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Gaps in Canada’s early feed ban that allowed specified risk material from cattle to get into feed might have caused the country’s latest BSE case. Paul Mayer, vice-president of policy and programs with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said the feed ban that was implemented in 1997 was not as comprehensive as the enhanced feed ban in 2007. Specified Risk Materials, or SRMs, are tissues thought most likely to be infection points for BSE. “It is possible between 1997 and 2007 that certain tissues that were not restricted in 1997 could have the potential to pose a risk,” he said during a Feb. 13 news conference following the announcement of Canada’s 19th case of BSE. “That is why the extension of the feed ban in 2007 was undertaken to eliminate those tissues from the feed supply.”

Source: 2015 Canadian Agricultural Outlook, Agriculture Canada

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How are farmers doing? New statistics from Agriculture Canada show net farm cash income set a new record in 2014 BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canadian farmers are making money hand over fist, according to a new report from Agriculture Canada. Aggregate net cash income for 2014 is projected at $14 billion, 10 percent higher than the previous record. The preliminary forecast for 2015 is for net cash income to fall to $13 billion, but that would still be 21 percent higher than the five-year average. Average net operating income at the farm level is forecast at an alltime high of $78,139 for 2014. “It’s something that we’ve been working for all of our careers is to see numbers like this,” said Norm

Hall, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. “But they could have been better (if it wasn’t for) profit taking by the grain companies.” Hall said the rail transportation problems in early 2014 caused a backlog of grain, which prompted the elevator companies to adopt “extraordinarily wide” basis levels that hurt farm incomes. “We could have seen not just $14 billion but maybe as high as $17 billion,” he said. Hall figures producers will lose another $2 to $3 billion in 2015 as basis levels continue wide. SEE HOW ARE FARMERS DOING, PAGE 2

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The wheat basis in Saskatchewan has increased $20 per tonne since October. Agriculture Canada estimates that crop receipts declined by five percent to $29 billion in 2014 because of slumping grain and oilseed prices. An increase in sales because of large carry-in supplies from the record 2013 harvest helped offset the impact of lower prices, as did the weakening Canadian dollar. Lynn Jacobson, president of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, thinks the 2014 crop receipt forecast is too optimistic because of the extent of downgrading in crops such as wheat. “It might not quite reach what they’re talking about,” he said. Crop receipts are expected to fall another four percent in 2015 to $27.9 billion because of the continued price slide. Jacobson said they will drop more than that if the industry fails to sort out the lingering rail transportation problem. Total livestock receipts increased by 19 percent in 2014 to a record $25.5 billion because of high prices caused by declining herds and the lack of slaughter animals. Cattle prices responded to successive reductions in the U.S. herd caused by drought and high feed costs. Hog prices were influenced by the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, which reduced the U.S. herd by two percent. Hall is happy that the livestock sector is finally getting a well-deserved break. “Hopefully that continues all through 2015 because livestock producers need that kind of boost after all the poor years,” he said. “It’s hard to say what this new find of BSE in Alberta is going to do to those prices. Hopefully it’s not

another kick in the nuts for the livestock producers.” Agriculture Canada expects cattle prices to increase another four percent this year. Supply is forecast to remain tight because it takes a long time to divert animals from slaughter to rebuilding breeding herds. “Cattle producers, who normally operate on relatively low margins, will see record profits as live animal prices remain at high levels and feed grain prices continue to be soft,” said the report. The increased availability of slaughter hogs in North America will cause 2015 hog prices to falter and return incomes to long-term average levels. “If it drops their income back to historic levels over the last five years, that puts hog producers into a loss position,” said Jacobson, who noted that prices have already started to plunge in the United States. Incomes for the dairy and poultry sectors will not show significant growth this year but are expected to remain at high levels compared to other sectors as prices and cost of production hold steady. The average net worth of a Canadian farm was $2 million in 2014 and is expected to rise to $2.1 million in 2015, largely because of increasing land values. However, not everybody is participating in the good times, said Hall. Farmers who were flooded out in 2014 will be forced to rely on the AgriStability and AgriInvest programs, which were gutted in Growing Forward 2. “There’s going to be a rude awakening,” he said. Subsidy payments fell 14 percent last year to $2.3 billion because of lower AgriStability and AgriInvest expenditures. sean.pratt@producer.com

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study finds farmers are still optimistic, despite the recent downturn in grain prices. 4 PASTURE TRANSITION: The Saskatchewan government is criticized for how it is managing federal pastures. 15 SWEDE MIDGE: It’s a big deal in Eastern Canada, but Swede midge is less of a threat on the Prairies. 28 BUG FIGHT: Veterinarians advocate responsible use of antimicrobials in livestock, but not their elimination. 32

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support plant breeders’ rights changes at recent Senate hearings. 34 FOOD WASTE: Canadians waste $31 billion worth of food a year from farm to plate. 35 BEEF STORY: Successful beef marketing starts with a story about how it was produced. 36 SAGE GROUSE: A new recovery strategy for the endangered sage grouse is still worrying ranchers. 38

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BSE TIMELINE • 1992: CFIA introduces a national BSE surveillance program. • 1993: BSE identified in cow near Red Deer, originally imported from Britain in 1987. • 1997: CFIA bans the use of specified risk material in cattle feed. • May 16, 2003: BSE identified in an eight-year-old cow sent to slaughter in January from a farm 180 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. • May 20, 2003: The case is confirmed by regulatory officials. Borders, including the U.S., are immediately closed to all live Canadian cattle. In the coming weeks, several ranches in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia are quarantined as a precaution and hundreds of cattle are slaughtered. • Dec. 23, 2003: U.S. announces that BSE is identified in one cow in Washington state. • April 18, 2004: U.S. lifts restrictions on the import of Canadian ground beef, bone-in cuts and offal from cattle younger than 30 months. • Dec. 29, 2004: U.S. announces that it will accept imports of live cattle younger than 30 months from Canada beginning March 7, 2005. • Dec. 30, 2004: Agriculture Canada says that preliminary tests have identified BSE in a 10-year-old dairy cow. • Jan. 11, 2005: CFIA identifies BSE case in a beef cow in Alberta, slightly younger than seven years old, born after the 1997 ban on SRM in feed.

Canadian ranchers hope that the latest discovery of BSE in an Alberta cow will not affect markets. | REUTERS FILE PHOTO

• Jan. 22, 2006: CFIA confirms a case of BSE in a six-year-old crossbred cow in Alberta.

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• April 16, 2006: CFIA confirms a case of BSE in British Columbia.

Gaps in feed ban may be source of BSE infection: CFIA Mayer said no part of the animal’s carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems, and there is no risk to food safety. At press time Feb. 13, the CFIA investigation into how the northern Alberta beef cow became infected with the brain wasting disease was continuing. It is trying to find the exact age of the cow and other animals that may have been exposed to the same feed as the infected animal in the first year of its life. “As our investigation unfolds, we will seek to trace the animal back through its lifetime to seek to confirm its birth records,” said Mayer. “Equivalent risk animals will be ordered destroyed, and they will be tested for BSE.” Mayer said the farm where the animal was discovered is under quarantine. It is not a large herd. The cow, which tested positive Feb. 11, was not born on the farm. It was discovered during the BSE surveillance testing program. The age of the cow will determine the impact on Canada’s livestock industry. There will be little impact if the cow is older than 11. However, Dennis Laycraft, executive vice-president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, said Canada will no longer be able to apply to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to change Canada’s status from “controlled BSE risk” to “negligible” if it is younger than 11.

It is much too early in the investigation to tell whether this animal will have any impact on our target to see a negligible risk status for Canada. PAUL MAYER CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY

“If it is less than 11 years it will push the clock back for us,” said Laycraft. “We do know the normal incubation period is four to seven years. That would be outside the normal odds on this. We are not going to speculate.” Under the OIE criteria, a country can be categorized as negligible risk if it has never had a case of BSE in a domestic animal or if infected animals were born more than 11 years ago. Canada’s last confirmed case of BSE was reported in 2011 in a cow born in August 2004. Canadian officials were only months away from applying for a change in the OIE risk status and had spent the winter encouraging producers to have their animals tested. Canada is required to test 30,000 head each year as part of the surveillance program. Despite ongoing testing for BSE in cattle, Laycraft said they were still surprised with the discovery of the

positive animal. “All of us were very surprised. I have studied this enough to know there have been examples of these animals showing up, so I knew that there was the possibility, but when it’s been four years since the last one, you certainly hope that was the last one we were going to see.” CCA chair Dave Solverson was also surprised at the latest case. “If it was an older animal, then my surprise won’t be as high. If it was five or six, then it will be a little more concerning to figure out where the source came from,” said Solverson. The latest case will affect Canada’s application for the new OIE risk category, but it won’t have the same impact as the discovery of BSE in 2003, said Solverson. “The world knows so much more about BSE and the controlling of it. It is not as scary as it was in (2003) when we didn’t know a lot about BSE.” Canada’s livestock industry was thrown into chaos in 2003 when a northern Alberta cow tested positive for BSE, the country’s first homegrown case of BSE. Countries closed their borders to Canadian beef and cattle, which cost Canadians billions of dollars in lost markets. Canada’s surveillance and testing program has improved dramatically since then, and all specified risk material has been eliminated from feed. Mayer said all trading partners have been briefed on the latest discovery and updated on Canada’s BSE surveillance program.

“It is much too early in the investigation to tell whether this animal will have any impact on our target to see a negligible risk status for Canada,” said Mayer. Under the surveillance program, owners of animals older than 30 months of age that fit one of the five risk categories are encouraged to have a veterinarian test them for BSE. Slightly more than 27,000 animals in Canada were tested for BSE last year. The OIE requires Canada to test 30,000 animals a year, 10,000 of them from Alberta. Federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said producers shouldn’t be nervous about the latest case. “They are concerned that this popped us up as it does, but we will maintain our controlled risk status and trace this cow out and find out what happened,” he said. “We don’t change from our controlled risk status that we enjoy right now so we don’t see this interfering with any of our trade corridors at this point in time.” mary.macarthur@producer.com SEE MORE ON BSE ON PAGES 10 &14

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• June 26, 2006: CFIA announces a ban on SRM in all animal feed, pet food and fertilizers to take effect July 12, 2007. • July 4, 2006: CFIA confirms case of BSE in a mature cross-bred beef cow in Manitoba. • July 13, 2006: CFIA confirms case of BSE in a 50-month-old dairy cow in Alberta. • Aug. 23, 2006: The CFIA confirms a case of BSE in a beef cow between the ages of eight and 10 in Alberta. • Feb. 7, 2007: CFIA confirms case of BSE in a mature bull from Alberta. • May 2, 2007: CFIA confirms case of BSE in a 66-month-old dairy cow in B.C. • Dec. 18, 2007: CFIA confirms BSE case in a 13-year-old beef cow in Alberta. • Feb. 26, 2008: CFIA confirms BSE in a six-year-old dairy cow in Alberta. • June 23, 2008: CFIA confirms BSE case in five-year-old Holstein in B.C. • Aug. 15, 2008: CFIA confirms BSE case in six-year-old beef cow from Alberta. • May 15, 2009: CFIA confirms BSE in a six-and-a-half-year-old dairy cow in Alberta. • Feb. 18, 2011: BSE confirmed in six-and-a-half-year-old dairy cow in Alberta. • Feb. 13, 2015: BSE confirmed in a beef cow in northern Alberta.

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Agriculture outlook In December 2014, subscribers to The Western Producer, Country Guide and other publications of Glacier FarmMedia were invited to participate in an online Ipsos survey of farmer attitudes and business outlooks. Participants shared some interesting insights about farmers’ market perceptions, attitudes, needs and plans. | STORIES BY BRIAN CROSS, SASKATOON NEWSROOM

ARMERS IN Western Canada have a weakly optimistic view of the current farm economy and are even less positive about economic prospects over the next 12

months. However, a significant number of growers are still confident in their own ability to weather tough times on the far m and many are planning to increase their landholdings or make major capital purchases in the next year. These were some of the key findings from an online survey of Canadian farmers conducted late last year. The Canadian Agricultural Business Outlook was conducted by Ipsos for The Western Producer. Other collaborators in the survey included Country Guide, RBC, accounting firm MNP and law firm Miller Thompson. The survey was conducted in December and generated responses from more than 450 subscribers to the Producer and affiliate publications owned by Glacier FarmMedia. Nearly 370 survey respondents (81 percent) were from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. “Farmers have a weekly positive view of the ag economy and are somewhat less positive going forward 12 months (but) … they are relatively confident in themselves, understanding that they are in what could be a challenging market … period,” the survey concluded. “Perhaps part of the farmers’ reason for confidence in themselves is that they have been retooling.” The survey found that farmers have been investing in land, buildings and machinery over the past few years and consider themselves well-positioned despite the expectation of lower commodity prices and a general slowdown in the farm economy. “This investment in land and buildings over the past 24 months builds on what seems to have been occurring, at least anecdotally, over the past five or six years,” the survey said. “There is an expectation that this will

HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO BUY FARMLAND IN THE NEXT YEAR?

Very likely / Somewhat likely

Not very likely / Not at all likely

Don’t know/unsure

23.8 % 69.7 % 6.6 %

Q: IN THE PAST YEAR, HAVE YOU PURCHASED … YES 38.5% NO 61.5% buildings

YES 70.3% NO 29.7% machinery/equipment

Q: IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO PURCHASE … VERY / SOMEWHAT LIKELY

39.6% NOT VERY / NOT AT ALL 57.1% LIKELY

buildings

continue in the next 12 months.… There is broad confidence in making capital purchases.” Al Mussel, an agricultural economist and lead researcher with Agri-Food Economic Systems, said the survey uncovered interesting information about prairie farmers’ attitudes. Livestock producers have benefitted from a strong market during the past year, while grain and oilseed producers have been dealing with declining commodity prices, Mussel said. Nevertheless, grain and oilseed growers remain cautiously optimistic. Ne a r l y o n e - q u a r t e r o f s u r v e y respondents said they were “somewhat likely” to buy more land in the next 12 months, 51 percent said they were likely to buy machinery in the coming year, 40 percent said they expected to invest in buildings and 23 percent said they expected to invest in trucks or transportation equipment. The desire to invest in land and other farm assets was higher among farmers who reported sales of more than $1 million a year. “I was quite encouraged by the level of optimism that farmers had, both currently and going 12 months out,” said Mussel, who helped design the survey and analyze the results. “We know some of the things that have been framing the mindset of farmers. Grain and oilseed prices have come down significantly compared to the last few years, so you would expect that farmers would be starting to think about cutting costs, austerity and those sorts of things. But they were pretty optimistic, all things considered.” Economic conditions during the first month of 2015 should serve to bolster farm confidence even further, he added. Fuel costs, which comprise a significant portion of overall production costs on western Canadian farms, have come down significantly since the survey was conducted. The value of the Canadian dollar has also dropped more than 10 percent in the past two months, falling from US 88 cents Dec. 1, 2014, to less than 79 cents Feb. 1, 2015.

VERY / SOMEWHAT LIKELY

51.0% NOT VERY / NOT AT ALL 44.8% LIKELY

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Who are you? SURVEY SNAPSHOT The Ipsos survey received 455 responses. The majority of respondents grow grain and oilseeds and were from the three prairie provinces. Farm operators between 55-74 years of age made up more than half of the sample. Participants reported a broad range of farm sales, but those with sales of $250,000 or more made up about two-thirds of the survey. Respondents were the sole proprietorships of their farms or ran incorporated farms in roughly equal proportions, with a smaller number in partnerships or other forms of business organization.

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LAND PURCHASES

SUCCESSION PLANNING

Land, equipment purchases on horizon for many farmers

Succession plans important but not always done

The amount of debt carried by Canadian farmers has never been higher, but producers don’t appear overly concerned

81.2 percent of survey participants are from the Prairies. Sask.

37.9

Alberta

23.1

Manitoba

20.2

Ontario B.C.

Survey respondents with annual sales of more than $1 million are even more likely to buy land, machinery and other major assets this year, the survey found. Thirty-four percent of farmers who reported sales of more than $1 million a year said they were somewhat likely to buy more land this year, while 47 percent of farmers with sales of more than $2 million a year said they were somewhat likely to buy land and 83 percent said they were at least somewhat comfortable making capital purchases. Al Mussel, an agricultural economist who analyzed the survey data, said numbers pertaining to land acquisitions are surprising, given the current economic environ environment.

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55 or older. 33.8% 35-54

55.4%

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$250,000. 23.3% 21.3%

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$2M+

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of survey participants are the sole owners of their farms.

$10K-$50K

4.8%

Crop prices have been falling over the past two years, while land prices have increased significantly. According to Farm Credit Canada, the average value of Canadian farmland increased by more than 40 percent in the two-year period ending Dec. 31, 2013. “There was a significant proportion (of respondents) that said they planned to purchase land, but what was funny was that almost everybody that participated in the survey — I think it was 84 percent — said that they felt land was overvalued in their area,” Mussel said. It might seem unusual that a farmer would consider buying land in a market that he considers overpriced, but Mussell said some farmers see land as a strategic acquisition based on its proximity to their existin landholdings. existing Othe see a larger land base as a way to O Others opti optimize use of existing assets, such as ma machinery. “As you get larger and larger machinery sets or multiple sets of machinery, there’s sometimes a desire to get access to a larger acreage base that would drive the unit operating costs of that machinery down,” he said. Mike Raine, managing editor of The Western Producer, which commissioned the Ipsos survey, said a farmer’s perception of land values sometimes differs from that of a speculative investor. The fact that land values have inc increased very rapidly during the past few years may also be influencing farm farmers’ perception, he said. ““Far “Farmers often view a piece of land d a different lens than would an outunder side inve investor.… Quite a bit of farmland in the last d decade has doubled and in some case tripled (in price) in Western cases Cana … so under those circumCanada stan stances, you can see why some farme might consider land to be overers valued.” Concerns about rising interest rates did not appear to play a major role in the attitudes of farmers who are contemplating a major purchase. More than half of the survey’s 455 respondents indicated that a one percent increase in interest rates would have a minor or manageable effect on their businesses.

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YOU PLAN TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE OWNERSHIP Q:DO OF YOUR FARM IN THE COMING YEARS?

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33.6%

66.4%

62.1%

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16.3%

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plan to transfer the farm to a family member plan to take over the farm from a family member

YES

CANADIAN

CCORDING TO the Ipsos survey, 24 percent of respondents said they are somewhat likely to buy land in the next 12 months and 69 percent said they were either very comfortable or somewhat comfortable making capital purchas purchases.

anadian farmers are carrying nearly $80 billion worth of accumulated debt and are sitting on assets valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. Yet according to an Ipsos survey, more than 70 percent of producers who plan to transfer farm ownership to a family member don’t have a succession plan in place. Bruce Tait, senior vice-president of agriculture with accounting firm MNP, said farmers have struggled with the concept of farm succession planning. However, the message is slowly getting out. “We are seeing more and more acceptance each year,” he said. Compared to other private-sector business owners, farmers have been slow to accept farm transition planning as a necessary step in ensuring the viability of a multi-generational operation. Tait said farms that were started generations ago have grown in size and value. Today, many farm families control assets worth millions of dollars. However, corporate structures, management skills and attitudes have not always evolved to reflect the value of those assets. Succession should not be seen as a process in which senior managers have 100 percent control one day and zero percent the next, he added. A good strategy can take several years to plan and several more to execute, with roles, responsibilities and ownership stakes gradually evolving throughout the process. Elaine Froese, a succession planning expert and farm family business coach, agrees. She said farm succession planning is an ongoing process that often involves a number of different professional advisors, not just an accountant. When she coaches farm families on succession planning, Froese tries to establish a foundation of understanding on which families can build a plan. A family’s desire to avoid conflict usually leads to inertia. To reach a consensus, family members must voice their opinions, share their visions and stop avoiding conflict. Froese said young farmers planning a future on a family farm want to know “what the plan is” but older generations are often unable to hand over the reins because they fear losing power and control. “When I coach families on farm succession planning, I create certainty of expectations, clarification of timelines and agreements and a commitment to act. Those are my three big Cs.” “When you’ve got those out on the table, then you’re no longer fighting or avoiding conflict … instead, you feel like you’re getting out of neutral and you’re finally putting the plan in a drive position.”

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WORLD CROP

GLOBAL CONDITIONS

Australia increases pulse crop estimate

Weather OK for most crops

BY SEAN PRATT

SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Australia’s 2014-15 pulse crop just got a lot bigger, but the market largely shrugged it off. Total pulse production in the February Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) crop report was up 13 percent over the December estimate. That is a huge increase, but the 201415 winter crop harvest will still be 12 percent smaller than the previous year. The reality is that the world needed a bigger Australian crop because of strong demand from the Indian subcontinent, said Brian Clancey, editor of the Stat Publishing newsletter. “Even though it’s up, it’s not bearish because the world situation in pulses is quite good, especially for lentils and peas,” he said. Demand was exceptionally strong in the last half of 2014 and will likely continue this year because of poor crops in India and possibly Pakistan. “It doesn’t look like (demand) is going to stop at all,” said Clancey. Production of all of Australia’s pulse crops is up from the December estimate. The biggest percentage increase was in the red lentil crop, now pegged at 255,000 tonnes, up from 201,000 tonnes in December. Clancey said Australia’s lentil supply will drop below 300,000 tonnes for the first time since 2009. He forecasts an export program as low as 228,000 tonnes, well below the 302,000 tonnes shipped last crop year. Most of Australia’s lentils are sent to India, where they compete with Canadian red lentils. ABARES’ chickpea estimate is 517,000 tonnes, up 19 percent from its December forecast but 18 percent smaller than last year’s crop. Clancey forecasts 466,000 tonnes of chickpea exports, down a lot from last year ’s program of 630,000 tonnes. Australia’s desi chickpeas compete with Canadian yellow peas in India. “They can’t sustain their (pulse) exports at the levels that we saw the previous two or three years because they don’t have enough product,” he said. Australia’s lacklustre export program will increase the odds that Canada will be essentially sold out of yellow peas and red lentils by the start of the new crop year. Clancey expects Canadian growers to plant 3.55 million acres of yellow peas this spring, up from 2.95 million acres last year. Green pea acres are forecast to fall to 450,000 acres from 810,000 acres last year. He anticipated 2.46 million acres of red lentils, up from 2.12 million acres last year, and 1.14 million acres of greens, up from 980,000 acres in 2014.

Drew Lerner is hard pressed to find any crop production trouble spots when he looks at his global weather maps. “We’re definitely in a pattern here worldwide where there’s not much to be concerned with,” said the president of World Weather Inc. “There is very little reason to be looking for trouble from a wheat perspective.” His world tour starts in the United States, where it has been a mixed environment for the hard red winter wheat crop. Rivers and streams are low and there is a need for additional soil moisture, but it is not as severely dry as it has been in previous years. The crop is in fair to good condition in the central and northern parts of the winter wheat region, where there was favorable crop establishment last fall. Crops in Texas and Oklahoma suffered from a lack of moisture shortly after planting, so crop establishment is iffy in that region. “They definitely need more moisture,” said Lerner. Weather conditions in South America have been favourable. Recent dryness in Brazil has trimmed yield potential but not enough to seriously curtail production. “We’re still going to be looking at record soybean production,” he said. Excess moisture at harvest could interfere with second crop corn planting in Brazil, but he doesn’t think it is serious. Argentina has fared exceptionally well with the exception of a small region in the south where the corn and sunflower crops in the provinces of La Pampa and Buenos Aires have been suffering. “The rest of Argentina has had very well timed precipitation. The crop is poised to do very well,” said Lerner. “What Brazil loses in their production because of dryness earlier this year, Argentina will probably make up the difference with such

Record crops in South America, but U.S. wheat needs moisture while EU has too much WORLD CROP CONDITIONS The map shows crop conditions as of Jan. 28 over the main growing areas for wheat, corn, rice and soybeans based on analyst inputs along with satellite data. Icons identify which crops are stressed by less than favourable weather.

wheat corn soybeans rice Conditions: favourable watch poor out-of-season no data Source: Global Agricultural Monitoring | MICHELLE HOULDEN GRAPHIC

good conditions.” There are no big issues in the European Union, but trouble could be brewing. “Their story is one of considerable moisture surplus,” he said. The ground is saturated or close to saturated in nearly all of the major production regions, with the exception of Spain. That is creating a strong potential for spring flooding. “For right now they’re walking a fine line and could easily become excessively wet to the point of causing some smothering of wheat in low lying areas and delays in planting,” said Lerner. Winter crops got off to a miserable start in Russia and Ukraine because of dry conditions last fall followed by bitter cold in November and December. It caused early-season crop losses, but moisture conditions have improved substantially since then to the point where there may be too much snow on the ground in northern Russia. “The spring outlook is probably much better for planting with the

moisture situation being much better than it was,” he said. “There is a pretty good chance that their spring crops will go in the ground OK.” Crops in India are in good shape because of timely rain and plenty of water for irrigation. There was some chatter about killing frosts in late December and early January, but Lerner said the cold temperatures occurred well before the reproduction phase of crop development. “I think they’re going to have a good crop,” he said. China’s crops are also faring well because of ample rainfall at planting followed by bouts of rain and snow in winter. “From a winter wheat perspective, all systems are a go. It will be a very big crop, I’m sure, if things go as they have been,” said Lerner. The northern fringe of the country’s grain production area is one area of concern. It has been dry in Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebi and Jilin. “It will be something that is closely

monitored, not only for spring wheat planting but probably more importantly for corn planting,” he said. Planting in Australia begins in mid-April and runs through June. The current outlook calls for cooler temperatures and decent precipitation in eastern Australia and slight dryness in western Australia. “Their prospects for planting in 2015 at the moment are OK,” said Lerner. The big wildcard for eastern Australia, India and much of Southeast Asia is the potential for the development of the long-delayed El Nino, which could reduce yields in those regions. Canada is one major production region that could experience problems in 2015-16. “There is likelihood that there’s going to be a dryness issue of some sort developing later in the growing season across the Prairies,” said Lerner. He thinks the dryness will materialize in summer and could also affect the upper Midwest and northern Plains region of the U.S. sean.pratt@producer.com

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HOG OUTLOOK

Locking in futures price for hogs paid off Many producers stopped doing it last year when they were burned by soaring prices BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Canadian hog farmers are still making money if they locked in futuresbased sales before New Year’s Day. That’s a reality that has come home to Starlite Colony hog manager James Hofer, both in pleasing vindication of his commitment to hedging and ruefully when he thinks how he would have done if he had hedged every hog. “We didn’t do enough,” said Hofer, whose colony is just west of Winnipeg. “We did some, but we didn’t ride the wave far enough.” It leaves Hofer happier than many other hog farmers, who are now seeing prices drop to break-even levels after jaw-dropping profits last year. His farm is still making money shipping hogs because of its futures sales, which were executed through packer contracts. However, many farmers stopped using futures to lock in prices last year when cash prices rose to astounding levels. The cash market rose well above the levels that producers were getting based on their forward sales linked to the hog futures market. “A lot of people have (used futures), but last year a lot of people booked record hog prices and then the cash exceeded those prices, so a lot of people got cold feet and said, ‘we’re not booking again,’ ” said Hofer. “The scheme should have been: keep booking, let’s ride this thing out and extend it.” Hofer said some of his contracted prices are now bringing in 20 cents per kilogram more than cash prices of $1.30 per kilogram. Chicago lean hog futures have fallen since early December. The April contract on Feb. 13 was priced at about US$66 per hundredweight, whereas from July to December the price was near $90. Hog farmers make most of their profits from the spread between the cost of the crops they buy to feed their

Producers who didn’t lock in hog prices last year are now looking at only breaking even. | animals and the revenue they receive for selling their pigs. Their profitability grew significantly last year, with crop prices plunging to around $3 per bushel for corn and hog prices rose. Manitoba Pork Council general manager Andrew Dickson estimated that Manitoba hog producers made an average of C$55 per head last year. However, corn prices have since recovered to US$4 per bu. and hog prices have fallen by one-third, which means Manitoba farmers will likely make only C$7.48 per pig in 2015. Nearby April futures give most farmers break-even returns, but the returns look better for the summer.

On Feb. 13, the May contract was priced at about $76 per cwt., which was $10 more than April contract. As well, both June and July futures were between $80 and $81 per cwt. That’s well into profitable territory for most producers if feedgrain prices don’t dramatically rise. However, the sudden collapse of hog prices since early December has shocked many farmers in the United States and Canada, who had become accustomed to making money producing pigs after many years of losses. “They aren’t making any money today,” said University of Missouri hog market analyst Ron Plain.

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“There’s been a tremendous collapse in hog prices in the last five or six weeks. Current levels are close to cost of production.” The average U.S. producer now has a break-even price of about US51 cents per pound live weight, or 67 cents as carcass, Plain said. In the afternoon of Feb. 13, April lean hogs futures were trading slightly less than 66 cents. In aggregate, cash prices tend to be a few cents beneath futures. Hofer said he hopes fellow hog producers will look at what is happening to margins today so that they’ll return to better hedging practices. Some

futures hedges hurt when hog prices were rising, but producers would have been immune to the impact of the subsequent sell-off if they kept using futures hedges. Hofer said he’s going to keep hedging because he wants to flatten out volatility and is happy to lock in profits even in a rising market. “There are two ways you can strike out in baseball,” said Hofer. “You can swing and miss or you can watch a good ball fly by. I would rather go down swinging rather than go down looking.” ed.white@producer.com

ALBERTA WHEAT COMMISSION

New crop price listing service must prove it is unique HEDGE ROW

ED WHITE

ots of great market and price information has been available to grain farmers for years. So the Alberta Wheat Commission’s proposed crop price listing website needs to prove it has identified a true gap in farmer knowledge and can effectively fill that gap with a useable service. That’s the conclusion I draw from speaking with a range of brokers, advisers, analysts and others who live and breathe the markets: if it really

supplies information that’s available nowhere else, it’s worth doing. However, it also comes with a big caveat. Some of the people I have spoken to are fuming about what the wheat commission is doing. They see it as an intrusion on valuable services they already provide and that government money is being used to undermine something already existing in the private sector. That’s where the challenge to the wheat commission’s system lies. It’s got to add something unique to the information available rather than just supplanting present providers. I get lots of great market information in newsletters I receive, such as John Duvenaud’s Wild Oats and some of the canadagrain.com services, Alan Johnston’s daily emailed report and other publications that fill up my email inbox. Most of the bro-

kers I interview have market reports and updates they publish on websites or eblast. Various organizations and companies provide price listing and reporting. Marketing advisory services such as those offered by Agri-Trend and FarmLink give farmers live information on available offers and advice on what to move. Duvenaud said he was annoyed by the federal contribution of $743,000 to the wheat commission service because he and colleagues such as Harold Davis already produce lots of price information and don’t see why government money should be creating what could become a competitor. On the other hand, Brennan Turner of the online crops marketplace Farmlead.com thought the wheat commission service was a great idea. One sees it undermining price trans-

parency already offered by analysts, while the other sees it as offering more transparency that will help his price discovery mechanism work better. Who’s going to be right? So far the wheat commission plans are vague — on purpose. The commission is still examining what kind of information farmers think they’re not getting and discovering what the commission can effectively provide. “The purpose of this project is to try to develop a mechanism to gather reliable, up-to-date … up-to-theminute pricing,” said the wheat commission’s Tom Steve. “What we’re trying to do, really, with this project is to provide a better understanding of how prices are determined.” He thinks it won’t undermine the private providers who have built loyal followings. “It’s really the advice and the exper-

tise, the interpretations of those prices where their true value proposition comes in,” said Steve. Brent Watchorn, Richardson International’s vice-president for marketing, noted the difficulty with posting live wheat bids: they change constantly, often apply only for a few hours and mean nothing if not defined by all the specifications on which they are based. So the wheat commission project has its work cut out for it. It will have to find out the information farmers lack, determine how to get it for them in a way that is useful and demonstrate they haven’t reinvented the wheel and used government money to damage long-time suppliers of information and advice to prairie farmers. ed.white@producer.com Follow Ed White on Twitter @EdWhiteMarkets

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Optimism prevails with some commodity analysts BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The grain market pens should be full of bears, yet it appears a few bulls are also hiding in the corners. Darin Newsom of DTN/Progressive Farmer told the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville that despite nearly every fundamental reason for the grains and oilseeds markets to be bearish, they actually aren’t. He feels the markets might have posted their near-term lows. “Corn supplies are at record level. Soybeans too … and wheat,” he said. “China is not buying the way they were. Everything tells us the markets should be (going lower). But there are clear indications that isn’t the case.” The analyst pointed to spreads between futures months as well as nearer term basis levels, which he said should be much worse than they are, considering the pressure they are under from large inventories. He said grain merchandisers will soon be buying cash corn, which is one reason why the market is higher than it might otherwise be. Another factor is the continuing rise in domestic demand for corn, which could rapidly eat up the significant spread between supply and demand. Futures prices for 2015 new crop

Most analysts expect American farmers will boost soybean seeded area to about 88 million acres, equal to corn. However, DTN analyst Darin Newsom thinks soy area will be less than that. | FILE PHOTO fail to show any interest in speculating on another huge corn crop or a shortfall of current production expectations. Many reports indicate that American producers this spring are expected to seed more soybeans so that the area is almost equal to corn. Corn typically leads by a significant amount. However, Newsom isn’t buying it. He believes growers will keep most of their rotations in place rather than turn to soybeans for that crop’s lower input costs. He said the corn market

has reached it lowest ebb in a 2012 to October 2014 downward trend and will now move higher until 2017. He expects corn to rally to US$4.40 a bushel until early May and for new crop prices to be $4.30 to $4.50. He said soybeans are also more bullish than most believe they should be. “I think demand out there is stronger than people think.” Newsom said he hopes the November $9.27 1/2 price set last September was the low and that cash prices will

remain in the $9 to $10 area. “Wheat should be really bearish, but it isn’t,” he said. Fundamentally, ending stocks are expected to rise this year, a bearish signal, but technically the Chicago wheat market is inverted with March futures trading at a premium to May. That usually occurs only when it is bullish. As well, the U.S. basis on wheat remains strong. Sideways moves for new crop soft red winter wheat on the Chicago market also points to an uncer-

tainty about future supply. Weather is the wild card that seems to be working in wheat’s favour, said DTN/Progressive Farmer agricultural meteorologist Bryce Anderson. Recent temperatures of 20 to 28 C in the southern wheat growing areas of the U.S. are suspected to have brought some of that crop out of dormancy, and cold weather is now returning. This could damage the crop’s prospects for yield later on in the year by reducing plant populations. Newsom said old crop wheat will likely settle into the $5.15 to $5.45 range. His forecast for the new crop July contract is $6.30. “Somebody wants this wheat. We don’t know who yet, but somebody is out there.” Anderson said it should be a good growing year for North American producers, outside of the U.S. southwest. He said a small El Nino is in play, which will help secure a drier trend at seeding and an earlier start to the growing year. Newsom feels that ideas about the potential for more record crops would have been priced into the new crop by now if the market was truly bearish. “But if you’re looking to move some old crop, look for opportunities in April and May, and if there are any weather scares, it might be time (to price some new crop),” he said. michael.raine@producer.com

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CANFAX REPORT The announcement of a BSE infected animal in Alberta was not expected to affect markets. Western Canadian packer interest in the cash market was mixed with Alberta dressed bids from $4 lower to $6 higher than the previous week. However, cash sales were too light to establish a weighted average steer or heifer price. Reported bids and sales were in the mid $180s per hundredweight. Chicago live cattle futures rose on the discount to the U.S. cash market. Alberta cash-to-futures basis levels appeared a shade weaker than the five year average. It was the second consecutive week in which western Canadian fed slaughter fell below 29,000 head, reflecting slower packer chain speeds. Some show list participants have recently revised or pulled cash cattle off their weekly offering. There could be several reasons. Many cash traders are current in their marketing, and cattle could still use the extra days on feed. Feedlots want to ensure they have enough cattle around to meet contract obligations. Also, feedlots might be pushing

open cash cattle into March. Weekly fed exports in January were down 50 percent from last year.

COWS STEADY D1, D2 cows ranged $125-$145 to average $135.50 per cwt. and D3s ranged $115-$130 to average $120.50. Rail bids rose to $259-$264 delivered. Slaughter bulls soared to record highs, averaging $150.75. Weekly western Canadian non-fed slaughter to Feb. 7 fell three percent to 8,205 head.

FEEDER PRICES RISE

More corn to China unlikely

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ong-term corn bulls have based t h e i r p ro j e c t i o n s o n t h e expectation that China will become a major importer of the feed grain. However, record corn stocks in China and a change in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s longterm projections are shaking the foundation of that belief. The U.S. Grains Council and others have for years believed that China does not have the agricultural resources needed to keep up with its rising demand for corn, which is connected to its rising demand for livestock production. When China’s corn imports jumped to 5.2 million tonnes in 2011-12 from less than a million the previous year, it appeared to confirm the belief that it was only a matter of time before the Asian giant was importing tens of millions of tonnes. However, that didn’t happen. Imports have ranged from 2.5 million to 3.3 million since then. China has consistently raised its corn production in recent years to new record highs, and stocks have risen to a record 79.2 million tonnes this year, up from 50 million in 2010. American traders believe the import restrictions that China implemented last year over traces of an unregistered genetically modified corn variety have more to do with surplus supply than concerns about GMOs. Now, the USDA in its annual 10 year agricultural projections released Feb. 11 has cut its forecast for Chinese corn imports.

feed Feb. 1 totalled 868,867 head, down 11 percent from last year, and seven percent below the five year average. It was the smallest February population since 2004. January placements were 90,564, down 23 percent. January marketings were 109,194, down 16 percent and the smallest since 2000.

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Last year it forecast that China’s corn imports would be 22 million tonnes by 2023-24. This year it dropped its forecast by 15 million tonnes to 7.2 million, noting the large build up of stocks. However, the USDA bumped up imports by other countries so the forecast for global 2023-24 corn trade dropped by only 4.8 million tonnes compared to last year. The USDA thinks corn, wheat and soybean prices will recover only slowly from the sharp drops of the past year and remain well below the highs of the 2007-13 period. Here are other highlights from the USDA’s long-term projections. World coarse grain trade is projected to increase by 23.8 million tonnes, or 15 percent by 2024-25, the USDA projects. Exports from Brazil and the former Soviet Union capture a lot of the new business. Annual world wheat trade, including flour, is projected to expand by nearly 24.5 million tonnes, or 16 percent, in the period, reaching 180 million tonnes. Countries in Africa and the Middle East as well as Indonesia and Pakistan account for most of the demand increase. The former Soviet Union captures most of the new business. The USDA thinks Canadian wheat acreage will decline over the period as growers turn to more profitable crops, including canola. Soybeans continue to be the star among the big crops. Global soybean trade is projected to increase by 28 percent, soybean meal trade by 17 percent and soybean oil trade by 23 percent. The rise in soybean trade is almost all driven by Chinese demand, which is forecast to grow to 107.7 million tonnes in 2024-25 from 76.7 million. Brazil is expected to capture much of the increased business. darce.mcmillan@producer.com Follow D’Arce McMillan on Twitter @darcemcmillan.

US Choice cutouts fell $2.08 to

US$239.10 per cwt. and Select fell 20 cents to $235.19. The Montreal wholesale price was steady at C$318-$320 per cwt. This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca.

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The Alberta calf-feeder spread widened on strong calf demand and a tightening supply of quality yearlings. Calf prices rose more than $5.50. Feeders heavier than 700 pounds rose $3-$4. Strong feedlot demand persists on both sides of the border and interest in grass cattle has intensified. Weekly Alberta auction volume rose 30 percent to about 24,000. Weekly feeder exports to Jan. 31 rose 20 percent to 11,467 head.

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Finishing margins on 800-900 lb. feeders are not attractive, but 600 lb. calves that will be ready in the fourth quarter present a more attractive feeding option. Feeder prices next week are expected to be steady while calf prices should be firm on strong demand. Bred cows ranged $1,700-$2,900.

U.S. hog prices fell again on ample supply and slow export movement. Labour disruptions at U.S. west coast ports have backed up the export pipeline and contributed to the oversupply in the market. Many grocery chains are featuring lower priced pork as an alternative to expensive beef, but that is not enough to lower stocks. Some packing plants planned to be closed on the U.S. Presidents Day holiday Feb. 16. Iowa-southern Minnesota hogs delivered were US$44.50-$45 per hundredweight Feb. 13, down from $47-$48 Feb. 6. U.S. hogs averaged $56.96 on a carcass basis Feb. 13, down from $60.58 Feb. 6. The U.S. pork cutout dropped to $72.13 per cwt. Feb. 13, down from $72.94 Feb. 6. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter for the week to Feb. 14 was 2.22

million, down from 2.25 million the previous week. Slaughter was 2.095 million last year at the same time.

BISON STRONGER The Canadian Bison Association said Grade A bulls in the desirable weight range sold at prices up to C$4.60 per pound hot hanging weight. U.S. buyers are offering US$4.10-$4.15 with returns dependent on exchange rates, quality and export costs. Grade A heifers sold up to C$4.40. U.S. buyers are offering US$3.90. Animals outside the desirable buyer specifications may be discounted.

SHEEP AND GOATS Beaver Hill Auction in Tofield, Alta., reported 347 sheep and 17 goats sold Feb. 9. Wool lambs lighter than 54 lb. were $230-$250 per cwt., 55 to 69 lb. were

$240-$260, 70 to 85 lb. were $235$257, 86 to 105 lb. were $199-$237 and 106 lb. and heavier were $172$187. Wool rams were $73-$95 per cwt. Cull ewes were $73-$160 and bred ewes were $140-$220 per head. Hair lambs lighter than 54 lb. were $220-$240 per cwt., 55-69 lb. were $210-$230, 70-85 lb. were $210-$230, 86-105 lb. were $190-$210 and 106 lb. and heavier were $168-$177. Hair rams were $73-$124 per cwt. Cull ewes were $78-$158. Feeder kids lighter than 60 lb. were $195-$210. Good kid goats lighter than 70 lb. were $220-$250. Those heavier than 70 lb. were $230-$260 per cwt. Nannies were $120-$165 per cwt. Billies were $130-$150. Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported 834 sheep and lambs and 37 goats traded Feb. 9. All classes of lambs sold higher. Good sheep traded $5-$7 cwt. higher with fat sheep selling barely steady. Goats held steady.

Time well invested. Log on to www.producer.com every Thursday morning as Markets editor D’Arce McMillan reports on trends in North American and global crop and livestock trades. If markets are important to you, McMillan’s Markets has you covered.

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GRAIN TRANSPORTATION

Oversight body needed to get carriers, shippers on same track

here are two solitudes in the grain transportation system: the shippers and the railways. Reading their statements makes one wonder if they are talking about the same network. Shippers bemoan a system that constantly falls short of meeting their expectations. The railways celebrate a system that is moving record amounts of grain. Each side points the finger at the other, accusing them of being unco-operative and obscuring the reality of system performance. The antagonism is understandable. The stakes are high as the federal government conducts a review of the Canadian Transportation Act. The CTA review is billed as an arm’s-length process to assess federal rail and transportation regulations to ensure they meet industry needs and support economic growth. Special attention is being given to issues affecting the agriculture industry, and a panel has been consulting with stakeholders to determine their views and wishes. So the railways and shippers are ratcheting up the rhetoric, trying to ensure that any legislative revisions to the CTA favour their positions. Such changes could have major implications for profitability of the players involved. The railways frame their performance in a historical context, arguing that despite all the weather difficulties in 2013-14, they moved a record amount of grain. And they are exceeding that pace in the 2014-15 crop year. Total grain, oilseed and pulse exports, as tallied by the Canadian Grain Commission, are 19.62 million tonnes to the end of Week 24 of this crop year, which is a 17 percent increase over the same time last year. “CN is fully in sync with the grain supply chain in Western Canada, where end-to-end balance has been restored,” CN said in a Jan. 27 news release.

Yet when the Ag Transport Coalition views the same week in the crop year, it sees failure. It notes that railways have failed to supply close to 18,000 hopper cars ordered by shippers over the period, representing 10 percent of overall demand Furthermore, 8,200 customer orders, which is 46 percent of the current shortfall, have been outstanding for four weeks or more. Tim Wiens, chair of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, notes that failure to deliver on time causes customers to turn to other suppliers. Each car that fails to show up denies a farmer the ability to deliver. “Reporting on aggregate figures and on performance relative to last year, or the five year average, does not resonate in the marketplace,” Wiens said. So the railways are moving more than ever before, but it still falls short of what shippers and farmers need to maximize their potential. The railways, which have been posting record smashing profits, want the government to end the revenue cap on hauling grain, arguing it limits their ability to invest in infrastructure to improve service. But no thought should be given to that without first having a regulatory regime that has the power to resolve disputes over rail service and that gives shippers, big and small, a strong hand to extract hefty compensation when railways fail to meet contracted service levels. Railways are near monopolies in the geographies they serve and must be regulated to put shipper and carrier on an equal footing. It would also help to have a formal rail oversight group where, without rhetoric and finger pointing, the two sides could work to understand each other’s needs, focus on collaborative problem solving and break down the two solitudes.

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All of us were very surprised. I have studied this enough to know there have been examples of these animals showing up so I knew that there was the possibility, but when it’s been four years since the last one you certainly hope that was the last one we were going to see. DENNIS LAYCRAFT EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT CANADIAN CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION

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CFIA criticized for plan to delay immediate disclosure of BSE CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

he Canadian Food Inspection Agency was not planning to inform Canadians of the country’s latest case of BSE until March 10. In an internal memo that was obtained by iPolitics Feb. 12, Canada’s chief veterinarian, Harpreet Kochar, told CFIA employees the case would be published on CFIA’s website March 10 as part of the agency’s monthly updates on reportable diseases. The cow in northern Alberta is the first animal to be found with BSE since 2011. As of press time Feb 13, CFIA officials were still looking into how the animal could have contracted the progressive and fatal disease, which

affects the neurological system. Canadian law stipulates it is mandatory for farmers, ranchers and processors to immediately report cases of BSE to the CFIA. That same urgency doesn’t seem to apply to Canada’s food inspection agency when it comes to informing the general public, among them ranchers and farmers whose livelihoods are dependent on a healthy cattle industry. The CFIA has yet to respond to queries about why it was planning to delay making the case public. Memories of Canada’s devastating BSE outbreak in 2003 are still fresh. International borders, including the United States, were slammed shut to Canadian beef. At the time of the outbreak, industry officials estimated ranchers were losing $11 million per day in lost exports and $7 million a day thanks to the drop in prices. Few details are known about the BSE case in northern Alberta. An investigation, led by the CFIA, is ongoing. Still, there is no question Canadian farmers have a right to know of the

outbreak at the time of confirmation, rather than a month down the line. The CFIA, federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz and Alberta agriculture minister Verlyn Olson have all confirmed the infected Alberta cow did not enter the human food or animal feed chains. If word had not broken about the case Feb. 9, that’s information Canadians would not have been told until March 10, if they had been told at all. It’s unlikely that the case will result in an immediate shut down of international borders, which the CFIA has stressed repeatedly since the case became public, but the Alberta case comes at a bad time. International trade minister Ed Fast is in South Korea on a trade mission promoting Canadian beef as part of the government’s ongoing promotion of the recently signed Korea Free Trade Agreement. Just days before news of the BSE case became public, Fast had participated in a cooking demo highlighting Canadian beef. His office has not yet responded to queries about whether

the Koreans, who have a history of being extremely sensitive to cases of BSE, have been notified or have expressed concerns about it. The CFIA has said the World Organization for Animal Health has been notified of the Alberta BSE case. Canada had been pushing for the organization to lift Canada’s animal health status, an effort that sources say is now moot. Then there’s the potential economic impact BSE could have, particularly given the current pounding Alberta’s economy and the national economy have been subjected to, thanks to slumping oil prices. Both Alberta and Saskatchewan have already indicated that they intend to rely on revenues from the agriculture sector during the downturn. It is important to stress that the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association has said it is not too concerned at this time. However, it could be a different story if the CFIA investigation determines that the case is not an isolated one. Which brings us back to the fact that

the CFIA does not appear to think the Canadian public, including ranchers and farmers, had the right to immediately know a case of BSE had been found in a beef cow in Alberta. This is not the first time getting information from the CFIA has proven difficult, a task that has become even more tedious since the agency was transferred to Health Canada in October 2013. In what has become standard practice across the federal government, interviews have been replaced with canned talking points, which is commentary that can often take hours, if not days, to obtain. The CFIA has a responsibility to ensure farmers, ranchers, international partners and the general public are informed of the state of their food, animal and plant systems. Confidence in these systems depends on this. Failing to disclose the BSE case immediately upon confirmation does not meet this standard. Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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BY JASON DEARBORN

omething has recently happened in Saskatchewan that should be of great concern to all of the province’s producers. Indeed, it is a larger single issue than market or weather conditions over the next year. Leading political journalists have begun talking about the PST exemptions for farmers, specifically how much the exemptions would add to the province’s general revenue fund if they were removed. This is happening because the provincial budget will be facing extreme pressures due to dropping commodity prices. More concerning is the continuing drop in the number of active farmers. It’s got to the point where the number of direct producers is significantly smaller than restaurant employees or miners. As well, the addition of new provincial constituencies has ended farmer control over the reins in the province. As a result, the value of PST exemptions for agriculture has lost its political capital, and as is the nature of that game, if the farmer gets thrown under the bus for the common good, so be it. This may not be the sentiment of individual MLAs, but the government is much larger than mere elected interests. There are many reasons why these statements should be of tremendous concern, including the fact that the government is contemplating their implementation and floating the numbers through journalists. This is a classic test balloon communications strategy to gauge resis-

Introducing PST on farm inputs will be costly for producers. | tance to the proposal. Many farmers will be thinking, “but we are the heart of the Saskatchewan Party; this would be a grand betrayal.” This of course would be true. Has such a thing ever happened in politics? The movement to remove these exemptions, or create new taxes, which is a fairer way to say it, would have massive implications for Saskatchewan agricultural productivity. Farmers tend to spend the last portions of their sunk cost budgets on the “frills,” which are the technology shifters. Let’s look at a theoretical 5,000 acre cereal, pulse and oilseed farm that has an operational budget of $1 million. Certain costs will take priority over others, and the last five percent, or $50,000, will be set aside for specialized marketing or other niche areas. However, that’s the money that will instead have to be spent, at least

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partly, to pay the new tax. Let’s say a cost of $10 an acre has been negotiated for a trained agronomist to do field scouting or market coaching over the last five years, and the net result has been an increase of three bushels an acre. The data may not be strong enough to justify this cost. After all, weather and other agronomic factors in that short span of time could have been responsible for the increase. The science over the long haul will always prove out, although possibly not in its first or second iterations. The implementation of PST in Saskatchewan on farm inputs will drive this advancement to a grinding halt. If fertilizer, chemical and seed costs on a 5,000 acre farm are $100 an acre, it would mean an additional $25,000 in PST costs. Agronomy coaches and marketing advisers are not going to reduce their

fees from $10 an acre to $5. Instead, the service contract simply won’t occur. This doesn’t become meaningfully apparent until the aggregate yield has fallen three bushels an acre. Now the margins are slimmer and the input budget for the following year is $99 an acre, which doesn’t even keep pace with inflation. As well, the government’s PST tax answer is smaller than the previous year by $250 and the farmer is seriously consider ing investment options, including the delayed purchase of machinery and vehicles. The farm lives off depreciation as the monetary situation tightens, and it is the small town that suffers. Farmers are among the most politically active of professions in Canada, through producer groups and more importantly as individuals. Saskatchewan is fortunate to see so many direct producers holding public office. However, their individual power may be significantly less than members of the public would assume. As well, the aggregate of the province will not stop making demands on infrastructure, health care and education, and the last thing a government adviser will recommend is less government. Thus the trial balloons. What will be the reaction to these contemplated changes in the PST and how will it affect your agri-business? Jason Dearborn is a former Saskatchewan Party MLA who represented Kindersley for two terms. He is the fifth generation to operate the family farm.

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Paying the price to put food on the table HURSH ON AG

KEVIN HURSH

wouldn’t have noticed them if the bus driver hadn’t pointed them out as we drove by. At least 20 people were lined up waiting for the local food bank to open. This was a bus tour of farms and food processors in the Comox Valley of Vancouver Island. No one on the bus talked about the food bank lineup. A few minutes earlier we had been visiting a local cheese manufacturing company and sampling their products, including soft cheese made from the milk of locally raised water buffalo. After the day’s activities and a wonderful but expensive meal at a Court-

ney restaurant, I couldn’t help but reflect on the many food contradictions that exist, in Canada and around the world. An increasing number of people rely on food banks, while mainstream society seems hell-bent on finding ways to make food more expensive. For those of us with money, becoming a food snob has never been easier. Eating organic, grass-fed, all natural, free range, hormone free and non-genetically modified all comes with a price tag. Despite blissful ignorance of most things agricultural, a growing number of consumers obviously believe these sorts of designations have value. Producers are just providing what consumers want and what they’ll pay for. People lining up at a food bank are probably happy to just get something nutritious for themselves and their kids. Fresh beef probably isn’t an option, let alone fresh beef from a branded program. Any cheese would be welcome. It wouldn’t have to be the latest trendy cheese from water buffalo milk.

Food is extremely expensive in northern Canada, particularly for perishable items, because of transportation costs. Government programs aimed at making food staples more affordable in the north appear to have limited success. Meanwhile, in the main urban centres, many large retailers not normally associated with selling food have muscled their way into the market using economies of scale to offer attractive prices. Walmart has gained a significant market share in the grocery market, while Shoppers Drug Mart, acquired a year ago by Loblaw, is one of the newest entrants in the food retailing business. If you shop carefully you can provide basic meals at a relatively low cost. On the other hand, the sky is the limit for what you can spend on a meal at an expensive restaurant. An appetizer can cost what an entree used to not long ago. If you took your sweetheart out for supper on Valentine’s Day, you may have spent more money on that one meal than some couples allocate for

groceries for an entire week. Despite all the hype about supposedly healthier food, obesity has become a major health concern. We eat too much and we eat too many of the wrong things. There’s pressure to label GM food even though GM ingredients have never harmed anyone. Meanwhile, the level of trans fats goes undeclared despite nutritionists telling us they are known to be harmful. Some of us would starve without a microwave oven, while others watch the iron chefs on television and try to emulate their dishes. Some eat at fast food drive-thru restaurants while others spend fortunes in fancy establishments. Some line up at food banks just to get basic foodstuffs, while others want only what’s exotic and trendy. When it comes to food, society’s behaviour and attitudes often defy logic. Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

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BRIAN MACLEOD EDITOR

hey are a letter combination that no one in the West wants to see: BSE, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, more commonly in the rest of Canada, mad cow disease. But when a case is discovered, it’s vital that cattle producers and consumers get information that is evenhanded, in context and timely. The report of a case of BSE in northern Alberta got our newsroom into action early Friday morning. News editor Terry Fries kept in contact with our Camrose correspondent Mary MacArthur, who worked at getting the latest details. Art director Michelle Houlden dug out our timeline of BSE that devastated the Canadian cattle industry in the early 2000s, and managing editor Michael Raine, who is in Louisville, Kentucky, reporting on the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference, quickly sent in first reactions from the Americans. Our cattle analyst Barbara Duckworth got to work on the science angles of the disease and was doing interviews with other media as an expert source. WP columnist in Ottawa, Kelsey Johnson, offers her take on page 10. Check our website regularly at producer.com for updates, or to offer your opinions in our comment section at the bottom of the stories. * * * ** * * * Two new features adorn the pages of The Western Producer this week. They offer a take on two different places — where we’re going through social media, and where we’ve been, through a look back at our history. Our online team, Paul Yanko and Robin Booker, will scour our website for the best reader online conversations at producer.com, through our Twitter feed @westernproducer or on our Facebook site at facebook. com/westernproducer. Yanko and Booker will offer their observations on these discussions in a weekly column, “Producer online.” You can find Booker’s introductory column on Page 13. And going in the other direction, we know that readers enjoy some nostalgia now and then, so our copy editor, Bruce Dyck, will prepare a look back at events of 10, 25, 50 and 75 years ago through the pages of the Producer. We have been covering Canadian agriculture for more than 90 years, so our pages are packed with interesting history. You can find Dyck’s first offering of “From the Archives” on Page 25. If you have any interesting old photos, be sure to email them to Dyck, who can share them with our readers. brian.macleod@producer.com

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DIFFERING VIEWS To the Editor: Kevin Hursh shows his colours in his column (WP Jan. 15) about those who question the safety of GMOs, calling these people scientifically illiterate or hopelessly dogmatic, and their views as nonsense. We practise conventional farming but have many concerns with genetic modification. At this time, when the Stephen Harper government is muzzling scientists, many of us are wary of the often-cited scientific evidence. Science is always changing and evolving. In 1916, Einstein predicted gravity waves but the findings were only confirmed and accepted in 1933. Even today, evidence is mounting to verify his theories and predictions. Just because someone has a different view that is not scientifically confirmed, Hursh doesn’t have to demonize them. He may be the one who is scientifically illiterate and hopelessly dogmatic.

leaching and present even more dangers of pollution to contaminate the water table. Appropriately, such storage is categorized and recognized as hazardous waste. John Fefchak, Virden, Man.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE To the Editor: Merle Harth’s letter of Jan. 29 prompts me to present another perspective on the issue of marketing grain through the CWB. I have to say that I love my marketing freedom. It is now not compulsory to deal with an agency that continually moved the goal posts and changed the rules. One can now establish a delivery period and a price and get paid the full amount immediately upon delivery. A great concept. Pool return outlooks, initial payments, adjustment payments and final payments which carried on for the better part of two years are thankfully a thing of the past. Even the more recent fixed price contracts were still not competitive with the private grain companies. I greatly value the freedom to market my wheat in the same manner that I have marketed my canola and barley since 1974 without infringing on the rights of others. The CWB is still available to market your grains and oilseeds if you are so inclined. And that is the most important point. You have the absolute freedom to choose. Glen Sawyer, Acme, Alta.

TIME FOR CHANGES Frank Orosz, Creston, B.C.

MANURE CONTAMINATION To the Editor: Re: Manitoba may budge on hog manure rules (WP Jan. 29). Agriculture minister (Ron) Kostyshyn needs to be reminded of what Manitoba’s Conservation and Water Stewardship minister, Gord Mackintosh, said in his letter to the Brandon Sun June 24, 2014, concerning this matter before he makes some rash promises. Note: It also addresses odour control. “We are not prepared to weaken the Save Lake Winnipeg Act and allow unrestricted provincewide hog production in Manitoba at the expense of the environment. “Any pilot project proposal coming forward from the hog industry to the province must demonstrate zero negative impact on water quality and include effective odour control measures.” Furthermore, building additional earthen storage structures (lagoons) as proposed by Manitoba pork would contribute to even more gas emissions than the province could undertake in accordance with the targets set in legislation of the Kyoto protocol. Storage of excess manure in such a manner will also result in even more

To the Editor: The Saskatchewan Green Party is urging landowners to each write a letter to premier Brad Wall to demand the new Saskatchewan Surface Rights and Acquisition Act be tabled during the spring sitting of the legislature. The revised act was supposed to be brought forward in the legislature last fall. In addition to acting on the demands of landowners, the new act should include the following changes: • Open an Advocacy Office for farmers, ranchers and other private landowners when negotiating with energy companies over surface rights. • Drilling must be a minimum distance away from occupied dwellings, at a distance to be mutually agreed to by the energy company, the landowner or landowners, and the people living in the dwelling. • The lessee of the surface rights must assume liability for any damage caused by any activity on land owned by farmers, ranchers or other private landowners. • Decisions made by the Arbitration Board under the Saskatchewan Surface Rights and Acquisition Act will be non-binding. • A Fair Compensation Board that is separate from the Arbitration

Board would be established under the Saskatchewan Surface Rights and Acquisition Act, to ensure that farmers, ranchers and other private landowners are compensated for any damage on their property that is caused by the lessee of the surface rights. It is time that the province start representing private citizens and not just giving everything to the resource companies. Victor Lau, Green Party of Saskatchewan Regina, Sask.

WRONG IN EVERY WAY To the Editor: Former CWB director Jeff Nielsen (Walking the Plank, WP Jan. 8) is using the purchase of two laker grain ships to divert attention from the bil-

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lions of dollars taken from western grain farmers since Ottawa killed the farmer-controlled CWB. Is Nielsen trying to protect agriculture minister Gerry Ritz because an agricultural economist from the University of Saskatchewan predicted that the farmers’ share of grain sales will fall from the 90 percent returned by the single desk CWB to perhaps as low as 20 percent as grain companies consolidate and continue to take more? The CWB had a long history of using farmers’ money to purchase assets that would actually make farmers extra money. This goes back to 1946 when they purchased an office building and up to the recent past when they purchased computers and rail hopper cars. As Bill Toews, another former CWB director pointed out, the payback on the laker grain ships was under four years, which is a pretty good invest-

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ment by anyone’s standards. At the time, Ritz had promised farmers a vote on destroying the wheat board and it was not unreasonable to expect Ottawa would honour one of the most basic of the commandments: “thou shalt not steal.” But the agriculture minister was not telling the truth about giving farmers a vote on destroying the wheat board. Instead, Ottawa seized all the wheat board property farmers had bought and paid for. Does Nielsen really think this is okay? Perhaps he should look up “precedent” sometime. Who would have thought Ottawa would stoop as low as it has to destroy so many Canadian farm institutions? Most farmers know that what Ritz and the Harper Conservatives have done is wrong in every way that matters. Ken Larsen, Benalto, Alta.

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Western Producer’s website, producer.com. If you would like to comment on any story or editorial, search for the story by its title on our website and leave a comment at the bottom of the page. While there, take a read through other people’s comments. There are some thought-provoking discussions to be had there. This new weekly column hopes to bring some of those lively debates to the print edition. The Western Producer’s web editor, Paul Yanko, and myself will also write about discussions going on in our Twitter and Facebook accounts. One comment on our website that caught my eye this week was on Ed White’s opinion piece titled Grain companies had better be answerable to farmers — or they could get schooled like the railways, which ran in the Feb. 11 edition of the paper. The commentator, identified as Russ, had this to say: “Thanks Ed, good start, good arti-

cle. Unfortunately, I don’t think many people realize that the railroads are behind this year again and that the fines were never really enforced. At least it makes people talk and you are right, same thing has to happen with grain companies. Although I think they will be surprised at how much business has been lost. I have never seen so many producer cars leaving this area. As far as what the grain company’s are saying, just look at every one of their balance sheets. Notice the dramatic increase in profits since CWB was killed and at the same time, farmers net income dropping like a rock.” The comments submitted to our website are as diverse as our readership. You may find that your ideas are challenged, but you will not be threatened or belittled. All comments are moderated and we do not permit profanity or personal attacks. We invite readers to participate in agricultural debates at producer.com.

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Bean, corn prices expected to drop Economist believes prices will take a tumble in 2015, dragging down wheat and canola BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Farmers looking for higher prices in the grains and oilseeds markets will likely have to wait until next year. Agricultural economist and markets analyst Bob Utterback told a recent farm meeting in Louisville that they can expect low or lower prices for their grains and oilseeds over the next two years. He said most of the potential for corn and soybeans is on the downside, which will pressure related wheat and canola markets. He said corn acreage might not reach the “widely speculated” projection of 88 million acres this year, but that won’t provide enough relief for the markets. As a result, prices will remain low. “I think we will see producers in lower margin, edge of the corn areas such as North Dakota and South Dakota, northern Minnesota pulling back corn planted acres,” he said. However, those lower yielding regions play a small part in total North American corn yields. As well, new growers in the southern United States are replacing cotton production with corn, planting it in March and harvesting it with good yields ahead of the Midwest crop. The result mitigates the positive price effects of an acreage drop in northern regions. The 90.6 million corn acres planted in 2014 was down from 95.4 million in 2013 and 97.3 million in 2012, which was the highest since 1949. Farmers harvested 83.1 million acres last year. “We are also hearing of 84.5 (million acres) as a low estimate. How does 85.5 or 86 sound?” he said. Stocks to use ratios are the highest since the 1980s. American corn production from last year is estimated at slightly more than 14.21 billion bushels, compared to 13.84 billion bu. the previous year. It was 10.73 billion in 2012, 12.35 billion in 2011 and 12.5 billion in 2010.

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He believes rising ethanol use will eventually take care of the large carryover stocks, as long as corn acres remain down for the next two years. The usual summer weather scares can also provide pricing opportunities. “Then we wait for a July weather event to give those bulls their markets… if not, you want to (already have your crop sold),” he said. Utterback worries the most about the soybean market. American growers are shifting to beans to reduce operating costs and avoid corn’s large downside, which is already considered a break-even crop. “The carryover of soybeans from the 2015 crop will be, might be, will be, the biggest in your farming lives,” he said. He said farmers could potentially plant 88 million soybean acres in the United States. U.S. soybean production was 3.97 billion bu. in 2013, compared to 3.35 billion in 2013 and 3.04 in 2012. Beans were harvested from 83 million acres last year, which was up from the 76 million acres in 2013. He believes prices could be headed toward $8 a bu. unless Brazil or the U.S. have a weather problem that seriously impairs the crops. He said it will likely take a few years of world demand growth and rising energy prices to properly take care of surplus corn and soybean production and drive prices higher. michael.raine@producer.com

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Age of Alberta cow key to determining form of BSE BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

The most important piece of information to be learned during the investigation into Canada’s latest BSE case is not where the cow was found. “The important thing is when was it born: before the extended feed ban, which was 2007, or was it born after the extended feed ban? Then I think one has to look very carefully how this cow has acquired infection,” Hermann Schätzl, a professor of prion biology and immunology at the University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine said Feb. 13. It takes five to 10 years before symp-

toms appear once the disease sets in. Canada’s last reported case was in 2011. That cow was born in 2004. The age of the cow in this latest case could determine whether it is the classical form of the disease linked to eating contaminated feed or a sporadic or atypical form, Schätzl said. The disease has been linked to adding contaminated bovine meat and bone meal as an added source of protein in cattle rations. Canada placed a ban on using these products in 1997 and strengthened the restrictions in 2007. The classical form of BSE is associated with feed, while sporadic cases in older animals show up worldwide. Alberta is one of the world’s prima-

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ry prion research areas, and considerable data has been collected since the first Canadian born case was diagnosed in Canada. Prions are abnormal forms of protein responsible for fatal brain diseases in humans, cattle, cervids, sheep and some other minor species. “These kinds of diseases are known quite well, particularly the infectious forms like BSE,” Schätzl said. “We know what the risk factors are, we know how infection starts and the end product is always a fatal disease.” At risk are animals that received contaminated feedstuffs at an early age. Diseased, down or dead cattle older than 30 months are eligible for testing.

“We have very good diagnostics,” he said. “The prevention worked very well in Europe. BSE is basically almost gone.” However, there are no live tests or treatment for sick animals. Occasional positive cases still show up, but they are scattered. “The problem with prion diseases is that you never get rid of them,” he said. In Europe, every bovine brain was tested at three years of age, which was later changed to four years or older. Germany tested more than 11 million animals older than 24 months, and a couple cases were found in younger animals. No one is sure where classical BSE

originated. Some speculated during the early stages of the epidemic in England 25 years ago that it was linked to adding rendered meat and bone meal from scrapie infected sheep into the feed supply. “It was more likely it was already in cattle and never posed a problem because they were not feeding cattle to cattle,” Schätzl said. He and his colleagues are working with models to propagate the prion diseases for study. He has studied prion related diseases since 1993 and hopes to eventually develop an oral vaccine for cervids to prevent chronic wasting disease. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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SASKATCHEWAN LACKS CO-ORDINATION

Groups oppose method of pasture transfer to producers REGINA BUREAU

Four Saskatchewan organizations are calling on the province to change the way it is handling the transition of former federal pastures. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, the Community Pasture Patrons Association of Saskatchewan, Public Pastures — Public Interest and Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation paid for Dave Phillips of Frogworks Consultants to conduct a study, which was released Feb. 10 at the patrons association’s annual meeting in Davidson. The study said Saskatchewan has rejected a provincial association and favours working with individual pastures rather than working for the collective good. “The approach Saskatchewan is using to manage this transition has exposed the province and pasture patron groups to higher total costs for business entity designs, administration systems and range management plans,” said the executive summary. It said the province’s policies are aimed at making money and offloading environmental responsibilities. APAS president Norm Hall said patrons are required to pay full fees but also have to provide reports on species at risk and noxious weeds, as well as provide full land access. “With a private lease, you pay the rate and have full control,” he said. The study said the government should discount annual fees to the pasture associations by 50 percent to reflect the cost of maintaining the public good and providing the reports. It said half the patrons in the first 10 pastures to transition have left the business rather than move to the patron-operated model. The government should report on the implications of that, it added. The study said the pastures should remain in public hands. The lands are available for sale under the crown land sale process, but none have been sold to date. The organizations want the province to compile an inventory of native cover within the pastures to establish a base line, explain how it will monitor and sustain ecological integrity and report publicly on the condition of wildlife habitat once every six years. The study said Agriculture Canada used to do this work. “There are no apparent performance measures in place by which to assess the validity of the Saskatchewan government’s claim that ranchers are the best stewards of grass resources,” the study said. It also asks the provincial government to fund the patrons association through its pasture transition program. SWF president David Pezderic said the federal model was ideal for ranchers and conservationists. “In our view, we failed that continuum,” he told the patrons association meeting. Karen Aulie, assistant deputy minister of programs at Saskatchewan Agriculture, said the ministry has seen the study but planned on staying the course. The government wants all of its crown lessees to use the same for-

mula, so a rate discount or freeze as pastures transition to patron control is not likely. Association members asked for such a move in a later resolution at the meeting. “As we bring that land into our system, it’s not going into our Saskatchewan Pastures Program,” she said. “It’s really being considered like other crown land that we have available for lease. We want consistency.” The ecological reporting requirement exists for the more than 100 grazing co-operatives in the province as well as the transitioning pastures, she said. “An individual that’s doing a lease, no, they don’t have the same report-

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ing requirements, but they still have the standards,” Aulie said. A lease could be canceled if the land wasn’t properly maintained. As for producers’ request for an inventory, Aulie said the province is receiving all of Agriculture Canada’s information on each pasture. “In addition, we’re going in before the patrons kind of get the key to do a further assessment just to make sure we understand what’s there,” she said. Land agrologists have been doing a thorough analysis of each pasture. That, along with the federal information and the ongoing information from the patrons, will give the province accurate detailed information

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about each pasture. Delegates at the meeting also passed a resolution asking the AgriFood Council to include representation from the patrons association to the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association. Bryce Burnett of Swift Current, Sask., said the patrons association has 650 members and represents 40 of the 60 pastures affected by the transition. As a result, it should have a seat at the development commission’s table. Patrons association members said other provincial livestock organizations have not done a good job of supporting them. Chair Ian McCreary said they have been “at best quiet

and at worst hostile.” Aulie said it is possible for the council to approve the addition of the patrons association to the SCA board, but the request has to come from the SCA. “It would be for industry to ask for it,” she said. “If the cattle groups came forward and said they would like us to include (the patrons association) … then it would come up to the Agri-Food Council.” Incoming S C A president Bill Jameson said he is new to the board and wanted a chance to review the issue before commenting. karen.briere@producer.com

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Many scientists describe it as an interdisciplinary branch of biology, combining molecular biology, biotechnology, evolutionary biology and genetic engineering. It is also described as applying engineering principles to the fundamental components of biology. Humans have been altering the genetic code of plants and animals for centuries through selective breeding. As knowledge and understanding of DNA exploded over the last 50 years, scientists have become more adept at manipulating the genetic code of plants and animals. Scientists can now make new sequences of DNA from scratch. When combined with the principles of engineering, researchers can use computers and laboratory chemicals to design organisms or alter organisms to do new things. E.O. Wilson, an American biologist and science communicator, has said synthetic biology is the next big thing in science and could radically change food production.

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It could be the coming out party for synthetic biology in agriculture. A biologist at University of California Riverside has developed a technique to reprogram plants so they are more tolerant of drought. Plants that lack water naturally produce abscisic acid (ABA), which restricts plant growth and minimizes

water consumption. Scientists have considered spraying plants with ABA to help them combat drought. However, the chemical is expensive to manufacture and sensitive to light. Other researchers are studying synthetic ABA to promote drought tolerance. Plant biologist Sean Cutler and his U of C Riverside colleagues took a different approach. They used synthetic biology to alter a tomato plant and

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Alta. farm safety gets funding LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Alberta farm safety education programs received a $75,000 boost Feb. 12 from Ag for Life and the Co-operators. The three-year partnership is designed to help expand rural and farm safety days across the province. Ag for Life is a non-profit organization with a mandate to deliver safety education. Safety programs reached more than 26,200 people last year, according to a news release announcing the funds. Support from the Co-operators insurance company will allow expansion of those programs, said the release. “As an insurance company, we are committed to risk management and we are excited to work with Ag for Life to improve rural and farm safety,” said Co-operators president Kathy Bardswick. Ag for Life’s programs include Barnyard and Boots, a vehicle rollover simulator demonstration and the Progressive Agriculture Foundation.

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CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE

First CWD case since 2002 no cause for panic Alberta elk industry official says vigilant testing was bound to find the disease, known to be contracted from wild deer BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

The discovery of Alberta’s first case chronic wasting disease in a farmed elk in 13 years likely won’t affect the industry, says the head of the Canadian Cervid Council. “I think the industry, as a whole, is always concerned whenever there is a case regardless of where it is located, whether it is Saskatchewan or Alberta. Having the first case in Alberta since 2002 it is a little bit of concern,” said Glenda Elkow. “The industry has already contacted a number of its trading partners and they are very pleased with our record of testing. They are not going to change from business as usual because one has been found in 74,000 tests.… If you are going to look for a disease as vigilantly as we do, it’s bound to show up sooner or later. It’s never good news. There is a certain level of disappointment we did find the case but it is good the surveillance is happening and it was found.” The discovery was made during routine testing of an elk at a slaughter plant in January, said Gerald Hauer, Alberta’s chief provincial veterinarian. The entire herd where the elk originated has been quarantined and will be destroyed. Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials will trace animals that entered and left the herd to determine how the brain wasting disease ended up on the Alberta farm. Hauer said the herd may have been infected when outside animals were brought in, or it could have been transmitted from the wild. “We do know there is CWD in parts of Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan in the wild,” he said. “It is no secret that this farm is in an area where CWD is known to occur in wild deer (along the Saskatchewan border from Lloydminster to Milk River), outside of the fence. How it potentially could get to the inside is speculation.” Alberta instituted a voluntary CWD testing program in 1996, and in 2002 it became mandatory to submit the head of cervids older than one year who die on the farm or are killed at a slaughter plant. Alberta has tested the heads of more than 74,000 farmed deer and e l k s i n c e t h e t e s t i n g p ro g ra m began. The last case of CWD in Alberta was 2002, when one farmed elk tested positive for CWD. No other animals tested positive when the herd was destroyed, and officials failed to identify the source of CWD. A white-tailed deer in a farmed herd tested positive later that year, and one animal tested positive when the herd was destroyed. No source was discovered for the disease. No other farmed deer or elk have tested positive in Alberta since, although the disease has been found in wild deer and one moose in the province. Herds on five Saskatchewan farms tested positive last year. Elkow said no livestock industry is free of disease, but the industry has

been diligent in monitoring and dealing with CWD since it was first identified in a Saskatchewan herd. “There is a desire to control the disease and try to learn more about it so we can be better at controlling it,” said Elkow, who doubted that a conclusive answer to how the animal contracted the disease will be found. “It’s not conclusive in any fashion where this came from. (CFIA) do follow a path of animal movement, but to my knowledge it is very rare to come up with a 100 percent con-

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clusive answer to where it comes from.” Elkow opposes a return of the wild deer cull in areas with CWD that the provincial sustainable resource development department ended fol-

lowing opposition from members of the elk industry. “There was a lot of cost and not that helpful. I don’t think it’s a good use of taxpayer dollars,” she said. Instead, Elkow believes government and industry should continue to work on creating a vaccine and live CWD tests as a way to control and monitor the disease. The provincial government has found 37 positive cases in wild deer this winter after testing 1,867 heads that were submitted through its 2014 hunter CWD surveillance program. It

expects the rest of the tests to be finished by March. Thirty of the positive cases were mule deer males scattered from the Battle River in the north to Milk River in the south. Submitting the heads of wild cervids is voluntary or mandatory, depending on the area of the province. “So far the number and rate of positive deer is significantly higher than in previous years,” said the CWD surveillance update. mary.macarthur@producer.com

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LAND PURCHASE

Financing challenges delay BioRefinex plant construction Proposed $35 million plant would process 45,000 tonnes of animal byproducts every year in Lacombe, Alta. BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

City council in Lacombe, Alta., has granted BioRefinex Canada an extra month to get its financing in place to buy land for a plant that will turn specified risk material into safe byproducts. The company hopes to build its proposed $35 million plant on 13 acres of city owned land in an industrial park. “The amending agreement has confirmed the City of Lacombe will allow BioRefinex until March 31, 2015, to conclude the transaction,”

said Norma MacQuarrie, Lacombe’s chief administration officer. “Certainly, we the city have provided everything we can in terms of facilitating this project. We have completed a subdivision of the land. It is really in BioRefinex’s court to complete this transaction.” BioRefinex announced in 2011 that it wanted to build a plant in Lacombe to process 45,000 tonnes of animal byproducts a year into fertilizer, biogas and other products. Company president Chris Thrall said it is still working on finding financing for the biorefinery. “We’re pressing on and we’re push-

ing forward to have it completed in terms of our financing so we can break ground as soon as possible. Our expectation is that would take place in a matter of months of us completing our financing,” said Thrall. “Nothing has happened yet. We haven’t started construction. We are still fully intending to. It is simply a matter of completing all of our financing arrangements for the project.” The plant was expected to be operating by 2013 when the project was originally announced but has had several construction extensions. The plant is expected to use a pat-

ented heat technology that breaks down organic material into safe byproducts. Specified risk material from livestock is now incinerated or sent to the landfill. Thrall said finding financing for a new process has been a challenge. “It comes down to the nature of markets, and capital markets in 2012 and 2013 were very challenging,” he said. “This is financing for a business that is pre-cash flow. These are companies that aren’t currently generating cash flows from existing operations. Ever since 2008 with the collapse of markets, the whole venture

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An eight-member funding group has provided $650,000 for further research in to the deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. Genome Alberta, the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency, Genome Canada, Ontario Agriculture, Saskatchewan Agriculture, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the Ontario Genomics Institute and Genome Quebec announced three new research projects Feb. 10. One project involves development of a modified live virus vaccine using reverse genetics and will be led by VIDO-Intervac at the University of Saskatchewan. A second project will examine enhanced molecular diagnosis and genetic resistance to PED. The U of S and national centres for animal disease are handling that project. The third project will research the use of molecules and polymerase chain reaction assays to find the difference between infectious and noninfectious PED particles. The veterinary medicine faculty at the University of Montreal will lead that project. More than 70 outbreaks of PED have occurred in Canadian hog barns since January 2014, most of them in Ontario. The virus is almost always fatal to young piglets. The United States has been battling the virus since April 2013, and an estimated eight million pigs have died from PED since then. “Genome Alberta saw a way for genomics to be used to respond to the threat and decided to put together a plan and find the necessary funding,” said a Genome Alberta news release. “The resulting collaboration is good news for PEDv research and for the pork industry.”

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Zest for rural experience holds promise Western Producer Farm Living editor Karen Morrison files these reports from the North American Farmers Direct Marketing Associations gathering in Nashville, Tenn. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A growing interest in reconnecting with farm and rural life is an opportunity for agriculture, said the executive director of the North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association. “Projections for consumer demand to visit farms will increase 10 and 20 fold in the next 10 to 20 years,” Charlie Touchette said in an interview at the group’s annual conference in Nashville Feb. 1-6. He said agritourism is more developed in Ontario and British Columbia than the Canadian Prairies and the U.S. Midwest, but all have an opportunity to benefit from this growing trend. Those best suited for such ventures are people-oriented, creative and inventive individuals who are interested in educating the public. He said people are keen to have rural experiences and food education, citing the popularity of onfarm events such as cooking classes. “No longer do farmers drive agritourism, but consumers drive agritourism,” said Touchette. Convenience remains the biggest priority among shoppers. Farm stores will not replace urban grocery stores but serve as an option for those seeking local products, services and experiences as part of family outings on the weekends. He said there is a need to involve more farmers in offering agritourism ventures. “If we don’t fulfill that market, somebody else might find a way,” said Touchette. “There’s so much room for somebody else to capitalize on consumer demand. There’s a

Colten Snyder, left, and Bryan Keller make kettle corn, a popular concession item at Honeysuckle Hill Farm near Springfield, Tenn. The agribusiness hosts about 15,000 schoolchildren and offers zombie paintball, a zip line and petting farm. | KAREN MORRISON PHOTO vacuum of consumer demand to be filled. Will it be by farmers or by somebody willing to capitalize on a demand in ways that may not be authentic to our industry?… I want the farmer to tell the story.” Philippe Quinn of La Ferme Quinn near Notre-Dame-de-l’Ile-Perrot, Que., tries to offer a welcome home feeling to as many as 4,800 visitors on the busiest days. The 110 acre farm grows and sells fruit and vegetables and has an animal barn and play structures. The farm is open 11 months of the year, with events ranging from maple syrup season in March to Christmas tree

sales in December. Quinn said farm income from agritourism is growing. “It’s a growth industry due to the buy local movement,” he said. “People want that connection with food, with the farmer, with the outdoors. They want something authentic.” Karen Walker Tibble, business development specialist with Manitoba Agriculture at Russell, Man., doubts agritourism will ever be big business in Manitoba because of the province’s small population base. She recommended it for “people who know how to tell their story and can make that connection with

consumers. By having that passion and that drive, I hope people will come.” Walker Tibble said 64 farms participated in Manitoba’s Open Farm days last year, which offer free admission and access to participating farms on one day in September. Workshops available to producers have included sessions on cutting up chickens and making cabbage rolls. She said there are now 74 farmers markets in Manitoba and 13 community shared agriculture programs. “Consumers want to be aware of where their food comes from and

want to make a connection with the farmer,” she said. Walker Tibble said many resources and funding options are available to emerging and existing direct farm marketers. For example, Manitoba producers can learn more at a direct farm marketing conference in Brandon March 6-7 while in Ontario, producers can seek out the Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association. karen.morrison@producer.com FOR RELATED STORIES FROM THE CONFERENCE, SEE PAGES 20, 21

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LEFT: Horse hoops on Tennessee’s Lucky Ladd Farm was named the best new idea at the North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association annual conference. BELOW: Workers prepare fried apple pies at the Apple Barn Cider Mill and General Store at Sevierville, Tenn. The agritourism operation was a featured stop on a bus tour. | KAREN MORRISON PHOTOS

Operators promote other products or services in the area to bring in more tourism

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A goat kid escaping from its pen, stumbling and bleating its way through slides and ramps and jumping pillows is the subject of the winning YouTube video at the North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association. Entitled Plan your escape to Leeds Farm, the video features a goat’s eye view of the fun that awaits visitors to Rob and Christy Leeds’ adventure farm at Ostrander, Ohio. Colleen McKay of Your Farm Market in Woodstock, Ont., said the goat video had the cute factor. “You’ve got to have an emotional connection, something to pull on the heart strings,” she said. Most delegates interviewed agreed the best video gives viewers a sense of place.

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BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Producers along an historic trail are pooling their resources to showcase their operations and reduce their marketing costs. The rural merchants of the Historic Otter 248th Trail at Langley, B.C., include Krause Berry Farms and Estate Winery, JD Farms Specialty Turkey, Bonetti Meats, Kensington Prairie Alpaca Farm, Blackwood Lane Winery and the Thunderbird Show Park equestrian centre. The berry and turkey operations, which participated in the North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association in Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee, Feb. 1-6, detailed in interviews how each agribusiness carries the other’s products and promotes events at their sites. Sandee Krause, whose business employs up to 200 employees during peak season in addition to seasonal berry pickers, said her farm’s cooking class chef takes 12 participants along the three to five kilometre trail to pick up ingredients. “It’s not just teaching recipes. They teach them how to choose different products,” she said of the Wolfgang at the Farmer’s Table event that people pay up to $160 to attend. Krause said such ventures can also be feasible for other farm operators. “Partnerships are great, we really believe in them,” she said. “We can advertise to a broader area and reach more people for less money because

we’re advertising together.” The group meets five times a year to create seasonal and special events and collaborate with associate businesses such as Christmas tree and day lily growers in the area. They create bags that feature one another’s ventures and are used along the trail, allowing them to increase awareness of each other’s products. Debbie Froese of JD Farms said the promotion has increased sales in wholesale and retail areas in addition to the local region in the eight years since it was created. Froese doesn’t feel they are in competition with another. “We are all different businesses

who will all promote each other,” she said. Otter Road was named after General William Dillon Otter, who fought in the Northwest Rebellion, commanded the first Canadian contingent in the South African war and was knighted in 1913. The group will continue to develop its website at shophistoricotter248thtrail.com, a trail run between the businesses and promotional booths for use at off site events. “People love to come out from the city,” said Krause, citing the large population base the group draws on from nearby Vancouver. karen.morrison@producer.com

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Andrew Dixon, who operates Granddaddy’s Farm at Estill Springs, Tennessee, said “being genuine and being yourself ” is the most important element of a good farm produced video. “Don’t copy someone else,” he said. “It should have the feeling of your operation.” His family tried to share the experience of being at Granddaddy’s, he added. McKay said video makers could set the mood with Christmas lighting or decorations because such details put viewers in that setting. A video for her market store could showcase where the products come from, she added. “You want to see the farm, tell a story,” she said. “You need to paint a picture with more than just words.” McKay said combining videos with social media sites such as Facebook can increase awareness for the farm operation without adding extra advertising costs. Jennifer Beaver of Tanners Orchard in Speer, Illinois, also saw value in YouTube videos as training for her young staff. “It shows you how to fix or do something,” said Beaver, who feels her daughter’s generation is most familiar with YouTube and the best candidate to create a video. Link to the goat kid video at www. youtube.com/watch?v=KorFsOs MWU4. karen.morrison@producer.com

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Farm tours offer learning experience BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Farmers should do their homework before offering school tours, says a U.S. farm operator. Sylvia Ganier, owner of the Green Door Gourmet farm near Nashville, said producers should research their local school divisions, check local and regional curricula and create age appropriate educational programs. In an interview during the North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association conference in Tennessee Feb. 1-6, the former reading teacher said these learning components must be in place before a farm approaches schools. “Teachers look for those operations first because they can justify it as a day in the classroom,” she said. “If you are willing to do their lesson for them, they are more willing to spend more time on your farm.” Ganier’s numbers grew from 550 the first year the tours were offered to 2,777 visits that generated $22,000 last year. The farm charges less than

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$10 per child and keeps the group size to a maximum of 25. She said these tours, when combined with events such as weddings, account for one-third of the farm’s revenue. Green Door hopes to double its school numbers in the future by continuing to draw on a nearby urban population of one million people. Ganier thinks that’s possible because Green Door is among the few agritourism operators offering a curriculum based educational program to schools. Student visitors tour her greenhouse, warehouse and fields to see the steps that are taken to grow produce and sell it to consumers at the farm market. Green Door teaches mathematical concepts such as weights and measures by allowing students to weigh potatoes and discovering how many small bags of potatoes are needed to fill a potato bin. “If kids can’t have fun and keep their attention, they’re not going to learn,” she said. “We turn things into learning games that help with the core curriculum.”

A lesson that focuses on the life cycle of a plant allows children to help plant seeds in the greenhouse. The youngest ones plant their seeds in cups that they can take home. “Kids like to have their hands in dirt and like to have a playful learning experience,” Ganier said. Amy Ladd of Lucky Ladd Farms at Eagleville, Tenn., said there’s a fine balance when incorporating fun and learning. “If they don’t know they are actually learning while they’re doing it, then it’s a successful program,” she said. Children who visit her farm talk about the state’s wildlife during wagon rides through a treed area and get close up and hands on as they learn about the abundance of sheep, cows and horses housed in pens on the farm. PowerPoint presentations, worksheets and activities are offered for farm activities, which are designed to support units in understanding cells, interdependence, the flow of matter and energy, heredity and biodiversity.

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My grandson brought his boyfriend over to his mother’s house last Sunday for all of us to meet. Apparently this was some kind of a coming out ceremony. I really love my grandson and I would do anything to not hurt or disappoint him, but I have to admit that I am struggling with this whole gay thing. Homosexuality was outlawed when I was young. It was considered immoral and sinful, and homosexuals were not allowed into whatever activities we had planned for our children. I understand that all of that was wrong, and I am proud of our communities for being more accepting . However, to be honest, I still struggle with this on a personal level. I was not comfortable when my grandson and his friend were flirting with each other and I was scared beyond reason that they might kiss or hold hands in front of us. What can I do to overcome all of these personal misgivings?

I admire your honesty. It would be easy to pretend that you are accepting of your grandson’s relationship with his boyfriend, but somewhere along the way your dishonesty would likely unveil itself and your credibility with your grandson would suddenly disappear. The starting point as you develop a more accepting attitude is to remember that both your grandson and his friend are two wonderful people.

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Food security sprouts from prairie seeds Family supplies seeds from organically grown crops to customers who are rediscovering the benefits of local gardens BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Jim and Rachelle Ternier examine the variety of seeds they save every year at Prairie Garden Seeds. The family operates gardens at their home farm at Cochin, Sask., and at St. Peter’s Benedictine Abbey at Muenster, Sask. | KAREN MORRISON PHOTOS

HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Growing crops to produce vegetable seeds means managing small plots at different locations in Saskatchewan. For the Terniers at Prairie Garden Seeds, that includes gardens at their farm near Cochin, Sask., and at St. Peter’s Abbey at Muenster, Sask. “We have to ensure garden seeds are pure, so we need a number of isolated fields,” said Jim Ternier, who lives in Humboldt with his wife, Marie-Louise Ternier-Gommers, a preacher and writer. Their daughter, Rachelle Ternier, will pick up more of the business reins this year when she moves to the 85 acre family farm. There, she hopes to add a quarter acre to the farm’s three-acre garden plot and continue growing plants without chemicals or synthetic fertilizers. At the abbey, the Terniers use a high tunnel to boost the growth of plants such as tomatoes and cucumbers. She will get help from Jim’s sister, Judy Ternier, who lives with her husband, Tom Burns, on adjacent land and runs a community shared agriculture program. “For me to sustain the work and growth, I have to partner. A lot are interested but don’t know how to get into it,” said Rachelle, a former educational assistant who runs a cooking and food awareness program for Humboldt schoolchildren. Jim has collected seeds from two acres of gardens at the abbey since 2005 in exchange for providing its kitchen with fresh produce. The two growing sites provide 80 percent of the seeds, with the remainder coming from a commercial seed source and certified organic grower. Jim said seed saving sounds more daunting than it is. “There’s lots to learn but it’s within the ability of most people,” he said. He recommended starting small by letting peas get overripe and harvesting their seeds for the next crop. Most seeds will keep for three to five years if dried and kept in a cool room, although onions and parsnips store for as little as one year. Rachelle handles the business’s annual seed sales catalogue. The chore was formerly managed by Marie-Louise, who now has more

time available for her interests in writing, retreats and workshops. Rachelle and Jim’s interests include sharing their knowledge about seed saving and small-scale food production and their opinions about the politics of seeds and who controls them. “The bulk of what we eat should come from close to home,” said Rachelle. “Worldwide, diets should look very different.” Added Jim, who has been gardening since childhood: “Everyone should produce some of their own food.” Marie-Louise said the family chose a simple rural lifestyle. “There’s a freedom in that (that) most people don’t grasp,” she said. “We didn’t need the latest and best.” She’s happy Rachelle is going to farm, noting how they held onto their land in case one of their three children might want it. Jim thinks Rachelle is eyeing expansion at the right time. “There has been a noticeable increase in the last decade in people feeding themselves,” he said, citing the decreasing age of his customers and the number of families with young children buying seeds. He thinks that stems from fears about the safety and security of their food supply. Jim said his business evolved from growing produce for cottage owners and farmers markets to saving seeds, which helped him spread the workload over the entire year. Prairie Seeds uses work spaces in Jim’s basement and the abbey to dry, store and package seeds for online sales (prseeds.ca) and the 12 sales events they attend each year. Their business offers up to 600 garden plant and field crop seeds, mainly to customers in Saskatchewan and Alberta, with some sales to the United States and Europe. They had $40,000 in sales last year. Rachelle said biodiversity is as important to her as to her father. “We can’t just cut things, but the business has to be financial viable,” she said. “I see value in the way Dad’s been doing things. With climate change, we may need it one day and it’s important to keep growing. There’s stability in diversity. It’s valuable to keep around.” karen.morrison@producer.com

Rachelle Ternier holds Tom Thumb corn suitable for making popcorn. Prairie Garden Seeds saves about 600 different kinds of seeds.

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ADJUSTING SLEEP

Don’t let jet lag steal days from vacation HEALTH CLINIC

CLARE ROWSON, MD

I am planning a trip to Europe soon. Like many others, I have trouble with jet lag so I do not enjoy the first couple of days. Do you have any tips for getting over it sooner?

The problem we have with jet lag when visiting Europe is compounded by the fact that most overseas flights take off from Canada in the evening. Therefore unless you are one of those lucky people who can sleep on planes, you are up for about 36 hours. However tempting it may be to take a nap as soon as you arrive, it is better if you can hang on until evening. Try to eat meals as close as possible to the time you would eat at home. Some people keep their clocks and watches at the home time. Dealing with the body’s natural circadian rhythms is also a problem for shift workers on rotating shifts. Performance is affected and jet lag may even have a negative effect on the heart and circulation. Some people seem to have more of a problem than others. Young people and children generally adjust faster. This is why shift work, particularly overnight, may be damaging to the health of those ages 45 and older. One of the key factors seems to be related to the naturally occurring hormone cortisol. Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have shown the importance of cortisol in circadian rhythms. This substance was found to influence the clock genes in white blood cells, which in turn communicate with the central body clock in the brain and also other clock genes in other organs. Other studies have demonstrated that light therapy is not useful for treating jet lag and may be damaging. The solution, according to the Canadian researchers, may lie in a pill that is yet to be developed, possibly combined with light therapy.

MORE PREVENTION TIPS • Reduce exposure to bright light to help adjust to the new location. • Drink plenty of water before, during and after your flight to counteract the dehydrating effects of dry cabin air. Avoid alcohol and caffeine, which can affect your sleep. • Exercise to boost your endorphins and stretch out some of the kinks from a long flight. Clare Rowson is a retired medical doctor in Belleville, Ont. Contact: health@producer.com.

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Are travel reward programs worth the effort? TALES FROM THE ROAD

ARLENE & ROBIN KARPAN

he ads make it sound enticing. Collect these points and before long you’ll be jetting off to some exotic corner of the globe. But is it really that simple? Effectively using points programs can reduce travel costs, often dramatically, but it’s seldom simple. Many programs are so complex that they make the Income Tax Act look simple. It helps to learn the ins and outs of the main programs and how to use them to your benefit. It also helps not to get too hung up on concepts like logic and common sense. There’s a mind-boggling number of points schemes, each with its own pros, cons and exasperating idiosyncrasies. Traditional frequent flyer programs such as Aeroplan or Delta Skymiles are operated by most major airlines. We’ve found that these generally give the biggest bang for the buck for long international flights. It’s mainly because the points required are for travel between broadly defined regions such as North America or Europe rather than actual distance, with a few exceptions. So if we want to travel from Saskatoon to Europe or Africa, it costs us the same number of points as someone living in Toronto or New York, even though we have to travel a lot farther. It’s a rare instance where the travel industry doesn’t penalize us for living in a smaller market. The downside to most airline programs is availability. They allocate a limited number of seats for award redemptions, so you can’t always

find space on the days you want. If you’re flexible and can plan ahead, that’s better. A free ticket is never free. You still have to pay fees and taxes, which can vary. Most are imposed by airports or governments. But the big one that travellers should be aware of is the fuel surcharge that some airlines sneak in as an additional fee on award redemptions, especially on international flights. Fortunately, not all airlines do this. With Aeroplan for example, you can use any of the 27 airlines in Star Alliance, providing that award space is available. Some airlines impose a fuel surcharge on Aeroplan tickets, including Air Canada, Lufthansa and Thai Airways, while some don’t, such as United, Singapore Airlines, Swissair, and Turkish Airlines. Which airline you fly internationally can make a huge difference in fees. How we accumulate points has changed dramatically. It used to be that flying 1,000 miles earned 1,000 points. With most airlines now, travelling on a discount fare might get you 50 percent or even 25 percent of the points. Some airlines, such as Delta, no longer award points based on distance flown, and instead base it on what you spend. The cheaper the ticket, the fewer the points. The main way to rack up points these days is through credit cards, with increased competition resulting in some attractive deals such as significant sign-up bonuses. There are now three banks (TD, CIBC, and American Express) that have Aeroplan credit cards. Other Canadian banks have cards linked to airlines such as Westjet, Delta, British Airways or Alaska Airlines. These usually come with an annual fee, although they sometimes offer special deals such as first year free.

Some reward programs are creditcard based, and not linked to airlines, such as CIBC’s Aventura or RBC’s Avion. Practically every bank has something similar. The main selling point is that you can use points on any airline. While rules vary, the number of points required is usually tied to a maximum ticket price, so they aren’t without restrictions. Then there’s the ubiquitous Air Miles program. You need a lot of points to get very far, they charge booking fees for everything (even if you book online), and reward flights are restrictive. We have trouble getting enthusiastic about Air Miles, although many people use them successfully. Credit cards are linked to Air Miles as well. As long as the traveller uses credit cards for normal spending and business expenses and pays the full balance every month, this can be an excellent way to accumulate points. A farmer paying a fuel or fertilizer

bill, for example, can quickly earn a truckload of points. There is no single best program. It all depends on what kind of trip you have in mind. For an international flight in business class, one of the airline programs will likely be best, whereas Air Miles might fit the bill for a short hop one province away. The key is to understand each program’s benefits and limitations and then decide which suits your travel goals. Numerous websites are devoted to points travel. One we find useful is rewardscanada.ca. Besides daily updates, they do an annual rating of the best credit cards in Canada for points earning. To delve even deeper, check out flyertalk.com, which has discussion forums on practically every airline and points program out there. Arlene and Robin Karpan are well-travelled writers based in Saskatoon. Contact: travel@producer.com.

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Flavourful dishes add zing to Chinese New Year celebrations CHINESE HOT AND SOUR SOUP

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This is one of my favourite authentic Chinese recipes. Dark soy is thicker and more flavourful than standard soy sauce so use it sparingly.

SARAH GALVIN, BSHEc

ictoria is home to Canada’s oldest and North America’s second oldest Chinatown, which was established during the Gold Rush of the early 1850s. At its peak, more than 40,000 immigrants lived in a few square blocks in the city centre. Today it is a vibrant place to shop for Asian ingredients, vegetables, fish and meat. While visiting, I joined chef Heidi Fink on her culinary tour. In her 10th year leading cooking enthusiasts through the grocery stores, restaurants and teashops, she shared her wealth of knowledge of Oriental cuisine. Feb. 15 marks the beginning of the 15 days of Chinese New Year celebrations and many special meals.

2/3 c. boneless pork loin, 160 mL cut into 1/4 inch strips 2 tsp. dark soy sauce 10 mL 4 small Chinese dried shitake mushrooms 3/4 c. dried black fungus 185 mL 1 1/2 tbsp. cornstarch 20 mL 1/2 c. canned sliced 125 mL bamboo shoots, cut lengthwise into 1/8 inch wide strips 2 tbsp. red wine vinegar 30 mL 2 tbsp. rice vinegar, 30 mL unseasoned 1 tbsp. light soy sauce 15 mL 1 1/2 tsp. sugar 8 mL 2 tbsp. vegetable oil for 30 mL frying 4 c. using mushroom soaking liquid and sodium reduced chicken stock 1 L 3 to 4 oz. firm tofu, rinsed 85-110 g and drained, cut into 1/2 inch cubes 1 large egg 1 tsp. sesame oil 5 mL

1 1/2 tsp. ground white pepper 8 mL 2 tbsp. thinly sliced green 30 mL onions 2 tbsp. fresh whole cilantro 30 mL leaves Toss pork with dark soy sauce until well coated. Soak shitake and black fungus in boiling hot water to cover, about 30 minutes. Cut and discard stems from shitakes, then squeeze excess liquid from caps and thinly slice. Squeeze liquid from black fungus and trim hard nubs. In another bowl, stir 1/4 cup (60 mL) cooled mushroom soaking liquid with cornstarch and set aside. Stir together vinegars, light soy sauce, sugar and salt. Heat a wok or heavy pan over high heat. Add vegetable oil and stir fry pork until it changes colour, about one minute. Add shitake mushrooms, black fungus and bamboo shoots and stir fry one minute. Add stock and bring to a boil, then add tofu. Return to a boil and add vinegar mixture. Stir in cornstarch mixture and return to a boil. Liquid will thicken. Reduce heat to moderate and simmer one minute. Beat egg with a fork and add sesame oil. Add egg to soup in a thin

Welcome Chinese New Year with pork and chive dumplings, sticky rice and Chinese hot and sour soup. | SARAH GALVIN PHOTOS stream, stirring slowly in one direction with a spoon. Stir in white pepper. Sprinkle with green onions and cilantro before serving. Source: adapted from Bruce Cost.

STICKY RICE WITH CHINESE SAUSAGE At dim sum, this is usually presented in a lotus leaf packet. I can’t find lotus leaves and I don’t like the flavour of banana leaves so I serve this in a bamboo steamer. Cantonese sausage can be found in the freezer section.

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1 1/4 c. short grain 375 mL glutinous sweet rice 4 Chinese dried shitake mushrooms, also called black mushrooms 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast 1/4 tsp. salt 2 mL 1 tbsp. Chinese rice wine 15 mL or dry sherry 1 tsp. cornstarch 5 mL 2 links Cantonese sweet sausage, also called lop cheong 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped 1 tbsp. Chinese rice wine 15 mL 1 tbsp. light soy sauce 30 mL 1 tsp. dark soy 5 mL 1 1/2 tsp. cornstarch 15 mL dissolved in 1 tbsp. cold water 8 mL 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 30 mL for stir fry 1 /4 tsp. Asian sesame oil 2 mL black pepper or white pepper to taste Cover rice with cold water and soak for one hour, then drain and steam in a bamboo steamer lined with cheesecloth. Meanwhile, soak mushrooms in boiling hot water until softened, about 30 minutes. Cut out and discard stems, then squeeze excess liquid from caps and thinly slice caps. Save mushroom soaking liquid for another use. Thinly slice green onions, keeping pale green and white parts separate from dark green parts. Quarter sausage lengthwise and finely chop. Heat wok or large heavy pan over high heat and add vegetable oil. Add mushrooms, sausage and pale green and white parts of green onions, then stir fry one minute. Add rice and stir fry, breaking up any clumps, one minute. Add sesame oil, pepper and remaining green onions and stir fry until combined well. Source: adapted from Bruce Cost.

PORK AND CHIVE DUMPLINGS Sauce: 1/2 c. soy sauce 125 mL 1/2 c. black vinegar, 125 mL also called sugarcane juice vinegar 1 tbsp. sesame oil 15 mL 2 tsp. toasted white 10 mL sesame seeds Filling: 1 lb. ground pork 500 g 1 c. finely chopped 250 mL garlic chives 2 tsp. minced garlic 10 mL 1 tsp. salt 5 mL 1 tsp. cornstarch 5 mL 1 tsp. grated fresh ginger 5 mL 1 tsp. freshly ground 5 mL black pepper 1 package. round dumpling 9 cm wrappers (3 1/2 inch) vegetable oil, for frying Make the sauce by combining all ingredients and set aside until ready to serve. Makes about one cup (250 mL). Make the pork filling by combining all ingredients except for dumpling wrappers and vegetable oil. Working with one dumpling wrapper at a time, place a tablespoon (15 mL) of pork filling in the centre of the wrapper, moisten the edge of the wrapper and fold in half. Pinch the dumpling at one end and pinch as you go until you have a total of six pleats and the dumpling is closed. Place dumpling on a parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dumpling wrappers until all filling has been used. Cover dumplings with a damp paper towel until ready to cook or at this point they can be frozen and cooked later. In a large non-stick skillet, heat two tablespoons (30 mL) of oil over medium-high heat. Working in batches, arrange the dumplings in a single layer and cook, until the bottoms begin to brown, about one minute. Pour onehalf cup (125 mL) water into the pan, cover with a lid and steam until the filling is almost cooked through, about two minutes. Uncover and cook until the water has evaporated and the bottoms have become golden brown and crisp, about two minutes. Serve warm. Source: adapted from the Tasting Table Test Kitchen. Sarah Galvin is a home economist, teacher and farmers’ market vendor at Swift Current, Sask., and a member of Team Resources. She writes a blog at allourfingersinthepie. blogspot.ca. Contact: team@producer.com.

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HISTORY

CWB restoration, flag rise as issues of the day FROM THE ARCHIVES

BRUCE DYCK, COPY EDITOR

The Western Producer is starting a new feature, in which it takes a look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the newspaper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago.

prairie wheat farmers were about equally decided on whether the Canadian Wheat Board should keep its monopoly, at least as long as they believed the board could continue to exist as a player in a “dual market.” However, that all changed if the choice was between the existing CWB monopoly or an open market. When that was the choice, then a strong majority of wheat produces favoured the CWB system of the day, including a small majority in Alberta.

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75 years ago: Feb. 22, 1940 Federal Conservative leader Robert Manion called for restoration of the Canadian Wheat Board in a speech that outlined the party’s long-range wheat policy.

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Alberta premier William Aberhart called a provincial election for March 21. His Social Credit government had been elected in August 1935. 50 years ago: Feb. 18, 1965 Saskatchewan Wheat Pool’s board of directors called for federal wheat subsidies during a Feb. 15 emergency meeting. A recent drop in grain prices was estimated to cost western producers $50 to $75 million in reduced income.

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OUTDOOR SAFETY

Layered clothing still the best way to stay warm in winter OUTDOOR PURSUITS

KIM QUINTIN

lmost anyone who has experienced a winter in Canada has an idea how dangerous and extreme the cold can sometimes be. No r ma l b o d y t e m p e ratu re i s around 98.6 F. When it drops below 95 F, a person is suffering from hypothermia. The further body temperature drops from normal, the more dangerous things get. Signs of hypothermia can include shivering, blue or pale skin, poor coordination, confusion and unconsciousness. Someone who suffers from hypothermia and stops shivering without actually being physically warm is really starting to get into trouble. If body temperature drops to 68 F or less, the major organs will probably fail and the person will die. Avoid alcohol when dealing with cold environmental conditions. It interferes with the body’s ability to properly regulate blood flow at different temperatures, which is an important survival mechanism built into our physiology. Wool and some synthetic fabrics make superior cold weather material because they insulate the wearer when either dry or wet. Avoid cotton underwear, shirts and jeans because they retain moisture and sweat close to the body, which speeds the freezing process. I have also found polyester fleece and goose down to be great insulators when dry, but they leave a lot to be desired when wet. The secret to cold weather clothing is dressing in layers. Each layer can serve a different purpose and be easily added or removed, depend-

Hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts should know how to properly dress for the cold and deal with hypothermia should it arise. | FLICKR.COM/WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PHOTO ing on the situation. The underwear layer should be a thin material that covers most of the body and wicks sweat away from the skin. Wool from merino sheep is an excellent choice. Ensure that this base layer is not too tight or it will adversely restrict blood flow. The second layer should be a long sleeve shirt and pants. This layer is often your “normal clothes.” A vest or sweater is a nice option to have because they can be easily shed or worn to regulate body temperature, depending on the situation.

The outer layer needs to cover as much of our body as possible. This layer must prevent melting snow and wind from penetrating to the inner layers. It also needs to provide an important layer of insulation that is effective when either dry or wet. A coat that covers the entire length of the torso with a tall collar and hood is recommended. Bib style snow pants with suspenders are essential to keeping legs, stomach and lower back insulated when bending and working. Wearing a pair of thin wool socks

under a second pair of thick wool socks inside winter boots is an excellent way to control moisture and ensure good insulation for feet. Make sure boots are not too tight when wearing double socks because that will adversely reduce blood flow to feet and toes. Wearing double wool socks when shopping for winter boots is a good idea for selecting the right size. A knit hat, face mask and scarf go a long way to protecting the head, ears, face and neck. Much like a vest or sweater, these articles of clothing may

be easily shed or worn as needed. Mitts are better than gloves because fingers can warm one another. If you must wear gloves for some tasks, consider wearing thin gloves inside large mitts. That way you can work with your gloved hands and put them back inside the mitts to warm up. Working hard in cold weather can make a person sweat. Sweat on the skin will cause the body to lose heat faster. Moderate physical effort to minimize sweating when possible. Wearing the right fabrics and layers should minimize the effect of sweat, but take care nonetheless. I love water from spring to fall but am mindful when around it in winter because it can quickly injure or kill when combined with cold temperatures. Hypothermia is treated by restoring the body temperature to normal. The method of treatment depends on the severity of the condition. Generally speaking, get the individual out of wet clothes and gently restore their overall body temperature with dry blankets, adequate clothing, warm drinks and a heat source. Avoid shocking the person with vigorous rubbing of affected areas and burning drinks. These techniques should work well in helping someone with up to moderate hypothermia. However, it is imperative to get immediate medical attention if the person is suffering from severe hypothermia. Hypothermia is a serious matter, particularly in the deep winter months. It is a danger that can be minimized with proper forethought and gear selection. Make a plan and communicate it to an emergency co nta ct bef o re v entu r ing into extreme cold.

Kim Quintin is a Saskatoon outdoor enthusiast and knife maker. He can be reached for column content suggestions at kim.quintin@producer.com or 306-665-9687.

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NEWS PEST MANAGEMENT

Swede midge threat remains small out West Ontario canola growers are seeing the worst of insect pest BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

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Swede midge is not a serious threat to prairie canola crops, at least for now, says an Agriculture Canada entomologist. The pest has been in northeastern Saskatchewan for years and is spreading to other parts of the Prairies, but research suggests the type of Swede midge found on the Prairies isn’t as damaging as the genotypes in Ontario. Lars Andreassen, an Agriculture Canada research associate in Sask-

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atoon, said Swede midge in Ontario emerge from the soil earlier in the growing season and threaten developing canola plants. “They can build up and have a generation already going by the … two and four leaf stage,” Andreassen told Manitoba Ag Days in January. “So they can have a huge flush when the canola plants are just young and really susceptible.” As noted on the Canola Council of Canada website, Swede midge females lay eggs in the meristems, or growing points, of canola plants. The larvae from those eggs feed on the plant and can cause: • Twisted or distorted young shoots. • Misshapen buds in bud cluster. • Abnormal flower development. Swede midge populations are entrenched in parts of Ontario, particularly the Temiskaming district around New Liskeard. The Ontario Canola Growers Association said in its January newsletter that farmers in the region should cease growing canola until 2018 because Swede midge is overwhelming the crop. “Currently, huge numbers of adult Swede midge emerge from soil pupae in the spring … (and) overwhelm young canola plants in neighbouring fields throughout Temiskaming,” the association said. “Considering the disappointing average yields of well below one tonne per acre in 2013 and 2014 (and) the overwhelming number of pupae now present in soils … the strategy being encouraged by OCGA… is a moratorium on canola production in Temiskaming for three years.” The Swede midge is a widespread pest of crucifer crops in Europe and is rife in parts of Ontario, but Agriculture Canada studies in Melfort, Sask., and on farms in northeastern Saskatchewan tell a different story. Andreassen and Agriculture Canada entomologist Julie Soroka have observed that Saskatchewan Swede midge emerged later in the growing season than Ontario midges. “What we found was … there weren’t any Swede midge coming out of the ground until the canola plants were in already in the first flowering stage,” Andreassen said. “In Ontario, the overwintering cocoons would come out in three different groups: an early group, a middle group a couple of weeks later and a couple weeks later, a third group….

It seems like that first early group, we don’t have it here (on the Prairies).” The early versus late emergence is significant because Swede midge in Ontario can produce four or five generations of offspring during the spring and summer. “There seems to be only time in northeastern Saskatchewan for only two generations to occur,” Andreassen said. “There’s more to it than different climates. We also have different (Swede midge) genetics in Saskatchewan.” Fewer replications reduce the likelihood of a population explosion over a summer and limit the number of eggs laid in the soil before winter, which come out the following spring. The late emergence is positive, but there are several concerns surrounding Swede midge: • The tiny flies are spreading rapidly across Saskatchewan and other parts of the Prairies. Last year they were detected near North Battleford, Sask., Meadow Lake, Sask. and Swan River, Man. • Swede midge prefer a war m, humid climate. Eastern Manitoba and the region between Edmonton and Red Deer have a favourable climate for it. “If it’s dry, the adults will only live for a day or less,” Andreassen said. “If it’s humid air, then they’ll live for up to five days. It’s on the second day that their egg laying takes off.” • Insecticides aren’t effective against Swede midge because the larvae deform the plants and it’s difficult to achieve insecticide contact when the pest hides in the folds. Killing adults is also challenging. “With the adult stage, the peak of emergence is a three week peak,” Andreassen said. “Even if you sprayed for the adults and killed them (one day) … there’s still more coming out the next day and the next day.” On the positive side, he said pheromone trap counts are low in Western Canada. Many traps snared one or two Swede midge over the entire summer, while Ontario traps have caught dozens in a day. As well, Andreassen has discovered two parasitoids in Saskatchewan that don’t exist in Ontario, which attack the Swede midge and could be harnessed to kill the pest. robert.arnason@producer.com

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• 1996: Ontario crucifer vegetable crop suffers high production losses. Researchers not sure why. • 2000: Guelph scientist identifies presence of Swede midge in Ontario. • 2003: Jumping larvae observed in canola pods in northeastern Saskatchewan. • 2004: Swede midge detected in New York state. • 2006: Swede midge spreads throughout southern Ontario and parts of Quebec. • 2007: Confirmed in one location in Nova Scotia, three locations in Saskatchewan.

• 2008: Found at two Manitoba locations. • 2012: First noticeable damage to canola in Saskatchewan. • 2013: Swede midge damage more prevalent in northeastern Saskatchewan. • 2015: Swede midge is endemic in area around New Liskeard, Ont. Ontario Canola Growers Association recommends a three-year moratorium on canola production in the region. Source: Agriculture Canada

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DROUGHT DECLARED

FOREIGN LAND OWNERSHIP

New Zealand offers help to dry areas

Australia toughens land buying rules

Dry pastures in some areas have forced an increase in sheep and beef slaughter WELLINGTON, N.Z. (Reuters) — New Zealand has declared a drought in parts of the country’s South Island and offered financial assistance and tax relief to farmers. Dry conditions have cut dairy production and increased sheep and beef slaughter rates. The government said mediumscale drought conditions were affecting the east coast of the South Island, which includes a major dairy region. It said it would offer extra funding immediately through rural trusts. “It’s clear that conditions are only going to get tougher as the seasons change and we need to prepare now,” primary industries minister Nathan Guy said in a statement. He said he was also monitoring parched regions in the North Island. The announcement comes after a drier than average summer. Drought was last declared in 2013, when it shaved .3 percent from real gross domestic product in a country where farmers account for more than 55 percent of exports. Analysts said the economic impact from the latest drought was likely to be smaller, given that fewer regions had been affected. “It’s not clear where we’re going to finish up,” Deutsche Bank economist Darren Gibbs said. “Does it take .1 percent off GDP? I don’t think it will be bigger than that at this point.” However, industry experts said dairy farmers faced a bigger challenge in recovering from the current drought than they did in 2013 because plunging global prices have cut cash flows. This year’s benchmark payout of US$3.45 per kilogram of milk solids is the lowest since 2008. Farmers have already have cut back on milk production and sent cattle to the slaughterhouse. This is in stark contrast with 2013, when a record-high dairy payout in the following season enabled farmers to lift milk production to an alltime high. “It’s a perfect storm with dry conditions and the lower payout,” said Virginia Serra, an adviser at industry body DairyNZ that represents farmers in the drought-affected Canterbury-North Otago region. “With last year’s … payout, farmers had tools to deal with the previous season’s drought,” she said. “But now, those tools are reduced. The margin to spend on expensive feed supplements and things like that just aren’t there this season.” D r y c o n d i t i o n s h av e s p re a d throughout the Southern Hemisphere. Australian farmers have struggled with lower rainfall for more than two years, although favourable weather in recent weeks has eased some of the pain.

Foreign purchases by one buyer cannot exceed $14.75 million without regulatory approval SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia has tightened its foreign farmland ownership rules amid concerns that it is losing control of its own food security. The new rules slash the amount beyond which land purchases would require regulatory approval. As of March 1, foreign purchases of agricultural land worth more than $14.75 million will be subject to regulatory approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board, prime minister Tony Abbott said. The country had previously required regulatory approval on for-

eign purchases of agricultural land only if it was worth more than $234 million. “This is not saying that we don’t want foreign investment,” he said. “We do want foreign investment, but it’s got to be the right investment, the right investment that serves our purposes. It needs to be transparent,” Abbott said. The tighter rules will also prevent multiple purchases below the threshold, with regulatory approval being required as soon as total transactions by one purchaser pass $14.75 million.

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Australia’s Bureau of Statistics said last June that 90 percent of agricultural land is fully owned by Australians, although Abbott promised greater scrutiny after the rural sector

expressed skepticism about those findings. Abbott said the Australian Taxation Office will conduct a review in June of all land ownership to provide a more detailed “stock take,” with a registry of foreign ownership to come at an unspecified date. Foreign ownership of Australian land has been a controversial issue. By announcing the tighter rules, the embattled Abbott will win favour from some. He is looking to tighten his grip on power after narrowly surviving an internal party challenge to his leadership earlier this month.

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WILDLIFE

Wolf culling test in Sask. produces few results Despite demands from cattle producers to kill wolves to protect cattle, studies show it doesn’t always work BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

About six weeks are left in a wolf pilot project in northeastern Saskatchewan to determine if culling will reduce livestock losses. So far, the results aren’t positive. “Some of the objectives are to actually find out whether a project of this sort works,” said Mike Gollop of the province’s environment ministry. The fur and problem wildlife specialist said the project should provide answers to several questions. “How interested is the hunting community? Will hunters be effective in finding wolves and what percentage of licences actually get filled with a tag?” he told a producer meeting about livestock predation and protection that was held in Tisdale Feb. 4. “We’ll also be contacting each of the hunters and finding out what their experience was, whether they accomplished anything and getting their feedback.” The pilot project is taking place near Weekes, Sask., where significant numbers of livestock have gone missing. “Some positive, other circumstantial evidence suggested wolves as a culprit, and in reality we tried all of the techniques that we normally have at our disposal,” said Gollop.

“We tried to encourage extra trapping, crop insurance brought in some of their predation specialists, we tried to use baiting with 1080 (canine sensitive poison), we just went through the whole gamut. Even with the good compensation programs that are in place, a lot of times with wolves you don’t even have a carcass. So you’re not in a position to make a claim. So it’s very frustrating.” The pilot project has made 100 big game licences available to hunt wolves from Sept. 15 to March 31. Hunters have bought 73 licences, which allow them to hunt without a trapper’s license in an area that is designated as farmland and kill a maximum of two wolves per license. There have been no reports of hunter success. Gallop said the number of licences that were issued indicates interest in the program wasn’t significant. He predicted that there won’t be many wolves culled under the pilot program. “Probably 12 wolves if everything worked out really, really well,” he said. Citing privacy concerns, the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. is not disclosing the amount of predator compensation it has paid out in the Weekes area. Due to the small size of the area, any information could identify specific farms, said

Producers, trappers and hunters gathered in Tisdale, Sask., Feb. 4 to hear presentations about livestock predation and protection. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO crop insurance spokesperson Rae Groeneveld. He added that crop insurance paid out $1.45 million for predation compensation on 1,463 claims across Saskatchewan in 2013-14. Six percent of that represents wolf predation. He said the percentage of claims from wolf predation has remained consistent since crop insurance starting delivering the program in 2010. The compensation cap for the pilot program has been set at $25,000 per producer for total claims, while the general program has no cap. Norman Belchamber, a grain

farmer in the Weekes area, said he has seen wolf numbers skyrocket. “The wolf population has just totally exploded in the past four years,” he said. Belchamber said he started trapping and hunting wolves four years ago because his neighbours are losing many calves to wolf predation. “I felt that I had the time and resources to do it,” he said. “I’ve decided to take it upon myself to try and make a difference. We’ve got areas that aren’t being trapped properly and conserved.” Belchamber is adamant that trap-

ping is the key to solving the problem. “In the past three years I’ve harvested in excess of 100 wolves in a 12 mile sq. area,” he said. “All you need to do is have an incentive for those trappers to get out there and make it become financially feasible.” However, Gallop said a study at Washington State University that looked at compensatory mortality over 25 years found that each wolf killed increased the odds of depredation: four percent for sheep and five to six percent for cattle. It also said 20 wolves killed doubled livestock deaths. “The easiest way to describe this is a wolf that dies one way can’t die another way. If a wolf is shot, another wolf that may have starved will live,” he said. “The ability of a (wolf ) pack to respond when populations drop is incredible…. There was this backfiring affect on livestock.” Gallop said common sense is required. “I think if you’ve got a problem in your backyard, going after the wolves in your backyard makes nothing but sense, ideally taking that entire pack out of there and then crossing your fingers that the next pack that comes in is not going to specialize on livestock.” william.dekay@producer.com

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Kidd likes to put the Technotill system to the test even with some less than conventional seeding techniques. The seeding system even fits with Kidd’s approach to establishing a small-seeded crop like a new forage stand. “We use a custom blend for forages so there is only one batch of seed and if we run out , we just can’t run to the store and buy more,” he says. “So we need to make sure that seed batch is seeded at the proper rate to cover the field.” Kidd’s custom forage blend usually includes two or three varieties of alfalfa or other legume such as birdsfoot trefoil. And then there is a blend of five grass types. He likes to use varieties suited to different growing

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SWINE SEMINAR

Pharmaceutical residues costly to producers Tainted meat recalls cost money and tarnish the reputation of the meat industry, says a food safety official BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Pharmaceutical residues can sneak into market hogs even when producers are being careful, says Maple Leaf Foods’ vice-president for safety. And when they do, it costs significant money and endangers the reputations of farmers and meat companies. “Somebody’s got to pay,” Sharon Beals told the Manitoba Swine Seminar Feb. 5. “It comes out of somebody’s pocket.” The costs can arise from tracking down and destroying tainted meat or from segregating animals until medical residues are naturally eliminated. The biggest danger is to consumer demand for products that the public needs to know are safe to eat. Beals described three cases in which pharmaceutical residues showed up in pigs arriving at their facilities. In one case, the residues were found long after the pigs had been slaughtered and the meat shipped. The two most serious of the three cases were unintentional exposure of the pigs to pharmaceuticals that the farmer did not intend to provide to the market hogs. In the first case, which affected $7.7 million worth of meat, a farmer and his veterinarian discovered that they had been incorrectly receiving medi-

Sharon Beals of Maple Leaf Foods says pharmaceutical residues can show up in meat in unexpected ways. | ED WHITE PHOTO cated feed at a multiplier operation, from which 100 pigs per week were shipped to the slaughterhouse. The feed mill that supplied the feed had been making a mistake with their order for four months. They immediately informed Maple Leaf, which then scrambled to find

out what had happened to the meat. “I’ve got product in the marketplace. I’ve got product on the water. I’ve got $7.7 million worth of product at risk,” said Beals. Fortunately, the residue levels of the pharmaceutical in muscle cuts weren’t above acceptable limits for

health, so people weren’t in danger. However, the company had to hunt down the meat products that still existed and destroy them. About half still existed. The most dangerous parts — the kidneys and liver where pharmaceutical residues concentrate — were

found in a container on the ocean that could be intercepted before being consumed. A little less than half the meat products had already been consumed. The second case revealed an unexpected cause of pharmaceutical residue contamination: “bored pigs eat poop.” A farmer had shipped market hogs to Maple Leaf that showed up positive in a routine test for a medication to which they should not have been exposed. The farmer was shocked. How had that occurred? His feed contained no medication. He realized he had shipped the market hogs in the same trailer he had previously used to ship weanlings, which had been eating medicated feed. The market hogs had been snacking on the weanling manure in the truck, and the drug taint had quickly metabolized. Fortunately, the drug was not a human health risk or $250,000 of pork products would have been destroyed. In the third case, a load of hogs was randomly tested and found positive for a medication they should not have had by slaughter time. The pigs were pulled aside for a few days until the residue disappeared, which cost $10,000. ed.white@producer.com

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Antibiotic misuse has consequences

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Veterinarian warns producers that over-prescribing could lead to regulation BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Antibiotics could be taken away from livestock producers if they aren’t treated more responsibly, warns a Saskatchewan veterinarian and expert in antibiotic use. The danger isn’t just losing specific uses of some drugs but having those drugs entirely removed from livestock production. “We cannot afford to let this get worse,” Leigh Rosengren of Rosengren Epidemiology Consulting in Midale, Sask., told the Manitoba Swine Seminar Feb. 5. She urged the livestock industry to voluntarily reduce some antibiotic practices to avoid the imposition of regulations, or worse. No new substantial antibiotics are likely in coming years, and those being developed now by pharmaceutical companies will probably not be allowed on farms. “What we’re hearing is that the writing is on the wall,” said Rosengren. “It is incredibly expensive to develop new molecules, and when they come they will be going to human medicine, and we probably will not see truly novel molecules coming to agriculture to solve this problem for us.” It means farmers will be relying on existing antibiotics for future health

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protection and disease treatment, Rosengren said. Farmers will find animal health management more challenging if any of those antibiotics are lost. Rosengren said Canada has looser regulations than most similar countries about some uses of antibiotics, such as “extra label” use and growth promotion use. However, she said producers shouldn’t think that makes nonessential uses acceptable. Farmers can’t afford to seem uncaring with so much concern about antibiotic resistance endangering human health. “I would be encouraging you to have the conversation with your feed mill and with your nutritionist and with your veterinarian on how your feed meds are going to change because I promise you if we see no change, this will be a big black stripe across the industry because when we say we’re going to step up and we’re voluntarily going to clean something up, if we ultimately don’t change, I

say the next step is regulation,” said Rosengren. Old standby antibiotics such as tetracycline are already ineffective with many bacteria that live within hogs. As a result, livestock producers can’t afford to lose access to the ones that can still control disease-causing microbes. She said losing access to these drugs would be devastating. U.S. poultry producers voluntarily stopped using ceftiofur for disease prevention when resistance started showing up in Canadian egg production, and similar moves are occurring in Canada. That kind of self-restraint will be needed to prevent health authorities from taking tougher action. Rosengren said that is already happening, noting the Veterinary Drug Directorate is likely to restrict offlabel use soon. “It does seem like we will see action on all water-soluble antimicrobials going prescription-only in the near future,” she said. ed.white@producer.com

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Hot summer drives and cold winter hauls affect pigs, but not as much as where they’re standing in the trailer. That confounds the common sense assumptions that researchers made when they started studying the effects of transport on market hogs, researcher Jennifer Brown told the Manitoba Swine Seminar Feb. 5. “We certainly expected to see more effects due to that long transport, but it was more important where the pigs were on the trailer than how long they were transported,” said Brown, who works for the Prairie Swine Centre near Saskatoon. Researchers wanted to better understand how short, medium and long hauls of market hogs during both summer and winter conditions affect animal welfare and meat quality. Pigs were shipped for six, 12 or 18 hours and the carcasses examined to find the impact. There were noticeable hot and cold weather differences. Loading in summer doubled pigs’ heart rates, especially for those in the “bottom nose” compartment. Long hauls in winter hurt meat quality. However, another study found

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bigger differences as a result of the position in the trailer than the time of year. Pigs in some compartments were much more likely to have meat quality problems, showing they felt stress in that place. “We noticed in the course of this research that there are significant compartment differences, and this was a bit of a surprise for us,” said Brown. “The compartment differences were more significant than those six, 12 and 18 hour transports.” Brown said hog farmers, truckers and packers should look at improving trailer design so that pigs don’t feel stress just because of the space they’re in. Something about some places causes stress, which can perhaps be eliminated. “We would like to do additional work looking at the vibration characteristics, especially in some of the rear compartments,” said Brown. ed.white@producer.com

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ANIMAL HEALTH

Use antimicrobials responsibly, say veterinarians Officials urge livestock industry to seek alternative treatments when possible to ward off criticism from the public BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

OLDS, Alta. — Bacteria showing resistance to antimicrobials is a complex and unpredictable problem. It is also a natural phenomenon, but growing public pressure is forcing veterinarians and livestock producers to reconsider their use of antimicrobials. Besides passing resistant bacteria into the food chain, many consumers worry about drug residues in meat. Drug residues may appear when the animal was slaughtered too soon

after receiving medication, but that should not be a concern in Canada, says a veterinarian. “Residues or drugs in our meat is not an issue, whether it is from a conventional system or whether it was one raised without antibiotics,” Leigh Rosengren of Rosengren Epidemiology Consulting told the Banff Pork Seminar held Jan. 20-22. As well, consumers need to understand that bacteria are everywhere. The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance, which is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada, enters

abattoirs and grocery stores searching for resistant bacteria on chicken, pork and beef. Positive samples have been found at low levels. It does not mean antimicrobials should be removed from livestock production, but responsible use is needed to keep animals healthy. “In my mind, they are an invaluable tool for agriculture,” Rosengren said. “I will never be a proponent of a world without antibiotics in livestock. They are absolutely necessary to maintain the welfare of our animals.” However, critics question whether

it is responsible to use antibiotics in feed and water to prevent disease and improve average daily gain and feed efficiency. Healthy animals grow faster, said Sherry Hannon, a veterinarian and epidemiologist with Feedlot Health Management Services at Okotoks, Alta. “In some cases, we are also using antimicrobials to improve average daily gain and feed efficiency where there may not be much impact on health,” she said at a special workshop on antibiotic use and pain management in Olds Jan. 27.

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“That is where people are having more of a problem with our responsible use.” Europe does not allow antibiotics for growth promotion, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration compelled pharmaceutical companies to voluntarily pull these products off the market beginning in 2013. Full compliance is expected this year. Rosengren said Canada needs to keep its regulations aligned with the United States. However, fewer approved products are available in Canada, and pharmaceuticals are often used to treat conditions or species not mentioned on the drug company label. No one wants to end extra label use, she said. Canada also allows over the counter purchases of products, but that could change to a prescription only rule. Prescriptions are required in Quebec and Newfoundland, but the other provinces have different rules. These products come under federal jurisdiction in the U.S. Hannon also recognizes the public view of antibiotic use. She regularly prescribes antimicrobials, but her practice is looking for ways to reduce the use of these drugs, including alternative treatments. “At this moment, we haven’t found a lot of really practical ways to replace our antimicrobials. If we were, we would be using them,” she said. The treatment plans at her feedlot practice are based on risk for diseases such as bovine respiratory disease. For example, a 700 pound vaccinated steer might be considered lower risk than a newly weaned 300 pound calf arriving at a feedlot. The calf will receive antibiotics upon arrival to get ahead of potential disease. Her practice also documents what was done to individual animals. Pressure will continue for the entire industry to record and track which animals were treated, why, when and how well they recovered, she said. Written records should improve understanding of which microbes are appearing and which drugs were most effective. It could also track prevalence and changes over time. Research is also critical to track outcomes and the prevalence of resistant microbes. “We need to have the data to show what is happening,” she said. Feedlot Health Services ran a three year study to learn the prevalence and susceptibility of Mannheimia haemolytica, a bacterium responsible for BRD. The study, which subjected the samples to 21 antimicrobials, found that 87.8 percent of the isolates were pan susceptible to antimicrobials and 5.9 were multi resistant. The industry is aware of the problem of antimicrobial resistance and is behaving responsibly, said Rosengren. Most producers work to prevent infections and spread of disease with vaccination, good hygiene, proper nutrition and controlled animal movement. Producers also need to talk with their veterinarians to decide if antibiotics are necessary or beneficial, she added. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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PRODUCER PROTECTION

CAMPAIGN TO SAVE HABITAT

Producer security program pleases feed mill operator

U.S. conservationists take monarch butterfly under wing The campaign will provide funding for landowners who preserve habitat and plant restoration

Grain commission plans to include feed mills in the producer payment security program BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A buyer for one of the largest feed mill operations in Western Canada is pleased the Canadian Grain Commission intends to expand its producer payment security program to include mills. Ken Richmond, purchasing manager for Masterfeeds, thinks it will make it easier to source grain. “We tend to buy as much grain as we can from the farm versus the line companies. There is a bit of a savings,” he said. However, some farmers are reluctant to sell grain to feed mills in the wake of high profile business failures such as Puratone and Big Sky Farms, where growers were not paid for the grain they delivered. “Puratone was a bad one. It stirred a lot of people up,” said Richmond. He believes growers would be more likely to do business with feed mills if the grain commission expanded the producer protection program. “It should give us access to more farm grain,” said Richmond. Feed mills are exempt from licensing because they were not part of the

commission’s quality assurance mandate. Commission spokesperson Remi Gosselin said it is considering cancelling the exemption based on feedback from producers and farm groups upset about the Puratone and Big Sky failures. The commission has begun consultations with mills, grain growers, producer groups and current licensees about incorporating feed mills into the producer payment security program. The tricky part will be determining the cutoff because the commission doesn’t want to license all mills. “Maybe farm-to-farm feed mills might be exempt, but the larger commercial facilities purchasing grain from farmers directly might be required to be licensed,” said Gosselin. “The intent is not to license mom and pop feed mill operations but more operations that are commercial and buy directly from farmers.” There are 220 commercial feed mills operating in Western Canada, which would be added to the 160 elevators that the commission now licenses. Current licensees pay $280 per

month for a full-term license and $358 per month for a short-term license. Gosselin doesn’t know what feed mills would pay, but that would be a good starting point for discussion. Security requirements would be based on a review of monthly liabilities. Feed mills would be required to post a bond or provide a letter of credit, cash deposit or payables insurance. Richmond doesn’t think the fee and bond requirements would be t o o o n e ro u s f o r Ma s t e r f e e d s, which operates 10 mills in Western Canada. “We’re a big company. That little thing isn’t going to chase us away, I don’t think,” he said. Stakeholders have until April 9 to submit comments to the commission, which will then analyze the feedback and develop proposed licensing requirements. The regulations will be subject to a second round of consultation through the Canada Gazette process. “I would suspect it would probably be another 12 to 18 months before feed mills are licensed,” said Gosselin.

SEATTLE, Wash. (Reuters) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and conservation groups have launched a US$3.2 million campaign to save the habitat of the embattled orangeand-black spotted monarch butterfly, whose numbers have plummeted in recent years. The monarchs, renowned for migrating thousands of kilometres over many generations from Mexico, across the United States to Canada, and then back again, have seen a loss in their habitat because of farming and urban sprawl. The population of monarch butterflies, which peaked in the late 1990s at one billion specimens, has fallen by 90 percent in recent years, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. “Known for its beautiful orange colour, fascinating life cycle and remarkable annual migration, the monarch butterfly is the most iconic butterfly in North America,” said Democratic U.S. senator Amy Klobuchar, who backs the effort. The campaign, which is led by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Wildlife Federation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, includes a conservation fund

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BEEF PRODUCTION

Efficiency could bring Brazilian cattle boom Brazil slaughters more than 40 million cattle per year, but carcass weights are below North America’s BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

STRATHMORE, Alta. — Brazil could expand its behemoth beef industry if its cow herd was more productive. “We are big but we are not efficient,” said Flavio Santos, an animal nutritionist at Sao Paulo University in Brazil who recently met with Canadian beef producers in Strathmore and described the new grazing concepts that are being introduced to Brazilian ranchers. More pressure has been placed on livestock producers in the last 10 years to become more efficient. Pastures are being lost to increased soybean and corn production and no new grassland is opening up, he told members of the Foothills Forage and Grazing Association during a Jan. 23 meeting. New research and technology could help Brazil increase beef production by more than 60 percent with the same size cow herd and land base. Brazil slaughters 43 million head a year, which produces 10.3 million tonnes of beef. About eight million tonnes are consumed domestically, and the rest is exported to 40 countries. The exports are worth $1.4 billion a year to the Brazilian economy. The average carcass weight is slightly more than 500 pounds, compared to North American carcasses that average 800 lb. Cattle are typically slaughtered when they are 36 months old. Most are finished on grass and gain 1.3 to 1.8 lb. per day. Farmer-owned feedlots handle 4.7 million head. The herd is mostly Nelore-type cattle, known as bos indicus, as opposed to the bos taurus type seen in Canada. These have a large hump on the shoulders and floppy ears. They are adapted to tropical climates but do not gain well. There is a trend toward crossing Angus with Nelore to add more pounds of beef to the finished weight. In 2013, 7.5 million doses of semen were used to develop heavier slaughter weights. Climate affects beef and forage production.

An aerial view of a confined cattle operation is seen in a deforested Amazonian area in Brazil’s central state of Para in this 2009 file image. An animal nutritionist from Brazil recently told a grazing association meeting in Strathmore, Alta., that Brazil’s cattle industry could be much larger if it became more efficient. | REUTERS/PAULO WHITAKER PHOTO “You have to play with the conditions you have,” said Santos. Brazil’s warm rainy season lasts about six months and produces 1,200 to 1,600 millimetres of precipitation. The grass grows fast and tall but dries out during the dry season, which leaves plenty of stems and dead material. It does not stockpile well, and crude protein levels drop to five percent from 12. Stock rates are reduced at this time, and the cattle often lose weight. Calving rates are not as good as they should be because cow fertility suffers under these conditions. It has been difficult to convince traditional farmers to fertilize or try rotational grazing, but more are

starting to consider mineral and protein supplements. They are also being encouraged to use more nitrogen fertilizer to rebuild crude protein in the grass. Adding livestock to grain rotations is another new concept. The land is seeded to grass for three years after a grain harvest and cattle graze it. This also adds organic matter to the sandy soil. Other producers are starting to develop rotational grazing systems with high stocking levels on the rapidly growing tropical grasses. Forage can grow uncontrolled to a metre high, but the nutritional value is not as high at that point. Producers are encouraged to turn

large numbers of cattle out when the grass is 25 centimetres high. The animals are allowed to graze the top 10 centimetres and are then moved to the next paddock. Cattle want the fresh green leaves and will work to avoid taking the stems that have more fibre and less protein. It is less efficient if cattle are turned onto grass that is 35 cm tall and graze off 20 cm. They gain less and have to work harder to find the more palatable leaves. Another idea is to offer mineral and grain supplements to foraging cattle for maintenance and growth. They also need protein such as soybean meal. Protein supplements

feed the rumen microbes so they can digest forage more efficiently. Researchers who observe cattle behaviour have learned that cattle will eat more grain like corn, milo or sorghum during the dry season when the grass is less palatable and nutritious. Farmers can increase stocking rates and improve weight gain as more energy is provided. However, cattle prices in Brazil are high at the moment, which provides less incentive to widely adopt these concepts. “Conditions are so good you can still be inefficient and still make money,” Santos said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

FARM POLICY

End-point royalties don’t dampen support for greater plant breeders’ rights BY DAN YATES SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Most agricultural groups continue to support the federal government’s push for greater plant breeders’ rights, despite the spectre of endpoint royalties. The bill, which will see the adoption of the UPOV 91 international standard, will give seed developers and plant breeders greater control over seed. The move has stirred a debate over farmers’ privilege and farm-saved seed, which has dogged Bill C-18 since it was introduced. The proposed legislative changes have drawn criticism and a lot of confusion. They won’t deny producers

the right to save seed but do make end-point royalties possible. “The way we view it is if we go to an end-point royalty, I’m looking at 10 years down the road,” Gary Stanford of the Grain Growers of Canada told the Senate’s agriculture committee Feb. 5. The legislation doesn’t create endpoint royalties, in which payments are made to seed developers upon sale. Instead, it allows the government to introduce them in the future without further public debate. “I realize that the (agriculture) minister could come in and say I want to change that, but according to the way the bill is (written), it says regulations after consultations with producers,” said Stanford.

“The way I read this and the way I see this, is that there will be consultations before any of this is done.” The legislation has received support from many industry and producer groups, which say the bill will spur greater investment in variety development from private sector developers. The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is supporting the bill but doesn’t yet have a position on end-point royalties. “We think it is important to note that this legislation does not mean that an end-point royalty system will be adopted as some farmers have claimed,” Jim Wickett of the association told the committee Feb. 3. “This legislation allows for an end-

point royalty system, but as of yet, there is no agreement in this industry to go down this path.” Matthew Homes of the Canadian Organic Trade Association said the organic sector can operate under the new bill, as long as farmers’ privilege remains entrenched. “The language that I’ve specified in section 5.3 (of the bill) was absolutely essential. It needs to be maintained in that bill, otherwise our position will become somewhat more pointed,” he told the committee Feb. 5. “With UPOV 91, we have not found particular benefit for the organic sector, but we haven’t found anything specifically detrimental either.” The National Farmers Union and Food Secure Canada have spoken

more strongly against the bill. “We’re getting one percent (yield gain) for wheat per year, which is not very much. Farmers on their own in Africa will get yield increases of close to one percent per year, just from saving their seed and planting it again, adapting and selecting the best seed every year. That is not an impressive figure,” Pat Mooney of ETC Group told the committee Feb. 3. “What you’re getting is in fact a lot of platitudes about who will innovate and the basic assumption that is the sum of plant breeders rights or intellectual property protection will be beneficial, but you’re not getting data given to you.” dan.yates@producer.com

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ENVIRONMENT

Report reveals $31 billion in annual food waste BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Canada wastes an estimated $31 billion worth of food annually in a loss that stretches from farmgate to consumer tables. The figure, updated in mid-December 2014, is 15 percent more than estimated in 2010 by Value Chain Management International, an organization dedicated to improving business profitability and competitiveness. The boost in numbers isn’t due to an increase in waste, but rather to availability of food waste figures relating to international hospitality, such as airlines and cruise ships, as well as institutions including hospitals, schools and prisons. New figures also include analysis of seafood waste. “Back in 2010, some of the information had not been available,” said Caroline Glasbey, VCMI’s senior director, operations and communications. “ I t ’s n o t s a y i n g ( w a s t e ) h a s increased in the last four years by that amount, or that four years ago it was that much less. It’s just that it hadn’t been quantified.” The report defines waste as the loss of food along the value chain that is suitable for human consumption, or will be fit for consumption after processing. Another term it uses is terminal waste, which is the foodstuffs intended for human consumption that go into landfills, compost, biodigestion or animal feed. VCMI chief executive officer Martin Gooch said small losses along each step of the food chain often go unnoticed but they add up to a tremendous amount of food and economic loss. “It costs us all. It costs everyone money. It generally occurs in small amounts and so we don’t notice it,” said Gooch in a Jan. 29 interview. “We as individuals would not throw $100 into the bin a month, or a week, depending on the size of the family … but that’s exactly what we do with food waste. And we also pay for it through taxes, as well as higher prices.” The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that the value of wasted food represents only 29 percent of the true cost. True costs would include such things as inventory, labour, repackaging, energy, disposal fees, transport and equipment wear and tear, among other factors. If that is an accurate estimate, it would mean Canada’s $31 billion in food waste translates into $107 billion in true costs. The report said businesses could reduce their operating costs by 15 to 20 percent and increase profitability by five to 11 percent by reducing food waste. “How many items must a retailer, manufacturer, distributor, or farmer sell to cover the costs borne from each item wasted or lost,” asks the report. “To our surprise, this is a question that businesses typically cannot answer.” At the farmer level, Gooch said concentrating more on quality than quantity could reduce waste. “We commonly see that producers focus too much on volume versus how to capture value by producing perhaps a lower volume of higher value products.” The full report can be found at : bit.ly/1yQyh6Z barb.glen@producer.com

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• The daily food budget for prisons is about $12.50/person. The number of people in Canada’s correctional system on any given day in 2010-11 was 163,000. Assuming 50 cents worth of avoidable food waste per person per day, annual cost would be almost $30 million.

• Using 1 kg/person per day as a benchmark and seven days as the average duration, cruise ships create an estimated 133,000 tonnes of food waste per year.

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BEEF MARKETING

What beef can learn from wine marketers Consumers lack confidence in food production and it is up to producers to explain how the animal is raised BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

The cattle business could learn a few tricks from the wine industry, says Canada Beef’s market development director. Stylish, sentimental television commercials and that memorable tagline — “we will sell no wine before its time” — helped Ernest and Julio Gallo become household names in the 1980s. They also helped sell a few bottles of California wine. Jim Bradbury said the story of a Porterhouse steak isn’t that different from a Pinot Noir. “In the 1970s, you could go to a restaurant and somebody would ask you, ‘do you want a white or a red (wine)?’ Those were the two choices,” Bradbury told the Manitoba Beef Producers annual meeting in Brandon Feb. 6. Nowadays, restaurant servers can provide a 10 minute spiel on the type of grape, the unique volcanic soil beneath the vineyard, the microclimate of the region and the life story of the dedicated craftsman behind the wine. Bradbury said Canadian beef producers are missing an opportunity because the history of the steak on a restaurant plate might be just as fascinating as a $40 bottle of wine. “Guess what? It takes about three years to get that steak to your table,” he said. “Yet that $50 steak on the table, nobody mentions anything.” He said everyone in the value chain from ranchers to waiters should be able to talk about the grass or grain the animal ate, the quality of the soil

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on the farm, who raised the cattle and the ethical practices of that rancher. “Nobody mentions anything about it,” Bradbury said. “(This) is a story we need to get better at telling. Everybody in this room needs (to know) how to tell that story.” Much like the Gallo ads, building an emotional link between a rancher and a consumer will be a cornerstone of any beef marketing campaign. As an example, Federated Co-op and Canada Beef initiated a “Raised at Home” marketing program, which tells the stories of ranchers in Cochrane, Alta., Hudson Bay, Sask. and Inglis, Man. Bradbury said consumers need to know that producers are making ethical choices for the environment and their animals.

“We will do what is right…. This is a promise that everyone in the industry needs to live.” Trish Sahlstrom, vice-president of purchasing and distribution at A&W Canada, agreed that the connection to a farmer is critical because today’s consumer is skeptical or highly cynical about food production. “What we see is more distrust, in science and big business,” said Sahlstrom, who also spoke at the MBP meeting. “The new consumer is confronted by shortages of time, attention and trust.” A&W launched its controversial Better Beef campaign in 2013, committing to selling only burgers that were “raised without the use of hormones of steroids.” The decision sparked a furious back-

lash with ranchers and producer associations calling the campaign misleading, inaccurate and a threat to the broader beef industry. Sahlstrom said North America’s beef industry has been declining for decades as people eat fewer burgers, steaks and ribs. Consumers lost faith in the industry because of fears surrounding BSE and E. coli, but a bigger narrative eroded the public’s trust of all agricultural production, including cattle. “It comes from all the stories that have been so prevalent, so very long, about how badly we’ve abused our Earth, how badly we’ve abused the animals that feed us … how badly we process foods,” she said. “There isn’t a media out there that hasn’t covered those stories.”

Sahlstrom said participants in focus groups and surveys said by an overwhelming margin that they where concerned about three things in beef: steroids, antibiotics and hormones. “It wasn’t too tough a decision for us to make,” she said. “They (consumers) want to know that it (food) is real, that it hasn’t been changed.” A&W doubled down on its beef campaign in 2014 by promising to sell chicken raised without antibiotics and eggs from hens that are fed a vegetarian diet. Bradbury said businesses must deliver on consumer expectations, but marketing campaigns can have implications for farmers who supply those restaurants. “One thing that would’ve been of interest to Canada Beef, if we had a chance to work with A&W on the wording that they chose to use (would have been) that connection to producers.” Sahlstrom said it’s important to remember that businesses have to attract and retain customers. As a result, companies must respond to changing expectations. “In order to do that … you have to be aware of what the customer is desiring,” she said. “It is the responsibility of business leaders to do what the customer wants, not to get the customer to do what the organization wants.” Bradbury agreed. Lecturing or educating the public about certain agricultural practices isn’t a viable marketing strategy. He said the beef industry needs to listen and talk to consumers so that the relationship resembles a community. “Have a conversation with them … rather than us trying to tell them what we think they need to hear.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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February 13 – 15, 2015

Expectations are running high for the 4th annual Saskatchewan Equine Expo at Saskatoon Prairieland Park. It is evident based on the previous years that Saskatchewan is embracing this weekend that is specifically focused on the equine industry. Each year organizers offer a number of different programs, while continuing the everpopular NAERIC Trainers Challenge and the trade show where vendors showcase the latest technology, nutrition and information for horse enthusiasts. The three-day weekend event includes equine related lectures, presentations, demonstrations, entertainment, competitions and opportunities focusing on the equine industry. Whether participants and spectators are amateurs or professionals, everyone’s interest will be tweaked with the newest equine products, techniques and services. Organizers welcome competitors for the exciting, Canada’s Ultimate Cow Horse Competition with an additional component for Non Pro riders as well as the popular Open Division. This three day competition includes reined work, herd work, fence work components and will be one of the features of the two evening Equine Extravaganza performances. Canada’s Ultimate Cow Horse Competition attracts top horsemen and horsewomen from across Canada. The top three from each component will take home prize money and the overall champion in each division will receive a custom made award by Bill Wilm of Wilm Saddlery, St. Brieux, Saskatchewan. The Equine Extravaganza scheduled

Friday and Saturday evenings include the Battle of the Breeds teams introduced and then one component will be featured each evening, followed by the Fence Work component of the Cow Horse Competition and a demonstration by Saskatchewan Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association. Due to the outstanding attendance and limited seating, separate tickets are required in order to attend the evening performances. There will also be a professional quality live video feed on an oversize screen in Hall A convention centre for patrons to watch the event in comfort and enjoy a variety of food and beverage items. The three outstanding horsemen competing in the Trainer’s Challenge are: Taylor Douglas from Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan; Cory McAllister from Edmonton, Alberta and Cain Quam from Kendall, Saskatchewan. The audience will be captivated by the horsemanship skills of these professional trainers. The Champion trainer will receive a custom made award by Bill Wilm of Wilm Saddlery. A new and exciting component to the Trainer’s Challenge is the Horse Auction. John and Bernice King from Diamond K Ranch who supply the horses will be selling them in an auction that will take place immediately before the final Trainer Challenge round on Sunday afternoon. Mike Fleury from Saskatoon Auction Sales will be auctioneering and the Kings will be donating a percentage of the proceeds to the Children’s Hospital Foundation as well as the Neo Natal Unit Regina General Hospital.

Eight Battle of the Breeds teams will compete in barrel racing, trail, compulsory pattern and jumping components over the three days with the winning team crowned on Sunday at the completion of the event. The top three teams will take home prize money as well as merchandise donated by Greenhawk and Cowtown. Jonathan Field: Will be offering his expertise in a two-day clinic focusing on “Developing a Great Riding Horse from the Ground” and “Develop a Comfy Canter: and Foundation Essentials for Every Rider and Horse”. In addition, Jonathan will present a daily seminar in the information theatre in the trade centre. Day 1 - Saddle Design for Horse and Rider Comfort Day 2 - Reading Horse Behavior: The Primary Equine Language and the 6 C’s Day 3 - A Bit of Knowledge: A 5-Step Bit Program Sandy Alexander: Has coached many students to high levels of competition in hunter, jumper and dressage. With his unique coaching style Sandy manages to get the most out of his students and their horses. He has owned and bred outstanding horses that have excelled to the upper levels of many disciplines and is also a judge and senior inspector for the Canadian Warmblood Registry. Sandy will also be presenting a daily seminar in the information theatre in the trade centre. Day 1 – Breeding with a Purpose – Ring, Type, Dollars Day 2 – Form to Function - What is a 10? What do I do with it? Day 3 - Sales/Strategic Partnering Throughout the weekend the Western College of Veterinary Medicine will also conduct seminars and demonstrations in both the Ag Centre and in the Information Theatre in the trade centre relating to current equine issues.

WCVM Seminars (Information Theatre- Hall B) • Strategic Deworming • New Therapies for Lameness • A Day in the Life of a Horse Vet in Costa Rica • Colic • Heaves • Pasture Associated laminitis and Equine Metabolic Syndrome • Breeding your Mare; What to Expect • Dermatology WCVM Demonstrations (Wash Rack Ag Centre) • Farrier Demonstration • Dentistry • Endoscopy • Bandaging • Ultrasound/GameReady • Complimentary Therapy: Acupuncture/ Shockwave Prairieland Park’s Trade and Convention Centre will host the trade show utilizing some 50,000 square feet of space. Attendees will have the opportunity to see everything from horse trailers and stalls to western art, décor and the very latest in equine technology, products and services. The trade show venue will also include the Information Theatre hosted by the WCVM veterinarians and industry experts providing information on various equine related topics as well as Jonathan Field and Sandy Alexander, professional equine clinicians. Prairieland Park is pleased to present The Saskatchewan Equine Expo in partnership with the Equine Health Research Council of the WCVM and the Saskatchewan Horse Federation. For full schedule, details and tickets visit the website at www.saskatchewanequineexpo.com

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SAGE GROUSE PROTECTION

New grouse plan fails to ease ranchersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns Landowners say the recovery strategy is confusing and allows anybody to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stick their nose in and control the land baseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

The federal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new recovery strategy for the endangered sage grouse has done little to ease fears among ranchers in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The strategy, which was written and filed late last year, stems from a federal government emergency protection order that took effect in February 2014. The order imposed restrictions on human activity in 1,700 sq. kilometres of grassland in southwestern Sask-

atchewan and southeastern Alberta. Fewer than 90 sage grouse are thought to be left in Canada, which is the northern edge of the birdsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; range. The emergency protection order raised the ire of ranchers in the affected region, and the recovery strategy has done little to soothe their fears of grazing restrictions and potential penalties. Keith and Ronda Reesor, who ranch near Irvine, Alta., are among the ranchers affected by the order. The recovery strategy doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t refer to forage use, beyond noting that prolonged over-grazing would be

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detrimental to habitat, but the emergency order said grazing beyond specific levels was prohibited. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The concern is now, the way it reads, the grazing is up to the interpretation of someone other than the grazing manager. It could be an environmental group. It could be a biologist with a biased opinion toward a specific species, rather than the whole ecosystem. This really concerns us,â&#x20AC;? said Ronda Reesor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess we would feel that we were sort of guilty until we prove ourselves innocent.â&#x20AC;? The recovery strategy is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;planning document,â&#x20AC;? as stated in its preamble, and is not legally enforceable. That makes it somewhat confusing to those who must live by it and the emergency protection order that preceded it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we want to have just anybody stick their nose in and control the land base, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got pretty much free rein to do it under the strategy,â&#x20AC;? said Keith Reesor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The strategy doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any legal teeth, and yet the EPO and the strategy and the SARA act all pivot on each other. It just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make sense to us.â&#x20AC;? The emergency order for the sage grouse was the first time the federal government had imposed such an order as part of the Species at Risk Act to protect a native species. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal with this emergency order is to achieve the best protection for the sage grouse while minimizing impacts on landowners and agricultural producers,â&#x20AC;? federal environment minister Leona Aglukkaq said when she made the announcement in December 2013. It prohibited new oil and gas development, new road and fence construction and loud noises during the grouse mating season. The order applied only to public land but the recover y strategy includes 2,812 sq. kilometres, some of it private land. The prospect that other emergency protection orders might be issued in other areas that host endangered species grabbed the attention of other landowners and ranchers. The Canadian Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Associ-

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estimated that fewer than 90 sage grouse live in Canada and Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency protection order has caused conflict with some landowners. | FLICKR.COM/U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PHOTO ation has been watching developments with an eye on grazing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a number of species at risk on grasslands because we have only about 20 percent of the grasslands left in North America,â&#x20AC;? said Fawn Jackson, manager of environment and sustainability for the CCA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going forward, we really need to continue to emphasize to the federal government that we need an ecosystem approach for that.â&#x20AC;? Jackson said initial restrictions in the emergency order that limited grazing may have been too restrictive, given the variables associated with grassland habitat, rainfall and topography. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think cattle producers know the best how important those habitats are and how mismanagement can have negative impact and how good management can have a really positive impact,â&#x20AC;? said Jackson. Keith Reesor agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve rewritten the strategy, but they sure havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t helped explain that the landowner has been doing a good job,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more putting the accent on that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing a poor job, and

we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appreciate it.â&#x20AC;? He said predators likely play a larger role in sage grouse mortality than human activity in the region. Swift foxes have been reintroduced, coyotes have proliferated and ravens and other birds of prey take a toll on the birds. Those factors appear to have been acknowledged in the recovery strategy, which listed the level of threat from predators as high instead of medium as it was in the emergency order. The Reesors participated in species at risk round table discussions in Ottawa in December and found likeminded people around that table. Reesor said his cows continue to graze the same land they did before the emergency protection order, but it has put the affected ranching community on edge. The restrictions might also have affected land values. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are we going to be able to operate for the next generation under this EPO and others like it in our area if some more occur? It could be pretty difficult.â&#x20AC;? barb.glen@producer.com

SAGE GROUSE RECOVERY

Strategy outlines bird protection plan BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

The sage grouse recovery strategy, which made public at the end of 2014, follows the emergency protection order issued by the federal government that went into effect last February. The order applied only to public land. The recovery strategy is a planning document with general recommendations on how to proceed if sage grouse numbers and habitat are to be protected in southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta. Sage grouse are listed as endangered under the Canadian Species At Risk Act.

In the long term, the government said it hopes to achieve bird populations of at least 1,095 adults among 16 or more active leks in Alberta and at least 1,500 adults among 20 or more leks in Saskatchewan. In 2012, estimates indicated 90 to 140 sage grouse in Canada. The sage grouse recovery strategy: â&#x20AC;˘ Describes what Environment Canada thinks should be done to recover sage grouse populations. â&#x20AC;˘ Outlines natural and human-associated factors in sage grouse environment that need to be managed so numbers will meet objective. â&#x20AC;˘ Identifies the habitat that is critical to the species. â&#x20AC;˘ Does not regulate or prohibit activities.

â&#x20AC;˘ Includes 2,812 sq. km of land. â&#x20AC;˘ Includes a program with the Calgary Zoo to breed and rear chicks for release. According to the emergency protection order and recovery strategy, the main threats to sage grouse are: â&#x20AC;˘ Sensory disturbance from vertical structures. Essentially, the birds are threatened by tall things. â&#x20AC;˘ Excessive noise. â&#x20AC;˘ Habitat loss and degradation. â&#x20AC;˘ Increased predator pressure. â&#x20AC;˘ Drought and extreme weather conditions. â&#x20AC;˘ West Nile Virus. â&#x20AC;˘ Alteration of natural hydrology. barb.glen@producer.com

NEWS AG NOTES UFA ANNOUNCES CONTEST WINNER Cassils, Alta., has won the third $50,000 prize from UFA’s Get ’n’ Give contest to support community projects across the province. The money is expected to be spent on a new 275-seat community centre, which will replace the existing one built in 1923. The Get ‘n’ Give contest invites rural communities to profile local projects that will make a major impact in their area. The previous winner in the payit-forward contest chooses the next project. The Cassils Community Centre Building Committee will receive the money in March and then announce the fourth winner. Rural community groups, societies, schools and clubs located within 200 kilometres of a UFA Farm and Ranch Supply store or petroleum agency can enter. The next round of entries closes Feb. 15, and the finalists will be announced Feb. 24. Entries are accepted throughout the contest period and remain eligible until the final winner is chosen. Applicants can use video, photo collages, original songs and compelling stories to highlight how $50,000 would help their community.

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SAME MENU, NEW LOCATION FORAGE ASSOCIATION NEEDS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association is looking for a new executive director. Applications can be sent to info. cfga@gmail.com and close March 13. The successful candidate needs to provide direction and input for the forage and grassland sector in research and extension, domestic and export forage market development, forage and grassland and the environment. The job is a two-thirds time position with potential to grow into a full-time position. Salary will be in line with experience, and the position is not location specific. For more information, contact CFGA chair Doug Wray at 403-9354642 or dlwray@hotmail.com.

A tractor moves bales on a farmyard southeast of LaGlace, Alta. Farmers will be feeding livestock for a few more months as a snowy winter continues in the Peace region. | RANDY VANDERVEEN PHOTO

MACHINERY TRAINING GETS FUNDING More than $100,000 has been awarded to help strengthen tractor and machinery training in Canada through the FCC Ag Safety Fund. The fund is a partnership between the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association and Farm Credit Canada. The fund has provided financial support for farm safety training programs to charitable and nonprofit organizations since 2010. Previous projects have included training for Christmas tree growers in Nova Scotia and bear-human conflict awareness training in Alberta. This year’s focus has narrowed to tractor and machinery training. For more information, visit www. casa-acsa.ca/fcc-ag-safety-fund. YOUNG CATTLE PRODUCERS COMPETE FOR MENTORSHIPS The Cattlemen’s Young Leaders program has 24 semi-finalists competing for 16 mentorship positions this year. They were selected out of a pool of 70 applicants based on their online applications and evaluations by a panel of judges. Finalists will be announced at the CYL spring forum in Saskatoon March 26-28. CYL candidates will be paired with a mentor for a nine month period in their area of interest. Topics of study include extended grazing seasons, nutrition, embryo work, marketing, trade, industry policy and advocacy. For more information, visit www. cattlemensyoungleaders.com.

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ing the power of JA-Zenchu and giving local co-operatives greater autonomy, in a bid to increase income of farmers. Under the reform plan, JA-Zenchu loses the power to audit local co-operatives. JA-Zenchu will also lose its privileged status and become a general incorporated body in five years.

WORLD BRIEFS WORLD TRADE

U.S. challenges Chinese export subsidies WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) — The United States has launched a legal challenge to Chinese export subsidies supporting billions of dollars of exports across a wide swath of industries from steel to shrimp. U.S. trade representative Michael Froman said Chinese companies in designated export hubs benefited from free or subsidized services, cash grants and other incentives, which gave their products an unfair advantage. The request for consultations last week is the first step in a World Trade Organization dispute. The USTR office estimates that suppliers of subsidized services to Chinese export hub companies received more than US$1 billion from the Chinese government over three years and said some companies received at least $635,000 in support annually. Chinese officials were not immediately available for comment. BIOFUEL

U.S. lawmakers target biofuel reform NEW YORK, N.Y. (Reuters) — A group of United States lawmakers have started new attempts to introduce a bill that would reform the Renewable Fuel Standards program, targeting an end to ethanol fuelblending mandates. The lawmakers said the bill would eliminate requirements for cornbased ethanol blending and cap blending levels for other biofuels at actual production levels. They hope the latest move will garner support now after months of disputes over how much biofuel should be blended with oil-based fuels and growing concerns that the program drives up agriculture and food costs. The RFS Reform Act is the latest bid in recent years by Republican representatives Bob Goodlatte and Steve Womack, along with Democrats Peter Welch and Jim Costa, to change a government program that Welch described as a “well-intended flop.” The same bill failed to pass in the House when the group of four introduced it in 2013. Supporters of the RFS say that the policy reduces greenhouse gas emissions and creates jobs in the U.S. farm belt. The reform would effectively do away with a mandate that corn-based ethanol be blended in gasoline and repeal the waiver that raised the cap on ethanol content at 15 percent from 10 percent after Congress expanded the RFS policy in 2007.

OUTLOOK

Record soybean crop predicted Smaller oilseed crushing margins dragged down profits in Bunge’s most recent financial report. | FILE PHOTO AGFINANCE

Bunge profits down from expectations CHICAGO, ILL. (Reuters) — Bunge Ltd., one of the world’s largest agricultural trading houses, reported fourth-quarter profit that was well below analysts’ expectations due to deteriorating oilseed-crushing margins in China and hedging losses. Declines in earnings and revenue were disappointing after Bunge’s projection last year that fourthquarter results would be strong due to record U.S. harvests, analysts said. It was the second consecutive quarter in which Bunge had US$80 million of hedging losses at least partly tied to its North American oilseed processing business that contributed to lower-than-expected earnings. In the company’s key agribusiness segment, net sales fell 20 percent to $10 billion and adjusted profit dropped about eight percent to $319 million. Weak soybean crushing margins in China and slower farmer selling in Europe overshadowed strength in Bunge’s North American businesses, JP Morgan analyst Ann Duignan said. “We would expect the stock to react negatively to the print,” she said, referring to Bunge’s financial results. Net profit for the quarter was $82 million, or 56 cents a share, compared with $115 million, or 78 cents, a year earlier. Excluding special items, earnings per share were $1.20, down from $1.35 a year earlier. Analysts had expected $2.51, according to Thomson Reuters analysis. Revenue dropped to $13.898 billion from $16.375 billion. Analysts had expected $16.72 billion. ENVIRONMENT

Climate change paper grows complicated GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) — Almost 200 nations complicated

a drive for a United Nations’ deal to combat climate change in 2015 last week by more than doubling the length of a draft negotiating text to about 100 pages of radically varying solutions. Government delegates said the additions at the Geneva talks, held Feb. 8-13, were to let all countries air their views, ranging from OPEC nations fearful of phasing out fossil fuels to small island states worried about rising sea levels. “It’s like 195 authors trying to write a book together,” said Ahmed Sareer of the Maldives, chair of the 44-nation Alliance of Small Island States, which added text including stress on a need for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. “It’s to be expected,” Elina Bardram, head of the European Commission delegation, said of the additions.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) — Argentina is expected to produce a record 58 million tonnes of soybeans in the 2014-15 season, the Rosario Grains Exchange said, citing recent rains as a key factor increasing its previous estimate of 54.5 million tonnes. “Storm fronts remained active in January in the Pampas farm belt, consolidating a scenario of high production,” the exchange said in its crop report. The rainy conditions lasted through the first 10 days of February, bumping nationwide soy yields up to an expected 1.2 tonnes per acre, the report said. DAIRY

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Japan’s farm lobby accepts reform plan TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japan’s politically powerful farming lobby have accepted plans by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to reform the agricultural sector, after the initial proposals were watered down. Prime minister Shinzo Abe has made agricultural reform a symbol of his “Third Arrow” structural changes to fuel long-term growth. Investors have been watching Abe’s push to see if he would back down for fear of alienating the farm lobby ahead of nationwide local elections in April. In Japan, a dwindling band of ageing farmers work tiny plots, while the Japan Agriculture (JA) lobby group controls most aspects of pricing and distribution through its network of 700 co-operatives, and supplies feed and machinery. “We are at a big turning point and I’ve made a decision (to accept it),” JA-Zenchu president Akira Banzai told reporters. The reforms are aimed at weaken-

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Saputo posts higher quarterly profit (Reuters) — Saputo Inc., Canada’s largest dairy producer, has reported higher quarterly earnings, lifted by a jump in revenue that included its Australian acquisition. The Montreal-based company, whose brands include Dairyland milk and Armstrong cheese, is among the top three cheese producers in the United States and also has significant operations in Argentina and Australia. Higher U.S. prices of cheese and butter boosted revenue from that country. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization increased internationally due to Saputo’s purchase early last year of a majority stake in Australia’s Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co Holdings Ltd. The company said EBITDA from Canada fell due to greater competition and higher warehousing and logistical costs. In the third quarter ended on Dec. 31, net income rose to C$154.6 million or 38 cents a share, from $144.1 million or 37 cents a share a year earlier. Revenue climbed 20 percent to $2.8 billion, above analysts’ forecasts of $2.66 billion. PROPERTY

U.S. southern farmland values hold steady CHICAGO. Ill. (Reuters) — Farmland prices in the southern United States Midwest and Delta region held mostly steady in the final quarter of 2014 despite declines in farm income amid depressed grain prices, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said.

Quality grain land values were up .8 percent during the fourth quarter of 2014 from a year earlier, the bank said in its quarterly survey of 39 farm banks in its district. Ranch land or pastureland prices declined 2.6 percent during the fourth quarter from one year ago, the bank said. “Farm income, farm household spending and capital equipment expenditures all declined in the fourth quarter relative to the same period a year earlier,” the bank said, adding that most bankers expect farmland prices to decline in the first quarter of 2015. “It is very difficult for farmers to buy farmland and new equipment with corn prices in the (US)$3.50 range,” one Missouri lender told the bank. “Many received much less for their crops this fall. Farmers with a lot of debt cannot postpone the sale of their crop waiting for prices to rebound when they have payments due after harvest.” INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Egypt denied exemption MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russia cannot exempt wheat supplies to Egypt, its major customer, from a recently launched export tax, agriculture ministry said, citing Russian law. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, is negotiating an exemption with Russia, Cairo said last week, after Russian president Vladimir Putin visited the country. “Duty rates ... are not subject to change due to persons or countries engaged in import or export of goods,” the ministry said when asked whether Egypt could get the exemption. It said any exemption would have to apply to other countries as well. Moscow imposed informal curbs on grain exports in December as it seeks to cool domestic prices amid an economic crisis. The move delayed some supplies to Egypt, the second-largest buyer of Russian wheat. The tax on wheat exports was added to informal curbs from Feb. 1. The duty is set at 15 percent of the customs price plus $10.68 but will be no less than $50 a tonne. SOUTH AMERICA

Coffee harvest bountiful SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — Brazilian coffee producers sold 79 percent of the estimated 48.9 million bag harvest of 2014 by Feb. 6, surpassing the 75 percent average for this time of year, local crop analysts Safras e Mercado said last week. Each bag is 60 kilograms, according to the International Coffee Organization. In December, producers had sold 72 percent of their harvest and by Feb. 6, 2014, they had sold 70 percent, Safras said. “The rise in prices in early February, due to the appreciation of the dollar and rise in international prices, improved the liquidity on the market and help stimulate sales,” said Safras’ coffee consultant Gil Barabach. In Minas Gerais, the state that accounts for half of Brazil’s coffee crop and most of its arabica output, producers had sold 81 percent of last year’s harvest, Safras said. Safras added that 79 percent of the arabica crop, estimated at 33.4 million bags, had been sold by last week, while 77 percent of the 15.5 million bag robusta crop had been sold.

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FOOD SAFETY

U.S. lawmakers propose single food safety agency The Safe Food Act is designed to create an integrated system for inspections, labelling and enforcement of imported food WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) — U.S. lawmakers have proposed a bill that would create a single food safety agency. It would bring together the oversight functions of the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture and other agencies. D e m o c rat i c s e nato r R i c ha rd Durbin from Illinois and Democrat House of Representatives member Rosa DeLauro from Connecticut said the bill would create a single federal agency with an administrator directly appointed by the president.

The bill, introduced as the Safe Food Act of 2015, was co-sponsored by 10 other Democrats and aims to elevate food safety at a time when the U.S. food supply is increasingly sourced from abroad. “The fragmented federal food safety system and outdated laws preclude an integrated, system-wide approach to preventing food borne illness,” it said. Forty-eight million people, or one in six Americans, suffer from food borne illness annually. More than 100,000 are hospitalized and thou-

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sands die, according to federal data. Most of the responsibility for food safety currently lies with the FDA,

while the USDA oversees meat, poultry and processed eggs. The bill would consolidate food safety authority for inspections, enforcement and labelling, provide authority to recall unsafe food and improve foreign food import inspections. The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which was signed into law Januar y 2011, was intended to increase food safety by shifting the focus of regulators to preventing contamination rather than just responding to it.

Lawmakers say their goal now is to build on that. They said greater public awareness of food safety makes this an opportune time to initiate change, though it would not happen overnight. They did not give an estimate of how much it would cost to create a single agency but said it would save money in the long r un by improving efficiency. DeLauro said that until the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, “the whole issue of food safety was a step-child at the FDA.”

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BASF KNOWLEDGE HARVEST 2015. Join growers from your area to hear from industry experts, watch live plant demonstrations and experience a day that brings agricultural science to life. Hear a compelling presentation on leadership from former NHL All-Star, Lanny McDonald. Feb. 12- Brandon; February 17- Calgary; Feb. 19- Edmonton; February 24- Saskatoon; February 26 - Moose Jaw. Register at www.agsolutions.ca/knowledgeharvest AERIAL APPLICATION/ CROP SPRAYING, Call us at Yorkton Aircraft. Canada's largest ag air support facility and Canada's only factory authorized Thrush Aircraft dealer. Helping this industry grow for over 25 WANTED POWERED PARACHUTE, Inter- years, we can help you too! Twitter: Yorkcom helmets, or other accessories, all in tonAircraft| 800-776-4656, Yorkton, SK. good condition. Phone 780-926-6513. cheryl@yorktonaircraft.com WANTED: PROP FOR 85 HP Continental. www.yorktonaircraft.com For sale: most of 75 HP Continental, cylinders rebored 15 over, new pistons and LY C O M I N G 0 - 3 2 0 , 1 5 0 / 1 6 0 H P ; rings, engine log. 306-426-2731 eves., 0-290-D, 135 HP, 1100 SMOH. Lethbridge, AB. 403-327-4582, 403-308-0062. Smeaton, SK. 1961 CESNA SKYHAWK 172B, 3479 TT, 684 SMOH, large nose wheel, 1 piece windshield, owned 28 yrs., hangared, selling for medical reasons, $33,000. Call 780-712-1914, Edson, AB. 1959 CESSNA 180, tight 2870 w/new keels, wheel gear, June C of A, 5550 TTAF, 730 hrs on 0-470R, 210 since reman. Prop 155, new glass, $84,000. Consider part trade- small taildragger, pontoon boat. 204-330-1758, Winnipeg, MB.

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ADRIAN’S MAGNETO SERVICE Guaranteed repairs on mags and ignitors. Repairs. Parts. Sales. 204-326-6497. Box 21232, Steinbach, MB. R5G 1S5. 150 PAIR HORSE hames, 150 blow torches and irons, 1 post drill, C.W. Coe 1889; 4 sections Ralister sole maker harrows; 1 John Deere pedal power sandstone grinder; 1 air electric wind charger, 1 harrow cart, 10 forges and tools and 60 plows. 403-986-3280 eves. 1935 WD40 on road steel, low S/N, orig. paint, first dsl. tractor sold in MB, exc. running, $12,500. 204-764-2015, Hamiota MB 1963 MINNEAPOLIS MOLINE, gas, factory loader, bucket and spear, new clutch, runs good, $4500. 306-783-9669, Yorkton, SK. WINTER PROJECTS: IH W4, IH WD6, IH H, JD AR, JD R, JD RC 70 dsl., JD 730 RC dsl., 1929 JD D, Oliver 77 RC, MH 44 RC dsl., MH 55 dsl., Fordson Major, Caterpillar RD4. 204-745-7445, Carman, MB.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Auction, Sunday March 01, 10:30 AM, Kronau Memorial Hall, Kronau, SK. Antique oak furniture and collectibles. 306-551-9411, www.2sauctioneers.ca PL #333133.

GRAIN CLEANER, HARVEY GEISEL, 5 rotary; Bobsleigh, nice condition; New set of driving harness; Radiator to fit 2470 Case and lots of parts; 930 Case, motor runs good; 4-bottom plow; Potato hiller, old; 1-bottom plow; Horse rake; Factory duals to fit 2670, 20.8x34; SnapOn duals, 18.4x38; Factory duals to fit JD 4440. 403-928-0512, Golden Prairie, SK.

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WANTED: FARMHAND HAY sweep w/quick BORDER CITY COLLECTOR Show & detach anchors to fit F11, F236, etc. Farm- Sale, Lloydminster Stockade Convention Centre, SK-AB, Sat. Mar. 7, 9AM to 5PM, hand loaders 204-856-3310 MacGregor MB Sun. Mar. 8, 10AM to 4PM, 2015. Featuring: antiques, farm toys, coins and more! Brad: 780-846-2977, Don: 306-825-3584. www.bordercitycollectors.com COMING MARCH 7&8, 2015: Mark your calendar now for the Border City Collectors’ Show and Sale. Antiques, farm toys, dolls, coins and more. Don 306-825-3584 or Brad 780-846-2977, Lloydminster. 1998 OLYMPIA ICE machine, all wheel www.bordercitycollectors.com drive, Chevy engine, runs well, excellent cond., $9200. 204-871-4365, Oakville, MB. NEW TRACTOR PARTS. Specializing in ANTIQUE UPRIGHT PLAYER piano, late engine rebuild kits and thousands of other 1800’s, all refinished, beautiful condition. parts. Savings! Service manuals and de- 306-735-7250, Whitewood, SK. cals. Also Steiner Parts Dealer. Our 41st year! www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com OLDER CATALOGUES, Sears/Eaton’s; calCall 1-800-481-1353. endars; oil maps; round window in frame; APPROX. 35 ANTIQUE and Collectible h o m e m a d e s o a p . 3 0 6 - 6 5 4 - 4 8 0 2 , Tractors, running and/or parts, also front Prud’Homme, SK. end loaders. 306-728-4702, 306-621-5519 WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales broMelville, SK. Tractors may go to auction. chures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, STATIONARY ENGINE COLLECTION for sale. Saskatoon, SK. No trade/cash, $87,000. Serious inquiries only. 250-963-7063, bjarbek@telus.net WANTED: OLD CANADIAN paper money and coins. Will pay book price. ANTIQUE TRACTORS: JD 830 and JD 820 204-764-2178, Hamiota, MB. paint all redone and tires great on both; IHC WD9, all redone. Call 306-869-3113, MORE AND MORE FARMERS are choosing Radville, SK. Mack Auction Co. to conduct their farm equipment auctions!! Book your 2015 auc1948 JOHN DEERE AR gas, electric start, lights, PTO, hydraulic, excellent condition. CO LLECTABLE SALE tion today! Call 306-634-9512 today! www.mackauctioncompany.com PL311962 Contact 306-735-7250, Whitewood, SK.

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2010 DODGE DAKOTA SXT, V8, 4x4, PST paid, only 65,000 kms, loaded, $18,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430. 2010 CHEV 2500 HD, Crewcab, 4x4, 117,000 kms, nice, $16,750 OBO. Spiritwood, SK. 306-883-2468 or 780-891-7334. 2009 F250 SUPER Duty, 6.4 dsl, crewcab, shortbox, 275,000 kms, truck needs nothing, would make good farm truck, $13,995 OBO. Ph Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK

1990 FORD 700 3 ton, diesel, 15’ B&H, rolltarp, 77,500 kms., exceptionally clean, $20,000. + tax. Call morning or evening 306-476-2613, Fife Lake, SK.

1998 FREIGHTLINER FL112, tandem and tri-axle pup, auto select trans. 10 speed Eaton, M11 Cummins, approx. 250,000 kms, new tarps recently, tires good to exc, complete brake job recently on trailer, 2010 $15,000 10” Cancade transfer auger system on truck and pup, alum. budds truck and trailer, various other upgrades. 2008 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 LTZ, fully Can provide recent work orders, very well loaded, 5.3L, 4x4, 122,000 kms, leather. looked after, second owner at only about Just In!!! Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saska- 25,000 kms, $75,000. Byron Blackwell, toon. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK. 2008 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 LT, loaded, 1999 FREIGHTLINER FL112 tandem and 4x4, 5.3, 132,000 km, sunroof, black beau- tri-axle pup, auto select trans. 10 spd. Eaty. Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, ton, M11 Cummins, approx. 255,000 kms, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430. new tarps with paint job 2010, new hoist 2008 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 LT, 150,000 2014, $24,000 WO, tires good to excellent, kms, 4x4, 5.3L, local trade. Must Go!!! new brakes truck and trailer 2013, various Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK., other upgrades, $10,000 10” Cancade transfer auger system truck and pup. Can www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430. provide recent work order. Very well 2007 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLE, loaded, 4x4, looked after, one owner, $87,000. Byron 5.3, PST paid, 147 km. Was $18,995, now Blackwell, 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK. $15,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saska1999 IHC 9400 N14 Cummins 18 spd., toon. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430 clean western truck, $22,000. 2007 FORD F150 4x4 Lariat. 5.4 Triton en- lockers, ong enough for 20’ box. Neil gine, 83,000 kms, loaded. Ivory w/black L306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK. leather. Asking $18,000. 780-663-2201, Ryley, AB. 2006 FREIGHTLINERS with 3 pedal Ea2006 GMC DURAMAX dsl. 4x4, ext. cab, ton AutoShifts, new grain boxes, SK. saferuns very nice, 310,000 kms, good rubber, ties. 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. $9000, new safety. 204-871-0925, McGre- www.78truxsales.com gor, MB. 2007 FREIGHTLINER 120, 450 HP Mercedes 10 spd., AutoShift, alum. wheels, A/T/C, 20’ BH&T, new paint, very nice, $63,500; 2006 Peterbilt, 475 HP, Detroit 1992 FORD 1 ton, duals, deck, 5th wheel, 18 spd., A/T/C, alum. wheels, tanks, lock-out hubs, stand., 460 eng., exception- chrome bumper, like new tires, new paint, ally clean, $10,000. + tax. Call morning or 2 0 ’ B H & T, e x c . s h ap e , s h o w t r u c k , evening 306-476-2613, Fife Lake, SK. $69,500; 2007 Mack CH613, 460 Mack 2003 DODGE RAM 2500 4x4 with service eng., 13 spd., AutoShift, alum. wheels, box, 110,000 kms, $10,000. For info and new tires, A/T/C, new paint, 20’ BH&T, very nice, $67,500; 2007 Mack, 460 Mack pics ph Harry 780-632-2516, Vegreville AB eng., 12 speed, auto trans., 3-way lockers, 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500, 5.3 L alum. wheels, good tires, 20’ BH&T, rear eng, ext. cab, loaded, 4x4, 174,430 kms, controls, pintle plate, $69,500; 1990 $10,500. 306-238-4775, Goodsoil, SK. Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 spd., hofercarol@hotmail.com alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls good with 1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain 2009 GMC SIERRA 3500 HD, dually, 4x4, trailer- nice shape, $35,000; 1999 Mack diesel, 5th wheel hitch, aux. fuel tank, CH613 tractor, 460 Mack power, 18 spd. safetied, 194,000 kms, excellent condition, trans., flattop sleeper, 24.5 tires, in real $25,000 OBO. 204-747-4010, Deloraine, MB nice shape, safetied, $21,500. Trades ac2013 RAM LARAMIE Crew, Hemi, $35,975 cepted. Call Merv at 306-276-7518 or PST paid; 2012 Laramie crew, $29,999 PST 306-767-2616 leave message, Arborfield, paid; 2011 SLT, Quad cab, $21,999 PST SK. DL #906768. paid. 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. DL 2007 MACK CXN613, Mack 385 HP, 10 #909250 www.thoens.com spd, Eaton UltraShift, $62,500; 2006 IH 4x4’s IN STOCK. We take trades. Best fi- 9400, Cummins 450 HP, 10 spd, Eaton Ulnancial rates. Greenlight Truck & Auto, traShift, $64,500; 2007 IH 8600, CAT 430 Saskatoon, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca HP, 10 spd, $54,500. All c/w 20’ Cancade grain box, air controls, windows, Sask cerDL#311430. tified. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used www.hodginshtc.com DL #312974 highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at ALLISON AUTOMATICS. New arrival: www.titantrucksales.com 2004 M2 Freightliner, C7 Cat Allison, C&C, $39,900, w/B&H $59,900. Call K & L Equipment 306-795-7779, 306-537-2027 Ituna, SK. Email: ladimer@sasktel.net 1979 FORD 9000, very good truck, runs DL#910885. well, no rust, 318 HP Detroit, 13 spd, 20' box with pole hoist, remote chute opener, AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed roll tarp, 391,800 kms, $19,900. Call tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, 587-986-4862, Andrew, AB. SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com 1982 IHC S1900 tandem, 20’ box, auto., low kms, elec endgate, $27,500 OBO. Battleford, SK., 306-441-1648, 306-937-7368.

2011 FORD F-150 4X4 SuperCrew XTR, 5.0L AUTOMATICS: NEW 20’ B&Hs. 2010 IH V8, 76,224 kms, excellent condition, ProStar, $69,000; 2006 Mack Vision, $26,500. OBO. 204-805-1197, La Salle, MB. $52,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK.

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1995 FREIGHTLINER F70, Cummins, 9 speed, 110,000 kms, fresh safety, $18,900. Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK 1997 KENWORTH T-800 daycab, S60 Detroit, 430 HP, 12,000 FA, 46,000 RA, Eaton 18 spd. trans., 11R24.5 tires, air ride, $25,500. 306-752-2873, Melfort, SK. 2005 PETERBILT 378, 475 ISX Cummins, 18 spd., 14&46’s, 22.5 rubber at 80%, 803,000 kms, exc. condition, $46,500. 306-867-7188, Outlook, SK. 2007 9900 Eagle C15 Cat, 13 spd., 1,000,000 kms, very clean, fresh safety, $42,000. Neil 306-231-8300 Humboldt, SK 2007 IH 9900, Cummins 500 HP, 13 spd, $29,500; 2010 IH Lonestar, Cummins 500 HP, 18 spd, 4-way lockers, $59,500; 2010 Kenworth T800, Cummins 485 HP, 18 spd, $66,500; 2007 Peterbilt 378, Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, 46 rears, 4-way lockers, $56,500; 2003 Western Star 4964, Detroit 500 HP, 13 spd, $29,500; 2006 Peterbilt 379L, Cummins, 475 HP, 13 spd, $45,500; 2005 IH 9400, CAT 475 HP, 18 spd, 46 rears, wet kit, $39,500. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. www.hodginshtc.com DL #312974.

2007 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR, fully loaded, PST paid. Must see! Only $12,995. Call Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430. 2013 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Overland, $39,975. 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. www.thoens.com DL#909250. 2014 DURANGO LIMITED, $43,975; 2011 Durango crew, $26,975. www.thoens.com 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard SK. DL#909250

CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com FREIGHTLINER FLD 112, 900,000 kms., ISM 385-425 HP, use AMS oil lubes, 13 spd. 1 over, 40 lb.-3:90 diff., 4 months on safety. Alt. and starter 1 year. Turbo replaced. very well maintained. Good rubber, massage seat, new windshield, c/w chains etc. for flatdeck. Start your own business, $15,000 firm. 306-276-1441, Love, SK. SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK.

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A llare reconditioned and current inspection done. 08 Pete 387 condo.........................$38,995 07 IH 9900 72 m idroof....................$34,995 04 KW T800 51 m idroof.................$29,995 01 KW T800 48ft top......................$24,995 03 Ford 750 60 sleeper 12ft deck .$29,995 94 Freightliner Fl80 atla picker, 18ft deck .......................................$16,995 06 D odge 3500, 4dr, 4x4 cum m ins sglw heel.....................$14,995 04 D odge 3500 dually 4x4, C um m ins 8ft box .........................$12,595 07 FO R D 350, 4x4, 4dr, 5.4leng.a/t 9ft deck ...........................................$8,995 05 FO R D 350 4x4, 4dr, 5.41 eng.a/t 9ft deck ...........................................$9,895 2006 V W TD l, 5spd 240,000km s, very good........................................$9,900

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A llunits rebuilt and current inspection done. 2006 PJ pintle hitch w /beaver tailand ram ps 26ft, tandem duals..........$12,995 1997 48 W ilson alum com bo a/r....$9,995 1998 48 G reat D ane tridem hiboy/spring ride................................................$12,995 1999 53ft arrow m aster drop deck tridem a/r .....................................$19,900 1986 39ft N ortel16w hldrop deck, detach front end, live roll, kicker roll......................................$29,500 2012 B lackhaw k double drop tridem , drive over rear fenders, H onda aux hyd, truck hyd, hyd detach front end and 3rd axle lift............................$59,950

1996 MACK TANDEM/TANDEM 350, 13 spd., 44,000 lb. Mack rears, two 20,000 lb. fronts, double frame, 266” cab to centre of rear ends, 141,176 original kms. Asking $25,000. Dave 780-470-0330, Devon, AB.

CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL MFG. for 2005 IH 4300, Allison auto, AC, cruise, w/ grain box packages, decks, gravel boxes, deck, low kms, exc. cond. Ron Brown Imp. HD combination grain and silage boxes, BERG’S GRAIN BODIES: Custom grain, HEAVY SPEC: 2011 IHC ProStar daycab, 306-493-9393 DL#916803 www.rbisk.ca pup trailers, frame alterations, custom silage and gravel bodies. Berg’s Prep & 515 HP, 18 spd, 46 rears, full lockups, dual paint, complete service. www.cim-ltd.ca CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used For pricing ph 306-682-2505 Humboldt SK Paint call 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB. wet kit, $64,900. 306-563-8765 Canora SK highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com 2005 DODGE GRAND Caravan, 135,000 1999 FORD F350 XLT, 4x4 w/hyd dump kms, 2.4L motor, PDL, good shape in and box, nice cond, good clean machine. Stock out, $3995 OBO. 306-843-7313, Scott, SK. L-71143, $14,900. Astro Car & Truck Sales 2013 CHRYSLER TOWN and Country Ltd., Ltd 780-567-4202 www.astro-sales.com $29,975. Phone 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard WANTED: TANDEM MANURE TRUCKS. SK. www.thoens.com DL#909250 Must be in good condition, with or without manure spreader. Call 780-842-2909 or 780-842-7812.

2015 - 338 HIN O, Au to m a tic, 260 H.P., E n gin e J08E VB, 24’ Va n b o d y, hyd ra u lic ta ilga te, a ir rid e s u s p en s io n . 12,000 fro n t a xle, 21,000 rea r a xle. Un it#T H1422

2011 Peterb u ilt 38 6 IS X, 450 H.P., 13 S PD, 12,000 F ro n tAxle, 46,000 Rea rAxle, New Drives , Alu m W heels , 794,000 K m s

2015 V o lvo Gra in Tru ck , D13 425 H.P., Au to m a ted I S hift, 20’ CIM Bo x Ho is t& T a rp , Rem o te T a rp , Du a l Air Ho is t, E lectric T a rp 2009 T-8 00 K en w o rth, IS X 455 H.P., 18 S PD, 12,000 F ro n tAxle, 40,000 Rea rAxle, 760,000 K m s 2000 V o lvo 6 70, S -60, 430 H.P., 13 S PD, 12,000 F ro n tAxle, 40,000 Rea rAxle. As kin g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16 ,000 2008 IHC 9 9 00I, IS X, 525 H.P. 18 S PD, 12 & 46 Axles , F u ll L o ckers , New T u rb o , Clea n DPF , M o o s e Bu m p er, New T ires , 950,000 K m s

2003 GM C C7500, CAT , 210 H.P., 6 S PD, 11,000 F ro n tAxle, 21,000 Rea r Axle, 24’ Va n Bo d y w ith p o w er ta il ga te, 320,000 K m s . As kin g. . . $17,000 19 9 9 Freightlin er N14 E n gin e, 460 H.P., 18 S PD, 12,000 fro n ta xle, 46,000 rea l a xle, F L D S leep er. Un it#T RU21434. As kin g. . . . . . . $15,000 19 9 5 IHC 8 100, M 11, 300 H.P., 13 S PD, 12 & 40 Axles , 1.5 M K m s . As kin g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 19 9 4 Freightlin er Da y Ca b S -6 0, 430 HP, 13 S PD, 12,000 F ro n tAxle, 40,000 Rea rAxle, Go o d Co n d itio n . . . . PL EAS E CAL L FOR M ORE DETAIL S

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2013 IH 5900I, 42” bunk, 13L, 46 diff., 4-way lock, 18 spd., 370,000 kms, engine warranty; 2009 9900i Int.; 2009 Freightliner Cascadia, 515 Detroit, 46s, 3-way locks, 900,000 kms; 2005 T800s, 2 daycabs and 3 w/bunks, heavy specs; 2001 T800 KW, daycab, new ISX 500, 18 spd., full lockers; 378 and 379 Pete, two 2006s, Cat, 18 spd., 46 diff, 4-way locks, all w/Roobar bumpers; 2006 W900 Kenworth daycab, Cat, 18 spd; 2003 Freightliner Classic, Cat, 18 spd., new rubber; 1999 9300 IH, dual stacks, dual breathers, 60 Detroit, 13 spd; 1996 T800 Kenworth, 475 Cat, 13 spd; 1996 CH Mack 427, 18 spd. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393 DL#905231 www.rbisk.ca

2007 IHC 9200, ISX 475, 18 spd., heavy s p e c , f u l l l o c ke r s , S K . s a fe t i e d . 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. www.78truxsales.com

2009 PETERBILT 388, 600 HP ISX Cummins, 4-way lockers, 244” WB, 46000 rears, 4.10 ratio, exc. cond., 35 gallon wet kit, stainless steel bumper, loaded DPF delete, approx. 742,000 kms, leather seats, in dash GPS, $95,000. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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2007 JEEP GRAND Cherokee LTD, loaded, 3.0 Mercedes diesel, quad trac, AWD, leather, 190,000 kms, no gravel, synthetic oil, $15,000. 780-847-3792, Marwayne, AB

2011 FREIGHTLINER M2106 Cummins, ISC 300 engine, Eaton Fuller 10 spd. trans., 12 fronts, 23 rears with air brakes, ride, tires- 50%, 216” WB, 147” cab to CIM TRUCK BODIES, Grain, silage, gravel, air $40,000 OBO. Wayne 403-556-0641, decks, service and installation. For factory axle, office 403-556-2060, Didsbury, AB. direct pricing and options, call Humboldt, SK., 306-682-2505 or www.cim-ltd.ca 2014 SUBARU FORESTER XT Turbo Ltd. with Eyesight Red EJ2XTE, demo, fully REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND loaded, $40,005. Call 1-877-373-2662 or hoist systems can save you time, energy www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. and keep you safe this seeding season. Give K r a m b l e I n d u s t r i e s a call at 2014 SUBARU OUTBACK 3.6 Ltd with eye3 0 6 - 9 3 3 - 2 6 5 5 o r v i s i t u s o n l i n e at sight, fully loaded V6, 3 in stock, $37,200. www.kramble.net Saskatoon, SK. Visit www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca or call 1-877-373-2662. DL #914077. WANTED: 1988, 1989 or 1990 GMC 7000 grain truck, 366, 5&2, 16’ BH&T, low kms. 2014 SUBARU XV Crosstek Ltd. Nav, Call 306-695-2021, Indian Head, SK. leather, SR, fully loaded EX2LP, $31,219 + tax. View www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca or WANTED: GOOD 20’ grain box. Call call 1-877-373-2662. DL #914077. 306-256-7041, Cudworth, SK. 2011 PETERBILT 388 48” bunk, 18 spd, SUV’S IN STOCK. Trades, best financial ISX 550 eng., 413,870 kms., 46,000 rear rates, biggest selection. Greenlight Truck a x l e , 1 4 , 6 0 0 f r o n t a x l e , $ 1 0 5 , 0 0 0 . & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. DL #311430. 204-981-3636, 204-864-2391, Cartier, MB. www.GreenlightAuto.ca

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2011 FREIGHTLINER CORONADO 122, DD 15, 560 HP, 1850 Torque, 18 spd., 12/40 diffs, 390 ratio, 4-way locks, 70" bunk, Webesto heaters, p tub fenders, 244 WB white and blue, engine In-frame Nov 14. with warranty, clean, 924,000 kms, $84,000. 306-380-4485, Saskatoon, SK. vincek@frontlinett.com DL #907095.

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2006 STERLING TRI-DRIVE spreader truck w/2007 roto-mix spreader box. 444,340 kms, 4536 hrs., floater tires. Automatic powered by Cat eng. Well maintained and looked after. Used to spread manure and wood chips, $105,000. Please call Jeff at 403-371-6362, Brandt, AB.

60 FRAMED COWAN extractor all stainless, very good cond., Also nucs for sale. 204-381-7993, 204-346-9701, Steinbach, MB. Email: andyloewen@hotmail.ca

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WILL DO STYROBLOCK cocoon harvesting. Wanted: Plastic Leafcutter shelters. Phone Maurice Wildeman, 306-365-4395 or WELDING/FABRICATING/ MACHINING BUSINESS FOR Sale. Well established busi306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK. ness in growing SK economy. Excellent opportunity for experienced tradesperson. Owner retiring. Includes equipment, tools, inventory, customer list. $175,000. Phone 306-469-7382, Big River, SK or email: rrcontracting@ymail.com HUGE ASSORTMENT OF windows to clear out! Example - vertical slider insert, was $399. Now $150. Wetaskiwin Co-op, AB. Craig 780-361-6178. MERIDIAN’S NEW 10,000L 70/30 split double wall fuel tank, ULC approved, powder coated. Delivery available. Wetaskiwin Co-op, AB. John 780-352-9155.

FINANCIAL CONSULTING, BUSINESS and Succession Plans, Financing Proposals and Lender Negotiations, Art Lange PAg CAFA, 10 years experience. 780-467-6040, Sherwood Park, AB., www.ajlconsulting.ca

MERIDIAN 4600L AG double wall fuel tank, ULC approved, powder coated. Delivery available. Wetaskiwin Co-op, AB. John FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing 780-352-9155. and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, Regina, SK. DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no ex- us to develop a professional mediation posed screws to leak or metal overlaps. plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, church- Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. es, pig barns, commercial, arch rib building and residential roofing; also available NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says no? If yes to above three, call in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK. 1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB.

PORTABLE LUXURY ACCOMMODATIONS: 12x60 skid mounted well site units. Less than 1 year use. Perfect for: Farm hand housing; Lake lots; Or lease to oil companies. Priced below market value. Contact 403-877-2727 for pics/info. Red Deer, AB. BRITESPAN BUILDING SYSTEMS Inc. offers pre-engineered, steel-framed fabric covered buildings from 26’ to 160’ wide. 18 years of industry experience. Visit us online at www.britespanbuildings.com or c a l l u s t o d a y fo r a f r e e q u o t e a t 1-800-407-5846.

ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay for sale. 306-382-0785, Vanscoy, SK.

CUSTOM TUB GRINDING: operate a Haybuster H1100E, 425 HP machine. Phone Greg 306-947-7510, Saskatoon, SK. JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster w i t h 4 0 0 H P, s e r v i n g S a s k at c h ew a n 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK.

CUSTOM BALING/ SWATHING/ SEEDING, Contour, double shoot; also parting 567 baler. Alan at 306-463-8423, Marengo, SK. NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. BUSH CLEARING AND EXCAVATING. Looking for bush clearing work or any types of excavating work in MB. and Eastern Sask. Fence lines, dugouts, yard site removals, etc. Call 204-871-0075, 204-239-6371, Portage La Prairie, MB. gerrard@mts.net REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK.

FARMTOOL - Farm Accounting Software, Farmtool Companion - field, service and inventory records for Windows 7 and 8. Integrated help. Automatic back-ups, print or export data from any screen. Wil-Tech Software Ltd., Ph/fax 306-679-2299, email: wiltech@sasktel.net Box 88, Burstall, SK., S0N 0H0. www.wil-techsoftware.com/

2007 KOMATSU D155AX-6 dozer, ROPS cab w/AC, U-blade, multi shank ripper, engine enclosures, 24” track shoes, 9715 hrs, $175,000. 204-795-9192 Plum Coulee, MB NEW AGGREGATE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE/RENT: P6203 screen plant, 36” and 42”x50’ and 60’ transfer conveyors, 36”x75’ radial stacking conveyors, 36x70 stackable conveyors, 36x60 stackable conveyors and 30 yard surge bin. Call Hikon Industries 2009 PETERBILT 388 truck, 600 HP, ISX 306-244-4533, Saskatoon, SK., or email 2011 DEERE 350G LC excavator, c/w HD Cummins, 4-Way lockers, 244 WB, 46,000 contact@hikonindustries.com hydraulic thumb, Webasto heater, 32” rears, 4.10 ratio, exc. cond., 35 gal. wet JD 330 CLC trackhoes, 2004 and 2006. pads, approx. 6300 hours, vg cond. Can kit, SS bumper, loaded, DPF delete, leather 2004 w/rebuilt engine, 2006 w/rebuilt deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. seats, in-dash GPS, approx. 742,000 kms, hyd. pump. 9000 hrs each, asking $40,000 $80,000; 2008 Trail King TK110 SA, advan- each. Jeremy 306-577-7553, Arcola, SK. tage plus, 3 axle air ride, hyd., sliding axles, 53’ long, 102 wide, hyd. winch, alum EXCELLENT SELECTION Used skidsteers, rims, new MB. Safety, vg cond, S/N track loaders, forklifts, zoom booms, mini PORTABLE TOILET SALES: Selling Five 1TKA053308M055679, $75,000; 2011 Cat- excavators. Visit website www.glenmor.cc Peaks Technologies new portable toilets erpillar wheel loader IT-38-H, low hour for details, specs and prices. Glenmor, and accessories. Ask about our truck load pricing! Call for details 1-877-664-5005, machine, EROPS, AC, ride control, Q/C, phone 1-888-708-3739, Prince Albert, SK. 5peaksdistributors.ca 20.5R25 tires, c/w 3.5 yd. bucket, exc. cond., set of forks avail., $131,000; 2007 FOR SALE: 2- ROME R67H pull scrapers and Deere 624J wheel loader, 3.5 yard quick 3- Rome R89H pull scrapers, good cond. attach bucket included, ride control, solid 204-594-1132, ext. 121, 204-619-3252, loader, exc. cond., $74,500. Can deliver. Lundar, MB. rminsky@sigfusson.ca Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 2002 JD 200 hyd. excavator, c/w tilt buckwww.cypresstrucksandequipment.com et, 75% U/C, very tight, clean machine, $40,000. 780-983-0936, Westlock, AB.

BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket attachments. Bury rock and brush piles and fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 306-960-3804.

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2009 WELLS Cargo food concession trailer, fully self-contained, 19 cu. ft. fridge, 19 cu. ft. freezer, 2 fryers, 42” grill with oven, 7500 KW General power plant, hot and cold water system, fire suppression system. More info. please call 204-546-3109 home, or 204-572-1654, Grandview, MB.

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CONTERRA GRADER for skidsteers and tractors. Excellent for road maintenance, floating and levelling. 518S-SS, $2499. Conterra manufactures over 150 attachments. Call 1-877-947-2882, view online at www.conterraindustries.com 2010 SKYJACK SJ6832RT scissor lift auto leveling outriggers, foam filled tires, dual fuel, only 178 hrs., stored inside, $36,000. 2008 BIL-JAX 36XT boom lift, self propelled, put feet 36’ high, 791 hrs., stored inside, $26,500. 306-648-7724, Gravelbourg, SK. SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: rock buckets, dirt buckets, grapples and more top quality. Also have truck decks in stock. Quality Welding and Sales 306-731-3009 or 306-731-8195, Craven, SK.

LOWDERMILK TRANSPORT IS providing one call service for all Equipment/Hay SELL YOUR PRODUCING and non-producing hauling. Very experienced, multiple trucks Mineral Rights, Stingray Oil & Gas Ltd has serving AB., SK., and MB. 780-872-0107, buyers for your mineral rights and royalties, 306-252-1001, Kenaston, SK. no cost to you. Contact for confidential evaluation. 306-550-5667, Regina, SK. ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull rsthamann@gmail.com behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths available. CWK Enterprises, ECONO LODGE, 48 rooms, Innisfail, AB., 306-682-3367, 306-231-8358, Humboldt, $4,200,000; Imperial Hunter Hotel, ReSK., www.cwenterprises.ca duced to $799,000, Bassano, AB.; Lamplighter Inn, Three Hills, AB. Contact Bruce McIntosh, Re/Max Landan, 403-256-3888, Calgary, AB. www.brucemcintosh.ca #319916 BUSINESS FOR SALE, Equipment Rental IN D US TRIAL S CAFFO LD IN G Depot business located in St. Brieux, SK. EQUIPMENT HAULING. Serving Western O VER 70 0 0 P IECES Equipment includes small and large pieces Canada and Northwest USA. Call Harvey at *M in im u m 10 S ectio n s * ie. chain saw, power plant, chop saw, tile 1-877-824-3010 or cell 403-795-1872. saw, cement mixer, mini hoes, skidsteer Vandenberg Hay Farms Ltd., Nobleford AB. CEM EN T FO RM S with attachments, knuckle boom, zoom Pa ck a ge o f 200 L in ea l ft. o f boom, scissor lifts plus much more. Asking Email: logistics@vandenberghay.ca Du ra fo rm Co n crete Fo rm s $470,000. A full list can be made available. LONG LAKE TRUCKING custom hay haulDON ’T M IS S THES E DEAL S ! Serious offers only. 306-221-5472. ing, 2 units. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. Loc a ted In Sa ska toon F o r Deta ils Vis itOu rW eb s ite o r ca ll Terry: 306 -341-036 3 K evin : 403-8 9 9 -48 9 1 Peta : 306 -241-46 59 o r 1-8 00-26 3-419 3

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HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions available. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available, rebuilt for years of trouble-free service. Lever Holdings Inc., 306-682-3332, Muenster SK 740A CHAMPION GRADER Series III, powershift, Detroit eng., snow-wing, nice shape, $26,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK FORD F700 DSL w/deck, mounted Sullair compressor and side mounted GD drill, all in working order; Two Garden Denver 375 and 450 compressors. All units in working order. Large stock of diesel motor parts. For more info or photos ph. 204-667-2867 fax: 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB. CAT 621 DIRECT mount scraper, $37,000; 20’ pull dozer, new tires and cylinders, $45,000. Call 306-338-7114, Clair, SK. WANTED: TRACK SHOES for D8H or D8K; also tilt cylinder. Must be in good cond. 780-645-2251, St. Paul, AB.

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WHY STEEL FLOORS WORK 3609 bin packages “I’ve had some 10 and 20,000 bushel bins on steel floors and have learned that its all about the foundation. For my 31,000 bushel bin, I made sure to do a really good job of the foundation, choosing the right materials and packing down really good and I’m impressed with how the bins haven’t sank down as DARMANI’S NEW Heavy duty Anchors are a must in every bigger bin package.”

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13530

$9,360

$0.69

$11,512

$2152

2708HM

15349

$10,400

$0.68

$12,791

$2391

FEB 2015

FACTORY DIRECT SAVINGS

COMPARE BRAND “W”

COMPANY

DARMANI

Wall Sheet Size Wall Corrugation Galvanizing Bolt Plating Roof Strength Roof Slope Lid Opening Size Ladders Ladders Options WARRANTY

Brand “W” 44” 4” G115 JS500 #4-5000 30 deg 33-52” Std. Spirals YES

44” 4” G115 JS1000 #5000 30 deg 52” Std. SKYLIFT YES

“I love the big 52” lid. They are hired man friendly”.

DARMANI Hopper Mount Grain Bins includes Grain bin c/w roof and sidewall ladders, 52” remote opener, inspection hatch *Feb. price shows pre-pay disc./bins are picked up at Fiske, Sk. (Freight available)

DARMANI HOPPER BIN PACKAGE SPECIALS “Love the bins. They are very good. Good service. Bins arrived before I even had my pad ready.

4850 BUS...$10072…$2.08/Bu c/w roof and sidewall ladders, 52” lid remote opener, level indicator, inspection hatch, PREMIUM hopper w/skid, anchors.

MATERIALS PLUS SET UP

Extra $400 lid value TRACK MOUNTED AND WINDPROOF

HOPPER CONE COMPARISON COMPANY

DARMANI PREMIUM

BIG BINS ON Sale Now! Order now and get a discount on construction and guaranteed set up for next summer. See your nearest Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626.

O PT IO NAL SKID BASE AND AERAT IO N

WESTEEL, GOEBEL, grain and fertilizer bins. Grain Bin Direct, 306-373-4919. 2015 CIM BIN TRANSPORT TRAILER BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS 17,000 lb. cap., 32’ bed accommodates up and accessories available at Rosler Con- to 21’ dia. bin. For factory direct pricing and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, struction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper cone and steel floor requirements contact: Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll T I M ’ S C U S T O M B I N M O V I N G . 204-362-7103, binmover50@gmail.com free: 1-888-304-2837.

DARMANI GRAIN BIN PRICELIST

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All Hop p er C ones Inclu d e M a nhole, Slid e G a te on Nylon Rollers

Saskatoon, SK

Phone: 306-373-4919

2015 CIM BIN Cranes (Westeel design), 8000 lbs. capacity. For factory direct pricing and options phone 306-682-2505, Humboldt, SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca

BRAND “W” STANDARD

BRAND “W” ELITE

CONE SLOPE 40 35 35 CONE GAUGE 14 14 14 MANHOLE STD. STD. STD. SHEET SUPPORT DOUBLE SINGLE SINGLE BEAM SUPPORT ANGLE IRON GUSSET GUSSET # LEGS/ SIZE 10-5X5 9-5X5 9-5X5 LEG SUPPORTS ANGLE IRON ANGLE IRON ANGLE IRON GATE /handle RACK /PINION LEVERED SLIDE RACK/ PINION SKID Double 4X6 Triple 4x4 Triple 4x4 *Wedge style skid design increases strength AERATION 24” open Rocket Rocket ANCHORS Standard Optional Optional WARRANTY YES YES YES

HOP P ER B IN C OM B O’S 3-5000BU. M ERID IAN S IN G LE CO RRUG ATED HO P P ER BIN CO M BO c/ w roofa n d w a ll la d d ers , top s a fety ca g es , a u to lid op en ers , s a ftifils , hop p ers , m a n w a ys ,s lid e chu tes , trip le s k id s & la bou r.

P ric e : $39,000.00 or $2.6 0p e rb u 3-5800BU. M ERID IAN S IN G LE CO RRUG ATED HO P P ER BIN CO M BO c/ w roofa n d w a ll la d d ers , top s a fety ca g es , a u to lid op en ers , s a ftifils , hop p ers , m a n w a ys ,s lid e chu tes , trip le s k id s & la bou r.

P ric e : $44,700.00 or $2.57p e rb u 2-6 200BU. M ERID IAN D O UBLE CO RRUG ATED HO P P ER BIN CO M BO c/ w roofa n d w a ll la d d ers , top s a fety ca g es , a u to lid op en ers , s a ftifils , hop p ers , m a n w a ys ,s lid e chu tes , trip le s k id s & la bou r.

P ric e : $32,500 or $2.6 2p e rb u 2-7200BU. M ERID IAN D O UBLE CO RRUG ATED HO P P ER CO M BO c/ w roofa n d w a ll la d d ers , top s a fety ca g es , a u to lid op en ers , s a ftifils , hop p ers , m a n w a ys ,s lid e chu tes , trip le s k id s & la bou r.

P ric e : $37,000.00 or $2.56 p e rb u 2-9000BU. M ERID IAN D O UBLE CO RRUG ATED HO P P ER CO M BO c/ w roofa n d w a ll la d d ers , top s a fety ca g es , a u to lid op en ers , s a ftifils , hop p ers , m a n w a ys ,s lid e chu tes , trip le s k id s & la bou r.

P ric e : $46 ,000.00 or $2.55p e rb u 2-10,000BU. M ERID IAN D O UBLE CO RRUG ATED HO P P ER CO M BO c/ w roofa n d w a ll la d d ers , top s a fety ca g es , a u to lid op en ers , s a ftifils , hop p ers , m a n w a ys ,s lid e chu tes , trip le s k id s & la bou r.

P ric e : $50,500.00 or $2.52p e rb u **F REIG HT & L EAS ING AVAIL ABL E**

Servic ing SK , M B & AB.

A TL A S B UIL D ING S Y S TEM S & S A L ES L TD . Yo rkto n , S a s k. FOR M ORE INFORM ATION: OFFICE: (3 06 )78 2-3 3 00 SCOTT’S CELL: (3 06 )6 21-53 04 TAISHA’S CELL: (3 06 )6 21-3 025 W W W .ATLASBUILDINGS.NET ATLASBINS@ HOTM AIL.COM

DARMANI BIGGER BINS

FACTORY DIRECT

BIG BIN PACKAGE COMPARISON

COMPANY

DARMANI

FACTORY REPS

SOLD BY SIZE BUSHELS AUGER REQ. CORRUGATION

3609 31000 80’ 4”/115

CORR. GAUGE

20-20-20-20-20-18-18-18-17

ACCESS HOLE VENTING LADDER OPTION FILL HOLE SIZE ROOF STRENGTH ROOF SLOPE UNLOAD STYLE UNLOAD SPEED AERATION STYLE AERATION RESTRICTION FOUNDATION ANCHORS FAN TEMP MON. AVAIL. WARRANTY

YES BUILT IN LID SKYLIFT 52” #5000 30 Deg. 10” TUBE FAST CROSS NO RESTRICTION STEEL YES - HD 10 HP OPI/INTEGRIS YES

ADD 24” AERATION Only -$1108

*Feb. price shows pre-pay disc./bins are picked up at Fiske, Sk.

DARMANI GRAIN STORAGE www.darmani.ca 1-866-665-6677 Serving western Canada and Northern U.S. with Factory Direct Pricing

BRAND “W”

DEALER/ DISTRIBUTOR 3609 31000 80’ 4”/G115 20-20-20-20-20-18-18-18-17

YES MUSHROOM STAIRCASE 52” 5000 30 Deg. U-TROUGH FAST FULL FLOOR ONLY OPEN @ 17% OPEN AREA OF FLOOR CEMENT YES 10 HP OPI/INTEGRIS YES

*MAT. PKG $ **$1.20/BUSHEL ***$1.70/BUSHEL VALUE * Price comparison were taken over the phone

**CALL FOR EXACTLY WHAT IS INCLUDED IN PRICE AND HOW TO SAVE

DARMANI PREMIUM CONES

4850 BUS...$11,818…$2.44/Bu

FEBRUARY SAVINGS

31,000 bushel Grain bin on Steel floor

DARMANI 1-866-665-6677 www.darmani.ca

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TOP QUALITY MERIDIAN BINS. Book now for best prices. Example: all prices include skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up and delivery within set radius. Meridian Hopper combos: 3500 bu. $10,450. SPECIAL: 5000 bu. $13,990. We manufacture superior quality hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call and find out why our product quality and price well exceeds the competition. We also stock replacement lids for all makes and models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK.

HOPPER CONES 14 Ft........$2,275.00 18 Ft.........$4,170.00 19 Ft. . . . . . .$4,295.00 21 Ft..........$7,150.00

M&K

FEBRUARY SPECIALS W es teel 10 ,3 0 0 b us h o p p er b in . â&#x20AC;˘ Triple Skid â&#x20AC;˘ 24â&#x20AC;? perforated air tube â&#x20AC;˘ Set-up included $

20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; TO 53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436.

2.51/bus.

WELDING

*delivery extra

BINS & CONES

GRAIN BIN DIRECT

BOND INDUSTRIAL SEA CONTAINERS. The best storage you can buy. New/used and modified sea containers for sale. Secure, portable, weather and rodent proof. Guaranteed 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to 53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; available. Ask a rep. BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new about our modifications. Bond Industrial a n d u s e d s e a c o n t a i n e r s , a l l s i z e s . 306-373-2236, joe@bondind.com or visit 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. our website at www.bondind.com

(306) 373-4919

M elfort, S a s k.

1-877-752-3004

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NEW/USED SEA CANS for sale/rent/deliver. Weather/ rodent proof. 306-251-1812, info@360storage.ca 360storage.ca

20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; AND 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; SEA CONTAINERS, for sale CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, sizes. Now in stock, 50 used, 53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; steel and 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com insulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK.

TWO BANDIT FERTILIZER caddies for sale. Phone: 306-741-7676, Pennant, SK. 1981 WESTANK SUPER B alum. trailers, air ride, Hendrickson suspension, 7 fresh recapped tires, others 80 to 90%. Frame replaced in 2001, $45,000. Steve Shewchuk, 306-364-4615, Elfross, SK.

SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; AND 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; SHIPPING CONTAINERS, inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, large SK. inventory. Ph. 1-800-843-3984, 306-781-2600. Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca

DARMANI GRAIN BIN PRICELIST BETTER BUILT

BETTER PRICED

FACTORY DIRECT SAVINGS

DARMANI FLAT BOTTOM BINSE COMPARE BRAND â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wâ&#x20AC;? MODEL

BUS.

*SALE $

$/Bus.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wâ&#x20AC;? $

SAVE $

1805

4300

$ 4,943

$1.15

$6,080

$1,137

1806

5056

$5,546

$1.10

$6,821

$1,275

1807

5865

$6,075

$1.04

$7,472

$1,397

1808

6652

$6,786

$1.02

$8,346

$1,560

2105

5919

$5,977

$1.01

$7,351

$1,374

2106

6965

$6,554

$0.94

$8,061

$1,507

2107

8060

$ 7,220

$0.90

$8,880

$1,660

2108

9131

$8,092

$0.89

$9,953

$1,861

2406

9200

$7,598

$0.83

$9,345

$1,747

2407

10628

$8,509

$0.80

$10,466

$1,957

2408

12028

$9,407

$0.78

$11,570

$2,163

2705

10050

$7,575

$0.75

$9,317

$1,742

2708

15349

$10,792

$0.70

$13,274

$2,482

2709

17040

$12,337

$0.72

$15,174

$2,837

3008

19130

$12,195

$0.64

$14,999

$2,804

3009

22000

$14,049

$0.64

$17,280

$3,231

3608

28000

$15,424

$0.55

$18,971

$3,547

3609

31000

$16,892

$0.54

$20,776

$3,884

FEB 2015

COMPANY

DARMANI

Wall Sheet Size Wall Corrugation Galvanizing Bolt Plating Roof Strength Roof Slope Lid Opening Size Ladders Ladders Options WARRANTY

44â&#x20AC;? 4â&#x20AC;? G115 JS1000 #5000 30 deg 52â&#x20AC;? Std. SKYLIFT YES

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the big 52â&#x20AC;? lid. They are hired man friendlyâ&#x20AC;?.

Extra $400 lid value TRACK MOUNTED AND WINDPROOF

Grain bin w/ladders, 52â&#x20AC;? remote opener and Easy access door *Feb. price shows pre-pay disc./bins are picked up at Fiske, Sk. (Delivery available)

KROHNERT TWO COMPARTMENT insulated SS tanker, SS frame, SS plumbing, air ride, c/w fresh AB. or SK. safety, $55,000. Call 780-847-3792, Marwayne, AB. KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and 3600 US GALLON tank, 10 year limited MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., warranty. Sale $1800. Call 306-253-4343, or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last. 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346. www.hold-onindustries.com KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales SPEED KING 10 tonne fertilizer blender and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call w/scale and loadout conveyor, exc. cond. 306-868-2199 or cell: 306-868-7738. 403-391-6021, Red Deer, AB. 1992 LO-RAL 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 8000 hrs., roll tarp, GPS, good condition, $19,500. Call Gord BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6â&#x20AC;?, 7â&#x20AC;?, 8â&#x20AC;? 403-650-7967, Calgary, AB. and 10â&#x20AC;? end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom 2010 BANDIT 3400 gallon liquid wagon, 3â&#x20AC;? build. Call for prices. Master Industries plumbing and 3â&#x20AC;? Honda pump; John Blue Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone pump, used 1 year. 306-776-2600, Rouleau, SK 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. FOR A floater or tender? Call me BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, LOOKING 35 years experience. Loral parts, new grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and first. and used. Call 403-650-7967, Calgary, AB. leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. 5000 US GALLON tank, 10 year limited 2011 BATCO 1585S swing conveyor w/power swing and hydraulic swing lift. warranty. Sale $2900. Call 306-253-4343, or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last. Excellent condition, asking $23,995 OBO. www.hold-onindustries.com Call 306-648-3321, Gravelbourg, SK. PATTISON 1300 gal. liquid fertilizer USED BATCO 1545FL - Serviced and field 2004 pull behind, John Blue pump, new ready! See your nearest Flaman store or wagons, 2â&#x20AC;? Honda motors, excellent cond., always call 1-888-435-2626. shedded, choice of 2 wagons, $15,000 ea. Call 306-549-4701, Hafford, SK. 1991 IH LAUREN fert. spreader truck, 466 dsl., auto, w/GPS mapping, nice shape. 204-466-2822, 204-856-9176, Austin, MB.

FOR ALL YOUR

FERTILIZER

EQUIPMENT NEEDS ADAMS SPREADER & TENDER CALL US FOR PARTS ON ALL

SPREADER/TENDER MAKES AND MODELS

ADAMS 6 TON SPREADER

Extra $300 value NO TIE ROD BRACES OR INNER PANELS

FLAT BOTTOM BIN PACKAGE SPECIALS PACKAGE #1

Brand â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wâ&#x20AC;? 44â&#x20AC;? 4â&#x20AC;? G115 JS500 #4-5000 30 deg 33-52â&#x20AC;? Std. Spirals YES

HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and 4 0 â&#x20AC;&#x2122; s e a c a n s fo r s a l e o r r e n t . C a l l 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. 7500 GALLON FERTILIZER tanks, four available. Phone: 306-741-7676, Pennant, SK.

PACKAGE #3

2012 CASE, 4520, 3 bin, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, 1100 hrs, extended warranty, $238,000; 2- 2007 Case 4520â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3 bin, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, 3300 hrs., AutoSteer, $154,500 and $142,500; 2009 Case 4520, 2860 hrs., $163,000; 2006 Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, 7400 hrs., $102,000; 2005 Case 4520 w/70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; flex air, 4000 hrs., $129,000; 2005 Case 4010 w/3020 G4 New Leader bed, $74,000; 2009 Int. GVM, 1000 hrs., 4WD, auto., $99,000; 2- 2004 Loral AirMax 1000â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, immaculate, $93,000; 2004 AgChem Rogator with air bed, $66,000; 2008 Adams Semi tender, selfcontained, $39,500; 2006 Timpte semi belt tender, self contained, $41,000; 1992 Wrangler loader, $15,500. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. More equipment and photos at: www.fertilizerequipment.net

304SS Construction

21,995 00 Delivered

Limited Supply

1 800 667 8800

www.nuvisionfhs.com 11,000 US GALLON tank, 10 year limited warranty. Sale $6200. Call 306-253-4343, or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last. www.hold-onindustries.com USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS: 4-8 ton large selection. Ph. 204-857-8403, Portage MB., www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 2014 NEW LEADER 3020 SPREADER, new wagon, tires, hydraulic hoses and pump, $60,000. 306-338-7114, Clair, SK.

PACKAGE #2

PACKAGE #1 (NON-AIR) FB BIN PACKAGE 6652 BUS...$9065â&#x20AC;Ś$1.36/Bus. (c/w roof and sidewall ladders, 52â&#x20AC;? lid remote opener, level indicator, inspection hatch, easy access door , STEEL bin floor and anchors.

PACKAGE #2 (SWING-AIR) FB BIN PACKAGE 19,100 BUS...$21,565â&#x20AC;Ś$1.13/Bus. (c/w roof and sidewall ladders, 52â&#x20AC;? lid remote opener, level indicator, inspection hatch, SWING-AIR w/high lift winch , STEEL bin floor/ anchors.

PACKAGE #3 (CROSS AIR/UNLOAD) FB BIN PACKAGE 31,000 BUS...$37,071â&#x20AC;Ś$1.20/Bus.

For details and a list of participating New Leader authorized John Deere CAD/ASD dealers, visit highwayequipment.com/spreadsmart.

(c/w roof and sidewall ladders, 52â&#x20AC;? lid remote opener, level indicator, inspection hatch, easy access door, suspended CROSS AIR W/auto retract legs, High speed UNLOAD SYSTEM, AERATION fan/transition, RE-inforced STEEL bin floor and Heavy Duty support/wind anchors.

*February price shows pre-pay disc./bins are picked up at Fiske, Sk. (Delivery AND set-up available)

DARMANI GRAIN STORAGE www.darmani.ca 1-866-665-6677 Serving western Canada and Northern U.S. with Factory Direct Pricing

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M E R I D I A N G R A I N A U G E R S : F u l ly equipped with engines, movers, clutches, reversing gearbox and lights. HD8-39, $14,800; HD8-46, $15,500; HD8-53, $16,850; HD8-59, $17,250; TL10-39, $16,500; HD10-59, $18,750. Call 306-648-3321, Gravelbourg, SK. REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, digital wireless tractorCam, the Simpler Sampler portable combine. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. Phone Kramble Industries at: 306-933-2655 Saskatoon, SK. or visit: www.kramble.net

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M AGNETIC CAM ERA PACKAGE • Po s itio n gra in a u ger o r co n veyo r in to b in rem o tely; b y yo u rs elf. • Po w erfu l m a gn ets to a d here to gra in & co m b in e a u gers , co n veyo rs , etc. • Ca m era is w a terpro o f & co lo r w ith a u d io . S ee w eb s ite fo r m o re d eta ils o r Ca ll

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NEW FARM KING 16x84 auger, $27,700. RJ Sales & Service, Call 306-338-2541. MERIDIAN MD12x79 auger, c/w low proWadena, SK, www.agdealer.com/rjsales file hopper, reverser kit, hyd. winch swing for hopper, $22,500. #1640481. Wetaskirj.sales@sasktel.net win Co-op, AB. Ron 780-361-6169. MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS: SP kits and clutches, Kohler, Vanguard engines, gas and diesel. Call Brian ‘The Auger Guy’ 204-724-6197, Souris, MB.

2008 Balzer 1800, 1800 bushel grain cart w/ triple axle, cut-out PTO drive, good tarp, scale & steering assist. $69,800. Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com

GRAINMAXX HIGH CAPACITY AUGERS 8 MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM

NEW SEE VIDEO ON WEBSITE

6000

SERIES TELESCOPIC

SWING AUGER

1 800 667 8800

www.grainmaxx.com BUHLER 1385 swing auger, 13”x85’, hydraulic winch, $8980. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com SAKUNDIAK GRAIN AUGERS available with self-propelled mover kits and bin sweeps. Contact Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837.

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T he New S.M.A.R.T The S.M. M A. A.R. R.T T Grain Bag Order Your Grain & Silage Bags Early Order Discounts Ends Feb 28/15 • Achieves superior performance with 7 layer film - first & only one of it’s kind! • Fits every brand of Bagger • Made in Canada exclusively for SMART Grain Bag distribution by AT Films, Edmonton, AB

WINTER SPECIALS: One only: SLMD 14-95, must go! Plus many other sizes in To locate a dealer or become a dealer stock. Used: 2008 Sakundiak 12x85; 2011 Call Charlene Toth Ph: 306-230-0075 Sakundiak 12x72; Brandt 10x60. Also ConEmail: char8684@gmail.com vey-All dealer. Leasing available. Phone Dale at Mainway Farm Equipment, David- RENT OR BUY at Flaman! 1610 PRO grain son, SK. 306-567-3285 or 306-567-7299. extractor. Unload bags easily and ecoView at: www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca nomically. See your nearest Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626. AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, Westfield, Westeel, Sakundiak augers; Au- RENT OR BUY at Flaman! Grain Boss grain ger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart extractor. Unload bags easily and ecopost pounders. Good prices, leasing nomically. See your nearest Flaman store available. Call 1-866-746-2666. or call 1-888-435-2626. MICHELS 8” steel hopper augers, off 3 compartment Doepker tridem. 3 augers with remote control, $4000 for all. 306-463-3303, Kindersley, SK. 2012 BRANDT 1020XR, scales, camera, 9 0 0 / 6 0 R 3 2 t i r e s , P TO, $ 4 6 , 8 0 0 NUVISION ADVANCED 5395 Grainmax, 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1 3 ” x 9 5 ’ s w i n g a u g e r, l i k e n e w. 403-391-6021, Red Deer, AB. GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large NEW WESTFIELD TFX (2) 8x41 auger. Set selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 up for motor drive. Motor not included. bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel. $ 5 2 0 0 . We t a s k i w i n C o - o p , A B . R o n View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 780-361-6169. 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, 2008 BALZER 1800 bu. grain cart w/triple truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Con- axle, cut-out PTO drive, tarp, scale and tact Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., steering assist, $69,800. 1-800-667-4515, 306-957-2033. or visit: www.combineworld.com

1995 AIR BENCH Cleaner, Cimbria Unigrain A/S, Type 113, No. 6516, $14,500 OBO. Darrel 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB. WANTED TO BUY: Gjesdal grain cleaner, Model 400 or 1000. Tim Amundson 306-299-4401, 306-662-7528, Robsart, SK DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, great for pulse crops, best selection in Western Canada. Phone 306-259-4923 or 306-946-7923, Young, SK. CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. WANTED: FORAGE SEED blender, to mix up to 1 ton of seed; And bulk Crown and Red Proso millet. Call 204-685-2376. PHOENIX M4 ROTARY mobile grain cleaner, 1800 hrs., comes with extra screens. 204-867-7225, Minnedosa, MB. GRAIN CLEANERS: 1974 rebuilt Crippen M588 air screen cleaner; 1997 rebuilt Crippen C688 air screen cleaner; 2005 Oliver model 50 gravity table. 701-739-0370, 701-847-3125, Buxton, ND. tbjerke@bjerkebrothersinc.com www.bjerkebrothersinc.com

GSI 2314 GRAIN DRYER, auto moisture control, remote watchdog thru computer/ Smart phone, 100+ bph wheat, single phase propane dryer. Call Curtis at 204-626-3283, Sperling, MB. BUCKET ELEVATORS, 60’ 3000 bph and 110’ 2500 bph, 60’ tower optional. Call Curtis at 204-626-3283, Sperling, MB. WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, manufactures of advanced screenless grain dryers, integrated with PLC and HMI technology for automatic moisture and drying system controls. Updates for Vertec, IBEC and other screenless dryers such as enclosed roof, drying tiers and burner, etc. are available. 1-888-288-6857. westerngraindryer.com

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2009 CASE/IH 8120, approx. 1170 hours IH 2016 headers w/Swathmaster pickup, always shedded, exc. cond., field ready, operated only in wheat, barley, canola, Pro 600 monitor, newer Big Tube Rotor, 2 to choose from, $185,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

2013 HANDLAIR 6" grain vac 4200 bph, brand new incl: PTO, 15' Flexsteel, 15' rubber, 10' pipe, 4' Flexsteel, a load out and clean up nozzle. Delivery available, new condition. $23,750. 306-539-8775, Regina, SK. revolutionequipment@sasktel.net, www.revolutionequipmentco.com

JOHN DEERE 568 round baler, 5x6 bales, silage MegaWide PU, 21.5L-15.1 SL tires, exc. cond., always shedded, approx. 9500 bales made, $31,000. Call 204-743-2324, 2001 CAT 470, 1693/2129 hrs., with 14’ Cypress River, MB. Swathmaster, $49,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com USED REM 2700 GRAIN VACS, serviced 2004 LEXION 460R, 2875/1979 hrs, fine and field ready. Several to choose from. Starting from $10,500. Call Flaman Saska- 2003 NH 2300 hay header, not used until cut chopper, dual disk spreader, with 14’ 2005. 16’ double knife, rubber rollers, was S w a t h m a s t e r p i c k - u p , $ 5 4 , 8 0 0 . toon today at 1-888-435-2626. attached to WDX1202 swather, cut approx. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2500 acres, sold cattle, $13,450. 306-246-4725, Richard, SK. 2011 NH H7150 haybine w/16’ HS header, 2009 NH CR9060, Intelliview Plus, lateral done approx. 4000 acres, asking $27,000 tilt, auto HHC, chopper and spreader, OBO. 306-846-4501, Dinsmore, SK. 1600/1175 hrs., 900/60R32 Goodyear raRITEWAY LANDROLLERS F3 and F5 series dials, $129,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, or in stock. Be ready for seeding. See your visit: www.combineworld.com n e a r e s t F l a m a n s t o r e o r c a l l 2009 NH CR9060, 1602/1176 hrs., Intelli1-888-435-2626. view Plus II, F/A, auto HHC, lateral tilt, WANTED: PT HYDROSWING Discbine, rea- 900 rubber, PU available, $124,900. sonable condition, or hay header to fit MF 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 885 SP or 2320 JD SP swather. Goodsoil, 2010 NH CR9070, 520/85R42 duals, InSK. 306-238-7969. telliview Plus II, lateral tilt, auto HHC, chopper and spreader, 1606/1308 hrs., $139,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: www.combineworld.com 2003 JD 4895 swather, new tires, shedded Industry Leading Features c/w 2011 896 hay header, 2400 hrs., vg cond., $65,000. Doyle Knoss, 306-476-2501 YOUR NORTHERN ALBERTA Rockglen, SK. 2007 GLEANER R75, 1155 eng. hrs., 765 sep. hrs., c/w Swathmaster PU header. 2011 MACDON M150, big tires, D-60-D Call 780-386-3888, Lougheed, AB. WALINGA DEALER 35’ header, low hrs, $100,000. Stockholm, www.walinga.com SK. 306-745-7274. WANTED: GREEN STRIPE L3 or L4 Gleaner combine. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, ND.

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1997 JD 9600, 3557 hrs., hopper topper, Kirby chaff spreader, fine cut chopper, 914 PU, Y&M monitor, $45,000 OBO. Call 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK.

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1991 JD 8560, 7549 hrs., partial powershift, duals, stock #549040, $58,300. Call Preeceville, SK. at 306-547-2007 or 2008 MACDON M150 w/D60 40’ header, www.maplefarm.com slow spd. transport, 18.4x26 tires, 673 2004 JD 9660, yield monitor, long unload eng. hrs. Don 204-325-3465, Carman MB. auger, chaff spreader, dual range cyl., c/w pickup, engine hrs. 1054, machine hrs. 874. Greenlight at AgLand, Lloydminster, 2002 JOHN DEERE 567 round baler, $6500 SK 200 acres ago, $110,00. 306-825-3223. OBO. Call 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK. 2007 JOHN DEERE 9760 STS, duals, new NH 664 ROUND baler, good belts, $5500 concaves, 1336 rotor hrs., $125,000 OBO. OBO. NH 848 round baler, $1400 OBO. 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. 306-681-7610, 306-395-2668, Chaplin, SK. 1998 JD CTS II, c/w 914 PU header, exc. 2003 HESSTON 4910 Big square baler, tires, premium cond, always shedded. Fox 40,000 bales, accumulator, innoculator, Valley, SK. 306-666-2153 or 306-662-7471 very good shape, shedded, ready to go. 2010 JD 9770 STS, w/1615 PU header, Asking $28,500. 204-851-5026 Cromer MB 20.8x42 duals, large rear tires, $260,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing. Call now 1-866-443-7444. 2009 JD 9770 STS, 1060 sep. hrs., AutoATTN: CANOLA PRODUCERS. Don’t let Steer ready, exc. cond., $147,500; 2009 your profits blow away in the wind. JD 635F flex head with air reel, $19,500. Achieve best results with the new Hauser Phone 306-923-2277, Torquay, SK. Revo Roller, all steel 10’ drum swath roller. 2009 JOHN DEERE 9770, 890 hrs., 615 PU Mimics every movement of the swather, header, excellent shape, $168,000 OBO. accurate and consistent ground gauging, 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK. legal width transport. Hauser’s Machinery, 1-888-939-4444, www.hausers.ca 2009 9770 STS, 1800 eng. hrs, 1253 threshing, w/915 PU, Y&M, AutoSteer and mapping, 38” duals, fine cut chopper, long unload auger, Contour-Master, $20,000 2004 DEGELMAN SA 1800 sidearm with Greenlight, asking $190,000. Moose Jaw, 1000 PTO, $7480. Call 1-800-667-4515, SK. 306-681-8197, 306-693-2024. www.combineworld.com 2000 JOHN DEERE 9750 STS, 3872/2660 hrs., Redekop chopper, 914 PU, field 2002 CASE/IH RBX561 round baler, 2nd ready, $74,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, owner, shedded, great shape, sold cattle, www.combineworld.com asking $10,500. 306-246-4725, Richard SK

JD 567 BALER, 12,000 bales, twine only, shedded, good condition, $13,000. Call ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN VACS: TO 306-476-2501, Rockglen, SK. empty plastic grain bags. Blueprints avail. to build your own or we’ll build for you. BALE SPEARS, high quality imported John Ilchuk 250-860-6610, Kelowna, BC. from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, excellent pricing. Call now toll free 2011 BRANDT, 7500EX, low hours, very fast 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB. and easy on grain. Pile driver clean up arm, dust exhaust hose kit, excellent condition, 2004 IH RBX562 baler with bale kick, 5’x6’ $17,500 OBO. 780-787-8293, Vermilion, AB. bales, $7980. Call 1-800-667-4515, Email: ajaremco@gmail.com www.combineworld.com

CASE/IH COMBINES and other makes and models. 5 years interest free on most units. Call the combine superstore. Trades welcome, delivery can be arranged. Call Gord 403-308-1135, Lethbridge, AB. WANTED: 2588 CASE/IH combine, with 700 to 800 separating hrs. 306-666-4606, 2006 JD 9760 w/914 pickup Contour Master, integrated AutoSteer, Touchset, 306-662-7989, Fox Valley, SK. 30.5x32 singles, 18.4R26 rear, 2520 eng. CONVEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, acces- NH 1049 SP balewagon; NH 1033 PT balesories. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. wagon. Sell or take trade. 306-283-4747, 2001 CASE/IH 2388, SP, 2350 sep. hrs, hrs. Call Mike 204-745-7690, Carman, MB. Redekop chopper, Swathmaster, hopper www.starlinesales.com 306-220-0429, Langham, SK. topper, shedded, excellent condition, 2003 JD 9650 STS, many upgrades, 4029 eng. hrs, 70 Series air intake, feed accelera$77,500. 306-485-8187, Alameda, SK. tor clutch and concave mounts, 20' auger, 1997 CASE IH 2188 combine, 3886 eng. GS1 yield monitor, 800/65R32, single point hrs., 1015 pickup header, 1010 30' rigid cut, hookup, 2015 Greenlight done, $90,000. 306-642-3253, Assiniboia, SK. $67,000. 306-332-8071, Edgeley, SK.

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1997 JD 9100, 8700 hrs, Synchro trans., duals, stock #55575, $65,600. Call 204-773-2149, Russell, MB. v i ew www.maplefarm.com

2014 CASE/IH 9230 SP, 236 eng. hrs, duals, long folding auger, power hopper cover, AutoSteer ready, small tube rotor, magna cut, 15' PU, HID lights, loaded, excellent condition, $375,000 OBO. 306-287-8487, Watson, SK. jasonfr66@me.com TWO 2012 CASE/IH 9230, 1- 594, hrs., ($330,000); 1- 1058 hrs., $310,000. Luxury cabs, 15’ PU’s, HID lites, factory AutoSteer, hopper covers, magna cut choppers, duals, large rear tires. 40’ straight cut d r ap e r h e a d e r s ava i l a b l e t o m at c h . 306-287-8292, Quill Lake, SK.

2007 973 MACDON 36’ header with pea auger, Empire wheels, $36,000 OBO; 2007 JD hydraflex header, 35’, w/transport, $24,000 OBO. Both are in excellent cond, always shedded. 306-843-7314, Wilkie, SK 1998 NH 971, 30’, double knife drive, $3900. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: www.combineworld.com 2012 CIH 40’ D60D, dual knife drive, hyd. fore/aft, transport kit, PU reels, shedded, $75,000. 306-287-8292, Quill Lake, SK. 2010 MACDON 40’ D60S draper header, w/flexy fingers, pickup 2 piece reel, hyd. fore/aft, skid plates, transport kit, shedded, $60,000. 306-287-8292, Quill Lake SK

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2007 PETERBILT 379

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2007 WESTERN STAR 4900SA

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470 Cat C13, 13 sp, 12/40, 3:36 gears, 244” WB, 70” bunk, 22.5” alloy wheels, 1,548,131 km.

2007 PETERBILT 386

430 HP Cat C13, 13 sp, 12/40, 22.5” alloy wheels, 3:55 gears, 70” bunk, 236” WB. 1,284,208 km.

39,000

2010 PETERBILT 386

45,000

55,000

2013 IN PROSTAR

500 HP ISX Cummins, 18 sp, 14,600 front, 52,000 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 22.5” alloy wheels, 4:30 gears, 190” WB, 840,137 km.

430 HP Cat C13, 13 sp, 12/40, 22.5” alloy wheels, 3:55 gears, 70” bunk, 236” WB. 1,300,635 km.

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515 HP Detriot 14L, 18 sp, 16,000 front, 46,000 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 191” WB, 4:30 gears.

65,000

39,000

20,000

485 HP Cummins ISX, 13 sp, 14.6 front super 40 rear, 391 gears, 232” WB, 22.5” alloy wheels, 63” bunk, 828602 km.

55,000

2007 WESTERN STAR 4900FA

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435 HP Cummins ISX, 13 sp, 12/40, 22.5” alloy wheels, 212” WB, mid-rise bunk, 3x4 diff. locks, 3:90 gears, 1,077,837 km.

2010 PETERBILT 386

2009 PETERBILT 388

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69,000

2005 IH 9400I

2007 FREIGHTLINER SD

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450 HP Mercedes MBE4000, 10 sp Eaton Autoshift, 12/40, 22.5”alloy wheels, New 20’ Cancade grain box, remote shute and hoist, 1,287,500 km.

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#PS3155A. 12” SPCG, DUAL SHOOT BG AIR KITS, FULL AGTRON BLOCKAGE MONITORS SEED & FERT., BG REAR HITCH, 50’ TXB SEEDMASTER DRILL, 12.5X15 TIRES, TANDEM MAIN FRAME

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2011 SEEDMASTER TXB6012 60’ DRILL & BOURGAULT 6350 LEADING TANK

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2008 BOURGAULT 3310 48’ DRILL

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2000 FLEXI-COIL 5000

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2010 BOURGAULT 3310 66’ DRILL & 2004 BOURGAULT 6550 TANK

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2010 BOURGAULT 6550 TANK

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2008 BOURGAULT 6550 TANK

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69,900

35,000

2008 TIFFIN ALLEGRO Motorhome 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4 slides only 20,000 miles

99,900

8 6 *DO

189,000

8 6 *DO

2005 GMC C5500

1998 FORD GRAVEL TRUCK

Mint condition Stock# L-7044

8.1L Engine, only 112,000 KM, custom RV deck Stock #L-6889A

24,900

1999 FORD F350 XLT

1995 GMC C7500

4x4 with hydraulic dump box . In nice condition good clean machine. Stock #L-71143

2WD, white, 148,000 km Stock# L-6748

19,900

14,900

2007 GMC C5500

1998 SAMSUNG SL180 LOADER 4X4 Clean shape

W/ Amco Veba picker & deck stock #L-6688

39,900

2000 DAMON ESCAPER MOTORHOME

2003 WESTERN STAR W/ 1770 PICKER Stock #L-7102

Stock #L-7129

49,000

89,900

Large Deluxe Ice Hut

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89,900

ONLY 50,000 KM

4000 hrs, c/w duals

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39,900

2011 DODGE CREW CAB 4490 CASE TRACTOR 4X4

95,000

39,900

2004 FORD F550 XLT

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w/loader, 1200 hrs, loaded

NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED.

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69,900

2010 MASSEY 5480

Hiab 260 18 to 20 pound Picker Stock #L-6886

79,900

ALL UNITS MUST GO.

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2004 KENWORTH T800

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Skid steer, 3200 hr, very clean unit Stock #L-6897

Demat vac compressor and crane. Nice clean truck. Stock #L-0001

59,900

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2008 BOBCAT T320

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15,995

2008 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 LT

LOCAL TRADE 150KM 4X4 5.3L

Stk# GL3371B

FULLY LOADED

LIKE NEW

Stk# GL3382B

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2010 DODGE DAKOTA 2008 CHEV SXT SILVERADO 1500 LTZ

LOADED

2007 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR

FULLY LOADED PST PD

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MAPLE FARM EQUIPMENT

,19(1725< %/2:287 2010 BOURGAULT 3310

2013 SEEDMASTER 5012

ST#49578 10” sp., 65’ drill, liquid fert kit, single shoot airpack, 6450 tank, single fan, 4.5” packers, rear hitch. $

ST#53030 Single shoot, 47’, 9.8” sp., 2.5” pneumatic packers, 24” midrow banders.

61,200

64,800

BOURGAULT 528-32

2001 BOURGAULT 5710 II

ST#49577 2195 Bourgault tank S/N 40’, 10” sp.

34,800

ST#52934 10” sp., 43’ drill, MRBs, 3.5” steel packers.

2007 JD 1910

49,500

2009 NH P1060

ST#49122 10” sp., double shoot, 6 run stat double shoot system, 8” auger, 3 meters, powered calibration, fill lights. $

61,600

ST#54340 430 bu., 3 compartments, TB, dbl shoot, hyd fan, caster wheels, 19” fill auger, c/w Intelliview II monitor. $

DRILLS & TANKS

70,000

2002 JD 1820, 40ft 10” sp. 3” steel, DS Dry and NH3, Stock #52901............................. $43,600 2008 JD 1830, 34ft, 10” sp., 4”x22 in steel packers, mud scrapers, Stock #52627 ..................... $41,200 2008 JD 1895, 43ft, double shoot, DS dry, closing wheels, 8” auger, Stock #52916 ..............$140,300 2002 JD 1910, 10” sp., double shoot, seedstar monitor for 4WD, Stock #56218................. $49,500 2004 JD 1910, single shoot, 7.5” sp., mech depth cntrl, Stock #55881 ................................... $41,200 2005 JD 1910, single shoot, 7.5” sp., mech depth cntrl, Stock #50801 ................................... $58,000 2008 JD 1910, 8 run DS, pwr calibration, singles, Stock #50903 ............................................ $72,200 2008 JD 1910, dbl shoot, conveyor, 3 run, Stock #48514 ..................................................... $72,200 2011 JD 1910, 50ft, 12” sp., large seed meter roller, Stock #56269 ..........................................$250,000 2011 JD 1910, dbl shoot, duals, seed star css monitor less display, Stock #56147 ........... $81,200 2013 JD 1910, dbl shoot, 10” sp., Stock #55708 ..........................................$110,900 2014 JD 1910, 6 run dbl shoot, 4 feed rollers, Stock #54584 ...................................................$100,000 2014 JD 1910, 10” sp., duals, hyd drive, 550 bushel, Stock #56140 ..........................................$157,700

BALCARRES, SK 306-334-2492

271,806

FOAM LAKE, SK 306-272-3345

214,200

2008 BOURGAULT 5710

ST#49722 ‘99 Concord as-3000 air tank, 54’ drill, 12.5”sp., 3.5” steel pkrs, liquid fert kit, Atom Jet dbl shoot side band openers, tank has canola attach. $

ST#52211 800 bu. tank, 10” sp., double shoot, 65’, DS dry.

ST#55614 CT-SX, 50’, 12” double shoot.

214,000

2004 BOURGAULT 5710

2008 SEEDHAWK SH6510

2005 BOURGAULT 5710

2010 BOURGAULT 6350

ST#49578 ST#53031 Single shoot, 47’, 9.8” sp., 2.5” pneumatic packers, 24” midrow banders.

1998 BOURGAULT 8810

ST#49578 ST#52951 Double shoot, 3 tank metering.

85,300

53,000

ST#51555 4350 Bourgault. air tank, double shoot, 8” sp., poly packers, 52’, NH3, 3 tank metering.

64,800

2002 JD 1820

2008 JD 1830

2008 JD 1895

ST#52901 40’, 10” sp., 3” steel, DS Dry and NH3.

43,600

ST#52627 34’, 10” sp., 4” steel packers, rock guards, mud scrapers, single shoot air kit.

41,200

2008 SEEDMASTER 8012

1996 BOURGAULT 5710

ST#53389 W/3430 Prec air tank, 12” sp., double shoot, 80’, smart hitch, new tips.

195,700

ST#52916 43’, double shoot, 1910 tank/cart, 430 bu., 8” auger.

140,300

2001 SEEDHAWK 4812

ST#42520 34’, 10” sp., double shoot, MRBs with liquid kit, 3.5” steel packers, $ paired row openers.

2013 JD 1910 55BU Air Cart, 10” sp., double shoot, Stock #55707 ..........................................$112,000 Bourgault 528-32, 40ft, 10” sp., Bourgault2195 tank, Stock #49577 ............................................ $34,800 2007 Bourgault 3310, 56 ft, 10” sp., dbl shoot, new packer bearings, Stock #52084 ...............$206,600 2010 Bourgault 3310, 65 ft drill, 10” sp., 3 tank metering, rear hitch, Stock #49578..........$214,000 2011 Bourgault 3310-65, Dbl shoot, Atomjet openers, dbl caster wheel pkg, Stock #49560 .......$266,400 2012 Bourgault 3320, 76 ft,single shoot, 12” sp., x20 monitor, 650 duals on tank, Stock #53043 ..........................................$364,200 1996 Bourgault 5710, 34 ft, 10” sp., 3.5” Steel packers, Stock #42520 .............................. $31,800 1997 Bourgault 5710, 40 ft, 10” sp., split dutch openers, no MRB, Stock #52013 ................................. $58,900 2004 Bourgault 5710, 64 ft, 10” sp., 4” rubber, atom jet openers Stock #55912.......................... $56,500 2005 Bourgault 5710, 54 ft, Dbl shoot, 9.8” sp., 24” mid row clusters, Stock #53031 .......... $53,000 2008 Bourgault 5710, Single shoot, 47”, 9.8 sp., 24: midrow clusters, Stock #53030 ........... $61,200 2010 Bourgault 5710, 47 ft, 10” sp., single shoot, 3.5” steel packers, Pattison liquid fert, Stock #55310 ............................................ $82,400

31,800

ST#52895 12” sp., 48’ Seedhawk drill, 357 tank, 10 bu on board, canola tank.

104,800

2001 Bourgault 5710 II, 54 ft, 10” sp., MRBs, 3.4 inch steel packers, 9.8 inch spacing, Stock #52934 ............................................ $49,500 2010 Bourgault 6350, single shoot, 3 tank metering, cab rate adjust, dual Fan, Stock #52951 .... $85,300 2012 Bourgault 6700, seed bag lift, rear hitch, 4 tank metering, 650r34 duals, Stock #55925 ....$152,200 1998 Bourgault 8810, 52ft, 8 inch sp., poly packers, dbl shoot dry, Stock #51555 ...................... $64,800 2002 Bourgault 8810, 52 ft, 8 inch spacing 330lb trips, Stock #51600 ................................... $55,900 2006 Seed Hawk 777, 12” sp., DS, 64 feet, New fert knives, Stock #52854 ...............................$198,400 2006 Seed Hawk 3010, 34Ft, 7.5” sp., double shoot, morris tank7180, Stock #55246 ................ $47,200 2001 Seed Hawk 4812, 48 ft, 12” sp., 357 tank, 10 Bu on board canola tank, Stock #52895 $104,800 2008 Seed Hawk SH6510, 10” sp., dbl shoot, 65 ft, 800BU tank, Stock #52211 ......................$214,200 2013 SeedMaster 5012-CT-SXG-555, 50ft, 12” sp., dbl shoot, Stock #55614 ..........................$271,800 2009 SeedMaster 6012-CT-SXG-600, 60ft, 12” sp., dbl shoot, Stock #55615 ..........................$212,000 2008 SeedMaster 8012, 80ft, 12” sp., smart hitch, new tips last year, Stock #53389 .............$114,200 1998 Case IH 3310, 33ft, 10” sp., harrow in front of packers, 11” sweeps, Stock #50512.......... $29,500

PREECEVILLE, SK WYNYARD, SK YORKTON, SK 306-547-2007 306-554-2536 306-783-9459 WWW.MAPLEFARM.COM

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AIR DRILLS

Morris Contour II - ‘61, (2014), double shoot, w/2012 8370 tbt . . CALL Morris Contour II - ‘51’, (2012), double shoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CALL Morris Contour I - 61’ (2010) 12” spacing, dbl shoot,w/8370 tbh CALL Morris Contour I - 61’ (2011) 12” spacing, dbl shoot,w/8370 tbt CALL Morris Contour I - 71’, (2010) dbl shoot, 12”spacing . . . . . . . . . . CALL Morris Maxim 49’ AD, 10” sp, steel packers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,000 Seedmaster TXB - 50’ (2008) 12” spacing, double shoot . . . . . . . CALL Seedmaster TXB - 50’ (2012) 12” spacing, dbl shoot . . . . . . $132,000 Seedmaster (2008) 72’, 12” spacing , 300 bushel on board w/Bourgault 5440 tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $176,000 Flexicoil 5000, 57’, 9.8” sp, DS, w/3450 tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$48,000 Bourgault 8810, 52’, liquid, pkrs, Atom Jet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$28,000 Bourgault 5710, 64’ 12” spacing, mid-row banders, NH3, 3” steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,000 Ezee-On 7500, 40’ Air Drill w/3210 Ground Drive Cart. . . . . . .$27,000 Flexi-Coil 5000, 45’ 10” spacing Dbl shoot w/2320 tbt . . . . . .$39,800

TRACTORS NEW McCormick MTX 150 FWA w/2895 loader & grapple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,500 McCormick (2004) MTX 110 FWA, loader . . . . . . . . . . . $59,000

C2 CONTOUR Independent Opener Drill

MISCELLANEOUS

NEW Farm King 16x104 Auger (Rodono Mover) . . . . . . . . . $53,000 NEW Farm King 16x84 Auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,700 Flexicoil 2320 TBH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 Morris 7180 TBH Air Cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,900 Buhler 16104 Swing Auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000 NEW Degelman 82’ heavy harrow.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CALL Elmers 70’ Super 7 Harrow, Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,900 Riteway 78’ heavy harrow, hyd tines, Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,000 Degelman 70’ heavy harrow, hyd tines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CALL 2005 Riteway 78’ heavy harrow, hyd tines . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,900 NEW Riteway 90’ heavy harr, hyd tine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CALL NEW Degelman 7200 Rock Picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CALL

IN JUST

DEMO 2014 Morris Contour 71’ w/9650 TBT

349,000

IN JUST

683039

685169

2004 McCormick MTX 110 Tractor, 4000 hrs, MFD, w/ Loader $59,000 NEW

690936

2010 Morris Contour I - 61’ Air Drill, 2008 w/8370 Tow Behind $168,000

NEW SALFORD RTS VERTICAL TILLAGE

683040

2013 McCormick MTX 150 Tractor, MFD, Loader, Grapple REGULAR PRICE $149,000 CASH PRICE $129,900

IN JUST

41’ RTS SHD 1-2100 .....................CALL 36’ 5100 .......................................CALL 41’ RTS HD DEMO ................... $88,000 41’ RTS, USED .......................... $69,500 31’ 4100 DEMO ....................... $89,000 60’ 2013 i2160 (USED) .......... $136,000

690944

SeedMaster TXB - 50’ Air Drill, 12” Spacing, Double Shoot, w/Morris 7300 Air Cart, 3rd Tank $130,000

Morris Field Pro - 50’ Harrow, Heavy Harrow $CALL

653607

683025

2010 Morris Contour I 61’ Air Drill, 12” sp., Paired Row, Double Shoot, w/Morris 8370XL TBH cart $CALL

IN JUST

NEW

690950

648767

Lemken Heliodor 40’ Vertical Tillage $CALL

2012 Morris Contour II 51’ Air Drill, 12” Spacing, Paired Rows, Double Shoot, w or w/o air cart $128,000

2014 Morris Contour II - 61’ Air Drill,12” Spacing, Double Shoot,w/2012 8370 TBT $239,000 NEW

674326

665544

2011 Morris Contour - 61’ Air Drill, 8370 Tow Between Cart $CALL

Morris 70’ Harrow, Heavy Harrow LEASE $4,200 SEMI ANNUAL $38,500

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$133,500 - $83.35 sq. ft.

$112,160 - $80.00 sq. ft.

$127,300 - $78.97 sq. ft.

1402 sq. ft.

1564 sq. ft.

DESIGN

1612 sq. ft.

VALUE From Our House to Your Home

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NEW/DEMO SALE ON ALL REMAINING 2014 SUBARUS W NE NLY O 1

2014 FORESTER XT TURBO LIMITED MARINE BLUE TURBO, LTD, NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED.

NOW WAS $ $40,800

38,800

2014 FORESTER XT TURBO LIMITED WITH EYESIGHT RED TURBO, LTD, NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED

NOW WAS $ $42,005

EJ2XTL JUST ADD TAX

40,005

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $2,000 W NE NLY O 1

O M Y DE NL O 1

EJ2XTE JUST ADD TAX

EY/ 3 GR ACK NEW E/1 BL U 1 BL

NOW WAS $ $31,564

NOW WAS $ $32,464

NOW WAS $ $29,464

29,064

2014 LEGACY LIMITED, 4 CYL, SEDAN SATIN WHITE

W NE NLY O 1

W 2014 IMPREZA LIMITED, NE NLY O HATCH DEEP SEA BLUE PEARL 1

LTD VERSION , NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $2,000

2014 LEGACY LIMITED WITH EYESIGHT, SEDAN, 4 CYL CARBIDE GRAY MET.

W 2014 IMPREZA LIMITED, NE NLY O SEDAN QUARTZ BLUE PEARL 1

EF2LP JUST ADD TAX

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $2,500

W 2014 OUTBACK NE NLY O 3.6 LIMITED WITH EYESIGHT 1

EY/ 2014 OUTBACK 1 GR VER EN W N/1 SIL 3.6 LIMITED WITH EYESIGHT E E 1 GR

CARBIDE GRAY MET.

33,919

LTD VERSION , NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED NOW EA2LN WAS $ JUST $35,919 ADD TAX

32,419

LIMITED VERSION WITH EYESIGHT, NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED, V6 ENGINE NOW ED2LE6 WAS $ JUST $43,419 ADD TAX

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $3,500

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $4,000

2014 XV CROSSTREK LIMITED DARK GREY

AKI/ Y W KH ONL 2 NE HITE TWO OW 1 DEM

39,419

2014 XV CROSSTREK LIMITED

29,964

EG2LP JUST ADD TAX

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $2,500

LIMITED VERSION WITH EYESIGHT, NAV, LOADED NOW LTHR, SR, FULLY EA2LE WAS $ JUST $37,419 ADD TAX

DEMO REY/1 N3 EW G THREE ONLY GREY

LTD VERSION , NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED

W NE NLY O 1

2014 XV CROSSTREK SPORT ICE SILVER METALLIC

LTD VERSION, NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED V6 ENGINE

NOW WAS $ $41,200

37,200

ED2LN6 JUST ADD TAX

2014 XV CROSSTREK SPORT DESERT KHAKI

W NE NLY O 1

SPORT VERSION, HATCHBACK, HEATED SEATS,SUN ROOF

26,964

EG2SP JUST ADD TAX

24,464

DG2SP JUST ADD TAX

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $5,000

2013 OUTBACK DETAIL WHITE

W NE NLY O 2

2013 IMPREZA SPORT, CHERRY RED

NOW WAS $ $29,464

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $2,500

W NE NLY O 1

2014 XV CROSSTREK HYBRID SATIN WHITE

LTD VERSION, NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED V6 ENGINE NOW DD2AE6 WAS $ JUST $43,419 ADD TAX

36,419

HYBRID VERSION, LOADED-ONLY ONE LEFT NOW EX2HV WAS $ JUST $33,861 ADD TAX

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $7,000

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $2,500

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $4,000 ONE EW/ NLY NO E N TWO O O DEM

2014 IMPREZA SPORT, HATCH

31,361

O M Y DE NL O 1

2014 XV CROSSTREK SPORT SATIN WHITE

W NE NLY O 1

2014 XV CROSSTREK DETAIL TANGERINE

LTD VERSION , NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED NOW EX2LP WAS $ JUST $33,719 ADD TAX

31,219

LTD VERSION , NAV, LTHR, SR, FULLY LOADED NOW EX2LP WAS $ JUST $33,719 ADD TAX

31,219

SPORT VERSION, HATCHBACK, HEATED SEATS,SUN ROOF NOW EX2SP WAS $ JUST $31,219 ADD TAX

28,719

SPORT VERSION, HATCHBACK, HEATED SEATS,SUN ROOF NOW EX2SP WAS $ JUST $31,219 ADD TAX

28,719

SPORT VERSION, HATCHBACK, HEATED SEATS,SUN ROOF NOW EX2SP WAS $ JUST $31,219 ADD TAX

28,719

SPORT VERSION, HATCHBACK, HEATED SEATS,SUN ROOF NOW EX2SP WAS JUST $31,219 ADD TAX

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF $2,500

NO HAGGLE SAVINGS OF CHECK

CHECK

ELITE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC. O/A

SUBARU OF SASKATOON 471 CIRCLE PLACE • 665-6898 OR 1-877-373-2662 MORE VEHICLES AT WWW.SUBARUOFSASKATOON.COM VW1C

Original 3/8” JD Acraplant Great Plains - Morris 310

VW2CC

Has two front carbides. Shown on JD opener.

VW2CC

This drill point - The VW2CC also fits this opener.

VW4C

Bourgault Spoons

WV7CC - 2 carbides

Fits IH Eagle Beak opener IH 7200 - IH 8500

VW5FC - 3¼” + VW6FC 2¼” for 200 Series. VW8FC - 3¼” + VW9FC 2¼” for 400 Series.

Shown on Bourgault opener Also fits Flexi Stealth opener

Shown on VW14FB. Also shown on VW14FB is VW21DSF

VW3C

Fits Versatile - Cereal.

*MSRP does not include Freight, PDI,Taxes & Fees *See dealer for details

VW10FC - 4¼” full carbide

VW10FC full carbide

VW11FC - 3¼” full carbide

VW11FC - 3¼” drill point

VW12FC - 2¼” full carbide

VW12FC drill point

VW13CC chrome - carbide

Front and sides - single shoot - up to 3½” spread - shown on VW14FB opener. Also fits Bourgault and Flexi Stealth.

Show on Bourgault opener.

Shown on Bourgault opener. Also fits VW14FB opener and Flexi Stealth opener. Very popular single shoot drill point - up to 2½” spread.

Shown on VW14FB opener. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault openers.

Up to 1.5” spread. Shown on Bourgault opener. Also fits on VW14FB and Flexi Stealth.

Shown on VW14FB. Also fits Bourgault and Flexi Stealth - single shoot drill point.

Weld on drill point - use to replace almost all weld-on drill points. Cut worn out off and weld new one on for big savings. Shown on Bourgault weld-on point opener.

VW18 HDS

VWHC1

VWHC2

VW46 J.D.S.T.

VWJ.D. 1870 fertilizer knife

VW27

VW32 P.R.D.S

Harmon double shoot seed boot. Carbides protect seed opening.

Small Harmon point large carbide.

Large Harmon point - slides over adapter - bolt head and nut are recessed. Large carbide - long wear.

Carbide tipped - two carbides for J.D. strip till.

Large carbide - long wear

1/8 shim - for all C shanks. Tip opener up or down.

Paired row - double shoot for C shank. Fertilizer delivered between seed rows.

VW13CC

Morris Double Shoot

VWJD1870PR

VWJD1870F

Use the VW13CC to replace worn point on this bolt-on opener.

Opener shown with VWM1C - main front drill point with two carbides. VWM3C and 4M4C - side plates with carbide imbedded and full carbide M2C deflector.

With three carbides along wear edge to prevent wear. Will likely outlast your drill!!

JD 1870 paired row drill point with full carbide.

JD 1870 Fertilizer Knife with replaceable carbide point.

VW16 B 2C

VW17FS

VW22G1B

VWJD1870SC

VWSMF

JD spear point and Danish tine, three carbides - many times life of original.

JD 1870 Wheel Scraper with carbide for extended wear. Also available for JD 1830.

SeedMaster Fertilizer Knife with replaceable Carbide Tip.

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2014 MACDON FD-75 flax draper header, 45’ wide, 2 wobble boxes, hyd. tilt, loaded, low spd transporter, like new cond, Cat attachment, field ready, $85,000. Can Deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

2011 Lexion P516 Pickup header w/ 16’ Swathmaster, excellent condition, under 200 hours, two in stock…$23,800.Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

WILDFONG ENTERPRISES at Craik, SK. Introducing Armor Plate concaves that are tough enough to shrug off rock damage, hard enough to hold their edge, and designed with no dead spots or jagged edges for a smoother more complete thresh. Reduce white caps and chop straw trouble. We offer the best warranty in North America along with the best prices. JD STS and S Series, $2100, all Case/IH rotaries, $2100, other models available upon request. Now carrying improved threshing element for JD S Series, these bars will give you a beautiful, clean thresh. Call us for best pricing. 10% discount on orders placed before February 1, 2015. Airfoil chaffers $750 for most models. Manitoba customers and anyone needing installation services please call Dale Paul in Yorkton, SK, 306-783-0255. Please order early to ensure supply. Call Rus 306-260-2833 or Rick 306-734-7721 or the shop 306-734-2345.

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2004 IHC 7400, tandem, DT530, Allison auto, w/new 20’ sileage box, fresh engine, warranty, $74,900. Call K&L Equipment 306-795-7779, 306-537-2027 Ituna, SK. Email: ladimer@sasktel.net DL#910885.

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2006 FLEXI-COIL 67XL, suspended boom 90’, 1250 Imp. gal. tank, 100 gal. rinse tank, wind screens, 3 nozzle body, autorate, AutoHeight, hyd. pump, $15,000. 306-625-7805, 306-625-7800, Ponteix, SK 2011 NH S1070, 1600 gal. tank, 126’ Raven AutoBoom, sectional control, www.gallantsales.com Large inventory boom, induction tank, 3-way nozzle new and used potato equip. Dealer for Tri- chemical bodies, 380/90R46 tires, pics available, alsteel Mfg. wash line equipment. Dealer for ways shedded, 25% down, balance by April Logan Equipment. Dave 204-254-8126, MB 15, 2015. Can deliver up to 400 miles, $38,000. 306-845-8210, Edam, SK.

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2003 CASE PATRIOT 2130, 2 year old alum Pommier booms, 2300 hrs., 3 sets of tips, Trimble AutoSteer, $55,000 OBO. 780-674-0721, Barrhead, AB. 2004 CIH 3185, 2200 hrs, 750 gal., AutoSteer, sect. control, AutoBoom Height, factory duals, crop dividers, new tires, field ready, 2 seasons on new pump, shedded. Price to sell. 306-222-6035, Saskatoon, SK

2008 APACHE AS1010, 6 speed PS, 1000 gal tank, 100’ boom, GPS w/AutoSteer, mapping, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, 3 2009 NEW HOLLAND SF216, 100’ suspend- way nozzles w/twin tee jets. Mint condied boom, 1600 US gallon, AutoBoom glide tion! $118,900. Call Jordan anytime, system, 2-way nozzles, very good cond., 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB. $35,000. 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK. 2014 CIH 4430, 120’, 555 hrs., loaded, 2002 SPRAY-AIR 3490 HC, PT, 90’, 850 AIM, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, Viper Pro, US gal tank, control w/speed sensor, single and dual nozzles, end nozzles, clean $9980. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: out valves, two sets of tires and fenders, $359,000. Call 306-228-7612, Unity, SK. www.combineworld.com

1293 JD CORN HEADER, 12 row, 30” spacing, poly spouts, header was used on a Case/IH 8120, 1000 acres done on a merger overhaul, always shedded, exc. cond., $21,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB 2008 36’ NH 94C header; TR adaptor, pea auger, single reel, gauge wheels, $39,000 OBO. 306-648-7106, Ferland, SK.

2011 MILLER CONDOR G75 SP, 120’ NEW HOLLAND SF115, 90’ suspended boom, 1200 gal., 6.7L eng, 4 WD, Raven boom, Raven AutoBoom, double nozzle, AutoSteer, Ultraglide, 380.90R46, 1433 autorate, 1250 gallon tank, hyd. pump, eng hrs. Arthur 204-745-7054 Carman, MB $35,000. 403-379-2423, Buffalo, AB. RETIRED. Well maintained, vg condition. 2014 ROGATOR 1100, Norac AutoBoom, Brandt QF1000 80’, 800 gal. tank, chemical RTK, 4 wheel hyd. adjust, sharp shooter, 2 mixer, foam marker, wind cones, hyd. sets of tires, $315,000 OBO. 306-867-3696, Outlook, SK. stephencgibson@hotmail.com drive pump. 403-651-1881, Langdon, AB.

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2002 WILLMAR 8600 High Clearance sprayer, 90’ boom, 8 tires, several updates, vg cond., 1200 gal. SS tank, $65,000 OBO. 2013 JOHN DEERE 4940, 500 hours, two or trade for newer model. 306-937-2836, sets tires, Hi-Flo pump, Raven AutoBoom, 306-937-3402, Battleford, SK. swath control and SF1, many more options, can deliver, $305,000. 204-522-0926, SPRAYTEST REMOTE BOOM CONTROL Medora, MB. chadvandaele@mts.net Use wireless remote to turn on individual boom sections for nozzle checks. 1998 JD 4700 90', 750 poly tank, c/w 5 Easy install with plug and play harness to sets nozzles, fence row nozzles, 2 sets tires, fit your sprayer. Order your SprayTest today. hyd. tread adjust. Outback steer, AutoBoom Toll free: control, Norac AutoHeight, recent CMI, 1-855-859-1200 $84,000. 306-567-7867, Bladworth, SK. Ph: 306-859-1200 spraytest@sasktel.net

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“ Fo rAllY o u rFa rm Pa rts” 2012 MACDON D60-S draper, 35’ header, c/w Case or NH adapter, mint cond., single knife, double reel, field ready, sliding plates on ends, low acreage unit, transports, $64,000. Can deliver. Call anytime 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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POWER UP LUBRICANTS, Regina and Area. We are the Power Up dealer for Regina and area. Contact us for all Power Up products, Oil, hydraulic, fuel additives and Thixogrease! 306-539-8775, Regina, SK. revolutionequipment@sasktel.net 1993 IH 1010, 25’ batt reel, $4950. www.revolutionequipmentco.com 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2009 MACDON D60, 45’, JD STS hook-up, double knife drive, transport, needs TLC, $29,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge inventory new and used tractor parts. www.combineworld.com 1-888-676-4847. 2011 LEXION P516 PU header w/16’ LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE Swathmaster, excellent condition, less Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. than 200 hrs., 2 in stock, $23,800. We sell new, used and remanufactured 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com parts for most farm tractors and combines. RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK. www.straightcutheaders.com

Huge Inventory Of Used, New & Rebuilt Combine & Tractor Parts. Tested And Ready To Ship. We Purchase Late Model Equipment For Parts. TRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, 306-441-0655, Richard, SK.

BERGEN ROCK DIGGER, good shape, $4000; Melcam rock picker, $400. Call 2010 CASE/IH SPX 4420 high clearance sprayer, AFS Pro 700 monitor, autofold, 306-963-2722, Imperial, SK. AutoHeight, AIM command, luxury cab w/ heated leather seat, HID lights, chem handler, foam markers, air compressor, Tridekon crop dividers, 2400 hrs. on machine, 500 hrs. on Cummins eng, $220,000. 780-689-8039, Athabasca, AB. SCHULTE SNOW PLOW, new cutting edge, tabrad@xplornet.com hydraulic chute, $1800. 306-963-2722, 2008 AS710 APACHE sprayer, 783 hrs., Imperial, SK. 90’, 750 gallon tank, Envisio Pro monitor, SCHULTE SNOWBLOWERS in stock now! AccuBoom, 5 and 10 gal. nozzles, HD front Front and rear mount. See your nearest axle, shedded, mint condition, $107,000. Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626. Phone: 306-753-2697, Macklin, SK. 1995 SCHULTE 9600 8’ snowblower, 540 PTO, 3PTH, $5950. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 85” ALLIED SNOWBLOWER, 540 PTO, 3 PTH, $1200 OBO; Also 3 PTH to bolt-on avail. Grant 306-524-2155, 306-746-7336 or 306-524-4339, Semans, SK.

CAT LEXION SALVAGE, Parts only! Off 470, 480, 485R and 590 combines. Call us! NEW! FARM KING snowblowers in stock 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com now- 50”, 60”, 72”, 84”, 96”! Reserve yours COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and before the next snowfall. Starting at used parts for most makes of tractors, $1,995. See your nearest Flaman store or combines, balers, mixmills and swathers. call 1-888-435-2626. Phone 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, PROTECH SNOW PUSH, 10’, like new, Borden, SK. www.comb-tracsalvage.com $4500. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: We buy machinery. www.combineworld.com

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1997 RAKE-UP PICK-UP, 12’, manual wind guard, $3500. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: www.combineworld.com 2001 SWATHMASTER 14’ PU, new front belts, hydraulic wind guard, $9950. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com IH PICK-UP HEADS, 2001, $6950; 1997 1015, $3950. Call 1-800-667-4515, visit: www.combineworld.com NEW SWATHMASTER 14’ PICK-UP, 8 belt, hydraulic wind guard, ultra float suspens i o n , p l a s t i c fi n g e r s , $ 1 3 , 8 3 8 . C a l l 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 14’ RAKE-UP PICK-UPS, 2007 with hydraulic wind guard, excellent condition, $7980; 1997, $3450. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: www.combineworld.com 16’ RAKE-UP PICK-UPS, 2008 $6950; 2008 with hydraulic wind guard, $3980. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

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2000 POWERFILL SILAGE BAGGER, 10’ tunnel, new rotor and stripper bar, 240 HP Mack engine. Call Peter at 204-379-2843, 204-745-0092, St. Claude, MB. FP230 NEW HOLLAND forage harvester, last used in 2007, shedded, exc. cond., 5000 bus. of barley or $17,500. Dan Thorsteinson, 306-272-7321, Foam Lake, SK.

2006 APACHE #859 high clearance sprayer, 90’ booms, only approx. 1549 hours, 850 gal. poly tank foam marker, Raven m o n i t o r, g o o d c o n d i t i o n , $ 7 4 , 9 0 0 . 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 2010 CASE/IH 4420, leather, AIM, 120’, 1200 gal. tank, Raven Viper Pro, AutoBoom, AutoHeight, 2 sets tires, 1500 hrs., $225,000. 306-463-7866, Flaxcombe, SK. 1998 SPRA-COUPE 3640, 2000 hrs, newer 400 gal. tank, 75’ booms w/3 sets of nozzles, brand new clutch last season, $35,000 w/o AutoSteer, $38,000 w/AutoSteer. For info, 306-246-4442, Hafford, SK. 2011 CASE/IH 4420, 120', 1200 gallon, AIM, luxury cab, 2 sets of tires, 5-way nozzle bodies, Viper Pro, reversing fan, fully loaded, fresh inspection, 1835 hrs. $225,000 OBO. 306-541-7989, Rouleau, SK.

2013 CASE/IH 3230, 100’, 800 gal. tank, S3 Outback GPS, 780 hrs., AutoSteer, AutoBoom, luxury cab, 2 sets of wheels and 2013 CASE/IH PATRIOT 4430, 647 hrs, AIM fenders, 320R90/46 new with sprayer, air Command, boom drains, 5-way nozzle lift crop dividers, $215,000. 204-734-7625 bodies, 710s and 320s, Pro 700, 5 sensor or 204-734-0897, Swan River, MB. AutoHeight, loaded, $325,000 OBO. 306-287-8487, Watson, SK. jasonfr66@me.com 854 ROGATOR, 2001, 2130 hrs., 90’, new TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers. 12” tires, 2 - 22 gal./acre nozzles, 4 floata- Reduce trampling losses by 80% to 90%. t i o n t i r e s a n d r i m s , $ 7 0 , 0 0 0 . Call: Great West Agro, 306-398-8000. 780-367-2483, Willingdon, AB. FLOATER TIRES: CASE and JD sprayers: 2000 AGCO WILLMAR 7400, Outback S3 800/70R38 Michelin for Case 4420/4430, Automate, Powerglide, 5.9L, 90', 750 gal, $19,500; 710/70R38 Titan rim and tire for 2520 hrs., $48,500. 780-753-4066, Altario. JD 4720/4730, $14,200. Factory rims and tires: for JD 4930/4940, R4045; 800/55R46 Goodyear, $21,500 for set. 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK.

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2004 NEW HOLLAND, 130' steel booms, 2007 JD 1895 no till drill, 43â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 10â&#x20AC;? spacautorate control, autofold, 1250 gal tank, ing, MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, DS, c/w 1910 tank, 430 bu. cap., 3 bin, conveyor, variable rate. Com$15,000. 403-345-3770, Coaldale, AB. plete update on MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3500 acres ago with STEPDECK tandem axle trailer. Stock all new discs, boots, bushings, etc., exc. #L-6605. Was $39,900, Now $34,900. As- cond., $99,900. Ready to work! Call Jordan tro Car & Truck Sales Ltd. 780-567-4202, anytime 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB. Clairmont, AB. www.astro-sales.com 2006 JD 1820, 45â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 5 fold, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, 2005 EAGLE 8650 sprayer with two sets of DS, 3.5â&#x20AC;? steel V style packers, 2.5â&#x20AC;? DS tires, $69,900. Astro Car & Truck Sales opener, Dutch seed brakes. 2006 1910 TBT L t d . , C l a i r mo n t , A B . 7 8 0 - 56 7 - 4 2 0 2 , tank, 250 bu., 3 compartment, conveyer, www.astro-sales.com variable rate, always shedded, $65,000 OBO. Call 780-679-5723, Daysland, AB 2003 52â&#x20AC;&#x2122; HARMON, 9.6â&#x20AC;? spacing, paired row openers, above average condition, shedded, field ready, triple shoot with NH3 kit, c/w Model 4100 350 bu. 3 comp. DS TBH air cart, $35,000 OBO. 306-764-6093, 1998 BOURGAULT 5710 air drill, 54â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, D.S. 306-961-1803, Prince Albert, SK. 4â&#x20AC;? packers, carbide openers, Series II midrow banders. Done only 1200 acres, 4350 J O H N D E E R E 1 9 0 0 / 1 9 1 0 a i r c a r t s , triple seed tank. Drill has done 33,000 350/340 bu., all in good condition, acres, asking $85,000. 403-578-2487 $29,800/$34,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, eves., Brownfield, AB. www.combineworld.com 2014 JOHN DEERE 1830, 61', 10" spacing, 3" rubber packers, hi flotation tire package, available w/wo 14' JD 430 bu. TBH tank, double shoot, conveyor, duals, hyd. drive, rear hitch, only seeded 320 acres, willing to deal, $215,000. 204-522-0926, Medora, MB. chadvandaele@mts.net

2011 JOHN DEERE 1890 disc drill, c/w 1910 TBT 430 bu. cart, 3 tank with conveyor, Martin closing wheels, Needham firming wheels and gauge wheels, all run JD blockage, liquid starter fertilizer kit, $165,000. 306-476-7653, Fife Lake, SK.

2014 BOURGAULT 3320-76, 7700 tank, 10â&#x20AC;? space, liquid, loaded, high float option, very low acres. 306-483-7829, Oxbow, SK. 2001 BOURGAULT 5710, Series II, 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 9.8â&#x20AC;? spacing, MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 5350 tank w/dual fans and 3 tank metering. 1500 acres on new tips. $64,000 OBO. 306-421-0509, Estevan, SK.

RETIRED. Well maintained, vg cond. 29â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Morris Maxim w/7130 Morris air tank, 7.5â&#x20AC;? spacing, single shoot, seeded 1500 acres on new dbl. carbide 3â&#x20AC;? openers, many new parts. 403-651-1881, Langdon, AB.

WIRELESS BLOCKAGE MONITORS. Call for FLEXI-COIL 820 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; cultivator, 4 bar haryour quote today! 306-974-4356, Saska- rows, with 1720 cart, 3rd tank. Call 306-749-2649, Birch Hills, SK. toon, SK. tyler@tdtcontractingltd.com 2001 MORRIS MAXIM 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 240 TBH cart, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, single shoot, carbon tip seed shovels, exc. cond., low acres, $42,500. Call 306-741-9521, Wymark, SK.

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2007 SEEDMASTER TXB5012, 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; drill, PS3155A, 12â&#x20AC;? spacing, tandem main frame, $110,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or visit: www.farmworld.ca 2012 BOURGAULT 3320, 76â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, single shoot, 12â&#x20AC;? space, x20 monitor, 650 duals on tank, Stock #53043, $364,200. Call Foam Lake, SK, 306-272-3345 or www.maplefarm.com 2009 MORRIS CONTOUR 61â&#x20AC;&#x2122; drill and 2012 8370 TBH tank, B2199B, 12â&#x20AC;? spacing, 3 tanks, DS, $179,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. www.farmworld.ca 2000 FLEXI-COIL 5000, PB2983B, 45â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 9â&#x20AC;? spacing, 3.5â&#x20AC;? steel packers, flexi air kit, $18,000 Cash. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or visit: www.farmworld.ca 1996 BOURGAULT 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122; air drill, 7â&#x20AC;? spacing, 2155 tank, $20,000 OBO. Troy at 306-867-7719, Glenside, SK.

2001 MORRIS MAXIM 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 240 TBH, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, single shoot, 3.5â&#x20AC;? Morris twin row carbon tip seed boots, w/liquid kit, 4â&#x20AC;? steel packers, excellent cond., low acres. 306-435-7893, Moosomin, SK. 2002 BOURGAULT 5710, 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 5200 cart, speed lock adaptors, 9.8â&#x20AC;? spacing, asking $55,000. Call: 306-293-2793, Climax, SK. 2001 HARMAN 4480, 44â&#x20AC;&#x2122; cult, #3100 tank, new openers, triple shoot using anhydrous, tank shedded, not used for 2 seasons, $20,000 OBO. 306-825-3223, Lloydminster, SK. 2010 65â&#x20AC;&#x2122; BOURGAULT 3310 paralink, 12â&#x20AC;? spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear hitch, $157,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 33â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CONCORD AIR drill, packers good cond., 4â&#x20AC;? openers, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, 200 bu. 2002 SEED HAWK 257 Magnum, double cart, $15,000. 403-635-0042 Assiniboia SK shoot dry, UltraPro canola roller, hyd. or gas 1997 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 57â&#x20AC;&#x2122; with mid row engine fan, field ready, $49,500 OBO. 180 NH3, 3.5â&#x20AC;? rubber packers, blockage moniHP FWA will pull it. Upgrading to larger t o r, t a n k s a v a i l a b l e , $ 1 5 , 8 0 0 . unit. 306-645-4684, 306-945-7618, Wald- 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com heim, SK. rogerandgale@yourlink.ca 1850 JOHN DEERE disc drill, 43â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, new discs 2014 BOURGAULT 66â&#x20AC;&#x2122; air drill, B22520A, last year, updated closing wheels, c/w high flotation pkg, single shoot trailing air 2155 Bourgault air cart, $25,000. Can sell cart, $274,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, separately. 306-246-4442, Hafford, SK. SK. or visit: www.farmworld.ca EZEE-ON 7500, 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; w/3210 ground drive 2013 JD 1910, 55 bu. air cart, 10â&#x20AC;? space, c a r t , $ 2 7 , 0 0 0 . R J S a l e s & S e r v i c e , double shoot, Stock #55707, $112,000. 306-338-2541. www.agdealer.com/rjsales Call Moosomin, SK., 306-435-3301, or rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. www.maplefarm.com 2006 NH SD440 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 10â&#x20AC;? paired row, 430 2009 JD 1895 no till drill, 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, bu., variable rate tank, double shoot, MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, DS, c/w 1910 air tank, 340 bu., 3 blockage monitor, steel press wheels, bin conveyor, Alpine kit, good shape, $90,000. 780-210-0280, Andrew, AB. ready to go to work, $100,000 OBO. Call CUSTOM BUILT DRILL points/ openers Adam 306-252-3227, Duval, SK. repairs. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t delay! Find out more at: 2004 BOURGAULT 5710, 47', Series 25 MRB, www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, NH3/dry, 9.8" spacing, 3.5" steel packers, Dunmore, AB. Speed-Loc adapters, 2 seasons on 3/4" carbide openers, Raven Super Cooler, c/w 2010 NH P2070 Precision drill 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, low 4300 single shoot cart w/rear tow hitch, acres, 430 bu. P1060 TBT cart, variable shedded, $65,000 OBO. 204-526-7805, rate, IntelliView II monitor, auger lift kit, big singles, cart shedded. Priced for quick Cypress River, MB. sale. Rob 306-222-6035 Saskatoon, SK. BOURGAULT 5710, 54â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 9.8â&#x20AC;? spacing, 5350 TBT, SS, rebuilt MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, set up for liquid 1997 FLEXI-COIL 45â&#x20AC;&#x2122; air drill, 9â&#x20AC;? spacing, single shoot, 2320 TBT cart, $45,000 OBO. fert or NH3. 406-765-7163 Plentywood MT 306-648-7766, Gravelbourg, SK. 2006 BOURGAULT 5710 SERIES II air 2006 SEEDMASTER 6012, Smart hitch, drill, 54â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, 3.5â&#x20AC;? steel packers, new pneumatic tires, more options; 2005 3/4â&#x20AC;? carbide knive openers, Series II MRB, Flexi-Coil 4350 tank, Agtron full blockage, double shoot drive w/anhydrous kit, auto- exc. cond. 306-642-8111, Assiniboia, SK. rate controller, all tires new within the last 2 years, $65,000. Call 306-682-2278, 2003 JD 1820, 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, c/w 350 bu. 1910 cart, 306-231-7900, Humboldt, SK. 10â&#x20AC;? space, single shoot w/Stealth boots, MOON HEAVY HAUL pulling air drills/ air 1515 Dutch openers, 4â&#x20AC;? capped steel packers, $41,000. 403-575-1417, Veteran, AB seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask. 30 years experience. Call Bob Davidson, 2005 CASE STX30, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 2230 air tank, 7.5â&#x20AC;? Drumheller, AB. 403-823-0746. spacing, some new hoses, new discs, $45,000 OBO. 403-793-5915, Duchess, AB. WANTED: FLEXI-COIL 6000 disc drill, with or without tank. Prefer 7.5â&#x20AC;? spacing, 2012 SEEDMASTER 6612, tire in tire, From AB. or SK. Call 780-603-0737. Smart hitch, dual castors, more options; JD 1910 tank, 430 bu., cameras, exMAKE THE PERFECT seed bed with our 2012 tra full-run blockage. Units done carbide drill points and openers. Order 8800rollers, acres Assiniboia, SK., 306-642-8111. now! www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350. Dunmore, AB. WANTED: AIR DRILL with 5â&#x20AC;? to 6.5â&#x20AC;? packing wheels. 306-640-8600, Assiniboia, SK.

2011 JD 1870, 56â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, c/w 1910 350 TBH, 2003 BOURGAULT 5710, 29.8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 9.8â&#x20AC;? spac- factory liquid section control, variable rate, ing, 4.5â&#x20AC;? steel packers, 3/4â&#x20AC;? knock-on auto calibrate, dual castors, low acres. Call knives, MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, no fert. kit on drill, $25,000. 780-847-3792, Marwayne, AB. 306-398-7446, Baldwinton, SK. FOR SALE: 34â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Morris Maxim air drill, sinSEEDMASTER TXB 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 2012, 12â&#x20AC;? spac- gle shoot, 7â&#x20AC;? spacings, 6180 grain cart, ing, DS, $132,000. RJ Sales & Service, new hoses last spring, asking $18,000. Wadena, SK, www.agdealer.com/rjsales Gull Lake, SK, call Howard 306-672-7306. rj.sales@sasktel.net Call 306-338-2541. 2002 FLEXI-COIL 6000 disc drill, TBT unit. FLEXI-COIL 5000, 45â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, DS, Drill only. Comes with new disks and bearw/2320 TBT, $39,800. RJ Sales & Service, ings. Call 780-787-8293, Vermilion, AB. 306-338-2541. www.agdealer.com/rjsales Email: ajaremco@gmail.com rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. 2008 SEED HAWK 55â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, 500 bu. 2002 5710 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; w/5250 3 comp. tank, 9.8â&#x20AC;? tank w/3 compartments. Duals across spacing, dual shoot, 3/4â&#x20AC;? carbide tips front, big tires on back, duals on tank. Re(1100 acres), paired row avail., new mid- mote 10â&#x20AC;? auger, blockage monitors, 1200 row Coulter discs, new in 2013 all hoses, gal. liquid tank (set up for Alpine if needtines and scrapers, has 491 monitor and ed), exc. cond., field ready, possible delivblockage monitors. Hard to find 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, exc. ery. 306-485-7843, Alida, SK. shape. 780-871-3937, Paradise Valley, AB. BLOCKAGE PREVENTION SYSTEM. An air BOURGAULT 5710, 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Atom Jet points, preheater will help prevent buildups in your andhydrous mid-row, 3.5â&#x20AC;? steel packers, air seeder. 306-974-4356, Saskatoon, SK. 12â&#x20AC;? spacing, w/wo 3225 Bourgault cart, tyler@tdtcontractingltd.com $35,000 OBO or will separate. Cardross, SK. 306-475-2666 or 306-313-2416 cell. BOURGAULT 5710 air drill, 54â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, w/MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, $18,000 OBO. 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK 2008 K-HART 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Coulter, Paralink drill. Mid-row banders, recent new discs, Flexi- MORRIS MAXIM AIR drill, 1997, 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, douCoil air system, excellent shape, $37,500 ble shoot, newer boots and tips, no tank. OBO; 2004 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 8830 Bourgault coulter drill $15,000 OBO. 306-220-1540, Saskatoon. for anhydrous application, $25,000 OBO. MORRIS MAXIM 49â&#x20AC;&#x2122; AD, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, 306-937-2836, Battleford, SK. steel packers, $15,000. RJ Sales & Service, 2004 BOURGAULT 5710, 64â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, Wadena, SK, www.agdealer.com/rjsales 4â&#x20AC;? rubber, Atom Jet openers, Stock rj.sales@sasktel.net Call 306-338-2541. #55912, $56,500. Call Russell, MB., FLEXI-COIL 6000, 30', 2012 pillar openers, 204-773-2149, or www.maplefarm.com new discs and seed boots, 1720 TBH tank, 1998 CASE/IH 3310, 33â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 10â&#x20AC;? space, har- $75,000. 780-349-9522, Westlock, AB row in front of packers, 11â&#x20AC;? sweeps, Stock #50512, $29,500. Call Preeceville, SK., 2009 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; SEEDHAWK, paired row, 10â&#x20AC;? spacing, c/w Flexi-Coil 4350 TBT air cart 306-547-2007, or www.maplefarm.com on duals, double shoot, variable rate, 10â&#x20AC;? 1997 BOURGAULT 5710, 34' air drill on 12" fill auger, blockage monitor, always shedcenters. Machine has a paired row NH3 ded. 306-229-1693, Hepburn, SK. shank. Comes with 3195 tank, $18,000. 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; JD 737 drill, c/w individual shank or 403-485-0027, Arrowwood, AB. gang packers, Atom Jet boots, JD 787 230 2002 BOURGAULT 5710, 47â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 9â&#x20AC;? spacing, bu. air cart, plumbed for liquid nitrogen MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3/4â&#x20AC;? Speed-Locs, steel 3-1/2â&#x20AC;? pack- with 1400 gal. Bandit caddy TBH. Will sepers, Raven NH3 rate control kit, $40,000; arate. Nice unit and condition, $29,000. 2002 JD 1900 TBT 270 bu., cart, $18,000. 306-531-8575, 306-771-2819, Edenwold, 780-808-3453, Lloydminster, AB. SK. Email: wc.farm@hotmail.com BOURGAULT 5710, 64â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 12â&#x20AC;? spacing, 2012 BOURGAULT 6700, seed bag lift, BOURGAULT 8810, 52â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, liquid, packers, MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, NH3, 3â&#x20AC;? steel, $49,000. RJ Sales & rear hitch, 4 tank metering, 650R34 duals, Atom Jet, $28,000. RJ Sales & Service, Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. visit: stock #55925, $152,290. Call Moosomin, Wadena, SK, www.agdealer.com/rjsales www.agdealer.com/rjsales SK. 306-435-3301 or www.maplefarm.com rj.sales@sasktel.net Call 306-338-2541. 2006 BOURGAULT 6350 tank, 491 monitor, dual fans set up for MRBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, exc. shape FLEXI-COIL 5000, 57â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 9.8â&#x20AC;? spacing, DS, 2002 JD 1820, 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 10â&#x20AC;? space, 3 steel, DS $70,000. 306-463-3303, Kindersley, SK. w/3450 tank, $48,000. RJ Sales & Service, dry and NH3, Stock #52901, $43,600. Call Wadena, SK, www.agdealer.com/rjsales M o o s o m i n , S K . , 3 0 6 - 4 3 5 - 3 3 0 1 , o r 2006 NH SC430 TBH cart, var. rate, auger, www.maplefarm.com rj.sales@sasktel.net Call 306-338-2541. 800x32 tires, 4 rollers, rear hitch, $42,500. FLEXI-COIL 6000 air drill, 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 3450 TBH 306-364-2142, 306-364-2126, Jansen, SK. tank, double shoot, 7.5â&#x20AC;? spacing, rubber 2011 SEEDMASTER, 50', 12" spacing, with packer wheels. All new discs, bearings, air 2011 New Holland P1060 430 bu. tank, hoses 3 yrs. ago. Shedded and unused for variable rate, $172,500. 780-806-3075, 3 seasons, $60,000 OBO. 403-784-3633 or Irma, AB. jerry56@hotmail.ca 403-304-2266, 403-740-9161, Tees, AB.

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MAKE THE PERFECT seed bed with our 2006 BOURGAULT 70’ mid harrows, carbide drill points and openers. Order new teeth, great cond., $25,500. Sturgis, now! www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350. SK. Call 306-547-8190 or 306-548-4315. Dunmore, AB. FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 75 packer bar, P30 1996 5000 FLEXI-COIL AIR seeder, with packers, 62’, c/w factory hitch extension, 2320 cart. Call for pricing. 403-838-2574, $11,000. 403-936-5797, Calgary, AB. ext. 700, Hilda, AB. 1996 BOURGAULT 4000 wing type packer, 32’, shedded, 1 owner, excellent, $11,000. 2004 JD 1820/1910 seeder, 10" spacing, 780-985-3753, Calmar, AB. triple shoot dutch openers, 430 bu. 1910 cart has dual wheels. NH3 available if need- FLEXI-COIL S85 50’, 5/8” tines, hyd. aded, $75,000. Questions, please call justable tines, tines measure 17” at back, 780-934-6384, Fort Saskatchewan, AB. 23” front, $25,000 OBO. 780-367-2483, Willingdon, AB. FLEXI-COIL P1040 AIR tank, 325 bu., exc. condition, asking $46,000. 306-690-8829, 70’ RITE-WAY HARROW packer bar, P20 p a c ke r s , g o o d c o n d i t i o n , $ 6 0 0 0 . 306-631-8854, Moose Jaw, SK. 306-963-2722, Imperial, SK. 2009 BOURGAULT 8810 40’, 4-bar mtd. harrows, 10” sp., Dickey John NH3 system, knock-on openers, air kit, $45,000; 2001 4250 Bourgault single shoot air tank, $15,000. 780-954-2181, Dapp, AB. CUSTOM BUILT DRILL points/ openers repairs. Don’t delay! Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2004 FLEXI-COIL SEEDER tank, tow between - tow behind, field monitor, good condition. 204-470-0756, Westbourne, MB. 2003 BOURGAULT 8810, 50', 10" spacing, MRB's set up for NH3, Raven rate controller, heavy steel packers, c/w 2003 5350 tank SS, 2 tank meters,rear hitch w/winch, 491 monitor w/cab rate adjust. Shedded and well maintained, $80,000. 204-522-6142 or 204-662-4475, Reston, MB.

2006 JD 1770 NT, Central fill system, 12 row 30” spacing, Dawn row cleaner- fert. combo, single pass seeding, Pro-Max 40 and soybean discs, liquid starter 225 gal. and 1450 gal. liquid N Bandit cart, c/w brown box monitor. Field ready. Will sell planter and caddy separate. Call for price. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

2014 FLEXI-COIL 4350, mech, TBT and TBH. Fall specials. Cam-Don Motors Ltd. 2012 RITE-WAY, MAXI rotary harrow, 66', 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. hydraulic angle. Great for stubble or level- MAKE THE PERFECT seed bed with our ing grassland. 780-787-8293, Vermilion, AB carbide drill points and openers. Order now! www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350. Dunmore, AB. 60 VW 10 4” carbide spread tips, done 150 acres, as new. Will fit Bourgault brackets, $75 OBO. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 2000 FLEXI-COIL 2340 air cart, 230 bu., double shoot, variable rate, $16,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used rollers, all sizes. Leasing and delivery AGTRON MONITOR, ART 260, 138 sensors, available. 403-545-6340, 403-580-6889, all wiring for 66’ air drill, 2 years old, $4950. 306-630-9838, Brownlee, SK. machinerydave@yahoo.ca Bow Island, AB. 65 ATOM JET openers, DS, side band, low 2012 BOURGAULT 6000 mid harrow, large acres for C1 or C2 Morris air drill; Also 65 flotation tires on front, used 2 seasons, Morris paired row, double shoot for C1. $29,900. 306-594-7410, Norquay, SK. Best offer. 306-628-3528, Leader, SK.

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2011 72’ BOURGAULT packers for 5810/ KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” 5710, 9.8” space, 3.5” steel, vg condition, to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ $14,000 OBO 204-648-7085 Grandview MB tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. 2013 MONOSEM PLANTER, 40’, 15” or www.kelloughs.com 1-888-500-2646. 30” rows, 2 bu. hoppers, MRB, triple shoot, c/w or w/o 3360 Case/IH air tank, done HIGH SPEED DISCS available at Flaman. only 1000 acres from new. 306-693-2024, Engineered for strength an durability, the specialized design of the K-Line SpeedTil306-681-8197, Moose Jaw, SK. ler is in a class of its own for superior soil 2012 NH P1060 (Flexi-Coil 4350) air and residue management. 20’ to 30’ trailtank, TBH, var. rate, double shoot, 30.5x32 ing models and 8 to 15’ TPH available. See and 21.5x16.1 tires, stored inside, like y o u r n e a r e s t F l a m a n s t o r e o r c a l l new, $69,500. 403-936-5797, Calgary, AB. 1-888-435-2626. 2 0 1 1 7 4 ’ B O U R G A U LT p a c ke r s f o r 2005 RITE-WAY 78’ heavy harrow, hyd 5810/5710, 9.8” spacing, 5.5” rubber, vg, tines, $34,900. RJ Sales & Service, $20,000. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 306-338-2541. www.agdealer.com/rjsales 1998 FLEXI-COIL 2320 TBT, double shoot, rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. good shape, $12,900. Cam-Don Motors BREAKING DISCS: Kewanee 2000 12’, 15’ Ltd. Perdue, SK., 306-237-4212. and 16’; Towner 18’; 16’ Kello 210; Wishek 2010 MORRIS FIELD Pro 70’ heavy har- Rock Cushion 842, 14’, 26’ and 30’; Vers. row, 1/2” tines, #HR3306A, $26,900. Call 1800, 36’, $25,000; JD 330, 28’, $10,000; 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or visit: Bush Hog, 25’ and 30’, $7500; JD 15’, $5000; Phoenix harrows, 35’, 42’ and 53’. www.farmworld.ca 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. MORRIS 7180 TBH air cart, $9900. Phone RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wade- 1610 JD 41’ cultivator, low acres, tight na, SK. Visit: www.agdealer.com/rjsales shanks, good harrows, good tires, new wheel bearings, no welds, $14,800. Sinrj.sales@sasktel.net clair, MB. 204-662-4474 or 204-851-0211. 2004 JOHN DEERE 1790 corn planter, 16/ WISHEK DISCS. HD breaking discs, 10’-38’ 31 787, 135 bu. TBH air cart. Corn, widths, 1000 lbs./ft. For sale or rent. See soybeans and canola plates. Esets on all 31 y o u r n e a r e s t F l a m a n s t o r e o r c a l l rows, Yetter unit, mtd 2962 fert. coulters, 1-888-435-2626. onboard liguid system, seed firmers. $40,000 in repairs only 350 acres ago. More 2000 FLEXI-COIL 820 62’ cult., 12” spacpictures available. 306-269-7774, Foam ing, 4-bar harrows, NH3 carbide knives, Raven AccuFlow, exc. cond., $46,000. ValLake, SK. mchalvorson@hotmail.com mar available. 403-936-5797, Calgary, AB. CUSTOM BUILT DRILL points/ openers repairs. Don’t delay! Find out more at: JOHN DEERE 650 tandem disc, 28’. Never www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, worked on rocky land, very nice shape. Can help arrange trucking, asking $30,000. Dunmore, AB. Call 780-910-6221, Stony Plain. AB. FLEXI-COIL 2320 TBH $8500. RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. visit: WISHEK- USED 22’ 842NT. New front www.agdealer.com/rjsales or email: blades. Serviced and field ready! See your nearest Flaman store or call rj.sales@sasktel.net 1-888-435-2626. BOURGAULT C-SHANK OPENER bodies, Seventy 610-ASY-4020 bodies, 15,000 acres, excellent condition,no tips, half the price of new. $100. 306-867-4205, Dinsmore, SK. kdbeattie18@hotmail.com 2008 BOURGAULT 6550 tank, dual fans, 2012 MORRIS 8370 tank, PR3327A VR double shoot, 3 tank metering, PB2983B, TBH tank w/Topcon Eagle monitor, 3rd $84,500. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, tank, single fan, $72,250. 306-682-9920, SK. or visit: www.farmworld.ca Humboldt, SK. www.farmworld.ca MAKE THE PERFECT seed bed with our JOHN DEERE 1910 cart, 340 bu., 3 tanks, carbide drill points and openers. Order double shoot, TBH, c/w all rollers and now! www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350. m o n i t o r, n i c e s h ap e , $ 2 7 , 0 0 0 O B O. Dunmore, AB. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK. NEW 2014 MORRIS now in stock!! 50’ 4- 10’ SECTIONS, 9450 John Deere hoe heavy harrows 9/16” tines. For pricing and drills, good condition. Call 306-221-2434, special financing options, 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK, or www.farmworld.ca Hepburn, SK. CUSTOM BUILT DRILL points/ openers repairs. Don’t delay! Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, SALFORD RTS 570 41’, vertical tillage, 3- Dunmore, AB. bar harrows, rolling baskets, weight kit, 3500 acres, next to new condition, 2012 CASE 3430 tank, PB3088C, 3 tank metering, double shoot, 2 fans, dual tires, $73,500. 403-936-5797, Calgary, AB. $80,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. JD 1050 FIELD cultivator, 61.5”, 8” spac- or visit: www.farmworld.ca ing, Morris harrows, new set of shovels incl., $11,000. 306-476-2715, Fife Lake, SK 1995 MORRIS 8900 chisel plow 57’, 12” sp., 600 lb. trip, brand new Ezee-On 3-bar harrows, new tires, new bushings in 1.25” shanks, $32,500. 306-476-2715, Fife Lake C47 FRIGGSTEAD cultivator, deep tillage, mounted harrows, B-Line applicator, $8500. Call 306-963-2722, Imperial, SK. ELMERS 70’ SUPER 7 harrow, Demo $44,900. RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541. www.agdealer.com/rjsales rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. NEW 2014 MORRIS now in stock!! 50’ heavy harrows, 9/16” tines. Humboldt, SK. Call for pricing and special financing options, 306-682-9920. www.farmworld.ca EZEE-ON 4590 DOUBLE disc, 35’, 9” centres, front notched at 23”. Rear smooth at 23”, Cushion gangs, $36,000. Calgary, AB. 403-936-5797. RITE-WAY 78’ heavy harrow, hyd tines, Demo, $44,000. RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541. www.agdealer.com/rjsales rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. 1992 46’ BOURGAULT 8800, 330 trips, 3 bar harrows, vg condition, $27,000 OBO. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. CASE/IH 5600 45’ deep tillage, with 3 bar harrows, c/w Bourgault clips and knock-ons. Ph. 306-563-7505, Canora, SK.

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1982 JD 8640 tractor, exc. shape, c/w like new 6-Way 14’ Degelman 7200 dozer NEW EXCEL 50’ 3 section landroller, 42” blade. 306-741-7012, Swift Current, SK. drum, $37,500. Also 5 and 7 section land1999 JD 9100 4WD, 260 HP, 24 spd., rollers avail. 204-822-3797, Morden, MB. Greenstar ready, 6450 hrs, rent $85/hr, NEW 2014 MORRIS now in stock!! Con- $77,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: tour 955 TBH air tank. Call for pricing and www.combineworld.com special financing options. 306-922-2525, 1985 4250, powershift, 3 PTH, 2 WD, Prince Albert, SK. visit: www.farmworld.ca 6400 hrs., new rubber, excellent. Call 306-744-8113, Saltcoats, SK. 1997 9400, 4 WD, very good tires, exc. cond., always shedded, 7000 hrs., $95,000 OBO. 204-745-7445, Carman, MB. 8030 ALLIS CHALMERS diesel, w/Ezee-On 2010 JD 9630T, 3800 hrs., 36” tracks, loader, $10,500 OBO. 306-681-7610, very good, HID lights, AutoTrac ready, leather int. case drain, asking $199,000, 306-395-2668, Chaplin, SK. terms available. PTO avail., $16,000. Call WANTED: D21, D17, 220, 8010 thru 8070, Len 204-324-6298, Altona, MB. MFWD’s, 4W220, 4W305, any condition. 2010 JD 7730, w/746 FEL, MFWD, 190 HP, Will pickup. 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. 1 owner, always shedded, 3219 hrs., mint condition, $119,500. Call 306-248-7923 or 306-218-7021, St. Walburg, SK. WANTED: 1456, 1026, 1206, 1256, 826, 1980 JD 4840, 9125 hrs, powershift, any condition, top dollar paid. Will pickup. 20.8x38 factory duals, $12,500 OBO. Call 306-631-4196, Chaplin, SK. 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. WANTED: IH 4586 or 4786, must be good 2008 JD 9430, deluxe cab, 3000 hrs., 710 running condition. 306-682-3367, Hum- Michelin’s, no winter, field ready, shedded, 2nd owner. 780-847-3792, Marwayne, AB. boldt, SK. 2008 CASE/IH MAGNUM 245, 1400 hrs., 4020 JOHN DEERE c/w loader, new tires, fully loaded, premium shape, orig. owner, premium condition, $11,000 OBO. Call always shedded, priced to sell. Call Rob 403-585-1910, Carbon, AB. 306-222-6035, Saskatoon, SK. JD 8640, 4 WD, 50 series eng., PTO, 3 1993 CASE/IH 7110, 6700 hours; 1992 hyd., powershift and clutch rebuilt 5 yrs. C A S E / I H 7 1 3 0 , 4 0 0 0 h o u r s . C a l l ago, tires and tractor in great shape, $18,500. 403-485-8198, Arrowwood, AB. 306-862-3525, Codette, SK. 1997 JOHN DEERE 9400, 4 WD 5354 hrs., 24 spd, 710/70/38's, AutoTrac ready, rebuilt engine 380 hrs. ago, weight pkg., ATTENTION FARMERS: Get what your new hydraulic pump, excellent condition, trades are worth! Tired of getting short $113,500. 306-434-7302, Rocanville, SK. changed on your used trades? Call us. We Email: melissa.ruhland@outlook.com have customers looking for your equip- 2004 JD 7720, MFWD, IVT, LHR, 3 pt., 3 ment. Our flat fee is much less than auc- SCV, 746 ldr. w/forks, bkt./grapple, extra tion or what dealers charge. No up front bkt., 6650 hrs., $89,000. 204-534-0637. fees. We take care of it all: ads, calls, transporting, etc. Call now and let’s move STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER looking your equipment. 780-352-9292. for JD tractors to rebuild, Series 20s, 30s, LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We 40s or 50s, or for parts. Will pay top dollar. buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA Now selling JD parts. 204-466-2927, tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. r e b u i l t t r a c t o r s a n d p a r t s fo r s a l e . JD 4020 DIESEL, w/JD 46A loader, new 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. sleeves, pistons and bearings, $8000 OBO. 306-681-7610, 306-395-2668, Chaplin, SK. 2006 STX330 CASE, 4 WD, approx. 6000 hrs, diff. locks, 710x38 tires, 14’ Degelman 2004 JD 9120, 3177 hours, duals, Guidance ready, weights, stock #52945, blade. Call 780-826-0143, Cold Lake, AB. $ 1 4 5 , 9 0 0 . C a l l F o a m L a ke , S K . at : 2008 STX 430 Case/IH tractor, just over 306-272-3345 or www.maplefarm.com 3000 hrs., new 620-70-42 tires, $150,000. 1974 JOHN DEERE 4630, PS, rebuilt mo204-871-0925, McGregor, MB. tor, new injectors, updated pump, water 1998 9350 CASE, 7000 hrs.; GPS system, 4 pump and turbo, new upholstery, good remotes, 18.4x38 tires, duals, $60,000. 20.8x38 rear tires, new batteries c/w Al306-825-3223, Lloydminster, SK. lied 795 loader, 84” bucket, hardly used, CASE/IH STEIGER built, 4 WD/Quads; $25,000. 306-276-2442, Nipawin, SK. Plus other makes and models. Call the MITCH’S TRACTOR SALES LTD, St. Tractor Man! Trades welcome. We deliver. Claude, MB. Call 204-750-2459 (cell). Gord 403-308-1135, Lethbridge, AB. Mitchestractorsales.com JD 1840, hi/low, 3 PTH; JD 2130, hi/low, 3 PTH w/FEL; JD TWO 2012 CASE/IH STEIGER 500 Quad 2750, 2 WD, O.S., 3 PTH, hi/low shift Trac's w/PTO and two year powertrain w/146 FEL; JD 3155, MFWD, CAH, 3 PTH, warranty, 1827 hrs. on one and 2300 hrs. w/740 FEL, grapple; JD 4055, MFWD, PS, on the other, exc. cond. Private sale. Open 3 PTH; JD 4240, quad shift; JD 4440, to offers. 306-921-5857, Melfort, SK. (two) quad shifts; JD 4640, quad, add on jfreedman@sasktel.net 3 PTH w/FEL; JD 6400, MFWD, CAH, 3 1995 CASE/IH 9270, 5000 hrs, 2nd owner, PTH, PQ w/640 FEL; JD 6420, MFWD, 3 $48,000 OBO. 306-252-2227, Kenaston, PTH, 24 spd. w/LHR, loader; JD 7710, MWD, PS, 3 PTH w/740 FEL. All tractors SK. can be sold with new or used loaders. 2009 MCCORMICK XTX145, PN2784B, JOHN DEERE 7710 and 6410. Both MFD 3835 hrs., with bucket and grapple, 32 spd and 3PTH, excellent condition, shedded, (4 range), $79,000. Call 306-682-9920, low hrs. Call 780-990-8412, Edmonton, AB Humboldt, SK. or visit: www.farmworld.ca LOOKING FOR JD 4430 TO 7000 Series 1985 IH 4694, 4WD, duals, PTO, 4 hyds., tractors in good condition with mechanical shifts and runs well, 9478 hrs., $9900. issues. Call 306-621-7170, Yorkton, SK. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2001 JD 9400, 3800 hrs., 20.8R42 triples, 1999 CASE/IH MX110, ON2784A, 11335 Greenlighted in 2013, very good cond., hrs., mech. FWD, FWA, 2 spd. PS, heat, air, $120,000. 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK. $33,000. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, 2013 JOHN DEERE 7200R, MFWD, 446 SK. or visit: www.farmworld.ca hrs., 3PTH, PTO, 3 hyds., GS3, warranty, 1985 CASE 4494, N22363B, 6900 hrs., $149,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: $17,000. Humboldt, SK. Call 306-682-9920 www.combineworld.com or visit: www.farmworld.ca JOHN DEERE 8770, 12 speed, 16’ Degelman blade, 3500 hrs., 4 hyds., 20.8x38 duals, shedded, good condition, $75,000. 306-796-7441, Central Butte, SK. 1976 STEIGER WILDCAT ST210, 4WD, w/18.4x38 duals, triple hydraulics, 10 sod, WA N T E D : 6 0 3 0 , 4 6 2 0 , 4 5 2 0 , 4 3 2 0 , runs nice, $9750. Call 1-800-667-4515, or 4020/3020 later models, any condition. visit: www.combineworld.com Will pickup. 701-240-5737, Minot, ND.

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2004 JOHN DEERE 9220, 4 WD, 2270 hrs., 620/42 duals, 4 SCV, full GPS, 24 SP, diff. lock, excellent condition, $155,000 OBO. 403-704-3537, Ponoka, AB. JD 7410 MFWD, 4500 hrs., LHR PowrQuad w/E-Range, 3 PTH, 3 hyd., no winter use, no loader attached, mint cond. 780-674-5516 780-305-7152, Barrhead AB WANTED: LOOKING FOR low houred 9400 JD 4 WD. 306-640-8600, Assiniboia, SK. 2010 JD 7330, MFD, 3300 hrs., 20x20 PowerQuad plus trans., 3 PTH, 20.8x38 tires, with 741 JD loader and grapple, $110,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2012 JD 9410R, 1050 hrs., powershift, duals, PTO, Guidance ready, stock #55576, $344,000. Call 204-773-2149, Moosomin, SK. or view www.maplefarm.com JD 4630, 9600 hrs., Power Shift, $9600 work order done on hydraulic pump, final drives, brakes etc. Still needs some work. Call 06-375-7761, Kyle, SK. JOHN DEERE 3155 with new Allied loader, tires all good, approx. 4500 hrs. Phone 306-869-3113, Radville, SK.

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2006 NH TJ 380, 380 HP, 4WD, 7121 hrs., 5 hydraulics, front weights, rent to own $95/hr or $119,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2009 T9060, 4 WD, 535 HP, full AutoSteer, 800 duals, 1380 hrs, full weight pkg, exc. cond. 306-642-8111, Rockglen, SK. 1999 NH TV140, bi-di, 3594 hrs, FEL w/grapple, front/rear PTO, 3PTH, $54,900 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2010 NEW HOLLAND T5070 HC3438, 2300 hrs, $73,000. Humboldt, SK. Call 306-682-9920 or visit: www.farmworld.ca 2011 NEW HOLLAND T6070, N22694A, 2501 hrs., $94,000. Kinistino, SK. Call 306-864-3667 or visit: www.farmworld.ca 2002 NEW HOLLAND TJ375 HN2903B, 3954 hrs., $125,000. Humboldt, SK. 306-682-9920 or visit: www.farmworld.ca

JD 148 LOADER with grapple, $3500; SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call 3-way joystick, $1500; 3rd control valve for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., setup, $1000; JD grapple cylinder, $500. www.luckemanufacturing.com 780-205-6006, Mervin, SK. FARMHAND SQUARE FRAME 12’ hay sweep (steel teeth) and 8’ manure bucket with grapple fork, $1800; Also, 18’ Wheat Belt drill fill system, 2 comp., 200/300 bu., hyd augers, $1500. 780-663-2201, Ryley, AB.

1994 DEERE 544 G wheel loader, 3 yard bucket, c/w a set of forks, Michelin 20.5 R.25 tires at 50%, recent work done to eng. vg working condition, $45,000. Can deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com GRAIN VACS: BRANDT 4000, $8000; Remm 2500 HD, $9500; Leon 12’ front blade, $3500; JD 8-30 corn planter, $7000; Artsway mixmill, $1500; Champion 20” rollermill, $2000; Henke 30” PTO roller mill, $3500; 1500 watt PTO generator, $1800; New land levellers, 10’, $2450. 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB.

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1997 FORD/NH 9882, 4 WD, 23.1x32 tires, 5000 hrs., very good shape, $80,000. 1983 JD 4450, 18x38 factory duals, quad 306-648-7766, Gravelbourg, SK. range w/JD 725 loader and grapple, approx. 10,500 hrs, good condition, asking 1994 FORD 9880, 20.8x42 triples, 4 hyds., 7000 hrs., good shape, $69,000 OBO. Call $32,500. 306-882-3115, Fiske, SK. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK. rF1993 FORD VERSATILE 846, 12 spd. std., 18.4x38 radial duals 80% tread, Outback AutoSteer, STS monitor, no winter use, always shedded, exc. cond., 3558 2009 DEGELMAN 7200 tilt angle 6-way orig. hrs. Call 306-644-4703, Loreburn, SK. blade, like new condition, fits 9520 series 4 WD JD tractor 16’ wide, $27,500. Can 1 9 9 9 F O R D / N H 9 2 8 2 , 3 8 9 4 h r s . , deliver. 204-526-0321, Kamsack, SK. $57,000 OBO. Phone: 306-843-2844 or 306-843-8024, Wilkie, SK. 2010 DEGELMAN 7200, 14’ 6-Way dozer blade, like new. Contact 306-741-7012, Swift Current, SK. 2002 JD 9520, 4x4, powershift 18 spd., GreenStar ready, c/w 1800 AutoSteer sys- WANTED: 835, 875 or 895 Vers. tractor in tem, 500 hrs. on new Goodyear tires g o o d r u n n i n g c o n d i t i o n . P h o n e 800/70R38, weight pkg., 5985 hrs. One 306-446-0164, North Battleford, SK. owner since new, exc. cond., $172,000. Can deliver. 204-526-0321, Kamsack, SK.

WANTED: COCKSHUTT 1850 or 1855 in running condition with cab. Call 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. B.F. MECHANICAL LTD. Authorized Dealer of Sunnybrook Welding Box Concaves for rotorary and axial flow combines. Elias Reliabelt grain belt augers, highest capacity grain belt augers. The most innovative technology for your farming needs. Call Brady at 306-741-7968. WANTED: 36” TREE AUGER, PTO driven. Call 306-736-2623, Kipling, SK. 3 PTH TO BOLT-ON, $1300 OBO. Contact Grant, 306-524-2155, 306-746-7336 or 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. JD DISCERS, 45’, 20” blades, offers; Also 1020 Leon dozer, 12’ blade, like new, no oilfield work, $5500 or offers. Flaxcombe, SK. Call: 306-460-9027, 306-463-3480, 306-460-4462.

2014 VERSATILE 2375 “Classic”, 375 HP, 710 duals, front and rear WTS, 2 yr. warranty. Lease/Finance programs OAC. CamDon Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2014 JD 7200-R row crop, IVT trans., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 3 PTH, 200 HP, 165 hrs., HID light pkg., 2630 touchscreen, premium cab, Goodyear duals 380/90R50, front 380/85R34, front fenders, full coverage rear fenders, dual beam radar sensor, guidance-ready, $185,000. Can deliver. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 8570 JD 4 WD tractor, 12 spd., 18.4x38 duals, 4 SCV’s, always shedded, AutoSteer available, 4500 hours, vg, $64,000 OBO. 306-421-0509, Estevan, SK. 4840 JD DIESEL, new rings and bearings, duals, 8 spd. trans., $14,500 OBO. Call 306-681-7610, 306-395-2668, Chaplin, SK. 1982 JD 4440, 2 WD, quad trans., 10,000 hrs., 3 SCV, 540/1000 PTO, duals, JD 148 loader, 10’ Degelman dozer, $30,000. 306-625-7805, 306-625-7800, Ponteix, SK JD 4430, 18.4x38 tires, quad trans., very p r e m i u m c o n d i t i o n , $ 2 2 , 5 0 0 O B O. 403-823-1894, 403-772-2156, Morrin, AB. JOHN DEERE 4230 quad range, wide tires, 8500 hrs., $17,500 OBO. 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 2006 9520, only 1960 hrs, 800 Goodyears, lots of weights, AutoTrac ready, 5 hyds., $172,500. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. JD 4840, 10,835 hrs, 8 spd. trans., 3 hyd, AutoSteer, 168 loader, grapple, joystick, 10' Leon blade. 306-480-7672, Medstead, SK.

CUSTOM BUILT DRILL points/ openers 1980 FIAT ALLIS HD 16B, rebuilt power- repairs. Don’t delay! Find out more at: shift trans and torque, full canopy, www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, screened cab, very good UC, tilt angle doz- Dunmore, AB. er, full cab, bush ready, warranty, $47,500. Can deliver. Call anytime 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. Reit-Syd Equipment Ltd. Dauphin, Manitoba Call 204-638-6443 or 1-877-638-9610

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BLOCKED AND SPLIT seasoned Spruce firewood. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. DRY JACK PINE firewood, $100/cord; Also pine saw logs available. 306-277-4660, Gronlind, SK area. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, DIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, 12 to 300 KW, lots of units in stock, used SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. and new, Perkins, John Deere, Deutz. We also build custom gensets. We currently have special pricing on new John Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471. KEET'S FISH FARM has Rainbow Trout fingerlings for spring stocking. 306-260-0288, 306-270-4639, Saskatoon, SK. Email: info@keetsfishfarm.com www.keetsfishfarm.com USED COLEMAN OUTDOOR coal furnace, BEV’S FISH & SEAFOOD LTD., buy di- CSA approved, $2,000. Call 204-773-6890, rect, fresh fish: Pickerel, Northern Pike, Inglis, MB. Whitefish and Lake Trout. Seafood also available. Phone toll free 1-877-434-7477, 306-763-8277, Prince Albert, SK. TROPHY ZONE TANNERY. State of the art facility. Hair on tanning for both taxidermy and domestic hides. Quality work with fast turn around. Call anytime DOOSAN PRO-5-30, side shift, cab, approx. 403-653-1565 or cell 406-450-6300, 40 hrs., just like new; Doosan Pro-5-25, Cardston, AB. Email: bunnage@shaw.ca side shift, cab, 4 valves, 20 hrs., like new. WANTED: ANTLERS. Buying all grades of 403-391-6021, Red Deer, AB. elk, deer, and moose antlers. Natural sheds and cutoffs. Guaranteed top prices. We pickup. Randy 306-277-4203.

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875 VERSATILE 4WD, 4700 orig hrs, leather seat, all new Michelin radials, 20.8x38, fluid in back 4, AC, good shape, field ready Asking $35,000. 204-851-5026 Cromer MB 1988 876, 300+ HP, 12 speed std., 20.8x38 tires - 6 new, 8354 hrs., new bearings at bottom end and steering pins at 7400 hrs., planetaries rotated, recent trans. check, Easy Steer AutoSteer, $38,000 OBO. Rod Thomson, Dinsmore, SK. 306-846-4307, 306-846-7771. 2012 VERSATILE 2375, 710’s, PTO, 394 hrs., Outback GPS, front and back weights, shedded. 780-853-0471, Nipawin, SK. 9682 NH TRACTOR, 710x38 tires (some new, rest good), rear weight pkg., asking $80,000 OBO. 403-635-0042 Assiniboia SK 1988 VERSATILE 936, 8380 hrs., 20.8R42 tires, Atom Jet pump, $36,000 OBO. 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK.

1980 FD-14C Fiat Allis dozer, 185 HP, 22” pads, power shift, vg U/C, twin tilt angle blade, excellent working condition w/full guarded canopy. Bush ready. Can deliver. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

WANTED: 4WD TRACTOR with duals, in good condition. 306-210-8633, Unity, SK. WANTED: MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. WANTED: 1456, 1026, 1206, 1256, 826, any condition, top dollar paid. Will pickup. 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. 2006 CATERPILLAR D7R XR II, 9700 hrs., low hrs. on undercarriage, comes with 4 barrel ripper, exc. cond. 306-746-7638, Raymore, SK. 1989 WRANGLER COMPACT wheel loader, w/10’ float beam, JD 4 cal diesel, 5’ bucket, $15,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: www.combineworld.com

2014 JD 6125R, H340 loader, MFWD, 336 1992 VERSATILE 946, 4 WD, 3900 hrs., hrs., Prem cab, Firestone’s, AutoQuad, new field ready, excellent cond., $55,000 OBO. 403-345-3770, Coaldale, AB. condition $108,900. 715-246-5573, WI. NEW 2014 VERSATILE 2375, 710’s. Own for $10,125 semi-annually. Call KMK Sales Ltd. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. FOR SALE AND Work Ready!!, 2- 2006 Komatsu D85PX-15EOs; 2- 1987 Dresser TD25Gs; 1978 Dresser TD20E and a 1987 Dresser TD20G LGP. All equipped with GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your blades, some have rippers and some have #1 place to purchase late model combine winches. Good condition. 204-594-1132, and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. ext. 121, 204-619-3252, Lundar, MB. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. rminsky@sigfusson.ca NEW McCormick MTX 150 FWA, 2895 1974 KOMATSU DOZER D85A-12, 220 loader & grapple, $129,900. RJ Sales & Cummins, recent overhaul, 11,000 original Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK, hours, canopy, good condition, $20,000. www.agdealer.com/rjsales 780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB. 3055 JD c/w bucket and grapple, 3 PTH, runs great, new batteries and alternator, MCCORMICK 2004, MTX 110 FWA, load- 1984 FIAT FL10C track loader, around e r, $ 5 9 , 0 0 0 . R J S a l e s & S e r v i c e , 30,000 lbs., cab, heat, bucket pins redone, asking $19,500. 306-621-9253 Yorkton, SK 306-338-2541. www.agdealer.com/rjsales runs good, could use undercarriage but no G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. track issues yet. Great machine for farm only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. clean up, etc. Delivery available. $15,500 OBO. 403-540-3550, High River, AB. 2013 KUBOTA M9660 PN3061A, 1112 hrs., $63,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or visit: www.farmworld.ca

2010 MASSEY 5480 with loader, 1200 hrs, loaded, $95,000. Astro Car & Truck Sales L t d . , C l a ir m o n t , A B . 7 8 0 - 56 7 - 4 2 0 2 , NEW LS TRACTOR, 4 WD, 97 HP, Iveco www.astro-sales.com dsl., self-leveling loader, 3500 lb. lift, CAHR, 3 spd. PTO, 3 PTH, power shuttle with hi/lo, 5 yr. warranty, $65,000. The Tractor Company 306-239-2262, Osler, SK. 2009 NEW HOLLAND T9060 HN3381C, 2496 hrs., $249,000. Prince Albert, SK. 306-922-2525 or visit: www.farmworld.ca 2012 NH BOOMER 25, N22273A, 640 hrs., incl. 235 TL loaded, 310 60” mower, 105A OLDER D6 CAT and dozer, Johnston bar 52” tiller, 3PTH, $18,000. 306-922-2525, s h i f t , d e c e n t c o n d i t i o n , $ 1 3 , 0 0 0 . 204-859-2440, Rossburn, MB. Prince Albert, SK. visit: www.farmworld.ca

2012 L em ken Helid or40’, Recon d ition ed , N ew D iscs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $86,000 2013 L em ken Helid or33’, Recon d ition ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $78,500 2012 L em ken Helid or26 ’ , Recon d ition ed , N ew D iscs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,900 AllPrices C D N C ash Pricing:0% Financing untilJanuary 1,2016

WANTED: MF #36 and #360 Discers, all sizes, any condition. Also parts discers. Prompt pickup. Call anytime at 306-946-7923, 306-946-9669, Young, SK. WANTED: FLEXI-COIL OR FRIGGSTAD (Gray), 650 lbs. trips (41). Call 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. WANTED: AIR DRILL, 20 to 28’, double shoot granular, must be in good condition. Call 306-452-7827, Redvers, SK.

WANTED: 25’ BATT reel, to fit 25’ 971 NH header, in any condition. 306-246-4251, 24 KW TO 2000 KW Generator, 35kw, 50kw, Mayfair, SK. 105kw, 152kw Prime Power generators in WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly trac- stock. 250-554-6661, Kamloops, BC. denis@dieselgenerators-fuelbladders.com tors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor www.dieselgenerators-fuelbladders.com Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. WANTED: FLEXI-COIL HARROW packer GENERATORS: 20 KW-2000 KW, low hour b a r. C a l l S t ew a r t 3 0 6 - 5 4 2 - 7 3 2 5 o r diesel, natural gas and propane units. Abraham Generator Sales Co. Coopers306-542-4498, Kamsack, SK. town, ND. 701-797-4766 or 701-371-9526. WANTED: USED LAND LEVELER, in good www.abrahamindustrial.com condition. 306-662-8129, Fox Valley, SK.

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE seedlings: $1.29/each for a box of 180 ($232.20). Also full range of trees, shrubs, cherries and berries. Free shipping in Western Provinces. Replacement guarantee. www.TreeTime.ca 1-866-873-3846

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CUSTOM FENCING. Quality work with reasonable prices. Phone 306-831-5575, Radisson, SK. 3 PTH BALE UNROLLER; Ezee-On FEL and SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire grapple fork with mounts to fit Massey and all accessories for installation. Heights 265; Case 710 FEL, mounts and joystick from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen control. Ph. 306-628-3528, Leader, SK. ph/fax 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. JIFFY 900 BALE shredder, $9800; COCKSHUTT 1850, cab, FEL, $7500; KUBOTA CABLE 5/16” and 3/8” used, 10/12$/ft.; B5100 mower, tiller, $5200; BOURGAULT galv. AIRCRAFT CABLE surplus, 1/8”, packer wheels 8” space. Pro Ag Sales, 5/32”, and 3/16”. 403-237-8575, Calgary. North Battleford SK 306-441-2030 anytime POST POUNDER- POUNDS up to 17' MAKE THE PERFECT seed bed with our posts, 3 PH, over 1,100 lb. hammer, good carbide drill points and openers. Order for corral fencing, game fence installation, now! www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350. and cattle fencing, $5,000. 780-220-3575, Hay Lakes, AB. bsych@globalfabrication.ca Dunmore, AB. ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK.

WESTERN IRRIGATION: Large supply of new and used irrigation equipment. Cadman travelling gun dealer. Custom pumpGENIE AWP-403, 2013 Manlift, self-sup- ing. We buy and sell used irrigation equipment. Call 306-867-9461, Outlook, SK. porting and rated for 300 lbs., w/40’ of height, 110 volt. New value of $11,375 but PUMP UNITS: Diesel; propane; nat. gas. will sell for $7900. Carlisle Liquid Starters, 6” to 10” alum. pipe. Taber, AB. Dennis: OK Tire, 204-483-2774, (C)204-729-5612 403-308-1400. dfpickerell@shaw.ca darrel@cornerequipment.com Carroll, MB. USED PIVOTS, all brands. Visit website 1stinusedpivots.com Scottsbluff, NE, phone 308-632-7344. LOCKWOOD PIVET with low hours, c/w power plant and pump, 1265’, $30,000. JOANA II BERRY HARVESTER, excellent work order, $2200 OBO. 306-867-8249, condition; 16x8 freezer; Dough roller and Outlook, SK. clfarms@hotmail.com sheeter; Commercial gas convection oven. PHIL’S IRRIGATION SALES: Reinke piv306-296-4611, Frontier, SK. ots, lateral and minigators, pump and used mainline travelers and pivots. 22 years experience. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca 125 KW DIESEL genset, in enclosed building, very low hours, new condition. Call 306-237-4406, Perdue, SK. 188 KW STAMFORD generator w/8.1 JD engine, c/w control panels and skid with enclosed steel building, exc. cond. 403-391-6021, Red Deer, AB. NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone for availability and prices. Many used in stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. ROTARY PHASE CONVERTERS, run 220V 3 phase motors, on single phase. 204-800-1859, 204-791-3321Winnipeg MB

GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wo o d P r e s e r ve r s L t d . , a s k fo r R o n 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK.

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PALMER CHAROLAIS/ NIELSON LAND AND CATTLE CO. Black and Red Angus Bull and Heifer Sale, March 2, 2:00 PM, at the Palmer farm, Bladworth, SK. Offering: 41 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls; 9 Black and Red PB Angus yearling heifers; and 42 2 year old and yearling Charolais bulls, most polled, some Red factor. Top quality cattle with great pedigrees that will work. Contact Larry Nielson at 306-567-7493 or Velon Herback at 306-567-7033. View catalogue and videos at: www.bylivestock.com charolaisbanner@gmail.com

NATURAL ORGANIC CATTLE and bison for sale, lease or calf crop share. Phone or fax 250-630-2524, Fort St. John, BC. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

SPRUCE FOR SALE! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, get the year round protection you need. We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or deliver anywhere in western Canada. Now taking Spring bookings. Details phone 403-586-8733 or check out our website at www.didsburysprucefarms.com

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MADER RANCHES, 26th Annual Bull Power Sale, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, 1:00 PM at the Ranch. 90 Polled, Red and Black Simmental, Simm-Angus, and Angus bulls. Also 12 PB Simmental heifers. Easy calving bulls for heifers, high performance bulls for cows, gaining over 4 lbs/day. Free wintering until April 1st, delivery assistance. Watch and bid online at: www.liveauctions.tv Free catalogue or view at: www.maderranches.com Ryley 403-807-8140, Carstairs, AB.

WANTED: FEEDER BISON. Call Ryan 306-646-7743 cell or 306-646-4974 home. Fairlight, SK. ELK VALLEY RANCHES, buying all ages of feeder bison. Call Frank 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. or elkvalley@xplornet.com PURE WOOD AND Wood cross 2013 bison breed bulls. Top end. Performance data and registration papers available. Phone: Viking Bison, 306-874-7590, Naicam, SK. MFL RANCHES- 4 semen tested 2 year old Plains bulls at Kramers Bison Sale, March 11, North Battleford, SK. 403-747-2500. 2002 BERLINIC BISON hydraulic portable squeeze w/scale, $26,000. 780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB.

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info@bisoncentre.com 780-955-1995 WANTED TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and cows, finished beef steers and heifers for slaughter. Call Oak Ridge Meats 204-835-2365 204-476-0147 McCreary MB KICKIN’ ASH BUFFALO Meat Products is currently looking for all classes of bison for expanding North American market. Call Paul 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. or email to cabi1@telus.net 25 YEARLING HEIFERS for sale. Call 306-542-7325 or 306-542-4498, Kamsack, SK. LOOKING FOR ALL class of bison from yearling to cow/calf pairs and big bulls. Phone Kevin 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail at Lacombe, AB. for March delivery and beyond. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Call Richard Bintner 306-873-3184. PREMIUM BREEDING STOCK, $2000 per h e a d . D r. M a r s h a l l P a t t e r s o n , 306-475-2232, Moose Jaw, SK.

BLACK ANGUS BULLS, yearlings and 2 year olds, purebred, semen tested, will keep until April 1. Waveny Angus Farm, Mike Chase 780-853-2275, 780-853-3384, Vermilion, AB. waveny@mcsnet.ca

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BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison for growing markets. Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316. roger@cdnbison.com NEBRASKA BISON BUYING ALL CLASSES Bison calves, yearlings, adult bulls, cows, pairs. All export requirements processed by Nebraska Bison. Contact Randy Miller, 402-430-7058, Nebraska, NE. or e-mail: RandyMiller@Miller95Enterprises.com WANTED TO BUY: all classes of bison: calves, yearlings, cows, bulls. Please call 605-391-4646, Rapid City, SD. 2014 BISON CALVES: Approximately 60 available. Call 306-730-8410, Melville, SK.

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SATURDAY : 8:30 AM - 3 PM BISON SALE, HEARTLAND LIVESTOCK, Prince Albert, SK., Saturday, Feb. 21, 1:00 PM. For more info contact Brennin Jack, 306-981-2430.

18th ANNUAL MINBURN Angus Bull Sale at 1:00 PM, Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Minburn, AB. Offering 82 lots, 50 Black Angus yearling bulls, 18 Red Angus yearling bulls, and 14 two year old bulls. “One of the best herds across the land.” Sale contacts: Danny Warrilow 780-593-2205, Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue at www.cattlemanagement.ca Online bidding: DLMS

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www.hamiltonfarms.ca EAST CENTRAL BULL POWER 2015: Tuesday, March 17th, 1:00 PM, at the Agripavilion, Yorkton Exhibition Grounds. Shorthorns; Angus (Red and Black); and Simmentals. Broadcast on DLMS. Call 2 YEAR OLD Angus Bull Sale, Mar 23, 2015, 306-783-4800 or view catalogue on-line: 1 PM, Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, www.yorktonex@sasktel.net SK. Deer Range and High River Angus offer: 50 Red Angus and 30 Black Angus 2 yr old bulls. These bulls are bred and fed to be sound, reliable, extra-aged bulls. Also offering 40+ bred heifers. Call 306-773-9872, 306-394-4320. Email: tkolson@sasktel.net or visit: www.DeerRange.ca

STANDARD HILL CONNECTION BULL SALE MARCH 8, 1 PM MDT SELLING 100 HEAD • 45 Black Angus Yearling Bulls • 20 Black Angus Yearling Heifers • 8 Polled Hereford Yearling Bulls • 22 Polled Hereford 2 Yr Old Bulls • 5 Polled Hereford Yearling Heifers At Standard Hill Sale Site North of Maidstone, SK. Catalogue: www.shlivestock.com Call: Stephen Myer 306-893-8414 or Jake Pilkey 306-821-6082

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ON TARGET 15th Annual Bull Sale, 1:00 PM, Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Barrhead, AB. Offering 72 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls and 29 Simmental yearling bulls. “A no miss event in Northern Alberta.” Sale contacts: Dwayne Emery 780-674-4410, Brad Yoder 780-674-5773, Mark Jones 780-674-6377, Barclay Smith 780-305-6716, Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue online at www.cattlemanagement.ca Online bidding: DLMS BURNETT BLACK ANGUS Bull and Female THE BLACK PEARL ANGUS Bull and Fe- Sale. 1:00 PM, Saturday April 4, 2015. male Sale, Sun. March 15, 2 PM, Edwards Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK. Livestock Center, Tisdale, SK. Selling year- Featuring 50+ yearling and 2 year old ling and 2 year old bulls and select open Bulls. Many low birth weight, short gestaheifers. Females sell with a youth incentive tion bulls for use on heifers. Fertility and program. Payment plan, wintering and de- leptin tested. Bloodlines: Shipwheel Chilivery avail. For catalogues or info. call T nook; Cole Creek Black Cedar; OCC MissBar C Cattle Co. at: 306-220-5006. View ing Link; Waigroup Glanworth; Fahren; catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com Motive; Crowfoot Fred. Ask about our Bull Financing Program. Catalogues and inforWatch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca mation: Bryce Burnett 306-773-7065 or BLACK ANGUS 2 year old heifers bred with Wyatt Burnett 306-750-7822. E-mail: Crescent Creek Bulls to start calving March wburnett@xplornet.ca 20, 2015. 70 to pick from or take them all. Beautiful, uniform group of females, recent- 34th ANNUAL EARLY Sunset Ranch Bull ly vaccinated with BoviGold, Scourbos 9, Vit and Female Sale at 1:30 PM, Tuesday, AD and Ivermectin. Delivery available, March 31, 2015 at Edam, SK. Offering: 35 $3250. Contact Joel 204-623-4357, The Angus and Simmental yearling bulls and 23 open Angus and Simmental heifers. Pas, MB. Lesannjp@gmail.com NEW SALE DATE. New sale date. “Only the good ones sell.” Sale contacts: Jim Grant 306-441-3590, Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue online at www.cattlemanagement.ca Online bidding: DLMS HIGH QUALITY 2 year old purebred Black Angus bulls. Only 10 left! Call David or Pat 306-963-2639, 306-963-7739 Imperial, SK BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate g r o w i n g r at i o n , p e r fo r m a n c e i n fo . available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. RANCH READY BULL SALE on March 19, 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com 1:00 PM at Heartland, Swift Current, SK. 30 elite 2 yr. old Angus bulls from Bar CR 9TH ANNUAL JOHNSON Livestock Bull Angus and 35 horned Hereford bulls from and Female Sale at 1:00 PM, Thursday, Braun Ranch. Catalogue and sale videos at March 19, 2015 at Peebles, SK. Offering www.braunranch.com Linda Froehlich 172 lots, 134 Angus yearling bulls, 6 long yearling and 32 open Angus heifers. “As 306-221-4088, caledonian@sasktel.net much opportunity as any sale in the land.” Sale contacts: Dave Johnson 306-736-8631, Andrew Johnson 306-736-7393, Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue online at www.cattlemanagement.ca

DOUBLE ‘F’ CATTLE CO. 6th Annual Bull Sale, March 27th, 2:00 PM. Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, SK. Selling 50 rugged Black Angus bulls and an elite group of Black and baldy replacement heifers. Call Kelly Feige 306-747-2376, 306-747-7498, www.doublefcattle.com 10 REGISTERED ANGUS heifers, bred to son of HF Tiger, due to calve April 27th, $3750. Mantei Farms Angus, Estevan, SK. 306-634-4454 or 306-461-5501.

85 YEARLING AND 2 year old Red Angus bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested, and delivered in spring. Bob Jensen 306-967-2770, Leader, SK.

FLYING K RANCH Bull Sale 80+ Yearling Red Angus Bulls sell at the ranch. Your one stop heifer bull shop! One of Canada's largest selection of Red Angus heifer bulls on offer. 75% of the bulls on test are below breed average for birthweight EPDs. Practical, ranch raised bulls that are fed at home, all bulls ROP, semen and carcass tested. Free Delivery in Western Canada. Sight unseen purchase plan with satisfaction guaranteed! April 08, 2015, 2:00 PM. MANTEI FARMS ANGUS at the Alameda 306-773-6313, Swift Current, SK. Bull Sale. Selling 30 yearling Angus bulls. chanel@t2.net or www.flyingkranch.ca March 28th, 1:00 PM, Alameda, SK. Call Cecil 306-634-4454 or 306-461-5501, YEARLING RED BULLS, semen tested Estevan, SK. Catalogues, pictures, video, and guaranteed. Delivery available. 306-821-2504, Lloydminster, SK. and info available at: www.blackharvest.ca

JOHNSTON/ FERTILE VALLEY Black Angus Bull Sale, Friday April 10, 1:00 PM CST at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 90 thick, easy fleshing bulls selected from 500 top producing cows. They are sired by the leading AI sires in the industry including: SAV Resource; SAV Angus Valley; Triple V; Glanworth 57U; Sitz Upward; Impression; Special Focus; Hoover Dam; Consensus; and Mustang. Many of these bulls are suitable for heifers. All bulls are semen tested with complete performance and carcass information available. Deferred payment program with 60% sale day, 40% interest fee, due Dec. 1, 2015. Dennis and David Johnston 306-856-4726, or T Bar C Cattle Co 306-933-4200. Call for catalogue or view www.johnstonfertilevalley.com

EDWARDS ANGUS IS consigning 10 powerful, high performing bulls to the Kuntz Farms bull sale at the farm, Balgonie SK. View the catalog online at BuyAgro.com Mar. 14, 2015, 1:00 PM. 306-567-7456, Craik, SK. lredwards@sasktel.net SELLING: BLACK ANGUS bulls. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. 20th ANNUAL Cattleman’s Connection Bull Sale, March 6, 2015, 1:00 PM at Heartland Livestock, Brandon, MB. Selling 100 yearling Black Angus bulls. For catalogue or more info call Brookmore Angus, Jack Hart, 204-476-6696 or email at brookmoreangus@gmail.com or HBH Farms, Barb Airey 204-566-2134, email rbairey@hotmail.com Sales Management Doug Henderson 403-350-8541 or 403-782-3888.

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YEARLING AND 2 year old Charolais bulls as well as replacement heifers for sale. 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK

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POLLED 2 YR. old and yearling Char. bulls, some Red Factor. Yearling heifers for sale. Kings Polled Charolais, 306-435-7116, 306-645-2955, Rocanville, SK. CLINE CATTLE COMPANY has for sale PB Charolais yearling and 2 yr. old bulls, white and red factor. Brad 204-523-0062, www.clinecattlecompany.ca Belmont, MB.

GELBVIEH STOCK EXCHANGE BULL AND FEMALE SALE, March 10, 2015 at 1:00 PM, at Medicine Hat Feeding Co., Medicine Hat, AB. For more info or for a catalogue call Don at Jen-ty Gelbviehs, jentygelbviehs.com 403-378-4898; Nolan, Towerview Ranch, towerviewranch.com 403-977-2057. TWIN BRIDGE FARMS 4th Gelbvieh Bull and Female Sale, Monday, March 16, 2015, 1 PM at the Silver Sage Community Corral, Brooks, AB. Selling 45 yearling Gelbvieh Bulls and a select group of open Purebred heifers. Red and black genetics on offer. Guest Consignors Carlson Cattle Company, Litchfield Cattle and Keriness Cattle Co. For info. contact: Ron and Carol B i r c h a n d f a m i ly 4 0 3 - 7 9 2 - 2 1 2 3 o r 403-485-5518 or Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520. Catalo gue online at: www.donsavageauctions.com BECK McCOY BULL SALE Wed., Feb. 25, 2015 at 2:00 PM. New location: Beck Farms. Milestone, SK. 90 Charolais, Hereford and Gelbvieh bulls on offer. Wade 306-436-4564, Chad 306-436-2086. Catalogue online www.mccoycattle.com

15TH ANNUAL SASKATOON Gelbvieh Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Pre-sale viewing and customer appreciation Friday, March 20, 2015. Gelbvieh bulls add pounds at weaning, feed efficiency, and superior maternal strength. Selling 40 stout polled red and black yearling purebred and balancer Gelbvieh bulls and select females. Sale can be viewed online via DLMS. For more info and catalogue: Darcy 306-865-2929 or 306-865-7859, or Darrell 7 8 0 - 5 8 1 - 0 0 7 7 , Ve r n 4 0 3 - 5 4 8 - 6 6 7 8 , www.gelbviehworld.com or sales consultant Kirk Hurlburt 306-222-8210, www.stonegatefarms.ca

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DURALTA FARMS 10th Annual Angus Bull Sale, Friday, March 20, 1:30 PM at the farm, Vegreville, AB. Selling over 55 Red and Black Angus Bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For catalogues of info call Dave Durie 780-208-4888 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. PL#116061. View the 35 RED ANGUS yearling and 2 yr. old bulls catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com sell April 1st, 1:00 PM, Howe Red Angus Bull Sale, Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles South KENRAY RANCH OPEN house, February on #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 East on Baildon grid. 28th, Redvers, SK. and On-line Bull Sale March 2nd-5th. On offer 30 Red Angus Contact Mike Howe 306-631-8779. bulls. Contact Sheldon, 306-452-7545 or STERLING BEEF BULLS for sale, yearlings Ray 306-452-7447. Complete info at: and select 2’s. Leading edge genetics, in- www.kenrayranch.com cluding the first Tuff Enuf 111Z and Arson 84Z sons. EKW Red Angus, Elmer Wiebe, 306-381-3691, Hague, SK. Catalogue at: www.buyagro.com YEARLING AND TWO year old Charolais EXCELLENT QUALITY PB yearling and 2 yr. bulls, white and red factor. Creedence Charolais Ranch, Ervin Zayak, Derwent, AB. old Red Angus bulls. Will keep until April 15. Semen test and deliver. Will sell w/wo Call 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708. all risk insurance. Dudragne Red Angus REG. 2 YEAR olds and yearlings. Quiet 306-625-3787, 306-625-3730, Ponteix, SK. dispositions, thick, sound and tons of hair! SOUTH VIEW RANCH Red and Black An- Bred for calving ease and performance. gus bull sale, Thurs. April 9th, 1:30 PM at $3500. 306-441-6865, Battleford, SK. South View Ranch, Ceylon, SK. Offering 100 Red and Black Angus yearling bulls. VALLEY'S END RANCH Charolais bulls for Performance and semen tested. Shane sale, off the farm. Good hair, quiet disposi306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730. View tion, easy calving bloodlines. 306-796-4651 Central Butte, SK. cat. and video: www.southviewranch.com EDGE LAND and Cattle Purebred PUREBRED RED ANGUS Bulls for sale. I CREEK’S replacement heifers for sale. Call have a two year old and several yearlings Charolais Stephen 306-279-2033, Yellow Creek, SK. for sale. All bulls will be semen tested before they are sold, I can also deliver MCTAVISH CHAROLAIS & Red Angus Bull bulls. Can call or text 306-231-9358. Sale with Charla Moore Farms, at the farm, 306-231-9358, 306-367-2425, Middle Lake, Moosomin, SK. March 10, 2015, 1:30 PM. SK. jrung@sasktel.net Featuring 43 Charolais yearlings and 1 two year old, 12 Red Angus yearlings and 1 two RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- year old. View videos and catalogue on-line men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery at: www.mctavishcharolais.com Contact available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Jared McTavish, 306-435-9842. Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com McCOY BULL SALE Wed., Feb. 25, DOUBLE BAR D FARMS BEST OF BOTH BECK at 2:00 PM. New location: Beck Worlds Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, 2015 Farms. Milestone, SK. 90 Charolais, February 21 at the farm, 1 PM, Grenfell, Hereford and Gelbvieh bulls on offer. S K . O f f e r i n g 1 7 5 S i m m e n t a l a n d Wade 306-436-4564, Chad 306-436-2086. Simm./Angus bulls. Ken 306-697-7204, Catalogue online www.mccoycattle.com 306-697-2474, Brian 306-451-7205. View catalogue at www.doublebardfarms.com PALMER CHAROLAIS/ NIELSON LAND AND 50 STRAWS OF Red Northline Rob Roy, CATTLE CO. Black and Red Angus Bull and Sale, March 2, 2:00 PM, at the Heifer Canadian National Champion Bull and sire of 2 National Champion Bulls in Denver, Palmer farm, Bladworth, SK. Offering: 42 2 year old and yearling Charolais bulls, USA, $20/straw. 780-216-0220, Millet, AB. most polled, some Red factor; 41 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls; and 9 Black and Red PB Angus yearling heifers. Top quality cattle with great pedigrees that will work. Contact Velon Herback, 306-567-7033 or Larry Nielson, 306-734-5145. Email: charolaisbanner@gmail.com View the catalogue and videos online at: www.bylivestock.com

VIDEOS: www.dkfredangus.ca Select now. Get later. Superior quality. For sale DKF Red and Black Angus bulls at: DKF Ranch, anytime, Gladmar, SK. Agent for: Solar and Wind Water Systems and Allen Leigh Calving Cameras. Dwayne or Scott Fettes, 306-969-4506.

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45 TWO YEAR old Charolais bulls, 25 yearling Charolais bulls sell April 1st, 1:00 PM CST, Whitecap/ Rosso Charolais bull sale. Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles South on #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 East on Baildon grid. Call Darwin Rosso 306-693-2384, Mike Howe 306-631-8779, Dale Howe 306-693-2127. JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE on the farm, Saturday, March 28, 2015, 1:00 PM, two year olds and yearlings, all semen tested. Tans and whites. Beef on a bun 12:00. For info call Jerome and Cindy Tremblay, 306-394-4406, Courval, SK.

BAR 3R LIMOUSIN 20th Annual Bull Sale, Thursday, March 19, 2015, 1 PM (MST) at the Crossroads Center, Oyen, AB. Selling 40 Red Black polled yearlings and 2 yr. olds. In celebration of our 20th Anniversary we are giving away a 1 yr. lease on a Featherlite Trailer supplied by Bert Duncan Trailer Sales. View Catalogue online at www.bohrson.com For more info: Kevin Rea 306-463-7950 or Ken Rea 306-463-7454, Marengo, SK.

SILVERHILLS LOWLINES. Fullblood, papered livestock and semen avail. Lumby BC. ph 250-547-6465. littlecow@telus.net BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. Selling custom designed packages. Name your price and we will put a package together for you. Fullblood/percentage Lowline, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB.

FULLBLOOD AND PB Maine-Anjou Bulls on test at Cattleland near Strathmore, AB. Pick your next breeding bull from some of the best bulls in the business. 306-374-0763 magpiemaines@yourlink.ca MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS, large selection of fullbloods and PBs. Contact Gary a n d S a n dy G r a h a m , 3 0 6 - 8 2 3 - 3 4 3 2 , 306-830-0883, Marsden, SK., website: www.manitoumaineanjou.ca

NEW TREND SALERS BULL SALE, Thurs. March 19, 2:00 PM, Cow Palace, Olds, AB. Offering 50 yearling and 2 year old, Red and Black polled Saler bulls. For catalogues or information contact Pete at: 403-650-8362; Wayne: 403-876-2241; Gerry: 403-936-5393 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-933-4200, PL #116061. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PUREBRED SALER BULLS, black and red yearling bulls and heifers. Harbrad Saler Farm, 306-459-7612, Ogema, SK. E-mail: grammie@sasktel.net PUREBRED AND REGISTERED black or red yearlings, bulls and heifers. Elderberry Farm Salers, 306-747-3302, Parkside, SK.

8th SUN COUNTRY SHORTHORN Sale, 1 PM CST, Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Sale will be broadcast live at www.cattleinmotion.com Selling 35 yearling and 2 year old Polled Shorthorns bulls and 25 open replacement heifers. Additional sale info. will be available on our websites. Horseshoe Creek Farms Ltd, Weyburn, SK., www.horseshoecreekfarms.com Call: 306-456-2500; Anwender Cattle Co., Radville SK www.anwendercattlecompany.com Call: 306-442-2090; Rocking L Cattle Co., Wawota, SK. www.rockinglcattleco.com Call: 306-739-2598.

RANCH READY BULL SALE on March 19, 1:00 PM, Heartland, Swift Current, SK. 35 horned Hereford bulls from Braun Ranch and 30 Elite 2 yr. old Angus bulls from Bar CR Angus. Catalogue and sale videos at www.braunranch.com Contact Craig Braun at 306-297-2132. BENDER SHORTHORNS and Star P Farms EXCELLENT SELECTION, 2 year old will be selling 40 Shorthorn bulls, 2 yr. bulls, easy calvers, very quiet. Will consid- olds and yearlings, Tuesday, March 17, er trade on open heifers. Polled Hereford 2014, 1:00 PM, at the East Central Bull since 1950. Erwin Lehmann, Rosthern, SK. Power Sale at Yorkton, SK., Exhibition Grounds. Internet bidding DLMS: 306-232-4712. www.dlms.ca Call Ryan 306-748-2876 or 4 HEREFORD BULLS: 3 polled, 1 horned, 306-728-8613, Neudorf, SK. Rayleen dark red, reasonably priced. 306-342-4995, 306-682-3692, Humboldt, SK. website: www.bendershorthorns.com 306-480-7672, Medstead, SK.

HEJ 10th ANNUAL CHAROLAIS BULL SALE, Friday, February 27, 1:00 PM, Innisfail Auction Mart. Offering 60 ranch ready Charolais yearling bulls, red, white, black and tan. Wintering, delivery and sight unseen purchase program available. All bulls vet inspected, semen tested. For catalogues or information contact the Rasmussens 403-227-2824 or T Bar C Cattle Co., PL#116061, 306-220-5006. View BECK McCOY BULL SALE Wed., Feb. 25, catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com 2015 at 2:00 PM. New location: Beck REG. CHAROLAIS yearling and 2 yr. old Farms. Milestone, SK. 90 Charolais, bulls, polled, horned, whites and reds. Hereford and Gelbvieh bulls on offer. Richard Smith 780-846-2643, Kitscoty, AB. Wade 306-436-4564, Chad 306-436-2086. Catalogue online www.mccoycattle.com GALLOWAY BULL AND SEMEN SALE: Online bidding from March 5 to 9, 2015 on FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. LiveAuctions.TV Contact Russel Horvey Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F 403-749-2780, bigdealgalloways.com Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. FILL YOUR QUOTA needs. Quality replacements, fresh and springing. Vanhaven Holsteins 306-373-2777, Saskatoon, SK.

Davidson Gelbvieh/ Lonesome Dove Ranch 26th Bull Sale, Sat, Mar 7th 2015, 1:00 PM at their bull yards, Ponteix, SK. Lunch at 11:00 AM. Presale viewing and hospitality Fri, Mar 6th. Selling 100+ PB yearling bulls, red or black. Performance and semen tested. View catalog and video on-line at: www.davidsongelbvieh.com or davidsonlonesomedoveranch.com Contact 306-625-3755 or 306-625-3513.

RED FACTOR CHAROLAIS: Bulls, 2 year olds and yearlings. Red, tan and white. Call Wheatheart Charolais, Rosetown, SK. 306-882-6444 or 306-831-9369. CREEK’S EDGE LAND and Cattle Purebred Charolais Bulls for sale. View bulls on-line at: www.creeksedgecharolais.ca 60+ 2 YEAR OLD and yearling polled Gelbvieh yearlings and 3 two year olds. Call Stephen bulls for sale. Winder’s Gelbvieh, Camrose, 306-279-2033, Yellow Creek, SK. AB., 780-672-9950. gwinder@syban.net

PUREBRED PAPERED LIMOUSIN cow herd for sale at Vegreville, AB. 30 years of breeding and selection, preg checked. Ph. 780-632-7433. 29th ANNUAL PRAIRIE Gold Limousin Bull Sale, Friday, March 27 at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. On offer 35 thick stout rugged red and black yearling bulls. View catalogue: www.buyagro.com Contact 306-567-7456 or 306-221-1159. GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black bulls, good dispositions, calving ease; Also bred heifers. Ph. Qually-T Limousin, Rose Valley, SK., 306-322-4755, 306-322-7554

SUNNY VALLEY SIMMENTALS, 25th Annual Bull Sale, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 1 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 40 Red, black and fullblood beef bulls on offer. For catalogue call 306-544-7633, or visit www.sunnyvalleysimmentals.com

ASHWORTH FARM AND RANCH 12th Annual Bull Sale, Monday, March 9th, 1 PM at the farm. 8 miles South of Oungre, SK. Hwy. #35, 2-1/2 miles East. Offering 80 Red and Black Simmental bulls. For cataSTOUT YEARLING LIMOUSIN BULLS, logue or more info call Kelly Ashworth polled, red, black. Quiet bulls with great 306-456-2749, 306-861-2013 or Bouchard performance. Short Grass Limousin, Livestock 403-946-4999. View catalogue 306-773-7196, Swift Current, SK. online at: www.bouchardlivestock.com

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PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph. 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com PEARSON BISON SQUEEZE, like new; HiHog cattle or bison tub, $4000 ea. OBO or trade bison calves. 403-747-2500, Alix, AB.

ORGANIC ALFALFA, RED Clover and Sweet Clover seed for sale. Free delivery. Birch Rose Acres Ltd., 306-863-2900, Star City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net ORGANIC CROPS WANTED: Growers International is buying all wheats and Durum, barley, oats, spelt, peas, mustard and flax. SK./AB. producers call 306-652-4529; Manitoba producers call 204-806-1087.

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ROCKING W HORSE Spring Horse and Tack Sale, Saturday, April 25th, 2015, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. 204-325-7237. Visit us on-line: www.rockingw.com

MORAND INDUSTRIES R PLUS SIMMENTALS, 15th Annual Bull Sale, Sunday, March 8, 2015, 1:00 PM at the ranch, 5 miles SE of Estevan, SK. Watch for signs. Selling: 90 multi-generation red and black Simmental bulls, bred for easy calving and performance. Excellent bulls for commercial and purebred operations. For more info. call Marlin LeBlanc, 306-421-2470 or Rob Holowaychuk, 780-916-2628. KUNTZ SIMMENTAL FARM, Stoughton Farms, McIntosh Livestock and SAJ Simmentals 16th Annual Bull Sale, Tues., March 17, 1 PM CST, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds. 75 yearlings, falls and 2 yr old red, black and fullblood Simmental bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For info contact Trevor Kuntz 306-441-1308; Keith Stoughton at: 306-893-7546; Blair McIntosh: 306-441-7755; Stuart Jamieson: 306-397-2708 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. Watch and bid online at: DLMS.ca PL#116061. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

RETIRING: REGISTERED QUARTER horses for sale. Running bloodlines. Colts, phillies, 2 year olds, geldings, mares and young mares. Call 306-536-9210 or 306-345-2555 (evenings), Belle Plaine, SK. MUIRHEAD CATTLE CO. 13th Annual Simmental Bull Sale. Monday, March 2, 2015 at the ranch, Shellbrook, SK. Featuring: 67 red and black Simmental bulls, 46 ranch raised 2 year olds and 21 yearlings. Bulls that are bred for maternal traits, calving ease, performance and longevity. 85% of our bulls sell to repeat customers and 95% of these are commercial ranchers. For more information please call Justin at 306-747-8192 or Ward at 306-747-7022. Catalogue available at www.bohrson.com

HORSES WANTED- All classes, saddle horses, teams, kids ponies, meat horses. We buy direct for Boudry Exports. We pay to prices. 306-834-2965 or 306-834-8281, Kerrobert, SK.

NEW BUGGY, WAGON, sleigh, cutterwood and metal parts. Wooden wheel manufacERIXON SIMMENTALS BULL & Female Sale. ture and restoration. Wolfe Wagons, SasMarch 4th at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, katoon, SK. Phone 306-933-4763 after 6 1:00 PM. Offering 55 red and black bulls, PM weekdays. Email rwolfe@sasktel.net and 14 heifers. View catalogue online at: www.erixonsimmentals.com Contact Dave, 306-270-2893, Clavet, SK.

PROUDLY WESTERN BULL Sale, Saturday March 21st, 1:00 PM at the Whitewood Auction Barn, Whitewood, SK. Selling 50 yearling and 2 year olds, Red, Black and Fullblood Simmental bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For a catalogue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com

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RM OF MOUNT HOPE No. 279, SE-32-29-18-W2, assessment 74,900, NE-29-29-18-W2, assessment 62,000. Soil Class G. Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. FARMLAND FOR SALE, RM OF PONASS LAKE #367: NW-18-39-13-W2 and NE 24-39-14-W2, approx. 205 cultivated acres. Total acres 319. Old yardsite with water and power in place. Land located 2 miles west of Nora. Asking price $240,000. Ph Josie 306-873-4130 or 780-265-2837.

DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. St. Benedict south, 325 acres of Sec. 32-40-24-W2 with grain storage, good 2 storey house, barn and corrals. MLS #508637. Call Dwein Trask for details 306-221-1035. HAMMOND REALTY: Broom Farm. Great starter ranch, RM 256, 619 total acres w/306 acres of hayland and 237 acres of pasture w/additional 160 acres grazing lease subject to approval by Sask Ag. Land is fenced and crossedfenced. Nice unit with all land touching. Excellent water supply. Includes: 1536 sq. ft. 3 bdm, 2 bthm house. Vendors are open to offers. Asking $535,000. For details call: Grant Anderson 306-831-9214. MLS #492732 http://BroomFarm.HammondRealty.ca FARMLAND TENDER, RM of Ponass Lake #367. NE-23-39-13-W2. Tenders to close 12 Midnight, Mar. 1, 2015. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders in writing or by email to: Donna Braaten, Box 141, Archerwill, SK. S0E 0B0. braaten_donna@hotmail.com For info. call Donna at 306-323-4880.

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RM OF EDENWOLD: Near Pilot Butte, 80 acres; RM of Edenwold- 960 acre farm near Regina, home quarter can be purchased separately. RM of Edenwold- two quarters on highway corridor near Balgonie/acreage quarter farming, 160 acres on Highway #1, 4 kms east of Balgonie, 90+ acres, Highway #11, 7 miles north of Saskatoon. Contact Brian Tiefenbach, 306-789-8300, 306-536-3269. Colliers International, 2505-11th Ave., Suite 200, Regina, SK, S4P 0K6 www.collierscanada.com

TENDER: FARM LAND for sale located in the RM of Hazel Dell #335. SE-31-34-8-W2; NW-4-35-8-W2. Tenders to close Feb. 27th 2015, 12:00 midnight. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Please submit tenders in writing or by email to the vendor. Kyle Last, Box 143, Lintlaw, SK. S0A 2H0, or email kyle.last@hotmail.com For more info. TURN KEY MARKET garden for sale in contact Kyle by email or ph 306-327-7467. Grande Prairie, AB, on the Red Willow River. 45.18 acres of river bottom, 2 homes, store, cooler, processing and storage facility, all equipment including irrigation. Year-round income. MLS# L090015. Listed at $982,000 by Jim Lund, Realty Executives North West, 780-933-7809. SW-26-52-11-W4, 1/4 section pasture; SW-36-52-11-W4, 1/4 section half cultivated, half hayland. Approx. 12 miles north of Innisfree, AB. 780-632-8814. SECTION NORTH OF Westlock: 3 quarters good pasture (468.75 acres). Fenced, dugout and spring. Plus farmed quarter CATTLE OPERATION, MOTIVATED to sell. (176.5 acres with 110 open), used also for Great location, 13.5 quarters, yard works wintering cattle. Yardsite w/power, gas, for cow/calf or feeders. 1100 acres cult. well, stock waterer, fenced, $1,100,000 Located 15 min. from Yorkton, SK. Call for details. Yorkton, SK 306-783-6368 OBO. Call/text 780-660-1156.

FOR SALE OR LEASE: RM of Cody #271, 6 quarters of farmland, Class E soil. Call 306-597-4405, Togo, SK. RM 168: 160 acres of grain land with Surface Lease Revenue of approx. $11,850 per year. Please call John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379, www.farmsask.com

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RM OF BROADVIEW #154, 6 quarters in one block. For rent by tender. SE, NE and NW of: 06-16-04 W2. SE, NE and SW of 07-16-04 W2. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders close March 25th, 2015. Call 306-231-5611 for info.

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FARMLAND FOR CASH rent by tender, 6.25 quarters in RM of Ponass Lake #367: NW23-39-15-2, 1/2 of NE-22-39-15, SE-22-3915, NE-26-39-15, NW-26-39-15, NE-27-3915, 1/2 of NW-27-39-15, 1/4 of SW-34-3915. Please submit proposals by Feb. 20th to email: pstein73@gmail.com 778-994-9255, Rose Valley, SK. SELLING BY TENDER: RM 168. Approx. 160 acres of farmland with approx. $11,850 per year from surface leases. Please call John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. for information on submitting an offer. 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

RM 488: 10.5 quarters between White Fox and Garrick, approx. 1380 cultivated acres. Asking $1100/acre. High producing and exc. hunting. For land locations, contact Joe 306-862-6880 or Chad 306-862-6918, Nipawin, SK. Email duplexdcf@sasktel.net RM #74: APPROX. 470 acres farmland located near Woodrow, Sask. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., Phone: 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

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HAMMOND REALTY: RM 309 near Drake, SK. Kornelsen-Bendel Farmland For Sale By Tender. E1/2 of 7 and SW 21-32-21, W2 with approx. 430 cultivated acres. Average assessment $69,233/quarter. Closes 5:00 PM March 5, 2015. MLS 524029. 306-948-5052. More details available at: http://RM309.HammondRealty.ca REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, Farmland/Acreage: In RM No. 7. NE16-3-13; SW16-3-13; SE17-3-13; NW9-3-13 (includes farm site, approx. 20 acres). All W2M. Proposals may be made on all the above quarters; Individual parcels; Or the farm site and buildings alone. Mail offers with a bank draft, payable to: McDougall Gauley LLP, in the amount of 5% of the proposed purchase price in an envelope clearly marked “Request for Proposal”, on or before 12:00 Noon, March 13, 2015. Highest or any proposal not necessarily accepted. For more info. call 306-456-2868. Mail sealed proposals to: McDougall Gaul ey L L P, ( B a r r i s t e r s a n d S o l i c i t o r s ) , 1329-3rd Street, Estevan, SK. S4A 0S1.

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FARMLAND FOR SALE By Tender in RM of Kelvington #366: SE-09-38-10-W2, Part NE-09-38-10-W2, NW-10-38-10-W2, E-1/2 and SW-15-38-10-W2, Parcel A plan 102036440 (including 6 grain bins but not contents, 2 aeration fans, electricity, open foundation from site of previous house and dugout). GST in addition to price bid. Possession date to be April 1, 2015 or sooner. Successful bidders shall be responsible for all legal and registration costs to transfer title(s). Will consider selling individual land or as any combination of parcels. Tenders close February 26, 2015. Submit tenders with certified cheque for 5% of price to Amber Biemans at: Behiel, Will and Biemans, 602 9th Street, Box 878, Humbolt, Sask. S0K 2A0, 306-682-2642. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. LAND FOR CASH Rent by tender: RM of Insinger #275, NE-10-29-9 W2; NW-10-29-9 W2; SW-10-29-9 W2. Submit offers for 3 year term to: bettylin2000@hotmail.com Phone 604-709-8666. RM OF GARDEN RIVER 490, 2 quarters of high producing cultivated land, SE-09-51-24-W2, NW-03-51-24-W2. Call Linda 306-929-4624, Albertville, SK.

NEVER...HAUL OR purchase those heavy bags of water softening salt or expensive bottle water again! The Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. 2 69 18 69 RM OF CANA #214, for sale or rent: SE-15-22-04-W2 and SW-05-22-04-W2. 34 42 Highest or any tender not necessarily ac10 224 cepted. Tenders close March 1st, 2015. 3 254 Call 306-861-4592. 13 284 LAND FOR CASH RENT by tender: 1260 F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n p lea s e vis it acres, in the RM of Bratt’s Lake #129. Tenders to be received by: 5:00 PM Februw w w .s h e ppa rd re a lty.ca ary 24, 2015. Contact Jon Thompson, Box Co n ta ct: 57, Milestone, SK., S0G 3L0. 306-436-2206 H a rry S h e ppa rd R M 2 5 0 , L A S T M O U N TA I N VA L L E Y: Pho n e: 306-352-1866 F a x: 306-352-1816 $649,800. 158 acres with 1700 sq. ft. bunE-M a il: s a s kla n d 4re n t@ gm a il.co m galow; 80’x50’ pole shed, built in 2005; Heated shop, built in 2007; Numerous outS utto n G ro up - R e s ults R e a lty buildings. More land available upon reR e gin a , S K quest. MLS #514504. Call Carmen Bechard, Porchlight Realty, 306-596-2342. SELLING BY TENDER: RM 105. 480 acres of grain land. Call John Cave, Edge Realty LAND FOR SALE: 150 and 300 acres, RM of Ltd. for info on submitting a Tender. Usbourne #310: NW-13-33-23-W2 ; N 1/2306-773-7379, www.farmsask.com 35-32-23-W2. Written tenders only acceptRM BRATT’S LAKE #129- 312 acres of ed to March 1, 2015. Highest or any bid not prime Regina heavy clay. Assess. 195,400. necessarily accepted. Box 176, Drake, SK. $712,000. Keith Bartlett 306-535-5707, S0K 1H0. Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. RM CALEDONIA #99- 480 acres. Assess. 256,400. Asking $1250/acre. Call Keith Bartlett, 306-535-5707 at Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK.

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RM NIPAWIN 487, North of Aylsham, 9 LAND FOR SALE Harris Sask. Area., two quarters grainland, plus 2 quarters pasture adjoining fully fenced quarter sections, in adjoining RM 486, yard with buildings included. Call Neil Wheeler 306-862-5681. dugout. Call 250-764-2525 Harris, SK.

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1) The follow ing la nd loca ted in the RM s ofH oodoo #401 a nd S t. L ou is #431 w ill be offered forsa le by tenderu nderthe direction of W eber& G a sperLa w O ffice. Plea se specify bid perqu a rtersection. RM Lega l D es cription Titled Ac. (S A M A ) RM RM RM RM RM RM

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2) O ffers su bjectto fina ncing w ill N OT be considered. 3) Highestora ny bid m a y notnecessa rily be a ccepted. 4 ) Bidders m u strely on theirow n resea rch a nd inspection. 5) Su ccessfu l bidderm u stprov ide a certified chequ e to Vendor’s solicitor, for10% deposit, w ithin 7 da ys of being notified of su ccessfu l bid. 6) All bids m u stbe in w riting a nd su bm itted to: W eber& G a sperLa w O ffice, Attn: Ta bbetha G a sper, P.O . Box 1030, Hu m boldt, SK, S0K 2A0 Phone: (306)682-5038 Fa x: (306)682-5538, by 4 :00 p.m . on Frida y, Febru a ry 20, 2015.

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Ca ll PO TZU S LTD. RM OF LEASK #464. 4341 acres, mainly all adjoining with 3071 acres seeded to tame grass, balance bush and natural pasture. Mainly 3 and 4 wire fences. 4 sets of corrals, pasture water and very few stones. The headquarters have a 36x51’ straight wall metal clad shop with 2 overhead doors and 2 walk-in doors, plus 36x20’ Ranch hand living quarters with sewer, water and natural gas heat. With today’s cattle prices this 550 cow/calf operation will draw a lot of interest. Excellent handling system. 36x112’ calving barn, all boxstalls, adjoining, 17x112’ calf barn, 3 open end shelters, 28x148’, 15x94’, 15x60’, plus large corral system. MLS #520590. For more info ph Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512, North Battleford, SK. MINERAL RIGHTS. We will purchase and or lease your mineral rights. 1-877-269-9990. cndfree@telusplanet.net RM 51: 480 acres of farm land. Farmed half and half. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com LAND FOR SALE or rent: RM #124, Kingsley. 8 quarters, 260 acres pasture. Whitewood, area. r.manderson@sasktel.net

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GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 25 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net RM CANA #214. 560 acres ideally located on #15 Hwy. and Agri Park Road just on the outskirts of Melville, SK. Land currently seeded for alfalfa and is completely fenced. Gravel potential. Asking $899,000. Call Paul Kutarna, 306-596-7081, Sutton Group Results Realty. MLS #517931. RECREATIONAL PARADISE, RM Keys 303, 44 miles north of Yorkton, SK. 277 wetland acres, 74 upland acres. Prime waterfowl land with perfect location for cabin. Ducks Unlimited Canada 306-782-2108. RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure membrane system; 2000 gal./day. No more bottled water.The Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561.

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ACRES 2547 4637 3027 2515 1278 2413 156 140.86

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ADDRESS RM Lemberg 185 Rouleau 130 Westbend 276/277 Wilkie 409 Laird - SOLD 404 Kindersley - SOLD 290 Rocanville 151 Choiceland - SOLD 488 Eston - SOLD 259 Naicam 398 Scott 380 Rouleau 130 Stranraer - SOLD 318 497548 - SOLD 349/378/379 Spalding - SOLD 368 514680 - SOLD 400 St. Louis 431 Milestone 99 429 514088 - SOLD Carlea 457 Stanley 215

ACRES 3973 2804 4606 2861 1754 1424 1899 1434 931 1157 1226 640 640 867 641 961 628 479 320 159 160

MLS@PRICE $7,700,000 $5,852,700 $5,727,000 $4,726,750 $4,088,950 $3,488,400 $2,857,000 $2,500,000 $2,464,500 $2,378,000 $2,362,000 $1,617,200 $1,445,250 $1,150,000 $1,102,600 $1,100,000 $1,050,000 $795,000 $720,000 $370,000 $145,000

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Sherwood Pkg 1 159 160 Sherwood Pkg 2 159 158 Sherwood Pkg 3 159 310 Sherwood Pkg 4 159 480 Sherwood Pkg 5 159 926 Sherwood Pkg 6 159 314 Sherwood Pkg 7 159 121 Sherwood Pkg 8 159 479 Sherwood Pkg 9 159 558 Sherwood Pkg 10 159 480 Sherwood Pkg 11 159 640 Mcleod pkg 12 185 959 Souis Valley/Cymri Pkg 13 7/36 457 Abernethy Pkg 14 186 1256 FARMLAND FOR SALE Dixon 216 4533 Meeting Lake/Round Hill 466/467 5009 Craik 222 3579 Waseca 440/471 2260 Davidson 252 2202 Fish Creek w/equip 372/402 1330 Herschel 318 1112 Martensville 344 114 Indian Head 156 945 Corman Park 344 272 Delaronde Lake 555 237 Jackfish Lake 468 200 Hwy 312 - Lumber Yard - Rosthern Spiritwood 496 640 Redford 379 308 Baldwinton 440 320 Canwood 494 483 Corman Park 344 159 Canwood 494 301 Round Hill 467 150 Canwood 494 162 Canwood 494 160 Wakaw 402 158 ACREAGE FOR SALE Debden 494 147 Battleford 438 161 Pankiw Unity 12 Wilkie 409 57 Canegie 317 158 Meeting Lake 469 1.03 Corman Park 344 69.64 Canwood 494 130 Canwood 494 15 Redford 379 10 Unity 410 (8) 40 ac lots Meeting Lake 469 lot 17 Meeting Lake 469 lot 18 Canwood 494 161 Meeting Lake 469 lot 19 Struthers Lake - Barney’s Bay lot Borden 405 23 RECENTLY SOLD Wilkie 409 567 Manitou Lake 442 290 Cut Knife 439 286 acres Round Hill 467 160

$3,200,000 $1,580,000 $4,650,000 $1,680,000 $4,675,000 $1,575,000 $375,000 $2,040,000 $2,465,000 $1,680,000 $2,720,000 $1,900,000 $1,700,000 $3,390,000 $6,500,000 $5,546,000 $4,250,000 $3,329,422 $2,995,000 $2,838,300 $2,700,000 $1,200,000 $965,000 $816,000 $600,000 $549,500 $500,000 $500,000 $412,500 $411,900 $360,000 $350,000 $300,000 $141,200 $115,000 $105,000 $55,000 $795,000 $645,000 $595,000 $395,000 $295,000 $249,700 $249,500 $160,000 $150,000 $125,000 $100,000/lot $84,900 $84,900 $80,000 $79,900 $69,995 $69,500 $1,060,000 $700,000 $504,000 $145,000

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RM OF LEASK #464, 1334 acres all adjoining with 1148 acres cultivated. If seeded into tame pasture this would make a great home for 200 cow/calf pairs. Perimeter is fenced with four wires and steel and treated post, plus crossfences. Located on main grid road and 2 miles from No. 40 highway. Power, 2 wells, lots of pasture water and old yardsite. MLS ®522392. To view call Lloyd Ledinski, RE/MAX of the B a t t l e fo r d s , N o r t h B a t t l e fo r d , S K . 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512. RM #51. Two adjoining ranches in SW Sask. MLS #522696: 12 deeded quarters, 21 leased, approx. 300 acres hay, 1200 acres cult. and 3550 acres native grass. MLS #522699: 9 deeded, 17 lease quarters, 380 acres of 2014 seeded hay, 200 acres of 2014 seeded native grass. 500 acres rye stubble, 3000 acres native grass. Combined these parcels will run 400 - 500 cow/calf pairs. Contact Lee Davidson at Re/Max of Swift Current, 306-741-7367. Email: leedavidson@sasktel.net RM WOOD RIVER #74. Approx. 320 acres high producing land. Two quonsets, some other outbuildings. Some older equipment included. Located 5 miles from Lafleche, SK. Call Bryan Gilbert 306-631-4790, RE/MAX of moose jaw, 306-694-5766.

ORGANIC FARM: 160 acres, 1124 sq. ft. RM OF REDBERRY #435. 457 acres with house, outbuildings, off grid, $155,000. amazing 2600 sq. ft. home on two levels 306-547-3123, Preeceville, SK. which is all wood built with 11” laminated fir walls and beams, abundance of hickory RM McCRANEY #282. This property is cupboards in the kitchen. The home has located 3 miles East of Kenaston, SK and 2 many high end features. Cement floor with miles South. Two quarter sections of good in-floor heat. There is also a large double productive grainland, 275 cultivated acres. detached garage with a self-contained Call Wally Lorenz for more info, Re/Max of suite, 48x51 steel quonset with two 16’ the Battleford, North Battleford, SK, overhead doors and cement floor with in306-446-8800 or 306-843-7898. floor heat. The heating system is outdoor wood heater with propane for back-up and 9 QUARTERS FARMLAND, East central solar system for power with a standby SK, Good yard, two homes, livestock fa- generator, a well is the water supply. The cilities and grain and machinery storage. home overlooks approx. 300 acre lake plus Call 306-795-2702, Ituna, SK. several fishing lakes in the area as well as good Whitetail deer hunting. The cultivatRM OF MOOSE RANGE #486. Four ed land is farmed organic and the balance quarters, approx. 640 cultivated acres. is mainly bush. MLS®520745. To view call N E - 1 2 - 5 0 - 0 9 - W 2 , S W- 3 5 - 4 9 - 0 9 - W 2 , Lloyd Ledinski at RE/MAX of the BattleNE-34-49-09-W2, SE-34-49-09-W2. Also fords, North Battleford, 306-446-8800 or have land to be rented. Closing Date: 306-441-0512. March 20, 2015. For more info. call 306-768-3442. Please submit offer to RM OF #308. For sale SE-7-32-18-W2, email: jascal.janet@gmail.com Highest or 152 acres, fenced, dugout, corrals, along major Hwy. #6. Submit tenders to: Box any offer not necessarily accepted. 939, Wynyard, SK. S0A 4T0. Tenders close ID#1100257 OSLER: Modern Dairy farm Feb. 27, 2015. Highest or any tender not with 145 acres. 90 cow free stall barn necessarily accepted. Ph. 306-328-4462. w/state of the art auto identifying double 10 milk parlor and attached calf-heifer RM LAKE LENORE 399, SE-10-40-20-W2, barn. 154.79 kg daily milk quota. 1614 sq. high assess. Written tenders accepted to ft. home and workshop. ID#1100283 February 22, 2015. Lesa Altrogge, RR 7 CARMICHAEL: 70.5 acres pasture of Site 707 Comp 64, Saskatoon, SK. S7K which much would be arable. Water not 1N2. 306-242-3462. Highest or any offers far below the surface, accessible by sand not necessarily accepted. point well. ID#1100312 DINSMORE: 14 acres located on the outskirts of Dinsmore. Great location to establish commercial business, new homestead for farm market WATER problems? Multi-Tech no salt sofproduce, hobby farm or other Agri-ven- tening system. Never purchase or haul watures. Seller is licensed to sell Real Estate ter or softener salt ever again! The Water in Alberta. ID#1100341 MANKOTA: 960 Clinic, 1-800-664-2561. acres with 945 acres cult. 1664 sq. ft. home, quonset, shop, 2 dugouts, barn, BEEF RANCH IN SE Manitoba, in the heart grain storage, 2 cattle waterers and hy- of cattle country. Available: 4.5 quarters drants. MLS®. ID#1100311 DINSMORE: deeded land and 3 quarters Crown land. For Lease! 150 acres, $75/acre, on the Included are full set of outbuildings. Most outskirts of Dinsmore. Owner is licensed to corrals are steel corralling. 1500 sq. ft. sell Real Estate in Alberta. MLS®. Real home, att. double garage. Equipment and E s t a t e C e n t re , 1 - 8 6 6 - 3 4 5 - 3 4 1 4 , cows can be negotiated. Land can easily produce feed and grazing for 150 cows. www.farmrealestate.com This can be purchased for only $610,000. MLS# 1427664. Cliff Martens, Delta Real Estate, 204-346-4117, Steinbach, MB.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Land katneufeld@ sasktel.net Auction for Craig Hagel on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Days Inn, Estevan, SK., 7:00 PM. One quarter section of farm land RM #5 Estevan, NE-20-03-07-W2. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale b i l l a n d p h o t o s . M a c k Au c t i o n C o . 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. PL#311962 RM OF MILDEN #286: 320 acres of mixed grain and grass land. Milden Lake runs through the land. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com 11 QUARTERS CLOSE to Bredenbury, SK. for rent. Good soil farmland (G class) RM OF GRASSY LAKE #381. Dwein all within one block. Only 5 miles from Trask Realty Inc. 4 quarters of highly as- Bredenbury. Please contact Frank Su at sessed farmland in close proximity South fsu@remax-yorkton.ca or 306-500-0035, of Reward, SK. 637.99 title acres with 580 Re/Max Blue Chip Realty. acres cultivated and total FMV assessment of 364,500. Good access with 2 wells pro- F O R S A L E : R M O F W O LV E R I N E , viding $5100 annual revenue. Call Dwein SE-1-36-24-W2nd. Phone 306-682-3687, today at 306-221-1035. Humboldt, SK. RANCH FOR SALE- Central SK., 17 quarters. Excellent cattle handling facility, large FARMLAND FOR SALE By Tender. RM of Miry quantity of gravel. Will consider small oper- Creek #229. All of section 22-21-21-W3. ation, acreage or commercial property as Heavy clay soil. Total assessment 410,700, partial payment. 306-531-8720, Lipton, SK. includes gas well surface lease, wood quonset, 3 hopper bins, 1 fertilizer bin. One mile nancy.herold@hotmail.com east of Lancer, SK on #32 Hwy. Tenders to RM #105. MLS #516413. Half section be submitted on or before 2:00 PM, Februof cultivated farmland, 12 miles NE of Van- ary 19, 2015. Tender details may be viewed guard, SK. 3 bdrm bungalow, heated shop, on www.royallepageswiftcurrent.ca or 7 hopper bins, good well. 280 acres contact Len Rempel. 306-741-6358, Swift cropped annually. Contact Lee Davidson at Current, SK. Lenrempel@sasktel.net Re/Max of Swift Current, 306-741-7367. RM 42: Approx. 3 quarters of native and Email: leedavidson@sasktel.net tame grass near Fife Lake. Good water. D W E I N T R A S K R E A L T Y I N C . Barn. Corrals. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. SE-12-45-25-W2 RM of St. Louis. SAMA- 306-773-7379, www.farmsask.com VIEW reports 115 acres aerable. FMV ass e s s m e n t 6 8 , 0 0 0 . P r i c e d t o s e l l at LAND FOR SALE, RM #588 of Meadow $119,900. Please call Dwein 306-221-1035 Lake, NW-PT-18-60-16-W3rd, 72 acres; Q U A R T E R S E C T I O N F O R S A L E : NE-PT-13-60-17-W3rd, 71 acres. This land SW-34-35-10 W3, in the RM of Perdue No. is sold as a package. 306-240-5445, Meadow Lake, SK. 346. Call 306-237-4582 after 9 PM.

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GRAIN/MIXED FARM - Grandview, MB. 1944 total acres, 1294 cultivated, most of the land is in a block. 2 yard sites. Some of the land is fenced. Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, 204-773-6797, NorthStar Ins. & Real Estate. north-star.ca MLS #1425508. 320 ACRES - ROBLIN, MB. 180 acres seeded to pasture/hay, all fenced. 3 dugouts. 1120 sq. ft. bungalow, 3 bdrms, 21’x25’ attached garage. Quonset. Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, 204-773-6797, NorthStar Ins. & Real Estate. north-star.ca

DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. RM of Perdue SE-26-35-12-W3 pasture c/w spring and some bush, $74,900. 2 miles S. and 2 mi. West of Perdue. Quarter next could be avail. as well. Call Dwein at 306-221-1035.

PARTS FOR VINTAGE snowmobiles, 1990 and older. Call Don at 780-755-2258, Wainwright, AB. doncole@mcsnet.ca 1977 ARCTIC CAT 5000 Pantera snowmobile; 1969 Arctic Cat Panther snowmobile; 50 QUARTERS OF PASTURE near Crane Johnson Golden ghost snowmobile; 4x4 River, MB. For sale or rent. Pasture manag- Yamaha quad w/winch; 3 PTH snowblower. 306-283-4747 306-220-0429 Langham er on site. Very reasonable. 204-638-5581. DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. Rosetown, SK. 2080 acres quality pastureland, 14 miles north of Rosetown, just off #4 Hwy. All quarters touching with good 4 wire fence, 5 dugouts and very good steel catch corrals. Lots of grass and ready for the 2015 season. Call Dwein: 306-221-1035. RM SURPRISE VALLEY Pasture for sale. Approx. 1400 acres all adjoining: 6 quarters deeded and 5 quarters Crown land. Good water supply. Call 306-969-4511.

ONE SECTION OF pasture available for SUN BEACH MOTEL, 1 bdrm and 2 bdrm 2015, in Parkerview, SK. area. New 4-wire suites, $595 to $850. Ph: 250-495-7766, fence and steel corrals. 780-753-0353. Osoyoos, BC. www.sunbeachmotel.net

HAVE CASH BUYERS: (1) Up to 3 - 4 sections farmland, Outlook, SK. area or others. (2) Farmland: RM Colonsay, Viscount, Hoodoo, (3) Bushland. (4) Nat. pasture. Bill Nesteroff, Re/Max Saskatoon, 306-497-2668, billnesteroff@sasktel.net

BUY NOW or Online Auction Event: Commercial double door coolers at www.mcdougallauction.com Saskatoon, SK. location. 1-800-263-4193. PL 319916.

DON ‘T MISS OUT on this fabulous property. Ethelbert near foothills parkline, Duck Mountains, 1/2 hr. from beautiful lakes, 144.5 acres, river through property, bungalow 1400 sq. ft., electric furnace, air exchanger, wood stove. Quonset 40x80’ and more. A must see! Ph Florence Komarniski Real Estate, 204-638-3055.

SAWMILLS from only $4397 - Make Money and Save Money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock, ready to ship. Free info. and DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/168 or call 1-800-566-6899 ext. 168. WOOD-MIZER PORTABLE SAWMILLS, eight models, options and accessories. RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure 1-877-866-0667. www.woodmizer.ca membrane system; 2000 gal./day. No more water softeners. The Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. PRIVATE ACREAGE, COMMUTING distance to Regina! 8.1 acres, country living! 7500 sq ft custom home (2010) incl. 4 bdrms, 6 bthrms, indoor pool, geothermal, spray foam, lots of upgrades. Yard is mature with trees, grass, barn, large shop, etc! $1,150,000 OBO. Call for website: 306-527-2776, 306-530-6607, Bulyea, SK. rodandtiff@sasktel.net RTM’S - North American Homes. See our ad in this issue! Call us at 204-757-4654, Winnipeg, MB.

RM OF CHESTERFIELD, 7.95 acres with 1060 sq.ft. bungalow, 30x50 quonset, double heated garage, barn, nat. gas., asking $329,000. Contact Brad Edgerton at Edge GREAT PLACE TO start farming. Large Realty, 306-463-7357, www.edgerealty.ca home, 5 bdrms, 2 baths, good size kitchen w/large dining room and living room, INDOOR RIDING ARENA: Acreage Saskaopen concept, partially finished basement toon area, 1380 sq.ft. upgraded bungalow, w/laundry room, heating elec./wood boil- 3 plus 1 bdrms., 2.5 baths, indoor/outdoor er, barn 24x73’ currently used for raising riding arena and outbuildings, treated wacalves, cattle shelter 30x60’, other out- ter, just 8 kms from the city, $675,000; buildings, nice treed yard, all found on 240 BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE near Sask Landacres, approx. 140 cult. 20 min from Stein- ing/Kyle, 40 acres w/newer 1588 sq. ft. bach, MB. MLS #1425126, $399,990. Cliff ranch style home, 3 plus 2 bdrms., 2.5 baths, numerous outbuildings and corrals, Martens 204-346-4117, Delta Real Estate. treated water, $479,900. Realtor Myra Kirk LAND FOR SALE: 2.5 quarters, 400 acres, 306-220-7811, details: www.myrakirk.com NW-28-21-26, NE-28-21-26, RM of Silver 120 ACRE (3 legal 40 acre titles). 10 min. Creek. 7 miles North of Angusville, MB. on NW of Regina, SK. Shop, services and road PR#476. Allen 204-773-3711, Russell, MB. in. Hold, build, develop 306-731-2311. gnfarms@mynetset.ca RM INSINGER, 20 acres, w/1397 sq. ft. QUARTER SECTION, NE-11-35-29, RM bungalow built in 2010, 4 bdrms, 3 baths, Swan River. Mail offers to: 5512957 MB finished basement, double heated garage. Ltd., Box 339, Swan River, MB., R0L 1Z0. 306-562-8440, Canora, SK. Phone 204-734-2163 after 6:00 PM. RTM’S - North American Homes. See our ad in this issue! Call us at 204-757-4654, FOR SALE BY OWNER, Smooth Rock Winnipeg, MB. Falls, ON, in great clay belt. Excellent value RM OF RUSSELL: For sale by tender 1/2 for new farmer, or farm relocate. Any type section pastureland w/dugout, very good of farm allowed. Taxes $500/yr. 617 acres fence and possible yardsite. Submit writ- w/approx. 144 workable, more to clear. All ten offers to: Arthur Smyth, Box 27, Birtle, new buildings: Garage #1 50x32’, heated; MB. R0M 0C0. Phone 204-842-5114. High- garage #2 16x32’; implement shed, est or any tender not necessarily accepted. 48x24’; barn, 50x28’; boiler shed, 16x16’; new bungalow, 1984 sq. ft., 3 bdrm., 2 EXCELLENT CATTLE RANCH, along Lake baths, AC, extras. $18,000 solar income. Manitoba, (Toutes Aides), 4563 acres in 1 $997,000. Call 705-338-1074. block, consisting of 1315 acres deeded, 3248 acres Crown Lease, supports up to 400 cow/calf pair, all fenced, modern 3+1 bedroom house plus 1997 mobile home, 80x60’ pole shed with workshop 40’x28’, 42x28’ ins. barn, corrals, shelters, etc. www.century21macmillan.com Ph Roger Bretecher 204-638-7947, Dauphin, MB. 2011 POLARIS Ranger 800, with roof and FARM IN PINE RIVER, MB. 459 acres con- windshield, approx. 1200 miles, good consisting of: Crop land/hay and pasture; dition, asking $7500. Call 306-547-8190 or 1500 sq. ft. bungalow with attached gar- 306-548-4315, Sturgis, SK. age; 30x42 heated shop; 46x50 machine shed; 28x30 hip roof barn. Very good water supply. For more info ph 204-263-2636 KUBOTA RTV 1100, CAHR, approx. RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure 2013 hrs., always shedded, one owner. Call membrane system; 2000 gal./day. No 250 more water softeners. The Water Clinic, 306-469-2235, Big River, SK. www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. FOR SALE BY TENDER: Seven quarters Fairview, AB. SE/NE/NW 17-83-02-W6; Section 16-83-02-W6 - 3 quarters grazing lease. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Closing date: March 12, 2015. Info. Mark 780-835-1264, dmay@mhllp.ca Call Davin D. May 780-332-4647.

YUMA, AZ. SELLING for health reasons: Excellent park model in 55+ upgraded RV park. Many upgrades, landscaped, fenced, shed. Turnkey. Call 403-601-1094.

16’ BIG LAKES LUND boat with Yacht Club t r a i l e r. C h o i c e o f M e r c u r y m o t o r s . 306-536-9210 or 306-345-2555 (evenings), Belle Plaine, SK.

EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARM extending to 1732 deeded acres w/4425 acres of Crown land. All land is fenced w/very good buildings and metal corral system, farm can carry 400-500 cow/calf pairs and has a small bungalow; 235 acres of pastureland in the Rivers, MB. area. Call: Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc., Brandon, MB. See website: www.homelifepro.com

WANTED: SMALL USED R-POD camper trailer in good condition. Ph 306-277-4314

E 1/2-16-21-27-W1 - Russell, MB. 316.92 total acres, approx. 230 cult. acres. Class B soil. Eaton’s home, established Bed & Breakfast, great revenue property. 2nd house is 3 bdrm bungalow. Various outbuildings, treed, landscaped. Includes equipment. Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, 204-773-6797, NorthStar Ins. & Real Estate. MLS #1417127.

04 LANDAU, 30' V10 gas, Onan gen, slides, pw jacks and more, exc cond, 23,000 miles, $42,000. 306-631-7698, Moose Jaw, SK.

2008 TIFFIN ALLEGRO motorhome 40’, 4 slides, only 20,000 miles, $189,000. Astro Car & Truck Sales Ltd., Clairmont, AB. 780-567-4202.

2013 REGENCY GT275, Triple E, 450 Ford chassis, V-10 gas, living room slide, fully loaded, no damage, NS, no pets, estate sale, 18,500 kms, exc. cond., $100,000. 204-771-2169, Grosse Isle, MB.

CERTIFIED CDC MEREDITH barley. Call Shewchuk Seeds, 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK., www.shewchukseeds.com WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Austenson highest yielding feed barley on market. 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED SUNDRE AND Legacy, 0% fusarium graminearum. Call Latrace Farms, Caronport, SK. 306-693-2626. CERTIFIED #1 LEGACY (6R). Call Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438. 0.0% FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM, exc. quality 2013 crop, high germ., Cert. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, CDC Meredith and Newdale. Frederick Seeds 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. GOOD MALT PRICES. CDC Meredith, Reg., Cert. 2013 seed, 99% germ., 0% F.G. Very high yielder. Volume discounts. Booking for spring pickup. Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED MEREDITH. Greenshields Seeds, 306-524-2155 or 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. CERTIFIED CDC MEREDITH, Newdale, AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland, Legacy, CDC McGwire, CDC Cowboy, CDC Austenson, CDC Maverick. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377. NEW MALT VARIETY. CDC Kindersley, Reg., Cert., early maturing, high yielder. Volume discounts. Booking for spring pickup. Call Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. North Battleford. Email: gregfarms@sasktel.net NEW CDC MAVERICK, Reg., Cert. 2-row feed/forage barley. Smooth-on partner to CDC Cowboy. Smooth-on for improved palatability, tall plant type with top forage/silage yield. Suitable for dry areas or low input production. Moderately resistant to SHB (good rating). Medium maturity similar to AC Metcalfe. Hickseed Ltd., Mossbank, SK. Call: 306-354-7998 or 306-229-9517.

N E W ! P O RTA B L E T R U C K S C A L E S , $19,900. Save time and money by weighing on the farm. Accurately weigh inputs and avoid overweight fines. See your near- CERTIFIED CONVENTIONAL GRAZING corn. Early maturing, leafier for increased est Flaman location or 1-888-435-2626. grazing yield. For ruminant livestock inELIAS SCALES MFG., several different cluding cattle, sheep, bison as well wildlife ways to weigh bales and livestock; Plat- fo o d p l o t s . C a n a M a i z e S e e d I n c . , form scales for industrial use as well, non- 1-877-262-4046, www.canamaize.com electric, no balances or cables (no weigh like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com CERT. AAC CURRENT, ACC Raymore, Transcend. Printz Family Seed Farm, Gravelbourg, SK. 306-380-7769 306-648-3511 #1 CERTIFIED TRANSCEND durum seed, low fusarium. Call 306-831-8963, Ace Crop Care, Rosetown, SK. CERT. AC STRONGFIELD durum. Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822.

CHIN RIDGE SEEDS, Taber, AB Certified Durum Available: AC® Transcend, AC® Strongfield, and AAC Raymore. High Germ, 0% Fusarium. Other certified cereal & pulse seed available. 1-800-563-7333 or www.chinridge.com REG., CERT. TRANSCEND, AAC Raymore, Kyle, good germ. and disease. Palmier Seed Farms 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net

FDN., REG., CERT., CDC Austenson, CDC Cowboy, CDC Maverick, AC Ranger. Excellent quality. Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415.

CERTIFIED CS CAMDEN; Cert. CDC Morrison; Cert. Triactor; Cert. Souris, exc. quality. Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERTIFIED SEABISCUIT. Ph Greenshields Seeds, Semans, SK., 306-524-2155 or 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336. CDC BOYER, CERTIFIED #1, 0% gram., 99% germ., 98% vigor, very plump, early maturity, good for straight cuts. Stoll’s Seed Barn Ltd., Delisle, SK. 306-493-7409. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC Morgan and Souris oats. 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK.

CERTIFIED CDC MEREDITH; Cert. CDC Copeland; Cert. AC Metcalfe, excellent q u a l i t y. N o r t h l a n d S e e d s I n c . , OATS, CERT. CDC Orrin, CDC Haymaker. 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. Berscheid Bros Seeds 306-368-2602, Lake CERTIFIED CDC AUSTENSON. Tilley, AB., Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net 403-633-9999. www.fabianseedfarms.com CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett. Fenton CERT. COPELAND, MEREDITH, 2013 crop, Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438. high germ., 100% pure to variety. Contact CERTIFIED CDC DANCER, Triactor, Souris, Sandercock Seed Farm 306-334-2958, Bal- high germ. Available at Seed Source, carres, SK. 306-323-4402, Archerwill, SK. CERT., REG. CDC AUSTENSON. Palmier 0.0% FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM, high Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK. 306-472-7824. quality 2013 crop, high germ., Cert. #1 moe.anita@sasktel.net Souris, CDC Orrin, and Leggett. Frederick Seeds 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CHIN RIDGE SEEDS, Taber, AB BUYING OATS, all qualities, farm pickup. Naber Specialty Grains 1-877-752-4115, Certified Malt Barley Available: Melfort, SK. nsgl@sasktel.net AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland, and CDC FDN., REG., CERT., Leggett, Souris, CDC Haymaker (forage) Excellent quality. Ardell Meredith. High Germ, 0% Fusarium. Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. Other certified cereal & pulse seed available. CERTIFIED AC MORGAN, CDC Minstrel. 1-800-563-7333 or www.chinridge.com Va n B u rc k S e e d s , S t a r C i t y, S K ., 306-863-4377. BARLEY, FDN, REG and/or Cert: AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland, CDC Meredith, CDC Kindersley, and Legacy. Berscheid Bros Seeds 306-368-2602, Lake Lenore, SK. CERT SUNRAY TRITICALE. 403-633-9999, kb.berscheid@sasktel.net Tilley, AB. www.fabianseedfarms.com CERT. CDC MEREDITH barley, 0% fusurium and gram. Call 306-741-0475, Pambrun, SK. Email: foc@sasktel.net CERT. #1 CDC Utmost, Shaw and Vesper. FDN., REG., CERT. CDC Austenson high CWRS midge tolerant varieties, 2013 seed. yielding. Call Ennis Seeds, Glenavon, SK., Volume and cash discount. Jeff at Sopatyk Seed Farms 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. 306-429-2793. email: jeffsopatyk@me.com CERTIFIED BENTLEY, HIGH germination, low fusarium gram., available at Seed CERTIFIED #1 PASTEUR general purpose wheat, 2013 seed. Volume and cash disSource, 306-323-4402, Archerwill, SK. counts. Jeff 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. CERTIFIED, CONLON FEED barley. High germ, 0% gram. Early order/large order CERTIFIED PASTEUR AND Shaw for sale, discounts. Visa, MC, FCC financing. low fusarium. G&R Seeds. 306-239-2071, Olser, SK. robin.garry@sasktel.net 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca

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REG., CERTIFIED CDC Utmost VB, Unity/ Waskada VB, Lillian, Waskada, Goodeve, good disease and germ. Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CARDALE, Carberry, Harvest, CDC Utmost, and Glenn. Excellent quality. 2013 and 2014 crop available. Triple S Seeds Ltd., Grandview, MB, 204-546-2590.

WHEAT, FDN, REG. and/or Cert: AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB, AAC Brandon, CDC Plentiful. Berscheid Bros Seeds Lake Lenore, SK. 306-368-2602, kb.berscheid@sasktel.net

CERTIFIED SLENDER WHEATGRASS, Carlton Smooth Brome, Climax Timothy, Fleet Meadow Brome. Check for many other grasses. Price list available. Free delivery! Pasture and hay blends. Phone or email: Rose Acres Ltd., 306-863-2900, Star WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA CERT. new Birch CDC Plentiful, Carberry, CDC Utmost VB, City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net AC Shaw, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK.

CDC SORREL, CERT. large brown seed good germ., low disease, Taking orders for Spring pickup. Vol. discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516, North Battleford, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Bethune, CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo New. 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK.

0.0% FUSARIUM GRAM., top quality 2013 crop, high germ., Cert. #1 Conquer VB, AC Andrew, Harvest, CDC Utmost VB, Pasteur, Muchmore, CDC Plentiful. Call Frederick Seeds 306-287-3977, Watson SK CERT. CARBERRY, fusarium tolerant; 2013 Cert Shaw- AC Domain VB, midge tolerant. Ennis Seeds 306-429-2793, Glenavon, SK. REGISTERED, CERTIFIED SADASH, 0% fusarium, 98% germ. Call 780-808-3282, Paradise Valley, AB. CERT. STETTLER WHEAT seed, cleaned, 96% germ., 0% fusarium. 250-843-7359, 250-782-0220, Dawson Creek, BC.

CERTIFIED WASKADA, UNITY VB, Lillian wheat. Call Shewchuk Seeds 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK., www.shewchukseeds.com

CERTIFIED CDC GLAS - Reconstituted Flax, Call Shewchuk Seeds 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK., www.shewchukseeds.com

CERTIFIED WHEAT- WEBSTER Seed HYBRID CERT. CANOLA Canterra 1990 RR, Farm. Cardale, Glenn, Kernen, Pasteur. Dekalb and Liberty Link varieties avail. at Wholesale pricing available. 306-645-4386, Seed Source 306-323-4402, Archerwill, SK Moosomin, SK. www.websterseedfarm.ca

CERTIFIED STETTLER hard red, 94% germ.; Cert. FOREMOST CP, 99% germ. Call 780-674-1240, Barrhead, AB. AC ENCHANT VB, New CPS Red, AC Conquer VB, midge tolerant, high germ, 0% fusarium Gram. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. CERTIFIED SHAW-AC Domain VB, AC CERT. VESPER/ WASCADA midge resist- Unity-Waskada VB, Cardale, Andrew. High ant, Carberry, AAC Brandon. Greenshields germ, 0% gram. Early order/large order S e e d s L t d . C a l l 3 0 6 - 5 2 4 - 2 1 5 5 o r discounts. Visa, MC, FCC financing. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK REGISTERED, CERTIFIED CDC Plentiful, PREMIUM WHEAT! AC Vesper VB, fdn. CDC Utmost VB, Lillian. Craswell Seeds and cert., 0% fus., 98% germ., large seed, Ltd., Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236. top yielder. Ready for pick-up! Nakonechny Seeds, 306-932-4409 Ruthilda SK EXCELLENT QUALITY CERT. #1 Cardale, Vesper VB, Goodeve VB, CDC Utmost VB. FDN., REG., CERT., CDC Utmost VB, Vesper VB, Conquer VB, Cardale, AAC Brandon. Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438. Excellent quality. Ardell Seeds Ltd. VanCERT. #1 CONQUER, VB (CPS Red, midge scoy, SK., 306-668-4415. tolerant), 98% germ., 0% disease. Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. CERT. CARDALE, 97% germ., low fuzz; Vesper, 2013 crop, 97% germ. Call CERT. CDC UTMOST, Carberry, Cardale, Cert. Seed Farm 306-334-2958, BalPasteur, AC Harvest, CDC Plentiful, AAC Sandercock carres, SK. Redwater, AAC Proclaim. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377. CERTIFIED UNITY VB and Carberry wheat, fusarium and gram. 306-741-0475, #1 CERTIFIED MUCH More Hard Red 0% Spring Wheat, low fusarium. Call Ace Crop Pambrun, SK. Email: foc@sasktel.net Care, 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. LESS FUSARIUM MORE bottom line. Wheat WFT603 seed available. Suitable CERTIFIED CDC PLENTIFUL NEW HRS, GP ethanol production and livestock feed. C D C U t m o s t V B , h i g h g e r m . C a l l for Western Feed Grain Development Co-op 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Ltd. 1-877-250-1552, www.wfgd.ca CERTIFIED HRS CARDALE, AC Shaw VB, AC Goodeve VB, CDC Utmost VB, CPS Con- CERTIFIED AC ANDREW SOFT WHITE quer VB, high germ. low fusarium gram. WHEAT, high germ, 0% fusarium Gram. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Seed Source, 306-323-4402, Archerwill SK CARBERRY HRS WHEAT, Reg., Cert., 0% F. G., semi dwarf, strong straw, good rating to F. G., volume discounts. Booking for spring pickup. Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516, North Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CARDALE HRSW, 100% germ., 0.0% fusarium. 403-633-9999, Tilley, AB. www.fabianseedfarms.com CERT. CARBERRY, 0% fusarium, 98% germ. Printz Family Seed Farm, Gravelbourg, SK. 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511.

CDC Utmost VB • High yielding (110–112% of check) • Wheat midge tolerant • Early maturing CWRS wheat • Strong straw & great colour retention

*See your local participating FP Genetics retailer for details Craswell Seeds Ltd. Strasbourg, SK 306-725-3236

MANITOBA

Danielson Seeds Inc. Norquay, SK 306-594-2173

J.S. Henry & Son Ltd. Oak River, MB 204-566-2422

Fedoruk Seeds Ltd. Kamsack, SK 306-542-4235

Knight Seeds Hamiota, MB 204-764-2450

Fenton Seeds Tisdale, SK 306-873-5438

Swan Valley Seeds Ltd. Swan River, MB 204-734-2526

Frederick Seeds Watson, SK 306-287-3977

SASKATCHEWAN

Herle Seed Farm Wilkie, SK 306-843-2934

Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK 306-668-4415

J.W. Shwaga Agra Inc. Wroxton, SK 306-742-4590

B4 Seeds Melfort, SK 306-752-2108

Lakeside Seeds Wynyard, SK 306-554-2078

Buziak Seed Farm Mayfair, SK 306-445-6556

McCarthy Seed Farm Ltd. Corning, SK 306-224-4848

Cay Seeds Ltd. Kinistino, SK 306-864-3696 Charabin Seed Farm Ltd. North Battleford, SK 306-445-2939

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Northeastern Seed Co. Ltd. Yorkton, SK 306-783-6518 Ostaﬁe’s Seed Farm Ltd. Canora, SK 306-563-6244

Palmier Seed Farm Laﬂeche, SK 306-472-3722 Reisner Farm Ltd. Limerick, SK 306-263-2139 Rolo Farms Ltd. Regina, SK 306-543-5052 Seed Source Inc. Archerwill, SK 306-323-4402 Simpson Seed Ltd. Moose Jaw, SK 1-877-252-9431 Smith Seeds Limerick, SK 306-263-4944

BUYING BROWN FLAX farm pickup. Call 1-877-752-4115, Naber Specialty Grains Ltd. Email: nsgl@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC SNOWDROP Fababean High germ., low disease. Call Jeff, Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. CERT. AND REG. yellow pea variety CDC Amarillo, CDC Meadow and CDC Saffron. Volume and cash discounts. Jeff Sopatyk CERTIFIED MCLEOD R2Y, TH33003R2Y, Seed Farms at 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, short season Soybeans. Early order/large SK. jeffsopatyk@me.com order discounts. Visa, MC, FCC financing. CERTIFIED LIMERICK GREEN peas. Call 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca Jeff, Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. Email: jeffsopatyk@me.com CERT. CDC ORION Kabuli chickpea. Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822. CERT. CDC ORION chickpea, no disease. Fox Family Farm, Myles, 306-648-8337, 306- 648-2800, Gravelbourg, SK.

Com e s ee us a tM B A g Da ys . HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Dekalb, Rugby, Cafe. Call Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438.

jim.moen@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC SORREL flax seed. Early order/large order discounts. Visa, MC, FCC CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL Red lentils. High financing. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. g e r m , z e r o d i s e a s e . C a l l S h a u n at : LLSeeds.ca 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERT. TAURUS, CDC Sorrel. Van Burck NEW CERTIFIED CDC Greenwater large Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377. green lentil. Early order discounts. Visa, CERTIFIED AAC BRAVO, CDC Sanctuary, MC, FCC financing. Call 306-530-8433, CDC Bethune, CDC Sorrel. 306-741-0475. Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca Pambrun, SK. Email: foc@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC MAXIM, CDC Impower, CERTIFIED CDC SORREL Flax. Eskdale CDC Greenland lentils. 306-741-0475, Acres Inc., Leross, SK. 306-675-2222 or Pambrun, SK. Email: foc@sasktel.net 306-795-7493. C E RT I F I E D C D C DA Z I L CL. Hansen CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. Seeds, call 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679, Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438. Yellow Grass, SK. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net CERT. RECONSTITUTED BETHUNE, Triffed CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (extra small free, 97% germ. Contact Sandercock Seed red) Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., Farm 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. 306-873-5438.

AC Muchmore • High yielding (101–111% of check) • Semi-dwarf CWRS wheat • Short, strong straw means great standability and easy threshing • Very good resistance to leaf, stem and stripe rust and common bunt

fpgenetics.ca *See your local participating FP Genetics retailer for details Buziak Seed Farm Mayfair, SK 306-445-6556

Sopatyk Seed Farms Ltd. Saskatoon, SK 306-227-7867

True Seeds Ltd. Redwater, AB 780-777-5885

van Burck Seeds Star City, SK 306-863-4377

MANITOBA

Danielson Seeds Inc. Norquay, SK 306-594-2173

J.S. Henry & Son Ltd. Oak River, MB 204-566-2422

Fedoruk Seeds Ltd. Kamsack, SK 306-542-4235

Swan Valley Seeds Ltd. Swan River, MB 204-734-2526

Frederick Seeds Watson, SK 306-287-3977

SASKATCHEWAN

J.W. Shwaga Agra Inc. Wroxton, SK 306-742-4590

Wakeﬁeld Seeds Maidstone, SK 306-893-2984 Wylie Seed & Processing Inc. Biggar, SK 306-948-2807

Ace Seeds Supply Rosetown, SK 306-831-8963

Lakeside Seeds Wynyard, SK 306-554-2078

McCarthy Seed Farm Ltd. Corning, SK 306-224-4848 One Oak Farms Ltd. Humboldt, SK 306-682-5170 Redvers Agricultural & Supply Ltd. Redvers, SK 306-452-3443 Smith Seeds Limerick, SK 306-263-4944 Sorgard Seeds Churchbridge, SK 306-896-2236

CERTIFIED CANTATE, highest yielding variety. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, SK., 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net FDN., REGISTERED, CERT. CDC Togo. Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. BUYING CANARY SEED, farm pickup. Call 1-877-752-4115, Naber Specialty Grains Ltd. Email: nsgl@sasktel.net

BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buyer of all varieties of mustard. Call for competitive pricing. Call 204-736-3570, Brunkild, MB. CERT. ANDANTE YELLOW. Greenshields Seeds Ltd., Call 306-524-2155 or 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK WANTED: LOW GRADE Mustard! We can upgrade your low grade mustard! Can supply you with new certified Andante treated or untreated. Contact Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK.

FOUNDATION CDC MEADOW peas. Call Mastin Seeds, 403-556-2609, Olds, AB. CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK green peas, high germ, low disease. Call Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED CDC Hornet Yellow peas. High g e r m , z e r o d i s e a s e . C a l l S h a u n at : 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED CDC Amarillo, CDC Limerick. Also, CDC Imvincible, CDC Marble, IBC 550 Lentil. Excellent quality. Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. REG., CERT. CDC Limerick, Reg., Cert. Cooper, excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CDC SAFFRON, FDN. #1, high yield, good standability. Now booking! Nakonechny Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK CERTIFIED #1 CDC Meadow. Call Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438. PEAS, FDN, REG and/or Cert: CDC Limerick, CDC Raezer, CDC Saffron, CDC Amarillo, CDC Meadow. Berscheid Bros Seeds 306-368-2602, Lake Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel;net

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CERTIFIED CDC SAFFRON, high germination. Printz Family Seed Farm, Gravelbourg, SK. 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511. CERT. CDC Meadow yellow peas, CDC Patrick green. Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK. 306-472-7824. moe.anita@sasktel.net

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CERT. MEADOW, AMARILLO, Limerick. Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155 or 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK CERT. CDC SAFFRON yellow peas, high germ. and vigor. Volume discounts. Fast Seed Farm, 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. CERTIFIED CDC PATRICK green peas available at Seed Source, 306-323-4402, Archerwill, SK. GREEN IS THE COLOR. Reg. and Cert. CDC Raezer, CDC Striker, high germ, vigor, low disease. Volume discounts. Booking for spring pickup. Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC RAEZER, CDC Patrick green peas. High germ, low disease. Early order/large order discounts. Visa, MC, FCC financing. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca NEW CERT. AC EARLYSTAR early maturing yellow pea. High germ., good yield. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca CERT. CDC MEADOW and CDC Horizon peas. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377.

ALBERTA

LENTILS, CANARY AND CHICK PEAS.

Call GrainEx International Ltd. for current pricing at 306-885-2288, Sedley SK. Visit us on our website at: REG., CERT. CDC SORREL. Northland www.grainex.net Seeds Inc. call 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. FLAX, FDN, REG &/or Cert CDC Sorrel, AAC CERTIFIED CDC GREENSTAR large green Bravo. Berscheid Bros Seeds 306-368-2602, lentils. High germ, zero disease. Call Lake Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

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WANTED

CERTIFIED RE-CONSTITUTED CDC Sorrel flax available at Seed Source, 306-323-4402, Archerwill, SK.

CERT. CDC Maxim, CDC Invincible. Early booking and large order discounts. Call Jeff, Sopatyk Seed Farms 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. Email: jeffsopatyk@me.com WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Conventional CERTIFIED RED: CDC SCARLET, high Argentine canola cert. #1, Foremost Con- yielding variety. CDC IMAX CL. Printz ventional Polish canola cert. AC Synergy = Family Seed Farm, Gravelbourg, SK. Call 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511. 87 days. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. FOUNDATION, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED CDC Maxim CL, CDC Redcliff. Craswell Seeds Ltd, Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236. FDN., REG. CERTIFIED CDC Sorrel, CDC Sanctuary. AAC Bravo. Palmier Seed • CDC Greenstar (LG Lentil) Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. • CDC Amarillo (Yellow Pea) TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass moe.anita@sasktel.net seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse CERTIFIED RECON Bethune flax. Ph • CDC Leader (Large Kabuli) 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155, 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK Jim Moen, Moen Farms Ltd. CERTIFIED ALGONQUIN, RANGELANDER, Spreador 2 Alfalfa for sale. Free delivery! CERTIFIED CDC GLAS - Reconstituted new Cabri, Saskatchewan Birch Rose Acres Ltd., 306-863-2900, Star flax, top yielder prairie wide, medium seed, (306) 587-2214 City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net 91% germ, good quality, pickup. Cell: (306) 587-7452 306-441-7253, NE of Battlefords, SK.

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CERTIFIED SOYBEAN, THUNDER Seeds Soybeans: TH33003R2Y and TH35002R2Y. Both early maturing, high pod clearance. Retails across the prairies. Pick-up. Call 306-744-2332, Saltcoats, SK. kevin.elmy@friendlyacres.sk.ca www.friendlyacres.sk.ca

TILLAGE RADISH, SEE retailers across the Prairies. Other cover crop species available for Pick up. Saltcoats, SK. 306-744-2332 or 306-744-2779. www.friendlyacres.sk.ca kevin.elmy@friendlyacres.sk.ca

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WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-7325, Unity, SK.

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WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds and cereals. All organic cereals and specialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297.

HEATED CANOLA WANTED LIGHT/TOUGH FEEDGRAINS â&#x20AC;˘ OATS â&#x20AC;˘ BARLEY

NUTRASUN FOODS, CANADAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S premium flour mill, now buying conventional and organic Hard Red Spring and Hard White Wheat for milling. Call 306-751-2440 or email: info@nutrasunfoods.com NOW BUYING: WINTER Rye and Winter Triticale. Call Trawin Seeds, Melfort, SK., 306-752-4060. HARD RED SPRING wheat seed, excellent yield, very high lodging resistance, 93% germination, super clean, weed free, $9/bu., can deliver. 780-210-0800 days, 780-636-2892 eves., Andrew, AB. CLEANED COMMON OATS seed, 97% germ i n a t i o n , 9 6 % v i g o r. C a l l R i c k a t 306-237-9540, Perdue, SK.

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. CLOVERS, GRASSES, AND Alfalfa Seed for sale. Organic and conventional Red Clover, Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Alsike Clover, Meadow bromegrass, Smooth bromegrass, Timothy, Crested wheat, Slender wheatgrass, Sainfoin, Cicer Milkvetch, creeping Red Fescue. Legumes are inoculated. Pasture and hay blends mixed for free! Free delivery! Birch Rose Acres Ltd., 306-863-2900, Star City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net

COMMON YELLOW PEAS, high germ. and vigor, low disease levels. Sandercock Seed Farm 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. RED LENTIL SEED, small reds, non-herbicide tolerant, cleaned, 97% germ, approx. 600 bu. Sell all, no partial sales. 30Â˘/lb. Pick up. 306-536-5475, Regina, SK. dstrauch@accesscomm.ca

BUYING YELLOW and GREEN PEAS, all grades, farm pickup. Naber Specialty Grains Ltd., 1-877-752-4115, Melfort, SK. Email: nsgl@sasktel.net NEW YELLOW PEA Variety, up to 16% high yielding, great standability, 97% germ., 98% vigor. Call Rob 306-630-9838. RED LENTIL- 2 varieties, excellent germ. and vigor, 0% disease. Ph. Byron Blackwell, 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK.

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PASKAL CATTLE in Iron Springs area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $$$ in LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buyyour pocket and sell direct to us with no ers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Call 306-862-2723, brokerage fee. Please call 403-317-1365. Nipawin, SK.

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SEED WHEAT, APPROX. 800 bushels, low fusarium, 92% germ. Lampman, SK., call 403-318-6850.

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GRASS HAY AND grass/alfalfa round bales, dry and wrapped, starting at 2.5Â˘/lb. Lyle Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. GOOD QUALITY 3x4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; square bales, 1st and 2nd cut; Also greenfeed. Can deliver south AB. 403-633-3777, 403-363-3318 Tilley AB

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GRASS ALFALFA, 1260 lb. round bales, twine, no rain, $90/ton, near highway, Mortlach, SK. 306-355-2229. 400 ROUND BALES, Timothy, clover, fescue. 1250 lbs. avg. $60-$70/bale. Ph after 8 PM 403-845-4570, Rocky Mountain House, AB.

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145 ROUND BALES, Mix of grasses with approx 10% alfalfa. Green, no rain. 1200 lb/bale. Purchaser loads. 75 $/bale. Ask for Eric 403-681-2243, Priddis, AB.

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160 ALFALFA/BROME mix, netwrap bales for sale. 306-463-3678, Flaxcombe, SK.

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HAY FOR SALE, 1st cut Alfalfa, no rain. Pickup. 306-725-4563 or 306-725-7881, Strasbourg, SK. E-mail: marvinkelln@sasktel.net

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LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay. NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and LONG LAKE TRUCKING custom hay haulmilling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. ing, 2 units. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK.

â&#x20AC;˘ U P TO 1 000 MR. TIRE CORP. Call for all your tire GAL L O N Financing needs. Serving all of Saskatchewan. Call â&#x20AC;˘ ISO 9001 :2008 available. Mylo at 306-921-6555. Appro ved Inqu ire â&#x20AC;˘ SINGL E W AL L SQ U AR E TANK at ou r deal ers. â&#x20AC;˘ TR ANSP O R T CANAD A AP P R O V ED

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LOOKING FOR FULL and part-time farm help. Large mixed grain farm minutes south of Regina. Previous experience and 1A drivers licence required. Health and dental FARM LABOUR REQUIRED for livestock opplan available. Send resume to: eration. Grade 12, driver’s license, exp. in skfarmhelp@gmail.com 306-584-3004. driving and servicing machinery. Smoke free environment. $15/hr. Housing avail. SEASONAL FULL-TIME HELP wanted on Lyle Lumax 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB grain farm near Fort Qu’Appelle, SK. Must have Class 1A license, duties include oper- FULL-TIME POSITION ON mixed grain ating trucks/trailers, farm equipment, ser- farm. Must have experience with large vicing and general labor. Experience pre- e q u i p m e n t . H o u s i n g ava i l a b l e . C a l l ferred, but will train motivated individual. 306-436-7703, Milestone, SK. Criminal record check required. Prefer non-smoker. Wages $17-$21/hr depend- POSITION AVAILABLE, Cypress Hills, SK. ing on experience. Please fax resume with area. Background yearling grasser operathree references, criminal record check tion and cow/calf. Modern facilities and and drivers abstract to: 306-332-5682 or equipment. Good working environment. call: 306-596-5744. Class 1 preferred. Wages negotiable depending on experience. 306-295-7473. DO YOU THRIVE IN A FAST-PACED LOOKING FOR FARM EQUIPMENT operachallenging environment? Grace Hill Farms Ltd. is looking for a permanent FT tor. experience with operating large farm equipment. Needed for driving tractor with Mechanic/Maintenance Technician to join our team. 10,000 acre family-owned air seeder and driving combine at harvest times, with various jobs in between. Mecert. organic grain farm and seed cleaning operation, located in SW SASK. Grace Hill chanical skills and Class 1A license an ascomes with a well-equipped shop and ser- set. Call Rick 306-463-9441, Brock, SK. vice truck. If you are interested, we are looking for the following qualifications: HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady Responsible for conducting and ensuring job for right person. Room and board avail. all preventative maintenance is complete; 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. Repair and fix all equipment; Create and maintain parts inventory and communicate FARM EQUIPMENT OPERATORS who inventory needs with supervisor; Maintain are motivated, required near Kamsack, SK. all maintenance logs; Obey safety guide- for seeding, spraying, spring tillage. Suclines; Participate in field operations as re- cessful candidates may need to work long quired; Work well with other team mem- hours and weekends, but will be offered a bers, building and maintaining positive competitive wage. Call 306-590-8537 or working relationships; Journeyperson stat- email resume to: bcgeerts@execulink.com us an asset, equivalent experience will be considered. 1A license preferred, but not DAIRY AND GRAIN FARM requires fullrequired. We offer: Excellent compensa- time employee. Duties include milking tion package including a competitive wage cows, feeding calves, general mainteof $65,000 to $85,000 annually based on nance. Highly competitive wages. Please experience, Sundays off year-round. Bonus call 306-259-2171, Young, SK. program and subsidized modern housing! Please send resume: wefarm@gracehill.ca FARM HELP WANTED. All Canadian Grain, or fax: 306-264-3726. Call 306-264-3721 near Lafleche, SK, is looking to hire somefor more information. one for the upcoming growing season. Duties include equipment maintenance/ 3 SEASONAL FULL-TIME Farm Labourers, operation, grain hauling and other farm related to seeding, spraying and duties near Carnduff, SK. SW-S1-T1-R32-W1. 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LOOKING TO HIRE FULL-TIME EMPLOY to work on our seed farm at Semans, SK. Applicant must have a valid driver’s license, 1A would be an asset. Should be mechanically inclined and able to run modern farm equipment. Have a good attitude and willing to learn. Call Grant at 306-524-4339 home, 306-524-2155 work, 306-746-7336 cell. 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4WD tractor for harrowing. Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equipment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr. 101008187 SK Ltd., Wadena, SK. Fax or email Corey Fehr at: 306-338-3733; cfehr9860@hotail.com

FULL-TIME RANCH HAND for purebred and commercial cow/calf operation and feedlot. This is long term employment for the right person. Wages negotiable depending on experience. Must be self motivated and have the ability to work with others. 1A license and mechanical abilities an asset. Fax or email resume to: 3 0 6 - 2 6 7 - 4 5 2 6 , owe n . c @ s a s k t e l . n e t phone 306-267-4484, Coronach, SK.

PERMANENT FULL-TIME WORKER for farm/feedlot, in Moose Jaw/Regina, SK area. Must have valid driver’s license, be mechanically inclined, physically fit, and work well with others. Duties will include: penchecking, cattle processing, maintenance of farm machinery and assisting in other areas of the farm. Competitive wages and house in separate yard available. References required. Ph: 306-345-2523 or YOUCK ACRES LTD. is looking for 3 full- fax resume to Larry Hagerty 306-345-2085 time grain farm workers for 4700 acres grainland located in Strasbourg, SK. PO FULL-TIME FARM HELP wanted for Box 657, S0G 4V0. Applicant must have general labor on a large mixed farm. Housdrivers license and general knowledge in ing available. For more information call operating farm machinery. Main duties of 780-745-2540, Paradise Valley, AB. job are planting, fertilizing, detecting disease in crops, cultivating, spraying, and AARTS ACRES, 2500 sow barn near Solsharvesting crops. Winter duties are haul- girth, MB. is seeking experienced Breeding ing grain, snow removal for bin yards, and and Farrowing Technicians. The successful maintenance on machines. Employer will applicant must possess necessary skills, an train if needed. Wage $18/hr. plus bene- aptitude for the care and handling of anifits, Blue Cross, WCB. Email resume to: mals, good communication skills and ability to work as part of a highly producColin at youckacresltd@yahoo.ca tive team. Fax resume to: 204-842-3273 PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT on large grain or call 204-842-3231 for application form. farm and producer car loading business. Duties include farm machinery operation FULL-TIME POSITION on cow/calf opand maintenance in large, well equipped eration, exp. with horses, calving operatshop, loading of cars, and cleaning grain in ing, haying and feeding, equipment pre2 modern grain elevators. Modern, 4 bdrm ferred. House with utilities supplied. house in town available as part of wage 403-577-0011, Consort, AB. Send resume package. Wages starting at $20 to $25/hr. w/references to: u2dryad4@hotmail.com Class 1A an asset but willing to train. Ph. 306-264-7869, fax 306-264-5176, Kincaid, 2000 HEAD COW/CALF ranch in Northern BC., seeking Farm Boss: Must have extenSK, email: gdmfarms@xplornet.com sive farming experience, knowledge and DAIRY HERDSPERSON: WHITE Gold Dairy mechanical skills. Class 1 license an asset. Farm Ltd. is seeking 2 full-time, perm. Competitive wages and good benefits inteam players. Milking, heifer and herd cluding housing. Serious applicants call management, skidsteer work. 2 yrs dairy Jeff, Siphon Creek Ranch, 250-467-0898. exp., $20/hr. No housing. Millet, AB. Email: whitegolddairy@gmail.com 780-387-8333. FULL-TIME FARM SUPERVISOR needed on row crop farm in Southern AB. Duties: CoOPPORTUNITY FOR THE right, ambitious, ordinate and supervise general farm workmotivated rancher looking to work into a ers and harvesting labourers. Supervise partnership on a South Sask. ranch, Hous- harvest operations. Develop work scheding available. Class 1 preferred. Should ules and establish procedures. Maintain have extensive working knowledge in quality control and production records. cow/calf operations and handling, and be Perform general farm duties. Have at least mechanically inclined. Fax resumes to: 3 years experience as supervisor on potatoes farm. Have a good technical knowl306-476-2086, or heuston@xplornet.com edge of growing potatoes. Agricultural, voFLAT ROCK FARMS seeking applicants cational or college education. Wage for short term and/or long term employ- $18/hour. Email: jakegff@hotmail.com ment. Position can include: Helping on our PO Box 4304, Stn Main, Taber, AB T1G 2C7 Rolo, SK. farm; Joining our custom swathing crew; And/or operating transport trucks. Visit: www.goswath.com to apply or call: 306-776-2510. Fax 306-776-2517.

FULL-TIME CATTLE CHECKING Positions. Buffalo Plains Cattle Co. has pen checking positions available for our expanding feedlot w/new facilities. Job also includes pasture work in the summer. Owned horses and tack preferred. No green horses allowed. Competitive salary a n d g r o u p b e n e fi t s . F a x r e s u m e t o 306-638-3150, or for more info. ph Kristen RANCH HAND/COWBOY WANTED! 850 at 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK. cow/calf operation in the northern interior of BC looking for experienced hand. The PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION on candidate must have experience feeding, cattle and hay ranch, near Merritt, BC. In- calving, doctoring, pasture riding, roping volves: Calving; Range riding: Hay and si- etc, be a team player, and mechanical skills lage crops: Feeding and machinery opera- are a great asset. This is not a position for tion. Experience necessary. Great career an inexperienced hand. Competitive wages. opportunity for a young motivated person Phone 250-709-8625. interested in all aspects of ranching. Opportunity for advancement. Housing and NEEDED: FARM HELP, Chore Boy, Camp benefits included. Please send resume to: Cook and Assistant, Guides and Packers info@ranchland.ca or fax to 250-378-4956 for the summer. If interested please call WOULD YOU BE interested in working full- 403-762-5454, Banff, AB. time on a working ranch? We are looking FARMING CAREER IN northern Alberta. for someone who has a farm/ranch back- Join us at Big River Farms. Looking for a ground. We use horses, but not all the full-time person passionate about agricultime. Some mechanical skills would be ture and willing to learn. Must be able to beneficial. We use and operate some problem solve, have a positive attitude equipment. Experience with baling, load- and be self motivated. Will be involved in ers and a feed wagon would be useful. We all aspects of our operation from running are located north of Lloydminster, AB. and the latest in farming equipment to general housing is a possibility. Health Care Plan is farm work. Agric. experience an asset but available after 3 months. We pay by the willing to train the right person. Mechanic, hour. Every 2nd weekend off (excluding welding, and carpenter skills considered busy times). Please call, phone or email assets, also Class 1 driver’s, experience with your resume, including work refer- with chemical or leaf cutter bees. Housing ences plus a driver’s abstract. Hill 70 available. Weekends and evenings off exQuantock Ranch, Bill and Sherry Creech, cept during seeding, spraying, and harvest. 7 8 0 - 8 7 5 - 8 7 9 4 , 7 8 0 - 8 7 1 - 4 9 4 7 , f a x Please email resume and expected wages 780-875-8332, info@hill70quantock.com to dannyf@live.ca or call 780-841-1496, Fort Vermilion, AB. LOOKING FOR RANCH Hand for bison farm in Taylor, BC. Full-time/year-round work. FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. Wage $15.00/hr. (starting) and housing Applicants should have previous farm exincluded - negotiable. Email resume: perience and mechanical ability. Duties d.grabher1@hotmail.com 250-261-8586. incl. operation of machinery, including tractors, truck driving and other farm LARGE GRAIN FARMING ENTERPRISE equipment, as well as general farm laborer requires employee to operate farm equip- duties. $12-$18/hr. depending on experiment and do general farm work. Preferably e n c e . C o n t a c t W a d e F e l a n d a t 1A license and mechanically inclined. This 701-263-1300, Antler, North Dakota. is a full-time position. Wages negotiable depending on abilities and experience. FARM LABOURER, FULL-TIME or seasonal. Email/fax resume to: owen.c@sasktel.net Must be able to operate and maintain 306-267-4526, phone 306-267-4484. large farm machinery, air drill, high clearance sprayer, combines, large tractors, tandem and semi trucks. Must have valid drivers license, computer knowledge, mechanical skills and physically fit. Wage $15-$25/hr. depending upon experience. Housing available. Apply to: Oberle Farms Ltd. c/o Wayne, Box 615, Shaunavon, SK. S0N 2M0. Email: woberle@yourlink.ca Ph large mixed farming and ranching 306-297-2095 or Wayne, 306-297-7996.

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Westwood Land & Cattle Ltd. is a operation located at Moosomin, SK. We are currently seeking aggressive experienced individuals for both seasonal and full-time positions. • applicants must have definite calving and/or livestock experience. • must have valid driver’s licence (Class 1A a definite asset) • must be reliable and willing to work long hours and weekends. • Excellent paying short term position, possibility of long term employment. Please submit resume or contact: Kevin Woods • 306-435-7313 (cell); 306-435-4833 (fax) k.woods2@rfnow.com

FARM SUPERVISOR, ORGANIC Farm job requirements: Minimum experience of 3 years in the arena of farm management and administration. The candidate must be an exc. communicator. Good documentation and analytical skills using basic software packages. An innovative bend of mind to strategize the growth of the farm business of the particular concern. Commitment to organic farming a big advantage understanding equipment used. Education requirement: A bachelor's degree in any of the subjects in the science stream, preferable with a first class honors or equivalent experience. Masters in farm-business and administration would work highly in favour of the candidate. A certified diploma in training in farm management is a plus point. Company and details : Cleator Organic Farms, 11 miles from Wynyard, Sask. Grain farm, 2800 acres with 7.5 miles of 5 row shelterbelt and small woods and sloughs. Type of farm operation: heritage organic grains and industrial hemp (Licensed by Health Canada) and pulses, fruit and berry orchard (40 acres to be planted this year, tree planters are hired) and alfalfa. OCIA International certified organic farm (producer and processor) www.cleator-organic-farms.com Employer contact info: Iain Cleator, 2036 Acadia Road, Vancouver, BC. V6T 1R5. Email: cleator@mail.ubc.ca Telephone: 604-228-1889 Description: Title: Farm Supervisor (NOC: 8252) Job Types: Regular Job Terms of Employment: Permanent, fulltime salary: $28 hourly, 40 hours per week. Bonus $100 to $10,000 P/A with set benchmarks. 3 bdrm renovated house on the farm at low rent. Holidays: 15 working days per year to begin with, not at seasonal peaks. (planting, harvest, field inspection). Language(s) required: English. Anticipated start date (at the latest in 3 months): ASAP. Driver's licence - specify type. Type of equipment swather or combine, vegetable or fruit harvester (in 3 years). Tractor, truck, seed drill, bulk handling system, storage and grain cleaning and dehulling. Modern hopper bottom bins and pneumatic loading equipment for containers/B-trains. Job Duties Specific Skills: Manage overall operation of farm, hire and supervise seasonal farm workers, continue marketing programs. Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings. Work conditions and physical capabilities: Work under pressure, physically demanding, manual dexterity, attention to detail. Essential Skills: Computer literacy, working with others, problem solving, finding info., completing reporting forms for certification, job task planning and organizing. Other: Extensive farming experience required; fully capable of operating all equipment related to grain farming. www.cleator-organic -farms. Phone 604-228-1889.

WANTED: SEASONAL WORKER for general farm duties. Require clean driving record in Class 5. Anyone with a 1A is given preference. 1 to 2 years experience required. Duties to include but not limited to: seeding, spraying and harvesting crops, service machinery (including in-field repairs). Must be reliable and work long hours during busy season. April 1 to Dec. 31, 2015. Non-smoker please. Send resume to: Box 5002, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4. RELIABLE FARM LABOURER required for seasonal work on grain farm near Plenty, SK. Valid driver's license and demonstrated experience with large-scale farm equipment required. 306-955-7112, email to: olsonlaw@sasktel.net FULL-TIME RANCH HAND required on large, progressive cow/calf operation near Williams Lake, BC. Previous farming and cattle experience preferred, but willing to train the right individual. Valid driver's license required. Newer fleet JD equipment. Single or family housing provided. Position available immediately. Please fax resume to 250-989-4244 or email to: springfieldranchltd@gmail.com 250-989-4281.

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE NEEDED for grain farm at Milden, SK. Experience operating large equipment. Class 1A an asset. Must be able to work well with others. Email resume to: jensen@yourlink.ca or call Graham: 306-935-4523, 306-831-7514. ASSISTANT CROP FARM Manager. CP Farms Ltd. is looking to fill a full-time, permanent position on our 2000 acre row crop farm, close to Taber, AB. Wages $4200/month. Agricultural university, drivers licence, chemical application certificate, min. 1 year experience. Box 417, Barnwell, AB. T0K 0B0. 403-223-5475. IMPERIAL HUNTER HOTEL, Bassano, AB. requires Working Manager and hotel tavern staff, Must be experienced. Accommodation avail. Ph Bruce 403-837-2343.

EAGLE CREEK REGIONAL PARK- May 1 to Sept. 30, 2015 requires maintenance persons and office staff. Duties include grass cutting, cleaning of washrooms and park entrance. Couples welcome. Management FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT available on training available. Ph. 306-230-4221. Send large mixed farm and cattle operation, resumes to: Box 182, Asquith, SK, S0K 0J0 near Lafleche, SK. Ability to operate and maintain newer large farm and cattle equipment. Also willing to work with and EXPERIENCED PASTURE RIDER wanted. feed cattle. Class 1A an asset. Opportunity Onefour Grazing Association is seeking a to get into cattle for right person. Housing qualified pasture rider for the 2015 grazing available. Wages based on experience. Ph. season commencing April through to Octo306-642-7801, fax 306-472-3272, e-mail: ber, near Manyberries, Alberta. For details please call: 403-344-2588, 403-421-0247. renesagsprayltd@hotmail.com

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Plea se Fo rw a rd Resu m es to M a rc a t G ra tto n Co u lee Agri Pa rts Ltd ., B o x 4 1,Irm a ,AB T0B 2H 0 o r S en d Fa x to 780-75 4 -2333. DITCHING FOREMAN REQUIRED for family grain farm in Spirit River, AB. We are looking for a reliable, creative, safety conscious individual who will be able to develop and implement an extensive drainage program. The applicant should have exp. with Trimble Water Management and Case IH GPS technology. Experience reading 3D topographical maps, and importing water management prescriptions. Must be able to train others, and communicate effectively within a team environment. Successful applicant should have Farm Management training, as well as basic welding and mechanical experience. Compensation is $35/hr., there is housing available. Please send resume with refs. to: cissellfarms@xplornet.com Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. ALKALI LAKE RANCH - Caretaker Position ideally suited to semi-retired couple with ranch experience to look after beautiful 14 bdrm. house located at the home ranch approx. 40 minutes south west of Williams Lake, BC. Should be willing to operate small B&B operation during summer months. Full or part-time work also available on the ranch. Housing provided in self-contained 2 bedroom unit top floor of building. If interested please email resumes to pbraig@douglaslake.com No phone calls please. www.douglaslake.com FARM MECHANIC: Small feedlot and grain operation looking for a mechanic for repair and maintenance on farm equipment and trucks. Ticket not required, but experience is. Applicant could run equip. in busy time of year, but not a requirement. New shop, competitive wages, WMC, benefit package, housing available. Farm located near Stony Plain, AB., 45 minutes We s t o f E d m o n t o n . F a x r e s u m e t o : 780-968-0681, dercamfarms@gmail.com FARM WORKER: FULL-TIME hired hand required on mixed cow/calf/grain farm (in North Central Alberta). Accommodations and utilities supplied. Wages negotiable. 780-786-2903. HUNTING GUIDES AND Waterfowl Spotters Needed. Wage negotiable. Will train. April - May and Sept. - Nov. Driver’s license and own vehicle required. Age, sex and physical abilities not important. Spotters locate hunt-able populations of ducks and geese and get landowner permission. Call 605-578-1222, Sask, South of Regina.

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FULL TIME JOURNEYMAN or 3RD YEAR HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC. Full benefit package. Competitive wages. Regular schedule. Steel View is a rapidly expanding Oilfield Trucking Company with branches in Chauvin AB. and Macklin SK. Position will be based out of Chauvin AB. Please email resumes to

john@stlview.ca ASSISTANT HUNTING GUIDE in NE BC: Scoop Lake Outfitters is hiring a seasonal experienced hunting guide. Applicant must have the following: Experience hunting sheep and elk, fencing, all appropriate wilderness skills, cleanliness and good communication. Camp is 100 air miles SE of the YT. R & B is provided. Salary starts at $5500 Seasonal position runs Apr -Oct 250-491-1885, www.scooplake.com RANCH HAND NEEDED. Seeking ranch hand to calve out 350 head of cattle starting March 1 - April 30. Employment could be extended. Must have cattle handling experience. Accommodations provided. Wages depend on experience. Ranch located 25 min. north of Lloydminster. Please contact Ryan Noble for inquiries, 306-839-7949.

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EQUIPMENT OPERATOR/ Maintenance Worker. The RM of Chaplin #164 invites applications for Equipment Operator/ Maintenance Worker to commence spring 2015. Must have a valid driver’s license; PME Certifiable and comply with Employee Policies. Please provide resume with expected salary, 2 work related references and availability. Fax 306-395-2767 Email rm164@sasktel.net Thank you to all that apply, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. More info call the RM Office at 306-395-2244, Chaplin SK SEASONAL APIARY WORKERS, 4 positions available, located 10 miles east of Saskatoon on Hwy. 5, must have transportation to work site and driver's license. Hive maintenance, harvesting, and extraction of honey. Queen rearing experience a great asset, general apiary maintenance, equipment and repair. Must be physically fit and be able to lift heavy boxes. Be available to work long hours, evenings, holidays, and weekends. $13/hr., minimum 40 hours a week. Email: a.j.robertson@sasktel.net

ASSISTANT FARM MANAGER: Pawluk Ag Ventures Ltd. of Birtle, MB is currently seeking candidates for the full-time position of Assistant Farm Manager. Successful candidate will be responsible for: Performing all major farming operations (seeding, spraying, and harvesting) with attention to detail. Understand and be able to fluently operate John Deere AMS software or comparable, as well as be mechanically inclined. Interested applicants send resume to: mpawluk@mts.net 204-773-6655. LOOKING FOR MANAGER to open a newly renovated 140 seat restaurant in Medicine Hat, AB. Ideal for qualified couple. Please fax 403-526-7538.

GENERAL MANAGER: TO manage a retail store with grocery, hardware and gas pump. Also will oversee a 1500 hive honey bee operation. 306-277-2042.

ASSISTANT POTATO FARM Manager. We have a full-time opportunity on our 400 acre seed and fresh operation situated near Edmonton, Alberta. Experience in the potato industry is a requirement. Wage based on qualifications. Contact us for a more detailed role description. 780-975-1518.

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3 FARM MANAGERS required immediately for a family owned grain operation in Alberta. We currently have opportunities in Carstairs, Beiseker and Spirit River. We are looking for reliable, creative, safety conscious individuals that will be able to manage the daily operations of these farms. The successful applicants must be experienced w/modern farm equipment and practices, have agronomy training and management experience. Other duties shall include hiring and training of seasonal employees and performing on-field operations. Farm Management training and experience required. These are full-time permanent positions. Compensation is $25/hr. and housing is avail. Please send r e s u m e w i t h r e fe r e n c e s t o : c i s s e l l farms@xplornet.com. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

ofEd m on ton , Alb erta is cu rren tly lookin g for RM OF LOREBURN No. 254 is seeking: 2 Seasonal Mower Operators. The Rural Municipality of Loreburn No. 254 invites applications for the position of 2 Seasonal Mower Operators for the upcoming season. Eligible applicants will have a valid driver license, basic mechanical aptitude and be able to work alone under supervision. The RM will train the right individual. Salary will be negotiable depending on experience; as well the RM offers excellent health and dental benefits, short and long term disability and a pension plan. Please submit resumes with salary expectations, 3 references and driver’s abstract by Wednesday, March 11 to: RM of Loreburn No. 254, Box 40, Loreburn, SK. S0H 2S0, Phone: 306-644-2022, Fax: 306-644-2064, E-mail: rm254@sasktel.net FULL-TIME SEASONAL POSITIONS available at Wendell Honey, 1 mile east of MacNutt, SK. Transportation provided from there to various bee yards. 12 Apairy Technicians required from April 13 to mid Oct., 2015. Duties: Help with Spring check, hive assessment and manipulation; pest and disease control; grafting, making nucs and raising queens; assemble equipment; super hives; harvest honey; keep field production records; maintain bee yards; Fall feeding, assessment and treatments; wrap bees. Experience with bees necessary. Work is physically demanding. Wages $15-$19/hour depending on experience. Possible production bonus; 12 Apairy Workers required May 18 to mid Oct. 2015. Duties: Assemble equipment; help super hives; harvest honey; maintain bee yards; Fall feeding and wrap bees. No experience required. Wage $11-$15/hour depending on experience. Possible production bonus. Email Isabel Wendell at isy@wendell.ca fax resume 204-564-2568, phone 204-937-7767 or mail: 3012352 Manitoba Ltd. c/o Wendell Honey, Box 1439, Roblin, MB. R0L 1P0.

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SALES AGRONOMIST. The Co-operative Retailing System (CRS) is a unique, multibillion dollar organization based on the fundamental principles of co-operation. It is comprised of a network of approximately 250 autonomous retail Co-operatives across Western Canada along with their branch operations, and Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL). FCL is the wholesaling/manufacturing arm of the CRS, which provides the retail co-ops with a range of products and services. Palliser Plains Co-operative Association Limited presently serves the Saskatchewan communities of Craik, Tugaske, Central Butte, and Shamrock. Palliser Plain Co-op is committed to community growth and development locally investing $2.4 million in 2014. Accelerated company growth has prompted the recruitment of a Sales Agronomist. The successful applicant for Sales Agronomist will be responsible for: Providing agronomic information and recommendations to local area farmers and ranchers; Planning and conducting product information seminars and field demonstrations; Working directly with product supplier representatives to meet sales targets; Execute chemical warehouse management (including the lifting of 50 lbs); Providing field scouting services in annual crop and perennial forage systems; Sales and service of crop protection products, agricultural equipment, and livestock nutrition and feed; Promoting the CO-OP and CO-OP AGTEAM brands; Other duties as assigned. Applicants that have a strong agricultural background including a post-secondary diploma or degree in agriculture science or agricultural business will be strongly considered. Applicants should possess excellent communication, customer service, and organizational skills. Applicants with Professional Agrologists (PAg.) or Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) designations (or the ability to achieve them) will also be strongly considered. Palliser Plains Co-op offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefit package, and excellent opportunities for advancement within the org a n i z a t i o n . We a r e c o m m i t t e d t o developing our staff through extensive training programs in house, within the agricultural industry, and with our partners at FCL. The successful candidate will promote our brand and services from our modern crop protection facilities located in Central Butte and Shamrock. Please submit resume and cover letter to: Box 100, Tugaske, SK., S0H 4B0. For more information please contact: Drew Fowler PAg., Crop Protection Division Manager, email: d.fowler@palliserplainscoop.ca 306-759-7888, www.palliserplainscoop.ca

AG MECHANIC AND PARTS person required for a Versatile/Massey Ferguson dealership, located 35 mins from Saskatoon, SK. Offering health plan and newer shop. Full service community with K-12 school and daycare. Wages based on experience. Fax resume to: 306-237-4466 or email: scott@camdonmotors.com 4 HEAVY EQUIPMENT Operators needed. Full-time year-round work in Saskatoon. $23-$27/hr. to start depending on experience plus benefits: disability, medical and dental insurance available after 3 month probation. Minimum 3 yrs of direct experience with operating heavy equipment on road/parking lot construction projects. Operates grader and skidsteer. Will also operate equipment for winter snow removal. Experience as an asphalt paver and/or screed operator is an asset. Must pass drug and alcohol screenings. Apply at Prairie Paving, 805 48th St. E., Saskatoon, SK. S7K 0X5 or fax: 306-343-0416 or email: marc@prairiepaving.ca

Combine World is hiring: BASIC MECHANIC: • Pre-1980’s equipment repair knowledge. No computer diagnosis requirements. • Dismantle and repair gearboxes, transmissions and components. • Basic mechanical, structure, electrical and hyd. Trouble shooting. • Equipment maintenance, grease jobs, oil changes, preventative maintenance. • Operate forklifts, telehandlers, FEL tractors, etc. • Lots of “nuts and bolts” practical experience. We know your time is valuable. We’ll cover $250 when you come for an interview. We pay above industry standards, provide health and pension benefits and a safe, clean workplace. Check out our job video on www.youtube.com and search

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Air pollution reduces rainfall in Central America: study The dry weather is linked to sun-dimming pollution OSLO, Norway (Reuters) — Air pollution tied to industrialization in the Northern Hemisphere almost certainly reduced rainfall over Central America, says a new study. It is new evidence that human activity can disrupt the climate. “We identify an unprecedented drying trend since 1850,” the scientists wrote in the journal Nature Geoscience after studying the rate of growth since 1550 of a stalagmite found in a cave in Belize. Stalagmites are pointed rocks formed by mineral-rich water dripping from the cavern roof. The experts from Great Britain, the United States, Switzerland and Germany said the drying in Belize “coincides with increasing aerosol emissions in the Northern Hemisphere” as the Industrial Revolution pushed up fossil fuel use. The findings indicate that growing air pollution in countries such as China and India may cause further disruption to a band of tropical rains that encircles the globe around the equator and is vital to farming, especially in Asia. The scientists linked the drying to sun-dimming pollution because the nine biggest volcanic eruptions in the Northern Hemisphere since 1550, which spewed out ash that veiled sunshine, also showed up as dry periods in the stalagmite’s growth. For example, an eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland in 1783, which has also been associated with lower water flows in the Nile, coincided with drought in Belize, they wrote. Sun-masking pollution cools the Northern Hemisphere, where most industry is based. That tends to push the Intertropical Convergence Zone , which circles the earth, south because it moves toward the warmer hemisphere, they said. However, the scientists wrote that some unknown natural variations might also provide an explanation for the drying. In a report published in 2013, a United Nations scientific panel said it was 95 percent likely that greenhouse gases were the main cause of recent global warming. Many industrialized nations have introduced clean air acts since the 1970s, meaning the world has seen a shift in pollution toward fast-growing emerging nations led by China and India. “Geographic changes in aerosol emissions should be considered when assessing potential future rainfall shifts in the tropics,” they wrote. Lead author Harriet Ridley of Durham University said colleagues had being examining Belize stalagmites for signs of drought about 1,000 years ago, often suggested as the cause of the collapse of the Mayan civilization. That study is still continuing. The Baitoushan volcano, on China’s border with North Korea, had one of the biggest eruptions in history around the year 1000, according to NASA.

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Power line need, route still questioned Alberta landowners want the province to re-evaluate the need for the line under current economic conditions BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

A power line proposed for southwestern Alberta continues to raise objections from landowners. The exact route of the $500 million AltaLink transmission line from Castle Rock Ridge to Chapel Rock has yet to be determined, but the Livingstone Landowners Group does not like any of the options. It questions whether the line is needed at all, despite an Alberta Electrical Systems Operator report that deemed the lines necessary to transmit wind turbine electrical energy into the grid. “When the needs assessment was done, there were intentions of building a lot more turbines than what are actually being built,” said landowners group president Ted Smith. AltaLink, the electrical transmission company recently bought by Berkshire Hathaway, held the second round of public consultations on proposed routes Feb. 10-11 in Cowley and Lundbreck. It introduced proposed routes in October 2014 and has since added an additional option. They involve potential routes through Burmis and Bellevue in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, as well as routing through native prairie grasslands and a wildlife corridor frequented by elk, deer and grizzly bears. “We’ve been directed by the AESO

With the economic conditions in Alberta right now, we’re cutting hospitals or not allowing the cancer hospital to be built, and trying to cut education and health, and here we are paying money for a power line that’s doubtful whether it’s going to be any benefit. TED SMITH LIVINGSTONE LANDOWNERS GROUP

to put together a facilities application to satisfy this particular request of the AESO, which is to build a link from Castle Rock Ridge to Chapel Rock,” said Peter Brodsky, manager of external communications for AltaLink. “This is an information gathering stage. We’re not making any decisions today.…This is an opportunity to look at all the alternatives we’re putting forward.” The Livingstone Landowners Group has sent a letter to Alberta premier Jim Prentice asking him to re-evaluate the need for the line and consider deferring or cancelling it. Smith said Prentice had not responded as of last week, but the letter had only recently been sent. Other parts of the Southwest Alberta Transmission Reinforcement plan have been cancelled in the past, he added. “With the economic conditions in Alberta right now, we’re cutting hospitals or not allowing the cancer hospital to be built, and trying to cut

education and health, and here we are paying money for a power line that’s doubtful whether it’s going to be any benefit,” said Smith. The power line is not government funded, but he said a government guarantee ties up public money, at least temporarily. The landowners group said some of the proposed power line routes would contravene the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan, which was approved last year after many years in development. “The SSRP very specifically says to use existing corridors. There’s only one of these proposals that does that to any great extent,” Smith said. “LLG’s position on this south route is, it does follow an existing power line and we say that’s a benefit. They could put it underground through all this development for a couple miles and then not have the people up there affected to such a great extent.” Other routes could affect native grassland and wildlife corridors in

the Porcupine Hills and the Lee Lake areas or would cross Highway 22, also known as the Cowboy Trail. Brodsky said AltaLink has undertaken a complete environmental assessment of the proposed routes, which will be factored into its eventual recommendation of a preferred and an alternate route for the line. Those recommendations will be provided to the Alberta Utilities Commission, likely this fall, after another round of community meetings, he said. The commission then has the option of accepting the recommendations, accepting them w ith changes or sending the application back to AltaLink for further work. Brodsky said the first meeting last week in Cowley drew about 120 people, whom he said were respectful, well informed and willing to give their opinions. Smith said he and the landowners group members worry that people won’t take the opportunity to provide input. “People are a little bit reluctant to put their opinions up there, and some people are really frustrated with the process and don’t want to co-operate with them, so they don’t get their opinion in,” Smith said. “And you need to. Even if you don’t agree with the process, you still have to play ball with them, or your opinion is lost.” barb.glen@producer.com

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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Jim Schmidt might not have been the most popular person in the room when he announced recently that third-party farm machinery testing has returned to North America. “Producers are barraged by a lot information about machinery and technology, with very little unbiased information,” said Schmidt of Mechanized Design. “We know the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory provides unbiased information about tractors, but what about all of the other machinery that farmers have to invest in?” Schmidt made the announcement Feb. 9 at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, which was attended by agricultural engineers, many from machinery manufacturers. “(Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute) reports are 20 years old. We all looked up to PAMI. That was respected by everyone. A loss to agriculture, but they don’t do that anymore and there is a need,” he said. “When you pay $400,000 for a combine or a sprayer, and all you can go on is company information, testimonials and surfing the internet, that’s not good enough for farmers or agriculture.” Kansas State University is starting the machinery testing program at its campus in Manhattan, Kan. “Third party verification is common in ag. In dairy, (there are) feed audits, animal treatment, energy and carbon footprint per unit of milk… Vegetables are audited,” said Joe Harner, the agricultural engineering department chair at Kansas State. “Farm equipment needs this.” Harner said his university won’t do all the work. “Some (universities) have more (experience) in forages.… We will

The crowd checks out new equipment at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Choosing machinery has been a challenge for many producers because of the lack of independent testing. Kansas State University is changing that by starting a standards testing lab for farm equipment. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO

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need partners.” However, he said the new Center for Off Road Equipment (CORE) is not being embraced by all in the industry. “It does us no good to think about lawsuits. We will go through creating protocols before we start. We will all collaborate on the testing protocols. Manufacturers will be in the room.”

A few engineers at the meeting commented about a lawsuit that pitted a Saskatchewan farm equipment manufacturer against PAMI after a 2007 report found no significant advantage for one of a pair of fertilizer placement strategies. PAMI was set up to do the same task as CORE, but the Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments decided that evaluating farm machinery was too costly and cut support. The organization continues to perform testing as well as farm machinery design and development, but it now charges manufacturers a service consulting fee and doesn’t share results with producers. CORE will charge manufacturers for the testing and make the results

public, similar to the model employed by the University of Nebraska’s Tractor Test Facility. In Europe, farmer organization DLG provides machinery testing. Ed Brokesh, an extension and engineering research specialist with Kansas State, said his university is not out to create winners and losers in this process. “CORE will give farmers confidence in their investments and will ensure that producers are getting the best technology they can get,” he said. “We won’t be looking at the equipment through red, green or yellow glasses. Ours will be purple. And that matters.” He said manufacturers are testing machinery head to head with that of competitors “and spending a lot to do

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Brillion’s Soil Pulverizer lives up to its name Company has been breaking up soil clods since the mid 1980s, but has yet to make an impression in the West BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Farmers have been bombarded with soil conservation messages since the Dirty Thirties. So, does the Brillion Soil Pulverizer go against the grain of those messages? At first glance, the obvious answer is that pulverizing clods and clumps of soil and burying residue might be the worst thing farmers can do if they want to reduce the risk of wind and water erosion. But Brillion says there is a soil managment concept few people take into account : the volume of soil and amount of nutrients locked within a clod. A hypothetical small square chunk of soil that measured exactly four inches by four inches by four inches would contain 64 cubic inches of soil. That’s approximately the combustion chamber volume of a medium size snowmobile or motorcycle, so it’s no big deal. After all, how much grain can be grown in 64 cubic inches of soil? However, farmers face a potential loss of hundreds of cubic yards of soil when looking at hundreds of thousands of these clods per acre.

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“We have to double our (food) production by 2050. Sorry, but I don’t think (crop) genetics are going to get us all the way there,” he said. “It will take the right machinery.” A major overhaul of the university’s agricultural engineering department is underway to accommodate the new lab, with strategic faculty hiring in machinery systems and precision agriculture technologies. Kansas State is developing its new manufacturer partnerships as well as those with other universities. Dan Flippo of the university said one of the promised benefits to industry is better-trained engineering graduates. Each undergrad will now have experienced three internships, having worked with the test facility, and likely will have been working with machinery suppliers during testing. “The prospects are now already snapped up (by a farm machinery manufacturer) in freshman year,” he said. “This improves things for manufacturers. It helps them get the right people.” Derrick Mullins, vice-president of operations with Mechanized Design, is working with CORE to establish testing protocols. The first are complete. “We have a valid lab test that can be impartial and accurately lab test seed meters,” he said. The test will also evaluate equipment based on a farmer’s initial

“A clod doesn’t produce anything, regardless of how good the soil is. It’s wasted soil,” said Mike Irish, a Brillion representative. “You have soil microbes in there and nutrients you’ve already paid for. If you’re going to get any value from these things, you’ve got to bust up those clods.” The Brillion factory in Brillion, Wisconsin, has been turning out a variety of Pulverizers since 1985, not many of which have shown up on the Canadian Prairies. “We sell a lot of Pulverizers over in Ontario and Quebec, in those heavy corn growing areas,” said Irish. “Not many out there in the West yet.” The Pulverizer is similar in concept to the big rollers used by farmers on the Canadian Prairies, he added. “Our wheels break up the clods, but one of the big differences is the notches we have on our steel wheels. These notches pin the residue into the soil instead of just flattening it onto the surface,” he said. “You’re close to North Dakota, so you can see that a lot of North Dakota farmers are buying the Brillion Pulverizer versus a large roller. They know a big roller doesn’t pin the corn stalks. The stalks move off the field in

investment, the speed, accuracy of operation, reliability and potential resale value, which allows for an overall “per acre” rating. Brokesh said the lab will start small, testing just key components of machines. “To take a combine out and report on the whole machine is years away yet,” he said. “Features such as turn compensation on sprayers and seeding equipment will be some first steps.… We don’t want to get ahead of the manufacturers when it comes to releasing results, but we will need to publish whatever we find.” Getting ahead of companies will be a sticking point for companies dealing with CORE. Schmidt said the group knows that intellectual property is a big part of new equipment. “We are learning, we are talking to Roger Hoy (at Nebraska State’s Tractor Test Facility) about what they do,” he said. “And we will work with the manufacturers.” An engineer from a major farm equipment manufacturer said there is always a tendency to make it into a competition whenever two things are compared. “There can be a hell of a lot more excitement in discrediting a product than saying it was pretty good at what it was expected to do or it improved things a couple of points,” said the engineer, who preferred not to be identified. Harner said the lab is in place and his team is developing a five-year cash flow and operating plan. It will begin consulting with manufacturers about intellectual property protection and the other aspects of partnership that will be required to begin analyzing machinery. Prices charged manufacturers will be standard industry consulting rates. michael.raine@producer.com

Brillion designs equipment like this specifically to break up clods of soil and make better use of nutrients. | RON LYSENG PHOTO a heavy rain or heavy wind.” Irish said the normal procedure in most regions is to run a field cultivator or disc in tandem in front of the Pulverizer, although the large 46 foot Pulverizer is usually pulled alone. Even without a cultivator, the Pulverizer knocks all the soil off a B.t. corn root ball and pushes it level with the surface. The best Pulverizer results in prairie demonstrations were obtained when pulling the machine behind a tandem disc, said Todd Botterill, a Brillion representative for the Canadian Prairies. “If you take a Brillion Pulverizer

pulled behind a tandem disc and run that setup beside a new compact disc like a Lemken, you’d be hard pressed to tell which was which,” said Botterill. “But you can buy the tandem disc along with the Pulverizer for a lot less money than the Lemken. People try to compare it to a regular land roller, but it’s a different kind of machine. A roller leaves a smooth surface that lets water run off the field and make little streams on the surface. What we’ve seen in demos is that the notches leave little divots on the soil surface. They catch the rain instead of letting it run off. It’s like little dim-

ples to catch the rain so it infiltrates the soil.” Farmers have found that the Brillion machine can plug in wet conditions with large amounts of green residue and green straw. As well, setting the scraper close enough to remove the trash may cause the steel wheel to skid. If the scraper isn’t close enough, the residue builds up on the wheel and plugs against the frame. The field trials also found that the Pulverizer is a good soil management tool but not a good residue management tool. It’s not capable of burying a lot of trash unless a cultivator has run the field first. He said a lot of U.S. farmers use it immediately after seeding to pack the soil, leave the surface dimples to catch rain water and improve seed to soil contact. Although not as heavy as the large rollers common to the Canadian Prairies, the Pulverizer will nonetheless push stones down in to the ground on fields that will be cut low. Botterill said a 44 foot Pulverizer will list for $32,634. For more information, contact Todd Botterill at 204-267-2729 or visit www.brillionfarmeq.com. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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Adjustable sprayer booms provide seeder harmony Aluminum boom’s hydraulically powered drive wheels move sections BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

FARGO, N.D. — Producers who don’t look at their sprayer as an

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of the few North American manufacturers making adjustable aluminum spray booms. He thinks some farmers don’t use the simple sizing formula when buying a new sprayer or a new boom for their existing sprayer. “ You always want to run your sprayer tracks in your (seeding unit’s) tracks,” Boyd said. “If you keep the sprayer tire track inside the planter tire track, you can run anywhere from three to five m.p.h. faster and still keep everything smooth so you don’t bounce the boom or hurt the sprayer. “You burn less fuel. You cover more acres per day. You put fewer hours on the machine. The height sensor works better. There’s less crop damage from the sprayer tires. You do an all around better job of spraying.” He said too many producers look only at spray pattern overlap and gap when matching their spraying equipment to their seeding equipment. Those numbers are critical, but buying a boom based only on that premise can lead to unnecessary investment, especially if a farmer runs two different sizes of seeding machines. The other problem with looking only at overlap and gap is that it can put the sprayer tracks outside the seeder tracks. Boyd said some farmers owned different sprayers to match their different sized pieces of seeding equipment before adjustable boom sizes were introduced. “In North Dakota they like to run 66 foot planters, so they buy my 132 foot boom. It’s not telescopic. It’s just straight 132 feet. And that works just fine,” he said. “But one of my customers up here runs a 60 foot planter and a 66 foot planter, so he bought my adjustable boom that’s 120 foot and 132 foot. Now he’s got correct coverage on every field and he’s always running in planter tracks.” Boyd said his current generation of telescopic booms is a significant departure from earlier versions. Instead of having a chain running all the way down the boom to pull it in or out, his new adjustable booms have hydraulically powered drive wheels to move the sections. “It still has its own hydraulic system, but it’s very simple now,” he said. “There are not many moving parts. Extending to full width or pulling in to the narrow width happens very quickly.” Boyd got into the aluminum boom business in 2004 after visiting the Pommier factory in France. His Texas equipment dealership was taking trade-ins with beat up 60 foot steel booms, and the used sprayers sat on his lot because potential buyers wanted booms 80 feet or bigger. “So I sought them (Pommier ) out and went over to Europe to finalize the deal,” he said. “As I got more and more into this aluminum business, I found I was

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selling a lot of 120 foot Pommier booms to the Case IH dealers. It wasn’t long at all before the supply of booms fell way short of the demand, so I had to do something.” Boyd moved into aluminum manufacturing gradually. He saw a demand for extensions on John Deere booms and started making those. Meanwhile, his engineers were making improvements to the Pommier design. “What we did was take that European boom and adapt it to North American conditions,” he said. “I had watched them spray in Europe: sandy soils, ground speed about 11 m.p.h., not much bounce or abuse on the boom. But over here, my guys run 18 or 20 or 22 m.p.h. regardless of how rough the surface might be. A boom for North America has to be more robust than one for Europe. “We all know rigidity is a bad thing in a spray boom. So we allow our aluminum to flex a little. The secret is all in the way we blend our aluminum together, our 6063t and our 5052.” Aluminum 6063t uses magnesium and silicon as the alloying elements and is weldable, can be heat treated and has good strength. The 5052 is used in a lot of manu-

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facturing because it can be easily extruded and has a smooth finish that can be anodized. Corrosion resistance is an aspect of boom longevity, and his products are covered with Armor Coat, which has a base of Magni 501 and a top coat of RIE 4010. All bushings throughout are stainless steel, including pressedin stainless steel bushings at every aluminum pivot hole. Using fluted or corrugated tubing in the bottom rails of each section of telescopic and single unit booms helps keep them light without sacrificing strength. Cross X braces form an integral part of every boom at the centre rack mounting point, and gusset plates are installed at every welded joint. “I have a customer in Benson, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Put under-used tractor on spray duty Why buy a dedicated sprayer when tractors are sitting in the shed? BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

FARGO, N.D. —More farmers are hanging tanks and booms on their tractors as an alternative to buying a sprayer. A tractor sprayer doesn’t offer the crop clearance of a high clearance sprayer, but a tractor sprayer can perform the necessary applications in low-growing crops. In taller crops, the tractor sprayer handles the first part of the season and the farmer then hires a custom sprayer for the rest of the time. Ron Boyd, inventor and owner of BoydAg in Georgetown, Texas, said starting with a good centre section is the key to making it all work. His company manufactures aluminum booms up to 150 feet wide and a universal centre rack called the Bobtail, which can be adapted to virtually any tractor three-point hitch or tanker truck. It can also be added as an upgrade to existing high clearance sprayers. “If you have trouble with the rack, it will only lead to trouble with the whole spray operation,” Boyd said. “We don’t cut any corners with our Bobtail centre section. It’s designed

The high cost of a new high clearance sprayer is pushing more farmers to the low cost alternative of a low clearance tractor sprayer. | BOYDAG PHOTO to take all the punishment a centre section will ever take in normal use.” The Bobcat has individual height control left and right. The operator can spray with one boom folded completely out while the other boom is cradled in the transit position. As well, the two sides can also run at different heights. For example, the operator can run with the boom two feet high on one side and four feet high on the other side. The rack is free-floating and self-centring. “We’re mounting many of our booms on tractor three point hitches, using several different boom carriers.”

Boyd is a strong advocate of building booms with aluminum but is hesitant to use aluminum in the Bobtail. “It would cut some weight, that’s true. European centre racks have some aluminum. I’ve been looking at it, but we abuse our machines so badly over here. I don’t know if it’s a good idea.” The Bobtail sells for US$36,000 and requires modification in some applications. For more information, contact Ron Boyd at 512-757-5862 or visit www. boydag.com. ron.lyseng@producer.com

A conveyor belt allows hoses to roll through the section without entanglement. | RON LYSENG PHOTO

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IT’S PASTURE TO PLATE AT 44 FARMS Bob McClaren knew he had good beef. He decided to prove it by processing it himself and reporting carcass grades. The plan worked. | Page 83

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NATIONAL CATTLEMEN’S BEEF ASSOCIATION CONVENTION

Beef sector in throes of major transition Improved genetics have increased productivity but the industry may need new strategies to help rebuild cow numbers BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Three decades of slow decline have forced considerable change within the entire North American cattle complex. “The North American cattle and beef industries are undergoing rapid transition,” said Pete Anderson, director of research at Midwest PMS, a cattle nutritional supplements company in Colorado. From the cow-calf to the feedlot sector, operations have left the business since the 1970s, he told the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention, which was held in San Antonio Feb. 3-7. Their reasons were little or no profitability, outside forces such as bad weather, a desire to retire and farmland lost to richer bidders interested in urban development, cropping or recreation. Cow herds have dispersed and in the last six years, 69 feedlots closed and 950,000 head worth of bunk space disappeared. Some operations converted to other purposes, such as dairy farms. “We still have over-capacity,” Anderson said. Packing plants also started closing, and 2.5 million head per year capacity has been removed. Still, overcapacity remains a problem so more may shutter. “Who gets to live one day longer than a feedyard? A packing plant,” said Anderson. Meanwhile the world is looking for more beef. “Farming and food production are no longer local industries serving local markets. All of us in the beef business and the food business are part of a global marketplace,” he said. Fewer cattle may be available, but the good news is that modern beef animals produce as much meat and milk as they did in 1975. More calves survive each year and grow larger and faster. Overall quality has also improved. In the past, high performance cattle were considered to be the heavier muscled red or yellow breeds. Better genetics led to high performance and high grading cattle without heavy birth weights. “We made such a transition in the genetic capability of our cow herd and the breeds we used. Now we have cattle of all breeds that can perform exceptionally well,” he said. “That is a relatively new thing, and it has really made a positive difference.” He thinks southern Minnesota used to have the best cattle in the business. There used to be hundreds of consistent, black hided cattle that

Charlie Flowers leads a cow and new calf from a pasture to a smaller pen on his farm west of High River, Alta. They already have 26 calves with more than 200 expected. Record prices in the past year may encourage producers to expand their herds. | MIKE STURK PHOTO

U.S. SLAUGHTER NUMBERS DOWN Total cattle slaughter in the United States has dropped by 8.7 million head since 2000. Projections indicate the total may reach its lowest point this year and then increase as current heifer retention results in calves on the ground. U.S. steer & heifer slaughter (million head)

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grew well and earned their owners money because of their ability to hit carcass specifications. Now there are hundreds of thousands of similar type cattle across the continent. “We didn’t just make them bigger, we made them better,” he said. Bigger cattle with heavier carcasses are increasingly common. Better genetics, growth hormones, beta agonists and improved feeding regimes all contributed. “Who even remembers a 600 pound carcass?” Andersen said. Weight discounts were applied when they exceeded 850 lb., but that

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is no longer the case. Most packers had a carcass weight limit of 1,000 lb. two years ago. Now that is virtually non-existent because the business wants the beef. Bigger cattle cannot compensate entirely for the losses to the industry, so the cow herd must increase to get more calves. Record prices in the last year may be the incentive needed. “We have never had this strong an economic signal to rebuild the cow herd,” he said. Corn prices are a key input and could influence decisions to expand.

“Feeder cattle will be worth a lot of money as long as corn doesn’t go to $8.” However, the cattle business is risky and capital intensive. New partners may be needed to invest. “I do not see a completely integrated model like pork or poultry have. There is more than (there) used to be, but I don’t think that is the way to manage through this,” he said. Another shift for the industry is accepting imports of lower grade beef for grinding. Anderson said the U.S. herd should continue to produce high value beef because that earns

the most money. Success means meeting customer specifications and documenting practices. Consumers may be willing to pay more for high quality beef, but in return they are going to have more influence on that product. Practices such as animal welfare, antibiotic and hormone use must be documented. “It is fair because we are asking them to pay twice as much as they did half a decade again,” he said. “They will pay a premium for stuff they like.” Another way to get more beef on the market is to work with the dairy industry. The U.S. dairy sector has 9.3 million cows, and pregnancies result in 45 percent male calves. Some are used for veal, but many end up in the fed beef sector. One consideration is to use beef bulls to produce heavier weight dairy calves to earn more money for both sectors. An overall benefit to the feeding sector is to invest in people. Labour shortages are common, and employees need incentives to stay. Corporate cattle feeding companies have already started training employees who can operate highly automated equipment develop the skills to manage a large feedlot. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Rough handling could jeopardize business Officials say training is a must to prevent poor handling of cattle at auction markets BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Rough handling of animals in public auction barns continues to be a problem, says the chair of the Livestock Marketing Council in the United States. “As an industry, we have to address this,” said John Rose of Montana, who chairs the council representing auction markets, order buyers and other livestock sales professionals. “Several sales barns in our state do a horrible job,” he said during the council’s meeting at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, which was held in San Antonio Feb. 3-7. The issue has been raised before and training has been offered to staff, but the message does not seem to be getting through. Cattle may arrive in poor condition or they are mistreated as they are assembled for sale. More sales are now watched on live video, which increases the number of people who can witness bad situations. “Is it YouTube proof? Once it goes online, it is too late,” Rose said. “People who are not in our industry, with one phone call can shut down your sales barn.” Curt Pate of Montana, who teaches stockmanship at seminars, feedlots and auction markets, said the problems are real. Codes of practice for humane handling, transportation and beef quality assurance programs exist, but they may not be enough.

Every market is different but Pate said he sees common problems, which are usually the result of employees poorly trained to deal with welfare and handling. Wild and gentle cattle may be commingled, facilities may be poorly designed or auctions move too quickly, which can result in a rodeo rather than an orderly sale. “I don’t care if it is big or small, some of these are very professional and they understand the problem and then some very big ones, they are so busy and they try to do so much they let things fall through the cracks,” he said. Some are just disorganized while others do not seem to think rough handling is a problem. Pate said he visited one auction where handlers on horseback moved the cattle and cracked a bullwhip over their heads. Some people complained and took their business elsewhere. “Different parts of North America have different standards in handling livestock,” he said. “If I go to Alberta or Montana, they really seem to get handling animals without much pressure, and that carries through in the livestock auctions right through to the ranches.” States such as California have strict regulations in place, and problems rarely occur. “It is mostly the cowboy mentality that gets us in trouble, and I’m a cowboy,” he said. “We have got to know that yelling

Many cattle auctions do a good job of handling their animals, but the chair of a U.S. livestock marketing organization says it is a problem at others. | FILE PHOTO and screaming and whacking and banging is not going to do it for us anymore.” Problems can start at the farm if animals are not well handled. They can be wild and unmanageable by the time they get to the auction, where employees can easily lose patience or may not know how to gain control.

“We need to have training for these people,” he said. Pate said he is surprised there have been no televised or online exposes about treatment of animals at auctions because they are open to the public. He said modern auctions should offer more videos of cattle, which are either produced on the farm or shot

by cameras in the pens. This is better than creating stress by running them through alleys and a sales ring, he added. “In this day and age, every animal that comes through the livestock market should not have to go through the ring,” he said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Drug to treat coccidiosis approved for use in calves The illness is common in Canadian herds BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

A drug to treat coccidiosis in calves has recently been approved for use in Canada. Baycox 5% is a Bayer HealthCare product designed to prevent clinical signs of coccidiosis and also reduce shedding of the protozoa parasites that cause and spread it. Dr. Bruce Kilmer, director of technical services and regulatory affairs for Bayer, said the orally applied treatment works against the two most prevalent species of coccidiosis found in Canada. “Research has found that it will improve weight gains,” Kilmer said. “It allows for development of a normal immune system. It prevents the clinical signs of coccidiosis, so you’re not going to see the negative, where coccidiosis can cost a producer in treatment cost or labour cost or reduced weight gains, impaired feed conversion and a greater susceptibility to diseases.” Coccidiosis is a common disease that primarily affects young calves. The parasitic protozoa multiply

internally, affecting the lining of the intestines. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, weight loss and anemia. In severe cases, there may be blood and mucus in the manure. “If you go out and look, you could find coccidiosis in calves in about 64.1 percent of the herds in Canada,” Kilmer said. “There’s been actually Canadian publications on this. And it costs producers, estimates in today’s dollars, about $23.8 million lost per year.” Early treatment can prevent clinical signs of the illness, and a single oral dose is sufficient, said Kilmer. Baycox was approved for use in piglets in 2010 and in lambs last year. It is available only through veterinary prescription. Kilmer said proper identification of the illness and determining the best time to treat are critical, and these are best determined by a veterinarian. Once treated, calves can develop a natural resistance to reinfection. barb.glen@producer.com

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50 Years of WCVM | 1965-2015 Celebrating 50 years of veterinary education, research and clinical expertise at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM).

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Dr. Robert Dunlop meets with the WCVM’s first class of veterinary students in September 1965. Photo: U of S Archives (A-4466).

When the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s first class of 33 students met for the first time in September 1965, it was the fulfilment of a dream that was decades in the making. The notion of a western Canadian veterinary college first captured the imagination of veterinarians, livestock producers, government officials and university administrators in the 1920s. But their enthusiasm evaporated once the Depression set in, and the idea was shelved until the mid-1940s when the need for more veterinarians in Western Canada became critical. The Alberta Veterinary Medical Association particularly helped to spark public debate by creating a series of radio interviews and a speakers’ bureau whose members extolled the benefits of a veterinary college during the late 1950s. Another vital development was the Western Canadian Veterinary Study Committee that produced a detailed report in 1959. Not everyone supported the idea: some believed that the Ontario Veterinary College could continue supplying future veterinarians for Western Canada at much less cost. Location was another contentious point. Provincial governments were reluctant to financially support a college based in another province, but in turn, no single province was willing to shoulder the college’s estimated $2.5-million price tag for construction. Things came to a head in May 1963. The Saskatchewan government offered to construct the college if other western provinces agreed to two conditions: building the college in Saskatoon and sharing the college’s operating costs. Saskatchewan also asked the federal government to make a substantial contribution to capital costs. In June 1963, the federal government offered to pay 25 per cent of the college’s construction costs to a maximum of $625,000. Two months later, a committee representing all four provincial universities chose the University of Saskatchewan as home base for the veterinary college. The dream of a western Canadian veterinary college was becoming a reality. Visit www.usask.ca/wcvm/fifty-years

any producers are naturally alarmed when a cow aborts a fetus. They don’t know if it is the first of many or an isolated incident. Abortions do occur normally at a relatively low rate. As many as three to five percent of cows can abort normally in a particular population. Many of them happen when the embryo is young and may appear only as a cow that is recycling or a cow that is open at pregnancy checking time. Abortions have many potential causes, and determining the cause of an abortion storm is a major diagnostic challenge for veterinarians and veterinary diagnostic pathologists. We can divide the potential causes into two main categories: non-infectious and infectious. Non-infectious causes may include genetically caused abortions because of lethal gene combinations. As well, there are several nutritional causes, most of which are associated with toxins. Ergot toxicity has been diagnosed more frequently in Western Canada and is a potential cause of abortion, even when no obvious clinical signs of ergot toxicity are occurring in the cow. Other toxins, such as mycotoxins and nitrates, have been incriminated in abortion outbreaks. Fungal abortions can occur when cows eat mouldy feed during pregnancy. Cows occasionally abort from trauma or rough handling, but this is probably rare because the calf is well protected by the amniotic fluid that surrounds it within the placenta.

cow to a diagnostic lab will increase the likelihood of a diagnosis. As well, a veterinarian might also examine some of the aborting cattle and take blood samples to help identify the cause. Saskatchewan’s agriculture ministry and Prairie Diagnostic Services carried out a project several years ago to investigate fetal losses in beef herds. They provided free testing for producers who submitted aborted calves from their herds and received almost 200 fetuses for testing. The pathologists were unable to determine a cause in 28 percent of the cases, even with complete diagnostic testing. An additional 19 percent were full-term calves that were probably stillborn with no obvious cause of death. These percentages are typical of many other studies of bovine abortions. Surprisingly, the most common infectious cause of abortion in this study was infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus. Despite being easily preventable, this disease is still causing significant reproductive losses in some herds. The study also identifies other infectious causes, including fungal infections, infections with the neospora parasite and ureaplasma infections. A percentage of the other abortions were caused by developmental abnormalities and nutritional deficiencies. Western Canadian producers are fortunate to have easy access to diagnostic labs and veterinary pathology expertise. A laboratory examination may not always reveal the cause of abortion, but it is a useful tool to rule out a variety of infectious, nutritional or developmental diseases. A local veterinarian can provide the most effective advice regarding collecting samples and requesting the appropriate diagnostic tests. John Campbell is head of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

SASKATCHEWAN CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION NEWS BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association’s fall district meeting dates will change after the membership passed a resolution at their recent annual meeting. The meetings have generally been held in late October since the organization was formed, but resolutions to change that have come to the AGM almost every year without success. This year, however, members approved moving the meetings to the first week of December to avoid the fall calf run.

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Infectious causes include familiar viruses such as infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and bovine viral diarrhea virus. They are easily controlled with appropriate vaccination programs, and every breeding female should be vaccinated. Bacterial causes include leptospirosis, brucellosis, ureaplasma, campylobacter and listeriosis. There is an effective vaccine for campylobacter, which should be considered for breeding females, especially if cows are exposed to bulls from outside herds, such as in community pastures. Brucellosis has been eliminated from the Canadian cattle herd and isn’t a major cause of abortion anymore in Canada. The importance of leptospirosis and listeriosis probably varies by geographic region and management situation. Parasites such as trichomoniasis and neospora are also potential causes. Neospora caninum is one of the most common causes of abortion in dairy cattle but is less common in beef cattle. Dogs and coyotes are the hosts for neospora, and their feces are the source of infection. These abortions can be prevented only by avoiding contamination of feed by dog and coyote feces, which can be difficult in most situations. It would be wise for producers who have identified abortions to separate aborting cows from the rest of the herd. This may help prevent the spread of infection and will also make them available for examination by a veterinarian. Aborted fetuses and placentas should be wrapped in plastic or other waterproof material and kept in a cool place until the veterinarian can send them to a diagnostic laboratory. The fetus may be significantly decomposed or have been scavenged by predators, but the placenta is typically the most important tissue to help achieve a laboratory diagnosis. Sending fresh placenta from an aborted

• A resolution to publish a list of cattle producers who request a refund of their provincial checkoff was struck from the list for discussion at the SCA meeting. The organization operates under the Agri-Food Act, which doesn’t allow such a move. • Saskatchewan cattle producers want more action from the RCMP when they report cattle thefts. Producers say cattle are worth more now and thefts are on the rise, yet RCMP members don’t always know what to do. One producer at the meeting said many detachments don’t disseminate the information. “A dedicated RCMP officer who would contact a local detachment goes a lot farther than a producer phoning his local RCMP detachment regarding a theft because RCMP officers listen to RCMP officers,” added SCA chair Bill Jameson. Murray McGillivray of Radville said there were dedicated officers in the 1970s, and producers were satisfied with the service. • Compensation for calves lost to

predators should be increased, producers say. Saskatchewan offers $400 for calves less than 300 pounds, but SCA director Arnold Balicki said that is “grossly inadequate at today’s market values.” The cost of raising a cow without earning income from its calf is about $600, according to Western Beef Development Centre research, and producers passed a resolution calling for the minimum payment to be $650. • SCA members also passed resolutions that the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association endorsed at its semi-annual meeting, including support for a livestock and forage centre of excellence at the University of Saskatchewan, more money for producers who have completed Verified Beef Program audits, and that the proceeds of any agricultural assets sold by the U of S be directed toward agricultural research. The SCA also wants continued funding of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association. karen.briere@producer.com

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TEXAS RANCH FINDS NICHE

Ranchers use processing as marketing tool Texas breeders found best way to prove the quality of their cattle was to slaughter on-farm and promote locally BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Bob McClaren thinks he has figured out a business plan that could keep his 100-year-old Texas ranch solvent for the next generation. The operation was originally a cotton farm established in 1909 by McClaren’s great-grandfather, Sherwood McClaren, but it has evolved into a large Angus seed stock provider that sells cattle across the United States at four sales a year. The operation, called 44 Farms, sold 1,295 registered Angus bulls and 600 purebred females last year. This spring it plans to offer 1,000 commercial heifers that were all bred to 44 Farms bulls. They will come with DNA data and complete vaccination information. McClaren and his sister, Janet Salazar, were telling bull buyers that their cattle were better than average and decided the best way to prove it was to process their own beef, which they started doing in 2013. “Until you see how they perform on the rail, you don’t know,” he said in an interview during the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, which was in San Antonio Feb. 3-7.

We started harvesting the culls of our seed stock program. The first harvest we had 35 head, and 38 percent were Prime and the rest were Choice. BOB MCCLAREN TEXAS RANCHER

“We started harvesting the culls of our seed stock program. The first harvest we had 35 head, and 38 percent were Prime and the rest were Choice.” The farm sent another group to slaughter and had similar results. “We figured we were on to something.” The ranch is located near Cameron, which is almost equal distances from Houston, Dallas and Austin and has a trading area of 18 million people. Ninety-five percent of their beef is sold in this region. It is dry country with no oil and gas reserves to subsidize the ranch. The family and the cattle survived a multi-year drought, in which the pastures looked as dry as a parking lot. Relief has come in the last couple years with wet winters, but springs

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Bison code development in works BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Development of a code of practice for bison is now underway. The National Farm Animal Care Council, which has completed seven livestock codes of practice and has five others in process, made the bison announcement Feb. 11. The code of practice relating to bison was last updated in 2001, according to Canadian Bison Association president Mark Silzer. He said the code is expected to provide “clear and transparent practices on accepted bison care and handling.” The codes for other livestock species list requirements and recommendations for housing, nutrition, handling and transport. The codes “serve as our national understanding of animal care requirements and recommended best practices,” said a news release

from animal care council. “They are educational tools, reference materials for regulations and the foundation for farm animal care assessment programs.” The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association will provide its perspectives as part of code development said Dr. Roy Lewis, the veterinary representative on the code committee. Jeffrey Spooner, a social scientist in the animal welfare field, has been hired as secretary for the process. Producer members include Silzer, Frank McAllister, Sharif Fahamy and Todd Dowd. The committee also includes members representing transport, animal welfare, retail and food service, processors, government and researchers. The scientific committee includes John Church, Rob McCorkell and Jayson Galbraith. Code development is expected to take several years. barb.glen@producer.com

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Feed test determines enzyme levels BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Canadian Bio-Systems Inc. of Calgary has developed a quick on-site feed test. Called FeedCheck Express, the test is said to confirm the presence and activity of enzymes in complete and pelleted feeds, according to a company news release issued Jan. 27. No additional grinding or other process-

ing of feed is required to make it work. The test involves a kit with simple instructions so anyone involved in a feed operation can apply it. Mark Peters of Canadian Bio-Systems said it is also versatile. “It is compatible with a broad range of feedstuffs and can be applied at various stages to suit the needs of each customer.” For more information, visit www. canadianbio.com.

continue to be dry. They have not had spring rain in 10 years. “If we don’t get rain from January to May, we usually don’t get it,” he said. Ranching is McClaren’s second career. His father told him to get off the farm because there was no money in it, so he worked as a lawyer in Dallas. He also became president of the Houston Astros baseball team. He started to worry about the legacy of the ranch when his grandmother died in 1990 and decided to come home. “I always loved agriculture. I loved the people. I loved the cattle. I wanted to show my dad agriculture pays,” he said. He and his sister were able to reassemble large parts of the original farm in the early 1990s and built it up

to about 3,000 acres. He now ranches full time. The farm had raised Hereford and Brahman cattle in the 1950s and 1960s, but McClaren introduced Angus in the mid-1990s. “A lot of people were afraid of Angus cattle in Texas, saying it was too hot,” he said. “We have shown that is not true.” He said every decision he had made since he returned to the ranch was based on research and past experience. The family sold its first orders of frozen beef online and shipped them to customers by UPS in 2013. Their next initiative was to link up with two chefs in Houston who had seen the ranch website and wanted local beef. “They became a cheerleader and ambassador for us and started to talk about us in publications,” he said. More chefs requested tours and they were encouraged to bring their ser ving staff so that they could explain to diners where the beef came from. Their beef is now found in 45 restaurants and is still available online. Everything starts with the farm’s breeding program. It uses a genomics 50K panel from

Zoetis called Gene Max to help select high ranking carcass bulls. Cows are artificially inseminated to the best bulls. Calves are checked by ultrasound at one year of age to measure the rib eye and marbling score. The ranch grows most of its feed, including corn and sorghum for silage. The cattle start on grass and are finished on grain at a custom lot near Hereford, Texas. They are then processed at Caveniss Beef Packers at Hereford. Demand grew so quickly that the family launched the 44 Farms Right Way program for co-operating ranchers who use their bulls. They must adhere to best practices, which include animal welfare and feed programs and cannot use antibiotics and growth hormones. The steak business has been better than expected, and the farm has also been able to find an outlet for less popular cuts. McClaren has used his connections to the sports world to develop a gourmet burger and hot dog, which are sold in the sports stadiums for teams such as the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Rockets. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Other food exporters are outflanking Canada in China, says the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. “With some noteworthy exceptions, Canadian food and beverages largely remain off the radar for most Chinese consumers and retailers,” said CAPI president David McInnes. The report is based on a networking trip to China last November, when a Canadian delegation visited with leading grocery and e-commerce retailers in Beijing and Shanghai. McInnes said it quickly became apparent that other countries are doing a better job than Canada of making their country brand more visible on store shelves and in the online space. “Canada just seemed to be largely, with some exceptions, absent from the store front,” he said. The rapidly expanding Chinese middle class has a growing affinity for foreign food, and McInnes found that more than 70 percent of food products on the shelves of some high-end grocery stores were imported from abroad. The delegation could find Canadian products in the high-end and mid-level stores they visited, but it took some work. It was much easier to spot displays featuring products from the United States, Australia and European Union countries, complete with national flags and posters explaining where the food originated. It was the same story when the delegation spoke to JD.com and YHD, two leading online retailers of food and beverages in China. “What we found is that other countries were being far more systematic about how to leverage these online providers,” said McInnes. China surpassed the U.S. in 2013 as the No. 1 e-commerce market. Online shopping accounts for 10 percent of all purchases, and that is forecast to double by 2020. Online food purchases represent 3.3 percent of total online sales, but food is the fastest growing segment of the online retail market. McInnes said the encouraging news for Canadian food exporters is that every retailer they spoke to in China was eager to co-operate in promoting Canadian products. “They want to profile Canadian because of what it stands for — that it is clean, safe and high quality.” High-profile food safety scandals, including infant milk formula contaminated with melamine in 2008 and 2011, have left Chinese consumers wary of locally produced products. “They don’t trust their own domes-

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CLOSE LAST WK 0.60 19.00 2.67 32.00 8.51 55.73

0.50 19.13 2.65 28.47 8.30 51.21

FOOD PROCESSORS NAME

EXCH

Maple Leaf TSX Premium Brands TSX Tyson Foods NY

CLOSE LAST WK 21.78 24.55 40.70

20.38 24.49 39.04

FARM EQUIPMENT MFG. NAME

EXCH

Ag Growth Int’l TSX AGCO Corp. NY Buhler Ind. TSX Caterpillar Inc. NY CNH Industrial N.V.NY Deere and Co. NY Vicwest Fund TSX

CLOSE LAST WK 53.06 49.78 5.76 85.13 8.13 90.04 12.52

54.10 43.34 5.77 79.97 7.65 85.17 12.51

FARM INPUT SUPPLIERS NAME

EXCH

Agrium TSX BASF OTC Bayer Ag OTC Dow Chemical NY Dupont NY BioSyent Inc. TSXV Monsanto NY Mosaic NY PotashCorp TSX Syngenta ADR

CLOSE LAST WK 135.36 94.90 144.44 49.44 76.18 10.47 124.77 52.33 46.14 70.02

135.57 89.56 143.48 45.15 71.21 10.80 117.98 48.69 46.26 65.08

TRANSPORTATION Canadian food exporters need to keep up with the competition in promoting Canadian food and beverages in China, says the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. | CAPI PHOTO tic agriculture system,” said McInnes. He said there are significant opportunities for Canadian food exporters to increase sales in China if Canada adopts a new trade strategy for that marketplace: • Provincial and federal governments need to work with industry to do a better job of promoting the Canada brand in China and differentiating it from other quality importers. • They need to use high-profile products such as Canadian lobster, snow crab, canola oil, maple syrup and ice wine to lure in Chinese consumers and show them what else Canada has to offer. • Canada should build a dedicated Canadian-branded pavilion to promote Canadian products with leading online retailers. • Trade associations and governments need to clarify the import/ export process and help small and mid-sized companies understand the regulatory requirements in China, particularly for new or

2013 CHINESE IMPORTS Canada’s market share in most of China’s imported food categories remains small although there is growth. The table shows a few selected products and the major competing suppliers. Frozen beef (in US$ millions):

Frozen pork:

Australia Uruguay

657 268

United States Germany

236 210

New Zealand Canada

153 80

Denmark Canada

138 138

Vegetable oil:

Animal feed:

Malaysia Indonesia

3,175 2,618

United States Chile

Canada Argentina

1,168 779

Russia Canada

1,753 220 99 3

Source: UN Comtrade, CAPI

niche foods. • Governments should focus on maintaining and improving access for important exports such as canola, pork and beef. “We need to take this to the next

level and respond to what our competitors are doing so that we too can get that profile online and in the traditional storefront,” said McInnes. sean.pratt@producer.com

NAME

EXCH

CN Rail CPR

TSX TSX

CLOSE LAST WK 87.29 231.85

83.72 221.47

List courtesy of Ian Morrison, financial adviser with the Calgary office of Raymond James Ltd., member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. The listed equity prices included were obtained from Thomson Reuters. The data listed in this list has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Within the last 12 months, Raymond James Ltd. has undertaken an underwriting liability or has provided advice for a fee with respect to the securities of AGT Food. For more information, Morrison can be reached at 403-221-0396 or 1-877-264-0333.

New venture listing SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Regina’s Input Capital was listed on the TSX Venture 50 Feb. 11. The TSX Venture Exchange list highlights the performance of upand-coming companies across a variety of sectors. Launched in 2012, Input Capital forms agreements with prairie growers, providing capital in return for a portion of their canola crop over the length of the contract. It had revenue of $4.8 million for its third quarter ending Dec. 31. It said it invested $16.9 million into 25 new multi-year contracts, adding 74,197 tonnes to its future canola sales.

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COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL

Have those ‘difficult conversations’ to find solutions, harmony THE BOTTOM LINE

GLENN CHEATER

Talking about your will can prevent conflict among family after your death

or all their strengths, farms are notorious as places where things get left unsaid, and that’s a shame. Take, for example, the topic of control. Just mention that issue and watch Dad’s jaw muscles tighten and that look come into his eye. The “work comes first” attitude is another. How many spouses say silent prayers every day as their bullheaded partner heads out for yet another long, gruelling, got-to-get-itdone day? The popular term is “difficult conversations,” and nothing’s more difficult than talking about mortality, whether that’s preparing for the day you won’t be around or why your work practices could hasten that time. Yet these topics are exactly what people want to talk about with Leona Dargis. Every time the motivational speaker from St. Vincent, Alta., gives a presentation, people are waiting afterward to speak with her. “There’s always at least five people, and sometimes a dozen,” says the 29 year old. “I think it’s because I bring the personal side. And I have a true connection. I’m one of them. I’ve picked rocks and done all the hard work that farm kids do. When I share my story, I remind them that this can happen to anybody. I am happy to help in any way I can.” What happened was the loss of her parents, Jean and Joanne, and grandmother Anita in a plane crash in 2007, leaving Dargis and her four younger sisters to run a multimilliondollar operation while dealing with their grievous loss. The lineups after her presentations are testament to her openness and positive attitude. Her motto is: “Life is exactly as you make it.” “I’d say 99 percent of people want to share their story, whether it’s an experience or just to say they recognize that it could happen to them and they want to be pro-active,” she says. “I remember one farmer who said he was going to skip my presentation because, ‘what could this young lady possibly say that I don’t already know?’ He said he was really glad he stayed. It was just before Christmas and he told me, ‘when I go home, we’re going to sit down at the kitchen table and have that conversation about our future and what we need to do going forward.’ ” That response is exactly why Dargis

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spends so much time on the road talking about feelings that most people wall away inside themselves. “It all comes down to communication, communication, communication. If something is going wrong, let’s talk about it.” And people do want to talk. She didn’t believe that at first, but hundreds of those brief but deeply personal conversations with total strangers have convinced her people actually want to talk about buried feelings. They’re just looking for a way to begin, Dargis says, and sharing her story somehow gives them permission to do that. People are also open to change, she

adds. For example, Dargis always advises parents to tell their kids what is in their will. “The initial reaction is always, ‘why would I do that? They’ll find out what’s in it when I’m dead,’ ” she says. “Then I talk about how it will be read, that a will is really your last testament of love and there are likely to be issues. I tell them that if the kids hear it from you and understand your reasons, then they won’t turn on each other after you’re gone. When you put it like that, it really strikes them as something they should do.” She gets an equally positive response about putting family ahead of work when she tells the story of

how that fatal plane crash came after her parents decided to take time off during silage season for a family event. “Normally it’s nose-to-grindstone during silage time, but my parents decided we’d have fun that weekend,” she says. “I ask people to think about that. How often as farmers do we fail to pay attention to life around us? If we miss out on friends and family, what are we doing here? What are we living for?” Difficult conversations? Certainly. They’re about life and being mortal. They’re about change, whether that’s about passing the reins or risky work behaviour. These aren’t issues that get settled

in one conversation, but things won’t get better if you don’t have that first difficult one. So how do you do that? Dargis has some simple but powerful advice. “Just be genuine, just be yourself,” she says. “If it comes from the heart, then it’s irresistible. That’s something I believe in — if what you’re saying comes from the heart, then it will reach out and touch the other person’s heart, too.” Archived columns from this series can be found at www.fcc-fac.ca/learning. Farm Credit Canada enables business management skill development through resources such as this column, and information and learning events available across Canada.

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CATTLE & SHEEP Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt)

Steers 600-700 lb. (average $/cwt)

Grade A

Alberta

Live Feb. 6-12

Steers Alta. Ont.

$300 $290 $280 $270 $260 1/12 1/19 1/26

GRAINS

2/2

2/9

2/13

Previous Jan. 30-Feb. 5

n/a 175.22-196.15

Heifers Alta. Ont.

Year ago

n/a 178.22-194.31

Rail Feb. 6-12

n/a 144.95

n/a 312.00-318.00

$195 $190 $185

n/a 168.96-196.23

n/a 173.01-191.05

n/a 145.22

n/a 311.00-317.00

311.00-312.75 311.00-316.00

$180

Canfax

Saskatchewan Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

$275

n/a

2/2

2/9

2/13

Manitoba $280 $275 $270 n/a

$260 1/12 1/19 1/26

2/2

2/9

2/13

Heifers 500-600 lb. (average $/cwt)

Man.

Alta.

B.C.

Steers 900-1000 800-900 700-800 600-700 500-600 400-500 Heifers 800-900 700-800 600-700 500-600 400-500 300-400

213-227 226-237 241-259 263-289 295-318 322-351

213-230 225-242 238-260 260-294 282-318 310-357

223-235 230-243 245-264 273-292 298-320 325-351

Report not available -

212-220 221-235 241-264 266-293 289-317 303-334

200-219 210-235 231-260 255-288 285-315 300-345

218-227 230-241 247-261 268-292 290-316 308-336

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. To date 2015 277,375 3,241,898 To date 2014 294,531 3,432,964 % Change 15/14 -5.8 -5.6

$290 $280

Canfax

$270 $260 2/2

2/9

2/13

Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Feb. 7/15 881 807 718 941

Saskatchewan

Report not available -

Feb. 8/14 846 803 682 929

YTD 15 876 807 711 943

YTD 14 848 794 671 902

U.S. Cash cattle ($US/cwt)

$290 $280 $270 $260 2/2

2/9

2/13

Manitoba

Slaughter cattle (35-65% choice) Steers National n/a Kansas n/a Nebraska n/a Nebraska (dressed) n/a Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) South Dakota Billings Dodge City

$280 $275 $270

Heifers n/a n/a n/a n/a

Steers n/a n/a 187-202.20

Trend n/a n/a n/a USDA

2/2

2/9

2/13

Canadian Beef Production million lb. YTD % change Fed 163.0 +3 Non-fed 34.8 -4 Total beef 197.8 +2 Canfax

EXCHANGE RATE: FEB. 13 $1 Cdn. = $0.8007 U.S. $1 U.S. = $1.2489 Cdn.

Cattle / Beef Trade Exports % from 2014 47,999 (1) -35.3 31,074 (1) +27.5 221,984 (3) +12.4 317,728 (3) +14.1 Imports % from 2014 n/a (2) n/a 44,879 (2) -6.1 8,354 (4) -49.0 14,195 (4) -37.9

Sltr. cattle to U.S. (head) Feeder C&C to U.S. (head) Total beef to U.S. (tonnes) Total beef, all nations (tonnes) Sltr. cattle from U.S. (head) Feeder C&C from U.S. (head) Total beef from U.S. (tonnes) Total beef, all nations (tonnes)

Close Feb. 13 Live Cattle Feb 160.00 Apr 153.23 Jun 146.03 Aug 144.00 Oct 146.33 Feeder Cattle Mar 203.85 Apr 203.25 May 202.53 Aug 204.98 Sep 204.50

$320 1/12 1/16 1/26

(1) to Jan. 31/15 (2) to Dec. 31/14 (3) to Dec. 31/14 (4) to Feb. 7/15 Agriculture Canada

Close Trend Feb. 6

Year ago

156.08 151.03 144.25 143.13 145.68

+3.92 +2.20 +1.78 +0.87 +0.65

142.60 141.10 132.30 131.15 134.45

199.45 199.15 199.68 203.03 201.95

+4.40 +4.10 +2.85 +1.68 +2.55

170.48 171.35 171.78 173.45 172.73

SunGold Meats report is no longer available. -

SunGold Meats

New lambs 65-80 lb 80-95 lb > 95 lb > 110 lb Feeder lambs Sheep Rams Kids

Due to wide reporting and collection methods, it is misleading to compare hog prices between provinces.

Feb. 2 2.50-2.80 2.40-2.62 2.20-2.50 2.00-2.15 1.90-2.10 2.45-2.75 0.90-1.05 0.95-1.10 65-150

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $165 $160 $155 $150

n/a 2/2

2/9

2/13

n/a n/a n/a n/a

Wool lambs >80 lb Wool lambs <80 lb Hair lambs Fed sheep

Export 105,690 (1) 394,373 (2) 1,150,993 (2)

$170

Sltr. hogs to/fm U.S. (head) Total pork to/fm U.S. (tonnes) Total pork, all nations (tonnes)

$160 $150 $140 2/2

2/9

2/13

(1) to Jan. 31/15 (2) to Dec/ 31/14

To Feb. 7 Canada 2,342,767 2,308,228 +1.5

To date 2015 To date 2014 % change 15/14

Fed. inspections only U.S. 13,185,453 12,849,761 +2.6

2/9

2/13

Cash Prices

Index 100 hogs $/ckg n/a 135.73

Man. Que.

$450

U.S. Grain Cash Prices ($US/bu.)

$430 $420 1/9

1/16 1/23 1/30

2/6

2/13

$-10 $-15 $-20

$-30 1/9

1/16 1/23 1/30

2/6

2/13

Feed Wheat (Lethbridge) $215 $210 $205 $200 $195 1/9

1/16 1/23 1/30

2/6

2/13

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $580 $560 $540 $520 $500 1/9

n/a 1/16 1/23 1/30

2/6

2/13

$210

Basis: $5

$205 $200 $195 $190 1/9

1/16 1/23 1/30

2/6

2/13

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Corn (March) $440

$400

2/2

2/9

2/13

Soybeans (March) $1050

$990 $960

% from 2014 n/a -35.8 -34.7 Agriculture Canada

$930 1/12 1/16 1/26

2/2

2/9

2/13

Oats (March) $320.0 $305.0 $290.0

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$170 $160 $150 2/2

2/9

2/13

Feb Apr May Jun

Close Feb. 13 62.08 66.03 76.13 80.13

Close Feb. 6 63.88 69.28 77.60 81.05

Trend -1.80 -3.25 -1.47 -0.92

Year ago 86.53 96.18 104.05 106.13

Jul Aug Oct Dec

Close Feb. 13 80.55 80.73 70.73 67.00

Close Feb. 6 81.00 81.03 73.20 68.80

Trend -0.45 -0.30 -2.47 -1.80

Year ago 105.70 103.48 89.93 83.85

$260 1/12 1/16 1/26

2/2

2/9

2/13

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.) Spring Wheat (March) $620

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

(000 tonnes) Alta. Sask. Man.

Feb. 8 234.5 312.6 82.2

Feb. 1 180.0 294.8 59.5

YTD 7400.4 10775.5 3212.1

Year Ago 6423.0 9593.0 3442.1

$600 $580 $560 $540 1/12 1/16 1/26

Grain Futures Feb. 13 Feb. 9 Trend Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Mar 467.40 459.70 +7.70 May 463.10 456.10 +7.00 Jul 458.80 452.30 +6.50 Nov 448.40 442.00 +6.40 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 227.00 225.00 +2.00 May 236.00 235.00 +1.00 Jul 238.00 238.00 0.00 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 333.00 333.00 0.00 May 323.00 323.00 0.00 Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) Mar 195.00 195.00 0.00 May 197.00 197.00 0.00 Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 5.3300 5.2975 +0.0325 May 5.2925 5.3025 -0.0100 Jul 5.3225 5.3350 -0.0125 Dec 5.5250 5.5325 -0.0075 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) Mar 2.7850 2.7950 -0.0100 May 2.7800 2.8150 -0.0350 Dec 2.8725 2.8775 -0.0050 Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) Mar 9.9050 9.7850 +0.1200 May 9.9475 9.8500 +0.0975 Jul 10.0000 9.9075 +0.0925 Nov 9.7100 9.6450 +0.0650 Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.) Mar 32.40 32.01 +0.39 May 32.59 32.22 +0.37 Jul 32.76 32.41 +0.35 Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) Mar 332.3 329.6 +2.7 May 326.0 323.0 +3.0 Jul 323.6 320.9 +2.7 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.) Mar 3.8725 3.9125 -0.0400 May 3.9525 3.9950 -0.0425 Jul 4.0275 4.0675 -0.0400 Dec 4.1750 4.2125 -0.0375 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 5.8700 5.7600 +0.1100 May 5.8500 5.7975 +0.0525 Jul 5.8700 5.8600 +0.0100 Dec 6.0325 6.0375 -0.0050 Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 5.6275 5.6350 -0.0075 May 5.6375 5.6625 -0.0250 Dec 5.9250 5.9550 -0.0300

Year ago 398.20 408.80 418.40 436.40 194.00 194.00 194.00 245.00 249.00 126.50 128.50 5.9850 5.9625 6.0050 6.2100 4.2175 3.8875 3.0900 13.3750 13.2500 13.0750 11.3050 39.15 39.47 39.76 450.0 432.3 420.5 4.4525 4.5075 4.5500 4.5975 6.6650 6.4700 6.4800 6.6650 6.7450 6.6600 6.7425

Canadian Exports & Crush

$275.0

$180

Feb. 12 6.33 5.43 9.58 5.76 no bid

USDA

No. 1 DNS (14%) Montana elevator No. 1 DNS (13%) Montana elevator No. 1 Durum (13%) Montana elevator No. 1 Malt Barley Montana elevator No. 2 Feed Barley Montana elevator

$1020

Import n/a 12,721 (3) 13,622 (3)

Feb. 9 39.69 22.92 35.58 31.44 22.60 31.32 29.83 9.06 8.46 8.36 8.22 8.37 4.78 33.75 25.17 30.63 24.36 15.73 19.29 15.57 16.69

$440

$360 1/12 1/16 1/26

150.00 152.96 *incl. wt. premiums

% from 2014 +48.7 +8.0 -2.6

Avg. 39.81 22.92 35.58 31.69 22.60 33.04 30.17 9.01 8.46 8.44 8.22 8.37 4.78 34.25 25.17 30.63 24.36 15.73 19.29 15.57 16.69

Feb. 11 Feb. 4 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) n/a 150.29 131.54 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 19.05 19.15 19.70

$460

$380

Alta. Sask.

Feb. 13 37.50-44.00 19.50-27.00 35.00-36.00 30.50-33.00 20.00-26.00 28.00-36.00 28.00-35.00 8.80-9.25 8.30-8.50 8.15-9.50 8.15-8.25 8.10-8.50 4.75-4.85 34.00-34.50 25.00-25.50 29.50-31.00 23.00-26.00 15.20-16.00 18.00-20.00 14.00-18.00 14.00-20.00

Cash Prices

Canola (cash - March)

$420

Agriculture Canada

(3) to Feb/ 7/15

Manitoba

$140 1/12 1/19 1/26

2/2

Canola and barley are basis par region. Feed wheat basis Lethbridge. Basis is best bid.

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan

$210 1/12 1/16 1/26

Barley (cash - March)

Hog Slaughter

Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 3 Creek Pork Feb. 13 Feb. 13 137.94-139.08 135.64-138.44 139.66-140.12 138.91-143.10 141.26-141.26 134.99-140.64 143.55-165.59 157.76-159.33 170.16-171.30 162.31-165.05 173.58-175.87 164.68-167.19 173.58-177.01 174.01-178.93 180.44-180.44 173.43-180.66 180.78-181.92 173.02-175.07 175.63-176.21 175.23-175.48

$215

Ontario Stockyards Inc.

Fixed contract $/ckg (Hams Marketing) Week ending Mar 14-Mar 21 Mar 28-Apr 04 Apr 11-Apr 18 Apr 25-May 02 May 09-May 16 May 23-May 30 Jun 06-Jun 13 Jun 20-Jun 27 Jul 04-Jul 11 Jul 18-Jul 25

$220

Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) Peas, green 10% bleach ($/bu) Peas, med. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) Maple peas ($/bu) Feed peas ($/bu) Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) Mustard, brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) Canaryseed (¢/lb) Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 (¢/lb)

$-25

Sheep ($/lb.) & Goats ($/head)

Feb. 9 2.50-2.95 2.55-2.84 2.20-2.44 2.10-2.25 2.00-2.17 2.45-2.75 0.95-1.10 0.95-1.20 65-150

$225

Canola (basis - March)

This wk Last wk Yr. ago 318-320 318-320 226-228

HOGS

$130 1/12 1/19 1/26

2/13

$230

Canfax

2/2

Milling Wheat (March)

Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd.

$145 1/12 1/19 1/26

2/9

$340

Est. Beef Wholesale ($/cwt) Montreal

$265

n/a $260 1/12 1/19 1/26

2/13

$360

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

Average Carcass Weight

$250 1/12 1/19 1/26

2/9

$380

To Feb. 7

Canfax

Alberta

$250 1/12 1/19 1/26

2/2

$400

Cattle Slaughter

Sask.

$270

$265

$175 1/12 1/16 1/26

Durum (March)

$280

$260 1/12 1/19 1/26

Source: STAT Publishing, which solicits bids from Maviga N.A., Legumex Walker, CGF Brokerage, Parrish & Heimbecker, Simpson Seeds and Alliance Grain Traders. Prices paid for dressed product at plant.

Barley (March)

311.00-312.75 312.00-317.00

*Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

$265

Pulse and Special Crops

ICE Futures Canada

Previous Jan. 30-Feb. 5

2/2

2/9

2/13

To (1,000 MT) Feb. 8 Wheat 255.1 Durum 14.5 Oats 19.0 Barley 13.4 Flax 4.5 Canola 54.7 Peas 51.8 Lentils 14.8 (1,000 MT) Feb. 11 Canola crush 136.2

To Feb. 1 183.5 38.5 20.9 17.3 2.4 254.6 40.3 0.1 Feb. 4 144.9

Total Last to date year 8432.2 8040.6 2737.5 2330.2 570.5 530.6 771.0 543.3 216.2 185.6 4278.0 3956.8 1506.4 992.8 345.3 176.6 To date Last year 3816.5 3636.9

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Assiniboia Broadview Eastend Estevan Kindersley Maple Creek Meadow Lake Melfort Nipawin North Battleford Prince Albert Regina Rockglen Saskatoon Swift Current Val Marie Yorkton Wynyard

0.1 -8.2 5.9 -4.5 -1.3 8.1 -5.2 -11.4 -10.6 -6.6 -10.4 -4.8 1.7 -7.8 1.8 7.3 -9.5 -9.9

-21.9 -32.7 -14.0 -26.7 -21.2 -13.3 -34.5 -30.1 -31.5 -27.5 -29.7 -25.0 -20.9 -28.0 -19.8 -14.0 -28.7 -30.6

Precipitation last week since Nov. 1 mm mm %

2.7 7.6 3.2 5.0 2.2 3.9 1.0 2.5 2.9 3.5 3.5 2.3 3.9 2.1 3.1 2.6 5.8 3.4

25.1 54.5 31.5 64.1 91.2 45.0 60.7 50.9 67.2 82.2 122.0 41.2 48.0 49.8 33.4 28.2 30.9 60.5

53 81 50 101 221 80 101 89 108 157 204 79 95 100 69 60 46 102

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1.2 11.4 -2.9 2.2 4.0 -0.5 -13.8 15.1 -1.2 7.7 13.6 -3.0 10.8 3.2 10.5 3.6

-18.9 -15.4 -27.5 -18.7 -21.6 -17.9 -37.0 -11.8 -27.3 -13.7 -11.6 -24.9 -11.5 -21.4 -13.0 -20.6

Precipitation last week since Nov. 1 mm mm %

0.8 0.9 1.5 3.8 0.6 3.6 2.0 0.8 1.8 2.9 3.4 8.0 1.7 4.1 2.3 0.6

70.6 68.5 109.5 67.0 58.5 176.3 53.9 89.7 62.9 62.0 55.7 104.1 90.5 114.4 56.9 43.8

178 167 184 151 95 209 69 179 113 134 92 135 103 212 100 83

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Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage la Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

-9.4 -9.9 -6.2 -10.9 -4.8 -6.0 -11.2 -5.1

Precipitation last week since Nov. 1 mm mm %

-32.9 -30.3 -30.1 -28.6 -28.9 -28.3 -29.6 -29.9

8.3 4.6 3.4 5.9 5.8 4.0 5.6 4.4

60.7 57.5 39.2 37.9 34.0 33.4 54.1 25.1

88 84 55 55 44 42 71 33

-0.9 -22.9 2.6 2.3 -7.2

1.2 3.0 5.5 14.0 7.2

129.4 196.9 123.6 136.2 208.9

92 220 134 111 121

BRITISH COLUMBIA Cranbrook Fort St. John Kamloops Kelowna Prince George

10.1 4.7 8.8 9.7 4.9

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