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6 SNOW EATERS: Few regions in Canada are so profoundly influenced by the effects of the weather phenomenon known as a chinook.

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48 WHY WE SHOULD ALL LOVE SNOW: It gets a bad rap, but snow actually insulates the ground, prevents pest outbreaks and provides moisture. 50 HEAD IN THE CLOUDS: A good forecaster knows what weather is around the corner by looking up at the clouds in the sky.

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HERE CAME A time in April 1967 when 175 centimetres of snow fell on southern Alberta. That’s five feet and seven inches, to save some readers from doing the conversion.

With the electricity out and the chinook coming in, I went outside to see the Canadian Forces helicopters flying overhead, carrying hay to storm-stranded cattle.

They flew quickly across the narrow strip of blue sky that I could see, from my three-foot-tall vantage, in a space dug from snowdrifts.

That blinding white snow and cerulean sky are vivid memories and reminders of weather’s power to alter the lives of man and beast.

Just about everyone has a cataclysmic weather story to tell, it seems.

Given that few prairie dwellers can start a conversation without mentioning the weather, it is a bit of a task to say something original about it.

But as you will see within, Western Producer reporters have done it. So have the subjects they’ve interviewed. Some examples: Meteorologist Justin Hobson (page 4): “I always say that weather comes first, but my girlfriend doesn’t like that.”

Climatologist David Phillips (page 8): “I kind of liked the idea of explaining something to people in a way that my neighbours could understand it.”

Farmer Bryan Perkins (page 42): “Half of the kids on the school bus stayed at our place for three or four days and half at the neighbours across the road because they couldn’t get home.”

Language expert Gavin Nesbitt (page 43): “The idea is that Inuit, matching their environment, have all these words for snow, which means they see reality differently.”

Researcher David Sauchyn, (page 49): “If climate is your personality, then weather is your mood.”

Once a year, this newspaper dedicates an entire issue to one topic and upon reflection, it’s kind of surprising that it has taken us this long to dedicate a special issue to weather.

No other phenomenon plays a greater role in agriculture and rural life.

Predictable only in its unpredictability, weather defines Canadians in general and perhaps prairie people in particular.

We love it and we hate it, sometimes simultaneously. We are proud of our ability to withstand harsh conditions, dismissive of those who can’t, and grateful for the bounty and beauty weather generates.

We are experts on parkas and toques and we wear shorts and flip flops at temperatures that seem laughably cold to our southern neighbours.

In chinook country, we can sometimes ski and cycle on the same day and in the same place, and in Saskatoon we can get well acquainted with snow that hangs around for eight months.

We like snowplows as well as zambonis.

Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, We’ll weather the weather, Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not.

So wrote one scribe whose identity has since been lost. It’s quite possible that more has been written about the weather, in both poetry and prose, than about any other single subject.

“It was a dark and stormy night…”

“It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity…

“The fog comes on little cat feet…”

You get the picture.

On a more serious note, the historic Paris agreement on climate change was being debated and was eventually signed just as this issue was being prepared.

That pact is not going to change the weather, at least not immediately. Right now, it seems every newsworthy and negative weather event is attributed to global warming. The truth or consequences of that are best left for another day, and perhaps another special issue.

It’s winter and we are facing a brand new year, so let us leave you with a few wintry and thought provoking quotations.

Where does the white go when the snow melts?

— HUGH KIEFFER

Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.

— VISTA M. KELLY

Happy New Year to all of our readers.

May 2016 be a wonderful year full of favourable weather.

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FORECAST

El Nino staying for time being Forecasters say lingering weather system will be followed by hot, dry La Nina summer

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

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HICAGO, Ill. — Bryce Anderson didn’t bother packing a coat for this year’s trip to the Windy City to deliver his annual weather outlook.

It has been an unusually mild winter thanks to a lingering El Nino, which will continue to exert its influence right through spring.

Some forecasters believe El Nino will be followed by La Nina, bringing drought to the U.S. corn belt in 2016.

That has some crop analysts forecasting $6 corn next year.

Anderson, who is DTN’s senior agricultural meteorologist, isn’t in that camp.

He told delegates attending DTN’s Ag Summit 2015 that the International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society says there is a much better probability that El Nino will stick around through the summer of 2016 or that there will be neutral conditions.

The IRI said there’s a 21 percent chance that La Nina will form in the June through August period. It rises to 31 percent in the July through September period, which is still far from a certainty.

“At that time the crops will be pretty well along in terms of their development,” said Anderson.

In fact, farmers would likely welcome a late-developing La Nina that brought dry conditions during harvest.

Anderson said conditions are reminiscent of the winter of 1997, which was the strongest El Nino on record before this year.

A La Nina emerged by the late summer of 1998, but it didn’t have the dire consequences for U.S. crops that some analysts think is on the horizon for 2016.

Corn production in 1998 was up six percent from 1997. It was the second biggest corn crop in history at that time and the second highest average yield.

The soybean crop set a record that year, and the average yield tied for the second highest ever at that time.

Others point to the El Nino of 1987, which was followed by a strong La Nina in 1988. That combination led to an historic drought

and vastly reduced production in the U.S. corn belt in 1988.

Anderson showed delegates a Palmer Drought Index map dating back to December 1987 and its counterpoint from this winter.

The 1987 map showed that it was already extremely dry in the Ohio Valley and the northern corn belt before La Nina arrived and made things worse.

There are no trouble spots in the 2015 map with the exception of California and some regions in the U.S. Northwest.

“Our soil moisture supplies are really quite plentiful at this point,” he said.

Anderson was more concerned about drought in Western Canada than in the grain producing regions of the United States.

El Nino will deliver warm and dry winter conditions across the prairie provinces.

“We’re seeing that play out already. It has been very hard to bring a lot of cold into the region, and we’re going to see that for the rest of the winter,” he said.

His forecast is identical for spring and early summer, and that is a concern because it is already dry in portions of the Prairies and there won’t be much winter precipitation relief.

“There will be some concern about drought formation in the start and at least through the first half of the growing season,” said Anderson.

He is forecasting a mild winter for much of the U.S. with above n o r m a l p re c i p i t a t i o n i n t h e southern Plains and the southeast portion of the country and dry conditions in the Northwest and the Midwest.

His spring forecast calls for mild conditions across the U.S. with temperatures similar to the summer of 2015. There won’t be many days where the mercury rises above 30 C. It will be dry in an area surrounding the Great Lakes, wet in the southern Plains and near normal for much of the corn belt.

“There is a pretty high likelihood that we are going to have another good year for crop production the way things are shaping up,” said Anderson.

El Nino will continue to bring dry conditions to southeastern Australia, Indonesia and South Africa.

El Nino weather systems tend to bring heavy storms to coastal areas and dry conditions to inland areas. | FILE PHOTO

THE EL NINO PHENOMENON El Nino is thought to occur due to changes in the normal patterns of trade wind circulation. Normally, these winds move westward, carrying warm surface water to Indonesia and Australia and allowing cooler water to upwell along the South American coast. For reasons not yet fully understood, these trade winds can sometimes be reduced, or even reversed. During an El Nino, winds blow eastward, sending warm water to the eastern side of the Pacific ocean and causing rainstorms down the western cost of North and South America. The warmer water also suppresses the upswell of cold deep water during a normal season, reducing nutrient-rich resources and causing harm to fish and other ocean life.

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Brazil will be wet in the south, dry in the north and a mixed bag in the all-important state of Mato Grosso.

Argentina will be wet in the central and eastern portions of the country and dry in the west.

Recent rain has improved conditions in Russia’s main wheat growing region.

China has adequate to surplus soil moisture in the southeast and mixed conditions in the central portion of the country, but it is dry in the northeast, where a lot of the country’s row crops are grown. sean.pratt@producer.com

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CLIMATE FORECAST PROBABILITIES FOR 2016 This table shows the probability of a La Nina weather system, a neutral weather system or an El Nino weather system in each three-month period from Dec. 2015 through Sept. 2016: Season Dec.-Jan.-Feb. Jan.-Feb.-March Feb.-March-April March-April-May April-May-June May-June-July June-July-Aug. July-Aug.-Sept.

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El Nino 100% 99% 94% 85% 60% 39% 26% 20%

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ABOVE: Lightning strikes close to Riceton, Sask., July 24, 2013. |

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BELOW: Tornado hunter Greg Johnson reacts to a close lightning strike during a heated chase in Oklahoma. |

PHOTO COURTESY GREG JOHNSON

EXTREME WEATHER

SAFETY TIPS FROM THE STORM CHASERS In a thunderstorm: • Seek shelter indoors and away from windows.

• Monitor weather radio.

• Do not hide under or near trees.

• Risks include lightning, tornadoes, flooding and hail.

• Take warnings seriously because any severe storm is capable of producing lightning and tornadoes.

During lightning: • Stay indoors or in your vehicle.

• Avoid trees. This is where people are killed.

• Lightning can strike up to several kilometres away from a storm.

• Golfing is particularly bad during a lightning storm, but any outdoor sport should stop.

• It does not need to be raining for there to be a lightning risk.

If you see tornadoes: • If you cannot get underground, get into a bathroom on the main floor.

• Do not hide under a highway overpass.

• Stay in your vehicle with your seatbelt on. Drive away if possible.

• If driving away is impossible, the last resort is to get to a low spot such as a ditch.

Source: www.tornadohunter.ca

Chasing storms in tornado alley

BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

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TORM CHASERS live for extreme weather.

Whether it’s staying ahead of a tornado or pursuing a thunderstorm, passion drives them to their next weather event, again and again.

An awesome respect for the grandeur of nature is a trait shared by storm chasers.

“They love watching the sky, love the sound of thunder, the feel of rain on their head,” said Dave Carlsen, a meteorologist in Edmonton.

“Most sane people drive away from (storms), and we drive toward them, or at least in their general vicinity, anyway.”

Justin Hobson knows the lure of the storm.

“If there was a bigger word than love, I would use that,” said the Winnipeg meteorologist.

“I always say that weather comes first, but my girlfriend doesn’t like that.”

Hobson has been fascinated by thunderstorms for as long as he can remember. At age 12 he

would ride his bike through thunderstorms in his south Winnipeg neighbourhood and use his handlebar-mounted Ghostbusters siren to alert neighbours.

“I was glued to the weather warnings that came on the TV or the radio. I was always looking out the window,” he said.

“The movie Twister came out later that year (1996) and from that point forward, I was hooked on severe thunderstorms and I wanted to be a storm chaser.”

Hobson eventually learned storm chasing doesn’t pay the bills, so he pursued the next best thing and became a certified meteorologist.

He witnessed his first tornado in Elie, Man., in June 2007. The EF5 (enhanced Fujita scale) event that struck the town remains Canada’s strongest tornado on record.

“That event just made my love for weather grow even more. That storm sealed the deal for finishing school and choosing meteorology as a career,” he said.

Hobson chases storms on his days off and books vacation during part of the storm season in June and July. He’s also a field instructor with the University of

Manitoba’s storm chase course.

“About 20 students piled into three vans and caught a couple of tornadoes in South Dakota at the end of June,” he said.

“My passion has shifted to watching others witness their first tornado and see them react because I was there once.”

Carlsen saw his first tornado at age nine while looking out a window at his grandparents’ house in Wynyard, Sask.

“I knew at that time that I was going to study them and chase them for the rest of my life,” he said.

“Almost ever yone I’ve met storm chasing has some moment in their life where they saw a storm that cemented in their mind that they wanted to do this.”

Hobson and Carlsen said storm chasers have many reasons for spending months pursuing thunderstorms as they drive up and dow n tornado alley, which reaches from central Texas to the Canadian Prairies and from eastern Colorado to western Pennsylvania.

Many are pure thrill seekers, but others are storm spotters who offer their observations of haz-

ardous weather to relevant authorities.

Many recreational chasers submit photos and videos to researchers, Environment Canada and the National Weather Service.

Carlsen said storm-chasing tools vary, but the main ones are a vehicle, camera, laptop and cell phone. Some will mount a weather station on top of their vehicle to measure temperature, pressure, wind speed and moisture.

“The only things you really need for storm chasing are a car, your brain and your eyes. Everything else in addition to that is extra stuff that you don’t necessarily need,” he said.

“Once a storm is going on, you don’t need the radar. You just need to look.”

Greg Johnson is one of North Amer ica’s top professional storm-chasers and severe weather experts.

With more than 10 years experience, the Regina-based photographer, educator and entertainer enjoys chasing classic prairie thunder and lightning storms, tornados, hurricanes and blizzards.

“I’ve been fortunate to have documented, recorded and been

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TOP: Justin Hobson takes a selfie during the EF5 tornado at Elie, Man., in June 2007. | JUSTIN HOBSON PHOTO ABOVE: For the first time ever recorded, two EF4 (Enhanced Fujita scale) tornadoes roll over the ground beside each other. It happened at Pilger, Nebraska, on June 16, 2014. | GREG JOHNSON PHOTO at the biggest tornado events in history,” he said.

Johnson, along with a driver, videographer and “Flash,” his tornado truck, has developed a following that culminated in a TV show this year on CMT in Canada called Tornado Hunters.

Flash is a pickup truck outfitted with 750 pounds of LineX protective coating, including an external roll cage originally designed for the mining industr y. It is equipped with 18 cameras inside and out.

Last year, the three-man crew and truck “hit” 120 to 130 storms during the five-month season and intercepted 51 tornadoes in 26 states and three provinces. They travelled 190,000 kilometres and had eight windshields destroyed by flying debris.

However, there’s a fine line between risk-taking and personal safety that can sometimes blur.

“There’s definitely scary moments, and if it wasn’t for fear we would probably barrel head first into some really crappy stuff. Obviously, we have to manage those risks,” Johnson said.

“We do the things we can to mitigate any kind of risk. But at the same time that’s part of the fun of it.

I love going to work every day.”

May 12, 2003, at El Reno, Oklahoma, is a time and place permanently etched in Johnson’s mind because of a life changing narrow escape from a tornado. It killed four storm chasers and injured several more.

The El Reno tornado was the widest in recorded history at 4.2 km.

Measurements from mobile Doppler weather radars revealed wind speeds in excess of 475 km-h inside the tornado.

Johnson said he and others had been photographing the tornado from a safe distance but it grew from a few hundred metres in slightly more than a minute.

“We were also caught in that tor-

nado. We stayed in the truck, kept driving, trying to get out. We had a couple moments where we were in the air five or six feet. When the truck landed, it took a beating and had to be rebuilt. The windows all got blown out,” he said.

“We survived, but it was definitely a close call. We had vehicles flying around over our heads. We had a farmyard blow up beside us. We saw a two-ton 1960 era farm truck helicoptering through the sky in front of us and landed in the ditch that we were driving in. We had to swerve to avoid it.

“We were able to limp out of it.

Start to finish, inside that tornado was probably 1.5 minutes. It was definitely the scariest moment of my life, not one I ever want to repeat.”

Johnson said a tornado sounds like a jet engine as it travels through open country, but when it hits something, such as a town or other object, its pitch and decibel level rise dramatically.

“It’s a very distinct sound pattern,” he said.

The El Reno tornado did curb the enthusiasm of storm chasers, but Johnson said the number of people chasing storms is rising.

“I really encourage people to educate themselves, take the necessary precautions and use common sense. Don’t get too close, don’t stop the truck in the middle of the road, and watch out for others,” he said.

“People do a lot of stupid things on the highway. They get mesmerized by what’s going on in front of them and forget they’re on a public road.”

Added Carlsen: “The number one thing when you’re storm chasing is keeping safe. If you have to miss a storm because you didn’t have any road options to get to a good vantage point, well, you miss the storm. There will always be more storms.” william.dekay@producer.com

TOP: The mesocyclone of a supercell thunderstorm that meteorologists call “the mother ship” hovers near Great Falls, Montana, in July 2012. | GREG JOHNSON PHOTO ABOVE: A large lightning bolt strikes close to Pense, Sask., in July 2011. “I refer to it as the poopy-pants shot,” said photographer Greg Johnson. | GREG JOHNSON PHOTO

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Meet Canada’s weatherman David Phillips says he stumbled his way into his ideal job. Now he’s a household name as Environment Canada’s public weather face, even though he had planned on a quiet career.

BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

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AVID PHILLIPS wanted to be a teacher or geographer but instead became as big a superstar as any weatherman could hope to become.

“We’re not supposed to be famous. We’re supposed to be backroom people,” Phillips said as he tried to make sense of his path to nationwide recognition.

“I just became, in a way, the go-to guy. Not that I encouraged it, but I was always available.”

Phillips is a fixture on radio and television stations with his popular annual list of Canada’s top weather stories and his willingness to discuss and describe complex weather phenomena in a clear and interesting way.

He’s not a meteorologist. He is described by Environment Canada as a “senior climatologist,” and he’s happy with that description.

However, when he was in university in his hometown of Windsor, Ont., Phillips didn’t picture himself as a climatologist. He was a geography student and had a favorite professor who was a climatologist.

The professor suggested he apply for a meteorology job with the government. At the interview, Phillips pointed out he wasn’t a physics and math major, the usual prerequisites for that sort of job.

Three months later he got a job offer from Environment Canada to move to Toronto and study how the Great Lakes affect weather.

“That was 48 years ago,” he said, noting the only other job he’s had was room service waiter at the Banff Springs Hotel while he was a student.

Phillips first did research and analysis, but he found that he liked speaking at conferences, where he could explain the relevance of research to other experts.

The government’s Treasury Board then asked him to revise a bonus pay system that rewarded federal employees who worked in particularly challenging environments.

Phillips combined 18 weather factors with other criteria, such as isolation, to come up with a ranking of tough-to-live-in locations and gave it to his superiors.

A reporter found out about the “weather severity index” and did a story about it.

Then it exploded.

“It received front page headlines across the country. It was the perfect story,” said Phillips.

Rival cities, such as Edmonton and Calgary or Regina and Saskatoon, had fun comparing themselves and noting anything worse about the other city.

Heavyweight Newfoundland politician John Crosbie condemned Phillips’ finding that St. John’s had unusually harsh weather.

“The media just ate it up,” said Phillips, who admitted he was befuddled at the time.

“I had to go on Canada AM and Cross Country Checkup and defend the study.”

After getting roasted by a few people with sensitive feelings about their communities’ weather, Phillips found that he loved teaching the complexities of

I kind of liked the idea of explaining something to people in a way that my neighbours could understand it, or my children could understand it, not to a scientific audience but to people who it really matters to.

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the weather to Canadians.

“I kind of liked the idea of explaining something to people in a way that my neighbours could understand it, or my children could understand it, not to a scientific audience but to people who it really matters to,” said Phillips.

So he kept talking to the media and the public about weather stories and became the “go-to guy” within his department when reporters called.

He also began developing fun projects, like his Weather Trivia Calendar, which was given to the volunteers who supply Environment Canada with weather observations.

“It took off,” he said of the calendar.

At the time, it was not distributed to the general public.

“It became almost a black market around the media.”

He also started producing a Top 10 list of weather stories, which also drew nationwide attention and interest.

Phillips admitted wondering whether his willingness to come up with “fun” projects for the public would diminish his professional reputation. He once wondered if it would bother him if “inventor of the Weather Trivia Calendar” was carved on his gravestone.

“I’m not embarrassed by that. I think that if I can reach people and turn them on to weather and get them fascinated by that, (I’m happy).”

Phillips said he could have retired 15 years ago but keeps going because he loves teaching Canadians about their weather. People seem to have an insatiable appetite for weather talk, so he never struggles to find something to discuss.

That doesn’t extend to his own home. His wife and daughter have told him over the years that they don’t want to talk much about the weather at home.

So, unlike most Canadian households, the Phillips home hasn’t been filled with talk about the weather.

He leaves that for the office. ed.white@producer.com

David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, publishes the popular weather trivia calendar every year. | PHOTO COURTESY FIFTH HOUSE PUBLISHERS

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The Wind in Pincher Creek I have done some travellin’ To places far away Just to feel and hear the wind As it travels on its way.

Those northers down in Texas Can chill you to the bone And the blizzards in Alaska Will turn your blood to stone.

There’s twisters in the Midwest That wreck all in your path And there’s other places in the world Where the wind will show its wrath.

But from Cape Horn to the Circle And destruction in the Keys, All the fury of the wind In Pincher Creek is called a breeze.

—N.R. BURLES

TOP 10 SONGS ABOUT WIND 1. Windy (The Association) 2. She’s Like the Wind (Patrick Swayze) 3. Candle in the Wind (Elton John) 4. Blowin’ in the Wind (Bob Dylan) 5. Ride Like the Wind (Chris Cross) 6. Wind Beneath my Wings (Bette Midler) 7. Blown Away (George Harrison) 8. Dust in the Wind (Kansas) 9. Wind of Change (Bee Gees) 10. Against the Wind (Bob Seger) Compiled by Britt Bickel, K-Earth 101 Radio

Farm buildings are silhouetted by the setting sun under a western chinook arch west of Milo, Alta. Although these stratus clouds look like storm clouds, they rarely produce rain or snow. They do, however, produce stunning colours, appearing yellow, orange or red in the morning, becoming grey through the day and again turning a brilliant orange/yellow at sunset. | MIKE STURK PHOTO CHINOOKS

‘Snow eater’ helps define sout

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

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You know it’s windy when a gust bends the ear of a mule. This red molly mule lives on Burro Alley Ranch near Priddis, Alta. | WENDY DUDLEY PHOTO

E M I-T R A I L E R S are blown onto their sides, empty grain bins are crushed like pop cans and big round straw bales roll away to parts unknown when the chinook blows strong in southern Alberta.

In winter, snow disappears overnight and temperatures can rise 20 degrees in a day. In summer, the wind dries everything in its path and swipes loose objects from those who forget to keep them locked up or nailed down.

Such is the bane and blessing of the warm and powerful western winds that race down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and across the foothills and prairie.

Chinook, also called the snoweater in First Nations lore, is borrowed from the Chinook Indians who lived in the Columbia River region, where it was once thought the wind originated.

“Few regions in Canada are so profoundly influenced by the direct and indirect effects of a specific weather phenomenon,” Agriculture Canada researcher Barry Grace wrote in a 1987 article about chinooks.

The record wind speed for Lethbridge, the agricultural hub of the region, is 171 km-h, which was set in November 1962. A wind of that speed would be deemed a hurricane in other places, but there’s a proviso, says Agriculture Canada agro meteorologist Sean McGinn.

“That was a wind gust. When we record wind speed, we record five, 10 and I think 15 minute gusts, plus the hour average. A five minute gust can do a lot of damage at 171 km-h, but if you average that over a whole hour.…”

Winds of 80 to 105 km-h during a chinook are more common, and the average wind in the Lethbridge region without a chinook is 21 km-h, said McGinn.

Those who live in chinook

country both love the wind and hate it.

It’s a nuisance, but it shortens winter. It causes migraines, but it’s warm. And good hair days?

Not during a chinook.

That aside, chinooks have helped define agriculture in the region mostly because of their drying effects.

“The big thing is that chinooks tend to take away our snow in the winter time, and when we do have snow on the ground, that snow evaporates very quickly, so virtually all that moisture goes up into the air and very little soaks into the soil,” said soil scientist Ross McKenzie of McKenzie Ag Consulting.

“The negative is the lack of moisture, but with farmers in the last 20 years shifting to direct seeding, keeping their stubble up, keeping good residue on the cover, we tend to get a lot less evaporation or moisture loss when we do have those chinook events.”

Though chinooks have affected

this part of the world for a long time, McKenzie said it’s only in the last 30 years that farmers have adapted well to the challenges they bring.

Farmers once used summerfallow to conser ve moisture.

Though it may have been effective in other climates, the mighty winds sapped that moisture and left fields subject to erosion.

“We get approximately 20 to 30 percent of our precipitation in the wintertime, so 130 to 140 millimetres falls as snow, so that moisture is not available because most of it is lost during the chinook,” said McGinn.

McKenzie attributes some of the shift away from summerfallow to Agriculture Canada researcher Asael Palmer, who worked at the Lethbridge Research Centre and suggested it was counterproductive for area farmers.

“It’s been a really long, slow evolution, that really in the last 20 to 30 years, farmers have really done a good job of adapting.”

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WHAT CAUSES A CHINOOK? The Rocky Mountains lie in the path of prevailing westerly winds. As moist Pacific air from the west reaches and then rises over the mountain range, it cools and loses much of the moisture it carries. The now-dry wind warms as it rushes down the leeward side.

Pressure systems also play a role. Air is drawn into a low pressure system on the lee side of the Rockies. Such a system is often associated with a ridge of high pressure over the mountains, setting up a wave of troughs and crests parallel to the mountain range.

A strong chinook is characterized by a chinook arch, a cloudless area just above the Rockies that is the sign of a pending or current chinook condition.

The size and amplitude of the system depend on the strength of the upper westerly winds, air mass conditions and local topography.

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hern Alberta agriculture Chinook country farmers were early adopters of direct seeding and the use of drought tolerant crops. The climate also demanded the development of an extensive irrigation system that led to crop diversity and high-volume production.

However, McKenzie said the snow eater’s work also brings advantages to farmers. “With the chinooks, usually our snow is typically gone by mid to late March, so it’s not uncommon for farmers in southern Alberta to be seeding by mid-April, so that kind of extends our growing season,� he said. “The big advantage is that they give us the opportunity to seed earlier and then take advantage of capturing that sun for a longer period of time and actually having higher yield potential than farmers east or north.�

Winter crops, including winter wheat, fall rye and winter triticale, fare well because of the mild winters fashioned by chinooks.

In his former role with Alberta Agriculture, McKenzie also saw the

promise of winter peas. “We grew them successfully every year at Lethbridge and most years successfully at Brooks,� he said.

In contrast, winter pea test plots in Lacombe in central Alberta usually didn’t survive and those north of Edmonton never survived. “Because our soil temperatures don’t get nearly as cold, I think there are better opportunities to grow some of these winter crops in southern Alberta before we’d be able to grow them in other areas of the Prairies ‌ so that’s certainly an advantage as well.â€?

However, with the good comes the bad. A winter chinook that melts the snow just enough to form an ice layer can cut off oxygen and force winterkill of winter wheat and alfalfa.

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The warm weather can also be a mixed blessing in cattle country.

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ing season, and some ranchers are able to graze year-round.

A big snow followed by a quick thaw can create muddy pen conditions in feedlots, but warmer weather means that animals require less feed. “Overall, I would say it’s a lot more positive because we do have warmer conditions overall in the winter and the summer,� said McKenzie. “I think that generally it gives us a longer growing season. Certainly it is drier, but farmers are really compensating for that with our farming practices. I think with the diversity of the crops we can grow, the longer growing season, farmers have really been able to manage things quite nicely.�

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WEATHER WATCHERS

Volunteer crop reporters keep their ears to the ground

BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

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FFROSTY FACTS Whatt is is black bl frost fro and how does it form?

• This spring, hard frost smoked canola seedlings on hundreds of thousands of acres in western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. Manitoba Agriculture crop production adviser Elmer Askew described it as a “black frost,” one where dew doesn’t form and there is little moisture to protect the plants.

Is there any relationship between a full moon and frost?

• Drew Lerner, president of World Weather Inc., says there is no statistical evidence that frost is more likely during a full moon.

Cornell University scientists looked at 100 years of weather records at four locations in the U.S. Northeast and found that a full moon didn’t increase the risk of frost.

What is hoarfrost?

• Snowflakes are not frozen water and frost is not frozen dew.

When water vapour molecules contact a frozen subfreezing surface, such as a windshield, they jump from the gaseous to solid state, leading to a coating of tiny ice crystals. When there is more moisture in the air, the ice crystals can grow and develop more intricate patterns. This is hoarfrost.

DESSA, Sask. — When a plow wind whirled through Bette Reiss’s mixed farm at Odessa, the intrepid crop reporter stayed above ground to keep watch.

“Most people head to the basement. We are out on the porch,” said Reiss, a volunteer crop reporter who has been relaying details of crops and weather in her rural municipality to Saskatchewan Agriculture for more than a quarter century.

“The walls near the porch were shaking, the shingles were all over the yard,” she recalled.

But fortunately, the cattle raised

by Bette and her husband, Dennis, were spared harm.

Reiss’s reasons for volunteering her time are simple.

“I like seeing what’s going on, not just in my backyard,” she said.

“I’m not a weather specialist, just a weather observer. There’s nothing you can do about the weather but sit back for the ride and hope for the best.”

Her interest in the weather is shared by the 200 volunteer crop reporters who watch the skies in Saskatchewan’s growing regions.

Shannon Friesen, regional crops specialist at Saskatchewan Agriculture in Moose Jaw, said they are the eyes and ears of their rural regions, documenting in detail crop progress, soil moisture, disease prevalence, weather details and much more for the weekly crop report.

“We are the only province who relies on such a large amount of volunteers,” she said.

Friesen said many spend a dozen or more hours a week collecting the data, talking with neighbours, visiting coffee row, com-

pleting the questionnaire and sending in the information.

“They provide us with amazing information. We can’t publish it all but certainly appreciate it,” she said.

“Crop reporters provide great detailed analysis of exactly what’s going on.”

The information is used by the ministry and by businesses around the world.

“Without them, it would be a lot harder,” said Friesen.

“They are the backbone of what we do. Saskatchewan is such a vast province and in every area, there is something different happening every day.”

Reiss said she’s the go-to person in her region, with people often calling her to check on weather events.

Retired crop repor ter and farmer Cecilia Kotylak said weather is an endlessly fascinating topic of conversation.

Kotylak, who retired from reporting in 1998 after 15 years, felt well equipped to report, considering her family’s cropland spread throughout the Montmartre region.

Do Russian children like frost?

• Probably. That’s because the Russian Santa Claus is named Deed Moroz, or Father Frost.

Does frost arrive later in the year than it used to?

The first fall frost in Saskatchewan now arrives later than it did in the 1960s. Climatologists say the average date of fall frost in central Saskatchewan is stretching into late September.

How old is Frosty?

The Frosty the Snowman TV movie first appeared on CBS in 1969.

Gene Autry recorded the first version of the Frosty the Snowman song in 1950.

Source: staff research

Bette Reiss, a volunteer crop reporter for Saskatchewan Agriculture, has been observing the weather and preparing crop reports for the Odessa region for more than two decades. | KAREN MORRISON PHOTO

Twice each year, Kotylak would push a special metal rod into the ground to determine soil moisture, carefully compiling her information so that she could phone it in to Saskatchewan Agriculture each week.

She said weather monitoring stays with her even today.

“It will never go away in my head,” said Kotylak.

She recalled the year grasshoppers arrived in droves.

“The grasshoppers moved in and they go through the crops like you wouldn’t believe. Part of our RM had severe damage,” Kotylak said.

One year, it was bertha armyworms that swept through the grain belt and left damage in their wake within days.

She recalled when a plow wind “just laid down the crops,” leaving behind fields that were salvageable only for livestock feed.

She has seen a shift in weather patterns over the years, citing more abrupt and extreme changes than in the past.

Kotylak retired her rain gauge after her husband died and when newer crops arrived that were less

familiar to her.

“I didn’t think it was right to give a report if I didn’t know what was going on,” she said.

Friesen said there are three reporters who have reported every year since 1976.

Today, their phoned-in and faxed reports have been largely replaced by emails and online surveys.

Friesen said crop reporting formally began in 1976, but was preceded by informal crop reporting.

In the beginning, reporters would submit information to the local ag rep.

Volunteers would receive their choice of a subscription to The Western Producer, Free Press Weekly, Farm Light and Power or a Canada yearbook. Today, volunteers receive a gift annually and when they reach certain milestones.

For Reiss, that included a trip to Regina, a dinner and tour at the Saskatchewan legislature and an introduction to the agriculture minister to mark her 25 years of service. karen.morrison@producer.com

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WEATHER WATCHERS

Neither rain, nor sleet nor hail will deter them Volunteer weather watchers help to collect and report weather information to assist federal reporting network

BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

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VERY MORNING at 7 a.m. Ernest Watts steps out of his Manitoba home, walks over to a weather station that measures any rain, snow or lack of it, and reports his findings on a website.

He is one of hundreds of weather watchers across the country who record the weather for CoCoRaHS, a non-profit network of weather volunteers.

“My hobby is gardening and growing evergreen trees. Tree seedlings are vulnerable to flood and drought, both of which can occur within weeks of each other around here,” said Watts, of Portage la Prairie.

In Saskatchewan, Abraham Buhler has recorded rainfall for 40 years on his Hague farm just to satisfy his curiosity. When Buhler learned about CoCoRaHS, he knew it was just the kind of volunteer job he wanted.

“I’ve been doing it all my life in an unofficial capacity,” said Buhler, a retired farmer. “I did it just to be informed.”

He has been a CoCoRaHS weather volunteer since November 2013.

Meteorologists, climate change experts, engineers, farmers and hydrologists all use the information to aid in weather and flood forecasting. Buhler learned how to measure the moisture in snow by gathering it in a special cylinder, melting and weighing it, and then recording it.

As of Dec. 8, there had been little snowfall and the equivalent of 4/10 of an inch of snow moisture at his Hague farm.

CoCoRaHS, or Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, is a non-profit communitybased network of volunteers who measure rain, hail and snow.

It began in 1998 after a flood near Fort. Collins, Colorado, that was so localized it was missed by all meteorologists and weather gathering sites. In Canada, CoCoRaHS started in Manitoba after the 2011 flood.

In Canada more than 1,000 registered volunteers across the country collect and input weather data.

The most volunteers are in Manitoba and Ontario, followed by Saskatchewan. Most of the funding for the program comes from those three provinces.

The network works in partnership and is funded partially by Environment Canada and a number of other agencies to help aid in flood forecasting.

Angie Knowles, volunteer coordinator with CoCoRaHS Canada, said when Hurricane Patricia blew into southern Ontario in October, the weather volunteers were asked to make sure they reported their findings to paint a more accurate picture of the hurricane’s damage.

“Rain does not fall the same everywhere. You just can’t be everywhere the rain may fall,” said Knowles.

Weather volunteers buy a special $30, extra wide rain gauge to ensure the most accurate data is gathered from each site.

The gauge is set up in the yard in an open location and each morn-

ing the weather watchers take the snow, rain or hail measurements and enter them into the website.

“That information is publicly available for everyone to see,” said Tiffany Taylor, provincial co-ordinator for CoCoRaHS Manitoba.

This summer weather volunteers recorded a flash flood near Steinback that was missed by other weather stations.

“It was CoCoRaHS volunteers that verified the actual intensity of the storm because the automated stations didn’t catch it because it was so specific to a local area,” said Taylor.

“We have had a lot of flooding in the past couple years and we need more people on the ground in a hyper local sense to provide us with data. There are so many gaps between weather stations. We don’t have reporting from automated weather stations that we need to tell us what is going on on the ground.

That is why we are asking local people to be citizen scientists to get accurate data and forecast.”

Manitoba and Ontario have received the most funding and are able to attract the most weather volunteers. Ideally, volunteers should enter data on the website each day,

but because of holidays and other commitments, there is about 55 or 60 percent daily participation.

“It’s actually surprising how many people are interested in the weather. There are a lot of people out there who have been tracking it their whole lives and putting it down on a piece of paper not realizing there is an actual place you can put that data.

During the summer, precipitation and any other significant details are entered. In the winter, a snow gauge is used to determine water equivalent. The winter snow data is used to help predict snow build up and pos-

sible spring flooding.

“That local information can help the forecasters see what is going to happen if we get more snow or if a storm were to happen, what areas are going to be in trouble,” said Taylor.

Last winter a New Brunswick weather volunteer took snowfall amounts in 15-foot conditions.

“We’ve had some fabulous volunteers,” said Knowles.

Their goal is to increase the number of weather volunteers across the country to have a better and more accurate precipitation picture. mary.macarthur@producer.com

“Prairie farmers tell us they want competitive rates, superior service and professional loss adjusting. Our goal is to exceed their expectations.”

Bruce Lowe – CEO

AG Direct Hail is Shaking up the Crop Hail Insurance Industry.

Q&A with CEO Bruce Lowe on why AG Direct Hail Insurance is becoming the choice for prairie farmers.

Q: What sets AG Direct Hail Insurance apart from the other private line or government providers?

Bruce: Well, simply AG Direct is the first and only online crop hail insurance company that is solely focused on saving hard-working prairie farmers up to 15% or more on their premiums.

Q: Is there any difference in coverage by prairie province?

Bruce: Simply, in Saskatchewan and Alberta the model is the same. Farmers can purchase AG Direct Hail Insurance at up to $300 per acre. We have a team of highly qualified and experienced adjusters who will attend to their claims.

Q. For most farmers, that would be a lot of money left in the pocket. How do you do it?

Bruce: AG Direct reduces or eliminates costs that can be layered onto other hail polices and passes those savings back to farmers in the form of lower premiums without compromising service or fair loss awards.

Q: What about Manitoba?

Bruce: Like last year, farmers must purchase $200 with MASC first before being eligible to save with AG Direct. Additionally, we will be matching MASC’s loss figures so that farmers just have to send us their proof of loss. Once we have validated it, a cheque will quickly follow.

Q: What kind of costs?

Bruce: As our name suggests, we are a direct model. We don’t use brokers/agents to sell our insurance. When you buy from any other private line company, the broker is paid about a 12% commission to complete the policy. With AG Direct, producers simply apply for coverage directly and online from us. Since we don’t pay commissions to brokers, the savings are passed directly to producers in the form of lower premiums.

Q: So you have your own AG Direct adjusters in Saskatchewan and Alberta?

Bruce: Yes, we do. Our entire adjusting team is led by Baillie Shewkenek. I believe Baillie is the best Claims Manager on the prairies. He has built a team of committed and experienced adjusters.

We constantly get (and welcome) inquiries from qualified adjusters that are interested in joining our strong team.

Q: Are there any other costs you focus on?

Bruce: Yes. We have streamlined and simplified the loss award process. Also, we don’t have the same sales, marketing, and administrative costs as the rest of the industry. I should also mention we don’t have any hats, calendars or pens and farmers won’t be getting a holiday card from us (laughs). We believe a dollar we save is a dollar our customers should save.

Q: So who is AG Direct’s reinsurer?

Bruce: We are exclusively backed by Allianz.

Allianz is one of the top insurance companies in the world with 78 million customers in over 70 countries. They are a leader in cutting-edge insurance products. We are fortunate to have them as our reinsurance partner.

Q: What is your philosophy on loss adjusting?

Bruce: Simply, to be fair. After we leave a claim, I don’t expect a farmer to high-five the neighbor nor do I want to be bad-mouthed at the coffee shop. When we leave, I want farmers to shrug their shoulders and say “yup, that was fair”.

Q: And how would you rate adjusting execution?

Bruce: It was another terrific year. Producers were able to submit their claims online in about a minute. The wheels were in motion from that point.

An adjuster was assigned, a mutually agreeable day and time were set, and we adjusted the loss.

We attended the majority of claims within two weeks. We are most proud of the fact that, after hundreds of claims, we have had no appraisals across the prairies in our first two years and our customers rated our claims handling at 97% on our satisfaction survey.

Q: That is impressive. Is it a goal of yours to build on this positive momentum?

Bruce: Absolutely. Prairie farmers tell us they want competitive rates, superior service and professional loss adjusting. Our goal is to exceed their expectations. Every year hard working farmers have a choice and we believe that if we continue to deliver, we can earn their business year after year. I would like to share a quick story. This past November AG Direct attended the Agri-trade show in Red Deer. We had close to 100 customers stop by our booth to thank us for saving them money, or for the great service, for the quality loss adjusting or the online convenience. I can’t tell you how appreciative we are that our customers took the time to come by and thank us. It is clear that AG Direct Hail has developed a connection and partnership with our customers and we like and respect that.

Q: So how can a producer learn about AG Direct, check rates and apply?

Bruce: Producers simply have to go to www.agdirecthail.com. They will need to register with an email and create a password. Registration is without obligation but required before they see our rates in the spring.

Q You also have a toll-free number?

Bruce: Yes. We are available 7 days a week to answer any questions. Just simply call us at 1-855-686-5596 and we would be pleased to speak to farmers that would like to know more.

Q: Anything else Bruce?

Bruce: With the utmost respect for farmers, I would urge them to research all of their options and not to get caught in the “auto-renew net”. Farmers tell me all the time that they meant to opt out of the autorenew with certain companies but forgot and didn’t have a chance to take advantage of our rates And lastly, we’ll be at the Saskatoon Crop Production Trade Show in a couple of weeks. We invite our current customers and also farmers that would like to learn more to stop by and say hello.

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HAIL

The four-letter word farmers fear most DID YOU KNOW?

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH

• The heaviest hailstones on record weighed up to one kilogram and reportedly killed 92 people in the Gopalganj area of Bangladesh on April 14, 1986.

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AIL CAN BE a heartbreaker. “ You’ve got this beautiful crop out there and the next thing you know a black cloud is overhead and you look out an hour later and there is nothing left,” said Bruce Low, chief executive officer of AG Direct Hail Insurance.

Prairie farmers can buy insurance through private or government run programs to protect their crops. The rates are offered in the second week of May based on what they pay on a per acre basis. Policies expire in October.

“Every year farmers spend a lot of money to protect their crops against hail,” he said.

The Canadian Crop Hail Association reported that several significant storms occurred in 2015, but the overall impact was less severe than a year ago.

The average claim in 2015 was $12,645, down from $18,628 in 2014.

The number of major storms was down from the average. Hail was reported on 94 days, and the three most significant events hit earlier in the growing season. The size and severity of storms was much less than usual.

Year-over-year comparisons show overall prairie premium totals of $274 million, down from $316 million in 2014.

Manitoba fared the worst in 2015 with recorded losses of $46 million compared to $16 million in 2014.

In Saskatchewan, payouts totaled $71 million for more than 6,900 claims. This is down from 2014.

Alberta experienced an average hail year with $50 million in payouts, nearly half that of 2014 when $99 million was paid out for crop losses. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

Source: Guinness Book of World Records

• The most expensive hailstorm in Canadian history occurred July 12, 2010, in Calgary. It tallied more than $400 million in damages to homes, vehicles and businesses.

• That hailstorm also wiped out more than 222,394 acres of crops near Strathmore and Hussar, Alta., and caused crop damage claims totalling $18.5 million.

• The previous claims record of $340 million was set in 1991, also in Calgary.

Source: Environment Canada

HAIL INSURANCE PREMIUMS ACROSS THE PRAIRIES

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Many factors influence how much money is spent annually on crop hail insurance: • reduction in rates being offered by insurers • commodity prices (higher crop prices translates into more dollars spent to insure) • drought or flooding

If you cut open a large hailstone, you may see several rings of ice, since each time the hail is swept back up into the cloud, a new layer of ice forms around the ball. The stones aren’t always round — sometimes they are oblong or even spiked if several small stones fuse together inside the cloud. | STOCK PHOTO

HOW DO HAILSTONES FORM? Hailstones all have the same start — tiny droplets freeze and are coated with layers of ice as they rise and fall with warm and cool air currents in a cloud formation. The wind speed within the cloud determines the hailstone’s final size — marblesized hail needs an updraft of 56 km-h while golf ball-sized hail requires an updraft of at least 103 km-h.

total total average premium number policy value of cost ($millions) policies ($) $289 79,100 $3,654 264 58,000 4,552 264 65,700 4,018 268 62,700 4,274 340 66,700 5,097 344 63,000 5,460 316 58,400 5,411 273 57,000 4,789

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The frozen droplets are caught in the updraft and pulled into the cool layer, where supercooled moisture coats the droplet with a layer of ice

When the ice-coated droplets are too large to be pulled back up into the cloud, they fall as hailstones

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Alberta crop insurers develop cloud seeding program Clouds are seeded with small amounts of silver iodide to reduce hailstones to pea size that will likely do less damage

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

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LBERTA FARMERS living between Rocky Mountain House and High River have a better than average chance that someone in their neighbourhood will suffer a devastating crop loss due to hail.

The region is known as hail alley.

Hailstorms cause major damage every year with direct costs to agriculture ranging from $50 million to $100 million per year, according to Alberta Agriculture Financial Services.

However, damage to property has surpassed agricultural losses in the last 20 years.

As property damage claims escalated, insurance companies decided something had to be done to reduce risk and major payouts. The result was a co-operative decision among insurers to form the Alberta Severe Weather Management Society, the first project of its kind in the world to be funded privately. It uses cloud seeding to reduce damage to property.

The program was initiated in 1996 after a severe hailstorm struck Calgary Sept. 7, 1991, with insured losses of $400 million.

“It brought the insurance companies in Alberta to their knees,” said Terry Krauss, who was with the Alberta Research Council while hail was extensively studied.

For the last five years, he has overseen cloud seeding operations on behalf of the weather management society.

“If that storm occurred today, it is estimated the damage would be more than $1 billion,” he said.

The National Research Council and the Alberta Research Council started studying Alberta hailstorms in 1957. Through a longrunning meteorological research program, it confirmed that Alberta experiences a high frequency of large hail, which causes widespread damage to economically significant grain crops such as wheat, canola and barley.

At the same time, farmers pushed the government to try weather modification and cloud seeding. In 1970, with assistance from the University of Wyoming, cloud seeding was tested over the next two years.

The result was a provincially funded five-year hail suppression program starting in 1974. The program lasted until 1985.

“The historical program was funded by agriculture. We didn’t even seed storms over Calgary or Edmonton, only agriculture,” said Krauss.

The current cloud seeding project covers the area of high storm frequency in the Calgary to Red Deer corridor. Most efforts are directed at controlling hail over large population centres, but farmers on the periphery may get some benefit.

This was the 20th summer of cloud seeding in Alberta by Weather Modification Inc. of Fargo, North Dakota. It uses high-powered twinengine aircraft to fly into forming clouds and alleviate potentially damaging storms.

Planes fly up to 18,000 feet and try

to reach the earlier stages of the storm before the anvil shaped storm cloud forms.

The weather management society has its own radar station at the Olds-Didsbury airport, where it can scan a 150 kilometre radius to watch areas from Red Deer to Calgary. Twenty employees work there from June 1 to Sept. 15.

Clouds are seeded with silver iodide to reduce hailstones to pea size that will likely do less damage.

Small stones may take 20 minutes to grow while the large ones could take 40 to 50 minutes.

“The main challenge with agriculture, even though the results were 20 percent reduced crop damage when we seeded, pea-sized hail can still destroy a crop,” Krauss said.

“We can’t stop pea-sized hail.”

Radar meteorologists at Didsbury decide when to start seeding and incorporate the observations of the pilots into their decisions.

Flights are often launched before radar indicates a destructive storm is brewing.

“We want to seed at least 30 minutes before it hits a town or city,” Krauss said.

They also have to rely on the best weather predictions available but that never has 100 percent certainty.

“We can still not predict exactly what that storm on any given day will produce,” Krauss said.

Cloud seeding services might some day use drones, but that is at the experimental stage.

Similar cloud seeding is done in Greece, Argentina, France, Spain, Germany, China, Russia and United States to protect agriculture and property.

The main challenge with agriculture, even though the results were 20 percent reduced crop damage when we seeded, pea-sized hail can still destroy a crop.

TERRY KRAUSS FORMERLY WITH ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL

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Space probe setback Scientists hoped a new NASA satellite would provide cutting-edge tech for soil moisture sampling — until something went wrong

This artist’s conception shows the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite capturing soil moisture data from orbit. | IMAGE COURTESY OF NASA JET PROPULSION LABORATORY

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$1.1 BILLION NASA satellite that was supposed to revolutionize soil moisture mapping around the world has suffered a serious but not

insurmountable setback.

The American space agency launched its Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite Jan. 31, 2015. It was an upgrade over the European Space Agency’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite because SMAP is equipped with both passive and

active radar sensors.

The SMOS satellite has a passive sensor that records how much energy the Earth is emitting. It provides accurate soil moisture measurements but at a low resolution, taking one reading every 40 kilometres.

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equipped with an active sensor that sends energy to Earth and records what bounces back. It delivers high resolution images, taking one reading every one km.

The active sensor was the real innovation in the SMAP satellite, but it failed six months after the satellite was launched.

“Even an organization like NASA h a s s e t b a c k s,” s a i d H e a t h e r McNairn, a research scientist with Agriculture Canada who is part of a large team of U.S. and Canadian researchers working on the project.

“They lost communication with it, is what basically happened. So it just sort of went to sleep. They poked at it a bit, but they weren’t able to revive it.”

Paul Bullock, a soil science professor at the University of Manitoba, said the SMAP satellite was going to provide a wealth of information to the neglected field of soil science.

“Soil science is not a sexy subject.

It’s mud,” he said.

However, he believes it should be a sexy subject, at least in agricultural circles, because soil moisture has a significant impact on crop yield, quality, diseases and flooding.

There are weather stations all over Western Canada, and Agriculture Canada regularly produces up-todate precipitation and temperature maps.

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TOP: Scientists use data from the SMAP satellite to show standard deviation of the difference between satellite observations and European Center for Medium range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) model values for soil moisture.

ABOVE: SMAP data modelling shows the progression of spring thaw in a two-week period this spring.

However, there is precious little information on soil moisture.

“The truth is we don’t measure it,” said Bullock.

That is why he was so excited about the potential of SMAP, which was supposed to provide higher resolution images than SMOS. Another useful feature is that it collects data every one to three days compared to one to two weeks for most satellites.

“What I get passionate about is that even though this is just looking at that very surface skin of soil moisture, that is the most dynamic layer for changes in moisture in the soil,” he said.

Bullock said soil moisture is extremely variable. It can change dramatically in a short distance and over a short period of time because of soil type, vegetation, temperature and rainfall.

“The variability is mind-numbing.”

That is why it is important to produce high resolution images based on readings from smaller areas.

McNairn said the SMAP data was going to be used for flood, crop disease and weather forecasting.

The 40 km resolution data will still be useful for weather forecasting.

“Soil moisture is one of the variables in weather forecasting that is the least understood but has a pretty significant effect on weather forecasting and modeling,” she said.

However, 40 km is too big an area

We’re hoping that at the end of it we can come up with a method that’s going to work so that NASA can kind of get back on track.

HEATHER MCNAIRN RESEARCH SCIENTIST, AGRICULTURE CANADA

to provide much value for flood forecasting or for identifying what crop production areas would be at high risk for developing waterdependent diseases such as root rot and sclerotinia.

“It’s not the end of the story though, so don’t despair,” said McNairn.

Researchers from NASA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Canada, Environment Canada and universities on both sides of the border are trying to figure out a way to downscale the 40 km pixels into pixels of one km resolution.

“We’re hoping that at the end of it we can come up with a method that’s going to work so that NASA can kind of get back on track,” she said.

Some strategies have already been devised.

McNairn said researchers in Manitoba will be validating the 40 km resolution data next year as well as determine how they stack up

with actual, on-the-ground soil moisture measurements.

“I’m pretty confident some solution is going to be found,” she said.

Bullock said surface moisture is just one piece of the puzzle. It needs to be augmented by manual soil moisture measurements taken deeper in the ground.

“We have to pull that information together with the satellite information to build a complete picture of what the moisture content of the soil is,” said Bullock.

“In agriculture, we need to know what’s going on in the entire root zone.”

He agreed with McNairn that all is not lost, but there is no doubt that losing the active sensor was a serious setback.

“The strength of having it on one (satellite) was that you’re acquiring the information both from the active and the passive over the same piece of land at the same time,” he said.

NASA had planned to release the first verified soil moisture data maps by May. It’s still possible the agency will be able to produce the products it was hoping to create by working with data from another satellite equipped with an active sensor, but there will likely be a lengthy delay.

“It has probably set it back a year,” said Bullock. sean.pratt@producer.com

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China takes weather into its own hands — and into the skies

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

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OST COUNTRIES adopt a fatalistic “ i t ’s o u t o f o u r hands” attitude toward the weather.

China isn’t one of them.

Every year, the country employs tens of thousands of people and spends as much as $100 million to modify the weather.

The China Daily reports that the Chinese Meteorological Administration and Weather Modification Offices across the country have conducted more than 560,000 operations to prevent or instigate precipitation since 2002.

The countr y dedicates vast resources to cloud seeding, including: • 50 planes • 7,000 guns • 7,000 rocket launchers • 47,000 people The China Daily said weather modification has helped “release 489.7 billion tons of rain, about 12 times the water storage of the Three Gorges Dam.” Chinese officials aren’t satisfied with the status quo when it comes to manipulating the weather. A Chinese Meteorological Administration spokesperson told a 2015 meeting that the organization plans to step up its efforts and increase artificial precipitation three to five percent over the next five years.

An agricultural aircraft flies over Nakhonsawan province in a bid to seed clouds north of Bangkok, Thailand, July 9. Thailand suffered its worst drought in more than a decade this year. In an effort to maintain water levels, farmers have been told to refrain from planting rice. | REUTERS PHOTO North American authorities remain less enthusiastic about weather modification.

States in the western United States and other arid regions of the country have experimented with cloud seeding or have active weather modification programs, but they have never gained widespread acceptance.

“I know there were some legal issues with it. If you give Paul a little bit extra water, then Peter is going to be a little upset. That water was mine and you took my water,” said Ron Stewart, a University of Mani-

toba meteorological expert who studied cloud seeding when he was a professor at the University of Wyoming.

The science and practice of cloud seeding are based on key principles: • A cloud may contain moisture but it’s not sufficiently cold to form ice.

• Ice is needed within a cloud so ice crystals can grow and then fall out of the cloud as precipitation.

• Weather modification attempts to add more ice to the cloud.

• Silver iodide is dispersed into the

cloud with flares mounted on the wings of a plane or from the ground.

• The silver iodide particles encourage the growth of new ice crystals, increasing the likelihood of precipitation.

Stewart said it’s a scientific fact that cloud seeding changes the microphysics of a cloud. The outstanding scientific question is whether it causes precipitation to fall.

An Israeli study from 2010 that was published in Atmospheric Research looked at the equivalent of 50 years of data on cloud seed-

ing, primarily around the Sea of Galilee. The scientists determined that cloud seeding doesn’t increase rainfall from clouds.

A comprehensive study in Wyoming, which was completed in 2014, came to a different conclusion. Scientists from the National Centre for Atmospheric Research studied snowfall in the mountains of Wyoming for six years. They compared the amount of snow that fell when clouds were seeded to the snowfall in another mountain range that wasn’t seeded with silver iodide.

The initial results were mixed.

The seeded clouds produced only three percent more snowfall.

However, the results were more positive after eliminating cases where clouds were insufficiently treated with silver iodide.

“Accumulated evidence from statistical, modeling and physical studies suggests a positive orographic seeding effect over a winter season between five and 15 percent,” the researchers said.

Cloud seeding to instigate rain is a rarity in Canada with the exception of Alberta, which has a weather modification program to suppress hail.

Stewart said that could change in the coming decades if climate change causes more droughts. Prairie provinces may be willing to try weather modification to alleviate crop failures and water shortages. robert.arnason@producer.com

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Horse Hauling................ 5469 Harness & Vehicles ....... 5470 Saddles ...........................5475 Sheep Auction Sales .................5505 Arcott ..............................5510 Columbia ........................5520 Dorper............................. 5527 Dorset .............................5530 Katahdin .........................5550 Lincoln ............................5553 Suffolk ........................... 5580 Texel Sheep ....................5582 Sheep Various ............... 5590 Sheep Wanted ................5595 Sheep Events, Seminars ..... 5597 Sheep Service, Supplies ...................... 5598 Swine Auction Sales ................ 5605 Wild Boars ......................5662 Swine Various ............... 5670 Swine Wanted ................5675 Swine Events, Seminars ....5677 Poultry Baby Chicks ....................5710 Ducks & Geese................5720 Turkeys ...........................5730 Birds Various .................. 5732 Poultry Various ............. 5740 Poultry Equipment ......... 5741 Specialty Alpacas ........................... 5753 Deer ................................ 5757 Elk .................................. 5760 Goats ..............................5765 Llama ..............................5770 Rabbits ........................... 5773 Ratite: Emu, Ostrich, Rhea ...... 5775 Yaks ............................... 5780 Events & Seminars ......... 5781 Specialty Livestock Equipment. .....................5783 Livestock Various .............5785 Livestock Equipment ....... 5790 Livestock Services & Vet Supplies..........................5792 Lost and Found ...................5800 Miscellaneous Articles........ 5850 Misc Articles Wanted ...........5855 Musical .................................5910 Notices .................................5925 Oilfield Equipment ...............5935 ORGANIC Certification Services .......5943 Food ................................. 5945 Grains ...............................5947 Livestock.......................... 5948 Personal (prepaid) .............. 5950 Personal Various (prepaid).... 5952 Pest Control ........................ 5960 PETS Registered ....................... 5970 Non Registered ................. 5971 Working Dogs ...................5973 Pets & Dog Events ............5975 Photography ....................... 5980 Propane .............................. 6000 Pumps ................................. 6010 Radio, TV & Satellites .........6040 REAL ESTATE B.C. Properties..................6110 Commercial Buildings/Land ............... 6115 Condos/Townhouses ........6120 Cottages & Lots ................ 6125 Houses & Lots ...................6126 Mobile Homes................... 6127 Ready To Move .................6128 Resorts ..............................6129 Recreational Property ......6130 Farms & Ranches British Columbia ............ 6131 Alberta ............................ 6132 Saskatchewan ................6133 Manitoba ........................6134 Pastures..........................6136 Wanted ...........................6138 Acreages .........................6139 Miscellaneous ............... 6140 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles ..........6161 Boats & Watercraft ...........6162 Campers & Trailers ...........6164 Golf Cars ...........................6165 Motor Homes ................... 6166

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Motorcycles ......................6167 Snowmobiles ....................6168 Refrigeration ....................... 6180 RENTALS & ACCOMMODATIONS Apartments & Houses.......6210 Vacation Accommodations ...........6245 Restaurant Supplies ........... 6320 Sausage Equipment ............ 6340 Sawmills.............................. 6360 Scales .................................. 6380 PEDIGREED SEED Cereal Seeds Barley ............................6404 Corn ...............................6406 Durum ............................ 6407 Oats ............................... 6410 Rye ..................................6413 Triticale ..........................6416 Wheat .............................6419 Forage Seeds Alfalfa .............................6425 Annual Forage ............... 6428 Clover .............................6431 Grass Seeds ................... 6434 Oilseeds Canola ...........................6440 Flax ................................ 6443 Pulse Crops Beans ............................. 6449 Chickpeas .......................6452 Lentil ............................. 6455 Peas ............................... 6458 Specialty Crops Canary Seeds................. 6464 Mustard ......................... 6467 Potatoes ........................ 6470 Sunflower .......................6473 Other Specialty Crops .... 6476 COMMON SEED Cereal Seeds .................... 6482 Forage Seeds ................... 6485 Grass Seeds ..................... 6488 Oilseeds ............................6491 Pulse Crops ...................... 6494 Various............................. 6497 Organic Seed ...... See Class 5947 FEED MISCELLANEOUS Feed Grain ....................... 6505 Hay & Straw ......................6510 Pellets & Concentrates .....6515 Fertilizer .......................... 6530 Feed Wanted.................... 6540 Seed Wanted ....................6542 Sewing Machines .................6710 Sharpening Services ............6725 Sporting Goods ....................6825 Outfitters...........................6827 Stamps & Coins................... 6850 Swap.....................................6875 Tanks ....................................6925 Tarpaulins ............................6975 Tenders ................................7025 Tickets ..................................7027 Tires .................................... 7050 Tools.................................... 7070 Travel .................................. 7095 Water Pumps........................7150 Water Treatment ................. 7200 Welding ................................7250 Well Drilling ........................ 7300 Winches...............................7400 CAREERS Career Training ................... 8001 Child Care............................ 8002 Construction .......................8004 Domestic Services ..............8008 Farm / Ranch....................... 8016 Forestry / Logging............... 8018 Help Wanted ....................... 8024 Management ....................... 8025 Mining ................................. 8027 Oilfield.................................8030 Professional ........................ 8032 Sales / Marketing ................8040 Trades / Technical ..............8044 Truck Drivers.......................8046 Employment Wanted (prepaid)..........................8050

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WANTED: AIRPLANE PROJECT. Looking for 1974 C-172M, TTAF 7750, SMOH 37.9, a project airplane. C 172, PA-28 etc. Flyable new paint, leather int., fresh annual, GNC 250 GPS/Comm, Edo RT 551 Com, MoGas or not. Contact greatplanes@sasktel.net STC, Wingtip lights, strobes, bubble windows, price $58 ,000 plus GST/PST. 1956 CESSNA 172, 3200 TTAF, 2100 TTAE, jim.slater@courtenayflightcenter.com for $26,500, runs and flies great. Calgary, AB. pics or call 250-338-2813, Courtenay, BC. FARM TOURS, International Farm Tours - 403-819-1504 or dbrundage@shaw.ca Argentina, Brazil, Australia, India, Europe, Ireland, England. www.farmtoursusa.com 888-414-4177, info@rupipertours.com DEPRESSION COACHING. DO you struggle with depression? Looking for participants for a group coaching project around depression. Call/txt Barry 306-281-8489, barry@lifedriver.ca www.lifedriver.ca

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WIRELESS DRIVEWAY ALARMS, calving barn cameras, backup cameras for RVs, trucks and combines, etc. Home and shop video surveillance. View from any computer or Smart phone. Free shipping. Call 403-616-6610, Calgary, AB.

NEW TRACTOR PARTS. Specializing in engine rebuild kits and thousands of other parts. Savings! Service manuals and decals. 2015 illustrated catalogue 592 pages, $10.95. Also Steiner Parts Dealer. Our 41st ye a r ! C a l l 1 - 8 0 0 - 4 8 1 - 1 3 5 3 . www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com

ADRIAN’S MAGNETO SERVICE. Guaranteed repairs on mags and ignitors. Repairs.

Parts. Sales. 204-326-6497. Box 21232, FARM TOURS, International Farm Tours - Steinbach, MB. R5G 1S5.

Argentina, Brazil, Australia, India, Europe, Ireland, England. www.farmtoursusa.com 888-414-4177, info@rupipertours.com

QUALITY BOOKS IN all categories. Mass market and literary fiction, childrens’ books, history, Religion, cookbooks, needle arts, community histories and more.

Westgate Books, 1022A Louise Ave., 306-382-5252, Saskatoon, SK. Buying, selling, exchanging books since 1972.

WOOD BURNING STOVE, mint, 1930’s Enterprise, $600. 2- ea. solid maple butcher b l o c k s : 1 at 2 0 / 2 0 - 1 0 , $ 7 5 0 ; 1 at $950. 1920’s upright oak pump FOR THE BABY BOOMER who has every- 20/20-16, exc. cond., $600. Vegreville, AB., thing else. 1950 Meteor 4 door with rebuilt organ, call Ron 780-603-3117, 8 AM to 7 PM. engine, standard trans w/overdrive, top of the line trim package. This Canadian mod- WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales broel is in very nice condition with very little chures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, surface rust. Starts, runs and drives great. Saskatoon, SK. Hurry for delivery in time for Christmas. $9,500. Delivery extra. Jim 204-856-3396, 204-385-2012, Gladstone, MB.

WANTED: GRAIN CODE BOOK Issue 1 & 2.

CWB Permit Books 1940-41 and 1955-56.

Grain Elevator Co. items. 306-286-3508, four20farm@gmail.com Humboldt, SK.

PBR AUCTIONS Farm And Industrial Sale, last Saturday of ea. month. Dealers, Contractors, Farmers consign now. Next sale Jan. 30, 9:00 AM. PBR, 105 - 71st St. West, Saskatoon, SK., 306-931-7666. www.pbrauctions.com PL #916479.

WANTED: 12X38 RIM to fit 1953 JD 60 tractor. Call 306-563-6178, Mikado, SK.

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TRACTOR AND MACHINERY DVDS. Over 270 titles covering many makes plus tractor books. 1-800-481-1353 or www.crohnsandcolitis.ca www.diamondfarmcanada.com JD TRACTORS Selling: 1940 Model A, 1945 AR, Model B on steel, BR, 1929 D on steel, 1940 H, 40U, 1946 LA, 1954 60, 720, 1954 R. All stored inside. 306-741-2591, 1960 EDSEL for restoration. Will sell or Swift Current, SK. jandkfarms@sasktel.net trade for 1957 Ford Fairlaine 500. Also WANTED, TOP DOLLAR paid on IH trac- have Field Marshall and Bulldog tractors, tors: 1026, 1456, 826, 1206, 1256, 756. running. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK. Call: 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. WANTED: FARMALL SMTAD, TA does not WANTED: 1950-1962 VW parts, truck havhave to be working condition. Phone ing single cab, split windshield and folding sides. 306-549-4073 eves, Hafford, SK. 519-366-2663.

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SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park.

New and used parts available for 3 ton highway tractors including custom built tandem converters and wet kits. All truck makes/models bought and sold. Shop service available. Specializing in repair and custom rebuilding for transmissions and differentials. Now offering driveshaft repair and assembly from passenger vehicles to heavy trucks. For more info call 306-668-5675 or 1-877-362-9465. www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394 TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton. We ship MORE AND MORE FARMERS are choosing anywhere. Phoenix Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Mack Auction Co. to conduct their farm Lucky Lake, SK. equipment auctions!! Book your 2015 auction today! Call 306-634-9512 today! www.mackauctioncompany.com PL311962 JD TOY FARM COLLECTION selling un- SCHOOL BUSES: 19 to 66 pass.; 1986 to reserved at Annett Auctions, Brooks, AB. 2007. $1600 and up. Phoenix Auto, Lucky January 16, 2016. View www.tdown.ca Lake, SK. 1-877-585-2300. DL #3320074 or for more info. phone 403-362-5252.

ALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see www.Maximinc.Com

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42nd Annual Convention Saturday, February 6th, 2016 Western Development Museum North Battleford, SK. 9:00 am Western Producer Breakfast Annual General Meeting 11:00 am Saturday, February 6th 5:30 President’s Banquet and Presentation Auction Era Induction!

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ALLISON TRANSMISSIONS Service, Sales and Parts. Exchange or custom rebuilds available. Competitive warranty.

Spectrum Industrial Automatics Ltd., 1-877-321-7732. www.siautomatics.com C H E C K OUT OUR parts specials at: www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Truck & Trailer toll free 1-888-986-2946.

SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals.

ONE OF SASK’s largest inventory of used heavy truck parts. 3 ton tandem diesel motors and transmissions and differentials for all makes! Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323.

VS TRUCK WORKS Inc. Parting out GM 1/2 and 1 ton trucks. Call 403-972-3879, Alsask, SK. www.vstruckworks.com SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used.

Huge inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension axles. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. WRECKING TRUCKS: All makes all models. Need parts? Call 306-821-0260 or email: junkman.2010@hotmail.com Wrecking Dodge, Chev, GMC, Ford and others. Lots of 4x4 stuff, 1/2 ton - 3 ton, buses etc. and some cars. We ship by bus, mail, Loomis, Purolator. Lloydminster, SK. TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts.

Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. WRECKING LATE MODEL TRUCKS: 1/2, 3/4, 1 tons, 4x4’s, vans, SUV’s. Cummins, Chev and Ford diesel motors. Jasper Auto Parts, 1-800-294-4784 or 1-800-294-0687.

2015 AHV LODE-KING aluminum Super B hoppers, extra light pkg., round stainless fenders, current Safety, exc. 11Rx22.5 tires w/alum. wheels, exc. cond., no air lift or elec. tarps. Two sets available $104,000/ea. OBO. 866-236-4028, Calgary

2016 FEATHERLITE 8127, Stock #40802, 7’x24’ all aluminum stock trailer with 2 gates, 3 compartments. One only in Red Deer, $24,900. Shop online 24/7 at: www.allandale.com or 1-866-346-3148.

2016 GOOSENECK STOCK trailer, new, never used, 20’, 7,000 lb. axles, $15,500.

306-524-4960, Semans, SK. ALUM. STOCK TRAILERS- 24’, $22,995. BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and 2015 SUBARU CROSSTEK, most fuel effi- Most sizes in stock. Call 306-824-4909, pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, tandem and tridems. Contact SK: cient AWD crossover in North America, Spiritwood, SK. www.greattrailers.ca 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

MSRP from $24,995. 1-877-373-2662 or ALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim 24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; 2015 SUBARU IMPREZA. Best compact Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 14,000 lbs., $4450; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, car. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP www.Maximinc.Com 7000 lbs., $2975. Factory direct. from $19,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or 1999 4 STAR, 5 horse, horse trailer, with 888-792-6283. www.monarchtrailers.com www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. weekender living quarters, exc. cond., 2015 SUBARU LEGACY, $1500 cash pur- safety inspected, $26,000. 403-627-7782, TOPGUN TRAILER SALES “For those who demand the best.” PRECISION AND chase discount MSRP from $23,495. Call Okotoks, AB. maryschnell3@gmail.com AGASSIZ TRAILERS (flatdecks, end 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca 2013 WILSON GROUND load 53’, alum., dumps, enclosed cargo). 1-855-255-0199, DL #914077. excellent condition, extra lights and extra Moose Jaw, SK. www.topguntrailersales.ca add-ons, asking $60,000 OBO. 306-322-7672, Rose Valley, SK.

C H E C K O U T O U R p a r t s s p e c i a l s at www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

REMOTE CONTROL TRAILER CHUTE openers can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season. FM remote controls provide maximum range and instant response while high torque drives operate the toughest of chutes.

Easy installation. Kramble Industries, call 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net 2010 DOEPKER TANDEM with electric remote chute opener, white, 36’, exc. cond. $37,500. 403-485-6175, 403-485-0262, Vulcan, AB. NEW 38’ TANDEM trailer, side chutes, roll tarp, 72” sides, $34,995. 306-824-4909, Spiritwood, SK. www.greattrailers.ca

NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip.

Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING. We do welding, patching, repairs, re-wiring of trucks, trailers, heavy equipment, etc. We use Epoxy primers and Endura topcoats.

Competitive rates. Contact Agrimex at 306-432-4444, Dysart, SK. NEW NEVILLE: 38’, air ride, 78” sides, 11x24.5 tires, side chutes, ladders, roll tarp, 2 hoppers, $36,999. 306-563-8765.

NEW 2015 WILSON Super B, also tridem 2 hopper; 2- new CASTLETONS: one 44’ tridem and 36’ tandem; 2013 Wilson Super B; 2012 Doepker Super Bs; 2005 Lode-King Super B; 2002 alum. open end Lode-King Super B; 2002 Doepker steel; 2010 Castleton tandem 36’ w/Michel’s augers; 2004 Doepker tandem; New Michel’s hopper augers and chute openers. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393 www.rbisk.ca DL#905231 1996 MIDLAND 24’ tandem pup, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, new paint and brakes, like new, $18,500. Merv 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, leave message, Arborfield, SK. DL #906768.

CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed. 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. EISSES GRAIN TRAILER Rental & Sales.

Super B grain trailers for rent by the day, week or month. Contact Henry at 403-782-3333, Lacombe, AB. ALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see www.Maximinc.Com

NEW TRAVALUM 24’ alum. stock trailer, 7’ 6” wide body, 7’ tall, 3- compartments, 3- 7K torsion axles, $25,995. Spiritwood, SK, 306-824-4909. www.greattrailers.ca GRASSLAND TRAILERS has added Duralite aluminum stock trailer line as well as Krogmann bale beds for 3/4 and one tons, to our list of quality products for your farm/ranch. Glen Peutert 306-640-8034 or email: gm93@sasktel.net Assiniboia, SK.

REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND hoist systems can save you time, energy 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 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net

SUPER B 40 bale hay trailer for sale, airbag kickoffs, excellent condition, $25,000.

780-202-0167 Winfield, AB. k.keates@outlook.com GOOD TRAILERS, REASONABLY priced.

Tandem axle, gooseneck, 8-1/2x24’, Beavertail and ramps, 14,000 GVW, $6900; or triple axle, $7900. All trailers custom built from 2000 to 20,000 lbs., DOT approved.

Call Dumonceau Trailers, 306-796-2006, Central Butte, SK. PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailer.com 53’ and 48’ tridem, tandem stepdecks, w/wo sprayer cradles; 53’, 48’ and 28’ tridem, tandem highboys, all steel and combos. Super B Highboys, will split; Tandem and S/A converter w/drop hitch; tandem aluminum tankers; 53’-28’ van trailers. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL #905231 www.rbisk.ca 1997 LODE-KING 48’ alum. combo, hi-boy flatdeck, air ride, w/side winches, $7000.

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2014 CANUCK END DUMP square box, near new trailer, Hardox 450 box, electric tarp, 3 axle, air ride, new MB safety, $49,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB 80 MISC. FLAT deck semi trailers. Pictures a n d p r i c e s a t w w w. t r a i l e r g u y. c a 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK.

1994 FORD, CUMMINS dsl. 9 spd., single axle, 14’ box, ex-County truck, very low 1998 IHC 8100, 300 HP, 10 spd. manual, kms, $9980. K&L Equipment and Auto, 315,000 miles, AC, new CIM B&H, fresh Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris, safety, $51,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. DL #910885.

306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2007 INTERNATIONAL 9200I Eagle gravel truck, 242,000 kms, 410 HP Cummins, 18 2007 IH 9400, with Cummins 435 HP 10 spd., air ride, 16” Renn box, roll tarp, fresh spd. AutoShift, 20’ box, alum. wheels and SK. inspection, $49,900. 1-800-667-4515. tanks, exc. cond., certified, $67,500; 2006 www.combineworld.com Peterbilt, 475 HP, Detroit 18 spd., A/T/C, alum. wheels, tanks, chrome bumper, like TANDEM AXLE GRAVEL trucks in inventonew tires, new paint, 20’ BH&T, exc. shape, ry. New and used, large inventory across show truck, $69,500; 2007 Mack CH613, Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or 460 Mack eng., 13 spd., AutoShift, alum. call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 wheels, new tires, A/T/C, new paint, 20’ BH&T, very nice, $67,500; 2007 Mack, 460 Mack eng., 12 spd. auto. trans., 3-way lockers, alum. wheels, good tires, 20’ BH&T, rear controls, pintle plate, $69,500; 1990 Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 spd., alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls good w/1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain t r a i l e r - n i c e s h ap e , $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ; 2 0 0 0 Freightliner Century Classic M11 Cummins, 375 HP, Super 10 speed, exc. tires, 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, $47,500; 2007 IH 9400, 430 HP Cummins, new 20’ BH&T, new paint, good tires, alum. wheels and tanks, 10 spd. AutoShift, $67,500. Trades accepted. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK. DL#906768 1995 IHC 9200 daycab, M11 Cummins, 9 near new rubber, 450,000 kms, 7000 2009 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR tandem spd., fresh SK. safety, vg, $19,900. Camgrain truck, 485 HP Cummins, 340,000 hrs., Don Motors Ltd. 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK kms. New 20’ CIM box and hoist, $69,900 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2005 PETERBILT 378, Cummins 500HP, 18 spd; 2006 Peterbilt 379, Cummins 475HP, 2012 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR tandem, 13 spd; 2009 IH Prostar, Cummins 500HP, 20’ CIM box and hoist, 430 HP Cummins, 18 spd; 2003 Freightliner Columbia, De295,000 kms, roll tarp. Premium unit troit 500HP (rebuilt), 18 spd., 46 rears, w/SK Safety, $79,800. 1-800-667-4515. lockers; 2004 Kenworth W900L, Cat www.combineworld.com 475HP, 13 spd. Daycabs: 2005 IH 9400, Cat 475HP, 18 spd, wet kit; 2005 KenALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and worth T800, Cat 475HP, 18 spd, 46 rears, Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim 4-way locks. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see www.hodginshtc.com DL#312974 www.Maximinc.Com 2007 FREIGHTLINER DETROIT 525, 60 SeALLISON AUTOMATICS: 2004 IHC 4400, ries, 18 spd., 4-way locks, CL120 Columbia C&C, DT466, 6 speed, $39,900. K&L auto. greasing system, low kms, recent AB. Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. safety, $33,500. 587-284-3378, Calgary AB email: ladimer@sasktel.net DL #910885.

2008 DOEPKER SUPER B grain trailers, 24.5 tires, good condition, $45,000 OBO. AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed Phone 306-530-6561, Holdfast, SK. tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com

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2008 T800 KENWORTH, 550 Cat, 18 spd., trans, 12,000 front, 46,000 rear, 700,000 kms, exc. cond. 306-921-7583, Melfort, SK 2009 INT. PROSTAR TA tractor, 340,000 kms, daycab, 485 HP, Cummins, 8 spd, air ride, wet kit, alum. budds, $44,900.

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403-376-5919, Medicine Hat, AB. trconsulting15@gmail.com www.trconsulting15.com 2010 FORD EXPLORER XLT, V8, auto., only 85,000 kms, like new rubber, ex. Gov’t, very good, $17,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

2015 MACK CHU614, Mack MP8 Engine, Mack M-Drive transmission, 5 year warranty, 263" wheel base, Able to haul 24' grain box, 99,818 kms, $139,000 OBO. Leasing available. 780-803-2425, 3803-73 Ave., Edmonton, AB. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com DISMANTLING FOR PARTS 2007 IHC 9900I w/cab damage, 475 ISX rebuilt eng.

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CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK, 1-800-938-3323. 2002 Kenworth T800, 60 Detroit, 13-40, $28,000; 1994 Freightliner daycab, 60 Detroit, 13-40, $14,000; 1990 Ford L8000, 7.8 dsl, Allison auto, equipped w/Vactor 2100 hydrovac, only 250,000 kms, $25,000; 1997 Doepker Super B flatdeck trailer, air ride susp., $9500; 1998 Freightliner FL112, M11 Cummins, auto, 40 rears, with new 20’ ultracel BH&T, $58,000; 2006 Freightliner M2, Mercedes, auto, 15’ Midland gravel box, 10’ hyd. belly plow, 155,000 kms, $58,000; 2001 Freightliner FL80, Cat 3126, auto, 15’ Midland, $45,000; 1999 GMC 8500 fuel truck, 2500 gal., 3126 Cat auto, $32,000; 2003 Pete 378, 6NZ Cat, 18-46 locks, 48’ flat-top sleeper, $47,000; 2005 Hino 238 W 24 van, auto, 195,000 kms, $23,000; 1997 CH Mack daycab, 350 Mack, 10 spd. 40 rears, SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. $12,000. Gensets avail. Financing avail., Huge inventory across Western Canada at OAC. www.can-amtruck.com DL#910420. www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. highway tractors. For more details call T800 KENWORTHS, 2010, 2008, 2007, 204-685-2222 or view information at heavy specs., also 2008 day cab; 2013 IH www.titantrucksales.com 5900I, 42” bunk, 46 diff, 4-way lock, 18 speed, 390,000 kms; 2009 Western Star, SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. rebuilt Detroit eng, 18 speed, 46s, 4-way Huge inventory across Western Canada at lock; 2006 378 Pete, Cat 18 speed, 46 diff, www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & 4-way locks w/roo-bar bumper; 2007 Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

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1998 INTERNATIONAL Model 4700, auto, WHITETAIL OUTFITTING AREA. Ever dream manual brakes, 20’ deck, 11- 22.5 tires, DT of building your own wilderness hunting retreat on a secluded 4x4 access only fish466E engine. 306-242-6159, Warman, SK. ing lake in NW Saskatchewan? The License LOOK AT THIS! an excellent find, only includes 28 whitetail allocations granting 76,000 original kms. 1982 L8000 Ford, exclusive non-resident hunting on over 3208 Cat dsl, 5&2 trans., 14’ flatdeck, new 120,000 acres of rarely hunted forested paint, exc. tires. All around excellent truck, crown land, as well as 30,000 acres of prisMake a great water or delivery truck, etc. tine park land, lodge/camp building rights $11,500. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, and access to 8 lakes. 306-238-7500, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768 Meadow Lake, SK. info@ncresort.com 2003 KENWORTH winch truck, rebuilt Cat WEEKLY PAPER for sale in Christina 6NZ, w/30 ton hyd. winch, $40,000 work- Lake, BC. Under the same owner for 16 orders. Several tandem floats and Knight years. The Lake is about 20 kms long and tandem scissor neck. Call Danny Spence, is the warmest tree-lined lake in Canada, 306-246-4632, Speers, SK. situated on the US border midway be2006 STERLING TRI-DRIVE spreader truck tween Calgary and Vancouver (website w/2007 roto-mix spreader box, 444,340 hellobc.com). Bike the Trans-Canada Trail, kms, 4536 hrs, floater tires. Auto. powered ski Red Mt. and Phoenix, hike, golf (2

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Used to spread manure and wood chips, Great climate and lift-style. $139,900. Will train. 250-447-9170, clnews@shaw.ca $90,000. Jeff 403-371-6362, Brant, AB. 20’ HOIST, 2007 C7500, 7.8L 6 cyl., 6 5- BARUDAN EMBROIDERY MACHINES, spd., 12/23 axles, hyd. brakes, 280K, SK. single head, 15 color, less than a year old.

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2003 FORD F450 4x4, auto, V10, 99,300 kms, 225/70R19.5xDS2 Michelin tires, vg HOTELS FOR SALE: Bassano, AB. 24 condition, 7’x7.5 flatdeck w/15” sides, c/w renovated rooms, bar, 6 VLT’s, new liquor Ferrari Model 535C crane, $14,000. store, Will train. 2 adjacent lots for sale; Nanton, AB: Tavern, 5 VLT’s, restaurant, 6 204-362-1275, Plum Coulee, MB. rooms, liquor store on Hwy. Will train.

FUEL TRUCK: 1996 T450 Kenworth, 3600 Gravel Pit: Crossfield, AB. Priced to sell. gal. fuel capacity, dual pumps and meters, Bruce McIntosh, Re/Max Landan, Calgary, coded. Call 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. 403-256-3888, bruce_bmac@yahoo.ca 1993 IH 8100 tandem, 466 dsl., 10 spd. STRONG INVESTMENT IN BUSINESS trans., 12,000 front axles, 40,000 rears, And Real Estate in Saskatoon. Minimum excellent cond., w/18’ flatdeck, exc. tires, $80,000. High return of 10%. Call Pat at 433,000 kms. Good water or delivery 306-221-7285. truck. $21,500. Call Merv 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768

2006 JEEP COMMANDER, 235,871 kms., fully loaded, Command Start, asking $7400. 780-385-8008, Viking, AB. 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from $25,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

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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.

REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK.

FROST RIPPER/STUMP puller attachment for excavators, available with QA or pin-on o p t i o n . We s t e r n H e av y E q u i p m e n t , 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK.

GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, Russell, MB. USED, REBUILT or NEW engines. Specializing in Cummins, have all makes, large inventory of parts, repowering is our specialty. 1-877-557-3797, Ponoka, AB. DIESEL ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts and Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: 306-543-2111, Regina, SK. 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323.

290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK

FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com

POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, hog, chicken, and dairy barns. Construction and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, MR Steel Construction, HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, 306-978-0315, Hague, SK. 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available, rebuilt for years of trouble-free service. Lever STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call Holdings Inc., 306-682-3332, Muenster SK 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS www.warmanhomecentre.com for construction equipment. Attachments for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. WINTER BOOKING SPECIALS IN Effect Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equip- Up to 20% off Steel Farm Buildings built in ment parts and major components. Call Clavet, SK., by Prairie Steel: 50’x125’x20’ Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, $46,800; 60’x150’x20’ $61,800; 70’x150’x 20’ $71,900; 80’x150’x20’ $83,600. InPrince Albert, SK. cludes 26 GA colour walls/galvalume roof.

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1980 CASE W18, new 17.5x25-G2 12PR tires, 2 cu. yd. bucket, F.O.B., $25,000.

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ANDRES TRUCKING. Heavy Equipment, yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, buckets, grapples, weld-on plates and Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saskacombines, bins, hay, grain, Canada/USA. custom conversions available. Looking for much more large stock. Top quality equip- toon and northwest Behlen Distributor, Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., ment. Call Quality Welding and Sales Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, Call/text 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK 306-731-3009, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. Osler, SK. SHORT OR LONG HAUL? Setup with two 53’ stepdecks to haul 34 large round bales. EQUIPMENT SALE: Year-End: dozers, rock trucks, excavators.

Call Conquest Call or text 204-851-2983, Virden, MB. Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. LOG GRAPPLE FOR Komatsu 500 size loadYo rk to n S K - S ervic ing Alb erta , S a s ka tc hew a n & M a nitob a er; Ripper for Champion grader; Deck for 1 ton; V plow and snow wings for graders; Rippers for D6 and D7G’s; Blades for D6, D7 and D8’s. Call Danny Spence, 306-246-4632, Speers, SK.

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SKID STEER SNOW BUCKETS, new 90” and 96” buckets made with Grade 50 high tensile steel, 1/2”x6” cutting edge, back is 27” high and 36” deep, $1500 and $1600. Call Brian 306-331-7443, Dysart, SK. FARM FINANCIAL CONSULTING: Farm business and succession plans; lender negotiations. Art Lange, PAg, CAFA, 12 yrs experience. 780-467-6040, Sherwood Park art@ajlconsulting.ca www.ajlconsulting.ca FARMERS AND BUSINESS PERSONS need financial help? Go to: www.bobstocks.ca or call 306-757-1997. 245- 1055 Park Street, Regina, SK.

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15,000 lbs., 45” forks x 11” wide, lifting height 14’, side shift, 2-stage wide view mast, front duals, hydrostatic trans, 6 cyl.

Perkins eng., vg working cond., $21,000 OBO. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

KECKS TUB GRINDING Services. We offer tub grinding for hay bales, self load grapple with scale, many screens, 500 HP. 306-312-9013, Hodgeville, SK. kecksgrindingservices@hotmail.com JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK.

ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull behind large 4WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths available. Call 306-682-3367, CWK Enterprises, Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca 2009 D6T LGP Cat dozer, 6-way blade, double tilt, good UC, cab, AC, diff. steer, Carco winch, $100,000. 204-325-8019, 204-362-1091, Winkler, MB.

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BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stockand accessories available at Rosler Con- ing dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid struction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. Openers, 18� to 39�. Rosler Construction 2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. 2015 CIM BIN TRANSPORT TRAILER 17,000 lb. cap., 32’ bed accommodates up 1- 24 ft. HOPPER CONE w/triple skids and to 21’ dia. bin. For factory direct pricing 24� inverted V cross air, $13,500. Middle and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, Lake Steel, 306-367-4306, 306-367-2408, Middle Lake SK. www.middlelakesteel.com SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca

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FOR ALL YOUR STRUCTURAL STEEL, roofing and siding needs, big or small. Call Fouillard Steel Supplies, St. Lazare, MB. U-WELD HOPPER BOTTOMS, sizes from 12 1-800-510-3303. Remember nobody sells to 24 ft., Middle Lake Steel, 306-367-4306, 306-367-2408, Middle Lake, SK. roofing and siding cheaper!! Nobody.

ARM RIVERPOLE BUILDINGS, 40’x60’ to BIN AND TANK MOVING. Call or text 80’x300’, Sask. only. Call 306-731-2066, 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. Lumsden, SK., metalarc@live.ca WESTEEL, GOEBEL, grain and fertilizer bins. Grain Bin Direct, 306-373-4919.

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Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., BOOTH C25 CROP Production Show. 52 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. and 48 bu. pallet bin for grain cleaning and treated seed storage. 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. www.buffervalley.com 2015 CIM BIN Cranes (Westeel design), 8000 lb. capacity. For factory direct pricing and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca

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AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, Westfield, Westeel, Sakundiak augers; Auger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart post pounders. Good prices, leasing available. Call 1-866-746-2666.

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2010 TERRAGATOR 8204, 3450 hours, precision 2 with chemical bin, $118,000; 2009 Ag-Chem 8204, 2-bin with chemical b i n , 4 5 7 0 h o u r s , $ 9 4 , 5 0 0 . U S D. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT.

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DECEMBER MERIDIAN SPECIALS: New 12x72â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and 12x79â&#x20AC;&#x2122; SLMD swing augers plus other sizes in stock. Used 2008 Sakundiak 12x85â&#x20AC;&#x2122; S/A; Brandt 10x60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; S/A; 8x59â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Sakundiak PTO drive. Plus new 45â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ConveyAll in stock. Leasing available. Call Dale at Mainway Farm Equipment, 306-567-3285, 306-567-7299, mainwayfarmequipment.ca Davidson, SK. REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability.

Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net

20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; AND 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; SEA CONTAINERS, for sale in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com 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.

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Ć&#x152;Ĺ˝Ć?Ć? &ĹŻĹ˝Ç Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x;ŽŜ Cross Flow Aeration BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new and used sea containers, all sizes.

306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All sizes. Now in stock: 50 used, 53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; steel and insulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK. SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca

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WANTED: 7â&#x20AC;? AUGER, 45 to 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; long w/wo motor. Call Jack Shymko, 306-675-4419, Ituna, SK. 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, $15,350; HD8-46, $15,995; HD8-59, $17,250; TL10-39, $16,500; HD10-59, $18,750. 306-648-3321, Gravelbourg, SK. FARM KING 16X104 swing away grain auger loaded, excellent condition, $25,000. 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK.

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2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240R #N22357

NEW 2014 SCHULTE 2500 ROCKPICKER #HS3429

2013 NEW HOLLAND CR9090 #PN3305A

LARGE 2.5 CUBIC YARD(1.9 M³) HOPPER, LARGE 16.5L X 16.1 TIRES PROVIDE SUPERIOR FLOTATION

4 Years Warranty

240HP, 1000 GAL POLY TANK, TIER 3 ENGINE, 5 SPD ALLISON AUTOMATIC, 41 MPH TOP SPEED, 100’ BOOM, ACCUBOOM SEC CONTROL, ULTRAGLIDE BOOM HEIGHT, SMART TRAX AUTOSTEER.

ALSO AVAILABLE: NEW HOLLAND SP.240F & SP.333F FRONT BOOM SPRAYERS!

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2013 MACDON M155 #W22645A

WITH 40’ DRAPER HEADER. 442 HRS, ROTO SHEARS, HYDRAULIC SWATHROLLER, SPLIT PICK REEL FORE/AFT, GAUGE WHEELS WITH TRANSPORT.

WITH 790CP PICK-UP. 945 HRS, 672 SEP HRS, 620/70/R42 DUALS, 750/65/ R26 REARS, FULL ABRASIVE PKG, WIDE SPREAD REDEKOP CHOPPER, BIG TOP HOPPER EXTENSIONS, CROP SAVER ON HEADER, TWIN PITCH ROTORS

$20,600 (H)

$347,200 (PA)

2007 NEW HOLLAND CR9070

2005 NEW HOLLAND CR970

#HN2912B

WITH MACDON PW7 SWATHMASTER PICK UP. “1770 HRS, 1403 SEP HRS, STRAW CHOPPER DELUXE, INTELLISTEER READY, Y&M MONITOR, MONITOR W/ GPS, 16’ PICK UP, 900 TIRES

#PN3202B

WITH 76C SWATHMASTER PICK-UP. 2156 HRS, 1590 SEP HRS, LIGHT BEACON, CAB DELUXE, Y&M MONITOR, 16’ PICK UP, MAV CHOPPER, FRONT TIRES 900/65R32, REAR TIRES 600/65R28

$128,500 (PA)

$89,900 (PA)

2012 MACDON M155

2012 NEW HOLLAND H8060

#W22651A

#HW3388A

WITH 30’ D50 HEADER. 236 HRS, SINGLE REEL FORE/AFT, 16.5L-16.1 TAIL WHEELS, 600-65R28 DRIVE WHEELS, HYD CENTRE LINK, GAUGE WHEELS, SLOW SPEED TRANSPORT

WITH 36’ HONEYBEE HEADER. 509 HRS, AIR SPRING SUSPENSION, FULL CAB W/AC, EZEE PILOT GUIDANCE, CAB DELUXE UPGRADE, DOUBLE KNIFE, SINGLE SWATH, SINGLE UII REEL, HYD FORE/AFT, GAUGE WHEEL, TRANSPORT PACKAGE

$137,700 (PA)

$123,600 (K)

$105,000 (H)

2007 MASSEY FERGUSON 9430

2014 MORRIS FIELD PRO 70’ HARROW

2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500 TM VERTICAL TILLAGE

#W22408A

#HR3447

9430 WITH 30’ CENTRE DELIVERY HEADER. 1108 HRS, UII P/U REEL, HYD TILT AND GAUGE WHEELS, 18.4R26 DRIVE TIRES, 12.5L-15 FORMED CASTORS

NEW! 70’ , 9.16” TINES

#PS3147

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$59,000 (K)

$36,500 (H)

$101,000 (PA)

2013 7450 LANDOLL VERTICAL TILLAGE

2005 CASE IH SCX100 DISCBINE

2004 NEW HOLLAND 94C

#N22357

NEW! 39’ WIDE, 22” DISC DIAMETER, 7” BLADE SPACING, ONLY 200 ACRES ON DISCS , 10 DEG GANG ANGLE, HYD. TILT, ROLLING BASKETS

$105,000 (K)

#PN3169B

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#HW3359A

39’, INTEGRAL AXLE & HITCH, SINGLE KNIFE DRIVE, UII SPLIT REEL, HYD REEL FORE/AFT, GAUGE WHEELS/TRANSPORT PKG, MECHANICAL HEADER TILT

$29,900 (H) VISIT FARMWORLD.CA FOR MORE CASH DEALS!

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TRUCK BLOWOUT SPECIALS

DAY CAB TRACTORS

2012 International ProStar

2012 International ProStar +122

MaxxForce 13 Engine, 475 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, MaxxForce 13 Engine, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller Trans, Air Brakes, 795,000 kms, 217” Wheel Base 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O Trans, Air Brakes, 560,000 kms, 193” Wheel Base $45,750 #V423014 Well maintained full service lease return $55,250 MISSISSAUGA 1280 SHAWSON DR 905-564-5955 #V423060 CALGARY 6707 894 ST SE 403-571-1275 2012 International ProStar +122 MaxxForce 13 Engine, 475 HP Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 40,000 lbs, 13 Spd, Eaton Fuller Trans, Air Brakes, 520,000 kms, 173” Wheel Base

2012 International ProStar +122 MaxxForce 13 Engine, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 40,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 527,449 kms, 181” WB

$69,750

$49,750

$57,500

#V423078 1860 BROOKSIDE BLVD 204-790-6599

#422970 MISSISSAUGA 1280 SHAWSON DR 905-564-5955

#V422947 MISSISSAUGA 1280 SHAWSON DR 905-564-5955

2013 International 7600 6x4 MaxxForce 13 Engine, 475 HP, Front Axle: 16,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller Ultra Shift, Air Brakes, 174,501 kms, 219” WB

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$126,900

$126,900 #V231423 Gravel Body specs PRINCE ALBERT HWY #2 SOUTH 306-922-1900

2013 International 7600 6x4 MaxxForce 13 Engine, 475 HP, Front Axle: 16,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller Ultra Shift, Air Brakes, 178,532 kms, 219” WB

2013 International 7600 6x4 MaxxForce 13 Engine, 475 HP, Front Axle:16,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller Ultra Shift, Air Brakes, 175,009 kms, 219” WB

$126,900

$126,900

#V231422 Gravel Body specs THUNDER BAY 125 CONSERVATION RD 807-344-5834

#V231424 Gravel Body specs WINNIPEG 1860 BROOKSIDE BLVD 204-790-6599

2012 International ProStar +122

2012 International ProStar +122

2012 International ProStar +122

2012 International ProStar +122

MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller, Air Brakes, 510,244 kms, 217” WB

MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller, Air Brakes, 471,516 kms, 217” WB

MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller, Air Brakes, 471,511 kms, 217” WB

MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 13,200 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller, Air Brakes, 501,447 kms, 213” WB

$52,500

$55,250

#423019 C/W Warranty CALGARY 6707 894 ST SE 403-571-1275

#423020 C/W Warranties CALGARY 6707 894 ST SE 403-571-1275

#422980 Inexpensive unit, well maintained CALGARY 6707 894 ST SE 403-571-1275

2010 Int’l Prostar Premium

2013 International ProStar +122 MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,350 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 409,813 kms, 217” WB

2013 International ProStar +125 MaxxForce 15, 500 HP, Front Axle: 14,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 267,792 kms, 215” WB

MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller, Air Brakes, 332,986 kms, 217” WB

$59,000

$67,250

$52,000

#423021 CALGARY 6707 894 ST SE 403-571-1275

MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 40,000 lbs, 13 Spd, Eaton Fuller, Air Brakes, 629,000km

2013 International ProStar +125

2013 International 7600 6x4 MaxxForce 13 Engine, 475 HP, Front Axle: 16,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller Ultra Shift, Air Brakes, 177,952 kms, 219” WB

#V231425 16 foot East Alum gravel box EDMONTON 13240 170 ST NW 780-448-3830

$51,250

MaxxForce 15, 500 HP, Front Axle: 12,350 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 408,625 kms, 228” WB

2012 International ProStar +122 MaxxForce 13 Engine, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 40,000 lbs, 13 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 790,000 kms, 181” WB

$69,900

$72,250

2012 International ProStar +122

$58,750

#2921-10R Clean owner operator trade CALGARY 6707 894 ST SE 403-571-1275

#433188 Well maintained sleeper CALGARY 6707 894 ST SE 403-571-1275

#433173 Small bunk, c/w warranties CALGARY 6707 894 ST SE 403-571-1275

#423116 Heavy spec, low km EDMONTON 13240 170 ST NW 780-448-3830

2013 International ProStar +125 MaxxForce 15, 500 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, ABS Brakes, 474,152 kms, 236” WB

2012 International ProStar +122 MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,350 lbs, Rear Axle: 40,000 lbs, 13 Spd, Eaton Fuller, Air Brakes, 442,918 kms, 228” WB

2012 International ProStar +122 MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,350 lbs, Rear Axle: 40,000 lbs, 13 Spd, Eaton Fuller, Air Brakes, 487,119 kms, 228” WB

2013 International ProStar +125 MaxxForce 15, 500 HP, Front Axle: 12,350 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, ABS Brakes, 467,381 kms, 228” WB

$68,250

$50,000

$51,250

$69,500

#433136 Heavy Sleeper with tons of warranty remaining EDMONTON 13240 170 ST NW 780-448-3830

#433101 EDMONTON 13240 170 ST NW 780-448-3830

#422993 Well maintained, inexpensive MONTREAL 11300 COLBERT ST 514-354-9140

MONTREAL 11300 COLBERT ST 514-354-9140

2009 International ProStar

2012 International ProStar +122 MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,350 lbs, Rear Axle: 40,000 lbs, 13 Spd, Eaton Fuller, Air Brakes, 667,590 kms, 228” WB

2013 International ProStar +125 MaxxForce 15, 500 HP, Front Axle: 14,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 319,034 kms, 215” WB

2012 International ProStar +122 2013 International 5900i 6x4 MaxxForce 13, 475 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, MaxxForce 15, 550 HP, Front Axle: 13,200 lbs, Rear Axle: 40,000 lbs, 13 Spd, Eaton Fuller Rear Axle: 52,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 860,000 kms, 228” WB O/D, Air Brakes, 202,705 kms, 236” WB

MaxxForce 13, 450 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 40,000 lbs, 13 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 921,143 kms, 228” WB,

$32,500 #4426-09A Inexpensive sleeper WINNIPEG 1860 BROOKSIDE BLVD 204-790-6599

2011 International Prostar Premium

D L SO

$57,500

#423028 Big Bunk Sleeper c/w 4way lock up THUNDER BAY 125 CONSERVATION RD 807-344-5834

2011 International Prostar Premium

MaxxForce 13, 475 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: MaxxForce 13, 475 HP, Front Axle: 12,000 lbs, Rear Axle: 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 660,000 kms, 46,000 lbs, 18 Spd, Eaton Fuller D/O, Air Brakes, 623,000 kms, 224” WB 224” WB

$73,000

#433161 Transferable warranty till May 2017 SASKATOON 3250 IDYLWLD DR N 306-657-5600

#422994 Well maintained, inexpensive

$49,900

#433148 Warranty incl. double bunk MONTREAL 11300 COLBERT ST 514-354-

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62,000

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2006 PETERBILT 378

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42,000

$

2010 WESTERN STAR 4900FA

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55,000

$

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500 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp Eaton Ultrashift, 12 front super 40 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 4:10 gears, 22.5” alloy wheels, 194” WB, 201,183 km.

89,000

$

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65,000

2012 PETERBILT 388

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$

79,000

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59,000

$

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45,000

$

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65,000

$

2003 PETERBILT 378

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29,000

$

430 HP Cat C12, 13 sp, 4:11 gears, 12/40, 226” WB, 24.5” alloy wheels, 3x4 diff. locks, 1,145,316 km.

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HIGHER YIELDS WITH ADVANCED CARBIDE DRILLS POINTS FOR AIR DRILLS VW Carbide Spoon for Common Wedge Systems

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VW5FC - 3-1/4” wide, VW6FC - 2-1/4” wide; VW 5 & 6 are for 200 series; VW8FC - 3-1/4” wide, VW9FC - 2-1/4” wide; VW 8 & 9 are for 400 series. Full carbide front and sides - many times the wear of the original.

Two carbides on front for considerably more wear. The VW7CC is shown on our very popular C shank opener. The VW14FB has a 3/4” opening where seed comes out. Also shown on the VW14FB is our full carbide paired row - available in 4” and 5”. The VW21DSF paired row has 4 carbides on either side. The VW21DSF also fits the Flexi Stealth Opener. The VW7CC Drill Point also fits the Flexi Stealth Opener and Bourgault.

Two carbides on front and two carbides on both sides. Shown here on our VW14FB C shank opener. Our VW10FC also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault. Liquid line easily attached to back of VW14FB and extended down.

Full carbide - two on front and two on both sides. Very popular drill point.

Shown on our VW14FB opener. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault. Liquid line easily attached to back of VW14FB.

VW12FC 2-1/4” Wide Drill Point

VW13FC 1-1/2” WIde

VW18 HDS

Morris Double Shoot

Harmon double shoot seed boot. Carbides protect seed opening.

VWHC1 Small Harmon point large carbide.

Full carbide front and sides. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault. Shown here on VW14FB opener. Liquid line easily - simply - attached to back of VW14FB. Single shoot drill point.

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Our super slim spread point - full carbide front and sides. For producers who want a drill point in between 3/4” wide and 2-1/4” wide. Fits our own VW14FB opener. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault.

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

Large carbide - long wear.

VW Morris triple shoot combo - shown on Morris opener. VWM23C - main front point - has two carbides. VW24 side plates have carbide embedded and sold in pairs. VWM25 is the full carbide deflector.

“We use the VW11FC on our Flexi drill and we get a number of years and acres per set. Very satisfied - very durable drill points. Easy pulling - made to wear and made to last. The cutting edge carbide on wing sides is placed properly.” Doug Fawcett, Consort, AB.

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295,000

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240,000

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BALE SPEARS, high quality imported from Italy, 27â&#x20AC;? and 49â&#x20AC;?, free shipping, excellent pricing. Call now toll free 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB. 2015 JD 569 round baler, 3069 bales, JD warranty until July 2016, large tires, twine and netwrap, rear light kit, MegaWide PU, bale push bar, hydraulic PU lift, $53,000.

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2011 BRENT 2096 grain cart, PTO, scale, walking axle, electric tarp, $95,000. Call 306-537-9636, Riceton, SK.

2012 MACDON M155 with 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; D50 header, 236 hours, single reel fore and aft, $123,600. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2013 MACDON M155 #W22645A with 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; draper header, 442 hours, $137,700. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view us online at: www.farmworld.ca

2012 NH H8060 w/36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Honeybee header, 509 hours, air spring suspension, full cab SELLING GRAIN LEGS, distributors, con- with AC, $105,000. Call 306-682-9920, veyors and truck scales. Also other eleva- Humboldt, SK. Online: www.farmworld.ca tors parts. 403-634-8540, Grassy Lake, AB. 2014 MACDON M155, 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; double knife drive, GPS, free form roller, 132 cutting hrs, $140,000. 306-436-7727 Milestone SK

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2010 J&M 875 grain cart, 30.5x32 tires, scale, tarp, 18â&#x20AC;? auger, JD green, 1000 PTO, $32,000 OBO. Call/text 780-645-9630, 780-201-9796, Bonnyville, AB.

2007 MASSEY FERGUSON 9430 with 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; centre delivery header, 1108 hrs., UII PU reel, $59,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK www.farmworld.ca HESSTON 8110S, 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, PU reel, 900 hrs., exc. cond., $25,000 OBO. 403-634-3500, Lethbridge, AB.

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2014 EASY TRAIL 710 cart, tarp, PTO, 30.5/32 tires, $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel.

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CALL MINIC IND. for all your bucket elevator, screw/drag and belt conveyor parts and accessories. We specialize in stainless steel and mild steel for your new equipment quotation requirements. Call Chris at: 204-339-1941, Winnipeg, MB. DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, great for pulse crops, best selection in Western Canada. 306-946-7923, Young SK CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to mustard. Cert. organic and conventional.

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2010 JD A400, 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Honeybee header, dbl. knife drive, single reel, AutoTrac ready, can c/w 1800 monitor with SF1 activation, 3 0 0 0 r e c e i ve r, AT U s t e e r i n g w h e e l , $110,000 OBO. Call/text 780-645-9630, 780-201-9796, Bonnyville, AB.

1999 TX68, SWATHMASTER PU, 2700 hrs., FLEX PLATFORMS w/AIR REEL/AIR $24,500; 1997 TX68, 2500 hrs., $26,500. BAR. 2010 CIH 2020 air reel, 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, single Nate Golas 204-372-6056 FisherBranch MB point, $18,500 US or $29,500 Cdn. Also 2007 NH CR9070 #HN2912B w/MacDon fits NH combines; 2002 CIH 1020 air reel PW7 Swathmaster PU, 1770 engine/1403 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $15,800 US or $23,900 Cdn; 1997 CIH separator hours, $128,500. 306-922-2525, 1020 air reel, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; $12,900 US or $18,900 Cdn; 2003 NH 74C 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, single point, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca clipped PU teeth, $11,500 US or $17,500 2005 NH CR970 #PN32028, with 76C Cdn; 2000 AgCo Gleaner 800 air reel 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Swathmaster PU, 2156 eng./ 1590 sep. $14,500 US or $23,900 Cdn; 2004 JD 635 hrs., $89,900. Call 306-922-2525, Prince air bar 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, single point, $16,500 US or Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca $22,500 Cdn; 1998 JD 930 air reel, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 2009 NH CR9070, 1287 hrs, IntelliView $12,500 US or $18,900 Cdn. Delivery inPlus II, RWA, $129,800; 2009 NH CR9060, cluded free of charge to AB, SK, MB if pur1298 hrs, IntelliView Plus II, lateral tilt, chased by Dec. 31, 2015. *All above plat$89,800. www.combineworld.com Call forms are field ready condition and most are reconditioned with new PU teeth, new 1-800-667-4515. sickle, new poly skids, totally gone thru shop with field ready guarantee. Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd., please call Gary at 2002 JD 9650 Walker, 2254 hrs, auto 204-326-7000, Steinbach, MB. HHC, reel speed, exc. tires, good cond., 2014 MACDON D65-D unused, 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, factory w/warranty, $59,800. Pickups available. transport, auto HHC, hydraulic tilt, JD, 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com CNH, Lexion completion, $74,800.

9650 JD COMBINE, long auger, 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; PU, 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com chaff spreader, 2500 hrs., $52,000.

MACDON 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; FD70 w/slow speed transp, 306-786-6510, Rhein, SK. gd cond. w/AFX, or JD adapter, $44,900.

2005 JD 9760 STS GreenStar, reel spd, Can deliver. 204-324-6298, Altona, MB. Auto HHC, chopper, 2317 hrs, extra for PU, $89,800. www.combineworld.com Call 2008 NH 88C flex draper, 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, PU reel, poly 1-800-667-4515. skids, gauge wheels, reconditioned mint, 1998 NH 973 flex 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $15,900; 2009 JD 9870 STS, 990 hrs., 615 header, $37,900; NH 973 flex 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $17,900; 2010 CIH AHHC, long auger, FCC, Command Center, 1996 2020 flex 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, gone thru shop, $25,900; $175,000. 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK. 2008 CIH 2020 flex 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, reconditioned, MUST SELL: 1999 JD Maximizer 9610, only $23,500; 2006 CIH 2020 flex 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $16,900.

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2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240R, 240 HP, 100 gal. poly tank, tier 3 eng., SmarTrax 2008 72’-12 SEED Hawk, dual shoot, 2012 AutoSteer, $229,000. Call 306-864-3667, Case IH 3430, 430 bushel tank, $160,000. can separate. 306-641-7759, Theodore, SK Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2008 ROGATOR 1286C HC sprayer, 1200 2008 4012 SEED HAWK, Bourgault 4350 gallon SS tank, 120’, 3989 hours, HID lites, tank, 3 tank metering, rear hitch, exc.

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Star, AutoTrac, 420/80R46, 1471 hrs, 2010 65’ BOURGAULT 3310 paralink, 12” $185,000 OBO 306-834-7204 Kerrobert SK spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear 2012 ROGATOR RG 1300, 120’, Sharp hitch, $148,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipshooter, Viper Pro, Raven smart tracks, ment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. AccuBoom, AutoBoom, remote section control, boom clean-out, fence rows, 2004 NH (FLEXI-COIL) SD440, 40’, SC230 chem. eductor, pressure washer, Helix cart, mech. drive, SS, camera, 9.8” space. strainer, weather station, 2 sets tires, 1760 Also 2008 Pattison FB2100 liquid tank, variable rate nozzles, excellent, shedded, hrs., $280,000. 403-994-7754, Olds, AB. $65,000 OBO. 306-932-2306, Plenty, SK. 2007 SPRA-COUPE 4655, 80’, 1080 hrs., JD AutoTrac, sectional control, $64,800. 2001 51’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, 9” space, DS, 3” rubber, 3450 TBH carts, double fan, 10” 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com auger, variable rate, new bottom manifold, 1998 JD 4700 90’, 800 gal. tank, 3650 hrs., 4 new meter rollers, $35,000 OBO. Can Trident booms, JD GPS, 18.4x26, 12.4x38, separate. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. $90,000 OBO. 780-645-0537 St Vincent AB BEST VALUE FOR your dollar with our adDID YOU HAVE CANOLA DAMAGE from vanced carbide air drills. Find out more at: Frontline Tank contamination in 2014/ www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, 2015? Contact Back-Track Investigations Dunmore, AB. 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and 1 9 9 3 B O U R G A U LT 3 2 2 5 a i r t a n k compensation. backtrackcanada.com #PB2965D, 2 tank metering, 225 bu. TBH, 2010 CASE/IH 3330, AFS Pro 600 display, new 820 monitor, $9700. 306-922-2525, 1000 gal. SS, AccuBoom, AutoHeight, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca fence row nozzles, 380/90R46, 1080 hrs., always shedded, very good condition. Call 2005 CONSERVA PAK 5112, 56’ air drill, 204-734-8202, Swan River, MB. Platnium ILS openers, 4400 air cart, $115,000 OBO. Call/text 780-645-9630, www.midplainsimplements.ca Potato 780-201-9796, Bonnyville, AB. and irrigation; crop production implements. Call: 204-834-2575, Carberry, MB. 72’ OF BOURGAULT 3.5” steel packers in gangs, done 3000 acres. Call 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 2011 MORRIS CONTOUR C1 drill; 2002 Flexi-Coil 3450 TBH cart, 51’, 12” spacing, single shoot drill, $110,000. 306-922-2525 Prince Albert, SK. www.farmworld.ca

MACHINE SHOP EQUIPMENT For Sale: Milling machine, Modern 3VM, fair cond.; Lathe, Modern C0632C, poor cond; Hand break, Modern V8426, good cond; Sand blasting cabinet and collector, Mod-U-Blast 34526 3B, fair cond; 20 ton shop press; Plasma cutter, hypertherm Powermax 380, fair cond; Electromagnetic drill stand, KBC Machinery 09946, good cond; Assorted work tools, welding screens and heavy duty work tables. Some non-functioning equipment is available for spare parts, or as a project. Volumetric scale, Doboy HA-720.

Contact us for details: 403-216-1226, Calgary, AB. don@bosspac.com

2012 SNOWBLAST Model #10800A. 3 PTH snowblower, vg cond., all options. 12’ (+) wide enough to cover the duals on your tractor, green/yellow, $22,000 OBO. Pierson, MB. 701-389-1042 or 204-649-2276.

2009 SDX 110 SCHULTE snowblower, 3 PTH, rear mount, bought new 2010, only used 3 winters. New HD chain, two cross augers, $9000. 306-529-7574, Rouleau, SK 8’ SCHULTE 9600 snowblower, 540 PTO, 3 PTH, asking $3750 OBO. Call Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. FARM KING SNOWBLOWERS Y960, rear mount 96”, dbl auger, $4795. Flaman Saskatoon. 1-888-435-2626 www.flaman.com 2011 FRONT MOUNT Schulte snowblower, Model SDX960, 9’, like new, used only one season, $12,650. 306-423-5476, 306-960-2274, Domremy, SK. SCHULTE SNOWBLOWERS- your heavy duty blower for the tough jobs in 3 PTH and front mount options. In stock at Flaman 1-888-435-2626. www.flaman.com 2- BOLT-ON 3 POINT HITCHES from Case tractor. Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK.

2009 1284 AG-CHEM, 1000 gal. tank, 110’ booms, 2860 hrs., $94,500; 2012 Case 4420, 100’ booms, 1600 hrs., $158,000.

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View: www.fertilizerequipment.net 2014 ROGATOR RG 1100, 100’, Viper Pro, Raven smart tracks, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, remote sect. control, boom cleanout, fence rows, 2 sets tires, crop dividers, 1610 hrs $265,000. 403-994-7754 Olds AB

2 0 0 9 B O U R G A U LT 3 3 1 0 6 5 ’ d r i l l #B22180A, mid-row banders, easily converted to DS, $139,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. www.farmworld.ca 2001 39’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, 12” spacing, 2340 TBT tank, var. seed rate, var. flow anhydrous. 306-747-3635, Shellbrook, SK. HIGHER RETURNS PER acre, great germ. and uniform emergence. For more info. www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350.

Dunmore, AB. 2008 BOURGAULT 5710, DS, AtomJet openers, 74’, w/2008 Bourgault 6550 tank, c/w deluxe 10” auger, dual rear wheels.

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2014 JD 4730, 800 gal. tank, 100’ booms, 5 centre BoomTrac, 2 sets of tires, 2630 monitors w/3000 receiver, SF1, JD link, PowerGard, extended warranty, low hrs., $275,000 OBO. Call/text 780-645-9630, 2005 FLEXI-COIL 4350 TBH AIR CART, 780-201-9796, Bonnyville, AB. DS, variable rate, good shape, asking $40,000 OBO. 780-385-5064, Killam, AB. BANDIT 3210 LIQUID fertilizer system!

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Call 1-855-765-9937 or www.polywest.ca www.midplainsimplements.ca Potato and irrigation; crop production implements. Call: 204-834-2575, Carberry, MB. TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers.

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Call: Great West Agro, 306-398-8000.

2008 BG 6450 air tank #HS34820, 3 tank metering, double shoot, 591 Monitor, always shedded, $83,500. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca DID YOU HAVE CANOLA DAMAGE from Frontline Tank contamination in 2014/ 2015? Contact Back-Track Investigations 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and compensation. backtrackcanada.com

ALLIS/CHALMERS Model #6080 w/FEL, FWA, 3PTH, $14,000 OBO. 306-236-8023, Goodsoil, SK. WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used 1987 DX160 DEUTZ, c/w vg running eng. rollers, all sizes. Leasing and delivery cab, 20.8x38 duals, excellent sheet metal, very good condition. Goods Used Tractor available. 403-580-6889, Bow Island, AB. Parts, 1-877-564-8734.

DEUTZ ALLIS 7110, 4040 hrs., 110 HP, dual hyd. and PTO, cab, air, 18.4x38, HIGHER RETURNS PER acre, great germ. $16,000. 204-525-4521, Minitonas, MB and uniform emergence. For more info. www.waltersequipment.com www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350.

WANTED, TOP DOLLAR paid, any cond: Dunmore, AB. D21; D17 w/big round fenders; 4W220; BEST VALUE FOR your dollar with our ad- 220 and 210. 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. vanced carbide air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2014 SEEDMASTER 70’, 12”, 20 bu. canola 1980 CASE/IH 2290, 2 WD, 7,620 hrs., tank w/ultra Pro, 800 rears, $227,000. good condition, loader, $17,000 OBO. 306-662-2951, Maple Creek, SK. 12,000 acres done. 403-505-9524, Ponoka JD 7200 8RN vacuum planter, needs re- WANTED, TOP DOLLAR paid on IH tracconditioned, w/o fertilizer, $7,900; JD tors: 1026, 1456, 826, 1206, 1256, 756.

7200 8 RN vacuum planter, liquid fertilizer, Call: 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. PT, field ready, $16,900; JD 7200 folding 12 RN vacuum planter, w/o fertilizer, reconditioned, $18,900. Call me for any of your planter needs as more planters are arriving and my supplier has all sizes, models and makes available. Delivery available. Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd., call Gary at 204-326-7000, Steinbach, MB.

2013 BOURGAULT 6700 ST air tank, all options, dual high speed fan, bag lift, conveyor, 4-tank meter, X20 monitor, rear hitch, dual tires, shedded, low acres.

204-648-7085, Grandview, MB.

2011 CASE 435, 1200 hrs., 710 metrics and GPS, 4 hyds., always shedded, exc. cond, $179,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK 2004 STX 500, PTO, HID lites, 5 hyds, high cap. hyds, luxury cab, Michelin 800 duals75%, AutoSteer, diff. locks, 5900 hrs., $150,000. 403-647-7391 Pincher Creek AB DTE SYSTEMS CHIPTUNING #1, will fit 600 quad or TJ New Holland, $800. Call David 306-463-4255, Kindersley, SK. 1991 IH 9280 375 HP, new 24.5x32 duals, powershift, Cummins 855, 4 hyds, 6434 hrs., $64,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

1985 STEIGER PANTHER CP-1400, 4250 hrs., 12 spd., PS, 800 duals 80%, $75,000 OBO. 403-633-1950, Rosemary, AB. STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and used, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to 1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or www.bigtractorparts.com

2013 CHALLENGER MT965C 4 WD, 602 hrs., 525 HP, Cat C18 eng., 800-70R38 Goodyear duals, PTO, HID lites, diff. lock, hi-flow hyd. pump, GPS ready, deluxe cab, $329,500. 780-632-2514, Vegreville, AB. roly_dennill@dennill.com

WANTED, ANY CONDITION: 6030; late model 3020, or 4020; 4620; 4520; 4320 and 4000. 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. 7400 JD MFWD, 3 PTH, c/w 740 loader, all new tires, premium condition.

403-585-1910, Rockyford, AB. MITCH’S TRACTOR SALES LTD., St. Claude, MB. Call 204-750-2459 (cell). JD 2550, 2 WD, 3 PTH, hi/low shift, 4500 hrs, w/o loader; JD 2750, MFWD, CAH, 3 PTH, 2 hyds., w/245 loader; JD 2950, 2 WD, CAH, 3 PTH, 2 hyds; (2) JD 4050, MFWD, 3 PTH, powershift, w/o loaders; JD 4640, Quad, 3 hyds.; JD 6420, MFWD, 3 PTH, 3 hyds., PQ, w/LHR, w/640 loader; JD 7410, MFWD, 3 PTH, 3 hyds., PQ, w/LHR, w/740 loader; JD 7610, MFWD, 3 PTH, PQ, w/LHR, w/740 FEL; JD 7700, MFWD, 3 PTH, PQ, factory duals, w/740 FEL, grapple. Now a Husqvarna Dealer with a full l i n e o f H u s q va r n a e q u i p m e n t . V i ew Mitchstractorsales.com JD 8260R, 380x54 rubber, front duals, PTO, ILS, powershift, warranty till July 2016, 1630 hrs, loaded, $200,000 OBO. 403-634-3500, Lethbridge, AB. 1993 JD 8870, 350 HP, 6300 hrs, new injectors, new radio, 20.8x42 Michelins, 4 hyds., diff lock, shedded, good condition, $72,900. 204-761-5145, Rivers, MB. WANTED: 5020 JD w/FEL and grapple fork, in good shape. 306-734-2970, 306-734-7335. Chamberlain, SK. G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. 1990 JD 4755, MFWD, rebuilt powershift trans., triple hyds., 180 HP, good rubber, work ready. For pricing call Medicine Hat, AB, 1-877-527-7278, 403-548-1205. www.mhtractor.ca 2004 JD 7720 MFWD, 6,990 hrs., IVT trans, 3 SCY, good rubber, 3 PTH, Greenstar ready, 746 FEL, vg cond., $83,000 OBO. 204-534-0637, Boissevain, MB. STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER looking for JD tractors to rebuild, Series 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s, or for parts. Will pay top dollar.

Now selling JD parts. 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB.

1999 FLEXI-COIL 585 70’ heavy harrow teeth- 50%, good usable harrow, $19,900.

1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2014, BRAND NEW heavy tandem offset disc 12' 6", dual wheel kit, 1/4" thick 26" diameter notched blades front and back, 11/2" gang shaft, $9,000 disc type, tandem $9,000. 306-338-8078, Quill lake, SK.

2015 CASE/IH PUMA 150, 10 hrs, 150 HP, M F W D, 1 8 F / 6 R p owe r s h i f t , L H R , 520/85R38 rear, 420/85R28 front tires, diff. lock, 3 PTH, PTO, 3 hyd., CAHR, front 2013 7450 LANDOLL vertical tillage fenders, like new condition, $137,500. Can #N22357. New! 39’ wide, 22” disc, 7” deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. blade spacing, $105,000. 306-864-3667, 1987 IH 9150, 4 WD, 280 HP, 520/85R38 Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca Firestone radials, 80%, very good, 8000 2012 LEMKEN RUBIN Gigant 105/800 26’ h o u r s , n i c e s o l i d t r a c t o r, $ 3 9 , 8 0 0 . tillage disc, very good condition, $64,800. 1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2010 CASE/IH PUMA 125, MFWD, 5,180 2015 CASE/IH 600, 60’ cultivator, 12” hrs., 18 spd. power shift, diff. lock, 3 PTH, spacing, 4-bar harrows, NH3 hitch, 600 lb. LX 760 FEL, 4 hyds., exc. cond. $77, 500.

780-205-3439, 306-893-9226 Maidstone SK trips. 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. 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 .

306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646.

JD 4760 TRACTOR, MFWD, 4950 hrs., powershift, 3 PTH, shedded, 1 owner. Call 403-330-1966, Coaldale, AB. 2007 JD 7220 MFWD, 4351 hrs., 16 spd.

PowrQuad trans., 3 hyds., cruise, cold start pkg, 3 PTH, LHR, c/w JD 741 QA self-leveling FEL with grapple, 3 function joystick, w/wo Trimble AutoSteer, $94,500. Macrorie, SK., call 306-243-2080, 306-867-7028.

2012 JOHN DEERE 6190R, 4 WD, 4500 hrs., H380 self-leveling loader with grapple, very good cond., $145,000 OBO. 306-764-4944, 306-961-2672, Prince Albert, SK. d_l_byers@msn.com

MF 1155, running, good shape. Contact 204-773-0305, Russell, MB.

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Huge inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

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2013 CASE/IH EARLY RISER planter, 15/30” rows, air pressure packers, sectional control, liquid kit, centre fill seed bins, Yetter row cleaners, used very little, only seeded soybeans, $110,000.

306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. HIGHER RETURNS PER acre, great germ. and uniform emergence. For more info. www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350.

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DUTCH OPENERS AND carbide tips available for all models of drills. Early booking and volume discounts available. Call Dean for details. 306-536-9532, 306-957-4408, Odessa Rockpicker Sales, Odessa, SK. 2013 DEGELMAN 82’ heavy harrow, load- FLEXI-COIL DRILL 5000 HD, 40’, 12” spaced; 2013 84’ Bourgault, loaded. $45,000 ing, DS and 4350 tank; 1996 NH 9482, 2823 hrs., shedded. All in good cond. each. Call 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK. 403-901-4431, Strathmore, AB. 2015 51’ DEGELMAN LAND ROLLER, like new. 306-957-4403, Odessa, SK. TECHNOTILL 2015 62’ on TBH Case 600 2015 BRANDT 8200, 82’, chrome wear re- cultivator (Flexi-Coil), 12” spacing, Flexisistant tines, hyd. tine adj., low acres. Coil air pack, Intelligent blockage monitor, superior setup, ready to go, can hook to 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. Bourgault or Flexi-Coil cart, like new cond.

2010 DEGELMAN 7651 LANDROLLER, low 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. u s e , $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 . M o o s e J aw, S K . C a l l BEST VALUE FOR your dollar with our ad306-563-8482. vanced carbide air drills. Find out more at: 2015 DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster, 82’, www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Endura tip tines, hyd. tine adj. w/Valmar Dunmore, AB. 3255, low acres. 306-231-8060, Englefeld

2008 JD 1910, 430 bu., TBH, 8 run, variable rate, double shoot, $49,000; 1998 JD 1900 3 comp, 430 bu., 8 run, $24,800.

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SOUCY TRACKS: 32” wide, made to fit Seed Hawk air cart, purchased in 2013, $22,000 OBO. Pics available by emailing request to allcoenterprise@hotmail.com or for more info 780-837-1313, Falher, AB. 2008 BOURGAULT 6550ST, dual shoot, rear tires 900/60R32 singles, 4 tank metering, 10” deluxe auger, 591 monitor, shedded, exc . shape, $79,500 OBO. 204-572-7999, Grandview, MB.

KELLO-BILT SERIES 176 10’ tandem disc, 24” notched blades, clean unit, some new bearings, faded but solid, $7,980.

1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2014 MORRIS FIELD PRO 70’ harrow. New 9.16” tines, #HR3447, $36,500. Call: 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view us online at: www.farmworld.ca 2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500 TM vertical tillage #PS3147. New, 36’ 3 section Cat V hitch, $101,000. Phone: 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca

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1135 MF 2WD, 6400 hrs., recent hyd. work, very well taken care of, PTO, new tires, starter and alternator, w/or w/out Allied 795 FEL (like new) ($5000), $13,500 for both. 306-562-8866, Canora, SK.

QUIT FARMING! 1997 9682, 20.8x42 tires 90%, 5903 hrs., $75,000. New MF 4610, FWA, 100 HP, c/w FEL and pallet fork, shuttle shift, $65,000. 1998 5710, 54’, dual shoot, 4300 tank, dual fans, new boots with 2” carbide spreaders, $55,000.

3- 560 IHC tractors, clean condition, NEW 2015 VERSATILE 2375, 710’s. Own $2000 ea. NH TR98, 1996, 2641 sep. hrs., for $10,265 semi-annually. Call KMK Sales Rake-Up PU, $30,000. All equip. previously shedded. 306-481-4740, Battleford, SK. Ltd. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. 875 VERSATILE, complete with dozer, very HIGHER RETURNS PER acre, great germ. well maintained, asking $26,500 OBO. Call and uniform emergence. For more info. www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350.

403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. Dunmore, AB. VERSATILE 500, 4 WD, row crop tractor, w/row crop axles, 3 PTH, PTO, well main- SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call tained, low hrs. on updates, $10,000 OBO. for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., 3 PTH, row crop or solid vertical tillage, 16’ www.luckemanufacturing.com for above, $5000. 204-835-2425, CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used McCreary, MB. highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com WANTED: WHITE, or UNIVERSAL: 60 HP w/FWA. Also, wanted older CASE w/FWA. RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service; 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 30’ Premier swather; Rite-Way 50’ harrow packer bar; New Holland 1033 automatic bale wagon; 1979 GMC 3 ton grain truck w/roll tarp. 306-638-4550, Findlater, SK. BEST VALUE FOR your dollar with our advanced carbide air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB.

SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner 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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1-888-393-8686, Vaughan, ON. info@farmlender.ca, www.farmlender.ca www.midplainsimplements.ca Potato and irrigation; crop production implements. Call: 204-834-2575, Carberry, MB. NEED TO MOVE water or irrigate? Maybe SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one I can help. 50 years of experience. Dennis cord bundles, $109, half cord bundles, 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. $72; Blocked and split wood also available. PHIL’S IRRIGATION SALES: Reinke pivV&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. ots, lateral and minigators, pump and used new Bauer travelers dealer and BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood mainline 22 yrs experience. 306-858-7351, and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Pre- pivots.

Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca servers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

WESTERN IRRIGATION: Cadman travelling gun dealer. One used Cadman 4000S traveller; Used 2 miles of 6” ring lock used alum. pipe; Used diesel pumping unit. We buy and sell used irrigation equipment.

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Call John 403 888 8140 konschukfarms@gmail.com 2- BOLT-ON 3 POINT HITCHES from Case tractor. Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. CASE/IH PRESS DRILLS and 7721 PT combine. Willing to take trade. Flaxcombe, SK. 306-463-3480, 306-460-9027.

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Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca CABLE 5/16” and 3/8” used, .10¢ to .12¢/ft; galv. aircraft cable 1/8”, 5/32” and 3/16” Save $. 403-237-8575, Calgary.

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FINISHED BISON WANTED: Bulls $5.55/lb. HHW CAD; Heifers $5.30/lb.

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Call/text: 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK.

RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com

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

99- 3 YEAR old Red Angus cows bred Red Angus; 150 Red Angus heifers bred to easy calving Red Angus bulls. All to start calving April 1. 306-784-7480, 306-629-7481, Herbert, SK. kenfalk57@gmail.com 10 STRAIGHT RED bred Red Angus heifers.

Bred to 78 lb. Red Angus bull, bull turned o u t J u n e 1 s t . B o b o r Te e J e n s e n , 306-967-2770, Leader, SK.

TUBING FROM 1-1/4” to 3-1/2”. Sucker rod 3/4”, 7/8” and 1”. Line pipe and Casing also available. Phone 1-800-661-7858 or 780-842-5705, Wainwright, AB.

ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. FROZEN SASKATOON BERRIES, various grades, palletized and ready to go, FOB 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. Calgary. Call for further info and wholesale NEW LS TRACTOR, 4 WD, 97 HP, Iveco price quote. 403-946-4759, Crossfield, AB. dsl., self-leveling loader, 3500 lb. lift, CAHR, 3 spd. PTO, 3 PTH, power shuttle with hi/lo, 5 yr. warranty, $66,000. The Tractor Company 306-239-2262, Osler, SK. WA N T E D : 74 STE ALTH 3” complete GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your s p r e a d e r t i p f o r J D 1 8 3 0 . C a l l SALE IN STOCK Generators: 35 kw, #1 place to purchase late model combine 306-536-5475, Regina, SK. and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. WANTED USED, LOW hours, self propelled $15,214; 50 kw, $21,689; Prime Power generators in stock. New condition. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. fo r a g e h a r ve s t e r. C o n t a c t G o r d at : 250-554-6661, Kamloops, BC. 780-831-6872, Sexsmith, AB. denis@dieselgenerators-fuelbladders.com www.dieselgenerators-fuelbladders.com WANTED: ENGINE PARTS or complete engine for a 555 Massey Harris continental 10’ DEGELMAN BLADE w/JD mounts; diesel engine. 780-850-9755 Edmonton AB Grader V plows and snow wings; Blades for D6, D7 and D8. Call Danny Spence, WANTED: MASSEY discers, Model 36.

Sask., Alberta or Manitoba. Top dollar.

306-246-4632, Speers, SK. 306-625-3369, 306-750-0642, Ponteix, SK. 1996 LEON 225A 1000, 14’ wide, 42” high, 4-way dozer from Case 9330, good cond. WANTED: 150 TO 175 HP diesel power Call 306-947-4644, Langham, SK. unit, with clutch, to drive sawmill, Cumor Cat preferred. 204-742-3738, cel.

DEGELMAN 12’ late model 5700 blade, mins mounts for JD 7720, $13,500; Degelman 204-572-5133, Ethelbert, MB. 16’ blade, 6-way, mounts for Steiger Panther KM325. 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. 2009 DEGELMAN 6900 14’ blade for mounting on Case STX 275/280/325/330 WANTED: MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top or 335 4 WD tractor, hyd. angle, silage dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone ext., $20,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Mike 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

H E AV Y D U T Y PA R T S o n s p e c i a l at www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

1989 VERS. 856 tractor, 8500 hrs., 280 HP, 20.8x42 radials, good cond., $36,000; 1993 Ford 846, 6500 hrs., 230 HP, 18.4x38 radials, good cond., $35,000; 1993 Delmar 5500 medium harrows 70’, autofold, near new tines, very good condition, $16,500.

204-638-1068, Sifton, MB. alz@mts.net

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 403-653-1565 or cell 406-450-6300, Cardston, AB. Email: bunnage@shaw.ca

LAZY S BULL POWER 2016, January 30th, at the ranch, Mayerthorpe, AB. 240 polled red and black Simmental, Angus and Beefmaker (SimAngus) bulls. 780-785-3136.

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POLLED PUREBRED COMING 2 year old Charolais bulls, Red Factor and white. Easy calving. Call Kings Polled Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and two year olds. Wintering available. LVV Ranch, 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 40 PB CHAROLAIS cows, 20 bred heifers, white and red factor w/wo papers. Cows calving mid March, heifers mid April. Ervin Zayak, Creedence Charolais Ranch, Derwent, AB. 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708.

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We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or deliver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring bookings while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 or check out our website at www.didsburysprucefarms.com

BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com

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DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME DOVE RANCH, 27th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 5, 2016, 1:00 PM at their bull yards. Complimentary lunch, 11 AM. Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, March 4th. Selling 100+ purebred yearling Gelbvieh bulls, Red or Black. Performance and semen tested. View catalog and video at : w w w. d av i d s o n g e l b v i e h . c o m o r www.lonesomedoveranch.ca Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, 306-625-7863; Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, 306-625-7045, Ponteix, SK.

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NEBRASKA BISON BUYING ALL CLASSES Bison calves, yearlings, adult bulls, cows, pairs. All export requirements processed

by Nebraska Bison. Contact Randy Miller, 10 BLACK ANGUS heifers, calving April 1st, NEW AND USED PTO generators. Diesel 402-430-7058, Adams, Nebraska or email: Ivomec, Scourguard, all vaccinations, and natural gas sets available as well. Call RandyMiller@Miller95Enterprises.com $2200. 306-445-8425, North Battleford, SK 1-888-300-3535, Airdrie, AB. BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, sewww.midplainsimplements.ca Potato NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery and irrigation; crop production imple- on the rail at Lacombe, AB. for winter de- available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, livery and beyond. Smaller groups wel- Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com ments. Call: 204-834-2575, Carberry, MB. come. Fair, competitive and assured payNEW AND USED generators, all sizes from ment. Call Richard Bintner 306-873-3184.

40 BLACK ANGUS HEIFERS, bred to Black 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone Angus heifer bulls starting July 2nd. Bulls for availability and prices. Many used in NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for out August 20. Nice, quiet, average weight stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, 1100 lbs. 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we Email: generatorsales@hotmail.com want them.” Make your final call with 11 REG. PB open Black Angus heifers, GENERATORS: 20 KW-2000 KW, low hour Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt $2500; 16 registered PB bred Black Angus diesel, natural gas and propane units. payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. cows, $3500. 306-236-6952 Rapid View SK Abraham Generator Sales Co., Cooperstown, ND. 701-797-4766 or 701-371-9526. KICKIN’ ASH BUFFALO Meat Products is SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, www.abrahamindustrial.com currently looking for all classes of bison 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. for expanding North American market.

Call DUAL SKID MOUNTED Magnum MMG55 generators, 2013 Magnum MMG 55 on skid Paul 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. or PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. w/light tower and transfer switch, fuel email to cabi1@telus.net tank, Gen 1 3962 hrs, Gen 2 2723 hrs, exc. SELLING 90 HEAD 6 year old Wood Plains Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. cond., $74,250. 250-554-6661, Kamloops. cross bison cows. Will keep until Jan. 16th.

204-855-2073 eves, Oak Lake, MB. YOUNG TOP QUALITY Black Angus cows LOWEST PRICES IN CANADA on new, high quality generator systems. Quality diesel WANTED: CULL BISON cows/ bulls for 115- 4 year olds, 85- 2 year olds. Bred fullblood Maine. Bulls turned out June 15, generators, Winpower PTO tractor driven slaughter. Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, $3,000. 306-476-2252, Killdeer, SK. alternators, automatic/ manual switch 306-363-2117, ext. 111, Drake, SK. lesm1@sasktel.net gear, and commercial duty Sommers Powermaster and Sommers/ Winco portable BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, BRED HEIFERS PUREBRED Black Angus, generators and home standby packages. yearlings and calves. Phone Elk Valley papers available. Exposed to light birth75+ years of reliable service. Contact Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. weight Angus bulls, July 5 to Sept 5th.

Sommers Motor Generator Sales for all Ernest Gibson, Everblack Angus, y o u r g e n e r a t o r r e q u i r e m e n t s a t WANTED ALL CLASSES of bison: calves, Contact Vermilion, AB., 780-853-2422. yearlings, cows, bulls.

Willing to purchase 1-800-690-2396 sales@sommersgen.com any amount. dreyelts1@rap.midco.net Online: www.sommersgen.com Call 605-391-4646.

DIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for fin12 to 300 KWs, lots of units in stock. Used ished, and all other types of bison. COD, 85 YEARLING RED ANGUS bulls. Guaranand new: Perkins, John Deere and Deutz. paying market prices. “Producers working teed, semen tested, and delivered in the We also build custom Gensets. We cur- with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and spring. Phone Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, Leader, SK. rently have special pricing on new John MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471.

WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from year- 100 PUREBRED BRED Heifers and Young lings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph Cows. April/May calving. Breeding and selection for 25 years. Sound functional Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. cattle with length, muscle, and perforBISON WANTED. VALLEY Bison looking to mance. Whole herd vaccinations. Deer INVACARE MOBILE SCOOTER, holds up to purchase all ages of bison. Payment upon Range Red Angus. 306-773-7964, 400 lbs., used very little, exc. cond., $1500 delivery. Contact Nolan 204-773-6725 306-773-9872, Stewart Valley, SK. firm. 306-442-4201, Pangman, SK. Binscarth MB. nolandeanmiller@gmail.com tkolson@sasktel.net

SQUARE D: TWO year old and yearling bulls for sale. All bulls sell out of the yard. Pick now, we deliver, one at a time or by the trailer load. Replacement Hereford heifers bred Hereford, March calving. Jim Duke 306-538-4556, 306-736-7921, Langbank, SK. square-dpolledherefords.com square.d@sasktel.net

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale.

Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

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.

REG. LONGHORN COW Herd Dispersal, 25 head of good quiet cows bred for wide heavy horn. Proven bloodlines bred to 2 great bulls. Photos and pedigree available at www.suncreekranches.com Call Cliff 780-388-3324, Buck Lake, AB.

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Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372.

250 COWS FOR sale and ranch for rent.

Looking for energetic business minded young couple interested in relocating. Call 780-755-2550, Edgerton, AB. 74 BLACK HEIFERS bred to low BW Red and Black Angus bulls. Start calving March 20th. 306-442-4545, Weyburn, SK. BRED HEIFERS: 9 Simmental/Angus heifers, due March 1st, 1100 lbs. $2600.

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MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd. has for hire ground load 53’ cattleliner and a 53’ stepdeck hay trailer. Mortlach, SK. Call Dakota 306-891-1380 306-631-2023 Miles

BLK, BWF BRED HEIFERS, 20 top end bred heifers. Choose from 30. Bred to easy calving Angus bulls. Start calving April 1st. Full herd health program, $2600. 306-246-4544 HERD DISPERSAL: 80 bred Black Angus Richard, SK. cross cows, you pick top 60, 100 bred mixed cows, you pick top 80. Full herd BRED HEIFERS, mostly Red Angus and Red health program. $2500 per head firm. Angus cross. Some Blacks. Start calving Feb. 01. Can pick 50 out of 100. Can see 306-335-7875, Lemberg, SK. first and second calvers from same herd as well as calves. Bred Angus. Asking $3,000 BRED HEIFERS OBO. May feed at custom rates. Carrot River, SK. 306-768-3226, 306-768-7386.

70 Red Angus and 120 Black Brockle faces FAN CY, FAN CY b re d to Bla ck An gu s 20 CHAR CROSS cows for sale, bred Charolais, March/April calving. Layne and Bu lls . Bu lls tu rn e d o u t Ju n e 1 5th. P rice Paula Evans, Kenaston, SK 306-252-2246. $2900.00. All fe m a le s o n Co m ple te he rd he a lth.

BRED HEIFERS: Black, BWF, and Red AnFo r pictu re s , s e e the cla s s ifie d s pa ge a t gus, bred to easy calving Black Angus bulls. Start calving April 1. 306-493-2969, w w w .p rim ro s elives to c k.c o m Delisle, SK. Gu a ra n te e d qu a lity s a tis fa ctio n o n the s e s u pre m e fe m a le s .

WELL BRED BLACK Angus/Simmental cross and Black Angus open replacement Ca ll S teve a t 40 3 -3 8 1-3 70 0 heifers. Call 306-726-2151, Southey, SK. o r Cell 40 3 -3 8 2 -9 9 9 8 .

50 RED/BLACK ANGUS/SIMM cross cows for sale. Start calving Apr. 20. Cows have been Ivomeced and ultrasounded. Nice set of cows. Asking $2350/ea. OBO. Phone 306-621-4643, Jason in Calder, SK. 90 CHAROLAIS CROSS COWS. Charolais & Simm. bulls out June 25. Preg. checked Dec. 3. 403-664-2755, Oyen, AB. CUSTOM WINTERING COWS and feeders. For details call: Eric 306-717-8905, Cam 306-339-7840, Carnduff, SK. 80 YOUNG COWS, 2nd and 3rd calvers, bred Black or Red Angus, April 1st calving.

Can be feed to end of Feb. 306-386-2213 or 306-441-9327, Cochin, SK.

2004 HIGHLINE 7010 bale processor, big FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak square, Right-hand delivery, $6500. Call panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ 403-793-1302, Brooks, AB. and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feedWe manufacture an extensive line of cattle ers; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will handling and feeding equipment including custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. 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 in2002 ARABIAN GELDING, 15 HH, quiet, cinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric gentle, well broke. 306-516-7890, York- branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze ton, SK. everything-on-sale.weebly.com chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com 2 RECONDITIONED BOBSLEIGHS, as new, with 2-1/2” runners and new poles. Also 3 seat cutter. 780-744-2113, Islay, AB.

SELLING LAMBS AND GOATS? Why 500 BRED 2nd and 3rd calvers, mostly Red take one price from one buyer? Expose and Black Angus, a few tans. Swift Current, your lambs and goats to a competitive SK, call 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513. market. Beaver Hill Auctions, Tofield, AB. Sales every Monday, trucks hauling from 150 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS, SK, BC, AB. www.beaverhillauctions.com bred to low birthweight Black bulls, ex- Call: 780-662-9384. posed July 4, 2015, vaccinated with VL5 plus 7 Som, Safeguard/Ivomec, $2500. SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) Call 306-476-7996, Rockglen, SK. lambs or feeder lambs for sale? Call Rick 36 TOPCUT RED Angus cross heifers, bred a t : 4 0 3 - 8 9 4 - 9 4 4 9 o r C a t h y a t : to easy-calving Red Angus bull, all AI bred 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing.

June 10, exposed to Redman Son. Battle- www.sungoldmeats.com ford, SK. 306-937-2880 or 306-441-5010.

AQUA THERM A pasture proven trough.

Winter water problems? Solved! No electricity required. 3 sizes - 100, 200 and 525 ga l l o n . Ke l l n S o l a r, L u m s d e n , S K .

1-888-731-8882, www.kellnsolar.com ARROW LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: Port. windbreaks, custom panels. Mossbank, SK. 1-866-354-7655, www.shadowranch.ca

HEALTHY COWS ARE PROFITABLE COWS: Buy tubs and mineral direct. Riomax tubs, RangeRocket lick sleds and Riogrande bag mineral. Top quality supplements, low cost and delivered direct to you. Call to discuss your winter supplement and/or mineral needs. Simply order over the phone, and it's shipped right to your ranch with freight free (minimum 3 tons). Ask about full/half load discounts. Call 306-500-6417, Maple Creek, SK. tlc@rionutrition.net www.rionutrition.net

H E AV Y D U T Y PA R T S o n s p e c i a l at www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. of organic and conventional pulses for NEW TUPPERWARE, liquidating, no tax, 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, discount prices. 306-516-7890, Yorkton, Rowatt, SK. SK. everything-on-sale.weebly.com

Buying all classes of sheep, lambs and goats.

Contact Darren Shaw 403-601-5165 Same Day Trade Payment. Farm Pickup.

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GOT GRAIN FOR SALE? Growers International is currently dealing in all wheats and durum, malt and feed barley, milling and feed oats, brown and golden flax, spelt, edible and feed peas, brown and yellow mustard and lentils. Call Mark Gimby 306-652-4529 or Lorne Lix 204-924-7050.

2000 HARSH 575 feed box complete for sale, $15,000. Call Jeff at 403-371-6362, Brant, AB.

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Black, Red, Brown. Preg checked, vaccinated and Ivomeced, $2500. Near Plunkett, SK., 306-682-3717, eves. 306-682-3066.

BRED HEIFERS: Simmental and Simm.

Red Angus cross. Big, strong, top quality heifers. All one iron bred Red and Black Angus. Complete vaccination program incl. first dose of Scourguard and Ivomec. Call 3J Simmental Farms, 306-325-4622, 306-327-8005, Lintlaw, SK. 120 ANGUS CROSS 2nd and 3rd calving bred cows, bred to Angus bulls, start calving April 1st. 50 Angus bred heifers, bred Angus. Vaccinated with FP5 and Ivomec.

Call 204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB. BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE. 30 quality Simmental and Simmental Red Angus half blood heifers bred Red Angus to start calving April 1. 306-963-7700, 306-963-7777, Stalwart, SK. double.g@sasktel.net 30 BRED CHAR./Red Angus cross cows, 4 bred heifers, bred to Char. and Red Angus bulls. Start calving March 20th; Also 3 year old Char. bull. 306-867-8410, Outlook, SK. HERD DISPERSAL: CAN WINTER AND calve for new owner. 150 cows, bred Red and Black Angus. You pick 130. 30 heifers bred Red Angus, you pick 25. Start calving Apr. 10. Cows, $2450; Bred heifers, $2700. 306-696-7870, Broadview, SK. $5000 REWARD LEADING up to or in finding 14 missing Simmental cows and 13 calves. Cows have brand “TLX” on left rib and possibly a brand of “P” and backwards “G” on left rib. Calves probably not branded. Went missing in Alliance/Sedgwick, AB area. Call 780-386-3745, 780-888-1258.

TWO GROUPS OF Red Angus Simmental cross heifers bred Red Angus. Calving starts February 15th and April 1st.

306-436-7741, Milestone, SK. 8- HALF ANGUS HALF LONGHORN 2 yr. old heifer bulls, $3500. 403-740-5197, Big Valley, AB. GOOD QUALITY BRED HEIFERS. Red Angus, Red Angus cross Hereford and Red Angus cross Simmental. Bred Red Angus.

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NOW PURCHASING AT Roy Leitch LiveCOZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn stock Co. Ltd. Fat lambs, feeder lambs, cull WINTER WATERING: FREEZE proof, calves! 306-577-4664, Carlyle, SK. Email ewes and goats. Brandon, MB. Phone: motion eye, 24”/36” drain back bowl. Call 204-727-5021, 204-729-7791. cozycaps@outlook.com toll free 1-888-731-8882, Lumsden, SK. Or visit: www.kellnsolar.com 74 FAN CY HOM E RAISED EZE-FEEDER: Quality built grain feeders BLACK AN GUS w/auger for range or bunk feeding. From 15 - 95 bu. Optional scales, 3 PTH frames, BRED HEIFERS SHEEP and LAMB on-farm Biosecurity etc. 1-877-695-2532. www.ezefeeder.ca Bla ck a n gu s b u lls pu t in M a y 20th a n d Workshop and Canadian Sheep and pu lle d Ju ly 20th. P re g te s te d a ve we ight L a m b F o o d S a fe F a r m P r a c t i c e s MOLE HILL DESTROYERS: 2015 Demo Workshop, in conjunction with SSDB’s Unit, Series 4, 50’; Also Used Series 4, 40’. will b e o ve r 1 1 00 lb s . re a d y to go o u t a n d Order your 2016 Units before Dec. 31. Call m a ke yo u s o m e m o n e y. T o ta l he rd he a lth AGM and Symposium, will be held at the 306-542-7325, molehilledestroyer.com Ramada Plaza, 1818 Victoria Ave., Regina, P rice $2900.00.

SK. Jan. 15-16, 2016. Call: 306-933-5200, 2006 H1000 tub grinder and 2009 Bale email: sheepdb@sasktel.net to register. King processor. Contact 204-773-0305, Fo r pictu re s , s e e the cla s s ifie d s pa ge a t Visit: www.sksheep.com for details. w w w .p rim ro s elives to c k.c o m Russell, MB. Gu a ra n te e d qu a lity s a tis fa ctio n o n SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 the s e s u pre m e fe m a le s . years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr.

Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to Ca ll S teve a t 40 3 -3 8 1-3 70 0 run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove o r Cell 40 3 -3 8 2 -9 9 9 8 .

SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole dis- and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo tributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers BRED RED AND RWF Simm./Angus cross programs, marketing services and sheep/ Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. heifers bred to Red Angus bulls. Breeding goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, www.apollomachineandproducts.com exposed June 1st. Mitch at: 306-467-4975, SK. www.sksheep.com MIXMILL SCREENS, BRAND new 3/8 and 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK. 1/2 screens to fit 359 NH Mixmill, $175. each. Phone: 306-746-5704, Raymore, SK. COMPLETE HERD OF 100 yellow/tan Simm cross cows. Start calving end of March.

Bred to Red Simm. bulls. Full herd health program. 2015 calves can be viewed w/cows. 2014 steer calves, avg. 634 lbs. BUY ALL: Pigs/swine/wild boar, raised Call Randy at 204-739-3011, Ashern, MB. outside, all sizes. Most $. 1-877-226-1395. www.canadianheritagemeats.com 8- STANFIELD ELECTRIC HEATING pads, never plugged in. 1’ wide x 4’ long, $550.

WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For book- buys all. 250-260-1650, Vernon, BC. ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 3 PTH FOLDING BALE FORK: Carries 3 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. bales, folds narrower than tractor, hyd. fold, $3900. Save time! Save fuel! Call 204-966-3221 or 204-841-1277, Eden, MB. or email: pennosmachining@gmail.com READY TO LAY pullets. Taking early booking 2008 HIGHLINE BALE Pro 8100, feed for white or brown for June pickup. Call for chopper series, EZ Feed II grain tank, very 2 FJORD MOLLY mules, minis, and har- pricing. 306-435-3530, Moosomin, SK. good condition, used 4 years, $18,900. ness. 1 Arab mare sorrel w/blaze, 1 Paint 780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB. gelding. 780-853-2031 or 780-581-4035, Vermilion, AB. QUALITY 5 BARS, windbreaks, gates and feeders, plus more. Many satisfied long term customers. 306-485-8559, Oxbow SK WE NEED ELK FOR U.S. MEAT Markets FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner No status or testing required. Picked up at in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, your farm. Competitive pricing up to feed wagons and bale shredders and in$4/lb. Call Ian at 204-848-2498. dustry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers.

306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca WANTED: ELK, WHITE-TAILED Deer and FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully susBison. Rob at 780-871-1056, Lloydminster tainable livestock watering. No power reNORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for quired to heat or pump. Prevents contamiover 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you nation. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. have them, we want them.” Make your fi- www.frostfreenosepumps.com January 20-22, 2016 nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Saskatoon Inn Winnipeg, MB.

ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. Call DMI 306-515-3500, Regina, SK TRADE AND EXPORT Canada buying all grades of organic grains. Fast payment and pick up. Call 306-433-4700.

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85 HOME GROWN top quality preg. checked bred heifers. Bred to calving ease Black 1-800-582-4037 Angus bulls. Due starting March 15, 2016. www.morandindustries.com For more information and to register visit: Winston Hougham, Meggan Laidler, 306-344-4913, 306-825-0358, Frenchman www.saskbeefconference.com STOP WASTING GRAIN! Try our grain Butte, SK. magnumranching@gmail.com troughs: 30’ c/w skids, made of conveyor belting and pipe, $750 ea. 306-538-4685, 306-736-7146, Kennedy, SK. 435 Bulls CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site. For early booking call Saturday, January 30, 2016 12 noon MST 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website Lloydminster, AB Ex. Grounds www.warmanhomecentre.com GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” 75 Red Angus 35 Dehorned Herefords pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar (Two’s) (Two’s) windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting 80 Black Angus 70 Black Super Baldies 30 Super Guppies 60 Charolais troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters.

(Two’s) (Two’s & Yearlings) (Two’s) (Two’s) Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. HIGHLINE BALE PRO 7000, with added Call Mac Creech, DVM at 1-800-561-BULL (2855) feed chopper, 30 bushel grain tank, big tires, 1000 PTO. Makes poor feed better.

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MLS® 556060, $152,000. Garry Frie, Royal LePage Saskatoon, SK. 639-480-7254.

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What a ranch! 4342 acres in a block, 4-wire fences and treated, posts. Over 3000 acres in tame pasture. 36x112’ hip roof calving barn w/boxstalls, 3 large open end cattle shelters, corrals systems, well, pasture water. Plus a 36x51’ metal clad building. 36x20’ adjoining ranch hands living quarters w/in-floor NG heat, power, phone, sewer. What a location! One hour to Prince Albert and just over an hour to Saskatoon and North Battleford. MLS® 557460. For more info. or viewing, call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

RM of HOODOO #401, SW-36-43-26-W2.

158 acres, 155 cultivated. New scale assessment, 107,600. Taxes $1,142/yr. Asking price, $275,000. Contact Omar Gomaa by phone at: 403-407-1700, or email to: gomaanm@gmail.com Wakaw, SK.

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RM OF CALEDONIA #99 480 acres. 40 mi. SE of Regina. Assess 256,400. Asking $1190/acre. Keith Bartlett 306-535-5707, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK.

GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net DID YOU HAVE CANOLA DAMAGE from Frontline Tank contamination in 2014/ 2015? Contact Back-Track Investigations 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and compensation. backtrackcanada.com BISON RANCH/LAND FOR SALE MLS® 556997, $1,250,000. 1,007 acre ranch SW of St. Louis with cedar log home, 8’ and 5’ game fence on 5 quarters, 2 not fenced, excellent bison handling facilities for sorting and loading. MLS® 529815, RM of Aberdeen, $249,900. 40 acres partial Hwy #41 frontage. MLS® 530816, RM of Bayne, $879,900. 474 acres with potential for aggregate source. MLS® 546502, RM of Fish Creek, $199,900. 369 acres natural topography, wildlife and cultivated land. MLS® 553388, RM of Vanscoy, $99,900. 40 acres good building site 20 kms from Saskatoon. MLS® 557183 RM of Laird, $199,900. Organic land. Seller willing to rent back. For further details check out listings at: www.EdBobiashTeam.com or contact Ed Bobiash RE/MAX Saskatoon, at: 306-280-2400.

RM SPIRITWOOD. What a property! This 307 acre grain farm offers a 1204 sq. ft., 3 bdrm home w/full basement, nat. gas heat and well. 40x60 quonset, 5 steel bins, 22x42 garage/shop, plus other yard buildings. Approx. 220 acres cultivated. Located 8 miles East of Spiritwood and 1/2 mile South. Bring your pets and farm animals and enjoy this peaceful area. MLS® 556862. Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512, North Battleford. remaxbattlefords.com RM OF CANAAN: Approx. 160 acres of farmland. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

RM ROSEMOUNT, CANDO: $630,000.

352 acre livestock ranch with 317 acres grass, 25 acres cultivated, 10 acres yard w/1950 sq. ft. bungalow, detached double garage, 44x80’ quonset w/overhead door, barn with hay loft, calving barn, 3 shelter barns, watering bowls, new water well 2014. MLS®550607. Wally Lorenz, Realtor Re/Max of the Battlefords 306-843-7898.

RM OF GARDEN RIVER #490, 1 quarter grainland for sale, SE-09-51-24-W2. Call FOR RENT: 3 quarters grainland, RM of 306-929-4624, Albertville, SK. Ponass Lake #367, NE-11-37-13, NW-1137-13, SW-10-37-13. Inquiry text to: WANT TO RENT: Farmland in RM of Grand306-690-6786.

See details at: view #349, RM of Reford #379, or RM of http://community.bidwin.org/post/grain- Biggar #347. 306-948-7807, Landis, SK. land-for-rent-ponass-lake. Rose Valley, SK. BEAUTIFUL 160 ACRES, 17 miles NW of robingliu@hotmail.com Meadow Lake, SK., 1/2 mile S of Beaver FOR RENT: 3 quarters grainland between River. Can be used as recreation land, hay Biggar and Perdue. 449 acres all in one or grains. NW-31-18-60-W3, RM 588. section, 340 cultivated, 65 to 125 pasture. $142,000. 306-240-5997.

For more details go to: ID#1100380 BENGOUGH: 34 quarter http://community.bidwin.org/post/Biggar- sections (5419.16 acres) of probably the Land-For-Rent 306-690-6786 Biggar, SK. best grassland around. Numerous sloughs, robingliu@hotmail.com dugouts and an underground river run WANTED FARMLAND TO RENT in the through the property. Could be farmed.

Raymore/ Semans area, North of Hwy. 15. Yardsite w/home, corrals and quonset and another with a 1978 bungalow and well.

Call 306-528-7875 or benrhb@gmail.com MLS®. ID#1100470 LLOYDMINSTER: 159 acres of fenced land, 2 separate titles and 2 homes located approx. 42 kms from Lloydminster. 34x24 barn/shop w/loft, 4 horse stalls and attached tack shop, round w /Aggrega te Potentia l pen, heated watering bowl, grain bin, lean to and chicken coop. 1-866-345-3414, In Sa ska tchew a n Real Estate Centre. For all our listings Ca ll PO TZU S LTD. view www.farmrealestate.com LAND FOR SALE RM Buchanan: NE-24-32-5 Phone: 306-782-74 23 W2, 109 cult. acres. NW-24-32-5-W2, 101 Fa x: 306-786-6909 cult. acres, power, 3 air bins, 3 steel bins.

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E X C E L L E N T L I V E S TO C K FA R M S : 1) 1000 head feedlot, Hartney. 2) 1732 deeded acres w/4425 acres of Crown land, fenced, small bungalow, vg buildings and metal corral system, can carry 450 cow/ calf pairs. 3) 1270 deeded acre cattle farm

by Lac du Bonnet, 640 acres Crown land, turnkey operation. 4) Cattle ranch, Pine River, 3300 deeded and 1200 acres Crown land. Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc., Brandon, MB., www.homelifepro.com

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Beautifully landscaped yard. House, 1500 sq.ft. completely renovated. 3 bedrooms (up), 1 bedroom(down); 3 car insulated garage; large shop; new barn. Hay land, cultivated land, pastureland. More info on Facebook page, many photos, "Balgonie Farm-160 acres and yard for sale".

306-540-8370, Balgonie, SK. waynestefankiw@gmail.com R I V E R F R O N T P R O P E RT Y , M L S ® 540626, $1,599,000. 99 acres only 30 kms. NW of Saskatoon, just off 4 lane Hwy #16. Currently a personal private paradise with a beautiful log home. Opportunity for further subdivision for 4 residential acreage lots; potential vacation or outdoor travel destination, eg. B&B (subject to RM approval). MLS® 544015, $499,900. 80 acres with home, shop and possible 2 additional 5 acre residential lots, just SW of S a s k at o o n o f f Va l l e y R o a d . M L S ® 536159, $429,900. 77 acres with 2010 built home, pole shed, corrals and outdoor riding arena, Hwy #12 near Blaine Lake.

MLS® 554055, $649,900. 19 acres, home with suite, processing facility, shop, barn. Just north of Saskatoon. Visit www.EdBobiashTeam.com Ed Bobiash RE/MAX Saskatoon 306-280-2400.

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PARTS FOR VINTAGE snowmobiles, 1990 and older. Call Don at 780-755-2258, Wainwright, AB. doncole@mcsnet.ca SLEIGHS- HUNTING, CALVING, hauling, or playing. Koenders Sleighs are SK. made and come in a variety of sizes w/optional covers for all types of jobs. Flaman, CERT. DURUM SEED, AAC Current, AAC Raymore, AAC Marchwell, Transcend.

1-888-435-2626, www.flaman.com Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., TRAIL GROOMER BOMBARDIER BR160 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511.

M o g u l M a s t e r M B P 1 8 - 0 8 g r o o m e r, CERT., REG. AAC Marchwell VB durum. $35,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822.

CERT. TRANSCEND, AAC Marchwell VB, AAC Raymore, Eurostar and Strongfield.

All germs. are 90% plus, 0% fusarium graminearum. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net MIDGE TOLERANT DURUM now available.

Cert. AAC MARCHWELL. Printz Family OLIVER, BC., studio suite, $550-$650/mo. Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, Smoke/fragrance free. 1-888-498-4451. 306-648-3511. info@oliverbedandbreakfast.com

CERTIFIED #1 CDC PLENTIFUL CWRS. Good FHB resistance, great standability. high yield, 99% germ., 96% vigor, Super B discounts! 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK., shewchukseeds.com EXCELLENT QUALITY CERT. No. 1 CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Cardale, Muchmore, Harvest, Elgin ND, AAC Elie, AC Andrew, Conquer VB. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERTIFIED #1 AAC BRANDON, AC Shaw VB, AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB and Conquer VB. Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com

WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified #1 Gazelle Spring Rye. Call Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK.

CERTIFIED WHEAT, AC Conquer VB (Midge Tolerant CPS), AC Ryley, AC Stettler, AC Redwater. Delivery available. 250-782-7820 Dawson Creek, BC. www.spgrain.ca

CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, CDC Meredith. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK.

CERTIFIED BRANDON WHEAT. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. LESS FUSARIUM MORE bottom line.

GP Wheat WFT603 seed available. Suitable for ethanol production and livestock feed.

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BARLEY FOR SALE: foundation, registered and/or certified, CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, CDC Kindersley, CDC Meredith and Legacy barley. Berscheid Bros Seeds, WHEAT FOR SALE: Reg. and/or Cert.: AAC 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, Brandon, CDC Plentiful, AC Vesper, CDC SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net Utmost wheat. Berscheid Bros Seeds, CERT. CDC COPELAND, Cert. AC Metcalfe 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net malt barley. Call for large and early order discounts. Treating available. Visa or M/C. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden.

Goodeve VB, Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, Newdale, CDC Meredith. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA CWRS AAC Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK Brandon, CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Shaw VB. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe. Call Trawin Seeds, CERTIFIED AAC CHIFFON soft wheat.

Highest yielding. Available in SK. and AB. 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. info@seednet.ca 403-545-6018.

CERTIFIED #1 AAC SYNERGY, AC Metcalfe and Legacy. Hetland Seeds, Naicam, CERT. CARDALE WHEAT. Midge tolerant Shaw-AC Domain VB wheat; Prosper; FallSK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com er high yielding new class wheat; Andrew WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC soft wheat. Call for large and early order Austenson, highest yielding feed barley on discounts. Treating available. Visa, M/C. market. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. 306-530-8433, Lumsden. www.llseeds.ca CERTIFIED BARLEY, CDC Austenson, CDC WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA New- CPS AAC Maverick. Delivery available. 250-782-7820 Foray VB, Penhold, Conquer VB. Call Dawson Creek, BC. www.spgrain.ca Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK.

LENTILS, CANARY AND CHICK PEAS. Call GrainEx International Ltd. for current pricing at 306-885-2288, Sedley SK. Visit us on our website at: www.grainex.net

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CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

LOOKING FOR OLD and new crop soybeans FOB Western Canada. Licence and bonded grain company. Call, email, text Now for competitive pricing at the farm! Market Place Commodities Ltd, accurate real time CERTIFIED 40-10 FORAGE peas, 99% marketing. 403-394-1711; 403-315-3930 TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass germ., high protein, perfect for blending text, info@marketplacecommodities.com seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse w i t h c e r e a l s . Va n B u r c k S e e d s , 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. 306-863-4377, Star City SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC LIMERICK and CDC C O M M O N Y E L L O W P E A S E E D. C a l l Greenwater. Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., 204-673-2382, Melita, MB. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com RED LENTIL- 2 varieties, excellent germ.

PEAS FOR SALE: Fdn., Reg. and/or Cert.: and vigor, 0% disease. Ph. Byron Blackwell, HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola CDC Greenwater, CDC Limmerick and CDC 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK. varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Raezer green peas. Berscheid Bros Seeds, SMALL BLACK LENTILS. Bulk or by the bag.

Dekalb, Rugby, Cafe. Fenton Seeds, 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, 306-631-1944, Moose Jaw, SK. SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. COMMON GREEN PEAS, high germ. Early FOUNDATION REG. CERT. #1 CDC Lime- booking discount. Terre Bonne Seed Farm rick, CDC Greenwater. Also, CDC Marble 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. (french green lentil). Ardell Seeds Ltd. CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Call Hetland Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415.

Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com C E R T I F I E D G R E E N W AT E R P E A S .

306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Sorrel, CDC Bethune, Glas. Call Trawin CERTIFIED PEA SEED, CDC Meadow Yellow, Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CDC Tetris Green, CDC Peace Yellow. DelivCERT. AAC BRAVO, CDC Sanctuary, CDC ery available. 250-782-7820 Dawson Creek, Sorrel, CDC Bethune. Fraser Farms, Pam- BC. www.spgrain.ca brun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker FLAX FOR SALE: Fdn., Reg. and/or Cert., involved. Sell direct to crushing plant.

AAC Bravo and CDC Sorrel flax. Berscheid Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 Bros Seeds, 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, or 306-228-7325, Unity, SK. Lake Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net WANTED FEED BARLEY- Buffalo Plains CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo.

Cattle Company is looking to purchase Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK. CERT. AAC BRAVO and Prairie Thunder.

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CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO and Limerick peas. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERTIFIED PATRICK, HIGH germ. Early booking discount. Terre Bonne Seed Farm 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK.

CERTIFIED McLEOD R2Y soybeans from SeCan; 33003R2Y soybeans from Thunder.

Rebates for orders in 2015. Call for large and early order discounts. Visa or M/C. CERTIFIED CDC CALVI. New itchless variwww.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden ety, good germ. 306-693-9402, Moose Jaw, SK. www.simpsonseeds.com

PRAIRIE PULSE INC. P.O. Box 399 â&#x20AC;˘ 700 Campbell Drive Vanscoy, SK S0L 3J0 LENTIL BIDS delivered Vanscoy, SK as of Dec 17, 2015 CY Product (Dry)

REG., CERT. #1 CDC Utmost, CDC Plentiful, Cardale, AAC Brandon, Conquer. Ardell Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415.

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Hansen Seeds. Phone: 306-465-2525, CERT. AC BRANDON, CDC Plentiful, Car- 306-861-5679 (cell), Yellow Grass, SK. dale, CDC Utmost VB, Carberry, and Glenn. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK. REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED Greenstar 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com. lentils, no disease. 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK.

CERTIFIED SEABISCUIT OATS. Call Grant, WOOD-MIZER PORTABLE SAWMILLS, G r e e n s h i e l d s S e e d s , 3 0 6 - 7 4 6 - 7 3 3 6 , eight models, options and accessories. 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. 1-877-866-0667. www.woodmizer.ca CERTIFIED #1 CS CAMDEN and Triactor.

Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., SAWMILLS from only $4397 - Make 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CERT. CDC SORREL flax seed, Triffid free.

Money and Save Money with your own Call for large and early order discounts. bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC Visa or M/C. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. stock, ready to ship. Free info. and DVD: Morgan, Souris, Triactor, CS Camden oats. www.llseeds.ca www.NorwoodSawmills.com/168 or call Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. 1-800-566-6899 ext. 168.

CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris. REGISTERED, CERTIFIED CDC Neela flax, C a l l N o r t h l a n d S e e d s I n c . , good germ, new variety. 306-693-9402, Moose Jaw, SK. jamie@simpsonseeds.com 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. www.simpsonseeds.com TOP QUALITY CERT. No. 1 CDC Minstrel, ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different Souris, CDC Orrin, Summit, Leggett. CERT. CDC SANCTUARY flax, #1 variety ways to weigh bales and livestock; Plat- Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK in the brown soil zone. Printz Family form scales for industrial use as well, nonSeeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, electric, no balances or cables (no weigh OATS FOR SALE: Reg. and/or Cert. CDC 306-648-3511. like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, Minstrel and CDC Orrin oats. Berscheid Bros Seeds, 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake CERTIFIED CDC BETHUNE flax. Call Grant, North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. CERT. SUMMIT, CS CAMDEN, Souris, CDC Seabiscuit, and CDC Haymaker (forage).

Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, SK., 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com CERTIFIED OATS, AC Mustang, AC Morgan, CDC Seabiscuit. Delivery available.

250-782-7820, Dawson Creek, BC. www.spgrain.ca CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett, CDC Ruffian. Call Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERT. #1 SUMMIT, Souris, Leggett, CDC Haymaker (forage) Excellent quality. Ardell Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415.

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www.midplainsimplements.ca Potato REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED IBC 550 red and irrigation; crop production implelentils, no disease. 306-395-2652, Chaplin, ments. Call: 204-834-2575, Carberry, MB. SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (Small Red) Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED CDC Greenstar large green lentil. 99% germination.

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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.

FALL RYE, DURUM and oats for sale. Call 306-283-4747, Langham, SK.

LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buyers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Call 306-862-2723, Nipawin, SK.

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300 BIG SQUARE bales, straight alfalfa as well as grass mix. 306-364-4700, 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay for sale. 306-382-0785, Vanscoy, SK.

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CUSTOM BALE HAULING. Will haul large squares or round. Phone 306-567-7199, Kenaston, SK. ISO 9001 :2008 Appro ved 400 BIG SQUARE FLAX STRAW BALES, ideal for shelters, highway and road water • U L C a ppro ved • Skid P a c ka g e a va ila b le erosion protection, mix off with other • Sin g le a n d d o u b le w a ll a va ila b le feed, etc. 306-364-4700, 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. Available at Magnum Fabricating & our dealers HAILED WHEAT BALES, very good feed, w w w .m a g n u m fa brica tin g .com average weight 1400 lbs. 306-937-2880 or 306-441-5010, Battleford, SK. M AGN UM F ABR ICATIN G LTD .

THE HAY STORE. We have 2nd and 3rd cut M a ple Creek, SK P h: 306-662-2198 alfalfa large sq. bales. We sell for sheep, horse, dairy and beef. All stored inside.

Prices start at 4¢/lb. and up. Oat straw, 3¢/lb. Delivery can be arranged. Landmark MB., call 204-355-4980 or 204-371-5744.

ROUND OAT STRAW bales, 5x6, plastic twine, $20/bale. Will load. Located near SHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement tarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, Sinclair, MB. Call 204-662-4432.

306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK. SAVE 5% TO 7% on your hay and straw freight bill or free loading. Hauling 48 large round bales per load. Loading 3 at a TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, time, using wheel loader w/engine heater. service, installations, repairs. Canadian Call Hay Vern: 204-729-7297, Brandon, MB company. We carry aeration socks. We ALFALFA BALES, 2ND and 3rd cut 5x6 round now carry electric chute openers for grain bales. 204-371-6181, Blumenort, MB. trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000. welden@mymts.net

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1ST, 2ND AND 3RD cut alfalfa 3x4x8 square bales, wheat and triticale greenfeed. Delivery available in southern AB. 403-633-3777, 403-363-3318, Tilley, AB. HAY FOR SALE. Contact Lyle Lumax at 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. STRAW BALES: 500 round barley and 500 round wheat straw bales. All net wrapped. Ph 780-878-4655, Ferintosh, AB.

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SMALL SQUARE HAY bales, horse quality, grass or alfalfa. Contact 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. ALFALFA/GRASS MIXED round hay bales, approx. 1300 lbs., $50 per bale. Call 306-245-3756, Tyvan, SK. WANTED: CARAWAY SEED. Dandilee Spice Corp. is looking to purchase Caraway Seed 450 BIG ROUND wheat straw bales, at competitive pricing. 306-697-3152, Conventional combined, no rain or weeds, Grenfell, SK. dandilee.colby@outlook.com $25/bale. Loaded. 403-556-0141, Olds, AB. MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd. has for hire ground load 53’ cattleliner and a 53’ stepdeck hay trailer. Mortlach, SK. Call Dakota 306-891-1380 306-631-2023 Miles ICE FISHING SHACKS- portable, insulated shacks. Fit easy into truck box or hitch opGREENFEED BALES, 1100 lbs. Located tion available. SK made by Koenders, Minitonas, MB. Can deliver. Contact Ken Shacks and full accessory line in stock at Kolisnyk 204-620-0010.

Flaman, 1-888-435-2626 www.flaman.com ROUND RYE STRAW bales; Greenfeed hailed rye bales; Round oat straw bales; Greenfeed oat bales. All netwrapped.

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FLAX STRAW BALES, $1 per bale, both Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK. round and large square bales, 3 years old. 50,000 FARMERS CAN’T be wrong! When Can be used for feed, bedding or erosion you purchase a Norwesco tank, you’re not control. Call Brad at NorAmera in Weyburn, j u s t p u r c h a s i n g a t a n k . C a l l SK. 306-681-7148.

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LARGE YEARLING COW/Calf Operation requires full-time working Foreman. Aggressive wages. Duties include: Herd health, rotational grazing, operation and maintenance of modern equipment, calving, and management of staff. Additional attributes: 1A, welding, seeding experience. Renovated family home on-site. Call Scott, 306-536-2157, Indian Head, SK.

FARM LABOURERS. LINCOLN Gardens seasonal vegetable farm located at Lumsden, SK. Seeking 8 seasonal field labourers starting May 1, 2016. Must have valid drivers license, be reliable and physically fit. Duties include: Planting, weeding and harvesting vegetable crops. Sort, wash, weigh and pack vegetables. Hand move irrigation pipes. 50 to 60 hrs/week, must be available weekends. Starting wage is $10.50/hr. Send resume with references to: Lincoln Gardens, Box 750 Lumsden SK. S0G 3C0. 306-731-7781.

FA R M I N G R A N C H I N G O P E R AT I O N Seeking experienced worker to operate farm equipment and handle cattle. Mechanical ability preferred. Housing provided. Resume, references and criminal EXPERIENCED PASTURE RIDER wanted for record check required. Wages negotiable. southern AB. Onefour Grazing Association is Trevor: 403-575-5237, tdeagle@live.ca looking for a qualified rider for a contract position starting in April, ending in October GRAZING MANAGER WITH experience and for 2016. Rider must have working horses, education in Managed Intensive Grazing his own equipment. Summer housing avail- required for ranch NW of Edmonton AB. able. Questions Brant Reese 403-421-0247 Duties include calving, grass management, water maintenance, animal health, fencing or Jeff Belisle 403-647-7835. and record keeping. Wages $23-$28/hr. to: South Seven Ranches, Cherhill, Apply FARM/RANCH HAND FULL-TIME. Duties include feeding cows, calving, doctoring. AB., 780-674-0148.

Operate and maintain a good line of farm equipment for seeding, haying and harvest. FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock Work independently and experience neces- operation, RM of Minitonas. Requirements: Grade 12, driver’s license, skill set to work sary. Start immediately. 403-566-2341. with horses and farm equipment, good FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. communication skills, ability to work as a Applicants should have previous farm ex- team. Duties include: all aspects of general perience and mechanical ability. Duties in- farm work and feeding program for horsclude operation of machinery, including es; operating and maintaining of seeding tractors and other farm equip., as well as and harvesting equipment. Must be able to general farm laborer duties. $25/hour de- speak English. Smoke free environment. pending on experience. Must be able to $17/hr. Housing available. Lyle Lumax cross US border. Location: Pierson, 204-525-2263, Box 1989, Swan River, MB. MB/Gainsborough, SK. Feland Bros. Farms, R0L 1Z0. carolylefarms@hotmail.com Greg Feland and Wade Feland, Box 284, 2 FULL-TIME HERDSMAN (NOC 8253) Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. 701-756-6954. positions on large mixed farm. Wages $16-$19/hr., depending on experience.

FULL TIME GRAIN FARM EMPLOYMENT: Individual should have good work ethic, Delage Farms Ltd. at Indian Head, SK. is positive attitude, mechanical skills and be looking for motivated, experienced and able to work well with others. Duties inteam orientated employees who are inter- clude: Working cattle; Operating and ested in working full-time for a progressive maintaining farm equipment. Must have grain farm. The farm strives towards reach- farm background. Furnished housing with ing high yields by introducing innovation utilities avail. for $500/mo., non-smoking and improving efficiency within a team environment. Fax: 306-264-3752. Phone: atmosphere. Duties include, but are not 306-264-7742, Spruce Meadow Farms, Box limited to: spraying, grain hauling, grain 186, Kincaid, SK. S0H 2J0 cart operation, combining and general farm labour. 1A Licence is encouraged but not EXPERIENCED PASTURE RIDER Wanted. necessary. Fax your resume: 306-695-2608, Writing On Stone Grazing Association in or call Marc at: 306-660-7802.

Southern Alberta is seeking Pasture Rider for the 2016 grazing season. This contract 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators position will start May 15 to 3rd week in required. Must be able to operate grain October. Rider must have working horses cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor and his own equipment. Housing is availw/rockpicker, 4WD tractor for harrowing. able. Questions, call Jeff Belisle Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcut- 403-647-7835 or Lee Gaehring ter bees and general servicing of equip- 403-647-1141. ment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr.

101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box ALTHOUSE HONEY FARMS, INC. 1/2 3 7 2 , W a d e n a , S K . , S 0 A 4 J 0 . F a x : mile south Porcupine Plain, SK. 7 positions 306-338-3733, phone: 306-338-7561, or required for 2016 season, May to Oct. email: cfehr9860@hotail.com Wages $14-$18/hr. depending upon experience. Job duties: assisting in spring hive FULL-TIME CATTLE CHECKING Posi- inspection, unwrapping, and splitting, sutions. Buffalo Plains Cattle Co. has pen pering, building supers and honey frames, checking positions available for our ex- honey removal and extracting, fall feeding, panding feedlot with new facilities. Job applying mite control and wrapping hives also includes pasture work in the summer. for winter. No education required. WCB Owned horses and tack preferred. No coverage. Ph. Ron Althouse 306-278-7345, green horses allowed. Competitive salary email: althousehoney@sasktel.net 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 at 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK.

PERMANENT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE for Potato Farm in Fort Saskatchewan, AB. Applicant should have previous potato farm experience. Must be reliable, detail oriented and have Class 3 driver’s licence.

Se le ct Holida ys Mechanical experience a must. Duties incl.

1- 800- 661- 432 6 working on and around potato handling w w w .selectho lid a ys.co m equipment and other farm equip., directing seasonal employees, irrigation duties.

Family housing available. Salary depends upon experience. www.norbestfarms.com FARM TOURS, International Farm Tours - Email resume: norbest@albertacom.com Argentina, Brazil, Australia, India, Europe, Ireland, England. www.farmtoursusa.com GRACE HILL FARMS LTD. is currently 888-414-4177, info@rupipertours.com looking for a Farm Production Operator to join our team. We are a 10,000 acre family owned certified organic grain farm and seed cleaning operation located in SW Sask., Mankota area. Essential Competencies. Operate large machinery for field opWANTED: WATER CANNON. Box 92, Bat- erations to assist in achieving farm goals.

Maintain equipment including daily pretleford, SK., S0M 0E0. ventative and repair maintenance. Maintain building and appearance of farm as assigned. Obey all safety guidelines. Able to work in a team environment and independently when required. Must be able to build and maintain positive working relationships. Qualifications: High School diploma or equivalent. Must maintain a valid Class 5 driver’s license (Class 1A or 3A an asset). Experience in grain farming, GPS technology and heavy equipment maintenance preferred. Ability to work long hours during peak season. Ability to work in extreme dusty conditions and outside weather conditions. We offer exc. compensation package including a competitive wage of PTO AUGER WATER PUMPS, Cardale Tech, $21- $26/hr based on experience, Sundays 4000/8000 gal. per minute, mud, ice, slur- off and bonus program. Send resume to ry, plant matter. No prime, no filters, no wefarm@gracehill.ca or fax 306-264-3726 seize. New condition. 204-868-5334, or for more info. phone 306-264-3721.

Newdale, MB., www.cardaletech.com PARADIS HONEY LTD., 5023-50 St. Girouxville, AB., requires Apiary Technician, www.midplainsimplements.ca Potato NOC 8253 (1 position) $14-18/hr. dependand irrigation; crop production imple- ing on exp. for full-time (40 plus hrs/wk) from Feb - Nov, 2016. Must have min. 3+ ments. Call: 204-834-2575, Carberry, MB. yrs. exp. working in bees in a Canadian style commercial apiary. Duties: assist mgmt. in bee colony mgmt. Must be in good physical condition and able to work in team environment. May require some evening and weekend work. English an 2007 LINCOLN D300 welder, trailer asset. Valid driver's license an asset. mounted, shedded, exc. cond., $5600. Accom. available. Email resume: 204-243-2453 204-871-4509 HighBluff MB mikelise@serbernet.com 780-323-4183

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Prefer experience. Apply with resume to Sobeys South Albert, 4250 Albert Street, Regina, SK. or wayne.zook@soybeys.com

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GRAIN FARM MANAGER required for approx. 4500 acre grain farm in Battleford, SK. area. Email kclewis@telus.net

SALES AGENTS REQUIRED. Are you outgoing and desire job flexibility for a work/family balance? We have an opportunity for you. 100% outside sales, home based, commission with incentives. Our successful Agents are from backgrounds such as: Farmers, Business Owners, Sales Representatives. PowerRich was formed in 1984 as a family owned business. The main market for PowerRich products is farmers. If interested, we’d like to talk to you. Call or email: Greg Grant, General Sales Manager, Power Rich Fertilizers, 1-800-491-8984. greg@powerrich.com

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CROP MANAGER FOR 450 acres in Beaverdell, BC. ISO manager for crop rotation, field maintenance, equipment maintenance, etc. Must have experience producing quality crops, good mechanical skills, welding and managerial experience.

Competitive salary, living accommodations and a vehicle for ranch use provided.

Please email your resume with references to erin.kitchen@quadraestate.ca by Jan. 1.

HELP WANTED ON farm and ranch. Experience preferred. Wages based on experience. Room and board possible. No texts.

Please call 403-350-4089, Red Deer, AB. HELP WANTED for cattle and grain operation. Monthly or hourly wage. Seeking self-motivated person, potential for year round work. 306-795-2710, Goodeve, SK. PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION Grace Hill Farms Ltd. invites you to come join our team on our 10,000 acre family owned certified organic grain farm and seed cleaning operation located in SW Sask. We currently have an opening for a Mechanic/Maintenance Technician.

Grace Hill comes with a well equipped shop and service truck. If you are interested, we are looking for the following qualifications:Journey person status an asset. Equivalent experience will be considered. Thrive on fast pace and daily challenge of keeping farm machinery running during peak season. Obey safety guidelines. Maintain parts inventory. Clean and organize shop. 1A license preferred but not required. Participate in field operations as required. Work well with other team members building and maintaining positive working relationships. We offer competitive salary based on experience. Bonus program. Modern housing close to farming operation. Send a resume by email to: wefarm@gracehill.ca fax 306-264-3726 or ph 306-264-3721 for more information.

FACILITY OPERATOR/ SALES ASSOCIATE Required: experience in the Agriculture industry; Customer Service skills; forklift and equipment operation experience; valid Class 5 Driver's License and current abstract. Duties will include: assisting the Lead Facility Operator in the conditioning of seed and running of the facility; bagging grain/seed; POS transactions, invoice and work order entry; loading/unloading grain trucks. 250-782-7820, www.spgrain.ca ALTA GENETICS INC. Herdsperson is needed for our production team at our Calgary, AB. location. Applicants should have strong livestock handling and husbandry skills with an ability to perform general maintenance duties. Housing may be provided. Please submit resume to our Human Resources Dept, Attention: Erica Habenei, erica.habenei@altagenetics.com

DRIVERS WANTED/ Owner Operator.

H. S. Knill Co. Ltd. Long haul- USA/Western Canada/Ontario/Quebec. Livestock handling experience an asset. Able to cross border. Send a resume and driver’s abstract to email: hsknill@pppoe.ca Fax: 519-442-1122.

WORKERS AVAILABLE: GENERAL, seasonal, supervisors, herdsmen, equip. operators.

Call for details. 306-260-9546. ILCag.ca

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HURRICANES, THE GREY CUP AND SANTA Photo essay | If you live in Saskatchewan, these are three things we didn’t see in 2015. At least we can still all talk about the weather.

TOP LEFT: Hurricane Sandra is seen in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration image taken from a satellite off the coast of Mexico at 12:45 ET Nov. 25.

Hurricane Sandra strengthened to a Category 4 storm Nov. 24, the strongest recorded in the eastern Pacific Ocean that late in the year, as it headed toward Mexico’s coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. | REUTERS/NOAA PHOTO

TOP RIGHT: Edmonton Eskimos offensive lineman Tony Washington gestures in cold weather during the team’s walkthrough practice ahead of the CFL’s 103rd Grey Cup championship football game in Winnipeg Nov. 28. The Eskimos went on to win the cup. | REUTERS/MARK BLINCH PHOTO

ABOVE: A member of the “Sibspas” Siberian search and rescue group dressed as Santa Claus, right, waits for his teammate, dressed as Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, as he climbs the rock named “the Fourth Stolb” (the Fourth Pillar) at the Stolby national nature reserve during a training session of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Dec. 15. | REUTERS/ILYA NAYMUSHIN PHOTO

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AURORA BOREALIS

Nature’s light show

BY ASHLEY ROBINSON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

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he aurora borealis creates beautiful scenes in the night sky, which those living in Canada are often lucky enough to see.

Even so, the natural phenomenon is a mystery to many, and most don’t know that it is caused by space weather, which can also mess with global positioning systems. “(Space weather is) basically a collection of different processes that are originating from space, so mostly coming from the sun that can ultimately affect us on Earth or technology near Earth,” said Robyn Fiori, a research scientist with Natural Resources Canada’s Geomagnetic Laboratory.

Visible aurora occur when particles in the ionosphere are struck by energetic particles that originate from the sun. These collisions generate light, making the aurora borealis.

Fiori said the aurora is always occurring, but it can be visible farther south if there is a large space event such as a coronal mass ejection exploding on the sun.

“Any time you have the aurora, you’re usually going to have a fluctuating magnetic field,” Fiori said.

“It starts to basically fluctuate, and any time that happens you can have currents being driven, or basically it’s called a geomagnetically induced current.”

These fluctuations can cause electrical transformers to overheat, creating blackouts. Pipelines can rust and corrode faster than expected. High frequency radio used in trans polar airplane flights can be interrupted. Directional drilling can be affected by throwing off the compass in the head of the drill.

Bad space weather can also affect the accuracy of GPS receiv-

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ers, which many producers use in precision farming.

“If GPS starts to act up, consider the possibility that there may be something going wrong with the equipment,” said Richard Langley, a professor in the University of New Brunswick’s geodesy and geomatics engineering department.

“But also consider the possibility that maybe there is a significant space weather event going on.”

GPS receivers work by picking up signals from satellites and then sending the signals through the atmosphere. The bottom part of the atmosphere, which controls our day-to-day weather, can slow down GPS signals, but the upper part of the atmosphere, the ionosphere, can also affect them.

“You end up with a sea of electrons, and the parent or host atoms and molecules … but it’s the electrons, actually, which mostly affect the GPS signals,” Langley said.

The same process that causes the aurora borealis also affects GPS signals.

Most GPS receivers used in precision farming try to get around the effects of space weather by operating at two frequencies.

“The ionosphere affects the signals on those two different frequencies slightly differently and the receiver can actually then combine the measurements on the two frequencies and essentially remove the ionosphere’s effect,” Langley said.

Severe space weather can affect GPS receivers even if they are operating on two frequencies.

“Space weather events don’t last for an awful long period of time. Often they can be tens of minutes, maybe hours, but certainly it doesn’t go on for days typically,” Langley said.

The space weather forecast can be checked at www.spaceweather.gc.ca.

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ARCHIVES

Farm journals a record of Prairie history

BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

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f you want to know from what direction the wind was blowing in Deloraine, Man., in 1895-96, 1922 and 1924, you’re in luck.

A set of journals written by William C. White, held in the archives of Manitoba, contains daily entries from those years, and almost every entry begins with a noting of the wind, unless there is a bigger weather event that day.

White, a Deloraine farmer, found his life ruled by the vagaries of weather, just as farmers are today, and he carefully noted them throughout his journals.

His entries usually begin with weather observations and then note farming activities of the day, along with social activities, such as visiting friends.

On one August 1926 day, for example, he notes the “south wind, a fine drying day,” mentions that “Dave got a load of lumber,” adds that a horse that had eaten recently cut grain was taken out into the field and “we watched her die,” then finding out “Dr. Miller died after a short illness. A dear good friend.”

Even with such dramatic events in a day, the weather still seemed most important to note first.

Modern folk often think about weather records and observations being composed and maintained by scientific and government authorities, with amateur efforts by others playing a decidedly secondary role in terms of historical records.

However, farmer journals and those kept by people such as employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company provide an invaluable resource to historians and writers interested in the earliest written period in Western Canada.

Manitoba residents are lucky to have not just their provincial archives housed in Winnipeg, but also the Hudson Bay Company archives.

Many farmer journals and record books are in the general archives, as well as other written records referring to weather experienced by individuals.

The Hudson’s Bay archives contain hundreds of “post journals,” which describe daily activities at the company’s posts spread across much of western North America.

Both sets of archives are in the same building.

Weather often played a big role in entries written by the isolated Europeans working at the posts.

For example, Francis Heron, an HBC clerk at the Upper Fort Garry post, which is now in the centre of Winnipeg, describes the 1826 Red River flood, which destroyed most of the settlement.

Highlights of that journal have been posted on the Government of Manitoba website (gov.mb.ca) under Hudson’s Bay Company Archives.

Historians and analysts have used the detail contained in the HBC records to produce studies that are also kept at the archives library, such as “Climatic change in central Canada: a preliminary analysis of weather information

Farmer journals and those kept by people such as employees of the Hudson’s Bay Co. provide an invaluable resource to historians and writers interested in the earliest written period in Western Canada. | ED WHITE PHOTO from the Hudson’s Bay Company forts at York Factory and Churchill Factor, 1714-1870” by Timothy Ball.

A visit to the archives can be a revelatory experience for one interested in prairie history, farm life or weather. Leafing through White’s 1922 and 1924 journals reveals a generally cheerful and optimistic person dealing with the manifold demands of pioneer life while coping with the everyday horrors of baby deaths, sickness and harsh weather.

In the 1896 journal, the writer shows honest feelings about the day’s weather, sometimes describing tough days as “nasty” and celebrating good weather as “cold, but sunshine.”

In their focus on the weather, with its harshness and its beauty, the pioneer farmers recorded feelings and preoccupations not so different to those of today. ed.white@producer.com

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SCIENCE

Pillows a tool of the trade to measure snow pack in Alta.

BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

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ountain snow pack is usually talked about in the spring when weather forecasters worry about the possibility of flooding.

Snow pack is the snow that falls and doesn’t melt until spring, and it’s not just in the mountains. It’s anywhere it snows, said Lisa Glover, a spokesperson for Alberta’s environment department.

Mountain snow pack is generally deeper than that on the Prairies and accumulates throughout the winter.

The depth of the snow pack is measured with special tools called snow pillows, which measure the weight of the snow and calculate how much water there would be if it melted.

Snow melt in spring is a key source of water for springs, lakes and rivers. Extreme snow melt, in combination with rain, can be a major factor in flooding.

Alberta Environment’s River Forecast Centre monitors snow pack in the province. Field crews from the centre manually measure the depth and density of the snow once or twice a month. The department also has snow depth sensors and automated snow pillows to help collect data in the mountains.

The snow surveys are completed at 133 locations, and snow samples are taken at 10 points across the sites. The samples are weighed and the amount of water calculated.

A snow depth sensor is an automated instrument that uses sound waves. The data is collected and transmitted to the centre throughout the winter via satellite.

An automated snow pillow is a large bladder filled with antifreeze.

The antifreeze is forced into a measuring tube that sticks out of the snow when it gathers on top of the pillow and pushes down on the bladder.

There are 21 snow pillows in Alberta. Data from these stations is displayed on the Alberta River Basins website and the Alberta River app.

Readers tell us their wild weather stories There may be four seasons in Canada, but when Canadians are asked to remember storms, it’s the snow and blowing snow that sticks in their minds like frost to a window.

Here are memorable weather stories from prairie people. | BY MARY MACARTHUR, CAMROSE BUREAU

mary.macarthur@producer.com

THE MIGHTIEST HAILSTORM Bill Greenhough of Genesee, Alta., was only six years old, but he can still remember the hailstorm of 1935 that destroyed grain in the field and ripped the roof to shreds.

“What I remember most was the storm. They pretty well had to feed the cattle the next day,” Greenhough said.

“The storm was so violent that the only thing left from the rubberoid and tarpaper roof was a bit of rubber under big-headed nails. At night the roof leaked and everything was sopping wet and we stood around and shivered.”

The next day he climbed a nearby hill to survey the damage and found dozens of partridges, most of them dead but some with their wings broken by the storm.

That fall, the family travelled with their tractor and binder doing custom work to earn money lost from the storm.

Graders in most municipalities go onto the roads at the first snowfall and don’t stop until the roads are clear, but it wasn’t always that way.

Greenhough remembers a wicked storm at the beginning of March in 1953 that was difficult to clear.

“It took me nine hours to go a half mile pushing the snow off the road.”

The next day he and his brother cut a road through the bush where the snow had drifted.

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It wasn’t unusual for farmers to become storm stayed.

“That was a bad one. There was still snow in the ditch in June from the drifts.”

A horse hooked up to a sleigh or cutter could usually get people to town by field or road.

“In them days, you were prepared to be housebound for a couple of weeks. You carried more groceries,” Greenhough said.

There never seems to be enough good weather at harvest, but Greenhough said it wasn’t uncommon during the 1960s and 1970s to leave crop in the field for winter. He remembers once combining Dec. 31.

Another year it snowed 10 to 12 centimetres on the standing crop.

“We would go out at night after it froze, maybe 10 p.m. or midnight, and work through the night until morning. As long as it was frozen, it would go through the machine. We piled that grain in a shed. In July (we) sold the last of it and there was still ice in it.”

Every old-timer has stories of walking to school in the winter. Greenhough doesn’t know how accurate the school thermometers were in the oneroom schoolhouses he attended as a boy, but one winter the thermometer read -52 F (-46 C) when he and his cousin, Glen, walked the mile and a half to school. The next day was even colder and Bill stayed home. His cousin walked to school, and the teacher was the only one there. It was -54 F (-48 C).

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Snow goes by many different names Linguistics professor says there are dozens of names for the white fluffy stuff more,’ and that’s just one word.”

Inuit and other indigenous languages in North America are polysynthetic, which means it’s possible to pack multiple concepts and observations into a single word.

The following Inuit examples for snow illustrate the concept: • Qaniut: The first thin, soft, fresh snowfall before the wind or storm.

• Qanniqusiuqtuq: He is travelling or arriving while it is snowing.

• Quilluqqaaq: New snow formed by a storm, which is now hardened following the storm.

Gavin Nesbitt, who works for the Piruvik Centre, an Inuit language and culture organization in Iqaluit, said people in Canada’s Arctic distinguish between different types of snow, much like southern Canadians.

For instance, people from the Prairies are likely familiar with the dry snow and the squeaky-crunchy sound it makes when the temperature drops below –30 C. “Up here you get snow that’s even drier than you get in (Manitoba).

It’s basically like walking on Styrofoam,” Nesbitt said.

“The idea is that Inuit, matching their environment, have all these words for snow, which means they see reality differently…. People in the jungle see different colours that

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ONLY THE TRAIN MOVED Bryan Perkins of Wainwright, Alta., remembers Dec. 12, 1955, as the blizzard to end all blizzards when the only thing moving was the passenger train.

The school closed, and country children were sent home by bus. By the time the bus arrived at the Perkins farm, the roads were too bad to continue.

“Half of the kids on the school bus stayed at our place for three or four days and half at the neighbours across the road because they couldn’t get home,” he said.

“I remember we had a great time. I was just a kid then, and we were playing with other kids staying at our place.… Their parents didn’t know where they were. They assumed they were still in town because the phone lines were down. The storm lasted a good day, but there were snow banks that were 12 feet (3 1/2 metres) high. We didn’t have the equipment to clean the snow banks.”

CULTURE SHOCK Anita Lischewski of Calahoo, Alta., remembers the shock of leaving Australia during the Christmas of 1981 with temperatures of 40 C and arriving in Canada to find piles of snow and the temperature dropping. She went from wearing shorts to being bundled up in her winter gear.

Her family fed their cattle that winter using a horse and stone boat because there was so much snow.

“If we went off the trail, we got stuck in the snow,” she said. “It was so cold for all of January.”

GET ME TO THE CHURCH Ed Nelson of Stavely, Alta., said he needed help from the rural municipality to get to his sister-in-law’s wedding on March 3, 1955. It sent a snowplow to clear the roads, and Ed and his wife, Otalie, made it to the wedding.

The snow was so deep that Nelson, who is six feet, four inches tall, couldn’t step over the high drifts.

Two weeks later, a chinook blew through southern Alberta

and melted all the snow.

“We’re still in a chinook belt,” he said.

Nelson doesn’t recall the year but remembers that one of the neighbours near the Waldron Ranch was snow ed in and forced to eat potato peelings until the weather turned and he could travel to get groceries.

SNOW DAYS Ralph Boe of Mannville, Alta., remembers the winter of 1974, when all it seemed to do was snow and blow.

Graders couldn’t keep the roads clear, and Boe and his siblings went to school only three days a week in December, January and February.

“The road would just get clear and it would blow in,” said Boe, who now drives a grader for the County of Minburn.

“Lots of weeks we would leave school at noon on Thursday and not go back until Monday or Tuesday,” he said.

Unlike city kids who could relax and enjoy the time off, Boe said they did chores when they stayed home.

“We always had chores to do, so that is what we did.”

Boe remembers that the drifts were so high he could walk off the roof of the barn onto the snowbank.

“That’s how much it had drifted in.”

ONE BAD BLIZZARD Abraham Buhler of Hague, Sask., said a blizzard on Jan. 10, 2007, was bad.

“You couldn’t see in front of your vehicle and it lasted most of the daylight hours,” he said.

He also recalled a blizzard in the winter of 1947-48 that lasted for days.

“It was a real blizzard, not just blowing snow. It was a blizzard you could be lost in.”

Buhler stayed inside for most of the day, but twice a day he was forced to venture outside and feed his broiler chickens. A yard light over his barn door and another over his house door guided him between the two buildings. mary.macarthur@producer.com

kiers, at least those who ski frequently, have many unique terms to describe snow, such as: • champagne (ultralight, fresh snow) • boilerplate (dense snow that resembles ice) • corn (loose kernels of snow) • death cookies (ice chips frozen to snow surface) Like skiers, Canada’s Inuit also have dozens of words for snow.

Many southern Canadians have heard and repeated the story that Inuit people have 50 or more words for snow.

Richard Compton, a linguistics professor at the Université du Quebec a Montreal, said it’s true, or at least partially true.

Compton said it depends on how you count words in Inuktitut, the Inuit language spoken in the eastern half of Canada’s Arctic.

Counting synonyms for snow is complicated in Inuktitut because words are much more complex than other languages. Compton said a single word in Inuit might have as much meaning as an entire sentence in English.

“In Inuktutit you can say things like, ‘I’m not building libraries any-

OTHER INUIT WORDS FOR SNOW Qikirrarnaqtuq: Crunch sound of snow underfoot.

Apujjaujuq: When an object is completely covered by snow and you can’t see it.

Aputi: Snow.

Source: Language Commissioner of Nunavut

you or I don’t see because we don’t have the words (for them) or don’t see (the colours).”

The multitude of Inuit words to characterize types of snow and describe the Arctic environment is a form of expertise. Nesbitt said the Inuit, much like experts, have developed distinctive terminology to express their knowledge of snow.

“Anybody who specializes in something is going to end up with a lot of terminology.”

Nesbitt said the belief that the Inuit have dozens of words for snow is a familiar question for Inuktitut language experts. The question, though, has already been answered.

“Whether there are actually 50 words for snow, it almost doesn’t matter any more. People believe there are. So, there are.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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MYTHS, PROVERBS AND LORE

Seasonal signs Long before meteorologists had sophisticated technology and 24/7 global weather networks, people made forecasts based on their observations of the sky, animals and nature

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EOPLE ONCE relied on lore to forecast the weather and connect changes in nature with rhythms or patterns of weather.

Proverbs were created and passed down through the generations as if they were family heirlooms.

Bill Zak has been a farmer, hunter and trapper for more than 50 years. A life of living off the land and observing nature has taught him that animal behaviours in the wild can sometimes foretell winter weather.

“We pay attention to stuff like that,” said Zak, who lives east of Hudson Bay, Sask.

“There seems to be some truth to it.”

He said a common belief among trappers and First Nations elders is that a big muskrat house often means a harsh winter.

“I did find that there’s a correlation between the house and the winter,” he said.

“If it’s going to be a severe winter, or the ice freezes down, they just seem to have a larger house for whatever reason.”

Zak said the fall hunt taught him that deer can sense whether the coming winter will be colder than normal, based on their fat reserves.

“It’s got to be a built-in instinct. I notice that animals respond to weather.”

He has also seen deer change their eating habits before a particularly cold winter.

“Normally they’re browsers, eating a few alfalfa leafs and moving on and taking a few more and moving on,” he said.

“If there’s a rough winter coming up, they just seem to be in one spot and eat and eat in the field.… It’s a common fact that if you see deer out in the middle of the day eating, then there’s a storm coming.… I don’t think anybody can dispute it.”

He said coyotes and wolves are also more active before a storm.

“They seem to sense the low pressure system, the change in the barometric pressure.”

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which is published in the northeastern United States, has been a source of information since 1792 and contains a collection of proverbs: • A green Christmas, a white Easter.

• If the first week in August is unusually warm, the winter will be white and long.

• Full moon in October without frost, no frost till full moon in November.

• When March has April weather, April will have March weather.

• Ring around the moon? Rain real soon.

GARRY STONE heard a few theories about weather while growing up on a Saskatchewan farm in the 1940s. He remembers hearing it will rain 100 days after a February fog, and that frost is more likely during or right after a full moon.

He recalls hearing Environment Canada meteorologist David Phillips debunking the myth that a full moon means colder temperatures.

“He said, ‘do you realize the full moon happens all over the world on the same day? It’s unlikely it’s going to be colder everywhere,’ ” said Stone.

He has never put much stock in old myths but does remember the saying, “whether it’s cold or whether it’s hot, we have to have weather, whether or not.”

Biologist Mike Gallop of Saskatchewan Fish and Wildlife is not aware of scientific studies on the subject of wildlife and weather.

“No one to my knowledge has ever published information, a paper where they’ve gone out for five or six years and done, say, measurements on muskrat houses and then correlated that with winter weather conditions, or that kind of thing.”

Gallop said the question is whether there is a predictive value as opposed to seasonal rhythms or the amount of light.

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Although anecdotal, Gallop’s personal opinion relates to his observations with geese and cranes.

“Their ability to predict is probably not so different than our own weathermen,” he said.

“You’ll start to see some major movements of birds well in advance of when you and I would detect on the ground that there’s weather patterns moving in. Somehow they seem to know that there’s a front moving in and will react way ahead of that front.”

The amount of natural light is key to understanding animal behaviour, said David Weiman, who traps near Preeceville, Sask.

“I find a lot of them (myths) are really dictated mostly, and this is my personal opinion from my years out in the bush, by the amount of light,” he said.

“When you look at something, for example grouse, they’ll start drumming in the fall again. Not that the hens are going to get bred, but it’s the amount of light.… We get some trumpeter swans right now that are going through another breeding cycle.

They’re not breeding now, but it’s the light again. It’s no different than trying to get chickens to lay eggs. You just give them more light.”

Weiman takes a pragmatic view when explaining the square footage of a muskrat house.

“I think it depends on how many muskrats there are. If you get into some situations where there are a lot of muskrats, you’ll get a big house beside another big house because they need a bigger home to live in,” he said. “(However,) those muskrat houses are up in a day and a half. They know when there’s a front coming in and if it’s going to be sitting there for a while. They have to get something going.” william.dekay@producer.com

Twisters common on the Prairies

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PRAIRIE SUMMER wouldn’t be complete without thunder, lightning, rain and wind.

But sometimes you get more than you bargained for.

Canada has the second most tornadoes in the world, behind the United States, and the Prairies get most of them.

About 43 are recorded in this region each year, typically June to August, compared to 17 in Ontario and Quebec, according to Environment Canada.

The number could be far higher because those that aren’t witnessed aren’t recorded.

Technically, a tornado is a rotating column of air extending from a cumuliform cloud that touches the ground.

They can be hundreds of metres wide and last for hours but can also be small and last for minutes.

And while the very word strikes fear, tornados aren’t the only threats from big wind.

John Paul Cragg, a warning prep a re d n e s s m e t e o ro l o g i s t i n Saskatoon, said thunderstorms produce other damaging winds such as microbursts, macrobursts, downbursts, squall lines and plow or straight-line winds.

“A lot of people assume that it’s only a tornado that does the kind of destructive damage that people see,” Cragg said.

Straight-line winds from Taber to Bow Island, Alta., in 2008 caused damage along a 30-kilometre path with winds of more than 200 km-h, he said.

Microbursts, or small downbursts from thunderstorms, can cause incredible damage in a small area.

“Everybody thinks that the tornado is the real threat, but it’s winds with thunderstorms in general that’s threatening,” Cragg said.

“These straight-line winds can cover a huge area so they can be more threatening.”

The strength and type of a windstorm is determined by the damage it does, particularly if it happens at night or in an uninhabited area where no one witnessed it.

Cragg said a tornado isn’t confirmed from radar data alone. Environment Canada also relies on spotters to report during or after the event.

Radar can indicate whether a storm is rotating and is capable of producing tornados, but only direct observers can tell if it’s touching the ground.

Defining the type of storm also depends on the damage it does.

“If things have blown down all in the same direction, that could be a good indication of straight-line winds,” Cragg said.

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JOHN PAUL CRAGG METEOROLOGIST

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Or if it looks like thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a centre and everything is blown down sort of away from that centre, that could be a microburst. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But tornadic damage looks quite different. You can see the rotation on the ground.â&#x20AC;?

One side of the tornado will do less damage than the other, depending how fast it is moving and which direction it is turning, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153; The motion of the tornado enhances the wind on one side and decreases it on the other, but you have to look at that pattern in the context of the storm and you can determine whether it was straightline winds or a tornado.â&#x20AC;?

Pictures of the damage sent to Environment Canada are critical in deciding what happened and how intense it was.

The department has used the Enhanced Fujita scale since April 1, 2013, to measure tornados. It has more accurate wind speeds and damage assessments than the previous Fujita scale.

The top rating on both scales is five and only one documented tornado in history has rated this high: the June 22, 2007, storm at Elie, Man. This was a nearly stationary tornado that fortunately caused no injuries.

The deadliest tornados on record are the Regina Cyclone of June 30, 1912, which was rated F4 and killed 28 people in the city and two in rural areas; the July 31, 1987, F4 tornado at Edmonton, which killed 27; and the Pine Lake, Alta., F3 tornado of July 14, 2000, that killed 12 people at the Green Acres Campground.

On the F-scale, an F4 storm produces wind speeds of 330 to 410 km-h, while an F3 has winds of 250 to 320 km-h.

The newer scale considers F3 to have wind speed of 225 to 265 km-h, F4 to be 270 to 310 km-h and F5 to be anything more than 315 km-h.

Cragg said people always want to know whether a tornado or a plow wind caused the damage they find. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having it labelled one way or another helps them discover what it was they experienced,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Merle Massie, an environmental historian at Biggar, Sask., said tornados carry that extra level of awe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think probably that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a certain cachet if it was actually a tornado as opposed to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;justâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; a plow wind,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different level of, not fear factor, but certainly wow factor.â&#x20AC;?

People are fascinated with tornados. They chase them and make movies about them. Last year a photograph of a Saskatchewan bride and groom, tornado in the background, was shared worldwide on social media.

A tornado hit the Massie familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm in west-central Saskatchewan a few years ago, although they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there to see it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You could actually track it on the ground in the crop. You could see exactly where it went.â&#x20AC;?

It moved from one unoccupied

farm across three fields to another and struck the Massie yard with such force that it stripped the bark off trees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They looked like someone had come along and pressure washed them and took all the bark off all the jack pines,â&#x20AC;? she said.

She has researched all types of events, including the incredible dust storms produced by plow winds in May 1919 through Saskatoon, which took the paint off buildings.

Massie said tornados rarely come alone, producing hail or massive rain and flooding.

For farmers, any storm plays into the larger story of their relationship with nature, she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farming is always a dance with nature,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re betting against the weather every year, and this is almost the largest bet.â&#x20AC;? karen.briere@producer.com

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WHICH WIND IS WHICH? Straight-line or â&#x20AC;&#x153;plowâ&#x20AC;? winds â&#x20AC;˘ cause the most thunderstorm wind damage â&#x20AC;˘ move horizontally along the ground, away from thunderstorms â&#x20AC;˘ may cause swirling dust and debris like tornadoes â&#x20AC;˘ can produce the same roar as tornadoes â&#x20AC;˘ can be as strong as tornadoes but usually cover larger area â&#x20AC;˘ winds in excess of 200 km-h have been reported Tornado winds â&#x20AC;˘ violently rotating column of air between cloud and the surface â&#x20AC;˘ can appear as funnels, but vary in appearance, strength and speed â&#x20AC;˘ most common in afternoon and early evening â&#x20AC;˘ most in Canada have speeds less than 180 km-h

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The future of forecasting

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EATHER FORECASTING is going to become more accurate and user-friendly in the next five years.

Jim Block, chief meteorologist with Schneider Electric, the parent company of DTN, said there will be more public and private weather stations churning out data every five to 60 minutes.

For instance, DTN plans to nearly double its network of 4,000 weather stations by the end of 2016.

Modern electronics have led to the creation of cheap, compact, high-tech weather stations that provide a steady stream of reliable precipitation and temperature data.

“What we’re seeing right now today is this explosion in the number of stations,” Block told delegates attending DTN’s Ag Summit 2015.

The data will be augmented by millions of observations generated by “connected vehicles” that can provide real time temperature and precipitation data.

“In the next five years, you’ll be seeing a lot of vehicle information that’s going to be made available and be used in weather forecasting,” he said.

Mobile phones are already able to measure barometric pressure and temperature and will be even more sophisticated in the future.

Block said the additional data will make forecasts more accurate, but the computer models that assimilate and analyze the data are also becoming more sophisticated.

Europe’s Integrated Forecast System weather model is the best in the business with a resolution of 16 kilometres between grid points. The closer the grid points, the more accurate the forecast.

“In March, the European model is going down to a resolution of 10 km,” he said.

“The reason that the European model is the best model in the world is because they have the biggest and faster computer running weather modeling.”

The U.S. National Weather Service and other global agencies are also upgrading their weather models.

Today’s weather forecasters are able to produce useful information out to about eight days. By 2020 they should be able to extend that to 10 days.

Forecasting skill doubles every 15 years. The 36-hour forecast was accurate 25 percent of the time when it debuted in 1955 and today is approaching 90 percent accuracy.

Block said the switch to more probabilistic forecasts is another trend emerging in weather forecasting.

Instead of saying there is a 50 percent chance that it’s going to be 20 C on Tuesday, forecasters can say there is a 95 percent chance that the temperature will exceed 17 C and a five percent chance it will get above 22 C. “You can not only look at the forecast itself but you can understand how much uncertainty there is in that forecast,” he said. sean.pratt@producer.com

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NETWORK OF more than 370 weather stat i o n s, g e n e r a t i n g hourly weather updates, makes Alberta Agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weatherdata.ca one of the most detailed weather websites in Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the weather watchersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; website,â&#x20AC;? said Ralph Wright, manager of the provincial departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agriculture meteorology section.

At the AgroClimatic Information Service site, commonly called ACIS, and visitors can click on a link and a visitor to the site can watch a storm cell tracking over a specific quarter section.

Click on another link and find the temperature, wind and precipitation at any location.

Or, browse through the website to see any one of the 20,000 weather maps dating back to 1961. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can go to any month in a 56-year period. No one has got anything like this,â&#x20AC;? said Wright.

Alberta Agriculture staff developed the website after a drought in 2002 as part of a drought management plan.

Two years later, Agriculture Financial Service Corp. (AFSC) contributed money for more weather stations to allow it to design a better crop insurance program based on weather. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a happy coincidence of a project supported by management and staff that had the ability to build a detailed weather website and install the stations,â&#x20AC;? said Wright.

Engineers use the website to study extreme weather patterns before designing transmission towers, buildings or other large structures, Wright said.

Counties use it to manage fire risk in agricultural areas. Skiers and snowboarders check to see if snow has fallen near their recreational destinations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I even had mushroom pickers say they love the website. They can see what areas are wet and go there,â&#x20AC;? said Wright. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve (had) trappers say they look at the website to see if snow has fallen on the trap line.â&#x20AC;?

The website can be used as a party trick to predict when a weather cell will arrive or pass over a specific location. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even better in the summer,â&#x20AC;?

Wright said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can track thunderstorms and see them all moving and where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to end. You can see the backside of the storm.â&#x20AC;? mary.macarthur@producer.com

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I even had mushroom pickers say they love the website.

They can see what areas are wet and go there.

RALPH WRIGHT METEOROLOGIST

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just happened spontaneously over a decade.â&#x20AC;?

The number of meteorological stations has increased dramatically in the last decade from the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original 36.

Many of the stations are located on Alberta farms, but a few are in forest areas, mountains and cities to give a detailed weather picture across the province.

Wright said staff are working to add more stations in the vacant areas of the map. This year, they are targeting the Peace River region.

Stations cost $20,000 each and must be located in an open area, which is representative of the surrounding agriculture area, to ensure accurate readings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We pounded the pavement of who wanted a weather station or who was interested in the target area,â&#x20AC;? said Wright. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just throw a meteorological station anywhere.â&#x20AC;?

The website has become a handy tool for developing irrigation schedules, drought management plans and spray schedules since it became more detailed. An insect prediction map will be added this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a great way to see how weather may impact your farm and impact your growth.â&#x20AC;?

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BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

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HE CHARACTERISTICS of prairie rainfall have changed.

Researchers agree that one-day rains have given way to multipleday events, and storms are larger.

However, total precipitation seems to have stayed the same.

John Pomeroy, Canada research chair in water resources and climate change at the University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for Hydrology, said there are no real trends in total precipitation on the Prairies, but rain has replaced snowfall in spring and fall.

The work that he and others did in the Smith Creek Research Basin of east-central Saskatchewan found that annual precipitation did not change between 1942 and 2014, but there was significantly more rain than snow.

They found increasing amounts of rain in March, May, June and October and a 50 percent increase in the number of multiple day storms.

David Phillips, Environment Canada’s senior climatologist, said people believe more rain is falling, but it’s difficult to measure because of these changes.

He said temperature is easy to measure because it has used the same instrument for centuries and is measured every day.

“Precipitation is a little bit more elusive,” he said.

“It really is just a tin can that sits on the ground. The wind can blow away the drops and it can evaporate. Snow is even more elusive. We’re one of the snowiest countries, but all we do is stick a ruler in the ground.”

Global weather seems to be wetter, he added, but no trends are noticeable in specific areas.

For example, the average precipitation in Calgary from April to September was 364 millimetres in the 1950s and 366 mm in the 1990s, although it dropped to as low as 307 mm in between.

Putting all the weather station data together from a broad geographic area could result in a generalized statement that Canada is a wetter country now than 50 years ago, Phillips said.

“But it’s more evident on the coasts and to some degree in Central Canada, but not on the Prairies,” he said.

Extreme rainfall is the other factor, which various places on the Prairies have experienced, particularly in the last five years.

Phillips said extremes are usually localized, and it’s difficult to obtain good statistics on exactly how much rain has fallen.

Large rainstorms can cause havoc, such as the one in Maple Creek, Sask., in 2010 and the Calgary flood of 2013.

“The big storms upstream of Calgary and in eastern Saskatchewan were part of trends for larger and longer rainstorms in the Prairies,” said Pomeroy.

“This is climate change producing the change in rainstorms, so one may indirectly

associate these events with climate change.”

Phillips said a warming world means the atmosphere holds more moisture. The conditions to trigger that moisture don’t always exist on the Prairies, but they do in more humid areas.

Prairie residents have been surprised by the extreme rain of the past few years, but they might want to prepare for more of them.

A study that Pomeroy and student Kevin Shook did in 2011 examined the Historical Adjusted Climate Database for Canada to determine the fraction of monthly precipitation that fell as rain on the Prairies. They looked at 1901 to 2000 as well as the shorter period of 1951 to 2000.

“Over the period 1951 to 2000, the fraction of summer rain falling as single-day events has been decreasing at many locations (one site showed a significant increasing trend and many showed no trend),” they wrote in their published research.

“Significant decreasing trends were also found at the majority of sites over 1901 to 2000.”

However, they also found that summer multiple-day rains had significantly increased at many locations over the periods that were analyzed.

Phillips said prairie farmers aren’t really set up to deal with such weather variability. For example, 43 mm of rain fell in Regina this past spring compared to 310 mm the previous year.

“In 10 months, parts of Saskatchewan went from the wettest to the driest conditions in history,” he said.

Weather patterns are destabilizing, and he expects more of the same. He said even if precipitation increases, the effect could be less because of warmer temperatures. karen.briere@producer.com

Researchers say climate change will cause big swings in rainfall, snowfall and temperatures across the Prairies

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Researchers use tree rings to trace weather patterns

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

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REE RINGS continue to serve up scientific information about past weather and help scientists determine what might lie ahead.

Dave Sauchyn leads the tree ring research at the University of Regina’s Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative. Examining the cores of trees have allowed researchers to establish short and long weather cycles on the Prairies.

“Our tree ring research continues to uncover two scales of weather cycles, one short cycle of three to eight years, which we can relate to El Nino and La Nina, plus a longer cycle with several decades of drier weather and several decades of wetter weather,” Sauchyn said.

The longer cycle is generally 60 years, with half of them wet and half of them dry.

He said a large-scale climate fluctuation called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation probably drives the longer cycle. Water in the Pacific Ocean changes from warm to cold and back again to affect North American weather.

Tree rings tell these stories because narrow rings indicate dry years and wider rings indicate wetter years.

Sauchyn and others have been examining tree rings for years, and the research has evolved.

“We are still collecting tree ring data but using a different strategy,” he said.

“We are focusing on older dead wood so that we can speak with confidence about climatic variability over the past 1,000 years.”

Researchers have pieces of wood as old as 641 AD. “I can’t imagine a day when we’ve learned all there is to know,” he said.

“I feel like we are just scratching, or sanding in the case of wood, the surface.”

This work has allowed scientists to reconstruct all of the prairie river basin levels, which Sauchyn said tells them about the variability and reliability of water supplies.

People have only 100 years of weather measurements, and while there have been droughts, research has shown this has been one of the wettest periods.

Explorer John Palliser said in the mid-1800s that southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta shouldn’t be settled and farmed, but it was and still is.

Sauchyn has long said that farmers must adapt to drier conditions.

He studies climate more than weather, but he said the two are obviously linked.

“If climate is your personality, then weather is your mood,” he said. “ I f y o u r p e r s o na l i t y w a s t o change, for example you switched from pessimist to an optimist, then you’re likely to be happy more often. Using that analogy, if our climate is becoming warmer, then there is likely to be more extremes of weather and water because warmer oceans produce more water vapour and warm air holds more moisture.”

Hotter, drier air masses will occur when moist air bypasses the Prairies.

Sauchyn said the natural variabil-

ity of climate and extreme weather events will be different in the future because they will occur in a warmer world.

Learning as much as possible about natural variability from tree rings helps establish the basis for further research.

El Nino is part of that natural process and has affected tree growth over the past 1,000 years. It occurs when water in the Pacific Ocean is half a degree warmer than usual. The current one is 3.1 degrees warmer.

El Nino will change if the water continues to heat, which will affect future prairie weather, he said.

Extreme weather events and water levels take people by sur-

prise, but Sauchyn said we should expect the unexpected.

“Our long climate records show us that we have not seen or measured the worst weather, and that even in the absence of climate change we can expect conditions that are more extreme than we’ve seen because they occurred in the recent past before the Prairies were settled by Europeans and before we installed weather and water gauges,” he said.

Government agencies, municipalities and the private sector all support tree ring research because they want to know how much worse it could get, he added. karen.briere@producer.com

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Rivers in the sky Water vapour is constantly moving over head

BY ASHLEY ROBINSON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

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IVERS ARE NOT confined to the earth.

There are also rivers in the sky, called atmospheric rivers, which carry water just as their terrestrial counterparts do. “(Atmospheric rivers are) very long, narrow regions in the atmosphere where there’s a lot of water, so large amounts of water vapour, and that water vapour is being moved typically from kind of southwest to northeast,” said Faron Anslow, a climatologist with the Pacific Climate Impact Consortium.

These rivers carry 99 percent of the water vapour that moves up from the tropics to mid-latitudes.

The rivers generate most of the rainfall in British Columbia, while they show up as snow on the Prairies.

John Yackel, a geography professor at the University of Calgary, said the moisture in atmospheric rivers falls as snow as they move eastward from B.C. over the Rocky Mountains.

“That build-up of snow can lead to real nice increases in watershed or river water resources,” Yackel said.

Atmospheric rivers can also be associated with an increase in chinook frequency and strength once they reach the Prairies, he added.

They are also associated with El Nino, which brings warmer and drier conditions to the Prairies.

However, they cause higher than normal rainfall in California, which is a hotbed for atmospheric river activity.

“When we have an El Nino year like we have now, then we’ll get an increase in frequency of these atmospheric rivers, and it’s mainly stemming from the tremendous amount of ocean heat that’s piling up in the eastern part of the equatorial pacific,” Yackel said.

Atmospheric rivers have a nickname on the west coast of North America.

“It’s called (pineapple express) because every once in a while you’ll get an atmospheric river that kind of lines up perfectly with Hawaii, so you can think of it as Hawaiian air being brought to our shores,” said Anslow.

Environment Canada can track an atmospheric river for up to two weeks before it causes weather activity.

They have previously caused heavy rain on the western coast of North America, which led to floods.

A big flood in Dawson Creek, B.C., in 2011 was caused by atmospheric rivers.

Anslow said there is a rough consensus among researchers that atmospheric rivers will occur less frequently in the future.

“When (atmospheric rivers) do happen, they might be more intense, and that’s kind of the general picture of climate change and rainfall, is when the events happen they’re going to be much heavier than what we’ve experienced.”

CLIMATOLOGY

Why we should all love snow

BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

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HE TECHNOLOGY of climatology has made great advancements, but tools for measuring snow remain crude.

“We can put a man on the moon and we have super computers and satellites, but the good old-fashioned way that we’ve been measuring snow for eons of time is the same way, which is a bit sad,” said meteorologist David Phillips of Environment Canada.

“It’s probably the simplest of all measurements. All you do is stick a ruler in a cover of snow and you say how much snow fell from the last time you observed it..… We’re really fooling ourselves if we think we have accurate measurement of snow.”

Phillips said a lot happens to snow when it falls, and therein lies the problem.

“It gets blown away. It melts and it compacts.

If you took measurements of snow every hour for the next 24 hours, you’d have a humongous amount of snow, and yet we only measure it twice a day,” he said.

“We know that we underestimate snow because when you melt it all, you get more river water than you would have by measuring the amount of snow.”

However, he said Canada is one of the few countries that measures snow.

“Most countries are interested in the water content from snow. Most people are only interested in what they’re going to get out of the snow: water reservoirs, irrigation, hydroelectric dams, ski resorts,” he said.

“They don’t see it as anything but that.”

There are colder places in the world, but Canada is the snowiest country.

“We get 200 centimetres per year in Canada, and 39 percent of the Canadian total precipitation is snow,” said Phillips. “The world’s average is five percent.”

He said snow cover is one of the most important things in agriculture, but its value is not always understood.

Snowfall represents about one quarter of the

annual average precipitation on the Prairies during the winter.

“It’s a very important component of our annual precipitation,” he said.

Moisture and insulation are the two vital factors in agriculture, said Allan Howard of Agriculture Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service in Regina.

“Snow is a moisture reserve that is held largely until spring. Through snow melt, we not only recharge our streams but we generally recharge our soil moisture on the Prairies,” he said.

“Typically we run a moisture deficit in the Prairies, meaning that all the rainfall that occurs does not match or equal the amount of water that could be lost through evaporation.”

Howard said snow also protects what’s in the ground during winter.

“The snow acts as a blanket and insulates overwintering crops from the rapid changes in air temperature,” he said.

“This is particularly important for pastures and fall seeded crops such as winter wheat. It does reduce the risk of winterkill.”

Snow’s ability to insulate from extreme cold is also important for insects, said Owen Olfert of Agriculture Canada in Saskatoon.

“We have native insect pests that are really well adapted to North America because over the years they consider this home,” he said.

Other insects are considered invasive species.

“Quite often, depending on where on the Prairies you’re talking about, they sometimes aren’t quite as resilient with our winters as our native species,” he said. “Rarely do we get the situation where it’s that brutally cold without snowfall that these populations die right out. Mortality increases with increased cold temperature.”

As well, migratory insects are blown into the region during the spring and summer and usually cannot survive a prairie winter.

“They really don’t overwinter here,” Olfert said. “However, if it’s a very mild winter without severe frost, like this year, there is some potential for some of these migratory species to survive the winter.”

Phillips said warming temperatures and dimin-

ishing snow cover are concerns for the future.

“We’re seeing on the Prairies less snow now and in southern Canada than we used to,” he said.

Added Howard: “Certainly we need some snow and generally the more snow we get, the more moisture we get and the more snow we have the better insulation capacity we have.

It’s important to have at least the average amount of snow that we get each year.” william.dekay@producer.com

WHEN WAS THE SNOWIEST …

DAY? In Alberta: • June 29, 1963, Livingstone Ranger Station, 111.8 cm In Saskatchewan • Nov. 16, 1900, Indian Head, 88.9 cm In Manitoba • Nov. 18, 1906, Dauphin, 76.2 cm MONTH? In Alberta • January, 1975, Columbia Ice Fields, 287 cm In Saskatchewan: • March 1904, Estevan, 206 cm In Manitoba: • March 1916, Morden, 158 cm YEAR? (Sept. 1 to Aug. 31) In Alberta: • 1973-74, Columbia Ice Fields, 1,066 cm In Saskatchewan: • 1955-56, Pelly, 368 cm In Manitoba: • 1960-61, Brochet, 355 cm

AVERAGE ANNUAL SNOWFALL Alberta: 140 cm Saskatchewan: 145 cm Manitoba: 176 cm Source: Environment Canada, David Phillips

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A good forecaster always has his head in the clouds

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

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CIRRUS CLOUDS The word “cirrus” is Latin for “lock of hair.”

These clouds usually appear as wispy streaks and are higher in the sky than other clouds.

Most cirrus clouds are made of ice particles instead of water droplets because of the high altitude and are prone to being whipped about by high winds.

These clouds may not appear to be moving because they’re so far away but they move faster than any other cloud and can give you a good indication that a storm is approaching.

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CUMULUS CLOUDS The most common of all clouds, cumulus clouds appear to be fluffy or puffy with flat bases and tops that look a bit like cauliflower florets. They usually form over land during sunny days — but these are also the clouds that can develop into thunderclouds or even tornadoes and can bring sudden downpours, hail and thunderstorms. If you spot these clouds before noon, be prepared for rain.

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STRATUS CLOUDS Stratus clouds don’t have a distinct form, appearing instead as misty stretches that bring drizzle and dampness.

They are usually found along coastlines and mountain bases and sit fairly low on the ground.

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There are three basic cloud types, but depending on the elevation, there are different names for each cloud formation:

mid-level (2,000 m - 6,000 m)

Curran says it has truth but it’s not completely reliable.

“When the sun is setting in the west, which, in the northern hemisphere is normally where your weather is coming from … if you have a lot of particulate matter in the sky … it scatters the light and makes it redder.

“That kind of dust is what is called condensation nuclei. It’s really, really tiny and it’s what allows the water in the air to condense and form cloud. So there is some truth, that if you look west during a sunset and its really red, there’s a possibility that something might be coming” by morning.

“It’s not always right, but it’s right often enough.”

Clouds are identified according to their position in the sky, for descriptive purposes.

High clouds include cirrus, cirrocumulus and cirrostratus and are found 5,000 to 13,000 metres above the surface.

Middle clouds include altocumulus and altostratus, found at altitudes from 2,000 to 7,000 metres.

Low clouds, the stratus, stratocumulus and nimbostratus occur between the surface and 2,000 metres.

Then there are those with vertical growth, the big puffy ones called cumulus and cumulonimbus, which can occur anywhere between the surface and 13,000 metres.

Cumulus clouds commonly have flat bases and heaped tops, the “ice cream castles” of Joni Mitchell’s song. But she might also mean towering cumulus, which have brilliant white tops and grayish bottoms because their thickness doesn’t allow sunlight to penetrate to the bottom, said Curran.

“Under these towering cue, you’re going to have rain and if it continues building, you get a CB and a thunderstorm and lots of rain.”

All clouds are formed when water evaporates from streams, lakes, oceans and plants.

The evaporated water molecules rise, then cool and form tiny water droplets as the air temperature drops at higher elevations. If the water droplets condense around dust or smoke particles, they form into clouds. When the water droplets grow large enough that the air updrafts can’t hold them, they fall to the ground as rain — or if it’s cold, as snow or even hail.

high level (above 6,000 m)

ROM THE WIDE windows on the main building at Lethbridge County Airport, air traffic specialist Joel Curran can see the weather coming.

It usually comes from the west in this part of the world, and analyzing clouds and what they indicate about weather conditions is a key part of his job in keeping passengers and pilots safe.

As he looks out over runways 05 and 23, Curran can see bald prairie in the foreground and part of the R o c k y Mo u n t a i n s a b o u t 1 0 0 kilometres away.

The clouds, on the other hand, are much closer. Besides the moisture they hold, they carry information that can help in forecasts.

“If you have an advancing front, you can sometimes see that it will push layers of cloud in ahead of it,” says Curran.

“As you get closer and closer to the cold front, if this is active enough, here you’ll have cumulus, or towering cumulus or even thunderclouds, cumulonimbus.

“So you can, in a way, forecast by looking up and saying, oh look, you’ve got advancing cirrus coming toward you, so you know that late today or maybe early tomorrow, the weather is going to change.”

Providing precise weather conditions is the goal in aviation. Pilots need to know conditions at that moment, along the route and at the destination.

Forecasting for agricultural purposes is more complex, Curran admits, and sometimes even cause for amusement.

“The weather channel will give a 14-day forecast, which I find hilarious because no one can forecast 14 days in advance. Nobody.

“We used to have a product that we used called the global forecast, which took everything that we knew now, plugged it into a computer and then said, OK, based on these initial conditions, here’s what’s going to happen. And the farthest we would go is 120 hours, which is five days.

“We told everyone, the pilots, you get beyond three days and I’m making this up. I have no idea.”

Nevertheless, clouds give up clues to weather in the short term and indicate what’s going on in the troposphere and tropopause.

Clouds are water droplets or ice crystals suspended in air. They generally need some kind of particle on which to condense, called condensation nuclei. When enough vapor condenses on enough nuclei, a cloud is formed.

That’s the basis of this old weather rhyme: Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.

Red sky at night, sailors delight.

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