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• Abbotsford Police believe they are homing in on a group of people responsible for a rash of livestock and fowl thefts throughout the Fraser Valley. • In 30 plus years of working with berry crops in the Fraser Valley, Berry Specialist Mark Sweeney with the BC Ministry of Agriculture says 2011 has been an unprecedented year. • Three major reports all point to healthy prospects for the agricultural industry. • Approximately $200 million in agricultural production is dependent on honey bee pollination every year in this province. • Roy and Tracy Schurman of Schurstar Dairy have built their new dairy barn for 'cow comfort.'

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INDEX 3 New ag minister 3 Livestock thefts 6 first graduates 8 Buzz on bees 11 Cow comfort 12 Land use

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It may sound strange to cast a NO vote on the HST ballot but that is exactly what farmers must do. The wording of the vote means that if you vote YES the HST will cease to exist and BC will revert to the old GST/ PST system. It has been estimated the HST will cost the average BC family $350. However, B.C. Premier Christy Clark unveiled changes that will see the tax rate drop from 12 per cent to 11 per cent in 2012 and to 10 per cent in 2014. Added to that will be a onetime payment of $175.00 to each child under 18 in a family. As far as the Agriculture sector is concerned the HST benefit is huge, according to BC Agriculture Chair Garnet Etsell. “When has the government ever come forward to agriculture with a projected $20M financial benefit? That is effectively what they have done with the HST,” says Etsell. The BCAC has been lobbying for the last ten years to get the government to change the old PST system which cost Victoria an estimated $30M a year to audit. Now that is gone. “The basic premise was that food should not be taxed,” noted Etsell. “If you follow that idea down the road, neither should the production of that food be taxed. But that is what was happening with the Provincial Sales Tax (PST). The HST eliminates that.” Under the old PST system agriculture was provided with some concessions but it was an antiquated list. It got to the point where small business suppliers were unwilling to provide farmers with tax concessions because they in turn would be audited and if found to be in contravention of the rules, the penalties were huge. While the farmer could still apply directly to Victoria for reconsideration it was a very cumbersome process. In Etsell’s opinion the old PST tax was not only mind boggling but it was expensive to administer. The Ag industry likes the HST and he would hate to see BC forced to drop

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In today’s dairy industry, bigger it seems is better. However Clarence Bisschop whose farm is located on Lickman Road in Chilliwack contradicts the trend to larger premises. He has a new basic double six dairy parlour, milks 60 cows, raises all his own young stock and has 25,000kgs of quota which is just fine by him. The Westfalia parlour is equipped with automatic takeoff – milk meters – with pedometers on the cows with automatic ID for tracking the milking process. Bisschop is not interested in a bigger herd, although he has not ruled out the idea should his son take over the farm in the future. “However I expect to get another 15 to 20 years in before that happens,” he says.

Dr. John Dick with Greenbelt Veterinary Services Ltd. in Chilliwack recalls having to learn about rinderpest while a student at University. Rinderpest was a major cattle disease in Europe, Asia and Africa. It ruined many livestock farmers and unleashed famines that in turn fueled turbulence and war. Stamping it out has been an objective of world animal organizations and they have now succeeded. It is the first time an animal disease has been eradicated in human history. Dr. Dick says the pest was never a problem in Canada.

The Supreme Court of Canada sided with the Province of Ontario ruling that the Provincial Agricultural Employees Protection Act, which doesn’t include collective bargaining, does not infringe on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The battle with the United Farm and Commercial Workers union centered around its attempts to unionize 200 mushroom workers at a Leamington, Ontario farm. 1994 NDP legislation gave collective bargaining rights to farm workers for the first time in Ontario. When the Conservatives came to power they repealed the law in 2001 and the Union took its case to the Supreme Court which ordered Ontario to draft a new law. The Agricultural Employees Protection Act did not allow collective bargaining so the Union challenged the new act. In 2008 the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled the act violated the charter right to freedom of association and the Ontario government was ordered to come up with a new law. Ontario then appealed that matter to the Supreme Court.

Robots I can recall when Lely introduced their Robotic milker to Chilliwack area farmers a few years ago. There were comments to the effect that Robots were too expensive and would never catch on in the Fraser Valley. Granted their acceptance was slow, but it has now built up to where Robots are now a considered choice for many. Jake Dick who owns and operates Dicklands Farms in Greendale is in the midst of having five Lely A3 Astronaut milkers installed on his

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BC ag minister: short on experience, lots of enthusiasm Grant Ullyot West Cost Farmer Don McRae, who comes from the Comox Valley – one of BC’s prime agricultural areas – says while he has no experience as a government minister, and only a cursory knowledge of the industry, he plans to stick around a long, long time in his new portfolio. That may well be his ambition, but history indicates that Ag Ministers, really don’t stick around for a long time. However, McRae noted in his favor he has plenty of experience in and outside cabinet to call upon. In particular, Steve Thomson, who is highly respected and is very knowledgeable and experienced; John vanDongen who also has a great pedigree and is extremely well regarded in the industry, and Ben Stewart who was the Minister prior to his being appointed and is especially well known in the Okanagan and in the wine industry.

“I am trying to go for a record of being the longest serving agriculture minister if that is possible. We are kind of lucky in this ministry with staff who have a lot of experience. So I need to take lessons from all my colleagues and their experiences and see if I can win some battles like the other guy (the late Stan Hagen) who also came from the Comox Valley.” McRae was a high school teacher and also was a councillor in Courtenay for several years. He believes that the area located in the northern region of Vancouver Island is doing some amazing things in agriculture. “We have a very diversified agriculture sector from our farmer’s markets to our value-added products,” says McRae. “In the Comox Valley we have Natural Pastures Cheese and it is not only BC famous but is nationally and internationally famous. “Before I became ag minister I had become a champion of artisans

in the stores which is another part of value-added agriculture. It is one thing to grow the crops but farmers need to be a diversified as possible and I want to make sure they have the opportunity to not only grow crop on their farms but also see that they can leverage it to a level where they can make a profit. If they can do this, they will encourage others to enter the industry.” A major objective for McRae is make use of the Provincial Nominee program, where the industry and government work with the federal government to attract farmers from other countries to come to Canada and to BC especially to establish themselves as farmers, particularly in our smaller communities. “They would take over existing farms, perhaps start a new operation and basically bring with them their expertise and capabilities which can benefit BC agriculture. I would like to

see that program expand. I know it is not cheap to start farming in BC in the Fraser or Comox valleys or in the Okanagan because our land prices are so high. But if you check out land prices in England, France or Germany or in Asia land prices in Canada are not a major problem. B.C.’s new agricul- Our pristure minister Don tine lands and generMcRae. ally mild climate make farming very enjoyable for the most part.” Another major item of business for the new minister will be dealing with

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the review of the Agricultural Land Commission undertaken by the Chair of the Commission, Richard Bullock, from Kelowna. Bullock has already submitted his report and it awaits ministerial action. Asked about last fall’s extremely wet weather that literally destroyed BC’s potato crop and damaged cole and berry crops, McRae said he thinks about $1.5 million is coming to farmers through the Federal Ag Stability program, and close to $5 million in Ag Stability payments will be made once all the accounting is done. “I talked to federal Agriculture and Agri Food Minister Gerry Ritz who was re-appointed federal agriculture minister in the new Conservative cabinet, to try and get some of those federal hardship dollars to farmers as quickly as possible. It is up to the feds to make this a reality,” says McRae. Continued: McRAE/ p5

Weather key for berry crops By Grant Ullyot West Coast Farmer In 30 plus years of working with berry crops in the Fraser Valley, Berry Specialist Mark Sweeney with the BC Ministry of Agriculture says 2011 has been an unprecedented year. “I have not seen a year like this before where we are so late into the crop year and have not had any extended period of warm and dry weather. Yes, the blueberry crop is behind schedule, but I think the guys growing vegetables are having it worse because they haven’t been able to get on their land and get the crop planted. “Plenty of crops like blueberries are in the ground and they are growing. All are late, but surprisingly look very good. The blueberries are in bloom now and we need more sunshine. We have had a few good days in the past couple weeks which spurred pollination efforts with the bees out in large numbers, so the potential is there for a good crop. “As we look forward, the absence of

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Police believe they have leads on livestock thieves Vikki Hopes Black Press Abbotsford Police believe they are homing in on a group of people responsible for a rash of livestock and fowl thefts throughout the Fraser Valley. Const. Ian MacDonald said the Abbosford Police Department’s livestock enforcement officer (LEO) has identified “people of interest” in the thefts of chickens, pigeons, ducks, goats and sheep. The thefts began last fall at farms in Abbotsford, Langley and Chilliwack. The most recent ones occurred overnight Sunday at a farm in the 500 block of Gladwin Road in Abbotsford, where 325 chickens and eggs were stolen, and on Tuesday in the 33700 block of Vye Road, where tools and $5,000 worth of chickens were lifted. “We think it’s an organized group of people who have a certain knack for livestock and the

resale of livestock,” MacDonald said. He said the culprits either sell the animals for slaughter, or through auctions and online sites – avenues through which buyers would not know the creatures were stolen. He said the thieves are generally targeting smaller operations that might not have as many security measures as larger sites. As well, they tend to have some “inside knowledge” of the farm. For example, two pigeon farms hit in the last few months were going through transition and nobody was on site. One was in the process of being sold, and the operator of the other had recently passed away. The two sites were among three hit in November and February, resulting in the heist of 5,300 pigeons that are sold as meat – known as squab – for $4 to $10 each. Also this year, close to 20 Boer goats were taken from a property on Downes Road in

Abbotsford on four or five separate occasions. A series of livestock thefts were reported to the Langley RCMP in March, including 22 lambs, six ducks and 65 chickens from three properties. One of those farms was also targeted in December and had 17 ducks taken. A farm in Chilliwack was hit in November, when seven pregnant goats – each valued at between $500 and $700 – were stolen. Six of them were later located on a property in Langley. At the time, Chilliwack RCMP estimated that 60 goats in total had been swiped from the community. MacDonald said the rash of thefts resulted in the Abbotsford Police creating the LEO, a position that did not previously exist, and issuing a warning to local farm operators. Anyone with information about the thefts is asked to call Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225.

Boer goats are among the livestock that have been stolen from Fraser Valley farms, starting last fall.

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vation if highbush blueberry growers and processors want to remain competitive and profitable. Funds are needed for promotion and value-chain development. Developing production methods that have low impacts on the environment and climate change are part of a more competitive industry. Value-added products can expand the market and gain value-chain efficiencies. Funds are needed for these types of innovations. There is a growing acknowledgement of the need to improve citizen’s health and health care costs are not sustainable. Selling more highbush blueberries is part of the solution. Fenske added that as part of a National Organization, open communication among all stake holders will result in immediate access to research results to initiate marketing. Growers will have a seat on the National Board and will participate in the decision making by providing input into the planning and implementation of Council projects. They will benefit from the research and promotion activities with core money and leveraged funds, which will expand all markets.

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Berry growers look ahead BERRY from p3 a good strong high pressure ridge in the long range forecast is a concern; however it is certainly not a disaster at this point.” Sweeney says it will take some heat to improve crop development, but that does not mean extreme heat. “You can’t suddenly expose the berry crops to high temperatures when they have been growing in cool wet weather. They are not ready for that. It will stress the plants and cause ‘bunch-up’ – where the early varieties of blueberries (Duke) reach harvest stage at the same time as Bluecrop. That is not good for the fresh market or for the processors as the amount of berries being harvested will exceed the capacity of the packing plants.” However Sweeney says he is speculating. “We really don’t know what the weather is going to be like in the month ahead. Right now we are two to three weeks behind. But I recall other years when crop growth has been behind schedule and we caught up with some improved weather.” The worst case scenario is it might mean that blueberries that would normally be available in the second week of July won’t be available this year until July 20 or later. Crop pollination has been the main problem for berry growers, according to Sweeney. “Again everything will hinge on what sort of weather pattern we get, and if I could order up some weather I would say moderate sunshine, an extended high pressure ridge and 25 degrees would be ideal. That is what we really need to get good pollination through to the blueberry crop. “Honey bees start pollinating blueberries first, then they move on to the raspberry crop

and then to cranberries. The bees should now be starting to wind down on blueberry bloom and they should be gearing up for raspberries. However they are now just really getting going in blueberries.” Last year was not a banner year for berry producers. “We did have a poor spring last year also,” says Sweeney. The months of May through June were quite poor. We had some frost damage and had some hail damage. So both the blueberry and raspberry harvests did not reach their potential. Right now the BB crop looks to be favorable – I haven’t seen much winter damage.” Sweeney says that one good thing about the cloudy weather this year is that we didn’t get the frost damage we would normally. “I haven’t seen much frost damage and if we can get a good pollination period we should surpass the 90-million pounds of blueberries produced last year.” Sweeney says the disease problem known as SWD (or Spotted Wing Drosophila) which has emerged as a major concern for berry and tree fruit growers is still around, but trap reports indicate that no adult-sized pests have been caught recently. “We were catching them over the winter and into the spring, but over the past few weeks they have not been out there. Winter is hard on them and as we suspected 99 per cent die off. The stragglers that survive will start to emerge over the coming weeks. They will find each other and start mating and into the summer will lay their eggs and they will build up as we enter another cycle. So we fully expect the SWD to return. The question is when and the other unanswered question is, in what numbers. The traps are out there and we will be watching.”

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First grads from dairy technicians course By Grant Ullyot

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West Coast Farmer It took more than three years to develop, but the new Dairy Technician Level One course has now graduated its first class. Seventeen persons took in the course, which provided them with classroom and hands-on instruction to qualify them to operate today’s modern milking equipment. West Coast Farmer first heard about the course a couple years ago from Paris Thomas, who worked in communications for BC Milk Producer’s Association. Dr. John Dick headed up a three person teaching group from Greenbelt Veterinary Services/ DairySMART Management in Chilliwack, which also included Dr. Dan McDermid and Dr. Melodie Chan, while a fourth person Scott Fraser from FARSHA focused on safety issues. Dick said Greenbelt spent the better part of two years assisting with development of the program and wrote most of the multiple choice questions that were part of the final exam leading to certification. Dick noted Greenbelt was also involved in writing the curriculum for the program. “We taught them the theoretical part of the course in the new classroom at the UBC Dairy Education

It is a broad program and it covers all of the dairy farm operations. The dairy farmer is expected to know a little bit about a lot of different things ~ Dr. John Dick

and Research Center in Agassiz. Then we took them into the barns for hands-on instruction and let them do the work. The course is an apprenticeship and the hands-on part is very important. “We also taught them to watch for problems that could occur; talked about milking equipment and how to clean and maintain it; we focused on potential animal diseases they might encounter; we talked about birthing; discussed cattle hooves and outlined the safety concerns they needed to know about. Dairy farm safety is a broad topic and includes handling of cattle, safe handling of chemicals used for cleaning the milking system and equipment safety." Dick admits there was a lot of

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information to absorb, but he says learning to be a Dairy Technician Level One involves more than just milking cows. “It is a broad program and it covers all of the dairy farm operations. The dairy farmer is expected to know a little bit about a lot of different things.” According to Dick, anyone who has completed Grade 10 in high school, has an interest in milking cows can take the program. However applicants must be working on a viable dairy farm and need to have a qualified supervisor. Carla DeGroot from the BC Milk Producers was the apprenticeship coordinator responsible for insuring applicants met all the qualifi-

cations required to enroll for the technical training course. The technical training took about five weeks and was spread over four sessions. “We started with two weeks in the beginning of November 2010 and then we had a week in January this year, a week in February, and another week at the beginning of March” explained Dick. In between classroom sessions students went back to their sponsor farms to work. Dick said the mix of students was very good. “They were very keen and they definitely asked us hard questions that were not that easy to answer which was good. As instructors we

enjoyed teaching them. “We also had some sons and daughters of dairy farmers that took in our program and it was very good for them to get a broader exposure to other things that maybe their parents had not have taught them. The remainder were mainly employees on farms.” All of the graduates are now working to achieve certification which is automatic provided they complete 1,000 hours of work on a dairy farm. Once this is complete, the graduates can opt to enroll in the Level Two program for more training to qualify as a Herdsman. “Unfortunately however,” says Dick, “that course is at least a year away.” Meanwhile the next Dairy Technicians Level One Course is tentatively scheduled to start this fall provided all contracts are signed and in place. The proposed schedule would see the course start on Oct. 31 with a couple of weeks in the beginning of November and another week in each of January, February, and March 2012. Anyone interested in taking the course should contact BC Milk Producers Association (cdegroot@ bcmilkproducers.ca) or Greenbelt Veterinary Service in Chilliwack (phone 604 792 1501) or they can find full information on the Dairy Pro BC website as well as the DairySmart website.

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Diary industry mourns loss of icon By Grant Ullyot West Coast Farmer The BC Dairy Industry has lost one of its fiercest supporters with the passing last month of Jim Waardenburg. I first met Jim at a Fraser Valley Milk Producers AGM back in the late seventies after taking over the farm show on CHWK radio in 1976. He was already entrenched in the FVMPA having been elected to the Board of Directors in 1972 when he narrowly defeated long-serving director and President of the FVMPA H.S. Berry. A year later, Jim was appointed by Elmer Daum and Geoff Thorpe at the Milk Board to the Market Share Advisory Committee. It was in his capacity as Chair of the MSQ Advisory Committee that Jim became a close working partner and friend of Geoff Thorpe. Together they formed a formidable team and led this province into 25 years of growth and expansion in the dairy industry. In 1974, Jim was elected a director of the Dairy Farmers of Canada. It was in these three positions, Dairyland Director, MSQ Committee member, and Dairy Farmers of Canada Director that Jim rose to become a major force in the BC and Canadian dairy

industry over the next 25 years. There is no doubt that he was one of the most influential players in the Canadian industry during his time. Jim was born in Holland and came to Canada with his parents and younger brother Albert in August,1953. He was 17 and his first experience with farm work in Canada was not pleasant. He picked beans and blackberries, pruned raspberries, dug potatoes and carrots, and picked brussel sprouts that fall of 1953 – in the cold, wet, muddy Fraser Valley. He hated the work, and was delighted to leave the vegetable fields and start working at an Abbotsford bank. He had only the equivalent of a grade 12 education in Holland, but the requirement of the banking job was for “someone who could speak Dutch.” It was a wonderful opportunity for Jim since he had already taken some basic accounting in Holland. Over the next 16 years, Jim took courses through the Canadian Bankers’ Association in accounting, commercial law and banking, and had “on-the-job” training in many aspects of the banking business. While his father and brother grew a dairy herd on various rented farms, Jim was pursuing his banking career, and had been

transferred from the Abbotsford branch to White Rock. In 1957, just before moving to the Smithers branch, he married Phyllis Rolls. The newlyweds spent three happy years in Smithers, enjoying life in the friendly small community. Their first child, Lawrence, was born in 1960. Debbie was born in 1961, and sons Barry and Darryl followed in 1964 and 1968. So in the 1960’s, Jim started on the first of his three loves – family, farming and fishing. Jim’s career brought him back to the Lower Mainland, where he worked in several branches of the bank in Vancouver and Burnaby, before being transferred to Chilliwack. For two years he was Assistant Manager of the Chilliwack branch, responsible for farm accounts and loans. In 1968 and 1969, Jim’s dad was contemplating retirement from farming. Jim, and his two brothers Albert and Wayne entered into a three-way partnership, and established Waardenburg Brothers Farms Ltd. They started with about 45 cows from their dad’s Nicomen Island farm. Then they bought 200 acres of farm land in Matsqui which had an old 90 stall stanchion barn, an upright silo and three houses (two of which were very old). In 1971, they built a new milking parlour,

loafing barn and a bunker silo, and increased their herd size to about 70 cows. Some years later Jim bought out his two brothers and took in two nephews as partners. But as everyone soon learned, Jim’s future was not going to be long on the farm. There was just no way to keep the banker and the accountant down on the farm. As was mentioned previously, Jim was elected a director with Dairy Farmers of Canada in 1974, and for two decades he was on the Executive of DFC, becoming President in 1988 for two years. He was one of the key farm leaders in Canada in the GATT and WTO trade talks. He was well respected by farmers, government bureaucrats and politicians alike, all over Canada. Jim Waardenbug was proud to be a farmer, and optimistic about the future of agriculture. An interesting line from his president’s address at DFC: “Failure is not in our vocabulary, it is an extended challenge.” Jim was not only a leader but also a gentleman, a diplomat, a negotiator, a collaborator, a mediator, and to many including yours truly, a friend. (My thanks to John vanDongen for sharing his information.)

The Board of Directors of Jersey Canada has announced that Russell Gammon, Executive Secretary of Jersey Canada, has been honoured with a prestigious Distinguished Achievement Award from the World Jersey Cattle Bureau (WJCB). Gammon’s name is added to a noteworthy list of previous winners that includes luminaries such as Anne Perchard from Jersey Island, Calvin Covington and Jim Cavanaugh from the USA and Francis Redelmeier of Canada. Gammon has been an employee of Jersey Canada since June of 1981. He was named Secretary of the association in November of 1985 and Executive Secretary in March of 1991. Gammon has traveled to many countries on Jersey business, including a special fondness for the Island of Jersey, home of the breed, based on six visits to Jersey since 1986. He served the WJCB as Editor of the Bureau's newsletter in the late 1980's and early 1990's as well as Regional Vice-President for North America from 2002 until 2008. Gammon has now resigned from his position with Jersey Canada having completed 30 years of service to the Association. He is taking on a new role as Jersey Program Manager with the Semex Alliance.

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Garnet Etsell, Chair of the BC Agriculture Council is an ardent proponent of a long term strategy for the agriculture sector. Canada has managed to be very successful with its ad-hoc policies but what it really needs is a longer term vision, according to Etsell, something that provides targets for the next 15 to 25 years. This idea, he says, was born out of a round table discussion which the CFA (the Canadian Federation of Agriculture) holds annually with all the Provincial and Federal Ag Ministers. “It happened during a discussion of Business Risk Management programs and it was noted how bad the agriculture sector was doing. And yet there were not any solutions coming forward. There wasn’t any vision. “Someone at that table suggested what agriculture needed was a sense of direction in terms of where it was going. That was the first thing. “That same year a bunch of us were back at the WTO (World Trade Organization) at their public forum held in September each year where participating countries and organizations have an opportunity to float their ideas.” He says they met with the Canadian Ambassador and the trade negotiators and again there wasn’t any clear sense as to what Canada’s role was in terms of agriculture. Etsell stated that Canada is unique in the world in the sense that it has this balance of trade position which some people scoff at. “It does make us unique – we protect our domestic sectors – particularly the Supply Managed sectors and at the same time we have a very large exporting component with grain, cattle, and hogs. Maybe because of that balanced trade position we don’t want to create flack so we just kind of sit there and drift with the wind. Again no vision.” It was then decided that what was really needed was to develop a long term vision for agriculture, 15 to 25 years in length. “What happened in the past,” says Etsell, “is that we have had the federal APF (Agriculture Policy Framework Agreement) which was the first stab at something other than ad-hoc programming. Now we have Growing Forward and are now in the process of negotiating Growing Forward Two. All of these are five year plans, and in essence what they really are is a budgeting tool. If you are really going to create a position for Canada in the world food supply chain and create a vibrant industry you are going to have to do it with more than just five year planning windows. You still do that from a budgeting point of view. But you can have the longer term plan (or vision) and then fit your 5-year program into that. Then we’ll take the industry somewhere. So that is how the National Food Strategy idea was developed.” Etsell says Canada is positioned so well in terms of its resource base you really have to step outside Canada and take a look at the world situation. “We are going to be 9-Billion people by 2050. We’ve got climate change or variability however you prefer to look at it. I think all the experts

agree now that we have a general warming of the planet – so we have areas of the world now that are stressed by a lack of water resources. In Canada we have got one of the highest arable acreages per capita than any other country in the world. In terms of water, land, air quality and capital. We have got resources that really make us the envy of the world. But if we are to take advantage of that, we had better start planning for it. So that is really the basis behind the National Food Strategy. “For far too long the Federal government has focused on exports to the detriment of our domestic industry. They are not willing to fund promotional programs. From my perspective if you can displace an import that is very effective in improving your GDP as exporting a product out of the country. We need to do both. We need to maximize our consumption of Canadian grown and processed food at home and we need to ensure we are the premium choice for the export market. As to how strategies get implemented, Etsell explains that it is at the farm level or at the organizational level. He insists that it is Government’s role, whether it be municipal, provincial or federal is to help facilitate and insure an environment is created in which agriculture can thrive. “It has to be something that all the players in the agriculture sector can agree to. We need to bring outside groups such as the grain growers, canola growers, and cattlemen into the planning process. “What we want to do is develop a strategy that allows everyone to agree on the objectives that are important to agriculture. And then it is going to be up to each commodity organization as to how they intend to use it. I think we need to step back and critically analyze the objectives we have set out and determine what is it we need to do to meet them – what do we need to change, is it our farm operations, our processing system, or our marketing strategy to improve our position in the marketplace. If we can do these things, we will have taken a major step forward toward developing a long term vision for Canadian agriculture.” Etsell has stepped down from his position on the CFA Executive. However he continues to be BC’s representative to the CFA. In stepping down from the CFA Executive Etsell says he hopes to be able to spend more time working on his own farm in Abbotsford. “We are doing some pretty exciting things on the farm. We are putting in a vineyard to give us some diversification and allow us to grow and produce some pretty good wine for people in the Fraser Valley. We have a land base we want to use and we figure growing wine grapes is better than growing hay in terms of the bottom line.” He will continue raising turkeys, though he says to some extent you are just a glorified janitor, always cleaning up after them, and it becomes very routine after awhile. Meanwhile the BCAC is in need of a replacement for Christine Koch, who was the Manager for Policy and Member Services. Koch resigned from her position to pursue other interests.

Traceability systems for beef and hog producers The Government of Canada is supporting the livestock industry as it develops a national traceability system. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced an investment of more than $3.7 million to strengthen the Canadian Pork Council’s national swine traceability system, bringing the total investment for this initiative up to $7 million.

"There is no doubt that a strong traceability system benefits Canadian producers, the value chain and consumers alike,” said Minister Ritz. “This investment will help the Canadian Pork Council continue the development of its hog traceability system and give our hog farmers the competitive edge they need to access markets around the world.”

The Canadian Pork Council’s traceability system, PigTrace Canada, is designed to track the movement of hogs across the country. Phase 1 of this initiative focused on the creation of a tag distribution system for hogs, while Phase 2 will focus on combining swine movement information into a national centralized database.

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This dairy barn was built for cow comfort West Coast Farmer Schurstar Dairy on Smith Lane road in Abbotsford, is owned by Roy and Tracy Schurman and is equipped with Boumatic Equipment installed by Valley Dairy Equipment of Chilliwack. West Coast Farmer talked to Roy about his new dairy operation and asked him where he got the idea of creating a facility that was built for ‘cow comfort’. He said he had some involvement and contact with people at the UBC Dairy Education and Research Center in Agassiz where cow comfort is a priority. “I even went as far as to talk to Professor Dan Weary about cow comfort and he e-mailed me some helpful information.” The new barn was completed in 2009, and currently houses about 170 cows, which includes 140 milkers. However the barn can accommodate up to 270 cows, so it has plenty of room for expansion. “I built for the future,” says Schurman. “In the past our facilities have always been too small. When we started milking back here originally in 1983 we milked from 24 to 36 cows. Now I have a son who is interested in the farm. To get him in we managed to purchase a little more land locally and it was the right time to again. I realized I was growing the herd and not the facility. My heifers are raised on another farm – custom grown – so for me to bring all my heifers home I would have to build a barn for them. Instead of build-

ing a heifer barn I decided the cows are the ones that make money so I was going to make those cows more comfortable. And this barn is all about cow comfort.” Cow comfort meant putting in bigger stalls; more space per cow in the barn; better airflow; more light and everything to do with cow comfort. Schurman says deciding on what type of stall they wanted to provide the level of comfort wanted for their cows was one of my biggest struggles. “In our stalls we have a memory foam mat with a rubber top on it covered with a sprinkle of sawdust to keep it dry. A more comfortable surface for the cows would have been a deep sawdust bed. But that generates other issues such as mastitis control and the cost of sawdust. “What I have found after more than a year of having cows in our new barn with their comfort mats, is they are more comfortable than I expected with very few injuries, such as environmental mastitis or hock lesions. “Basically I have a more happy cow,” says Schurman. The barn has underground manure storage, the capacity to hold 10 to 12 months of manure. “The key today,” states Schurman, “is to utilize that manure for fertilizer and to put it on the fields at the correct time of the year. For that you need long term storage for environmental reasons and also for cost benefits.” The under-barn manure storage has also allowed Schurman to install rubber mats in the alleyways in the

barn. “I wasn’t happy with the cleanliness of slatted floors and the issues they might have for my cows. I was also not happy with alley scraping barns that scraped up a lot of manure and then having your cows walking through those four to six inches of manure. Because I had to build my barn up a little bit and put my pit underneath the whole barn, I was able to design a floor that allows the manure to go down before there is a build-up in front of the scraper. So the cows are never walking through only two inches of manure. It is actually working better than I first thought. More manure goes down and all that is left is about a foot of solid manure and when the scraper gets to the other end and it falls down into a big slot.” Schurman keeps his calves in hutches inside the barn where it is dry and warm because he never liked going outside in the rain to feed the calves. “And here on Sumas Prairie we get lots of rain.” The Shurmans’ have been married for 26 years and have four children. Their oldest son works as a heavy duty mechanic at a local farm equipment dealership and also helps out on the farm. Two daughters are both attending university in Saskatoon. One is taking animal science focusing on ruminant nutrition for dairy cows, while the other girl is taking environmental sciences. Their youngest son is in Grade 11 in Abbotsford. He is the most hands-on of the siblings at this point spending a couple hours after school helping with farm chores.

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Farm manor house crackdown urged Jeff Nagel Black Press New regulations proposed by Metro Vancouver would block the building of more giant estate houses that inefficiently eat into scarce farmland. The region is asking the provincial agriculture ministry to introduce standardized rules to control the placement and size of the residential footprint of homes in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). While two cities – Delta and Richmond – have local bylaws that impose restrictions, opposition from property owners have prompted other councils such as Pitt Meadows and Surrey to shelve similar efforts. If the city-by-city patchwork of rules continues, Metro officials say, people wanting to build manor homes on farmland will flock to cities without bylaws, or look further east in the Fraser Valley Regional District. A staff report warns of growing pressure to develop ALR land by property owners who want large houses and yards who may have little or no interest in actually farming the land. A house plunked in the middle of a farm parcel with a long driveway and expansive yard "makes farming more difficult if not impossible," the report says. Allowing such houses on agricultural land may also attract non-farmers. Once a large estate house is erected, the property becomes prohibitively expensive for many actual farmers. The new estate home owners may also complain about neighbouring farm smells and sounds, the report suggests, hampering farmers on adjacent plots. The province previously signaled its willingness to consider regulations, circulating its own discussion paper on potential options. The limits proposed by Metro Vancouver would cap an ALR farm's residential footprint at 5,000 square metres for properties eight hectares or more or 2,000 square metres for smaller parcels. That footprint would have to start no further than 60 metres from the road or property line, ensuring residential uses are close to the edge of the property and can't sprawl far into it. The main farm house, any secondary house and any other residential uses – from sheds and workshops to tennis courts and pools – would have

If the city-by-city patchwork of rules continues, Metro officials say, people wanting to build manor homes on farmland will flock to cities without bylaws, or look further east in the Fraser Valley Regional District.

to be within the footprint. House sizes would be capped at 500 square metres for the main house on parcels of at least eight hectares (350 square metres for smaller properties) and 250 square metres for an additional house for farm staff (200 square metres for smaller parcels.) The house size limits are somewhat looser than Delta's but Metro staff argue individual cities would still be free to pass more restrictive bylaws if they choose. Richmond only requires a house on agricultural land be within 50 metres of the road or property line. It has no house size or footprint limits specific to farmland. According to the Metro report, building a very large house worth $2.25 million on a five-acre farm more than triples the property's average cost per acre from $175,000 to $550,000. Even on a 20-acre parcel, the average value nearly doubles to $212,500

per acre compared to if a small house was built instead. "This drives up the price of farmland and makes farmland less affordable for farmers and less likely to be farmed," the report warns. The current rules in most of the region let buyers who want an estate lifestyle build their dream home on cheaper ALR land without having to pay the higher price to get the equivalent mansion on urban residentialzoned land. They also get an investment with a potential future windfall if the land can someday be removed from the ALR and subdivided. Owners who do grow something may even qualify for the lower farm property tax rate, even if they use just a tiny fraction of the land's potential. The proliferation of farm estate houses has also been flagged by the region as a concern for Metro's future food security.

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late residence size and location limits within their boundaries, not many have specified size and placement requirements for residences specifically within the ALR. As a result of local governments concerns over differences in regulations among municipalities, Metro Vancouver (formerly the GVRD) asked the Minister of Agriculture to develop a provincial standard that local governments could use. The survey is open to all British Columbians. Respondents are advised to familiarize themselves with the discussion paper prior to participating in the survey. To read the discussion paper and participate in the survey, visit: www.agf.gov.bc.ca The survey will be open until July 14, 2011. All comments will be included in the ministry's consideration of Metro Vancouver's request for a provincial standard.

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ActNow expansion good news for growers produce farmers struggle to get going this spring given the unusually cold, wet weather, they were likely heartened with the announcement last month by Premier Christy Clark of a $3 million expansion of the B.C. School Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Program. The program was created six years ago as a collaborative from ActNow BC with funding from the provincial ministries of health, education, and agriculture. Administered through the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation, it is dedicated to heightening awareness of healthy eating, increasing consumption of local fruits and vegetables among children, and helping them appreciate the healthy advantages of locally grown produce. Starting this September, the program will be available to all B.C. public schools and expand from the current 1,172 schools to 1,402 schools, including First Nations schools in the province. “We’re building on the success of this healthy eating program that has provided fruit and vegetable snacks to students across the province since 2005,” said Minister of Health Michael de Jong. “B.C. has

the highest youth and adult physical activity rates in the country and this expanded program builds on our commitment to ensure improved access to healthy living supports for children and families in every region of B.C.” Enrolled schools receive a delivery of fruits and vegetables once every two weeks for 13 weeks during the school year. The snacks include apples, blueberries, Margaret carrots and mini EVANS cucumbers and all the produce is B.C.-grown. The program provides business to 11 different suppliers representing over 400 B.C. growers. Given that 59 per cent of Canadian children and adolescents consume less than the recommended number of fruit and vegetable services per day, this program targets right into the educational value of the benefits of proper eating. Studies have shown that those children between the ages of two and 17 who eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day are substantially less likely to be

overweight or obese. Support for locally grown produce, and the educational value of helping children understand that concept, comes more sharply into focus given that imported foods from developing countries threaten to put us at greater risk of foodborne diseases. At least, that is the consensus of scientists speaking at the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in New Orleans May 23rd. The problem is that developing countries do not generally have the same sanitary standards for production that we enjoy in Canada. “Importing foods can move diseases from areas where they are indigenous to locations where they are seldom seen or do not exist,” warned Michael Doyle of the University of Georgia. In a press release issued by the ASM, over 80 per cent of fish and seafood consumed in the U.S. was imported in 2010, much of it coming from Asia. But raw domestic sewage and/or livestock manure are frequently used in fish farming in many Asian countries. For instance in Thailand, chicken coops (perhaps 20,000 birds/farm) sit in rows suspended over ponds that

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cept to heart and connected the dots between locally grown food, product freshness and enhanced healthy eating. It became a bedrock value that helped families understand the link right back to the farm. Not only does the B.C. School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program nurture that value but it complements other initiatives that have been taken to help young people stay healthy. There was the implementation of mandated daily physical activity for students and the establishment of guidelines for food and beverage sales in B.C. schools to eliminate junk food and protect health. “Over the past six years we have worked hard to grow this program from a pilot of just 10 schools to a strong program that introduces kids from more than 1,100 public schools around the province to fresh fruits and vegetables on a regular basis,” said Lindsay Babineau, executive director, BC Agriculture in the Classroom. “We are thrilled that through this expansion all students in public and First Nations schools in B.C. will have the opportunity to participate.”

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email: info@cochranecga.com www.cochranecga.com

Farm operating expenses fell 4.2% to $34.5 billion, the second consecutive annual decline. Lower fertilizer, feed and pesticides expenses more than offset higher labour and machinery

fuel costs. Fertilizer expenses declined 22.2% in the wake of lower prices throughout most of 2010. Price decreases were also the major factor in an 11.5% drop in pesticide expenses. However, wet spring conditions in Saskatchewan and, to a lesser extent, in Manitoba led to important reductions in seeded areas and to the reduced use of both of these inputs. Commercial feed expenses fell 8.5%. Feed prices, as well as cattle and hog inventories, were lower throughout much of 2010. Other factors included a sharp decline in stabilization premiums in Quebec and a 4.9% decrease in interest costs as the period of low interest rates continued in 2010. Operating expenses fell in all provinces, the largest decrease occurring in Saskatchewan (-9.5%). When depreciation is included, total farm expenses fell 3.7% to $40.0 billion in 2010. Total net income

Total net income amounted to $2.7 billion in 2010, up $131 million from 2009. The negative impact of falling inventories offset much of the increase in realized net income. Total net income increased in all provinces except Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Total net income adjusts realized net income for changes in farmer-owned inventories of crops and livestock. It represents the return to owner's equity, unpaid labour, and management and risk. Production losses resulting from reduced seeded acreage in Saskatchewan and Manitoba had a negative impact on on-farm stocks of grains and oilseeds. These lower stocks, combined with the continuing decline in cattle inventories, reduced the value of inventories by $1.7 billion. Net value added

Agriculture's net value added rose by $94 million to $11.0 billion in 2010. A decrease of $1.4 billion in expenses on inputs outweighed a decline of $1.3 billion in the total value of production. Only two provinces, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, recorded decreases in net value added. Net value added measures agriculture's contribution to the national economy's production of goods and services. It is derived by calculating the total value of agricultural sector production, including program payments, and subtracting the related costs of production (expenses on inputs, business taxes and depreciation).

JUNE, 2011

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HAPPY THOUGHTS

Celebrate a birthday, anniversary or engagement of a loved one!

Place an announcement and celebrate with everyone! The Chilliwack Progress 604-702-5552

INFORMATION Desperately seeking

WHUNDAS!!! Did you graduate from Westsyde Secondary School in Kamloops, BC in 1991? If so, we are looking for you! Please contact Beverly at: potti498@telus.net so we can invite you to the 20 year reunion in July 2011.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 115

EDUCATION

DGS CANADA 2 DAY FORKLIFT WEEKEND COURSE Every Saturday at 8:30am #215, 19358-96 Ave. Surrey NO reservations: 604-888-3008 www.dgscanada.ca Ask about our other Courses... *Stand up Reach *Fall Protection *Aerial Lift *RoughTerrain Forklift *Bobcat *WHMIS & much more. “Preferred by Employers

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TRAVEL

Sunny Spring Specials At Florida’s Best Beach-New Smyrna Beach Stay a week or longer Plan a beach wedding or family reunion. www.NSBFLA.com or 1-800-5419621

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES COKE & CANDY Vending Route. Local Hi-Trafﬁc Locations. Earn $40+ per year. Fast & Safe Investment Return. Secure Your FutureBe the Boss! Factory Direct Pricing 1-888-570-0892 Must Sell Could YOU use a few hundred dollars a day? If you can read and speak, YOU’RE HIRED! No selling! 1-800-446-3268 www.babystepstoyourmoneytree.com GRAVEL TRUCKING COMPANY For Sale. Trucks, loaders, hoe, crusher, seven pits, two yards, 3bay shop, ofﬁce. Serious inquiries. Call Larry 780-333-4726, Swan Hills, Alberta.

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

CLASS 1 Lowbed Driver, min 5 yrs experience. Email resume to: yardman10@live.ca

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EDUCATION

AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualiﬁed- Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783

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HEALTH PRODUCTS

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SYSTEMS

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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HELP WANTED

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24/7 Alarm monitoring Medical Alert Services Service on all makes/models Bonded & Insured

CENTRAL VACUUM Let us service your central vacuum system. We will extend your warranty. We service all makes & models.

(604)792-8055 45140 Yale Rd. West www.contactsecurity.ca

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TREE SERVICES

PHONE: 604-702-5550 OR FAX: 604-702-5542

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 552

GARDEN EQUIPMENT

DEER PROBLEMS? Problem solved! Bobbex Deer repellent available in Canada. Easy, economical, safe. Available at local garden centres. Dealer inquiries welcome. Ask for BOBBEX. www.bobbex.ca

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MISC. FOR SALE

Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 40” High Piano, Henry Herbert by Mason Rich - needs tuning. $500/obo. 604-531-9842 COLLECTORS SAXOPHONES Soprano Buecher Silver 80 yrs old, excellent condition $2500. Baraton Conn $1900. Call 604-534-2997

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES An employment service assisting employers and job seekers. Ph: (604)823-6222 www.agri-labourpool.ca

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ELECTRICAL

#1167 LIC’D, BONDED. BBB Lge & small jobs. Expert trouble shooter, WCB. Low rates 24/7 604-617-1774

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HOME REPAIRS

SEMI RETIRED CARPENTER avail., for small reno jobs & home repairs. Reliability and integrity for over 40 yrs. John (604)792-9199

TRAVEL

CANCEL YOUR TIMESHARE No Risk Program. STOP Mortgage & Maintenance Payments Today. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Free Consultation. Call Us Now. We Can Help! 1-888-356-5248 SELL/RENT YOUR TIMESHARE FOR CASH!!! Our Guaranteed Services will Sell/ Rent Your Unused Timeshare for CASH! Over $95 Million Dollars offered in 2010! www.sellatimeshare.com (800)6406886

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

PERSONAL SERVICES

TO ADVERTISE

An employment service assisting employers and job seekers. Ph: (604)823-6222 www.agri-labourpool.ca

LOOKING TO HIRE?

The best place to start is in classiﬁed’s. In-print and online packages available. The Chilliwack Progress 604-702-5552

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MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. We move - We ship - We recycle. Senior- Student Discount available. 604-721-4555 or 604-800-9488.

329 PAINTING & DECORATING AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

CRANE OPERATORS

Required immediately for our twenty seven year old well established Lower Mainland Company with a large ﬂeet of cranes and boom trucks. You MUST have a ticket and be experienced with a class 1 driver’s license. We offer a great work environment and the opportunity to succeed.

If you would like to join our team, please e-mail: eamon@megacranes.com or fax: 604-599-5250 No calls please. CVI CERTIFIED MECHANIC wanted for Langley Fleet Shop. F/T, Good wages & beneﬁts. Fax resume to: 604-513-8004 or email: tridem@telus.net LOADER/BACKHOE OPERATOR. Min 5 yrs experience. Email resume to: yardman10@live.ca

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ABOVE THE REST “ Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est. Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB. Call (778)997-9582 MILANO PAINTING. Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Written Guar. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

Want to advance your career? Drillers Assistants (labour)

Lift 25-100lbs, repetitive manual labor, working outdoors, long hours, travel in BC, strong work ethic, team player, multitasking, self-motivated. Ability to take direction, valid BC drivers license, clean abstract, reliable transportation. Mechanically inclined an asset. Provide resume and drivers abstract to: careers@mudbaydrilling.com or fax to 604-888-4206. No phone calls.

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GOT JUNK? Rubbish Removal

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All animals deserve to have hope for a better tomorrow. www.1000saints.ca Welsh/Terrier pups, p/b, born apr 17, 2F, 1M, vet chek, 1cst shots, dewormed, puppy pad train, parents ckc reg. champion bloodlines, ready mid-end June, $1200. To view call (604)852-4669 email: weiss33@telus.net

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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Escape: Tornados, Floods, Hurricanes, Wildﬁre, Earthquake, Landslide and Crime. N.IDAHO PEACEFUL COUNTRY CABIN on 30 ac. Get more magic from life. www.MagicMountain83858.com

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HOUSES FOR SALE

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

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APARTMENT/CONDO

TRANSPORTATION

603

845

1980 CHEV crane truck, 8 ton lift, $7000 obo. Call Doug @ 604-7500194

PETS

REAL ESTATE

2010 Dutchmen classic 27RLS, 17,900. Unit priced below market for quick sale. micro, 3 burner stove, oven, qu bed, blt-in tv, sat., lg elec awning, elec front jack, outside shwer, couch, 2 chairs, lg slide, whl covers, hoses & many extras, storage. Used only 30 days. Call (604)824-2880

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

7425 Shaw Ave - Sardis, 2 bdrm, 1 bath apt with fridge/stove, patio, coin op laundry in building $725/m avail immed. Ross Fullbrook, Royal Lepage 604-792-0077

PETS

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HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

706

Info: www.treeworksonline.ca info@treeworksonline.ca 10% OFF with this AD

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RECREATIONAL

NEW PRICE: waterfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, 0.83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake. Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good ﬁshing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swimming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Seasonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599.

RENTALS

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778

5 ADORABLE, loveable kittens. 3 males, 2 females. Very cute. 1st shots. $50. ea. 604-855-3723 Abby AUSTRALIAN CATTLE dogs, bluehealer puppies, born April 26.,vet checked, 1st shots, working parents, $550. Call (604)860-4400 Beautiful Golden Retriever Pups-1st shots. Dewormed. Farm Raised. Avail June 4th. $575: 604-463-9841 BLACK LAB puppies, 4 M. 2 F. Family raised, ready to go. $350. Phone (604)703-1388. (Chilliwack) BORDER COLLIE pups. 1st shots & worming. Ready to go. Both parents to view. $450. 604-782-8571 BOXER PUPS, (white) M/F, micro chipped, dewormed, shots, good family dog. 604-463-4602 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 GERMAN SHEPHERD pups, family raised, cute, black/tan, dewormed, 1st shots. $600. 778-378-6151. LAB RETRIEVER PUP, yellow, female $400. 1st/2nd shots, dewormed. (604)702-0217 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com PRESA CANARIO pups, $700$1200. Black, fawn & brindle. Dad 150lbs, Mom 120lbs. 778-552-1525 ROTTI PUPPIES, Male & Female. All shots and dewclaws. $500 each. Ready June 3rd. 604-767-4793 Shih-tzu/Pug pups, family raised, 2M, 1F- all black, 1st vet, shots, dewormed, $375. (604)393-7294

LOTS

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

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Wanted: 1000 Saints

Entry level positions Job entails:

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TRANSPORTATION

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ANTIQUES/CLASSICS

1986 Chrysler Town Country Woody Wagon, will take saxophone as part trade. $2900. 604-534-2997

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AUTO SERVICES

WANT A VEHICLE But Stressed About Your Credit? We Fund Your Future Not Your Past. Want a Visa? Any Credit, All Accepted. 1-888593-6095

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CARS - DOMESTIC

1997 BUICK PARK AVE loaded, leather, heated seats new brakes & tires, private. $4900. 778-565-4230 2000 LASABRE LTD. All options, certiﬁed. Grand Touring. pkg. 124K Spotless. $5900 778-565-4334

TRUCKS & VANS

1988 Chevrolet 1500. 305 V8. Automatic. Very good condition. $3500 OBO. 604-853-1352 (Abbotsford) 1993 FORD FLARESIDE s/box, 5 spd, 5L, alarm system, $3200 obo Call for info & pics (604)832-0435 1997 RANGER XLT super cab, 4 X 2, 1 owner, loaded, extras. $3,500 obo. Phone (604)463-2507 2001 FORD WINSTAR 7 psgr auto loaded runs good Aircared $2495 ST#83 DL#31038 (604)855-0666 2002 CHEVY ASTRO VAN, A/C, 100K, interior like new AirCared, $8300/obo. Call 604-598-0405. 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 cr.cab 4X4 auto Hemi 153K sbox $15,900 ST#59 DL#31038 (604)855-0666 2005 FORD F250 Lariat cr. cab prwstrk deisel 4X4 auto lthr $15,900 ST#58 DL#31038 (604)855-0666 2006 FORD F350 XLT 4X4 auto pwrstrk diesel, cr/cab Lbox $17,900 ST#40 DL#31038 (604)855-0666 2007 CHEV Crew cab duramax diesel 4X4 auto loaded s/box, $20,900 ST#87 DL#31038 (604)855-0666 2007 DODGE CARAVAN 7 psgr auto, loaded, 63K v. clean $9,900 ST#77 DL#31038 (604)855-0666 2007 FORD F250 XLT 4X4 auto pwrstrk diesel, qdcab s/box $15,900 ST#89 DL#31038 (604)855-0666

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

EXQUISITE SANCTUARY Fabulous 2.26 private acres with creek in beautiful Alberni Valley on Vancouver Island. Enchanting 3600 sq.ft. 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom custom built 1995 home. Outstanding 57x40 shop with own bathroom, lots of parking. Features hardwood, tile throughout, custom cabinetry. Gas ﬁreplaces, stove, heat and hot water; ensuite with soaker tub. Thinking of a life style change? Move to Vancouver Island. Even better, move to Port Alberni, the Salmon Capital of the World! Visit www.albernihomes4u.ca for more information on this “one of a kind” property. Asking $649,000 RE/MAX Mid Island Realty Port Alberni, B.C. John Stilinovic 250-724-4725 Toll Free 1-877-723-5660

10 YEARS The Voice of the B.C. Farmer

1998 VOLVO V70 Wagon, maint. up to date. All options you need. 187kms. $5198. (778)241-3315 2005 HONDA Civic, auto, 2dr, No accidents, great cond. 230kms, lady driven. $5800. (778)855-6037 2007 HONDA CIVIC 4dr auto sdn loaded v clean BC car 95K $11,900 ST#52 DL#31038 (604)855-0666 2010 Nissan Versa 4 dr H/B, full load, 38,100km, wholesale 11,995, exc. cond. (604)793-5520 (5961) 2010 TOYOTA MATRIX, red, 2000 km, 4 dr, auto, alloy whls, $13,780. Call 778-895-7570 or 604-836-5931 2011 KIA RIO 5, auto, 11, 000 km, black, Air, cruise, p/w, p/l, htd seats, $8,800 ﬁrm. Call (604)538-9257.

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MOTORCYCLES

1988 1500 Honda Gold Wing.15,280k. Runs grt, must sell, garage kept, lots of extras $7000 obo (604)316 0528

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RECREATIONAL/SALE

2005 Cougar 29’ slps 6, 2 slides, exc cond.,1994 Citation 28’ slps 6, exc cold. (604)824-7949 / 703-6689

2006 NORTHSHORE 30ft Travel trlr dble 36” slide w/rear bunk beds full load $19,900. 604-819-3803

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Langley 604.530.4644

Duncan 250.715.3711

Kelowna 250.765.9765

Kamloops 250.374.1932

Financing Offer valid from May 3, 2011 until August 1, 2011. beIn the event the loan goes into default, the charge for amounts past due is 24% APR. Taxes, set-up, delivery, freight, and preparation charges not included and may increase price or monthly payment(s). Additional fees may be required. Minimum purchase may be required. Valid only at participating dealers. See your dealer for complete details and other financing options. Program subject to change, without notice, at any time. A54*Offer valid only at participating dealers. Offer valid from May 3, 2011 until August 1, 2011 and is subject to John Deere Credit approval. For personal or commercial use. Down payment may be required. A $50 documentation fee may apply. For example, on a new John Deere 5105M Tractor, based on a selling price of $66,977 (Selling price in example is based on MSRP as of 8 April 2011 and may change at any time without notice. Dealer may sell for less), plus a $50 documentation fee, less a down payment of $13,405.40 results in a balance of $53,621.60 to be financed for a maximum of 4 years with 48 monthly payments of $1,117.12, totaling $53,621.76, based on 0.98% APR with a cost of borrowing of $1,050.16 (which includes a foregone cash rebate of $1,000 in order to take advantage of this 0.0% financing offer). In the event the loan goes into default, the charge for amounts past due is 24.0% APR. Taxes, set-up, delivery, freight, and preparation charges not included and may increase price or monthly payment(s). Minimum finance amount may be required. See your dealer for details and other financing options. Program subject to change, without notice, at any time. Additional fees may be required.