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Old is new in hog barn approvals

Three million acres of Manitoba soybeans by 2022?

Public opposition has not gone away after a decade of no development

Continued growth is possible, even probable, but there will be other factors weighing in against continued runaway growth

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BY ALLAN DAWSON

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he first application under a new protocol for approving hog barns in Manitoba has run into an old problem: local opposition. The Rural Municipality of Oakview council last month turned down an application for a 6,000-space feeder/finish operation near Rivers even though a technical review committee

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f the trendline continues soybean acres in Manitoba could easily top three million acres in just five more years — but don’t necessarily bet the farm on it. That’s the message Manitoba Agriculture pulse crops specialist Dennis Lange brought to the recent Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference on Dec. 14 at the University of Manitoba. He foresees the potential for greater competition from other crops and the reality of growing soybeans in areas on the frontier for the crop as possible factors tempering the runaway growth of recent years. “We are going to be looking at competition from other crops because we only have 9-1/2 million acres of cropland in Manitoba, so those acres have to come from somewhere,” Lange said. “To get another million acres we are going to have to see another big shift in these crops as well. “Are we going to have tighter rotations if we have two million acres of soybeans? What about volunteer control of such things as (Roundup Ready) canola? That’s always an issue with growers.” Spring wheat and canola acres vary every year, but not a lot. And smaller-acreage crops don’t have many acres to lose, Lange noted.

This field of soybeans was still green on Sept. 23, 2013 and would’ve been damaged if there had been frost then, says Manitoba Agriculture pulse specialist Dennis Lange. While the farmers grew early-maturing varieties a cool summer and lots of rain delayed crop maturity. One of these years some of Manitoba’s soybeans will be damaged by a fall frost and likely slow the pace of soybean expansion, he said. PHOTO: DENNIS LANGE

Red spring acres have been stable and feed wheat and Prairie spring wheat acres, which are relatively small, have jumped in recent years. But soybeans have likely taken acres from winter wheat, which dropped 75 per cent to 134,000 acres in 2016 compared to 2012. Some canola acres may have also gone to soybeans. In 2014 and 2015 canola acres fell below two million, but gained back ground in 2016, coming in at 3.2 million. Soybeans are a long-season,

heat-loving crop and Manitoba hasn’t had an early killing fall frost for at least six years, Lange said, something that has encouraged growers to take on the risk, but eventually it will catch up to them. He showed the meeting a photo of a green soybean field, taken Sept. 23, 2013 near Roblin, to illustrate his point. “Some years, you’re going to have a frost then,” he said. “That concerns me when you have soybeans that green at that stage. Growers were picking the right varieties,

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but it was very cool during the growing season and they had some good rainfall and that kept things a little greener longer. “That may slow progression down to some degree to hit that three million acres if we do get an early killing frost.” In 2004 a frost in August resulted in a province-wide average soybean yield of eight bushels an acre. In 2005 soybean acres fell 41 per cent to just under 96,000. See SOYBEANS on page 6 »

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The way soil properties combine can be used to mathematically determine soil quality STAFF

o most people the quality of a soil is the sum of its physical properties — is it healthy and full of microbes? Does water infiltrate it readily or run off? How much air and water can it provide plant roots? Is it hard for roots or equipment to penetrate? Robson Armindo, a professor at the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil, wanted to better understand the interactions of soil, air, and water. In an article in the Soil Society of America Journal he details how to. “It was hard for me to use a generic soil physical quality index without knowing its origin and process,” Armindo said. “This sparked my curiosity to evaluate many other factors in an analysis.” Soil structure can change depending on the crop, climate, and land use in question. In addition, soils differ greatly over space and time. This variability makes it difficult. “For example, under con-

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ditions of highly irrigated vegetable production, the best soil type may be a sandy soil rather than a clay one,” he says. “The user should consider the purpose, crop type, and climate to classify whether the soil has adequate physical qualities or not.” Armindo combined this information in mathematical equations. He tested the theory across different soils in Germany, Brazil, and the

United States and found it successful. “By using the information from these equations, a person may decide how to use a particular soil,” Armindo explains. “Once the agronomist or land manager has access to this information, in addition to other physical, chemical, and biological properties, he or she can make a decision about the soil’s best use and management.”

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Study says faster Internet speeds not enough The Rural Development Institute says increasing the culture of use in rural areas is equally important to making faster broadband available BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

new study by the Rural Development Institute (RDI) in Brandon says rural residents will need help becoming more Internet savvy as faster broadband services become available. “Everybody treats broadband with a mentality of ‘build it and they will come,’” said RDI research associate Wayne Kelly. “What we’re finding, though, is that there is a need to encourage use so that people can fully take advantage of the availability of high-speed Internet. This will become even more essential as rural communities get access to the level of service recommended by the CRTC.” Just before Christmas, the Canadian Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d R a d i o Commission (CRTC) declared broadband to be a basic service and set a target that download speeds of 50 megabytes per second (Mbps) become available to all Canadians. The CRTC will expect providers to invest $750 million over five years to build or upgrade broadband and improve access in underserved areas. Kelly co-authored a report with colleague Scott McCullough at the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Winnipeg that looked at use in rural areas of southern and central Manitoba. The RDI study The State of Rural

“Everybody treats broadband with a mentality of build it and they will come.” Wayne Kelly RDI research associate

Information and Communications Technologies in Manitoba found access and lack of digital literacy are both barriers to increased use. Access to moderate broadband (minimum 1.5 Mbps) is already good throughout southern Manitoba, the report notes. An access strategy alone, without additional supports, poses other challenges for rural communities, the RDI report found. The study provides a number of recommendations to increase both access and use of broadband. Strategies to improve access include incentives for Internet service providers, communities and smallto medium-size businesses to invest in broadband infrastructure to make the technology more widely available and affordable. Broadband use could be enhanced by establishing and enacting plans at the provincial and community levels, supporting digital literacy and ensuring that all levels of government are developing local content to help those in rural regions use digi-

tal tools. Monitoring those strategies and conducting research to fill in knowledge gaps are also critical. “A wide range of options for action exists for all parties in pursuing the opportunities of broadband Internet access and use,” the report says. The federal government committed $500 million in its 2016-17 budget last March to improve rural Internet service. Last month Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains also rolled out a new federal program, Connect to Innovate, to improve Internet service to 300 rural and remote communities by 2021. It will be used to build so-called “backbone” networks, which are the digital highways that move data in and out of communities. It will also help support satellite-dependent northern communities and also fund ‘last-mile’ connections to households that don’t have Internet speeds of at least five megabits per second. Canada has good-quality high-speed networks in its cities and telecommunications companies invested more than $13 billion last year, Bains said in a statement noting that “the era of the smart city has arrived.” “But this high-speed revolution cannot just be confined to cities. Networks need to be extended to remote and rural areas.” The RDI study says a major cause of the digital divide between rural and urban areas is market failure in rural regions. “Competitive and affordable access is the

foundation for realizing the potential that broadband can bring,” the report says. “In many parts of rural Manitoba and Canada, the large geographic distances, low population density, and sometimes lower income make it difficult to attract a single ISP, let alone the multiple ISPs needed to create a competitive environment. The resulting market failure in rural regions has resulted in patchy broadband access that is substantially slower and more expensive than what is available in urban areas.” Canada’s National Broadband Task Force in 2001 recognized the problem and recommended direct investment to ensure access and literacy across Canada but that approach was never implemented, the report says. “Instead, the federal government spent more than a decade focusing on policies to stimulate private sector investment in high-cost rural areas,” the report notes. Additionally, these stimulus policies and investments have taken place without a national broadband plan or clear definition of targets for effective broadband. The results have been low levels of investment by the private sector, and the development of patchy, non-cohesive Internet services across rural Canada. The RDI study can be downloaded at: brandonu.ca/rdi/publication/researchbrief-state-of-rural-information-andcommunication-technologies-in-mani toba. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

CRTC Internet decision draws strong support The ruling will be a game-changer for Internet service in Canada say supporters By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

ural Canada is in line to be a lot more online, thanks to a pre-Christmas ruling by the Canadian Radio-Television a n d Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s Commission (CRTC). The commission concluded that residential and mobile Internet is a basic service required for modern life, as important as the telephone. All Canadians must have access to a basic service with world-class speeds and options for unlimited data packages. This would create a level playing field for rural and remote Canadians. To make it happen, the CRTC will require the telecommunications industry to invest $750 million during the next five

years in infrastructure projects. This is in addition to $500 million in Internet development for rural Canada announced by the Trudeau government. “For too long, rural and underserved communities all across Canada have faced an uphill battle to participate meaningfully in our digital economy,” says Josh Tabish, campaigns director for OpenMedia, a citizens’ group lobbying for better Internet service. The group called the CRTC decision truly historic. “The ruling will be a game changer for rural and underserved communities across Canada where Internet access is either unavailable or unaffordable, due to a digital divide keeping almost one in five Canadians offline. “Today’s decision will go a long way toward closing this digital divide,” Tabish added. “Now

that the CRTC has spoken, we need to hold the Trudeau government accountable for ensuring this exciting vision becomes a reality. “Canadians asked for universal Internet access, support for rural communities, world-class speeds, unlimited data options, and minimum guarantees for the quality of their Internet,” he added. They want to enjoy equal opportunity to participate in the social and economic activities afforded by Internet access at a fair price. “This ruling is great news for the far too many Canadians who have limited or no access to high-speed Internet,” said NDP Finance Critic Guy Caron. “Access to this basic service should be a right in Canada. Currently, Canada has some of the slowest broadband speeds among developed nations and

Canadians are forced to pay for the most expensive Internet packages in the industrialized world. The CRTC has ruled that full broadband should be 100 per cent accessible within 10 to 15 years. That would include targets of 50 Mbps download speed and 10 Mbps upload speed, and the ability to subscribe to a fixed Internet package with an unlimited data option. Rural and urban communities must be able to access Internet speeds five times as fast as the U.S. minimum and the government should encourage the widest availability of the fastest mobile networks. The CRTC said Canadians should have access to the tools and services they need to empower themselves regarding fixed Internet access services. By mid-2017, service providers

should ensure that contracts are written in clear and plain language, and should make available online tools so consumers can easily manage their data usage. Broadband Internet services would allow more Canadian entrepreneurs to easily access crucial information relating to international markets and create more business opportunities across Canada, the commission noted. It said all levels of government must address gaps in digital literacy. Affordability concerns are best addressed by the emergence of a dynamic marketplace where service providers compete on price for telecommunication services, in conjunction with social responsibility programs of telecommunications carriers and different levels of government.

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Di ‘verse’ ity 2017

John Morriss Co-operator editor emeritus

The Co-operator’s in good hands, and I don’t mind crediting That the staff is still doing a great job of reporting and editing But while kids these days can tweet fairly tersely They just don’t have what it takes to match two words versely So when it came to performing the annual requirement To review the past year in rhyme, they pulled me out of retirement

The old guys at coffee in this part of the nation Used to trade “It was sooo... dry” tales about lack of precipitation But when today’s future old farmers sip lattes from fresh-roasted beans They’ll talk about how wet it was way back in the teens Says one, “Remember 2016, and that three-month typhoon “To combine my flax I needed to install pontoons.” Says another, “At least you had a crop to give you the troubles “Why, when I tried my air seeder all it did was blow bubbles.” A third says, “I was paddling out in my pasture, and what did I sees “But gophers mating with squirrels, and nesting in trees.” Most farmers are finally convinced that all of that harpin’ Was right about filling the atmosphere with way too much carbon Climate change may be fine if longer-season crops you are able To grow, but the flip side is that things are much too unstable That extra rain may help grow a bin-buster crop to haul in But it’s a bust if you can’t harvest the buster to put in the bin Since farmers have the most to lose from carbon pollution It’s up to them to be part of the climate-change solution It’s time to take better care of the topsoil by filling it With all that carbon it lost by excessively tilling it Some say that to fight climate change we should be starting To have fewer bovines with all their burping and farting On the contrary, I think the best way for more carbon storage Is to eliminate tillage and grow more grasses and forage When you harvest with livestock it’s not so bad if it’s wetter And not only that, grass-fed meat tastes much better More forage would also help with that problem endemical Of weeds’ increasing resistance to just about every chemical Last winter I attended an agronomical convention On rotating your herbicides for resistance prevention It made me think fondly of back in the day When your choice was just between 2,4-D and MCPA Now you’ve got amides, and chlorsulforons, and metolachlor Pyrazon, hexazinone, quinclorac, desmedipham and chlopyrachlor That’s confusing enough, and you want to throw up your hands When you learn each is sold under about 12 different brands But if you don’t use them in the right order, first thing you know You’ll have a wild oat that you can only kill with a hoe Hoeing, by the way, is about the only way to manage Weeds in California crops such as broccoli, lettuce and cabbage But the thing is that most of those who are doing the hoeing Are illegals to whom Trump says, “Back home you are going” When he figures that out I’ll watch with some humour Whether he caves to the complaints of outraged consumers If the prospect of higher veg prices raises their ire The wall might turn out just to be a strand of barbed wire But even if imported veggie prices cause consumers distress Larry McIntosh will still have a recipe for ’em in every Free Press That’s just one of my predictions; I know that you’ve waited For a year to hear more, and with your breath bated I’ve continued my Internet course studies, and now I can say That I’ve received my diploma as an ag adviser MBA Canola prices for instance? Well, I’d say my best call Is to wait for them to peak, and then sell it all Wheat prices? You can quote me; I really don’t like them I think the decent thing would be for the buyers to hike them As for what you should plant? Well, examine each field And rotate into something different this year to ensure higher yield What should Manitoba farmers seed? Well, let me assure ’em It’s not a good idea to plant either lentils or durum It’s not quite a wreck, but it’s rather annoying To see cattle prices lower than we were enjoying I think the solution is to make marketing much slicker When selling beef, put a better name on the sticker The name “chuck” for instance makes buyers turn colder Let’s change it to “epaulette” (a fancy French word for shoulder) As for the name “rump” I don’t much like the sound If you called it “Derriere” you’d get a buck more a pound I’m sure this idea would work, you’re welcome to use it But will retailers share the beef profits with those who produce it? I’ve many more profitable ideas, but once again I fear That I’ve run out of space; you’ll have to wait till next year Until then, on behalf of everyone here I send you best wishes for a great farming year May your calves all pop out without any assistance May your weeds all die quickly without any resistance May you have just the right balance of rain and of sun And whatever you grow, may it grade number one!

Dream job on the farm By Robert Giblin Viewpoints, AFFB

he faces of agriculture are changing, as more and more young people are attracted to agricultural career opportunities that fit their desires, lifestyles and interests. Yet, agriculture is still failing to attract enough people to meet current and future needs. Farming is poised for a massive generational shift that raises serious concerns about how food production will transfer to the next generation. More than one-third of farmers are over age 65, and two-thirds are over age 55. Similarly, food and ag companies are concerned about a shortage of talent to replace their aging workforces. A 2016 study sponsored by Land O’Lakes Inc. and conducted by ORC International showed that only three per cent of college graduates and nine per cent of millennials said they had thought about an ag career, or would consider it. More than half of respondents said it would be difficult to find jobs in ag, and 76 per cent did not think or weren’t sure ag careers paid well. Conversely, there are also signs that millennials are flocking to ag careers. Enrolment in college and university agricultural programs increased from about 120,000 in 2004 to more than 137,000 in 2012, and it continues to grow. Between 1970 and 2014, the number of bachelor’s degrees in agriculture and natural resources tripled to more than 35,000, and master’s degrees grew 250 per cent to more than 6,500 – still thousands short of USDA forecasts predicting a need for nearly 58,000

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college graduates in agriculture and food for each of the next several years. The number of young people pursuing farming as an occupation is decreasing, but if they give it a second look, they will find that ag careers match a lot of their goals and values. Millennials thrive on innovation and the use of technologies to increase profitability, reduce environmental impacts, improve quality, and foster a better work-life balance than their parents and grandparents had. They also value the collaborative management style, which increasingly dominates modern farming and ranching, especially on larger farms. Colleges and universities are also adapting to appeal to millennial “foodie” interests. In a modern take on the old combination of production agriculture and “home economics” offerings, higher education is adapting with the addition of new interdisciplinary courses bringing together farming, natural resource conservation, food science, social science and culinary arts. Millennials embrace technology, and agriculture is at the forefront, with opportunities in plant and animal genetics, drones, advanced computerization and satellite integration. Improved Internet access is also reducing isolation and increasing attractiveness in rural areas. Also appealing are career paths tied to agriculture on a broader scale, like water resource management, habitat reclamation and conservation, renewable fuels and farm policy. Robert Giblin writes, speaks and consults about agricultural and food industry issues, policies and trends. This article was first published as an instalment of the American Federation of Farm Bureaus’ “Viewpoints” series.

December 1993

he latest model of the Melroe Spra-Coupe was featured in this ad in our Dec. 9, 1993 issue. It contained the final Statistics Canada crop estimate for that year — the good news was that total Prairie production was up six per cent to 51 million tonnes. The bad news was that despite a “washout” in Manitoba, production was down 28 per cent from the previous year and 12 per cent below the 10-year average. That was the year Manitoba wheat growers were dealing with large quantities of then-called “sample account tombstone.” There were concerns about the toxicity of the fusarium-infected wheat, especially since much of the U.S. crop had been burned and received crop insurance. At a meeting in Altona, wheat board officials said they were not currently buying wheat with more than five per cent tombstone, but were looking at options including cleaning at Thunder Bay. In that issue we reported extensively on information received under an access-to-information request regarding the Canadian Grain Commission’s decision to pay producers 75 per cent of what was owed to them following the bankruptcy of Klemmer Seeds in Rosetown, Sask. The company was not licensed by the commission, and the payments were for canary seed, which was not covered under the Canada Grain Act. The company was in the riding of former Conservative agriculture minister Bill McKnight, raising concern that the government had influenced the decision. In the “he got that partly right” department, an economist for A.C. Toepfer said the former Soviet Union countries — until recently, massive importers — might become self-sufficient in wheat by 2000, but might still need imports of 10 million tonnes. They are now the world’s largest exporter.

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U.S. soybeans may be headed for 90 million acres in 2017: Braun The soybean-to-corn futures pricing ratio is far higher than it usually is at this time of year BY KAREN BRAUN Reuters / CHICAGO

t is almost certain that U.S. farmers will plant more soybeans in 2017 than ever before, but profitability indicators in the futures market give good reason to believe that this acreage could push much higher than what we have been prepared for. In its annual long-term projections published late last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture placed next spring’s soybean planted area at 85.5 million acres – 1.8 million more acres than 2016. This year-on-year bump of two per cent is the largest such increase predicted by the agency at this early stage in nine years. Compared with the final yearly changes in soybean acres, the long-term projections have tended to be more conservative. But from a profitability standpoint, this notable boost in acres may still be too modest. The new-crop soybean-to-corn futures price ratio has spent the last two months at levels not seen at this time of year in at least 20 years. The ratio, which in this case compares the November 2017 soybean contract with December 2017 corn, is a key indicator of the producer’s profit potential. Farmers tend to favour planting soybeans when the soybean-to-corn ratio is above 2.5. As of Thursday, it

Aside from 2017, there are only three other crop years during which the December disparity between soybean and corn futures was similarly large: 1997, 2006, and 2014.

was 2.6, slightly down from its peak of 2.7 on Dec. 1. Typically, the ratio will not reach these values until at least May of the expiration year. Historically, there have been dramatic leaps in soybean acreage in the spring when the soybean-to-corn ratio was elevated in the previous December – to a much larger degree than USDA has suggested for next year. And a look at some of these past scenarios suggests that breaking the 90-million-acre mark in 2017 should be on the table. Aside from 2017, there are only three other crop years during which the December disparity between soybean and corn futures was similarly large: 1997, 2006, and 2014. The year-on-year soybean acreage increase in these three seasons – nine per cent in 1997, five per cent in 2006, and eight per cent in 2014 – makes USDA’s two per cent rise for this year seem underdone, especially considering how much higher the 2017 soybean-to-corn ratio has been than the others.

It is also interesting to note that in these years, the ratio did not necessarily sustain at or above 2.5 from December through the planting season. USDA did not necessarily catch on early to the drastically higher acreage in these previous years, as the agency’s long-term planted area projections indicated a yearly gain of only 1.5 per cent in 2014 and two per cent in 2006. And initially underestimating soybean acres has not been confined to the years when soybeans were the clear-cut winner over corn from a profit standpoint, as USDA’s longterm projections have fallen short of final planted area in 10 of the last 15 years. Corn should be freeing up some extra acres for soybeans next year, as futures prices for the yellow grain linger near the lowest levels of the Renewable Fuel Standard era. USDA predicts next year’s planted area to fall 4.5 million acres to 90 million. Unlike the same comparison for soybeans, this five per cent year-on-

year decline in corn acres is exactly in line with the actual area decrease in 2014 and 2006, despite the initial projections being too conservative. Planted area in 1997 increased by less than half a per cent. It could prove true that USDA has simply set the floor for 2017 at 85.5 million acres of soybeans. But where exactly is the ceiling? Taking the percentage gains from 1997, 2006, and 2014 and applying them to last year’s 83.7 million acres would result in a planted acreage range of 87.9 million to 91.2 million acres. Some analysts are already narrowing in on this range. On Thursday, pr ivate analytics fir m Infor ma Economics increased its forecast of 2017 U.S. soybean plantings to 88.86 million acres. Just for fun, if the United States plants 91.2 million acres of soybeans in 2017 and yields can once again reach this year’s estimated 52.5 bushels per acre, the haul would amount to 4.74 billion bushels, topping this year’s record 4.36 billion. And although that reflects the most optimistic view one could have at this time, today’s “just for fun” scenario could turn into reality in a few short months. Karen Braun is a Reuters market analyst based in Chicago. The views in this column are her own.

Setting the table for a radically different Food Guide Canada’s Food Guide needs to be revamped to reflect the nation’s shifting eating habits, our varied cultural needs and our growing obesity BY SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS Dalhousie University

Canada’s Food Guide is a big deal – but it can be much more influential. On the whole, the guide is a symbol of Canada’s food-related values. Public institutions, schools, universities and community-based organizations look to it to reflect our fundamental nutritional principles. But past guides have failed us. Health Canada says that more than 60 per cent of Canadians are overweight and four out of five are at risk of developing heart disease. These disturbing statistics justify a call for major changes. Just blaming the Food Guide may be an exaggeration but the guide didn’t help. Health Canada is working on a new guide – and excluding some previous partners in the process. The federal agency has shut out lobbyists and industry pundits from consultations for the next edition. This is welcome news for some, but it’s a m e s s a g e we’v e h e a rd f o r s e v e ra l d e c a d e s, by successive governments. In fact, it’s always challenging to outright exclude anybody from a very public process, no matter who sits on the working committees. The food community is small and many individuals have long relationships with key groups. So Health Canada’s plan to eliminate the food industry’s influence is impractical at best. Industry has been involved in creating the Food Guide for decades. The first guide, produced in 1942, was intended to increase wartime demand for Canadian commodities. Acute food security concerns were addressed to make Canada a food-

sovereign nation, since agricultural embargoes were more common then. But the modern food economy is much more open. And as food geopolitics shifted, so did consumers’ choices and expectations. The role of industry has changed as well. Measured industr y input could contribute greatly to the modernization of the Food Guide. Such information would include logistical challenges, research and development constraints, recent trends, the realities of food distribution and competitiveness. It’s misguided to suggest that industry’s input into the guide is or would be malicious. Certainly industry seeks to make a profit but it’s also there to feed us. And it can draw the line between what is economically possible and the arbitrarily ideological. In the past, commodity-driven recommendations, supported by weak science, were incorporated in the guide. For example, encouraging Canadians to have two cups of milk a day is absurd. The Dairy Farmers of Canada may not like this, but Canada is different in 2016. Canadian milk consumption per capita has dropped steadily over the last 30 or more years. Many immigrants just don’t drink milk. Many other consumers suffer from intolerances and allergies. So the Food Guide should embrace other calcium-rich products like tofu, almond butter and green vegetables. However, our closed dairy supply system is at odds with many other food industry sectors. That means expanding recommendations beyond dairy could be politically risky. Should the next Food Guide not encourage Canadians to drink more milk, that industry will most likely retaliate,

regardless of whether it is involved in the consulting process. Meat consumption is the other elephant in the room. The guide needs to reflect a recent Dalhousie University study that suggests that 37 per cent of Canadians actively seek a variety of protein sources. The next Food Guide should be about sound science, without political manoeuvring. But that doesn’t mean industry should be kept out of the process entirely. What matters is how the guide will resonate with citizens and how it can be used. The current version is really a tool for dietitians, not for regular consumers. Regular citizens, parents, teachers, kinesiologists, culinary experts and many more community groups, including food banks, should be consulted. Perhaps Canada needs two guides: one for professionals and one for regular consumers. Both would pursue similar outcomes, but the messages would be articulated differently. For example, the consumer version would need to reflect the economics of eating properly, particularly for those without means. Celebrating Canadian food cultures will also be imperative in the next guide. Merely considering what Canadians should eat is no longer enough. Food is about sharing, celebrating and connecting. So the context in which food is consumed should be addressed. With or without industry’s involvement, many will remain skeptical until we see the end product. We know the next version of Canada’s Food Guide can be much more influential, but will it be? Sylvain Charlebois is dean of the faculty of management and a professor in the faculty of agriculture at Dalhousie University.

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FROM PAGE ONE SOYBEANS Continued from page 1

Top crop? Lange thinks 2.7 million acres is more likely to be the longerterm average for Manitoba soybeans. That in itself would be remarkable. But three million acres, which would require an 82 per cent increase from 2016’s 1.65 million acres, fits the pattern of this runaway crop. Soybean plantings have increased every year for the last 10, including a 90 per cent jump in the last five years, based on Manitoba crop insurance data. If soybeans hit three million acres it’s likely to be the province’s biggest-acreage crop overtaking canola and Canada Western Red Spring wheat, which came in at 3.2 million and 2.2 million acres, respectively in 2016. For several years running canola, red spring wheat and soybeans have been the top three Manitoba crops in that order. This coming year Manitoba farmers could plant a record two million acres of soybeans — an increase of 350,000 acres or 21 per cent following a record average provincial yield, estimated in late December at 42 bushels an acre. The 2016 record exceeds the old one of 39 bushels set in 2013, and repeated in 2015, by eight per cent. High yields in combination with relatively good prices and soybeans’ reputation for handling stress, including excess moisture, continue to make it an attractive crop.

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Glyphosate-resistant varieties make weed control easy in most cases, although farmers need to be wary of herbicide-resistant weeds, Lange said in an interview last month. Earlier-maturing varieties have also helped soybeans expand west and north, he said. There were 78,000 acres of pedigreed soybeans planted in 2016 producing enough seed for three million acres, Lange said.

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“We are going to be looking at competition from other crops because we only have 9-1/2 million acres of cropland in Manitoba so those acres have to come from somewhere.”

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If Manitobans plant two million acres of soybeans in 2017, the acreage over the next five years will only have to increase an average of 200,000 a year before reaching three million. The previous five-year annual average increase was 218,000 acres. All farmers have to do is stay on the same trend to reach three million acres by 2022. Soybeans started off in the Red River Valley. In 2011, 95

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Seed Manitoba is a valuable tool for Manitoba soybean growers, Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture pulse crops specialist said. The 2016 issue has information on 67 glyphosate-resistant soybeans, including maturity ratings — very early, early, midseason and long season — colour coded to match a Manitoba Agriculture map.

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country. The New Acre Project will be the first of its kind in North America and offers a new way for the private sector and members of the public to invest in alternative land use services, said Bryan Gilvesy, CEO of ALUS and an Ontario cattle

Agriculture, Canadian See CHECKOFF on page 6 » representing the Alberta Federation of last week to Doug MacDonald, met with a group of farmers Agricultural Producers at the Port of Vancouver CN Rail vice-president of bulk commodities, Association of Saskatchewan and Keystone Federation of Agriculture, Agricultural Producers and transportation system. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON discuss ways to improve the grain-handling

producer. “If you want to have cleaner air, cleaner water and more biodiversity, you can make that happen by sponsoring New Acres,” he said. A typical New Acre will deliver a number of ecosystem services, such as wildlife and pollinator habitat, carbon sequestration, flood control and drought mitigation, which

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f soybean acres continue to rise as expected, farmers are going to have to be vigilant, Dennis Lange said. “Rotation, rotation, rotation (is) very important,” he said. In the early years farmers didn’t see a yield reduction seeding soybeans on soybean stubble. But crop insurance data shows between 2008 and 2012 planting back-to-back soybeans resulted in yields of 95 per cent of normal. In contrast planting spring wheat, barley, oats flax and grain corn on soybean ground resulted in yields that were 106, 106, 105, 100 and 103 per cent of normal, respectively. Crop insurance data also shows a jump in back-toback soybean plantings, which occurred 39 per cent of the time between 2008 and 2012 versus 13 per cent of time between 2000 and 2012. There are now five municipalities in Manitoba with glyphosate-resistant kochia, Lange said. Farmers need to scout weeds before and after spraying and investigate those that weren’t killed, he said. Soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) haven’t been detected here but are present just across the border in North Dakota. “The more soybeans we grow the more potential there is to see this down the road,” he said. “Water runs north and it (SCN) is carried in flood waters so at some point we are going to see it.” Monitoring fertility is important too, Lange said. Research shows adding phosphorus to soybeans, even when soil tests show low levels, doesn’t boost yields. If phosphorus is low it needs to be built up when growing other crops, such as cereals, he said. Soybeans also need to be double inoculated until seeded twice on the same land in five years, Lange said. “Double inoculating means liquid (inoculant) on the seed and a granular (inoculant) in the furrow so you have two different forms at different time periods,” he said. Soybeans need 150 to 200 pounds an acre of nitrogen to yield 30 bushels an acre, Lange said. Soybeans will make nitrogen, but first must be exposed to the right bacteria.

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WCWGA wants reduced Canadian Grain Commission fees, refund Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay will discuss CGC fees with the new commissioners and the commission will consult the grain sector on the issue this winter BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

he Western Canadian Wheat Growers wants to see a cut to Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) fees and the full and immediate refund to farmers of millions of dollars in surplus CGC earnings. That call, contained in a press release issued by the group Jan. 3, seemed unlikely as of press time. “With approximately $100 million of farmers’ hard-earned money having piled up into this enormous surplus, it’s time to immediately give growers a break and reduce these user fees,” Levi Wood, WCWGA president said in the release. “User

fees are supposed to help pay for their operations, but a ninefigure surplus in user fees is shocking.” The WCWGA has launched a petition asking for an immediate reduction in user CGC fees and a refund of the surplus back to farmers. Canada’s grain industry will be consulted this winter on the CGC’s fees, but any changes won’t take effect until Aug. 1, 2018, Remi Gosselin, the CGC’s manager of corporate information said in an interview. “We made commitments in the past to stakeholders that we would review their fee schedule every five years,” he said. “We would like to consult with grain industry stakeholders on our next schedule of proposed fees.

“With approximately $100 million of farmers’ hard-earned money having piled up into this enormous surplus, it’s time to immediately give growers a break and reduce these user fees.” Levi Wood

“Fee changes require regulatory changes and cannot occur without going through the regulatory process. At this point if the CGC attempted to lower fees early it would take several months to make changes and we are already planning on reviewing all our fees in early 2017.” Lower fees are among the

possibilities to be considered Gosselin said. “We are also currently examining potential options to use the accumulated surplus and it will include an assessment of stakeholder views on the various possibilities,” he said. “At this point we can commit to ensuring that the surplus will be used in a manner that advances

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MCDA updated on progress of Aquanty project Conservation districts could one day use the program to run water-based scenarios in their jurisdictions BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff / Brandon

t’s no crystal ball, but when a new computer modelling program now under development is complete, a much clearer picture how various flood and drought scenarios could impact the rural landscape will emerge. Delegates at last month’s Manitoba Conservation District Association annual convention heard more about how a new HydroGeoSphere model under construction will work and be used to predict and monitor how water and land interact in the Assiniboine River Basin (ARB) and how communities can plan ahead for it. Wo r k o n t h e m o d e l i s now well underway Duncan Morrison, executive director Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association (MFGA), said in a presentation at MCDA. The MFGA and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Agri-

Risk Initiative will be the licence holders for the risk management tool, which is being developed by Canadian firm Aquanty Inc. “We’re right on schedule,” he said. “We’re really excited about the progress that’s being made. When it’s all sewn together it will be out in 2018.” When up and operating, the HydroGeoSphere simulation software will be capable of running complex simulations of water movement through surface water and groundwater flow systems, said Morrison who spoke at MCDA on behalf of the project’s Waterloo-based senior scientist Steven Frey who was unable to reach Brandon due to storm conditions. By “sewn together” Morrison was referring to how the program will ultimately link the models for the Qu’Appelle, Assiniboine and Sour is sub-basins in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota. “An analogy of how these are built can be lego bricks,”

Morrison said. “Think of different layers of lego of all shapes and sizes, with each brick as a computational node. “Once the models are built they need to be filled up with water in a numerical sense.” The end result is a multi-faceted platform that will have the capacity to simulate interaction of water and land, and help predict and analyze different scenarios across the entire Assiniboine River Basin. HydroGeoSphere models are now used worldwide and have been deployed in places like Canada’s Athabasca oilsands and in drought-stricken California. Aquanty Inc. is developing the data analytics system that will be run on a high-performance computing system from IBM. Existing data on the Assiniboine basin, as well as the Qu’Appelle and Souris sub-basins and Birdtail watershed, will be fed into the platform. The program accounts for various soil characteristics, land

topography, surface and soil moisture and groundwater levels and can show how various water flows interact with the environment. By the time of its release work will have been done to make the model user friendly for stakeholders, Morrison said, noting that’s work underway by computing giant IBM, a key contractor with the Aquanty project. Multiple flooding events in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota have resulted in crop losses and property and infrastructure damages in the billions of dollars in recent years. MFGA is working with a steering committee of stakeholder groups that wants to be able to better plan and mitigate for future events such as these. The first deliverable of this project is developing the model, Morrison said. The second is to gain a greater understanding of the role of forages and grasslands for flood and drought mitigation. Morrison showed slides in

Brandon from the Land Institute in Kansas, demonstrating how substantially deeper and complex are the roots systems of native grasslands systems compared to those of annual crops. The model can help determine where more forage and grasses in key regions could help both slow or store water, he said. MFGA continues to work with its steering committee to figure out how the model will eventually be made accessible to those wishing to use it. “We’re going to be marketing it to the various groups,” Morrison said. “Manitoba’s conservation districts would be a perfect example of those that could use it and run the different scenarios.” The project was announced in early spring of 2016 with a $1.1-million investment from the federal government. The MCDA is one of numerous supporters and partners with the project. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762. Jan. 8-9: Manitoba Forage Seed Conference, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info call 204-376-3309 or visit www.forageseed.net. Jan. 9-12: Western Canadian Crop Production Show/ CropSphere 2017, Prairieland Park, Saskatoon. For info visit www.cropproductiononline.com. Jan. 17-19: Manitoba Ag Days, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info visit www.agdays.com. Feb. 2-3: Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For more info visit www.mbbeef.ca/annualmeeting/. Feb. 15-16: CropConnect Conference, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.cropconnectconference.ca. Feb. 28-March 2: Western Canadian Wheat Growers annual convention, Sheraton Cavalier, 612 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon. For more info or to register visit wheatgrowers.ca. March 6-7: Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference, Hyatt Regency, 700 Centre St. SE, Calgary. Early-bird deadline Jan. 15. For more info visit www. advancingwomenconference.ca. March 7-9: Canola Council of Canada annual convention, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info visit canolacouncil.org.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg December 23, 2016 Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 76.00 - 85.00 D3 Cows 68.00 - 74.00 Bulls 92.00 - 97.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 150.00 - 170.00 (801-900 lbs.) 155.00 - 172.00 (701-800 lbs.) 160.00 - 181.00 (601-700 lbs.) 165.00 - 191.00 (501-600 lbs.) 180.00 - 215.00 (401-500 lbs.) 185.00 - 223.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 150.00 - 165.00 (801-900 lbs.) 145.00 - 160.00 (701-800 lbs.) 150.00 - 160.00 (601-700 lbs.) 152.00 - 166.00 (501-600 lbs.) 152.00 - 177.00 (401-500 lbs.) 165.00 - 200.00

Heifers

($/cwt) (1,000+ lbs.) (850+ lbs.)

(901+ lbs.) (801-900 lbs.) (701-800 lbs.) (601-700 lbs.) (501-600 lbs.) (401-500 lbs.) (901+ lbs.) (801-900 lbs.) (701-800 lbs.) (601-700 lbs.) (501-600 lbs.) (401-500 lbs.)

Futures (December 23, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change December 2016 114.00 3.28 February 2017 116.80 3.52 April 2017 114.75 2.40 June 2017 105.23 2.07 August 2017 100.68 1.38 October 2017 100.23 0.85

Alberta South — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Feeder Cattle January 2017 March 2017 April 2017 May 2017 August 2017 September 2017

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Ontario — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Close 131.13 127.18 126.63 125.08 125.23 123.28

Change 3.43 2.43 2.40 2.03 1.93 2.00

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Dec. 17, 2016 52,872 13,115 39,757 NA 599,000

Previous Year 46,802 11,672 35,130 NA 586,000

Week Ending Dec. 17, 2016 1,416 24,598 13,228 677 830 10,678 419

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.) MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.) ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)

Current Week 152.01 140.47 141.01

Last Week 149.82 139.92 136.14

Last Year (Index 100) 145.77 136.21 135.51

143.02

135.06

141.17

PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

Futures (December 23, 2016) in U.S. Hogs

February 2017

64.73

2.33

April 2017 May 2017 June 2017 July 2017

67.73 72.85 76.83 76.35

0.25 -0.35 -0.70 -0.88

Change

Other Market Prices

Strength in cattle values seen continuing, for now Expectations for a lower loonie may support prices

Winnipeg Choice (110+ lb.) (95 - 109 lb.) (80 - 94 lb.) (Under 80 lb.) (New crop)

Wooled Fats

— — — — — —

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 2010 Under 1.2 kg..................................................$1.5130 1.2 - 1.65 kg....................................................$1.3230 1.65 - 2.1 kg....................................................$1.3830 2.1 - 2.6 kg.....................................................$1.3230

Turkeys Minimum prices as of December 11, 2016 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.885 Undergrade ........................................ $1.795 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.870 Undergrade .........................................$1.770 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.870 Undergrade .........................................$1.770 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.855 Undergrade...........................................$1.770 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 147.38 - 199.60 195.43 - 218.01 207.72 - 232.20 204.72 - 241.90 186.98 - 339.94 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

Eggs Minimum prices to producers for ungraded eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board effective November 10, 2013. New Previous A Extra Large $2.00 $2.05 A Large 2.00 2.05 A Medium 1.82 1.87 A Small 1.40 1.45 A Pee Wee 0.3775 0.3775 Nest Run 24 + 1.8910 1.9390 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

“It becomes more difficult once we get past the first quarter.”

DAVE SIMS CNSC

s Manitoba ranchers prepare for a new calendar year, at least one industry expert expects the strength growers saw late in 2016 to carry over into January. “We saw significant increases in the prices for finished cattle during most of December and an increase in the futures market for both feeder cattle and finished cattle,” said Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying Co. Going forward, he expects buyers will be extremely disciplined in what they choose to buy and how much they’re willing to spend. During the early fall of 2016, cattle buyers showed a significant degree of caution and Wright expects that trend to continue. “I think that after the losses we saw in 2016 the guys will be very disciplined when they’re buying,” he said. “We’re going to see cautiousness in the business.” In January 2016 it was common to see feeder steers (300-400 lbs.) going for $250$300 per hundredweight. Heifers in the same weight category were around the $240-$280 range. However, the latest prices recorded in late November saw those same steers falling into the $200-$230 range, with heifers in the $175-$200 range. After the first quarter of 2017, Wright said, growers may see even more pressure on the feeders as packers juggle the supply:demand ratio. “It becomes more difficult once we get past the first quarter,” he said. “We see the

rick wright Heartland Order Buying Co.

finished cattle are (typically) not worth quite as much.” Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ended 2016 on a six-month high but there were already warning signs on the horizon. Feeder cattle futures for January fell 1-1/2 U.S. cents to US$1.3045/lb. February-dated futures contracts dipped nearly two U.S. cents on Dec. 30 to US$1.1605/lb. The volatility on the U.S. futures market in 2016 was reportedly intensified by packers aggressively bidding for livestock during times of low selection. However, Wright said, “as we get further into 2017 we’re going to see a significant amount of cattle available for the packers to pick from.” The decline of the Canadian dollar will also be a key feature for any supplies headed south of the border. “If we hit a 65-cent dollar like some of the experts are predicting, we’re going to see much stronger prices than what they anticipated.” If, however, the dollar manages to hold ground at 72 or 73 cents, the next few months will likely resemble December levels, said Wright. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

briefs

Hogs tumble after USDA shows biggest U.S. herd since 1943

Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

$1 Cdn: $0.7388 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3535 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices

Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: December 23, 2016

By Michael Hirtzer Chicago / Reuters

A p re - C h r i s t m a s U S D A q u a r t e r l y re p o r t s h ow ing an unexpectedly large hog herd caused Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures to fall more than two per cent Dec. 23. USDA said Dec. 23 the hog and pig herd as of Dec. 1 was 71.5 million head, or 104 per cent of last year. Analysts expected a herd size of 71.1 million or 101.7 per cent of a year ago. Pork production effec-

tively is the largest ever, as hogs now weigh significantly more than they did in 1943, when the herd reached 83.7 million, according to USDA. “There’s a much bigger supply of pigs lined up here for the next few months, a lot more hogs to process. This adds to the slightly negative environment after the rally,” said Allendale Inc. analyst Rich Nelson. He said a reduced slaughter during the holiday season cut into demand and further weighed on prices. Declines in both hog and cattle futures were minimized by monthly Cold Storage data showing 520.3 million lbs. of pork and 531.5 million lbs. of beef in

U.S. freezers in November, each below respective analyst estimates of 566.1 million lbs. of pork and 544.6 million lbs. of beef. “That clearly shows retailers were more aggressive (selling) beef than trade expectations,” Nelson said. USDA also said 10.652 million head of cattle were being fattened on feed for slaughter as of Dec. 1, slightly above estimates for 10.636 million. New placements on feed in November of 1.843 million head, or 115 per cent of last year, were slightly above estimates of 112.3 per cent of a year ago. “A bit on the bearish side due to heavier placements,” a cattle and hog broker said of that USDA cattle data.

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg ( Hd Fats) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 198.38 - 336.54 — 127.93 - 295.74

Horses <1,000 lbs. 1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 34.00 - 72.50 31.00 - 49.00

There will be no market reports from livestock auctions this week. They will return next issue.

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

Whether the weather: A look ahead at 2017

Average quotes as of January 2, 2017 ($/tonne) Future

In grain markets, another rocky ride is a given CNSC

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

hat poem by an anonymous British writer came to mind many times over the past year when trying to put words to what was happening in the canola market. Weather always plays a major part in determining the course of direction taken by grains and oilseeds, but it seemed to be at the forefront more often than usual in 2016. Mother Nature’s roller-coaster started off in the spring, with the large sections of dark red growing on the moisture maps raising concerns over a possible drought in Alberta and Saskatchewan. That dryness persisted through the planting season and brought about dire warnings of low yields and “remember whens?” However, the brunt of a drought never really materialized, as rain finally came to much of the dry Prairies in June and the “click, click, click” of the slowly rising futures market gave way to the inevitable drop. That story is told fairly clearly when looking at the nearby canola futures chart of 2016, with prices seeing steady growth from March through early June before the sharp sell-off that took values right back to where they started by the end of July. It was around that time that the canola market lurched the other way once again, as what had been “much-needed” rains morphed into “too much of a good thing.” Disease and quality concerns became widespread, especially in grains and pulses, but also in canola. If that wasn’t enough, the 2016 western Canadian harvest was quite unlike anything seen before. September was OK and it was looking like a challenging year would at least come to an end somewhat smoothly. However, that wasn’t the case for a large portion of the Prairies, as an early winter storm hit at the beginning of October. The snow stuck around and kept at least a quarter of the country’s crop in the field through the month (and considerably higher percentages in those areas hardest hit).

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

197.68

46.68

244.37

W. Manitoba wheat

197.68

35.49

233.17

E. Manitoba canola

504.00

-23.73

480.27

W. Manitoba canola

504.00

-37.73

466.27 Source: pdqinfo.ca

For three-times-daily market reports and more from Commodity News Service Canada, visit the Markets section at www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Phil-Franz Warkentin

Basis

Then, to turn it all around one more time and ease back into the gate before starting the 2017 adventure, November was about the nicest November ever when it came to harvest weather. The warm and dry conditions would have been more welcome in October, but still came in time to allow most crops to come off. When it was all said and done, Statistics Canada pegged canola production for the year at 18.4 million tonnes, which would be right in line with the previous year’s upwardly revised number and well above some of the more dire projections out earlier in the growing season. However, many analysts still think there is even more canola out there. Now looking ahead, those supplies are already seeing record demand from the domestic crush sector, while exports are running a bit behind the year-ago pace. That demand should provide support going forward, but numerous outside factors will also come to play in 2017. Exchange rates and activity in U.S. markets are a given, but there are plenty of other unknowns heading into 2017, in addition to the weather, that will make their way into this column. For starters, the new political situation in the U.S. comes with plenty of question marks, while Chinese demand is also tricky to pin down. The whims of the charts will also be felt from time to time. Another rocky ride is a given, and perhaps a revised poem is in order… Whether the weather be wet Or weather the weather be dry The future’s uncertain No matter how hard we try Prices will follow the technical charts The loonie, Chicago, and Trump Then all we can do is ask “why?”

Port Prices As of Friday, December 30, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

146.43

3.23

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

239.94

-1.37

Canola Thunder Bay

524.50

-3.80

Canola Vancouver

534.50

-3.80

Closing Futures Prices As of Thursday, December 22, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

505.70

-12.60

ICE milling wheat

232.00

-6.00

ICE barley

142.00

0.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

196.58

-3.40

Chicago SRW wheat

145.87

-4.50

Kansas City HRW wheat

149.92

-2.48

Corn

136.71

-3.54

Oats

141.36

-3.89

Soybeans

365.42

-15.52

Soymeal

340.85

-8.60

Soyoil

767.12

-43.00

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, December 22, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

n/a

Feed barley

162.13

1.38

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

n/a

490.53

-0.79

n/a

Oats

206.20

0.00

Soybeans

409.70

-11.39

14.00

unch

Ask

Sunflower (NuSun) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT) Sunflower (Confection) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT)

Western Canadian wheat bids steady to end year Average CWRS prices ran around $227 in southeastern Saskatchewan BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN CNS Canada

pring wheat bids in Western Canada held reasonably steady during the week ended Dec. 30, with small gains posted in some locations and small losses in others. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down $1 to up $1 per tonne compared to the previous week, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $227 per tonne in Saskatchewan’s southeast

region, to as high as $244 in northern Alberta. Compared to the same time a year ago, values were up by about $7-$8 per tonne, as average CWRS bids at the start of 2016 had ranged from about $219 to $237. Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but generally held steady on the week, to range from about $30 to $47 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between U.S. dollar-denominated futures and Canadian dollar cash bids. When accounting for currency exchange rates by adjusting Canadian prices to U.S. dollars,

CWRS bids ranged from US$169 to US$182 per tonne. That would put the currency-adjusted basis levels at about US$13 to US$26 below the futures. Looking at it the other way around, if the Minneapolis futures are converted to Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from $17 to $35 below the futures. Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat bids firmed slightly in many locations, to range from $154 to $171 per tonne across the Prairies. Av e r a g e d u r u m p r i c e s w e r e n a r r ow l y m i x e d , w i t h b i d s i n Saskatchewan coming in at about $284-$294 per tonne. The March spring wheat contract

in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based, was quoted at US$5.38 per bushel on Dec. 30, up about 7.25 U.S. cents per bushel from the previous week. Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPSR in Canada. The March K.C. wheat contract was quoted Dec. 30 at US$4.185 per bushel, up about 12.25 U.S. cents compared to the previous week. T h e Ma rc h C h i c a g o Bo a rd o f Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.08 on Dec. 30, up by about 14.5 U.S. cents on the week. The Canadian dollar settled Dec. 30 at 74.48 U.S. cents, up by more than half a cent compared to the previous week.

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LIVESTOCK h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G

Creating a natural rhythm Lighting experts suggest the correct light intensity and duration can have positive effects on the health, fertility, welfare and productivity of dairy cattle BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff / Brandon

he lighting in your barn m a y b e h a v i n g m o re of an effect than you realize. “The livestock’s biological clock is regulated by light striking the pituitary gland in the middle of the brain. A lack of light depresses metabolism and causes increased melatonin output. We see this effect in the shorter days of winter,” said Andrew Hannon, lighting solution specialist with Agrilight Inc., an expert lighting company that specializes in livestock barns and agricultural buildings. Research has shown that a well-lit barn can both boost your bottom line by reducing energy costs and increase milk production. “ T h e b e n e f i t s o f p ro p e r barn lighting are that we can simulate and achieve a natural rhythm for the livestock in the barn. We want to manipulate that day, night rhythm,” Hannon said.

Research Independent research on the effects of lighting on dairy cattle began in 1978 at Michigan St a t e Un i ve r s i t y w h e re researchers placed one group of dairy cows into 16 hours of light, followed by an eighthour period of darkness and another group that was left at a natural light period during calving. “The study was conducted between September and March and it took place over the first 100 days postpartum. Cows on a long day regime produced two litres per day more milk than those on the natural photoperiod,” Hannon said. At 100 days the treatments were switched. The cows previously on a natural photoperiod increased in milk production when brought in to the long day light, where those that were on the supplemented lighting decreased their milk yield. “The results suggested that exposure to long day lighting increases milk yield and it does so across the production level,” Hannon said. Since this initial study, a number of similar studies have been conducted in North America and Europe and the response has been confirmed, the correct light intensity and duration have positive effects on the health, fertility, welfare and productivity of dairy cattle.

Researchers have found that light impacts hormone levels in cows and can have a positive impact on milk yield. photo: supplied

“The benefits of proper barn lighting are that we can simulate and achieve a natural rhythm for the livestock in the barn. We want to manipulate that day, night rhythm.” Andrew Hannon lighting solution specialist with Agrilight Inc.

Researchers have found that light impacts hormone levels in cows and can increase milk productivity by 15 per cent. “Based on those studies, the recommended long day lighting for both milking cows and growing heifers is a light intensity of 150 to 200 lux over a 16-hour period, followed by an eight-hour dark period with a light intensity less than 50 lux.” This lighting equation simu l a t e s l o n g s u m m e r d a y s, the days the cow is naturally the most active, resulting in higher yields and higher feed intake.

“With that increase in feed intake and an adequate rest period, that long day lighting provides, the overall health of the cow is usually improved as it is less stressed, which in turn also helps improve fertility,” Hannon said.

What to consider When looking at your facility and its lighting, there are a few things to take into account. Is the interior of the barn a reflective material? Plywood or concrete may require more lighting. As well, different areas of the barn require different light intensity.

“Veterinarian areas require very intense light levels because of the inspection required, whereas your feed alleys and sleeping pack areas require less intense light,” Hannon said. When positioning lighting it is best to watch for posts, beams or anything that may cast irritating shadows. “You do not want to put lights above ceiling fans. You will in effect create a strobe light, which is unsettling for, not just cows, but also all other livestock and people as well. Do not put lights over fans,” Hannon said. “Other considerations that are very important are electri-

cal considerations in general. Cows specifically are ver y sensitive to stray voltage and electrical noise can interfere with our RFID tag technology. So, things like grounding your electrical system become very important. It is amazing how low the voltage can be and a cow can detect that voltage. That is when you start to see cows not wanting to go to feeding troughs or other behavioural issues.” When looking at different l i g h t i n g o p t i o n s , Ha n n o n says LED lights are the most popular in agricultural buildi n g s b e c a u s e o f t h e l ow energy use with virtually no maintenance. “Florescent lights would be next most popular and they are ver y good energy cons u m p t i o n , e f f i c i e n c y- w i s e but have a high-maintenance factor,” Hannon said. “Then there are HID systems, which have a moderate or low efficiency on energy consumption. They are the highest burner of energy and they have a medium level of maintenance.” Hannon also recommends light products that have damp or wet location ratings as they will last longer. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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Beef cattle market continues to see volatility Coming off two years of solid prices, cattle producers are adjusting to the realities to today’s market BY JENNIFER PAIGE

“2014 and 2015 held great profitability and amazing returns, which was good to see, but now we are in a different position.”

Co-operator staff/Brandon

here’s just one way to describe the beef market over the past five years — volatile. B e n j a m i n Ha m m , f a r m m a n agement specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says that’s the only thing that comes to mind when he looks at the market. “In 2015 we had some crazy highs, up to $3.75 and even a few spikes to up to $4 a pound,” Hamm said. “If anyone has been watching the market, the market fundamentals sure have changed in the past few months. They are significantly off of what they were in the past two years, so a little bit challenging for a lot of producers to get used to.” Hamm says that 2016 did start off with relatively high values but prices have been dropping every week. “There have been some significant swings. We had awesome profitability in the cow-calf sector and backgrounders were definitely making some money in 2014 and 2015. But now we are seeing prices moving and are at a low of $170 on steer prices,” Hamm said. According to Hamm, prices spiked close to $270 for the 800-pound steers, but now appear to be on a down cycle. “Typically we see about two or three years of profitability and then a few years of not-so-great profit and then a few more years of profitability,” Hamm said. “2014 and 2015

Benjamin Hamm farm management specialist, Manitoba Agriculture

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held great profitability and amazing returns, which was good to see, but now we are in a different position.” For 2016, Hamm expects to remain on the positive side, just not as positive as the past two years. “We should still be about $100 above covering operating and labour on the cow-calf side. Backgrounding, a little bit more volatility. We did definitely see profitability in 2014, some profitability in 2015, but we are definitely having some losses on the backgrounding side and predicting to have some more in the future here,” Hamm said. “The longer you

feed the calf the more risk you are exposed to and if you did buy on the high end and selling them out at a lower price. The math just doesn’t add up and we are seeing some significant losses.”

Cattle numbers Hamm reports the beef cow herd in Canada sits at about 3.8 million head, with Manitoba holding about 11.5 per cent of the nation’s total at approximately 440,000 head. “That number is significantly down from the highs we did see in 2003. Our numbers peaked in 2003

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and 2004. And in 2004 and 2005, we were expecting expansion with the pricing and the profitability in the cow-calf and backgrounding side, yet we didn’t see it,” Hamm said. “I guess producers were skeptical that prices wouldn’t last too long and they definitely didn’t.” Alber ta continues to hold the majority of the national herd at 1.56 million, about 41 per cent. The U.S. beef cow inventory sits about 10 times Canada’s at 30 million head of beef cows and Hamm re p o r t s t h a t t h e y d i d s e e s o m e expansion in 2015 and 2016. Some had predicted that Manitoba may see some expansion in 2016, but that did not come to fruition. “We did think we might see some expansion in 2016. But all we did was cull more. So, we did some good production practices, it just didn’t help with the herd expansion in Manitoba,” Hamm said. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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Worker shortages mean tougher times for beef and pork producers Foreign workers will be part of the solution, Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council says BY ALEX BINKLEY

“The sustainability and future growth of Canada’s agriculture and agri-food industry is at risk.”

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abour shortages will restrict growth in the beef and pork sectors during the next decade, says the latest analysis from the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC). It says that “a widening labour gap threatens to limit the profitability and growth of Canada’s red-meat industry.” The council is examining 11 agriculture sectors. It has already released a report on grain industry worker shortages as well as a sectorwide analysis. “The gap between labour demand and the domestic workforce in agriculture has doubled from 30,000 to 59,000 in the past 10 years and projections indicate that by 2025, the Canadian agri-workforce could be short workers for 114,000 jobs,” said Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, CAHRC executive director. “The sustainability and future growth of Canada’s agriculture and agri-food industry is at risk. It is critically important that this risk is acknowledged and mitigated in an intentional and strategic way.” The council’s findings highlighted the problems the agri-food industry faces because of restrictions on foreign workers, which the government has partially modified.

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The latest study found that in 2014, the beef industry workforce consisted of 40,900 people and was unable to fill 3,500 jobs due to a lack of domestic workers. The pork industry, which employed 14,000 people that year, was unable to fill 800 jobs. By 2025, these industries are expected to see the labour gap widen significantly, with as many as 15,500 more jobs than the domestic workforce can fill. B y 2 0 2 5 , “m o r e t h a n o n e i n four jobs in the beef industry and nearly one in five jobs in the pork industry are expected to be at risk i f a d d i t i o n a l s o u rc e s o f l a b o u r can’t be found,” the report said. Renewed global markets and a growing demand for animal protein in emerging markets are dr iving a higher demand for Canadian beef and pork. “The widening labour gap will have a significant economic impact. In 2014, labour shortages in the

beef and pork industries resulted in an estimated $311 million in lost sales. In addition to financial losses, a national survey of beef and pork producers indicated a range of other issues: 23 per cent of beef producers and 38 per cent of pork producers reported production losses due to an insufficient workforce, and 21 per cent of beef producers and 17 per cent of pork producers reported delaying expansion plans due to insufficient workforce. The most significant factor in the growing labour shortage is the retirement of these industries’ olderthan-average workforces. Over the next 10 years, nearly one in three Canadian beef workers and one in four Canadian pork workers are expected to retire. While the beef and pork industries offer a work environment with low seasonality, little variability in hours, and less physically demanding work than many other agricul-

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COLUMN

The importance of feeding salt to horses A horse’s behaviour is the best sign of a salt deficiency, rather than subtle and non-specific symptoms Carol Shwetz

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alt is the most important mineral required by horses, yet its importance is often overlooked in favour of seemingly more important minerals. Although the majority of a horse’s mineral quota will be met with a good-quality longstem forage, the salt content in grasses and hay is too low for the needs of a horse. Consequently all horses will need salt supplementation. Salt is an essential part of nutrition and just like any other nutritional deficiency, when a horse’s salt requirement is not met health consequences develop over time. Common salt, a combination of sodium and chloride, is essential for countless critical functions in the body. When dissolved in the bloodstream these two minerals become ionized and are integral to electrical signals and communication throughout the body. This communication is instrumental for the nervous and musculoskeletal systems to function properly. Sodium has the ability to hold water in the tissues and thus its presence has a major influence on hydration and fluid dynamics in the body. Insufficient sodium inevitably leads to a degree of dehydration. This function of sodium is so important to the body that the sodium levels are “read” by the brain in determining when to trigger thirst.

Common salt, a combination of sodium and chloride, is essential for countless critical functions in the body.

Sodium is also involved i n m ov i n g g l u c o s e a c ro s s t h e c e l l m e m b ra n e w h e re it is used as a fuel source. If sodium is insufficient at the cellular level glucose transport in the tissues is impaired. Ultimately this translates into ill health and may present as early fatigue, muscle weakn e s s e s a n d i m p a i re d p e rformance. Less recognized benefits of adequate salt are an aid in blood sugar regulation, hormone balance, maintenance of healthy weight, health of hooves and hair coat, pH balance of the body and its function as a natural antihistamine. Salt insufficiency generally develops over a period of weeks or months and clinical signs of minor deficiencies are generally non-specific and subtle. Fortunately the behaviour of the horses them-

selves provides a valuable clue regarding their salt requirement. Horses lacking salt often develop an abnormal appetite, also known as “pica” and lick objects that may have traces of salt on them. These can include but are not limited to wood, metal, stones, fences, bark, hands, vehicles, and soil. Although the occurrence of pica does not necessarily indicate a salt deficiency, it does warrant a check for the availability of a sufficient salt source. A decrease in water intake often accompanies a salt deficiency as the body attempts to preserve what salt it does have. The dehydration closely associated with salt deficiency places such horses at a greater risk for colic. Sa l t re q u i re m e n t o f a n y one individual horse is in a constant state of flux — just o b s e r ve t h e d a i l y a c t i v i t y around the salt lick within a group of horses for a period of time. This is because “true” salt intake is influenced by a number of factors including an animal’s own unique biochemistry, diet, lifestyle and various events in the horse’s life. Even the weather will determine the amount of salt a horse needs, since weather directly affects the growth and chemical composition of forages. The salinity of water sources can also influence a horse’s need for salt from outside sources. Waters from deep ground wells tend to be quite saline in nature. Wi t h s o m a n y va r i a b l e s influencing the salt needs of a horse, it becomes problematic for human logic to determine the exactness of any one horse’s salt requirements. For tunately horses have an innate ability or inner wisdom to regulate their own salt requirement. Therefore it is possible to allow the horse itself to meet its own salt equilibrium. In order to do so it will need free-choice access to a readily available source of salt. First, some basics: an average-size horse of 450 kg (1,000 pounds) needs roughly two level tablespoons or one ounce of salt per day to meet its requirement for sodium and chloride. The demand for salt will flux daily and can double and even triple when w o rk l o a d a n d / o r h o t a n d humid environments increase sweat losses. Providing salt for horses can mean simply tossing out a salt block. As convenient and economical as this common practice is, it does have shortcomings and often does not suffice meeting the salt requirements of many horses. Processed and/or pressed salt blocks were originally designed to be consumed by the rough tongue of cattle, and so the smooth tongue of the horse often fails to easily remove the quantity of salt necessary to satiate the horse. While the addition of trace minerals in “colour-coded” salt blocks may seem to be a good idea, the inexpensive forms of inorganic minerals used are rarely bioavailable

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to the animal. Some horses object to the bitter taste of minerals in the salt block and thus will not ingest the salt they require. One way to improve availability of salt for the horse is to provide a source of natural salt. It has been my experience that horses offered a source of natural salt will increase their consumption of salt, considerably so at times. Natural salts are not pure white in colour, rather they are reddish, pink or grey due to their unrefined mineral content. They can be

purchased as uneven “rocks” or licks. The fissures and variations in densities and textures inherent to the mined “rocks” create a “softer” lick for the horse, thus increasing their availability for salt. Prov i d i n g h o r s e s w i t h a loose granular or free-flowing form of salt has also been shown to increase both their salt and water consumption. In order to minimize wastage while providing this form of salt it is necessary to utilize covered mineral feeders or secure buckets with the loose

granulated salt in protected shelters. Ho r s e s a p p e a r t o h a v e an innate intelligence when meeting their salt requirements and they also appear to have a preference regarding the quality of salt offered to them. Whenever the salt source is well received by the horse the horse’s own intake will naturally wax and wane as it is continually meeting its own salt equilibrium. Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian focusing on equine practice in Millarville, Alta.

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WEATHER VANE “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” Mark Twain, 1897

Typical mid-winter weather Issued: Saturday, December 31, 2016 · Covering: January 4 – January 11, 2017 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

fter a fairly active last week of December, it looks as though January will start off on the quiet side. High pressure looks to dominate our weather pattern over the next week or two, with the main storm track expected to stay to our south. A ridge of arctic high press u re i s f o re c a s t t o s l ow l y slide southeastward from the Yukon into the eastern U.S. dur ing the week, br inging with it clear skies and cold but typical mid-winter temperatures. The arctic high w i l l c o m e d ow n i n p i e c e s instead of just one big area of high pressure. This means we will see a day or two of fairly cold temperatures followed by a day or two of a little milder readings. The coldest temperatures look to be on Thursday and Friday morning, with temperatures

expected to bottom out in the -25 C range. Fo r t h e we ek e nd , t he weather models predict the development of an area of low pressure over Montana that will quickly move through our region late on Sunday or early Monday. Temperatures ahead of this low will moderate, with highs expected to be in the -8 C range over the weekend. This system doesn’t look as though it will bring much snow, with only a light dusting expected. Another shot of cold arctic air is expected to move in behind this low, as arctic high pressure again builds southward. Expect overnight lows to bottom out near -30 C by Wednesday morning. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -22 to -4 C; lows, -32 to -14 C. #

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

30 Day Percent of Average Precipitation

November 20, 2016 to December 19, 2016 < 40 40 to 60 60 to 85 85 to 115 115 to 150

Fort St. John

150 to 200 > 200

Edmonton

Kamloops

Saskatoon

Calgary Regina

Winnipeg

Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

Copyright © 2016 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Science and Technology Branch. Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Provincial and private agencies. Produced using near real-time data that has undergone some quality control. The accuracy of this map varies due to data availability and potential data errors.

Created: 2016-12-20 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation, compared to average, that fell across the Prairies during the 30 days ending Dec. 19. The main storm track was focused on the southeastern Prairies, with most of agricultural Manitoba seeing average to above-average amounts.

Winter storms dump heavy snow

The holiday storm was shy a couple of key ingredients needed to take it over the top BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

hat has turned out to be a wetter-thanaverage year across our region has, I guess, appropr iately ended with more wet, or rather, snowy weather. Usually at the end of December there is little to no talk about spring flooding concerns; after all, there is still a lot of winter left. With the snow cover starting to build up to levels we haven’t seen in a few years, combined with the wet fall weather, people are already worrying about the potential for spring flooding. There are still a number of factors that can impact spring flooding, but as things are going so far, it is definitely becoming a concern. Hopefully the Chr istmas snowstorm didn’t have too bad of an impact on your holiday activities. Personally, I took advantage of the short but strong Colorado low to sit back and relax on Boxing Day, at least until I had to go out and snow blow! Each year I write that I kind of wish for a Christmas snowstorm, but you can’t blame me for this; weather just happens! Luckily, or unluckily, depending on what you wanted to happen, this Colorado low was miss-

With Colorado’s location, warm moisture-laden air from the Gulf of Mexico is often available.

ing a couple of key ingredients that would have made it a truly epic Christmas snowstorm. I thought I would go into a little bit of the background on how and why these Colorado lows form. Then I will look at what was missing from this particular storm. As air flows in from the Pacific Ocean it is forced upward by the Rocky Mountains. At the same time the tropopause (the top of the troposphere) acts as a lid, causing the air to be squeezed and shrink vertically. To compensate for this, the air must spread out horizontally. This then causes the air to start to curve anticyclonically, or toward the southeast. As this air moves to the southeast it gains a cyclonic spin and turns toward the northeast. We have now created a trough of low pressure, but why does this sometimes result in Colorado lows? There are a couple of answers to this question. First, the region around Colorado

has some of the highest mountains. This greatly shrinks the column of air as it is forced between the mountains and the tropopause, and the greater the shr inking, the greater the amount of spin imparted to the air, leading stronger troughing to develop. The second part that comes into play is Colorado’s location. As the low begins to d e v e l o p i t s t a r t s t o d ra w air in from the south. With Colorado’s location, war m moisture-laden air from the Gulf of Mexico is often available. If you remember back to previous discussions about thunderstorms, moisture in the air equals energy, especially when it is forced to rise up and condense, releasing all of its heat. This extra energy can really get these storm systems going, resulting in the big bad Colorado lows. T h i s y e a r ’s C h r i s t m a s Colorado low had plenty of spin to it, aided by a strong upper-level low. It also had

Table: Mother Nature’s Christmas gift Location

Snowfall total (cm)

Winnipeg

18-33

Brandon

21-25

Steinbach

Ross

Beausejour

Pinawa

Grand Beach

Carman

Winkler

Boissevain

Melita

Miami

Stony Mountain

Woodlands

plenty of Gulf moisture to work with. What it was missing was a really strong push of arctic high pressure. While the pressure in the low was fairly low and helped to fuel moderately strong winds, we didn’t have a strong area of high pressure close enough to us to create a really strong pressure gradient, which equals really strong winds. The second missing ingredient that kept this storm from being worse was the progressive nature of the weather pat-

tern. Often when these powerful lows spin up, they form in an environment where eastward movement is blocked, preventing the storm from quickly moving through. This storm didn’t encounter that, and was able to zip through in less than 24 hours. If it had been slowed down, I think snow totals would have broken records in several locations. In the table here you’ll see a list of unofficial snowfall totals for the storm. Have a great new year!

The Manitoba Co-operator | January 5, 2017

CROPS h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G

Public or private? Both are needed, say wheat breeders Canada’s wheat breeding remains almost all public, while other jurisdictions have gone all private or to a mixed model BY ALLAN DAWSON

Declining importance Wheat is important. It’s the most widely grown and traded crop globally, Patterson said. And it accounts for around eight per cent of Canadian farmers’ cash receipts, or almost $3.8 billion a year, said Rob Graf, a winter wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada based in Lethbridge, Alta. But wheat’s popularity is declining because other crops earn farmers more. This year western Canadian farmers harvested 21.9 million acres of wheat — the lowest in five years, Statistics Canada said in its November production report. Farmers want private investment in wheat like in corn and soybeans, said Jim Anderson, a wheat breeder at the University of Minnesota. “They are very pro-technology,” he said. “But at the same time they want a very strong public

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aking wheat a more competitive crop requires public and private breeder co-operation — and getting a return on investment from farmers buying seed. That was the consensus among panellists discussing wheat breeding at the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium here Nov. 23. “My observation would be that ultimately farmers are going to be paying for this one way or another,” Garth Patterson, executive director of the Western Grains Research Foundation ( WGRF) said. Farmers will pay if it makes sense, said Henry Van Ankum, a farmer from Almonte, Ont., and a director of the Grain Farmers of Ontario. “The way I view it is you have to spend money to make money,” he said. “We’ve got to attract investment. Sometimes that investment needs a return. “We’re going to have to pay our share of it along the way.”

Public and private wheat breeding was discussed by a panel at the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium in Ottawa Nov. 23. The participants were (l) Ontario farmer Henry Van Ankum, Marcus Weidler, Bayer CropScience, Garth Patterson, Western Grains Research Foundation, Jim Anderson, wheat breeder, University of Minnesota and Rob Graf, a winter wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

sector. They want an alternative to the companies. The thing that I hear a lot of is, ‘Jim, we don’t want wheat to go the same way as soybean.’” The same is heard among Canadian canola farmers. Soybeans are pushing wheat out of rotations, said Marcus Weidler, head of Seeds Canada for Bayer CropScience. “There must be a reason why soybeans are more attractive,” he said. It’s not just a lack of technology in wheat. Demand for corn and soybeans is growing for demographic and economic reasons, Patterson noted (see sidebar). Wheat hasn’t been geneti cally modified to resist herbicides or insect pests. But western Canadian wheat yield gains due to improved varieties, on average, increased 0.7 per cent a year between 1991 and 2012, Graf said. Those gains were “somewhat higher than the global average.” In 2016, 95 per cent of the Canada Western Red Spring wheat grown in the West were public varieties.

“From the standpoint of yield increases, largely from the public sector, I would say we have done a really good job,” Graf said. On-farm increases were double that, due to improved agronomy. “Long-term, stable, well-funded programs have been an effective strategy (due to) WGRF funding,” he said. Most of it came from farmers through provincial wheat checkoffs. There are the equivalent of 11 publicly funded wheat breeders in Canada and four with private companies — one breeder for about every two million acres of wheat. “So I would say there is ample room for the private sector,” Graf said. “My question would be how long patience lasts in the private sector if there is no product? Graf bred wheat for Saskatchewan Wheat Pool until it pulled out after several years. Weidler didn’t respond directly, but noted that five years ago Bayer decided to invest $1.9 billion into wheat over 10 years.

Co-operator staff / Ottawa

Bayer is investing $24 million in Canadian wheat development, including its breeding station at Pike Lake, Sask. Public wheat breeding in Canada is pertinent, Graf said. “Public sector cultivars have been very popular and public sector wheat-breeding activities are currently vital to the industry. I don’t think anyone could say that we really could do without them.” Public wheats dominate the U.S. market too, Anderson said. In Europe, however, it’s the opposite, Weidler said. Public researchers focus on pre-breeding such as developing new breeding techniques and focusing on high-risk, longer-term targets, thereby supporting both the private sector on the breeding side but also supplying farmers with new innovations. In Germany major companies such as Bayer, Syngenta and Limagrain are working with the public sector through a body known as proWeizen, to develop an efficient hybrid wheat-breeding platform. See wheat breeders on page 18 »

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Wheat acreage decline connected to demographics, economics Making wheat more productive won’t likely boost plantings, but it will help keep the crop in farmers’ rotations, says the WGRF’s Garth Patterson BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff/Ottawa

s wheat plantings d e c l i n e i n We s t e r n Canada and elsewhere, some say the fix is transferring the innovation in crops such as canola, soybeans and corn. But there are other fact o r s a t p l a y, s a y s Ga r t h Patterson, executive director of the Western Grains Research Foundation. “The markets aren’t treating wheat as favourably as some of the other crops,” he said Nov. 23 during a panel discussion on public and private wheat breeding at the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium. “And the issue is attracting investment so we have to work together (as public and private wheat breeders).” A Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report says demand for commodities such as corn, vegetable oil and sugar are driven by a growing world population and poor people earning better incomes, but wheat demand is driven only by population growth, he said. Between 2002 and 2004 world food prices were up an average of 73 per cent. Meat

(much of it produced by feeding corn and soybean meal) went up 63 per cent, while vegetable oil and sugar jumped 68 and 215 per cent, respectively. Cereal prices, up 43 per cent, were well below the average, Patterson noted. Average annual world corn consumption was up three per cent the last five years, but wheat consumption, rose 1.8 per cent a year, International Grains Council figures show. It projects in the next five years corn consumption will see an average increase of 1.8 per cent a year — almost double wheat’s expected one per cent annual rise. “It makes sense because as people upgrade their diets they usually lower consumption of cereals for the other foods,” Patterson said in an interview Dec. 8. “The point I was making was, we shouldn’t expect high growth rates in cereal consumption.” Farmers respond to market signals, Patterson said, which is to say they plant what they think will make them the most profit. Based on the data, Patterson said he doesn’t expect a big jump in wheat acres, unless a crop failure somewhere results in higher prices.

Wheat acres have declined because farmers make more money with other crops, says Garth Patterson, executive director of the Western Grains Research Foundation. World wheat consumption is tied to the rise in population, but corn and soybean demand is also driven by a shift in diet, he told the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

Bu t t h a t d o e s n’t m e a n investing in wheat innovation is a waste. Increasing wheat productivity through improved varieties and agronomic practices is what farmers need to make growing the crop more profitable, Patterson said. “That would still keep wheat in the rotation,” he said. “To be sustainable we need cereals in the rotation.” And while private companies might make more selling the seed of higher-value

crops, wheat remains the most widely grown crop in the world. “That is still a lot of acres for a market, but it is a lowervalue market compared to what you see for corn, soy, cotton and canola,” Patterson said. Western Canadian farmers harvested 21.9 million acres of wheat this year — the lowest in five years, Statistics Canada said in its November production report.

Wheat acreage the previous five years averaged 22.2 million, down eight per cent from the previous 10-year average of 24 million. The decline in wheat acreage isn’t isolated to Western Canada. “ ( In 2 0 1 2 Ha n s B r a u n , CIMMYT ’s director of global wheat program observed that maize, soybeans and cotton were pushing wheat globally into marginal production areas, which lowe r s t h e y i e l d p o t e n t i a l ,” Pa t t e r s o n s a i d . “He c o n cluded that partnerships — public-private — were the key to increased research in wheat.” The WGRF, which administers money collected from farmers to invest in research, has been partnering with the private sector for years, he added. Annual wheat yield increases aren’t keeping pace w i t h p o p u l a t i o n g r ow t h , Ma rc u s We i d l e r, h e a d o f Seeds Canada for Bayer CropScience, said later in an interview. That and the drop in wheat acres means breeders need to boost yields even more, he added. allan@fbcpublishing.com

wheat breeders Continued from page 17

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“It is the largest pre-competitive wheat project ever c o n d u c t e d i n G e r m a n y,” Weidler said. Once developed through this model, the private companies will adopt advances and then compete, he said. Five million euros invested by the public is being matched by the companies. “I think that is one solution to think about — how we can split the work between the private and public sector,” Weidler said. Wheat breeding in Australia went 100 per cent pr ivate after the introduction of endpoint royalties paid by farmers, Weidler said. However, public researchers are spending the same amount of money just on pre-breeding as they did 10 years ago on p re - b re e d i n g a n d v a r i e t y development. “I am getting a little bit ner vous with how fragmented the situation is here in Canada,” Weidler said later in an interview. “Everybody is trying to do a little bit, but there is very little co-ordination on what needs to be done. So I wonder how long can Canadian wheat be competitive in the global market.” W h e a t a g ro n o m y, w h i c h has the potential to match yield increases from genetic improvements, also needs more investment, he added. Fa r m e r s w i l l u l t i m a t e l y d e c i d e i f t h e r e’s e n o u g h incentive for public and pri-

Canada’s publicly funded wheat breeders have done a good job increasing wheat yields thanks to funding from the Western Grains Research Foundation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, winter wheat breeder Rob Graf told the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium in Ottawa Nov. 23. photos: allan dawson

vate wheat breeders to continue in Canada, Weidler said. But it doesn’t matter if the public doesn’t accept the benefits of modern agriculture, Weidler said. Private companies are getting more involved in wheat breeding in the U.S., by partnering with universities, Anderson said. “The growers realize they have a pretty good deal with the public varieties because the seed is cheaper,” he said. What farmers pay through state wheat checkoffs is probably one-tenth of what they’d pay for wheats developed by private companies, he said. “So they are getting a good bang for their buck I think.” Canadian farmers also want low seed costs, but also to attract company investment. It means balancing farmer and corporate interests.

In Europe private companies dominate wheat breeding, with public researchers focused on pre-breeding, Marcus Weidler, head of seeds Canada for Bayer CropScience, told the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium.

Last year JRG Consulting Group, at the request of provincial wheat and barley commissions and associations, explored five options ranging from the status quo with more co-ordination, to a farmerowned wheat development company. The consultants prefer a model that would create a non-profit producer body called Wheat and Barley West. It a l l ow s f o r e c o n o m i e s of scale and a consolidated farmer voice accommodating larger and/or more focused strategic investments in variety development, the report said. It’s less risky for farmers, than starting a farmer-owned seed company. It also puts farmers in position to gear up should the federal government, which currently produces and pays for most new cereal varieties, decides to cut back. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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AWB head found to have breached duties

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Changing landownership driving rural depopulation: NFU More non-farmer landowners spells trouble for rural Canada, the organization says “On the surface, the land is still under cultivation, but further examination reveals the disappearance of families, of residences, imperilled schools, churches, small businesses, all echoing the effect of rural depopulation...”

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ural Canada is losing population and communities are suffering because of changing farmland ownership patterns and it’s time for governments to correct the situation, says Emery Huszka, president of the National Farmers Union of Ontario. “Landownership in addition to consolidation now sees pension funds, investment professionals and non-farm investors gobbling up ground as if it were candy at Halloween,” Huszka, a member of the NFU National Council, told the Senate agriculture committee inquiry into farmland ownership trends. “On the surface, the land is still under cultivation, but further examination reveals the disappearance of families, of residences, imperilled schools, churches, small businesses, all echoing the effect of rural depopulation that land grabbing has served to accelerate.” Hu s z k a n o t e d t h e f a r m group’s Losing Our Grip report sets out steps the federal and provincial governments could t a k e t o e n s u re f a r m l a n d remains in the hands of farmers. The two levels of government “must enact a unified set of landownership restrictions wherein farmland can be owned only by individuals who reside in the province in which the land is located or by incorporated farming operations, including co-operatives owned by individuals who reside in the

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province in which the land is located.” Provinces should closely track and public report annually on foreign and domestic ownership, he says. “Provinces should also consider legislating appropriate maximum size of land holdings per individual, per incorporated family, or per cooperative farm or corporation, as has been enacted in Prince Edward Island.” Another positive measure would be a differential tax rate to encourage “ownership by farm families and other local citizens, and discourage investors and large corporations from buying and owning farmland. “Farmers and other local residents should be charged lower

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W h i l e f a r m i n g re q u i re s access to land, its “unrestricted commoditization as a liquid asset to be disposed of at will is fundamentally flawed,” he continued. “That which serves as the foundation for life itself demands our thoughtful reflection. If indeed we believe in fundamental human rights, including the right to have access to life-giving food, then we must embrace the need for farmers to have access and control over their land.” G ov e r n m e n t s a n d s o c i ety don’t appreciate the talents a farmer requires. “To be a skilled farmer is to develop multiple skill sets. One must be an agronomist, accounta n t , m a r k e t e r, m e c h a n i c , human resources manager, purchaser, veterinarian, engineer, et cetera. One must adapt to becoming multi-faceted. As part of a strong farm community, these skills evolve and the knowledge is traditionally shared among farming neighbours.” If Canada allows farm families “to march into our history books, our country loses one of our core strengths and that is the farming community itself.” While agriculture has learned to produce more with fewer people, there are “hidden dangers under the mask of what we fantasize as a successful example of advanced agriculture. The unsustainable high cost of technology, the need for all production partners to have an entitled profit, the acceleration of land as a stable asset in an investment portfolio or pension plan or liquid asset to attract desired foreign investment create the perfect storm for a race to the loss of our food sovereignty.” What the NFU wants is for “our fellow eaters to engage in a larger societal debate that would ultimately identify the need to keep farmers on the land.”

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Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation refreshes website There have also been some staff promotions to fill vacancies created by retirements “We gain some efficiencies and we hope our clients do as well.”

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he Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) has given its website a fresh look and promoted some veteran employees to replace retiring colleagues. The agency, which administers crop insurance and provincially backed farm lending in Manitoba, updated its website in mid-December. “We wanted to make it (https://www. masc.mb.ca) mobile friendly and easier for farmers to find information,” David Van Deynze, MASC’s vice-president of insurance, said in an interview Dec. 21. “Producers can submit their seeded acreage reports in the spring and their harvested production reports in the fall. They can also report their old grain online. They can track claims once they log into the system… if a cheque has been cut — those type of things. We are trying to do more and more online. You can apply for hail insurance online as well.” Information farmers submit online means an MASC employee doesn’t have to enter it. “We gain some efficiencies and we hope our clients do as well,” Van Deynze said. “Some just prefer to use a computer to do these things and it allows them to work on it any time they want to. We try to develop the software

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Finding the right person big hurdle for proposed federal science adviser For agriculture finding a candidate that looks beyond the high-tech sector will be key BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

he federal gover n ment’s plan to name a chief science adviser will be welcome — if the appointee has a broad knowledge of science and research in Canada and will speak out for it, say representatives of the agri-food sector. Science Minister K irsty Duncan issued a call for nominations that closes Jan. 27. She said the CSA “will be responsible for providing scientific advice to the prime minister, the minister of science and members of cabinet. This individual will also advise on how to ensure that government science is open to the public; that federal scientists are able to speak freely about their work and that science is effectively communicated across government. The office will be supported by a team of scientists and policy experts.” Originally the position was to be an officer of Parliament who could report directly to MPs and senators much as the Parliamentar y Budget

Officer and other officials do. It’s not clear from Duncan’s announcement how much independence the adviser will be allowed. Se rg e Bu y, C E O o f t h e Agriculture Institute of Canada, says that group supports the decision. “But we would like to see the details and make sure that the mandate is clear and developed in consultation with various partners,” he said. “We hope that whoever takes the role has a good understanding of agriculture and agricultural research. Agriculture is a very important part of Canada’s economic success and it must not be neglected.” Mary Buhr, dean of agriculture and bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan, says it’s crucial the appointee “be very cognizant that science is more than BlackBerry.” “While one person can’t know everything about science, we need someone who can pull together experts from all fields for evidencebased decisions,” she said. Politics tends to be short on men and women with science and engineering back-

ground, which makes the role of the science adviser all the more important, she added. Jeffrey Wichtel, dean of the Ontario Veterinary College, says governments tend to be hijacked by special interest groups and the chief science adviser needs to bring sober second thought to programs and policies. That includes understanding the impact of climate change and environmental degradation. That needs to include a focus on risk management and dealing with new diseases and other threats that climate change will bring to Canada. “It’s i m p o r t a n t f o r t h e science adviser to be a dispassionate voice,” Wichtel said. “The person needs to understand the one health concept gaining acceptance in the human, animal and environmental health fields. Essentially it says the health of people, animals and the e n v i r o n m e n t a re c l o s e l y linked.” A concern for Buhr and Wichtel is how accessible the science adviser or his or her staff will be to the nongovernmental scientific and research community. They

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CAFTA’s Claire Citeau says the organization is less enthusiastic about Canada’s trade deal with Europe, unless outstanding issues can be cleared up prior to implementation. PHOTO: CAFTA

“To date, the issues that remain outstanding include the timely approval of biotechnology traits, the timely approval and re-evaluation of crop input products, and the approval of meatprocessing systems.”

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outstanding technical barriers as possible during the interim period between now and the date the agreement is implemented. “Canadian agri-food exports to the EU currently face high tariffs, with an average of 14 per cent,” Citeau said. “On Day 1 of implementation, tariffs on almost 40 per cent of products will be eliminated immediately. The tariffs are not the only part of the access equation and for some sectors non-tariff barriers are as important as tariff reductions. “The particular issues today that we’re facing with the agreement are that nontariff barriers are happening even before the agreement is implemented and those currently are in two very specific areas: the timely approval of biotechnology traits, and the timely approval and re-evaluation of crop input products and in that regard the European Union, as part of the deal, has committed to timely approval of those traits and currently has not done so, so this creates anxiety for our farmers. “The second very specific issue is in the area of the approval of meat-processing plants, and specifically a m o n g o t h e r s b u t i n p a r-

ticular the areas of carcass washes, again, another area where the EU had committed to working together to advance these issues before the agreement is implem e n t e d b u t c u r re n t l y o u r farmers, our beef and pork p ro d u c e r s, d o n’t h a ve t h e a p p r ov a l t h e y n e e d ,” s h e s t a t e d . “I f t h e a g re e m e n t were implemented today they would not be able to export, regardless of tariffs coming down. “With a population of 500 m i l l i o n p e o p l e, Eu ro p e i s the second-largest importer of agri-food products in the world. In 2014 Canada shipped $3.2 billion in agriculture and agri-food products to the EU, led by wheat, soybeans, oilseeds, pulses, canola oil, frozen foods, and m a p l e s y r u p. T h i s i s o n l y about five per cent of our total agri-food exports. Really, our exports should be much higher.” CAFTA anticipates the trade deal could result in sales of “a n a d d i t i o n a l $ 6 0 0 m i l lion in beef, $400 million in pork, $100 million in grains and oilseeds, $100 million i n s u g a r- c o n t a i n i n g p ro ducts, and a further $300 million in processed fruits and vegetables.”

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“I think it is maybe really necessary to refocus what you are doing and how you are labelling it.”

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Federal funding for climate change research, technol ogy and international assistance hit $11.6 billion in 2014 (all figures U.S. funds), from $2.4 billion in 1993, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. While Tr u m p h a s n o t e x p l i c i t l y said he would cut such funding, one of his advisers told The Guardian newspaper last month that climate research at NASA would be eliminated. A Trump transition team official did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

‘DataRefuge’ Prein at National Center for Atmospheric Research said he had replaced the politically charged term “climate change” with “global change” in a project he submitted for the oil industry. He said that regardless of how it is labelled, interest in climate research would likely endure given the importance of extreme weather forecasting to a broad array of industries, like insurance and energy. However, he was concerned the longer-term work crucial to understanding the scope of global warming could lose critical support. Climate scientist Ben Sa n d e r s o n , a l s o a t N C A R , told Reuters he is applying to renew funding for assessing uncertainty in climate change. “Now the proposal would have to be defensible without referring to climate change explicitly, so to talk about weather risks in general,” he said.

Tracey Holloway, an air quality scientist at the University of Wisconsin, said she believed simple word changes sometimes could help scientists avoid trouble. Using the term “weather” instead of “climate change,” for example, could work for studies that deal with a short-term time scale, she said. But Eric Holthaus, a meteorologist who writes for online magazine Slate, has taken efforts to protect scientists and their work a step further. He spearheaded an effort, with the support of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Toronto, to let scientists move their data onto publicly available non-government servers. The project, called “DataRefuge,” is intended to eliminate the chances of political interference with the data, he said. The signals from the Trump transition team on climate change have also put memb e r s o f O b a m a’s o u t g o ing administration on edge. Current Inter ior Secretar y Sally Jewell told scientists at a conference in San Francisco this week they must confront climate change deniers and speak up if Trump tries to sideline them. White House spokesman Josh Earnest later said in a press briefing he believed the concerns of the scientific community about Trump were “legitimate.” “If the incoming administration determines that they want to base their policy on something other than science, it looks like they’re going to get at least four years to try that out and we’ll have an opportunity to see how it works,” he said. Other scientists were dealing with the stress of a new administration using humour. University of South Florida glaciologist Jason Gulley said his team had a list of joke projects for science under Trump. “How could we weaponize glaciers?” he asked, and what is the best real estate currently hidden under Greenland ice sheets?

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which owns the Chicago Board of Trade and other markets. An online search of disciplinary records showed no other offences. An ADM spokeswoman had no immediate comment. The company did not admit or deny committing violations, according to a CME disciplinary notice. A CME panel found that ADM, through two of its subsidiaries, improperly executed transactions in December 2014, the notice said. ADM “maintained own-

ership and control of the accounts on both sides of the transaction” and executed the orders “for the purpose of transferring positions between ADM subsidiaries,” according to CME. The process in which a trader buys and sells futures contracts to himself or an entity he controls is known as wash trading, and is banned under U.S. futures law. The fine for settling the charges is tiny for ADM, which has a market capitalization of about US$26 billion.

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he European Union has experienced some delays in sowing and emergence of winter cereals, but the situation is more favourable than for rapeseed, which has been severely affected by dry weather, the EU’s crop-monitoring service said Nov. 21. The MARS agency said autumn sowing of soft wheat and barley was partly hindered by the dryness that disrupted earlier rapeseed planting in northwestern Europe while also facing excessive rain and lower-than-usual temperatures in some countries, the MARS service said in a monthly crop report. “Sow i n g a n d e m e r g e n c e conditions for small grains were somewhat difficult, but w i t h i n t h e n o r m a l ra n g e, w h e re a s r a p e s e e d - s ow i n g activities and emergence were hampered by overly dry conditions in France, the Benelux and Germany,” it said. Small grains is a term covering certain cereals including wheat and barley. In France and Germany, the EU’s two biggest grain producers, frequent rain in the second half of October benefited dry soils but also forced some farmers to delay sowing to beyond the usual window, MARS said, adding that cool temperatures also slowed crop establishment. Abundant rain in much of easter n Europe, including Romania, northern Bulgaria and Hungary, had also slowed field work. “As sowing activities are still ongoing in these regions, these late-sown stands will be more vulnerable to frost,” MARS said. The situation was more difficult for rapeseed, after dryness prevented some sowings and led farmers to dig up some p l o t s i n Fra n c e, G e r m a n y and the U.K., it said, adding that conditions were better in Poland. Sowing of durum, the niche wheat variety used to make pasta, was underway and conditions generally favourable in the main producing regions of Italy, Spain, France and Greece, it said. Fo r thi s ye ar’s h ar vest s, MARS made small adjust ments to its monthly yield estimates. MARS made a slight increase to its yield forecast for this year’s drought-affected EU maize harvest to 6.83 t/ha from 6.82 t/ha last month. The revision put the EU yield 1.8 per cent below the average of the past five years, but 6.5 per cent above last year when EU maize suffered more widespread drought damage. Estimated yields for this year’s soft wheat and rapeseed harvests were 5.62 t/ha and 3.21 t/ha respectively.

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Ag Days at 40 Province’s annual farm show still ‘where the ag year begins’ BY DUNCAN MORRISON Co-operator contributor

or ty years ago, a businessminded group of Manitobans saw the need for a gathering that would be by, of and for those living and working in the world of agriculture. Way back then though, the group had no way of knowing their one-room “Weed Fair” would explode in popularity and evolve over the next four decades as Manitoba Ag Days, Canada’s largest indoor farm show. This year’s Manitoba Ag Days will take place January 17 to 19 at Brandon’s Keystone Centre, continuing a long-held tradition and calendar placement as “where the ag year begins” for the 45,000 or so attendees that will take in the three-day show. “This is a special year for us as it is our 40th Anniversary Show,” Kristen Phillips, general manager of Manitoba Ag Days said in a recent interview. “Manitoba Ag Days is the first agricultural show of the year and we are very excited about the opportunity for ag producers to visit and get the latest on technology, products and the everchanging world of agriculture.” According to Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days remains unique from most regular trade shows. Each year the popular farm show has continued to grow and still has steadfastly committed to ensuring that all exhibitors, speakers and presentations are strictly agriculture related. “We have a very diverse selection of exhibitors that attend,” says Phillips. “Exhibitors know they have a targeted market of producers and the ability to promote their business and products as a tremendous opportunity.” Some of the exhibitors have been coming to Manitoba Ag Days for four decades. The Keystone Centre provides 10 acres of floor space that Phillips says will be covered wall to wall with more than 550 exhibitors for the 2017 show.

Regulars Phillips has been around Manitoba Ag Days since 2008 as a volunteer, board member, producer and current manager of the event. She says she sees familiar, friendly faces every year. In fact, some have been taking part in the show since the first-ever show. Phillips mentions Redfern Farm Supplies, BASF and Wheat City Seeds, off the top of her head as longtime exhibitors along with many others. “This year is our biggest and best show yet,” Phillips said. “This year’s Ag Days will get off and running with a

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kickoff breakfast on Tuesday, January 17 at 7:30 a.m. with a country-size breakfast at the Roadhouse Inn located in the Canad Inn attached to the Keystone Centre.” Phillips says the breakfast cost is a minimum donation of $5, with all of the proceeds going directly to the Agriculture in the Classroom — Manitoba program. “Manitoba Ag Days is committed to youth education in the agriculture sector,” says Phillips. “The Canad Inns is a tremendous supporter of our show and the meal is part of their sponsorship to our event which allows us to maximize our donation to AITC. We cannot thank the Canad Inns enough for their support of our show over the years.”

Simpler Also, says Phillips, construction woes and headaches from previous years are now gone. “There is no construction this year in the Keystone Centre so we have full access to the entire building,” Phillips said. “The Bull Congress has been permanently relocated to Barn 11 and is accessible through the northeast corner of the Kinsmen Arena. We have moved some of the cattle-related exhibitors into the Kinsmen Arena to be closer to the bulls, connecting that specific audience’s main points of interest more closely.” Properly aligning space in the massive Keystone Centre is a mas-

sive undertaking, yet Phillips advises the 2017 Manitoba Ag Days will utilize every square inch of the Keystone Centre this year after acquiring the last 19,200 square feet of the complex’s available space, bringing the total square footage of the show to 540,000 sq. ft. More space equals more exhibitors, including some that will be setting up in the complex’s Brandon Curling Club this year. “We are very excited to announce that by maximizing all the space available to us we were able to welcome 60 new exhibitors for the 2017 show,” says Phillips. The show will also continue the use of the outdoor displays to offer attendees the opportunity to look at the product — many of which are showcased in their full-functioning form — and then proceed inside to talk about it with the exhibitor. The outdoor displays provide a great opportunity for Ag Days attendees to see the equipment in its full size rather than looking at a picture in a brochure and having to follow up later with a visit to the dealer. There will be 33 outside exhibits this year.

Many hands Phillips say her team of Christine Roskos, administrative assistant, her board of directors, as well as a team of volunteers, are needed to pull off an event of this scale. All, Phillips says, are very proud of the community spirit that Ag Days brings

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to the Keystone Centre and the host Westman Area. “There is so much more to our show than just the show — we would love for a master’s degree student to do an economic impact study of just how big of an impact Manitoba Ag Days has on Brandon and Manitoba,” Phillips said, half-joking. “We are now accepting applications... any takers?” To celebrate the 40th anniversary, organizers are also encouraging every exhibitor to bring something nostalgic and have it on display in their booth to commemorate Manitoba Ag Days 40 years of Ag Show Excellence. “The top three winners will have the option to receive a cash prize of $1,000, $500 and $250 respectively,” says Phillips. “Should the winners choose to donate their winning funds to a local charity, Manitoba Ag Days will match their contribution. We are also encouraging every patron to wear something nostalgic to the show. Our board will be handing out prizes to every patron seen participating in this year’s celebration.”

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nce again Manitoba Ag Days is expected to be a launch pad for a wide range of new farming technology and products. “All new products are listed in the show guide and on the website at www.agdays.com,” Kristen Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days general manager said. “All qualifying entries are judged and the Best New Product Award is presented at the show. Winner of the Best New Product 2016 was MacDon with its R1 Series pull-type disc mower.” There are 17 new products at the show this year, Phillips said, including: • S e t t e r M a n u f a c t u r i n g ’s Drylobag, a grain storage system that incorporates aeration to dry grain. A fan pumps controlled air into the airport pipes and is evenly distributed through the grain to absorb moisture. Moist air escapes through outlet pipes on opposite side of bag. Once dried, the bag doubles as storage. • P h i b e r Ma n u f a c t u r i n g i s showcasing its Dash Delivery System it says can increase sprayer productivity by significantly reducing fill times. The operator is able to preload multiple chemicals while keeping them separate. The preload tanks auto rinse each time they empty. The Dash DS can be individually configured for different deck and tanker trailer needs. • C ommitted Ag Supply is showcasing solutions that are designed to deliver real

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ver y much in support of this amazing educational venture.” According to Safe Manitoba’s website, whether loading, unloading or moving grain, it is very important that workers, family members and visitors to the farm are made aware of the hazards of grain storage bins and know how to protect themselves from flowing grain entrapment. The three most common ways to become caught or trapped in flowing grain are: • E ntrapment in items such as bins, rail cars, grain carts, truck box, combines that contain grain; • Grain bridge collapse; • Collapse of a vertical grain wall. Phillips also said that a Fa r m Sa f e t y w o rk s h o p will be held this year on Tu e s d a y m o r n i n g i n t h e MNP Theatre, where speaker reps from CASA and STARS as well as individuals such as Angela Fox and Curtis Weber, a survivor of a horrific farming accident, will stress the impor tance of farm safety.

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gvocates rejoice. If you want to hear stories, build stories, tell and promote stories, then the 2017 Manitoba Ag Days lineup of speakers is certain to make you happy. “Sharing our story is important when it comes to agriculture and advocating agriculture in general,” says Kristen Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days general manager. “I am particularly excited about the inclusion of Terry O’Reilly from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as the keynote speaker at our event. Terry breaks the art of storytelling down, shows how to harvest stories from businesses and how to package those stories into powerful marketing that wins hearts and dollars.” Many will know O’Reilly from the CBC show “Under The Influence.” O’Reilly believes that every industry must have a com-

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will be speaking at 3:30 p.m. January 18 in the FCC Theatre at the south end of the Westman Communications Group Arena. Phillips says O’Reilly will join 60-plus other speakers over the three days in the MNP Theatre and the FCC Theatre to speak to Manitoba Ag Days attendees. Some of the speakers utilize PowerPoint presentations, and are formal while others are off the cuff. Phillips says all will be informative and attendees will be pleased with the topics presented. “We have invested a lot of time and energy into bringing in our best speaking lineup ever – there is something for everyone,” Phillips said. “We have a wide range of dynamic speakers with backgrounds from private industry, governments, and academia who will bring their areas of expertise to the Ag Days crowd. “Our program committee has worked long hours to flush out ideas and work towards finalizing speakers for the Seminar Program of Manitoba Ag Days. And the quality of our speakers certainly reinforces that hard work.” Phillips also singled out Angela Santiago from The Little Potato Company, Drew Lerner from World Weather Inc., and Thomas Mielke who is flying over from Germany to share his thoughts from Oil World. Other speakers include Lance Stockbrugger, Tom Wolf and Larry Weber. Phillips recommends that attendees check the program and preplan their day to ensure they catch the speakers and topics that appeal to their interests. Log on to www.agdays.com to preplan your schedule or follow on Twitter @ Man.AgDays. “It can be tough to co-ordinate your time at Ag Days because people are on the move all the time,” Phillips said. “There’s

people seeing people who they haven’t seen in years. I have even missed speakers from chatting to too many people I know on my way to the theatres.”

SPEAKER SCHEDULE Tuesday, January 17 FCC Theatre Morning Manitoba Canola Growers program 9 a.m. Canola Disease Dilemmas, Harvest Management and Mitigating Loss • Angela Brackenreed, regional agronomist, Canola Council of Canada • Justine Cornelsen, regional agronomist, Canola Council of Canada 10:15 a.m. Canola Market Access - An Update • Patti Miller, president, Canola Council of Canada 11 a.m. Canola Market Forecast • Thomas Mielke, executive director of global research and analysis, Oil World

Afternoon Agriculture at all levels 1 p.m. Ag Days Gives Back Awards Presentations 1:15 p.m. Let Food Be Thy Medicine • Jordyn Ham, student, MacGregor Collegiate, MacGregor, Man. • Alice Rooke, student, Vincent Massey Collegiate, Brandon, Man. 1:30 p.m. Dignitaries Address • The Hon. Ralph Eichler, minister of agriculture • His Worship Rick Chrest, mayor of City of Brandon

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• Mitch Rezansoff, integrated solutions manager, Enns Brothers 2:30 p.m. UAVs In The Sky - What you need to know • Matthew Johnson, owner, M3 Aerial Productions 3:30 p.m. Harvesting the Power of Storytelling • Terry O’Reilly, host/writer, “Under The Influence,” CBC Radio

MNP Theatre Morning Back to our roots “The Weed Fair” 9 a.m. Weed Survey and More • Dr. Jeanette Gaultier, weed specialist, Manitoba Agriculture 9:30 a.m. The Cost of Simplicity in Weed Management Programs • Dr. Rob Gulden, professor, University of Manitoba

10:30 a.m. Show Me The Money & How to Get It • Darren Bond, farm management specialist, Manitoba Agriculture • Roy Arnott, farm management specialist, Manitoba Agriculture

10:15 a.m. Integrated Weed Control • Dr. Neil Harker, research scientist, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

Afternoon Machinery, technology & agriculture 1 p.m. From Souris Valley to Silicon Valley • Scott Day, director of agronomy, Fall Line Capital/co-owner, Treelane Farms Ltd. 1:45 p.m. Big Data & Precision Agriculture - Panel Discussion • Brenda Tjaden Lepp, co-founder/CEO FarmLink Marketing Solutions • Wade Barnes, president/CEO, Farmers Edge

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2 p.m. Antibiotic Usage and Practical Uses of Pain Control • Dr. Roy Lewis, DVM, MERCK Animal Health

9 a.m. Sclerotinia - The Other White Combine • Keith Gabert, agronomy specialist, Canola Council of Canada 9:45 a.m. Navigating the Fungal Jungle: Disease Update • Holly Derksen, field crop pathologist, Manitoba Agriculture 10:15 a.m. Protect the Quality of Your Stored Grain from Insect Infestations • Brent Elliott, infestation control and sanitation officer, Canadian Grain Commission

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1 p.m. New Tillage Techniques • Marla Riekman, soil management specialist, Manitoba Agriculture

1 p.m. Risky Business • Peter Manness, farm management consultant, MNP LLP

1:45 p.m. Controlled Traffic Farming – A Manitoba Experience • Adam Gurr, producer/on-farm researcher, Agritruth Research

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Zero in on agronomy 1 p.m. The 10 Tax Traps for Succession Planning • Matt Bolley, tax specialist, MNP LLP

2:30 p.m. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Challenges for IPM in Prairie Agriculture • Dr. John Gavloski, entomologist, Manitoba Agriculture

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ne of the most important features of Ag Days is that over the past 40 years it’s steadfastly remained 100 per cent focused on agriculture. That ongoing commitment sits well with producers and prospective volunteers and board members, says Kristen Phillips, the event’s general manager.

“The board members are committed to ensuring the show remains 100 per cent about agriculture,” Phillips said during a recent interview. “They strive to ensure the show features equipment, to parts, to agriculture services, and all things in between. If it’s a part of a Manitoba farming operation, you’ll find it at Manitoba Ag Days.” An event as large and as well regarded as Manitoba Ag Days needs the support of many people behind the

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ove over, snowy owl and Canada goose. A new rival is about to knock you off your national perch. A two-year search by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has nominated the gray jay as Canada’s national bird. The choice has raised eyebrows in some quarters because the gray jay isn’t exactly a household name compared to more high-profile Canadian birds such as the common loon. In fact, it didn’t even make the No. 1 spot among the five finalists vying for the title. But the Royal Canadian Geographical Society insists the gray jay is the best choice because it embodies the Canadian spirit. It’s found throughout Canada. It’s intelligent, tough, friendly, a bit mischievous and stays here all year round. Just like a real Canadian, eh? T h e s o c i e t y ’s m a g a z i n e, Canadian Geographic, revealed the choice recently. Currently, Canada does not have a national bird, although the beaver and the Canadian horse are officially designated national animals. Aaron Kylie, the magazine’s editor, said his editorial team decided in 2014 to conduct a public campaign to select a national bird in time for the country’s 150th anniversary in 2017. The project kicked off in January 2015 with a feature story, along with a website for Canadians to cast their ballots and provide reasons for their choices. Nearly 50,000 votes were cast online before the campaign closed August 31, 2016. Before starting the campaign, organizers whittled the names of 450 birds native to Canada down to a short list of 40 before asking people to vote. The top five finalists became subjects of a live debate held in September at the Canadian Museum in Ottawa where experts discussed the relative merits of each candidate. After that, a five-member expert panel made the final selection, taking all comments into consideration. Kylie said the gray jay placed third in public votes. The common loon received the most, followed by the snowy owl. The Canada goose was fourth and

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the black-capped chickadee came in fifth. But the judges settled on the gray jay because the common loon is already the provincial bird of Ontario. Quebec has the snowy owl and New Brunswick has the black-capped chickadee. (Manitoba’s provincial bird is the great grey owl.) Kylie said it wouldn’t have been fair to give the title of national bird to one already claimed by a province. Which is why the number of votes cast wasn’t the only factor in making the final decision. “For us, the vote was never intended to be the deciding factor for our determination,” Kylie said in an interview. “We don’t believe a national symbol should be decided by a popularity contest that’s held very unscientifically on a website.” Besides, the gray jay has a number of unique characteristics which ranked it ahead of the other birds, he added. For one thing, it is very intelligent. It has a body-to-brain ratio similar to that for dol-

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phins and chimpanzees, considered among the most intelligent mammals. For another, it is a boreal forest species found in every province and territory, making it truly national. Also, unlike other birds, the gray jay does not migrate. It remains here year round, breeds and nests in the dead of winter and is known to hatch eggs in temperatures as low as -30 C. Although not as physically imposing as some other birds, the gray jay is more striking than its name implies. Its grey

feathers carry a brilliant sheen which shines like silver. T h e b i rd w a s o r i g i n a l l y known as the Canada jay. But it underwent a name change in 1957 when the American Ornithologists’ Union, which standardizes the names of birds worldwide, renamed it. Hence the American spelling “gray” instead of “grey.” Slightly smaller than the blue jay, the gray jay is commonly known by its nickname “whiskey jack,” an anglicization of the Cree word “wisakedjak,” meaning “mischievous prankster.” That’s because it has a reputation as a camp robber who will snatch food from your picnic table or your plate when you’re not looking. But it is also a very friendly bird known to be a companion of indigenous people and European explorers. It will even feed out of your hand if you let it. In fact, Kylie said according to one (probably apocryphal) native legend, the gray jay will

sometimes aid lost hunters by singing from tree to tree to lead them home. Ken De Smet, a species-atrisk biologist with Manitoba Su s t a i n a b l e De ve l o p m e n t , said the gray jay can be found throughout Manitoba wherever there’s a boreal mixed forest environment. “Anywhere you get a scattering of spruce, you start seeing a few of them,” De Smet said. Of course, the Royal Canadian Geographic Society’s selection has no authority. Only the federal government can designate a national bird. But Kylie said Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, who attended the September debate, has expressed interest, as have several other federal cabinet ministers. That’s because the nominee is smart, friendly, hardy, attractive, good natured and national, just like a good Canadian. “It’s all the way,” said De Smet. “The only thing it doesn’t do is say ‘eh’ in its calls.”

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Prairie fare Happy anniversary, Canada — and canola! This is a year to celebrate our own ‘Made in Canada’ crop BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

f you’re still pondering new year’s resolutions, a good one for 2017 would be spend more time learning more about our wonderful country’s history, geography, culture and its innumerable accomplishments. 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation. It’s a year for plenty of parties, festivals, and commemorations. Canadian agriculture is reaching an important milestone of its own this year too. Fifty years ago marked the beginnings of the canola industry and this one and only ‘Made in Canada’ crop, named as a contraction of ‘Canada’ and ‘ola,’ meaning oil. The first growers’ association formed in 1967. In the decades that followed canola transformed our agricultural landscape, becoming a highly profitable crop grown by Canadian farmers, and the world’s healthiest cooking oil. We’ll be learning a lot more about this extraordinary agricultural achievement in 2017. The canola industry has partnered with the Ottawa-based Canada Agriculture and Food Museum to launch a new travelling exhibition — Canola: A Canadian Story of Innovation. It begins its national tour at the Canola Council of Canada’s Good As Gold 50th convention in Winnipeg on March 7 to 9. A long-term exhibit is also expected to be developed and opened this year in Ottawa. The exhibition and related educational programs will explore the science and stories of ingenuity behind canola’s development, cultivation and the future of this versatile crop. It will also explore ongoing research

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behind its health and nutritional qualities, and the genetics and agricultural practices related to this crop. “Canola has an amazing innovation story to share. As a fourth-generation family farmer, I am thrilled this exhibition will celebrate our canola story and bring agriculture a little closer to all Canadians,” said Brett Halstead, president of Canadian Canola Growers Association and canola farmer from Saskatchewan in a recent news release. Of course, it will deepen our understanding of canola at our dinner table too. “When visitors have the opportunity to learn from our farmers, hear their stories about growing ingredients for our recipes

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and food for our tables, a deeper farmto-food connection is made,” adds Ellen Pruden, the education and promotions manager with Manitoba Canola Growers and widely read blogger with Canola! Eat Well for Life. Canola Eat Well (canolaeatwell.com) is where to find posts by Ellen and her colleagues including their What We’re Lovin’ recipe collections, links to the television program “Great Tastes of Manitoba,” plus many more canola-inspired meals, snacks and baking. A new year is when we make a fresh start in our lives. Let’s eat to live well, so we can celebrate all of 2017’s milestones ahead.

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of the batter. Bake at 350 F for 1 hour or until cake is golden brown and a cake tester comes out of the centre of the cake cleanly. Cool cake on rack for 10 minutes then invert onto a rack to cool completely. Source: Canola Eat Well

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Small group makes big difference Harding Community Club has just six members but they sure get a lot accomplished By Joan Airey Freelance contributor

a rd i n g Co m m u n i t y Club consists of six energetic members. They have put on a Sunday supper once a month for the past six summers serving over 120 people each time. When Harding Agricultural Fair is held they serve meals to an even larger crowd. “Dating back to 1893 the community has always had a ladies’ group whether it was church groups, WI and now a community club. The building is the former church, which was originally built at Greenwood Cemetery in 1893. When the railway came to Harding where a town was being established a decision was made to move the church there,” said Bev Bennett club president. They have taken on several fundraising projects to keep the hall in good repair. Hall ownership was transferred to the RM of Woodworth for insurance reasons, but the community club remains as manager of the facility and is responsible for maintenance. In 2000 when the foundation deteriorated beyond repair it was decided to move the hall to the fairgrounds with some

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financial help from Harding Agricultural Society so it could be used fair day. “In 2011 we updated the kitchen to be a licensed foodhandling facility and since 1995 have been licensed to serve liquor for up to 44 people. As well as fundraising, grants and local donations have helped finance some of our projects. Members are proud to be able to provide annual support to Greenwood Cemetery and a junior cooking class held at Harding Fair for the past 25 years,” said Bennett. In 2017 the club will hold

only two Sunday suppers because students who have helped are graduating and leaving home. It has sponsored a graduate bursary at Hamiota and Virden collegiates in support of these volunteer students. In 2016 the charity the club supported was “Port in the Storm,” a medical hostel for rural and northern people and their families who have to receive medical treatment in Winnipeg. The goal of Port in the Storm is to reduce the financial burden of seriously ill people who must travel and remain in

Winnipeg for extended periods to receive treatment. Harding Community Club raised $6,000 to donate to the project and another $1,200 from donations at the Mall in the Hall held last month. A cheque was presented to Stacey Grocholsky, executive director of Port in the Storm. Wilma Bell, a member of the club, knows first hand the benefits of Port in the Storm when she stayed at one of the suites. “When one is diagnosed with a major medical problem things race through your mind and you aren’t able to

think as clearly as normal. When I needed treatment I knew little of the hostel but was lucky enough to obtain the last available suite. The suites are fully equipped with all the conveniences of home; you just have to supply your own food and personal items. If you are able to travel home for a weekend your belongings can stay in the suite. The subsidized rent also includes parking and laundry facilities. The staff and volunteers are caring and compassionate, and someone checks on you daily to see if you need anything or just to talk,” said Bell. There is also a transportation program set up to take patients to the hospital. “That program is really appreciated by us ‘country bumpkins’ as we don’t have to worry about the cost of parking or plugging the meters. Having affordable housing we can concentrate on getting better instead of on financial worries. Another perk is that family can stay with the patient at no extra cost, and lessens the turmoil one goes through,” said Bell. For further information check out the Port in the Storm website www.aport inthestorm.ca. Joan Airey writes from Rivers, Manitoba

Keeping plants over winter Most plants will just be kept alive without much bloom but the bougainvillea could blossom all winter By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

henever I purchase an exotic plant in spring for my outdoor garden, in the fall, I can’t bring myself to let it be killed by frost and then consigned to the compost bin. I will rescue it and bring it into the house and attempt to overwinter it so that I can use it again the following summer. Generally attempts at keeping over such plants are more about keeping them alive than actually getting any kind of performance out of them. Therefore, in the fall, my lophospermum and my dragon wing begonias, a hibiscus standard, as well as a big pot of streptocarpella — among others — all find themselves severely cut back and placed in front of windows in the sunroom. The soil is top dressed and sprinkled with potato dust to deter fungus gnats, what is left of the plants is carefully examined and perhaps sprayed with an insecticide to kill any insect pests, and the pots are either hung from a hook in front of a window or placed on a stand as close to a window as possible. In my crowded sunroom they have to compete for space with all the other plants already vying for a spot where they can get enough light. My goal is to keep these outdoor plants alive, not necessarily to have them put on displays, although if they get enough light they sometimes send

The small white flowers are insignificant and don’t last long, but the colourful bracts will last for weeks. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

forth new growth and by late winter might reward me with some bloom. O n e e x o t i c p l a n t , h ow e v e r, t h a t is generally not cut back very much and which often continues to bloom indoors throughout the winter is the bougainvillea. Native to South America, bougainvillea plants are evergreen if they receive enough water, but they are deciduous and lose their leaves if the winter period is dry. For this reason, some gardeners overwinter them by letting them dry out and drop their leaves and go dormant. In this case the plants can be stored in their pots in a cool, dark location where they will remain dormant until spring. When the dormant plants are brought out of storage in the spring and watered, they will put forth new growth.

If a b o u g a i n v i l l e a c a n b e k e p t watered during the winter, and if the plant receives at least four hours of direct sunlight per day (and bright light for the remainder of the day), it can be kept growing and will bloom all winter. It will be happy in ordinary room temperatures or even in the cooler temperatures of a sunroom as long as it doesn’t drop below 10 C; if that happens, blooming will cease. During the winter the soil should be kept consistently moist, although it is a good idea to let the top three centimetres of soil become dry to the touch before each watering. The potting medium must contain lots of peat to retain moisture as the root ball must not be allowed to dry out. The pot should have excellent drainage as a bougainvillea does not like to sit in sodden soil or have wet feet. Bougainvilleas come in many shapes and sizes, but most are either vigorous woody vines whose stems can reach lengths of 12 metres or dwarf bushy shrubs that are less than two metres tall. The former are generally sold in hanging baskets while the shrubs are sold as potted plants. Their showy flowers are really not flowers at all but coloured bracts; each flower is formed by three bracts fused together (bracts are simply modified leaves), and they can be pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white or yellow. The actual flowers are small, insignificant cream-coloured ones located within the bracts, that soon fade and

disappear. The colourful bracts, however, are very long lasting and are thin and papery (a common name for bougainvillea is “paper flower”). The leaves are green, oval and range from four to 10 centimetres in length and from two to six centimetres wide, depending on the variety. Leaf drop will occur if the plant dries out or if temperatures are too cold. In the outdoor garden a bougainvillea should be fed every two weeks with a balanced 20-20-20 fertilizer, but don’t fertilize during the winter months when the plant will not be putting forth much new growth. As spring arrives and the longer days encourage new growth, fertilizing can be resumed. Generally they don’t require pruning as the long cascading branches will bloom in profusion. If the plant gets too wild, however, some cutting back to keep it in bounds might be necessary. Anyone who has travelled during the winter to the southern United States, perhaps through Arizona, California, or Florida, may have been in awe of the displays of bougainvillea tumbling over walls and fences and cascading down hillsides. Although we Manitobans will not get such rampant displays of bougainvillea in our gardens, we still can get quite nice colour by keeping the plants over the winter so they will be that much bigger and more robust, putting on even grander shows in our outdoor gardens. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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from the walls instead of placing luggage directly on the bed. 3. P ack your travel items in sealed plastic bags. When you return home, freeze suspect items for at least two weeks. 4. A fter returning home and washing items, dry them on the highest heat possible. 5. I f you are really worried about bedbugs you can cover the hotel bed with a plastic cover under the sheets. The idea behind this is that bedbugs will suffocate and die. This method is extreme but if you will sleep better at night, it will be worth it. Good night and don’t let the bedbugs bite!

Hello Reena, Can you please tell me how to get lipstick out of a white rabbit fur hat? Many thanks. — Moira Hi Moira, Get a bottle of waterless hand cleaner, available at hardware stores. The beauty of this product is that it does not require water (which will damage the fur) and it is made to cut through grease — in other words — lipstick. Test the waterless hand cleaner on an inconspicuous area first before using it on the visible parts of your hat.

Hi Reena, Would you know what we could use to remove a “blue” s t a i n f ro m a p a d d e d t o i let seat? We just purchased the seat a couple of weeks ago. We’re not sure what the “ b l u e ” i s f ro m b u t w o u l d appreciate any help you can give us. — Thanks, Joan Hi Joan, The question that I am wondering is what caused the blue stain? If the stain is crayon or something sitting on the surface of the seat, you should be able to remove it with toothpaste, water and an old toothbrush that you no longer use (or the toothbrush of someone that you don’t like; just

Hi Reena, Is it OK to pour hot water in a drip brewer? My husband uses boiling water in our drip coffee maker, and it seems to work OK. — Thanks, Jude Dear Jude, According to one of the world’s leading coffee retailers a cup of coffee is 98 per cent water. So, the water you use to make coffee should taste clean, fresh, and free of impurities. Cold water cuts the acid in coffee by 65 per cent so that the result is a smoother cup of coffee. Most coffee pots are designed to heat water from a cold temperature thereby fewer minerals are inclined to build up in your coffee maker. However, if you are happy with the taste of your coffee and your machine is running well, then there is no need to change. Refer to your coffee maker manual for your own personal verification.

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Hi Reena, We a r e t r a v e l l i n g e x t e n sively through the States and Canada staying in hotels and motels. Is there a product that will not harm us that we can put in our suitcases and/ or bedding that may guard against bedbugs? We travel with a service dog so she must not be harmed as well. — Thank you, Peter

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Hi Peter, Here are a few tips and effective ways to reduce the risk of bedbugs while travelling: 1. Do your homework. It will be worth your time to go online and read hotel reviews. You

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• Take your favourite brownie recipe and transform it into a brand-new creation. Instead of pouring the batter onto a baking sheet, pour the batter into a greased muffin tin. Drop one Caramilk chocolate bar square into each muffin cup. Bake until tester inserted in centre comes out with a few crumbs clinging to it. • A n alter native to baking round pies: Roll pie crust o n t o a re c t a n g l e b a k i n g sheet. Add filling and cover with second pie crust. Bake as normal, let rest and cut into squares. I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming! Missed a column? Can’t remember a solution? Need a speaker for an upcoming event? Interested in grocery coupons? Check out my blog/ website: reena.ca.

This Old Elevator

n the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is supplying these images of a grain elevator each week in hopes readers will be able to tell the society more about it, or any other elevator they know of. MHS Gordon Goldsborough webmaster and Journal editor has developed a website to post your replies to a series of questions about elevators. The MHS is interested in all grain elevators that have served the farm community. Your contributions will help gather historical information such as present status of elevators, names of companies, owners and agents, rail lines, year elevators were built — and dates when they were torn down (if applicable). There is room on the website to post personal recollections and stories related to grain elevators. The MHS presently also has only a partial list of all elevators that have been demolished. You can help by updating that list if you know of one not included on that list. Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help the MHS develop a comprehensive, searchable database to preserve the farm community's collective knowledge of what was once a vast network of grain elevators across Manitoba. Please contribute to This Old Grain Elevator website at: http://www. mhs.mb.ca/elevators. You will receive a response, by email or phone call, confirming that your submission was received. Goldsborough is especially interested in determining when elevators were demolished. Readers with photos of elevator demolitions and dates of when these occurred can contact him directly at gordon@mhs.mb.ca or call 204-782-8829.

A 50,000-bushel grain elevator at Coulter, on the CPR Lyleton Subdivision in the RM of Two Borders, with its associated crib annex and engine shed, was once operated by Manitoba Pool. Built in 1928, it closed in July 1971. Rail service ceased when a bridge was washed out during a severe storm and was not replaced. The elevator was purchased by a local farmer and used for private grain storage. This photo was taken in July 2016. Photo: Gordon Goldsborough

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Radical transformation of food system needed The focus of future investments in the food system must be on nutrition — not calories The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists have collaborated to create an annual award recognizing excellence in global food security reporting. The prize includes financial support to attend an IFAJ conference as well as an FAO event. As the first recipient, FBC editorial director Laura Rance recently attended the International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

BY LAURA RANCE FBC editorial director / Rome, Italy

rom its offices overlooking centuries-old ruins of the fallen Roman Empire, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is grappling with an issue many consider a threat to modern civilization. Global rates of malnutrition are growing at an unprecedented pace, despite progress that has been made reducing hunger and poverty. Sandwiched between the two extremes of famine and obesity, currently one in three world citizens suffers from effects of poor diet. If left unchecked, that ratio i s e x p e c t e d t o re a c h o n e in two by 2035, largely due to surging rates of obesity in emerging and developed economies. “ We c a n n o l o n g e r s a y that malnutrition is a poorc o u n t r y i s s u e ,” k e y n o t e speaker Patrick Webb, director of USAID’s Feed the Future Nutrition Innovation Lab at Tufts University in Boston, told a symposium here in early December. “Our diets are not helping us anymore, they are hindering us,” he said as politicians, non-government organizations, researchers and even a smattering of royalty gathered to explore how policy, trade and the private sector can make a difference. Earlier this year, the United Nations declared 2016 to 2025 a decade of action on nutrition, calling on world leaders to place more focus on eradicating hunger and all forms of malnutrition. Dietary risks have displaced alcohol and tobacco as the leading cause of non-communicable disease worldwide, accounting for 10 per cent of the global burden of disease and disability. Diet-related diseases stemming from obesity are rising the fastest in emerging economies where

consumers are spending their growing food dollars on highly processed, sugary and high-fat foods that expand their waistline. The population of overweight and obese globally is 2.458 billion, tr iple the number of undernourished in the world. The FAO places the cost to the global economy at $3.5 trillion per year or $500 per capita. We b b s a i d t h e p r o b l e m is complex but fixable. One study put the cost of addressing global malnutr ition at US$7 billion per year. However, the momentum is going in the wrong direction, a phenomenon speakers at the symposium attributed to a global food system that disproportionately favours foods made from grains. For example, Webb said annual subsidies for a few major cereal c r o p s a re r o u g h l y a h u n dredfold greater than what it would take to fund actions globally to tackle four forms of undernutrition. Business as usual will create a “huge nutr ition and health cr isis,” he war ned. “Tweaking at the margins on this is not enough. We need a radical transformation of our food system to nourish, not just feed, nine billion people,” Webb said in reference to FAO projections of the world’s population levels in 2050. Webb said the problem is partly related to distortions in prices, supports to farmers and research priorities. While farmers will continue to grow the crops best suited to their operations, the incentives through policy and subsidies they receive for those crops must change. “Really what I am arguing is that we need to pay more attention to those distortions,” he said in an interview. “Most public research funding also supports mainly a few cereal crops,” he said. “Much more needs to go to support nutrient-rich products if the

The view of ruins that once formed the centre of the Roman Empire from the rooftop terrace of the UN FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The empire failed for many reasons, but declining health of its population was among them. Photo: Laura Rance

intent is to have these available for all consumers.” Turning the tide won’t be easy, but the stakes are high — not only for human health but for the environment, said Anna Herforth, a researcher and consultant specializing in the links between nutrit i o n , a g r i c u l t u re a n d t h e environment. “By 2050, the same dietary trends would result in an 80 per cent increase in greenhouse gas emissions,” Her for th said, noting that would make it impossible to contain global warming to manageable levels. “More of the same is unsustainable for both human and e n v i r o n m e n t a l h e a l t h . So we need a really fundamental shift in policies to support diversified production for healthy diets and more environmental sustainability,” she said. Herforth said agricultural i n v e s t m e n t p r i o r i t i e s a re caught in a time warp dating back to the 1960s when scientists behind the Green Revolution focused on achieving significant yield gains of staple grains to avert a looming humanitarian crisis. The issue today isn’t a lack of calories. Although distrib u t i o n i s s u e s re m a i n , t h e world’s farmers are producing enough calories. The looming concern is a shortage of nutrient-dense foods such as vegetables and fruits in human diets. Yet the bulk of research and investment spending remains focused on cor n, r ice and wheat.

“Tweaking at the margins on this is not enough. We need a radical transformation of our food system to nourish, not just feed, nine billion people.” Patrick Webb

“The international and national research systems are set up in a way that makes research on these same traditional crops quite easy to do, whereas we would need quite a bit of change to enable a greater emphasis on the fruits, vegetables, legumes and animal-sourced foods,” she said. “We need to shift this. Why would we invest in more of the same when that will result in more of the same?” She said many argue that the food system is dr iven by consumer demand. But there are several supply-side barriers that give lie to that argument. Nutrient-dense foods, such as fruits and vegetables, are perishable, which makes them more risky for farme r s t o g r ow — e s p e c i a l l y in underdeveloped economies where access to storage, transportation, processing and markets is poor or non-existent. Addressing those issues so

smallholder far mers could grow a more diverse range of crops would serve a dual purpose of boosting incomes because these also tend to be higher-value crops. Increased biodiversity would also favour environmental quality. He r f o r t h s a i d t h e f o o d industry is also guilty of skewing consumer choices. “They spend a lot of money to influence consumers to demand the products that they are able to manufacture from cheap supplies of starchy staples and oilseeds that have received the most investment.” Webb called for new dietary guidelines to be aimed at policy-makers rather than consumers. “Policy-makers have to demand much more from the food system rather than passively leaving it up to the private sector,” he said. “Since diet is a modifiable risk factor for disease, then we need to modify it.” laura@fbcpublishing.com

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The issue of malnutrition makes feeding the world decidedly more complicated than boosting the amount of grain farmers grow or the number of calories in people’s diets. • Undernutrition affects nearly 800 million people, accounting for approximately 12 per cent of deaths worldwide. In developing countries, 60 per cent of deaths in the underfive age group are linked with low weight. • Children who are deprived of an adequate diet in utero and during their first 1,000 days are compromised physically and intellectually for life. Stunting, when a child’s height is low for his or her age and wasting, when weight is too low for a child’s height, are both indicators of chronic undernutrition. According to an FAO report, adult productivity losses in South Asia due to the combined effect of stunting, iodine deficiency and iron deficiency are equivalent to two to four per cent of GDP every year. • Two billion people globally suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. • At the other end of the spectrum however, is overnutrition, a phenomenon that is escalating rapidly in both developed and developing economies. While the issue hasn’t received as much attention because of the “more compelling problems at the other end of the scale,” it is now surfacing as a serious threat to human health and the economy. Governments in some middle-income countries, including China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Mexico face the double burden of famine and obesity. • Worldwide obesity rates have more than doubled since 1980. There are now an estimated 2.458 billion adults over the age of 20 characterized as overweight or obese. The number of undernourished in the world is placed at 805 million. That means there are now three times more people in the world who are overweight than undernourished. laura@fbcpublishing.com

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Australia raises wheat forecast, set for record output By Colin Packham SYDNEY / Reuters

Australia raised its forecast for wheat production during the 2016-17 season by more than 16 per cent Dec. 6, as near-ideal conditions across much of the world’s No. 4 exporter push output to record levels and add to ample global supplies. Wheat output in the 2016-17 season will total 32.64 million tonnes, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) said, up from a forecast in September for 28.08 million tonnes. With harvesting underway, 2016-17 is shaping up as Australia’s biggest wheat crop ever, surpassing the record set in 201112 at 29.6 million tonnes. A large Australian wheat crop — in a global market already flush with supplies following bumper output in the Northern Hemisphere — could further drag on global benchmark prices for the grain and ensure cheap food supplies for Asian buyers. U.S. wheat prices continue to linger near a 10-year low touched the end of August as global supplies this season are set to hit record levels. He a v y r a i n s a c r o s s Au s t ra l i a’s e a s t c o a s t in recent months will drive much of the record national production, ABARES said. Australia’s east coast had three years of belowaverage output following sustained dry weather, with the strongest El Niño in nearly 20 years fuelling dry weather in the region and crimping production last season. The region has seen nearly twice the average rainfall between June 1 and November 30, according to official weather data. New South Wales state will become the largest producer of wheat, ABARES said, with output totalling 10.5 million tonnes. The all-time-high crop comes despite frost limiting production from Western Australia — typically the country’s largest producing region. ABARES said Western Australian wheat production will total 9.5 million tonnes. Higher east coast production is a boost for GrainCorp Ltd., the region’s bulk grain hand l e r, w h i c h d e r i v e s income from storing and trading grain. Meanwhile, ABARES said production of canola will total 3.58 million tonnes, down from its September estimate of 3.63 million tonnes as the heavy east coast rains d a m a g e d t h e e a r l i e rmaturing canola crop.

Farmers’ markets drive food sector innovation They offer valuable insights into changing consumer tastes and preferences BY LAURA RANCE FBC editorial director / Rome, Italy

hile many view farmers’ markets as an enjoyable and quaint, albeit inefficient, place to buy food, few would characterize them as cutting edge. But small-scale farmers and farmers’ markets are an important source of innovation in the food system because they are a source of direct consumer feedback, Gialuca Brunori, a professor with the department of agrarian, agri-food and agroecology science at the University of Pisa, Italy said. Brunori said small-scale farmers who direct market to consumers are constantly trying new products and approaches, s o m e o f w h i c h a re l a t e r embraced by industrial food makers. “In general, consumers like to go to farmers’ markets in Italy and Europe because they look

for local food, fresh food, seasonal food and mostly they like to talk to farmers,” he said in an interview. “They want to have a social connection with farmers and from this interaction, innovation can come.” Foods such as sourdough artesian breads illustrate that consumer appetite for diverse food products is high, which gives larger businesses the assurances they need before making an investment. He said the private sector offers huge potential for reshaping the food system to offer more nutritious options but key to success will be ensuring the results are real and not contrived. “There is a market demand for healthy products, but how does the industry address this? In some cases it is addressing it well, in other cases it is not addressing it well,” he said, noting labelling practices can sometimes create confusion and misunderstanding.

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Policy support for local food networks is also important to driving change, again because it fosters interaction and dialogue. A n g e l a Ta g t o w, e x e c u tive director for the center for Nutritional Policy and Promotion with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said supporting local

food systems is one of four pillars of U.S. government strategy. Since 2001, the USDA has invested $1 billion supporting 40,000 local and regional food businesses. Since 2009, the number of farmers’ markets in the U.S. has doubled to 8,200, and 42 per cent of schools in the U.S. now source directly from farmers. Other speakers noted that while trade deals that increase the flow of agricultural goods internationally can improve the seasonal supply of nutritional foods, governments can’t rely on trade policy alone to fix the looming nutritional crisis. And while speakers representing food industry said the effectiveness of regulatory controls such as sugar taxes or marketing bans are unproven, others said governments must step in when market forces lead consumers towards bad nutritional choices. laura@fbcpublishing.com

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loans outstanding to Canadian farmers through operating and term loans as well as mortgages representing about 37 per cent of the total agricultural financing market. Banks provide more than half of non-mortgage loans and around 22 per cent of mortgages to farmers. Banks also provide a variety of services to assist farming operations of all sizes, from cash management and deposit services, to trade and exporting services. The banks compete among themselves as well as with credit unions, financing and leasing operations and Farm Credit Canada for the business of farmers, he said. FCC “is a significant market-dominant player with 27 per cent of the agricultural financing marketplace and almost half of farm mortgage debt in the country.” Ciappara added, “There are a number of factors influencing farmland prices in Canada; historically low interest rates, relatively strong commodity prices, and growing demand for urban land development are some of these factors.” Statistics Canada figures show that from 1991 to 2011, the average farm area increased by about 30 per cent, while the number of farm operators has decreased by about 25 per cent. Land now represents about twothirds of the value of all farm assets, up from 54 per cent in 2005. “The evolution towards larger farm operations and an aging farm population are contributors to increased interest in buying and selling farmland,” he said. “For farmers who have devoted a lifetime of hard work in their farm operations, they view their farmland as an investment to support their retirement. Selling farmland is a big decision for farmers who wish to retire. “As farming continues to change, banks continue to adapt products and services to meet their clients’ needs,” he said. “Banks have dedicated agricultural bankers who have the expertise and knowledge to understand both the challenges and opportunities which are characteristic of the sector. Banks make ongoing communication with their farming clients a priority in order to ensure their needs are being met and to support them when making financial decisions.”

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hether it is the generosity of attendees or the philanthropic mindset of organizers, there is no doubt goodwill abounds at Manitoba Ag Days. “Manitoba Ag Days has a s t r o n g “g i v i n g b a c k” philosophy,” said Kristen Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days general manager. “We are a not-for-profit organization and will continue to operate this way.” Phillips says Manitoba Ag Days takes great pride in helping other organizations with agricultural roots in communities where many of the exhibitors and show attendees live. The 50-50 draw was first unveiled at the 2013 show, and since that time has accelerated with the qualifying organizations having the opportunity to apply to be the recipients

of the proceeds under two categories, education and leadership or community improvement. “A big hit from our show is always the 50-50 draw with all the proceeds going to local charities,” s a y s C h r i s t i n e Ro s k o s, Manitoba Ag Days administrative assistant. “The 50-50 tickets are a v a i l a b l e f o r p u rc h a s e onsite during the show hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last year the show was able to sell $19,782 worth of 50-50 tickets. The winning ticket won a total of $9,891 for a Killarney-area producer. We then added our half to the $26,000 we gave to local charities from all our Manitoba Ag Days Community Giving Funds.” The 2017 show recipients have been selected and will be announced at the show. To learn more about the guidelines or to apply to be part of the 2018 show go to https://www.agdays. com/community-givingprogram.

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New step in Port of Churchill’s potential sale

Christmas past

Formal agreement signed by owners and northern First Nations CNS CANADA

The trapper’s cabin at Fort La Reine Museum at Portage la Prairie is decked out in its seasonal best. photo: Sandi knight

here may yet be hope for the Port of Churchill and the rail line that services it. OmniTrax, the Denver-based company that currently owns both has inked a formal agreement that will see the facilities change hands, according to a press release from the company that came just before Christmas. OmniTrax has signed the memorandum of understanding regarding the potential sale and ownership transfer to the Missinippi Rail Consortium, a group of Manitoba First Nations. This next step comes after a year of due diligence and the signal from the consortium that it intends to move forward, a statement from OmniTrax said. The consortium is now able to negotiate with vendors ahead of the 2017 grain season. The deal is non-binding and the sale remains subject to scrutiny from the federal government. The federal government is still looking at supporting this transaction, but in the meantime the 2017 grain season hangs in the balance as does the continued shipment of freight through the North, the statement said. It’s not yet clear how many, or which, First Nations are part of the consortium, but Mathias Colomb First Nation made an offer to buy the port in the past.

“We are grateful that OmniTrax Canada believes in our process and our people and is willing to get started now.” Mathias Colomb Chief Arlen Dumas

The consortium is still open to other members. “We are grateful that OmniTrax Canada believes in our process and our people and is willing to get started now. Ensuring First Nations ownership in these assets is a vital part of ensuring long-term viability in the North. Now we need the Government of Canada to complete its review so that this process can be concluded as soon as possible,” Mathias Colomb Chief Arlen Dumas said in a press release. OmniTrax has owned the port for nearly 15 years, but laid off a number of staff and closed the port ahead of the 2016 grainhandling season. The rail line now provides freight service to Churchill once a week, compared with twice a week previously. The Port of Churchill is Canada’s only deepwater Arctic seaport. Information regarding finances and operations have not yet been released to the public.

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REMOTE CONTROL TRAILER CHUTE openers can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season. FM remote controls provide maximum range and instant response while high torque drives operate the toughest of chutes. Easy installation. Kramble Industries, call 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net

NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. 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.

NEW WILSON AND CASTLETONS: 44’ tridem, 3 hopper ahead, 2 hopper and 36’ tandem; 2014 Wilson Super B; 2010 LodeKing alum, w/alum. budds, lift axles, MichWRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts. el’s chute openers; 2005 Lode-King Super Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, B; 1 older tridem; 2008 Lode-King tandem; Churchbridge, SK. Michel’s auger and chute openers. Ron Brown Imp. DL #905231. 306-493-9393. TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in www.rbisk.ca obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK.

2005 TRAILTECH 27’ 5th wheel trailer, 20,000 axles w/loading ramps and self contained 545 Ferrari crane unit, $17,000; 1980 Muv-All 48’ equipment trailer, winch, hyd. beavertail, 25 ton capacity, $24,000; 1998 Loadline 28’ end dump, tandem, spring ride, $22,000; 1998 Loadline 29’ end dump, tandem, air ride, $25,000. CanAm Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. DL#910420.

2002 IH 2600 w/IH 320 HP eng., 10 spd., 221,000 kms, new 20’ BH&T, exc. rubber, vg, $49,500; 2009 Mack CH613, MP8 Mack eng., 430 HP, 10 spd., AutoShift, 463,000 kms, exc. shape, new 20’ box, A/T/C, $73,500; 2009 IH Transtar 8600 w/Cummins eng. 10 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, 742,000 kms, exc. tires, real good shape, $69,500; 2007 IH 9200, ISX Cummins, 430 HP, AutoShift, alum. wheels, new 20’ BH&T, fully loaded, 1,000,000 kms, real nice, $67,500; 2009 Mack CH613, 430 HP Mack, 10 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, 1.4 million kms, has bearing roll done, nice shape, $69,500; 2007 Kenworth T600, C13 Cat, 425 HP, 13 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, new paint, 1.0 million kms, exc. truck, $71,500; 1996 Midland 24’ tandem pup grain trailer, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, new paint and brakes, exc. shape, $18,500; 1985 Ford L9000, Cummins, 10 spd., 20’ BH&T that’s been totally rebuilt, new paint, exc. tires, $28,500; 1999 IH 4700 S/A w/17’ steel flatdeck, 230,000 kms, IH dsl., 10 spd., good tires, $19,500; 1998 Freightliner tractor, C60 Detroit, 430 HP, 13 spd., alum. wheels, sleeper, good rubber, $17,500; 2005 IH 9200 tractor, ISX Cummins, 430 HP, 13 spd., alum wheels, flattop sleeper, good rubber, $22,500. All trucks Sask safetied. Trades considered. All reasonable offers considered. Call Merv at 306-276-7518 res., 306-767-2616, cell, Arborfield SK. DL #906768.

2012 MACK PINNACLE CXU613, 34” flattop sleeper, removable roof fairing, Mack MP8, 455 HP, Eaton 13 spd trans, safetied, $49,900. Norm 204-761-7797 Brandon MB

AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com

2006 FREIGHTLINER S/A daycab, 455 Detroit, 10 spd., fresh safety, 470,000 kms, very good, $24,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

2008 WESTERN STAR, 10 spd. Eaton AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T; 2008 tandem IH 7600, Cummins, 10 spd., new BH&T; 2004 Pete 330 S/A, Cat Allison auto. w/new 16’ BH&T. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, DL 905231 www.rbisk.ca REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND hoist systems can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season. Give Kramble Industries a call at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net 2010 IHC PROSTAR, 500 HP Cummins, 18 spd., 46 rears lockers, Jakes, fresh safety, new rubber, $49,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

53’ AND 48’ tridem, tandem stepdecks, w/wo sprayer cradles; 53’, 48’ and 28’ tridem, tandem highboys, all steel and combos. Super B Highboys; Tandem and S/A converter w/drop hitch; 53’-28’ van trailers and Kentucky moving van; Pintle hitch tandem flatdeck; Aluminum tankers. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, 2000 VOLVO WG64F, 14’ gravel box, Volvo tandem and tridems. Contact SK: VED12 345 HP, 10 spd, 18,500 frts, 46 rears, 4-Way lock up, 495,000 kms, 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336. $19,900. Norm 204-761-7797 Brandon MB 1985 MANAC 45’ flatdeck trailer, 1200x22.5 tires, $2500. 306-842-5710, 2012 IHC TRANSSTAR, low pro, Max 300 HP diesel Allison auto trans, single axle, Weyburn, SK. loaded cab, 13’ Armstrong landscape TOPGUN TRAILER SALES “For those who dump, $39,900.; 2003 GMC C8500 tandemand the best.” PRECISION AND dem, automatic, with 15’ box, low miles, AGASSIZ TRAILERS (flatdecks, end $34,900. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ladumps, enclosed cargo). 1-855-255-0199, dimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna DL#910885 Moose Jaw, SK. www.topguntrailersales.ca NEW CANUCK GRAVEL TRAILERS: 1999 NEW NEW 2017 STEPDECK beavertail, Arne’s tridem end dump, clean; 1996 IH 48’ tandem axle, flip ramps, $31,900. War- 9400, 60 Detroit, 10 spd, 16’ gravel box, ranty. Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. alum rims. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, DL 905231 www.rbisk.ca

2013 PROSTAR IH day cab truck with indash GPS, 500 HP Maxx force 18 spd., 46,000 rears, 3.91 ratio, 228” WB, approx. 129,000 kms, 11R22.5 tires, c/w wet kit for only $65,000. New MB. safety. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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2006 FREIGHTLINER tandem axle, daycab, Mercedez power, auto trans, nice clean safetied tractor, $19,500. 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB.

2007 CHEV C6500, 2 WD, Duramax dsl., 7 spd. trans, 20’ flatdeck w/winches, only 152,000 kms, $21,900. 2008 Dodge 3500, 2 WD, Hemi gas engine, auto trans, 16’ flatdeck, 178,000 kms, $16,900 OBO. 2001 STERLING 9500, tandem water truck, 4500 gal. tank, C12 Cat, 13 spd., Bowie pump, $22,900; 1998 FREIGHTLINER FL80, tandem water truck, Allison trans, 3200 gal. water tank w/Honda GX160 pump, 293,000 kms, $21,900. Trades considered. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph. Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL#910885.

2009 F-150 XLT SWB, 4x4, 5.4 auto., 20” rubber, only 48,000 kms, $19,900. CamDon Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

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2005 PETE 378, pre-emission, C15 Cat, 18 spd., full lockups, flat-top, winch, safetied, $37,500. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK.

2004 MACK TANDEM AXLE dump truck, fresh AB. safety, low kms, very clean, good condition. Call 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB.

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T800 KENWORTHS ALL HEAVY SPECS 18 spd., full lockers, 2008. Also daycab 2009, new trans. and clutch; 2010 Pete 378, IFX Cummins, 18 spd; 2009 Kenworth T660, new ISX Cummins, tranny, and clutch, 18 spd., lockers; 2008 IH 9900 daycab, 260,000 kms., ISX Cummins, 18 spd., lockers; 2007 Pete 379, daycab and bunk; 2013 IH 5900i, 42” bunk, 46 diff., 4-way lock, 18 spd., 390,000 kms; 2007 IH 9200, daycab, ISX 435, 13 spd; 1997 FLD 120, 425 Cat, 46 diffs and lockers; 1996 Kenworth T800, 475 Cat, 13 spd., rebuilt diffs and tranny. Ron Brown Implements, Delisle, SK., 306-493-9393. DL #905231 www.rbisk.ca

2002 KENWORTH T800 w/new grain box, rebuilt engine and turbo with warranty. $68,000. 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB.

1998 KENWORTH T800, new grain box, Detroit engine, 60 Series, 10 spd. trans., $48,000. 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB. 2004 PETERBILT 330, tandem axle, C&C, long WB, Cat dsl., 10 spd trans, AC, low miles, alum. wheels, $26,900, w/new B&H $48,900. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph Ladimer, 306-795-7779 Ituna. DL#910885

1997 MACK RD688, 100 barrel water tank, pump, etc., 400 Mack, 24.5 wheels, white, $16,500. 306-960-3000 St. Louis SK WINCH TRUCK, 2003 Kenworth W900, rebuilt Cat C15 6NZ, 30 ton hyd. winch, $55,000. Knight tandem scissor neck, lowbed w/beavertails, $22,000. Danny Spence, 306-246-4632, Speers, SK.

2009 FORD EXPLORER LTD., V8, AWD, loaded, 4 leather buckets, new winter tires, very good condition, 219,000 kms, $14,900. Photos. 306-843-2934, Wilkie SK SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and nearnew 2014-2015 Crosstek XVs. Save up to 2012 PETE 388, 70” sleeper, “Crate Drop $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. In” ISX 565 HP AT 750,000 kms, 18 spd. t, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. 12 fronts, 40 rears, 3.70, lots of chrome, $89,900. Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon 2016 SUBARU FORESTER name top pick 2001 KENWORTH W900, C15 Cat 6NZ with for 2016. Starting from $29,360. Great sebunk, $42,000. 306-452-8081, Redvers, SK lection to choose from!! 1-877-373-2662, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. WANTED: MACK COMPLETE or parts: 1985-1990 R-688; 1990-1999 RD-688 and 427-454 engine. Selling: Camelback susp., 4:42 diffs, 15 spd. Eaton, 350 HP engine. 306-960-3000, St. Louis, SK. SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near 1989 IH EAGLE, 425 CAT, 3406 engine, new 2014-2015 Crosstek XVs. Save up to 5th wheel, 24.5 alum. budds, white, $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. $16,500. 306-960-3000, St. Louis, SK. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

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CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK, 1-800-938-3323. 2012 KW w/900 IXS, 18 spd., 46,000 rears, 4-way locks, 60” sleep-er, 580,000 kms, 40,000 kms since over-haul, $85,000; 1998 Loadline 29’ gravel trailer, air ride, $25,000; 1998 Loadline 28’ gravel trailer, spring ride, $22,000; 2012 Western Star DD15 Detroit 18 spd., 40 rears, w/4way lock, APU unit, $60,000; 1997 Sterling single axle tractor, 3126 Cat, 10 spd., 23,000 rears, $8500; 2007 IHC 4400, DT466, 6 spd., air ride, w/24’ van, 325,000 kms, $16,000; 2005 Western Star, C15 Cat, 18 spd., 46,000 rears, locks, 36” sleeper, low kms, clean truck, $45,000; 400 KW to 800 KW gensets, low hours; 2002 Pete 320, 3126 Cat, auto w/side load garbage unit, $30,000; 2014 Freightliner daycab, DD15, 13 spd., 40 rears, 4-way locks, 240,000 kms, new safety, warranty to 800,000 kms or 2019, $75,000; 2008 Kenworth 800 daycab, C15 Cat, 18 spd., 46 rears, 4-way locks, 700,000 kms, $68,000; 2003 Freightliner Columbia, Detroit 60 Se-ries, 13 spd., 40 rears, $23,000; 2000 Western Star, Detroit 60 Series, 13 spd., 40 rears, $21,000; 2001 Freightliner FL80, Cat 3126, auto, 15’ Midland, $38,000; 2003 Pete 379, 6NZ Cat, 6100 hrs. since overhaul, 18 - 46,000 full locks, 48” sleep-er, $48,000; 2005 Trailtech 27’ 5th wheel trailer, 20,000 axles w/loading ramps and self contained 545 Ferrari crane unit, $17,000. Gensets available. Financing available, OAC. www.canamtruck.com DL#910420.

STRONG SINGLE HIVES or nucs for sale. Call Andy, Steinbach, MB, 204-381-7993, 204-346-9701. andyloewen@hotmail.ca

WILL DO STYROBLOCK cocoon harvesting and custom pollination. Call Maurice Wildeman, 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK.

ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all in stock. Custom sizes and log siding on order. Call V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

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WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323. 290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK

DIESEL ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: 1990 FIAT ALLIS FD 14E dozer, 24 pads, and full guarded canopy with enclosed cab, 306-543-2111, Regina, SK. 10.6 wide tilt blade, 350 hrs. on new UC Quality Post Frame Buildings warranty, $49,000. Can deliver. Call any time, 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. www.goodon.com FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL 2 MACK TANDEM trucks w/dump boxes, motor sales, service and parts. Also sale $7700 ea; IH 366 dsl., 34,000 kms and 16’ of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of van body. Few other trucks in stock; 100’ pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale ladder truck; 2 Cat scrapers 463, $23,000 Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in for pair; New 24’ garbage box. Salvage of 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005Aplace & finish of concrete floors. Can acall types. Call Cambrian Equipment Sales 111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net commodate any floor design. References Ltd., 494 Panet Road, Winnipeg, MB., Website: www.tismtrrewind.com available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069. EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Rea- 204-667-2867 fax 204-667-2932. sonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. NEW 8’, 3 PTH, PTO snowblower; 3- old trucks w/snowblowers; 4- truck snow blades; 2- V-plows for graders; Side wings GSI FLAT BOTTOM bins. Call Wentworth for graders; Bombardier w/broom; 2- 4x4 Ag 1-877-655-9996 ask about our specials. or holder w/snowblower; 4x4 trackless with wentworth@grainequipment.com JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster broom; 4x4 trackless w/blade; 12- load- www.grainequipment.com with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call ers, dozers and excavators; IH TD9-92 AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. 306-334-2232, 306-332-7332, Balcarres. w/loader, $5900; Cat D2-5U w/loader, For the customer that prefers quality. www.windandweathershelters.com $4900; 20- Graders being parted out; 7- 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. COMMERCIAL GRADE Wind and weather work ready graders; Over 400 buckets for shelter buildings available in widths from loaders and backhoes; Over 300 construc- STEEL CLADDING SALE: New Grade A 20’ to 90’. Prices starting at $2495. If you have bought an auction building and need NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, tion tires, new and used; Hundreds of hyd. 29 gauge white-white metal cladding 3/4” to upgrade to more durable material or payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and cylinders; Over 70 sets of forklift forks; 52’ high rib cut to your length for only beater spreaders. Phone scissor lift; 15- Running forklifts from 2 to .75¢/sq.ft. All accessories, fasteners and parts we can help. Located in Yorkton. vertical 9 ton, 1988 Clark 668 grapple skidder; flashings are available. Call Prairie Steel in Contact Paul at 306-641-5464 or Ladimer 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. 1989 TJ 380B line skidder; IH 3964 feller Clavet, SK., 1-888-398-7150, or email 306-795-7779. CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 buncher; Case 125B delimber; JD 190D ex- buildings@prairiesteel.com tanks available. Contact George in Hague, cavator; Sawmill and other bush equip.; 1998 EX270 excavator; Over 50 genera- SALE PRICING on Steel Farm Buildings! SK. 306-227-5757. tors, 3 to 193 KW; Over 1000 new and Prairie Steel is offering winter booking BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective used UC rollers; 2- 811 Bobcat backhoe at- discounts on all building sizes at the Crop way to clear land. Four season service, tachments; New/used parts of all types; Production Show in Saskatoon, January competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. Hundreds of misc. attachments. Central 9-12th. Visit our booth in Hall C and place trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket at- Canada’s largest wreckers of construction your order before steel prices increase. Do tachments. Bury rock and brush piles and equipment. 2 yards, over 50 acres. Call not pay until spring. Leasing and erecting FARM CHEMICAL / fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Cambrian Equipment Sales Ltd., Winnipeg, services available. SEED COMPLAINTS Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., MB. Ph. 204-667-2867, fax 204-667-2932. 100’x200’x22’ Steel Farm Building. Ready 306-960-3804. We also specialize in: agricultural 2011 HITACHI ZX270 LC-3 hyd. thumb for set-up on your farm today. Foundation specs can be supplied. Includes 26 gauge excavator, 6950 hrs., 12’ 6” stick, c/w Q/A MULCHINGTREES, BRUSH, Stumps. complaints of any nature; Crop ins. today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: bucket, very good shape, $119,000. Call ext. sheeting and trims, $153,900 plus appeals; Spray drift; Chemical failure; Call tax. Add doors and insulation as needed. 204-325-8019, 204-362-1091, Winkler, MB www.maverickconstruction.ca Other sizes available. 1-888-398-7150 or Residual herbicide; Custom operator email buildings@prairiesteel.com DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, issues; Equip. malfunctions. Licensed REGULATION $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, Agrologist on Staff. For assistance and $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950; Larger sizes hog, chicken and dairy barns. Construction available. Travel incl. in Sask. Gov’t grants and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, compensation call available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK. MR Steel Construction, 306-978-0315, Back-Track InvesTIgaTIons Hague, SK. 1-866-882-4779. www.backtrackcanada.com BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, convex and rigid frame straight walls, 1979 CATERPILLAR D8K, hydraulic straight grain tanks, metal cladding, farm- comtilt dozer or angle available, winch, 90% UC remaining, $46,000. Many more items 2003 VOLVO G740B tandem drive, snow mercial. Construction and concrete crews. Guaranteed workmanship. Call your SaskaFARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. available. Robert Harris 204-642-9959, cell wing Volvo D10 (219-243 HP), 8400 direct toon and Northwest Behlen Distributor, Management Group for all your borrowing 204-470-5493, Gimli, MB. View our web- drive powershift (8 Fwd, 4 reverse), Articu- Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, site: www.Robertharrisequipment.com lated frame, 14’ moldboard, 12,056 hrs., Osler, SK. and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, $39,900. Norm 204-761-7797 Brandon MB Regina, SK. 1974 CAT D7F, 14’ angle dozer, 26” pads, STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, 3306 eng., 60% UC, vg cond., $42,000 1975 TELESMITH 48” cone crusher (rebuilt BEHLEN and rigid frame straight walls, DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too OBO. 204-467-2109, Stonewall, MB. 100 hrs. ago) w/5’x20’ screen deck, 600V convex grain tanks, metal cladding, farm- comhigh? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call $153,000; 48’ van trailer with switch gear us to develop a professional mediation CAT HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS: and 600 volt 300 KW power plant, mercial. Construction and concrete crews. Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saskaplan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. 463, 435, 80 and 70, all vg condition, new $42,000. 306-452-8081, Redvers, SK. toon and Northwest Behlen Distributor, Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. conversion. Also new and used scraper Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock tires. Can deliver. 204-793-0098, Stony buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. au- Osler, SK. Mountain, MB. gers, brush cutters and more large stock. STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or TWO VOLVO A-30D Articulated trucks, Top quality equipment, quality welding built on site. For early booking call 23.5x25 tires, 2003 and 2004, $85,000 and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. each. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB. www.warmanhomecentre.com AND PAINTING. We do LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom 2010 CAT 950H WHEEL LOADER, SANDBLASTING patching, repairs, re-wiring of INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, 27,417 hrs., w/Cat quick coupler bucket, welding, built on site, for early booking call 3-3/4 cu. yards, 23.5x25 tires, F.O.B. trucks, trailers, heavy equipment, etc. We 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: SK. use Epoxy primers and Endura topcoats. $75,000. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB Competitive rates. Contact Agrimex at www.warmanhomecentre.com WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built 2003 270C JD excavator, 10,300 hrs, Q/A, 306-331-7443, Dysart, SK. wrist and dig buckets, hyd. thumb, ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS on site. For early booking call $62,500. Call 204-746-4131 or view web- for construction equipment. Attachments 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: site: www.equipmentpeople.com for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. www.warmanhomecentre.com Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equip2004 CAT D6N LGP crawler, 6-way dozer, ment parts and major components. Call PRE-ENGINEERED STEEL BUILDINGS for AC, canopy, diff. steer, cargo winch, new Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, all your agricultural, equestrian, industrial, shop or storage needs. Call 306-249-2355 undercarriage, 10,800 hrs., $82,000; 2007 Prince Albert, SK. for a free quote. Montana Construction Komatsu PC200 LC-8 hyd. excavator w/QA cleanup bucket, 9’6” stick, aux. ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull www.montanasteelbuilders.ca Saskatoon. hyds., 12,582 hrs., new UC $60,000; Also behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ all kinds of buckets, various shapes and blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK sizes 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca 3 - WESTEEL ROSCO grain bins, 3352 bu.; $1675/ea.; 2 - 3850 bu. $1925/ea. CATERPILLAR 14D GRADER, 1964, All 19’ diameter. All to be moved. good shape. Call for price 204-267-2292 204-669-9626, Morris, MB. area. or 204-226-3612, Oakville, MB.

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HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions available. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., KOMATSU D85 P-21 dozer, rebuilt motor, 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK trans., torque, steering, final drives, 85% UC, 36” pads like new, 16’ twin tilt angle HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, blade, AC, heat, warranty, $98,000. Can 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt deliver. 204-743-2324 any time Cypress for years of trouble-free service. Lever Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. River, MB.

EXCELLENT FARM CATS for sale come with warranty: Komatsu, Cat, Fiat Allis. Call for more info excellent working condition. Most newer UC, rebuilt engine, and trans bush, guarded. Call for price. Can deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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2006 D61 PX-15, 2405 orig. hrs., 6-way blade, 34” pads, near new UC, 155 HP, exc. working cond., S/N #B41323, $68,000. Can deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River.

GSI COMMERCIAL HOPPER bins. Wentworth Ag 1-877-655-9996, ask about our specials wentworth@grainequipment.com www.grainequipment.com GSI TOP DRY bins. Call Wentworth Ag 1-877-655-9996, ask about our specials. wentworth@grainequipment.com or www.grainequipment.com JTL CORRUGATED HOPPER bins. Call Wentworth Ag 1-877-655-9996 ask about our specials. www.grainequipment.com Email: wentworth@grainequipment.com

WANTED: 14x24 grader tires at 50%+; FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper Also air cleaner assembly for Champion cone and steel floor requirements contact: Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll 740. Call 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. free: 1-888-304-2837. ANGLE DOZER w/TILT for a D7G; Also straight dozer w/tilt; Brush rake to fit D6R, BOOK NOW, TAKE DELIVERY, DON’T PAY UNTIL NOVEMBER, 2017. Top D6N and JD 850. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil. quality MERIDIAN bins. All prices include: 1972 CAT D7F, bush equipped, good cond; skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up 10’ HD rome plow, wheel transport, good and delivery within set radius. Meridian cond. Info. 306-342-7509, Medstead, SK. Hopper combos: 3500 bushel, $10,450. 2006 HITATCHI 270, good undercarriage, SPECIAL: 5000 bu., $13,990. We manuno thumb, 9000 hours, $60,000. Phone factor superior quality hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what 780-307-5235, Clyde, AB. you are investing in. Call and find out why 2006 LINK-BELT 210 excavator, $60,000 our product quality and price well exceeds work order, 6000 hours, no thumb, the competition. We also stock replacement lids for all makes and models of bins. $33,000. Call 780-307-5235, Clyde, AB. Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., 2004 CAT D7R-XR Series II angle dozer, 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. full canopy and ripper. 780-983-0936, BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, Westlock, AB. w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks. 2010 JD 624J wheel loader, 5000 hours, 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. excellent condition, QA. 780-983-0936, 5000 BU. SUPERIOR Hopper Combo’s, Westlock, AB. double 4x6 skids $11,800. Middle Lake PORTABLE TOILET SALES: Selling Five Steel. 306-367-4306, Middle Lake, SK. Peaks Technologies new portable toilets and accessories. Phone 403-680-0752 for U-WELD HOPPER Cones, sizes from 12 to 24. www.middlelakesteel.com Phone details. Visit on-line: 5peaksdistributors.ca 306-367-4306, Middle Lake, SK.

2004 JD 3800 telehandler, 4900 hrs., GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanuavailable with: bucket and grapple and pal- factured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines let fork. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. can be shipped or installed. Give us a call CAT 463 PULL SCRAPER, hydraulic ma- or check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca chine, 21 yard capacity, very nice shape, Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, Russell, MB. $50,000 OBO. 204-669-9626 Winnipeg MB

GRAIN BIN TRAILER: 2005 Trailtech. Moves bins up to 34’ high and 19.6’ diameter, asking $20,000. Call 306-634-6536 or 306-421-5530, Estevan, SK. CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount. Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK.

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BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone MERIDIAN AND WESTEEL fertilizer bins. 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. on sale now. See your nearest Flaman NEW BATCO 2075 w/electric drive kit. store of call 1-888-435-2626. Retail $36,500. Blow-out Special, $28,500. 10,000 BU. HOPPER BINS- Winter booking 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. prices in effect. We guarantee delivery and set up. Start planning for next year, see BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, your nearest Flaman store or call grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. 1-888-435-2626 for more information.

USED LMC GRAVITY SEPARATORS, 400 2014 JD S680, 600 sep. hrs., 1000 eng.; BPH and 300 BPH units available. Call LMC 2013 S680, 300 sep. hrs., 470 eng.; 2012 JD S680, 400 sep. hrs., 650 eng. All 3 Canada 1-800-667-6924. combines have 4WD, straddle duals and are loaded. 218-779-1710, Bottineau, ND. CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. 2009 JD 9770, only 700 sep. hrs., 900 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. eng., 4WD, straddle duals, loaded, price negotiable. 218-779-1710, Bottineau, ND.

OPI GRAIN MANAGEMENT Systems. Call CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All Wentworth Ag 1-877-655-9996 ask about sizes. Now in stock: 50 used, 53’ steel and our specials. www.grainequipment.com insulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK. Email: wentworth@grainequipment.com SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, FERTILIZER SPREADERS, 4-8 ton, 10 ton Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca Willmar Tender. Call 204-857-8403, PortYEAR END CLEARANCE: Loaded age La Prairie, MB. HD8-39/ HD8-46/ TL 10-39 plus SLMD12 72 and SLMD12 - 95 plus. Used Augers: 2012 TL 10-39; 2012 SLMD 12-72 with winch and swing mover; Brandt 10x60 S/A: Wheatheart 8x51’ c/w mover. Also dealer for Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing available! Call Dale, Mainway Farm Equip., 306-567-3285, 306-567-7299, Davidson, SK. www.mainwayfarmeguipment.ca

20’ and 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS, and storage trailers. Large Sask. inventory. 1995 LORAL FLOATER, AutoSteer, new tarp, AC, $58,000. Call 306-421-3865, Phone 1-800-843-3984 or 306-781-2600. Estevan, SK. 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436. NEW FARM KING AUGERS: 10”x41’ w/36 HP motor, elec. actuator, mover, reversing gearbox, $14,000; Used 13”x95’ swing auger with hydraulic mover and winch, $12,000; Used 13”x70’ swing auger, $8500. 204-242-4200, Manitou, MB.

BOND SEA CONTAINERS. New, used and modified sea containers. All sizes avail. Buy, rent or lease. Call Bond today 306-373-2236, joe@bondind.com or visit www.bondind.com

GSI AIR SYSTEMS. Call Wentworth Ag 1-877-655-9996, ask about our specials. wentworth@grainequipment.com or www.grainequipment.com GSI AERATION DRYERS. Call Wentworth Ag 1-877-655-9996 ask about our specials. wentworth@grainequipment.com or www.grainequipment.com KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346. KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738.

AFTER SEASON SALE! All makes of combine platforms: Flex, Rigid, Corn heads. Reconditioned and field ready. Reimer Farm Equipment, #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, mfg. of grain MB. Call Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000. dryers w/auto. drying/moisture control. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Updates to Vertec roof, tiers, moisture control. Economic designed dryers avail. RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most 1-888-288-6857. westerngraindryer.com makes and sizes; also header transports. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK FARM FAN 180 auto batch grain dryer, www.straightcutheaders.com very good, $6000; Farm Fan CMS-14E continuous multi stage grain dryer, $4000. 204-325-8019, 204-362-1091, Winkler, MB

GSI GRAIN DRYERS. Call Wentworth Ag 1-877-655-9996, ask about our specials. or NEW MERIDIAN AUGERS: TL12-39 wentworth@grainequipment.com w/37HP,EFI Vanguard eng., c/w mover, www.grainequipment.com HD clutch, reversing gearbox and lights. Retail $24,200, cash price $19,500. MORIDGE 400 BUSHEL batch grain dryer, with canola screens and agitator, exc cond 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. shedded, $6500. 306-795-7618, Ituna, SK.

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2008 CASE/IH 4420, 1 owner, 100’, Aim Control, 5 nozzle body, full load, leather seats, ViperPro monitors, AutoSteer, autorate, AutoBoom, 2501 hrs, 1200 gal. SS tank, crop dividers, all updates, 2 sets of Michelins, very well maintained w/service records, stored inside heated shop, mint condition, field ready, $195,000 OBO. 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK.

FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: JD 4930/4940, R4045; 800/55R46 Goodyear tire and rim; 710/60R46 Goodyear LSW; Case 650/65R38 Michelins, $13,500. Duals available for combines. 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. WANTED: 3 PTH sprayer. Call Glen 306-640-8034, 306-266-2016, Wood Mountain, SK. or email gm93@sasktel.net

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

AERATION FANS, rockets ductwork, temp monitoring equipment and more. Visit your nearest Flaman store to see selection headfinger w/fullauger, fingersingle auger,point single Clean Clean head w/full hookup,JD 1820, 61’ air drill, 10” spacing Atom Jet or call 1-888-435-2626. low stone dam, stubble lights, skids, rigid & flexpaired row boots, 4” pneumatic packers, point hookup, low stonepoly dam, stubble header height PU reel w/hyd for/aft. NH3 Raven controller, sectional, JD lights, polysensors, skids, rigid & flex header $20,900 OBO (204)841-4061, Neepawa. height sensors, PU reel w/hyd for/aft. 1910 430 cart, variable rate, 3 meters, REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER $49,000. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK. $20,900 OBO (204)841-4061, Neepawa. movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, 2010 65’ 3310 BOURGAULT Paralink, 12” swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, spacing, mid row shank banding, double motorized utility carts. All shipped directly shoot, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. BALE SPEARS, high quality imported $145,000. 2002 49’ Morris Maxim air drill, Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, ex12” spacing, w/7240 Morris grain cart, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net cellent pricing. Call now toll free $52,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing. GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; Call now 1-866-443-7444. 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel. 567 JD BALER very good condition, View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com $19,500 OBO. Phone: 204-886-3407 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB.

BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new and used sea containers, all sizes. 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK.

SCHULTE SNOWBLOWERS- high grade steel w/fully enclosed chain case. Heavily reinforced auger cuts into snow with ease. See your nearest Flaman location or call 1-888-435-2626.

2006 9660 WTS JD, 914 PU, duals, 2300 CT1100 VERTEC GRAIN DRYER, with new engine hrs., $132,500. A.E. Chicoine Farm roof, $25,000. Call 204-274-2502 ext. Equipment 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 225, Bagot, MB. 2012 JD S670 combine, 615 header, duals, 1070 thres. hrs., excellent condition, NH SF115, 130’, 1200 Imperial gal. tank, $220,000. 306-252-2858, Kenaston, SK. 2 rinse tanks, wheel boom sprayer, $19,000 OBO. 306-327-7198 Kelvington SK

NEW CONVEY-ALL DRIVE OVER belt conveyor w/electric drive 20 HP motor. Retail $15,000. Special year end price, JTL SMOOTH WALL hopper bins. Call $12,900. 306-222-6173, Saskatoon, SK. Wentworth Ag 1-877-655-9996 ask about our specials. www.grainequipment.com Email: wentworth@grainequipment.com

HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call 306-757-2828, Regina, SK.

NEW FARMKING SNOWBLOWERS, 50” to 96”. Call KMK Sales Ltd. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK.

NEW 2016 BRANDT swing away augers, 13110HP+, 4 to choose from. 2 electric and 1 hyd. swing away, 13,000 bu. per/hr. 3 augers, M13X110 HP, 1 auger, 10”x80’ SEED CLEANERS SALE: 2015 Orion $33,000 ea. Call any time, 204-743-2324, screen machine, many upgrades - better Cypress River, MB. than new. Good selection of screens; 1995 Kamas Westrup air/screen machine, MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGER PACKAGES: UB1500 4 variable pitch decks. Excellent 10x39 pkg., $15,500; 10x46 pkg., $17,000. selection of screens; 2015 Mercury inInstallation $900; 8x53 loaded, ready to dents, easy change nickel plated non-stick go, $15,750. Call Brian “ The Auger Guy” shells; 1995 Carter day indents; 1994 14M 204-724-6197, Souris, MB. Forsberg Gravity, new shaker arms and your selection of new deck screen; 1995 BRANDT 8x50, BLUE, hyd. mover, winch, Damas indent, extra shells; 6 pairs of spibin sweep, good cond. Ed 306-272-3848, ral separators. Call Warren 204-730-0430 306-269-7745, Foam Lake, SK. or Simon 204-720-9155, Ellis Seeds, Wawanesa, MB. MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS available with self-propelled mover kits and bin sweeps. Call Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipaw- DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and in, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837. Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, www.zettlerfarmequipment.com truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 306-957-2033. GSI GRAIN HANDLING Systems. Call Wentworth Ag 1-877-655-9996 ask about MERIDIAN AUGERS in stock at Flaman. our specials. www.grainequipment.com Call or visit your nearest Flaman location, Email: wentworth@grainequipment.com 1-888-435-2626.

2013 CLAAS 3300 RC Quadrant 3x4 square baler, approx. 7000 bales made, vg cond., $110,000. Can deliver. Call anytime 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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2003 FLEXI-COIL 5000 39’ 9” sp, 3.5” steel packers, 2011 P1060 430 bu. cart, DS. 306-722-3773, 306-722-7605, Osage, SK HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

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2009 BOURGAULT 3310, 75’, w/6550 tank, 1 yr. on new tips and discs, very accurate drill and tank, $205,000 OBO. Call 306-867-7165, Loreburn, SK. 2013 MORRIS CONTOUR II, 61’, 8370 TBH tank, 450 bu., 3 tank, paired row carbide tips, main frame big tires, blockage monitor, seeded approx. 15,000 acres, 5000 acres on new carbide tips, asking $190,000. 306-883-7305, Spiritwood, SK. 2011 MORRIS CONTOUR 70’, 650 bu. tank w/duals, TBH mechanical drive, dual shoot $160,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. WANTED: BOURGAULT OPENERS for 3320 Para-link drill, single shoot w/liquid end. Call 306-463-7527, Kindersley, SK. 4710 CONCORD and 3000 air cart, 47’, 10” spacing, 300 bu., disc levelers, 3” Dutch openers, 4 rank, 5 plex, Agtron blockage, $14,000 OBO. 306-463-7420 Kindersley SK 2013 BOURGAULT 3320 XTC 66’, 10” space, MRB, DS, Bourgault updates done, blockage and X20 monitors c/w 6700 cart, 2 fans, 4 metering tanks, conveyor, duals, whole unit always shedded, exc. cond., $320,000. 780-872-3262, Lashburn, SK.

2012 CASE/IH 800 PRECISION, 60’; 2011 Case/IH 800 Precision, 50’. Both w/3430 GOODS USED TRACTOR parts (always TBH 430 bu. cart. Both like new, exc. cond, buying tractors). David or Curtis, Roblin, low acres. 218-779-1710, Bottineau, ND. MB., 204-564-2528, 1-877-564-8734. G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK.

2007 7010 Case/IH, dual wheels, w/2016 header, $170,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2000 CASE/IH 2388 w/1015 header, $65,000; 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, $115,000; 2006 2388 w/2015 PU header, $130,000; 2009 7088 w/2016 PU header, $180,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

FORD TANDEM DISC 13’ wide, new front notched blades, plain back blades, 20” diSMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge ameter blades front and back, nice shape, inventory new and used tractor parts. $4000 OBO. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB 1-888-676-4847. 2013 RITE-WAY HEAVY HARROW, 90’, apCOMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and prox. 20” harrows, adjustable pressure and used parts for most makes of tractors, angle, $39,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. combines, balers, mixmills and swathers. Phone 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, SK. www.comb-tracsalvage.com We buy machinery. JD 7200 PLANTERS IN STOCK, 8 to 16 LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE row, any planter makes available. Call Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. Reimer Farm Equipment, Gary Reimer, We sell new, used and remanufactured 204-326-7000, Hwy #12, Steinbach, MB. parts for most farm tractors and combines.

1997 CIH 2188, 3000 sep. hrs., auto HHC, chopper plus Redekop chopper, vg tires, AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tracrocktrap, long auger, 1015 or Swathmaster tors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/oth- BOURGAULT 9200 50’ floating hitch er Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battle- chisel plow, 600 lbs. trips w/Raven NH3 PU hdr $25,000 306-861-4592 Fillmore, SK ford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769. autorate kit. 306-563-7505, Canora, SK. TRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. WANTED: NICE R72 Gleaner w/Cummins etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, 306-441-0655, Richard, SK. engine. Call 701-340-5061, Minot, ND.

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1992 37’ CASE/IH 5600 HD cultivator, w/Degelman mounted 4-row harrows, $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

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WANTED: DEUTZ 7145 tractor. Call Bill 2015 JD 6140M, 1064 hrs up, MFWD, 204-467-5608, Stonewall, MB. w/H360 loader, bucket, grapple, $169,800. Call South Country Equipment, 306-345-2411, Mossbank, SK. 1995 CASE 5240, 3900 hrs., can be equipped w/loader; 1999 Case MX170, 4000 hrs., c/w loader. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 2009 CASE/IH 435, 2650 hrs., 71070R duals, powershift, 4 hyds., shedded, mint, $200,000 OBO. 306-563-4462, Canora, SK. 2013 140A FARMALL Case/IH w/loader, 1800 hrs., $82,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2015 JD 6150M, 1288 hrs, deluxe cab, MFWD, w/H360 loader, bucket and grapple, $183,100. South Country Equipment, 306-692-2371, Moose Jaw, SK. 2012 JD 9560R, duals, 1709 hrs., $356.900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2012 JD 9560R, duals, 1816 hrs., $356,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

2014 CIH 600 QuadTrac, 2765 hrs, luxury 2012 JD 9560R, duals, 1988 hrs., cab, diff lock, 1000 PTO, 36” tracks, $366,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, $407,900. South Country Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 306-842-4686, Weyburn, SK. 2012 JD 9560R, duals, 1685 hrs., 2010 CIH 535 QuadTrac, 4100 hrs, 1000 $352,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, PTO, 30” tracks, luxury cab, $226,000. 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com South Country Equipment, 306-842-4686, 2008 JD 9430, duals, 2520 hrs., $214,900. Weyburn, SK. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 2010 CASE/IH MAGNUM 180, loader, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com MFWD, 4665 hrs., $134,000. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, 2008 JD 9530, duals, 3178 hrs., $231,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, www.nelsonmotors.com 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2012 CIH 500, Quadtrac, PTO, 1570 hrs., $369,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 2009 JD 9630, triples, 3950 hrs., $240,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2014 CIH 600, Quadtrac, PTO, 886 hrs., $452,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 2012 JD 9560R, triples, PTO, 1992 hrs., $344,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA 2015 JD 9620R, duals, PTO, 669 hrs., tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have 540,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. 2012 JD 9560RT, PTO, 1940 hrs., $366,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2010 CIH STEIGER 335, powershift, Auto- 2016 9620RX, PTO, 515 hrs., $684,000. Steer, 520/85x42 duals, rear weights, Nelson Motors & Equipment, shedded, only 775 hours, $185,000. 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 204-268-2853, Selkirk, MB. 2013 JD 9560R, duals, 1943 hrs., 2013 CIH STEIGER 600 quad, 1850 hrs, 6 $373,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, hyd outlets, 36” tracks, diff lock, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com $453,900. South Country Equipment, 2012 JD 9560R, duals, PTO, 2085 hrs., 306-842-4686, Weyburn, SK. $368,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2007 CHALLENGER MT765B track, 3268 hrs, 320 eng. HP, 4 SCV’s, autoguidance, $172,900. South Country Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. 2010 CHALLENGER MT875C, Degelman blade, 2700 hours, $334,000. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

1978 3130 JD TRACTOR, very good condition, 5000 original hours. $11,500 OBO. Phone: 204-886-3407 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. 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. WRECKING FOR PARTS: JD 2750, 3 PTH, vg sheet metal; 4430 JD, vg run eng., good sheet metal; 4440 JD, complete OH eng., vg sheet metal and cab, vg 18.4x38 tires and rims. 1-877-564-8734, Roblin MB 2000 JD 7710, 4900 hrs.; 2006 JD 7720, 4600 hrs; 1998 JD 7810, 5900 hrs. All are MFWD and can be equipped with loaders. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 9420 JD, bought new in 2003, shedded summer/winter, 710x42 tires, used on 40’ cult. on small farm, 2800 hrs., mint cond., $155,000. 306-752-4336, 306-921-7683, Melfort, SK. 1999 JD 9400, 425 HP, 24 spd., new rubber, 4 hyds. w/return line, exc. cond., $85,000 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. JOHN DEERE 8630, PTO, tires like new, excellent condition, $19,500. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone for availability and prices. Many used in stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB.

DIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, BISON CALVES, bulls and heifers, $2300 12 to 300 KWs, lots of units in stock. Used each. Call Frank 306-662-4163, Maple and new: Perkins, John Deere and Deutz. Creek, SK. H. S. KNILL TRANSPORT, est. 1933, speWe also build custom Gensets. We curcializing in purebred livestock transportarently have special pricing on new John tion. Providing weekly pick up and delivery Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471. service across Canada/USA and Mexico. Gooseneck service available in Ontario, Quebec and USA. US and Canada customs STAND-BY UNITS: 2004 DEERE 325 skidsteer loader, new EX-GOVERNMENT bonded carrier. Call 1-877-442-3106, fax eng., c/w bucket, vg working condition. 12V92 w/400 KW, 600 volts, 388 hrs, 519-442-1122, hsknill@pppoe.ca or $25,000; 12V92 w/400 KW, 600 volts, 419 $25,000. Can deliver. Call anytime www.hsknilltransport.com 155 King Edhrs, $25,000; 12V92 w/400 KW, 600 volts, 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. ward St., Paris, ON. N3L 0A1. 638 hrs, $25,000; 16V92 w/500 KW, 600 volts, 700 hrs, $25,000; 16V92 w/800 KW, 600 TOP QUALITY bred heifers, start calv600 volts, 700 hrs, $30,000; KT450 Cuming April 1. All heifers preg checked, pelt mins w/250 KW, $15,000. Can-Am Truck measured and full live vaccination proHwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519 Export Ltd, 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. gram going to breed. Bred to Red and GRUNTHAL, MB. Black Angus heifer bulls. Calved 400 out of AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING same bulls last year with zero cesaerians. 204-325-2416, Manitou, MB.

2013 CIH L785 FEL w/grapple and bucket. Fits on Case Puma 200, $18,000; Also have some rear weights as well, $1.75/lb. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 2009 14’ 6900 Degelman 4 WD blade, hyd. angle, mounting kit for STX 275, 280, 285, 330, 335, $20,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2013 JD 9460R, 1200 hrs, 800/70R38, PowerGard warranty- Oct/18, JD Link, $377,800. South Country Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. 2015 JD 9520R, 1275 hrs, 800/70R38, premium cab, leather pkg, $513,000. South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK.

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BRED COW HERD REDUCTION, by half. 150 head. Bred Charolais, to calve first week of April. 306-432-4803, Lipton, SK.

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100 BRED Heifers. Red Angus cross Simm., Black Angus bred Red or Black Angus, begin calving end of March. Full herd health. Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK.

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OSSAWA ANGUS, MARQUETTE, MB. has for sale purebred Black heifer calves. Also 2 year old bulls. Info. call 204-375-6658. REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS bull calves, low birth weight, very quiet. We’ve been in registered Blacks for over 50 yrs. Buy now and save! EPD’s and delivery available. Amaranth, MB. 204-843-2287.

COZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn calves! 306-736-0020, Carlyle, SK. Email cozycaps@outlook.com

125 BRED RED ANGUS cross heifers, bred to Red Angus bulls. Bulls out July 1st for SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Black and Red 60 days. Call 306-355-2700, Mortlach, SK. Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730. 50 BLACK ANGUS cows, bred Black, preg checked, $1350/ea. Call 306-831-8977, 50 BLACK ANGUS heifers, bred to reg. Fiske, SK. Black Angus bulls. Can winter and calve out. Call 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. 44 TOPCUT ONE IRON Red Angus cross SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside bred heifers, AI’d to low birthweight Red Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, Angus bull, very impressive group of heifers. Call 306-937-2880 or 306-441-5010 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. Battleford, SK. BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery GOOD QUALITY BRED HEIFERS. Red available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Angus, Red Angus cross Hereford and Red Angus cross Simmental. Bred Red Angus. Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca Ferguson Stock Farm Ltd., 306-895-4825, PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling Paynton, SK. bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 12 BRED GELBVIEH heifers for sale, start calving March, 2017, $2000 each. Call or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. 306-824-4523, Rabbit Lake, SK

SHEEP AND LAMB On-Farm BioseSOUTH VIEW RANCH has Red and Black curity Workshop and Canadian Sheep Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call and Lamb Food Safe Farm Practices Workshop in conjunction with SSDB’s Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730. AGM and Symposium will be held at the RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- Ramada Saskatoon, 806 Idylwyld Dr. N, men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery Saskatoon, SK., January 13-14, 2017. To available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, register please call: 306-933-5200 or email: sheepdb@sasktel.net For details Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca please visit: www.sksheep.com 2007 MF GC 2300, FWA, loader, diesel, hy- 17 REG. RED ANGUS heifers, born Feb/ dro., Cat I, 3PTH, 540 PTO, $8900. Cam- March 2016, exc. brood cow prospects. Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford. COMING 3 YR. old Red Angus herdsire, SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole disused on PB herd. Call Little de Ranch, tributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers programs, marketing services and sheep/ 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK. goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, REG. RED ANGUS bulls born Feb./Mar. SK. www.sksheep.com 2016, calving ease, good growth. Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK.

16’ PEELED RAILS, 2-3” $7.50 ea., 125 per bundle; 3-4” $9.25 ea., 100 per bundle; 4-5” $11 each, 75 per bundle. Vermette Wood Preservers, 1-800-667-0094, Spruce Home, SK info@vwpltd.com GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch SPRUCE FOR SALE!! Beautiful locally 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, COMING 2 YR. old polled PB Charolais get the year round protection you need. bulls, come red factor. Call Kings Polled We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or de- Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. liver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring orders while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 or visit: www.didsburysprucefarms.com ROSELAWN FARMS has an excellent group of Hereford and Black Baldie heifers bred Hereford. March calving. All vaccinations. Wally 204-534-8204, Killarney, MB.

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2004 JD 9520T, 4198 hrs, deluxe cab, 2006 CAT D8T SU dozer, single shank rip2600 Greenstar AutoTrac, 36” tracks, per, cab air, 11,000 hours, work ready, $159,900. Call South Country Equipment, $150,000. 204-795-9192 Plum Coulee, MB 306-642-3366, Assiniboia, SK.

2015 JD 6195R, 941 hrs, JD 1800 Greenstar, JD Link, 620/70R42,MFWD, w/JD H380 loader, $243,000. Call South Country Equipment, 306-642-3366, Assiniboia, SK.

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BRED HEIFERS: Approx. 200 big, strong top of the line, one iron Simmental and Simmental Red Angus cross, bred Red or Black Angus. Exposed May 24th, 2016. Full vaccination program plus Ivomec. Contact 3J Simmental Farms, 306-325-4622 or 306-327-8005, Lintlaw, SK.

RED ANGUS PUREBRED 2 year old bulls. Open heifers also available. Contact DBM Angus Farms at Holland, MB., Brian 204-526-0942 or David 204-723-0288.

WANTED: 40’-42’ LAND ROLLER, wing up style in good condition. 306-843-7159, Wilkie, SK. 1993 FORD 846, 7792 hrs., 230 HP, 4 WD, 18.4R38 duals, PTO, 4 hyds., diff lock, cab, AC, heat, 14 spd. std. trans., $46,000 OBO. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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75 SECOND AND THIRD Black and Red Anyoung bred cows. Call 306-773-1049 90- TWO YR. OLD and yearling Red Angus gus bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested, and de- or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. livered in the spring. Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, Leader, SK.

WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

2014 JD 9560RT, 824 hrs, 36” tracks, Greenstar, JD Link, tow cable, $483,500. South Country Equipment, 306-746-2110, Raymore, SK.

2014 JD 9560RT, 830 hrs, 18/6 powershift, JD Link, deluxe cab, 36” Durabilt tracks, $483,500. Call South Country Equipment, 306-642-3366, Assiniboia, SK.

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2012 JD 9560R, 1379 hrs, JD Link, hi-flow hyd. system, 800/70R38, $400,100. Call South Country Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK.

2015 JD 9570R, 585 hrs, 18/6 powershift, JD Link, server 4600 processor, 800/70R38, $542,500. Call South Country Equipment, 306-642-3366, Assiniboia, SK.

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BOBCAT 943 SKIDSTEER, $14,900; NH LX865 skidsteer, $12,900; McKee 7’ snowblower, $7,000; Lorenz 8’ HD snowblower, $1,500; Gehl 500 cu. ft., 4 auger feed cart, $10,000; Knight 3 auger feed cart, $5,000. BIRD WATCHERS CALL To The Far North! 1-866-938-8537. Bird stands and natural locations available. Year round bird and wildlife watching. GPS OUTBACK EZ-DRIVE TC with S2 Tree stands, ground blinds, and natural loDisplay, hyd. steering control. Will fit all cations available. North Western SasATX Case/IH 4 WD tractors and other katchewan. Ron Kisslinger 306-822-2256 2012 JD 9560R, duals, PTO, 2246 hrs., makes, $3300. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm or email: p.r.service@sasktel.net $355,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2012 JD 9560R, duals, PTO, 2539 hrs., ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De$360,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, gelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. DRILL STEM: 200 3-1/2”, $45 each; 400 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. 2-7/8”, $32 each; 400 2-3/8”, $33 each. NICE 2010 JD 9630, 4WD, original own306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. er, 2500 hrs., fully loaded, big hyd. pump, FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levelers. 5 remotes, 800 duals, all updates done, Building now! Book orders by year end for best offer. Don 306-948-6059, Biggar, SK. USED 3-1/2” OILFIELD tubing for sale, 2016 prices! 306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. $34 per joint, loaded. 780-205-7856, WANTED: JD 2520 tractor, powershift, 306-248-7376, Lloydminster, SK. 1969-1972. Also 3020, 4000, 4020, 4620. WANTED: STAINLESS STEEL LIQUID fertilizer storage tanks for transporting/ Diesel, powershift, ‘69-’72. Cancar Ag tree storing, 1,600-50,000 gallons. Call farmer 4 WD early 1960’s. 306-960-3000. 306-960-3000. 2007 9320, 3044 hrs., 375 HP, 24 spd. WESTERN IRRIGATION: CADMAN Dealer. trans., 4 hyds., deluxe cab, AutoTrac Fall discounts. Full line of new and used ready, 620-70R42 duals, wheel weights, equipment. 1 Cadman 4000S wide body excellent shape, $162,000 OBO. Call WANTED: GOOD USED 18.4x16.1 big gun, like new; Also aluminum pipe, 306-247-2099, 306-843-7337, Scott, SK. swather tires and Allis Chalmers 7040 and pumps and motors. If we don’t have it, we 1976 JD 1830, 145 FEL, CAHR, 3 PTH, live up tractor. 204-373-2502 lv msg Emerson will get it for you! Call 306-867-9461, PTO, good rubber, very low hours, $20,000 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK. OBO. Call 306-357-2136, Wiseton, SK. WANTED: LLOYD WATER PUMP, 12” to 13”. Call 204-385-2753, Gladstone, MB.

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4- 2015 JD 9570R, 544 hours and up, CommandView cab, JD Link, 800/70R38, $536,900 and up. Call South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK.

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ALLIED 590 LOADER, excellent shape, $3500. Danny Spence, Speers, SK. 306-246-4632.

2012 JD 9560R, 2916 hrs, 18F,6R powershift, hi-flow hyds, 520/85R46, $383,400. Call South Country Equipment, VERSATILE 375, 400, 435, 550 used; 450, 306-424-2212, Montmartre, SK. 500 and 550DT new. Call KMK Sales Ltd. 2012 JD 9510RT, 1660 hrs, Greenstar, JD 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. Link, 36” tracks, AJ hitch, $391,900. Call South Country Equipment, 306-424-2212, Montmartre, SK. 2011 JD 9630T, 2486 hrs, 36” tracks, 5 hyd. outlets, front idler weights, deluxe comfort, $313,900. Call South Country Equipment, 306-842-4686, Weyburn, SK.

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, 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147.

BLOCKED AND SEASONED FIREWOOD: $180 per 160 ft.≥ cord; bags $80 (includes refundable deposit for bag). Bundles of 4’-5’ or 6.5’ also available. Vermette Wood Preservers 1-800-667-0094, Spruce Home. HARMONY NATURAL BISON buying finished up to $6.25/lb HHW; Culls up to SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one $5.25/lb HHW; Feeders up to $4.75/lb cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65. LW. Call/text 306-736-3454, SE Sask. Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finBLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood ished, and all other types of bison. COD, and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Pre- paying market prices. “Producers working servers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK.

2015 JD 6195R, MFWD, 941 hrs, JD Link, 620/70R42, w/JD H380 loader, $243,000. 2012 BOBCAT S 205 skidsteer loader, 1650 South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, hrs., c/w bucket, vg working condition, Mossbank, SK. $28,000. Can deliver. Call anytime 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 2015 JD 7210R, 963 hrs, MFWD, JD Link, CommandView cab, 710/70R38, 2011 CASE 1221E loader w/toothed buck$253,300. South Country Equipment, et, M11 Cummins, 4 spd., 5500 hrs., BEV’S FISH & SEAFOOD LTD., buy di306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. $165,000. 306-452-8081, Redvers, SK. rect, fresh fish: Pickerel, Northern Pike, 2012 JD 7200R, MFWD, IVT, 2226 hrs., 10’ DEGELMAN DOZER and frame, manual Whitefish and Lake Trout. Seafood also $186,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, angle, new cutting edge, fits most 2WD & available. Phone toll free 1-877-434-7477, 306-763-8277, Prince Albert, SK. FWA, $5900. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

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. BUYING ELK for local and international Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. meat markets. Call us for competitive pricing and easy marketing. Phone Ian at 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085. FOR SALE: SMALL herd of commercial Shorthorns. Please call 204-728-7872, Brandon, MB.

LAZY RAINBOW RIVER RANCH has 75 Red and Black Angus cross bred heifers. Preg checked. Price negotiable. Phone BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison 204-372-6945, Fisher Branch, MB. is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing 25 RED ANGUS and Red Angus Hereford markets. Contact Roger Provencher at cross bred cows, due to calve March. Call 204-348-3125, Whitemouth, MB. 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com

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KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WA11 BRED CHAROLAIS heifers, 9 red, 2 TERING System, provides water in remote WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from year- white, bred to low birthweight Charolais areas, improves water quality, increases lings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph bull, calving middle of Feb. to middle of pasture productivity, extends dugout life. Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763. April. Phone 204-827-2721, Glenboro, MB.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 5, 2017

CUSTOM GRAIN ROLLING on your yard w/new PTO Apollo rollermill. New Apollo Sven rollermill sales, used mills buying and selling. Re-grooving all makes. Manitoba Distributor Direct. Phone Farmers Premium Equipment, Randy 204-729-5162

Bioriginal Food & Science Corp. is actively purchasing:

RENN PTO GRAIN ROLLER, 22” rollers, 12’ unloading auger, mounted on trailer, $3800. Call 306-562-7615, Buchanan, SK.

• Organic Flax Seed • Organic Hemp Seed and;

GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK.

• Borage Seed (from the 2016 crop year) We are also contracting for the upcoming growing season.

FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, feed wagons and bale shredders and industry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca 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 PTO ROLLER MILL, load/unload auger, on 2 wheel trailer, shedded, little use. Kyle 306-369-2882, 306-369-7513, Bruno, SK. CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com

DOUBLE RV LOT for sale, Yuma, AZ. With NEAR DUCK MOUNTAIN, river nearby, very RV support building - washer/dryer, toilet, scenic. 459 acres, 265 cultivated, 60 acres fenced pasture. 1550 sq. ft. bungalow with shower etc. 403-871-2441, 928-503-5344. attached garage, 30x42’ heated workshop plus much more. Florence Komarniski Real Estate, 204-638-3055, Dauphin, MB., or Grant Tweed, Century 21, 204-761-6884.

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PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE pups. From good working and personable parents. Contact 306-553-2213, Swift Current, SK.

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YUMA, AZ. HOME for sale: 3 bdrm, 2 COUNTRY RAISED CATS and kittens to baths, w/solar system, pool, att. garage give away! An assortment of healthy and and RV garage, fully furnished. For more DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. Very good active ones. Can deliver within reason. info. call 403-871-2441 or 928-503-5344. selection of acreage building sites currentPhone 306-278-2069, Carragana, SK. ly available within 5 min. to 45 minutes of Saskatoon. Sizes range from 10 acres to 160 acres and most have reasonably close MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 utilities. Resale acreages are available as well. Call Dwein 306-221-1035, Amanda BLUE HEELERS PUPS for sale, ready to go. Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ 306-221-5675 or Victoria 306-270-9740. modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. homes. Now available: Lake homes. Pics and details at www.traskrealty.com Medallion Homes, 306-764-2121, Prince MATURE IRISH WOLFHOUND/ Greyhound Albert, SK. cross dogs for sale. Phone 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call IRISH WOLFHOUND and GREYHOUND 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures 2009 TRITON 2 place aluminum trailer, 14’ pups for sale, ready to go. Call and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca to nose, 13” wheels, $2000. 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. 204-937-3290, Roblin, MB.

STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder panels, sucker rod fence posts. Custom orders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, SK. www.steelviewmfg.com 2014 HIGHLINE BALE PRO CFR651, with chopper and grain tank, processed 1000 bales, asking $27,000. Call 306-397-2653, 306-441-2663, Edam, SK. WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert 13 SILAGE TROUGHS, 30’L, steel framed Contact information on organic farming: prosw/planks, $600 ea; Jiffy 250 feed wagon, for pects, transition, barriers, benefits, certifi$3500. Ph 306-837-7818, Loon Lake, SK. cation and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org 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

MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

MANITOBA SENIOR FARMER, LOOKING to find somebody trustworthy, active and kind, if SWF would apply so would I. Reply to Box 5592, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4.

TIME TO APPRECIATE Relationships! Life is meant to be shared. We are here to help you. Candlelight matchmakers. Confidential, rural, photos/profiles to selected matches. Local, affordable. Serving MB, SK, NW-ON. Call 204-343-2475 or email candlelightmatchmakers@gmail.com

PARTS FOR VINTAGE snowmobiles, 1990 and older. Call Don at 780-755-2258, Wainwright, AB. doncole@mcsnet.ca

ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different ways to weigh bales and livestock; Platform scales for industrial use as well, nonJ&H HOMES: Western Canada’s most electric, no balances or cables (no weigh trusted RTM Home Builder since 1969. like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, View at www.jhhomes.com 306-652-5322 North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sidings, paneling, decking. Fir and Hemlock flooring, timbers, special orders. Phone Rouck Bros., Lumby, BC. 1-800-960-3388. www.rouckbros.com MESA AZ. For sale fully furnished 2 bdrm. mobile home. For more info call 306-317-2740.

TIMBER FRAMES, LOG STRUCTURES and Vertical Log Cabins. Log home refinishing and chinking. Certified Log Builder with 38 years experience. Log & Timber Works, Delisle, SK., 306-717-5161, Email info@logandtimberworks.com Website at FARMLAND NE SK(Clemenceau) 4 quarters plus 36 acre riverside parcel w/5 bdrm. DO YOU KNOW an amazing single guy www.logandtimberworks.com home. Featuring: bins on concrete with diwho shouldn’t be? Camelot Introducrect hit on railroad cars, 40 acres of mostly tions has been successfully matching people for over 22 years. In-person interviews LOG AND TIMBER HOMES, Saskatoon, mature spruce timber, 2 farmyards- 1 borSK. Visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca or dering Etomami River and 50 miles of proby Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. vincial forest, excellent elk hunting and www.camelotintroductions.com or phone call 306-222-6558. other big game and goose. 580 acres cult. 306-978-LOVE (5683). Full line of farm equipment and sawmill DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. Quality also available Reg Hertz, 306-865-7469. homes in small towns currently available within 45 minutes of Saskatoon. Ideal for FARMLAND FOR SALE in the Kipling, SK. retirement, fixed income or seasonal living area, RM 124. 7 quarters with 1000 cult. situations. Health services, shopping, acres, 1200 sq. ft. w/double att. garage, schools and sport facilities are in these nat. gas heat, built in 1995, heated shop, towns or very close commute. For more quonset, seed cleaning complex incl. Sign up for daily enews at info. go to www.traskrealty.com or weigh scale and apple grain storage. please call Dwein 306-221-1035, Amanda 306-736-2850, 306-735-7575. manitobacooperator.ca 306-221-5675 or Victoria 306-270-9740.

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QUARTER FARMLAND for Sale by Tender. 134 acres, NE-13-44-04-W3, RM Rosthern. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Please submit tenders to: Robert Baynton, Box 1191, Rosthern, SK, S0K 3R0. Call for more information 306-467-4898.

CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., RM #369, 160 acres: 130 farmland, 20 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. grassland, 10 yardsite. Incl. 3 bdrm house, 3 car garage, quonset and sheds. CERT. #1 COPELAND, 95% germ., 94% 306-872-4500, 306-874-7778, Spalding SK vigor, 0 fus., 47. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. RM 260-261, LAND FOR RENT BY TENDER. RM 260: SE-15-27-23, TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, NE-16-27-23, NW-16-27-23, SW-2127-23. RM 261: NE-25-25-26, AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, NW-25-25-26, SE-35-25-26. Highest or 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. any offer may not necessarily accepted. All offers due by January 15, 2017. Grant CDC COPELAND BARLEY, reg. and cert., Specht, Box 38, Eatonia, SK. S0L 0Y0. top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, Home 306-967-2768, cell 306-463-9768. 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net SEVERAL QUALITY LAND packages for sale. Please check out our website at www.hciventures.ca Regina, SK. DE DELL SEEDS INC. high yielding grain FARMLAND NW-35-30-12-W3 near corn, high yielding silage corn, proven in Harris. Assess 56,100. 1 year lease in place the prairies. The leaders in non-GMO techtil end of 2017 ($7000) that will go to new nology. Prairie dealer. Beausejour, MB. owner. Asking $239,000. Ph 306-220-0191 Free delivery. Call 519-203-2676. DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC., Delisle, SK. Cash renter tenders being accepted for one year lease on N1/2 and SE1/4 of 25-33-09-W3. For further information please call Dwein 306-221-1035.

CERTIFIED CONVENTIONAL CM440 grazing corn. Early maturing, leafier for increased grazing yield. No planter required. Swath or stand graze cattle, sheep, bison and for wildlife food plots. CanaMaize Seed Inc., call 1-877-262-4046. www.canamaize.com

ACTIVELY SEEKING PRODUCTIVE farmland in the RM of Broken Head or Reynolds, East of the Broken Head river. Call CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris. Henry Kuhl, Farm Specialist, Royal LePage excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., Alliance, 204-885-5500 or 204-856-3140, 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. Winnipeg, MB. EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CS 160 ACRES NW-5-21-26WPM, 115 cult. Camden, Summit, CDC Minstrel, CDC RufRM Riding Mountain West near Angusville, fian, CDC Orrin. Frederick Seeds, MB. please mail written offers to Box 735, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. Arborg, MB. R0C 0A0. Info. 204-376-2971. QUARTER SECTION NE-20-3-28, Pearson, MB. area. 120 acres broke, 40 acres CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AAC Jatharia hayland. Call/text for price 306-551-7186. Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) 1732 deeded acres w/4425 acres of Crown land, fenced, small bungalow, very EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 good buildings and metal corral system, Cardale, CDC Utmost, CDC Plentiful, can carry 350 cow/calf pairs. 2) Excellent Muchmore, AAC Elie, AAC Connery, AAC horse ranch in Erickson, MB., Riding Arena Brandon, Elgin ND. Frederick Seeds, and buildings in fantastic condition. 3) 640 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. acres mixed farm within 15 min. of Brandon. 4) 640 acre cattle farm, Rorketon, AAC ELIE, CERT., sister to AAC Brandon, MB., 1500 sq. ft. home, heated shop. Call top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, HomeLife North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, Home Professional Realty Inc, Brandon, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net MB., www.homelifepro.com AAC BRANDON, reg. and cert., top RM RUSSELL. 3400 acres. For more details quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, check out our website www.hciventures.ca North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, Regina, SK. Realtors/Brokers welcome. 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

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NORCAN restores grain farm profitability. Buy from Norcan and keep your own Glyphosphate 1 soybean seed. Norcan farmers have reported yields over 60 bu./acre. TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass Call/text Nate, 204-280-1202 or Norcan seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse Seeds 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. GLY SOYBEAN SEED, early, mid, and long season available. Top yield, bulk or bagged. Keep your own seeds with the convenience of Glyphosate! No contracts or TUA’s. Dealers wanted. Call/text Nate, 204-280-1202 or Norcan Seeds 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. REG. AND CERT. #1 Bethune flax, 98% germ., Triffied free. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. CDC GLAS FLAX, reg. and cert., top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-7325, Unity, SK. CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERT. #1 CDC IMPULSE CL red lentil. Highest yielding Clearfield red lentil Call 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679 Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass SK. jsh2@sasktel.net

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CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO, CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater, CDC Mosaic. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK

REG. AND CERT. CDC Calvi, great standability, excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERTIFIED CDC CALVI. Phone Grant at Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK

MUSTARD SEED! We can supply you with new cert. treated or untreated seed. We can upgrade your low grade mustard. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK.

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WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK.

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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 BUYING: ALFALFA SEED and all types of and grain by-products. Contact Bill Hajt or Lent at 306-862-2723. grass seed. Call Gary at Waterhouse Christopher clent@lpctrade.com bhajt@lpctrade.com Seeds, 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. BIG ROUND BALES, 1200 lbs., Orchard grass alfalfa mixture, solid core, no rain, $30/bale OBO. 2nd cut big bales, same quality. Also small square wheat straw bales, $2.50/bale. 204-886-2083 eves Teulon, MB. HORSE OR DAIRY HAY, alfalfa, Timothy, brome, 1st and 2nd cut, med. sq., stored inside. Test and delivery available. Ph/text 204-771-7496, 204-738-2183, Petersfield.

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CERT. CANTATE CANARY SEED. Highest yielding available variety. Hansen Seeds, 306-465-2525 or 306-861-5679, Yellow Grass, SK. jsh2@sasktel.net

BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of mustard. Also canary and some other specialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB

GRAIN MARKETING HEADQUARTERS. Buyers of all feed and milling grains. Quick movement and quick payment assured. Custom trucking avail. Cory 306-842-2406 Double Z Ag Sales, Weyburn, SK.

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CERT.#1 CDC Limerick and Cooper, excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK.

GREEN PEAS: CDC Raezer, CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater, Fdn., Reg. and Cert. on all, top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, HAY BALES ROUND mixed 5x5, hard peas, green or damaged canola. Phone core, no rain, net wrapped, horse quality, Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. $100/bale. Near Regina, SK 306-539-6123

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TRI-AG MARKETING SOLUTIONS. Buyers of all classes of wheat, barley, oats, and canola. Will buy tough and damp grain. Trucking available. Prompt payment. Can also provide full marketing strategies. Call Matt 306-469-7660, Big River, SK.

ICE SHACKS- INSULATED shacks now on for $2399. Accessories avail., rod holders, slush buckets, hole sleeves, catch covers, stoves and more. See your nearest Flaman LARGE ROUND ALFALFA BROME location 1-888-435-2626. BALES. Call 204-859-2724, Rossburn, MB. TOP QUALITY HORSE HAY in small SLEIGHS- ICE FISHING and trapping squares, $4-$6; Also good heavy feed oats sleighs, starting at only $55. Call or visit your nearest Flaman location, for sale. 204-734-5139, Swan River, MB. 1-888-435-2626. 1000 ROUND 5x6 bales. Grass/legume grass, unthreshed barley and straw. Excellent to average quality. Priced accordingly. Contact Ed 306-563-6261, Gorlitz, SK. TOP QUALITY GRASS HAY for sale, shedded, can deliver, 306-501-9204 ask for Paul. Belle Plain Colony, Belle Plain, SK. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. ROUND ALFALFA/GRASS MIXED & greenfeed, hard core, 5x6, 1425 lbs avg. 3.5¢/lb 306-736-2445, 306-577-7351, Kipling, SK.

SHAVINGS: Cattle Feedlot/horse/poultry bedding. Bulk pricing and delivery available. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK. 1-800-667-0094. Email info@vwpltd.com View www.vwpltd.com HORSE QUALITY HAY bales rounds and small square, grass or alfalfa. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. 300 BIG SQUARE flax straw bales, ideal for animal shelters, wind shelters, etc. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK.

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KORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage and acreage wells, test holes, well rehabilitation, witching. PVC/SS construction, expert workmanship and fair pricing. 50% government grant now available. Indian Head, SK., 306-541-7210 or 306-695-2061

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.

DUFFERIN MARKET GARDENS is accepting applications for seasonal farm workers. Duties include: planting, weeding, harvesting and packing vegetables. 3 - 1000 GALLON PROPANE tanks. 2 are Long hours, much bending and heavy liftc/w trailers; and 1 - 500 gal. propane tank. ing. Start April 2017. Wages $11-$12/hr., near Carman, MB. Forward resume with Call for details 306-287-8062, Watson, SK. references to fax: 204-745-6193. Mail to: Box 1051, Carman, MB., R0G 0J0. POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gal.; Bladder tanks from 220 to 88,000 gallon; Water and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl. operation. Duties include: operating, maintaining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK. free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. HELP WANTED FOR 2017 SEASON SHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement General farm workers for vegetable protarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, duction. Duties may include planting, 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK. weeding, harvesting and packing fresh vegetables. Includes repetitive tasks. Outside conditions, which may be at times be TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, hot, wet and dusty. Some lifting up to service, installations, repairs. Canadian 23kg. Experience an asset. Salary company. We carry aeration socks. We $11-$12/hr. Fax resume to 204-864-3052, carry grain bags. We now carry electric or mail to: Meyer Farms Co. Ltd., 5310 chute openers for grain trailer hoppers. PR424, Cartier, MB. R4K 1B1. 1-866-663-0000.

GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph GOOD QUALITY HAY put up dry without Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris rain. 400 big square bales, 3x4x8., at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. 350 EXCELLENT 2nd cut, Alfalfa/Brome MR. TIRE CORP. For all your semi and 1-204-867-8163 mix, 1500 lbs., 4.5¢/lbs. 306-834-7204, half ton tire needs call Mylo 306-921-6555 Kerrobert, SK. Serving all of Saskatchewan. ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay for sale. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. 400 BROME/ALFALFA 6x6 round hay bales, .04¢/lb., no rain. Contact 306-634-7920, 306-421-1753, Estevan, SK. NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently ROUND SOFTCORE BALES, Brome/Alfalfa, purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and $80 per ton; Alfalfa, $90 per ton. Call 306-842-5710, Weyburn, SK. milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB.

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BATTLE RIVER GRAZING Corporation is currently accepting tenders for the contract of Pasture Manager for Battle River Cut Knife, SK. pasture. For particulars on this contract please contact: Dave O’Donnell at 306-823-3771 or Cal Ramsay at 306-398-7343. Written tenders may be directed to: Battle River Grazing Corporation Box 391, Cut Knife, SK. S0M 0N0. Deadline for submission of tender applications is January 15, 2017. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

CLASS 1 DRIVERS WANTED- Full and Part-time Positions. We specialize in the handling and transportation of bulk commodities for the agricultural industry. Great Pay. Home on the weekends. Benefits plan. Modern equipment. We are looking for qualified drivers and owner operators to pull Super B hopper trailers. 204-795-0950. careers@truck-freight.com

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