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In the second week of December, Heather Watson will outline her recipe for farm business success, including seven management practices driving farm success, the financial gain farmers can expect from adopting these practices and how to make business management a reality on your farm.

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New legislation makes it clear: farm land is for farming

Breakfast Brief “While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary.”

– Matt Bevin (Current Governor of Kentucky) THE EFFECTS OF WEATHER, TRADE WAR ENDING (November 16, 2018) Grain markets this morning are very quiet, despite more buzz about the trade war potentially ending, a new record for U.S. soybeans crush, and an update on the weather. Before we dig into trade war hopes, the NOAA came out with a fresh 3-month weather forecast, but, not much has changed from the previous outlook.

Expectations are for above-average temperatures in the Western Corn Belt and Northern Plains, while the southern half of America should see above-average precipitation.

In Canada, Drew Lerner says that average to above-average precipitation could be seen in parts of Western Canada to start the winter, but things could warm up for most areas across the Prairies through January and February.

Yesterday, the NOPA crush report showed us that 172.35 million bushels of soybeans had been used by U.S. processors in August. As mentioned in Wednesday’s FarmLead Breakfast Brief, expectations going into the report from grain markets was for just over 170 million bushels, so this is a bit bullish in that sense. It’s also bullish because it’s a new monthly record, eclipsing the previous record set back in March, which saw 171.9 million bushels of soybeans used.

Very clearly, there’s a domestic demand function that is cruising right now.

We are seeing more headlines that suggest China and America are figuring out how to fix their respective trade issues with one another ahead of the G20 Summit in Argentina at the end of the month. Most recently, China wrote out specific demands for wide-ranging trade reforms and sent them to the White House, but it’s unclear if this should be viewed as positive or negative. Should that be the case, what are the likely ramifications?

Brazil Watches China & U.S. Trade War Closely Let’s start in Brazil, a country that’s been able to take advantage of the situation tremendously with a record amount of exports. Customs data shows that Brazilian soybean exports for 2017/18 are up 17% year-over-year at 74.6 MMT (local analysts are suggesting a full crop-year total of 80 MMT!), while corn exports are tracking 27% lower at 15.9 MMT. Quite simply, corn exports from Brazil have slowed as soybean exports have taken over. With the focus on soybean shipments out of Brazil, many port positions are a bit on edge about maintaining their bet. For, if Beijing and Washington can figure things out, there’ll be a slowdown in Brazilian soybean exports and likely more interest in shipping out corn.

Later this morning we’ll get the USDA’s update on exports, a day late because of the Monday Veterans Day holiday.

What we do know is that through last week, Week 9 of the 2018/19 crop year, U.S. corn exports were tracking 85% higher year-over-year. Conversely, soybean exports were pacing more than 41% below total shipments at this time a year ago.

Should the trade war end, the shipments of wheat and corn out of the Pacific Northwest ports will likely be completely replaced with soybeans as U.S. exporters try to recapture the Chinese market. After all, it’s estimated by AgriCensus that China still needs to buy up to 5 MMT for December and January, but Brazil can only supply about 2 MMT before they have to wait for new crop supplies.

Trade War Stoppage Effects on Others More than just Brazil, China, and the U.S. are being impacted by this trade war. For example, Canadian barley exports started slow, but through Week 15 of their 2018/19 crop year, they’re now tracking more than 11% higher than the pace a year ago. Cumulatively, nearly 529,000 MT of Canadian barley have been shipped out.

This in mind, we know that China is very interested in Canadian barley. If we’re honest though, Chinese importers are interested in any feedstuff that’s not soybeans coming directly from America. The EU and Argentina are going to have reroute some trade flows as these countries have been counting on more soybeans from the U.S., with Brazil only having focused on shipments to China these last few months. On that note, 10% of Argentina’s soybean crop and 36% of their corn crop has been seeded thus far, but central areas of the country see some heavy rains.

Overall, grain markets are watching this South American weather but are continually looking for direction on what will happen with the U.S.-Chinese trade war.

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Legislation introduced on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, makes it clear that land in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) is for farming and ranching in British Columbia, not for dumping construction waste or building mega-mansions.

“The old government let wealthy speculators drive the price of farmland out of reach for young farmers and allowed some of our most valuable agricultural land to be damaged,” said Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture. “We are protecting farmland in B.C. to ensure land is available now and for future generations of farmers, so people in British Columbia have a safe, secure supply of locally grown food on their tables for years to come.”

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The proposed legislation makes three key changes: Restoring the integrity of the ALR by reinstating one zone for all ALR land in B.C., making it clear that all land in the ALR benefits from the same strong protections.

Addressing megamansions and speculation in the ALR by limiting new house sizes to less than 500 square metres [about 5,400 square feet], except through application to the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) in cases where it would support farming; and requiring an ALC approval of any additional residences in the ALR to curb nonfarm development.

Cracking down on the dumping of construction debris, toxic waste and other fill in the ALR that can irreparably damage arable soil on valuable

farmland, through increased penalties.

The legislative changes will help stop damaging practices that contaminate farmland and make farms unaffordable for new farmers, and threaten the shortterm and long-term viability of the ALR. They are designed to protect the province’s farmland so British Columbians can access locally grown food, and communities and local economies can prosper through farming, ranching and agriculture businesses, such as B.C.’s growing foodprocessing sector.

“I am thrilled that the government is acting decisively to stem speculation on farmland,” said Adam Olsen, MLA for Saanich North. “The ALR is vital to our local food security and for realizing B.C.’s economic opportunities in the agricultural sector. I look forward to working further with government to find more ways to support B.C. farmers and protect our agricultural land.”

The bill is part of the government’s ongoing commitment to revitalize the ALR and the ALC. The new legislation will advance several recommendations in the independent report released by the Minister of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee.

“Agriculture drives prosperity in communities throughout B.C., and we are fortunate that 45 years ago the Province had the foresight to protect B.C.’s best and most capable agricultural land,” said Popham. “In an era where food security is a growing global issue, our legislative changes intend to protect ALR land for its highest and best use – agricultural production.”

The ALR was established in 1973 to protect land with prime agricultural conditions for farming.

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The USMCA will preserve the existing agriculture commitments between Canada, the United States (U.S.), and Mexico, and help to further bring together an already highly integrated industry.

Throughout the negotiations, the Government of Canada worked extremely hard to advance the interests of Canadian farmers and food businesses. We know that they are strong economic drivers for creating well-paying jobs and growing the middle class, particularly in our rural communities.

establishes new obligations for agricultural biotechnology, and creates a new Committee on Agricultural Trade to help address trade issues.

Supply management system The Government has maintained the three pillars of Canada’s supply management system for dairy, poultry and eggs — production control, pricing mechanisms, and import control — despite strong U.S. attempts to dismantle them.

Under the new USMCA, Canada has agreed to grant additional market access to the U.S. for specific quantities (expressed in metric tonnes) of dairy products. The USMCA also grants market access to the U.S. for chicken, eggs and turkey products.

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Producer Deliveries - Week 14, October 29 - November 4, 2018 Man Sask Alta B.C. Total Wheat 79.2 132.4 117.3 0.7 629.6 Amber Durum 88.7 2.7 91.4 Oat 6.8 26.8 3.3 0.1 37.0 Barley 1.6 79.7 36.5 1.1 118.9 Rye 1.4 1.4 Flaxseed 1.5 10.2 3.3 15.0 Canola 21.5 122.6 77.2 6.0 227.3 Peas 1.8 31.5 11.7 0.8 45.8 Corn 3.9 4.8 8.7 Beans 3.8 3.8 Lentils 0.1 27.6 2.9 30.6 Total 121.6 519.5 259.7 8.7 1,209.5 SHIPMENTS

Primary Elevator Shipments - Week 14 - October 29 - November 4, 2018 Man Sask Alta B.C. Total Wheat 48.6 161.2 97.0 3.4 310.2 Amber Durum 114.9 1.9 116.8 Oat 9.8 39.9 2.6 0.5 52.8 Barley 0.9 81.7 20.7 0.2 103.5 Rye 2.3 0.4 2.7 Flaxseed 1.9 19.3 1.1 22.3 Canola 28.1 74.7 108.4 5.5 216.7 Peas 2.5 18.0 8.7 1.1 30.3 Corn 3.1 0.1 5.7 8.9 Beans 2.0 2.0 Lentils 0.3 17.8 2.3 20.4 Total 99.5 528.0 248.4 10.7 886.6

Crop Y-T-D Producer Deliveries to Primary Elevators to November 4, 2018 Man Sask Alta B.C. Total Wheat 1,399.3 2,461.9 1,646.4 27.4 5,535.0 Amber Durum 857.2 95.1 952.3 Oat 245.7 303.6 39.1 10.8 599.2 Barley 18.4 628.4 193.2 5.8 845.8 Rye 27.1 6.1 0.8 34.0 Flaxseed 10.7 55.8 7.5 74.0 Canola 660.1 2,216.6 846.0 42.8 3,765.5 Peas 23.9 492.3 449.0 24.3 989.5 Corn 42.6 10.7 15.0 68.3 Beans 50.2 0.9 1.1 52.2 Lentils 2.2 395.5 23.0 420.7 Total 2,480.2 7,429.0 3,316.2 111.1 13,336.5 Crop Year-to-Date Primary Elevator Shipments to November 4, 2018 Man Sask Alta B.C. Total Wheat 1,381.7 2,554.4 1,541.2 28.0 5,505.3 Amber Durum 0.1 900.0 115.9 1,016.0 Oat 253.8 314.0 33.9 12.8 614.5 Barley 19.2 538.2 153.0 3.6 714.0 Rye 33.6 8.3 0.1 42.0 Flaxseed 12.4 52.4 4.8 69.6 Canola 637.5 1,846.6 646.8 33.8 3,164.7 Peas 23.6 441.9 440.0 27.1 932.6 Corn 40.6 22.2 96.6 159.4 Beans 20.7 0.5 0.5 21.7 Lentils 2.4 397.9 30.9 0.1 431.3 Total 2,425.6 7,076.4 3,063.7 105.4 12,671.1

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Bringing premium meat to Canadian domestic and export markets

Is fat the new lean? Higher pork marbling standards could be on the horizon, leading to a premium product for producers.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) research scientist Dr. Jon Meadus is working on producing pigs that have more intramuscular fat (IMF), also known as marbling fat, to create moister, tastier pork for consumers that can be sold for top dollar.

According to Meadus, marbling gives pork great texture and flavour. He says well-marbled pork is particularly good for barbecuing—and there is a market for marbled meat as well as for the lean pork that is most commonly sold today.

“The best pigs have around 3% to 7% percent IMF,” says Meadus. “The 7% value would be similar to a AA cut of beef. Meat with more marbling is more tender and not so easily dried out. It’s a way to ensure the consumer gets a good cut of meat with excellent flavour and texture.”

Meadus is looking to increase marbling fat in pigs through breeding and diet. Along with trying corn feed instead of barley and experimenting with vitamin A levels in the pigs’ nutrition, his work includes isolating DNA from a variety of boar breeds to identify the genes that produce the most marbling.

While he is still in the early stages, Meadus says the Duroc and Berkshire breeds seem to

routinely produce good marbling.

Currently, most of the high-IMF pork that Canada produces is sold to foreign markets. But Meadus says once he zeroes in on the best marbling genes and identifies them to breeders, the industry will be able to produce more marbled pork—not only for exports, but for Canadians in search of premium meat.

“It’s a kind of quality assurance,” Meadus says.

“The idea is for Canadian farmers to continue to be top-quality exporters of marbled meat while also bringing that same calibre to products at home.”

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Net Price (After Basis) $6.40 $6.44 Alberta pulse producers can now download a smartphone app that allows them to search data from Regional Variety Trials (RVT) relevant to their zone and receive up-to-the-minute news from the Alberta Pulse Growers Commission (APG).

“The new Alberta Pulse Growers app will allow farmers to easily find out how pulse varieties fared in their own zones,” said APG chair D’Arcy Hilgartner. “This means that trial results will be available to growers for different varieties and areas as they are reported. The new app will make a world of difference to growers like me who previously had to wait for all of the data to be reported and published at the same time.”

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APG has funded regional variety trials across the province for many years to ensure that growers have current yield, standability and disease resistance information relevant to their own farms. APG is committed to ensuring the sharing of high quality data in an easy-to-use format for the producers who can benefit from it. The new web tool was designed to allow Alberta pulse producers to access the information they need when they need it because a pillar of best management practices for every crop is selecting a variety that is suited to a growing environment.

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The app will also allow busy producers to receive news alerts for relevant APG updates such as news releases, Feed Pea and Faba Bean Feed Benchmarks, and Chuck Penner’s Pulse Market Insight column.

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4H clubs and conference update There is still time to register 4-H clubs and to get early bird rates for the 4-H Alberta Leaders’ Conference. Cameron Horner, 4-H communications specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, outlines the registration process for clubs and the conference.

“Club registration is still open,” says Horner. “We are expecting about 350 clubs, and that will be around 6,000 members and about 2,000 volunteers once registration closes on December 1, 2018.”

The 75th edition of the 4-H Alberta Leaders’ Conference is taking place January 25 to 27, 2019 in Edmonton. Says Horner, “This year we are focusing on targeting the projects, so all you project leaders – we are looking at you.

We have some off-site tours for life skills. We have some equine, beef and sheep tours, and then we get into the nuts and bolts of the conference.”

“We have some great sessions happening both Saturday and Sun-

day,” he adds. “The sessions will really be based on the projects. Sessions include farm to table using Alberta produced foods, multi-species judging sessions, how to empower your multi-club volunteer leaders, pheasants, archery, creative option projects, and veterinary medicine, just to name a few.”

The Leaders’ Conference banquet on the Saturday night will include the 4-H hall of fame induction ceremony.

Registration deadline for the Leaders’ Conference is December 15, and early bird registration deadline is December 1.

“Please note that clubs don’t need to be registered yet for a leader to register for the conference,” says Horner.

“Don’t fret if your club is not registered yet.”

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GRAIN FUTURE REPORT

Grain Future Prices - as of November 16, 2018 Last 461.00s 476.60 484.10 491.40 Last 529-4s 508-0 515-6 523-4 Last 490-0s 483-0 506-4 518-4 Last 714-6s 573-6 574-2 581-0 Last 365-4 376-2 383-6 Last 294-0 293-4 292-4s Last 892-2 905-6 918-4 Last 27.40 27.60 27.89 Last 311.0 313.0

Change + 0.60 - 1.60 - 2.00 - 2.60 Change + 2-4 + 2-4 + 1-0 + 0-4 Change - 1-0 + 3-0 + 3-2 + 3-0 Change - 1-2 - 1-0 - 0-6 - 1-4 Change - 2-0 - 2-0 - 2-0 Change + 1-6 + 1-6 + 2-2 Change + 3-4 + 3-4 + 3-0 Change - 0.29 - 0.29 - 0.29 Change + 5.6 + 5.4

Open 0.00 477.50 485.20 492.90 Open 0-0 505-2 513-6 522-4 Open 0-0 479-0 502-0 515-0 Open 0-0 574-6 575-0 583-0 Open 367-2 378-0 385-4 373-0 290-6 291-2 294-2 Open 889-6 902-6 916-0 Open 27.76 27.95 28.25 Open 306.6 309.0

High 461.00 477.70 485.60 492.90 High 529-4 508-6 516-6 524-6 High 490-0 484-4 508-0 519-4 High 714-6 576-4 576-2 583-0 High 368-6 379-6 386-6 High 295-0 294-0 294-2 High 894-6 908-2 921-0 High 27.85 28.05 28.33 High 312.9 314.8

Low 461.00 475.00 482.80 490.40 Low 529-4 502-6 511-6 520-2 Low 490-0 479-0 501-4 513-6 Low 714-6 573-0 573-4 580-2 Low 363-2 374-0 381-4 Low 290-0 290-4 292-4 Low 881-6 895-2 908-4 Low 27.29 27.50 27.78 Low 305.7 308.0

Volume 0 6,753 1,229 283 Volume 0 27,880 26,620 5,875 Volume 0 9,757 12,898 2,471 Volume 0 2,830 3,718 1,121 Volume 123,964 90,482 25,591 Volume 233 189 7 Volume 53,894 18,366 11,338 Volume 40,718 33,300 12,728 Volume 39,314 25,809

Prev. Stl. 460.40 478.20 486.10 494.00 Prev. Stl. 527-0 505-4 514-6 523-0 Prev. Stl. 491-0 480-0 503-2 515-4 Prev. Stl. 716-0 574-6 575-0 582-4 Prev. Stl. 367-4 378-2 385-6 Prev. Stl. 292-2 291-6 290-2 Prev. Stl. 888-6 902-2 915-4 Prev. Stl. 27.69 27.89 28.18 Prev. Stl. 305.4 307.6

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The Northern Horizon, November 23, 2018

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Daily Grain & Feed Grain Report Daily Grain Prices - November 16, 2018

Weekly Feed Grain Report - November 16, 2018

Alberta Canola Producers Commission (http://dashboard.albertacanola.com/reports/weekly-grains) CANOLA - #1 Peace Region Northern Alberta Southern Alberta Spot $9.88 ( - $0.04 ) $10.10 ( - $0.04 ) $10.26 ( - $0.03 ) December 2018 $10.00 ( - $0.03 ) $10.20 ( - $0.04 ) $10.36 ( - $0.04 ) January 2019 $10.03 ( - $0.03 ) $10.23 ( - $0.03 ) $10.44 ( - $0.04 ) February 2019 $10.15 ( - $0.04 ) $10.35 ( - $0.04 ) $10.59 ( - $0.03 ) March 2019 $10.20 ( - $0.03 ) $10.40 ( - $0.03 ) $10.65 ( - $0.04 ) April 2019 $10.35 ( - $0.05 ) $10.54 ( - $0.04 ) $10.79 ( - $0.05 ) May 2019 $10.40 ( - $0.04 ) $10.59 ( - $0.05 ) $10.84 ( - $0.05 ) WHEAT - #1 CPSR - 11.5% Peace Region Northern Alberta Southern Alberta Spot $6.06 ( + $0.04 ) $6.16 ( + $0.04 ) $6.22 ( + $0.03 ) December 2018 $6.12 ( + $0.04 ) $6.20 ( + $0.04 ) $6.23 ( + $0.04 ) January 2019 $6.16 ( + $0.04 ) $6.25 ( + $0.03 ) $6.32 ( + $0.04 ) February 2019 $6.19 ( + $0.04 ) $6.26 ( + $0.04 ) $6.29 ( + $0.04 ) March 2019 $6.28 ( + $0.04 ) $6.33 ( + $0.03 ) $6.36 ( + $0.04 ) April 2019 $6.30 ( + $0.03 ) $6.38 ( + $0.02 ) $6.45 ( + $0.03 ) May 2019 $6.37 ( + $0.02 ) $6.43 ( + $0.02 ) $6.46 ( + $0.02 ) WHEAT - #1 CWAD - 13.0% Peace Region Northern Alberta Southern Alberta Spot not available not available $6.04 ( + $0.07 ) December 2018 not available not available $5.92 ( + $0.08 ) January 2019 not available not available $6.02 ( + $0.07 ) February 2019 not available not available $6.03 ( + $0.08 ) March 2019 not available not available $6.04 ( + $0.09 ) April 2019 not available not available $6.23 ( + $0.11 ) WHEAT - #1 CWRS - 13.5% Peace Region Northern Alberta Southern Alberta Spot $6.95 ( - $0.03 ) $7.10 ( - $0.03 ) $7.20 ( - $0.04 ) December 2018 $6.99 ( - $0.03 ) $7.14 ( - $0.02 ) $7.26 ( - $0.03 ) January 2019 $7.04 ( - $0.04 ) $7.18 ( - $0.03 ) $7.31 ( - $0.03 ) February 2019 $7.08 ( - $0.04 ) $7.22 ( - $0.02 ) $7.33 ( - $0.03 ) March 2019 $7.14 ( - $0.04 ) $7.27 ( - $0.03 ) $7.38 ( - $0.03 ) April 2019 $7.17 ( - $0.04 ) $7.30 ( - $0.04 ) $7.40 ( - $0.04 ) YELLOW PEAS - #2 Peace Region Northern Alberta Southern Alberta Spot $6.85 ( $0.00 ) $7.04 ( $0.00 ) $6.96 ( $0.00 ) December 2018 not available $6.93 ( $0.00 ) $6.89 ( $0.00 ) January 2019 not available $7.06 ( $0.00 ) $6.98 ( $0.00 ) February 2019 not available $7.05 ( $0.00 ) $6.98 ( $0.00 ) March 2019 not available $7.05 ( $0.00 ) $6.98 ( $0.00 ) April 2019 not available $6.91 ( $0.00 ) $6.79 ( $0.00 )

Statistics & Data Development Branch, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry FEED GRAIN BIDS (Different Delivery Points) Week of Nov 12/18 Previous Week Wheat Lethbridge $232.00 - $250.00 $232.00 - $247.00 Red Deer $225.00 - $235.00 $222.00 - $235.00 Edmonton $225.00 - $252.00 $225.00 - $252.00 Oats

Edmonton

$185.00 - $230.00

$185.00 - $205.00

Peas

Edmonton

$232.00 - $240.00

$235.00 - $250.00

Barley

Lethbridge MH/Brooks Calgary Red Deer Vermillion Edmonton Grande Prairie

$240.00 - $250.00 $235.00 - $237.45 $234.00 - $240.00 $224.00 - $235.00 $195.20 - $224.50 $217.00 - $238.50 $188.31 - $220.00

$232.00 - $247.00 $235.00 - $237.46 $234.00 - $239.00 $226.00 - $232.00 $185.00 - $220.46 $217.00 - $240.00 $186.00 - $220.00

$309.81 $455.20

Previous Week $320.67 $445.64

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Elevator Bids on Nov 16/18 (Delivered) This Week Last Week Feed Wheat *Central $194.45 $195.97 Feed Oats *Central $194.40 $194.40 Feed Barley *Central $199.02 $201.71 Flaxseed *Central $487.67 $487.67 Canola Brooks $448.85 $454.36 Durum *Central $221.36 $221.36 *replaces both Calgary and Red Deer to include the area from Calgary to south of Edmonton SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Nov 15, 2018 Cdn $/Tonne Green Peas - #2 or Btr $323.35 Feed Peas $230.57 Yellow Peas - #2 or Btr $248.02 Lentils - #1 Laird Lentils - #1 Eston Mustard - #1 Yellow Mustard - #1 Brown Mustard - #1 Oriental

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14 The Northern Horizon, November 23, 2018

Double your results with one simple skill I’m going to call this a skill because we all have the capability to use it but it is not used nearly enough. It is something very easy to do when we are with our horses or anyone’s horse for that matter and it will absolutely, at a minimum, double the results you will achieve.

I believe it’s a skill because it can be developed. It can be used without thought once you’ve practised it enough. It’s like shooting a basket or getting a puck in the net from center ice. We all have the capacity to do it. We might miss a few times until we have practised enough. And then, without even thinking about it, the puck is in the net.

It’s not something you would think anyone would need to develop or be told to do so, but after 20 years of teaching horsemanship I know it undoubtedly needs to be mentioned. It’s something we all can improve on. It doesn’t take any effort, we don’t have to be fit and we don’t have to be athletic. We can do it immediately and we don’t use it remotely enough.

Our horse would love it if we did this. The other people you’re riding with would love it if we did this. It will keep you many times safer and having more fun. I’m betting your response is, “I’m so excited where can I buy one of theses things?”

Great news! It’s free!

Let me give you some recent examples. As some of you know, I have the extreme pleasure and honour of taking clients all over the world for learning adventure holidays with horses. I take people into the mountains 80 miles from the nearest road, beautiful ranches in Brazil, rides on the beach in Costa Rica, and other adventures throughout the year.

For every trip I’ve taken I could tell stories about people who didn’t use this skill. If they had, the results would have been much different.

On the last adventure 16 horse enthusiasts joined me in the mountains. I love this trip for many reasons, but one is the amount of horses we can play with if we choose. The clients range from very green to very experienced. There is always something for each level of student to learn and can be very challenging or not at all depending on their wishes.

This particular day some of us were playing

with the horses trying to do everything from brushing them to trimming feet to halter breaking. Some people watched and some people wanted to play with a horse or two. My job that day was playing with the range stallion. The owners had asked me for a week if I would round up the brood mares and bring them in with the stallion so I could play with him. We had lots of horses ready to play but they seemed to want me pretty badly to help them out with the stallion.

So we rounded up the herd that was out grazing on the mountainside. The stallion is a big paint, part draft 16.5 hands tall. He’s as hard as rock, ribs showing, cuts and visible battle wounds from keeping his mares together and fighting off the geldings. The hair on his mane was hanging below his neck and his forelock was covering his eyes and hanging to the end of his nose. Very impressive looking typical range stallion and on guard 24 hours a day.

So we separated him into a round pen where I could try to catch him and start the process. He looked at me and I could see him deciding how this battle was going to be won. I looked at him and thought, “I sure don’t want to go to battle with this big fella, he will tear me up and spit me out at will”. I had to get to where he understood that I wasn’t there to do battle and we could work together. In fact I let him know that with me he could take a break, drop his guard and relax. In short we got to where he could relax and take a break from being on guard and he enjoyed not having to be the one calling the shots and doing battle.

But this story is not about the stallion or me.

This story is about that skill I mentioned. The stallion looked for ways to take me out and it took some doing to get the changes in him I needed. While I was working with him making sure I didn’t end up in his teeth or on the end of one of his feet I was watching the other students. There were many other horses that could be rubbed, brushed, feet picked up and other jobs. I found myself continually asking the other people if they had noticed what just happened with their horse while I was keeping my eye on the stallion in my pen. Sometimes they were in the corral next to me or two corrals away. Some

of the other horses were brood mares with new babies. All hadn’t been handled since last year.

The mares every year are a bit wary and those with babies even more protective. Some students claimed to have had lots of horse experience and some less. “Experience” is a big word and “lots of experience” or “little experience” is relative to the person telling the story. If someone has started 2000 colts when they say lots of experience they might be talking about people with 2000 or more colts, someone who started 20 colts might think that is lots of experience so it’s all relative.

I know, sounds simple but I spend many days asking, “Did you see what the horse just did?” All too often the answer is no. So the secret skill is watch your horse. Anybody can do it.

Some might say “shoot the horse”. I would say she’s a good mare and she taught a valuable lesson. When I was done with the stallion I was able to have the mare do a couple little things thereby earning her respect and confidence. This took about 3 minutes. I trimmed her feet in the middle of the corral with the rope on the ground.

Her ears were forward, her eyes were soft and she was happy to have her feet trimmed.

Until next time keep both eyes on your horse and one hand on your love handle.

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The Northern Horizon, November 23, 2018

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The benefits of pregnancy testing your cow herd By: Dr. Christa Harder Pregnancy checking season is amongst us with November typically being our businest month of preg checking at the clinic. Cows are home from summer pasture and calves are weaned or in the process of being weaned as we speak. Which leads to the question is it worth preg checking your cow herd?

Before we decide if it’s worth it or not there are 3 options to choose from: 1. Preg-checking and culling the open cows in the fall.

2. Preg-checking and feed open cows separately.

3. Not preg-checking and feed cows over winter.

Each year presents its own challenges and one of the simple factors when deciding to preg check is how much feed you have or how much feeding an open cow over winter is going to cost you? The peace country seems to be in better conditon feed wise than the rest of western canada however a feed shortage makes preg checking and culling open cows a good option. That being said when there is a feed shortage and a large number of animals are being marketed in fall, prices tend to go down which has already been reflected this year.

Typically cull cow prices tend to be stronger in late winter/early spring therefore option #2 of preg checking and feeding cows separately (adding pounds on a thin open cow in fall) can be an attractive option if adequate feed is available.

There are various other economic factors that come into play when deciding if at all or when is best to market cull/open cows which I won’t discuss in this article. However there is a great decision making tool for determining over winter costs/economics of preg checking for your specific herd that can be found at the Beef Cattle Research Council’s website: www.beefresearch. ca.

Besides the cost factors preg checking also offers a lot of important herd management information.

Conception rates give you an idea of how reproductively fertile your herd is and may highlight some areas of deficiency in your herd management that could be improved. Generally in most cow herds that breed for 3 cycles we aim to have a conception rate of 90% or more. Ideally at least 75% catch within in the first cycle. A lot of herds keep bulls with cows for longer than 3 cycles and then one should aim to have an even better conception rate though I find that

generally does not happen and rather leads to a spread out calving season that tends to get more stretched out every year.

Some herds due to the area they graze on summer pasture do not have the ability to pull their bulls, so bulls stay with cows till they come off summer pasture. With the sophistication of the ultrasounds we now use pregancies less than 4 months along can be fairly easily aged.

This makes early pregnancy testing a good option for these herds since we can help estabilish a cut off and therefore cull cows that got bred too late or would otherwise be considered open had you pulled your bulls. As a disclaimer please note that though we are fairly accurate at determining fetal age in the early pregnancy there is still quite a bit of individual variation in when a cow will calve (give or take 2 weeks).

Identifying the early calvers in your group (the reproductively ideal group in your herd) allows you to select replacement heifers from that group. Herd reproductive diseases such as trichomoniasis may be found. Bull performance can also be evaluated when preg checking.

Putting each cow through the chute in fall allows you to identify/treat any health issues, update inventory/replace tags, administer vaccines or deworming and assess body condition scores/condition of each cow. This also a great time for you to discuss herd management with your veterinarian and ask them questions regarding concerns about individual cows.

With the new rules coming into effect December 1, 2018 you will require a valid veterinary client patient relationship (VCPR) to obtain medications from veterinary clinic. Preg checking your herd with your veterianirian is an excellent time to establish or update your existing VCPR relationship.

When booking your herd for a pregnancy testing cows should be minimum 40 days pregnant (40 days since bull was pulled). We also request your chute/handling system be in good working order and safe (if you ever want a vet to come back) and we prefer that cows are on water so their manure is not as dry (making it easier on the cow and your vet to get the job done). Ideally we would like the weather to be sunny and plus 10 °C but highly unlikely this time year. We ask that you not make fun of your veterinarian when they are as wide as they are tall from all the layers they are wearing to keep warm!

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Lakeroad Limousin

Upper Cache & Kam Blondes

Altona Falls Red Angus

Dan & Trudy Loewen, Altona, BC ............................250-630-2146 Aspen Hill Angus George & Kelly LeBlanc, Woking, AB.......................780-402-9509

Willow Springs Stock Farm

Hugh Atkin & Joleen (Joe) Meservy, LaGlace, AB ....780-512-3641

Bar B Charolais

Bar 4A Cattle Co.

Battle River Black Angus

Ron Gordey, Manning, AB .........................................780-836-2584

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Pinnacle View Limousin

Rob & Cheryl Swan, Quesnel, BC Erin & Eric Kishkan, Quesnel, BC .............................. 250-747-2618

Cody & Ashley Pugh, Cecil Lake, BC ...................... (250)794-8606

RED POLLS

Randy & Chris Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC .............. 250-786-5048

Dean & Marsha Anderson, Fort St. John, BC .............. 250-827-3293

Shadow Creek Red Polls

Brandl Cattle Co.

Briar Ridge Stock Farm

Cinder Angus

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Classic Livestock

Eldon & Marilyn Cassity

Clear River Red Angus

Eight Way Charolais

Clegg Angus

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Randy & Lesli Voss, Hythe, AB................................... 780-814-1534

Dwajo Angus

Lazy S Charolais

Tamarack Shorthorns

Excel Ranches

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Byron & Gwen Brandl, Jarvie, AB .............................780-954-2599 Brad Yoder & Nicolle Hoskins, Barrhead, AB............780-674-5773 Freeman & Zoe Iwasiuk, High Prairie, AB.................780-507-5077 Lloyd, Donna & Mackay Ross, Cleardale, AB ...........800-667-2251 Greg & Janis Clegg, St. Albert, AB.............................780-910-8553 Dwayne, Joanne & Jesse Emery, Camp Creek, AB ....780-674-4410

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Voss Family Salers

Jason & Nicole McQuaig, Sexsmith, AB..................... 780-933-5530

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Roy & Erika Schweitzer, Beaverlodge, AB ................. 780-402-5617

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Briar Ridge Stock Farm

Valanjou Charolais

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KSL Simmentals

Dawson Creek, BC....................................................... 250-784-3924

Montagneuse Simmentals

Raymond & Mona Chittick, Whitecourt, AB .............. 780-778-0150

Moonlite Farm

Tom Basnett, Eureka River, AB ................................... 780-834-8170

Moose Creek Simmentals

Chad & Anna Friesen, Grande Prairie, AB .................. 780-832-4068

O Double E Simmentals

Charlie & Steven White, Beaverlodge, AB .................. 780-354-3190

Peace Country Simmentals

Garry Gurtler, North Star, AB ...................................... 780-836-2125

Rachido Ranch

Brian & Dana Smith, Pouce Coupe, BC ...................... 250-719-5548

Rosefield Simmentals

Norm & Joanne Parrent, Clyde, AB............................. 780-348-5835

SIBL Simmentals

Serena & Kasey Reber, Woking, AB ........................... 780-518-2643

Tri-K Simmentals

David & Janice Adams, High Prairie, AB ................... 780-524-5382 Brian & Deanne Stratuliak, Rolla, B.C. ....................... 250-759-4143 Harold & Bev Milne, Fairview, AB ............................. 780-835-2645

5-Star Herefords

Benwyn Herefords

Briar Ridge Stock Farm

Chad, Leah, Gene & Addison Haddow, Chittick Family Hereford Ranch Eureka Hereford Farms

Friesen Hereford Farms

Gold Stock Hereford Farms Gurtler Farms

Hilltop Honey Ranch

JoNomn Hereford Ranch

Reber’s Polled Herefords

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 ............................. 780-349-0644

Fouillard Limousin

David & Janet Kamelchuk, Athabasca, AB ................. 780-675-1227

Hansen’s Limousin

True North Ranch

Albrecht Farms

Wade & Sherry Meakin, Westlock, AB........................ 780-349-1650

Dave Rounds & Shellie Wolfe, Dawson Creek, B.C. .. 250-784-4628

Little Creek Farms

Werner & Debbie Grundke, Alberta Beach, AB .......... 780-924-2464

David & Kristina Prokuda, Glenevis, AB .................... 780-932-1654

Nick & Lorraine van Gaalen, LaGlace, AB ................780-568-3906

Gumbo Gulch Cattle Company

Richard & Dianne Andersen, Eckville, AB ................. 403-746-2919

Wembley, AB ............................................................. 780-766-2887

Spruce View Charolais

Gomack Red Angus

DynaRich Salers

Grundke Family Salers

Ron & Barb Miller, Cody & Amy Miller, Westlock, AB ............................780-349-0644

Fineline Red Angus

SALERS

Dan & Pam Fouillard, Thorsby, AB ............................. 780-789-4055 Scott & Lesley Hansen, Evansburg, AB ..................... 780-727-4557

Chet & Jamie Jans, Groundbirch, BC .......................... 250-780-2141 Grant & Tanya Chittick, Mayerthorpe, AB .................. 780-786-2181 Eckbert & Christa Weitzel Georg & Sarah Weitzel, Charlie Lake, BC .................. 250-263-8237 Roy & Scot Hodges, Beaverlodge, AB ........................ 780-512-4669 Jason & Nicole McQuaig, Sexsmith, AB..................... 780-933-5530 Gary & Faye Chittick, Mayerthorpe, AB ..................... 780-786-4500 K. Reanne Sanford, Quesnel, BC................................. 250-991-9496 Keagan Scorgie, Beaverlodge, AB ............................... 780-518-6572 Brad Smith, Beaverlodge, AB ...................................... 780-202-0254 Joseph & Herman Giesbrecht, Fairview, AB ............... 780-835-8359 Norbert & Janice Luken, Fairview, AB ........................ 780-835-3165 Don, Joyce & Shon Smith, Gordondale, AB ............... 780-353-2284 Ole, Elden & Einar Bakkehaug, Hythe, AB................. 780-518-3536 Jerry & Gem Giesbrecht, Cecil Lake, BC.................... 250-262-7867 Randy & Donna Chittick, Mayerthorpe, AB ............... 780-786-4373 James & Martha Wiebe, Prespatou, BC ....................... 250-630-2621 The Smith Families, Cherhill, AB................................ 780-785-2045 Keith & Kerriley Hodges, Beaverlodge, AB ................ 780-831-7999 Keiran & Taryn Hodges, Beaverlodge, AB .................. 780-933-5637

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

JANUARY SPEC

SPECKLE PARK A.K. STOCK FARMS

Kyle Laloge, Worsley, AB..................................................... (780)219-3825 Allan Rowe, Worsley, AB ..................................................... (780)835-8097

Desert Acres

Tracey Foster-Duriez, Fort St. John, BC .................... (250)264-8676

Rimrock Ranch

Jason & Corinna Harvey & Family, Dawson Creek, BC....... 250-719-9575

Dawson Co-op Home & Agro Centre

Come To Your Winter has arrived in the Peace country Your Dawson Co-op carries a full selection of stock tank deicers, heated pet bowls and mats.

We also carry snow blades and accessories to push old man winter off your road for safer winter driving.

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Located at the corner of HWY 49 and Parkhill Drive • 250.782.3371

55345

ANGUS

C ttle Directory

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AgriProfit$ dairy cost study The Economics Section at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry conduct the on-going annual survey of dairy enterprises over the course of one year called the Dairy Cost Study.

The Dairy Cost Study program provides good business management information to farm operators, so they can make better business management decisions. Good information is the most important step in managing for profitability.

The research is compiled and results are published in a benchmark report called The Economics of Milk Production.

The objectives of this publication are:

Participation only requires your valuable time when providing farm information for your analysis. If “all good things take time”, then good management information is well worth the time producers invest.

Notice of Collection Information is collected for the purpose of conducting research on the costs and returns of milk production in Alberta. Only aggregated, non-identifying information will be published and made available to the general public and organizations for research purposes. The contact information you provide may be used to notify you electronically of program updates or to ask for feedback to evaluate and enhance program effectiveness. The collection is authorized under section 33(c)

of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act and managed and protected in accordance with the Act.

used in applied economic research to address topical issues and questions from Alberta producers.

To enroll or for further information contact: Pauline Van Biert 310-0000, 780-415-2153. Application Deadline Jan 30, 2019

How is my information used?

Information participants share with the Dairy Cost Study Business Analysis and Research Program is

21st ANNUAL PEACE COUNTRY BEEF CONGRESS January 11th & 12th, 2019 Lakota AgriPlex, Dawson Creek, BC WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING CATTLE ENTRIES FOR THE 2019 PEACE COUNTRY BEEF CONGRESS

HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE YOUR BULL OR HEIFER PROGRAM TO THE PEACE COUNTRY Avoid the disappointment BOOK YOUR BANQUET TICKETS TODAY!!!

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To provide a current and continuing account of the costs and returns of milk production in Alberta To aid in the creation of valuable research information to Alberta milk producers, and To provide economic information for dairy industry partners Participants receive: a detailed business analysis of their dairy farm / enterprise production costs and returns as a total, per cow and per hectolitre (hL) basis tables and charts giving a quick snapshot of the farm’s cost breakdown

graphs identifying the farm results compared to other participants on the study report comparing farm results to the provincial benchmarks long-term participants receive their own five year benchmark report to assess the performance of their farm business and over time The Economics of Milk Production benchmark report mailed directly to the farm Is there a cost to participate?

No! This program is free-ofcharge.

To register, or for more information about the 2019 Peace Country Beef Congress Contact Liz Gustafson at (780) 264-2656 Email: pcbeefcongress@gmail.com Website: pcbeefcongress.ca

CLEARFAB MANUFACTURING A Great Way to Cut Feed Waste to a Minimum!

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See our complete line of livestock handling equipment at

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Cattle off to market These Hereford heifers are being selected for quality prior to entering the Hereford sale on Dec. 6 in Beaverlodge, AB.

Need a New Water Line?

Take away the hassle of frozen water lines in the winter for your livestock and water feeders! Have EnviroBore Ltd. use low impact direc�onal drilling and boring technology to relocate and install your water lines underground to avoid freezing and above ground hazards.

Installing a new water well in your yard? Or have an exis�ng water well, but need a new water line run to your house or outbuilding? Have EnviroBore Ltd. use the latest technology of direc�onal drilling to install your waterline. No trenching required!

Contact us today!

Call 780-830-4151, email info@enviroborehdd.ca or visit our website www.enviroborehdd.ca

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Chet & Jamie Jans

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Box 223 Groundbirch, BC V0C 1T0

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

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Don’t worry about those extension cords or digging up your yard and driveways to power your grain dryers any longer. Contact EnviroBore Ltd. for safe underground power installa�on using the direc�onal drilling method.

LE OUB

BULLS & HEIFERS FOR SALE

Registered Purebred & Fleckvieh Simmentals

Elden, Einar and Ole Bakkehaug Box 156, Hythe, AB T0H 2C0 Home (780) 356-2113 Elden Cell (780) 518-3536

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250-780-2141 hm 250-219-8200 cell 250-219-8008 cell

info@fallentimberfarms.com www.fallentimberfarms.com

Willowdale Simmentals Performance Breeding Stock ● Polled Reds & Blacks Dale and Judy Smith & Family (780) 524-2790

REGISTERED SIMMENTALS BOX 655, BEAVERLODGE, AB TOH 0C0

hodgey_177@hotmail.com 55075

Box 1555 Valleyview, AB T0H 3N0 24km North of Valleyview on Highway 49

www.willowdaleca�le.com

PEACE COUNTRY SIMMENTAL BREEDERS Your best option to maximize profit

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keith@arlshop.com

KEIRAN HODGES 780-933-5637

55095

KEITH HODGES 780-831-7999

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December 1 2018

14th Annual Bull & Female Production Sale

Saturday, 4:00 p.m.

At Wolfe Farms, Valleyview, AB

OFFERING:

55 Fleckvieh Simmental 18-Month-Old Bulls • 15 Registered Bred Heifers

WOLFE ENZO FF 303E

All bulls can stay on the farm through the winter and be fed free of charge.

For bull purchases, at least 50% down is required sale day and the remainder can be paid in the spring when the bulls are delivered.

WOLFE EGERTON 548E

WOLFE EXTRA 771E

WOLFE EYEFUL FF 810E

Thank You to all our 2017 buyers!

WOLFE ETTIENE 638E

WOLFE EXPERT 744E

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Alix Farming Co. Ltd.* • Birkenhagen Farms • Blazin J Inc. David Baudin • Loren Brad • Chamberland Farms* Charissa Cattle Co. Ltd. • Cody Chapman • Todd Dobbyn David Doerksen • Peter Doerksen • Phillip H. & Susan Driedger Dry Valley Ranch* • Rob Elzinga * • Henry S. Fehr Dennis Flemming • HBCR Valley Farming Co. Ltd.* Walter & Valerie Hedges • Edith & Joseph Jakubow • Ed Johnson* Kevin Lang Farms* • Klassen Ranching* • William Lewchuck Lonesome Willow Ranches • Longmore Ranching Inc. * Garth Meehan • Peace View Colony* • Simonette Livestock Ventures Simpson Ranch Ltd. • Small Time Farms* • South Peace Colony Theroux Farms • Turner Farms/Condon Farms • Turtle Mountain Reds Valleyview Ranch Colony* • Vern Tremblay Farms* Robert & Barbara Viravec • Kevin Wigley • Willcooke Simmentals* Warren Wohlgemuth* • *denotes multiple purchases

WOLFE ENOCH FF 818E

WOLFE EOHANN 826E

For catalogues or further information, contact

WOLFE FARMS

Tony Wolfe Box 2074, Valleyview, AB T0H 3N0 Cell: 780-524-9322 • Email: wolfefarms8@gmail.com Website: www.wolfefarms.ca R0011626648

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Stocking stuffers for commercial producers

Looking for that special gift for someone interested in commercial production? Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) has books that may be the perfect choice.

Commercial Vegetable Production on the Prairies ($20 plus GST), Agdex 250/13-1 – a comprehensive resource and reference tool for new and experienced vegetable growers at all scales of commercial production. The 300 pages of full colour images and text give you the best information on key topics like planning for vegetable production, seeding/transplanting to harvesting and storage, getting fertility and irrigation

RED GOAD CASH OUT 127’16 HERD BULLS: RED YY EXPEDITOR 3X RED CROWFOOT MOONSHINE 3240A

Qualityy Registered g Yearlingg & 2-yr-old Bulls for Sale on the Farm

Jack & Shannon Trask

(250) ((2 25 263-4904 • sjtrask@pris.ca Like Us on

Box 127, Montney, BC, V0C 1Y0

57595

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right, and business issues, risks, management and marketing. The book also contains detailed chapters on individual vegetable crops covering production and pest information.

Saskatoon Berry Production Manual ($15 plus GST), Agdex 238/20-2 – a comprehensive guide to Saskatoon berry production. Topics include: biology of the plant, propagation, cultivars, orchard establishment, cultural practices, pruning techniques, plant health, harvest and post-harvest management as well as basic marketing. Full-colour images, line drawings, tables and charts enhance the information in the text.

Saskatoon berry experts from across the prairies collaborated on the manual to create a valuable reference for anyone growing Saskatoon berries.

In addition, a detailed appendix provides supplementary resource material to help answer any questions growers may have.

Beekeeping in Western Canada ($25 plus GST), Agdex 616-4 – for experienced beekeepers and those just considering beekeeping, this book gives the information needed to manage honey bees successfully. Learn about the spring

management of bees, winter feeding, honey extraction, honey bee health and marketing beeswax, pollen and honey crops. The provincial apiculturists in Canada’s four western provinces packed this publication full of the best possible information on beekeeping in the west.

Find a full list of books and DVDs available on AF’s Publications website.

Any of these books, DVDs and CD-ROMs can be ordered online or by calling the Publications Office at 780-427-0391.

Contact: Publications Office 780-427-0391

GEN

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Purebred Angus Genetics (The Profitable Kind)

Dan: (250) 630-2146

Cell: (250) 261-3955

56276

Box 159, Cleardale, AB T0H 3Y0 Pete (cell): 780-835-8291 www.northwaycattle.ca

THANKS BEEF PRODUCERS

Selling Registered Black Angus 2 Year Old Bulls & Bred Commercial Heifers Owner: Kelly Ollenberger 1-250-262-1432 Ranch Manager: James Neudorf 1-250-261-5832

46851 R0011507662

www.aspenhillenterprises.com

www.clearriverredangus.com

Gumbo Gulch

Box Box 2139 2139 High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0 zahacy@telus.net

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

Cattle Company

PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS R0011533060

George LeBlanc 780-402-9509 gleblanc1@live.com Chris Tschetter 780-978-6406 Wanham, Alberta

ANGUS

Two Names. One Program.

Annual Red and Black Bull Sale -2nd Thursday in MarchLyons Teepee Creek Event Centre

Welcoming serious enquiries on our cow herd

Visitors Welcome

48543

North Point Angus

Bulls averaged $3,500 Commercial heifers averaged $1,560

Lloyd & Donna 1-800-667-2251

Red & Black Angus Yearlings & 2-Yr-Olds

ASPEN HILL & HEART VALLEY

for Another Great No Fools Bull Sale!

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BULLS FOR SALE OFF THE FARM & AT OUR ANNUAL SPRING AUCTION

Mile 11 on #2 Highway South of Dawson Creek Steve Aylward (C) 250.784-5136 • Email: gsaylward@gmail.com

PEACE COUNTRY ANGUS CLUB President:

JOHN MAYER

780.354.2726 Sec/Treas:

CINDY BJORKLUND

780.835.3530

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21

M.C. Quantock “Super Sisters" Bred Heifer Sale

SAT. DEC. 8 2018, 1:00 PM at Lloydminster Livestock Sales

150

HEAD

SALE LIVE ON DLMS

Call Mac... 1-800-561-BULL (2855) email: mcquantock@hotmail.com GANI Jim Pulyk LLS 780-787-0646

These are the sisters of all our industry leading hybrid bulls. SUPER BALDIES (Red Angus x Simmental) BLACK SUPER BALDIES (Black Angus x Simmental) SUPER GUPPIES (Red Angus/Black Angus x Simmental). H2'S (Hereford x Semi). No where else can you buy true first generation F-1 crossbreds produced from our purebred cows and the best Fleckvieh Simmental and Gelbvieh bulls money can buy. Maximum hybrid vigor and uniformity. These heifers are the real deal and what you really need. They're bred to our reliable calving ease red and black angus bulls for a trouble free first calf. Groups of half sisters “one-iron” unique genetics.

“Canada’s Bulls” BULL SALE

SAT. JAN. 26 2019, Lloydminster AB

*Watch your mail and our website for much more!

450 HEAD

Call Mac... 1-800-561-BULL (2855) www.canadasbulls.com • Box 10888, Lloydminster, AB. T9V 3B1

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email: mcquantock@hotmail.com

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Alberta Beef Producers plebiscite extended Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council has extended the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) plebiscite voting period by two weeks. The voting period now comes to an end on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at 4:30 p.m.

“We know this fall has been challenging for producers,” says Norine Moore, chair of Marketing Council. “We talked to cattle farmers when we traveled to ABP meetings, and we heard how weather conditions impacted harvest and cattle marketing, along with other farm activities. We are encouraged by those producers who have already voted in the plebiscite in spite of the busy fall. We have also heard from those who wanted to vote but were too busy on the farm.”

The ABP fall regional meetings are done for the year, but eligible producers can still vote by

mail or in person at any Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) office until November 27. Those offices are closed during the lunch hour.

“The question on the ballot asks producers if they would like the ABP service charge model to be refundable at the request of the producer - which is the current model - or to be non-refundable, where all of the service charges stay with the Commission,” Moore adds.

More information on the plebiscite and eligibility criteria can be found at www.agriculture. alberta.ca/beefplebiscite. Contact the Returning Officer at 1-855-667-3311 or AlbertaPlebiscite2018@mnp.ca for additional information or to get a mail-in ballot.

BENWYN HEREFORDS VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME

Bill Bentley - (250) 843-7575 Doug Bentley - (250) 843-7364 BENWYN FARM LTD. PROGRESS, BC V0C 2E0

Shadow Creek Red Polls

20 miles West of Dawson Creek Hwy 97 South 3/4 mile North of Progress (Rd 255)

Lazy S Charolais

“since 1986”

for Sale at the farm SAlerS BullS

• Maternal traits with light birth weights • Dual purpose – high milk production • Registered Bulls For Sale.

Dean & Marsha Anderson – Fort St John, BC www.shadowcreek.farm • marshascows@hotmail.com

SAlerS HeiferS ROY & ERIKA SCHWEITZER Ph: 780.356.3611 • Cell: 780.402.5617 • Email: schweitzerre@gpnet.ca

Dusty Acre Blondes & Painted K Farms

Werner & Debbie Grundke Alberta Beach, Alberta

780-924-2464 or 780-982-2472 grundke@xplornet.com delivery available R0011498234

46843

VOSS FAMILY SALERS

semen tested and guaranteed

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Phone (250) 827-3293 or (250) 262-5638

yearling and two year olds

LONG YEARLING BULLS FOR SALE ON THE FARM CALVING EASE AND PERFORMANCE MATURE GRASS�FED HIGH VOLUME BULLS PROVEN WITH MANY YEARS OF BREEDING FOR EASY FLESHING AND MARBLING

Randy & Lesli Voss

Box 473, Hythe, AB T0H 2C0

(780) 356-3361 • (780) 814-1534 • rlsalers@hotmail.com

Herefords Charolais Simmentals Looking to add a li�le gold in your herd try a Blonde d’Aquai�ne - Located ten minutes north of Dawson Creek.

- Producing full blood easy calving bulls - Homozygous Polled, Double & Single Polled - Full herd evalua�on on BIO Track

VISITORS WELCOME 988778

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Your Peace Country Connec�on for Quality Salers Ca�le

Contact Shellie or Kaylyn Cell (250) 784-4628 Email dustyacreblondes@outlook.com Can find us on face book and the web

LIKE US ON

Randy & Chris Haddow 250-786-5048 Chad, Gene, Addison, Leah & Wyatt Haddow 250-784-3924

PEACE COUNTRY CATTLE PRODUCERS

Blonde d’Aquitaine – Charolais – Galloway – Gelbvieh – Hays Converter – Hereford – Limousin Lowline – Maine Anjou – Red Poll – Salers – Shorthorn – Speckle Park

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Make PPE a habit and grab it

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Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important step to injury prevention for a wide range of farm work. Just like buckling a seatbelt before driving, reaching for PPE should be an automatic action prior to starting many jobs.

“Hazards exist in many different forms on the farm workplace,” says Janice Donkers, farm safety youth coordinator with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “Sometimes the hazards are obvious, such as a broken ladder or a rotating PTO shaft. But, what young farm workers may be less likely to recognize are the hidden hazards, such as exposure to chemicals, dust, or noise.”

If it is not possible to eliminate a hazard with engineering solutions, or to minimize it with training and modified work practices, then reliance on PPE such as gloves, protective footwear, safety glasses, hearing protection and respirators is needed.

Expect, don’t suggest It is up to parents and supervisors to ensure that young people are trained in the proper use of PPE and that it is used every time potential hazards are present. Wearing it should be an expectation of the job.

“Decisions about protecting your hearing, eyesight and skin can have lifelong impacts good or bad,” says Donkers. “Some exposures are cumulative. For example, each exposure to loud noise increases the risk of hearing loss, and nothing can reverse hearing loss once the damage is done. Other hazards are acute, causing damage immediately, such as chemical splashes to the eyes.”

Not only should young farm workers be trained when to wear PPE, but they should also be shown how to achieve a proper fit. Respirators, hearing protection, safety goggles, or helmets will not work properly if they don’t fit correctly.

Role modeling – a powerful motivator Parents and supervisors play an important role in shaping young workers’ attitudes about health and safety. “Leading by example and wearing PPE yourself will greatly influence the likelihood of youth doing the same,” adds Donkers. “For example, when a child or youth sees someone they respect consistently wearing ear protection while mowing the lawn, they view that behavior as a necessary action to take when performing that task. This type of leadership helps build a positive culture of safety within the agriculture community that will hopefully continue for future generations.”

Consistently wearing PPE will help protect workers young and old from many health risks associated with working on the farm. Make it a habit and grab it! For more information on this and other farm health and safety topics, visit www.agriculture.alberta.ca/farmsafety.

For more information, contact Janice Donkers at 403-388-4032.

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AgriProfit$ business analysis and research program - signup to participate All Beef and Crop Operations, please note that participation in the AgriProfit$ Program requires: The collection of data needed to conduct the business analysis including your assets (building, equipment, land investment), liabilities, expenses, revenue, labour, and crop and feed rations and inventories. (i.e.: general ledger, financial statements, tax returns, farm record books); opening and closing inventory, production, sales, and purchases by commodity (breeding, weaned, backgrounding, crop/ forage / pasture type).

21 ANNUAL PEACE COUNTRY BEEF CONGRESS AT THE LAKOTA AGRIPLEX DAWSON CREEK, BC JANUARY 11 & 12, 2019 ST

Considering the farm business as a whole system and looking at how each enterprise (cow-calf, backgrounding, forage, pasture,

CALLING ALL COMMERCIAL CATTLE PROGRAMS Are there 3 standouts standing out in your field?

Why not bring them where everyone can see?

We are looking for entrants for our “PEN OF 3”Classes at the Peace Country Beef Congress

• Pen of 3 Steers • • Pen of 3 Purebred Bulls • • Pen of 3 Purebred Heifers • • Pens of 3 Commercial Jr. Heifers • • Pen of 3 Commercial Sr. Heifers •

Bring them in.

We’d like to see a pen of yours standing in a pen of ours.

PEACE COUNTRY BEEF CONGRESS Enter online at pcbeefcongress.ca

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#20, 1405—102nd Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2E1

crops…) contributes to the whole picture. Thought must be given to allocation of shared expenses and labour to enterprise activities.

Most benefit from participation comes with commitment of time.

Upon signup, a business specialist will be contacting you to arrange an on-farm visit between January and March, 2019. Collecting data in advance of the visit can help ensure we use your time as efficiently as possible.

Application deadline: Monday, November 30, 2018 The AgriProfit$ Program includes beef, crop, dairy, greenhouse and beekeeping enterprises.

Sign up at www1.agric.gov.ab.ca

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GRANDE PRAIRIE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION

CATTLE FINANCING TAILORED SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR BREEDING HERD

• We are a non-profit organization dedicated to the success of our members, with over 55 years of experience.

• We offer market value financing for feeder calf purchases, or for your own feeder calf crop.

• When you obtain financing through us, you will receive: √ The freedom to buy and sell where you choose √ Low interest rates

√ Minimal security requirements √ “Profit Share” on partial sales √ Members can now have more groups of financed Feeder Cattle. This helps with cash flow.

• Feeder Associations are the administering agents for the Advance Payments Program, which offers Cash Advances on calves and Interest Rebates on contracts.

CALL TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION!

www.grandeprairiefeeders.ca

The Heart of Alberta’s Finest Feeder Cattle!

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#101, 10112 – 140th Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8G9

Competitive Rates • Reasonable Security Requirements Flexible Repayment Options The Freedom to Buy and Sell Where YOU Want A Heifer Calf Finance Program for Heifers You Intend to Keep Knowledgeable and Helpful Staff Whether you are a seasoned cattle producer, or new to the business, you will appreciate having this valuable alternative when looking for financing!!

FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT: Dwayne Klassen 780.814.0628 Dawn Hollins 780.538.1263 www.grandeprairiebeefcoop.ca

Allan McLachlan 780.834.7399 or Dawn Hollins 780.538.1263

THE GRANDE PRAIRIE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION

WE OFFER:

THE GRANDE PRAIRIE B.E.E.F. CO-OPERATIVE #101, 10112 - 140th Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8G9

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Phone 403 227-3166 Toll Free 1 800 710-3166 Fax 403 227-2202

• A family owned and operated livestock market located in Central Alberta • • Large clean feed lot pens bedded with shavings and straw with water pens • MONDAY PRE—SORT SALES @ 10:00 A.M. Weighing cattle starts at 8:00 p.m. Sunday.

Call to book your calves.

WEDNESDAY REGULAR SALES @ 9:00 A.M.

Butcher cows and bulls start the day followed by feeders & yearlings and Bred Cows & Cow Calf Pairs

ANDERSON BRED HEIFERS SALE • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 • 11:00 A.M. • INNISFAIL AUCTION MART 130 Red, Red Blaze, RWF heifers bred to Severtson Red Angus bulls • 65 Black, Black Blaze, BWF heifers bred to Daines Black Angus bulls 25 Tan, Tan Blaze, TWF heifers bred to Severtson Red Angus bulls • Bulls exposed from April 22 to June 22. 60 day calving period starting Feb 1, 2019

CALL TO BOOK YOUR CATTLE FOR TOP SERVICE

Danny Daines (403) 391-0580 • Mark Daines (403) 350-0200 • Duane Daines (403) 358-4971 Office Manager — Sheena Jones • Email - iamarket@telus.net

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Cattle Market Report VJV LIVESTOCK MARKETING GROUP

CATTLE MARKET REPORT FOR NOV 23, 2018 Auction Auct ctii Datee BBid Range

DAWSON CREEK

BEAVERLODGE

WESTLOCK

PONOKA

RIMBEY

Peter Raffan - Mgr 250-782-3766 vjvdawsoncreek@outlook.com

Peter Raffan - Mgr 780-354-2423 vjvbeaverlodge@gpnet.ca

Gary Jarvis - Mgr 780-349-3153 office@vjvauction.com

Craig Jacklin - Mgr 403-783-5561 office@vjvauction.com

Dean Edge 403-704-0280 office@vjvauction.com

Nov 13 - 2395 Hd Low

Highh

Nov N 6 - 1331 Hd Low

High

Nov Noo 15 - 1582 Hd Low

High

Nov 8 - 1083 Hd Low

High

Nov N 15 - 3909 Hd Low

High

Nov N 8 - 1719 Hd

Nov N 14 - 3755 Hd

Nov 7 - 7450 Hd

Low

Low

High

High

High

Average

NNov 13 - 2180 Hd Low

High

FEEDER STEERS

300 - 399 $245.00 $255.00 $250.00 $263.00 $250.00 $263.00 $250.00 $267.00 $190.00 $272.00 $210.00 $279.00 $215.00 $286.00 $245.00 $274.00 $220.00 $279.00 400 - 499 $230.00 $244.00 $240.00 $250.00 $230.00 $243.00 $230.00 $245.00 $185.00 $256.00 $205.00 $242.00 $200.00 $258.00 $230.00 $268.00 $200.00 $250.00 500 - 599 $200.00 $213.00 $205.00 $222.00 $199.00 $212.25 $204.00 $221.00 $175.00 $231.00 $190.00 $229.00 $185.00 $229.00 $195.00 $226.25 $195.00 $228.00 600 - 699 $185.00 $192.75 $190.00 $200.00 $185.00 $192.00 $195.00 $203.00 $175.00 $206.00 $190.00 $212.00 $185.00 $205.50 $190.00 $215.00 $190.00 $218.00 700 - 799 $180.00 $191.50 $180.00 $190.00 $180.00 $188.50 $185.00 $193.50 $165.00 $216.00 $175.00 $200.00 $175.00 $198.75 $185.00 $207.25 $180.00 $201.00 800 - 899 $168.00 $179.00 $170.00 $180.00 $170.00 $179.50 $175.00 $183.00 $140.00 $190.00 $165.00 $194.00 $165.00 $190.00 $175.00 $196.25 $170.00 $191.50 900 - 999 $165.00 $175.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

$116.00 $188.00 $125.00 $146.00 $155.00 $177.00 $160.00 $180.00

n/a

n/a

$88.00 $166.00 $102.00 $158.00

n/a

n/a

High

Average

1000+

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Bid Range

Low

High

Low

High

Low

High

Low

High

Low

High

Low

High

n/a

n/a

Low

High

$160.00 $170.00 High

Average

400 - 499 $175.00 $187.00 $178.00 $187.50 $175.00 $185.00 $183.00 $193.00 $165.00 $221.00 $168.00 $212.00 $170.00 $214.00 $185.00 $213.00 $183.00 $214.00 500 - 599 $170.00 $184.00 $175.00 $185.00 $170.00 $180.00 $175.00 $185.00 $160.00 $197.00 $165.00 $195.00 $165.00 $195.00 $175.00 $197.50 $170.00 $195.50 600 - 699 $160.00 $173.00 $170.00 $182.00 $155.00 $167.00 $160.00 $171.75 $155.00 $177.00 $166.00 $179.00 $155.00 $175.00 $170.00 $191.50 $165.00 $193.00 700 - 799 $155.00 $163.00 $155.00 $165.00

n/a

n/a

$158.00 $169.00 $145.00 $175.00 $148.00 $175.00 $140.00 $175.00 $160.00 $184.00 $160.00 $178.00

800 - 899 $150.00 $160.00 $150.00 $160.00 $160.00 $171.00 $155.00 $168.75 $145.00 $186.00 $145.00 $184.00 $145.00 $179.00 $160.00 $185.50 $150.00 $177.00 900 - 999 $140.00 $150.00 1000+

n/a

n/a

D1 - D2 Cows $65.00

SLAUGHTER CATTLE

85.50

D1 - D2 Cows $75.00

D3 - D4 Cows $68.00

Heiferettes 132.00

Bologna Bulls 80.00

88.50

$158.00 $168.00 n/a

n/a

D1 - D2 Cows D3 - D4 Cows Heiferettes Bologna Bulls 80.00

88.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Older Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Good Bred Hfrs n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (Y) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

Good Bred Cows $1,200

$1,400

n/a

Good Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Older Bred Cows Older Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Good Bred Hfrs $1,800

$1,900

Cow/Calf Prs (Y) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

$130.00 $175.00 $138.00 $171.00 $140.00 $161.00 $160.00 $184.00 $145.00 $182.00

n/a

n/a

$110.00 $164.00 $105.00 $165.00 $140.00 $158.75 $150.00 $172.00 $130.00 $166.00

D1 - D2 Cows

n/a

n/a

Good Bred Hfrs n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (Y) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

$75.50

D3 - D4 Cows $65.00

Heiferettes

120.00 135.00 120.00

Feeder Bulls

n/a

n/a

$50.00 $60.00 $55.00

Feeder Bulls

n/a

n/a

$65.00 $71.50 $68.00

Feeder Bulls

Good Bred Cows

REPLACEMENT CATTLE

n/a

135.00 120.00

Bologna Bulls 75.00

n/a

$60.00 $55.00

Heiferettes 120.00

n/a

$74.00 $68.00

D3 - D4 Cows $50.00

n/a

135.00

Bologna Bulls 78.00

86.00

Feeder Bulls n/a

n/a

Good Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Older Bred Cows n/a

n/a

D1 - D2 Cows $68.00

$80.00

D3 - D4 Cows $50.00

$65.00

Heiferettes 90.00

120.00

Bologna Bulls 40.00

105.00

Feeder Bulls

D1 - D2 Cows $72.00

$84.00

D3 - D4 Cows $65.00

$70.00

Heiferettes 90.00

115.00

Bologna Bulls 59.00

104.00

Feeder Bulls

D1 - D2 Cows $75.00

$84.00

D3 - D4 Cows $60.00

$74.00

Heiferettes 100.00

138.00

D1 - D2 Cows $75.00

$85.00

D3 - D4 Cows $65.00

$74.00

Heiferettes 110.00

140.00

n/a

n/a

Older Bred Cows 900

1,300

Good Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Older Bred Cows 900

1,300

80.00

Feeder Bulls

105.00

Feeder Bulls

Good Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Older Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Good Bred Cows n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (Y) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (Y) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

100.00

Feeder Bulls n/a

n/a

Good Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Older Bred Cows Older Bred Cows Good Bred Hfrs

Cow/Calf Prs (Y)

100.00 140.00

88.00

102.00

Good Bred Hfrs

Cow/Calf Prs (Y)

Heiferettes

80.00

Good Bred Hfrs n/a

$60.00 $75.00

Bologna Bulls

Good Bred Hfrs n/a

D3 - D4 Cows

Bologna Bulls

Good Bred Hfrs n/a

$70.00 $85.00

Bologna Bulls

$110.00 $142.00 $106.00 $141.00 $100.00 $135.00 $100.00 $140.00

Good Bred Cows

D1 - D2 Cows

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (Y) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bred Hfrs n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (Y) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

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FEEDER HEIFERS

300 - 399 $180.00 $190.00 $186.00 $194.00 $185.00 $195.00 $200.00 $211.00 $185.00 $215.00 $190.00 $219.00 $175.00 $216.00 $190.00 $215.00 $190.00 $221.00

The Northern Horizon, November 23, 2018

SHEEP, GOAT AND HOG PRODUCERS!!

27

Cattle Alley Banter

VJV WESTLOCK HAS AN EXCLUSIVE MARKET ON TOP QUALITY EWE LAMBS, GOATS AND HOGS!

Gary Jarvis

General Manager, Vold Jones Vold Westlock, AB (Thurs, Nov 15, 2018) The calf run really is on. Almost 4,000 head here today. If the calves were number one or really good calves, they sold well … but ... there is a big spread between the 1st and 2nd cuts. Pick your bulls wisely guys. I know some of you feel that a live calf is good enough, but if you are to stay in business, you can’t raise calves under the $1000 and make any money - keep this in mind. We still had 500-weight calves up to $2.30 and the heavy calves, if top quality were very strong. The kill cow market really is tough. The smaller processors are full to the roof, so are off the market. Lots of cows being stock piled which tells me that it could be awhile before we see a different market. Bulls are tough. Will this change? I think so, but not right away. Many of the bulls for sale are on the thin side, which doesn’t help. Bulls, stags, frozen ears and horns are all discounted heavy.

The demand for lamb, goat and pork is growing and the market is growing right along with it. VJV’s reputation throughout Western and Central Canada, along with its network of market facilities, uniquely positions them to put your livestock together with the feedlots, abattoirs and packing companies calling for lamb, goat and pork while assuring you of receiving top market value.

If you have lambs, goats or hogs for sale, call us for an updated market report and to arrange delivery.

VJV Westlock holds sheep, goat & hog sales at 11:00 a.m. on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month!!

Our next auction dates are November 6th, November 20th and December 4th Free feed and water upon delivery. Be sure your sheep are ear tagged before marketing.

On another note, when is our illustrious drama teacher Prime Minister going to quit apologizing to these special interest groups. So many of them will never gain the respect they want because they never quit with the complaining and wanting more handouts. Worse than this, yes, there were some mistakes made in Canadian history which some people say should be stricken from our history books to which I say, not! We are, as a grown up, mature society, supposed to learn from our past mistakes, pull up our sleeves and get on with life. Why are we still apologizing to the Japanese, why are we still apologizing to the Indigenous, why are we still apologizing to the gay community?? And then they don’t understand why they don’t get the respect that they want. Quit complaining and get on with living - not in the past, but in the present. For me, the money hand outs and the apologies have to quit!! Oh, I’m sorry, have a great week.

Can’t Get Your Sheep or Goats to Us Yourself?

VJV Beaverlodge will be assembling sheep and goats on the Monday before each sale! Call Jason at 587-343-2162 today!!

Contact us today for pre-listing or up-to-date market information.

VJV WESTLOCK AUCTION (EMAIL) OFFICE@VJVAUCTION.COM • (WEBSITE) WWW.VJVAUCTION.COM/WESTLOCK

554346

PHONE TOLL FREE 1-877-349-3153

Trent Ewasiw, Sheep & Goat Rep • 1-780-349-0239 Cory Polak, Sheep & Goat Rep • 1-780-712-5749

OWNER Henry Thalen 403.783.0090 henry@morsan.com CEO – Yancy Crosier 403.485.0887 yancy.crosier@gmail.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) 250.782.6622 (Email) vjvdawsoncreek@outlook.com BEAVERLODGE: Box 606, Beaverlodge, AB (Ph) 780.354.2423, (Fax) 780-354-2420, (Email) vjvbeaverlodge@gpnet.ca WESTLOCK: 9004 – 110A Street, Westlock, AB (Ph) 780.349.3153 (Fax) 780.349.5466 (Email) office@vjvauction.com RIMBEY: 4831 – 47th Street, Rimbey, AB (Ph) 403.843.2439 (Fax) 403.843.3485 (Email) office@vjvauction.com

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VJV LIVESTOCK MARKETING GROUP

VJV LIVESTOCK MARKETING GROUP www.vjvauction.com • Canadian Satellite Web Site: www.cslauction.com Dawson Creek

Cattle Sales

Peter Raffan 250.782.3766

Beaverlodge Peter Raffan 780.354.2423

Westlock Gary Jarvis 780.349.3153

Ponoka Craig Jacklin 403.783.1453

Rimbey Dean Edge 403.704.0280

Tues, Nov 27 – 9:00 a.m.

Tues, Dec 4 – 9:00 a.m.

Tues, Dec 11 – 9:00 a.m.

Tues, Dec 18 – 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, Nov 29 – 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, Dec 6 – 9:00 a.m.

Peace River Hereford Club Production Sale Thurs, Dec 13 – 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, Nov 29 – 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, Dec 6 – 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, Dec 13 – 9:00 a.m.

Thurs, Dec 20 – 9:00 a.m.

Wed, Nov 28 – 9:00 a.m.

Wed, Dec 5– 9:00 a.m.

Wed, Dec 12 – 9:00 a.m.

Wed, Dec 19 – 9:00 a.m.

Tues, Nov 27 – 9:00 a.m.

Tues, Dec 4– 9:00 a.m.

Tues, Dec 11 – 9:00 a.m.

Tues, Dec 18 – 9:00 a.m.

Last Sale of 2018

Dawson Creek

Beaverlodge

Last Sale for 2018

Special Sales

Bred Cow & Heifer Sale

Fri, Dec 7 9:00 a.m.

Horse Sale

Saturday, Dec 1 Tack @ 9:30 a.m.

Horses @ Noon

Super Saturday Bred Cow/Heifer Sale

Sat, Nov 24 – 11:00 a.m. + 200 Bred Heifers + 100 Bred Cows

Customer Appreciation Day

Westlock Ranchman’s Bred Female Sale

Sat, Nov 24 – 11:00 a.m.

“Workin’” Cowman’s Bred Cow Sale

P.R. Hereford Club Production Sale

Sat, Dec 8 – 11:00 a.m.

Sheep Assembly Day To VJV Westlock

Tues, Dec 4 – 11:00 a.m.

Thurs, Dec 6 – 1:00 p.m.

Mon, Dec 3 - 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Call 587-343-2162

SHEEP & GOAT SALES

Last Sale of 2018

Ponoka

Rimbey

Bred Cow Sale

Bred Cow Sales

Fri, Nov 23 @ Noon 160 – Don Brennan Dispersal 50 – SMS Cattle Co. 110 – Anchor 5 Farms +/- 70 more cows/heifers Atlasta Angus Bull & Heifer Sale

Fri, Nov 30 – 9:00 a.m.

Fri, Dec 7 – 9:00 a.m.

Fri, Dec 14 – 9:00 a.m.

Last Regular Cattle Sale of 2018

Tues, Dec 18

On the farm Sat, Dec 8 – 1:00 p.m.

Contact our reps for current market trends, prices, booking of cattle into the auction mart or satellite sale Owner – Henry Thalen 403.783.0090 henry@morsan.com • CEO – Yancy Crosier 403.485.0887 yancy.crosier@gmail.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) 250.782.6622 (Email) vjvdawsoncreek@outlook.com Beaverlodge: Box 606, Beaverlodge, AB (Ph) 780.354.2423, (Fax) 780-354-2420, (Email) vjvbeaverlodge@gpnet.ca Westlock: 9004 – 110A Street, Westlock, AB (Ph) 780.349.3153 (Fax) 780.349.5466 (Email) office@vjvauction.com • Rimbey: 4831 – 47th Street, Rimbey, AB (Ph) 403.843.2439 (Fax) 403.843.3485 (Email) office@vjvauction.com

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Field Representatives: Mike Brennan (Ponoka, Rimbey, Bashaw) 403.783.1074 • Ralph Calder (Grimshaw & Northern 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 • Darryl Friesen (Rimbey) 780.318.1630 Mark Gillett (Fairview) 780.834.7063 • D. Trapper Green (Northern Alberta & BC) 780.837.0171 • Craig Jacklin (Ponoka, Feeder Finance) 403-783-1453 Ron Kramer (Fort St. John) 250.793.2713 • Barry Neumeirer (Rimbey) 403.350.8222 • Art Patterson (Dawson Creek) 250.784.4307 • Cory Polak (Peers, Edson) 780.712.5749 • Peter Raffan (Dawson Creek) 250.260.0758 Wade Schaupmeyer (Mayerthorpe) 780.305.4104 • Dan Schleppe (Dawson Creek West) 250.219.5698 • 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 • Nansen Vold (Ponoka) 403.783.0349 • Ged Willis (Beaverlodge & Surrounding Area) 780.814.4751 • Herb Wylhuizen (Rimbey) 403.844.0294

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Cattle Market Report Office 780-789-3915

FEEDER HEIFERS

FEEDER STEERS

Auction Date Bid Range 300 - 399 400 - 499 500 - 599 600 - 699 700 - 799 800 - 899 900 - 999 1000+ Bid Range 300 - 399 400 - 499 500 - 599 600 - 699 700 - 799 800 - 899 900 - 999 1000+

Office 780-348-5893

Office 780-336-2209

Office 403-227-3166

B.C. OLDS LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET PRODUCERS CO-OP Office 403-556-3655

Office 250-573-3939

Nov 5 - 1613 Hd Low High $234.00 $300.00 $210.00 $257.00 $195.00 $224.50 $190.00 $216.00 $185.00 $212.00 $175.00 $197.25 $170.00 $191.50 $155.00 $185.00

Nov 13 - 7229 Hd Low High $230.00 $275.00 $200.00 $260.00 $190.00 $225.00 $180.00 $205.00 $175.00 $195.00 $175.00 $195.00 $170.00 $192.00 n/a n/a

Nov 13 - 4590 Hd Low High $240.00 $355.00 $210.00 $270.00 $190.00 $205.00 $188.00 $219.00 $185.00 $216.00 $174.00 $207.00 $170.00 $185.00 n/a n/a

Nov 14 - 3990 Hd Low High $210.00 $276.00 $200.00 $264.00 $200.00 $234.00 $190.00 $213.00 $185.00 $207.00 $180.00 $206.00 $180.00 $187.00 $160.00 $185.00

Nov 7 - 3783 Hd Low High $210.00 $294.00 $210.00 $262.00 $200.00 $237.00 $190.00 $219.00 $190.00 $212.00 $180.00 $206.00 $180.00 $187.00 $160.00 $185.00

Nov 13 - 4866 Hd Low High $210.00 $280.00 $210.00 $242.00 $205.00 $227.00 $200.00 $214.00 $190.00 $207.00 $185.00 $201.00 $160.00 $187.00 $150.00 $184.00

Nov 14 - 8022 Hd High Avg $236.00 $227.00 $233.00 $215.00 $215.00 $208.00 $200.00 $195.00 $194.25 $188.50 $187.50 $180.00 $170.00 $164.00 n/a n/a

Low $210.00 n/a $170.00 $162.00 $160.00 $165.00 $155.00 n/a

Low $200.00 $180.00 $170.00 $170.00 $170.00 $170.00 $165.00 $150.00

Low $180.00 $170.00 $160.00 $160.00 $150.00 $150.00 $140.00 n/a

Low $192.00 $177.00 $171.00 $167.00 $165.00 $165.00 $162.00 n/a

Low $160.00 $160.00 $160.00 $160.00 $160.00 $160.00 $130.00 $120.00

Low $160.00 $160.00 $160.00 $160.00 $172.00 $160.00 $130.00 $120.00

Low $180.00 $175.00 $170.00 $165.00 $165.00 $165.00 $160.00 $150.00

High $200.00 $190.50 $181.00 $180.25 $175.75 $175.50 $155.00 n/a

High $285.00 n/a $205.00 $197.00 $175.00 $185.00 $175.00 n/a

$68.00

D4 Cows

$55.00

$83.00 $75.00

Slaughter Bulls

High $265.00 $215.00 $195.50 $184.00 $185.00 $182.00 $176.25 $170.00

D1 - D2 Cows $72.00

$86.00

D4 Cows

$58.00

$71.00

Slaughter Bulls

$80.00 $110.00 $108.00 $115.50

REPLACEMENT CATTLE

INNISFAIL AUCTION MARKET

Nov 12 - 2842 Hd Low High $185.00 $240.00 $205.00 $256.75 $195.00 $235.00 $185.00 $220.00 $180.00 $205.00 $175.00 $195.50 $170.00 $190.25 n/a n/a

D1 - D2 Cows SLAUGHTER CATTLE

VIKING AUCTION MARKET

Feeder Cows

$76.00

$90.00

Cow/Calf Prs (Y) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

$78.00

$95.00

Cow/Calf Prs (Y) n/a

n/a

Cow/Calf Prs (O) n/a

High $215.00 $200.00 $185.00 $182.00 $180.00 $182.00 $175.00 n/a

D1 - D2 Cows $65.00

$75.00

D3 Cows

$52.00

$70.00

High $235.00 $224.00 $185.00 $216.00 $182.00 $181.00 $176.00 n/a

Feeder Bulls

Feeder Bulls

$110.00 $150.00 $100.00

Slaughter Bulls

$79.00

$115.00

High $217.00 $216.00 $207.00 $205.00 $196.00 $188.00 $177.00 $176.00

$77.00

High $217.00 $216.00 $201.00 $211.00 $188.00 $188.00 $183.00 $176.00

Feeder Bulls

$155.00 $100.00 $155.00

Bulls

$100.00

$85.00

Bulls

$111.00

Slaughter Bulls $70.00

n/a

Cow/Calf Pairs

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Bulls $80.00

$92.00

Bologna Bulls

$90.00

$52.00

Heiferettes

$1,600 $110.00

Cow/Calf Prs n/a

Feeder Bulls

Avg $188.00 $182.00 $180.00 $174.83 $172.84 $160.00 $155.00 n/a

$105.00

Older cows

$110.00

B/Cows & Hfrs

$1,100

High $220.00 $205.00 $190.00 $186.00 $186.00 $186.00 $183.00 $180.00

$140.00

Slaughter Cows $52.00

$89.00

Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

$90.00

$110.00

Butcher Cows $50.00

$83.00

Bred Cows n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

$90.00

$110.00

Butcher Cows $60.00

$89.00

$64.00

Cow/Calf Pairs

n/a

n/a

Bred Heifers

Butcher Cows

$63.00

$74.00

Cow/Calf Prs

n/a

n/a

$900

$1,550

$1,000

$1,450

$1,250

$1,950

Bred Cows n/a

n/a

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First Order of business; taking on the herbicide resistance

cide must be eliminated.

These genetic tests have been used in a research setting to characterize suspected resistance cases since 2015. This year, they moved to the field: the Laboratoire d’expertise et de diagnostic en phytoprotection of the Quebec Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ) now offers an herbicide resistance screening service to Quebec producers free of charge.

help slow the spread of herbicide resistance, promote the implementation of strategies to manage resis-

THORSBY STOCKYARDS INC. 4405 – 50 Ave, Box 379, Thorsby, AB T0C 2P0 • 780-789-3915 REGULAR CATTLE SALES

SPECIAL SALE DATES

Monday, Nov 26th – 9:00 a.m.

Horse Sale – Thurs, Dec 6th - 6:00 p.m.

Monday, Dec 3rd – 9:00 a.m.

Monday, Dec 10th – 9:00 a.m.

Monday, Dec 17th – 9:00 a.m.

In Canada, weeds in vegetable crops cause tens of millions of dollars in losses every year. Being able to act swiftly is essential because each resistant plant that releases seeds creates a bank of resistancecarrying seeds in the soil. A zerotolerance approach is needed: all plants that can resist a given herbi-

Research is ongoing, and discussions are underway between MAPAQ and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to allow the use of these markers in Ontario.

Once they are widely known and used, these molecular tests may

tance, and limit the economic impact of herbicide resistance across Canada

- last sale for 2018 -

Bred Cow & Heifer Sale – Sat, Nov 24th - Noon Bred Cow & Heifer Sale – Sat, Dec 1st – Noon Complete Dispersal Sale – Allan Farms of Alix, AB Saturday, December 8th - Noon Bred Cow & Heifer Sale – Sat, Dec 15th – Noon CAN’T MAKE IT IN? WATCH ONLINE AT lmaauc�ons.ca

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Preventive measures can control the spread of herbicide resistance, but when they stop working, the best tool is rapid detection. Dr. Martin Laforest, a weed scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre and his team have developed molecular tests that can detect the presence of herbicide resistance in less than two weeks using only leaves from the noxious plant.

Sheds, Garages & Cabins Common Shed Sizes 10’ x 24’ x 8’ 10’ x 28’ x 8’ 10’ x 32’ x 8’ 12’ x 24’ x 8’ 12’ x 28’ x 8’ 12’ x 32’ x 8’

= $3,500 = $3,800 = $4,200 = $3,750 = $4,500 = $4,800

“Where Quality Matters”

Garage Sizes 14’ x 24’ x 9’ 14’ x 28’ x 9’ 14’ x 32’ x 9’ 16’ x 28’ x 9’ 16’ x 32’ x 9’

= $6,000 = $6,500 = $7,000 = $8,250 = $8,500

PRICES INCLUDE DELIVERY

CALL ABOUT PRICING OPTIONS

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November 23, 2018

review

Statistics & Data Development Branch Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

Beaver Hill Auction Service - Tofield - November 5, 2018

Sheep - 1,331 Hd Sheep - Wool 0 - 54 lbs 55 - 69 lbs 70 - 85 lbs 86 - 105 lbs 106 & Over lbs Ewes Rams Bred Ewes (Hd) Sheep - Hair 0 - 54 lbs 55 - 69 lbs 70 - 85 lbs 86 - 105 lbs 106 & Over lbs Ewes Rams Ewe/Lamb Fmly

Goats - 65 Hd

$/CWT $190.00 $190.00 $180.00 $178.00 $177.00 $90.00 $88.00 $190.00

to to to to to to to to

$220.00 $222.50 $203.00 $195.00 $187.00 $138.00 $136.00 $260.00

$169.00 $168.00 $168.00 $160.00 $160.00 $86.00 $87.00 n/a

to to to to to to to to

$194.00 $192.00 $196.00 $190.00 $182.00 $135.00 $118.00 n/a

Goats Light Feeder Kids 0 - 60lbs Doeling Kids 45 - 69 lbs 70+ lbs Buckling Kids 45 - 69 lbs 70+ lbs Wether Kids 45 - 69 lbs 70+ lbs Adults Mature Nannys Mature Billies Bred Does (Hd) Nanny/Kid (Unit)

$/CWT $145.00 to $175.00 $175.00 to $195.00 $175.00 to $200.00 $175.00 to $200.00 $175.00 to $200.00 $175.00 to $195.00 $175.00 to $200.00

$75.00 $150.00 $170.00 n/a

HOG SLAUGHTER WEEK END CANADA EAST WEST AB/BC WEEK END US

Nov 10/18 (prel) 436,892 268,721 168,171 61,688 Nov 17/18 (prel) 2,626,000

Vold Jones Vold (Westlock) - November 6, 2018

Nov 03/18 (prel) 445,587 266,146 179,441 63,716 Nov 10/18 (est) 2,589,000

Nov 11/17 415,776 259,392 156,384 61,942 Nov 18/17 2,475,500

to to to to

$105.00 $197.00 $210.00 n/a

Sheep - 491 Head

Goats - 49 Head

Sheep - Wool 0 - 69 lbs 70 - 85 lbs 86 - 105 lbs 106 + lbs Ewes Rams Bred Ewes Ewe/Lamb Fmly Sheep - Hair 0 - 69 lbs 70 - 85 lbs 86 - 105 lbs 106 + lbs Ewes Rams Bred Ewes Ewe/Lamb Fmly

Goats Light Feeder Kids 0 - 49lbs 50 - 100lbs Whether Kids 50 - 100 lbs

$/CWT

Nanny/Kid Units Nannys Billys Bred Nannys

Nov 16/18 1.360 N/A

Nov 09/18 1.424 1.816

Nov 16/18 51.24 1.290

Nov 09/18 53.24 1.332

$2.01 $1.84 $1.94 $1.82 $0.90 $1.60 $225.00 n/a

$1.72 $1.40 n/a n/a $0.55 n/a n/a n/a

to to to to to to to to

$1.82 $1.72 n/a n/a $0.85 n/a n/a n/a

$1.22 $1.00

to to

$1.45 $1.99

n/a

to

n/a

n/a $0.67 $1.72 $80.00

to to to to

n/a $1.13 $1.95 $123.00

30 - 40 lbs

$25.00

to

$60.00

41 - 80 lbs

$30.00

to

$32.50

81 - 150 lbs

n/a

to

n/a

151 + Over lbs

$170.00

to

$210.00

Hogs - 80 Head

CAN/US $ CLOSE Nov 16/18

MONTH Dec-18 Feb-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jul-19

MONTH Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Jun-19

LEAN 60.08 66.75 71.75 76.85 84.03 84.78

CHANGE + 4.28 + 7.25 + 6.05 + 4.05 + 2.78 + 1.63

FUTURES 0.7597 0.7600 0.7607 0.7611 0.7614 0.7625

CHANGE + 0.0026 + 0.0026 + 0.0026 + 0.0027 + 0.0026 + 0.0027

Nov 03/18 210.00 Nov 02/18 18.3 9.9 Nov 09/18 71.09

Nov 11/17 211.00 Nov 10/17 19.5 11.5 Nov 17/17 80.19

HOG INDICATORS WEEK END AV DRSD WT US-LBS FD: HOG RATIO US CORN ALTA BARLEY US CARCASS CUTOUT US $/CWT

Nov 17/17 1.451 1.849

INTERIOR IOWA MINNESOTA HOG CASH PRICES WEEK END US $/CWT CAN EQVT $/KG

to to to to to to to to

HOG FUTURES - US $/CWT

HOG CASH PRICES - INDEX 100 - $/KG WEEK END ALTA AVG ONT AVG

$/CWT $1.55 $1.70 $1.70 $1.75 $0.44 $0.50 $150.00 n/a

Nov 17/17 57.14 1.389

Nov 10/18 211.00 Nov 09/18 17.1 9.6 Nov 16/18 N/A

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Manager: Tyler Bodnaruk 780-380-4017 Sales: Don Roubos 587-726-9056

EMERSON TRAIL & RANGE ROAD, 62 SEXSMITH AB • 780-538-9330

SAVE OVER $290,000 ON THIS 2017 CHALLENGER 560E COMBINE

CNT Price

$467,875

Leasing Options* 36 Mths $76,800 48 Mths $69,972 60 Mths $65,877 72 Mths $63,877

*Based on 150 hours per year usage and O.A.C.

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460 HP 598 cu.in. Engine • 2-Speed Hydrostatic/4-speed Transmission 350bu Grain Bin • 24’ x 15” Unloading Auger (4bu/sec) 2-Speed MAV Straw Chopper • 2-Speed Straw Spreader • MSRP $758,026

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DAVE ROSS EQUIP. LTD Ph: 780-864-3731,

Spirit River

Fax: 864-3468,

Qualify for the Oct Special no 10% deposit & the balance by

Morris

Air Drills 1 only

Toll Free 1-800-661-7401 www.rossequip.ca

Web site:

Ross Equip. Ltd Since 1943

Nov 17 - 2018

Call for Demo Price as we are compelled by the Manufacture to advertize only MSRP retail price No DEF

$239,999

1

Ends 11.30.18

7

$470,999

6

$479,999

Ends 11.30.18

Ends 12.30.18

7

41’ Morris C2 Air Drill D/S paired row 9450 450 bu 3 tank 6 Hyd Assist Auger, 17” fan, Std Drive, Hyd Hitch Jack Tow 2 Between 2018 $ 331,320 1 only 2017 $ 239,000 S

SOLD 2016 375 Versatile 375hp P/S 16x4 TA19

QSX11.9 710/70R38 4 E/H 58gpm, 55h #363235350 Inventory DEMO $239,999

$ 17,800 A / L/pmt OAC of $ 35,500

Lease to own 75rv 14-S/A L/pmt OAC Lease to own 75rv 7

2

$264,999

Ends 12.30.18

2018 DT610-36” Versatile 610 hp, P/S 16x4 Del/Cab 110gpm, 6 E/ hyd d/lock, 19hrs #690471590 Inventory DEMO $470,999 Lease to own 152rv 14S/A L/pmt OAC Lease to own 152rv 7 Ann/L/pmt OAC

$ 31,300 $ 62,500

8

$391,999

2018 DT570 Versatile 570 hp, P/S Del/Cab 110gpm 6 E/ hyd d/lock, A/S/R, camera 12 hrs #685475590

Inventory DEMO

T

SOLD

Lease to Own 67rv 12-Semi-annual Lease payments OAC of only $ 18,500 Lease to Own 67rv 6 annual Lease payments OAC of only

$479,999

Lease to own 152rv 14S/A L/pmt OAC Lease to own 152rv 7 Ann/L/pmt OAC

L

$ 36,400 L

Buy Now

$ 31,300 $ 62,500

2018’s are 11% les 2

Ends 11.30.18

13

SOLD

1000 PTO

2017 375 Versatile 375hp P/S 16x4 TA19 710/70R38 PTO 4 E/H 58gpm 17hr #449265300

Inventory DEMO$264,999

Lease to own 85rv 14-S/A L/pmt OAC

$ 20,700

Lease to own 85rv 7 A / L/pmt OAC

$ 40,500

13 $248,900

2018 610 Versatile 610hp,P/S 16x4 Del/Cab 6 E/ hyd, A/S/R, 900/60R42 23hrs

#669392560

Inventory DEMO

$391,999

Lease to own 150rv 14S/A L/pmt OAC Lease to own 150rv 7 Ann/L/pmt OAC

$ 29,600 $ 51,500

2019 DT610-36” Versatile 610 hp, P/S 16x4 #545600 110gpm, 6 E/ hyd d/lock

$699,000

CSA DF22 1000 bu/hr Drier 2019 DF22 Model $ 300,000 Until Dec 30 / 2018 buy for $ 285,000 with a $30,000 deposit.

14-S/A Lease pay OAC of

11

$25,100

2019 2000 bu.GC2020 3 w/Tarp, 24” Auger, Sca

Retail $283,255

Lease to own 7-A / L/pmt

1

2019 N increas is $18,1

$447,999

Ends 12.30.18

Ends 11.30.18

SOLD

110gpm 6 E/ hyd d/lock, A/S/R, camera

2018 315 FWD 310 hp16 spd P/Shift def Del/Cab,3 pt, 6 E/ hyd 72gal, PTO,710R42 Duals #248430

$358,000 37hr DEMO $ 255,900

Lease to own 75rv 14-S/A L/pmt OAC

$ 18,800

Premium 1 owner Used 4

2018 2000 bu.GC2020 w/Tarp, 24” Auger, Sca

2019 DT570 Versatile 570 hp, P/S Del/Cab

2018 610 Versatile 610hp,P/S 16x4 Del/Cab

#530600

Call for demo price

$695,000

Retail $169,245

110gpm 6 E/ hyd, A/S/R, 900/60R42 23hr

Lease to own 1- $53,000, 19 S/A of $ 33,000 OAC

DF22 1000 BPH at 100c in barley from 20% to 15%

#672448560 Inventory DEMO

Lease to own 10 ANNUAL pmts of $ 67,500 OAC

It is Cheaper & Faster to

14

$448,999 $365,999

Ends 12.30.18

P/S + PTO

$415,999

9

Ends 12.30.18

2012 375 Vers 375hp 12 s/P/S QSX11.9 PTO 620/70R42, 4 hyd, Del/cab, Air Ride Cab #200300 lites, A/S/R radar 1778hr $209,400 Lease to own 35rv 12-S/A L/pmt OAC Lease to own 35rv 6 A / L/pmt OAC

$ 18,200 $ 35,500

Than install 1-DF37 for 1800bph

& If 1 DF22 goes down the other DF22 is still Drying.

Lease to own 35rv 12-S/A L/pmt OAC Lease to own 35rv 6 A / L/pmt OAC

$ 18,200 $ 35,900

2018 1300 bu 50”w/tire $

Lease to own 7-A / L/pmt O

9

120’ Falcon Alu Boom DEMO for Only $370,999

#505366200

#610415600

Inventory DEMO

$419,999

Lease to own 120rv 14-S/A L/pmt OAC

Lease to own 113rv 14-S/A L/pmt OAC of $ 25,900 Lease to own 120rv 7 A / L/pmt OAC Lease to own 113rv 7 A / L/pmt OAC of $ 49,500

$ 28,700 $ 55,500

3

5

$89,999

2010 535 Versatile 535hp,P/S 16x4 Del/Cab

PILLAR HEAVY Harrow 16.5LX16.1, 12.5l-15 wing 1200# wt on hitch in trans, Auto lock, hyd tine adj hyd spring adj down pressure, 9/16 x 26”tines.

72’ Heavy Harrow msrp $69,100 1-O/H $60,900 Lease to own 10-S/A L/pmt OAC of

Ends 12.30.18

2014 2375 Versatile 375hp 12spd QSX11 710/70R38 wts w/16’Dozer, 592hr $209,400

2019 Net increase is $11,642

Air ride, A/steer A/b Accu/b, Cum QSB 6.7 L 280 2018 570 Versatile 570hp,P/S 16x4 Del/Cab hp, 28% torque rise tier 4i no DEF,GPS, 27hr 5 Spd P/S = More hp to the Grd, = Full hp in Rev 110gpm 6 E/ hyd d/lock, A/S/R, 800/70R38 33hr

12

5

3

TWIN 2-DF22’s for 2000 bph

72’ O/H with Auto Lock

120’ SX280 2016 Versatile Sprayer, 1200 gal

Lease to own 7-A / L/pmt

Lease to own 5-/A L/pmt OAC of

$ 7,000 $ 13,700

8

#216560 3,024 hrs

32’ Vers Vertical Tillage #90140 DEMO $ 89,999

20’ V-Wing Ditcher 102,200 $92,000

Lease to Own 10 – S/A Lease pmt OAC $ 10,300

Lease to own 10-S/A L/pmt OAC of

$ 21,600

$9,520 520 Scale sys

2-2

2019 Ne increas is $10,00

8-11 hp/ ft @ 5”cut 7-10mph msrp $118,000

Lease to own rv 12-S/A L/pmt OAC

Retail $89,985

4

80gpm 6 E/ hyd d/lock, 850/60R38 Trelleborg

ONLY $225,650

2019 1100bu GC1160 c/w 20” Auger, 1000 p

$ 9,685

2018 1050bu GC9250 c/w 17” Auger, 1000 p

Retail $79,980

www.rossequip.ca • DAVE ROSS EQUIPMENT LT

The Northern Horizon, November 23, 2018

www.rossequip.ca

ow with ONLY y Mar 1 - 2019

Nov 17, 2018

www.rosschrysler.ca

ROSS CHRYSLER

for Matt, Al, Warren

Since 1948

Nov 17 - 2018

All Programs deducted

0 down, 4.99% for 84 mbw bi-weekly payments. w/gst OAC, vehicles may not be exactly as illustrated

2017’s

71’ Morris C2 Air Drill D/S prd row 9650 650 bu 4 tank

221bu, 107bu, 107bu, 221bu, Hyd Assist Auger, dual 17” fans, Simple Std Drive, Hyd Hitch Jack, 4 -800/65R32 lug tire, dual castors Tow Between 2018 $ 516,590 1 only 2017 $ 389,000 $ 31,200

Lease to Own 99rv 12-Semi-annual Lease payments OAC of only

Lease to Own 99rv 6 annual Lease payments OAC of

& Save

ss than 2019’s

New 2014 100’ Rogator DEMO 100hr msrp $516,350 ONLY

$376,000

$45,200

$300-84 mbw

17 1500 SLT V6 8s CC 4X4SB b/u/cam i972522po

$12,040 disc.

29 mpg

$41,999

$386,000

MSRP $50,974

$38,999

$41,900

Ends 12.30.18

$260-84 mbw

17 1500 SXT 5.7L 6s CC 4X4SB T/tow

Ends 12.30.18

i430459po

MSRP $40,620

$290-84 mbw

$265-84 mbw

17 1500 SLT V6 8s QC 4X4SB b/u/cam i765505po

$35,900

18 Jeep Trailhawk 4x4 2.4L 9s, nav, leather i291381

$25,999

Ends 12.30.18

$299-84 mbw

E

O n ly 4 0 m ile s N o rth o f G ran d e P rairie

S

S e xs m i t h

G r an d e P r ai ri e

$13,040 disc.

MSRP $59,742

$46,700

$44,999

Ends 12.30.18

Big Horn pkg

$315-84 mbw

17 1500 SLT 5.7L 8s CC 4X4 SB b/u/cam i693537po

$39,999

Ends 12.30.18

$7,030 disc.

$165-84 mbw

MSRP $48,931

$41,900

$275-84 mbw

17 Chry Pacifica TL 3.6L 9spd leather p/s i538459po

MSRP $29,942

$23,999

$39,999

W

26 mpg

$5,921 36 mpg disc.

$13,501 32 mpg disc.

MSRP $53,500

R y c ro ft

34 mpg

2018

MSRP $ 55,542

New 16 Chrysler 300s AWD 3.6L 8s sunroof i361490

$36,999

Ends 12.30.18

$12,040 disc.

MSRP $50,842

$38,800

$265-84 mbw

17 Patriot Sport 4x4 2.4L 6s, air, Sirius/R i792280po 17 G/Caravan GT 3.6L,6spd leather dvd i891477po

100’ 2014 RG1100 Rogator Sprayer 1100

Accu boom, Auto boom wheels, Frt load 380/90R46, Air ride Cab, Air Dryer Pkg,

Lease own 114rv 14-S/A L/pmt OAC $ 25,900

$ 51,000

Lease own 114rv 7A/ L/ pmts OAC

11

36”Tracks G/Cart ale, 4-1050/50x32 Only $156,900

of $ 24,600

MSRP $ 86,842

$78,200

$75,999

$495-84 mbw

Ends 12.30.18

17 D2500 Laramie dsl C/C4x4 SB b/u/c i963782po

2018’s

$149,000

$ 28,300

10

2016 New 35’ M155 MD Swather 148hp C /linkHID, 600/65R28, 16.5x16.1, DKD, 6 B/PUR, Trans stab/whl 10’ hyd roller msrp $238,250 1 only cnt $189,000

i312681po

$67,999

Ends 12.30.18

MSRP $ 77,542

$70,100

$440-84 mbw

17 D2500 SLT C/C4x4 LB b/u/c T/tow i931701po R/A Susp, dsl

$485-84 mbw

$455-84 mbw

$73,500

18 D2500 SLT+ C/C4x4 dsl LB b/u/c T/tow i150710

MSRP

$77,955

$71,900

$499-84 mbw 18 D3500 SLT dsl C/C b/u/c, bkts 4x4 LB i591693

v6 Eco dsl

MSRP $ 69,955

MSRP $ 66,755

Pi RP $64,755

$391-84 mbw

$350-84 mbw

$360-84 mbw

$56,200

18 1500 L/Horn 8A CC 4X4 SB b/u/camera i512632

$51,800

$51,600

18 1500 SLT v6 Eco dsl 8s CC 4X4SB leather i996588 18 1500 Sport 8s CC 4X4 SB b/u/camera i548586

v6 Eco dsl

MSRP $ 66,755

MSRP $ 66,855

Pi RP $68,840

$415-84 mbw

$350-84 mbw

$415-84 mbw

19 1500 Sport Rebel C/C4x4 SB hemi 8spd i484604

18 1500 SLT v6 Ecodsl 8s CC 4X4SB leather i278577

$57,900

$51,800

$57,900

19 1500 Sport C/C4x4 SB hemi 8spd i484604

14 MSRP $ 69,455

MSRP $ 61,655

MSRP $ 60,955

$420-84 mbw

$391-84 mbw

$390-84 mbw

$52,900

$60,900

stem add $ 8,500

2018’s left

17 D2500 SLT dsl C/C 4x4 SB b/u/c

MSRP $ 77,955

2019’s

of $ 15,800

$435-84 mbw

Ends 12.30.18

MSRP $ 84,855

18 D2500 Laramie dsl 6s C/C 4X4 SB i434773

Ends 09.30.18

$68,100

$65,999

$79,800

Lease to Own 7 annual L/pmt OAC

G/Cart, UF w/Tarp pto, 900/60x32R1 Only $70,900

MSRP $ 75,742

DSL

2011 100’ RG994 Rogator Sprayer SS tank, Viper Pro, Auto Steer, 300 GPS, Accu boom, Auto boom whls, Air ride Air Dryer,380/90R46 & 650/70R38 C/div $240,400 10.06.18 $ 169,000

$120,100 $99,200

et se 00

SOLD

$43,500

Ends 12.30.18

Ends 12.30.18

$10,840 disc.

29 mpg

N S p i ri t R i v er

of $ 30,800 SS tank, Viper Pro, Auto Steer, 300 GPS,

Net se 156

OAC

$43,999

Ends 12.30.18

$39,999

$516,450 12/17 Blowout $ 386,000

OAC

MSRP $ 57,842

33 mpg

12

OAC

$12,240 disc.

only $ 61,500

only $25,900 down OAC .

36”Tracks G/Cart ale, auto greaser Only $205,900

780-864-3731,

Toll Free 800-661-7401

Warren

6

Spirit River, Ab

19 1500 Laramie C/C4x4 SB hemi 8 spd i975626

$85,000

Only 57,600 kms

Ends 12.30.18

2014 1300 bu.GC1315 UF Grain Cart, Tarp,1250/50R32, 22”auger,1000 pto, 520 Scale system $102,010 new $85,000

0 G/Cart, UF w/Tarp Lease to own 12-S/A L/pmt OAC of pto, 900/60x32R1 Only $59,900 Lease to own 6-A / L/pmt OAC of

$ 8,500 $ 14,500

19 1500 SLT hemi 8s CC 4X4 SB i845556

$51,900

19 1500 Big Horn C/C4x4 SB hemi 8spd i797549

GAS Power Train Warranty

$26,999

Ends 12.30.18 $245-60 mbw 14 1500 RAM Sport 5.7L 8 spd QC 4X4 SB i522249

$10,999

Ends 12.30.18

$26,999

Ends 12.30.18 $245-60 mbw

10 2500 Silverado LTZ v8 CC 4X4SB 304K i309966 14 2500 Power Wagon 4x4 V8,6A, C/C SB, 179k i109245.

TD. • ROSS CHRYSLER • www.rosschrysler.ca

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IT’S TIME TO DIG IN AND GET SOME WORK DONE 260 BACKHOE

1025R

• Curved boom design for greater utility & strength • Heavy-duty cylinders & hydraulic stabilizers • Can be attached w/mid mount mower deck

• Powerful Tier 4-compliant diesel engine • NEW, easy lift hood w/ dual gas charged lift struts • 23.9HP engine •Hydrostatic 2- range transmission

120R LOADER • Easy to attach & remove w/o tools • Easy access for servicing grease points • 754lbs of lift capacity • 72” of lift height

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Meet a leader in precision nutrition

When it comes to high-performance supplements, Jean Fontaine, president and founder of Jefo Group is one of the most knowledgeable people in Canada. His entire career has centred around the development of products to replace such supplements, or growth promoters.

Jefo Group is based in St-Hyacinthe, just outside Montreal, and is a world leader in the field.

For example, their nutritional solutions are sold to animal industries in over 80 countries.

The company began operations in 1982 when Jean had just completed his animal science degree and began importing micronutrients for animal feed. Once he had unearthed a phosphate supplier from Holland and a sodium bicarbonate supplier from Belgium, his list of suppliers grew rapidly.

By importing directly from Europe, Jefo quickly distinguished itself on the Canadian market as a supplier of quality products at very competitive prices. This approach is reflected in the Jefo Group slogan: Life, Made Easier.

At the beginning of the 1990s, Jefo initiated a major change and the company began adopting the new micronutrient protective technology technology they had previously participated in developing.

“I use the image of the Trojan horse to describe this technology,” explains Fontaine. “What we want is for the nutrients to reach the intestines, where they balance the composition of microflora before they are metabolized. If they’re not protected, they lose their effectiveness because the stomach breaks them down or absorbs them before they reach their intended target.”

Non-medicated growth promoters In the space of only a few years, the company,

which started as a modest distributor, became a manufacturer of nutritional solutions. Jefo had a unique mission: to help farmers achieve optimal livestock performance without using medicated feed as growth promoters.

At the time, systematically adding small doses of antibiotics into pig and poultry feed was standard practice. By controlling intestinal flora, these medications help the animal maintain good health and grow quickly. The downside, as we are increasingly aware, is that this preventative use of antibiotics may result in the creation of resistant micro-organisms.

Faced with such a threat, public authorities began adopting new regulations. For instance, in 2006 the European Union created new legislation that allows medicated feed additives to be used only with a prescription from a veterinarian.

It took forward-thinking and vision to start proposing non-medicated growth promoters two decades ago. “At that time, no one was talking about antibiotic resistant micro-organisms,” Fontaine remembers. To convince clients, the company concentrated its efforts on research.

“To persuade a PhD in animal nutrition that your product works,” he says, “you have to show scientific results.” The Jefo Group developed partnerships with different universities across North America including Laval, Guelph, University of California and Cornell University. It then expanded its network into Europe, South America and Southeast Asia.

During this time, the company created its own infrastructure, investing in and building swine and poultry research farms. Visitors are welcome at the Jefo Campus where over 60 researchers, animal science specialists and veterinarians are

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Multiple product lines The Jefo team has developed a wide range of products. For example, they offer a progressiverelease zinc supplement.

“In pigs, an effective way to fight diarrhea is to add zinc to the feed,” explains Fontaine. “The problem is that when zinc is used in its traditional form, the majority ends up in the manure rather than being metabolized by the animal. This means there is a lot of waste, and at the same time it creates a potential source of pollution because when this manure is spread in the fields, there is a risk of raising zinc levels to a point where it is harmful to the crops. Our product allows farmers to use one-tenth the amount of zinc previously recommended while maintaining livestock performance.”

The company founder is particularly proud of the vitamin solution for dairy cows developed by his team. “This product is given to dairy cows during the three weeks prior to calving,” he explains. “It significantly reduces the occurrence of retained placenta, acetonemia and udder edema. The farmer thus keeps his cull rate lower.”

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Know your falling number in spring wheat The Canada Grain Commission has minimum or maximum thresholds for virtually every grading feature thinkable, many of which are visually determined.

Some of these can be a subjective interpretation. When incidence of a downgrading factor is high, harsher grading or perception of it early at the elevator is a risk. In fairness to the grader, this could mean the grain company may have limited blending options.

The flaw with CGC minimum or maximum specifications is that customers may have different needs.

We’ve seen durum go that way. Examples include Tunisia at a No. 3 Canadian Western Amber Durum, but with minimum 70 Hard Vitreous Kernel, or Algeria buying 3 CWAD but with minimum 60 per cent HVK and a maximum of two parts per million fusarium. It’s a combined CGC and customer desired blend.

For 2018-19, this should overlap with hard red spring wheat.

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of quality variability. The top five contributing features that ought to contribute to downgrading include: HVK Mildew Bran frost Sprout Low falling number, even though that isn’t a rigid CGC spec What are the top 5 reasons contributing to downgrades at the elevator during #Harvest18?

Visual grading The visual grading is likely to contain outcomes that range from a poor No. 2 Canada Western Spring Wheat, to a good, mid or poor No. 3 Canada Western Spring Wheat and feed.

Suspect grain buyers will be reluctant to buy freshly harvested spring wheat strictly on a CGC visual.

The main variable requiring further detail is the falling number because actual sprout damage is tough to properly measure visually. The scientific explanation is that sprouting increases the alpha-amylase enzyme, excess starch that adversely impacts flour water absorption and dough handling properties. A Hagberg Falling Number test will determine that. Depending on the shipper, market and perceived blending, most are likely going to want a minimum of 250 to 300 (seconds taken for a plunger to fall through slurry).

Attribute marketing It’s called attribute marketing.

Even if visual attribute grading as per CGC is a feed at face value, wheat with high or normal falling number can still make it into milling channels. Anything that doesn’t make falling number threshold will most likely be sold as feed or for trickle blending purposes.

Testing for falling number takes time, but more locations are getting equipped to test on site or with minimal turn-around time. Ample wheat volume needs to be tested this way. Therefore, the industry is going to need time to figure out what can be done to maximize arbitrage and blending.

Bottom line Know what you got is an obvious priority, yet elevator managers seem to be proactive conveying this message. Once falling number is determined, if your wheat sample is feed and will be feed all day long, no matter what is done, there’s likely little benefit holding it. Yet it would be worth letting market conditions evolve if a visually graded feed sample has a good falling number.

Greg Kostal of Kostal Ag Consulting Ltd provides insight on commodity markets and marketing guidance. For more information, please visit www.gregkostal.com.

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Canada’s export performance builds resilience in face of trade disruption Over the next three weeks, we’ll explore global patterns in agricultural and agri-food trade, focusing on Canadian top export products and destinations and the relationship between price volatility and export performance. These posts will build on the insights from our recently released trade ranking report Navigating Trade Disruptions and Volatility.

Trade tensions have defined agricultural markets in 2018. That matters to a country like Canada. Canadian agriculture depends on the health of global markets to export large portions of our production.

Although relatively small – in 2017, we were the 38th most populous country in the world – we produce more than enough to feed Canada

and well beyond. For that reason, we are a powerhouse in the global agriculture and agri-food markets.

Diverse exports of agricultural commodities and food Canada exports a wide variety of food and agricultural commodities, totaling US$46.2B in 2017. Oilseeds, cereals and meats represent 41% of all exports of agriculture and food products (Figure 1). All three categories recorded export growth in 2017: the value of meat exports increased by 6.6% over 2016, cereals by 11.6% and oilseeds by 9.4%.

A diverse export product mix should help sustain the overall performance of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food industry from disruptions in trade relationships that occurred in 2018.

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Canadian exports of agricultural commodities totaled US$25.9B, accounting for 5.2% of the world’s total ag exports. This export performance also represents a 5.0% increase in the value of ag exports relative to 2016.

Knocking at the door of top 10 agri-food exporters Canadian agri-food exports reached US$20.4B in 2017, accounting for 3.1% of the world’s total agrifood exports. It is a 6.6% increase in the value of our ag food exports relative to 2016. It makes Canada the 11th largest exporting country in that category.

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U.S. is the world’s leading exporter of meats and miscellaneous edible preparations, while Germany is the world’s largest exporter of dairy products, milled products, cereal preparations and cocoa. China picks up first place in world exports of meat preparations and vegetable preparations. Brazil is the top exporting country for coffee and sugars.

Diversifying export markets is key strategy World economic growth has been revised downward for 2018 and 2019. Yet the world’s appetite for Canadian agricultural commodities and food continues to grow. Our large import markets – U.S., China and Japan – will always be central to our success, but developing new markets can help minimize risks and meet ambitious export goals, particularly in this uncertain global economic environment.

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THE BIG BEND A history of the families that opened up the Blueberry Mountain area

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When the Dycks came to Silver Valley From Barnwell, the Dyck family came to the are leaving Helen and three other married daughters, Kay, Anne and Liz in Lethbridge.

The rest of the clan drove to Silver Valley in 1995 November.

The unknown country ahead of her made Mother to say with Psalmist David “What I have feared has come upon me.”

Plowing the fresh Silver Valley snow was exciting and fearful time. Arriving at their home, the desolation, charred stumps and deadfalls were new. The younger children stayed in the car, hoping to leave. 1980 marked their 25th year in Silver Valley.

As winter program Frank and John Junior would go hunting and shooting several moose and deer to supplement the winter

food -mainly 300 pounds of beans.

The house was a one-room shell, partitioned with curtains, kept warm with both a head and wood woodstove. There were only two neighbours, who remained snowed in the whole time except for a December 23 1955 night when a seismic CAT was lost and cleared the road by accident.

The first year will always be remembered as the most isolated year, but it was only the beginning.

Life was more than work. Hockey, baseball, horseback riding, and endless games of monopoly at Jake Dyck’s house, a quarter mile away. In 1974 Thanksgiving, more than 50 families returned to the community call to look back.

In the words of John H. Dyck himself – if I could do it call again, I wouldn’t change a thing.

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American GM food labelling will affect Canada The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working on how to implement the labelling of genetically modified (GM) foods. How the USDA proceeds and how consumers react to the labels will have ramifications on both sides of the border.

The nationwide American initiative was mandated by Congress in 2016 as a way to ward off the patchwork of GM labelling rules springing up in various states, such as Vermont. However, while there will eventually be one set of labelling standards, the devil is in the details.

From May 3 to July 3, the USDA invited public comment on what it called a National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. Months later, it’s still wading through thousands of submissions and trying to determine a way forward.

The first problem is differing definitions of bioengineered. Most people view bioengineering or genetically modified as meaning the transfer of genetic material from one species to another outside conventional plant breeding. But where does that leave the newer technology of gene editing where no genetic transfer occurs?

The first problem is differing definitions of bioengineered. How do we decide what needs to be labelled?

Threshold levels are another thorny issue.

GM crops such as soybeans, canola and corn are moved in the same bulk handling system as non-GM crops such as wheat, barley and flax. If you enact zero tolerance, even a bit of grain dust could be enough to spark non-compliance.

And what about highly refined food products such as soybean oil, canola oil and cornstarch?

Those made from GM or non-GM grains are virtually indistinguishable, since the protein has

been removed. Do you still have to label these?

And what if a food product contains just one per cent canola oil? Does that make it a bioengineered food?

The International Food Information Council (IFIC) based in Washington, D.C., ran a survey of American consumers and found lower acceptance and less willingness to pay for foods labelled as bioengineered. The label raised human health concerns.

“Despite broad scientific consensus that GMOs are safe to consumers, a majority of Americans seem to be convinced otherwise,” said Joseph Clayton, CEO of the IFIC, when comment-

ing on the survey findings.

Canada and the United States trade over C$47 billion in agricultural products annually. Even without the labelling of GM foods in Canada, American labels will have an impact on this side of the border.

It’s too early to know exactly how the U.S. labelling laws will be applied or their impact.

However, there will no doubt be groups advocating a similar approach in Canada. Plus, with the amount of cross-border trade, what happens in the U.S. matters to Canada.

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New online resource helps growers manage resistance

Manage Resistance Now is a new online resource developed by CropLife Canada to help growers minimize the development of herbicide, fungicide and insecticide resistance on their farms.

“Approximately three out of five Canadian growers say they deal with herbicide-resistant weeds,” says Paul Hoekstra, senior stewardship and policy manager at Syngenta and chair of CropLife Canada’s resistance management committee. “Manage Resistance Now addresses this concern by helping growers adopt best practices to manage resistance and protect crop yield and quality. By starting today and taking it one field at a time, they’ll help ensure sustainable crop production for the future.”

Resistance best management practices promoted on the website include a com-

bination of cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical control measures. Visitors can also access resources including videos and case studies profiling growers, crop advisors and researchers from across the country who share their experiences with resistance.

ManageResistanceNow.ca is currently focused on herbicide resistance, which has a significant economic impact on Canadian farms − up to $1.5 billion annually due to costs related increased herbicide use and decreased yield and quality. In the near future, resources will be added to help growers manage fungicide and insecticide resistance.

For more information on CropLife Canada and the plant science industry, please visit www.croplife.ca.

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We continue to explore patterns in agricultural and food trade drawing from the insights of our recently released report Navigating Trade Disruptions and Volatility. Last week’s post focused on the global performance and diversity of Canadian exports. Today’s post focuses on the relationship between price volatility and export performance.

China-U.S. trade disruptions in 2018 diverted global trade flows of soybeans, pork, and other commodities, affecting their prices too, for all global traders. As Canadian export prices have jumped (up and down), Canadian exporters and their buyers changed the way they bought and sold products. This matters to Canadian exporters. We found that volatility in the export price of soybeans and canola can suppress exports, while in other instances lead to a surge of sales across markets.

Caution: volatility at work Businesses are usually averse to volatility. Buyers hesitate when they’re uncertain of future price movements, postponing purchases in hopes prices will retreat (because in periods of great volatility,

they rise and decline quickly). Or, they can be motivated to buy more when prices start to jump around, in efforts to hedge against the pain of future price increases they see as likely.

At the same time, exporters may be able to take advantage of prices that may rarely be higher again in the near term, selling more than they would normally into select markets. Or, like buyers, they may postpone their trading, waiting for a month when prices improve, or at least, stabilize.

Exports are sensitive to soybean and canola price volatility Canada’s overall canola exports decline in months when volatility in canola prices increases. To understand how, let’s assume that volatility in the export price of canola doubles over a 12-month horizon.

This is large shift that rarely occurs.

But it is useful to understand how volatility works. In this case, the response of Canadian canola exports would be uniform among key markets, with losses in exports ranging between 7.9% (Mexico) and 11.8% (the U.S.).

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Straw-grain ration and the cost versus benefit of various supplements ond, know the concentration of the nutrient being evaluated.”

The nutrient concentrations on the tag or label are listed as a percentage for the macro minerals - calcium, phosphorus, salt, magnesium and potassium. The trace minerals - copper, manganese, zinc, selenium, iodine and cobalt – are listed as mg per kg. Vitamins – A, D and E – are listed as international units (IU) per kg.

“For the macro minerals,” he says, “Multiply the inclusion rate of the product in grams by the concentration of the nutrient. For example, if the product is fed at 100 grams per day and contains 16 per cent calcium, multiply 100 grams by 0.16 to determine that the product will supply 16 grams of calcium. For the straw grain ration mentioned above, a high calcium product such as a 24:3 mineral, or even limestone is needed. A 1:1 and 2:1 mineral is not adequate to meet animals’ requirements.”

Yaremcio says for the trace minerals and vita-

mins, multiply the inclusion rate of the product in kg by the concentration of the nutrient. “For example, if the same product is fed at 100 g and the copper has a concentration of 3000 mg per kg, multiply by the intake in kg (100 g = 0.1 kg) by 3000 to determine the product will supply 300 mg of copper. For vitamins, the process is the same but values will be in IU instead of mg.”

“When comparing what mineral to use, knowing what is needed to balance the ration and hand calculations can be time consuming,” he adds. “The use of a ration balancing program such as CowBytes can compute what is needed in short order, and the contribution of nutrients from different feeds, how to put the blend together, and what purchased product to use is made much easier than doing it by hand.”

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With hay and silage in limited supply – and at a higher cost – this winter, feeding a strawgrain ration to pregnant cows may be a viable alternative for some producers. Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist at the Alberta Ag-Info Centre, looks at the cost versus benefit of various supplements when going this route.

To determine the quality of feeds available to use this winter, Yaremcio says that testing is the first step. “Balancing the rations is the next step, which includes portioning of limited feed supplies to different classes of livestock on the farm.

Determining the number of animals that can be fed over the winter is part of the decision making process.”

Once the basics of how many animals can be fed are established, the next step is to determine what type of supplements or mineral product is needed. “It is often a point of consternation when choosing what to use because each company ‘has the best’ product to use. Convenience, effectiveness of the product and cost are things to consider before making the purchase,” he adds.

When considering a straw-grain ration for pregnant cows, Yaremcio says some nutritional concerns need to be addressed.

Straw typically is high in fibre, but low in energy, protein, calcium and magnesium. “Straw should not be fed at levels more than 1.5 per cent of body weight,” explains Yaremcio. “To be safe, and depending on the type and age of the straw, intakes could be only 1.25 per cent of body weight. Using a 1,400 lb. animal, straw intake can be anywhere from 17 to 21 lb. per day on a dry basis. This example may be applicable for many operations this winter that are feeding pregnant cows. Along with the straw, roughly 10 lb. of barley or 11 lb. of oats needs to be included to meet energy requirements.”

“The above mentioned straw-grain ration supplies roughly 6.5 per cent protein on a dry basis,” he says. “A cow in mid-pregnancy requires seven per cent and late pregnancy protein requirements increase to nine per cent to reflect the larger needs of the growing calf, to produce colostrum, and to prepare for calving and milk production.”

Producers have several options to increase protein content in the ration. “Adding two lb. of peas in mid-pregnancy and five lb. in late pregnancy will meet protein requirements,” explains Yaremcio. “One lb. of canola meal in mid-pregnancy and three lb. in late pregnancy will also work. Cost per bushel of peas is 10.3 cents per pound, and canola meal 14.2 cents per pound. A 32 per cent supplement is designed to be fed at one lb. per head per day and is roughly 25 cents per lb. One pound per of 32 per cent is not adequate to meet protein requirements for a late pregnancy cow, so a combination of supplement and peas or canola meal will be required.”

Yaremcio says to calculate the cost per pound of protein supplied to minimize cost. “For example, peas contain 24 per cent protein, which supplies 240 kg, or 528 lb. of protein from a tonne of peas. At a price of $235 per tonne, the cost of this protein is $1.08 per kg or 44 cents per pound.

Canola meal contains 38 per cent protein, which supplies 380 kg, or 837 lb., of protein per tonne.

At a price of $315 per tonne, the cost of this protein is $0.91 per kg, or 37 cents per pound. Use this technique to minimize protein costs in the ration.”

To calculate the amount of macro minerals, trace minerals and vitamins supplied by a product, Yaremcio says to consider two factors. “First, consider the expected intake of the mineral or supplement that is listed on the tag or label. Sec-

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GAJ 57 57 55 83 92 79 85 95 GA

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11

9

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25

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7

6

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50

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10

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0-1

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T 0 2 2 1 2

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GA 23 43 44 52 52

DIFF +28 +2 +1 - 10 - 25

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Barley market offering decent selling opportunities

eed grain prices across Western Canada have backed off recent highs as producers push more aggressively to sell some portion of their recent harvest.

Cold, wet and snowy weather throughout September and into first-half October slowed down or stalled harvest across a large swath of Alberta and Saskatchewan. And unfortunately, late season harvested crop quality was downgraded.

Adding to the Prairie feed supply At the lower end of the wheat and barley quality spectrum, PFCanada had advocated being an aggressive seller this harvest season. Feed wheat bids have come under some pressure as the challenging harvest season added unexpectedly to the Prairie feed supply. That was also true regarding barley - more feed barley now than earlier anticipated.

Price action across the Prairie feed barley market has been pretty quiet, though tipping weaker as the harvest season regained momentum over the latter portion of October.

Cash bids delivered into feedlot alley of southern Alberta slipped to around the $5.35 per bushel level for nearby delivery. Moving a little further north, cash bids are closer to $5.20 per bushel. In the Edmonton area, feeders are bidding closer to $4.60 per bushel delivered. In Saskatchewan, feed barley fetches around $4.00 to $4.35 per bushel depending on location.

Here are the top five reasons PFCanada has taken an aggressive approach to feed grain sales this fall season.

Price is good relative to history Market has engaged all measure of feed grain crop options to find a fix with substitution of various crops into the feed mix, and done so early Deep U.S. corn import book will reduce late crop year user demand Good farm cash flow choice Without a crop wreck, limited upside where price would have to be $10 a tonne higher into June to justify cost of storing I should mention that from the global perspective, barley supplies are tightening this year, which has led to a reduced export pace as the

European Union and Black Sea region wrap up planting of winter season cereals, while Canada rounds the clubhouse turn on harvest and Australia prepares for a droughtcompromised harvest in the coming few weeks.

Malt barley At the beginning of October, we noted cash bids on Copeland malting barley in central Saskatchewan jumping to $5.40 per bushel for January to March delivery. We had thought at the time that a $5.50 per bushel Saskatchewan price was attainable, but just needed patience.

That was before Canada quality adversity emerged with this troubled cold and wet harvest season.

We could not rule out malt barley pricing rising higher still to maybe $5.75 per bushel sometime this marketing year. Shooting for $6 seemed too risky and greedy.

World supply issues argue the case for a higher price, but demand adjustments might fool us. That’s because we previously learned that demand rationing behaviour is apt to be deployed again at higher-end price extremes.

So then, our feeling was anything in the $5.50 to $5.70 per bushel range would be a decent target to get very aggressive on cash sales. In fact, move it all if that price can be attained.

Today, I see malt barley cash bids in Saskatchewan in the area of $5.50 per bushel for January forward delivery. Alberta bids are up as high as $5.75 per bushel for January forward. Price is historically at upper end of the value range.

At that price level, PFCanada cannot justify the risk of holding back on cash sales. Seldom has malt barley pricing traded at $6 per bushel.

Demand usually adjusts to high price, lowering of malt standards or replacing with non-barley adjuvants to put a ceiling on the market.

Bottom line Fall season feed and malt barley prices offering decent marketing opportunities.

Mike Jubinville of Pro Farmer Canada offers information on commodity markets and marketing strategies.

The Northern Horizon, November 23, 2018

Board Board Appointments

The Peace River Regional Board was sworn in on Thursday, November 8, 2018. Appointments to the 2018/2019 Board:

NOVEMBER 2018

Electoral Area Directors Electoral Area ‘B’ Director Karen Goodings Alternate Director Arlene Boon Electoral Area ‘C’ Director Bradley Sperling Electoral Area ‘D’ Director Leonard Hiebert Alternate Director Mark Rogers Electoral Area ‘E’ Director Dan Rose

Municipal Directors District of Chetwynd

Director Allen Courtoreille Alternate Director Mel Deck

City of Dawson Creek

Director Dale Bumstead Alternate Director Blair Lekstrom

City of Fort St. John

Director Lori Ackerman Director Tony Zabinsky Alternate Director Trevor Bolin Alternate Director Becky Grimsrud Alternate Director Lilia Hansen Alternate Director Gord Klassen Alternate Director Byron Stewart

District of Hudson’s Hope

Director Dave Heiberg Alternate Director Kelly Miller

Village of Pouce Coupe

Director Lorraine Micheďż˝ Alternate Director Barb Smith

District of Taylor

Director Rob Fraser Alternate Director Be�y Ponto

District of Tumbler Ridge Director Keith Bertrand

November 22, 2018 10:00am | Dawson Creek December 14, 2018 TBD | Dawson Creek

Chairperson and Vice-chair Elected Chair – Brad Sperling Vice Chair – Dan Rose

Cerďż˝ďŹ cates of Appreciaďż˝on

The Regional Board Chair presented Cerďż˝ďŹ cates of Appreciaďż˝on to the following outgoing Regional Board Directors and Alternate Directors: Director Johansson, District of Hudson’s Hope Director McPherson, District of Tumbler Ridge Director Nichols, District of Chetwynd Alternate Director Brownlee, District of Chetwynd Alternate Director Caisley, District of Tumbler Ridge Alternate Director Christensen, City of Fort St. John Alternate Director Evans, City of Fort St. John Alternate Director Lavoie, Village of Pouce Coupe Alternate Director Shuman, City of Dawson Creek

Goďż˝a Go Project In 2016, the North Peace Economic Development Commission contracted a review of the rest areas and faciliďż˝es available along major transportaďż˝on corridors throughout the North Peace, based on the idea that the safe movement of people and goods is a top priority for the sustainable economic development of the region. The review clearly idenďż˝ďŹ ed the need for addiďż˝onal investment in the rest area porďż˝ons of the road infrastructure in the region, and parďż˝cularly, noted that the one exisďż˝ng government rest area between Fort St John and Mile 220 was simply not adequate for travelers heading up the Alaska Highway.

The project includes upgrading the current pullout located at Mile 202, installing two outhouses, picnic tables, a cell booster tower,

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and signage. This is a collabora�ve project with contribu�ons from the Bri�sh Columbia Ministry of Transporta�on and Infrastructure, the Federal Public Services Maintenance and Opera�on Department, the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, and the Peace River Regional District which is expected to be completed in the fall of 2018.

Contract awards

Janitorial Services – A contract for janitorial services for both the warehouse and the PRRD head oďŹƒce in Dawson Creek was awarded to Browns Janitorial Services, for an annual amount of $60,000 excluding taxes, for a three -year term commencing November 1, 2018.

Clearview Arena – Engineering and Project Management Services - A contract was awarded to Force Engineering Group in the amount of up to $58,500 (excluding taxes) for engineering and project management services for the Clearview Arena repairs. The purchasing policy was waived to direct award the contract to Force Engineering as they had previously completed the building assessment on the facility.

Tumbler Ridge and Hudson’s Hope Rural Refuse Collec�on and Transfer Services - A contract was awarded to Tervita Corpora�on, for a three year period commencing November 1, 2018, for a per bin �p price of $388, excluding taxes for refuse bins located in Tumbler Ridge and Hudson’s Hope.

Cannabis-Related Business Bylaw For any loca�on in the PRRD that is outside of municipal boundaries, where retail sale of cannabis is proposed, the owner will be required to apply for and obtain a zoning bylaw amendment. This zoning amendment does not address medical marihuana produc�on facili�es.

Old Fort Landslide The PRRD opened its Emergency Operaďż˝ons Centre on September 30, 2018, aďż˝er a landslide in the Old Fort Community was reported to the PRRD. On September 30th a Local State of Emergency and the ďŹ rst Evacuaďż˝on Order was issued.

Between September 30th and November 4th, nine Evacua�on Orders and eight Evacua�on Alerts were issued.

On November 4, at a special board mee�ng held in Fort St John, the Board resolved to approve an Order and Alert Rescind, leaving only one Evacua�on Order and one Evacua�on Alert in place.

September 30, 2018

October 6, 2018

To view board schedules and minutes visit:

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BULL SALE - M.C. Quantock ................................... 21 BULL SALE - Pat Eaton..............................Classifieds BULL SALE - Peace River Hereford Club ................ 23 BULL SALE - Wolfe Farms ....................................... 19 Agriterra Equipment – AGCO ................................... 31 Agriterra Equipment - Cub Cadet ............................ 46 BASF - Invigor Performance ...................................... 3 BASF - Invigor Pod Shatter........................................ 5 Bayer Crop Science - Bayer Value ............................ 7 BC Recycle Newspaper Ad........................................ 2 Belt Drive Betty - Busted Knuckle ........................... 57 BF Collision............................................................... 58 Butler Farm Equipment ............................................ 40 CLEARFAB Manufacturing ....................................... 17 Countryside Motor Sports.......................................... 2 Cramer's Breaking ...................................................... 4 Dave Ross Equipment .................................... 1, 32, 33 Dawson Co-operative .......................................... 8, 16 Dawson Creek Vet Clinic .......................................... 15 Douglas Lake Equipment ................................... 36, 37 EnviroBore ................................................................ 18 FarmLead.com ........................................................... 4 Flaman Sales ............................................................ 45 Foster's Agri-World ............................................ 41, 64 Fresh Water Treatment Systems ................................ 6 Girouxville Co-op ...................................................... 38 Grande Prairie B.E.E.F. Co-op ................................. 25 Grande Prairie Farmer's Market .............................. 51 Grande Prairie Feeders Assn ................................... 25 Grande Prairie Kubota.............................................. 43 Hearth & Home Furnishings ....................................... 1 Home Hardware (Fischer Lumber) ........................... 47 The Horse Ranch ...................................................... 14 Innisfail Auction Market ........................................... 25 Keddie's ...................................................................... 1 KS Farm ......................................................Classifieds Kubota Country ........................................................ 39 Mile Zero Denture Clinic............................................. 2 Milligan Creek Steel.................................................... 6 Mulvahill Fencing........................................Classifieds Northern Heating & Fireplace .................................. 11 Northern Portables ................................................... 29 Peace Country Beef & Forage Assn .......................... 9 Peace Country Beef Congress .............. 17, 24, 44, 51 Peace River Regional District .................................. 53 Penergetic Canada ................................................... 12 PrairieCoast equipment ............................... 34, 35, 44 Prestville Farms .......................................................... 2 Ritchie Bros Auctioneers ............................. 61, 62, 63 Ross Chrysler ........................................................... 59 S.A.R.D.A. ................................................................. 11 Schlachter Contracting .............................................. 2 Sexsmith Used Farm Parts ...................................... 42 Southwest Design & Construction............................. 1 Thorsby Stockyards Inc. .......................................... 29 Vertical Buildings Solutions ..................................... 30 VJV Livestock Marketing Group .............................. 27 Henry Vos .................................................................. 60 Weaver Auctions ................................................ 48, 49 Wembley Livestock Market...................................... 28 Westcan Feed & Seeds ........................13, Classifieds Worsley Fabrication & Welding .................................. 4 R0011496844

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4, 16” 8-hole Rims 265-75 R16 Yokohama Tires with Aluminum rims. $500 for all.

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Pyrenees/Anatolian/Bouvier Male 8 mth-old Pups. Raised with Poultry/Sheep/Cats/Children.

Ideal large Family/Farm/Yard Guardians. ksfarm8888@gmail.com or 780-864-9218

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career!

Employers have work-athome positions available.

Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-7683362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

Legal/Public Notices Apartments Condos-For-Sale Duplexes for Sale Farms for Sale Houses for Sale Industrial Commercial Land for Sale Lots & Acreages for Sale Mobile/Manufactured Homes for Sale

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Open Houses Real Estate Wanted Apartments Condos for Rent Commercial Rent to Own Duplexes for Rent Farms/Acreages for Rent Houses for Rent Office/Retail Property Management

6950 Shared Accommodation 6965 Suites for Rent 6975 Wanted to Rent 7015 Business Personals 8034 Building Contractors 9025 Hay/Bales for Sale 9115 Auto Miscellaneous 9160 Trucks/Vans/Cars 9185 Boats 9220 RVs/Campers/Trailers 9225 Snowmobiles

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Regenerative Agriculture, since 2008

• 100% Grassfed/Grass-finished Welsh Black Beef Wholes, Halves, Quarters, Eighths Custom Jerky, Sausage, Smokies • Pasture-raised Natural Lamb and Pork Wholes & Halves • No Chemicals, Hormones, Antibiotics ksfarm.org

780-864-9218

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General Employment Furniture 1215 2080 SEASONAL FUEL TRUCK DRIVER to deliver fuel in central/northern Alberta for winter drilling program. Call Roger 780-805-5215.

TV-Cabinet with Shelf & 3 Drawers. Dark-Wood-Colour. $300. OBO; 5 Drawer Chest. $100. OBO. 250-7938441

Diesel, Running Condition.

780-864-9404

2 Pair of Cross Country Skies Includes Poles/Boots.

1 Men’s/1 Lady’s. $50./each Set. Phone: 780-532-6270

Antiques Sports Equipment 2005 2120 FOR SALE: John Deere “R”, Auctions 2020 BUD HAYNES & WARD’S

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PREMIER Firearms Auction. Saturday, December 8 at 10 AM. 11802-145 Street, Edmonton, Alberta. Over 800 lots - On-line bidding Antique & Modern Firearms.

Check website. To consign, call Linda Baggaley 403597-1095, Brad 780-9408378. www.budhaynesauctions.com; www.wardsauctions.com.

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Diesel Furnaces 80,000 & 120,000 BTU. Diesel Hot Water Tank, Assortment of Spare Parts. 1-780-524-3205 FOR SALE: Small Glass Windows & Screens. $2./each. Phone: 780-5326270 FOR SALE: Wooden Wheel Democrat Buggy. Good Working Condition. $2000.

OBO. Phone: 780-834-6501 SAWMILLS from only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800567-0404 Ext:400OT.

Furniture 2080 6 PC Bedroom Set, Head-

board, Mattress Frame, 2 Nightstands, Dresser, Mirror. $500. OBO. 250-793-8441

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WANTED: Shed Antlers for Creative Art. Purchase by the Pound. Call Terry at 780766-2937/780-876-4455

2207 Combines & Headers

Massey Ferguson 760 Gray Cab. Used sparingly. $6,000.

Clairmont area. Ph 780-5672374 or Cell 780-228-8354

2210 Haying Equipment

GT Grain Dryer. Propane.

570bu $1000. Call: 780-8376996

2211 Air Drills & Seeders

2010 PH-800 Precision 50’ Air-Drill & Flexi-Coil 3450 Tow Between Cart. $58,000.

780-524-2630

2215 Heavy Equipment

Attachments for skidsteers/tractors, loaders. Large selection of pallet forks, grapples, buckets, snow and dirt blades, tillers, mowers and snow blowers, etc. 780354-2161, (Cell)-780-5186095. Beaverlodge.

For Sale: 825 Bobcat 4-cylinder Perkins Diesel. 1400-lb lift phone $7000. 780-5242630 FOR SALE: Used Caterpillar and Cummins Engines and Parts, Most Models. Phone: 780-322-3822

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FOR SALE: Used Detroit Diesel Engines and Parts, Most Models. Phone: 780322-3822

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Case 2470 4-Wheel Dive with 12ft. Dozer + Full Line of Smaller Machinery.

Phone: 780-305-4106

“ D i s c o v e r Tractors (100HP - 300HP) 2231 Case 2294 Tractor, FWA,

Loader with Forks, Recent Hydraulic Pump, 8880 hrs. $21,000. Phone: 780-5186319 Cargo Trailers

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FOR SALE: 20 ft Flat Deck Trailer, Holds 5 Quads. $12,000. 780-524-2630

FOR SALE: 211 Kubota Tractor 51 hp, Front Wheel Assist, 3pth with Loader.

Phone: 780-836-3322 TO GIVE AWAY: Massey 55 Tractor, Free to a Good Home. Phone: 250-780-2378

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100 Red & Black, AngusX bred heifers. $2000 Easy Calving. Calving April 15/19. 780-524-4100 64-head Bred Angus-Cross Heifers for sale. Due to calf April 2019 $2000. 780-9331385 or 780-380-3393 6 Month Old Alpine Nubian Buck for Sale. $150. Phone: 780-835-4796 Border Collie Puppies For Sale. Parents are Working Dogs. Great with Kids. Contact: 780-832-1783 Bred Heifers for sale. Simmental/Angus Cross. Start calving March 20, 2019.

Blacks/Reds. $2000/ea.

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Livestock 3535 Bred Heifers and Cows.

Moderate Framed, Grass Genetics, Raised in a Low Input Extended Season Rotational Grazing System. Angus/Welsh Black, a few Simmental/Angus. Bred to easy Calving WB Bulls. We Can Keep Cattle on Pasture until December, and are able to Custom Feed/Calve over the Winter and 2019 Grazing Season. ksfarm8888@gmail.com or 780-864-9218 Cross Bred Cow Herd For Sale in January-45 Black/Red Speckle and Red Roans. Calving May/June. $1,900./each. 780-751-2124 High Prairie Area FOR SALE: 2 Purebred Black Angus Bulls. 3 yrs old in January 2019. Phone: 780-524-2578 For Sale: Two Katahdin Rams $300/each. 7-months old. Hair sheep. (250)8272360 For Sale: Two Older Broke Gentle Mares. Standard Bred & Quarter Horse. 780-8354796 Hereford Commercial Bulls For Sale. Small Ones$2,000. Big Ones- $2,500.

Phone: 780-836-2125 Looking to put Bred Heifers and or Cows on shares for calving. Contact Gord 780831-6872 Orlop Bronze Turkeys for Sale. 1 Tom & 3 Hens. Contact: 780-832-1783 Pyrenees/Anatolian/Bouvier Male 8 mth-old Pups. Raised with Poultry/Sheep/Cats/Children.

Ideal large Family/Farm/Yard Guardians. ksfarm8888@gmail.com or 780-864-9218 Red Rock Laying Hens for Sale. Spring Hatched. Contact: 780-832-1783

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Registered Polled Hereford Bred Cows-$2,000. Bred Heifers-$2,500. Preg Checked, On Express Vac. Program. Phone: 780-8362125 Two 3 Yr Old Speckle Park Bulls and One 5 Yr Old American Park Cross Bull. $2,600./each. 780-751-2124 High Prairie Area Poultry

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One African Male Gander for Sale, 1-Yr-Old, $75. Two White Geese for sale, $35.780-835-4796

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Get up to $50,000 from the Government of Canada. Do you or someone you know have any of these Conditions? ADHD, Anxiety, Arthritis, Asthma, Cancer, COPD, Depression, Diabetes, Difficulty Walking, Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowels, Overweight, Trouble Dressing...and Hundreds more. ALL Ages & Medical Conditions Qualify. CALL BRITISH COLUMBIA BENEFITS 1-(800)-2113550 For Your Free No Obligation Information Package TODAY.

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BUILT RIGHT

SHEDS Custom Sheds of All Types.

Call: 780-835-1908 for Your Project Quote.

BUYING:

1.877.250.5252

Grazing Lease for Sale. 10 Bush Quarters & Roughly 120 Acres Open. Manning Area. 780-836-2580

Hay/Bales For Sale 9025 30 Large Round Alfalfa

Hay Bales for Sale, Approx.

1300 lbs Each. $55/per Bale.

250-759-4956 30 Round bales approx 750lb/each.

Horse hay. $30/each. 250-219-4149 40 Round bales approx 750lb/each. Timothy/Brome/ Alfalfa/Clover. $30/each.

250-219-4149 ALFALFA/FESCUE SMALL SQ. BALES FOR SALE. $5. PER BALE. CALL EUGENE @ 780-835-0601

Steel Buildings/ 9035 Granaries Westeel Grain Bins for Sale.

(5) 3300bu/$3,000 and (1) 2000bu/$2,000 Each.

Call: 780-837-6996 Grain/Hopper Bins

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(5)Westeel grain bins. Clairmont area.

(2)2400bu, (3)smaller. Taking offers.

Home 780-567-2374 or Cell 780-228-8354

Auto Miscellaneous 9115 Folding Tow Bar, Blue Ox

with vehicle mount. As new. $1000. (780)933-3452

ATVs/Dirt Bikes 9130 Set quad tires.

New. 2 - 2 5 ” x 8 ” x 1 2 ” , 2-25”x10”x12”. $160 for all.

(780)933-3452

Trucks & Vans 9160 1994 GMC Single Cab

Longbox. Almost New Transmission. Good Working Condition. $1500. OBO. Phone: 780-834-6501

175 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS Very uniform “must see” group

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Grazing/Pasture Lease

Hines Creek Area. Includes All Utilities. $500./month.

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Belt Drive gets invested in the Order On September 29th, I along with 31 others became Chevaliers in the Order of St. George.

The Investiture Ceremony took place at Kingston Ontario’s St. George’s Cathedral.

How I came to be invested into the Order I was sponsored into the order by Allan Plett who is the Ops Manager for 3 C.A.V. (Canadian Army Veterans Motorcycle Units). I have been an honorary member since 6 months after C.A.V. started about 16 years ago. As a member of the media I don’t officially pay dues with any riding club. I do however wear their crest proudly as a supporter member.

Both my mom and dad served and I was born on the Armed Forces Base Churchill Manitoba.

My now deceased brother, Jim was born in Downsview Ontario and had been a cadet who got his glider pilots wings. I myself applied to join the military, I took my medical, wrote my exams and waited for two years.

There was a hiring moratorium on at the time and when I got my call to basic training the day I was getting ready to leave for California, I chose California. I ended up getting to work on jet engines and learning anyway.

I admire our military. The Canadian Military is filled with a lot of very noble people, doing work that most of us don’t have the courage or the will to do. Most of these people answer a call to service that starts in their soul.

It has its ugly side, but that happens in every organization. Look around you and you’ll know what I mean. Religious leaders doing heinous things, police officers sometimes not much better, doctors and nurses who violate trust...and they make it very hard for those who answer those callings that are pure of heart and truly pushing forward good things. It happens in the soccer mom community, the football dad community, it happens in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, it’s the human condition.

As organizations go, the Canadian Military is an organization that I have dedicated a lot of my effort and time to supporting because while imperfect (such as the human condition is), it’s an

organization that for the most part is filed with noble, honourable people of their word.

I lived first hand the devestating results of military spouses, one with what we now call PTSD from physical and mental abuse and trauma as a kid, and the other who was a pugalist, and also suffered from trauma in his youth.

Unlike the veterans and Silver Cross families and cadets that I work to support today, I am a civilian and therefore as a rape, physical and mental abuse trauma survivor, supports are not as accessible. At least there are supports available to our veterans and their families as a group, and even if not perfect they sure are evolving in a hurry. As a civilian, you fall through the cracks and when you live in a city like Grande Prairie, where doctors are here in order to qualify for citizenship, and you lose your doctor when they move to Calgary or Edmonton, it can take as many as 15 years to get another one.

Just ask me. I know our city is working on it, but it’s tough to get skilled doctors to live in this cold but beautiful place.

Dealing with the challenges, the triggers, on your own can be difficult, but working with veterans, talking to them, becoming friends with them, you learn from them various coping methods and you grow, evolve. Homeless veterans and people like me, well we have something in common, we are all but unidentifiable for outreach to get help. We are virtually faceless. But together we help each other.

Sorry for being a little long winded; I guess I could have just said I identify with them, but you wouldn’t have any understanding as to why.

When I was sponsored into the Order of St. George, I had to provide my CV, outline the charitable work I have done, have that vetted and then my application had to go to the board for approval.

It was an interesting process that took the better part of a year. I needed a gown for the gala after the ceremony and was talking to my friend Kim Newberry, a Camrose Alberta Cadet mom whose cadet corps I have sponsored for various

things, about this dilemma, I had no idea where to even start and wanted some advice.

Kim recommended a place called Tish’s Fashion and Finery.

I was told this was a woman’s fashion boutique with a selection that would blow your mind and she got me a fitting appointment for the morning of the Run to the Hills Rally in Two Hills since I’d be in the area already!

The sales lady I dealt with was named Donna, and she was the most patient, kind hearted person inthe world. I haven’t worn a dress other than to the odd Christmas party or funerals in the last 25 years since I quit modelling for part of my living. I had NO clue what would look good on me. She let me try on 7 or 8 dresses, all were beautiful but....

She served me coffee, chatted with me about the event and made sure to help me select dresses that would wow and while all of them were spectacular....when friends and family saw me in the dress that I ultimately chose, their comments had me blushing. And then you could have knocked me over with a feather when I was told the dress was a gift from Tish for the volunteer work I do for the cadets and veterans.

Apparently this is something Tish does frequently. She picks out someone that she sees needs/deserves to feel beautiful and she helps make that happen. So ladies, if you find yourself needing something to make you feel fabulous, may I recommend a dress from Tish’s Fashion and Finery in Camrose Alberta!

When it started here in Canada it was largely ceremonial but now the Order of St George in Canada is a working Knighthood that supports our military, veterans, cadets and many programs that support our youth.

To learn more about the Order of St. George and the Foundation visit: www.orderstgeorge.ca Renee “Belt Drive Betty” Charbonneau Editor & Rider and Dame in the Order of St. George.

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Naming a pup is usually occasion for thought and fun if there are youngsters in the house. Kids love to come up with all sorts of names from fairy tale book characters to their favorite people or actors off a t.v. show. Regardless who chooses a name usually it represents an association with something favorable in the past. A working dogs name is used for training as well as daily work so it should be short and easy to say.

When working with a pup he needs to learn his name and to come when he is called. His name needs to be a direct link between him and his handler. In the initial stages of obedience it needs to be established that he comes immediately and directly to the handler when he is called. Later this instilled obedience will allow him to leave the stock and come willingly to the handler when he would rather stay working. The coming back to the handler freely with a good attitude helps with placement in his positioning for training. If the dog stops to sniff the ground or have a pee after being called, he is basically telling the handler that he is running the agenda and will come when he feels like it. It is the handler who is

in charge and the dog should come immediately and with enthusiasm when he is called.

Once the dog starts being trained his name is used to call him off stock so he can be sent around to fetch them back to the handler again. His name is used to draw him out of the livestocks flight zone and so keep everything quiet. While starting to teach driving the name is used in the beginning to help the dog understand he is to stay behind and drive the flock or herd forward.

If the dog wants to circle around to their heads his name is used to keep him in line behind and pushing forward. As the dog advances in his abilities the name is used to teach the dog to shed or split the sheep into two bunches. Once everything is in position the dogs name is called while the handler stands in the middle of the bunch. This pulls the dog to the handler and so splits the group into two groups.

The name is a quick link to communicating with the dog while being an important tool once he starts his training program. The importance of coming freely with energy to the handler cannot be stressed enough.

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You need to know the details of land transfer taxes Details of land transfer taxes differ across the country and like in many provinces, Ontario’s Land Transfer Tax can be a significant additional expense for those buying and selling farmland.

Experts say it’s important to know when and in what circumstances the tax applies.

Indeed, exemptions to LTT in Ontario are possible, they state, and stem from two main factors: family involvement, and whether the land has been and will continue to be farmed by the family.

Family connection required During a seminar given at the Canadian Association of Farm Advisors’ Farm Tax Update conference, Mary-Lou Fletcher, a tax lawyer and dairy farmer from Drayton, Ont., said the specific purpose of exemptions is to allow families to continue farming the land. For this reason, exemptions to LTT only apply in some types of inter-family transactions.

There are three primary land-transfer circumstances where LTT does not apply: From an individual to another individual (or Royal LePage Valley Realty 10024 – 101st Street Peace River, Alberta T8S 1S6

individuals) who are all within the same farm family From an individual to a family partnership or family farm corporation From a family farm corporation to one or more family members Do you know all the rules for land transfer taxes? Learn the three types of land transfers where the tax does not apply.

Fletcher says LTT exemptions do not apply when a family farm corporation transfers ownership to another family farm corporation. This is in part a result of how family member is defined for land transfer deals.

More specifically, that definition means one layer past immediate family. Indeed, Fletcher says a grandparent is “as far afield as you can go,” and adds that a fiancé does not qualify.

Land must be used for farming Aside from family, there is an added complication relating to land use.

The land being transferred, that is, must have been predominantly used for farming – by the family members themselves – prior to the transfer. The purchasing family members must then continue farming the land themselves in some way.

Leasing the land does not count, therefore, but sharecropping does. For this reason, Fletcher stresses that family members who are working on and benefiting from non-rental farm-sourced income need to keep records detailing that involvement.

Look beyond LTT Terry Betker, an agrologist and president and chief executive officer of Backswath Manage-

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ment Inc., a farm business management company based in the Prairie provinces, reiterates the importance of ensuring land is indeed being farmed by those involved in the transfer.

However, he also says transfers should not be designed simply to avoid LTT. Making LTT avoidance your primary concern can lead to situations where the end result does not reflect what makes the most business sense.

“First figure out what you want to accomplish from within the family,” Betker says, “Then figure out within that framework how best to minimize the impacts.”

Know the rules and deadlines While the details within each type of exemption are many, Fletcher adds the presence of anti-avoidance rules is another important factor to consider.

For example, the idea that a family farm corporation transfers land to an individual family member, and the individual member immediately transfers that same land to their own family farm corporation can’t be done.

“You can’t do indirectly what can’t be done directly,” Fletcher says.

Fletcher adds that filing for exemptions must be done on-time – within 30 days of the initial transfer. Missing that time frame can result in financial penalties.

Bottom line Land transfer tax rules vary across the provinces. Tax experts say it’s important producers know the rules and deadlines involved when going through the process in order to avoid unnecessary expenses.

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Anders Oliver Fossum was born in Dunlap Kansas on March 18, 1912. He moved to Rich Valley, AB in 1925. He farmed with his mother until 1957, deciding then to move north.

He homesteaded the south half of 10-81-8-W6 where he built himself a slab shack that was ten by twelve. With no insulation, it was an oven in the summer, deep freeze in the winter.

Fossum was killed on January 20, 1968 in a traffic accident in Whitecourt. Andy’s shack stood as a landmark for many years.

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Organic experts offer tips to get into robust sector

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A new era of opportunity dawned for organic producers in the late summer, when the federal government and industry announced an unprecedented $12-million commitment to organic agriculture research and development.

Considering going organic? New funding for research has the industry excited for the future. Plus, production tips from organic farm experts.

The support is expected to help producers ramp up on-farm management for the growing domestic and export interest in homegrown organic food.

That’s now prompting questions from producers who want to know how they can get ready to take part in a more robust, research-based sector.

Organic consultant Joel Aitken says that starts with understanding the current market and growth areas, both of which are vibrant.

“Millennials are buying a lot of organic products as are people across all income and education brackets, so the demand looks to only be growing at this point,” Aitken says. “As our Canadian organic sector matures there is plenty of domestic demand and not enough domestic supply of just about everything.”

Commodity prices are significantly higher According to Pivot and Grow, a program of the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative, premiums for organic commodities can be substantial.

For example, in September, premiums for all but one of the twodozen organic grains grown on the Canadian Prairies exceeded at least 100 per cent of the conventional equivalent price.

For some crops, the difference was exceptional. At 98 cents per pound, black lentils were fetching a 582 per cent premium over their conventional counterpart.

Gold flax, at $38 a bushel, commanded a 304 per cent premium.

The price for durum wheat was $19.25 a bushel, a 335 per cent premium over conventional. And organic soybeans, depending on whether they were feed grade or food grade, sold for a 200 to 300 per cent premium on the Prairies and in Ontario.

Strong business case for organic crops “The business case in terms of strong demand and profitability has been pretty consistent,” says Rob Wallbridge, organic specialist at Thompsons Limited.

Eastern Canada is seeing significant expansion too, in import replacement such as corn and soy, as well as in organic processing vegetables.

Wallbridge says advances in mechanical weed control and reduced tillage technologies, along with the introduction of new soil amendments and biological inputs, are giving organic growers more effective management options than ever before.

On a smaller scale, he points to growers experimenting with niche crops like sunflowers, flax and camelina, along with malting barley and hops.

Demand for organic livestock driving feed sector Organic consultant Aitken likewise sees increased markets for organic vegetables for processing, as well as wine grapes, hogs and poultry.

“With the increase in livestock, there is a huge need for feed grains, and not just corn and soybeans,” Aitken says. “I’m seeing people screen their crops to sell the best portion for the human market, and then still get very good prices for the screenings into the feed market.”

So what should producers considering organic production expect?

Organic production is more ‘hands on’ According to Wallbridge, plan to be more “hands on” in almost every aspect of your operation.

For example, timing in organic production is more important for everything from planting through weed control and harvest, he says, so monitoring field conditions is critical.

And unfortunately, good data and price discovery mechanisms are rare. That means marketing is more work. Wallbridge advises working out a plan that addresses equipment requirements and fertility needs over a three- or four-year rotation as a good first step in the transition process.

Organic compliance requires homework Laura Northey, communications and membership manager for the Organic Council of Ontario, urges producers to read and understand the Canadian Organic Standard as it applies to their operation, or hire a consultant to make sure they’re compliant.

An unexpected non-compliance - the term used to indicate that an operation has departed from the organic standard - can be hard to recover from, she adds, but is usually completely avoidable.

Supply, demand and knowledge mobilization is working in favour of producers interested in delving into organic.

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