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Alberta’s GMO alfalfa resolution: so what is it really all about?

Heather Kerschbaumer President, Forage Seed Canada A couple weeks ago a resolution to keep GMO alfalfa out of Alberta until our markets accept it was voted on and passed by all Alberta’s councillors.

This resolution (1610S), which has been printed with this article (also available online), was voted on at the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) meeting in Edmonton.

What is this all about?

Hopefully this threepart series will provide that information.

PART 1 of 3 GMO – three little letters that seem to be showing up more and more in newspapers, magazines, at meetings, and in conversa-

tions. There is a new genetically modified crop (properly called genetically engineered or GE) ready to be marketed in Canada – GE alfalfa. It is Roundup Ready™ meaning it can be sprayed with glyphosate – or Roundup™ - and all the other plants will die, including weeds or other crops, but not the GE alfalfa (same trait as RR canola).

Sounds amazing, right?

Think about it. Weed free alfalfa hay, weed free alfalfa seed, cleaner fields, no more contaminants.

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What more could an alfalfa seed producer or alfalfa hay marketer want? Why would anyone have concerns about this new technology – after all, Health Canada tells us it is safe and science says it is “substantially

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equivalent” to other alfalfa. Our federal government approved it in Canada about ten years ago, so it must be ok, right?

Let’s take a closer look, because that’s what we’re supposed to do before we make a long-standing judgement or a major decision…..we have to weigh the pros and cons with an open mind. And this open mind mustn’t be speaking against science or new technology, and must not be speaking as an anti-biotech “back to our roots” advocate.

And our federal government? When they approved it way-backwhen, they certainly took these issues into consideration before approving it in Canada, right? They assessed the economic impact, the risk, the consequences, the liabilities, the costs…right?

Nope, not one bit! Not then, and still not now!

OK, so we all need to investigate more. We all know that alfalfa is a perennial, meaning it grows year after year after year. We also know that alfalfa plants are pollinated by insects, like bumblebees or honeybees or leafcutter bees or even wasps or butterflies.

We know that wildlife, like birds and deer, can carry pollen, as can truck tires, quads, even hiking boots. We recognize that alfalfa grows everywhere – not only in hay and seed fields, but as feral,

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or wild, alfalfa, it has spread to our ditches, along fencelines, roadsides, around culverts, along cutlines, pipelines, yardsites, down the middle of laneways, even in the cracks of sidewalks.

Every farmer knows how difficult alfalfa is to kill with tillage or with chemicals. It keeps growing and eventually starts to bloom. So here is my question: can this new GE alfalfa be controlled? Will it spread and contaminate the ditches, the fencelines, and the neighbor’s hay or pasture field three miles or five miles away?

Even worse, what if it is a seed field, then once the neighbor’s alfalfa seed field becomes pollinated with this GE pollen and then he loses his seed market, who will be accountable?

What if his organic neighbor, who is raising his own non-GE hay to feed his own organic animals loses his organic status in a few years because of GE alfalfa contamination from down the road, what then? For anyone who is organic, this is serious, and what can be done after the fact?

Again, who is accountable? This is a bigger issue than we thought.

This is just the start of this conversation.

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Northern Horizon visits Voss family Salers A Voss Family Salers bull can be expected to cover well and for a long time; frequently breeding well past 10-12 years of age. Heifers are bred for independence, calving ease (Randy’s cows can calve unassisted and give birth to calves that range between 50 and 90 pounds) and large pelvic area while remaining productive into the 18-20 year-old range.

Randy will be looking to begin

DAN PRZYBYLSKI The Northern Horizon

Persistence through setback and recovery - Randy and Lesli return to the purebred cattle industry to offer productive Salers bulls and heifers that work.

Randy Voss contacted me a few weeks ago to let me know that after suffering and recovering from some business and financial setbacks, he and Lesli were returning to the purebred cattle industry.

So on Wednesday, April 6th, I took a visit to their farm west of Hythe where Randy gave me a tour of their operation while also providing a very

tasty lunch afterwards.

Randy and Lesli have rebuilt their herd to about 40 head of purebred and cross Salers cows on two quarters of land they farm. They have decided to stay on a strictly A.I. program for breeding, calving in June/ July, weaning in February/March and selling all their yearling to long yearling bulls each year.

Their program centers around maintaining a grass, hay and silage feed regimen with no grain in the feed to create an animal with a truer weight and structure.

Randy prizes good feet and legs on a strong skeletal structure to provide buyers with a bull or heifer that is strong on their feet and walks well.

selling his current group of bulls and is looking to bring back the “Best of Beef” Bull Sale next March.

The Horizon community commends Randy and Lesli on their persistence and fortitude and I am sure I speak for all of us when I welcome the return of Voss Family Salers and look forward to see Randy and his Salers bulls and heifers back on the market.

Randy Voss, hard at work. DAN PRZYBYLSKI PhotoS

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THE BIG BEND Blueberry Mountain Jack Bird: everyone should raise their own fish

Reprinted from ‘The Big Bend’ with permission of Mrs. Arletta Hampton, a remaining member of the Historical Society of Blueberry Mountain Alberta.

daughter Valerie. (My husband had been an air force pilot officer who had not returned from W.W. II).

It seemed like a fairly logical union when we joined forces and provided a home for the two girls in 1953. As Jack used to say later, it was a case of “my kid and your kid being able to fight with our kids”. Except that there really

By Wilma Bird Jack Bird was involved with tragedy wasn’t much fighting. The girls were when I first met him; his first wife was built-in baby sitters for Murray who was dying of cancer, after a long struggle of born in 1954, Erin in 1955, and Vance in three years and many searches for cures 1956. Colleen was added much later in in Canada and the States. She had had 1965, but by that time it was Erin who several remissions, and even when I met did the baby-sitting.

Jack had already had a fire which deher in 1952 it seemed possible that she could recover, but it was not to be. She stroyed the store he bought in 1947, and The Bird family store and Post Office. SUBMITTED Photo died, leaving a daughter Bonnie, who had rebuilt a much larger one. His partwas seven months younger than my own ner, Walter Dorig, rather largely ran the store and post office, while Jack kept a exact ratio to theirs! The homesteaders’ variety of other projects going. Walter needs were Jack’s interests too, so he married Jean Smyth and they moved to a was always involved with road profarm in Wonderland in 1955, leaving me grams, school interests, variables in agrito succeed to the post office, partially to culture, etc. the store, and totally to the task of raising We had, beside a full line of groceries, the children -a programme which left me hardware and drygoods, the Imperial Oil stretched rather thin, most of the time. It agency, propane, and a “Massey Harris” was a desperate scramble, but there was agency most of the time. Beside that, Aug 19-Sept 4 (17 days) includes flights. never a dull moment.

Jack kept a back-hoe which installed a Jack always had at least one major lot of the water and sewer systems in the • Can board in Kamloops, Jasper Club Member’s Sleeper Class Pricing only project on the go, beside our bread and neighborhood, to mention one of many (call for *Economy pricing-no bed or Edmonton butter ones. The very first one I recall services provided. or meals on the train*) • 5 nights, sleeping was introducing electricity to the disWe never could have managed, if it Depart from Vancouver trict, which actually was quite a struggle. had not been for employees like Len accommodations and meals (includes 2 flights) $6195.00 It is hard to believe now, but there was a Morrison, who kept Jack’s trucks on the on the train, stopovers in lot of opposition. Another one was grain road day and many nights for fourteen Depart from Kamloops (includes flight home ) $5795.00 dryers, and he spent several years on that years, and who also worked on most of Winnipeg, Toronto (Niagara one. It is rather ironical that he was not Jack’s other projects. Then there were Falls), and Montreal Depart from Jasper really successful in retailing what is now clerks like Kay Zylla who was with us (bus transfer from G.P/ flt) $5595.00 • 11 nights hotels, bus recognized as a necessity. for ten or eleven years, Nettie Letersky, He was always very interested in pro- Marilyn Haugland, and Hil. Lightfoot. transportation and attractions Depart from Edmonton (includes flight home) $5395.00 moting the homesteading “across the There was a long line of kitchen help and all included. creeks”, and many a new prospective “extra” men who looked after some of **All prices are for double occupancy • 6 nights in the Maritimeshomesteader talked to Jack on his way the outside work, and they should all be Sleepers limited “in”, since the road then led right past mentioned because many were invaluincludes tour to P.E.I. **Non-members add $75 per person the store. The homesteaders, with few able, but I am afraid of omitting some(join for $25.00 and save) exceptions, had a hard struggle with one who shouldn’t be, if the list were email: abdiamondstravelclub@gmail.com their gamble with the government, which extended, but Nancy Baduik must be also involved us because they needed mentioned here. credit, so we found ourselves juggling Call Dawn today our currency just as precariously, and in at 780-957-2733 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE R0011209591

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The Northern Horizon, April 22, 2016 One of Jack’s theories was that everyone should be able to raise their own fish, and to that end we were thrown into a great flap many springs when he would bring in a “fish truck” from Washington.

These fish had been presold to interested farmers, who would then arrive on the stated day to pick up the fingerlings or larger fish, as the case might be.

In order to bring in the truck, a certain number of thousands of fish had to be sold, so it took a lot of pre-selling to accomplish this. He would stock our own dug-out and private lake. He really did raise a lot of very fine fish, to our boys’ and his delight, but it never became the secondary industry he thought it should.

In the summer they were kept busy with 4-H projects, church camps, D.V.B.S., swimming lessons at the lake, etc. -it all went by in a flash, it seems.

Jack had his first heart attack in December 1972.

It didn't slow him down at all, in spite of my protests.

He was very active in promoting the sawmill and then was engaged in a hay-buying program when the fatal attack came in August of 1973.

Further crisis came to the family when the entire store, contents, and our living quarters were burned in September of the same year. We were fortunate to escape at 3 a.m. one night with scarcely any clothes on our backs, but no one was injured. I will always remember with much gratitude how very helpful friends, family, and neighbors were at that time.

The very next day we all had clothes to wear, food to eat, and even a holiday trailer in which to live.

Shortly thereafter our Mennonite friends brought in equipment and cleaned up the horrible mess left by the fire.

Our assets were now one dilapidated Imperial Oil truck which Barnie Olsen continued to herd down the road, and one very makeshift post office. It didn't seem much of an incentive to stay -but with continued help and support, we did just that. Nettie and Nick Letersky helped me reestablish in two old buildings that we had formerly used for warehouses, and we were in grocery store business again by March

of 1974. With the patronage of most of our former customers, and much help from my loyal staff, we had a good business again. Murray stayed with us for a year or so, then left for greener pastures, leaving Vance who had finished high school, to drive truck and look after the oil business. He too decided to go back for further education, so Ray Barkman drove the truck until I turned the Imperial Oil business over in 1976.

Computers had entered the picture, and initially were so confusing, it was just the last straw. Besides, we were now forced to charge interest which we had never done.

The old buildings had been barely adequate, es­ pecially in winter, and the work-load, was compounded by lack of space, so when Alex Graham proposed a new large store, and asked to take over the business, I agreed. On May 1, 1979 we moved into much easier surroundings two miles west of the old Blueberry Mountain comer, on the Moonshine Lake Road.

Bonnie had married Bob Jackson, and they farm near Calgary. They have nearly as many projects going on down there, as Jack had up here, plus their two daughters, Jodie and Tannis ... Valerie gradu­ated from the University Hospital of Edmonton as a nurse, then obtained her degree in B.Sc. Nursing. She has travelled a lot, but now has her own home in Calgary also, from which she works ... Murray had started an insulation business in Grande Prairie, after considerable travel, but this was cut short by his death in a car accident December 1980 ... Erin obtained a Master's degree in Sciences, then married Gerald Inglis who played professional football for the B.C. Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. They now live in Edmonton . . . Vance is employed in the Oil Patch out of Grande Prairie where he presently lives, but he still plays ball with the Blueberry Bombers! . . . That leaves Colleen still at home with me, holding down the old Blueberry Mountain cor­ ner.

"Man's goings are of the Lord: How can a man then understand his own way?" Proverbs 20:24

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2016 Census of Agriculture on the Horizon At the beginning of May, Canadian farm operators will have the chance to take part in a national dialogue by completing the Census of Agriculture questionnaire statscan.gc.ca.

Census of Agriculture data is the definitive source of community-level data. “By drawing on this data,

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Census of Agriculture Benefits • Identifies trends and provides factual information on

“Decision makers will be assured that they are acting in the interest of farmers, farm communities, and agricultural operations.”

- Greg Peterson, Statscan director decision makers will be assured that they are acting in the interest of farmers, farm communities, and agricultural operations” says Greg Peterson, Director General of Agriculture, Energy, Environment and Transportation Statistics at Statistics Canada.

Farm organizations are heavy users of census data, and draw on this information to formulate policy recommendations, produce communications and outreach work, and conduct market development. Regional, provincial, and federal government policy advisors use Census of Agriculture data to help develop programs related to farm support, and to evaluate the impact of natural di-

emerging issues, opportunities and challenges within the agricultural community; • Covers a widerange of topics, such as land use, crops, livestock, agricultural labour, machinery and equipment, land management practices, and farm finances; and • Provides farmers, farm organizations, policy makers, stakeholders, and citizens with relevant information about the future of the Canadian agricultural sector, and helps them make informed decisions regarding agricultural practices in this country.

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Breakfast Brief

Erasable Grain Marketing Grain markets pushed through the middle of April with a lot of eyes looking to the weather as to whether or not it’s “go time” in the fields. A few drills are going into the warmest / driest of places and while it’s definitely a bit early, conditions are looking relatively decent in terms of soil moisture in Western Canada. Of course, you have the right to argue this point if you’re looking at & you’re digging more than a few inches to find moisture in your fields, but I look at the big picture and things are relatively decent.

That being, we could start to see a bit of a weather premium get priced into the markets but with ideal weather conditions (i.e. rain in parts of Alberta & Saskatchewan), you can expect that weather premium to be erased rather quickly.

In the April W.A.S.D.E., U.S. wheat ending stocks were raised to 976 million bushels, the highest since 1987, mainly on account of lower feed and residual use demand, while corn was in the same boat as its carryout for 2015/16 was increased to 1.862 Billion bushels. Globally, wheat inventories to end this current marketing year were also pushed up, mainly because the U.S.D.A. raised production to a record of 733.14 million tonnes on account of revised production figures for the European Union and Argentina.

As for soybeans, U.S. carryout was pegged 3.3% lower than its March number at 445 million bushels thanks to more exports.

Case in point, China imported 6.1 million tonnes of the oilseed in March, a new record for the month and up 36% from March 2015’s numbers (In Q1, China imported 16.26 milliontonnes of soybeans, up 12.5% year-over-year). Worldwide, soybeans stocks were raised a slight amount to 79.02M tonnes, which would be a 1.7% increase year-over-year, but a 28% increase from just 2 years ago.

Notable analytical firm, AgResource, agrees, suggesting that the agricultural boom in emerging markets like Brazil and Russia will persist with weaker currencies making it very profitable to produce as much grain as possible. On the flipside, AgResource doesn’t see demand matching the growth of the production, which is why the market has to work through the oversupply situation. Intuitively, with these in mind, AgResource is likely the loudest bear in the room right now, calling for $4/bushel Chicago wheat, $2.75 corn, and $7.70 soybeans! Granted, I think these are extremes and just tend to create headlines for the firm, I wouldn’t be surprised if we have decent growing conditions this year, we see low $4 and low $8 handles in Chicago for corn and soybeans respectively.

University of Illinois Ag Econ professors Scott Irwin & Darrell Good suggest that the market hasn’t yet priced any production risk into new crop prices, especially for corn. From a math perspective, this would be roughly 9 bushel/acre drop for average corn yields and 2 bushels for soybeans to see ending stocks return to more normalized levels. Net-net, there’s a few factors out there but we’ll need to continue to consider them all for any price direction (easier said than done!) Mother Nature is obviously the trump card, especially over the next few weeks, and if you’re looking for a Plant 2016 rally, erase the thoughts that we’ll go higher and higher and higher and higher if we get one, because the aforementioned supply will keep things in check.

To growth, Brennan Turner President & CEO | FarmLead.com Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a riskfree, transparent online and mobile grain marketplace (app available) that has moved almost 180,000 MT in the last 2.5 years. His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached via email (b.turner@farmlead. com) or phone (1-855-332-7653)

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Century Farm & Ranch Award: A Family Tradition Agri-News, April 11, 2016 - The Alberta Century Farm & Ranch Award is one of Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s (AF) most popular recognition programs. “The Century Farm & Ranch Award distinguishes those farm families that have continuously owned and actively farmed or ranched an original parcel of land for 100 years or more” says Lillian Chan, program coordinator, AF. Recipients receive a bronze plaque to commemorate the 100-year milestone.

Authenticating historical ownership of land has proved to be a bit challenging at times, so Chan has become very familiar with records distinguishing between homesteads, railway and Hudson Bay Company lands, designated school lands, and soldier settlements of days gone by.

“It’s harder to prove purchased lands because the purchase agreements were mostly based on handshakes,” says Chan. But there is good news

for 2016 applicants: 1916 was the government Census year, so Census records may be useful as a supporting document. A current land title is also required, and an ownership tree to show how the land was passed down. Chan is available to answer questions and help guide families through the application and required documentation.

Chan brings her own unique historical perspective to the program because she’s been with it from the beginning, and she’s not one to shy away from the impressive statistics.

“Since the program began in 1993, close to 1,600 farm families have received the Century Farm Award. The oldest century farm we’ve commemorated was settled in 1883, with the fifth generation still operating on the same land!”

AF is honoured to help recognize century farms and ranches in Alberta. “It’s our way of formally thanking

Dairy farmers united on Diafiltered milk Last week Wally Smith, President of Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), joined a press conference organized

by Les Producteurs de lait du Québec (PLQ) to express their dissatisfaction with the Canadian government on the lack of enforcement of Canadian cheese compositional standards.

Smith was mandated by a motion tabled at a recent Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) board meeting to attend, which was unanimously passed.

“I am here today to show that all of Canada’s dairy farmers speak with one voice on diafiltered milk. We are collectively disappointed with the lack of action on enforcement of the cheese standards,” said DFC President Wally Smith. “The Government does not need to pass a new law or new regulation and the solution is simple.

The Government needs to enforce the existing standards.”

Under the cheese compositional standards for Canada, it is required that a minimum percentage of the protein used in cheese making be sourced from milk. Milk protein substances (including diafiltered milk) are ingredients that can be less costly, and made from heavily subsidized milk. Some processors have taken to using milk protein substances as part of their required minimum percentage of “milk” when making cheese, instead of using it as a part of their allowable percentage of added ingredients. This is inconsistent with its classification at the border, where the ingredients are not even being considered under the dairy chapter of the Customs Tariff Schedule, entering the country tariff free.

the special families who built the foundation of prairie farming and ranching in Alberta. Such a heritage is something to be proud of.”

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GRAIN FUTURE REPORT Grain Future Prices - as of April 15, 2016

Canola (May 2016) Cash 05/16 Cash 11/16 Wheat (May 2016) Cash 05/16 07/16 09/16 Hard Red Wheat (May 2016) Cash 05/16 07/16 09/16 Spring Wheat (May 2016) Cash 05/16 07/16 09/16 Corn (May 2016) 05/16 07/16 09/16 Oats (May 2016) 05/16 07/16 09/16 Soybeans (May 2016) 05/16 07/16 08/16 Soybean Oil (May 2016) 05/16 07/16 08/16 Soybean Meal (May 2016) 05/16 07/16 08/16

Last 477.70s 478.00 482.20 480.90 Last 468-0s 459-2 467-0 477-0 Last 434-4s 456-0 466-6 481-0 Last 605-0s 520-4 525-2 533-0 Last 378-4 381-6 382-6 Last 191-0 199-4 209-0s Last 955-4 963-4 965-0 Last 33.41 33.68 33.78 Last 295.8 298.4 299.4

Change + 5.80 - 2.10 - 2.50 - 2.10 Change + 9-0 - 0-4 + 0-2 + 0-2 Change + 9-2 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 Change - 1-4 - 2-0 - 2-2 - 2-2 Change + 4-4 + 3-6 + 3-2 Change - 2-0 - 1-4 + 1-0 Change + 7-4 + 7-2 + 7-0 Change - 0.28 - 0.29 - 0.29 Change + 5.7 + 5.5 + 5.3

Open 0.00 480.10 484.40 482.60 Open 0-0 459-2 466-2 476-0 Open 0-0 454-4 464-6 479-0 Open 0-0 522-0 527-0 533-4 Open 373-4 377-4 378-4 Open 193-0 201-0 208-0 Open 947-4 955-2 957-6 Open 33.80 34.05 34.04 Open 289.3 292.5 293.7

High 477.70 481.20 485.00 483.90 High 468-0 461-6 469-2 479-4 High 434-4 458-6 469-4 483-2 High 605-0 524-0 528-4 536-2 High 379-2 382-4 383-4 High 194-0 202-0 210-0 High 958-2 966-2 967-2 High 33.80 34.06 34.04 High 296.0 298.7 299.7

Low 477.70 476.30 481.30 479.10 Low 468-0 454-6 462-0 472-4 Low 434-4 451-0 461-4 476-0 Low 605-0 520-0 525-0 533-0 Low 372-0 375-4 377-4 Low 188-0 197-0 208-0 Low 946-4 954-4 956-4 Low 33.32 33.60 33.70 Low 288.8 291.6 293.7

Prev. Stl. 471.90 480.10 484.70 483.00 Prev. Stl. 459-0 459-6 466-6 476-6 Prev. Stl. 425-2 455-0 465-6 480-0 Prev. Stl. 606-4 522-4 527-4 535-2 Prev. Stl. 374-0 378-0 379-4 Prev. Stl. 193-0 201-0 208-0 Prev. Stl. 948-0 956-2 958-0 Prev. Stl. 33.69 33.97 34.07 Prev. Stl. 290.1 292.9 294.1

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CHAROLAIS

Bar B Charolais George & Linda Bolin, Cecil Lake, BC ...................... 250-785-5325 Briar Ridge Stock Farm Randy & Chris Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC ............. 250-786-5048 Chad, Leah, Gene & Addison Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC...................................................... 250-784-3924 Eldon & Marilyn Cassity Wembley, AB .............................................................. 780-766-2887 Eight Way Charolais Drschiwiski Family, Groundbirch, BC ....................... 250-329-4816 JayDawn Farms Jason & Nicole McQuaig, Sexsmith, AB.................... 780-568-2647 Lazy S Charolais Roy & Erika Schweitzer, Beaverlodge, AB ................ 780-356-3611 Pro-Char Charolais David & Kristina Prokuda, Glenevis, AB ................... 780-932-1654 Rosebud Ranches Dan & Holly Schleppe, Progress, BC ......................... 250-786-5698 Spruce View Charolais Andrew & Effie Lakusta, Andrew, AB ....................... 780-365-2079 Valanjou Charolais Phillipe & Rae Lusson, Clyde, AB ............................. 780-348-5683

GELBVIEHS

Milne’s Gelbvieh Harold & Bev Milne, Fairview, AB ............................ 780-835-2645

HEREFORDS

Benwyn Herefords Bill & Doug Bentley, Progress, BC ............................ 250-843-7575 Briar Ridge Stock Farm Randy & Chris Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC ............. 250-786-5048 Chad, Leah, Gene & Addison Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC...................................................... 250-784-3924 Chittick Family Hereford Ranch Raymond & Mona Chittick, Whitecourt, AB ............. 780-778-0150 Eureka Hereford Farms Tom Basnett, Eureka River, AB .................................. 780-685-2102 Friesen Hereford Farms Chad & Anna Friesen, Grande Prairie, AB ................. 780-832-4068 Gold Stock Hereford Farms Charlie & Steven White, Beaverlodge, AB................. 780-354-3190 Gurtler Farms Garry Gurtler, North Star, AB ..................................... 780-836-2125 Hilltop Honey Ranch Brian & Dana Smith, Pouce Coupe, BC ..................... 250-786-5232 McElroy Polled Herefords John McElroy, Charlie Lake, BC ................................ 250-785-6074 PHK Herefords Philip Krahn, LaCrete, AB .......................................... 780-821-9409 Reber’s Polled Herefords Gerald & Sandy Reber, Woking, AB .......................... 780-774-2161 Serena & Kasey Reber, Woking, AB .......................... 780-774-2337 Spring Mountain Stock Farm Hotte & Villiger Families, Beaverlodge, AB .............. 780-354-2074

LIMOUSIN

Blueberry Valley Farms Limousin Michael & Rebecca McCord, Mile 86.5 Alaska Hwy, BC.......................................................... 250-772-5116 Dry Creek Ranch Gordon & Carla Harmon, Cecil Lake, BC.................. 250-781-3617 Excel Ranches Ron & Barb Miller, Cody & Amy Miller, Westlock, AB ............................ 780-349-2135 Fouillard Limousin Dan & Pam Fouillard, Thorsby, AB............................ 780-789-4055

Hansen’s Limousin Scott & Lesley Hansen, Evansburg, AB ..................... 780-727-4557 Hillview Farms Raymond & Corine Verbeek, Sturgeon County, AB ... 780-938-2173 Lakeroad Limousin Jim, Donna & Jackie Rowe, Worsley, AB .................. 780-685-2141 Pinnacle View Limousin Rob & Cheryl Swan & Erin & Eric Kishkan, Quesnel, BC ................................................................ 250-747-2618

LOWLINE

Butterkup Farms & Pinnacle Lowlines Andy & Melanie Guttner, Pink Mountain, BC ........... 250-793-4742

RED POLL

Shadow Creek Red Poll Dean & Marsha Anderson, Fort St. John, BC ............. 250-827-3293

SHORTHORNS

Tamarack Shorthorns Alvin & Deanna Johnson, Brownvale, AB ................. 780-597-3973

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Albrecht Farms Steve, Tammy & Ryan Albrecht, Spirit River, AB ..... 780-864-4259 Briar Ridge Stock Farm Randy & Chris Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC ............. 250-786-5048 Chad, Leah, Gene & Addison Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC...................................................... 250-784-3924 Cuthbertson Cattle Co. Scott & Jackie Cuthbertson, Valleyview, AB.............. 780-837-8544 Fallen Timber Farms Chet & Jamie Jans, Groundbirch, BC ......................... 250-780-2141 Flatrock Valley Simmentals Brad Geisbrecht, Cecil Lake, BC................................ 250-781-3580 GRA-TAN Farm Grant & Tanya Chittick, Mayerthorpe, AB ................. 780-786-2181 Halfway River Simmentals Eckbert & Christa Weitzel Georg & Sarah Weitzel, Charlie Lake, BC ................. 250-263-8237 Hodges Simmentals Roy & Scot Hodges, Beaverlodge, AB ....................... 780-512-4669 JayDawn Farms Jason & Nicole McQuaig, Sexsmith, AB.................... 780-568-2647 KIN-KIN Cattle Co. Gary & Faye Chittick, Mayerthorpe, AB .................... 780-786-4500 KRS Simmentals Reanne Sanford, Quesnel, BC .................................... 250-249-5332 KSL Simmentals Keagan Scorgie, Beaverlodge, AB.............................. 780-518-6572 Moonlite Farm Norbert & Janice Luken, Fairview, AB ...................... 780-835-3165 Moose Creek Simmentals Don, Joyce & Shon Smith, Gordondale, AB .............. 780-353-2284 O Double E Simmentals Ole, Elden & Einar Bakkehaug, Hythe, AB................ 780-356-2113 Rachido Ranch Randy & Donna Chittick, Mayerthorpe, AB .............. 780-786-4373 Rosefield Simmentals James & Martha Wiebe, Prespatou, BC ...................... 250-630-2621 SIBL Simmentals The Smith Families, Cherhill, AB............................... 780-785-2045 Tri-K Simmentals Keith & Kerriley Hodges, Beaverlodge, AB .............. 780-831-7999 Willow Creek Simmentals Mike & Mari Klassen & Family, Debolt, AB ............. 780-957-2814 Willowdale Simmentals Dale & Judy Smith, Valleyview, AB ........................... 780-524-2790 Wolfe Farms Tony Wolfe, Valleyview, AB ....................................... 780-524-3939

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Ticks and Your Animals: an unpleasant experience

By Dr. Zoë Ross You may at some point have the unpleasant experience of finding a tick on one of your animals and probably will have many questions about these creepy crawly critters!

Ticks can be a concern because most people consider them disgusting, their bites can be irritating to an animal, they can carry and spread diseases and in very severe infestations they can suck enough blood from an animal to cause anemia. Some of the diseases ticks can spread include Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis and Ehrilichiosis. These diseases can be quite serious and can cause signs such as lameness, fever, swollen joints, loss of appetite and pale gums.

We are very fortunate to live in an area where the long cold winters make it impossible for many species of ticks to survive and currently most of the species of ticks that are found in this area have not been found to carry diseases. With changing climate (as was evidenced by our very mild winter this year), tick populations are starting to creep north and with them the risk of disease.

The most common species of tick we find on animals in the Peace area are the Winter Tick or the Moose Tick and we typically find them in late winter or early spring. The proper name for them is Dermacentor albipictus. They can vary from reddish-brown to gray-brown and have eight legs as adults. They are most often found on wildlife including moose, deer,

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elk and bison but cattle and horses that share pasture with these wild species can become infected. They will feed on coyotes and wolves (and dogs and cats) but these are not their primary hosts.

These ticks are quite distinctive from other types of ticks because they reach their adult stage during the late winter and early spring and they are a one host tick. The larval stage of the ticks attach themselves to the host in the fall (including your horses or cattle) and will remain on this same host until they reach their adult stage and take a blood meal. They will then drop off their host and lay eggs in the environment (in leaf and grass litter on the ground). These eggs hatch in August and September and the larval form climb up vegetation and wait for an appropriate host to brush up against them where they catch a ride on a warm fuzzy body for the winter. The larvae feed and change into nymphs in October and November and then the nymphs feed and change to adults between January and March. Generally the females feed and fall off into the environment by May and lay their eggs in June. An adult female can lay up to 5000 eggs (YUCK!!!) The tick population generally is at a peak after a mild spring and winter when there is not a lot of snow, allowing for a lot of eggs to be successfully laid in the leaf litter and hatch in the fall. The population is also related to the moose population in the area, when the moose numbers are at their greatest, so are the tick numbers!

Generally these ticks stay on one animal but occasionally may move from host to host if animals are kept in close contact.

Horses and cattle with light to moderate infestations do not generally have any clinical signs. Occasionally they may be pruritic (itchy) around the bite sites and there may be a slight swelling at these sites. Animals with heavy infestations (usually moose) can become very itchy and irritated by the ticks. Biting, chewing, licking, rubbing and scratching can make moose lose their hair or break their hair at the roots (moose hair is white at the base), which make the moose look white or worse!

Treatment can be difficult. If the tick is actively feeding, oral ivermectin dewormers are effective but if they are not feeding they will have no effect. Carbaryl is the only product in Canada approved for the treatment of winter ticks in horses and cattle. (The product we are carrying at the Dawson Creek Veterinary Clinic is called Dusting Powder and is made

by Dominion). There are also pyrethrin/pyrethroid products that may also work.

The other type of tick we have occasionally found in the area is Ixodes (the black legged or deer tick).

Researchers in Alberta have been monitoring ticks

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found on animals and more recently on humans across the province. The species of ticks have been identified and they have been tested for the organism that causes Lyme disease. It has been found that Ixodes scapularis is more common in Alberta than was previously thought and some of these ticks have been found to be positive for Borelli burgdorferi which is what causes Lyme disease. The full report on this surveillance can be found at http://www.health.alberta.ca/documents/ Tick-Surveillance-Summary-2013.pdf . Canadian reports of Lyme disease in people have also been increasing with 128 cases in 2009 and over 700 cases in 2015.

As of now tick borne diseases still remain a very low risk in our area but they definitely should be something we are aware of and warrant continued monitoring. If you find ticks on one of your animals, you can bring them into the clinic and we can submit them for identification or testing. Also, if you have travelled with your pet and they are showing signs of illness, it is recommended that you let your vet know where you have travelled to.

Ticks can attach to dogs (and cats) when your pet is walking through tall grass and in wooded areas. There are several medications that are available that will deter ticks from attaching to your pet or that will kill ticks if they bite your pet. It is best to discuss with your veterinarian which medications are suitable for your pet.

If you have any other questions or concerns regarding these unwelcome visitors or any other questions for us, feel free to stop in or call the Dawson Creek Veterinary Clinic to talk to one of our veterinarians. www.dcvet.ca

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High and wild lessons are learned GLENN STEWART The Horse Ranch If you read the last article, you will know that High and Wild is a horsemanship adventure trip in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It is 80 miles from the nearest road and the horses live wild and free up there year round. I’ve been taking people on this trip for many years and there have been many lessons that I have learned over the years.

When we head back into the mountains each year, we have to find the horses, round them up and start trying to trim and shoe the ones that will be used that season by the guides and outfitting business. There are about 250 head of horses to look after. If there is time, we get to the ones that won’t be used that fall. Back in the day, as they say, there always was a lack of time. The guides were brought in at the last minute with only a few days to do all the things that needed done before the

horses and guides went to their separate camps.

All of these horses needed a trim like any other horse.

However, there weren’t any people around to trim them for 9 months of the year. When it was time to start trimming, the horses were tied up and the wrestling match began. We were young, strong and stupid.

If a horse didn’t stand to be trimmed, we just hung on to the foot got jerked and kicked round all day. Horse after horse, we did the best we could to trim a moving target while we got drug around the corral.

I was 17 and watched the older guys. That’s what they knew, so that’s what I learned. If the horse was too tough to hang on to, we would say to heck with it and try a different one.

Pathetic really, as we’d get the ropes out and tie up a leg for a bit and try it again. Sweat dripping off of us, hands cut up, bleeding and banged around.

Your back was sore as anything and, after 5 days of wrestling,

you still had 150 horses that needed done. We were very direct line in our thinking. We had no time to teach them to stand quiet to have their feet done, but we had all the time in the world to get flung around day after day. Guess what, next year would be the same gong show. Any training we did try to do was not worth much because we just didn’t know better. We did what we had seen everybody else do.

For some reason, I really enjoyed trimming and ended up being given the job each year. The rest of the guys were more than happy to avoid it. I remember one funny incident. I was trimming a horse that kept ripping its front foot forward when I had it pinched between my legs. One of the other guides was holding the horse.

He was standing with his back to the door of the tack room.

The floor of the tack room was about 18 inches above the ground. This horse would really pull and I’d keep the clamps on and keep trimming trying to hurry up and get done. “Never stand directly in front of the foot being trimmed”. I was pretty successful holding that foot but then that horse gave an almighty jerk, popped its foot out from my legs and his foot went high enough it wacked poor ole Doug on the head as it was coming down. Well now Doug was having a nap in the tack shed with only his legs

sticking out of the door! He woke up after a bit and we kept trimming. He stood off to the side.

I didn’t know it at the time, but the horse either had a respect, understanding or confidence issue. But I didn’t think in those terms. I didn’t think, really, I just pushed through. I now know that it was respect with that particular horse. What I needed to do was move his feet. I don’t mean chase him around. I needed to get the horse to know I controlled his feet with some groundwork. If I had done that, he would have stood quiet and relaxed. Doug would not have a big lump on his head, I wouldn’t be so tired and the horse would be much better to trim next year. They generally would get trimmed once per year sometimes they would get done that year or the next. Everyone thought they just needed to be trimmed more often and they will get better in time. Maybe, maybe not, it depends whether

you figured out what that horse needed: confidence, respect or more understanding. Many times it has nothing at all to do with the feet trimming.

I’ve gotten under thousands of horses over the years many of them at High and Wild.

Getting to handle, watch, trim, ride, trail, and pack so many horses, it is a real privilege and opportunity to learn that I don’t get anywhere else.

Happy Learning, Glenn Stewart If you are interested in our High and Wild trip feel free to contact the office; info@ thehorseranch.com. Also Glenn offers year round educational horsemanship programs at his facility near Fort Saint John, BC and is available to travel and conduct clinics. Horsemanship Camps will start May 20, for more information on Glenn and The Horse Ranch visit www. thehorseranch.com.

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Thank you for the bull sale attendance and purchases Mark and Ginger Zahacy would like to extend a huge thank you to all those who came out and supported their program again in 2016.

Thank you to all the bidders, buyers and on-line viewers, to Rob Holowaychuk from Optimal Bovine, Shawn Gist and his staff at VJV in Dawson Creek, to Trapper Green and Glen Fells and Marie and her staff in the kitchen.

We would like to recognize LLB Angus for purchasing our high selling bull; Horseshoe Ranch for purchasing nine bulls; our other multiple buyers – Hanselbauer Ltd, Tom Kasinec, Earl’s Cattle Ranch, Darryl Hartman, and Echo Valley Farms; and all our other purchasers – Double K Ranch, Chris Foster, John Froese, Ted & Joyce Henderson, Muddy Creek Livestock Ltd., Peter Osowetski, Parker Livestock Ltd., Bruce & Rachel Prebushewski, and Way North Cattle Co..

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Interested cattle buyers young and old alike attended the Zahacy sale recently . HORIZON Photo

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVING THE CATTLE PRODUCERS OF ALBERTA AND BC

2-YEAR-OLD & YEARLING REGISTERED RED ANGUS BULLS FOR SALE OFF THE RANCH

Don & Sheri Murphy

BULLS FOR SALE ON FARM Box 202 - Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4G3

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(780) 835-0463 Email: Chris.jen@live.ca www.royangus.com

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Yearling & 2-Yr-Old Bulls - Off The Farm

40 Red Angus Bulls • 40 Commercial Heifers

Box 275 Manning, Alberta T0H 2M0

MacKay & Jeanne 1-780-835-0356

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Lloyd & Donna 1-800-667-2251

Ron Gordey

Phone: 1-780-836-2584 Cell: 1-780-836-6239 Fax: 1-780-836-2582

Over 40 years of business.

North Point Angus

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Box 2139 High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0

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Creep feeder showing its age?

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For further information contact: Steve Major at 780-524-8880 (cell) or 780-524-3312 (home)

Mark & Ginger Zahacy Phone (780) 523-5356 Cell (780) 523-1356

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Registered Pioneer Herd • Established 1962

Available on the Farm Ken & Rebecca Mackenzie & Family Tel: 780-836-2049 • Box 35, Deadwood, AB TOH 1A0 www.mackenzieredangus.ca

Andrew & Vivian Miller Box 163 Bay Tree, AB T0H 0A0

Angus Club The Peace Country President: John Mayer: 780-354-2726 • Sec./Treas: Cindy Bjorklund : 780-835-35390

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Purebred Red & Black Angus For Sale On The Ranch

By Private Treaty

Ph: (780)353-3355 CELL: (780)864-5035 slr.angus@yahoo.ca

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MISCELLANEOUS

It was a great tournament with the two final games coming down to last rocks and a win or lose scenario.

Win or lose, it is a game of friendship No sooner had last rock stopped and hands were being shaken all around. GREG PODMORE Photo

MISCELLANEOUS

FRIESEN HEREFORD

FARMS

Home: (780) 832-4068 • Cell: (780) 831-9106 Chad & Anna Friesen Box 1185, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 4B6

Brian & Dana Smith Box 431, Pouce Coupe, BC Tel: (250) 786-5232 Cell: (250) 719-5548

Highway 2 from DC West on Road 204 4 kms South on Road 211 to top of hill

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Registered Polled Hereford Bulls and Heifers for sale

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McElroy Herefords

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Cattle for Sale • Red & Black

VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME

Dorothy and John McElroy Box 185, Charlie Lake, BC VOC 1H0 Phone: (250) 785-6074 Email: jrmcelroy52@yahoo.ca

Bill Bentley - (250) 843-7575 Doug Bentley - (250) 843-7364 20 miles West of Dawson Creek Hwy 97 South 3/4 mile North of Progress (Rd 255)

BENWYN FARM LTD. PROGRESS, BC V0C 2E0

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SHORTHORN Alvin Johnson Box 27 Brownvale, AB T0H 0L0 Phone/Fax: (780) 597-3973

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ARDEN • JOANNE ARDEN • JOANNE HOTTE 780 BRYCE HOTTE HOTTE BOX 906, BEAVERLODGE, AB BRYCE • SHARAH FAMILY sprmtn@telusplanet.net

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The Friendship Round was won by the Rotary Club of Guelph, Ontario while second place when to the Rotary Club from Swan City, Grand Prairie. RICHARD GUNTHER Photo

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Simmental Cattle

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40 Red Angus Bulls • 40 Commercial Heifers

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Home of Polled & Horned 100% Full Blood & Purebred Fleckvieh

250-781-3580 Brad & Elaine Giesbrecht

Box 85, Cecil Lake, BC V0C 1G0 flatrockvalleysimmentals@yahoo.ca

HALFWAY RIVER S I M M E N TA L S

BULLS & HEIFERS FOR SALE Elden, Einar, and Ole Bakkehaug Box 156, Hythe, AB T0H 2C0

P: 250-780-2141 E: info@fallentimberfarms.com www.fallentimberfarms.com

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20 The Northern Horizon, April 22, 2016

4-H communication day a real hit with the kids The Cloverbud group (ages eight and under) of the Groundbirch 4-H Multi Club recently held their communication day with each Cloverbud member giving their own presentation. Speeches includes “How I broke my arm”, “Minions,” “Soccer”, “My Dog,” as well as presentation about “Jewelry” and “Hockey Cards” Clockwise from bottom.

Junior demonstrations – first place Cadence and Keaton Spencer – “How to pack a hiking backpack.”

Junior Speak and

Show (left to right) First place – Courtney Wallace “The Cookies that Never Last” Second place Robbie White “Dinosaurs” and third place – Kenny White “How to set a Martian Trap”.

Junior public speaking award – first place Declan Ross “Hockey” Second place – Kaylin Rounds “Wild Horses” Third Finlay Spencer “Hockey” Cloverbud presentations (left to right) Ryan Turnbull, Teddy White, Dain Ross, Ashley Hartnell, Anabelle Cavanaugh and Pike Spencer.

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Use Red/White/Black text 22 The Northern Horizon, April 22, 2016 Smoky River Red Angus

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Saskatchewan Angus Association Board of Directors after serving an eight-year term. He was president from 2012-2014.

Bob Hahn was elected to the Canadian Angus Association Board of Directors in 2013. He operates HR Hahn Cattle Co. in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Prior to joining the Canadian Angus Association board, Hahn served on the Alberta Angus Association Board of Directors from 2008 through 2012. Hahn is also a chartered accountant with his own practice.

The Aberdeen Angus Breed has a tradition in Canada going back over 130 years. Today all Angus registration papers are processed through the Canadian Angus Association office in Calgary, Alberta. All animals registered in the Canadian Angus Association Herdbook are 100 per cent purebred.

The Canadian Angus Association registers both red and black Angus.

2016

Curtis Boese (780) 876-4526

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Saturday, April 30 @ 2PM

Cleardale, Alberta

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RED ANGUS BULLS Yearlings & Long Yearlings

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RED ANGUS & RED ANGUS CROSS COMMERCIAL HEIFERS Palpated and Vaccinated, Ready to Breed

:: 29 Consecutive Sales :: :: 34 Years in Red Angus ::

EPD ACC Top %

BW -­‐3.5 48 6

WW +36 40 95

YW +67 39 70

MILK +23 24 6

Based on February 2016 EPDs Red Angus (Ped Est) TM SC CE MCE YG REA CWT +41 -­‐ +9.5 +3.3 +0.13 +0.09 +6 -­‐ -­‐ 27 23 19 13 33 60 -­‐ 4 55 97 30 80

MARB +0.18 15 80

FAT +0.055 28 99

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Donna’s ‘Famous’ roast beef lunch at noon!

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Bob Hahn of Alberta has been elected for a second term and Dale Easton of Saskatchewan will join the board of directors following elections in Alberta and Saskatchewan for the Canadian Angus Association’s Board of Directors.

Both directors will serve threeyear terms. Hahn’s term will continue without interruption while Easton will assume his duties immediately following the close of the 110th annual general meeting of the Canadian Angus Association, which takes place on Saturday, June 11 in Quebec City, Quebec.

Dale Easton will replace retiring director and Past President Corinne Gibson, who operates Six Mile Ranch Ltd. with her family in Fir Mountain, Saskatchewan. Easton operates Eastondale Angus with his wife Shelly and their daughter Erika near Wawota. Eastondale Angus is a purebred cattle operation with approximately 180 females calving annually.

Easton has recently retired from the

RED ANGUS Bulls on Offer

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Very correct with excellent muscle pattern. Sons will be available.

We must do a few things RIGHT • Come see for yourself! • Online at clearriverredangus.com

FREE Delivery livery - 0% Financing - COMPLETE GUARANTEE! Complete information available in early April Lloyd & Donna MacKay & Jeanne Phone: 1-800-667-2251 or 780-835-0356 1-800-667-2251 1-780-835-0356 Email: clearrivergroup@gmail.com

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T hanks to all who supported our 25th Annual 1st Choice Bull Sale

High Sellers

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Steve & Dale Aylward of Gumbo Gulch Cattle Company Would like to thank all the participants, first time and repeat buyers, and bidders who supported the 25th Annual 1st Choice Bull Sale on April 2, 2016.

We would like to thank all the people, businesses and organizations who contributed to the excellent results received at this year's sale.

Special thanks are to be extended to Patterson's Auction Mart Ltd, (auctioneers), Vold Jones & VoId (location), Dawson Creek Veterinary Clinic, Tiger Printing & Stationers, the Northern Horizon, 890 CJDC radio/ Astral Media, and Marie Lewis (catering) for their continued support, assistance and organizational skills.

Thanks to the crew: Walter Fritsche, Murray Armstrong, Brian Smith, Peter Collins, Harry and Harrison Hooke.

Gumbo Gulch Hooverdam 12C - $13,000 Olaf & Tara Harpe Gumbo Gulch Hooverdam 36C - $11,000 Phylis Wiles

Thanks to everyone who advertised in our catalogue.

Steve and Dale would like to sincerely thank everyone over the years that helped make Gumbo Gulch a trusted source for Angus Cattle.

MUCH APPRECIATED !!!

Volume Buyers

Steve (250) 786-5031 Dale (250) 786-5478 Cell: (250) 784-5136 Fax: (250) 786-5438 11 miles south of Dawson Creek on Edmonton Hwy.

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Tom & Lori Krantz – 5 Danny Soles – 5 South Peace Colony – 3 Will Anderson – 3

GOOD SELECTION OF BULLS FOR SALE AT RANCH.

Vold Jones & Vold Auction Co.Ltd.

www.vjvauction.com • Canadian Satellite Web Site: www.cslauction.com

Cattle Sales

Special Sales

Dawson Creek Shawn Gist 780.782.3766

Beaverlodge Don Fessler 780.354.2423

Westlock Gary Jarvis 780.349.3153

Ponoka Henry Thalen 403.783.5561

Rimbey Wes Skeels 403.843.2439

Tues, Apr 26 - 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, April 28 - 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, April 28 - 9:00 a.m.

Wed, Apr 27 - 8:30 a.m.

Tues, Apr 26 - 9:00 a.m.

Tues, May 03 - 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, May 12 - 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, May 05 - 9:00 a.m.

Wed, May 04 - 8:30 a.m.

Tues, May 03 - 9:00 a.m.

Tues, May 10 - 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, May 26 - 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, May 12 - 9:00 a.m.

Wed, May 11 - 8:30 a.m.

Tues, May 10 - 9:00 a.m.

Tues, May 17 - 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, June 09 - 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, May 19 - 9:00 a.m.

Wed, May 18 - 8:30 a.m.

Tues, May 17 - 9:00 a.m.

Dawson Creek

Beaverlodge

Westlock

Dawson Creek Horse Sale Saturday, April 23 Tack @ 9:30 AM Horses @ Noon Ride-Throughs – 1:00 p.m.

IMPORTANT NOTICE! Regular Cattle Sales move to every second week (see listing above)

RJK Red Angus Prod Sale Saturday, June 4th 30 Yearling Bulls 20 2 Yr. Old Bulls 25 Open Replacement Heifers 25 Bred Females/ Cow Calf Pairs

Last Chance Bull Sale Tuesday, May 17 – 1:00 p.m.

HORSE SALE Saturday, June 11 Tack @ 9:30, Horses @ Noon

Monthly Horse Sales Sat, May 21 – 10:00 a.m.

Sheep & Goat Sales Tues, May 17 – 11:00 a.m.

Ponoka

Rimbey

Ponoka 4-H Show & Sale Calnash Ag Event Centre Mon, May 2 – 9:00 a.m.

Tues, May 3 – 9:00 a.m.

Rimbey 4-H Interclub Show & Sale Rimbey Ag Grounds May 15/16 – 9:00 a.m.

Monthly Horse Sales Fri, Apr 29 – 5:00 p.m.

Fri, May 27 – 5:00 p.m.

Contact our reps for current market trends, prices, booking of cattle into the auction mart or satellite sale Owners – Henry Thalen 403.783.0090 henry@morsan.com • Morris Thalen 403.783.1333 morris@morsan.com

Ponoka - 4410 – Highway 2A, Ponoka, AB, (Ph) 403.783.5561, (Fax) 403.783.4120, (Website) www.vjvauction.com (Email) office@vjvauction.com Dawson Creek - 301–116th Avenue, Dawson Creek, B.C., (Ph) 250.782.3766, (Fax) 780.782.6622, (Email) dawson@vjvauction.com Beaverlodge - Box 606, Beaverlodge, AB, (Ph) 780-354-2423, (Email) vjvbeaverlodge@gpnet.ca Westlock - 9004 – 110A Street, Westlock, AB, (Ph) 780-349-3153, (Fax) 780-349-5466 • Rimbey - 4831 – 47th Street, Rimbey, AB, (Ph) 403.843.2439, (Fax) 403.843.3485

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Field Representatives: Mike Brennan (Ponoka, Rimbey, Bashaw) 403.783.1074, Ralph Calder (Grimshaw & N.Alberta) 780.618.7655, Neil Campbell (Rycroft) 780.814.4113, Trevor Duke (Castor, Coronation, Stettler, Hanna) 403.740.5753, Trent Ewasiw (Rochester/Dapp) 780.349.0239, Donny Fessler (Beaverlodge, Grande Prairie) 780.882.6189, Darryl Friesen (Rimbey) 780.318.1630, Shawn Gist (Dawson Creek) 250.219.4419, D. Trapper Green (Northern Alberta & BC) 780.837.0171, Ron Kramer (Fort St. John) 250.827.3245, Barry Neumeirer (Rimbey) 403.350.8222, Art Patterson (Dawson Creek) 250.784.4307, Cory Polak (Peers/Edson) 780.712.5749, Wade Schaupmeyer (Mayerthorpe) 780.305.4104, Bob Scott (Lac La Biche) 780.689.9203, Travis Sekura (Drayton Valley) 780.621.6841, Stan Skeels (Rimbey) 403.704.0288, Hank Stach (Lamont) 780.977.3733, Nanson Vold (Ponoka) 403.783.0349

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Labour gap in Canadian beef sector could quadruple by 2025, says study The Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council (CAHRC) and Conference Board of Canada and the are planning to release a 10page report and 2-page fact sheet on labour supply and demand for beef this month or in early May as chronic workforce shortages in Canada’s agricultural sector are expected to continue, with the number of unfilled jobs in the beef sector forecasted to more than quadruple over the next decade.

According to the Labour Market Information Study (LMIS), the labour gap is significant, with unfilled vacancies costing the beef industry $141 million is sales (farm gate cash receipts) in 2014.

The study, released last month by the Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council (CAHRC) and Conference Board of Canada provides an overview of the current agricultural labour market and a 10-year projection that forecasts the supply and demand of labour to 2025. The LMIS was initiated in early 2014 and includes a 10-year national outlook along with a forecast for 10 different provinces and 11 com-

modity groups, including Canada’s beef cattle industry. A number of methods were used to conduct the study including an industry survey, interviews with agriculture producers and stakeholders, and numerous focus groups and webinars.

The study’s findings underscore the need for the Canadian Agricultural and Agri-Food Workforce Action Plan, said Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) President Dan Darling.

“A dedicated plan for Canadian agriculture is critical to ensure the industry has a sufficient workforce to take advantage of significant opportunities in the future,” he said.

Proactively addressing workforce issues in agriculture, in terms of insufficient labour to fill jobs at packing plants and farms and the lost opportunity those chronic job vacancies create, are top priority for the CCA. According to the study, over the next 10 years, the labour gap in the Canadian beef cattle industry could widen to 12,500 workers. The LMIS indicated this future increased labour gap could be partially caused by a spike in labour demand of as

A dedicated plan for Canadian agriculture is critical said CCA president Dan Darling.

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many as 2,500 workers. Export dependent and protein-based commodities, such as the Canadian beef cattle industry, are expected to have productivity growth around 2.5 per cent over the next 10 years. Additionally, trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

(CETA) are likely to generate more beef exports. These factors will create an increased demand for labour as the beef industry works to capture this growth. However, the study suggested that a declining labour supply in beef production is the largest contributor to the projected growing labour gap.

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Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk played the Rolla Pub on Thursday night, April 14.

The band are now three-time veterans in playing the pub, which is gaining a reputation as a solid live music venue.

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The Buy Local Program aims to increase consumer demand and sales of B.C. agrifoods.

Businesses and organizations can apply for matching funding from the B.C. government for projects that promote local foods. Projects can include instore promotions, social media or web campaigns, traditional

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Applications and Further Information Please visit the Investment Agriculture Foundation website for applications and more information: http://iafbc.ca/funding-opportunities/buy-local/

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10-Semi-Annual Lease payments OAC of $19,220

LEASE to Own any Tractor on this page

Pay only the 1st lease payment in advance. OAC

$ 135,000 disc

100’ 2014 RG1100 Rog SS tank, Viper Pro, Au Accu boom, Auto boo 380/90R46, Air ride, A $544,400 02/16 B

THE NEW Quadshift III 12 x 4 trans with 4 smooth shifting FULLY synchronized gears in each of 3 ranges, makes on the go shifting easy.

Helical cut gears for reliable power transfer.

10-Semi-Annual Lease pay

Tier 3

1214 Renn Unloader 10’ or 12’ bags $62,040 1 only $ 46,000 $ 145,000 disc

When the LAST lease payment is made

Payout the residual value or Finance the residual value OAC.

10-S/A Lease pay OAC of $4,600

120’ 2014 RG1100 Ro B $577,400 02/16

10-Semi-Annual Lease pay

305 Versatile 2013 FWD 305hp 20.8R42 D 31 hr 16 spd P/S, 540/1000 PTO, 55gpm hyd 4 hyd

2015 500 Versatile 500 hp, P/Shift Del/Cab 110 hyd 6 E/ hyd diff/lock Radar, A/S/R, Canbus, Radar *490700 800/70R38 Firestone demo $ 390,000

*257,220 radio, work lites 1 Only 174,099 16’ 6 way Quick Tach Deg Dozer $36,050 30,900

1-only cnt $199,999

10-Semi-Annual Lease pmts OAC of $29,345 + rv

10-Semi-Annual Lease payments OAC of $16,200

310 FWD Versatile 310 hp 16 spd P/Shift Deluxe Cab, 18,850# 3 pt hitch, 4 E/ hyd 55 gpm high flow 540/1000 pto, HID lite, frt & rear wts, F/R diff/lock, 200 amp alt, 174 gal fuel tank, hyd P/brakes, Tran oil heater, 620/70R42 dual, 480/70R30 frt,

$288,350 32 hr demo $199,900 2016 400 Versatile400 hp QSX11.9, PS 710/70R38 duals 4 hyds Radio work lite msrp $425,500 demo $328,000

LEASE to Own this 310 hp Vers Tractor

10-Semi-Annual Lease pmts OAC of $17,200 + rv Tier 3

10-Semi-Annual Lease payments OAC of $28,000

Tier 3

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$5,000

30’ to 50’ 3 section

25’ TD600 TANDUM DISK, *89150 Intro

36’ TD600 TANDUM DISK, *99200 Intro

87,900

10-Semi-Annual Lease payments OAC of $ 8,580

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Sizes, 10’ 12’ 14’ 16’ 18’ 20’

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305 Versatile 2013 305hp,16spdPS 38 hr demo, 4 E/hyd 55 gpm, Fnds HID wts L/3pt 540/1000 pto 20.8R42D, 16.9R30 $ 257,200 487 1 only $174,900 10-Semi-Annual Lease payments OAC of $14,170

USED

2012 100’ RG1100 Rog 1965 hrs, SS tank, Vip 300 GPS, Accu boom, 380/90R46, Air ride, A $290,850 6/15 1

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74,900

30’ TD600 TANDUM DISK, 10.5”S, 26X8mm c/o frt 26x8mm S/rear, S/L hitch 650# per ft, T2-215 brgs *95150 Brg wear grds Intro 79,900

12’ 650 Offset 10”s 26”x8mm *39960 $31,900

10-Semi-Annual Lease payments OAC of $17,000

$47,500

Mandako rollers also available

Tier 3

New 2014 2375 Versatile 375hp QSM11 710/70R38 duals 4 hyds PTO work lite msrp $310,200 Only $199,000

10’ Bagger 30” conveyor $57,500

61’ Mandako land roller 5/ 70’ Mandako land roller 5/ 80’ Mandako land roller 5/ 85’ Mandako land roller 5/

42’ Dika hyd 3 section land roller nice shape, New $1,300 per ft $54,330 1 only $ 35,900

70’ML 970 “ALIVE” shank monitor, D/S

5 sec, 634 bu tank, 4th tank, Topcon hyd drive 70’ *450850 520x85R38 duals 379,000 335,000 52’ *377750 520x85R38 duals 42’ *280650 28Lx26 400bu, grd drive 255,000

2006 60’ N.H. SD440A Air Drill 10”space S/S SC430 Tow Behind Tank, D/S 430 bu 30.5x32 tire 21.5x16, 3 Tanks, dual castors, Std drive.Sheded. *618560 always sheded premium unit $ 96,000

9650 Morris 650 bu tank

221,107,107,221 bu Dual 1 61’ Morris C2 air drill tow Double shoot , paired

Feb Spe

10-Semi-Annual Lease pay

New 2014 2375 Versatile 375hp QSM11 710/70R38 duals 4 hyds Radio work lite msrp $310,200 Only $189,000 10-Semi-Annual Lease payments OAC of $16,500

add $15,900 for Blade SX280 Sprayer, rear-duals & spacers 100’ Steel booms 1200 gal 401500 $ 345,000 2006 2145 Versatile 145hp, 18spd PS, 3 E/hyd 120’ Steel booms 1200 gal 425500 $ 365,000 6600 hr 710/70R38 600/65R28, 540/1000rpm pto, 120’ Alum booms 1200 gal 465500 $ 390,000 $127,350 w/ FEL, Bucket & grapple $ 89,900

2009 60’Morris Contour drill 12” 8370 Tow Behind Tank, 900 tires, 3 Tanks, 17”fan, dual castors, Topcon drive. new sweeps, roto scrapers *029132 always sheded premium unit $ 149,000

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$260-84 mbw

16 1500 Sport ,8a QC4X4SB i710569 V6 Gas

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$278-84 mbw 16 G2500 SXT V8 6ACC4X4SB i889487 $278-84 mbw 16 G1500 SLT V6 8A QC4X4SB i807492 Diesel, Coil Susp

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$310-84 mbw

$255-84 mbw 16 D2500 SLT C/C4x4 LB i183676

$499-84 mbw

$33,200

16 G/Caravan SXT 3.6L 6spd i963392

$62,800

Diesel, Coil Susp

36 mpg

MSRP $33,920

MSRP $41,530

$215-84 mbw

16 G/Caravan SXT 3.6L, 6spd i592392 $255-84 mbw

MSRP $72,660

$61,600

$33,200

16 D2500 SLT C/C4x4 SB i186653

$403-84 mbw

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$310-84 mbw

16 D3500 SLT C/C4x4 SB i171675

$440-84 mbw

$13,995

$68,600

16 D3500 Laramie C/C4x4SB i938734

$445-84 mbw

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$9,000

09 F150 Lariat C/C4x4SB 198k 182115

52,900

MSRP $53,730

$41,500

16 Cherokee T/hawk 4x4 3.2L i562394

5.7 ,8spd 29 mpg

$278-84 mbw

MSRP $42,920

10-Semi-Annual Lease payments OAC of $ 9,250

37,600

$199-84 mbw 15 G1500 SLT V6 8AQC4X4SB i472456 $281-84 mbw

$199-84 mbw

32 mpg

1300 bu 50” tire 114,070 $86,500

MSRP $49,935

$27,200

$215-84 mbw 15 G/Caravan SXT 6spd i119384.po

$33,400

16 Cherokee Sport 4x4 3.2L i176314

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MSRP $62,950

32 mpg

10-Semi-Annual Lease payments OAC of $ 5,8,50

V6 Gas 33 mpg

MSRP $40,330

$44,700

1000+ bu. GC9250 UF Grain Cart, w/Tarp c/w 17” Auger, 1000 pto, 900/60x32R1 $54,900 $69,850 520 Scale 5 point system $ 8,500

$1 3

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36 mpg

16 Wrangler Sahara 4x4 3.6L i930433

45,500

MSRP $39,425

63,100

k 4 tanks $ 215,750

17” fans std drive, duals w between $ 240,000 row, $ 455,750

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$199-84 mbw 15 D1500 SLT V6 8AQC4X4SB i265515 $315-84 mbw

34 mpg

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15Journey R/T AWD 3.6L 6s i100359.po

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$430-84 mbw 14 D1500 SLT V6 8ACC4X4 i661522 po $299-84 mbw 14 D2500 Laramie C/C4x4 sb i377692 po

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42,800

MSRP $52,940

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32 The Northern Horizon, April 22, 2016

Be an open farm days host on Aug 20-21 Producers and agtourism operators can sign-up using the online registration form available at Open Farm Days. The application deadline for host farms is May 31, 2016.

“Open Farm Days gives visitors from across the province and beyond a chance to experience the sights, sounds and tastes of rural Alberta,” says the Honourable Ricardo Miranda, Minister of Alberta Culture and Tourism.

“I encourage farmers and ranchers to take this tremendous opportunity to showcase their operations while helping to take advantage of a growing consumer interest in ag-tourism.”

From August 20-21, 2016, the fourth annual edition of Alberta Open Farm Days will offer

Albertans a fun way to experience rural life.

Farm-to-table culinary events on the Saturday and free admission to farm tours across the province on the Sunday will showcase Alberta agriculture and rural hospitality at its finest.

This year’s Open Farm Days follows up on a successful 2015 event that included: 72 host farms and 18 culinary events; more than 10,000 visits; and $100,000 in on-farm sales.

“The popularity of Open Farm Days continues to grow each year, which speaks volumes about the incredible potential of our agriculture sector to further diversify our economy,” says the Honourable Oneil Carlier, Minister of Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

“This event shines a spotlight on some of our

most innovative producers and agri-businesses, while helping Albertans to better understand the significant contribution agriculture makes to our province.”

“This was a great way for us to tap into the growing desire of urban consumers to connect with producers and to discover and experience a side of rural Alberta that they may have never seen before,” says Leanne Sept of Sunnyside Alpacas.

“I think we have just as much fun as our visitors and we’re really looking forward to Open Farm Days.”

Alberta Open Farm Days is a partnership of Alberta Culture and Tourism, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, the Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies and Agriculture for Life.

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& Kubota Industrial Engines

The Northern Horizon, April 22, 2016

Producers and ag tourism operators have a May 31 deadline to sign up to be a host family and farm for open farm days slated for August 20 and 21. DAN PRZYLBYLSKI AND SUBMITTED PhotoS

TRACTORS - TRACK

Versatile DT500 (2014) 350 hrs Challenger 85C (1994) 6,000 hrs Challenger 55 (2000) 11,000 hrs Challenger 45 (2000) 6,600 hrs

TRACTORS – 4WD

Versatile 500 (2012) 880 hrs Case IH 485 (2010) 2,700 hrs

COMBINES

Lexion 760TT (2011) 1475 eng, 1063 sep Lexion 760 (2012) 1235 eng, 797 sep Lexion 760 (2011) 1320 eng, 960 sep Lexion 760 (2011) 1315 eng, 943 sep Lexion 670 (2013) 970 eng, 682 sep Lexion 590R (2008) 1383 eng, 1014 sep Lexion 590R (2008) 1573 eng, 1131 sep Lexion 590R (2008) 2789 eng, 1848 sep Lexion 590R (2008) 3212 eng, 2115 sep Lexion 580R (2005) 2200 eng, 1750 sep Lexion 460 (2000) 3036 eng, 2418 sep Case IH 8230 (2012) 1230 eng, 930 sep Case IH 2388 (1999) 2395 sep hrs John Deere 9860STS (2007) 1903 eng, 1430 sep John Deere 9860STS (2006) 2183 eng, 1515 sep John Deere 9760 (2004) 2844 eng, 1944 sep John Deere 9650 (2000) 3661 eng, 2391 sep John Deere 9500 (1990) 4716 eng, 3557 sep New Holland CX860 (2006) 2755 eng, 2231 sep New Holland CX860 (2003) 2829 eng, 2252 sep New Holland CX860 (2006) 2864 eng, 2712 sep New Holland CX8080 (2009) 1204 eng, 920 sep

COMBINE HEADERS

Honey Bee SP36 36’ Draper Header (2006) Honey Bee SP36 36’ Header (2003) MacDon D60 Draper Header (2013) MacDon D60 Draper Header (2012) MacDon D50 35’ Draper Header (2008) MacDon 974 36’ Draper Header (2004) MacDon 973-36 36’ Header (2006) MacDon 962 30’ Straight Cut Header (2001)

John Deere 930D 30’ Draper Header (2006) Massey Ferguson 9800 30’ Rigid Header (1995) New Holland 94C-36 36’ Insight Header (2006)

SWATHERS

MacDon M150 (2010)

AIR DRILLS & TANKS/CARTS

Bourgault 8800 48’ Air Drill (1995) Bourgault 5710 59’ Air Drill (2002) Bourgault 3310 76’ Air Drill (2015) Bourgault 3310 65’ Air Drill (2010) Bourgault 3310 55’ Air Drill/6450 Tank (2008) Horsch Anderson 60-15 Air Drill (2005) Bourgault 4350 Air Tank/Cart (1996) Bourgault 3225 Air Tank/Cart (1995) New Holland SC430 Air Tank/Cart (2008)

HEAVY HARROWS

Bourgault 6000 90’ Harrow (2012) Degelman SM7000 70’ Heavy Harrow (2003) McFarlane 2080-16 80’ Harrow (2014) McFarlane 2080 80’ Harrow (2010) McFarlane 2080-16 80’ Harrow (2008) Summers 60’ Heavy Harrow (1996)

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

Auger - Buhler Farm King 13 x 85 Grain Auger (2014) Auger - Sakundiak SLMD 10 x 72 Grain Auger (2015) Auger – Sakundiak HD8-1400 Grain Auger (2010) Auger - Wheatheart 10’ Grain Auger (2010) Auger – Wheatheart BH10-41 Grain Auger (2008) Disk – John Deere 650 32’ Disk Ditcher - Eagle 4A Rotary Ditcher (2012) Ditcher - Xtreme Wolverine Ditcher (2010) Subsoiler – Sumo Q35 Subsoiler (2013) Grain Cart - J & M 1326 1326 Bu Grain Cart (2011) Grain Extractor - Akron EXG300 Grain Extractor (2014)

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Wyatt Copeland and Kali Atkins perform a tune during the BC High School Rodeo North Region Gala earlier this month. MATT PREPROST Photo

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Deutz DX130 2WD,4,500hrs ..........$12,000 NH TC34DA with loader 670 hrs......$18,000 White 2-180 tractor with duals .........$8,000 NH TS135A tractor w/loader, new engine ........................................$69,000 NH TC33D tractor w/loader 360 hours ...........................................$16,500

CONSIGNMENTS HH 660 Baler .................................... $7,000

TRACTORS JD 5075E with loader ..................... $37,000 JD 5520 with cab and loader .......... $39,000 NH TZ25DA tractor with mid mount mower ........................... $10,000

HARVEST EQUIP. NH TX66 with 971 25' straight cut header and p/u header ................................. $29,000 Versatile 4018 Header for Bi·Di 9030, etc .................................. $7,000 Honey Bee ST18 to fit NH 9030 Bidi ...$12,000

CONSTRUCTION NH LS18O (00) Cab 1800+ Hrs ...... $22,000 HH C175 skid steer ......................... $32,000 HH LS190 skid steer ........................$25,000 HH L230 - skid steer ........................ $49,000

MISC. EQUIP Haybuster 2650 ............................$15,000

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New calculator for preg-checking A newly-developed calculator helps beef producers weigh the costs and benefits of including pregnancy testing, or “preg-checking,” as a management decision.

“The benefits of preg-checking include the evaluation of herd or bull fertility, the identification of a calving date, and the cost savings of overwintering non-pregnant cows,” says Brenna Grant, project manager at Canfax Research Services.

According to the 2015 Western Canadian Cow Calf Survey, only 60 per

cent of cow-calf producers include pregchecking in their management.

“By using the new calculator, producers can input information about their own operation such as winter feeding strategies and costs, veterinary costs, and current market prices to determine the value of preg-checking on their operation” says Grant.

The customized results will compare losses or profits between selling open cows in the fall, overwintering cull cows as a separate group and marketing them in the spring, and overwintering all cows

together without preg-checking.

The calculator has both a basic and an advanced option. The basic model only requires six pieces of information: herd size, winter feeding system, month of preg-checking, calving month, current cow price, and which month that cow price is from. The calculator provides four different winter feeding scenarios with typical costs, but producers can also put in their own costs, as well as days on feed and average daily gain in the advanced model to get more accurate results.

To see if preg-checking can benefit your operation, or for more decision making tools created by the Beef Cattle Research Council, visit www. beefresearch.ca.

Persistence through setback and recovery - Randy and Lesli return to the purebred cattle industry to offer productive Salers bulls and heifers that work. Randy Voss contacted The Northern Horizon’s Dan Przybylski to let me know that after suffering and recovering from some business and financial setbacks, he and wife Lesli were returning to the purebred cattle industry. The Horizon took a visit to their farm west of Hythe where Randy gave us a tour of their operation while also providing a very tasty lunch afterwards. DAN

PRZYBYLSKI PhotoS

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Dustin Craig from Fairview, Alberta checks out a gun at the 39th annual Dawson Creek Sportman’s Club Gun and Sportman’s show. Vendors from all over Western Canada packed the floor and the concourse of the Encana Events Centre. Organizers say attendance was down, but they expected that with the slowdown in the oil and gas industry. The number of vendors however, remained around 88. MIKE CARTER Photo

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Farmland sale nets a real pretty penny Baerg land averages $512,000 per quarter at auction JONNY WAKEFIELD Staff Writer

parcels north of Dawson Creek belonging Marvin and Karen Baerg sold at auction. By the end of the day, the sale brought in $3.92 million, averaging an impressive $512,000 per

quarter section.

Five buyers ultimately picked up sections of land, and according to Must be some good farmland.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, and all five On April 1, seven agricultural are from the South Peace area.

The identities of the buyers will not be made public until the sales are finalized.

Reached by the Dawson Creek Mirror, Marvin Baerg said he was leaving the farming business for health reasons. He said the high price per hectare was a reflection of the land’s quality.

Three of the parcels will include sections of TransCanada’s proposed Towerbirch pipeline, a tie-in for an East-West line that will transport sweet natural gas from the South Peace to Alberta. The Seven parcels north of Dawson Creek sold for an average $512,000 per quarter earlier this Baerg auction month. The Baerg family say they’re selling their land for health reasons. SUPPLIED Photo was the second

major farmland sale held in the region in recent weeks. On March 30, the Nobbs Family in nearby Bonanza, AB, sold 7,500 acres of farmland for a total of $13 million. Farm equipment sales brought the record-setting auction to $24 million. The Nobbs’ land fetched an average of $276,775 per quarter, according to Ritchie Bros. data. For comparison, an April 2 farmland sale in Raymore, SK, averaged $144,832 per quarter. reporter@dcdn.ca

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$20K for BC High School Rodeo Association Around 200 people turned out to the BC High School Rodeo North Region Gala at the Pomeroy Hotel earlier this month, raising more than $20,000 for local rodeo.

It’s a number that has organizers smiling. Lynn Peck was expecting around $6,000 at the most, but last weekend’s turnout left her flabbergasted.

“When you think about what’s going on, not just in our area but all around, how tough times are for people, it was just absolutely wow,” Peck said.

It’s not cheap to put on a rodeo, which run between $12,000 and $13,000 per event, so the take from the gala goes a long way, Peck said.

“That’s enough money to do a rodeo and a half,” she said.

“Every dime of that will be going toward producing the rodeos for kids to qualify for regional competitions.”

At the gala, the Horizon caught up with four up and coming cowboys and cowgirls to talk about their goals for the rest of the season.

Kali Atkings, Fort St. John This is Kali Atkings first year competing in high school rodeo and she’s not only looking to snare junior rookie of the year – she’s aiming to book her trip to nationals this summer too.

The Grade 6 Alwin Holland student is sitting in second place for junior rookies in the province, five points shy of first place. She’s also sitting fourth in all-around.

Her focus over the next three months? Getting better in the breakaway, goats and pole bending categories. If everything goes according to plan, she’ll be winning a buckle as rookie of the year and heading off to nationals.

“A lot of people don’t make it in their rookie year,” said Atkings, who turns 12 this month.

Ben Jackson, Hudson’s Hope Fresh off a three-week trip to Texas, Ben Jackson is looking to bring some southern speed to his game to finish off the season.

The 15-year-old spent his time down south hanging out

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with 2015 Calgary Stampede tie-down roping winner Timber Moore, roping every day and competing in a couple of rodeos from Graham to Decatur.

Jackson said he finished second in a rodeo in Graham, also scoring fastest time in one performance, while placing second in a tie-down jackpot in Decatur.

“Just being able to hang out with guys that much better than you and teach you that much is a great experience,” Jackson said.

Kate White, Dawson Creek Kate White is sitting in first place for senior rookie of the year and fifth in the all-around, and while she’s happy with that, she does hope to make it to nationals again this summer.

But the Grade 9 Dawson Creek student knows that it’s her horses that will get her there.

“I’m just practising a lot more, pushing myself and just helping myself along the way,” White said.

“My horses, I have to exercise them in order for them to be in shape for me to do good. Really,

Four members of the BC Rodeo Association, Kali Atkings, Hannah Pederson, Ben Jackson and Kate White talked about their past success and hopes for the upcoming rodeo season at the BCHRA gala in Fort. St. John earlier this month. MATT PREPROST Photo people applaud you, but it’s your horse that’s doing all the work.”

Hanna Pederson, Dawson Creek Hanna Pederson has her eye on winning the senior allaround title this season.

She’s confident in her skills, but she hasn’t won the saddle in high school rodeo competition yet. And if she wants to win it this year, she’ll have to leapfrog White, who sits one spot ahead of her in fifth place. With five rodeos left

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Phone: 780-323-4364 Manure/Hay Grapples, Universal Skid-Steer Attach. 60in for $2700. 72in for $2900. 780-354-2161 Manure Spreader, New 375 Bushel, Rancher Series, Large Flotation Tires,Vertical Beaters. 780354-2161

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For Sale: 2 D8K Cats, 2 Steiger Tractors, and 2 Breaking Discs. Phone: 780-618-1234 For Sale: 8240 Terex Cat, You Can Clear Land Cheaply. $20,000. OBO. Please Phone: 250-7882514 Older cross-dump tandem axle Gravel trailer $5000 OBO (250)261-1334

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Phone:250-827-3542 For Sale: 2 yr. old Dexter Steers approx. 800 lbs. $1.70/lb. live weight.

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For Sale: 30 Black Angus Bred Heifers. Due May 1st.

Please phone: 780-5972055 For Sale: 3 Two Year Old Red Simmental Bulls from Willowdale Simmentals.

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Older house for sale/to be moved in Spirit River area. $50,000 OBO. 780-8644400, 780-518-9575

For Sale: Bred CowsPolled Herefords, Black or Red Baldies. Preg Checked/Vet inspected/Vaccinated/Treated with Ivomec. Gary@780-8362125 For Sale: High Hog Calf Shute with Tipping Table.

Phone: 780-836-2125 For Sale: Shorthorn Bulls, yr. old, purebred but not papered. $2000. each.

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For Sale: CERTIFIED Round-up Ready CANOLA Seed; FUSION, CAFE , & DEKALB Varieties; SYNERGY & POLISH Canola; LIMRICK, RAEZER, & TETRIS Peas; STETTLER, RED WATER, & RYLEE (New CPS) Wheat; AUSTINSON, MEREDITH, & MAVERICK Barley; MORGAN & HAY MAKER Oats.

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For sale: Fall rye seed, cleaned or bin run. Phone: 780-835-0872 Fairview, AB.

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For Sale: 60 Lb Alfalfa, Timothy, Brome Hay Bales in Manning Area. Please Phone: 780-836-7774

Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 1,2&3 year olds.

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Alberta Pulse Growers’ survey extended In support of the 2016 International Year of Pulses, Alberta Pulse Growers (APG), with assistance from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, is conducting an Environmental Footprint of Alberta Field Pea Production. “This study will quantify the environmental impacts of Alberta field pea production from cradleto-farm-gate, and identify key areas of innovation and improvements in the field pea production,” says Nevin Rosaasen, policy and programs

specialist, APG. “And, the study will enhance our ability to communicate with consumers domestically and internationally about the environmental benefits of Alberta field pea production.”

Robust farm-level data on rotations is needed to mount the necessary scientific evidence, and APG hopes to glean it from pulse growers via a short survey. The survey (https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/opinio6/ s?s=28325) has 12 questions, and

takes about 25 minutes to complete.

Survey participants are eligible for many prizes including a case of herbicide and flow meters for fuel tanks.

“This study will pay off for pulse growers, because knowing what is driving environmental impacts can help in making production and management decisions that reduce environmental impacts, while maximizing the efficient deployment of inputs and providing the greatest financial gain to producers” says Ro-

saasen.

Enter now for your chance to win big prizes by completing the APG’s Farm Survey of Alberta Field Pea Life Cycle Assessment.

AFCN’s AgriStability deadline is April 30 With the AgriStability deadline right around

the corner, Norm Gueutal, team coordinator, Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC), is encouraging producers to start looking into the program to see if it’s a fit for their operation.

“AgriStability provides ‘whole farm’ coverage for all commodities and perils that are not necessarily covered through other forms of insurance.

Coverage is specific to your farm operation.” This includes non-traditional farms like market gardens and greenhouses.

Producers can experience significant margin declines due to any number of circumstances, such as production shortfalls, falling commodity prices, and/or rising costs. AgriStability helps mitigate against the unknowns, and the low pro-

gram fees make it desirable for producers. “Fees are based on $315 for every $100,000 of reference margin, and the reference margin is determined by the prior year’s information on tax, accruals, and inventory changes” says Gueutal. As an added bonus this year, producers can now pay their AgriStability fees online or by telephone.

If producers are enrolled in the program and have received a fee notice, they need to make a decision before the April 30 deadline. New participants, or producers who previously opted out of the program, must notify AFSC by April 30 that they wish to participate in the program. New participant forms for individuals and corporations are available on the AFSC website.

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Belt Drive Betty: artists, motorcycles and a vision What do you get when you take 5 people in the 30 year old age range (29-32), all artists sharing a similar dream and vision?

You get an adventure that involves four, 650CC Ural motorcycles with sidecars from the 80’s, a trek across some of the most challenging terrain in the world, all in the name of learning the truth about culture, language, hospitality, differences.

These young people all wanted to learn what it was really like in places like Kazakhstan Mongolia, Eastern Russia, Georgia and more...they wanted unfiltered truth seen through their eyes, their perceptions not that of some media person.

These people are artists. They are not from a motorcycling background.

They became riders, mechanics and through their free spirited souls they became expanded beings who view problems and challenges in a different way than they did when they first left the safety and security of their studios.

Their journey so far has put them in situations where they had to go without food, chase a floating motorcycle down a river, express their needs to people they couldn’t communicate with in any normal fashion, experience the foods and cultures first hand away from the tourism industry.

Their ingenuity, their resolve is enlightening,

inspiring and uplifting.

Their journey is far from over. Two years, 25,000

KM’s on very old Ural Motorcycles (1980’s) with sidecars, is behind them, but the third and final phase is ahead of them…

Right now they are in Vancouver BC and getting ready for the most challenging and difficult portion of their journey.

These young people are planning to put pontoons on all of their motorcycles and float down the Kolyma river to reach Chersky. Below is their prototype in action.

Crazy? Brilliant? Would you do it?

These young people are looking for sponsorship and support. They were late 20’s when they

started this thing, think about that. They come from a generation with an entitlement attitude and yet, here they are, challenging themselves, learning, growing and through their writings, photography, video and sculptures, they have the opportunity to teach many about respect, self reliance, community, creativity, ingenuity - resilience and LIVING. For information on sponsorship/partnering opportunities you can contact Efy directly at info@ leavinghomefunktion.com – or by telephone at 1 +49) 172 5726976 or visit the SUPPORT section of their website.

Please, if you can in any way help these young artists see this life altering journey through, I encourage you to reach out to them. Individual gift, business support - they could surely use it all.

At the very least, please follow their progress via their website and their Facebook page.

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Hydro conducts small spill at Bennett dam JONNY WAKEFIELD Staff Writer For the first time since 2014, BC Hydro is planning a spill at the W.A.C. Bennett dam—but don’t plan a day trip around it.

Starting this week, the utility will open the dam’s

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spillways, releasing nearly 3,500 cubic feet of water a second. But for a dam the size of the Bennett, that’s not much.

“It’s fairly small—not a photo-op really,” BC Hydro spokesperson Bob Gammer said. “But we want to make sure people are aware of it so their curiosity is satisfied.”

Hydro plans to repair sections of the dam’s spillway in the coming months, and needs to spill water to remove ice, Gammer said. The dam has also been undergoing delayed repairs to its rip-rap surface.

As part of those repairs, turbines at the G.M. Shrum Generating Station have been switched off, which

lowers the amount of water the dam can discharge.

The discharge is one-tenth the size of a spill conducted in the summer of 2012, which sent an arc of high pressure water hundreds of metres into the air.

During this spill, one or more of the dam’s three spillways will be opened between 20-30 centimetres for up to eight hours.

The spill is small enough that it won’t impact flows on the Peace River down stream. Boaters on the Dinosaur reservoir, however, are asked to keep their distance from the spillways. reporter@dcdn.ca

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At the Willowview Auction yard in Beaverlodge SPRING CONSIGNMENT SALE Saturday, May 14 - 11:00 a.m.

At the Willowview Auction yard in Beaverlodge SMALL ANIMAL SALE (POULTRY, PIGS, SHEEP & GOATS) Saturday, May 28th – 11:00 a.m.

At the Willowview Auction yard in Beaverlodge FARM & EQUIPMENT SALE FOR ARNOLD & KATHY LONGSON Saturday, June 4 – 10:00 a.m.

Farm Equipment, Vehicles, Household & Yard Items At the Longson farm (details to follow) For any of your consigning needs; please call Ged @ 780-814-4751

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For the first time since 2014, BC Hydro is planning a spill at the W.A.C Bennet Dam.

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Dawson hosts one certified country concert ALEISHA HENDRY Staff Writer One can honestly say that was definitely a certified country concert.

The Gord Bamford/Joe Nichols double bill rolled into Dawson Creek on April 11 with all the boots and hats and twang that comes with it.

I’m going to be totally honest with all of you.

Country music? Not really my bag. But that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate it as an art form, because like all music, that’s what it is.

Going into this concert, I wasn’t expecting to really enjoy it as much as the rest of the audience. But, surprisingly, I did enjoy it. Not to the point that I can call myself a fan, but it was a good concert. I can definitely say that.

Beverley Mahood was the

opening act of the certified country tour, and she went more acoustic with just two guys on guitars backing her up.

One thing I’ve heard about Mahood that is an absolute constant is how nice she is. I can actually speak from first hand experience with this — way back in, I think it must have been 2008, Mahood came to Fort St. John to play in a small nightclub that no longer exists. I went there just to get a photo for an advancer, but she wound up sitting and chatting with me, despite the fact that she probably should have been doing sound checks and other concert stuff.

As I said, nice lady. Good singer too, she had plenty of power in her voice despite not being backed by a full band.

Next up was the coheadliner of this little tour, Joe

Nichols.

Nichols definitely has more of a traditional country style, the more twangy, steel guitar, old school sound. During the show he noted that a lot of “new” country tries to incorporate rap into the songs, and that he’s a slow talker so he would never be able to do that. So instead of turning a country song into a rap, he’d turn a rap song into a country one.

A country version of Baby Got Back. Seriously. I can honestly say I never thought I’d type that sentence, and yet, here we are.

Nichols also played a few songs in honour of one of his idols, Merle Haggard, who passed away last week at the age of 79.

The only song by Nichols I know, and I didn’t even know it was his song until recently, was that Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off one.

I’d only heard that song in nightclubs that were

obligated to play one country song a night and it was usually that one. The whole crowd seemed to love that one though, and it made sense for Nichols to hold onto it until almost the very end of his set, since the crowd got so fired up with it.

And then, Gord Bamford took to the stage.

Six years ago, while doing a small-town tour with a stop at the Lido in Fort St. John, I interviewed Bamford.

Going by the story, I’d written, we had a pretty good conversation about music and the industry and how it’s important to do what you love.

And then I completely forgot about it. Didn’t even remember doing the interview until I did a search of the AHN website because I was sure he’d played Fort St. John at some point and found the story with my byline on it.

I thoroughly enjoyed his songs Breakfast Beer and Don’t Let Her Be Gone, but I can honestly say, what made the show for me was his rendition of The Devil Went Down To Georgia, because

when a good fiddler is playing that song, I cannot resist singing along. In the middle of that song, Bamford took a little break and left his band to play a medley of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall, Eric Clapton’s Layla and Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger.

One thing that stood out for me about this show wasn’t the music itself, but how open it was. By this, I mean there wasn’t gate between the audience and the stage, meaning those in the front row were able to walk right up to the stage to touch their idol’s hand, or even grab a selfie with them while they were singing. Bamford even pulled a little girl up on stage during his set and posed while her mom took a photo. You would never see that happen at most concerts, since most people aren’t allowed anywhere near the front of the stage.

All in all, this non-country fan would give this country concert four breakfast beers out of five. ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

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GP first western Canadian city to host a Rotary Curling bonspiel in more than 40 years

Serge Martin of Grande Prairie delivers his shot. TANYA AYRE Photo

Grande Prairie was the first Western Canadian city in more than 40 years to host the 23rd International Curling Fellowship of Rotarians World Curl-

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