January 18, 2022 Country Booster

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Full blood Simmental cattle rancher, Tracy Kushnerik, takes her role as “bull whisperer” Despite the recent very seriously as she quietly frigid temperatures, moves the herd of one-year-old chores on the farm still bulls around the pen. have to get done. Even with For most, facing off with a line looming restrictions due of young bulls might be a bit to the pandemic, farmers intimidating, but for Tracy around the County still have it’s a matter of building to prepare the best of their trust through stock for the upcoming communication. spring bull sales.

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In my first column of 2022, I want to wish everyone a very happy and healthy new year! Whether you celebrated the holiday break here in the Camrose constituency, or elsewhere, I truly hope you enjoyed your time with family and loved ones.

I recently came an update for our province that has me encouraged about the path our government is on when it comes to our economy. According to the Alberta Treasury Branch, Alberta had a net migration of 5,000 people, which means more people moved here than left the province.

This is great news because it comes after five consecutive quarters, where we lost more residents than we gained. That article also points out that given our economic projections for this year, we could see the trend of, more people coming to Alberta than leaving, continue.

This summer while door knocking, I met a number of new people who moved to our constituency from other centres. Welcome.

Another positive sign experts are talking about is the price of a barrel of oil is expected to be above $70 for 2022. Our energy is a reason that our province has had a much better financial outlook when the government gives its quarterly fiscal updates. Their higher prices have reduced our deficit. This also creates jobs and investment, especially in the Camrose constituency.

According to RBC, Alberta is expecting an economic expansion of 4.7 per cent. This is more evidence that our government is on the right track. While staying on the topic of energy, I want to extend a big “thank you” to our natural gas workers for keeping us warm during this cold snap. Many of us are used to winter temperatures dropping below -30. I know I am thankful for the natural gas that heats my home and to the hardworking men and women who make sure we stay warm.

Economic expert Jack Mintz pointed to some very encouraging numbers showing expectations for 2022.

Alberta’s GDP grew by 21 per cent in 2021. Major technology firms, such as Amazon, are setting up operations in the province. While their offices may be located outside the Camrose constituency, many of these jobs can be done remotely, so when a tech start-up opens in Calgary, that could lead to employment anywhere. We also saw billions of dollars of investments in petrochemicals and hydrogen, especially in the Industrial Heartland.

These are massive operations, which will have positive spin-off effects in our community.

There is also some great news from the healthcare file. On December 22, AHS and the United Nurses of Alberta agreed to a new deal. If all goes well, the collective bargaining agreement could be ratified by UNA members later this month. I am really happy this is getting closer to a positive conclusion for both AHS and our nurses.

I think 2022 is going to be a fantastic year in the Camrose constituency. Remember that my office and I are always here for you. May 2022 be your best year yet.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact my office. We are always here for you!

You can contact Jackie Lovely, Camrose MLA, at Constituency Office, 104, 4870-51 Street, Camrose, AB T4V 1S1. Tel: 780-672-0000, camrose@assembly. ab.ca or at Legislature Office, 6th Floor, 9820-107 Street, Edmonton, AB T5K 1E7.

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Farm life stops for nothing

By Lori Larsen

There is nothing glamorous about getting out of bed in the dead of a frigid winter night to help a mama cow deliver her calf (or calves), but Tracy Kushnerik wouldn’t have it any other way.

On New Year’s Day, while many awaited the arrival of the new year’s (human) babies, Tracy was out in -28°C and below temperatures, welcoming the first of the new year’s arrivals–a browneyed, big-eared, pink-nosed calf, anxious to get its feet under itself.

“She calved for me until she was 20.

“I started to build up my herd from her and bought one other calf.

Then, from there, my herd built up to seven.”

In 1992, the year Tracy and Steve married, the decision was made to purchase a bull. “We went looking around and got into Simmentals, and in 1995, we bought our first bull, and the following year, we bought some purebred cows. I really liked what the Simmental breed was all about.”

Tracy explained that

Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster Born on New Year’s Day, this little calf was kept warm by Mama’s side in the Kushnerik barn.

And that was just one of over 108 that had been born since calving season began around mid-November at Spruce View Acres, just south of Round Hill.

For Tracy and husband Steve, nothing stops the around-the-clock work on their full-blood Simmental cattle operation.

“We just have a small operation of around 200 head,” said Tracy, but all things considered, that is plenty of work to keep both her and Steve very busy.

Tracy started out as a farm girl on her parents’ dairy farm near Daysland. “It was always my job, from five years old on, to help milk the cows,” smiled Tracy. “I did that by hand. We didn’t have milking machines or anything.

There were only about 12 to 15 head. It was a small herd, but a lot at that time.”

In the early ’80s, Tracy’s parents moved into beef cattle operations. “I was always interested in cattle.

Our folks would always reward the kids with a calf, and I got my first calf when I was eight and her name was Rosie. I still have offspring from her.

“I had her until she was 26 years old,” said Tracy, which according to Tracy, is ancient for a cow.

what sold her on the Simmental breed was the cows’ mothering ability, the look of the breed, their performance, and the quality of their meat, which played a big part when the drought came in 2001. “We were just starting to sell bulls then, and when the drought came, trying to sell bulls was impossible.

“We had to do something with the cattle. Taking the cows to the auction market was not the best option. Cows were selling for $3 a head. So we started to sell beef off the farm to make ends meet.”

Slowly, people started asking Tracy and Steve if they would cater, and because Tracy had experience with catering as a teenager, the couple started their catering business in 2005, using their own beef.

During this time, Tracy was also working at the hospital. She would arrive home from a 12-hour shift, stay up all night preparing for a catering gig, then get about an hour of sleep after which she would wake up at around 4 or 5 a.m. to get to the catering job.

“And sometimes we would be in the middle of calving season. It was a vicious circle,” said Tracy, admitting they did what

had to be done in order to keep the herd. “I loved my cows so much, I had to do what I had to do in order to keep them.”

After Steve purchased a business in Camrose in 2014, Tracy quit her job at the hospital and her catering business and went full time into selling the purebred end of the cattle operation.

“We increased our herd from about 50 head to where we are at today with 158 head,” which is more than enough to keep her very busy.

Their target date for calving to begin was December 1, and from then to New Year’s Eve, they had already calved out 105.

“There are months when I don’t get to town,” said Tracy, adding that her last trip to Camrose was around November 10, and she doesn’t foresee heading into Camrose anytime before the end of February.

During calving season, Tracy figures she never gets more than an hour’s sleep at a time.

“It is difficult to find paid assistance to work on the farm. Most people have no idea the very tough work involved in working on a farm. They peter out quickly,” laughed Tracy.

Currently, the operation consists of two separate herds: “One that I call a commercial herd, which is about 30 cows. Their calves will get sold in the fall. Sometimes we will keep some of those steers back if someone wants one for butchering.”

Of the remainder, Tracy will keep back the top one-third of bulls for selling in the spring sale, Future Legends Simmental Bull Sale, which is coming up in February.

“Depending on how the bull sale goes this year, it may be our last,” said Tracy. “It’s tough to feed all these animals from

November 1 to middle of May. We need about 1,500 to 1,600 round bales. We got 1,100 bales (off their land and land they lease), and we had to buy a lot and we are still short. The cows will eat 10 bales a day.”

As both Tracy and Steve will attest, the weather conditions, specifically the drought experienced again in 2021, impacts everyone.

Beef farmers find it difficult to feed their stock, so they find themselves having to sell the herd off at much lower than anticipated prices. Without cows to breed, selling bulls also becomes a difficult, if not impossible, task.

And despite the higher prices being seen in retail, Tracy assured that the farmer is not the one making the profit.

Even through the tough times of taking care of their own herd, Tracy and Steve were still willing to take on a herd of 100 head for another farmer friend who took ill in November. “They decided they were going to disperse their herd,” said Tracy, with a twinge of empathy. “The daughter was so upset because she wanted to get into this, she loves it so much. So I told them, don’t jump into anything.

We will calve the cows for you and we don’t want anything for it, because I know what I would be like in that situation.”

Thankfully, the farmer’s health turned around, and they were able to keep their herd, with the help of a hired hand during calving.

Understanding totally what the neighbour family was going through, Tracy admits if it was her in that position, she would be devastated, thinking about getting rid of her herd.

“If it wasn’t my decision, where I felt it was time for me, I don’t know how I would function.”

For Tracy, it is more

than just a pen of cows.

“You get to know the personality of the cows. Everybody thinks they are so stupid, but they are so intelligent,” remarked Tracy, adding that the cows actually understand so much of her English.

“I can go to any one of my cows that are going to calve and ask, ‘Do you want to go to the barn?’ and they know exactly what I am talking about and will start heading to the barn. It makes my life much easier.”

She does admit, however, that they are still an animal and can be unpredictable. “Never turn your back on them, because you just never know, but I have come to know the signs and I can tell.

“A lot of it with these cows is communication with the eye. If you can show them a soft eye with no fear, they won’t have fear with you.”

Steve added that time spent with them is also important in building trust between cow and human, similar to any type of animal.

Even amidst a herd of 21 12-month-old bulls full of vim and vigor, Tracy’s gentle and kind nature seemed to send a wave of calm over the young bulls.

In the barn, Tracy cooed over the newborns and soothed the anxious mothers with her sweet congratulatory comments.

It is plain to see, after spending time watching both Tracy and Steve interact with the herd and other farm animals, that this couple is passionate about their farm life. After spending just a few hours with this amazing couple, I had a renewed belief that we owe a depth of gratitude to our farmers for the struggles and hardships they endure to put food on our plates.

Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster Tracy Kushnerik sweet-talking one of the 21 one-year-old bulls on her farm.

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FERINTOSH LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER

The following briefly described property is hereby offered for sale by tender, subject to the reservations, exceptions, and encumbrances contained in the existing certificate of title: FIRST: THE SOUTH EAST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY FOUR (34) TOWNSHIP FORTY THREE (43) RANGE TWENTY ONE (21) WEST OF THE FOURTH MERIDIAN CONTAINING 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS EXCEPTING THEREOUT: HECTARES A) PLAN 3978Z RAILWAY 2.58 B) PLAN 9421171 ROAD 1.606 EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS

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SECOND: ALL THAT PORTION OF THE NORTH EAST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY FOUR (34) TOWNSHIP FORTY THREE (43) RANGE TWENTY ONE (21) WEST OF THE FOURTH MERIDIAN LYING TO THE WEST OF THE WESTERLY LIMIT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC BRANCH LINES COMPANY AS SHOWN ON RAILWAY PLAN 3978Z, CONTAINING 2.64 HECTARES (6.52 ACRES) MORE OR LESS EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS THIRD: ALL THAT PORTION OF THE MOST SOUTHERLY NINE HUNDRED (900) FEET IN PERPENDICULAR DEPTH THROUGHOUT OF THE NORTH EAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION THIRTY FOUR (34) LYING TO THE EAST OF THE EASTERLY LIMIT OF THE SAID RIGHT OF WAY AS SHOWN ON SAID RAILWAY PLAN 3978Z AND CONTAINING 18.8 HECTARES (46.5 ACRES) MORE OR LESS EXCEPTING THEREOUT: HECTARES (ACRES) MORE OR LESS A) PLAN 9421171 ROAD 0.549 1.36 EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS FOURTH: MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 21 TOWNSHIP 43 SECTION 26 QUARTER NORTH EAST EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS FEATURES of this property: - Land is fenced pasture land located in Camrose County, approximately 2 miles south of Ferintosh, Alberta.

The sale of the land is to the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned: • Seller makes no warranties or representations about the property’s size/measurement, condition or environmental status.

• Buyer is responsible for all costs associated with registration of Transfer.

• Tender price shall be excluding G.S.T. • Interested parties may tender on one or more parcels. Unless the tender specifies that the owner can only accept or reject the entire tender, the owner may accept the tender as to one parcel and reject the tender as to the other parcels.

• Tenders in writing will be received by the lawyer noted below up to but not after 12:00 o’clock noon on February 15, 2022. Tenders should be forwarded to Andreassen Borth Law Office, 5014 50 Street, Killam, Alberta, T0B 2L0 in a sealed envelope marked “Kneeland Tender.” A certified cheque payable to Andreassen Borth equal to 5% of the purchase price must accompany the tender.

• The balance of the purchase price to be paid by solicitor’s trust cheque or certified funds on or before April 1, 2022 (“Possession Date”).

• No adjustment for 2022 property taxes to be paid in full by any Buyer.

• No adjustment for any surface leases or gravel leases.

• Mineral rights, if any, are not included in the sale.

• Gravel leases on subject land are in the process of reclamation.

• The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. The Seller may reject any or all tenders.

• If successful tenderer does not complete the purchase after acceptance of that tender, their deposit shall be forfeited.

Andreassen Borth Barristers & Solicitors 5014 50 Street, P.O. Box 727, Killam, AB T0B 2L0 780-385-3670 For further information or details please call 780-385-8190

INVITATION TO TENDER FARMLAND The Estate of Tim Ekelund hereby offers the following land for sale by tender, subject to the existing reservations on title: Parcel 1 - Part NE 19-44-16-W4 (29.53 titled acres) Parcel 2 - SW 30-44-16-W4 (133.31 titled acres) Tenders are to be submitted in sealed envelopes marked “Ekelund Tender”, to Andreassen Borth, Barristers and Solicitors, #200, 4870-51 Street, Camrose, Alberta T4V 1S1, on or before 12:00 noon on January 21, 2022, and shall be accompanied with a cheque for $5,000.00, and GST number and are subject to right of first refusal.

Tenders will not be opened in public.

The highest, or any tender, not necessarily accepted.

Unsuccessful tenderers will be notified by mail, and their cheques returned.

Successful tenderers shall be obligated to complete the purchase on or before March 1, 2022, and their cheque shall constitute a deposit towards the purchase price.

For further information, or to view the property, please contact Chris at 780-994-9494.

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By Lori Larsen

Come see this year’s prime stock of bulls during the 35th annual Canadian Bull Congress to be held on Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22 at the Camrose Regional Exhibition (CRE).

As one of the most popular annual agricultural events for Camrose and area, it features purebred breeders, cattle families and suppliers.

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By Lori Larsen

Come see this year’s prime stock of bulls during the 35th annual Canadian Bull Congress to be held on Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22 at the Camrose Regional Exhibition (CRE).

As one of the most popular annual agricultural events for Camrose and area, it features purebred breeders, cattle families and suppliers.

The CRE and Bull Congress Committee are excited to be able to bring this one-of-a-kind event back after being postponed in 2021 due to the pandemic and AHS restrictions.

“The CRE is thrilled to be hosting our CRE Signature Event–Canadian Bull Congress for it’s 35th edition,” said CRE executive director Dianne Kohler. “While this edition will look smaller and different without events such as the Taste of Beef Banquet, the impact of bringing people back together with safe events is critically important to the CRE and our continued survival.”

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Attendees are reminded that as a Restrictions Exemption Program (REP) venue, the CRE requires anyone entering the building to show proof of vaccination with their QR code or a negative PCR test result. For updated details on scheduling and event times, visit the Canadian Bull Congress website at https://bullcongress.com/ schedule.

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Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster The 2020 Canadian Bull Congress, held at the Camrose Regional Exhibition welcomed an exceptional group of cattle and handlers to the ring during one of the many events held that show off the stock.

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Farm Management Canada, Farm Credit Canada, BDO Canada and the Canadian Association of Farm Advisors announced the second annual Farm Transition Appreciation Day (FTADay) on January 11.

Over the next 10 years, 75 per cent of the farms will change hands, yet according to the Agricultural Census, only eight per cent of Canada’s farmers have a written transition plan.

FTADay was created to acknowledge that farm transition is a complex process, and to encourage and celebrate progress.

FTADay is one day of the year when stakeholders can come together to share stories, advice and encourage farmers throughout their farm transition journey through a national social media campaign and learning events across Canada.

“Now more than ever we need to focus on our wins and share best practices on how to do succession well,” said Maggie Van Camp, BDO’s National Agricultural practice development leader. “More importantly, we need to celebrate our generational farm families, who are the resilient and strong cornerstone of this country.”

Start planning early in the year. “The new year is the perfect time to reflect on the positive steps farmers have taken to not only secure their own legacy, but help ensure the continuity of Canada’s agricultural excellence through effective planning,” said Heather Watson, executive director of Farm Management Canada. “FTADay is not only a celebration, it is a call to action.”

FTADay provides an opportunity for everyone to reflect on the past year– celebrating achievements and identifying next steps with the support of industry experts.

Farmers, organizations and agribusinesses across the country are encouraged to share their farm transition success stories, tips, resources and tools to create a coast-to-coast buzz around farm transition and encourage Canada’s farmers to continue their transition journey.

Follow and mention Farm Management Canada and use #FTADay to be part of the conversation.