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Beef Producers releases carbon pricing policy

Steinbach dairy is cream of the crop Brent and Kirsty Oswald have been named Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers

The beef industry is part of the solution and must not have punitive profit-killing measures enacted, says MBP

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON

ottonwood Holsteins, near Steinbach, has been dairying for three generations now. But when Brent and Kirsty Oswald took over the family operation in 2008, big changes were in store — starting with the robots.

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anitoba Beef Producers is proposing a carbon pricing policy centred around recognizing its sector as part of the solution. Pastures and grassland play a key role in carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas reduction, the organization said. “We believe we have a valuable role to play in helping Manitoba achieve its goal of reducing GHGs,” said MBP general manager Brian Lemon. MBP’s policy includes six recommendations that call for exempting their industry from paying carbon taxes, investments in research and also policies that encourage agricultural land be maintained in — or returned to pasture and forage lands. Manitoba is currently seeking input on its Climate and Green Plan related to carbon pricing, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture and land use, and wetland management The beef industry’s sustainability is directly linked to achieving these goals, and it’s critically important this sector remain sustainable if the government’s goals in GHG reductions are going to be met, said Lemon. Key among the six recommendations is an exemption from paying carbon tax for the sector’s on-farm emissions. That kind of additional cost can’t be

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passed along and will put an extra economic burden on an industry with already thin margins, Lemon said. The wrong approach is punitive policies that hurt beef producers economically, he said. “Beef producers are price-takers, not price-setters,” he said. “There’s a concern throughout the industry that the burden

of the carbon taxes will be piled on or will be passed along to them. This would be an added economic or competitive burden for our members and threaten the sustainability of their operations especially when we look at given how thin the margins already are.” See Beef producers on page 6 »

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new study suggests g l o b a l g re e n h o u s e emission calculations have overlooked an important aspect of the agricultural sector. Emissions, especially of the key gas nitrous oxide, may in fact be about 17 to 28 per cent greater for cultivated soils frozen in winter than currently thought. Mario Tenuta, professor in applied soil ecology at the University of Manitoba, and his colleagues from the University of Guelph led by Claudia Wagner-Riddle, published their findings in Nature Geoscience this week. T h e i r p a p e r, “Gl o b a l l y impor tant nitrous oxide emissions from croplands i n d u c e d by f re e z e - t h a w cycles,” argues that current calculations do not account for freeze-thaw emissions. Ev e r y w i n t e r s e a s o n a l freezing induces large thaw emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O). Nitrous oxide is a trace gas that contributes to

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stratospheric ozone destruction and atmospheric warming. Cropland soils are by far the largest anthropogenic source of nitrous oxide, the paper says. This gas was overlooked because prior to this study it was not quantified. The U of M and Guelph team monitored emissions every 30 minutes at sites in Ontario and Manitoba over 14 and nine years, respectively. They validated their Canadian data with emissions data

from 11 additional cold-climate sites from around the world. “We hope revision to the estimate of N2O emissions from seasonally frozen cultivated soils will encourage research and use of cropping practices to lower greenhouse gases from agriculture,” Tenuta says. Nitrous oxide makes up just six per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, but its impact is said to be 300 times that of carbon dioxide.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

Beef producers seeing more wolf kills Wolf predation is a growing concern among producers, says association president BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

decade ago spotting a wolf was rare in this part of Manitoba’s Interlake. But the one Robert Green shot last fall wasn’t skulking through the bush around their Fisher Branch-area cow-calf operation. The animal had come right into their farmyard. It’s not the only close encounter the Greens have had with wolves lately either. “My son actually shot one in the cow calving pen,” said Betty Green. “They will come right into the pens to try to take out a calf. In fact, that one had.” Their veterinarian has remarked they now have the herd with the most short tails, she added. It’s believed wolf pups in training are grabbing their livestock’s tails and injuring them. More frequent appearance of wolves also means more predation of their livestock too. “ What we’re seeing now is fewer coyote kills but a real spike in the wolf kills,” Green said. The clincher is that these types of kills seldom leave evidence, too. Green said they lost 11 calves in 2016 but were only able to find sufficient evidence for about half in order to put in a claim for compensation for the loss through Manitoba Agricultural Services C o r p.’s W i l d l i f e D a m a g e Compensation Program for Livestock Predation.

Producer experience Darcy Hueging near Moosehorn has had similar experiences. The young cattle producer near Spearhill has lost five calves in the past two years but could only be compensated for one. He couldn’t find carcasses — not even a trace of blood, hide or bone — for the other four, he said. “There was nothing left,” he said. “I looked all over and spent a lot of time.” What he did find, however, were wolf tracks — lots of them. Hueging has spotted more than his fair share of wolves these past two years too. “The first year I moved there I saw wolves on six different times,” he said. “I’ve seen them walking right through the centre of a herd of cows and calves. They’re almost scouting it out in a way.” Increasing wolf predation and being unable to make claims

Livestock producers say they’re losing more animals to wolves and the requirement for evidence for compensation is hard to fulfil.

when these animals leave no trace is something Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) has heard a lot about lately, said Ben Fox, president. It’s a matter regularly raised at monthly director meetings, alongside the frustration with no evidence meaning no compensation, said Fox. “It seems like in the last two to five years the attacks and the stories we hear and the losses have increased exponentially,” he said. “I’ve heard stories from newborn calves to calves grazing on pastures in summer beside their moms to yearlings and even to adult cattle being dragged down,” he said. “Losses on particular operations... they range from a half-dozen head to over 20 head. That’s the biggest one I remember hearing about.” The matter has become so serious MBP has begun collecting reports of these circumstances and will turn this over in a formal report to Manitoba Agriculture and MASC later this spring, Fox said.

Hard to prove The alarm producers raise is not only about what seems to be an expanding wolf population, but also being faced with

“Not having any proof to show losing them takes an economic toll but it also takes an emotional toll on the producers.” Ben Fox Manitoba Beef Producers

predation losses that, due to the nature of the way they kill, leave the producer ineligible for compensation. MASC’s Wildlife Damage Compensation Program for Livestock Predation will compensate up to 90 per cent of the calculated loss of an animal so long as certain criteria are met, including producing sufficient evidence to prove a predator. No carcass means insufficient evidence and no payment can be issued. “A wolf attack leaves no evidence,” said Fox. “It’s very seldom that you find a piece of the animal left.” It’s a difficult and frustrating scenario for the producer, he added. “Not having any proof to show losing them takes an economic toll but it also takes an emotional toll on the producers,” he said.

According to MASC officials the total number of payable predation claims has remained relatively consistent over the past five years. In 2016 there were 1,842 payable claims through the program and of these 354 a wolf was identified as the predator. Wolf-specific predation claims also remain relatively consistent going back to 2012. MASC manager of claim services David Koroscil said they realize producers may not report an incident because of this lack of evidence of a kill. “So we’re definitely seeing a steady number of predation kills for sure, but it’s these extra ones where we can’t confirm that a kill occurred.” Producers work with the Manitoba Trappers Association ( M TA ) t o a d m i n i s t e r t h e Problem Predator Removal Program for the Province of

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Manitoba. Through the program, the MTA provides professional trapper assistance to livestock producers that are experiencing livestock depredation. But the wolves keep coming, Green said, adding what’s worrisome is not just the more frequent appearance but the growing confidence of these animals in and around human populations. “One of the things that we’re noticing that alarm us a little bit would be the interaction we’re having with wolves,” she said. “For years even if we knew there were wolves in the area you’d never see them. Now we see them regularly.” No one from the province was available for comment about the wolf population but a department spokesman did note that the population estimate for wolves is considered stable at about 4,000 animals. Fox and others say they think wolves are showing up where they weren’t before because they’re on the move into new territory as moose, elk and deer populations decline. “That sure could lend itself to predators having to go to find other sources of food,” said Fox. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

OPINION/EDITORIAL

Family feud

veryone has that cousin, uncle or sibling. You love them, they’re family after all, but sometimes you just don’t like them much. Maybe it’s their insistence on talking about their controversial politics over Christmas dinner. Perhaps it’s the way they can’t just talk about how much they like their new tractor without running Gord Gilmour down yours. Or they could simply cheer Editor for the wrong football or hockey team. Truth is, we can all rub each other the wrong way at times, and a bit of friction is nothing unusual, especially within families. After all, you don’t get to pick your family, but for most of us, there’s no choice but to love them, even when they’re getting on our nerves. The agriculture family is no different, and nowhere is there an issue that sparks more debate than the organic/conventional production split. Conventional farmers frequently feel the organic industry paints them in an unfavourable light, often for marketing purposes, and resent that. Meantime organic growers are, within the sector, too often dismissed as unrealistic dreamers who, somehow, aren’t “real” farmers and shouldn’t be listened to under any circumstances. But the truth is, both have a lot to offer, and if both sides of this debate could set the intrafamily animosity aside, they might benefit a lot from talking to each other. In the past couple of weeks a pair of studies have highlighted this issue. The first is a University of British Columbia review that’s garnered a lot of headlines for its conclusions that organic products are no healthier, but may offer a better environmental outcome. The second comes from the United Nations, which calls for phasing out the use of “dangerous pesticides” in farming and moving toward “more sustainable” agriculture practices. It might be tempting for both sides of this debate to simply use the studies as further ammunition to try to drive their points home. But a better approach is to look for areas of common interest within them. The most obvious is in the realm of sustainability. Both sectors have problems here, and both have something to offer the other. Conventional crop farmers, for example, use crop protection products just a bit too freely, often without consideration for the long-term implications of the strategy. It’s easy to understand why. After all, modern herbicides are a miracle in a jug, dispensing reliable and affordable control of yield-robbing weeds. Today’s large-scale commercial farmer has a lot of acres to cover in a season and simple solutions to this problem are very attractive as a result. But near-constant use of just a handful of products is setting the stage for real trouble, as any weed control expert can and will tell them — if only these farmers would listen. The sector’s burgeoning challenge with herbicide resistance is an existential threat to these tools, and by extension the farms that rely heavily on them. One by one the dominoes are lining up and eventually, unless farmers react by changing the system, they’ll begin to topple in earnest. Organic farmers have their own Achilles heel that’s often overlooked. One of the cornerstones of their production system is still tillage, and over time the effects of excess tillage are well understood. It mines soil carbon, in the form of organic matter. It can encourage wind and water erosion through the breakdown of the soil structure. The act of tillage itself can also frequently move more soil than either of these more publicized sources. Both have a problem with the sustainability of their use of phosphorus. Organic farmers, it’s often said, mine the phosphorus from their soils. Meanwhile conventional farmers use phosphate sources mined from far-flung regions like Africa. In a story in this issue (See “Organic agriculture no panacea: study,” by Ron Friesen, page 7.), University of Manitoba professor, Martin Entz notes a distinct softening of the hard line both camps have been taking, something that should be viewed positively. Conventional farmers may find, when talking with their organic neighbours, that there are tools they can borrow. The organic industry has, after all, been struggling with the challenge of how to grow crops without chemistry, and many of their strategies could have cross-application to extending the life of valuable crop protection products. Meanwhile, organic researchers admit farmers who rely too much on tillage are courting trouble, and in recent years there’s been a lot of effort to try to figure out how to reduce tillage or manage around it and growing interest in organic no-till research. It’s impossible to say what the final outcome of this trend will be, but these two types of farming seem to have some common ground. We’re all part of the same large and occasionally fractious family, and should tolerate each other. gord.gilmour@fbcpublishing.com

Food prices are... falling? BY OWEN ROBERTS University of Guelph

stopped in my tracks recently when I heard food prices actually dropped last year. It was nonsensical... how could an essential such as food be going down in price, with the cost of living marching forward? “It’s true,” says Mike Von Massow, a University of Guelph agriculture and food economics researcher. “The price of food actually came down in the past year.” The Statistics Canada Consumer Price Index shows that overall, food prices dropped a little over two per cent from last January to this January. In perspective, that’s not much. Nonetheless, it’s intriguing. “People notice extremes, and most of us won’t really notice this two per cent drop because our bills vary more than that from week to week,” says Von Massow. “But still, for consumers, it’s better than prices going up.” Leading the lower-price pack was fresh fruit and vegetables, which dropped 10-15 per cent through the year. That was mainly thanks to a more favourable exchange rate with the U.S., and rains that returned to California. When the nagging drought there started to ease off, California farmers could once again become productive, and send winter produce north. About 80 per cent of the produce we get here in the winter comes from California. When that source is unavailable, or specific local weather problems lead to short-term shortages, we end up with the likes of $8 cauliflower. Less dramatic, but still noteworthy, is the lower cost of fresh and frozen meat, other than poultry (which actually increased marginally). After a very tight supply in 2015 of beef and, to a lesser extent, pork, herds grew. However, when beef prices were high, many

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consumers switched to alternatives such as chicken. So in the grocery cart, lower prices for beef might end up balancing themselves out with higher chicken prices. On the other side of the ledger, the price of fish was up four per cent. It’s a supply-anddemand question, says Von Massow. As part of the drive towards sustainability, consumers are switching their preferences from wild-sourced fish to cultured fish. Demand is up across Canada. In fact, more than half of the fish now sold in grocery stores in the country is farmed. Von Massow says traditionally, the least variable food commodities price-wise are those whose supplies are managed through legislation, such as chicken and dairy. Last year, milk and cheese prices dropped 1.6 per cent. Some grocery stores used them as what are called loss leaders, low-priced or sale items that the store may sell for a loss to attract consumers. It’s reasonable to expect this trend to continue, as food retailer competition keeps intensifying and now further expanding in places such as drug stores and corner stores. Restaurants are also a part of the picture; rising or falling food prices affect them too, and increasingly so. In Canada, in the last five years, the percentage of the food dollar spent in restaurants has climbed to 35-40 per cent. Van Massow says it’s unlikely to see prices fall in restaurants, though. They make adjustments or absorb higher costs when that’s the way food is trending — which it usually is — and having done so, aren’t expected to reduce their prices now that food overall is down two per cent. One this is certain — food price trends will bear watching. Owen Roberts is University of Guelph’s director of research communications and he writes regularly about food and agriculture issues.

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ummerfallow was still a common part of the rotation in 1961, but for those seeding into stubble, this ad from our March 30 issue reminded them that they needed nitrogen and suggested they leave an unfertilized check strip to confirm the difference. An article quoting Manitoba Department of Agriculture specialists reinforced the advice. It said that an added fertilizer cost of $2.20 per acre would return an extra 5.9 bushels or $7.08, a net benefit of $4.88. At the annual meeting of the Manitoba Dairy and Poultry Co-operative, a speaker from Canadian Poultry Sales told members that “the small country egg station has no more service to perform” and that egg production would become concentrated among larger producers. He said Canadian egg production needed to decline to improve prices. “The answer to our egg-marketing problems is controlled production and it is possible we may have developed a degree of marketing intelligence on the part of a sufficiently large percentage of our growers to voluntarily control production to a volume which would assure producers a fair net return.” A letter from a reader in Glenboro commented on a Winnipeg MLA’s request for legislation to allow colouring of margarine. “The wiles of some women are inexplicable. Does it ever occur to them that the artifice in colouring margarine is dishonest — tricking the unwary into thinking they are eating butter... they will go to any length to obtain the purest white sugar, white skin, white washing and what have you, but they abhor white margarine. How funny!”

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Costco finds a willing and growing market in Canada Same-store Canadian sales are up more than in any other country in which Costco operates BY SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS Dalhousie University

n l e s s yo u’re t h e re o n a Saturday, constantly trying to avoid collisions with oversized shopping carts, you probably like Costco, even though it will cost you more to shop there as of June. The basic membership fee is going up by $5 to $60, while premium folks will have to pay $120, up from $110. Paying to spend is an incredible business model. With more than 10 million members in Canada and a renewal rate exceeding 90 per cent, Costco makes millions before selling a single product. And with high inventory turnover that allows it to pay for merchandise after it’s bought by customers, Costco looks a lot like a bank. It’s all about cash flow. Recent results weren’t bad for Costco worldwide, but Canada has become a beacon of financial success for this global player. Same-store sales for Costco in Canada were up eight per cent this year — higher than in any other country in which the company operates. These are the kind of numbers most retailers would die for and the future looks even brighter. The company operates 94 stores in Canada and will add seven more by year’s end. This is the most stores Costco has opened anywhere in the last decade. And Canada will remain a growth market for Costco for the next sev-

“It’s in selling food that Costco’s strategy has worked best in recent years. Not only has it increased its food market share to 10 per cent versus Walmart’s seven per cent, it’s selling quality products — much to the dismay of Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro.”

eral years, largely because it doesn’t have to compete with its U.S. rival, Walmart-owned Sam’s Club, which failed miserably in Canada a few years ago. Costco is well run. It sees itself as a retailer, as well as a portal to a vast but often obscure supply chain. The membership angle makes customers feel like elite guests, as members get access to special discounts from manufacturers. Costco is also a logistical masterpiece. A typical Costco store carries about 5,500 merchandise categories, compared to around 150,000 in most other stores of similar size. So procurement is much less stressful and less costly. More choice can lead to confusion for customers and potentially fewer sales. Wide aisles for easy movement of pallets allow Costco to turn over inventory more efficiently than any other retailer, with much less labour. And there are no signs, no weekly promotional specials and no decorations. But it’s in selling food that Costco’s strategy has worked best in recent

years. Not only has it increased its food market share to 10 per cent versus Walmart’s seven per cent, it’s selling quality products — much to the dismay of Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro. Like other food retailers, Costco partially processes many food products in house and makes this clear to customers. Costco also sets up a kind of treasure hunt, enticing customers to think about food at just the right time, after having gone through pant racks and tool aisles. Despite the fact that its stores are giant and rather uninspiring places, Costco welcomes members by serving food and lots of it. Anybody who comes hungry can walk out of the store feeling full, especially kids. The food-sampling-to-purchase conversion rate is extremely high at Costco compared to traditional food retailers. While tasting stations at Costco generate food sales, other retailers spend millions to make their stores feel like glamorous labyrinths of flavours and scents. All of this seems counterintuitive

but it’s actually working for Costco, and in Canada especially. But the picture is not all rosy. While Costco has made an impressive ascent to the food-retailing elite, it faces a problem attracting millennials. The model doesn’t seem to make sense to this generation: some surveys suggest Costco isn’t even in their top five favourite food retailers. It will be interesting to see how millennials approach Costco as they mature in the marketplace. As well, barely three per cent of Costco’s sales are generated online and the company seems content with that number. However, if the market moves further in this direction, as are millennials, Costco may be in trouble. Service is also an issue. The simple functional checkout system at Costco, with no bagging supplies or service, can be annoying. More demanding customers, who don’t mind paying a little extra for this service, may end up going elsewhere for groceries. Charging more to give members access won’t actually change much for the company. In fact, those who see membership fees as a sunk cost may want to spend more. And Costco’s success in Canada will continue to support its global expansion. So the next time the Costco associate goes through your receipt on your way out, just say, “You’re welcome.” Sylvain Charlebois is dean of Dalhousie University’s faculty of management and a researcher in food distribution and policy. He writes regularly about food and agriculture.

False premises don’t help rail discussion

The real solution will involve commercial partnerships, not central planning by government BY JAMES CLEMENTS Canadian Pacific

ord Gilmour’s recent editorial (‘Playing with trains,’ February 16, 2017) makes some valid points related to Canada’s grain supply chain. We agree that canola crush has been good for farmers, and the supply chain has been resilient this winter. Unfortunately, Gilmour also perpetuates unhelpful fallacies, and he advocates policies that would hinder the performance of Canada’s grain supply chain. His argument about the grain backlog in 2013-14 is based on the false premise that the railways had the capacity to move a record grain crop but were instead choosing not to. Not only does this defy logic – moving freight is how a railway makes money – but it ignores the realities of how a supply chain actually works. No efficient supply chain in the world can move an additional and unexpected 23.5 million tonnes of any product over a short period of time, even in the most ideal conditions. The 2013-14 grain crop was

“Government regulation that attempts to provide premium rail service for the few can only lead to a slower, less predictable, less efficient and highercost system for all.”

so unusually large that it had the equivalent of 13 football stadiums full of grain over and above a typical year’s crop size. The simple fact remains that CP moved more grain in 2013-14 than in any previous year, ever. The record grain movement was achieved in spite of harsh winter conditions that necessitated shorter and slower trains to ensure safe movement. When the facts are considered, one cannot reasonably conclude that there was a railway performance failure. The “solutions” he sup-

ports would actually harm the performance of the supply chain. Government regulation that attempts to provide premium rail service for the few can only lead to a slower, less predictable, less efficient and higher-cost system for all. Further, the expanded interswitching limit he supports is already hurting the Canadian grain supply chain. The interswitching regulation does not exist in the U.S. Using non-compensator y rates U.S. carriers take traffic from the Canadian rail system and move it to the U.S. rail system. There is no reciprocity for Canadian carriers to attract U.S. volumes to their system. This means that there is a loss of revenues, jobs and taxes to the U.S. rail system. In effect, the Canadian grain supply chain is actually subsidizing U.S. grain movement by allowing U.S. rail carriers to become more efficient and profitable from increased network density and economies of scale. Expanding the capacity of all supply chain elements is essential to move more grain to market, as the system is only as strong as its weakest

link. One example is the everincreasing market preference to use Vancouver as a port outlet for grain. Vancouver terminal facilities were a significant constraint in 2013-14 and it remains one today. Like all ports, Vancouver has finite capacity. Trying to push more grain through an overcapacity port simply causes ripple congestion throughout the supply chain, slowing down the entire system. The volume of grain moving through Vancouver must be sized to port capacity. All the railway capacity in the world is useless if the port terminal is so congested that it cannot get grain onto vessels. Our collective goal must be to create the most efficient rail supply chains possible – one that is optimized to benefit all shippers, while maintaining the lowest freight rates in the world to ensure Canadian commodities are competitive. This can only be achieved through capacity-enhancing investments and innovative commercial solutions, which has been happening. Since 2013-14 there has been significant investment in capacity-enhancing infra-

structure throughout the grain supply chain. CP alone has invested more than $3 billion to improve capacity and velocity. And, importantly, other supply chain partners have invested, resulting in expanded capacity for grain country elevators, new incountry grain terminals, and enhanced terminal capacity at ports. Working in partnership with our customers, CP has also made some fundamental changes to our grain service product offering with the launch of our Dedicated Train Program, which provides customers with much greater clarity, control and predictability of car supply. Seventyfive per cent of our grain operations are now being served by this program. New solutions to export greater volumes of Canadian grain will come from commercial partnerships and investment, not centrally planned government regulation and free rides for U.S. railroads. James Clements is vice-president of strategic planning and transportation services for Canadian Pacific.

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

FROM PAGE ONE Steinbach dairy Continued from page 1

In 2009, the couple raised a new barn, moving dairy operations from the building used by Brent’s parents to a new facility equipped with robotic milking and a customizable feed conveyor. That technology, and the efficiencies the farm has reported since it was installed, is one reason Brent and Kirsty Oswald have been named the 2017 Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers. “They’ve really been aggressive in their dairy operation and, for young farmers, have been highly productive for their quota while being able to do that without much manpower or much overhead,” Dustin Williams, chair of the Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers program said. Now in its 37th year, the nationwide Outstanding Young Farmer competition highlights producers between 18 and 39 years old. One farm, or farming couple, is chosen from each of the program’s seven regions, to compete in a national competition later in the year. Farms are judged on their operation’s progress, achievements, environmental conservation, financial management, community and social impact, a presentation highlighting the farm’s contributions and workers, as well as other factors. The Oswalds beat out Clint and Shannon Desjardins of Cattle Drive Ranch, an 840head beef operation near Laurier, Man., for the distinction.

Making the change Brent Oswald now touts his robotics system as a means to increase flexibility, efficiency and farm productivity, but it started with him adapting to a future with one fewer pair of hands. “When I grew up, my dad looked after the grain farm side of the business and my mom looked after the dairy side,” he said. “I had to somehow come up with a way to replace both people, not knowing at the time what my wife’s role would be on the farm. So then robotics became an attractive way of reducing labour so that I would be able to manage the business by myself if it was required.” The transition was planned over the next year and a half. The barn began construction in March 2009 and completed in October, a $2.2-million investment. “The cows transitioned better than expected,” Oswald said. “We fully anticipated chasing cows through the robots for a week, maybe more, and by the third night we went to bed and left the cows on their own to sort of find their way. We

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“We’ve expanded almost a third on all the facets of our farm and we’ve done it without adding any labour and without incurring a whole lot more debt. Most businesses with that kind of expansion, somewhere along the lines there would be some pretty significant growing pains and here it’s just been one smooth step after another.”

Brent Oswald

went to the barn that morning and over half the animals in the barn were already flowing through the system on their own. Within about 10 days, we weren’t chasing any cows anymore. They were all getting milked as they were supposed to through the automated facility.” Since becoming the farm’s primary operator in 2008, Oswald has increased milk production from 115 kilograms of quota to 184 kilograms, the milking herd has increased from 115 to 130, total cows have jumped from 240 head to 340 and cropped acreage has gone from 1,550 to 2,400 acres. “We’ve expanded almost a third on all the facets of our farm and we’ve done it without adding any labour and without incurring a whole lot more debt,” Oswald said. “Most businesses with that kind of expansion, somewhere along the lines there would be some pretty significant growing pains and here it’s just been one smooth step after another.” Although his goals are still subject to change, in the next five to 10 years Oswald hopes to see his milking herd almost double, bringing it up to 250 cows, and his land base increase to farm over 3,000 acres. Kirsty Oswald, meanwhile, will soon take over the farm’s bookkeeping, one of the last aspects to transition from Brent’s parents, he said.

Meeting the competition Having cleared their provincial hurdle, the Oswalds are making plans for

Cottonwood Holsteins augments dairy operations with 2,400 farmed acres each year.

Brent and Kirsty Oswald are presented with the provincial Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmer award March 4 at the Elkhorn Resort in Onanole, Man. Photos: Brent Oswald

Penticton, B.C., in late 2017. Two of the seven regional champions will be named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers Nov. 29 to Dec. 3 at the national event. “I’m excited to see who we’re going to meet,” Oswald said. “All the past national winners, at least the ones I’ve read about, they always do something unique. They’re never just a normal dairy farmer or just a grain farmer or just a chicken farmer. There’s always something in their operation that really makes them stand out.” This year’s national award candidates include an Alberta turkey farm that has doubled its production every year for the last five and a mixed dairy and hay operation out of British Columbia. Winners from other regions have yet to be announced. “It is an excellent networking opportunity,” Williams said. “You get to meet and make lifelong friends with other individuals in your industry who are as passionate and as excited about agriculture as you are.” Manitoba has previously been represented by farmers such as Jason and Laura Kehler of Carman, Cori and Mark Pawluk of Birtle and Myron and Jillian Krahn of Carman, who went on to win the national competition. astockford@farmmedia.com

The right approach includes enacting policies that will support cattle production and enable it to provide key valuable ecosystem services, said MBP president Ben Fox. Not only has the beef industry been steadily reducing its own carbon footprint, but by keeping grasslands intact across the country helps sequester carbon equivalent to more than 3.5 million cars a year, he said. A kg of beef raised today now produces 15 per cent less GHG that in 1981, for example. “Beef producers are continuously improving production methods,” he said. “We responsibly manage tens of thousands of acres of land where carbon is sequestered and habitat for wildlife and wetlands are preserved.” The carbon pricing policy calls for more research to continue down that path, as well as investment in initiatives that will help enhance producer resilience in the face of climate change and severe weather events. The beef industry has taken a very severe hit from flooding events in the past, and infrastructure that helps stem overland flooding would be one way to build more resilience across farm country, Lemon said.

“We believe we have a valuable role to play in helping Manitoba achieve its goal of reducing GHGs.” Brian Lemon MBP general manager

“When we do have severe weather, cattle producers are the hardest hit and first hit. We feel the impact most dramatically.” MBP is also looking for an incentives-based program that could potentially include payments for ecological services provided by producers and return revenues generated by carbon taxes for reinvestment in research in improved forage varieties or grazing strategies that help further reduce emissions. MBP is also calling for policies that encourage agricultural land to be maintained in — or returned to — pasture and grasslands to enhance the environmental benefits these landscapes already provide in terms of wildlife habitat and wetland preservation. “Manitoba beef producers certainly want to be part of the solution,” said Lemon. “A profitable beef industry in Manitoba is essential to protecting these grasslands and pastures from encroaching pressures as well as achieving other environmental and conservation objectives.” Earlier this month MBP announced it will lead a threeyear project in Manitoba providing financial incentives to producers who adopt management strategies that protect habitat for grassland birds. The project is supported with $750,000 from Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Species at Risk Partnerships on Agricultural Lands (SARPAL) program. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

Organic agriculture no panacea: study Too many uncertainties exist to say it’s the only solution

“Organic agriculture cannot be the Holy Grail for our sustainable food security challenges.”

BY RON FRIESEN Co-operator contributor

rganic agriculture has benefits but it is not a silver bullet for global food security, a new study says. Too much scientific uncertainty exists for organic agriculture to be considered a better alternative to conventional farming, says the study by two University of British Columbia researchers. “(O)rganic agriculture cannot be the Holy Grail for our sustainable food security challenges,” the study, published March 10 in the U.S. peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, concludes. Titled “Many Shades of Gray: The Context-Dependent Pe r f o r m a n c e o f O r g a n i c Agriculture,” the study takes a hard look at where organic agriculture performs well and where it does not. It casts a wide net in assessing the benefits and drawbacks of organic farming besides just yields and costs. The study also examines other factors, including: biodiversity, soil quality, climate change mitigation, water quality, farm livelihood and consumer health. It concludes organic agriculture has some clear advan-

UBC study

University of Manitoba professor, Martin Entz says tensions between conventional and organic producers appear to be softening. FILE PHOTO

tages but there are too many uncertainties and concerns for it to be seen as the way to achieve food security. The study acknowledges that yields under organic farming average 19 to 25 per cent lower than from conventional systems. But that depends. Cereal crops show a high yield gap while forage crops such as hay sometimes actually yield better under organic management.

Organic farming does appear to have a positive effect on biodiversity. Organic management can increase “organism abundance” by 40 to 50 per cent. Plants and bees benefit the most; invertebrate animals and birds less so. The study recognizes financial returns are higher from organically grown crops than from conventional ones. For that reason, organic farming

might provide producers with a better livelihood. But one of the main claims made for organic food — better nutritional value — is hard to prove. “The quantitative reviews and meta-analyses greatly disagree; some found a significant difference in nutrient content between organic and conventional crops but others did not,” says the study. This points to one of the biggest problems in assessing organic agriculture. Supporters and opponents of organic farming are so far apart in their opinions that it’s hard to reach conclusions. “Critics and advocates often seem to describe different realities. Although there is some evidence supporting arguments from both sides, neither side is entirely right and there is great uncertainty in many dimensions,” the study says. Martin Entz, a University of Manitoba plant scientist, called the study “an important contribution to understanding the

future needs and the future potential of organic farming,” although he wished the authors had used more Canadian scientific references. “I think it provides a really good in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of organic agriculture based on some really wise criteria.” Entz, who specializes in organic research, said supporters of organic and conventional farming often talk past each other and need to have “a better conversation” about the strengths and weaknesses of both systems. But Entz said the tension that used to exist between the two sides seems to be softening. He noted conventional Manitoba farmers are starting to have a little organic agriculture on the side, creating two separate business units on the same farm. “That actually is a very healthy way to diffuse the tension between the two systems. Organic becomes just another form of on-farm diversification.”

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So you’ve got clubroot. Now what? Farming effectively with clubroot while minimizing the risk of spread BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff / Dauphin

anitoba canola growers have heard all about the disastrous effects of clubroot on canola, how easy it is to spread and how difficult it is to manage. At the latest CanoLAB canola management workshop here March 15-16, they heard about how to farm effectively if it’s already present. Since 2003, when the first instance of clubroot in Canadian canola was reported near Edmonton, the count of infested fields in Alberta has climbed. Closer to home, anxiety has grown as fields in Manitoba have started testing positive for the pathogen. Holly Derksen, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, said the conversation around clubroot has changed in the province over the last four to five years.

“It is entirely possible to grow a highly successful canola crop even when you have clubroot in the soil.” Holly Derksen Manitoba Agriculture

“The alarm has gone down,” she said. “Growers are a bit more accepting. They know they’re not alone, for one. They know they’re picking it up early, so it’s not like they’re seeing a yield loss and there are things that they can do.” Longer crop rotations, less tillage, clubroot-resistant crops and equipment sanitization are among the oft-repeated management strategies for clubroot across the Prairies. Dan Orchard, an agronomist with the Canola Council of Canada from north-central Alberta credited with first dis-

covering the disease in Canada, advised farmers to test their soils and avoid buying equipment from his home province, where he has seen spore counts up to a billion spores per gram. If Alberta equipment is imported, producers should arrange to have it thoroughly cleaned before shipping, for fear of spreading spores. So il t es t s, bo t h he a n d Derksen said, should include five samples in a “W” formation for the most accurate results, as the pathogen may vary widely within a few feet. Soil-testing guidelines and protocols are

published at www.clubroot. ca. Orchard said farmers need to understand if the disease is present in their fields, even at low levels, and take action if it is. “They need to start deploying resistant varieties, making sure they reduce traffic in and out of that field, especially if it’s muddy and whatnot and maybe consider leaving out a different part of the field than the entrance all the time where most of the disease shows up,” Orchard said. Clubroot is commonly found at field entrances where unclean equipment “wings out” and dumps potentially contaminated soil after transport, Orchard said. Leaving through a separate entrance may reduce the risk of tracking contaminated soil from field to field as equipment does not pass through the higher-risk area again when exiting. Cleaning equipment between fields may also halt the spread,

he said, although he acknowledged that many producers might resent the inconvenience. “The better you clean, the better you are,” he said. “If you have no option to clean, I think you need to consider not entering that field when it’s going to be really muddy and sticky when you’re going to be dragging a whole bunch of dirt around. You can also farm that field last if you’re convinced it’s your only field with clubroot, so that you can have time to wash and clean that equipment at the end of the season rather than in between fields.” While clubroot has been found in Manitoba, spore loads remain low compared to Orchard’s home turf in Alberta. It is his hope that those lower spore loads will allow mitigation techniques to curb the problem from reaching the severity those farmers have suffered.

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762. March 30: National Farmers Union Manitoba Region 5 annual convention, 9:30 a.m., Canad Inns, 2401 Saskatchewan Ave., Portage la Prairie. For more info call 204-858-2479 or 204-7976388 or visit nfu-mb.ca. RSVP via email at mb@nfu.ca. April 5: Manitoba Pork annual general meeting, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info call 1-888-893-7447 or visit manito bapork.com. April 5: Manitoba Sustainable Energy Association (ManSEA) conference, William Glesby Centre, 11 Second St. NE, Portage la Prairie. For more info visit www.mansea.org/mansea-con ference-2017/. April 6: Southwest Regional Development Conference, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For more info email buildingup.wb@gmail.com or call 204-761-3705. April 24-26: Agricultural Institute of Canada conference, Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.aic.ca (click on “Events”). April 28: Host site registration deadline for Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies’ Open Farm Day. For more info or to register, visit www.openfarmday.ca and click on “Register Your Farm.” June 8-11: Canadian Angus national convention, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For more info visit cdnangus.ca/ activities-and-services/nationalconvention/. June 21-23: Canada’s Farm Progress Show, Evraz Place, 1700 Elphinstone St., Regina. For more info visit myfarmshow.com. July 18-20: Ag in Motion: Western Canada’s Outdoor Farm Expo, Hwy. 16 at Range Rd. 3083, west of Langham, Sask. For more info visit aginmotion.ca. Sept. 25-28: Agricultural Bioscience International Conference (ABIC 2017), RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Ave., Winnipeg. For more info or to register visit www.abic.ca/abic2017.

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Research has suggested that rotating two to three years between clubroot-vulnerable crops will render 95 to 99 per cent of spores non-viable, Orchard said, an option that may not always be applicable in Alberta, where even one per cent of an extremely high spore load is enough to prove harmful, he told CanoLAB participants. Likewise, he said, Manitoba may not face the resistance issues he has seen in Alberta, where new clubroot strains have emerged. Since 2014, 11 new clubroot strains have been discovered, the Alberta Farmer Express reported in September 2016. “The genetics, when under high, high spore loads and heavy pressure, the pathogen finds a way around the resistance,” he said. “Here in Manitoba, the spore loads are so low right now that the pressure that would be put on a resistant variety would be so minuscule that it would take a long, long time to defeat that resistance.” Manitoba is in the fortunate position of lagging behind Alberta in the clubroot saga, according to Derksen. “We can learn from their

experiences,” she said. “We k n ow w h a t w o r k e d , w h a t didn’t work and we do have these (resistant) varieties. It is entirely possible to grow a highly successful canola crop even when you have clubroot in the soil.” Randy Fingas, who farms near Inglis, Man., said he was pleased to see his region “in the green,” with soil samples below 10,000 spores per gram of soil, but expressed surprise over the number of RMs that have reported visible signs of clubroot. “It’s always in the back of your mind. You think it’s in Alberta, but it’s here,” he said, adding that he found the CanoL AB presentation informative. “The disease is in your soil, but it’s at such minor rates and the environment’s got to be right,” he said. “It’s got to be the right pH to promote it more. It was a lot of interesting facts.” CanoLAB took place in Dauphin March 15-16, the fifth such workshop to take place in Manitoba. astockford@farmmedia.com

Samples approximate visible clubroot symptoms as might be seen in Manitoba, given current spore loads, at Dauphin’s CanoLAB canola management workshop March 16. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Clubroot a Manitoba reality The disease is present but still at low levels, according to a provincial survey BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

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Clubroot, which causes bulbous swellings on canola roots, has become infamous for its impact on yield. The Canola Council of Canada cites “no economical control measures” to remove the pathogen once it has taken root and resting spores may survive in the soil for 10 to 20 years even in the absence of a vulnerable crop. Today, 13 Manitoba municipalities have reported soil samples with more than 10,000 spores per gram of soil, while physical clubroot symptoms have been reported in five, according to a grid-sampling project through Manitoba Agriculture. In western Manitoba, clubroot symptoms have been found in the RM of Swan River West, with regions directly east and south reporting samples between 10,000 and 80,000 spores per gram. Other hot spots have been reported in central Manitoba, with physical symptoms in the municipalities of WestlakeGladstone and Portage la Prairie, as well as the RMs of Louise and Pembina along the international border. The grid-sampling project, now 11 township-ranges away from its goal of at least one sample for every townshiprange in the province, found 20 per cent of its 800 samples were above 10,000 spores per gram of soil. astockford@farmmedia.com

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 88.00 - 96.00 D3 Cows 75.00 - 86.00 Bulls — Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 150.00 - 169.00 (801-900 lbs.) 160.00 - 172.00 (701-800 lbs.) 160.00 - 183.50 (601-700 lbs.) 175.00 - 204.00 (501-600 lbs.) 185.00 - 216.00 (401-500 lbs.) 190.00 - 225.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 130.00 - 151.00 (801-900 lbs.) 135.00 - 154.00 (701-800 lbs.) 145.00 - 165.00 (601-700 lbs.) 150.00 - 177.00 (501-600 lbs.) 155.00 - 185.00 (401-500 lbs.) 160.00 - 195.00

Heifers

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

Alberta South $ 165.00 - 168.00 165.00 - 165.00 94.00 - 106.00 80.00 - 96.00 122.20 - 122.20 $ 155.00 - 164.00 160.00 - 171.00 170.00 - 184.00 185.00 - 205.00 203.00 - 219.00 216.00 - 235.00 $ 141.00 - 152.00 148.00 - 159.00 154.00 - 168.00 161.00 - 179.00 172.00 - 191.00 179.00 - 204.00

(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 (March 17th, 2017) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change April 2017 119.20 2.70 June 2017 109.43 2.70 August 2017 104.93 2.52 October 2017 104.75 2.38 December 2017 105.60 1.95 February 2018 105.70 1.75

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

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

March 17th, 2017

Previous Year 47,695 11,856 35,839 NA 543,000

CNSC Ontario 127.62 - 164.63 144.74 - 163.12 70.32 - 94.33 70.32 - 94.33 101.78 - 119.29 $ 155.33 - 180.49 156.21 - 175.61 152.32 - 184.27 156.98 - 207.97 164.13 - 221.86 184.74 - 221.84 $ 131.58 - 148.79 137.78 - 157.26 143.58 - 170.99 139.87 - 180.61 150.45 - 186.76 160.95 - 193.18 $

Close 130.55 130.55 129.43 130.18 129.13 127.80

Change 4.40 5.93 5.35 4.23 3.55 3.22

Week Ending March 11th, 2017 873 26,845 12,915 379 397 7,835 409

Prime AAA AA A B D E

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)

Previous Year 1,098 24,677 11,282 490 523 8,533 284

Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

Current Week 184E 173E 174.20

Last Week 185.20 174.33 176.56

Last Year (Index 100) 173.09 161.17 159.02

179.22

180.51

163.99

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

Futures (March 17th, 2017) in U.S. Hogs

Change

April 2017

69.90

1.83

May 2017

74.80

1.72

June 2017 July 2017 August 2017

78.68 78.53 78.50

1.75 1.33 0.95

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

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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 March 20, 2017 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.930 Undergrade ........................................$1.840 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................................$1.915 Undergrade .........................................$1.815 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................................$1.915 Undergrade .........................................$1.815 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.880 Undergrade.......................................... $1.795 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

rices for cattle at auction marts across Manitoba picked up on the week, as advances in the futures lent support. At the same time, cattle prices in the U.S. have seen an even bigger jump, leading to increased demand from the country. After being closed the previous week, Heartland Virden had a 3,207-head sale on March 15, which provided slightly higher values than ranchers have seen in a while. Heavier cattle were three to five cents per pound stronger compared with the auction mart’s previous sale. “There are better things happening for sure,” said Robin Hill of Heartland Virden. Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures have strengthened over the past two to three weeks, one source of the higher prices, though that support may be short lived. The CME moved to a seven-week high on March 17, following a week filled with gains. Feeder cattle prices were also at their strongest levels since August; technical buying was one source of that strength. The market is likely trying to notch a spring high, said Brian Perillat, manager and senior analyst at CanFax, a cattle-marketing arm of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “All the markets have been pretty positive,” he said. “Seasonally it’s normal, and that’s definitely been helping the futures market to come up as well.” External bullish factors, namely strong demand and exports, are also keeping the market underpinned. “But it’s a short-term thing for sure, pretty seasonal,” he said, adding, “there is some strength, but there is a risk moving forward with these prices.”

Toronto 105.61 - 174.05 221.54 - 240.38 248.60 - 266.23 247.65 - 290.30 275.29 - 360.04 —

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

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg ( Hd Fats) — — —

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

CanFax

The Canadian dollar was stronger on the week, but remained low overall, which added support to cattle prices, especially following sharp gains for U.S. cattle. Canadian cattle prices had been at a premium to the U.S., Perillat said. “Now we’re seeing our fed prices are now at a discount to the U.S. and we’re getting some interest.” A lot of U.S. interest is on the fed cattle side, which hasn’t happened for a while, he noted. While prices are strengthening, volumes are declining. As spring is now underway, they are expected to continue moving lower. “We’ll have them (cattle numbers)] whittled down by the first of April,” Hill said. “We’re hoping for good things to keep happening, to continue on.” Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) last week issued a strategy for carbon tax to government officials. The strategy would ensure beef production is sustainable and profitable, the group said in a press release. Key points of MBP’s proposed carbon pricing policy include exempting on-farm agricultural emissions; recognizing agriculture for the greenhouse gas reduction benefits it provides; creating investments in research to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and investing in initiatives and tools to enhance producers’ resilience related to climate change and severe weather events. Jade Markus writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

PARIS / Reuters / The spread of a severe bird flu virus that ravaged the duck industry in southwestern France since late last year has slowed in the past two weeks, suggesting the crisis could be ending, the farm minister said Mar. 20. France, which has the largest poultry flock in Europe, has been among the countries most severely hit by the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus that propagated in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “Everything suggests that we will soon reach the end of this outbreak. The number of suspected cases is in sharp

decline,” French Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll told reporters. “We can see the end of this terrible tunnel in which we have been for four months,” he said. Some 465 outbreaks of H5N8 have been detected and four million poultry destroyed because of the virus, mainly in southwestern France. The fast spread of bird flu has prompted the government to order a massive cull of ducks, higher security measures and the fallowing of farms in part of the southwest since January. H5N8 detected in France is not transmissible by food and has never been found in humans. It is different than the H7N9 strain that has caused the death of over 160 people in

China since late last year in the worst outbreak since 2009. Chicken production, less exposed to H5N8, has resumed in some regions where the virus is considered to be under control and the area will be extended gradually to most of the southwest in coming weeks, Le Foll said. Duck farmers will be able to resume production in restricted areas by the end of May at the latest, as initially planned, provided the situation remains stable. Ducks and geese, mostly produced for their livers that are artificially swollen through force feeding to make foie gras, are most exposed to the virus due to free-range rearing and transport of animals between farms.

Toronto ($/cwt) 127.59 - 415.39 — 106.33 - 306.54

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

brian perillat

briefs

France sees bird flu crisis nearly over as spread slows

Other Market Prices Wooled Fats

“… we’re seeing our fed prices are now at a discount to the U.S. and we’re getting some interest.”

Jade MarkuS

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending March 11th, 2017 50,425 14,079 36,346 NA 587,000

Local cattle values rise on Chicago cattle futures The loonie gained strength but remained low overall

Hog Prices

$/cwt Ewes Lambs

$1 Cdn: $0.7479 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3369 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: March 17, 2017

Toronto ($/cwt) 58.00 - 80.00 67.00 - 89.00

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

Canola drops below chart support with fund selling

Average quotes as of March 20, 2017 ($/tonne) Future

Basis

E. Manitoba wheat

201.72

39.50

241.22

W. Manitoba wheat

201.72

24.63

226.36

E. Manitoba canola

503.70

-18.11

485.59

W. Manitoba canola

503.70

-27.91

North America’s weather is poised to become a factor Phil-Franz Warkentin CNSC

he ICE Futures Canada canola market ignored St. Patrick’s Day during the week ended March 17, with no green on any of the board as prices fell below major chart support. The May contract dropped below the 200-day moving average, at $508 per tonne, which brought in additional fund selling and saw values hit their lowest levels in five months. The funds reportedly moved from a net long position to a net short position during the week. The next downside target comes in at $500 per tonne, with the next real support after that not seen until $480. Declines in the Chicago Board of Trade soy complex contributed to the selling pressure in canola, as the large South American crops start to become more readily available. Day-to-day shifts in South Amer ican weather still have the potential to trigger short-term swings in the U.S. futures, but the bigger picture appears relatively set as production estimates out of Brazil and Argentina are generally getting bigger. No r t h A m e r i c a n w e a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s should also start to become a factor to watch, as snow recedes in Canada and farmers in the southern U.S. are already in the early stages of planting corn. U.S. soybean acres are generally expected to be up on the

475.79 Source: pdqinfo.ca

year, and if there are issues getting the corn crop in the ground, even more acres could swing to beans. While there is little supportive news in the canola market, concerns over tightening nearby supplies should help limit the downside. About a million tonnes of canola were left to overwinter in Western Canada this year, according to some estimates. How much of that will be salvaged remains to be seen, but even if it does come off, the quality will be questionable as well. Both exporters and domestic crushers continue to show solid demand, which will need to be rationed going forward as ending stocks are already forecast to be rather tight. In the U.S., while soybeans were down during the week, grains were mixed. Chicago corn and Minneapolis spring wheat both moved higher, while the winter wheats posted small losses. G ood expor t demand kept U.S. cor n underpinned, while wet weather across parts of the Midwest was just enough to raise concerns over seeding delays. For spring wheat, some of the strength likely stems from the Canadian situation, where any wheat that overwintered is unlikely to even be fit for the feed market. However, the international picture remains relatively bearish as far as wheat is concerned, with ample supplies keeping a lid on the lower-quality winter wheat futures. Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Port Prices As of Friday, March 17, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

153.95

-0.73

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

244.89

3.85

Canola Thunder Bay

515.70

-25.80

Canola Vancouver

534.70

-21.80

Closing Futures Prices

As of Thursday, March 16, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

503.70

-25.80

ICE milling wheat

235.00

5.00

ICE barley

137.00

2.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

201.72

5.24

Chicago SRW wheat

160.30

3.77

Kansas City HRW wheat

166.63

0.08

Corn

144.68

3.05

Oats

162.11

-9.08

Soybeans

367.44

-0.09

Soymeal

362.45

5.29

Soyoil

712.22

-12.57

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, March 17, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

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

Cash

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

n/a

Feed barley

149.73

5.51

n/a

470.05

-0.79

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

Oats

201.66

-3.24

Soybeans

402.35

-9.55

15.00

-0.15

Ask

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

Prairies’ cash wheat values finish week mixed MGEX May wheat was up on the week, while CBOT and K.C. May wheat slipped BY DAVE SIMS CNS Canada

pring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended March 17, with gains in some classes and losses in others as markets reacted to activity in the U.S. futures. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up $1-$2 per tonne across the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $226 per tonne in western Manitoba to as high as $246 in northern Alberta. Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but gener-

Average (CWRS) prices ranged from about $226 per tonne in western Manitoba to as high as $246 in northern Alberta.

ally improved slightly to range from about $24 to $44 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between U.S. dollardenominated 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$184 per tonne. That would put the currencyadjusted basis levels at about US$18$33 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 $24 to $44 below the futures. Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat bids were down by $2-$3.50 per tonne, with prices ranging from $165 to $179 per tonne. Average durum prices were down a few cents to $1 per tonne, with bids in Saskatchewan coming in at about $262-$263 per tonne.

The May spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based, was quoted at US$5.49 per bushel on March 17, up 10.5 U.S. cents from the previous week. Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPSR in Canada. The May K.C. wheat contract was quoted March 17 at US$4.535 per bushel, down two U.S. cents compared to the previous week. The May Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled March 17 at US$4.3625, down by 4.25 U.S. cents on the week. The Canadian dollar settled March 17 at 74.98 U.S. cents, up by roughly three-quarters of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

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

Market to the people who already love your beef, says expert Beef hedonists, ranching romantics, and true patriots are the biggest fans of Canadian beef

Accentuate the positive — consumers want a happy story Canada Beef drilled down and found consumers were already in love with the product, the lifestyle, and the brand

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff / Red Deer

Why would you try pursuing someone who doesn’t like you? That’s the key to romance — and to marketing beef. “As an industry, we have been starting with the logic perspective for a very long time,” James Bradbury, Canada Beef’s brand officer, said at the Alberta Beef Industry Conference. “We need to start coming across with this emotional message that comes across to consumers. We need to start talking to their perceptions and what their beliefs are and what their values are, rather than just our own.” Males are the “super consumer” of Canadian beef, spending $31.62 a week on the meat (versus $22.08 for women) in stores and restaurants. These “beef hedonists” crave beef and want to be near the barbecue all the time. For them, beef represents good times and special occasions. They’re also willing to spend more on premium beef — in fact, a higher price is viewed as proof the product is very high quality. Overall, just over a quarter of Canadians (women make up a large portion of this segment) are beef “loyalists,” according to in-depth market research by Canada Beef. “They spend a little less in general, but they are 28 per cent of our Canadian audience and they are very likely to promote our product to others,” said Bradbury. Ranching romantics, about 18 per cent of those surveyed, are another group of supporters. “They’re heavily supportive of what you do. They understand or relate to the heritage of farming,” said Bradbury. A smaller group, about eight per cent, are the scientific supporters — mainly males who believe in safety, technology, and the nutritional quality of beef. Another eight per cent (also mainly females aged 30 to 54) are concerned with the ethics of beef production. Members of this segment, who also view veganism and gluten-free foods favourably, tend to spend a lot of money on beef — but they want a lot of information on what they’re buying. Four per cent of the market is concerned with the health aspects of beef and fear the product for a multitude of reasons. This demographic is made up of young women. “There is a feeling there that they can’t understand. To change minds here, we’ll have to spend a lot of money,” he said. The key to promoting beef is to go with the 85 per cent who already believe in the product, and have favourable perceptions of the brand. “It’s an easier target, I would say,” said Bradbury. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

This is the picture — mountains in the background and a landscape made for ranching — that comes to mind when consumers here and abroad think about Canadian beef. PHOTO: CANADA BEEF

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff / Red Deer

alk about Canadian beef in a positive way, and consumers will buy and eat more beef. That was a key finding of in-depth research by Canada Beef — and something that surprised marketing officials who figured today’s consumers are fixated on topics such as antibiotics and animal welfare. “Consumers wanted to hear about producers; they wanted to hear about Canada, its landscapes, and what they already believed to be true about Canada,” James Bradbury, brand officer with Canada Beef said at the recent Alberta Beef Industry Conference. The beef promotion agency measured the effect of speaking “in this positive way rather than the defensive approach” and found that with the good-news approach “we would get 2-1/2 times more consumption out of it,” it said. People just don’t want to hear about negative topics such as animal rights, crowding, cruelty, and industrial farming, he said. “This is our national brand equity talking,” said Bradbury. “That’s the natural perception that consumers already have. Let’s not fight it. Let’s join it.” Over the past two years, Canada Beef conducted research in Canada, Mexico, Japan and China, interacting with 500 consumers in each region. Consumers from the four countries, as well as beef industry members, were asked 54 questions about their perceptions of Canadian beef. The research found beef is considered a “special occasion” food and people have positive associations with the product.

“Consumers wanted to hear about producers; they wanted to hear about Canada, its landscapes, and what they already believed to be true about Canada.” James Bradbury

“There’s no better position for a brand to be in than one that is in the enviable position of being the keeper of memories, and the keeper of people’s best occasions. It’s great,” said Bradbury. The survey also suggested a way to strengthen that connection. “Everyone agreed that cattle ranching was the perfect fit for the Canadian landscape. That’s a strong indicator

of where the brand needs to go. That’s something that people feel passionately about and agree on.” There were no concerns about the safety of Canadian beef — “this is a given,” said Bradbury. And while the cattle industry felt it was important to talk about hormones and antibiotics, consumers didn’t necessarily want to hear about them. However, there is a caveat to that statement. There is a small, but very vocal group (mostly young people who purchase fast food) that challenges the use of hormones and antibiotics. “It makes sense that fast-food companies have to spend a lot of money and time, and be proactive and talk about these issues with a younger audience,” said Bradbury. “We have to be incredibly careful here. We can talk about hormones and antibiotics, but we have to do it with a select group of people. And be selective about how we get that message to them, because they have a different information gathering system.” Members of this group are also quick to believe negative news and fake news. Reaching out to this group is “challenging,” but the survey showed that if messaging on this topic is focused on “them specifically and not to a broader audience, we’ll be better off.” “That’s the big aha moment,” he said. But most consumers would rather see Canadian beef linked to iconic images of the country, such as mountains, skiing and hockey, friendly people, nature, and a good quality of life. “Over whelmingly, consumers felt negative perceptions were not something they wanted to hear within our brand,” said Bradbury. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

A&W tightens standards for broiler suppliers’ barns

Busy barnyard

The fast-food chain sets a new maximum stocking density

Week-old calves enjoy the benefits of warmer weather while sticking close to their mothers. A warmer forecast is encouraging for cattle producers.

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anadian burger and root beer chain A&W has set up tighter standards for broiler barns supplying chicken meat to its restaurants. On top of its existing requirements for raising birds on grainbased diets without the use of antibiotics, the company on March 10 announced it would require a new maximum stocking density for birds in its barns “beginning now.” The new stocking densities, A&W said, call for all its supplying farmers to maintain barn density levels that “meet or exceed” the standard set out in the Global Animal Partnership’s step Level 2. As per GAP step Level 2, stocking density, based on average weight of all chickens per flock per area at the time of catching and loading, must not exceed 6.5 lbs. per square foot for birds placed on or after Oct. 1, 2014. The company said March 10 it would also now require barns to have “physical enhancements that best allow for natural bird behaviour, while preserving an antibiotic-free environment.” A&W, in its release, didn’t specify what kind of enhancements it would require. The GAP, however, calls for “enrichments” that “add complexity” to the birds’ environments and encourage expression of natural behaviour “without losing their novelty.” The GAP’s examples include items such as straw or hay bales, raised platforms and “provision of forages or brassicas” and scattered grains. Items such as perches, litter and dust baths aren’t considered enrichments under the GAP. Items such as pipes or PVC tubing that “quickly lose their novelty and/or go unused by the chickens” also aren’t considered acceptable. Vancouver-based A&W also said it would now require producers to ensure at least six hours of darkness in their barns “so chickens can rest better at night.” “We want to continuously raise the bar in animal welfare to ensure animals are treated with respect,” A&W president Susan Senecal said in the company’s release. “Today, we have elevated our standards to include some new ones. It all adds up to a better life.” A&W noted it also uses breeds of birds that can thrive in broiler barns with “optimal” health, raised to a weight “best for maintaining mobility and leg and foot health.” The company noted the University of Guelph is in the midst of a study “to determine whether there may be breeds of chickens better suited for Canadian farms” and “looks forward to the results of this study.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers

15-Mar

No. on offer

2,416

Over 1,000 lbs.

Gladstone

14-Mar

Grunthal

Heartland

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Brandon

Virden

14-Mar

17-Mar

550

2,002

15-Mar

13-Mar

16-Mar

17-Mar

3,207*

508*

1,340*

n/a

2,355*

n/a

120.00-154.00

140.00-155.00

150.00-163.00

155.00-161.00

n/a

145.00-159.50

800-900

146.00-167.50

135.00-164.50

155.00-161.00

154.00-166.00

158.00-171.00

155.00-162.00

160.00-170.00

155.00-172.00

700-800

160.00-185.50

160.00-182.50

160.00-179.00

174.00-193.25

168.00-188.00

165.00-175.00

170.00-187.00

164.00-186.00

600-700

170.00-199.00

180.00-197.50

185.00-204.00

188.00-199.00

183.00-201.00

180.00-200.00

188.00-207.50

180.00-207.00

900-1,000

500-600

184.00-217.50

190.00-216.50

190.00-224.50

200.00-217.00

197.00-212.00

195.00-216.00

200.00-233.00

195.00-220.00

400-500

180.00-227.00

205.00-224.00

190.00-220.00

215.00-225.00

214.00-238.00

210.00-232.00

200.00-235.00

200.00-240.00

300-400

n/a

214.00-234.00

172.00-242.50

215.00-238.00

n/a

210.00-233.00

200.00-214.00

210.00-240.00

n/a

120.00-141.75

n/a

130.00-143.50

135.00-145.00

n/a

800-900

140.00-157.00

130.00-148.50

n/a

132.00-149.00

139.00-151.00

n/a

150.00-174.00

135.00-155.00

700-800

144.00-168.00

135.00-157.00

145.00-160.00

142.00-159.25

146.00-159.00

145.00-156.50

160.00-177.00

152.00-170.00

600-700

149.00-180.00

150.00-169.50

160.00-171.50

148.00-172.50

155.00-177.00

155.00-170.00

165.00-178.00

165.00-185.00

500-600

150.00-183.00

170.00-184.50

165.00-186.00

165.00-182.50

169.00-188.00

170.00-179.50

175.00-192.50

180.00-200.00

400-500

157.00-190.00

170.00-196.50

174.00-197.50

175.00-196.00

178.00-195.00

170.00-193.00

170.00-195.00

180.00-208.00

300-400

n/a

175.00-196.50

180.00-202.50

189.00-210.00

n/a

150.00-195.00

200.00-221.00

No. on offer

140

n/a

D1-D2 Cows

82.00-91.00

n/a

85.00-95.00

88.00-100.00

85.00-95.00

n/a

87.00-96.00

D3-D5 Cows

71.00-83.00

n/a

71.00-86.00

82.00-88.00

n/a

77.00-87.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market

Age Verified

90.00-99.00

n/a

Good Bulls

99.00-128.75

n/a

64.50-108.25

112.00-129.00

115.00-128.00

110.00-125.00

n/a

110.00-117.00

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

76.25-95.00

n/a

95.00-115.00

n/a

95.00-108.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

100.00-134.00

n/a

95.00-117.00

n/a

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

(Note all prices in CDN$ per cwt. These prices also generally represent the top one-third of sales reported by the auction yard.)

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Easter influence seen on prices Demand for the looming holiday drove some early purchases BY MARK ELLIOT Co-operator contributor

total of 250 sheep and goats were on the auction block at the Mar. 15 sheep and goat sale at Winnipeg Livestock Auction. Many of the buyers appeared motivated by the upcoming Easter holiday and anticipated demand, making for some early purchases. The presence of worms in some groups of lambs — earlier than usual — did affect some of the bidding.

Sheep Quality ewes received the highest bidding. This reaction was not based upon weight or age, but rather future breeding purposes. The average price ranged from $0.87 to $1.07 per pound. Ewes that drew the top interest had prices ranging from $1.13 to $1.33 per pound. A 150-pound Rideau-cross ram brought $184.50 or $1.23 per pound. Heavyweight lambs created their own demand from some of the new buyers. Some of these lambs were required for immediate use. The price ranged from $1.64 to $1.87 per pound. Market lambs were represented by 15 104-pound lambs,

which brought $213.20 or $2.05 per pound. The demand and interest for feeder lambs was much higher, creating higher bidding. The prices ranged from $2.12 to $2.34 per pound. Presentation appeared to show increase in price bidding — when a sheared 95-pound Suffolk-cross lamb entered the arena, this lamb brought $2.26 per pound. The bidding power for the lightweight lambs did not decline among the buyers. The average price was $2.32 per pound for the 70-plus-pound lambs. An exception was a group of 10 70-pound Dorset-cross lambs bringing $2.01 per pound. A group of six 67-pound lambs brought $2.23 per pound. The following group of 10 66-pound lambs brought $2.06 per pound. A little management practised before the sale, in partcular treatment for worms, and they might have brought similar prices. The 50-plus-pound lambs started to show that the buyers were losing interest with the smaller lambs. The price ranged from $2.04 to $2.18 per pound. However, two 55-pound Cheviotcross lambs brought $2.32-1/2 per pound. A number of individual 45-pound lambs were sold separately at this sale. One lamb

brought $1.70 per pound and the other brought $2.025 per pound. Once again, worms were an issue. This sale also saw the appearance of the first new-crop lambs of the year. Three 92-pound Suffolk-cross brought $221.72 or $2.41 per pound. The condition of these lambs brought the strong bidding from the buyers.

Goats A 115-pound Boer-cross doe with a sleek coat caught the attention of producers looking for animals for future breeding purposes. Groups of Boer-cross and Alpine-cross goat does showed quality, but with a smaller structure. Boer-cross bucks were the main type of animal in the goat buck class, seeing constant bidding from buyers and prices ranging from $1.78 to $2.07 a pound. There were more under80-pound goat kids at this sale than past outings. Buyer interest appeared to not be dependent on weight, with strong bidding throughout, and prices ranging from $1.84 to $2.44 a pound. The Ontario Stockyard Report indicated a trend for purchasing the lightweight lambs. Between the bidding and the higher prices there was a clear increase in interest on these lambs.

Ewes

$179.55 - $190.40 $126.00 - $161.00 $67.80 - $76.13

Lambs (lbs.) 110+

$215.05 - $226.25 $202.30

95 - 110

$213.20

80 - 94

$214.70 $188.69 - $200.70

Under 80 70 - 78

$161.70 - $173.25 $156.78

66 / 67

$135.96 / $149.41

53 - 55

$10.16 - $127.88

$76.50 / $91.13

NEW-CROP LAMBS (lbs.) 92

$ 221.72

GOAT DOES

/ lb.

meat

$1.07

110 lbs.

$1.57

115 lbs.

$1.07

110 lbs.

$1.78

90 lbs.

$2.07

93 lbs.

$1.89

110 lbs.

$2.10

61 lbs.

$1.89

65 lbs.

$2.17

66 lbs.

DAIRY

$2.17

66 lbs.

MEAT

$2.22

50 lbs.

$2.32 / $2.39

57 lbs.

$2.13 / $2.44

40 lbs.

$1.84

38 lbs.

DAIRY

Technology, co-operation to result in long-desired dairy genetic indices Low heritability traits have been hard to measure but genomics are increasing the availability of data By John Greig Glacier FarmMedia

he Canadian Dairy Network (CDN) is taking aim at some of the most important, but toughest-to-measure genetic traits for dairy cows. The organization that aggregates vast amounts of information on dairy cattle and creates genetic indices that farmers use to make breeding decisions, is using genomics and global co-operation to create the new indices. “Genomics have helped us estimate breeding values for low heritability traits,” Lynsay Beavers, industry liaison services co-ordinator with CDN told farmers at the Southwestern Ontario Dairy Symposium. Low heritability traits have been hard to measure, but genomics have allowed the industry to gather more data, quicker. If they had to wait until the end of a cow’s life to measure herd life, then by that point the bulls will likely not be the first genetic choice, so the trait would be useless. With genomic testing, they know early enough for the trait to be useful. With genomic testing well established, CDN is now looking to create indices for traits such as metabolic disease resistance. Metabolic disease is mostly an issue as the cow makes the transition through calving into milking, but can also drag down a cow’s lactation performance. CDN is putting together a metabolic disease-resistance index that will pull together six different traits, meas-

ured for a cow’s first lactation and also for later lactations. The traits will include subclinical ketosis (gathered from milk recording agency measurements), clinical ketosis and displaced abomasum (as reported by producers), fat-to-protein ratio in different parts of lactation and body condition score in first lactation. Other new traits will take the co-operation of other industry players. Some hoof trimmers have been using trimming-crate-side computers and hoof Supervisor software to gather information for several years. Now, CDN will be collecting that data in order to tie hoof health issues to certain bulls. The first hoof health genetic evaluation will be for digital dermatitis, responsible for 20 per cent of lesions in dairy cow hooves, and the most economically problematic hoof issue. The two other traits to be evaluated are linked, and will only be measured through an extensive international project in which Canada plays a key part. Feed efficiency in dairy cattle has never been properly measured on a large-enough scale to use it for making breeding decisions. When cattle consume less feed to create the same amount of milk, then there is less environmental impact, especially with lower methane emissions. As a result, methane emissions are the second trait that will be able to be measured with the Efficient Dairy Genome Project. There is a good potential impact of the project, with 25 per cent heritability.

The challenge with feed efficiency is that it takes on-theground measurements with individual cows over a period of time and that’s expensive and would cost about $20,000 per bull. However, now, once the most feed-efficient cows are identified, the genetic markers supporting the trait can be quickly identified. The project is partially funded by Genome Canada, a funding organization for genetic research, and involves co-operators across Canada including CDN and the University of Alberta. Sunalta Dairy, a commercial farm in Alberta is installing 200 GrowSafe units in a new barn in order to measure feed efficiency. The farm will have to genotype all cows and also do biweekly milk recording, along with classification. Canada will host the global database at CDN. This is only the Canadian contribution. Research will also be conducted in Australia, U.S., United Kingdom and Switzerland. There are also discussions ongoing with Denmark, the Netherlands and France to join the project. There will be 10,000 cows evaluated for feed efficiency and 3,500 cows from whom methane emissions data will be collected. Beavers said that with genomic testing, “this is kind of the future” in which fewer herds are needed in order to identify the traits, the proof for the genomic tests that can then be used across the dairy herd. “As long as we have enough of these herds, we know we can benefit the entire country by developing data from those key herds.”

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53rd Annual Manitoba Bull Test Station Bull and Female Sale

April 1st, 2017 starting at 1:00PM sharp! 138 bulls and 21 heifers on test

Breeds available are Angus, Blonde D’Aquitaine, Charolais, , Limousin, Maine Anjou, Saler, Shorthorn, and Simmental. • Internet bidding will be provided by DLMS • Video sale only as the bulls will not be run through the ring, so come early to take a good look. • Catalog and video links of offering can be viewed early March on www.buyagro.com • Come join us for lunch and take in the great offering of seedstock. • Rare Opportunity to select genetics from 40 different consignors across Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario that bring the best stock they have to be performance tested and developed together! • Performance data, Cup Ultrasound data, and EPD’s available. • All bulls and heifers will have passed a breeding soundness evaluation prior to the sale. No Deferred Bulls sold here! • Test Station is always open to view the offering • All Animals have tested BVD Negative • Animals are grown out on a developer ration supplied by Landmark Feeds targeting 3lbs a day to promote longevity and soundness

Feel free to check us out online at www.manitobabulltest.com or come see us in person located 17 miles east of Brandon on Highway #1 and half a mile south on Highway #351. Phone office at 204-763-4696 or Manager Tyler Winters at 204-851-1165

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

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

Plenty of chances for precipitation Issued: Monday, March 20, 2017 · Covering: March 22 – March 29, 2017 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

nce again, the overall forecasted weather pattern played out pretty well, but as always, the devil is in the details. The area of low pressure forecast to track through northern Manitoba last Thursday and Friday ended up taking a more southerly route, bringing significant March rains to a good part of southern Manitoba. Last weekend’s forecasted low ended up becoming much stronger and tracked farther north than initially forecast. This helped to bring in another shot of cold arctic air to start the week. This forecast period begins with an arctic high sliding off to our southeast on Wednesday. Winds will become southerly and we should see temperatures rise back to around the freezing mark for highs. An area of low pressure is then forecast to quickly track through north-central Manitoba on Thursday. Extreme northern regions will see snow from this system, while southern and central regions will likely see a mix of rain, snow or even some freezing rain. Temperatures should be mild during the day Thursday, with highs expected to be in the +5 C range.

The weather models then show a Colorado low developing and lifting northeast through South Dakota and then moving eastward on Friday. Southeastern regions may see some rain or snow from this system, depending on the time of day it pushes through. As usual, we need to keep an eye on these types of storm systems, but for now, it looks like it will stay well to our south. Slightly cooler air will move in over the weekend as arctic high pressure passes by to our northeast. The final part of this forecast has a low confidence level. The weather models keep trying to bring an area of low pressure across our region on Monday and Tuesday. The latest runs keep the main area of low pressure to our south, with only a few showers or periods of light snow affecting southern regions late on Monday and into Tuesday. Temperatures during this period look to be run# ning near the high end of the usual temperature range for this time of # the year. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -7 to +6 C; lows, -19 to -7 C. 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.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

Accumulated Precipitation (mm)

November 1, 2016 to March 16, 2017 <4 4 to 8 8 to 12 12 to 18 18 to 25

Fort St. John

25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 65 to 75 75 to 100 100 to 125

125 to 150

Edmonton

150 to 200 200 to 250 > 250

Kamloops

Saskatoon

Calgary Regina

Winnipeg

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: 2017-03-17 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies so far this winter (Nov. 1 to March 16). The wettest regions have been across southern Manitoba and into southeastern Saskatchewan along with extreme western Alberta. The driest regions were found north of Edmonton, southward to east-central Alberta and then eastward toward Regina.

Warm February and spring flooding This winter’s freeze-and-thaw cycles have created snowpacks of solid ice BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

have a few thing to cover this week. First of all, where did all the snow go from the big blizzard that hit western Manitoba? I was lucky enough to head out with my school for a couple of days of skiing at Asessippi last week and I was scratching my head trying to figure out where all the snow was. Don’t get me wrong; there were some very impressive drifts, but with all the high winds, most of the fields were blown clear of any new snow. The only places that had big deep accumulations of new snow were the sheltered areas. My son also travelled to Brandon this week and reported similar conditions. I would love to hear from anyone who can help sort this out, considering snowfall amounts of up to 40 cm were reported in some areas. How much new snow do you think actually fell in your area? On to a more global view. February’s global temperatures were released last week and the numbers were a bit surprising. Despite a five-month-long La Niña event, which usually

All it takes is one wet storm, or a series of fairly wet storms, to make things go from good to bad.

helps to cool the planet a little bit, February 2017 continued a nearly two-year-long trend of extremely warm global temperatures. According to both NOAA and NASA, this Februar y was the secondwarmest February on record, only coming in second to last February. This February ranked as the fourth warmest month, compared to average, by NASA and was the seventh-warmest month, according to NOAA. For those of you who don’t trust either of those two databases, the University of Alabama in Huntsville — which monitors global satellite-measured temperatures for the lowest eight km of the atmosphere — reported this February was the fourth-warmest in its 39-year database. Now, back to our region and our first look at potential spring flooding. All I can say is, I wouldn’t want to be trying to figure out what is going to happen this spring. I am not a

hydrologist, though I did take hydrology when I was in university, so I think I have a basic understanding of what is going on, and holy cow, is this spring becoming complicated!

Insulation against frost To start off, we had a very wet fall across eastern and western regions, with the south-central regions seeing average moisture levels. These wet conditions led to soil moisture levels in the top 120 cm to run as high as 95 per cent of capacity over a large area — the only “dry” region being found in the southern Interlake, where available moisture was at 65 per cent of capacity. So far not a good start, but as most of you know, it’s the weather during the winter and spring that really impacts spring flooding. Now, let’s add to this wet beginning the warm start to winter, which prevented deep frost from forming. Once it did get cold, we received a fair bit

of snow that helped to create a good insulating layer. This resulted in most regions having a lower-than-average frost depth this winter, which can be a good thing when it comes to spring flooding as the ground can more easily absorb some of the snow melt. So far so good; maybe the two things can help balance each other out a little bit. Now we move on to the up-anddown winter that saw several significant snowmelts occur, followed by significant freezes. These freeze-and-thaw cycles have, in my opinion, created a real mess. On the positive side, a fair bit of the snowmelt has occurred. The question is, just how much of this has made its way into the river systems and how much is sitting around as ice? That’s my next point. There is a lot of ice around. All the melting and freezing has created conditions I personally have never seen. The remaining snowpack is nearly solid ice. This means that while there doesn’t look like there is a lot of snow around, there is still a fair bit of water in the ice waiting to melt and run off. Also, with the top layer of soil now saturated — and, with the cold weather, now frozen —

any meltwater will quickly run off. The final piece to the spring flooding puzzle is the weather between now and the end of April. All it takes is one wet storm, or a series of fairly wet storms, to make things go from good to bad. The current mid-range weather models show a fairly active pattern right through to at least the first week of April. Does this mean we’ll see a lot of rain or snow? Not necessarily, but the odds are pretty good we will see some significant precipitation during this period. There will be storm systems around; the question is whether all of the pieces will come together or not — and if they do, will the storm hit us or just miss? Overall, I would say, all things considered, our spring flooding situation is not looking that good. The government should be coming out with an updated forecast soon and I wouldn’t be surprised to see that most rivers across our region will be upgraded to a high risk of moderate to major spring flooding. Let’s cross our fingers and hope the weather models are wrong and we see near-perfect weather over the next month.

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 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

CanoLAB workshop makes Dauphin debut

There was a broad cross-section of canola issues and topics at a recent CanoLAB workshop BY Alexis Stockford

he annual CanoLAB canola management workshop series continues to extend its Manitoba footprint with a firsttime event in Dauphin March 15 and 16. Topics ranged from combine settings and herbicide management to crop damage and beneficial insects. It is the fifth year the event has been held in Manitoba, after initially being introduced in Alberta by the Canola Council of Canada. The Dauphin event was co-hosted by the Manitoba Canola Growers Association and was the third and final workshop to take place across the Prairies in 2017. “Coming to Dauphin was something that we wanted to do for a while, but we felt like we needed to have sort of a critical mass and have some of the kinks worked out before we brought CanoLAB to Dauphin. We’re thrilled to be here,” said Roberta Galbraith, Manitoba Canola Growers Association member relations manager. “It’s important for us as the Manitoba Canola Growers and the Canola Council to support growers (here) because it’s one of the largest canola-growing regions in Manitoba,” Galbraith said. The event previously took place in Brandon and sold out for the last three years. This year, March 15 came three spots short of selling out, while the workshop’s second day had 15 vacancies, Galbraith said, adding that a higher proportion of attendees were farmers than in previous years. “It’s the farmers who we want to reach — lots of agronomists and industry staff here as well, but at the end of the day, it’s our farmers who are managing the crop. So for us, that’s who we want to talk to,” she said. Justine Cornelsen, western Manitoba agronomy special-

Beneficial and nuisance insects were on display during a presentation by Manitoba Agriculture entomologist, John Gavloski, March 16. Photos: Alexis Stockford

ist with the Canola Council of Canada, was one of the experts called in for the event. One of three to run the “looka-likes” station, Cornelsen took participants through diagnosing crop damage in the field. “One of the main things we were focusing on was root symptoms,” she said. “So when you’re seeing this girdling of the root, it can be caused by a wide variety of things. It could be caused by blackleg. It could be caused by root rot species. It could be caused by too much moisture. It could be caused by cutworms feeding. There’s all these different things that could fit into why we’re seeing these symptoms, so it’s teaching producers and agronomists to follow that up, figure out what is going on in the field so they can then change their management practices or at least monitor in years to come and be aware of the situation that they’re dealing with.” Grain storage practices, harvest management to reduce loss in combining, the nitrogen cycle and herbicide planning in crop rotations were also among topics covered in the workshop. Jim Wilson, retired co-ordinator for extension pesticide education at South Dakota University, gave a

“Coming to Dauphin was something that we wanted to do for a while, but we felt like we needed to have sort of a critical mass and have some of the kinks worked out... ” Roberta Galbraith Manitoba Canola Growers Association

hands-on account of temperature inversions, a factor he says may encourage pesticide drift as fine droplets of product become suspended in cool, dense air. Attendees also took on soil compaction, an area of interest after a year that saw high precipitation through 2016, thus increasing risk. Speakers advised attendees to beware of tire overinflation, minimize passes on wet fields and partially fill grain carts to lessen weight. “Every session’s been a little bit new,” Cory Brasch of Grandview said. “Some of the combine settings, nitrogen take-up — everything’s had something that I’ve taken away.”

Participants examine a blooming canola crop suffering from heat damage during the 2017 CanoLAB canola management workshop March 15-16 in Dauphin.

His first time attending the event, Brasch decided to make the trip after hearing feedback from prior participants. Boris Michaleski, another firsttime attendee who farms south of Dauphin, singled out discussions on herbicide management and harvest losses as major takeaways, adding he plans to integrate k n ow l e d g e f r o m t h e l a t t e r discussion into his operations. “It’s interesting, covering a lot of good topics,” he said of the workshop. CanoLAB integrated efforts from Assiniboine Community College’s agribusiness program, which provided plants used in demonstrations. Students from t h e p r o g r a m w e re o n h a n d both days to help manage the workshop. “It’s certainly grown,” Galbraith said. “We’ve become more sophisticated in how we manage all the sessions and we’ve listened to the people who have come and said, ‘We want more of this,’ or, ‘We want more of that,’ and we’ve tried to drive a bit of the conversation in that respect.” CanoLAB events were also held Feb. 15-16 in Saskatchewan and Feb. 22-23 in Alberta.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

Changing the discussion on genetic engineering A genetic engineering researcher who is married to an organic farmer is trying to bridge the gap between consumers and science By John Greig Glacier FarmMedia

he evolution of genetic engineering will continue, with more diverse options, giving scientists more flexibility to breed crops better for farmers and human nutrition. But farmers and researchers will continue to have to explain the technology to consumers focused on the genetic level, said Pamela Ronald. Ronald, a genetic engineering researcher at the University of California, Davis, is part of a group at her university created to help provide clear answers on crop breeding. She was the guest lecturer at the Kenneth Farrell Lecture put on by the University of Guelph’s department of food, agriculture and resource economics. She also wrote a book Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food, with her husband, Raoul Adamchak, who runs the organic farm at UC Davis. That gives Ronald an interesting perspective and puts her in a unique place in the usual grand chasm between genetic engineering and organics. She regards the work she does genetically engineering rice, as a way to effectively and economically solve problems for farmers. She and her colleagues have been responsible for isolating genes that are resistant to disease and flooding for farmers of rice, especially those in developing countries. “For 10,000 years we have altered the genetic makeup of crops. Everything we eat has been genetically altered based on some kind of genetic technique,” she said.

The first examples of genetic engineering date to the 1970s when insulin was bioengineered. “Now we have nearly five billion acres of GE crops planted around the world,” she said. Among those acres are those planted in rice that she and her colleagues have genetically engineered for greater disease resistance, creating solutions for farmers that would not have been possible without genetic engineering. Fifty years ago, scientists discovered that oryza longistaminata, a perennial grass from the same genus as cultivated rice, was resistant to many of the diseases that infected rice. Ronald’s lab was able to isolate the XA21 resistance gene and insert it into conventional rice. Another isolated gene is called SUB1, from a rice variety able to handle two weeks of flooding. It couldn’t be bred into conventional varieties, but it could be transferred in, resulting in significant flooding resistance for conventional rice varieties and helping to reduce the 40 million tonnes of rice lost each year due to flooding. With the help of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, four million to five million farmers are now using varieties with the gene and increasing their yields. “A single gene can have a huge positive impact on food security,” she said. Why with all of this value to farmers and eventually to consumers, do purchasers of food continue to question genetic engineering? The value isn’t obvious to consumers, said Ronald. They don’t grow the food and they don’t see children malnourished due to a lack of food. They’ve heard certain storylines

“For 10,000 years we have altered the genetic makeup of crops. Everything we eat has been genetically altered based on some kind of genetic technique.” Pamela Ronald a genetic engineering researcher at the University of California

involving evil corporations and the dominance of corn and soybeans and health problems associated with them. Ronald tries to change the conversation away from those storylines to the ones in which she is active, including rice and developing world farming. She also talks about species, like papaya, that have been saved in places in the world due to genetic engineering. The issue also gets more complicated when you throw in organic farming and its traditional antipathy to genetic engineering. Genetic engineering is a biological process and she said that at the time her husband was involved with the California organic standards-setting organization, genetic engineering was included in the standards. But 250,000 letters of protest later, genetic engineering was removed from the standard. Our knowledge of the genome is also relatively new. It was only in 2000 that the Arabidopsis genome was sequenced at a cost of $70 million, involving 500 people and taking seven years. Such sequencing now takes two minutes and costs $99. Still, Ronald laments that the discussion with consumers is so often focused on the gene, not on the effect, or the outcome or the problem being solved. That’s one

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of the reasons that the Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy has been formed at UC Davis. Ronald is the genome centre director. The institute aims to give students in science, especially graduate students, the tools to have discussions with people around them. The discussions are deliberately steered towards larger agriculture issues and industry complexity, versus focusing on genetic engineering specifically. Telling stories is important as science has not gained support for genetic engineering by trotting out acronymed scientific organizations around the world to support the safety of the process. Colourful, attractive people who have another, simpler, story to tell, that GMOs are bad, have attracted more attention and followers. The institute is trying to meet consumers where they live by creating programs such as Science Really Said, an Ask a Scientist program at the UC Davis farmers’ market and a Farm to Table Academy where consumers meet with scientists and farmers. “Scientists who engage with people beyond their peers can have an effect,” she said. But, despite their attempts to broaden the conversation on food, 80 to 90 per cent of the questions they get are around genes in food. As the world of genetic manipu-

lation gets more complex, there will be even more work to do. Gene editing, through the CRISPR technique, has spread around the world with great speed, running into regulatory regimes unprepared for the technology. CRISPR allows genes to be turned on and off. Genes are not inserted cross-species, so the United States has so far indicated that it won’t require the same regulatory rigour applied to traditional genetic engineering. Organic groups, however, have voiced opposition. There are other tools needed in genetic engineering, said Ronald, including the ability to manage and analyze the vast amounts of data being created. This will allow for greater understanding of genetic pathways for example, and gene interactions. Ronald also believes one of the next frontiers in farming is better understanding the microbiome of soil. Her husband, the organic farmer, spends a lot of his time encouraging a healthy microbiome, but we still know little about it. Genetic tools may help in this area too. “We don’t think about the silicon wafer and how much data we can put on it, we talk about how we use the information. I’m fascinated by the concern about genes in food. There have always been genes in our food.” Kenneth Farrell, for whom this lecture is named, was an Ontario Agriculture College graduate who went on to work in extension in California, led the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service in Washington, then returned to California as a vice-president of the University of California. He died in 2014.

Durum lacks momentum ahead of competing harvests New-crop durum is expected soon from Mexico and Europe BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

anadian durum prices are at a standstill as the market looks to upcoming production, while domestic crops act as a “wild card,” one Winnipeg-based analyst says. “The durum market is certainly quiet right now. We’re kind of in that period where we’re in a lull,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of the Canadian office for Swiss-based grain trader GAP SA Grains and Produits. The durum market lacks demand ahead of harvest in competing growing regions, he said. Crops from Mexico will begin to come on stream in May, while Europe’s new crop is also expected to emerge soon. “The crops are looking in pretty good shape overall, so there’s not a lot of activity,” Klassen said. As for Canadian production, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expects farmers to seed

less durum this year, projecting about five million acres, compared with about six million the previous year. Though the gover nment expects a scale-back, Klassen said production numbers are still uncertain. Saskatchewan’s Crop Planning Guide 2017 shows durum as one of the more profitable crop choices, alongside lentils and canola. “Is the farmer going to react based on last year’s prices or the prices from two to three years ago? It’s hard to say. I really think that’s the wild card in the market right now,” Klassen said. “I think the market needs to discourage acres.” Canadian durum is expected to see a large carry-out, which could put a lid on acres, he added. Spot prices for Canadian dur um are between $6.44 and $7.35 per bushel in Saskatchewan and Alberta, w h i l e n e w - c r o p b i d s a re between $6.50 and $6.85.

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

British no-tillers worry about potential loss of glyphosate But Tom Sewell says he’ll still find a way to continue his no-till system By John Greig Glacier FarmMedia

pioneer in British no-till farming said there’s a good chance European farmers will lose access to glyphosate. “It’s a French and German t h i n g ,” s a i d To m S e w e l l at the Innovative Far mers Association of Ontario conference recently in London. The politics of those two countries mean that there is pressure to ban the herbicide which is critical for no-till farmers. Glyphosate provides a simple and effective way to burn down weeds so that fields don’t have to be plowed or aggressively tilled. Sewell said he has two or three years’ worth of glyphosate purchased. “ We would have to think differently,” he said, incorporating more crops into a rotation, including grasses. If he could figure out how to have a continuous cover crop, then stitch in the annual crops he wanted to grow, then he couldn’t need glyphosate, he said. “It would be a challenge, but I’m not going back to plowing and tilling,” he said. “Part of me said ‘bring it on,’ but a lot of people would panic.” No-till farming is growing in the U.K., he said, with a couple of hundred no-till drills sold there. Sewell farms in County Kent, about 50 km from London. He owns 67 acres and rents or manages about 1,000 acres total from eight d i f f e r e n t l a n d ow n e r s . He m o s t l y g r ow s w h e a t a n d oilseed rape, but is also trying some cover crops. Their farm has used minimum tillage for 25 years, but in 2013 Sewell used funding from a Nuffield Scholarship to travel around the world to learn about no-till farming and improving soil. “I wanted to visit the best no-till farmers in the world.” That set him on a path to his recent adoption of a full no-till system, a rarity in his area where farmers still till the ground deep and often. Hot winds in his area result in a lot of topsoil blown away. Soil health is his priority and he employs an independent agronomist to “take care of what is growing above the ground,” and a soil expert “to manage what grows below the ground.” “The most important thing I learned about (during his Nu f f i e l d S c h o l a r s h i p ) w a s soil, organic matter and the importance of roots,” he said. He knew if he was going to go all-in on no-till farming, he had to be committed. He sold off all his tillage equipment

“It would be a challenge, but I’m not going back to plowing and tilling. Part of me said ‘bring it on,’ but a lot of people would panic.” Tom sewell

to raise some of the money to pay for the best no-till drill he could get. He ordered the seed placement part of the drill from a New Zealand company. It places seed and if wanted, fertilizer in a slot at the bottom of the trench, versus a straight vertical seed trench. Sewell had the rest of the drill manufactured in Britain and he’s very happy with the

yields he’s getting. Like others in England, he’s getting high wheat yields, this year 165 bushels of wheat at 13 per cent protein. He got 50 per cent higher price because of the protein level he hit. “You’re buying a whole system, not just a no-till drill,” he said. “Your plants grow different. Your herbicides work different. You have to change your way of thinking.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

Fishing derby draws crowd The Rivers Northern Pike Fish Derby saw a good crowd again this year

here were 189 registered contestants in the Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association 10th annual Northern Pike Fish Derby on Mar. 10 on Lake Wahtopanah. A total of 37 fish were caught during the five-hour derby. This year’s winner was Wade Turner of Brandon, hooking an 83.2-cm pike. Proceeds from the event are used to maintain the association’s various projects throughout the year.

PHOTOS: SANDY BLACK Wade Turner of Brandon was this year’s first-place angler, winning $1,000 with his 83.2-cm northern pike.

Derek Huston of Rivers widens his fishing hole, no small feat with ice measuring up to 37 inches thick in spots.

Ron Taylor of Rivers prepares a line as his wife Bonnie works on a crossword puzzle and their dog Delila keeps a watchful eye on the photographer all in the comfort of their ice fishing hut. The Taylors have participated in all 10 of the fish derbies

When the fishing got a little slow, in true Canadian fashion the hockey sticks came out. Nallan Reynolds of Rapid City, Natham Pollichuk of Minnedosa and Bethan Reynolds decided to play a little road hockey after lunch.

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

Plaintiffs in U.S. lawsuit say Monsanto ghostwrote Roundup studies Plaintiffs claim that Monsanto’s toxicology manager ghostwrote parts of a scientific report in 2013 “We would be keeping the cost down by us doing the writing” while researchers “would just edit and sign their names so to speak.”

BY BRENDAN PIERSON Reuters

mployees of Monsanto ghostwrote scientific reports that U.S. regulators relied on to determine that a chemical in its Roundup weed killer does not cause cancer, farmers and others suing the company claimed in court filings. The documents, which were made public on Mar. 14, are part of a mass litigation in Federal Court in San Francisco claiming Monsanto failed to warn that exposure to Roundup could cause nonHodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer. The company has denied that the product causes cancer. Plaintiffs claim that Monsanto’s toxicology manager ghostwrote parts of a scientific report in 2013 that was published under the names of several academic scientists, and his boss ghostwrote parts of another in 2000. Both reports were used by the EPA to determine that glyphosate, a chemical in Roundup, was safe, they said.

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A U.S. lawsuit alleges Monsanto had a role in ghostwriting at least two studies.

They cited an email from a Monsanto executive proposing to ghostwrite parts of the 2013 report, saying, “we would be keeping the cost down by us doing the writing” while researchers “would just edit and sign their names so to speak.” In an email, a Monsanto spokeswoman denied that

Research for droughtresistant crops gets boost as U.S. joins seeds treaty The addition of more than 570,000 types of maize, wheat and potatoes represents a huge step forward BY UMBERTO BACCHI Thomson Reuters Foundation / ROME

cientists’ efforts to develop new crops able to resist climate change, droughts and other shocks have been boosted by the United States joining an international seeds treaty. The United States on Mar. 14 became the single largest party to a UN agreement under which countries allow researchers from other member states free access to their crop gene banks — collections of varieties of seeds, plants and roots. By joining, the United States adds more than 570,000 types of maize, wheat, potatoes and other crops to the 1.5 million varieties available under the treaty’s sharing system managed by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). “The quality and size of gene bank contributions by the United States will further the progress of scientific research,” CGIAR, a global agricultural research organization, said in a statement. As farmers worldwide experience more frequent drought and erratic rainfall linked to global warming, scientists are racing to find crops capable of tolerating increasingly high temperatures, water shortages and dry conditions. Access to a large pool of seeds is vital for researchers to choose the best varieties to cross and

“The quality and size of gene bank contributions by the United States will further the progress of scientific research.” CGIAR

create new strains resistant to pests, disease and drought, while also improving yields to help feed a growing population, according to FAO. “Biodiversity can help us face the impacts of climate change,” said FAO director general Jose Graziano da Silva in a statement marking the U.S. accession to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. If a plant bred with seeds shared under the multilateral system is commercialized, part of the profits must be paid into a trust fund benefiting farmers in the developing world. “Bringing the U.S. collection within (the treaty) opens up the possibility of further commercialization,” said the treaty’s secretary, Kent Nnadozie. The United States ratified the treaty in December, before President Donald Trump was inaugurated, but officially became one of its 143 members on Mar. 13, the FAO said.

of Health and Human Services, a separate federal agency. Rowland, who is retired, is not a defendant in the litigation. He could not immediately be located for comment. The EPA had no immediate comment. The federal mass litigation includes about 60 lawsuits, according to Aimee Wagstaff, an attorney for the plaintiffs. Several hundred more lawsuits are pending in state courts, she said. A Ca l i f o r n i a s t a t e c o u r t judge on Mar. 10, in a separate lawsuit, ruled that California could classify glyphosate as a cancer risk.

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Protection Agency who chaired a committee on cancer risk and who plaintiffs say worked with Monsanto to suppress studies of glyphosate. The filing includes an email from a Monsanto employee recounting how Rowland told him he “should get a medal” if he could “kill” a study of glyphosate at the Department

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Take this marketing test To make sure you’re making smart marketing decisions, you need to honestly answer a few questions David Derwin Hedging your bets

ohn F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963, had some unique insights and understanding of farming finances and economics. During a 1960 speech in South Dakota at a National Plowing Contest, then senator Kennedy shared some thoughts that still hold true today: “The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale and pays the freight both ways.” This does seem to be a rather skewed situation doesn’t it? What can producers do to level this playing field? How can you balance your role and increase your pricing power within the global grain industry? Actually, farm businesses have an advantage that many businesses don’t. Their flexibility in marketing and sales comes from having access to exchangetraded pricing tools like options and futures. This is what sets them apart from many other businesses. With only between five and 10 per cent of Canadian farmers using all the selling and hedging tools available to them, it shows not enough effort and attention is focused on marketing. Selfadmittedly, Canadian farmers can grow some of the best crops in the world, but many agree that their marketing and financial strategies need fine tuning. Instead of exploring the techni-

cal details of options and futures, let’s first take a step back to look at the bigger picture of farm marketing. When I’m on the road across the Prairies speaking about hedging and risk management, I start my presentations by asking some fundamental farm marketing questions. Taken from self-assessment and business development guides, one by the Government of Manitoba called Gaining Ground – Agribusiness Assessment and the other, Taking Stock – Farm Business Development Initiative from the Government of Saskatchewan, they ask a series of self-assessment questions related to labour, production, environmental, safety and, of course, marketing. Here are five key marketing questions from these two publications: 1) Do you set marketing goals that can be measured and have a written marketing plan? Maybe you protect or price one-third of expected production in the spring, another one-third throughout the summer once production is more certain and then one-third at harvest in the fall? Do you know your break-even levels and costs of production? Do you know what you will do if prices get to that level? Or more importantly, what is your backup plan if the price never gets up there? Are these marketing procedures and processes written down? What type of spreadsheets or reports do you use to manage all these issues? Take some time before

Farm businesses have an advantage that many businesses don’t. Their flexibility in marketing and sales comes from having access to exchangetraded pricing tools.

spring to think about and plan for these items. 2) Do you monitor and revise your marketing goals and plan? Once your initial marketing plan is in place, it’s not just something you keep in your drawer and forget about. It’s a living document that evolves as the crop year progresses. Many factors will affect your marketing plan throughout the year: What are your yields looking like? What are futures prices doing? Are basis levels getting better or worse? What are the emerging price trends you can benefit from? What about next year’s crop? Are there good prices for new crop? Make sure to update and revise your plan at least monthly or as conditions change. 3) Do you have the interest and skills to make good marketing decisions? Who within the farming operation has or will develop the interest and skills to implement and monitor the marketing plan? If it’s not you, will it be your partner? Your spouse? Or is your son or daughter in charge of marketing? With marketing courses, hedging workshops, webinars and material available online, you have access to plenty of resources to make this happen.

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4) Do you understand and use option hedging strategies? Forget the dog. Exchangetraded commodity options are a farmer’s best friend since they address the three main reasons why producers have not used hedging tools fully. Options offer these main benefits: • No production commitment or delivery risk; • Downside protection you need; upside potential you want; • Minimal capital requirements with no futures contract margin calls. Options are available on numerous far m commodities including wheat, canola, soybeans, corn, oats, fats and feeder cattle, hogs and the Canadian dollar. The nice thing about options is they really are like a Swiss Army knife of marketing tools. This one tool has so many attachments that an option-based strategy can be the perfect fit for almost any market environment or scenario. 5) Do you have an overall revenue management strategy for marketing your products? Hedging with options is just one piece of the revenue m a n a g e m e n t p u z z l e. T h e overall picture also includes

storage and carrying opportunities, what basis levels are doing, delivery constraints, local cash market conditions and contingency plans should prices move higher or lower. Processing this information and then acting on it is crucial; that’s the value of having a marketing plan. Bottom line, the one factor that changes constantly and affects all these five marketing issues is the price of your f a r m c o m m o d i t y yo u s e l l . Flexible option revenue management strategies can help make these Top 5 marketing decisions and planning steps easier to implement and more manageable. Think of optionbased revenue protection as insurance on prices since they are similar to the insurance on your truck, equipment and buildings. So, while JFK may have been right, incorporating exchangetraded commodity options into your marketing plan gives you advanced sales strategies to tilt the playing field back in your favour. Be part of that five to 10 per cent of top farmers who have all the tools in their marketing tool box. David Derwin is a portfolio manager and investment adviser with PI Financial, which is a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. The risk of loss in trading commodity interests can be substantial. You should therefore carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for you in light of your financial condition. This is intended for distribution in those jurisdictions where PI Financial Corp. is registered as an adviser or a dealer in securities and/or futures and options.

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he Canadian Canola G r ow e r s A s s o c i a t i o n (CCGA) is now accepting applications for the 2017-18 Advance Payments Program (APP). There are three changes to the program this year that will affect farmers. The options for security have been expanded. In addition to crop insurance and AgriStability, Global Ag Risk Solutions’ production cost insurance will also be accepted this year. There will be one common application form, replacing the previous province-specific forms. Quinoa has been added as a commodity elegible for a cash advance. Through CCGA, farmers can apply for a cash advance on 45 different crop and live-

stock commodities, including oilseeds, cereal grains, pulse crops, specialty crops, grass seed, cattle, hogs, honey and more. Farmers are eligible for a cash advance of up to $400,000, with the first $100,000 being interest free and an additional $300,000 at prime rate. “The spring cash advance p ro g ra m p rov i d e s f a r m e r s with access to cash flow on their unharvested crops and newly born livestock,” said Rick White, CCGA CEO. Farmers wanting to apply for a cash advance can call CCGA’s Winnipeg office at 1-866-745-2256 to apply, or complete an application online or download an application form at www.ccga.ca. The early applications are t o a l l ow f a r m e r s t o a p p l y before heading into the field in the spring. Funds will still be issued beginning Apr. 3, 2017.

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

Keeping agriculture research relevant The Agriculture Institute of Canada wants to make sure research leaves the lab and enters the real world BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

he Agriculture Institute of Canada has released a policy on best practices in agriculture research to make sure that knowledge gained in the lab is shared with others in the field and consumers. AIC’s CEO Serge Buy calls the policy a living document that like research itself will be updated with new information to keep it relevant. He also says it’s a highly readable policy that everyone in the agri-food sector should peruse to appreciate what the research community is trying to accomplish and how to explain it to the rest of the public. “We hope people will use it as a reference,” Buy said. “We want them to see what the AIC is doing to move forward. We don’t want our policy just sitting there. Research should not be the sole preserve of scientists and researchers.” The overarching goal of the 20 best practices identified in the AIC policy is “to bridge the gap between implementation and knowledge. People have to be aware of what we’re learning.” Now that the policy is public, the AIC will look at what aspects of it need revising, Buy said. “We also plan to go into universities to talk to students about the policy.” The recent report of the federal Advisory Council on Economic Growth noted that Canada has a poor track when it comes to commercializing what the country’s scientists discover and develop. The policy makes the case for everyone in agri-food to pay more attention to the activities within the research sector. “ T h e k n ow l e d g e s y s t e m underpinning agriculture is a crucial driver of agricultural growth and productivity in Canada. Our full agricultural potential cannot be realized without research that is informed by real problems on the ground — nor without genuine efforts to effectively disseminate research outcomes to end-users and a broader audience. “To realize the full potential of agricultural innovation, knowledge institutions, the private sector, industry and governments must incorporate research systems into their operations that are better connected not only with each other, but also with the farming community. “The adoption of cuttingedge research has rapidly become a social process that relies heavily on both effective access to new technologies and the exchange of information,” the policy said.

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“This knowledge-intensive environment demands the innovative use of various communication channels and the implementation of new strategies to communicate research results to all end-users — including producers, researchers, funders, extension agents, industry, consumers and the public.” The Top 20 best practices “provide concrete examples of knowledge sharing and information dissemination. Our hope is that these examples help give tangible ideas on how, among others, to deliver research results to end-users, engage stakeholders and evaluate programs.” The policy outlines a number of communication channels and strategies for sharing research findings. “The ultimate goal underlying all of the examples is to unpack the complexity of agricultural research, explain new

“We don’t want our policy just sitting there. Research should not be the sole preserve of scientists and researchers.” Serge Buy Agriculture Institute of Canada

research findings, foster public trust and support commercialization of new technologies and processes.” The policy says there’s a clear need to communicate agricultural research, transfer new knowledge and commercialize innovation. In its review of best research practices, the AIC found factors that are imperative “to the success of best practices that facilitate the movement of research

into practice either by improving communication pathways between researchers and endusers, promoting ongoing knowledge transfer or accelerating the commercialization and adoption of innovation.” They include pairing scientific knowledge and hands-on expertise. “Connecting stakeholders and ensuring industry participation helps ensure research and knowledge communication efforts work to a d d re s s i m p o r t a n t i n d u s try challenges and consumer concerns.” Collaboration is vital to allow “researchers to respond more effectively to industry needs and develop technologies that can be commercialized and adopted more widely.” Stable funding and incentives ensure researchers have “the resources necessary for effective communication, knowledge transfer and commercialization efforts.”

Communications about research outcomes must be uncomplicated, timely, relevant and delivered in appropriate format, the policy said. “Pr o g r a m s a n d t e c h n o l o gies should be designed with ease of use, interactivity, audience accessibility and flexibility in mind to ensure broader impact.” The communicators must be trained in the various formats. Research programs must have “a defined process to benchmark progress toward the attainment of specific targets, supported by a clear long-term strategy, mission and defined description of roles.” Government needs to provide a moder n regulator y environment that ensures k n ow l e d g e o f i n t e l l e c t u a l property (IP) and flexibility in IP agreements because they “are essential in collaborative research leading to marketable innovations.”

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wo U.S. senators from Midwestern states have introduced a bill that would require foreign companies buying U.S. food and agriculture firms to undergo a review aimed at ensuring the deal would not hurt U.S. food security. The legislation from senators, Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, and Debbie S t a b e n o w, a M i c h i g a n Democrat, would add the secretaries of the Agriculture Department and Health and Human Services, which overs e e s t h e Fo o d a n d Dr u g Administration, to a panel that reviews mergers and other deals to ensure that transactions do not harm national security. The agencies would join a group that has traditionally focused on preventing sensitive high technology and military expertise from falling into the wrong hands. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, as the panel is known, is headed by the Treasury Department and includes the departments of Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, Commerce, State and Energy. The bill currently has no companion in the U.S. House of Representatives. Representative Robert Pittenger, a Republican from North Carolina, has proposed exploring the idea of putting the agriculture secretary and the head of the Food and Drug Administration on the CFIUS board. Lawmakers have been concerned about several deals in the farm sector, and Stabenow was critical of the 2013 purchase of pork giant Smithfield Foods, Inc. by China’s Shuanghui International Holdings, Ltd. Since the discovery of tainted baby formula in China in 2008, the country has been hit by a series of food safety scandals. Chinese officials uncovered as many as 500,000 food safety violations in the first nine months of 2016, an official told Reuters in December. The CFIUS panel is so secretive it normally does not even comment after it makes a decision on a deal. It approves most transactions, but under former president Barack Obama, CFIUS stopped a series of Chinese acquisitions of high-end chip makers. In December, Obama blocked Aixtron’s 670-million-euro (US$717-million) sale to Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund over national security concerns. In January 2016, CFIUS stopped Philips from selling its U.S. lighting business to GO Scale Capital, made up of GSR Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Asia Pacific Resource Development and Nanchang Industrial Group.

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

Trump budget plan cuts USDA food, rural water funding

The USDA could be facing a 21 per cent drop in discretionary spending BY P.J. HUFFSTUTTER AND JO WINTERBOTTOM Chicago / REUTERS

resident Donald Trump has proposed eliminating an international food aid program, halting funding for clean water initiative in rural areas and reducing county-level staff for a 21 per cent drop in discretionary spending at the Agriculture Department, according to a White House budget document. The proposal would save $498 million (all figures U.S. funds) by eliminating a rural water and waste water loan and grant program, which the White House proposal said was duplicative. The program helps fund clean water and

sewer systems in communities with less than 10,000 people. Other USDA areas targeted for cuts to reach the White House’s $17.9-billion discretionary spending budget include its statistical capabilities and staffing at its countylevel service centres. T h e W h i t e Ho u s e a l s o said it would eliminate the McG over n-Dole In t e r n a t i o n a l Fo o d f o r Education program, which provides donations of U.S. agricultural commodities to food-deficit countries. The program, which had $182 million earmarked in the fiscal-year 2017 USDA budget, “lacks evidence that it is being effectively implemented to reduce food insecurity,” the document said.

The plans for spending at the USDA were released as part of Trump’s budget blueprint, a broad outline of spending proposals for the fiscal year ahead. The blueprint does not cover “mandatory” spending established by law, like farm subsidies, but only addresses “discretionar y” programs where lawmakers can adjust spending from year to year. The Trump White House has said it plans to release a traditional full budget with a 10-year outlook for all government spending and revenues in mid-May. The budget plan calls for $6.2 billion in funding for the Special Supplemental Nutr ition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). That would be about

$150 million less than the estimated $6.35 billion the USDA said was budgeted in fiscal 2016. Under former Democratic president Barack Obama, the program was reduced by $273 million between fiscal 2015 and 2016. The WIC program is designed to help meet the basic nutritional needs of low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to age five. The USDA, founded in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln, oversees the nation’s agriculture and rural communities, as well as nutritional programs, including funding for school lunches and lowincome families. The agency also publishes U.S. and global farming production statistics, which are closely watched.

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Stealing hives the new buzz in New Zealand New Zealand police say the heists have been increasing in recent days BY TOM WESTBROOK AND CHARLOTTE GREENFIELD Wellington / Reuters

New Zealand’s Manuka honey has skyrocketed in value, attracting the interest of criminals. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS/GREY GEEZER

ew Zealand’s bees are being stolen and traded by organized crime syndicates seeking to profit from skyrocketing honey prices, police and beekeepers said Mar. 14, proving that bees make money. “It doesn’t matter if it’s beekeeping or meth, this is just the new gold rush,” Laurence Burkin, apiarist manager at The True Honey Co. in Dannevirke, north of Wellington, and himself a victim of hive thefts, told Reuters by phone. Hive heists were r ising, with 400 bee or honey thefts reported in the six months to January, police said in an emailed statement, without providing figures for previous periods. “There is nothing to suggest at this stage that beehive/

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honey theft is directly linked with a particular gang, but we do believe this offending is organized and likely being carried out by groups,” said Senior Sergeant Alasdair MacMillan, co-ordinator of Community Policing at New Zealand Police. The crime spree comes while New Zealand’s honey industry is booming. Exports jumped 35 per cent to NZ$315 million (C$292.6 million) in the year to June, according to the Ministry of Primary Industry, with about a third of that sold to China and Hong Kong. Apiar ists contacted by Reuters said soaring prices for native Manuka honey, which official figures show has tripled in value since 2012, is driving the rise in bee-related crime. “It’s rife. Honey is overpriced mate, it’s ludicrous. There’s easy money being made if you buy and sell hives,” said Bruce Robertson, managing director of Haines Apiaries in Kaitaia. A native product prized for its antibacterial properties as much as the taste, Manuka honey fetches as much as NZ$148 per kilogram, government figures show, with a hive worth as much as NZ$2,000 (C$1,857.94). Robertson said he recently spent NZ$5,000 boosting security, after finding one or two of his 3,000 or so hives were being stolen weekly. Police are now working with Apiculture New Zealand and the MPI to improve investigative techniques and to develop a database for tracking hive movements around the country. “We were actually ignorant about bees because you think, bees, they’re just hanging around the garden,” MacMillan told television network TVNZ. “I have learnt so much over the last 18 months, just the makeup of hives themselves is amazing.”

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Non-tariff trade barriers remain major obstacle They’ve become a favourite tool to block trade now that tariffs are out of fashion BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

hile tariffs on agrif o o d p r o d u c t s a re declining around the world, non-tariff trade barriers are sprouting up like weeds, the Commons agriculture has been told. “While we are seeing p r o g re s s i n l ow e r i n g t a riffs, non-tariff trade barriers are frequently waiting, or newly created ones are set in place to be the next wave of protectionism that we deal with,” said Dennis Laycraft, executive vice-president of t h e Ca n a d i a n Ca t t l e m e n’s Association. “Generally, there is some effort to try to cloak these efforts under some scientific precautionary excuse, when in reality political science and protectionism are really the root cause of much of this. “It used to be that the focus of trade and trade agreements

was on tariffs, but now we are finding that non-tariff trade barriers need to be front and centre,” he said. “In addition to addressing tariffs, farmers are increasingly having to manage the impact of existing and new non-tariff trade barriers. These can take many forms, including non-scientific sanitary and phytosanit a r y re q u i re m e n t s, d e l a y s in approvals for new crops from biotechnology or crop inputs, or additional business requirements asked of our Canadian exporters.” Brett Halstead, president of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, said, “Each of these barriers creates uncertainty in our operations, impacting demand for our crops, the price we receive, and what crop inputs we can use. The added uncertainty of these risks impacts our entire business, from deciding what crops we will grow, where we ask questions like, ‘Will China buy our canola seed this year?’

“Generally, there is some effort to try to cloak these efforts under some scientific precautionary excuse, when in reality political science and protectionism are really the root cause.”

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to determining what seed or crop inputs we purchase and how we market our crops.” Brian Innes, vice-president of government relations for the Canola Council of Canada, said, “There is an opportunity through free trade agreements to get solutions for these nontariff barriers.” Eliminating them will have benefits for the entire value chain, he said. For seed developers and life science companies, it creates a more predictable investment environment, and that encourages more innovation.

For growers, it means more options to control pests such as insects and weeds, and it means better access to new seed varieties. For exporters and processors, it means more predictability, and that means less risk and more value back to Canada, he said. Laycraft said the battle with the United States over mandator y countr y-of-or igin labelling is a classic example. COOL may return under the new administration in Washington and Canada has the tools from the World Trade Organization ruling to use if it

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does. Canada has “the right to retaliate should they put in place a measure like that again, and we would need to be able to stand prepared to do that.” The Europeans have also been egregious in their measures to block meat imports including a ban on growth hormones and excluding meat hygiene from inspection from the equivalency agreement, he said. Then there’s the European insistence on inspecting each meat-exporting plant rather than the overall inspection system which most countries do. He suggested the committee recommend an expanded role for Canadian Food Inspection Agency veterinarians and food safety experts posted abroad. “They establish important trust in relationships, which helps prevent issues,” Laycraft said. “That’s always your best outcome — to stop something from happening or to resolve it quickly.” CFIA also needs to establish a more even balance between its domestic and export interests. Halstead said that last year China wanted a one per cent dockage level for canola seeds to prevent the spread of blackleg. Canada and most other countries allow a 2.5 per cent dockage. “Ba s e d o n t h e a va i l a b l e research and science that was proposed, the Chinese rule was counter to the finding that showed that the threat of spread of blackleg through dockage was nearly non-existent,” Halstead said. “China, however, continued to push for reduced dockage levels.” The move created immense and costly problems for canola growers before the government worked out a solution with China, he said. The solution required the involvement of every level of government, and sometimes that is what’s required, he said. “If Canada is truly going to capitalize on the benefits of trade, we need to have continued and ongoing commitment to resolve barriers,” he said. “Relationships with trading partners must be managed, and addressing barriers must be a priority across government departments and at all levels of government.” Innes said gaining foreign market access is a team effort a n d Ca n a d a h a s h a d s u c cess because they’ve worked together, both within industry and across industry and g ov e r n m e n t . Fo r e x a m p l e the market access secretariat at Agr iculture Canada has helped deal with non-tariff barriers. “Similarly, our industry has demonstrated that we can come together and work with government co-operatively to address these issues, but there is more to be done,” Innes said. “Non-tariff barriers are preventing our industry from growing, and trade agreements can help.”

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

EU chemical agency says glyphosate not carcinogenic The ECHA’s formal opinion is expected in August BY JUSSI ROSENDAHL AND TUOMAS FORSELL Helsinki / Reuters

lyphosate, the key ingred i e n t i n Mo n s a n t o’s R o u n d u p h e r b i c i d e, should not be classified as a substance causing cancer, the European Chemical Agency concluded on March 15, potentially paving the way for its licence renewal in the EU. A transatlantic row over possible risks to human health has prompted investigations by congressional committees in the U.S., and in Europe has forced a delay to a relicensing decision for Roundup.

Weighing in on the controversy, the EU body which regulates chemicals and biocides said it had considered extensive scientific data. “This conclusion was based both on the human evidence and the weight of the evidence of all the animal studies reviewed,” Tim Bowmer, chairman of ECHA’s committee for risk assessment, said in an online briefing. The European Commission said it expected to restart talks with member states on reapproving the use of glyphosate in herbicides after receiving the formal opinion from ECHA, which is expected by August.

A decision would be taken within six months after that or by the end of 2017 “at the latest,” a commission spokesman said. Pending the results of the study, the EU granted an 18-month extension last July of its approval for the weed killer after a proposal for full licence renewal met opposition from member states and campaign groups. Accusing EU nations of hiding behind Brussels and failing to take an open stance on controversial issues such as glyphosate and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the commission also proposed changes to its decision-making process. T:10.25”

“It’s up to the commis sion now,” said Jack de Bruijn, ECHA’s director of risk management. “We are confident that indeed we have no issue at all in terms of the transparency and independence of this opinion.” W h i l e t h e W H O ’s c a n cer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), classifies glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic,” many other government regulators, including the U.S., see the weed killer as unlikely to pose a cancer risk to humans. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which has found that glyphosate is “unlikely to pose a carcinogenic

hazard to humans,” welcomed ECHA’s opinion on March 15, as did lobby groups for farmers, who make wide use of products containing glyphosate. But Greenpeace’s Franziska Achterberg said in a statement: “The data vastly exceeds what’s legally necessary for the EU to ban glyphosate, but ECHA has looked the other way.” According to data published by IARC, glyphosate was registered in over 130 countries as of 2010 and is one of the world’s most heavily used weed killers. Analysts have estimated that Monsanto could lose out on up to US$100 million of sales if glyphosate were banned in Europe.

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The other ag college:

ACC’s growing agribusiness program ACC’s agribusiness program is so successful that 26 years later there’s a waiting list to get in BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

manda Boland’s parents don’t far m, but that didn’t stop agriculture from being a part of her childhood. The daughter of two ag retailers in Melfort, Sask., Boland was exposed early to the industry, eventually joining the workforce at Paragon Ag Services, the same company that employs her parents. She loaded and unloaded fertilizer trucks and blended product, before making her way out into the field as a crop scout and chemical salesperson in her own right. It was, she decided, the industry she wanted to make her career in. “My dad would take me out to the fields with him and it’s just something that I grew up around and I really enjoy doing, so then I started working at the ag retail and I realized I just loved it and I wanted to get into it,” she said. Boland is now one of dozens of students enrolled in t h e a g r i b u s i n e s s p ro g ra m at Assiniboine Community College (ACC) in Brandon, having been drawn away from the University of Saskatchewan by the promise of small class sizes and hands-on learning that ACC’s two-year agribusiness diploma has made a name for itself with. The program has marketed itself as a means of “bigger picture” training, extending past the science and agronomy of agriculture — although those feature too — to include courses in finances, business planning, customer service, sales, management, geographic information systems (GIS) and communications. Those looking for agriculture education in Manitoba have only a few options. There is the University of Manitoba, with an agriculture program as old as the university itself. There is Providence University College, a faith-based institution that draws programming through the University of Manitoba. West of the perimeter, however, ACC is the only option for specific agriculture programming.

Business focus Rick Gray, chair of ACC’s program said they focus on both primary agriculture and the related industries, with a business focus. “That means that our students take courses in things like accounting and marketing principles, sales and advertising, as well as all the more traditional farming-type courses: crop production, weed management, livestock and so on,” Gray said.

Faculty member Danielle Tichit leads a class on oilseed handling and marketing at Assiniboine Community College, part of the ACC agribusiness program. Photos: Alexis Stockford

For Simon Ellis, a 2013 agribusiness graduate now looking to take over Ellis Seeds in Wawanesa, the program was close to home and the agriculture department impressed him when he visited the ACC campus prior to enrolling. “I was quite impressed with the facilities and, talking to the instructors, they seemed extremely nice and knowledgeable and I just thought it was a great fit and when I graduated I was very pleased that I chose to go there,” he said. Established in 1991, the agribusiness program began as a five-month certificate and graduated 14 students, a far cry from the current two-year diploma. The program now runs on a standard scholastic schedule, from September to April, and expects 54 students to walk through its doors come fall 2017. The continuing increase has put enrolment pressures on the program, which has a 20-name waiting list, Gray said, enough that a third cohort is being considered, should resources allow. On top of that existing pressure, there is demand from international students to join the program, although current policy prioritizes domestic applicants. Fa c u l t y i s l a r g e l y s p l i t b e t we e n t h e a g r i b u s i n e s s and environmental technologies program, with seven total instructors and two solely devoted to agribusiness.

Smaller works That’s significantly smaller than the programs at places like the University of Manitoba, but that can be an advantage too. “I think because we are a smaller school, we get to take the students outside of these walls a lot and get them exposed to various farming scenarios, but not just farming scenarios, because we also have our land and water man-

Agronomy specialist Justine Cornelsen presents on crop damage at the CanoLAB workshop in Dauphin March 16, aided by plants custom grown by ACC’s agribusiness program.

“I think anybody who loves ag should really come here.” Amanda Boland agribusiness student

agement, or environmental technologies diploma that runs here as well,” faculty member Danielle Tichit said. “They get to work together a fair bit to look at environmental stewardship within the agriculture system and those sorts of things to get an appreciation of that kind of ‘whole farm’ approach.” Students spend at least eight days of their first semester in the field, Tichit said. By the end of December, they will have visited local farms and the Brandon Hills, explored soil and cropping systems and identified weeds in real-world environments. By the end of the program, students may have travelled to Yellow Quill Prairie Preserve south of Douglas, Man., to study native forages and rotational grazing or to conferences, such as this year’s CanoLAB canola workshop in Dauphin. They will have examined the impact of wetlands training events in Winnipeg. “In our crop management course, we got to do some hands-on learning with some of the weeds and actually get to grow some of the crops themselves,” Ellis said.

High tech Technology, an area that has seen almost unrecognizable change since the program was founded in 1991, has also taken greater root. The diploma now includes courses on precision agriculture, with its higher technological complexity, data-intensive basis and implications for both yield and

Rick Gray, chair of agriculture and the environment at Assiniboine Community College, discusses the changes the agribusiness program has seen in its 26 years.

sustainable farming. Mobile technology and social media are introduced as management tools. Most recently, Gray said, the program has been asked to consult with a college from Kenya on the use of drones in agriculture. Part of that technological growth has been driven by the environmental technologies program and the expertise of its faculty, he said. Tichit agrees, saying the technology piece is becoming more commonplace throughout a number of the college’s courses, including ag equipment, crop production and the use of drones for field scouting in integrated crop management. “ We are now pulling in threads of those technology pieces into a number of the different courses... looking at the different apps that producers have available to them and getting the students feeling a little bit more comfortable with that type of technology,” Tichit said.

Employment focus The bottom line for the program isn’t just knowledge — it’s

also how many graduates find work afterwards. In this case the rate is near 100 per cent, with campus job postings, streamlined summer work placements and professional networking opportunities all paving the way. “We have a career fair here in the fall where a lot of the students meet with industry and then industry will actually come back and interview the ones they like... right here on campus,” Gray said. Most students have secured summer or permanent employment by Christmas, he said. About a quarter of their graduates return to the family farm after leaving ACC, Tichit said. Others have gone into equipment sales, human resources, work with agencies such as Farm Credit Canada or the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation, travelled internationally for farm work, or found work with non-agriculture companies such as CIBC that have some interests in the sector. Boland will be among those who will accept her diploma this spring with a job already in hand. Since entering the program two years ago, she has added business planning and accounting to her existing ag retail experience, something she admits she was largely unfamiliar with before the agribusiness program, and has another stint at Paragon Ag Services under her belt after spending her summer there last year for a work placement. She has expanded a professional network and it was those contacts, through a classmate, that helped her secure a job straight after graduation. “I think it’s a great program,” she said. “I think anybody who loves ag should really come here.” astockford@farmmedia.com

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Prairie fare Does timing of meals affect health? It turns out breakfast really is the most important meal of the day, according to a recent study BY JULIE GARDEN-ROBINSON NDSU Extension Service

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hey’re cagey. I fed them at 3 a.m.,” he noted. “You already fed them? Jake was barking, so I got up and fed them at 4:30 so you could sleep,” I responded. Yes, our three dachshunds are like infants who demand early-morning feedings. I got up with our three human kids when they were babies, so my husband usually feeds our canine kids. Because our dogs were waking up in the night, we began feeding them smaller amounts three times a day instead of at their usual 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. feeding times. We are trying to keep them at a healthy weight to avoid the back issues that plague their breed. Evidently, they want to eat almost continuously now. “I hope they don’t get sick,” I said. They looked up at me with pleading eyes. I think they would have eaten again if I had put food in their bowls. Later that morning, our college-age son stopped by and played with our pets. Our three dachshund boys were lying on their backs in their beds with their feet in the air. They looked like stuffed Thanksgiving turkeys. “What’s wrong with the dogs? Why are their bellies so big?” he asked. “They ate too much,” I said. Our new dog-feeding strategy was not working, so we are back to twice-a-day feeding. I need to stick with human nutrition, I guess. As I thought about our dog-feeding dilemma, I wondered how timing of meals affects human health. We could increase our risk for heart disease depending on when and how often we eat, according to a 2017 scientific statement released by the American Heart Association. The researchers examined many studies. Some of the most conclusive findings were about breakfast. You probably have heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Many published studies demonstrate the importance of a morning meal. Unfortunately, at least one in five adults skips breakfast. According to the recent review of pub-

Don't skip all the health benefits eating breakfast can bring you. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

lished research, breakfast skippers are more likely to have high blood pressure, blood cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Further, those who skip breakfast are more likely to be obese and/or to develop diabetes. The authors of the study stressed the need for further research to learn how the timing of meals affects our risk for disease. Until more mealtime research is reported, consider these tips: • E at breakfast. Try to include three food groups in your morning meal, such as whole grain oatmeal, fruit and milk or yogurt. • Pay attention to what and when you eat and how you feel when you eat. Are you really hungry? Or are you bored, upset about something or tired? If you are bored, divert yourself with a walk or a good book. Leave the food in the kitchen. • E at moderate-size portions at mealtime and enjoy small snacks, such as some nuts or an apple, to avoid getting overly hungry. • Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Half of our plates should be filled with colourful fruits and vegetables, with the goal of at least 4-1/2 cups per day.

Blueberry Breakfast Cake 1-1/3 c. all-purpose flour 3/4 c. quick-cooking oats 1/3 c. sugar 2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. salt 3/4 c. milk

1 c. frozen blueberries

Preheat oven to 400 F. Spray an 8-inch round or square baking pan. Set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, oats, sugar, baking powder and salt. In separate con-

Julie Garden-Robinson is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.

1 egg

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tainer, mix together milk, oil and egg. Pour all at once into the flour mixture. Stir until moistened; batter will be lumpy. Fold in frozen blueberries. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake until cake is golden and pulls away from sides of pan, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a rack five to 10 minutes. Serve warm. Makes eight servings. Each serving has 220 calories, 8 grams (g) fat, 5 g protein, 32 g carbohydrate, 1 g fibre and 210 milligrams sodium.

1/4 c. vegetable oil

A piece of this cake can be part of a tasty breakfast.

• A im for half of your grain choices to be whole grains. Whole grains provide all parts of the grain kernel, including appetite-squelching fibre. • Include lean protein in your daily diet. • Enjoy calcium-rich foods such as low-fat or fat-free dairy. • Check out http://www.choosemyplate.gov for information on the amount of food appropriate for your age, gender and level of physical activity. • Get plenty of physical activity. Adults need at least 30 minutes of physical activity on most days. As for our insomniac, ever-hungry dogs, spring will be welcome. They will get more exercise when they play outside in the warm weather. Maybe they will be tired enough to stay asleep longer. Here’s a recipe courtesy of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council. Be sure to use frozen berries, not fresh ones, so they retain their shape better. You could substitute some whole wheat flour for the all-purpose flour. This muffin-like cake goes great with scrambled eggs and milk for a tasty breakfast.

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andy Jackson leaned over to look out of the café window, setting his coffee down as he did so. His wife Jackie looked at him questioningly from across the table. “There they come,” said Randy. “I hope they’re wearing their high rubber boots because some of those sidewalk puddles are deep.” “You don’t want to venture out there on foot unless you know how to swim,” Jackie agreed. “That’s springtime on the Prairies for you.” “Finally,” said Randy. “Here they are,” he added, and a moment later the café door opened and Andrew and Rose stepped inside, wiping their wet boots on the mat before heading over to join Randy and Jackie. “Good morning kids,” said Rose, draping her light spring coat over the back of her chair before seating herself. “Sorry we’re late.” “Hi,” said Randy and Jackie in unison. “And don’t worry about it,” Randy continued, “we are not in a hurry today.” “Have you ordered breakfast?” asked Andrew. “Not yet,” said Jackie. “Just enjoying our coffee. The coffee here is really good.” “It is, isn’t it?” said Rose. “Thank goodness this town is too small to have a Timmie’s or we’d all be stuck drinking that swill, like in Winkler. Or Morden.” Jackie laughed. “Oh my,” she said. “Somebody doesn’t like Timmie’s coffee?” “Some people love that stuff, Mom,” said Randy. “Some people will drive through this town, past this café, all the way to Winkler just to have a cup.” “Some people are crazy,” said Rose. “The only fastfood place that has decent coffee is McDonald’s. But it takes more than coffee to make a decent breakfast, thank you very much. Speaking of which, have you had the eggs Benedict here? The hollandaise sauce is just divine.” “I have,” said Jackie. “And I agree.” “Why would you want to spoil the wonderful flavour of fresh sunny-side-up eggs by dousing them with a lemony yellow pudding?” said Andrew. “What a waste of perfectly good eggs.”

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“Well said Pops,” said Randy. “It's not pudding,” said Rose. “It’s a delightfully creamy, slightly tangy sauce that perfectly complements the deliciousness of the eggs.” Randy and Andrew looked at each other across the table. “Yuck,” said Randy. Rose looked at Jackie and shrugged. “You can’t teach good taste,” she said. “I’ve discovered that myself,” said Jackie. “Fortunately,” said Andrew, “you can buy good taste here, in the form of the rancher’s special which includes, eggs, hashbrowns, toast, pancakes, bacon, sausages and ham, all completely unencumbered by yellow puddings of any kind. Just salt and pepper and, if you’re a moron like Ralph Bargen, ketchup.” “I heard that,” said Ralph Bargen who was sitting at the next table. “I’ll have you know that the only intelligent way to eat eggs is with ketchup. It’s the only way to get the protein without having to experience the flavour.”

“You could also do it with hollandaise sauce,” said Andrew. “Please leave me out of your family breakfast squabbles,” said Ralph. “But don’t mind if I listen in. It’s quite entertaining.” “Go ahead,” said Andrew. “It’s a free country.” “How about a free breakfast?” said Randy. “Are you buying?” “Sure, why not?” said Andrew. He waved the server over. “We’ll have two rancher’s specials,” he said, “and two eggs bennys, please.” “Will you be needing any ketchup?” the server asked. “What kind of a question is that?” said Andrew. “Do I look like Ralph Bargen to you?” The server glanced over at the next table. “A little,” she said. “Your moustaches are similar.” Andrew looked surprised. “Oh,” he said. “Well anyway, no ketchup, thanks.” “I’ll be back,” said the server and disappeared into the kitchen. “Is Jennifer staying with the kids all day?” asked Rose. “She is,” Randy answered. “We have the day off. And we are going to the city after breakfast. We’re going to wander around Princess Auto and then Polo Park and buy things we don’t need and then we're going to go out for dinner and eat ridiculous things like sushi and calamari and pulled pork and then we’re going to a movie.” “Wow,” said Rose. “Sounds exhausting. Good thing you’re starting with a hearty breakfast.” “You should never go to Princess Auto on an empty stomach,” said Andrew. “You’re liable to come home with a new barbecue and a full set of barbecue utensils when you totally don’t need them.” “Speaking from experience?” said Jackie. Andrew nodded. “Well then, double thank you for the breakfast,” said Jackie. “No empty stomachs for us.” Andrew grinned. “That’s me,” he said. “Always looking out for the youngsters.”

Some veggie seeds need to be started now Seeds that are slow to germinate and grow must be planted early so seedlings are big enough at planting-out time By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

id-March might seem early to be thinking about planting vegetable seeds, but there are some that need to be seeded now if the resulting seedlings are going to be big enough by planting-out time. There are four in particular that should be started this month: onions, leeks, celery and eggplant, as they all germinate and grow rather slowly.

Onions Onion seeds are quite large, easy to handle, hard and black. Usually they are planted in damp soil in rows in a seed tray, about four rows in a fibre pack. Cover the seeds. Plant thinly enough that the seedlings all have a chance to grow, but they will be shoulder to shoulder and when they are transplanted into the garden, their roots will be intertwined and will have to be carefully shaken apart so that they are not damaged. Germinate onions in a warm environment, but after germination, these plants like relatively cool temperatures. Feed them weekly with a 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer and when they get about 15 cm tall, snip the tops off to a height of about 10

cm. This will prevent the tops from tumbling over and creating a mass of tangled foliage, and it will also encourage the bulbs to grow. Keep the soil moist but not wet and expose the plants to as much direct sun as you can — or put them as close to the lights in your light garden as possible. Before long, even on cooler spring days, the plants can be set outdoors during the day; temperatures should be double digit before you do this.

Leeks Leeks are grown very much like onions and like similar growing conditions. The leaves of leeks will be larger, as will the bulbs, compared to onions, so the seeds should be sown a bit thinner to accommodate the larger foliage and bulbs. Dampen the planting medium and cover the seed. Leeks also are usually grown in rows in a seed tray, but you probably won’t want as many leeks as you do onions, so a smaller tray might be used. Leeks and onions are both cold tolerant and can be planted outdoors in the garden in early May.

Celery Why more gardeners don’t grow celery is a mystery to me. This vegetable is easy to grow and is so useful in the summer gar-

Leeks are one of the vegetables that should be sown indoors in March. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

den. The cook can simply go out and cut off a stalk or two and leaving the rest of the plant to grow. This prevents having to go out and buy a whole clump of celery when only a bit is needed. Celery seeds are sown by scattering them on the soil surface and then covering with a bit of soil. The seeds are germinated in a warm place and when the seedlings emerge the seeding tray should be moved to a location that gets direct sun — or close to the light source in the light garden. When the seedlings begin to

get crowded and have a set or two of true leaves, the plants can be transplanted into packs. Cell packs work well and will reduce transplanting shock when they are moved to the garden, although celery is not hard to transplant, so they can be grown in dozen or halfdozen packs as well. Celery will be happy in ordinary room temperatures.

Eggplant Sow eggplant seeds in individual pots or cell packs and cover with about one-half cm of soil. The planting medium

should be moist. Enclose the pots in a plastic bag, place them in a warm place, and watch for seedlings to appear. This will take from one to two weeks. When seedlings appear, move them to a warm spot that receives bright light. When the plants get their second true leaves, start fertilizing once a week with a half-strength 20-20-20 fertilizer. Keep the planting medium moist. Eggplant seedlings get large quite quickly and may need to be transplanted into larger containers once before it is time to plant them into the garden. Don’t be in a rush to move the plants into the garden as they do not like cool temperatures and will be set back if planted outdoors too early. When planting all of the above seeds, use a sterile soilless mix and sanitize all equipment to prevent disease. Before planting any of the seedlings into the outdoor vegetable garden, harden them off by placing them outdoors for increasing periods of time until they are acclimatized to outdoor conditions. Your early-seeded vegetables will produce a lot, and you will take satisfaction from having grown them yourself. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Get ready for Canada’s 150th anniversary Celebrate by visiting a Parks Canada National Historic Site

East gate entrance into the park. GAMACHE PHOTOS

By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

ow you will celebrate Canada’s 150th? Why not check out some of our nation’s historic sites? As of 2016, there were 976 National Historic Sites in Canada, with 171 of them being administered by Parks Canada. One such site is the Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP) East Gate Registration Complex at the east entrance to Riding Mountain. The East Gate Complex is located on PTH 19 in the Rural Municipality of McCreary. Originally it was called the Norgate entrance — named after the onetime village of Norgate (because it was considered the gate to the north, between the Riding Mountains and the swampy area to the east). The complex was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1992. It consists of three structures, but most impressive is the actual gate which spans the road entering the park. The gate, built in 1933, in the rustic style that had been developed in the U.S. national parks system, is the

Warden station and residence.

only surviving one of three such gates in Riding Mountain. The other two — the South Entrance built in 1931, and the North Entrance, built in 1936 — are no longer in existence, having been removed in the 1950s. The east entrance gate is made up of two pavilions built of log and stone, one on either side of the road, and each topped by a cupola. A roofed sign — Riding Mountain National Park — connects the two and stretches across the roadway. Besides the gate, the complex area includes the Whirlpool Warden’s Station and Residence (for the warden in charge of the Whirlpool Lake area in the park) and a gatekeeper’s cottage. According to Canada’s Historic Places website, each was included as “a Recognized Federal Heritage Building because of its historical associations, and its architectural and environmental values.” Both used the informal, saddle-notched log style and were constructed of natural materials by local craftsmen. The warden’s residence was originally intended to provide year-round accommodation, while the gatekeeper’s residence was intended to be occupied in summer

The complex was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1992. It consists of three structures, but most impressive is the actual gate which spans the road entering the park.

only. Presently the gatekeeper’s cottage is vacant but the warden’s residence is occupied year round by park staff, so these are not open to visitors. Riding Mountain had been set aside as a national park in 1929, and officially declared one in 1933. The east gate complex was intended to provide an eastern entrance for travellers on the Norgate Road, as they journeyed from the village of Norgate up the Manitoba Escarpment into the park. It was developed as part

of the federal government’s Depression Relief Program, which had been designed to provide employment during the 1930s. The Norgate Road was to supplant the McCreary and Ochre River trails which had traditionally provided entrance to what was, before then, forest reserve. In time for Canada’s 150th anniversary, plans are underway to upgrade the site, beginning this spring. Upgrades will include a new parking lot, a pit privy, interpretive signs and trail connectors to other hiking trails, says Rae Kingdon, public relations and communications officer. With free entry to our national parks available this year, apply online to receive your park pass in the mail. Go to www. pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/lhn-nhs/index.aspx and click on “Free Admission in 2017.” Or get one at Clear Lake in RMNP, either at the administration office during the week or at the south entrance on weekends. For more information and historical photos of the East Gate Complex go to www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/mb/eastgate/ natcul/natcul_2.aspx. Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

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 36,000-bushel elevator in Dufresne, along the Trans-Canada Highway east of Winnipeg, was built in 1949 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. A 70,000-bushel, 18-bin crib annex joined it in 1969. Closed in November 2000, the elevator was purchased by four local farmers and is still used for private grain storage. Its last agent, who lives in retirement nearby, provides advice on operation and maintenance. Source: Gordon Goldsborough

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1958 EDSEL PACER 4 door car with 36,000 miles. Don Biette Land and Farm Equipment Auction, Monday April 17, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL 311962. We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800782-0794.

WANTED: VOLKSWAGEN van/truck, pre-1967; Also antique signs, gas pumps, oil cans etc. 306-222-7376, Warman, SK. WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales brochures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, Saskatoon, SK.

WANTED TO BUY: Lorch or Fudge snowplane or a Bombadiere Bombi. Please email: clarence.elkin@summitnb.com 1966 CITABRIA 7ECA, 960 TT, AE, all AD’s done, new tow breaks installed, nice clean Citabria, $33,500 OBO. 204-322-5614, Warren, MB. NEW TRACTOR PARTS. Specializing in engine rebuild kits and thousands of other 1976 GRUMMAN CHEETAH, 4665 TTSN, parts. Savings! Service manuals and de2655 SMOH, 555 hrs. on new Mill. cyl., ba- cals. Steiner Parts Dealer. Our 43rd sic VFR panel. Flies great, fast aircraft, year! www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com $38,000 OBO. 204-322-5614, Warren, MB. Call 1-800-481-1353.

MEYERS GUN AUCTION, 9:30 AM on Saturday April 1st, Arden, MB. Over 100 guns featuring: Winchester 1866 Yellowboy; Winchester 1886; Gerbr Merkel Suhl drilling combination gun; 12ga/12ga/ 7x65R ; Martini Henry; Mark IV; Long Lever, 577 - 450, “N.W. Police” stamped on butt; U.S. Navy presentation sword; Civil War era U.S. Navy “fore and aft” Captain’s hat and shoulder boards. Large quantity of ammo and supplies. Call Bradley Meyers Auctioneer, 204-476-6262. Bid online at: www.meyersauctions.com

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Edwards Family Farm.....................Deloraine, MB

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Double SS Hereford Farm .................Brandon, MB

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Ron & Donna Desroches .....................Baldur, MB

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Shust Farms Ltd.......................... Shoal Lake, MB

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Lilac Lane Farm ...............................Hamiota, MB

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Bar RB Ltd. .......................................... Birtle, MB

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Read Farms Ltd............................Beausejour, MB

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Grant Dixon ......................................Hamiota, MB

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Lyle & Sharon Adair ........................... Fairlight, SK

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Gadd Farms Ltd............................ Foxwarren, MB

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M & J Trinder .............................. Langenburg, SK

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Unreserved Public Farm Auction

Denmark Enterprises Ltd

Storthoaks, SK | March 30, 2017 · 11 am

9th ANNUAL KILLARNEY & DISTRICT EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION KILLARNEY, MB SATURDAY, APRIL 22 9:00 AM Unused– 2016 Versatile 500 Legendary Limited Edition

CALL TODAY TO CONSIGN YOUR EQUIPMENT TO THIS SALE PHONE: 204-727-2001 FRASERAUCTIONS.NET FOR FULL LISTING We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800782-0794.

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2 DAY GUN AUCTION 2011 John Deere 9770STS

GUN VIEWING Fri. March 24th @ 1:00 pm

AMMO & RELOADING AUCTION Fri. March 24th @ 4:00 pm

ANNUAL SPRING GUN AUCTION Sat. March 25th @ 9:30 am Over 250 Guns & Accessories

ESTATE & MOVING AUCTION Sat. Apr 1st @ 10:00 am 2014 Seed Hawk 45 Series 60 Ft & 2015 Bourgault 7550

Stuart McSherry #12 Patterson Dr., Stonewall, MB (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a large Farm Equipment Auction for the Estate of William Krell, Monday, April 10, 2017, at 10:00 AM. Directions from Stoughton, SK. go 2 miles South on Hwy #47, 1 mile West and 1/4 mile North, Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. JD 9320 4WD w/3800 hrs and Greenstar ready, JD 8640 4WD tractor w/PTO, JD 4640 2WD tractor, JD 4240 2WD with JD 148 FEL and grapple, JD 5020 2WD tractor and front mount Schulte snowblower, JD 5020 2WD tractor w/dozer blade, JD 5020 2WD tractor w/2086 hrs, JD 4020 2WD tractor with JD 148 FEL, JD 2130 2WD tractor with 3 PTH, JD D, McCormick WD-9 restored dsl. tractor, 4- McCormick WD-9 tractors, 2015 Bobcat S650 skidsteer loaded with only 25 hrs, Caterpillar D-7 Crawler dozer, 2004 JD 9660 SP combine w/JD 914P PU header with 1088 sep. hrs, 2012 30’ Westward M155 SP swather w/MacDon D60-S header with only 185 cutting hrs, JD 7720 SP combine w/3000 hrs, JD 2360 SP 25’ swather w/1508 hrs, JD 925R straight cut 25’ header, JD 590 PT swather, Farm King poly swath roller, JD 95 SP combine, 1997 Freightliner FL-70 dsl. grain truck w/steel box and roll tarp, 1985 GMC grain truck with 23,975 kms, 1979 Ford F600 grain truck, 1976 Chev C60 grain truck w/water tank, 1998 Jeep TJ sport SUV, 1997 Chev dsl. 2500 ext. cab truck, 70’ Degelman Strawmaster 7000 heavy harrow, 50’ 2005 Morris Maxim II air drill w/Morris 7240 air cart and double shoot and paired row (Dennis Cruywels 306-575-7252) 60’ FlexiCoil System 95 harrow packers, 2- JD 1650 45’ cultivators, 4- 10’ JD 9350 disc drills with rubber capped packers, Versatile 24’ tandem disc, IH 8 bottom plow, Morris 35’ cultivator, IH 620 disc drills, 100- new 16” Tru Width cultivator shovels, 2015 XH Schulte XH-1500-S3 mower, HD flax straw buncher, JD 205 3PTH gyromower, JD 3 PTH angle blade, Rock-OMatic rockpicker, JD 1600A mower conditioner, JD 535 round baler, JD 750 grinder mixer, Custom built 16’ bumper pull stock trailer, NH 278 sq. baler, NH 271 sq. baler, 5- Behlen 3000 bu. hopper bottom grain bins, 50 ton fertilizer hopper bin, Sakundiak 10-60 swing auger, Walinga 614 grain vac, Bergen 10-60 swing auger, Brandt 8-40 PTO auger, aeration fans, Labtronics 919 grain tester, grain bin concrete forms, REO Speedwagon dump truck, Studebaker Lark V1 Sedan, Studebaker Champion Suicide 4 door, Chev Viscayne 4 door, Olds Delta 88, GMC 9500 2 ton truck, GMC 960 grain truck, IH R-130 2 ton truck, Ford F750 Co-op fuel truck, Chev and GMC vans, JD 317 tractor with mower and tiller, Anchor 12’ fibreglass boat w/20 HP motor, Advace lathe, Rigid electric pipe threader, drill press, Hotsy electric pressure washer, Ariens ST 622 weed eater, blacksmith tools, huge assortment of shop tools and new parts. Visit mackauctioncompany.com for sale billand photos. Join us on Facebook and Twitter. Mack Auction Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. PL#311962 We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800782-0794.

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm Equip. Auction for Ron and Donna Labbie, 306-869-7020, Saturday, April 8, 2017, 10 AM. Directions from Radville, SK., 4 miles South on Hwy 28, 1 mile East on Grid 705 and 1/4 mile North. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. 1998 JD 9300 4WD tractor w/6545 hrs and Greenstar ready, JD 8760 4WD tractor w/4415 hrs, 2013 Case/IH Patriot 3330 SP 100’ sprayer w/440 hours, 4- Michelin 650/65R-38 sprayer tires and rims, 2- 320R46 sprayer tires and rims, 1986 Trailmobile 45’ Highboy tandem flat deck trailer with 2- 2200 gal. poly water tanks and Chem Handler II, single axle dolly convertor, 2011 NH CR9060 SP combine with MAV/Redekop chopper w/1035 rotor hrs, 2008 NH 76C Swathmaster PU header with Michel’s Crop Catcher, 2008 MacDon FD-70 flex draper 35’ straight cut header w/NH adapter, 2007 NH HW325 SP 30’ swather w/515 eng. hrs, Farm King steel drum swath roller, Koenders poly drum swath roller, 2012 41’ JD 1870 air drill and JD 1910 air cart paired row with blockage monitors, Morris Magnum II 47’ cult. w/2055 Valmar, 1995 IH tandem grain truck with ultracel steel box, 1976 Dodge 600 grain truck w/steel box and roll tarp, 2003 Real Industries 24’ gooseneck flat deck trailer, Real Ind. 21’ gooseneck stock trailer, Westfield MK 100-61 swing auger, Westfield MK100-71 swing auger, Sakundiak 8-1200 auger w/Kohler Pro 25 HP eng., Sakundiak HD7-1400 auger with Kohler 20 HP motor, Westfield W70-26 auger w/ elec. motor, Grain Guard and Keho aeration fans, grain dockage pans and sieves, Degelman ground drive rockpicker, EZ-Guide 500 and EZ Steer 500 GPS, JD 148 FEL pallet forks, free standing corral panels, drill stem round bale feeders, quantity of drill stem and sucker rod, quantity of corral panels and gates, squeeze chute, shopbuilt crowding tub w/curved alley and loading chute, Westeel 1000 bu. hopper bottom bin, 100’ rubber belt grain trough with rolling feed cart, portable calf shelters, tractor tire grain feeders, vet supplies, Z Star side by side UTV, Sanborn upright air compressor, 1000 gal. fuel tank and elec. pump, used oil tank, shop built high clearance sprayer and jack stand, antique enamel dbl. sided Goodyear sign. For sale bill and photos view mackauctioncompany.com Join us on Facebook and Twitter. Mack Auction Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. PL#311962

AUCTION FARM AUCTION FOR GERARD CHAVANNE SATURDAY APRIL 1ST 10:00 AM FULL LISTING AT PENNERAUCTIONS.COM 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.7529 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

Unreserved Public Farm Auction

Johan Jacobs

Wapella, SK | March 31, 2017 · 11 am 1999 John Deere 9400 & 2011 J&M 875

2012 New Holland T9.450 & 2008 Seed Hawk 50 Ft w/400±

2012 Premier M155 35 Ft

2013 Case IH Patriot 3330 100 Ft

2006 International 9220I Eagle & 1997 Cancade 40 Ft

Truck Tractor · 2007 Kenworth T800B T/A Grain Truck · 1987 Ford 8000 T/A Grain Truck · 2012 Ford F150 XLT Crew Cab 4x4 Pickup Truck · 2007 Ford F350 Crew Cab 4x4 Pickup Truck · 1997 Cancade 40 Ft Tri/A Grain Trailer · 1997 Dairy Equip 2700 Gallon 2/Axle Water Trailer · 2014 Seed Hawk 45 Series 60 Ft Air Drill · 2015 Bourgault 7550 Tow-Behind Air Tank · 2014 Bourgault 9400 60 Ft Cultivator · 2011 J&M 875 Grain Cart ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Denis Martine: 306.452.7828 (c) denmarkenterprises@gmail.com Donald Martine: 306.452.7773 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

2009 Miller Nitro 4240HT 100 Ft

2005 International 8600 & 2014 Maurer 38 Ft

2013 Doepker 36 Ft

2007 Kenworth T800B

AUCTION LOCATION: From REDVERS, SK, at the Jct of Hwy 8 & 13, go 9.8 km (6 miles) East to Range Rd 1310 (Bellegarde turnoff), then go 14.5 km (9 miles) South. Yard on East side. GPS: 49.4400000, -101.5427500 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2016 Versatile 500 50th Anniversary Edition 4WD Tractor · 1999 John Deere 9400 4WD Tractor · 2005 Case IH MXM140 MFWD Tractor · 2011 John Deere 9770STS Combine · 2009 Case IH 7120 Combine · 2014 MacDon FD75-S 35 Ft Flex Draper Header · 2012 Premier M155 35 Ft Swather · 2013 Case IH Patriot 3330 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2006 International 9200I Eagle Sleeper T/A

2013 New Holland T7.170

AUCTION LOCATION: From WAPELLA, SK, at the Jct of Hwy 1 & Grid 601, go North and follow curve 3.6 km (2.2 miles) to Range Rd 1331, then go 4 km (2.5 miles) North, then 0.6 km (0.3 miles) East, then 0.8 km (0.4 miles) North. Yard on East side. GPS: 50.319307, -101.903778 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2012 New Holland T9.450 4WD Tractor · 2013 New Holland T7.170 MFWD Tractor · 2005 New Holland CR970 Combine · 2005 New Holland 94C 36 Ft Draper Header · 2010 New Holland H8040 30 Ft Swather · 2009 Miller Nitro 4240HT 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2005 International 8600 T/A Truck Tractor · 2014 Maurer 38 Ft T/A Grain

Truck · 2013 Doepker 36 Ft T/A Grain Truck · 2000 Doepker 48 Ft Step Deck Trailers · Komatsu D75S-2 Crawler Loader · 2008 Seed Hawk 50 Ft Air Drill · 1997 Wishek 842T 22 Ft Tandem Disc · 2008 John Deere 568 Round Baler · (10) Grain Hopper Bins ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Johan Jacobs: 306.435.9605 j.mjacobs@sasktel.net Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 23, 2017

UNRESERVED

AUCTION SALE 1249 Manahan Ave. Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 11:00 am (Viewing at 9:00am Day of Sale ONLY)

Having received instructions from the Executor Managers of K&K Mfg. Inc., we will sell the following: (Part 3) Lift King 4-wheel drive outdoor forklift, 10,000lb lift, w/12ft. lift, diesel* Allis-Chalmers I-600, 5000lbs outdoor forklift w/hydraulic snow bucket, gas* Samuel SS 66 strapping machine* 3-Expandable rolling conveyors* Assorted strapping machines* Pallet of K-13 mix sprayed fibre insulation* Assorted forklift chargers* Steel braided hose* 2-pallets blue plastic parts bins* 2-Pallets misc. sheet metal* Assorted 2-Wheelers & Shop carts* 2-Pallets of plastic mobile tote bins* 2-Boxes aluminum sheeting* Miller-Matic140 welder* Thunder Bolt 225v welder* Eye wash stations* Assorted wheel barrow wheels*SokKisha TB 20 transit* Assorted new shovels, hoes & rakes* Assorted forklift cages* Delta 10” table saw* Aluminum dock plate* Toledo 500lb plat form scale* Assorted new nuts and bolts* Assorted tools* Blue print cabinet* Misc. ladders* Plus lot of other misc. items too numerous to mention. Subject to a Low Reserve: Daewoo G20S dual wheel, 4000lb, propane, forklift 3-stage side shift w/cab*

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm Equipment Auction for Lang Stock Farms Ltd., Wayne and Rosetta Lang, 306-245-3752, 306-531-8097, Wednesday April 12, 2017 at 11 AM. Directions from Tyvan, SK., 3/4 mile North, 3 miles East & 2-1/2 North. Watch for signs. Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com. NH 9482 4WD tractor with 4775 hrs, Case/IH 7120 FWA tractor with 3 PTH and new tires, 2007 NH CR 9070 SP combine with 1575 rotor hrs, 2009 NH 74C 30’ flex header with PU reel, 2007 NH 94C 36’ straight cut draper header w/auto header height, MF Hesston 9430 swather and Hesston 5200 draper header w/1188 hrs, MF 18’ Hesston 9125 haybine header, Westward Turbo 9300 SP 30’ swather with MacDon 972 header, Brent 876 grain cart with scale and cameras, JD CTS SP combine w/2705 hrs, JD 615 PU header, JD 930F 30’ flex header with wind reel system, 2- Elmers Mfg. straight cut header trailers, Koenders poly drum swath roller, 40’ Seed Hawk 40-12 air drill with 357 Magnum tank and double shoot, 60’ Bourgault 7200 heavy harrows w/hyd. angle tilt, Miller 18’ tandem offset disc, 2000 Volvo daycab hwy. truck with 18 spd, 1995 Dodge Ram Cummins 4WD 2500 truck, 1979 Ford F-600 grain truck w/roll tarp, 2006 Timpte Super Hopper tandem 40’ grain trailer with air ride, 1994 Lode-King tandem hi-boy water trailer w/tanks and Chem Handler III, 80’ shop built PT field sprayer, Bucyrus Erie 8 yd. PT scraper, Westfield 10-60 swing auger, Westfield TF 80-41 auger w/mover and 25 HP Kohler, Convey-All 10-45 conveyor with mover, Westfield electric swing auger mover kit, Labtronics grain moisture tester, Trimble EZ-Guide 500 monitor, Trimble EZ-Steer 500 AutoSteer, Trimble EZ-Boom 2010 sectional control, Aurora, Glyphos and clear out 42 chemical, E-Kay bin sweep, 12 V fuel pump and slip tank, 811R-24.5 truck tires with alum. rims, plus much more. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing. 1-800-782-0794.

WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts. Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Land and Farm Equipment Auction for Don Biette 306-461-4006, Monday April 17, 2017 at 10:00AM. Directions 5.5 miles North from Bienfait, SK. For live internet bidding go to: www.Bidspotter.com 2 quarter sections of farm land in the RM of Benson #35, SE 01-04-07-W2 and SW 01-04-07-W2. Case IH 9270 4WD tractor, 855 Versatile 4WD tractor, JD 8440 4WD tractor, 40’ Bourgault 5710 Series II air drill triple shoot with Bourgault 5350 TBH air tank, 41’ JD 1600 cultivator with Degelman harrows, Morris 35’ cultivator, 2-14’ IH 6200 disc drills, 48’ CP643 Morris deep tillage cultivator, 33’ IH deep tillage cultivator, 33’ CP743 Morris deep tillage cultivator, 21’ Ezee-On offset disc, 2002 Monaco Signature Series diesel pusher, 1958 Edsel Pacer 4 door car with 36,000 miles, 2004 Mack Vision tandem 13 speed grain truck with CIM Ultracell box, Ford F-600 grain truck with steel box and grain tarp, Highline 6000 bale processor, Jiffy 900 bale processor, NH 352 mix mill, shopbuilt tandem gooseneck 20’ stock trailer, grain roller mill with electric motor, 3-Westeel Vitera 5000 bu. hopper bottom bins, 2-Goebel 3500 bu. hopper bottom bins, 2-74 ton fertilizer bins, Grain Guard aeration fans, Wheatheart SA 10-71 swing augers, Sakundiak 7-37 PTO auger, 90’ Brandt QF 1500 field sprayer w/chem mixer, 30’ Case IH 1010 straight cut header, straight cut header trailer, Degelman ground drive rock picker, JD 590 30’ PTO swather, 2500 gal. poly water tank, 1600 gal. poly water tank, Carolina 55 ton shop press. Visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

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LOCATION: 101 County Rd 37, Souris, ND. From Souris, ND, 1-1/2 miles south on Co. Rd 37. PREVIEW: Tuesday, March 21 from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM / LOADOUT: Friday, March 24 – Friday, March 31

TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought 24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 16,000 ONE OF SASK’s largest inventory of used lbs., $4750; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, heavy truck parts. 3 ton tandem diesel mo- 7000 lbs., $2975, 8000 lb Skidsteer, $1990 direct. 1-888-792-6283. tors and transmissions and differentials for Factory all makes! Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., www.monarchtrailers.com 1-800-938-3323. TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton, new and used. We ship anywhere. Contact Phoenix Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Lucky Lake, SK. SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We 2005 WILSON ROAD BRUTE drop deck trailer, 48’ long x 102” wide, alum. wheels, buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals. 255/70R22.5 tires, $18,500. Sanford, MB. WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles 204-736-4854 or 204-226-7289. and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension axles. Call 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. BOX & HOIST with gearbox to fit 1990 Chevy 1 ton, $1100. Call 306-789-2444, ask for Len, Regina, SK. SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park. New and used parts available for 3 ton trucks all the way up to highway tractors, for every make and model, no part too big or small. Our shop specializes in custom rebuilt differentials/transmissions and clutch installations. Engines are available, both gas and diesel. Re-sale units are on the lot ready to go. We buy wrecks for parts, and sell for wrecks! For more info. call 306-668-5675 or 1-800-667-3023. www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394

2015 LODE-KING SUPER B, Bridgestone tires, good as new aluminum wheels, $65,000. Sanford, MB. 204-736-4854 or 204-226-7289. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com

COMPONENTS FOR TRAILERS. Shipping daily across the prairies. Free freight. See “The Book 2013” page 195. DL Parts For WRECKING TRUCKS: All makes all Trailers, 1-877-529-2239, www.dlparts.ca models. Need parts? Call 306-821-0260 or email: junkman.2010@hotmail.com Wrecking Dodge, Chev, GMC, Ford and others. Lots of 4x4 stuff, 1/2 ton - 3 ton, buses etc. and some cars. We ship by bus, mail, Loomis, Purolator. Lloydminster, SK.

SCHOOL BUSES: 20 to 66 passenger, 1991 to 2007, $2300 and up. 16 buses in stock! Call Phoenix Auto, Lucky Lake, SK. 1-877-585-2300. DL #320074.

Farm Retirement OPENS: Fri. March 17 / CLOSES: Fri. March 24

CALL GRASSLAND TRAILERS for your best deal on quality livestock trailers by Titan, Duralite and Circle D. 306-640-8034 cell, 306-266-2016, gm93@sasktel.net Wood Mountain, SK. REAL INDUSTRIES 21’ gooseneck stock trailer. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

1975 LINCOLN MARK IV Continental hard- 2015 DAKOTA ALUM. seed tender with SS top, very nice in/out, new tires, 60,000 conveyer system, self-contained w/remote controls, or can be run off truck wet kit, miles, $5500. 306-867-9713, Outlook, SK. exc. cond., fresh MB safety. 45’Lx102”W, 2016 SUBARU IMPREZA consumer reports loaded trailer, air ride, alum. outside rims, as best small call starting at $23,360! Call 11R24.5, $107,000. Located at Kamsack, for best price!! 1-877-373-2662 or SK. Call 204-526-0748 or 204-526-0321. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. ALL ALUMINUM TRAILERS: tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near- Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see new 2014-2015 Crosstek XVs. Save up to www.Maximinc.Com $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. ALL INVENTORY MUST GO! Skidsteer www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. trailers starting at $5400; Landscape and car haulers starting at $4000; Galvanized utility trailers $2300. Sokal Industries Ltd., West St. Paul, MB. Phone 204-334-6596, Email: sokalind@mymts.net TRADING: 32x32’ hay trailers for a tri-axle end dump gravel trailer. Ph/tx Hay Vern 2013 WILSON GRAIN TRAILER, current 204-729-7297, Brandon, MB. safety, $35,000. Call 204-955-2548, Ile Des Chenes, MB. PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. highway tractors. For more details call 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailers.ca 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com ALL ALUMINUM GRAIN TRAILERS: Tandems, tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or www.Maximinc.Com

air package, 12” remote-controlled hyd. hopper walker, electric hopper lift, belted conveyor, dual screen conveyor hyd. lift, poly down spout, 540 PTO screen, CabCAM w/display, 710/38 OWEN KORNKVEN singles, 16.5-16 walking tandems, rear 701.243.6400 hitch, high rate rollers, low rate rollers, 3,500 acres, single owner, cart HARVEST EQUIPMENT S/N1AB1910HKEF760302, seeder 2010 New Holland CR9070 Twin S/N1A81830XKEH760133 Rotor, Terrain Tracer, deluxe SPRAYER controls, Y&M, integrated auto steer, 2015 John Deere R4030 selfIntelliview Plus II display, HID lights, propelled sprayer, CommandView long auger with extensions, Redekop Plus II cab, 800 gal. SS tank, 200 fine cut wide spread chopper, gal. poly flush tank, 120’ swing link electric hyd. stone trap, HD lift cyl., suspension boom w/20” spacing, 900/60R32 singles, 600/65R28 rear GPS EQUIPMENT 5-nozzle body with tips, John Deere tires, 668 sep. hrs., 880 engine hrs., John Deere 2600 display, SF1 2630 display, SF1 active, section S/NYAG113239 activation, 924 hrs., control, integrated auto steer, auto 2010 New Holland 76C Swathmaster S/NPCGU26H215871 boom level system, 7-section control, pickup head, with Swathmaster John Deere StarFire 3000 receiver, HID lights, wheel motor shields, hyd. 8-belt pickup, hyd. wind bar, SF1, S/NPCGT3TA675148 tread adj., 3” fill main, 2” fill flush S/NMND2079 John Deere StarFire 3000 receiver, tank, Firestone 380/90R46 tires w/ 2010 New Holland 88C flex draper, SF1, S/NPCGT3TA631310 fenders, less Tridekon crop dividers, 36’, dual sickle drive, hyd. cross AIR SEEDER 122 hrs., single owner, PowerGard auger, slow speed transport, finger 2015 John Deere 1830 air seeder, 50’, warranty April 1st, 2019 or 2,000 hrs., reel, S/N3655093181 10” spacing, TruPosition 550 lb. trip S/N1N04030RCE0006381 shank, Atom-Jet openers, full floating (4) 2014 Tridekon crop saver TRACTOR hitch, tandems across, 3”x21” semidividers, for JD R4030 self-propelled 2009 John Deere 7930, MFWD, pneumatic packer wheels, rock guards sprayer, air up and down adj. deluxe cab, active seat, Field and mud scrapers, single pt. depth, Office, IVT, 4 hyd., return flow, 2015 Trelleborg Dawson 710R/38 side band liquid fertilizer, primary power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, tires and rims for JD R4030 blockage monitor, rear hitch w/Cat 4 540/1000/1000 PTO, integrated auto sprayer, used 50 hrs. hitch link, 31L & 33L tires, with 2015 steer, Trimble AutoPilot with CFX 750 AUGER John Deere 1910 twin compartment display, radar, HID lights, diff lock, 2012 Farm King auger, 85’x13”, commodity cart, 350 bu., vari-rate, (13) front suitcase weights, mechanical swing low profile hopper, front fenders, 380/80R38 front 2-tank meter Section Command, SS

TRACTOR

2014 John Deere 9510RT, deluxe CommandView II cab, 18 spd. powershift, JDLink Ultimate 3 yr., 4 hyd., 48 gpm pump, power beyond, return ﬂow, integrated auto steer, dual beam radar, deluxe radio package, HID lights, left/right side electric mirrors, Cat 5 wide swing drawbar, Durabuilt 3500 36” track, (26) suitcase weights, 442 actual hrs., single owner, PowerGard warranty Feb. 20, 2018 or 2,000 hrs., S/N1RW9510RTDD904170

2017 BIG TEX trailer goosenecks: 25’, 30’ and 33’ with mega ramps, 23,900 lbs. GVWR. Start price, $12,495, incl. free spare. Jason’s Agri-Motive, Lafleche, SK., 306-472-3159. www.jasonsagri-motive.ca

tires, 380/90R54 press steel duals, 1,460 hrs., S/NRW7930D024470

SPRAYER

2009 Hardi 4400I pull-type sprayer, 120’ twin boom, 1,200 gal. poly tank, dual fan, SafeTrack steering, Hardi auto height control, triple nozzle bodies, flush and rinse tank, chem fill, quick fill, Hardi HC6500 message controller, 1000 PTO pump, 380/90R46 straddle duals, S/N4400I-44-0140

MOWER

Woods BW240 pull-type batwing mower, 20’, hyd. fold, front and rear safety chain, 1000 PTO, 29-9-15 aircraft tires, S/N1185231

BOB KORNKVEN 701.201.0485 TENDER TRAILER

2004 Loadline tandem axle tender trailer, 42’, spring ride, Haul All 4-compartment inline tender, 250 bu. ea. compartment, single belt rear discharge, hyd. folding conveyor, hyd. gate control, roll tarp, 260/75R22.5 tires on steel rims

WALLY BRANDJORD 701.263.1609

or Brad Olstad at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240

Steffes Group, Inc. 2000 Main Ave. E., West Fargo, ND 58078

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Complete terms, lot listings & photos at SteffesGroup.com

100 MISC. SEMI TRAILER FLATDECKS/ stepdecks, $2,500 to $30,000. 20 heavy lowbeds, $10,000 to $70,000. Belly and BERG’S END DUMP grain trailers w/Berg’s end dumps. 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. signature quality finish. Ph for Winter pric- www.trailerguy.ca ing specials and 30 day trials. Berg’s Grain RETIRED: 25’ LODE TRAIL tri-axle trailer, & Gravel Body 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB pintle hitch, newer rubber, brakes redone, $7900. Call 306-222-7101, Meacham, SK. 1987 B TRAIN, 14’ lead side dump, 24’ end dump. New safety, new paint, $24,000. NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 Can-Am Truck Export Ltd, 1-800-938-3323 years body and paint experience. We do Delisle, SK. DL #910420. metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and daycab conversions. Sandblasting and pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. tandem and tridems. Contact SK: Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336. shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. 2003 REAL INDUSTRIES 24’ gooseneck 1998 DOEPKER SUPER B, 30’-32’x72 in- flat deck trailer. Ron and Donna Labbie sides, closed ends, air ride, 11x24 tires - Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 8, 60%, some rust. 306-593-7050, Rama, SK. 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit mackauctioncompany.com for PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING & PAINTING. sale bill and photos or join our Facebook Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, Mack Auction Co. PL 311962. and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed. TOPGUN TRAILER SALES “For those who demand the best.” PRECISION AND 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. AGASSIZ TRAILERS (flatdecks, end 2010 WILSON TRI-AXLE grain trailer, 3 dumps, enclosed cargo). 1-855-255-0199, hopper, 1 rear hopper, new brakes, tarp Moose Jaw, SK. www.topguntrailersales.ca and wheel seals, safetied, exc., $42,000 NEW 2017 STEPDECK, 48’, TA, beaverOBO. Call 306-648-7123, Gravelbourg, SK tail, ramps, 11R22.5 rubber, 25,000 lbs. 2006 TIMPTE SUPER hopper, tandem 40’ axles, $29,900. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK grain trailer with air ride. Lang Stock STEPDECKS: 48’ TANDEM, $12,000; HiFarms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, boys, lowboys, vans, beavertails, car haulWednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. ers, $8000 and up. 306-563-8765, Canora area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Face- TANKER TRAILERS: Stainless steel alum. book page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 potable, tandem and tri-axles, 4000- 7500 gal $12-$18,000. 306-563-8765 Canora SK Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. NEW NEW 2018 tri-axle 45’, air ride, 78” sides, Canadian made, $53,000 low price. Buy now! Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 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

www.titantrucksales.com to check out our inventory of quality used highway tractors! Or call: 204-685-2222 MacGregor MB 2017 GMC CANYON Crew Cab SLT Diesel, 2.8L, 4cyl., loaded, heated leather. $47,895. Phone 1-800-667-0490. DL#907173. www.watrousmainline.com

2017 GMC CANYON Cab SLT 4X4, 3.6L, V6, Nav, loaded, heated leather $44,795. Phone 1-800-667-0490. DL#907173. View our website: www.watrousmainline.com 2017 GMC 2500 CREW CAB SLT 4X4 Diesel, 6.6L, V8, loaded, sunroof, heated & cooled leather. Phone 1-800-667-0490. DL#907173. www.watrousmainline.com 2017 GMC 1/2 TON Double Cab SLT 4X4, 5.3L, V8, loaded, heated leather $48,695. Phone 1-800-667-0490. DL#907173. View our website: www.watrousmainline.com 2017 GMC 1/2 TON Double Cab, 5.3L, V8, loaded trailer package, heated cloth. $43,995. Phone 1-800-667-0490. DL#907173. www.watrousmainline.com 2017 GMC 1/2 TON Crew Cab Denali, 6.2L, V8, loaded, Nav, sunroof, heated & cooled leather. $65,995 Phone 1-800-667-0490. DL#907173. www.watrousmainline.com 2017 CHEV & GMC 1/2 ton Crew Cab, 5.3L, V8, loaded, cloth $46,695 Phone 1-800-667-0490. DL#907173. View our website: www.watrousmainline.com 2017 CHEV & GMC 1/2 Ton Crew Cab, 5.3L, V8, loaded, heated leather $50,695. Phone 1-800-667-0490. DL#907173. View our website: www.watrousmainline.com 2016 GMC 1500 REG. Cab 2WD, 4.3L, V6, loaded, Bluetooth, cloth. $25,149 Phone 1-800-667-0490. DL#907173. Visit our website: www.watrousmainline.com

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1995 IH TANDEM grain truck with ultracel steel box, also selling 1976 Dodge 600 grain truck with steel box and roll tarp. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. Visit mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill/photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. 2004 MACK VISION tandem 13 spd grain truck w/CIM Ultracell Box; also Ford F-600 grain truck w/steel box and grain tarp. Don Biette Land and Farm Equipment Auction Monday April 17, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area. visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or sale bill and photos or join our FB page. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

3 LOTS ON South service road, Weyburn, SK; Tempo/Tire shop #48 Hwy. Windthorst, SK, independent auto repair business for sale in Regina; Hotel and restaurant on Hwy.#48; 160 acres near Regina w/yard and business opportunity; SW SK. restaurant, lounge incl, 15 room motel. Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used Int. www.collierscanada.com Regina, SK. highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at MANUFACTURING BUSINESS: Welding www.titantrucksales.com and light fabricating. One-of-a-kind product. Mainly Ag. Peak sales Sept - March. SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. Owned for 30 years, room for growth. Huge inventory across Western Canada at Relocatable, $195,000. With inventory; www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & 50’x70’ shop, $350,000. 306-446-4462, North Battleford, SK. glelias@hotmail.com Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. 2016 SUBARU FORESTER name top pick for 2016. Starting from $29,360. Great selection to choose from!! 1-877-373-2662, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND new 2014-2015 Crosstek XVs. Save up to hoist systems can save you time, energy $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. and keep you safe this seeding season. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. Give Kramble Industries a call at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net FOR ASSESSING Climatic Risks & Impacts on crops grown on Canadian Prairies and 2007 WESTERN STAR 4900SA tri-drive, DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage globally please consider the Ray Garnett C15 Cat, 550 HP, 18 spd., full lockers, new trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call climate letter, published twice a month. 24’ CIM B&H. 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. 204-783-3363, edmgar1@mymts.net SK. www.78truxsales.com DL #316542. 1976 HEAVY 6500 GMC with 400 bu. box and roll tarp, new hoist, asking $12,000 OBO. 306-778-3749, Swift Current, SK.

TANDEM AXLE GRAVEL trucks in inventory. New and used, large inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 ATTENTION GRAVEL HAULERS: 6 tandems in stock, 1998-2007; 2013 Cancade tri-axle end dump; Tri-axle 18’ dump. Yellowhead Sales, 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK 2011 FORD EXPLORER XLT, heated cloth, only 90,000 kms, like new rubber, $19,900 CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com

2005 DODGE DAKOTA, fully loaded, priced to sell! For more information call 306-221-2208, Rosetown, SK. 1997 CHEV 1500, 3 door, 4x4, runs good, some rust, 465,000 kms., asking $3495 OBO. Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK.

2013 PROSTAR IH day cab truck with indash GPS, 500 HP Maxx force 18 spd., RAILWAY TIES: $16 each or $350 for a 46,000 rears, 3.91 ratio, 228” WB, approx. bundle of 25. Phone 1-800-667-4515. 129,000 kms, 11R22.5 tires, c/w wet kit www.combineworld.com for only $58,000. New MB. safety. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” AND DAYCABS. New and used. boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used SLEEPERS inventory across Western Canada at in stock. Custom sizes and log siding on highway tractors. For more details call Huge or call Maxim Truck & order. Call V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, 204-685-2222 or view information at www.Maximinc.Com Rosthern, SK. Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. www.titantrucksales.com 2012 FORD F150 4x4 with XTR package, WANTED: MACK COMPLETE or parts: crewcab, EcoBoost engine, shortbox, 1985-1990 R-688; 1990-1999 RD-688 and 87,000 km, excellent condition, $22,000 427-454 engine. Selling: Camelback susp., 4:42 diffs, 15 spd. Eaton, 350 HP CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no exOBO. 204-534-6712, Boissevain, MB. posed screws to leak or metal overlaps. engine. 306-960-3000, St. Louis, SK. Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, church2003 KENWORTH W900L, Cat C15, es, pig barns, commercial, arch rib build475-550 HP, 18 spd. heavy 40 rears, 4:11 ing and residential roofing; also available CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used ratio, high level VIT int. w/leather seats, in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK. highway tractors. For more details call $59,000 OBO. 306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK. 204-685-2222 or view information at 2000 VOLVO DAYCAB highway truck with www.titantrucksales.com 18 speed. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm TANDEM AXLE GRAIN trucks in inventory. Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, New and used, large inventory across 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. For sale bill and BARKMAN CONCRETE FLOOR SLATS Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or from hog feeder barn: 3 yrs of use, excellent condition! Gang slats, 84x42, 234 avail call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, $70/pc; Filter crete, 54x24, 61 available, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 $25/pc; Slotted penning blocks, 36x21, 150 available, $3/pc. Call 204-326-1668, 2007 IHC 9900 DAYCAB, 18 spd. Eaton Steinbach, MB. r_spenner@hotmail.com AutoShift, ISX 450 HP, 24.5 rubber, full lockers, wet kit, 655,000 kms. Call 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. www.78truxsales.com DL #316542 2008 PETERBILT 387, owner retired, truck going strong. Extremely well maintained 1 owner. Must be seen to be appreciated, 500 Cummins set at 485, 13 spd., very 2002 KENWORTH T800 w/new grain good rubber, never run in summer, box, rebuilt engine and turbo with warran- 1,200,000 kms., $48,000. 306-778-3666, Swift Current, SK. b.whitney@sasktel.net ty. $68,000. 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB.

BRITESPAN BUILDING SYSTEMS Inc. offers the widest product line in the fabric building industry with engineered strucCHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used tures from 24’ to 300’ wide to any length! highway tractors. For more details call Visit online: www.britespanbuildings.com 204-685-2222 or view information at or call us today for a free quote at www.titantrucksales.com 1-800-407-5846. DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can acMaxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. commodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

1998 KENWORTH T800, new grain box, Detroit engine, 60 Series, 10 spd. trans., $48,000. 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB. CAB AND CHASSIS: 2000 Sterling tandem, 435 HP Cat, 10 spd. trans, will take 20’ box, extremely low kms, $19,900. Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net GMC 6500, single axle, built in vac system, 66,439 miles, Phone 306-483-7322, Frob- 2003 VOLVO DAYCAB, 485 Cummins, 18 spd., 46R, alum. 24.5, A/R, 550,000 kms., isher, SK. tractor pkg., c/w 18’ deck (with 4’ of frame AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed beyond deck), HD pintle hitch, fresh Sask tandems and tractor units. Contact David safety, $34,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com 20’ FLATDECK HOIST, 2007 GMC 7500, 1989 PETE TANDEM, 3406 Cat, 13 spd. dsl, S/A, 6 spd. hyd. brakes, Sask. truck, Super 40 rears, 18’ BH&T, pup rigged, $22,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. $15,000 OBO; 1980 IH tandem, rebuilt 466, 5&4 trans., 20’ box & hoist, $10,000 OBO. Call 306-883-7305, Spiritwood, SK. TOTALLY REBUILT: 1981 CHEV C70 4 2017 GMC YUKON EX slt, 5.3L, loaded, ton, 366 eng., 5 spd., no rust, 500 bu. Can- sunroof, Nav, DVD, heated & cooled leathcade B&H, $14,000. St. Brieux, SK. Call er, $76,995 Phone 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL#907173. 306-275-4738 or 306-921-5089. 30+ TANDEMS: Standards & Automatics, $46,000 and up. Yellowhead Sales, 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK. 1997 Freightliner FL-70 diesel grain truck with steel box and roll tarp, 1985 GMC grain truck with 23,975 kms, 1979 Ford F600 grain truck. William Krell Estate Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, Stoughton, SK. area. for sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2007 MACK, 10 speed Eaton auto., new 20’ CIM B&H, fresh Sask. safeties. Call 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. www.78truxsales.com DL #316542.

2017 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN LT, 5.3 L, loaded, Nav, heated leather. $72,995 Phone 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL#907173. 2017 CHEV TAHOE Premier, 5.3L, V8, loaded, sunroof, Nav, heated & cooled leather, $77,795 Phone 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL#907173. 2009 FORD EXPLORER LTD., V8, AWD, loaded, 4 leather buckets, new winter tires, very good condition, 219,000 kms. Photos. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and nearnew 2014-2015 Crosstek XVs. Save up to $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT for sale: Cat D8K, new U/C, 4 barrel ripper, bush canopy, angle dozer, spacer plate head; Cat 621G motor scraper, new hitch, new front tires, very good condition; Cat 613C, 5000g water wagon, field ready. Arborfield, SK. Email: brydenconstruct@xplornet.ca Visit www.brydenconstructionandtransport.ca Call 780-213-1101 or 306-769-8777.

SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. augers, brush cutters and more large stock. Top quality equipment, quality welding and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call us to develop a professional mediation 2013 GENIE AWP405 40’, 40” electric plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. personnel lift, (lifts 300 lbs.), ground and STRONG SINGLE HIVES or nucs for sale. Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. platform control, $10,800. Call Andy, Steinbach, MB., 204-381-7993, 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 204-346-9701. andyloewen@hotmail.ca FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing GARWOOD IND. 12 yard pull scraper, and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, hyd. control, 9’ cut width, hydraulic unload Regina, SK. assist, $16,900. 1-800-667-4515 or view www.combineworld.com LEAFCUTTER BEES loose cell, high live count, low parasite count, can deliver. ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull 306-865-7859, or 306-865-6603, Hudson behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ Bay, SK. blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca WILL DO STYROBLOCK cocoon harvesting and custom pollination. Call Maurice CUSTOM PLANTING: Corn, sunflowers Wildeman, 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK. and soybeans. In Sask. and Manitoba. Call 306-527-2228. BEE BUSINESS. Turnkey operation. Second generation bee farmer looking to retire. Vehicles, bee equipment, honey plant, buildings, etc. Perfect opportunity for young family. Near beautiful northern town of Carrot River, SK. 306-332-7422, 306-768-2628. kimbonish@hotmail.com

2009 FORD F-150 XL, SWB, 4x4, 5.4 auto, buckets, 48,000 kms, $18,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

KOMATSU D85 P-21 dozer, rebuilt motor, trans., torque, steering, final drives, 85% UC, 36” pads like new, 16’ twin tilt angle blade, AC, heat, warranty, $98,000. Can deliver. 204-743-2324 any time Cypress River, MB.

LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK.

STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com SPRINGWATER BUILDINGS: POLE, stud and steel buildings! Metal cladding, siding and more! We sell pole buildings up to 90' wide. Call 306-948-3776, Ruthilda, SK. Visit online: www.springwatermfg.com

ANDRES TRUCKING. Equipment, bins, livestock, air drill towing. Canada/USA. HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 Call or text 306-495-8800, South East, SK. yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Rea- custom conversions available. Looking for sonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., WESTEEL ROSCO BINS, flat bottom; 2 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. 6000 bu., 3- 4000 bu., 1- 3500 bu. for sale. HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, Call 204-332-0478, Plum Coulee, MB. 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt 3 - WESTEEL ROSCO GRAIN BINS, 3352 for years of trouble-free service. Lever bu.; $1675/each; 2 - 3850 bu. $1925/ea. FORESTRY MULCHING: Clearing farm- Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. All 19’ diameter. All to be moved. land, fence lines, shelter belts, road allow204-669-9626, Morris, MB. area. ances, brush cutting with GT25, 230HP. WANTED: MOLDBOARD AND circle for Reasonable rates. JDAR Contracting, 562 or 600 Champion grader or complete TIM’S CUSTOM BIN MOVING and Haul306-232-7525, 306-280-5749, Hague, SK. machine running or not. Phone Paul, ing Inc. Up to 22’ diameter. 204-362-7103 306-233-7921, Wakaw, SK. binmover50@gmail.com NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, USED WESTEEL WIDE-CORR grain bin, CASE 590 BACKHOE, 4x4, extend-a-hoe; payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone JD 772BH grader, with snow wing. Call Model 2710, 10 tier, external stiffeners, 18,790 bu., 13 roof vents. Already disas306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK. 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. sembled, $12,000. Set up can be arranged. Call 306-645-4526, Rocanville, SK. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. 2015 BOBCAT S650 skid steer loaded with only 25 hrs. William Krell Estate Farm Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper www.maverickconstruction.ca Stoughton, SK. area. For sale bill and pho- cone and steel floor requirements contact: visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, tos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, free: 1-888-304-2837. $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 BOOK NOW, TAKE DELIVERY, DON’T $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950; Larger sizes available. Travel incl. in Sask. Gov’t grants BUCYRUS ERIE 8 yard PT scraper. Lang PAY UNTIL NOVEMBER, 2017. Top quality MERIDIAN bins. Price includes: available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK. Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. and delivery within set radius. Meridian area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Hopper Combo SPECIAL: 5000 bu., for sale bill and photos or join our Face- $14,400. We manufacture superior quality MADGE ROTOCLEAR RP102, rebuilt 8V92 book page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call Detroit engine, torque driven HD tiller Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. and find out why our product quality and buries roots and saplings, good shape, ready for many hours of hard work, $65,000 SKIDSTEER: 2008 CASE 465 Series III, price well exceeds the competition. We cab, heat, new tires, 2700 hrs., $21,000. also stock replacement lids for all makes & OBO. 306-768-7622, Carrot River, SK. Call 306-940-6835, Prince Albert, SK. models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart btmfarms@sasktel.net Services Inc, 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. 1998 CAT 980G loader, new L4 tires, BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, $60,000; Boeing 100 portable asphalt w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks. spreader w/silo and oil storage, $250,000. GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanu- 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. factured engines, parts and accessories for 204-376-5194, 204-641-2408, Arborg, MB. diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines 12,000 BU. SUPERIOR COMBO with 1996 KOMATSU PC200LC-6 hydraulic ex- can be shipped or installed. Give us a call triple skid. Set-up $28,940. Middle Lake cavator, $35,400; 2004 Caterpillar D7G or check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Steel. 306-367-4306 or 306-367-2408. w/hyd. angle dozer, 95% UC, $50,000. Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, U-WELD HOPPER Cones, sizes from 12 More items available! Robert Harris, Russell, MB. to 24. www.middlelakesteel.com Phone 204-642-9959, 204-470-5493, Gimli, MB. 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines 306-367-4306 or 306-367-2408. Pics and info. robertharrisequipment.com and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, 1974 CAT D7F, 14’ angle dozer, 26” pads, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. 3306 eng., 60% UC, vg cond., $40,000 WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 OBO. 204-467-2109, Stonewall, MB. Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323. CAT HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS: 463, 435, 80 and 70, all vg condition, new 290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, conversion. Also new and used scraper Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK tires. Can deliver. 204-793-0098, Stony Mountain, MB.

2010 CAT 950H WHEEL LOADER, 27,417 hrs., w/Cat quick coupler bucket, FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL 3-3/4 cu. yards, 23.5x25 tires, F.O.B. motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of $75,000. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Rewinding 1984 Ltd., EXCAVATOR BUCKETS, various shapes Motor and sizes for different excavators. Call 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. www.windandweathershelters.com Website: www.tismtrrewind.com COMMERCIAL GRADE Wind and weather shelter buildings available in widths from 20’ to 90’. Prices starting at $2495. If you have bought an auction building and need AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. to upgrade to more durable material or For the customer that prefers quality. parts we can help. Located in Yorkton. 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. Contact Paul at 306-641-5464 or Ladimer 306-795-7779. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Stick Frame building designed with longevity in COVER-ALL 40x60’ TRUSS arch shelter, mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to dismantled. Offers. Phone 306-563-6022, www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. Canora, SK ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Farm REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES of grain bins, post buildings designed with longevity in farm & commercial buildings. Peterson mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to 2003 DEERE 544H wheel loader, with Q/A www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. Construction, 306-789-2444, ask for Len. bucket, rebuilt trans, 12,013 hrs. Machine is in vg cond., all around pins are tight! POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, $65,000. Can deliver. 204-743-2324 any hog, chicken and dairy barns. Construction time. Cypress River, MB. and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, OLD WEST EXPRESS Hamburgers and Fries MR Steel Construction, 306-978-0315, is looking to expand our brand. Great for a CAT 463 PULL SCRAPER, hyd. machine, 21 Hague, SK. family enterprise. We have a rigid policy of yard capacity, very nice shape, $50,000. firm flexibility. Cliff 306-734-2997. Check OBO. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB. BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, our website: www.oldwestexpress.com convex and rigid frame straight walls, 1988 JOHN DEERE 544C loader, 7000 hrs., grain tanks, metal cladding, farm- comLODGE & STORE: 8 log cabins, 50 camp- 4 yd. bucket, $24,000. Call 306-524-4960, mercial. Construction and concrete crews. sites, boat and motor rentals. Water and Semans, SK. Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saskaseptic system, filleting house, shop, air toon and Northwest Behlen Distributor, strip and sandy beach. Call 306-398-2559. 306-242-7767, 2007 CASE CX290, 2000 hrs., QA, 12’ stick, Janzen Steel Buildings, UC 99%, 36” and 60” digging buckets, 72” Osler, SK. BARBER SHOP FOR SALE: North Battleford cleanup bucket; 2004 Volvo 720 grader, SK. Excellent clientele, only shop in town! 16’ blade, 3000 hrs.; Choice of 621F or WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built Easy parking. 2 chair, includes 1 sideline, 621E payloader, both have under 1000 on site. For early booking call everything goes. Expandable. Owner retir- hrs; Quick coupler buckets; choice of snow 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com ing. E-mail: possibilities789@gmail.com wings. 306-536-9210, Belle Plaine, SK.

POLY GRAIN BINS, 40 to 150 bu. for grain cleaning, feed, fertilizer and left over treated seed. 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. www.buffervalley.com 2- 3300 BU., 2- 2000 bu., 3- 1650 bu. bins, $1/bu. Will sell separate. Floors fairly good. Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. 5- BEHLEN 3000 bu. hopper bottom grain bins, 50 ton fertilizer hopper bin. William Krell Estate Farm Equipment Auction, Monday April 10, 2017, Stoughton, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 BAINTER POWER UNIT and 7 jacks for building big grain bins, asking $12,500. Call 306-789-2444, ask for Len. ONLY 6 LEFT! 3500 bu. Meridian/Behlen bin/hopper combo, 10 leg hopper and skid, roof and side ladder, safety fill, constructed, $9,995. FOB Regina, SK. Peterson Construction, 306-789-2444. CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount. Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK. MERIDIAN AND WESTEEL fertilizer bins. on sale now. See your nearest Flaman store of call 1-888-352-9890. LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stocking dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction 2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS and accessories available at Rosler Construction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK.

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NEW AWARD WINNING AERATION GATCO Cross Flow Aeration blows all other aeration systems away! Horizontal air movement with immediate venting means better performance. Save big by using smaller fans yet dry/cool much faster than vertical methods. With natural air or supplemental heat performs in a batch dryer capacity in 10,000 bu. bins and under. Install in any existing or new bins GATCO is also a BIN-SENSE® Dealer for temperature and moisture monitoring systems. Phone GATCO 306-778-3338. www.gatcomfg.com

NORDIC ELEVATOR 8000 bu./hr. leg 75’ w/new belt, cups, 20 HP motor, 575 V, includes ladder, cages, platform. On the ground, ready to load, $25,000. Call 306-335-2280, Lemberg, SK.

2015 CASE/IH 4530 floater, approx. 500 hrs., 3 bin, ViperPro, AutoSteer, VR capable, radial rubber, Micheals roll tarp w/hopper ext., 70’ booms, fully loaded, always shedded, mint unit, $385,000 OBO. 306-542-3684, 306-542-7966, Kamsack SK

2015 SALFORD fertilizer spreader, 10 ton, 80’ spread, all stainless steel, wide tires, $30,000. 306-524-4567 or 306-726-3203 Raymore, SK.

BALE SPEARS, high quality imported from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, excellent pricing. Call now toll free 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB.

3200 GALLON PATTISON liquid cart, shedded, duals on rear, all tires mint, 1 year old John Blue twin piston ground drive pump, CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All 1 year old Honda 3” pump, $22,000. sizes. Now in stock: 53’ steel and insulated 306-764-8207, Prince Albert, SK. stainless steel. 306-861-1102 Radville, SK. WANTED: STAINLESS STEEL liquid fertilizSHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’- er storage tank. 306-960-3000, Borden, SK 53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, FERTILIZER TRANSPORT TANKS in stock. Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca Contact your nearest Flaman store 1-888-352-9890.

HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436.

BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing. Call now 1-866-443-7444.

2012 BRANDT 1390 swing auger, electric winch, electric mover on hopper, remote control kit, very little use, size: 13x90 very good cond., $16,500 OBO. 306-331-9682, 306-332-4520, Abernethy, GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; SK. mapleridgefarms@sasktel.net 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 BRANDT 8x50, BLUE, hyd. mover, winch, bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel. bin sweep, good cond. Ed 306-272-3848, View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 306-269-7745, Foam Lake, SK. 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. BLUE BRANDT 50’x7” grain auger c/w new BRUNS 400 BU., hopper box c/w 12 ton 20 HP engine, Wheatheart mover, hyd., Martin running gear and roll tarp, shedded winch, good cond., $6000. 306-745-8880, excellent condition, $6000. 306-745-8880, Langenburg, SK. Langenburg, SK. MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS available with self-propelled mover kits and bin BRENT 876 GRAIN CART with scale and sweeps. Call Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipaw- cameras. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, in, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837. 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. For sale bill and WINTER CLEARANCE: Loaded HD8-39/ photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or HD8-46/ TL 10-39 plus SLMD12 - 72 and join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, SLMD12 - 95 plus. Used Augers: Sakundiak 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 7x45 c/w new tube, flighting and power fist Honda; 2012 SLMD 12-72 w/winch and swing mover; Brandt 10x60 S/A: Wheatheart 8x51’ c/w mover. Also dealer Take us with you. for Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing avail! Call Dale at Mainway Farm Equipment, 306-567-3285, 306-567-7299, Davidson, Download the app at SK. www.mainwayfarmeguipment.ca

BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, and used sea containers, all sizes. truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. 306-957-2033. 2013 CONVEY-ALL TCSNH1045 HDMK conveyor w/new belt, $17,000; 2013 R1041 Wheatheart w/38HP mover and clutch, $9995. Both in excellent condition. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK.

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and NEW MERIDIAN AUGERS: TL12-39 with MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 37 HP, EFI Vanguard engine, c/w mover, HD clutch, reversing gearbox and lights. 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346. Retail $24,200, cash price $19,500. KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call NEVER CLIMB A BIN AGAIN! Full-bin Su306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738. per Sensor, reliable hardwired with 2 year warranty; Magnetic Camera Package - One man positioning of auger (even at night); Hopper Dropper - Unload your hopper bins BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” without any mess; Wireless Magnetic LED and 10” end units available; Transfer con- Light - Position your swing auger at night veyors and bag conveyors or will custom from the comfort of your truck. Safety and build. Call for prices. Master Industries convenience are the name of the game. Brownlees Trucking Inc., Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone Contact 306-228-2971, 1-877-228-5598, Unity, SK. 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. www.brownlees.ca NEW BATCO 2075 w/electric drive kit. Retail $36,500. Blow-out Special, $28,500. AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, Westfield, Westeel augers; Auger SP kits; 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. Batco conveyors; Wheatheart post poundBATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, ers. Good prices, leasing available. Call grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and 1-866-746-2666. leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. WESTFIELD MK 100-61 swing auger, Westfield MK100-71 swing auger, Sakundiak 8-1200 auger with Kohler Pro 25 HP engine, Sakundiak HD7-1400 auger with Kohler 20 HP motor, Westfield W70-26 auger w/elec. motor. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

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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. 2003 JD 567 ROUND baler, made 12,000 bales, netwrap and twine, autotie, $17,000; 2000 NH 1475 haybine, 16’, $10,000. 306-487-7525, Lampman, SK.

2015 XH SCHULTE XH-1500-S3 mower, JD 1600A mower conditioner, also JD 205 3 PTH gyro mower. William Krell Estate Farm Equipment Auction, Monday April 10, 2017, Stoughton, SK. area. For sale bill/ photos: www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 AFTER SEASON SALE! All makes of combine platforms: Flex, Rigid, Corn heads. Reconditioned and field ready. Reimer Farm Equipment, #12 Hwy. N, Steinbach, 2012 JD D450, c/w 635D header w/PU MB. Call Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000. reel, lifters, Roto-Shear, swath roller, ATU, www.reimerfarmequipment.com 24.5R32 Firestones, new canvases 550 hrs., PICKUP REEL PARTS WAREHOUSE: exc cond, $92,500 OBO. Shaunavon, SK. MacDon, UII, JD, Hart Carter, CNH, AGCO. 306-297-7400, brentwilkins@sasktel.net We distribute parts for all PU reels. Call 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

2005 CIH WDX 1202 SP swather 30’, 123 HP, cab susp., hyd. fore/aft and tilt, RotoShears on ea. end, Mandako mtd. swather roller, 1900 hrs., vg cond., $52,500. Jim HART EMERSON UNIFLOW Model PK3 as- Wilson, 204-362-2449, Darlingford, MB. pirater. good condition. Gustafson seed Email: jimwilson@goinet.ca treater. 204-525-2480, Minitonas, MB. WESTWARD TURBO 9300 SP 30’ swather DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and with MacDon 972 header. Lang Stock Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com www.zettlerfarmequipment.com for sale bill and photos or join our FaceFOREVER 54 DUSTLESS screen cleaner, book page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 complete working order, includes ma- Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. chine, stands, screens, 15’ bucket elevator, 58 screens in total for cleaning wheat, bar- MF HESSTON 9430 swather and Hesston ley, oats, flax, canary grass, peas. Come 5200 draper header with 1188 hours, also MF 18’ Hesston 9125 haybine header. Lang see it in action. 306-563-6244, Canora, SK. Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, CARTER DISC GRAIN cleaner w/elec. mo- Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. tor on stand, 100+ discs. 306-283-4747, area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Face306-220-0429, Langham, SK. book page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, REBUILT VISTASORT COLOUR SORTER, Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. capacity 300-500 BPH, LED, full colour, all seed types. Price includes commissioning 2007 NH HW325 SP 30’ swather with 515 and training. Contact 1-800-667-6924 ask engine hours. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 8, for Chris or Steven for details. 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK.

MERIDIAN AUGERS in stock at Flaman. Call 1-888-352-9890. or visit your nearest Flaman location. REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net

2012 30’ WESTWARD M155 SP swather w/MacDon D60-S header with only 185 cutting hrs, also a JD 2360 SP 25’ swather w/1508 hrs. William Krell Estate Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017. Stoughton, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

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RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK www.straightcutheaders.com 2008 MACDON FD-70 flex draper 35’ straight cut header with NH adapter. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

2007 NH CR9070 SP combine with 1575 rotor hours. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

WANTED: DEGELMAN 570 ROCKPICKER. Email: jonmitch@westnet.com.au Regina, SK. area.

2008 CASE SRX 160, 120' booms, 4 sections, 3 way nozzle bodies, wind skirts, rinse tank, induction tank, foam marker, SP 655 monitor, 480/80R38 tires at 85%, $20,000. 403-866-7277, Richmound, SK. dfan@telus.net

2011 NH S1070, 120’, susp. boom, 1600 US gal. poly tank, AutoBoom, Autorate, triple nozzle bodies, rinse tank with TrimJD 615 PU header, also JD 930F 30’ flex ble 750 w/field IQ sect control, good tires, header w/wind reel system. Lang Stock $36,500. 306-648-2768, Gravelbourg, SK. Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. 2006 FLEXI-COIL S67XL, 100’, rinse area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com tank, foam marker, 1200 gal, windscreens, for sale bill and photos or join our Face- good cond. 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. book page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. 2009 NH 74C 30’ flex header with PU reel, 2007 NH 94C 36’ straight cut draper header with auto header height. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

NEW HOLLAND 275F, 1600 gal. tank, 120’, loaded, 2 sets tires, 1710 hrs., asking $195,000. 306-641-7759, Theodore, SK. 2009 MILLAR CONDOR 40, 100’ boom, 1000 gal. tank, 100 gal. rinse tank, AutoBoom, AutoSteer, AutoHeight, 2 sets rear tires, crop dividers, 1600 hrs., new diff. and planetary, good cond. 306-769-8887, 306-276-7788, Arborfield, SK. 2011 JD 4830, 100’, with only 1150 hours, full AutoSteer, 1000 gal. SS tank, all options, both sets of tires, $219,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK.

2008 NH 76C Swathmaster PU header with Michel’s Crop Catcher. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

2008 SPRA-COUPE 4655, 80’, 870 hrs., crop dividers, Perkins 5 spd, shedded, very good, $59,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2012 JD 4830, 1333 hrs., 100’, 1000 gal. ss tank, 420 tires, AutoTrac, AutoBoom, GPS, exc, 306-741-2649, Pennant, SK.

2007 Case/IH 7010, 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. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

POTATO EQUIPMENT, full line, disease free farm, including Roterra, Clodehopper, piler, dirt eliminator, harvestor, planter, truck boxes. 306-873-5527, Tisdale, SK.

2010 NH 94C 42’, DKD, AHHC, pea auger, transport, UII PU reel, w/new fingers, hyd. fore&aft, for JD STS, $17,800. 2014 SCHULTE SNOWBLOWER, exc. cond., barely used! PTO driven, $7600 OBO. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 306-331-9682, 306-332-4520, Abernethy, CIH 2020 35’, new sickles and guards in SK. mapleridgefarms@sasktel.net 2016, exc. cond; 8 concaves for 88 series; Massey 30’ PT swather, good cond. 306-398-2626, 306-398-7818 Cut Knife SK

NEW MD PW8 16’ pickups for CNH and John Deere, trades wanted! $29,800. LOOKING FOR: VICON 716 hay header to 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com fit Massey Ferguson 200 swather. Call WANTED: 30’ PU reel for CI or MF 306-246-4881, Speers, SK. 200-220; Also want SS liquid fertilizer storage tank. 306-960-3000, Borden, SK.

WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, mfg. of new grain dryers w/advanced control systems. Updates for roof, tiers, auto moisture controller. Economic designed dryers avail. JD 535 ROUND BALER, JD 750 grinder mixer, Custom built 16’ bumper pull stock 1-888-288-6857, westerngraindryer.com trailer, NH 278 sq. baler, NH 271 sq. baler. 6 TIER VERTEC grain dryer, batch and/or William Krell Estate Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, Stoughton, SK. continuous. 204-325-2590, Morden, MB. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com NEED TO DRY GRAIN? Use New Cross- for sale bill and photos or join our Faceflow Grain Drying technology for all your book page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, FERTILIZER SPREADERS, 4-8 ton, 10 ton Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. Willmar Tender. Phone 204-857-8403, 2014 TRIDEKON GRAIN Boss extractor, grain drying needs. Convert some bins into batch grain dryers. Phone Gatco for details #14-GB-13-10. Used on approx. 35 bags. Portage La Prairie, MB. 306-778-3338 or www.gatcomfg.com Bailey Bros Seeds 306-935-4702 Milden SK POLY FIBERGLASS LIQUID fertilizer tanks: 30,000 gallon and 10,000 gal. Ph Patrick 306-631-9577, Chamberlain, SK. 2005 PETERBILT STAHLY, Cummins, Allison auto, New Leader L3020 G4, monitor, New Leader controller, Starlink GPS 4145 hrs, $78,000; 2004 Peterbilt, Cummins, Allison auto, 1800 gal stainless, 80’ boom, Raven controller, Raven AutoSteer, Raven section shutoff, 4270 hrs, $65,000. USD prices. 406-576-3402, 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net

2001 JD 9750 STS, 2818 sep. hrs., 35.5L32 GOODS USED TRACTOR parts (always fronts, 914 PU, clean, always shedded, buying tractors). David or Curtis, Roblin, $77,000; 2003 JD 630 flex header, MB., 204-564-2528, 1-877-564-8734. $18,000. 204-739-3548, Fisher Branch MB PARTING OUT TANDEMS: 1980 IH, 850 2014 S680, 400 sep. hrs., power folding Cummins, 13 spd., 40 rears, wet kit; 1987 top, premium straw management system, Kenworth, 3406 Cat, 4 1/4 HP, 15 spd., loaded, always shedded, $400,000. Rob Super 40 rears, wet kit; 1980 Brigadier, 204-461-0344, 204-461-0328, Warren, MB 6V 52 Detroit, 15 spd., wet kit. 306-883-7305, Spiritwood, SK. 2000 JOHN DEERE 9650, walker, fine cut chopper, long auger, shedded, $39,000. SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge Call 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. inventory new and used tractor parts. 2006 9660 WTS, 914 PU, duals, 2300/ 1-888-676-4847. 1550 hrs., $132,500. A.E. Chicoine Farm COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and Equipment 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. used parts for most makes of tractors, TOTALLY REBUILT: 1974 JD 7700 SP, combines, balers, mixmills and swathers. 2415 hrs., mint condition! $12,000. St. 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, SK. We buy machinery. Brieux, SK. 306-275-4738, 306-921-5089. JD CTS SP combine with 2705 hours. Lang LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. We sell new, used and remanufactured area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com parts for most farm tractors and combines. for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tractors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/othMack Auction Co. PL #311962. er Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battle2004 JD 9660 SP combine with JD 914P ford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769. PU header with 1088 sep. hrs, JD 7720 SP combine with 3000 hrs and a JD 95 SP TRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, combine. William Krell Estate Farm Equip. combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, Stough- etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, ton, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit 306-441-0655, Richard, SK. www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 JD 7300 VACUUM PLANTER, 12 row 30”, row cleaners, 250 monitor, lift assists, shedded, $18,500. 204-373-2339, 1981 MASSEY 860, c/w PU table, needs 204-324-7410, Ridgeville, MB. injection pump & TLC, $1800 OBO. Flaxcombe, SK. 306-460-9027, 306-463-3480. 2007 JD 1770NT 16 row 30” corn and soybean planter, c/w 2 PTH, liquid fert. kit, 600 gal. liquid fert. tank, 240 gal. liquid fert. tank, MaxEmerge XP, not used last 2 yrs, monitor and controller included, $50,000. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB.

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2013 CASE/IH PATRIOT 3330 SP 100’ sprayer with 440 hours. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: John Deere 4045, 710/60R46, $19,500; 800/55R46, $23,500; JD 4038, Case 4420, 650/65R38 Michelin tires and rim, $13,500. Sprayer duals available. Call 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK.

2011 NH CR9060 SP combine with MAV/Redekop chopper with 1035 rotor hours. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. Mack Auction Co. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815. PL311962

“For All Your Farm Parts” PUMPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, Honda/Kowww.fyfeparts.com shin pumps, 1-1/2” to 4”, Landa pressure washers, steam washers, parts washers. M&M Equip. Ltd. Parts & Service, Regina, SK. 306-543-8377, fax 306-543-2111.

2014 JD S680 PRWD combine, 582 hrs., 650/85R38’s w/duals, Pro-Drives, chopper w/PowerCast tailboard, PowerFold bin ext., PowerGard Warranty til March 2019, $252,500 USD. www.ms-diversified 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560.

TRACTORS, COMBINES, SWATHERS, FLOATER TIRES: Four 24.5x32 fits Rogator ploughs, cultivators, tires and rims, hyd. 1254, $5000; Four 20.8x42 fits Case/IH, cylinders, balers, older trucks, crawlers. $6000. 306-922-8155, Prince Albert, SK. 204-871-2708, 204-685-2124, Austin, MB. CHEM HANDLERS in stock. All sizes G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors available. Contact your nearest Flaman only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. store 1-888-352-9890.

1986 TRAILMOBILE 45’ Highboy tandem flat deck trailer with 2- 2200 gal. poly water tanks and Chem Handler II. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

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2010 EZEE-ON 7560 air drill, dual shoot dry, Dutch vert. side band openers, 4.5" steel packers w/scrapers, grease banks, 23,000 acres, 4400 air cart, hyd. fan, 3 comp., variable rate, $55,000 OBO. 306-460-9488, Kindersley, SK. beckeraaron1@hotmail.com 2010 NH P2060 DRILL and P1050 tank, 57’, 10” spacing, 550 lbs. shanks, 4” rubber packers, 3” Atom Jet paired row openers w/carbide tips and wings, DS dry 430 bu. tank, 3 comp., 8 run DS, dual fans, variable rate, 900x60/32 Trells, c/w mounted loading/unloading Convey-All paddle conveyor, $125,000. Jim Wilson, 204-362-2449, Darlingford, MB. jimwilson@goinet.ca 21’ EDWARDS ZERO-TILL hoe drill, 2115 Bourgault tank, eng. drive and liquid fert. caddy, as is $6500. 204-476-6907, MB. 2015 SEED HAWK 50-12, only 200 acres! used to seed grass seed mixed with phos. in 1 tank only, like new 400 bu. var. rate cart, liquid kit avail. Will trade up to a 50-10, $190,000. 204-937-3933 Roblin MB 800 FLEXI-COIL 33’, DS, w/1720 tank, (last 800 made), 12” spacing, 550 lbs. shanks, Poirier seed boots, low acres, tank shedded until this year. 306-745-7505 or 306-877-2014, Dubuc, SK. 2013 BOURGAULT 3320/6550, 66’, MRB’s, Drill: $159,000; Cart: $110,000. Possible trades? Call 306-563-8482, Yorkton, SK. 2008 BOURGAULT 3310, 65’, single shoot, $85,000 OBO. 306-563-8482, Yorkton, SK. 35’ JD 610, w/1610 Flexi-Coil air tank, DS with liquid kit, Technotill openers, $14,500 OBO. 306-835-2087 or 306-746-7770, Raymore, SK. 1997 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 9” space, 3” rubber packers- exc., 1” Dutch knives, Bourgault MRB’s liquid or dry, Pattison liquid kit, 1997 FC 1330 tank, coarse, fine and extra fine rollers, exc. cond. Hook up and seed, $28,500. 306-744-7955 Saltcoats SK BOURGAULT 5710 47’, 10” spacing, DS dry & NH3, series II MRB’s, new openers (spring 2016), c/w 5350 tank, CRA, 491 monitor, 2 fans, lots of spare parts, $52,000. 306-746-7240, Semens, SK. 1997 CONCORD 4812, DS dry w/NH3, Dutch openers, 2000 JD 1900 cart, 270 bu, $25,000 OBO. 306-452-3233, Antler, SK.

2010 MORRIS 8370, 3 tank, variable rate, 2002 BOURGAULT 5710 47’ air drill, DS, MORRIS 7180 AIR SEEDER (shedded), 12’ 310 discer with tines, $750; 20’ tote TBT, 440 bu., $69,900. Cam-Don Motors excellent cond., $25,000. 306-398-2626, w/34’ Morris 9000 cult, floating hitch, har- tank w/extended augers, $1500; Anhy306-398-7818, Cut Knife, SK. drous kit for 48’ chisel, low acres, $3000; rows, $29,500. 204-268-2853, Selkirk, MB. Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. Used fan for 3380 Case cart, offers; PartFLEXI-COIL 300B c/w Barton openers, 38’, 2001 MORRIS MAXIM II, 40’, 10” spacing, 2008 BOURGAULT 6550ST air cart, 4-tank ing out 110 Powermatic diamond harrows 12” spacing, $8900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., single shoot, carbide tips, w/7240 TBH. meter, CRA, bag lift, deluxe auger, duals, or sell whole, best offer. 204-436-2364. shedded, $68,000. 204-734-8562, Swan 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 306-296-4640 evenings, Frontier, SK. River, MB. 2011 JD 1770 16 row no-till planter, c/w 2014 JD 1870 CONSERVA PAK 40’, 430 1993 FLEXI-COIL 5000 45’ DS, Dutch bu. 1910 TBH cart w/duals, 12” spacing, openers, 3.5” steel packers, blockage 1996 BOURGAULT 40’ 8800/3195, harrows Central Commodity tanks, in-row liquid DS dry, 10” loading auger, like new. monitor, good cond., w/2320 air tank, and packers, $16,000. Call 306-563-8482, fert., trash cleaners, 2020 precision planting system, always shedded, $75,000 OBO. 306-259-2057, 306-917-7388, Watrous SK $15,000; 2010 Case/IH 3430 3 comp air Rama, SK. 204-461-0344, 204-461-0328, Warren MB tank, DS, dual fan, dual tires, monitor, 2011 BOURGAULT 6700 air cart X20, 4tm, 2003 BOURGAULT 54’ 5710 air drill, cart $45,000. Call 306-625-7546, Ponteix, SK. bag lift, $129,000 OBO. Possible trades. 2011 GREAT PLAINS, 3-point 10’ no-till w/MRBs, Dickey John NH3 kit and set up drill, main grain seed box, native grass and for dual shoot, $30,000 OBO. MORRIS MAXIM 49’ air drill, slim wedge Weyburn, SK. 306-563-8482. 306-658-4240, 306-843-7549, Wilkie, SK. knock-on clips, 2 sets of openers, front 2010 BOURGAULT 6450, deluxe auger, 2 small seed boxes, 20- 88 lb. weights, shedded, 330 acres on acre meter, $29,700. JD 1830, 2008, 50’, JD 1910 TBH air dual castors, 240 bu. TBH tank, $42,500 fans. 1 owner, $66,000 OBO. Yorkton, SK. 204-732-2483, Ste. Rose, MB. 306-563-8482. cart, 430 bu., 10” sp, Pattison liquid fert., OBO. 306-662-7005, Robsart, SK. monitor, harness. 306-493-7409 Delisle SK 40’ SEED HAWK 40-12 air drill with 357 2011 SEED HAWK 50’, 12” sp., tool bar 2005 JOHN DEERE 1910 air cart, 430 bu., 45’ FLEXI-COIL 5000 air drill, 7.2” spacing, Magnum tank and double shoot. Lang with 600 cart dual wheels auger and bag DS, 8 run w/conveyor, good condition, with 3” steel packers. Call Junop Brothers, Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, lift. $229,000; 1997 39’ Morris Magnum air $19,000 OBO. 306-948-7689, Biggar, SK. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. drill, 10” spacing, Atom openers w/Morris 306-493-7605, Delisle, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm 50 COMPLETE BARTON II openers, off 2015 MORRIS 9450 seed tank, 10” auger, for sale bill and photos or join our Face- Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. Flexi-Coil 6000 drill. Call 306-677-2689, 800 singles, 4400 acres, $75,000. Call book page. Phone 306-421-2928 or Swift Current, SK. 2009 JD 1830 51’, rubber packers, DS 306-460-7767, Eatonia, SK. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 boots, 1910 430 bu. TBH tank, conveyor, 2012 JD 1870 41’ air drill and JD 1910 air power to feed rollers, used on heavy land, cart, paired row with blockage monitors. exc. cond. Ph 306-334-2216, Balcarres, SK. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment 40’ BOURGAULT 8800 air seeder with 2155 2014 WISHEK HEAVY disc, low hrs., like Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, tank, $14,000 OBO. Call 306-395-2668 or new, $58,000. 204-238-4311, Bowsman, MB. SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit 306-681-7610. Chaplin, SK. www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or ACCEPTING OFFERS ON: 2007 37’ Ezee- 2009 ST820 FLEXI-COIL 56’ chisel plow, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 On air seeder, under 4000 acres, 10” 650 lb. trips, 3-bar heavy harrows, BG space, single shoot, c/w Morris 7180 tank, Speed-Loc clips, rear hitch, good cond., $50,000. 204-539-2840, Swan River, MB. 40’ BOURGAULT 5710 series II, triple 306-640-7052, Crane Valley, SK. shoot w/Bourgault 5350 TBH air tank. Don 2000 MORRIS MAXIM II 50’ air drill, 7300 Biette Land & Farm Equipment Auction, 40’ BOURGAULT AIR SEEDER, granular kit, 2008 ST830 47’ chisel plow, 5 plex, 650 lb. VRT air cart w/elec. over hyd. in cab con- Monday April 17, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area. 3225 tank, 40’ P-30 packer bar, $10,000. trips, 8” knock-on shovels, anhydrous Raven rate control, factory hitch, hyd. winch, trols, 3rd tank, 10” spacing, 3.5” steel Visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com for Will separate. 306-948-7652, Biggar, SK. packers, Agtron primary blockage, DS, can sale bill and photos or join our FB page. 37.5’ MORRIS CONCEPT 2000, 7180 air 9/16” heavy harrows, $75,000 OBO. Call 204-733-2446, Ochre River, MB. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 switch to SS, Atom Jet side band openers, cart, 1600 gal. TBT liquid caddy, John Blue scrapers, opt. 3 camera CabCam system, Mack Auction Co. PL 311962. pump. 306-682-2338 leave msg., Burr, SK. BREAKING DISCS: KEWANEE, 14’ and $30,000. 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK. WANTED: FLEXI-COIL 5000, 51’, 9.5” FLEXI-COIL 3450 TBT air seeder tank, var. 12’; Rome 16’ and 9’; Wishek 14’ and 30’. spacing and Flexi-Coil 3450 air tank, mech. The Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s bestrate, special 4 tank model holds 400 bu. 2- DMI 7 shank rippers. 1-866-938-8537. rate, TBT. 306-222-6665, Canora, SK. read farm publication. Junop Brothers 306-493-7605, Delisle, SK. 1992 37’ CASE/IH 5600 HD cultivator, 1998 MORRIS CONCEPT 2000, 43’, 10” sp, with Degelman mounted 4-row harrows, new Bourgault narrow point openers, 7240 $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. TBH, $24,000. 306-463-8416, Eston, SK.

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JOHN DEERE 1890 disc drill, 43’, 10” spacing. Phone 306-842-6246, Griffin, SK. 2006 EZEE-ON 7550 40’, 10” spacing, single shoot, 5” rubber capped packers, 4” carbide tip openers with 3115 tank (2005), $35,000 OBO. 306-452-7004, Parkman, SK

50’ SEED HAWK, 15” centers, twin wing, 500 bu., 3 comp. on-board tank, liquid and dry, S.B.R. hitch, Vaderstaad gear boxes, full blockage on seed, quick pin openers, $100,000. 306-736-7653, Kipling, SK.

1998 BOURGAULT 5710 54’, 10” spacing, 4350 tank, c/w MRB’s, 3 comp. tank, new tires, $38,000. 306-472-7970, Lafleche, 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. 20,000 acres, 5000 acres on new carbide tips, asking $175,000. 306-883-7305, Spiritwood, SK. PACKER TIRES for Bourgault, Seedmaster and Seed Hawk drills at extremely low prices. New and like new cond. Air filled 4.8x8, $29 each. 1-800-667-4515 or visit: www.combineworld.com RETIRED: 2007 BOURGAULT Series II 47’ air drill w/6350 tank, dual fans, $80,000; 2 Call 306-222-7101, Meacham, SK. 2011 MORRIS CONTOUR 51’, 10” spacing, side band openers, c/w 2012 7240 3rd tank, $99,000. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

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2010 NH ST830 56’, 12” spacing, 550 lbs. trips, air package, Technotill seed system, excellent, $67,500 OBO. 306-441-4003, North Battleford, SK.

FLEXI-COIL 95 HARROW PACKER, 40 ft., P-20 packer, good condition. Phone 204-248-2507, Notre Dame, MB.

2010 BOURGAULT 3310 65’, Paralink, 12” spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, $140,000. 2002 49’ Morris Maxim air drill, 12” space, w/7240 Morris grain cart, $45,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2008 SEEDMASTER SXL 2100 50’ 12” 300 bu. seed, 2100 gallon fert. all on board. Smart hitch, 4 cameras, one owner unit $125,000 OBO. 306-591-1133 Pense, SK.

DOES YOUR TRACTOR need more oil to keep up to seeder technology? 9170, 9270, 9380, etc. most older Versatiles and many others including 4000 Massey series. Ph us w/your needs. Hydratec Hydraulics, 306-721-2630, 1-800-667-7712 Regina SK

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WANTED: 1984-1986 White 4-270 4WD tractor. Call Danny Spence, 306-246-4632, Speers, SK.

1996 CASE 5240, 5300 hrs., can be equipped w/loader; 2001 MX120, 4800 hours; 2001 MX170, available with new loader. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB.

2010 CASE/IH MAGNUM 275, 2696 hrs., 3 PTH, big 1000 PTO, $126,500. For info. call Brandon at 306-577-5678, Manor, SK. 2013 140A FARMALL Case/IH w/loader, 1800 hrs., $82,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. NEW UNDERCARRIAGE REPLACEMENT parts for CIH Quadtracs. Bogeys $798 and seal $189. More shipments arriving. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

2014 33’ SUNFLOWER 1435 tandem disc, has new plain blades $55,000. Call A.E. LEON 2530 BLADE 12’, 6-way hydraulic Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, blade, very little use, off Farmall 140A. Can be made to fit other tractors, $8980 Storthoaks, SK. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 47’ FLEXI-COIL 820 cultivator, 9” spacing w/4 bar harrows and air pack. Call Junop 1997 9370, 3592 hrs., 8 new Goodyear 24.5x32, GPS, new injectors, exc. cond., Brothers, 306-493-7605, Delisle, SK. $103,000. 306-280-6192, Rabbit Lake, SK. MORRIS 743 CHISEL PLOW, 12” spacing, CASE/IH 7120 FWA tractor with 3 PTH good 16” sweeps, w/Degelman hyd. driven and new tires. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm rod, $10,000. 306-463-8416, Eston, SK. Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. For sale bill and MANDAKO 28’ TWISTER vertical till with 2 photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or bar harrows and rolling baskets, very good join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or cond., $58,000. 306-246-4881, Speers, SK. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

FORD TANDEM DISC 13’ wide, new front DIKA STYLE BRAKING PLOW, $10,000. notched blades, plain back blades, 20” dia. Danny Spence, 306-246-4632, Speers, SK. blades front and back, nice shape, $4000 41’ JD 1600 CULTIVATOR with Degelman OBO. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB. harrows, Morris 35’ cultivator, 2-14’ IH 2005 70’ BOURGAULT 6000 mid harrows, 6200 disc drills, 48’ CP643 Morris deep tilllow acres, excellent condition, $24,000. age cultivator, 33’ IH deep tillage cultivaPhone for more details and pictures. tor, 33’ CP743 Morris deep tillage cultiva306-745-8880, Langenburg, SK. tor, 21’ Ezee-On offset disc. Don Biette Land and Farm Equipment Auction, Mon2011 RITE-WAY 7150 heavy harrows 50’, day April 17th, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area. with 2255 Valmar applicator, $34,500. Visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com for 306-554-2511, Wynyard, SK. sale bill and photos or join our FB page. 55’ RITE-WAY 8000 Jumbo heavy har- Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, rows, hyd. tine adjustment, field ready, Mack Auction Co. PL 311962. good cond. 306-682-2338, Burr, SK. 46’ FLEXI-COIL 75 packer bar, P20 packers. Call Junop Brothers, 306-493-7605, JD 2410 AND 2400 cultivators, 60’, new in Delisle, SK. 2009 and 2010, c/w JD height adj., knock70’ DEGELMAN STRAWMASTER 7000 on shovels, 3 bar HD harrows, used very heavy harrow, also 60’ Flexi-Coil System little, like new. Charles Cattle Co., 95 harrow packers. William Krell Estate 306-457-2935, Stoughton, SK. Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, Stoughton, SK. For sale bill and pho- RETIRED: 2011 Salford 30’ RTS, good tos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com condition, $57,000. Call 306-222-7101, or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, Meacham, SK. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 MORRIS MAGNUM II 47’ cultivator with 2055 Valmar. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday April 8, 2017, JD 7200 PLANTERS IN STOCK, 8 to 16 Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos row, any planter makes available. Call visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or Reimer Farm Equipment, Gary Reimer, join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 204-326-7000, Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB.

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ALLIS CHALMERS D19, diesel, new engine, and good tires, asking $11,500. 204-243-2453, High Bluff, MB.

CASE/IH 9270 4WD tractor Don Biette Land and Farm Equipment Auction, Monday April 17th, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area. Visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our FB page. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL 311962. 1983 CASE 2290 w/Leon 707 FEL, 4700 hrs., rebuilt PS and diff., 4 remotes, dual PTO, good tires, duals, $18,500. Prince Albert, SK. 306-922-8155, 306-960-3230.

2010 CASE/IH STEIGER 335, powershift, AutoSteer, 520/85x42 duals, rear weights, shedded, only 775 hours. 204-268-2853, Selkirk, MB.

1984 JOHN DEERE 8440, 4 WD, with PTO, 7800 hrs., in good condition, $15,000. 306-831-6098, Milden, SK.

2013 JOHN DEERE 6125R with 340 FEL This tractor is loaded! Genuine 400 hrs., premium cab, 3DLX hyds, 540/540E/1000 PTO, MFWD w/adj REMs, cold start 11, 200 amp, alt., IVT, exc. cond., $149,000 OBO. 306-331-9682, 306-332-4520, Abernethy, SK. mapleridgefarms@sasktel.net 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. 2009 JD 9630, 4 WD, 3000 hrs., 800 metric duals, GreenStar ready, deluxe cab Xenon lights, big hyd. pump, $235,000; 2008 8430, 2336 hrs., IVT trans., 3 PTH, Xenon lights, Hi-flow hyds., large 1000 PTO, prem. cab, 5 SCVs, power beyond feature, always shedded, $185,000. Call Rob 204-461-0344, 204-461-0328, Warren, MB 2000 JD 7710, 5130 hrs; 2006 7720, 6200 hrs; 2003 7810, 4200 hrs; 1998 7810, 5900 hrs. All MFWD and can be equipped w/loaders. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. UTILITY TRACTORS: John Deere 6200, 4400 hrs; JD 6310 w/640 loader, 4500 hrs. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 1989 JD 8760, 4 WD, 8900 hrs., 12 spd. diff. lock, 4 hyds., 20.8x38 Goodyear factory duals- 80%, always shedded, immaculate cond, always serviced w/JD oil and filters, $52,500. 306-744-7607, Saltcoats, SK 1998 JD 9400, powershift, shedded, tow cable, 710x70R38 rubber, 7000 hrs., $74,000. 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. JD 4755 2 WD, vg shape, differential lock. 306-576-2171 or 360-560-7679. Wishart, SK. 2003 JD 9420, 5261 hrs., 24 spd., Greenstar ready, 7/10-70R42, $130,000. Earl Grey, SK. 306-939-4800 or 306-726-7807. JD 8630, PTO, tires like new, excellent condition, $19,500. Call 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 1990 JD 4455, exc. shape, completely restored, less than 2000 orig. hours! Charles Cattle Co., 306-457-2935, Stoughton, SK. 1991 JD 8760, 4 WD, full powershift, 7000 hrs., duals, tires good, 4 hydraulics, $45,000. 306-395-2733, Chaplin, SK. JD 3140 with 148 loader and grapple. 306-283-4747, Langham, SK.

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WANTED: JD 2520 tractor, powershift, 1969-1972. Also 3020, 4000, 4020, 4620, diesel, powershift, 1969-1972; Cancar Ag tree farmer 4WD, 1960’s. 306-960-3000.

SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65. Volume discounts. March Clearance Special - Buy 2 get 1 free! Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

1982 JD 4640, approx. 9000 hrs, good rubber, always shedded, $22,000 OBO. 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK. 1992 JD 4055, MFWD, 15 spd. PS, 8900 hrs, 3PTH, exc cond, new tires, battery, alternator & A/C pump, $45,000 OBO. Din2011 HITACHI 270 CL-3 excavator Isuzu, smore, SK. 306-846-7770, 306-846-4501. 4 cyl. 147 HP dsl. eng., 5’ WBM bucket JD 4630, loader, cab; Case 2870, 4x4, De- w/hyd. thumb, 32’’ tracks, 8692.5 hrs., gelman dozer; Cockshutt 550 gas; 1991 AC, heater, 2 spd., exc. working cond., GMC 17’ B&H. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK $125,000. Can deliver. (Warranty). 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 1998 JD 9300 4WD tractor with 6545 hrs and Greenstar ready, also a JD 8760 4WD tractor w/4415 hrs. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and EQUIPMENT, TREES AND LAND: IHC photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or TD crawler; IHC 914 combine; Co-op 550 join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or swather; Massey 860 combine; Parting out combines/tractors- MF 1030 tractor. For 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Rent: Pasture/hayland; Standing poplar. JOHN DEERE 8440 4WD tractor. Don 204-268-1888, Beausejour, MB. Biette Land and Farm Equipment Auction Monday April 17, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used Visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com for highway tractors. For more details call sale bill & photos visit or join our FB page. 204-685-2222 or view information at Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, www.titantrucksales.com Mack Auction Co. PL 311962. 2006 JD 3800 TELEHANDLER, 3900 hrs. JD 9320 4WD with 3800 hrs and Greenstar new Michelin rubber. Good for farm use. ready, JD 8640 4WD tractor with PTO, JD Call for attach. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 4640 2WD tractor, JD 4240 2WD with JD 148 FEL and grapple, JD 5020 2WD tractor BOBCAT 943 SKIDSTEER, $14,900; NH and front mount Schulte snowblower, JD LX865 skidsteer, $12,900; McKee 7’ snow5020 2WD tractor w/dozer blade, JD 5020 blower, $1,000; Lorenz 8’ HD snowblower, 2WD tractor w/2086 hrs, JD 4020 2WD $1,500; Gehl 500 cu. ft., 4 auger feed cart, tractor w/JD 148 FEL, JD 2130 2WD trac- $10,000; Eversman V-Ditcher $2,000, Ashtor with 3 PTH. William Krell Estate Farm land 4.5, 6, and 8 yard scrapers, Phoenix Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, rotary harrow 35’, 42’, and 53’; Knight 3 Stoughton, SK. area. For sale bill and pho- auger feed cart, $5,000. 1-866-938-8537. tos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, RETIRING: SELLING EQUIPMENT. 2 JD 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 9430s (1 w/PTO); JD 4920 sprayer, loaded; JD W150 30' swather; Bourgault 52' DT w/ 1996 JOHN DEERE 8570, 4450 hrs., 24 NH3; Sakundiak 12x70 auger; Cat 70 scrapspd., PTO, very good condition, asking er; Delmar 60' H-Harrow w/Valmar; Case $67,000. 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK. 970, std., no cab; IH tandem dsl. auto., 20' B&H, and more. Well kept, low hr. equipment. 204-734-0361, 204-238-4973, Bowsman, MB. cgust@xplornet.com 2012 MASSEY 6490, 2200 hrs.; 2007 MF 8480, 5100 hrs. Both MFWD. Call 1986 JD 4650, 15 spd., PS, 3 remotes, 20.8Rx42, 7500 hrs. vg; Schulte hyd. drive 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. rockpicker, vg. 306-771-2765 Balgonie, SK 1983 MF 2805, 20.4x38 duals (good), good V8 motor, needs hyd. pump on RH exterior ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De$4000 OBO. 306-735-2936 Whitewood, SK gelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. 1982 MASSEY 4800, 3 spd. powershift, 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. PTO, 230 HP, 18.4x38 tires, $20,000 OBO. 306-648-8144, Gravelbourg, SK. WANTED: SLIDE-IN TRUCK SPRAYER. 306-640-8034 cel, 306-266-2016 res, Wood Mountain, SK. gm93@sasktel.net TBH GRADER, 14’ blade, rubber tires, $1600 firm; Hydraulic end maker, runs on air, offers. Call 306-460-9027, 306-463-3480, Flaxcombe, SK.

BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Pre- PURE PLAINS BREEDING BULLS from servers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, Alberta Bison Ranch are selected out of a SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. large closed group that have been eating natural feeds and selected for ADG. 780-284-0347, Mayerthorpe, AB. Email: albertabisonranch@gmail.com Visit onCLEAR SPRINGS TROUT FARM Rainbow line: albertabison.ca Trout, 4”, 6” and 8” for spring stocking. 204-937-4403, 204-937-8087, Roblin, MB. 70 YEARLING HEIFERS for sale. Approx 800-900 lbs. Call 306-728-4906 after 6PM. KEET’S FISH FARM: Rainbow Trout fin- Melville, SK. gerlings for spring stocking. Collin 306-260-0288, Rachel 306-270-4639, NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison Saskatoon, SK. www.keetsfishfarm.com on the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. For spring delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Contact Richard Bintner 306-873-3184. BEV’S FISH & SEAFOOD LTD., buy direct, fresh fish: Pickerel, Northern Pike, WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from yearWhitefish and Lake Trout. Seafood also lings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph available. Phone toll free 1-877-434-7477, Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. 306-763-8277, Prince Albert, SK. ROUGH BARK BISON CO. will have 15 of Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in it’s best 2015 heifers at the Great Spirit the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. commercial sale at Noon April 1st, 2017, Heartland Livestock, Brandon, MB. 961 lb. It’s a sure thing. 1-800-782-0794. avg. weight Jan 15th. Rob 306-861-2677. 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, 12 to 300 KWs, lots of units in stock. Used and new: Perkins, John Deere and Deutz. We also build custom Gensets. We currently have special pricing on new John Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471.

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WIRELESS FULL BIN SENSOR; New natural gas/propane grain heater; T-Jet Centerline 220 GPS guidance system; Westfield folding hydraulic end gate drill fill. FOR SALE: Floor loom; Table loom; Spin306-831-7034, Rosetown, SK. ning wheels, etc. Viewing by appointment only. Call 306-782-1235, Yorkton, SK. SIMPLICITY TWIN POWER pac 19 garden 1994 NH 9880, 7200 hrs, 710x38 (150 hrs) tractor & Ford 165 LGT. 16 HP running or new pivot points and rad, LED lights, front not, but complete. Phone 204-424-5293 & rear weights, vg, shedded, $89,900. after 6:00pm. La Broquerie, MB. Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK WANTED: Older and newer tractors, in NH 9482 4WD tractor with 4775 hours. running condition or for parts. Goods Used Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Tractor Parts, 1-877-564-8734. Auction on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 2013 NH T9670, 4 WD, 1770 hrs., mega- 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. flow hyds., 6 hyd. outlets, powershift, AutoSteer, frt. weights. Ralph 306-531-9931, WANTED: FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 75 hyd. Regina, SK. View at: McDougallbay.com folding coil packers. Regina, SK. area. Email: jonmitch@westnet.com.au

PIPE FOR SALE. Diameters from 2-1/2" up to 60" dia. Lengths up to 60'. Great for construction, culvert and landroller projects, vg cond. 306-697-8757, Grenfell, SK. kennett.karl@yahoo.ca DRILL STEM: 200 3-1/2”, $45/ea; 400 2-7/8”, $32/ea; 700 2-3/8”, $33/ea; 300 1” rods. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK.

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2010 2375, 4 WD, 520 rubber, 4 remotes, 1900 hrs., full weights, always shedded, $130,000 OBO. 306-577-1204, Carlyle, SK. 16’ PEELED RAILS, 2-3” $7.50 ea., 125 per bundle; 3-4” $9.25 ea., 100 per bundle; 1982 VERSATILE 835, 8837 hrs., Atom Jet 4-5” $11 each, 75 per bundle. Vermette hydraulics, air ride seat, extra lighting, Wood Preservers, 1-800-667-0094, Spruce 18.4x38 duals, good condition, $21,500. Home, SK info@vwpltd.com 306-630-9838, Brownlee, SK. GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence RETIRED: 2010 VERSATILE 375, 1900 posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner hrs., std. trans., AutoSteer, good cond. Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron $150,000. 306-222-7101, Meacham, SK. 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. 1993 FORD VERSATILE 876, 5765 hrs., excellent shape, $35,000. 306-463-8416, Eston, SK. 2014 VERS. 2375, 310 hrs., warranty until Nov., 2017, private sale. 306-441-6160 or 306-398-4025, Baldwinton, SK.

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1979 JD 444 loader. Selling my snow clearing loaders & plow trucks. 204-792-2307, Winnipeg, MB. dwhite22@shaw.ca BLOCKED AND SEASONED FIREWOOD: $180 per 160 ft.≥ cord; bags $80 (includes DEGELMAN DOZER BLADE, 14’, 6-way refundable deposit for bag). Bundles of blade, mounted on Case STX 325, 4’-5’ or 6.5’ also available. Vermette Wood $19,000. Call 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK. Preservers 1-800-667-0094, Spruce Home.

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REG. 2 YEAR OLD Black and Red Angus bulls. Will be semen tested, guaranteed and delivered. View catalogue online at www.reddiamondfarm.com Call Michael Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB. OSSAWA ANGUS, MARQUETTE, MB. has for sale yearling and 2 year old bulls and open yearling heifers. Call 204-375-6658 or 204-383-0703. FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Virgin 2 year olds and herd sires available. Genetics with maternal and calving ease traits. 204-564-2540 or 204-773-6800, Shellmouth. www.nerbasbrosangus.com

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65 RISING 2 yr. old Red and Black Angus bulls. Info sheets available. Triple V Ranch, Dan Van Steelandt 204-665-2448, 204-522-0092; Matt 204-267-0706. www.vvvranch.com Melita, MB. REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS yearling bulls, low birthweight, very quiet. We’ve been in registered Blacks for over 50 yrs. Buy now and save! EPD’s and delivery available. Amaranth, MB., 204-470-0748. REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS YEARLING bulls and open replacement heifers. Moderate frame with good dispositions. EPD’s available. Semen tested and delivered. Bloodlines include: Kodiak, Brand Name, Pioneer, Patriot Upward. Ph. Colin, Kembar Angus, 204-725-3597, Brandon, MB. YEARLING ANGUS BULLS. Canadian bloodlines. Top quality. Phone 306-877-2014, Dubuc, SK.

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if you need to market before this sale we do weigh ups throughout the week We have 6-7 cow buyers, 7-8 order buyers, 2-4 local buyers. We have orders on our market for the largest feed yards in the U.S. and canada to other dealers, to small Mennonite orders in ontario to feedlots in Morden and Winkler. our buyers need more then 10,000 grass cattle! “Where Buyers & Sellers Meet”

ALL BREEDS OPEN REPLACEMENT Heifers Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose HARMONY NATURAL BISON buying fin- Jaw, SK. Saturday April 8th, 2017. 300+ ished up to $6.25/lb HHW; Culls up to expected. 306-693-4715. More info & pics: $5.25/lb HHW; Feeders up to $4.75/lb www.johnstoneauction.ca PL #914447 LW. Call/text 306-736-3454, SE Sask. ANDERSON’S FOUR BAR X RANCH & QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for fin- MARTENS CATTLE CO. Annual Angus ished, and all other types of bison. COD, and Charolais Bull Sale. Monday April paying market prices. “Producers working 3rd, 1:00PM at the Spiritwood Stockyards, with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and Spiritwood, SK. Selling 30 Black Angus MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. bulls and 30 Charolais bulls. All bulls are semen tested. Wintering and delivery BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison available. For a catalogue or more info. is looking to contract grain finished bison, contact Kevin 306-883-7355, Sylvan as well as calves and yearlings for growing 306-883-7967 or T Bar C Cattle Co. markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca

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CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS registered bulls. Sired by Kodiak, Angus Valley, Final Answer, Cranberry Creek Tiger. EPD and weights available. Hand fed for longevity. Semen tested, reg. transfer, delivered in May. Guaranteed breeders. Please call 204-534-2380 David and Jeanette Neufeld

SPRUCE FOR SALE!! Beautiful locally To Consign or for more grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, information call: 204-694-8328 Mike get the year round protection you need. www.winnipeglivestocksales.com We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or deLicence #1122 liver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring orders ALAMEDA BULL SALE, Friday, March 24, MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 1 PM, Alaemda, SK. Selling 40 Angus and Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: or visit: www.didsburysprucefarms.com 10 Charolais yearling bulls. Mantei Farms www.maverickconstruction.ca Angus, 306-461-5501, Perrot Cattle Co., 306-485-7666, Phillips Farms Charolais, 306-421-6416, Catalogue online at www.bohrson.com

855 VERSATILE 4WD tractor. Don Biette Land and Farm Equipment Auction, Monday April 17th, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area. Visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our FB page. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

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CATTLE CAPITAL BULL SALE! Saturday April 15, 1:00 PM at the Ste. Rose Auction Mart, Ste. Rose Du Lac, MB. Offering 55 Red & Black Fullblood Simmentals, Black Angus, Charolais, Gelbvieh and Balancer bulls. For a catalogue or more information contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. THE PASKWAW BISON PRODUCERS To view the catalogue on-line visit us at: COALITION is a registered Non-Profit Cor- www.buyagro.com PL#116061 poration dedicated to raising public awareness to the threat Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) poses to the bison industry. For further info contact Robert Johnson ANGUS PINE FARM has Black and Red pskwbpc@gmail.com Angus yearling bulls. Moderate BW’s. Will be semen tested & delivered. Also check our 3 bulls at the Manitoba Bull Test Station, Sale April 1st 2017. Peter or Florence Petrash, 204-425-7765, Sundown, MB.

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WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly trac1992 FORD VERSATILE 976, recent re- tors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor pairs, Atom Jet, Outback AutoSteer, 7400 Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. hrs., $47,500 OBO. Call 204-242-4332, LOOKING FOR: VICON 716 hay header to WESTERN IRRIGATION: CADMAN Dealer. Manitou, MB. fit Massey Ferguson 200 swather. Call Spring discounts. Full line of new and 306-246-4881, Speers, SK. used equipment. 1 Cadman 4000S wide body big gun, like new; Also alum. pipe, pumps and motors. If we don’t have it, we will get it for you! Call 306-867-9461, FENCE REMOVAL. Wire rolled, posts 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK. piled. Call 306-783-5639, 306-641-4255, Ebenezer, SK. WATER IN THE WRONG PLACE: Used pumping motors, PTO carts, 6” - 10” alum. SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire pipe. 50 years experience. Call Dennis and all accessories for installation. Heights 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, 1993 FORD 846, 7792 hrs., 230 HP, 4 WD, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen 18.4R38 duals, PTO, 4 hyds., diff lock, cab, ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. AC, heat, 14 spd. std. trans., $46,000 OBO. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 1991 FORD 846, 7800 hrs. (500 on rebuilt eng.), 4 remotes, no PTO, std. trans., w/wo 14’ Degelman blade, asking $40,000. 306-648-8144, Gravelbourg, SK.

NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

CRESCENT CREEK ANGUS 19th Annual Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, April 1st, 2017, 1:00 PM, Goodeve, SK. Selling 55 Black Angus yearling bulls and 42 top cut open replacement heifers. All bulls semen and performance tested. For video or catalogues visit: www.crescentcreekangus.com Call Wes 306-876-4420 or 306-728-8284; Rob 780-916-2628. SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Black and Red Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730. GOOD QUALITY PB Black Angus 2 yr. old bulls, semen tested and guaranteed breeders. Phone David or Pat 306-963-2639 or 306-963-7739, Imperial, SK. SENIOR ANGUS HERDSIRE 5 years old, docile, excellent breeder, light BW first calves. Sold cows. Also 2 yr. old and yearling Angus bulls. 306-345-2046, Pense, SK. 30 BLACK ANGUS 2 year old bulls. Calving ease and performance lines. Board and delivery available. Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK.

DOUBLE ‘F’ CATTLE CO. 8th Annual Bull Sale, March 30th, 2:00 PM at Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, SK. Selling 50 rugged Black Angus bulls and an elite group of replacement heifers. Kelly Feige 306-747-2376, 306-747-7498. Catalogue online after Mar 1. www.doublefcattle.com SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK.

JOHNSTON/ FERTILE VALLEY Private Treaty Bull Sale. All JFV bulls will be sold off the yard this year. Over 125 thick, easy fleshing good haired yearling and 2 year old bulls selected from 600 low maintenance, high production cows. They are sired by the leading A.I. bulls in the industry including Regard, Resource, Renown, International, Ten Speed, Glanworth 57U, Special Focus and Brilliance. Many of these bulls are suitable for heifers. All bulls are semen tested with complete performance info. available. Deferred payment program with 60% down and 40% interest free due Dec. 1, 2017. Come and see one of the most respected cowherds in Canada. Select the bull or group of bulls that you really want at your leisure without the pressure of a sale. David and Dennis Johnston 306-856-4726, Conquest, SK. View the cowherd online at website: www.johnstonfertilevalley.com BLACK ANGUS YEARLING and 2 year old bulls on moderate growing ration, performance info. available. Adrian or Brian and Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Call 306-441-0946 or 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com 19th ANNUAL 49th PARALLEL Black Angus Bull Sale, Monday, March 27th 2017, 1:00PM, Mankota, SK. On offer: 80 yearling bulls; 10 Purebred open replacement heifers; 75 commercial open replacement heifers. For more information or catalogue contact Glendar Angus 306-478-7722 or Ross River Ranch 306-741-6251. 25TH TOP CUT BLACK ANGUS Bull Sale, Friday, March 24, 12:30 PM CST at Cowtown Livestock Exchange, Maple Creek, SK. On offer 75- 2 yr. old bulls and 24 yearling bulls. 100 quality Commercial replacement heifers. For info. contact: Craig Angus 306-622-2021; Bear Creek Angus 306-558-0011; Hawkeye Ranching Co. Ltd., 306-622-2632; Forbes Angus, 306-558-2063. Catalogue at BuyAgro.com BASKM ANGUS is selling 5 two year olds and 1 yearling bull in the Tri-N Charolais and Guest Bull Sale 2:00 PM, DST, Saturday, April 1st, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. View catalogue and videos online at bylivestock.com Matt Ginter 204-721-4805 PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. RIGHT CROSS RANCH Annual Red & Black Angus Bulls Sale. Monday April 17th, 2017, 1:00 PM at the Right Cross Ranch Sale Facility, Kisbey, SK. Selling 50 Black & Red Angus bulls plus ranch horses from Cross Bar Ranch. Delivery available in Western Canada. For a catalogue or more info contact Jim 306-575-7608 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. 9th Annual IMPACT Angus & Charolais Bulls Sale, Saturday March 25th, 1:30PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 50 Black & Red Angus yearling bulls. For a catalogue or more info. contact Randy Tetzlaff at 306-944-2734, Jason George at 306-567-7939 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. TRIPLE J FARMS 9th Annual Black Angus Bull Sale, Wednesday March 29th, 1:00PM at the farm, Whitewood, SK. (12 mi. S of Whitewood on Hwy #9), offering 60 yearling Black Angus bulls. For a catalogue or more info. contact Brad and/or Sharon Jeannot 306-735-7760, Ben Wright 519-374-3335 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale day watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca 20th ANNUAL TRIPLE ‘A’ BULL SALE, Saturday April 1st, 1:00PM CST at the Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer 85 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls, performance tested. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale day watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca ANDERSON CATTLE CO. BULL SALE, Wednesday April 12th, 1:00 PM. on the farm, Swan River, MB. Offering 60 Black & Red Angus yearling and 2 year old bulls, open heifers and cow/calf pairs. For more information or a catalogue contact the Andersons at 204-734-2073, T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. To view catalogue online visit: www.andersoncattle.ca or www.buyagro.com PL#116061. BLAIRS AG. CATTLE CO., Pursuit of Excellence Bull Sale, Tuesday April 4th, 1:00 PM at the Jackson Cattle Co. sale facility in Sedley, SK. Featuring 75 two year old and 5 yearling Black and Red Angus bulls plus 170 commercial bred heifers from Scott Griner, showcasing Blairs.Ag genetics. For more information on the bred heifers contact Scott 306-536-2157. For more sale information or a catalogue contact Kevin at 306-365-7922, Blake 306-528-7484 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. To view catalogue on-line visit: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE, Monday April 10th at 1:00 PM at the Spiritwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling 70 Black Angus, Charolais and Simmental yearling and 2 year old bulls. For more info or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

90- TWO YR OLD and yearling Red Angus bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested and delivered in the spring. Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, Leader, SK. WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM has for sale a good selection of Red Angus and MaineAnjou yearling and 2 year old bulls. We are selling by Private Treaty from the yard. All bulls semen tested and can be delivered. Call Sid at 204-373-2631, Ridgeville, MB. View catalogue and videos online at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca REG. 2 YEAR OLD Red and Black Angus bulls. Will be semen tested, guaranteed and delivered. View catalogue online at www.reddiamondfarm.com Phone Michael Becker, 204-348-2464, Whitemouth, MB.

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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. F BAR & ASSOCIATES Angus bulls for sale. Choose from 20 two year old and yearling Red and Black Angus bulls. Great genetics, easy handling, semen tested, delivery available. Call for sales list. Inquiries and visitors are welcome! Call Allen & Merilyn Staheli, 204-448-2124, Eddystone, MB. E-mail: amstaheli@inethome.ca RED AND BLACK ANGUS yearlings and 2 year olds. All bulls semen tested, from AI sires. Can deliver. Call Don 204-422-5216. Ste Anne, MB. SOUTH VIEW RANCH Red and Black Angus Bull Sale, Thursday April 13th. Offering 90+ Red and Black Angus yearling bulls. Performance data, semen tested. Phone Shane 306-869-8074 or Keith 306-454-2730, Ceylon, SK. SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Red and Black Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730. KENRAY RANCH RED ANGUS BULLS: 40 responsibly developed, fully guaranteed yearling bulls available. 30+ years in business. Open house March 25th. On-line sale April 5th - 6th. www.DVAuctions.com For more info. contact Sheldon 306-452-7545 or Ray 306-452-7447, Redvers, SK. E-mail: www.kenrayranch.com ARM RIVER RED ANGUS has on offer yearling and 2 year old bulls sired by Red Cockburn Patriot 12R, Red Golden Eagle Yosemite 6A, NRA Dateline 109Y (Black Red gene carrier) Red 6 Mile Summit 467Z and grandsons of Canadian World Angus Forum Reserve Champion “Red Lazy MC Smash 41 N.” Arm River Red Angus bulls are selected from cows that calve unassisted. They are born easy with a will to live, the genetics to grow and the quality to sell. Select your next herd sire from central Sask Red Angus bull supplier in our 31st year. 306-567-4702, Davidson, SK 20 RED ANGUS 2 yr old bulls. Calving ease and maternal lines. Board and delivery avail. Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca RED ANGUS BULLS with excellent hair and exceptional feet. Rugged cow bulls and beefy heifer bulls. EKW Red Angus, Elmer Wiebe, 306-381-3691, Hague, SK. COMMERCIAL 2 YR old Red Angus heifer bulls and performance bulls. 38+ cm scrottles. Perfect breeding condition. Contact Harv Verishine 306-283-4666, 306-281-5424 cell, Langham SK.

RIGHT CROSS RANCH Annual Red & Black Angus Bulls Sale. Monday April 17th, 2017, 1:00 PM at the Right Cross Ranch Sale Facility, Kisbey, SK. Selling 50 Red & Black Angus bulls plus ranch horses from Cross Bar Ranch. Delivery available in Western Canada. For a catalogue or more info contact Jim 306-575-7608 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

2 YEAR OLD polled Charolais bulls. Also Charolais yearling bulls polled and horned, semen tested and delivered. Call Layne and Paula Evans at 306-252-2246 or 20th ANNUAL TRIPLE ‘A’ BULL SALE, 306-561-7147, Kenaston, SK. Saturday April 1st, 1:00PM CST at the Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE On offer 85 Red and Black Angus yearling 1:00PM on the farm, Saturday, April 1st, bulls, performance tested. For a catalogue 2017. 39 bulls, tan and whites; 11 two or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. year olds and 28 yearlings. Avg. weaning 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online weight 796 lbs. No creep. Yearlings $3000 at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale and up; 2 yr. olds start at $4250. Will keep day watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca until May 1st. Must be insured. For more info. call Jerome and Cindy Tremblay BLAIRS AG. CATTLE CO., Pursuit of 306-394-4406, Courval, SK. Excellence Bull Sale, Tuesday April 4th, 1:00 PM at the Jackson Cattle Co. sale REG. POLLED YEARLING Charolais bulls for facility in Sedley, SK. Featuring 75 two sale. Call Larry 306-883-2169 evenings, year old and 5 yearling Red and Black An- Spiritwood, SK. gus bulls plus 170 commercial bred heifers from Scott Griner, showcasing Blairs.Ag CREEK’S EDGE PUREBRED Charolais bulls genetics. For more information on the for sale off the farm. 60 yearlings and 6 bred heifers contact Scott 306-536-2157. two year olds. We welcome you to our bull For more sale information or a catalogue pen anytime. Also selling purebred Charocontact Kevin at 306-365-7922, Blake lais replacement heifers. Please phone 306-528-7484 or T Bar C Cattle Co. Stephen 306-279-2033 or 306-279-7709, 306-220-5006. To view catalogue on-line Yellow Creek, SK. View all our bulls online visit: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. www.creeksedgecharolais.ca ANDERSON CATTLE CO. BULL SALE, 2 YR OLD and yearling bulls, polled, semen Wednesday April 12th, 1:00 PM. on the tested, guaranteed, delivered. Prairie Gold farm, Swan River, MB. Offering 60 Red & Charolais, 306-882-4081, Rosetown, SK. Black Angus yearling and 2 year old bulls, open heifers and cow/calf pairs. For more RED WHITE TAN Charolais bulls, yearling information or a catalogue contact the An- and two year olds, Canyon Timeout, and dersons at 204-734-2073 or T Bar C Cattle Landmark bloodlines, semen tested and Co. 306-220-5006. To view catalogue on- delivered. Wheatheart Charolais, Roseline visit: www.andersoncattle.ca or town, SK., 306-882-6444 or 306-831-9369 www.buyagro.com PL#116061. POLLED PB YEARLING Charolais Bulls, performance & semen tested. Can keep until May, $3000. Charrow Charolais, Bill 306-387-8011, 780-872-1966, Marshall SK

TRANSCON’S ADVANTAGE BULL SALE, Sat. Apr. 1, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, 5 miles West of Saskatoon on Hwy. 14. 107 bulls on offer consisting of: 69 Simmental bulls (67 Polled) - 53 Red, 2 Black, 14 Fullblood, 13 Red Angus, 1 Black Angus, 24- 2 year old Charolais bulls (17 Polled). View full catalog online at: www.transconlivestock.com For more info. call Jay Good at 403-556-5563.

BELLEVUE BLONDS has an excellent group of performance and semen tested polled PB Blonde yearling bulls for sale. Reasonably priced. Marcel 204-379-2426 or 204-745-7412, Haywood, MB.

27TH ANNUAL NORTHERN Progress Bull Sale, Friday, April 7th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon. 1:30 PM. Featuring 40 yearling (31 Red, 9 Black) and 20 2 yr. old Red Angus bulls. Lots of calving ease bulls with performance. RSL Red Angus, Battleford, SK., 306-937-2880 or 306-441-5010. RED ANGUS YEARLING and 2 year old bulls on moderate growing ration, performance info. available. Adrian or Brian and Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Call 306-441-0946 or 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com REG. RED ANGUS bulls born Feb./Mar. 2016, calving ease, good growth. Coming 3 year old Red Angus herdsire, used on purebred herd. Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK. CORNERSTONE RED ANGUS AND CHAROLAIS Bull Sale Saturday, April 15, 1:30 PM, Whitewood, SK. Auction Market. Offering 50 Red Angus and 31 Charolais yearling bulls. Semen tested, guaranteed w/free board and delivery avail. Plus 30 Red Angus and Charolais/Red Angus cross commercial open heifers. Online bidding at DLMS.ca Phil Birnie 306-577-7440, Kelly Brimner 306-577-7698. View catalogue online at: www.bylivestock.com HOWE RED ANGUS & Whitecap/Rosso Charolais Bull Sale. April 5th, 2017, 1:00PM, 8 miles South of Moose Jaw on #2 Hwy, 1.5 miles East on Baildon grid. Selling 35 Red Angus plus 47 two year old Charolais and 25 yearling Charolais. Contact Darwin 306-690-8916, Kelly 306-693-2163 or Mike 306-631-8779. 9th Annual IMPACT Angus & Charolais Bulls Sale, Saturday March 25th, 1:30PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 50 Red & Black Angus yearling bulls. For a catalogue or more info. contact Randy Tetzlaff at 306-944-2734 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

GOOD QUALITY YEARLING and 2 year old Charolais bulls. Mostly AI sired. Semen tested. Some Red Factors. Will feed until breeding time. Contact Bar H Charolais, Grenfell, SK. Kevin Haylock, 306-697-2901 or 306-697-2988.

POLLED YEARLING BLONDE BULLS for sale, Estevan, SK. area. Phone 306-634-2174 or cell 306-421-6987.

PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS: 1.5 year olds and yearlings, white and red factor, some good for heifers, semen tested. Guaranteed and delivered. R+G McDonald Livestock, 204-466-2883 or 204-724-2811, Sidney, MB. REGISTERED PB CHAROLAIS yearling and 2 yr. old bulls by private treaty. Semen tested and guaranteed. Call Brad 204-537-2367, 204-523-0062, Belmont, MB. www.clinecattlecompany.ca CATTLEMAN! AGAIN THIS year we have an excellent selection of polled Purebred Charolais bulls. Both yearling and 2 year olds. White and Red factor. As well as a group of very low birth weight bulls suitable for heifers. Shop early for best selection. Visit the farm or on the web at: www.defoortstockfarm.com Phone Gord or Sue at 204-743-2109, Cypress River, MB. SUNNY RIDGE STOCK FARM has for sale by private treaty yearling Charolais bulls, all are white, sired by calving ease bulls. Bulls are semen tested and come with our guarantee. Call 204-824-2115. PUREBRED POLLED CHAROLAIS Bulls, good disposition, good hair and good feet. Easy calving (Bluegrass’ grandsons) - 1 three year old, 1 two year old and 1 yearling (good bulls). Will be semen tested and guaranteed. K.E.H. Charolais, 204-748-1024, Virden, MB. Keith Hagan. REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK COMING 2 YR. old polled PB Charolais bulls, come red factor. Call Kings Polled Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK.

MACMILLAN CHAROLAIS Purebred reg. yearling bulls available. Bred for growth, easy keeping and market demand. Thick bulls with good feet, lots of hair and very quiet. Bulls are semen tested and can be kept until May 1. Call Lorna 306-227-2774 or 306-931-2893, Saskatoon, SK. 9th Annual IMPACT Angus & Charolais Bulls Sale, Saturday March 25th, 1:30PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Selling 40 Charolais bulls. For a catalogue or more info. contact Mike McAvoy at 306-241-1975 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

WILSON-LEES VALUE ADDED Bull Sale, Friday April 7th, 2:00PM in Kisbey, SK. Offering 70 Hereford yearling & 2 yr old bulls All bulls are semen tested and vet inspected. Delivery available. For a catalogue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

CRITTENDEN BROS. Polled Herefords “Supplying The Seed” Bull & Female Sale, Thursday April 6th, 1:00 PM at the farm, Imperial, SK. Selling 60 polled Hereford yearling and fall born bulls and females. For more info. or a catalogue contact Howard 306-963-7880 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE, on-line at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061 Monday April 10th at 1:00 PM at the Spiritwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling 70 Charolais, Black Angus and Simmental yearling and 2 year old bulls. For more info FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Cows and quota needed. We buy all class306-220-5006. View the catalogue online es of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

WHO’S YOUR DADDY’S 14th Annual Bull Sale will be selling 62 Shorthorn bulls, 2 yr olds and yearlings and 8 open replacement heifers, on April 6, 2017 at the Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Richard Moellenbeck 306-287-7904, Carl Lehmann 306-232-3511 or Scot Muri 306-741-6833. View catalogue: www.muridale.com Online bidding at www.dlms.ca

POLLED YEARLING AND 2 YEAR OLD Simmental bulls, Reds and Blacks. Bulls are fully guaranteed, semen tested and insured until delivery. Call Ray Cormier, 204-736-2608, La Salle, MB. and visit our SPRINGER LIMOUSIN has very quiet 2 yr website: www.riverbankfarms.com old and yearling Purebred Limousin bulls. Red or Black. Call Merv at 306-272-4817 PIZZEY SIMMENTAL is selling at the or 306-272-0144, Foam Lake, SK. farm yearling and 2 year old Red, Black and full Fleckvieh bulls, moderate BW. Call GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black Calvin 204-847-2055, Fox Warren, MB. Limousin bulls with good dispositions, calving ease. Qually-T Limousin, Rose ValTOP QUALITY RED FACTOR yearling Simley, SK. 306-322-7563 or 306-322-7554. mental bulls. Good hair coats. Polled; also POLLED RED AND Black Limousin 2 year 1 Red Factor Simm/Angus cross 2 year old old bulls. Board and delivery available. Rob bull, polled. Call Green Spruce Simmental 306-467-4975, 306-467-7912, Duck Lake. Garner, Simpson, SK., 306-946-7946. KEN-DOC LIMOUSIN selling polled bulls at the Prairie Gold Limousin Bull Sale, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, March 24th, 2017. These are thick, deep, quiet bulls. Contact Ken Gillies, 306-221-1159, Saskatoon, SK.

STOUT YEARLING and 2 yr. old Limousin PRAIRIE DISTINCTION CHAROLAIS Bull POLLED YEARLING and 2 year old bulls, bulls, polled, horned, red, black. Quiet Sale, Tuesday, March 28th, Neepawa, MB. quiet, good haired. Call Selin’s Gelvieh bulls w/great performance. Short Grass Limousin, 306-773-7196, Swift Current SK Ag Society. 17 two year olds and 45 year- 306-793-4568, Stockholm, SK. lings from 7 Manitoba breeders. Sale online at: www.dlms.ca. View catalogue at: www.bylivestock.com or ph. 306-536-4261 WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM has for sale CORNERSTONE CHAROLAIS AND RED FOR SALE: 25 open dehorned yearling a good selection of Maine-Anjou and Red Angus Bull Sale Saturday, April 15, 1:30 Hereford heifers. Call 306-743-5105, Angus yearling and 2 year old bulls. We PM, Whitewood SK. Auction Market. Offer- Langenburg, SK. www.vcherefordfarm.com are selling by Private Treaty from the yard. ing 31 Char. and 50 Red Angus yearling All bulls semen tested and can be delivbulls. Semen tested, guaranteed with free HORNED HEREFORD BULLS, two year olds, ered. Call Sid at 204-373-2631, Ridgeville, board and delivery available. Plus 30 Red semen tested. Ready to go! Delivery can be MB. View catalogue and videos online at Angus and Charolais/Red Angus cross arranged. Stan Lock, 306-753-2229 or cell www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca commercial open heifers. Online bidding at 306-753-7884, Macklin, SK. DLMS.ca View the catalogue online at 2 YR. OLD AND YEARLING BULLS, calvwww.bylivestock.com Kelly Brimner POLLED HEREFORD YEARLING BULLS ing ease and performance. Vet inspected. 306-577-7698, Phil Birnie 306-577-7440. for sale. Vern Kartenson, 204-867-2627 or Guaranteed. Will feed and deliver. Melfort, SK. 306-921-7175, 306-752-3808, TRI-N CHAROLAIS AND GUEST BASKM 204-867-7315, Minnedosa, MB. mspratt@sasktel.net donarofarms.com Angus Bull Sale, 2:00 PM, DST, Saturday, 75 HEREFORD FEMALES. Take your pick! April 1st, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. Cow/calf pairs or open heifers. Also 2 year MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS. Best Offering 46 Charolais yearlings, most are old bulls ready for breeding season. selection of the real Maine bulls in Canada. polled, many red factor with calving ease 204-759-2188 or 204-365-7426. Gary Graham, 306-823-3432, Marsden, SK. and hair. Also selling 6 Black Angus two grahamgs@sasktel.net year olds and yearling. View catalogue and POLLED HEREFORD AND BLACK Angus videos online at bylivestock.com or call bulls bred for calving ease, feed efficiency, Merv Nykoliation, 204-851-2290. fertility and longevity. Semen tested and delivery available. Call Don Guilford, POLLED SALERS BULLS on farm and at CEDARLEA FARMS GIT R DONE Bull 204-873-2430, Clearwater, MB. MB. Test Station (Sale Date April 1). BW Sale, Tuesday, April 4, 1:00 PM, at the Windy Willow Angus farm, Hodgeville, SK. ROSELAWN POLLED HEREFORDS have from 77 lbs. Strong growth and maternal 50 Charolais yearlings sell. Most are a good selection of yearling and two year milk traits. Semen tested, guaranteed. Can polled, some red factor. Bulls that will old bulls for sale at the farm. Good thick arrange delivery. Ken at 204-762-5512, calve well, give you added performance, bulls bred for calving ease and perfor- Lundar, MB. www.sweetlandsalers.com hair and docility. Also 75 Black and Red mance. Semen tested, delivery avail. Here- PB REGISTERED Red or Black yearling Angus bulls and a group of open Angus ford bulls and black cows is a super cross. bulls and replacement heifers. Elderberry heifers from Windy Willows. Garner or Lori Also have a group of black baldie open Farm Salers, Parkside, SK., 306-747-3302. Deobald, 306-677-2589. View videos and yearling heifers for sale. Call Wally at catalogue online: www.cedarleafarms.com home, 204-523-8713 or 204-534-8204. Killarney, MB. For pictures and details check out our website: roselawnfarms.com REGISTERED POLLED ROAN 2 year old bull HOLMES POLLED HEREFORDS have a used on heifers. Reason for selling, need large selection of yearling bulls. Some different bloodline. Wintering at Douglas Test Station. $3000. Phone bred for top performance, some bred more Bull for calving ease. Buying bulls off the farm 204-436-3201, Elm Creek, MB. so you can see their Dams makes good sense. Call Jay Holmes, 306-524-2762, POLLED PB BULLS. Will be halter broke and semen tested. Yearlings and one 2 306-746-7170, Semans, SK. year old. Moderate birthweight built for calving ease. Call Uphill Shorthorns, 204-764-2663 cell, 204-365-7155 res. WILGENBUSCH Charolais 14th Annual Hamiota, MB. rgray4@mymts.net North of the 49th Bull Sale, on Monday, April 3rd, 1:00 PM at the farm, Halbrite, SK. The largest Charolais bull sale in Sask. offers a top set of bulls that are sound, good haired and guaranteed to work. Selling 20 two year old and 80 yearling bulls, most are polled, some red factor. Sale online at dlms.ca. View videos and catalogue at: wilgenbuschcharolais.com. For more info. or a catalogue call Craig Wilgenbusch SQUARE D HEREFORDS: Herd bull prosat 306-458-7482. pects, 2 yr. old, fall born yearlings and spring yearling bulls. Quiet, performance HUNTER CHAROLAIS BULL SALE, tested. Delivery can be arranged. Hereford Thursday, April 6th, 1:30 PM DST, at the females bred Hereford, registration papers farm, Roblin, MB. Offering 40 yearling available. Jim Duke 306-538-4556, 2nd ANNUAL ON THE FARM Bid Off Bull bulls from over 30 years of breeding. Most 306-736-7921, Langbank, SK. email: Sale. Bidding starts Friday March 24, 1:00 are polled, some red factor. Also 5 Polled square.d@sasktel.net view our website: PM CST. Closes Saturday, March 25, 2:00 Hereford yearling bulls. These are top square-dpolledherefords.com CST, 2017, Neudorf, SK. 40 yearling and 2 quality, quiet, good haired bulls that will yr old bulls. Details & updates available on calve well and then add performance. Plus EXCELLENT SELECTION of 2 year old our websites: www.bendershorthorns.com 10 Charolais cross open heifers. View cata- bulls. Fed for service not for show; 2 www.starpfarms.com Call Glen and Ryan logue/ videos www.huntercharolais.com herdsires. Polled herefords since 1950. Er- Bender, Neudorf, SK. 306-728-8613 and or call Doug 204-937-2531. win Lehmann 306-232-4712, Rosthern, SK. 306-748-2876 or Rayleen 306-231-3933.

BLACK & BLACK BALDIE Simmental Bulls, good selection of yearlings 2 year olds. Excellent quality with good hair coats and disposition second to none! Semen tested. Delivery available. Call Regan Schlacter 306-231-9758, Humboldt, SK. FULLBLOOD FLECKVIEH and Black PB yearling bulls, reasonable birthweights, $3500. Curtis Mattson 306-944-4220 Meacham SK

2 YEAR OLD black bulls- yearling Red and Black bulls. Moderate BW. Bill or Virginia Peters, 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. FULLBLOOD & PUREBRED yearling bulls for sale, moderate BW, pail fed oats and free choice hay. 306-386-7342, Meota, SK. SOUTHWEST SHOWCASE SIMMENTAL Bull Sale, Monday, March 27th, 1:00 PM, at Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK. 74 Red and Black Simmental bulls from these consignors: EDN Simmentals 306-662-3941, Crocus Simmentals 306-773-7122, X-T Simmentals 306-295-3843 or Boundary Ranch 306-299-2006. To view catalogue go to: www.bouchardlivestock.com Ph. EDN Simmentals 306-662-3941, Maple Creek, SK. SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE, Monday April 10th at 1:00 PM at the Spiritwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling 70 Simmental, Charolais and Black Angus yearling and 2 year old bulls. For more info or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

YEARLING SPECKLE PARK bulls sired by RH Yager 99Y; and a 6 year old herdsire. 306-877-2014, Dubuc, SK.

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THE SUPREME SPECKLE PARK Bull & Female Sale, Saturday April 8th, 2:00PM at Notta Ranch, Neilburg, SK. Selling Speckle Park yearling & 2 year old bulls with a select group of females. These genetics are being offered by Notta Ranch, Spots ‘N Sprouts, Revenworth Cattle and Guests. For more info. or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale day watch and bid online at: www.liveauctions.tv

HISTORICAL MATADOR RANCH will SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 host Wagon Train, July 13- 15th. Contact years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to Jeremy Simpson 306-375-7107, Kyle, SK. 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 CANVAS COVERED TEAM WAGON, 5x12’, rubber tires, 5th wheel steering, front brakes, 6’ standing room, outside CATTLE SQUEEZE. Call storage cupboards, $2000. Pics avail on HI-HOG 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift request. 204-268-1459, Beausejour, MB. Current, SK.

SHEEP AND GOAT SALE, Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, Friday, April 7th, 11:00 AM. Call 306-763-8463 to pre-book.

ALLEMAND RANCHES REGISTERED Texas Longhorn bulls and ropers. Shaunavon, SK. Daryl 306-297-8481 or Bob 306-297-7078

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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SHARE YOUR LIFE, as it’s meant to be! Find a sincere relationship with our help. Candlelight Matchmakers. Confidential, rural, photos/profiles to selected matches. Local, affordable. Serving MB, SK, NW-ON. candlelightmatchmakers@gmail.com 204-343-2475.

PRICE REDUCED: Manitoba Ste. Rose Ranch (Ste. Amelie), 14 quarters 2,234.85 fenced land in 1 block. 240 of Class 3 land under cultivation. 2 mi. to paved highway. Golden Plains Realty Ltd, 204-745-3677.

DO YOU KNOW an amazing single guy who shouldn’t be? Camelot Introductions has been successfully matching people for over 22 years. In-person interviews by Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. www.camelotintroductions.com or phone 306-978-LOVE (5683).

FARM/RANCH, 20 QUARTERS, house, shop, storage shed, cattle facilities, 30 min. from Saskatoon, SK. $5,600,000. 306-280-6408.

WOULD YOU love to marry a rancher? Looking for a fit country gal who would enjoy a farm life. Successful North Central Alberta cattle/grain rancher, 53 yrs., 5’10, fit, loves outdoors, sports, fishing, rodeos, golf and travel. Tell me all about yourself and include a photo. Please reply to: greatcatch@mymts.net

RM 73 FARM FOR SALE: 11 quarters of hay and grain land, all adjoining. Hay land could easily be converted back into grain land. Grain land currently leased until 2018. Home quarter is hay and pasture. Yard has 2 houses, 2 barns, cattle facilities, large workshop, 2 large dugouts, natural gas and underground power. Within 20 miles of terminals, large town and schools. Additional 2 quarters of grain land may be available for lease or purchase. 306-642-3442, Assiniboia, SK. rosedaveyoung@gmail.com

Southern, Eastern and Western Tel: 204-248-2110 Manitoba

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123

ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION of MANITOBA COOPERATIVE (OPAM). Non-profit members owned organic certification body. Certifying producers, processor & brokers in Western Canada since 1988. Miniota, MB. Contact: WANTED: MERRIAM TOM turkey no mix 204-567-3745, info@opam-mb.com breeds. 306-948-2808, Rosetown, SK.

H. S. KNILL TRANSPORT, est. 1933, specializing in purebred livestock transportation. Providing weekly pick up and delivery service across Canada/USA and Mexico. Gooseneck service available in Ontario, Quebec and USA. US and Canada customs bonded carrier. Call 1-877-442-3106, fax 519-442-1122, hsknill@pppoe.ca or www.hsknilltransport.com 155 King EdWANTED: INSULATED CHICKEN COOP in ward St., Paris, ON. N3L 0A1. good condition. Phone 306-734-2970, Chamberlain, SK. 250 TOP QUALITY bred heifers and 300 2nd calvers, start calving April 1st. All heifers preg. checked, pelt measured and full live vaccination program going to breed. Bred to Red and Black Angus. 204-325-2416, Manitou, MB.

WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org

TRUE BLUE HEELERS has a new litter. From great working parents. 1st shots and de-wormed, $400. 306-492-2447, 306-290-3339, Clavet, SK.

70 EXCELLENT QUALITY 850-900lbs. replacement heifers, Red and Black Angus with some Simmental influence, all vaccinations, $1300/choice or $1250/take all. Will feed until April. 204-825-2799 or 204-825-8340 cell. Pilot Mound, MB.

60 ACRES LAND FOR RENT: Organic designation pending! 30 miles North of NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for Winnipeg on paved Petersfield Road, beover 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you tween Provincial Hwy #8 and #9. Contact have them, we want them.” Make your fi- 204-731-4464. nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

WATER PUMPS for filling tanks or draining land. Available with all hose, fittings, and size options. Flaman Sales & Rentals 1-888-352-9890.

100 PLUS OPEN replacement heifers, Red Angus/Simm. cross. Home raised, full herd health program, no implants, no brands. Contact Brian at: 306-432-0001 or David at: 306-723-4727, Cupar, SK.

BUYING ELK for local and international meat markets. Call us for competitive pricing and easy marketing. Phone Ian at 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085.

200 RED & BLACK Angus bred heifers. Can sell as bred or calved. Call 306-773-1049, THE 40 BEST SALERS Bulls from 240 cows 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. and 10 sires: 1&2 yr olds for sale at the 75 SECOND AND THIRD Black and Red An- farm. Semen tested and delivery available. gus young bred cows. Call 306-773-1049 Can hold until needed. Alberta Beach, AB. Phone 780-924-2464, 780-982-2472, visit: or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. www.facebook.com/GrundkeFamilySalers ENTER TO WIN! 20 Bred heifers or $40,000. Proceeds to new ice hockey rink. To get your tickets call 780-871-3677 or dewberry@gmail.com AGLC #449678. KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life. St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CATTLE?? BUYING GOOD QUALITY 700-950 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110 BUY ALL CLASSES of CATTLE and calves. Butcher cows and bulls. Immediate payment when weighed. 204-873-2542, Crystal City, MB. Lic. #1140

INTERMEDIATE WHEAT/GRASS & Slender wheat grass seed for sale, $3/lb, minimum order 1000 lbs. 204-792-7274, Cartier, MB. E-mail: bqually@mymts.net GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, $450; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $325; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 6- 1” rods, $350; 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. FREESTANDING CORRAL PANELS for cattle, horses, bison and sheep. Bale feeders; Belted feed troughs; 10’ panels; Windbreak frames; Swinging gates; Framed gates; Panels with gates mounted; Round pen kits starting at $1495; Palpation chute. Deal of the year - Freestanding 21’ for $219! Call 1-844-500-5341, www.affordablelivestockequipment.com 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

WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK.

HORSE SALE, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Thursday April 6th, 2017. Tack sells at 2:00 PM. Horses sell at 4:30 PM. All classes of horses accepted. Next Regular Horse Sale is May 4th, 2017. 306-693-4715. View catalogue on-line at: www.johnstoneauction.ca PL #914447 HORSE AND TACK SALE, Heartland, Prince Albert, SK., Friday, April 7th, starting at 5:30 PM. Call 306-763-8463.

CARSONS SPRING DRAFT Horse Sale, Listowel, ON. April 21st and 22nd. Selling Belgians, Percherons and Clydesdales. For more info. call 519-291-8252. Check out our website: www.davidcarson.on

Bioriginal Food & Science Corp. is actively purchasing: • Organic Flax Seed • Organic Hemp Seed and; • Borage Seed (from the 2016 crop year) We are also contracting for the upcoming growing season. For more information please contact: Sandy Jolicoeur at (306) 975-9251 or email crops@bioriginal.com

BORDER COLLIE PUPS red and white, from working parents, ready to go, $500. 306-587-7169, Success, SK.

RM OF KELLROSS #247, NE-16-26-15-W2, assess. 38,005, SE-16-26-15-W2, assess. 35,200. Info. 306-675-4518, Kelliher, SK. RM HAZEL DELL #335. 419 acres chemical free farmland all in one block. Private setting. Older mobile home, good water. Info phone 306-814-0014, Preeceville, SK. FARMLAND NE SK(Clemenceau) 4 quarters plus 36 acre riverside parcel w/5 bdrm. home. Featuring: bins on concrete with direct hit on railroad cars, 40 acres of mostly mature spruce timber, 2 farmyards- 1 bordering Etomami River and 50 miles of provincial forest, excellent elk hunting and other big game and goose. 580 acres cult. Full line of farm equipment and sawmill also available Reg Hertz, 306-865-7469. FOR SALE - RM #395: S1/2 of 11-45-08 W2, 320 acres; S1/2 of 12-45-08 W2, 311 acres; part of NW 11-45-08 W2, 84 acres; Part of NE 11-45-08 W2, 55 acres; NW 36-44-08 W2, 157 acres; SE 33-44-08 W2, 78 acres; SW 03-45-08 W2, 120 acres. For more info. call 306-889-4329. FARMLAND FOR SALE in Kipling, SK. area, RM 124. 7 quarters with 1000 cult. acres, 1400 sq. ft. home w/double att. garage, nat. gas heat, built in 1995, heated shop, quonset, seed cleaning plant including weigh scale and ample grain storage (21 bins total). 306-736-2850, 306-735-7575. 8 QUARTERS GRAINLAND for RENT in RM Kellross 247. 5 mi. N. of Leross & Kelliher. 306-736-3272. gtwillemse@gmail.com CASH RENT: 6 quarters in 1 block, RM Kingsley #124, Kipling/Whitewood area. One quarter 7 miles from home residence may consider selling. 306-696-2957. PASTURE LAND FOR SALE: 360 acres w/dugout, suitable for cattle or bison in RM of Mayfield No. 406, NE 25-41-11 W3 and SE 24-41-11 W3. Call 306-549-2449.

THOMAS AERATION PUMPS- Multiple avail., $495. We accept e-transfer and ship at buyers expense. Keeps dugout water crystal clear. www.waterworldind.ca 306-338-2104. RM CANWOOD #494, 3 quarters: Grain, pasture and hay, 265 acres cult. On school bus route. Underground power and phone. Nice yardsite, 3 bdrm bungalow, 2 double car garages, 2013 assessment 203,700. 306-747-2775 after 6PM, Shellbrook, SK.

LAKE LOTS: 1 or 2 lake lots at Lac Pelletier, SK., 29 kms South of Swift Current on paved road. Lake front - serviced on SW end of lake. For sale by owner. 306-297-7749, rj_mellor@hotmail.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

OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK. just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288.

LAND FOR SALE - Kindersley RM #290: SW 27-28-24 W3 (25 ac. crop, 49 ac. hay), NW 27-28-24 W3 (160 acres crop land), NE 28-28-24 W3 (160 acres crop land), SE 28-28-24 W3 (98 ac. crop, 21 ac. hay), SW 28-28-24 W3 (57 ac crop, 85 ac. hay), NW 28-28-24 W3 (160 acres crop land), NE 29-28-24 W3 (80 ac. crop, 15 ac. hay), SE 32-28-24 W3 (160 acres crop land), NW 35-28-24 W3 (80 acres crop land), East 1/2 of SW 35-28-24 W3 (80 ac. crop), NE 10-29-24 W3 (160 acres crop land), NE 26-28-25 W3, 40 ac. crop, 87 ac. hay), NW 22-28-24 W3, (80 ac. house and shed, 7 acres tame hay). Call 306-463-3132, Email: blkm@sasktel.net ONE OF A KIND, RM White Valley #49. Turnkey ranch, 8480 acres, 18 titled quarters, South West Sask. Excellent water supply. Exclusive listing, $39,000,000. Brad Edgerton, 306-463-7357, Kindersley, SK. edgerealty.ca

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 www.logandtimberworks.com WANTED: ORGANIC, HEATED or FEED QUALITY FLAX and feed peas. Call: 204-379-2451, St. Claude, MB. WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assiniboia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437.

FARMLAND AUCTION: 2 quarter sections of farmland in the RM of Benson #35, SE 01-04-07 W2 and SW 01-04-07 W2. Don Biette land and farm equipment auction Monday April 17, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area. RW ORGANIC IS BUYING spring wheat, Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for red winter wheat and feed wheat. Call sale bill and photos or join our FB page. 306-354-2660. TO BE MOVED: Cedar log house, the ever Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 popular “Crusader” style home. 1458 sq. ft. MACK Auction Co. PL 311962. w/open beam, vaulted ceiling. Greatly reduced for quick sale. Serious enquiries. Ph/text 306-867-1332, Outlook, SK.

FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is proud WANTED: CERTIFIED ORGANIC cull cows announce that we are the new Farm Aid and pre-conditioned feeder cattle. Phone Manufacturing Dealer for Sask. Stocking 204-522-0842, Pipestone MB. MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 mix wagons and a full supply of parts. Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ homes. Now available: Lake homes. PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. Medallion Homes, 306-764-2121, Prince We manufacture an extensive line of cattle Albert, SK. 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 ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage inbuilt, every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com cinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze to help design your new home. chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Cattle and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca shelter and barn packages. Call 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com J&H HOMES: Western Canada’s most to request a farm building quote today! RTM Home Builder since 1969. 58 YEAR OLD Cowboy Rancher wanting to trusted View at www.jhhomes.com 306-652-5322 CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on meet attractive, fit female for long term site. For early booking call relationship. Please send pictures and tell 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: me about yourself. Box 5596, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4 www.warmanhomecentre.com

BLACK BAY TB stallion, quiet; TB cross mares exposed to above stallion; 2016 TB cross colts; Reg. QH mares, bred to black STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, QH stallion. Reasonably priced. Swan Riv- windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder paner, MB. 204-734-8795, 204-734-4344 res. els, sucker rod fence posts. Custom orders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, RAMSAY’S RANCH have for sale well SK. www.steelviewmfg.com broke ponies and riding horses. Some horses well broke to drive. All broke hors- 2002 521DXT CASE payloader w/grapple es sold w/written guarantee. Also new and fork. Call 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. used tack. Brian 306-386-2490, Cochin, SK

LAND FOR SALE: RM Of Wallace #243. NW-14-27-01-W2. 160 acres (140 cult.). Phone 204-414-4129.

FARMER 51, never married, looking for a younger woman preferably with son/kids to be a special part of my life and farm in NW SK. Don’t be shy, privacy assured. Much appreciated if you could please reply with recent photo, phone # and a brief description of yourself to: Box 5598, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2C4

2.6 ACRE FALLOW ORGANIC FARM: Equipment to start 500 hives, complete 16x20 extracting honey house, 3 bdrm home in Grand Forks, BC. East-West Valley, mountains, 2 rivers and flowers! Beekeepers dream. E-mail: brian@thate.ca

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a large Real Estate and Land Auction the Estate of William Krell, Monday, April 10, 2017, at 10:00 AM. Directions from Stoughton, SK. go 2 miles South on Hwy #47, 1 mile West and 1/4 mile North. 1) SE-17-08-08-W2 RM OF Tecumseh #65, FVA 69,500, 110 cultivated acres, 2016 yellow flax crop, 2016 taxes $301.57, 2 storey character home, 26x32 double car garage, concrete floor and electric heat; 50x100 steel quonset, overhead and sliding doors; 40x54 steel work shop, overhead door, concrete floor, electric heat, bathroom; 40x60 steel quonset; Hip roof barn with lean to and copulas; Livestock watering bowls; Numerous wood outbuildings for storage; steel grain bins on cement foundations. 2) SW 17-08-08-W2, RM#65 - FVA 79,300, 159 titled acres, 110 cult. acres. 3) NW 17-08-08-W2, RM #65 FVA 74,700, 160 titled acres, 120 cult. acres. 4) SW 16-08-08-W2 RM #65 - FVA 81,400, 160 titled acres, 150 cult. acres, $7000 surface lease revenue. 5) NW 09-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 78,600, 160 titled acres, 122 cult. acres, 2016 Canola crop, 2016 taxes $340.22, $5600 surface lease revenue. 6) NE 09-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 70,500, 158 titled acres, 115 cult. acres $7200 oil surface lease revenue, 40x80 wood arch rib storage, 28x60 wood grain annex, steel 2911 and 1350 bu grain bins. 7) SW 09-08-08-W2, RM #65 FVA 68,900, 160 titled acres, 125 cult. acres. 8) SE 09-08-08-W2, RM #65; FVA 75,100, 160 titled acres, 115 cult. acres. 9) NW 10-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 77,000, 157 titled acres, cult. acres $2300 oil surface lease revenue. 10) NE 10-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 78,600, 160 titled acres, 151 cult. acres. 11) SW 32-07-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 60,100, 193 titled acres, 152 cultivated acres. 12) SE 32-07-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 58,000, 176 titled acres, 123 cult. acres. 13) 312 Donnelly Street, Stoughton; 50’x120’ non-serviced commercial/residential lot. 14) 316 Donnelly Street, Stoughton; 50’x120’ non-serviced commercial/residential lot. Visit: www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 160 ACRES near Regina with yard and business opportunity; 15 acres w/large character home, plus 2nd home on property within 35 miles of Regina or Weyburn on Hwy. #35; 160 acres w/large home, 3 car heated garage, large shop, horse barn, plenty of water, 20 min. NE of Regina.; Near Pilot Butte, 80 acre development land; 90+ acres, Hwy. #11, 7 mi. North of Saskatoon, development; RM Perdue, 2 quarters W. of Saskatoon on Hwy #14; 2 miles East of Balgonie Hwy. #1, 145 acre development land. Brian Tiefenbach 306-536-3269, Colliers Int., Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com FARMLAND FOR SALE: 13,080 acres, Assiniboia, SK. area, approx. 10,000 cultivated acres and the rest mainly native grass, $17,500,000. Also 7440 acres lease assignable to a qualified party w/the above package for a total of 20,520 acres. 8 quarters near Kipling, SK all in a block with well kept yardsite. Was $2,250,000, now reduced to $1,999,000. Harry Sheppard, Sheppard Realty, call 306-352-1866 cell, 306-530-8035, Regina, SK. To view listings and others go to www.sheppardrealty.ca LOOKING FOR THREE or more sections of farmland to list. Have Buyers. Contact Earl Cooper 306-241-7751 or Reg Kotlar 306-221-1880 at Sutton Group Norland Realty Ltd., Saskatoon, SK. 1600 ACRES IN CRAIK: Approx. 430 acres are cultivated, 350 acres seeded for Canola, this year and 80 acres hay, the rest is native grass/pasture able to graze 200-250 head of cattle. Guest Ranch has lots of accommodation and facilities. MLS® ID#1100413. Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings visit: www.farmrealestate.com

AGRICULTURAL LEASES BEAUDRY PROVINCIAL PARK Sealed tenders for the right to cultivate agricultural land(s) within Beaudry Provincial Park will be received by Crown Lands & Property Agency, Crown Lands Act Dispositions, 30825 Tupper Street North, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, R1N 3K1 until 12:00 noon, Wednesday, April 12th, 2017. Bids must be accompanied by a deposit (money order, certified cheque or bank draft) of 10% of the bid amount (plus applicable GST) made payable to the Minister of Finance of Manitoba. Agricultural lands available for lease for 2017 to 2022 inclusive, will include portions of River Lots 4 to 11 and 15 to 19 inclusive in the Parish of Saint Francois Xavier in the R.M. of Cartier. Tender forms, maps and information materials are available at the above address, online at http://www.clpamb. ca/leases_and_permits/LPproperties. aspx or may be requested by telephoning 1-866-210-9589.

FARMING CORPORATION FOR sale. 100% shares of Manitoba Farm Corp. Glenelg Farms Ltd. Shares incl. full line of machinery, and grain, potato and machinery storREAL ESTATE AUCTION, Ole Peteherych, age. 820 acres of prime farmland N of 306-634-3540, Thursday, March 30, Portage La Prairie. Add'l 930 acres may be 2017, Days Inn, Estevan, SK., 7:00 PM. offered. 204-856-6674, Macdonald, MB. Join Mack Auction Company on Thursday, March 30 for your chance to own 6 quarter 3 QUARTERS WITH YARDSITE: 477 acres sections of fenced pasture land in the in a block. Mixed farm, 300 arable acres. North Portal/Northgate SK. area. Lots 1 & Fenced and cross fenced, 2 shallow wells., 2 share a common water source and will 40’x60’ machine shed, 34’x44’ pole shed, be combined. This half section is located barn, corrals, hay fence. 24’x32’ bungalow, adjacent to the community pasture’s east w/double attached garage. Located beside corrals. RM Coalfields #4: 1. SW-22-01- the Riding Mtn. National Park. Contact 04-W2, pasture. 2. SE-22-01-04-W2, pas- Karen Goraluk-Salesperson, 204-773-6797. ture. Abandoned farm yard with power NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate. MLS service. Lots 3, 4, 5 & 6 will be combined. ®1701622. www.north-star.ca These 4 quarters are crossfenced and share water sources, valleys and coulees. STEEP ROCK - 267 acres, 2 homes, RM Enniskillen #3: 3. SW-28-01-03-W2, $299,000; Winnipegosis - 1241 acre pasture. 4. SE-28-01-03-W2, pasture. Sea- ranch, plus 600 C/L, log home, large barn, sonal access road and low level crossing. highway frontage, $895,000; Portage N. 5. NE-28-01-03-W2, pasture. Grid road ac- 300 acres, good grainland; Lundar - 892 cess, also known as the Little Dipper acre ranch, buildings, $400,000. Contact Ranch Heritage Site. 6. NW-27-01-03-W2, Harold, 204-253-7373, Delta Real Estate. pasture. Grid road access. Mack Auction Visit on-line at: haroldgoritz.ca Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. For sale bill and photos: mackauctioncompany.com SELLING THROUGHOUT MANITOBA. Local and foreign buyers are looking for Join us on Facebook & Twitter. PL311962. farms, ranches, rural and suburban properLAND FOR SALE: RM of Moose Range ties, hobby farms, homes, acreages and #486, SW-08-52-11 W2, 160 acres, power hunting land. Call Harold, 204-253-7373, & well on site. Email offers: jbdt@shaw.ca Delta Real Estate. manitobafarms.ca

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CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (small red) CERTIFIED #1 CDC Bastilla Glabrous, 92% Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, germ. Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. Tisdale, SK. REG. AND CERT. CDC Calvi, great CERT. #1 CDC Maxim red, 98% germ., standability, excellent quality. Northland CDC Improve green, 96% germ. Don Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. Schmeling, Riceton, SK., 306-530-1052. CERTIFIED CDC CALVI. Phone Grant at CERT. #1 CDC IMPULSE CL red lentil. Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, Highest yielding Clearfield red lentil Call 306-524-4339, Semans, SK 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679 Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass SK. jsh2@sasktel.net CERT. CANTATE CANARY SEED. Highest yielding available variety. Hansen NEW CERT. CDC Proclaim CL red lentil Seeds, 306-465-2525 or 306-861-5679, 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Yellow Grass, SK. jsh2@sasktel.net CERT. #1 CDC Proclaim (small red), CDC NEW CERTIFIED CDC Calvi, CDC Bastia, Marble (French green). Call Ardell Seeds CDC Togo. Itchless. Very good condition. Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca LABRECQUE SEED FARMS has Cert. CDC Impulse red lentils; Cert. CDC Amarillo yellow peas. 306-222-5757, Saskatoon, SK BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of mustard. Also canary and some other specialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB

CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO. Volume and cash discounts. Please text or call Jeff at Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. jeffsopatyk@me.com CERTIFIED CDC Amarillo, CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater, CDC Mosaic. Phone Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERTIFIED #1 AGASSIZ YELLOW peas, 90% germ. Call Wilson Seeds Ltd., 204-362-2449, Darlingford, MB. REGISTERED CERTIFIED CDC Greenwater; Certified CDC Striker. Martens Charolais and Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB.

COMMON GREEN PEA, good standing vaPARTS FOR VINTAGE snowmobiles, 1990 CERTIFIED #1 AC MORGAN, 0% fusari- CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sanctuary flax, high riety, 94% germ., powdery mildew resistand older. Call Don at 780-755-2258, um/graminearum, 95% germ., 98% vigor. germination. Don Schmeling, Riceton, SK., ant, bin run, $10 per bushel! Wainwright, AB. doncole@mcsnet.ca Lepp Seeds, 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK. 306-530-1052. 306-335-2777, Abernethy, SK

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CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK

CERT. REG. FDN. CDC Impulse and CDC HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola Proclaim red lentil seed. Higher yielding varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), than Maxim. Volume and cash discounts. Dekalb, Rugby. Phone Fenton Seeds, Please text or call Jeff at Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, Aberdeen, SK. 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Email: jeffsopatyk@me.com

CERTIFIED #1: CDC Haymaker; Summit; CERT. GLAS FLAX. Dudgeon Seeds, CDC Ruffian; and CS Camden. Fedoruk 204-246-2357, Darlingford, MB. Seeds, 306-542-4235, Kamsack, SK. www.fedorukseeds.com CERT. GLAS, CDC Sorrel, CDC Bethune flax. Trawin Seeds, Melfort, SK., CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris. 306-752-4060. www.trawinseeds.ca excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERTIFIED CDC SORREL. Van Burck Seeds, 306-863-4377, Star City, SK. CERT. CS CAMDEN milling oat and CDC www.vanburckseeds.ca baler forage oat. Trawin Seeds, Melfort, CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. SK., 306-752-4060. www.trawinseeds.ca Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERT. CDC RUFFIAN, CDC Minstrel, AC Morgan. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK REG. AND CERT. #1 BETHUNE flax, 98% 306-863-4377. www.vanburckseeds.ca germ., Triffid-free. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC RUFFIAN, AC Leggett, CDC Orrin. Call Fenton Seeds, CERTIFIED AAC BRAVO, CDC Sorrel. 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Yauck Seed Farm 306-484-4555 Govan, SK

JAMES FARMS FOR QUALITY SEED. Brandon, Cardale, Faller and Penhold Wheat. Summit and Souris oats, Haymaker Forage Oats. Tradition Barley, Glas flax, McLeod RR2 and Barker R2xtend Soybeans. Forage Seeds, Various Canola and Sunflower Seed Varieties. Custom Processing, seed treating, inoculating. Delivery is available. Early payment discounts. Call 204-222-8785 or 1-866-283-8785 Winnipeg, email djames@jamesfarms.com

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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. Call/text Nate, 204-280-1202 or Norcan Seeds 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. 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.

SMALL RED LENTILS, 93% germ, 92% cold InVigor, no disease. 306-483-7322. FrobMUSTARD SEED FOR SALE! Looking for off isher, SK. grade mustard, lentils or chickpeas. Custom color sorting of all types of crops. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, RED LENTILS, 99% germ., 96% vigor, 36¢/lb. Call 306-630-9838, Brownlee, SK. Chamberlain, SK.

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SEED BARLEY & WHEAT, some low VOM Price depends on volume and location. Contact Gerald Friesen 204-822-3633 or 204-362-0678, Morden, MB.

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WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase GROW SOYBEANS? If you grow 1000 barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call acres earn a free new pickup truck every Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. year and give last year’s away. Free report at www.profitfromthebean.com

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NO RAIN HAY, 600 bales 1st and 2nd cut alfalfa Timothy; 400 Timothy grass round bales, 1600 lbs. Volume discount. 204-742-3672, 403-288-7168, Ethelbert, MB. ejpcalgary@telus.net WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker 49 ROUND BALES- SILAGE: mixture involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. Timothy, Wheat and Millet, $23/bale. Call Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 204-372-6057, Fisher Branch, MB. or 306-228-7325, no texts. Unity, SK. 2015 1st & 2nd cut, 2016 1st cut alfalfa/ grass round bales, price negotiable. Will load. 204-265-3349, Beausejour, MB.

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BROME & ALFALFA Hay bales, 5x6, 1200-1400 lbs. Can deliver, $45/bale. COVER CROPS. Do you want to be free of 204-324-9300, 204-324-7622, Altona, MB. fertilizer bills and have cleaner fields? N 38 ROUND HAY BALES 1st cut alfalfa Fixation P&K scavengers. Taproot short mix, $25 each. 9 round bales 2nd cut pure and long season plants. Limited quantity. alfalfa, $30 each. Phone 204-882-2356, Give me a call 204-851-2101, Virden, MB. Ste Agathe, MB.

LARGE ROUND ALFALFA BROME BALES. Call 204-859-2724, Rossburn, MB.

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HORSE QUALITY HAY bales rounds and small square, grass or alfalfa. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK.

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ROUND WHEAT STRAW bales and greenfeed oat bales, all net wrapped. Phone/text 306-291-9395, Langham, SK.

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GOOD QUALITY HAY put up dry without rain. 200 big square bales, 3x4x8. Reasonably priced. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK.

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LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buyers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Contact Bill Hajt or Christopher Lent at 306-862-2723. clent@lpctrade.com bhajt@lpctrade.com

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.

TOP QUALITY GRASS HAY for sale, shedded, can deliver, 306-501-9204 ask TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, service, installations, repairs. Canadian for Paul. Belle Plain Colony, Belle Plain, SK. company. We carry aeration socks and EXCELLENT 2016 HAY, large rounds, grain bags. Also electric chute openers for FARM EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN Do you $40/bale GST included. Phone Brian grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000. enjoy working with machinery, solving 306-531-3382, Craven, SK. mechanical problems and having variety in your work? Permanent position in beautiful LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom SW Ontario. Duties include machinery and hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. grain storage maintenance as well as truckROUND ALFALFA/GRASS MIXED hard CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used ing. AZ or DZ license and working at highway tractors. For more details call core, 5x6, average 1450 lbs., 3.5¢/lb. heights req'd. Competitive wages. Contact 204-685-2222 or view information at Kate: kjprocter@gmail.com 519-887-9206 306-736-2445, 306-577-7351, Kipling, SK. www.titantrucksales.com

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

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PTO WATER PUMP, Bau-Man, sizes 6” to 16” w/capacities of 1,250 to 10,000 GPM. Lay flat water hose and accessories also available. 306-272-7225 or 306-272-4545, Foam Lake, SK. tymarkusson@sasktel.net www.highcapacitywaterpump.com

5x5 ROUND ALFALFA/BROME hay bales, $40/bale. Phone 306-842-6246, Griffin, SK

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TAME HAY FOR SALE, mostly grass, 1500 lb. bales, $60/bale or 4¢/lb. Delivery Call our toll-free number to take advantage available. 204-730-3139, Glenboro, MB. of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks 190+ GREENFEED ROUND bales, 2015, and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. netwrapped, 1500 lbs. plus, no rain, $45 That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800per bale. Call 204-851-2101, Virden, MB. 782-0794 today! 36 ROUND ALFALFA BALES, 3rd cut, RFV 152; 200 alfalfa med. sq., 3x3x8, 2nd cut, RFV 125. 204-823-0521, Morden, MB. WATER TANKS- Plastic: 1000 HAULING 45 TONNES OF HAY on ea. of POTABLE gal. $800; 1500 imp. gal., $1100. 2 identical Super B units. 48 large round imp. 1-888-907-9182. www.agshield.com bales; or 78- 3x4 squares; or 120- 3x3 squares per load. Receive up to 10% vol- WATER TANKS, hose and fittings and all ume discount depending on volume. Ph/tx water moving and water hauling accessoHay Vern 204-729-7297, Brandon, MB. ries available at Flaman. 1-888-352-9890.

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APPROX. 100 HAY BALES, 1200 to 1300 lbs., $22 per bale. Call 204-243-2642, Poplar Point, MB 100 ROUND tame hay bales, 1200 lbs., no rain, $37 ea; 100 canary grass bales, 1200 lbs., no rain, $31 ea; 2005 Silverado Special Edition Crewcab, 1/2 ton, 1 owner, fully loaded, 248,000 kms, not safetied, $4000; 7’ Farm King 3 PTH snowblower, $1100 OBO. 204-767-2208 Silver Ridge MB

ALFALFA BROME HAY, hard core round bales, 1350 lbs. Call 306-463-3132 or cell: 306-460-7837, Kindersley, SK. GREENFEED BARLEY, big round, twine wrapped, hard core bales, good quality, $60/bale. 306-867-8418 or 306-867-7632, Outlook, SK. 1000 ROUND ALFALFA/GRASS bales; Also slough hay bales. Made with JD 569, net wrapped. 306-867-7716, Outlook, SK.

HEATED WHEAT FOR SALE: 13.5% protein 5¢/lb or 3$/bu. Contact MJ Panas ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small 204-268-2270, Beausejour, MB. or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay for sale. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK.

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ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK.

LOOKING FOR HEAD SORTER: Applications are now being accepted for the position of Head Sorter at the Interlake Cattlemen’s Co-op at Ashern in central Manitoba. Position is for Tuesdays & Wednesdays during our regular sales. Duties to include: Sorting cattle; Overseeing other sorters; And listing cattle. The successful candidate must have good animal husbandry skills, previous experience sorting cattle and good interpersonal skills. Job to commence immediately. Competitive wages negotiable depending on experience. For more info. call Kirk Kiesman 204-768-0019, or Interlake Cattlemen’s Download the app at Co-op, Box 599, Ashern, MB. R0C 0E0. To agreader.ca/mbc be considered for this position please email resume to: kkiesman@gmail.com or fax to: icca@mymts.net Visit our website TIRES AND RIMS: 80/80R38’s, 10 bolt, at: www.ashernauctionmart.com 11.25 bolt circle, $1150/ea.; 480/80R38 tires only, $750; 18.4x26 12 ply c/w 10 bolt rim, 11.25 bolt circle, $999. Call FULL-TIME PERMANENT POSITION available on 700 cow/calf operation in the 1-888-907-9182. www.agshield.com Central part of the Interlake area, MB. looking for an individual or prefMR. TIRE CORP. For all your semi and We’re a couple to become the leading half ton tire needs call Mylo 306-921-6555 erably force in our operation. Individuals must be Serving all of Saskatchewan. honest, self-motivated and personable while willing to adapt and learn the operaCOMBINE WORLD can provide dual solution. Duties would include: Calving; Haytions for a multitude of agricultural equip- ing; Moving/monitoring cattle pastures; ment! Call us now for pricing and Fencing; Winter feeding; and General availability! 1-800-667-4515. maintenance. A Class 5 license is required with Class 1 license an asset. Applicants TIRES TIRES TIRES! Radial, bias, new, should have experience with the operation used. 20.8x42, 18.4x42, 20.8x38, 18.4x38, of John Deere equipment. Ability to main20.8R34, 18.4x34, 900/60R32, 800/65R tain equipment would be an asset as well 32, 24.5x32, 18.4x30, 23.1x30, 16.9x28, as cattle experience. Salary to be negotiat28Lx26, 18.4x26, 19.5Lx24. Semis, skid ed depending on experience. A bonus syssteers. Best price and value guaranteed! tem dependant on calving numbers is also www.combineworld.com 1-800-667-4515 in place. On-site housing located at the work location is available which can house Hit our readers where it counts… in the clas- one individual, a couple or a family. For sifieds. Place your ad in the Manitoba Co- the right individual or individuals training operator classifed section. 1-800-782-0794. can also be provided. Please send resume (or info requests) to: playcross@yahoo.ca

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1000 BROME/ALFALFA 5x6 bales, $60 per bale. Fillmore/ Griffin, SK. area. Ph Gerald NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently 306-861-7837. purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and HAY BALES ROUND mixed 5x5, hard milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. core, no rain, net wrapped, horse quality, $60/bale. Near Regina, SK 306-539-6123 FEED BARLEY: $3 bin run delivered within CHECK OUT OUR parts specials at 100 kms. of Raymore, SK. Minimum 1000 LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay. www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. bushels. Call 306-746-7205. Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

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LARGE COW/CALF RANCH in NE Sask. seeks energetic Ranch Hand. Bunkhouse accommodation provided. Email resume: knilson@sasktel.net Fax 306-428-2192.

SASAKATCHEWAN GRAIN FARM seeking energetic souls for seasonal or full time roles. 306-776-2510, Rouleau, SK. Email: candice_zinn@hotmail.com

J&J BOOT DAIRY, OUTLOOK, SK. is looking for an experienced full-time Dairy Herdsperson. Duties: Monitor health, recognize and treat health problems, includes hoof trimming; proper feeding; carry out breeding and AI; calving, knowledge of dairy cattle record keeping, (DHI, CQM). Maintain quality control of production records; perform general farm duties, milking. Have at least 1 year dairy experience. Post secondary diploma. Wage starting at $18 per hour. Please email resume: jakeboot@yourlink.ca Fax: 306-867-9622. Phone 306-867-9926. POSITION AVAILABLE, Cypress Hills, SK. area. Background yearling grasser operation and cow/calf. Modern facilities and equipment. Good working environment. Class 1 preferred. Wages negotiable depending on experience. Ph. 306-295-7473. PERMANENT POSITION for an experienced farm equipment operator on commercial grain and seed farm in Shaunovon, SK. Duties consist of running large modern farm machinery used in the production of field crops. Winter work involves maintenance of equipment, working around a seed plant and grain hauling. Housing is provided in the town of Shaunovon. Wages and health benefits negotiable at the time of interview. Contact 306-297-2563 or email resume to: girodatseeds@sasktel.net

AGRICULTURAL HELICOPTER PILOT Jet Ranger: Duties of position are to make agricultural aerial application with helicopter on farms in western Canada. Basic supervising and record keeping of jobs, loading helicopter and spraying jobs. Provincial pesticide licence will be required but can be obtained in house prior to commencement of work. 400 hrs minimum required, with 200 hrs min. experience performing agricultural row crop spraying. Turbine time is an asset. Experience operating SatLock or AgNav GPS required. Must be insurable through our insurance company. This is a season position based in Leask SK., working in the northern Saskatchewan agricultural areas. Duration of work from Get the latest ag news approximately June 10th to October 5th. Dates may fluctuate slightly. Training and and information sent familiarization required prior to commencement of these start and end dates. directly to your inbox! English language proficiency required. This is a full time seasonal position working 40 hours per week, minimum of $40/hr plus holiday pay. Bonuses based on perforSign up for daily enews at mance. Workers compensation provided. Accommodations and vehicle provided. manitobacooperator.ca Please contact by sending resume and hrs of experience breakdown by email to: provjobs@provincialhelicopters.com Suitable candidates will be contacted back by email or by phone, so please include RM OF LOON LAKE No. 561 - Chief that information in your resume. Administrative Officer (CAO). The CAO the principal policy advisor to both the DUFFERIN MARKET GARDENS is ac- is and Council & Mayor and Council cepting applications for seasonal farm Reeve and is the sole employee of Council. workers. Duties include: planting, weed- He/she is the senior administrative leader ing, harvesting and packing vegetables. in the organization, and will directly overLong hours, much bending and heavy lift- see the Assistant Administrator and the ing. Start April 2017. Wages $11-$12/hr., casual office staff. In addition, the CAO near Carman, MB. Forward resume with will also: Provide effective advice and supreferences to fax: 204-745-6193. Mail to: port both the Reeve and Council & Mayor Box 1051, Carman, MB., R0G 0J0. and Council in developing, implementing, and executing policies and strategies; DeRIVER VALLEY SPECIALTY FARMS: liver solid leadership to the RM and VilSeeking Farm Labourers for agricultural lage; Promote opportunities to the public operation located in the Bagot area. Gen- for public participation on civic issues; Eneral farm duties will include: Operating sure that RM staff are committed to proand maintaining farm equipment; Shop viding the highest level of service to the maintenance; And other farm duties relat- general public and the business commued to the production of vegetables and nity through clear and transparent comgrains. Applicants must be able to work munication. The successful candidate will outdoors in a variety of weather condi- possess the following: A post-secondary tions. Some knowledge of irrigation sys- education, or a combination of relevant tems and equipment will be beneficial. As training and senior leadership experience; well, applicant must be able to work well A demonstrated track record of strong with others in a team-leading capacity and leadership and direction with prior senior fluency in Spanish will be an asset. Posi- management experience preferably in a tions will be permanent, full-time, wages municipal setting; Excellent interpersonal $16/hour. Please send resumes by email skills, and the ability to work and commuto: admin@rivervalleyfarms.ca or in writ- nicate effectively with elected officials, ing to: Box 33, Bagot, MB. R0H 0E0. government bureaucrats, business and inleaders as well as the general pubFARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock dustry A thorough understanding of the finanoperation. Duties include: operating, main- lic; cial and budgeting process; Appreciation taining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke of the legislative Knowledge of free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle the Saskatchewan process. Municipalities Act and Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. related statutes would be an asset; ExperiFULL TIME POSITION available on a larger ence in strategic planning, organizational grain farm, duties to include planting, development and achieving results in spraying, harvesting, and hauling grain. building terms; Experience in implementMust have Class 1, and previous farm exp. ing development plans, capital works and Housing with utilities available. Dwayne & infrastructure improvement programs; Be able to start work as soon as possible; ExKim Farms, 204-748-8156, Elkhorn, MB. perience with munisoft software; Councils 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators are willing to train the successful candirequired. Must be able to operate grain date. This office is a joint office between cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor the RM of Loon Lake No. 561 and the Vilw/rockpicker, 4 WD tractor for harrowing. lage of Loon Lake. The Chief AdministraAlso manual labour for upkeep of leafcut- tive Officer is the employee of the RM of ter bees and general servicing of equip- Loon Lake but provides Administrative ment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr. Services to the Village of Loon Lake. The 101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box rural population is 756 in the RM of Loon 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: Lake No. 561 and the urban population is 306-338-3733, phone: 306-338-7561 or 288 in the Village of Loon Lake. RM of Loon Lake is mostly made up with farming email: cfehr9860@hotail.com operations but has ten Lakeshore developLARGE GRAIN FARM and Custom Farm- ments and one Country Residential subdiing Operation is seeking qualified opera- vision. The Village of Loon Lake has a K-12 tors to start in April. Must have minimum school, healthcare centre, grocery store, 2 years experience operating large farm insurance agency, CIBC bank, bar, lots of machinery. Year round and seasonal em- churches, curling rink, skating rink and ployment available. Class 1A preferred, but community hall. Please view our websites may also help the right individual to obtain on-line at: www.rmloonlake.com or license. Wage dependent on individual’s www.loonlakesask.com. For further info. performance and experience. Accommoda- please contract: Greg Cardinal, Reeve at tions provided. Call Brent 306-421-9270, 306-236-3637 home or 306-236-8968 cell. fax resume 306-456-2835 or email bkfarms@outlook.com Bromhead, SK.

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WANTED: EQUIPMENT OPERATORS for spring seeding, April 15th - June 1st. Possibility of full-time for the right candidate. Call Mike 306-469-7741, Big River, SK.

FULL-TIME LONGTERM CLASS 1 Truck Driver required with 2 years experience to pull dry vans in Canada and USA. 204-955-2548, Ile Des Chenes, MB.

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