 16 spd. PS, 4 hyd. outlets, 2000 JD 9400, 425 HP, 12 spd. powershift, plus return line, 30” tracks, exc. cond. EZ-Steer 4 hyd. outlets, plus return line, $115,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. new hyd. pump (48 GPM), 8 new tires, mint cond., $105,000.

WANTED: 970 OR 1070 CASE with power- 710/70R38, shift gone. Please call: 306-395-2668, or 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. Cell: 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 2011 JD 9530T, 18 spd. PS, 36” tracks, 4 plus return line, front weights, end INTERNATIONAL 684 TRACTOR with IH hyds. weights, AutoTrac ready, mint cond., front end and 3 PTH, good rubber, runs idler $175,000.

306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. good, $6500. 306-640-7350, Flintoft, SK.

BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

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2005 NEW HOLLAND TG210, 5600 hrs., Powershift, rear duals, $59,000.

204-921-0233, Rosenort, MB. 2013 NH TV6070, loader/bucket/grapple, 4100 hrs., very good condition, $100,500.

Please call 306-263-3232, Tyvan, SK. Email: youngslandc@gmail.com

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UTILITY TRACTORS: John Deere 6200, 2 WD, open station with loader; JD 5524, MFWD w/loader; 5400 MFWD JD open station, 204-522-6333, Melita, MB.

SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65.

Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone 2007 CAT 938G, 2550 hrs., $115,000. Call for availability and prices. Many used in 1983 MASSEY 4900, 23.1-34 duals in good 1-800-510-3303, St. Lazare, MB. stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. shape, 100 hrs. on complete 903 motor (cost to rebuild eng. $18,000). New Turbo, 2015 JD 6150M Row Crop Tractor, 1395 450KW MARATHON GENSET, 628 hrs., starter & alternator. Low hrs. on rebuilt hrs., was $149,900, now $133,765! S60 dsl. engine - inframed, load tested. trans. and hyd. pump & fuel injection Stk#88117.

Moose Jaw, SK., Sold with warranty. $44,500. On Track pump & nozzles, low hrs on front planetar- 306-692-2371, www.southcountry.ca Company Inc. 780-672-6868, Camrose, AB ies, good cab and paint. Clutch useable but sometimes slips under heavy loads, other- LEON 707 FRONT END LOADER, with 6’ wise excellent tractor, asking $25,000. bucket, $1750. Call 306-395-2668, or Cell: 306-937-2795, Battleford, SK. 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK.

ADD A GRAPPLE to your compact John 1998 NH 9682 4WD, 710 duals, mint con- Deere tractor. For more information go to: dition, $75,000 OBO. 306-277-4503, Gron- viperbitegrapples.ca 306-493-7153. lid, SK. DEGELMAN 46/5700 4-way dozer 1997 NEW HOLLAND 9682, 5150 hrs., 12’ QA, $15,000; HLA snow wing dozer $67,500. 780-352-4911 or 780-361-7910, blade, blade, trip cutting edge, can be mounted 2016 JD 9620R, 332 hrs., 800 metrics, Wetaskiwin, AB. on industrial loader, $15,000. Wandering hyd. suspension, weight pkg., 1000 PTO, River, AB. 780-771-2155 or 780-404-1212.

58 gal. pump, $319,500 USD. Call 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560, or visit www.ms-diversified.com 1985 VERSATILE 856, 4 WD, 8725 hrs., 12 spd., PS, PTO, and 20.8/38 tires, 30%. Very 2013 JD 9410R PS, 1480 hrs., 1000 PTO, well maintained, good condition. $30,000 SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call high-flow w/5 remotes, leather trim, pre- OBO. Call 204-734-0013 or 204-238-4258, for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., mium HID lights, 620/70R42’s w/duals, Bowsman, MB. www.luckemanufacturing.com $199,500 USD. www.ms-diversified.com Call 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560.

1991 FORD/VERSATILE 1156, 8900 hrs., FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levelers.

BOOK NORCAN SOYBEANS Common #1 20.8x42 triples, 470 HP, $69,000 CAD Building now. Place orders and don’t delay!

Also, selling a Case 400 tractor with FEL. so you keep more green. Buy a bigger JD OBO. Delivery available. 218-779-1710.

306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. with the savings! Early discounts. Norcan Seeds at 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch MB. ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De2013 JD 9460R, 1200 hrs., PTO, big hyd. gelman equipment, land rollers, Strawpump, 520x46 triples, fresh Greenlight, master, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. $295,000 OBO. 204-242-2784 Manitou, MB 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specialFOR POST-EMERGENCE WEED manageizing in rebuilding JD tractors. Want Series ment- Harriston 60’ tine weeder, excellent Geared For 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 7000s to rebuild or for condition. 306-382-9024, Saskatoon, SK. parts. pay top $$. Now selling JD parts.

The Future 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. 1990 JD 8760, 300 HP, PTO, 3 PTH, 24 spd. trans., exc. cond., good rubber, 9500 hrs., $52,000. 204-476-0107, Eden, MB.

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

WANTED: JD 540A line skidder, parts machine or good cond. Call 780-349-6262, or Cell: 780-868-3361, Westlock, AB.

2017 JD 6175R, H380 loader w/grapple, 85 hrs., IVT, Triple Link, $159,500 USD; 2016 JD 6155R, 640R loader w/grapple, 348 hrs., IVT (50K), Triple Link, AutoTrac $144,500 USD. Call 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560, www.ms-diversified.com

2011 JD 9430, 2342 hrs., 800 metric, 24 spd., Active Seat, HID lights, weight pkg., shedded, exc. cond., $220,000. Mari1989 CIH 9170, PS, AutoSteer, 8180 hrs., apolis, MB. 204-825-2782, 204-825-7495. $45,000. Located near Minot, ND. Call 2003 JD 7420, MFWD, rear inner wheel 306-563-8482. weights, 3 remotes, 741 self-levelling loader w/grapple, IVT trans., 9550 hrs., $75,000. 204-648-7129, Grandview, 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

2006 MCCORMICK MTX 150 and 2004 MTX 140 with loader. Both low hours. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB.

2005 JD 7220, IVT trans., 3 PTH, 741 STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and loader/grapple, $52,000; JD 7710, FWD, used, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to LHR, 3 PTH, JD 740 loader/grapple avail.

1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152 Barrhead AB www.bigtractorparts.com

2014 JOHN DEERE 4730, 110 hrs., 800 gal. tank, 100' booms, next to new condition, $270,000. 403-704-3537, Ponoka, AB

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

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2013 VARIOUS LS MTRON, MFWD, 550 hrs., FWA. This unit has all the bells and whistles except 3 PTH, exc. cond., 96 HP, w/loader, cab, only 550 hrs., replacement $80,000 +. Would look at cash offers/ possible trade or some financing, $55,000.

More info call Bill 780-482-5273 or call David at 780-349-5244, Edmonton, AB. 1979 JD 4440 with 158 loader and joy- Email: dwrhine41s@live.ca stick, 10,000 hrs., excellent tractor, MULTIPLE HIGH HP track & 4WD tractors. $25,000. 306-233-7774, Cudworth, SK. Various options, various hours. All are in Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co- excellent condition and priced to sell! operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-667-7770. Delivery available. Call 218-779-1710.

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DRILL STEM FOR SALE: 2-3/8” & 2-7/8” available. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK.

T AND L 1/4 sec. center pivot, 8 towers, 100 HP Deutz/Berkley pump, good cond., $18,000. 306-424-7761, Montmartre, 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

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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 WANTED: IGNITION COIL (Prestolite) for low prices. 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, P51 Pioneer chainsaw. Call 204-742-3738, Outlook, SK. derdallreg@hotmail.com Ethelbert, MB. WANTED: MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor POPLARS FOR SHELTERBELTS, 3-5’ high, no cotton. 3 varieties. Very inexpenWrecking, 1-888-676-4847. sive 10-12” Colorado spruce, Black Hills WANTED: JD 9660 Combine; 8’ metal Spruce, Scots Pine, Siberian Larch. Select break; mobile excavator, 306-304-1959, Seedling Nursery, 306-978-1940, Saskatoon, SK. www.selectseedlingnursery.com Meadow Lake, SK. WANTED: 30’ BATT REEL, for Case 8230 TREES: Shelterbelt, hedges and small PTO swather or a 1200 Hesston PTO fruit trees for acreages, farms, towns and swather. 403-485-1028, Champion, AB. developers. A great assortment of seedlings,: Spruce, pine, ash, maples, flowering WANTED: JD 540A line skidder, parts ma- crabs, lilacs, caraganas and more. Comchine or good cond; 4-5’ skid steer mount, mercial varieties of Saskatoon berry seedhyd. drive, rototiller. Call 780-349-6262, lings. All 15-60 cm high. Select Seedling Nursery, 306-978-1940, Saskatoon, SK. or cell: 780-868-3361, Westlock, AB. www.selectseedlingnursery.com WANTED: T810 VOLVO Tractor, in good running condition.

780-806-3439, 780-842-4088. Wainwright, AB.

SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

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SPRUCE FOR SALE!! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, get the year round protection you need.

We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. Also can deliver in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring orders while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 or visit: www.didsburysprucefarms.com

100 BLACK ANGUS bred heifers, Feb-Mar. 21ST ANNUAL Triple A Angus Bull calvers, some with calves at foot already. Sale, Saturday, March 31st, 1:00 PM, 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer 80 Black and Red Angus yearling 2 YEAR OLD & yearling bulls for sale, cow & bulls. Performance tested. For a catalogue heifer bulls available. Correct and growthy, or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. semen tested, ready to go. 780-853-3384, 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online 780-853-2275, Vermilion, AB. at www.buyagro.com Sale day watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca (PL #116061).

40 BLACK COWS: 20- 2nd & 3rd calvers, $2050; 10- 4th, 5th, 6th calvers, $1,800; 10 DURALTA FARMS 13th Annual Angus cows that are in good shape, $1,500. Most Bull Sale, Friday March 16th, 1:30 PM at cows were exposed June 10th to black the farm, Vegreville, AB. Selling 60 Red and Black Angus bulls. Wintering and debulls. 306-476-2020, Rockglen, SK. livery available. For a catalogue or more BLACK ANGUS BULLS, call 587-991-9526, information contact Dave Durie at Sherwood Park, AB. Pedigree, performance 780-208-4888 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at & ration data at: www.hahnangus.com www.buyagro.com PL#116061

ANDERSON CATTLE CO. Bull & Female Sale, Tuesday, March 27th, 1:00 PM, at the farm, Swan River, MB. Selling 60 two year old and yearling Red & Black Angus bulls, open heifers and cow/calf pairs.

For more info. or a catalogue contact the Andersons at 204-734-2073 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online: www.buyagro.com (PL#116061)

JOHNSON LIVESTOCK ANNUAL Angus Bull Sale, Thursday March 15th, 1:00 PM at the ranch near Peebles, SK. Presenting 150 Black Angus bulls including extra age fall born and yearling bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For a catalogue or more information contact Andrew at 306-736-7393 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. To view catalogue online, visit us at www.buyagro.com and on the sale day, watch and bid at www.dlms.ca

10TH ANNUAL IMPACT Angus and Charolais Bull Sale, Saturday, March 24th, 1:30 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 50 Red & Black Angus yearling bulls.

For catalogue or more info. contact Randy Tetzlaff at 306-944-2734, Jason George at 306-567-7939 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com (PL #116061).

BUYING FINISHED BISON. Call or text EDWARDS ANGUS HAS 10 calving ease, Harmony Natural Bison, 306-736-3454,SE high maternal and performance bulls selling Sask. in the South Sask Angus and Simmental Bull Sale, Mar. 12, 2018, 1:00 PM, JohnBISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison stone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. View is looking to contract grain finished bison, catalogue online at: buyagro.com Call as well as calves and yearlings for growing 306-567-7456, lredwards@sasktel.net markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com PUREBRED BLACK & RED Angus bulls.

We have a good selection of 2 yr. old bulls (11) 2015 CERTIFIED Bred Heifers. Nice for sale. Check out our catalogue online at group of heifers weighing 1150-1270 lbs. www.reddiamondfarm.com Semen tested, Bred to Irish Creek & XY bison bulls. Deliv- guaranteed and delivered. Call Michael ery available. 204-773-6725, Binscarth, MB. Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB. 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.

OSSAWA ANGUS, MARQUETTE, MB. has for sale yearling and 2 year old bulls and open yearling heifers.

Call 204-375-6658 or 204-383-0703.

FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS Bulls, virgin 2 yr olds and herdsires avail. Genetics w/maternal and calving ease traits.

WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and 204-564-2540, 204-773-6800, Shellmouth, cows, $5/lb. HHW. Finished beef steers MB. Website: www.nerbasbrosangus.com and heifers for slaughter. We are also buying compromised cattle that can’t make a BLACK ANGUS BULLS YEARLINGS & long trip. Oak Ridge Meats, McCreary, Long Yearlings, some Heifer Bulls, semen tested & performance records avail. Please 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147.

Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch BUYING BISON for processing. Call for 204-873-2430, Clearwater, MB. options and prices, Ian 204-848-2498 or REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS bulls: 2 204-867-0085. year olds and 1 year olds w/moderate BW on home test. Semen tested. Delivered QUILL CREEK BISON has 50 bred heifers within 200 kms. Call Holloway Angus, Soufor sale. Call Doug, 306-231-9110, Quill ris MB., 204-741-0070 or 204-483-3622.

Lake, SK. (10) 2 YEAR OLD BLACK ANGUS bulls, seQUILL CREEK BISON is looking for fin- men tested, guaranteed breeders. High ished, and all other types of bison. COD, quality. Reasonably priced. B/B Duncan, paying market prices. “Producers working Cromer, MB. Please call 204-556-2342, with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and 204-748-2911 or 204-851-0306.

MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS yearling NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison bulls and open replacement heifers. Modon the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. erate framed with good dispositions, EPD’s For spring delivery and beyond. Smaller available. Semen tested and delivered. groups welcome. Fair, competitive and as- Bloodlines include: Resource, Brand Name, sured payment. Contact Richard Bintner South Dakota, Patriot and Upward. Phone Colin at Kembar Angus, 204-725-3597, 306-873-3184.

Brandon, MB., ackirkpatrick@rfnow.com APPROX. 46 CALVES for sale, a nice group.

Available end of March. Contact Marvin 306-960-2759, Prince Albert, 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

DURALTA FARMS 13th Annual Angus Bull Sale, Friday March 16th, 1:30 PM at the farm, Vegreville, AB. Selling 60 Red and Black Angus bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For a catalogue or more information contact Dave Durie at 780-208-4888 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL#116061 RED ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing ration, performance info available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Adrian or Brian and Elaine Edwards, 306-441-0946, 10TH ANNUAL IMPACT Angus and 306-342-4407, www.valleyhillsangus.com Charolais Bull Sale, Saturday, March 24th, 1:30 PM at Saskatoon Livestock REG. RED ANGUS bulls, calving ease, good Sales. 50 Black & Red Angus yearling bulls. weaning weights, no creep feed, quiet. LitFor catalogue or more info. contact Randy tle de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK Tetzlaff at 306-944-2734, Jason George at MCTAVISH FARMS RED ANGUS & Charo306-567-7939 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at lais Bull Sale with Charla Moore Farms, 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online Tuesday, March 13th, 1:30 PM at the farm, at: www.buyagro.com (PL #116061).

Moosomin, SK. 9 Red Angus yearlings and ANDERSON CATTLE CO. Bull & Female 3 two year olds; 37 Charolais yearlings and Sale, Tuesday, March 27th, 1:00 PM, at 4 two year olds. View videos and catathe farm, Swan River, MB. Selling 60 two logue online at www.mctavishfarms.ca year old and yearling Black & Red Angus Call or text Jared at 306-435-9842 bulls, open heifers and cow/calf pairs. DIAMOND W 16TH ANNUAL BULL SALE, For more info. or a catalogue contact the Tuesday, March 20th, 1:30 PM DST, Valley Andersons at 204-734-2073 or T Bar C Livestock, Minitonas, MB. Offering: 22 Red Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue & Black Angus two year olds and yearlings; online: www.buyagro.com (PL#116061) 45 Charolais yearling and two year olds.

MANTEI FARMS ANGUS at the Alameda Many polled, some red factor. Sound and Bull Sale, March 24th, 1:00PM, Chopper K, semen tested. Delivery available. For cataAlameda, SK. 23 Angus bulls from Mantei logues and info. contact Orland Walker Farms, Cecil 306-461-5501; 9 Charolais 306-865-6539. Sale broadcast live on bulls from Philips Farms, Kurtiss www.dlms.ca Catalogue available online 306-421-6416; 9 Simmentals from Table- at: www.bylivestock.com land Cattle Co., Wade 306-421-7967 or HOWE RED ANGUS & Whitecap/Rosso Heather 306-471-9891. Catalogues on-line Charolais 28th Annual Bull Sale. April at: www.buyagro.com or blackharvest.ca 4th, 2018, 1:00PM at Howe farm, 8 miles PALMER CHAROLAIS/NIELSON LAND AND South of Moose Jaw on #2 Hwy, 1.5 miles CATTLE CO., Charolais and Black & Red East on Baildon grid. Selling 45 yearling Angus Bull and Heifer Sale, Monday, March and 2 year old Red Angus; 50 two year old 12, 2:00 PM, at the Palmer farm, Blad- Charolais and 25 yearling Charolais. ConDarwin 306-690-8916, Kelly worth, SK. Offering 45 Black & Red Angus tact yearling bulls, 9 Black & Red PB Angus 306-693-2163 or Mike 306-631-8779. yearling heifers, 5 Black Baldy bred com- Catalogue online at: www.howefarm.ca mercial heifers, and 60 two year old & yearling Charolais bulls, most polled, some red factor. Top quality cattle with great pedigrees that will work. Sale broadcast at POLLED YEARLING BLONDE BULLS for www.dlms.ca . Please call Larry Nielson at sale, Estevan, SK. area.

Phone 306-567-7493 or Velon Herback at 306-634-2174 or cell 306-421-6987.

306-567-7033. Catalogue and videos online at www.bylivestock.com HOLLINGER LAND & CATTLE 6th Annual Bull & Female Sale, Tuesday March 20th, 1:00 PM at the ranch, Neudorf, SK. Offering 40 Black Angus yearling bulls, 10 purebred females and select pens of open commercial heifers. For more information or a catalogue, contact Chad at 306-331-0302 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. To view the catalogue online go to: www.buyagro.com. Watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca (PL #116061).

PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. POLLED PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls.

Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 We have a good selection of 2 yr. old bulls for sale. Check out our catalogue online at or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. www.reddiamondfarm.com Semen tested, guaranteed and delivered. Call Michael Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB.

SEMEN TESTED 2-4 year old Plains breed- CRESCENT CREEK ANGUS 20th Annual ing bulls. Call MFL Bison Ranch Ltd. Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, April 7th, 2018, 1:00 PM, Goodeve, SK. Selling 62 403-747-2500, Alix, AB. Black Angus yearling bulls and 35 top cut WANTED: TWO BISON BULLS, Please call open replacement heifers. All bulls semen and performance tested. For video or cata403-586-2404, Olds, AB. logue visit: www.crescentcreekangus.com Call Wes 306-876-4420 or 306-728-8284.

SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Black and Red Angus coming 2-year-old bulls for sale. BURNETT ANGUS 34TH Annual Bull Sale, Good selection. Call Shane 306-869-8074 Saturday, April 7, 2018, 2:00 PM, The Ranch, Swift Current, SK. 60 yearling bulls, or Keith 306-454-2730. Ceylon, SK. many genetically developed for breeding VIDEOS: WWW.DKFANGUS.CA Select heifers. Sires represented: Shipwheel Chinow. Get later. Great selection. Superior nook, OCC Missing Link, Sooline Motive, Transcon’s Winnipeg quality. DKF Red And Black Angus bulls Stevenson Rockmount, Bruiser, Optimum at DKF Ranch, anytime. Gladmar, SK. (Chisum son), Crowfoot Fred. Bryce Simmental Bull Sale Scott Fettes 306-815-7023; Dwayne 306-773-7065 or Wyatt 306-750-7822, Monday, March 12th @ 1:00pm 306-969-4506. wburnett@xplornet.ca Winnipeg Livestock Sales, Winnipeg, MB 2 YEAR OLD Purebred Black Angus Bulls CANADA’S LARGEST SOURCE of moderate On offer 59 Simmental Bulls for sale, call David at: 306-963-7739 or frame maternal cattle. 40 Red & Black AnLuke at: 306-370-6301, Imperial, SK. gus 2 year olds selling by private treaty.

(Red, Black & Fullblood) RED & BLACK Purebred yearling bulls, Ole Farms, Athabasca, AB., 780-675-4664.

Transcon’s Premium Contact Troy at L - Dee Stock Farms, 306-867-7719, Glenside, SK. Bull Sale PUREBRED RED & BLACK Angus bulls.

We have a good selection of 2 yr. old bulls for sale. Check out our catalogue online at www.reddiamondfarm.com Semen tested, guaranteed and delivered. Call Michael Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB. RED ANGUS PUREBRED 2 year old bulls.

Contact DBM Angus Farms, Holland, MB., Brian 204-526-0942, David 204-723-0288.

Online catalogue: www.dbmangusfarms.ca

Wednesday, March 14th @ 1:00pm Beautiful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB

On offer 85 Simmental Bulls (Red, Black & Fullblood)

View full catalogues online

www.transconlivestock.com For more information call: Jay Good (403) 556-5563 Cody Haney (403) 556-8809 Darren Paget (403) 323-3985 Glenn Norton (780) 542-0634

MAR MAC FARMS would like to personally invite you to their annual Bull & Commercial Female sale, Wednesday March 7th, 2018 on the farm, Brandon, MB. Offering: Red Angus, Black Angus & Simmental bulls (yearling and long yearlings) and Commercial bred & open females. Only the top 1/3 of our bull crop sells. Customer service is a top priority and we look forward to working with you! Bulls are semen tested, free delivery and ready to go to work. Call Mar Mac Farms 204-728-3058 or view at: www.marmacfarms.net COW-BOYS Angus Bull & Female Sale Friday March 23rd, 1:00 PM, Virden, MB. Selling 80 Red & Black Angus bulls, as well as 15 Red & Black heifer calves. Presented

by Ramrod Cattle Co., Cor Vet Cattle Co. and Fraser Farms. Wintering & delivery available. For a catalogue or more info contact Tony Dekeyser 204-264-0270, Jeff Fraser 204-522-5964, Corey Jones 204-264-0444 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com. Watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca (PL #116061)

21ST ANNUAL Triple A Angus Bull Sale, Saturday, March 31st, 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer 80 Red and Black Angus yearling bulls. Performance tested. For a catalogue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com Sale day watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca (PL #116061).

DOUBLE ‘F’ CATTLE CO. 9th Annual Bull Sale, March 29th, 2:00 PM at Northern Livestock Sales (Heartland Livestock), Prince Albert, SK. Selling 50 rugged Black Angus bulls and an elite group of replacement heifers. Kelly Feige 306-747-2376, 306-747-7498. Catalogue online after Mar 1. www.doublefcattle.com SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca

F BAR & ASSOCIATES ANGUS BULLS. Choose from 20 two-year-old and yearling Red and Black Angus bulls. Great genetics, easy handling, semen tested, delivery avail. Call for sales list. Inquiries and visitors are welcome! Contact Allen & Merilyn Staheli, Eddystone, MB. Call 204-448-2124 Email: amstaheli@inethome.ca RED ANGUS BULLS: Pedigree, performance & ration data at: www.hahnangus.com. Call 587-991-9526. Sherwood Park, AB.

VIDEOS: WWW.DKFANGUS.CA Select now. Get later. Great selection. Superior quality. DKF Red And Black Angus bulls at DKF Ranch, anytime. Gladmar, SK. Scott Fettes 306-815-7023; Dwayne BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked. 306-969-4506.

306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, RED & BLACK Purebred yearling bulls, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca Contact Troy at L - Dee Stock Farms, 10TH ANNUAL TRIPLE J FARMS Black 306-867-7719, Glenside, SK. Angus Bull Sale: Wednesday, March BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred 28th, 1:00 PM at the farm, Whitewood, SK. to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked.

(12 miles south of Whitewood on Hwy#9). 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, Offering 60 yearling Black Angus bulls as SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca well as 10 purebred heifers. For more information contact Brad and/or Sharon RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, seJeannot 306-735-7760, Ben Wright men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery 519-374-3335, or T Bar C Cattle Co. available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca at www.buyagro.com Watch and bid onEXCELLENT QUALITY Red Angus Bulls: line at www.dlms.ca PL#116061 Calving ease bulls with 66-80 lb. BW’s; BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate grow- Performance bulls with 83-103 lb. BW’s; ing ration, performance info available. Val- Also 1 exciting Red carrier black bull. Seleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Adrian or Brian men tested in April. Delivered free. $1500 and Elaine Edwards, 306-441-0946, deposit holds bulls. Call Elmer Wiebe, EKW 306-342-4407, www.valleyhillsangus.com Red Angus, 306-381-3691, Hague, SK.

10TH ANNUAL IMPACT Angus and Charolais Bull Sale, Saturday, March 24th, 1:30 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Selling 40 yearling Charolais bulls.

For a catalogue or more info. contact Mike at 306-241-1975 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com (PL #116061).

TAN, WHITE & RED Charolais Bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds, Wheatheart Charolais, 306-882-6444, or cell 306-831-9369, DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME Rosetown, SK. DOVE RANCH 29th Annual Bull Sale, TEN OPEN REPLACEMENT Charolais heif- Saturday, March 3, 2018, 1:00 PM at their ers. Wheatheart Charolais, 306-882-6444, bull yards, Ponteix, SK. Complimentary or cell 306-831-9369, Rosetown, SK. lunch at 11:00 AM. Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, March 2nd. Selling POLLED PB YEARLING Charolais Bulls, 100+ purebred Gelbvieh yearling bulls, performance and semen tested. Can keep Red or Black. Performance and semen until May, $3000-$4000. Charrow Charo- tested. Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, lais, Call Bill 306-387-8011, 780-872-1966, Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, Ponteix, SK. Marshall, SK. Bidding in person or on-line: View catalog and video on BLUE SKY CHAROLAIS offering: 2 year www.dlms.com our websites: www.davidsongelbvieh.com old bulls, semen tested. March 5th at 1:00 and www.lonesomedoveranch.ca PM, Balog Auction Mart, Lethbridge, AB. We also have 40 yearling for sale at the ranch. Call John 306-672-6694 or Balog’s at 403-320-1980, www.balogauction.com PHILIPS FARMS CHAROLAIS at the Alameda Bull Sale, March 24th, 1:00PM, Chopper K, Alameda, SK. 9 Charolais bulls from Philips Farms, Kurtiss 306-421-6416; 23 Angus bulls from Mantei Farms, Cecil 306-461-5501; 9 Simmentals from Tableland Cattle Co., Wade 306-421-7967 or Heather 306-471-9891. Catalogues on-line at: www.buyagro.com or blackharvest.ca ELDER CHAROLAIS 8th Annual Bull Sale.

Thursday, March 22nd, 1:30 PM, at the farm, Coronach, SK. 40 Yearling bulls most are polled, some red factor. Top quality bulls that will calve and then give you the performance you want. Ron 306-267-4986 or Mike 306-267-7730. View catalogue & videos online at www.eldercharolais.com

PRAIRIE DISTINCTION CHAROLAIS Bull Sale: Tuesday, March 27th, Neepawa, MB Ag Society. 19 two-year-olds and 48 yearlings from 8 Manitoba breeders. Sale online at www.dlms.ca View catalogue at 3rd ANNUAL FLADELAND LIVESTOCK www.bylivestock.com, Call 306-536-4261.

Bull Sale, Wednesday March 14, 2018, PLEASANT DAWN CHAROLAIS 16th An- 1:30 PM, Johnston Auction Mart, Moose nual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 17th, 2:00 Jaw, SK. Selling 29 Red and Black yearling PM, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. All and long yearling Gelbvieh bulls. For more polled, some red factor. Offering 51 year- information call Del, 306-869-8123 or lings bulls. Wintering, delivery and sight Clint, 306-861-5654. View catalogue onunseen purchase program available. Bred line at: www.fladelandlivestock.com for calving ease with growth, hair and soundness. Sale broadcast live on www.DLMS.ca Contact Trent Hatch 204-855-3078 or (cell) 204-721-3078.

Catalogue & videos available online at: www.pleasantdawn.com HTA CHAROLAIS & GUEST Rammer Charolais Bull Sale, Wednesday, March 21, 1:00 PM. Beautiful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB. 58 yearling bulls, most are polled, some red factor with good dispositions. These are the best in performance genetics. Live Broadcast at www.dlms.ca Contact Shawn Airey 204-724-8823 or Matthew Ramsey 204-365-0976 Catalogue & videos online at: www.htacharolais.com STEPPLER FARMS 7TH Annual Charolais Bull Sale, Sunday, March 11, 1:00 PM, Steppler Sale Barn, Miami, MB. 75 yearlings and 15 two year olds, sound, good haired and thick, most are polled. Sale broadcast at www.dlms.ca. For catalogue or info. contact Andre Steppler, cell 204-750-1951. View videos and catalogue online at: www.stepplerfarms.com

LEGACY CHAROLAIS with guest Bob Charolais Bull Sale, Sunday March 4th at the farm, Botha, AB. 65 yearling bulls with free delivery in Western Canada.

Internet bidding available at: DLMS.ca For info call Troy & Dianna Walgenbach REGISTERED CHAROLAIS COWS, due to 403-742-4265 or Bob Burla 250-517-8521 calve in spring; Also feeder calves and View the catalogue and videos online at: bylivestock.com bulls. Call Jack 204-526-2857, Holland, MB 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 www.clinecattlecompany.ca

TWIN VIEW LIVESTOCK 7th Annual Gelbvieh Joint Production Bull Sale, Tuesday, March 12th, 1:00 PM, Brooks, AB. 40 purebred red & black Gelbvieh bulls. View our catalogue online at: www.twinviewlivestock.com Call Aaron 403-485-5518.

SELIN’S GELBVIEH HAS polled yearling bulls, black’s and red’s. Call Wayne at 306-793-4568, Stockholm, SK.

COYOTE FLATS 3rd Annual Bull Sale, Monday, March 5th 1:00PM at the farm, Coaldale, AB. 45 two year olds & 35 yearling Charolais bulls plus 40 Simmental cross Angus heifers with Charcross calves at side. Catalogue and videos online at: TWO YEAR OLD Char. Bulls, sired by Sil- www.coyoteflats.ca internet bidding at: ver Bullet and Roundup, calving ease and DLMS.ca Call Mark Lohues 403-634-2989. growth, exc. selection. Martens Charolais and Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB. CREEK’S EDGE LAND & CATTLE CO. Bull Sale, Thursday, March 15, 1:30 PM at the CATTLEMEN! SPRING IS JUST around farm, Yellow Creek, SK. 45 yearling and 10 the corner. It’s time to think about your two year old Charolais bulls that combine spring breeding needs. Again this year we calving ease, performance, meat, have have an excellent selection of registered great dispositions and most are polled.

Charolais bulls. On offer are 18 2-year olds Sale broadcast at www.dlms.ca. For a and 30 yearlings. Both red and white. All catalogue or more info call Stephen Wielsold by private treaty. Shop early for best gosz 306-279-7709. View videos and cataselection. A small deposit will hold until logue online www.creeksedgecharolais.ca spring delivery. Visit on the web at www.defoortstockfarm.com or call Gord or DIAMOND W BULL SALE - 16th Annual Sue at 204-743-2109, Cypress River, MB. Tuesday, March 20th, 1:30 PM DST, Valley Minitonas, MB. Offering: 45 PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS for sale. Livestock, yearling and two year olds. Many Polled and horned. Some red. 40+ bulls to Charolais polled, some red factor; 22 Red & Black choose from. Over 30 yrs. in the Charolais Angus two year olds and yearlings. Sound business. Wilf Neilson, Cougar Hill Ranch, and semen tested. available. For 204-732-2663, Toutes Aides, MB. (North catalogues and info. Delivery contact Orland Walker of Ste Rose).

306-865-6539. Sale broadcast live on (3) COMING TWO-YEAR-OLD PURE- www.dlms.ca Catalogue available online BRED Polled Registered Bulls, born April at: www.bylivestock.com and May. Bluegrass, Solomon, & Monarch MCTAVISH FARMS CHAROLAIS and Red breeding. Will be easy calving. Good dis- Angus Bull Sale with Charla Moore Farms, positions. Raised on grass and hay (no Tuesday, March 13th, 1:30 PM at the farm, grain). Semen tested and guaranteed. 34 Moosomin, SK. 37 Charolais yearlings and years in purebreds. K.E.H Charolais, Keith 4 two year olds; 9 Red Angus yearlings and Hagan, 204-748-1024, Virden, MB. 3 two year olds. View videos and cataCOMING 2 YR. old polled PB Charolais logue online at www.mctavishfarms.ca bulls, some red factor. Call Kings Polled Call or text Jared at 306-435-9842 Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. PALMER CHAROLAIS/NIELSON LAND AND HORSESHOE E CHAROLAIS 20th Annu- CATTLE CO., Charolais and Black & Red al Bull Sale, Saturday March 10th at 2:00 Angus Bull and Heifer Sale, Monday, March PM. Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, 12, 2:00 PM, at the Palmer farm, BladSK. Selling 70 bulls, including 16 two year worth, SK. Offering 60 two year old and olds. For catalogue contact Layne or Paula yearling Charolais bulls, most polled, some Evans at 306-252-2246 or go online to: red factor, 45 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls, 9 Black and Red PB Angus yearwww.horseshoeecharolais.com ling heifers, 5 Black Baldy bred commercial JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE heifers. Top quality cattle with great pedi12:00PM on the farm, Monday, April 2nd, grees that will work. Sale broadcast at 2018. 28 bulls, tan and whites; 6 two year www.dlms.ca . Please call Velon Herback, olds and 22 yearlings. Start calving March 306-567-7033 or Larry Nielson at 10th, actual average weaning weight 306-567-7493. Catalogue and videos onNov.10th, 838 lbs. No creep. Will keep un- line at www.bylivestock.com til May 1st. Must be insured. For more info. call Jerome and Cindy Tremblay WHITECAP/ROSSO CHAROLAIS and Howe Red Angus 28th Annual Bull 306-394-4406, Courval, SK. Sale. April 4th, 2018, 1:00PM at Howe 9 PB CHAROLAIS Heifers, very quiet. Bred farm, 8 miles South of Moose Jaw, on #2 to easy calving Ledger son. Due to start Hwy, 1.5 miles East on Baildon grid. Sellcalving at beginning of March. Call Qual- ing 50 two year old Charolais and 25 yearman Charolais 306-492-4634, Dundurn, SK ling Charolais, plus 45 yearling and 2 year Red Angus.

Contact Darwin NEILSON CATTLE COMPANY Charolais old Bull Sale, Monday March 19th, 1:00 PM at 306-690-8916, Kelly 306-693-2163 or the Ranch, Hwy #47 south of Willow- Mike 306-631-8779. View catalogue and brook, SK. Offering 32 coming 2 year old video at: www.howefarm.ca Charolais bulls, all semen tested and vet inspected. For a catalogue or more info. contact Mike at 306-783-0331 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. Watch and bid GALLOWAY BULL SALE: March 5 to 8th. online at: www.dlms.ca View catalogue Russel Horvey, 403-749-2780, Delburne AB, View on-line at: bigdealgalloways.com online at: www.buyagro.com (PL#116061)

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 35 stout polled red and black yearling PB and balancer Gelbvieh bulls and select females.

Also new this year selling a select group of Angus bulls. Sale can be viewed online via DLMS. For more info. and catalogue: Darcy 306-865-2929 or 306-865-7859, or Darrell 780-581-0077, www.gelbviehworld.com or sales consultant Kirk Hurlburt 306-222-8210. www.stonegatefarms.ca JEN-TY GELBVIEH ANNUAL BULL SALE, March 6th, 2018 at 1:00 PM, at the Medicine Hat Feeding Co., Medicine Hat, AB. On offer: Red and Black Purebred yearling bulls. For more information or for a catalogue call 403-378-4898. View on-line: jentygelbviehs.com TWIN BRIDGE FARMS and Twin View Livestock 7th Gelbvieh Bull Sale, Monday, 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 Keriness Cattle Co. For information contact: Ron and Carol Birch 403-792-2123, Aaron Birch 403-485-5518, or Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520. View catalogue online at www.donsavageauctions.com Sale will be broadcast on Live Auctions.TV GELBVIEH BULLS Reg. 2 yr. old and yearling polled bulls from our 39 year breeding program. Reds and blacks. 780-672-9950, Camrose, AB. gwinder21@gmail.com

FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD Bulls Yearlings & Long Yearlings, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch, 204-873-2430, Clearwater, MB. REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS. Airriess Acres has a strong group of yearlings and two year olds for sale. All Bulls are thick topped, structurally sound, quiet and are bred for calving ease and performance.

Semen tested before delivered. For more info call: 306-338-3496, Wadena, SK. Email: airriessacres@hotmail.com REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORD yearling bulls: Thick topped, big rumped, easy calving, lots of hair with good temperaments.

Priced at $3300. 50% down, balance when the bull leaves farm in spring 2018. Pick them early! V&G Polled Herefords, Garnet and Jordan Keller, 1 Mile north of Melville, SK. on Hwy #47. Phone 306-728-3657, 306-728-9057 or 306-728-0108. Email: garnetkeller@hotmail.com POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings, Holmes farm, Semans, SK., 306-746-7170 or 306-524-2762 ANL POLLED Herefords Annual Bull Sale with guest Brooks Farms, Sunday March 18th, 2:00 PM at the farm in Steelman, SK. Selling a great selection of yearling and 2 year old bulls live in our new sale facility!

Wintering & delivery available. For a catalogue or more information contact Karl at 306-487-2670, Jeremy at 306-485-8003 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006.

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11TH SUN COUNTRY SHORTHORN SALE, Tues. March 6th, 2018, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Selling 38 yearling and 2 year old Shorthorn bulls and 18 replacement heifers. Horseshoe Creek Farms, Weyburn, SK., 306-861-5504; AnSPRINGER LIMOUSIN has very quiet wender Cattle Company, Radville, SK., yearling and 2 year old PB Limousin bulls. 306-442-209; Rocking L Cattle Company, Red or Black. Call Merv at 306-272-4817 Wawato, SK., 306-577-8840; Diamond Creek Cattle Company, Weyburn, SK., or 306-272-0144, Foam Lake, SK. 306-861-1422.

GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black Limousin bulls with good growth, dispositions, calving ease. Qually-T Limousin, Rose Valley, SK. Call 306-322-7563 or BULL SALE: BLACK & Red Simmental bulls 306-322-7554. for the purebred/commercial breeder.

3 POLLED RED LIMOUSIN herdsires. 2, 3, March 14, 2018, 2:00 PM, Innisfail Auction & 4 year olds. Can be used on heifers and Mart, 403-922-6748 or 403-669-8938, cows; 1 black 3 year old Simmental, Innisfail, AB. www.ultralivestock.com Phone 306-755-4203, Tramping Lake, SK. PRAIRIE PARTNERS BULL SALE. Red, Black, FB, Sim/Angus, Charolais bulls and a select group of open heifers. March 13, 2018, RED POLL BULLS: Thank you to all our 1:00 PM, Killarney Auction Mart. Sale buyers - recent and former. Due to health broadcast on DLMS.ca Visit the farms of issues, 2018 will be our last year offering Gordon Jones Simmentals & Silver Lake bulls. A limited number of yearling and Farms prior to the sale for your chance to 2-year-olds are available. Larry and Linda win a $500 bull purchase credit. Please call 204-535-2273 or 204-825-8012, Killarney, Fleming 780-892-3447, Wabamun, AB. MB. Online: www.bouchardlivestock.com

POLLED LIMOUSIN BULLS Yearling and 2 year old bulls for sale by Private Treaty.

Harvey Tedford 306-634-8536 or Darryl Tedford 306-634-4621, Estevan, SK. hdtedford@sasktel.net circletlimousin.com

BRAUN RANCH Horned Hereford Bull Sale.

March 9, 1:00PM at the ranch, Simmie, SK. 20 two year olds bulls, 30 yearling bulls, 5 purebred open heifers, 25 commercial open heifers. View catalogue and sale videos on-line at: www.braunranch.com Contact Craig Braun at 306-297-2132.

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 SQUARE D BULLS FOR SALE: 2 year olds, Red Deer County, AB. Please email: fall & spring yearlings. Quiet, performance travisdepalme@outlook.com and semen tested. Delivery can be arranged. Group of young females to calve in March. Please contact Jim Duke at POLLED POLLED POLLED- Salers bulls 306-538-4556, 306-736-7921, Langbank, for sale. Call Spruce Grove Salers, Yorkton, SK. Email: square.d@sasktel.net Website: SK, 306-782-9554 or 306-621-1060. 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.

BENDER SHORTHORNS & STAR P FARMS Online Bull & Female Sale, March 23 & 24, Neudorf, SK. Phone 306-728-8613 or 306-231-3933, www.bendershorthorns.com E-mail: bendershorthorns@sasktel.net POLLED PB SHORTHORN BULLS: Red, white, & roans. Thick, beefy, & muscular, w/moderate birthweights. 4 bulls in Douglas Development Centre, as well as on the farm. Reasonably priced. Uphill Shorthorns, Hamiota, MB. 204-764-2663 (H), 32ND ANNUAL PRAIRIE Gold Limousin 204-365-7155 (C). rgray4@mymts.net Bull Sale, has 40 performance and calving ease yearling and 2 year old bulls. Selling SELLING FOR THE ESTATE of Harvey March 23 at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Blanchette. One 3 year old white bull, very Saskatoon, SK. View catalogue online at: sound and quiet. PB name is BMC11C, Sire buyagro.com More info 306-567-7456 or BMV1274, Dam-uphill rose 6Z. Email: lredwards@sasktel.net 306-342-4918, Glaslyn, SK.

POLLED YEARLINGS AND 3-YEAR-OLD Simmental Bulls, reds and blacks. Bulls are fully guaranteed, semen tested, and insured until delivered. Call Ray Cormier at 204-736-2608, La Salle, MB. Visit our website at www.riverbankfarms.com

ASHWORTH FARM AND RANCH 15th Annual Bull Sale, Monday, March 5th, 1 PM at the farm. 8 miles South of Oungre, SK. Hwy. #35, 2-1/2 miles East. Offering 80 Red and Black Simmental bulls and Simm/Angus cross bulls. For catalogue or more information call Kelly Ashworth 306-456-2749, 306-861-2013 or Kyle at 306-861-9352. View catalogue on-line at: www.bouchardlivestock.com DARK RED POLLED yearling Simmental bulls, off cross roads degree, good disposition, good hair coats, also 1 polled solid Red 2 year old, will guarantee breeders, down payment will hold till spring. Green Spruce Simmental, Call 306-467-4975 or 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK. 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. POLLED BLACK SIMMENTAL herdsire for sale. Rising 3 year old, 94 lb. BW, Phone 306-755-4203, Tramping Lake, SK. 14th ANNUAL Wheatland Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Thursday, March 22nd, 2:00 PM at the farm, Bienfait, SK. Offering Black & Red Simmental, SimmAngus and Angus Bulls. Also selling customer commercial heifers. For more information or a catalogue, contact Vernon at 306-634-7765 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com (PL #116061).

18TH ANNUAL R PLUS Simmentals Bull Sale, Sunday March 4, 2018 1:00PM at the farm near Estevan, SK. Offering 100 industry leading yearling and two year old bulls.

For more info. or a catalogue contact Marlin 306-421-2470 or T Bar C Cattle Co. WLB LIVESTOCK ANNUAL SIMMENTAL 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online Beef Bull Sale, 2:00 PM March 20, 2018. at: www.buyagro.com Watch and bid onFree board to May 1. 5% 2nd bull discount. line at: www.dlms.ca (PL#116061).

Selling 55 Black & Red Simmental PB and yearling beef bulls at the farm,(6 miles N, IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION Bull Sale 1 mile E, 1/2 mile N)from Douglas, MB. March 8th, 2018 at 1:00PM, Spring Creek Bill & Nancy Biglieni at: 204-763-4697 or Ranch, Moosomin, SK. Selling 100 Red and Cell: 204-729-7925. Catalogue and videos Black Simmentals, Red and Black Angus & Simmental/Angus bulls. Volume & loyalty online at: www.wlblivestock.com customer discounts. For more information a catalogue contact Brian McCarthy PHEASANTDALE CATTLE COMPANY or or T Bar C Cattle Co. 14th Annual Bull and Female Sale, 306-435-7527 306-220-5006.

View the catalogue online Thursday March 1st, 1:00PM at the ranch, at: www.buyagro.com Watch and bid on22 kms east of Balcarres, SK. Offering 70 line at: www.dlms.ca (PL#116061).

Red & Black PB and FB Simmental bulls, yearlings and extra age bulls, all polled. 10 THE SOUTH SASK Simmental Annual open PB Simmental heifers. For more in- Bull Sale, Monday March 12th, 1:00 PM, formation call Lee Stilborn 306-335-7553, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. or 306-335-2828. View catalogue online Selling 70 Red, Black Simmental and Red at: www.bohrson.com Watch and bid on- & Black Angus bulls. Wintering and delivline at: www.dlms.ca ery available. For more information or a catalogue call T Bar C Cattle Co. WANTED: SIMMENTAL RED ANGUS cross 306-220-5006 (PL#116061). View catabull. 306-283-9276, Langham, SK. logue online at www.buyagro.com

19TH ANNUAL KUNTZ-McINTOSH-SAJ Simmental Bull Sale on Tuesday March 13th, 1:00 PM CST, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds. 65 yearling red, black fullblood, and full Fleckvieh Simmental bulls.

Wintering and delivery available. For info contact Trevor Kuntz at 306-441-1308, Blair McIntosh at 306-441-7755, Stuart Jamieson at 306-397-2706, or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. Watch and bid online at www.dlms.ca and view the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PROUDLY WESTERN BULL SALE, Saturday March 17th, 1:00 PM at the Whitewood Auction Barn, Whitewood, SK. Selling 64 yearling, Red, Black & Simm-Angus bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com Watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca (PL#116061).

CANADIAN CENTRAL SIMMENTAL & Angus Bull & Female Sale, Monday March 5th, 1:00PM at Winnipeg Livestock Sales, Winnipeg, MB. Offering 45 Simmental & Black Angus yearlings & two year old bulls, plus purebred & commercial heifers.

For a catalogue or more information contact 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).

SIMMENTAL BULLS FOR SALE by private treaty. Red, Black & Blaze face. Please contact for pedigree and performance data. A down payment will hold for spring delivery. Semen tested, guaranteed. Bulls are bred and fed to last. All bulls sell at the ranch. EDN Simmentals, Dean Neitz, Maple Creek, SK., Please call 306-662-3941 or 306-662-7036.

TCCO SIMMENTALS at the Alameda Bull Sale, March 24th, 1:00PM, Chopper K, Alameda, SK. 9 Simmentals from Tableland Cattle Co., Wade 306-421-7967 or Heather 306-471-9891; 9 Charolais bulls from Philips Farms, Kurtiss 306-421-6416; and 23 Angus bulls from Mantei Farms, Cecil 306-461-5501. Catalogues on-line at: www.buyagro.com or blackharvest.ca

WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK.

FARMERS & RANCHERS: Plan to attend the Complete Dispersal of: Approx. 170 2nd calving Black and Red Angus Cows, Saturday, March 10th, 2018. For Rocky Wallach, along with Edie Creek Bull Sale, Ashern Auction Mart. Cows will sell right after the Bulls at approx.

2:30-3:00 PM. Cows are on a full health program. Bred to Black and Red Angus bulls. Bull turned out June 21 w/calving end of March. Heifer calves and cows can be viewed at the farm. Cows will be preg checked & treated with scour guard at the Auction Mart. For more information call: Rocky by ph/text 204-782-6546 or home, 204-664-2013. Buddy at 204-768-0018 or Kirk Kiesman at 204-768-0019. Lic. #1128

TWO PUREBRED STALLIONS w/beautiful markings. Born July 4 and Aug. 26, 2015, Info. call 306-267-5748, Coronach, SK. LABATTE SIMMENTALS & MEADOW ACRES FARMS 38th Annual Bull & Female Sale, Friday, March 2, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK., 4 miles west of Moose Jaw on TransCanada Highway. Offering: 100 Simmental beef bulls (50 Red Polled PB, 40 Black Polled PB, 6 Fullblood); 16 Red & Black open heifers. For catalogues and information, call Barry LaBatte at 306-815-7900 or 306-969-4820, Dustin Fornwald at 306-487-7510, Blair Fornwald at 306-487-7662 or Scott Johnstone at 306-693-4715. View catalogue online at: www.johnstoneauction.ca PL#914447

SUNNY VALLEY SIMMENTALS 28th Annual Bull & Female Sale March 7th, 2018, 1:00 PM Saskatoon Livestock Sales.

Saskatoon, SK. 45 Red/Black/Fullblood beef bulls and 10 heifers on offer. Semen tested & fully guaranteed. Free delivery, Sight unseen purchase program. View our catalogue and videos online at: www.sunnyvalleysimmentals.com 306-544-7633.

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SIM-ANGUS BRED HEIFERS & COWS. Horner Cattle Company offers top quality, home raised, reds, blacks and baldies.

Heifers exposed in 2 groups to proven calving-ease Black Angus bulls, calving early March to mid April or mid April to mid May. Cows bred to Angus and Simm bulls to calve mid May to early June. Cows, $1800$2200. Heifers are $2400. Please call 204-867-7117, 204-867-2087, Minnedosa, MB. horner.ranch@gmail.com

We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-667-7770.

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 or 204-741-0412, Elgin, MB. SIM/ANGUS COWS FOR SALE, bred Red & Black. Cows start calving March 10th. Received Ivomec and Scourbos. Call or text for pricing, 306-269-9059, Parkman, SK.

5 YEAR OLD Black Team of Percheron Canadian cross, 1900 lbs., 17.1 & 17.2 HH, match team. 306-862-5975, Codette, SK.

GYPSY VANER X TEAM, broke to drive and ride, 2 matched reg. Quarter Horse dun mares, several bred mares, stallions and geldings. 306-435-3634, Moosomin, SK.

HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluminum horseshoes. We ship anywhere.

Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com

CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL Growers, buying wool. For nearest wool collection depot or livestock supplies catalogue, 1-800-567-3693, www.wool.ca

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123

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. I CAN ASSIST you in finding the best markets for all classes of elk livestock. Call for options and prices. Ian 204-848-2498, 204-867-0085.

FOR SALE: Small closed young Elk herd, 10 bulls & 12 females. Call 306-839-7794, Pierceland, SK.

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50 HOME BRED AND RAISED Sim/Angus bred heifers. Reds & Blacks, bred black.

Bulls were put out on June 1st. Heifers have been pregnancy checked and received Ivomec as well as first shot of Scourbos, $2400 OBO. Call or text 306-269-9059, Parkman, 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. 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. 100 BLACK ANGUS 3rd and 4th calvers; 250 Black & Red Angus 2nd calvers. Swift Current, SK. 306-773-1049, 306-741-6513.

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ALTERNATIVE POWER BY KELLN SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration.

Service and repair on all makes/models.

Carl Driedger, 204-556-2346 or 204-851-0145, Virden, MB. NH 358 MIX MILL with PBF. Very hard to find! Still on first corner of hammers, extra screens, in very good condition, $8000.

Call Randy at 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. 2005 HIGHLINE 7200 bale processor, $6900. 306-423-5444, Domremy, SK.

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SVEN-APOLLO ROLLERMILLS, NEW and used, electric and PTO, all sizes, can deliver. Manitoba distributor direct. Call Randy 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. (5) DOUBLE ROUND bale feeders, $550 each; Hi-Hog self-catch head gate and neck extender, $1100; Hi-Hog calf squeeze chute, $600. 306-335-7875, Lemberg, SK.

Buy Used Oil NOTRE •• Buy Batteries DAME • Collect Used Filters USED • Collect Oil Containers OIL & • Antifreeze FILTER Southern, and DEPOT Eastern Western

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GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 24’ & 30’ corral panels and windbreaks; Also grain and silage troughs; as well as calf shelters.

Call for pricing, 306-768-8555, delivery available. Carrot River, SK.

2002 WELLSITE 10’x30’ trailer, propane pig, AC, bdrm. w/bunk beds, Fresh CVIP, $38,800. Stk #UV1026. On Track Company Inc. 780-672-6868, Camrose, AB.

FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK.

ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION of MANITOBA COOPERATIVE (OPAM).

Non-profit members owned organic certification body. Certifying producers, processor & brokers in Western Canada since 1988.

Miniota, MB. Contact: RANCH FOR SALE by owner: 1374.3 acres FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY are the Ca- 204-567-3745, info@opam-mb.com in the south Cariboo region, Green Lake nadian dealer for Farm Aid, parts and mix wagons.

306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Meadows Ranch. Has adjacent 10,000+ Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert acres, east Coulson unit for 100 Cow/Calf. www.fuchs.ca for information on organic farming: pros- $3,000,000. 250-456-7341, 250-456-7727, transition, barriers, benefits, certifi- 70 Mile House, BC. searon@bcinternet.net PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. pects, and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, We manufacture an extensive line of cattle cation Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org handling and feeding equipment including TIRED OF -25? This is your exclusive invitasqueeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowdtion to Creston BC. Our mild winters are ing tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, hard to beat, daily temp's usually above gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison freezing, woke up to plus 9! Ready for a equipment, Texas gates, steel water ORGANIC CO2 FERTILIZER: CropPlus. A warmer winter? I would love to help you troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage in- 100% natural, organic, mineral based, fo- find your new home in our spectacular cinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric liar applied fertilizer. It contains carbon valley! Call me, Century 21 Veitch Realty. branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze dioxide, which is very beneficial in plant 250-435-3535, 250-428-9331, Creston BC, chutes and headgates are now avail. with a health. Apply with any sprayer. $10/acre. carlawielerc21@gmail.com neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: Cory Wiebe 204-247-2142, Roblin, MB. ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com LOOKING FOR: ORGANIC hay & grain.

Phone Sam, 204-326-9270, Steinbach, MB. SUNDOG SOLAR WATER SYSTEMS, portable winter/summer. Call Shadow WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and LOG SIDING, LOG cabin logs, Fir timbers, Ranch, 306-354-7500, Mossbank, SK. chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assini- Fir flooring, Cedar. Special orders. Check boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. out more info. at: rouckbros.com Lumby, BC., 1-800-960-3388.

CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site.

For early booking call CERTIFIED ORGANIC fall rye, buckwheat, 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: canola and sweet clover seed for sale. Call 306-621-7310, Yorkton, SK. www.warmanhomecentre.com COMMON CERTIFIED ORGANIC Alfalfa STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, (tap rooted), common cert. organic Red LOG AND TIMBER HOMES, Saskatoon, windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder pan- and common cert. organic Alsike Clover, SK. Visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca or call 306-222-6558. els, sucker rod fence posts. Custom or- 50 lb. bags. 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. ders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, SK. www.steelviewmfg.com

2007 WORKSTAR 7400 IHC feed truck, 7780 hrs. on the truck, bought new (Oct. 2008) c/w new Cattelac 600 mixer, excellent condition, $100,000. 306-672-7502 or 306-672-3516, Gull Lake, 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

YELLOWHEAD MODULAR HOME SALES, Canadian built by Moduline. Last chance at elite pricing: 960 sq. ft., 2 bdrm, 2 bath, $79,900; 1216 sq. ft., 3 bdrm, 2 bath, $91,900; 1520 sq. ft., 3 or 4 bdrm, 2 bath, $114,900. 306-496-7538, weekend calls. www.yellowheadmodularhomesales.ca

WWW.MEDALLION-HOMES.CA modular homes/lake houses/RTM’s. Visit our sales lot, or check online for stock, homes and all other plans. Factory direct orders built to your specs! Trade-ins welcome, buy and SENIOR LADY, would like to meet 70’ish sell used homes. Hwy 2 South, Prince Almale companion, to talk, laugh, socialize bert, SK. Call 306-764-2121 or toll free and travel with. No smoking, social drink- 1-800-249-3969. ing, please reply with photo and phone number. Box 5004, c/o Western Producer Classifieds, Saskatoon, SK., S7K 2C4 SENIOR GENTLEMAN would like to meet RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call 70’ish lady for companionship, who likes to 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures travel, camp & enjoy the outdoors. Please and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca reply with photo and phone number. Box 5004, c/o Western Producer Classifieds, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4

HORSE BRAND HJ, $400 OBO, Please call 780-645-1167, St.Paul, AB. ARE YOU SINGLE and would rather be in love? Camelot Introductions has been WANTED: NEW HOLLAND manure spread- successfully matching people for over 23 er, approximately 250 bu. 780-985-2848, years. In-person interviews by Intuitive Calmar, AB. Matchmaker in MB and SK. Call 306-978LOVE (5683), 204-257-LOVE (5683) Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co- www.camelotintroductions.com operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-667-7770.

J&H HOMES: Save up to $10,000 on select RTM showhomes. Limited time offer!! View at: www.jhhomes.com 306-652-5322.

HOME HARDWARE RTM Homes and Cottages. Phone 1-800-663-3350 or go online for floor plans and specs at: www.northbattlefordhomehardware.com

PARK MODEL, 2015 Cavco turn-key ready fully furnished, lots of upgrades, washer and dryer, outdoor patio, shed, awning, gazebo. Located in LasQuintas Oasis RV resort, Yuma, AZ. $39,900 USD. Rent paid until November 2018. Call 306-960-6316.

CATTLEVACBOX VACCINE/MED COOLER and organizer, $375. Protect your vaccine, your livestock and your workers. Anyone who vaccinates any type of livestock needs a CATTLEVACBOX. 780-702-1206, Provost, AB. Email: cattlevacboxcanada@gmail.com Website: www.cattlevacboxcanada.ca

USED PORTABLE TOILETS, mostly poly John, some good, some not so good, $300 BORDER COLLIE/BLUE HEELER puppy, each, take choice. 403-680-0752. tricolor, born Oct. 27, 2017, $250. Call Cody 306-948-6944, Biggar, SK. TRANSLOADING, WE HAVE capacity to transload third party grain onto rail cars at REGISTERED BORDER COLLIE Pups Ready our Saskatoon facility. Conventional or to go, vet checked, 1st shots, microchipped organic, $20. Call 306-933-4644, Saska- and dewormed. Out of working parents used daily, $500. 306-843-7606, Wilkie, SK. toon, SK. bryce.kohle@grainmillers.com daveycattle@outlook.com

5 ACRE FARM, fenced, 4 bedroom, home, cabin, barns, fruit trees, river frontage, $329,000. 403-304-9665 msg., Slocan, BC.

GRAIN FARM FOR sale: 2862 +/- acres in a very nice block; mostly cultivated; only 60 kms. to Red Deer, AB. $16,000,000. John at Maxwell Capital Realty, 403-813-8006, johnthiessen.realtor@gmail.com www.jthiessen.ca

PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE puppies, from good working parents, ready to go. LARGE GRAZING LEASE and deeded quarters for sale, 6941 leased and 471.66 deedWANTED: WILLOW STANDS (2-3m tall) to 306-267-5748. Coronach, SK. harvest. Will compensate land owner. GREAT PYRENEES PUPS born to work- ed. 1439 AUM, $26,250/yearly revenue. All Yellow, sandbar, & diamond willows. 2-3 ing parents. Vet checked, 2nd shots, ready offers submitted will be reviewed on April hrs. radius from Calgary. 403-437-9052, to go now, $375/each. 403-308-4781, 9th, 2018 at 12 noon, $2,200,000.

780-614-0399, JL@cartierrealty.ca eileen.tannas@esrseeds.com E-mail: heathernelsonfarm@gmail.com

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4 1/2 QUARTERS- BIRTLE, MB: 706 total acres. Mixed farm. 3000 sq.ft. dwelling, 5 bdrm, 3 bath. 30x215 pole shed. 2nd yardsite, 2 - 32x55 pole sheds, 40x60 machine shed. Grain storage. Gravel pit. 2 wells.

Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, 204-773-6797, NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate, north-star.ca MLS#1729624

ELK RANCH, TURN KEY OPERATION: Approx. 450 acres NE of Rimbey, AB. 380 acres are fenced & cross fenced with approx. 6 miles of 8’ wire, 7 waterers and 11 pens. Fully fenced hay yard. Certified status on the National CWD program since 2000. Full handling facility with hydraulic squeeze. Living quarters in handling facility, plus 2 walk-in freezers. 2 wells, 2 septic systems. 2 gravel pits (royalty revenue $30,000/year) 1 that can be subdivided. Gas well lease with $5200/year revenue, $1,950,000. Call Don 403-704-0492.

3 QUARTERS w/YARDSITE: 477 acres in a block. Mixed farm, 300 arable acres.

Fenced and cross fenced, 2 shallow wells., 40’x60’ machine shed, 34’x44’ pole shed, barn, corrals, hay fence. 24’x32’ bungalow, w/double attached garage. Located beside the Riding Mtn. National Park. Contact Karen Goraluk-Salesperson, 204-773-6797.

NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate. MLS ®1800563. www.north-star.ca

LAND WANTED: TO rent or purchase in RM 218 and RM 248. Will pay premium for the right land. Call 306-726-8090, Cupar, SK. Email: pjhart@sasktel.net

BIG BOY CATTLE FEEDER, 6’ diameter wheel, holds 100 bu., tow it behind tractor or truck, $5600. 306-734-7721, Craik, SK.

FREESTANDING PANELS: 24’ corral panels; 30’ windbreak panels w/wo boards; 24’ fenceline feeders; 24’ bunk feeders.

306-441-9327, 306-386-2490, Cochin, SK

SUCCESSFUL MARKET GARDEN: 45 ac. w/ equipment, buildings & 2 houses. Farmers market, wholesale and retail business.

MLS® #L121179, $1.475M Beaverlodge, AB., 780-835-1992, henryvos1@gmail.com

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UP TO 350 ac. of grain land near Hudson Bay, SK., $1000/ac. 50 ac. green spruce timber w/sawmill, hydro & home on riverbank, lots of snow and elk, 306-865-7469.

SW 1/4 of 25-27-27-W2, RM 252. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Send written tenders to: Box 459, Davidson, SK., S0G 1A0 or call 306-567-7792.

Tenders close March 15th, 2018.

RM 193 Eyebrow, SK., 6 quarters for sale by tender: SE-18-21-02-W3, SW-18-21-02-W3, NE-07-21-02-W3, NW-07-21-02-W3, NW-26-21-02-W3, SW-26-21-02-W3, with yard, power, old house, barn and 3 grains bins. Will sell all together or in different parcels. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders close March 30, 2018. Send tenders to: farmlands.sask@gmail.com RM 96 FOR RENT: 5.5 quarters south of Creelman, SK., east 1/2 5-10-10-W2, SE-8-10-10-W2, parts of NE-8-10-10-W2, and south 1/2 of 7-10-10-W2. Can be rented altogether or different parcels.

306-861-4592 or submit offer to my Email: patrick.sask@gmail.com RM 402 WAKAW SK., 4 quarters for sale by tender: SE-14-42-01-W3, NE-11-42-01-W3, NW-12-42-01-W3 and SW-34-42-28-W2, w/yard, power, VG metal quonset 40’x60’ and 3 bins. Will sell altogether or in different parcels. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders close March 30, 2018. Submit tenders to: farmlands.sask@gmail.com RM 486 TOBIN LAKE SK., 3 quarters for sale by tender: NW-04-52-12-W2, NW-09-52-12-W2, NE-09-52-12-W2. Will sell altogether or in different parcels.

Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders close March 30, 2018.

Submit to: farmlands.sask@gmail.com RM 370 HUMBOLDT, SK.(NE of Bruno), for sale by tender: NE-18-39-24-W2 and PT of SE-18-39-24-W2, approx. 220 ac. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders close March 30, 2018. Submit tenders to: farmlands.sask@gmail.com 3 QUARTERS of FARMLAND for sale in RM of Fillmore, SK: NE 28-12-10 W2 (160 acres of summer fallow); NW 27-12-10 W2 (160 acres stubble); NE 27-12-10 W2 (100 acres stubble + 40 acres of seeded grass).

Call 306-722-7439.

RM 256 DINSMORE, SK. 2 quarters for sale by tender: SE-05-25-12-W3, SW-05-25-12-W3. Will sell all together or in different parcels. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders close March 30th, 2018. Submit your tenders to: farmlands.sask@gmail.com CAN-WORLD FINANCIAL. Needing a farm loan, for land, machinery, crop inputs for the season? We can finance it all! Good credit or bad credit. We also have great leasing programs, excellent competitive rates. Call 1-306-535-2512 or visit us online at: www.canworldfinance.com

GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net PREVIOUS DAIRY FARM located north of Saskatoon. 10 acres with a beautiful house. For more info, call 306-361-4619.

TENDER: CRANE VALLEY farmland for rent. 10 quarters, approx. 1320 acres cultivated and 70 acres fenced pasture in the RM of Excel. Land located roughly 5 miles west & 3 miles south of Crane Valley, SK. Rental tenders invited in writing for the above land with preference given to tenders involving all lands. Tenders close 5:00PM March 9th Successful bidder to complete rental agreement with vendor/landlord by March 21st, 2018. Rent tenders to specify $/acre cash rent. Highest or any bidder not necessarily accepted.

3-5 year term offered. Respondents must rely on their own research and inspection.

For more information contact Colleen or Rod at 306-937-7400. Submit tenders in writing to: Box 932, Battleford, SK. S0M 0E0. Land locations: NE 07-09-27, SE 07-09-27, NW 05-09-27, SE 08-09-27, SE 09-09-27, SE 16-09-27, NE 17-09-27, NE 05-09-27 and SE 05-09-27.

NE & SE 1/2 Section of 35-48-24 W3. Premium crop land with 8 surface lease rights that pay approx. $25,000/year. North west of Maidstone, SK. Taking bids until March 1, 2018. Reply to skdljw2018@gmail.com 8500 ACRE RANCH in RM of Reno, all grass, lots of water. $474 per acre.

306-299-4445, www.ranch-for-sale-sk.ca CROPLAND FOR SALE - 3 quarters in the RM of Big Stick #141: S1/2 of 29-14-27 W3; NE 1/4 of 29-14-27 W3. Approx. 460 acres of newer land, broke in 1990 & 1991. c/w 7 gas wells. Call 306-662-8650.

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! 320 ACRES, 10 miles south of Lajord, Regina heavy clay. Call Don at 306-789-2907.

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-W1).

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.

NEAR PILOT BUTTE 68 acres with yardsite; Near Pilot Butte 80 acres with yardsite; 1/2 section pasture on Hwy near Perdue.

Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com LAND FOR SALE The Public Guardian and Trustee of Saskatchewan as Administrator for the Estate of Earl Lehman, will accept bids on the following land in the: RM of Canwood, NE 07-53-05 W3, ext 0. As described on Certificate of Title 150130123 - 124 cultivatable acres.

Property will be sold in “As Is” condition.

No minerals included in sale. Sealed bids, clearly marked “Earl Lehman Tender”, should be received in our office by 5:00 PM on March 26, 2018 accompanied by a deposit of 10% of the bid in the form of a money order or certified cheque to the address below. (Deposits will be refunded except for that of the successful bidder).

The highest or any bid is not necessarily accepted. For further information phone: Faye Mintzler 306-787-7920 or email: faye.mintzler@gov.sk.ca or ph: Rowena Collins-Huber 306-787-5761, or email: rowena.collins-huber@gov.sk.ca Public Guardian & Trustee of Saskatchewan, 100 - 1871 Smith Street, Regina, SK. S4P 4W4. Fax 306-787-5065.

142 ACRES IN & overlooking beautiful Assiniboine Valley- Binscarth, MB: 3090 sq.ft. home. 2 car garage. 50x80 insulated shop/in-floor heat, built in 2006.

400 amp, single phase power. 28x80 insulated shop. 40x60 storage. Close to mines at Esterhazy. Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, 204-773-6797, NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate, north-star.ca MLS#1726260

BY TENDER: Sealed written tenders for property in the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne 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 more info contact Wayne Rose at 204-942-1788.

6 QUARTERS LAND for sale in RM of Shellbrook, SK. Includes home quarter with house, 2 car garage, machine shed, cattle sheds, barn, corrals, steel bins. 18 miles North of Shellbrook. Submit inquires to: Land Info, Box 338 Asquith, SK, before March 24, 2018. Or call 306-314-0212.

PRIME SECOND GENERATION farm for sale, 1200 acres of gently rolling, clean, well drained productive soil complete with excellent buildings & grain storage. LocatRM OF EMERALD: NW 13-30-14 W2 and ed south of Souris MB, $3400/ac. plus SE 18-30-13 W2. Will sell individually. buildings. For more info. contact Henry Tom Neufeld Coldwell Banker Signature, Carels 204-573-5396, Canadian Farm Realty, Royal Lepage Riverbend Realty tom@saskfarmland.com 306-260-7838.

24.9 ACRES, 10 MINS south of Saskatoon, RED RIVER/AUBIGNY FARM LAND FOR 8 minutes north of Dundurn. $298,000. For SALE within EPM section N30-6-2/SE 14-61/N-25-6-1. Acerage: Roll #252200 & more information, call 306-249-1971.

252250=160 & 77; Roll #220450=81; Roll 1745 ACRES RANCH LAND with wind #228850 & 228950=133 & 44. Submit opportunity. 1745 acres +/-, 1/2 hour offer for consideration before noon on South of Assiniboia close to St. Victor. (Big March 9, 2018 to the Mona Jodoin Law money Valley). All deeded land except for Corp. at 3549 Pembina Hwy, Winnipeg, MB. one quarter, which is Crownland lease. Will at 204-371-2062 gnayet@mymts.net 1980 house approx. 1100 sq.ft., 40’x60’ steel quonset, 40’x50’ shop, concrete floor, not heated, 40’x60’ quonset/cattle shed.

All natural spring water on the property.

Mostly native grass/pasture. Another op- 1600 ACRES OF PASTURE available at portunity with this land is that 5 quarters Aylesbury, SK. 1000 acres seeded to oats, are signed up with Suncor for possible fu- and 600 valley pasture with 1 1/2 miles of ture wind/solar power. ID#1100624: river. Creep feeders, fly control, and cattle Assinboia, SK. Real Estate Centre, care. Call Cliff at 306-734-2997.

1-866-345-3414. For all our listings PASTURE FOR RENT, 6 quarters, cross visit: www.farmrealestate.com fenced, all new fence, for 120 yearlings or SMILEY HOBBY FARM: Quarter section on 60 pairs. 306-427-4923, Shell Lake, SK. highway. Private. Partially fenced. Oil leases. Lots of water. Ravine, house, buildings, MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: machinery and much more! 306-838-0352. www.maverickconstruction.ca 1/2 SECTION in the RM of Bratt’s Lake #129 for sale: South of Gray, SK. Land WANTED: PASTURE FOR 60 - 90 location is SW and NW 36-13-19 W2. Con- cow/calf pairs for summer 2018.

780-753-8650, Provost, AB. tact Sandy Krenning 780-672-9500.

FARM LAND FOR SALE, 4 quarters of prime farmland, Carman, MB. area. SE-27-6-6W, SW-27-6-6W, NE-28-6-6W, and SW-33-66W. Shed and bins in yard on SE-27-6-6W. Taking offers until March 31, 2018.

204-781-2903 or 204-299-6853, Email: carolgend1@gmail.com FOR SALE OR RENT: 238 acre farm on Drifting River. 200 workable ac., 100 yr. old shelter belt, w/older useable house, and 11 out buildings. New wiring to out buildings, new 200A panel in house, new base boards, and very good well.

431-738-1888, Dauphin, MB.

ACREAGE WITH FARM House: 4.92 acres, farm house with garages & grain bins for sale on beautiful, well-maintained piece of land 9 miles from the US border in SE Sask., $235,000. Call 701-741-3498, 306-685-2002, Gainsborough, SK. 3.3 ACRES ON 2 titled lots along the beautiful Beaver River in Beauval, SK. House and numerous outbuildings, asking $360,000. Email: ranger9@sasktel.net 306-288-7791 SMILEY, SASK. 13 acres in townsite, sewer and water available, nice property.

306-838-0352.

PASTURE, CULTIVATED LAND, 240 acres: NW 4-9-8-W, 160 ac. & NE 4-9-8-W, north 80 ac.. Approx. 75 acres cultivated land and 165 acres bush. Submit tenders to: Marty Gaudet, Box 33, Rathwell, MB, R0G 1S0.

Tenders must be received prior to March 4, 2018. $300,000 OBO. Call 204-751-0364.

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.

FARM FOR SALE at Plumas, MB. 1/4 Sec. of flat corner to corner stone free land incl. mature treed yard with livestock facilities, incl. 50x155 Biotech, 40x60 heated shop & modern 3 bedroom mobile home.

Land is suitable for corn, beans or cereal crops with 560 ac. adjoining available for long term lease. Only 50 min. from large supplies of vegetable & grain livestock feed products at Portage La Prairie, MB. Complete unit for $550,000. Call/text 204-741-0412 or 204-483-0228.

2013 KAWASAKI TERYX 750, 4x4, $6215.

Stk#121929.

Moose Jaw, SK., 306-692-2371, www.southcountry.ca

LAND FOR SALE at Sandy Lake, MB. 5 quarters of land on east side of Thomas Lake with approx. 500 ac. cultivatable, currently in seeded pasture, eligible for organic farming. Great potential for lakeside development or just having your own space. Willing to sell your pick of quarters or all 5 as a package. Please call/text 204-483-0228 or 204-741-0412.

1997 JAYCO EAGLE, model 263 TK, new tires and hot water tank, excellent condition, no smoking, $8000. 204-855-2212, Oak Lake, MB.

4 WHEEL BOMBARDIER Rotex, 250 hrs, like new, $4000; Wanted: 14’ bumper hitch dump trailer. 306-304-1959, Goodsoil, SK.

2012 ZINGER 260BH, 1 slide, air conditioning, excellent condition, $19,500.

306-567-8614, Davidson, SK.

276 CULT. AC., 2 1/2 miles N of the Trans Canada on Hwy 10, 1 mile of hwy front- 1996 KODIAK 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, used age. Jim McLachlan, 204-724-7753, Re- very little, $10,000 OBO. 780-986-3794, Leduc, AB. Max Valley View Realty Inc., Brandon, MB.

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2012 APLINE 3700RE, 2 A/C’s, fireplace, 3 tv’s, keyless entry, double fridge, lots of storage, sleeps 4, very low use, no smoke, pets or kids. Would look at heavy truck or farm tractors on trade. Call 306-237-7667, Perdue, SK.

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• 2 and 6 row Malt Barley • 15.0+ protein Hard Red Spring Wheat and 11.5 Protein Winter Wheat • Feed Wheat, Barley, Corn and Peas

GRAZING CORN CM440 conventional variety. Early maturity, whole plant is palatable making for easier cleanup in the spring, high quality forage during winter months. No planter required. Low seed cost.

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SILAGE & GRAZING Corn: Certified RR, LL, Enlist & also conventional varieties. Trialed on our farm. 306-744-2332, Saltcoats, SK. Email: kevin@covercrops.ca Website: www.friendlyacres.sk.ca

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2014 YAMAHA RS VENTURE, like new cond.

Kept inside 566 kms, $9200. 306-773-9058, CERTIFIED # 1, high germ: AC Metcalfe, Stewart Valley, SK. tdwall@sasktel.net CDC Copeland. Seed Source, Archerwill, SK., 306-323-4402.

2008 BEARCAT, 570 fan cooled, 20x156” track, 800 miles, nice shape, $5000. Call CERTIFIED & REGISTERED: AC Metcalf.

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D&L DOUBLE CUT ONE MAN SAWMILL, on wheels, 32 HP, diesel, 16’ bed, VG cond., $20,000 OBO. 780-986-3794, Leduc, AB.

CERT. MAVERICK, COWBOY, Austenson, Copeland. Excellent germ, fusarium free.

Call Don at 780-853-0971 or Eric at 780-581-5234, Vermilion, AB. CERTIFIED #1 CONLON, 99% germ., 53.8 g/1000k. Pugh Seeds Ltd., Portage la Prairie, MB., 204-274-2179.

CERT. AC METCALFE, 99% germ., 96% vigor, 0% smut, 0% fus., 49.4 kernel weight, will be cleaning late Jan. $8.25/bu. Olynick Seeds, 306-338-8078, Quill Lake, SK.

MAXIMIZE ON YIELD with CDC PRECISION, CDC ALLOY, AAC SPITFIRE. Proven variety - TRANSCEND. All exc. germ, 0% fus. gram. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg SK, 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769.

CERTIFIED TRANSCEND, very good quality. Call 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. CERTIFIED CDC Copeland & AC Metcalf. www.herle.ca Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, CERT. & REG. CDC Precision; AAC Spitfire.

SK. www.trawinseeds.ca High germ. & 0% F.G., Fast Seed Farm Ltd., CERTIFIED CDC Austenson & Maverick 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. feed barley. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, CERT. FDN, REG. CDC Precision; CDC AlMelfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca loy; AAC Spitfire; Transcend. Exc. germ., CERTIFIED AC Metcalfe, AC Newdale, CDC 0% fusarium. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, Copeland, Legacy, CDC Austenson, CDC Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net Maverick, CDC McGwire. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK 306-863-4377. www.vanburckseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1 Metcalf(2R) & Legacy(6R). #1 CERTIFIED CS Camden oats, 99% germ.

Available at Sunset Road Seeds, Richard, Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. SK, more info call Randy at 306-481-5252.

CERT. #1 Copeland: 94% germ., 95% vigor, 48.3 TKW, 100% Copeland. Sandercock CERTIFIED AC MORGAN & Haymaker. Exc. germ, fusarium free. Don: 780-853-0971 or Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. Eric: 780-581-5234, Vermilion, AB. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Austenson, Ennis Seeds, 306-429-2793, Glenavon, SK. CERTIFIED #1, high germ: CS Camden, CDC Ruffian, CDC Morrison. Seed Source, CERTIFIED CDC MAVERICK. Hickseeds Archerwill, SK., 306-323-4402.

306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 (Dale), Mossbank, SK. CERTIFIED CDC RUFFIAN. B4 Seeds, 306-752-2564, 306-921-9424, CERTIFIED #1: CDC COPELAND, AC Met- 306-921-7924, Melfort, SK. calfe, CDC Polarstar, AAC Connect, CDC Fraser. Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, CERTIFIED Camden, Morgan, Baler and Lake Lenore, SK. Haymaker. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1 CONLON, ROSSER, smooth on barley. Kerber Seeds, CERT. CDC RUFFIAN, CDC Minstrel, AC Morgan. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK 306-232-4474, Rosthern, SK. 306-863-4377. www.vanburckseeds.ca TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, CERTIFIED #1 CDC Ruffian, AC Leggett & CDC Orrin. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED #1: CDC Copeland, AAC Synergy, CDC Maverick, CDC Austenson, AC CERTIFIED CDC HAYMAKER. Hickseeds Ranger. Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 (Dale), Mossbank, SK. Vanscoy, SK. CERTIFIED CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, CERTIFIED #1: C.S. Camden. Lung Seeds AAC Synergy. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK, Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. 306-741-0475, foc@sasktel.net CERTIFIED MORGAN, RUFFIAN, HAYMAKAAC SYNERGY, Cert. top quality seed. ER, Kerber Seeds, 306-232-4474, RosVery high yielder, gaining acceptance with thern, SK. maltsters. Contracts available. Inquiries EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CS welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Camden, Summit, CDC Minstrel, CDC RufBattleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or fian, CDC Orrin. Frederick Seeds, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CDC COPELAND, Fdn., Reg., Cert. top CDC NORSEMAN, CERTIFIED #1, 99% quality seed. Widely accepted malt variety. germ., 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. Inquiries welcome. Volume discounts.

Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, CDC BOYER, CERTIFIED #1, 99% germ., SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: Summit CERTIFIED METCALF. Inland Seed Corp., Leggett, CDC Haymaker (Forage). Ardell 204-683-2316, Binscarth, MB. Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK.

AAC BRANDON CWRS, Cert. top quality seed, very high yielder and protein. Highly recommended by growers. All inquiries welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell CERTIFIED #1 CARDALE, 97% germ., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516 or email: 35g/1000k. Pugh Seeds Ltd., Portage la gregfarms@sasktel.net Prairie, MB., 204-274-2179.

SELECT CDC GO seed, hand picked from CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AAC Jatharia. breeder seed. Contact: mastinseed.com Call Grant, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Call or text 403-994-2609, Olds, AB. 306-746-8070, Semans, SK. CERT. # 1, high germ: CDC Landmark VB, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED Summit. Inland AAC Cameron VB, AAC Jatharia VB, CDC Seed Corp., 204-683-2316, Binscarth, MB. Utmost VB, AAC Brandon. Seed Source Archerwill, SK. 306-323-4402.

FDN, CERT & REG. CDC Landmark VB, CDC Utmost VB, CDC Plentiful, AAC Redberry, AAC Tenacious. B4 Seeds, 306-752-2564, 306-921-9424, 306-921-7924, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED CDC Landmark, AAC Cameron, TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass Jatharia, Brandon CWRS wheat. Contact seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1 MULTI-LEAF and creeping CERTIFIED CARDALE, AAC Redwater, CDC root alfalfa seed variety, $2.75/lb., volUtmost VB, CDC Landmark VB, Pasteur. ume discounts, pre-inoculated (in 50 lb.

Van Burck Seeds, 306-863-4377, Star bags). Delivery available. 204-642-2572, City, SK. www.vanburckseeds.ca Riverton, MB. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Landmark VB, CDC Plentiful, Cardale, Elgin ND, Goodeve VB, CERT. ALFALFA and GRASSES. Elie, MB. Free delivery. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. 1-888-204-1000 www.dyckseeds.com CERTIFIED #1 AAC Brandon: 99% germ., 99% vigor, 38.58 TKW. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CARBERRY, Ennis Seeds, 306-429-2793, Glenavon, SK. Cert. CDC LANDMARK VB: high yielding, midge resistance, semi-dwarf, 99% germ., HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola 0% disease. Printz Family Seeds, Gravel- varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), bourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769.

Dekalb & Rugby. Phone Fenton Seeds, CERTIFIED # 1 AAC Jatharia VB wheat, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. new. Midge tolerant. Shewchuk Seeds, TOP YIELDING CANOLA from Canterra 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. Seeds. Check out yields in the seed guide CERTIFIED #1: AAC Brandon, AAC Came- and purchase from Lung Seeds Ltd. ron VB & Carberry. Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. AC VESPER VB, WASKADA. Fdn., reg., cert. #1. High yielders, good protein, excellent quality! Nakonechny Seeds, CERTIFIED GLAS and CDC Sorrel flax.

Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca NEW WHEAT KING! Certified #1 AAC Brandon, 98% germ. Nakonechny CERTIFIED CDC SORREL. Van Burck Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. Seeds, 306-863-4377, Star City, SK. EXCELLENT QUALITY Cert. #1, CWRS: www.vanburckseeds.ca CDC Landmark VB, AAC Viewfield, AAC CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo.

Brandon, AAC Cameron VB, AAC Elie, Car- Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. dale, CDC Utmost VB, AAC Connery & AAC Redberry. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, CERT. #1 BETHUNE, 98% germ., 95% vigWatson, SK. or. Sandercock Seed Farm, Balcarres SK., EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1: 306-334-2958.

AC Andrew, SY Rowyn, Faller, Penhold & CERTIFIED # 1 CDC GLAS - The variety to AAC Sadash. Call Frederick Seeds, grow! Top yield, excellent lodging resis306-287-3977, Watson, SK. tance. 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. NEW CERTIFIED CDC LANDMARK VB; AC Andrew soft white, very good quality. CERTIFIED #1: CDC Glas & CDC Bethune.

Call Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Lenore, SK. AAC JATHARIA VB, certified #1, 99% CERT. CDC Sanctuary, CDC Sorrel, CDC Begerm., 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. AAC Bravo. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: CDC Land- thune, mark, AAC Brandon, AAC Jatharia, Cardale, SK, 306-741-0475, foc@sasktel.net CDC Utmost. Ardell Seeds, 306-668-4415, CDC GLAS, Reg., Cert., top quality seed.

Vanscoy, SK. High yield, exc. standability, easy to harSY ROWYN CPSR, Cert. top quality seed, vest. Great reviews from customers. Inhigh yielder with vg protein. All inquires quiries welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851 Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. Email gregfarms@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, CERTIFIED CDC Blackstrap, earliest black North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851, bean, direct harvest, high yield, excellent 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net disease pkg.; CDC Super Jet & CDC Jet also available. Martens Charolais & Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB.

CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AC Elie, Carberry, Stettler & AC Andrew. All high germ, low to no fus. 306-441-6699, 306-441-6799, Paynton, SK. farmerdutton@gmail.com

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

APHANOMYCES RESISTANCE Cert. CDC Blackstrap black bean, early maturity, high yield; Cert. & Reg. CDC Greenwater, Cert. CDC Striker Peas. Martens Charolais and Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB. CERTIFIED CDC INCA, CDC Greenwater, CDC Mosaic. Call Grant, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, 306-746-8070, Semans, SK CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK. 306-863-4377. www.vanburckseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1 CDC Spectrum, CDC Acer (Maple), CDC Amarillo and CDC Meadow.

Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED AAC ARDILL yellow peas.

Call Hickseeds 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 (Dale), Mossbank, SK. CDC AMARILLO, CDC INCA, certified #1, excellent quality! Nakonechny Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. ABARTH, CDC SPECTRUM, AAC Carver certified yellow peas, very good quality.

306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca FDN. & CERT. CDC Spectrum; CDC Amarillo. High germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: AAC Ardill, CDC Inca, CDC Spectrum, CDC Limerick (green), CDC Proclaim Lentil (red). Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, 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

CERTIFIED CDC CALVI. Phone Grant at Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK 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

CERTIFIED SOYBEAN SEED: Mahony R2, Foote R2, Barron R2X. SoyRhizo & Hibrix on seed. Primo GX2 granular. 306-744-2332, Saltcoats, SK. kevin@covercrops.ca www.friendlyacres.sk.ca COVER CROP SEED, Full selection of cover crops to fit your needs. Retails across the Prairies, 306-744-2332, Saltcoats, SK. kevin@covercrops.ca www.covercrops.ca

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

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

Email: office@seednet.ca

MORTON OATS SEED, 98% germ, 99.7 purity, 42 lbs. Wild oat & rain free. Excellent variety for hay & seed prod. Delivery & samples avail. Spencer Bina Seed, Park River, ND. Call or text, 701-331-9385.

TREATED OAT SEED for sale: Souris and Morgan, treated with Raxil Pro. Call Justin 306-469-0105, Big River, SK.

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. CANADA COMMON #1 multi-leaf and creeping root Alfalfa seed varieties, $2.25/lb. Volume discounts, pre-inoculated (in 50 lb. bags). Delivery available.

204-642-2572, Riverton, MB. COMMON #1 TIMOTHY, orchard grass, meadow brome and tall fescue. Delivery available. Call 204-642-2572, Riverton, MB

CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled; Certified CDC 4371-4, red. Call Grant, Semans, SK. 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, 306-746-8070.

ALFALFAS/ CLOVERS/ GRASSES, hay blends and pasture blends. Custom blends no charge. Free delivery. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., Elie, MB, 1-888-204-1000.

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (small red) Visit us at www.dyckseeds.com Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, ALFALFA: TAPROOT, COMMON #1, 3 vaTisdale, SK. riety blend, 96-98% germ. 25 kg bags or CDC PROCLAIM CL, new Red. 100% 1000 kg minibulks. Call Reg Greve germ., 0% ascochyta. Nakonechny 306-528-4610, Lanigan, SK. Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. COMMON CERTIFIED ORGANIC Alfalfa CDC MARBLE, reg. #1, 99% germ., exc. (tap rooted), common cert. organic Red quality! Limited supply. Nakonechny and common cert. organic Alsike Clover, 50 lb. bags. 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda,SK.

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CERT. CDC IMPULSE Clearfield red lentil, best in it’s class. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca HAY BLENDS AND PASTURE BLENDS, CERT. CDC PROCLAIM CL Reds, high no charge custom blends. Dyck Forages & germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., Grasses Ltd., Elie, MB. Free delivery.

1-888-204-1000, www.dyckseeds.com 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. CERT. CDC GREENSTAR, CDC Impulse, CDC Proclaim, CDC Maxim, CDC Redmoon.

98% germ, 0% disease. Fraser Farms, Pam- LOOKING FOR OLD and new crop soybeans brun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net 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 CERTIFIED #1: CDC Limerick. Lung Seeds marketing. 403-394-1711, 403-315-3930.

Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. info@marketplacecommodities.com

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2 USED RADIAL 18.4/38, $200 each; 2 - FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. R.580/80.42 Michelin, $250 each, recent Applicants should have previous farm extake offs. 204-476-6907, Neepawa, MB. perience and mechanical ability. Duties include operation of machinery, including MR. TIRE CORP. For all your tire needs, tractors and other farm equipment, as well call Mylo at 306-921-6555 or Jeremy at as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour 306-921-0068. Serving all Saskatchewan. depending on experience. Must be able to cross US border. Location: Pierson, MB. ACE ENTERPRISES CLEAR OUT SALE: Feland Bros. Farms, Greg Feland and Wade John Deere 4WD triple set, complete of 12 Feland, Box 284, Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. tires & wheel hubs, hub ext.; Used Good- 701-756-6954. year tires, approx. 50% wear, $10,800.

New tires, $1800/ea. installed; 3 sets of FARM LABOURER: FT permanent position dual wheels & tires for combines, carts & available on mixed farm. Applicant must be tractors, 520/85R38 Trelleborg, $5000; 6 mechanically inclined and able to maintain new 18.4x26 wheels for MacDon swather, and do minor repairs on farm machinery $450; 2 hub ext. 24” long for MacDon and trucks. Assets would be welding & swather, $450. Will accept any reasonable fabricating abilities, and a 1A licence or offer. Call toll free 1-844-291-6582, willing to obtain a 1A. Accommodation available. 306-893-8107, 306-893-8105.

Email: jkelsey@sasktel.net Saskatoon, SK.

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS GROW SOYBEANS? If you grow 1000 acres earn a free new pickup truck every year and give last year’s away. Free report at www.profitfromthebean.com or call 204-856-3396.

TIRED OF HAULING 20-40% of your soybean crop to market only to pay the soybean seed bill? There’s an alternative!

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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.

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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

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. TIRE SHOP CLOSING! All in stock tires at greatly reduced prices, 520/85R/38 Titan HT; 30.5L/32 Goodyear Dy.ii; 14.9R/28 Firestone ALL TR FWD; 14.9/26 Firestone SAT, FWD. All in new condition. Call for other sizes and prices, Paul 306-625-7691, Ponteix, SK. Email: rabt@sasktel.net

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ITCHY VARIETY CANARY SEED, high WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains germ, 30¢/lb. 306-335-2777, Lemberg, SK Cattle Company is looking to purchase barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds COVER CROPS. HICKSEED LTD., and cereals. All organic cereals and speMossbank, SK. Now has on the floor cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, for organic plowdown: Daikon radish SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. (zero till); Hairy Vetch; Austrian Winter peas; Buckwheat; Yellow Blossom sweet clover. Also, green feed blends available.

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WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay! involved. Sell direct to crushing plant.

Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-7325, no texts. Unity, SK. WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. We are buying feed grains. Also buying chickpeas, 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 info@marketplacecommodities.com or

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NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet Edible Beans Licensed & Bonded Winkler, MB.

WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK.

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WANTED: B90 CHICKPEA SEED, must be good quality. 306-587-7014, Portreeve, SK. Email: delanoel@hotmail.com

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.

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TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, service, installations, repairs. Canadian company. We carry aeration socks and grain bags. Also electric chute openers for grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000.

SOLD! DAIRY QUALITY & beef hay: 500 LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: Completed round bales, approx. 1500 lbs. Feed test tenders and a $10,000 deposit toward the available. Faubert Farms, Marengo, SK. tender price for each property for which a tender is being submitted are invited to be Call Murray 306-463-9691. received up to 12:00 PM (noon) on March ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid 29, 2018 (the “deadline”) on the property core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale. described below, which tenders and deposits shall be received at: Greenberg & Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. Greenberg, Box 158, 231 Saskatchewan BIG SQUARES: DAIRY, beef & horse quality, Ave. E, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba R1N 5-9¢/lb., cheap freight. Deacons Corner, 0L7, Attention: John Jones. Property #1: MB. 204-270-0115, demplett@hotmail.com Parcel A, Plan 1622 PLTO, in SW 1/4 12-11-3 WPM, Exc. Firstly: Parcel A, Plan MAKE SERIOUS HAY! Contact Nuhn For- 1669 PLTO; Secondly: Lot 1, Plan 35537 age for all your forage preservation needs. PLTO, subject to the reservations conFeaturing the #1 liquid and granular prod- tained in the Crown Lands Act located in ucts/applicators on the market. For Seri- the RM of Cartier and consisting of 55.63 ac. Property #2: All that portion of the SW ous Hay: 800-965-9127 www.juicehay.ca 1/4 12-11-3 WPM lying north of Road Plan EXCELLENT BEEF ALFALFA, 18.5% protein, 1332 PLTO Exc., all that portion lying to 20% orchard grass, square bales, inside. the west of a line drawn parallel with the Can deliver. 204-371-5744, Landmark, MB. west limit of said quarter section through a point on the north limit distant Ely 850’ BALES: Grass hay 5x6 bales, maxed out; from the NW corner. Subject to the reserAlso Timothy straw. Can deliver loads of vations contained in the Crown Lands Act, 34 or you haul. 204-739-3132, Dallas, MB. Title No. 1549303/3, 1549274/3, WANTED: ALFALFA 3x3 and 3x4 bales. 1549299/3, located in the RM of Cartier Will arrange for pickup at farm/field. and consisting of 37.29 ac. Property #3: Lot 1, Plan 2391 PLTO, in SW 1/4 12-11-3 Phone Chris 204-746-0462, Brunkild, MB. WPM, subject to the reservations conLARGE ROUND BALES, hard core, 5x6, al- tained in the Crown Lands Act as to the Ely falfa/grass mix and alfalfa 1st and 2nd cut, 90’, Title No. 1896904/3, which lot is in no rain; also grass bales. 204-749-2194, Elie, MB. Property #4: Lot 2, Plan 2391 PLTO, in SW 1/4 12-11-3 WPM, subject to 204-526-0733, Rathwell, MB. the reservations contained in the Crown LARGE QUANTITY ROUND Alfalfa bales, Lands Act as to the Ely 90’ Title No. net wrapped, good quality, no rain. Also 1896914/3 which lot is in Elie, MB. Condilarge round straw bales. Call/text Craig, tions of tender: Financing must be pre-ap204-648-4711, Gilbert Plains, MB. proved, tenders to be in the form prepared

by Taylor McCaffrey LLP. To obtain tender 200 ROUND ALFALFA/GRASS mixed bales, form or more info, contact Taylor McCaf1100 lbs. each, mostly net wrapped, about frey LLP, 9th Floor, 400 St. Mary Avenue, 50 are twined, 3 cents/lb. Please call Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 4K5, Attn: David 204-922-0227, Ste Rose du Lac, MB. C. King, 204-988-0420. Each tender must 700 ROUND ALFALFA grass bales; 500 be accompanied by a certified cheque, large square grass hay bales. payable to Taylor McCaffrey LLP (in trust), in the amount of $10,000, for each proper204-729-7297, Brandon, MB. ty for which a tender is being submitted.

LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom Deposits of tenders not accepted will be returned to the tenderers. Highest tender hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Sales subject to reserve bids. The possession date and the due date of the balance of tender price shall be April 16, 2018. The maker of any tender relies entirely upon his/her/its personal inspection and knowledge of the land, independent of the representations made by the vendor or the solicitor and agent of the vendor. The land will be sold “as is” and the bidder is solely responsible to determine the value and condition of the land, land quality, use, environmental condition and any POST SHAVINGS: Cattle feedlot, horse & land information pertaining to the land. poultry bedding. Bulk pricing and delivery other Properties 1 & 2 noted above are being available; Landscaping Mulch: Available tendered together, not separately. in 1 yard bulk bags for $45, delivery available; Colored Landscaping Mulch: Available in 1 yard bulk bags for $115, delivery avail. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK.. 1-800-667-0094. Email: GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ info@vwpltd.com Visit: www.vwpltd.com 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing NEWLY ESTABLISHED ALFALFA stand, from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph seeded at 12 lbs./acre in 2017. Now ac- Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris cepting limited confirmations for 2018. at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK.

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PTO WATER PUMP, Bau-Man, sizes 6” to 16” w/capacities of 1,250 to 10,000 GPM. Lay flat water hose and accessories also available. 306-272-7225 or 306-272-4545, Foam Lake, SK. tymarkusson@sasktel.net www.highcapacitywaterpump.com

KORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage and acreage wells, test holes, well rehabilitation, witching. PVC/SS construction, expert workmanship and fair pricing. 50% government grant now available. Indian Head, SK., 306-541-7210 or 306-695-2061

RANCH/ FARM HAND Wanted. Job includes but not limited to: Calving cows; Herd health: Feeding; General ranch management; Feeding & caring for horses: And farming. Drivers license & references required. Call 403-760-1224 or email: horses@brewsteradventures.com U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, 30 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and air brakes. One on one driving instructions.

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HAY FOR SALE - DELIVERED! Also custom hauling. V-V Trucking Ltd., 306-631-8544, Moose Jaw, SK.

LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay.

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ALFALFA/ TIMOTHY/ BROME/ Crested Manitoba’s best-read farm publication. wheat grass mix, small squares, shedded, $5/ea. Rounds $45/ea. Very minimal rain.

Phone late evenings, 780-942-4107, located NE Edmonton, AB. area.

NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently 350 LARGE ROUND HAY BALES, approxipurchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and mately 1650-1700 lbs., good condition. milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. Call 780-523-2650, High Prairie, AB.

FARM MANAGER: PAGE Farms is seeking a Farm Manager for the 3000 ac. grain farm SW of Winnipeg. Candidate must have exp. in all aspects of grain farming, as well as plan and execute for all areas of the farm (inputs, supplies, marketing, relationship building, employee mgmt., maintenance of equip., building & facilities, record keeping, book keeping & more) in an efficient & cost effective manner. Must be mechanically inclined & have a class 1A license (or be willing to obtain one). The position is salaried (will depend on experience) and also includes housing, vehicle & cell phone.

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25,000 HEAD FEEDLOT at Bethune, SK is looking for a Full-time Pen Checker. Send resume to michelle@bpcattle.com or fax 306-624-2389.

EXPERIENCED FARM HAND wanted on Purebred Black Angus farm, southern AB. Full ad at: www.banduraranches.com

GRAIN & OILSEED Farm Worker Needed: Full-time, year round employment on grain/oilseed farm. Equipment operation & maintenance. Starting at $30/hr starting plus benefit package. 306-745-2528.

WANTED: ENERGETIC physically fit couple to operate/maintain our lodge NE of Edmonton, AB. in remote isolated area, from June to September. Responsibilities include but not limited to: Greeting and transporting guests by boat, maintaining lodge, cabins and all associated equipment, including: ATV’s, boats & chainsaws.

DUFFERIN MARKET GARDENS is ac- E-mail resume to: esgc@telusplanet.net cepting applications for seasonal farm 780-594-1254. Must have boaters license. workers. Duties include: planting, weeding, harvesting and packing vegetables.

Long hours, much bending & heavy lifting.

Start: February 2018. Wage: $11.25/hr., BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, Please send resume with references to fax: Great Western Railway Ltd. Great West204-745-6193. Or mail to: Box 1051, Car- ern Railway Ltd. is located in SW SK and man, MB., R0G 0J0. has been serving Saskatchewan businesses RIVER VALLEY SPECIALTY FARMS: since its establishment in 2000. Locally Seeking seasonal workers for 2018. Posi- owned, operated and maintained, GWR tion will be seasonal full-time, 40+ operates on over 400 miles of track. GWR is hrs/week. Wage $11.18/hour. Period of positioned for significant growth and is employment anticipated to be from April seeking a Business Development Manager 2018 until August 2018. Duties include: to assist in the next stage of transformation Harvesting and packing of asparagus, as we continue to seek ways to foster planting and weeding of pumpkins, squash growth and support to our vital current and onions as well as weeding of organic customer base, as we seek out new and fields. Must be willing to work long hours exciting growth opportunities. While the and do repetitive tasks as well as bending core of our business is freight haulage of and some heavy lifting. Applicants must be grain and other ag products, this position able to work in a variety of conditions in will eventually be responsible for business outdoor environments and must be able to growth across all current lines of revenue work well with others. Education require- streams including all freight rail carloads, ments not applicable, experience an asset. railcar storage, trans-load service, gravel Location of work is MacGregor and area, sales and maintenance services. This posiManitoba. Please apply by e-mail to: tion will be based in either Shaunavon or admin@rivervalleyfarms.ca or in writing Assiniboia, SK. GWR offers a competitive salary and benefits package and is eligible to: Box 33, Bagot, MB. R0H 0E0. for incentive bonus. The position will FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock include use of a company vehicle, interim operation. Duties include: operating, main- accommodation, and conditional relocation taining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke assistance. Please send resumes with cover free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle letter to: PO Box 669, Shaunavon, SK. S0N Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. 2M0 or Fax: 306-297-2508.

ALTHOUSE HONEY FARMS INC. 1/2 mi south Porcupine Plain, SK., 500 McAllister Ave. 7 positions required for 2018 season, May-October. $13-$18/hr. depending on experience. Job duties: assisting in spring hive inspection, unwrapping & splitting, supering, building supers and honey frames, honey removal and extracting, fall 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, email: althousehoney@sasktel.net FULL-TIME RANCH HAND wanted for cow/calf operation and caring for Draft LODGE MANAGER REQUIRED for a seasonal horses. Involves all aspects of general fly-in fishing lodge in north-eastern Manitoranch duties. Experience with calving an ba. 50-bed, light housekeeping lodge with a staff of 10. Guests cook own meals, guide asset. 306-731-2821, Lumsden, SK. own boats. Management experience imporFARM & RANCH HELP Wanted in southern tant. Mechanical, carpentry experience an Saskatchewan. Must have some experi- asset. 20-week season, May - September. ence and drivers licence is an asset. Salary plus room and board provided. Fami306-537-2624. ly owned for over 50 years. Located in FARM HELP WANTED for 2018 season, on Atikaki Provincial Park. Hiring for all posi3500 acre grain farm. Operating air seed- tions. Couples/friends resumes accepted er, sprayer, swather, combine. $20-25/hr. together. Email: bigfish@saslodge.com or Preferably have Class 1A. Tramping Lake, visit www.saslodge.com SK. 306-843-7762 or 306-755-2003.

FARM BOSS WANTED at Stump Lake Ranch, Stump Lake, BC. Duties include: Seeding/Fertilizing/Irrigation/Harvesting crops for cattle & horse feed; Responsible for care & maintenance of all farm machinery & implements; Winter feeding of livestock; Passion for farming, equipment & ranch life a must; Compensation commensurates with skills and experience; Other farm duties as may be required. Submit EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITY! SasCV/resume to: info@stumplake.com katoon Co-op is inviting applications for the position of Fertilizer Facility ManSuitable candidates will be contacted. ager at their Fertilizer Site in Hepburn, SK. 2 SEASONAL FARM Machinery Operators Successful candidates must have extensive required: Class 1 license is an asset. Appli- agriculture experience with extensive cants should have farm experience and knowledge of physical plant management mechanical ability. Duties include general and fertilizer handling protocols. Preferservicing of equipment and other farm ence will be given to applicants who poslabour duties. Living quarters are available. sess applicable post-secondary education.

Additional requirements include: 1) Strong Call 780-837-0645. organizational, interpersonal, communication & negotiation skills with a demonstrated collaborative approach when working with Team Members, colleagues, farmers and business partners. 2) Strong customer service-orientation, motivated, and capable of serving and assisting customers in a positive, courteous and efficient manner. 3) Minimum 2 years of managerial/ administrative experience.

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NEW HAY FOR SALE; Round bale picking and hauling, small or large loads. Travel anywhere. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK.

FARM LABOURER WANTED near Goodeve, SK. Call 306-795-2710 or 306-795-5210.

FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER required for mixed farm. Valid drivers license required. Housing avail. Provost, AB. Fax resume: 780-753-2962 or ph 780-753-2952 or email: p_murray@live.ca OPPORTUNITY FOR MOTIVATED, hard working person to manage/work on mixed farm. Cattle experience and machinery operation and maintenance are necessary.

Class 1, mechanical and welding skills an asset. Housing provided; wages dependant on experience. Position starts July 1st, 2018. 403-575-0214, Veteran, AB. E-mail: letfarm@netago.ca HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady job for right person. Room and board avail.

403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. FARM LABOUR REQUIRED: FT, 1A license & at least 2 years farm experience is necessary. Operation of all farm equipment, tractors, sprayer, combines, grain cart, semis and augers. Equipment maintenance & repairs. Need someone who is able to work independently, takes pride in their job, strong work ethic, positive attitude & willingness to learn. Call 306-272-7038.

LOOKING FOR PEOPLE interested in riding feedlot pens in Strathmore or Lethbridge, AB. area, w/above average horsemanship skills, willing to train. 2 positions available.

Wages depending on qualifications.

403-701-1548, Strathmore, AB. FARM LABOURER REQUIRED with previous experience in operation of large farm equipment and cattle handling. Preference given to those with Class 1 license. Wages negotiable. 4 bedroom house available.

Email resume and references to: shopdonkeytom@gmail.com or phone 306-421-3282, Estevan, SK. FARM LABOURER WANTED: Must have valid 1A with driver’s abstract. Mechanical knowledge and experience with farm equipment an asset. Wage based on experience starting at $20-30/hr. Located in Weyburn/Fillmore area, SK. 306-861-7317 NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA farm work.

Dairy, sheep, crop, beef. 4-12 mths. International Rural Exchange, 306-489-4407 EMPLOYMENT FOR GRAIN farm in east central AB. Full time or seasonal. Very modern equipment. Experience operating large equip., Class 1A license an asset.

Very competitive wages. Housing available Fax resume to: 780-922-4036 or call 780-777-5227 for details. Irma, AB. WANTED FULL TIME herdsman for a medium size purebred and commercial cattle operation in central Saskatchewan. Wages are negotiable dependent on experience.

Seeking a self-motivated, positive person, who is physically capable and has experience in all aspects of feeding, treating and calving of cattle and able to operate machinery. Furnished housing is available.

Only those applicants with the passion & desire to work with livestock and live the farm/ranch lifestyle need to apply. Please email resume, including contact information to cattlemanfarms@gmail.com.

AG MECHANICS NEEDED in SE Sask.

Performing advanced diagnostics, repairs and maintenance on agricultural & turf equipment. John Deere Ag experience preferred. Perm./Full-time. Submit resume & cover letter on company website as soon as possible: www.nelsonmotors.com NEWTEC ENVIRONMENTAL requires two production line workers immediately. Must have welding experience and be prepared to work in assembly as well. Job is located in Osler, SK. Phone Bert at 306-664-2378 or email resume to mjsharma@sasktel.net

LOOKING FOR LEASED Operators to run flatdeck, bulk, and container work, inter provincial or across Canada for offices in Saskatchewan call Denise 306-757-1448.

Sign up bonus of $1000!

OWNER/OPERATORS NEEDED to haul Super B end dumps & hoppers, in BC, AB, SK, & MB. Must have experience. Please Call 403-236-4028.

RETIRED SENIOR, would like a job looking after your farm for the winter. Some chores would be welcome. Please email: bwaldie@sasktel.net

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2017 NH CR8.90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450,000 2016 NH CR8.90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $399,000 2015 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $357,000 2015 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $357,000 2014 CL 740. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $275,000 2013 NH CR8090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $227,000 2013 NH CR8090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $237,000 2013 NH CR8090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $241,000 2013 NH CR9090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000 2013 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $261,000

2001 Case IH STX440 Tractor,

520/85R46 DUALS, 16 SPEED PS, 55GPM, 4EH REMOTES, HID LIGHTS

2015 Versatile 450DT Tractor,

560hrs, 30” TRKS, 55GPM, 6EH REMOTES, LUX CAB

856996

$

$

1983hrs, 900’S, CAST, Y&M, CR SPREADERS, COLOR DISPLAY

COMBINES

858804

856991

179,000

319,000 $

2009 New Holland CX8080 Combine,

2014 BO L6450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,000 2014 NH P1060 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 2012 JD 1870 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $107,143 2012 FC 4350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 2012 JD 1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,286 2011 CIH 3430 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 2006 CIH ATX400 40-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 2003 JD 1820 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,500 2003 MR MAXIM II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,000 1998 MR MAXIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900

4WD, 1050hrs, 275HP, 275HP, 1000 GALLON POLY TANK, 100/60FT 5 SECTION 20IN, 3-WAY

856988

2013 New Holland CX8090 Combine,

SEEDING

2012 New Holland SP.240F XP Sprayer,

26FT, 22” NOTCHED DISCS, ROLLING BASKETS

853315

520 DUALS, 600 REARS, CAST CYLINDER, HID LIGHTS, YIELD & MOI

$

2016 Farmet SOFTER 26 Disc,

VRX

74,000

2015 Rem VRX Grain Vac,

837638

75,000

24,900 $

$

2014 SeedMaster CT6012 Air Drill,

60FT 12IN, TIRE N TIRE, HD FRONT CASTERS, ISO, 8 RUN DBL SH 851722

807147

205,000

805817

$

700503

203,000

693358

www.agdealer.com/raymorenh

$

USED EQUIPMENT

2014 Case IH WD1203-36FT Windrower / Swather,

250hrs, 126HP, 600 DRIVE TIRES, 16.5LX16.1 REAR TIRES, CAST SINGEL ARMS, REAR AIR BAGS,

2016 Mahindra 105 Tractor,

268hrs, 105HP, 95.5PTO HP TRACTOR, POWER SHUTTLE, 3HYD OUTLETS, SELF LEVELING LOADER, SS Q

Highway #2 South

Highway #6 North

Highway #10 East

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