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BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

unicipalities are scram bling after news that the province expects them to make a decision on cannabis by Dec. 22. Blaine Pedersen, minister of growth, enterprise, and trade, announced Nov. 28 that munici palities must decide if they will allow marijuana sales by the De cember deadline. “It’s tight timelines and we sort of apologize for that, but at the same time it’s the federal gov ernment that’s pushing this. We have to have this ready for July 2, so we don’t have any alternative on this,” Pedersen said, adding that the timeline also takes the issue off the board for any mu nicipal elections next year. The federal government will legalize marijuana as of July 1, 2018, while the province has said stores in Manitoba will open July 2. The announcement, made during the Association of Mani toba Municipalities convention in Brandon, set local govern ments on their heels and several have since raised concern that they will be making a decision

Manitoba is getting new legislation aimed at protecting watersheds in the province. PHOTO: Alexis Stockford

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ew water legislation tabled last week lays the foundation for an ecological goods and serv ices program for Manitoba, say pro vincial ministers. The Growing Outcomes in Water s h e d s ( G R OW ) p r o g r a m w o u l d offer farmers and other landowners incentives for farm practices that protect wetlands and promote bet ter land management. It is based on the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) model proposed nearly 20 years ago by Keystone Agricultural Producers and the Delta Waterfowl Foundation. It’s now part of the government’s

proposed Sustainable Watersheds Act now being introduced as its first step toward implementing a Made-inManitoba Climate and Green Plan. KAP president Dan Mazier said farmers are uniquely positioned to provide the flood mitigation, car bon sequestration, nutrient capture and habitat protection, the province seeks. He sees this approach as more holistic than any he’s seen in the past. “From this farmer’s point of view, it’s a really positive change for the province,” he said. Mazier said it is important that farmers have a continued say in the development of this program right through to regulations. It’s impera tive they be involved in determin ing where the best value for the dol

lars invested in this program can be found, he said. “How a program like GROW is going to work is in the regulations,” he said. “We definitely have to keep working with the province and the environ mental community and with soci ety discovering what these projects should look like and what’s the best bang for the buck. I cannot empha size that enough. That was the origi nal intent of the ALUS program and it’s key to any (ecological goods and services) program.”

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anitoba’s largest lake is the host to potentially harmful toxins caused by cyanobacteria, more commonly known as “blue-green algae.” Re s e a rc h e r s f r o m t h e Un i ve r s i t y o f Br i t i s h Columbia, working with the Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium, were looking for a specific toxin called BMAA that’s been linked with conditions ranging from Alzheimer’s to Lou Gehrig’s disease. “Cyanobacteria blooms have become increasingly common in Lake Winnipeg since the 1990s,” says Susan Murch, associate professor of chemistry at UBC Okanagan and study lead author. “These bacter ia have also been known to produce BMAA under the right conditions and we wanted to establish whether this could be happening in one of Canada’s largest and most important freshwater lakes.” Murch and grad student Stephanie Bishop analyzed samples collected in July and September of 2016 and found that BMAA was present in

Lake Winnipeg algae blooms can create, under certain conditions, powerful neurotoxins. PHOTO: GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA

highest concentrations in the areas of the bloom that are impacted by pollution and farming. “Agricultural and human activities along with factors like climate change are very likely behind the increased size and frequency of blooms,” Murch said. “We now know that with these blooms comes the very real risk of increased exposure to BMAA and the public health impacts that follow.”

Murch also warns that cyanobacterial blooms are not isolated to Lake Winnipeg and that she expects to see similar results in other freshwater lakes. “We’re seeing a greater number of blooms in lakes in both the U.S. and Canada. Especially in the Great Lakes region,” she says. “It wouldn’t surprise me to see BMAA in cyanobacteria from lakes that serve a huge number of people.”

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Premium canola oil offers distinct flavours Three new cold-pressed canola oils each have unique flavour and fragrance characteristics particular to the farm where the seed was grown BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

hen they say ‘taste the difference’ they really mean it with this can-

ola oil. Three newly released coldpressed canola oil products from Manitoba actually do taste like the individual farms the seed producing them came from. Big Prairie Sky, Heartland and Northern Lights oils hit store shelves earlier this fall. Owners of farms at Newdale, Starbuck and between Win nipeg Beach and East Selkirk teamed up earlier this year to form the small company, CanFarm Foods Ltd., which produces them. The oils are a cold-pressed, premium canola oil — also called XV canola, meaning extra virgin — a first for Manitoba.

Like wine That canola oil, like wine, could express “terroir” came as a bit of a surprise to them, say these growers. Terroir is the concept in the wine industry, where growers know a grape varietal will produce widely differentiated wine depending on the geography, soil conditions and climate where it’s grown. So will canola seed, it seems. “That was quite a surprise and quite new to us,” says Bruce Dalgarno, Newdale canola grower and one of six shareholders to form CanFarm Foods Ltd. “We’d never thought of it having different flavours depending on where it was grown.” Thinking up just the right way to describe those differences proved interesting. “There are subtle little differences,” said Ellen Pruden, director of the Canola Eat Well program for the Manitoba Canola Growers Association. She uses words like ‘earthy’ and ‘nutty’ and ‘grassy’ and ‘the smell of the harvest’ as descriptors. It took some time to come

“With a cold press and a distinct flavour from different regions, this is an opportunity to move it into that premium market.” Brian Chorney

Winnipeg Beach-area farmer David Reykdal, Bruce Dalgarno from Newdale and Keenan Wiebe of Starbuck display bottles of the Northern Lights, Big Prairie Sky and Heartland canola oils produced from seed produced on their respective farms. PHOTOs: LORRAINE STEVENSON

up with words that distinguish and describe the oil’s flavours. “Not a lot of language exists for this,” she said. “Olive oil has a lot more flavour descriptions to go with it. For canola this is a new venture, having consumers understand this diversity.”

Wondered why It was her long-held fascination with how canola seed, like grapes, could produce this diversity of flavour and colour that got the ball rolling. Pruden has hosted canola oil tastings for the industry over the years and differences of even everyday canola oil were always notable, she said. “We’ve done different experiments, tasting all the different types of canola oil and they all tasted different,” she said. “We wondered why.” Culinary professionals and chefs were keen when they heard about canola oil’s terroir, which eventually started the pursuit in 2014 of a madein-Manitoba cold-pressed oil product. The idea was initially pitched to canola growers that year and

in time about 20 farms from various parts of the province contributed seed for test batches. That seed was cleaned at Ellis Seeds in Wawanesa then pressed at the Food Development Centre and Shape Foods in Brandon. NuEats, a partnership with the University of Manitoba faculty of food science and the commercialization arm of the Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network, was involved throughout the artisanal oil’s research and development. CanFarm Foods Ltd. came together and the first products rolled off, or rather, poured out of, the press, in early summer. They were bottling oil into 250-ml bottles at a commercial kitchen facility in Warren last month.

Farmers fans Brian Chorney, whose East Selkirk farm grows the seed for the Northern Lights batch of oil, sees real opportunity with these products. “I’ve always thought that there was a premium market that we were missing for canola oil,” he said. “With a cold press and

a distinct flavour from different regions, this is an opportunity to move it into that premium market.” “My brother Jeff and I got interested in this as a way to add some value to the farm,” adds Starbuck farmer Keenan Wiebe. “And it kind of adds to the story of canola and to the local factor of the story as well.” Just a tiny fraction of these farmers’ crops is needed to produce the three oils. Each of four participating farms have contributed what amounts to about an acre of their overall crop for it. “When we needed 40 or 50 bushels for this, we just augered it out of the bin,” said Dalgarno. There’s talk of twentyfold value added to canola streamed to this product. But how much value earned from those small volumes depends on how well Big Prairie Sky, Heartland and Northern Lights go over with consumers. “As a farmer growing it we’re only going to get paid what we could sell it to the elevator for,” Dalgarno said. “The extra value is going to depend on how the company does in the future.”

Now available All three regionally sourced vintage 2016 oils are now sold on the company’s website and Winnipeg-based Red River Co-op stores are also stocking them in these stores’ Buy Manitoba Section through a partnership forged with Food and Beverage Manitoba. Discussions are underway with other food retailers and they hope to have more sales outlets soon. Meanwhile, chefs are very excited about a distinct-flavoured Manitoba canola oil and word has started to spread. The December 2017 issue of Chatelaine features these madein-Manitoba oils. The Toronto Star ran an article earlier this year. Pruden has high hopes for these new artisan oils. They add another option in canola’s expanding product line, she said. ‘And it’s so fabulous to see a research project go from the idea stage into research and then to be commercialized. I hope it becomes the No. 1 oil for cold pressed and extra virgin in Canada.” To learn more: www.xvcanola oil.com. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Rotation, rotation and rotation

I John Morriss Former Editor

n the early 1980s, the wheat board developed an idea called the Market Assurance Plan (MAP). That was back when there were perennial transport bottlenecks and the whole crop could sometimes not move by the end of the crop year. Even if it could move in total, it could be feast or famine for supply of some grades. Some years there was a shortage of high-grade, high-protein wheat for premium customers. Some years there was more than enough and some had to be sold

at a discount. Under MAP, the board would have more consistent supplies, and farmers would be offered storage payments to hold on to certain grains or grades, and/or the opportunity to wait for a higher price. The idea was floated as a trial balloon at district meetings that year, and to say it was shot down would be an understatement. CWB opponents seized the opportunity to brand MAP as the next step in the board’s plan to socialize grain production and marketing, and protests became the subject of nationwide media coverage. Board staff returned to lick their wounds and MAP went back on the shelf for good. Ironically, if MAP was socialist, at the time it would not have been nearly as socialist as the system in the U.S. That was back when American farmers still had to reduce production to be eligible for support programs. And many of those giant elevators that you see in the U.S. were financed by government programs to pay for grain to be held in a three-year reserve. Unlike the U.S., MAP wouldn’t have controlled production, it would only have financed storage. The U.S. production-control programs ended with the 1985 Farm Bill, leading to a long price war with the EU. Interestingly, in the U.S. today we have $3 corn and $4 wheat, about the same as in the early 1980s, and those grain elevators built in the 1970s and 1980s are full to bursting with unsold grain. As University of Tennessee economists Daryll Ray and Harwood Schaffer have written in these pages, it could be much cheaper for the U.S. government and more profitable for farmers to bring back the supply management system.

The perennial problem Don’t hold your breath on that one, but perhaps it’s time to revisit some kind of storage system for Western Canada. In fact, it should be asked if we can have sustainable agriculture without one. The latest reason for this to come to mind is India’s abrupt decision to impose a 50 per cent duty on Canadian peas. You can’t find a better success story than the growth of pulses, especially peas. They’re another rotation option. They produce their own nitrogen, reducing fertilizer expense and greenhouse gas. They’re nutritious, and they’re attracting value-added processing such as the new Roquette plant in Portage la Prairie. Now prices have tanked, raising concern that farmers will cut pea acreage this year, only to have prices rebound if India has another poor crop and cuts the import duty. Then we’re back in the perennial farm problem — prices are highest when you don’t have any to sell. Canola is another example of how short-term price fluctuations are encouraging bad long-term management decisions. We all know that canola should be planted one year in four (by the neighbours). But since they’re not following that practice, they’re encouraging development of more pests and diseases, including clubroot, which threatens the health of the whole canola industry. Then there’s herbicide resistance, against which one of the best defences is crop rotation. If you take a long-term view, canola/wheat doesn’t necessarily pencil out better, as demonstrated by Manitoba Agriculture’s Anastasia Kubinec in an analysis of crop insurance data on the yield and cost benefits of good rotations. Using six years of actual prices, she found that a canola/winter wheat/flax/oat/canola/wheat rotation returned $24.50 more per acre than canola/wheat. The carbon tax issue got most of the attention, but if you read past that section in the Manitoba government’s Climate and Green Plan, there are some intriguing references to soil and water management, including establishing a Centre of Sustainable Agriculture. Let’s hope the government follows through — one of the centre’s jobs could be to do some more number crunching. Following proper rotations is No. 1 of the list of sustainable practices — what would happen if everyone did? Would there be a market for every crop every year? If not, would there be a market over two or three years? There’s already taxpayer support for the cash advance program to allow farmers to hold on to grain — should it be extended to allow them to hold longer? Should cash advance and crop insurance be combined somehow? In real estate, it’s location, location and location. In agriculture, it’s rotation, rotation and rotation. Maybe there are better ways for farm programs to help farmers to do the right thing, both agronomically and economically.

Grocers seek to restock the industry with innovation By Sylvain Charlebois Dalhousie University

ownsizing is never easy. And just weeks before the festive season, reducing staff is bad for morale. But industry changes are forcing Canada’s grocers to rethink staffing. Metro let 250 people go recently. Loblaws announced 500 layoffs. Then Sobeys said it was cutting 800 employees. Some analysts think Sobeys’ layoffs are about the company’s purchase of Safeway stores in Canada but there’s more to the story. Sobeys acquired Safeway in 2013 for almost $6 billion after an apparent bidding war with Metro. Both companies wanted a better handle on the lucrative western Canadian market. But as the oil price slump shifted the economy, the merging of Sobeys and Safeway assets and the restructuring seemed poorly executed. So Sobeys launched Project Sunrise earlier this year to help simplify its organization and reduce costs. Recent financial results suggest it’s working. However, some stores continue to struggle. Sobeys has a complicated and highly decentralized structure. Recent layoffs are being felt throughout the company. A decentralized structure helps when it comes to adapting to local-market conditions. But when food prices are under extreme market pressures, broad structural efficiencies are key. So Sobeys still has a long way to go. Empire shares are up 34 per cent over the last 12 months, but its value is still about 10 per cent off three years ago. The industry-wide layoffs aren’t about minor strategic readjustments. A fundamental shift is taking place and no grocery company is immune to fluctuating market forces. And it’s not about the minor problem of

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higher minimum wages. It’s about the increase in food space at Walmart and Costco stores, and Amazon’s entry into the food marketplace. Amazon isn’t just forcing grocers to raise their competitive game, it’s compelling them to think differently. A growing number of consumers wonder if visiting a grocery store is the best use of their time. Young consumers who’ve grown up with the internet would embrace buying groceries regularly online. Grocers realize they’re ill equipped to deal with an ever-more complicated marketplace. The industry has traditionally relied on employees trained to make intuitive decisions. But disruptive companies like Amazon consider intuitive decisions to be perilous. Grocers typically have an abundance of data and market information, but little capacity to process it. But, slowly, more companies are hiring staff who embrace the power of data, with the help of artificial intelligence and predictive analytics. So recent grocer layoffs are really about redefining business models. Anticipating what consumers will do in the face of multiple options is critical. We should expect more layoffs, and then many of these positions will be repurposed – even if that part of the story is little reported. The grocery industry is preparing for a tsunami of change, driven by a number of forces, from the evolution of data sciences to the enduring lack of food inflation to the presence of competitors that don’t need to sell food to make a profit. Grocers aren’t in panic mode but they know the coming wave of change is too big to ignore. Sylvain Charlebois is senior fellow with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, dean of the faculty of management and a professor in the faculty of agriculture at Dalhousie University.

December 1981

arm records were still kept on paper in December 1981, when a Manitoba Agriculture ad invited farmers to talk to their ag rep about the new farm record book. Our Dec. 3 edition reported that 38-year-old former RCMP officer Bill Uruski of Poplarfield had been appointed as the new minister of agriculture in the Howard Pawley NDP government. Uruski lost little time in declaring support for Saskatchewan’s fight to maintain the Crow rate and oppose plant breeders’ rights legislation. Farm taxation was also in the news — the Canadian Federation of Agriculture had written Finance Minister Allen MacEachen saying that eliminating income-averaging annuity provisions would have a devastating effect on farmers approaching retirement. Statistics Canada reported that it had been a bumper crop in Canada that year, with record production in wheat, barley, rye, grain corn and sugar beets. The average wheat yield was 29.8 bushels per acre. However, the Manitoba sugar beet crop was not part of the record — we reported that wet weather and warm storage conditions could reduce the crop by 10 to 15 per cent. On the same page was a story that the Manitoba Corn Growers Association had begun to offer cash advances from a fund of up to $3 million. After a meeting in Brandon, organic farmers had decided to form a new organization — organizers said they had identified about 80 potential Manitoba members. Also in Brandon, the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame signed an agreement with the Keystone Centre to house the plaques with the citations of its members.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

If we are going to have a farm program, supply management makes the most sense Revenue supports could break the cycle of over- and undersupply of agriculture commodities BY HARWOOD D. SCHAFFER AND DARYLL E. RAY Policy Pennings

he Texas Farmers Union contracted with the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center to develop a design for the commodity title of the 2018 Farm Bill based on supply management principles. Supply management, as a way to tackle the chronic price/income problems faced by farmers, has been out of favour in the U.S. for at least the last 20 years, so why bring it up again when it has so little political support? The chronic price/income problems farmers face reflect the lack of responsiveness to low prices in agricultural commodity markets. Consumers may respond to lower food prices by buying a better grade of meat or food that has more processing but, given an adequate diet to start with, they do not purchase more food. Aggregate food consumption remains fairly stable over a wide price range. On the supply side, crop farmers do not respond to lower prices by voluntarily taking acres out of production until profitable prices return. In fact, in the face of lower prices, farmers have every incentive to maximize their production so that they can spread their fixed costs out over more bushels, bales, or hundredweight. They certainly are not going to reduce production on rented ground. If there were sufficient responsiveness to lower prices on the part of

There are two ways to provide financial support for the agricultural sector so consumers have access to an adequate supply of food that meets their needs and farmers are able to remain in production and provide that food: price supports or revenue support.

either consumers or farmers, the chronic price/income problems that face crop agriculture would not exist and there would be no need for farm programs as we know them. Given the economic characteristics of crop production we have just described and the need for a stable national food supply, doing nothing is not a viable option, thus, the need for an agricultural policy that meets the needs of both consumers and farmers. There are two ways to provide financial support for the agricultural sector so consumers have access to an adequate supply of food that meets their needs and farmers are able to remain in production and provide that food: price supports or revenue support. Both methods support farm income, but do it in different ways. A supply management program supports net farm income by providing price support for the major crops that farmers produce. Depending on their management skills, price supports provide producers with the opportunity to make a reasonable return on their land and labour. The alternative is to provide

income support. The idea is that these supports should not influence production decisions. Income support programs include direct payments, countercyclical payments [i.e. the Counter-Cyclical Program and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) p r o g r a m ] , re v e n u e p r o t e c t i o n programs like the Annual Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program and the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) program, and crop revenue insurance. Thus, the argument against a supply management program is philosophical. Opponents of supply management programs in agriculture believe that ideally no program is needed (the premise behind the design of the 1996 Farm Bill) but if there is to be a program, it should support total farm revenue not prices. They believe that revenue support programs intervene less in production decisions. Revenue support programs do not take into account the well-documented economic characteristics of crop agriculture that result in chronic price and income problems. Supply management programs, on the other hand, take into account

the cause of low prices (supply that exceeds demand) by taking a marginal amount of supply off the market so that crop prices rise to a profitable level and if necessary inducing farmers to reduce their production through paid acreage reduction programs. By taking the economic characteristics of crop agriculture into account, price support programs like the APAC/TFU supply management program only make payments on the small amount of supply that exceeds demand. Revenue support programs, on the other hand, pay on nearly every bushel, bale, and hundredweight of production and historically have ended up being far more costly than price support programs. After 20 years of denying the economic characteristics of crop agriculture by making farm payments when they weren’t needed and failing to provide adequate support when it is needed, now is the time for members of Congress and farm policy-makers to give price support programs another look. With crop prices well below the cost of production for the foreseeable future, revenue support programs will be too expensive and still provide inadequate support to farmers. Harwood D. Schaffer is director of the Agricultural Policy Center at the University of Tennessee and a professor at that institution. Daryll E. Ray is emeritus professor, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee and retired director of the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center. Policy Pennings is their long-running column on agriculture policy issues.

Sizable fund shorts still hang over CBOT grain market Market speculators are looking at ample supplies and sticking with their bets BY KAREN BRAUN Reuters

here is simply too much supply in the world to shake speculators from their tremendously bearish view of Chicago-traded grain futures and options, and their hefty short stance still looms over the market. Combining net positions through Nov. 21 in CBOT corn and wheat, K.C. wheat, and Minneapolis-traded wheat futures and options, money managers hold a short position in grains twice as large as they did one year ago, which had been near record for the time of year. Despite a one per cent slide in benchmark CBOT March wheat futures over the period, specs barely changed their minds on the soft red winter wheat in the week ended Nov. 21. According to data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, funds slightly extended bearish bets in Chicago wheat to 108,666 futures and options contracts from 108,576 in

the week prior, largely on offsetting additions of both shorts and longs. This is slightly less pessimistic than funds’ year-ago short stance of 114,222 futures and options contracts. Wheat futures have hit contract lows in the days since as export data for the U.S. product has disappointed amid stiff global competition, especially from the Black Sea. Over the last three sessions, trade sources suggest that funds have been outright sellers of wheat futures. In K.C. wheat futures and options, money managers extended their net short to 20,741 contracts from 10,424 in the week prior. The March contract has dropped three per cent over the two sessions, and speculators are likely to shrug off a recent twopoint decline in U.S. winter wheat conditions. Funds increased their net long in Minneapolis wheat futures and options, but hard red spring wheat futures have also experienced notable declines in recent sessions.

“... record U.S. corn yields and improving weather forecasts for South American growing regions have stifled any sense of urgency for speculators to ditch their record bearish corn views.”

Corn Corn futures have been pulled down with wheat, but even apart from the wheat influence, record U.S. corn yields and improving weather forecasts for South American growing regions have stifled any sense of urgency for speculators to ditch their record bearish corn views. During the week ended Nov. 21, the front-month contract surged two per cent, the largest

percentage gain over a five-day period since mid-September. In that week, money managers cut their bearish bets in CBOT corn to 210,466 futures and options contracts from a record 230,556 in the previous week, although the new stance is still the third-largest fund net short on the yellow grain. However, total open interest in the corn market fell nearly two per cent over the period – generally a bearish signal if price is rising. Commodity funds have likely been net sellers of CBOT corn recently, with the heaviest activity on Nov. 27 as benchmark March futures dipped one per cent.

Oilseeds Cautiously bullish views toward the CBOT soy complex have been largely steady for about a month as speculators weigh factors such as uncertainty over the exact size of the U.S. harvest, unfavourably dry weather in Argentina, and improving weather in Brazil as sowing con-

tinues in the South American countries. In the week ended Nov. 21, money managers shaved their net long in CBOT soybeans to 20,144 futures and options contracts from 22,550 in the prior week, though trade sources indicate that funds have been net buyers of the oilseed in the days since. Speculators may be working toward a bearish position in the CBOT oilshare, which measures soyoil’s share of value in soybean products, and this is a view they have not held since early May. Through Nov. 21, funds reduced their net long position in CBOT soybean oil to 47,664 futures and options contracts from 56,675 a week earlier. At the same time, the fund long in soybean meal futures and options rose to 15,909 contracts from 6,306. This cut the oilshare long to 31,755 futures and options contracts from 50,369 in the prior week, but the CBOT oilshare has fallen three per cent in the days since with heavy selling in soyoil and sizable buying in soymeal.

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FROM PAGE ONE cannabis Continued from page 1

without key information from the province. The provincial government has yet to release minimum age requirements and prices, while many municipalities have raised the issue of cost sharing and what that structure will look like. Other issues, like zoning or buffer zones (required distance being an often cited example), have been handed over to municipalities.

Little time Brandon Mayor Rick Chrest was one of many concerned about the deadline. Most councils will have only one meeting between now and then, he pointed out. The City of Winkler added its concerns after the announcement. Winkler Mayor Martin Harder previously criticized the province for passing cannabis regulation over to municipalities. “We have so many unanswered questions as far as the distribution, the bylaws that we have to create, and right now we have a Dec. 22 deadline as far as giving our indications of what we want to see, which is less than a month away,” Winkler Councillor Don Fehr said.

Local governments direct questions, including questions about legal marijuana, to provincial ministers during the Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention in Brandon. Photos: Alexis Stockford

A zoning guide is in the works for municipalities, local governments were told during the convention Nov. 28. The guide will go out “as soon as possible,” attendees heard and the AMM will be used to distribute the draft. Municipalities are also looking for details on how to handle cannabis revenue and cost. A federal framework introduced in November would see marijuana taxed $1 per gram or

10 per cent of the cost, with revenue split between provincial and federal governments. That plan does not sit well with municipalities, that argue that the bulk of day-to-day costs from legalization will fall on them while they are shut out of promised tax revenue. “It’s very disappointing and frustrating to see that the whole legalization hasn’t been thought of as far as all the implications that can come from all the dif-

ferent aspects from policing and even as far as taxes,” Fehr said.

Extra costs Municipalities say they’re also waiting on word about whether they will get support from the province for extra policing costs and programming. “We are trying to determine what the costs are of this ourselves as a province,” Pedersen said. “We’re dealing with the same issues that the municipalities are in terms of jurisdiction and costs in terms of policing costs, in terms of health costs, enforcement.” Michael Legary, who represented Manitoba Finance’s priorities and planning secretariat Nov. 28 in Brandon, acknowledged municipal concerns, saying that the provincial-federal split is “not desirable.” The province is still consulting on how to handle legalization costs, he said. Numbers on financial benefits are, likewise, up in the air, Legary said. “From a modelling point of view, there’s retail economic spinoffs for each municipality,” he said. “There is the federal licensed producer regime; there’s a number of agriculture rural opportunities that are going to be created and then the development of product, the edibles, the oils, things that are 18-24 months out.”

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Legary says the province will be revisiting its cannabis framework in the next 60-75 days. The province is also asking potential pot retailers to submit business plans by Dec. 22. Pedersen says many of the unknowns municipalities are concerned by will be filled in once those applications are reviewed. The province announced its “hybrid” marijuana strategy in early November, slotting itself in as a distributor to private retailers. Under the plan, the Manitoba Liquor and Gaming Authority will regulate marijuana sales, storage, distribution and retail while Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries will handle supply. Legary says Liquor and Gaming Authority regulations should be in place by the end of January 2018. The province argues that municipalities have greater control under its model, while critics have accused the province of off-loading the issue onto local governments. “We’re asking,” Pedersen said. “We’re reaching out to them. We

Ed Rempel of the Municipality of Macdonald asks the province to prioritize Manitoba-grown cannabis once the drug becomes legal in 2018.

want to make sure that the municipalities want to have this because it is, ultimately, in their jurisdiction.” Pedersen says no municipalities have outright denied legal cannabis sales. Fehr, however, says more information is needed on distribution and testing for those over the legal limit of marijuana while driving and took exception with regulations that do not preclude someone with a record for illegal marijuana to apply as a retailer.

Opportunities Other municipalities have been more open to legal pot. Ed Rempel of the Municipality of Macdonald tagged legal cannabis as an economic opportunity. The Municipality of Macdonald councillor asked the province to hone in on Manitobagrown cannabis to keep any economic benefits flowing back into the local economy. That will be a “key element” of the province’s plan, Legary responded Nov. 28. Two licensed suppliers currently operate in Manitoba and another seven are in the queue to become licensed, Legary said. The province hopes to have 90 per cent of Manitobans within half an hour of a legal marijuana retailer within two years of legalization, a bar that would require 35-45 stores, assuming all municipalities buy in. The province also says it hopes to have a stable and open market within three years and displace 50 per cent of the illegal marijuana market within two years. astockford@farmmedia.com

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Watersheds Act Continued from page 1

management practices in the areas of grassland and wetland restoration, water retention projects, and man agement of riparian areas,” a c c o rd i n g t o a p r ov i n c i a l press release. In an interview Sustainable Development Minister Roch e l l e S q u i re s s a i d a g r i c u l tural producers will be key throughout the implementa tion of GROW. “I see producers staying front and centre on this,” she said. “It is going to be facilitated through a streamlined pro cess through our watershed districts and be better aligned to work with producers in their boundaries as well as municipal stakeholders and the province.” Squires said the gover n ment will be looking at rev enues from sources such as

the carbon tax or green infra structure to fund GROW. “Ultimately it’s going to be a phased-in approach to ensure that this GROW program is well implemented in agroManitoba,” she said. The proposed legisla tion makes amendments to The Conser vation Districts Act, The Manitoba Habitat H e r i t a g e A c t , T h e Wa t e r Protection Act and The Water Rights Act. It would usher in new approaches for drainage and water works licensing, improving approval processes by revising drainage regula tions to reduce red tape for minor maintenance projects. That should free up time among field officers to spend on larger higher-impact projects related to water flows that affect not only down stream landowners but entire municipalities, Squires said. At the same time, there will be significant fines for illegal drainage activities, ranging

“Ultimately it’s going to be a phased-in approach to ensure that this GROW program is well implemented in agro-Manitoba.”

Rochelle Squires minister of sustainable development

anywhere from $10,000 to an individual to up to $500,000 for corporations. “We’re very clear that we do not want to see any ille gal drainage work occur in the province,” Squires said.

Protecting wetlands The new proposed act would also include new require ments to ensure drain age projects do not result in the loss of certain classes of wetlands. Squires said the government

is intent on protecting sea sonal, semi-permanent and permanent wetlands (Class 3, 4 and 5 wetlands). “These wetlands are abso lutely essential,” she said. “They have 150 years’ worth of carbon stored in them, nutri ents stored in them. To drain them will just cause a lot of irreparable damage.” The tabled legislation also sets nutrient targets to help measure water quality and would expand the mandate of the Manitoba Habitat Heritage

Manitoba Agriculture filling two specialist positions BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

Manitoba Agriculture has a new oilseed specialist and its new weed specialist is expected to be on the job in January. Dane Froese, who grew up farm ing in the Winkler area, started work as the province’s oilseed spe cialist Nov. 6, Anastasia Kubinec, his boss and former oilseed spe cialist, said in an interview Dec. 1. Kubinec, who is Manitoba Agri culture’s manager of crop industry development, said Froese will also work with hemp, a crop that is growing in acreage. Froese, who is still involved in farming, graduated with a degree in agriculture from the University of Manitoba in 2014. For the last 4-1/2 years Froese has worked in ag retail. “I really like the technical side and have done some research our own farm,” Froese said in an inter view. Froese said as Manitoba Agricul ture’s oilseed specialist he hopes to rekindle interest in sunflower and flax — two oilseed crops that have declined in popularity, while canola, and especially soybeans, have expanded. Kubinec was Manitoba Agri culture’s full-time oilseed special ist until March 2016 when she was appointed ‘acting’ manager of crop industry development as well. She did both jobs until March 2017 when she became the per manent manager. Manitoba Agriculture lost its weeds specialist, Jeanette Gaultier, Sept. 20 when she joined BASF as its new senior technical service specialist for Manitoba. At the time the Keystone Agri cultural Producers said it hoped the weed specialist position would be quickly filled. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Corporation to include wet land protection, mitigation and restoration. “The government will also be looking at what we can do to incentivize the creation of wetlands,” Squires said. This also signals a new era for Manitoba’s 18 conserva tion districts. These would be renamed watershed dis tricts and some may see their borders realigned along true watershed boundaries. Manitoba Conservation Districts Association (MCDA) chair Arnold Coutts said the changes should enable more regional planning and tying together of projects. Co u t t s s a i d c h a n g e s a re needed because CDs have felt the pinch of being impacted by freezes to their administra tion costs. “Without a change in fund ing it would just be a matter of time before some CDs would not exist,” he said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Big stakes and big risks in Trans-Pacific trade talks, say experts Canola and beef sectors say there’s no middle ground — reaching a deal will be a huge win and failure will be ‘a really bad scenario’ BY JENNIFER BLAIR FBC staff

ithout a new TransPacific Partnership deal, two ag sectors won’t just miss out on multimillion-dollar opportunities — they’ll take a major hit in key Asian markets, say canola and beef officials. “There are some really clear benefits for Canada here in terms of growth potential, but also some very serious consequences if we don’t move ahead on this,” said Catherine Scovil, director of government relations for the Canadian Canola Growers Association. “This will not just be simply status quo with a lack of growth opportunities. We would see the industry sliding back.” About 90 per cent of Canadian canola seed, meal, and oil is exported, but that figure doesn’t tell the whole story, said Scovil, who points to Japan. The country is our thirdlargest customer but imposes a 16 per cent tariff on canola oil — a levy that would disappear if the 11-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership ( TPP) trade deal becomes a reality. “Right now, Canada exports seed, and then Japan crushes the seed — they get that valueadded benefit,” she said. “If we could get rid of the tariff, then over time, Canada would be shipping the oil and keeping those jobs at home.”

The Japanese market is the big prize in the proposed deal, although other Asian markets, such at Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore also offer opportunity. ( The other countries involved are Australia, New Z e a l a n d , Br u n e i , Me x i c o, Chile and Peru. U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the talks shortly after his inauguration.) Canola officials estimate that combined exports of oil and meal to Japan and Vietnam would take a major jump if import duties were removed. “Total exports could increase by about $780 million per year, or about one million tonnes of additional canola oil and meal exports,” said Scovil. “It’s pretty significant in terms of additional growth.” However, failing to get rid of those tariffs would mean more than just a lost opportunity, she added. “Other canola-producing countries — like Australia — already have an agreement with Japan, and it’s already started its process of eliminating tariffs,” said Scovil. “Even right now, it’s going to be ahead of us in terms of a tariff advantage. In 2018, the estimate is that Australia will have about a 35 per cent tariff advantage over Canada. “Without a TPP, Canada starts slipping behind Australia, and that gap will continue to grow the longer that we don’t move into TPP.”

“Either we get the TPP and we grow in these Asian markets, or we lose what we currently have in those Asian markets.” John Masswohl

Grow or fall back It’s a similar story in Canada’s beef sector. “For the beef sector, there won’t be any status quo,” said John Masswohl, director of government and international relations at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “Either we get the TPP and we grow in these Asian markets, or we lose what we currently have in those Asian markets.”

The key piece of this trade deal for the beef sector is Japan, said Masswohl. And again, it comes down to eliminating tariffs. “We’ve exported about $100 million a year of beef to Japan in the last several years, and that’s with a 38.5 per cent tariff,” he said. “We paid nearly $40 million in duty to the Japanese government, and we’re still able to export $100 million of beef.” So removing that levy would not only boost sales but “that tariff reduction is going to be all margin for Canadian exporters.” But fail to reach a deal and the situation goes from a lucrative opportunity to a grim situation, primarily for exports of frozen beef and value cuts. “Our estimate is that we will probably lose about 80 per cent of our share in the Japanese m a r k e t ,” s a i d M a s s w o h l . “Instead of being $100 million a year — which could increase to $300 million a year under the

Three other takes on the Trans-Pacific trade talks

Pork, dairy, and grain producer groups also have strong views on what needs to happen in negotiations Staff

ere’s what other Canadian commodity groups are saying about the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.

“Last year, 1.1 million tonnes of pork and pork products, valued at over $3.7 billion, were exported to 92 different countries. Of this, approximately 80 per cent was sold to current TPP partners while another 15 per cent goes to countries we see as prime candidates to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It follows that Canada’s participation in the TPP is of critical interest to Canadian pork producers.” — Canadian Pork Council

“The original agreement, which included the United States, included a market access concession of 3.25 per cent of Canada’s dairy market. Dairy Farmers of Canada estimates that this represents a loss of up to $246 million a year, in perpetuity. Given the withdrawal of the United States from the agreement, Dairy Farmers of Canada considers that it will be imperative for the Canadian government to ensure that the original market access concessions on dairy and supply management be recalibrated to reflect the loss of the world’s largest economy from the deal.” — Dairy Farmers of Canada “The agreement’s partners encompass significant markets, such as Japan, that are key destinations for Canadian cereals and other agriculture exports. There is also the potential for new members to join and several countries have already expressed interest (including Indonesia, the world’s largest wheat importer). By improving the trade regime between these important partners, the TPP-11 will put Canadian exporters at the front of the line in supplying AsiaPacific nations.” — Cereals Canada 57793-1 DAS_SimplicityMatters_Black_13-1667x9.indd 1

TPP — we’ll probably end up being at around $10 million to $20 million a year. “Meanwhile, Australia will be getting a lower and lower tariff into the Japanese market every year.” And if Canada backs out of trade talks, a bilateral agreement with Japan becomes “a pipe dream.” “If you annoy the Japanese that much, there is zero chance that they are going to want to do a bilateral agreement with Canada because we will have forced them into a weaker position,” he said. “It’s not inconceivable to think that if Canada decided not to be part of the TPP, we would lose out on all of the Asian access. “And then Mr. Trump may end up pulling the plug on NAFTA. That’s a really bad scenario.” Continued on next page »

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Bullying can hit municipalities BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff/Brandon

M A mountain to climb? Reaching a deal with Japan and the other nine countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks could boost canola and beef exports alone by more than $1 billion, but there would be big losses if talks founder. Pictured is Tokyo’s port with Mt. Fuji in the background. Photo: REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Pressing for a deal And there is certainly a risk of that, said Masswohl. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in no rush to sign a new agreement when the 11 remaining coun tries involved in the deal met in Vietnam in early November. “The prime minister has not made up his mind, and the deal was not done in Vietnam when he was there,” he said. “He’s not entirely convinced yet that, that deal is in Canada’s favour.”

Masswohl is urging Canadian producers to contact elected officials and advocate for a deal. “I think it would be very beneficial if the prime minis ter could hear individually from every single producer in Canada,” he said. “If anybody has an opinion on this, now is the time to voice it.” Scovil agrees. “We really want to see our government get to an agree ment and implement that

agreem ent as quickly as pos sible,” she said. “There’s momentum here. Japan has really taken the lead in trying to pull the TPP together. We’d love to see Can ada take a leadership role in pushing the TPP over the finish line and get a deal in place and implemented. “We can’t put it off for too long.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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unicipal leaders have sent a strong mes sage that rude, bellig erent and bullying behaviour by council members will no longer be tolerated. Delegates at last week’s Association of Manitoba Muni cipalities convention over whelmingly supported two resolutions which would give municipal leaders recourse if they’re subject to harassment or other forms of misconduct by fellow councillors. The matter of bullying on council came to light last spring after RM of Ritchot Mayor Jackie Hunt resigned from her post and went pub lic about the name-calling and other forms of uncivil behaviour going on during public and in-camera meet ings. Two other councillors also resigned leaving Ritchot without a quorum and forc ing a byelection of the entire council in July. This kind of behaviour has become far too common in municipal governments, sev eral leaders said during the Brandon debate. This isn’t about open debates or heated discussions around council tables, said Cheryl Christian, a councillor with the RM of West St. Paul. “We are talking about situa tions so bad councillors have had restraining orders against one another, harassment alle gations that have municipali ties in this province currently dealing with lawsuits,” she said. Christian and RM of Spring field Councillor Heather Erick son began work on one of the resolutions up for debate last

week. They and others speak ing to it last week stressed this is not a gender-based issue. “Bullying and harassment of elected representatives and staff, male and female, has become far too common,” Erickson said. Delegates passed two resolu tions aimed at addressing the problem. Citing the limited means councils currently have to deal with the problem, one calls on the AMM to ask the province to allow complaints about conduct to be heard by the ombudsman. Right now the Municipal Act requires that councils establish Codes of Conduct but there is no external investigative process to handle complaints. A second resolution calls for AMM to lobby govern ment to include elected rep resentatives in the language of the Workplace Safety and Health Amendment Act. Elected officials should have the same right as employ ers and employees to a safe, harassment-free workplace, said Erickson. Without this it is going to get a lot harder to attract people to serve on councils, she said. “As elected representatives we need to send a message that there’s zero tolerance for bullying and harassment of colleagues and staff,” she said. Virden Mayor Jeff McConnell said there has to be a better way to deal with this than by resignations and dissolving councils. “How was that in anyone’s best interest?” he said. These resolutions are “telling everybody that our current sys tem isn’t working,” he said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing.com or call 204-944-5762. Dec. 5-7: CanolaWeek (including Canola Industry Meeting, Canola Discovery Forum and Canola Innovation Day), Hilton Garden Inn, 90-22nd St. E., Saskatoon. For more info or to register visit www.canolacouncil.org. Dec. 5-7: Western Canada Conference on Soil Health/Western Canadian Grazing Conference, Radisson Hotel Edmonton South, 4440 Gateway Blvd., Edmonton. For more info call 780-836-3354. Dec. 7: Manitoba Beef Producers national checkoff town hall meeting, 4-9 p.m., Heartland Multiplex, MacGregor. For more info or to register call 1-800-772-0458.

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Jan. 24-25: Keystone Agricultural Producers annual general meeting, Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave., Winnipeg. For more info call 204697-1140 or visit kap.mb.ca/meeting. cfm. Feb. 7: Ignite: FCC Young Farmer Summit, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.fcc-fac.ca/ en/ag-knowledge/events/ignite. html. Feb. 8-9: Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For more info or to register visit www. mbbeef.ca/annual-meeting/. Feb. 14-15: CropConnect Conference, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit cropconnectconference.ca. Feb. 23-24: Prairie Organics: Think Whole Farm, Keystone Centre, 117518th St., Brandon. For conference and trade show info or to register, visit www.prairieorganics.org or call 204-871-6600. March 2: Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Forum, 12:45-4:30 p.m., Keystone Centre, 1185-18th St., Brandon. For more info visit fcc-fac.ca/en/agknowledge/events/fcc-forum.html.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 80.00 - 85.00 D3 Cows 40.00 - 60.00 Bulls 87.00 - 96.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 165.00 - 194.00 (801-900 lbs.) 188.00 - 204.00 (701-800 lbs.) 195.00 - 208.50 (601-700 lbs.) 200.00 - 218.00 (501-600 lbs.) 210.00 - 234.00 (401-500 lbs.) 220.00 - 265.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 158.00 - 178.00 (801-900 lbs.) 165.00 - 188.00 (701-800 lbs.) 170.00 - 188.00 (601-700 lbs.) 175.00 - 184.00 (501-600 lbs.) 180.00 - 206.00 (401-500 lbs.) 185.00 - 218.00

Heifers

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

Alberta South $ 150.50 - 150.50 — 80.00 - 94.00 70.00 - 84.00 — $ 185.00 - 199.00 194.00 - 205.00 201.00 - 217.00 210.00 - 227.00 220.00 - 243.00 241.00 - 273.00 $ 176.00 - 190.00 178.00 - 193.00 180.00 - 195.00 185.00 - 204.00 193.00 - 215.00 203.00 - 232.00

(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 (December 1, 2017) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change December 2017 119.90 0.85 February 2018 124.98 -0.50 April 2018 125.93 -0.03 June 2018 118.55 -0.03 August 2018 115.23 0.38 October 2018 114.90 0.43

Feeder Cattle January 2018 March 2018 April 2018 May 2018 August 2018 September 2018

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

December 1, 2017

Previous Year

62,330 14,093 48,137 NA 572,000

52,575 12,571 40,004 NA 549,000

CNSC Ontario $ 174.32 - 207.61 167.95 - 200.42 176.16 - 217.67 179.50 - 231.46 187.58 - 252.12 $ 184.14 - 262.02 136.43 - 169.22 150.72 - 185.50 134.97 - 181.70 142.92 - 204.89 155.47 - 207.87 $ 150.58 - 213.32 144.88 - 144.88 153.99 - 153.99 156.10 - 156.10 157.30 - 157.30 160.48 - 160.48

Change 1.45 1.13 1.42 1.38 1.30 1.30

Week Ending Nov 25, 2017

Previous Year

1,609 33,118 13,572 466 1,079 11,007 506

1,121 26,090 12,315 556 789 10,628 389

Hog Prices (Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)

Source: Manitoba Agriculture Current Week 162E 151E 145.72

Last Week 160.73 151.78 147.58

Last Year (Index 100) 134.95 125.86 117.35

148.55

151.99

119.04

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Futures (December 1, 2017) in U.S. Hogs

Change

December 2017

64.28

1.45

February 2018

69.78

0.68

April 2018

73.85

0.80

May 2018 June 2018

79.20 82.88

0.70 0.42

Other Market Prices

rices for Manitoba cattle softened slightly during the week ended Dec. 1, as the seasonal bump that helped push prices higher in early November evaporated. Around 12,400 head made their way into the province’s eight major auction outlets, compared to 14,350 the week before. “Volume-wise we’re running about a half to two-thirds of what we were during the first two weeks of November,” said Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buyers. Feeder cattle were steady to slightly lower while butcher cattle traded mostly steady. Plain cattle saw discounts. Much of the downturn in price is due to simple supply and demand, Wright said. “We had so many cattle coming at us during the first two weeks of November that transportation was under pressure and pen space was under pressure.” In one week alone during that span, he said, Western Canada saw 194,000 cattle moved, which was a massive number. Producers tend to have major payments that need to be made around that time, he said. From here until the end of the calendar year, he expects Manitoba auctions to see reduced numbers. “But there is still a lot of demand for the feeder cattle, especially the cattle under 600 lbs.,” he said, adding that calves which have been weaned or are right off the cow also continue to be sold. One problem is that feedlots are either full

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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 November 12, 2017 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................................$1.910 Undergrade ....................................... $1.820 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ........................................$1.790 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ........................................$1.790 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A................................................. $1.890 Undergrade......................................... $1.805 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 132.92 - 174.79 177.79 - 212.09 207.54 - 229.91 216.02 - 246.38 227.71 - 326.62 —

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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

Rick Wright Heartland Order Buyers

or booked right now. “Transportation is not as critical as it once was but pen space is certainly an issue right now,” Wright said. Demand from Ontario and Quebec is very strong right now, which is keeping the market from turning lower, he said. It’s a good thing, too, as interest from the U.S. is extremely low. A few feeder cattle are moving south of the border, Wright said, but most of them were contracted a long time ago or are being moved to feedlots in the U.S. “ The cost of feeding cattle is a little cheaper there than it was up here,” he said, adding most of the animals on the move are either yearling cattle or weaned calves. U.S. futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have softened as of late, which means further pressure is likely. Hedge funds are backing away while packers shop around for good deals. Another issue ranchers are dealing with is the warm temperatures seen in Manitoba. Temperature fluctuations and humidity are stressing the calves, Wright said. “We’d be better off if we were -10 C and steady all the time.” Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

“Transportation is not as critical as it once was but pen space is certainly an issue right now.”

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Close 154.18 152.28 152.35 151.48 153.35 151.80

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Cattle prices see pressure as seasonal bump clears Volumes should taper off heading toward year-end

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Nov 25, 2017

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

$1 Cdn: $0.7856 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2729 Cdn.

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EXCHANGES: December 1, 2017

WH Group, the world’s top pork producer, is adding new varieties of packaged foods to counter slowing Chinese pork demand and woo the expanding middle class of the world’s most populous nation that is embracing a wider diet of meats. Drawing on the expertise of its Smithfield business in the United States, WH’s domestic unit Shuanghui Development is launching products that meet regional flavours and satisfy the demand for snacking and convenience, while also

boosting its range of premium fresh chilled meats. The company is also seeking lucrative supply contracts with hotel and fast-food chains like McDonald’s and is even tweaking staple products like bacon, executives said. “First, we want to bring in more western products, and second, we want to develop more industrialized Chinese products,” chairman and chief executive Wan Long told reporters. Among the 100 new products WH introduced this year are the spicy meat snack “Chuan Touli,” inspired by the chiliinfused cuisine of the southern Chinese province of Sichuan, and a sausage containing the southern speciality sticky rice. Shuanghui is China’s top pork processor, slaughter-

ing around 15 million pigs a year and commanding a 29 per cent share of the processed meat sold in supermarkets, according to Euromonitor, far ahead of the rest. But, China’s slowing economy and more healthconscious consumers have limited Shuanghui’s sales growth. The country’s fresh and processed retail meat market generates an estimated 944.7 billion yuan (US$143.14 billion) in sales each year. Sales of Shuanghui’s packaged meats in the first three quarters of 2017 were down 2.2 per cent to US$2.49 billion versus the same period last year. WH is also adapting to the complexity of selling meat in China, where tastes differ by region and income level.

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

StatsCan jobs data drags on canola as loonie jumps

Average quotes as of December 1, 2017 ($/tonne) Future

Basis

E. Manitoba wheat

232.04

19.60

251.64

W. Manitoba wheat

232.04

3.29

235.33

E. Manitoba canola

506.10

-16.57

489.53

W. Manitoba canola

506.10

-21.98

New StatsCan crop estimates may provide some direction Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

CE Futures Canada canola contracts chopped around within a wide range over the course of the week ended Dec. 1, but finished that Friday on a soft note. The late weakness in canola was a direct result of a rally in the Canadian dollar. The currency itself had been under pressure for most of the week, but shot higher on some surprisingly solid domestic jobs data from Statistics Canada. Grain markets were also positioning themselves ahead of another Statistics Canada release, with the final production estimates of the year out on Dec. 6. That report could provide some sparks for the market if there are any surprises. Most industry participants expect actual canola production will end up above the September estimate of 19.6 million tonnes, but the extent of that revision remains to be seen. Anything between 20 million and 20.5 million tonnes would be considered market neutral for canola, but larger or smaller crops could provide some nearby direction for canola separate from the U.S. futures. From a chart standpoint, the January canola contract fell below the 100-day moving average on Friday, Dec. 1, to settle at $506.10 per tonne. While a correction back above that level is possible, the next downside target comes in at the 200-day average around $503 and then at the psychological $500-per-tonne mark. In addition to the bearish technical signals, large supplies in the commercial pipeline could limit any bounce in canola from a fundamental standpoint. While both the export and domestic crush pace continue at a steady clip, western Canadian farm-

ers made solid deliveries of over 400,000 tonnes of canola during the week ended Nov. 27, according to the latest report from the Canadian Grain Commission. With visible supplies of over 1.4 million tonnes, end-users have little reason to be bidding up the futures. In the U.S., both soybeans and corn started the weak lower before eventually uncovering some support to move off nearby lows. With the U.S. harvest wrapped up for the most part, seasonal price trends should lend support to the grains and oilseeds heading into the new year. Attention is also now firmly on crop conditions in South America, where the next soybean and corn crops are just getting started.

484.12 Source: pdqinfo.ca

Port Prices As of Friday, December 1, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

179.31

-0.17

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

273.19

-3.03

Canola Thunder Bay

516.10

-4.90

Canola Vancouver

531.10

0.10

Closing Futures Prices

As of Thursday, November 30, 2017 ($/tonne)

Wheat stocks For wheat, fresh contract lows were hit in the Chicago and Kansas City winter wheat futures, while Minneapolis spring wheat fell to its softest levels in months. However, support was uncovered at the lows, with U.S. wheat starting to look a bit more attractively priced on the global market. Production issues in Australia were also starting to generate some talk in the market. Statistics Canada’s wheat production estimate has the potential to provide at least some shortterm direction for U.S. futures. Trade estimates on the size of Canada’s all-wheat (including durum) production range from 27 million to 29.5 million tonnes, which would compare with the previous StatsCan estimate of 27.1 million. While most market participants expect an upward revision, the crop will still come in well below the 31.7 million tonnes grown last year. Tighter Canadian wheat stocks could be a bit supportive for prices, but large world supplies should remain burdensome overall. Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

ICE canola ICE milling wheat ICE barley

Last Week

Weekly Change

506.10

-8.40

n/a

Mpls. HRS wheat

224.32

-4.78

Chicago SRW wheat

152.30

-0.46

Kansas City HRW wheat

154.51

2.20

Corn

135.72

0.98

Oats

160.32

-1.30

Soybeans

365.33

0.37

Soymeal

361.68

4.85

Soyoil

740.88

-7.50

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, December 1, 2017 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

n/a

Feed barley

162.13

1.38

Rye

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

Cash

n/a

472.81

-0.79

n/a

Oats

191.93

1.95

Soybeans

389.12

1.47

Flaxseed Feed peas

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

17.70

n/a

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

Ask

Prairie wheat bids mixed with choppy loonie The Canadian dollar bounced back Friday from a week on the downslope BY ASHLEY ROBINSON CNS Canada

ard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed for the week ended Dec. 1, as the Canadian dollar saw wide price swings during the course of the week. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $1 per tonne in some areas of Western Canada but increased in others by $3 per tonne, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $235 per tonne in western Manitoba to as high as $260 in southern Alberta. Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but fell slightly to range from about $4 to $29 per tonne above

Average (CWRS) prices ranged from about $235 per tonne in western Manitoba to as high as $260 in southern Alberta.

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$185 to US$204 per tonne, down slightly on a U.S. dollar basis on the week. That would put the currency-adjusted basis levels at about US$37-$46 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 $34 to $59 below the futures. Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat bids were anywhere from $5 to $7 higher. Prices across the Prairies ranged from $174 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to $194 per tonne in southern Alberta. Average durum prices held steady generally, with bids in Saskatchewan and Manitoba ranging from about $269 to $281 per tonne.

The December spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts Canada are based, was quoted Dec. 1 at US$6.105 per bushel, down 13 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 December K.C. wheat contract was quoted at US$4.2025 per bushel on Dec. 1, up 5.75 U.S. cents compared to the previous week. The December Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.1425 on Dec. 1, down 1.5 U.S. cents on the week. The Canadian dollar settled Dec. 1 at 78.56 U.S. cents, down about a 10th of a cent compared to the previous week. Overall the dollar was down during the week, but shot up Dec. 1 as Statistics Canada released its November job numbers, which showed Canada had its lowest rate of unemployment since 2008.

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 7, 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

Who’s the father?

Initial data out of the Western Beef Development Centre and University of Saskatchewan shows siring rates in a pasture might vary more than you’d think “If there’s a sire on your place that’s only producing one or two calves, he’s still costing the same room and board as everybody else there, but he’s not really giving you anything in return.”

BY Alexis Stockford Co-operator staff

hat bull has one job — and he might not be doing it. That’s the message from a recent study out of the Western Beef Development Centre and University of Saskatchewan and the focus of the latest Beef Cattle Research Council webinar. The research team, including the BCRC’s Stacey Domolewski, used DNA testing to track calf parentage at six different ranches plus the Western Beef Development Centre in Lanigan, Sask. The results surprised Domolewski. While a certain amount of variability is expected with multiple bulls, often of different ages, her first-year data showed that some bulls were significantly outpacing others. In one pasture, six bulls sired an average 21 calves each, but the most effective of the six sired 53 calves, while one bull sired only five. In another example, a pasture with nine bulls had a top sire with 34 calves, while another bull sired only one. “If there’s a sire on your place that’s only producing one or two calves, he’s still costing the same room and board as everybody else there, but he’s not really giving you anything in return,” Domolewski said during the Nov. 16 webinar. The study created its own bull prolificacy index (BPI) to compare different-size herds. The BPI compared the number of calves expected according to a pasture’s bull-to-cow ratio with the number actually sired. Any BPI over one was considered a more prolific bull than expected, while BPIs less than one marked a flagging bull.

Age effect There was no real surprise after the first year’s data was analyzed and mature bulls outperformed two-year-old or yearling males. In the second year though, calf crops favoured the two-year-olds. “Because a bull is older, (it) doesn’t necessarily mean he’s going to sire more calves... there may be a lot of other factors in play here that we’re not looking at,” Domolewski said. The study also found that a “pass is a pass” in terms of breeding soundness exams. All bulls in the study had passed the exam before the study, but sperm counts had little effect on BPI. “The bull with the low BPI didn’t have the lowest per cent normal sperm and the bull with the highest BPI didn’t have the highest per cent normal sperm,” Domolewski said. She was not totally surprised by those results, she said, pointing to previous research where fertility decreased below an exam threshold, but higher than passing grades did not necessarily mean greater fertility. Simply putting in more bulls may

Stacey Domolewski

Finding out who’s the father is taking on new importance for herd managers looking for better results at lower cost. PHOTO: thinkstock

not solve the problem, Domolewski said. The first two years of data showed pastures with more sires also had more varied siring rates. At the same time, the cost of keeping a non-prolific bull may significantly undercut a farm’s bottom line, she said. In a cost analysis of low- and highperforming bulls, the study found that a bull purchased for $3,200 and sold after four years will cost the farmer $1,405 per calf to keep if only one calf is sired a year. That number dropped dramatically to $281 per calf if the bull sired five annually and plummeted to $40 per calf at 35 calves sired per year. The pattern held true when calf quality was brought into account. “One of the operations that we worked with did follow their calves out to weaning and weighed individual calves, so we have that data for each individual bull. What we found across the board, across all of the breeding pastures, was essentially that the bull that was the highest BPI in the pasture also had the highest total pounds of calf weaned,” Domolewski said.

Investment or cash drain? Brian Lemon, general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers, is solidly in favour of beef producers gathering more information on their herd. The idea of tracking calf parentage has not raised any concerns that he’s aware of and he says MBP sees distinct advantages in a more informed breeding program, including better ability to tap into hybrid vigour. He also expects the practice to grow as more producers are swayed by the promised benefits. At the same time, he said, most producers tracking breeding strategies are not taking it to the level of DNA testing. “As we move forward, it’s like any new technology, any new innovation,” he said. “You’re always going to have your early adopters that jump on board, but if you’re looking for broad acceptance and broad uptake, it takes a little bit of time to get those folks who are maybe on the fence watching, to get them to come down off the fence and actually implement it and make those investments.” But while advocates have tapped the practice for a number of advantages (dealing with hoof problems, maxi-

mized breeding efficiency and eliminating dystocia among them), producers are still waiting to hear how DNA testing plays out on the balance sheet. Domolewski dug into the economics of the practice in the hopes of answering some of those questions. She compared the cost of calf loss due to dystocia to DNA testing expense, also exploring possible shortcuts for producers to access testing advantages while minimizing cost. A producer might test only calves from difficult births in the hope of eliminating dystocia, Domolewski argued. She posed the scenario of four bulls in a 100-cow pasture. Of those, she said, assume that 13 births are hard pulls, after which three of those calves die. At $12 a test, a figure the centre says is reasonable considering its own forays into DNA tracking, tests from the 13 hard pulls will cost the farmer $156, combined with the $48 to get four bulls tested for a total $204. In comparison, the loss of three calves at an eventual 510 pounds each and $1.80 a pound would cost the farmer almost $2,800. “If you could cull the bull that’s causing the problem and prevent that loss in the future, it was pretty simple to say that the test paid for itself,” she said. The scenario did not include costs a producer might have from that calf before sale.

Early sampling Calves born in the first 21 days of calving season may also provide a reliable cross-section, rather than testing the parentage of every calf. Although there were some outliers, the study generally found that BPI results stayed in the same range for each bull, regardless of if data was taken from calves born in the first 21 days of the season or from the entire calf crop. Result turnaround would also drop with fewer tests, Domolewski noted, opening a bigger window for management decisions. The three-year study is still waiting on its third year of data, collected this year. The Western Beef Development Centre also has an electronic herdsire cost calculator available to farmers. astockford@farmmedia.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 7, 2017

Pilot program seeking dairy farmers Barriers to employment can be as straightforward as lacking access to transportation or childcare BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff

new partnership hopes to make it easier for Manitoba milk produc ers to hire locally. Keystone Agricultural Pro duce rs is working with Work place Education Manitoba and Industry Training and Employment Services to create a pilot program that would see interested participants trained to work on dairy farms in south eastern parts of the province. “The idea behind it is to fill some of the gaps in labour for farmers in Manitoba,” said Keystone policy analyst Alanna Grey. “It’s pretty significant how some of the labour shortage you experience can impact the finances of your operation.” The program will pair a dozen dairy farmers with individuals currently looking for employ ment and provide them with detailed training. “The premise of the whole program is that social agencies in the Steinbach area will iden tify potential participants who previously, perhaps, had barri ers to full-time employment,” said Janice Goldsborough, a human resources consultant with the general farm organiza tion. “We are looking at people who are on employment insur ance, who might be on social assistance, First Nations, youth, as well as immigrants and refu gees, it’s any of those areas.” While other livestock sec tors — like the pork industry — also see labour shortages, Goldsborough said dairy pre sented fewer obstacle in terms of finding participants. “We decided to focus on the dairy sector, mainly because there’s usually not any cultural or religious restrictions,” she said. “In the swine industry, which would be another good avenue to go, we also had to be mindful that some cultures, such as a lot of the refugees who are coming in, their religion for bids them from handling pork, so we thought, dairy is a pretty safe industry, it’s pretty neutral.” But she added that the pro gram’s long-term goal is to expand to other commodities, possibly reducing reliance on the temporary foreign worker program. “We want a made-in-Mani toba solution,” said Golds borough. “We’re hoping that if this is successful we can expand it to other industries, other commodities, to be able to train people locally to work, whether it’s in swine or poultry or cat tle ranches, or whatever it is… we’re hoping that this will be able to create a template.”

Farmer guided Kim Shula, southeast regional co-ordinator for Workplace Education Manitoba, said the organization will work with dairy farmers before making a call for participants to establish exactly what skills are needed for dairy work. “We’ll be working closely with the industry to basically pro file the job of a dairy worker, so what are the types of activi ties that they need to under take,” Shula said. “For exam ple, is there a certain amount of documentation that a dairy worker has to do, which would

be either writing a schedule or keeping records?” The plan is to teach the re q u i re m e n t s re q u i re d by industry, as well as working to upgrade literacy and numer acy skills. But first, the pilot project will work to identify suitable candidates for the program. “Now what I mean by suit able, is folks who are comfort able working in the type of sit uations you would encounter on a dairy farm… there would be some heavy lifting required, they may have to work out side... they would have to wear coveralls and rubber boots, so dampness and wetness would be expected,” said Shula. “Also, an ability or aptitude to work with animals is needed, so we’ll be assessing a number of factors as these individuals come in to meet with us.” When presented at a district Dairy Farmers of Manitoba meeting in Steinbach this fall, producers raised concerns

“The vetting process will make sure that we are getting people who are wanting to work and aren’t going to get out to the farm and suddenly change their mind.” Janice Goldsborough

about the long-term commit ment and suitability of par ticipants, with no one at the meeting expressing interest in signing on to the pilot project. However, in recent weeks a handful of dairy farmers have decided to participate. “The vetting process will make sure that we are getting people who are wanting to work and aren’t going to get out to the farm and suddenly change their mind, we’re hop ing to get a good-quality par ticipant so that the producers will get good workers in the end,” Goldsborough said.

Speaking directly to produc ers, she added, “I know you’re all probably thinking, well yeah, but they’re not going to show up on time, etcetera. Those are expectations and what we’re hoping that is we can overcome the barriers to employment and get them working, that they will con sider this a great opportunity and pick up their socks and be a good employee of you. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees, but we’re trying.” She added that many Can adians just don’t see working on a farm as an option, but

once they are exposed to the possibility they embrace the work. Others rule out farm work simply because they don’t have access to a vehi cle, something that can often be solved creatively once a desire to work in a rural area is established. The program is expected to include about nine weeks of training before a participant actually begins to work on any given farm. “There is no cost to the farm ers up to that point, the train ing is done through this fund ing we have received from the government,” Goldsborough said. “Once that employee starts working on their farm, the farmer will be responsible for paying their wages.” Workplace Education Man itoba will also continue to provide participants with job coaching for their first five weeks on the job. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Nov. 29

Nov. 28

Nov. 30

Nov. 29

Nov. 27

Nov. 30

Dec. 1

2,384

1,144

279

1,667*

2,411*

1,219*

1,347

1,140

No. on offer over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

170.00-192.00

110.00-140.00

n/a

184.00-194.00

n/a

175.00-190.00

800-900

171.00-205.00

180.00-204.50

130.00-160.00

190.00-212.00

198.00-208.00 (212.00)

n/a

190.00-203.00

178.00-195.00

700-800

180.00-223.00

190.00-214.25

165.00-196.00

195.00-215.00

206.00-218.00 (221.00)

200.00-215.25

200.00-218.50

190.00-214.00

600-700

190.00-237.75

200.00-223.00

185.00-212.00

200.00-225.00 (231.00)

213.00-228.00 (230.00)

210.00-222.25

205.00-231.50

195.00-225.00

500-600

200.00-244.25

210.00-245.00

225.00-262.00

210.00-229.00 (235.00)

221.00-237.00

215.00-235.00

220.00-240.50

200.00-240.00

400-500

220.00-261.00

250.00-285.00

230.00-270.00

225.00-255.00

240.00-268.00

235.00-270.00 (279.00)

220.00-285.00

230.00-270.00

300-400

259.00-280.00

270.00-290.00

240.00-307.00

260.00-280.00

255.00-290.00

250.00-300.00

n/a

270.00-305.00

n/a

160.00-175.50

125.00-178.00

n/a

167.00-182.00

n/a

165.00-180.00

800-900

n/a

165.00-192.50

130.00-186.00

160.00-178.00

173.00-184.00

n/a

170.00-180.00

700-800

170.00-205.50

170.00-192.50

140.00-185.00

170.00-185.00

174.00-189.00

175.00-188.00

170.00-185.00

600-700

180.00-216.00

180.00-201.00

160.00-189.00

175.00-193.00

178.00-192.00

185.00-204.50

178.00-192.00

175.00-195.00

Feeder heifers

n/a

900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

500-600

190.00-223.50

190.00-209.00

190.00-211.00

190.00-210.00

186.00-207.00

190.00-213.00

190.00-218.00

180.00-215.00

400-500

195.00-252.00

200.00-229.50

210.00-242.50

205.00-227.00

205.00-225.00

200.00-230.00

210.00-228.00

190.00-230.00

300-400

200.00-247.50

210.00-235.00

220.00-280.00

210.00-243.00

n/a

220.00-245.00

n/a

240

n/a

109

n/a

236

260

D1-D2 Cows

70.00-77.00

70.00-84.50

65.00-80.00

75.00-84.00

77.00-83.00

72.00-78.00

75.00-89.00

78.00-84.00

D3-D5 Cows

68.00-74.00

n/a

35.00-65.00

60.00-74.00

69.00-75.00

n/a

67.00-74.00

n/a

Slaughter Market No. on offer

Age Verified

78.00-92.00

n/a

Mature Bulls

70.00-101.50

90.00-101.50

74.00-90.25

90.00-102.00

93.00-103.00

95.00-109.00

90.00-98.00

90.00-95.00

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

70.00-77.00

Lean Export Cows

n/a

60.00-73.00

110.00-175.00

n/a

100.00-120.00

n/a

105.00-140.00

n/a

95.00-135.00

n/a

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

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Precision pig feeder faces market delays The system promises to cut down on feed cost and extra manure, but there’s no word yet on when the equipment will be ready for market have to feed more grain and additives to that cow,” he said. “She breeds a lot easier and gets pregnant a lot easier.” The equipment takes a sig nificant chunk out of feed costs, Vos said. Also, like Pomar, experts have argued that the technology can be used to bet ter monitor animal health. Currently, Vos said equipment measures bulk milk output rather than fat content or other quality considerations. “It’s fairly basic yet,” he said.

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

he science of precision pig feeding has come along nicely, but the manufacturing industry has been slow to climb on board, according to the project’s lead researcher. Candido Pomar, of Agri culture and Agri-Food Canada, was set to bring his pig-specific feeder to commercial trials in 2016 at Prairie Swine Centre, the Manitoba Co-operator reported in mid-2015. Since then, however, he says there has been little industry movement. “The research is going on very nicely,” he said. “We are improving the system... new concepts and so on. This part is going quite well.” It’s the technology transfer to industry Pomar describes as “... going very slowly.” They’ve had a hard time convincing feeder manufacturers to take the pro ject on. The research aims to cut out extra feed cost and reduce the amount of manure in Canada’s hog barns by tailor mixing feed for each pig, based on a history of feeding habits and growth. In 2015, the project promised to lower feed costs by 10 to 15 per cent without lowering carcass performance or size.

Overfeeding Farmers feed to the highest common denominator, Pomar said, a method that ensures that no pigs are underfed since the herd’s heaviest feed users set the standard, but also overfeeds other pigs. His research, out of AAFC’s Sh e r b r o o k e Re s e a rc h a n d D e v e l o p m ent Centre, uses a computer model to collect information on body condi tion, weight gains and growth and feed intake to determine the most efficient feed amount and quality for each individual pig. Each animal is marked by an electronic chip implanted in the ear. The feeder is then able to identify each animal approaching the feeder and dispense the right amount and mix of feed. Feed data is taken from the feeders themselves, while sev eral scale configurations are being considered to track the pig’s progress, including a scale in front of the feeder to weigh the pig as it feeds, or a scale that animals must pass over to reach the feeder, Pomar said. Automatic systems would take daily weight measure ments, although the researcher argues that once a week should be enough for commercial operations. The system is not yet sophis ticated enough to measure individual ingredients, but combines two feed mixes, a low-nutrient mix and a highernutrient mix, which includes higher soybean protein, miner als and vitamins. “What we call the ‘rich’ feed is similar to a feed that the indus try formulates for young pigs at the beginning of the growing period, so around 20-20 kilo grams,” Pomar said. Pomar estimates his system will save producers $8 per pig in feed, equating to 23 kilo grams of soybean meal and 0.6

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kilogram of phosphate over the growth period. More efficient feed also leads to less manure that must be stored or spread, the project argues. Trials have shown up to 40 per cent less nitrogen excreted and Pomar expects a similar 25-30 per cent drop in phosphorus. For Manitoba’s hog industry, which has taken both regula tory and public opinion hits based on nutrient load in Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba, those numbers may spark interest. The Manitoba Pork Council said only that precision feeding is still in its early phases and that there are “some glitches being worked out,” according to a spokesperson.

Production delays Pomar has yet to confirm a manufacturer for the feeder, but change to the industry may be another hurdle, since the feed ers would require farms to shift feed compositions and over come logistical problems. “The industry would need not just to buy the feeders. It will need also to find the opti

mal way to use all these feed ing approaches,” Pomar said. “It’s not just adding something to what it is doing. It is going to have to change the way it is feeding pigs.” So far, there has been little interest in bringing the feeder to market in Canada, Pomar said, although his research has gained more traction in Europe. Pomar says three European companies have shown inter est and he expects them to start applying his concepts by as early as next year. “I think we need to make an effort here in Canada to fur ther develop this approach and especially in applying this tech nology in commercial farms,” he said. “Otherwise, we are going to see other countries applying this concept before us and I think that we are going to be able, with this approach, to be able to improve the eco nomics of production, but also, I think, in terms of environ mental impact, this might be improved. I think there’s a clear interest and I’m quite sure that in five to 10 years, this tech nology is going to be applied somewhere.”

Crossover from dairy Individualized feed is old news for the dairy industry, where a concept similar to Pomar’s has been on the market for at least a decade. The technol ogy appeared alongside robotic milking, something that has since become common. “The robots are able to iden tify, of course, the cow and how much milk it’s produc ing and puts the appropriate amount of feed in front of the cow and gives the cow access to the robot to be milked based on their productions,” Bruce Grewar of the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba said. Ni c o Vo s , p r e s i d e n t o f the Tristar Dairy Centre in Grunthal, is among those to sell precision dairy feeders. Like Pomar’s feeder, each animal is fitted with a transponder (as a collar rather than an implant). Information can then be taken on feeding habits, animal health, lactation cycle and milk production. “We feed the cows accord ing to milk production, so if you have a really high-produc ing cow, in order to maintain its body condition, again, we

Without industry partners, it is hard to say how much a pre cision pig feeder will cost the average farmer or how long it will take for efficiencies to off set equipment cost. Precision feeders in Europe cost well into the thousands of dollars, Pomar said, targeted for niche research use rather than the commercial product he expects to eventu ally see. “For commercial purposes, I expect that the feeder itself should be much, much lower than that, but we don’t have it, so I don’t know how much it may cost,” he said. “That’s maybe the difficulty today.” Some benefits, however, may not appear in a straight cost analysis, he added. The technology might offer an early warning signal for dis ease, something that’s been of particular concern in Manitoba this year with the most recent PEDv outbreak in the south eastern part of the province. “For me, I think it’s going to be an instant reduction of feed cost, but we are going to see also important benefits on hav ing the information about what each pig is doing every day,” Pomar said. “A pig that is getting sick, that is going to change his pattern of feed intake.” That same data may translate into better planning, including forecast performance to plan transport and slaughter, as well as less time spent monitoring herds, he added. astockford@farmmedia.com

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

Seasonably cold ahead, and dry Issued: Monday, December 4, 2017 · Covering: December 6 to December 13, 2017 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

f you have been regularly checking out the weather models over the last couple of weeks you would have noticed they have been having a hard time nailing things down. One model run shows a large storm system, then 12 hours later the next model run has no storm system at all; two days later the storm system is back, but in a slightly different place. It makes for tough forecasting, but besides that, it also usually means our weather pattern is going to make a big change, and that is exactly what we are going to see in this forecast period. The potential storm system that was originally forecast to slide to our south on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week moved in a little earlier and was a little farther north. This brought some significant snowfall to some areas, along with strong winds and blowing snow. This low, along with a building ridge of high pressure along the West Coast, is going to shift our mild weather pattern toward a more seasonable one.

With the sharp ridge to our west and a deep trough developing over eastern North America, the flow across our region will be predominantly out of the north. This will allow for much colder air to work into our region. Within this northerly flow there will be several weak systems sliding southward, bringing with them occasional clouds along with some light flurries. Each of these weak systems will be quickly followed by an area of arctic high pressure that will bring clear skies and seasonably cold temperatures. Expect daytime highs on most days to be in the -8 to -12 C range with overnight lows in the -18 to -20 C range. The coldest weather looks to move in early next week, with the weather models predicting overnight lows around -25 C. Looking further ahead there are signs that warm air will begin # to push back into our region from the west late next week. # Usual temperature range for this period: Highs: -16 to -1 C; lows, -26 to -10 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.

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in past 30 days, as of November 30, 2017 < 40 40 to 60 60 to 85 85 to 115 115 to 150

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during November. Most of agricultural Manitoba received below-average amounts of precipitation during the month. The exception was the area around and north of Brandon, along with far northwestern regions. Farther west, most of Saskatchewan and Alberta received near- to above-average amounts.

Cold, dry November, cold, snowy December? The Prairie region just saw one of its earliest starts for winter in several years BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

s we slowly close in on the end of another year, it’s time to take our monthly look back at the weather across Manitoba and the rest of the Prairies. Then we’ll look ahead to see what December and January might hold in store for us. The big question going into November was whether we were going to see the cold end of October continue — or would we see a repeat of last year’s record-breaking warmth? As it turns out, we ended up seeing a bit of both. The month started off cold, not just across Manitoba, but right across the three Prairie provinces. Along with the cold weather came snow, bringing one of the earliest starts to winter in a number of years for a large portion of the Prairies. With snow on the ground and arctic high pressure overhead, the stage was set for some re c o rd - b re a k ing over night lows. I don’t have an official count of how many places broke records, but a quick check shows several locations broke one or two record lows during this early-winter cold snap. With the cold start, the talk

then turned to whether this was going to turn into “one of those winters.” Before this type of thinking could gain a foothold, the weather across the Prairies did a flip and we ended up with the last part of the month seeing some record-breaking high temperatures. Along with the warmth came a fair bit of melting and a fairly large portion of the southern Prairies lost its snow cover. That said, the recordbreaking warmth and snowfree ground was not enough to overcome the cold start to the month. When all the data was added up, all of the major st ati ons acro ss Mani tob a, Saskatchewan and Alberta recorded mean monthly temperatures well below long-term averages. With the exception o f C a l g a r y, A l b e r t a a n d Saskatchewan were the cold spots for November. Mean monthly temperatures ranged from 3 C below average in Regina to a very chilly 4.5 C below average in Peace River. In Manitoba, it was a little milder, but still below average, with both Winnipeg and Dauphin reporting a mean monthly temperature about 1.8 C below average. Brandon was the cold spot, with a mean monthly temperature a good 2.5 C below average.

A s f o r p re c i p i t a t i o n , i t was a wet or rather snowy month across Alberta, with all three main locations repor ting above-average amounts. In Saskatchewan, Sa s k a t o o n re p o r t e d n e a raverage amounts of precipitation while Regina was just a little below average. Here in Manitoba, as with the temperatures, both Winnipeg and D a u p h i n re p o r t e d b e l ow average amounts (both stations only received about half of their long-term averages). Meanwhile, Brandon came in slightly above average. Overall, November across agricultural Manitoba was colder and drier than average, with the exception of the Brandon region, which saw near- to slightly above-average amounts of precipitation.

Who called it? Now the fun part, looking back to see if any of the forecasts could correctly predict our weather. As it turns out, several of the forecasts called for colder-than-average temperatures. Both almanacs, the U.S. Climate Forecast System (CFS), The Weather Network and my own prediction called for below-average temperatures. Of these, both the Old Farmer’s Almanac and The Weather Network called for near-aver-

age amounts of precipitation, with the rest calling for aboveaverage amounts. Personally, I would give the nod to the Old Farmer’s Almanac and The Weather Network, but I will let you make up your own mind. Now o n t o D e c e m b e r ’s forecast, star ting off with Environment Canada, which calls for near-average temperatures in both December and January with near- to slightly above-average amounts of precipitation. The best chance for above-average precipitation will be across southern regions. The Old Farmer’s Almanac calls for a cold and snowy December followed by a very warm and dry January. T h e Ca n a d i a n Fa r m e r s’ Almanac appears to call for near- to slightly below-average temperatures in December, followed by below-average temperatures in January. Its precipitation forecast calls for well-above-average amounts as it mentions heavy snow several times over the next couple of months. Next on the list of forecasters is the Weather Network, which calls for below-average temperatures along with above-average amounts of precipitation, especially across southern regions. It did point out that while temperatures will be colder than average,

the cold weather will be interspersed with warm periods. The CFS weather model calls for near-average temperatures in December as periods of cold and warm weather kind of cancel each other out. Ja n u a r y t e m p e ra t u re s a re forecast to fall below average. The CFS model predicts nearaverage amounts of precipitation in both December and January. The second-last forecast is the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast, which calls for near- to slightly belowaverage temperatures in D e c e m b e r, t r a n s i t i o n i n g to below average in January. Precipitation will be near average in December and above average in January. Finally, my throw at the weather dartboard. I am leaning toward a forecast similar to The Weather Network, with a call for big fluctuations in temperatures over the next couple of months that will average out to near-average temperatures overall. Precipitation is always the hardest part of the forecast, but with big swings in temperatures we often see a stormy pattern and that would translate into above-average amounts of precipitation. Now, as usual, time to sit back and see what happens.

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 7, 2017

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Tillage questions posed for Manitoba David Lobb’s research into the cost of soil degradation highlights the soybean challenge BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

hat does soil degradation cost you? Dr. David Lobb hopes the answer to that question will get producers looking more closely at what’s happening under their feet. The University of Manitoba researcher spoke Nov. 15 in Dauphin at the “Soil Health and Your Bottom Line” workshop, hosted by the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve. Lobb estimates that soil degradation cost Canadians $40 billion to $60 billion between 1971 and 2011. “I’ve put that number out there as a poke in the eye of the government people who think the job is done,” Lobb said. Soil awareness and no till were in the limelight in the ’80s and ’90s, sparked by finding a 1984 Senate report, which warned a significant portion of agricultural lands would be unproductive within a century if degradation continued unchecked. In 1995, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada called soil degradation, “the most serious crisis facing the agricultural industry in the long term,” in its report, The Health of Our Soils: Towards sustainable agriculture in Canada.

Less attention That interest has since waned, according to soil scientists still ringing the alarm, including Lobb. Lobb’s latest research drew on existing yield data showing the impact of soil degradation, data on erosion, salinity and other soil health issues from 1971 to 2011 and historical crop yields and prices. From this he estimated how much soil degradation has actually cost farmers. In 1971, Lobb estimated 63.2 per cent of Canadian cropland was low eroding, losing about 5.9 tonnes of soil per hectare per year. The other 36.8 per cent was considered high eroding and lost 24 tonnes of soil

Dr. David Lobb puts a price tag on cumulative soil degradation in the kickoff event to the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve Soil Health Committee. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

in the same area and time frame. The result was a 0.5 per cent yield loss in low-eroding soil and a 17 per cent loss in high-eroding soil, costing farmers about $0.96 billion every year, in 2016 dollars. By 2011, that cost had risen to $3.1 billion per year, despite a marked decrease in the amount of at-risk soil. The majority of modern soils, 90.5 per cent, were considered low erosion as of 2011 and lost only 3.5 tonnes of soil per hectare per year. The 9.5 per cent high-risk soils lost 22.7 tonnes of soil per hectare per year, another decrease. The difference, according to Lobb, is twofold. While Canada’s erosion situation improved over 30 years, crop and input prices also shot up, multiplying the financial loss any time yield declined because of soil, he said.

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More importantly, he added, soil degradation is cumulative; something he says is a key point that has been largely ignored in the soil health discussion so far. Despite fewer acres being hit with high erosion and less soil being lost overall, Lobb’s study still estimates low-risk acres lost five per cent of yield, compared to just 0.5 per cent 30 years earlier. In high-erosion soils, the dif-

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Manitoba sees changing erosion landscape

Manitoba may not have a lot of topography but Dr. David Lobb says it’s enough for tillage erosion, especially as soybeans expand BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

The first meeting of the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve Soil Health Committee comes to order Nov. 15. PHOTOs: ALEXIS STOCKFORD Tillage questions Continued from page 17

Guelph, along with Lobb and the Soil Conservation Council of Canada, hopes to calculate soil degradation cost for difference ecozones over the next year.

Introducing themselves The day-long event also kicked o f f t h e R i d i n g Mo u n t a i n Biosphere Reserve Soil Health Committee. The committee is an offshoot of the Riding Mountain Bio sphere Reserve, a non-profit focused on sustainability and protection in Riding Mountain National Park, as well as 12 surrounding municipalities and four First Nations. The board typically tackles community outreach, invasive species, bovine tuberculosis and other conservation issues, but 2017 will be its first time forming a committee specific to soil health. Jim Irwin, Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve chair, said the committee will help producers access soil health knowledge, share information

Manitoba Agriculture’s Marla Riekman presents on diagnosing soil issues and the pros and cons of different tillage types Nov. 15 in Dauphin.

between themselves and spread it to the wider community within the biosphere. “Soil is our absolute most important resource that we have and pursuing the soil health focus, it covers all the mandates,” he said. The 10-year Man and the Biosphere (MAB) framework

outlines sustainability strategies in all biospheres designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organ ization (UNESCO). “We’re talking about sustainable agriculture,” Irwin said. “We’re talking about improving the prosperity and poster ity of our communities t h ro u g h o u t t h e b i o s p h e re reserve.” The committee will be getting help from Manitoba’s soil health experts. Fifty-six researchers, government representatives, ecologists, farmers and conservation staff have signed on with a voluntary advisory network, which Irwin says will form a hub of knowledge for the committee to draw from. “The advisory council gives us the knowledge base,” he said. “It’s such a complex subject that... we want to make sure that this is reliable information. We don’t want to be giving people false hopes.” A total 24 members have joined the soil health committee so far.

As soybean acreage has exploded, new questions about soil erosion are arising. This past spring a record 2.3 million acres were planted and that has soil specialists expressing some concern about increased tillage practices and the soil impact of the new crop. “When you go to crops like soybeans, the ability of the soil to regenerate through the organic matter that is produced by the crop is pretty limited because it’s notorious for being a low biomass crop,” the University of Manitoba’s David Lobb said. He used corn as a contrast. Another high-tillage crop because of its residue management, corn leaves behind large amounts of biomass to contribute to organic matter. Crops like alfalfa, which soil enthusiasts have commonly pointed to for its deep roots and agronomic advantages of perennial forage, are similarly high biomass. “I’m not saying soybeans are bad,” Lobb said. “It’s just you have to look at your rotation a little differently to make sure you’re not exacerbating that loss of organic matter and loss of soil health. I’m not saying soybeans are bad because they might actually make a farm profitable.” Cover crops or overwinter crops might help combat soil degradation brought on by tillage by injecting more organic matter into the system, he said. Reducing tillage has become perhaps one of the most cited weapons against soil degradation, but it may not be enough to improve already degraded soils, Lobb said. “Even with conservation tillage or reduced tillage, there’s still some deg-

“Even with conservation tillage or reduced tillage, there’s still some degradation occurring, just not as rapid as conventional tillage.” Dr. David Lobb

radation occurring, just not as rapid as conventional tillage,” he said. At the same time, no till may not be in the interest of all farms, Manitoba Agriculture soil specialist Marla Riekman said. Vertical tillage (which has less soil inversion) and strip tillage (which tills only the seedbed, leaving strips of no till in the field) might be viable options when tillage is needed, she said, also advising producers that deep tillage at a slow speed may actually be less harmful to soil structure than shallow and fast. Tillage erosion, when soil is scraped off hilltops, contributes significantly to soil degradation in Manitoba, but there has been little research attention paid to it, Lobb said. What work has been done, he said, has been done on research farms which were intentionally planted on flat land to limit variability in small-plot research. The result is a gap in knowledge when it comes to degraded soil and how it recovers, he said. astockford@farmmedia.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 7, 2017

Making bread — and maybe history too The first loaves of bread made from Kernza have been gobbled up in Manitoba BY LAURA RANCE Editorial Director

ou won’t be buying Kernza bread in a Manitoba bakery or grocery store any time soon, but a small group of proponents see it as a sign of things to come. Guests at a small reception at the Tall Grass Prairie Bakery in downtown Winnipeg Nov. 23 were treated to loaves of freshly baked sourdough bread made with Kernza, the trademarked name for a perennial grain that has been developed from intermediate wheatgrass, a crop more commonly used as forage. The flour was brought in for test baking from the U.S. where the crop is currently in smallscale commercial production and being used to make bread, crackers, designer beers and even a whiskey. “We think it makes a marvellous bread,” said Tabitha Langel, one of the bakery’s owners. “When it comes out of the oven, the smell — you feel like you are lying face down on the prairie in summer. You can taste the grassiness, it is quite wonderful.” The Kernza flour had to be blended with other grains to produce the crusty bread loaves because its gluten quality makes it more suitable to making crackers. But it is much more than a new trendy food. Kernza is a perennial cereal, which could potentially boost the sustainability of annual crop farming. As a perennial, it is left intact for up to five years, yet still provides an annual seed crop to harvest. Researchers with the University of Manitoba have been carefully tending plots of perennial grains at the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm near Carman for the past several years. They are part of a global collective of researchers testing the theory that through careful selection, farmers can have annual cereals to harvest and the benefits of perennial crops too. “Manitoba is almost a perfect place to grow this,” said Doug Cattani, the plant breeder managing the Manitoba breeding program. The region gets enough moisture during the summer and winter; a healthy snow cover is needed to insulate the dormant plants through the cold Prairie winters. Kernza has an extraordinarily long growing season, which opens up the potential for it to serve as a forage crop for livestock for months after the grain is harvested from the field. If left intact for several years, Kernza develops roots that reach up to 12 feet deep into the soil, improving moisture infiltration and supporting a vibrant microbiological ecosystem below the surface. That rebuilds organic matter, much of which has been lost from Prairie soils since pioneer farmers first broke the land. Nutritionally, Kernza is much higher in protein than traditional wheat. It also provides double the level of omega-3 fatty acids; more than five times the calcium; and roughly 10 times the folate of annual wheats. Small, light seed size is its biggest drawback. When

researchers here first started working with it in 2014, seeds were weighing in at two grams per 1,000 seeds. They’ve since more than tripled in weight. In the field they are now harvesting about 1,200 kg/ha, which is equivalent to about 20 bushels per acre. That still falls far short of conventional wheat yields at 50 to 80 bushels per acre, but the fact that it is a perennial compensates for the lower yields by way of lower production costs and soil improvement. “We still have a long ways to go, but we’re getting there,” Cattani said. He believes the crop has potential for use in conventional as well as organic cropping systems. If all goes well, the first seed for reproduction could go out to farmers as early as next year. It will be several years after that before there is enough of the grain produced to use for food and beverage ingredients. Scott Stothers (l to r), Loic Perrot, Tabitha Langel, and Doug Cattani with bread made from Kernza. Photo: Laura Rance

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Jones is a livestock photographer who changed the way dairy cattle are marketed in Canada and around the world. One of the bestknown livestock photographers in the world, Jones has captured a visual history of Canadian dairy breed improvements during her 44-year career. Her library contains more than 70,000 animals from all breeds, and she’s trained many aspiring livestock photographers to carry on the craft. She’s been the official photographer for major livestock shows, including 4-H and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. She’s also directly active in the dairy industry with her own Silvercap Holsteins farm where she buys, sells and breeds near Puslinch, Ont. Szkotnicki has led the Canadian Animal Health Institute for more than 25 years, advocating for Canadian veterinary pharmaceutical companies with livestock producers. A champion for antimicrobial stewardship, she has been instrumental in ensuring antimicrobials are used properly as part of a “one health” approach to human and animal antibiotic use in Canada. Szkotnicki also sits on numerous industry boards including the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity and as chair of the animal health product regulatory advisory committee to Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. She lives in Moffat, Ont.

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 7, 2017

It happens too often — loads of grain rejected because of insects It’s not uncommon for elevators to find insects in grain — but it’s entirely preventable by aerating properly BY JENNIFER BLAIR FBC staff

oads of grain across the Prairies are being rejected as a result of insect contamination — but that’s pretty much par for the course at this time of year. “It’s something that’s actually pretty commonplace, so it’s not too surprising to hear,” said Brent Elliott, infestation control and sanitation officer w i t h t h e Ca n a d i a n G r a i n Commission. During a “somewhat normal harvest” — like the one growers saw this year — grain goes into the bin warm, said Elliott. “ T h a t ’s r e a s o n a b l e . It ’s warm outside. The bin’s warm. Everything’s warm,” he said. “But people tend to forget to get their aeration on there, and they tend to not cool down their grain. They think, ‘Well, winter is coming, so it’s OK. The grain will cool down anyway.’” That does happen to a degree but in many cases, the core of the grain stays “very, very warm,” and any insects that were in the bin prior to harvest or that came in during harvest will survive and thrive in that warm core. “The insects stay quite happy and quite alive in that bin,” said Elliott. “The insects we’re most concerned with — which we call primary insects — are insects that feed directly on grain. If they’re alive, they’re actually feeding on the grain, and they can reduce the quality and the quantity of the grain.” And if there are enough insects, they can perspire “quite a lot” and mould will develop. “That leads to some pretty nasty grain that nobody really wants.” So when grain terminals reject a load of insect-infested grain, they’re trying to prevent losses in both grain quality and quantity, said Elliott, adding the commission has a zero-tolerance policy for live insects. “Technically speaking, you’re not allowed to move or accept grain that is infested. When you hear of an elevator rejecting a load of grain that has insects in it, that is in fact exactly what they’re supposed to do.” But producers can avoid having loads rejected, by aerating their grain and “it’s a good idea to do that now,” said Elliott. “It’s always a good idea to have the aeration on your grain when it’s in storage,” he said. “That should happen a little sooner than most people think in the fall, when the temperature starts dropping below 15° at night.” Insects aren’t feeding or reproducing when the temperature is below about 15 C to 18 C, he added. But that’s the temperature of the grain in the bin, not the outside air. “If you can get your grain temperature down below 15 C, it’s not necessarily going to kill those insects, but it will keep them from increasing in numbers and it will certainly stop any feeding that they’re doing.” Cor ing the bin can also

help with aeration and weekly monitoring is recommended. When core temperatures get too high, producers can core their bin by putting a paper towel on top of the grain and augering it out at the bottom into a truck. When the paper towel comes out, the bin is cored, and the grain can cool in the truck overnight. Be wary of fumigation, Elliott added. “It’s a safety concern at this point in the year,” he said. Producers typically fumigate with phosphine gas pellets, which release phosphine gas slowly in the right temperature and moisture conditions (typically with a grain temperature no lower than around 10 C). “If it’s too cold in the grain, t h o s e t a b l e t s w o n’t a c t u ally form the gas. They’ll just sit there, and they’ll sit there

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until the grain warms up in the spring,” he said. “We’ve heard stories of people going to their bin and getting a face full of phosphine

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 7, 2017

Municipalities not convinced on rural EMS changes

The province says closing 23 low-call stations and replacing them with more regional stations will enhance service, but local governments have concerns BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

unicipalities have serious concerns about proposed changes to rural EMS, and western Manitoba is at the head of the pack. The western region is expected to take the greatest hit if the province moves ahead with its plan to close 23 community ambulance bays, replacing them with five larger centres and two more enhanced stations staffed by full-time paramedics. Over a dozen of those closed community stations are expected to be in that area. Stations in Wawanesa and Boissevain are expected to close, along with Elkhorn, Grandview, Hamiota, Hartney, McCreary, Oak Lake, Birtle, Baldur, Rossburn, Reston, and Ethelbert. Elsewhere, the list includes Cartwright, Treherne, Elie, Manitou, Swan Lake, Lundar, Pinawa, Reynolds, Riverton and Bissett. Alonsa, Eriksdale, Mani gotagan, Miniota and Cowan will be home to the new EMS hubs, while stations in Virden and Glenboro are slated for upgrades to take on a more regional role. The province says they will relocate ambulances most efficiently using “geo-posting.” Under the system an ambulance might be moved closer to a neighbouring station when that station’s unit is called out, in order to minimize wait times in both areas. Those promises have not been enough to ease anxiety for communities preparing for a future without their local EMS. “We are a vibrant municipality right on No. 10 Highway, right by the International Peace

The Paramedic Association of Manitoba’s Eric Glass speaks Nov. 28 on what will change when 23 rural EMS stations close, replaced by five regional stations and two station upgrades. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

Gardens, and with the closure of EMS in our community there would be absolutely no ambulance anywhere on No. 10 Highway between the U.S. border and Brandon, which is a fair distance,” Judy Swanson, councillor with the RM of Boissevain-Morton, said. Ambulances would come from Killarney or Deloraine, both about 30 kilometres off Highway 10 and a 25-minute drive from the town, should the Boissevain station close.

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reduce times, while concerned municipalities say it will make the situation worse. In 2015, a compliance report from the Manitoba Transportation Co-ordination Centre found that over half of rural stations were not meeting the required half-hour window between an emergency call and arrival on scene. The province says that the plan will replace volunteer paramedics with full-time staff and address safety concerns for EMS. The Paramedic Association of Manitoba supports the plan, arguing that current service creates long shifts and less effective personnel, since an on-call paramedic might be woken in the middle of the night while full-time staff will already be on shift. Wait times will be reduced for that reason, the association adds, since on-call staff must first get from their homes to the ambulance bay, while staff on shift will already be in place. Cindy Hunter, councillor for the Municipality of Pembina a n d f o r m e r E M S w o r k e r, a c k n ow l e d g e d t h o s e E M S safety concerns, but suggested an improved shift scheduling model rather than the removal of stations. “We’re reducing our healthcare services as it is in our small communities and we were provided many years ago with, ‘Don’t worry, you don’t have the acute care health services, but you’ll have an EMS station,’ so it’s another step backward,” she said.

Not a cut Provincial Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen protested any idea that the plan is about cost cutting, saying it will cost “in the tens of millions of dollars.” No price has been announced

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for the 10-year plan. In the short term, the province expects to add 29 paramedics in the Interlake and south-central Manitoba at a $1.7-million cost. “There’s a shortage of fulltime paramedics,” Goertzen said. “There are many people who have done good work when it comes to volunteer service, but the reality is with the call volumes and the complexities that people are calling with, they need full-time trained paramedics to be at their door or to be at the scene of an accident.” The issue was a consistent topic during the Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention Nov. 27-29 in Brandon. Local governments tackled details of the plan with Teresa Mrozek, assistant deputy minister for Manitoba health, seniors and active living, and the Paramedic Association of Manitoba’s Eric Glass Nov. 28, while a number of communities expressed questions or concerns during this year’s forum with the provincial cabinet. G o e r t z e n a c k n ow l e d g e d municipal concerns, but defended the provincial plan. “Of course there are questions,” he said. “There should be questions. That’s an important part of any change in any democracy. (I’m) happy to try and answer those questions, but to recognize that this is a significant increase and a significant investment in EMS service in Manitoba and particularly in Westman. This is about ensuring there is 24-7 paramedic service; that there are welltrained professionals able to respond quickly to concerns.”

Similar concerns Twenty local governments, mostly drawn from western Manitoba, met privately with Goertzen following the forum.

“We were very glad that the minister agreed to sit down with us and we were able to voice our concerns,” Swanson said. “There were a few municipalities in the southwest corner (of Manitoba) that actually got together before the meeting and we talked about our concerns in our own municipalities. What we did find is though each municipality is a bit different, we still have the same concerns.” Swanson and her colleagues have not been impressed with the province’s argument that the plan will cut down on wait times so far. “The nearest station for us would be a 35-minute (drive) if road conditions are good,” Hunter said. Others have argued that the addition of non-local staff will impact service, despite the use of geo-location. “We have back roads that a re i n o u r m u n i c i p a l i t i e s that our local people know,” Sw a n s o n s a i d . “ I f y o u’r e bringing in somebody from outside our municipality and you’re putting a paramedic in there, they would not know these things. They couldn’t know these things. The people who we hire locally are local people. They know our roads; they know us; they know our area.” The RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain has begun numbering farms in the hopes of avoiding that problem.

Connectivity needed Ministers were asked Nov. 28 whether EMS changes would come with any investment in cellphone coverage. In 2016, a Brandon University study noted significant gaps and slow speeds along the international border and north through the Riding Mountain area. The provincial EMS plan, dependent as it is on geo-location, might run headlong into those issues, RMs say. Jeff McConnell, mayor of Virden, says the plan addresses a number of issues he has heard from his community’s paramedics, but also raises concerns both from the town of Virden and surrounding communities. Virden is one of two towns slated for an upgrade to their paramedic station. “For our neighbouring communities, they obviously have very serious concerns with respect to response times — understanding how these particular changes will affect their communities and I don’t think those answers have been given properly yet,” he said. McConnell has questions of his own. With his community’s station taking a more regional role, he said, there is concern that ambulances may become tied up in surrounding communities and Virden’s emergency capacity may drop despite the enhanced station. “We have not been advised Continued on next page »

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when or how the facility will be upgraded,” he said. “It’s our understanding that there should be upgrades made to our facility in order for it to be able to accommodate the changes that will be made. Before they make changes to other communities and making changes to the service they have to ensure that they’ve created the infrastructure they need in order to accommodate the additional people in our community.”

Stretcher service? Hu n t e r p re s s e d G o e r t z e n on a possible stretcher service to take strain off rural ambulances. A significant number of ambulances are tied up with patient transfer rather than responding to emergencies, she said during her turn at the mike.

“You do have people in the community, especially some of your personal-care residents, who have to go for appointments,” she later said. “They can’t handle riding in a Handi-van. They can’t be sitting up that long, so they actually have to go by ambulance. They actually tie up a lot of our acute, highly trained people for the necessary appointments where a stretcher service would be much more cost effective.” Goertzen made no promises, but said he was open to exploring the idea. The health minister has promised to meet with municipalities prior to any changes and his office has promised that all infrastructure would be in place before stations begin to close. Municipal officials fill the room at Brandon’s Keystone Centre to tackle upcoming EMS changes Nov. 28. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD T:10.25”

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Pesticide regulations hurting Canadian farmers, says consultant Producers north of the border have access to fewer modes of action and active ingredients, says critic of pesticide review agency BY JENNIFER BLAIR FBC staff / Lacombe, Alta.

anadian farmers are losing much-needed pest management products to red tape. “We’re losing products faster than we’re br inging them in,” said Ron Pidskalny, an Edmonton-based consultant with a background in herbicide development and agronomy. “We’re in a situation where we’re actually ending up with fewer active ingredients than we had before. “The tool box is becoming less diverse.” The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) — a branch of Health Canada — is slowly chipping away at products producers rely on to manage pests on their farm, Pidskalny said at a recent Next Level Farming event in Lacombe, Alta. “The PMRA is terminating efficacious and cost-effective active ingredients and actually impeding the registration of new best management tools.” And Canadian producers will become less competitive as a result. “The loss of pest management tools due to regulatory issues affects you directly on the farm,” said the owner of Strategic Vision Consulting. “We have very few new products coming in and a lot of older products that are being pushed off the shelves. “Why are we not getting new tools for producers to use?” As the regulatory system becomes less competitive and more complex to navigate, the cost of pest management products will continue to rise — putting a dent in farm margins. “Ultimately, it becomes less profitable to farm if we keep moving on the trajectory we’re on,” said Pidskalny. “How long, as growers, can you continue to produce crops profitably if the number of active ingredients you have access to in Canada continues to decline?” American growers aren’t facing these same problems, he added. “In the U.S., there’s greater competition — more choice for commercial products, more manufacturers, more distributors, more retail sale locations,” he said, adding prices also tend to be lower. “This isn’t a good-news story for us.” He pointed to wheat and barley, saying Canadian farmers have access to five modes of action and 10 different active ingredients, while U.S. farmers have seven modes of action and 15 different active ingredients. In dry beans, there are 12 different modes of action and 34 active ingredients in the U.S. versus five and 10 respectively. “If you want to use imidicloprid (the active ingredient in some seed treatments), you have two products you can buy in the marketplace,” said Pidskalny. “In the U.S., they have 27 products sold by an array of different

companies in an array of different formulations at substantially lower prices.” In field peas, both countries have six modes of action. But in Canada, there are 11 active ingredients, while the U.S. has 17 active ingredients. “In peas, we’re looking at the same number of modes of action, but insects aren’t necessarily resistant to a mode of action completely,” said Pidskalny.

Marketplace size But it’s marketplace — not the regulatory system — that is to blame for this disparity, said a Health Canada official. “Discrepancy with regards to certain pesticides being available in the U.S. and not in

Canada is often a result of the manufacturer deciding, for business reasons, to apply for approval only in one country,” spokesperson Rebecca Purdy said in an email. “The larger U.S. market makes a better case for a larger number of products.” Generally, pesticides are only phased out because of “unacceptable risks to human health or the environment,” she said. Health Canada can’t comment on whether the approval process for new products is more complicated here, the review process to approve new active ingredients in Canada takes two years or more and costs over $500,000, said Purdy. In the U.S., that number is closer to $1 million, she said.

But Pidskalny argued that fewer products will lead to resistance problems down the road. “If you’re rotating your insecticides to try to mitigate the development of resistance to a specific insecticide, you’re going to be a heck of a lot more effective at doing that if you have 12 different modes of action and 34 products to use than if you have five modes of action and only 10 different actives to use,” he said. “Tools are being lost due to resistance issues, and we don’t have enough modes of action to rotate to. We’re in a pretty sad state.” The issue also makes Canadian farmers less competitive, said Pidskalny, citing wireworm control as an example.

“Whenever I talk to Canadian producers about insects, the issue of wireworms comes up more and more. But in the U.S., it doesn’t,” said Pidskalny. He points to Canada’s 2004 decision to ban lindane. The pesticide killed 65 to 70 per cent of resident wireworm larvae and over 85 per cent of new neonate larvae later in the season, he said. “It would knock back the wireworm population for about three years.” Neonicotinoids were brought in to replace lindane, but haven’t proven to be as effective. “Neonics don’t kill many resident larvae. Rather than killing

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them, they tend to slow them down, but eventually, they start chewing the crop down again,” he said. American producers have access to 22 active ingredients to control wireworms. Seven were never registered here while others were phased out for various reasons, leaving just four available in Canada with two facing proposed phase-outs, he said.

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Science based Pidskalny also accused the PMRA of “making a lot of assumptions based on very little data, and then it’s extrapolating it to a worst-case scenario.” “If we’re a scientifically based regulatory environment and Canada stands up to the world and says, ‘We have to resolve our trade issues based on scientific merit,’ why do we have a major regulatory agency that is part of Health Canada declining to support that position?” Not so, said Purdy. “Regulatory requirements could cause trade issues if a product is markedly different,” she said. “However, Canada and the

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But by phasing out old products and failing to register new ones, the PMRA has “really put up a roadblock” to creating an agriculture industry that can compete on the world stage, said Pidskalny. “We seem to have a disconnect between what we need in order to do that and what PMRA is doing right now,” he said.

He urged his audience at the Next Level Farming event to raise the issue with their MPs. “Producers really need to get a hold of the powers-thatbe who have been elected and bring these issues forward to them to find what can be done at the PMRA to open things up a little bit.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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eak exports and improving growing conditions in South America are casting a bearish tint over near-future prospects for corn and soybeans. One market analyst in Illinois noted the corn market was also extremely oversold. “A good technical close for De c e m b e r c o r n t h i s we e k would be over US$3.36 (a bushel),” said Scott Capi n egro, a broker at Barr ingt on Commodities. While that price may seem good from the outset, he points out it is still just three cents off the contract low. Capinegro says the market seems to be setting itself up for a dead-cat bounce sometime next month. “I don’t think it will take us very far though, because we’re so oversold with record shorts in corn,” he said.

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ive Manitoba commodity groups have signed a deal to spend the next year working towards a merger. The Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA), Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers Association (MPSG), Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA), National Sunflower Association of Canada (NSAC) and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Association (MWBGA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that took effect May 1 and runs until April 30, 2018. “The MOU is a more formalized approach to going forward to maximizing profitability and sustainability for Manitoba farmers,” Pam de Rocquigny, who was recently hired as general manager of both the MWBGA and MCGA, said in an interview May 3. “We all recognize that we have a common grower base and we all have similar organization activities, so where can we find those efficiencies so we provide more value to our See MERGER on page 6 »

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a n a d a Tra n s p o r t a t i o n Ac t amendments will be introduced this spring before the House of Commons rises — but the grain industry is concerned key temporary provision may expire before legislation is passed. The confirmation came after a query to Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s office. “Minister Garneau is committed to introducing legislation this spring,” Marc Roy, Garneau’s director of communications said in a telephone interview May 5. Garneau promised the legislation last Nov. 3 while speaking to the Montreal Chamber of Commerce. Back then he said the proposed legislation will establish reciprocal penalties between shippers and railways in service level agreements, better define adequate and suitable rail service, improve access to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) and improve the timeliness of CTA decisions. Garneau also said the government would “address the future of the maximum revenue entitlement and extended interswitching.” Grain farmers and shippers praised the announcement, but many worry the amendments won’t be law before regulations to help grain shippers under the Fair Rail for Farmers Act (Bill C-30) expire Aug. 1. The House of Commons breaks June 23 and MPs won’t return until Sept. 18. That’s why the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC), Western Grail Elevators Associations ( WGEA) and Crop Logistics Working Group are asking Ottawa to extend C-30 in the interim. “We appreciate the government’s commitment to introduce legisla-

Transport Minister Marc Garneau will introduce promised amendments to the Canada Transportation Act this spring, a spokesman says. PHOTO: LAURA RANCE

tion that will ensure a more responsive, competitive and accountable rail system in Canada,” AWC chair Kevin Auch said in the release May 5. “But the current railway accountability measures (in place under C-30) must stay in place in the meantime. This will ensure we avoid a repeat of the transportation backlog that cost farmers billions of dollars in lost revenue during the fall and winter of 2013.” Bill C-30, passed in 2014 to tackle a huge backlog in grain shipments,

extended interswitching distances to 160 km from 30 km to encourage railway competition. It also set a minimum volume of grain movement railways had to move every week, or face fines. Interswitching allows a railway within 160 km of another railway to access traffic on the other railway’s line and is intended to stimulate railway competition. See TRANSPORT on page 7 »

Down the road Capinegro sees some light coming with looming Chinese demand. “China is going to need more corn for its ethanol program,” he explained. When it comes to soybeans, he says the market seems locked in a trading range of US$9.75 to US$10.05 a bushel. “ That’s maybe the range we’ll have for the next four weeks,” he said. Soil-moisture conditions in Argentina are drawing a lot of focus these days, as recent rains have helped improve growing conditions. However, many areas could still use more precipitation which is drawing a lot of interest from market-watchers. “For Januar y beans, US$10.04 (per bushel) is unchanged for the year so that’s the swing number,” he said, noting the market momentarily hit US$10.01 earlier this week. He e x p e c t s f a r m e r s w i l l soon stop making sales unless they need money to pay off bills. This could tighten up the basis in the U.S. but Capinegro says exports are still behind last year and ending stocks will be cons iderable. “So one of the other problems is ‘why would you want a big rally in corn and soybeans when it would push us out of that export window even more?’”

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The Peter and Duncan Henderson outfit These early Boissevain-area settlers were noted threshermen of their day BY ALEX CAMPBELL Manitoba Agricultural Museum

hile the image you see here is not of the best quality, it is worthy of an article, as it was taken sometime around 1890 and shows a Cornell portable steam engine powering a “Wide Awake” separator. The outfit belonged to Duncan and Peter Henderson who were early settlers in the Boissevain area. Peter Henderson was born near Carleton Place, Ont. in 1860 into a large family. His brother, Duncan, was born in 1863. Their father died in 1874. Peter went to work in a woollen mill near the Henderson farm. Duncan also went to work, first on a farm, then road building and then spent seven years in the woollen mill. An older brother also worked in the woollen mill, but died in an industrial accident there. Peter decided that the woollen mill was not for him and went west in 1881 with two other men, W.H. Latimer and James Rae. From Emerson, they travelled out to the Boissevain area by foot, spending one night at the farm of William Story in the Darlingford area. That night, Mrs. Story gave birth to a baby girl who, 21 years later, would become Peter Henderson’s second wife. Next mor ning the three men continued west on foot to the Boissevain area. Peter Henderson homesteaded the E 1/2 of 34-3-20 and James Rae took the W 1/2, registering their claims on October 29, 1881 at Old Deloraine which involved yet another journey by foot. Peter then walked to Brandon and took a job as a carpenter with the CPR for the winter. In March 1882, Duncan Henderson took the train from Ontario to Brandon and joined his brother. Duncan Henderson then walked to Old Deloraine and registered a homestead claim. Peter, Duncan, James Rae and W.H. Latimer then travelled south to the Turtle Mountains where they cut trees and skidded them to Rae’s homestead where they constructed a shanty to live in while they broke their homesteads. By the spring of 1882 Peter and Duncan were down to a total of $5 between the two of them and they decided they must go back to work. So they walked back to Brandon. At one point, they waded through a large body of water that it would have taken them several days to walk around. Holding their clothes above their heads, the slush and water reached to their necks. After two days on the trail they reached Brandon in the evening, bought bread and cheese for sup-

The Peter and Duncan Henderson threshing outfit in the field, near Boissevain. PHOTO: MANITOBA AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM

per and turned in for the night in an empty CPR boxcar. A CPR conductor found them and, while deliberating whether to eject the two brothers from the car, realized both brothers stood over six feet tall. The conductor then decided he had pressing business elsewhere and forgot to return. Duncan later said while he started his farming career one jump ahead of the CPR, the CPR had long since caught up to him. They travelled onto Flat Creek, now Oak Lake, which was the end of steel in the spring of 1882 and signed on as labourers. In 1882, the CPR laid 418 miles of steel with the completed track almost reaching Maple Creek. This was a stiff pace and there was only time for work, work and more work. In the fall of 1882, Peter returned to the homestead to get some work done there and Duncan followed a month later. Duncan recounted later that on the way back to his homestead he got off the train in Brandon and before setting out to walk to his homestead, he purchased a pound of sugar, sat down on the ground and ate the sugar! The CPR labour gangs were not supplied with desserts or sweets of any kind and he had developed a powerful craving for sweets over the summer. After 1882, Peter and Duncan stayed on their homesteads to “prove up” on their homestead claims. However, they worked off their homesteads digging cellars and wells for homesteaders who came into the area with money. After the railway arrived in Boissevain, they also worked loading rail cars out of flat warehouses there. Flat warehouses were just warehouses in which grain was stored in sacks. Rail cars were dropped off at a loading dock

attached to the warehouse and grain dumped into the cars by hand. Peter and Duncan would sometimes work all day on their homesteads, walk to Boissevain and load cars all night at a rate of $3 a car or $1.50 for each of the two men. It appears that in the early days, Duncan, Peter, Wm. Latimer and James Rae may have lived together on one of the homesteads as Duncan said it was a common practice to boil a pot of unpeeled potatoes and, when the potatoes were done, the pot was dumped on the table and the man who peeled the most potatoes, got the most to eat. He said this method produced expert potato peelers in short order! He also said that their chief meat was “rusty” bacon and when the bacon ran short the butt end was nailed to the wall of the shack as a reserve in case visitors appeared. Peter and Duncan’s first few crops were not large in acres. Their homesteads were broken by yokes of oxen which, while hardy beasts, were rather slow. The seed had to be broadcast by hand out of a container carried by a strap around the neck and shoulders and then harrowed in or plowed in. When this crop was harvested the nearest market was Brandon and the crop was delivered there by oxen. Travelling to Brandon meant a round trip of from 100 to 140 miles, depending on which trail the Henderson brothers took. And all perhaps for just 20 cents a bushel. Duncan left a brief record of the crops on his homestead which tells of the struggles the Henderson brothers faced homesteading in the 1880s: 1883 - Nine acres frozen. 1884 - Frozen, drew to Brandon, 20 cents per bushel.

1885 - Frozen, sold entire crop 18 cents per bushel. 1886 - Dried out. 1887 - Very fair, but low in price, around 20 cents. 1888 - Frozen August 8. Never cut a sheaf. 1889 - Dry. Very scant crop. 1890 - H ailed 100 per cent. No insurance. 1891 - Fair to good. Some frosted. 1892 - Fair to good. Duncan did relate that in those days, one always had the comforting thought that as a last resort one could at least eat the oxen. He also related that his first real crop was in 1895. His wheat averaged 40 bushels per acre and sold for from 35 cents to 40 cents per bushel. This crop finally placed Duncan on a solid basis for the future. Duncan and Peter owned one of the first stream threshing outfits, a Cornell portable steam engine and a Wide Awake separator, in the Boissevain area. They custom threshed as far as 25 miles away from their homesteads in a threshing run that lasted three months. Apparently the brothers had the reputation of being the fastest “feeders” in the area. Prof. J.E. Sweet of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. developed the Cornell portable steam engine design. He licensed the manufacture of the design to Haggert Brothers of Brampton, Ontario. Haggert manufactured the design until 1891 when the company ceased operations. The company was then acquired by the Ross family and manufacture resumed. J.M. Ross and Company manufactured the Cornell in both portable and traction versions and in a variety of sizes: 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 horsepower. J.M. Ross and Company later moved operations to St. Catharines,

O n t a r i o a n d w h i l e t h e re obtained the rights to manufacture a Garr-Scott threshing machine design. However, the company ceased operations at some time after that and disappeared. There is some suggestion that a Cornell portable steam engine design was licensed to the Brandon Machine Works and manufactured there for some period of time around 1900 to 1910. Haggert Brothers also manufactured the Wide Awake separator. Little is known of this separator as none have appeared to have survived. Haggert may have licensed the Wide Awake threshing machine design from the Quick and Thomas Company of Auburn, New York. As can be seen in the photo, the separator did not have a mechanical feeder but instead was fed by hand. Men forked sheaves up onto a table and men standing on a platform over the machine’s tongue cut the band on each sheaf, spread out the sheaf on the table and shoved the stalks of grain into the cylinder far enough so the cylinder would grab and pull the stalks in for threshing. It may have been that the separator did not have a straw carrier at the rear of the machine to stack straw. In the absence of a straw carrier someone would have been detailed to fork away the straw ejected from the machine. Given the size of acreage that the machine would have been threshing and frontier nature of the area in the 1880s and early 1890s, this small, simple machine would have been well suited to the Henderson brothers’ needs. Alex Campbell is the executive director of the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, in Austin, Man.

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Prairie fare Are you among the one in three? Millions in North America have prediabetes and most don’t know it BY JULIE GARDEN-ROBINSON NDSU Extension Service

illions of North Americans have this condition and 90 per cent do not know they have it. Do you know what it is? Here’s a hint: The condition occurs when the cells in your body do not respond normally to insulin, which is made by your pancreas. The answer is “prediabetes.” Having prediabetes means you have higher-than-normal blood sugar levels but not high enough to be diagnosed as having diabetes. Insulin moves blood sugar into your cells so it can be used for energy. With prediabetes, your pancreas works harder to produce more insulin but eventually cannot keep up and your blood sugar levels rise. Without lifestyle changes, Type 2 diabetes could result. Having uncontrolled diabetes increases your risk for heart disease, heart attacks and stroke. Uncontrolled diabetes could lead to kidney failure, blindness and nerve damage leading to amputations. Answer these questions to see if you might be at risk for prediabetes. Be sure to discuss your results with your health-care provider. Are you overweight (according to a healthcare provider)? Are you 45 or older? Do you have a parent, brother or sister with Type 2 diabetes? Are you physically active less than three times per week? If female, did you have gestational diabetes during pregnancy or give birth to a baby weighing more than nine pounds? Are you African American, Hispanic/Latino American, American Indian, Pacific Islander or Asian American? (These races/ethnicities are at higher risk.) Often, prediabetes has no symptoms. It is diagnosed by having a blood sugar test. Here’s some good news: Having prediabetes does not mean that the condition will progress to diabetes. If you make some lifestyle changes, you can prevent diabetes.

Diabetes can sneak up on you without warning, but it can also be managed effectively and even prevented. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

Having uncontrolled diabetes increases your risk for heart disease, heart attacks and stroke.

Losing a moderate amount of weight can reduce your risk of prediabetes progressing to diabetes. According to researchers, a five to seven per cent weight loss could stop the progression. For a 200-pound person, that amount of weight loss equals 10 to 14 pounds. Getting more physical activity also can help prevent diabetes. Aim for 150 minutes of physical activity per week to reduce your risk of the progression of prediabetes to diabetes. As the cold weather settles in, we face a

Healthy Baked Chicken Parmesan 1/2 c. unseasoned whole grain bread crumbs 2 tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 tsp. granulated garlic 1/2 tsp. pepper 1 lb. chicken breasts 3/4 c. marinara sauce

few barriers to physical activity in the winter. Consider these tips for being physically active whether or not you are at risk for prediabetes: •C heck out fitness facilities in your area. If no gyms are available, find out if a community building, such as a school, has a walking track that community members can use. •P ick up a pedometer (step counter) as a fitness gift, or use an app on your phone. Keep track of your daily steps and build to 10,000 steps per day. •E xercise at home with a DVD, or if you have a treadmill or ski machine, put it to work. • I f you have cross-country skis, get them ready for the upcoming snowy season. •U se your kitchen as your “gym.” Use your countertop for balance and stretching. March or jog in place. Use cans of vegetables as weights and do sets of 10 arm raises or as many as you can. Be sure to mind your portion sizes at the dinner table as we move into the holiday season. Here’s a more healthful version of a family favourite.

Preheat oven to 375°. Cut chicken into four portions. In a medium bowl, mix together the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, granulated garlic and pepper. Spray the baking pan with non-stick spray. Dredge each chicken cutlet in the bread crumb mixture and place on the baking pan. Discard the rest of the bread crumb mixture. Bake the chicken for 15 minutes. Turn over and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and spread 2 tablespoons of marinara sauce and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of shredded mozzarella cheese over each chicken breast. Place back in the oven and cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until sauce is hot and cheese is melted. Measure the internal temperature of the chicken breast with a food thermometer; it should be at 165 F. Makes four servings. Each serving has 280 calories, 8 grams (g) fat, 36 g protein, 15 g carbohydrate, 2 g fibre and 550 milligrams sodium.

3/4 c. mozzarella cheese Here’s a more healthful version of a family favourite — Chicken Parmesan. PHOTO: NDSU

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.

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Reena answers more questions and shares recipe from a reader Plus, what to do with leftover candy canes reena nerbas Household Solutions

Dear Reena, One of the winter gloves belonging to my daughter has melted wax on it. It is made with nylon fabric and has faux fur trim on the edge. I don’t want to wash it in the machine. How can I remove the wax? — Celeste Dear Celeste, Soak the glove in a pot of boiling water. Make sure that the faux trim does not get wet. A good way to ensure that no heat touches the fur is to position a plastic bag over the fur and secure with a rubber band. Boil the glove for at least five minutes. The wax will soften and release from the fabric. Air dry. Dear Reena, My mother-in-law recently passed away in a nursing home. Her clothing, mostly stretchy things, has iron-on name tags in the back. I would like to know if there is any way to remove these tags without damaging the fabric. Thanks for any input you are able to give. — Sandi Dear Sandi, Sorry for your loss Sandi.

Regarding the clothes; begin by lifting a corner of the label and heating it with a hair dryer. This works well to loosen glue, making it easier to peel labels. Other products to use are: citrus oil, rubbing alcohol, Goo Gone or if you are desperate use WD-40. Spray onto label, leave for 15 minutes and peel. Soak fabrics in dish soap and water to wash away the odour. Test all solutions on an inconspicuous area first. Dear Reena, I like to use butter when I make grilled cheese sandwiches but I store my butter in the fridge. When it comes time to make the sandwiches, the butter is too hard. Any substitutes other than margarine would be greatly appreciated. — Wayne Dear Wayne, Spread bread with mayonnaise instead of butter. It’s so much easier and the flavour is delicious. You will notice that each sandwich comes out nice and crisp. Dear Reena, This recipe was given to me by my aunt whose great-grandmother passed it down in their family in Austria! Takes a long time, but they are delicious! — Loraine

water. Let rise until double in size. Bake on greased large bun pan at 350 F until brown. Do not skip any of the risings.

If you end up with some leftover candy canes this month, Reena has some good ideas for what to do with them. Photo: Thinkstock

Cinnamon Buns Combine 1 tsp. sugar and halfcup lukewarm water; allow to stand until yeast is fluffy. Scald 1-1/2 cups milk, remove from heat and cool until lukewarm. Combine milk with yeast mixture and mix well. Add in 2 to 2-1/2 cups flour to make a batter that is quite thick. Cover with a damp cloth and set in a warm place until mix is light and full of bubbles. Beat until smooth. Cream half-cup butter, half-cup sugar and 3 eggs together. Add to yeast mixture and beat well. Add 1 cup

flour and 1-1/2 tsp. salt. Mix well. Add additional flour to make soft dough. Mix in 1 to 2 cups washed plumped raisins (optional). Knead until smooth. Round up dough, place in ungreased bowl and cover. Let rise until double. Knead and let rise again. Punch down and cut into four sections. Roll out one section at a time onequarter inch thick and spread with half-cup butter. Combine 1 tbsp. cinnamon and half-cup brown sugar; spread onto dough. Roll up lengthwise and cut into one-inch slices. Seal edges with

If you find you have leftover candy canes this year here’s some ideas for what to do with them: • Crush candy canes and add pieces to ice cream, cookies or sprinkle onto cupcake icing. • Candy canes make great stir sticks for hot chocolate, tea, hot milk or coffee, punch or ginger ale. • Peppermint Bark. You can use any kind of brown or white chocolate, or candy melts. Spread the melted chocolate onto waxed paper in a thin layer and sprinkle crushed candy canes on top. When hard, break into pieces. Yum! • A candy cane makes an interesting back scratcher. • A ttach thank-you notes to candy canes and hand them out to people who gave you a Christmas gift or hosted you as a dinner/party guest. ***NOTE: Every user assumes all risks of injury or damage resulting from the implementation of any suggestions in this column. Test all products on an inconspicuous area first. I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Need a presenter on the topic: Harness the Power of Words? Check out my website reena.ca.

Get ready for spring planting — in early winter Now is the time to pot up slips and offshoots from the slower-growing plants By Albert Parsons

The tubs are placed in a sunny spot, as even plants that normally do not like full sun will take this exposure during the winter when the sun’s rays are weak and the days are short.

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arly winter might seem like an odd time to start planting and planning for next summer’s outdoor garden, but during the last few years I have started to do just that. After all of the fall cleanup has been done outside and my many plants have been brought indoors for the winter, my sunroom is full. Combined with all those plants that remained indoors all summer, I am surrounded by greenery — a great experience for early December. Although many of the plants that have been brought inside have been drastically cut back, I still have many from which slips and cuttings can be taken. I do not take slips yet from most of the fast-growing plants like geraniums (which were severely cut back when brought indoors), but I do like to take slips and remove offshoots from the slower-growing ones like cacti and succulents. Since space is limited I put numerous slips into one container. Because these plants grow quite slowly and will take some time to establish roots (plants naturally root more slowly at this time of year than in the spring when the day length is much longer), they will not be crowded.

Cacti and succulents produce offshoots during the summer that can be planted in early winter for use in the spring. Note the coleus slips potted in the background. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

I fill a couple of shallow tubs with soilless mix (that has been cooked in the oven to destroy any pests and disease organisms), just barely dampen it, and firm the soil around each cutting as I plant. Before planting, I sprinkle the soil surface with insecticidal dust to deter fungus gnats and any other insects.

Since the plants will be crowded together I have the soil level high in the container. This allows more air movement than if the soil surface was several centimetres below the rim. Enclosed damp spaces are a magnet for insects and disease, so the more airflow the better. The tubs are placed in a sunny spot, as even plants that normally do not like full sun will take this exposure during the winter when the sun’s rays are weak and the days are short. Other than keeping slightly damp, the small plants demand little care, but by mid-winter ones that are faster growing (like coleus, iresine, polkadot plant and plectranthus), will

have developed in size and become crowded. When they become large enough I cut them back, using the cuttings to establish more plants — creating another tray full of rooting cuttings. If the original plants look healthy after being cut back they are left in the tub to grow and I will take slips from them again in late winter. However, if they are not worth saving I will dispose of them and replace them in the original tub with some of the new slips. My many varieties of cacti all undergo this procedure as well, as succulents — both those suitable for outdoors and those that are for indoors — all can be propagated by this method. When spring arrives I have many small plants ready to make dish gardens, planters or to pot up as specimen plants. Most will go to the local horticultural society’s spring plant sale, and last year I used some to create a fairy garden for the local agricultural fair. Besides giving me lots of small plants to use for spring planting, this project provides an excuse to play in the dirt during the winter and spend time in the sunroom among my many plants, making the long Prairie winter more bearable. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Broken toboggan inspiration for Christmas sleigh

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Checking for snacks on a sunny afternoon.

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his sleigh was inspired by a broken toboggan. Two of the pieces of the toboggan still had the curl at the front so were used for sleigh runners for a Christmas lawn ornament. If broken toboggans are not available, runners could be made out of plywood. Cut the two sides of the sleigh out of one sheet of onehalf-inch or three-eighths-inch plywood as shown in the diagram. The frame and runners are built out of 2x2-inch spruce lumber or whatever scraps you have. The shafts are not really necessary but there was a Styrofoam horse pulling the sleigh one year so the shafts were needed to hold the horse up. The sleigh is only two feet wide. It is really not functional although our son’s family had their Christmas photo taken of the five of them (mostly small children) seated in the sleigh. This year I filled the sleigh with fake parcels that can stay out in the snow. Merry Christmas!

Blythe Kneeshaw writes from near Carberry, Manitoba

Finished sleigh with pattern diagram inset. PHOTOS: BLYTHE KNEESHAW

CN Police Services encourages people to use caution this winter CN release

s part of its ongoing commitment to rail safety, CN is encouraging drivers to use caution around railway crossings and reminding winter outdoor enthusiasts to stay away from railway tracks. “Icy roads, reduced visibility and storms are a potentially dangerous combination and we encourage people to drive safely and use caution around railway crossings,” said Stephen Covey, chief of police and chief security officer at CN. “And for snowmobile operators, their first responsibility must be safety. Railway tracks should never be used as a trail. Riding on or along railway tracks can cost you your life.” Snowmobiles should only cross tracks at designated crossings. Trespassing on railway

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tracks or property — by snowmobiles, or cross-country skiers, or snowshoers, or others — is illegal and dangerous. For information about rail safety, contact CN’s Public Inquiry Line at 1-888-888-5909. CN Police community service officers are available to give presentations to sport groups or at community events. Five important rail safety tips for the winter season: • Drivers might need more room to come to a complete stop at crossings.

• T he reduced visibility and sounds from a storm might make it more difficult to see or hear a train coming. • Railroads and their adjacent right-of-way are not a safe place to snowshoe, cross-country ski or ride a snowmobile. • If you’re snowshoeing or skiing near a designated crossing, don’t wear headphones and be aware of your surroundings. • Railroads are never a safe shortcut to get anywhere.

About CN Police Services

In addition to patrolling CN property, CN Police Services (CNPS) officers deliver rail safety presentations to schools, trucking agencies, bus operators and community organizations. By rolling out strategic educational initiatives and conducting targeted operations, it aims to promote safe behaviours and increase awareness of rail safety.

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 interested in hearing all sorts of experiences about the elevators — funny, sad, or anything in between. Readers willing to share their stories can leave messages at 204-474-7469.

There were once two wooden grain elevators at Menzie, a community along Highway No. 45 east of Oakburn. A 35,000-bushel elevator was built in 1913 by the British America Elevator Company, which in 1940 merged with three other companies to become National Grain. A 27,000-bushel elevator was built in 1918 by a group of 38 local farmers, each of whom contributed $100, operating as the Ruthenian Farmers Elevator Company. In 1931, it was taken over by Federal Grain then sold to National in 1950. The two elevators were operated separately until 1955 when they were licensed as a single 49,000-bushel facility. Closed in 1973, the elevators were demolished in 1981. Source: Julie Harris

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*For commercial use only. Offer subject to credit qualification and approval by CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. See your New Holland dealer for details and eligibility requirements. CNH Industrial Capital Canada Ltd. standard terms and conditions will apply. Depending on model, a down payment may be required. Offer good through December 31, 2017, at participating New Holland dealers in Canada. Offer subject to change. Taxes, freight, set-up, delivery, additional options or attachments not included in price. © 2017 CNH Industrial Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland Agriculture is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates. CNH Industrial Capital and New Holland Construction are trademarks in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates.

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2000 CIH 1042-36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,200 2012 JD 635D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47,000 2015 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63,000 2013 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 2013 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 2010 NH 74C-30F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 2003 JD 936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,000 2012 MB FD70 FLEXDRAPER 35FT CNH $67,000 2010 NH 94C-42FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000

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1997 MR MAXIM-50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,500 2007 SHAWK 50FT-10IN c/w 777 TBH $99,000 1995 FC 2320 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,000

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2015 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $357,000 2015 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $357,000 2013 NH CX8090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $327,000 2013 NH CR9090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $339,000 2012 NH CR9090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $277,000 2011 NH CX8070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,000 2010 JD 9770STS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $192,000 2009 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$179,000 2008 CIH 8010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $144,000 2007 NH CR9070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $149,000 2006 NH CX840 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$118,000 1999 JD 9610 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,000

2015 New Holland SP200

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2007 JD 4895-36FT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,000 1989 JD 590 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 2012 MB M205-40FT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 1999 MB 9200-30FT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,000 2005 MF 9220-30FT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,000 2015 NH SPEEDROWER 200-40FT. . . . $129,000

2015 New Holland 840CD-35FT

128,000

SWATHERS

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855 CUMMINS ENGINE W/CLUTCH, 335 HP, from 1972 Autocar, decompression start, approx. 1000 hrs. on complete overhaul, $5000 OBO. Call Don (after 6PM) at 204-767-2334. Silver Ridge, MB. ADRIAN’S MAGNETO SERVICE. Guaranteed repairs on mags and ignitors. Repairs. Parts. Sales. 204-326-6497. Box 21232, Steinbach, MB. R5G 1S5. COCKSHUTT 30, heavy wheels, new tires, c/w 6’ rotary mower, $2500; MODEL D Case tractor, dual hyds., good tires, $1100; 3 - John Deere B tractors, $1200 for all 3. Call 306-722-7770, Osage, SK. FORD 8N TRACTOR, good rubber, runs good, $2500 OBO. Phone 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 1968 HAYES CLIPPER, 1693 Cat eng., TB aftercool, 380 HP, 44,000 diffs, fresh rear ends with new brakes, built in Vancouver, $5000. 306-747-3674, Shellbrook, SK. JOHN DEERE A, John Deere M, John Deere LA, IHC W6: all running, good tin; 28” cast iron bell. 306-463-7756, Kindersley, SK.

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2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GL, good fuel economy, Bluetooth, heated seats, was $13,995 now $12,880. Call 306-728-5457 or visit www.futureford.ca

SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near new 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

2016 SUBARU IMPREZA consumer reports as best small call starting at $23,360! Call for best price!! 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. BIG TEX TRAILERS: Goosenecks, Bumper SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near- Tow, Mission Alum. Enclosed, CM Stock & new 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to Horse Trailers. Big Tex 20- 40’ Goosenecks, $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. start at $9195. Free spare & 3 yr. warranty. Jason’s Agri-Motive 306-472-3159. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. www.jasonsagri-motive.ca 3 TRIDEMS, 3 TANDEM stepdecks; tandem, tridem and Super B highboys; 28’ to 53’ van trailers. Tanker: tandem alum. 8000 gal.; 2012 Manac lowboy tridem, 10’ wide, beavertail and flip-up ramp; Single and tandem converters. Ron Brown 2014 WILSON SUPER B Grain Trailers, 2 axle 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL white aluminum trailers! Both have alum. Imp. wheels, 22.5" rubber tires. 1 has elec. tarps. #905231. www.rbisk.ca $89,000. 306-693-1284, Moose Jaw, SK.

NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. 2014 LODE-KING PRESTIGE Super B grain bulkers, lift axles, chrome rounded fen- 2016 CANUCK R3-3500 tridem end dump, ders, fresh paint, premium cond., $74,900 air ride, 34’, bottom liner, manual tarp, OBO. Call 306-874-7696, Quill Lake, SK. only used for asphalt $53,000. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, DeliPRAIRIE SANDBLASTING & PAINTING. sle, SK. DL #910420. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed. tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336. NEW WILSON and CASTLETON tridems Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an and Super B’s. 2014 Wilson Super B; 6 oth- ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is er used Super B’s; 2005 Lode-King lead waiting for your call. 1-800-667-7770. trailer. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK., DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! 1 left. New 2018 Berg’s tri-axle 45’ trailer, air ride, $51,900; Save $10,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK.

CALL GRASSLAND TRAILERS for your best deal on quality livestock trailers by Titan, Duralite (all aluminum riveted) and Circle D. Fall Special in stock- 25’ Duralite, $23,500; 20’ Titan smooth wall classic steel stock, $14,500. 306-640-8034 cell, 306-266-2016, Wood Mountain, SK. Email gm93@sasktel.net

24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 16,000 lbs., $4750; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, 7000 lbs., $2975, 8000 lb Skidsteer, $1990 Factory direct. 1-888-792-6283. www.monarchtrailers.com

FORD F-150 Crew Cab, FX4, 3.5L EcoBoost, clean SGI report, was $29,995 now $27,750, PST paid. Call 306-728-5457 or visit us online at www.futureford.ca 2016 FORD F-450 DRW Lariat, difficult to find truck! $56,995. Call 306-728-5457 or visit us online at www.futureford.ca 2016 FORD F-350 XLT, 6.7L Powerstroke, long box, crew cab, tow pkg., was $56,995 now $54,500, PST paid. Call 306-728-5457 or visit us online at www.futureford.ca 2016 CHEVY SILVERADO LTZ, crew cab, only 7905 kms., new 20” wheels, NAV, heated/cooled seats, was $54,900 now $49,000. 306-728-5457 www.futureford.ca

2015 FORD F-150 Super Crew, NAV, 3.5L TANDEM AND TRIDEM CONTAINER EcoBoost, park assist, heated/cooled Chassis, 40’ to 53’, $1950 and up; Fruehauf seats, $36,495 PST paid. Call tandem axle high boy, 8 1/2 x 45’, $3750; 306-728-5457 or visit www.futureford.ca Single axle low bed w/beaver tails, $1750. Call Roy at 204-385-2685, Gladstone, MB. 2015 DODGE RAM 3500, crew, Longhorn, 6.7L Dually, Aisin auto., 58,500 kms, $64,995. Hendry’s Chrysler 306-528-2171, Nokomis, SK. DL #907140.

YEAR END GRAIN TRUCK CLEARANCE! 2007 Mack 400 HP, Mack eng., AutoShift, A/T/C, new 20’ BH&T, new RR tires, 716,000 kms., exc shape, was $67,500, NOW $63,500; 2007 IH 9200 ISX Cummins, 430 HP, AutoShift, alum. wheels, new 20’ BH&T, fully loaded, 1M kms., real nice shape, was $67,500, NOW $63,500; 2009 Mack CH613, 430HP Mack, 10 spd., 3 pedal AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, 1.4M kms. has eng. bearing roll done, nice shape, was $69,500, NOW $65,500; 2007 Kenworth T600, C13 Cat 425 HP, 13 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, new paint, 1.0M kms., excellent truck, was $71,500, NOW $67,500; 2005 IH 4400 tandem, w/570 IH eng., 320 HP, 10 spd., new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels., 423,000 kms., very clean truck, excellent tires, was $54,500, NOW $51,500; 1996 Midland 24’ tandem grain pup, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, new paint, new brakes, excellent tries, was $18,500, NOW $16,500; 1999 IH 4700 S/A w/17’ steel flat deck, 230,000 kms., IH 7.3 diesel, 10 spd., good tires, was $19,500, NOW $18,000; 2005 IH 9200 tractor, ISX 430 HP Cummins, 13 spd., alum. wheels, flat top sleeper, good rubber, was $22,500, NOW $19,500. All trucks SK. safetied. Trades considered. Arborfield SK., Phone Merv at 306-276-7518 res., 306-767-2616 cell. DL #906768. Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-667-7770.

2005 IH 4400 tandem, new motor, Allison auto., gravel box; 16’ IH 9200 Detroit, 10 spd., 16’ gravel box; 2013 Decap tridem belly dump; Used tridem end dump. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL 905231. www.rbisk.ca

2014 FORD F-150 FX4, Sport pkg., 3.5L EcoBoost, great buy! Was $38,900 now $33,500, PST paid. Call 306-728-5457 or visit us online at www.futureford.ca 2014 CHEV SILVERADO 1500, loaded, leather, 4x4, 5.3L, $38,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, Saskatoon, SK. DL #311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2007 MIDLAND END Dump Gravel Trailer, tarp, new cyl., nearly new tires, new MB safety, job ready, $36,000 can deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

2013 RAM 2500 Laramie Longhorn Hemi, fully loaded, $39,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, Saskatoon, SK. DL 2004 IH 7600 tandem truck, 670,000 kms, #311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 13 spd., 425/65R22.5 front (20,000 lbs.), 2013 FORD F-150 Lariat, crew cab, clean 11R22.5 rear (46,000 lbs.), $55,000. SGI report, was $33,999 now $31,925, 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. PST paid. Call 306-728-5457 or visit us online at www.futureford.ca 2013 FORD F-150, crew cab, topper, one owner, always serviced here. Priced to sell: was $25,725 now $24,600. Call 306-728-5457 or visit www.futureford.ca

2011 ARNE’S END DUMP gravel trailer, with new cylinder, tires, brakes, drums and lifting axle. Job ready, electric tarp, new MB. safety, $45,000. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

1999 41’ TRI-AXEL flatdeck, 2 3250 US gal. leg tanks, 1500 HD polly tank w/pumps, $23,000 Troy 306-435-6897, Redvers, SK. PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailers.ca TRI-HAUL SELF-UNLOADING ROUND bale movers: 8’ to 29’ lengths, 6-18 bales. Also exc. for feeding cattle in the field, 4 bales at time with a pickup. 1-800-505-9208. www.trihaulbalemovers.com

2012 DODGE RAM 2500 Laramie, diesel, fully loaded, $46,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, Saskatoon, SK. DL #311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2010 FORD F-150 XLT, super crew, low kms., was $20,935 now $19,625, PST paid. Call 306-728-5457 or visit us online at 2007 FREIGHTLINER CENTURY Class, 500 www.futureford.ca HP, 60 series Detroit, 18 spd., 46 rears, 2010 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT, 4x4, V8 225” rubber, 550,000 kms., fresh safety, Hemi, tow pkg., great truck at a great $27,900. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., price - $16,995. Call 306-728-5457 or visit 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. us online at www.futureford.ca 2009 Pete 388, 46 diffs., 18 spd., lockers; 2003 Pete 379, 6NZ Cat, 18 spd., wet kit; 2008 DODGE RAM 2500 Laramie, diesel, 2013 IH 5900i, 18 spd., full lockers, 46 low kms., priced to sell: $29,900, PST diffs., 400,000 kms.; 2009 T660, new prepaid. Call 306-728-5457 or visit us online emission, 525 ISX, new 18 spd. and clutch, at www.futureford.ca 46 diff., lockers; 2008 Freightliner Cascadia, daycab, Detroit 515, 18 spd., lockers; 2007 IH 9900i, 525 ISX, 18 spd., 3-way lockers; 2005 Mack CH613, 18 spd., lock2016 FORD F-150 XLT, extended cab, ers, wet kit, 450,000 kms; 2- 1996 FLD 4x4, power seats, full console, 53,000 120 Freightliners, 425 Cat’s, 430 Detroit’s, kms., 5.0L, GPS, 6-speed automatic. Phone lockers. Ron Brown Implements, Delisle, SK., 306-493-9393. DL 905231. Alfred: 204-745-2784, Carman, MB. www.rbisk.ca 2013 CHEV SILVERADO 2500, 6.0 HD, topper w/shelving, $24,995. Greenlight SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, Saskatoon, trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., SK. DL #311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRUCKS: Several trucks with auto. trans. available with C&C or grain or gravel box. Starting at $19,900; Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net

CM TRUCK BEDS. RD models starting at $2895. Jason’s Agri-Motive, 306-472-3159 or visit us at www.jasonsagri-motive.ca 130 MISC. SEMI TRAILERS, flatdecks, lowbeds, dump trailers, jeeps, tankers, etc. Check www.trailerguy.ca for pictures and prices. 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK.

1999 FREIGHTLINER FL120, Detroit 13 spd., wet kit, good condition, fresh Sask. safety, $24,000. 306-222-9737, Delisle, SK 2013 VOLVO VN630, D13 engine, 13 spd. Eaton trans., new tires, 660,000, 4-way lockers, safetied in June 2017, $55,000. Call 306-280-9571, Saskatoon, SK.

AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com SWEEPRITE SR4400, 53,870 kms., S/A, 6’ rear broom, Cummins 5.9L, $7980. REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com hoist systems can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season. VACUUM SEPTIC TRUCK: 2006 M2 Give Kramble Industries a call at Freightliner, S/A, Cat 10 spd., 1800 gal. 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us tank and pump (4 yrs. old), exc. cond., online at: www.kramble.net $48,000. 306-547-7612, Preeceville, SK.

2007 MACK, 10 speed Eaton auto., new 2008 LODE-LINE 33’ end dump, tri-axle, 20’ CIM B&H, 940,000 kms., fresh Sask. plastic liner, roll tarp, good cond, SK. safe- safeties. Call 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, tied, $39,000. 306-222-9737, Delisle, SK. SK. www.78truxsales.com DL #316542.

VACUUM SEPTIC TRUCK: 1996 Mack tandem, 3000 gal. tank, hoist, rear open door, 1200 Fruitland pump, new tires, ready to work! $38,000. 306-961-8070.

www.windandweathershelters.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 to upgrade to more durable material or parts, we can help! Contact Paul INTERNATIONAL single axle, hyd. brakes, 306-641-5464 or Ladimer 306-795-7779. 466 or 530 motor, auto or std., cab and Located in Yorkton, SK. chassis. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. 2010 CHEVY 1-TON Dually w/12’ flat deck, Call 1-800-667-7770 today! 150,000 kms., new Michelin tires, A/T/C, like new! $8200. 306-222-2274, Saskatoon ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all in stock. Custom sizes and log siding on 2015 FORD EDGE Titanium, AWD, remote order. Call V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, FARM LAND INVESTORS WANTED for east central Alberta and west central start, heated/cooled seats, panoramic Rosthern, SK. Sask, Looking for investors to partner with roof, was $33,925 now $32,700. Call or directly invest in good land. Land to be 306-728-5457 or visit www.futureford.ca managed by a proven top producing 3rd 2010 HONDA ODYSSEY DX, power wingeneration farm business in a prime area dows/locks, cruise, great value for only CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no ex- for expansion. Area has multiple wind farms $13,550, PST paid. Call 306-728-5457 or posed screws to leak or metal overlaps. in the planning stages to be constructed in visit us online at www.futureford.ca Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, church- the next few years as well as oil and gas. pig barns, commercial, arch rib build- Farmland is a safe place to invest with good 2013 FORD EXPLORER LTD, White Plati- es, and residential roofing; also available returns and the time is now. Email: num, AWD, 2nd row captain seats, panel ing farmlandinvesting@hotmail.com in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK. moonroof, NAV, was $32,995 now $29,700 Call 306-728-5457, www.futureford.ca 108 SHEETS OF WHITE liner, still in packSELLING DUE TO HEALTH: Industry lead2014 FORD EDGE SEL, AWD, leather, NAV, age, 28’ 6”L 3’W .68¢ per sq. ft. ing header loss shield. Price includes exist3.5L V6, was $26,885 now $25,525, PST 306-375-9128 ext. 704, Kyle, SK. ing inventory. Canadian and US patents paid. Call 306-728-5457 or visit us online good until 2032. Jig tables and templates. at www.futureford.ca Current owner will train in the manufactur2014 FORD ESCAPE Titanium, AWD, fully PRIME LOCATION - Industrial Shop and ing and marketing processes. This is a perloaded w/leather, was $20,995 now Yard: Endless opportunities and excellent fect diversification opportunity for a large $19,650, PST paid. Call 306-728-5457 or location for commercial, agricultural & family farm or a Hutterite colony. Call Bill at 306-726-7977, Southey, SK. visit us online at www.futureford.ca industrial use. Located on Railway Avenue 2009 FORD EDGE SEL, FWD, $10,495 - of Nipawin, SK., directly across from the great buy, will not last long at this price! future Hanfood site. Featuring easy access LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING in heart of Call 306-728-5457 or visit us online at for vehicles and heavy trucks, 12" thick Balken oil play for lease/sale; Kenosee concrete floor and a 4 point car hoist. Other Lake cabin and campground for sale, incl. www.futureford.ca upgrades within past 5 yrs include radiant carwash and laundry mat; Development 2016 SUBARU FORESTER name top pick tube heaters, 3 phase power, upgraded lands around Regina/Saskatoon; Large for 2016. Starting from $29,360. Great se- shop lighting, spray foam insulation and a building and property on Broadway Ave., lection to choose from!! 1-877-373-2662, new shop door large enough for heavy Yorkton; 3 lots on South Service Road, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. trucks & equipment. This spacious 6000 sq. Weyburn; Tempo/Tire shop #48 WindHotel and Restaurant on #48. Brian SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near- ft. shop and +/- 0.74 acre lot offer endless thorst; 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. new 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to opportunities for large or small businesses. Tiefenbach, $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. Expand your business with the use of the Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com newly renovated office space available for www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. lease (conveniently located right next door), excellent condition, $325,000 OBO. 306-276-6840, 306-812-6841, Nipawin, SK. 2008 IH 7600 tandem 24’ van body, power tc.accumark@outlook.com tailgate, 10 speed ISX; 2007 Freightliner auto. trans., 24’ flatdeck. Ron Brown Imp. CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL #905231. place and finish of concrete floors. Can ac- FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. commodate any floor design. References Management Group for all your borrowing www.rbisk.ca available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069. and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help wanted ad in the classifieds. Call Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co- Regina, SK. operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-667-7770. 1-800-667-7770. DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too high? 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JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call 306-334-2232, 306-332-7332, Balcarres.

SAVE FREIGHT! U-weld hopper cones for all brands of bins up to 24’. Middle Lake Steel, 306-367-4306 or 306-367-2408. www.middlelakesteel.com

NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK.

1978 CHAMPION 740 motor grader, Detroit 6 cylinder, showing 2568 hours, 14’ moldboard, scarifier, cab, new rear tires, $16,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: www.combineworld.com

POLY GRAIN BINS, 40 to 150 bu. for grain cleaning, feed, fertilizer and left over treated seed. Call 306-258-4422, Vonda, SK. www.buffervalley.com 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.

MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Larger sizes avail. Travel incl. in SK. See us at on FB at saskdugouts. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon SK

4- 2006 JD 400D and 1- 2005 Cat 740 40 ton Art; Rock trucks; 3- 1996, 1997 and 1998 Cat 621F motor scrapers; Coming soon 1972 Cat; D6C LGP crawler. Many more items with prices. Robert Harris, 204-642-9959, 204-470-5493, Gimli, MB. Pics/info. at: robertharrisequipment.com

CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All sizes. Now in stock: 53’ steel and insulated stainless steel. 306-861-1102 Radville, SK. SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca

2006 KOBELCO SK290LC excavator, 5708 hrs., tracks and undercarriage 75%, digging bucket, nice condition, $59,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

EXCAVATOR BUCKETS, various shapes and sizes for different excavators. Call 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB.

HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions available. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK 2010 CAT D7R 2 LGP crawler tractor, Packard winch, AC, cab, canopy, sweeps, Adozer 16.6”, 36” pads, UC as new, 6282 hrs., very clean, $285,000; 2008 JD 850J WLT crawler dozer, c/w ROP’S, 12’ 6-way blade, SBG pads, 8700 hrs., $95,000. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB.

CAT 941B 1-3/4 yard bucket, ready for work, $19,900; Wisconsin equipment trailer to haul Cat, Sask. certified, $6900; Also 23.5x25 loader tires, $900/each; Gravel screener, Lode-a-screen, 4x8 double deck, 45’, self-contained, can be seen running, $35,000. Call 306-233-5116, 306-233-7213, Wakaw, SK. 2002 JCB 214 SLP backhoe; Case 2870 w/Degelman dozer; Fassi hyd. arm & 10’ 1-ton steel deck. Call 306-240-8086. 1980 D6D DOZER, wide pad, winch; 1993 D37 P6 6-way dozer, cab. 306-304-1959. Goodsoil, SK.

GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, 2006 CAT D6R LGP, Series III, c/w S doz- Russell, MB. er with tilt, A/C, cab & canopy, diff. steer, 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines Packard PA56 hyd. winch, brand new UC, and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, new 36” pads, new sandblast & paint job, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. $150,000. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323. 290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK DIESEL ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts and Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: 306-543-2111, Regina, SK. 2006 HITACHI ZX200-LC excavator c/w hyd. thumb quick change bucket, approx. 10,050 hrs., excellent working condition, warranty. Machine can be viewed in Kamsack, SK. on job site. Call deliver, $89,000. Call 204-743-2324, anytime.

FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com

3 PHASE 15KVA Maxx rotary convertor, 2009. Used indoors to run centrifuge. Complete unit w/main breaker, 50' of tech cable & plug receptacle. Used very little, $5000 OBO. 250-961-8255, Armstrong, BC 2006 KOMATSU D65 EX-15. Approx. 5950 org. hrs., 24” pads, straight tilt blade, 3 tooth ripper, excellent working cond., very good UC, $139.500. Bush canopy available. Trades considered (warranty). Can deliver. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

ELECTRICAL WIRE & CABLE: Underground, indoor, outdoor. Copper, aluminum. Motors, generators, transformers. AB., SK., MB., BC. 306-421-0210, bradgrimes@sasktel.net

It doesn’t get any better than this. Prepay MOVE YOUR DIRT real cheap! Low prices! your ad for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! (3) Cat 641 motor 28 yard scrapers; Cat Call today! 1-800-667-7770. 235 excavator w/digging bucket, not used in 5 yrs.; Cat D9-G hyd. dozer w/tow winch; (2) Cat 980B loaders w/bucket; Cat 977-K loader. Equipment of all types. New & used parts. 2 yards over 50 acres. Cambrian Equipment Sales, Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) 204-667-2867 or (Fax) 204-667-2932. INTERNATIONAL CLOSED DOOR baler, model NA1450; 2 hydraulic pin presses; 1 portable hydraulic track press; 3 Goodman battery locomotive carts w/hundreds of feet of track. Cambrian Equipment Sales, Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) 204-667-2867 or (Fax) 204-667-2932. 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, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS for construction equipment. Attachments for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equipment parts and major components. Call Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. CAT D8-14A WET deck angle dozer, not running; Hoover 12’ V-Cutter; Hoover 14’ Piler. 306-747-3674, Shellbrook, SK. ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt for years of trouble-free service. Lever Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK.

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AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. For the customer that prefers quality. 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. STEEL CLADDING: NEW Grade A, 3/4” high rib, 29 gauge Galvalume $0.82/SF or White-White $0.99/SF cut to your length! All accessories available. Prairie Steel, Clavet, SK. Call 1-888-398-7150, or email HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and buildings@prairiesteel.com 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. 20’ and 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS and storage trailers. Large Sask. inventory. Phone 1-800-843-3984 or 306-781-2600. 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436. WINTER SPECIAL: All post & stud frame farm buildings. Choose sliding doors, overhead doors or bi-fold doors. New-Tech Construction Ltd 306-220-2749, Hague, SK POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, hog, chicken and dairy barns. Construction and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, MR Steel Construction, 306-978-0315, Hague, SK. BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, convex and rigid frame straight walls, grain tanks, metal cladding, farm- commercial. Construction and concrete crews. Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saska- BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new toon and Northwest Behlen Distributor, and used sea containers, all sizes. Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. Osler, SK. INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. on site. For early booking call For sales and service east central SK. and 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., www.warmanhomecentre.com 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346. STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales built on site. For early booking call and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738. www.warmanhomecentre.com

TIM’S CUSTOM BIN MOVING and Hauling Inc. Up to 22’ diameter. 204-362-7103 binmover50@gmail.com FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper cone and steel floor requirements contact: Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free: 1-888-304-2837. BOOK NOW, TAKE DELIVERY, DON’T PAY UNTIL NOVEMBER, 2018. Top quality MERIDIAN bins. Price includes: skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up and delivery within set radius. Meridian Hopper Combo SPECIAL: 5000 bu., $14,990. We manufacture superior quality hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call and find out why our product quality and price well exceeds the competition. We also stock replacement lids for all makes & models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks. 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK.

BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. RM45 MERIDIAN, $35,000; RM55 Meridian, $36,500; 1645 TL Convey-All, $29,500. Call 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK.

MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS available with self-propelled mover kits and bin sweeps. Call Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837. DECEMBER CLEARANCE: New SLMD 1272 and HD10-53. Used augers: 2013 Sakundiak SLMD 1272, loaded, $14,800; SLMD 10x66, loaded, $11,500; Farm King 10x70 S/A, $6900; HD 8x39 w/20 HP Kohler and mover $6950. Also a dealer for Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing available! Call Dale at Mainway Farm Equipment, 306-567-3285 or 306-567-7299, Davidson. www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 306-957-2033. MERIDIAN TRUCKLOADING AUGERS TL10-39, loaded, $18,300 HD10-46, loaded, $19,500; HD10-59, loaded, $20,425; TL12-39, loaded with 37 EFI engine, $20,370. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. USED AUGER: 2014 MERIDIAN HD853, loaded, in excellent condition, $10,995; Meridian HD846, $7,500. Call 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. NEVER CLIMB A BIN AGAIN! Full-bin Super Sensor, reliable hardwired with 2 year warranty; Magnetic Camera Pkg. - One man positioning of auger (even at night); Hopper Dropper - Unload your hopper bins without any mess; Wireless Magnetic LED Light - Position your swing auger at night from the comfort of your truck. Safety and convenience are the name of the game. www.brownlees.ca Brownlees Trucking Inc Unity, SK., 306-228-2971, 1-877-228-5598 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

2013 JOHN DEERE 569 baler, net wrap & twine, mega wide plus pick-up, only 5500 bales, variable core, kicker, 1000 PTO, excellent condition, $41,000. 306-834-7204 Kerrobert, SK. kissick.brent@gmail.com BALE SPEARS, high quality imported from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, excellent pricing. Call now toll free 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB. BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing. Call now 1-866-443-7444.

MF 9430, 30’ header, 30’ table, low hours, 2-speed, PU reel, c/w header trailer, $65,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 2014 MF 9740 windrower, 30’ header, low hrs, GPS, Roto-Shear, PU reel, c/w header trailer $115,000. 306-563-8765, Canora SK

2009 MACDON CA20, MD CA20 adapter, auger, floor and canvas in good cond. For CNH, JD, Lexion, Agco available, $11,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2013 MACDON A30-D 18’, double knife drive, steel crimpers, 1000 PTO, $19,900. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

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GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel. View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. BOOKING NORCAN SOYBEAN Common #1. Put the new big red in your shed, not the seed dealers! Buy a bigger Case/IH combine! Early discounts. Call Norcan DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and Seeds, 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: 2004 CIH AFX 8010, 2016 PU, RWA, new tires, 3000 engine/2000 sep. hrs., PRO www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 600 monitor, new sieves and grain pan, ARROWCORP PEGASUS PG, unused, 14 RH field ready, good condition, $85,000 OBO. gravity table c/w motors & hood; Premier 204-648-7136, Ashville, MB. grain, two high unit, direct drive; Destoner, air flotation, model S-45. For informa- 2013 CASE 8230, duals, ext. auger, fine tion please call Lahora Brar 204-298-5737 cut chopper, 640 sep. hrs. $299,000. Take or Aman 204-697-9441, Winnipeg, MB. offers, Trade, or financing. 306-563-8765. DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, AFTER HARVEST CLEARANCE: 2000 great for pulse crops, best selection in CIH 2388 w/1015 header, $55,000; 2004 Western Canada, 306-946-7923 Young, SK 2388 w/2015 PU header, $95,000; 2006 CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to 2388 w/2015 PU header, $110,000; 2002 mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. 2388 w/2015 PU header, $80,000; 2008 2588 w/2015 PU header, $135,000. C & H 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. financing at 2% for 48 months. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2007 CASE/IH 7010, dual wheels, w/2016 header, $170,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2017 CIH 8240 350 eng. hrs., w/2017 CIH 3016 15’ PU, Contour Master, 620/70R42, AutoTrac. South Country Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK.

WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, mfg. of new grain dryers w/advanced control systems. Updates for roof, tiers, auto moisture controller. Economic designed dryers avail. 1-888-288-6857, westerngraindryer.com SUPERB GRAIN DRYERS: Grant Service Ltd. winter pricing has started. We have the largest single phase dryer- SQ28D, 30 HP, quiet fan, 576 bu., 12,000,000 BTU. Call 306-272-4195, Foam Lake, SK.

FEED BLOWER SYSTEMS, Sales and Service. Piping, blower and airlock repairs. John Beukema 204-497-0029, Carman, MB 2008 WALINGA TRIDEM live bottom, 2011 BRANDT 5200EX grain vaccum, 107,493 kms, alum., 12 comp., hydraulic 1000 PTO, new flighting, good condition, control, very good condition, $54,900. $16,900. Phone 1-800-667-4515 or visit: 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com www.combineworld.com

2012 760TT, Terra Trac, 3000/1500 hrs., new tracks, $40,000 w/o, nice, $159,000 Cdn. OBO. 218-779-1710. Delivery avail. PRICED TO SELL! Multiple Lexion 700 & 500 series combines. All in excellent condition. 218-779-1710. Delivery available. 2012 CHALLENGER 540C (MF 9540), 1110 thres. hrs., shedded, vg, MF pre-season check, local trade, 0% OAC. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

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BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket attachments. Bury rock and brush piles and fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 306-960-3804.

TORO-MASTER NH3 CADDY w/twin 2000 tanks, high flotation tires and big plumbing, like new condition, $65,000 OBO. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS: 4-8T; New Loftness 8T; and Wilmar 16T tender. Call 1-866-938-8537, Portage, MB.

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2009 JD 9770 STS, w/635 Hydra-Flex & air reel, header transport incl., 2134 sep./2853 eng. hrs., extended wear pkg., bullet rotor, 2 sets of concaves, green lighted & shedded every year, JD GPS included, Michel's elec. hopper topper, Contour Master, duals w/upgraded rims, very good condition, $205,000 OBO. 306-625-7130, Ponteix, SK., lasypranch@gmail.com MULTIPLE 9870 & 9770 JD combines, field ready with very low hours (700-900 sep. hrs.), various options in excellent condition. Delivery available. Ph 218-779-1710. 2011 JD 9770 STS, Ser. # 743566, 1 owner, 1047 sep. hrs, 1415 eng., Good Year 520x42 factory duals, Greenlight every year since new (just done Nov. 2017), Sunnybrook concaves, always shedded, c/w JD 615 PU header, $220,000. Phone Randy, 204-734-8624, Swan River, MB.

2013 CHALLENGER 560C (Massey 9560) fully loaded, 587 sep. hrs., c/w PU header, duals. Retired, mint unit. $280,000 OBO. 306-345-2039, Pense, SK. 2007 MF 9790, 1864 threshing hrs., hopper cover, shedded, auger ext., well maintained, sold here from new, field ready, $89,900, 0% OAC. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

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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

GOODS USED TRACTOR parts (always buying tractors). David or Curtis, Roblin, MB., 204-564-2528, 1-877-564-8734. G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge inventory new and used tractor parts. 1-888-676-4847. COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and used parts for most makes of tractors, combines, balers, mixmills and swathers. 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, SK. We buy machinery. LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. We sell new, used and remanufactured parts for most farm tractors and combines. AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tractors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/other Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battleford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769. TRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, 306-441-0655, Richard, SK.

SWATHMASTER AND RAKE-UP Belt Rollers available brand new! Save vs. OEM prices. Call us now! 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

JD 1770 NT MaxEmerge, 16 row, 30” spacing, w/500 gal. liquid tank, Yetter row cleaners, always shedded, excellent cond., $53,000. 204-243-2453, High Bluff, MB.

2014 & 2016 MacDon FD75 headers, 40' model, dbl. knife, spare knife, cross auger, all options, exc. cond. 2014, $72,000; 2016, $82,000. 306-533-4891, Gray, SK. 2010 HONEYBEE 88C 42’ flex draper, pea auger, vg cond., $25,000 Cdn OBO.; Also available late model Class/Lexion, MacDon, CIH, NH & JD flex heads and flex drapers. 218-779-1710. Delivery available. 2013 JD 635FD off JD S Series, crop convey auger, feed drum scraper kit, header height sensor in RDG mode. South Country Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK.

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1999 JD 4700, 3100 hrs, $97,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

2013 140A FARMALL Case/IH w/loader, 2012 JD 9560R, duals, PTO, 3007 hrs., 1800 hrs., $82,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm $354,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2017 CASE IH 620 quad trac, 420 hrs., diff. lock, AutoTrac, 620 HP, 6 hyd. outlets, 2010 JD 9430, duals, 2775 hrs., $258,000. Motors & Equipment, 1000 PTO, 36” tracks. South Country Nelson 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We 2012 JD 9560R, duals, PTO, 2250 hrs., buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA $360,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. 2012 JD 9560R, duals, PTO, 3007 hrs., 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. $349,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, QUAD TRAC UNDERCARRIAGE parts for 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com JD, CIH & Challenger in sotck. Bogeys, idlers, bearing, seals, tracks... factory direct. 1983 JD 4450 MFWD w/Ezee-On FEL 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2130 grapple, 15 spd. PS, 3 hyds, 7925 hrs showing, 14.9-26F, 20.8R32, duals avail. 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395 Langham SK

2013 JD 4730, 1164 hours, $248,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2015 JD R4045, 617 hours, $447,300. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2015 JD R4045, 728 hours, $444,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2013 JD 4730, 1555 hours, $238,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2013 JD 4930, 1700 hours, $299,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

2003 APACHE 859, 90’, 2600 hrs., $72,500. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 1997 WILLMAR 6400, 3092 hrs., $23,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, LATE 1990’s BOURGAULT 5710 53’, dual shoot, 10” space, steel packers w/Coul1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com ters, newer 1” openers c/w Bourgault 4350 2013 JD 4830, 1324 hours, $274,000. tank, $37,000. 306-354-7444 Mossbank SK Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2002 JD 1820, 52’ w/liquid kit, 10” space, Atom Jet openers w/liquid side band JD 2013 JD 4730, 1864 hours, $236,900. 1” air cart, 270 bu., $17,000 OBO. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1900 306-834-7032, 306-834-7810, Dodsland. 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2008 JD 4930, 2039 hours, $189,000. 32’ BOURGAULT 8810 w/Flexi-Coil markNelson Motors & Equipment, ers, c/w 135 bu. grain cart; WANTED: 42’ 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com Bourgault with 7” spacing. Call 306-867-8477, 306-867-7381, Outlook, SK 2007 JD 4930, 3202 hours, $155,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2014 NH SP 240F-XP, 275 HP, 120’, 1600 stainless, fully loaded incl. AIM Command, both sets tires, $219,000. 306-948-7223.

4 TRIDEKON DIVIDERS with brackets to fit JD 4920-R4038, $5200. Will sell in pairs. 204-734-0361, Swan River, MB. SKINNY TIRES: Four (4) High Clearance sprayer tires off Patriot 4- 12.4x42, $3800. Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: JD 4045, 710/60R46; 800/55R46; JD 4038, Case 4420, 650/65R38 Michelin tires and rims. Sprayer duals available. Phone 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK.

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2014 JOHN DEERE 7290R MFWD, IVT, duals, 2070 hours, $272,500. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and 2008 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, 3 PTH, 3 used, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to hyds, w/JD 741 FEL, bucket, grapple, 2677 1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or hrs vg. 306-625-7277, Stewart Valley, SK. www.bigtractorparts.com

2010 JD 4930, 1400 hours, $237,900. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

2012 M135X, loader and grapple, 3PTH, 16x16 PS trans., 2400 hrs., 20.8x38, 135 HP, $73,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK

2014 MF 7615, Deluxe cab, cab susp., loader & grapple, CVT, 150 HP, 2510 hrs., $139,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK

2013 MT965 4WD, 800/70Rx38 Trelleborgs, w/12,000 lbs. ballast duals, high flow hyds, C18 litre, 525 HP Cat, no DEF, 5 yr/3000 hrs. PT, only 1323 hrs. $260,000, Call Troy 306-435-6897, Redvers, SK.

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NEW 7.5HP AIR compressor, Mactools, never used - still in crate, w/4 year warranty extended, c/w extra belts, oil, air filter, $3800 OBO. 306-581-0909, Regina, SK. UTILITY TRACTOR: JD 6200, 2 WD, open 2010 CASE/IH, TBH air cart, dual fan, dual Srokaracing@hotmail.com wheels, double shoot, blockage monitor, 42’ BOURGAULT 9800 chisel plow, HD dou- station with loader; JD 5520 MFWD w/ $45,000. 306-625-7546, Ponteix, SK. ble spring, w/4-bar heavy harrow, $29,500 cab & air, 2700 hrs. 204-522-6333, Melita. Cdn OBO. 218-779-1710 Delivery available hroberge@sasktel.net 2000 JD 7710, 5130 hrs; 2000 JD 8310; FARM KING 3 PTH snowblower, PTO driven, 2014 SALFORD 525 w/2014 Salford WANTED: BOURGAULT 9200 48’ chisel 2001 JD 7810; 2008 JD 7830, 5200 hrs. hand crank. $1900. 306-921-5490, Fairy AC2465, 40', 7.5" spacing, double shoot w/ plow with harrows. Call 204-773-2868, All MFWD, can be equipped with loaders. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. Glen, SK. conniecarter@hotmail.com MRB's, TBT cart, 180/65/220 bu tanks, 10" Russell, MB. 2004 JD 6715 FWA, 740 loader, grapple, 96” SCHULTE 9600 snowblower, 540 PTO, fill auger, Dickey John IntelliAg control good cond., $3500; 102” Inland DA102 system, hyd. variable rate, $210,000 OBO. BREAKING DISCS: KEWANEE, 15’ and 3PTH, 4300 hrs., $59,000. 306-252-2858, 780-214-5251, Lloydminster, AB. Kenaston, SK. 12’; Rome 12’ and 9’; Towner 18’-40” double auger snowblower, 540 PTO, good blades; Wishek 14’, 18’, and 30’. DMI 5, cond, $1500. 204-745-8700 Elm Creek, MB 2008 JD 9430, 3805 hrs, diff lock, 4 hyds., CIH ATX700, 60’, 12” sp., 5.5” rubber pack- and 7 shank rippers. 1-866-938-8537. 800/70R38, premium cab, HID lights, SCHULTE 7.5’ front mount snowblower, ers, Raven NH3, closers and single bar har$244,700. South Country Equipment, $2500. Call 306-795-2800, Ituna, SK. row. $28,000. 204-648-7085, Grandview. 2009 CIH FLEX-TILL 600, 54’, 9” spacing, 306-642-3366, Assiniboia, SK. FARM-KING MODELS: 96”, $3900; 84”, 2012 BOURGAULT 3320, 76’, 10” space, 2” heavy shanks, 4 bar harrows, Bourgault QA $3450; 74”, $3200; 50”, $1900. tips, 4.5” packers, DS dry, MRB #3’s; 2014 shovels, $75,000. 306-542-7684, Kamsack. 2008 JOHN DEERE 9530T, 3565 hrs, 36” 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. track, Deluxe comfort pkg, HID lights, Bourgault 7950 air tank, 5 tank meter, saddle, conveyor, scale, rear hitch. $340,000 2012 SUMMERS VERTICAL 45’ diamond $214,800. South Country Equipment, for both. 204-648-7085. Grandview, MB. disc tillage, $52,900. South Country Equip- 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. ment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. 2014 JOHN DEERE 9560RT 1167 hrs., 2630 GreenStar display, JD Link, hi-flow 2017 DEGELMAN 40’ Pro Till, 21 1/2” hyd. sys, 36” Durabilt tracks. South Counblades; 2017 DEGELMAN 33’ Pro-Till, done try Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. 1000 acres; 2017 DEGELMAN 26’ Pro-Till 2011 ROGATOR 1194, 2085 hrs., 2 sets of 2013 JD S690 732 sep. hrs., complete Au500 acres. 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK. tires, Raven Viper Pro, newer style wheel toTrac, 650/85R38, HID lights, JDLink, motors, $170,000 OBO. 204-723-0236, Pro Drive trans. South Country Equipment, Rathwell, MB. 306-721-5050, Regina, SK 2011 ROGATOR 1396, 132’ alum. recir2010 JOHN DEERE 9630, 3263 hrs., 2010 MORRIS 8370 TBT variable rate air culating boom, 1300 SS tank, Raven Viper cart, vg cond., ran through shop, $75,900. 800/70R38D, GPS, diff lock, 18F/6R powPro, Raven SmarTrax steering, AccuBoom ershift, $241,500. South Country Equip66’ SEED HAWK sectional seed/fert., Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK sec. control, AutoBoom height control, ment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. HID lighting, DeKoning air lift crop divid- works perfect, 400 air cart, Viper monitor, ers, both sets of Michelin tires, one owner. w/LC 2500 liquid cart, 750 gal. alpine kit, 2016 JOHN DEERE 6145M, 1300 hrs., $160,000 Troy 306-435-6897, Redvers, SK 204-937-3429, 204-937-7047. Roblin, MB. MFWD, 520/85R38, H360 loader, 3 PTH, $146,900. South Country Equipment, 2011 CASE PATRIOT 3330, AccuGuide, 2011 SEED HAWK 50’, 12” sp., tool bar 2010 FENDT 820, CVT, loader and grapple, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. with 600 cart dual wheels auger and bag AccuBoom, AutoBoom, Pro 600, 650 floaters, 5-way nozzle bodies, 1940 eng. hrs., lift. $229,000; 1997 39’ Morris Magnum air 710’s, 4 hyds., dual PTO, 200 HP, 2015 JD 6150M, 1395 hrs., MFWD, $137,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. always shedded, exc. cond., $180,000 OBO drill, 10” spacing, Atom openers w/Morris 520/85R38, 540/1000 PTO, H360 loader, 180 cart, $18,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm 306-338-8231, 306-327-4550, Kelvington. grapple, $149,000. South Country EquipEquipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. ment, 306-692-2371, Moose Jaw, SK. 2015 JD R4045 1132 hrs., 120’ boom, AutoTrac, JD Link,, 380/105R50, 710/70R42 2010 SEED HAWK 60’ Toolbar, 12” sp., float tires, front fill. South Country Equip- w/Seed Hawk 400 cart, 2 fans, seed & fer- 2002 6420, FWA, CAH, 3PTH, 8000 Leon 2016 JD 6130M, 1000 hrs., MFWD, 620 tilizer distributing kit auger. Also NH kit & loader w/QA 96” bucket & bale fork, new loader, PowerGard warranty till Oct /2019, ment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. winch $175,000. 306-449-2255, A.E. Chi- clutch & block heater - $5000 this fall, new $138,300. South Country Equipment, 2017 CIH PATRIOT 4440, 341 hrs., 120’ coine Farm Equipment Ltd., Storthoaks SK. PTO 1 year ago. Will trade on bred cows or 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. boom, 15” nozzle spacing, AIM Command bale truck. 306-386-2490, Cochin, SK. 2008 JD 9630, 3899 hrs., 6 hyds., w/Desection control, deluxe cab. South Country 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 65’, Paralink, 12” gelman 7900 blade, 800/70R38, diff lock, spacing, mid row shank banding, double Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. $246,000. South Country Equipment, shoot, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, 2005 JD 4920, 5507 hrs., 620/105R50 fl $135,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. oats, 120’ boom, tips, section control, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2014 CASE QUADTRAC 600, 1931 hrs., PTO, 2004 JD 7720, MFWD, 8425 hrs., $115,800. South Country Equipment, 306-726-2155, Southey, SK. 8800 40’ BOURGAULT air seeder, $9500. 6 SCV, 30" tracks, leather, AutoSteer. 520/85R38, w/ 746 loader, 540/1000 PTO, $83,100. South Country Equipment, Phone 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, $325,000 OBO. 306-730-7871, Killaly, SK. 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. Chaplin, SK. CIH FARMALL 75A, MFWD, 20 hrs., 8 2015 JD 9620R, duals, PTO, 814 hrs., 2010 JD 1830 drill, 61’ 10” spacing, w/430 2016 forward gears/2 reverse, 3PTH, 540 PTO, $510,000. 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SAWMILL CUMMINS power unit & edger, $14,700; Forano feller buncher, $13,125; 1982 Tanga slasher 100, $17,250. All prices OBO. Call 204-222-0285, Winnipeg, MB.

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. ROTARY PHASE CONVERTERS, run 220V 3 phase motors, on single phase. 2014 CHALLENGER MT765D, 620 hrs., 204-800-1859, Winnipeg, MB. 3502 HP, Trimble Autopilot, 18” tracks, PTO, 3 PTH, $229,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

CAT DOZER BLADE: 12’x3’, good shape, cutting edge never been turned, good bolts, C-frame for blade, $1200. 306-722-7770, Osage, SK. JOHN DEERE 36A FEL, 60” bucket, new lift cylinder shafts (to be installed), $750 OBO. Phone Paul, 306-233-7921, Wakaw, SK. NEW 16’ DEGELMAN dozer blade, for Case 620 Quad track or any wide frame Case, $43,000. 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK.

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2 TROPHY WOOD BISON BULLS for sale, 10-12 years old. Located near Esterhazy, SK. Phone 306-745-2743. NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. For winter delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Contact Richard Bintner 306-873-3184. WANTED: BISON HANDLING equipment or system. 306-260-2433, Dalmeny, SK. COMPLETE BISON COW herd dispersal Productive herd, culled annually, 125 cows, 50 yearling heifers. Royal Black Bison Ranch Inc. 306-441-7128, Paynton, SK 100 BISON COWS, $5000 each; 100 bison calves (50 heifers and 50 bulls), taking offers. Call 250-263-3152, Melville, SK.

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INTERNATIONAL 3950 31.5’ Tandem Disc, nearly new blades, front notched, back smooth. Phone Alfred: DRILL STEM FOR SALE: 300 2-7/8”. 204-745-2784, Carman, MB. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. JOHN DEERE FORKS for 740 loader, very 2 & 7/8” OILFIELD TUBING, cement and good condition, $750. Call 204-745-8700, plastic lined, $25. Call 306-861-1280, Elm Creek, MB. Weyburn, SK. 5 BUILDING JACKS, 15 ton mechanical lift; 605A Vermeer baler, good belts, $600; Portable fuel tank fits in half ton or bigger, 8” to 6” MAINLINE; 6 - 5”x5” wheelines; $125. 204-825-2784, Pilot Mound, MB. Bauer 1160’ w/4.5” hard hose reel. FEED MIX CARTS w/scales: Knight 280 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. bu., $5000; Gehl 500 bu.,$10,000; Kelly Ryan and Roorda feeder cart, $2000; JD BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. 785 spreader, $11,000; New Idea 362 Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump and used mainline, new Bauer travelers spreader, $6500. 1-866-938-8537, Portage dealer. 25 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levelers. Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca Building now. Place orders and don’t delay! 649 Allis diesel motors with pump, all siz306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. es of alum. pipe. Call Dennis to discuss ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De- your needs! 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. gelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK.

Regular butcher and Feeder @ 9:00 (Feeder cattle sell after bred sale) This sale will feature: Herd of mainly black and red angus cows, 3 to 7 years old, bred black calf April - May, full vaccine program. (we sell these calves every year and always top the market) More consignmnets welcome “Where Buyers & Sellers Meet” To Consign or for more information call: 204-694-8328 Mike

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MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar SPRUCE FOR SALE!! Beautiful locally and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly trac- get the year round protection you need. tors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. Also can deliver in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. spruce available. Now taking spring orders while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 or visit: www.didsburysprucefarms.com WE BUILD BEAUTIFUL ornamental gates, fences and railing. Many styles available. Your choice of powder coating for life-long durability. Rick: 306-734-7721, Craik, SK. SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK.

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BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com BISON CALVES WANTED. Harmony Natural bison. Call or text 306-736-3454, SE Sask.

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QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, paying market prices. “Producers working 16’ PEELED RAILS, 2-3” $4.50/ea., 125 per with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and DISPERSALS, BRED HEIFERS and more bundle; 3-4” $9.50/ea, 100 per bundle; MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. Saturday, Dec. 16th, 1:00 PM at Johnstone 4-5” $11.50/ea, 75 per bundle. Vermette Auction Mart Moose Jaw, SK. Howe, Bligh, Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK., BRED BISON HEIFERS for sale. 85 pas- Knox, M-R, Seman, Jacmar, Ailsacraig, 1-800-667-0094, email: info@vwpltd.com ture raised, top cut. Ready to go Dec. 15. Christopherson, Myketiak bred heifers. website: www.vwpltd.com Call or text 306-495-8800, SE Sask. More than 400+ altogether. View details GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence 215 - 2017 Bison Calves: Taking offers for and pics online: www.johnstoneauction.ca posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner December/January weaning, to be picked PL#914447. Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron up. Started calving in March. Started finish306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. ing ration November 1st. 306-331-7563, MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Craik, SK. trewett.whbp@sasktel.net BRED HEIFERS: 125 black, Black Baldie Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: WANTED ALL CLASSES of bison: calves, heifers bred to easy calving Black Angus www.maverickconstruction.ca yearlings, cows, bulls. Willing to purchase bulls for March 20 calving. Beautiful, Quiet, any amount. dreyelts1@rap.midco.net one iron heifers, $2500. 204-841-0605, Neepawa, MB. js.silage@gmail.com Call 605-391-4646.

BLOCKED & SEASONED PINE FIREWOOD: Bags $90. Delivery available. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK. 1-800-667-0094, email: info@vwpltd.com Website: www.vwpltd.com SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65. Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

BELDON BISON RANCH is offering 30 Select SWAN HILLS RANCH Pure bred Anbred 2 y/o heifers. Call Nathan for more gus\Simmental cows. AI for Feb/Mar calvinformation. 306-812-7092, Nipawin, SK. ing . 204-734-0210, Swan River, MB. beldonbisonranch@gmail.com (10) 2 YEAR OLD BLACK ANGUS bulls, setested, guaranteed breeders. High BREEDING STOCK: BORN 2016 Breeder men Reasonably priced. B/B Duncan, bulls available March 2018 and bred heifers quality. Cromer, MB. 204-556-2342, 204-556-2348 available for Nov 2018. Visit our website for or 204-851-0306. pictures or call for pricing. 780-581-3025, Vermilion, AB. irishcreekbison@gmail.com REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS bull irishcreekbison.com calves, low birthweight, very quiet. We’ve been in registered Blacks for over 50 yrs. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for Buy now and save! EPD’s & delivery avail. over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, 204-843-2287 evenings, Amaranth, MB. grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with GLENNIE BROS. are selling 25 purebred Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt Angus females bred to excellent bulls, at Heartland Swift Current, December 14th. payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. Includes 16 bred heifers, and cows 4 years WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and old and younger. Call Wes at Carnduff, SK. cows, $5/lb. HHW. Finished beef steers 306-339-7578 or 306-482-3813. and heifers for slaughter. We are also buying compromised cattle that can’t make a 100 BLACK ANGUS heifers, bred to regislong trip. Oak Ridge Meats, McCreary, tered Black Angus bulls. Can winter and calve out. 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147. YOUNG PUREBRED Black & Red Angus We know that farming is enough of a 20 1 PB Black Angus bull. For more ingamble so if you want to sell it fast place cows; fo. call 306-865-4168 Hudson Bay, SK. your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll- 60 BRED BLACK HEIFERS bred Black, bulls free number today. We have friendly staff out June 27th. Call 306-629-7575 or 306-629-3594, Morse, SK. ready to help. 1-800-667-7770.

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SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside PUREBRED SALERS HERD DISPERSAL. Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, Details at: www.sweetlandsalers.com Ken 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. Sweetland, Lundar, MB., 204-762-5512. BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, 20TH ANNUAL SHORTHORN ALLIANCE Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca SALE, Thursday December 14th at 1:00 JOHNSON LIVESTOCK FEMALE SALE, PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. On offer Tuesday December 12th, 1:00PM at the will be bull calves, heifer calves and bred ranch near Peebles, SK. This sale features females. Top genetics from Western Cana350 head, which includes 100 bred heifers, dian Breeders. NEW this year will be Comcow/calf pairs & bred cows. Mostly AI mercial open and bred heifers from some sired and AI bred. These females will sell of Saskatchewan’s leading commercial individually and in groups accommodating breeders. For more info. contact Richard all buyers and all price ranges. There are Moellenbeck 306-287-7904 or view cataalso 200 commercial bred heifers selling logue on line at www.saskshorthorn.com from D&N Livestock, many of which are AI sired and AI bred to the great calving ease sire Final Answer. For more information or a catalogue contact Andrew at 306-736-7393 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at FULL FLECKVIEH & PB bred heifers, most 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online due in Jan., bred to Captain Morgan son, at: www.buyagro.com. Watch and bid on- top quality deep heifers. Curtis Mattson, 306-944-4220, 306-231-9994, Meacham. line at: www.dlms.ca ROYAL ANGUS COMPLETE DISPERSAL, Saturday December 16th, 1 PM at SLS, Saskatoon, SK. Selling over 100 head of proven Angus genetics, cow/calf pairs, bred heifers plus bull calves and herd bulls. Calving ease with performance, For more information or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006 or Mel Sisson at 306-852-9047. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com Watch and bid online at: www.dlms.ca PL# 116061

DOUBLE R FARMS Complete Dispersal & High Country Cattle Production Sale Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 2:00PM, Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Selling 75 cow/calf pairs, bred heifers plus bull calves. Wintering & terms available on all bull calves. For more information or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. 306-220-5006, Rob Young 780-517-0758 or Stacy Young 780-718-0622. Catalogue online at: www.BuyAgro.com PL # 116061

20 FANCY HEIFERS, bred Black Angus, bull LWC RANCH SELLING Simmental bulls by turned out June 20, polled in 45 d., preg. private treaty. 2-year-old, yearling, and checked, $2000. 306-281-8224 Delisle, SK. off-age bulls. Traditional, reds, blacks, Simmental Cross Angus. Contact Scott at BIRCHAM RANCH BRED HEIFERS: 210 780-214-1198, or Blaine at 306-821-0112. Top cut first cross black brockle face, 35 3/4 Angus black and black brockle face DECEMBER 9TH LWC RANCH are selling and 35 top cut first cross Black Simm X approx. 180 Simmental Cross heifers at Black Angus heifers. Bred Black Angus. NCL Vermilion, AB. Bred to Angus. Calving Bred June 10th to August 6th. All vaccina- March and April. Contact Scott at tions. Will deliver. Selling at the Rock Solid 780-214-1198, or Blaine at 306-821-0112. Bred Heifer Sale at the new Bircham Ranch Sale Barn, Piapot, SK. December 11, 2017. PB RED SIMMENTAL 2nd and 3rd calvers. Call Wayne Bircham at 306-662-7940, or Also red heifer calves. Crocus Simmentals, visit www.rocksolidbredheifer.com Swift Current, SK. Call 306-773-7122. PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-667-7770. 24 RED ANGUS Heifers bred Red Angus, start calving April 1st, $2200 each. 306-421-6416, 306-636-2213, Estevan, SK.

25 BRED HEIFERS, Simmental cross Red Angus. Bred to easy calving bull for Feb RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- 20th. Call 204-476-6732, Plumas, MB. men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery grassriverstock@gmail.com available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca REG. RED ANGUS bulls, calving ease, good weaning weights, no creep feed. Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK.

9 YEAR OLD flashy rope horse. Bo is a 15.2 HH finished head horse used at numerous jackpots. A well started heel horse, used on the ranch for every job under the sun. Doctored cows/yearlings, dragged thousands of calves, and hauled to AZ. one winter but mainly hauled and used as a pickup horse across Western Canada the last 2 yrs. Flashy as they come and reliable. Videos available, serious inquires only please. Please call 306-263-3232, Tyvan, SK. Email: youngslandc@gmail.com

30 HORSES FOR SALE; Plus a Brown & White team of Gypsy Vanner, broke to ride and drive; and 4 saddle horses. Call 306-435-3634, Moosomin, SK.

BOBSLEIGH w/HEAVY DUTY 2-1/2” cast runners, like new condition. Phone 306-237-4406, Perdue, SK.

CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL Growers, buying wool. For nearest wool collection depot or livestock supplies catalogue, 1-800-567-3693, www.wool.ca

OUTSIDE BUTCHER PIGS for sale. Dress out 200+ lbs. Can butcher. Phone 306-369-7449, Bruno, SK. PIGS VARIETY ETC. Butcher and Weaners, range fed, no hormones. 306-342-4662, Glaslyn, SK.

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CATTLEMAN! JUST IN TIME for your fall breeding needs. We have an exc. selection of long yearling bulls. Both red and white, all polled, some suitable for heifers. Call Defoort Stock Farm, Cypress River, MB., 204-743-2109.

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 TEN PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bred heifers. bonded carrier. Call 1-877-442-3106, fax Layne and Paula Evans, 306-252-2246, 519-442-1122, hsknill@pppoe.ca or Kenaston, SK. www.hsknilltransport.com 155 King Edward St., Paris, ON. N3L 0A1. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for 10 PUREBRED BRED Charolais heifers, over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you some are AI. Wood River Charolais LAZY RAINBOW RIVER RANCH has 65 have them, we want them.” Make your fi306-478-2520 McCord, SK. mostly Simmental cross second calving nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guarancows, bred to start calving for March; 65 teed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, STEPPLER FARMS - A Piece of the Simmental cross bred heifers, bred to start Winnipeg, MB. Program Sale, Wednesday, December to calving in March. Phone 204-372-6945, FOR SALE: Small closed young Elk herd, 10 13th, 1:00 PM, at the farm, Miami, MB. An Fisher Branch, MB. bulls & 12 females. Call 306-839-7794 elite offering of 45 genetic leading Charolais females. Proven producers, bred heifers & heifer calves with a Junior incentive 180 BLACK & RED Angus cross cows, 3-5 program. For catalogue or info contact An- years old, bred to top Black & Red Simdre Steppler, cell 204-750-1951 or view mental bull. To start calving April 5th, vac- HERD REDUCTION SALE on PB Nubians, cinated with Bovishield FP5, excellent catalogue online: www.stepplerfarms.com deep square cows; Also 35 Angus cross does, bucks and bucklings, no CAE/CL. heifers bred to easy calving Angus bull. Call 306-231-4036, Humboldt, SK. TULLY & ARLENE HATCH’S, Pleasant Call 204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB. Dawn Charolais Dispersal Sale, Saturday, December 9th, 1:00 PM, Heartland Livestock, Brandon, MB. 194 head includ- HERD DISPERSAL Dec 15, 2017, 12 noon, ing: bred cows & heifers, heifer calves, bull Heartland Livestock Services, Virden, MB. 12V. or Hydraulic calves and herd bulls. Great polled, mater- 145 Angus Simmental cross cows, 120 are Electronic Scale Opt. nal herd developed over 35 years of breed- 5 yrs., old or younger. Calving from mid Feb. to end of Apr. Bred to high performing. Excellent opportunity to start a new Charolais herd with proven cow families. ing Simmental and Angus bulls, complete For catalogue or info contact Tully Hatch health protocol avail. Cattle can be viewed 204-855-2402 or view the catalogue on- on the farm after Dec. 1 till sale time. Contact Sundance Valley Ranch, Marcel and line at: www.bylivestock.com Jean Fouillard 204-683-2208. Heartland 1 877 695 2532 WILGENBUSCH CHAROLAIS Volume II Livestock Services, Robin or Rick www.ezefeeder.ca Female Sale, Monday, December 11th, 204-748-2809. KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WA1:00 PM, at the ranch, Halbrite, SK. 35 bred heifers & 9 heifer calves of breed RED ANGUS CROSS Simmental Bred Hef- TERING System, provides water in remote leading genetics from the largest Charolais fiers, Bred Red Angus exposed June 12th. areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life. herd in Saskatchewan. For catalogue or in- Call 306-458-7544, Midale, SK. St. Claude/Portage, MB. 204-379-2763. formation contact Craig Wilgenbusch 306-458-7482 or view catalogue & videos 12 SIMMENTAL & Simmental Angus cross online at: www.wilgenbuschcharolais.com bred heifers, red and black, bred easy calv- SVEN-APOLLO ROLLERMILLS, NEW ing Simmental, for Feb and March calving. and used, electric and PTO, all sizes, can deliver. Manitoba distributor direct. Call GERRARD CATTLE CO. Complete Dis- Call Lee at 306-335-7553, Balcarres, SK. Randy 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. persal: 120 PB Charolais on offer, incl. 40 yearling & 2-yr-old bulls. This is the entire 50 SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL Cross bred RENN 12’ 10 HP rollermill, large rolls, new 2016 & 2017 crop of bulls! Sale is Decem- cows and heifers, bred Simmental, start style, vg cond., half price of new, $6500, ber 14, 2017 at the Ranch in Innisfail, AB. calving March 1st. 306-762-4723, Odessa. can deliver; FarmKing PTO rollermill vg Contact Bouchard Livestock for more decond, $2950. 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. tails or to request a catalog. 403-946-4999 110 BRED RED ANGUS Simmental cross heifers, bred Red Angus for 30 day calving period, bulls out July 1st. 306-355-2700, 306-631-0997, Mortlach, SK. 29 RED ANGUS Simmental Cross Heifers, bred Red Angus, calving ease bull, due April 1st. 306-283-9276, Langham, SK.

BIG GULLY FARM BULL SALE Thursday, Dec. 14th, 5:00 PM MST. 12 miles North of Maidstone, SK. Horned and Polled, long yearlings and bull calves. FREE wintering, delivery, BSE and carcass ultrasound. Volume Discount of 5% on 2+ head. Repeat Buyer Discount of 2%. View videos, info. and catalogue at: www.biggullyfarm.com Lance Leachman: 306-903-7299 or email: biggullyfarm@gmail.com Online bidding at: www.LiveAuctions.tv

BURGESS RANCH will be selling top cut Black Baldy heifers at the Rock Solid Bred Heifer Sale, December 11, 2017, 1:00 PM at Bircham Ranch. For more info. call Joe GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 24’ & 30’ corral panels and windbreaks; Also grain 306-558-4705 or 306-662-7818. and silage troughs; as well as calf shelters. Call for pricing, 306-768-8555, delivery 100 BLACK ANGUS 3rd and 4th calvers; available. Carrot River, SK. 250 Black & Red Angus 2nd calvers. Swift Current, SK. 306-773-1049, 306-741-6513. FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For book- custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. ARKFELD INSTANT WEIGH livestock scale, plus cattle trim chute. Ideal for 4-H. 306-762-4723, Odessa, SK.

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F STALLIONS, GELDINGS, MARES. Phone: Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. 306-283-4495 (evenings), Langham, SK. www.livingwaterpaintsandquarters.com Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

NH 357 MIX MILL, always shedded, excellent working condition, $4800. Willmott Ranch, Pense, SK. Call 306-345-2046. FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY are the Canadian dealer for Farm Aid, parts and mix wagons. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca

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SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com SINGLE MEN.. SINGLE LADIES.. Happy relationships. Candlelight Matchmakers can help you find each other! Recent wedding Sept 16. In person interviews/phoUSED PIPE AND SUCKER RODS: 2-3/8", 2- tos, profiles, confidential, affordable, serv7/8", 3-1/2" used pipe, $36/ea; 7/8", 1" ing MB, SK, NW. ON. 204-343-2475. Email sucker rods, $12/ea. Call 306-460-7966 or candlelightmatchmakers@gmail.com 306-460-4166, Kindersley, SK. ARE YOU SINGLE and would rather be in love? Camelot Introductions has been successfully matching people for over 23 years. In-person interviews by Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. Call 306-978LOVE (5683), 204-257-LOVE (5683) www.camelotintroductions.com

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ORGANIC LAND in MD of Mackenzie: 1200 seeded ac., 1800 sq.ft house w/garage, 6800 sq.ft. shop, 60x120 cold storage, 100,000+ bu. grain storage, on school bus route, power, phone, natural gas, dugout. 780-928-2538 or 780-841-1180.

PUREBRED FOX RED Lab puppies, ready to go for Christmas, 4 males, 3 females. Will be vet checked, dewormed, and have first shots. 306-368-2515, Lake Lenore, SK.

BULL MASTIFF/AMERICAN SHEPHERD puppies for sale, parents are excellent watchdogs, 8 weeks old and ready to go! asking $500. Call 204-428-3688, Portage la Prairie, MB. LARGE PUREBRED ALASKAN malamute/cross pups. Born Oct 10, these well marked pups, possess strong stamina, and loyalty, reasonably priced at $350. Call 306-947-2190, Hepburn, SK.

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AFFORDABLE HOMES AND COTTAGES 1560 sq.ft. ready-to-move bungalows. 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath. Open concept plan with signature modern, rustic finishes. With or without covered porch. Optional dormers. $100,000 to $110,000. For photo tour, visit www.marvinhomes.ca Marvin Homes, Mitchell, MB., Phone: 204-326-1493, or Email: info.marvinhomes@gmail.com

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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 RETIRING/SNOWBIRD? Call local realtor Bob Granholm to help you find your new home in the south Okanagan of BC. Mild winters and only true desert area of CanaCERTIFIED ORGANIC YELLOW FLAX. da! 250-983-3372, rbgtroper@gmail.com Also Wanted: Organic Producers under RE/MAX Wine Capital Realty, Oliver. contract. Reynald 204-878-4839 or 204-794-8550, reynald@milletking.com SOOKE, BC.: 1 hour west of Victoria. 4200 sq. ft., 4 bdrm., 3 bath, 1/2 acre, St. Claude, MB. ocean view; Plus adjoining 1/3 acre C3 CERTIFIED Organic Red Prosco Cerise commercial with buildings. MLS® 378889 millet seed. Wanted: Organic Producers & MLS® 381189. Call 250-642-5172. under contract. Reynald 204-878-4839 or 204-794-8550, reynald@milletking.com St. Claude, MB. WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and AFFORDABLE HOMES AND COTTAGES chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assini- 1560 sq.ft. ready-to-move bungalows. 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath. Open concept plan with boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. signature modern, rustic finishes. With or without covered porch. Optional dormers. $100,000 to $110,000. For photo tour, visit www.marvinhomes.ca Marvin Homes, Mitchell, MB., Phone: 204-326-1493, or Email: info.marvinhomes@gmail.com

LAND FOR RENT - RM of Elmsthorpe #100: NW/SW 15-11-23-W2, 283 cult. acres. Call 647-786-6159. Avonlea, SK. QUARTER SECTION IN RM of Bjorkdale, SK. #426. SW 19-45-09 W2. 147 acres, approx. 100 cultivated. Phone 306-864-7922. FARMLAND NE SK (Clemenceau) 4 qtrs plus 36 acre riverside parcel with 5 bdrm. home. Featuring: bins on concrete with direct hit on railroad cars, 40 acres of mostly mature spruce timber, 2 farmyards- 1 bordering Etomami River and 50 miles of provincial forest, exc. elk hunting and other big game and goose. 580 acres wheat, mustard, barley and peas. Full line of farm and sawmill equipment also available. Will separate. Reg Hertz, 306-865-7469.

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RM CANWOOD #494, 3 quarters: Grain, pasture and hay, 265 acres cult. On school bus route. UG power and phone on 2 good yard sites, 2013 assessment $203,700. 306-747-2775 after 6 PM, Shellbrook, SK. FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Eagle Creek No. 376, NW 11-38-11 W3, NE 11-38-11 W3. Tenders accepted until midnight December 13, 2017. Submit Tenders to: K. Enns, Box 577, Shellbrook, SK., S0J 2E0. jettamyrna@gmail.com. The highest or LOG SIDING, LOG cabin logs, Fir timbers, any Tender not necessarily accepted. Fir flooring, Cedar. Special orders. Check NEAR KRONAU SK, 1/2 hr. from Regina 80 out more info. at: rouckbros.com acres w/character home and outbuildings; Lumby, BC., 1-800-960-3388. Near Pilot Butte 68 acres with yardsite; Near Pilot Butte 80 acres with yardsite. Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com LOG AND TIMBER HOMES, Saskatoon, TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM InterestSK. Visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca or ed in the value of your farmland and concall 306-222-6558. sidering selling? Up to date market evaluations done at your farm. Coldwell Banker Signature. Tom Neufeld 306-260-7838.

SENIOR LADY, 70, interested in meeting a divorced or widowed male for company and friendship. Must be willing and able to relocate to South Central SK. Please reply to: Box 5000, c/o The Western Producer, WWW.MEDALLION-HOMES.CA modular Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2C4. homes/lake houses/RTM’s. Visit our sales ARE YOU A GENTLEMAN, 55-65? Seeking lot, or check online for stock, homes and companionship for occasional outings for all other plans. Factory direct orders built lady busy with gardening, helping others, to your specs! Trade-ins welcome, buy and cooking, animal care, music, many other sell used homes. Hwy 2 South, Prince Alinterests. Reply to: Box 2010, c/o The bert, SK. Call 306-764-2121 or toll free Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4 1-800-249-3969.

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STATE OF THE ART grain handling facility including 7000+ acres cropland. County of Grande Prairie ID#1100620. Unbelievable opportunity to own a large grain handling facility, including 7000+ acres of crop land (almost 5000 cult.). 806,000 bu. of bin storage, all on gravel foundation w/substructure in place for future expansion for an extra 4 x 50,000 bu. bins. 60,000 bu. fertilizer/seed bins, on concrete foundation, dryers, load/unload ramp, auto. system for loading/unloading grain etc. Too much to name! Also includes shop/office living quarters, open storage shed, extra shop/enclosed building. Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings, visit www.farmrealestate.com

TO BE MOVED: 950 sq. ft. house, new windows and doors, 2” insulation, 3 bedroom, newer cabinets, metal roof & vinyl siding. Must be moved by spring 2018. Asking $25,000. 306-227-0610, Saskatoon, SK. RM MAPLE CREEK #111. For sale N 1/2 35-11-26-W3. 320 cult. acres, 60x100’ steel quonset on 2’ cement fdn, power, water for up to 100 head of cattle, 1 mile of Hwy #1 frontage. Call 403-866-2214.

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SALE BY TENDER RM 271: SE 17-29-32 W1. Tenders to close Dec. 15, 2017. Possession date Feb. 15, 2018. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders with 10% deposit marked "RM 271 Tender" to Stooshinoff Law Office, 300 416- 21st St East, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 0C2. Deposit will be returned if offer not accepted, taxes will be adjusted as of possession date. 34 QUARTER SECTIONS (5419.16 acres) ID#1100380 Bengough, SK. Probably the best grassland around. Numerous sloughs, dugouts and an underground river run through the property. Some of it could be farmed. Yard site with home, corrals & quonset, and another with 1978 bungalow and well. MLS® Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all listings, visit www.farmrealestate.com LAND FOR RENT: 132 ac., NW 1/4 5-35-4 W3, RM of Corman Park No.344. 10 miles from Saskatoon. Call/text 403-462-0570. Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800-667-7770 today!

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EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) Horse ranch in Erickson, MB., Riding arena & buildings in fantastic condition. 2) 320 acre farm, Carnduff, SK. Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, Re/Max Valleyview Realty LOOKING FOR ALL JD Snowmobiles Models. Years range from 74-84 machines. Inc., Brandon, MB. Looking for NOS parts for JD snowmobiles. Text or email only. 780-617-1400, Manning, AB. silver2@outlook.com MANITOBA COMMUNITY PASTURES

COMMUNITY PASTURE RIDER The Association of Manitoba Community Pastures is hiring a Pasture Rider at the Mulvihill Community Pasture near Eriksdale, Manitoba. The position is annual, full time from April 15 to November 15. Duties include managing day to day operations - rotations, treatments, take-in and take-out of the cattle and fence and infrastructure repair/maintenance. Applicant to have significant cattle experience including treating cattle from horseback and be willing to supply own horses and tack. Must enjoy independent, outdoor work and dealing well with the public/patrons. Accommodations available to rent. Compensation includes health and RRSP benefits. Apply by Dec 15th, 2017 with a cover letter and resume to: AMCP Attn: Barry Ross, General Manager PO Box 627 Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0 For more information contact: AMCP General Manager Barry Ross at 204-841-1907 or email amcp@pastures.ca

REGINA 1400 sq.ft. bungalow, 2 bdrm, 3 bath, garage, all utilities, snow removal incl. Dec 29/17 - Mar 6/17. 306-585-6382 APARTMENTS FOR RENT, Langham, SK. Quiet, well maintained, close to schools. 1 and 2 bedrooms starting at $650. Contact Blaise at 306-349-9351. TIMESHARE FOR SALE: Christie Lodge in Vail, Colorado. Floating week, 1 bdrm., Queen, fireplace, kitchenette, maintenance fees $458/yearly. Never had the chance to use, but must sell for health reasons - can no longer leave Canada. Make offer and I will consider. Call 403-242-9234.

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CUSTOM GRAZING AVAILABLE for 2018. Accepting cow/calf pairs, approx. 1000 acres, highly assessed cultivated land seeded to oats, plus 600 acres valley pasture with 1.5 miles of river exposure. Located North of Aylesbury, SK. Call Cliff Luther, 306-734-2997. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION in RM of ARMSTRONG. Cozy mid 1950’s farmhouse on 80 acres of fenced pasture and hayland. Asking $160,000 OBO. Call after 6:00 PM, DWEIN TASK REALTY INC. Saska204-643-5697, Fraserwood, MB. toon/Conquest: Mint 1560 sq. ft. bungalow on 10 acres. Absolutely all the bells and whistles! 40x60’ straight wall shed, c/w 16’ wall. Mature yard. MLS SK. 709771 $599,900; Saskatoon/Asquith: Nicely updated 1504 sq. ft. bungalow on 80 acres, 40x60’ dream shop and 32x100’ storage building. MLS SK 707238. $549,900. Call Dwein 306-221-1035.

CHATFIELD/POPLARFIELD: Opportunity to run your own cattle & grain farm. 1240 sq. ft. bungalow. 800 ac. owned, 1920 leased. 200 acres cult. balance hay & fenced pasture. Many outbuildings, $799,000. Call Claudette: 1-888-629-6700. LJBaron.com

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CERT., FDN., AND/OR REG. AC Metcalfe, Copeland and Legacy. Call EQUINE FACILITY, KELWOOD PTH#5: 4 WHEEL BOMBARDIER Rotex, 250 hrs, CDC 306-368-2602,306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, like new, $4000; Wanted: 14’ bumper hitch 34 acres, 6 corrals w/waterers. Fenced & SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net cross fenced, MLS® 1725242, $204,000; dump trailer. 306-304-1959, Goodsoil, SK. Also 2 bdrm. modern 2 bath bungalow nearby, MLS® 1700991. Call Liz Sumner, Gill-Schmall Agencies, 204-476-6362. NOW IS THE TIME to list, give your farm the right exposure. Get your farm listed now for the early spring buying spree. Local and foreign buyers are looking for large and small grain and cattle operation, small holdings and just land. Call Harold 204-253-7373, Delta Real Estate. www.manitobafarms.ca

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CERTIFIED CDC Austenson & Maverick CERT., FND, AND/OR REG. CDC Landmark feed barley. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, VB, AAC Cameron VB, AAC Brandon Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, CERTIFIED CDC Copeland & AC Metcalf. SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AAC Jatharia. SK. www.trawinseeds.ca Call Grant, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, CERTIFIED #1 Metcalf(2R) & Legacy(6R). 306-746-8070, Semans, SK. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED CDC Landmark, AAC Cameron, Jatharia, Brandon CWRS wheat. Contact CERT. #1 Copeland: 94% germ., 95% vig- Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. or, 48.3 TKW, 100% Copeland. Sandercock www.trawinseeds.ca Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK CERTIFIED #1 CDC Landmark VB, CDC TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, Plentiful, Cardale, Elgin ND, Goodeve VB, AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERTIFIED #1 AAC Brandon: 99% germ., CERTIFIED #1: CDC Copeland, AAC Syn- 99% vigor, 38.58 TKW. Sandercock Seed ergy, CDC Maverick, CDC Austenson, AC Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. Ranger. Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, CERTIFIED # 1 AAC Jatharia VB wheat, Vanscoy, SK. new. Midge tolerant. Shewchuk Seeds, CDC COPELAND, Fdn., Reg., Cert. top 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. quality seed. Widely accepted malt variety. EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 Inquiries welcome. Volume discounts. CDC Landmark VB, AAC Viewfield, AAC Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, Brandon, AAC Cameron VB, AAC Elie, CarSK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. dale and AC Andrew. Frederick Seeds, gregfarms@sasktel.net 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. AAC SYNERGY, Cert. top quality seed. REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: CDC LandVery high yielder, gaining acceptance with mark, AAC Brandon, AAC Jatharia, Cardale, maltsters. Contracts available. Inquiries CDC Utmost. Ardell Seeds, 306-668-4415, welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Vanscoy, SK. Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or AAC BRANDON CWRS, Cert. top quality 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net seed, very high yielder and protein. Highly Call our toll-free number to take advan- recommended by growers. All inquiries tage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516 or email: gregfarms@sasktel.net price of 3. Call 1-800-667-7770 today! AAC ELIE, CWRS, CERT. top quality seed, sister wheat to AAC Brandon. Very high yielder with high protein. Positive reviews MINIMIZE INPUT COSTS & maximize yield from growers. All inquires welcome. Volpotential. Grain & grazing/silage corn. The ume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, leader’s in non-GMO technology. A more North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851, sustainable way of farming! Free delivery. 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net Call De Dell Seeds Inc. 204-268-5224. SY ROWYN CPSR, Cert. top quality seed, high yielder with vg protein. All inquires welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell CERTIFIED TRANSCEND. Proven variety. Seed or 306-445-5516. Email Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-441-7851 gregfarms@sasktel.net 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. SELECT CDC GO seed, hand picked from CERT. CDC PRECISION & AAC SPITFIRE breeder seed. Contact: mastinseed.com Exceptional yield potential and Call or text 403-994-2609, Olds, AB. standability. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. CERTIFIED CDC ALLOY. Good disease package. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. CERT. & REG. CDC Precision; AAC Spitfire. TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass High germ. & 0% F.G., Fast Seed Farm Ltd., seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. CERT. FDN, REG. Precision; CDC Alloy; AAC Spitfire; Transcend, all exc. germ., 0% fusarium. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola CERT., FDN. AND/OR REG. CS Camden, varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), CDC Ruffian & CDC Minstrel. Call Dekalb & Rugby. Phone Fenton Seeds, 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net CERTIFIED Camden, Morgan, Baler and Haymaker. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, CERT., FDN., AND/OR REG. CDC Glas & CDC Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca Sorrel 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net CERTIFIED #1 CDC Ruffian, AC Leggett & CDC Orrin. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, CERTIFIED GLAS and CDC Sorrel flax. Tisdale, SK. 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REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: AAC Ardill, CDC Inca, CDC Spectrum, CDC Limerick (green), CDC Proclaim Lentil (red). Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. CERT. CDC INCA; CDC Greenwater, exc. germ. and disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK, 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net GREEN PEAS, yellow pea prices down, try new green pea varieties! CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater & CDC Spruce. Select, Fdn., Reg. and Cert. Ask about CDC Forest. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

REG. & CERTIFIED CDC Calvi (itchless), high yielder. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK.

BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of mustard. Also canary and some other specialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB Looking for off grade mustard, lentils or chickpeas. Custom color sorting of all types of crops. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-631-9577, Chamberlain, SK.

GRAIN UPGRADING, HAVING issues with protein or vomitoxin in wheat or barley? We can help. Our specialized single kernel sorting can improve your bottom line. Much more precise than any other method. Call us today to book your spot. Bruno, SK., 306-369-2338, jhbasset@sasktel.net petersongrainprocessors.ca SEED OATS, 95% germ., 96% vigor. Phone 306-717-3297, Hafford, SK. RED FIFE SPRING WHEAT. The original Canadian Heritage wheat, 6000 bu. Phone 306-831-8977, Fiske, SK.

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. CERISE RED PROSO COMMON MILLET. Book early to avoid disappointment. 92%+ germ., 0% Fus. makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, silage, dry and silage bales, drought tolerant, very high in protein and energy. Delivered in 50 lb. bags at nearest points in SK. and AB. Call Reynald at Millet King Seed of Canada Inc., St. Claude, MB, 204-878-4839 or 204-794-8550 (cell), all calls returned. Over 2000 satisfied producers and our 15th year in business. www.milletkingseeds.com or email: reynald@milletking.com

GLYPHOSATE 1 SOYBEANS: Top yields, delivered. Common #1. Keep your own seed! Call Norcan Seeds, 204-372-6552, 204-739-3519. Fisher Branch, MB. LARGE KABULI CHICKPEA seed, 94% germ. 0% disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK., 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net

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CERTIFIED FABA BEANS: FB9-4 (normal tannin), and Snowbird (zero tannin) 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC Blackstrap, earliest black bean, direct harvest, high yield, excellent disease pkg.; CDC Super Jet & CDC Jet also available. Martens Charolais & Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB. CERTIFIED Snowbird fababeans & Amarillo Peas. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca

CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled; Certified CDC 4371-4, red. Call Grant, Semans, SK. 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, 306-746-8070. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (small red) Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERT. CDC PROCLAIM CL Reds, high germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. CERT. CDC IMPULSE, CDC Proclaim, CDC Maxim, CDC Redmoon, CDC Greenstar. 98% germ, 0% disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net

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POST SHAVINGS: Cattle feedlot, horse & poultry bedding. Bulk pricing and delivery available; Landscaping Mulch: Available in 1 yard bulk bags for $45, delivery available; Colored Landscaping Mulch: Available in 1 yard bulk bags for $115, delivery avail. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK.. 1-800-667-0094. Email: info@vwpltd.com Visit: www.vwpltd.com REASONABLY PRICED HAY in big squares. Variety of grades available, including greenfeed from newly established alfalfa stands and horse hay; 65 bales of 2015 crop at 10.2% protein. Can arrange for trucking. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay for sale. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK.

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FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. Applicants should have previous farm experience and mechanical ability. Duties include operation of machinery, including tractors and other farm equipment, as well as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour depending on experience. Must be able to cross US border. Location: Pierson, MB. Feland Bros. Farms, Greg Feland and Wade Feland, Box 284, Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. 701-756-6954.

2 SEASONAL FARM Machinery Operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4 WD tractor for harrowing. Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equip. May 1 to Nov. 15. $15-$18/hr. 101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 306-338-3733, ph 306-338-7561 or cfehr9860@hotmail.com

ALTHOUSE HONEY FARMS INC. 1/2 mile south Porcupine Plain, SK., 500 McAllister Avenue. 7 positions required for 2018 season, May to October. Wages $13-$18/hr. depending upon experience. Job duties: assisting in spring hive inspection, unwrapping, and splitting, supering, building supers and honey frames, honey removal and extracting, fall feeding, applying mite control and wrapping hives for LARGE LATHE, asking $1500. FARM LABOURER: PERMANENT full-time winter. No education required. WCB coverposition available on grain farm. Non- age. Phone Ron Althouse 306-278-7345, 306-722-7770, Osage, SK. smoking. Applicants should have previous Email: althousehoney@sasktel.net farm experience, knowledge and mechanical ability. Duties include operating WILLNER ELBOW GRAZING (WEG) a tractors, combines, sprayers, floater, grain 40,000 acre, 2200 cow/calf pair pasture augers, climbing grain bins, know how to east of Lake Diefenbaker, halfway between operate GPS on equipment, variable rate Saskatoon and Regina, SK. is seeking apapplications as well as general farm labour plications for Pasture Manager. The poduties. Applicants must have Class 5 sition requires a self-starter, able to work license, 1A license, like animals, be well with community based board of direc· Tanzania responsible, honest and show initiative to tor, as well as the seasonal staff. WEG also take on any challenge that arises. Please runs small ruminant, noxious weed man· Egypt/Jordan agement program that requires some opcall 306-861-3774. · Vietnam/Cambodia erational oversight. The successful candiDAIRY HERD MANAGER wanted on a date will have the following attributes: · Portugal/Spain progressive dairy farm. Milking 240 cows Experience managing a large community · China in a new facility with an automated milk- pasture; Skilled at gentle livestock from a ing system in SE Manitoba. Management horse; Demonstrated ability in grass man· Ireland responsibilities include herd health, breed- agement, including understanding prairie · Romania & Hungary ing program and some barn equipment grass species, noxious weed management maintenance. Be part of a management and range health management; Expertise · Newfoundland/Labrador team that includes the owners, a veteri- in recognizing and treating common cattle narian, a nutritionist and equipment spe- ailments; Excellent human resource manPortion of tours may be Tax Deductible. cialists. For more info. contact Charles at agement skills; Able to work will with the For these and other great board of directors, including regular re204-371-0711 or David at 204-371-6081. ports on pasture management issues as departures, Contact DUFFERIN MARKET GARDENS is ac- well as financial reports. WEG is in a posicepting applications for seasonal farm tion to offer a competitive compensation Select Holidays workers. Duties include: planting, weed- package including housing. For more infor1-800-661-4326 ing, harvesting and packing vegetables. mation or to submit a resume for considwww.selectholidays.com Long hours, much bending & heavy lifting. eration, contact Doug Vollmer, Chair, WillStart: February 2018. Wage: $11.25/hr., ner Elbow Grazing, dvollmer@sasktel.net Please send resume with references to fax: 306-567-7616. Applications due December 204-745-6193. Or mail to: Box 1051, Car- 31st, 2017. man, MB., R0G 0J0. Call our toll-free number to take advanFARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock tage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay operation. Duties include: operating, main- for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more taining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle price of 3. Call 1-800-667-7770 today! Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. FARM LABOURER WANTED: Farm machinery operating experience required; Repetitive farm duties including cleaning and maintance of farm equipment, dealing with live stock. Plant, spray, harvest crops. Minimum 1 year farming experience required, Aylesbury, SK. Email: rmengel@sasktel.net

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BRAZIL AG TOUR Jan. 27th - Feb. 9th. Amazon, Mato Grosso, Iguacu, Farm Show. Chile- Feb. 17 - 26. Santiago, Elqui Valley, Wineries and farms. Costs may be tax deductible. www.rwthomastours.com Phone: 1-833-AGTOURS (833-248-6877).

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

RIVER VALLEY SPECIALTY FARMS: Seeking seasonal workers for 2018. Position will be seasonal full-time, 40+ hrs/week. Wage $11.18/hour. Period of employment anticipated to be from April 2018 until August 2018. Duties include: Harvesting and packing of asparagus, planting and weeding of pumpkins, squash and onions as well as weeding of organic fields. Must be willing to work long hours and do repetitive tasks as well as bending and some heavy lifting. Applicants must be able to work in a variety of conditions in outdoor environments and must be able to work well with others. Education requirements not applicable, experience an asset. Location of work is MacGregor and area, Manitoba. Please apply by e-mail to: admin@rivervalleyfarms.ca or in writing to: Box 33, Bagot, MB. R0H 0E0.

HELP WANTED FOR 2018 SEASON General farm workers for vegetable pro35 TON WINCH, 2 speed reversible gear- duction. Duties include planting, weeding, box, 75’ of new cable still on the roll, $750. harvesting and packing fresh vegetables. Includes repetitive tasks. Some lifting up Call 306-722-7770, Osage, SK. to 23 kgs. Outside conditions, which may be hot, wet and dusty. Experience an asset. $11.25-$12/hr. Mail resume to: Meyer Farms Co. Ltd., 5310 PR424, Cartier, U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, MB. R4K 1B1, or fax to: 204-864-3052. 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.

ACCEPTING TENDERS for Manager for Montrose Grazing Ltd. 1250 head cow/calf pasture near Saskatoon, SK. Tenders close December 10th. Contact Darrell Richmond for more information at 306-493-2314 or by email: docrichmond@sasktel.net MCDONALD CREEK PASTURE is accepting tenders for Pasture Manager, 1640 head pasture, Tenders closes Dec. 31, 2017, for info contact Allan 306-222-3915, Email: a.lqutaerhorse@sasktel.net. Mail: Box 1, Grandora, SK, S0K 1V0. LOOKING FOR PEOPLE interested in riding feedlot pens in Strathmore or Lethbridge, AB. area, w/above average horsemanship skills, willing to train. 2 positions available. Wages depending on qualifications. 403-701-1548, Strathmore, AB. FULL-TIME PASTURE MANAGER position with the Seven Persons Grazing Association available on, or before April 1, 2018. Successful applicant will be able to demonstrate proficiency working in all aspects of cattle management. Previous experience operating pivot irrigation equipment is essential. On-site housing provided. Please send resume with references to: nneubauer@xplornet.com

CLAYTON AIR SERVICE LTD is seeking 2 Professional Turbine Helicopter Ag Pilots for the 2018 spray season flying a Jet Ranger, from June 1st - September 27th, completing aerial application on fields across Sask & occasionally other provinces. Requirements: Must be committed to entire season or make prior arrangements; Commercial helicopter licence; Provincial pesticide licence; Current aviation medical; Endorsement on Jet Ranger considered an asset and turbine experience preferred. Turbine experienced pilots will be given preference based on hours of experience, (500 hrs. Ag spraying required). If no suitable candidate is found training, mentorship and/or apprentice program will be considered for the right individual. Strong ability to adapt to changing situations and maintain a positive attitude with customers, co-workers, and supervisors. Strong communication and problem solving abilities, with quality service delivery as the utmost priority. Proficiency in English reading and writing. Capable of operating Satlock guidance systems or equivalent. Must be insurable. Accommodations and vehicle provided during employment. Wage $60/hr. 40 hrs./week. Bonuses based on performance. Workers compensation provided. Contact Clayton Rempel, Clayton Air Service Ltd., Box 87, Leask, SK. S0J 1M0. Phone 306-497-7401, Fax 306-466-9994. Please e-mail resume to: applyclaytonairsk@gmail.com CLAYTON AIR SERVICE LTD. is seeking 4 Professional Turbine Ag Pilots for the 2018 spraying season, using Air Tractor 502B’s. Requirements: All 5 positions from May 16 through to Sept. 11, completing aerial application on Sask fields & occasionally other provinces. Requirements: Must be committed to entire season or make prior arrangements. Provincial pesticide licenses required. Current aviation medical. 1000+ hrs. aerial application experience preferred. Training, mentorship and/or apprentice program will be considered for the right individual. Strong ability to adapt to changing situations and maintain a positive attitude with customers, co-workers, and supervisors. Strong communication and problem solving abilities, with quality service delivery as the utmost priority. Proficiency in English reading and writing. Capable of operating Satlock guidance systems or equivalent. Must be insurable. Accommodations and vehicle provided during employment. Wage $60/hr. 40 hrs./week. Bonuses based on performance. Workers compensation provided. Contact Clayton Rempel, Clayton Air Service Ltd., Box 87, Leask, SK. S0J 1M0. Phone 306-497-7401, Fax 306-466-9994. E-mail: applyclaytonairsk@gmail.com

RANCH MANAGER NEEDED: Bar K Ranch is seeking an experienced Ranch Manager with exceptional administrative, planning, communication, veterinary and cattle handling skills. The successful candidate will manage all aspects of the cow-calf ranch, calving 1000 cows and farming 8000 acres for feed. Researching new technologies & mechanization is a must. Position is full time with a competitive benefits package, lakefront family home on-site, vehicle and cellphone. Submit your resume to: resumes@carrierlumber.ca or please fax 250-563-9371.

CLASS 1 DRIVER WANTED to haul livestock, MB., AB., SK. Great pay & benefits. Call Gerry 204-573-5352. No e-mails. FAVEL TRANSPORT is hiring Leased Operators. Livestock, Bulk, Reefer. Call us at 306-692-8488, Moose Jaw, SK.

TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, service, installations, repairs. Canadian company. We carry aeration socks and grain bags. Also electric chute openers for FARM BOSS WANTED at Stump Lake Ranch, Stump Lake, BC. Duties include: grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000. Seeding/Fertilizing/Irrigation/Harvesting crops for cattle & horse feed; Responsible for care & maintenance of all farm machinery & implements; Winter feeding of liveGOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ stock; Passion for farming, equipment & 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; ranch life a must; Compensation commen9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing surates with skills and experience; Other from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph farm duties as may be required. Submit Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris CV/resume to: info@stumplake.com at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. Suitable candidates will be contacted.

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

NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. 4000 BU. of Oats; 10,000 bu. of Rye & 50 bales of pea straw. 306-283-4747, 306-220-0429, Langham, SK. 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 barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK.

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GOOD QUALITY 1st CUT small square Alfalfa bales, $3.75/bale. Can deliver. 204-326-3109, Steinbach, MB. GRASS MIXED HAY BALES, from $22-45 per bale. Also 2nd year second cut Alfalfa hay, all net wrapped. Call 204-372-6945, Fisher Branch, MB. SMALL SQUARE OAT straw bales, $2.50/ea. 204-371-6404, Ste. Anne, MB. 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 tollfree number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-667-7770.

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