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FUELING UP WITH … CANOLA OIL?

India pea duty slashes prices

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Recommendations from the World Health Organization that farmers stop using antibiotics to prevent illness are not sitting easily with all livestock producer groups.

WHO released its recommendations on antibiotic use Nov. 7 with the goal of helping to preserve effectiveness of the drugs in the face of growing bacterial resistance that could pose a threat to human and animal health.

However, some groups have concerns that failing to provide antibiotics to animals that are under stress and likely to become ill has animal welfare implications and might also lead to the need for stronger treatments later when illness occurs.

“In some cases, illness can be very foreseeable,” said Dr. Reynold Bergen, science director for the Beef Cattle Research Council.

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Farmers are in ‘shock and disbelief’ over 50 percent levy

Yellow pea prices have plunged in the wake of a dramatic policy change in India.

The Indian government imposed a 50 percent import duty on peas last week without any prior warning of its intentions.

Companies that are still bidding on peas have dropped their price to about $6 per bushel, down from $8 the previous week.

Canadian pulse exporters are suddenly faced with the daunting task of trying to find a new home for a big portion of the 3.9 million tonnes of peas growers harvested this fall.

India typically accounts for about 40 percent of Canada’s pea exports.

An exporter who requested anonymity said the immediate concerns are the peas in transit to India and the shipments sitting in Indian ports waiting to be unloaded.

“A lot of afloat parcels (are) looking for a home, and the obvious place to dump is China, but they see the flood coming and will stand back,” he said in an email.

The exporter said the 2017-18 supplies that need to be diverted from India to other markets are too large for China’s traditional fractionation market but could find a home in China’s vast feed market.

“The feed market is significant and that becomes the floor, probably $6 to $6.50 per bushel,” he said.

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» KELSEY JOHNSON: Negotiating » CORN IN ALBERTA: U.S. corn exporters

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court Alberta feedlots.

» GRADING PORK: The USDA proposes

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grading pork on flavour and texture.

TPP and NAFTA at the same time will be tricky.

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» KEVIN HURSH: Profitability is becoming elusive for pulse crops.

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» ROBERT ARNASON: Repetition

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» MAGAZINE LIFE: A cattle producer moves

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» SHOE REPAIR: This Alberta man makes a career repairing shoes.

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trumps truth, which is bad for those who believe in science. 11

» JODIE MIROSOVSKY: Food baskets and cleaning services make good gifts. 18

» CLARE ROWSON: Tendinitis can be a side-effect of some antibiotics.

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» JACKLIN ANDREWS: Put your life in order following a divorce.

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» TIRE PRESSURE: Central tire inflation could » JOHN CAMPBELL: Record offer advantages over rubber tracks.

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NEWS TPP NEGOTIATIONS

TPP deal remains elusive

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KICKING THE TIRES IN GERMANY

Some progress made on making deal without U.S.

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canadian farm groups left trade talks in Vietnam with mixed emotions last week.

On the one hand, they were disappointed that the 11 members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership were unable to reach an agreement in principle.

On the other hand, they were encouraged by the progress that was made on the potential TPP11 pact.

The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance issued a news release Nov. 10 saying it was disappointed by the lack of a deal.

“We will continue to press our federal government to achieve an agreement at the earliest possible opportunity. We need this deal in order to remain globally competitive,” CAFTA president Brian Innes said in the news release.

“It’s crucial that we get back on track with this one and do it quickly. Not doing so will be extremely costly, losing opportunity overseas and economic growth and jobs here at home.”

CAFTA said Japan is Canada’s third largest agri-food market, and competitors, including the European Union, Australia and Chile, have already locked down free trade deals with the Asian nation.

A day after its initial reaction, CAFTA put out news release that were more upbeat.

“It’s encouraging that progress is being made towards a new agreement,” Innes said in the Nov. 11 release.

“We’re pleased that the new framework keeps the gains of the former TPP agreement intact, particularly the market access provisions.”

The Canadian Meat Council was not happy that negotiators left Vietnam without an agreement in principle.

It issued a news release saying the failure to come to terms puts $1.7 billion of Canada’s meat exports in jeopardy as well as another $500 million in projected export increases to Japan.

“The lack of a TPP11 deal could spell disaster for the meat packing and processing sector in Canada,” the release said.

The Canola Council of Canada said the lack of a deal puts $1.2 billion of annual canola seed exports at risk and jeopardizes the potential for $780 million a year in oil and meal exports once tariffs are fully eliminated over five years under the TPP11 terms.

CAFTA remains hopeful a deal can still be reached.

“We’re grateful the dedicated negotiating team led by Trade Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne has gotten us this far,” said Innes.“But we’re not there yet. Let’s keep the momentum going.” sean.pratt@producer.com

Saskatchewan farmers Fred Batqu from Insinger, Sask., and Eduard Bomers from Sheho, Sask., were in Germany touring farm equipment manufacturing company factories. At Mannheim, they saw something that looked like it belonged back home on the Prairies: a John Deere 620 h.p. 9RX tractor. The giant machine was parked outside of the entrance to that company’s original factory in Germany. Despite its size, it is road legal in Europe at 3.3 metres wide, because it does not have dual or triple wheels. The farmers were headed, along with 400,000 other people, to the world’s largest farm show, Agritechnica, in Hannover later in the week. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO

U.S., CANADA TRADE TALKS

WTO tariffs apply if NAFTA fails The canola industry could see tariffs on oil worth $134.4 million if that was to happen WTO TARIFFS ON BEEF

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

If negotiations for a new and improved North American Free Trade Agreement fall apart, Canada’s canola industry may have to cope with significant tariffs on oil exported to the United States.

Under World Trade Organization rules, the U.S. could apply a tariff of 6.4 percent on crude and refined canola oil.

“It doesn’t sound like a lot, but in our industry we’ve got processing plants on both side of the border and an integrated market where product can flow back and forth,” said Brian Innes, vicepresident of public affairs with the Canola Council of Canada.

“That (would be) a significant impact on the competitiveness of our processing industries.”

Canada exported about $2.1 billion worth of canola oil to the U.S. last year. A tariff of 6.4 percent would represent a duty of $134.4 million.

Canada, the U.S. and Mexico will meet in Mexico City Nov. 17-21 for the fifth round of negotiations to modernize the 23-year-old NAFTA. Previous rounds have been unproductive and many observers are worried that President Trump is determined to nix the deal.

U.S. negotiators have put forward proposals that are untenable for Canada and Mexico, such a s c ha n g i n g r u l e s o f o r i g i n around automobile manufacturing so half of all content comes from the U.S. If Trump and his team are

Following the World Trade Organization’s Uruguay Round Agreement in 1995, the U.S. adopted a system of tariff rate quotas for imports of beef. There is one rate of tariff below the quota and a higher rate above quota.

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determined to destroy NAFTA, it’s possible that Canada and the U.S. could reinstate the 1989 free trade agreement between the two nations.

However, some trade experts say it’s more likely that Canada and the U.S. would revert to global trade rules.

“I think you have to assume if we’re going to do a demolition so we can do a re-construction, then we’re demolishing right down to the studs,” said John Masswohl, director of government and international relations with the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.

“Which probably means bringing in the W TO (World Trade Organization) provisions.”

Under those rules, the U.S. could impose tariffs on agricultural goods from Canada. It would be 6.4 percent for canola oil but much less on canola seed and meal.

“For seed and for meal, the tariffs are actually cents per kilogram,” Innes said. “If you worked it out to dollars per tonne, you’re roughly $6 per tonne on seed, and seed is $500 a tonne, so you’re

• The tariff is 4.4 cents per kilogram in-quota.

• The tariff is 26 percent above quota.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY U.S. imports of Canadian canola in 2016: Seed: 505,000 tonnes, worth $273.8 million Oil: 1.9 million tonnes, worth $2.1 billion Meal: 3.6 million tonnes, worth $1.2 billion Source: Canola Council of Canada

one percent essentially of a tariff.”

The duty is even less for canola meal — about $1.70 per tonne.

U.S. tariffs would likely apply to pork exports, but Canada’s pork sector isn’t focused on such a scenario. If NAFTA does dissolve, industry leaders are more worried about an uncertain business climate and what that could mean for Canadian pork prices.

“If U.S. and/or Canada lose access to a NAFTA partner market due to a sudden lack of co-opera-

tion or market access issue, our domestic price will drop, ” said Gary Stordy, public relations manager with the Canadian Pork Council.

Without NAFTA, officials of Canada and the U.S. may continue to co-operate on trade, or one country could get irritated and provoke a trade spat.

“Any retaliation usually involves restricting market access for an agriculture product,” Stordy said.

It’s unlikely the border would close, but a lack of rules for trade across the border could affect business relationships.

“The uncertainty about shipping animals may cause prices to drop or contracts to be cancelled for a short period of time,” Stordy said.

The canola trade, along with the rest of Canada’s agri-food industry, is also worried about the uncertainty around NAFTA. That’s why representatives of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance have attended every round of negotiations for NAFTA. Innes, who is president of C AFTA , said there’s anxiety around the future of NAFTA in Ottawa and Washington, but there is also hope.

Representatives from the three countries are still at the table, and they will continue to meet into the New Year.

“The addition of more negotiating rounds is a sign that the countries want to come to an agreement.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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Stat Publishing expects Canadian farmers will plant one million fewer acres of peas next year. | FILE PHOTO

PEA PRICES SLASHED » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Chinese imports can likely increase if growers support those levels.”

Stat Publishing is now forecasting one million tonnes of pea carryout in 2017-18, up from its earlier estimate of 300,000 tonnes. Stat believes Canadian farmers will plant one million fewer acres of peas next year.

Lee Moats, chair of Pulse Canada and a farmer from Riceton, Sask., said growers are in “shock and disbelief ” over news that the Indian market has evaporated.

“It was not entirely unexpected that there would be some tariff action but going from zero to 50 percent all in one shot is kind of unprecedented,” he said.

Chuck Penner, analyst with LeftField Commodity Research, was surprised India targeted peas because there is no government minimum support price for that crop.

He thought India would go after lentils and chickpeas and that’s still a distinct possibility, depending on how many acres of those crops are planted during the rabi or winter crop.

So far, Indian farmers are seeding the rabi pulse crop at a pace that is well ahead of the long-term average.

“That’s not looking good,” said Penner.

“Buyers here have already backed off on their red lentil bids because they’re afraid of holding supplies in case something like (a duty) happens.”

Stat Publishing reports that red lentil bids were 17 cents per pound as of Nov. 10, down from 21 cents the previous week.

Penner said there is more potential downside with green lentils than reds because the reds have already been discounted.

India still has supplies left over from its record-shattering 2016-17 crop, and the 2017-18 kharif or summer crop that is being harvested is estimated to be the second biggest on record.

T h e p l e t h o ra o f p u l s e s ha s pushed prices for some crops in India below the government’s minimum support price, which is a political embarrassment.

Some have suggested the blocking of imports is an attempt by the government to boost prices and sway the farmer vote for the next general election in 2019.

Moats said India’s policy is shortsighted because yellow peas are the cheapest pulse available for cashstrapped consumers. As well, he pointed out that next year’s monsoon might be disappointing.

“What happens in the longer term when Canadian production isn’t there when India is experiencing a shortage?” he said.

Pulse Canada chief executive officer Gord Bacon was taken aback that India would impose the maximum duty allowable under World Trade Organization rules.

India has applied duties in the past but they were 10 percent.

“India was our biggest market, and this presents an enormous challenge,” he said.

Canadian exporters are already paying what amounts to a three to five percent duty in the form of increased inspection fees related to India’s fumigation policy.

He said there is no way exporters will fully absorb the 50 percent duty, which means lower prices to Canadian farmers and higher prices to Indian consumers.

Bacon agreed that Canadian yellow peas will likely make their way back into the feed market, which used to be the primary export market before India started buying the crop for human consumption.

“We are also working on the grinding of peas into flour and we have a lot of global surplus capacity in milling, so there is the potential to move some of this quickly,” he said.

Bacon said the duty on traditional pulse exports is happening at the same time that a new source of demand for peas is emerging in the form of fractionation plants.

Four companies have announced plans to build fractionation plants in Western Canada. One is already operating in Vanscoy, Sask.

“The future is unfolding in front of us. We have reason to think this isn’t the end of the pea industry in Canada by any stretch of the imagination,” he said.

Moats said Pulse Canada needs to do everything it can to accelerate fractionation projects such as the Roquette plant planned for Portage la Prairie, Man., which will consume up to 250,000 tonnes of peas annually starting in 2019.

“Wouldn’t that be great in the environment that we are in right now?” he said.

Bacon said the duty issue will be front and centre this week during a trade mission to India led by three of Canada’s federal ministers, which was planned well in advance of the duty announcement.

Immediately after the Indian trade mission, Bacon and Moats are flying to China to meet with food companies about incorporating pulses into cereal and meat products. sean.pratt@producer.com

ABOVE: Kade Rancier of Rancier Farms won the pee-wee championship with his Simmental heifer calf during Farmfair Nov. 11. | JEREMY SIMES PHOTOS

FARM SHOWS

‘We’re not going any Farmfair organizers Northlands rep says event will continue to grow despite rodeo’s uncertain future in Edmonton

BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

Farmfair managers are adamant the show will carry on for years to come as they continued to ease ranchers’ concerns over the event’s viability once the rodeo gets a new home.

Suzanne Bielert, the agriculture event manager for Northlands, said Farmfair will stay at Northlands for the “foreseeable future,” noting there has been a 15 percent jump in cattle numbers this year.

“The final cattle number last year was 853 and we are well over 1,000,” she said.

“We’re not going anywhere, and we don’t plan to go down in numbers. We’re hoping to go up.”

However, she acknowledged things will change once the Canadian Finals Rodeo moves to a new venue next year.

CFR organizers said in October that they might keep the event in Edmonton but aren’t ruling out other cities as an option.

During Farmfair Nov. 8-12, breeders and buyers were thinking about how the CFR’s move might affect them.

David Vikse, who markets his Red Angus cattle, said he wishes the CFR and Farmfair could remain joined at the hip.

He suggested breeders might take a financial hit if the events aren’t side by side.

“Let’s call it what it is. People come to the rodeo and then come to Farmfair,” he said.

“So, with the CFR not right next door, we’re not going to get the foot traffic. It’s a special little deal, so it’s going to hurt them as much as it’s going to hurt us.”

Gordon Graves, who’s a delegate with Alberta Beef Producers

and represents northern Alberta, agreed that fewer people might come to Farmfair because of the rodeo being elsewhere.

Having fewer people means having fewer city dwellers come to Farmfair, and he said that’s not good.

“It’s their exposure to where their food comes from, and if we don’t have that interaction, then we as producers lose credibility,” he said.

“And, through that, we lose some of our social license.”

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LETHBRIDGE COUNTY HEAD TAX

Policy paper gives alternatives to feedlot tax

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

LEFT: Tyler Bullick hollers with joy after he finds out he won the Cow Calf Supreme with his Charolais.

ywhere:’ As well, Edmonton could take a hit economically by losing the CFR, he added.

“If the ag sectors, the city and urban municipalities don’t come together and realize this is mutually beneficial for both of us, everybody is going to lose.”

Both the CFR and Farmfair bring in about $50 million annually to the city, according to numbers from Northlands.

Bielert said organizers might adjust Farmfair’s scheduling and programming depending on where the CFR goes.

“With the Coliseum going to be closed, things are going to change,” she said.

“But until we know what that looks like, we can’t speak to those changes on how they are going to impact us.”

City of Edmonton planners are drafting redevelopment plans for the Northlands site, after it took over the area earlier this year in exchange for paying Northlands’ $48.7 million debt.

It’s anticipated the city will release redevelopment plans in early 2018.

In the meantime, Bielert said Northlands is working with the city to sign a five or 10 year lease to operate Farmfair at the Expo Centre.

“That’s pretty significant, so it gives us some stability in us moving forward,” she said.

“We’ve been very clear that parts of the (Northlands site) and the facility are important to us and our programming. We’re hopeful that nothing will change too significantly in terms of those spaces.” jeremy.simes@producer.com

A per-animal-unit tax imposed

by Lethbridge County last year has the potential to harm the feedlot industry and is not as fair as other options to raise money for roads and infrastructure.

That’s the assessment in the University of Calgary School of Public Policy report on the “head tax” that applies to confined feeding operations in the county, where about 33 percent of Alberta’s beef is produced.

Authors Bev Dahlby, Melville McMillan and Mukesh Khanal said the tax is a permanent increase to feedlots’ fixed costs, which could increase by as much as 20 percent of the average operating margin per head of cattle. That could force some out of business.

The report put forth three alternatives to the tax, which it said could generate the same amount of revenue for the county and reduce pressure on feedlots to provide needed funds for road and bridge maintenance and repair.

“These alternatives are fairer, more equitable and more efficient than the CFO (confined feeding operations) levy. In the interests of maintaining both county roads and a healthy feedlot industry, Lethbridge County should replace the CFO levy with one of them,” the report said.

The tax was $3 per animal unit this year and will be $2.50 per animal unit next year, said Lethbridge County Reeve Lorne Hickey. All of the money raised goes to maintain and upgrade

road and bridge infrastructure.

Hickey said the county was asked to supply numbers for the report but was not asked to provide its rationale for implementing the head tax along with a new tax on farmland and gravel operations.

That said, he added there was good information in the report, but the alternatives suggested for revenue generation may not comply with the Municipal Government Act. The alternatives suggested in the report, in simplified terms, include: • charging trucking companies a fee based on road use by employing GPS technology • employing a levy based on a feedlot’s capacity plus its distance from a provincial highway • levying a tax based on how many livestock per feedlot exceed the capacity of that feedlot/farm’s capacity to grow sufficient feed for the animals The report said the head tax has “potentially negative ripple effects” for feed production, cattle producers, meat packers and consumers.

When first implemented, the tax drew the ire of feedlot owners in the county, which is known as the heart of Alberta’s cattle feeding industry. Several feedlot owners filed a lawsuit declaring it illegal, but a judge ruled it was within municipal taxation powers.

The ruling leaves the door open for other municipalities to impose a similar tax.

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ANTIBIOTIC GUIDELINES » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 One example is calves entering a feedlot for the first time, commingling with others and undergoing stress from weaning and transport.

“If we can treat these to prevent disease, then we’ll do two things: we’ll reduce the number of animals that do get sick, and also, if some do get sick, they won’t get as sick, so you won’t need as powerful a drug to treat them,” Bergen said.

In its statement, WHO recommended complete restriction of medically important antibiotics in livestock for disease prevention without diagnosis.

“Healthy animals should only receive antibiotics to prevent disease if it has been diagnosed in other animals in the same flock, herd or fish population,” WHO said.

Bergen said meeting that recommendation will be a tricky proposition for cattle producers.

He said the industry acknowledges the concern about antimicrobial resistant bacteria and aims for judicious use, but there is an animal welfare aspect involved in preventive treatment.

“When you’ve got conditions where illness is very foreseeable and you don’t prevent it up front, then you’re kind of essentially allowing them to get sick,” he said.

“Then you’re responding to

things, and whenever you’re responding, you’re playing catch up. The risk is that there may be more that get sick. The disease could spread further, beyond just the particular group.

“And not only that, if they get sick enough … a drug that might have worked for prevention under the medium importance category may not work anymore.

You may need to go to something that’s high importance or very high importance.”

Producers can limit the need for preventive use by preconditioning calves and employing low-stress weaning and handling, he added.

The U.S. based National Pork Producers Council was less politic in its response to WHO’s recommendation against preventive treatment, calling it “illadvised and wrong.”

“Denying pigs, cows and chickens necessary antibiotics would be unethical and immoral, leading to animal suffering and possibly death, and could compromise the nation’s food system,” the NPPC said in a Nov. 7 news release.

Pork producers understand the issue of anti-microbial resistant bacteria and share WHO’s concern, the release said, and promote responsible use with the goal of reducing the need for antibiotics. “(WHO’s) call for stopping the

president of the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association, said the report held few surprises but it highlighted what the association views as a larger problem.

“The authors note that the whole situation in Lethbridge County has arisen by the fact that the current property tax system doesn’t make any accommodation for confined feeding operations,” said Vander Ploeg.

“That aligns perfectly with our thinking on what the root of the problem here is, and the root of the problem is an outdated property tax system for farmland that doesn’t accommodate the whole range of different farm types and the different types of agricultural production.”

The ACFA is thus advocating for changes to Alberta’s tax system so that all agricultural producers regardless of commodity are paying their fair share of taxes in the counties where their operations are located.

Vander Ploeg said a 2002 Alberta MLA committee report indicated the need for changes to the system and made some recommendations, but nothing arose from it.

“We’re starting to reap some of the consequences of that inaction with what’s happening in Lethbridge County.”

The recent policy paper includes information from other jurisdictions that have plentiful feeding operations, but none of them have employed the type of tax imposed in Lethbridge County.

Hickey said the tax had low costs for implementation and was the best among alternatives

considered by county council at the time. He has a quick response to accusations that the tax puts an unfair burden on feedlots.

“Our answer to that it is, when you look at the overall issue, who uses the infrastructure the most?”

In fact, the report indicates most of the feed used in county feedlots must be trucked in from elsewhere and so are most of the feeder cattle. Operations such as manure hauling also affect roads.

The report’s authors said they could not predict how many feedlots might close due to higher taxes because operating margins vary for each. However, it suggested that, depending on the scope of the closures, it could affect the market price for fed cattle, the price of feeder cattle and the price of feed grain and forage.

The tax could also result in a shift of feedlot operations to other municipalities.

Vander Ploeg said the head tax coupled with other factors affecting producers, such as the carbon tax, new federal tax proposals and costs related to workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety, are creating an ever-larger burden.

“All of this piles up and at some point business people say, ‘you know what? We don’t think the reward of this potential venture is worth the risk.’ Then longterm investment suffers. That’s the bigger risk too, because longterm investment in the economy is the fuel for economic growth.”

use of antibiotics that are critically important in human medicine for treating infected animals is antithetical to pork farmers’ and veterinarians’ moral obligation to care for their pigs,” said the NPPC. WHO also said antibiotics should not be used for growth promotion.

In Canada, drug manufacturers have voluntarily removed label claims of growth promotion on antimicrobials. As well, research shows growth promotion properties in such drugs have more to do with effect than cause.

“Research tells us that if you’ve got healthy animals, feeding them an antibiotic is not going to make them grow any better or more efficiently,” said Bergen, citing studies by Dr. Kim Stanford of Alberta Agriculture.

“Any growth promotion effect was simply the side effect of the fact that the animals weren’t sick anymore. So it wasn’t cause. It was effect.”

Canada’s chicken industry moved in July to reduce the preventive use of antimicrobials deemed to be of human importance. It vowed to eliminate use of category two antimicrobials, those of high importance in human medicine, by the end of 2018 and use of category three (medium importance) by the end of 2020. The industry said it has already eliminated preventive use of category one, those of very high importance in human

treatment.

U.S. Department of Agriculture acting chief scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young said the WHO guidelines “are not in alignment with U.S. policy and are not supported by sound science.”

She said the organization had “erroneously conflated” disease prevention with growth promotion in livestock.

In last week’s announcement, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said overuse of antibiotics, and the resulting decrease in their effectiveness, poses a security threat if there is a deadly disease outbreak. He called for action in all sectors to turn back the tide of resistance.

“If we don’t tackle this threat w i t h s t ro n g , c o - o rd i nat e d action, antimicrobial resistance will take us back to a time when people feared common infections and risked their lives from minor surgery,” he said in a subsequent news release.

WHO’s food safety and zoonoses director Dr. Kazuaki Miyagishima talked about volume of use.

“Scientific evidence demonstrates that overuse of antibiotics in animals can contribute to the emergence of antibiotic resistance.

The volume of antibiotics used in animals is continuing to increase worldwide, driven by a growing demand for foods of animal origin, often produced through intensive animal husbandry.”

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U.S. corn and DDGS producers court Alberta feedlots A small Canadian barley crop and big U.S. corn crop are causing cattle feeders to import grain

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Feed barley prices are being kept in check by an abundance of U.S. corn, says a trader.

Barley is selling for $215 per tonne delivered into a Lethbridge feedlot, up from about $170 per tonne a year ago.

T h a t i s a h e f t y 2 6 p e rc e n t increase, but it won’t likely drift much higher because U.S. corn is selling for $220 per tonne into the same feedlot.

“It’s fairly similar,” said Allen Pirness, senior trader with Market Place Commodities Ltd., a merchandizing company located in Lethbridge.

“We don’t see that very often.”

T hat i s b e c au s e Ca na d i a n growers produced 7.3 million tonnes of barley this year, down from 8.8 million tonnes last year because of a combination of drought and reduced acres. The short crop supported feed barley prices.

“The economics have kind of pushed the cattle feeders to import corn,” he said.

The U.S. Grains Council is seizing the opportunity to pave the way for more corn and distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) exports to Canada.

It facilitated a trade mission to Lethbridge in October, in which council member companies toured cattle feedlots, feed manufacturers and rail facilities.

Tom Dowler, director of business development with Gowans Feed Consulting, helped organize the visit.

He said the timing is r ight because while barley prices are up, corn prices are down because of a bountiful harvest in the United States.

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Growers there produced 370 million tonnes of corn, second only to last year’s record of 385 million tonnes.

Dowler said the mission was well received. Before the visit, one 100-car unit train of U.S. corn had moved into Lethbridge.

“Over the course of the week

(that) we were there speaking with different groups, three unit trains sold into Alberta and my understanding is that is continuing,” he said.

Ca na d a i m p o r t e d 6 7 0 , 0 0 0 tonnes of U.S. corn and 735,000 tonnes of U.S. DDGS in 2016-17, which was a 13 percent increase over the previous year. Dowler expects a further increase in 201718.

He believes most of the corn is being sold to larger feedlots, which can move through large volumes of the product, because the economics don’t work for smaller train shipments.

The trade mission included representatives from three U.S. companies that are focused on shipping DDGS and two companies that are more corn-oriented.

Dowler said many feedlots consistently feed DDGS. When prices are high they may comprise five percent of the ration but when they are competitive it can jump to 15 to 20 percent.

Pirness believes most of the U.S. trade will be for corn because DDGS are priced at $250 per tonne delivered.

“They’re marginal at that (price).

They’re certainly not setting any tonnage records,” he said.

There has also been a change in

They’re really pounding the pavement this year looking for spots for U.S. corn.

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product quality because ethanol plants are extracting more corn oil out of the DDGS before exporting the product.

“That fat used to end up in the DDGS and made it a higher energy product that was really desirable for finishing cattle,” said Pirness.

The change has made the product less desirable for feedlots.

However, U.S. corn is very much in the running, and exporters who are anxious to find a home for the huge corn crop are pushing it into the Lethbridge market.

“They’re really pounding the pavement this year looking for spots for U.S. corn,” said Pirness.

However, he said some feedlots may not want to change their rations or invest in equipment such as a corn roller mill just because the corn price is right this year. sean.pratt@producer.com

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anola demand might be booming, but its recent price couldn’t escape the effects of a negative U.S. production report and a rising Canadian dollar.

Canola exports in the week to Nov. 5 were 470,200 tonnes, the largest one-week movement for the oilseed ever.

The total exported in the first 13 weeks or one quarter of the crop year is 2.86 million tonnes, up 25 percent over last year at the same time.

The record canola exports in week 13 were accomplished even as Canadian National Railway struggled to recover from the derailment during severe winds at a bridge near Wainwright, Alta., which closed its main line for several days in October.

Demand is also good on the domestic front. Canola crush for the year to Nov. 8 was 2.45 million tonnes, less than one percent behind last year’s record campaign, and the pace has been picking up in recent weeks, narrowing the gap with last year.

If this pace can be sustained, it would normally help lift canola prices.

Soybean down, canola follows However, canola dipped a little in the days following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s November supply and demand report issued Nov. 9. The report was negative for prices.

The trade had expected that the USDA would lower its soybean yield estimate, but it kept it steady at 49.5 bushels an acre.

Also, the USDA raised its corn yield more than expected, by 3.6 bushels to 175.4 bu. per acre, a new record.

To t a l c o r n p ro d u c t i o n w a s pegged at 14.58 billion bu., up from 14.28 billion last month.

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U.S. GRADING UPGRADE

USDA proposes pork grading focus on flavour, texture If adopted, the grading system would once again play up pork as a red meat and drop the white meat comparison

BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Pork is getting closer to becoming “the other steak” and backing away from being “the other white meat,” says a taste-focused pig genetics company.

And it believes that’s the best news the pork market has had in years.

“I think it’ll create an evolution.

The premium will be for hard marbling, darker meat, closer to steak,” Genesus Genetics president Jim Long said about proposed new U.S. pork grading.

“We were in a race to make things leaner and leaner and leaner. What we did is we destroyed the taste.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 23 published the first proposed rewrite of pork grading since 1985 and it is accepting public comments until Dec. 22 The new grading would allow companies to highlight the colour, marbling and texture of their pork, which are all connected to flavour and eating pleasure. That would reduce the emphasis on leanness and the inherent bias against fat within the meat.

Beef has long been able to differentiate between high flavour quality and average quality product through its grading and labelling system, but pork has not encouraged that to develop.

Instead, the pork industry’s general push for most of the time since the 1980s has been to reduce fat levels and to compete with chicken, which has seen steady gains in meat market share in recent years.

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That is not a momentous price move, but in a market dominated by complacency and trading in a narrow range since early September, it was noteworthy.

Soybeans also felt downward pressure as rain reached dry areas of Brazil where the soybean crop is being seeded.

T h e s oy b e a n p r i c e d e c l i n e weighed on all oilseeds, including canola.

Also, the loonie was trading around US78.5 cents Nov. 13, up about a half cent over the week, and that too weighed on canola.

Proposed grading would emphasize marbling and flavour instead of leanness, similar to the way beef is labelled and promoted. | FILE PHOTO

We were in a race to make things leaner and leaner and leaner. What we did is we destroyed the taste.

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Chicken received praise and preference for years from many nutritionists and public health authorities for its apparently healthier qualities compared to “red meat,” and pork promoters worked hard to make pork seem chicken-like

rather than beef-like.

At one point the U.S. National Pork Board agreed to pay millions of dollars to buy the phrase “the other white meat” from the National Pork Producers Council, since that similar-to-chicken message

The canola market will likely resume trading in a narrow range until the next potential marketmoving news, which will be the Statistics Canada production report expected Dec. 6.

The trade generally expects a canola production number of 20 to 21 million tonnes.

Any surprises above or below that range would change the canola market price trend.

I’d be surprised if Statistics Canada shocked the market. Unlike last year when so much canola was still in the field when winter snow settled in, the canola harvest went well this year except in northern Alberta. And even there, farmers

got most of the crop off before snow finally forced the combine into the shed.

I believe that we are destined to plug along with prices continuing to move in only a narrow range, influenced mostly by changes in exchange rates.

The only potential disrupter to that from a supply-demand viewpoint would be the development of a major weather problem in South America. And so far, although weather in Brazil and Argentina is not ideal, neither is it a disaster.

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seemed to be so valuable.

However, pork’s position compared to chicken continued to erode, even as anti-fat mania developed, and the industry saw an unanticipated surge in popularity for the fattest cuts of pork: bellies, ribs and shoulders.

That didn’t seem to support the thesis that the consumer wanted ever-leaner meat and to avoid fatty cuts. But the train had left the station and genetics companies, producers, packers and food processors focused on leanness and

other-white-meatness for far too long, Long said.

Now that the NPPC and NPB have reversed course and embraced grading that allows for flavour attribute differentiation, pork is close to getting back to branding itself as a premium meat. However, Long expects some elements of the pork industry to fight the change.

“There will be vested interests opposed to this because they’re so out of position,” said Long, who is happy about the proposed changes because his company has long incorporated flavour-focused attributes in its hog genetics.

Companies that have based their products and processes on extremely lean meat won’t be happy to see their commitment less valued in the new system.

However, Long said pork needs to buy back some of its lost market power from beef and chicken, and consumers are already showing what they want from the high prices they will pay for bacon, ribs and shoulders.

“It’s right in front of us, the reality of the marketplace,” said Long.

“That’s what processors, exporters and food service want.”

Canada’s pork grading system has also encouraged lean meat and there has been little talk of changing it, but Long noted that Canadian pork tends to follow U.S. trends.

Already some processors, such as Maple Leaf ’s Lethbridge plant, have been developing taste-oriented product, and the U.S. developments will just “accelerate” that sort of development, Long said. ed.white@producer.com

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MOSCOW — Russia, which has shattered wheat harvest records three years running and is expanding production of other crops as well, aims to increase its grain export capacity by 50 percent to 7.5 million tonnes a month within three years.

And its importance on world wheat markets is reflected in the CME Group’s announcement Nov. 13 that it would launch new cashsettled Black Sea wheat and corn futures on Dec. 18. An existing Black Sea wheat futures contract based physical delivery has struggled to gain traction.

Russia’s grain exports are expected to hit a record 45 million tonnes this 2017-18 marketing year, which started on July 1, but limited infra-

A driver unloads a truck during harvest in the Stavropol region of Russia, last year. The government wants to invest in infrastructure to increase export capacity. | REUTERS/EDUARD KORNIYENKO PHOTO structure has put a brake on further expansion, analysts have said.

“We are not satisfied with the existing amount of grain transhipment,” agriculture Deputy Minister

Dzhambulat Khatuov told an conference in Moscow last week, adding that there are several projects in progress to boost capacity.

Speaking to reporters on the side-

million in the previous week.

Slaughter was 2.458 million last year at the same time.

In Canada, the average Signature Five price for the week to Nov. 11 was C149.33 per 100 kilograms, down from $154.83 the previous week. On a per hundredweight basis, the average price was $67.74, down from $70.23 the previous week.

said Grade A bulls in the desirable weight range sold at prices up to C$6–$6.25 per pound hot hanging weight.

U.S. buyers are offering US$4.75 or more with returns dependent on exchange rates, quality and export costs.

Grade A heifers sold up to C$5.75$ 6 . U. S. b u y e r s a r e o f f e r i n g US$4.50.

Animals outside the desirable buyer specifications may be discounted.

lines of the conference, he said that several investment projects in Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman and in Russia’s far east and northern regions would allow it to increase export capacity to 7.5 million tonnes of grain a month from less than five million tonnes now.

Russia, a major grain importer in the later communist era, has achieved a ninefold increase in grain export capacity over the past 15 years to about 45 million tonnes.

With bumper production this year it would be able to export perhaps as much as 55 million tonnes if there was no limit on port and rail capacity.

Russia’s grain exports are up 23 percent so far this marketing year, Khatuov added.

Key destinations for Russian wheat are now the Middle East and

North Africa but the government also wants to expand grain exports to Asia and Latin America.

In particular, Russia wants to start commercial exports to Venezuela in addition to the previously signed intergovernmental deal, Olga Garshina, the head of the ministry’s international cooperation department, told the conference.

Egypt and Turkey are currently the largest buyers of Russian wheat, but trade relations with the latter have been strained for several months because Russia has not fully restored imports of tomatoes from Turkey. Russia recently agreed to resume limited tomato imports in line with quotas set by the agriculture ministry.

Russia is also in talks about a potential decrease in Morocco’s wheat import duty.

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were $180-$210, 70-85 lb. were $178-$200, 86-105 lb. were $175$190 and 106 lb. and heavier were $169-$186.

Wool rams were $75-$140 per cwt. Cull ewes were $80-$133.

Hair lambs lighter than 54 lb. were $165-$190 per cwt., 55-69 lb. were $165-$200, 70-85 lb. were $165-$185, 86-105 lb. were $170$182 and 106 lb. and heavier were $165-$178.

Hair rams were $85-$125 per cwt.

Cull ewes were $80-$135.

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U.S. hogs averaged $59.70 on a carcass basis Nov. 10, down from $62.33 Nov. 3.

The U.S. pork cutout was $81.92 per cwt. Nov. 10, up from $77.56 Nov. 3. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter for the week to Nov. 11 was 2.495 million, up from 2.447

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Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported that 479 sheep and lambs and 26 goats sold Nov. 6. Lambs regained last week’s losses.

Sheep sold actively at slightly stronger prices. Goats traded at steady money.

Beaver Hill Auction in Tofield, Alta., reported that 582 sheep and 138 goats sold Nov. 6.

Wool lambs lighter than 54 lb. were $175-220 per cwt., 55-69 lb.

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CANFAX REPORT The Canfax fed steer-weighted average was $149.24, up $1.09, and heifers were $148.78, up $1.01.

In moderate trade, most dressed sales were at $250 delivered.

Western Canadian fed prices established new second half highs, whereas Ontario fed prices were $13 shy of highs set in July.

Canadian steer carcasses increased 12 pounds to average 936 lb.

With weights increasing, producers looked for flat bids with no weight breaks while others negotiated weight breaks to 1,050 lb.

A few Saskatchewan cattle traded with prices comparable to the Alberta market. With Alberta fed prices at a $9.25 premium over Ontario, Saskatchewan cattle will go west for slaughter.

Packers are not long bought. They have been pulling hard on November contract cattle and have also lifted cash cattle in a timely fashion.

All the cattle bought were scheduled for delivery in the second half of this month.

More beef is being produced, given the slaughter volumes and heavier Canadian carcass weights.

Weekly fed beef production totalled 44.6 million lb. two weeks ago, which was 10 percent larger than last year and 16 percent larger than the five-year average.

Export demand for Canadian and American beef will be critical to prevent a buildup of a surplus because production is expected to remain higher than last year.

It is not uncommon to see prices strengthen toward the end of the year. Second half highs occurred in December in four out of the past five years.

In the United States, dressed sales in Nebraska were US$192-$194, steady to $3 lower. Corn belt cattle have been trading at a discount compared to the Nebraska market.

Most of the cattle that traded in Iowa saw dressed sales at $190$192.

In the south, live prices were $123-124, which was $13 lower than top end sales in the previous week.

The large volumes weakened prices on calves. The steer average fell $1.46, and heifers were down 49 cents.

There is still a moderate supply of yearling heifers available and prices were $1 higher.

Western Canadian feedlots were the main buyers because truck availability remains limited. That said, the Manitoba calf and feeder market remains well supported with demand from eastern buyers.

Some of their prices were at a premium to Alberta.

Feeder exports remain minimal and some feedlots are importing American cattle.

Alberta calf prices are $50 to $60 per hundredweight higher than a year ago.

Demand for calves has held up relatively well in face of the large supplies. The largest volumes are likely behind us and could drop

Cattle futures have risen the last three months but had a setback last week.

the most marketings for October since 2008.

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Saskatchewan saw more than 53,000 head of cattle moving through auction marts last week. | FILE PHOTO fairly quickly toward the end of the month. Some feedlots are starting to fill up, and rising barley prices could also soften demand.

The number of cattle on feed in Alberta and Saskatchewan feedlots on Nov. 1 was 799,148, up eight percent from last year at the same time but still modest from a longterm perspective, three percent below the five year average.

Strong feeder prices had cow-calf producers in a selling mood, and the number of cattle placed on feed in October was 323,806 head, up eight percent over last year at the same time.

Placements have been stronger than the corresponding time last year in every month except January.

Marketings in October were 151,595 head, up 13 percent. It was

U. S . C h o i c e c u t o u t s w e r e US$212.74, up $4.49, and Select was $198.30, up $5.14 in the week to Nov. 9.

In Canada to Nov. 4, AAA cutouts were C$248.21 up $1.35 and AA was $238.71, up $4.52.

The focus tends to shift to the rib market for holiday dining.

This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca.

COWS LOWER Alberta cull cow prices fell slightly on the large volume at market.

Still, prices are about $1.50 per cwt. higher than the low hit in September.

D1, D2 cows ranged $80-$95 to average $87.38, down 27 cents.

D3 cows ranged $70-$85.

Rail grade cows ranged $168$173.

Slaughter bulls averaged 98.44, down 62 cents.

Demand for feeder cows has picked up the last couple of weeks and is supporting cull cow prices.

The cow market is near its low for the season.

The Ontario cow market remains at a significant discount to Alberta because the Souderton plant in Pennsylvania was closed for repairs. However, it is anticipated to reopen this week.

LARGE FEEDER VOLUME There was a moderate pull-back in Alberta auction volume to 91,431 head after trade exceeded 100,000 the previous two weeks. However, Saskatchewan had its second biggest run of the year with more than 53,000 head of cattle moving through auction marts.

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Election ideal time to hatch new plan on climate change

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he Saskatchewan government has now had a look at how other prairie provinces are handling climatechange plans. Rather than following the stance of outgoing Premier Brad Wall, who vowed to go to court to fight a federal order to enact a carbon plan, the candidates vying for leadership of the Saskatchewan Party should consider the options open to the province.

Wall’s position is popular with voters, but it would mean that a climate-change plan for the province would be imposed by the federal government.

Manitoba’s government unveiled an innovative climate-change plan late last month. Having received a legal opinion that the federal government has the right to impose a plan, but would have a much harder time in court pressing the issue if the province had its own plan that meets federal objectives, Manitoba’s plan takes into consideration issues vital to the province, including agriculture.

Manitoba’s plan recognizes that farmers are “price takers,” in that they cannot pass along extra costs to customers. It’s not a nuance; it’s a fundamental reality for farmers in dealing with any kind of carbon tax.

They absorb all of it.

Agriculture is responsible for 32 percent of greenhouse gases in Manitoba in the form of nitrogen from fertilizer and methane from cattle. Other than technological advances, there is little farmers can do to minimize the impacts. Manitoba’s plan recognizes that.

Key to Manitoba’s strategy is a flat $25 per tonne carbon tax for five years, after which it would be reviewed. Like other provinces, farms would be exempt from fuel tax for vehicles, though it’s not clear whether the province would exempt fuel to heat barns and grain dryers.

It would mandate five percent biodiesel in gasoline, establish targets for organic farming and support farming best practic-

es that reduce carbon emissions.

Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Manitoba’s $25 per tonne carbon tax must increase, but would the Liberals take the province to court over that, especially if the Manitoba government can show its greenhouse gas savings are in the neighbourhood of the federal goals?

Manitoba expects to cumulatively reduce emissions by up to 2.6 million tonnes. It’s estimated that taxpayers would pay $240 million less in carbon taxes than if they adopted the federal plan. Overall, it would collect $1.3 billion in taxes.

Climate change plans are expected to have two outcomes: to make carbon products more expensive in order to encourage use of greener power sources, and to establish a fund to support research and adoption of green technologies.

A price on carbon is part of Canada’s plan to meet its international commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The federal plan imposes a $10 per tonne carbon tax in 2018, increasing to $50 by 2022. The Manitoba government argues its strategy will reduce emissions more than the federal plan.

Alberta has a hybrid carbon tax and credit trade program in place until 2021, when it will follow the federal plan (It is expected to raise $5.4 billion between 2017 and 2019, of which $1.5 billion is going to the rebates.)

British Columbia’s $35 per tonne carbon tax will increase to $50 by 2022, and Ontario and Quebec are using a cap-and-trade system. Each province is tailoring its scheme to its particular needs.

Everyone except Saskatchewan.

Manitoba’s innovative path shows the benefits of provincial initiative in this area.

Saskatchewan’s government should give this a good, long look.

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It was not entirely unexpected that there would be some tariff action, but going from zero to 50 percent all in one shot is kind of unprecedented.

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Negotiating NAFTA and TPP at the same time is complicated CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

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he 11 remaining countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership have agreed to move ahead with work on a trade pact minus the United States after a dramatic 24 hours at the recent Asia Pacific Economic Summit in Vietnam.

Getting to this point was dicey.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau missed a leaders’ meeting, infuriating several world leaders who accused Canada of sabotaging the deal.

The fact that the TPP has survived another day was welcomed by Canada’s agriculture industry,

which sees the deal as a key avenue into the lucrative Japanese market, which the industry has sought after for a very long time.

Still, the agreement in Vietnam means Ottawa’s trade file just got even more complicated.

For one thing, many of the contentious files in the TPP are also sensitive issues in the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement. Those files include Canada’s supply management system, rule of origin for automobiles and cultural exemptions, to name a few.

The fifth round of NAFTA talks is scheduled for Nov.15-21 in Mexico City. The round was delayed to give negotiators from all three countries a chance to regroup while trying to narrow significant gaps in positions after a tense fourth round.

Whether those gaps can be overcome remains to be seen. U.S. negotiators have tabled several “poison pill” requests, including a five-year sunset clause, which

Canadian and Mexican officials have refused outright. An American walk-out remains a real possibility.

Ottawa has said from the beginning of the NAFTA renegotiation that Canada needs to diversify its trade portfolio.

However, doing so while at the same time trying to salvage NAFTA is easier said than done, trade experts say. The TPP and NAFTA may be different deals, but the decisions, concessions and proposals tabled at either table can easily influence the other negotiation.

Consider supply management, for instance.

Canada has said repeatedly it will defend the country’s quota-based production system for eggs, dairy and poultry at the NAFTA table.

Negotiators have already rejected an American demand that calls for the elimination of all tariffs on supply managed goods within 10 years and changes to this country’s do-

mestic milk classification system.

Supply management was one of the last contentious issues to be addressed during the original TPP negotiations when the United States was still part of the deal. New Zealand and Australia also had Canada’s supply management system in their crosshairs.

Canada has said it wants to take another look at the concessions made in the TPP now that the United States is no longer part of the deal. Push-back from New Zealand and Australia should be expected.

However, any Canadian concessions on the supply management file at the TPP table would go against negotiators’ positions at the NAFTA table. It sets a precedent that Canadian dairy farmers do not want set.

Then there’s the Liberals’ ongoing interest in negotiating a free trade agreement with China.

At least one retired cabinet member, former Industry Minister

James Moore, has warned that entering a free trade agreement with China could lead to problems with the U.S., given the President Donald Trump administration’s testy relationship with Beijing.

Global Affairs Canada recently released results of its public consultation with stakeholders and Canadians about a potential China trade deal. More than 600 businesses and stakeholders took part.

The department found that doubts continue around whether a China-Canada free trade agreement would resolve ongoing trade issues. Those challenges include Beijing’s inconsistent rule of law and the nature of China’s state-run economy — concerns in Canadians view “that are more difficult to resolve using a traditional approach to free trade agreements,” the department said.

Sounds complicated.

Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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PUBLIC OPINION

Real science willing to correct mistakes

Repetition trumps truth

BY CAM DAHL

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likely can’t count the number of times I have spoken or written the words science-based. It is a mantra of sorts. And for good reason.

Technology is the most important competitive advantage for Canadian agriculture. This is how we are going to compete with emerging exporters and key international competitors.

The alternative to science-based is regulations born out of the whims of the latest internet expert.

To say that most of these so-called experts are in the category of the snake oil salesmen would be a bit of an insult to the purveyors of snake oil.

Glyphosate is one product the internet likes to hate. The theories abound: glyphosate is responsible for autism, glyphosate causes celiac disease, glyphosate is causing cancer, and so on.

Glyphosate is registered for use in more than 160 countries. There is no major regulatory agency in the world that considers glyphosate a health risk.

The product has been recently reviewed by the European Food Safety Authority, the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Australian Pesticide and Veterinar y Medicines Authority.

All have concluded that glyphosate is safe for both people and the environment.

Yet doubt was cast on this scientific consensus by the World Health

Science must be an open and transparent process that is willing to review research that might not support current beliefs. | FILE PHOTO Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

In 2015, IARC classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” IARC’s statement has set off a storm of controversy, spawning lawsuits in the United States, raising doubts about the product’s approval in the European Union and opening up potential trade barriers to Canadian exports.

The U.S. lawsuits have brought information to light that call into questions the scientific processes that IARC followed to reach its conclusions. Did IARC first reach a conclusion and then go looking for confirmation?

Evidence coming out of court

processes show IARC dismissed results from a draft of its review that was at odds with its final public conclusion.

Reports indicate that the conclusions of multiple scientists, which showed no link between glyphosate and cancer in laboratory animals, were edited or deleted.

Comparisons of the draft report and the final publication show 10 changes that reversed or deleted scientific conclusions that differed from the final publication.

This evidence calls into question both the conclusion reached by IARC as well as the basic scientific process. The agency’s credibility is at stake. But it is more than that. In the minds of the public, the credi-

bility of science-based regulatory review is also at stake.

The processes for all of the regulatory agencies listed above — European, Australian, Canadian and American — are all public. Citizens and scientists are able to see the processes each of these agencies used to reach their conclusions.

This is how it should be.

IARC does not share the same level of transparency. Since the revelations in the U.S. legal proceedings, the only statement IARC has made is that the draft versions of its monographs are confidential.

This is not acceptable.

IARC must open up its processes and conclusions to peer review.

And the agency must be willing to adjust its conclusions if that is the direction that science leads.

Science is a process of examining the facts to determine the best answer we have today. It does not mean that our understanding cannot evolve over time or that our understanding can’t change. An open and transparent process that is willing to review research that might not support current beliefs are key hallmarks of a sciencebased agency.

The credibility of science and public confidence in sciencebased regulations depend on agencies, both within Canada and abroad, meeting these basic standards of transparency.

Revelations of recent weeks show that IARC’s processes do not reach this bar. This must change.

Cam Dahl is president of Cereals Canada.

PRICE OUTLOOK

Crop profitability becomes more elusive HURSH ON AG

KEVIN HURSH

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ulse crop prices have gone to heck in a hand basket. Lentils have been under serious price pressure, and now India has announced its 50 percent tariff on peas, effectively barricading our number one market.

At harvest time, the price for red lentils was soft at around 21 cents a pound. Now, the price has slipped to the 17 cent a lb. range.

Saskatchewan Agriculture is reporting an average lentil yield of 1,369 lb. per acre. At current prices, red lentils are generating a gross return of only $232 per acre, scarcely covering variable expenses for most producers, let alone fixed costs.

Large green lentil prices have

dropped dramatically, but are still profitable. At harvest time, a No. 2 large green lentil was worth around 43 cents a lb. Now that same lentil is worth about 32 cents.

Applying the same average yield of 1,369 lb. an acre, large green lentils at current prices generate a gross return of $438 an acre, enough to pay variable costs and fixed costs and still generate a net return.

There’s no telling where the price of peas will end up with India out of the market. The initial shock from the massive tariff may have produced an overreaction in the market, but yellow peas are currently being quoted at around $6 a bushel.

The average pea yield in the province is pegged at 33 bu. an acre, generating just $198 an acre. Like red lentils, yellow peas are now deeply unprofitable.

For 2018, one would expect a large drop in pea and red lentil acreage. Large green lentils and some other lentil classes will see an acreage increase, but the market for those classes has limitations.

There’s a distinct possibility they will be overproduced.

There will also be more interest in kabuli chickpeas than at any time in the past decade. Prices for large calibre chickpeas are riding high, and profitable contract prices exist for 2018.

However, planting seed is expensive, and along with its high potential reward, the crop also carries high risk. Chickpeas are generally considered a viable option in only the traditionally driest regions of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.

When you examine the oilseed crops, there are winners and losers.

While soybeans have become a staple in Manitoba, they struggled to be profitable in most areas of Saskatchewan this year.

The latest provincial yield estimate has soybeans averaging only 18 bushels an acre. Even with a price of $11 a bu., an average soybean crop just barely covers its variable costs.

Flax, with an average yield of 21 bu. per acre and a price in the range of $12.50 a bu., covers its variable

costs with some left over to apply to fixed costs.

The provincial average canola yield of 34 bu. an acre combined with a price around $11.40 a bu. makes canola profitable. Equally profitable are yellow and brown mustard.

The average mustard yield was a mere 746 lb. an acre because of the crop’s concentration in the most drought-affected region of the province.

However, yellow and brown mustard prices have risen to the 42 cent a lb. range.

The provincial average yield and current prices means cereal crops (wheat, durum, barley and oats) cover variable costs but struggle to cover a typical farm’s fixed cost per acre.

The pricing picture will continue to evolve as spring approaches, but profitable cropping options could be elusive next year.

Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK

ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON REPORTER

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nsight can arrive at the strangest times. I learned that in 2015 when I was working on a story about Canada’s Inuit people and how they have dozens of words for snow.

As part of the piece, I spoke with Graham Nesbitt, who worked at an Inuit cultural centre in Iqaluit.

He said there probably aren’t 50 words for snow in Inuktitut, but that truth is irrelevant.

“It almost doesn’t matter any more. People believe there are. So, there are.”

Nesbitt’s comment helps explain, somewhat, the ferocious debate in Europe over the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup.

In March of 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a division of the World Health Organization, classified the herbicide as “probably carcinogenic to humans.”

Many toxicologists and regulatory agencies around the globe condemned the decision as absurd, alarmist and biased.

Some experts have alleged fraud — that IARC scientists manipulated data showing that glyphosate is safe.

A Reuters story in October validated those suspicions. Data showing that glyphosate didn’t cause cancer was included in a draft version of the IARC report, but that evidence was deleted or changed in the final report to make it seem like glyphosate causes cancer.

T h e s c i e nt i f i c ma l f e a s a n c e should have ended the furor over glyphosate. It didn’t.

Days after the Reuters story, the European Parliament voted, 355 to 204, to ban the use of glyphosate by 2022.

The glyphosate battle makes more sense if Nesbitt is correct: repeat something enough times and it eventually becomes gospel.

Thanks to Facebook and Twitter, two misinformation machines, it’s now possible to say “glyphosate probably causes cancer” 50 million times in a month.

If repetition of misinformation sways public and political opinion, Canadian farmers must depend on scientists at the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. If the PMRA can resist the madness of crowds, it will continue to permit the use of glyphosate in Canada.

But all bets are off the table if Europe bans the herbicide because the anti-agriculture crowd will unveil a new slogan that will be repeated a billion times on the internet: “Europe banned glyphosate, so it must be poison.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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WRONG WHEAT NUMBERS To the Editor: Because there’s no Canadian Wheat Board, Canada’s wheat prices are the worst they’ve been in 100 years.

That’s the argument in National Farmers Union board member Edward Sagan’s letter “Lament Loss of CWB,” in the Nov. 9 Western Producer.

As a trained economist, respected grain markets analyst, and a member of a Saskatchewan family who’s grown wheat for more than 100 years, I disagree completely and find Sagan’s argument is incredibly misleading.

I’ll assume that the 11 percent protein wheat Sagan is selling for $4.23 per bu. is CPS wheat. He claims that the export price for this wheat is $9.44 per bu. out of Vancouver.

The spot price for 11.5 percent protein CPS wheat around Melville, Sask., where Sagan farms, is $4.50 per bu. According to the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission’s website, the West Coast port price for that same CPS, 11.5 percent protein wheat is $6.80, not $9.44 like Sagan suggests.

In fact, Sagan seems to be referring to the West Coast port price of Canadian Hard Red Spring Wheat, valued at the exact same $9.44 per bu. That wheat is sold on a 13.5 percent protein basis though. Not 11 percent, like Sagan’s wheat.

Quite misleading.

Further, the spot price for CWRS wheat around Melville is closer to $6.90, or about 73 percent of the port price. Sagan claims the Canadian farmer is getting just 40 percent. Again, misleading.

Comparing prices of two different types of wheat isn’t as bad though as comparing them to six years ago.

In 2012, global wheat production was 659 million tonnes and prices were good. That year was the lowest output since record wheat prices of 2008.

Since then, global wheat production has grown by an average of nearly three percent per year. Each year we’ve seen a new record, including last year’s 754 million tonnes.

Only this year, in 2017-18, has the pace slowed, to 751 million.

Moreover, global wheat supplies by the end of 2017-18 will be more than 268 million tonnes.

Doing some “Sagan Math”, that’s a 51 percent hike from his cherrypicked benchmark of six years ago.

Sagan is correct on one thing: wheat production margins for Canadian farmers have declined substantially in the last six years.

However, he needs to check his math before thanking the government for lower prices; the blame falls on his fellow wheat farmers around the world.

effort must be made to address the data deficit.

Collecting robust water-quality data about Manitoba’s hog industry is not a hindrance or a hurdle to overcome.

It is a necessary condition to building a sustainable hog industry in our province.

Brennan Turner President & CEO FarmLead

Alexis Kanu Executive director, Lake Winnipeg Foundation Winnipeg, Man.

WATER DATA NEEDED WEATHER STILL RULES To the Editor: Re: Manitoba hog barn moratorium inches toward elimination, (WP, Nov. 2, 2017).

Unfortunately, reporter Ed White did not reach out to the Lake Winnipeg Foundation for comment before his article on Bill 24 went to press. We would have been happy to provide the following clarifications.

White acknowledges LWF’s concern that “not enough about hog manure and water pollution is known to justify lifting the restrictions.”

He then adds: “However, (LWF) did not provide evidence that the hog industry is a significant cause of the lake’s problems.”

We did not provide evidence because none exists. Indeed, this is exactly our concern.

Currently, no one knows how much phosphorus Manitoba’s hog industry is contributing to Lake Winnipeg.

This is because no one is actually measuring phosphorus runoff from manure spread fields. There is currently no water-quality monitoring program designed to evaluate the effectiveness of manuremanagement plans at preventing phosphorus losses into provincial waterways.

Instead, we’re left to guess about the hog industry’s impact on water quality in Manitoba.

Don Flaten, an esteemed local soil scientist, has previously estimated that hog manure contributes less than one percent of the phosphorus that reaches Lake Winnipeg.

This estimate has since been quoted extensively (including by White in his article).

But Flaten’s estimate is just that: a rough estimate based on substantial assumptions — not based on up-to-date, real-world waterquality data.

We need to do better than a rough estimate if we’re actually serious about building a sustainable hog industry in Manitoba.

Flaten also presented on Bill 24 to the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs.

He noted: “Sustainable nutrient management requires careful use of all forms of nutrients, were they in the form of municipal waste water, livestock manures, synthetic fertilizers and whether those nutrients come from a city, town, cottage, livestock farm or grain farm.

We need a comprehensive set of policies based on scientifically sound principles.”

We agree whole-heartedly. Nutrients from all sources need to be carefully managed based on sound scientific evidence — and, where that evidence is lacking, every

To the Editor: The Western Producer Oct. 12, issue regarding “The Problems of Plenty” I regard as the most informative issue ever.

Yes, modern genetics, agronomy and stockpiling have contributed to huge world stockpiling. Our weather of wetness during nine of the past 10 years was also involved.

The years 2011 and 2017 were very dry, however carryover of pervious wet years has helped create abundant yields.

I just have to wonder what will occur to the world stockpile if the “drought” continues for additional years. Even with the stockpile, which is part of the reason for stalled or falling grain prices, farmers are still removing every non-grain plant (grass lines and trees) plus ditching out dry slough or small lake areas. Definitely, stockpile requires more. Prices will fall.

Interesting that the world has such a huge amount of available grain getting larger and the world’s population is increasing, and yet the starving population increases for various reasons.

I began farming 45 years ago.

Yields have increased. Not even doubled, expenses have been rising from five to 20 times the amounts then. Farmers rely on acre production.

I have had wheat yields range

from zero (10 minute hailstorm) to 65 bushels an acre. Wage earners get an hourly pay with no regard for weather.

Both sectors have income protection devices. I just wonder how a wage earner would feel if a oneyear income is destroyed by a 10 minute hai lstorm.

We have had a plethora of moist years. Weather, being as it is, will seriously swing totally in the opposite direction. That is drought. One year I put down the required nutrients, crop, and spray.

Weather conditions dictated a three-bushel-an acre wheat crop, which barely paid for the seed. A few years later, with all the same procedure on my part and a wonderful weather year, that same field yielded 65. Mother nature still rules the world.

Genetics and agronomy, I feel, do not work in a desert.

Delwyn J.J. Jansen Humboldt, Sask.

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RESEARCH

Sask. study links neonicotinoids to songbird health Small amounts have major effects on birds

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

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Scientists have conducted dozens of studies on neonicotinoid seed treatments and the potential impact on bee health.

Now, researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have found that canola seed coated with imidacloprid, a type of neonicotinoid, can be toxic to songbirds.

“Imidacloprid dosed birds exhibited significant declines in fat stores and body mass and failed to orient correctly,” the scientists wrote in a study published Nov. 9 in the journal Scientific Reports.

“These results suggest that wild songbirds consuming the equivalent of just four imidaclopridtreated canola seeds … per day over three days could suffer impaired condition, migration delays and improper migratory direction, which could lead to increased risk of mortality or lost breeding opportunity.”

Neonicotinoids, also known as neonics, are applied as a seed treatment to almost all of the canola and corn grown in North America and a portion of the soybean crop. The insecticides have been controversial, for years, because research suggests a link between neonics and bee colony losses.

Christy Morrissey, a U of S environmental toxicologist, wanted to know if neonics had an impact on songbirds.

Morrissey and her team fed imidacloprid-treated seed to whitecrowned sparrows, a type of songbird, and compared the sparrows to a control group.

They also fed the sparrows granules of chlorpyrifos, an organophosate insecticide sold as Lorsban.

In a statement the scientists said the doses were realistic exposure for songbirds, which stop and feed on farmland during spring migration.

“What surprised us was how sensitive and rapid the effects were, particularly to imidacloprid,” Morrissey said in a statement. “The birds showed a significant loss of body mass and signs of acute poisoning (lethargy and loss of appetite). The migration trials also showed that birds completely failed to orient or changed their northward orientation.”

The chlorpyrifos insecticide didn’t reduce the sparrow’s body mass but it did impair sense of direction.

“These chemicals are having a strong impact on songbirds,” said Margaret Eng, a post-doctoral researcher in Morrissey’s lab. “We are seeing significant weight loss and the birds’ migratory orientation being significantly altered.”

A spokesperson for Bayer, which manufactures imidacloprid, said the study is misleading because it doesn’t represent real world conditions for white-crowned sparrows

What surprised us was how sensitive and rapid the effects were, particularly to imidacloprid.

CHRISTY MORRISSEY ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGIST

in Western Canada.

“The repellent properties of the seed treatment would normally deter birds from ingesting whole canola seeds treated with imidacloprid … previous studies of caged birds indicated a lack of interest in imidacloprid treated seed if other food sources were available,” said Paul Thiel, vicepresident of product development and regulatory science for the crop science division of Bayer in Canada.

“Scientific evidence clearly shows that imidacloprid has minimal environmental impact when used according to the label, including ingestion by seed-eating songbirds.”

Thiel added that imidacloprid is rarely used as a seed treatment for canola, which severely reduces potential exposure.

Regardless, the U of S findings could affect the future of imidacloprid.

In November 2016 Health Canada proposed to ban imidacloprid because the insecticide was accumulating in water near agricultural land.

That was reportedly putting aquatic insects at risk and threatening animals that rely on those insects for food.

The proposal was controversial in Canada’s agriculture sector. The Bayer product was once the most popular insecticides in the world. It is used as a seed treatment on field crops, but is very important to fruit, vegetables and potato producers in Canada.

On the Prairies, it’s used on wheat crops to control wireworm.

The public and ag industry reps submitted comments on Health Canada’s proposed ban. Over the last year, government scientists have been reviewing the comments and gathering more data on imidacloprid and its impact on aquatic insects.

Health Canada may announce its plans for imidacloprid in December, but the department hasn’t committed to a timeline for a final decision. robert.arnason@producer.com

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FIRE ASSISTANCE OPTIONS • AgriInsurance compensates for crops lost to fire in the field.

• AFSC clients who had pasture/ forage insurance, straight hail or hail endorsement may be eligible for payment.

• Priority can be given to AgriInsurance participants affected by the wildfires.

• Payments under the pasture program as a result of fire will receive compensation for current year’s losses and a payment for next year.

• Payments are made over two years because burnt land will generally take the following year to recover.

• An AgriStability participant may request an interim payment before the program year-end.

Source: AFSC

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• Producers must participate in AgriStability to be eligible for an interim payment.

Wildfire assistance plan in works

• Interim payments are made based on individual participant’s projected margin decline.

Alberta meetings will look at support beyond existing programs

• Priority will be given to AgriStability participants impacted by wildfires who file for interim or final AgriStability claim.

• Interim process requires less upfront documentation.

• Producers must provide a completed application at their yearend.

• Once all relevant information is received, producers can expect interim payments within two to three weeks.

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Several rural municipalities that experienced wildfire damage this fall plan to discuss options for assistance at this week’s Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties meeting in Edmonton.

Fires around Bindloss, Acadia Valley, Hilda and Schuler caused extensive damage to grassland, fences, farmsteads and stored feed and killed several hundred head of cattle.

Cypress County Reeve Richard Oster said Nov. 13 that meetings were planned with Agriculture

Minister Oneil Carlier and Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson to discuss the matter.

“We want the doors open,” said Oster.

“We haven’t had any specific requests from the farmers and ranchers in that Hilda-Schuler area. They’re doing lists and seeing what they have and don’t have, and what they had insurance on, plus all the deductibles… and so when they get all that information, then we’re going to analyze it.”

He said Cypress County plans to confer with the Municipal District of Acadia, which suffered a major grass fire and related losses on the same day last month.

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Carlier said Nov. 7 that Agriculture Financial Services Corp. has been asked to see what assistance can be rendered within existing programs, including AgriStability and AgriInsurance.

“I have been in contact with producers in the area, and municipal affairs has been working with municipalities to assess damages.

However, at this time, the situation does not meet the threshold that we normally use for declaring agricultural disasters. Normally, this is reserved for widespread loss from an uninsurable event,” Carlier said in an email.

The MD of Acadia was scheduled to participate in meetings with the ministers later this week, said Brent Williams, chief administrative officer for the municipality. “ We’ re h o p i n g t o g e t s o m e answers from them with regard to the province’s willingness to assist private landowners affected by this, and not just for the MD of Acadia but across southern Alberta.”

Williams said fire is an insurable loss but given that the blaze in the M D o f Ac a d i a re s u l t e d f ro m extreme high winds and a fallen electrical pole, some additional assistance is warranted.

The MD of Acadia has asked ATCO, the electrical utility, for more information about the age of power poles in the municipality, their maintenance schedule and the poles’ safety in the event of 120 km-h winds, such as those experienced Oct. 17.

ATCO acknowledged in a Nov. 3 letter to the district that one of its downed poles started the fire that burned more than 70,000 acres and destroyed farm and ranch property.

The letter said eight transmission structures and more than 45 distribution structures were damaged by wind. However, it also said “ATCO does not assume responsibility for any damage resulting from this weather event.”

That conclusion and the tone of the letter led Williams to request further information from ATCO, noting “ATCO’s lack of communication since this event on Oct. 17 is unfortunate, as is the complete absence of meaningful contact with the community or with the affected property owners or with the dozens of first responders that risked their lives trying to battle a wildfire that ATCO’s infrastructure played a role in igniting.”

Williams said he later received a call from ATCO senior vice-president Paul Goguen promising more information.

As for the Hilda fire, its cause is still under investigation. Ashes from a rural property fire pit may have started it but that has not been confirmed.

An early November snowfall put an end to widespread soil drifting, said Oster.

Snow also slightly improved the mental health of those dealing with the aftermath.

“It’s funny how healing that was,” said Jennifer Beck, who helped organize a community supper and information session in Hilda Nov. 9. “Now we can’t see the scars.” barb.glen@producer.com

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SASKATCHEWAN ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MUNICIPALITIES

RCMP tells SARM delegates not to take on criminals Call 911 and wait for police, says official

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Rural property crime has dropped by 10 percent this year, according to Saskatchewan RCMP, but that doesn’t give Herb Axten much comfort.

The reeve of the Rural Municipality of Surprise Valley lives 110 kilometres away from the nearest RCMP detachment in Weyburn, Sask.

He put assistant RCMP commissioner Curtis Zablocki on the spot at last week’s Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities meeting when he asked if he supported people taking matters into their own hands.

“What do I do when a group of hoodlums approaches me or members of my family in my yard and I dial 911 and I don’t get any

RCMP assistant commissioner Curtis Zablocki said he hopes the new Protection and Response Team will reduce response times in rural areas. | KAREN BRIERE PHOTO response until the next day? Would you support a stand your ground law as is enforced in the state of Montana?” he said.

Axten said the provincial justice minister did not support rural councillors when they passed a

resolution last spring to lobby for the right to protect themselves and their property.

“Let’s be honest. It’s the only protection we have,” he said, as other delegates applauded.

Zablocki said he understood the

concern. One of the inherent challenges in rural policing is the large geographical area and response time, he said.

However, he said he is also concerned about adding firearms to a situation that could already be dangerous.

“We know that with that type of a response, that can often up the potential for violence in those types of situations,” he said.

He advised Axten to call 911 and wait for police.

“Secure yourselves as best as you can on your property in your residence and await the police arrival,” Zablocki said.

Saskatchewan’s commanding officer said that while property crime is at 1981 levels, violent crime in RCMP jurisdictions is up seven percent over last year. Homicides are down 25 percent.

However, he said much of the violence occurs between and within gangs. There is a strong and strategic effort to try to bring gang violence under control, particu-

larly in west-central regions where t h e We s t S i d e O u t l aw s h av e become established.

Communities are becoming proactive and holding meetings about how to deal with crime.

Fifty-five RMs have now joined Rural Crime Watch.

Zablocki also said the recommendations from the premier’s task force on rural crime will make a difference through enhanced visibility and quicker response.

The Protection and Response Team will include conservation officers, commercial vehicle enforcement officers and police.

In an interview, Zablocki said that effort is still in preliminary stages.

“By adding 30 new traffic officers onto the highways, I think we’re going to enhance (service),” he said. “That will allow our members that are stationed out of our detachments to spend more time on some of the core policing functions in their respective areas.” karen.briere@producer.com

SARM

RMs suggest ways for province to help in wake of fire losses

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Saskatchewan rural municipalities want help for farmers and ranchers affected by this year’s devastating wildfires.

A series of resolutions, mainly from the RMs of Chesterfield, Deer Forks, Happyland, Fox Valley and Enterprise, received overwhelming support during last week’s Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities mid-term convention.

President Ray Orb said he and board members had toured the Burstall region, where October fires wreaked havoc, and the Glentworth area that saw a large fire earlier in the summer.

The board also met with councils from the affected RMs at the convention.

He said emotions are still raw as people struggle to come to grips with the devastation.

“We saw one ranch, there was nothing left,” he told the delegates.

“No cattle, no fences, no feed, no grain, no buildings or anything.”

The October fires claimed one life, sent three to hospital with serious burns, and destroyed at least 750 head of cattle, miles of fence and 85,000 acres of grass.

Earlier, Premier Brad Wall said the government would consider help through the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program, but that program doesn’t cover fire loss.

The opposition has asked the province to dip into its $300 million contingency fund, but last week Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said the government was still looking at how it could assist beyond what it is already doing to help producers bury carcasses.

“The programs that are available generally do not cover insurable assets, and most of the losses in these fires unfortunately were insurable assets,” he said during question period.

“We’re still evaluating what can

be done and looking for ways to help outside of those programs that just don’t fit the situation, I’m sorry to say.”

That includes AgriRecovery, the federal-provincial program that is supposed to be available to cover disasters.

RM delegates agreed that PDAP and AgriRecovery should both be available to help fire victims.

They passed resolutions to lobby that uninsurable fire loss be eligible under PDAP, that AgriRecovery be initiated, that grassland insurance be made available and that any pastures that aren’t usable for the next one to three years be reassessed and crown lease fees waived.

Wayne Freitag, reeve of the RM of Enterprise, said it would be at least a couple of years before grassland in his area recovers.

Chesterfield Reeve Karrie Derouin asked for support through AgriRecovery. She said it was used to cover wildfire losses in British Columbia and bovine tuberculosis losses in Alberta.

“It seems to be the only program where we have a chance,” she said.

Orb said the SARM board is still waiting for more exact statistics of what was lost in all the affected RMs and continues to meet with PDAP and government officials.

“As far as we’re concerned, wildfire is a disaster and it should be covered,” he said.

SARM also hopes to work with farmers and insurance companies to see if farmers and their machinery could be insured if they voluntarily fight fires.

Orb said at least one tractor and a disc were lost.

Meanwhile, Blair McClinton, who heads SGI’s farm business unit, estimated that less than 10 percent of the agency’s farm customers insure their livestock.

“I would speculate they haven’t always thought the risk of losing livestock was a risk they couldn’t absorb themselves,” he said when

asked why more don’t buy coverage.

Catastrophic events such as the recent fires are rare, he said.

Since the fires, however, SGI has seen an increase in queries about insurance for both livestock and fences. Property claims for both the

fire and wind damage during the same event are still coming in, he said. karen.briere@producer.com

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WHEAT STREAK MOSAIC

Drought reduces wheat disease risk

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — There may be a silver lining in the cloud of the 2017 drought in much of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.

It has probably reduced the likelihood that wheat streak mosaic virus will be a problem in 2018.

Mary Burrows, a plant pathologist at Montana State University and an expert on the virus, said the drought destroyed the “green bridge” that the leaf curl mite needs to survive and spread the virus.

“In Montana, I would say our risk is really, really low and I think the Alberta-Saskatchewan risk is probably pretty low too because they had the same drought,” said Burrows in an interview at the Farming Smarter Cypress Conference in late October.

“Mostly it’s weather dependent in the fall and whether the weather conditions, moisture and temperature, are conducive to growth and reproduction of the mite, is what we’re finding.”

Burrows said potential was high in Montana for a major outbreak in the 2017 crop year.

Planting and emergence of winter wheat was ahead of the five-year average leading into the growing season and there were plenty of herbicide resistant weeds around to serve as alternative hosts for the leaf curl mite.

Then came the drought. No crop.

No wheat streak mosaic virus.

Whether or not the virus is a factor next year, it is becoming more prevalent and more severe when conditions do allow it to strike, said Burrows.

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Leaf curl mites, which are about the size of a dust speck, can transmit triticum mosaic and High Plains virus, in addition to wheat streak mosaic. Joint infections of all three are now common, according to surveys from 2015-16.

“The situation has changed from having barely any … we have them very commonly now and there are two or three viruses in every plant.”

Controls options are limited.

“There really is no chemical option … and the chemicals people do use are probably harming their beneficials. We’re doing some insecticide trials this year and looking at the beneficials and the pests as well in response to the insecticides. We’re still waiting on

those results.”

Burrows said a devastating outbreak of wheat streak mosaic virus in 2015-16 was caused by several factors, among them widespread hail, well-above-average rainfall and an extended fall without frost.

The low value of wheat at the time, plus hail damage, led farmers to graze their wheat, allowing a green bridge for the virus-carrying mites to survive.

“Grazing is a great way to keep wheat streak going, especially if you’re using cows,” said Burrows.

Cattle tend to leave enough foliage for mite survival. Goats and sheep might be more effective, but high numbers would be required and even then, might not eliminate the green bridge.

An early sign of the virus in spring is a yellowing crop. Farmers’ first reaction is to add fertilizer but if wheat streak is the culprit, more fertilizer will worsen the damage, Burrows said.

“The mite actually reproduces faster on healthy plants, so this is one of those starve a virus situations.”

According to her studies, wheat streak mosaic virus has become a bigger issue due to earlier planting dates for winter wheat, large scale production, higher numbers of grassy weeds and volunteer wheat due to no-till practices, poor control of volunteer weeds and wheat and higher seeding densities. barb.glen@producer.com

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Man. growers seek unique hybrid rye crop insurance Hybrid wheat is costly to grow so risks are higher

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Hybrid rye is becoming more popular with prairie growers, thanks to higher yields and potentially more profit.

However, it’s also more expensive to grow hybrid rye than open-pollinated rye because seed and fertilizer costs are higher.

With greater yields and costs comes greater financial risk, which is why producers in Manitoba want a different crop insurance program for hybrid rye.

Keystone Agricultural Producers, at an early November meeting in Portage la Prairie, passed a resolution asking the group’s leaders to lobby for a separate insurance category for hybrid rye, distinct from open-pollinated rye.

Doug Wilcox, manager of program development with Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp., the provincial crop insurer, said the organization is aware of the issue. He said MASC needs more information before it makes a decision.

“We’re observing higher yields.

So, we’ll continue to monitor the crop and once we get enough experience (with it) we will revisit the issue of whether we need to offer a separate program,” he said.

In 2016-17, hybrid rye represented about 30 percent of all fall rye acres in Manitoba. Growers are choosing to grow hybrid rye, which was introduced into Western Canada a few years ago, because yields are 20 to 25 percent higher than open-pollinated rye.

“This year (2016), let’s say the

(open pollinated) varieties had an exceptional yield with an average 75 bu., and let’s say the hybrids averaged 100 bu.,” said Rod Merryweather, chief executive officer of FP Genetics, which sells hybrid rye varieties to producers.

FP Genetics has been lobbying provincial crop insurers to better accommodate hybrid rye.

“We’ve started some work… to try and move that for ward,” said Denise Schmidt, national sales manager with FP Genetics. “It’s great to hear that producers are looking at different avenues to try and bring that forward.”

Yields may be higher, but Wilcox isn’t sure if a separate insurance category is necessary.

It’s not like grain corn and corn grown for forage, where the crops are used for different purposes.

“For rye, whether hybrid rye or traditional rye, the markets are the same,” he said.

“We’re open to the idea of somehow recognizing (hybrid) rye separately, down the road. But it might not be a separate program. It might just be enhanced coverage within the existing program.”

MASC isn’t ready to make that decision yet.

In the meantime, growers of hybrid rye will likely qualify for additional insurance coverage.

“If they are getting higher yields, it will quickly be picked up through the IPI (individual productivity index),” he said. “Your IPI factor would be higher and therefore you would end up with higher coverage.” robert.arnason@producer.com

PLANTING FORECAST

Rye acres take dive this fall

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

From 2013 to 2016, prairie farmers seeded 210,000 to 300,000 acres of rye in the fall, based on Statistics Canada data.

This year, the acreage will be much lower because growers were reluctant to seed the crop into dry or rock-hard soil in September.

“It’s definitely significantly down compared to last year just because of the fall that we had,” said Denise

Schmidt, national sales manager with FP Genetics.

“We’re predicting somewhere about a quarter of the acres that normally go in the ground, of rye in general…. But we don’t have a firm number, as of yet.”

If the estimates are correct, fall rye acres on the Prairies could be 55,000 to 75,000, which would be one of smallest crops of fall rye in recent memory. robert.arnason@producer.com

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LIFE OF A COBBLER:

FARMLIVING

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OLDS FALL CLASSIC

Promoting cattle in the ring, on the page Exhibitor uses graphic art skills to publish cattle magazine

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

OLDS, Alta. — When Katie Songer enters the show ring as a volunteer or a participant, she brings with her years of experience.

Her family won the grand champion commercial heifer at the Olds Fall Classic livestock show earlier this fall but working with cattle at Lucky Springs Stock Farm at Rocky Mountain House, Alta. is just part of her resume.

A graphic artist based at Sylvan Lake, Alta., she started a new magazine called Top Stock at a time when traditional print media are struggling to survive.

Published four times a year, the three-year-old magazine publicizes cattle shows and junior events across Canada. Similar publications are common in the United States but there was little to compare with it in Canada.

“There are so many good cattle here and there is such a big junior scene and it was just bizarre that we did not have our own,” Songer said in an interview at the Olds show held in October.

Katie Songer shows her champion commercial heifer at the Olds Fall Classic show earlier this fall. Her family runs Lucky Stock Farms at Rocky Mountain House, Alta. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO There were early jitters when she released the first edition.

“People will tell me if it is worthwhile. If it is worth doing, I will get

good feedback. If you don’t take a risk, you will never know,” she said.

Families work hard and she wanted to celebrate that effort when she

introduced the magazine, which is available free at many events.

It also has a subscription base and an online presence.

“People still want to have a magazine that they can pick up,” Songer said. “The feedback is people still want it.”

She has assembled a team to write, photograph and sell advertising while she handles the design work and overall editorial policy.

She graduated from the Alberta College of Art with a major in design in 2007. She landed a job with a Calgary advertising agency but a year later decided to strike out on her own. These days half her clients are rural and the other half are urban businesses.

On the rural side, she creates sale catalogues, publicity, websites and other advertising needs.

Between times she exhibits and judges cattle and volunteers to help at shows.

“When I think back about all the volunteers that I probably didn’t thank as a junior, it is a little way to give back,” she said.

While she stands in the ring, she watches juniors exhibitors who are rising stars that could be featured in her magazine. She works to keep the stories objective while also celebrating rural life.

“What’s important is who you met at the show, not who won the show,” she said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Goodwill pulls rodeo hopes out from the ashes for B.C. youth

BY TAMARA LEIGH FREELANCE WRITER

The wildfires that scorched British Columbia ranchers for most of the summer nearly sent the dreams of a young rodeo rider up in smoke.

Jordan Monical had qualified for the 2017 National High School Rodeo Finals in the cutting competition and saddle bronc, but when fire broke out on his family’s ranch near 100 Mile House at the beginning of July, other priorities took over.

With the whole family chipping in to protect the ranch, and the area

under evacuation order, the chances of getting out for the big event seemed to be slipping away.

A week into the fire, the B.C. Wildfire Service had arrived to help, and the family decided that Jordan and his mother, Cheryl, would pack up and leave his father and older brother to continue the fight.

“I was worried about my home.

Things were so unpredictable,” Jordan said of the decision to leave.

They couldn’t take his cutting horse, which had been evacuated and was suffering from smoke inhalation, but they grabbed his bronc saddle and loaded up the

truck. They had two days to drive 2,000 kilometres.

When the cutting competition co-ordinators were told why Monical was unable to compete, the director from Iowa stepped in with a generous offer. Iowa’s candidate for rodeo queen was riding an old cutting horse that was offered up to do double duty.

“I was so surprised that someone would loan me their horse,” said Jordan. “Fridge is awesome. He’s old, but he’s strong and smart. He had so much experience.”

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Fridge, rode to a respectable score of 132. They finished in the middle of the pack after two rides.

Jordan’s mother, Cheryl, couldn’t be more proud.

“This is the biggest youth cutting event in the world. For Jordan to do so well on a horse he had loped once, made me proud,” she said.

“We had the whole Iowa team rooting for them, too.”

Jordan’s saddle bronc rides both ended a second too soon, but his disappointment was offset by the opportunity to meet two-time saddle bronc world champion Cody Wright behind the chutes.

“I want to say a huge thank you to

Fridge’s owner, Rob Brown from Ely, Iowa, and to Fritz and Linda Meier of Merritt, B.C.,” said Jordan.

“Also a big thanks to Daryl Mills, Tim Cooper and Jamie Paton for helping me with my saddle bronc.

“It made me realize that there are a lot of good people in this world, and that the rodeo community comes together like family for people. It was an experience I’ll never forget.”

Back at home, the Monical family is rebuilding. They didn’t lose any livestock, but the fire destroyed eight miles of fencing, as well as their cattle handling facilities and one of their barns.

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GIFT GIVING TIPS

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s we near the Christmas season, the days are growing shorter, the dark nights are long and crisp and the stars seem to be at their brightest. Outside there is a sense of peace that seems to settle on the countryside, but inside, we are starting to plan for the holidays.

It is a time to make a special effort to acknowledge those people who are important to us. That includes

family, friends, teachers, bus drivers or neighbours.

However, the spirit of giving extends further than that to charities and community organizations where we have opportunities to help those we do not even know.

Gifts need not be extravagant and can be something little just to show others that you care, something to let others know that they are appreciated.

To help with your holiday spending, consider the following tips: • Make a list of the important people in your life who you want to give to. List ideas next to those people based on the ages and interests. Check your list twice, so no one is forgotten. Without a plan, you could end up impulse buying, which often leads to over spending.

• Plan ahead financially. Set a real-

istic budget and stick to it.

• If you are using credit to buy the gifts, ask yourself if it is necessary to use the credit card or if it’s possible to pay cash. Before using that card, be sure that you are aware of the cost of the credit.

Check different types of credit cards for lower interest rates or for cards that offer incentive point systems. Check with the bank if you need more information.

• Compare prices, check flyers and shop carefully. Holiday sales, promotions and markdowns are not always bargains.

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person, inquire about the refund and exchange policy. By law, businesses are not obligated to refund, exchange or credit items unless the purchase is defective.

Inquire about warranties of defective products and if you decide to buy, always keep sales receipts and ask for gift receipts so the gift recipient can resolve problems on their own, if necessary.

Check out your community main street, farmers markets and craft shows. It is amazing what unique and high-quality products and talents you can find. And buying local means that you are directly giving back to your community.

If shopping in person is not an option, use reputable online shopping businesses. Most large Canadian retailers offer good shopping websites and reasonable shipping and return services. Also, if you are shopping for clothing items, check the sizing or measurement sections that quality online businesses will offer.

To check the reputation of any company, use your own judgment, and if you are not familiar with the online merchant or store, contact the Better Business Bureau (www.bbbonline.org) for a possible report. Check to see that the online company offers phone numbers for information and purchasing assistance. Do not shop on the site if contact numbers or information aren’t listed.

Consider using a theme, such as consumable presents that might include magazine or newspaper subscriptions in either paper or digital format or luxurious personal care products that someone may not buy for themselves.

This type of buying decreases the chance of an influx of stuff into people’s homes, often with an environmentally friendly footprint.

If you decide to give to charities, be informed. If you are approached in person for a donation, do not give if you are pressured or if the solicitor is vague. Ask for written information to review. Check with the Wise Giving Alliance (www. give.org) for additional holiday giving advice and information on charities.

Subscription box services can be unique services or items that continue to give throughout the year. They are product subscrip-

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tion services delivered to homes monthly or quarterly, depending on the company and the product.

Favourites include Little Life Box (littlelifebox.com), which contains healthy household choices such as personal care, snacks, tea and coffee. My family has enjoyed receiving packages each month and trying products that we may not have tried otherwise.

Also, Birch Box (birchbox.com) is a great idea for those who love personalized makeup, hair care and skincare samples each month.

For the dog lover, try Bowzer Box ( b ow z e r b ox . c a ) , s o y o u r p e t can get parcels too. Google Canadian subscription boxes to see all of the possibilities or check out cdnboxaddict.blogspot.ca.

As we head into the season, remember that the bigger-is-better approach to giving does not automatically bring happiness.

Instead, focus on spending time with the important people in your life, rather than spending too much money.

Keep it simple and keep it sincere.

Sources: www.consumerinformation.ca. And Canadian Bankers Association:www.cbc.ca.

Jodie Mirosovsky is a home economist from Rosetown, Sask., and a member of Team Resources. Contact: team@producer.com.

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SHOEMAKER

Boots made for walkin’ are worth fixin’ Shoemaker keeps feet in their favourite footwear

BY MARIA JOHNSON FREELANCE WRITER

PONOKA, Alta. — Vance La Bine was determined to earn a respectable living at a business many might consider to be gasping its dying breaths. He decided this central Alberta community was the perfect place to accomplish it.

With a plethora of cheap, easily replaceable shoes on the market, shoe repair isn’t often what comes to mind when many people consider lucrative career options.

But La Bine was living in Invermere, B.C., while trying to raise a daughter alone and operate Skinny’s Shoe Repair, when he knew he had to find a better way to make it work.

“I paid rent on the house and the shop. I had two power bills and two phone bills,” he said.

“I wasn’t getting ahead. And I had decided I needed to buy a house and think about my future.”

In 1999, after checking numerous locations along Alberta’s Highway 2 corridor, he chose Ponoka.

Housing costs, food prices and taxes were low, so he bought a house with a stand-alone garage close to downtown.

He modified the garage to house the business and that meant no more double rent payments.

“It was the way to go,” said La Bine, who is better known by his nickname Skinny, which he said was given to him as a child by his mean older brother because he was a “fat kid”.

When La Bine opened his shop in Ponoka in September 1999, there were almost a dozen cobblers within an hour’s drive of Ponoka.

Today, he said there are less than a third that number and that means less competition and a larger customer base to draw from.

In addition to customers locally and around central Alberta, La Bine has loyal followers who mail boots and shoes from Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. He also has discovered a new customer base: bikers. “(Bikers) have a lot more leather than cowboys. I think every biker in Western Canada knows me.”

La Bine got into shoe repair following a construction injury in 1988 when he worked in Prince Albert, Sask.

“I walked around like a Reach (brand) toothbrush for a week,” he said. “I decided I’d had enough.”

After contemplating several less physically demanding careers, he apprenticed with a shoemaker in Prince Albert, then moved to British Columbia where his wife found work, but no shoemakers were hiring.

He and his wife were pulled back to Saskatchewan when he enrolled in Flander’s Footcare Techniques at Esterhazy. After graduating from the nine-month course in the early 1990s, La Bine headed west again.

He first checked out Alberta’s Highway 2 between Edmonton and Calgary, looking for a place to set up shop. He said every town

TOP LEFT: V.J. La Bine, known as Skinny, applies glue to a heel he is repairing in his shop in Ponoka, Alta. He repairs all types of footwear as well as fixing leather clothing and purses.

ABOVE: A half sole is attached using a decades old outsole stitcher.

LEFT: La Bine uses variety of lasts — cast iron forms used in the manufacture and repair of shoes. | MARIA JOHNSON PHOTOS

with more than 5,000 people already had a shoemaker or two.

He worked for others in the trade before finding space to rent for his own shop in Invermere. He had used an inheritance from his father to buy used equipment. His marriage broke up before he set up shop there in July 1993.

La Bine attributes the decline of the shoemaker trade to several factors: increased costs of leather and rubber, the cost of renting space and the availability of inexpensive cheaply made footwear that is difficult to repair.

“It’s the cheap stuff that is harder to fix. Heels that are made of fibreboard just fall apart,” he said.

As well, he said with fashions changing as quickly as they do today, those shoes that can be repaired are often no longer in style when the repairs are needed so many people don’t bother.

“If people spend more initially on well-made, quality footwear it can last for years (with replacements of soles and heels),” La Bine said. “But some people just see the price.”

However, he said there are signs that the trade may be experiencing a small revival.

“A lot of millennials are looking for quality. They are more willing to pay for the work.”

He contrasts that to many older people, who remember the days when prices were much lower and so they are often less willing to pay higher prices for quality shoes.

As he nears age 60, La Bine is contemplating his own retirement.

“I need an intern.” he said. “I had one guy who came and took one shoe apart, but he never came back to do the other one.”

For now, he plans to keep on keeping on.

“I love what I do. It’s like arts and crafts all day.”

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ON THE FARM

Family uses free-range thinking to diversify A processing facility is also planned to complement Klein Farm’s berry orchard

BY MARIA JOHNSON FREELANCE WRITER

DELBURNE, Alta. — Klein Farm, situated in the rolling parkland of central Alberta, keeps its eggs in several baskets.

The farm includes a free-range poultry operation numbering 300 turkeys and 2,000 chickens, a 20-acre orchard planted with rows of black currants, saskatoons and chokecherries, and 900-plus acres of commercial grain: wheat, malting barley and canola.

Emery Klein operates his thirdgeneration farm with help from his parents, Elmer and Victoria, his f o u r t e e na g e d c h i l d re n , a n d Elmer’s brother, Pat. Klein hopes some of his kids will carry on the farm. The younger three are still in school while Ethan, 19, is working as an agricultural technician apprentice at a nearby John Deere dealership.

The grain has been a mainstay on the farm since Klein’s grandparents started farming in the early 1950s. Before this, they had been running a general store at Nevis, about 30 kilometres northeast of Delburne, which they swapped with Klein’s Great Uncle Frank who developed allergies to farming.

Klein works off-farm as a millwright at a nearby sour gas plant.

Numerous seasonal jobs there and at the farm often overlap, which makes time management crucial.

His cellphone with calendar is always close at hand.

“I could not farm without my smart phone,” Klein said.

Klein’s father Elmer tends to the fruit trees, Victoria is mostly retired but runs errands, Uncle Pat drives tractor in spring and combine in fall and the kids help with a variety of jobs.

Help is hired at key busy times, such as when the orchard berries ripen and need processing.

Victoria encouraged the family to start the orchard in the late 1990s, which started with black currants.

The chokecherries were added initially as a windbreak for the currants. The saskatoons came later.

“We love the orchard,” said Klein.

“It’s a part of the farm that’s very soothing.”

While the market for berries has waxed and waned over the years, the demand is strengthening.

The Kleins sell at the farmgate and through farmers markets in central Alberta.

Klein also gets requests from chefs, bakers and wineries for products.

“I have one winery who wants one particular variety of currant and he’ll buy everything I produce.”

Since the saskatoons are in varying stages of production, he buys from other berry producers to fill demand. A 53-foot refrigeration trailer is on site, where berries are cleaned, graded and frozen.

A short distance away, Klein has started digging the ground where the family plans to build a permanent berry processing centre, which is expected to be complete within two to three years.

At the time the orchard started, the Kleins wanted to further diversify. They lacked the land base for cattle and Klein wasn’t interested in hogs, so the family bought chickens. Initially they had laying

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THE KLEIN FAMILY Delburne, Alta. hens and sold the eggs, but they later switched to strictly meat birds.

“It slowly grew,” said Klein.

“Now I’m capped due to the quota system”.

In addition to full birds, the family sells pieces, ground chicken and a variety of chicken sausages.

Some are unusual flavours such as saskatoon chicken, apple cinnamon, maple and rosemary garlic. The ideas for new flavours come from myriad sources. “ Ev e r y b o d y f ro m f a m i l y t o employees to customers make suggestions to ‘try this, try that,’ ”said Klein.

He’s considering using dried and chipped trim from the orchard for flavoured smoke.

Klein sold out his turkeys this

TOP: Emery Klein runs two flocks each of chickens and turkeys a year. They will be transported to Pigeon Lake Poultry Processing in Westerose, Alta. | MARIA JOHNSON PHOTOS ABOVE: Elmer, left, and Emery Klein check their berry orchard fertilizer, which is now stored for the winter. Red Heeler pup Windy is in on the inspection.

Thanksgiving and expects the same for Christmas. The fall turkeys average 15 pounds, while the winter birds are 20 lb. or more.

The birds are free range, where they can scratch the dirt, eat green grass and insects, and breathe fresh air. Their foraging diet is supplemented twice a day with ground wheat. The birds are not medicated and do not receive hormones or fed animal byproducts.

One downside of free range is evidenced by a few white feathers outside the fenced pasture. Predator losses are minimized by the use of electric fences and self-charging, flashing LED lights.

Klein said the pros to free range, non-medicated birds outweigh the cons.

“I have more losses, but a cleaner, better tasting product. It’s a niche market.”

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Tendinitis can be side-effect Putting life in order after divorce of some antibiotics SPEAKING OF LIFE HEALTH CLINIC

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I have just returned from a cruise trip overseas and my doctor gave me Cipro to prevent traveller’s diarrhea. I did not get sick, but since I returned home I noticed that I have some pain and stiffness in my hip joint.

I am a 62- year-old woman and otherwise healthy. I did do a lot of walking, but I am worried in case the Cipro (Ciprofloxacin) has caused a problem with my tendons. I have read in the instructions that this is a side effect.

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I have to congratulate you on reading the instructions and warnings given to you by your pharmacist. One of the side-effects of the group of antibiotics known as flouroquinolones is a tendency to cause tendinitis and even ruptured tendons. The large tendon above the heel known as the Achilles tendon is one that is most vulnerable to rupturing.

The risk also rises in people older than 60. Fortunately, only one in

100,000 people will get a spontaneously ruptured tendon. The risk is greater for those taking corticosteroids or has had an organ transplant.

It may be due to reduced blood supply to the joints or something that interferes with collagen or connective tissue formation.

Your hip problem could be a result of walking more than usual, so reduce exercise until it feels better. Other causes of hip pain such as arthritis may also be to blame, so ask your doctor to check it out and remind him that he prescribed the Cipro so that he can make a note about the possible side-effect that you had suffered.

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A vegetarian diet is generally good for preventing heart attacks and strokes, but eating too many refined grains to make up the number of calories consumed can actually have a detrimental effect, according to a new study.

Clare Rowson is a retired medical doctor in Belleville, Ont. Contact: health@producer.com.

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After living for six years in anger, frustration, hurt and disappointment, my wife and I finally decided to declare emotional bankruptcy and file for a divorce.

Getting the divorce was a little easier than I thought that it might be. I guess that because both of us recognized the need for it, neither of us tried to sabotage the process.

We were high school sweethearts who married after graduation and well before we were mature enough to carry those kinds of responsibilities.

It has not been all bad. We have a four-year-old boy we love dearly and who will continue to be a part of both of our lives. We have a joint custody agreement to protect both of our relationships with our son. My problem is that divorce is a new thing for me. I am not sure what to do now that everything is finally finalized.

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to do for a decent meal. You might be tempted to just let it go, settling for fast food somewhere and indulging in anything that is lacking nutritional value.

If you were feeling lousy about yourself before, you may feel even worse afterward. Your best bet is to put your life into some kind of order.

Get on top of those finances, plan your meals, have fun with your son, get into regular exercise routines and build positive and rewarding social commitments.

Here is the danger point. People coming out of a divorce often move as quickly as possible into another close and intimate relationship.

I am sure that some quick, rebound relationships work but for the most part, they are statistically haz-

ardous. The divorce rate is 40 percent for first marriages, with that number increasing for second marriages.

It strikes me that many of those second marriages would be more successful if couples took a few more moments to grieve the loss of the first marriage before they made that next commitment.

Don’t forget that your life is likely to be on an emotional roller-coaster for the next couple of years.

Living through the emotional instability may be hard but it is also a necessary prerequisite for the emotional growth that will give you an opportunity to re-engage the search for intimacy.

Jacklin Andrews is a family counsellor from Saskatchewan. Contact: jandrews@ producer.com.

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FARMERS INVEST TO GAIN MARKET POWER AND DRIVE FARM PROFITS A new operation on the prairie horizon will transform how farmers do business. Between Moose Jaw and Regina, underground work is complete and the bare land prepped for construction of Genesis Grain and Fertilizer, located two miles north of the Trans-Canada Highway near Belle Plaine. The state-of-the-art facility is a game changer enabling farmers to prove the strength of their combined buying power for fertilizer, one of the biggest per acre farm expenditures.

Today, the ag marketplace is undergoing massive change leaving farmers with fewer and fewer choices. Mega-mergers are reducing the number of competitors as the multinationals consolidate their operations to increase their market share.

Syngenta/ChemChina, Dow and DuPont, Bayer and Monsanto to name a few. Multinationals are also buying smaller independent retailers. Agrium bought the Viterra crop input business and their retail arm CPS has bought many of the independent retailers. Richardsons recently acquired most of the Canadian CHS locations. Lack of marketplace competition has farmers concerned about loss of control and wondering if they’re receiving fair, competitive pricing.

The time is right for change and for new business models that create competition in the crop input business driven by farmers’ demand for more efficiency and more choice. Older, smaller facilities are in need of replacing with facilities offering high capacity fertilizer storage and throughput to meet farmers’ requirements. They need the right products in the field in a timely fashion and they want more control. Genesis will be a change leader.

Once completed in 2018, Genesis will be a farmerowned, state-of-the-art, crop input distribution system. The 52,000 tonne capacity fertilizer SuperCenter will distribute 150,000 tonnes of dry fertilizers annually including urea, phosphate, potash, micro-nutrients, sulphur and UAN liquid fertilizer.

“It’s very difficult for one farmer to change the way the system works today but with their combined purchasing power and the balance sheet of thousands of farmers, their power rises,” says James Mann, one of architects of this new business model.

The Mann family has been grain farming at Hodgeville, Sask. for five generations They understand agriculture. For years, the entrepreneurial brothers, Jason and James, have worked tirelessly to vertically integrate farmers together. They’ve had success!

In 1998, they began promoting to farmers to become members in Farmers of North America (FNA). FNA’s mission is to improve farm profitability. FNA is a business alliance of farmers that leverage their combined presence in the marketplace to create competition in agriculture and effect positive change.

From there, Saskatoon-based AgraCity Crop & Nutrition Ltd. was formed to produce, package, sell and distribute high quality, competitively-priced fertilizers, pesticides, biologicals, and petroleum products. AgraCity is a wholesale, direct-to-farm business model providing generic alternative products to farmers across Canada. With over 50 products available in 2018, they’ve worked diligently to achieve cost savings and choice for farmers.

With increased pressure on farmgate net revenues, FNA and AgraCity went to their members and customers to see if there was a desire to build a nitrogen production plant in Saskatchewan to help gain control of escalating nitrogen fertilizer prices.

The concept, ProjectN, was very well received and 2,700 farmers invested seed capital to design the project and assess its feasibility. The numbers work!

However, for Project N to be successful, the first step is completing Genesis so the distribution system and channels to support the production output and large capital expenditure of the Project

N nitrogen plant are in place.

“Farmers need to work together to leverage their combined strength for the betterment of the industry. This is why Genesis is a game changer,” explains Jason Mann. “We can’t thank the farmers enough who’ve invested in this new concept.”

James and Jason work alongside a highly-skilled management team with impressive combined experience in agriculture and business. They’ve got a new vision and are determined to see it through.

The Genesis SuperCenter will house the latest blending technology for liquid and dry fertilizers as well as the most advanced high through-put in-load and outload equipment. The facility will have industry leading automation, handling and blending technology, process its own micro nutrient products and impregnate bulk fertilizer with the most advanced fertilizer additives for the benefit of Genesis customers.

“We had 2,700 farmers put seed capital into the design of ProjectN, which grew out of FNA and AgraCity,” says James whose passion for the project is obvious. “And 600 producers invested directly in the first Genesis SuperCenter. That speaks volumes.”

Like the members of FNA, and Agracity customers, investors in Genesis are a cross-section of the industry – younger, older and with operations of all sizes from Peace River to Manitoba.

“Farmers understand the value of managing their input costs and investing up and down the value chain,” James says. “With the level of producer sophistication and the access and availability of information, it just makes sense for farmers to have more control of the market. Multinationals shouldn’t be capturing all the dollars. Farmers should get their share. At the end of the day, they fund everything through their purchases.”

In addition to Genesis’s farmer-owners receiving a portion of the profits, the operation will enable better insight into fertilizer prices, security of supply, storage and state of the art blending. All of this is the competitive advantage.

Although construction was originally planned to start a bit sooner this year, finalizing important details took time.

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“Farmers understand the value of managing their input costs and investing up and down the value chain,”

“We have an exceptionally good site but it’s a busy location with pipelines and railroads and other industry so it was complicated to get the design right to receive and ship unit trains for example,” Jason says. “We also needed to work on import logistics at various ports so we have everything in place to support the supply chain.”

Aaron Engele, a Humboldt, Sask. producer, sees benefits today and in the future.

“I have supported Agracity right from the beginning for a few reasons. The price of glyphosate came down and remains lower than all other competitors; herbicide prices are considerably cheaper than other competitors. Agronomy staff provides good advice in timely purchases for real good deals. I am looking forward to their fertilizer plants and opportunities. Exciting times.”

Stueve Construction LLC is the general contractor. They’re responsible for preconstruction planning, design, engineering, construction, and project management at Genesis.

The company was selected in a thorough tendering process partly because it has significant experience building dry fertilizer storage facilities. The selection committee included Swift Current area farmer Michael Haydon.

“This is a legitimate, first class innovative project for our area that will definitely be an asset to the farmers involved,” says Haydon.

Andre Berube, an investor from Falher, Alberta is optimistic about what Genesis will mean for future generations of farm families.

“Being an investor in any project is always an exciting opportunity, but to be able to help select a reputable firm to create what I believe will be a coveted operation globally, was both an honour, and will serve as a memory for my lifetime. A story I cannot wait to share with my grandchildren, and may I be so fortunate, my great grandchildren.

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Carlyle producer Johnny Aalbers is also supportive. “Being a member of FNA/AgraCity gives us as farmers a voice in the agricultural industry, Project Genesis now gives us a place at the table.”

And the table could grow. Plans are for operations like Genesis in six other locations across Western Canada. It’s a vision for those with imagination and stamina, these qualities seem part of the Mann DNA.

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Canadian Western Agribition - Where the world meets

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ver the years, Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) has done an incredible job of attracting and engaging international visitors.

An average of 800 guests from over 70 different countries attend Agribition annually. The most interested buyers over the past five years have come from Argentina, Australia, China, Mexico, New Zealand, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the U.S. “Through a lengthy building process, Agribition has gained a reputation around the world as a venue of trade, education and technologies within agriculture,” said Bruce Holmquist, CWA President.

“I’m a volunteer with Agribition and also the manager of the Canadian Simmental Association, so I have the opportunity to see a lot of different trade shows in other countries. From what I have seen, Agribition does the best job in having well-rounded education and trade pieces, as well as entertainment through activities like the Agribition Pro Rodeo.

International visitors who have attended CWA previously know they’re going to experience a business environment, and will also have the opportunity to enjoy some great entertainment that’s going to round out their experience.”

This year’s Agribition is scheduled for November 20-25 and organizers are promising an enhanced selection of international offerings.

Agribition is the first event to be hosted in the International Trade Centre (ITC). The 150,000 sq. ft. facility is the newest building on the Evraz Place property. It will be home to purebred beef stalling, the brand-new show ring (which will host all purebred cattle shows and the RBC Beef Supreme), sheep and most of the horse stalls.

“The best way to describe the new venue is that we’re stepping out of the 1940s into 2017,” Holmquist said. “It’s a whole new environment; it’s like night and day when you look at the things we’ll be able to do with this new facility.

The new atmosphere and surroundings will add to the visitor experience.”

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Located in the ITC is the popular International Business Centre (IBC), a meeting and networking space for international guests and provides business services such as internet access, meeting rooms and a hospitality area to market products and services. There are staff members available to assist with business arrangements and introductions. A more casual area for international guests is called The Gateway, which includes a coffee station, internet access and comfortable seating overlooking the agriculture exhibits.

This year, Agribition organizers have developed some great International partner packages that give visitors the opportunity to utilize the IBC, promote their brand and access an international buyer database.

According to Holmquist, International visitors to Agribition literally means business. Around 200 of the annual guests are actual buyers. Areas of interest for these buyers include beef cattle genetics and livestock machinery and technology. In 2016, a record amount of business was done by International guests at Agribition. With confirmed buyers attending this year’s event from Mexico, Norway, Australia, the U.K. and U.S., organizers are optimistic another record can be broken.

“A lot of buying will take place during the event, but there’s also a lot of business that takes place later because of the event,” Holmquist said.

“There are some International buyers that do come to Agribition and are ready to drop the cheque book on the table, but there are others that are just getting their feet wet and may come back next year, or make some connections with producers after Agribition and get some sales in motion.”

For International visitors, especially first-time ones, it’s a whole new experience attending Agribition. Organizers do their best to make them feel welcome by hosting a formal reception for International visitors, sponsors and dignitaries. International visitors can also attend off-site tours of local farming and ranching operations.

“We don’t want to take people away from the exhibitors who do support Agribition, but we do need to give the International folks a bit of firsthand

line of sight experience into how some of our Canadian production practices are done,” Holmquist said.

While Agribition is a major draw for international visitors, the event is also playing host to other International events, such as the Simmental Conference of the Americas National Simmental Congress, which will bring in about 75 International visitors.

Though Agribition organizers spend a lot of time focused on International visitors that benefit exhibitors from across Canada, Holmquist said “many of the economic benefits from Agribition stay right here in Saskatchewan”.

Look for the Canadian Western Agribition Show guide in the November 9th issue.

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WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales brochures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, Saskatoon, SK. SELLING: I&T TRACTOR Shop Manual collection, 800 manuals, asking $11,500.

306-230-8833, Saskatoon, SK. PIAPOT LIONS 21st Annual GUN AND HOBBY SHOW with antique tables upstairs, Sat., Nov. 25, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Sun., Nov. 26, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM at the Maple Creek Armories. Admission $5.

Lions food booth. Info call 306-558-4802.

ONLINE AUCTION: “Ready-Aim-Consign” Monthly Firearms Sale. Bids Close November 30th. 203-60th Street East, Saskatoon; Call Derek 306-227-5940.

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To View call Les (306) 638-7751 or Eric (306) 552-6949 Tractors: 2013 NH T9.670HD & T6.165 MFWD; 2013 JD 9560R 4WD Combines: 2012 NH CR8090; 2010 JD 9870STS; Swathers: 2012 JD D450 40’; 1995 Prairie Star 4900 36’ Plus 2001 NH 94C 30’ Draper Header; 2006 Int 9200i Eagle T/A Truck Tractor; 2003 Timpte 40’ Aluminum T/A Grain Trailer; 1981 Int F1954 T/A Grain Truck; 2013 Demco 1050 Grain Cart; 2006 JD 1820 61’ Air Drill w/2006 JD 1910 Tow Behind Air Tank; 1998 JD 1810 61’ Deep Tillage; 2013 Summers 2510DT 32.5’ Tandem Disc; 2012 Degelman LR7651 51’ Land Roller; 2013 Brandt 1390XL Mech Swing Auger; 2014 Schulte Giant 2500 Rock Picker.

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Refer to Website for Terms & Conditions REGINA: 2006 Volvo Semi; 2005 Kenworth W900L T/A Semi Tractor; 2004 International Semi; 2016 Dodge Charger; 2014 Buick Encore SUV; Davidson FXWide Glide FXDWG Motorcycle Plus City of Regina Equipment Auction Nov 29 including Transit Busses, Paratransit Busses, Ford 9030 Tractor & More!

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C H E C K OUT OUR parts specials at: www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and nearnew 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to Truck & Trailer toll free 1-888-986-2946. $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662.

ALLISON TRANSMISSION. Service, Sales www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. and Parts. Exchange or rebuild. Call Allied Transmissions Calgary, 1-888-232-2203; Spectrum Industrial Automatics Ltd., Blackfalds, AB., call 1-877-321-7732.

NEW WILSON and CASTLETON tridems and Super B’s. 2014 Wilson Super B; 6 other used Super B’s; 2005 Lode-King lead trailer; 2001 Castleton tridem 2 hopper Ron Brown Imp. call 306-493-9393, DeliTRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton, new and sle, SK., DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca used. We ship anywhere. Contact Phoenix 2014 WILSON SUPER B Grain Trailers, 2 Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Lucky Lake, SK. white aluminum trailers! Both have alum.

WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts. wheels, 22.5" rubber tires. 1 has elec. tarps.

Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, $89,000. 306-693-1284, Moose Jaw, SK. Churchbridge, SK. 1998 MERRITT GRAIN Trailer, 40' TA, recent WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles tarp, farm use only, no fert. very good cond, and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension $28,000. 306-276-2080, Nipawin, SK. axles. Call 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. 2014 LODE-KING PRESTIGE Super B grain ONE OF SASK’s largest inventory of used bulkers, lift axles, chrome rounded fenheavy truck parts. 3 ton tandem diesel mo- ders, premium condition, $78,000 OBO. tors and transmissions and differentials for Call 306-874-7696, Quill Lake, SK. all makes! Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323.

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.

TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, 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. SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park.

New and used parts available for 3 ton trucks all the way up to highway tractors, for every make and model, no part too big or small. Our shop specializes in custom rebuilt differentials/transmissions and clutch installations. Engines are available, both gas and diesel. Re-sale units are on the lot ready to go. We buy wrecks for parts, and sell for wrecks! For more info. call 306-668-5675 or 1-800-667-3023. www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394

2006 LODE KING PRESTIGE Super B grain trailer, air ride, 24.5 tires, SK safetied and ready to go, $42,000. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK.

WANTED: TRUCK BOX for 2003-2007 Dodge 3/4 ton shortbox. 306-873-2208, 306-873-0077, Tisdale, SK.

INTERNATIONAL MAXFORCE - School buses & white crew buses for sale: 2012/ 2014 school buses (70 passenger) & white crew buses (40 pass.) 70,000/90,000 kms., well maintained. Radios, cameras, very clean, ready to work, $45,000-$60,000 OBO. For details call Ernie 780-691-9552 or Greg 780-818-2052, Leduc County, AB. pnesunset@yahoo.ca SCHOOL BUSES: 20 to 66 passenger, 1998 to 2007, $2700 and up. 14 buses in stock! Call Phoenix Auto, Lucky Lake, SK. 1-877-585-2300. DL #320074.

2005 LODE KING TRIDEM grain trailers, 48’, air ride, 3 hoppers, SK safetied, $40,000. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING & PAINTING. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed.

306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. ALL ALUMINUM GRAIN TRAILERS: Tandems, tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or www.Maximinc.Com

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DIRECTIONS TO VIEW GRAIN BINS: From VALHALLA CENTRE, AB, go 6.4 km (4 miles) South on Sec Hwy 723, then 2.4 km (1.5 miles) East on Twp Rd 734. Bins on North side of road. GPS: 55.3451743, -119.3519926 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2002 John Deere 9120 4WD Tractor · 1980 John Deere 8640 4WD Tractor · 1980 John Deere 4840 2WD Tractor · 1991 John Deere 2955 2WD Tractor · 2006 John Deere 9860STS Combine · 2006 John Deere 925D 25 Ft Draper Header · 2006 Massey Ferguson 9220 30 Ft Swather · 1989 Freightliner T/A Grain Truck · 1986 International F9370 Eagle T/A Grain Truck · 1995 GMC 1500 SL Extended Cab

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2009 TIMPTE TRIDEM 3 hopper grain 24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; t r a i l e r, f r e s h s a fe t y, $ 3 8 , 5 0 0 . C a l l Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 16,000 lbs., $4750; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, 306-784-7766, Main Centre, SK. 7000 lbs., $2975, 8000 lb Skidsteer, $1990 2014 38’ EMERALD tandem grain trailer, F a c t o r y d i r e c t . 1 - 8 8 8 - 7 9 2 - 6 2 8 3 . asking $31,900 plus GST. For more info. www.monarchtrailers.com call 780-679-4714, Daysland, AB. CANADA’S AG-ONLY BIG TEX TRAILERS: Goosenecks, Bumper LISTINGS GIANT Tow, Mission Alum. Enclosed, CM Stock & PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and Horse Trailers. Big Tex 20- 40’ Goosenecks, NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now start at $9195. Free spare & 3 yr. warranyears body and paint experience. We do own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. ty. Jason’s Agri-Motive 306-472-3159. www.jasonsagri-motive.ca metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailers.ca 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.

CALL GRASSLAND TRAILERS for your best deal on quality livestock trailers by Titan, Duralite (all aluminum riveted) and Circle D. Fall Special in stock- 25’ Duralite, $23,500; 20’ Titan smooth wall classic steel stock, $14,500. 306-640-803 cell, 306-266-2016, Wood Mountain, SK. Email 2007 MIDLAND END Dump Gravel Trailer, gm93@sasktel.net tarp, new cyl., nearly new tires, new MB safety, job ready, $36,000 can deliver.

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$500 USD Mail-In Rebate! EXTENDED! Full line-up of Wilson Trailers, including the Ranch Hand, Foreman, and Roper models. Receive a $500 USD mail-in rebate upon the purchase of any Wilson trailer. With over 15 years of Sales and Service, we will not be undersold! Bassano, AB., 1-888-641-4508, www.desertsales.ca

INCREDIBLE VALUE! 2018 Bison Trail Hand, 3 horse, 7 ‘wide w/8’ short wall LQ, #J2007457, $45,900. 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com

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Check www.trailerguy.ca for pictures and prices. 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. 2013 HIGHBOY 53’ flatdeck trailer w/removable bale rack, fresh safety, like new, $32,000. Call 780-983-0936, Westlock, AB. BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

2016 KANE M675-1.8 trailer, good for silage, grain, manure, gravel, dirt, hyd. rear door w/grain hatch, silage extension sides, tractor wagon, $42,500. Call anytime 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 1981 NEIL’S 61’ double drop flat deck, snap-off neck, 36’ working deck, $7000.

780-221-3980, Leduc, AB. 1975 SCHWARTZ, SPRAYER Drop deck water trailer, 2x freeform water tanks (1500 & 2800) US gal. chem handler III, Sotera chem pump and 5.5 HP 3" water pump, in good condition. Call Carl for price & more info. 306-398-7713, Cutknife, SK.

2018 SUNDOWNER HORIZON 3 horse 3HGN8010RS, #J1HA7099, $79,900.

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28’ V-NOSE ROYAL Cargo Enclosed Trailer, 2 floor tie downs, two wall tie downs on each wall, left front ramp door, rear barn door, 2x7000 lbs. axles, exc. rubber, would make a great sled trailer. $12,500+GST, PST paid. Bill, 306-726-7977. Southey, SK.

2013 TRAVALONG 6x28 stock trailer, triple 2003 28' MANAC pup current safety, $7000 a x l e , a l u m i n u m , n e w r u b b e r . OBO. Contact Shaun or Wade 306-653-8500 306-542-7007, Veregin, SK. or 306-290-8827, Saskatoon, SK. Email: wade@customcourier.ca WATER TRUCK AND TRAILER: IHC 2500 truck, 855 Cummins, Fuller 13 spd., trailer has (3) 1700 Imperial gal. water tanks. New brake pots, cams, bushings and slack adjustors. Brakes 80%. Tires good to fair, $10,000 OBO. Call 306-536-5475, Regina, SK. dstrauch@accesscomm.ca KNIGHT SCISSOR NECK lowbed, 24.5 tires; Tridem belly dump. $22,000/ea. Call 2018 FEATHERLITE 8127-7024 7’x24’ Danny Spence, 306-246-4632. Speers, SK. stock trailer, Western package with two ALL ALUMINUM TRAILERS: tridems and center gates & spare tire, #JC147598, Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim $26,900. Call 1-866-346-3148 or shop on- Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see line 24/7 at: allandale.com www.maximinc.com

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2005 IH 4400, Allison auto., 19’ BH&T, low kms; 2008 IH 7600 tandem, ISX Cummins 10 spd., new 20’ BH&T; 2007 Peterbilt 330 S/A, Allison auto., new 16’ BH&T. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca 2007 MACK, 10 speed Eaton auto., new 20’ CIM B&H, 940,000 kms., fresh Sask. safeties. Call 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. www.78truxsales.com DL #316542.

2013 FREIGHTLINER TANDEM, automatic trans., 20’ Courtney Berg grain box, silage gate, remote hoist, grain door silage extension, LED lights, powder coat, Michelin 2004 IH 7600 tandem truck, 670,000 kms, 2012 VOLVO 630, mid-roof, Volvo D13 500 tires, 25,000 kms., $125,000. Call Dave at 13 spd., 425/65R22.5 front (20,000 lbs.), HP, I-Shift, 785,000 kms, $49,900. DL# 403-556-3992, Olds, AB. 11R22.5 rear (46,000 lbs.), $55,000. 1679. Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRUCKS: Several 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. trucks with auto. trans. available with C&C 2006 WESTERN STAR 4900FA, 200,000 or grain or gravel box. Starting at $19,900; kms., 475 Cat., 18 spd., 46 rears, alum.

Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Itu- front bumper, 42” flat top bunk, 11R24.5 na, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net tires on aluminum wheels, wet kit, asking AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed $59,900. 306-825-5355, Lloydminster, SK., tandems and tractor units. Contact David Dealer #328771. For more pictures go to: CM TRUCK BEDS. RD models starting at 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, www.heavyoilfieldtrucks.com $2895. Jason’s Agri-Motive, 306-472-3159 SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com or visit us at www.jasonsagri-motive.ca CAB AND CHASSIS: 2010 Chev 3500 1 3 TRIDEMS, 3 TANDEM stepdecks; tan- ton dually, will take 10’-12’ deck, 6L gas, 2013 VOLVO 730, mid-roof Volvo D13, 500 dem, tridem and Super B highboys; 28’ to 195,000 kms, fresh Sask. safety, $8900; HP, 13 spd., 726,000 kms, $68,800. DL# 53’ van trailers. Tanker: tandem alum. 2010 Chev 3500 1 ton dually, 2 WD, 6.6L 1679. Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. 8000 gal.; 2012 Manac lowboy tridem, 10’ Duramax, 330,000 mi., $6900. Mechanic’s wide, beavertail and flip-up ramp; Single Special: 2001 Sterling L8500, will take 20’ axle and tandem converters. Ron Brown box, C12 Cat eng., 13 spd. Eaton, 454,000 Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL kms, needs motor work, $12,900 OBO. Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, #905231. www.rbisk.ca SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net COMPONENTS FOR TRAILERS. Shipping daily across the prairies. Free freight. See REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND “The Book 2013” page 195. DL Parts For hoist systems can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season.

Trailers, 1-877-529-2239, www.dlparts.ca Give K r a m b l e I n d u s t r i e s a call at 2007 FREIGHTLINER CENTURY Class, 500 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us HP, 60 series Detroit, 18 spd., 46 rears, BAILIFF SEIZURE Auction, 2013 Western 225” rubber, 550,000 kms., fresh safety, Star 4900 SF Constellation, 42” bunk, wet online at: www.kramble.net $27,900. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., kit, extra nice. bailiffservices@sasktel.net TANDEM AXLE GRAIN trucks in inventory. 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. New and used, large inventory across KENWORTHS: 2009 388 Pete, 46 diffs., Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or 2008 STERLING A9500, daycab, 10 spd. 18 spd., lockers; 2003 Pete 379, 6NZ Cat, 2016 GMC 3/4 ton crewcab Denali 4x4, call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 AutoShift, 12 fronts, 40 rears, 3-way lock- 18 spd., wet kit; 2013 IH 5900i, 18 spd., 6.6L V8, dsl, loaded, white, 50,494 kms, ers, MBE4000 455 HP, deleted, tires 80%, full lockers, 46 diffs., 400,000 kms.; 2009 Stk #H1773A, $66,995. 1-800-667-0490.

Beacons, $39,000 OBO. Wade or Shaun T660, new pre-emission, 525 ISX, new 18 www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

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Randy at 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB. SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy 2005 F250 4x4, service body, 5.4 auto., 2013 CHEV 1/2 ton ext Cheyenne 4x4, 2008 PETERBILT 386, yellow, daycab, 18 trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call only 88,000 kms., good rubber, fleet main4 . 8 L V 8 , l o a d e d , 1 1 0 , 4 2 6 k m s , S t k spd., 850,000 kms., 46k rears full locks, vg for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., tained, $13,900. Call Cam-Don Motors #H1571A, $23,395. Call 1-800-667-0490. cond., $24,900. 780-206-1234, Barrhead.

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2012 GMC 1/2 ton crew SLT, 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, silver, 76,032 kms, Stk #H1682A, $34,395. Call 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2012 CHEV 1/2 ton, crewcab LTZ, 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, black, 126,113 kms, Stk #H1788A, $29,995. 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

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306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. MERIDIAN TRUCKLOADING AUGERS TL10-39, loaded, $17,450; HD10-46, loaded, $18,650; HD10-59, loaded, $19,500; TL12-39, loaded with 37 EFI engine, $19,500. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 306-957-2033.

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FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: JD 4045, 710/60R46; 800/55R46; JD 4038, Case 4420, 650/65R38 Michelin tires and rims. Sprayer duals available.

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FLEXI-COIL 51’, 9”, w/2320, 4” rubber packers, in-row liquid phos., exc. cond., $20,000. 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK. 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 65’, Paralink, 12” spacing, mid row shank banding, double shoot, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, $135,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

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FARMKING 96” 3 PTH snowblower, hyd. chute, used 1 hour, $3300. 306-561-7733, Bladworth, SK. SCHULTE 9600FM front mount snowblower, low hrs., orig. cutting blade, JD mounts $8900 firm. 780-853-4888, Vermilion, AB

2014 NH SP240F 120’, 1200 gal. SS tank, IntelliView IV , AccuBoom, AutoBoom, Stk 024111, $299,000. 1-888-905-7010, Lloydminster. www.redheadequipment.ca

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2015 CASE/IH 4440 120’, AIM, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, Pro 700 Stk: 023153 $475,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca AGCO EAGLE 8500, 2001, 1844 hrs., 90’, SS plumbing, 800 gal., new Trimble 750 EZ-Steer c/w 3 sec. controls, Raven AutoBoom, newish 520/85R46 floaters, 320/90 R54 skinnies in good shape, fenders, front fill, very nice overall condition, $79,000.

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2010 JD 4830, 100’ booms, 1000 gal. tank, AutoSteer, Swath Pro, AutoBoom St: 021520, $215,000. 1-888-905-7010, Saskatoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2013 APACHE 1020, 470 hrs., 100’, 1000 gal. tank, duals AutoSteer, AutoBoom, Au t o S e c t i o n . O n e ow n e r, r e t i r i n g . $190,000 OBO. 306-591-1133, Pense, SK.

2012 BOURGAULT 3320 QDA 66’, 10” sp., c/w L6550 tank, MRB, NH3 kit, duals Stk: 02317, $295,000. Call 1-888-905-7010, Saskatoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2010 SEEDMASTER 72-12 72’, 12” space, JD 1910 air cart, 3-tank metering, Stk: 020958, $132,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2009 SEED HAWK 66-12 66’, 12” sp., single knife, pneum. pkrs, 30.8 rear tires, Stk: 021475, $205,000. 888-905-7010, Prince Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2010 CASE/IH ATX700 70’, rubber packers, high float tires, double shoot, Stk: 020407, $94,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2012 BOURGAULT 3320, 76’, 10” space, 2” tips, 4.5” packers, DS dry, MRB #3’s; 2014 Bourgault 7950 air tank, 5 tank meter, saddle, conveyor, scale, rear hitch. $340,000 for both. 204-648-7085. Grandview, MB. 2013 SEED HAWK 60-12 60’, twin wing, semi pneumatic packers, DD, SH 800 TBH, Stk 017840, $335,000. Prince Albert, SK., 1-888-905-7010. redheadequipment.ca 2009 SEED HAWK 72-12 72’, 12” sp., twin wing, pneum. packers, 600 TBT cart, stk: 021477, $205,000. 888-905-7010, Prince Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2010 JOHN DEERE 1830 61’, 10” sp, DS dry, Poirier openers, Alpine liquid kit Stk: 023964, $67,500. 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2009 SEED HAWK 66-12 66’, 12” sp., single knife, pneum. pkrs, 30.8 rear tires, Stk: 021475, $205,000. 888-905-7010, Prince Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2011 SEED HAWK 50’, 12” sp., tool bar with 600 cart dual wheels auger and bag lift. $229,000; 1997 39’ Morris Magnum air drill, 10” spacing, Atom openers w/Morris 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2006 BOURGAULT 5710 40’ 9.8” spacing, steel packers, 6200 Stk: 020500, Cart $60,000. www.redheadequipment.ca or 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. 2006 BOURGAULT 5710 40’ 9.8” spacing, steel packers, 6200 Stk: 020500, Cart $60,000. www.redheadequipment.ca or 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. 2001 BOURGAULT 5710 series II w/3170 tank, 29.5', single shoot, 9.8"sp., 3.5"steel packers, 3"openers, 277 monitor, $26,500 OBO. Call 306-539-3083, Balgonie, SK. CIH ATX700, 60’, 12” sp., 5.5” rubber packers, Raven NH3, closers and single bar harrow. $28,000. 204-648-7085, Grandview.

2012 BOURGAULT 3320 QDA 66’, 10” sp., c/w L6550 tank, MRB, NH3 kit, duals Stk: 02317, $295,000. Call 1-888-905-7010, Saskatoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2014 CASE QUADTRAC 600, 1931 hrs., PTO, 2010 JOHN DEERE 1830 61’, 10” sp, DS 6 SCV, 30" tracks, leather, AutoSteer. $325,000 OBO. 306-730-7871, Killaly, SK. dry, Poirier openers, Alpine liquid kit Stk: 023964, $67,500. 1-888-905-7010, Swift WANTED: CASE 4 WD tractor with crab Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca steering and PTO, in good condition.

2010 CASE/IH ATX700 70’, rubber pack- Phone 780-305-4106, Barrhead, AB. ers, high float tires, double shoot, Stk: LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We 020407, $94,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have 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 .

2013 SEED HAWK 60-12 60’, twin wing, r306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. semi pneumatic packers, DD, SH 800 TBH, Stk 017840, $335,000. Prince Albert, SK., 2001 MX120 w/loader; 2000 MX135; and 1-888-905-7010. redheadequipment.ca 2008 Maxim 140 w/loader. 204-522-6333, 2010 SEED HAWK 60’ Toolbar, 12” sp., Melita, MB. w/Seed Hawk 400 cart, 2 fans, seed & fer- 2294 CASE FWA w/Allied 894 loader, tilizer distributing kit auger. Also NH kit & needs powershift work, $15,000 OBO. Chawinch $175,000. 306-449-2255, A.E. Chi- plin, SK. 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610. coine Farm Equipment Ltd., Storthoaks SK. 1998 CASE/IH 9370 QuadTrac, 9700 hrs., 2015 SEED HAWK 84-12 84’ 12” spacing, new tracks, PS. For sale or trade on tractor steel seed and fertilizer knives, Stk: with tires. 780-821-0767 LaCrete, AB. 022334, $352,000. 1-888-905-7010, Sas- 2016 CIH FARMALL 75A, MFWD, 20 hrs., 8 katoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca forward gears/2 reverse, 3PTH, 540 PTO, $29,000 OBO. 204-648-7085, Grandview 2015 CASE 580 QT, 1029 hrs., full load, 2009 SEEDMASTER, 4 product VR, 50', 12" ext. warranty, PTO, eng. break, $440,000 8370XL 440 bu. Morris TBH, 1600 liq. cart, OBO. 403-575-5491, Brownfield, AB. Raven monitor, $180,000. Lemberg, SK. For IHC 756, REBUILT motor, always shedded, more info, call Arne at 306-335-7494. excellent condition, FEL also available.

54’ 2008 BOURGAULT 5710, good shape, 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. new points, c/w 2013 6550 tank, X30 QUAD TRAC UNDERCARRIAGE parts. monitor, $125,000 OBO. 306-567-7703 or Bogies, idlers, bearing, seals, tracks... in 306-567-7184, Davidson, SK. stock, factory direct. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2013 140A FARMALL Case/IH w/loader, 1800 hrs., $82,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

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RETIRING - SMALLER FARM EQUIPMENT: 1999 MX220 Case/IH tractor; 27’ FlexiCoil air drill w/7120 tank; 1995 Ford S/A dsl., grain truck; Plus more! 306-842-5036, 306-861-6466, Weyburn, SK.

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3- 16’x15” culverts; IHC side delivery rake w/steel wheels; 1000 gal. steel water 2014 KUBOTA B2650, 4 WD, 145 hrs., AC, tank. 204-825-8354, Pilot Mound, MB. radio, 1 owner, well taken care of, no problems. Has optional fully enclosed cab. FEED MIX CARTS w/scales: Knight 280 Attachments included: FEL, snowblower bu., $5000; Gehl 500 bu.,$10,000; Kelly and lawnmower, $37,000. 306-230-3355, Ryan and Roorda feeder cart, $2000; JD rick@metering.ca St. Denis, SK. 785 spreader, $11,000; New Idea 362 spreader, $6500. 1-866-938-8537, Portage 2010 MASSEY FERGUSON 7485, MFWD, 2260 hours, 975 loader, $110,000. Call 403-308-0815. Lethbridge, AB

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3 06 .9 46 .9 6 6 9 or 3 06 .9 46 .79 23 LOADER TO FIT TV140 New Holland bi-directional tractor. 780-625-5227 or 780-625-1674. Peace River, AB. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK.

WE BUILD BEAUTIFUL ornamental gates, fences and railing. Many styles available.

Your choice of powder coating for life-long durability. Rick: 306-734-7721, Craik, 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. 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. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

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SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65.

Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

2005 MCCORMICK MTX120 with Quicke loader, 3100 hours; 2006 MTX150. Call SAWMILL CUMMINS power unit & edger, 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. $14,700; Forano feller buncher, $13,125; 1982 Tanga slasher 100, $17,250. All prices OBO. Call 204-222-0285, Winnipeg, MB.

CAT DOZER BLADE: 12’x3’, good shape, cutting edge never been turned, good bolts, C-frame for blade, $1200.

UTILITY TRACTOR: JD 6200, 2 WD, open 306-722-7770, Osage, SK. station with loader. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 2009 CIH L760 FRONT END LOADER STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in rebuilding JD tractors. Want Series 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 7000s to rebuild or for parts. pay top $$. Now selling JD parts.

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1976 CASE 586 rough terrain forklift, 4 speed hydro, 6000 lbs. 15’ lift, 4 cylinder diesel, 5760 hrs., nice condition, $7980.

ESTATE SALE: 1989 JD 245 loader, 1 owner. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com Will remove self leveling. All cab controls included, excellent condition, $4500. Please call 780-312-4629, Bittern Lake, AB. ian.stewart@telus.net DEGELMAN 6900 4-WAY blade, 16’ off JD NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from 9630, little use, good shape, S/N #26153, 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone for availability and prices. Many used in $21,500. 306-389-7733, Maymont, SK. 2 0 1 0 J D 9 6 3 0 , 5 3 0 H P, M i c h e l i n stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. 800/70R38 tires, JD AutoSteer, $239,000.

NEW AND USED GENERATORS: 500KW 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. Caterpillar, Perkins, Cummins, Magnum 2014 JD 9460R, 4 WD, Pre DEF, 1087 hrs., In stock. Call 250-554-6661, Kamloops, Premium cab, HID lighting package, 800 SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call BC. Email: denis@bcdieselgenerators.com metrics, 5 hyds., rear wheel weights, PTO. for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., www.bcdieselgenerators.com Tractor loaded as you could get at the time. www.luckemanufacturing.com Always shedded, exc. cond., $307,500 OBO. FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levelers. ROTARY PHASE CONVERTERS, 25 HP, 306-631-9210, 306-681-8444, Drinkwater, Building now. Place orders and don’t delay! TEFC, CSA, $2000. Phone 204-800-1859, SK. Tysonthul@gmail.com 306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. Winnipeg, MB.

2017 JD 6120M w/new 623R loader, 225 hrs, new tooth bucket w/grapple, 3 SCV's, AutoQuad 24/24 40K, MFWD, 114L/min PFC pump, TLS axle ($10,000), 540/540E/ 1000 PTO, $132,500. 403-638-1904 Sundre 2013 JD 9410R, 4WD, PS, 1480 hrs., 1000 PTO, high flow hyd. w/5 remotes, leather trim, premium HID lights, 620/70R42’s, $199,500 USD. www.ms-diversified.com Call 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560.

HEAVY DUTY WHEEL DOLLY. Change your sprayer tires in less than an hour! Over 250 units sold. Perfect tool for safely and quickly moving or changing large wheels and tires, $1499. Phone 403-892-3303, Carmangay, AB., www.hdwheeldolly.com

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3000 FORD GAS, 2700 hrs., c/w furrow 2014 MERIDIAN 375RT Seed Tender, mint. 2012 CIH 500HD, 1915 hrs., 4 remotes, p l o w a n d 3 P T H b l a d e , $ 7 5 0 0 O B O. tow cable, luxuary cab, red leather heated 204-278-3317 late evenings, Inwood, MB. all options, always stored inside. Asking seats, 16 spd. PS, 57 GPM hyd. pump, 710 $27,500. 204-825-0173, Crystal City, MB. tires, buddy seat, gd cond., $248,500 OBO. IHC 310 DISCER, 3x12', good condition, Ph/tx Brandon 306-577-5678, Carlyle, SK. $2000 OBO. 306-536-5475, Regina, SK. 1992 FORD/VERSATILE 946, 400 HP, dstrauch@accesscomm.ca 20.8x42 duals, JD AutoSteer (valued at over $6000), very nice, $44,500 Cdn. OBO. STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and Delivery available. Call 218-779-1710. used, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to 2009 435, 800R38 Goodyear duals, 12 spd.

42’ BOURGAULT 9800 chisel plow, HD dou- 1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or synchro. trans., 4100 hrs., 2 Case drains, ble spring, w/4-bar heavy harrow, $29,500 www.bigtractorparts.com plumbed w/large hydraulics for drill, serCdn OBO. 218-779-1710 Delivery available viced at dealer annually, records available, $159,000. Call 306-821-2566, Watson, SK. BREAKING DISCS: KEWANEE, 15’ and 12’; Rome 12’ and 9’; Towner 18’-40” 1980 875, 6000 hrs., 20.8x38 at 80%, 4 reblades; Wishek 14’ , 18’, and 30’. DMI 5, motes, local trade, $19,900. Call Cam-Don and 7 shank rippers.; 1-866-938-8537.

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Call 306-620-2218, Ituna, SK. 2005 JD 7820 w/ 746 loader, 2200 hrs, 2012 KELLO-BILT 225 TSW, 26" front and 20 SP AutoQuad w/LH reverser. Greenstar rear serrated blades. Oilbath bearings. & AutoTrac, passenger seat, Cat 3N/3 Excellent cond.! 306-529-2871, Southey, SK quick hitch, 110” rear axle, new Michelin rubber, 520/85R46 rear axle duals. OrigiROME BREAKING DISC, extra heavy duty, nal & genuine, $136,000. Call AgriQuip 48” blades, 23” spacing, 9’ wide, hard to Ontario Inc., 226-750-3310. find, $35,000. 780-821-0767, LaCrete, AB. 2012 JD 1026R, 88 hrs., shedded, like new 16’ MORRIS DOUBLE DISC, notched front condition, c/w loader, mower, and backblades, $5500. Call 306-395-2668 or hoe. 306-590-8987, Kamsack, SK. 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. JD 9520, 800/70R38 duals, 18 speed, 53' FRIGGSTAD CULTIVATOR, harrows, powershift power beyond, GreenStar $8000. Phone 306-459-7604, Ogema, SK. ready, 3250 hrs., $187,000. 403-680-4318, near Calgary, AB. mdmellon@sasktel.net 2014 CHALLENGER MT765D, 620 hrs., JD 4450 MFWD w/Ezee-On FEL 3502 HP, Trimble Autopilot, 18” tracks, FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 95 40’ harrow packer 1983 PTO, 3 PTH, $229,800. 1-800-667-4515.

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PS, 3 hyds, 7925 hrs bar, good cond., new tires 1500 ac. ago. showing, 14.9-26F, 20.8R32, duals avail. www.combineworld.com 306-873-2208, 306-873-0077, Tisdale, SK. 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395 Langham SK GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your JOHN DEERE MODEL 637 tandem disc, 35’, 2008 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, 3 PTH, 3 #1 place to purchase late model combine very good cond, $32,500. 306-643-2763, hyds, w/JD 741 FEL, bucket, grapple, 2677 and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt.

306-648-7595, Gravelbourg, SK. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. hrs vg. 306-625-7277, Stewart Valley, SK. COMPLETE SHANK ASSEMBLIES; JD 1610, 2003 JD 6920 MFWD, 160 HP, front susp., M5 DIESEL, good rubber, runs good, Morris Magnum, $135; JD 610, Morris IVT trans., 5700 hours, $47,500 OBO. $2500; M5 diesel w/FEL, $3500. Chaplin, Magnum II, $185. 306-946-7923, Young SK. Call 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610.

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2017 JD 6155M, MFWD, w/new 643R loader, 174 hrs., new tooth bucket w/grapple, 114L/min PFC pump, 540/540E/1000 PTO, PowerQuad 20/20 40K, TLS axle ($10,000).

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2013 JD 4940 120’, BoomTrac, sect. control, AutoSteer, 2630 monitor, Stk: 02415, $240,000. 1-888-905-7010, Prince Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2014 NH SP 240F-XP, 275 HP, 120’, 1600 stainless, fully loaded incl. AIM Command, both sets tires, $225,000. 306-948-7223.

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LOADER TO FIT TV140 New Holland bi-directional tractor. 780-625-5227 or 780-625-1674. Peace River, AB. 2010 NH T8030, MFWD, PS, GPS, 4000 hrs., duals front & back, shedded. Call Stephen at 306-731-7235, Earl Grey, SK.

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HAGMAN’S TRUCKING for all your bison transport. Local and long distance. Humane and ease of loading/unloading. Can haul up to 50,000 lbs. to the USA. Call 306-773-5909, Swift Current, SK. KEEP JOBS IN CANADA. Elk Valley Ranches a Canadian Co. finishes bison in Canada. We are now buying cull cows, cull bulls, yearlings and calves. Paying top $$ with prompt payment. Kitscoty, AB, Frank at 780-846-2980. elkvalley@xplornet.com www.elkvalleyranches.com

Swift Current, Sask.

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400 Red & Black Angus Influence Fancy

THURSDAY DEC 7 - 500 Head Feature:

Denis & Arlene Unvoas Dispersal 140 Sim Angus Cross Cows Closed herd, no brands, special rare opportunity includes 5 herd bulls which were sale toppers when bought.

Diesel and Natural Gas

Maurice Bartzen Dispersal

CANADIAN BISON ASSOCIATION’S 24TH ANNUAL CONVENTION

John & Ruth Magee Purebred Red Angus Production Sale,

“Centuries of Bison 150 Years as a Country”

50 head includes 20 bred hfrs and all the X and Y year cows bull turn out July 22. Sold in groups for commercial people but papers available.

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Darwin Dueck & Marcy Thoresen Dispersal.

Bison Sale November 21st, 2017 11:00 AM John Deere Sale Arena To Register or Obtain More Information

Call 1-306-522-4766 WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and cows, $5/lb. HHW. Finished beef steers and heifers for slaughter. We are also buying compromised cattle that can’t make a long trip. Oak Ridge Meats, McCreary, ALL CANADIAN HEATERS efficient, long- 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147. lasting coal/bio fuel boilers. 780 662-4867, Kingman, AB. www.allcanadianheaters.com WANTED ALL CLASSES of bison: calves, yearlings, cows, bulls. Willing to purchase any amount. dreyelts1@rap.midco.net Call 605-391-4646.

2 & 7/8” OILFIELD TUBING, cement and BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, plastic lined, $25. Call 306-861-1280, yearlings and calves. Now dealer for Redmond Bison mineral. Call Elk Valley Weyburn, SK. Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. DRILL STEM for sale: 200 3-1/2”, $45/ea; 300 2-7/8”, $40/ea. Call 306-768-8555, BELDON BISON RANCH is offering 30 Select Carrot River, SK. bred 2 y/o heifers. Call Nathan for more information. 306-812-7092, Nipawin, SK. USED PIPE AND SUCKER RODS: 2-3/8", 2- beldonbisonranch@gmail.com 7/8", 3-1/2" used pipe, $36 ea; 7/8", 1" sucker rods, $12 each. 306-460-7966, 306-460-4166, Kindersley, SK.

16 young Black & Red Cows.

Colin & Dodie Greenwald 30 home raised powerful black brockle hfrs. No brands. Turn out June 15.

Wittman Farm 30 Black Hfrs - Turn out June 1st.

Wayne Flaherty 40 Red 3-4 yr old cows.

MONDAY DEC 11

13th Annual Rock Solid Bred Hfr Sale

550 head Canada’s Finest

*New Location at Bircham Ranch

THURSDAY DEC 14 - 600 Head Feature:

Tom Graham Production Sale 80 Black Hfrs

Steve Gillis - 100 Black Hfrs Gary Chamberlan 120 Red Cow Dispersal

Peak Dot Ranch - 35 Cows Trevor Platt Reduction 40 Black Cows

Bill McKeriack - 10 Black Hfrs, 20 Tan Hfrs, Bred Red Angus June 15th

THURSDAY DEC. 21 - 600 Head Feature:

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CATTLE FINANCING 10” ALUMINUM RINGLOCK ML 2360’ $6/ft; 8” alum ringlock/double latch ML 800’, $5/ft; 20 HP Cornell pump w/Murphy & Siemens electrical, $3900. Merritt, BC. 250-378-4955 or info@ranchland.ca BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump and used mainline, new Bauer travelers dealer. 25 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca

Carla Miller Dispersal 60 Char Cross Cows, Bred Char.

November 19 - 21, 2017

Delta Regina, Regina Saskatchewan

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.

50 Char Cross Cows, Bred Char.

10 Hfrs, bred easy calving Red Char.

July 1st turnout.

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Norman Amthor (Poverty Valley Farms) Dispersal 150 Black Cows & 5 Rising 3 yr. Old Herd bulls.

Lawrence & Kathryn Olson Dispersal 200 Fancy Black Cows + 2 herd Bulls

Todd Dunham

40 home raised red hfrs - 1200 lbs.

Turn out June 10. Pulled Aug. 15.

Donnie 306-662-8288 Lee 306-741-5701 “Canada’s Source for Quality Bred Cattle” FOR MORE INFO CALL

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Rocky Mountain House, AB

MONDAY DECEMBER 11, 2017 1PM CST

SPRUCE FOR SALE!! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, get the year round protection you need.

We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. Also can deliver in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring orders while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 or visit: www.didsburysprucefarms.com

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530 TOP CUT HEIFERS

t Black Angus t Black Baldies t Red Angus t Red Baldies t Black Simm X Black Angus t Tan t Red Angus Simm Video Sale - Broadcast/Bid Live on DLMS Videos of sale lots available a week prior on DLMS For More Information Call:

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 HARMONY NATURAL BISON buying feeder, finished and cull bison. Call or text 306-736-3454, SE Sask.

QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, paying market prices. “Producers working with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. 60 PLAINS BISON CALVES for sale by Tender. Sale will also include 2 yearlings.

Free range and grass fed. Please submit tender bids by November 4, 2017. Email to: kylie.garchinski@natureconservancy.ca or phone 306-551-3425, Claydon, SK.

Y COULEE LAND & Cattle You Be the Judge Bull and Bred Heifer Sale, Dec. 11, 2017, 1:00 PM, NCL, Vermilion, AB. 602 year old Red Angus bulls. 180 traditional Simmental heifers bred to start calving Feb. 15th. 450 Red Angus/Simm. heifers bred to start calving March 15th. 120 Red Angus/ Simm. heifers bred to start calving Apr. 1st.

Bulls pulled after 45 days. All heifers preg. checked. Heifers on a full health program.

Call 780-205-8269, 780-205-2680, thougham@littleloon.ca

Wayne Bircham 306-662-7940 Donnie Peacock 306-662-8288 or visit our Website:

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Acadia Colony Charolais & Angus Bull Sale NOVEMBER 29, 1:00 PM

ON THE FARM, OYEN, AB. Offering 40 Charolais, 40 Black Angus and 25 Red Angus Bulls.

Also selling purebred commercial heifers.

Wintering and delivery available on all bulls.

RIVERBEND DISPERSAL SALE on Friday December 15th, 2:00 at Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Offering over 200 PB Angus consisting of: 70 cow/calf pairs, 37 bred heifers, 37 bred cows, 14 long yearling bulls and 25 commercial bred females.

Contacts: John McBride 403-505-6607, Bud McBride 403-304-2762 or Mark Holowaychuk OBI 403-896-4990. View online catalogue at: www.cattlemanagement.ca On-line bidding: www.dlms.ca CROOKED CREEK ANGUS Production Sale, Tuesday December 19th, 1:00PM at Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Guest consignor K & L Angus, Linda Weins.

Offering: 40 top end bred heifers, 20 bred cows, 15 yearling bulls, 15 Red Angus bred cows, 10 Red Angus bull calves. Contact: Rick & Sharon Gabert 780-998-1963, Valentina Gabert 780-916-7218, Linda Weins 780-678-6547 or Mark Holowaychuk OBI 403-896-4990. View online catalogue at: www.cattlemanagement.ca On-line bidding at: www.dlms.ca 20 FANCY HEIFERS, bred Black Angus, bull turned out June 20, polled in 45 d., preg. checked, $2000. 306-281-8224 Delisle, SK. SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK.

Simon 403-664-8593, or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006

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Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK.

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ROYAL ANGUS COMPLETE DISPERSAL, Saturday December 16th, 1 PM at SLS, Saskatoon, SK. Selling over 100 head of proven Angus genetics, cow/calf pairs, bred heifers plus bull calves and herd bulls. Calving ease with performance, For more information or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006 or Mel Sisson at 306-852-9047. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com Watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca PL# 116061

TULLY & ARLENE HATCH’S, Pleasant Dawn Charolais Dispersal Sale, Saturday, December 9th, 1:00 PM, Heartland Livestock, Brandon, MB. 194 head including: bred cows & heifers, heifer calves, bull calves and herd bulls. Great polled, maternal herd developed over 35 years of breeding. Excellent opportunity to start a new Charolais herd with proven cow families.

For catalogue or info contact Tully Hatch 204-855-2402 or view the catalogue online at: www.bylivestock.com

RIGHT CROSS RANCH Commercial Bred Heifer & Long Yearling Bull Sale December 4, 1:30, Right Cross Ranch sale facility, Kisbey, SK. Offering 20 long yearling Red & Black Angus bulls and 100+ commercial Black & Red Angus cross Simmental heifers, bred to calving ease Angus bulls. For catalogue or more info. contact Jim at 306-575-7608 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL# 116061 29TH ANNUAL Keystone Klassic Black & Red Angus Sale, Saturday December 2nd, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Offering 75+ females, including an elite selection of foundation bred heifers and fancy heifer calves, herd prospects and cow calf pairs. Junior discounts available. For a catalogue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. at 306-933-4200. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL# 116061

BIG GULLY FARM BULL SALE Thursday, Dec. 14th, 5:00 PM MST. 12 miles North of Maidstone, SK. Horned and Polled, long yearlings and bull calves. FREE wintering, delivery, BSE and carcass ultrasound. Volume Discount of 5% on 2+ head. Repeat Buyer Discount of 2%. View videos, info. and catalogue at: www.biggullyfarm.com Lance Leachman: 306-903-7299 or email: biggullyfarm@gmail.com Online bidding at: www.LiveAuctions.tv

29 RED ANGUS Simmental Cross Heifers, bred Red Angus, calving ease bull, due April 1st. 306-283-9276, Langham, SK. BURNETT 4TH ANNUAL Bred Heifer Sale, Sunday December 3, 2017 at 2:30 PM at the Ranch, 12 miles south west of Swift Current, SK. Featuring 70 Heifers bred to Black Angus and Red Angus calving ease bulls; 10 purebred Black Angus; 30 commercial Black Angus; 17 F1 Black Angus cross Tarentaise; 10 Red Angus cross Hereford; 3 Black Angus cross Shorthorn.

Pregnancy tested, sound and quiet. For more info: Wyatt 306-750-7822 or Bryce 306-773-7065, wburnett@xplornet.ca 3J SIMMENTAL FARMS has for sale 200 plus Simmental and Simm./Red Angus cross bred heifers, bred to Red or Black Angus. All one iron, excellent quality. They don’t come any better! Call Gordon 306-327-8005, 306-327-9211, Lintlaw, SK 21 BRED HEIFERS: 8 true F-1 RA cross Simm.; Also 13 straight bred Red Angus.

Bred to proven calving ease bulls, with 68 & 72 lbs. birth weights. Heifers weigh 1000-1100 lbs. These are a great set of heifers. Call Harv Verishine 306-283-4666 or 306-281-5424, Langham, SK. 110 BRED RED ANGUS Simmental cross heifers, bred Red Angus for 30 day calving period, bulls out July 1st. 306-355-2700, 306-631-0997, Mortlach, SK.

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.

BREED HOLSTEIN HEIFER, and some jerseys for sale. Call 519-323-3074, Heifer COZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn Ville Holstein Inc., Holstein, Ont. calves! 306-739-0020, Wawota, SK. Email cozycaps@outlook.com PRODUCER REPRINTS: Seen a photo you want to own in your Producer? Order TWO PUREBRED RED Polled bull calves off professional reproductions of photos or the cow for sale. Call 306-675-4884, C U S TO M C AT T L E F E E D I N G , backwhole newspaper pages for your own walls 306-795-7117, Kelliher, SK. grounding, finishing; also bred cattle. at reasonable prices. 1-800-667-6978 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. or email us at photos@producer.com WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookJOHNSON LIVESTOCK FEMALE SALE, POLLED PB THICK Butt Salers long year- ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, Tuesday December 12th, 1:00PM at the ling bulls, excellent disposition, tested. 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. ranch near Peebles, SK. This sale features DynaRich Salers. Richard Andersen, WANTED: RED OR BLACK Angus cross 350 head, which includes 100 bred heifers, 403-746-2919, Eckville, AB. younger cows, lease to own. References cow/calf pairs & bred cows. Mostly AI available. 306-542-7007, Veregin, SK. sired and AI bred. These females will sell PUREBRED SALERS HERD DISPERSAL. individually and in groups accommodating Details at: www.sweetlandsalers.com Ken all buyers and all price ranges. There are Sweetland, Lundar, MB., 204-762-5512. also 200 commercial bred heifers selling from D&N Livestock, many of which are AI sired and AI bred to the great calving ease sire Final Answer. For more informa- 20TH ANNUAL SHORTHORN ALLIANCE SET OF BRASS spotted work harness, lines, tion or a catalogue contact Andrew at SALE, Thursday December 14th at 1:00 bridles and collars; Other horse related 306-736-7393 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. On offer items. 306-845-2624, Spruce Lake, SK. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online will be bull calves, heifer calves and bred HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluat: www.buyagro.com. Watch and bid on- females. Top genetics from Western Cana- minum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. line at: www.dlms.ca dian Breeders. NEW this year will be Com- Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com mercial open and bred heifers from some of Saskatchewan’s leading commercial breeders. For more info. contact Richard Moellenbeck 306-287-7904 or view cataRETIREMENT DISPERSAL of Angus ge- logue on line at www.saskshorthorn.com netics. 305 straws of semen from 7 Angus sires. 45 embryos from 4 high profile Angus cows. Ph/text for list 780-216-0220.

DOUBLE R FARMS Complete Dispersal PIGS VARIETY ETC. Butcher and Weaners, 29TH ANNUAL Keystone Klassic Black & High Country Cattle Production Sale range fed, no hormones. 306-342-4662, & Red Angus Sale, Saturday December Monday December 14, 2017 at 2:00PM, Glaslyn, SK. 2nd, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Keystone Centre, Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Selling 11 WEEK OLD Mixed Pigs, some uncastratBrandon, MB. Offering 75+ females, in- 75 cow/calf pairs, bred heifers plus bull ed, $60/ea.; Butcher Sows, live pick-up, cluding an elite selection of foundation calves. Wintering & terms available on all $200 OBO. 306-540-6216, Hazel Dell, SK. bred heifers and fancy heifer calves, herd bull calves. For more information or a prospects and cow calf pairs. Junior dis- catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. OUTSIDE BUTCHER PIGS for sale. Dress counts available. For a catalogue or more 306-220-5006, Rob Young 780-517-0758 o u t 2 0 0 + l b s . C a n b u t c h e r. P h o n e info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. at or Stacy Young 780-718-0622. Catalogue 306-369-7449, Bruno, SK. 306-933-4200. View the catalogue online online at: www.BuyAgro.com PL # 116061 at: www.buyagro.com PL# 116061 DOUBLE BAR D FARMS Sharing The Herd Fall Female Sale, Wednesday DeHERD DISPERSAL: PUREBRED Red cember 6th, 1:00PM, at Double Bar D Sale Angus cow herd. Established 1982. Never Barn, Grenfel, SK. Offering 58 lots of the before dispersed or divided. 70 females finest Fleckvieh, Red & Black Simmental, & NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for bred to start calving March 1. 25 top cut Simm-Angus females available. Featuring over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you 2017 born replacement heifer calves. 15 fancy open heifers, powerful bred females have them, we want them.” Make your fiJuly-August born pairs, currently being and exclusive semen packages. For more nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranbred for 2018 calving. Herd sires also avail- information or a catalogue contact Ken teed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, able. 1-800-667-2251, Cleardale, AB. Email: Dimler 306-697-7204 or T Bar C Cattle Co. Winnipeg, MB. clearrivergroup@gmail.com Website: Ltd. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue ELK WANTED! If you have elk to supply online: www.BuyAgro.com PL # 116061 clearriverredangus.com to market let AWAPCO be your first SIMMENTAL BLACK ANGUS cross 150 choice. $11.50/kg. Call our office at RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- cow/calf pairs bred Black Angus. Phone 780-980-7589, info@wapitiriver.com men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery Brandon at 204-402-0780, Brandon, MB. available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca PARTS FOR NH 359 MIXMILL: Belt, lugs, 24 RED ANGUS Heifers bred Red CWA SPECKLE PARK SALE, Wednesday bearings, fan, etc. Phone 306-367-2043, Angus, start calving April 1st, $2200 each. November 22 at 4:30 PM. Featuring fancy leave message. Middle Lake, SK. 306-421-6416, 306-636-2213, Estevan, SK. heifer calves, bred heifers, herd sire pros- GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar pects, embryos & semen. For more info. or panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, a catalogue, contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe w/5- 1” at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue on- sucker rods, $340; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” line at www.BuyAgro.com PL#116061. pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and STEPPLER FARMS - A Piece of the double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting Program Sale, Wednesday, December troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters.

13th, 1:00 PM, at the farm, Miami, MB. An elite offering of 45 genetic leading Charo- TEXAS LONGHORN & RANCH HORSE Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. lais females. Proven producers, bred heif- Fall Select Sale, Saturday, Nov. 18two ers & heifer calves with a Junior incentive year th, 1:00 PM, Crossroads Centre, Oyen, FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully susprogram. For catalogue or info contact An- AB. On offer: Reg. cattle including heifer tainable livestock watering. No power redre Steppler, cell 204-750-1951 or view calves, bred heifers and cows, bull calves, quired to heat or pump. Prevents contami2 yr. old bulls. Crossbred Longhorn heifers nation. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. catalogue online: www.stepplerfarms.com bred Longhorn. Also good ranch broke and www.frostfreenosepumps.com team roping horses. For more informa- HIGHLINE BALE PRO 8100, Feed Chopper NO BORDERS CHAROLAIS SALE, Tuesday tion, or catalogs contact: Ron Walker series, LH discharge, exc. cond., $9000 Dec. 5th, 1:00 PM, Heartland Livestock, or 403-528-0200. Email: OBO. Phone 306-369-7611, Bruno, SK. Virden, MB. 48 head of registered females 403-548-6684 walkersu7texaslonghorns@gmail.com from 12 breeders. Polled, Full French, Red RENN 12’ 10 HP rollermill, large rolls, new Factor from fancy heifer calves to proven Website: www.walkerslonghorns.com style, vg cond., half price of new, $6500, producers. For catalogue or info., contact TEXAS LONGHORN PB Herd Dispersal by can deliver; FarmKing PTO rollermill vg Helge By, 306-536-4261, or view the cata- Bon's Texas Longhorns - In purebreds since cond, $2950. 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. logue online at: www.bylivestock.com 1990. 22 cows w/calves born Aug. & Sept.

14 yearling heifers & 2 red herdsires. Lots CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on WILGENBUSCH CHAROLAIS Volume II of solid black and red. Will turn bulls out s i t e . F o r e a r l y b o o k i n g c a l l Female Sale, Monday, December 11th, November 10-15th unless buyer wishes to 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 1:00 PM, at the ranch, Halbrite, SK. 35 hold breeding until spring. All papers are www.warmanhomecentre.com bred heifers & 9 heifer calves of breed TLBAA and will transfer that way. NH 357 MIX MILL, always shedded, excelleading genetics from the largest Charolais 403-566-2232, 403-363-5732, Sunnynook, lent working condition. Willmott Ranch, herd in Saskatchewan. For catalogue or in- AB. E-mail: lstringer@xplornet.com Pense, SK. Call 306-345-2046. formation contact Craig Wilgenbusch FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak 306-458-7482 or view catalogue & videos panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ online at: www.wilgenbuschcharolais.com WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feedCheck www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com 38TH STERLING COLLECTION Charolais ers; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will Female Sale, Friday, December 1st, 1:30 Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372. custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. PM, at Saskatoon (SK) Livestock Sales.

Over 54 head of quality breeding stock.

STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, Fancy show prospects to proven producwindbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder paners. For catalogue or info., contact Helge 21 BRED HEIFERS, RWF, BWF, black. Bred els, sucker rod fence posts. Custom orBy 306-536-4261, or view the catalogue Polled Hereford Red Angus, very quiet. ders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, Erwin Lehmann306-232-4712 Rosthern SK online at: www.bylivestock.com SK. www.steelviewmfg.com

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2016 CHEV TAHOE LTZ 4X4, 5.3L V8, loaded, sunroof, DVD, NAV, heated and cooled leather, white, 20,435 km. Stk #M7334 ..................................................................$64,995 2016 BUICK ENCORE CXL AWD, 1.4L 4 cyl turbo, loaded, sunroof, heated leather,silver, 20,235 km. Stk #M7303 ........................................................................................$24,995

2014 CHEV 1/2 TON REG CAB WT 4X4, 4.3L V6, loaded, cloth, silver, 71,564km, stk#H2074A ...............................................................................$20,395 2014 GMC 1/2 TON REG CAB 4X4, long box, 5.3L V8, loaded, cloth,grey, 40,031km, stk#H1698A ...............................................................................$26,995

USED EXT. CAB & CREW CAB ½ TONS 2016 GMC 1/2 TON CREW SLT ALL-TERRAIN, 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, nav, heated leather, black, 44,375km, stk#H1645A ...............................................$47,995 2016 GMC 1/2 TON DOUBLE CAB SLE, 4X4, 5.3L v8, loaded, heated cloth, charcoal, 16,312km, stk#H1656A .................................................................$37,395 2015 GMC 1/2 TON, CREW CAB SLE 4X4, 5.3L V8, loaded, heated leather, white, 61,503kms stk#H1977A ....................................................................$36,995 2015 DODGE RAM 1/2 TON QUAD CAB ST, 5.7L V8 HEMI, loaded, cloth, white, 86,202km, stk#H1722B .....................................................................$24,995 2014 CHEV 1/2 TON CREW LT, 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, heated leather, white, 79,417km, stk#H2018A ...............................................................................$34,395 2014 GMC 1/2 TON CREW SLT 4X4, ALL TERRAIN, 5.3L V8, loaded, heated leather, silver, 87,326km, stk#H1029A ..........................................................$37,995 2014 GMC 1/2 TON CREW SLE 4X4, 5.3L V8, loaded, heated leather, brown, 51,502km, stk#H1679A ...............................................................................$35,395 2014 CHEV 1/2 TON CREW CAB 2LT, 4X4, 5.3L V8, loaded, heated cloth, blue, 74,964km, stk#H1590A .......................................................................$29,995 2013 FORD F-150 SUPER CREW LARIAT, 5.3L V8 ECOBOOST, loaded, sunroof, nav, heated leather, white, 115,482km, stk#H1906A..........................$33,395 2013 CHEV 1/2 TON EXT CHEYENNE 4X4, 4.8L V8, loaded, cloth. blue, 110,426km, stk#H1571A .............................................................................$20,995 2012 GMC 1/2 TON CREW SLT 4X4, 6.2L V8, loaded, heated leather, white, 114,045km, stk#H1965B..............................................................................$33,395 2012 CHEV ½ TON CREW CAB LT 4X4, 5.3L V8, loaded, cloth silver, 116,789km stk#H1993A .............................................................................$25,995 2011 GMC ½ TON CREW CAB SLE 4X4, 5.3L V8, loaded, cloth, white, 117,121km, stk#H1744A .............................................................................$25,995 2011 DODGE RAM 1/2 TON QUAD SPORT, 5.6L V8 HEMI, loaded, sunroof, heated & cooled leather, charcoal, 126,370km, stk#H1881A ...........................$25,395

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USED 3/4 TONS & 1 TONS 2017 CHEV 1 TON CREW CAB HIGH COUNTRY DUALLY, 6.6L V8 DIESEL, loaded, nav, sunroof, heated & cooled leather, black, 6,246km, stk#J1100A ................$73,995 2016 GMC 3/4 TON CREW CAB 4X4, 6.0L V8, loaded, cloth, white, 29,545km, stk#M7381 .................................................................................$44,395 2015 GMC 1 TON CREW CAB DENALI DUALLY, 6.6L V8 DIESEL, loaded, sunroof, heated & cooled leather, white, 94,382km,stk#H1820A ..................................$59,995 2015 GMC 1 TON CREW CAB SLT DUALLY, 6.6L V8 DIESEL, loaded, heated & cooled leather, 61,490km, stk#J1062A.......................................................$59,995 2012 GMC 1 TON CREW CAB SLT, 4X4, 6.6L V8, DIESEL, loaded, heated leather, black, 146,516km, stk#H1737A ........................................................$44,995 2012 GMC 1 TON CREW CAB SLE, 4X4, 6.6L V8, DIESEL, loaded, heated leather, white, 145,420km, stk#H1885A ........................................................$39,995 2012 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY, 6.2L V8, loaded, cloth, black, 143,385km, stk#M7358A ................................................................................................$26,395

USED SPORT UTILITIES, S-TRUCKS, SUBURBANS & VANS 2016 BUICK ENCORE CXL AWD, 1.4L 4cyl turbo, loaded, sunroof, heated leather,silver, 20,235km, stk#M7303, ...........................................................$24,995 2017 GMC TERRAIN SLT AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, nav, heated leather, blue, 20,611km, stk#H1762A ...............................................................................$33,395 2016 GMC YUKON DENALI, 6.2L V8, loaded, 7 pass, sunroof, nav, dvd, heated and cooled leather, white, 36,723km, stk#M7350 ...............................$66,995 2016 CHEV TAHOE LTZ, 5.3L V8, loaded, dvd, nav, sunroof, heated & cooled leather, white, 38,301km, stk#H1749A................................................$64,995 2016 GMC YUKON DENALI, 6.2L V8, loaded, nav, sunroof, heated & cooled leather, black, 35,636km, stk#H1356A ..........................................................$69,995 2016 BUICK ENCLAVE PREMIUM AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, sunroof, nav, heated & cooled leather, red, 55,762km, stk#H1294A ...................................$39,995 2016 TOYOTA SIENNA LE, 3.5L V6, loaded, 7 Pass, cloth, blue, 76,162km, stk#H1181A ................................................................................................$28,395

2016 CHEV SUBURBAN LTZ, 5.3L V8, loaded, heated & cooled leather, black, 35,460km, stk#H1746A .....................................................................$66,395 2015 CHEV SUBURBAN LT, 5.3L V8, loaded, nav, sunroof, heated leather, black, 49,995km, stk#H1964A .....................................................................$50,395 2015 CHEV TRAVERSE LT, AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, sunroof, cloth, white, 37,081km, stk#H2054B................................................................................$26,395 2015 GMC ACADIA SLT-2 AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, dvd, sunroof, heated leather, red, 70,775km, stk#H2024A .............................................................$33,395 2015 BUICK ENCLAVE LEATHER AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, sunroof, heated leather, red 44,693km, stk#H1112A .............................................................$36,395 2015 CHEV EQUINOX LT AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, nav, sunroof, heated leather, white, 46,234km, stk#H1270A ..........................................................$25,395 2014 CHEV TAHOE LT, 5.3L V8, loaded, nav, heated & cooled leather, white, 44,679km, stk#H1269A ...............................................................................$47,395 2014 GMC ACADIA SLT AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, sunroof, heated leather, charcoal, 81,741km, stk#H2056A .................................................................$29,395 2014 BUICK ENCLAVE CX AWD, 3.6 V6, loaded, cloth, white, 143,514km, stk#H1373A ................................................................................................$24,995 2014 CHEV EQUINOX 2LT AWD, 2.4L 4cyl, loaded, sunroof, heated leather, 40,924, stk#H2060A ....................................................................................$23,395 2014 GMC ACADIA SLT, AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, DVD, nav, sunroof, heated leather, 154,753km, stk#H1637A .................................................................$20,395 2013 GMC TERRAIN SLT-1 AWD, 2.4L 4cyl, loaded, sunroof, heated leather, red, 70,532km, stk#J1061A .........................................................................$21,995 2013 GMC ACADIA SLT-1 AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated leather, blue, 139,792km, stk#H1506A .............................................................................$21,395 2013 KIA SORENTO EX AWD, V6, luxury, loaded, sunroof, heated leather, 114,539km, stk#H1276A .............................................................................$15,395 2013 CHEV EQUINOX LT AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, cloth, charcoal, 113,313km, stk#H1395B .................................................................................................$20,395 2013 FORD EXPLORER XLT, 4WD, 3.5L V6, loaded, nav, sunroof, heated leather, blue, 77,620km, stk#H1825A ............................................................$28,395 2013 BUICK ENCLAVE CXL AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, dvd, nav, sunroof, heated & cooled leather, white, 103,234km, stk#H1827A ...............................$29,395

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620 hrs, 350 HP, Trimble Autopilot, 18” tracks, PTO, 3PH, 30” track avail.,$ exc. cond. Lease avail ....

229,800

2007 GLEANER A75 1426 hrs, RWA, GTA monitor, Redekop chopper, AHHC, $ pickups & duals available ....

89,800

2003 NH CR940

2588 hrs, chopper, spreader, unload auger extension, 900/60R32 fronts,$ headers/pickups available....

1991 JD 9501

49,800

914 pickup, 1300 hrs, 2 spd cyl, chopper, $ shedded, w/monitor .........

14,980

159,800

CONSTRUCTION

2010 JD 640D

1997 CAT D6M LGP DOZER

40’ Hydrafloat, transport, DKD, hyd. header tilt, $ excellent condition..............

Undercarriage 80%, 28” pads, 3 shank hyd ripper, ROPS with cage, $ 19,274 hrs .....................

38,800

45’ FlexDraper, pea auger, DKD, transport AHHC, tilt, not much use, $ for CNH, others available .......

Hydraulic excavator, 10,464 hrs, 12’ stick $ Q/C bucket .....................

83,800

69,800

2003 FRONTIER GC1108 GRAIN CART

2013 JD 210K EP

875 Bushel, PTO drive, 30.5x32 radials, $ roll tarp, field ready ........

Skip Loader, 1336 hrs, 4WD, forks, canopy, personnel carrier, $ excellent condition..............

25,900

39,800

2012 BRENT 882 GRAIN CART

2005 VOLVO BL70

850 bu, 1000 PTO, hyd. spout, 500 bu/minute, $ very good condition .........

6764 hrs, 4wd, cab, diff lock, $ 6,953 lb lift capacity ........

37,800

TRADES WELCOME

74,800

2006 JD 270C LC

19,900

2005 CIH AFX 8010 1865 hrs, lat tilt, unload extension, AFS Pro 600, big rears, headers & pickups available ..

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2013 FARESIN FH700-10F

Telehandler, 10m reach, 7,000 Kg lift, 4WD, 4 wheel steer, $ 6,354 hrs........................

44,800

2013 CAT TL943C

Telehandler, 1417 hrs, 9000 lb, 43’ reach, 4WD, 4W steer, aux hyds, $ excellent condition ...........

89,800

2008 GENIE S45 BOOM LIFT 4048 hrs, 45’ lift, Deutz diesel, 8’ platform, $ 500lb capacity ..................

19,800

IDAHO-NORLAND SNOW BLOWER 15,888 miles, 4 wheel steer, air brakes, Detroit V8 blower engine, $ Detroit V6 drive engine ....

18,900

69,800

TRUCK & TRAILER

1994 WESTERN STAR 4964F

Crane truck, 584,000 Km, T/A, Cat 3406, Eaton 18 spd, Ferrari 8300 Kg $ crane, fresh safety .............

19,800

2005 STERLING L9500 T/A DUMP TRUCK Cat C15, 10 speed Eaton 15’ gravel box, $ fresh SK safety ..............

39,800

2006 DOEPKER

Super B grain trailers, steel, A/R, scales, 11R24.5, $ 2018 safety ........................

39,800

2018 SOUTHLAND 22’ TRIAXLE 7,000 lb axles, 6’ ramps, max cargo $ 17,204 lbs ...............................

8,900

FINANCING & LEASING AVAILABLE

WATROUS MAINLINE MOTORS

BL ACK FRIDAY EV ENT! EN T! 4 IN STOCK!

MSRP: $52,650

2017 GMC 1/2 TON DOUBLE CAB

40,650

CASH $ PRICE

5.3L V8, LOADED, HEATED SEATS. #H1914

OR $261 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

13 IN STOCK! MSRP: $76,600

2017 CHEV TAHOE LT MIDNIGHT EDITION

68,495

CASH $ PRICE

5.3L V8, LOADED, NAV, HEATED LEATHER. #H2045

41,995

CASH $ PRICE

3.6L V6, LOADED, HEATED LEATHER. #H1493

OR $309 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

53,495

CASH $ PRICE

2017 GMC TERRAIN SLT AWD

32,495

CASH $ PRICE

2.4L 4 CYL, LOADED, DRIVER ALERT PKG, HEATED LEATHER. #H1410

OR $221 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

MSRP: $44,640

2018 CHEV TRAVERSE AWD

43,495

CASH $ PRICE

3.6L V6, LOADED, CLOTH. #J1064

OR $286 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 1.99%

4 IN STOCK! MSRP $48,695

2017 CHEV COLORADO CREW & EXT CAB LT 2017 GMC & CHEV 1/2 TON CREW 4X4 2017 GMC ACADIA SLT AWD MIDNIGHT EDITION 5.3L V8, LOADED, 3.6L V6, LOADED, 3.6L V6, LOADED,CLOTH. #H1782 CLOTH. HEATED LEATHER. CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ #H2022 #H1814

39,995

PRICE

PRICE

38,995

PRICE

OR $245 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

OR $254 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0.99%

41,995

OR $287 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

3 IN STOCK! MSRP: $33,040

2018 CHEV EQUINOX AWD

31,995

CASH $ PRICE

1.5L 4 CYL, TURBO, LOADED, HEATED CLOTH. #J1002

MSRP: $51,140

2017 BUICK ENVISION PREMIUM

43,495

CASH $ PRICE

OR $204 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0.99%

2.0L 4 CYL TURBO, LOADED, NAV, SUNROOF, HEATED LEATHER. #H1301

OR $288 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

MSRP $49,940

2017 GMC CANYON CREW SLT

46,495

CASH $ PRICE

2.8L DIESEL, LOADED, NAV, HEATED LEATHER. #H1600

OR $291 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0.99%

11 IN STOCK! MSRP: $49,840

6 IN STOCK! MSRP $41,120

5.3L V8, LOADED, NAV, HEATED & COOLED LEATHER. #H1752

OR $331 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

2 IN STOCK! MSRP: $44,795

2017 BUICK ENCLAVE AWD

2017 CHEV & GMC 1/2 TON CREW LEATHER

OR $438 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

14 IN STOCK! MSRP: $55,495

MSRP: $64,754

3 IN STOCK!

2 IN STOCK! MSRP $75,620

2017 GMC YUKON SLT

67,495

CASH $ PRICE

5.3L V8, LOADED, HEATED & COOLED LEATHER. #H1963

OR $433 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

3 IN STOCK! MSRP: $30,585

2017 CHEV MALIBU LT

25,495

CASH $ PRICE

1.5L 4 CYL, LOADED, CLOTH. #H1769

OR $178 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 0%

2 IN STOCK! MSRP $26,935

2018 CHEV CRUZE LT

25,995

CASH $ PRICE

1.4L 4 CYL, LOADED, SUNROOF, HEATED CLOTH. #J1090

OR $172 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT 1.99%

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2017 Case IH 9240 Combine

36” High Idler Tracks, Lux Cab, HID Lights, Twin Pump Hyd Stk: 025507 (SC)

36” Tracks, Lux Cab, Leather Seat, Accuguide, 50 Ft Auger Stk: 026350 (ME)

2009 Seed Hawk 8412 Air Drill 600 TBT Cart, Viper Pro SCT, 10” Auger, VR Hyd Drive Stk: 021474 (PA)

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2016 Case IH 9240 620 Duals, Lux Cab, Lat Tilt w/Rocktrap, Accuguide, 50 Ft Folding Unload, Magnacut Chopper, HID Lights Stk: 022940 (SC).................................. $499,000

2016 Case IH 4440 120 Ft, AIM Pro, Active Susp, Pro 700, Accuguide, Accuboom, Autoboom, Front Fill, Wide Fenders, Trelleborg 710’s Stk: 022565 (SA) ............................... $495,000 2014 Case IH 4430 120 Ft, Lux Cab, Active Susp, HID lights, AutoBoom, Accuboom, Viper Pro Monitor, AIM Pro, 380’s & 620’s, Raven Smartrax Steering Stk: 023711 (PA)$380,000 2013 Case IH 4430 100 Ft, Deluxe Ccab, AIM, Pro 700, 372 Receiver, 2 Sets Of Tires, HID Lights, Autoboom, Accuboom Stk:024786 (SC).................................................. $305,000 2011 Case IH 4420 120 Ft, Dlx Cab, 380’s & 650’s, HID Light, Air Comp, Viper Pro, Smartrax Auto Steer, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, Crop Dividers, Fan Reverser Stk: 021959 (ME).... $213,000 2009 Case IH 4420 100 Ft, AIM, 1200 Gallon, Norac Boom Height Control, Sectional Control, Autopilot, 380’s & 520’s, Ag Leader Monitor Stk: 020576 (ES) ............ $199,500 2013 Case IH 3330 100 Ff, 380 & 650 Tires, Active Susp, Front Fill, AIM Command, Deluxe HID Lighting, Accuboom, Autoboom Stk: 022510 (SA) ....................................... $249,900 2000 Case IH SPX2130 78 Ft, Auto Steer, 2 Sets of Tires, 660 Gallons Stk: 024745 (SA).................................................................................................. $69,900 2014 Case IH 4530 Floater 70 Ft, Lux Cab, Power Mirrors, Deluxe HID Lights, Fenders, Double 6” Auger 50 CF, Viper 4 Monitor, 1550 Hours Stk: 024242 (SC)............. $320,000 2011 Case IH 3230 100 Ft, Dlx Cab, Active Susp, HID Lights, Pro 600, Accuguide, Fenders, Accuboom, Autoboom Stk: 028123A (LL) .......................................................... $229,000 2010 John Deere 4830 100 Ft, 1000 Gallon Tank, Autosteer, Swath Pro, Autoboom, 2 Sets Of Tires, Crop Dividers Stk: 021520 (SA)............................................................ $215,000 2014 New Holland SP240F 120 Ft, 1200 Gal SS Tank, Intelliview IV Monitor, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, 2 Sets of Tires Stk: 024111 (LL) ....................................................... $299,000 2009 Apache AS1010 100 Ft, 1000 Gal, Raven Control & GPS, 5 Way Nozzle Bodies, 1800 Hrs Stk: 026632 (SC)......................................................................................... $190,000 1998 Rogator 854 100 Ft, 800 Gal SS Tank, Ez-Guide Auto Steer, Rate Controller, Rinse Tank Stk: 023420 (LL) .......................................................................................... $49,000

2016 Case IH 8240 520 Duals, Lat Tilt, Rocktrap, Ext Wear Rotor, Standard Chopper, Deluxe Cab, Leather Seat, Pro 700, Accuguide Ready Stk: 022117 (SC) ............ $405,000 2014 Case IH 8230 900 Singles, Lat Tilt, Deluxe Cab, GPS, Folding Auger, Pivot Spout, Hyd Fold Hopper Cover, 865 Engine & 640 Rotor Hrs Stk: 025289 (SC) ................... $335,000 2013 Case IH 9230 620 Duals, Lux Cab, Lat Tilt w/Rocktrap, Accuguide, Hyd Grain Tank Cover, Magnacut Chopper, HID Lights Stk: 021990 (ES) .................................... $350,000 2011 Case IH 9120 2016 P/U Header, 900/60R32 & 600/65R28, Pro 600 Monitor, Rocktrap, Small Tube Rotor, 24 Ft Auger, MagnaCut Chopper Stk: 022637 (ME) $215,000 2012 Case IH 7230 520 Duals, Lat Tilt, Ext Wear Rotor, Hyd Folding Cover, Std Chopper, HID Lights, Accuguide, Air Compressor Stk: 021503 (PA)................................... $269,000 2010 Case IH 8120 900/75R32, Ext Wear Rotor /w Bars & Spikes, Fine Cut Chopper, Leather, HID Lights, Folding Cover Stk: 024410 (LL) ........................................... $189,900 2009 Case IH 7120 520 Duals, Lateral Tilt, Accuguide, Power Mirrors, Std Cut Chopper, 3016 Header /w SwathMaster Pickup Stk: 205692B (LL) .................................. $189,000 2006 Case IH 8010 14’ CIH 2016 Pickup, 520 Duals, Rocktrap, Pro 600 Monitor, Std Rotor, Maurer Topper, Fine Cut Chopper, Long Auger Stk: 021412 (ME) ........................ $155,500 2013 John Deere S680 c/w JD 615 Pickup, 520 Duals, 28L Rear Tires, AutoSteer, Folding Hopper Stk: 024686 (SA)................................................................................... $355,000 2008 New Holland CR9070 C/W 76C Pickup, 20.8/42 Duals, MAV Chopper, Color Display, 7.3 M Unload Auger, Deluxe Cab Stk: 025314 (LL) ............................................. $149,000 2003 New Holland CR960 c/w NH 76C Pickup Header, Beacon, Service Lights, Yield & Moisture Stk:023071 (PA) .................................................................................. $102,900

TRACTORS 2016 Case IH Steiger 420 520 Triples, Deluxe Cab, HID Lights, Pro 700, Accuguide, 4 Remotes, High Capacity Hyd, PTO Stk: 023173 (SC) ....................................... $379,000

2014 Case IH Steiger 620 Quadtrac Luxury Cab, PTO, Twin Flow Hyd, 36” Tracks, 6 Remotes, Pro 700, Accuguide, HID Lights Stk: 025032 (ME)............................................. $489,000 2010 Case IH Steiger 535 800 Duals, Accuguide, 4 Remotes, Weight Pkg, Tow Cable, 2300 Hours Stk: 025747 (ES)...................................................................................... $250,000 2016 Case IH Steiger 580 Quadtrac Lux Cab, LED Lights, Pro 700, Accuguide, 2 Hyd Pumps, 6 Remotes, PTO, 36” Tracks, Tow Cable Stk: 022922 (SC) ................... $565,000 2014 Case IH Steiger 550 Quadtrac Luxury Cab, Dual Hyd Pumps, PTO, HID Lights, Tow Cable, HID Lights, 6 Remotes, Viper Pro, Raven AutoSteer Stk: 023776 (PA) ..... $481,000 2016 Case IH Steiger 500 520 Triples, Deluxe Cab, HID Lights, Accuguide, Pro 700, 4 Remotes, Hi-Cap Hyd, 342 hours Stk: 023022 (SC) ....................................... $380,000

2009 Case IH Steiger 485 Quadtrac Dlx Cab, Hi Cap Hyd, PTO, 30” Tracks, Cab Suspension, Accuguide Stk: 023118 (SA) .............................................................................. $255,000 2012 John Deere 9510RT 36” Tracks, Leather Seat, 4 Remotes, SF2 GPS, Greenstar Display, High Capacity Hyd 58 GPM, 2070 hours Stk: 024350 (SC)................... $350,000 2013 New Holland T9.615 36” High Idler, Lux Cab, HID Lights, GPS Autoguidance, Twin Pump Hyd, Radar, PTO, 2700 hours Stk: 025507 (SC) ....................................... $410,000

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2011 Bourgault 7200 Harrow

2012 Bourgault 3320 QDA Air Drill

2009 Case IH 7120 Combine

84 Ft, Hyd Tine Angle Stk: 022120 (PA)

66 Ft, 10” Spacing, L6550 TBT, Midrow banders, DS, NH3 Kit Stk: 023175 (SA)

540/42 duals, HID Lights, Fine Cut Chopper, 2016 PU Header Stk: 206068B (LL)

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1600 Gallon, 120 FT Mono Boom, Intellispray with Turn Compensation, Auto Boom, Intellisteer, Set of 4 380/90R50 Tires, Set of 4 650/65R42 Tires, Boom Blow Out Kit, Electric Rinse/Flush, Aux Lighting

853996

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575,000

36” Tracks, 750/65R26; Steering Lateral tilt, Ext Wear Rotor, Engine Air Compressor

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$

225,000

Comes with 9186 - 13’ Razor Bar Disc Bine and 5300-30 Draper Header, Like New, 75 hrs

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MELFORT, SK

PENHOLD, AB

306-682-9920

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403-886-4222

CASE MAXXUM 125

10FT - 330 BU CREEP FEEDER

2016 CLASS XERION 5000

858846

855583

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$

159,000

167 hrs, Susp. Cab, LED Lights, 40km p/s Trans., 3 Mech remotes, 540/1000 PTO, FWA, 125 Eng HP, Self leveling, 755 Loader w/Grapple WETASKIWIN, AB

780-352-9244

2014 NEW HOLLAND BOOMER 41

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204-743-2266

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25,000

4WD, Hydro, Rear Remote, Loader, Bucket

475,000

2 UNITS AVAILABLE NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK

306-445-8010

2016 NEW HOLLAND CR8.90

2017 CASE IH MAGNUM 380

848552

$

859017

859016

$

409,000

Rowtrac CVT, 95 Hrs, GPS, Fr. Weights, 3PTH, 144” Spacing, Leather

NOBLEFORD, AB

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403-824-3404

1-888-895-0669

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SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr.

Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture. Stocking mixer, cutter, feed wagons and bale shredders. We are industry leaders in Rol-Oyl cattle oilers.

306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca VARIOUS BALE PROCESSORS: Highline and Bale King. Call Willie 204-750-2384, St. Claude, MB. www.gmdurnofarms.com

PUREBRED BLUE HEELER PUPS, from good working parents, ready to go, have raised Blue Heelers for 45 years. 204-365-0066, 2002 CAVCO MANUFACTURED Home.

Shoal Lake, MB. Tuscany MH Park, Yuma, AZ., 1066 sq. ft., 2 BORDER COLLIE PUPS from working par- bed, 2 bath, new AC and heat unit (Nov. 2016).

Unique park w/only mobile homes. ents, ready to go Dec 6th, vet check & 1st All offers considered. Call 306-325-4450. shots, $500. 587-219-0562, Consort, AB. COLLIE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD cross puppies, ready to go Nov. 10th, $50 each.

Call 306-532-4843, Wapella, SK. COLLIE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD cross 10 m o n t h f e m a l e p u p , $ 5 0 . C a l l 5 ACRE FARM, fenced, 4 bdrm home, cab306-532-4843, Wapella, SK. in, barns, fruit trees, Slocan River frontage, $430,000. 250-304-4669, Castlegar.

RETIRING/SNOWBIRD? Call local realtor Bob Granholm to help you find your new home in the south Okanagan of BC. Mild winters and only true desert area of Canada! 250-983-3372, rbgtroper@gmail.com RE/MAX Wine Capital Realty, Oliver.

NEW 8’ TRUCK cap, white in colour; 2 ACRES COMMERCIAL property w/20'x70' Wheelchair new; Scooter; Treadmill, like trailer: Trailer is 1/2 office space, 1/2 resinew. 306-233-5241, Wakaw, SK. dent space. Includes 20'x20' work shed & twenty 20 amp plug-ins on rack w/yard lights, $500,000. Will sell trailer separate.

All structures only 5 yrs. old. Phone 780-691-9552, 867-536-7718, Fort Nelson, BC. E-mail: pnesunset@yahoo.ca WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org

LOG SIDING, LOG cabin logs, Fir timbers, Fir flooring, Cedar. Special orders. Check o u t m o r e i n fo . at : ro u c k b ro s . c o m Lumby, BC., 1-800-960-3388.

A RANCHERS PARADISE - RIMBY, AB. ID#1100601. This excellent cow/calf ranch has about 945 acres (all adjacent in 1 row) & can handle about 250 cow/calf pairs. All quarters have access to water & fences are in good shape. Surface lease is about $41,000/yr. Also includes a 3 bedroom home, a 40’x80’ shop and various other outbuildings; CENTRAL ALBERTA! 4 7 7 A C R E S O F P R I M E L A N D, ID#1100566. Prime Farm Land! Excellent location only 15 minutes west of Olds. 477 acres of #2 soil is a rare find! There are 5 separate titles, a very nice 1384sq.ft. home, 2 car garage, and numerous outbuildings. Current production of all the land is hay with 3 cuts sometimes possible. Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. To view all of our listings visit: www.farmrealestate.com 1/4 SECTION NORTH of Halkirk, AB. Cropland, grass and trees. Natural watercourse.

9 miles from Big Knife Prov. Park. In WMU 204 - one of the most desired big game hunting areas in AB. Phone 403-633-2421.

FOR SALE BY TENDER: NW 4-44-15-W4, Strome, AB. 155 acres prime crop land.

Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Tenders. Deadline Nov. 24/17. Submit bid to: MLeeb200@gmail.com

COUNTY OF VERMILION RIVER for sale by tender with bids closing Dec. 5, 2017.

LIST YOUR PROPERTY to MLS for a flat fee 130.70 titled acres. Current use is pasture.

CERTIFIED ORGANIC YELLOW FLAX. Check it out at: choicerealtysystems.ca or Revenue from one natural gas surface Also Wanted: Organic Producers under call 306-975-1206. lease of $2700. Vern McClelland, RE/MAX c o n t r a c t . R ey n a l d 2 0 4 - 8 7 8 - 4 8 3 9 o r of Lloydminster, 780-808-2700. Details at: 204-794-8550, reynald@milletking.com www.forbeslandtender.ca St. Claude, MB. WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assiniboia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437.

LOOKING FOR LAND

CERTIFIED Organic Red Prosco Cerise millet seed. Wanted: Organic Producers under contract. Reynald 204-878-4839 or 204-794-8550, reynald@milletking.com St. Claude, MB.

w/Aggregate Potential In Saskatchewan

SASKATOON, SK. 133 113th Street W, $364,900 MLS®. 1335 sq. ft. bungalow w/ double att. garage, c/w a separate 26’x24’ heated workshop/studio. Call Mark ARE YOU SINGLE and would rather be 306-292-8863, Derrick Stretch Realty Inc. in love? Camelot Introductions has been successfully matching people for over 23 years. In-person interviews by Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. Call 306-978L OVE ( 5 6 8 3 ) , 2 0 4 - 2 5 7 - L OVE ( 5 6 8 3 ) WWW.MEDALLION-HOMES.CA modular homes/lake houses/RTM’s. Visit our sales www.camelotintroductions.com lot, or check online for stock, homes and all other plans. Factory direct orders built to your specs! Trade-ins welcome, buy and sell used homes. Hwy 2 South, Prince Albert, SK. Call 306-764-2121 or toll free 1-800-249-3969.

J&H HOMES: Western Canada’s most trusted RTM Home Builder since 1969.

View at www.jhhomes.com 306-652-5322 HOME HARDWARE RTM Homes and Cottages. Phone 1-800-663-3350 or go onl i n e fo r f l o o r p l a n s a n d s p e c s at : www.northbattlefordhomehardware.com RT M S A N D S I T E b u i l t h o m e s . C a l l 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca

LARGE PUREBRED ALASKAN malamute/cross pups. Born Oct 10, these well marked pups, possess strong stamina, and loyalty, reasonably priced at $400. Call 306-947-2190, Hepburn, SK. 10-WEEK-OLD AUSTRALIAN HERD Pups, $500/each, allowance for longer distance pickup. 204-827-2805, Glenboro, MB. REGISTERED BORDER COLLIE pups from working parents. Call Richard Smith 780-846-2643, Kitscoty, AB.

Call POTZUS LTD. Phone: 306-782-7423 Fax: 306-786-6909 Email: info@potzus.com RM OF LIVINGSTON: Pelly, SK., 6 miles N. SW and SE 26-34-32-W1. 320 acres, 265 cultivated, $399,000. Phone 778-848-2535.

FOR RENT: 4 Quarters in the RM of Blucher Phone 306-374-0339. Cash offers only.

GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net

W ANTED

5,000 to 20,000 ACRES OF GOOD CROP PRODUCTION L AN D IN S AS K ATCHEW AN AN D AL BERTA

Plea s e ca ll M a rcel a t1-403-350-6 8 6 8 M a rcel L eBla n c Rea l Es ta te In c.

RM MAPLE CREEK #111. For sale N 1/2 35-11-26-W3. 320 cult. acres, 60x100’ steel quonset on 2’ cement fdn, power, water for up to 100 head of cattle, 1 mile of Hwy #1 frontage. Call 403-866-2214.

WANTED: 4000-4500 ac. (+/-) for young farmer, east of Luseland or Unity area. AsVEGAS TIMESHARE: INT’L exchanges, 2 sess: $100,000. Call 780-625-6767. bedroom, 2 bath, full kitchen, laundry, fireplace, pools, selling due to health. PRIME FARMING LOCATION! Great opportunity for a start-up farmer who wants 306-453-2958, Carlyle, SK. to be not too far out of a major city. This DELUXE, MOVE-IN READY, Park Model, farm is perfect if you are in the market for Yuma, AZ, 55+ gated park. One owner. 9’ a start-up farm or want to add more land ceilings, 17x34’ screened/covered patio, to your existing land base. Property has a 8x15’ finished shed. Hardy board ext. 1/4 section of good cultivated land and an 4 0 x 5 5 ’ l o t , c o m p l e t e ly l a n d s c ap e d . older dairy with other outbuildings com$54,500 CAD. Phone 587-416-7289. plete the package. ID#1100599, Osler, SK. MLS® Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings visit: www.farmrealestate.com TAKING OFFERS ON section of land in RM 129: 33-14-19 W2. Looking to lease back.

Phone 306-596-4231.

WINTER GETAWAY IN Arizona for Sale, Park Model & Lot in 55+ gated community.

Access to pools, golf course, all recreational, craft & hobby facilities. 520-868-4134, winterfun@juno.com

BY TENDER: The Sale of Lands by BKS Trucking Ltd., Shaun & Katie Bassett, Remerge Rehabilitation Inc., and Derek Kurpjuweit. The owners of farmlands will accept offers to purchase, as a block, the following deeded lands briefly described as SW 13-7-6 W3, SE 14-8-6 W3, NE 14-8-6 W3, SW 35-7-6 W3, NW 35-7-6 W3, NW 20-8-6 W3, NE 20-8-6 W3, NW 14-8-6 W3, SW 14-8-6 W3, NW 7-7-5 W3, SW 7-7-5 W3, SE 19-7-5 W3, SW 19-7-5 W3, SE 12-7-6 W3, SW 12-7-6 W3, NW 13-7-6 W3, NW 26-7-6 W3, NE 31-7-5 W3, SE 31-7-5 W3, NW 29-7-5 W3, NW 13-8-6 W3, NE 11-8-6 W3 and SE 11-8-6 W3 as well as certain bins all of which are located in the RM of Wood River No. 074 and detailed in the Tender Package. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Tenders, and to waive formalities as the interest of the Owner may require without stating reasons. The highest or any Tender may not necessarily be accepted. The Owner shall not be liable for any costs, expenses, loss or damage incurred, sustained or suffered by any bidder prior, or subsequent to, or by any reason of the acceptance or the non-acceptance by the Owner of any Tender. The bidders whose Tenders have not been accepted by the Owner will be notified within a reasonable time after Tender opening. The successful bidder shall pay a non-refundable deposit of 5% of the Tender price to Stringam LLP in trust by way of bank draft or solicitor’s trust cheque with the tender submission.

The closing date shall be January 2, 2018, the balance of the tender price shall be due and payable on said closing date.

The taxes shall be adjusted at the closing date. The Owners shall retain all surface lease rentals up to and including the closing date without adjustment and any subsequent payments will be provided to the Purchaser. Tenders shall be marked “BKS Trucking Tender” and delivered on or before 12:00 noon MDT on December 1, 2017 to: Stringam LLP, 35 7th Street SE, Medicine Hat, AB., T1A 1J2, Attention: Kipling B. Wiese. P: 403-488-8200. F: 403-488-8215.

Email: kbwiese@stringam.ca and/or colleen@stringam.ca Only tenders for the entire block of parcels for the above lands will be accepted. Separate tenders will be considered for the blocks of bins specified above. In the event that a successful tender is accepted on all parcels.

Tenders which are submitted to Stringam LLP may be opened by the owners and accepted by the owners prior to December 1, 2017 at the Owners’ option. The successful bidder will be notified as such time as stated below. If the owner shall not open or accept tenders prior to December 1, 2017, the owners will notify the successful bidder by email, phone, or fax when the tender has been accepted.

FOR SALE BY TENDER Located in R.M. Waverley #44 Assessment $179,900.00 $144,800.00 $169,300.00 $152,400.00 $127,400.00 $148,400.00 $147,800.00 $144,400.00 $155,600.00 (home quarter) Possession date of Home Quarter to be negotiated.

NW 20-6-4W3 SW 20-6-4W3 SW 28-6-4W3 SW 22-6-4W3 SE 22-6-4W3 SE 29-6-4W3 NE 21-6-4W3 SW 21-6-4W3 NW 21-6-4W3

Buildings on Home Quarter Home with Finished Basement 26 x 30 Garage 50 x 80 Zipperlock Quonset 40 x 60 Heated Shop 54 x 80 Goodon Storage Shop Built in 2016 with 40’ Bi-fold door 58,000 Bushel Grain Storage Includes: 2500 ft. Airstrip and Spring fed dugout.

Bids on all or separate parcels accepted.

Prospective purchasers must rely on their own research of the property to determine acreage, condition, improvements, and assessment. To view or for information phone 306-421-5813.

Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Please submit certified cheque for 5% of bid with tender, payable to Lewans & Ford In Trust, and clearly mark envelope “GOLDEN EAGLE FARMS LTD./ JALBERT LAND TENDER.” Tenders will close December 8, 2017 at 2 p.m.

LEWANS & FORD

Barristers & Solicitors Box 759 Assiniboia, Saskatchewan S0H 0B0 306-642-4520 Fax: 306-642-5777 lewans.ford@sasktel.net

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a land and oil revenue auction for the Estate of Elizabeth Debusschere. Thursday Dec. 7, 2017 at the Stoughton Legion Hall, Stoughton, SK, 7:00 PM. Up for auction are 5 quarters of farm land and pasture in the heart of the oil patch near Stoughton, SK. 1) NE 26-08-08 W2, RM of Tecumseh No.65: 160 titled ac., approx.

110 cult. ac., FVA 77715, 2017 taxes $331.45, 2017 crop canola, 2 Westeel 1650 bu. bins on wood floors, surface lease revenue $23,250; 2) SE 26-08-08 W2, RM of Tecumseh No.65: 157 titled ac., approx. 120 cult. ac., FVA 77385, 2017 taxes $330.05, dugout, surface lease revenue $6750; 3) NW 06-09-06 W2, RM of Brock No.64: 160 titled ac., FVA 30420, 2017 taxes $171.26, pasture, partially fenced, surface lease revenue $6800; 4) NE 06-09-06 W2, RM of Brock No.64: 160 titled ac., FVA 54450, 2017 taxes $306.55, pasture, partially fenced; 5) SW 06-09-06 W2, RM of Brock No.64: 160 titled ac., FVA 34200, 2017 taxes $192.55, pasture, partially fenced, surface lease revenue $6400.

10% non-refundable down on sale day, balance due in 30 days. For sale bill & pics visit www.mackauctioncompany.com J o i n u s o n F a c e b o o k a n d Tw i t t e r.

306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815. Mack Auction Company, PL#311962.

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NE-7-52-21-W2 & NW-8-52-21-W2 crop land for rent in RM Torch River No.488

TENDER: KINDERSLEY/EATONIA Farm Land For Rent - 2 section/8 quarter block. RM 261 Chesterfield: Section 29-27-25 & Section 32-27-25. Land located approx. 12 miles SW of Kindersley; 7 miles North of Eatonia. Rental tenders invited on the above land (preference given to tenders involving all lands); Tenders Call: 306-230-1588 or close at 5:00 PM November 30, 2017.

Email: Successful tender(s) to complete rental agreement with vendor/landlord by DeJustin.yin.ca@gmail.com cember 14, 2017. Rent tenders to specify $/acre cash rent. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 5 year term ofJUSTIN YIN fered. Respondents must rely on their own research and inspection. For more info.

FARMLAND contact Chris Selness at 306-539-1972.

MARKETING Tenders to be submitted to: Chris Selness SPECIALIST /Topsoil Land Tender, 1925 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK., S4P 0R3.

LAND FOR SALE by tender. Approx. 480 acres, RM of Willner #253. N1/2 11-25-3TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Meadow W3, SW 11-25-3-W3. Grass and pastureLake hunting land. Pines, heavy big game, land with dugout and some fencing. trails. 160 acres. $84,500 MLS. Coldwell Tenders accepted until December 15, 2017.

Banker Signature. Tom 306-260-7838.

Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit written tenders to: Box TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Interest- 134, Loreburn, SK. S0H 2S0 ed in the value of your farmland and considering selling? Up to date market evalua- R M O F B L U C H E R 3 4 3 : 2 q u a r t e r s . tions done at your farm. Coldwell Banker SW-29-35-01-W3M, NW-29-35-01-W3M, Signature. Tom Neufeld 306-260-7838.

310 acres cult. 3 hopper bins totaling TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM For sale 17,000 bus. Call Bob 306-717-1987.

RM of Mariposa SW-7-36-20-W3, SE 7-36-20-W3. $355,000 MLS. Coldwell LAND FOR RENT: 132 ac., NW 1/4 5-35-4 B a n k e r S i g n a t u r e . To m N e u f e l d W3, RM of Corman Park No.344. 10 miles from Saskatoon. Call/text 403-462-0570.

306-260-7838.

FARMLAND WANTED JUSTIN YIN FARMLAND MARKETING SPECIALIST

112 Reindeer Road Saskatoon, SK S7K 4R3

306.230.1588 306.361.8926 justin.yin.ca@gmail.com

LANE REALTY We Are Pleased To Announce The Following Recent Sales

SOLD!

LOCKWOOD 156 acres - owned by Cameron Mackenzie WHITEWOOD 159 acres - owned by Daryn Armstrong BULYEA 311 acres - owned by K.F. Hardware Ltd. C/O Keith Olsen PLUNKETT 477 acres - owned by Barbara & Larry Dale BANKEND 638 acres - owned by Marilyn Nazar LACADENA 1117 acres - owned by Dana Case, Lisa Case, Tamie McDonald & Vicki Case ATWATER 1120 acres - owned by Michielsen Meadows Ltd. + Deborah & Henry Michielsen CANWOOD 2819 acres - owned by Double Diamond Farms & Curtis Martin

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FARMLAND NE SK (Clemenceau) 4 qtrs plus 36 acre riverside parcel with 5 bdrm. home. Featuring: bins on concrete with direct hit on railroad cars, 40 acres of mostly mature spruce timber, 2 farmyards- 1 bordering Etomami River and 50 miles of provincial forest, exc. elk hunting and other big game and goose. 580 acres wheat, mustard, barley and peas. Full line of farm and sawmill equipment also available. Will separate. Reg Hertz, 306-865-7469.

115 CULTIVATED ACRES and remainder in hay and pasture near City of Humboldt in RM of Humboldt No. 370. SW 12-38-23 W2.

Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Mail bids by November 30, 2017 to Box 686, Humboldt, SK. S0K 2A0.

NEAR KRONAU SK, 1/2 hr. from Regina 80 acres w/character home and outbuildings; Near Pilot Butte 68 acres with yardsite; Near Pilot Butte 80 acres with yardsite.

Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com RM CANWOOD #494, 3 quarters: Grain, pasture and hay, 265 acres cult. On school bus route. UG power and phone on 2 good yard sites, 2013 assessment $203,700.

306-747-2775 after 6 PM, Shellbrook, SK.

1) LARGE DAIRY FARM west of Brandon; 2) 1/2 Section close to and west of Winnipeg. Henry Kuhl: Farmland Specialist, Royal LePage Alliance, Winnipeg, MB. REGINA 1400 sq.ft. bungalow, 2 bdrm, 3 204-885-5500, 204-856-3140. bath, garage, all utilities, snow removal incl. Dec 29/17 - Mar 6/17. 306-585-6382 RM NORTH CYPRESS-LANGFORD 4.5 qtrs prime land in a complete block near Sidney, APARTMENTS FOR RENT, Langham, SK. MB. 510 acres in crop. Avail. for 2018 crop Quiet, well maintained, close to schools. 1 year. $1,200,000 OBO. Elesmerefarm.com and 2 bedrooms starting at $650. Contact Blaise at 306-349-9351.

EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) Horse ranch in Erickson, MB., Riding arena & buildings in fantastic cond. 2) Modern house & 160 acres of pasture, 15 mins. to Brandon. 3) 320 acre farm, Carnduff, SK. Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, Re/Max YUMA, ARIZONA- 38’ 5th wheel for rent.

Includes utilities plus Arizona room on 2 Valleyview Realty Inc., Brandon, MB. acres of land across from Yuma Lakes RV 2 HALF SECTIONS pasture for sale in RM Park. Available November 1, 2017. Rent of St. Laurent. Treated posts, high tensile $900/month US. Call 306-867-3748 or barbwire, crossed fenced, good water and email: conrad.nadeau@sasktel.net some trees. For info. call 204-981-9378.

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION in RM of ARMSTRONG. Cozy mid 1950’s farmhouse on 80 acres of fenced pasture and hayland.

Asking $160,000 OBO. Call after 6:00 PM, 204-643-5697, Fraserwood, MB.

November 18/2017

RM of WREFORD #280

MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

2017 2017 Assessment Acres taxes paid

SE 18-29-24 W2 GRAIN 206,800 NW 20-29-24 W2 GRAIN 173,300 SW 20-29-24 W2 GRAIN 192,000 NE 23-29-24 W2 GRAIN 155,000 NW 26-29-24 W2 GRAIN 160,700 SW 12-30-24 W2 PASTURE 92,800 SW 13-30-24 W2 PASTURE 80,600 SE 22-30-24 W2 GRAIN 170,800 SW-22-30-24 W2 GRAIN 159,400 SW 27-30-24 W2 GRAIN 142,900

160 157 160 151 159 158 160 158 159 159

783.11 680.55 753.99 608.69 631.07 364.43 258.97 670.73 625.97 561.16

WANTED: GRAIN LAND for rent in Northern/Central Saskatchewan. Call Mike 306-469-7741, Big River, SK. LOOKING FOR CROPLAND to rent between Olds and Calgary. Prefer west of Hwy. 56. Call 403-994-0085, Didsbury, AB.

Tenders accepted on each parcel subject to executors acceptance.

Highest accepted tender will sign agreement for sale, with a 5% deposit, balance due in 30 days.

Abe Warkentin, Executor 306-946-2193 (after 6 pm) LAND FOR SALE by Tender: RM of Hoodoo, NE 14-43-26-W2. Approx. 150 cult. acres.

Approx. 6 miles NE of Wakaw. Title clear, taxes paid 2017, currently rented. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Send tenders to: PO Box 302, Wakaw, SK. S0K 4P0. markowskym@gmail.com

AAC BRANDON CWRS, Cert. top quality seed, very high yielder and protein. Highly recommended by growers. All inquiries welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516 or email: gregfarms@sasktel.net

ATTENTION SNOWBIRDS: A warm winter and soft breezes await you in Osoyoos, BC this winter season. The Bella Villa Resort, right on the lake, offers a variety of rooms all equipped with full kitchens. Bella Villa Resort is close to shopping and restaurants and a very short drive to other communities in the Okanagan. Make your reservations now by calling 1-888-495-6751.

Monthly rates starting at $600.

TIMESHARE FOR SALE: Christie Lodge in Vail, Colorado. Floating week, 1 bdrm., Queen, fireplace, kitchenette, maintenance fees $458/yearly. Never had the chance to use, but must sell for health reasons - can no longer leave Canada. Make offer and I will consider. Call 403-242-9234.

FOR RENT: CITRUS GARDENS, Mesa, AZ., dbl. wide mobile, 2 baths, 2 bdrms. Dec. Special price, $1200/US. 306-585-6382.

WOOD-MIZER PORTABLE SAWMILLS, eight models, options and accessories.

1-877-866-0667. www.woodmizer.ca 32 ACRES: 2 homes, outbuildings and much more! Reduced to $995,000. Call 403-703-5548 or www.gerardchiasson.com

RM OF SPIRITWOOD No. 496- 36.8 acres featuring a 2 storey house, 3 bdrms, 2 R M O F F OA M L A K E # 2 7 6 fo r s a l e baths, 2100 sq. ft. and attached double SE-35-28-12-W2 160 acres (approx. 102 garage! All major appliances including a cultivated). Call 780-724-3735 for info. fireplace are natural gas and included! 32 x48 heated shop w/cement floor, 40x60 steel quonset w/dirt floor, 2 water wells plus 3 water bowls. MLS® 610213. Lloyd is in need of good grain land/livestock operations with early spring or earlier possession! Call Lloyd Ledinski, RE/MAX of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK., 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: CDC Land- involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. mark, AAC Brandon, AAC Jatharia, Cardale, Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 CDC Utmost. Ardell Seeds, 306-668-4415, or 306-228-7325, no texts. Unity, SK. Vanscoy, SK. WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 peas, green or damaged canola. Phone CDC Landmark VB, AAC Viewfield, AAC Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. Brandon, AAC Cameron VB, AAC Elie, Cardale and AC Andrew. Frederick Seeds, 4000 BU. of Oats; 10,000 bu. of Rye & 50 b a l e s o f p e a s t r aw. 3 0 6 - 2 8 3 - 4 7 4 7 , 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. 306-220-0429, Langham, SK. VAN RAAY PASKAL Farms in Iron Springs area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $$$ in your pocket and sell direct to us with no brokerage fee. Call 403-330-9147.

TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

CDC GLAS, Reg., Cert., top quality seed.

High yield, exc. standability, easy to harvest. Great reviews from customers. Inquiries welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

kevin.jarrett@HammondRealty.ca

GrainEx International Ltd. LENTILS & CANARYSEED

29 ACRES FOR SALE: South of Craik, SK. Well treed yard w/1200 sq. ft. 3 bdrm. bungalow, 45’ carport, 1.5 baths, sand point well, high efficiency wood burning fire place, new metal roof & vinyl siding.

New septic system. 32x40 heated shop w/new metal roof. Steel quonset 35x50.

Garage 25x50 w/cement floor & new metal roof, $350,000 OBO. Call 306-734-2932.

DW E I N TA S K R E A LT Y I N C . Saskatoon/Conquest: Mint 1560 sq. ft. bungalow on 10 acres. Absolutely all the bells TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Kenaston, and whistles! 40x60’ straight wall shed, 958 acres. Individual 1/4’s available. Ten- c/w 16’ wall. Mature yard. MLS SK. 709771 ant available. $930,000 MLS. Coldwell $599,900; Saskatoon/Asquith: Nicely updated 1504 sq. ft. bungalow on 80 acres, Banker Signature. Tom 306-260-7838.

40x60’ dream shop and 32x100’ storage building. MLS SK 707238. $549,900. Call dŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ^ĞůůŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ &Ăƌŵ͍ Dwein 306-221-1035. ƌĞ LJŽƵ ƵŶƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ͍ Ž LJŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ŚĞůƉ ŝŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ĂŶ Ğdžŝƚ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐLJ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ĨĂƌŵ ƐĂůĞ͍ Ž LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞƐƚ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ďƵLJĞƌƐ͍ 'ŝǀĞ ƵƐ Ă ĐĂůůͶ ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞ ĨĂƌŵ ƐĂůĞƐ ƚĂŬĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͕ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ 2014 POLARIS RANGER Model 570 EPS, side-by-side, half windshield, canopy, ĂŶĚ ƟŵĞ͘ approx. 600 miles, like new &Ăƌŵ ŽLJ ZĞĂůƚLJ ǁŝůů ĂĚǀŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŐƵŝĚĞ powersteering, cond. 306-625-7277, Stewart Valley, SK. LJŽƵ ŝŶ ĂĐŚŝĞǀŝŶŐ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƐĂůĞ͘ 4 WHEEL BOMBARDIER Rotex, 250 hrs, 'ƵLJ ^ŚĞƉŚĞƌĚ like new, $4000; Wanted: 14’ bumper hitch ϭͲϯϬϲͲϰϯϰͲϴϴϱϳ dump trailer. 306-304-1959, Goodsoil, SK. ǁǁǁ͘ĨĂƌŵďŽLJƌĞĂůƚLJ͘ĐŽŵ

30 years experience working with

NOW BUYING OATS!

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MATT TOEWS | 403-546-0060 LINDEN, ALBERTA CANADA

WE BUY DAMAGED GRAIN Green and/or heated

Canola/Flax, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas, etc.

BOW VALLEY TRADING LTD.

1-877-641-2798

WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. We are buying feed grains. Also buying chickpeas, lentils and golden flax. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price dis306-885-2288 covery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, or visit us on the web David Lea, Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom www.grainex.net at Market Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. Phone 1-866-512-1711. Email CERT. CDC IMPULSE, CDC Proclaim, CDC info@marketplacecommodities.com or Maxim, CDC Redmoon, CDC Greenstar.

98% germ, 0% disease. Fraser Farms, Pam- WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase brun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK.

FARMERS FOR FARMERS License & Bonded with CGC For current pricing call

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WE BUY:

• AAC Synergy Malt Barley • 15.0+ protein Hard Red Spring Wheat and 11.5 Protein Winter Wheat • Soybeans and Peas • Feed Wheat, Barley and Corn Farm Pick up Available

matt@seed-ex.com AAC SYNERGY, Cert. top quality seed.

Very high yielder, gaining acceptance with maltsters. Contracts available. Inquiries welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED #1: CDC Copeland, AAC Synergy, CDC Maverick, CDC Austenson, AC 2012 FORD EXPLORER LTD. Brown. Extras: Ranger. Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Blue OX hitch & wiring for towing, 90,000 Vanscoy, SK. kms., $23,000 OBO. 306-272-7333, Foam TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, Lake, SK. AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CDC COPELAND, Fdn., Reg., Cert. top quality seed. Widely accepted malt variety.

Inquiries welcome. Volume discounts.

Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516.

BY TENDER: RM of Three Lakes, No. 400. gregfarms@sasktel.net NE 14-42-22-W2, SE 14-42-22-W2. 316 acres, approx. 230 cultivated acres. Owner reserves the right to reject highest or any tenders. Deadline is November 30, 2017.

CERT. FDN, REG. Precision; CDC Alloy; Send tenders to: Leo Briens, 33 HuntingAAC Spitfire; Transcend, all exc. germ., ton Place, Saskatoon SK, S7H 4L7. For in0% fusarium. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, quiries, call 306-373-4371.

Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net 2018 THOR ARIA 3901, 39’ diesel pusher, CERTIFIED CDC ALLOY. Good disease quad slides, Allison trans., # JCJP4904, package. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg MANITOBA FARMS: 1. Excellent mixed $289,000. Call 1-866-346-3148 or shop SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. farm, 5 quarters, 390 cultivated acres, online 24/7 at: allandale.com CERTIFIED TRANSCEND. Proven variety. class B soil. Very good 1400 sq. ft. 3 bdrm Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., home, garage, good water. Possibly more 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. land available. Located in Shoal Lake area.

CERT. CDC PRECISION & AAC SPITFIRE 2. Half section of good grain land.

Exceptional yield potential and Class B Newdale clay loam, yardsite standability. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelw/machine shed and 13,400 bushels storbourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. age. North of Shoal Lake. 3. 3 q u a r t e r s of pasture land on same section. Cross LOOKING FOR ALL JD Snowmobiles fenced with dugouts and well for winter Models. Years range from 74-84 machines. watering. SW of Rivers. Contact listing Looking for NOS parts for JD snowmobiles. agent Rick Taylor, 204-867-7551 RE/MAX Text or email only. 780-617-1400, Manning, REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: Summit Leggett, CDC Haymaker (Forage). Ardell Valleyview Realty, ricktaylor@remax.net AB. silver2@outlook.com Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. www.remax.ca

1-800-258-7434

REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: AAC Ardill, CDC Inca, CDC Spectrum, CDC Limerick (green), CDC Proclaim Lentil (red). Ardell NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. CERT. CDC INCA; CDC Greenwater, exc. WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds germ. and disease. Fraser Farms, Pam- and cereals. All organic cereals and spebrun, SK, 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297.

BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of mustard. Also canary and some other specialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB Looking for off grade mustard, lentils or chickpeas. Custom color sorting of all types of crops. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-631-9577, Chamberlain, SK.

Schlüter & Maack Pilot Butte, SK.

PURCHASING: BROWN & YELLOW MUSTARD: ALL GRADES Please call for pricing and other details.

1-306-771-4987

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buyers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Contact Bill Hajt or C h r i s t o p h e r L e n t at 3 0 6 - 8 6 2 - 2 7 2 3 . clent@lpctrade.com bhajt@lpctrade.com

EAGLE COMMODITIES SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS

SELECT CDC GO seed, hand picked from GLYPHOSATE 1 SOYBEANS: Top yields, breeder seed. Contact: mastinseed.com delivered. Common #1. Keep your own seed! Call Norcan Seeds, 204-372-6552, Call or text 403-994-2609, Olds, AB. 204-739-3519. Fisher Branch, MB. SY ROWYN CPSR, Cert. top quality seed, LARGE KABULI CHICKPEA seed, 94% high yielder with vg protein. All inquires germ. 0% disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire SK., 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. Email gregfarms@sasktel.net

Acres of Expertise.

Kevin Jarrett (306) 441-4152

CERISE RED PROSO COMMON MILLET. Book early to avoid disappointment. 92%+ germ., 0% Fus. makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, silage, dry and silage bales, drought tolerant, very high in protein and energy. Delivered in 50 lb. bags at nearest points in SK. and AB. Call Reynald at Millet King Seed of Canada Inc., St. Claude, MB, 204-878-4839 or 204-794-8550 (cell), all calls returned. Over 2000 satisfied produce r s a n d o u r 1 5 t h ye a r i n b u s i n e s s . www.milletkingseeds.com or email: reynald@milletking.com

AAC ELIE, CWRS, CERT. top quality seed, sister wheat to AAC Brandon. Very high yielder with high protein. Positive reviews from growers. All inquires welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

ESTATE LAND SALE Manitou Spring Hotel, Manitou Beach, SK Continuous Tenders: Registration @ 1:00 pm Tendering: 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CS Camden, Summit, CDC Minstrel, CDC Ruffi a n , C D C O r r i n . F r e d e r i c k S e e d s , 306-287-3977, Watson, SK.

Buyers of conventional and organic grades of lentils, peas, mustard, wheat, barley, oats, rye, canola, flax, etc.

Call for your on farm bid.

Ashley Lazar 403-894-4110 Mike Dyck 403-929-4070 Doug Jordan 306-554-8715 Darren Guidinger 403-308-5284 Eagle Toll Free number 1-888-328-9191

Lethbridge, AB.

CGC licensed & bonded merchandiser specializing in: - Feed Barley - Feed Wheat - Milling Durum and Wheat - Yellow & Green Peas - Off Grade Pulses & Oilseeds - Faba Beans www.jglgrain.com Toll Free 1-877-907-1517 Saskatoon, SK 1-306-374-1517 Moose Jaw, SK 1-306-624-2378 Email info@jglgrain.com

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TO P PRICES PAID FO R FEED BARLEY, W H EAT,O ATS, RYE,TRITICALE, PEAS,LEN TILS, H EATED O IL SEEDS, SO YBEAN S Priced at your b in.

LARGE ROUND HAY bales, mixtures of timothy, alfalfa, and brome. $65/bale. Call 780-981-2119, 780-841-3868. High Level.

HAY AND ALFALFA round and large square b a l e s f o r s a l e . C a n d e l i v e r. C a l l 306-434-6038.

ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay for sale. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. LARGE ROUND Oat straw bales net wrapped, $40; Large grass & weed bales for sheep or buffalo, $40. 306-283-4747, 306-220-0429, Langham, SK. 1ST & 2ND CUT alfalfa round bales, nice green pure alfalfa, $0.06¢/lb., Norquay, SK., 306-594-2362, sales@wamcoltd.ca

PEARM AN G RAIN LTD.

306-374-1968

Purchasing all feed grains, screenings and damaged grain Serving Western Canadian farmers since 1959 Toll free number 1-800-265-9886 Prices at the bin

DAIRY QUALITY SHEDDED HAY for sale. Tests available. Call 403-633-8835.

Tilley, AB. TIMOTHY ROUND BALES for sale, approx. 1400 lbs., $100/each plus delivery.

306-237-9540, Prince Albert, SK. 1000 ROUND GRASS HAY bales, net wrapped, avg. 1350 lbs., no rain, $40 per bale OBO. 204-642-2572, Riverton, MB. R E A S O N A B LY P R I C E D H AY i n b i g squares. Variety of grades available, including greenfeed from newly established alfalfa stands and horse hay; 65 bales of 2015 crop at 10.2% protein. Can arrange for trucking. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK.

DAIRY QUALITY ALFALFA bales, 3x4 square, stored inside.1st cut 201 RFV. 2nd cut 183 RFV. 3rd cut 193 RFV. Sold in semi loads.

Brent Bourne 403-359-7550 Delivery available. 204-746-4505, Morris, Wade Moss 403-359-7551 MB., siemens426@hotmail.com Gary Snedden 403-359-7552 130 GRASS ROUND and 650 alfalfa/grass Will pick up around farmers mix round bales, 1200 lbs., $42 per bale. schedules Call 780-878-3750, Hay Lakes, AB. LARGE ROUND BALES, 5x6’ alfalfa grass mix and alfalfa, 1st and 2nd cut. Feed test available. 204-749-2194, 204-526-0733, ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid Rathwell, MB. core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale.

Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. TO P Q UA L I T Y H O R S E H AY i n s m a l l squares, $5; Also Alfalfa hay for sale, $5.

WANTED: WINDCHESTER MODEL #94 32 204-734-5139, Swan River, MB. special rifles, carbine w/20” barrel or 26” ALFALFA/GRASS MIXES, 6’ rounds, JD barrel. 250-785-5073, Charlie Lake, BC. hard core baler, twine. Located at Lloydminster. 780-875-7051, leave message.

LARGE ROUND Alfalfa Mixed Hay Bales, 1st & 2nd cut, mesh wrapped. 50 miles north of Edmonton. 780-698-2279, calls in AM. GOOD QUALITY ALFALFA/GRASS mix, round bales, netwrapped, no rain, approx.

1700 lbs. 306-482-7492, Carnduff, SK. 500 MIXED ALFALFA grass big round bales, no rain. Boyle, AB. area. Call 780-525-2482 or 780-519-7544.

GREEN FEED BALES: Last years crop, baled in spring (variance of 20-60% Oats).

Good for tub grinding, asking $30/bale.

Call Stewart 306-845-3305 or 306-845-7507, Turtleford, SK. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. 65 BARLEY BALES, net wrapped, 2090 lbs., $65 each. 306-397-2677 or 306-441-0677.

Edam, SK.

(2) NEW 25,000L Westeel fuel tanks, 3/4" high flow pump/meter, Arctic hose, LED light ladder system, $35,000. Contact Carl, 306-421-4562, Oxbow, SK.

POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gal.; Bladder tanks from 220 to 88,000 gallon; Water and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and 200 HAY BALES from 2016, 100 from 2015. double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl.

Tame hay, 5x5.5', avg. 1300 lbs., good Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK. cond., tested. 204-223-9253, Sundown, MB. 1ST AND 2ND cut alfalfa for sale, 3x4 square bales, no rain and feed test available. Call 403-501-9307, Tilley, AB. TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, service, installations, repairs. Canadian ALFALFA HAY: 275 - 1st cut alfalfa lg rd, company. We carry aeration socks and $80/bale. 100 - 2nd cut alfalfa (200 RFV) lg grain bags. Also electric chute openers for rd, $125/bale. Baled w/Vermeer 605N, no grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000. rain, net wrap, analysis avail. Call 403-510-6965 Parkman, SK. area.

GOOD QUALITY ALFALFA 2nd cut 3x4 square bales, approx. 1450 lbs. Tests avail. $155/ton. 403-793-1508, Tilley, AB. SQUARE HAY BALES alfalfa/brome mixed, tarped, $3 to $5/each. Call 306-837-7418 or 306-837-7634, St. Walburg, SK.

20.8x42 CLAMP-ON DUALS with rods and spacers, for triples, taken off 9370 Case tractor, $8000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

MR. TIRE CORP. For all your tire needs, HAY FOR SALE: Various grades, tests call Mylo at 306-921-6555 or Jeremy at available. Call 403-633-8835. Tilley, AB. 306-921-0068. Serving all Saskatchewan.

TIRES TIRES TIRES Radial, Bias, New, Used. 20.8x42, 18.4x42, 20.8x38, 18.4x38, 20.8R34, 18.4x34, 900/60R32, 800/65R32, 24.5x32, 18.4x30, 23.1x30, 16.9x28, 28Lx26, 18.4x26, 19.5Lx24, and more! Semis, skid steers. Best price and value guaranteed! Semis, skidsteers. Best price and value guaranteed!

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

Careers U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, 30 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and air brakes. One on one driving instructions.

306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK.

HANDYMAN REQUIRED

GENERAL FARM WORKER: Full-time position at Michaelsen Farms Ltd., 10,000 ac. farm in Lampman SK. Successful candidate In Northern SK for general has: Driver's licence w/clean abstract; Farming apprenticeship or equivalent camp maintenance. education; Experience operating JD & Case equip. w/ability to program and operate Knowledge of sewer systems, water JD's AMS technology. Duties include: Equip- treatment & propane heating systems L A R G E L AT H E , a s k i n g $ 1 5 0 0 . ment & building maintenance; Seeding; MATURE LADY SEEKING employment as a Spraying; Swathing; Harvesting and tillage. an asset.

306-722-7770, Osage, SK. live-in housekeeper. Farm or ranch setting Extended working hours during seeding, Candidate must be physically fit, preferred. Phone 403-878-4983. spraying and harvesting. English required.

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 $18/hr. Box 291 Lampman, 306-487-7816, mechanically inclined and possess a www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim 3A licence.

EXPERIENCED LIVE-IN Care giver with 12 michaelsen.farms@gmail.com Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. yrs experience, is looking to care for a senPermanent position on 2 week rotation. ior lady. Please call 306-551-7300.

RANCH HAND: 50,000 acre ranch seeking Air transportation provided from full-time ranch hand. General duties include: Riding, fencing, haying, machinery Saskatoon, Prince Albert and La Ronge; maintenance and animal husbandry. Locat- room & board included; pension plan ed SE of Medicine Hat, AB. AccommodaFARM BOSS WANTED at Stump Lake tions provided. Competitive wages. Email & benefit package offered.

Ranch, Stump Lake, BC. Duties include: resume to: mbarranch@gmail.com Seeding/Fertilizing/Irrigation/Harvesting Email or fax resume: crops for cattle & horse feed; Responsible “Attention: Shaun Spilchuk” for care & maintenance of all farm machin- FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. · Tanzania E: shaunspilchuk@pnff.ca; ery & implements; Winter feeding of live- Applicants should have previous farm ex· Egypt/Jordan stock; Passion for farming, equipment & perience and mechanical ability. Duties inP: 306-260-0992; clude operation of machinery, including ranch life a must; Compensation commen· Vietnam/Cambodia F: 306-633-2152. surates with skills and experience; Other tractors and other farm equipment, as well as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour · Portugal/Spain farm duties as may be required. Submit Company website: depending on experience. Must be able to CV/resume to: info@stumplake.com · Israel/Holy Land pointsnorthgroup.ca. cross US border. Location: Pierson, MB. Suitable candidates will be contacted.

Feland Bros. Farms, Greg Feland and Wade · China CONTRACTOR INTERNET INSTALLER. LookFARM LABOURER WANTED near Goodeve, Feland, Box 284, Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. ing for a Contractor in various locations · Ireland 701-756-6954.

SK. Call 306-795-2710 or 306-795-5210. across NE Alberta. Must have or be willing · Romania & Hungary to obtain: Limited Company, Commercial insurance policy; WCB account; Clean CrimPERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION · Newfoundland/Labrador inal Record; Vehicle suited to perform field available on cow/calf grain farm, Tyvan, Portion of tours may be Tax Deductible.

SK. Position focused towards the farming CLAYTON AIR SERVICE LTD is seeking 2 work (truck or van); Tools to perform installation.

Working Conditions: Primarily & equipment side of the operation.

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Crossfield, AB. Experience with livestock Strong ability to adapt to changing situa- We offer health care benefits, scheduled and equipment required. Clean Class 3 tions and maintain a positive attitude with shifts and competitive wages. Email resume driver’s licence or willingness to obtain a customers, co-workers, and supervisors. to cody.shock@hotmail.com or fax to: must. Varied work that’s never boring. Strong communication and problem solv- 780-724-4924.

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CANADIAN WESTERN AGRIBITION

Cattle get first look at International Trade Centre The multimillion-dollar facility will allow visitors to take in all the shows and exhibits under one roof

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Cattle began moving in for Canadian Western Agribition this week, and while those housed in the new International Trade Centre might not appreciate their surroundings, their owners sure will.

The ITC officially opened Nov. 6, and Agribition is the first major event for the 150,000 sq. foot facility. Its opening means all the buildings at Evraz Place, except the football stadium, are now connected under one roof.

Several breeds of cattle as well as horses will be located in the ITC. All purebred cattle shows will be held in a new show ring in the middle of the space.

Agribition president Bruce Holmquist said cattle entries are up by 200 head this year, so all available space will be fully used.

He said exhibitors have been waiting a long time for improved, modern facilities.

“I can hardly wait to see the look on your exhibitors’ faces,” Evraz Place chief executive officer Mark Allan said to Holmquist during the official opening.

As a tenant, Agribition contributed $1 million to the capital cost of the ITC. The federal and provincial governments each contributed $11 million to the project, while the Regina Hotel Association provided $3 million.

Cattle entries are up by 200 head over last year for Canadian Western Agribition, to be held partly in Regina’s new International Trade Centre from Nov. 20-25. | KAREN BRIERE PHOTO “For all of us at Canadian Western Agribition, this is a lot more than concrete and glass,” Holmquist said.

“This is an example of what success, determination and partnerships can do. Many of us here today knew the original founders, and I can safely say … they’d be in awe.”

In the first years of the show,

beginning in 1971, livestock were housed outside in tents. Smaller, older barns and buildings deteriorated over the years and 14 were demolished to make way for the ITC. Holmquist said government support accounted for 50 percent of the show’s budget in the early years, but that has dropped to less than

one percent, thanks to the hard work of volunteers and sponsors.

“We had to get something new and improved, and really the reas o n t h a t C a n a d i a n We s t e r n Agribition put $1 million into this is it’s industry money,” he said.

“It was industry funding that leveraged and helped to get this process completed.”

The show expects to welcome what might be its largest international contingent ever this year at more than 1,200 guests.

Parking is free with paid admission, but visitors are able to take free bus service to the grounds and pay just $6 admission, which is less than half price. karen.briere@producer.com

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ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Bunge continues to cut earnings outlook amid grain oversupply

U.S. grain handlers cut spending, jobs despite hinting at rebound

CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Agricultural giant Bunge Ltd. recently cut the full-year forecast for its core U.S. agribusiness unit after posting lower year-on-year profit for the third quarter in a row on flat revenue.

The company, however, said it expects a stronger fourth quarter on bumper U.S. corn and soybean harvests, and forecast better results in 2018, due partly to cost cutting.

“While the business environment remains very competitive, we can see signs of improvement and are taking proactive steps in areas we can control,” chief executive officer Soren Schroder said in a conference call with analysts.

A global oversupply of crops has hammered profits in the grain trading and processing units of Bunge and its chief rivals, forcing rounds of cost-cutting that look to spill into 2018.

Rival Archer Daniels Midland Co. reported earnings fell 44 percent from a year earlier and said it did not see conditions improving next year.

The companies are trying to diversify through acquisitions into higher margin businesses, such as food ingredients, but results have been slow to offset the challenges to their mainstay trading business

from the supply glut.

Third-quarter operating profit for Bunge’s agribusiness unit, its largest in terms of volume and revenue, rose about 2.5 percent from the same quarter last year.

The company said it expects 2017 earnings before interest and taxes of US$425 million to $500 million in agribusiness.

In February, the company said it expected 2017 EBIT of $895 million and $1.05 billion for the unit, which makes money trading, storing and processing crops.

Bunge executives have said overcapacity is moving the industry toward consolidation and they are prepared to lead it, but the company itself was the target of a takeover attempt by commodities trader Glencore in May, which it rebuffed.

Bunge has since announced cost cutting and restructuring initiatives to halt a profit slump. It also issued about $1 billion in debt to secure a controlling stake in a Malaysian palm oil company to bolster its higher margin edible oils business.

Bunge said net income available to shareholders fell to $84 million, or 59 cents per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30 from $116 million, or 83 cents per share, a year earlier.

Shareholder dividends fell by 24 cents per share

CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — U.S. grain handlers are further cutting operating costs even as they point to signs that a bruising slump driven by a global food commodities glut may be nearing a bottom.

Bunge Ltd., Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Andersons Inc. have all said conditions appear to be getting better for grains processing and handling, after four years of massive harvests, reduced price volatility and clipped margins.

Financial results at most of the major Canadian grain handlers are hard to determine because Richardson, Paterson and Parrish and Heimbecker are privately owned and do not issue public financial reports.

Viterra is part of the conglomerate Glencore, which does not break out financial reporting for just Viterra, but it did note in its half year report that while the record large crop in Australia last year lifted Viterra Australia’s handling operations, Viterra Canada’s results were “satisfactory, but below expectation as low prices, farmer retention and some crop quality issues pressured margins.”

Bunge plans to reduce 2018 capital spending by at least seven

percent to about US$650 million, and ADM said it will decrease outlays by about 20 percent to $800 million.

ADM has also cut jobs to become more competitive and said it would shift funds to valueadded businesses from its grain buying and oilseed crushing operations.

“I’m optimistic that we are, if not at the bottom, very close to it,” Bunge chief executive officer Soren Schroder said on a conference call Nov. 1, after the company posted a 28 percent decline in quarterly income on flat revenue.

Analysts doubtful Schroder has made similar comments before, leaving some analysts skeptical of his rosy outlook.

“Record harvests that continue to happen year after year do pose a difficult trading environment for Bunge and ADM, and I don’t see a sign of that letting up,” Morningstar analyst Seth Goldstein said.

Bunge’s South American business soured in 2017 because the company pre-booked transportation for a rich harvest and farmers opted to withhold soybeans due to low prices.

As a result, next year Bunge will not guess as much on when farmers will sell, according to the company. Market conditions should also benefit from a decline of wheat supplies, it added.

Global inventories of corn and soybeans are expected to tighten too, ADM CEO Juan Luciano told analysts.

“We’re starting to see the possible green shoots of recovery in certain areas,” he said, after ADM’s quarterly earnings tumbled 44 percent from a year earlier.

Luciano noted he was not expecting significant changes in conditions.

And ADM’s cost-cutting and shifting of funds show its executives are not assuming a robust recovery, according to Farha Aslam, analyst for financial services firm Stephens Inc. Challenges from large global supplies hit Cargill Inc.’s latest quarterly earnings in September, when the company said origination and processing results were down from a year earlier.

However Cargill’s net earnings for the quarter were $973 million, up 14 percent from $852 million a year ago.

Revenue for the quarter totalled $27.3 billion, edging ahead of last year’s $27.1 billion.

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FUTURE OF FOOD CONFERENCE

Romanticized notions of farming misleading Engagement is needed to educate consumers on new technology and modern stewardship practices to move agriculture forward

BY JEFFREY CARTER FREELANCE WRITER

The agri-food industry often gets a bad rap in the popular media, but that doesn’t mean proponents shouldn’t remain engaged.

In fact, the opposite is true, according to Purdue University economist Jayson Lusk.

“The prevailing message from the food movement is not one of being thankful but one of the food system being broken,” he told the Future of Food event held at the University of Guelph Nov. 6.

“We have to do what work we can to make people understand we care about their welfare and interests.”

Iris Joye of the U of G’s food science department said during a panel discussion that transparency is crucial when dealing with technology.

“When technologies fail, I think you need to be open to the public,” she said.

“There should be open discus-

sion on the pros and cons.”

Joye also emphasized the need for clear communication using language that the average high school student can grasp and the importance of pursuing the type of research that benefits consumers.

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U of G economist Michael von Massow said it’s important to get technology right by avoiding any potential pitfalls in the first place, which is a significant challenge for policymakers.

When there are failures with

either technology or regulatory policy, the skepticism that people have for science and the food industry will only grow.

“Part of it is being willing to say when we’re wrong and admit it,” he said.

Lusk emphasized the trade-offs that may exist when a new technology is introduced. Prompted by other questions during the discussion, he eventually agreed with the idea that an open dialogue is necessary.

Von Massow also touched on the subject of technological trade-offs.

“It’s easy to say, ‘yes, there are all sorts of trade-offs.’ It easy to say, ‘you cannot have a conversation at all,’ ” he said.

“We have a responsibility to participate in the discussion, even if we don’t get a lot of traction at the beginning.”

There was general agreement that many consumers lack even a basic understanding about how food is produced, whether that involves technologies used 50

years ago or those of today.

Lusk also talked about the public’s poor understanding of the farming community, including the demographics.

In the United States, there are 1 6 0 , 0 0 0 f a r m i n g o p e ra t i o n s responsible for most of the food produced.

He said that kind of efficiency is good for the environment.

On the environmental front, advances in both crops and livestock have been profound. More food per acre is being produced, and it takes fewer animals to produce the same amount of meat.

It’s also recognized that countries with higher levels of agricultural productivity are better able to meet the dietary requirements of their citizens.

“Our food system today is not perfect, but it’s the best system that we’ve ever had, to date,” Lusk said.

Von Massow agreed.

“The story we have to tell is a profound opportunity,” he said.

“There’s more choice today than

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there has ever been.”

Lusk said the reality of our agricultural heritage in North America is a far cry from how it is often romanticized by today’s food activists who support things such as local sourcing and organic production methods.

To emphasize his point, he showed a photograph of his father and other relatives who were living a hard-scrabble existence on a farm in the Texas panhandle.

“They all ate local food. That’s all they could afford. It wasn’t a pretty picture.”

DIVESTMENT

Agrium sells U.S. plants to ease merger with PotashCorp Phosphate and nitric acid plants will be sold

Despite cold and snowy conditions, swans were staying around earlier this month to eat leftover grain. Three juveniles and one adult trumpeter swan took off from a field west of Blackie, Alta., Nov. 2. | MIKE STURK PHOTO

PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY

Brazilian mills run corn-cane biofuel plants SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — Ethanol producers in Brazil are evaluating the adoption of a plant concept that uses cane, and alternatively corn, to produce the biofuel, a move that would allow them to extend operations beyond the current cane harvest period.

Almost all ethanol makers in Brazil’s centre-south cane belt produce the fuel between April and mid-December, when the crop is processed.

The plants normally remain idle for almost three months every year, a period companies use for

maintenance.

However, there are six plants in Brazil currently operating during most of the year, using corn as an alternative raw material when the cane harvest is over and taking only short breaks for maintenance.

“We stopped for only 15 days last year,” said Vital Silva Nogueira, a manager at the flex mill unit at Usimat, located in Mato Grosso in the heart of Brazil’s grain belt.

Usimat was the first flex mill to operate in Brazil, in 2012. Besides the six plants that produce ethanol

using both cane and corn, there are two plants producing the biofuel using exclusively corn.

Roberto Hollanda Filho, head of Biosul, an association of mills in Mato Grosso do Sul, believes the concept of plants using the two raw materials is feasible, especially in states with ample corn supplies such as his.

However, he said most companies in the sector currently lack funding for investments and would need to have a clearer outlook for future ethanol demand in Brazil to decide whether to raise capital to upgrade the plants.

Brazil’s ethanol demand has been volatile in recent years, depending on the price of gasoline, which competes with the biofuel for drivers’ preference at the pump.

Brazilian ethanol producers are pressing the government to implement as soon as possible a program to boost ethanol and biodiesel demand, called RenovaBio. The plan would set mandates for fuel distributors with gradually larger targets for biofuels over the years, and it is seen as a lifeline for local producers.

WINNIPEG (Reuters) — Agrium will sell its Idaho phosphate production facility for $100 million to fertilizer company Itafos to address concerns of U.S. regulators about its merger with PotashCorp.

It will also sell its nitric acid plant in North Bend, Ohio, to a subsidiary of Trammo Inc. for an undisclosed price.

The combination of Agrium and PotashCorp is expected to close by the end of the year and requires U.S. approval. Agrium did not specify what concerns U.S. regulators have, but PotashCorp is already one of the biggest U.S. phosphate producers.

China’s commerce ministry said it has approved the merger on the condition that PotashCorp divest certain stakes in other companies.

Under the deal, Itafos gets Agrium’s phosphate production plant in Conda, Idaho, and adjacent mineral rights. The deal includes an agreement for Agrium to supply ammonia to the Conda facility and buy the monoammonium phosphate it produces.

Agrium said it will take a $178 million impairment charge on the Conda sale and retain its historic environmental obligations.

Agrium’s sales to both Itafos and Trammo are subject to approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the company said.

The merger combines PotashCorp’s fertilizer production capacity, the world’s largest, with Agrium’s network of farm supply stores, the biggest in the United States.

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Roundup time Every fall, cattle that have been summered at community pastures are herded back to their respective farms. Over the last couple of years these pastures have shifted from government-run to private owners or co-operatives. Ashton Lehmann was the first manager hired by the 14 shareholders of Paynton Pastures Ltd. This is his second year managing the 900 head on roughly 25,000 acres.

Throughout the year he is joined by full time rider, Matt Pick.

For this roundup the Paynton team was joined by the crew from Meeting Lake pasture, which is where Ashton grew up and his father, Dale, still manages. This was Dale’s first year working for a co-operative as opposed to the former Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration’s community pastures. | NATHAN JONES PHOTOS

RIGHT: Matt Pick, left, rides throughout the summer at Payton pasture and enjoys the cowboy lifestyle. Kirk Gerich rides at Meeting Lake and has just returned to being a fulltime cowboy after 16 years working in the oil and gas industry.

FAR RIGHT: Gerich unbridles his horse after a day in the pasture.

Given the rough land, the majority of work is still done on horseback, and well-trained cattle horses are extremely valuable.

TOP: Dale Lehmann started working at the Meeting Lake pasture in 1982 and never left. This is his 35th consecutive roundup. He and Ashton Lehmann now help each other out throughout busy seasons.

ABOVE: Looking at a map of the 25,000 acres of fenced land, Lehmann lays out the roundup plan for the day.

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DISEASE RESEARCH

Sheep researchers ask for deer poop Experts are looking for barberpole worms

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Do deer defecate in the woods?

Yes, and they also do it on other parts of the landscape. When they do, researchers want some of the material.

A study underway at the University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine is aimed at learning about gastro-intestinal parasite diversity in Alberta’s deer.

Researchers intend to compare parasite loads in deer with those in sheep and see if deer play a role in transmitting drug resistant barberpole worms to sheep flocks.

To do that, they need deer poop.

“We’re looking for one specific parasite. We’re looking to see the prevalence of that parasite within deer in Alberta, and eventually we’re hoping to extrapolate that … to (see) if the quantity of that parasite is higher in deer that are close to sheep flocks with the ultimate goal of seeing if these wild deer transmit this parasite between sheep flocks,” said U of C wildlife health technician Collin Letain.

“But right now we’re keeping it very broad focused. We’re just trying to get an idea of how prevalent this parasite is in deer right now.”

Hunting season is the ideal time to collect feces while field-dressing deer, said Letain.

That way samples are verified to be fresh and uncontaminated.

Fresh road-killed deer are another potential source.

“The restriction we have is a fecal sample collected from someone who has visually seen a deer defecate,” Letain said.

“Another thing that’s been good for the month of November is if they have a hunting tag and they harvest the deer, they just collect feces from that.”

Eggs in feces die within 24 hours so visual verification followed by quick delivery to researchers is essential.

“What we’re trying to do is just get an idea of what parasites are in deer throughout the entire province, so we’re not being species specific right now, or age specific,” he said.

“We’re looking for any deer, white-tailed deer, mule deer of any age, any sex, anywhere in the province.”

The research project is funded through the former Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency, so samples are wanted from Alberta only, Letain said.

Research staff are working with doctors John Gilleard, Susan Kutz and Michel Levy.

There is no risk to humans in the collection of deer feces, although gloves are recommended.

At least 30 pellets are required in a sample, and they should be placed in a Ziploc sandwich bag with as much air squeezed from the bag as possible. Double bag the sample and include specifics on where it was collected and, if known, the species, gender and approximate age of the deer involved.

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and should be shipped by courier early in the week so they don’t sit over a weekend.

“We’ll take whatever we can get,” said Letain.

“Essentially whatever they’re willing to offer is what we’re willing to have.”

Further details are available from Letain at 403-210-6678 or by email at cletain@cwhc-rcsf.ca.

Deer feces will help researchers determine what role the animals play in transmitting parasites between sheep. | MIKE STURK PHOTO

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Melroe has flare for harnessing gas From equipment inventor to energy sector leader, Sylvan Melroe looks to improve the way things are done

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FARGO, N.D. — The glow from Sylvan Melroe’s neck of the woods can be seen from space, and that hasn’t sat well with the agricultural machinery inventor for some time.

North Dakota’s Bakken energy fields flare off eight billion cubic feet of natural gas a month, producing 4.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2012.

The 6,292 flares in the United States burn off 10.65 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually.

According to Scientific American, the industry typically flares off about a third of the natural gas coming out of the ground, most of which is methane, a greenhouse gas about 86 times as potent as carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.

Methane contributes more to global warming than carbon dioxide over a span of decades.

Melroe, who is known to prairie farmers as the man who invented the Melroe Bobcat and then flipped Bobcat to buy Steiger tractor, thinks this is terrible waste.

He has now turned his entrepreneurial attentions to dealing with the energy waste and ozone depleting practice of flaring natural gas in the drilling fields.

He works as a consultant with Maryland-based LPP Combustion, which is delving into how to use local low-cost fuels for generating low-cost electricity.

It has a corporate commitment to eliminate gas flaring by the year 2030.

Melroe was at the Big Iron farm show in Fargo earlier this year to explain how the work LPP is doing will have long-term benefits for his home state of North Dakota and the global environment.

“When they started fracking, they were burning an equivalent of $60 to $70 million worth of energy per month,” Melroe said.

“I don’t know what their numbers are today. There’s 10,000 or 12,000 oil wells out there, so how do you measure how much gas is being burned off? Whatever the governor

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wants, that’s the number we’re doing today. It’s just a number they pull out of the sky.”

Flaring prompts three areas of concern: ozone depletion, real time energy waste and the fact that the energy being burned and exhausted into the atmosphere is gone for good and unavailable for future generations.

Melroe said LPP is developing small-scale generation stations

that capture gas at the wellhead and immediately turn it into electrical power.

There are six gas classes, he added: methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane and hexane. Each has a different combination of carbon molecules and hydrogen. The lower end gases, methane and ethane, are considered to be waste gas, although the plastic industry does use some ethane.

“We take gas right off the wellhead — no need to go through any cleaner or processor,” he said.

“We capture that gas and revaporize it. After we’ve burned it running turbine generators, all that’s left is a little bit of CO2 and water. We clean up the environment while we’re making a lot of electricity.

“We take the lower end gases to generate electricity, or we take waste gas from pharmaceutical plants or other sources and turn

that into electricity, although I understand some companies are now capturing low end gas and selling it as liquid natural gas.”

Melroe said it’s more practical to burn the low-end gases on site for electricity than to pipe it out or truck it out. He said it’s easier to move wires around the state than to move a pipeline. He estimates a high line costs about US$75,000 per mile, while a pipeline is more like $2 million per mile.

“Now they’re putting 15 or 20 wells together on the same pad,” he said.

“They’re not very big, maybe 400 feet square. Each well is down to a different depth. If we put one LPP generator collecting gas from all those wells on a single pad, we could produce five to 10 megawatts of power on a single pad, but the oil companies don’t want to change and don’t seem to be interested.

“A few years ago we were all concerned about the world running

out of oil; we wouldn’t be able to drive our cars. Well, now it seems we’ve got an abundance. That’s what technology does. They say these wells will give us oil and gas for decades. That means we can also have cheap electricity for decades.”

Melroe said in a perfect world governments would use their legitimate regulatory authority to stop petroleum energy companies from wasting energy and destroying ozone.

“But oil companies pay a lot of taxes to the governments. Governments don’t want to annoy some of their best friends. If you’re the one writing the cheques, you can have it your way. Unfortunately, that’s business and politics.”

For more information, contact Melroe at smelroe@cableone.net.

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Methane conditioner used to keep turbine blades turning Burning dirty fuel in a turbine destroys the equipment but one company hopes to solve the problem with new technology

BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Many farmers in oil and gas country navigate by the gas flares.

These flares are a double edged sword. They mean jobs and additional income from access or rights, but they are bad for the environment and a waste of energy.

The options are to close the wells or convert all that gas into electricity on-site.

Governments around the globe are doing just that by forcing petroleum companies to address flaring.

The reason for turning wellhead gas into electrical energy is simple.

It’s easier to move energy to the destination through wires than through pipelines.

However, burning dirty wellhead gas in a turbine is a good way to destroy millions of dollars worth of delicate equipment, according to retired industrial electrician Pat Barry, a veteran of the northern Alberta oil fields.

“A gas turbine normally should last 10 years. At this one particular site we serviced north of Grand Prairie, their dirty fuel would destroy a turbine in about a year,” Barry said.

It was good for his business, but not so good for the company that owned the well, he added.

“They were using the same turbine that’s installed on the C-130 Hercules. It’s about 5,000 horsepower, and it absolutely must have clean fuel. Bad fuel takes the blades right off. That’s a $3 million repair bill. They had a big scrubber unit on site, but it just wasn’t doing the job. We sold them a lot of turbines.”

The economics of turning wellhead gas into electricity goes up in smoke if you’re continually replacing expensive turbines. Most of the dirty, low-grade gas coming off the wellhead is methane, although every well has a different mix of gases and chemical components.

Within any given well, the mix can change from hour to hour. Real time tuning of the device to produce optimal power without frying the blades is a complex challenge.

This situation has fostered dozens of startup companies dedicated to solving the problem. One of those firms is LPP Combustion located in Maryland.

Alberta native Michael Klassen is co-inventor of the proprietary LPP technology and one of the company’s founders.

“What we always see coming off the wellhead is a random mix of liquids and gases,” Klassen said.

“We take that whole mix and run it through a device we call a fuel conditioner. This is not a scrubber.

The fuel conditioner is totally different technology than scrubbing.”

Klassen said the wellhead stream is typically a blend of methane, ethane and propane along with heavier components, each with its own chemical properties and burn characteristics. The challenge for LPP is to turn the liquids and gasses into a fuel that can safely spin turbines.

He said the LPP fuel conditioner is basically a vaporizer, which creates a homogenous fuel that yields a controlled, uniform flame. To help accomplish that, the LPP fuel conditioner injects inert gases to

manage the heating value of that stream.

Klassen said the fuel conditioner creates what he calls a substitute natural gas. LPP takes the higher hydrocarbons — the C2, the C3 and C4 gases —and changes them so they match the heating value of natural gas. The ratio of injected inert gases to wellhead gases determines how closely he can mimic a high-quality clean natural gas. If it isn’t, the result can be that $3 million repair bill.

“When our substitute natural gas gets into the turbine, the turbine sees that the substitute has the same energy content as a natural gas stream. The turbine doesn’t see

any difference between what we’re putting in and what true natural gas would be,” he said.

“Depending on the composition of the fuel coming into our fuel conditioner device, we can vary the condition so it matches the condition of any natural gas. And we do that on the fly. When the incoming composition changes, we instantly change the way we condition it so it continues to match the characteristics of natural gas the turbine is looking for.

“We’re not doing anything to change the carbon structure of any of the components. We’re only changing the heating value and putting it into a vapour phase the

gas turbine is accustomed to seeing with natural gas.”

This all happens automatically and instantly through the use of sensors and the controller.

The LPP fuel conditioner requires a certain amount of electrical energy in order to vapourize the wellhead stream. To meet that need, Klassen said they simply tap into a small percentage of the electrical power produced by the turbine.

He said the apparatus and procedures to turn liquid into vapour meet all the same safety criteria of the gas industry.

Klassen said LPP Combustion is only 10 years old, and it’s taken that

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long to develop and test the technology. Its first commercial-scale fuel conditioner is going into service in Nova Scotia this winter. It has a number of portable conditioners on trailers that it has been using in fracking fields around North America to conduct tests.

“We can take the composition of gases currently being flared and turn it directly into electrical power,” he said. “We don’t need to strip it or scrub it. We just vaporize it and shoot it into the turbine.

“Flared gas is a tremendous waste of energy and money, plus it’s a danger to our environment. We can make a dent in that.” ron.lyseng@producer.com

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TIRE INFLATION

Pressure up for transit, down for the field Central tire inflation could offer advantages over rubber tracks

BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

FARGO, N.D. — Central tire inflation systems are gaining ground with operators who see the value of running maximum allowable tire pressure in transit and minimum allowable tire pressure in the field.

Adjustable tire pressure has become a major factor because of the growing awareness of the impact that soil compaction has on yield. Changing pressure up and down in a hurry has become more important as farming operations become more spread out with fields 20 or 30 kilometres apart.

Rubber tracks were the first obvious solution. To a great extent, tracks solved the problems of compaction and keeping equipment from getting stuck as often in muddy conditions.

However, just as obvious was the fact that rubber track machines could not keep up with round rubber tires on the road. As distance between fields increased, farmers have gradually begun to take tires seriously again.

The latest generation of extreme low pressure technology meant that tires were once again on a roll.

LEFT: The Precision Inflation System lets the operator run maximum air pressure in transit and low air pressure in the field.

ABOVE: Sally Brodbeck explains that the seal lasts 10,000 hours because the rotary union, in her left hand, is only pressurized when tires are being inflated or deflated. | RON LYSENG PHOTOS Like rubber tracks, ultra-low pressure tires reduced transit speed to a slow crawl. To the rescue came central tire inflation systems.

Approximately 10 years ago, using a variety of different engineering approaches, companies devised compressors and air relief valves so operators could make those tire pressure adjustments.

However, time is money. Wasting

five or 10 minutes at the edge of the field waiting for the pressure to go up or down was a big negative factor that prevented many farmers from buying into the central inflation concept. As more companies entered the marketplace, competition heated up for the title of “fastest central inflation system.�

The company with the fastest system will sell the most units,

according to Sally Brodbeck, owner of Precision Inflation in Des Moines, Iowa. Brodbeck said she imports the CTIS/radial dual line system that was developed in Germany 25 years ago and is one of the leading systems in Europe. “Farmers in North America are trading in their rubber tracked tractors and buying tractors with tires,� Brodbeck said. “Tracks are

heavy, they cost more, they consume more fuel, there’s a lot of maintenance and you get dinged on the trade-in.�

Brodbeck said farmers who travel to Europe notice there are no tractors with rubber tracks.

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PEDv outbreak shows the ‘inconvenient’ truth about biosecurity Officials say affected farms in Manitoba had good biosecurity protocols — but following them every day is another matter

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ife ground to a halt in much of western M a n i t o b a M a r. 6 - 7 , as heavy snow, winds and whiteout conditions closed highways, leaving many travellers stranded and some needing rescue.

Brandon spent 31 hours with visibility below 400 metres.

The same area saw up to 41 centimetres of snow, sustained winds of 71 kilometres an hour and gusts up to 87 kilometres an hour, matching wind speeds in Morden, Berens River and Gretna, but below the 105-kilometre-an-hour gusts logged in Churchill.

Motorists found themselves suddenly seeking shelter as conditions deteriorated. David Matthews of the Municipality of Whitehead’s volun-

xperts say the PEDv outbreak in Manitoba is a warning to livestock producers across the Prairies that biosecurity has to be a 24-7 priority every day of the year.

Since late April, the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has been found on 10 farms in three areas in southeastern Manitoba — and two of those areas suffered outbreaks just last year. “We’ve heard of a lot of scary practices happening on our negative farms that are in diseased areas,� said Mark Fynn, manager of quality assurance and animal care programs for Manitoba Pork.

So far, officials have found “some linkages� between the three areas where the disease has emerged, but are still working on tracing the spread of the disease, including looking at staff movement, transport, and contamination on load-out areas on each of the operations.

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Right now, deferred cash tickets are used to help producers “smooth their income out,� said Person. “With any farm business — it doesn’t matter if it’s livestock or grain — the income fluctuations can be significant from year to year due to a number of factors,� he said.

If, for instance, a farmer has a bumper crop one year and sells it that same year, he or she will have a significant spike in income — and “generally, the higher your income, the higher the rate of tax you pay.�

But the deferred cash ticket system allows farmers to take a portion of the money and defer the rest until next year.

But Ottawa is considering scrapping the cash ticket deferral system — a move that would seriously impact Prairie producers, say Alberta’s wheat, barley, pulse, and canola commissions as well as other farm groups.

The commissions asked MNP to review the situation and its analysis supports their claim.

The majority of farmers aren’t trying to avoid paying taxes, but just want to “smooth their income out and make sure they’re paying tax at a reasonable rate like everybody else,� said Person.

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The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) has streamlined voting on new varieties seeking a recommendation for registration.

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rdinarily voting over whether to recommend new wheat, rye or triticale varieties for registration can stretch on well into the afternoon.

This year it was over before the morning coffee break at the annual meeting of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) in Winnipeg Mar. 2.

Many participants said they thought it was a record for the group, and in no small way former federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz is the reason why.

The process has been streamlined â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of several reforms Ritz asked the PRCWRT and 16 other recommending committees to do when he wrote them in 2013. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am challenging you to think about the future of variety regis-

tration and how best to ensure that Canada has an approach going forward that encourages innovation in variety development and balances the interests of producers and the entire value chain,â&#x20AC;? Ritz wrote.

Some saw the letter as the beginning of the end for recommending committees, which its critics alleged were bureaucratic and an impediment to getting new, higher-yielding varieties to farmers faster.

This year there were just 18 candidate cultivars before the PRCWRT, and a dozen werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t up for voting because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d already been supported for registration by the agronomic, disease and end-use evaluation teams, which results in an automatic registration recommendation, just one of the streamlining measures introduced since Ritz threw down the gauntlet.

Before theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d come back to the full committee for further discussion and voting.

This year only six varieties came before the cultivar voting panel (CVP), a subgroup of the PRCWRT, whose members represent the entire wheat value chain including farmers, breeders, agronomists, plant pathologists, exporters and end-users.

Up to 23 of the PRCWRTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members serve on the CVP. The CVPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation is another streamlining measure. It reduced the number of people voting, while still allowing all PRCWRT members to give expert insight.

The CVP also addresses Ritzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concern that the process reflect the industry and its needs.

At the PRCWRT meeting in 2013 Fairfax, Alta., seed grower Henry Vos said farmers and endusers should decide what varieties to grow, not a committee.

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mal involvement or voice on the committee. Today he represents the Alberta Wheat Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14,000 farmer members on the CVP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like the committee structure,â&#x20AC;? Vos said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like the input of all the individuals. On varieties where there are concerns we have the cultivar voting panel, which represents the whole value chain. That is the most important part.â&#x20AC;?

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Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lost the advantage of the high tech tire which they paid a premium price for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those tires are great in the field, but when you get on the road, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re squishy. They squirm around very badly, and they wear out very quickly. Now we see companies like Michelin coming out with tires designed specifically for central inflation. That trend will continue to grow. Their new Evo Bib can only go on tractors with central inflation.â&#x20AC;?

She said these tires are designed so the sidewall does not contact the road surface in transit. Higher air pressure raises the tire so the centre of the tire carries the weight and the sidewalls are stiff.

In field mode, the sidewall softens and squishes out to reduce pressure on the soil. Central inflation is required for these new generation tires, she added.

Brodbeck said precision is critical. The tires need to stay within the recommended range, and they must all carry the same pressure.

She said that when her Precision Inflation system has completed itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inflating or deflating process, it equalizes tire pressure right across the axle so all tires are within half a pound p.s.i. s of each other, even if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re running triples.

She said her system can handle three axles concurrently. Three pressure zones let the operator control two axles on the tractor and one additional zone for the implement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our CTIS/radial dual line uses what we call a two line system,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The lines are under pressure only when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pumping the tires up for the road or deflating the tires for the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The seals are designed for 10,000 hours without any maintenance.

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COMMEMORATING SOLDIERS

Legion’s initiative to name creeks for veterans hits snag in Man.

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

James McGill, who grew up near Holland, Man., was discharged from the army before he could fight in the First World War. He received a medical deferral because of problems with his feet.

Unable to serve, McGill took a job during the war as a teacher in Holland. He did that for a while until a family in the area, who had a relative fighting in the war, sent him a message. “(They mailed) him a letter … with a yellow feather in it, saying he was chicken,” said Les Ferris, who farms north of Holland and heard McGill’s story from his father.

McGill responded by enlisting in the air force, but the decision ended in tragedy. The enemy shot down his Royal Air Force plane over France and his body was never found.

To pay tribute to McGill, Ferris and his fellow members of the Royal Canadian Legion in Holland asked the province to name a local creek after him. They also erected a sign next to the creek with information about McGill and his role in the war.

Ferris would like to name more creeks in the Holland area after locals who died in the First World War, but the provincial government isn’t supporting the plan because it has different ideas.

In 2016 the province launched a project to name geographical features after Manitobans who died in the First World War. “We hope to commemorate every Manitoba soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First World War,” MLA Andrew Swan said last year.

The province has already named 4,200 lakes, islands and bays after Manitobans who died in the Second World War, and this project extends the honour to First World War casualties.

Ferris, president of the Holland Legion, has a problem with the program. He said it doesn’t make sense for the province to name lakes and islands in northern Manitoba after the fallen veterans when there are un-named creeks in the area where the soldier grew up.

“Where they are naming them … you can’t access them,” he said.

Nobody w ill ever see it and nobody will ever know it…. There’s no access unless you charter a float plane.”

The province did record the names of the Second World War soldiers in the geographical naming program, but that’s not helpful if the book isn’t available, Ferris said.

“The book is out of publication now. So it’s only available on CD.” The Holland Legion did convince the government to name creeks in the region after a few local men who died in the Second World War. In early November it erected a sign for Jeffrey Creek, named after David Jeffrey, who died in 1918 while serving in the Canadian infantry. It also has signs for McGill and Albert Saunders, who died in the Halifax Harbour explosion of 1917.

It has applied to honour more locals, but officials in the province’s Geographical Names Program denied the request.

“They refused to (name) any more creeks,” Ferris said.

A provincial spokesperson said the province did permit the naming of three creeks around Holland after fallen First World War soldiers in 2015, but the policy changed the following year.

“Since the launch of the 2016 initiative to name a feature for the roughly 8,000 casualties of WWI, the province must remain consistent and treat all veterans and their

families with the same respect,” he said, adding a casualty’s name is chosen at random for a geographic feature.

“With no consideration given to the person’s rank, decoration, home town, military or personal achievements. This approach ensures each casualty is treated equally and respectfully.”

Ferris said the denial is frustrating because a local sign with a brief history of the fallen soldier could be a powerful tool to educate students and local residents about the First World War. “To make it more realistic for

Les Ferris, president of the Legion in Holland, Man., has worked to erect signs in south-central Manitoba that honour soldiers who died in the First World War. The legion wants to name more creeks after local casualties, but the province is rejecting the proposal. | ROBERT ARNASON PHOTO future generations…. The Legion, our motto is to remember.”

The Holland Legion hopes to erect signs for other fallen First World War soldiers from the area, including Georges Albany Brizard, William James Bigelow, Arthur

Down, Gordon Lovie and Charles McNeil.

They were five of the approximately 61,000 Canadians who died in the First World War. robert.arnason@producer.com

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TAX CHANGE PROPOSALS

Talks on taxes continue between Ottawa, CFA Ag leader wants to have seat at the discussion table

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OTTAWA — While the federal government may have partially backed down on its plans to rework small business taxation, the lobby effort is far from over, said farm representatives who attended the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s lobby day on Parliament Hill in late October.

About 40 meetings took place over a four-hour period with farming organizations from across the

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country taking part.

And although the federal government’s decision the previous day to backtrack on proposed taxation changes for small business was welcomed by most agricultural groups, more work needs to be done, said Ian Boxall, vice-president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan.

Boxall said APAS and other farm groups are unsure how the government is going to move forward on other proposed taxation changes, such as passive investment and income sprinkling regulations.

Boxall said when farmers are at their busiest times of year at seeding and harvest, the whole family pitches in to help, and that should be represented in income sprinkling.

“The issue that they’ve seen is in the past where it’s gone down to too many people … it’s making it complicated. So that’s hindered the rest of us who are trying to do it with family only.”

Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Ron Bonnett said in a news release that the CFA is glad the government decided against limiting the lifetime capital gains exemption and options to convert income to capital gains.

In a phone interview, he said the trick now is to make sure farm organizations have a seat at the discussion table.

“We really want to be engaged in the details of developing the specific rules around things like income sharing and also taking a look at the whole succession planning issue.”

Agricultural organization representatives met with MPs from all federal parties throughout the day to discuss key issues, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and the planned federal tax changes.

Negotiations around NAFTA are entering the fifth round in Mexico City during the third week in November and discussions are making Bonnett and other ag representatives nervous.

U.S. President Donald Trump has not spoken kindly about NAFTA and with current U.S. proposed changes being so bad, farmers would be better off with no deal, said Bonnett.

However, he said American farm associations are pressuring the U.S. Congress on the importance of NAFTA and that may change the tide.

“Even if President Trump decides to pull out (of NAFTA), I think there will be a little bit of a fight between him and Congress as to whether he has the authority,” said Bonnett.

While this year marked the 10th year of lobbying for the CFA, Boxall is fairly new to the game.

He said the visit was a great way to introduce CFA members to lobbying and it gave them a chance to speak with government officials.

What surprised Boxall the most about the lobby day was that everyone they talked to, from all sides of the political spectrum, were receptive to discussing agricultural issues.

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Ray Labrecque tops up the used vegetable oil slip tank he mounted on his combine. He converted his 20-year-old Massey 20 years ago and says he hasn’t had any problems. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTOS

ABOVE: Used vegetable oil is pumped through a fuel filter and then on to two three-way valves before reaching the engine.

CENTRE: A 100-gallon slip tank is mounted to the platform near the engine. Heating elements inside the tank raise the temperature of the vegetable oil.

RIGHT: The used cooking oil passes through a second heating mechanism attached to the engine, which further lowers the viscosity to resemble that of diesel fuel.

ENGINE CONVERSION

Fill ‘er up … with vegetable oil Farmer converted his Massey combine to run on used vegetable oil but warns farmers not to try it with expensive machinery

BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

ROSETOWN, Sask. — The fragrance of fresh french fries floats over the field of flax.

Ray Labrecque was on the final few rounds to finish harvest on his 1,000-acre farm and had only burned about 200 gallons of diesel in his combine this year.

That’s because he converted his 1997 8570 Massey to run on used cooking oil and the exhaust smells like fried food.

“I’ve been running my combine for six years. Not a single problem,”

said Labrecque last month.

“I burn about 150 to 250 gallons of diesel and I put 225 to 250 hours every year on the combine…. Basically, half the engine life of this combine has been on vegetable oil.

I have 3,700 hours on it now.”

The inspiration took hold about 10 years ago when Labrecque sold an old diesel pick-up truck. The buyer converted it to run on used cooking oil.

After some research on the internet, Labrecque decided he could safely and simply alter his tractor and combine — “the big fuel burners.”

He adapted his Versatile 835 tractor first and then modified the combine. While there are conversion kits available for cars and trucks, that’s not true for farm machinery so Labrecque gathered the necessary parts and did his own assembly.

“It’s not complicated to do,” he said.

A 100-gallon slip tank is mounted to the platform near the engine.

Heating elements inside the tank raise the temperature of the vegetable oil.

The used oil passes through a second heating mechanism attached to the engine, which further lowers

the viscosity to resemble that of diesel fuel. It then runs through a fuel filter and two three-way valves before reaching the engine.

“Basically, I let the engine warm up enough that the viscosity of the oil drops enough that it will burn just like diesel,” said Labrecque.

He said there is no difference in engine performance and thinks the advantages tip the scales in favour of used oil.

“Personally, I’ve never noticed any loss in power. You can go to your engine r.p.m. and see what it runs on diesel and what it runs at on vegetable oil. They say there’s

about a five percent loss in fuel,” he said. “Another nice thing about this is there’s more lubrication in the vegetable oil compared to diesel. I should by rights get more life out of my engine.”

Inside the cab, Labrecque installed an electric on-off switch with a red light that controls the valves and flow of his two fuel sources. No light means diesel, red light means vegetable oil.

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he switches over.

Near the end of the day, he switches back to diesel to purge the vegetable oil from the fuel system.

He repeats the routine at the beginning and end of each dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never forgot in six years to switch it over. If you forget, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have vegetable oil in your system and that is going to get really thick once it cools down. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never start that engine until you bleed the whole system.â&#x20AC;?

Labrecque gets the used vegetable oil from the storage vats of restaurants, which have given him permission to collect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a few restaurants that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working with ever since I started. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a matter of talking to restaurant owners and telling them what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re usually pretty good with wanting to help you out. Say yes to us farmers.â&#x20AC;?

He uses a portable pump to fill his storage tote at restaurants and to fill the combineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slip tank.

The oil gets filtered once at the slip tank, as well as the at combineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two stock engine filters.

Ethanol-based fuel a top-seller in France

It costs a lot to be a small farmer. Big farmers probably donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spend as much as small farmers per acre. This is one really good way to save money.

RAY LABRECQUE SASKATCHEWAN FARMER

PARIS, France (Reuters) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gasoline containing up to 10 percent ethanol has become the top-selling petrol in France, helped by a tax break that makes the crop-based fuel more attractive to drivers.

Sales of unleaded SP95-E10 accounted for 38.5 percent of total petrol sales in France in September, the Bioethanol Collective said in a statement.

That compared with 36.8 percent for SP95 and 23.6 percent for the higher-quality SP98.

Over the first nine months of 2017, SP95-E10 was also ahead with a share of 38.2 percent versus 37.5 percent for SP95.

The rise in demand for SP95-E10 in France contrasts with Germany,

A TAX INCENTIVE MAKES THE GASOLINE, CONTAINING UP TO 10 PERCENT ETHANOL, UP TO FIVE CENTS A LITRE CHEAPER THAN OTHER FUEL where sales of E10 petrol fell last year despite a price advantage due to concern it is not suitable for all cars, and with Britain, where it has not yet been introduced.

Since its launch in 2009 in France, SP95-E10 has widened its network to more than one in two petrol stations in the country, where it is four to five cents a litre cheaper than SP95 thanks to a tax incentive.

Ethanol, made from grain or sugar in France, has also benefitted from French driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; distrust of diesel after Volkswagenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emissions test cheating scandal.

Registrations of petrol and diesel cars were nearly equal in France over the first 10 months of the year in a setback for diesel, whose market share was 8.6 percentage points ahead of petrol a year earlier, said the French carmaker association CCFA. Demand for SP95-E10 in France was also boosted by an increase this year in the legal biofuel blending level in transport fuel to 7.5 percent overall from seven percent previously.

To meet this goal, fuel distribu-

tors were tempted to promote ethanol-rich and easy-to-use SP95-E10 instead of standard SP95 and SP98, which also contain ethanol but only up to five percent, or E85 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with 65 to 85 percent of ethanol â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that requires specific engines or conversion kits.

Ethanolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expansion is being threatened by a proposed change in European Union biofuel policy over concerns that biofuel could contribute to high food prices and indirectly cause deforestation.

The EU executive has proposed cutting by nearly half the use of crop-based biofuel, which includes ethanol, to a maximum 3.8 percent by 2030.

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Trial and error, along with the desire to experiment, have been Labrecqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best teachers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made some mistakes and learned a lot of stuffâ&#x20AC;Ś. I used to run half diesel, half vegetable oil in my pick-up truck but my injection pump started giving me problems.

So, I ended up taking it off and sending it down to the States to get rebuilt.â&#x20AC;?

Labrecque cautioned farmers not to attempt the conversions with expensive newer machinery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to be the older tractors and combines. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m basically comfortable with converting anything with a Cummins engine. It all depends on the injection pump. Some are better suited for vegetable oil.â&#x20AC;?

He sees it as a potential cost-saver on smaller farms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It costs a lot to be a small farmer.

Big farmers probably donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spend as much as small farmers per acre.

This is one really good way to save money,â&#x20AC;? he said.

His combine burns about 40 litres an hour, which is a saving of 70 to 80 cents per litre of diesel. The cost of used vegetable oil is his time and expense in collecting it.

Talk of carbon credits, government regulations surrounding greenhouse gases and potential add-on costs for consuming fossil fuels have Labrecque thinking that burning used vegetable oil is a winwin for farmers and the environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Used oil is not considered a fuel.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a controlled product like methanol, gasoline or diesel,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The exhaust thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming out of my combine is zero emissions. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a big deal if you have a spill on the ground of your farm. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vegetable oil, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for the land.â&#x20AC;? william.dekay@producer.com

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U.S. farm study finds no firm cancer link to glyphosate The findings may influence a decision on allowing the pesticide to be sold in EU countries LONDON, U.K. (Reuters) — A large long-term study on the use of glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has found no firm link between exposure to the pesticide and cancer.

Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the study found there was no association between glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, “and any solid tumours or lymphoid malignancies overall, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma and its subtypes.”

It said there was “some evidence of increased risk of acute myeloid leukaemia among the highest exposed group,” but added this association was not “statistically significant” and would require more research to be confirmed.

The findings are likely to affect legal proceedings taking place in the U.S. against Monsanto, in which more than 180 plaintiffs are claiming that exposure to Roundup gave them cancer, which Monsanto denies.

The findings may also influence a crucial decision due by the end of the year on whether glyphosate should be re-licensed for sale in the European Union.

EU countries had been scheduled to vote on the issue last week, but again failed to agree to a proposal for a five-year extension.

The EU decision has been delayed for several years after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer reviewed glyphosate in 2015 and concluded it was “probably carcinogenic” to humans. Other bodies, such as the European Food Safety Authority, have concluded glyphosate is safe to use.

The research is part of a large and important project known as the

FORECAST

La Nina likely to continue (Reuters) — A U.S. government weather forecaster says La Nina conditions are predicted to continue through the winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

The Climate Prediction Center, an agency of the National Weather Service, recently pegged the chance of La Nina developing at 65 to 75 percent.

The agency in its October advisory had projected a 55 percent to 65 percent chance of the phenomenon developing during the Northern Hemisphere’s fall and winter.

“La Nina is likely to affect temperature and precipitation across the United States dur ing the upcoming months,” the agency said.

La Nina emerged last year for the first time since 2012. The phenomenon, characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, is linked with floods and droughts.

A U.S. study involving tens of thousands of agricultural workers over more than two decades found glyphosate’s link to cancer not “statistically significant.” | FILE PHOTO Agricultural Health Study, which has been tracking the health of tens of thousands of agricultural work-

ers, farmers and their families in Iowa and North Carolina.

Since the early 1990s, it has gath-

ered and analyzed detailed information on the health of participants and their families, and their use of pesticides, including glyphosate.

Reuters reported in June how an influential scientist was aware of new AHS data while he was chairing a panel of experts reviewing evidence on glyphosate for IARC in early 2015.

But since it had not at that time been published, he did not tell the expert panel about it, and IARC’s review did not take it into account.

The publishing of the study Nov. 9 comes more than four years since drafts based on the AHS data on glyphosate and other pesticides

were circulating in February and March 2013.

In a summary conclusion of the results, the researchers, led by Laura Beane Freeman, principal investigator of the AHS at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, reported that among 54,251 pesticide applicators in the study, 44,932, or 82.9 percent, of them used glyphosate.

“Glyphosate was not statistically significantly associated with cancer at any site,” the conclusion said.

The researchers said they believed the study was the first to report a possible association between glyphosate and AML, but that it could be the result of chance and should be treated with caution.

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‘SNOW BIRDS’ HEAD SOUTH A wedge of tundra swans head to warmer climes ahead of the snow that fell Nov. 1 across southern Saskatchewan. The birds spent several days on a slough near Chamberlain, Sask. | MICKEY WATKINS PHOTO

LIVESTOCK GENETIC EXPORTS RECEIVE FUNDING The Canadian Livestock Genetics Association is receiving $3 million in federal funding to help exporters develop and expand new markets for Canadian livestock genetics.

The focus of the project will be on exports of dairy, sheep and goat genetics, which in 2016 generated more than $150 million.

The not-for-profit association is looking to increase those exports to more than $200 million through trade missions, training and promotion.

WENNEKAMPS NAMED CATTLEMAN OF THE YEAR Werner and Chris Wennekamp received the Cattleman of the Year Award from the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association during the Stockade Roundup purebred cattle show Nov. 3.

The annual award is presented to those who have made an outstanding contribution to the cattle industry as well as their commitment to excellence, exemplifying quality rural life and involvement in the community.

The Wennekamp family operates Devondale Stock Farm near Lloydminster, Sask.

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FOOD SAFETY

Cheerios to drop gluten-free label in Canada The cereal still contains less than 20 parts per million of gluten

BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

General Mills says it is changing the label on the box, but the cereal itself still meets the gluten-free criteria. | FILE PHOTO

Breakfast cereal maker General Mills has confirmed that it will voluntarily remove “gluten-free” labels from Cheerios products effective Jan. 1.

The company announced the labels will be removed on all Cheerios products sold in Canada until Canadian regulators develop consistent testing protocols that provide reasonable assurance that all products containing gluten-free labels are in fact, gluten free.

“Each serving of Cheerios prod-

ucts in Canada are gluten-free, as defined by the current regulatory standard of containing less than 20 (parts per million) of gluten,” General Mills said in a statement provided to The Western Producer.

However, the company said General Mills Canada has voluntarily removed the gluten-free label until Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency publish a consistent testing protocol for products containing oats.

It said the product is not changing, just the label on the box.

General Mills’ decision stems in

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part from concerns raised by the Canadian Celiac Association.

In 2016, the celiac association objected to Cheerios products carrying the gluten-free claim and recommended that people with celiac disease refrain from consuming the cereal.

“We are delighted to hear the claim will be removed voluntarily from the packages,” said Melissa Secord, executive director of the celiac association.

“We support the General Mills decision to make this voluntary move. Based on the advice of the members of our Professional Advisory Council (PAC) and other professionals working in the field, we believe that there is not adequate evidence to support the current gluten-free claim.”

Currently, products that claim to be gluten free must contain less than 20 p.p.m. of gluten.

General Mills maintains that its products meet that threshold.

“We test finished product on every date of production at each one of our production facilities that make gluten-free Cheerios,” the company told The Western Producer.

Cheerios packaging in the United States will continue to carry the gluten-free claim.

Sue Newell, manager of education and special products at the celiac association, said its representatives are aware of the challenges involved in assuring that products are gluten-free.

S h e s a i d G e n e ra l Mi l l s ha s declined to share details of its testing procedures.

“Our goal here is not to prevent people from eating Cheerios,” Newell said. “Our goal is to make sure they are safe.”

Newell said other companies that produce oat-based food products, including Avena Foods and Quaker Oats, have adopted measures aimed at assuring the purity of their products, including in-field purity assessments and production practices that are verified by third-party sources.

The celiac association is also involved in setting up testing practices and procedures approved by AOAC International, a scientific association that publishes standardized, analysis methods designed to increase confidence in chemical and biological test results.

The organization has also received a grant from Agriculture Canada to examine the scope of gluten contained in oats, pulses and other non-gluten grain crops grown in Canada.

One of the project’s objectives is to determine at what point in the production and supply chain contamination is most likely to occur and recommend actions to minimize contamination risks.

The CCA project is scheduled to be completed next March.

Celiac disease is a medical condition in which the absorptive surface of the small intestine is damaged by gluten, which results in the body’s inability to absorb protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. brian.cross@producer.com

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Limousin, Charolais in championship ring

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

EDMONTON — Two families with long histories in the cattle business received the nod at Farmfair when a Limousin bull and a Charolais cow-calf pair were named supreme champions.

Greenwood Canadian Impact ET owned by Scott and Jackie Payne of Greenwood Limousin and Angus in Lloydminster, Sask., earned their first supreme championship and a Dodge Ram truck.

“This is the first time for the supreme. We have been in the top five or top 10 probably 10 or 11 times,” said Jackie Payne after the show held Nov. 11 in Edmonton.

“The challenge is going up against other cattlemen, but it is pretty neat to represent your breed.”

The bull is owned in partnership with Rob Garner of Saskatchewan and Australian partners. It will be moving to the Garner operation for the spring breeding season after its show career ends at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. This bull also won the championship at

Jayden Payne of Greenwood Limousin and Angus won the supreme champion bull with this Limousin Nov. 11 at Farmfair in Edmonton. | JEREMY SIMES PHOTO the Lloydminster Stockade and Roundup show earlier this fall.

“These people have been making just about the best purebred breeding stock there as long as I can remember,” said Rob Smith, chief executive officer of the Canadian Angus Association and show announcer.

“There is tremendous commit-

ment from the family to be the best they can,” he said.

A visibly excited Tyler Bullick won the supreme champion female award with a Charolais pair. The cow, named PZC Lily 5013 ET, earned him a new truck.

“We’re going to drive that truck home,” he said.

Owner of Prairie Cove Charolais

at Bashaw, Alta., Bullick was hedgi n g h i s b e t s b e f o re t h e s h ow because he has made the top five before against competitors who hold multiple champion titles.

“The champions are hard to beat,” he said.

His family also won champion futurity calf and its mother was grand champion female at Farm-

fair two years ago. He had grand champion bull last year.

T h e f a m i l y ha s b e e n i n t h e Charolais business since 1967, when Tyler’s grandfather, Bill Bullick, was among the first to import cattle from France.

It was a big risk. He bought shares in an imported cow and got the first bull calf for $10,000. He drove that two-day-old baby bull home in the front seat of the family truck. The bull became the foundation of the herd and was later sold for $33,000, said Tyler’s father, Tim Bullick, who ranches at Bowden, Alta.

After the Farmfair show, 92-yearold Bill Bullick was informed of his grandson’s win against 22 strong champions.

“You just never know. It is kind of a crap shoot because there are so many good ones,” said Tim. The family won Farmfair seven years ago when they owned the champion bull with partners. They turned the truck over to them as a goodwill gesture. This time Tyler and his fiancé, Justine Schneider, are holding on to the keys. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

CHAMPIONS

Noble family cashes in on double win with Simmentals

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

EDMONTON — The final winner may come down to one person’s opinion, but at a show like Farmfair, many of the cattle in the show ring have already been champions elsewhere.

Some of the owners have captured the supreme banners at big name shows like Farmfair and Canadian Western Agribition. It can make for intense competition.

Nevertheless, there is an art and science in creating superior cattle that can generate interest in a breeder’s program, said Rob Smith, chief executive officer of the Cana-

dian Angus Association.

“A lot of things have to line up to create a champion,” he said.

An Alberta Supreme Stakes was created this year to reward high performers from Lloydminster Stockade Roundup, Olds Fall Classic and Farmfair.

Cash prizes were provided for owners who were awarded points for their show standings at the grand and reserve levels.

For the Noble family of Lloydminster, Sask., 2017 has been their year. They won grand champion Simmental bull and female at Farmfair and at Lloydminster.

“It is not too often you get the opportunity to win the kind of

prizes that they have here,” said Randy Noble at Farmfair. He and his wife Vanessa, along with their two sons, Ryley and Toby, also have some full-blood Simmentals at Black Gold Simmentals.

The grand champion bull is owned with Bohrson Marketing.

Named Captain Scream, this twoyear-old was the result of a flush Randy bought on a cow. He ended up with three live cattle and all have performed beyond expectations.

At the supreme show, they made it to the top five standings.

While everyone likes the recognition, many tend to be modest in such an atmosphere.

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“You are going against other breeders and other types of cattle. It depends on what the judge takes into consideration,” said McLean.

Another outstanding individual that has stood in the national spotlight is a bull from Royal Canadian Gelbvieh owned by Rodney and Tanya Hollman of Innisfail. Named Right Combination, the bull was national champion Gelbvieh at last year’s Canadian Western Agribition and National Western Stock

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While the bull received high praise in the barns and stood in the top five finals, Tanya Hollman said representing the breed is the higher honour.

“We have heard some good things about him in the barn,” she said before the show.

“It is more important we have something that represents our breed to the best of our ability.”

Lance Leachman of Big Gully Cattle at Maidstone, Sask., had grand champion Hereford bull at Farmfair with Big Gully 102 Hurley. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Farmfair hosts make show a welcoming place Show host says the farm show is a celebration of excellence among all cattle breeds

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

EDMONTON — Every year at Farmfair visitors are treated to a big welcome from two longtime volunteers who keep the shows running smoothly with gentle humour and a heap of enthusiasm.

Rob Smith and Tracy Gardner, both of Olds, Alta., have a deep respect for the purebred cattle sector and give everyone equal encouragement.

In their day jobs, Smith is chief executive officer of the Canadian Angus Association while Gardner is the business development manager for the Olds Regional Exhibition.

“I have always loved all breeds because I love the people in all the breeds,” Smith said.

“There is something so honest and so dignified about raising cows.”

Smith and Gardner are niece and uncle and come from ranching backgrounds at Olds at Diamond T Cattle Co. Both appreciate that the purebred industry is big business where families are at the core with tremendous commitment and passion for what they do every day.

“I don’t believe the cattle shows are reflective of our sector under any circumstances, but I see them

Every breed has great ones and when you are announcing, you have the opportunity to celebrate the great ones.

You are celebrating people who are committed to raising cattle and committed to making superior genetics.…

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Tracy Gardner, host of the Alberta Supreme Champions, says Farmfair is a unique marketing and networking opportunity that brings all cattle breed producers together. | JEREMY SIMES PHOTO as one of the tools that are available to us from a marketing perspective, a networking perspective. I think it is an opportunity across breeds to see what people have got going on and become more familiar with everybody’s breeding programs,” Smith said.

“We just want to create as much connectivity and as much synergy

between the exhibitors, the people in the stands, the judge and just make sure that everything is happening like an experience that has an impact on people.

“Every breed has great ones and when you are announcing, you have the opportunity to celebrate the great ones. You are celebrating people who are committed to rais-

ing cattle and committed to making superior genetics.… Those are people who are focused on something, are passionate about something and in some cases they are exceptionally talented.”

Gardner said she has been coming to Farmfair since she was a baby and still gets excited, whether she is announcing a show in Edmonton, Olds or the Calgary Stampede.

“I get total excitement when our divisions and championships and supremes are in because you have such a profound understanding of the work that goes into getting here,” she said.

Before joining the Angus association, Smith was with the 4-H division of Alberta Agriculture. Gardner is one of the driving forces

behind Summer Synergy, a joint youth livestock program sponsored by the Olds Exhibition and Calgary Stampede.

Both have reached the point where they have watched members start out as toddlers and become confident beef producers as young adults.

“We are seeing a promising future because there is so much excitement and interest,” said Gardner.

“They are willing to invest their money regardless of what breed.

T h e y a re w i l l i n g t o e m b ra c e social media platforms as a way to share their interests and as a promotion. We have never been so fortunate in our industry to see such a great group of young people,” she said.

“Our youth today are the best they have ever been. They are so disciplined and so interested. They are so passionate and they are talented beyond belief. Our young people don’t do anything unless they do it really well.”

No matter what the age of the exhibitors or the type of cattle on display, Smith and Gardner see their jobs as a celebration of excellence.

“Celebrating excellence is a very easy thing to do, and I think it is very rewarding,” Smith said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Farmfair sees spike in international buyers New additions include buyers from South Africa and Namibia

BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

The number of international buyers were up this year at Farmfair, and the organization hopes to keep that momentum going so Canadian breeders can expand their markets.

Stacy Felkar, international marketing manager with Farmfair, said the number of international buyers grew by 37 percent this year.

She attributed that increase to Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great genetics, as well as the fact that last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s buyers decided to bring others with them this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every time an international buyer comes and goes home, they tell the story of their wonderful experience here,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plus, they have their amazing Canadian cattle and genetics to showcase in their country, and that makes more people interested in coming here.â&#x20AC;?

International buyers spend an average of $10,000 to $15,000 on embryos, semen or cattle, Felkar said. There were slightly more than 100 buyers this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually fairly significant numbers,â&#x20AC;? she said.

New additions this year include buyers from South Africa and Namibia.

Jaco Smit, general manager of South African-based genetics company Taurus Evolution, said he was invited to come to the event this year and has been amazed by the genetics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people are very friendly that it makes you want to come again,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes you feel guilty if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do business here.â&#x20AC;?

Smit said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partnered with Blairs.Ag Cattle Company and Miller Wilson Angus, which both showed at Farmfair this year.

He plans to import their embryos and semen to South Africa and then sell them to ranchers there.

Dawn Wilson of Miller Wilson Angus said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been great to strike a deal with Smit because most of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business comes from international buyers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we can get our genetics in another country, and they do well, that does well for everybody,â&#x20AC;? Wilson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It does well for us and that does well for (Smit), so hopefully it does well for the breeders because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an important part of our business.â&#x20AC;?

However, business transactions are more than just about money, Smit added.

He said coming to Farmfair is about making personal relation-

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ships so both parties can be more flexible in terms of pricing.

In his case, the Canadian dollar is stronger than the South African rand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit of compromise, and I need someone to understand the vision we have,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my opinion, business is business but, for me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to have humanity in it and understanding the industry.â&#x20AC;?

He said he plans to bring more South African buyers with him next year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This trip has paid for itself over

and over again just by the experience,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I might bring five or 10 farmers with me next year because there is so much we can take from Canada that will make us a bit more successful.â&#x20AC;?

Felkar said she hopes to attract more buyers next year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the whole reason we do the international program is for our Canadian producers,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives them one more avenue to market cattle and genetics.â&#x20AC;? jeremy.simes@producer.com

Dawn Wilson, left, Jaelayne Wilson, Jaco Smit and Dakota Wilson celebrate at Farmfair. Smit, who is from South Africa, struck a deal with the Wilsons to import their Black Angus embryos into his country. | JEREMY SIMES PHOTO

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RECORD KEEPING

Numbers matter: you can’t manage what you don’t measure ANIMAL HEALTH

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ost producers would rather be out working with their cattle than doing paperwork. As a result, the act of collecting, maintaining and using records often takes a back seat to other efforts around the ranch. However, I believe that on some herds, the limitations of herd records is a major obstacle to mak-

ing genetic advances and in some cases, a lack of record keeping may even limit profitability.

I see a variety of record-keeping systems and they range from almost non-existent to sophisticated computer programs.

Producers can do a lot with a simple calving book or spreadsheet program, but there are some great software programs that will work on smartphones or tablets that will do many calculations automatically.

There are four major categories of production that we want to keep track of with our record keeping system. These are the GOLD indicators. The acronym GOLD stands for Growth, Open rate, Length of the calving season, and Death loss.

Regardless of which system of record keeping you use, it will provide only limited benefits without having individual ID numbers along with owning a scale to weigh your weaned calves individually.

Herd level analysis provides some benefits but to really improve production, records on an individual cow level are required.

Eventually, with multiple years of data, you can benchmark your cow herd’s performance and compare an individual animal’s productivity to the herd average.

Individual weights on calves at weaning will allow a producer to properly evaluate the Growth category and to discover which cows are the best at raising calves in the herd. Having calf birth weights will

also be useful but these can be estimated with various tape measures if weighing newborn calves with a scale is not convenient.

Most herds already use some kind of ear-tag system along with the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency RFID tags. Many of the new software programs allow producers to use an ear-tag scanner to scan the cow or calf’s tag directly into the program when weighing calves.

Weighing your calves at weaning and at birth allow you to calculate measurements such as adjusted weaning weights that manage for the calf ’s birth date, gender and even the age of the cow.

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season can be calculated on a herd basis and don’t require individual animal identifications.

One of the most important and cost-effective records that a producer can keep are those that describe the herd calving distribution. The arrival of new calves can be tabulated at regular intervals and a calving distribution can be created. This profile of accumulated calvings is critical because it is the only easily accessible physiologic event in the life of a commercial beef cow that can easily be recorded.

This data is easily graphed and it is customary to use 21-day periods with which to tabulate the number of calves born. The goal is to have 65 percent of the herd to calve in the first 21-day period. An alternative to the calving distribution is the median calving date, which can also be easily calculated.

The time from the first calf being born to when half of the cows have calved is the median calving date.

The goal is to have 50 percent of the herd calved by Day 18 of the calving season.

The calf crop percentage is another important overall measurement of biological productivity in the cow-calf herd. It reflects overall management of reproduction and calf mortality. It requires only simple inventories.

Calf crop percentage = Number of calves weaned/number of cows exposed to bulls (or artificial insemination) for breeding.

The minimum target for calf crop percentage would be 85 percent. In more sophisticated record-keeping herds where weaning weights are recorded, the actual kilogram s or pounds of calf weaned per cow exposed to the bull can be determined. The optimal level for this variable depends on breed (cow size) and on the cost of production per cow.

Heifer selection can be based on real data rather than a quick look at an animal in the alley. Ultimately, linking carcass data of the offspring to the cow will provide even more potential for genetic improvement.

There are already herds in Western Canada using these tools. The ability to record phenotypic traits such as carcass data, weaning weights and reproductive events are the first stepping stone to using other genomic tools.

The dairy industry has made huge progress in genetics through organizations such as the Dairy Herd Improvement Association.

There are a variety of software programs available for cow-calf producers that will help improve record-keeping and data-based decision making. Some of these have been developed right here in Western Canada and they range in cost from free, to programs that require yearly registration fees.

Talk to a veterinarian or local livestock consultant to learn about these tools. With a strong data management system, producers will be able to better make sound decisions on the reproductive, production and financial status of their herds.

John Campbell is a professor in the department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

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CROP DAMAGE

Farmer complaints of dicamba drift mounting U.S. agriculture officials in several states are being bombarded with calls of crop damage caused by the herbicides CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — American farmers have overwhelmed state governments with thousands of complaints about crop damage linked to new versions of weed killers, threatening future sales by manufacturers Monsanto Co. and BASF. Monsanto is banking on herbicides using the chemical dicamba — and seeds engineered to resist it — to dominate soybean production in the United States, the world’s second-largest exporter.

Farmers and weed experts say the new formulations of dicambabased products are causing problems because they evaporate and drift away from where they are applied and harm nearby crops that were not the targets of the spray.

Monsanto and BASF say the herbicides are safe when properly applied but they need to convince regulators after the flood of complaints to state agriculture departments.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year approved use of the herbicides on dicamba-resistant crops during the summer growing season. Previously, farmers used dicamba to kill weeds before they planted seeds, and not while crops were growing.

However, the EPA approved such use only until Nov. 9, 2018, because “extraordinary precautions” are needed to prevent dicamba products from tainting vulnerable crops, a spokesperson said recently. The agency wanted to be able to step in if there were problems, he said.

Next year, the EPA will determine whether to extend its approval by reviewing damage complaints and consulting with state and industry experts. States are separately considering new restrictions on use for 2018.

Major soybean-growing states, including Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, each received roughly four years’ worth of complaints about possible pesticide damage to crops this year due to dicamba use, state regulators said.

Now agriculture officials face long backlogs of cases to investigate, which are driving up costs for laboratory tests and overtime. Several states had to reassign employees to handle the load.

“We don’t have the staff to be able to handle 400 investigations in a year, plus do all the other required work,” said Paul Bailey, director of the plant industries division of the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

In Missouri, farmers filed about 310 complaints over suspected dicamba damage, on top of the roughly 80 complaints about pesticides the state receives in a typical year, he said.

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2,708 investigations into dicambarelated plant injury by Oct. 15, according to data compiled by the University of Missouri.

States investigate such complaints to determine whether applicators followed the rules for using chemicals. Those found to have violated regulations can be fined.

Monsanto has said that U.S. farmers spraying this past summer failed to follow detailed instructions of up to 4,550 words printed on labels.

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We don’t have the staff to be able to handle 400 investigations in a year, plus do all the other required work.

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instructions in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the past summer’s problems.

“With significant adoption and a

lot of interest in this new technology, we recognize that many states have received a number of reports of potential off-target application of dicamba in 2017,” Monsanto spokesperson Charla Lord said last month.

State investigators try to visit fields within days after farmers report possible damage to take photos before signs of injury, such as cupped leaves on soybean plants hit by dicamba, disappear. They question farmers and the people who applied the herbicide, and often gather samples from plants to test.

In Arkansas, farmers filed about 985 complaints associated with dicamba, the most of any state.

Investigators are probing about 1,200 total complaints involving pesticide use, which includes weed killers, said Terry Walker, director of the Arkansas State Plant Board.

Arkansas delayed inspections of animal feed and allowed overtime to handle the dicamba cases, which is not normal practice, Walker said.

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» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE He was unable to provide a cost estimate for dealing with the complaints.

Among the farmers who reported damage was Reed Storey, who said he wanted to ensure state officials knew dicamba caused damage even when users follow the instructions.

“I’m calling strictly to let y’all know that we have an issue with this product,” Storey, who spoke last month, said he told Arkansas regulators.

Illinois received about 421 total pesticide complaints, the most since at least 1989, said Warren Goetsch, acting chief of the Bureau of Environmental Programs at the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

That includes at least 245 complaints associated with dicamba, which could take until next year to finish investigating, he said.

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“It’s frustrating I think for us that we’re as behind as we are,” Goetsch said.

Monsanto is betting on dicambatolerant soybeans to replace those that withstand glyphosate, a herbicide used for decades but which is becoming less effective as weeds

develop resistance.

The company aims for its dicamba-resistant seeds to account for half the U.S. soybeans planted by 2019.

Monsanto, which is in the process of being acquired by Bayer for US$63.5 billion, said it plans to open a call centre to help customers use dicamba next year and is talking with states about the product.

Monsanto’s net sales increased $1.1 billion, or eight percent, in fiscal year 2017 due partly to increased sales of its dicamba-resistant soybean seeds.

The company and BASF already face several lawsuits from farmers alleging damage to plants from dicamba used by neighbours.

Environmental official in Illinois says investigating the state’s 245 dicamba complaints could take a year

The EPA provides grants to states that help fund investigations into pesticide damage and this year offered 35 states extra assistance analyzing plant samples for dicamba, according to the agency.

Minnesota and Illinois turned to the EPA for help, with the latter saying the federal agency has better equipment to detect low levels of dicamba.

In Iowa, the state’s laboratory bureau received 515 samples to test this year, up 35 percent, as dicamba use helped drive up the total number of pesticide complaints to 270 from a typical range of 70 to 120, according to the state.

Each test costs up to $9.

“We are really anxious to flip the page and look ahead to 2018 and try to figure out the things that can be done to improve the situation,” said Mike Naig, deputy secretary of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

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Monsanto halts launch of U.S. seed treatment Reports of the product causing skin irritations on people prompted delay of NemaStrike CHIC AG O, Ill. (Reuters) — Monsanto Co. has put on hold the launch of a new seed treatment following reports it causes rashes on people.

It is the latest instance of complaints about a company product that was approved by U.S. environmental regulators.

Monsanto halted plans for commercial sales of the product called NemaStrike, which can protect corn, soybeans and cotton from nematodes worms that reduce yields. The company said it conducted three years of field tests across the United States in preparation for the launch and that more than 400 people used it this year as part of a trial.

The delayed launch of what Monsanto calls a blockbuster product is another setback for the company, which is already battling to keep a new formulation of dicamba herbicide on the market in the face of complaints that spray drift damaged millions of acres of crops this summer.

“There have been limited cases of skin irritation, including rashes, that appear to be associated with the handling and application of this seed treatment product,” Brian Naber, U.S. commercial operations lead for Monsanto, said in a letter to customers about NemaStrike.

Some users who suffered probl e m s may n o t hav e f o l l ow e d instructions to wear protective equipment, such as gloves, company spokesperson Christi Dixon said.

The company expected NemaStrike to launch on up to eight million U.S. crop acres in fiscal year 2018, chief executive officer Hugh Grant said on a conference call last month.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carried out extensive evaluations of the product before approving it for use, according to Monsanto, which has described NemaStrike as “blockbuster technology.”

The agency could not be reached for comment.

“The technology is effective and can be used safely when following label instructions,” Monsanto said.

The EPA last year approved use of Monsanto’s new version of a weed killer using dicamba on crops during the summer growing season.

Problems have also emerged with the herbicide since the agency’s approval. Farmers have complained it evaporates and drifts from where it is applied, causing damage to crops that cannot resist it.

M o n s a n t o, w h i c h i s b e i n g acquired by Bayer AG for $63.5 billion, has said its dicamba herbicide is safe when applied properly and that U.S. farmers failed to follow label instructions.

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U.S. tariff threat on EC imports jeopardizes trade deal FROM THE ARCHIVES

BRUCE DYCK The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago.

75 YEARS AGO: NOV. 12, 1942 Manitoba Pool Elevators held a luncheon for 50 students from the Ontario Agricultural College who were in Western Canada to help with harvest. The event was held to thank the students for their assistance.

Wartime price controls were extended to include dressed lamb and dressed poultry. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board set maximum wholesale and retail prices on carcasses, sides and cuts of lamb and on all classes and grades of dressed poultry.

50 YEARS AGO: NOV. 16, 1967 The Canadian Wheat Board planned to issue plastic cards imprinted with a farmer’s name,

identification number, station number and a number designating the elevator company. The card would then be used by elevator agents to imprint standardized tickets when issuing a cash ticket. It was part of the grain trade’s efforts to computerize operations.

A National Beef Industry Committee was established under the auspices of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. The committee planned to study the country’s grading system to see if it adequately reflected actual beef values to the producer.

25 YEARS AGO: NOV. 12, 1992 United Grain Growers delegates approved a plan to raise money by selling shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. “It’s really a historic moment in our company’s history,” UGG president Ted Allen said.

The United States threatened to impose a 200 percent tariff on white wine, oilseeds and wheat gluten imported from the European Community unless the EC reduced its domestic oilseed subsidies and production.

Retaliation instead of capitulation from the EC would then potentially blow up into a trade war that could jeopardize the Dec. 31 deadline to reach a political deal at the General Agreement on

Jason Buhr cares for his Herefords near Raymore, Sask., in the spring of 1983. | Tariffs and Trade talks.

“It would be a disaster if this didn’t get sorted out,” said Ontario Federation of Agriculture president Roger George.

10 YEARS AGO: NOV. 15, 2007 A wide recall of beef products potentially carrying E. coli bacteria originating in Canada was feared to

have hurt the reputation of the entire industry from farms to processors. The U.S. Department of Agriculture began double testing Canadian shipments after Canadian beef was linked to a massive recall that put a New Jersey processor out of business.

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WORLD DAIRY SUMMIT

Animal welfare, consumer attitudes go hand in hand Consumers want assurances that farmers treat their livestock in a humane way

BY CHRIS MCCULLOUGH FREELANCE WRITER

Animal welfare must be taken seriously to protect the reputation of the dairy industry.

That was the message delegates at the World Dairy Summit held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, were told.

At the summit, dairy industry welfare and Brexit were among the major talking points.

Animal welfare can be affected by a number of factors as described by Luc Mirabito from the International Dairy Federation.

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He also explained how an Animal Welfare Index in a farm environment is a powerful tool to demonstrate good animal husbandry.

Factors such as body condition, injury, cleanliness, lameness and a natural life environment can all affect animal welfare.

Mirabito said farmers have the ultimate responsibility of maintaining good animal welfare practices and said “farmers are the ones citizens trust to deliver professional care and to pay attention to their cows.”

Professor Marie Haskell from SRUC, Scotland’s Rural College, discussed cow personality and behavioural traits.

“These both have a direct impact on herd health and welfare,” she said. “Genetics and the cow’s environment play an equal role in affecting cow behaviour.”

Cow personality can be described as a set of characteristics of an individual that are consistent over time. Milking temperament can be seen as one area of a cow’s personality, Haskell said.

“Cows show consistent behavioural responses in a number of situations. The overall profiles of responses could be called personalities.

“Calmer cows are less likely to be culled and have better resistance to mastitis and easier calvings,” she said.

Personalities are also affected by how an animal is handled and by the cows’ overall response to being with humans.

Some behavioural aspects are bred in from genetics while others can be learned from a young age.

One of the more influencing factors of a cow’s personality is aggression, noticed more in a

cow’s response to another cow.

“Aggression can be affected by hunger and space at the feeder,” said Haskell. “The more hungry a cow is, the more she is likely to be aggressive in order to feed.

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World dairy markets still volatile but expected to rebound

BY CHRIS MCCULLOUGH FREELANCE WRITER

World dairy markets are not likely to ever change their volatile nature, but signs of recovery and growth are starting to appear.

That’s the message Veronique Pilet, head of economics at the French dairy inter-branch organization CNIEL, told those attending the World Dairy Summit in Belfast,

Northern Ireland.

“Historical lows are giving way to a period of recovery,” said Pilet.

“And we are now seeing a stronger demand for dairy in 2017.

“The global dairy market remains uncertain and the only thing that we can say for sure is the volatility, which is a result of supply and demand issues, is here to stay.

“Dynamism in the European and U.S. markets is leading recovery,

and production prospects over the next few months remain good. Butter prices are at an all-time high.

However skimmed milk powder prices are still eroding.”

Pilet said recovery this year followed a year when both global production of dairy and consumption were stagnant and in some areas showed a slight decrease.

She said contributing factors to current market conditions could

be the Russian ban on importing dairy products from the European Union, decreased buying power in oil-producing countries and the poor economic situation in South America.

New Zealand remains the world’s largest exporter of dairy with a 29 percent share of the market, closely followed by the EU at 28 percent and the U.S. at 24 percent.

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Dairy consumers care about themselves, not welfare: vet An American veterinarian says attitudes by many ‘all-about-me’ consumers only care about getting their food cheap

BY CHRIS MCCULLOUGH FREELANCE WRITER

Dairy farmers and the industry overall were told recently that consumers care more about themselves than animal welfare.

Delegates at the World Dairy Summit in Belfast were told Nov. 1 that most consumers couldn’t care less about the condition of the cow that produces their fresh milk, or the conditions in which the animals are kept.

U.S. veterinarian Dr. Jennifer Walker shocked the room when she made the claims that “consumers only cared for themselves and how cheap they could buy food.”

Even though it is more widely recognized that animal welfare issues are of major importance to some consumers and to the dairy industry’s reputation, the vet said the issue was becoming serious that consumers don’t care.

Walker, who oversees an animal welfare program for dairy farmers supplying Dean Foods in Dallas, Texas, said: “We all place great importance on animal welfare, both farmers and vets. Farmers strive to create the best conditions for animals to live in and vets observe the animal’s health, which is an indicator of welfare standards.

“However, it is becoming increasingly more apparent that today’s consumers are more interested in

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themselves with an ‘it’s all about me’ attitude,” she said.

The top vet also believed consumers are being confused with so many food assurance schemes.

“All these food quality assurance

schemes and their relative symbols are causing chaos and confusion among consumers.

“Nowadays, I think the trend is shifting and people are more concerned about themselves rather than animals. They simply just want cheaper food and not too worried about the conditions in which the animals are kept which produced that food.

“It is our duty, as influencers in the industry, to change that mindset to be one that does take animal health and welfare into consideration,” she said. “We have to tell consumers it’s really not all about you and it is about the animals, before it gets out of hand.”

Dairy is a superfood and we need to ensure that message is heard loud and clear by consumers who are under a constant barrage of misleading and ill-informed messages about dairy.

PAUL VERNON, GLANBIA CHEESE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

During the summit, dairy industry leaders also highlighted the importance of communicating with consumers who are looking for reassurance on the integrity and quality of dairy foods at a time when antidairy activism is on the rise.

Paul Vernon, chair of Dairy UK and chief executive officer of Glan-

bia Cheese, said the dairy industry needed to ensure consumers were getting the right message.

“Dairy is a superfood and we need to ensure that message is heard loud and clear by consumers who are under a constant barrage of misleading and ill-informed messages about dairy.”

» CONTINUED FROM PAGE 65 “If a farm has too many cows for the space available, then cows become more aggressive in order to push their way forward to the food,” she said.

There are a number of factors that also affect the level of cow aggression, which can be addressed by good management.

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Farming has experienced incredible changes in recent decades.

Farmers have lived through the 1980s farm financial crisis, the lean years that followed, the 2000s-2012 boom and the aftermath of the commodity boom.

But one thing hasn’t changed at all: Danny Klinefelter’s five percent rule.

“There’s something that gravitates towards this all the time,” Klinefelter said soon after officially retiring from his career at Texas A and M university as a professor and extension economist.

“The top 25 percent were about five percent better than the average. The bottom 25 percent were about five percent below average.”

Klinefelter is lauded among farm management specialists for his insights into the real-world economics of commercial farms. He

has worked with and trained thousands of farmers in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand with his relentless focus on incremental improvements in farm management.

His mantra is based on the compounding value of continuous small improvements, rather than the search for major changes.

Fa r m e r s w i l l s e e a ma s s i v e improvement in profitability if they can improve by five percent the average net price on sales, lower net costs by five percent and raise production per unit by the same amount.

“You need to make improvements across the board. You need to continuously improve,” he said.

The mathematics of net returns are sometimes hard for farmers to realize unless they stop and think about them, Klinefelter said. Small, incremental changes can add up to much more than most realize.

“From a management perspective, there’s a huge difference. You

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might say, ‘it’s five percent, five percent, five percent. That’s 15 percent.’ No it isn’t. It’s typically over 100 percent in terms of net. It’s additive. It’s multiplicative.”

Klinefelter’s insights arose from the U.S. farm financial crisis of 1982-87. He didn’t examine those who failed and left farming.

However, from looking at those who survived, he found some barely making it, while others were continuing to grow and actually making money most years.

“They were performing on their loans,” said Klinefelter, who was working in the farm lending system at the time.

He dug into the divergences between those who were doing the best and those who were doing the worst and found his three areas of marginal differences.

Those differences in performance have continued since, in good times and bad.

“It didn’t matter if it was in cotton, cattle or canola,” he said.

The top 25 percent don’t always have good years or profitable years, but their bad years aren’t as bad as

others’ and their good years build up their positive momentum.

“They do it year after year, compounding. It’s exponential,” he said.

Klinefelter compares the top farmers with baseball players who hit .300. Compared to the .250 hitter, they only get one more hit for every 20 times at bat, but it’s all the difference in the world.

The weakest 25 percent are like people driving a car at 55 m.p.h. when everybody else on the highway is doing 70.

“Eventually you’ll fall behind.”

From his decades helping farmers hone their operations to stay ahead of the relentless and inexorable pressures on farm margins, Klinefelter has concluded that farmers need to focus on piling up little improvements and to being willing to embrace the headaches that come with every change in management.

“As soon as you solve one problem, you find another,” said Klinefelter. “But there’s nothing that can’t be improved.” ed.white@producer.com

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Rocky Mountain profits surge Rocky Mountain Dealerships reported that net earning in the quarter ending Sept. 30 rose almost 37 percent to $9.07 million.

Total sales were $238.9 million, up 7.3 percent.

The results were the best that Rocky has posted since 2012. The improved sales, coupled with a s t re a m l i n e d c o s t s t r u c t u re, “allowed us to deliver a great quarter,” Garrett Ganden, president and chief executive officer, said in a release.

The company reduced the cost of its inventory by almost seven percent and increased inventory turnover by 16 compared to last year.

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Agriculture big contributor to Canada’s economy

BY COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

WINNIPEG — A new report from Agriculture Canada says agriculture contributed $111.9 billion to Canada’s gross domestic product in 2016, which accounted for 6.7 percent of the country’s total GDP. The annual report, called An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and AgriFood System released Nov. 10, provides a summary of the economic performance of the agriculture sector.

Over the last five years, GDP in agriculture and agri-food systems has grown by 11 percent, compared to the Canadian economy, which increased by 7.8 percent.

In 2016, there were 2.3 million people employed in the agriculture sector, representing 12.5 percent of total Canadian

McCain’s french fry plant at Coaldale, Alta., which is undergoing a $1 billion expansion, is part of Canada’s food production and processing industry that makes up 6.7 percent of Canada’s economy. | FILE PHOTO employment.

Exports from the agriculture sector rose to $56 billion in 2016.

Slightly more than half of the value of primary agricultural production in Canada was exported either

directly or indirectly through the manufacturing sector.

The food and beverage processing industry is the largest manufacturing industry in Canada, accounting for 16.4 percent of the

total manufacturing sector’s GDP in 2016. As well, it accounted for the largest share of jobs in the manufacturing sector at 17.3 percent.

Farm market receipts remained at a record high of $57.6 billion in

2016. Between 1971 and 2016, these receipts have grown on average by 5.8 percent annually. This was driven by grain and oilseed receipts, which have increased by 6.5 percent annually over the same period.

Net farm operating expenses dropped to $44.2 billion in 2016, down 0.9 percent from the previous year. This was the first decline in six years and was due to lower fertilizer, machinery, fuel and cattle prices.

The federal government spent about $5.4 billion in support of the agriculture and agri-food sector for the fiscal year of 2016-17. This accounts for 24.2 percent of agricultural GDP. Public funding of research for agriculture was estimated to be at $557 million for the fiscal year of 2016-17.

POLICY DEVELOPMENTS

Here is the latest on Ottawa’s tax change proposals TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

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he federal government has made several amendments in the past month to its proposed tax changes for private corporations.

Since July 18, when the initial proposal was released, there have been many areas of concern on how the proposal would affect family farm corporations.

Some of the most worrisome parts of the proposal have been

dropped, and this column will provide information on how things stand now.

A common term you may have heard in the proposed tax changes is “anti-surplus stripping.”

An example of “surplus stripping” that would have been affected is a common transaction for farmers, who have a buildup of surplus cash in their corporation, to sell land owned personally to their corporation.

That extracts the surplus cash from the corporation, but it usually triggers a capital gain.

However, you can avoid the tax bill by using the capital gain exemption, except for what might be necessary under the alternative minimum tax.

Under the rules as first proposed, there was concern this would not be allowed and the transaction would result in paying tax at the

dividend rate.

However, the government has confirmed it will no longer pursue this section of the proposed rules.

The government has also said it will drop other proposed rules that revolve around the lifetime capital gains exemption.

These rules would have prevented anyone from claiming the lifetime capital gains exemption for gains that accrued on qualified farm property while it was held in a family trust or while the individual was younger than 18, unless it was an inherited asset.

The government has also focused on the treatment of passive income in a corporation. There continues to be concern that such income may result in much higher tax than it did in the past.

One example of passive income in a farm corporation would be the money from cash renting land to a

neighbour. Passive income could also come in the form of interest earned on savings or investments in your farm corporation.

However, relief has been announced in the form of a $50,000 buffer for passive income that will be taxed as it was in the past. We will continue to watch for updates in this area because there is still a lot of ambiguity on how these rules will apply.

At this time you should consider that the government has announced that current investments will be grandfathered under the old rules and the new rules will not apply to AgriInvest accounts.

Income sprinkling is another area affected by the proposed rules.

This is a way to split a private corporation’s income among family members, most often in the

form of a dividend, to take advantage of each family member’s tax brackets.

The changes involve reasonability tests that will be used to judge if dividends issued to family members are appropriate. The governm e nt ha s n o t d ro p p e d t h e s e changes but has announced it will revise its proposal to simplify the rules. None of the changes mentioned have been made into law at this time.

However, it is important to start planning for these changes and to consult with your professional advisers to determine how these changes could affect you.

Riley Honess and Katy Jacklin of KPMG contributed to this article.

Colin Miller is a chartered accountant and partner with KPMG’s tax practice in Lethbridge. Contact: colinmiller@kpmg.ca.

Trait Stewardship Responsibilities Notice to Farmers

The 3 questions that will drive your business plan You’re ready to build a business plan for your operation, or update an existing plan.

It might seem like a daunting task. Not only that – there’s so much to get done around the farm or ranch – you don’t have a lot of time to spend planning.

Here’s an approach that can start you on your way. Along with your family members and business partners, discuss and answer these three questions.

1. Where are we now? Describe the current state of your operation, in terms of last year’s revenue and profit, type and value of assets, customers and key personnel who run the farm. Identify what you consider your operation’s most significant strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

2. Where are we going? What do you want your business to look like in 5 to 10 years’ time? Think about land, number of acres cropped and/or herd size, assets, products, customers, revenue and profits.

3. How will we get there? What steps are needed to take your business from where you are now, to where you want to go? What assets, capital, people, skills and actions will it take?

By answering these questions, you’ll have a useful framework to build a formal business plan.

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244.00-248.50 225.00-235.00

Heifers Alta.

148.50-149.50 148.00-148.25 Ont. 122.23-140.49 125.88-137.38 *Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

137.99 121.80

248.50-250.50 234.00-242.00

246.50-248.50 224.00-234.00 Canfax

Steers Alta.

Ont.

$230 $225 $220 $215 $210 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10

Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

$225 $220

Manitoba $230 $225 $220 $215 $210 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10

Heifers 500-600 lb. (average $/cwt)

Steers 900-1000 800-900 700-800 600-700 500-600 400-500 Heifers 800-900 700-800 600-700 500-600 400-500 300-400

Cattle Slaughter

Alta.

B.C.

181-194 195-207 205-219 211-225 220-243 241-271

no sales 191-210 207-223 215-233 220-247 240-273

188-200 196-213 206-219 213-229 222-243 241-270

no sales 197-209 202-215 208-222 217-240 242-269

177-187 182-194 186-200 193-211 201-226 218-242

170-191 178-194 185-212 196-221 205-240 225-252

180-195 185-197 189-204 196-216 206-230 220-246

174-194 no sales 187-200 192-211 206-221 217-235 Canfax

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

Average Carcass Weight

$205

$190 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10

Saskatchewan

Canfax Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Nov 4/17 936 857 705 989

$210

Nov 5/16 928 835 699 1,010

YTD 17 891 819 737 1,035

YTD 16 918 841 758 1,016

U.S. Cash cattle ($US/cwt)

$205 $200 $195 $190 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10

Manitoba $220

Slaughter cattle (35-65% choice) Steers National 123.71 Kansas 123.96 Nebraska n/a Nebraska (dressed) n/a

Heifers 123.68 123.56 n/a n/a

Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) Steers South Dakota 160.00-166.10 Billings 152.00-155.00 Dodge City 158.50-164.00

$210 $200 $190

Trend -1/-4 n/a +3/+6 USDA

$180 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10

Cattle / Beef Trade

Canadian Beef Production million lb.

Fed Non-fed Total beef

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. To date 2017 2,390,811 26,829,345 To date 2016 2,252,684 25,354,544 % Change 17/16 +6.1 +5.8

Man.

$210

$195

YTD % change 1,747.4 +1 278.8 +13 2,026.2 +3 Canfax

EXCHANGE RATE NOV. 13 $1 Cdn. = $0.7859 U.S. $1 U.S. = $1.2724 Cdn.

$250 $240 $220 10/6 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13

Exports % from 2016 429,615 (1) -8.8 107,489 (1) -36.7 209,074 (3) +3.0 282,710 (3) +7.0 Imports % from 2016 n/a (2) n/a 50,693 (2) +249.8 102,901 (4) +1.8 147,330 (4) -8.2

Sltr. cattle to U.S. (head) Feeder C&C to U.S. (head) Total beef to U.S. (tonnes) Total beef, all nations (tonnes) Sltr. cattle from U.S. (head) Feeder C&C from U.S. (head) Total beef from U.S. (tonnes) Total beef, all nations (tonnes)

$290

Nov 4

Sask.

Alberta $200

$260

#1 Durum 13.0

$230

$210 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10

#1 CWRS 13.5

$230

Saskatchewan

$215

Cash Price for SE Sask PDQinfo.ca

(1) to Oct 28/17 (2) to Sep 30/17 (3) to Sep 30/17 (4) to Nov 4/17

Agriculture Canada

Close Nov 10 Live Cattle Dec 120.58 Feb 126.75 Apr 127.10 Jun 119.88 Aug 116.95 Feeder Cattle Nov 158.48 Jan 157.18 Mar 155.08 Apr 155.25 May 154.35

Close Trend Nov 3

Year ago

$280 $270 $260 $250 10/6 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13

#2 Yellow peas $280 $260 $240

127.30 131.75 129.80 121.18 117.40

-6.72 -5.00 -2.70 -1.30 -0.45

102.73 104.30 104.35 96.70 94.68

160.88 161.53 158.35 158.23 157.30

-2.40 -4.35 -3.27 -2.98 -2.95

125.63 117.85 115.33 115.28 114.75

$220 $200 10/6 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13

Nov 9 US Choice (US$) 212.74 Nov 3 Cdn AAA (C$) 248.21

Canola (cash -Jan) $510 $500

Nov 2 Yr. ago 208.25 184.55 Oct 27 Yr. ago 246.86 243.44

Nov 6

Oct 30

Wool sheep 55-69 lb 1.80-2.10 2.00-2.35 70-85 lb 1.78-2.00 1.90-2.18 86-105 lb 1.75-1.90 1.87-2.01 > 106 lb 1.69-1.86 1.78-1.90 Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd. Nov 6 Oct 30 New lambs 1.85-2.75 1.45-2.38 65-80 lb 2.10-2.82 1.97-2.30 80-95 lb 2.26-2.49 1.95-2.20 > 95 lb 2.24-2.42 1.98-2.07 > 110 lb 2.17-2.20 1.52-2.00 Feeder lambs 1.50-2.00 1.45-2.00 Sheep 1.10-1.35 1.10-1.30 Rams 1.00-1.35 1.00-1.25 Kids 70-140 70-140 Ontario Stockyards Inc. Shipping November Wool lambs <80 lb 1.85 Wool lambs 81-95 lb 1.80 Wool lambs 96-115 lb 1.80 Hair lambs <95 lb 1.70 Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd.

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $180 $160 $140 $120 $100 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10

(Hams Marketing) Week ending Dec 16-Dec 23 Dec 30-Jan 06 Jan 13-Jan 20 Jan 27-Feb 03 Feb 10-Feb 17 Feb 24-Mar 03 Mar 10-Mar 17 Mar 24-Mar 31 Apr 07-Apr 14 Apr 21-Apr 28

Export 708,083 (1) 283,516 (2) 959,115 (2)

$180 $140 $120 $100 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10

Sltr. hogs to/fm U.S. (head) Total pork to/fm U.S. (tonnes) Total pork, all nations (tonnes) (1) to Oct 28/17

(2) to Sep 30/17

$160

$130 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10

Agriculture Canada

Hogs $/ckg

$-5 $-15 $-20

149.40 149.33

Alta. Index 100 Sask. Sig. 5

Man. Index 100 Que. Index 100

159.00 161.41

Grain Futures Feed Wheat (Lethbridge) $225 $220 $215 $210 $205 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $460 $455 $450 $445

n/a $440 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9

Barley (cash) $220 $215 $210

Dec Feb Apr May

Close Nov 10 62.48 70.25 74.05 79.78

Close Nov 3 65.10 71.98 75.45 80.13

Trend -2.62 -1.73 -1.40 -0.35

Year ago 46.15 52.98 60.40 68.35

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Corn (Dec) $360 $355 $345 $340 10/6 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13

*incl. wt. premiums

Soybeans (Nov) $1000

% from 2016 -12.4 -4.5 +4.7

Import n/a 155,487 (3) 174,213 (3)

% from 2016 n/a +5.9 +4.1 Agriculture Canada

Jun Jul Aug Oct

$990 $980 $970 $960 10/6 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13

Oats (Dec)

Close Nov 10 83.45 83.50 82.23 69.78

Close Nov 3 83.08 82.88 81.30 69.38

Trend +0.37 +0.62 +0.93 +0.40

Year ago 72.70 73.63 73.73 62.83

$280 $270 $250 $240 10/6 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13

Spring Wheat (Dec) $680

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

$660

Nov 5 287.6 428.7 200.2

Oct 29 258.9 494.5 207.7

YTD 3,705.8 5,903.5 2,965.9

Year Ago 3,761.4 6,067.7 2,459.3

Nov 10

Nov 6

Trend

Year ago

Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Nov 512.60 516.40 Jan 515.10 518.90 Mar 521.80 525.30 May 525.60 529.40

-3.80 -3.80 -3.50 -3.80

497.30 504.30 509.80 512.50

Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.)

Dec 4.3150 4.3075 Mar 4.4900 4.4825 May 4.6000 4.6075 Jul 4.7300 4.7425

+0.0075 +0.0075 -0.0075 -0.0125

4.1000 4.2775 4.4350 4.5725

Chicago Oats ($US/bu.)

Dec 2.7200 2.6900 Mar 2.8000 2.7225 May 2.8525 2.7575

+0.0300 +0.0775 +0.0950

2.2800 2.2625 2.2675

Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.)

Nov 9.7725 9.8400 Jan 9.8700 9.9400 Mar 9.9800 10.0425 May 10.0700 10.1350

-0.0675 -0.0700 -0.0625 -0.0650

9.8925 9.9850 10.0550 10.1225

+0.08 +0.07 +0.09

34.79 35.05 35.24

Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) Dec 314.5 316.1 -1.6 Jan 316.6 318.1 -1.5 Mar 320.1 321.2 -1.1

311.9 313.8 315.3

Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.)

Dec 34.81 34.73 Mar 34.96 34.89 May 35.19 35.10

Chicago Corn ($US/bu.)

Dec 3.4350 3.4800 Mar 3.5675 3.6150 May 3.6525 3.7025 Jul 3.7300 3.7750

-0.0450 -0.0475 -0.0500 -0.0450

3.4625 3.5525 3.6300 3.7000

Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.)

Dec 6.4750 6.3100 Mar 6.5925 6.4400 May 6.6450 6.5100 Jul 6.6350 6.5450

+0.1650 +0.1525 +0.1350 +0.0900

5.0650 5.1475 5.2275 5.3025

Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.)

Dec 4.3325 4.3000 Mar 4.5000 4.4700 May 4.6200 4.6075 Jul 4.7750 4.7750

+0.0325 +0.0300 +0.0125 0.0000

4.1000 4.2775 4.4000 -

$260

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.)

(000 tonnes) Alta.

Sask.

Man.

Nov 13 6.18 5.70 6.10 3.66 2.52

No. 1 DNS (14%) Montana elevator No. 1 DNS (13%) Montana elevator No. 1 Durum (13%) Montana elevator No. 1 Malt barley Montana elevator No. 2 Feed barley Montana elevator

$-25 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9

$350

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$170

$140

To date 2017 To date 2016 % change 17/16

(3) to Nov 4/17

Manitoba $150

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. 17,503,556 101,164,235 17,239,907 98,129,306 +1.5 +3.1

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan Sig. 5 $160

To Nov 4

U.S. Grain Cash Prices ($US/bu.)

USDA

Canola (basis - Jan)

Canola is basis par region. Basis is best bid. Feed wheat and barley are priced at Lethbridge.

Hog Slaughter

Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 5 Creek Pork Nov 13 Nov 13 134.10-136.28 127.77-131.28 131.07-139.56 138.23-138.85 143.45-146.20 145.56-145.42 151.47-150.90 147.67-149.52 154.52-154.52 154.52-154.65 153.94-154.17 153.53-159.33 154.56-154.79 157.84-158.62 157.54-161.66 159.67-159.92 161.36-161.47 160.92-163.55 161.36-161.36 163.92-164.03

Nov 8 Nov 1 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) n/a 169.52 167.15 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 17.30 17.20 15.10

$470 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9

$200 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9

HOGS

Oct 6 40.38 37.00 26.50 35.17 34.00 30.67 26.68 21.16 17.67 8.20 7.20 6.85 6.12 13.20 37.50 33.50 39.33 21.38 35.67 63.58 41.58 48.50

$490

$-10

Sheep ($/lb.) & Goats ($/head)

Nov 3 37.69 32.88 24.80 30.40 31.14 28.17 22.73 19.28 17.08 8.10 7.70 6.98 6.82 15.25 40.00 32.60 39.33 20.13 29.67 61.58 41.58 48.00

Cash Prices

$480

Beef Cutout ($/cwt)

Fixed contract $/ckg

Nov 10 35.60 Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Laird lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 30.25 Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 25.00 Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 28.72 Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 28.80 Eston lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 26.20 Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 20.75 Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 15.88 Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 13.40 Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) 7.70 Peas, medium. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) 5.90 Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) 5.35 Feed peas ($/bu) 6.02 Maple peas ($/bu) 15.63 Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) 42.00 Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) 32.60 Mustard, Brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) 41.00 Canaryseed (¢/lb) 19.88 Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) 29.67 Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) 61.58 Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) 41.58 B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 (¢/lb) 48.00

Cash Prices

$205

Due to wide reporting and collection methods, it is misleading to compare hog prices between provinces.

Pulse and Special Crops Source: STAT Publishing, which solicits bids from AGT Inc., Canpulse Foods, CGF Brokerage, Maviga NA, Parrish and Heimbecker, Scoular Canada and Simpson Seeds. Prices for dressed product at plant.

$640 $620 $600 10/6 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13

Canadian Exports & Crush To (1,000 MT) Nov 5 Wheat 238.4 Durum 61.1 Oats 52.8 Barley 44.7 Flax 19.0 Canola 470.2 Peas 0.6 Lentils 0.2 (1,000 MT) Nov 8 Canola crush 195.2

To Total Last Oct 29 to date year 396.8 4,061.6 3,764.3 119.1 1,036.7 886.6 30.7 503.9 395.8 57.5 432.9 199.8 0.3 71.0 68.5 165.2 2,858.8 2,281.3 1.4 850.5 1,464.6 1.3 88.5 378.2 Nov 1 To date Last year 186.8 2,452.6 2,472.4

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Temperature last week High Low

Assiniboia Broadview Eastend Estevan Kindersley Maple Creek Meadow Lake Melfort Nipawin North Battleford Prince Albert Regina Rockglen Saskatoon Swift Current Val Marie Wynyard Yorkton

0.2 -1.8 -0.9 0.0 -4.9 5.4 -3.3 -4.1 -4.5 -5.1 -3.0 -2.6 0.5 -3.3 1.1 1.5 -2.6 -4.8

-24.0 -20.6 -21.6 -21.1 -22.2 -22.6 -19.9 -18.4 -19.3 -22.1 -19.0 -27.7 -21.6 -23.3 -21.9 -25.0 -18.7 -22.4

Precipitation since April 1 mm mm %

6.8 6.6 1.0 3.1 3.2 2.8 0.4 0.7 2.0 3.9 2.7 1.8 15.4 3.9 1.1 1.1 1.5 0.9

14.5 16.1 9.5 9.2 10.3 11.1 3.4 4.1 6.6 9.7 6.7 10.2 25.3 9.3 10.0 7.8 10.1 11.6

302 187 158 110 224 195 45 62 85 141 92 182 487 150 185 144 131 147

MANITOBA Temperature last week High Low

Brooks Calgary Cold Lake Coronation Edmonton Grande Prairie High Level Lethbridge Lloydminster Medicine Hat Milk River Peace River Pincher Creek Red Deer Stavely Vegreville

1.4 6.2 -5.2 -3.2 0.0 -3.6 -5.3 4.4 -3.4 2.7 6.8 -4.8 5.0 -1.2 7.0 15.7

-26.2 -19.6 -19.9 -21.4 -22.4 -22.0 -25.4 -21.4 -20.1 -21.2 -20.7 -20.8 -17.7 -22.9 -19.8 -22.6

Precipitation since April 1 mm mm %

3.2 3.4 1.1 5.7 1.2 4.7 0.0 0.2 1.0 6.8 0.7 1.1 3.1 -99.9 0.0 2.0

16.7 341 11.0 220 8.4 127 14.7 377 5.4 73 8.2 73 0.0 0 5.3 87 3.4 55 19.3 357 10.0 130 3.6 34 22.7 189 -99.9 -999 11.8 162 7.3 130

Temperature last week High Low

Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage La Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

-3.3 -2.9 -3.4 -1.8 -1.3 -2.6 -4.9 -3.3

Cranbrook Fort St. John Kamloops Kelowna Prince George

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7.3 1.4 2.5 0.7 2.2 5.3 0.0 2.4

21.1 6.2 9.1 9.7 12.8 13.1 8.3 8.2

267 73 82 104 108 113 90 74

-17.6 -21.2 -13.4 -14.5 -17.9

6.0 13.1 0.3 14.3 2.2

33.4 20.8 7.8 17.1 2.7

190 152 66 115 10

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